Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1903 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY " 7, 1903.

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mum o o sTle1 B1 PATTERNS hpiAVte OreatktStore Good Qualities at Low Prices o o o: o o o o o o o e o o o IN TUB Undermuslin Sale I Pretty Corset Covers, with full front and back, with hemstitched ruffle G O In neck and arms, in the sale at 19c o o o o Ten different styles of Corset Covers, embroidered and lace-trimmed, beautiful assortments, in the OZn sale, choice Fine Muslin Drawers, with one cambric ruffle, edged with torchon lace, January sale 'ICa, price Heavy Cambric Drawers, with deep flounce, trimmed with lace insertion and edges, this sale, 3 Of each Cambric Drawers, with five rows of hemstitched tucks and ruffle, edged with lace, ethers embroidery Cfr trimmed, this sale, each tJUL o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o: o o o o o oooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo THE THEATERS. To-Day' Schednle. ENGLISH'S. "The Girl and the Judge," 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. GRAND. Vaudeville, 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. PARK. "A Little Outcast." 2 and 8 p. m. EMPIRE. Burlesque, 2 and 8 p. m. The Girl and the Judge," which will be presented this afternoon and ' to-night at English's with Miss Helen Grantly in the leading role, had a run of over one hundred nights In New York last season, proving one of the most successful of Clyde Fitch's dramas. The play affords Miss Grantly her first opportunity of any real importance In her stage work. She Is remembered for her Interpretation of the girlish role In "Her Lord and Master," a part in which she won considerable praise. Her present character compels her to adopt a minor key almost altogether and Is vastly different from anything else she has ever done during her career as an actress, but she is said to give an excellent performance of the part. There are many local admirers of Clyde Fitch's stage productions, and all of them will be interested In the two presentations in this city of "The Girl and the Judge." ' XXX Sir Arthur Sullivan did not have any too easy a time of it during the early years of his efforts at musical composition, and the following extract from a letter written by him In his early twenties reveals this pretty clearly: "I was ready to take everything that came my way symphonies, overtures, ballads, anthems, hymn tunes, songs and violoncello concertos, and even comic and light opera works, and gladly accepted what the publishers gave me so long as I coutd get my things published." It is Interesting to note that one of these orders brought' Sir Arthur thirty guineas for six Shakspearean song3. and this before he was twenty, The last work of the great composer, which he did not live to complete, will be heard in this city next Saturday night when Jefferson De Angells and his big opera company will present "The Emerald Isle." the book of which was written by Capt. Basil Hood. Sir Arthur had almost finished the score of this opera at the time of his death, and the finishing touches were made by a brother musician. xxx Sallie Stembler, whose bright singing act Is among the most enjoyable features at the Grand this week. Is to appear In musical comedy before long. Miss Stembler has never been seen In Indianapolis In vaudeville until this season, but she has often appeared here in the Hoyt farces and other light plays. She has a personality that is magnetic and a voice that is greatly superior to th voices of most vaudeville serio-comic singers. She is handicapped at present by her place on the programme, appearing as she does Immediately after the uproarious finish of Lafayette's burlesque impersonation of the bandmaster Creatore, and the task that befalls her that of changing the style of entertainment from horseplay to refined comedy Is one that many performers would shrink from attempting. But little Miss Stembler goes right ahead with her work, and before she has reached the end of her first song she has won her audience over. She Is an immense favorite in the Eastern vaudeville houses and is this week making a most favorable impression upon Indianapolis theatergoers. "A Little Outcast" has been pleasing good-sized audiences at the Park, and the diminutive star of the