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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSYILLE, UTAH They made their way down the little j passage and out Into the sudden blaze .of the sunlit. streets, I,oulse led John to n small far which was waiting In ' the rear. The Carlton, she told the man. ns It.' n minged tlu rugs. "And now," she !.ld.d, mining to John, why have you cinn to London? How long are you going to stay? What are you going to do? And most Important of till In what spirit have you oonu? John breathed a little sigh of I came to see you, he bluntly. Dear me!" she exclaimed, looking at him with a little smlh. "How down-ligli- t j i ( 1 A Story About an periment With Life Ex- t ; - By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEM JOHN STRANGEWEY FEELS THE LURE OF LOVELY AND IS UNABLE TO BREAK THE WOM-A- tradespeople, with farmers brought .Into town by. the market, with 4ie qnultitanees of all sorts and conditions. More than one 'young woman from th shop windows or the pave- meats ventured to smile at him, and the few greetings he received from the wives and daughters of tils neighbor-wer- e as gracious us they could possible te made. John almost smiled once, In the act of raising his hat, as lie realized' how completely the whole charm of the world, for him, seemed to lie in one woman's ejes. At the crossways, where he should have turned to the Inn. he paused w hile a motorcar passed. Jt contained a woman, who was talking to her host. She was not in the least like Louise, and yet Instinctively he knew that slit was of the same world. The perfection of her white-sergcostume, her cun-ten'me- cmi-fe-'.e- N SPELL ! LOUISE HAS WOVEN Synopsis. On a trip through the English fumherland country the breakdown of her automobile forces Louise Maim I, n famous London actress, to spend the night at the farm home of John and Stephen Strangewey. 'At dinner Louise discovers that the brothers are woman-hatinrecluses. Next morning she discovers that John, the younger brother, has recently come Into a large fortune. In company with him she explores the farm and Is disturbed by evidence of his rigid moral principles. lie learns she Is a friend of the prince of Sayre, a rich and disreputable neighbor. Three months later, unable to shake off the girls memory, John goes to London. g CHAPTER V (Continued.) In r. to me. jou 1 see the etn-bo- nn - I exclaimed, stretching out Why do ou not come nnd 1 tun hen! mit niton. the stage. The e You arent letting your thoughts -- dwell upon that woman? I have thought about her sometimes, John answered, almost defiantWhats the harm? Im still here, ly. am I not? n Stephen crossed the room. From the drawer of the old mahogany sideboard he produceFan Illustrated paper. Tie turned back the frontispiece fiercely and held It up. Do you see that, John? Ive seen It already. Stephen threw the paper upon the table. Shes going to act In another of those confounded French plays, he said; translations with all the wit taken out and all the vulgarity left ! I We knew nothing of her art, John We shouldnt underdeclared coldly. stand it, even If we saw her act. Therefore It Isnt right for us to Judge her. The world has found her a great actress. She Is not responsible for the plays she acts In. Stephen turned away and lit his pipe anew. lie smoked for a minute or Ills thick eyebrows two furiously. came closer and closer together. lie seemed to be turning some thought over In his mind. John, he asked, is It this cursed money that Is making you restless? I never think of It except when someone comes begging. I promised a thousand pounds to the Infirmary to- ha-n- m hnlf-Insote- sun-tanne- d, It good-naturedl- Isnt your health I mean. There are other things, as you well know. Ton do your days work and you take your pleasure, and you go through both as If your feet were on a treadmill." Your fancy, Stephen!" God grant It! Ive had an unwelcome visitor In your absence. , ""jn John turned swiftly around. A visitor? he repeated. Who was itr Stephen glowered at him ment, It was the prince, he for a 7" "t T half-veile- d mo- said; the rrince of Seyre, as he calls himself, though he has the right to style himself Master of Raynbam. Its only his foreign blood which makes him choose " fuTt' I regard as the lesser title. Yes, taurant. pale-face- d i half-mockin- r',rte g, half-challengi- p "i f - 1'7 jj,rInwitl nt -- lf ! ; Arent Letting Your Thoughts Dwell Upon That Woman?" ! called to ask you to shoot and stay 'he castle. If you would. from the sixteenth twentieth of next month." lYhat answer did you give him 7 I told him that you were your own faster. You must send word