The evening world. Newspaper, August 12, 1907, Page 11

Thrilling Romance of the love and adventures ofa beautiful Princess and a daring Soldier of Fortune. en by Messer Marco Pesaro,” Copyright, ano Sy. Phillips Publishing Latent Bi Zeno frowned and then smiled, as he| generally did at the manifestations of Omobono's incorrigible curiosity. It| waa the only defect of a most sxcellent pergzon who was indisperanble to Zeno’s daily life, and invaluable in’hts busl- CHAPTER I. The Soldier of Fortune. ARLO ZENO, gentleman of Venice, ex-clerk, ex-gambler, ex-soldler of| hogy fortune, ax-lay prebendaty of) nig was what Zeno read, in very Patras, ex-duelist, and ex-Greek gen-| jong scntences and in the Venptian dia- eral, being about twenty-nine years et Neots zi axe, and having in his tough body the) scars’of halt-a-ddzen wounda that would) A Strange ave killed an ordinary man, had re-) Enistle, : 1 aplyed (o:turnover a new leat, ad be oe tenga come a merchant, and, was established | x in Constantinople in the year ‘1576. | despatch this writing py the opportun He sat ina deep chatr on his covered| itv of Sebastian Corner’ ood, sik balcony, and waa.conscious that for ny Geiatanlaoske with ANCA ES thé moment peace and privacy were al C37 rence cloth, Dalmatian nen, “most as deltgntful as the beat fen tne eee e cian Ince, straw hate the world, It would have Been impor) 14 piind nightingales, May the Lord sible) to/say more than that | preserve the’ vessel, the crew and the The sun was low, for the spring days) cargo from those unmentionable doxa were not xet long, and the shadow of) of Genoase, and bring all safely, to the | the clty already fell across the eep| end of the voyage within two months. Diue water of the Golden Horn. Zeno, The cloth, lace and straw hats are gared down at the moving scene; his| mine, the reat of the cargo belongs to keen brown eyes watched the boats giid-| Sebastian Cotner, except the nightin- __|_fng_by and softened. for what he saw| gales. which are a gift from the Most enice Berene Republic to His Majesty the Emperor, together with the man who made him think of Venice, the lagoons and his home. Of all people, the most | {noorrigiblo wanderer {s generally the| takes care of the birds. What I say |of my share in the cargo, most noble ‘Dandy and lan ehi rete Hy pentimental about nit) trtend, @ not ax in the|way of boasting mysoif a wealthy merchant, for indeed Iam by no means rich, though by my constant Industry, my sleepless watch- fulness and my honest dealing I have aaved a crust of bread. Nay, I say it rather because I come’with a reauest Fighting Man. He was not a big man, but he was thoroughly well made and well put to- “gether, stustic, tough and-actire. There ‘was the ready and fearjess look in his clean-shaven face and small, energetic head, and when he moved his least Motion betrayed the fighting man. Like many men of action he was care-/| ful of his dress and extremely fastid!- ous in his ways. In the ranks the @teatest dandies are often the best soldiers, explain the fact as you will. Carlo Zeno was one of those men | know that there will be money due to me in Constantinople for the sale of this cargo, through the house of Marin Comer, ths brother of Sebasdan, who will pay you on your demand, most beloved and honored friend. the sum of 300 gold ducats, For I feel sure that you will undertake the | business I ask, for love of me and a commission of @ Ira of plecoll for each whose oukward appearance is Mttle|fucat I desire, in fact, that you will affected by what they do, on whom the} >UY for me the most handsome slave Gust und {pat of travel seem to leave {tHat can be had for the money I ofter, ne trace; who are invariably clean, |0F even. if the girl were eurpassingly meat and fresh, the envy and despair; Deeutiful, for 360 ducata. | ef ordinary people |The Buying As he leaned back in tis deep chair: Of 2G) and stretched his legs he was asking /Of A Slave, himself vaguely whether he could be| ‘Tne ¢ruth is, most nobie friend, ! contented for any long time with the|that my wife, who is, as you know. tei years older than I, and {m- quiet Hfo he was leading. ‘As If in answer to the question his|peied by rheumatisms, is In need of clerk and secretary, en important Nttle!a youthful and scoompilshed com .gray-bearded personage, appeared on|penion to help