Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 1, 1921, Page 8

: ELEANORE G ) By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS Copyright, 1981, by The Whecler Newspaper Byndicate. ISS ELEANORE CUTLER had |rore rapidly. She had not been afrc!d | to taik of him. The papers seemed to br |She was eviden going somewhere. | against his face. r mG officer, fs “instantly reappraring up|“Some actress going home from the AT " M @ined alone mother |/of this from him, because she hed al-|always having hia doing something, \that wae wcities int every movement| “Please, now.” begged Van Bibveé, bree ry of the Sakcoent theatre, x . ae that nig’ vie | Paye takenithe attituds toward him wf} and there was apparently no one elstin|jof her regular culck walk and her |quickly turning to Miss Cuyler, “Iam | “iow should’ I know?’ answered |: “No.” said Travers. “Its ny sitting in the d-awing-room, near tha very dear friend and of one who was | London who eould so properly respon |ateadtat look ahead, Her velt hid the|vers nore, ban te you bad onjy gone | yan iibben and added, with ili-times |All know.", He paused impressively. Nees open fire, with her gloves and fan on/older, not in years, but in experience | to the toasts of America at all the pub- | upper part of her face, and the passing | when I asked you to.” He motioned |e. “ didn’t leave any ad-| “What would you say () H the dlvan beside her, tor she was going /of the world, for she had lived abroad | Ic dinners, She had had letters from |crawd shut her sometimes oncirete impatiently with bis hand. “Will you be Sg Mad stared at him. with |o, dropping his voice, “if I was to teil \\2 out later to a dance. drese. pokes: J White he had gone trom the university |him herseif—of course bright, clever|from view: but Van Bibber, himself {please go?” somewhat |tc the West, which he had made his|onea—that suggested what a wonder- unnoticed. succeeded in keeping her in Shh’ the con jown, in bookm: ‘They were both very |fully full and happy life hic was, but |sight, while he speculated aa to the /still and lsoked port “Ga pret | Seer eee ard at each other with serious con- of her gown | young. with no reference to his return. He . ary, uch obliged to { nature of her errand and her personal-| shoulder. Van Blbber motic: in| + Sm Very, very m lcern. There was a moment's silence. j see alighely ona |g, Sh2 “4 Bot want him to say any-|Was living with his young friend Lozl/ity. At Eldridge Street she turned |for her to pass en ana hen, ag abe [0% Mize Cuplens” Van Bibber- said. 770i, eid ne of them, aottly, “that I cupation made smile slightly 2/tning. She could only anawer him in|LowWes, and went ( sha peared |¥ou it was Eleanore Cuyler> ‘\P) severe susp! and then disap; The three men looked up suddenly \ BS SS (PY == erywhere with him |sharply to the north, and, without a | still hesitated, turned glans He trie to raise bis hat, but the of- | 1. rather nasty.” Es The Bausea for a moment to cut the /one way, and in a way tha: would hurt|and his people; and then as a final | change tn her hurrviog galt. peated on {hind him, ‘eave ae ae gil and the |£0Ft# of the gentleman who aeaceectal,|,New, what I want to know ts” leaves, : and give pein. to them both. She had |touch, which she had elready antici- | quickly, and turned again at Rivingto7. | groaning fool on the etcop, and the |m from behind had bagi k citer 2 |zf@¥ers ran on, elAted at the sensa- And. hen the Delt sounded tn the |hoped he could remain just as he wav,|Pated, people began to spenk of hia |“Ob,” said Van Bibber, with relieved | three flaures closing In on him, he was |*D4 the hat cameo % *|tlon his narrative had made—"what I halt she put the dook away from he-|a very dear friend, with a suggestion |And the onorable Evelyn. What |curiosity, “one of the Colleee Settle. |quite atone, The foremort of the three | Y7ERC® that made him wince. want to know is, where js that girl’ together, ang wondered who it might | sometimes in the background of hig [Could be more natural? they said. He|ment,” and stopped satisfied. But the |men stopped running, and me up| “You were very brave.” he went on./ mother, or sister, or brother? WViave be becoming something more. She waa, | Tad saved her brother's lite while out |street “had now become deserted, and | briskly, with his finger held interroes. | "ANG {¢ was ¥ery g00d of you to stand |the; anything