Show TAKEN BY SIEGE The Story of a Young Journalists Experiences Experi-ences in Nero York t fix = Copyright by J B Lippincott Company Philadelphia Pa and Published bj Special Arrangement through the American Press Association TKerolio found a very different scene from the one ho had left Men and women wero crowding into the place as fast as tho man at the wicket could take their tickets Most of the men wero in evening even-ing dress but all the women wore dominoes dom-inoes and masks There wero a few who appeared in fancy dress but they W ese the German members of the society Rush was too young and too enthusiastic enthusi-astic not to find excitement in tho scene and when tho dancing began he thought ho had never witnessed anything so brilliant and intoxicating as tho movement move-ment of theso many colored dominoes to the music of tho band As time wore on tho place became moro crowded and Rush recognized among the men many faces that had become familiar to him at the opera and elsewhere There was Uncle Lightfoot Myers renewing his youth with a pink domino on his arm and there was West Hastings lounging against one of tho pillars of tho balcony andchaffing a Columbine Rush wondered to won-dered what Helen Knowlton would thin if she saw her friend thus engaged His I thoughts wero broken in upon by a voice t at his elbow lly handsome young friend said a blue domino taking his arm why do you pose in this melancholy attitude on so festive an occasion This is Romeos not Hamlets night Let us walk about among Ae giddy revelers I want to seo a moro cheerful expression on your young face As they walked out into tho lobby Rush racked his brain to recognize voice or figure of the mask His expression ex-pression showed that he was puzzled Ah you do not recognize me she said How sad that makes mo feel A little disguise and ones identity is gone I should have known you through twenty twen-ty disguises And she turned her mask up at him in tho most bewitching manner man-ner Certainly I have never had tho pleasure pleas-ure of hearing that voice before no man I could forget so sweet a thing said Rush Centering readily into the spirit of tho ball And so they thrust and parried until his mask spied a spry old man with gray side whiskers and a bald head b when she dropped Rushs arm as suddenly sud-denly as she had taken it and took the other by the hand Dear general I am so glad to see you I have been looking for you all the evening even-ing and feared you were not coming Tho general looked pleased though puzzled but this was not his first masked ball and in a few moments Rush saw him moving oC in the direction of tho supper room tho bluo domino hanging affectionately upon his arm Before tho night was over Hush learned much of tho ways of masked balls and camo to tho conclusion that the blue domino was an entirely new acquaintance of his and of tho generals As he started for the press room ho met his city editor with a Swiss peasant girl on his arm Hello Hurlstone said he And stopping a moment he whispered whis-pered Get your copy down early and then have your fun You can write itt y it-t out here and send it down And he too passed on in the direction of tho J supper room Rush hardly recognized tho pressroom room when ho returned to it In tho first place ho could hardly see across it for the smoke and in tho second it was so noisy that ho did not see how it would be possible to write there Helloheres Hurlstone shouted a reporter of a morning paper whom Rush had seen at different places but had never had occasion occa-sion to speak to Come fill up your glass and take a cigar added the reporter re-porter suiting tho action to tho word only ho took a handful of cigars one ho lighted the others ho put in his pocket There wero a dozen men sitting around the table some writing and all smok g Rush declined both the proffered f cigars i and the champagne though ho lighted a cigar of his own in self defense de-fense and sat down in a corner to write Ho used his note book for copy paper and his knee for a desk and in tho course of an hour ho had a crick in his back and a very good story written out for The Dawn This he dispatched Then ho went out into the ball room to look around for a few minutes after which bo intended to ijo homo to his lodgings Ho had not passed half way through the lobby when he saw Archie Tillinghast standing at the foot of tho staircase with his mask in his hand II gazing earnestly at tho bundredsof dominoes dom-inoes who lounged past him or hurried by on mischief bent Why Archie what are you doing here You look as though you were expecting ex-pecting somo one Who is she Come old fellow said Rush shaking his hand and smiling knowingly Im looking for my cousin Bessie replied Archie What exclaimed Rush starting back Miss Archer here A Yes why not They all come though they will deny it tomorrow Sho is with her father however and Helen Knowl ton and her aunt They didnt come as regular participants in tho ball you know they never do only to see what sort of a place it is To do them justice they arc not enjoying themselves very much There is a sort of excitement about it however but when I saw them n while ago they wero just recovering from a fright A half tipsy fellow had addressed somo coarse compliments to Miss Knowlton and she was very