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Show t - 0 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE," SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY By LUCIAN CARY " I i I EIutritd H JjjN t love h.m now in the least that your aenae of honor is driving you. "How do you know? Tale of How a Young Husband Dont ask me that! 'You don't really ant me to teU you. But- I do. You have no right to say Treated Hia Coquetting Spouse to How do. you know?" a Surprise and Got r One , Himself "Ame'ie," he said her name as no one else In the world had ever said it before intha t oice that heMieartwouId remem- to he honest, I dare you to tell me would not do to tell Maine Blass too J'ou the (Tilth as you'll tell it to yourself too much. But ahe had to tell Maisie Blase lata-to help either of ua." yf. fche hd fo talk, and sir something She said unsteadily: I've known you couldn't wait until John came home. three days.' But she took care to tell .the parlor maid "That doesn't matter. You haven't d where she-wgoing, so that Seen 'him in two years.' know where to find her If be should coma We can never mean anything more to -- a home brfore she did. , each other you and I." "What a happened?" -- Maisie Blase "Because, we mean already all that asked. is. You can t deny it." "What makes you think anything has there She repeated hopelessly: "Three days happened, Maisie?" on train. "I can eee it In your face." on a ship or In a city or on top John and I have quarreled," Mabel of "Or a mountain or on a desert Island. said you don tJ I 'D nr JH 19 1922. - by 0. D. Batchelor. John Palmer had been brought up to ' room, and long, 'pleasant, pon Revnard, sltt.ng wUh an Idle pen in h.s hands at one of ths writing desks Apparently he had written aB his letters or bad not been able tS write them at ail. He looked back at Amelia a long time, then got up and started across to her. -- Anieli met him near the desk. ' He's gone?" said Don Reynard brief- - "Where?" f Ijtteald Amelle, quite "Has married. She' waiting for otrrplv- - - "I nr Jilted; In Ua Angeles Uke him af a hotel some ridiculous movie, Isn't it? I do seem to have wwated a noble frame of mind on him. Don Reynard turned her, with an but poignantly pease salve touch, once more in the dlrecton of the patio: "There wont be a soul out there, now, he said. "Come end tell me everything. Are you sure you aren't traveling Incognito. with a camera man in your pocket? Thia begins to sound rather like It." But once taey were out of the light, shadowed by a Jutting wall, he caught her recklessly close, stooped hla dark head tin Amelte shut her eye with - little sobbing sigh of surrender. ' . . !??1 he whispered, harlequin and ed , Moet of us ere brought up to take this attitude,-- ! But. John Palmer bad a deeper oenee than is common of the duty of men to protect and to guard. He married a girl of whom It was often aid by her eery best friends, too that ahe eartalnly heeded a guardian. Mabel was a aiim person, with a allghtly turned-u- p none and an air. Most of the younger crowd in 6 par borough had tried simply. Don t be - foo.lfh. Chlqulta! Time has cue time or another to analyse that air .v Maisie waited. . at alL.to do with lt I knew, that of Mabel's, and most of them ended 1y he objected to my friendship with nothing 'He first niorrrtng. So did you. i Arthur Willingham." aylng, "Well, anyway, ahes a bom flirt. then flung him a sudden misty smile. Mats a Blase, who knew Mabel-bette- r 1 should joiiyywell 'think he might, , I Amelia "I didn't suppose anyone else In the I a Mabel of .l this atr eeld ( Maisie retorted. anybody else, world could possibly be so insane. , aoonS meant: 'Come and . take me If you Mabel considered. at het. you. asked. she ' ' : truly?" cen "I don't cere anvthlng about Arthur another place you'd tike better? Kiss m anAfter 1 his and after that, though, Of course no girl, not even Mabel. not a bit,' she said. ; again! look that sent the color streamswering could wear such an air all the Ume It That make it all the worse " M -It goes os well hy anite effect partly because she used It Bias said. "John Palmer Is about the ing across hVr face, shewent back to other name. You may find the seed In got insisting J unhappily: so little. She we capable of the nicest finest man I know. You've treated him packets, sometime. In small "It doesn't mat'er. Nothing can change small dusty t sort of friendship. She could be .simple flower shopa, iabded quaintly shamefully. You've been a Httie fool.'1 dusty now. I He Arthur. was things JUideed. promised . it and honest and agreeable. i Mabel sghed-- T Bush! know," she said, -tjevil In In me. He's been waiting faiththat, the unfllrtaUou side of her, that made an awful mistake. . fully all this time.. t made her such a fl.rt. She didn't pretend realised Maisie time Blaze "Hs (Copyright, MJI.i hy Fanny HoasUji Lea.) you It," . "Havent vou been waiting, too? to be Interested when a young man got said. I hope you'll tell John so Not faithfully If I throw him over to the point of telling her all about his He's terribly angry," Mabel said. now. would was isnt a light soul. It-ambitions; she wee Interested, she' men Tts time he was angry. I've hoped do for He him, that's ait! He's built hla life SCREEN positively maternal. But the young and prayed that he would get angry, around me. And I've got to go 1 you Who told Mabel their ambitions, and that wish hod ppanked you P ask with it. i through Don't don't ever men she included all the young Mabel' eye filled w 1th tear. OeaUafMd Prem Peg Toe. me. - I dare eay I shall please be happy, knew for more than three days, got a At least we needn't lie to each other i kind of shock. The shock came when d did. she sobbed. about It, need we in this one night Mabel w ho hoi . ... Blaze, that s ah we vo- - got?1 eaid on Rey- when the old empire claimed Gonstanthere eud-- 1 t - - LTD He sympathy and so very much me." nard gently.