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‘SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTR! woman in black with heart-shaped opt geatted, the death of mother, Lady Cope. All the Ce Bir Roger Cope, Shet from sutetde in the he Jealoury of rich and deatiful Lady Arrived at a houre tnt millar to Sheila. loses her identity CHAPTER XIX. The Doorway wi FELT more than self in a dream, as I prep of my long halr with my own tacked brush. How had the peopl only to collect all my here managed not belongings. from eot, but to retrieve the stolen Jewels und the dresses [ had gold? everything. but my Jout for rest. weary body cried and after a deliclous bath in the bathroom adjoining my new bed- T had no sooner laid my head On the pillow than [ seemed to b Heleitini-iciinkebivebitigitticiticrii PEC HAP E PEE EER h EPR bbiiibitebib bbb ri biebitetet down steep, grassy I had had many things to think of that was past, but dreamed of John Bourke, and dreamed Ringwood in the picture my mind painted; only John Bourke In the vision I sat in the Ladies’ Gal- Ustening to a speech made by John there was a loud nolse—some one had thrown a dynamite A cloud rose } xcltement « man found rorwed me __ For a moment the scene of my dream was still real Cor me. I was in the dark, ‘d the groans which had made hor-or of the vision, Into blackness and sobbing, I that I was In But as I lay, that I had just a 3 Then 1;emembered where I was—in th with thy heart-shaped scar had brought Hat 1 dreamed the groaning, too? No, it as reat, Twice, thrice I had heard the groans since { had been sure that | was awake; _ and Ach time It seemed that the sound wa-emore distinct. strokes of a hammer and the blood pounded ‘In my ears, Was I mistaken? Did it really come more clearly? Would I hear it again? I walted und did not breathe. Suddenly the sound thrilled out once TE had not been mistaken; rased in distinctness because {t wan Some one was groaning juat outside my door, 1 was sick with horror and nameless 1 sat rigid and cold as tce. A door opened and whut in the dis- ‘tance. Mufled fvotsteps came hurry Something brushed sxainat the ha Pa something fell win a Bort Bud iaeae, abot nes Ct ero Wery walaperings, ho Plunge ugainat my inal vapran out of bed. thew lah ee suaddenly stillness fell. sound, 1 walted:again, my heart ticking the A jong’ time—or. to me a long tine—passed, and nothing more happened, eat heey ene “whatever it was—is I pe ise as the ‘Roper gihoughe formed in was cried Die Erm) yntrude!"” onc: syllable ‘jad What seemed "Brmyntrude: een completed for @ door sla! ud | door, That shut oon. the voice was'the hist: sound that night. By. contrast, the silence of the house and I slept no more yi gawe turned the seemed deathly, nul the faints ‘awoke Be opened. awoke, mine might close. ian’ ids drop wearily, hardly exe ni the room to eyes : THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, ‘SEPTEMBER 2 =| STODDART AND WARFIELD IN CHARACTER STUDIES. BP BY MRS: C:N- WILLIAMSON - (Copyrighted by the National Press Agency.) PIOGRPEDAPE-DDIDLOLIOS HE Rerve atill tingling trom my experience Are you anxious to hear the news [ of the night, for an Instant only. I] pre ed you Feallzed thai ‘the morning must be far if { say 1 am anxious you will prob- the « joor an unlo it, peeping oul. Kige ome, mr d vou There stood the woman who called Indy. The news fs this: that the em- Le! woman in black,"| Power behind the throne’ of whom I but, seen by, morning I have spoke--in ready to see you If you bonnet and vell, neatly dressed for the |Are willing to be seen. house, with « plain white collar fasten-| [At Inst! ed by a queer brooch at the neck of her| “You are tn just the proper mood for ca gown, ehe appeared more like an auChS an occasion. | wiil snow you the Oye en Hie ee tor rome time." SiWelwentidownstalre/as we hed come quietly asif the night had tight. eth d in peaceful sleep. “1 be- she nal > be rather alarmed when you did ot answer. for it is lon, after, 19) % o'clock. thought you would ja the extra rat. How are you feelht A wurarasnotra baat gare of int “1 scarcely know,” 1 said. these aygreatidea) sleep much until after It HVC a TOUTCo Tae hol Bice then J unt nave alent Tike a Tog.) ooo! fue aie For heaven's sake tell me z thing