The evening world. Newspaper, May 20, 1902, Page 9

THE WORLD: “TUESDAY. EVENING, MAY 20, 1902. WATCHING BY DERE HEY were riding over the veidt in the cool of the evening, a young girl and a man about forty years of aj \, “You have had gome great trouble?" the girl said softly, ‘Don’t think me curlous and ill-bred—indeed, 1 do not wish to be—but one cannot help seeing that there has been something, and I should like to tell you how sorry Iam. I wish I could help.” Ewan Mansell’s dark face softened as he looked into the wistful Innocent eyes; but It was auch a look as he might have given a child. He saw her across @ great gulf—the gulf that divided him from all hap- he had tost any nation to cross. His waa the face of a man with one great object in life, to whom nothing else Is of more than passing interest; who watches and waits 3 Who would hold death itself at bay until he had accomplished it. “You are not offended?” she said titmidly, piness, all love—and which for yea: {noi! intent on achieving one purpo did not speak, “Offended such kindnes of human natur ign, “Iam half a ‘And can n thing for you? He shook his head. I am proud that you have trusted me," after a minute, “I shall never forget you—but I un- derstand he co 1 Mansell rode slow!: pack to his HY 'Y spot, or wh: there came t eno knoe Gle of the door was turned. « {What, railit he had had a long ride. ‘Yen,” said the other, anawering the unspoken ques- tion. “you are on the right track at last.” Mensell's hand clenched and he caught his breath sharply, but he gave no other sign of emotion. “Sit down, he sald briefly, and he fetched some whiskey and offered Fenwick his tobacco pouch. ‘Then he, too, eat down and waited. y stivred from his threw hie hat on the floor, ani opposite side of th ‘ing he sent his KaMfir boy away for a holltay he was alone he brought unlocking {t with a he spread the contents out out a smaj smadal-wool THE HOUR. K VANE. “When you put the matter two months ago,” some whiakey Into a tumbler, “I was not very hope- coess, The last you had heard of the man then you had loa: trace of him, the only thing to gulde you being a vague rumor that he was going to the dinmond fields. once begin to drift, you are Influenced by every straw that blows, and are aa likely to turn up In one piace although I kept a keen lookout, his watch-chaln, ble before him. feminine handwriting gram; a faint « Tied up with é been a coward and a cur you would faced me long contemplated the ehHnMlig. MEUR, chair, with a long vith an elaborate lots hung about thi |photograph of a girl wi | laughing eyes. nto my ‘hands some | ook of satisfac. n came two or three more letters, r, blotted and sc Any regard to : u forgive and for- was in Cape Town, RETRIBUT ION AT | Mansell erled flercely. ) you think {t t@ like as another; so that, you make to the 1 was distinctly surprised when 1 ton that Mr, Hesketh Mackenzie had Central Hotel. rrived at the Kk still further back, eyen were steady, the terrible accusing never approved of this mad chase of yours. opinion, no woman 4s worth the sacrifice of aman's . But I am not going to enlarge on that AH IT wish to say 's, he day of retribu- ni on more quietly. now; T know it fs usele: the man has altered almost as much as you and { In the days when I never thought ehould turn detective, and hunt for I. mining camp, prophesied that you would make a name f sclf, Mackenzie was a smart, good-looking chap, Now he has been going he answered, “How could 1 be? as yours ts atrange to me. 1 have lived £0 mitch aione of late that I understand less and less I never understood very much. am more familiar with tho ways and thoughts of the Wild beasts 1 hnve hunted #0 tong. You see, D. B.'s (tilicit tempt—"when you » a doomed man In any case.” plenty of money. for some years past, and \s pra¢t Scot does not take to evil and he ls not a pleasing object the worst characteristics of his countrymen—he was a calculating profligate, a hard, which {s a quality ® Tweed. Do you think he ts worth your living with much grace, sadile-pocket,” He always had all “no one do any- sideration from | sell answered coward to boot, not often found “Do you think I have waited so long to stay , though he were the veriest scum of the * Mansell asked grimly. His companion shrugged his shoulders. “T have done what I have for our old friendship’ “put I will have no part In what fol- both for your cake and my When J have told 1 say no more, for the thought of the dark- of this man’s lonely life struck her Ike a blow. tle shanty, stood in a few acres of half-cultivated tand, and was fome miles away from any other human habitation. few neighbors wondered why he Ived in such a lai the lke- ‘*-!poating madly on y side on the} sake,” he sald, It will be best, that I shall know nothing. you that Mackenzgle is leaving Kimberly and coming up to the veldt to recrutt, with the affair.’ “Coming up here?" Mansell cried hoarsely. “Yes; your long wait {s over, and fortune is favor- You haye chosen the situation admirably; you and he can have St out at last. one to come between you here.” “Do you think any one could come between us once he stood within arm's length of me?” “Something told me he would drift I have been waiting for him; he hat come there at ali. ad not entered the house many minutea when sound of a horse's canter, and some- 0 ed yn the door with the butt-end of a rid- Ing-whip, Mansell shouted ‘Come in!" and the han- Who would think that they rep: aix years be- TO HIS FERT SLY, SPRINGING x Jealled out each minute T have done gaged to me; and this," tn- with carefal something to y, and you look tired.” a are very Rood,” was the reply, “a It was that of , that seemed aged more by There was a shamed, shrink- bitter Hnes round Photograph was tled up. with a thin, trouble than by years, the faded eyes and Mansel! covered !t up quick!) Bosites these there were a few legal-looking docu- | ments, which he sealed up and addressed to a firm of | t He put the two photographs !n his letters In the box, | ¢ It has deen aldicating the ein and have you, Fenwick?" he exclaimed, -looking man came In, dusty and tired, for that you made your own sake There will be no fault that she preferr King up a iittle ed Mansell sali. 3 On the veldt we x doors If we can help it; ide world are too scare He opened the door and the ‘Then he tur all be glad o asked the other su “Am I to blame for Being what she was, she ! cried Muneeil frecely: “A sweeter and purer girl could not have bee Mansel! said, | London solicitors. visitors from breast pocket and writing outside: “To be burnt unopened in case of my death." und to go Wrong.” epringing to his feet, found! then fell to the ground, where it lay quite still.—The with a jaugh, up here sooner or later. I have felt him comin; polsoned het mind. Say another word against her, and I wil! not answer for mywelf, Only a miserable cur would have sought to shield himeelt behind auch — an excuse, 1 could have forgiven your treme! ; could have forgiven everything, if you had made her happy, but you broke her heart, and then left héer 4 starve on the London streets, “Do you realize what that means?” he repeated, “a woman—tenderly nurtured—starving in London? Without a friend to turn to—without a hope on earth or in heaven?” His voice shook and his eyes glowed like coals in his white face, “When I think of it E wonder I don’t take your throat between my fingers and equeese the Ife slowly out of you. That would be a more merciful death than the one you prepared tor her. “When at last I found her," he went on after a mo~ ment’s pause, “it was too late to save her; all I could do was to make the last weeks of her life as com- fortable ns possible, What bitter tears she shed—t can hear her sobbing now—how her disgrace fretted her proud spirit. © * * Before she died I had that photograph taken, and put it with the other one she had given me when we were first engaged. I thought they would serve to remind me should I ever forget= should I ever for a moment falter in my purpose.” Mackenale looked and iistened in @ torpor of foam, waiting for what was coming, “And now this !s the end, and If God fights for the right—as they say He does—sho will be in a meesure avenged.” As he spoke Mansell got up and took @ se containing a brace of revolvers out of & Cuge onrd in the room. ‘ “They have been waiting for you, ready loaded,” he said, “You can haye your cholce, and we will stand one on each side of this table, and when I have lcounted three we will fre, You see I give you the sama chance of fe as I give myeelf, which Is more than you could have expected, but I have an objec tion to shooting an unarmed man—even such a on@ as you, But tt Is murder—rank murder!” Mackenzie cried, springing to his feet. “I will have nothing to do with it t across the table!—w your pistol nearly touching my breast—what chance of ercape can. there “None—for poth of us; perhaps not for either,” Mi Imly, “Did you think the wor'd could hold us both now that we have once met?— Choose.” and he pointed to the shining little weapons jn their velvet bed Mackenzie sprang back, screaming for help, door with his white, womanish hands “y will give you five minutes,” Mansell sald eternity. “Tf you are not ready then, I shall consider myself at liberty to shoot you down Ike a dom." Mackenaie was panting heavily, and hie face was horrible to look on. Mansell took out his watch and it pessed. When he had cniled the fourth Mackenzie selzed one of the revo!~ vers and steadied himself against the table. Mansell faced him, holding his weapon In a hand that was firm as a rock, and began to count, He had only counted “one” when Mackenale fired. but, in his haste and fear, he had aimed badly and the bullet only grazed his opponent's arm. Ww: Mansell cried flercely—‘take your ées+ ria," and he pulled the trigger. There was a gure gling sound, the heavy figure swayed a moment, an@ and before the other came in her way, and with your devil's arts Mansell slept Mttle that night, and the next morn- sregeed Itself out glowly and Mansel! had | key tn his [ans t, King, STORIES OF BRET HARTE. manuscripts of no less than three sum- which any other man would have disposed of in something like this : ‘Dear Brooks: We will dine to- gether at Louis Dingeon's at 6.30 P. ‘The death of Bret