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290000005 A ~~ ® New York Romance } ‘ j of Theatrical Life. om POD IIOOOOO0OD: C ri ‘i calles him. th Allory who clatmed Newark, N. J. as hie notal “thr any thought of she complained. “I've been calling you This Novelization of ‘The Chorus tirely different from what he had pic-{ motive, and in another minute the ex- h M HIS BSA fi Aun (Eh thy kia [eite legts tga irain Gears Brea eaeat wi bea Lady” Was Mad tured ner. A pretty, slender girl,| press came thundering and groan t 1 If s i p 1 “ y as Mace i fi 11 or t bones by jay I ask the 1 5 ready for an hour. piquant, wide awake, full of fun andj into the station. As } d up the the| “the ai Sale hia henaerand| By John W. Harding, — with an extraordinary vocabulary of only passenger for Maple Grove swung CINAPTER IT. manitor ne) The net ra a ean New York slang, she transformed the|llchtly off and found himself face to ‘The Bet NGHR i arel tet 19 | soowied at her. F (Copyright Soy le W. Vilingham com- whol household with the Joy she dif-| face with the waiting man Vf 11€ et. BHAI ARIE Or h ney: u've been fighting again,” she fused from the minute of her arrival. “Mr. Crawford?” questioned Mallory. 66 LP rb, ¢ me at Lark n was a head | mented suspictously. CHAPTER I. Patsy made up hér mind that Mallory es. Mr. Mallory?" came an an- 1 Haskin cd tsar + < his ad-| "Ow, now, not what you'd oaml < was the one man in the world for her swering query. Di 1 the t Miss Nora’s daown t . yrous sivle detri- fightin,’ Miss Nora," the Dike assured The Girl and Horseman. anq that she would marry him. “That's me," said the trainer. And register of birtus got it. She told yer s left eye, her, with a cheerful grin. “It wus a ORNING was breaking unde When at last the telling of the oldest| as they exchanged a cordial handshake ‘lebone, London, as a ‘She ain't, ain't she! D'yer belleve! when the » a & foot-| little scrap, friendly lke, for exerciae, M uss Nov r ath- and sweetest story ever uttered by hu- = rare | donchernow.”* ene aegeina man lips had made her his and the hap- H F liwartherlarcamentiwsabpreventediby, : rs est girl in all the world, and he urged hat ade er AMOUS to atvent of aattory, accompanted by trey awit r to name the day and make {t soon, Mr. Crawford and O*Brien, ga t she sald: > ‘ The boys alipped out, and Nora would ‘ ‘No, Dan, There ain't no spavin on aN gladly have followed them, but her in't the girl t | wey my Interieck, and I ain't the girl to pu “Sa % fathor stopped her. a inks tn your ambition. IN name the 1 . r “Say: “Me daughtor, Mr. Crawford, sor; me i! ‘ lay, a ene bh Vourheverastable, “f've just found out what's “y in't the only Dall: daughter Nora,” he explained, his hon- yne be so own—not before. ;: : You ain y e that Maple A few months after her return to the matter with my face— Hint from Paris!” : 4 WENA aaa aE ENG jade New York the family were startled by it's too classig¢al!" By . ert, Hedd ERD Oh) CALE D @ bombshell in the shape of a letter es ‘aa | Crawford, with easy politenes: his hat. A Man and a Mald. “T am awfully pleased to meet you, Miss 'Nora,” he said in a soft, low voice, adding, “You are very fortunate to have such a charming daughter, Mr. O'Brien.” doffed Patsy anno uncing that she had owing to @ quarrel bookkeeper and gone on the from lett with stage. “You've Got to Trust Me!” Mallory, driven to desperation, went so far as to cast the fire: shadow on sun ed horizon of their bliss M nat he feared it would The old man regarded the visitor Detweenictheninic 7 with a dublousness which was quickly on going on the stage. succeeded by positive disapproval. He t are vou afraid of?” she de- did not like this sudden change from auletly. the brisk business manner with which replied with some hesita- Crawford had previously comported ent ve heared himself, and somehow the man’s inton- tell that the stage ain't no place for no ation and a dis: attitude jarred upon him, dant note in his heart. eyes were large and dark an@ She looked him straight in the eyes. Founded on the Play of the Same Name. By James Forbes. The questioner, an elderly and some- what stout person, was Mrs. O'Brien, who had entered with a can of milk. At this moment the door opened and O'Brien entered, “Oh, mother, Danny and Mr. Craw- ford'a goin’ te step in on thelr