her to pass the time the baloony at that very moment with | and oa I have always made {t my duty @ letter in his hand and my pustness to fulf! and even, as In ‘Brom Venice, air,” said Omobono— | the proeent cae, to anticipate her wishes that nas his name—‘“and by the hand-|I am willing to spend this large sum Mriting and the seal I judge {t ts writ- | of money for the sole purpors of pleas thing had gone wrong with him because he had gone wrong with it, and the more others had endeavored to convince him he was in the wrong, <M the more his inner. consciousness told him he was in the wrong, the more stutiornty he had persisted. ‘Hence he was in a beautiful mood when ho arrived home and he determined Cotamp all his grievances together—his domestic grievances—and let Mrs. Jarr Gauderetand that he demanded a new dea! and better treatment. > ARE UMA |mon here as to make one almost wish (than you can exin with your thumb and that women would not dye thelr hatr | mic pto -you, and {n-onter- that -you~ may + PER EEREEEHEALE {ne her. Moreover, I turn to you, most oar sir and friend, well knowing that Your kindness {a only matched by your fine taste. My wife would, I am sure, Orefer as a companion a rl with fine natural hair, either quite black or very fair, the red auburn oolor being so com- at all. | teeth are a: very important matter; |vray «ive your most particular at- tention to their whiteness | larity, and: regu- jous. And also, I entreat you, |a_slave with small ankles, not larger | | My dear and honored friend, the | ab { for my wife is very fastid!.|of disc choose | 89 rich Iw PRINCESS IN SLAVERY -€ By F, Marion Crawford He er - slayve-master is to be re#ponatt for Author ef ‘‘Mr, Isaacs, Dr. Claudius,’’ Ete. protection, and will watoh over hey/| behavior during the voyage. This, my “Sebastian Corner, who ts an old man, | most worthy, dear and honorable sf ‘Aly dmall walst, of beauty. In all wife will care less thougtr aly Wlende* it is certainly a this, dearest for love of mba thoe. gifts en, pith which heayen has ndoweé you, and I trust you The Evening World’s Daily Magavine Mondas” August betes eb iit Black Bea on his own account, but separately and with better food, leet ahe should grow unpleasingly thin, Yet It {s understood that his regular will take charge of the slave and bring | end friend, 1s the commission which I her-to Venice, tf you will only that beg you to undertake;and.in this and tt shia ts properly protected and fed until| ail your other affaira I pray that the he ts Teacy to sail, at the/hand ef Providence, the intercession of ate, I have also agréed with |thp wathts, and the wisdom of the ons that whe {s not to be lodged in the | hundred and eighteen Nicene fathers cabin with the other female|mnay be always with you. whom he will bring from the Ma vesaro to the most nob’ ba: EPISTLES OF ANANIAS How ARE You FELLOWS 'OW GOL wire ‘5 AWAY, You 2 5A IM CAME, "AND GAME Ov KNOW HOW. {LUCKY Dog!) DONT HAVE | ~ HERES ie) THE ABSENT, (Se By F. G. Long WHEN DO WE (ARE WE NEARLY. ; ies GOLF THIS THE,> &. e ares ‘All the ttle home annoyances of the past weok which (being !n good humor @ the time they hed separately occurred) he had passed over without noticing Gow came crowding upon him. He fairly boiled with indignation as the sum etat of al the domestic indignities he had endured came to his mind, “By George!"' be said to himself as he climbed the stairs, chewing an un- Ughted cigar etump, ,“I'll show Mrs. Jarr that I'm no darn Mollycoddle!” The firet thing that struck hin eye as he entered the house was ® small eddy beer tying ir the hall. ie i “There tt ta again!" he began. “Til bet that thing cost two or-#ix dollars et my good money, and this is all the care that’s being taken of It! Lock : {tt Look at 1 laying on the floor, where it may be stepped on and ruined! Bo saying, Mr. Jarre ‘‘hit ft a Kick’ ani tore a big hole In its plush covering. ‘Why, whatever is the matter with you, dear?” asked Mrs. Jatr In #utprixe, “Now you've ruined poor little Emma's Teddy bear!" “Yes, and I'll ruin every one of the darn things you bring in this hous growled Mr, Jarr, ellding off from hts first purpose to read a lecture on waste. “Those are the things that are busting up everything that ts true and beautiful @nd good in this country!"’ “What?” exclaimed Mrs. Jarr in amasement. “That's what J eaid!” enapped Mr, Jerr. ‘By George! a law ought to be Qassed against them. The man that makes them—and I bet they are “nade mist of rose color. Be content with seeming the sweet little girls you are. Don't be a “good fellow.” ¥ She Does Not Answer Deer Bettys hinted that by a trust—should be fined $29,000,000!" te Emm Witt be heartbroken, and—eo—wiil Little Wille, beosuse—he played with it too,’’ sald Mrs, Jarr. “There'll be no more playing with Teddy bears in this house!" snorted Mr. Jarr, ‘Don't you read the papers, woman? Don't you read wtmt Professor ‘What's-his-name and Mra. What-you-may-call-{t, who'd at the head of the Thing-gum-a-bod Goclety, say about Teddy bears, eht” “No, I didn't,” sald Mra, Jerr calmly} “aod I don't care what they sald. ‘The children like Teddy bears, and they amuse them and keep them quiet, and that's all I care for.” “ "Oh, you do, do you? That's all you oare, hey?’ shouted Mr. Jarr, “Well, Professor What's-hie-name says thw “Téddy Lear fills boys’ minde with the long- fag for the indiscriminate slaughter of animals, makes them bloodthicsty, brutalizes their natures! And what does Mra, What-you-may-call-her, of the ‘Thing-gum-a-bob Boolety, eayT’ “What do I care what she says? replied Mrs, Jarr, “There's a Jot of those pee for newspaper notoriety who will say anything to get thetr names ae ‘*Xes, but this Jee solemn warning, and Mra, What-you-may-call-her—t forget i her name now, Dut she’s qne.of tiie most noted and best known women in the world—she says that ttle girls loving Teddy dears 1s going to ruin the country, It: Gestroya the maternal inetingt, and when they grow up they will advocate face sticlde and only love jap dogs! That's what she says! And, furthermore , Mrs, Jarr, don't you see I have o dirty shirt on? Why have I a dirty ahict on? Because there isn't « cloan shirt in my drawer with any buttons on it! Thars i why. And do you think I’m going to put up with meals ike I've been having Yately in this house? No, I ain't! What am I around this house, anyway? 11 tell you what Iam! I'm an old Gub! That's what I am! And old dub) But tala I going to wand it any longer? Well, you bet your sweet lite I ain't!” The wail of little mma Jerr, finding her bursted Teddy deas, put an end to ‘the flood of Mr, Jaer’s protest against the wrongu he suffered, -‘Eh, what to itt! he said to thé child, “Papa, atepped on It by mistake, dear, Hort get you another, a biguer one! Then he turned to Mra. Jarr and eid; “Don't you kiss me any more when I come home? I’want you to get the and yourself dressed, and we'll all go to Coney Ieland and nee the ights! Wh, what? Keep ‘em up tooiate? Nonsense!" _ And Mr. Jerr smiled lie « basket of chips all the rest of the feas@otten his grouch “off his chest.” i c $$$. Science Discovers *‘Ground Tides.”’ theory thet the earth's crust is subject to diurnal movements anal- ouess ‘to Arinrah bao yess confirmed Nese terete ®t Mauritius, touvels arweria que ‘susth aster toe ove and. ther ee evening. Ho HAVE been corresponding with's lady ——fat-of-town-for thetast year._Last, month I invited her fol? came and stayed a week at my house. The girs parents know we loved each other, but said nothing. They went home, and I wrote four letters and six postals, but —atdy not get any reply. What would you do in euch a casa, as she has not told me the reason she Won't answer, and as I, love the girl very much and hate to lose her? B, D, ‘The only way to solve this problem 1s to go and see her. Her relatives haye deen grossly rude to you. They should have written at onco thanking you for your hospitality, He Goes to Parts. Dear Betty: Noa few days « gentleman friend of mine ts going to leave for Paris. When he leaves, I: suppose he will bid me good-by, and when ho does 99 I want to wish him luck. Ktndly tell me the exact words I shall say to him on his departure, and would it be proper for me to ask him when he 1s going to return? BLSTH FALABY. Bay “E hope you will have a pleasant voyags.” It would be quite proper to ask htm when he will return. Refused Hts Invitation, Dear Betty AM a stenographer eighteen yean old, and through business met a | young man whom'I Uke very much He seemed to have taken @ fancy to me; and once asked me to go for an auto ride with him, I refused, having previous engagement, and afce then has never aguin