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PHILADELPHIA", FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1016.
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By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
l-amnrs Tavtrnatct, SntUthman to tho tont.
iSnit Beatrice Burnav, on American plrl,
" . - -. rmiftAH. irom Hiranni;. a lie is
& ' ,M,!5 nt t7 her boardlna hovte and Tie ol-
r Kf Vr X "o retlourant ft teltt htr about
r !!?; -i ,hn hroud her oun patt in
ntw'fV. .,, . in (ft. tmbankmcnt.
..7 hnt "Beatrice ! ollempls Bleide. Tavr;
H, llA it awd. WMJt mil" lne, BtHM
. a rieMtf Downed woman atklno or
J"S1 tMddenri rlflM.nrcf and
0 rii.0. ir-...t.ilt (nice fier nujau.
"ri mb in olrl't ". Tapernakt propotjt
.M her M? I 'oueekceper. II txplatni to
"K.! .. iKI italnlno- to tear from htm, at
". -i Aiirneini bu Tier. Wnen n return
" V. ld Mmi act fact Kith the
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V-S- 2fi.aVc5?r0n""o 7-lirKS
7rfei it. X ierrib IMnp not nappriica,
fCJrnaTo'Vad-nU';"".
W.V!L.,, tn her own sister She also as
i wr 7t'r jfr tiardner has mo money ana W
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; &7r, ? amout producer. Sie doct 0
jjtJiw VlWIser io accept or not.
chapter vnr.
, WOMAN'S WILES,
it 11 o'clock tho next mornlns, Taver-
ltke presented hlmsolf at the Milan Court
nd Inquired, ror Mrs. hiwih v..v....
Ho was sent at onco to her apartments
. ,i,arire of a page. Sho waB lylnc upon
K HOfa piled UP with cushions, wrapped
la ft wonacnui umi ,........ ..
wtmed somehow to deepen tho color of
her eyes. By her sldo was a smalt tahlo
on which was iomo chocolate, a bowl
ef, roses and a roll of newspapers. Sho
he a out her hand toward Tavcrnako. but
did not rise. Thero was somemuiK uiniuai
Blrltual about her pallor, tho dcllcato
outline of her ngure, so Imperfectly con
railed by tho thin silk dressing-gown, tho
Jalnt, tired smllo with which alio wel
comed him. .,
"You will forglvo my receiving you like
vi. fr. Tnvernako7" sho begged. To-
-a.u'i have a. headache I havo been anx-
i u" . l.. "V-t. n,,ctf elf lf
ff lous ror your conm
7 y side, pieasc,
RNAKE
You must sit by
nnil tell mo at once
whether you Havo scon Beatrice.
Tavernako am cxacny ua uo v u"-
j Tim rtinir lowaru wiui;u one ,,
pointed was quite close to the sofa, but
there was no other unoccupied in tho
S" nom. one raisea iibibi-u ""'" " ""
t eiuch and turnoa lownru nim. "
;.'were fixed anxiously upon Jim, " ""
held slightly wrmiueu, iier uiuo u .-
Et lous with cagorness.
E "You havo seen her?"
E;i "I have," ho admitted, looking steadily
rj Into the lining or nis nai.
' f "sho hns been cruol." Elizabeth dc-
F"J dared. "I can tell It from your face.
' Tou have bad news for me."
,, "1 do not know," Tavernako replied,
J If- "whether she has been cruel or not. Sho
K, r.refuies to allow mo to tell you her ad-
rdress. She Deggea me, inueeu, w nccy
iiway from you altogether."
M .!.... Tl.l 1aA h11 .m. il.1,'r
P'JI Vliy JJ1U OIIO ICil JVU T..J .
V "She says that you are her sister, that
you havo no money of your own nnd that
your husband has left you," Tavernako
answered, deliberately.
U "Is that all?"
: tiT l l nnf ntl liA ttr f 1 11 1 1f1 . "Ad
to the rest, she told mo nothing definite.
L-Llt is nu to clear, however, that sne is
very anxious to keep away from you."
h "Rut her rennnnV' 'Rllznboth Derslsted.
"Did sho give you no reason?"
Tavernako looked her In tho face.
i "She gave me no rcaBon," ho said.
