TI113 MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE. MEuFORD. ORKO.ON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 15)0!).
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I The
(Continued.)
.. ..SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I Jack Hilliard,
wealthy New York clubiunn, henrs a
mvsterious voice singing in the night
under his window. -
II He inserts an advertisement in
a personal ccolumn to find the singer.
He receives a reply.
Ill, IV, Y, 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 Mme. Angot, which is assumed.
They have dinner. She refuses to
see him. asrain.
Vn Hillinrd and Dan Merryhew
decide to go to Italy. Merryhew
loves Kitty Killigrew, a- comic opera
singer, who has gone to Italy. Hil
liard receives a black musk in an en
velope. -
YTH and IX Hilliard and Mery
hew arrive in Italy and later dine
with Mrs. Stanford, an American So
ciety woman, who tells Hilliard con
siderable about the mysterious wo
with whom he is in love. She is now
posing as an opera singer in Kitty
Killigrew's opera company.
Ltire !
rf the
Mask
By
HAROLD
MAC GRATH
8
Copyright. 1908. by IK Bobbs i
Merrill Co.
have a3ile3 prliieipessa prlueess. The
gondolier will give you uny title you
desire If you are willing enough to pay
for it."
The Flazza San Marco, or St. Mark,
is the nieccn of those In search of beau
ty. Here they uiay lay the sacred car
pet, kneel and worship. There Is uoue
other to compare with this mighty
square, with lis enchanting splendor,
Us haunting romance. Us brilliant If
pathetic history.
There were several thousand people
in the square tonight, mostly travelers.
The baud was playing selections from
Audran's whimsical "La Mascotte."
The tables of the many cafes were
filled, and hundreds walked to and fro
under the bright arcades or stopped to
gaze into the shop windows.
The two women saw uo vacant ta
bles at Floriau's, but presently they
espied the other derelicts O'Mally,
Smith and Worth who managed to
find two extra chairs.
Through her, veil their former prima
donna studied them carefully, with a
purpose in mind. The only one she
doubted was Worth. Somehow he au
noyed ber. She could not explain, yet
still the sense of annoyance was always
there.
"Gentlemen." she said during a lull,
"I have a plan to propose to you all."
"If it will get us back to old Broad
way let us have it at once," said
O'Mally.
"Well, then, 1 propose to wait no
longer for letters from home. My plan
"There! This is better."
"It is always better when you are
w ith me," snid Kitty. '
For years Kitty had fought her bat
tles alone, independent and resource
ful, and yet here she was leaning upon
the strong will of this remarkable wo
man, and gratefully too.
"Now, my dear Kitty, we'll just en
joy ourselves tonight, and on our re
turn I shall lay a plan before you, and
tomorrow you may submit it to the
men."
"I accept it at once without knowing
what it is." ,
"What a beautiful palace!" Kitty
cried presently, pointing to a house
not far from the house of Petrarch.
The moon poured broadly upon it. The
gondola posts stood like sleeping senti
nels, and the tide murmured over the
steps.
Pompeo, seeing Kitty's gesture,
swung the gondola diagonally across
the canal.
"No, no, Pompeo!" La Slgnorina
spoke in Italian. "I have told you
never to go near that house without
express orders. Straight ahead." ; .
"Who lives there?" asked Kitty.
"Nobody," answered La Signorina,
"though once It was the palace of a
great warrior. How picturesque the
gondolas look, with their dancing dou
ble lights!" . , j '
"The old palace Interests me more
than the gondolas," declared Kitty. But
La Signorina was not to be trapped. ;
From the Grand canal they cams out
into the great canal of San Marco, th6
beginning of the lagoon.
"La Signorina" began Kitty.
"There! I have warned you twice.
The third time I shnll be angry."
r "Hilda, then. But I am afraid when
ever I call you that. You do not belong
to my world."
"And what makes you think that?"
There was a smile behind the veil.
"I do not know unless it is that yon
are at home everywhere, In the Campo,
in the hotels, in the theater or the pal
ace. Now, I am at home only in the
theater, - in places which are unreal
and artificial. You are a great actress,
a great singer, and yet, as O'Mally
would say, you don't belong." Kitty
had forgotten what she had started out
to say.
La Signorina laughed. "Pouf! You
have been reading too many novels.
To the molo, Pompeo."
At the molo, the great quay of Ven
'. ice, they disembarked. The whilom
prima donna dropped 00 centesiml into
t-ompeo s palm, and he bowed to the
Very gunwale of the boat,
, ."Grazlc. noblllta." ... . ;'
' "What does he say?" asked Kitty. '
"lit) says Thanks, nobility.' If I
had given him a penny it would have
iaen thanks wily. For a lira he would
JSP
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of Jail. Y -nirro a brick, all the
Kiuiw." A ili.it wths noiir familiar
ity us CV;.;.i!., it ciimi
Sho turned to Smith, lull he put out
:i hand In violent pnitrsl; tl"i) to
V.'orili. imt lie Kind J and s'.iuok his
Ito-.U.
Klip put Hie rl::.i away. It was her
uiuther's. Sli" never would sinllo
scornfully In secret at these men
uk::Iu.
T!:n:i'; yen." sho said quietly, "if I
le your money wo will all go to
Fluiencc. I have another plan, but
that will keep till this one under hand
proves a failure."
O'Mully beckoned to a waiter.
Tom!" warned Smith.
"You let mo alone." replied O'Mally.
"A quart of Astl won't hurt anybody."
Early the next morning she and Kit
ty departed for Monte Carlo in quest
of fortune. Fortune was there, wait
ing, out In a guise wholly unexpected,
(To be continued.)
The only daily market report In
southern Oregon in The Tribune. F
vours? P.
BIJOU
THEATRE
Closed for Repairs
Must enlarge souting rnpnei'y to
nccommodnto the crowds.
Open Thursday Evening with
Darling Stock Company
"A BACHELOR'S ROMANCE"
BILLY EMPEY VAN, Manager.
The ShiVe.
"What Old yon say last night when
luck asked you to marry hlinV"
"I shook my head."
"Sideways or up and down?" Bus
mii Tr:itii'it'il.
P. C. Hansen. Tom iMoffat.
We make any kind and stylo of windows. Wo carry
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A glorious green emerald lay In Ute palm
of Iter hand.
is simple. They say that a gambler al
ways wins the first time he plays. I
propose that each of you will spare
me what money yon can. and Kitty
and I will go to Monte Carlo and take
one plunge at the tables."
'Monte Carlo!" O'Mally brought
down .bis fist resoundingly. "That's a
good idea. If you should break the
bank think of the advertisement when
you go back to New York."
"Be still." said Worth.
"Dash it, business is business, and
without publicity there isn't any busi
ness." O'Mally was hurt.
"Mr. O'Mally is right," said La Signo
rina. "It would bo a good advertise
ment But your combined opinion is
what I want."
The three men looked at one another
thoughtfully, then drew out their wal
lets, thin and worn. They made up a
purse of exactly $150, not at all a pro
pitious sum. But, such ns it was,
O'Mally passed it across the table.
This utter confidence in her touched
La Signorlna's heart. She turned
aside for a moment and fumbled with
the hidden chain about her neck. She
placed her hand on tho table and
opened it. O'Mally gasped. An emer
alda glorious green emerald lay In
the palm of her hand.
"I shall give this to you, Mr. O'Mal
ly," sold the owner, "till I return. It
is very dear to me, but that must not
etand In the way."
"Ye gods!" cried O'Mally Id dismay.
"Put It away. 1 shouldn't sleep o'
nights with that on my person. Keep
It. Wfi'H trust you any.wjiera thl nlio
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