The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 15, 1920, Page 7

BY VARICK VANARDY Copyright, 1919, by The Macauly Co, CHAPTER 1 had turned about, and had passed The Girl at the Window | beyond her view to reappear a mo- A young woman, temporarily | ment later, followed by a man whose housed at one of the leading hotels,| huge tho somewhat stooped frame being sleoploss, got out of bed and/and grotesquely repulsive face had Went to the window, where she| graven its image upon her memory pulled tho curtains aside and lifted | The shade had been instahtly drawn the shade Jarter that The time was a trifle past 3 in) Put for that disty ‘0! at disturbing incident the morning. The artery of the city| sho might have slept soundly Mpon which she looked down was! it was, at a few minutes past $ # More nearly deserted than she would | was again at her window, gazing at Rave supposed it ever could be, day|the unlighted window where, three or night. ours earlier, a man who, she had Miss Denningham had never seen | decided, could not possibly New York until a quarter hour be- person she had tmagined he resem fore 11 that night, when, with her) pied, had so startled her. Parents and her brother, she got out} my of the Pullman at the railway sta,| While she stood there she became Hon. j conscious of two ciroumstances emobile bf the lime B After she had prepared herself for|, 4% autemot f the limousine } type stopped before the entrance to bed, and snapped off the lights, she the building opposite, and when her had gone to the window and lifted! superactive mind instantly associat the shade. At that time, directly} nar 1 h th hmnenh ite, she had seen s window |*? ## arrival with the apartmen oo. Teas Geaeiniliee wil the | inte which she had looked, at mid de had not heen drawn Se fmt |DIRNt and she lifted her gaze quick ong Ot en arawn. She hadliy to the window that had been Been & man whom, with a gasp Of/ dark only a moment. before, sSossternation, she thought she rec-/caught her breath sharply, A The man had approached the win.|DAfTOW thread of ight showed be ‘ }neath the shade, or shades; for she swiftly, as if to draw the shade. | remembered that the shade that had He had carried a cane and gloves | 4 tdnieht Tie one hand ne if he had fine cen | been drawn down at midnight was na | white, altho opaque, while at 3 in fered the room. lthe morning the opaqueness was ve Rad litted an arm es if to Grew! piece, for that slender thread | the shade, but had been interrupted, | PCM. nave bl of light at the bottom of the win am iow She looked again at the automo: |bile, She saw a man in the act of crossing the sidewalk from the car to the entrance to the building. He carried something in his arms; something which she could not sce clearly, but which, because of the man's method of carrying it, she as Of the Provinces of BRITISH COLUMBIA SASKATCHEWAN ALBERTA Payable in U. S. Funds ESTABLISHED 1902 | OHNE-PRICE &(O comment BONDS muncirac SECOND AVE. COR.COLUMBIA. SEATTLE CUT DOWN oMJB| “The Quality Coffee of America” It Goes Farther EVERY CAN GUARANTEED be the} she} Back at Met k | soon fa w bly @ woman. n and his burden disap: ‘© the building; but not be-|4 e Was convinced that he wa me repulsive individual that} it sho had seen thru the lighted win \@ dow of the room opposite at mid-| th night Cora Denningham lingered at heels window after that Presently tw men issued from the opposite build: | t ing anc car Concerning them she was itive of only one thing, which was | w that the burly, ugly visaged person | [of her midnight discovery did not in any manner suggest the identity of the man who had drawn the win | dow.shade. | The car started fr up the avenue hi and disappeared. Once more in her | 4 fhe begun to wonder if, by any |) possibility, the man of the bachelor apartment could have been a certain’ |young man, Graeme Sutherland by| name, whom she did not know, whom she had never seon, but Whose photograph was, even then, in her unpacked handbag. CHAPTER 11 When the Mystery Began | Birge Moreau, portrait artist by ayocation, social idol whenever he chose to be present at a function, dubbed, fucetiously, “the man of} mystery,” by his acquaintances, be: cause he was given to mystertous absences of days or weeks at a tme—was at work at his easel when his valet, Feltner, came into the studio. “Well, Feltner™ “A young lady to see you, Moreau. She asked me to say t she brings a letter of introduction from a Mme. Duclere of San Fran ciseo."