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Oepyright 160, The Bobbe Merril: Compaoy CHAPTER VI J world, I uld ve it very A woman's counsel brought us| SI ked at ft ; first to woe.—Oryden. Ip b a ey th 1! BOUDOIR OF THE BARONESS n Wa ald v have cx i ; all ite ¢ { be flood of light t Ne he said, “I wo be I looked a live atifie the exc ation of tor on, with ‘ ” ed capitol, its plece- | thing meal es of mixed residences, | journey with boarding houses, hotels, restaurants |my chief. You and hove I fancied stern Andrew {I am his w Jackson or plain John Calhoun|me, quite at your service in y here! way you may suggest. Let us be The el eovered to be|frank. If you are agent, so 1 exquisite in det f rosewood and | See; I have t : mahogany Dare you not co ings and Come; ft is an adven mn of the empl and there|tall, thin old man ‘ florid ornam. wt jiowing that/ gown and a red woolen nightcap ot the court of the cartier Louls./So you will find my chief; and Ir Fanciful little ch = with « ed | apartine . ww differ scrolls stood about. Here and there | th & divan and couch showed elad-| took up the orate care and comfor Beyond | br 6 seal. “Bo a Ince screened gril! I saw an al-jcall him, aske me with » recisely. ¢ ofat cove-—doubtiess cut through the | at midnight original partition wall between two} ’ of these hamble houses—and with in this stood a high tester bed, it« heavy mahogany posts beaut!f carved, the * with foundations of I k of down and spread m verlid of amber satin whose edges fringed out almost t the floor. other extrem! streened off as tn a distinct apa sets anide ment, there stood a smaller « &@ Napoleon bed, with carved en © only 4 smiled furnished more simply, but with 2 1 felt that purp! 4 am equal richness heb antes, Chie « a at bar ae One resented the liberties Eng-|sonality, of her senses, creeping land took in e het of menage and arrogantly tablishing this man-| around me again as she leaned for in“our simple city,|ward finally, her parted red-bowed taking for granted |lips disclosing her delicate white our ignorance regarding it, but|teeth. I saw the little heave of her mome the less one was forced to/| bosom, whether In laughter or emo commend the thoroughness shown. | tion I could not tell. I was young My first impression was that of|Resenting the pell which I felt | surprise; my second, as I have sald, }coming upon me, all I could do was & feeling of resentment at the pre-|to reiterate my demand for haste sumption which installed all this in| She was not .n the least impressed our capita! of Washington. |by this. 1 presume my thought may have | Come!” she sald. been reflected in some manner in| with these Americans. my face. I heard a gentle laugh, | not displeased with this little ad and turned about. She sat there in | venture.” & great carved chair, smiling. her; 1 rose up impatiently, and walked white arms stretched out on the|apart in the room. You can not ratis, the fingers just gently curv.) evade me, Madam, so eastly as you “Lam pleased Yea, | am tng. |did'the Mexican gentleman who fo}-| She had thrown back over the|lowed you. You have him in th: rail of the chair the rich cloak|net also? Is net the net full which covered her in the carriage, jenough?” and sat now in the full light, in} Never!” she sald, her head | the splendor of satin and lace and | swaying aia from side to side, Gers, her arms bare, her throat|her face inscrutable. “Am I not al and shoulders white and