Show SNAKES ALIVE REPTILES WORN AS JEWELRY BY LONDON WOMEN j i c I A i J 4 II I tI t- t ft I 14 7 L j I II I i c 3 4 c I I 1 I I i I Republican Special Service Sen Cop II ht 1907 Tho Time living snake necklace worn by Miss Hammond of or the Galet Gaiety theatre London Is here shown It Is the extreme of ot the str strange and scaly fashion of adornment which prevails pre among among many women of or the English capital Itu I. I It is hardly likely to become popular pop among the b of either London or em America I A SUBMISSIVE VICTIM fly Walter l J. J Mon COP Copyright TJ 3 J I. I A th the tho door opened Beryl J Olit rose hastily from tron her hem chair by hy ntO ho window and stood In tho the centre of the liner floor Her lover came camo to to- meet hoi OI n. look her a look 1 of deep deal gravity on his cut clear face She read his Imis news news news' In the lines about sank Tenderly Tender Tender- his mouth and her tier heart ly he put lut Jut his arms about the slender r and looked looke into the dark darl brown browneye eyes eye Our worst vorst fears are an confirmed he said hopel hopelessly 81 My ly father can notI not I I live lI till the thc morning I 1 have Just left I him Ho bade me send you you- to him hint I think he be has something on Ills his mind You will vIii go to him Beryl Berl put Beryl put up one little hand till It caressed his cheek check He lIe understood the action and knew that all her sympathies los ies were his Then he kissed her hel and stood stool by li r the door while she passed through A low few moments and she was In the from where Lucas Wyatt WYl lay As his eye fell on hor her advancing figure he made a gesture with whim his hand for tho the nurse to Beryl Deryl sat down by bytho bythe bytho tho the bed bcd and looked locked into Inlo the time face of ot other her her guardian Area Already the hand of or death had set its seal upon the pallid cheek cheok and glittering eye She Site bent toward toward to to- to- to ward him him an and tried to take his han hand But nut he Ime drew it away Walt Wait alt he hf said huskily I 1 have much to sa say Are Arc we alone She comforted him with a wor word woid Ah Aim that is 15 w well veli Ir he said relieved My time Is short Beryl DoIY arM I dare daro not die cIle without confessing all that I have ha done ilone You have seemed seamed to lOve me sometimes an and m my con conscience has hns tormented mo me whenever I have seen it fl It For I T have wronged you past re redemption re- re and now that It Is too late atc would undo all that lint I have done She hc looked anxiously Iy Into his facea face face- in these Was as his imis reason renson deserting him of his earthly life lire last ot hours houis Dont think about Jt It she sho said soothingly There Is nothing to re re re- pi roach yourself with whim You have havo taken the time place of my father futher and I 1 Iliae haw ha felt the lo loss But be he d d her hr to be ho silent a and 1111 h You Y u do lu 0 not nit It i lOin know i I OW Ii be IH e sa suid Id Listen en and I will tell you OU You havo heard tho of ot your death but do donot donot donot not mow know all nil wT We t L' L tt C Atlantic I Iwas was and hi his dearest friend He lie kept ept no front from me and ani while ho lived I was ws true to him Hut But temptation came camo and anel andI anelI I sinned a against Ills his memory an and against you rou I He T paused with a deep groan of or des des- despair pall pair and repentance watched him ilm anxiously ns as he continued Your mother was dead and you OU were a child of eJ eight ht I had left a wife at nt home and promising bo boy of twelve twel we wc talked of them many man times Umes during the voyage c and then your father grew glew suddenly ill W The doctor did all aU ho he could to save rove him but Hut one day he openly admitted that he lie co could ld do no nomore nomore more mor and that your poor father tathel must die tile before we reached our destination I carried to him the tho news and he lie bowed his head resignedly Then Tl he lie bade me mo draw up the will wilt I sat in his cabin and wrote at his die dic tation All AU his worldly possessions ha had been jeon reduced to cash some ome months beCore before before be be- fore Core and he was tho owner ho-owner owner ncI of or twenty thousand pounds To you he bequeathed bequeath bequeath- ed od the lie whole of ot this little tittle fortune Do Donot Donot Donot not start I kayo have much more to tell you ere ore I dielie die lie Ill charged me with your training and education For this I was to draw each year a a. sum of or three hundred hundred hun hun- dred ired pounds from the estate When you were