Show dorseys Cor initiation i by HENRY wynthrop i IMS tin S company nere y arc gents only 10 cents apiece the art ot tho world gentlemen for 10 cents apiece genuine pictures by alio most famous I 1 rench anas for the amill sum of one dime 10 cents step right up now detore the limited sui ply Is exhausted I 1 gardner driving down tre daout street in her hansom poked her umbrella through the trap in the roof james bho called drive eflowly past that mm who la selling photographs drive as slowly as ou can and drive close to tho crowd in a the hansom had wheel cd and waa retracing its route past tho street corner ft here a muscular 1001 ing young fellow was banding out un mounted i holography holographs holo graphs as as he could make change miss gardner lean ed on the apron of the hansom and eagerly scrutinized the face as the cab slowly partied but there was no inter in the patter that helped dla pose 0 1 la ware here you are he said as ho passed over a photo grai h and pocketed a ten cent piece danna for a dime and cheap at the i rice so extra charge tor opuses onuses or psyches ono dime 10 cents step up gentlemen and tako your pick the cab had passed out of hearing now and miss gardner sank back on her cushions there was a excy cs pre eslon on her pretty face as she mur aured how can grown up men be eo billy ahat evening at 7 gerald corsey immaculate in evening dress presented at the gardner residence where he was received by and her father the lion john alden gardner the girl 8 eyes were dancing as she gave her hand but her good evening was in the demarest demurest demur est of voices I 1 she was in awe of the honorable john gerald stood rather in awe of the gentleman him self the latter was more polite than cor dial I 1 am very sorry that an imbor tant business engagement prevents my making one of the opera party tonight but my elster miss gardner will take good care of I 1 rl scilla and I 1 will probably drop in later and see you all safely home gerald wondered in what capacity he was going since miss gardner considered so woefully in need of a isalt an hour later the gardner car 1 arlage drew up before the opera house TO BE WITH TOP I 1 MONET it had been n most uncomfortable ride had or a bad cold and was afraid to talk wag in a maddening mood BO superior and dignified with a new touch of condescension in ler bolce could aho lune heard anything A hot flush rose to the mans forehead and what was she humming now oh hat a difference in the morn ing decidedly the had heard lie could not see how her eyes were dancing an 1 bo leaned biek in 1 la corner garage and mlee rable at the opera the ladler like true bos dewied thein strictly to the performance gerald trawl to to low their example but iila eyes ft an dered back to the ebady of s pure alt ar cut profile ache was radl antly beautiful tonight yet that new touch of superiority that seemed to place her far beyond his reach why had h ever dreamed that khe was alt and cared noab ing for mere appearances ho had been mistaken blip too get up money for a god L s half half ironic nl malle died away anjer the anilu ance of alls it wag a relief to them both when mr gardner ap feared on tl e scene lie on choricy colne doroe to upper with them at the table the two men talked liar aaril listened quietly AB ebe noted how strange and coreyn manner was ehe camo to a determination the con alon lad drifted to the subject of club initiations when bho broke in eagerly I 1 think BUO bald that I 1 saw a novitiate undergoing hla ordeal ebli morning thero was a man belling photographs on tremont in front of the common anci no agun i look a ut ille the ordinary street i td adler corsey at her in eo athla wn what ebo hart at won 11 ii when ebie I 1 av alie trual hillh bolce ft as very ferace ai I 1 mild bo you daw mist es and I 1 have begun to think that you did not like my you careey aly tl c honor able john was looking interested what society did you loin mr cor aey the younger man hi aboul der to bo perfectly frank with you it wag not an initiation it was juat that I 1 the money eave a little and lared awn at the bunch of alo ahat he bail bent ker that after noon ahey fiut leavo wt toji 0 o baucin and he lire monedi the look that eho on cordei was aiom any that she ha I 1 vouchsafed him that evening 1 or haps it gave him courado to face tho honorable john lou did not give roe to under stan I 1 that you CT ere tr ing to w ork your way through college when when we ha 1 our little talk mr gardner said coldly tho flush on corsey s cheek deepened hen 1 in laced dad ho bald to lot me come to harvard where 1 0 bad graduated instein ot going to some ft astern college ho objected because he bild he coulden couldn t keep an eye on me in he en 1 he withdrew his objection on my promising that during the four years I 1 would neither borrow money nor got anything on credit ou gee bla college chum suicide lu his senior year lecause his father had tailed in business and he could not pay lack birge bums of money ho had bor boned having made the promise I 1 was bound to live up to it my remittance natch was due the daiy diy lefore day did not come 1 en you so kin 1 ly me to join your party this I 1 telegraphed for money annl aas notified tint all the wires were down in that section of the country I 1 had to lune tl e money and to to a pau shop would hao seem evading my promise A cousin of mine mho Is traveling in europe bad just sent me i hoto grai us of the sort popularly though t to bo most in demand in a student a room I 1 kept twenty five or thirty of the beet an 1 sold out the rest at cents apiece I 1 mado 12 CO and that Is why miss bad her violets as usual I 1 might ha e passed it off aa an initiation but want to ball under false colors he ended almost defiantly and was surprised when the honorable john reached across the table and shook him 1 earthly by the hand k ell done my boy ho cried I 1 wish 11 ad a son like you and I 1 riscalla llla why s eyes wore shining with what looked bously like berrs ft hen she had said good night and corsey had held her hand for one long delicious moment the two men sat smoking quietly in the firelight the honorable john at length broke the si lence some time ago sir corsey he said you asked my daughters hand tn marriage and I 1 said I 1 must have time to think it over I 1 must confess that I 1 did not see the matter in a very favorable light at first but tonight have changed my mind you can have that Is if she will have you and corsey knew that be had his initiation |