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Can you imagine yourself dead for five years? Suppose at the end of that time you turned up suddenly p,
among old friends In New York city, asked for an accounting of your estate and announced your intention of
finding the girl you had married under pressure before you disappeared— much to their shocked surprise! That’ s
the position in which we find Hugh Whitaker in this Installment. How his plans ruin the Important plans of
others about him, how he creates a furore at a big theatrical performance and how he finds his wife. Is told with
¡Ti dramatic effect.
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ner, a pathetic frenzy In Ills hnbltually
mild ami lustrous eyes. Advnnring
halfway to the middle of the apron. he
paused, begging attention with n pudgy
baud. It was n full minute before the
gallery would let lit in be beard.
‘‘Lad lea and gentlemen,” be an
tiounee«l plaintively, “ | much regret to
Inform you that Miss Law lias suf-
fered a severe nervous shock” —his It’s Grundmother’a Recipe to
gaze wandered in perplexed Inquiry to­
keep her borkx Dark,
ward the right hsml stiigtiiox, then
Gloxsy, Iteautiful.
was hastily averted—” un«l will uot bo
utile to continue.”
Tho old time mlxturo of Hugo Tea
Wave upon vvnve of sound swept
and Hulphur for darkening gray,
through (lie uudltorlmn to break, roar­
streaked and faded hair I* grand­
ing. against the olidurule curtain. Mai mother's rmi>S. and folks are again
with difficulty contrived to make hlin- using It to k«*ep their hair a good,
self dlaconneete«lly audible.
even color, which Is quite sensible, as
“ Ladles nnd . . . ” he shouto«!, we are living In an age when a youth­
sweat benillng Ills perturbed forehend ful appearance Is o f the greatest ad­
. . . ” r«>gret . . . ImpoMsIble to vantage.
Nowadays, though, we don’t have
continue . . . money . . . box
the troublesome task of gathering the
office . . .’’
sage and the inussy mixing at horns.
An angry howl drowned him out. Ho | All drug stores sell the ready to use
retreated at accelerate»! discretion.
product. Improved by the addition of
Whitaker, slipping through the stage other Ingredients, called "W yeth ’s
Sage and Hulphur Compound" for
shout 60 cents a bottle. It Is very
popular because nobody can discover
It lias been applied. Hlmply moisten
your comb or a soft brush with It and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time, by morn­
ing the gray hair disappears, but what
delights the ladles with Wyeth's Sago
nnd Hulphur Compound. Is that. M*-
sliles beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications. It also pro
«lures that soft lustre and appearance
of nhundance which la ao attractive.
This ready to-uae preparation Is a de­
lightful toilet requisite for those who
«lesire a more youthful appearance It
Is not Intended for the cure, mitigation
or prevention of disease - Adv.
the barest glimpse of her profile as, ami torn away; It bung only In shr«>«ls
pausing momentarily, she eyed the anil tatters upon an Individuality
Whltnker laughed quietly and turned other Hctors. Then, without speaking, wbolly strange to Whitaker: a larger,
the conversation, accepting the mana­ she turned nnd walked upstage, her stronger woman seemed to have start­
ed out o f th«* musk.
ger's pseudo-confidences nt their face back to the footlights.
Applause broke «ait like a thunder­
value— that Is, ns pure bluff, quite con­
She turned, calling imperatively Into
clap, |>ealing heavily through the big the wings: “ Ring down I”
sistent with the managerial pose.
They rose presently nnd made their auditorium, but the actress showed no
With it rush the curtain descended
way out into the crowded, blatant uight consciousness of It. She was standing as pandemonium broke out on both
before u ch**ap mirror, removing Iter slll«‘.H of It.
of Broadway.
“ W e’ll walk. If you don’t mind.” Mas hat, arranging her hair with the
suggested. “ It isn’t far, nnd I'd like typical, unconscious gestures o f a
C H APTE R VI.
to get a line on the house as it goes weary shopgirl; she was acting— living
In.’