eighteen this sum slim was to bo be doubled dOublet for Cor or three succeeding succeeding- years then at twenty one I was to resign all aU control of you and antI the fortune I your you father left as s to be yours unconditionally un un- conditionally Beryl's taco face was very pale but she ehe forbore to speak Lucas Wyatt passed pass ed on one hand hat wearily across his brow browand browand browand and continued continued- Tho TIme will won was signed and attested by two witnesses ses Then a terrible thing happened We e were run rUI down downin in the thc night by a great homeward homeward- bound liner The fhe water gushed in with appalling swiftness and antI the tho vessel was I doomed The liner had slipped away under cover of the tho night and Ln we knew I not whether sh she too ha had sustained any damage amage There was a 0 rush for forthe forthe I the boats I ran below to rescue your you i father but I 1 stood still on the thresh threSh threSh-I old Already he lie was 1 past all human help yet ye-t I bore bOlo him to the time deck and lifted him tt tenderly into Inlo one of or the boat boats I Then len we rowed away from traIn from the sinking ship Shil and tossed for fOI two days Inthe in time the wild waste vasto of waters that soothed seethed around us At last st w we sighted an un island and beached c our out boat That night a n boat hoat reached us and wo we welcomed wel wol- voI- voI coined it w with Ith shouts but hut they l brought sad tidings of the LIme two remaining remain remain- lug ing boats both had foundered before thou the eyes They had rescued as many as their theil frail craft would hold but many drowned and with them hom tho Ito two witnesses wit ne nesses eR of or your fathers father's will witt We Ve had lU burled him that afternoon on a knoll of or the th Island and night fell Cell black and on Oil our little camp Again the dying man paused Beryl could see that he lie was wu nearing his confession con con- he turned his eyes guiltily to the tho wall vali It was then lien that the temptation began be be- gnu gan to tu assail me mt he rf resumed 9 I 1 was ambitious and wanted money moncy badly With it I could speculate and win more mOle Donl Dont be bo too loo hard on me me-It me it was Wat as for or Leslie Lealie I sinned You little know how I loved love him I told myself you would not want the money money mIght might never want It At least twelve years must elapse pre ore a l penny of or It could be touched It was only the Interest and interest and hut but part pait of that which that which would fall fail into m my han hands s and twenty thousand pounds was to me mae a great greal sum then Day by day the temptation grow a vessel hove in sight and we wo were re rescued cued Yet all through th time the Voa voyage c that followed 1 brooded upon uon what I might achieve with your fathers father's mono and In the end I T yielded f Beryl was tras listening now with bated baled L breath Truly this man had sinned against her yet et she was conscious o ono or of no Ito bitterness or shadow of anger a atho as tho ho truth was disclosed Presently ito n ie wont vont on again In Iii the same sarno remorseful tone It was so easy to sin A A. second will wll took the place of the first The Tho signatures signa- signa turcs tures were ver traced and anil fow could have hav told which were worn genuine and which of or the he we well 1 I 1 tool took o known friendship existing ul your our father t and m my Half cl This Thin d and esteem and esteem set forth as tho the renson lea ren son soil for Cor his bequest You were welo confided to m my sole care can until you ero twenty I r was t to maintain and educate you and anel take lake the thi place of or him him you oU had hac lost Jost When you yoi OU came of oC age e you were to have the sum sun of five fi thousand pounds the rest was wa left to I the me You know the rest already aheady The will was proved the death of or th the thc witnesses re passed over My Iy profession carries with it i a certain guarantee of or respectability Would to God 01 I had lived Jive up to that thai standard For years ears I ha have havo 0 utterly re repented repented re- re pente the step I took yet et there has haj been no chance of or retreat And now my en end is near neal and the shame will wil fall not upon my own h head atI hut but upon his whom I love lovo better than all the world worl world world-my m my son Ho lIo broke e off ocr abruptly and Bery heard heald him groan For some time there was silence in the time room then thou he turned and faced herI her hol I JI 1 have robbed you Ou too of or the tho happiness happiness hap hap- you thou thought ht