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NING. w WORLDS wx ‘HOME ost MAGAZINE ot The Old Jokes’ Home. $500. In Prizes for Readers of This New York Romance-$500 Polls Tals PO ‘ Nea. ,@ of the Prize-Story Series. ‘The Girl in Green BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE. 101 Prizes In All..... First Prize......... Five Prizes, each. Seventy Prizes, each... Twenty-five Prizes, each. BYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. Coell | Oh nit, aniticnss ire and cotilion mito, a cla eho. rele itter Cie poctal suntion Swine f to “the wteren nee in thele social stntlon oved ty an Aparchistic i vie te nat Pe who makes Fata ee ea ith, ia ‘Purruntice ot facil pat goes Bath ee to nfon fo Cectl's elrcas, to, whom ‘Laredo follows I isin the house eit acta of murder: the young man. entering. S mont mansion Manuel finds himself in a ghted room. the Clermont ‘cou iratets eat “% CHAPTER IX. A Double Surprise. Mise LAREDO paused momen- tarily, dazzled by the quick tran- sition from outer darkness to the ~ blaze of light that illuminated the room into which he had so uncere- by ves ryshed. hig eyes quickly grew accustomed to the light, he saw he was in a blue and gold boudoir, ‘The artistic’ instinct latent in most members of the Latin Faces told him that the room represent- ed the acme of luxury and good taste. Above the tiled firepiace hung a@ full- Tength picture of a child. In the centre of the room, her alip Pered feet deep-buried in a white fur rug, the curves of her stately figure half-concealed, half-revealed by the foldsiof a lounging robe of sheer pink sllkj*her haughty blue eyes fixed in recollection seemed to have crept Into his face when he heard her speak. He was looking keenly into her face, studying {t with close intentness. “This is my boudoir," she went on; ‘4f your business in this house does not concern me, why are you here?" wide amazement on the intruder, stood Gladys Vereker. - Another woman, the dor of her bou- @oir burst open at midnight by a wild- eyed, haggard-faced stranger, wout have promptly shriexed for help. But Gladys Vereker’s nerves were tempered like a Damasous blade. The word ‘fear’ was not iff her vocabulary. A burgier, she knew, @vould not have rushed thus into her presence, regard- Yess of the danger of awakening the household. If the visitor were a mad- man she trusted to the power of her eye, to the dauntless compelling force of her will, to master him. For an instant the twa stood motion- less, staring at each other, the woman caim-eyed, etatuesque, unafraid, the man dagzled and fascinated by the tableau before him. Gladys was the first to break the silence. “What do you want?” quietly. “Not you," he answered, finding his tongue and shaking off tho spell that had gripped him. Despite her courage, . she breathed more easily. His voice was scarcely the voice of a madman. In any case he meant her no harm. ‘The situation began to promise amuse- ment. Her curiosity was piqued. The more so since a strange look of half- she asked ‘No answer. Still that keen, searching gaze as of dawning recognition. “If you are a burglar,” she continued after a brief pause, “you surely can’t imagine that I shall allow you to leave the house In safety. I have only to ring this bel! and you will be captured.” “Pero usted no tocara ef timbre’ ("But you will not ring the bell,") he replied In Spanish. Taken unwware, she retorted tn the same tongue, as he hed anticipated: “Y porque no, pregat” (“And why not, please?” Eyen as she. spoke she saw. she had been duped thto ing. her knowl- edge of the language. But now the lght of recogt{tion, |Woor which by this time blazed, unclouded ‘by doubt, Jn Manuel's eyes, seemed tc find its answer in Gladys’ Her cheeks paled and she looked plercingly into his haggard, rage-wast- ed face. Impossible!"