He sighed affectedly. “ Heaven the scene, with no time to waste In
The Late Extra.
knows when I'll see another swell au­ pandering to her popularity by bows
Impulsively Whitaker got up to fol­
dience mobbing one o f my attractions!’’ and set smiles; she remained before low Max, tlu-n b«‘sltnted and sank tmek
They pushed forward slowly through the glass, prolonging the business, un­ in doubt, tils heud awhlrl. lie was for
the eddying tides, elbowed by a match­ til the applause subsided.
the time being shook«•<! out o f all «-a-
Whitaker receive«! nu Impression ii s parity for clear reasoning or right
less motley of humanity, deafened by
Its thousund tongues, dazzled to blind­ o f a tremendous force nt work across llduking. Uppermost In Ids conscious-
ness by walls of living light. Whitaker the footlights. The woman dlffus«-«! an noss lie hnd n half-formed notion that
experienced a sensation of participat­ effect -.s of a terrible and boundless It wouldn't help matters If lie vv«-r«* to
She force himself In upon the crisis behind
ing in a royal progress: Max was plain­ energy under positive control.
ly a man of murk ; he left a wake of was not merely an actress, not eveu the scenes.
rippling Interest. At every third step merely a great actress; she was the
Beyond all question his wife hail
somebody hailed him, ns a rule by his very soul of the drama of today.
recognized in him die man whom she
Beyond this he knew In his h«*art
first name; generally he responded by
had been given every reason to htdleve
a curt nod nnd a tightening of his that she was Ids wife. Sara Law was deu«l: a discovery so unnerving as to
tlie woman he had- married In that
teeth upon his cigar.
rentier her temporarily unable to con­
They turned east through Forty- sleepy C'onne«,tlcut town, six years be­ tinue.
sixth street, shouldered by a denser fore that night. He had not yet seen
This, then, explained Drummond's
rabble whose faces, ull turned In one her face dearly, but he knew. To find reluctance to have him hidden to the
himself
mistaken
ould
have
shaken
direction, shone livid with the glare of
supper
party;
whatever
ultlinnte
a gigantic electric sign, midway down the foundations o f Ills understanding.
course of action he planned to pursue,
I’
ruler
cover
of
the
applause,
he
the block:
Drummond hail been unwilling, p«-r-
turnc«l to Max.
T H E A T E R MAX
hnps pardonably so. to have Ids rt>-
"W ho Is that? What is her name?"
SARA L A W ’S FAR EW ELL.
"Th e divine Sara,” Max uuswere«], mnnee overthrown and altogether shut­
tered In a single day. He hnd lied,
It was nearly half-past eight; the his eyes shining.
lied
desperately, doubtless meaning to
house had been open since seven; nnd
I mean, what Is her name off the
encompass n marriage before Whltnker
still a queue ran from the gallery doors stage. In private life?"
to Broadway. The lobby Itself was
“ The same,’’ Max nodded with con­ could find his wife, ami so furnish him
crowded to suffocation with nn occi­ viction; "Sara Law’s the only name with every reason that could lulluem e
dental durbnr of barbaric magnificence, she’s ever worn iu my acquaintance on honorable niun to disnppt-ar a see- :
ond time.
the city's supreme manifestation of with her."
its religion, the ultimate rite In the
On the other hand. Max to a cortuln- i
At that moment, the applause hav­
Knew
His Heart That 8he Was
worship of the pomps of the flesh.
ing subsid«»d to such an extent that It ty was Ignorant of the relationship be­
His Wife.