was yours he ho said humbly Little did I think that thai in sinning J I should blight the ho hope c of ol your inmost heart and amid of his his' I did not dream that you would learn to tc love lovo him that him that he be he would grow to wor- wor slit ship you and desire you OU for fot his wife And now the seed is bringing forth fruit and the tho sins of the fathers are visited upon the children Ho lie will make you reparation to the uttermost farthing and then thou ho Ime will turn his taco faco away from rein you forever I know his pride He lie will inherit my shame and never for tor one ono moment forget it or orits orits orits its bitter permit penalty Beryl stood up she was thinking rapidly Too well she sIte know knew tho the truth of her guardians guardian's last words Tho The question ques flues Holt tion of or money had troubled her little but bur I it If it touched her love love love-if if it robbed her of oC him the him the penalty of or this mans man's sin was indeed upon her as well as his hisson son Something was in tho the old mans man's mansout out outstretched hand Fald id huskily II Like Take raue it it he ime Fa many another guilty man mail I have havo kept kepi tho the proof of or m my crime Many times lines have o I resolved to destroy it hut lUt al always al- al ways I have havo held hi back hiack Take o it It is your fathers father's true rile will She Rhe took it from him him and ami opened It A glance showed 1 her imet that hat ho Ito had spoken Suddenly a n new idea Ilea occurred to In t her hll She sat down anti and tried tiled to think Slowly the tho Idea grow gru till it merged d into a resolve e. Then she II lift ft r to l i I h tH arl 1 Is I this known to lo any save sa ourselves ourselves our our- selves she he a a ked illicitly No h he lie said humbly I 1 havo hidden hid don den iou it even from rein hi in Will VIII you promise to reveal enl It to tonono none nono save tavo myself she aho said You say Kay you have havo sinned against me mo if it you die tile with tho the secret still unspoken I I shall Khall deem it sufficient reparation Will VIII you me Ho lie looked looke at hot hor In bewilderment But nut that will not help you ou he ho said She smiled It will have hav mo from Crom lifelong unhappiness unhappiness un- un happiness she said gently It will prevent the separation you fear lie ire looked at her fixedly But Dul how ho he asked Because I r too will keep silence shin sho replied softly Ho lIo started and his dim eyes bright bright- ened enod But nut you ou would lose loso tho the money ho demurred And AntI I shall gain something far bettor better she replied I r shall keep the tho lovo 10 I havo have won and shall be happy nil And you will never nc toll toll never never reproach reproach re re- ro- ro him with his fathers father's guilt 1 ho imo said tremulously She smiled down domn Into his face Look she taI said J and moved toward tho the lire Ho lIo watched ll her with intent eyes ces She Sho held the tho will In her hel hand and anti he lie heoe of oe the fire The paper flared and blazt blaz- blaz 4 d. d t V f i. i i 5 saw her place it upon the tho red coals I cd ed and a blackened mn mass s of asim Roared soared soar Roar soared ed into tho lie wide chimney Then she came back to the bed and again sat down Let the dead dad past bury Its dead she slie said gently The Tho secret cret shall never nor nev er CI pass m my lips Leslie shall never nevol know The ol old man reached for Cor her hand and anel blessed herAnd her Imer I And Anti you can forgive me mc he pleaded humbly She bont bout down and kissed cd him You have been my tather for twelve years i she sho ho said Mid I have only kind thoughts Ii In III my heart for or you ou and und r I can cnn not forget that through h you ou has Imas come m my best hest gift Rest content I will make malce him a good g and antI loving lovIng- wife and will honor him all the days das of m my life He smiled feebly In his great relief and amid gratitude but hl his strength was waB well nigh spent Sho She went to tho the door and summoned Leslie to the room loom Theold Tho The old man smiled again as he s saw aw his hisson hisson hisson son then th n he ime made matle a sign and they the joined hands Once more moie they saw him smile then a gra gray shade crept Into his face and they he two were alone with ith the dead Leslie summoned tho the and drew Beryl from the he room loom Sho She went vent with tears in her dark brown eyes ees Yet she sho was happy in what sho she had done for love Jove had hail triumphed over wron wrong and all was blotted out The secret was hers and hers alone and none would ever evor know It |