* “It gan't be! It can't! whe muttered, still in Spantsh.” “You remember then, queria?’ he erled triumphantly, “I knew I could not be mistaken, though, changed as you ere, I could not at first be eure. It was your voice that made me know.” “Manuel Laredo!’ she murmured in- ereduously “Manue!” Blended with the wonder in her voice there wus a note of something more nearly akin to real affection than any member of the Clermont household would have belleved Gladys capable of. The haughty, imperious look, too, was momentarily gone from her face. “How ~.« you find me?’ she asked “pia — A heavy knocking at the outer door of the boudoir interrupted her. ‘The old air of disdain returned as she heard the summons. Laredo sprang, back, whipphd out his knife and crouched Ike a wild deast at bay. “It {s you? It 4s you they eeek?"’ whis. pered Gladys, noting his act. He nodded silently. Again the knocking sounded, this tine louder and more Impprative. Gladys pointed to a dainty screen about four feet high, atanding near the fire place. Manuel, like a chased rat, dodged behind it and knelt huddled there, just Cock! Clermont called: “Giadys! Open the door, jonce!"* please, at master the excitement. in tts voice, “but the watchman saw someone climb Into a window of this house a few min- utes ago. We're searching every room for him. From the description it seems to have been the window of the room Alrectly belyjnd thfs. Don't be alarmed. If he is stil! there wo'll have no trouble in overpowering him. I'm sorry to trouble you, but we can only reach the room by going through here.” She stood aside and the trio entefed. Passing within a foot of the soreen dehind which Manuel was hidden, they madi for the door of Gladya's bedroom, flung it open and rushed in. “If he'd only been alone! If he'd only come here alone, without those cursed dogs of tho law to protect him!" panted the fugitive betweon clenched teeth, as he heard them pass into the other room. “No one here!” reported the police- man, “but the window's open any the vines outside are trampled. See, here's a footmark on the alll.” “Must have heard us and sneaked out grumbled the portly watchman. “That's what comes of not leaving one man on guard under the window, as I told you to!” A Wealthy New Yorker Falls in Love with . a Poor Cigarette Girl. Glatye Vereker waited at the open|cleared away and never can. But we door until the two guardiqns of the|will speak later of that. There és in this peace had left the house and Cecil hadjhouse another obstacle that may wreck returned to his own room. your plans,” ‘Thon she closed and lovked the door] ‘What? and went back to Manuel, who was| “Edit Fenton!” just emerging from his somewhat un-| “Bdith Fenton? My pala compamton? heroic poaltign behind the screes. What has she to do with it? What do “They are gone,” .she said briefly. | vou knew of her? “And now how am I to get you safely| “I love her. She fs all the world, all out of the house?” the future, all heaven ttself to me" “IT am not going yet," he replied.| ‘Well, why not marry her then? She ‘phere Is something I must do firet, But|seems a good sort of girl for one in her {pefare I leave this room ami start on my|position. Doesn't she care for you?” mission ‘tell me how you buppen to be} “No, She loves Clermont!” here, and how your black hair, of which] ‘Cecll Clermont! Why, I didn't know THE ALARM! Where Gladys Was to Meet Manuel—| What Is it? This Is....