The evening world. Newspaper, June 29, 1916, Page 16

” ~~ ~ lalla _ AE LVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JUNR 29, 1916, Dl hihhdididadbdididic al An interesting Series of Pathe Photopiaye Now Being Presented at the Leading Motion Picture Theatres in Greater New York. Novelization By Wilson Woodrow theese tteme nat tole (he fant aeanent ¢ wont, leet lomo ie vy thaw you ara to haar Tarr . WIE ON ampetita that fa in * & fecaiver, ( Mat tt la antivaly true Mee Price Mortal if And Lane apeotiiy Aecovered thie # when (ii ill not only remve far higher tarma 7! woud Story No.9 fart ' a9 on what they owe me tot the tour (han aren have heown (aileprl Timms | Her outflung hand fell by chance upon fa muat on an, tn fines inf that mineratia tullding fied winger to at, but whe wih te reflert upon the hilt of the dagger that lay on the plano. sin't meant ta let you * @ chance to make a nama O04 to make im hagwiy pee fanownel wif Her fingers closed convulsively about tt. THE WEAKER STRAIN Gmes oe erpenetvety, db could give pee nome for hereal, A pame that ah enn os he Welte east » eo vee aOnh i Bel there inte money, Whh @ Coles fi Ji ne 0 avon of portent Raps Searcely realizing what she did, the frantic The ninth of a series of separate stories anh melted oa If 1 had boon @ anaw ry much chance of here!— Soeur ‘porate, that cnehes woman struck out wildly at the man who Whenever a dealing with the commission of crimes hall om & hot move, When the apne ‘ont po well face we hae already made a name for pe beans h 4 ‘Malle bile were 4 when the wre broke, fou hermit, or” # tied Tom, “ahe made Savyune jocgmens upon voth actual guilt other medical accounte and tha and LANA wave no promperte of It at the altar, ‘Phe name of ‘Vrica’ o0y real responaibility. Aureen wanen Were anitiad, there va. Being any better of for @ long tine No tad nase, pareve Mut § would q mained periiouay iittla where me Meanwhile, when the money and hope aha is quile content paying t nar adored Ruan, ane jet thease untidden qual hereof | had seized her. ies win it Be namda na ote” , tieet the etatne of ant far tha piano te gone, wnat “I! It fhe nesde no olor” eit far Forms Ate ail for dim! It that wae daily becoming atronger and “he did not any that,” eald Tom wnnmnnnmmnnnnss any nnthing of the iirinniat Are we RoinM to do? It looke Bray mwored Maraent, “L mannt to Aaya lag y nim wucinge bene saay to eacape from Ifting Wie head ad ating dase@ly Tao mantha lia panned @inon the Weck, dear wrt wnt tou cut nim short bY 1% hin mind, he w0ld not te Sete pA gh B= Fg he Pe term ater, vou Ber (COpyiant, (014. bY Mre Wisen Woodrow > avoidant. Tom, fully dreamed at tant We have each other.” ahe aom. “7! . fate the hearthreak th deed be r ps ¢ " Pay fo attentio hut with hie bandaged tom fortaa h “and Iaok here, Mr. Price, inte apes jetting Laura accept the Lagrana (0), # a oo HOhI8 Junation ravings,” returned Laerand. IN Tom Price asked Laura Helden to marry him he eat forth te orted him reaeh fee offer, he had nade hia life me “Mut now you ore there ie somes ‘ : * t hefore him on m bench and A ring at the doorbell interrupted nncrific iff facwim ing & word of all thie to thing £ do want to nay to you, if Ser the fetowing account of tie fortune hie crutches at hin side, amt in the her, Hho anawared the summons, ad 7OU'S wot hothiog laid by-—tn short, Fielded bia'ewe nappieces for @ far too seneibie to do yogh to cndersane “In two things,” he anid, “Lam a miultl-miltionaire—t9 108 wis wving room of the Mat tt mitting two men. peat ms ay ry Ny hice "Fer pe knew be and she wor | a he 5 aw hie 0 men, ripe of going out to make itvin ; y and that a tere bint wae and hope, Ae far am aotual cash gore, I've nearly seven hundred nis Aret day outside his own room, ‘Toi recngnixed the older of the moive manthy to comet” 6 OF never @nowen to fan it into murderous fame 2.1 Vent © hear nothing from yom dollars, As for prompectea fairly eMetent young architect oumht and ne