- - Almost too genthr. "You ttnopte as on of It capitals. denly became elusive. All she did was In second sat "You looked notice will Vaiile at tha Mabel. that wonderful cruel honest adorable girl!" to assume that '"Come and taka me if "I don't believe It heroine Is given a fin old , ' looked at h s hands, shut herd of Irene the you can1 air of tiera tree. Irens herself Is very Mhbel drew back her blouse ind exposed onAmelia edge of the table, and ' wanted Irish familySome of them were so surprised that the blue and purple streaks on her morethethan, to appear worthy of the , mad never actually proposed t iwvSems anything else in the- world to properly shoulder. rtbey best society. Most 'buds' and Httie'' f&ei them, crushing her own of them were so outraged that they never Ma'zie 'Blaze ducheases would" be glad to have a frac lumped to her feet.T She atood up abrttptly. end he followed could forgive her, even when they saw tttm terand of most she her wit "that's "Why." ths cried, vivacity. Thats the They hesitated beside the cool sibllanco of her doing It to somebody else. rible thing I evsr heard of. The brute! bright Irish girt, true to type aa polished tha fountain.' Ho looked down at her John Palmer was a big man, one of was It at that moment that John Palmer stopped the heart In hor breast for a up in this country, and when I wrote those big, powerful men who are slow-- to arrived. moment with the dark passion of his the- - play,- - originally, I called it Brent kind --of- men - who can get Mabel slipped Into the next room. angertho O'Dare. , , eyea aboard the subway at Brooklyn bridge mv "Is wife here?" John Palmer asked. Mr. Montgomery grew up professionally Tt would N heaven together, he told in the rush hour without stepping on anysaid "Yes," Blaze. Maisie "But and learned to writs play under the diyoute her "You wont tletesY' body and without getting mad. He had hot going to see her.": rection of the most celebrated of I said Amelie, almost with played guard for three years at Harvard They stood facing each other. John's oh. can't! dramatists, George M. Cohan. hie And went on before him out of His collaborator and won a place on the were dull with eyes Maizles In were two eyez Irene pain, the dream shadow of the patio into the last year. He had been In love with Mawere with bright anger, other well-lyoung men of Irish blood, bright it bel Durbrow ever since he ceuld rememcomfort of inn. th "You Insufferable beast! said Jkfdfsle On the threshold, though, she turned, Harry Tierney, who wrote th muslo, and ber. But only at a distance. He had obBlase, "You you monster!" served Mabel from afar and quietly slipped her hand Into hi for the space Joseph McCarthy, the Boston boy, who John Palmer looked at her It miserably. penned th lyric n of a breath. that he would never let himself be waa true. He was a monster. would be heaven! Tt ah any more In love with her than he was. said, You will never see Mabel again," aald ! Good-b- y It wasn't safe. He avoided her consciILLOW WINTERS Is th heroin of Maisie- - Blaze. "Never!" Then she saw Arthur coming' toward entiously. Mabel came Into the room.' Mabel her So ton night he found himself talking from the desk, at the clork'g direc- sonated walked straight trp- - to John- - Palmec and Mins DuFont who le widely to her alone, on the veranda, at the Coun- -, tion, and something within her whim- known aabyth leading woman In "Foolish put both arms around hlgneck. and to pered try dub's spring dance. He had talked She met fought tnllllon-dolla- r' get sway. a In Mabel Tor Universal' relaxed Wives, bis ahe "John. me and second, then proarms, said, "please take perbapa lay fought like a mad thing. him in spite of that, smiling, on chilly duction. "The Golden to her for n hour, while she cut on home. Gallows, from the dance after another. It had been exactly hand out: i , Victoria Galland, 1 Johns arms tightened around her. John little magazine by story as If they were old friends who hadnt house. He sat up 'Arthur, how nice! ; I was afraid you'd the attraction this week at the Kinema John Palmer star Ad Nek at her, his kissed her. John held her very gently. suddenly, saw that It ttly. "That would he fatal. She would seen each other for years, and now die was After delayed. I wantyouJJoJtnfiw Mr. theater. can do that. tecih shut. and answered ths hate you. .Besides covered Vh&r They Tiked eachother as bell himself, Arthur. We crossed the deeert Reynard, The story u that of a chorus queen der at Malzle Blase. It isnt done. But you could suggest a Do you really imagine. Mabel asked, well sa they had formerly, and perhaps , whose friendship with a man of the clubs It was Mabels father. John gvas con- preference to her. "Do you think you can separate us? she together. "do you really imagine that you can give better. John had asked if he might cell. siderably, 'Almost a constitutes claim, doesnt results in her inheritance of a fortune asked. John smiled at Mr. Durbrow. call from