The evening world. Newspaper, March 16, 1908, Page 13

| : i The Evening World Daily Magazine, Monday, Marcia STORY ? eeeneeeneneeacensseasensenconnens: : The Greatest of Short Story Writers. : $ Hs Pi | 3 .) e * :0. Henry’s Stories ; o 4 of New York Life i + Tasssesssrsssssusssssssssssssssees soessessseeuseees No. The Guilty Party (From “The Trimmed Lamp," by 0. Henry.) (Copyright, 1906, by McClure, Phillips & Co) HATRIGD, ly wed the r In an adjoining n Lizz! too mu Bhe's It se of come “Ls res! eaid t The Wager. The kK w th their stake wrapped ine 18 ak f advice, “or Wha Gm you want to . yours y ver w of Annies Kid, a I gaged, Ain't You?” asked | ged, ain't you ell get married next year, first was me ar e her drink id Burke go, when she used to down to the corner of Chr headed to meet you after supper, was a quiet sort of a kid then anu couldn't speak without blushing." “She's a little spitfire, sometimes, now, said the Kid. Liz's skirt was green silk. Her vas a large bre fitting and not without style, She wore a@ cluster of h e imitation rubies and a locket that banged her knees at the bottom of a silver chain, Her shoes were run down over twisted high heels and were strangers to polish. Her hat would scarcely have passed into @ flour vtthe “Family Entrancé® of the Blue Jay Cafe received her. At a table she mat and punched the button with the air of milady ringing for her carriage. at 28 ) and pink plaid, well- ce. What'll I do? Ane whit ‘Tommy “T wonldn’t listen to no such report Miss Lizzie,” said the waiter smoothly, narrow 0} & above his c “Ixid Mullaly’s not the guy Seltzer on 1 to the « n the to throw a the like down you ed Liz, soft 5 nder the ma 1 always used street of eveéenin’s in’ doin’ for me fa long time I just eat « people goin’ by the Kid along one evenin’ 11 w . The first drink I eried ta for makin’ a my, you € If tt wa lim he made me take , and got a ner OUL On, I'm lookin’ for 'm. You Kid if he comes in, Me? I'l heart out. Leave it to me. whiskey, Tomn unsteadily, ant ey out with wate Liz walked p of a brick te ful ne id sat, puzzling s of a tangled down beside 1 fting smile s had grow on da mi rs (00k great selves huskily i dent, Kid Mul paced upon r with a lad 5 As ner air \ s od et r arm pern: wnt street swift k flying through a saplings at dusk erace, tts b ever infamy an fostered, un proved and ¢ handed down of the basest y for the e familia nek th ‘s mighty funny what kind of ams one sometime. 1 thought I was in the next world I don't know how I got there; 1 supp vad been riding on th elevated or taking patent medicti trying pull Jim Jeffries's nose, or doing some such little injudictous stunt ; But, anyhow, there I was, and there was a great crowd of us outside the courtroom where the judgments were going on. And every now and then a very beautiful and posing court- officer angel would come outside the door and call ano! r case, While I was considering my o worldly sins and wondering whe th » would be any use of my trying to prove an alibi}by claiming that 1 lived in New Jer the bailiff angel ; came to the door and sang out: “Case No. 99, it /A Strange Verdict. Up stepped a plainclothes man—there were lots of ‘em there, dressed exactly Ninth ave | waist 'The walter came with his large | like preachers and hustling us. spirits chinned, low-volced manner of respectful | around just like cops do on earth—and familiarity. Liz smoothed her silken | by the arm he dragged—whom, do you skirt with a satisfied wriggle. She made the most of it. Here she could order and be waited upon. It was all that her world offered her of the preroga- tive of woman. “Whiskey, Tommy,” she sald, as hor gisters further uptown murmur "Cham- pagne, James.” “Sure, Miss Lizzie, What'll the chaser | ber” “Seltzer. And say, Tommy, has Kid been around to-day?” ; “Why, no, Miss Lizzie, I haven't saw Mm to-da: Dn the Trail. Fluently came the “Miss Lizzie,” for the Ki4 was known to be one who re- quired rigid upholdment of the