to eny? Has any one de young Wainwright, with of course, too experienced to believe ix | West half a dozen times at least, from |though he disitked the idea of follow- {tively in front of him. He stopped |¥y me. You won't mind my saying 40, | anything to say? Why. che of Eleanore the proof-sheets the new story long platonic friendship. al} and he was rich. and /ing @ woman, even though she migit|when it was within foot of Van Bib-|OW, will you? Fut you gave the|Cuylers little Angers is worth more had promised to let her Uppermost in her mind was the|*tl-looking, and well-born. and rapld-|not be aware of his doing so, he dis-|bers face. - wrong rap. I hadn't time to tell you /than all the East and West Side put for the dance from Bi thought that, no matter whet Neargen {ly becoming famous, Uked even more the idea of leaving her] “Ara you looking for a Mght?= ha|t© change. {t.” He mopped the Dack|together: ard sie is to be allowed te (1 English Legation at Washington, who ahe ‘wasted te Miss Cuyler walked back to Riving-|to make her way in such a p! alone. ike. of his head tenderly with his handker- for the time being was practising to live ber own life, to fill her |", Street from the luncheon; com-|And 0 he afarfed on again, and #3! There wag enough of the element of |Chief. and tried to smile cheerfully, low, quick.> sala, Trav- Giptomatio moves in New York, cr| oy. sphere of mpefulneen, and ube muss {Demag the Iétter she would write to/ thers was metomare likelinocd of herlthe sport in Van’ Bibber to enable him | “Fou see. you were giving the rap.” he Wainwright who, wit some of her working-giris with new | ror it him tempt her to fornet thie (Nim congratulating him on his engage- |sesing him in the empty. strest, te|te recognize the same element in the |*xpiained ,politely. “for @ Sre-engine: | playa and things. He's a thoroughbred perplexity for her to upravel, or only She had next te consider him, and that | ent. She composed several. Some of | dropped farther in the rear and kept in |young man before him. He knew that | PUt it's of no consequence.” Miss Cuy-jeport, too, and he just got back from one of the men from the stable to teil she met MELDING nad keep him from | ‘hem were very short and cheery, and |the shadow; and as-he did 20, he saw|this was no whimpering \chkguard |'@r came to closer to him, and he saw/tondon. It's im the afternoon papers.” eee ee ter Bunter was wetting on | oo ving at all; and the was very [others rather longer and full of remin- |a man, whom he had before noticed on|erho foliewan Women into side streets | ‘hat her face showed sudden anxiety. © id % after his fall. It might be sny of these | aukeg set Sos aad the ee very |#cences. She wondered with sudden | the opposite side of the street, quicken |to insult them; ‘this waa one of the}. “Mr. Van Biber!” she oxclaimed. and more. But ft wi rather a relief earl: “4 fierce bitterness how he could so soon | his pace and draw nearer to the girl. when the man opened the curtains and iy. forget certain /walkes afternoons |It seemed impossible to Van Bibber It mig! =< Miss Cuyler wes reading to” Mrs. Durest- specimens of the tough of the |“Oh, I didn't know it was you! 1|Lockmuller, who was old and bedrid- East Side water-fron:, and he and hisj didn't know it was an a, BM Wat igh a Wal “You do not show much Interest in he | one who knew |den and cross. Under the influence of Cz y said, “Mr. Wainwris and Wata- me | te and the last | that any man could mistake the atand-j|companions would fight als me. What will you > Eleanore’s jow voice she frequentiy y wright walked quickly toward her. tugs | the one thing eae a rate cng [Totes Which she composed in bed, was a.| ing of this woman and the evident pur-| Van Bidden sould smone-ana Maea eS UME-sore varéon.7.enld Wea, sei. | wentito sleep. ‘only totpake. sud aes eh ‘ sing at his glove . stoke reproac! iy very sed and scornful one, and so pa-| pose of her hast but the man was | wo kly: mand ungratefully why the reading Boe “You are very good to see me so | yet a little haughtily, as though he had |tnetic as a work of composition that uld not fight fair. The adventure | ber, blankly ly |apparently settl his pace to match taken serio ust not believe,” she went on, | had stopped. late.” he‘said, speaking as he entered, | *iready halt suspected she had guessed | she cried little ovep’tt, and went to/hers, as it only