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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUTE, SUNDAY MORNDTG, NOVEMBER 4 nigh Tension Thrills in This Tale of the "Work of' the New York Detective Bureau Toward Trapping This Society Beauty, Who Is Very Much' Suspect, THE SIGNED MASTERPIECE la rigfit," absented the "Legendary deputy. "None of ua ever aa her. We knew her only by her works. When we came to a cropper, we d say that a SoW hen something slick was turned, phie We used to wed. say that a Sophie. av hat Sophie signed her serious work, like any other artist. Well, Sophies up. said Parr softly. thetic rubber, The,reiict. as a little turned "A squeal? her of as evidence china "Dresden affair; ''Certainly, What else? Haven't quality, she drove a smart been telling you? brougham, drawn by. a. smarter pair of "But who who squealed?" reached becks and on the box, when ehe Parr , assumed a hurt look. was wheel, tat a coachman and footha repeated. 'Ho th devil man In plum color, two stem, middle-age- d do "Who?" An anonymous letter. He know? I males. One bv one the hrownstoiie on my desk like grunted. drop They faced which on residences the north side, asthe am from dew heaven. I gentle No. 142 and its few brave companions, In my old agt, to the had been converted Into garages, and signing rnvself, Lang case But this time she machine ahops for sick motois. Mrsa Sophie t ain no animal. Sophie impossible aggros-sionHuntington, in addition to thesehad Sophie la Mrs. suf- he paused for affect. on her domestic peace, fered the further indignity of being Huntington. "The widow the Insurance widow? dragged from her sheltered grief into Parr nodded eiowl.v, his eyes gleaming open court by the insurance guarantors Armiston eased himself back in his of her husband. Twii e the little widow chair and said disgustedly: had won the svmpathv of the jury who, "Fve been meeting her around for in two Suita, had awarded her the full She's site's eminently respectyears milamount of the claim, a quarter of a able protested Oliver. lion dollars. Armiston found Parr's complacency irIn No 148, Directly across the street. was machine ,shop w hit h . in grlnve, ritating. there anything to suggest Sophie? odor and noisy clamor differed, in no re- - he"Isdemanded. An observant apect from Us neighbors person- - might have noted ilia all of its anechanlca were young, stood six feet, and -No Hi wa of the .weighed 188 pound "pbiice; ft war bne of that series of care-- ' fully masked deadfalls which that arch r. Deputy Parr of Center - street, had planted tn unexpected corners throughout the cltv. -j At ten. ef an early winter morning. a of some consequence came to a jerkv tear I stop, slghdd and died at the sputtering curb in front of No. 143 The driver, a man eix of j feet, weighing, hay PS t pounds, got down. Opened the hood, and stood regarding his ailing motor with the forlorn look of a medico whose patient has gone bevond his skill A rea.head-e- d mechanic came out, evinced even pa thetio interest, put hit head under the hood The Chief, " said the driver, bendtng down and speaking tn Ihe mechanics ear ' "Wants a report- - on Number I4?. n The mechanic reconnected a wire with a spark plug, thus restoring the consequential power to Ita full facilities, if an emergency arose. He tore blue- ticket In two, along a line of per foration. handed one half, to the chauffeur and tied the other half by a stout cord to Ihe windshield of the automobile The chauffeur strolled awav to a haunt of chauffeurs and to while away a few hours getting acquainted. The mechanic resumed i O. 142, on the eouth side of the English basestreet, a hlgh-stoo- p. ment dwelling. was occupied by . the widow of Amo P. Hunting-ton- . The departed, a drab.- inof little person, had blown himself )fenslv i into eternity while compounding- - synplum-color- 20, 1921. him "n-HM- ts r paper-weigh- s, -- " ! 1 tear-staine- man-hunte- 1 ut - m tinkering An hr ur later Mrs Amos P Hunting-to- n descended the steps and entered her Her footman wrapped her in brougham moleskin and mounted the hex, her minmnxed off. At this moment cing pair Ihe mechanic seemed to voine to the decision that a trial run was Hr started ins hi poehondriac necessary. motor, and rolled along In ihe wake of the phim-- i olored broiigbaiq. read-head- At Columbus elide the traffic sign.il ft against the brougham, and the horses came to a stop, snorting motoi on ail sides instantly piling up The attention of a man in, a brown derbv on the sidewalk was arrested bv the flapping blue ticket on the windshield of the motor directly behind the brougham He halted at the curb, and casitxih took off his brown derby and mopped his forehead. The mechanic answered by blowing his nose Into a red bandanna, and stared abstractedly at the d The traffic brougham. gtuteAa openedp the-jastarted to move. But the mechanic turned east 11 . plum-colui- Iime-statn- td lv Sophie handled her telephone with the utmost delicacy they had Upped that, ofl Her nimble mnid dtew a picture of a big bare room with a laxy man in a blue utoform, receivers strapped to his ears, seated at a desk. course. plum-colore- i m "Does anyone follow, William' asked the Dresden china widow in her