dignity of his fances. “Ym lookin’ for 'm,” said Lis, after the chasor had sputtered under nose, “It's got to me that he eaye he'll ¢ake Annie Karlson to the dance. Let atm. The vink-eyed white rat! I'm lookin’ for 'm. You know me, Tommy, Two years me and the Kid've been en- » Look at that ring, Hive bun- Se onld it cost. Let tim take her the | her | | think? Why, Liz! } The court officer took her inside and closed the door. I went up to Mr. Fly Cop and inquired about the case | “A very sad one," says he, laying the | points of his manicured fingers to- Rethi “An utterly incorrigible girl. 1 am Special Terrestrial Officer, the Rev erend Jones. ‘The case was assigned t me. The girl murdered her fiance and committed suicide, She had no defense My report to the court relates the facts in detail, all of which are substantiated by reliable witnesses, The wages of ain 1s death." The court officer opened the door an) stepped out. “Poor girl," said Special Terrestrial OMcer, the Reverend Jones, with a tear in his eye. “It was one of the saddest | cases that I ever met with. Of course. jghe was''—— Discharged,” said the court officer. ‘The gufity party you've got to look for in this case is @ red-haired, un- shaven, untidy man, sitting by the win- dow readin; his'stocking feet, wht! i] Shin’ children i ‘the streets,” Get a @ Now, waee's thet.e oily dream? | Loe $4: OOO PSSSESESSS vA - ut tt st ao iNew Tales ~ # } (EP MNTPPRIE i LET'S STROLL PAST OW! JUST THE HAT I 4 ee Hey Em, Vive eee en ey eeneNes : e : 3 IT 15 EXPENSIVE 1 lose My fa. Cc AND LOOK AT THE 1 DON'T 7 3 wd wW f h Pl] g Cire! { | SPRING HATS!) CARE FoR TES CoN : oO t e€ aims * —S— AND TRY 3 = Tr ON? : By Buffalo Bill $ Sure! Lets ig (Wm. F. Cody) $ Oyen! L LIVPIFIFIFIFIIZITTITIODIFIIFETITITTISSISVSTIITIETSIOS wm<eeNo. 1 Qooocne Luckily there were @ sprinkling of old i veteran plainsmen in the troop. Tnase sa Kely what T was up to, and they f Rae GREAT! EET ISS ONLY ALL 'M GOOD } TLL Just BuY You $300! ALSO FoR 1$ To | THat FoR A EeT 1S VERY CARRY THE SPRING PRESENT. BECOMING! I CLD Hat! es vm GLAD YOU LIKE OU WRETCH! YOU BOUCHT ME A HAT JUST LIKE THAT ONE ON PuRPOSE! HENRY, GIVE ME MY HA HA! THAT'S OUR WASH WOMAN! )O-2D-900-00 000990000 0-000008009009-008000000-000000000004 50 Ways for Girls to I \S | = n Miouts of laughter explained why eee | I was thrashing Hache. It was a queer sight—a scout publicly |norsswhtpping a Neutenant of the Regu- | lar Army, while the latter's whole com- N my last story | mand sat ‘ly around, laughing so hard Queer Blizzard Adventures I I told how I| they could hardly keep to thelr anddles was luckty| The pain of the blows and the notse ‘OH, MR.MONK! ‘ough to gulde a/of loud laughter cut through Bache’ ompany of cav=| stupor and ury thr NOU ARE $0 KIND AND SWEET! my urtly roused him. Starting eh @!up ike drunken man, he grappled Wzzard to safety. |weally with me. 1 slipped trom my HAT 15 SIMPLY. The spot where/ jy jrce, pulling the Meutenant to the BEAUTIFUL? we camped tl the | ground along with me. Then, breaking Storm owas Ovef | aw ‘ay from him tn apparent fe . Iran Was a little ravine, sheltered from the vind by a hfgh | !dge. Roaring fires for my life. The angry Meutenant ran after mie. ‘This was just what I wanted, He was stiff at first and couldn't move So Iran slowly. Then as he lim- ‘MP Coby z kept us tas ae ise oe ie |bered up I went faster. He chased me froatbites the men would have. been |* #0lld mile along the rough trail. The | whole command trailed along after us, lnughing themselves atck. Oh, what a sight for an outsider to have seen! quite comfortable, When the snow cease and the wind dropped we took up the tral! again, Bach for we were still a days march from| vt tne end of the mile T let € camp. The cold was fearful the ther-|oten UP with me. We had a good, lively wrestling bout there on the snow, mometer registering 33 below zero. It |was the still, intense wort of cont that |AM4 that finished his cure. His numb- plainamen