wianced about him tn per. two visitors an Professor Margent, his That in my affair!” snapped Tom, bee fo rorely pustied aa to what sho , y “it inn't!. contradioted Lamrand, Nour of her aueence he would ve Ww nt to do, ~ Vil have to hear it, just the te be able to pick wp « living, even in a small up-Mtate town Ike thie All pinatty. wite’n winging teacher, The younger i. your wife's, (ta ahe who matare tured by « @nawing jealousy that pe oe Yo de, kept her own oounmal 4.) reruned Legrand ny com 1 eek ie @ chance, And, some day or other, that chance ta bound to come.” “This room aeeme, somehow, wae a atrikingly handsome mao, py i @ long abot worms than you. Would rend his soul a@ the fangs of “It's that ‘ohuokie. headed husrand CO'B* Your wife, i love Ker, Oke Perhaps @ more mercenary girl than Laura would have hemitated @ changed, aince I waa out here bef wrarcely thirty years old, and with @ All rr) ola fagnioned ath about ear beaste might rend @ Victim's 4¢ here who howe Un apart,” Legrand loves = : We wast g marry, You Jong time before linking her life to a man of much meagre prospecta, Mut he #aid to I araceful, aeif-anmured manner which & wifes Wace | a fh AA fay “Altondy bo hated Legresé, Mo ence told bia chum. the manager. “If oan ‘Teves yeu’ oan Laura Belden was anything but mercenary. and barer Jarred on Price. band has @ falriy_coinfortable home Rated the eomponer's eany ageranaive. | oer ies Oe mite There me her {ree oo she eas be ‘ he pandsomest, the cleverent, (he meet @en Hhe hesitated an tnatant, then anid: Laura welcomed the newcomera ty give her, Hut you can’t give her NOR8; his weif-aneurance, b marry me in & minute, 1 know { To her Tom Price was the handsomest, be nd ; P very quietly cordially, Prof, Kargent waa warmly enyihing. Sargent ayn she hae even {Ho of the airs of a congue! Nah ait Rok dhe weped Gully at him, scares erful man in all the world, Khe never for one moment doubted hie future tie the absence of my plano that aympathetto In his erecting of the in- ind to well ber piano to keep you fr an b~ coo te, rome ner, anew, ment ahow ite fe can tall ane has Canprenenting. Iaerand, ralaing ble gucceen an an architect of at any other purmult to which he miaht CF@ 10 iikew the room look queer.” valid, Laura introduced the stranger 5. Midoraiand what that meaue to MAn's access with women learned care for me. Hut she's ina, platiiaee Tae yatiently vr turn his genius. “Your piano?" he repeated. “That'a to Tom aa “Mr. Paul Legrand.” Her her. Ite like giving up right | And it was to thecompanionentp of & Kord woman, And wie feoin bound you set her tree? Or ace, Bo they were married fo. Where tn it? husband found difficulty in making Mand. Vou can't sive her anything, thls handauine rival-—alded ever by Weige Co ice wae oF ditoree eer cuee: aoe Kh to go on for life itving Om They wot up light housekeaping tn a tiny house that Laura made very "I mold it, Last wack.” hinaelf barely civil to the componer, Gn NAnee te Take 8 Pile Whe peing te Aurtender nis dean Marry me Ge fast as We could get & her oarninga? We are willing to peme pretty and homelike, And Tom spent eight hours a day in his cheap Iitte old 1? Are you Joking? Ho hated Legrand at right. He aid Wife for ton. weeks! miniator to perforin the ceremony.” Mom You if you inalat on much bial spe s iting for the ble orders that were to “It ian't much of a Joke,” whe ras not know why, It was one of thone "You are 4 said Tom cold- drove bim well nigh frantic The tour was nearing an ond. On Me! - ” office with ite glaringly new sign wating for the big orders sted: “at | not to me” pudden antipathies ao hard to oxptain 1%.."t «iving her a chance to bk Ton was jealous, too, in lesser de. the morning after the first concert in Bet no forte, With @ word. | make him rich and famous, Pr ena me aie ‘i ? h fares oe hier reputation, Am for my not betng gree, of the other inembers of the Boaton, Legrand seat for Laura and i of fury som Price leaped - _— Hut why did