tomor- t ." . J nn-caju- iy '! long-legge- - half-forme-d T j the names of ; J nJ of h other guests, I suppose? - Ha mentioned no names at all. John was silent for a moment. A "ildering thought bad taken hold of m. SnppoSfn!j she were to be there? Stephen, watching him. read bis ;Keiton . - - sad-eye- d -- i did not mention Tomorrow afternoon, I think you You will snld?" he repented quietly. be In town then?" "Yes, I think so," "You have chunged your mind, then, about " M. Gralilot will not listen to my leaving London, she Interrupted rapidly. "lie declares thnt it Is too near the production of the play. My own part may he perfect, but he needs me for the sake of the others. He puts it like-- Fren eh ma n. of course," They had reached the outer door, which was being held open for them Jotir by" a' bowtngTortrmtsstommirer I Want to Feel Myself Nearer to You. and Sophy were waiting upon the puve-me" I Want The prince drew a little back. "I understand," he murmured. a swiftly assumed gayety, It Is that you are too serious for your years. Sophy and I between us must try to John finds himself In the midst cure you of that! You see, we have of new city adventures, and he arrived." succeeds in captivating more He handed her out, followed her than one handsome woman of across the pavement, and found hlin-sethe stage world. plunged into what seemed to him to be an absolute vortex of human beings, all dressed In very much the (TO HE CONTINL'EO.) same fashion, all laughing nnd talking together very much In the same note, The Squirrel Dog. all criticizing every fresh group of arThere Is no accounting for that rivals with very much Hie same. eyes faculty that enables a homely, nnd manner.' The palm court was pup" to go uncrowded with little parties seated at erringly to a lofty onk tree In whose laides, partaking higher- - branches a hit .. of animated languidly of the most Indolent meal of brown fur Is secreted. Another dog the day. Even the broad passageway of the same or more prepossessing np- was full of men and women, standing penrance and of a better breed might about nnd talking or looking for tables. trot unconcernedly past that same oak One could scarcely hear the music of tree without so much as a casual sniff. the orchestra for the babel of voices. But not so, with the real squirrel dog." The prince of Seyre beckoned to them Hed pick out the right. tree in the from the stepm Tie- 6emd to have densest grove a hunter-- ever penetrat- been awaiting their arrival there a ed. And If that squirrel started leapcold. Immaculate, and, considering his ing from tree to tree, thnt dog would lack of height, curiously dlstln follow Itover a square mllq of gui&hed-looklnfigure. a h, - You t s ! day. Then whats wrong with you? John stretched himself out, a splendid figure of healthy manhood, nis cheeks were his eyes clear and bright The matter? Theres nothing on earth the matter with me,- - he declared. "Ve are faced,' ald tie prince, as he took up the menu, "with our daily problem. What can t order for jou?" A cup of chocolate, Louise replied. And MNs Sophy?" s- pit-re- la. ' - es. thoughts, and for a moment lost conmist, with his hands he-- . trol of himself. made swift mental notes Were you thinking about that womHe saw ting situation. an? he asked sternly. f a man who stood like a What woman? them, sunburnt, buoyant The woman whom we sheltered his eyes bright with the ds unexpected surround-ihere, the woman whose shameless picw liits, ture Is on the cover of that book. presence evory-ti'i- l John swung round on his heel. to represent tin effete Stop that, Stephen! he said ineu-Ipe of hunnmit.Y. few sentenoes, spoken In aclrigly. a i urlous little erowd of Why should I? the older nmn retorted. Take up that paper. If you mi'll to John, when he . want to rend a sketch of the life of Ids bmg waiting, nlmost Louise Maurel. See the play she made Louise, recognlz-o- f her name in La Giooondu the situation, swlft-- i What ubout It? ' her eomjti tsure. She wns md gracious, Stephen held the paper out tr his brother. John rend a few lines nnd ay. she said appealingly. dashed It Into n corner of the room. ey comes from the coun-- i Theres this much rAmit It, John, fact, tin most complete I have ever met In my Stephen continued. The womun played that part night after night played It es from (umherlnml, and to the life, ndnd you. She made her ho once well vor neaily sated inv life. He knows nothing about thereputation in It. That's the woman we unknowingly let sleep beneath this ater-. 