-. .. Location... . At the sound of Clermont's voice, Qfanuel again gripped tis knife tightly and prepared for a spring as soon as the oor ehoula be opened. Fear of cap- ture was lost in the longing for revenge, ‘This time, he vowed, the blow should not merely wound. Gladys meantime crossed ‘to the door, unlocked and threw it open. On the threshold were crowded sea ® policeman and the night watchman who patrolled that block. Gladys started back in well-acted sur- prise, “What ddes this mean? What ts the matter?” she exclaimed. “it Is youl It Is you they seek!” Be he had even heard of her existence till this evening.” , “He met her at a ball. He made love to her. I loved her, She flouted me for him. I stabbed him, but my fury blinded mo and I only wounded him. Yesterday ho left the hospital and re- i] turned to her, I tried to carry her be- | yond his reach. I failed. Then T lost her, I learned her new address. I | came here. As I stood outside the house I saw Clermont at a window. He had brought her here. I entered, vowing to ' kill him. And that vow I shall keep. I spoke to you just now. ‘That ts tho mission I shall full before I leave this house!" He had drawn his knife again and sprung to his feet, lashed to a frenay of wrath by ao) recital of his own wrongs, Gladys Vereker faced him, her hand on the bell, her cold blue eyes, with all the force of her Impertous, indomitable will blazing behind them, fixed on his blood-shot orbs, It was a battle of wills. Ho lowered his gaze at last, baMed, sullen. “Now, listen to me,” she sald. “I am fond of you, Manuel, and I would do much for you, But if you stand in my path I will crush you without more compunction than J would crush a snake or a spider. Be reasonable ana hear what I have to say: I shall marry Cecll Clermont. As yoon after the cere- mon: ou choose you may kill him, 1 want his name and I want his for- tune, I do not want HIM. You may have him as soon as he has made mo his wife, In reward for Postponing your vengeance I will help you win this white-faced Uttle Fenton fool. But 1 tell you for your conrclation that you Gre mistaken in thinking such a man Gecll could fall tn love with a m in love 9 cit ine eMeamrith Ber, Z tell, yout" adores ite ue will not “iook at mel” my power of Uke you to try carry her away, ‘Now hear my Dian, shall not on! Teagon was in bungling Ea to No wonder you failed. Obey me and yot nepping ‘her “He does not seem to have taken any- thing,” went on the bluecoat, returning to the boudoir after a nasty examina- thon, “Sorry to have disturbed you, ‘Miss.'’ “I don't want to frighten. you, Gladys,” said Cecil, trying vainly to Gladys delgned no reply, and the three baffled thief-huntera withdrow. The Prize-Winning Popping-the-Question ketters. “No WEODiNe BELLS FOR ming} ™ A DEAR TRAP OUGHT To BE SIMPLE g EFrectiv’ (8 * DANGEROUS Now ADAYS FOR AMAN To OALL ON A GIRL with our BEING FULLY eed of carrying her salely tay ere there is no = I was once so proud, chances to be Bolden. Also why that cur of a Clermont called you ‘Gladys,’ * di Though they were alone, and were al- ready speaking in an undertone, she| econ drew close to bim and whispered in his car, For several moments she spoke > thus, bis dace constantly changing ex- Pression as he listened. One he started wolently, but fordbore to make any oom- ment until! o tiad finished, “You are marvellous—ea genius!" he exclaimed, as she ceased. “But you can. |¢ not marry this Clermont," “What is to prevent met I have geass every obstacle from my path. fully Tt te. dari To-morrow seine. | i Dass e named a. well bg) In my afternoon walk, where you or a messenger of yours oat jnect, me, and tel! [ow the scheme maxon plan goes into effect at once, ai cfiy “described what riefly | descr w im to he of wit ee lig! is Merce aren 3 Ught AN WIE; GE'S URE THAT , THEY ARE “HAVANA GeFoRe you SPRING THis Le Cag? Stits Artist Rob Thompson Gives His Ydea of How This Thing May Be Done in 1904.