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Show THE DAILY STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY Bhe Merry Widow By ALBERT COPYRIGHT. CHAPTER IV. The Waltz. 1 AXCE with me! repeated So-- The faroff orchestra bad truck up a daubing, gay Slanorlan air. Impelled by the music and tier glance of daring. Danilo aprang These are Busy Days Our Store is nice and Cool 7 The only thing Warmabout The Store is the TAySOf TEHHUffE ISOS. BY HENRY W. SAVAGE Throwing beraelf back Into the trength of hla circling embrace, the gliTa outstretched anno owayed like wind blown llliea la rhythm with the music, her light step acarcely touching earth aa the prince guided her through the mazes of the dance. It waa a strange, dexterous blend of cast and went, of lissom oriental posturing and of gliding; modem waits steps the very jwetry of motion. Nor from the first note until the last strain of music died away did either dancers eyes leave the other's. Love, eager and eternal, waa In the gaae of each. Eye said openly to eye what sullen pride forced hack from the And ao your worthy hns band set yon the task of finding out whom I nm in love with? De Jolldon was saying. You, the ambassadors yoang wife He la afraid yon will answered. marry tba widow. Why shouldnt I? queried Du JollYea told me to." don jokingly. - - But but you wont, will yon? she Bargains And Eager Buying 7 aa nl Do Jolldona eye hod fallen on the fan where It lay forgotten on the table. The fan you lost and that your husband pocketed, he aald, handing it to her. Thank goodness! Natalie exclaimed, seizing It; then: Lend me a pencil. Bhe wrote a sentence on the fan beneath the three words he had scribbled the night before at the ball. There, she sighed, handing It to him; keep that aa a reminder." Ha held tba fan up to tbs light and . read: I am a dutiful wife." Itemember that always, jured. ful- Why remind me of the hopelessness of my love?" murmured De Jolldon. You may refuse to reciprocate It but you cannot inevent my telling you But I can. After this evening we most not meet again. My husband trusts me. This must be our farewell interview. Dont try to alter my I have made up my mind. Aft- pur-pon- e. er this evening I shall never" yon cant mean" This Is the last talk we two ever have together." Natalie, I do. shall CRAZY OOUfO BACK TO SSEAX OF LOVE, AES rx XAZUTS. Out ucora. You dance's good deal at Ideas of marrying The widow." -To biases with that and all the teat Maxims, dont your of your silly planar shouted Danilo. Now and then, he admitted. And with what sort of partners, X Dont worry any more about the wonder?" she scoffed, u touch of scorn widow. Ita no nee, I tell yon. She la going to many a Frenchman In spite in her sweet voice. With polite ones; said Danilo of na all! Idly. Bhe winced ever so little at tba reproof and went on. "X suppose you dance better with them than with me." You aee, X, Foesibly, ha agreed. too, may prefer French partner!. She raised her great dark eyes to Ms, a world of meaning In them, Do yon? a be asked, almoet In a whisper. -- The distant orchestra had been playing again, this time not n native air, bat a dreamy, infinitely awreet Viennese waltz. The opening notes of the haunting melody, though softened by distance, were wafted none the lese distinctly to the listening couple. Again their eyes met With a mutual Impulse they drew toward each other. Then began a dance aa different from the stiffly conventional ballroom waits aa moonlight differs from a gasollus flare. With more than n hint of the free; marvelously graceful poses of Slavonic dancers, Danilo and Sonia began. their wondrouq.wajti . And. ha went on bitterly, goaded by the chagrin and abject disappointment In PopofTe face, Im going to dance at her wedding. Going to marry a Frenchman, la she?" yelled the distracted ambassador. Preposterous! Ill find a wty of stopping It! And It la De Jolldon i Bhe thinks of marrying? j Whats that to me? dont know who shes engaged to, and But Popoff waited to bear no more. Catching sight of Nish, ha rushed upon that unhappy clerk. ' Find M. de Jolldon! be commanded. Keep your eye on him all tba rest of the evening. See If ho makes love to the widow and report to me. I have already told lime. Popoff to sound him on tba subject. Among na all wa ought to learn something before were done. ' Youll leant something if yon keep on spying, muttered Danilo under hla breath ns he moved away. But Ill bet a year's income Itll bo something that will give yon more emprise than pleasure. Dusk waa falling. Above the myriad colored lights that dotted the garden the tnoon waa tiling. Along one of the hedged paths leading to the summer house a man and n woman were trolling Mme. Natalie Popoff and VI. de Jolldon. X . - int SONS n J ' r leaving on August 15 for the 1,200 mile cruise to Sydney, Australia. From Sydney the fleet will thence to AlTO SAIL AGAIN proceedandtoonMelbourne, to Manila. The capital bany