The evening world. Newspaper, January 9, 1912, Page 17

The Evening World Daily Magazine, Tuesda J 'S"Matter, Pop? So (xtikthkr The Two-Gun Man | The Best Couboy Story in Ten Years | ; 1 ‘ 4 Crude Mage 4 i SHour Knees By Charles Alden Seltzer COMMENCE THEIR OWN PoP Business Woryright, 1911, hy the Outing Ff sing off about it, untess I've heen dreamin’, ? hip sen Accordin "to that it must have been | M CHAPTERS, Leviatt who told Mary Radford that Pd — we deatiy markt Tbeen hired to kill her brother.” se T aia?’ he vage Leviatt sneered. “Supp ned, showing his teeth In @ Voat are you goin’ to do ‘ HE TALKDR,” a play by Marion Fatrfax, that was well acted at the Harris Theatre last night, y Sup to its name. But the author, while emulating the bad example of the parrot that had reason to regret tts conversational powers, has done an original thing by putting on the atage the type of woman who delights in airing second-hand views solely for the aake of being able to talk about herself. | Miss Fairfax, Nike m daked ideas and seen thr 1’ now, drawled Ferguson. “Tm giad to hear that you ain't denyin’ wre from the range bose Ye rda he stated calmly, “I was ridin’ down the river 1 found @ basin among the hill. vere Was @ Cabin Jdown there. Foor men was talidnt in front of it The was twenty calves an’ a dozen cows In @ corral, Two of the men was “ atts right ha drop) sud- denly to hin holater. His platol wi halt Tucson's baad waa also wrapped and the butt of hia pistol. But ve- of us, has evidently met the shallow creature of half. ush her with an Intelligent eye. ‘This sort of woman is 'so self-conscious that the moment she absorbs a theory to her head and causes a pronounced swe ing. Then she begins to talk and p haps, ag in this case, to write a paper on “Woman, the Individu in order that the club to which she belongs may sit In awe of her mighty Inte‘lect. ll t) a eo Tiling again with Tio really intelligent members of that rentes bode lak, the muggle of either man's gu club may not, of course, be over- e For THE Love Nhe hime erga had cleared ts holster, there wai Wholmed by the results, but tho self oF Pete! en a Oe erent, ati tte mer me satisfied performer is sure to be greatly WHAT'D Ya Go Preonacon, returns (0 the ranclt and tnuaises Wiad: | See and his two guns glinted jo the impressed, for she k ‘ “tad ws how to appre- clate herself. Now, If all this had been brought out by a man it might not be accepted without more or less heated argument. But noteworthy fact remains that the author of “The| Talker" ts a woman, so we may assume she knows what she fs talking about. For nearly two acts the play seemed in danger of being talked to death. | AN TURN THAT, Juice on FOR ‘There followed two reports, #o rapidly that they biended Smoke ourted from the wugales of the atray-man — ucson sigh d both CHAPTE? XXII. his chest, and pl forward headlong, (Contin =.) rening i») ee in the sand. tA - \ an Instant Leviatt stood rigtd, hie te Keeping a Promise. | {arm swinging helplessly ‘by hin. sige, State ood bi broken by tho siray-man's bullet, an less as he heard the stray-| expression of surprise and fear in die a man’s volce, directed at Levi-| @: Then with a sudden, ce mo In the first act Kate Lenox held the) att. tlon he dragged again at his gun. floor without fear of contradiction un-| “L reckon you think you've] One of the stray-man's guns crashed {it her husband stepped fn and roared been some busy lately,” he drawled. again, sharply. Leviatt's weapon went sept 1 i Forie| Meaningless words, as they appear | OM Its bullet throwing up sand in front accepted trulsms about men and wom- here ningless to the group of Ferguson, Leviatt's eyes closed, nis en. Meanwhile all the horrors of Sub- urbla were revealed. To give Kate her! due it must be admitted there wag al great deal in what she sald a She went a bit further than the progra tion in a suburb of Brooklyn, The Joy of liv! i4e without a servant didn't appeal to Kate. She was quite right on that nt, But when she a need the French notion that a woma: Ufe should really begin after marriage she became both silly and tiresome, Was Impossible to take bh siy w her longing to have her ff modest, »y & motor ride w An Whose popularity was confined e: trely to fem 5. fo much 3 said to the ny of life only to satisfy thc kneos doubled under him, and he dat and to the Two Dt ; to Leviatt they ed with a dire #enifeance, hey told him that the stray-man was aware of his duplic- the pistol ity; they meant perhaps that the etray-|A_ thin blue wreath of smoke rose man knew of his dealings with the cattle | '2lly from Its muzzle, thieves whom he had visited yesterday PP a a Daag Be 3 a? Ris peereey hills ne a river, Whatever his hands. Leviatt’s Teviatt the ant there © siynificance [#tFetched slowly and then stiffened. “In Jenough In the words to bring a aneoring | t!