* Moreau sighed. He had looked forward to an uninterrupted after. | noon at his easel “Vory well,” he said. | here, ner jaelf to one sends to me.” When Feltner brought her tn he stepped quickly forward in formal greeting, for she at once quickened| his artistic appreciation of the beau-/ tiful. “I am Miss Denningham,” she) sald, before he could «peak: “Cora Denningham. 1 have a note to you| from Mme. Duclere, whose daughter is my friend, Will yéu forgive me | for interrupting you at your work? |i wished. very much, to see you | without delay.” “There are interruptions—and tn- terruptions, Mins Denningham Moreau replied, |“Any one sent to me by Mme. Du-} jclerc may be sure of @ cordial recep | Mon. ‘3 } She gave him the envelope and jweated herself while h “Bring her| I may not deny my- whom Mme. Duelere well as you nin in her own way, know that advisere—and also because I bell case to be the @ jon that prov rule, | Moreau returned the note to its envelope with a perplexed smile in his eyes. “This is rather a large order, isn’t | it, Miss Denningham? I assume that you are aware of the contents | of this letter?’ | | Cora nodded. “Mr, Moreau,” she! began, “I have been brought to New York by my father, very much | against my will. My mother and my brother, Hugh, who is two years younger than J, came with us. 1} | was in despair when I was told of| the journey and its purport, and in my misery I consulted Mme, Du-| clerc. She ad@sed me to consult} you as soon aa I arrived. We got! in last night at 11, and—here I am “I will be glad, Mixes Denningham, to befriend you in any way that is| consistent,” the artist rep 4. “but the most stupid blunder any man could commit would be interference | with a parent's authority.” | “I know,” Cora replied, “I antici. | pated that response. But—you will jot me tell you my story, won't you?" | “Yes, if you insist; and—since my| good friend Mme. Duclere has re quested it." “Thank you. I was brought hebe| to be married to a°man I have never | seen—who does not want me for wife—whom I do not want for hus- |band, I have written one letter to |him, and he has replied to it. ‘That jis the extent of our acquaintance. |mave that he inclosed his photograph with his short letter to me. Per. haps I ought to tell you—but, no; it would be absurd.” “Miss Denningham, if you tell me Poem at all, you should tell me everything.” “What I was about to say really has nothing whatever to do with my ory, Mr. Moreau. 1 referred to an incident that happened last night. When I had prepared for bed and turned off the lights, I stood at my window. A light appeared in two windows that are directly oppo- site mine, and at the same level, At one of them the shade had not been drawn, and, I looked, a gentle man in evening dress came into view and seemed to be about to draw down the shade when, as if there was an interruption, he turned disappeared, then reappeared, fol- lowed by another man, and at once drew down the shade. The reason why I have mentioned it, or thought of it again, is—"* (Continued Tomorrow) 18 Lives Saved by City Firemen ‘Two cats were saved by city fire- men when they extingulshed a $7,000 fire at 1208 Post st. Monday morn. ing. Fire alarm was turned in at 4:55. ‘The blaze damaged Standard Manu facturing company, Lynch Bros., Ko. terman ‘Transfer company, Model Steam laundry and Victoria hotel, Every time a*man calls his wife an angel she thinks he is hatching some seheme to avoid buying her a new gown, sumed to be another man—or posnt- | Beds,” 0) in the subject of the play. amusing fard@ it | Sunday were may of the twin beds: indicating a chair. | ff] Demure nown Josephine Saxe, well to Seattle theatre-goers, | 4 & personal triumph in ‘Twin | Margaret Mayo's