happened In the house last night.” | {Bat 1 have indicectly had a fer ag mls Sintra Leigh opened her great eyes at/ yout have none now) rey hy r t things were Inevital ‘and’ the pawns 1 thing? she echoed, ns If ut-| hugo be awent off the board with the rplexed. Queen and the jes. You happened say that you don't know what/ro be one of the ns. But now you y aimed im: ntiy. “The |are back ¥oara in, and In- ny; the horrid { raw an u were be- Gragging sound, as of a heavy fore, you are a queen—or {t fs In your belng drawn along the corti handa to be one If you choose. I have there: whisperinge. and a fall against done my works and brought you to this A volee that cried my adopted | place f ve with which vou your- me, the noise was loud | ve nothing to Cy, Laat evening Horrible’ enough to wake the you it was absolutely with- t Dut feeling oither for or against.” Bit You must have dreamed it.” anid the| vou ‘area plucky trl; and 1 admire woman In black, |Pluck, You are a beautieul girl; and 1 I waa standing at the door in my) admire Teauty: f am now lentdrens, ahe in the corridor Juat out-| more your friend yours eneroyt suntight filtering through the you may not cfedit it. And with neat wish for your weifare, 1 ad- na vis thresl yy Impassive. It all happened, and you know It," peak: insisted. nothing, « ya ‘the Impulse “If It happened, no doubt It was one |m Meflect that you have everything of the servants elther In a nightmare jto lose on the one hand, everything to or—intoxicated. 1 only know that Llenfn on the other—ang bc wise, ‘That ts heard nothing. But to satisfy you | wilt) all.” Inquire In the servants’ hall and let you! In eplte of myneit and my strong hen I have had a report.” udice, amounting to repulsfon, | was im- ould one of the servant pressed, A feeling of solemnity fell upga me, cooling the hent of excitement. % you,” I xald, more gently than Ah, 1 expla Thad spoken vet. ‘I’ will remember. the 1 thought Bhe opened the door, tooxed me tn the would-be simple enough. house-|eyes, and I passed into th Keeper'a daughter. who in parlhg her a} yond. ‘The door wae softly is called Ermyntrude. 1 mhall no In eveaking of her “employ THE NOISE AT THE DOOR. ol SPRANG OUT OF BED, SHAKING, DESPITE THE WARS B JUNE NIGHT, AS IF IN AN AGUE FIT. eee bee titietiehiehiteb ibe Know where to begin 1a} Aaaulrtee, bf “power whom she served,” Sintra Let As if desiring to av further ques-| had never used the word * jhe, tloning, she walked away, | wm meo| 1 expected as I entered to, see some to stare after her a minute and then|one rise or come forward; but appa- retreat into the room, once more bolting |rently the room was em pty. the door, was 6 handsome Ill ope old: T put on the black dress which I had red ate of the walle re> lined worn last night. It was a temptation th tall book: 'e howed @ to filng that aside and choose a white Treeen ve! {rock from among those which had so on elther mysteriously made thelr appearance in ts. They ware: three in the big wardrobe, ri nay ly well ted. But I resisted; and I ha! only just ver the coor I ‘n tantly fastened the last hook hpuen Bintra | recogni ned a that of Sir Vincent Cope, igh asked to be admitted. 1 had once supposed to be my ‘Bhe looked me over from head to foot. | father, Evidently the picture had nm “It is fortunate that you are pretty | painted in his early youth, before the in anything,” she remarked bluntly, “for | one with nich 1 wae familiar at Ar- it can't be concealed that this frock is | rish Mell Cou exceedingly shabby. I hoped that you} On the Fight “side of the door was a would!have dressed yourself in one of | portrait of Sintra Leigh, many years the charming gowns which Lady Cope ounger, but much the aime in feature gave you, and—friends of yours Import- 4 to this house," ‘ON tha teft was tne face of a man no “You forget that Iam in mourning." | like her that only the hair and the I sald, “And, even if I were not, why |clothing showed that the two portraits should I take particular pains to make|had not been painted from the same myself attractiv model. The woman in black shrugged her| An TI looked at theee things, wondering, shoulders, je velvet curtains over the doorway “Luckily nature has dono that for you, 90 we will talk no more about ft. (To Be