Show 1 H rY Z av q y i 1 E threw down the latest swa wai HE lEt bucki buckl r it had reached a tenth edition before it wu wa and ked wearily his altogether too cross cro for a map man still in fn his honeymoon The fellows who write Trite these things dont take tike any chances They know that in the war of or the novels the sword is mightier than the pen pe It be 4 b o bad maybe if they aped each other less le s cheerfully They hate ft it anew new incident as a circus clown hates a fresh Joke Now theres that hoary I scene seene of the stand on the stair the in 11 invincible Invincible I hero at the top with draws drawn sword you ou knew kne holding or fir rj bay ay a I of his Joes oes while Lady Love Lovelight Lovelight light steps step daintily from freni a and makes her escape Who was it got that off first I i wonder Is It IB Ia I Don Quixote i Dumas started it on its long career I think said his wife tapping a watercolor ater color sketch h with her brush h Since the wedding w she painted only for tor forr r fun Before ll fore that but wait let feer be tea tell It Did id D do that ut tuat Well WellI I t knew it had ton Jone and d nd faithful I I A it m mE E T I I 1 I I service and earned Its retirement gen ft generation ti ago aco a o Still these new Dew chaps cba w wont on t let it veSt rest It comes come up with a tort Hort of Here we are again n Joey Josy in every plume and gauntlet novel DOVel that d you ou bring home x Jack she said quietly a meaning light in her Indian Lydian T eyes Jack Jacic you t ought to have a warm w na spot In IB your heart ti rt for the stand OR on the stair Why Win do you say Roy that lie Jae aked r artfully but It was wu easy to see Bee that his memory m mory had begun he to play Airy i pictures i fir f their days arose th noble days of artistic straggle struggle gle in the th shabby old Washington Wa n square mansion Nell was piloting her er 1 own bark then working all alone atone in her little attic with its north light I ht How long it seemed And yet he checked off the months on his lingers fingers ft ler omet mE ng more than half a year since the evening ie said wd to her Nelly let letus letus letIs us Is Join hands hande and fortunes ou know quite well what I mean the she he said laughing but you know that Tilly Smiles told me the story of your stand on the stair stairl l h Smiles SmUts Welt Well you aTe are easy So heb hes been trying one of his tiresome fiction plots on you At his old tricks again Next see it with nine illus illustrations I in Every Womans M Magazine e Hark she said Listen to the ad adVance Vance sheets He rolled a cigarette and while white she I the past put spouts of smoke came from a mound of couch pillows in which a mans man head was Has somewhere cd d T Once upon a time she began be a ayoung ayoung young person from the country whom a sculptor a painter and a a writer i called the Song Sparrow lived Vv lv under the root roof of ot a time tattered Knickerbocker Knickerboc r mansion ion not far tar irom r Washington square She was ivas the only woman in m t te e house save Nove the janitress Ja and being an artist art the men took well a passing interest in her J But it was some nome time befu e they realized how hard up she wa Was More than tb n once it happened that the Song Sparrow had hau ha to 14 sing Inc in lieu eu of ot supper and ud go SO to bed hungry hU IY The day came caine when ben she he had to ask uk the landlord to watt wait for the pit pittance lance tance nce she ahe paid in reaL rent Instead of cultivating patience the tile landlord knocked at her door frequently That sent seat the poor pooi girl to bed sick melt of soul at fret first and at length learh sick in body One OtJe till iU Sunday morning there t ere came a gentle rapping at the door She did not shudder this tor for she kne knew v It was not the landlords aggressive knock It waa wa a doctor and a certain one of the men downstairs who shall be nameless D had sent t him For Jor a moment a cheek showed mowed itself out of the cub then quickly y die dis disappeared appeared I can only nl guess she went on how tie the Kam Qua One felt when the t doctor told Aim Im that the Song Sparrow was wasia ia 1 a II critical state 3 that only perfect quiet and the beat best of r care could uld save her I Guess ss Gu s how I looked Nell he ex That was nothing You ought gh t to have seen Thereon Thorsen and Tilly Smiles I There were Weft three long faces n a that floor or Kit BId t look 1001 here we w are sun getting I ant t of the picture y yes Tea she hurried tarried on deaf de to the I warning Mrs W told me all about the way wT you three went on when she brought in hi the beet beef a tea tee and other things that you y sent up I must have been very VeIP ill U for Or I dont remember anything ny after atte that hilt until you made your you stand d on the stair It was your voice strong and commanding that I T heard hearl first ant Just outside out my door It Itis to is In my ily y ears yet Where Wh re are you going tr sir were the words Then ante me the gruff voice of the landlord but I could not his words for he must have been at the foot of the staircase e on the floor below No her husband said sitting up He had got half way up Didn t Tilly Till describe eribe U tt so Perhaps he did I am weak in de do details tails tDa but your our words Jack Jaek I can re report report report port verbatim Dont you attempt to come conic up to this door you said and shook hook your fist fiat at him I suppose If It you do Ml Ill throw you down stairs It was in that moment that the Idea of loving you yon came to me The land landlords landlord landlords lords lord voice yoke sounded again In but I noted it U Ad did not DOt seem any nearer Then I r heard beard you yon my IMY y 1 I I dont care if they are re your JOur premises That little girls life Ufe U g of f more wore account than all your blocks of houses hone put together Bat But you yott pot lint a very big b D before the Ute blocks What happened after that I dont know though I can easily im imagine ImI agine agi for tile the landlord did not knock I at my door any aDT more and Mrs OHr lon Jon said zid I worry about the rent There was wa a pause pa se and aDd a low ow growl from the pillows to the effect that it nt much m of ot o a story Ory After a 8 while she said aid demurely Jack rye Ive a tender regard for the stand on Oft the Ute stair and lid I think you ought to cherish It it too I do little one ORe I do he said springing up and aDd taking her heM head be between between between tween his hands hand And why W Y I dont like to we ee q these theae romancers over overwork overwork overwork work It K so Really they ought to te let Iet it have a 8 holiday Copyright am 1501 by W R It Hearst Hrat |