The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1914, Page 8

nabaainmausae i , had refused with Tabarin By Mary Roberts Rinehart Mustrated by T. A. Johnstone Copyrighted, 1913, by the News paper Enterprise Association It was New Year's eve at the Bal Tabarin in Vienna. In the er of the long room the girl from Budapest was da ing. She was a tall girl, ithe and supple, and she danced to a clam of little bdells—belis around waist, bells concealed that tinkled as she swayed, and protested shrilly when 8 Hor son suous dancing the crow as ceased, smiling, with a flash of dark eyes white teeth, a tipsy officer | rm presented her with a glass of champagne The wild Hungarian music rlot- ed. The musictans, tz ats with swarthy fa ed fart ously. With the 1 approach of midnight a fr seized the rowd rriment of the caraival was » to something less tn. n {na loge drank from a woman's slipper Behind the bar, at the top of the steps leading from the boxes to the| main floor, an English barmaid) was sharpening a lead penct A thin young American girt tn a dancing dress stood de her leaning both elbows he bar and surveying the scer ith frank eurtosity the diamond collar ¢ the with she sa collars are taking of necklaces this winter. “rm glad you spoke of that, Tilly.” The barmaid yawned and stuck her pencil in her hatr, bave some of my stuff made over. Tilly's eyes had gone back again to the woman with the bande “1 wonder,” she reflected, “how V'd look with a black velvet collar like that and a paste buckle on It T'm so infernally thin Tilly said “infernally.” There ts strong reason to } ve that she would have sald “damnably” had tt oceurred to her. The world had not been kind to Tilly in her 19 years, and, although she was still sound and fine, there were scratch on her social veneer. Stranded tn Burope by the failure of a roving company, In which she had belonged to the chorus, Tilly loathing the means many of the girls had chosen to get back, and had drift- ed into the cabarets as the best of a bad job. | For three months now she had deen a part of the night life of the| city, a dancer at the Tabarin, a fa-| millar figure to rounders, an enig-| ma to the other girls of the caba-| ret. For Tilly showed a curious) willingness to live on her 40 kronen a week salary, a hitherto unknown tendency to mind her own business, and an aloofness that was helped by her ignorance of eat _ ee Tonight, on this Silvesterabend? Tilly's eyes, as she stared over the| revelers, were somewhat clouded. | For her contract at the Tabarin ex-| pired that night, and she had every reason to believe that {t would not be renewed. | Tilly’s innocence was not !gno-| rance. She knew why she was to be dismissed. Her graceful danc-| ing, totally lacking in fire or sen suality, made no appeal to the sati ated habitues of the Bal Tabarin; her aloofness irritated them. A man one night had held Tilly tight | and tried to kiss her, whereat Tilly | had bitten his hand until it bled. | Weininger, the proprietor, had stormed in German, and Tilly,| gathering something of his mean ing, and desperately alone, had done her best. She had shortened her shabby skirts and, even after a battle royal, consented to dance in her bare feet. The result was curious, {ncongruous—Tilly, dressed like a baccha: danced her virginal little with shamed, downcast eyes. of bacchanalla, a child yreasion on the tem-|two ways out, This was one, the passion by rote perature of the cold room, and other nthinkable. She said eee | ting up, with her ulster around her|over a mechanically, “I'll And now Tilly was at her last | Shoulders, she examined b nl dle first She even heard herself | ditch. Before long, at dawn prob: | y w covered with saying ft | ably, Weininger would dismiss her|scratches from the rose thorns of! And no, Mmping and shivering, | not pay her off, for Tilly had|the night before, and one toe had|she reached the bank of the Prater | drawn her salary ahead, being giv-| been badly cut by glass. Not only lake. en to the aforesaid riotous Iiving,| that, but a streak of red ran fror She would not look at the water. and having at Christmas, the week before, presented the children of the portier at her pension, the only Christmas they had received The barmaid was large and ver blond. Tonight, with nothing but champagne on sale, she was not bua having 07 the walters checks to look after, She pinned a looked pink rose in her bosom, Tilly with “Have you se He i not unfriend n Weintnger ing for you.” wants nt | barmaid wants. long ways from home, You can dance all right. But yon've got to put some snap into at she asked “T'm was here “you it tonight {f you want to hold your job. You dance ike a Sunday school!" She pushed Tilly toward the steps with a kindly contempt. But Tilly turned, speaking over her thin shoulder “Tell ininger, for me, to go to the devil!” she said, and ad vanced delicately on her bare toes to the top of the half dozen stairs leading down to. the floor. And Iingering there, her indifferent | eyes fell on the loge across and| met those of.one of the men. Hel was watching