telephoned me. 1 eel him wor they. pow aret bial ‘vere. They | “H 99 so THE UNSOPHISTICATED GIRL. HEN will girls lear that it 1s not clever to be W or to seem to be sophisticated? When will the woman who wants to be a “good fellow’ realize that to laugh at club stories, to smoke clgarettes and drink cooktalls Ix not a ahort cut to @ man's friendship aa they seem to think it, but merely to his contempt. Men admire naturalness and gulelessness in women, “The smanerhos-hewm!t any tiaslone-lef toils te love with an éighteen-year-ald girl who sees the whole world in a @ wished to do wo, It {i now nearly a month ince I last h from him. What shall I do? [o} ViNGENTS ® ADVICE 7° LOVERS If you can think of any pretext for! Young men do not like girts who mn calling him up, any {nformation that! atter them. If they care for you, they he can furnish you, telephone him. TDAC| wil tien up with an detesinginad f* all you can do, ios, éo not them. Meantime you want be eantim: Mataal Woes. do not take {t too seriously, Dear Betty: 'E ARE two, young. girls and have | Soctal Standing. deen going with two young men. | Dear Betty: We saw them last a week sao. AM a waltress in a fashionable ‘They promised to write last week, but nt summer hotel and am desperately in they @ldn'l" We love them very moch } "juve with one of the guests. T-woutd and think they love us, Wo are very ||ike to meet this gentleman, but do not anxious to them and don't Iiké to | know how to do so, as our social stand- ing is so widely different. Would it be Proper for me to seek an introduction through his chauffeur? G. de lose their friendship, Advise us, Tell us what to do. A & RR Your writing does not suggest social infertority. You are undoubtedly a not, this proves them untrustworthy. Do not be impatient nor pursue them. ‘The young wan haq fill measnres, who oam tell gust BRE'S a clever littie problem," said the wine merchant. "In emptying that barre! of thirty-one and-a half gallona, 1 drew It they promised to write and aia lady. Your Jetter suggests to me that you might readily change your position to_one_more.tn keeping with your eyi- ent culture. Iam sorry for you. It {a always best to walt for a gentleman to make first advances, If he admires you he will manifest the fact in some way. Walt a Pathos {n a Name, | PyISHOP HARTSELL while on a Southern tour met a darky who yas the father of sixteen ohildren, the youngest of whom was eoarcely out of arms, saya the Philadelphia Record. On asking him what the youngster's ame was, he recelyed this repiyi “Judas ‘Boartot, sah.’ “Yea, but do you know who Judas Tncartot was?" ‘Course I does, sah; but doan—de Sortpture say !t would have been better for Judas ‘Soartot 1¢ he had never been borned tr’ “Yes, but what has that to do with this poor little chap?’ “Dat's Jest it, aah; dat’s jeat it It would fave deen better for dis poor Uttle chap if he had never been borned, and dat's why we calls him Judas ‘Beariot,’* — Solution of the “Puzzle In Pants.”’ ERE 1s the solution of the ‘Puzzle in Panta’! in Friday's Evening s World! The enterprising stethtnk merchant. who stocked his establish- ment on an inyestment of $147 for 147 garmenta must rave laid his money out in the following manner in order to secure the largest possible number of Shall, five Umes as much mine mith the three-quart measure ax with the two- tert ar £00 conte at’ 8205, 33 pante Jet etand quart, The only other mengure used wae the Mve-quart, and aince I drew only ‘4 te at @ ooup el how, muoh wine I drew with each of the threo! fh Ruane Stode OE Somipieia eta sans fei at RNR MN ry exiza pants and From Venice. eet \} of adventures. | | tridlan, Carlo 0, his: frien The [fourteenth day ef March tn the year Asi | no emfled repeatedly as he read the etter, tut le did not look up tM he had finished {t. His eyes met those of bid ecretary, who was now much nearer |thad before. ; ‘Omobonp,” eald Zono, «rarely, “curt- Josity ta unbecoming in a man of your | years, With your gray ‘beard ant! sol- emn alr yOu are as-prying and curiove jas a girl” The old man protested. | ‘Indepd, sir, tow could I have read Ja aingla word at ‘this distance? Try fpr | yourself, air; for your eyes. are far | younger and better than min | “Younger,” anawered Zeno, ‘hat hant- | ty better, And now sehd for Bariaam, the merchant.