play, Anne Blancke, has scored a hit In her character of the New York newsboy. "A Little Outcast" closes its engagement with the matinee and evening performances- to-day. "Sergeant James." a strong military play, comes to .the Park to-morrow for the latter half of the week. It is one of Kirke La Shelle's productions, and promises to be one of the best dramatic offerings of the season at the Park. XXX An injunction was served at Seattle, 'Wash., on the Bostonlan Opera Company by Manager John Cort, of the Northwestern Theatrical Association, to prevent that .organization sailing from Vancouver on the Meamer Mlowera on Jan. 9 for Australia. Arrangements had been made by the Bos.tonians for a two years' tour of Australia. .as well as a season in London. Mr. Cort strongly opposed this plan, as the Bostonians were booked in a majoritj' of the twenty-six theaters under the management . of this association. If the Bostonlans sail It will be without their baggage or scenery. XXX Clyde Fitch's latest play, "The Girl with the Green Eyes," Is in for a run at the Savoy Theater, New York. It doesn't seem to be entirely clear to everybody Just what Is meant by the "green eyes" of "the girl." and a query from out of town concerning the matter has just reached the writer of this column. The play Is founded on the well-known old green-eyed monster of jealousy and its story tells how this fame monster, meddles with and spoils a honeymoon of a couple who had started out to be very happy. Miss Clara Bloodgood plays the part of the bride, who is tortured and torn by Jealousy. xxx "The Sultan of Sulu" Is doing well at Walla' Theater, New York, despite some adverse comment regarding both its book and musical score, which all goes to show that If the amusement-seekers like a thing they pay precious little attention to the prating of the fault-finding critics. XXX . "The Darling of the Gods" Is the greatest success of the New York theatrical season that fact has been established beyond all dispute. The ticket rack at the Belasco Theater. Is in a constant state of exhaustion, for no sooner is the sale announced for an additional week In advance than the seats are snapped up in an incredibly short time. David Belasco's two other big attractions Mrs. Leslie Carter In "Du Barry" and David Warfleld in "The Auctioneer" are also playing to tremendous business on the road. v x M Jarnos L. Lederer's latest vaudeville "headliner," which Is now being rehearsed, will, doubtlee, prove a ensatlon. It will bear the name. "Tht Goblin Girls." and will be pn-nented with the stage draped entirely In black. Sixteen girls in white uni

forms carrying white enamel guns will make their appearance and disappearance on the stage in a truly ghostly manner. They will be led by a little acrobat and will perform all sorts of military maneuvers. xxx Edward Adams is one of the prominent actors in Harry Morris's "Night on Broadway" and his singing of "Julia" has won for him a number of admirers. Adams is a product of California, but from what has been seen of him this week at the Empire Theater it was thought that he had been reared in the East, where most of the musical comedy actors are obtained. In addition to Adams, Carl Anderson and Mildred Stoller are also prominent participants in Harry' Morris's production. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. The Review Circle will not hold its regular meeting this week. Miss Ansbary. of New Castle, Is the guest of Mrs. Chauncey Clark. Miss Leonora Ensey has gone to Shelbyville to visit Miss Bess Trout. Miss Helen Day returned yesterday to Farmington. Conn., to resume her studies. Miss Ruth Spencer, of St. Louis, will arrive shortly to visit Miss Caroline Burford. Miss Ethel Reeves returned to her home In Chicago yesterday, after a visit with Miss Mary Searle. Miss Lydia Parry has returned to the East, after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Parry. Miss Elizabeth Everitt, who "has been visiting her parents during the holidays, returned to Wellesley College yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. "William Poole, of Edinburgh, Scotland, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Crawford, at No. 926 North Senate avenue. Mrs. Charles A. Walllngford and son returned yesterday from Bloomington, where they spent the holidays with Mrs. Walllngford's mother.