“ Look nt that,” Max grumbled was possible for her to make herself tween his star and his old time friend.
through his cigar. “ Ain’t it a shame?" heard, the uctress swun, round from Just ns he must have been Ignorunt o f ; door behind the box«-s, rnn Into the
“ What?” Whitaker had to lift his the mirror nnd addressed one of the her Identity with the onu time Mary stage manager standing beside the first
voice to make it carry above the buz­ other pln.v«-rs. Her voice was cleur, Ladlslns. For that mntter, Whitaker entrance, heatedly explaining to any­
zing of the throng.
strong nnd vibrant, yet sweet; but had to admit thnt, dntnnlng ns was the one who would llst*-n the utt««r futility
"The money I’m losing,” returned Whitaker paid no heed to the lines she evidence to controvert the th«»ory, of offering box-office prices In return
the manager, vividly disgusted. “ I spoke. He was staring, fusclnuted, nt Drummond might he Just ns much In for s«-at checks which In the mnj<»rlly
the dark ns Max wus. It wns only fair of Instances Imd cost tb«ir holder* top-
could've filled the Metropolitan opera her face.
house three times o ver!”
Sight of It set the seal of certulnty to suspend Judgment. In the mean­ notch speculator prlc«*s.
lie swung on hi« heel nnd began to upon conviction: She was one with time . . .
"They'll wreck the theater," he
push his way out of the lobby. “ Come Mary Ladislns. He had forgotten her
The audience was getting beyond shout«*«! excitedly, mopping his brow
ulong—no use trying to get in this so completely in the lapse of years as control. In the gallery tbe gods were with his coat sl«-eve, “ what f e l l ’d she
way.”
to have been unable to recall her fea­ beginning to testify to their normal In­ ivuna pull n raw one like tills for?”
Whitaker followed, to be led down a tures and coloring, yet he hnd needed tolerance with shrill whistles, cat-calls,
Whltnker caught his nrm In u grasp
blind alley between the theater nnd only to see to recognize her beyond sporadic bursts of hund-rinppliig nnd a compelling attention.
the adjoining hotel. An illuminated any j>ossiblllty of doubt. Those big. steady, sinister rumble of stnmplng
sign advertised the stage door, through Intensely burning eyes, that drawn and feet. In the orchestra and dress circle
which, via a brief hallway, they en­ pallid face, the quick, nervous move­ people were moving about restlessly
Well, what's your guess/ Will
tered the postscenlum and— Max drag­ ments o f her thin white hands, the and talking at the top o f their voices
Whitaker's wife receive him with
ging him by the arm—passed through slenderness of her tall, awkward. Im­ In order to tnuke themselves beard
gratitude and open arms— be­
a small door into the gangway behind mature figure— In every line and con­ above the growing diu.
cause he saved her honor long
the boxes.
tour, in every gesture nnd inflection,
ago— or will she look him over
Abruptly Max himself appeared at
“ Curtain’s just up,” Max told him ; she reproduced the Mary Lndislus one side of the proscenium nrch. It
calmly and chase him off the
"Sara doesn’t come on till near the whom he hnd married.
was plain to those nearest the stage 9 place?
v
middle o f the act. Make yourself com­
And yet . . . Max was whisper­ that he was seriously disturbed. There >T>
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ing over his shoulder:
fortable; I’ll be back before long.”
w-ns a noticeable hesitancy In his man-
(T O HE C O N T IN U E D .)
"Wonderful make-up— what?"
He drew aside a curtain and ushered
“ Make-up!”
Whitaker
retorte«!.
his guest into the right-hand stage-box,
Matter of Height.
then vanished. The few empty stalls "She’s not made up— she’s herself to ODD PLACES TO HIDE CASHi
We are Informed by un otherwise
were rtlpidly filling up. There was a the last detail."
Amusement glimmered in the mana­ Woman Concealed Savings on Her veracious friend that ho was standing
fluent movement through the aisles. A
In front of a department stor«?, gaz­
"You don’t
Mother’s Grave— Safety Deposit
subdued hum and rustle rose from that ger’s round little eyes:
ing raptly Into one of the dlspluy
in Cannon.