|° HB awarding of the prizes in this) Popping the question series has been by no means an easy matter. Doubtless the final decision will prove! @isappolfting to many of the contest- ants, anG possibly some among them may question the perfect fairness of the awards, ‘The editor oa nonly say that ‘he has done the best she could do under the Out of the high-heaped Jetters thé three have been se-| Which seem most nearly to fulfll, the ee, under which the prizes, offered. “still in her early! cosa of suggesting @ question which married woman sccepted an offer now tells her unmarried sisters how to delicately ‘a ieseeaent 2 es closed, Dut leap year ‘ate dows the b Sabor maiden—may exch the question” blend happfly with a joy- cus peal’ of wedding bells! MARGARET HU HUBBARD AYER. $10 *FOR THE & BEST LETTER ‘from a Man Giving Directions How to Pop the Qu>:tion Most Con- vincingly. The \.inner, MORRIS A. SPINRAD, No. 341 East Third street, New York City, who wrote Dear Miss Ayer: ‘HANK that in a matter so rerious | as “popping the question’ there should be no hints or insinuations; no roundabout ways of speaking. If I wan’ to marry a girl because I loved her I would say-to her—without any hesitation or fear apart from the thought that she may refuse me— “Mary, you have grown very ‘lear to mg during the time I have known yeu. I have learned to love you with my whole heart. Will you tell me, without any reserve, if you care for me enough in retirn to be my wife?" There it ta! An honest, straightforward question re- straightforward face, the attitude, something Indefin- able, but clearly understood by every woman in the world, quently than all learment ever spoken or wrii Out WHO THINKS HE KNOWS. $10 FOR THE BEST LETTER from a Woman on the Least Em- barraesing Way for a Girl to Pop the Question During Leap Year. The Winner, Hope Glen Cedars, Newark, N. J., who wrote this lottes Dear Mins Ayer: | SHALL endeavor to tell, though still peaky more elo~ etic terme not ens prege iteelt, Sométhing in the eye, = @ girl in my early teens, with no prospects of changing my name for years to come, how I should pop the question were the opportunity afforded me in 1904 First, I should make it a point to study the young man concerned from the outset, acquainting myself with his good. side as well ns his weak side, for both they all have, ever since Adam Ate the apple. Having thus studied his nature sufficiently to be positive that he was my “eal—the ong man whom the pooh Saree ies me—I would crea mt somery lanmuars eereay | faery not rth Aswan, Fae Cane, aa So fellow, and pies that it was leap year and that while I was in the mood we had better make the jump from sin Ae blessedness to wedded happine: hen let him prove @ boy, but a man endowed with God's sholeest gifts, a tender, loving heart and ppreciative mind capable of realizing a good wom- an's worth, HOPE GLEN NARs, Newark, N, J. Py 52 eS z 3 = 3 S $5 FOR THE B BEST. LETTER from Man er Woman on the Most Delicate Way of Refusing an Offer of Marriage. The Winner, Mrs, J. J. MacDonald, No. 622 President Street, Brooklyn, Who Wrote This Letter, Dear Miss Ayer: © refuse a proposal of marria without hurting the man's tesiogs fea very dificult task. My to a girl in such a case would be io ee to him that while she could never marry him, she appreciated the honor he did her yery much, that she hoped not to one his valued friendship, and that ahe trusted he did not consider she had en- | couraged him, as .she really alwa fa thought of hit a a very dear f and would continue so to that, in fact, she did not reed in ly of marriagé as yet. This will iaip ne Hat Sted it for scacl ier (To be contin oi) How to Win a Prize. With each chapter of “The Girl in Green" an actual photograph of some place in or around New York will be printed. Tho reader is asked to tell what this place—a building or other structure—is. The blank spaces given above must be filled with the necessary description. All told, there will be twelve photo- graphs, and all twelve—pictures and blanks—must be sent in in the same envelope addressed to ‘Girl in Green Kditor, Evening World, P. O. Box 23%, N. ¥. City,” All answers must be sent by mail to P. O. Box 28% The mail will not be col- “The greatest obstacle you