much alarmed more I fancy at the idea ofT of-T being discovered than anything else for he said I know you my beauty Of I I course ho didnt know her Thats what I they all say She wanted to go home at i once but Bessie didnt The girl evidently I evident-ly has some mischief in her mind I ok 4 W J 1 g 1t 1itried tried to find the man to slap leis face but they couldnt point him out How did you know them Archie asked Rush Ho was dying to meet Helen in her disguise for he thought he would get a mask and say some things to her from its concealment that he wouldnt like to say in open court How did I know them In tho first place I brought them here and in the second they are dressed alikeblack satin dominoes with a bunch of violets pinned on tho left shoulder Rush could hardly talk with Archie ho was so impatient to break away and look for Helen in tho crowd At last after a few commonplaces he started inquest in-quest He had not searched long before he was rewarded There sitting on one of the seats in tho dress circle ho saw the object of his search There was no mistaking the poiso of that head even had ho not recognized the black satin domino and the bunch of violets on tho shoulder She was sitting alone that was strange Where were tho rest of the party and why should its most precious pre-cious treasure be left unguarded Hastily adjusting tho mask ho had borrowed from Archie Rush sat down in a vacant seat next to the domino Tho beautiful Cinderella sitting alone at tho ball he whispered in her ear Sho turned with a start the eyes of tho mask glared up at him Why do all eyes look so wicked behind a mask In a disguised voice with just the least tremor of a laugh behind it she replied Cinderella is waiting for her prince and bo has come The boyish heart in tho breast ref the young man beat high Did she recognize recog-nize him She called him her prince How ho wished the pumpkin coach were waiting the door that he might drive off with her in triumph I They had a pleasant chat only he felt that ho was being chaffed pretty hard at times and he thought that some of tho expressions used by the lady were hardly such as he would expect to hear from Helens lips However he argued one feels freer behind a mask If she only suspected me how differently she would speak In the midst of their lively sallies she would not allow him to be sentimental ho heard an unmistakable voice behind him say Dont you think wo have had enough of this aunty And looking around ho saw tho facsimilo of the mask by his side and near her Mr Archer Ar-cher and another black domino which he knew was Bessie Ho felt a sinking feeling he wanted tho floor to open and let him through but it didnt Tho resemblance between Aunt Rebecca and Helen was very strong and except that the former was a trifle heavier their figures were much alike Rush had often remarked the likeness but ho never expected to be caught in this way Well there was nothing for it Sho evidently did not recognize him at least so ho thought When Helen spoke about going ho rose to his feet Nay beautiful mask why tear yourself your-self away from this festive scene Take my arm and let us walk about among tho gay revelers and amuse ourselves Ho offered his arm but Helen drew back affrighted Aunt Rebecca gave her an assuring nod over Rushs shoulder She took the proffered arm and they strolled into the lobby But all his glibness glib-ness of speech had deserted him He was going to say so much and could say nothing Helen broke the silence by saying in disguised tones You arc not a very entertaining cavalier Why dont you make yourself more agreeable Mr Who shall say I am speechless with happiness fair mask ho replied To havo so much loveliness so near me dazzles my eyes and paralyzes my tongue If you only knew one half my heart would say to quote from an old song you might think better of me I have no doubt you could bo very eloquent on any themo you chose but I am afraid you arc a young man of words You could be just as eloquent to the next mask that camo along On the contrary answered Rush somewhat loftily I would have nothing at all to say to another my heart is not large enough for two masks I hate heard men protest in this way before but they hare forgotten what they said ere the last word left their lips There was one young man in whom I believed be-lieved but even he turned out like all tho rest Ho professed tho greatest friendship friend-ship for me visited mo at my house and we passed many pleasant evenings together to-gether but suddenly his visits ceased Without a word of warning ho stopped coming to see me Our pleasant evenings even-ings camo to an end Do you know why He had formed a pleasanter friendship with another young lady and I was forgotten for-gotten You are cruel I formed no pleasanter pleasant-er friendship I have never entertained but tho one feeling for you since the first time I saw you said Rush before ho knew what he was doing What do you mean asked Helen in the most innocent manner perfectly per-fectly well all the while You formed no pleasanter acquaintance I you have entertained feelings for me This is very mysterious One expects mysteries at masked balls but I am more than surprised sur-prised at being spoken to in this way by an unknown mask Then you dont recognize me said Rush taking some comfort