me orders? surprised to receive Or she had asked him to call. Or they Mr. Durbrow ItY' Don Reynard eald eooliv. Glad to when hs dies. This la a wholly satisfac"You mean suggest a preference for this hour, but he did Mizie Blaze watched them go out to- have John Palmer had a audden violent Imhad taken it for granted that he would not betray hla at seen you, Mr. Sherwood. He added tory development until It begins to be the hpr He led the society.' Malzle to went way window gether. to the surprise. and o her. was The pulse slap impulse call. to about vagus letters write ease of the whole world talking about Nek .to the library and got out some cl Well, John, after all you re her hue- - slcnng that he clenched h!s hards. H watched them walk down the street close something However that waa, he began to aee her gars left them. f her and speculating on Just what kind of of the kind Mr. Durbrow liked, and OflFUl, ,1 was so strong for a moment ha could not together. Malzle shook her head slowly. and said 'Well! Arthur nervously: Well a friendship had existed between bens-- , Mr. Durbrow, seeing what waa plain for "Yea Thats just why I cant aay: Vtak. up ths fire. There la nothing like wlth-he- r summer afternoons etirred look tike nlc long a through Youre wood fire to cover an embarrassing chfup. Mabel. Id Jike to have diner with you looking factor and benefactress. anyone to see, spoke casually to John " And to dance With her talk like a Turk," Mabel continAmelle! Suppose we ah go somethrough short sumMlse-momedt unless It la the ritual of lighting niyse.f occasionally.' .You aee that waa ued.You"You Pont are Elinor Palmer one evening at the Country club, we, Supporting mer aa her walk to and with If me. talk owned where where we can talk. evenings you Hancock and Edwin Steven a really excellent rigar. the Implcatlon when I married her. And on of those brief Intervals when Nth noted-. I? "Why Amelle aald to herself that no matter on the stage for their character through the mellow summer moonlight repeated. during shoqldnt "Where's Mabel? asked Mr. Durbrow. If she doesn't choose to dine with me, porhe could be seen apart i from Mabel. J One day, when all Sparborough waa you my wife? how much cost oh was to The question wag a natural one for a its just her way of saying that ahe'd Aren't her Eve Gerrard, trayaia; Douglas going Southern, ail "Everything right between you and meet Arthur half way. She stifled Hia tone waa quite calm; It Was so calm waiting breathlessly for the end, John father to ask Williams first a It rather dine R, Or and elsewhere." Barbara Tennant, Georgs Mabel? asked he genially. should have warned him; it waa so calm unfair impression of rather florid discom- all with extensive experiences behind tho picked up Mabel at the railway station should have been. But John Palmer Mr. Durbrow frowned more deeply than .t "Very much all right," John aald. In hla oar and drove her home. that It should have warned Mabel. But on hla part.. Hadn't he gotten a bit footlights. the backlog over, for the second ever. "I knew It would be If youd Just take fort were they both "Mabel, he aald, aa he et her down time, and Mr. past warning. In addition o the feature, the Kinema examined the mv advice, Mr. Durbrow said, "Just a stouter? And used he to wear such John,' he asked, why couldn't you W hy shouldnt I? At her own front gate, "I have something wrapper of hla Durbrow he And Never mind! He was bill includes a Century comedy 'and the a repented.' elouchy have talk w.th Mabel Just such a frank l.ttle frankness waa sll that waa needed. Arthur. clothes? ogar, which he had ' time his tone waa not calm. .to say to you." She aa we've been having, without any this News Weekly. talk International , . suggested: nodded John elaborately. gravely. Mabel waa frightened. She had got In "But Im in auch a hurry, John," ahe Those chairs over by that table look ' on "I'm she John at home. aide? reserves either lan't sorry ' he aald. a "Just frankness "Tea, little aid. She was poised for flight intended. But ahe comfortable 1 know eht'd be and there' John Palmer rose and paced back and deeper than sheto had nobody near Mm HZ WONDERFUL THING Is ths glad to aee you. I don't mean now, John said. T said. admit tt. She waa no; them. going r forth across the room. Mr. Durbrow saw waa not said Mr Durbrow. All rights reserved.) to mean this evening, fCopvrlght. aa Inch. In going give Let title of the production- - starring sit those hy that' wfidow, "I believe ahes dining at the Country that he was seriously considering this "But I believe I have an engagement club, Just one reason. John. she (Printed by arrangement with Metropoliaald Arthur. There was someone near Norma Taimadge which will te shonn at John continued. plan, . But he saw also how difficult ,t saidThere's tan New Service. I Newspaper thle Anderton "If She Mr, do, York.) shall go home. you , the window, evening. Amelle glanced at him the Broadway Sunday and Monday. The Mr. Durbrow frowned. Mr. Durbrow was for a sensitive boy, like John, to face In a bit deeply raised her eyebrows erpresslvely. He rose' to the trospect of absolute frankness, such hia'No. said John Palmer.. curiously and led th way. Waa Anthur production is In a considerably lighter Into hla cigar. flash ahe had assumed that air of here - "Don't No. You w Ul not go homo. feet, -- ah - la, a himself shy of her now ah had come' all vein than anything which Miss Talmadg-ha- s Mr.