Show tiie the call of the he ok S by chaales neville buck with illustrations arn srn c an photograph of scenes in the play hr a i corye ht 1911 by bj W I 1 t A co SYNOPSIS 11 mi cr cn cr cilek 1 MI r fit Is orfio abw I 1 hit i lan hii pair cr un u oriA Clous I 1 s jye I 1 ll it of ht it Il hi linian kIlman onn ane lan ban has ia L be e n lal 1 1 t at an i 1 Is huh bus T cd of tie ile alm am aln denies it r hooth brebels 3 the truce in hi tt hman auth feud him lic IId linan linian hunts I 1 11 ool t una ali UK ut inin in lio ho shot pur 1 i rh rha I 1 11 1 adl onn Is ic irso tile alic trail at spill r u i 1 3 d 1 t lt I 1 ascott cott dl dascoll ds cois ablitt in fit qt tn liili satch sl nr alth flatt ca ri tie mountain mount oln tami taini aci dimers dio ers samson to a crow cro I 1 I 1 it r rn mount al liters sam on hill aal ni unC hin ns alie ali truce but bus arl h sli sh t rui kt t ilc 1 me I lar rr r i li lai cc S ani on ol tellia tells tl it k 0 south aan he Is i 01 a n g lo 10 0 ille the alie I 1 CL asi it toe biome t ne to cw c I 1 lork rk samson lid ll 11 annl sill a allwell I 1 ini follow in neu se anik aik oik sim wi tulea fit nil t tilli ant learn much of oc tit kill linni aldes ul des NAIL 11 ZI ill rion her loner loer to ao 10 tio a ann s thorl in tin th all burll CHAPTER IX christmas came to miser ll iserN wrapped n x a drall drab mantle or of desolation at he cabin ot of the 1 ido miller sail ais a sitting bitting aloie before the logs she ud tid blown the state and spelling book VT which her fore lical haj had been puckered and sized gazed ome nhat ahat mournful into the blaze sall sail iad a secret it w as I 1 recies which inch she used on i a faint hope dope it if samson ho bo lid ild come biel bick to maseri he bould tome back full of nein ne notions no nan bat ha I 1 eier eer et returned facial that 3 w or orl I 1 I 1 no Iso marl maneer ea er A terrible premonition said lie he not corn come it at all but if he did f hf he did ilio must I 1 non no lio how to rea real I 1 ind write rite mabe dpn she hid had earned i I 1 little mole moie she might even 0 zo o to school for i i term or two the abe clamped atil distorted chiro chiros aph on the be slate nias is discounting t was all probing ell harl har lierk Jork the arl airl gazed for i i little lime at something she aw a in the embers and then a flint faint nitle came to her lips B bi next christ nas she would surprise samson AN ich a letter it be well ell written atten ail and ican him hunt t should hould be an 1 isn n t res the rhe nornia normal human nit manil is a res noir chich fills at a rate of speed emulated b the number and caliber it itz ita feed pipes samson s mind had ong clog been almost empty and now no from 0 o naan mani sources the waters of new ne bings were ere rushing in upon it that inder ander their pressure it must fill fall fast dr r agne away alay lie he was as saied saed from hopeless corn com r callous of thought ba b a sanit abich was as Nil billing nilling ling to assimilate with jut ut too much effort to analae the loy front from vias as presen th tl less IL aarre narre are to the ene ee than mam of the unkempt zin kempt bohemians bohem ians he met in ili the life of the studios men who quarreled loush oica ocr the end and am nim of art the spelled with ith a capi fal at A and tor for the most part knew kne clothing of he retained except with zu m a small mall circle of intimates a silence amat passed tor for taciturn it and a solemnity ot of csage that as often c into surl egotism tue he still wore ore ills his hair long and chough his gradually gradual gra duall li coughed hed off much ot of its idiom and vulgarism enough of the mountaineer stool out to lend to his person alit a savor of the caudel picturesque he be dren and read and studied and walked and eer da b s advancement was as a forced march K es ta tremendously tremendous Iv interested in his its e began to fear that the 1 idy boys a too great somberness of 0 dispo firtion would defeat the N er earnest earliest less from which alch it sprang so one morning the landscape landscaper maker called on lun a friend whom horn he rightie believed tn lo be the wisest mm min and the great humorist in new lork ork 1 want ant your help said raid lescott 1 I 1 want lou to meet a friend of mine and take him under sour our wing ing in a fashion lie he needs you the stout mans face clouded A few fe years ago he hal bat been pe idling ling his manuscripts etith ith the heart sickness ot of uni middle age toddy today men coupled nou pled his name with ath those of kip jim and de Mau passant one of his antipa antipathies thies was aa meeting people who sought to lionize him lescott read ithe expression had before his host hai had time to object aeilt into his re dial at the end nd he summarized the artist is much like the setter pup it if its in him its as instinctive as a dogs dog s nose but to become etu etil cicet ho he must KO go a abiell fiel I 1 w ith a pter rrie ran an of his own breed 1 1 now I 1 the great man aniio ho waa vas alfo the simple man smiled remines bently the tried to teach me to herl sheep ahen in nose was as itching lor for bird countr counte bring on oil sour man I 1 v till nil to linow know him samson was aji told nothing of tho be con pinac but one later he found himself