Show SERIAL STORY THE GIRL from rom HIS TOWN T WN By MARIE VAN Vol VORST by M. M G. G KETTNER KEnNER B Copyright bt isis 1910 by Tho The Bobbs Co SYNOPSIS Da Dan Blair th the 22 old on of the tho copper king of Blairtown Blair Blair- town Mont I Is a guest at the English home hom of Lady a been orey Dans Dan's ans an's father had courteous t to Lord r during his visit to b the e States and nd the tho courtesy j Is now being e I ng returned returned to the young man The e youth has In hi his an Ideal girl mind lie e meets Lily Duchess of or Breakwater a u beautiful widow who Is attracted by by bya his s alS Immense fortune and takes A a liking ns t to th 0 h her er Wh When i Dan was a ahe boy nv a g girl I rl sang a solo at he hand had a church and ad 5 T never ver forgotten e. e h her er The Gath Ga- Ga th n Lily and D Dan an attend a Lo London n d on where theater eater where I one LeU Letty Lane B ne Is la the star Dan Yu recognizes her as M the Ie Girl from his town and d going Sing 1 ng behind the scenes introduces intro Intro- duces dUce himself f an and she remembers him CHAPTER V. V I At the Carlton Canton There here are are certain natures to whom each a appearance of ot evil each form of delinquency is a fresh surprise They are ire born simple in the sweet sense of or orthe r he the word and they go down to old age never of ot the world although In a sense ense If Da Dan Blairs Blair's eyes were w re somewhat opened at two twenty-two be he had yet the bloom o on oil his soul He was no fool but his Ideals stood up each Bach on Its pedestal and ready to appear appear ap ap- pear one by one to him as the scenes of his life shifted and and the different curt curtains ns rose He had been trained In finance ce from froni his bo boyhood hood and he bo was a a born financier Money was kits his natural element he co could ld go far in It But woman I He JIe w was s on one of at tho those e manly maIlly crea creatures creatures creatures-a ures- ures a knight to to ht-to to whom each woman is a sa sacred r d t thing a dove ove a crystal clear ad ade ftp cherish and t to protect made to tie be spoiled And in IIi Dan Darf were all the qualities that go to make up the unselfish unselfish un un- selfish tender foolish and often un un unhappy unhappy happy American m ri These were some some of at atthe the the oth other othe i- i things he had bad tn- tn Inherited In In- from his father senior Blair Blair senior bad married his first l love v an as boy had been trained ined to know know money and Its Its Its' val value e. e how to keep it and spend it It to save it and to to make maket lk It t h he had been taught nothing at all aU about woman He had bad never been taught aught to distrust wo women ne never been warned against them he be had been taught n nothing th ng but his fathers father's memory mem mem- ory of his mother and the result was that hat he worshiped the sex and wondered wondered wondered won won- dered at it the mystery With Gordon and the others others oth oth- ers era he had ridden shot better than they and had played but with Lady G lorey and arid the the- Duchess of at Breakwater BreakS Break water he wc was nothing but a child As Asar far ar s a-s as his hostess was concerned on sev several al occasions she had put to him hint certain states of at affairs well touch- touch Dan pan had been mo moved ed by the stories of t sore need among the tenants tenants ten ten- ants had been Impressed by the thene necessity necessity ne ne- ne- ne of of at reforms and hi his I and arid on each occasion had given hostess a check She Sie e had asked him to say nothing about It to Gordon and he had kept his silence p Dan m liked Lady extremely sh she was Jolly follY witty and friendly She treated member of the family and him as a the made rib no demands on him save ones mentioned In the time that he be bad had come to know the Duchess of at Breakwater she on her part had filled him full of other other other oth oth- er confidences Into his bis young ears she poured the story o of her disappointment her disjointed life lite from her ber worldly girlhood to Io her disillusion In marriage She was beautiful when she she t talked and more lovely when wept Dan thought himself in n love with the Duchess of ot Breakwater His conversations conversations' with her bad had brought him hint to this conclusion They had from front Par Park