Mr. John P. Wallick returned last night from London. Eng., where he accompanied Mrs. Wallick and Miss Edith Wallick, who will remain there all winter. Miss Frances McElwee, who has been visiting Mrs. J. M. Dalrymple and Mrs. J. Richard Francis during the holidays, will leave to-morrow for Oxford, O. Mrs. Charles Pfafflin, of the Glencoe,' will give a company this afternoon for Miss Frances McElwee. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McGuire will entertain at dinner this evening for Miss McElwee. Mrs. Martin W. Mansfield and daughter Corinne left yesterday afternoon for the East. Miss Mansfield will re-enter Wellesley College and Mrs. Mansfield will visit for a short time In New York. Mrs. Obie J. Smith will observ her first reception day at home this afternoon in her apartments at the San Marco. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will receive in the evening. Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Edith Parson, and was an October bride. Dr. A. W. Brayton and Mrs. Brayton are in Fort Wayne, the guests of Dr.' A. E. Bulson. Dr. Brayton read his paper on "William Morris. Poet. Essayist and Socialist," to the Fortnightly Club of Fort Wayne at Its guests' night meeting Monday. A LARGE RECEPTION. A large and handsome reception was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. J. M. Dalrymple and her daughter. Mrs. J. Richard Francis, at their heme oh Park avenue, in honor of Miss Frances McElwee. The house was lighted with white candles arranged in candelabra through the various rooms. The door and windows had their arches draped with Southern smilax, and groups of palms were arranged here and there. The parlors had decorations of scarlet carnations and poinsetta placed in high wall pockets. The dining room was entirely in white and green, a large French basket of white roses, surrounded by white candles in candelabra, forming the table adornment. The library was also In white and green, the mantel being banked with palms and ferns. An orchestra,' stationed In the hallway, played during -the afternoon. The punchroom was at the head of the stairs, and it was embellished with pink carnations and lighted with pink candles. The hostesses were assisted in their hospitalities by Mrs. W. T. Brown, Mrs. Hiram Kellogg, Mrs. John Reagan, Mrs. Edward Howard, Mrs. W. B. Barry, Mrs. James I. Dissette, Mrs. William Mansfield, Mrs. E. S. Elder, Mrs. Lesley Norton, Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald, Mrs. Warren D. Oakes, Mrs. Strother, Mrs. Frank Edenharter, Mrs. Wills. Mrs. Charles W. McGuire, Mrs. Perry Hoster. Mrs. William Miller, Mrs. E. A. Hendrickson, Mrs. Daisy Starr. Mrs. Archibald Thomas, Mrs. Horace Wright, Mrs. Chauncey Clark, Mrs. George Philip Meier, Mrs. Charles A. Paquette, Mrs. Arthur W. Allen. Mrs. Joseph Reagan, the Misses Conrey of Shelbyvllle, the Misses Koons of Muncie, Mrs. William Carter, Mrs. George Edwin Branham, Mrs. Nathan Garhart, Mrs. Horace Thompson, Mrs. Will Dobyns, the Misses Pierson, Miss Grace Henseley, Miss Marietta Norton and Miss Helen Woodward. A number of out-of-town visitors were among the guests, among them being Mrs. Clarence Strickland, of Greenfield; Mrs. Jacob Deprez and Mrs. Herbert Deprez. Mrs. Edward Porter and Mrs. Brt Swain, of Shelbyvllle: Miss Martha Wood, of Piqua, O.; Miss Bermuth, of Wabash; Mrs. Whltten, of St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. William Neal. of Frankfort, and Mrs. Alvln Neal, of Madison. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple and Mrs. Francis entertained the assistants of the afternoon and the husbands with a muslcale. A delightful programme was given by Miss McElwee, who Is an accomplished musician. Miss Koons, Miss Smith, Miss Grimmer. Mrs. Flanner also recited, and during the Intermissions an orchestra played. Guests from out of town Included Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Deprez, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Swain, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Deprez, of Shelbyvllle. and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Richie, of Anderson. Rapid Social Pace. Washington Letter. Lieut. Robert Shirling Clarke. U. S. A., whose mother recently married Bishop Pot ter, has set the social pace In Washington with his opening entertainment a few nights since, and there are indications that this pace is to be a hot one. Certainly the initial function has ngt been surpassed in Washington In many years. Not oven the costly hospitalities of Mrs. , Westinghouse, on whose dinner table a service of gold reposes' on the most magnificent lace and velvet coverings amid lavish decorations of the rarest orchids, could rival the recordbreaker evolved by this bachelor prince of spenders. No less a Judge than Countess Cassini, the adopted daughter of the Russian ambassador, has made bold to declare that even Paris has not equaled it in recent years. It is estimated that the expenditure for the dinner, supper and ball footed up In excess of $30.000. There were distributed over one thousand silver favors, and each of these favors was engraved with the date and place of the ball. A twelve-course dinner was served to over four hundred guests by the highest priced caterer in Washington. This eye-opening revel was In honor of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Washington society is Just now agog with the rumor that the President's daughter is likely, ere long, to become engaged to the dashing and wealthy young naval officer, who is now detailed for service at the adjutant general's office in Washington, and who has been paying marked attention to the daughter of the White House. Young Clark is the second son of the late Alfred Corning Clark and will come In for a fortune of about ten millions. Getting; Acquainted with Laars. New York Mall and Express. Charles expiated In glowing terms to George regarding the young woman they were going to call on. "I'll talk to her aunt," he explained, "and 3'ou'll have a chance to get acquainted with Laura. You'll like her all right," and he glowed with that virtuous feeling of self-abnega-ation which occasionally comes to even a young man. George was properly introduced. He had had about three words with the girl when she interrupted. "Oh. Charley," she said; "I have Just ttnished that book. It isweet why, do you know," she went on, going across to where that young man was sitting. "It seems as though it were a chapter out of my own life. The girl In the book" and then she finished the conversation In sotto voice. The aunt took pity on George. The two young things on the sofa conversed In low tones. Occasionally George attempted to "butt in." The girl smiled sweetly, but vaguely. Charley was indifferent. Finally the aunt gave Laura a look, and said: "I think I'll retire, my dear it's almost 11." The young men took the hint and their departure. Laura was most Uatterüxs to

the visitor she had enjoyed his call so, she protested.

