Show n 7 h 2 IIi 0 st 4 v The Fighting Dope Nov Novelized by From the Play byr by r VIRGINIA Vl LEILA I lIA W WENTZ r lA I I 4 WILLIAM VII J. J HURLBURT j J Tier Her C children hildren suit ner nerO to w j perfection eh eb h Brady he If her children children chil chU- dren dont don't go o w well 11 with a n woman you may take your our oath theres there's something wrong with her Physically or morally Brady ask astr- rd d tan I Boob Bob said Gran Granger er So far as the fema Cerna sex REt Is concerned they are con 1 terms Have Hare a cigar In weve we've become mere pegs on f w which to hang psychological discussions discussions discus dIscus- my boys well we'll return to our na native r. r t. t tire tive heath said Anna laughingly Brad Brady watched with singular Interest Interest inters Inter Inter- s est the easy strength with which she 4 walked of oft off with her sons Hitherto she had seemed to hint him altogether fragile frag frag- r L fie ile D Dresden esden china r I Isawa saw a look on Mrs Grangers Granger's face awhile ago he said half halt to himself a look that surprised me I 1 believe belleve ft f there are very few things she couldn't do once she set her mind to action An uncomfortable prickly sensation ran down Roberts Robert's back his smile oft of off t f satisfaction weakened Then over their ai cigars they began to talk of ot other things From the open door of ot the thet t nursery Anna Auna could hear broken fragments fragments frag frag- ments coming up Money oney the vital ital fluid doesn't seem to be flowing so easily through the thed d body of ot things The banks are lending lend ing fug less ess securities seem less stable r sto stocks ks are down etc r I. I That night Granger enjoyed his dinner dinner din din- ner unreservedly and there was a It certain tain tamn scintillating novelty about his wife's looks that engaged his attention atten atten- tion His after dinner smoke was his w favorite fa one It seemed to interfere with It It so Anna waited playing playing play play- ing idly with the almonds and raisins on her ber plate Robert between his J r J puffs noticed that they were delicate and pretty hands and that there were only two rings the rings the wedding ring and the engagement ring He felt a vague Impression that most women wore ri more than that At least one weman wo woo woman man whom he knew wore more He remembered her hands distinctly He had bad made her ber a It birthday present of ot a diamond ring only a n f few w days before Wi- Wi and when she thanked him for tor it later t he had noticed that her hand fairly y flashed with diamonds s. s I Presently Anna got up and leaning lightly against the mantel shelf watch watch- watched i ed hi him oddly She might as well out oui ff with it 1 Robert said she you like Uke Mr tf Brad Brady through and through f Like Brady Why yes and hes he's I. I a decidedly useful man to know know know-in- in interested In all sorts of ot big concerns nothing of ot a snob andI and I I 1 I rather wanted waited to compare notes with you Youre You're so quick and r tire tive I wondered if It you had bad noticed noticed- iii 5 things She flushed hotly Nothing at all all except that he seems I S 1 to approve appio e of ot my selection of ot a wife J. J Would you prefer preter then not to be adf admired ad ad- f mired 1 I like being admired of ot course I 1 ff lt like it most awfully But It depends 11 d doesn't It on the way its it's done Why Graham noticed fi even en Mary ary You surely dont don't mean to Imply i that my friend Brady means an any harm t S With a vehement gesture Anna drew her fingers across her eyes it No one except the stage villain ever does mean any harm 1 I suppose she she sheVI VI j. j saId aid The others do it from absence aF of ot mind perhaps Oh I dare say Im I'm horrid added she softly seeing a hurt I look on Roberts Robert's face horrid face horrid and not z 4 sufficiently grateful for tor my privileges es i Probably Its It's all vanity and self con con- You'd have noticed all S J these these naturally since i I belong to you She put out both f ti hands to him with friendly irresistible r 1 ble grace At t that moment the longIng long- long tI ti Ing to feel teel protected was very strong ft within her r y r Of bt Of course Id I'd have bare noticed reassured reas reas- t r Robert Hobert looking at her in fn hIs bis boyish Ingenuous fashion and with a n aa a brilliant ready smile It was this look and this smile that had first won his bis C r way into the sympathies of ot her heart 1 Suddenly under the spell of his caress ca ca- ca Y ress ress Anna Anun remembered something T The e et t dimples stirred In her cheeks as ns she disengaged ed herself herselt s j Walt Wait Bobs Bob Ill I'll be back In a second sec ond she said and ran lightly upstairs 5 If it Now ow sr standing before her liege lord in mock accusing fashion and i handing him the French bill of ot fare tare t. t since you refuse to be Jealous of ot me mem mem m most mightily Inclined to be he Jealous Jeal jea ous ens us of ot you Who did you lunch with S yesterday Defend yourself I c f CHAPTER II IL ILA A UA LIAU e EMORY rORY suddenly stabbed theman the theman man mun sharply and he flushed a tI 4 So far tar as I can remember It he returned I lunched with Brady Nonsense s said Id she still struggling