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» The Evening World Daily Magazine, ‘The Million Dollar Kid This 16 ONLY to Lizzie ! $200, mR. mone! WRAP IT UP PLease! of New York Life >: By O. Henry -<~ The Greatest Short Story Writer of All | | YELL TAKE IT | | | DOODOGQOQODOSGOGDOSHOATDOSGOSIIO" DODODOOQOWOGSGOGOIGOOOOYS} After Twenty Years. ! est wits going to get my pile. A man gets in a groove in New York. Tt takes the West to put a razor-edge on him.” » (From “'The Four Million,” by O. Henry) The policeman twirled his club and Copyright 1906 by McClure, Phillipe & Cv.) | took a step or two. | HIE policeman on the beat moved! A Vigil. I up the avenue impressively. The| “I'll be on my way. Hope your friend impressiveness was habitual and |omes around all right. Going to call ne on him sharp?” I should say not @ot for show, for spectators were few. | thm ‘The time was barely 10 o'clock at night raid the other. | our at least. If Tl give him half an but gusts of wind with a taste o | rain in them had well nigh depeopled | J#niny fs alive on earth Le'll be there by | dhavatracts: |that ttine. So lang, officer.” THESE ROSES ARE ALL RIGHT Trying doors as he went, twirling his} ““Good-nigh id the policeman ae Mamie : lub with many intricate and artful | Passing on a his beat, trying doors i ' Wite movements, turning now and then to| as he went j HE WORLD: LIKE THEM! axtuleiaatciziltavelenownicieina jere Was now a fine, cold drizzie te falling, and the wind had risen from with his stal- made a | peace. | thoroughfare, the offices wart farm and slight swags fine picture A guardian of Mae vicinity was one that kept early hours. Now and then you might see the lights of a cigar store or offan all- might lu counter majority Of the doo isiness places closed to a steady blow. The few foot passéngers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and attently | \along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. And in the door of| | |the nardware store the man who had | come a thousand miles to fill an ap-/ pointment, uncertain almost to ab- urdity, with the friend of his youth, smoked his ciga 1 waited \ ty e waited, and = overcoat, its uncertain puff: d to then a ta man in a 2 in hts witli fj ) to Ms ears, hur- pallcemenmealkeatupht ried across from the opposite side of apaketontaulekls | He went directly to the “All Right, Officer!” | at you, Bob?" ha asked, doubt “Its all so vou, Jimmy Wells?’ erled the man in the door. Loote! ano Tt Buely res Saunas “Bie.s My Heart!” Lose out! you, does leriitexpiain ic : , ! you'd like to make certain it's all) | oruseuy leat ueiexclalmed)he new, aight. About that long ago there |<! ae & ‘bot ead catty s 0 bea restaurant where this store |] Baal pelUsieoDu ours, aa Cale @tands—'Big Joe’ Brady's restaurant.” a s hae ou ne e if you i) tite, A ean in existence BeeROslirh wee areas eri Ran eaven va aration tim man y Awana vieuerciy as lasted, so we vel hadvan® owed a 5 square-jawed alnner there How has the West en eyes, and a little white scar Monday, Ma ate By R. W. Taylor | ARE THESE CHOCOLATES FRESH? | WANT TO TAKE 'EM uP To e.izaceTtH! ONLY EIGHT DoLLARS PER Pound, MR. MoNie! one q CAUDGOOOS: Go ha | "LL CERTAINLY MAKE A HIT NITH Lizzie! hi of WHAT'LL You | SYNOPSIS OF | The cariier instalments described the ro- and ‘certain strang Ame y 11, 1900. ens © CHODODODHDOSODODIHODIIHSE OO No Conqueror in the Worl.”s History Has Been More Daring, Dramatic and Unconventtonal in His Methods Than the Mischtebous Little Despot Cupid, Whose Conquests Are Here Recorded. The Romance ==Love-Making By Thornton Hall. PRECEDING CHAPTERS. serves, most tantalizingly, the appetite while only to whey | mantic and unusual beginnings of famous leaving an unsatioe Wienia Jove “agfaira, (the, ‘ove | stories of | fled craving for more Washington, Franklin, Garibaldi, | Ruauin.| Probably no actress of our time has dV" philosophy ‘of kissing w whereby wives! had such a wide rang unknow 4 1 ade ve been wooed and w mirers, eager to lay their Mves and (Copyrighted 1903 by the Press Publish- | fortunes at her dainty feet, as Miss ing Company, N. ¥. World.) Edna May. “My wooers,”’ this charming lady cone fessed not long before her marriage, CHAPTER IV. (Continued.) Odd Ways of Winning W ives. T was at St. Louis, by the way, that Mr, Charles Kru- ker woved and won his wife J}!n mid-air, Kruger was @ “——— clever trapeze performer, one “vange from noblemen to hairdressers’ assistants and from millionaires to pen- nilees dnd love-sick curates and clerks, | But the