- - Durbrow,-- - had grown used to - know he, yewwhere Mabel slipped out of her chair. In a In one breathless instant ahe ceased to be don recently, hut It ha an underlythis way to him? They sat down In through long practice of It. flash ahe assumed that old air of hers. In the friendly, jolly girl John had known, John? leather covered armchairs. Amelia deep which gives He rose and put hut hand on John ono of a John Durwinced Mr. then ing winced, visibly. breathless Instant she had ceased to and beoame the person who teemed to brow would have withdrawn that ques- Pawner shoulder. braced herself to meet at least verbal en- Mies(train opportunity for some bits Tslmadge an N and wife eay. "Come and take me If yotf can. become dearment angry the tion It ha could. He hadn't intended to Arthur, "My bov, he said, "You don't know quite obviously, of emotional acting. "So good of you to take me home, ask braced himeeif aa well. girt the girl who seemed to aay; A Jacqueline Boggs, the only daughHe glanced a question so bald. But he had women. You don't understand women. I Tome and she finished, and before John could re- asked take me if you can." cleared hla throat, crossed and ter of the American hog king-- a finished It. If he apologized for asking It. do. Women ate difficult to manage. But about, cover himself she had waved her hand he would "So tell of to me good you whats uncrossed hla knee. what, (Continued front Pag Ono.) product of a French convent, she is Ironly make it worse. That la they can t beat frankness. , They like to she aald blithely, and started up the walk. 'Had you a good trip?, asked Jtmelle resistibly Im on my way. be elusive and evasive. droll. As Mrs. Donald Manner Thats their She started towardBut For an Instant John watched her re- often ths trouble when one has said the game. the door. John stood . . , But gently. it it Wrong can't thing. they play by she becomes a dramatic, figure, one youre never her could She done riot have ceding back. Involuntarily he clenched It to watching for forbear Arthur, cloudily trank. Try being frank with Mabel. "Not absolutely, John aald. "Very good very good Indeed. They advantage which a drama of lova has hla fiats, And then he ran after her. and loose. Then she went down, with made somo 'I will try it, said John Palmer. "I'll lake one look over her ahoulfrr, Mootl talk of dust arid heat, Mr. Durbrow knew that John Palmer over a drams of life is that a happy endMabel heard him 'coming. Mabel gave waa by," ahe said, in st.irud out of tile door, her heart rioting. Her IttNe gray slip"Did you did you leave everything an talk to a Mabel saw man. He truthful singularly tonight. ing is possible, and one cornea In a very one qirck look over' her shoulder and John for started her. feet kissed ran. She Just the John stairs. pered Air. Durbrow held out hla hand. right, Arthur?" Wonderful satisfying manner in "The r. fled.- - Sne ran fast; but once started, clearly that John hadn't tha least Idea vht-hJohn held Don waa s near n her for in Reynard "Excellent tightly waiting hep ."Good! he where ' Indeed! Mabel More waa ve. said He shape, that moment. John palmer ran faster. He caught her couldnt say where at arm. the desk; he cam forward gravely. "This talk, desultory and faintly husky of poli- Thing. shook They and he hands would she was, Harrison Fprd plays opposite Miss at the top step. He held her tightly In not lie about It, and so he had said just "I know Mabel, Mr. Durbrow said. "You will, will you?" he said roughly. 'a good of you,' ha sa.d. "I've got a table tics and finance In Mexico. Then, Just i , his arms In the natlo. when Mabel Am to and Alter a tired she free "Not herteif. waa that all, ell, my daughter. struggled absolutely." heartsick, - Amelia said to the observant clerk. "No "You wig, will you?" he aald roughly, - "John. said to weep for uncertainty "Of "Im she . said said ready . Durbrow home, , going Hr. Hs course,' Palmer. John passionfirmly. and kissed her mouth. mad for m, etill?' "Amelle. said Arthur, hoarsely, "AmeWALTON, famous little "lou can be gentle with her you must ately. to carry thia thing through now "I I,. Mabel gasped. She tried to tntendsd "Notlmig, Mias Xawrenee," aald the lle I've got something to teU vou. I GLADYS star, will appear at the Kine"Youre going to bed. said John Talincr ha had started it. "John. Mr. Dur- be gentle. But at the came time vou can free herself. John held her closer. Ma- that -clerkknow tt looks rotten. I I know brow repeated more firmly. "I must beg be trank." fiercely. ma theater In person! for three days, bebel looked at him defiantly. Then Amelle and Don Reynard went never exp'ain ft to you after myI can For perhaps a second, Mabel lay relaxed "Of course," said John Palmer. vur pardon. 3ou know my ginning next B&turday--c Well, "to be -You hrutst--aheeapassion atek a and alt and Idlers frank"JuBt Thai a hesiMr. 