telephone. "No. maam, responded William, the footman, speaking out of the corner of hi mount, without moving his lips, into the receiver at hia shoulder "There was one, he added, encouragingly. "The mechanic opposite but be turned off. That afternoon two studious men. bearing heavy instruments, youn( called at No. 142 to test the electrlo meter. bhlnv instruments were spread out on the basement salrway, with the interested servants watching and now and then obligingly handing the two scientists, bv s request, tools whose had been especially prepared for flnaer-prlnt- s. The next dav telephone , linemen aaked for and received permission to pass through the house to the roof to untangle wires. An inspector for the water department, a most entertaining fellow, inspected taps for leaks. A dispute having arisen in some obscure quarter Ha to encroachment on the building line, a young man must enter and open everv window from the Inside to measure the protruding ellls with a t ule. Once, when he was leaning far out of a drawing-roowindow, he asked politely over his ahoulder would Mrs. Huntington please pass him his magnifying glass, which the little widow graciously did. pickingIn it up quite unconsciously in the band which she held her lace in departing he offered her his i fountain pen to sign hla but, not seeing the gesture, ahe used her own pen instead. Bv the end of the week a complete d ester of No. 142 was in the hands of Mr. Parr. In only one point bad Parr's camera-eye- d eleuths failed; they carried nothing awav bearing the Imprint of the pink finger-tip- s of the pathetic widow herself. Later, when the was in used magnifying glass Center street, it yielded only a replica of her fine lace handkerchief.haiy nickel-plate- d stir-feoe- m hand-Iketchi- call-sli- Parr selected the pasteboard a cigar for himself from box by Olivers elbow., the extinct Armiston. auihor. was merely another phase of Deputy Parr's aroaxlng versatility. Armiston had been a weaver of tall tales, thrillers. On one a occasion bs had been too realistic, cunning thief had actually copied Oliver a fiction Into fact, with, murder as its outcome. The ensuing sensation had driven the hectic author into retirement. Here the argus-eyedeputy found him. If fiction could be done into fact, then why not fact Into fiction? So reasoned the very practical deputy of- police. Parr would dress the stage for Oliver, with characters and scenery, and. ring up the curtain on froaen plot The results had always, to the matter-of-faon bordered the mystic. policeman, A a matter of fact," raid pair, conwe dont fidential! v. detect crime. , Crime detects Itself. It's too bad the perpetrators aren't ho obliging." put in Oliver. "But. mv dear fellow, they are thats just the point, said Parr, expansively, "They detect themselves Parr?" "Oh, absolutely, Inevitabiv. That i The element of time enters, eventually. of course. We simply 'wait," explained the policeman, blandlv. "Sooner ot later every crook comes home to roost, t have a man sitting on the doorstep waiting for him." Parr smiled childishly. You must admit it requires some inon telligence your part to pick the right said Armiston. doorstep, Not at alii" retorted Parr. "They He chuckled. give us ti,e address" Armiston returned tor his ciphering. has Its flea, said Parr, Every dog nodding solemnly. 'Every crook has his 1 have never known it to squealer. fall " "How about the lone wolf the crook without a pal? , Parr sniffed contemptuously. "He brags, be said tartly. on himself It's all tbs same, Squeals in the long run. We have no failures. Unfinished business, yes Sooner or later to me. Thats somebody blabs blabs what I m here for. Let me Illustrate. Did you ever hear he went on gravely. of Sophie Lang? I suspect not. was before your time. Armiston shook his head. In the old days parr said, we used to aaalgn our bright young men to the Sophie .Lang case. It was like sending a machinist's apprentice for s monkey wrench, or a quart of auger holes. There wa n't no auch animal!" He laughed. Oh, ah: A legendary crook! I aay, thats LeauUiull" exclaim ad Oliver d - ct rt 4 he had been a lodger for some months, v erv poor. It was his habit to sit in that window by the Raflhe sometimes. hour.Who any 'friends come to see him world could sav? The whole might pass statreaee-wlth-oand down that up dingy question. In the little building on the river front at the loot of East 2Mb street, where th black wagon Bilve up at all hours ofcovday and night and deposit burdens ered with horse blankets, a man stands, Dead interested. languidly smoking, souis come here; they must be inspected,In offered suspected, like any object mothpawn. Others come here, anxious An aters. brothers, friends, seeking. tendant pulls out drawer after a.drawer shriek for their Inspection. . Sometimes that a quest has tells the hangers-o- n ended. A stock man, evidently a mason, who had come directly from hia work was whispering to the attendant, trembling. The attendant listened, and nodded. He knew yes, it was here, and he rolled h's mil a-- .drawer The, mason Inclined s head, brushing his. eyes withsaid. The hand. His brother, he attendant made a grimace over his shoulcigar apder, and the man with the proached. eveing the