have not lected from this box until noon of Monday, Jan. 18 Every one whose answer is in then will have an equal chance for che prizes, Don’t Poison Baby. ORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother th AY, cha ist hi Latina ce erento 80 make ie alee. “ioe drugs will p aun a TOO M. prod the BLEEP ‘| FROM Ric THERE IS NO WAKING. Many sie the children who have been killed or whose health has been ruined fort iife t by paregoric, lauda- num and m ine, each of which is @ narcotic product of opium. are prohibited from selli either of the narcoti¢s named to children et OF to anybody without eepan rid them “poison.” The Cag egal of ‘* narcotic” is: ‘A medtoine Feagpralt ieves pain and produces sleep, but ous doses rors comes convulsions and death.” ee nee spl of mages conta taining: lum are Co prea rend moe ele eeinames ru} ‘ou should ni it an; medicine ¢ to foment given to yous gil chron et Pithout eer eae. or of what it is com haat balls CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if 19 bear of Chas. H, Fletcher, bears th th lgntary Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of rT eS SRL RR SCE AER aL] Amusements. Amusements. D:bon: ‘Be ‘DORO'TH ¥RIC,Dway. tha fh Ls Mteries GALLA Dipore 1) SBRCIAL EXTER | SEATS on ONS 10-MORROW. “ADA REH sx0 OTIS SKINNER \G NEXT MONDAY, THE LATEST LONDON ut SICAL COMEDY or Tho MBDAL andtheMALD,Srses eriivc: |"TH6 TANLIG OF THE SHREW: NGW AMSTERDAM Torte oa, 123 se {PRINCESS Bs Ferny, AELLEW Hs and in “THE SACR. Jan, 18—100in Pertormunc American esr, iy) .255 OUR NEW MINISTER Poa, | Next week, Raloh Stuart. By Right of Sword. Hane at 6 Hue'wtdivl. MOTHER GOOSE, | NEW YORK % ives a Ys, “Make Weta CHAUNCEY OLCOTT 'sutnisy. PRICES; 2008 RESERVED SEATS. NT OF ose ‘That Js the one great obstacle of which | =| Josh M. A. Long, Old Dr. AIT EMBERS of the Soclety for the ntion of Cruelty to Humor were amazed to note that the Old Jokes Home wam closed yesterday. The 8. P. C. H. can hardly reconcile itself to the fact that this great institutlor,) the Old Jokes Home, is closed on Satuz~ day, on account of pay day, every week. But to be closed on a Monday, this was “2 mutch!" as the poet sald. What could be the matter? The did Jokes were in a panic. Many of them thought they would have to go to work again. All in all, this unannounced closing of the Home has all New York City feverish and excited. It may or may not get the Democratic National Convention, but it will not brook losing the Old Jokes Homa, Then, what think you, members of tho 8. P. C. H., when you are informed that the Old Jokes’ Home was closed yesterday through the treachery of Old Dr. Lemonosky, the arch-enemy of Prof. Josh M. A. Long? Here 1s a plain, unvarnished account of the dastardly attempt: Saturday, as ia known, the home is closed on ac- count of pay day, Sunday afternoon Prof. Josh M. A. Long was suffering from a@ severe headache. Meeting Old Dr. Lemonosky, and not suspecting the jsmiling old villain, he described his symptoms, “You need a tonic; you need treatment,” said the decelving |charlatan, “Come, let me treat you." Prof. Josh M. A. Long permitted Dr. ‘Lemonosky to treat him. ‘The tonic ladministered was extremely stimiating in its effect, and, according to direc- tions, Prof. Josh M. A. Long took a wineglassful every fifteen minutes, Old Dr. Lemonosky seemingly participated, also. After a while Prof. Josh M. A. Long was selzed with a dizziness, His tongue became thick and his articulation dif- ficult. His face flushed, and, in at- tempting to walk, he staggered, and, seized with a vertigd, he sank down unconscious In the snow, for he was on his way to the home when the drug administerea by Old Dr. Lemonosky ok effect. prof, Josh M. A. Long is dimly con- scious of an attempt on the part of Officer Jerry Sullivan and Matron Mary Mushandmilk, of the Home to rouse him, He heard them