way from the stables for a cup ev yir coffee. They'll be here in « minut: The woman gazed at him in wrath- ful astonishment, and her remeanor un- derwent an entire transformation. “It'a a wonder yes wouldn't say s0 Instid of kaping it to yirailf all this tolme,” she said, witheringly. ‘Here, you bhoys, ekedaddie, the lot of ye. Do yex want to sit ‘atin’ here all day?” And she waved them toward the door with @ peremptory gesture, which they Jost no time in obeying. Nora already, @t the announcement of the coming of Crawford, hed vanished upstairs. A Girl's Rebellion, “Now, you, Nora, clear off the dishes, an’ you, too, Patrick. Don’t be talkin’ an’ watchin’ me do ail the wurruk,’’ Nora, however, was in no mood for Aocile obedience. “I'm sick and tired of It,’”’ clared, “Sick an’ tolred of phwat?" queried her mother, stopping and eying her, her arms akimbo, while the girl sulkay: went on getting tthe clean cups and saucers “Of this work,” id the girl. “An' why shouldn't ye wurruk, Ola loike to know? Ye're a wurrukin’ man's daughter. Of wurruk. An’ doan’t yir sister wurruk, poor girl?" “Poor girl!’ sneered Nora. to trade places with her. "Oh, ye would, would ye? An’ whe d'ye think ‘u'd give yez a job on the stage? An’ why would yez think ves she de- “T'd like Daniel Mallory.” she sald, “cut that ve. Crawford thought he haa and forget it. Remember, we're seen any more beautiful, to spiel through Ife together sure we shall be good friends,” ve got to trust me for good an’ all he said encouraging! ces an’ al! things. You've got to if Z Wal Rnioveahgbellevecinece von Ing stlil deeper, and, hastlly withdraw- dN Etre ERT Per a ing her hand, she made her escape, but no hobbles.”’ e returned | “A veritable wild rose,” commented | Crawford mentally. Then he gave no| little on further thought to her, verv gently never raise and very that ques- Il trust vou at all times CHAPTER III. A Family Scene. things. a deal,” s tt she Give me vour mitt on it “Cinch | hindfeet on one limb and Its forefeet on j another, while it glared down at the| dogs and switched {ts tall from side to side. He shot it through both should- era, and down it came in a heap, where- upon the dogs jumped in and worried | it, for its forelegs were useless, though lit managed to catch one dog in its Jaws| animals, and he had wired ; London.) pr that arrive on the | which Mallory was waiting. | n was roused from bis reverle by stant hoarse whistle of the loco STORY Hunting the Cougar. oO. 4. | | and bite him severely. | LA wholly exceptional Instance of the O animal of kind was related to me by my old hunt- N the chase !s ing friend Wills. In his youth, in VERY atyle of 80 difficult |southwest Missouri, he knew a half- E blouse that to Kill by fair stille |witted “poor white’ who vas very | gives the con- hunting as the ‘fond of hunting coons. F> hunted at | tinuous line over cougur—that boast | nigot, armed with an axe, and accom- the shoulders ts in of many names, panied by his dog Penny, a large, # vogue. ‘This one, known in the East axe half-starved cur, One dark night enlenas for young as panther and Gin) a treed en) cars ces he girls, Is exceedin, ainter, in the could not see; so he cut down the tree, attractive while! Weet aa mountain ana immediately Penny jumped in and the result is ob- | lon, in the South- gcabted the beaat. = tained by very eim- west as Mexican The man sung out “Hold on, Penny! ple means, ag the lions. ead’ linll the |Seeing that tho dog had seized some | s trimming portion, | Southern continent large, wild animal; the next moment ‘ |the brute knocked the dog endwaye, which gives th®/as ion and puma. | beers ‘ hake continuous line, 8 | It 1s a beast of stealth and rapine; and at the same Instant the man ep! cut all in one and ity great, velvet paws never make a open its pean with tne are Great wes arranged over the | sound, and it ts always on the watch his aston! shmert, and greater still ¢! 