"Do you believe that sho is Justified
In treatlnc mo llko this?" Elizabeth
I' ailsed, playing nervously with a pendant
t, '-which hung from her smooth, bare neck.
f"0f course I do," ho replied. "I am
e.ulte sure that sho would not feel as sho
does unless you had been guilty of aomo
i .thing very terrible Indeed."
',, The woman on tho couch winced as
I ' though some ono had struck her. A more
i 'sutceptlble man than Tavernake must
r have felt a little remorseful at tho tears
" -which dimmed for a moment her beautiful
i eyes.
Tavernake, however, although he felt a
moment's uneasiness, although he felt
btmirif ftwftflflnri nil tfiA limn hv n. riirioiln
ftv fc. --..-.. ..- - -rf " - --
rutiv emouon wmcu no uticriy lanea iu
Vnderstand, was nevertheless Btlll im-
t,jnune. The things which were to happen
b'to him had not yet nrrlved.
'Of course," he continued, "I was very
much disappointed to hear this, becauso
A. I had hoped that wo might have been
ftble to let Grantham House to you. we
cannot consider the matter at all now
unless you pay for everything1 In ad
Vance," She uncovered her eyca and looked at
him. FcobIm nn rilrr.t nt nnc"rh an this
R had come very seldom Into her life, Sho
was conscious or a thrill or interest. Tne
itUdv nf TT1n ,aa n ninilnn tf1,h flAT1
fHere was Indeed a new type!
"So you think that I am on adven
turess," she murmured.
ITe reflected for a moment.
' I suppose," he admitted, "that It comes
lo that. I should not have returned at
ftll If I had not promised. If there Is any
E' 'Wessage which you wish mo to glvo your
tier. I will .take It, but I cannot tell
you her address."
Ens laid her hand auddenlv linon hla.
i fad raising herself a Itttlo on the couch,
Knea toward him. Her eyes and her
M both pleaded with him.
Mr. Tavernake," she said slowly,
Beatrice la mirh n. riMC nhatlnntA rn&.
B ture, but she does not quite appreciate
a,; wy position. Do me a favor, please. If
Mr'ou have promised not to give me her
euuress iet mo at least know some way
Hr r some place In which I could como
"rois her, I am sure she will be glad
afterwards. anA T,.T ahull Yia v,rv rrntn.
mpo."
Sf TftVAM.-.. .t& Al- . 1. M
R.V " '"ai no woo onveiwpea
fpw something which ho did not under
stand, but his lack of experience was so
- uiat ne am not even wonaer at nis
Mnfliunity,
gf announced, "In tho spirit aa well as th
yrt h 14 quit uaelesa to oaK ma t
otherwise"
JSUZ&bftth WflM nf fit amarM !
ittry, how Bnrry eho scarcely knew even
If, She had been a tpoIU child, flho
Wdlng all her life. Her beauty was of
C7 peculiar Kind, half seductive, half
wnetje, wholly Irresistible. And now
iv, a C0ra9 thls Btrange, almost lm
FOMiwe person, against th armor of
'a Indifference she had pent herself
- txu. iier eyea nilea with tears once
OrO AH fttlA lAn1J . Vl, B fravAHu.
ake became uneasy. Ha glanced at they
r m?,!?1 Kalr toward the door.
ironic, jr you will excuso me," ho
'Clan..
SM- Tavernake," she Interrupted, "you
" ry unkind to me, ytiry unkind In-p
cannot help ,' he answered.
l. j vow every uains;, b10 won
,HUjed, "you would not ba bo obstinate,
Ski ric he'"l' wero here, If X could
r r somethlnK In her ear. she would
only too thankful that I had found her
asainc. has always misunderstood
Mr Tavernake. It is a. little hard
me, for we are both so far away
home, from our friend."
Gi! Can aeiui tii anw msaarA VAU
bs wt Tavernake declared, "If you
ww wait wMl you vrrlts-ft JstMJV
If you really havo anything to Ray to her
which might change her opinion, you can
wrlto It, can't you"
Sho looked down nt her hands-very
beautiful nnd well-kept hands-and sighed.
This young man, with his unusual lm
perlurablllty nnd hateful common sense,
was getting on her nerves.
"It Is so hard to write things, Mr.
Tavernake," sho said, "but, of course. It
Is something to know that If the worst
happens I can Bond her a letter. I shall
think about that for n short tlmo. Mean
while, thero Is so much about her I would
lovo to have you tell me. Sho has no
money, has she? How does sho support
herself?"