you do much @ and so much harder to overcome, ble to provide for her, that Is no con- troupe and of the public at iurge, who the coutralto to come to hin ot 1 His left fat caught Legramd ' The orders, it is true, aeemed tn no thing?” he demanded, “Why did you Prof. Sargent eame at once to the cern of yours.” were to gaze on Laura's loveliness us in the botel at which the com. yon the point of the jaw, 4 hurry to arrive. But Tom watted. n. He put hie arma tenderly and who perhaps would regard her pany Was staying. He wished, ho sald, composer crashed to the Geer | hopefully. As for Laura, she outdid around her as he made answer: an . mere ftaae performer Wnose ty fo over DEW songs With each of ie a er or ere : “Swe te t morals were light Whose husband them. co'n fee Tom himself in the art of hoping. It “Hwerthenrt, I fool ane dtd was a silly figurehead. “Did you see the papers?” he asked 1 ginnce at his toe, i] would not have surprised her at all refuse you anything tn he agony of Price's long {incase them as they camo into his sitting m the sulte, Along the i} to learn, any day, that her wonderful And if it were really for your hapr had been as nothing to the anguish room, “They've given us the best revied his brain aflees, 1 Chad secured @ contract to ness, 1 wouldn't atand In your way of mind that was now his, Yet, by notices we've had yet. At this rate a corner ‘he went. blindly, -latagel phe ti it. But tt inn't, dear. sheer gelf-controlshe kept his torture we'll carry New York by stor. As then around another, Prese design a cathedral; or at the very for one moment. Bul . to himself; showing no hint of it to usual, Mrs, Price, the critics are crazy ¢ 16 found himself at a statrhead, least a pork king’a summer palace, The truly happy woman Is the woman Laura, lest he mar her alinost infan- over your singing. And, by the way, Without waiting for the elevator, he i ‘Meantime, she went on with the With @ home and a husband of her tile rapture over the prospect of the would y, are to glance over these Hinged down 8 of stairs tour. ho New York en- to the lobby. nk into study of music, which she had taken OWN. Not the woman who must press notices for Not until the minute of her depar- gagement while Mra, McDonald and Chair and tried to t learly, up long before her marriage. She had ane ener the Pokies akc joe eo ie ay anything that oould Il run over this encore song of hers?” = [t was a lon time before his brain a really unusual lyric soprano voice, ' Ine and bret in a Annee ‘i in that were sonatmnlig Hitk Tt eh in remarkably short time the con- bei at oe normal tesa And Prof, Sargent, her teacher, Nf UD a pelle he was bidding her goodby and God. tfaito had sung tho encore song to ‘0s Dit by bi san to re. actross, Can't you understand that? It would spoil our sweet home-lifo, ene he And d Just enacted ° oaer-accompanist’ View the Briat oareee 166 HO ‘apeed that he epoke. the composer-accompanist’s satisfao Sk eae prophesied he faltered, 0M. Pleading shopping appointe 6! Lear remendously proud of hia “Lite sweetheart, ‘a ant o tlon Tom was more and more tm- Somiwas + ete never It Would separate us for weeks at a holding her very close to him, “prom. Ment, she went out, leaving Legrand Fret wT ich the belief that the Come time, It isn't as though I couldn't we Cdl | cea | Ferd Of late Laura had begun to notice Poser had been lying to him, 7 you understand, even it L wanted to, people seemed to have a habit of go- | None of nories of Laura my chance has come, we'll be well off Promise m “f ing out and leaving them alone to- bore out Legr fie hints, She Practising uninteresting scales and detaghed bite of difficult phrasin; Fatima witiiee But when Sargent apoke of @ career © wine ay you may, Tom,” she axrecd, for her the bridegroom would acow! ni saxty, Aas ay tomey: “Hesides," he added, in reluctant “L can support my wits, thank® conerealom, “i'm ashamed to may [ta without sending her out to 60 owled Jouioue. ddorribly jealous, 