The evening world. Newspaper, April 22, 1922, Page 14

ANDREW TALLENTE, M. P., ‘ONY PALLISER, his secretary, inspector. The him and encoura; STEPHEN HORLICK, AS A WIFE'S WILES. oP. wees obeying an urgent telephone message, made his way to Claridge’s and sent his card up to his wife.. Her maid came down and invited him to her suite, an Invitation which he promptly de- “dined. In about a quarter of an she descended to the lounge, ~ al for the street. She showed ~me signs of confusion or nervousness ‘st bis visit. She was hard and cold "and fair, with a fraudulent smile ‘ aipon her lips, dressed to perfection, her maid hovering in the background “with a Pekinese under one arm and 4 Jewel case in her other hand, “Thank goodness," she said, as she fluttered into a chair by his side, that you hate scenes even more than “Ido! You have the alr of a man who “Kas found out no end of disagreeable “things!” . “You are observant," he answered ‘Grily. “I have just eome from the ‘Prime Minister.”” _ welt?” " “I find that Palliser has been con- ‘@ucting a regular conspiracy behind back, with reference to this (iestenss peerage. He has practically Aorged my name and has placed me @ most humiliating position. You, ‘suppose, were his instigator in this a “I suppose I was,"' she admitted, “What was to be his reward—his ulterior reward, I mean?"’ “I promised him twenty thousand Pounds,"’ she answered, with cold fury, “It appears that I overvalued Faden aang cen aena ham anette hain aonmientaneresi panama Sra ia ir gourace t back we stolen.” spect,” he said, looking hard at her. and searching perutiny. deen stolen from real owners?” mit. guessing.” you have only guesses?” “That's all!” She turned away. stolen lands?” he pressed. Miss Ambrose. learned a lesson. What can be done.” thustered in, Just Jim!” T™ work of Attorney of the region had Bhow itsel¢ along the riv: Movements of the populs begun er in e. TT os erew went on down the river. more precious than gold—self-re- “It's why I came to them and have ‘stayed here, Just Jim, I was hoping that I could train the children, en- the older folks and help them what the timberland owners “t wonder how much land has been sioien up here, along with self-re- “She returned his look with long “Have you reason for thinking that any land lot a very definite reason, I'll ad- But I have been doing some “Are you speaking the truth—that “Do you have any special interest “Let's drop the subject,” she pleaded. wVery well. i'll keep on with the subject which I brought up. (ve been pretty selfisi all my life, But up here I have I'm going in with your folks as a pal and a friend, with all the grit that’s in me, and we'll see She put out both her hands to him ‘enthusiastically. “Consider yourself Shaw among the scattered squatters the ew arrivals came and huns up and the conveniences which had been behind at Misery when the driv- coNenrly all of these involuntary no- | Winds Ungered on day after day. Foring to square yourself,” averred thethe joss of Jim. The men would uot INSTALMENT NO. 6. WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY. defeated at Hellesfield, losin seat through a speech made by . u MILLER, Socialist M. P., whom Tallente mects at the station on his packed chair by hor side and his face way to his country estate, where is discovered in collusion with his wife. Tony disappears mysteriously. STELLA TALLENTE asks her husband what he has done to Tony. gho said. “Could we not make a bar- Palliser?” she demanded. Tallente orders her out of the house. LADY JANE PARTINGTON of Woodhanger, daughter of the Duke of Marminster, calls to find Tallente in the deserted house. She remains for tea. They are interrupted by the arrival of a police inspector from Scotland Yard demands to know what has become of Tony Palliser. Tallente divulges no information, but at midnight descends the cliff to search for ‘the body. Police hiding on the grounds suspect Tallente of foul play. * Tallente lunches with Lady Jane. She is strangely attractive to s his political career. : ARTREY exponent of higher Socialism, hermit politician, but leader of the Democratic Party, offers Tallente an rtunity to represent them in the House of Commons. rime Minister of England, confers with Tallente and reports that a peerage has been obtained for him. Tallente refuses and is surprised to