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Show THE SONG THAT WON. BY M. D. W. Her merry laugh crushed him She did not mem lt to bs cruel & In truth It fill not seem altogether so to him But with his handilirfc the gnte and his fice turned to the darkening tlllige street, he tlii Ooo.l-bse, Ills Mnxvvell If I como again" 'When sou come again, you mean," sho Interrupted softly, accKi -when ' nnd with n half-serious. halt-Jolly expression on her bMnutt, 'uheti sou tomo again bring your Bong with you. Mr. Smith, and 111 in to warble It, though sou know I cm t sing' ' Kspoclalls such music save the markl eh? as I write Good In- W hy don t sou lot Alice sins It? ' nut he was (.one Toor John Smith' ehe murmured sympithetlcnlly, as she cIomJ t, and returned to Fred Ilemlngton nnd Alice Trumbull nn the porch. Smith walked straight to the railway station and twenty mlnuts. Sideling recllossly tn a hnlt-vcngcful, lialt-desperate lntpulne, u eastward to riiltlmorc 'nnd to Europe, I'vo a good mind to malt it. growled ' Did John klsa sou, Mnry? ' laughed MIsb Trumbull ns her fair frltti, herself -I don't think bo," nnsvvcred Remington for her, "I heard no n fashioned sound of smacking lips " "John a nil right," icturned Mlsa Maxwell, blushing, -even If heatl music. Thero nre worse wenknesses In men than the conceit Hut ib Bcnluse furthermore, he certainly knows I have Just begun mymuu. cation and cm t nlng nt nil nnd he oughtn t to nBk mo to try my prtnto on one of his sonf,s "Citchs If not classical,' ho sass they are Hie: sell them to nn organ grinder." John Smith did not mike his customiry cnll Sundiy wlt, Hu miles nwny from Danville nnd Mnry Mnxvvell She united for hlra bpi he had not missed n Sunday for wetks She uns next to provoked toi stend, Trod Ilemlngton coining up tho front walk. l"red was elevottj,! toted, she now bet,an to think Sho waa uro John Smith had thoiini: many n day. Perhaps she really hid cirrled her simulated Inrllfftrcnttt John nnd her ngrecnbleness to Trod too far, on thnt lut visit. She fretted n bit over .Smith's fnllurc to come, nnd when arothc passe I and nnother Sundiy and set again n Sundiy, she grew tinhip wrote to him nt hi home It una only the usual polite little note. . mnther knew tho hnndwrltlng well what fond mother doesn t knotr tli of n sueeiheirt whom her boy has Intimated ho might like omeelaTtt duce as n elnughter-ln liu ' Mr Smith wrnte n line to Mlsa Mnxvvell thit John hrdgoneEuti pected to sail for Ilngland and possibly for South Africa There followed snd day for poor Mary. She had a sudden rem herself She had never dreimed Bho cured bo much for " plain Joha c an the girls nil styled hlin Now sho knew If she had only knonnoalii she parted with him at the gito Not n line touched her from him either directly or Indirectly Mi had gone to f nllfmnlu to visit n Hlster Just beienved ot a tuuband u' was left tn benr Ii r trouble alone nnd to keep her secret within her own Ilemlngton Ikmui m sue furlousls It n mused then sobered them her Om d 15 nfter nn unusuilly persistent visit, Bho gave him their 1 tol 1 him In pi iln win 1 he via waiting for John Smith lo come tJ I lou had latter sing thnt masterpiece nf his O Hal I But CaJ ' Hick Again' That would fetch him, sneered Ilemlngton The remark cost the soung man onu eholco oung lady (rlerl -s ed on Two senrs wore wearily awns Alary spent the last one compl'telr' In her muslinl studios Her technique became perfect and her v wnnelrnusls Hyminthetlc She vvn nil the rngo In Ihe village choir 