portion of the audience which was al­ know her. Walt till you get a pipe at
windows, when he hoard this conver­
ready seated. The business going on her off the stage.” Then he checked
The woman who, ns Just revealed In sation :
upon the stage was receiving little at­ the reply that was shaping on Whit-
“ Tell me, Grace,” said n tnun whose
tention— from Whitaker as little as nker’s lips, with a warning lift of his the law courts, hid her savings on her
from unyone. The opening scene In hand and brows: “ Ssh 1 Catch this, mother’s grave In Forest Hill cemetery wife— or maybe she wasn’t— had made
probably hit upon a unique cache. But him stop while she rubbered ut the
the development of the druma Inter­ now. She’s a wonder In this scene.”
ested the gathering little or not at all;
The superb uctr*:ss behind the coun­ there is no saving. The person who <lr«ns«*s, “ when you’re g<-ttlng a dress,
it was hanging In suspense upon the terfeit o f the hunted and hungry shop­ mistrusts savings banks generally which costs more— the wulst or the
unfolding of some extraordinary devel­ girl was holding spellbound with her looks around for the most unlikely skirt?”
"Why, that depends,” said the wo­
opment, something unprecedented and inevitable witchery the most sophisti­ spot In which to deposit wealth, und
extraneous, foreign to the play.
cated audience In the world ; like wheat more tlinn one may hit on the same man.
“ On the season, I suppose.’’
Max slipped quietly into the box and in a windstorm It swayed to the modu­ Idea.
Old cannon, for Instance, seem to
"H ow could It depend on the s«.-a-
handed his guest u program. “ Better lations ot her marvelous voice us It ran
get over here.” he suggested In u through a passuge-at-urms with the form favorable depositories. Quite a son, silly?”
"W ell, tills season the skirts oomo
hoarse whisper, Indicating a chair near termagant. Suddenly ceasing to speak, quantity of Jewelry was found some
the rail. “ You may never have an­ she turned down to u chair near the while ago in a solitary gun which high, but tho waists don’t— uln’t I
other chance to see the greatest living footlights, followed by u torrent of stands In the fort ut Shoreham, und right?"
actress. Wonderful house,” he whis­ shrill vituperation under the Insh of about tbe same time a bug containing
Expert, Indeed.
pered, sitting down behind Whitaker. which she quivered like a whipped 70 sovereigns was discovered In on
A
strange
man hud* been sent to
“ Drummond husn't shown up yet, thorouglfbred.
old cannon In I’ei-I park, Bradford.
polish the floors.
Ills manner was
though.”
From
one
of
the
old
Crimean
cannon
Abruptly, pausing with her hands on
anything
but
energetic,
nnd the Imly
“That so?” Whitaker returned over the back of the chair, there came a nt Liverpool also some Inquisitive
feared that he would not polish them
his shoulder.
youngsters
once
brought
forth
u
sol­
change. The actress hnd glanced across
“ Yes; it’s funny; never knew him to the footlights; Whitaker could not but dier’s discharge papers nnd notes to properly.
“ Are you quite sure that you un­
be so late. He always has the aisle follow the direction of her gaze; the the value of £|iH).— London Chronicle.
derstand
the work?” she Inquired.
seat, fourth row, center. But he’ll be eyes o f both focussed for a brief in­
Ills Indignation was tremendous.
ulong presently.”
stant on the empty nlsle-sent In the
Couldn't Give Up the Movies.
"You know Colonel B.’s folks, next
He glanced Idly nt his program. In­ fourtli row. A shade o f additional pal­
Said on«« charming young creature
differently absorbing the Information lor showed on the woman’s face. She while sipping her tea: “ Did you hear door but one?" he said. "W ell, I refer
that "Jules Max has the honor to pre­ looked quickly, qircstlonlugly, toward that Etelkn and Oluf bare broken you to them. On (he polished floor of
their dining room five persons broke
sent Miss Sara Law In her first and tiie box o f her manager.
their engagement?”
