Show JiDELAYED TLJr i JK year before Clara I ter U t10 father hid clImb I rI leaving 111 chll dren orphaned nnd almost frlonilltM He bad bean nc i1i3tt t crninlrl a rich man ilia houte on the boulevard had bred a mar eel o t aJmottbarbarla majnlfleonre TTvt tirr hh death the knowledge rmmn tn Ub chIldren that the only inlutn their father left them was tht iC bAtter poverty Their only falilltB in uncle beeanse of former nlftltr lOa bAa brother refuted to alt theta So with rhtltllsh pride taking the null partlun remaining to them hey weatlcmt Into the world alone Hat l wljr ihelr slender purse grew 1l ht > rau I llghUir and would have tnUtt cnltapsett were It not that Max Vandrn cane forward with kindly ffrrsaf aiiUtxnce lie was only a iruirjlt jr untuccritful journalist but flea wan sot old friend of the fun Jtjr ansI they looked up to him and rutta4 Kim accordingly Muythfl little comfort which found flit wa y front lilt hand to this upper aiM room Can got work painting ratala fur a city hunt Often attrr tTcrinir to deliver It the would cry uutla mrprlie nl the ample pay cr rind brought back Th j fiat a cnitomer who was mlllbg lo pay a good price for sulta ilr I tuwV Mar would answer grave Ir nlelqOu not at Ih plentantnt tl ktrv unlovely evening Inter bat rm upon It 1 suddenly hints of v ltxl utlilrleit the brown leava mndljr tra Um avenues The very ear bed jangled mournfully Onea tim girt iuKr > l up at her companion qnirk > M llonlng Wbae la your overcoat lint Yen wilt p rXi ° Ji ll o a 11 habit to innnlo up I orlr anjl am not coil I llnhtJuo overeuit but there wn a wrllhlitel poeketletoic In Cum f cpu 1a fawr the 00111111 of which did I nut vmn from the silo of pUoquu Tttny juMed Into the thentern limo of tight as Into fairyland Hut Max 411 nb loot at the stage or the home iieUt not Iktna to the miula lIe aiw eDly one llant glrlUh face onn ViHgUL lUtenlng hoa I Many n Many fJkmtergoer turned 10 look nl lirrajb the HMUIIIO girlish llguro UinloRiJIghlly forivartl nt the little dance liauili nt the hushed cheek wcarl tllp mnl brilliant rye Mke Fygotatluua statue thrllleil Into lift tliaxt there atarllrd and Intoxicated 1cr the manic Tlui Blgbl mire on Foot fluttered jenrU rkle > l kidded han U patted nprUaiua us the voice tang out from the ilatigroa tower ltWuyrcpgherurteln Ta lalon1 Thin pu > pl wera leaving Flue child nstuenatennhsnd blindly Oh Max I < I I I l fY iiAxr ° mm tmin ucolAutu hn panted Almost homo ho turned I tnltkt with n tort of nwo In her i sweet ftcn r did not know afore how dearly t Itnctl Verdi 1 shall never hear a I I IKUTJiUjnutla wit tout recalling mIn tiritoprr m-In w out remrinlrar Ing 10qn I t Von will not formal 11I01 I nm I gitel of that I rm going tu toil jour irowlw sooner than juti think dear I I luti Ruing away toulght tTolnjf away ° I Lice YUUIII voice wa sharp with a iulck ronntrulued pain new to IL I I Sr I hun obtained on trial tho paxifloul went to Now York lo pro ciit e I tall for Hnglan on TuetJa I Au > t uow here Is pInto of good now I counteract the other I went ton to-n > jroiir uncle today and had u long I talk with him Ha Is not such a grim I binl man its they sty Ito In I very lmoly and vhllllsh lie I > ruBslc all luxury all klndnesv If jtiu wUlnto him and Ice 1 at his oun I < biJJ rii heelng him at I do with aagnrejsdicoui eyes I think ho regrota lilk I < ullirxrtlri < > conduct Hut Max lit hlld I know all you would 1 amlCtdrle II I not strong enongh U > work aDd I cannot go away leav I nil ya so lonely and holplet Ito sides It la not wholly dependence In 1h hand It tune nionrv ot hit fath era nn which jou hUll morally n oJvUn Ilelleve