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Show THE SPANISH FOIIK PRESS, SPANISH FORK. UTAH iri in tike Mirror Bij ELIZABETH JORDAN (0 fey WNTJ Barrie Th Century Company.) This Uteat Elizabeth Jordan story Is one of th most fascinating mystery novels of th last fifteen years, and that Is saying a great deal when you realize that within this period such tremendous successes as 'The Bat," "Th Thirteenth Chair" and Seven Keys to Baldpate" wer The Girl In the mad known. Mirror" Is not only an story, but also possesses that quality of romance and adventure which sweeps th reader onward with Increasing speed and delight to the astoundElizabeth Jordan ing climax. has written many a good story, and in producing this she only adds another chapter In her own success story. And to say any mors about a mystery story would be unfair. Elizabeth Jordan began her writing career New York World. with th After thirteen years of this kind of schooling shs resigned to taks th editorship of Harper's Bazar, which she held for another period of thirteen years. Later shs became a literary adviser to this publication. Among her successes are "Wings of Youth, "Th Lady of the Pentlands and "The Blue Circle. Interest-compellin- good-lookin- g high-spirite- CHAPTER I Barbara's Wedding The little city of Devondale, Ohio, had shaken off for one night at least the air of aristocratic calm that normally distinguished It from the busy mill towns on its right and left. Elm avenue, Its leading residence street, usually presented at this hour only an effect of watchful trees, dark shrubbery, shaded lamps, and remote domestic peace. Now, however. It had blossomed Into a brilliant thoroughfare, full of light, color and movement, on all of which the December stars winked down as if In Intimate understanding. Automobiles poured through the wide gates of Its various homes and a ceaseless procession of Joined vehicles. Pedestrians, representing every class of the citys social life. Jostled one another on the sidewalks as they hurried onward, following this vanguard. For the time. Indeed, there seemed to he hut one destination a self respecting citizen of which Pevondule might properly have In mind; and already many of the elect had reached this objective and had comfortably passed through Its wide doors, down Its aisles, and Into its cushioned pews. It was an Interested, and highly observant crowd, pressing forward as each automobile approached, to watch with unashamed curiosity the guests who alighted and mnde their way along the strip of carfrom curbstone to pet stretcWng church. Devondale's leading citizens sere here, and the spectators knew them all, from those high personages who were presidents of local bunks clown to little Jimmy Uarrlgan, who was Barbara Devons favorite caddie at the Country club. Cnllke most of his fellow gusts, Jimmy arrived on foot; but the crowd advent and saw bis unostentatious greeted him with envious badinage. "Ill, dere, Chlnnnle, wheres yer evenlu' soot? one acquaintance desired to know. And a secord remarked solicitously. "De c'rect ting, (.hlmmle, Is t' hold yer bat to yer heart as y goes In I" Jimmy made no reply to these The occasion was too big gad too novel for that. He merely grinned, presented his card of admission In a paw washed clean only In spots, and accepted with equal th plerelng gaze of the usher and the rear seat to which that outraged youth austerely conducted him. Jimmy stared "There, round-eyesaout him. He had never been Inside It was que of St. Giles' before. possible that be would never find himself Inside of It again, lie took In the beauty of the grent church; Its blaze of lights; Its masses of flowers; Us whispering, waiting throng; the brond white ribbon that set apart certain front pews for the bride's special friends, Including a party from New York. Jimmy knew ull about those friends and ull about this wedding. Ills grimy little ears were ceaselessly open to the talk of the town, and for weeks past the town had talked of nothing but the Devons and Burburu Devons approaching wedding In the pew Just In front of Jimmy, Mrs. Arthur I.ytton, u lady lie recognized as a ubiquitous member of the Country club, was glxlng a few Intimate details of Miss Devon's life to her companion, who evidently was u newcomer to the eltv. "You see." Sirs. Ljtton was murmuring, "this Is really the most Important wedding we've oer had. hero. Barbara Devon owns most of Dcxoit-dnle- , and her home, Devon bouse. Is one of the show places in the slate. She hasn't n fixing relutlxe except her brother. I.aurlc. und I fancy she has been lorn ly. notwithstanding her hosts good-humore- pious-mlrle- equa-n'ndt- d of friends. We all love her, so were glad to know she has found the right mnn to marry, especially as we are not to lose her ourselves. She Intends to live In Devon houso every summer." The newcomer a Mrs. Ron way who had social aspirations was politely attentive. "I met Laurence Devon at the she said. Country club yesterday, "Hes the handsomest ereatnre I've seen, I think. Hes really too and they say theres some romantic story nlout him. Do you know what It Is? Her friend nodded. Mercy, yes! Every one does. Observing the other's growing attention, she went on expansively: "You see, Laurie was the black sheep of the family; so the Devons left all their great fortune to Barbara and put Lnurle in her care. That Infuriated him, of course, for he Is a youngster. He promptly took on an extra shade of blackness. lie was expelled from college, and sowed whole crops of wild oats. He gambled, was always In debt, and Barbara had to pay. For a long time she wasn't able to handle