@ Strained silence that had followed smile to hia face the ng Ferguson stood, looking . 1912, ‘Meanin'?’ he questioned, hia eyes ly down upon the quiet form of Mrs. Econom (one Bes tytn on) rilttering. evitl e New York World.) Ferguson smited, hit eyes unwavering ‘allen adversary, Jo won't Ile no more about and narrowing a Very little as they mot | a duty. the f his questioner, Without a glance tn the direction of Tully Marshall as Harry Lenox. fm the suburb of Placed the seen: #tallment plan x. #0 1s a ne w pout this man Hollister, who had not condemned his wite| in a suburb, that the author should have produced him tt] sity of the aud A row between him and Harry am though the occasion wore one of un.| te kroup of silent men, he sheathed hie Lenox would have n moro Interesting than the vague, endless talk. Instead of Yeu Just AS SOON AS Quon 4 peace, he drow out some to» | Weapons and strode toward the rancl being allowed to see what was go on we were told abou it—and mere report FI THIS LIGHT IT ORIES PLE bacco and several strips of rice paper, | Rouse. Isn't drama, But, as good luck would FOUN, bYE f the strips of paper, he have it, the play Ing toward the en When | Ww really inte AdN PRESS IT? Selectin o NEIERES NO SUIT OF HIS returned the others toa pocket and CHAPTER XXIII. Your BUY - eee eran a cearette: | stinerate, | At the Edge of the Cottonwood. ING A . His movements Stafford watched hi od by his ERGUSON strode into the man- pores nla OA WEAR, coolness, In the ten > sound | ager's oftice and dropped | whe had been pr TO THE CLUB Was heard except a subdued ratth heavily into @ chair beside off with Hollister, she stopp CARDO PARTY. pans in the bunkhouse—telling that the|¥ Y the desk. He was directly in } about the freedom of we cook and hig asalstant were at work, front of the open door and horrified to find that th Tho cigarette Wax made » and fooking up ho could see tha bipcrs ee vee then the #tray-man lgh and|men down at the bunkhouse congre- { Loh allot ata ie looked again at Leviatt, ixnoring his {Rated around the bodies of Leviatt and Miss Lillian Albertson, as Kace. Sueatione mating: calmer beaaae, Tuseon: changed for the better here, but !t wes “You workin’ down the creok yestere| The end that he had been expecting Tully Marshall as the husoand, heart broken at the fate of his sister bit terly aware of the part his wife had played in the tragedy, who he mutd, ‘pi wrapped Levtatt, The question had caught him off hte muard or he would have evaded It, HM for the past two days had come—had une as he knew it must come, He had jot been trapped as they had trapped | Rope Jones. When he had’ stood before day j had told the le out of pure perverse | Leviatt in front of the bunkhouse, ho play and xave the audience ne had noted the positions of the two men; thritl, He ed this scene with Ferguson took long pull at his cig-| had seen that they had expected to poignant feeling, lily xrief ° arette | Walk squarely into the net that they genuine that tt was truly movi “Well, now,” he returned, ‘“that's| had prepared for him. rned, broken {n mighty peculiar, I'd mave sworn that [| His Ups curled @ little even-now over When Ruth ‘i fter bh . fn seen you an’ Tucson ridin’ down the the thought that the two men had held health and spirit, after having been NE eesoas HOW IT HAS river yesterday, Thought I saw you in| him y. Well, they bad learned deserted in Chicago, there was SHRUNIX ® basin in tho hills, talkin’ to some, diffe n too late, Tt was the affecting scene finely acted by At JOHN, WAIT en that I'd never seen bi end of things for them, and for him the bertson and Miss a THRU. TILL |GET [reckon T was mistaken, bu end of his hopes. When he had drawn played the unhe JOHN DOESN THE PARROT swore that I'd seen you." his guns he had thought of merely she never fort! APPRECIATE ; Leviatt's face was colorless, Stand-| wounding Leviatt, intending to allow OuT OF THE ROOM the ing with his profile to Tucson, he closed | the men of the outfit to apply to him one eye furtively, ‘This had been a sig-|the penalty that all convicted cattle nal that had previously been agreed) thieves must suffer, But