me It Is I for the beat lit scoot Intu tIn houho and ahook tuuiU with Oeilno then he atoopetl to OHra > jnil rrvtrcnlly touehod her fore beatl wIth hits beanlud I ills A moitu nt raut uad the great thabby II jlira had liontout the room and waintrMIng rapIdly away under the blue nut lu44ed sky ba > stood nml watched him out of Htght with yea growing strangely dim Oncaba jiausod and looked back ward Hhe was atlll standing there tile dark figure against tho patch of sky krOh my lore Ood blew you ° he whispered And through her ears kept ringing MOB II trnnlor ill met a 11 Ive year later flue curtain at the Irand opera houne In Itrlt rote on at line un audience as had ever assembled as-sembled within Its wall In one of the boxes on the grand tier sat three gentlemen One a tall bronzed soldierly sol-dierly man iiollclng many glosses being leveled nt an opposite box I lifted hit lorf nolle and looked across the stage AUilr with it little coterie ot admirers I ad-mirers hail jint entered Nhe wore some toll silken treu all aquamarine aqua-marine and shiver There were water Illlles In the golden hair and emerald on the white neck A childish fare for all itt pride and that peculiar node of the head A fact with luminous lumin-ous blue eyes a snowy stately throat and cheek just ilathed with rote Uholssher Max Msraden questioned ques-tioned breathlessly OMa foil cried a vivacious little frenchman you do not know She It I a compatriot of yourt la belle Amerlcalne Her name Is Letter Mademoiselle Letter Ah And then after a name Who It that ge nlleinin leaning over hor chair Ah that bavtgneau antwerod a member nf the American legation Die enmti de Havngncau He U heir to half a doten princely estates tel It inidomolMllo devoted slave Hut the will hUll none of him Him U a beauty and an helreis and half Iarl Is coat about her Hut one might well adore a statue No marble Is colder than clue Max Manulen tho celebrated jour nalUt thn literary lion of tho day looked with keen eye ncrmt to that dainty vision with water Illle In her hair Dreamily ha murmured n few line nf Meredith she vit thee end I wti Un AM in rmiriiu lnfMtlm nttml tel l a U lint the donee are you mumbling ManulenT demanded the attache Never mind curtly I lie was thinking of that other night when together they heard I II Trovntnre It was the tame opera tonight but how differently she listened now languidly almost Inattntitlvelj leaning back In that graceful way ot her During the last net she arose and gathered her rich wrap around her All the pretty bloom had faded from her cheek Half an hour later Max Mandcn stood In her hotel Whon Mile Lester arrives ay that an old friend craves a moment audience Madcinolnelle trailing her sheeny tllkt act lace along tho corridor paused amazement nt the meatagc Then aha bowed wearily and patted on to the grand saloon Max aha cried Max1 lUrfaca nstran s fliriircdbho rJi held our j both hands i In her old frank fearles waj Ha caught thorn tightly In hla own All his saul wa In hlA eyas as ho looked on the lovely lifted face Just one glance And over brow and cheek nnd while throat Hamad a rich color iora still I holding her little hands In lilt own nnd speaking hoarsely hoarse-ly I tonight has recalled tho other night when I left yon for your own sake becausa I dared tint atay Icr hap the miitlo hat undo me mad for I am daring oh my love to bring vii now the tribute I could not offer live years ago For one moment she was silent Ihen aha lifted thoto truthful eye 01 her Max I think that night my soul awoke for idiiro IhOIlall me the womanly shjnou that crlummed her ohookaIor since then I have been walling |