Harte recalls to old- tine Chicagoans an elaborate banquet ‘ was planned In honor of the au- thor in 1871, says the Inter-Ocean, but at which the guest did not appea In 1871 Ferte arrived in Chicago on his way Fest. He had a married sister here, and he stopped at her home. Chicago was in a state of protest against the many charges of gross ma- terfalism that at that day wi hurled at it from Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Therefore the eet that represented rature and higher culture in this city, n hearing that the famous young al thor of “The Luck of Roaring Camp" ‘was a visitor, determined to do every- -¢hing possible to induce him to cast hin lot with Chicago ana help it toward lit- erary prominence, A big banquet was arranged at the Grand Pacific Hotel and Chica, 's “best plood” was represented at the ‘abies, ‘The programme of speech-making was elaborate, and a deed to a house and jot on the south side was placed under * Harte's plate, Unfortunately, the com- mittee of arrangements, by an oversight or by an error of diplomacy, upset the well-laid plans. Mr, Harte's sister was not invited to the affair. Harte, however—and very naturally—took !t for granted that he would be expected to bring her to the reception, so he sat with her awaiting the arrival of a carriage that never ame. When the sister’was not sent for the author settled down for a quiet, social evening at home with her and her family, and the “banquet and re- ception in honor of Bret Harte" went on without Harte. Moreover, Harte did not get his deed to the house and lot. Noah Brooks relates an amusing in- stance of Hart's mountainous mental labor and its mouse-like result. He “Going into my own editorial room early one forenoon I found Harte at my desk, writing a little note to make an appointment with me to dine later in the day. Seeing me, he started up with othe remark that my early arrival would obviate the necessity for finishing the mote which he was writing, and which he tore up as he spoke. When, this lit- tle matter settled, Harte had gone out, erumbling in his hand the fragments of his unfinished note, I chanced to look into my waste basket and saw a litter of paper carrying Harte's familiar hendwriting, and turning over the bae- Ket with quiet amusement, I discovered that he had left there the rejected = “CHIC” IS NOW FRENCH. The French slang word ‘chic’ has Hn member of the French a! by the forty “immortal” mem: wes of the French academy, both noun and an adjective, Ag this word Jo used in the language of every clvii- fved nation the purists all the world lover Will be glad to be able now to use Mt with @ good consclence, Everybody knows that the French academy was founded by Richelleu to look after the French language and to write ® complete dictionary, The late Littre did it all by himself. He devoted hip whole jife to it, and wi ble before Die death to Anish this grand monu- ment to modern French literature, The French academicians do look after the Frénch Janguage, but #0 far ag the famous dictionary {# conoerned they have only got ao far as the letter G, #0 that the word “snob,” for instance, which is now accepted a8 a French word by the best writers, will have to wait some time before It gets the fren- dom of that dictionary, Ifyou want to now how long, please make (he fellow- dog caleulation for voursel! The French academy, having taken 90 years to get as far as G, how long will jt take them before they oan Include word “snob” in the oficial dig- ary of the Vrengh language? DAINTY ODD BLOUSES FOR THE ‘SUMMER GIRL. BY MME. LOUISE. Such variety in blouses never ecemed to exist as this season’ ‘There are more entira gown and shirt waist sults worn than ever before, but even considering this we must ha opportunity to wear blouse, and we will have, and the can- vas or etamine skirt will come to the designers offer. in December, some two or three weeks before Christmas, appeared at Mark Twain's house He came to seek hos- He was with Mark Twain in the early days of half Bohemian com- Hartford, Conn. Sold by all druggists and A black etamine skirt prettily tucked Don't accept any and strapped in taffeta will be worn 2” walsts like those tlustrated, which, according to the Mlustrated Lon- are some of London's art- new creations, original model of one of these walsts was bullt of plaited chiffon and trimmed with lace insertion. Chiffon Is rather perishable, People go to the seashore in summer, and the sal alr and chiffon are not friends, so I would suggest making a dainty, cool and attractive waist of black figured Chantilly net. of black India silk, and have the net accordion plaited. You will need two widths and a half of net (double width) for the body of the waist and one width and a half for each sleeve. The yoke would be very pretty made of white satin, band studded with gold beads and folned with an stitch In black embroldery sili. shoe stores for 26c. ‘Trial package FREE. Ad- ‘had gained both fortune and dress Allen S, Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.