on tnelr way to the car Charley said: "What did I tell you. old chap? Isn't she fine?" George agreed In a lukewarm manner. He had Interchanged exactly three sentences with the magnet in an hour and a half. For Musical People. New York Commercial Advertiser. Book teas and photograph teas are supplanted this winter by musical teas and placard teas. Musical teas are the Invention of a hostess who has a large repertory of pianoforte pieces at her fingers ends. She invites her friends to come to her house, gives each one a paper and pencil, and then plays snatches of music, a characteristic passage from this overture, a few bars from that light opera, and each person writes down what he or she believes is its source. Prizes are given to those who have registered the largest number of correct guesses at the end of the entertainment. "Who am I?" That Is the question each player of the placard game wants to have answered. She knows that on her back she bears a paper inscribed with the name of some woman writer, musical or dramatic author, painter of sculptor, and that she must find out as quickly as possible her hidden identity. She is allowed to go from one person to another asking leading questions that will solve the mystery, but to those questions only "Yes" or "No" may be answered. Directly she has discovered that she is Mme. Duse of Mrs. Humphrey Ward, or whomsoever else's name she has got on her back, she has her placard changed, for the more times she guesses who she is the better chance she has of gaining a prize. Dear, Dear. New York Evening Sun. The really smart girl can always tell you the proper fashion of greeting friends. The day of the high handshake is past, and a more graceful greeting Is in vogue. The hand is extended from the waist line, not too far, but, as one authority expresses it, "with a mere suggestion of restraint." When the hands meet there is gentle movement to the right side of the person who extends the greeting, then back to the original position, the hands unclasp and the ceremony Is over. It is much more refined and Infinitely more graceful than the shoulder movement which characterized last Beason's fashion. HAWTHORNE'S PICTURES. They Are Now on View at Lieber' Art Gallery. A collection of oil paintings by Charles W. Hawthorne, a painter who studied with Willlara M. Chase, are on exhibition at Lieber's art gallery this week. Mr. Hawthorne recently finished portraits In oil of the two little daughters of Mr. Hugh J. McGowan. Mr. Hawthorne is a native of Illinois, but for many years has made his home In New England. He conducts a school of art in Provincetown, Mass., during the summer months. The pictures hung by Mr. Hawthorne at Lieber's include several of his landscapes and studies of figures both in nude and drapery. One of them, a landscape, shows the beach at Provincetown. A picture especially pleasing from its excellent execution is listed as "The Study" and shows two men at a dinner table, one of them telling a story and the other, from the expression of his face, an apt listener. A girl in stage costume with the light thrown upon her furnishes the model for "An Effective Light" and a figure in the nude of the back of a girl shows beautiful flesh tints. "The Red Bow" and "The Girl in White" are other pictures showing the ability of the artist. HOME DRESSMAKING HINTS. By MAY MANTON. "Slot-seam" effects make a notable feature of advance styles and are both novel and effective as well as fashionable. The stylish blouse shown is of pastel green albatross with touches of black and white given by black silk laid under the plaits, and stitching with white corticelli silk. Tiny white and black buttons decorate the fronts, each side of the princess closing, and a tie of black edged with white and a black belt held by a silver clasp give a smart finish. All walsting materials, wool, silk, linen and cotton are, however, appropriate and when desired the waist can be 4217 Woman's Blouse 32 to 40 bust. TO BE MADE WITH OR WITHOUT THE FITTED LINING. rendered still simpler by omitting the silk beneath the plaits, leaving the material only. The foundation lining is smoothly fitted and closes at the center front, but separately from the outside. The waist consists of fronts and back that are laid in narrow tucks, which are turned toward one another in groups of two and are stitched flat to form the "slot seams." The closing is effected beneath the left plait of the center group and is invisible. The sleeves are in bishop style, but are arranged in "slot teams" at their upper portions which fall free to form soft puffs at wrists. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 4 yards 21 or 27 inches wide, 3fc yards 32 inches wide or 2 yards 44 inches wide. The pattern 4217 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34. 36. 38 and 40-ineh bust measure. ' PATTERN COUPON For patterns of garment Illustrated above " send 10 cent! (coin or stamps.) Cut out illustration and Inclose it In letter. Write your name and address distinctly and state number and size wanted. Address Pattern Dept.. Tne Journal. Indianaiolls, Ind. Allow one week for return of pattern. CITY NEWS NOTES. The Commercial Club's committee on primary law reform will meet at the clubrooms this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The ladles of the January Section of the Broadway M. E. Church will serve lunch at noon and dinner In the evening at the church parlors. Twenty-second street, near College avenue, to-day. Teachers hereafter hired by Marion county must have completed a one-year course in some reputable normal school, according to a resolution adopted at the last meeting of the County Board of Education. The resolution also provided that teachers already In the county school system on exemption licenses be requested to take an examination. "Word from Jeffersonvllle Is to the effect that Frank B. Burke, of this city. Is now in such a precarious condition that his death Is looked for at any time. He has been removed from the hospital at Louisville to the home of his brother in Jeffersonvllle. He is very weak and will not be able to stand another operation, which the doctors say Is necessary. Room 2 of the Superior Court Is decorated with a beautiful new silk flag, which was presented to Judge Carter by the ladies of the Strelght Circle, a social club named in honor of Gen. A. D. Strelght. The circle met in the courtroom and presented Judge Carter with the flag and other presents, after singing patriotic songs and listening to an address by Judge Carter on the life of General Strelght. Herman Arndt, director of the orchestra at English's Opera House, and W. S. Mitchell have been appointed to organize the band of one hundred pieces which is to lead the parade in honor of John Mitchell on Jan. 19. the night of .his reception here. The band will be organized from the members of the Musicians' Union, at the suggestion of Henry Ilelssenherz, delegate from the union to the Central Labor Union, and a member of the Mitchell reception committee. CIMONA will cure that sore throat.