mason with a bleary He took out a notebook, and they look talked in low tones, the policeman makas the other answered. entries ing "You will have to be corroborated. Of said the policeman, not course, the mason, But whv" ejaculated The policeman said he could horrified. be careful to not sav- - whv they had The mason produced his union card and his establish to credentials other Identity! The 'next dav a little funeral party from that 'parlor, with what pomp the poor may give to carriages, their dead. There were tour three of them empty with blinds drawn, and in the first the only mourner, the mason , On their return, the policeman with the cigar met the foremost carriage theie were some final papers to sign, for the records When the mason stepped down, he looked tip and saw ,they were at the portlooed door of a big building. He drew back involuntarily, but the man with the cigar had a double twist on hia coat sleeve "Come along quletlv. and don t atari led the anything. " he said amiably, and a mourner up the atone steps and aInto man sat room a big room in which The man at the desk waa at a desk of Parr, deputy commissioner "Ha, ha' At last. Well, how'd it go asked Parr, looking up The mason hard. straightened up. breathing It Sophie almost got awav with off, said Parr "knocking the old duffer And his in dope! like that with arsenic turning the stiff over io us. to hand out to the firet claimant that comes you along to identify tt you thought weren't even taking a chance, didn't you, William?'' It was William, the footman W llllam redrawn soin line? erased, as plausible as a raised check. He swallowed hard on Parr pointed to a glass his desk. Did you ever see that before? Answer me' he snarled with sudden feto the rocity. William looked from Parr t, and back again, but main-tamsilence. call Wlvat did Amo P. Huntington he left himself twelve years ago. when t, in on that finger-prinhis the Paik Place murder? had a that crime Parr referred to gone down in the annals ss a celebrated It was a mystery no more. mvsterv. The obscure man who was found dead the In his chair In West Broadway William did not finger-prin- t. same answer. What did you blow up. in your rub- ber plant, William ?' aked Tarr. Was It a basket of cats or dogs or did you borrow another of your brothers from Last 28th street? Sophiesoput theweremains didn t fast through the crematory have a look !n. By that Farr laughed. So did William. were uselaugh Parr knew that questions At that moment the door opened, less and Armiston came in, swinging a atick. Parr "Take him downstairs!" growled to an attendant. "Charge - him with o John Doe, complicity in the murder a las Amos P. Huntington. William When twinkled.eves parr's had been "led out he said to Armiston, with some relish: "Ae a matter of fact. Armiston, you ought to be downstairs on that same "There's that quarter of a million dol-l- e rotuouasmilf Yihlle. chuckled fa nr f. mi men John m the wav he ovirted Then, with sudden inspnation O! ,tt The widow sioke in a little thread queried' "Has she signed It? )ou sav of a voice which broke, here and there. she does or did " ehe woutd close her eves with "There lent a flaw in her ea." said when etch But the clement of humor ill th "Clmt her usual rr'. lure. transaction was Ihe ultimate appeal signs Limpid She s beaten the insurance peoA few days later Parr himself, held ple twice, your sheltered little widow by ope of his own regal traffic cope at Thev put the burden of proof on her. Jt aup btisv satisfaction corner, had the wasn't any burden for Sophie ' He of seeing Sophie take hisgrlpi me"She hasn't got the boodle chanic out for an airing. The new car guffawed. Yet they are marking time for another Itself waa as perfect in its war. aa Thev'll onlv get themselves dis- had been quite appeal. her praming pair a town-ca- r liked, for picking on a poor helpless fefioin France The motor Imported male. Helpless female Is good 1" And occupied a glistening bandbox away up Parr fairly shook with mirth foiward waa inclosed in a gorBophie "Have you looked. her up?" demanded geous t awav aft Parra man Armiston was exposed to the world and the weath-e- "Naturally . Everybody has looked her aa the only visible living thljig aboard, up. Clean slate Too clean. Thats Soperched on a slender capstan of a seat phie. Sophie doesn't react to the y out of the bare de k amidships the deputy said "Thais arising methods, She was making a Roman holldav of I thought why Ive come to you him. conld not a chuckle Parr maybe youd like' to undertake a little psvchlc It was so like Sophie repiess research The Dresden china widow for what "What'a her line, rarr? asked Armisremained of her for popular consumption) ton. when Tarr finished recounting his did not vary her surface routine hy a finding Jot Before many davs had passed ehe "Anv thing Sophie isn t squeamish," had iaolated her mechanic's said Pair a "I've him-sei- ann-bo- x ordi-nai- paper weight In s. One was a matt with a collection, with some hu- brown derhv . who chewed a cold it and some finger marks. cigar The other always was a frayed Ive aiwaxs thought Id like to see Son with a beard, who had phie s finger-printsa stand Just off Ihe avenue Thev were Oliver was abstractedly