** “There is Gullet! Gutdentkjan, th Armenian," suggested Omobono. “The slave-dealert' he inqutredy Omobono nodded, but Ne reddened little, poor man, and looked down at himacif, after protesting that he knew pothing of the contents of the letter. Beno laughed gayly. “You are a good man, Omobono,” ne maid. “You could not decetve a child. Do you happen to have heard that Gullabi has what Messer wants?" But Omobono mnook his Brew atilt redder, "Indeed, sir—I—I 40 not know wnat your friend wants—I only guessea"— A Master's Rebuke. “A very good guess, Omobono. if I could guess the future as you can head ana the present I could be a rich man. ‘Yes, send for Gullabt,’ Omobono bowed and left the balcony, and his employer leaned back in nis chair again, at{l]_ holding the foldea Daper in his hand. His expressive face wore a look of amusement for a while, but presently jt turned into something more like good-natuted contempt, hia thoughts went back from his seo- retary's last speech. to Marco Pesaro and his letter, Zeno’a thoughts soon wandered from Pesaro and the letter and followed the old thread of life in Venice, till tt led hia soul through the labyrinth of dally existence ¢ar out into the dreamland Deyond; and the piace of his dreams was a calm and resplendent ‘wate: where atately palaces rose through vapors of purple andgold against an evening sky. Over the lagoon came musie of ol chimes from San Gtorgto. and the deeper bells of Venice answered 12; 1907 A Quest of Love that led two Old-~World aweet- hearts throughanamazing series Zeno looked sharply at the secretary, | Ms hands again, fur he had betrayed | Marco | aes ae beck again; at the instant the sunset breeze floated otf the land jend breathed inte the dyed oafis of the fstrians with out a sound. 20 that the boate becan (6 move by magic, gliding ‘one by one | with a soft, low rush, Meant only for | & momen, ae 6f 4 ‘Homan’s hand drawh soross sflk, ik , ‘The mere thought of Venice called up |the vislon of her before the inward eye of his heart; for he bis native | olty better than tie had/ever loved any | Woman yet, and much /better than his own life. When he joould think of Vento, until the expanse of the |Ingoon seemed to spread itself over the | deeper and Garter wafers of the Golde | Horn, and when he fancy himevsif ; et home, he was supremely and calmly happy, and would not have changed hip | dream for any re: 'Y except tts own ° CHAPTER IT, H The Giantess. HERE was a fairly broad street T behind Carlo Zeno’s house, and i here the early spring sun had? | dried the mud to something like « solid} surface; but Omobono followed this} | thoroughfare only for a ttle distance } and then turned into a narrow and‘ filthy lane that ied to other lanes and: |to others still beyond, all crowded with | humanity, all dark and muddy, ali oul? with garbage, all revking with the! overpowering smell of Eastern cooking. He finally entered a lane even nar- rower than those he had yet traversed, now almost deserted and much pled by @ wall not more than ten feet ¢ high, in whiclt only/one small door was” | to be seen. Omobono rapped on this with the, iron-shed end of his atick and listened. f “Who knocks?’ naked a deep and ¢ harsh female voice from within in the” Greek tongue, but with @ thick accent. | “A Venetian who has business with & the worthy Gullabl,"" answered Omo-¢ bono in a conciliatory tone. The door opened after some rattling and creaking of locks and Omobone< started in spite of himself. ‘The woman who stood there was a. huge red-hured negress, fully six feet tall in her heelless suppers, and her Diack, arms, bare above the elbow, Wore as sinewy and muscular as any, flishermar’s or porter’s. Her thick lips were parted in a sort of savage grin that showed two rows of teeth as shatp and white as a shark's; her hair must have been just dyed tnat day, for it was as red as Game to the very roots, and it stood out almost straight from j ber ahiny black forehead and temples. (To-Be Continued.) oy fame) moat of her customers, men as well well-shafed fingers, Yet all ugly }: GARET R HU BBAAYER UGLY HANDS. HE ndstortune of having I hundreds of women who could do theao expreastve members more attractive The woman with the ugly hands seldom frequents. the munteure, yet, of course, #h6 t4 Te Une wha needs every 414 to repair nature's neglect. A D ugty bends tesbewafled