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A MYSTERY

CHAPTER XII. A PROFESSIONAL VISIT OUT OF TOWN. Beverley, L. I., Monday, Aug. 15. Dear Charley My leg is worse. Won't you run down here and have a look at it? I also want your advice about May Derwent. Aff. yours, FRED. When I received this note, early on Tuesday morning. I at once made arrangements for a short absence. Now that duty, and not Inclination alone, called me elsewhere, I had no scruples about leaving New York, and when, a lew hours later, after visiting my most urgent cases, I found myself on a train bound for Beverley, I blessed Fred's leg, which had procured me this unexpected little holiday. What a relief it was to leave the dust and the noise of the city behind and to feast my eyes once more on the sight of fields and trees. On arriving at my destination I drove immediately to ihe Cowpers cottage. I found Fred in bed. with his leg a good deal swollen. His anxiety to go to the Derwents had tempted him to use it before it was sufficiently strong; -consequently, he had strained it, and would now be laid up with it for some time longer. "Well, Charley," he said, when I had finished replacing the bandages, "I don't suppose you are very sorry to be in this part of the world, eh? My leg did you a good turn, didn't it?" . I assented curtly, for, although I agreed with him from the bottom of my heart, I didn't mean to be chafed oh a certain subject, even by him. In order probably to tease me he made no further allusion to the other subject of my visit, so that I was at last forced to broach the subject myself. "Oh, May? She's really much better. There is no doubt of it. I think the idea of brain fever thoroughly frightened her, for now she meekly obeys orders and takes any medicine I prescribe without a murmur." "Well, but then, why did you write that you wished to consult me about her?" "Because, Charley," he replied, laying aside his previously flippant manner, "although her general health has greatly improved, I can't say as much for her nervous condition. The latter seems to be so unsatisfactory that I am beginning to believe that Mrs. Derwent was not far wrong when she suggested that her daughter might be slightly demented." I felt myself grow cold, notwithstanding the heat of the day. Then, remembering the quiet and collected way she had behaved under circumstances as trying as any I could imagine a girl's being placed in, I took courage again. May was not Insane. I would not believe it. "At all events," continued Fred, "I felt that she should not be left without medical care, and, as I can't get out to see her and as she detests .the only other doctor in the place, I suggested to Mrs. Derwent that she should consult you. Being a friend of mine, ostensibly here on a simple visit, it would be the most natural thing in the world for you to go over to their place, and you could thus see May and Judge of her condition without her knowing that she was under observation." "That's well. It's always best to see a nervous patient off guard if possible. Now, tell me all the particulars of the case." When he had done this I could not refrain from asking whether Norman was still there. "Certainly! And seems likely to remain indefinitely." "Really?" "Yes; I forgot to tell you that May begged to be allowed to gee him yesterday. As she was able to get up and lie on the sofa, I consented, for I feared a refusal would agitate her too much. I only stipulated that he should not remain with her over half an hour. What occurred during this meeting, of course, I don't know. But May experienced no bad effects. On the contrary, her mother writes that she has seemed calmer and more cheerful ever since." "They are probably engaged. Don't you think so?" And as I put the question I knew that If the answer were affirmative my chance of happiness was gone forever. "I don't believe it," he answered, "for after his interview with May Norman spent the rest of the day sunk in the deepest gloom. He ate scarcely anything, and when forced to remain in the house (feeling, I suppose, that politeness demanded that he should give us at any rate a little of his society) he moved restlessly Trom one seat to another. Several times he tried to pull himself together and to Join in the conversation, but it was no use; notwithstanding all his efforts, he would soon relapse into his former state of feverish unrest. Now, that doesn't look like the behavior of a happy lover, does It? "Since he has been here he has spent most of his time prowling about the Derwents house, and as Alice was leaving their place yesterday evening she caught a glimpse of him hiding behind a clump of bushes Just outside their gate. At least, she is almost sure that it was he, but was so afraid it would embarrass him to be caught playing sentinel that, after a cursory glance in his direction, she passed discreetly by. Afterwards it occurred to her that she should have made certain of his identity, for the man she saw may Have been some questionable character. We are not sure that May's extreme nervousness is not due to the fact that she is being persecuted by some unscrupulous person her brother, for instance. You know I have always belltved that he was In some way connected with her Illness." .v "I know you have." , "But to return to Norman," continued Fred. "I not only suspect him of haunting her door by day, but of spending a good part of the night there. At any rate I used to hear him creeping In and out of the house at all sorts of unusual hours. The first night I took him for a burglar, and showed