his mereiv the hounds following blindly. It brushing while lock with contemplative was the huntsmen behind tf whom she fingers. Helping himself to a fresh cigar, the must vatch a glimpse. Her sixth sense deputy of police guessed he would be told her that her daily life waa as closely moving. hemmed til as is an expanse of ocean bv a cloudless sky. The real artist of the 'Does anyone follow, William game was vet to reveal himself. Some must be Impending. The sheltered widow smiled almost move Her telephone she handled with the wistfully, as she whispered the Inquiiy utmost dell, acv of they had tapped through the Bpeaking tube. course. Whenever ..he used it shethat, would "The met hanic from across the street, set it down softlv. then Instantlv pick ma'am,' replied William out of the corIt Psion for minutes on again, and ner of bis mouth, without moving his end up Nothingexthere -- it requirfd llr The faithful sentry added that tho quisite patience And then, under her mechanic was on foot this very elbow, someone vawned Incautioustime. ly throe times and lastly, Oh dear, "Drive slowly," commanded the be- oh dear'" Sophie said showed herself her reaved woman. Don't hurry him. little white teeth tn th mirror, that But the mechanic stiaight-wg- v looked down on her eavesdropping Her began lo lag. he discovered an in- nimble mind dtew a picture, it would be terest In window shopping, particularly a big bare room with a lazv man tn a bv those windows displacing tires of blue uniform, with receivers strapped to he found his ear, renovated rubber Shortly sqated at a desk, and this powhat he sought, for he entered a shop lice ear to her wire would aland that was the last ehe saw of him for ways he giafted attentive this time Once Sophie was rewarded bv hearing But that same afternoon, when alia a door open. In that vague room Again was about to turn into the avenue at she heard the tread of then the the niietv hour of winter twilight she murmur of cautious voicesfeet,But-- It was tn him her up again, ptikd the ticking of a clock two of them, tn "busybody mirror. In the mirror the cut of hla Jib fact that pleaaed her moat of all. How fairly screamed his origin and purpose, like a cop. to lie tn wait breathto the experienced eyes of the widow. less at stupid the mouthpiece of a mlcrophope, Police! No doubt of It! with a blatant clock at hla elbow! SoThe flutter of his motor sounded phie giggled behind. The end of the fouith week found "Careful. William pocket him! cau- Parr yawning and scowling tioned the lady. The damned thing is froxen solid'" He's gone, ma am gone cross town," he muttered, settling himself heavily in confessed the disconsolate William. his favorite elbow chair bv Armistons Now suddenly Bophie Lang became all desk. alert. said Armiston It wasn't "Did vou see him pass the 'office,' frosen. to him. It nothing was merely that the William had In. of element tints entered This But William had not ' yarn had written Itself." as he would Undoubtedly the office Ishe had un- sttv professionally He had mereiv consciously dropped back into the ar- brushed the tips of his clairvoyant fingot of her craft) had been passed. They gers, Invoked the oracular keya of tils were hunting her in relays' faithful typewriter, and the congealed Sh laughed action which Sophie preened herself. Parr had laid at the feet softlv Instantlv she closed her pietty of hie Medicine, had straightway come Out lo life. He had written lips over her preltv teeth again. Finis" and of ihe corners of her long eves she exlocked his typewriter, and packed for amined her neighbors in the procession Lakewood Then he waited for his friend Among them she knew must be pne tied Parr to call gn hint. to her heels like a noonday shadow, hhe Leaning gack in his rhair 'Armiston tried her old bag of tricks, one bv one, Idly tinkered with fhe needle of some but with no results except certainty. eleetrlcal contrivance. The grandfather When finally that afternoon she re- clock ticked, the fire era. kled, and the turned to her domicile, bv devious ways, deputy scowled misanthropies 'Iv at the mechanic was tinkering fat Buddha in the comer. The needle her with still another sick motor at the curb Oliver held in Ills hands made a pon in front of his ithop. he did not even Igneous gesture It swung over to toe raise his eves when her brougham diove middle or a calibrated arc and staved and drove If up away intent on something. Arthere, as From that moment "Mrs Amos P. miston. with a yawn, set the thing down, Huntington gradually faded out of the and presently picked up the telephone. The outer semblance of that He rested on one elbow, watching hs picture quondam w tdow remained her clothes, friend Parr while he waited her speech, her aspect of grief, hut beRotten service he mumbled, after neath It all was Sophie, watching with a long wait. Parr nodded gravelv. beadlike eye For several days she de- 'PalT,' said Oliver abruptly, over the voted her talents to catching the redhave you made top of Ihe telephone, headed mechanic In the act of passing anv effort to find the husband? He' the her bodily to the tender mercies of hla one that squealed, of course. I suppose relief. Buf never did she detect the acth poor devil got tired