the situation. Theyre both young, yon know. and Lnurle She's about twenty-four- , Is a year younger. But last year she suddenly put her mind on It and pulled him up In a rather spectacular way. Sirs. Renways eyes glistened with Interest. Tell tne how ! she hogged. The raconteur settled back Into her pew, with the complacent expression of one who Is sure of her hearers complete absorption In her words. "Why. she said, "she made Lnurle a sporting proposition, and he accepted It. He and she were to go to New York and earn their living for one year, under assumed names and without revealing their Identity to anybody. They were to start with fifty dollars each, and to he wholly dependent upon themselves after that was gone. Laurie was to give up all his bad habits and buckle down to the For every dollar Job of he earned more than Barbara earned, she promised him five dollars at the end of the year. And If he kept Ills pledges he was to have ten thousand dollars when the experiment was oxer, whether he succeeded or failed. He and Barbara were to live In 'different parts of the city, to be Ignorant of each others addresses, and to see each other only txvice. She stopped for breath. Her friend drove an urgent elboxv Into her side. Co on I she pleaded. "What happened? very "Something unexpected, chuckled Mrs. I.ytton. (For some reu-soBarbaras friends alxvays chuckled at this point In the story.) "Barbara, xx ho Is so clever, she went on, "almost starved to death. And Laurie, the black sheep, after various struggles and fullures fell In with some theatrical people and Anally collaborated with a successful playwright In writing a play. Perhaps It was partly luck. But the piny made a tremendous hit, Lnurle kept his pledges, and Ilurbara has had to pay him a sinu.l fortune to meet her bargain. The hearer smiled sympathetically. Thats splendid, she said, "for I.aurle I But Is the cure permanent, do you think? The hoys so young, and so awfully good looking "I know, Mrs. I.ytton looked ominous. "He Is straight as a string so fur, and absorbed In Ids new xvork. But of course Ids future Is on the knees of the gods, for Barbara Is going to Japan on her honeymoon, anil Laurie will be alone In New York the rest of the winter. Barhuru found her husband In New York," she adde 1. lies a broker there, Robert Warren. Thats wlmt she got out of the experiment! She met him while she xvas xxorklng In the mailing department of some business louse, for seven dollars Mrs. a week " I.ytton stopped speaking and eraned her head Theyre coming!" she whis y "Oh, dear, I hope 1 always do cry at weddings, and I never know why." From the crowd outside there rose a cheer, evidently at the brldea appearance. The echoes of It accompanied her progress Into the church. The mill people adore Barbara." She built a whispered Mrs. I.ytton, big clubhouse for them two years ago, and shes the president of most of their clubs." In Ids seat behind her, Jimmy liar-rlgawho had given Ida attention to the conversation, sniffed contemptuously. If the dame In front was goln to talk about Miss Devon, why didnt she tell somethin worth while? Why didnt she tell, fer Insance, that Mis Devon played the best golf of any woman In the club, and had beaten Ms. I.ytton to a frazzle In a mutch lust month? An why didnt she say somethin about how generous Miss Devon was to raddles In the mntter of skates and hoxlng gloves and clothes? And why didnt she sny what a prince I.anr!e Devon was, Instead of all dat stale stuff what everybody knew? The excitement In the street had communicated Itself to the dignified assemblage In the church. The occupants of the pews were turning In their seats. The flrst notes of the rolled forth. Friends grent who hud known and loved Barbara pered excitedly. shant cry! pipe-orga- 1 n self-suppo- hiick-xvar- The Third, Stalking Behind Her With Her Train Grasped In His Tiny Fists, Was the Infant Samuel Mrs. Lytton Had Mentioned. Devon since she was a little girl, and many who hnd knoxvn her father and mother before her, looked now nt the radiant figure 6he presented as she walked sloxvly up the aisle on ber brothers arm, and saw that figure through an unexpected mist. What a pair! whispered Mrs. Renway, who hud a pagan love of beauty. "They ought to he put lu one of their own parks and kept there ns a per- manent exhibit for the delight of the public. Its almost criminal negligence to leave that young mnn at large," she dnrkly predicted. "Something will happen If they do!" Mrs. Lytton absently agreed. The bridegroom Is very handsome, That stunning. too," she murmured. Insolent creature who Is acting as matron of honor, and looking bored to death by It, Is his sister, Sirs. Ordxvny of New York. The first bridesmaid Is another New Yoik friend, a Russian girl named Sonya Orleneff, that Barbara met In some lodging house. And will you look at the Infant Samuel! An expression of acute strain Bottled over the features of Mrs. Ren-waShe hurriedly adjusted her eyeglasses. The what?" she whispered, excited ly. "Where? I dont see any Infant! Mrs. I.ylton laughed. Odd Masks Worn at Festivals for Dead One of the queer and Interesting customs of the Melanesians, dark skinned peninsula, New Britain, are mnde from the facial hones of skulls. The flesh Is removed imd replaced by sticky lumps of earth. Inhabitants of the South Sea Islands. the festival In honor of their dead At their festivals masks of grotesque Etruria in History uppenrutice play an Important part, In nnelent geography Etruria was a says the Detroit News. A collection of such musks has been division of Italy, north and xxest of made for the American Museum of the Tiber