"Sho sings occasionally at concerts,"
Tavernako replied nfter a moment's
pause. "I supposo there Is no harm In
tolling you that."
Elizabeth leaned toward him. Sho vna
very loth Indeed to acknowledge defeat.
Onco moro her volco was dellclously soft,
her forchend delloately wrinkled, her bluo
eyes filled with alluring light.
"Mr. Tnvornnke," she murmured, "do
you know that you are not in tho least
kind to mo? Beatrice and I nro sisters,
after all. Even sho has ndmlttcd that.
Sho left mo most unkindly nt n critical
tlmo In my life: sho misunderstood things:
If I were to see her, I could oxplatn every
thing. I feci It very much that sho Is
living apart from mo In this city whero
wo nro both strangers. I am nnxlous
about her, Mr. Tavernake. Docs sho
want money? If so, will you tako her
some from mo? Can't you suggest any
way In which I could help her7 Do bo
my friend, please, and advise mc."
Llfo was certainly opening out for
Tavornnko. Tho ntmosphero by which
ho was surrounded, which sho was de
liberately creating around him, was tho
atmosphere of an unknown world. It was
a position, this, entirely novel to him.
Nevertheless, ho did his best to copo
with It Intelligently. Ho reflected care
fully beforo ho mndo any reply, ho re
fused absolutely to listen to tho strango
voices singing In his cars, nnd ho de
livered his decision with his usual nlr of
finality.
"I nm nfrald," ho said, "that sinco
Beatrice refuses even to let von know
her whereabouts, sho would not wish to
nccept anything from you. It seoms a
Pity," he wont on, tho Instincts of tho
money-saver stirring within him; "she is
certainly nono too well off."
Tho lady on the couch sighed.
"Bcatrlco has at least a friend," sho
murmured. "It Is a great deal to havo
a friend. It Is moro than I have. Wo
aro both so far from home here. Often
I am sorry that we over left America.
England Is not a hospltablo country, Mr.
Tavernake."
Again this painfully literal young man
spoko out what was In his mind.
"Thero was a gentleman in the motor
car with you tho other night," ho re
minded her.
Sho bit her lip.
"Ho was Just an acquaintance," sho
answered, "a man whom I used to know
In New York, passing through London.
Ho called on mo and asked me to go to
the theatre and supper. Why not? I havo
had a terrlblo time during tho last few
months, Mr. Tavernake, and I am very
lonely lonelier than ever Blnco my sister
deserted mo."
Tavernako began to feel, ridiculous
though It seemed, that In some subtle and
Inexplicable fashion ho was In danger.
At any rate, he was hopelessly bewildered.
Ho did not understand why UiIb very
beautiful lady Bhould look at him ns
though they woro old friends, why her
eyes should appeal to him so often for
sympathy, why her fingers, which a
moment ago were resting lightly upon his
hand, and which sho had drawn nway
with reluctance, should havo burned him
llko ptn-prlckB of fire. Tho woman who
wishes to nlluro may be as subtle as
possible In her methods, but n sense of
her purpose, however vaguo It may be,
is generally communicated to hor would
bo victim. Tavernake was becoming dis
tinctly uneasy. He had no vanity. He
knew from the first that this beautiful
creaturo belonged to a world far re
moved from any of which he had any
knowledge. The only Bolutlon of the
situation which presented Itself to him
was that sho might bo thinking of bor
rowing money from hlml
"Thero was never a tlmo In my life,"
sho continued softly, "when I felt that
I needed a friend more. I am afraid that
my sister has prejudiced you against me,
Mr. Tavernake. Beatrice Is very young,
and tho young nro not always sym
pathetic, you know. They do not mako,
allowances, they do not understand." '
"Why did you tell Mr. Dowllng things
which were not true?" ho asked bluntly.
She sighed, and looked down at tho
handkerchief with which oho had been
toying.
"It was a very silly piece of conceit,"
she admitted, "but. you see, I had to tell
him something.
"Why did you com to tho office at
all?" ha continued.
"Do you really want to know that?"
she whispered softly.
"Well. "
"I will tell you," she went on suddenly.
"It sounds foolish, In a way, and yet It
wasn't really, because you see," she
smiled at him "I was anxious about Bea
trice. I saw you come out of the office
that morning, and I recognized you nt
once. I knew that It was you who had
been with Beatrice. Z mads an excuse
about the housa to coma and sea whether
I could find you out."