2 | blouse after it is | whether for prey or for enemies, while astonishment of the neighbors next made. In this in-| it rarely leaves shelter even when it day, when {t was found that he had act- | stance sheer white| thinks itself safe, Its soft, leisurely | vally kitted a couear These great batiste 1s combined | MOVements and uniformity of color CHEERS DeevnicnT hee OY THe CENTURY CO cats often take to trees in a perfectly with embroidery, but | Mtke it difficult to discover at best, | | toolleh_ manner. | ia reg n ma-| 8Nd its extreme watchfulness helps 3 levigently almost ove n¥on were| On the other occasion luck befriended ,ami giving a nd, the cougar galloped | My friend the hunter Woody tn all, terinis of the eea-| Ut it Js the cougars reluctance t0/a) of the trecs and 11 felt/ime. I was with a pack train In the off over a t ridge, But {t did sot | his thirty years’ experience in the wilds leave cover at any time, its habit of | nat next day there suchia | Rooklessand one day) feeling laxy,/alldiizo within a hundred y {found | never killed but one cougar. He was| na Daan sinking off through the brush, sneteee chance to follow the cougar|as as we had no meat in camp, 1 deter ed on {ts side its Jaws work-| lying out in camp with two dogs at | iM ae eu GEe pent of running In the open, when ivan rarely! offered. In the morning by dawn mined to try for deer by lying in watt vely the time; !t was about midnight, the | And) band) embrol=| and the way in which it les hit edna I was at the bottom and speedy found beside a recently travelled game tra de Hampton, who, with | fire was out, and ‘he night was pitch- | are gulte a3/ in its lair even when tava 2) ae ae Following It I cating ac The spot I chose was a steep, Pp! > ind hound, has been the might- | black. He was roused by the furtous | * pennies aa Ate piles eee Fenuse, among some cedars tnyp clad slope lead down to a lit st hunter America has ever seen, In-| parking of his two dogs, who had | 5 garniture as the all-| cuit to still-hunt. tee enrol oa weather bites horde in Ke behind a breast-| forms that us killed his | charged into the gloo! - | ove: materia’ illus. | In fact it t# next to impossible with | *te?? re wher ittee! mountain lak 1 behind a breast-| f¢ he that he has killed with bis charged into the gloom, and were ap - ‘erated any e of success regularly to hunt | te bottom. works of rotten loxs)) witha stew young). be ae aie scars, Curing (h® parently baying at something In a tree | meted, ay eiped ene “ evidently just left { ‘ evergreens In front—an excellent am- fifty years he has hunted in Sou close { | ‘ied The quantity of |the cougar without dogs or bait. Most He had evidently Just left !{, and T evergr in ANGE A CALA OF EERE Pan juve close by. He kindied the fire, and to jal ua q {cougars that are killed by still-hunters | followed his tra all day. But I bush. A broad game trail slar gown ae 1 AuAhineiattonvstat his astonishment found the thing In the » materia required | ¢ mit a fg so. of hi ne e hill directly pas nt they were Killec Oaths eo | tree co 0 clo \- fer the lé-year size are shot by accident while the man Is Never caught a gimp f him, and the hill dire Bu past ; mavaPan mieehantiite t to be a cougar, Coming close un. bah . This th late in the afternoon I d\wearily fectly quiet for ab en hou derneath he shot it with bla revolver; is 31-8 yards 2 after other game. This has been my f I a dee bas experience, Although not com- homewards, When T out next to the murmur o pine forests, thereupon, It leaped down, ran some yards 82, or 1 1-2 mon, cougirs ate foundinear my ranch, |morning T fou! that sooh as 1 and the occasional call of a jay or opty yards and climbed up another yanas 4) Inches |" ine ground is peoullorly favor. | abandoned chase my quarty, ac- woodpecker, and ms tree, where it died among the branches, ‘ ! pothe grounds 1s pecs rae ha the traf ° the . “or ° 201 Bild with 1 13) sole for the solitary rifleman; and for cording to the u tt x 1 th It cowboys come scross a cougar In A GRY Niet ee ON ia 8 1 have, off and on, devoted ayed bys bs k ate after pen ground they Invartably chase and wide for the Rar: |. aay or two to thelr pursuit; but never | Uh nd ¢ Ne iden wit try to rope it-as indeed they do with 4 6008, Be Ad Yards | cuocesstully One December a large footsteps to within A 7 kind ‘ any wild animal, T have known severas Blouse—Pattern No. of banding \eeearreeniuninialabedstoniatasnesiyitneuses hike round ula neatacYactieacalcelnelronaal iat (ile cut In ales for girls of 14 nnd 16 years of age wonded bottom two mils above the cl As writing In the snow : bas bl h more dangerous| N8Y? 17 one the animal was brought in- canch house. ; 1 have seen a t-lik