hk and now hel smiled, Tilly smiled back at him! with a flash of amusement in her Irish 8. , at a pretty Iittle dancer!” said the woman In the box. “She looks Irish, doesn't she? “American, I think; I'll tell you| in a moment.” The young man who had amiled at Tilly bent over and some flowers from the ma table. From acrons, T wate him sober First) he y Fed rose, smiling over t her! o ; . if a THVy rhen bh ited tot w ar and her bad foot, and . pr eyes, Denporate na phe tlon and held both her coffee yet, | folt the shaken depths tn Finally, after much searching, b hieh ough to make thet |the man's volce found a ov t, and with a trongest soul pallid, got rather onY | “lam going to take you home,” tle a t bh, extended the}! orve She put the tnwide Rl Tilly stirred at that ¢ ¢ Tilly | the stove to cook, and then she gat Home! The word brought bit smiled again, showing her #mall }terness with ft. She rked her Jarm free, “You let me go!” be cried, whrilly, “If I want to go to the devil, {t's my businens, isn't 1t? I don't want pity. I only want to be let alone. teeth, and nodded She looks Spring sald box How tioned she ts, Did ‘ou ever see such beautiful feet The younger man sald nothing, He Had Taken Perhaps a Dox but he bent forward, watching Stepped Out From the Shadow of Tilly. on Hie Arm She looks quite—n too.” The woman aga’ What a hor down, with her ulster over ft rible place for her to be! nightgown, and looked the sald The older man laughed and sig-|Pallid soul tn the face. She bad naled the waiter for more chat n a fool, and she knew it. If pagne. “One sees those things had pleased = Weininger last Burope,” he said tolerant he would have looked after abaret girls are all alike until her foot got better. clear through But some of | crowded a shoe over her ing foot, put on her ulster, gath r shabby little muff, and! are like that—little devils with the eyes of saints. at Tilly looked across again She had not a krone] Kindiiness {n the younger name, and she was a vague, | ads iat anh Gk. ad 0 but sufficient number of milee—| called the Kellner and potnted out — where in the thousands—from | ome. & broken wineglass on the dancing floor. The Kellner bowed and de parted. A little wave of warmth and well-being stole over Tilly's lonely heart. Some one was soll-} citous for her—some one who wished nothing of her, who did leer, but smiled. She went to the Prater that aft jernoon and sat on a bench watch |! the carriages go by At dusk an officer tn uniform, untering by, stopped and looked | at her, Then he said something tn |German; Tilly was glad sho did |not understand. She looked past The Cossack dancers had fin-| fshed. Thetr athletic dancing re-|bim frigidly, and he went on, ceived scant applause. The crowd, |*2rusging his shoulders. He bad Stimulated to the highest point, /O0lY asked her if she was cold, and desired an appeal to its senses, would like a cup of coffea, but Tilly | waa In arms against the world. roused with wine. Tilly padded down the steps in her bare feet and|, At ten o'clock that night Tilly stood with her arma poised, wait-|!™mped to the Bal Tabarin and ing for the musi And as she | a#ked to see the barmaid. The stood the American flung the tiny|0orkeeper would not admit her red, white and blue nosegay to|*4 Said roughly in bad English her. She nat the barmaid was not there. ste tcked it|% swooped and poked Winn, aid not believe him. Bhe With the flowers tn her hand,|#t*esered away, back to her bench | Tilly “danc danced in her thin|!" the park, and lapsed into a sort/| short skirt and her bare legs. To|f stupor from cold and discourage: | the sensuous Hungarian music| ™ent Tilly danced again the virginal lit ee ou tle dance of her early days at the It was almost midnight when a/ Bal Tabartn, looking, as she did! polloeman her and made her {t, ike cool spring come again in| move She waa acutely the midst of hot, voluptuous sum-| wretch Her foot was increas mer. ingly painful. Long before she had And when she had finished, with. unfastened the buttons, but the tor out a glance at the man tn the box,|ture of ® on toe persisted she gathe her rouge and She was not starving, but she was broken mirror from weak with hunger and numb with and disdaining We id. Still, her rmination d Tal hot give way All that was one} was her perspective; she could sec + 9% two ways out of her wretched Tilly slept late the next morn-|ness, and one was unthinkable, The ing. She crawled out into her|other—? | cold room and put « handful of| She turned toward the Prater| coal in the tlle stove, Hghting !t|Iake and made her way there slow with kindlings the size of matches|ly along a snow-covered path. Sh and a bit of paper. n she went| was shaking with fright, but her d back to bed until the fire shou ation held. There were only make an Ir the toe je up to the arch of Tilly’s She put her muff on the ground toot. Tilly looked at it in dismay. |and tried with hor atiff fingers. to Wouldn't that scald you?’ she take ont her hatpins. She was demanded, plaintty 0d. past thinking; certainly there was Por et ee eee te no reason for