Tavernake. In whom tha vanity was
not yet born, missed wholly the signi
ficance of her smile, her trifling hesita
tion. "All that," ha declared, "Is no reason
why you should have told Mr, Dowllng
that your husband was a millionaire and
had given you carte blanche about taking
a house.,"
"Did I mention my husband?
"Distinctly." ho assured her
For the first time sho had faltered In
her speech. Tavornako felt that sho her
self was shaken by soma emotion. Her
eyes for a moment were strangely lit:
something had come Into her face which
ha did not understand. Then It passed.
The delightful smile, half deprecating,
half appealing, once jnoro parted her lips;
tho gleam of horror no longer shone In
ber blue eyes.
"I am always so foolish about money."
sho declared, "so Ignorant that I never
know how I" stand, but really I think that
I have plenty, and a hundred or two more
or less for rent didn't seem to matter
much."
It was a point of view, this, which
Tavernake utterly failed to comprehend.
Ha looked at her In surprise.
"I suppose," ha protested, "you know
how much a year you have to lira on?"
Bhe shook her head.
"It seems to vary all tha time." aha
sighed. "Thero are so many complica
tions." Ha looked at her In amazement
"After all," ha admitted, "you don't look
aa though you had much of a head for
figures."
"If only I had soma ono to help met
sho murmured.
Tavernake moved uneasily In hla chair.
His sense of danger was growing.
"If you will excuse mo now," he said.
"I think that I must ba getting back. I
am an employe ut Dowllng, Spence &
Co.'s, you know, and my time la notqulte
my own. I only came because I prom
ised to."
"Mr. Tavernake," aha begged, looking
at hirn full out of those wonderful blue
eyas, "lueaso co joo a .great ra-vo.-. $
A TALE, OF LOVE, MYSTERY AND IN1RIGLE
"What Is It?" ho asked with clumsy
ungraciousness.
"Como and seo me, every now and then,
and lot mo know how my sister Is. Per
haps you may be able to suggest some
way In which I can help her."
Tavcrnako considered tho question for a
moment. Ho was angry with himself for
tho unaccountable senso of pleasure whloh
hor suggestion had given him.
"I nm not quite sure," he said, "whether
I had hotter como. Beatrice seemed quite
nnxlous thnt I should not talk about her
Jo you nt all. Sho did not llko my com
ing today."
"You seem to know a great deal about
my sister," Elizabeth declared reflectively.
"You call her by her Christian name nnd
you appear to see her frequently. Per
haps, even, you aro fond of hor."
Tavcrnako met his questioner's inquir
ing gazo blankly. Ho was almost indig
nant. "Fond of her!" he exclaimed. "I have
never been fond of any ono In life, or
anything except my work," he added.
Sho looked at him a llttlo bewildered at
first.
"Oh, you strango person!" sho cried,
her lips breaking Into a delightful smile.
"Don't you know that you haven't be
gun to llvo at all yet? You don't ovon
know anything about life, and at tho back
of It all you havo capacity. Yes," sho
went on, "I think that you havo tho
capacity for living."
Her hand fell upon hla with a llttlo
gesture which was half a caress. Ho
looked around him as though seeking
for escape. Ho was on his feet how
and ho clutched at his hnt.
"I must go," ho Insisted almost roughly.
""Am I keeping you?" she aBkcd Inno
cently. "Woll, you shall go as soon as
you pln:so, only you must promise mo
ono thing. You must como back, say
within a week, and let mo know how
my sister Is. I am not half so brutal as
you think, I really nm nnxlous about
her. PIcasel"
"I will promise that," ho nnswercd.
"Walt ono moment, then," she begged,
turning to tho letters by her side. "There
Is Just something I want to ask you.
Don t bo Impatient It is entirely a mat
ter of business."
All thc tlmo ho was acutely conscious
of that restless deslro to get out of the
room. The woman's white arms, from
which the sleeves of her bluo gown had
fallen back, wero stretched toward him
as she lazily turned over her pile of cor
respondence. They wore very beautiful
arms and Tavcrnack, nltliough he had
hnd no experience, was dimly nwnro of
tho fact. Her eyes, too, seemed always
to bo trying to reach somo part of him
which was dead, or as yet unborn. He
could feel her striving to get there, beat
ing against tho walls of his Indifference.