of hiding out. tual moment. This waa finesse Mavbe The effect of these words, or rather It wa the grqat Parr himself She of this act. on the deputy of police waa thrilled for an instant on. this note. Then electric. He reached out with one ahe decided oa a stroke boldly, charband and snatched the acteristic. from OHyer's grasp When William had lurked her in among he demanded Was she on. there her melesktn robes, he crossed to th Certainly." said Oil v er easily. naan and informed him That He pointed .to the elect rid needle. got mv museum man hair on pack-broth- taxi-driv- er moth-eate- ." d -- -- le-phone - t f ' ' RULE OF a poor man, oh, yes high-tensio- bHck-roo- Illustrations by Frederic Dorr . a rasor, among other personal effects of deputy. ''"Look what youve brought her this rag doll don up in crepe!" the late Amos P Hint Sophie, had packed The lady her bum Into a torrent of way In a box. W found finger-prinon It that correspond to that, be said, words "I not underetan, she walled, in Fiench accents "I am Madame t. pointing at the glata maid 8h move. I come to town "When his dead body turned up, with the -th- ree-four to same finger-printmake ready. 8ha was rest days the simple move. Tbts afternoon, I go out to get enough." And Psrr, who had complacentleetle The air. policeman he lock me In! ly encompassed the murder of a murderer, by neglecting to follow Sophie too Oh, he lock me In! I scream I cry I I come here. This closely,' leaned back In his chair. "Oh. knock on th window, they all come to pot. sooner or later,' be man, he say te me 'don't start nothsaid, In his philosophic mood again. He' head was his Hanrahan holding 'But, Sophie Oh she's on her way downtown now," waa reviving that episode in the kitchen exclaimed Parr. "Sit still.. You'll see that made the country seem so attractive to him a few days gone by. her The Dresden china widow, an hour beWhere did you get those clothejy deon had out set her afternoon drive manded Parr roughly. fore, to air her red headed mechanic. At Madame, ahe give them me she no Forty-secostreet a policeman said want them more. My 'usband he wi II eat mort'D die the "Drive to up curb, young gruffly: fellow." "Take her away! roared Parr. The mechanic obeved with alacrity. What ia the charge asked th meek Let me have your keys," commanded the traffip pbticeman. Hanrahan. snarled He took the proffered keys and calmly Oh, anvthing anytning," locked the doors of the litter.. Sophie Parr, so long as the newspapers don t You on the could not escape now, except by smashget It. You. a detective! Sophie Lang case! Oh, dear, oh, dear'" ing the glass. "Take her to headquarters' commanded the traffic man. While When the door closed on the figures. Parr-snIt We was Armiston who broke the painful was Oliver sat talking. Bop announced. The graceful little woman silence. clothed In a cloud of black entered weepAfter nil, he said dreamily, .it was a signed masterpleoa Eh, Parr?" ing and sniffing In her handkerchief under her veil. That wa th end of th Sophie Lang "Lift up the curtain, Sophie, said case. There were loose ends, of course, the Parr, with a fun breath of elation. , "This such as William, and the maid, and fa where you stop for the night. , Jettisoned quarter of a' million doners to faithful be The very She lifted tjie veil, disclosing a d underlings proved face, pathetically pretty. Parr tools of the lady, who took their mediwith an oath lifted himself out of his cine, maintaining to the end their ignorance of such a purely legendary person chair. 'Whata the joke, Hanrahan? he as Sophia Lang. mechanic. bawled, at the Joke, sir? Joke? (Copyright. All rights reserved ) protested Hanra- han (Printed by arrangement with Metropoli"Look at her, you fool!1 snarled the tan Newspaper Service, New York ) his mistress 'What. Is vour name? shg asked when the man stood respectfully, cap in hand, at her carriage door. "John Hanrahan, "una'am, he replied. 1 have had my eyv .3n you for some time, John, without your knowing it. You are to enter my said she, keenly. service," she Informed him, with the an inestimable large a if1 of conferring favor; and without awaitipg an answer she told John that he was to go with William lo bring home a new car she 'was giving up her pair because the pavements were too hard on their feet William was Instructed to take John to the tailor and have him outfitted. All this By FREDERICK IRVING ANDERSON . Bteele trembling oyer the middle of idie card Thal'leHtal needle gave wattling every time a receiver was lifted off its hook tn No 142. To the two watchers at that moment, that tremulous needle personified the woman herself, the eavesdropper, probably at that instant cocking her pretty head with the swift movement of a startled doc. "So vou tip her off under mv nose, eh Eh!" snarled Pari. Oliver continued to watch the spying needle on his desk Ahiuptly, aa If released bv an unseen force. It flopped hack to sero. nothing on the alibrated scale. It was as significant aa the snap The lurker was withof a drv twig drawing, on tiptoe. hi hat down, and Parr jammed rushed from Ihe room While the Ijikewood train was p.eking Its way across the drawbridges that span the estuaries of Newark hav, the Dresden rhina widow was