together r. r motored extremely taken with and he be had bad been e the the Pleasure of at It it and with the tho fact of at their real companionship Two or r three times titUs the words had bad been on fated not to tobe bespoken be bespoken which were his hia lips hip however and anu 11 Dan spoken then still ill unfettered however and anu 11 Dan then spoken still ill unfettered st u Gaiety reached th the tho his duchess by his bis side And then the had bad begun to play MandalaY Manda orchestra had gone up and anday Jay tho the curtain laY ay the Lane had bad come out on Letty not did apparition her boards But strike immediately nor off art his chains strike to tell the his plan he be renounce did next day that beloved bo be duchess the very loved her ller Lady Udy eyes wit with sparkling When raved about Mandalay Dan Everybody eagernesS listened with ea about Letty Lane seemed ced to know all what town tram from but Tut be alone te knew sho oh had COntO at the tto Carlton Carlton Carl Carl- Car supper upper They wen went for tor theater ton after the said tells It Ithen LadY heard beard her het hersing impresario hen U how the picked church sing I in some OmO and broUght and there then her UP her over here n and ad d they ey say she married married mar mar- ried ned hl him n. n Dan Blair could have told them how she had sung In that little church that day Dan was eating his sandwich Her name then was Sally Towney ho murmured How little ho lio had guessed that that- she was g herself right out of that church and Into the London Gaiety Theater Anyway Anyway Any Any- way she had made him sit up It was a far cry from Montana to the London Gaiety And so sho she married married mar marS ried lied the greasy Jew Jow who had discovered discovered ered her Dan glanced over at the Duchess of Breakwater She was looking w well ll exquisitely high b bd d and she Impressed Impressed impressed Im Im- im- im pressed him She ned loaned slightly over to him laughing He had hardly dared to meet her eyes that day fearing that she he might read his secre She had told him that in her own right sho she was a countess the countess the Countess of Titles didn't cut any Ice with him At any ny rate she would b be beable able to buy back the old farm that farm that is the way Dan put It She had told him of at the beautiful old Court mortgaged and hung up with fth debts as deep in ruins as as as' the ivy was thick on the walls As Dan looked over at the duchess he saw the other people staring an anti and 1 looking about at a table near It was spread a little to their left for four people a n great bouquet of orchids In Inthe Inthe Inthe the center There said theres Letty Letty Letty Let Let- ty Lane And the si singer ger came In In followed by three thre men the first of them the Prince Indolent Indo Indo- lent lent bored bored haughty his eye glass eye glass dangling Miss Lane was dressed in black a superb costume of cut cut and it enfolded her like a shadow shad shad- bw ow w as a shadow might enfold a specter specter spec spec- ter ter for tor the dancer was as pale as pale as the dead She had neither painted nor rouged she h had d evidently employed no coquetry to disguise her fag rather rather rath rath- er she seemed to be on the verge verge of ofa ofa ofa a serious Illness and presented a ast st striking contrast to the brilliant cr creature crea- crea a- a ture who had shone before their e eyes es not an hour before Her dress was a She Knows How to Make Hers Hersl c challenge t to the more marc gay and delicate deli c cate te affairs the he other women In I deu-I the restaurant wore The Tho gown came collar collar collar col col- col- col severely U up to her hel chin Its high lar closed around with a pearl necklace neck Deck lace laco from tram her ears cars fell pearls long creamy and pr priceless eless She wore a feathered hat which drooping great face face and almost bid hid her small pale palo her golden golden- hair She drew off art her ber in and her white she came gloves as jeweled hands flashed She looked infinitely tired and extremely bored soon she took her her seat at the As soon as table Intended for her party part Pont Pont- poured her out a a glass of champagne w which she drank off art as assaid though it ft were water Gad Lord said sad she is a and what a figure What a stunner daring earing to dress like what bead and that