learn that Tony Palliser, as his secretary, had written letters to the Prime Minister, soliciting the title. Against all Tallente announces that he is going with the Democratic your importance to your party. Tony apparently did the same. He thought that you had only to intimate your readiness to accept a peerage and the thing would be arranged. It seems that we were wrong.’" “You were doubly wrong,” he re- plied. ‘In the first place, there were difficulties, and, in the second, nothing, would have induced me to accept such a humiliating offer.” “How aid you find this out?" she inquired. “The Prime Minister offered me the peerage less than an hour ago,” he answeréd, “I need not say that I un- hesitatingly refused it.” Stella ceased buttoning her gloves. There was a cold glitter in her eyes. “You refused it?” “Of course!” She was silent for a moment. “Andrew,” she said, “you have scarcely kept your bargain with me.” “I am not prepared to admit that,” he replied. “You held a very consid- erable social position at the time when I was in office, It was up to you to make that good." “I am tired of political society,” she answered. “It isn't the real thing. Now you are out of Parliament, though, even that has vanished. An- drew!" “Well?” She leaned a little toward him. She began to regret that he had not ac- cepted her invitation to visit her in her suite. Years ago she had been able ail of them the future was a clouded affair; even the men who talked most loudly had no definite plan to offer. Jim moved among them constantly, cheering them as best he could. the children. on the matter, they their leader and remained trusting to him to find a way out They found he was not all talk. its discouraged owner As the days went on and the evic- tion shadow loomed more darkly Jim acted bis part as an optimist with tn. creasing difficulty; he showed fought to get a new grip on hope. From time to time he had noticed a strange old man who kept by himself in the motley throng at Misery old man was unobtrusively the persistent person what's the big Idea?’ ‘Hello, brother clent excuse. with interest squatter He was not like nondeseri pts, He Uved long in the woods, but his fea tures possessed refinement and hdnds were delicate “You look and act as if you want i ask questions,” tnststed Ji. < “I'm wondering why y like you is sacrific you're doing."’ » sucriflee! had a After a lot of fishy me. ss 1 ped Jesson taugl and I'm trying to square myself “It seems to make yappy you He smacked the shoulders of the men and smiled at the wistful women and dancéd around the cook fires with Without any actual poil chose him as there, He put the men to work in a sawmill near Misery, which he took over from his companions a brave face, but he went away by himself and sorrowed and On one occasion, perceiving that the trailing him, Jim strode back and confronted The old man stammered an insum- Jim looked him over the was browned darkly, showing that he had his muri ng himself here as sel -try- THE EVENING WORLD, to bend him sometimes to her will, Why should ssc take it for granted that sho hod lost her power? Here, however, even persuasions were dim- cult, He sat upon a straight, high- “They could be changed.” “Impossible !"’ “You might be forced to change them.” “By whom?" The smile maddened her, She had reemtd as though It were carved out meant to be subtle. She became of stone flamboyant. She leafed forward in “You have always declined, Andrew, her chalr. té make very much use of my money,” “What have you done with Tony sé “SHE LEANED A LITTLE TOWARD HIM. SHE BEGAN TO RE- GRET THAT HE HAD NOT ACCEPTED HER INVITATION TO VISIT HER IN HER SUITE.” gain now? I will give you a hundred thousand pounds and settle five mi!