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ae 100] 88 THE ¢o think I left you something to re- member me py. Do you know my son, Mr. Gray?" Arthur, embarrassed, negative reply, The old woman's wasted face lighted = flowers on pay day? She ts dying and she has asked to see me. This note Is from her landlady and says she has had @ sudde; change for the worse and cannot lve more than a day or two. Perhaps not more than a fow hours, I'll go around there at once.” Is she all alone in the world? Has murmured a ‘hi she sigh@d happily. ‘Ho's splendid, my boy !s. The noblest, hand- somest, mogt distinguished man in New York. He's famous, too, and rich. He's won both fame and wealth through his own cleverness. I could lie here by the hour and listen to him telling of the Great folk who are proud to associate with him and ask his advice. Ah! you must moet my mn. There's no one on earth Ike him. Kathleen had lowered the glaring lights in the room so that the apart-| ment was illumined now only by a little night damp, which cast a soft glow over the bed and left the rest of the room in’ dense gloom. The door opened and a timid footfall sounded on the floor. Kathleen and Ar- "She hes one son. I don't know hi! name. He isa son by her first marriage, so: of course his name isn't Carroll. She adores him and talke of him all the time. From what she says he must be very rich and one of the foremost men in the whole coun- try. She never tires can only come to see her at infrequent in- | i} + terval “If he has so much money, why does he let his mother live alone In a cheap ‘boarding-house “That's what I've often wondered. [ can't ask her, of course. But It strikes me as one of the stinglest things I ever heard of. And she keeps praising his generosity and goodness all the time, too, and boasting of his fame and suc- cess in the world. Here we are ‘A frowsy Jandlady admitted them and they tolled up 8 flights of narrow stairs through a darkness that was laden with the ghosts of dead dinners wherein onions had evidently played a prominent role, ‘At a landing they-tapped at a door and ‘a feeble voice called to them to enter. The room in which Arthur found him- self was cheaply yet coafly furnished. It bore countless evidences of loving care and of the effort to make a Kittle money go & long way, On @ bed near the neatly qurtained window ley an old women, over whose sunken cheeks and ghastly flesh-tints the shadow of Death's mantle seemed to filcker. ‘As the visitors entered she looked wp eagerly from her task of pleking at the threads in the counterpaine, When she recognised them her face tell. "[ hoped it was my boy,” she sald apologetically. “He's been telegraphed for. But,” she went on politely, as Kathleen stooped over her bed and kissed her, “I’m ever so glad you've come, Misg Vernon. It 1s like @ ray ot in| Sunshine > See your’ eweet face again and hear your volce. Your visits have been the brightest spots in all this last year—except my boy's visits, of course,” corrected herself loyally. have brought a friend of mine to seo you—Mr, Arthur Gray," sald Kath- fe came hoping he might be of some help.” “4 good face, a kind face,” mused the sick woman, looking earnestly at Arthur. “Is he your sweetheart, my dear?’ Then unheeding Kathleen's fiushed face and swift denial che pot- tered on: “] wish you both all the happiness you oan find. Young man, you have foc a sweetheart the loveliest, dearest gitl I ever knew. Be good to her. Make her happy. Are you well off? Perhans you can't mm ich other yet be- cause you're poor, Is that it? Well, 1 speak to my boy about you, I'm sure he’ get you # nice position es a favor to me. When I'm gone I'll like 8 OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, Arthur Gray, a young, millionaire, falls in ‘a. mystertou Moths Guin Rode’ Sheets ad eon, house’ as a ‘un he, inter forces to. forKe. C e girl tells Gray that he may eas! ‘a‘cl Ma ee se aa thur turned to see the newcomer. The aingle light being at thelr backs their faces were for the moment indistinguish- ‘ule to the newcomer. He advanced swiftly toward the bed. "Jared Symes!” whispered Arthur. As Gray spoke the little man recog- nized him and turned dead white. He hesitated as if to fee; but after a glance @t the bed came forward again, “Bhe is my mother, sir,” he whispered to Arthur. “She is dying: I implore you not to let her know of my real condition, nor —— “Nor that you are « forger?"' finished Gray in the same tone. “IAT ceaferr it, sir,” panted Gymes, his face working horribly. ‘If you will let me piy good-by to her and will not betray me where she !s I will sur, render willingly, as soon as we leave this room. In God} name, sir, do not ak @ dying woman's heart by shat- in a combination of ‘she ia by her for four “4 hulgen ae