what I consider true courage by starting out after him with an empty pistol and a crutch." "I don't think that anything you have told me, however, is at all incompatible with his being Miss Derwent's accepted suitor. His distress is probably due to anxiety about her health." I said this hoping he would contradict me. Whether he would have done so or not I shall never know, for at that point our conversation was interrupted by the entrance of his sister, and, as It had been previously arranged that she was to drive me over to the Derwents, we started off at once. At last I was to see my lady again. It seemed too good to be true. Having given our names to the butler, we were ushered into a large drawing, room, redolent with flowers. So this was May's home! I glanced eagerly about. These chairs had held her slight form; at that desk she had written, and these rugs had felt the impress of her little feet. A book lay near me on a small table. I passed my fingers lovingly over it. This contact with an object she must have touched gave me an extraordinary pleasure a pleasure so great as to make me forget everything else and I started guiltily and tried to lay the book down unobserved when a tall, gray-haired lady stepped from the veranda into the room. Mrs. Derwent greeted Miss Cowper affectionately and welcomed me with quiet grace. "Fred has told me so much about you. Dr. Fortescue, that I am very glad to meet you at last." Then, turning to Alice Cowper, she said: "May wants very much to see you. She Is lying on a hammock on the plazzl, where it is much cooler than here. Dr. Fortescue and I will Join you girls later." "You have been told of my daughter's condition?" she inquired as soon as we were alone. "Yes. I hear, however, that there has been a marked improvement since Sunday." "There was a great improvement. She seemed much less nervous yesterday, but to-day she has had. another of her attacks." "I am sorry to hear that. Do you know what brought this one on?" "Yes. It was reading in the paper of the Frenchman's assault on you!" "But I don't understand why that should have affected her." "You will forgive my saying so, doctor; neither do I, although I am extremely glad that you escaped from that madman unhurt." She looked at me for a moment in silence. then said: "When Fred advised me to consult you about my daughter's health I

BT ELIZABETH KENT

Copyright, 1902, by G. 1. Putnam's Son knew immediately that I had heard your name before, but could not remember in what connection I had heard it mentioned. In fact, it was not until I read in the Bugle that the man who was supposed to have committed the Rosemere murder had last night attempted to kjll you that I realized that you were the young doctor whom my daughter had told me about. You were present when she was made to give an account of herself to the coroner, were you not?" "Yes; but I trust that my slight association with that affair will make no difference." She again interrupted me. "It makes the greatest difference, I assure you. As you are aware of the exact nature of the shock she has sustained. I am spared the painful necessity of informing a stranger of her escapade. We are naturally anxious that the fact of her having been in the building at the time of the murder should be known to as few people as possi ble. I. am, therefore, very grateful to you for not mentioning the matter, even to Fred. Although I have b'een obliged to confide in him myself, I think that your not having done so indicates rare discretion on your part." I bowed. i "You may rely on me." I Faid. "I have the greatest respect and admiration for Miss Derwent, and would be most unwilling to say anything which might lay her open to misconstruction." "Thank you. Now, doctor, you know exactly what occurred. You are consequently better able than any one else to Judge whether what she has been through is in itself enough to account for her present illness." "She is still very nervous?" "Incredibly so. She cannot bear to be left alone a minute." "And you know of no reason for thi3 nervousness other than her experience at the Rosemere?" "None." "May I ask how the news of the butler's attack on me affected her?" How sweet to think that she had cared at all! "Very strangely' replied Mrs. Derwent. "After reading the account of it she fainted, and it was quite an hour before she recovered consciousness. Since then she has expressed the greatest desire to go to New York, but will give no reason for this absurd whim. Mr. Norman was also much upset by the thought of the danger you had incurred." "Mr. Norman? But I don't know him!" "So he told me. To be able to feel so keenly for a stranger shows an extraordinary sensibility, does it not?" She looked at me keenly. "It does, Indeed; It is most inexplicable!" "I don't know whether Fred has told you that since my daughter was taken ill on Sunday she cannot bear to have Mr. Norman out of her sight. He has been here all day, and now she insists on his leaving the Cowpers and staying with us altogether. Her behavior is incomprehensible." This was unpleasant news for me! "Surely this desire for his society can mean but one thing?" "Of course, you think that she must care for him, but I am quite sure that she does not." "Really?" I could hardly keep the note of pleasure out. of my voice. "If she were in love with him I should consider her conduct quite normal. But It is the fact of her indifference that makes it so very curious." "You are sure this indifference is real and not assumed?" "Quite sure," replied Mrs. Derwent. "She tries to hide It, but I can