1 won't by an audience of strangers. have you touring tho country with a At last came Tom's longed-for yon juan like Legrand, singing for n “chance.” A small office building was jot of Ieering men, and. assoeiating going up at the corner of Temple with managers and pross agents. and @nd Maple Streets. And, among ff- critics who would be forever trying teen architects’ bids for the Job, Tom to imake love to you. I won't share Price's was chosen, vauhiies her husb. ised to be her, She perplexedly wondered lov pr nd, She had solemnly —for people of our age. And I want rue. She would not “Why, darling,” she answered, in surprise at his ill-repressed vehem- wh ice, ME PRomlee. You RATIOE As soon as the contralto had gone break her pledged word. For some the world, "You kiow that” What te Lesrand arranged a eheet of manus Purpose of his own Legrand had tried itr seript music on the piano, to blacken her in Tom's eyes, “Promise you'll be true to me while . “It’s @ florid, melodramatic thing.” “That man needs a good deal worse you're away—and forever and ever,” h® told her. “I eail it the "Dag thrashing than [gave him,” muttered She drew back from him and looked Sv9K.' 1 picked up a queer old dirk Price at last, getting to his feet. “And up into his pain-haggard face with @ #4 curio shop the other day, And it I'm going back to give it to him, T'lb Aust et inalenntion suddenly occurred to me that, though hammer him into confessing the truth “Why, Tom!" she exclaimed, “do there are dozens of ‘Sword Song about Laura, even if I go to jail for you know you are insulting me? It OMe ever wrote a ‘Dagger Song. Bo it, is an insult for any man to doubt | Wrote this, Here,” picking up an He retraced his ateps toward Le- his wife's loyalty.” antique knife from the table, “is the grand’s third-floor @uite. “Forgive me!" he begged, “but you “ser that inspired it” ‘The composer in the mean time had know how foolishly jealous Iam, and , He handed her the weapon. She gradually recovered from the knook- how I shall be worrying, Make my 100ked shudderingly at its rusty out blow, Rising bewildered from uty and your voice with the taina eauiee by prema” blade. the floor, he blinked about him, then. Ho was radiant with delight. He public. Let it go at that, Iittle sweet- Sho aaw the pitcous appeal tn his °F like to think those dark stains bosan to nurse his swellites Jaws resolved that that cheap five-story heart of mine. ‘Try to forget your eyes, and her heart softened, A LPhIane Eh Ce ae A tap at the door aroused bim, and edifice whould serve as a model of silly dream of becoming @ eccond though apeaking to a frightened child, 4 "U ne shivered, dropping the cloared lis muddied brain. For Be she made answer: on the piano top and rubb “I promise, ‘Tom; I promise faith fingers with her handkerch: fully, But—it's absurd of you to “And to think I touched it. Le think for a moment that I need such ®t the song. If it is as gruesome as + a promise to keep me true to yor the da Maolf I warn you I shan’t eagerly looking ‘Tr know," he said, humbly, | “r eins tt “Where ls—who?”” know, dear, But—you have made me | She tossed the handkerchtef down Where tg Tom? £ me very happy, just the same, by giving OP the piano, and bent over to read ager in the hall just now. He says me your promise, For T' know you the muste, as Legrand began to play ‘Torn is hore and that be came to your never break your word, I'll feel easter the prelude, Her breath was warm guita to find me.” nee on his cheek, And it thrilled bum to “"Yerrnd was doing some rapid “You're a allly, silly bo she chid- oul, thinking, despite bis brain's jarred ed, “but, somehow, I love you all the — He needed all hin will-power to go Condition. lie had lost his cancun more for tt. And.” she broke off, OP playing as though she were not 89 pinned game. ‘Tom's arrival bad ‘when I get back’ you'll be all well close Beside uss ret he dared not spoiled everything. And more than and strong again. Isn't that