waiting an opportunity Fe Van itnbey uaveeaebercacne Neca nkt Iam subject to this sort| Miss Cuyler was very tired, It was “but I had to see you tonight, and I |*hat he meant to sa; sleep full of indignation that she had |to approach her. Van Bibber tucked shrug and @ barely audible exclamation |of thing. Please do not tmagine I «m |close ang hot, and her head ached a waen't asked to that dance. I'm go: “Ah, you cannot tell how leng you j cried. | hls stick under his arm and moved for- | of disguat as he mecepted it, annoyed down here like this, It haa | little, and the prospect across the roofs ing away.” he went on, taking his place | will be there,” she said, lightly. “You é = ‘a ss > ward more quickly. It was midnight,} © “Because,” continued his new oppon- | never happened before. i was nursing |of the other tencments waa not cheer- by the fre, with Ris arm resting on|will lke it much more than you| It was about six months after this,|and the street was utterly strange tolent with busines ke briskness, “if|a woman, and her son, who generally |ful. Neither was the thought that she e mantel He had a trick of stand-|think. I—" she stopped hopelessly,|in the early apring, while Miss Cuyler}him. From the light of the jJamps he | you're looking for a fight, you can se:| oes homie with me, was kept at his|waa to epend her summer. making ig there when he had something of |and glanced, without meaning to do so,|was atill in Rivington Street, that|could see signs in Hebrew and the|right to me. You needn't think you! work. and J thought - could risk gét-|working-sirls happy on a farm on interest to say, and he was tail andjat the clock-face on the mantel beside young Van Bibber invited his friend |doubls eagle of Russia painted on the /can come down here and run things—|ting back alone. You ree.” she ex-| Long Island. well-looking enough to appear best tn | him. Travers to dine with him, and go wn | windows of the sgloona. Long rows uf you—" He followed this with an easy | plained, as Ven Ribber’s face showsd| She hed grown sceptical as to work- thet position, and she was ured to it. “Oh.” he said, with quick misunder- |Ister to the People’s Theatre. on the |trucks and drays stood ranged along| rol} of oaths, intended to goad his ric-|he was still puzsied, “my people do | ing-giris, and of the good she did them He was the most frequent of her|standing, “I beg your pardon, I am|Bowery, where Irving Willis, the Boy |the pavements for the night, and un tin Into action, not fancy my living down here: und if|—or any one else, Corrigan, on the third visitors. uu. I forgot how tate it was, reformed prize-fighter had ohce|they should hear of this they would |floor, was drunk again and promised “Going sway.” she repeated, smiling are going out.” He came told Van Bibber that there were six {never consent to my femaining an-|troubie. His volce ascended to the wp at him; “not for long, I hope. Where | toward her as though he meant to go. i other day, and it means so much to|room In which she-sat, and made her are you going now?” |She stood up and made a quick, im- me now, nervous, for she was feeling the re- “Tm going to London,” ,he said. patient gesture with her bands. He “They need not hear of it." Van Bib- | action from the excitement of tho night “They cabled me this morning. It | was making tt very hard for her. ber answered, sympathetically. “They |before. There were heavy footateps on seems they've taken the play, and are) srency! phe said. “You know 1 going to put it on at once.” ‘He amiled.| .anr to talk to you; what doom the anq blushed slightly at her exclama-| 40.00 matter? "Why are you.eo uallke tion of pleasure. it 4s rather a : . ve, |yOurself?* she went on, gently. “And Rice. It seems ‘Jilted’ was a failure. |it'\s our iagt night, too, and they've taken !t of, and are going | * 1! to put on ‘School,’ with the old casi,; The tone of her words seemed to re- until they can get my play rehearse1,|“"sure him, for he came nearer and} and they want me te coms over and {rested bis elbow beside her on the suggest things.” piano and said, “Then you are sorry; She stopped him with another rittie tat Iam going?" 