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Show EVEKY COUNTY PROGPESS. CAST1.K PAT E. UTAH 1 came ly. The GIRL in the MIRROR By ELIZABETH JORDAN by Tb Cwtwy Company.) 8TART THE r"R0M fray youn to wlld- as succeeded has recently Taurle Devon. h.t inclined him r Barbara, who has helped mar-succeed, has Just been leav-Laur- ,iie and is going to Japan, on his own. Epstein d -' 9' Banes, his theatrical have promisfu on Laurie. n fv part- ,j They old hfm for his laziness of late. id h retorts that ne seeis his window In Lw York he sees the reflection Kin in a mirror a beautiful hncA nnnnsite. From the levator boy in the Rirl's house kurie learns the trirrs name is In tr.e mirror s reayo. gion he sees her with a re- vcr and fears she means 10 He rushes Into nm t suicide. t. and. winning her Infldence, induces her to lunch sne warns tnougn jlth him, ' At lunch !. she nt rlane-erknits there Is a mystery in her -- m bank-accoun-t. . Ife. JAPTER IV Continued at won't do !" he declared. "The You've Just admitted It. off. So feci better for having It o!T. As your big brother, and self- v ntpd counselor, I choose this to tell yon what you're go- op-njt- do." o pursed her lips at him. It whs est re of a rebellious child. Her manner had changed so sml-tluLaurie felt a bewilderment In it. t equal to his satisfaction he first time throughout the In-he experienced the thrill she iplveii him In the mirror. s?" she prompted, the fisrt place " He hesitated, ground that stretched between now was firmer, but still uncer-On- e false step might lose him h of what ho had pained. "There's jnestinn of your future," he went in a brisk, matter-of-fac- t tone. "1 a two moiithn last year looking for ! in New York. I was about to my last cent before I found lit occurred to me that, perhaps. "" lie was beginning to flounder, at I am out of work?" she "You are right." urie beamed at her. Surely his was clear now ! had a streak of luck last year," sumed. "I collaborated on a play to people were foolish enough Ever since that, money lias ed in on me In the most vulgar I clink when I walk. Dollars from my pockets when I make a lire. Last week, at the bank, the er hedged me to take some of money away and do something It. He said It was burdening the itition. So, as your adopted broth-going to start a bank account pou," he ended, simply. Need you are not!" ic 11 tt indeed I am !" agreed to lire. I did not agree what Is It you Americans say? ponge!" e Ignored all but the phrase of the y. JVhnt do you "tided with mean by that?" he quickened Interest. N't you an Amerlcanr hit hpr lip. o not wholly." e Vhat. then?" e hesitated. can't tell you nt last. her curiously, taking In her evident tension, her slowly poise and at last the little returning breath of relief with which she turned back to him. "I wish I could tell you all you want to know," she said, "but- -1 can't That's aft there Is to It. So please let us change the subject." His assurance returned. "You're not a crown head or an escaped princess or anything of that kind, are you?' he asked politely. This time die really laughed, a soft, low gurgie of laughter. Joyous ami contagious. "Xo." "Then let's get back to our We have plenty of time to run over to the Fifth avenue branch of the Corn Exchange bank before the closing hour. What color of check hook do you prefer?" "I told you," she declared with sudden seriousness, "that my bargain did not Include sponging." For the first time ln the somewhat taxing interview her companion's good huruor deserted him. "My dear girl," he iid, almost Impatiently, "don't beat the devil around the bush ! You've got to live till we can find the right work for you, and that may take some time. You have Intelligence enough to see that I'm neither a gay Lothario nor a Don Juan. Tn your present state of mind you're not fit to decide anything. Make up your mind, onoe for all. that I'm going to decide for you. It will save us both some trouble." lie stopped. lie had discovered that she was not listening to him. She was sitting absolutely still, her head a little turned. Her lips were slightly parted, and her eyes, wide and staring, were fixed on some one across the room. Laurie's eyes followed hers. They focused on a man sitting alone at n little table. It was clear that he had Just entered, for a waiter stood by his side, and the newcomer was giving Judicious attention to the bill of fare. He was a harmless-lookinperson, of medium height and rather more than medium stoutness, carelessly e dressed In a suit. His Indifference to dress was further betrayed by the fact that his ready-mad- e tie had slipped the mooring of a white-bonstud, leaving that useful adjunct of the toilet open to the eyes of the world. His face was and rather round, smoofh-shaveHe had dark, slightly veiled pale. gray eyes, which blinked nearsightedly at the menu. Altogether he was a seemingly worthy person, to whom the casual observer would hardly have given a second glance. While the two pairs of eyes across the room stared at him, he confided his order to the waiter. It seemed a brief order, for the brow of the latter clouded as he wrote It down and strolled off: The newcomer leaned back In his chair, and, as he did. so glanced around the room. His projecting eyes, moving indifferently from table to table, suddenly