rolling ovet hill and dale lo Bvam. a little lake among the hills where her stylish harknevswere acquiring winter coats and new hoofs,mo-in drowsv ease On the spur of the ment this morning she had thought of her beloved horaes, with a tinge of self-ausatlon. It waa Ihe honest John Han. mechanic, aa usual rattan, the Some d'stance bewho conducted her hind. coming Into sight now and again as her car topped a rise; came on the man in the brown derhv. oidv for this occasion he had discarded his derby for a cap, thrown away his cold cigar and acquit ed a mustache. Life had become a bed of thorns for the mechanic, perched out widow there in the open where the could watch him breathe wasn't bis Idea of being a detective. But ahead of him this morning was a taste of paradise Arriving at the farm, he was waiting tn the kttihen. when there entered a pert little French ntaid a round pink person on high heels of Ihippendale pattern, which gave to her walk the tilt of a Gallic poodle. She tripped daintily over to him. sat down on the edge of the bench, and Indicated wttli a propelling shove that he was lo move over a little not too much She folded her hands primlv on her little lace apron, regarded him Then they both fixed under her lashes thelr eves on the woodbox, and smiled happtlv. An hour later, when his ladv upstairs called for her motor, the red headed mechanic (city bred) had changed his ideas about the attraction of Ihe country. As the motor rounded the drive and passed the gate cityward the maid tossed a kiss to the moonstruck sleuth. ct d In West Broadway the elevated trains growl all day and all night, peering in at the upper floors as they- - pass, where life Is franklv uncurtained. A man in seamy uniform, and a d jlsp. with a number, that proan 'exelevated motorman. claimed him amined doorwav after doorway, alwivs with a glance at the upper windows, ss he picked hts way along the sidewalk Finally ascending three rickety steps he rang a grimy bell, in response to which a capacious Sicilian theie appeared woman with a bahv squatting on one Understand could She hip nothing he said With a twitch of a shoulder, she conferred upon him the freedom of the house. On the first landing he picked out a door toward Ihe front of the house and He listened Then he rapped sharplv. rapped again and again, louder and louder Door, above him opened and shut, but the door he attacked stared St him blanklv. He retraced Ills steps to the street. At the corner lie sighted a policeman. What'a that" aald the policeman, bending his head to listen. Together they . , crossed the street. There," said the motorman. "I think Is dead. He's been sitting in that man hours that window for thirty-si- x He went on to explain that he bad in. the pa seed and repassed that face window on bis day shifts at the controller of hts train until finally It got on his nerves, so he had com on foot The policeman to see what waa up pushed his way through the halted traffic and stamped up the sairs. He put his shoulder to the door and it fell with a weak, splintering smash. The man was dead quits The officer thiew up a smeared window and blew cm his whistle. policemen apShottly other A little while later peared, running black wagon backed up to the door, and the man In the chair covcarried'away ered with' a horse blanket Another wagon bor off Ihe .fat Sicilian woman and her babv. and severalof thefcouse. They said brass-boun- r - ed aide-stre- . paper-weig- ht ed paper-weigh- ts paper-wtigh- bd But how what I got vour wire I came right in. Is there did Certainly," responded Parr, nodding You are a woi.der, Oliver'" he added "What put It Into your head to start Don't tell 8ophle after her husband? me you diun't." said the deputy, aa Armiston tried to break In with a word. "I heard you. You knew Sophie was liston the telephone the other day ening-in in your study, when you told me in a loud voice to go out and find her husband that he had squealed on. her. On the level, Armiston. I thought you were squealing on me. Then It all came over nte. You ve got the goods. Yqure all right. Oliver!" "Well, it was the obvious thing to dv now of course. agreed Oliver, preening I kniw you couldn't find him. himself. 1 kenw the only way'waeto scare her Inin slat ting after him herself then your men could trail along behind. It made a very good ending -- of th story, I thought." said Oliver. "Your men trailed her. of course?" Well, as a matter of fact, said Parr, weaklv. "she got the Jump on us. You know 'Sophie! So wo Just sat back and waited " "Waited" ejaculated Armitioq. 'Oh. Sophie did her part ehe produced he him. all right, said, Parr. 