- Non do!lars on the holder of the title forever, if you will accept this peer- age. I wouldn't mind a present to the party funds, cither, if that helped matters,"* Tallente shouk his head. “I am sorry for your disappoint- ment,"? he said, “but nothing would induce me to accept a seat in the Upper House. I have other plans." Tallente remained absolutely un- ruffied. He had been expecting some- thing of this sort. The only wonder was that it had been delayed so long. A threat?" he asked pleasantly, “all it what you like. Men don't disappear like that. What did you do with him?" “What do you think he deserved?” She bit her lip. “I think you are the most detest human being. who ever breathed,” she old man, twisting his fingers ner- have gone on with their work if the vous! Ambrose girl, hiding her doubts, her “Sure thing!" declared Jim er and her worry behind the mask “oy DON'T know whut sort of a lesson was taught you,"’ fal- tered the strange old man, “but whatever your lesson was, you have been acting In away to teach me my ledson. Will you come with of her white face, at their head had not set herself The poor folks were leaderless, ex- cept for the gitl, when the dreaded and Attorney Shaw arrived. He brought officers; his aids for the day cam blo | faltered. lice?" “Don't be melodramatic,” he begged, “In the first place, what have you to tell? In the second ‘place, ‘in this country, at any rate, a wife cannot give evidence against her husband.” “You admit that something has hap. pened?” she asked eagerly. “I admit nothing,” he replied, “‘ex- cept that Anthony Palliser has disap- peared under circumstances which you and I know about, that he has forged my name and entered into a disgraceful conspiracy with you, and that he has stolen from My wife a political document of great tmpor- tance to me.” “T knew nothing about the political document,” she said quickly, She sat looking down on the floor for several minutes, She had prob- ably, Tallente decided as he watched her, some way of suffering in secret, all the more terrible because of its re- pression. When she looked up, her face seemed pinchdd and older. Her volce, however, was steady. “I am not sentimental,” she said “Supposing I go to the po- coldly. “I know what I want and I am not afraid to own it. I want to be @ peeress,’’ “In that respect I am unable to help you,"” he replied. “This is your last word?" she de- manded. Absolutely!" “Then I demand that you set mo free.” He was a little staggered. “How on earth can I do that?” “You can allow me to divorce you." “And spoil any chance I might have of re-entering political life,’ he re- marked quietly. “I have no further interest in your political life,” she retorted. . He looked at her steadfastly. “There is another way,” he sug- gested. “I might divorce you." Her eyes fell before the steely light in his. She did her best, however, to keep her voice steady. “That would not suit me,” she ad- mitted. “I could not be received at Court, and there are other social pen- alties which I am not inclined to face, n the case of a disagreemcnt like ours, if the man realizes his duty, it is he who is willing to bear the sacri- fice." “Under the circumstances, yes,"’ he agreed. ‘‘In our case, however, there is a certain consideration upon which I have forborne to touch—" “Andrew, you are detestable!’ she exclaimed. “Let us end this conver- sation. You have said all that you wish, to say?" “Everything.”” “Please go away, then," she begged. (ac CThe V ‘That Vani moving their belongings from the houses, Bessie Ambrose sat on the porch of the new log house, waiting for Shaw's order to depart. Somebody had at- tempted to pull down the little flag, ‘ut she prevented the act, . . « Jim's whistle, that had been the clarion of the morning in the past, “OH, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BABBLING IN DELIRIUM. BUT WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR NAME TO THE BRUTE YOU SAID ‘JUST JIM,” AND | BELIEVE THAT YOU DESERVE TO BE CALLED JusT. YOU STOOD UP FOR THESE POOR FOLKS WHO ARE PERSECU” ED," # young man verhen mo where nobody can i sed jo of demolition of bullde The next morning Just Jim did not ings Were men from the “GO G" drive appear. Later in the day somebody ing crew, captained by Rovring Bil, t noticed that the strange old man was who had sought the office, The men no longer In the community br t heavy boxes, labelled “Dyna. The poor folks wer distracted by mite ton, women ao were was heard wbove the waters, The heard it first. SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1922. He came striding up the trail, ac- companied by several strangers, and did not pause until he stood face to were fooled into face with the Ambrose girl, “"'m back again! T vhe truth! because those lands will now be given ee kiana i “Tam expecting visitors. I think that we understand each othe COMPROMISE. “They'll ruin half the merchants and the manufacturers |p the country