3 Mr.'Dur-brothen An qnusual feature of Mies Walton whole Durbrow the sa,.d burthe tally lure"frankntus, "Youre going to marry me." he aald tated. fountain to the farther eide, and thing happened so suddenly. mad thing. John's arms she"ToBgfintke be frank. ha resumed, "to tightened around jeering personal appearance is the fact that she through hla teeth. Mabel looked up at be quite "To a eat down smalt at whits covered table a her shm shook hands again at the door. Light Bge blinding, scorching flame will be at, the Kinema at the same time They body. brutally frank why, John, we're him. And then her head sank on hla old She tried to kick. But John held her with a Jug of deep red rose in the m.d-dl- e struck Amelle breathless. She thrust that her latest plcture,"The Wise Kid," friends, aren't we? III. boulder and, with a little agh, ahe reof It. too his futile She tried to through John nodded But Palmer scratch. and. tghtly. the John maundering. being presented. seizing Palmer for a sat laxed in hla arms. hour after John Palmer walked long of waJs stone weathered Ifour 1 rose "Don't gray bother be to ashamed about It. turned the backlog half round. Mr. Durbrow had Mas Walton, ho hss hosts of friends up the stairs with on four side sat In front of her as tf she had been "Youra going to marry me" ha re- tongs, of them, open to the sky. You're In love with someone else?" He did not speak.. He just turned the hia fire until long gone, a child in he halt Lake, la a healthy, pretty AmeriAa after midnight Ha reached the door Of pealed. Bell tower and roof made lines of peacehis Arthur Inset elbows on his room bit. la can a she knees her made and end sat blacklog always girl, there how Mabel was "Yea. ahe whispered, so low that he llilnk.ng lovely ful loveliness against the asure twilight wrung hla hands together wtth almost a tensely interested in vivacious and Mr. Durbrow saw that John was emwhen ahe wanted to be. He sat there un- one last effort. John Palmer merely held overhead, everything that Is acaroely heard her. a moon wherein her groen: his languid barrassed. hung, on. John waa Palmer her Into tighter, a til finger Mabel came home. pressing singularly John released her. John raised hla hat - In I'm married to her, he burst out des- going flesh like iron bands. Mabel turned and honey clear, a little past the first man. But he waa not person and In real life ahe Is as a man hue came and sot on the arm of hie soft 'With more ease 'than hs had known hlm-ae- lf honorable like a oat and bit the thick part of hla quarter; they were flags, great streaks perately. "She to whom frankness came easily a foe me at a Indicative of the wholesome type of It chair and rumpled hla hair waiting to possess, he bowed to Mabel. of crimson and green and yellow hanging hotel In Los Angelea I came down here American hand blood came ran. to mithe until Mr. Durbrow. as she portrays on And He looked slowly, "Until thia evening, he aald calmly, up at her. She smiled. He from upper ledges, and upon dozens of see you and explain. It' a rot- the screen. girlhood to If tt is true, as many critics hla Mr. Durhrow smiled nutely examining back. cigar, He off. walked end He had walked right peat saw that be wmild havc -coyidnt help gmiling at John Piliher was a set ten and about, shame . e.mong llt!leJtab!es, j'aims your this Jong trip tor mainUln, that the greatest art Js in be- - . big, powerful man, tn rnrcunrr Mabel when ahe amded at'htm, He loved slow to taking hie car, standing at the curb, the engine dozens of candle , s glimmered, nothing" John how to .be frank. Mr. her. anger. He had been brought up ferns, Ing natural. Miss Walton, who a short running, without eeelnglt or thinking Of John, to show abaken In a breeze was that Ame'ie delicately began to laugh, eoftlv,' but wtth time ago was a schoolgirl, la Indeed an "Where have you been?" he asked, and to take the protect ve attitude toward Durbrpw saw that John had an Immense It His eeif posse salon wasn't as mag- need No A other intian phill. romantic he waa be. But to She not Igtht, A frank. an exquisite .helplessness. double need. He took her hand In his. artist. vvomepy angel. . nificent as ha Imagined, But ha had won Ten frvnuies later, while Mabel sobbed macy hung about the place like a per- til! the tears stood In her evea. laugh' Kinema patrons will recollect her first peeded to be wank with himself. Instead That was what her father had recomMabel Durbrow. fume. Thera were people at some of the Look here. said 'Arthur, uneasll with of alto John screen appearance In 'gait Lake In an but hide had the he hurt niry. gently mended continuing put Irresistibly with In frankness, were married He less than a They gentleness. not little all tables 'are Semiaolltude added bed her and Would to hid tucked you nt hor like you He top long hysterical? lit, needed to be a anted to know adaptation of Dr. J. U. Glesys famous ahe had been. He month and went to the Canadian Rockies ready the fountain and the to cSJ another woman or something? The next morning John rose at S o'clock,' to the moon and with MAhei. It was up to Mr. Dur- wanted to know nhere sketch, "Pink Tights. since which time all It. about for their honeymoon, and stayed twice aa frank A Therefore You h should wife aa 'candlelight. have to lead the wav. she has appeared locally In such always did He looked at htmseif brought vour he would ask her, at the same time tsk- long tMthey hadjplannd. When they brow swld in the mirror. He did not took r jinny- at ill . along,!.' a pgrfacLr-perfeAmelle, at trad ions os .High Tmfon d tdMaJiel. MrDurbrQw laughing, ptecey l aighed Ti gr must to waa able She control Amelle. herself have said. Tnnd Rich Girl, Poor .Girl, rm of "AndI In The John. ttfyw prea I changed. a you. "Playing With looked at them aearchingly and decided Ing friendly spirit. " her en.tv, aqd wiped John Palmer he was accustomed to aee want to help you dhly I don't know Just eyes. "Wan whispered Don Reynard. Fire, "Short 8klra, and several other Mabel raised her ejebi that Mabel was quite as much In love what Tell ms in about Til a , to the Arthur. was It, could not There Arlekle mirror saw." of tr to have notes features a done from v. whkt special alvei guiwith John as he waa with her. he rad done. tar some where above them. "I know.'