before that he upon. Tucson caught it and turned) had hoped to Induce Leviatt to throw slightly, letting ono hand fall to hig *0me Heht upon the attempted murder right hip, Immodiately above the butt|f Ben Radford. of his pistol | However, Leviatt had spolled all that “So! sn Leviatt, “you're seein’; When he had attempted to draw his @ heap of things since you've been run-, Weapon after he was wounded. He had hint with Mary Radfore ‘given Ferguson no alternative. He had Ferguson taughed mockingly. ‘Msh- been forced to kill the only man who, be I have," he returned, “Ridin' with) he was convinced, could have given her sure makes @ mun open his eyes him any information about the shooting considera ut Radford, and now, In spite ot ay Now he Ignored Loviatt, #1 |thing that mi say to the con- md. Lapel da trary, Mary Radford, and even Ren “When I was in here one day, talkin’ himself, would always believe him to yo he said quietly, “you told me sully. about you an’ Leviatt Koln’ to Dry Bot-| He could not stay at Two Diamond jaturally my|tom to hire a gunflxhter, I reckon you no: He must get out of the country. Lilian Alvertson as Kate Lenox. hort before another night passes. iy amusing as a long-suffe suburbanite, and 1 neighbor who always had plenty to say ht In the part of the most disagreeable little Malcolm Duncan, as the struggling young had a strange way of whistling for his pathy M! mistake to make by Little Berta Donn took imp! of that comfortably material sort to be found only | for extended remarh brat that was ¢ st i trl” when he © All the tn the suburbs. od a suburban Hedda Gabler without Hedda’s sting. talkative servant who Wilson Day was p Isabelle Fenton was an There was too much morallzing and an overdose of philisting sentiment, But there an quality that counted In the end. en are likely to be interested—and men was also a very sincere h "Phe Tatker” {s a play in which wo! for a scene here or ther letter from an old sweetheart in Ireland Watt until you are doth over twi A man who signs himself “M. F." though I am enxag nnouncing her coming marriage. What] one, and then decide for yours writes: flance objects, What shall Ido? told that right? back to the old life at the Lagy J, i} | suali 1 do Whether or not you wish (o marry, “Is tt proper for me to lend my dla-| Tell the boy frankly that aa an en-{ “I sure did,” returned Stafford, where among his friends he might final } B t t \ ] i nceen t , s |) Write her a note wishing her happ!- —_—- mond ring to a iri?” Kagel irl you cannot accept his atten| Fereuson took another pull at is ly fomknt, | But he doubted much, | Did ness then try not to think any No, for tt would immediately start gos-| tions, cigarette, blowing the smoke slowly | men ever forget women th ? e yi mare auoUt Her, A B rthday G ft. iG mallee skyward. And he drawled again, so |Some perhaps did, but he was certain “W. KR." writes: “What would be a pot Gy A girl who signe hersat “y, ov | that there was a distinct space between | thut nothing—not even time ould dim 7 sultable birt gif man ji ol ow 3 the words, the pleture that was now In hig mind: V ny ten: w le birthday «ift for a young A girl who signa her 1." | writes: rbd € Oo re) € T Ss | by who has i rked a 4 “TD reckon you dtdn't go around adver. | the hill In the flat, the girl sitting upon who is g pursued by 9 has been paying me ma writes: Is tt right for a young man to as |tigint that?” he asked. line rock bestde aim, her eves tuimtna % | 1s cont y calling at th ace where | tentions for six months’ i @ young man who quite sume the privilege of taking a girl home| — s - led with a soft, tenfer ieht; her brees assy iees ii ein | Stafford shook his head negatively. | ¢ he boards, 1 he has to be polite to} you wish to give him anyth attents but he went away and I) from a party without asking her pers] “There ain't ayy one around here| blown halr—which he had kissed; watch er Mén. from another man. I care nothing for] her, Bu you think he can respect; Make it simple, A book ts always @D-! haven't heard from him for five weeks. | mission?” knowed anything about that but me ant|the sun-god# had kissed as, cominz is ia man, but T think he cares for me,| her when she has so Ili respect for | Propriate. Would it be all right to call tim upon) It is not, No girl should ever allow! you an’ Leviatt,” he returned, down from the Leap weer ad ’ ” owl “Ean gamed to al and I t want to hurt his feclings| herself that sho can run after him?” son | [this telephone’ herself or her