4 cry of delight that was very sweet to| Sho looked up at him without a sign him, and full ot moment. of the effort it cost her, frankly and “Oh, glad IT am!" she said.jopenly, and said, “Sorry? Of course I i must be am ‘One does not have so many the dtvan, and friends that one can spare them for ptfully at him. |long, even to have them grow famous, she said. /‘Don't| “Yes,” he said, slowly,!T fancy the SS (yy => ey i ie rps VA —s Sa certainly won't from me, tf that's whit |the stairs, and a-child'’s shrill voice you mean.” cried, “She's in there,” and, suspecting He stepped to Miss Cuyler’s sid>,|it might be Corrigan, she looked up and they walked.on down the street to | fearfully, ang then the door opened the College Settlement in silence. , and she saw the most magnificent an‘, “I haven't thanked you, Mr. Van Bib- |the handsomest being in the world. bery* said Miss Curler, ‘Tt was really | But {t was not the tan, nor the unusual fine of you, and rnost exciting. You | length of his coat, that Eleanore saw, Must be yery strong. I can’t imagine | but the eager, confident look in his how you happened to be there, but it |face—and ali she could say was, “Oh, was Imtst fortunate for me that you | Mr, Wainwright,” feebly, were. If you had not, TF Wainwright waved away all such “Oh, that's all right,” said Van Bib-|ttrifiing barriers’ as “Mister” and ber, hurriedJy. I hayen't had so much |"Miss." He came towards her with fun without paying for it for a long|his face tern —and determined. time. Fun,” he added, meditatively, | “Eleanore,” he aid, “I have a hansom “costs $0 much.’ at the door, and I want you te come ““And you will be ng |down and get into It.” Rot to wpeak of 1 shook “When wi good, th nny sald. as she Was this the young man ehe had gave him her hang at the d been used to scold and advise and “Of course not. Why sho: z” wai@ jcriticize? She looked at. him wonde: an Bibber, and ther his face beamed |ing and happy. It seemed to rest asi and coltided. again instantly. “But, |eyes just to see him, and she loved oh,*-he: begged, 'm afraid Ii he to |his ordering her so, until a flash of tell” Travers! Oh, please let me tell/ miserable doubt came over her that it ¥ fy Travers! I'll make him promise not|he was confident, it was because he KI n to be an Adififrable | chahge will be very pleasant.” He was 4 are too fine for that,” |not thinking of his words or of how He looked down at the fire, and said, |thoughtlesy they must sound, Hewas if I were trying |only anxious to get away without different kind showing how deeply he was hurt. If I did wrong | he had not done this; if he had let-her The papers all sait,|see how miserable he was, and that when the book first came out, that it | plays and books and‘such things were ell; but tonight I only want to laugh. “I will write you if you will let me.” Bibber again and nodded to the officer fool, all sorts of a fool I came over would make a food play; and then su| nothing to him now, and that she was to mention it, but it's too good a Joke | was not only sure of himself, but of many men wrote to me for permissivt |just all there was in the whole world on him, when you think ‘what he |somé one else on the other side of the to dramatjze !t that I thought I mighi | to him, it might have ended differently, eer set aauay nesting faker as well try to do it myself. No, Ij But he was untried, and young. So he tele were to/have'gone out together,| And all her pride came..to her, aad think it is in line with my other work. |buttoned the left glove with careful msanederbor -waMedal gad missed she | thankbutnedel that eho negra I Gon't think I am straying after} scrutiny and sald, “They always start | i whole thing. and he wasn't in it, and|him what his coming meant, and eke atrange gods.” those boats at such absurd hours; ‘the q . . i it will just about break his heart. He's /said, “Did my mother send you? How 3 “You should not," she said, softly. ! tides never seem to sult one; you hart ; i } always getting grinds on me,” he went did you come? Is anything wrong?" a “The old ones have been so. kind to|to go on board without breakfast, or % i af 4 Up erscastedb st aed ciow Tye got thia| /He.took ler Nandsin one ot bined F you. But you took me too seriously,” |else stay ‘on board the night before, i i “Jom him. You will really have to ict |put his other on top of {t firmly. ‘Yes, she added. and that’s so unpleasant. Well, I hope ‘ Bt fie Wat rravers.” he sald. (“Everpthing Se wroue.” But “I am afraid sometimesy’ he ao-|you will enjoy the dance, and tell them b F a? . Aj) Miss Cuyler looked puzzled and said fix all that” J swered, “that you do not know how|I was very much hurt that I wasn't ~ = vGertatniy.” though ate fatled to pos| He diq not seem able té ga on fine : baronet tinea ol ae * i 54 why Mr. Travers should wang his heat |mediately, but just looked ‘at her. ( “Yeo, I do," she eaid.