rested, fixed, on the girl. They showed InHe bowed terest but no surprise. an odd smile, bland, with a half-smilThen, tolerant, and understanding. disregarding her lacjt of response, he fixed his eyes on the wall facing him and waited patiently for his luncheon to be served. Laurie's attention returned to the girl. She was facing him again, but her eyes looked past him as if he were that Just yet," she g blue-serg- four-in-ha- e e there. "He has muttered. not found me, even here." she He "Of course he would. ''ill'" Laurie nursed hta line In 'iseless whistle. The girl's voice always does." Laurie looked at her. musically Knglish. and though her t was that of "Do you mean," he asked crisply, London, up till room Is fol"he had spoken as colloquially as "that that chap across the American. Indeed, her speech was like his sister's. He was puz- - h didn't you tell me this yii.v lowing you around?" She looked at him, as If abruptly be- - llaf 1 not was smiling at wholly Amerlcanr him ironically, but emalned serlnna pes. Ami oh, a lot of things! Of r;j' you know I am all at sea about A To-pek- a. nm-hnil- c : ... ' . t to "monla d . n-,-,i i ' to mention also that the annoyance must etop." The glance of the tranger held. Laurie observed with Interest that th veiled look of the projecting eyes had changed a little. The change did not add to the stranger's charm. "l'.efore I answer you, tell me one thing." he said, formally. Uy what right do you act as the lady's protector?" hesitated an Instant The , Laurie question was embarrassing. "Has she authorized you to act?" recalled to the fact of his presence. "In a way, but " Her eyes dropped. "How long have you known her? "Yes." she muttered, dully. " may escape him for a time, but he always How well do you know her?" Command of the Interview was learns where I am. He will catch me when he chooses, and roll me slipping from the younger man. lie i about under his paws for a while, and resolutely resumed It. "Look here," he said, firmly, "I cam then perhaps let me go asain." "That sounds like a certain phase to this table to tell you something, cf domestic life." commented Laurie. but I will decide what that Is to he. "Is he by nn;' chance your husband V I am not here to answer questions. It Is enough for you to know that cir- Her eyes held a rising anger. cumstances have given tne the right "He is not," she said. "1 am not to protect the lady from annoyance, married." I want to make it clear ta you thnt I Laurie dropped his dead cigarette shall exercise that right. Hereafter into the nsh tray, and rose with a to let her alone. IM you un- - j youare sigh. derstand? Absolutely alone. You are "It's all very confusing," he admit- not to follow her, not to enter place ted, "and a digression from the main where she can see you," he recklessly issue. Hut I'm afraid I shall have to ended. go to the exertion of reasoning with The stranger looked at him through him." the light veil which seemed again to She started up, but before she could have fallen over the projecting eyes. protest or restrain him, he had left "I should really like to know." he her nnd crossed the room to the stran- said, "when and where you met her. I ger's table. saw you starting off together In the taxicab, but I am not quite sure CHAPTER V whether your first encounter occurred this morning." , "And you won't be." Laurie stood Mr. Herbert Ransoms Shavr up. "I've warned you," he said curtThe man In the shabby blue-serg-e '.'I don't know how well you unsuit detached his absent gaze from the ly. our laws in this country, but derstand opposite wall, and looked up quickly I fancy you know enough of them to when Iaurie stopped at his side, lie was clearly surprised, hut courteous. realize that you cannot shadow a lady He half rose from his chair, but the without getting Into trouble." "She admitted that?" The stranger appeared to experience a tepid glow of emotion. "She must know you better than I thought," he added reflectively. "Doris is not the type to pour her confidence Into every new ear," he mused, seeming to forget the other's presence in his Interest In tli is revelation. "Have I made myself quite clear?" Laurie w'as staring at him with a mingling of resentment and Interest. The other nodded. "You have, m? young friend," he said, with sudden seriousness, "and now I, too, will be clear. In return for one warning, I will give you another. Keep out of matters that do not concern you." Laurie grinned at him. "You forget that I have made this matter my concern," he said, lightly. "Try to remember that." The other man rose. His manner had changed to a sort of Impatient weariness. "Get her out of here," he said abruptly. "You are beginning to irritate me, you two. Take her home, and then keep away from her, unless you are looking for trouble." He delivered the last words so "I Came Over Here," He Said Casuand menacingly that the waiter clearly ally, "to Mention to You That You who had appeared with his luncheon I Are Annoying the Lady Am With." heard them and fell back a step. and Looking Into the veiled eyes, Laurie newcomer waved him back also felt a sense of recoil. .The felvacant seat the Into dropped easily' was positively venomous. There low opposite him. He was smiling. The was something serpentlike In the dull man In blue serge was