VThy should a woman wenr bluo stock
ings becauso Bhe had a bluo gown, he
wondered Idly. Sho was not like Beatrice,
this alluring, beautiful woman, who lny
thero talking to lilm In a manner whose
meaning camo to him only In strange,
bewildering fishes. Ho could bo with
Beatrice and feel tho truth of what ho
had onco told her that her sex wns a
thing which need not even bo taken Into
account between them. With this woman
It was different: he felt that she wished
It to bo different.
"Perhaps you had better tell mo about
that matter of business next tlmo I am
here," he suggested, with an abruptness
which was almost brusque. "I must go
now. I do not know why I have stayed
so long."
She held out her fingers.
"You are a very sudden person." sho
declared, smiling at his discomfiture "If
you must go!"
Ho scarcely touched her hand, nnxlous
enly to get away. And then tho door
opened and a man of somewhat remark
able appearance entered tho room with
tho air of a privileged person. Ha was
oddly dressed, with llttlo regard to the
fashion of the moment. His black coat
was cut after the mode of a past gen
eration, his collar was of the typo affected
by Gladstone and his fellow statesmen, hla
black bow was arranged with studied
negligence nnd ho showed more frilled
white shirt-front than Is usual In the day
time. His Bilk hat was glossy, but broad
brimmed; his masses of gray hair,
brushed back from a high, broad fore
head, gave him almost a patriarchal as
pect. His features were large and fairly
well-shaped, but his mouth was weak
and his cheeks lacked the color of a
healthy Ilfei Tavernake stared at him
open-mouthed. He, for his part, looked
at Tavernake as ho might have looked at
some strango wild animal.
"A thousand npoltgfes, dear Elizabeth!"
he exclaimed. "I knocked, but I Imagine
that you did not hear me. Knowing your
habits, it did not ooour to ma that you
might ba engaged at this hoar of the
morning,"
"It Is a young man from tha house
agent's," she announced Indifferently,
"come to see me aDout a nat."
"In that case," he suggested amiably,
"I am, perhaps, not In tho way."
Elizabeth turned hj?r head slightly and
looked at him; he backed precipitately to
ward the door.
"In a few minutes," ho said. "I will
return In a few minutes."
Tavernake attempted to follow his ex
amolo. "Thore la no occasion for your friend
to leave," ho protested. "If you have
any Instructions for us, a note to tha
office will always bring some one here to
see you."
She sat up on the couch and smiled at
him. His obvious embarrassment amused
her. It was a new sort of game, this,
altogether.
"Come, Mr. Tavernake," she said, "thee
minutes more won't matter, will it? I
will not keep you longer than that, I
promise."
Ha came reluctantly a few steps back.
"I am sorry." he explained, "but we
really are busy this morning."
"This la business," she declared, still
smiling at him pleasantly, "My Bister
has filled you with suspicions about me.
Some of them may be Justifiable, some
are not, I am not so rich aa I should
like soma people & believe. It Is so
much easier to live well, you know, when
people believe that you are rolling In
money, mm, I am by no 'means a
pauper. I cannot afford to take Gran
tham House, but neither can I afford to
go on living here. I have decided to
make a change, to tiy and economize, to
try and live within my means. Now will
you bring tna a list of small houses or
flats, something- at not mora than say two
or threa hundred a year? It shall be
strictly a business proceeding. X will pay
you for your time. If that la necessary,
and your commission In advance. There,
you can i reiuse my oner on those terms,
can you?"
Tavernake remained silent. He was
conscious that his lack of response seemed
both sullen nnd awkward, but ho wns for
tho moment tongue-tied. Ills habit of
Inopportune self-analysts had onco moro
asserted Itself. Ho could not understand
tho curious nature of his mistrust of this
woman, nor could he understand the
pleasure which her suggestion gavo him.
Ho wanted to refuse, and yet ho was glad
to bo able to tell himself that ho was,
after nil, but an employe of his firm
and not In a position to decline business
on their behalf.
Sho leaned n llttlo toward him; her tone
was almost beseeching.
"You nro not going to bo unkind? You
will not rcfuso mo?" sho pleaded.
"I will bring ou a list," ho answered
heavily, "on tho terms you Buggest."
"Tomorrow morning?" sho begged,
"As soon as I nm nblo," ho promised.
Then ho escaped. Outsldo In tho cor
ridor, tho man who had Interrupted his
Interview was walking backwards and
forwards. Tavornako passed him without
responding to his bland greeting. Ho
forgot all about tho lift nnd descended
five flights of stnlrB.