saving the hat. And then, suddenly, her eyes fell on the PATENT Sucriomw lake, and she broke into choking hysterical laughter This way was closed. The lake was frozen, solid. * | eee Having seen his sister and her huaband off for the opera, Sullivan had his evening free. He went to] n theatre, and found hia meager nowledge of German, complicated the atrocious Wiener dialect, tn-| quate. Had he been quite frank | with himself, he would have ac knowledged that he was only pass me until ¢ al Tabarin | 1 after the opera Boston Dentists Sullivan had thought, at frequent intervals during the day, of Tilly 1420 Becond Avenue. Reine ine gene Suara called her Tilly Ret Hoe had Opesata in Marche Beakla: ontly of her eyes, eyes The Ideal Dental Office. ani ie, i fe Rs sy Waidave vouleain that had dropped de We save you money ashe danced | We save your teeth. saan to went to the Bal Tabarin early, Instead of a loge, he near the center of the | nd wat back, smoking a cig: | Our Prices—Examination Free a table extra heavy) rette and watching the place fill| Bridgework (strictly f or ip class), per tooth $5.00 He watched with more eagerness Gold Fillings $1.00 up, than he would have cared to admit! WeieiaNaints ‘Teck fine Til With the informality of| actificial ‘Testt the world), |the cabaret, the formers lounged | ee round the doorways or mixed with ; $5 wo $15tigerona, omen or miss wi ; Apache dancers did thelr | All W A with much pulling and twist: | Pa much flying of skirta and re ealing of hi¢ lingerte and r office ck cotton stockings A colored | tle oy, fresh from Georgia, sang ra he t time to the mad enthusiasm of the jof snow, fell on the girl's fi |CUT | Sullivan looked down at her, His attll kind, but something of them; perhaps tt had gone on We had faded out wan faitu that To think,” he sald slowly, “that lant night I thought would have sworn that you And at that, without warning Tilly burat into loud, hysterten! sobbing 1 never did be fore! she = che ever! The snow was falling heavily now Out of the white wall an oc casional cab emerged to lone itself moment Laughter and muste, and the the f dancing opened an ut. In the night etty » one Is rious; each ts n his owr And no, und turbed, Sulliva Tilly ery out her tortured yc soul on bis houlder After a time she grew quieter He hardly knew what to do. He € ld take r to hie alater meant to, of cor but not at that r of the nigh He must get her where,” and told her brief little story between dry sobs He took her to a en rte h the abman, with a leer, aug The character of the place Sullivan no whit He f to see the girl cor ble. and fed, an more than a normal again He and a port 1 up the stairs, and Iaid on a bed fn a taw y little room the r brought Sy ay Sullivan, drawing tab | hor by spoonfuls |} Tilly lay back with closed the Buliding and Put a Timid Hand | and open, childish mouth. V up wan done, she looked at | Z gratefully rowd, but Tilly did not appear} didn’t know there were mer Sullivan ordered tobacco, anothe you In the worl Bhe held pint of white wine, The atmos|out her band to him, and he took phere was reeking; the incessant |{t between both of his uproar of the orchestra got on his| “I thought all men were rotters nerves, When it became clear that] sho eaid, sighing happily. “You the program had reached tte end.) you're the best man I bave ever and was about to repeat, Sullivan] known.” Sullivan fMosbed unc got up and sauntered to the bar. | fortably. He had seen Tilly talking to the} “I guess the average i* higher barma!d the night before. jthan you think,” he said “Sure But the barmald was a different | you are warm enough one, a biack-haired French girl. Sho| “Fine.” said with a shrug of her shoulders that the Fraulein was “krank,” and Was not there tonight Sho knew! nothing of Tilly, and made poor work of understanding him. In a} sort of rage and disappointment he got his hat and overcoat and left) the building He refused a cab. A fine white snow was failing in the narrow streets. At the corner, a woman was standing, head bent to the storm, looking, in the wind, like some gray night bird, waiting and ominous. With a shudder of dis }Kust Sulltran buttoned up his coat and turned to start. He had taken perhaps a dozen ops when a slim figure stepped out from the shadow of the bulld ing and put a timid hand on his arm. Sullivan stopped sharply and shook off the hand. The light from & street lamp at that moment, by some caprice of the wind, cleared | o It} was Tilly--Tilly, quivering, as white | chalk eee Sullivan face her, almost as white as she. Wh or perhaps be pn she saw hi he saw him, th | horror of what she was doing came over the girl like a cloud Mother of God!" she gasped and turning, ran, with all the spe of her cold limbs and aching 4 down the street, with Sullivan aft He overtook her in a dozen strides, caught her by the shoulder and wheeled her about to face him | Even in that Instant, his anger had turned to pity “I'm not going to hurt you child,” he wa “I am only——what are you doing out here in the storm 7” Tilly swayed, somewhat, and REA ESTATE An olf established ofties, equipped In every Gepartm: Northern Hank Building. 