sitting hitting nt at a ica cafe table tahle his sponsor and zit SL lilan almost as silent Is as hirn him self the stout stoat man rest or led with ith like churlish to the half dozen men and women omen aho who vho me over with flatte rips but later i aben a aen the trio was left alone his face b and he turned to the boy from miser does billy conrad still keep store nt at Stag bone samson started arid and his gaze fell in III amazement at the mention of the name he siw saw a crossroads cross roads store with rough mules hitched to fence pal halings palings ings it w was as a picture of home and here w wis as a man nho ho hid had been there with glow gloning ing ees the hie bo dropped ancon bick back into the Nerna vernacular cular of the tha hills ile igei 0 o been stranger stran gei 7 the writer nodded and sipped his N whisk not for some scars eats though he confessed if ased as lie he drifted into remines conc which to samson was like wa na tel ei to a parched throat IN lien hen the left the cafe the boy felt as though lie he were taking leale leae of an old ind arid tried friend alend dl D homel methods tills thia unerring diagnostician of the human soul had been reading him liking him and andin aking him feel it a he betit nt winning warming sm sim path it wis was not until much liter later that samson realized how these two really 91 gibat c at men had adopted him as their little brother that he might hive have their shoulder touch to march ba b and it was without his realization too that thai they laid upon him the imprint of it their own chiric and pal hi 4 I 1 han hive e come not to quart quance el NN with iab ou but to try to dissuade vou the lien hon mr ic kliffe bit san savagely agel at his cigar ind and gave gaie a despairing spread to his well i ell manicured hands 1 I ou all stand in danger of becoming the most cordially listed hated man in ili new york hated b the most pox ifal combinations in new loll 1011 oik wilfred horton leaned back in a sn swivel h el chair and put his feet up on his desk for a while he seemed interested in ills his own silk socks its N verv ern kind hind of i ion oil to w warn arn me lie he slid said quietly the hon hen mr R Ic klIffe rose in ex e and paced the floor the smoke aiom ills his black cigar went be fore him in vicious licious puffs pun s enalls he stopped and leaned glaring on the table air lour famili has alnah alNa 3 been con set ail e 1 hen i vou ou succeeded to the fortune aou ou showed no symptom of tins this mania in gods name w whit hat has changed vou I 1 hope I 1 I 1 have haie grown up explained the oung noting man with an unruffled snide smile one cant cin t wear swaddling clothes fo forever reier sou know the at attorney torne for an instant softened his minner manner as he be looked into the straight gazing ees of his client lne ive cnown sou from bour baba hood I 1 advised now father before ou born you have hane b bv the chance of birth come into the control of greit great wealth the world of finance Is of delicate balance squabbles in certain directorates direct orates may throw the street into panic suddenly sou emerge from decent quiet and run amuck in the china shop chop bellowing and tossing your horns lou loll 1011 make war on those whose interests are lour our ON own n 1 ou seem bent on harl hari karl loll 1011 ou hai have e toa kovs s enough to amuse why doullut sou stav puta the the right things the were as iou ou tos tois the smile faded and horton s chin set itself for a moment as he added if N ou ion don t think I 1 in going to stay put witch watch me h do lou liae have to make war lar to be chioni cali call insurgent because the soung man who had waked up spoke slowly slow I 1 am read ing a certain w writing on the NN wall all rhe time is not far off when unless we regulate a number of matters from within we shall be regulated from without IN take for instance this newspaper w war ar 3 bouie ou e inaugurated on the police grumbled the corporation lawber its less dangerous to the public than these financial cru siles but decided decide dl ll more so for lou ou are re carded as a dangerous agitator a mar plot I 1 tell aou ou wlnfred winfred aside from all other considerations the thing is perilous to yourself sour you are riding tor for a a tall fall these men whom sou are whipping out of public life will turn on 3 sou ell so I 1 hear here a a letter I 1 got this in orning morning unsigned that Is I 1 thought it was here well no matter it warns me that I 1 have hae less than three months to lle unless I 1 call off my dogs it is said that the new conceit Is ever ener the most extreme fanatic wll wit fred horton had bad promised to put on his working orkin clothes and he had done it with fill reckless disregard for conse at first he be was cimpl obea ing Adri ennes orders but soon he found himself playing the lame tor for the games game a sake political oer overlords lords assailed as unfaithful ser servants Nants showed their teeth born some hidden but unfailing source terribly sure and dl di ieca lect evidence of guilt was vas being gath ored cred for altred horton who was demand demanding ilig a da dav of reckoning and spending great sums of money to act it there was a prospect ot of things do ing adrienne lescott was as in lurowe soon she would return and