She knows how to make ma-kc herself said the Du Duchess hess of conspicuous Breakwater She looks extremely ill said Bald Lady will do doher The pace she goes her hor up In hi a year or two Dan Blair had bad his back to her ber and ho he was the thelast to leave heave when they the rose out t Letty etty Lane saw him last jast to pass I Ind and a light broke brokO over her pallid face hen her She He nodded and smiled and shook little salute If it her ber hand band I in ina a a Pretty face was was' pale her lips were red and like sunlight and at ather ather smile was her tier her r reunion a wave of at friendly fellowship fellowship fel ic- man man-a the tho swept over young soTt sort Bart of loyal to her ber which he be hadn't felt for any other women there ther and which ho could not have ex ex- In warm approval of tho the actress actress' distinction he be said softly to tu himself all right she right she makes the rest of at thorn thom look like lIko thirty cents i CHAPTER PTER VI Seeks Advice Blair did not go back at at once to to toOs Os- Os dene done Park IT He stopped over in In London London London Lon Lon- don for a few fow days to see Joshua Ruggles Ruggles Rug- Rug and so remarked for tor the first time time tho difference between the speech of the old and the new world Mr Ir Ruggles sp spoke broadly with complete complete com corn disregard of the frills and adornments adornments adorn adorn- ments of ot the Kings King's English He spoke United States State of tho pure bread broad western brand and it rang out it vibrated and swelled and rolled and andas andas andas as Ruggles didn't care car who heard him n nothing thing of ot what he had to say was lost Old Mr Blair had left behind him a n comrade and as far as advice could I go the he old man knew that his Dan would not be bankrupt Advice Dan Blair senior once said to his boy Is th the kind of thing wo we want some fellow ell ow to give us when w we aint nhit going to do the thc thing we ought to do or are a little ashamed of something we have done Its It's an awful awful ayt- ayt aw aw- ful rul good way to get cured of at asking advice Just to do what tho the fellow tellow tells teUs you to at once During Ruggles' Ruggles stay sJay In London the young fellow looked to it that Ruggles Ruggles Rug Rug- saw the sights and the tho two HUg I did the principal features of the big town I Ito to the rich enjoyment of the Western Western- er Dan took his friend every night to the play and on on the fourth evening Ruggles Ruggies said Lets go goto to the circus or a a. Dan I 1 have learned this show by heart They had been every night to see M Mandalay Oh you go on where you like Josh the the boy answered Im I'm going going- to see how she he looks from the pit Ruggles Ruggies was not a Blairtown man He lie had come from farther west and had never heard anything of of Sarah Towney or Letty Lan Lane He applauded the a actress tress vigorously at the Gaiety y yat at first and after acter the third night slept i l r 1 f. f II I- I I At I i i ti f i i. iI I L'- L' elf C Conspicuous Said the Duchess through most of the perform performance I When he waked up he be tried to discover dis cover what attra attraction Uon Letty Lane had for Dan For the young man never ne left lett Ruggles' Ruggles side never went b behind I Ithe the the the- scenes though he seemed absorbed absorbed ab ab- ab- ab as a man usually is is' absorbed for one reason only In response to a telegram from tram Os Os- Qs- Qs dene Park Dan motored out there one one afternoon and during his abs absence nce n Juggles Haggles was was- surprised at his ho hotel el elby by a call My dear Mr Ruggles s Lord Ga Ua lorey said for he be it was WS the pug boy oy fetched up why dont don't you come ome outto out outto t to see us All friends of old old- ld- ld Mr Air mair Blairs Blair's Blairs jue t re V at Ruggles i th thanked and said ho wis vs wd q not ot t fl 1 A lil lpg man that he be only had short hadia Ja a short horl time In London and was to reland to lo look k up Isis hla family tree I- I u There r She tie be hundred hundred acres cres ot at trees trees in In laughed you can cl climb mb them all And And Ruggles Ruggles Ruggles Rug Rug- Rug Rug- replied I guess I wouldn't find any Ru Ruggles gl 8 at th the thet t top p of or any ny of em ein em my y lord The b boy has bas gone out to see you all TO BE DE CONTINUED |