1 hci rmne spread She sang In pirlnr concert In Louisville FrWil Inglon unntel her for n (J A It benefit Next It uns an Invltatlont ntlghhjilng rity of llaltlmore The word brought n thrill to her soul Hut. foolish thought' Hit tarried there long Ho might be nny other plnce In tho whole vrldet ' Sho went, however Tho Immense hall In tho Monumental city u ed with such n miscellaneous nrHcmhlnge na tho O A It nlwayseaaril u i down for but one number tho piece de resistance of the projniMi applause thit followed her list nolo w is tteincndous An encore u I" tlvels demanded she responded ulth 'llio Lnst Itoso of Summer" "-lie "-lie iter to their hearts Moic' More yelled tho nudlence Sh. un nliroHt frightened W hat shoul 1 sho do? f.o on ngil i-lng nnythlng' ' ceimmnndt I the master of cerenw-hlnd cerenw-hlnd Mic stents whom 11 huiio were ctnwdlng nround to congratulali ' loir beinme deafening On en quick' uiged the minuter Will here a simple Utile song" she nnl 1 her heart nil a Hul11' pioveel a hit ilsiwhcie Let snmebn ly play the accompaniment ft' ' bids can pins II ' She thtust tho score Into tho manager's bonis nnl htstened doTin footlights agiln She stoo I n full minute before the nudlence becime hutheJ stntuo of loveliness The Bcoomp mist nt the piano behind hr rtrurk n few hirfn'l lustrntlng tho motlvn nnd Indloillng tho lemo Then n pauieti'M her glorious voice Soflls. ticmbllng the notes finite 1 oat on IH'"1 silence " Oh hnd t bdl enllel him luck again, 'Ihe worll would Itnve bien so fair' Hut 1115 poor, weak vvomina nature filled And left twn he lit tn drspilr! Ms lovr Is gone nnd gnno fnrocrl I knnvv not where I know not where"" An Incipient rlpplo (r applause wns Imtneellitely stilled ',v?? nnlea of (he detntiel vciso She hurried In the third ml last, nnd Ing lints "'My lover Is gonn nnd gone fore or! it Will soniehnds tell 1110 wheic O where' Ihe nsseinblngo ios.1 in m isse and cheeiel tn llio tcho '1 ho Hlnser " with delight imviui a hasty ncknowlc.lgment nnl slirlel 1te'Tlt the singe and oncuunteted-the piano, with the plinlst In UnJ"1 John Smith slttlnc Iriumihly at UI ' My lover Is gnno, but nnt fnro'er' And I do not cine, for I know where'' he sang lenslngly ns ho extended the first hnnl of congratulatl Pleased ai out lift 'In nil propriety I ought lo hive fainted." said Mnry, lt?? she sat with John In the pallor nf Mrs farina nt whoso h0J,eh' ,r ping If I hid encountered my dead brother I would not have , prlsoil Hut 1 suppose I w is Biistalned hy tho general excitement. )( hud neive lohu Smith In snouk In nn mo nn the stngo that viiiy , uieemipaulment- 1 leiialnls would have llunkcd most Innlortousiy -reiunl and .aught you seated thero" ,, v ,MJ, Well It was no plot iny elenr girl onls priceless good lu tho stage door with the teat to tnnurnluluto you, but before I ro , vurt on (it, tin and ihn manager excitedly nsklng who could I w 0,j ms fnmoiiH song-fanioii now forovei I spoko up and sal 1 if"" & nn I was fanilllnr win, it Thatn the sloiy. Mary. It as not n on., nm II,,. ufmeihnughl tint mado me n pirt of tint """. plil-fd up on tho strut by n o A K friend, who dragged me 1 (n I.ucks, lucks iliiig' sho oxclalmrd, puttlns her warm i" nver IiIh ,,1 llnppy huipy sun, he echoed 'Hut I hive w rltten n a , purie.i it, Jnu nl lllL Mlt Thllt cuca ne u , pjt ni" nli J 1 mun s miiklm, an I I am tospeimis onoui,h now. Mar, to itwn iu vat vviiiiievei jnu say tho woid" n 11 waa sail thin nnl thcio. , ,. u,tf. And tho music ot that simplo song ncvci died out of tM" " |