to himself in 1 the thought that ho had not betrayed his identity after all By this tune they I had reached the end of the south lobby I rnd were just about to retrace their 4 i > Jt rtfl fifr nit steps when Rush felt Helens hand tighten its grasp on his arm There is that awful man eho gasped as a man walking very unsteadily came out of the directors room and seeing Helen started forward as if he would raiso her mask Ah heres my sweet violet ho said in a thick uncertain voico but before the words had fairly left his tongue Rush gave him a quick sharp blow between the eyes and sent him crashing up against the door of the room he had just quitted Oh Mr Hurlstone what have you done exclaimed Helen in trembling tones quick take me to my aunt Rush thought her advice good and at once acted upon it He was only sorry that ho had not taken her to her aunt in the first place and then come back alone and knocked the insolent fellow into a cocked hat Fortunately there happened to be no one at that end of the lobby just at that moment but ho heard people coming and was dreadfully worried for fear of the annoyance to Helen if she wero discovered under such circumstances circum-stances Come this way said she leading him through the little passage way at tho back of tho lower tier of boxes there is a door hero that opens on the stage and we can go around and get to my aunt and Mr Archer without being noticed Oh why did I come to this dreadful place Aunt Rebecca didnt want me to Ohl if I had only listened to her Rush felt extremely mortified I beg your pardon Miss Knowlton said he He had taken off his mask and they no longer played at mystery I should not have struck that fellow with you on my arm but I am not used to masked balls I dont know their etiquette I only knew that you wero insulted and my indignation in-dignation got the better of my judgment judg-ment mentI I forgive you Mr Hurlstone she replied but I dont forgive myself for coming to such a place It is a lesson I shall never forget Here are my friends she added And Rush saw the two ladies la-dies and Mr Archer and Archie Tilling lastArent Arent you ready to go home yet said Bessie I think it pretty dull here1 They all agreed to go and Rush bade them good night at the door Helen said nothing about the little episode of the lobby and he was grateful to her After he had seen their carriage drive off Rush returned to tho lobby to see what had become of tho man ho had knocked down On tho way he saw many curious scenes among them the t bluo domino who had first spoken to him kissing tho bald pate of the general He was glad enough that Helen had gone When he got around by tho directors room he heard a loud voico proclaiming Pd know the damned rascal if I saw him ho took me right between tho eyes before I had time to defend myself damn liimRush Rush pressed through the crowd He saw the man ho had knocked down standing with his back against the wall his hair rumpled and his shirt front pretty well demoralized A younger man had him by the arm and was evidently evi-dently urging him to go home The young mans back was turned to Rush and his figure swayed slightly as he tugged at the arm of his companion Rush stepped up to him Is your friend much hurt ho inquired Tho colonels not as hurt as ho is mad answered the young man turning around slowly though he got a pretty hard blow Served him right he was too fresh making up to another mans mask And the young man steadied himself by the wall as he turned Rush thought ho detected something familiar in the voice though it was thick with drink but when the fellow turned around to tho light he saw who it was John RuohP I And thus the brothers met for the first time in New York CHAPTER X firsts USHS first-s 1 meeting 1 A I RUSHS Wl + brother in New 5 York was not his last e John gave him 7e his address Ho 7 had a gorgeous 1l suite of rooms uptown whore ho lodged and took his breakfast Ho and tho colonel dined at The Club but it was not the sort of club men boast of belonging to They called it tho Club because they did not want to call it by its right name Tho cooking was excellent for its patrons pa-trons were all judges of good eating and tho proprietor knew that to keep them he must cater to their palates as well as to their love of high play John Hurlstone was a born epicure and the kitchen of The Club was quite as much of a temptation to him as its gaming tables though ho was pretty lucky at cards for he had a cool head and a quick eye CoL Mortimer won much moro money however That he j was a card harper John did not suspect at this time but ho knew very well that I he was a professional gambler and that I the Mutual Dividend Mining company was ono of the biggest games he ever played Tho offices of this company were in Pine street near Broadway and they were fitted up as luxuriously as The Club In the latter establishment CoL Mortimer was a silent partner Tho mining min-ing companys offices were furnished in the heaviest black walnut that wood was tho fashion then and the furniture and partitions wero made of the same material ma-terial and pattern The companys monogram mono-gram was carved in the chairs and over the mantel piece it was ground in tho glass and worked in tho door mat There was a whole suite of offices ono outside for the clerks a private one