bare, her woman? Ah, am I not? figure recoguized graciously by | “Madam,” said 1, whirling upon! every line of a superb gowning| her, “let me, at least, alone. [ am such as we had not yet learned on | too small game for you. [ am but a this side of the sea. measenger, Time passes. Let us She did not speak at first, but sat jarrive at our bust &nd smiled, studying, 1 presume, to} “What would you do if I refused find what staff | was made of. to go with you?” she asked. in “Be seated, pray,” she said at| smiling at me. But I saw that hb Yast. “Let us talk over this mat-| attitude toward me held no more ter. than that of a bird of prey and Obedient to her gestare, 1} some little creature well within {ts} dropped into a chair opposite her,| power. It made me angry to be so she herself not varying her posture, | rated | and still regarding me with laugh th her half-closed eyes. thang do you think of my little the | I should do? 1 sball tell} will do if you} ma agk me wha I retorted savagely lyou first what 1 asked, finally continue your refusal. 1 will take coats will be placed on sale tomorrow at half pr Blacks, browns, | 98 ings, madam,” said 1,| you with me, and #0 keep my agree-| | grays, greens, rede, navy blues, also stripes and checks; all sizes | Cc sternly. “If it belonged to a man,|ment with my chief. Keep away 10 a 12 ra r mes. samt seen ne and to @ minister plenipotentiary, {| from the bell rope! Remain sile eat | $ an Ss at rice weinestet ada should not approve it. If it be|Do not move! You should go if I} . doused to lady of means and | bad \o carry you there i fack—|ff Closing out the balance of our Cape stack a Regular $10.00 Raincoats at teste seee es SAS Pengo e« -vsthing ¢ sii . ” ° deloth and Kersey Capes > 0 to $15 “APE esi" 7 e desire to see the lands of this little because that ts my errand Sr Ey Shoutr asada y death a6 teak eos Gon pa 9 Reg ular $12.50 to $15.00 Raincoats at evevees $7.98 Full length Fleeced Flannelet Ii ish Military Capes e } ar $17.50 to $25.00 Raincoats at ,.......... $9.98 erns; all sizes \ : ; Lower Floor | Ribbons Knitted Waists | Mufflers Sweater Sale . Child's Knitted Waists, ali sizes | ait since one-half regular price Five thousand yards of Silk and | (tee ee ee crepe ana | Shoo White Checked Dimity — Also / Satin Ribbon, all plain,cojpra, | 7° ~ ‘edie gg snare or Muffler $f 50 Big Aevestiaems crossbarred styles; 18¢ value, | many patterns of Dresdéh, fino | bone b 10¢ mong ey Lad Ww Sweat i ay checks alue to 2 a 2 ie. 5¢ ay, whi « Sa Special price, per 13 } ae k - , og Heavy Jean Walsts, sizes 2 to U4 Mi $1 2515 , St. 25 a wi be Ae aati Asiyg 19¢c for boys and girls Ladies’ $4.50 AM-W Bedspreads w Be rig Saturday Muffler $1 00 Coats, perfect semb-f dancy full sf Sad ; cai | AIL-Stlk Ribbon, all plain cok very specia! Cc 40 weay i ila “33 39 ze for double be re Py tee gery egg ol | weave, all popula LT . price 2 : turd Muffte: Sale price « : i ost 46 ‘$I. 37 | are 8 yard, Saturday BIG CUT ON ROOMsSize RUGS | MUM Pa : c Ladies’ Wool Swes ene | Ten thousand yards of SATURDAY pine went 8 eens a1 arm ar Blanketo—Gray Hi full 11-4 m 1 inch wide, every ce mattis pa 1 . | Sreriock these bargsina 12 : $1.98 a 6 to Te Saturday issols Rugs 9x ( ® Pho t na spec Pong ieonias & ona Saturday ors, We c W Sw r Coats, india Linon—20¢ White India h Ribbon on 1 69c GOZO See ins ss . : 13¢ pink and wi $17.50 B Is Rugs 9x OF ae ld Bale price else " wi ; 02 eit eva Mace a @ greater variety +The 1 m Shoulder Brace 3 pe price, ya c on ” ‘ $12.25 Pt . 