with the dimples Dont you know there Is the greatest difference In the world between a mans man's bill of fare and anda and bending bend a womans woman's Look at that t ting ing lug so that the tendrils of ot her hair 1 brushed his cheek she ran lightly over If V the incriminating list Would two men have ord ordered red such a collection of J ir a ul things Martini J co f. f I r I h hJo Jo S ht ht t. t 1911 by American Pre Association a tar fair R fole tole gras au truffles truffle homard au nu I My ly dear oh in my m dear this is a most Immoral bill of or fare There was a n woman woman here hert I Itell Itell itell tell you a woman And she ht whis whispered mysteriously catching a tion of ot her own bright presence In Inthe Inthe inthe the mirror probably a brunette A woman nothing protested Gran Granger Granger ger er hotly He had missed th the little vein of light comedy In her mood He had taken her for a tragedy queen If It was Brady I tell you you Brady Straightway htway the scene became becam charged neither with comedy nor tragedy trag trig edy but with very ery quiet pitiful human hu bu human man drama Anna drew her fingers across her eyes yes as if It a bit of ot lightning had blind bUnd blinded Ml ed thorn them that was allOh allOh allOh all Oh Robert Hobert she he said dully He stood tood up and faced her Do you mean that you dont don't believe me IDe he asked In n a grieved tone No Xo Robert how could I i cant can't believe impossibilities You tor forget et that Mr Ir Brady told us he came back bal from froma a weeks week's trip trill In Nantucket r last night The finality of ot such an assertion ad- ad ad- ad nits mUs of ot no discussion returned Ro Robrt Rob ert rt coldly but adroitly No 0 she said quietly Im glad you rou dont don't want to discuss it It would be foolish I think and not in the least interesting She ended with a soft laugh It hurt her but it pleased Robert It announced that she had changed the subject Presently Ill Just stroll around to the club said be So Anna was free tree to seek seel refuge in the little vine covered porch back of ot the childrens children's nursery to be lie alone with the night sand land the stars and to draw in a little of ot the outside air for which she was stifling For a full tull hour white faced and staring she scarcely moved It was not that she for a moment suspected her ber husbands husband's loyalty to her her It if he had taken any woman to luncheon yesterday yesterday yester yester- day it had probably been one of ot those little down In the sweltering sweltering offices the and most mOlt pale faced among them them them-no no one could deny Robert Hobert his kindness and susceptibility susceptibility of ot heart Oh it wasn't that at all which had brought her to this cruel pass It was that her husband the father of ot her children had proved himself beyond peradventure a deliberate deliberate deliberate erate liar And to her That one lie had become a as it were the the torch which lighted up all the p. p y I l 1 J i iq y q f Ell WAS A WO WOMAN HERE I TELL yOU TOO A WOMAN I 1 I dark perplexing things s in Robert Robett all nil the odd little things s that had bad refused flatly atly to be I Ignored nored In cropping up but for tor which hitherto she had bad found no solution She had groped through no merciful slow da dawn wn to this understanding understanding under under- standing of t him Being Incapable disqualified by nature of any conception conception concep concep- tion of ot a mind that hedged by reflex action the spelling of ot falsehood to her meant positive agony A breath from the honeysuckle vines entered her dilating nostrils She sniffed It curiously That's how the honeysuckles smelt one summer night when Robert knelt beside me told me meaU all aU his beliefs and hopes swore that my standard of ot life ute was his and I believed be bc- him m an and I 1 think J 1 thrilled a lit tie tle Now all Roberts Robert's beliefs and ideals put together couldn't make me meone meone meone one thrill and I feel as If It I had been alive and was dead and and und and All the kings king's horses and all the kings king's men couldn't set Humpty together to gether gather again Oh I hate him she cried suddenly In bitterness I I hated my father too he was another liar Har Theo Then presently looking up at the stars she became a little humble she abe made madl no attempt to Judge What was she In the audacity of her youth to th the privilege of ot the Almighty was wa a n gentle little man who could lie She should have mated with a strong big man who couldn't that was nil all Just one mistake among a m myriad rIad In a teeming world And what Ive I've got to do Is to scurry scurry scurry ry back bak Into my everyday self as quickly as ns I can she concluded After all nil nothing has happened ned Robert nobert is II Robert Hobert and I am m I 1 I. I Just a as we were when we pledged our troth And yet I could have killed him tonight tonight to to- night To kill a n man because he happens happens hap hap- pens pen to be himself Is scarcely reasonable reasonable reason reason- able or sane With this weakness Inherent Inherent inherent In In- herent In his nature hell he'll have need of me And the children want me Im I'm indispensable to all of ot them I must take my life Ute in my own hands No one