't and hi the least Idea of roof! The barn Is the place for her the impnrtaneo of a rehearsal. You nnd her sort !" won't mind if we put hint somewhere Johns clenched fists were held firmout of tlm way till we have finished, will 011?" ly to his shies. His eyes were blazing. Thats enough, Stephen!" he cried. After siieh fin Inlroduetlon," Farawas the fierce No, its not enough day said In a tone of resignation, Mr. The truths been burning In my The Whistle Sounded. The Adventure SlrmgeiVey would he welcome nt any reply. of His Life Had Begun at Last. heart long enough. Its better out. time " You want to find her a guest nt Itnvn-haTheres n dear man!" Lotfise exhat so smartly worn, the claimed. "Let me Introduce him qulek-l.v- . castle, do you? Itaynham castle, whore .never n decent woman crosses smile, the little gesture with which she Mr. John Strangewey Mr, Miles the threshold! If she goes there, she raised her hand something about her Faraday, M. Ornillot, Mls.s Nyphy Geunlocked the floodgutes. Well? goes friend. The Market Ketfon had seemed well rard, my particular little An anger that was almost paralysof Seyre you already know, alprince a few minutes ago. John had ing, a sense of the utter Impotence of enough you may not recognize him trya healthy appetite for his midday though felt Bllence drove to balance himself on that absurd In from John the words, ing a room, ne left the house by the back meal, and certain Interest concerning stool." In a deal barley upon which he was John bowed In various directions, door, passed quickly through the orabout to enguge. And now another and where the chard, tangled moonlight lay world had him In Its Faraday, taking him grip. He flicked the arm, led him to a garden seat upon the ground In strange, fantastic the mare with his by turned away' at the back of the stage. shadows; across the narrow strip of from the Inn, and whip, galloped up to the field, a field now of golden stubble; up he said. "You are one of "There! keeping pace with the train the most the hill which looked down upon the station, privileged persons In London. whose whistle he had henrd. Standing farm buildings and the churchyard. You shall henr the finish of our outside wns a local horse dealer of his He sat grimly down upon a grent There Isnt n press nmn In acquaintance. London Id have near the plnce." bowlder, filled with a hateful sense of Take the mare hack for me to Peak unwreaked passion, yet with a sheer Twenty-fou- r hours away from his will you, Jenkins, or send otie bf . Ilall, , . , thankfulness In his heart that he had MUt w,,h pUZ I want to lads? he your begged. fron h'" du"ty escaped the miasma of evil thoughts cat, h this train. 7,,d a,"ong which Stephens words seemed to have man The assented with -It pleasurecreated. The fancy seized him to face saw and .menls What To do a kindness for a Strange- these heard seemed to him, for the most suggestions of his paid the ticket a meaningless tangle of gestures brother, so far as they concerned wey. John passed through office to where the train part, the platform, himself nnd his life during the last nnd phrases. The men and women In wns waiting, threw open the door of few months. fashionable clothes, moving about bea carriage, and flung himself Into u fore that gloomy space of empty audiStephen was right. This woman who corner seut. The whistle sounded. The looked more flke marionettes had dropped from the clouds for those torium, of his life had begun at lust. than creatures of flesh nnd blond, few brief hours had played strange adventure drawn this way nnd that at the bidding havoc with Johns thoughts and his CHAPTER VI. of the stout, mnsterful Frenchman, whole outlook upon life. The coming who was continually muttering exclaof harvest, the care of his people, his The great French dramatist, dark, mations nnd sports, his cricket, the early days upon hanging the manuscript and corpulent, stood upon his hand. It seemed like a dream the grouse moors, had all suddenly the extreme ujsjn , edge of the stage, branlot their Interest for him. Life had dishing his manuscript ',thf in his hand. He ,tnen and WOTHPn become a task. The echo of her ,nov,ng nlmlew,ly aylng strange hand left with of the his palm words. words was Tanged rolled-uat looked and the manuscript Then there came a moment which always In his ears. all furiously. a tingle Into his blood, which ne sat with his head resting upon them brought The only success I care for, he his senses Into hot confusion, plunged his hands, looking stendfustly across thundered, Is an artistic success! rose to his feet It was a play lie the valley below. Almost at his feet With .Miss Maurel playing your which they were rehearsing, of course ! lay the little church with its grave- - loajln7 MTornmol the act7 was It a damnable