find tt eo hard to withstand, | 8% @nd chilly stupor were gone. He tie Sinan Snore’ or vir tig| OS" perapiring and every drop of his overcoats and awatiied In blankera, Hue, 2004 Waa tngling. Suddenly ts brain. for all that, they had to dismount every | eared and he realized what I had been fow minutes to stamp ctreulatton trcic | CO!NS for him into thetr feet and to beat thetr arms| He shook hands with me, thanked together and run up and down. I and |™® @nd then Jumped on to the horse some of the older troopers kept a sharp |0n® of his men was holding for him YouR OLD HAT LOOKS BEST, Anyway! So INSULTED IN MY (Fe! HE wEAl lookout to prevent any one from getting M4 continued the march. The ride \ lrowsy through cold. For that ts the| Wet on, with a very sore but wide- | most dangerous sign of all {awake leutenant leading a line of The acting captain of the troop was| sinning, snickering troopers back to Lieut. Bache, a first-rate chap, member | té fort, where they all knew the atory of a famous Philadelphia family and a! Would become the joke of the season. descendant of Benjamin Franklin, Another time a command was lost in Bache wns a dashing, brilliant oMcer|# blizzard. I was sent out just after and a fine specimen of manhood. Heth» storm stopped to locate them. I was also very popular with the men, | knew they had been heading for a cer- Phe snow would be lighter I es to the ridge, followed Thad gone on ahead and was cantering | ¢ ridge, back to the troop to make @ report to there and I might pick up the trail. the Heutenant. He rode at the front, |rode fifteen mii ci ee eet mm a Living. ROD SOCCCCROOCOSSC CTO CCODOOCEN xx 5990-0000 900000 090000000000 000 000800090008 00 000000000 00009 0000009-00-0 000000000 C Ms head sunk forward on his breast. I spoke to him, but he didn’t answer. Then I shook him by the shoulder. He paid no attention to me. I saw at once what was the matter. He had faten into the stupor of cold that means sure death {f its victim ts not quickly roused from it. I shook him harder and shouted in his ear, but Then — SERIES SEEESESESESEESESO | sat there dul and speechiess. It } was a time for herotc measures. If |I4eut. Bache's life was to be saved ff] there was just one thing to do. | I carried a heavy rawhide quirt, or xx=EE riding whip 3 swung it up and brought its crest five miles longer and there at last found the tracks I was secking. I followed them up and came upon the command, énowed tn, lost and starving. So hard had hunger gripped their |norses that the poor beasts had taken |to chewing each other's manes and | tails, I guided the lost. hungry, fri bitten crowd back to the fort. ‘They were really not very far from it, hav- |ing unconsciously travelled almost in a jcirele through the tind whirlwind of the bitzzard. In earller times winter was “truce time” between whites and Indians, but This series gives complete infor. nt wi whether j out before the end of it. ‘Those who re-) After Auation a nurse chooses her|!t down a@@ 3 his shoulders with @/ Gen. Sheridan changed all that, and eee |ieeteeee capacity, |:nain become student nurses and work} favorite line of work. She may become| blow that alwest cut through his heavy | stems terror to the savages by hunting mation as to positions open to girls,| >" ind for another six months, attending |a private nurse, w istrict nurse at-|overcoat. Down came the lash again|tnem remorselessly during the season the requirements, duties. pay, ete.