A few minutes later, ho presented him
self nt the offlco and reported that Mrs.
Wenhnm Gardner had decided unfavor
ably about Grantham House, and thnt
sho was not disposed, Indeed, to tako
premises of anything llko suoh a rental.
Mr. Dowllng wns disappointed, nnd in
clined to think thnt hla employe had
mismanaged tho affair.
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MANUFACTURER WINS SUIT
Jury Awards $500 Verdict for Defama
tion of Character.
Thomns Jr. Eynon, president of tho
Eynon-Evnns Manufacturing Company,
recovered a verdict of 00 against George
J. SIcdIer for slander and defamation of
character before Judge Bnrratt In Com
mon Pleas Court No. 2 today.
The utterances of which Eynon com
plained wero made by SIcdIer on July 29,
1914, and Intimated that the plaintiff had
not acted properly as a trustee for a
widow interested in the concern. Eynon
emphatically refuted tho accusation and
eald that thoro was absolutely no truth In
It. Ho testified that Sledler was bent
upon deposing lilm as head of the com
pany, which place .he desired for himself.
STOLE SUIT; LEFT IIOBO GARB
Thief Who Broko Tailor'a Window Got
$170 Worth of Goods.
A leisurely thief luxuriously slipped off
his weather-beaten garments nnd Just as
sbiwly donned a nicely pressed suit which
ho found hanging on a rack In tho tailor
snap oi jucod inner, us south 6th street,
early today. Ho left hla old clothes on
tha floor and departed, wearlnir the, xaw
suit and carrying seven other suits and
two pair of trousers, worth 1170 in all.
Ho had smashed tha glass of two doors
with a brick ond dexterlously turned tho
locks. Tho brick, a fine-tooth comb and
tho old clothes are the only clues to the
thief.
French Engineers Visit Baldwin's
The Baldwin Locomotive "Works was
Inspected today by a party of French en
gineers who examined tha locomotives
the company Is building for tha French
Government. Tha engineers are making
a tour of Inspection of tho mechanical
works of this country. Thejparty Includes
. Verna, M. Ducard, G. Drei'veu, J. vil
lain, B. Saladln. V. Coby at. O. Ehery,
They are stopping at the Adelphla.
Once in a Lifetime a Trip
Like This
I FTTFRN
Best Coal
Egg $7, Store $7.25, Chestnut $7.50
Large Round Pea Coal. $5.50
Laraett Coal Yard i PhUadtlohla
OWEN LETTER'S SONS
Trenton Ave. $ Westmoreland St.
There are two wonderful expositions
In California this year and railroad
rates will be much reduced. You can
get the roost out of your trip to Call,
fornla by Including: the marvelous ride
through Colorado and Utah on the way
put There are- several ways of taking
it all In. but only one best way. without
axtra expense and Inconvenience.
Everybody knows that the Burllmr
ton Route (p.. B. & Q. R. n.) is the
standard, highly equipped "On Time"
railroad to Denver; but I want to tell
you In partloular about our through
service to California, passing- In day.
light, Denver. Colorado Springs. Pike's
Peak. Pueblo, the marvelous Royal
Gorge and Salt Lake City.
And then I can tell you about com
ing homo by way .of either Glacier Na
tional fwtt i lauiiwBioQQ x'artc.
In fct. I will gladly help you flan your trio
nit sUKCit the most comfortable, lnteresUnx
and economic! wy of solng nnd rotunilnj:
Thnt i our business and my piemure. Wilt
.,-. Ilnnf mn i hd rt . .T -
without che, Uqlj picture, map and trilu
chedule n will enable you to determine luet
bat to dol Will call oi you at anTSnV "
ahall be siad to eee you at my office. Write,
telephone o eall. "
Wnv Austin. General Agent Passen
irer Dopt, C. B. Jfe, Q. IV n. Co. tjg
"I wish that I hnd gono myself," ho
declared. "Sho obviously wished mo to,
but It hnppencd to bo Inconvenient. By
the-bye, Tavernako, close tho door, will
you? Thero Is another matter concern
ing which I should llko to Bpeak to you."