greatest terror of them all ie |the man who threatens to shoot hime jself if I dectine to speak to him for @ minute or two. He crops up about once j® fortnight. Indeed, one ‘humorous dresser I had used to inform me that there was ‘another suicide on the mat.’ of whose most sensational perform- Saat ances was to citch with his hands a| UMreatened Suicide. indy who @tved through the alr from! ‘Dhis may sound funny, but at the ‘great helght in a desperate “leap for same time the subject is really quite , life" He had only met the fair acro-| heartrending. Sometimes. to avoid bat at rehearsals and had spoken no} bloodshed, I have given the miserable word of love to her until one night, as! gentleman an appointment, and then® he caught her in the downwasd fitqht | immedtately set to work to discover and proposed to her, had died away heii her swinging tn the air, he/ to whom he was most nearly attached nd before the cheer: | by blood in this world. ‘Then I heave was pledged to make her| appealed to him for the sake of hig 8 wife. | mother or his sister, and usually sent Even more singular was the wostng| him away happy. Last year there wa a man hailing from San Francisco who fell so madly In love with my photo» Miss Grace an girl. Se Wayr a charming | ne years ago “Beno, the living corpse,” was lowered into HAVE , MR. grave at Muncie, Ind, there to rematy | 47408 ttrat he came all the way fron for elght days for a wager of £10), with.| the Pacifle Coast to Brooklyn to come out fod or érink, his only link wit | Mit sufelde at my feet. FortunatelR pper world being a. metal tube | he changed his mind at the crucial mo» ugh which alr was conveyed to | ment.” hun, Hundreds of people tl ‘daily | Wirt a pity we cannot have & to Heno’s grave to peer curtousiy down | glimpse of Miss Mag’s thousands of € tube and to converse with the buried billets doux, ail of which have probably and among then was pretty |long ago been dissipated In chimney Waymer, to whose coming Reno! smoke! Miss Phyllis Dare, another n bt» look eag forward. | equally fascinating Queen’ of Hearts, her musi al voice | has more than once taken the public his right eyebrow. His scarfpin was a}, sympathy that on the fitth | {nto her confidence, an act of grace for nd, oddly se ae re ‘ of i is aes nt nsieaked per oe which we owe her thanks. years ago to-night,” said als wife; and when the elhth day | dined here at ‘Big Joe brought release he left the grave for | Queer Proposals. h Jimmy Wells, my best Sine PalivintNesee mavos eRenty j the altar In that qharacteristically charm ehum, and the finest ohap tn the world eee rrigr ene Sones sea) aes | Shared His Luck. book of hers, “From School to Stage, He and I were raised here in New York. | go tue ciy, 1 ons Among odd ways of securing a wite,| are some most entertaining samples dust) like: two) brothers, together so1 Bob; we'll go aroun ou that of the kook on an Australian] from Cupid's post-box. "Until to- lelghtecn andy Jinim yawashwent yaaa leery arate; Ss consting vessel deserves record. ‘the | ight,” writes one breezy, business-like pa Eade uLt AS ako) Ch ae re ro Sees eee 10 | cook had bought a five-shilling ticker |@dmlrer of Miss Dure's exquisite West to make my fortune, You te tad ee wse| L Tatteraal!'s aweep for the Caultleld|Deauty, who had Just seen her for the couten pays dragged igiany Oi A tino Dhaene aed as = ———= = re = Cup, and had jokingly suld to theyfirst time as a Sandow girl, “aithough, New York; he thought {t was the only n rom the West, a istngly 38 ‘ ES a place on earth. Well, we agreed tha: {24 egotism enlarged by success, was | BRHF SSR LEK KASS ASA A So SMS Tes ests os tse SLLASASLSISLISIASSIAABII SAAS; |serardeon of his boat, “I'l give you ee coureee SCAU Waneeen ee ao night that we would meet here again|>esinning to outline the history of niel % ’ Gives ° ’ ’ G& | Raf of whatever 1 win.” little dream: | gare that, you were a surong woman. Ser erie teen on ood meaemee 18 tty Vineent Ki. On Courtship Marriage fiir mice nS RNS es he ees @nd time, no matter what our condi- | °Vere ned with Interest, \% Javier % ling away a small fortune, When the | poration party in Weat Africa, but as tor h vhat distanc the corner stood ”, | vounel reached Townsville a few days)! shall be away for a numver o s ons might be or from what distance store, | % Si Se ear apni oni pepe aye pets Wisin! Geel ehcp neta de eevee e 4 . I should very much lke to take m; we might have to cone. W. g}briliant with When t eh KKK KN PY vs PET TT ON Ae ae TE Ae ET IT a AD AT AE AE oF ae We