-quickly. “And| 79 held out his hand quite steadily. . : broken, and then she thaxked Van|"Eleanore,” he said, “I have been : S when I am serious, that {s all very ‘ he went on, ‘and send you word where ‘efid went, in-foore: ero to go back-again at once, and T T am as soon as I know" Bhe took | Actor, some of the Btnops and fre escapes of |rules to wbmerve in a street fight. He| Van Bibber told Travers about {t the|am going back, but not alone, I have rd Mia |next-man he met. By one o'clock the /against the flowers in the breast of the fi he said,|story had grown in his telling. and |long coat, A horse at a riding academy, and easily |reached Orchard Street, and when jover his shoulder; and then, turning |Van Bibber’s reputation had grown | “Eleanore,” he said. “I tried to tell. 4 Ths He had reached the door and stopped |%"@ Promptly forgot all about tt. He|Rivington Stcest was quite epty,|quickly, he brought his left first, with | tth it. You once of the one thing that would Ww portage start mpasalt te: sa EL nite inly at thi “Thaak | 2'd remember, as he was dressing for|that the man drew up uncertainty be-|alj the strength and weight of his arm| Travers found three men breskfast-'|bring me back and you stopped me. of this country—cowboys and prairies |NBcertainly at the hit sions doa, |@inner, that ‘he had an appointment |side the girl, and, bending over stared |and body back of it, against the cnd|ing together at the club, and drew ug} Will you stop me now?” ané Indian maidens and all that. And and “Oh,” he added, ; Anq after the New York managers re~ fusing it, too. They will have to take “Are You Locking For a Fight?’ He Asked * > hia hand and said, “Good-by, ana 1| Woods.” the tenements a few dwarfish spéci-| said he had forgotten the first five, but|mext morning, and Travers forgot he|boen alone too long.” He had both her it now, now that it is a London suc-/nope it will be a grand success; 1|8Nd Joyous xote in reply to this to the |mens of the Polish Jew eat equabbiing |the sixth one was to strike first. Van|was not to mention it, and told the/hands now, and was pressing them cons.” know {t will. And come back soon; |@ffect that he would be on hand, He |in their native tongue. Bibber turned his head tow and, yes, doswrite to me. I hope you|then went off with a man to try a] But it was mot until they -had/Cuyler. “You had better run,’ will have a very pleasant voyage.” “Well, it Isn't a London success yet,” he said, dryly. “The books went well over there because the kind of Westen sou say Kood-by to your |®°Mewhere, and took some consolation |up in her face, and then, walking on|of the new-comer’s‘chin. a chair, “Have you heard the jo Reh ors bs out of this fact, for he considered it ajat her side, surveyed her delibarately| Thea man threw up his arms and|Van Pibber’s got on me?” he ask decided step in advance when he could | from head to foot. For a few stepa\the | went over backwards, groping blindly |satily, by way of introduction. her face Just then, and lowere@It and remember that he had an engagement, | girl moved on apparently unmind- | with his hands. Wainwright was sitting at the next|@ently sald, “No, no” : gven if he could not recall what it was: |ful of hig near presence as thongn he; Van Bibber heard a sharp rapping |table with his back to them, He hat| They were married in May, and Lend You will find 20 many people to like, | bY.” The stern mental discipline necessary | were a stray dog running at her side; |behind him frequently repeated: he| just lett the customs officers, and his |Lowes acted as best man, and his ete- almost friends already, They were to do this latter would, be hoped, come} but when he stepped directly in front} could not turn to see what It was, for | wonder at the ,dirtiness of the streets|ter sent her warmest congratulations talking about ie even when I was| It was a nionth after this, simul-{in time. there, and I ust to shine in reflected | taneously with the announcements by glory because I knew you.” cable of the instant succeas tn Londen She tried to look-up at him? but she eo I rather hope the play will suit would not let him