If they attempt it.” ‘TE met the Prime Min- “Howcan they ruin them?” Tallente ister walking in the park. replied. ‘The factories will be there, "I thought of writing to you, the trade will be there, the money Tallente,” he said, “I cannot bring will still be there, The financial leg- myself to believe that you were in islation of the last few years has sim- earnest on Wednesday morning." ply been a biatant nursing of the “Absolutely,” the other assured propteer.” him., “I have an appointment with «1 need not say, Tallente, that T Dartrey in an hour's time to close disagree with you entirely,"’ his com- the matter."" Panion declared. “At the same time, The Prime Minister was shocked y am not going to argue with you. To and pained. tell you the truth, I spent a great “You will dig your own grave," he part of last night with you in my Geclared. “The idea is perfectly scan- thoughts, We cannot afford to let dalous. You propose to sell your po- you go. Supposing, now, that I could Utical birthright for a mess of Pot- inquce Watkinson to give up Kendal? a ‘ His seat ts quite safe and with a little am afraid I can't agree with You, reshurfing you would be able to slip sir,’ Tallente regretted. “I am at back dually to your ' Place amoi least as much in sympathy with the us?" Li y , 7” Programme of the Democratic Party Tallente shook his head. gah og with dead The Prime Minigter held out his in that case,"’ was the somewhat hang a little pettishly. Stiff rejoinder, “there {s, I fear, moth- — «poitics,”” he sald, ‘‘is the one bes Sesh to be said." career tn which men seldom recover ‘here, was a brief silence. Tallente pom their mistakes, I hope that even would have been glad to make his ¢8- 4+ the eleventh hour you will relent. a“ but found no excuse. i, It will be a grief to all of us to see you ‘When we beat Germany,” Horlock a1) away from the reputable places,” ruminated, ‘the man in the street one Right Honorable John Augus- thought that we had insured the Peace tus Horlock stepped into his motor- of the world. Who could have dream- ed that a nation who had played such an heroic part, which had imperilled its very existence for the sake of a principle, was all the time rotten at the core!"? I will challenge you to repeat that statement in the House or on any pub- lic platform, sir,"’ Tallente objected. “Yhe present state of discontent throughout the country is solely owing to the shocking “Yinancial mismanage- ment of every Chancellor of the Ex- chequer and lawmaker since peace was signed. We won the war and the people who had been asked to make heroic sacrifices were simply expected to continue them afterward as a mat- ter of courke. What chance has the man of moderate means had to im- prove his position, to save a little for his old age, during the last ten years? A third of his income has gone in taxation and the cost of everything is 50 per cent. more than it was before the war, And we won it, mind. That 1s what he can’t understand. We won the war and found ruin.” “Legislation has done its best,"’ the Prime Minister said, “to assist in the istribution of capital.” “Legislation was too slow," Tallentc answered bluntly. “Legislation is only Playing with the subject now. You sneer at the Democratic Party, but they have a perfectly sound scheme of financial reform and they under- take to bring the income tax down to 2 shillings in the pound within the next three years.” car and drove away. Tallente, after a glance at his watch, called a taxi and proceeded to keep his appointment ‘at The Edith M. Hull’s Great THE EVENI * ‘THRILLS, LOVE, ROMANCE 300 PAGES OF THEM. Begins Monday, May Ist, in block of Demos House, the great buildings where Dartrey had estab- lished his headquarters. “Bit down, Tallente,"’ Dartrey in« vited. “We are both of us men who believe in simple things and direct action. Have you made up your mind?" “T have," Tallente announced. “'f have broken finally with Horlock. 