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THE MOUSE
/iy CHARLES Ki FIX'.
y Stary •/ American Life Ntvelized From the Play by
ARTHUR HORN BL OB'.
Ing that your friends are inteiested 111 opportunity practically insured suc
having this inuu put off the b iieh"- cess. she immediately wrote to Massa
She stop|H*d und burst into hysterical ¡«qua. One letter was to her mother,
laughter. “Oh, I think you're having saying that she was extending her vis
a Joke nt my expense,” she went oil, it beyond the time originally planned.
“Just to see how far you can lead uie. The other letter was to Stott. She told
I daresay Judge Rossmore deserves nil him all ubout the interview with Ry
lie gets. Oh, yes. I’m sure he deserves der, informed him of the discovery of
it.” She rose and walked to the other the letters and after explaining the na
side of the room to conceal her emo ture of the work offered to her aald
I that her address for the next few
tion.
Ryder watched her curiously.
weeks would lie In care of John Bur-
“My dear young lady, how you take kett Ryder. All was going better than
this matter to heart!”
she had dured to hope. Everything
“Please forgive me." laughed Shir seemed to favor their plan. Her first
ley aud averting her fuce to conceal step, of course, while In the Ryder
the fact that her eyes were filled with home would be to secure possession of
tours. “It’s my artistic temperament, her father’s letters, and these she
I suppose. It’s ulwayu getting me into would dispatch ut once to Massapequa,
trouble. It appealed so strongly to iny so they could tie laid liefore the senate
sympathies, this story of hopeless love without delay.
between two young iieople, with the
So, after settling accounts with her
father of the girl hounded by corrupt landlady and packing up her few be
politicians mid unscrupulous financiers. longings, Shirley lost no time In trans
It was too much for me. Ah,' all, I ferring herself to the more luxurious
forgot where I was!”
quarters provided for her in the $10,-
Sne leaned against u chair, sick and 000,000 mansion uptown.
faint from nervousness, her whole body
At the Ryder house she was received
trembling. At that moment there waa cordially and with every mark of con
a knock at the library door, nnd Jef sideration.
The housekeeper came
ferson Ryder appeared. Not seeing down to the main hall to greet her
Shirley, whose back was toward him, when she arrived and escorted her to
he advanced to greet Ills father.
the suit of rooms, comprising a small
‘You told me to come up In five min ! working library, a bedroom simply
utes,” he said. "1 Just wanted to but daintily furnished In pink and
say*—
white and a private bathroom which
had
lieen specially prepared for her
“Miss Green,” said Ryder senior, ad
dressing Shirley and ignoring whatever convenience and comfort, and here
presently she was Joined by Mrs. Ry
it wns that the young man wanted to
der.
say, “this is my son Jefferson. Jeff,
“Dear me,” exclaimed the financier’s
this Is Miss Green.”
Jefferson looked in the direction indi wife, staring curiously at Shirley,
cated and stood as if rooted to the “what a young girl you are to have
floor. He was so surprised that he was made such a stir with a book! How
struck dumb. Finally, recovering him did you do it? I’m sure I couldn’t
It’s as much as I can do to writ© a
self, he exclaimed:
letter, and half the time that’s not
“Shirley 1”
“Yes, Shirley Green, the author,” ex- 'eglble.”
“Oh, it wasn’t so hard!” laughed
plained Ryder senior, not noticing the
Shirley.
“It was the subject that ap
ex
note of familiar recognition in his
pealed rather than any special skill of
clamatlon.
Shirley advanced and, holding out mine. The trusts and their misdeeds
her hand to Jefferson, said demurely: are the favorite topics of the hour.
"I am very pleased to meet you, Mr. The whole country Is talking about
Ryder.” Then quickly In an undertone nothing else. My book came at ths
nhe added: “Be careful. Don't betray right time, that's all.”
Although “The American Octopus"
me.”
Jefferson was so astoc.ded that he was a direct attack on her own hug
did not see the outstretched hand. All band, Mrs. Ryder secretly admired this
he could do was to stand and stare young woman who had dared to ffpeak
a few blunt truths. It was a courage
first at her and then at his father.