OF AE AE ae BE aT TN. | later a wire was awalting him to say | wife with me. Wil you be my wife? that In twenty years each of us ought [caine into of nem! Afraid to Tell Her his for the asking. Be friendly withy accept the attentions of the first young /1t and he says he does not do so. As 1) {at he had won the Arst prise @ sum, have fever Met another woman in to have our destiny worked out and jturned simultaneously to gaze upon the| hdl dim, but t attentions from other| man, Whien they understand t am deeply in love I wish you would | % £%700 be fi able, | #3 YOU are a Sandow girl, you should Yate are, aie GLE cones, | Dear Betty ; ung ner. Pe f you can t ys]eannot change your feeling advise me what to do. MOH However, the cook was an honorable, | ho Well able to stand the climate « CO \C. kt Hy (tei SD eee) MAL Ee ees cca 1 renew his attentions,| they will probably allow y It 1s best to believe in the young man, |! canny, man: Ho immediately sought the west) coast of Africa, wliich, aug lady a short time ago and we hav Hebneti ‘4 abet fi lthe stewardess amd told of his good! You may have heard, ts not of the best The Tryst i A f | ge retort st Peseta he 8 love to another] friends with the secon provided he is] unless you have positive proof that your | t* near Cee |Twould add thee Iam a comparativs ‘ f 1 di aye a romuche svertaalopned: suds lien fe eer ay NERY & if Dest tD, HUY OF) CET 8] th friends are correct in saying that he) ggg What do you say. enough. to | fot man T have an ncome of between “It sounds pretty interesting,’ sald |denly and released his arm. then, e lel ay te sible. | F i i i \ tty peason. | #1X and seven thousand a year. In con- ne policeman. “Rather a long time| “You're not Jimmy Wells," he snap-| to keep company How should Wrtte Her a Note. ee aS TET ETRE UTA Eo Hed aL reat Se orie che aanceacare nal | eezuenee n Ierontd be Unhecessary. f ‘ 7) t tty. not t 1 prob speaks oO ta ‘a yt cceapted, and x ie Z Heatran miss mj LHOU alin les sects] vo) Ge | ate ten Mevenrellelaylone] Uma. ete alte meatal aecetial Interference. rajieuity Som Cantley) ake A detrimentally about you. | ties luskys couplekwarel madenone) waen Vis sveraveyrecurayohthelstagoiana Haven't you heard from your friend {net long enough to obt a man’s loss for words to Dear Betty a you kindly infec as ‘ ae ? the vessel returned to Brisbane. rexena eure nosed tromsaiRomanite © cre) ate dads J 3M twenty and nave been Keeping how you would send an invitation Ee Doesn't Take Her Out. | ; Oe Cees eee ah 4 . " f ‘Faint heart ne'er n fair lady company with a yot Pasta young lady friend asking her'| 5, . pers in to-mor- Well, yes, for a time we correspond- | “It sometimes changes a good man. ,, P {int heart newt We kiy DUAN Me CUne Manton on | eR TAHARI) 5 - ew ediiiesidh ravothari autiaceniarsean| into) altadifone imecmiitienria nen cee ce een nae ae her toma, A past two years, bi never loved | ‘0 a dance? I have never been out with] 7 AM a young girl of elxteen and am | CHAPTER V C7) PEE or two we lost track of each other. under arrest for ten min- fr A ries ie one else may step im him muy parental ta me to rT re, ex a party Nie ie deeply in love with a young man of | Actresses and Their Un- You nee, the West in a pretty dig |utes, ‘Silky’ Bob, Chicago thinks 1 win, his attentions. We had a é E twenty, js young ian when he! Ee nown Worshippers. Where He Slept. Proposition, and I kept hustling around |liave dropped over our way, and wren fy to Win Him Agai. BEN a eae SOP Une Lh egpuba Li young lady a note asking | meets me pays me a arent deal of at-| HE doting parents of a Connecticut ever pretty lively. But I know | she wants to have a chat with you, | 44OW fo) 0 As refus do so. T love vill c ) go with you} tention, but he has never asked me to boy who had gone to New York Jimmy will meet me here if he's alive, YY, are you? That's sensi- | Dear Hetty sek ParSHts stating the place where | go out with him. He profeases to love i" 100, under the patronage ef a pres for he always wes the truest, stanchest before you go to the! 7] 4M de Se snnloy chee atyeung, Ee eee, Hpuerielebendhinesdate: ime; .endimies dcosmnouiguawithany other, i Mog fi cre heneaeen perous hardware merchant were net» ©ld chap in the world. He'll never for } a noto I was taked to| {| fellow one year my senior, Mor iaymaking un | apeeils Belteve in Him. girl. T feel I could not live without! O7Jnves but a dance | .., rally most desirous to know just how Get. I came a thousand miles to stand you. You may read it here at|{ While he