'Dead. He related swiftly how added- - grimly. the bogus Amos P. Huntingtoft. who had been blown tip by eynthetlc rubber and ciemated. in the end came to his death and burial in so obscure a manner that the police would never have known who he wad, except for one thing Sophie overlooked.J Mv window washer.' said Tarr wonder, too. He managed to borrow ahe'' Hi Coethnred WE from Fag One Gossip of the Stage j Oesttaud manoe oome- - to Txtm the-poi- , Ftge Tvs. su!, " dren. In to Buys r my--ch- U the last act, the railroad company the farm for a direct right of way, and the farm wife gets enough money to travel to New York, behold the electric-ligh- t .advertisecorset and chewing-guments, Grant's tomb ana At Woods, and " otherwise see llfe. While the play I an improvement upon Mies McLaurin's lugubrious opus of last When We Are Young, it reveals season, little of interest. It contains a great deal of amateurlah writing; it le often absurdly sentimental In the manner of the nov els of Bertha M. Clay and Laura Jean Libby; and Ita periodic attempts at are not a little droll. -philosophy Mies Lillian Albertson has the role of the woman who longs for life and color and gives a fairly good performance. ully But what about your grandchildren? Reginald Barlow overplays the character Mies Lolita Roberturged Ruth. "They're littlb, aren't they? of an octogenarian. "That s different." her mother an- son's idea of an opera singer is doubtless swered.- "Thev have Inetr own parent. from" the movies, . The .handsome I have no real responsibility toward luppenheimer is a mime hight Merkyl. them." The fellow is bad. Miss Lillian Rosa is There' your church," Mary reminded amusing In the minor role of a flirtatious her You've always been so active in flapper. church work. The has been made by Lee ''There are churches in Chicago, too, Kugel, production who sponsored that very engaging returned her mother mildly so I've comedy of several years back, Old Lad heard. 21." How he succumbed to the present I cant Imagine you," declared Eliza- manuscript Is not easy to guess. Hs is beth, "in any other home than- thia. To surely a better judge of dramatic merit think of you deserting it, when we were than his present choice would indicate. all born here, and all married from here, Elaborately staged and not without a anil moment or two of theatrical effectiveness, You didn't stay .when something betE. Temple Thurston's "The Wandering ter offered. Interrupted Mrs. Farnam. Jew ia otherwise disclosed as a verv slow paced and not espedaRy-tmagmat"Why should Till "What better could offer," her daugh- rewriting of th familiar legend of the ter demanded dramatically, "than to die Jew who spat upon Christ as He bore the where you've lived for so many year? ' cross up Calvary and who received the "I'm not ready to die yet," retorted curse to wander over the earth until the Mrs Farnam, Bavlor should return. Some of the seen- Not by a Ion nhot ," added hor hus- ery, and many of th costumes, ire rich , band, with a dangerous glint in his ey. in all the color that the manuscript it- "This is between ourselves and mother, self lacks. i This manuscript, notably in father. Elizabeth objected. the second scene of its second act, seems 4 1 At thla he detached himself from the to ms to swerve from th direct path of group and, stepping forward, said au- - its story; and, even in such Instances at thorltatlvely: it doe not swerve, it reveals an imagina' Not from now on. Here's where 1 tion of more or less uncompromising litcom in. Ive got something to say. ers lity. As ail eves turned upon him no one The presentation Is doubtless designed failed to be impressed by the earnestness to capture th fanev of those of his tone. Standing in the midst of his who like to get their theater inpersons their he towered and shotrirter bead church family, and their church in their theater, above them all. His bearing, his vitality as, for example, the parishioners of such and his height all contributed to make circus pastors as the Kt. Rev, Dr, John him an impressive and dignified old man. Roach Straton. whose words carried weight. Tyrone Power ha a grand time of ft "Before you begin to talk about your with the role of the Jew, and brings to mother s dying." he aaid, sweeping his his performance ail the voice rollings and three daughters with an Inclusive and magnificent gesturing in which he has Scornful glance, "you d better give her a had so long a schooling. Howard Lang chance to IRe. She hasn't had that yet. gives another good account of himself In you know, even if she is nearly gixtv years a minor ro'e. This Lang ia a talented old In my opinion. It's high time she actor. Other In th presenting company did " are Mies Helen Ware, who does a conAll three of the Farnam girls had paled ventional hit of dvlng in act I; Miss Thai at his implication. Ruth started to speak, Lawton; Mlsa Miriam Lewes, who Is th out her father pievdnted her by a lift of best of th women; and the Messrs. Alhts hand. bert and Sldnev Herbert. The "Don't interrupt me." ' he continued last ofRruntng the four acts is th beat. shows "It won't be mv fault If you don't un- the wahderer on trial before theIt judges derstand me clearly by the time 1 m of the Inquisition, and brings forth the through. Ever since you were old enough measure of drama in which the preceding to have any say at all. youve been act are deficient. The lighting of the cramping vour mothers alyls She was production Is well maneuvered. lust a mother to you not a human beThe quick withdrawal of the translatYou never saw her in any social ion of De Caillavets and De Flers s "The ing. so vouvo surrounded Fan" removes from the New York stage relations; kept her with yourselves that she never could as diverting a corned v as It has boasted make anY friends. You've talked a lot since th same