see the happiness in them for the same reason.” ie pleaney: “And you will go out a great deal, 1} She nodded her head and smiled and hope,” she sald. “Oh, you will have to! |sa'd, “Yes; 1 will not forget. Good- So he dined unwarily. ut)of her, she stopped and backed uway |one of the remaining men was engag-|and he'ght of the buildings had given|and a patr of silver candlesticks for home, and was, in conséquence, selzo1|from him fearfully. The man hesitated /ing him in front, and the other was|way to the pleasur upon by his father, who sent him to |for en instant, and then cameon after |kicking at his knee-cap, and striking |again, and before the knowledge that|thought were very handsome indeed. “Yes, I can fancy it." he said.“ “But |of “A Western Tayl," that Miss Cuyler| the opera, stitute for himself, | her, laughing. : at his head from behind. He was no | “olé friends are bes: ut which Miss Cuyler considered a I should like to see something of them |retired from the world she knew, and/with his mother and sisters, while he Van Bibber had been some distance /longer cool; he was grandly and| His mind. was wide awake, anjjlittle showy. Van Bibber and Travecs f F: if T have time. Lowes wants me to|@isappeared into darkest New York ; a of being home |the dinner-table, which Walnwrig! SZ SS Wont off delighted!y to his club to play jin the rear. Hei reached the curb be-j viciously excited; and, rushing past | shifting froma one pleasant thought to| Were ushers, and, indeed, it was Van by the way of Rivington Street. She 2 stay with them, and I suppose I will. whist. side them just as the gitl turned back, |his opponent, he caught him over his | another, when he heard Traver: |had discovered one morning that sho ie would feel hurt if I didn’t. He has volee | Btbber himself who closed the door of ‘Travers di@ not care for the opera.|with the man still following her, and |hip with his eft arm.across his breast, |beh!nd him raised impressively. “And |the carriage upon them as they wera most absurd idea of what I did for| Was not {ll nor run down nor over-|anq sat in the back of the box and|stepped in between them. He hadjand so tossed him, using his hip for a|they both went at Van hammer and|starting forth after the wedding. Mra, him on the ranche when he had the|taxed, but just mentally tired of all | gozeq. and wondered moodily what so|come so suddenly from out of the| lever, bday tongs,” he heard Travers say, “one in| Wainwright said something to her hus- fever that time. and ever since he went | things, and that what she needed was/ many nice men saw in his sisters to| darkness that they both startéd. Va: Seeing this, the second man, who xo |front and the other bekind. kicking | band, and he laughed and kasd, “Van, dack to enjoy his ill-gotten gains ani |change of air and environment. and/mate them want to talk to them. It|Bibber dia not-look at the man. He/far failed to find Van Bibber’s knee-jand striking all over the shop. Ani,”|Mrs. Wainwright says she's. much his title and all that, he has kept writ- | unselfish work for the good of others,/was midnight, and just as he had {turned to the girl, and raised his het/cap, backed rapidly away, with his|continued Travers, interrupting him- |obiiged.”, tumbled into bed, when the nature of | slightly, and recognized Eleanore Cuy-|hands in front of him. te his original engagement came back to | ler instantly as he did so; but as she “Here,” he cried, “lemme alone; I'm|tone of interrogation, “whi him, and his anger and disappointment | did not seem to remember him he dld|not in this.” while this wag going on? Tha Window. of the carriage. * “Wha: for, Were go intense that he kicked the {not call her by mame, but simply said,| “Oh yes, you-are”™: cried Van Bibber, | pathetic part of it—where was I7 Mrs. Wainwright—the chafing-dish? clothes over the foot of his bedstead.| with @ jerk of his head, ‘Js this man/gasping, but with fierce politeness. | voice rose to almost a shriek of disap-|Travers gave half, you inow.