Show t r r I T THE E TIDAL TIDA L WAVE f I I e It I. I I By A. A HOW HOWARD ARD Dyr 1920 Western Newspaper er Union s Archibald Christopher Van Yan Dyne Mt tat In church a pious calm on his 1 countenance and the tall tail of his eye J direr directed Jre ted toward his fiancee Miss AraJ Arabella Ara Ara- bells bella Whitney who sat beside him n He He lie was trying to remember if there ap as lad had ever cr been a time wl when en he had hadnot V. V v n not Dot ot been engaged to Arabella he wasa was was a wondering why they were engaged ed T. T and he lie was predicting savagely that I 1 they should never marry r just because their fathers had been partners and lifelong friends Arabella d when a spotted red infant had been betrothed to the Jestingly year old Archibald bald and as the children grew glew older the Jest had imd gradually become t f serious and the two families had alt al always al- al lJ l- l t J ways bays assumed that the marriage would take place as soon as Arabella was old p enough and Archie was through sowIng sowing sow sow- r ing his bis wild oats Archies Archie's wild oats were of the mildest mildest mild mild- est kind He neither smoked nor drank he be worked faithfully at his Job and was liS In n the house ev every ry night at ten ten That Sunday Archibald wore a flaming flaming flam flam- ing tie which Indicated accurately the chaotic state slate of at his moral being forbe for he be felt within himself the flowering of or a mighty might love and Bella BeJla was not nott t the object of this overwhelming pas pas- sion So for the first time In his life Ar- Ar 4 ehfe chie regarded the blonde Miss Whitney Whitney Whit Whit- ney nay with aversion and when the sermon sermon ser ser- mon non began his thoughts drifted away not to Arabella but to Leona Lepage Leona the star of the Dixie Stock company had floated a vision vIston l In pink tarlatan onto the stage of Morgans Morgan's Lyric theater night of the one pr previous vl- vl L ons ous week and standing there on one onet t toe with the other pointed gracefully graceful graceful- ly skyward site slie had kicked hers herself lf r i Into the heart of the callow Archibald Hence the resplendent tie and the r I depressed countenance b beside Arar Ara Am Ara- Ara J I bella tk After church Archie stra strayed ed down downto downa a k to the Travelers' Travelers house where Le Leona na was staying and nd settled himself In th the corridor hoping to catch a glimpse o of oC f his adored Nor was he disappointed for tor soon there was vas a swish of skirts on the stair the tap of heels on on the stone floor and Leona decked for conquest conquest conquest con con- quest sw swept pt Into info the room roam 1 Perhaps she had noticed the lr eyed youth who ho attended every evey performance performance per r at Morgans Morgan's or perhaps s the appealing look of adoration now now cast caRt toward her moved moved her easy heart for after aeter passing Archibald she paused turned and came toward him hint I Pardon me she murmured fixing her ber large eyes eres on Archibald from beneath he- he neath the shades of her enormous enormous' hat but have you seep seen Gyp my dog Her He r and I am sure he came this Way ay Leona looked up and down the CORridor coir coin r but Archie looked only at Leona Yes he be answered with the the boldness boldness bold bold- ness born of love I am sure he went this way Suppose we go and look for tor him Marveling Man at his own temerity h he set forth from the hotel with Miss Lepage on his arm and with slinking shaking legs Jegg started down the street In nervous nervous nervous nerv nerv- ous pursuit of the lost dog Where shall we go cried LeonIn Leona Leon In maidenly helplessness Which way did I you OU see him go Archie reddened he was a very truthful youth and mendacity did not come corne easy to him him He ne tried frantically to think of or orsome some place where a runaway vay runaway dog would be likely to go Leona however saved him further urther 4 i embarrassment nt by pausing fn in iii front of one no of the larger larer rest restaurants s and remarking remarking re re- markin marking g as sh she e eyed eed ed the viands In the thes s window h Dont Dont you think he went In here here f t No answered Archie emphatically ly Still lId her gro ground iId Im sure he did she said Then Archie perceived the drift of ofner her ner remark Of OC course he did dire he cried with enthusiasm and blushing a beautiful ful tut pink at nt his stupidity he led Leona Proudly In even gaining the courage to or order er hot dog from tram the astonished Walter waiter ter E that day on Archibald lived 1 as one In a dream Though h he paid an occasional perfunctory per per- ry visit to Arabella to keep th the Peace with his family fatally his real life Passed In to a rosette roseate world Inhabited Only by himself and Leona Lepage In the daytime he haunted her hotel and night found him an nn enthralled spectator spectator spec spec- in the front row row pf of the Lyric Lyrl in Ills florists florist's bill mother finding g the his Ms room and marveling at Its size re- re Barked tn that Arabella had better r ben begin begin be- be gin n her trousseau but she suspected suspect d nothing ng though Archie nearly gave I himself away at times In to spite of other mishaps Archies Archie's romance Affiance anc progressed Leona W was S gra- gra cloud Itself and only one r darkened his heaven In to Michael leading man of ot the Archie feared eared a aMiss stock company Archie Archlie rival tI Miss Lepage and ha halie had hadi i been lie en friends for a n long time In iii raw fact that henna Archie Ja once confessed t to s We he felt toward Mich Michael t like Ike a sister Inward Inward- d After writhed that Archie ly V y whenever whenever he saw the two to together ether etherOn a On p developed n a