for Col Mortimer with Presidents Room engraved on the nickel doorplate j door-plate another for tho Secretary John Hurlstone and a large room with a long table down the middle flanked by mas i sire chairs for the Directors A per < iI i I I iti I > Vii trait or uoi juominer nung over toe fireplace and a map of Colorado showing show-ing the situation of the mine took up a third of the opposite walL In a handsome hand-some velvet lined cabinet screwed to the wall between the front windows reposed specimens of the ore sent east by the companys engineer What rich specimens speci-mens they were tool The silver fairly I bulged out of them One shelf of this cabinet was devoted to bricks of solid I silver When Col Mortimer got hold of a doubtful investor he took him in this room and showed him the cabinet Theres the stuff my good sir and therepointing to the mapis where it comes from You see that district picked out in blue well that belongs to the Mutual Dividend Mining company I am not going to press you to invest by Jove Im not sure wo want to sell With a mine throwing out tons of such ore every day its rank nonsense to sell the stock But Im a bit of a philanthropist philan-thropist myself and when Im making money I want others to make it too I dont think however Ill offer another dollars worth of that stock Wo wont talk mines any longer but well taste some fine old brandy I keep hero for just such judges as you Youll admit that this is as good a glass of cognac as you ever tasted There hows that And hero are some choice cigars Dont betray me theyre smuggled A friend of mine a sea captain brings them tc me from Havana Let us sit here before be-fore this genial firewhat is prettier now than a soft coal fireand discuss I cognac and cigars They are much more interesting subjects than mining shares dont you think so In this way Col Mortimer drew the poor flies into his net They would discuss dis-cuss the cognac and the cigars and end by begging the colonel for the old friendship friend-ship he bore them to let them put a few thousands into the Mutual dividend This they always succeeded in getting him to do though with great reluctance I need not say that tho colonel confined himself to tho cigars rather than to tho I brandy He did not object drinking out of business hours but when he was playing play-ing for such high stakes he had to keep his wits about him Just hew much John Hurlstono knew I of what was going on I should not like to say He knew Col Mortimer pretty well and preferred not to ask too many questions Mortimer paid him a large salary because howas invaluable to him John was well educated and wrote a I good letter Mortimer was badly edu I I j cated and it was said could just sign his name and nothing more Indeed it was j further said that ho only learned to sign I j his name by copying it as written out by John Hurlstone in their army days I Certainly his signature was ery much like Johns writing and when signed to a letter that John had written was in I perfect harmony with the rest of the autograph Not only did Mortimer pay the companys secretary a handsome salary sal-ary but he gave him good lump sums of money besides which he said wero the dividends on the shares he held in Johns name Mortimer could not have got along without John in this mining company I com-pany scheme and he knew it and ho paid him well both to keep him in his I service and to prevent his asking questions ques-tions With all this money at hand you would havo supposed that John would have sent some home to his mother and sisters Not he Had they asked him at a time when he had a roll of bills in his pocket he would have handed it oUt to them but they asked for nothing and they got nothing John was a spendthrift and liko most spendthrifts ho spent his money on himself him-self If ho spent it upon other people it was in tho way of his own pleasure He did send handsome presents to Amy Bay lissuseless things that represented a lot of money but little taste A tradesman could always sell him an unsalable arti clo by representing it to be something unique and adding that few men would havo tho taste to appreciate its beauties and pay the price The consequence was that Amy Bayliss had a collection of costly odds and ends that she could only praiso for their costliness and because dear John had taken tho trouble to send them to her There were paper cutters cut-ters of frosted silver and jewel boxes much too fine for her modest dressing table and motherofpearl card cases which had long since gone out of fashion and every Saturday regularly camo a box of cut flowers These delighted Amy more than anything else Dear John never forgets to send me flowers every Saturday No matter how busy ho may be ho is not too busy to send theso lovely roses to me Poor Amy The regularity in the coming com-ing of the flowers was due to the florist John gave him an order with instructions instruc-tions to send them till forbid In his extravagant way he had paid for six months in advance Paying in advance was not the usual habit of John Hurl stone He was generally a long way gneriY behind with his bills No matter how much money ho had he spent quickly and found himself in debt He gavo as an excuso that ho miscalculatedthat ho had thought ono hundred dollars would cb the work of two but it