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‘My. Hunt for a Husband A New York Heiress’s Batterfly Quest for *‘the Right Man.’” By W. V. Pollock. Copyright, 1913, by The Prew Publish ing Co, (The New York Kvesing World). 1.—MY SOLDIER BOY. “Nobody ever marries me. I don't sce why they should; For nurse says I'm not pretty, And I'm seldom ever good.” ‘s bank account, mamma's family tree and what share of good 23 les and sand toye there have always been beaux. But the very first one I considered in Ught of a possible husband I met at my debut. H., my pal at boarding echool, had told me thrilling yarns about her George, @ rough-rider in the Spanish-American war. When Vio. pre- everywhere, of a certain bue which it heé taken Gays to find, after scouring almost a even then they had to be tinted to erd utter surprise and annoyance. He Rot pré- wer was his income, which was dependent on the @ Felling stone, George had never given a thought to earning the wherewithal to pay for bis extravagances. eourtship he anid to me: “Girlie, WHY have I not made | i Hi I eaw George frequently at dinners and dances, debutante the opera, week ends at country places and at every it by whico the smart set part with thelr money j George @ good catch decause of ‘this ‘father’s guest at the festivities of the young.unmar- one for me I began with a riding, Sancing jatmente with Gressmakers and silliaers, 11 oF musicales, luncheons, matinees, receptions and twas, of the night, often still up at sunrise, when eur of fruit, coffee, bacon aad eggs, which mesng “merning after sensation” for the weary danters was just at ih tH i H i ie weariness and after dinner escaped from bridge or the @ Gance, And, of course, George accidentally called to . He had a lordly way of brushing aside sentinels to our drawing room, in spite of papa’ lomo one George had not considered himself “no one.” te come toward the drawing room, saying tn @ loud voice, “Ham- father’s ghost,” thereby usually interrupting George's nine bun- ainety-ninth proposal. | Gearge could not understand why ¥ would not Itve on his father’s money, 1} that I would marry him only if he worked; #0 he determined to foin i brother at their father's cotton mill in Memphis, I promised to marry him @ year, t i it under my pillow at night. With the waning season I began t. lang’ ‘When be went away he took all the joy out of joy. Py ane a! 0 Mentone on the Italian Ri: = The number of George's letiars increased, jem dba much imagination to picture what was happening intone. Eiverybody a what homage is laid at the feet of rich American girl in a continental Rumors reached Geor 4 of my firtations, Usly letters followed. I was Derfectly satisfied to have him “cooking” in Memphis while I was having the ‘Cpe of my life with my new admirers, ; George fell behind in the race. And I'll tell you about the one who took the ext time (Nest: “The Fascinating Foreigner.”) Particular tnetructions were long delayed, from Mabel’s point of view, and after half aa hour she ventured te query im childish treble: “Mamma, may | come down now? I promi Tbe good,” pe Headquarters wes buffy and wefted me etaire the reply: = HE Uttle daughter of whom it would be aruel to ntly taken to her father’s “Yeu,” “Wall, 1 chovidn't thisk they’ hove to pay him mush, for be does muthing but talk, and be yest loves to do that,”*—Judee, —- The Bird Man's Triumph. By Eugene Geary. + Copyright, 1013, by The Prem Publish ne) (The Now Vere World), was a lovely motorist And right beside the stranded car ‘Who turned on all the power He calmly did yy the winding country eat svnrened " “What's wrong,” he asked her tenderly, AA ETT tines oa oun “With this absurd machine?’ , 2 , to & applause topped the ‘stop ‘course, “Nay, nay, don't weep,” the bird | depredations than those of the she had been given by him the famous asilvermounted pistol was on a table broke tn! vane jtoad ay ae ia eald, sal iat) a Richard rested, oe so” order, They were the get-rich- Zophar diamond that had been stolen, near her and i gives ber, oye She Wy ie oie-es delight trom the Italians pee Tn tones of mild reproot, leaner et do the hard. part of uke ose pecpie who took the savings of In every eclieuie of conversation poe picked it UP rake, theWraedh, In the FO eye 2, ‘woe ts me!” the maiden cried, “Btep on my plane and soon you'll land | work. jober yet t” Witews 206 cnet ay Hee 4 yaw te Ted en hilt ee bandting it oe Ue te sO