and west of the Apennlne Nuturul History. One of them reseiii mountains, and Including the valley hies a crested helmet. Musks ef this of the Arno. Modern Tusiany and the northern half of the province of Rome t.xpe. It Is said, must be carved In se eret and presented to the public xlew cover about the same territory, today Etruria proper contained u confederaonly during the funeral ceremonies The crest of the mask represents un tion of txvelve cities, each of xvhleh earlier eustoiu of halrdress of the na was Independent. The people of tlxes when they were In mourning. In Etruria, called Etruscans, xvere th. the curly days they sliuved their heads most ml winced of any In Italy before on such occasions, leaving only sin the rl.u of Rome. They had a highly gle ridge of hair. developed political organlz ttloii. They One particular tvpe has long, wing xvere at the height of their power like und were the allies processes. The face Is carved about hOO B, from wood und the fibrous parts of of Cartilage. With the rise of Rome plnnts are used lu working out the earns a struggle In which the Etrux. other parts of the head. With such cans were worsted, becoming xlrtunl musks hark Is used ns a covering fm ly tributary In SOU B. I., to the more the neck. Musks from th Gazelle powerful Roman state- .- Evehtingo. Is "Of course you dont I I. 's too small and too near the floor. Its a thirty- months-olyoungster Barbara picked up lu a New York tenement. She calls him the Infunt Samuel, and she has brought hint here with his mother, to llxe on her estute. They say she Intends to educate hint. He's carrying her train and he's dressed as a page, In tiny white satin breeches and lace rutiles. Oh, don't miss him 1" A little ripple stirred the assemblage. Three figures In the long advancing line of the bridal party held the attention of observers. Two were the bride und her brother. The third, stalking behind her, with her train grusped In his tiny fists, his round brown eyes staring straight ahead, and his fluffy brown hair flying out as If swept backward by an eternal breeze, was obviously the Infant Samuel Mrs. Lytton hnd mentioned. From a rear pew the Infants mother watched her offspring with pride and shuddering apprehension. It was quite on the cards that he might suddenly decide to leave the procession and undertake a brief side excursion Into the pews. But Samuel had been assured that he was "taking a walk," and ns taking a walk happened to be his favorite pastime he kept manfully to his new form of diversion, ex'en though It had feutures that did no strongly appeal to him. Ills abort legs wabbled, and his tiny arms ached under the light weight of the bridal train, but Something would happen if he let that train drop. He did not know quite what thtg Something would he, but he ubysmally Inferred that it would be extremely unpleasant II held grimly to his burden. Suddenly he forgot It The air was full of wonderful sounds such as be had never heard before. Ills eyes grew Inrger. His mouth formed the O that expressed his deepest wonder. lie longed to stop and find out where the souuds came from, but the train drew him on and on.. With an unconscious sigh he accompanied the train; bud as tilings were, they might have been worse, for he knew that somewhere in advance of him, lost in a mass of white stuff, was the "Babs" he adored When the train stopped, he stopped. In response to an urgent suggestion from some one behind him, lie dropped it In obedience to on equally urgent Inner prompting, he sat down on It and gazed around. The walk had been ruther a long one. Now the big house lie wns In was very still, save for one voice, saying something to Babs. It was all strange nnd unfamiliar, and Bahs seemed far away. Nothing nnd nobody looked natural. Samuel became Increasingly doubtful about the plensure of this walk. The corners of Ids mouth went down. A flower fell Into Ills lap, nnd looking up lie saw Sonya Orleneff smiling st him. Even Sonya was a nexv Sonya, emerging from what Samuel dimly felt to he pink clouds. But the eyes were hers, and the smile was hers, and It was plain that she expected lilm to play with the pink flower, lie pulled It to pieces, slowly nnd The task took some time. From It he passed to a close confoot templation of a which also proved to he Sonyas, nnd then to a careful study of a black pump and black silk sock that proved to be Laxvwle's. Lnirxvie was smiling down nt Samuel, too, and Wobert wns standing beside Bubs, saying something In a voice that wobbled. Samuel sighed again. Perhaps by nnd by Lawxxle would take him out for s real xvnlk In the snow. All this display around lit in might he pretty, hut there was nothing In It for a small hoy. He gazed appealingly at Sonya, who prompt ly hoisted him to his fat legs. The man at the railing hnd stopped talking to Hubs nnd the xvnlk was resumed, this time toxvard the door. Again that especially precious part of the white stuff was In Samuel's keeping. The sounds that now tilled the air were more wonderful than ever. They excited Samuel. IBs fat arms waved, nnd the light trnln waved with them. A compelling hand. Son.vu's, quieted them und It. There was absolutely nothing a little hoy could do In this queer walk. (Roomily hut sedately the Infunt Samuel continued his promenade. "Here he lx," murmured Mrs. Lytton to her friend. "You cun see him now, enn't you?" "Rodney Bangs, the playwright who collaborated with I.aurle, Is silting In the front pew," continued her Informant, "und the fat little bald man next to him Is Jacob Epstein, the New York manager who put on their play. 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