14 aqita the houlde expands Percaics = aD van “ set i M . mprnaet B Clin ! ac , not put ander hese are f end SUNDRIES Out Saturday “$i, 75 396 | washavio Ladies $2.00 fe @ yard; 3 wiés Lenox iwodr ap; 4 1 ne ' Special pric 12¢ | tic ps or els Rug 9,25 R. & G. CORSETS $ 1 Oxford i ap | Cut Saturday be 0 $ aaa Dress Goode—Henriotta in three | Japanned ts 16 | $ The b and $1.50 Cx 3 49 wid Ge v alae ape 11 1 Special 2c pe ) Brussels i VO we price : th & B “ee Sit . oeine. yard 2C Rousd Steel Stove Poke pr ae irda $ é ws -* Cor ok “ ith ut Oc |: med < k ‘ . Dress Ginghams — Drone | nickel plated, with Alaska’ Ras | | var The Public Market |f%="°"" % is be ae | ; Prisco Tubular Lanterns, Now 0 : { ize, made from best quality 1X Y . 43 Hie | tin; has all-brass burner and pat § B@c Bat j oce y White Fiber Vegetable Brushe ¢ nd fons Grey surg) Mary * Bien He uncy Embroidery Hand. | With solld beechwood back 36 4 ore $1.48 1501 Pike Place, on the Cornet chief fozens of patterns, | Worth So, Spe ‘ Meu'n Gomduroy Panta send om ) henistitched edges; | Rosedale riting ‘Tablet, good heavy be uring gar very awell stock; values quality ruled paper, siz ment on th rarket THE STAR—FRIDAY, JANUARY ?, 1010 HOES: Only onermg 1 8 Kinds Here Furs and Mu $4, $5 and $6 Values MEN'S SHOES French Lynx Oh, ‘Histon at him threaten!” she] one of logs, and make you a most! you things you"have never known, | der the fringe of the sptin counter-| hed still, “And ho despises my|execéliont couch of Me husks of| give you an interest in living which | pane I round a box of boots, slip Ag little cast i} in the le ' You should cook at my fire | perhaps you have not felt, If I am | pers, all manner of foc twoar daint where half the time I am) place, and for me! noi mistaken, you will find much | ly and neatly arranged. Taking out eur were in my pla Pray be seated she id.| master, I speak not to the agent of | Out and knelt before her were Mon pine ; But, “you tr at me Sagias 4, but to the Indy Helena i ‘pes oy ns ; sald fv eyon) bond you in the first hour w Must I do some of these things He ia old he on Ho [ice 16 Ret Nurope. Our ne , € “tineg f u Into obedience--oarry you | ts ¥ old. Min face ia thin and ei z Pi ry and mnust mend nt ’ t th tiawa a am , ui | bloodless and fleshlews, He ts old yy Bai ned r Py ou ! Madar Macontinue | not wait Madame,” | said, “hia mind iene + pong Rao. green Minin. Th 7 mh r f my boyhood at stending be ung, bie p we young, his am webbie dB ates lll reader ‘ “org at I nak | raw se omy Mrs omy oneBhage 4) 8 young: and bis country Is she half protruded the foot whieh | sight : pr nt sha It Town) tion. “tam alone #0 mucho) She made no answer, but wat | [opuler, whowe nature I did not |alt f Naunet t diy pl and # t, | would] bored!” she went on And Sir! musing, drumming lightly on the | Pe" | t it into’the aide pocket of|° mee . Pap aha , ue ar dowr plet from these) Richard Pakenham is #o very, very|chalr arm, | was reaching for her “eens. ger A oe ers pt My . 