r i ila eka nrous camp allve by two strapping cow- ‘Call or wend by mafl to THE EVENING WORLD MAY MAN- I did not discover his existence untit| twice, and bot t haulers Pettitte ieete | Wenp. | punchers. ro . New went there one evening to kill a deer, jane occagion one of my men, : TON FASHION BUREAU, No. 18 Kast Twenty-third street 1 we ae? 1 he was very fond. How- York. Bend 10 cents in coin or stamps for each pattern ordered. and found that he had driven all the and I surprised one eating a skunk in trang Kae A it his pack had held a few very Story No. 5 More: Asventurss| IMPORTANT —Write your name ané address plainly and ab J deer off the bottom. having killed sov-|q pullbesry pateh; and by escape [ual IbAG, passed 4 9 Fee ee dM unthacdeie with | Covance n ednesday’s wave npecity else wanted oral.a# well as a young heicer. Snow waa bungling frightened {t away from lig.’ oa, ia PERSE Ea Sips Srl SRN ERAT TT seauiy Ob the ime, wus the Goren was unser sty copes without getting « got a atle N the spacious Uving room of the | jal, he was rmina- — He held out his hand and she grasped Say: trainer's house, which served the nd energy areer ft ‘Then. udden tmpulse, she 7 Fy “ i : ned uanionsiraten ileeall te pvextudd levaxalnatenericn eel tm no knocker. but if cer- Girls, a perfect tigger cere srbaitnone, ot idtchan abt d\hinw|sooee, ‘Born Richm: red it with x! tain parties was where they tainly saves you money, ae Rtn) table alsposine, with raven- oe aneresisarederee Parties Hiden belong they'd be making don't it?” ous appetite, of the good things pro- | ad died when he \ ed. and as he clasped he ” - ¥ Geenics! nN @ passionate embrace he saw that beds. vided for the first repast of the day age when r er eyes were wet. by Mrs. O'Brien. Nora, till excited | ieedatarselisel Mallory. spurred by the ert of his and jubilant, was serving them, and Wee citer sweethea the prize held out to they took stock of each other in a rapid kins, but fay his exalted title that dope, yer bughouse? Besides, if! steps caused him to release his hold in as she filtted lightly about from dreaser | See n to even greater eff. n he g!ance. by the othe f the Mallory |she ain't {t's up to her to get {t. That's haste tp stove and from stove to table she inte ad ¢ y put forth, procured a Mallory was very favorably impress- quart» a “Cheese ft! De boss!" he erfed, gast_ complacent glances at hergelf to Ker positin @s.mande@erot a tae 6d. His prospective partner was a he «Strike Me Dead!” Both dashed to thelr patls and whenever she passed a small mirror @ racin | ine stable and in Gourde of-time amass- clean cut, well set up man of about his - esumed t «rooming operations with that hung on the wall. The Duke fol- tess ed enough to establish a stable of his own age, and In dress and bearing car- Strike me dead! You s'v thet agin (roe iy lowed her movements with sheepish, stable Patrick OF own. He selected Maple Grove as the riled the stamp of good breeting, While Hi gull See esha! Cos Gao eID ext morientialvoineretnlentered adoring even Rhatactenivdar-oler ad site for it, and of course he took with he would not have been ac ed hand- if over Ha naar ce ‘The Shrimp suddenly demanded hia $5. other daughter, six ye bin the O'Brien family, which he long | some by most women, he was certainly phe ne eer ee ye SRE ae receeat Sik Phwat's that about a bet? Who's New York, apprenticed since had come to consider as his own. not bad looking, especially when he further wa » and with Heht- mean CG pin winnin’ fotve dollars?” fashionable modiste F smiled, and there were an ease and a ning raphlity there were no calls for “You bo upens eee AIR aMlisyiniees Misfortunes, Blom caney anaes At first things had gone well, and the | QOOS® POHOODODIOGO SETA GODOODOOGAZY x her years before dav wedding at last had been | ¥ Lizzie fixed it was not vet to be. A no thou serie sfortunos crippled Matlory’s re S OO sé n her C r dously that Patsy in- & e ow ponement. A number © earing naWaleaWanc $ OOO a 2c tater set ee Th think the danger would have been mint- bette I was no insurau o mized, nad failed In business out most of his buildings, Mal- > " a i ory found. hinielf. facing oe tace $The Evening World's Series | Gen, Hampton followed his game on Love at First Sight. vuln), withmithes foundering ne sell tiie ‘ ‘ horseback; but in folowing the cougar ie ada baat rience Reet Tn RA GEE der ee 20 Hunting Stories Hin che) OND (9p EO een CRT) te eta a . 