eraimear, ‘one and Ad and Cora jotned Apap od prom- ty “ rT om hi willin acount tat ene |e nn aay wee jen seaiticnmee ets paar. et ryaan gh aremion ovo Sew rat et cold Sn bree sates GPS tote ba cs itn eeserby Sane Puar Sad , ifices. a ‘ & thousand miles trom home.” Hee eeee Oia cms ine blushing bride | ee cin until warms Heit tates thieves Sere Hoensed end avoided all the wolllaié. pittalls with ‘able, ©) | 0 handiy, begun, thelr stroll unee 8 ual they overstepped the bounds roitness. . attendant iA Dird man Goating in the diva, _ “There's nothing half se eweet is fe dora hem he Ashia boo pe moe eS thoy recelved fines or A@rian would pore, Soarast. he mas an im) ike Snare as sgpresstes i, finennvel the maidens psy. _ Ao evsecetaldicam? =, Seats nel 2" ral Sime % conch te shor trome ot tmariooameals The bua owas and jakaa hig home to wreck a pie aeD < Dearried hie daily eptatolary outpouring in the bosom of my gown and slept | = Gooone ss! | TOLD THAT FELLOW “TO Come IN HERE (0 MINUTES AGO AND HE'S Nor, § EB j “| Ha any thitdiaty ‘ 428 etal belt , & fE i + yy S3hi H : i 4 is of r with your foot?” ught it @ natural 4 flarei ras & z 5 H pe 3 ht bike HI il ef te | Bree Li The Man With a Billion i tm ber mediately ight, 1918, by John A, Moruse.) the taxicab business and buy the email authorities routed out tle ones they bad his father and mother as wife had met sevolver end then placed Pt FEsady OMAPTERS, patronage of the Hotel Westmoreland, authority to disturb as they plundered Jeffray Agured directly in the life of the ee. order about her opera szxopas oF Free sCusreey beng on Fifth avenue. He will have plenty and sent them to ew ia ether Doman be weve. ‘The sift of the Rophar ay 2008 voter ee trese of tne dei money. le jes Ti secrecy about pre- gown i machine in two or three da! then But not @ trace of the jimmy clans cluded marriage and abandonment of outlines of the weapon, he 19 to acquire the business of the of thief was found im this dowatowa the chase of the thief. Te have the PTER XXVIII. hotel I mentioned.” congregation of the ungodly and godly. ‘woman he loved for wife ie would fret CHAPTER A “Who ewipes the skirt, chief?” asked The gentiemen who had tunnelled tae be p competion ase have Be pansy. A pant. was @ crowéea night at the Kelley. way to other e's uation eremt- was ert whall kidnap the lady.” Bir Rich- secured it end’ han thea none tug him Adrian never for a seoend re- Mewaeiinn. SORE Seease ot eul e ever came for it nor did other maid and had secured a wax impression Jons wen her heart completely. ly after the rise the first curtaie, CHAPTER XXVI. fitter Join tt, Tlerney's Fe of tho pass key which Gecdualty she felt that b winning the, boxes were filed fea "the hease (Continsed.) Heved each other in elght hour shifts the means of opening of PReead with beasties, soe fer t! RICHARD rose from the three men selected to "> this am- Ay Sir Richard had Co for a before ala baton fer the chair and gtood im the win, bush work being the most temperate the trap was laid for him and th thea to that this impe Gow, gasing across the Hud- eon te the housetops of Yonkers, “Ther A ‘hed for thy It of i re clever people occasionally Building. Firemen had wor! @ tumult of love that had died down among the police, Kelley,” he said as hours with atecl saws to cut through with ten y {¢ musing aloud. “Some of them have bara that held fast the vaults, @ youth bres learned of my acquaintance with r= tain lady who lives on Fifth avenue the tes cast ‘slar’ a8 @ woman who With & mess of soft brown halr piled hey hold her ‘Dai -geetylene lamps were adopted bY fire that springs when oll te oe eamme siesling iale Bs Fees ain patient ane nea at ee Ox) Hire Department. Lawbound 90> ashes where are hidden coals of Gree coal the fox 4s starved be will approach the ciety had @ secret. wide ary followed in the footsteps of Cora Lee Peyton in her maturer years a word to @ soul about the possession bet . the lawless. was even more vivacious end chameing of the wonderful gem she had found on modest Galt Bae 7, bad wera ua: tap and leek as the bell Ther knew ms" question whether the vaults than she had been ase girl, Her borwt bor plow. His Gave her every perceived in the hothouse of eome , Cora were devoted to ” 4 the conflagratio p> the trace of dignity given it by thi him again. Then might come the @eal Both Adrian and ie he will enter, eee te Metamer. there "would Reve eins cf « decade Te