| )" isses, lectures and clinics, and as-|tached to a dispensary, a settlement, {and again on his back and shoulders} when they had formerly believed them- Also how to get the positions. F : sting the reguiar nurses in the wards. the Charity Organization Soctety or | with all the power I could put into my) ceives safe from attack | next two years are spent in nurs-| perhaps a private charity, Every pro-| arm. is all } g int wards, in private nursing | fession tends toward spec alisrm nowa-| A yell rose from the troop. ome of} thiaeee! By Rheta Childe Dorr. « eh aes ayn an tng mura go In for | tho Younger wales eatoped formant, | | 24°%, entctaed ye nencing O|| Students live in the traming school| singe line of work, such as tuberen-| drawing the!r guns and cailing me! Foo ation and one-cent atamp Sail j fre usually paid a smati salary, | losis, surgery, nervous diseases, Insan-|every bad name ever invented. The [yas each number to “Clroula- ae rises git month. ‘Phey are under no| ity or contagious dis These spe- | thought that I, a mere scout, had dared 35 Sah See No. 5.—Trained Nursing. : except for outdoor] clalists often earn very large fues|to horsewhip their teader inade them|Puerias oe . aan A ain, many nurses forego large re-| wid to kill me on the spot alt iaeeanne SoH SCS Nice UES ERNE rds and attach themselves to the urses’ Settlement, in Honry street, | (PsP PP@@PhPh PPh S4OBAASEBAELEE SES EOEEELESESSEESESH 11 do noble work In tenements and school nurses under the Hoard of VILE wae Health. During this time they live in | these settlements and are paid merely | nominal salar es A strong body, steady nerves, a clear By Margaret brain and, ab e all, genuine enth slasm for the work are absolutely —— sential requisites. The course of study 5 lis se the tal disotpline risia Curling Fluid. Jan n the wards taxing to [D. M.—Here ts the mula re- nm 6 sight of suffertr R Dry salts < a , ty called fo i potash), 1 dr fe ; rongest nerves end), 12 dram; of es of the profession a dis ce of rose, 1 d not overcrowded rectified Sp a n lycerine, ounce; ‘ a ts sure of steady 2 ! 18 oun attan, several in Brooklyn m ie Baa 1-2 ounces; disiiiled water, 18 ou: ae 1 | It all of t {ttle Were seated on one arm of the see-saw, how many | aiip) months) Invathe Ritniteel and one on Staten Island. Bellevue, 8 e 5 y ! girls would it require on er end to Keep the balance ev: year e months she must an. Huis ete a : ce i rest ryais of a few weeks are al-| Be Ma wea terian Hospita largest = = ae SGI. oewetcaicenube meaty Gun | Gressin ne effect will occur as the Mere unit ad Hosp: [az CacenIEL raat Rann Slade eal radeon, a1 a sy ive i vastly, among the advant OfTth 6) | caseentlaaermeaes = 61 West One Hundred and T Ex plosiv es for Motive Power. Ve patire de mane sila, edventagee cette street, Manhattan, trains are i a for the prot ROF, BARUS Un ty, recommends as a motive power for pie assurance that her work makes her Apply in person to the superintendent P LE RS A anya Min res diet leNiceeibiraey Ereifed of the school at the chosen hospital ks and ri He proposes obtaining @ continuity ys marry well, unless they Tho fraticonversation, with the superin: explosives by using cold storage elect to remain single. he By R. E. Dorsey MY HOW THEY DO LIKE Gertie Grafte Feeds the ‘‘Zoo”--on Bill J O CENTS WORTH BILL— ~/e LEFT MY_PURSE AT Hor ee {OH BILL THE BOIDS EAT THESE RARE] (PERSIAN NUTS BETTER THAN PEANUTS San ge : N= BUY ME, dH) ANOTHER Ay 80K! » ‘Se WHY SEE HOW THE DEAR THING ENJOYS THE FLAVOR OF YOUR WALKING STICK] FO’ FIVE DOLLAHS MISTAH) = I'LL GIVE DE BABY HIPPONOCEROS NOW BILL JUST YOU WATCH THIS OLD ROGUE TUCK\ AWAY YOUR BONBONS WHY HE S R ADY!} | THE BLL ASE'| ; N RBAL ; ) York 5 MPORTANT— Write yo } ecity size wanted Health and Beauty. ton cents tn cain or stamps tur each patto: Hubbard Ayer. Broad Feet and Hands. B.—Unfortunately, you cannot | reduce the size of your frame | IL, wear comfortable shoes and and their size is not apt to be onspicuous, Whereas ttght shoes and nves would at once attract attention them. Always wear black gloves, if le, and the plainest vartety of oes, Without patent leather tips or r embellishment which would bring them into notice, 6s, HE Empire akirt $e a pro- nounced fa- vonite of the season, and this one ts em!- nently graceful and very generally be- coming. It can be made with the sides lapped over onto the fr gore as fi- lustrated or with the front — gora. lapped over onto No, 31 West ur name and oddress pia’