would not and at the end of his first year in New York he was hopelessly in debt His income was five thousand dollars and he lived at the rate of twenty A day cr two after the ball he dropped in at tho office of The Dawn on his way up town to take Rush out to dinner with him He was dressed in the latest fashion and he appeared t advantage in his fine clothes Rush to whom John was always an object of interest noticed that he had all tho manners of a manabouttown that ho woro curious rings and dressed in tho English style Ho seemed very glad to see Rush again and was interested in his work ag asked to b introduced to two or three men in tho room and it was all Rush could do to keep him from inviting them out to dinner As they were men Rush scarcely knew he winked at John not to ask them when he saw that ho was preparing to do so but ho could not prevent pre-vent his taking them over to the Astor house to have something to drink I with them After parting affectionately on tho Astor house steps John called a cab that had been waiting for him and f they drove to The Club where ho had r ordered a dinner especially prepared and I silL A M tdvh serted In a private room Rush asked I what tho place was and was told that ic was Our Club As Col Mortimer entered en-tered tho room at this moment ho supposed sup-posed John meant his and the colonels and took it for granted that it was n questionable tionable place or the latter would not have anything to do with it Rush despised de-spised CoL Mortimer and was nevermore I never-more pleased than when he found it was I ho whom he had knocked down at the masked ball Ho wanted to confess the deed at once but John in whom ho confided con-fided begged him not to saying it would be fatal to his interests Rush did not tell John who the lady was whom Mortimer Mor-timer had annoyed and his brother asked no Questions I I was very annoying to Uusn that I Col Mortimer was a guest at this little dinner but there was nothing for it and he had to be polito on his brothers account ac-count Mortimer could bo very agreeable agreea-ble when he tried and this was one of the occasions on which he had laid himself I him-self out to please He told amusing anecdotes an-ecdotes of the war and of tho world and Rush was entertained in spite of himself Hes not half a bad fellow said John when Mortimer left the room for a moment mo-ment You will like him better when you Know nnn better I was 9 oclock when this little dinner camo to an end Fortunately it was Rushs night off at the office for he did not feel very much like working for three or four hours over a desk in a stuffy I room John proposed that they should walk around Madison square and tho I three sauntered out On their way they i stopped at a florists where John ordered a basket of pink and white roses I For the samo party sir asked the florist floristYes I Yes and send them at once please answered John And taking ii card from his card case he inclosed it inn small envelope and addressed it The threo walked on again When they reached Union square John said as though seized by a sudden inspiration Lets go to the opera I is Faust tonight to-night and there is a good ballet you know Im more than fond of n good ballet Rush was at first ready to embrace h brother for the suggestion but he could not bear the idea of going to seo Helen Knowlton particularly in such a role as Marguerite in company with Col Mortimer Morti-mer so he answered i Were not dressed for the opera John I if wo wore I should bo delighted to go Hang dress answered John Well buy admission tickets and stroll in tho lobby till the ballet comes on Heres Fourteenth street Left wheel march They were soon inside the lobby and to Johns delight the corps do ballet was just coming down the stage They stepped inside tho glass doors and formed part of the crowd of men who fringed tho walL Was there ever moro delightful waltz music written that that of Faust Rush thought not and I think so too The dancing was encored and Leon the premiere camo tripping down to the footlights to bow her acknowledgments of applause An usher jostled against Rush as ho hurried down the aisle bearing bear-ing aloft a basket of pink and white roses Leoni bowed low over the flowers flow-ers kissed them and backed with the awkward steps of a ballet dancer to the wings Leoni gets a basket like that every night whispered a confiding usher in Rushs ear Somo fellers dead goneon her no mistake Who is the m asked Rush knowing know-ing very well who had sent the flowers I dont know but they say hes powerful pow-erful rich and would marry Leon if shed have him Sho wont have anything any-thing else he can bet h lifo on that And tho usher stopped talking to join in the applause as Helen Knowlton came down tho stage I need hardly say that Rush was interested inter-ested in the ushers information He could not help smiling a the idea of John marrying tho ballet dancer with his engagement to Amy Bayliss on his hands He didnt even believe that he knew her but merely thought it was one of his fancies to b known as a patron of the ballet to the extent of sending flowers to a premiere danseuse The dancing was hardly over when John proposed going and as Rush was his guest he had to go too though ho did so with great reluctance John suggested that they should