Tavernako did ns ho wos bidden nt
.r.1?. Tv,i,10"t y dlsiulcludo. His own
sorvlces to tho firm were of such a nnturo
that ho had no misgiving whatever ns to
view. " ,C3lr t0r prlvnt0 lllter"
Mr1' tLnnut l,,e JIn"ton Rise estate."
pilncoZi lnP'n. arranging his
prmco nez. "i i)covo tlml ,)0 ,mo
coming when somo sort of overtures
should bo made. You know what lins
been In my mind for n very considerable
time."
Tavernako nodded.
"Yon," ho admitted, "I know quite welt."
"I did hear a rumor," Mr. Dowllng con
tinued, "that somo ono had bought ono
small plot on tho outskirts of tho estate
I daro say It Is not true, and In any casa
It Is not worth whllo troubling about,
but It shows that tho public Is beginning
to nibble. I am of opinion that tho tlmo
Is almost yes, almost rlpo for a move."
"Do you wlBh mo to do anything In tho
matter, sir?" Tnvornnko asked,
"In tho first place," Mr. Dowllng de
clared, "I should llko you to try to rind
out whether any of tho plots havo really
been sold, nnd, It so, lo whom, and wliat
would bo their prlco. Can you do this
during the week7"
"I think so," Tnvernnko answered.
"Say Monday morning," Mr. DOwllhr
suggested", taking down his hat. "t shaU
be playing golf tomorrow and Friday,
and of course Saturday, Monday mom
Ing you might let me havo a report."
Tavcrnako went back to his oirice.
After all, thon, things wero to come to
a crisis a llttlo cnrllor than, he had
thought. Ho know qulto well that that
report. If ho mndo It honestly, hnd no
other Idea was likely to occur to h m,
would effectually sover his connection
with Messrs. Dowllng, Bpenco & Co.
Continued Tomorrow.
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Women's
$1.50 Kid $
Gloves . . .
Two-clnnn wilt. nn
embroidered backs.
Black, white nml col
ors; also black-wlth-wh
to Btltchltin; and
WllltO With . hlnnl.
stitching.
ibi joor, sth St. Sldo
STOIIIS Ol-n.NS 8 130 A. M. CLOSES AT tilRO P. 31.
HATS TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE
Lit Bmiiefs
Double Yellow Trading Stamps With Every 10c Purchase Until
Noon : After That, Until Closing Time, Single Stamps
Market
IN (inn DIG 11KSTAUIIANT-
Elghth Filbert
Seventh
Wc Give
Yellow
Trading
Stamps
They nro oxchnngp
nblo for vnluablo
premiums. Double
stamps In tho
mornings.
-HEST OP EVERYTHING AT LOWEST riUCKS FIFTH FLOOR
Men's Overcoats $Q Men's Suits $Q 7C
$12.50 to $16.50 Values, O $15 to $16.50 Values, O I O
They Lead the List in This Great and Unreserved Clean-Un of Our Entire
Winter Clothing Stocks. We Have Marked Them Without Regard of Cost or
Profits, in Order to Make Quick and Sure Work of Their Dismissal During the
Next Week.
You will find in these garments only
Pure Wool Materials Smartest Styles
Superior Workmanship
These Overcoats will seo considerable sorvico this year, nnd bo as good ns now
for next season. They aro in all-wool chinchillas, meltons, cheviots, cassimores
and velours, of dressy Chesterfield and swagger English Balmacaan styles 5Q
many with double-warp body lining and satin sleeve linings. Really somo of O
the smartest $12.50 to $16.60 overcoats we have had choose now at
These Suits nre the nicest weights and best styles for between- $ Q J fj
season and early spring wear. They are in wido choice of smart fabrics, O B 5
and worth every bit of their $15 to $16.00 value, now reduced to
Other Overcoats for Men
$20 to $22.50 -I
Values A Sl
$25 to $26.50 $11 CA
Values A.W
Other Suits for Men
$20 and $22.50 $
Kinds
$25 and $28 $" C
Kinds 1J
Boys' $4.50 to $6 Overcoats, $2.85
Havo shawl or convertible collars. Sizes 7 to 18
years, nnd for small mon.
Boys' $4.50 & $5 Overcoats, $9 Ag
(Sizes 2H to 10 years.)
Boys' $7.50 Chinchilla Reefers, fr QQ
(Sizes 2',i to 12 yenrs.)
Boys' $6.50 Norfolk Suits, A A
Two pairs of trousers (sizes 7 to 1C).