! mid John Palmer. Amelle be calm. But you don't know yjbu'H TVhat a question!" she ald. "Of course," aald Harvey Woods "It la While he waa Nthlng and shaving and turned a gal nalt one wall a flash of car- never know-h- ow "I hope. I John. said Mr. Durbrow, funny all this terribly She said it lighlly, she said It aa If It well known that a reformed flirt makes' appearance of Miss Lydia Barry, "that you won't mind my discussing ev- didnt mean anything at alii But It waa dressing. John caught glimpses of hlms-l- f mine caught hbT ye. A balcony, with a Is." the moet devoted wife. I shouldn't exactly cal it funny, aald THE lyrical raconteur, j next week ap obvious evasion. John skw that. That .n (the mirror. The mirror kept remlnlibg atrip of. scarlet- cloth stretched on poles Arthur, Other members of the younger crowd erything asvfullv frankly thle way. between reinoree and annoygnie. at the Orpheum theater la on event that "No, sad John. He shifted the back- was like a woman. That was like Mabel, him what an Immense body he had, what above It. Bolt(W the scarlet cloth a woman . w ere Impressed with this piece of wisdom, acomes too She she seldom for I vaudsvdl motherwaa bar far T leaned Mexican. a an. wha' She a shoulders, thick slim "Not powerful and t out, ut turn, was' af he kept on, quairtcr f ng.ng. , no much Impressed that they repeated It log"I waa Tiers la a kind of act Ah at sure you wouldnt," aald Mr, smiling. She wore a black lac Thevhre qh emotional, you know,; Her patrons, "What a perfectly simple question,-- Mad a brute he was! what a monster! dark and on as their own, a lead mother the list of "popular; repeaters, should I house i In. he lived Jher heavy black hair and a kept Nardlng always been like this man he saw mantilla said' evenly. He was not angry. He over Durhrow used to sge something In demand for of heir hot and In the east ahe John Prmey ros back- - and poke gently But hi wopde had a sort in the mirror this ape, thia gorilla? hlg red roso behind one ear. Her face done, lost Pa eavor, waa forgotten. About forth uohi time to Jtia I I weeks He eouid never have Ma bel again;" He' was' powderfd peart"" white; trenrrcratlr, repeat ott vaudeville realljrwaa faithful. -j-fou, f edge to them in epite of him. the room. that time, the more observing began to Mr. aerpss His li A me bills-sometimes inae. She -man .. a,, had appears " has , hla although her isra lost, , curved and Painted, brew row and paced Nek and Hone was the tone that expbets an answer eyes slumberous. right to her forever.- It raise their eyebrows " and exchange forth the putother New York theater In on week, going ell over, She Sung lilt a bird or a child, throatlly rms " If Mabel sipped oft the II way. of his chair was glances over, the conduct of Mabel He could not think. Ha did not dare sweet. In early at one house and rushing to liquid gurgle of sound. Be- saidI remember. You wrote me that rifonfce, on and satdovn In the chair opposite him John, aald Mr, Durbrow. , Palmer. f another Amelte theater to appear Hater on Its to me! He think. suddenly. hind could in half In man Stupid a only press the mem"Yea, said John. her, velvet shadow, Mabel stretched .her feet but in front of "Of course." eadd Harvey Woods, once i didn't think of th kind that married program. ' ory of that horrible ten minute that had and tinael thrummed a guitar. An Indian you know things cant go on her and leaned her heall Nek luxuria flirt, always a flirt look at . Mabel thisThing can cannot think of Lydia Barry withOne J T thevY way, Stripped h:m of all hi training, and re- woman, twe great plaits across her shoul- you." Palmer." ously. Arthur showed disturbance, mental and out recalling to mind her theatrical famias he waa an animal, a cruel, ders- sat by a great gold harp. John shook hi head. ; , It waa as If she were Everybody looked;- - everybody saw; ev"I am a pealed Jilmvengeful was Billy Barry, of th Mr Durbrow sat down ' Mr. Durbrow Httie bored, but if I mustsaying: "What's f thaj she's 'singing? asked perhaps moral- - He wenUon dogged I j: . ly- Her father animal, without rplty, head wisely end rebe bored I may violent, erybody shook hi But I, as I wrote you f had every- famous Irish team. Barry and Fay. Her eoftlv. The song hung In that ' without Amelia without his knitted " chivalry, 8omehowdecency. as well rbe Ha'rvev comfortable what said: Woods had peated two sisters, Emily and Ulaga, have long of Jbia.JbLouEe. coo? enchanted dusk Jlke a silver ribbon thing ready. PI wired you to com and Uf Jfihix.pgi mer. sneaked Of coureeTonce up-to waa going to start she-- - been --ko4n. vaudev ille-anlght-on tiptoe, lest someone should ese h m. of sound.' H'was fua'of unaasuaged de- thetr-thbe talking around the point. rathr than fectly husband. Don't you were tn a partnership with George broke down. She Juanita me on He could not bear to face the parlor maid. sire and mournful wstasy of. longing. to It. But how the devil could they do really think you sound stopped n. husbandly. John?" and well, she went all to Felix, mho Is the husband e Lydia. Now Don Reynard told her, " Da Golondnna' the stair else? only run away and hide. Something atlrred in John