ebitied to ray. eon murreptttioun in Rea. Aw he is leavin father’s country hot a who levels @ revolver at him. he Intervention ey ia VK to iri in He ret : SF rouse to tind Keathiven there. Tie eoort jhe Inttor omnes Gn thelr ‘asrival she, jor awaiting her, A Midnight Meeting. CHATER VII, AD news?" queried Gray, Kathleen re-read the lette “Yes,” she answered, ‘you re- metaber I told you the other day about old Mrs, Carroll, the bedridden widow on the next block, who I sometimes read aloud to and to whom I bring neon ‘finds 5 66 2 O Let Him Be the Bor ‘9 the Waltor of The Hvenine World THINK wives are partly to blame tor their husbands going out nights. ‘When @ man comes home tired and perhaps worried with business, he ex- ts and should get, a little lelsure to imeelf, Also @ smile, a nice, tidy table, H supper waiting, an account of ing cheerful or amusing that hap- od during the day and not your letievances. ‘Then if he knows he is aster of his own, and can read, smoke jand have his friends received cordially, ‘and perhaps they can have a room to io as they please, away from wifely inees for a few hours occasionally, hig will lend him cheerfulness till next @, and he will be satisfied with hi How to Keep Your Husband Home Nights. T HE EVENING WORLD offers the following prizes for the best answers to the above question: A orlze of $10 for a letter from a wife who has successfully kept her ‘husband home nights for the longest number of years. A prize of $10 for the most convinc!ng letter telling How to Kecp Your Husband Home Nights, i meat A consolation prize 3f $5 to the woman who has tried the hardest and failed to keep her husband home nights, Letters must not be over 19) words in length and must be written on one side of the paper only to recolve attention. Address letters to “Wandering Husband Editor, Evening World, New York City.” hear what the neighbors do or say. Man and wife should live as if they world and do for her, and she tries to make the evening as agreeable as possible. Why should she be different after she is marrted? you'RenoT OING OUT Te-NIGHT, ARE ( You, OB AR? 7RY 4 Bnb1. 4NQ CHAIN, @ STRING OF dbeertnl. Keep up your spirits and al ways be true to yourself and husband, g@ending him off in the morning feeling it he wants to@et home, husband, if intelligent. Let man think of his dear wife and woman of her kind Husband and there ‘To Bie Maitor of The Evening World: evenings with you. BAY: Younw wife you can keep your husband home evenings by talking on the topics he enjoys best. Cultl ‘@ study of his likes and dislikes, ‘To the WAitor of ‘The Bvening World: HE best way to keep a husband home evenings is for @ wife never to pout and fret over simple tri- flew which may. have happened during A HAPPY WIFD. Pin a Bow im Your Hair. ‘To the Editor of The Evening Worl W "te he comes home im th gmlla Bo neatly attired. Above all things ‘don't omit the bow or flowers in of the old! bad the halr—fond recollec| REE SSPE ET {Oh What PEREDSEOSASEELEES OO EOECEESEEEEEOSY PEOOSERSSOOSERSES POECEBESEEEON OLED SEREEEEESESEDSSSS h, What Awful Husbands! They Won’tStay Home o’ Nights: $25 in Prizes for Those WhO Can Tell How to Keep Them at Home. ee Se Cartoonist Flinn’s Views on the Best Ways to Keep Husbands at Home. THOvOLAS FOR Hi EVERY EVOGNING,- TELL 7HBM 70 THE POLICEMAN ON each other. There is no secret that|I always meet my husband when he hould be kept from a good, true, kind |oomes from business with a smile and a kiss, and say how pleased I am to seo him. My busband neyer thinks of such] family, a thing as to go out evenings unless [ ing, even if you don't feel quite upto the mark, grect him with a A kbove-bed 'S ¥y HOME w MAGA GIRLSINSRED 33b> [5100] Quest From Shop to Shop of the BY ALBERT PAYS Find the Girl’s Age FIRST PRIZE........ 113 OTHER PRIZES, EACH Girl in Red. ON TERHUNE. SIOO in Prizes. tering her trust in her only son. She is callin: me, sit”— Arthur stood aside and let him pass. MOTHER AND SON. Symes Ran to the Bed and Threw Himscif on His Knees Beside It. At the first sound of Symes's step Ms Carroli had started up in bed, whence they tried not to overhear the Incoherent, glad greeting, the broken worls of love, and the little man's de- spatring sobs which the mother soothed Into silence as tenderly as though she were dealing with a child instead of with @ middle-aged criminal, After a few moments Mrs. Carroll spoke more loudly doubtless in order that the two unwilling witnesses might hear and might know how great a man her son really was. “And the Prosident sti sends for you to advise him?” she asked, JP Reverearapee sant elm ow your example of business integrity !s—| is" — —an honor to my diocese," fin ned Jared, miserably, again casting a hang-| dog look at G: “Oh, what a reward for all my