Continued.) ‘| TROVATORE” AT BROADWAY. | with considerable dramatic force, Maud Ramey was the Joseph Sheehan, who Is steadily ‘ma in, od," was the Manrico, and he was Good Old Opera Well Sung by the|, a funetuily ardent one at that, because a y iy of his fat has yet lumbered his Meret a Tela lel al Vole. Mr. Sheehan singe as though It An old friend, well-nigh perfect In) gave him’ rea} Dleasure and the base {ts presentation, was given last night at Guestion of fol s furthest from the Broadway. Theatre, when ‘Trova- min Rula, W! tore” was aung by the Castle Square | a fire ennery. an FulK, Boyle ns Bee Opera Company, The opera was served |danro were: 5 tistactory. wales the i : chorus waa the same capable, hard: up in an enjoyable manner, and waa In: | working constantly achleving chorus, of Jegd the feast of a musical Sherry or| the Castle Bquare. Delmonico very correctly dispensed nt — nt] Prices that made a man of moderate means feel like a millionaire. “WHAT? MOTT!” Manager Savage haa one of tha best all-round: opera companies that have ever delighted New York, which can Aca LMA Nes rele et Tun as smoothly as an automobile from comic opera to the reverest classicn.! hen John Cunningham, of No. 11 Last night the Verdi opera was welll canal street. arrested for Intoxicatto balanced tn the selection of singers. | heard that Magistrate Sfott in Yorkville jertrude Rennyson, the Leonora, has a Court was to pass upon his case. he clear, fresh soprano vole, which she he uses with good-Judgment, and the result yelled “Oh! Mott!" and fell In a Aton is. creditable to. herself.’ and. ratistying | the floor. to her hearers. Ethel Du Fre. who te i rried out of t : a relutive of Sam Houmton, waa heard roam ‘and! pear Eans of tho court- ich to advantage ap Asucei and acted’ censured b: ene Magistrate for sinili ployer whose agent I have been—the | John H. Stoddart presented a character H Oy ite Art Revealed’ by Star and Company in NewScotch Drama —Warfield Scores a Success at the Bijou. Two new staze characters were cre- ated for New York theutre-goers last evening—a Scotchman and a Hebrew. ‘The artistry of their delineation entitles both to high place in the gallery of Popular atage personages, Curtously, the youngest and the oldest of American blars were on exhibition, ‘The veteran made lovable and famillar through a popular work of Scotch fiction, Mr. Warfeld offered in ampiited form his famillar Ghetto type, with whom resl- dents of Manhattan have a flean and blood acquaintance. American actress, will present a new | play in her own theatre, which s to be | devoted, as were the houses of Leater Wallack and Augustin Daly in older days, to the more eerious forms of js" drama, {8 THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH." A pretty title does nut make a pretty play, but all the fragrance and homely beauty suggested by the nomenclature of Ian McLaren's Drumtochty sketches are found in the dramatization of the lives of the Free Kirk Glen folks, pre- sented by Mr, Stoddart ‘and his sup- porting company at the Theatre Hepub- Mc last evening. Sweet, homely sentl- ment, the pathos of human and divine love at cross-purposes, the jollity of pure and simple hearte—these are the things you will find In “The Bonnie Brier Bush, It is far from being a marvel of matic construction, but {t has its share of tragic: momenta, relleved by homely! comedy of a com; Ing sort, and though | there Is no smart talk of the Pinero or Clyde Fitch sort there are qulet touches | of that exquisite humor for which Flay-) wright Augustus Thomas Ix noted The notable feature of the 1s Mr. Stoddart's delineation of Le Jan Campbell, a Hightand shepacra, whose religion overmasters his paternal Instincts and leads him to drive a sup posedly erring daughter from hjs hou: So perfect is hia art that hin personality is entirely lost and the character Lachlan becomes a reality, His tion last night amounted to an « The highest praise must be gi Jennings and Reuben fox for their character work as the village doctor and the village postman, Other mem- bers of the company were generally acceptable, Though the play may not be whoily acceptuble, the exquisite art of Mr. Stoddart and the clever mipport given him by Messrs. 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