Palmer; some HeHecould But tf everybody understood what had anvthlng She was going to shoot herself. the Barry girls have eh act of their own. would walk. - He would walk for You know. John." aald Mr Durbrow, memory the Swallow." He Put his hand over lleces! like the memory of the day he You I eee. had gotten people to talking Lydia Barry, until she decided to try her happened. John palmer d.d not. John desperatelv, 1 feel across He wquld get a hera lightly for- a moment, but his touoh country. that Mabel is well had pursued Mabel to the very door of mile hand a a single entertainer, had Nan about her. palmer did not understand It at all, He almost indlacreet. c burned. father s house and caught her In hia train somewhere and go away, forever. I said Amelle quickly. didnt know Just how he had won Mabel. John Palmer sat down In hia chair her with -her husNever associated in the eee," and held her against her will. "I IV, gfve tonight for jthe rest mind, Arthur, I see" The . But he had won her. He knew that. She close to the fire and reached for the erme band for many seasons. whole sordid said. of he "Would mind This Jlfe," my and you 9 place awoke at o'clock. She awoke Mabel answering my quehad been hla completely. And now ahe tonga little story spread Itself out before her. n, stion" he asked. a and Life not so that you. song, refreshed. She seme awoke with wasn't. decent Arthur's simplicity the, to any mysteri"I should hardly go a far as that, he Mabel was startled to hear John apeak ous and secret sense of happiness after all," , For She hadnt done anything that h could said feminine eye. all too obvious emotional 1 , Ih that tone. Mabel was start eld by A girl In a white dress and a Httla yelhlg the moment she only knew that she waa of Gossip Juanita Juanita was dark, chicanery reasonably complain about nothing to "I Mr, Durbrow- Insisted. should, tone for the second low jacket like a toreadors brought them doubtless like the In her life. Only happv. And then aha remembered. In the patio, which he could definitely oblect There wsa a long silence, while John onte before had Johntime their dinner. Amelle scarcely knew what powdered pearl white,alnger seemed Implacable. Mabel still while rememshe John Palmer eat In front of the library poker with very a soft lay scarlet Con timid Pram Pegs Twe. the and Mr. Durbrow puffed There waa in her this ate. The intimacy of that lrttle'table, mouth and a- rose in persistent memory bered For a few second zhe debated she hair. Amelle fire, considering. It waa a spring night hi cigar. fire of a John who would not with tta red roses and flickering candle- felt suddenly tired and her be denied; and whether, ft had reallv end the fire was smoldering fitfully It old. But happened. grown "The fact Is, John," Mr Durbrow con- -' the memory was akin to fear. The mem- couldn't have The Juanita would tie shiny apd fat at happened.' It must have light. was too po'gnantiy unre-41against the backlog, a low fire, but one tinned. "The fact forty. tel. Ladv Evelyn and her husband (who I heleve I d apeak ory gave her a curious thrill. And be- been a dream. But as she became wider guitar and the woman's voice, the seduc- The thought waa warming. that ate steadily Into the heart of the to her about It If la has returned from Inja) alt across a I were cause of you. held she was beginning to be afraid. avake ah knew that It waa not a dream. tive melancholy mnatc, thetSpanish wood. John Palmer's thoughts ere Ilka So we were married and I brought her breakfast table and eay mean thing to What would you any? Mabel yawned. She yawned ostenta--Douet- On her shoulder were four broad streaks her like a spell. ' a a far os Los Angelea. left her there each other. that up S'r Leslie for such Is the be quite frank. said Mr. Durbrow Td Above the ooffee cups at last Don Rey- at a hotel," Arthur was She yawned like a lazy end ol purple and green, the bruise left where He Imagined himself discussing the mat-te- r 'Td eoeak to her lust J name -- appears to be a very "and kitten. frankly as wa ve John Palmers fingdrs had pressed Into nard leaned over to force her took wtth came on here to see you. saying, I wired to spouse's with Mabel, He never had discussed been apeaklng nasty gent, and, (hough he himself has hia own. He had been gay and Imper- Bcechwood, tonight John Palmer rose to hla feet, end when her flesh. It with Mabel. He never would discuss of Olvera amorous derelitrying to stop you, but you been eairi John. he stood up, he towered over Mabel. John Mabel stroked her bruised shoulder ten- sonal and charming for the most pert. had left. I can never tell you, Amelle, ction, guilty it with Mabel. But supposing he did? 1 will not countenance anything of Mr. Durbrow. said would,'' waa be Palmer he Td all at and Now, and teronce, when he spoke he derly, The bruises hurt, but she cont'n-ue- d spoke, quiet how She could hardlv denv'thal she had been very gentle, of course sort of light, sort on his the wifes After a few you should have realized he was not being Just to stroke them If there were some ribly In earnest. "lt'a frightfully embarrassing to have minutes of backbiting, part flirting with Arthur Mllllngh&m. But she he therefore beme frank. he tell He should him. have paid, Ametie," about realized In he ohecure that e could certainly assert that it ws nothing know" She so the pleasure pdJn. said Amelle gin the yqu apolog got up I find I've 'much, How II gh t rJohn asked. scene