return to The Club and to Tho Club they accordingly returned re-turned turnedThere Thero is somo interesting playing hero of an evening said John as they entered the gilded saloon you will bo amused to watch it These fellows play colonel high some nights eh The colonel smiled and they sauntered saun-tered up to the table and watched the game in progress As it grew exciting John said thai he would throw o on the red just for the fun of the thing and tho red won He left his money there and still won Why dont you tako your money while the luck is with you said Rush whlo you I will do better than that Ill leave it there and show you But the luck did not last very long and before the evening was over John had lost 500 Ill have my revenge tomorrow night said he good naturedly and j win it all back and more too Rush looked at his watch I was 2 oclock and he felt ashamed of himself for having como from the presence of Helen Knowlton to spend the evening in such a place He knew that she detested de-tested anything like fastness in a man and that she would be thoroughly disgusted dis-gusted if she knew that he was spending an evening i tho company of gamblers for ho realized now that The Club was nothing more nor less than a gaming house He noticed with pain Johns familiarity with the place and put it all down to the corrupting influence of Cot Mortimer so loath was he to think that John could go unled among such men Rush had no maudlin sentiment on the subject it was not from any religious scruples that ho disliked gambling but because of what ho knew of its hurtfulness hurtful-ness The victims he looked upon with pity and the victimizers with disgust John was in a fair way of being ruined but Rush knew there was no use in speaking to him l on tko subject He would not get angry and fly into a passion I pas-sion but he would laugh good naturedly and tell Rush that losing a few dollars at cards was not going to hurt him and that he didnt propose to follow gambling o a profession but only as an occasional pastime It would have been easier to argue with a moro violent man for John only laughed off words of warning and advice Seeing Leoni at Academy reminded Rush that he had not been very attentive to her of late and as sho had been a friend in the hour of need he upbraided himself for not having called upon her and vowed that ho would do so at the earliest opportunity Fearful lest John should go back to tho gaming table he proposed walking homo with him and the brothers left The Club together John had rooms in Twentyninth street and when they arrived at the door ho insisted in-sisted upon Rush going in with him notwithstanding not-withstanding tho lateness of tho hour In for a penny in for a pound said John gayly Rush was astonished at the splendor of the room Everything that a luxurious tasto could suggest for a bachelors comfort was to bo found there from a well stocked buffet to a well trained valet Why John you live like prince said Rush looking around in admiration Say rather like a stockholder in the Mutual Dividend Mining company that beats the princes Rush Then taking a dainty decanter from tho buffet he poured out a small glass of old brandy There theres something to warm the cockles of your heart Drink that and tell jne if it isnt good I Rush tossed it down and declared that ho had never tasted better And you never will unless you taste it here Mortimer has a corner on that brandy said he filling his glass and no ono else can get i Rushs eyes roamed about tho apartment apart-ment seeing new beauties every moment mo-ment until they rested on a largo colored col-ored photograph of Leoni standing on an easel Hello I said he theres a portrait of Leonil Do you know her John JohnWhy should I know her said John rather shortly Must a man know every ballet dancer whoso picture he happens to have Of course not but this portrait is so conspicuous a feature of your room I thought it quito likely you knew the original Your reasoning is childish Rush answered John restored tohis usual good humor Leon is tho popular dancer of the hour she is a very pretty woman and I adore pretty women What more natural then than that I should have her picture particularly as any one can enjoy en-joy the same privilege by paying its price Its early yet continued John as the clock on tho mantel chimed the hour of 8 what do to you say a cigar and somo moro brandy He filled both glasses tossed off his own and pushed tho other towards Rush who declined No thank you Joh This wont do for I dont want to wako with me up a wao headache to spoil tho memory of our pleasant evening Good night old boy sleep well Let us see more of each other John now that wo aro together Goodnight Good-night nightGo night Rush you shall see more than you want of me Pleasant dreams And they shook hands and parted A Rush walked homo in the cool morning a ho thought over tho events of the evening Ho was not at a satis fied about tho Leoni matter Ho felt that John had not told him all ho knew of the dancer and his heart was stirred to pity for the girl for ho know that John fascinations for women were irresistible Ho never for a moment thought but that Amy Bayliss still held sway over his brothers heart and his pity was all for Leoni a This story was 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