“Why don’t you shake hands with which, alas, she had always lucked her
her?” said Ryder senior. "She won’t self, but there was a certain satisfac
bite you." Then he added: “Miss Green tion In knowing there were women in
is going to do some literary work for the world not entirely cowed by the
me, so we shall see a great deal of her. tyrant man.
“I have always wanted a daughter,”
It's too bad you’re going away.” He
went on Mrs. Ryder, becoming confi
chuckled at his own pleasantry.
“Father," blurted out Jefferson, ••i dential, while Shirley removed her
came to say that I’ve changed my things and made herself at homo.
mind. You did not want me to go, and ( “Girls of your age are so companiona
I feel I ought to do something to please ble." Thon abruptly she asked, “Do
your parents live In New York?"
you."
Shirley’s face flushed, and she stoop
“Good boy,” said Ryder, pleased.
“Now you're talking common sense.” ed over her trunk to hide her embar
Ho turned to Shirley, who was getting rassment.
“No—not at present,” she answered
ready to make her departure: “Well,
evasively.
“My mother nnd father are
Miss Green, we may consider the mat
ter settled. You undertake the work in the country.”
She was afraid that more questions
at the price I named and finish it as
of n personal nature would follow, but
soon as you can. Of course you will
have to consult me a good deal as you
go along, so I think it would be better
for you to come nnd stay here while
the work is progressing. Mrs. Ryder
can give you a suit of rooms to your
self, where you will be undisturbed,
and you will have all your material
close at hand. What do you say?”
Shirley was silent for a moment
She looked first at Ryder and then at
his son, and from them her glance
went to the little drawer on the left
hand side of the desk Then she said
quietly:
"As you think best Mr. Ryder. 1 am
quite willing to do the work here.”
Ryder senior escorted her to the top
of the landing and watched her as she
passed down the grand staircase, ush
ered by the gorgeously uniformed flun
kies, to the front door and the street
CHAPTER XIII.
1HRLEY entered upon her uew
duties In the Ryder household
two days later. She had re
turned to her rooms the even
ing <>f her meeting with the financier
In a state bordering upon hysteria. The
day’s events had been so extraordinary
that It seemed to her they could Hot be
real and timt she must tie in a dream.
The car ride to Seventy fourth street,
the Interview in the library, the dis
covery of her father’s letters, the offer
to write the biography und, what to
her was atlll more important, the invi
tation to go and live in the Ryder home
all these Incidents were so remarka
ble and unusual that It was only with
difficulty that the girl |aTsuaded her
self that they were not figments of a
disordered brain.
But It was all true enough. The next
morning's mail brought a letter from
Mrs. Ryder, who wrote to the effect
that Mr. Ryder would like the work to
begin at once au<l miding that a suit of
rooms would lx* ready for her the fol
lowing afternoon. Shirley did not lies
Rate. Everything was to l>e gained by
making the Ryder residence her head-
quarters, her father’s very life delud
ing upon the suei’os fill outcome of her
present mission, ami Illis uii I ioinm I for
s
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tloM more important If ths i)ttl6H 11 td
be a happy or a lasting one The chief
thing la that the man should feel real
attachment for the woman he marries
Two people who are to live together as
Xian and wife must be compatible tn
tastes and tetiper. You cannot mix
oil and water. It la these selfish mar
riages which keep our divorce courts
busy. Money alone won’t buy happl
ness in marriage.”
“No,” sighed Mrs. Ryder. “No one
knows that better than I.”