1 have told him that LT am coming to you." “You will help us to set the world to rights," he said. ‘‘Alas! that is only a phrase,’ but you will help us to let in the light. “Remember,"* he went on, “that there may be moments of discouragement? Much of the material we have to use, the people we have to influence, the way, we have to travel, may seem sordid, but the light is shin-- ing there all the time, Tallente. We are not politicians. We are deliver- ers.” “Lam your man, Dartrey,” Tallente promised simply. “Make what use of me you will.” Dartrey smiled, once more the plain, kindly man of affatrs, “To descend then, very much to the earth,” he said, “to-night you must go to Bradford. Odames will resign to- morrow. This time,"’ he added, with a Uttle smile, “I think I can promise you the Democratic support and a very certain election.” (To Be Continued.) Sheik Romance of the Desert NG WORLD You knew I'd be back mot later than to the rightful owners—too bad from Jim's shoulder this day, didn’t you?” “But his nephew and your standpoint, I mean — excellent only heir is very much alive and “Yes!" she cried bravely, though from ours. For instance," he bowed to claims the property that his’ uncle she had been hoping against hope. the girl on the porch, ‘*Miss Am-“owned—the only property left, by the The settlers dropped all and came running. Shaw led his forces to the spot, apprehending Interference with his plans; le had recognized a well- known lawyer a8 one of Jim's com- panions, When Jim turned to face the crowd he looked directly into Benson's flam- ing eyes “Glad to see you here, boss! I know you relish little plays. You staged a very good one, using me as hero. I'm putting on one of my own to-day Curtain goes up! Act On He bowed to the man whom Shaw yecog- nized, The lawyer addressed directly grandfather's estate. I congratulate you!”’ he assured her, smiling inte her amazed countenance. Again the lawyer addrassed Shaw taking all the crowding listeners int: his confidence: “You'll be interested to know that & mystery which stirred up the Gov- and the Legislature and all the newspapers has been solved. famous gore of Rangé 19 was pecled off in slivers by the pirates. all come back in a bunch. ernor The aw. One of these officers is ubout the brose will receive thd lands from her way. It has vy joke, that vanished is visible again, Brother to serve an injunction which protects flushed girl and took Allow me to present Mr, James Austin March, second."* > HE young man raised his arms T and stilled the jising tumult, ‘ “That's about all there is to ) the little play of this day and date, Te happy, folks! Tt will all come out, right when we get our heads together. ‘Stick ~~ around! There'll be jobs. As the duly elected The Muyor of Misery, I bid all of yous most hearty welcome.’ “You dam’ fool, that was only @ * youred Benson Young Murch pushed the knapegek to one side and sat down beside the hand and pig a Mis open bi w you i! these lands and the settlers on the patted it between his tender palms, PHER S now yo ‘ 6é ROTHER SH E ptish, who M2M48 UAL the court can take due ‘Benson, I huve made a job of that pe fy "a ¢ Deeds in C’BMi@ance of the evidence, And Joke," he sald. To the girl he whise ROWE TRRBICLeT: (20 gees we'r sed: “1 came up here looking for c're right in the heart of that v, Pered: this county in the ala days, 00 TS in the heart of that V. something that was lost—tifty thou. Yes! Of course you do! Well, Caleb “", 5 WHEE we ATS sand dollars’ worth of land, But didn't go away and die, after ali, Culet has found himself and his conscience, Caleb and 1, and tr ung man and an expert with a microscope, State is dead," stated Shaw, that fact modified conditions. The lawyer clapped bis palm on as if have “The man who bought it from the what [ have found is so much bigger I don’t dure to speak of it just yet!** (Copyright. All Rights Reserved.) Printed by Arrangement With Metropolitem Newspaper Bervice, N been over the county registry of = deeds books, and verified what Caleb pointed out as the changes and the forgeries he perpetrated when he was in the pay of boundary shifters and tle jumpers. “Culeb is perfectly willing to take his medicine—but tt wen't be a very bitter trust, because I shall , detend and lay the where it belongs “You don’t accuse the Great Onuwa do demanded Shaw we have Action — Romance— The Town dose, 1 Lin reat blame Has Every Eleme or me, you" hotly Certainly not. The 'G O G' folks buying land from men who did not own it, It's too bad, 5 A Dream That Came True By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS Mlustrated by WILL B. JOHNSTONE — Complete in— | | THE EVENING WORLD NEXT SATURDAY Love at - | That Wasn’t First Sight nt of.a Good Story | dt