can help me now It will b bit be amusing to manage it it an excitement She bhe he rose but her knees shook in an Imbecile sort of ot way She laughed a abIt abit abit bit sharply out Into the dark Im my mother all over again I 1 see My young mother died of ot this thi sort of ot thing I believe She put her hand out to touch a tiny Jutting spur twinkling sliver silver in the new moons moon's rays and shivered shI But Ill I'll not dl die of ot It I shall Rhall fill out The fall from a afoot's tools foots paradise hurts hurts oh oh It hurts but hurts but it doesn't kill us In these days dayt Closing the he balcony door softly ottly she sh entered the nursery The children were were fast asleep In their cots She touched them curiously to see If It their soft warm flesh would thrill her as it used to do Poor little helpless souls You will need me wont won't you she Rhe said brokenly broken broken- ly Iy crouching down at their side Robert junior stirred The roof roof roof-It it has a lazy time he murmured In his sleep Anna smoothed his soft sott hair and trembled Dear little son she said mother tell you the roof root couldn't help being where It I Is It was made like that And the walls they walls-they they have to hold it up No they do not have much fun tun C 4 t t. t S t Mr Marshfield l Craven the confidential friend and I legal I adviser IEr of the president of the Gotham Trust company company com om pany blustered Into the presidents president's library U- U li library In his home up the Hudson Hudlon near OssIning He Hp hart had come comp from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York early that afternoon and had much to do be before forI the presidents president's pre arrival arrival ar ar- rival rIyal on the express In hurried whipping fashion this drawer was opened then that Papers and documents were hastily strewn here there and everywhere Unopened ed envelopes en which dunned for tor attention attention atten tion were quickly torn open and thrown into the wastebasket or on the floor as the chance might be All of ot which proved pro a sore trial to Mrs Irs Mason the presidents president's housekeeper who was wa In the last stages of ot tidying up the library I As usual when Craven en was bustling with work he noticed nothing of ot his surroundings He Ill pulled out his watch Fifteen minutes yes See If It you jou ou can an rattle off this letter In time for tor the next post Miss lIss Graham Graham Gra Gra- ham Take It directly on the machine ma ma- chine he be said plying his fin fingers ers through b his bIs thin gray hair And he be began to dictate But there was no confirming click of ot the typewriter Craven turned over o his shoulder toward the secretary's desk and looked above the rim of ot hit his glasses Bless my m soul he b exclaimed If it itI I hadn't clean forgotten the bird had flown Bown Humph Mrs M Mason son he said sl suddenly the housekeeper who stood tood mutely du dusting a generous pipe rack what In the world Induced Miss Graham to give e up her Job anyhow anyhow any any- how She's been here over a year She's given entire satisfaction had her stipend raised twice always treated treated treated treat treat- ed the considerately the deuce If It 1 I can make It out Mrs Mason suspended her feather duster and und smiled enigmatically Slit She said her ter health was hod bod and she wanted a n rest Health bad Fiddlesticks grunted grunt grunt- ed d Craven She had cheeks heeks like nd win In apples ppl and walked like India indIn rub her ber Well Wen for tor my part Mr Craven en Ill I'll be perfectly frank Im I'm going to give e up my position too only I dont don't Intend Intend intend In In- tend to lie He about it Im I'm going oln because because because be be- cause Because Mrs Mason The Tho lawyer law lawyer yer whirled mound around with surprise and vexation Well things dont don't suit sult me sir Then why dont don't you fire the cook fire the butler fire the whole blame outfit If It they dont don't suit you I 1 know Mr Temple would rather lose all of ot em than you Mrs Mason finished the pipe rack and d bean bei an nervously plying lying herd ster r J among the antlers and engraved engra hunting hunt hunt- Ing scenes Oh the servants are all right said she he Mr Ir Temple has given me mt full authority over them the s' s s s. s rants rv rv- ants tints I complain of ot Besides a lot of or them feel teel as I 1 do only they cant can't afford afford atford af at- ford to quit Eh What What's wrong then r demanded demand ed d Craven sharply A AUght light hud had falen on the darkness of ot his first surprise lie He was was beginning to understand Mrs M Mason son left the antlers and huntIng huntIng hunt- hunt Ing lag scenes and went ent to the be favorite guns Ive been strictly brou brought ht up all Mr Ir Craven and somehow I feel tel It aint right right its ht Its It's doin doing violence to my conscience con science to science to stay on under this roof root For loor a second Craven pu studied her curiously this curiously this sturdy New England housekeeper who for tor three years had made the dally routine of ot living In the Temple home a smooth and comfor comfortable comfortable om orta or- or ta table bl thing thinA Her conscience yes that was was It She vas ns waN beginning to feel that she could not live p |