(heir legs last winter and a Indy
greatest success entitled Joan Thurs­
Seated as he was so near the stage,
“ Heavens, n o!" exclaimed tbe other
day—a play In three acts— ”
Whitaker’s face stoo«J out In rugged charming creature, almost choking slipped clenr down tho grund stair­
The audience stirred expectantly; a relief, illumined by the glow reflected over her cake. “ I thought they were case. I polished all their floors I” —
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
movement ran through It like the from the footlights. It was Inevitable the original turtledoves.”
movement of waters, murmurous, up­ thnt she should see him. Her eyes
“ Well, they were; but O laf Is short-
Sportive Fish.
on a shore. Whitaker’s gaze was fastened, dilating, upon his. The scene slght«-d nnd has to sit in the very first
The gnmhollng o f whales Is often
drawn to the stage as If by an Im­ faltered perceptibly. She stood trans­ row nt the moving picture theaters, and witnessed by sailors, nnd Pnley says
placable force. Max shifted on the fixed. . . .
Etelka cun only see from the very
that nny observer o f fish must ac­
chair behind him and said something
In the hush Max cried Impatiently: back; and she said she would he aw­ knowledge that "they nre so happy
indistinguishable, in an unnatural tone. “ What the d e v il!’’ The words broke fully unhappy If they hud to spend they know not what to do with them­
A woman had come upon the stage, the spell of amazement upon the half thiir l!v«*s npurt nnd that the
selves. Their attitudes and frolics are
suddenly and tempestuously, banging actress. In a twinkling the pitiful (««•st thing to do wus not to marry.
simply the effect o f an excess of
a door behind her. The audience got , counterfeit of the shopgirl was rent
And there you are.”
spirits.”
CHAPTER V—Continued.
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Room, or Company?
With all proper respect to members
of congress, we wish they'd quit com­
ing home so much and give the rail­
roads u chance to huul u little coal.
, Kansas City Htar.
Dr. Bierce’s Pellets «re M-st for liver,
, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet
for h laxative thr«.-e for a cathartic
A Grave Situation.
"Ho Murie Is engaged?"
"Yes. to an undertaker.”
"An undertaker? Bhe must bo dead
in love."— Exchange.
Swinging Round the Circle.
Mrs. A.—Our cook has lived In soma
o f the best families.
Mrs.— Ours has lived In all of them
and Is now on circuit for tho second
1 time.— Exchange.
Chronic Constipation is ns dangerous
as disagreeable. Garfield Tea cures
IL— Adv.
Locating the Action.
"And Fltzlepato ran through n for­
tune?”
"N o ; ho never did anything so ener­
getic. H e stood still and let the for­
tune show the speed.” — Exchange.
Soothe Itching Scalps.
On retiring gently rub s|tots o f dnn-
druff and Itching with Cutlcuru Oint­
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cutleura Soup and hot water. For fr«*e
samples address, "Cutlcuru, Dept. X,
Boston." At druggists and by mall.
Soap 25, (Hutment 25 and 60.— Adv.
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A Rapid Flrer.
Mrs. Peck— I always think twice be­
fore I speak once.
Pedk —Exactly, my dear— but then
you are such a quick thinker.— Ex­
change.
KIDNEYS. U S E «
If your Rack h u r ts o r lllnririor
bothers, drink lots of
W itte r.
When your kidneys hurt and your
hack feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and Irritât«« tho entire urlnnry tract.
Keep your klilneys clean like you keep
your bowels clean, by flushing them
with a mild, harmless salts which re­
moves the body’s urinous waste and
stimulates them to their normnl activ­
ity. Tho function of the kidneys Is to
filter tho Mood.
In 24 hours they
strain from It 600 grains of aeld and
waste, so wo can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots of water— you can’t drink
too much; also get from any pharma­
cist about four ounces of Jad Halts;
take a tahlespoonful In a glass of
water before breakfast earh morning
for a few days and your kidneys will
act fine. This famous salts Is ma«le
from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithla, and has
been used for generations to clean
and stimulate clogged kidneys; also
to neutralize the acids In urine so It
no longer is a source of Irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is Inexpensive; cannot In­
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithla water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active. T ry
this, also keep up the water drinking,
and no doubt you will wonder what
became of your kidney trouble and
backache.— Adv.