returned my Tove, pene ey perusentodrece)y ain a him. LM. 8 ‘Austin, Dobaon. |e, iad ae coeUne lone ate ta wortt 5 : y 5 ed me rather coolly, [another young man : Dear. Betty r e entirely too yi out Seajk* one could only “have the en, after @ fortnight, tether §n this door to-night, and it's worth {t|/the window. from Patrolman lately he has treated me rather cool! d Mnblovetel titaionite You ar ly too young to go-ou ne jwrote t boy’ Pa ees Epics (eas Sayre How can I again win his love? MF. | F peu fone an & Soang man) with any young man, Ask your fridnd ‘ runlot the letecRoxealot ©} chad his’ son was’*"no hand at. wens Phe waiting man pulled out a hand-| ‘The man from the West unfolded the! ‘The young man evidently has tiredof| You are be Pd edit [eben Ty trlonds aay that he tatne| {cals and until you are older you ee ee aI te a Eats OCS Car gomo watch, the Mds of 1 set with |iNttle piece of paper handed him, His YOU because vou have let lim see that | your own Rely Oure Renan ta |G AWS TUr Ne lends se Uo iheltalkal|/ahoulds ipeeccontentgitougmacstve)) your, Mont HonMles astroseey What | aed, or wlan’ vont tet iniaaaran inna wan stende when he began te )%0u love him and he knows vou are!frankly that you absolutely refuse to | against m ask him about. friends at home. | a valuable contributtn one | edded, °L wish youd me ‘know Three minutes to 10, ced. }read, but {t trembled a Ilttle by the) _ is couldiamelcey tog they eomence) of, | dt, ® mnort while reply came from the was exactly 10 we|tme he had finished. The note was B © Ww K hl MMi ik) Ce g GC te Dee] MA ty etaerr de ; shed. e wa etal owed, . 'm $ marted here at the restaurant door.” — | rather s Oo y ° . ADUES aspects: The utmost privilege allowed, | TE eens in the nero in se Did pretty well out Weat, didn't |” Puselatsthelaprointed piace ains! if an occasional peop at these ‘daytime, | I do not Know ‘where Ba as Y on time. When _ yo! uck the match entertaining ve-missives, sleeps nights.”— reckly. 1?" asked the policeman, |to Nght your cigar I saw it was the entertaining o3 [sleeps nights,”"—Harper’s ly. You bet! I hope Jimmy has done halt| face of the man wanted in Chicago. how I couldn't do it myself, so I as well. He was a Icnd of plodder,| (ent around and got.a plain clothes though, good fellow as he was. T'vé| man todo the Job Gad to compete with somo of the sharp- | “JIMMY.” Reflections of a Bachelor Giri, , by Helen Rowiand. VE 1s the sparkle in the wine; matrimony, the headache that follows. You can alwaya find sGmebody to share your money and your pleas- ures with; but you've got to have eomebody tled to you to share your, sorrows and troubles with. That's the excuse for matrimony. ] When you contemplate the man you mared, {t ts diMecult to believe he was ence the tnnocent, cherub-faced boy ‘his mother showed you a picture of. The devil couldn't tempt St. Anthony—but then in those days there were no ! Peok-a-boo waists. H The only contract a man considers ao unimportant that he will eign Yt without | first reading it over {s the marriage contract, ‘A woman whose hushand gives her cause for jealousy should not shed tears; should shed the husband. | ‘A good woman is known hy what she does; a good man iby what he doesn’t. | MUST BE CAREFUL OF ME NEW SPRING UNIFORM. AINT IT THE SEDAN cil (Cam you show how Miss Chrysanthemums seienm chair can be cut into two pimes watch ney be arranged to Gorm q periedt square HOW DARE YEZ RAISE ALL THIS DUST. WHY DON'T YE2 WET. THE STREETS BEFORE YE SWEEP 'EM 2) WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THIS BLAME, HE BUTTED IN WHIN WE WERE CLEAIN’ THE BE MUSSIN’ UP YER NEW UNI HM dress which fg i +o style, that ia with the sleeves ex- tending to the neok edge, !s always an efe fective one for the tiny children, and ts abpohitely simple, while it ts pretty and becoming. This one ts made of one of the cross- barred dimities that are being so much used this season, with collar and cuffs” of embroidery, but {t will be found j 1s appropriate for lawn, batiste and all mates rials that are thin enough to be made full with success. White fiawn and ba- tiste are much in vogue, a fhowe dimities and are well like The quantity of ma- terfal required for tle medtum size 1s 3 38 yards 24, 2 1-4 yards ow 44 inches ‘ yard of banding, 1 1-4 yards of edging to trim as ilustrated ttern No. 5074 is for olill- 4 and 6 Pattern No. 5974. Child's Bishop Dress, by mail to TREAU, N Bast Twenty-third street, TON FASHION BUREAU, No. 182 East York. 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