* . “Excuse me, but ygu are, Put up your /pointment. ‘I was sitting in a red-; And then Mrs. Wainwright wai, med to wish before |hands; I'm going to kill you." ~ | to avold a ecene. The third man, still backing awa: ENA AOD ing to me to come out, Yes, I suppose|and less thought of herself. Hor I will stay with them.” mother’s physician suggested to her, Miss Cuyler's face was still lit with |after a secret and hasty interview pleasure at his good fortune, but with Mrs. Cuyler, that change of alr smile was less spontanecus than {t had | Was good, but that the air of Rivington been. “That will be very nice. I quite) Street was not of the best; and her] 4, for Van Bibber, he knew his annoying you?” > myy you.” she said. “I suppose you | friends, both men and women, assured know about his sister?" her that they appreciated her much “The Honorable Evelyn?” he asked. |More than the people of the Hast Side |i, solitary state, and from its depths mpoke to me, that !s/placed his arms in a position of a “Xes; he used to have a photograps |Possibly could do, an@ that they were | curgiea with delight whenever the Boy |all,” she eaid. "I live only « block |fende, and Van Bibber beat them down ot her, and I saw some others the other |™much more worthy of her considera- | 4 ctor\escaped being run over b: | day in a shop-window on Broadway.” |tiqn, and in a tair way of improvement “She ts a very nice girl,” Miss Cuyles |set if she would only continue to shine | neroine from six rod-shirted cowboys. raid, thoughtfully. “I wonder how you | Upon and before them, But she was/-phe night was pleasant and filled with self suddenly with « shrill and enzious “Yes?” said Van Bibber, pleased and eager, putting his head ghrough the is ] A a Wi bed friend too well to wait for him, ani} Miss Curler occupied a box at the People's Theatr> Sil box listening to a red-silk opera |“No; not for the chafing-dish.” with a lot of girls—that’s what I was| And they drove off. laughing. doing. I wasn't fn it; I wasn't: I—” “Look at "erm," sald ‘Tra’ “Well, never mind what you were|morosely. “They don't think. the said one of the men, socth- |wheels are going around, do the “you weren't in {t, as you say. | They think !t fs just the earth revo! was tired, and he had to drop him at) Return to the Hbretto. ing with them ‘on top of !t, and no- ” sald Van Bib- | his feet. “Well” continued Travers, meekly, body else. We don't have to say two will get along?” and then she |Cetermined in her purpose, and re-jthe eofiness of early spring, and Van ber, I abgll have to follow you) As he tugne@ diezily, he heard aj “let mo see; where was I7" ‘plezse’ to no one, not much! - We can added, as if with sudden compunction, |Sarded the College Settlement as ‘the |Einber turned down the Bowery with |until you get in-doers. You needn't be|sharp answering rap down the street.; “You were in a red-silk box.” sug-|do juat what we jolly well please, ane “but Iam sure rou will like her very |One opening and refuge for tho ener- /, cigar between his teeth and no de-|alarmed, no one will speak to you.”|and saw coming toward him the burly |gested one of the men, reaching for|dino when We please and wherever much. She is very clever, besid gies which had too Iong been given to | termined purpose except the one that | Then he turned to the man, and )sald,/fgure of a policeman running heavily |the coffee. please. You say to me Travers, let's “I don't know how professional |the arrangement of paper chases/ne aid not intend to go to bed. The|in wa lower tone, “You wait here till I/and throwing his night-stick in front| “Go on, Travers,” anid the frst man.jgo to Pastor's tonight, and 1 eay, 1 beauty will wear if one sees her every ss country, and the routine of #0-/ streets were still crowded, and the|get back, will you? I want to talk toj/of him by itu leather thong, so that it|“The two men were kicking Van Bib- | won't, and you say I won't go to the Gay at breakfast,” he said. “One al- and dilettante interest in kinder. | lights showed the many types of this | you.” “ struck reverberating echoes out of the | ber.” = Casino; because I don't want to, and whys associates them with functions|sartens. She found am cruel dis-|~pnieves' Highway” with which Van The man peid no attention to him /pavement. ~ “Oh, yes," ctied Travers, ‘Well, Van|there you are, and all we have to do and varnishing Gays and lawn-parties. | appointment at first, for the women of Bibber, in his many excursions in| whatsoever, He was no far misied by| And then he enw to hin amazement |just threw the frat feliow over his jis to agree to g0 somewhere else.” Fou Will write to me, will you not?"