a won- fbeok the ardent words that epran® pyonaniy when Laura should bear derful thing to look forward to?” Oo Fis Da, what had passed between hue- Laura's voice, calling for I'll make it up to you, , beauty and efficiency for the whole nbrich, £ ity, somehow Day and night he labored over the He kissed her goodby and hurriod task. off for his morning inspection of the As the building's unsightly frame- "ew building. ‘work arose, foot by foot, he and Laura looked from the window, Laura used to gaze upon ft in silent watching until he was out of sight. rapture, as at « fairy castle, ‘Then she turned back to her house- ! * One morning as the Prices wat at hold duties. She felt no rancor, no the breakfast table Laura said rather fretfulness, no rebellion, at the de- | wistful cision which put an end to her career. “You aren't the only member of this ‘Tom had said it, Therofore, It must : family who has a chance, Tom, Only be right. For Tom was always right. ." he answered. ia ho queried Laura, pretty little wife's singin, hi i After a thme she departed to her . “ wonderful thing to look band and himself, she would abandon you can take advantage of yours. And yet she carried a heavy heart all TU ARS Re jg OWN ror.us, taking the song with her, PrAnd and hinsnlly 1 have to reject mine." sap tel yeeere & forwa he sald, Kissing her, “is SPO fog"not bear gone two mndies the tour. Unless—uniess ahe really morning an ahe realized the hope she “What do you mean?” asked ‘Tom, jnust th-ow away. looking up curiously from some notes ~~ sng carried a far heavier heart he was scribbling on the back of 40 auring the weeks that followed. For, envelops. “Yesterda; when I Sargent for my lesson, you vhen the outer door of L From the outset the concert tour © : bf sitting room was flung violently clde % roared a genuine auccens. And. the Mt Belt “atood on, the severe did" Tom go?" ehe was : ‘ s Where is my wife?” he demanded, i tinued ‘and as its fame preceded It without other form of greeting; his | Without answering Lesrand caught rom clty to city. arent to the usry eyes” searching “the aitting her in hin arms, and held her there Serato pnt to the room. At the office desk they said despite her struigies, He sought to hitherto unknown young lyric s0- asn't in her rooms, I met your raise her face to his, She pushed vrand's loved Legrand. And that must be iy Y decided at once. at noon, Tom Price was brought home to her om a stretcher—senseless, in- ert, terribly injured, The ambulance ent to Frof. said Laura, she “he made me a splendid offer. He Surgeon who encorted the stricken “1 DID IT," SAID TOM, “I'M READY TO PAY.” eae ries, Almost na muon manager in the lobby. ie told mo I him back, but he grasped her the wants me to go on a concert tour” 1.08 told Laura the story of the ac- her personal dinua voles carried her Would probably find her in your more ly to him. “Concert tour?” echoed Tom, frown- p. Her outflung hand fell by chance cident. sell it? You were so fond of tt. And object of the visit. “Tom!” protested Laura, troubled straight onward to complete and un- a ing. “Nonsense!” , he fi stepped out,” answored upon the hilt of the dagger that lay ‘Tom had been standing on an up- YOU needed it #o in your practising.” “Mra, Price," he began, “this is at her hugband’s rudeness to their mistakable triumph alt ended she Lesrand, @ sudden idea flashing Into on the plano. | Her fingers closed con “ you' “ 1 ; 4 © the , his mind, “But if you care to wait, Vulsively about it. , "I was afraid you'd say 30,” she per floor framework, watching tho There won't be any more practis- probably no sort of time to come here Guest, ae yn, Was overwhelmed by offers from she'll be back again in a few min- — Scarcely realizing what she did, and ighed, "I told him you wouldn't i> Tiogaing of an elevatortul of brick IK Just now,” she told him, “Ehave talking business, But Legrand bad~ , tvice’s eyes met hers. Ho saw in managers and agente, Her name and Yi thinking