see that his attentions are most unwelcome to her. If he happens, in handing her something, to touch her accidentally she visibly 'shrinks from him. Oh, Mr. Norman has noticed this as well as I have, and it hurts him." "And yet she cannot bear him out of her sight, you say?" "Exactly. As long as he is within call she is quiet and contented, and in his absence she fidgets. And yet she does not care to talk to him. and does so with an effort that is perfectly apparent to me. The poor fellow is pathetically In love, and I can see.that he suffers keenly from her indifference." "I suppose he expects his patient devotion to win the day in the end?" - ' "I don't think he does. I felt It my duty in the face of May's behavior which is unusual, to say the least to tell him that I didn't believe she cared for him or meant to marry him. I quite understand that,' was all he answered. But why he does hot expect her to do so is what, I should like to know. As she evidently can't live without him, I don't see why she won't live with himi "But now,. Dr. Fortescue," added Mrs. Derwent, rising to leave the room, "let us go to my daughter. She is prepared to see you. But your visit Is purely social, remember." A curtain of honeysuckles and roses protected one end of the plazzl from the rays of an August sun, and it was in this scented nook, amid surroundings whose peace and beauty contrasted strangely with those of our first meeting, that I at last saw May Derwent again. She lay In a hammock, her golden head supported by a pile of beruffled cushions, and with one small slipper peeping from under her voluminous skirts. At our approach, however, she sprang to her feet and came forward to meet us. I had thought and dreamt of her for six long weary days and nights, and yet, now that she stood before me, drersed In a trailing, white gown of some soft material, slightly opened at the neck and revealing her strong white young throat, her firm, rounded arms bare to the elbow, and with one superb rose (I devoutly hoped It was one of those I had sent her) as her only ornament, she made a picture of such surpassing loveliness as fairly to take my breath away. I had been doubtful as to how she would receive me, so that when she smilingly held out her hand I felt a great weight roll off my heart. Her manner was perfectly composed, much more so than mine, in fact. A beautiful blush alone betrayed her embarrassment at meeting me. "Why. Dr. Fortescue," exclaimed Alice Cowper, "you never told me that you knew May." ' "Our previous acquaintance was so slight that I did not expect Miss Derwent to remember me." I answered evasively, wondering, as I did so, 'whether May had confided to her friend where and when It was that we had met. "I want to congratulate you, doctor," said Miss Derwent, changing the conversation abruptly, "on your recent escape." "From the madman, you mean? It was a close shave, I assure you. For several minutes I was within nodding distance of St. Peter." "How dreadful! But why was the fellow not locked up long before this?" "I did all 1 could to have him put under restraint. Several days ago I told a detective that I was sure not only that Argot was insane, but that he had .committed the Rosemere murder. But he would not listen to me, and I came very near having to pay with my life for his plg-headedness. Every ,one has now come round to my way of thinking except this same detective, who still Insists that the butler Is innocent." Now that the blush had faded from her cheek, . I realized that she was indeed looking wrecthedly pale and thin, and as she leaned eagerly forward I was shocked to see how her lips twitched and her hands trembled. "So it was you who first put the police on the Frenchman's tracks?" she demanded. "Yes. But you must remember that the success my first attempt at detective work has met with Is largely due to the exceptional opportunities I have had for investigating the case. You may have . noticed that no hat was found with the corpse, and the police have, therefore, been searching e wry where for one that could reasonably be supposed to have belonged to the murdered man. Now, I may tell you, although I must ask you not to mention it, as the police do not yet wish that the fact become known, that it was I who found this missing hat in Argot's possession. But I can't boast much of my discovery, because the man brought it into my office himself. All I really did was to keep my eyes open, you see." I tried to speak modestly, for I was conscious of a secret pride in my achievement. ' "I really cannot see why you should have taken upon yourself to play the detective ! I was so startled by May's sudden attack on me that for a moment I remained speechless. Luckily Mrs. Derwent saved me from the necessity of replying by rising from her chair. Slipping her arm through Miss Cowper's, she said, casting a significant glance at me: "We will leave these people to quarrel over the pros and cons of amateur work, and you and I will go and see what Mr. Norman Is doing over there in that arbor all by himself." Fred had mentioned that at times May seemed "alarmingly oblivious to what was going on around her. and I now noticed with profound anxiety- that she appeared entirely unconscious of the departure of her mother and friend. "Just suppose for a moment that this man Argot, she went on, as If our conversation had not been interrupted, "is innocent, and yet. owing to an unfortunate combination of circumstances. Is unable to prove himself co. .Who should be held re-

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