horton meant to show that he had not burled buried his talent 0 for eight months s life had rn in the steady of gradual climbing but in the four months from the first of august to the first of de cember the pace paca of his existence eib tence sud benl quickened he left off drawing from plaster casts and went into a lite life class in ili tills this period samson had his first acquaintanceship with women except ito ho had known from childhood and his first farst acquaintance with t the men who were not of his own art w world orld tony collosso Col lasso was an italian illus who and painted in studio apartments in washington squire square south ills his companions were various numbering among them a group of those pigmy celebrities ot of whom one has nc never cr heard until by chance he meets them and ot of whom their intimates as ot of immortals fo collisson Coll issos studio simson samson was called one night b bv telephone lie ho hid sometimes gone there before to sit for an hour chiefa as a listener while the min mail from sorrento bewailed fate with nith his coterie and denounced all forms of government over oner insipid chianti but tonight he entered the door to find himself in the midst of a gay and boisterous part the room was at al read thickly fogged with smoke and a dozen men and women singing snatches snatch ca of current airs were inter esting them themselves selNes over oner a chafing dish the crowd was typical A few very berj minor writers and artists a model or two and several women who had thinking parts in current broadway at eley clen en ell 0 clock the guests of honor arrived in a taxicab they were mr william barbish and miss winifred starr having come as they explained direct from the theater where miss stair danced in the first row thea the w were ere in evening dress samson men I 1 till all acknowledged though with in disfavor tor for the pair that both were in a dav na handsome col lasso diem him aside to whisper im por tanti make 3 yourself agreeable to farbish he is 13 rece received iNed in the most exclusive so society ciet and is a connoisseur of art if he takes a fancy to vou he will put vou all up t the best clubs I 1 think I 1 shall sell him a landscape the girl was talking rapidly and loudly she had bad at once taken the center of the room and her laughter ring rang in free ind and egotistic il peals above the other voices come said the host I 1 shill shall present vou ou the bo bov shook hands gazing with his usual directness into the show garls arl s largo large and deeply deemi penciled eyes 1 barbish standing at one side with his hands in his pockets looked on with an air of slightly bored detach ment ills his diess his mannerisms ills his bear ing m were ere all those of the man w who be has oler studied his part the chev were nere too perfect too obi obviously rehearsed rehear eed through veirs bears of social climbing but that was a detect defect samson was not vet jet prepared to recognize someone had naively complimented miss aliss starr on the leopard skin cloak she had just thrown from her shapely shoulders and she turned promptly prompt ll and vivaciously to the flatterer it Is nice it if she prattled it mav maj look a little up stage for a girl who chasn t got a line to read into the piece but these days das one must get the spotlight spot light or bo be a dead gnp it reminds me of a little run in I 1 had bad with graddy hes he s our stage dire director actor you ell know she paused awaiting the invitation to proceed and having re coiled it went gaily forward I 1 was ten minutes late one da div for rehears a and gradd came up with that sarcastic manner of his and said miss starr I 1 don t doubt vou ou are 1 t perfect ly nice girl and all that but it rather gets my goat to figure out how on a salary ot of fifteen dollars a week vou jou come to rehearsals in a million dollars worth of clothes riding in a limousine and ten minutes late she broke off with the eager 1 little expression of 0 awaiting applause and having haning been satisfied she added 1 I 1 i was as afraid that NN aan t going to get a laugh after all she glanced Inqui inquiringly at t samson who had not smiled and who stood looking puzzled A penny penn for your our thoughts mr south from down south she chat ledged guess I 1 in sort of like mr grad d dv said the bo boy slowly wl 1 I was just wondering N on dering how 3 you ell do do it he spoke with perfect ser seriousness lousia alss and after a moment the girl broke into prolonged prolong ea peal of laughter oh vou ou are delicious she ehe ex claimed it if I 1 could do th like that bellei believe e me I 1 id d make some sam e hit she came over oner and laying a hand on each of the boys boy s shoulders shoulder s kissed him lightly on the cheek that a for a droll boy she said that teats a the best line I 1 ive e heard pulled lately farbish was nas smiling in quiet amuse ment ile he tapped the mountaineer on the shoulder IN ive e heard george lescott lascott speak ot of 3 you ou he said genially I 1 ive N e rather a fance tor for being among the discover ers ot of men of talent we must see more of 0 baca other samarn left the party early carl and with a sense of disgust several davs das later samson was VMS alone in Le scotts studio it w wag as nearing twilight and ile he had laid |