paly to fend oft the hateful low me to. He was ever 40 disap. UNOAUIME Of UN mere elevator rope stopped my music lessons gered me untll I COnsentCd tO He TT te en ee ae ciatiod ah Ame And, Fortune Tonal success the ou acem pretty sure of st" ald face hit prested so, florcely toward pointed. He sald it was one oppor- | “But I don't understand,” he stam- tour starts in a week, Ho still de- she had done for bin—ali she had tour's receipts swelled beyond Le- TOR DURDAGIONNy | boy soe the cut wildly at tle man who had seized tunity in a thousand. You know [sul a i tl in the mered, “They meant so much to you, Clares that no soprano but yourself sutfered and sacrificed on his account grand's most airy hopes. Laura's per- 00.0), So rejoinder; “I ought to be by her. Legrand, the composer, 4 badd id ried for the scatfold, ‘They and your plano.” n do Justice to those songs of his, all that this “chance” meant to her, centage of the profite assumed a aize Fst gm : Legrand’s grip relaxed, He gave ps “ n't @levator had leaped for the scaffold- U Aiea ouch , Moveover, ho reflected, what. ri that dwarfod the momory of all the Pee Ay ae: hey acid 0, onnense ae ue ; gan ing to save himself from a fall, Tom “Dear,” she softly; “they And he seems to alate have "OUsH nad ho to refuse her the opportunity money she and Tom had ever po ince Bere ia i sipperate sor8° pourning p. then sollapeen 48.6 rE to ite4 Sian tases yee had sprung forward to catch him, meant nothing to me—nothing nt all— () Ree var Ae NRSC paige of ver maod) ney thas ne tre oe tie salary alone. though he only in part translated ee taura, (aut the dagger a e a és te cane pared to yo! recio af, O Ange bad sl ' . Aes . sf i kb 3 s fated “] don’t believe you,” he declared, whi keen edge had severed a Aba avn fitteen, sve no use or lady, THO workmen's conyulsvely outing. epmbared to youl presieny or tr szea me to add 25 per cent. to the "How long is the tour?” he asked, than poor Tom Price had earned In 4q F aOR Rae ee ele tan th Peainth parotid ayterit locked Cama killers.” hands had dragged Tom from hts pre- money ran out. You had to have tho tama ne offered you, before, and to NESAinKly 5 a year, 1 OE Aon, alias, Fax Wie cole te Granuia carole mee ree ae mean.” she corrected, “you know carious balance at the edge of the right foot. the right medicines, the 1 cise you, ag a bonus, a percentage sade Cheetne ae rarTae wit coronene he did not let victory, (nt ree the blood on the blade, she shrieke be ed, a ss . -: " e you, “ sy de eo 1. open c; oO er ra! na iy Tear: Be anc er a work. You like his songr too, elevator shaft, Together, the two al BUDA Theres rae Salt on’ on the receipts Monday night in Galveston, “We close than the charmingly girlish and sim- (When T,tall 10, A Gronkars ore sagaln And Ceol, Boll 8 Se Prot, Bargent has given me dozens of men had fallen to the ground floor, thing left to do, Bo I gave up my etm afraid it's no use, Professor,” vow, York juat ton weeks later” ple woman she had always boon, iy resent things he says, But, if you — Toin Prico, nearing the suite door, them to learn, He says they fit my Both had been picked up uncon- expensive music lessons, And I #014 gaia Laura, her sweet voice vibrant big HLA Pinheentine Gain wood ff her Want my proof,” his insolent gaze was first of fifty running people to . a : my expensive piano, When the plano dulity bringing @ flush to her cheeks of innocently vain accounts ¢ 4 d over the room, “that's a hand- reach the spot. As he entered the voice better than any others and | scious. Tom had recovered his senses PEnsVe P . sh with a regret that did not escape Tom, and a light to her eyes, a8 she triumphs, but th also full of peri Ln here ivibe on the piano bee tity Gropped the dageer aad sing them better than any other so- long enough to whisper a demand money ts gone I will try to figure out oaty husband does not"—— read Price's expression, “Tom! Do the almost magernal love she hore the Rarehlee y i yocm Taery