The financier's wife was already
most favorably Impressed with her
guest, and she chatted on as if she had
known Shirley for years. It was rare
ly that atte had beard so young a wom
an express such common sense views,
and the more she talked with her the
leas surprised she was that she was
the author of a much discussed iiook
Finally, thinking that Shirley might
prefer to be alone, abe rose to go, bld
ding her make herself thoroughly at
home and to ring for anything she
might wish. A maid had been assign
ed to look exclusively after her wants,
and she could have her meals served In
her room or else have them with the
family, as she liked. But Shirley, not
caring to encounter Mr. Ryder’s cold,
searching stare more often than neces
sary, said she would prefer to take her I
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Left to herself, Shirley settled down
to work la earnest. Mr. Ryder had
sent to her room all the material for
the biography, and soon 6he was com
pletely absorbed In the task of sorting
and arranging letters, making extracts
from records, compiling data, etc., lay
ing the foundations for the Important
book she was to write. She wondered
what they would call it, and she smiled
as a peculiarly appropriate title flash
ed through her mind- “The History of
a Crime.” Yet she thought they could
hardly infringe on Victor Hugo. Per
haps the best title was the simplest -
“The History of the Empire Trading
lias a select stock of
Company.” Every one would under
stand that It told the story of John
Burkett Ryder’s remarkable career I
from his earliest lieglnnlngs to the
present time. She worked feverishly
all that evening getting the material
and
Into shape, and the following day
found her early at her desk. No one
disturbed her, and she wrote steadily
^team jjeer on ||raught.
on until noon, Mrs. Ryder only once
putting her head In the door to wish
her good morning.
C ourteous T reatment .
After luncheon Shirley decided that
the weather was too glorious to remain
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Indoors. Her health must not be Jeop
ardized even to advance the interests
II hik I ou . Oie(uu.
of the Colossus, so she put on her hat
and left the bouse to go for a walk
The air smelled sweet to her after be
ing confined so long Indoors, and she
walked with a more elastic and buoy
ant stop than she had since her return
home. Turning down Fifth avenue,
she entered the park at Seventy-second
street, following the pathway until she
came to the bend In the driveway op
posite the Casino. The park was al
most doser ted at that hour, and there !
—AT—
was a delightful sense of solitude and
a sweet scent of new mown hay from i
the freshly cut lawns. She found an
empty bench, well shaded by an over
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Nice denn rooms. 25 nnd 50c a night; <1.26
ful for the rest and quiet.
She wondered what Jefferson thought
a week ; $5.00 a month.
of her action In coming to his father's
house practically in disguise and un
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der an assumed name/ She must see
him at once, for in him lay her hope of
obtaining possession of the letters.
Certainly she felt no delicacy or com
punction tn asking Jefferson to do her
this service. The letters belonged to
her father, and they were being wrong
fully withheld with the deliberate pur
pose of doing him an Injury. She bad
a moral If not a legal right to recover
Tow Can't Expect to Get
the letters In any way that she could.
$2 Worth for fil, But
She was so deeply engrossed in her
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Get
Your
thoughts that she had not noticed a
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hansom cab which suddenly drew up
with a Jerk at the curb opposite her
tiench. A man Jumped out. It was Jef
ferson.
"Hello, Shirley,” he cried gayly.
Dealer in Boati* and Shoe*
"Who would have expected to find you
rusticating on a bench here? I pictured
Repairing neatly and promptly dons at
tint ym.r i»uu. ing th
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more than □ nutshell oí truth
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“What a i/ouny girl you are to have
made ruch a utirl”
njiparently Mrs. Ryder was not ta au
Inquisitive mood, for she asked nuth-
Ing further. She only said:
"I have a son, but I don’t see much
of him. You must meet iny Jefferson.
He Is such a nice boy.”
Shirley tried to look unconcerned as
she replied:
“I met him yesterday. Mr. Ryder
Introduced him to me.”
“I’oor lad! He has his troubles, too,”
went on Mrs. Ryder. “He's In love
with a girl, but his father wants him
to marry some one else. They’re quar
rellng over it all the time.”
"Parents shouldn’t Interfere in mat
ters of the heart,” said Shirley de
cisively. “What is more serious than
the choosing of a life companion, and
who nre better entitl«*d to make a free
selection than they who are going to
spend the rest of their days together?
Of course It is a father’s duty to give
his son the benefit of his riper experi
ence, but to Insist on a marriage based
only on business interests is little less
than a crime. There fire cqnsldera-
Civil Engineer and
Surveyor,
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