Boys' $2.50 Regatta Wash Suits, $1
'Oliver Twist, Sailor and Russian styles (sizes 2 to
Boys' $4.50 Blue Serge Suits, $g CfJ
(Sizes 2 to 10.)
SECOND FLOOR.
7TH AND MARKET STRCETS
Two Great Clothing Specials in Subway
Boys' $1.98, $2.50 and $3.98 Suits $f OQ
and Reefers
Lot 1: An exceptional lot In nil sizes, including many coats of
moltons and fancy cheviots, with astrakhan or fur collars. Suits
aro in tho nowest stylos, too.
?3.50
Men's $6.50 to
$7.50 Overcoats
Lot 2: Smartest styles and nil sizes.
Limited, lot
Advance Spring Showing and End-of-lhe-Winter
Clearance in
Mand APPAREL
Just a little windfall of pood luck lias brought us the neto things
to sell so reasonably, while the other stocks arc being dismissed at
but a fraction of their earlier prices
uStBSi rmSIPrft
(kffk
Misses' $15 Coats $7 Cfl
Reduced io iJJ
A fine llttlo lot in pebble cheviots. Im
ported mixtures, cut velours and Iter
seys; in military, cape or mannish ef
fects; somo with novol bolts or fanoy
collars.
Misses'
Reduced to
$20 Coats $Q
Severnl smart stylos In mixtures, plushes,
volourn, duvetynes nnd cheviots; many
fully silk lined and vory effectively trim
med. Women's sizes also.
Misses' New Spring Suits,
Splendid $20 Values at...$ll e
Six strikingly protty styles.
One illustrated.
Include rhlo shepherd plaids and tan
:ovorts; also navy blue, black and green
wool poplin; In Norfolk and picturesque
empire effects beautifully lined with
peau de cytrnes and showing skirts In
smartest wide circular effects.
SECOND FLOOR
Women's Fine Spring Suits,
Regular $27.50 Values, jig EJA
Of gabardlna In navy blue, blaok, Bel.
f;lan blue and beige. Their straight,
aunty coats, show smart strappings over
the hips and ara richly lined with peau do
cygne, while skirts are In neat circular
effect, finished with a vest-like belt.
Furniture Sale
Most Every One Can Have a
Nicely Furnished Home
If they tako advantage of such op
portunities as this, which involves
the most artistic and pefpiancnUy
beautiful kinds of furniture, at but
II .iillU iilUlU WJ1U1I Aa lUgUMUJ'
I charged for much inferior sorts.
Day After Day the
Manufacturers' Sale
gives forth manifold bargains.
Lcadine makers nil aver tho land .
hnvo co-oporated with us splendidly
'by tho contribution of generous
rnortlons oi their choicest stocks. to
' sell at about tno customary whole-
salo price or maybo less.
Continuing
Regular 12Vc
Values,
Collar Sale
4O 4 for 25c
Dozen, 75c
Each one of theso collara ia new, fresh and abso
lutely perfect. They Include ehc of tho newest
styles.
Sizes 14 to VA inches. Lot is limited. You
can buy one or as many more as you please.
Men's $1.50 Neglige Shirts.
98c
Of rep cloth, cut extra full with double French cuffs. Various pat
terns lni newest black and white effeats and full range of colors.
52.00 Pongee t
Pajaraas.... -JL
With narrow and wide, self-stripes;
also plain white, tan, lavender,
light blue and gray, rockets and
all silk tape frogs. All slzas.
39 c
Boys' 50e "Puri
tan" Blouses....
Striped percale with soft collar at
tached New patent bands; out
extra full bixea ? to 16
FlUST tUHin. SBVKNTII AND
MARKET STRBKT8
$3.50
Waists,
In Four Delightful New Fashions
for Spring
$2
urvi 5wu
7& t S tffl
Illustration Shows Two
Thess ara charming voile blouses,
beautifully all-over embroidered and
made in a quaint; winsome Louis XVI
yoke fashion with Ions sleeves and
Latest Style Militant Flaring or
Novel Fan-Like Plaited Collara
Some show dainty vesteea, top, while
others havo smart embroidered or
gandie revere, cut pearl buttons and
rlohlng touches of lace In exauU
site diet pattern.
Women Who Know Just Horn Fim
and How Beautiful a (2.5Q fflOm
Should Be Will Not U
Disappointed m Tktm
Only
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a.ou annum
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