sor- rows and suffering,” sighed Mrs. Carroll, piisefully, as her glazing eyes rested wor. shipingly on her son's withered face Then she called feebly: “Mr, Gray!" Arthur came forward at once ir. Gray she marmured, “I want you to know my son. It will be a help to vou If you can miodel your character on his, You are a young man, and no doubt subject to many temptations, Let his example be your guide. wnd, Jared, ean't you find some position In your ofMce for this young man? He to marry Miss Kathleen Vernon, who has 0 good to me. If you can help A faintness caused her to sink back on the pillow, Kathleen ran to her} side with restoratives | Gray and Jared were left alone at the| other side of the room. “I have sald good-by to her sir,” whispered Symes, “It would be taxing your generosity too much to ask leave to remain with her to the end. 1 am ready to go with you now, and I thank you for the respite you allowed us,"" Gray heard Mttle of the speech, The scene between mother cnd son had left E How to Tell the Age of t It her age. She la so many integer old. and in each chapter three of the num! printed as numbers or figures—not spell: tel each day—you must pick one 1s completed add the four selected subtract the selected number in the fitth, enth and eighth chapters, subtract the number in the ninth, add the number in the tenth, multiply by the number In ber in the twelfth. The quotient and remainder will be the Girl in Red's age in years and months. And remember she is under twenty. Read the story carefully and you may find therein something that will give you a ciue to ‘The number in the first chapter was 3 | out this blank when the story is completed and send it to “Girl in Red Editor Evening World, P. 0. Box 133, New York City.” The story will end Satunday, Deo. 5, but answers will be received up to noon Monday, Deo. 7, her age. F No. of | Chap. The Right | No. of © begin with, the Girl In Red ts in her teens and there You have that information to start with. Now then, to find her age; There will be twelve chapters in this story The Right ] No, of he Girl in Red. no fraction in years and so many integer months ers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 9 will be led out, One of these numbers |s to of the three yourself—and when the numbers In the first four chapters , add the numbers in the sixth, sey- the eleventh and divide by the num- The Right Number. Number, Subtrai ct The Girl in Red’s Age... Sender's Name,. Address . ished the comparison as disloyal. “Iam ready, sir, to go with you now urrender to the officers of the Jared was saying tremblingly. “I am going. See that Miss Vernon as T am concerned. I shall not proser cute. That's all.’ Gray had left the rt Before Symes could form @ gets home safely,” replied Gray, roughly. “She lives about 9, bocks from here. Good night." Vpuetes ie ‘es, mother," answered Jarod siame-| him with a queer Jump fn his throat. He facedly. ‘ Was very young and Death and he had “Isn't that splendid! To think I| hertofore been strangers. It had grad- relies! And Mr. Morgan—doi ult you as usual on Wall street mat ters?” Jared turned a haggard face towar the listeners—a face wherein heartbreal and defdnce were oddly mjngied. “Yes, mother,” he repeater. talks of making me his partner." fully, then added with a misgivin “But I've heard Wall street ts not a! and integrity calling wildly, joyously to him, Symes, his way no longer barred, ran jto the bed and threw himself on his knees beside it. Arthur and Kathleen withdrew to the other end of the room, most. about your honesty? Tell me again, I made me 6o happy at the time; but my memory isn’t what it was. How did | go? Let me see. He sald, ‘Judge Symes, courting days, Should he mention his Work of the day, show interest, appre- ciation and sympathy. Let your con- versation be as bright and sparkling as it Is possible for you to make tt. And last, but not least, don't nag, Mrs, MAITLAND RIBLY. Insint on Going Out with Him, To the altor of The Evening World: OW to keep your husband home at night {s to Insist upon accompany- ing him wherever he goes. You will find he will stay at home, as ‘there are very few men who will take thelr wives out every night. ‘Dhe first few years of our marrled life my husband went out every night until I ineisted upon golng | with him. It made no difference where vee eLocK! tetetntntntntntvtntnontnsuenonsnentnongnonpete®) he went, I went also. I kept this up for some time and I can tell you he stayed at home that, and now he 1a his pleasure ANOTHE tay nds € home with hy k HAPPY WIFE. \e Mrs. JAMES 0, yal be no need for consolation ee go with him, Try and be your hus-|,._ feeeeth Be an pene ss eokers, A) i i : " ; ne Editor of Tho Bvenine Worl aq Need for the Consolation Prise, ‘ ey pene’ & sovecterrar’ AiWays Sd) 7 Wil) 7] ALLOW my husband full toerty tn Don’t Pout and Fret, D5 DACEH ORE WY DSS AMO: ROEDER the house, And the right way to Jot him get a pint of deer in and a cigar after supper. I drink a glass with him, have lived tapplly for the lagt bwe ns, But oefore got the bee! he would go to the saloon ome home At 1 o'clock end be keea my husband in at night ts to and we talk and laugh together until 10 o'clock amd them go to bed. And we renty | 1 rin the full ang HES 3 The Home a Ono If you wish advice concerning new gowns or the making-over of old ones, if you wish advice concern- ing home dressmaking, write to “Mme. Judice, Evening World, Pullt- zer Building, New York City,” and Dark Green Zibeline. Dear Mme. Judico; F suit—something nobby and a Ii tle out of the ordinary style. coming to me. “ANNIE L, E. sult design for your green sibeline. It a gored coat and skirt, having each €0 piped with dark green velvet. The bu tons, belt, collar and bands on the cu are of the green velvet. The coat box-front, slightly double-bre low the knees, The the coat. For a Dress Skirt. My Dear Mme, Judice: INDLY tell purchase (black) for a dress ski for afternoons and to be worn same might be effectively made. not want anything too expenelve. It shall I trim same with? Bu broadcloth i# quite the latost. It cos! Voile is 40 Inches, cloth machine stitching 4s the only trim ming necessary. On the skirt a 9 to 1 handsomely. at the nec | other material, which you will kind! suggest. black, as T am in mourning, Mnie, Judice: W.N, tion over black satine—or ten Nicely “with your Diack lace. could out the scarf with the en front simulating a bolero jacket, oroas the back « The sleeves coul pa . th an @ gcarf as an edge to yates should have lived to be the mother of the man on whose counsel the President he con- itereven ‘Really!’ cried the dying woman, joy- ways strictly upright and honorable in {ts business methods, ‘and your pobillty ‘e the 2 things I prise What was it Bishop Potter sald BY MME. JUDICE she will give it to you in this column, Pee Wh nA LEASE give mo @ suggestion for a dark green aztbeline walking T am of medium build and all styles are be- Here is a decidedly nobby walking ted and fastens invisibly with a 'fly."" The skirt is nine gores, with an inverted plait be~ reen velvet piping extends to the plait, where the grad- uated velvet buttons are laid simflar to me what material to the evening, with light waists, Also bow 0 get material enough for a wale wae i voile 1s pretty for a black skirt made with tucks or shirrings, but if you prefer a heavier looking material. chiffon ‘about $1.60 a yard, but $8 54 inches wide, If you select broad- gored pattern with flare 1s a good de- sign. Cluny lace or wood fibre in same orpArabesque destgn will trim the waist You can add a touch of white, pale blue or yellow panne velvet i. HAVE a lace scarf 20 inches wide and 2% yards tong, which I would like to make into a waist by using some I want « fancy waist and all Sun-plaited black chiffon as a founda- sijk—will com- You ve a wide @ the border o! the entire coal e aes salini j ually dawned on his not very brilliant mind that there might be something not wholly ignoble about underpaid cowed little secretary who evidently spent his whole soanty palary on hig Invalid mother and who fostered her pride in him by preposterous stories Qf his imaginary greatness. . ; hen, too, Arthur had that alght, for the firgt time in his life, seen the ten- derest, ‘most’ beautiful side of a wom- an's character; the phase that: {8 called forth by caring for the sick and needy. He viewed Kathleen Vernon with new eyes, She seemed transformed Intp @ ministering gngel. His former views on feminine perfection were wndergoing a lUghtning change. He vaguely. found himself woadering how the Girl in Red would have acquitted herself In such circumstances. Then he promptly ban- Dressmaker ® ‘a Vy t it @ te is re te ff ts ‘W GORED CUAT AND SKIRT. DESIGNED FOR ANNIE L. E. and upper sleeve. and hang separately from the chiffon under, body. A Fancy Waist. Corr you describe a fancy wi rt in t for me of silk like inclosed sample. I of which I have five yards? I would uke to trim with hand-made silk Teneriffe wheels, Would you sug- gest same color or white? I measure thirty-two bust and twenty-two waist. M,N t White Generiffe wheels made into 5} pointed yoke, coming well down onto the sleeves, and with deep nied cults. vill be pretty with your pale green and n.| White striped silk, You could tuck w mall portic the suk — belo’ the 3-} wheeis on the bodice and st allow- ing the green to remain upward The effect is very ,pretty and will outline the wheel Amusements. HURTIG & SEAMON’S, 2 ly +The Frisky Mrs, Johogon. 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