not. He looked but fixed look of those goggling eyes, A puzzled, though vaguely responsive. in the forward thrust of the smooth third person, watching the, two, might brown head. the the have almost episode thought "I've said my say," he retorted. "If casual reunion of men who frequently I ever catch you around that studio, lunched together. or In any way annoying the lady, I'll Laurie leaned forward In his chair, thrash you within an inch of your rested one elbow on the table, and, life; and then I'll turn what's left of opening his cigarette case, extended you over to the authorities. Underit to the stranger. The latter rejected stand?" bow. it with a slight He nodded and strolled back to "Thank you, but not before lunch," Miss Mayo's table. For an instant the manvoice and His he said, quietly. other man stood looking after him. as ner were those of an educated man. if tempted to follow. Then, with a The quality of his tone was slightly shrug, he dropped into his chair and harsh. began the luncheon the waiter had Laurie lit a cigarette, blew out the placed before him. match and looked straight into the Laurie found the girl standing by stranger's projecting gray eyes. He the table, rfady for the street, her had acted impulsively. Now that lie coat fastened, her gloves buttoned. was here, he was anxious to put the "Oh, how could you !" she gasped. Job over concisely, firmly, but, above "What did he say?" all, neatly. There must be nothing Laurie summoned the waiter with a done that would attract the attention gesture and asked for his account. of the few persons ln the big room. "Sit down a minute," he suggested, "and tell me who he is." "Not here," she urged. "I couldn't breathe here. Hurry, please. Let us get away !" She was so obviously In earnest that he yielded. He paid the bill, which water holes proved dry, she saved the the waiter had ready, accepted that herd from dying of thirst by discoverappreciative servitor's help with his ing through iutuition streams of crysovercoat, nnd escorted his guest from tal purity! What a glorious figure the room. she was riding at the head of a cow"But. for heaven's sake, don't run !" boy cavalcade to take vengeance on a he laughed. "Do you want the creaband of "rustlers." nnd how Indescribture to think we're flying before him?" She flushed and moderated her pace. ably brave when she dashed, a two-gu- n woman, into a lynching bee and Side by side, and quite deliberately, rescued her hero! Are we to believe they left the restaurant, while the that all this never happened and that stranger watched them with his dull. the cowgirl never existed? New York fixed gaze. He seemed to have recov- Sun. ered his temper, but It was also plain that the little encounter had given him something to think about. 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Those Dear Girls Madge Are you going to return police Captain What is the charge the oflicer? this poor fellow's ring? inifn, against Marie (who has Just broken her enOllicer Voting in this htate, sir, when he admits lie votes in another. gagement) I haven't decided. I supPrisoner Kxcu.se, please, Mr. Gen- pose he'll propose to you now, nnd I eral, da man he say when I'm natural- thought I'd Just hnnd It over to you' ize, "Von can vote in any state now." to save the bother. Allstoli Iiccorder. A good doctor has to know almost It is tliinljin;; tlmt makes wha n's rnuel about medicine as he knows about human nature. we nud ours. Shakespeare. And Now the Cowgirl Is Declared a Myth former state official of Kansas that the cowgirl of Adeclared has creaction and tradition Is a "mythical It, talked had 10 merely he If familiar shadow fell over her ture." much perhaps no one would have paid It In fW'hen OIlp ... . Is Ttrlthir, fl attention, but he has written ..,,,,1!, m(lll l, IWIf filed ln the archives of 'ie next world," she asked indiffer- reminiscences society at Historical V. Kansas the "why Should linn tell the writfrom has taken thing-;He t.:."w '""K have you been In Amer- - ers of stories of the great open spaces created a prize treasure, and he has readers their of "'.v life, off nnd on." doubt In the minds its as P(lst was Are we to beiieve that the splendid ne rpaKsllrng, 'ITUH'd . a ,..... creature who rode like the whirlwind hp sotn . Is a had declared that she was and outshot Wild WU Hickok page through dashed she How sP.v. nor involved In war propa- - myth? cattle '"It It w as Ollite nosKihlp hi after page, turning stampeded her herd by '"'wt. that Sle wa kwlng enrnesned ln into a gentle, had the cowboys "Me wel 0f politics, of vast 1m-- mere presence after desert e to her nnrt ........ given up the Job and how, when ;" importance to any one else. i rifo' " i, , suggested cheerrui- The Passing Show . .wu e SHia so rnucn " ,s n political me a sentence with the worj "Give net?" bw'n "Pfaklng 12 throughout andante." Iiwm, Inaudible at "I love my uncle andante. any other word "Give me a sentence with the ! middle-agewomen at least track, cried Sherlock ; under wny. Rut she started vlo--' his " "i vm, ct. one mane a Holmes exultantly." the word "Give me a sentence with nnd. turnlnS t0CCn on the water. I wantoothache P'jned g!nn(.e. Laurpi hlg In "ouen his fingers, watched a bath." The Passing Show. 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