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OUR PRICES WILT i y OUR WORK WILL PLBASH YOU Foot feel better? t achee—eome,” she admitted. you think you'd better take off your shoe and look at it? “1 will—" she hesttated. “If you will turn your back.” Sullivan gravely went to the window and stood, his back to her, while she took off her shoe with a Saeed ete ee New Pennants BILLIE BURKE POSES ah of relief and then her stock 4 The fo wa aw on It ’ 5 al STAGE GIRL perbaps look and se Mt if tt tm - down Judietally. Ther 18 ee and poked Mghtly at — with awkward flogera ] sald gently Vell have a doctor b) \ series of Art poses to look at it In the morning 4 + ye T can't lowe it,” wintfull itt ie n't dance again, I Her chin : ally quivered. ed Re uced livan looked at her felt What If you can’t dance again?” ting 8 { met hin starve to death,” she sald ONE COUPON er her head, the ) her childish bre t ow a toen t AvO wak « he The drew clom beald the king at her, at blueveined and At The Star office, a me t the parity of hes r fh foll dest fer hin, at the swollen foot ; BALLARD— tint a 5409 Ballar Prat ve EVERETT— the Bal Ta oe ( % tiled corrid BREMERTON— = KOST BOOK STORE ad 51 cific Ave Mase’ na carried his on RENTON— the hall and wat down W. S. MILHUFF, fashion, Just outside the Comfort Station, The ‘SO 6 EAs Third and Main. UNIVERSITY DISTRICT— ENTERPRISE lc came wp the but he uhts had gone FUR- 14th. 42nd and New Branch Pennant SR rag trian Ng Office ” at was ber birthright, and then perhaps, some day to 0 to her and asi tor ber jore— Northwestern sad tay a, momeat, remonberiag Photo Supply con ta hr a Company hia hate his Sond od for-| INC. y stood looking down at him with shining When he slept Eastman Kodak Co. yes L.'s 1320 Ips to the sleeve of ull au's New York-made = dren erat Then, Len ge Rear bag g om Second Ave. back to the room, and stood lea ing against the 4oor, tremolug, with ehining eyes. | “You dear!” sh whispered to |the door panel. ‘You dear! I'm} aippy about you!” ' (THE END.) Between Union and University. For the convenience of those collecting pen- e Ned AN ANY WOMAN BE E CHAPTER XLI. Dick sald no more about my giv ing him the check, and I did not dare offer it, no | went back to my room and busted myself with get ting things ready to put in our room. But all my enthusiaam was out of tt 1 felt that | would be glad wh Dick went away. | wanted to be absolutely alone so so that | could adjust myself. ad up my mind that if to be #0 lax about «1 WOULD GO BAC I almost r Di contin money matt TO TEACHING SCHOOL, I was not sure that I bad done right to give my positt I tried to look at the his point of view, b fee no reason in matter If I give him ALL that money It will only mean that we will be bar rnased with debt to end of our days, and I am determined NOT t do it, even {f this ta the rock ¢ which all our happiness ts wreck | would rather it would be over at once with a great big wrench than a constant worry and annoyance. | cannot live as does his mother. Our finances must at least be put on a working basis, or even our love, as well as our credit, will dle. I know that Dick thinks Tam an obstinate woman, and this morning I caught a gleam tn his eye that was almost hate! I have been learning much every day I have never known any other man famiHarly except Dick. Father died when I was auch a little girl and a school teacher is not apt to meet many men unless she thinks more of society than her work I thought T was in love two or three times, and more times some callow youth has thought he was in love with me, but when Dick came Into my Ife I knew that he was the only man I had ever really loved STRANGE THAT A MAN CAN LOVE A WOMAN DEVOTEDLY AND YET NOT CARE PARTIC LARLY TO BE FRIENDS OR COM RADES WITH HER Before my marriage | thought friendship went with love, but | am aimost sure that when a man wants a comrade he goes to his own sex The feminine Ideal he has enshrined in his heart ie a sensuous instead of a s@nsible woman. | wonder if a woman can be both? CAN ANY ONE WOMAN BE IN ALL TO HER HUSBAND? A man gives his wife the admira ALL tion of the Jover, but withholds the much more subtle compliment—the rexard of a friend IVES her what asks TT rel OF HER PREROGATIVE OF SEX, but refrains from xlv her anything, even respect, because her brain capacity and capability d serve it | love Dick to distraction, The mere touch of his hand on my shoulder thrills me Inexpressibly. | would be perfectly unhappy if ts were not his wif®, but already | can onfessions of a Wife nants The Star has opened a branch pen- nant office on Second Ave., where pennants may be procured by presenting a coupon from the front page of The Star and twenty cents—the same as at The Star office. VERYTHING [eee that there must be much “give and take” before we settle down to any real happiness. I sometimes distrust myself. Am I asking too much? | God grant that Dick and I will soon become pals, as well as lovers. 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