authors' "Papa" (renamed shout doing your dutv. but half of vour "Transplanting Jean") was last attention to your mother came from a year. It la unfortunate thatdivulged so desire to be pointed out ss model daugh- a play should have been subjected engaging to such ters in the town. People fell for it, I extremely Inefficient cabotlnage. The admit; they didn't see in detail what that performance was grotesquely Incompetent attention consisted in.1 how you dictated-t- In every particular, and Miss Hi'da Spong, her what she should do, and read, and the Star, wa not th least of the ofwear, how vou bored her to detraction, fenders. how shamelesslv you Intruded on our married life, robbing us of our time (a valuable commodity at our age) and of AMUSEMENTS our prlvacv. Us appalling to think of those Intolerable, wasted evenings, of the comwe the have don, Om tinned Pram Fate Two. might reading panionship ws might have enloyed! "You always said vou didn t want to as his housekeeper In his forbidding stone neglect us you never realised that we'd mansion Miss Labo, stern, silent and unhave given our eve teetb for a little judicious neglect.! W stood all that we'd forgiving. Remalle owns a lumber camp and It have gone on standing it If you hadnt begun to talk about where your mother is in this atmosphere of rough and ready waa too little a That die. to much. that a great deal of the aclumberjacks ought Supposing she were to give In to you tion of the store takes place Jevons. the and stay here. Instead of dv lng in her voting aweetheart of Dorcas, becomes bed she might be knocked down by a Retnalle's competitor in business, and trolley car tomorrow and draw her last Remalle plans to have him. put out of breath in the drug store up the street. th wav. double-crosse- d You won t understand that it isn't where Being hy bis houseyou die that matters, nor even where keeper, Remalie faces mental torture you live, but how you live and whether which Is almost unbearable, while Dorcas, believing her lover dead, "carries you live at all " on" In a manner which would do credit to Ruth had begun to cry. "1 m beginning to understand,' she anv war hero. Miss Dean, a the sobbed. Dorcas, I am. too, reaches th height offascinating admitted Elizabeth. her dramatic In"8o am I. Thank you, father," said terpretations tn this gripping drama of th north woods country and makes a Mary. There wonderful story into a superb photoTheir father s glance softened was something in these girK after all. play. "If only youtl stay." premised Ruth, "everything will be altogether different f)OM MIX is announced by the Broad- from now on. Their mother stretched out her arm way theater as the attraction at that to them, just as the had when they were hmts for Sunday and Monday In hi little girls. latest western picture, entitled "The Big You be the one to tell us whst to do Town Round-up- , of which William Mcshout everything," Mary suggested hum-bl- Leod Raine, the noted fictionist, is the in mldembrace, "after this. alitkor. A look of frightened protest appeared According to report. Mr. Mix His tier upon thetr mother' face. Releasing them, a storv which keeps him at "concert she answered from start to finish. In fact. II is pitch" "Then I'd be doing the very thing 1 m declared that for speedy and sensational rinding fault with In you. No, girls. TAv action It never has been surpassed bv anv -and let live,' you know. I'd really bet- photoplay 4n this lively star's long list ter go." of successes. That statement certainly "Of course, she's going." their father settfa pace calculated to Interest anyone Interrupted in a matter of fart manner. who has seen Mix on the screen in a Fox "There s never been any question about production. Mix so often ha made a new record that' Elisabeth sat down heavily, in daring deeds and stunt "But what will you do in Chicago, after he had apparently impossible" reached th limit all day long that nothing Is now likely to mother," ehe demanded, hi surprise when fathers away?" But all Who are army of admirers Her mother s face glowed with antici- strangers to his work might well carry, shock absorbers with them to the pation. she said for he simply can t help doing theater, O I'll find plenty, to do, things There'll be concert and lectures, and which thrill tn the nth degree. in a we may make some acquaintances Charles in Hutchison, 'Hurricane business, wav, and. when nothing better Hutch, also is being shown, 'll Is full offeis. why.l might even gd to the movies of tremendous thrills, the gnatest one once In a while! snowing Hulclr crossing a chasm hv trollev caliteused to on-- . walking i jx J buckets across the river Ethel Train.; (Copyright,-b- cried; "In-t- hF flrt pIace you'd have leave )our children behind." That s th best part of it." Interposed her father tartlv, and the pith of this remark wa accentuated by titters from behind three cigars. All the girls flushed resentfully. W didn't com her to b insulted, they declared. Dont pay any attention to him," soothed their mother. . You know 1 wouldn t leave you If you were little, even for one night. You forget that youre not children njL.more. We need you Just as much, declared Mary. Not quite, her mother said thoughtf- m -- -- -- v; ve |
