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Lure I
qf the j
Mask
By
ii a nrti i
MACGRATH
Copyright, 1908, by Ihe
Merrill Co.
Bobbt-
(Continued.)
.. ..SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I Jack Hilliai-d, a
wealthy New York clubman, hears a
mysterious voice singing in the night
under his window.
II He inserts an advertisement in
a personal ccolumu to find the singer.
Ho receives a reply.
m, IV, V, and VI He visits the
mysterious singer, but she wears a
mask. He falls desperately in love
with her, but he has not seen her face.
The unknown woman gives her name
as ilme. Angot, which is assumed.
They have dinner. She refuses, to
see him. a sain.
VII Billiard and Dan Merryhew
decide to go to Italy. Merryhew
loves Kitty Killigrew, a comic opera
singer, who has gone to Italy. Hil-
Hard receives a black mask in an envelope.
batch of mull. There was a letter
which held particular lutorest to Mer
rlhew. It was from the consul at
Rome, a reply to Illllnrd's Inquiries
regarding the American Comic Opera
company. 1
"We'll now find out where your
charming Kitty Is," Hlllard said,
breaking the seal.
But they didn't. On the contrary,
the -writer hndu't the slightest Idea
where the play actors were or bud
gone. ' They bad opened a two weeks'
engagement at the Teatro Qulrlno.
There had been 'a good house on the
opening night. The remainder of the
week did not show"the sale of a hun
dred tickets. The American mnnnger
had shown neither foresight nor com-
mon sense, and his backer withdrew ;
his support. The percentage demand- '
ed by the managers In Florence, Genoa, i
Milan and Venice was so exorbi-1
tant (although they hud agreed to a :
moderate term In the beginning) that '
It would have been nothing short of 1
foolhardlness to try to fill the hook- i
Ings. The singing of the prima donna.
The urn rf I'l wheel ImiUeil u bit
li';i Samlli r ... "
"Samlf' I';: Ccor.v. t Tut t would
l. Jolly!"
"l'crli.p.s they will c-;u till' way
r ;.:t:i. Town-", foll.n, i.x'.i.ir."
Su;o i'i:imgh, v.-V.'i the r."r riyu'liod
:'.: I. iv, :.',ui', ; i. . girled and
i '. iu' rumlillug luck, This time 1111
!ard had no ' .tlits. '.lit hloml up and
wave I itr::i. The iiiitoniolille
I iv:.' (i i... 1 gruaued and came to u
K:and
'..olio, r.audford!"
"Jack lllllard, un I live, and Pan
Merrihew! Nell," turning to one of
t!io three pretty women hi tbt ton
iieau, "what did I tell you'; I 'felt
It in my hones that we would run
across some one we knew."
"Cr over them," his wife laughed.
When we meet an old friend In a
foreign land, one who has accepted
cur dinners and with wjumi we have
i ften dined, what is left lull to fall on
Ms neck and weep? There was, t'.ien.
over this meeting much ado with hand
shaking and compliments, handshak
ing and questions, and. as In all casi-s
like this, every one talked at mice
how was old New York, how was
the winter in Cairo, mid so forth
Will so on till U L'ollcenian politely
told them that this wits not ti private
thorough fa ro and that they were
blocking the way. So they parted, the
two young tueu having promised to
dine with the Saiidford party that
evening,
"What luck, Dan!" Hlllard waa ex
uberant. "Saves you Ihe price of a dinner,"
"I wasn't thinking of that. Hut 1
shall llnd out all about her tonight,"
"Who?"
"The lady In Ihe fog, the masquer
ading lady!"
(To ha continued.)
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IIow o'ij lie looked, poor devil! Hll
lard had not takeu particular notice
of him during the past week's excur
sions. Giovanni had aged ten yeai-s
since they landed.
, "And was this cousin glad, to see
you? And Is he to be trusted?"
"Both, signer. He bad some news.
She the girl is a dancer in a I'arls
cafe."
"Would yon like me to give you the
necessary money to go to Paris aud
bring her back to the Sabine hills?"
Hlllard asked softly.
"I shall go to Paris, slgnor after."
"What Is his name?" Hlllard bad
never till this moment asked this ques
tion. "I know It. That Is sufficient. He
Is high, slgnor, very high, yet 1 shall,.
reach him. If I told you his name"
7 "There would be the possibility of
my warning him."
"That is why I hesitate."
"Yon are n Catholic. Giovanni."
Giovanni signified that he was.
"Docs hot the God of all Catholics,
tf all Christians, in fact does he not
say that vengeance is ills and that he
will repay?"
"But there are so many of us, si
gner, so many of us small and of slight
importance, that, likely enough, God,
with all his larger cures, has not the
time to remember us. What may hap
pen to him in the hereafter does not
concern me, for he will certainly be
in the purgatory of the rich and I in
the purgatory of the poor. It must be
now, now!"
"Go your own way,", said Hlllard,
dismissing him. "I shall never urge
you a gain."
Giovanni gone, Hillard leaned against
the casement. The sun was bright this
morning, and the air was clear. He
could see Naples distinctly. Below,
the fishermen and their wives, their
bare feet plowing in- the wet sands,
were drawing In the nets, swaying
their bodies gracefully.
And then Slerrlhew burst In upon
him wildly excited and flourished the
hotel register.
"Look at this!" he cried breathless
ly. He flung the book on tho table and
pointed with shaking finger.
Hillard came forward, and this Is
what be saw:
' Thomas O'Mally
' James Smith
Arthur Worth
La Sleiorina Capriccloea
Kitty Killigrew
Am. Comic Opera Co., N. T.
"Kitty has been here!"
"Perfectly true. But I wonder"
"Wonder about what?" asked Merri
hew. "Who La Signorlna Caprlcclosa Is.
Whimsical, Indeed. She must be the
mysterious prima donna."
Hillard studied the - easy flowing'
hand and ran bis fingers through his
lialr thoughtfully.
"What is it?" asked Merrihew curi
ously. "I am wondering where I have seen
Hint handwriting before."
Another fortnight found the pair
back in Naples after spending a week
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"Look at this!" he cried.
however, had created a highly favora
ble impression among the critics, but
she was unknown. The writer also
advised Mr. Hillard not to put his
money in any like adventure.
"That's hard luck," growled Merri
hew, who saw his hopes go down the
borlzon.
"But it makes me out a pretty good
prophet," was Hillard's rejoinder.
"The angel's money gave out. Too
many obstacles. To conquer d people
and a government by light opera It
can't be done here.' And so the Amerl
'can Comic Opera company at the pres
ent moment is vegetating in some little
boarding house waiting for money
from home."
Merrihew gnawed the end of bis
I cuiie. Ail ins jiieitsniiL urcuiua uuu
burst like soap .bubbles. Had they not
, always dAie so? There would be no
Jaunts with Kitty, no pleasant llttlr;
excursions, no little suppers after the
performance. And wiiat's a Michel
angelo or a Titian when a man's In love?
"Brace up, Dan. Who knows? Kitty
may be on the high seas that is, if
she has taken my advice and got a
return ticket. I'll give you a dinner at
the Bertjillnl tonight, and you may
I have the magnum of any vintage you
like. We'll have Tomass drive us down
i the Via Caracclolo. It will take some
I of the disappointment out of youi
system."
They had ridden up and down the
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rumble which was thunderous. Hillard
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