of the Philippines will be reached on October 1, remaining until October 12, HONOLULU, July 22. After a week when the fleet will sail for Yokohama. of festivities such as have never be- At the Japanese city the fleet will difore been witnessed in the little cap- vide, one squadron returning directly ital of tbs Paradise of the Pacific, the to Manila and the other proceeding Atlantic fleet will tonight hoist an- by way of Amoy, China. chor and steam away for its invasion of the Antipodes. Auckland, New PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS. Zealand, will be the next stopping place and will be reached about AuHARRISBURG, Pa, July 22. A gust 9. The distance between Hono- meeting of the Democratic State comlulu and Auckland la 1,110 miles, the mittee was called in this city today, longest leg in the world tour of the for the election of a state chairman fleet Provisioning and coaling is now and of seven division chairmen. It Is In progress and the capacity of the the first meeting under the new rules vessels will be taxed to the utmost to prescribing election in July. provide sufficient food and fuel for the Party leaders declare that despite cruise. recent differences In Denver, the BryPlans now made for the itlnery of an ticket will receive the hearty supthe fleet provide for a weeks stay at port of Pennsylvania Democrats. Auckland, HEW ZEALAND IS READY FOR FLEET AUCKLAND, N. Z, July 22. Although New Zealand owns allegiance to the British crown, the Ignorant visitor would be Inclined to belelva It an American colony, owing to the wild enthusiasm that has been aroused by the prospective visit of the Yankee fleet Thousands of American flags have made their appearance in the city. The fleet will not arrive until August I, but the preparations for Its reception, In progress for many weeks are about completed. The governor of the colony, all the federal officials, mayors and municipal authorities will participate In the weGuns wll boom and Amercsn lcome. flags float from staffs all over the city when the battleships steam into harbor. Business and Pleasure aha ad- Natalie I he cried passionately. It la true 1 am a dutiful wife. If I have been foolish enough to listen to your lovemaklug. at least I have never encouraged It. I have always rebuffed you fur conscience's sake. 1 am a duti- reox XT REESE HOWELL FLEET IS READY A lady tosat into the summer house with a gentleman." pleaded. "Why dont yon look at me? What are you looking at? N V -- Ups. Then a last dreamy chord and. the forward. music waa bushed. Danilo and Sonia In an lnatant the two were whirling suited, amazed, aa though from some audly amid the' tatrirarlea of a wild vialou of paradise. The widow, fearful Buaelan dance ouch aa has for count-las- s lest by Impulsive word she might ceutnrlce been jierformed. from wreck her plan of bringing Danilo to lea plain to Tartar ateppea- -a her feet, darted breathlessly away to dance of youth, agility, utter aban- - welcome a new group of guests. The prince, left alone, stared after her, open let aa they Mine panting to a halt mouthed. A clapping of applauding at the last crashing note of inualc the bauds aroused him. face of neither reflected the exhilaraBravo, bravo, my dear prince! tion the owlft motion and ethrlng wheeled the ambassador, toddling forBBoarareo usually evoked. In fuct. Da ward. What a delightful little dancti nllo'a brow wore a very perceptible But la It customary to catch one's pari acowL Sonia, too, wao downcast. Uad uer la a Jlu Jltsu grip Ilka that or her raih experiment failed? It a faohiou that hao come In since my Yon didn't enjoy that" aald aba. waltzing days?" Tot eeiieclally, he confessed. Did The old bona feeble jest brought Danilo quickly hack to earth and to a year Ties Ton dont dance aa well aa you sense of everyday surroundings, Were you looking for mo? ha asked, "youve probably grown to prefer sou too civilly. Stench partnera. he replied, piqued "Only to see If you had succeeded at the reflection on hla dancing. yet In finding who the Udy la will! From all 1 hear ahe retorted, yon whom Da Jolldon la In love. She must Save little right to reproach me on be made to win him away from auy AWAKE 22, 190S. Then," Implored De Jolldon. If It Is really to he our farewell Interview, why must we talk here lu the garden, where at any moment others may route to claim your attention?. Grant me a final half hour of your society all to myself. Let the talk be uninterrupted. Let us sit In the little summer house over thera Bee It ia empty." They entered the little Inclosed arbor. It was lighted by a string of Japanese lanterns, and two rustle chairs were at opposite aides of Its round center table. There was a door at each end of the tiny room an ideal chat now that the spot for a moonlight had wooed moat of the tete-a-te- te guests out of doors. The light wicker door swung shut be- hind the couple. 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