7 4, . every wilkon cover from you-| fat, Ah, God! You can not guess|cloak. Then at once I caught a nS dhathtia’ naanibbe od ot nrediyare ga’ Madr case is 6 cure @ puches! I would rip out these | how fat he is. But you, you are not | glimpse of her stockinged foot, the that what you speak with my POORS SONS et . “ be walle and put back the ones that) tat” She looked me over critically, |toe of which slightly protruded from ter stall be the truth, ¢ pues ie sande ie ; were here! A house of loas|to my great uneasines ooneath her ball gown. She saw irath. and nothing but the truth pr ie. AB vt — ie aeke - en com tien — ; — All the more reason for doing as | th? s@lanee and laughed There was a curious deeper réd|ieariburn, a foe ling like a p of during 1 ‘you Seite. Fame Bacn «5 javeee Gee suggested, Madam; for Mr Poor feet,” she sald, “Ab, mens her cheek, 1 saw her bosom |), in the stomach, Belching of| misery « our tea Geach of atk ant laen.. No nemenaariee n is not even so fat as lam. pauvres pieds la! You would Hke the faster rhythm and ations of undigested | at ' | valuable you should know until I wan willing. | PM! little interview with my chief, to see them bruised by the hard) “Quite agreed!” she answered water bra uses: Head-| thing have ff Any man who followed you should | | 400¥t not, will prove of Interest. going in some heathen country?| Lut she motioned me away, taking Biliousness and many other | house meet ane Indeed"—-I went on seriously and | See, you have no carriage, and mine the stout boot in her own hand and - - . ae ; . % intently-—-"I venture to say this is gone, I have not even a pair of|turning aside as she fastened it . 3 mee Excellent! What then much without presuming on my sta: shoes. Go look under the bed be- She looked over her shoulder at me Business Bringers. Star classified ads, Then, Madame the Baroness, I tion: the talk which you will have | yond now and again while thus engaged: would in turn butld you # palace, with my chief tonight will show! 1 obeyed her gladly enough. Un (Te Be Continued.) sell real estate, etc. | SATURDAY SALES | OFFER EXTREME VALUE YOU ARE STRONGLY URGED TO BUY ‘ALL SEASONABLE GOODS WITHOUT MORE DELAY—LONDON HAS THE GOODS ffs GLOVES : " , French Squirrel, | Ladies’ Line Cashmere This is where London pute his best foot forward. Best-known | Op m and Cor ece Fancy Golf at | # i Misses’ Go es Men's Heavy Black or Tan Blu Still Finer Grade Calfekin U8 of furs ever held ir tle ere eo, Satu Ae 8 hot . Cut Storm Shoes $1 98 value; for wtreet wear 4:49 areal sisds’ end. shenes of N panty oo eee Not $3.00, but . Spectal ince Rian, ste . Men's Fine Dross Shoes, the mar | W a's Finest Dress Shoes, | oo. BD yonand ia Ladion’ Silk-Lined Cashmerette vel of the New Yoar when hides | SmartLooking Shoes that tt and | 'C (08 throws and scarfs sixty in soves, alse Al Wool. Goll < are higher than since the war wear, These are the celebrated | CS ong. Every piece lined with be all plain and many fancy colors; But London, he knowe—b Hamtitos-Brown Shore: ‘Cuban | Skinner satin . A 45c rg i " ~e ¥ ar hececunsads Geena Sunil Special $1.49 poe Fa mer ry) 49 ALL OTHER FURS. REDUCED 4 Ladies’ 2-Clasp Kid Gloves in Men's Patent Leather $2 98 beauties ‘ IN PROPORTION black, tan, brown, beaver and Shoes, Only . ’ —| mode; all sizes; worth Hamat . | $1.25. Saturday, a pair c amilton rown's American Gen Ten thousand pairs of Fise, | tleman—best Shoe in the world | right, New Rubbers, Notice our | r q r & Dent's 2-Clasp Glace Kid Gloves | for the money; all leathers and | prices for indies, in colors, every | atl the good models. The equal of Men's Rubbers | | size; reguar $1.76 value. aay 44.00 shoo known to G8 AQ | pair 8 .. $86 $5 and $10 Values Saturday, a pair $1.22 | man, and only Boys’ Rubbers. A , ; now : c Pure All-Wool Panama and Voile Dent's Heavy Cape Gloves, pique | HIGH CUTS al toes j | seam, well made, ali siz Extra eo ‘omen's Rubbers. A Skirts, in black, navy blue and | special, a away on fancy priced higheut | Girls Rubbers A 39 brown. Dozens of the new pleated | Pat ' | ic on G e a e4 - “et; save at least a $2 bill patr c and plain gored models; all sizes Men's oy rs. of strong leather, ‘or London's GIRLS’ SHOES well made, all sizes inst $4.49 WOMEN’S FINE SHOES AT CUT PRICES Women’s Fine Kid Juliete or Elastic Side House Shoes, elther only, a pair leather or rubber heels. Don't pay $1.60 when London 98 only aske, a pair c Women's Fine Dress 1 63 Kid Only ’ Women's Heavy Calf Shoes There are no hidden secrets about these Shoes or any of our shoes, for that matter; all solid leathe inside and out; soft as a glove and {nll of $1 69 ‘ we Other Calf Shoes r women Fine Gun Meta) Calf. 1 Only * eereces ‘ : ne cheapest Girls’ Good Kangaroo Caif Bluch skirt in this lot is bam oe 15¢ clal Saturday, @ pair Le : “4 value at $5.00. Several of then orth Men's Kid ves, many shades, Nena $1.49 $7.50 to $10.00. All at one price on all sizes; regular $1.75 $1 10 All sizes to large 2% Saturday value. A pair . Girl’ $2.00 Sample Shoes, sizes | Dent's Men's Gioves, of kid, also 10 and 10% only C Cape as well as a » line of Special 98 G S { f English Doe Gloves in castors and Girls’ Pinest Vict Bi cher Weit reat Sale o gray; worth $2.50. Sat $1 49 Style Shoes, a urday, a pair with all the fit services of $2 re ror 5 and London's special prices, aecord ing to sine, $1.89 1 69 Boys’ Wide Tread, Thick Sole Blucher Cut, Heavy Satin Caif | Shoes Special January prices,” a a according to sizes. | 34.08. A pair, it c $1.49, $1.29 and Cork Insoles urday, only Our stock of Ru hundred of the ybertzed Silk est Rais very styles in RAINCOATS. | Our New Price Style |} prettier than any waists we have ¢ ne ste are an 1 be q coats, consisting of over two | && waists are and will be $1.50, limited quantity of them tomorrow Guaranteed Waterproof Rain New Laie Waists, 98c Worth $1.50 to $2.00 White Lawn Waists for 1910 are here $1 and $1.25 Long Kimonos, 5 wing “prices Satarday wale: HAND BAGS Bage in sev with good 9c. Your 1 shapes , dles; values to choice, Saturday S#c Ladies’ Hand E shapes and styles peckets, In black; value to 4! $8e. Saturday 3 ‘: ij Ladies’ Leather Hand ¥ 88, lei er lined, coin purse inside lar price $1.49. To clear, NECKWEAR Laties’ Fancy Neckwear, styles, beautifully made, all eal ors; some are slightly mu value to 69c. To clear, Saturday ..... Ladies’ Paney Jara in all sizes; 0 2, Embroidery 6 regular 26¢ ve. Saturday, extra SPOCAd occ secsccscccces * BCARFS Ladies’ Fancy Elco Silk with fancy borders, nearly color, 2 yards long, nicely stitched; regular price 1 $2.98. Saturday, to clear. $ ' One-fourth off all the Sf we have left over from Chi There are only a few of lines Extra special, day ONE-FOURTH @ and they re _shown our regular prices @ » and $2.00, We will offers i - te Kimonos, in several pretty Hosiery Specia Ladies’ Cotton Hose, plain | or white Children's Cashmer Stoekt small sizes only; black, white colors, A pair 4 n| 10¢ vairs Ladies’ 50¢ In od Black @ ton Hose tk embrotdent] ankles, dif signa, nk or blue. A Ladies’ Fi d Underwear; regular 25¢ 1; natural gr fleeced Vests and Pants Saturday ’ Men $1.25 Union 6 Suits onl La Part Woot Ribbed'® 3 t wn fromt, 1] $1.25 Fleeced Unic 8s Suits Ladie C 1 h Union $1.60 We I for attends we Sead .e Be Sehoo Becta) fal ” ft 0