mor the stage singe am and be he J hid bid d habit of or comparing hi 1 f t thie to his hie disadvantage 1 with the leuling The 4 H DI Stock e Stock given East company ny tJ b having Lynne tucky In In Old Olt hen an and d The IThe Black Crook greet crent success with w Watkins atkins t give It t as lies his the man manager eer now nf afford to opinion that they co Could ld nl r rIsk a m little cs C and on th the cl classics clas- clas as MIchael though also t that h the time was wn's come to work for lR Romeo omeo and aud glory Juliet and not for filth filthy y yAt lucre ucle was decided At th the e fIrst upon performance Ar sat red and row and held uncomfortable In n the first hIs O hands hand while I velvet t trunks his red hall hair covered lop bla g ch k curls stone stono sat on a parapet with Ills Leona arm about 1 Leona hail 1 car ra explained to Archie chie with nce the between real real arid acid stage kisses but V us as she leaned caned the 1 against Archie distrust ed her and andl h hie e str stretched h his s neck unmercifully unmercifully un un- un- un mercifully to see If they e ere re really really hands s. s Mr havIng the tl-l tl classics ng decided to do was determined to toa give Shakespeare a fair chance and t he the e stage setting for the balcony sc ne was In the words of Michael a she den It was the lake that gave Archie his Inspiration for he knew that the lifelike life life- like undulations on Its surface were made by the tile regular movements of the who knelt In rows beneath its s green-baize green waters H He would auld be a wave wa e at at- atthe the very next performance and discover for tor himself If L Leona ona were true or if the kisses that Juliet bestowed bestowed bestowed be be- stowed on Romeo were as real as they looked The following night following night the curtain rose at Morgans Morgan's on the same resplendent scene but Archie was not in hl his usual pla place e Leona however did not seem to fe feel l his absence as leaning over the balcony she stretched her arms to the electric moon and inquired red w with th deep f feeling r Ham Romeo eo Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo Archie watching g. g h her er from tram the bota bottom bot hot tom of the I lake a 1 e thought that she had never looked d so beautiful Then y appeared and gazing on him with a soulful expression on Juliet Inquired tenderly I Are thou not Romeo and a Montague Monta Monta- Alon Montague 11 t a- a gue To 10 wl which Romeo replied with muc much h ardor Neither fair maid if either elthe r you you dislike Adding flip flippantly pan tl j In an undertone Me names name's e s OD but you can can call caIl me ne Mike Juliet Julet was not at all disturbed by this irrelevancy ncy and when OD ff who had declare against t long dis dl tance lovemaking climbed up on the hal balcony on and n too took her In hl his arms anns the dialogue progressed finely In spite of at R Romeos Romeo's E 2 lr Irish accent My My bounty Is ls ii as bo boundless n-d n ss as the sea My love ris as deep She spoke with an intensity which communicated Itself to the inflammable Inflammable bl ble Irishman r and springing forward orward caught her In his arms arms arms' and Imprinted a real a resounding an unmistakable unmistakable un un- un- un mistakable kI kiss on I her e ca carmine n I lips Instantly there was a roar roar from the depths of the lake Look at Venus rising from the sea sen cried a voice In the ilie gallery I Archie heeded it hot fiot Ill t teach ac you sou he cried shaking shaking with rage j Ill teach you to hiss my my girl recognized his rival he Come on and teach me P he yelled derisively throwing off his cloak In an the two were locked In n the fast embrace of deadly hatred hatred while Leona screaming wildly leaned over the parapet the delighted de de- de the Go IGo It Venus shrieked II lighted kited audience r sPunch Punch him Romeo cr cried ed the b balC bal bal- l I C cony Po the Mr fl Watkins s dashed out upon stage S IC Come me down he be shout shouted hi ladder ler The balcony was high th the feath Watkins was n no wc weak le and Mr t i He lie raged In impotence r I 1 h he shrieked shaking Come Comedown down This Tina combatants both bath fists at nt the answered time Ime say lIes He a aC did Come down you C coming the Archie by seized he hc With that flung him over oven the parapet waist and down Into the lake where the of the foreman het held d b by the baleful eye knelt In stupefied silence muffled cries the waves ros rosy rose With and d directions a nil all scatter scattered ed In up and the bank of at the Mr Watkins from dive for ArchIe and ond made a lake lalie for tor stretched out his arms I Leona preserved her presence prest pres- pres however Ires She realizing that her liar heraver and t mind ence of faIlIng off orr saved aver vei the he false ordering hair was curtail cur cur- situation by ordering down down the tail tain the sisters day the aunts The next nest sat beside d Archies Archie's and the mother whispers In gloomy bed murmuring accident that had b ho- ho the sad about the night before as ashe hero fallen faIlen their crowded street on crossing a he was vim meeting prolonged from a i his r Benevolent asso asso- the Young oung Mens Men's of the said mother My liMy spa son has K been s so sym sym- his hand hond announce the en en- pathetic Shrill we 1 sunday ement t next from ga meekly came other Ye lei m bedclothes under the t the good ladY continued But first the wedding you mu must firmly before have lun-e bec beck working rest You some e dont don't get s eat You dont don't You hard failing off mY andyes and you are Archie sl sleep red yes nOW p penitent of oC liCe In gleam a with Then added battered blue eyes he noticed last la t I lit ht rn other other- 1 OllIC rc rI tf foiling falling oft t. t to he ha iha I |