|the College Settlement had rules @n@ | search of mila edventure, had become} Van Bibber’s appearance as to misun-|that Miss Cuyler was still with him. |head, and threw him hard. fe must| “1 wonder,” said Van Bibber, dream- he added, ; ideas of thelr own, and had seen en-|tamfitar, They were so famillar that |derstand the situation entirely. “Oh.|standing by the curb and beating tt|have broken his ribs, for the second ily, af he watehea the carriage dis. “That sounds”, she sald, “as though | thusiasts like herself come into Riving- |the unfamiliarity of the hurrying |come now." he sald, smiling kaowingly | with his heavy walking-stick as calm- fallow triea to Ket away, and pesged |appear down the avenue, “what brings you meant to be Gone Buch @ very long |ton Street before, and depart again. ngure of a girl of his own class who/nt the girl, “you can't shake.me for xo |ly as though she were pleying golf, /off, but Van wouldn't have it, ana an to the proposing point?” time.” She had thought she would nurse. the passed in front of him ¢own Grand } dud ‘ and looking keenly up and down. the/rushed him,- He got the tough’s head ‘Some other man,” said Travers, He turned ane of the ornaments on |sick and visit the prisoners on the| Street brought him, abruptly wonder. Hoe put out him hand as he spoke a8 street for possible aid. Van Btbber|under hia earm,iand pummelled it till| promptly. “Seme man he thinks has the mantel with his fingers, and io: |Island. ana bring cleaniiness and hope ling, to a halt. Ghe had passed directly |though he meant to touch her, Van/|gazea at her with breathiess admira- hig arm ached, ang then he threw him /more to do for the gir) than he Iikes.” “It depends,” he into miserable lives, but she found that | under an electric tisht, and her dress, | Bibber pulled his stick from under his | tion. a into the street, and asked !f any other! “Who,” persisted Van Bibber, inno- “it depends on eo many th ‘© work of women tried {n|anq walk, and bearing he seemed to/arm and tossed it out of his way, and| “Good henvens!” he panted, “didn't | gentleman would Ike to try his luck.” jcently, “do you think was the man in "he went on, looking at her [the service. who understood {t, and | recognize, but ax belonging to another |struak the man twice heavily in the|t azk you please to go home?” “What did the girl do?” interrupted | that case? : Goes not depend on many things; § who made her first serve her appren- | pia, ‘What a girl, well-born and well-|face. He wag very cool and deter-| .The policeman passeq them end jone of the men. “How. should I know?” exclaimea on one.” tceship by reading the German Bible | aregsed, could be doing at such an hour|mined about ft, and punished him, in|qtved uncertatnly @own a dark area-| “Ob, yes," sald Travers, hastily; | Travers, impatiently, waving away Miss Curler looked up at him ques-|to oid women whose eyes were¥dim, |in such a nelghborhood aroused his|consequence, much) more effectively |way as one departing firure disap-|*that's the best part of it; that's the fuck unprofitabue discussion with o tioningly, and then down again very |but who were as hopelessly clean and | curiosity; but it was rather with a|than if his indignation had made him | peared into the opén doorway of @|plot—the girl. Now. who do you think |sweep of his stick, and coming down quickly, and reached meaninglensly for {Quite as self-respecting in thelr way feeling of nobtesse oblige, and a hopejexcited, The man gave a how! of pain, tenement, on his way to the roof, and /the girl wast" He looked around the |to the serious affairs of fe. “What I the book beside her. © She caw somé- |25 herself. ‘2 of being of use to one of his own peo-jand stumbled backwards over one of | the legs of another dodged between the |table proudiy, with the air of a man/|want to know to what theatre we is face nnd in the rigidity of And what made it very hard wea/ple, that he crossed. to the opposite /the stoops, where he dropped moaning |line of drays. who is suro of his « x. are going—that’s whst I want to made her breathe [that wherever she went they seemed [side of the strect and followed her. {and swearing, with Dis fingers pressed | ‘“\Vhere’d them fellows go?" gaaped| “How should I know?" one man sald. | know.” 7 OQ: OS (below here; if you will pleage let mo/savagely, and caught him by the locomotive, or in turn rescued the stout |go on alone, I would be very. much | throat and pounded im until his arm inly, 0 go on. 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