|¥“ James f£, Powers Boy : Bret had secured fame, but had yet his fortune to attali Mark Twain that he ‘had been offered $250 1f he would complete a story in time for a Christmas number, but if tho story was not done in tims to advertise It no more than $160 would be paid for the tale. The time was short and Harte said to Mark Twain that he had come to Hartford so that he could have abso- jute seclusion and felt sure that his old friend would extend to him his hosp!- Make the lining Mark Twain received him royally, and ahey spent the evening in that charac- teristic hospitality which those have been Mark 7 ford remember pleasantly, retired to Mark Twain's Wbrary sup- plied with cigars, ink and paper, ain's guests at Hart- At 7.30 Harte D0 T trust refreshments, and sure of absolute . At 9 o'clock next morning when the family met for breakfast Bret Harte came forth from the library, hav- ing only a few moments before written the words “The end.”” steadily from midnight until 9 o'clock in the morning, and in that time had com- pleted the tale. It may be, of course, that some por- tion of {t was already written when he oame to the house. He showed no signs of fatigue other than that he he was a little sleep were a few sticks in hi breakfast, there having gathered a com- pany of friends at Mark Twain's house, Bret Harto read the tale of ‘Thankful that company and took an afternoon train for New York. DAILY FASHION HINT. Readers of The Evening World. The lace Ineertlon would ‘be most attractive on the black net of Imitation white Irish crochet lace, ean be bought with a good edge and look especially well In this design, The band of lace near the top of the sleeve the purpos: sleeves in shape at the top as well as @ trimming, Tt 46 a dainty idea using insertion a belt, being a change from the regula- He had written TWO OF THE NEW LONDON BLOUSES. and that there head, but after Another skirt which will prove a good in warm weather ig a white worn with pretty mull of all deseription: be worn with a great deal of style with a white waist made k velvet andjso they could be removed and laundered stylish} when necessary. the straps of bl buckles would with these colorings. It would be advisable to have a lawn to keep it well In] with, The vest and >wer sleeve could be made detachable’ ® WHOOPING COUGH/MRS. FISKE SJasenvices cloth, and a protty {dea Is the deep) mull on the shoulders crossing ‘The upper s\ folds which interlace on This design silk gingham in a dainty vest and full lower aleeve of white HARRIET HUBBARD AYER AIDS PERPLEXED LOVERS. | A Very Simple Amair, Dear Mra, Ayer: 1 am a young girl. with @ young man last summer in the He writes tome twice a week| come between a man and the woman | I do not wish him he love to be corresponding with me, but I do| riage when the parents on e not like to write and tell him ao. at the) steel » lace trimming at} The wonderful lseo of the ot Blossom" to & athermiee takes the full cours per bottle. Avk your 4 ers") aURGER MU NOT, would be pretty made of] lining In this walat blue, and the| shape the shoulders: The second waist illustrated {s of can- For Women jvery discouraging. Do you |are opposed to it ought to break my frlendsitp with him? er the parents Dr. arya Quo Vadis. fi, lahoud swale edie andr tine bares tons brought forward by 1 kept company 1 do not think even a mother sh since I came home, But nelther do 1 ady: I think I would twe and help her to AN in @ Woma Are you sure you did not give the . young man permission to write to you? | Sanaa And wore you to envourage Riana you would wish when you returned to town? not do for a summer's amusement what | may pain young men THE NAMES or BIRTHSTONES, |and now the swagger woman Is }over trays of unout ge: | Diogenes, not for an honest man, vue for One summer I met ay: 41s, at. & Uiway. Eve, b. ng man whom E n his going eked for permission » hunting Miko nthe growth EXTRA MAT, DECORATION DAY 1 natty A | DEWEY SLEEPINGBERADY vm. wmeLia punGHale Seals vow on aie for Remaining Perfo DALY’ SN KING DODO} ed up all the sentiment and eu To be strictly In the ewim one these stones and be to which month they belong popular design in birth rings is a hu somely wrought circle, which taken ¢ itu design the eign of the which the ring’s wearer was by At the back of the ring, , is A amall bit of the a Mitte affectionate, a thinks a great sften apoken to fr young wirl, having plenty hearts for long | Koma and has a book stoc ald both of th rund designer, says the Pi There ts only one wey in which to end this correspondence, kindly. you dirlike the duty, should write at once and tell the young man that his letters are unwelcome, ‘@ him no permission to write, Apd no encouragement last summer should certainly stop writing to you aa soon as he reads your letter, does not, do not reply wo any further communications from him, Vietia of @ Mothers Prej Dear Mire, Aver: I bave been keeping company with a who has been calling on me for about two years. very dearly and believe he lov but matters look very uncertain, owir to the Giplike his eother hay me, Ghe le not aware of the fact that he calla on me, Out surmines i, to these ciroumsiances oftiimes it la triendship and constancy. 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