5 In this extremity o: ce necessary. Thus Col, Cecil Clay, of | of the stable found a iixely ¢ BY President Roosevelt. Washington, killed a cougar in West | for n in Richard Craw? rd. By Special Arrangement, | Virginia on foot with only three or four | t young New Yorker, well | wed g o | hounds. The dogs took the cold trall, ke is a clubman and a man about }and he had to run many miles over the wine was much interested in Illustrations by Frederlo Remington. | rough, forest-clad mountains after them. HN ET G Ls Finally they drove the cougar up a@ tree, een arranged that Mr Craw- | (Copyright. 1898, by G. P. Putnam's Sona.) w eevee Rog it, standing nae the m Mallory had never seen. (Published under arrangements with ‘branches, in a half-erect position, its down to look over the quar-/G. P, Putnam's Sons, New York and | Mancee some token of hia affection. was cut out to be an actress? Sure, ye can't sing or dance like Patricia, She takes after me, while ve're the Mvin' spit of yir father." “I'm lots prettier than she 1s," as- serted Nora, with a pout, as she shot a rapid glance at herself in the mirror. O'Brien scented another atorm gath- ering about his devoted head, and as soon as the girl's back was turned & | broke upon him. “It's you that's spoilin’ her, puttin’ | this nonsense into her head about goin’ on the stage,” began his wife flercely He answered her with a calmness and assurance that gave her choler pause. sh, the oldea's not a bad one. iss good money Patsy's earnin’,” he sa’ she | Mrs. O'Brien dried her ey | “Pawat sort 1s this Crawford?" ked. | “Ol've tuk @ disloike to him," he said, shaking his head. Mra. O'Brien recovered: her equanim- y and resumed her customary domi- |mation. | “Thin God prisarve us all! Ye'll | glory In showin’ It!” she commented. She stopped abruptly. Through the {window she had caught » sight of a | man approaching. | Jere co Crawford!” she said | hurriedly. ‘ow smoile, though ye could choke him!"* (To Be Continued.) Vincent’s Advice on Courtship and Marriage. How to Get Engaged. Dear Betty: HAVE been keeping company with | a young lady for the past year, I Would lke to know how to get en- gaged. Is an engagement ring neces- sary, and !f so, what kind? WORRIED. Tell the young lady you love her and want her to be your wife. An engage- ment ring Is not necessary, but it to customary for the man to give his I¢ your salary is not large the girl could not expect an expensive ring. Ask the young lady her preference in stones and if you give her a ring select one with her favorite gem. | A Graduation Present. Dear Batty: AM a boy of eighteen and a gird friend af mine, three years my junior, ts to graduate from publie school this month, As her parents have deen very good to me lately I would Uke to give her some nice present and ask you to suggest a proper article tor me, AC. R Books are always acceptable press ents, The young lady might pretty fan, or flowers. A Long Waitt. Dear Betty: HAVE a sultor of twenty-eight. He 1s net able to marry now, but thinks something will turn up next year, 1 have already waited for him three years. My parents are comfortably well off and a1 not willing for me to marry a man of such peor prospects. The love he gives is all that a woman would and he is a man of temperate habits, but he 1s very quick-tempered. | realize that Iam not as young as I lsed to be, ahd by letting him monopo- lize my time I have lost other admirers What shal! I do? kK. T. Have a frank talk with the young man. Tell him you consider you have waited quite long enough, and unless he loves you enough to work for you, you will be forced to give him up. ‘lo Keep Files Outside. F": those who object to wire net~ e ting in the windows during the summer @ new idea has been, found to prevent files and such any noying pests from entering the hot ‘This new preventative is a window= box of mignonette, It seems that the’ Insects do not care to face the odor of this charming flower, #0 that {t ts an effectual barrier against thelr In> vasion, It sounds like a very pretty idea, and we may expect to see ugly wire screens entirely discarded and the windows decorated with dainty boxes filled with the sweet blossoms,