uproarious arce comedy, which opened for a eok's run at the Metropolitan Bun-| ay night That “Twin Reds” has lost none of | 4 laughter-provoking qualities was nonstrated by the enjoyment of 1 larke audience that packed the Metropolitan. Life in a crowded apartment hore | Much of or is derived from the wkttful | sed the sidewalk to the portrayal of the varioum types which | hich are recognized by every one. “Twin Bede” is more than an a screamingly ome the spectators! y who had seen the omedy at least once before, and who ad returnell to enjoy the ludicrous tuations and tho fast, clean farcical y.one, An ines of the clever play | The capable cast includes Kathlyn who impersonates Signora/ wife of the temperamental | m the floor above; August Ara-| as the tenor whose unconven ! visit to @ friend's flat almost its sequel jn the sale of one Hugh O'Connell, | ACH succeeding sea- son adds more to the prestige of wool jersey—the soft, knit- like woolen that takes so kindly to constant wear. The new Jersey Suits are conservatively fash- ioned in belted, patch- pocketed effects— One Style as Pictured in gray jersey, with bluebird-blue collar and pocket flaps. The skirt has patch pockets, also. To be had, also, in brown with beaver trimming, and navy with light-gray. Priced at $25.00. plait at back of jacket, brown. In Satin Is Featured Good HE soft folds of this particularly effective other draped effects, These colorings: blue. Thirty-six inches Attractively priced for t yard. | aughing ing waistline effect to back. mon, Gray and Brown, also handsome heather mix- tures glinting with blue and green or gold and Bess Stafford, Susie Scott and How. ard Fay. MOORE The Four Marx Brothers, heat. lining the new Orpheum bill at the | Moore theatre this week, furnish a brand of comedy that keeps, patrons Art Marx, besides being able to play a harp, is considerable be a comedian, Pen K. Benny uses a violin to ad- | vantage in putting over his mono logue. His “line” is new and his playing good. with the headliner for applause Sun. day. The Alexander Kids are in Seattle again with much the same sort of an act as they have had in the past, but with new costumes, while antl exint In every apartment house and| Lynn and Howland resort to the pre historic race track 48 a subject for thelr witticiams, Lucas and Ines wear yellow tights | and are acrobats, while O'Donnel and Blair, appearing in “The Piano Tuner,” sucesed in convulsing the audience with Lucas’ tumbling Dan Mahoney and George Auburn open the bill with a juggling act. eee LEVY'S ORPHEUM “Wanted—A Baby,” the offering of the Levy's Musical Comedy company, at Levy's Orpheum this week, is full of fun, catchy airs, pretty girls and surprises galore A cute little bull pup and a baby He shared honors | SOMETHING DOING NEWS AND REVIEWS \“Twin Beds” Is cause Lew White, Abt grief, and nearly drive Ove | (Ole) craay, Mr. Levy has to over because of a walkout of the or- Jchewtra — this was Sunay, when Dick Ralph Birkenoff leader, got into with the result that for a long time the orchestra left the pit—long enough for Lew White, Osear Gerard Dick Hyland, Evelyn Grafton, Kobert Lorenzo and Kirt Hunt to step into the vacant place and finish , the | strains for the remainder of the num: | |ber, Of course, it's all in the play, but so real that the audiences were | | guessing hard until the orchestra re turned. nothing worry demonstrated and entra | wquabble Hyland the a oret | Bess Hill scored in her number with the girls, while Pauline arthur | offered a fast and catchy Irish mel Robert Lorenzo delighted with in which a tableau effect gave a novelty alr to the num: | ber. Blanche Hall sang “Shadows” | and Flossie Sturgis appeared with | the girls in “Sweet Kisses.” see | PALACE HIP | A lively musical comedy in tablo! |form ‘is the feature of the new bill, which opened at the’ Palace Hip yen: | terday, “Go A-Henad” being the title given to that mixture of songs, dances and fun, ‘The comedy cen-| ters around the somewhat buco’ ard | a good while Bees Hill and Floy|tractive prima donna. 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