Sore ee Some" ae prano.” that he be taken home instead of to gone a ne mays ines! ompenees wotll Mer Bel call heslia4n' Lawean Alms you ine n you are ily going to let invalid and of er longing to be w Tom swooped down upon the hand. atratohed, : Hes 4 “ ea a oxp! you are strong enoi york @ K Fs FARE, 0 EO . nents a ey F pom! 5 $ ou ning everything better than the hopital srice'a A min: of toura aroo in the erey of Pulsively, “perhaps you don't realize ‘Tom nodded, in silent wretchedness. Ono cloud: alone—apart trom ab- Kerehicf, shaking It out and Holling Xt | pont he mallee Myo any one else can, little girl,” puc in The surgeon reported that Price t te what this means to your wife, As a _ “Good for you, old man!" appluuded sence from Tom—marred the suns 1 Wit. ei niiar monogram, The hus- at last. You were right when you “And"— right leg had doubled under him In the Miness-weakened man, ‘ 1 * shine of the trip. From tho outset i 2 way Sa y Tom, “And wnt leg bh der dim 4 mero business man, you may not Sargent PO eee ot ne itamed toward heran band let tt flutter to the floor, His sald this was no life for me, Take “And yesterday,” continued Laura, the fall, sustaining @ compound fruo- — “You sacrificed your beloved piano Know that 1 am Just now one of the yaar «cOneTAtwuate yen on coming at Tekan eprotective tenderness, that Nerd rank on his breast, All at ones me, hom a “Mr, Legrand happened to by at the ture in two places. Also that ho was for mo!" he muttered brokenly, “Ob, most popular musto composers in the delighted Legrand, "You will was ao mubtle as to rendor it diffi. {he Yourn, ald. lope And | enersy _ iteel: reaped tie halls vend oe Bargent studio when I was taking my a mass of contusions and abrasions: darling, how can T ever make Up to America. The concert tour tg to ex- Rever Yo sorry for this, X thank you cult to prevent and still more difficult Feet? any “oun duing. here, any= a dozen yuests and servants, “whale lesson, Prof, Sargent made me sing and might perhaps be injured inter- you for th: plolt my songs, sung as L intended With all m eart.” m_ ecehy, 4 wa sked Legrand, well pleased the troub! several of his songs, and Mr. Legrand nally as well, “By not thinking about tt any long- them to be sung. 1, myself, #hall be epoin’Ungraciousty. thaake,” srowted acne MATE 8 eases | ‘always With the impression he had created. iis, cauant sient of Legrand and of went wild over the way I sang them Laura Installed herself as assistant er." was her cheery replys “and by at the piano, ‘That, by itself, insures on her account, Not on yours, Lowe guarding her welfare or locking out She tol) me you were ati) tog tame thi demmes AF ne Ye gemanand “The puppy!" grunted Tom, “Of to the two trained nurses the family getting well again as soon as you can. the success of the tour. I am offer- it to her, And I pay my debts.” for her comfort, beyond that of the SO. doctor told me my leg was whirling about to face Tom, “Was it rourse, he'd” —— doctor brought. Specialists were The doctor says you will be able to ing your wife an opportunity for ¢ Three days later Laura Vrice set SIRE DOATAnOre OF 08 HOU was sound again three days ago,” said “Then he called Prof, Sargent called in to determine the extent of walk in another month or go, Isn't which many lyrle sopranos of estay- forth from home to Join the Tewrand | Tonal Oia, but it was, pro- Tom, “I didn’t write her about tt. I aati sapiwaned ,70m evenin as aside,” went on Laura, “and they the internal hurts, And the dreary that splendid?” lished reputation would be humbly ‘om could hobble painfully around prietary, too. Laure felt that the a on here instead to surprise her, ae ik m ready to pay, It was whispered together for q long time, routine of sickroom life begun And,” he said with bitter sadness, grateful. 