ask “What's the matter with him?” and then the hoarse yolce of Old Dr. Lenonosky replied, “He's paralyzed!" And, as if* rejoicing in the accomplishment of his treachery. Old Dr, Lemonsky capered awkwardly and began to sing a song that vaunted the praises of a young woman by the of “Bedalia.” nave warn the authorities that, not content with his attempt to drug Prof. contemplates abduction, for in the course of his song he distinctly stated that he desired to steal this young woman alluded to as Bedalla, Let her be warned! However, thanks to & sound constitution, and restoratives 4-11-44, who has applied by Dowle, hed aimilar attacks, Prof. Josh M. A. Long recovered sufficiently to open the Old Jokes Home to-day, Ho feels, the effects of O14 Dr, Lem: il | onosky's treacherous attempt, however, being extremely nervous, unstrung and somewhat nauseated, But there can be no two opfitions as to the seriousness of Dr. Lemonosky's offense. Prof. Josh M. ‘A. Long WAB paralyzed—everybody say A. Long WAB ia paral rach avervioty says 23d St{ Geo Primrose BRR bth Ave{ The. Idler enn SBthSt{ “Sign of the 4” “The Fatal oN T2BtSK{ the SAS Yaa Se Box Offices Open 9.20 M. to 10.80 P. léth st., near 3d av. PASTOR'S jf3teaieut Saha M Adoni: ied Sette Oe ede Broadway & 60th st. ed BEY" ch Coton, Sony & pak WALLACK’S, ee ray, & 30th ge Pie Hg | —_ESEIN BOsrMOON, GEO, ADE'S duaint Comedy. Thi COUNTY CHALE ED LAST O * Way Down East +9,29,50, 75,1.00. Mate. Trd'y & Sat.2 By.815 ACHE hae WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1904, By Prof. Josh M. A, bong. |The Merry Inmates Are Treated to a Sensation. came to me for treatment. I treated him, and I did him good!” The Great Joke Contest for the Pair of Rubbers Offered by Braay and Mahoney, “The Only Heal Hebrews in Vaudeville.” Despite the fact that Prof.'Joah M, A. Long was paralyzed, and that the Old Jokes’ Home was closed yesterday, the interest in the contest for the pair of real, new ruben continues un~ abated. Remember, these rubbers are: the kind you can put on over your shoes, There ts no deception, and who~ ever sends in the best joke wins thems RUBBER JOKES. Prof, Josh M. A, Long: Please put the rubbers on these, They. are injuring my busin “Have you heard the story of the empty barrel?" “No."" ue ik it up?” “phere is nothing in in it” “What would you fill this same base rel with and still there would be nothe ing in it?" “With holes.”” JOHN WISCHERTH, No, 215 Main street, New Rochelle, Prof. Josh M. A, Long: As a*member of the 8 P, C, H. Tash that this old joke be awarded the rubs bers: I went to @ doctor's house the other day and asked the lady that came to the door to give me a pair of the dog tor's old pants, She said “Ll guess not; I'm the Goo tor." Here {3 a good one for the rubbers: “While walking down Broadway the other day I saw a fellow looking at the Flatiron Building. A little newsboy saw tho man and yelled out ‘Penin= sula!” The man asked me wi that: meant and I told him that it wes some- thing that looked out to see, Rubber! AL FISHER, Black Face Specialty, No. 144 West Twonty-sixth street. . Prot. Josh M. A. Long: Here is a remembrance of the paleo solo age. Send me the rubbers forth- with, ~ ; A Indy falling on the icy sidewalk was Lemonosk | feet, deman hate ‘he ile, SBOMIE collect, iy from vit ia is tmposstbte to = trom @ eta J, COLLINS, No 65 ‘Bast Bixtieth vest rot. Jou MA. Lowes wuszest £5 eee gh Seg a he does planation ts that “Prof, Josh M, A, Long | 181DOR. ABRAMS, $0 ea Brook: Amusements. Amusements. ze! PROCTOR Sree ne. 25 FRENCH BALL of L’AMITIE. To-Night (Wed.) ee Lexin xington rt ae api aren aad NEW EMPIRE Pa a tote CTT MARY DALY'S BERT try, My Lady Molly ~ Ay Lice i ere he aru ae) TH EATRR, Decadway & Oh ot Eves, 818, Mata” Roday WEST PLAY GLAD OF. ae MILLI JAMMS and Cast of 80. 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