Sen mysterien dissipated and music. ‘They eat silently enjoring the tee wr, Mid Kelley. Poneto ice coating aa there Was in So constant and ardent was he in hie 8 clear Seid abead for action, overture as the, musiclane reepcndes 0 Gord men FORO te ae te case. courtship that in two weeks he felt that She Was dressed and ready for the nobly tions o¢ Tescanial. time the fox will not en- _Agiin, the fnvestigation by Tierney & responsive feeling had come to her, opera. As she Waited for the announce. ter the trap,” went on Sir Richard, of the occupants of the skyacra ; “He will have the trap broken and the surrounding the ruins prior he put her kerchiet t } ; t fray. 1 Serer ee Maascepree——.' bait stolen and brought to him in his covery of the robbery showed that fray. She had told him of his kindness deir musi warre! | “What am I to 40, sir? asked Kelley, thieves more dai Cockney what be is to do and don't let “swell guy” borrowed from the Heeret the coming ef Meatague Jeffrey. him lose any time im carrying out MY Bervice, was too good a detective to eit Tierney had said that Jefirny music Yhrong of the sedan” Peacefully in his swivel chair and rest gunman. Very well. Adrian Lioyd Ven. | Kauel oe the time was Kelley left the room. upon faith alone, He was ae firm be- derpoel had followed De Wet through near at hand when the glorious veice of Gir Richard lit a fresh cigar and fell lever in the lesson taught in @ parable the bloody, fraasied efges of the last near ot hand whee th te mooning at his sunbeth. that faith without works meant ttle, aix months of the Boor war. Ne gut Re eae were tebe 65k the anasen price Bacio Adrian Vanderpool was given free rela man would see him wilt at the crisieal | Would he sig ae he oll fhe seas CHAPTER XXVII. to do as he pleased as he courted the moment, hold all the power and sweetness that the Ome woman Tierney felt sure would Cora Peyton had abundant strength of Gelighted and thrilled operagoers AY and Pinte miso stom rd be bout the fall of ao Richard, but character and hela of [+4 oy world over for so many years? offices + erney had the pick of his men hi Adrian's father wearted corporated, watched the 40°F handy in the vicinity of the Hotel West: "4 r} glad; ae hi the se of the abandoned suite Of morciand, and his star mam Hved te tho ofthe ‘amily box in the Golden Mores Montague Jeftray, ton $d hostiry and worked there as & The poise of the wealthy young saver: oe Bae eee ee Anke ‘The letter of Mra. Porter, The star man, incident 9 turer, rankeess 0nd manliness ani most Immedia: No nade violent love to the peered his a ‘ite courtesies and conald- 18 sung by the tenor ali vad ard said coolly. “Now go and tell Tierney, while having full faith tm bis laxed bis vigilance against the time of Ging tn was e@ overture. pico Cora wan Gressed with @ simplicity of and reliable of his ataff. Bippers would close on the fox which made the women tn adjotn- Many interesting thinge had been came, iungering, for the bait, matrimony might not it of the fire which — qari, quickly, but she legiaes te remain Y . ie as, ing hersel at ‘9 tem engagement with the wi ake w ork out well. They were nat many minaten tn reat ior Trust Company violet Widow served to awaken in him Ie w putts and curls of old love of @ Jed style of the moment them an tng into f er doors, and ehe slept always a dare wea had used oxy-ncetviene IAMD® of w beatiful young {ut on eet. patel close ot hand. Air’ at aplendor, ‘vat tt was barbaric and the armor covering the treasure jonged to another, had tortured his soul Would Montague Jeffray again dare 69! on y oe oie oe or me, had melted like wax under m blast this revival of the passion was as the to come stealing into her apartment creature in « ail gown of vicle! ekiifully but simply op her head, Whe breathed not iy Vans attuing not- ty seamed more to be desired because of reason to delieve that ebe would see famous horticulturiat, Finally the curtain rose and in 9 few shot the machine arourld the corner @& In that tine he had learned, as he meat from the office that Adrian's car moments Caruso wae singing with » Madison avenue den thought, all that she knew about Jef- was ready for her, Wek ere ae gees vas oes buildings were infested with in the matter of investment, but she did that held Horse Shee eubseribere remained stent bay rous and more cruel not tell him what he already knew—that wife of Adrian Va! as he sang, and en, the whole house