1 am conferring a bigh the flat by thix tine, The funds from other singers and the manager must Shy . REGe ata oobi igoreamed Sa e o nd 5 taal Ae < -* 4 ‘oneous conclusions It'll surprise her,” assented La- , 0 came: ura, “Tt Shen Prof. Sargent came back to me The once cheery little home became “in the mean time L lie here ike a Monor on your wife by asking"——- $e Piano's sale would provide for him oy aay eeoneed door say grand with a sneering grin, “though wast! 1 killed Mm 24 enid that Mr. Legrand is plan- @ hospital, Vor a fortnight Tom dog and let a woman support me! It “The highost honor a man can con- an elderly woman who had been hired vothing to deter her admirer. Maybe not quite in the way you were 4, oCome monk, hein of vou, ordered ning to finance a concert tour to push seemed to vacillate between life and would have been better if J had died, for on another man's wife," Inter- to Keep house for hin in his wife'a Legrand was a shrewd student of ate tled “by bee from his pocket, ‘It's up to the court the sale of his own songs and that death. ‘Then his other injuries yleld- ‘Then you'd have had my ineurance posed Tom, “is to let her alone, At MPSERCO noua pe Paovemuking. tle was far too own little rube town for another two Shale CAN ive gor ta Acie ts tame he has been looking everywhere for a to medical ears, leaving only the 10 live on, and"— least, that Is the way I regard such gone the family exchequer would be clever to wreck his supposed chancos weeks at tho very least, Sho said she Chill: All Tye wa eat scan the right soprano to sing them, As doubly broken right leg to cure for, She pressed one of her little hands things, I may be hopelessly old- reinforced by ‘such sums as Laura with Laura by openly declaring his was counting on that much more va- " soon as he heard me he decided no ‘Laura, for the first time, suffered reprovingly across ht outh Lo ant could forward to him from her salary. feelings toward her so early in the cation, anyhow, (End of Ninth Story.) ae Gu, bar pd lly Laura Was jubilant. Her life dream action, Moreover, as she was the A “1 > c . - “ a i a y » ; oreover, one can do suati se to the songe as I hereelt to draw @ long breath of re Hush!" she rebuked, “you mustn't Legrand assured him, nad at last come true. The voles backbone of his ‘tour's success, he can, And he wants me to make the lief now that the danger was passed. speak so. It's a Joy to be able to do qitite untouchod by the anub, “and, Tom loved—-the voice her friends and dared not risk offending her. tour, He's to play the accompani- But a new worry cume to replace the anything for you, Tom. I love to, let mo toll you, If she sings In these teacher praised—was to be heard hy | So Instead of the ‘whirlwind cam- THE TENTH EPISODE IN THE SERIAL himself, The tour starts In old, No pe odera 5 5 4 ‘orld at large, She would paign” which he preferred, ho adroit- & ments tmeolt, Ta . sari | old, Person of moderate means, [t's no sacrifice at all, And tn @ concerts of mine, and if she acores a {he music world at place among the ty advanced, inch by inch, so Imper- 6 9 99 yo months, Oh, Tom." she On ne, who hus known a long slogy of illnesn, month or two"—— success tn them, her fortune is made. roooniged singers of the day, ceptibly as to make tt impossible for e © appeal, “can't 1 go Will need to be told that this new “Ina month or two,” he supple. She will be besieged by offer ane should make good—-and there her to check him. want to, so much worry took on a financial form. ment “L shall have to go limping managers, She'- a. oom a 0 fcubt of this in her heart— He said nothing-—hs did nothing— > 0) t would be firm! laced op that could give her cause for anger hat is ue, Mr Prices" sald Pros the {adder of fame; the dadder on of for reproof, Yet always he wove fewsor Sargent, "it ts stated rather whose loftier rungs stood Mejba apd about her a subtie web of attenglons Tom Price came around to his Doctors, surgeons, specialists, around In search of work, Mor, Doc- wige's bide by the table She bad purses, medicines, delicacies ~ @)) tor dprague telly me, the Stuytof Will Be Published THURSDAY, July 6