usual to to w.is all. How mad know, after got and looked at them in the mirror. They getting coldly. "I think you had better go bock the third sot of this species of British ABiiUirnNhjjf KagJiolhlms What ocmd li-tt- . happen? How long agn wag ? Tell to hi- - at ga. ha eav then? He could eay she was at- say- - 'Look here, my dear, aren t vou tlon" ha In di a andinn Trom sog" hia suivy BFSjfdlftg . repeated. I hope you will Nth be happy that evWhat a brute John was' She would me ever? thing tracting attention that aha waa exciting flirting s' bit a oonfesionr-o- f the Damascus Just like that lightly "Of course not. said Mabel. Her email punish h'm for being auch a alwava for the beet In thia faux pa So Amelle told him everything, at last. erything Fhe brute gossip. But waa aha? the hero. Enter but frankly , He will shelcame togvthsr Vlth a click. "I have could funinh him because hs loved her. Beg nning and ending with the John Palmar want- - round, this clcda of honey btst of all worlds, and so on ter the wife! No, she will not let him John shook been He. eoulrtti have ikme whs he had done M'Ul,. IdPVtR'w'tA't o sw(wi "It's noble of you, Ameli, said Ar- sacrifice 'himself She will go thinking about seven times In an hour. I would." Mr. Durbrow said. iJ cer- thur dining at the Country cluh. wuh Arout Into Mllllngham. i( he hadn't loved her. Don was quieter thftn 'ever thur. reviving-And then h realized tha It wasn't Ma- tainly would. t ftrt;e. After art, he had the world ahd do good he, from hi John looked at the clock. 'Ualil after - Mabel wondered If by any chant e John when shReynard had dona Hi look of the hi- found Juanita's adoration rather thrilling. pulpit, la doing good. bel's flirting that he obtected to so much. You aee. Mr. Durbrow. And so on for anone John o'clock?" he asked. eald, was still In Jil room. It was early, very dalgo deepened. Harlequin, out of the "What what shall vou doY' It waa her attitude toward him. She had elowly, m no Turk. A woman has aa other act. t Mabel yawped again yawned nmre Xor. iior, Ue anight be. Mhe would -garda a for goodcome to treat him ee if he were a piece much eacly into go to the himself 44nHreine eouid her own movt." not do worse. right way after m ai- to ,i .1 ouslv than be'ore, and sank a little like to show him he had done to Two year ago," ha commented bttef-ly- . said Ameile. a trifle maliciously, of furniture a mantel, v, to lean on ring first before Childish drivel. Miss Marla Ma If more; Into the Perhaps Lohr, chair. her deeper her.' She slipped aoftly over to John a "Does he know how youve changed" giving my etorv to all ths pink newapa English actress, has the . ccaaonally. , But he couldn't very well bel likes to flirt bit why that's role. "We danced of course. she aald. . . door and tried the knob gently, and slowYv tried to left him, aald Ameile, per In lafs Angelea Juanita tell Mabol that. Besides, tf ahe were a affair. would bo For Many years this Miss principal I can't forbid her to flirt. Lohr waa my John Palmer to h) returned slowly so door chair the could that 4be added stubbornly: "I atiU love him, talked aNut then, wouldn t she?" She ly the him opened had she peek way treated And what good would it do me If I did?' and sat down treating favorite all among the London younger " Into Johns room. He was gone. But his of course him when they were first married, site - bite had a hard time getting rid 'of him actreases. In the last five year, howsaid Mr. Durbrow. , "imn't do It again"' he eeld,' ' bed had been slept In. "Of course, "Vald Don Reynard, politely after that. But ah saw wouldn't be flirting with Arthur Milling-- . him go at last she has lost much of her art John 1almer clenched hi Mabel sat bo.t upright. Mabel crept "It's- - the sort of thing past the desk, out ithrpHgtt th wide door- ever, slipped And ham. Bo It waa hor firllng that he ob- nItsVOlUnt'U'1,y' more of her rhnrin. Her performance and "What do lit moan"" she asked, and Into John' bed. It waa still warm wuh one's supposed to perjure oneeelf about of Into tmD the way the on hi "J happen to be stronger than Mabel." her tone waa yon jected to In a manner of speaking. the .a an Inferior one Ed- pie-enlgllt, the tone of battle. ' the warmth of Ms body. Mabel snuggled nobles oh Ige! ' wav to Juanita, who would, now, neier mund Uwennplav John Palmer had gone round thia circle he aald. "But I can't use my physical overact "Preclwlv what I eald." badly in the role into his bed and went to What do yon fnan?" asked Amelin, again be talked about. about four tdmrs when he heard the door- Strength of the, husband. The rest Mabel glared at him with hard, defiant - Toward noon MRbel pot sleep the comon her hat and beginning to tremble. bell ring somewhere in the depths of the until he had definitely gone pany la prettv poor, aave of It was not looked "Of course got," Mr. Durhjnw aaid has- alone C M I walked over to Maizie Blase's house !t he ejes. said mean," hotlv, "that hat Amelle across th room, the lluliaip In a minor ro.e "Why, women. as Jotm-wreut- -- ' 1 ttnltoVeS - eg . -- STAGE AND at. d-- I ; -- YWhatYL-cried-Malxie- . -- ( an long-draw- w ' ' ' no-xna- n -- . Du It , of tui-pe- d love-dra- g , . . , -- 1 , ' e. ' 1 -- - , well-kno- at f , ' -- neck-Wha- , . e The-rem- beosros-popolafr-w- ae snd--paee- 't 1 -- t.-two . l I jui nd two-a-d- A-eve- of the Stage - T -- ... y. vis-a-v- h I t hla-he- AttifaHofctA YVjp -- a 1 - Ma-b- -- - el diT -- nt h E |