thing to see Louise stacks and of line barns, j yard the long ftot to gpoak of a pj. dedarpd Into that cold and. obviously the laborers cottages, the bailiff's company carefully selected to the best , , house, the whole little colony around 1 The eentered. Seemed which his life .0 .nU'lp. e e,e.l ttoL summer moonlight lay upon the ground Th dramatist tmwsd borrtedl, to (hMmbn,h.lf.lk- TEouiseT an Inand the rehear the Imaginary sheaves of wheat standing up You recall to me a fact," he said- sal was over. curtain, were all crowded most distant of the cornfields. Beyond They "which almost reconciles me toBether tbe center of the tftlkJng wns the dark gorge toward which he gallantly, to this diabolical travesty of some of stage. The who had prince, had looked so many nights at this stepped my lines. Proceed, then proceed ! I across the footlights, made his hour. way to will be as patient as possible. where John wns sitting. Across the viaduct there came a The stage manager shouted out some So you have deserted Cumberland blaze of streaming light, a serpentlike from his box. A gentleman for a time? he directions Scotthe whistle courteously Inquired. trail, a faintly heard faultless rooming clothes, who I came up last night, John replied tish express on Its way southward In seemed to have been thoroughly enjoyLondon, at this season of the year. toward London. His eyes followed It : the Udnkhlmaolf prince observed, Is scarcely at Its oat of alghL lid loan,! best. ins ot the swageM who Troatd Voice th;r , had been John smiled. the next morning In London, ne felt actors, Inwho, w whirring the ngs, I am afraid, he said, that I am of conscious . Esther himself suddenly acutely advanced alone, a lltUe not critical. It Is his Isolation. Was there not somethin, places. Louise eight years since I to the was here last. I have not been out of almost monastic In the seclusion which lansaliHy, nriM Cumberland during the whole of that Lb" ,od heeome w. time. The prince, after a moments Increda waste of life, a burying of talents? soothed. n speech- wa a tong one. It ulous stare, laughed softly to hlm- - He rose to his feet. The defi-that she had been arraigned- ; him eppeared weeks held now, purpose of a before You are a Tery wonderful person, company of her relatives, osr.lte nnd secure, ne knew that this pilto comment upon her mis- - Mr. Strangewey," he declared. sembled I have grimage of his to the hilltop, his rapt She wound up with a passion-- ; ,iear1 of your good fortTine. if cnn contemplatlon of the little panorama deeds. j Mr. Miles be 0f finy grvlce to you during your which had become so dear to him, was ate appeal to her husband, he added politely, Faraday, who had made an unexpected 8tay ,n town la a sense valedictory. appearance. M. Craillot s face, as she epipase command me. was wreathed in smiles. y0n are very kind, John replied After all, two more months passed concluded, You have lifted ugratpfujy cried. he ... , before- - the end came, and it. came then , Abjl once more the InLouise broke away from the little without a moments warning. It was all up! Now I feel kiss your group and came across toward thpm. a little past midday when John drove spiration. Mademoiselle, I Is on. went It he you who still Free at last! she etclslroed. Now slowly through the streets of Market hand, back the ut us go out and have some tea." You bring redeem my playIn his high dogcart, exchanging d LouKc declared. ! too. hatOfttlic babe! outside. joYts-Jia- -- .- Vie tnan Ten. please" John. too. preferred ten ; the prince otdored absinthe, "A polyglot you are! Slriiligewto ?" The truth " he began. Has In he handled very carefully," wns -exocuted ; she said. Interrupting him. "The truth that- wnndort'n is either beautiful or crude, and the on people who meddle with such a won- make n g derful tiling need a great deal of .tact. StraiiLew ey snv. You have eome to see me, you will he great frh nds Very well. then. I will be Just as frank. Soph turned tounrd I have bee Imping that you would little grimace. i ornot Is so tact less ' "Louise Is It bowYou cant Imagine good sure mil any Idea oe mi.