by something toward masiourist tells me that | 4s women, are people who are vain cf thelr | hands can be mnde more attractive tf the nals | te 4 - dark becalse one side of It was occu-f 77 are abways well cut and well cared for. A properly shaped finger-nall xt once | apparently improves t!.e shape of the finger tips, and very often proper massage,| with electrio treatment will reduce swollen joints and restore fingers to their’ | normal ehape. A woman's hands are A sure indication of her phywtoal age, By, { phystoal age I do not mean the number of years marked oppoatte her name im | the family Bible, but the condition of the blood, strength and power of resist- ance of the muscles and ainews and condition of hones and tissea which really de- | termine youth or age. A woman of soyenty will heve her face “akinned’ and. | look—well, forty—but ehe will forget her nands, and those poor weinkled men~ ; bera will pathetically prociaim her secret to the world. Hands need oars, par. | tloularly ugly hands. They need protection against strong soaps used in houso= | work, and against the ever-present gist and dirt which such work entails. | Women deve done thatr own work and yet had pretty. soft. velvety hands, so 1%. {a not an imposstbitity, but merely a matter of constant care, The price og Deauty is work. If you are willing to work at Improving your looks,or the‘ap: | pearance of your hands you can do it. ‘The natural shape of the hand cannot be altered tc any great, extent, though correspondents frequently desire this, In Parts Just now there ls yosue among certain fashionable promen for all kinds of artistic handicraft on which they spend thelr time. Thia work 1s supposed to train the hands to deft movementy and educate them to a qreater degree of senstttveness, Ax undoubtedly every | \T NN Very sensitive hand has & peculiar bemuty and charm of its own, the training of * the fingers in this way will help to beautify them, and clumsy hands particularly ’ could be very much M World Building, Room 48. ANY of my readers are in the habit of coming to see me per tonally—the correspondents from out af town wewally wrtte for appointments. and thus avoid a uselese Mrip, In order to factiitate mattere I shall hereafter be “at homo” until further notice for those readers of The Hvening World who wish to soe me on eudjects of interest to them or to other women on Tuesday afternoons from # to 4. MARGARET H,. AYER, HINTS FOR THE HOME Buttermilk Pie. WO-THIRDS of @ cup of guar, one teagpoonful ef flour, butter the siz of a wainut and yolks of twe ears. Stir well together, then add one cupful of buttermilk, Fievor with tract and bake tn a crust. of one egg for frosting. Fig Cake. 0 cup of sugar, ene-half oup of ‘ ¢ five exes, mip of pweet milk, white o: {we teampoontuis ef baking powder, one-half pound figs, chopped fine and polled in one cup of water, omato Figs. "IX pounds of tomatoes and thre pounds of granulated sugari select small yellow or red tomas Une white half cup of cornstarch, one-halt 1 lunge the them in a Qplander and pi Into boiling Bator for a moment, i move the t@/ns; do not break the to- matoes; cover the bottom of @ porce- Oliain lined kettle with @. portion of the super; Put la a layer of tomatoes and aud cork, pytter, one cup of Nour; add one-| Jernon ex-/ \ Dott toes} put | Jars and peal while hot. m= ‘Another Salad Dressing. | [tomato carefull; the ramainder of the sugar do not have more than ¢wo layers of tomatoes. Place the kettle on # moderate fre and sook slowly until the sugar penetrates the centre of the tomato; with w large fork oF spoon, spread them on a granite dish and stand them in the sun for a day or two, Take them in at nignt deroro the dew and them out in the morn: ing, Wille are drying aprinkie them several tines with eranulated mugur, When perfectty dry place them between. layers of waxed paper, it done properly they will keep all winter and ar one of the sweetmeats, Northern Light Janr AKH equal quantities of sour red oherries, red currants and red rasp. | berriea, Put doe preserving kettlo1 let come to « dell and atmter ten min- utes. ‘To pounds of fruit add three and pounda of granulated sugar until clear, Put in fruit AID two or three egw yolks and” beat, with one teaspoon of mus- tard, sugar, butter, popper and ‘nals to taste, Add vinegdr slowly to mu