favors to be taken for| Ferguson grinned coldly bathed the hill with the golden Het for | ng back the présent. What| 1 a ure he cannot regard her| AQman who signs himeclf “Il "| Not uniews you know he ta {1 or in-| granted. An’ yot it'e wot out,” he stated quiete (the evening, kee me, wut sho persists wrresponding | shall Id serio’ that he never wilt so mere Pe : capacttated for writing, You are not — Revue boone dh Bl go By ‘ua'tiree | Re gpl te ee ec It depends altogetne! © nate cae an Ble. act you 8 h “I am opposed to dancing, but my = alway Ae ai Bl A man who 8) vin “™M. M't| Kno! b One of has been | could preven 4 micration Wann OW | __t denends altogether on tie nature| long as § 5 as you say she 1s ul BRIAR BUE: engaged, and you don't want him tol A ma ho signe himeert ‘Mi, MM, asin’. I wouldn't think that you'd | happiness which that afternoon seemed Jor t t. If it was Jew : fl flancee is devoted to it, Should she not i! ei writes 7 ‘ell the youns return | doing. think you're running after him 1 done any gassin’,” he added, apeaking |to have promised, He had watehed the payee If mple thing like a book | -—- give {t up, as I wish iat T love two girls and want to marry | te atora vin winking behind the tountalng, me- cannot continue s mm | your flance is unreasonable to object, | “A. C." writes: “Iam very much in] If she doesn't go to dances with) A girl who signs herself “R. 8." one. How shall [ choose between them?"| phe latter slowly shook his haad cure in the thought that the morrow wishes that her eng: nent jlove with a Sut my parents object | other men I think you ought not to ob-| writes ‘There's just one choice—the Kin you! Ferguson continued, ts eyes cold and! would bring him added happiness. But should remain unbroken 8." writes: “I have Just had ato her. What shall I do? Ject Just to her dancing, “A boy 18 trying to pay mo attention| love. cannot really love both, lalert: "An I rekon that I ain't shot there could be no to-morrow—for se " in love with | i irianes — ee ea nnsceelai Bh para canis | ton later Stafford entered op, Ww." es: "I afm in love with Fifteen minutes 16) “E, W." writes ele EA the nitive to find hly stray-man atitl seat: @ young man who works in the sam es 2 the ots enait, hee head bowed in. his Would it be prdper to ask Mim 9 9 ry Conriete. 1918 s hands. He did not look up as sever invited me in e JZZ 3 by ‘The Frese Publishing Co, y wig manager entered, and the latter J e rf (The New York World), over to and laid @ friendly hand on | oer if atway first nis 4 Im thankin' you for what you've ‘ou, and : ve wad his case your volumfteering the inv = ond = a leaning ona hand en IE el eae -_ > (TG Foousn To Be So HetLess. Tie ALMOST MADE MY MIND : (wD BerveR\ | lynch, he upon, whet he , j entions, OR SIRE WILL (snT 7? You see , Wwe To GIVE AWAY ALL MY WEALTH - Do You Thun Se eee) pat doom Mies had come tnto bia ta - Mou KINDLY AssIsT ALWAYS HAD EVERNTHING AND pu BLT dust A Few MILLCNSs —/ ly DocTOR , 1 B5y that tue ever-alwaya steady tatore— aming With an ex- ) unfatromable. sand gl which seem ‘ as he ass " rie ‘LL GET Tre) Ss ‘ ween: pen 6 2es08 oe Me 2. My Sure) GeT MARRIED To Some + How He. » theatre s > ANYTHING FOR MYSELF. AND i i ry . | ye fates i ree | Li SHAT Hh: Ori: if Vettaeee ma A GREAT Goop , TRIE ™, Cour You! LOMBAGOs _} S Pe he sald nothing unt) the manager mn | | | | and take the ous sie for tnto the row of seats, séf2 one nearest Uy Pow to Be Fopula a ; : Dad sesaten elf beside the desk He should allow them to precede } ee FORTWNE 1S A CURSE =) 4 ‘- te : : Fs oe y nto Sta rned face. MARRIED, ait ae ufone what I came Ms = here t id, grimly, "I'm 5 takin’ my Ume ne 4 Statford’s face showed @ sudden dis- appointment. “A Ww owed WwW 1 ought to} shucks!” he returned, unable to keep speak fret in a quarifcl between a young | the ra ‘et tro vw his voles, "Ain't things ) nother ted you he | Aas yet tn | My The strajman grinned with straight a aus yet ta ‘ys, He could let the nager was alto 0 ‘hings have si ed well," he declared. “I'm you f havin’ made things for me while I've been here » done what T contracted to do win't anything more to keep If you'll give me my time I'll know his secret beth the man and the gin sh without waiting £ 73 writes Ix {t proper for a an to hol ‘ pat for church or fin any other public (To Be Continued.) Yos, wherever other servant to is no maid or nelp her, beat LD, One tent cowbey storive ever “W. K." writes; “My flance objects | to my Raving received s Christmas gift