Show BLACK IS WHITE 1 By GEORGE BARR SYNOPSIS James Brood member of or an old eld New NOW NewYork NewYork York family whose first wife wire ho be believes to have bavo been bean unfaithful t thim to him and who whose son eon Frederic ho does docs not believe to be his marries a second time O and takes his wife Yvonne Yvonne to tos tho o an AU ancestral J Is home In Now ew York ork She Sho beautiful woman at times eho showing I lovable disposition and at others a hard hara fUd and peculiar one She Sho w wins Frederics Frederic's devotion and nd Brood becomes J 1 hating hating- tho the boy than ever Yvonne m moro more r r accuses Brood 0 of still i loving o MaUlde Matilde whom he turned ou out St 0 of r his 3 house when that she h loved her he became convinced l hl Frederic e is te engaged en- en enu music mn master ter Sand R to be m married et to Lydia Desmond d. d d daughter daughter of an old Id friend of ot Broodo Vi whose ose wife f th had been een his housekeeper up to the time when he brought home his Immediately ImmedIate In Insists In In- new wife 1 The Tho latter nt that Mrs aIrs Desmond Deamond should I leave The he e tr trouble between Brood and Frederic Fred Fred- r red eric comes to an open Su quarrel an and the former determines to tell teU tho the boy what ho he believes beHoves is the true truo etor story of or his birth hirth However he ho does neither r. r It Is thought at at first that Frederic will die but Yvonne says ho will not She then tells teUs Brood that she Is III Therese young slater sister of Matilda his first wife VUe th that t she ha has married him to revenge t the e treatment ho he gave ga her sister r whom she sho loved and that It was her Intent Intention 0 to induce Induce him to think tho the worst of her and nd Frederic that she sho he might hurt him In the most tender tonder spot She Sha tells tell him things to convince him that her sister slater was ViaS true and that Frederic Frederic Frederic Fred Fred- eric la is his hIe own son Frederic Improves rapidly rl and he he his hie father and Ly Lydia a and her mother ar are going going- away Too The boy pleads that Yvonne may tio go with them but Brood I l i obdurate He c says she he made mado her plans with th her r eyes open oJen and she sho will have to take the con con- sequences He cannot ta take kc her along as his wife after all alt that has hu happened Yvonne and Brood talk the matter over and nd the former tells her hel husband hus hus- band that she sho loves lovea him and that he J will find rind jl It out later She Sho stared at him for a moment and then an odd smile mlle came camo Into her eyes eyeL A A prisoner serving her time timo Is that It it my husband If you ou are here when I return I Ishall I shall havo have reason to believe that your our J Jlove love is IB real that It Is la good Rood and true and enduring I am afraid of ot you now I 1 do not not trust you Her fler eyes flashed ominously She started to say something but re refrained reframed re- re framed closing her hor lips Ups tightly You used tho the word prisoner Brood Broo r resumed levelly Of Ot course you OU understand n that It Is voluntary on your part For a year th or or a a. y year r and anti a halt half that's what It will come to eh she mused I am to stay In this house all that toot time 7 Within the these e four tour walls said ald he and his face faco was very white Is Is that your sentence Call It that If It you like Therese Do you mean that I 1 am not to pu put pul foot outside of ot thc these e premises sh she asked wide eed Ho Hc nodded his bead head My keepers Who aro are the they to be bo The old men of tho the sea sea sea- Your keeper will be bo the thing you call Love said he Do you expect mo me to submit to this this this- He held up his hand I expect you to remain here until I 1 return The The- rose roae I did not Intend to Impose this condition upon you by word of ot mouth I was waa as going away without a word but you would ha have v received from Mr Dawes a sealed envelope lope as soon as the ship sailed It contains this verdict ver ver- ver- ver dict In writing H He will hand It to you ou of ot course coursel but now that you know the contents It ft will not be necessary to to- to And when you do come back am I to hope for something more than your pardon and a release e she sho cried with fine iron Irony In her voice I r I will not promise anything anything- said he slowly She Sho drew a long breath and there was the U light ht of ot triumph in her ey eyes eyes s. s Laying her slim sUm hand on his arm she aho said I am content James I am am aID sure of you now You will find me mo here when you choose to come back bock be It one one year yea or twenty Now go im my man They are waiting for tor you Bo Be kind to them poor souls and tell to them thorn all that you have hove Just told m me rue It will wUl make them happy They love me rue me you see soc Ye they do love v you said sald he putting his hands upon her shoulders They TheO smiled Into each others other's eyes Goodbye Goodbe Therese Thereze I 1 will wili return Goodbye James No do not kiss m me me- It would be mockery Good luck and God and God speed you home o. o again ln Their hands met In a warm tine fine clasp I will go with you as far tar as the door of ot my ray prison Prom From the open door sha out upon the young people In the tho motor and waved her handkerchief in gay farewell Then she closed the door and walked slowly down the hallway to the big biff library She was WAll alone in tho the house save vo for the servants servant The old men had preceded ed the vo voyagers voy voy- agers to the pier Standing In the center of the room she surveyed this particular cell ceU In her prison with a sort of ot calm cairn disdain He has taken tho only way to conQuer conquer conquer con con- quer himself she ahe smiled half halt aloud He Is IB a n. wise wile man man n. a very wino man I might have expected this of ot him She pulled tho the and Jones who had Just re entered tho tim house came earns at once to the room Yea Yes madam When Mr Dawes and Mr return front from the tho ship t tell ll them that I shall ahall expect them to have havo luncheon with me T That's at all aU thank you Yes Ye madam By the tho way Jones you ou may always set the table for tor three Jones Jonel blinked It was was a most unusual un un- un- un usual order He Ho had been beon trying to screw up his hili courage to Inquire what I his mistress mistress' plans Were for tor tho the Imme diate future whether future whether one ne tnt intended to travel should he dismiss tho the servants would she spend tho the heated term tonn In the mountains etc ato etc de He as ns well welt i as 55 the tho rest of the servants wondered why the masters master's wife had boon loft behind Her Instructions therefore to lay throe three places at the table took him completely by surprise knocked knocked the breath out of ot him as ho ex expressed ex- ex pressed preMed It to tho the cook a n. few tew minutes later She had never been known to take a meal with tho the garrulous old men They bored her to distraction according to Celeste And now now he was to Ill lay places for tor t them them always always I It rt w was 3 most moat |