-- l to henr you say that," he declared. of tile will h:. i;. liking Mind," she went on, "I have been ' Mr S' e It. lias range, hoping It for more reasons than one. "Oil tile cmiMniw " he ri p1 You have come to realize. I hope, that hilt Wllholit hes.i o u "i "S It Is your duty to try to see a little stiffly, Muo-e- ! Miss that eoind thinking more of life than you possibly cun. have sol me n more pleasant leading a patriarchal existence among scarcely tnsk." herds. nnd flocks your The girl looked reprom lifuly acros They were silent for several mo- at her friend. ments. "You told me lu came from the I thought you would come," Louise mill was quite unsophisticated! wilds even but I am nnd said at last; glad, she exclaimed. In these first few minutes I want, to "The truth," John assured them, say something to you. If .von wish to wllh dismay at his little cldnu looking meet really understand the pedple you here and the life they lead, dont be Clip. COlllcs very easily to us. Wo" ar like your brother too quick to Judge. brought up' on It In mnherlnnd chatter too much child," Lou Io not hug your prejudices too tightly. Ise"Don't said benignly. "I want to heat You will come across many problems, many situations which will seem some more of Mr, Strangewcy.s lui strange to you. Do not tnnlie up your presslons. This - well. If not quite U fnshiunalde crowd, yet very nearly mind about anything In a hurry. so. do Wlmt think of It the worn you he will remember "I that," promised. You must remember, though, that I on, for Instance?" Well, to me," John confessed candont expect ever to become u convert. bred didly, they all look like dolls or manI believe I am a countryman, nnd born. Still, there are some things ikins. Their dresses and their lints that I want to understand, If I cnn, overshadow their faces. They seem nnd, more than anything else I want all the time to ho wanting to show, not themselves, hut what they have on. to see you!" They all laughed. Even the prince's She faced his direct speech this time lips wore parted by the flicker of n with more deliberation. smile. Sophy loaned across the table me Tell exactly why. If I could toll you lluit." he replied with a sigh, "Louise, she pleaded, "you will lend simply, I should he nble to answer for myself the riddle which has kept him to mo sometimes, won't you? You me awake at night for weeks nnd wont keep him altogether to yourself? months, which has puzzled me more There art such a lot of places to take than anything else to life has ever lilm to!" I never greedy," Louise redone." You reully have thought of me, marked, wllh an air of If yon succeed In tanking a then?" "Didnt you always know thnt I favorable Impression upon him, I promise you your share. should?" "Tell us some more of your Impres. sho admitted Perhaps, "Anyhow, I always felt thnt wo should moot sions, Mr. fUrangewey," Sophy beggetL "You want to lutigh at me," John again, that yii would come to London. The problem Is," she added, smiling, protested On the contrary," the prince aswhat to do with you now you are sured him, as he fitted n cigarette Into here. a amber tube, "they want to long I liuvent come to be a nulsunce, with you. You ought to realize laugh he assured her. a want I Just little ns a companion In thesa value your from to want understand I you. help You aro the only person who days. because It Is your world. I wnnt to can see the truth. Eyes and tastes feel myself nearer to you, I want-- -" She gripped his arms suddenly. She blurred with custom perceive so little. knew well enough that she had dellb- - You are quite right when you say that these women erately provoked his words, but there their bodies are like manikins; that und faces are lost; hut was a look In her face almost of fear. one does not notice It until It is pointtoo he Dont let us serious all at If you ed out." once," she begged quickly. We will revert," Louise derided, "to have one fault, iny dear hlg friend more a primitive life. You and I will from the country," she went on, with Inaugurate a missionary enterprise, Mr. Strangewey. We will Judge the world afresh. We will reclothe it. The prince flicked the ash from the end of his cigarette. Morully us well ns sartorially?" h asked. There was a moments rather queei silence. The music rose above the hubbub of voices and died uway ngaia Louise rose to her feet. The prince, with a skillful maneuver, nmde his way to her side ns they left the res- of my Thereso." Her made no movement. eyes w,"v tied upon a certain shad m ronmr of the wings. Om r roi as m had seemed, with tin1 emoti..MMi of her long excitement fli. re wti- - ti, v a new and curl pec oils upon low fact. She was look ' at a tiill, hltntlng figure that iT tlu StOoi c She forgot the ice of the tonious dramatist who tmii) u'' ti her words. Her feet no the dusty hoards of the long - t w.is almost painfully perfume of apple blos- ii: restaurant. , , salutations right and loft with ttie spiri I have a table Inside," he told them as they approached. It Is better for conversation. The rest of the plnce Is like a beur garden. I ain not sure If they will dance here. today, hut If they do. they will come also into the . -- g . -- ; |
