STB ff---h - p'?!f, ' 6 EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1915. r J &?-r , s'yjfeygg- ? -w njrw SHEET OF NOTE PAPER ADMITTED TO PROBATE , AS WILL OF J. W.KING Ex-Attorney and News- TlflnPV Tiffin TTniinrl T)P51fl in Potomac Estate to Sister. George M. Megnrgee Bequeaths Fortune to Wife, Son und- Daughter Children's Por tion in Trust for Many Years. A single sheet of letter paper, hand- p tvrltten In Ink, bearing the will of James "VV King, former attorney and newspaper tnnn of Phllndolphlo, whose body win found recently In the Potomac lllvcr near "Waahlngton, U. C, was admitted to pro bate today at the olltce of the Register of Wills. Tho document was not wit nessed arid was written January 1, 1915, nine days before his death as named In the petition accompanying tho Will, which ays death occurred at about 5 a. in., January 10. The will nnmes John B. Townsend, executor, and tho estate, estlmatod to bo 3O,000 In peraonnl property and J00 Jn realty. Is to lie divided equally be tween tho decedent's sinter, Maria C. King1, and brother, John King. The sig nature and handwriting of tho unwit nessed document aro declared to be genu ine by Meredith Hamia nnd Kuentcs Plilpps In an nflldavit filed with tho Register of Wills. , George M. Mcgargcc, who tiled Febru ary IS, at his home, 6S07 Qulncy street, left nn estate estimated at "J100.000 and upwards" In personal projierty und J20. 000 In realty. In the will, naming his widow, Ida O. Megargce and the Phila delphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Insur ance Company executors, he bequeathed one-half the estate to tho widow abso lutely. She Is also to receive the home nnd contents, The remnlnlng half of the estate Is divided Into two equal trust ac counts for a daughter, Anita Mognrgeo, and n son, Gilbert Mognrgeo The daughter Is given the privilege of dispos ing of her share of the trust by will, but In tho event of her falling to do so It shall revert to her brother Gilbert. The Income for the son Is to be used for his maintenance, education and sup port until he reaches the age of 21. Ho Is then to receive 11000 a year until 2 years of age and $2000 a year between the ago of 23 and 30 years. If he marries he Is to recelvo $2000 a year between the age of 21 and 23 years with one-half his share In the trust reverting to him at DO years and the remainder of his share In the prlnclpat reverting to him at 3". years. Jacob Schwinn, who died at 4.r03 North I'ber street. February 11, bequeathed his TS0O0 estate In equal shares to his daugh ter, Mattle, and to two grandchlKiron. Ho spec! (led, however, that the oortlon ,. it., .im,i.iM ,.;,.. . ,, . , , , ror the daughter, Mattle, shall be hold In niof fn li..- .,mi t, .i,ii.. .. .ii . " ..V. u.,,,1 OHW UU1UIIID U 1111,11 decreo of divorce from her present hus band. Thomas J Cope, who riled at 32-11 North DUh street, February 23. left his $23,000 cs. tate to his widow and dnuchter Florence. Other wills probated today ate those of Francis Dlmond. of 3143 North 7th street, wo left an estate of $12 000 In private bequests: Isaac P Whltcsldes, 3913 Wood land avenue, $3300; Mary A. Donohoc, $3300. WOMAN DOCTOR OF THIS CITY OUSTED MOSLEM PHYSICIAN Mr. Calverloy Tells of Wife's Success in Arabia. The story of a conflict botwoen a Moslem doctor and n woman p'nyolclan In a Reformed Church mission in Kuweit, Arabia, In which tho native practitioner withdrew from the field. Is one of the Interesting incidents of mission life in the Past told by the Rev. Edwin 1Z. Calverley, who Is visiting his brother. Uenjamln T. Calverley, of 4213 Pechln street, Roxborough. Tho Kuweit station Is conducted by Mr. Calverley, Mrs. Edwin E. Calver ley. it. D., and Dr. nnd Mrs. C. Stanley C. Mylrea. Mr. Calverley was graduated rrom tne Central Hlsli School in 1S02, completing- his education In Princeton University and Princeton Seminary. "Kuweit is near Busorah," Mr. Cal verley said today. "It has long been wanted by the Germans as a terminus for the Bagdad Railway, which runs from Alexandretta through tho Taurus Mountains to Bagdad. This road would nerve the whole Euphrates valley, which was once the granary of the world and which still produces enormous quantities of wheat. "Mrs. Calverley was the first woman doctor seen in tho place. The natives knew little of medicine and less of sur gery Opposition to the mission's medi cal wurk was strong. A Moslem doctor was secured and a rival dispensary was established. Christian methods were imitated, with some success, but factions arose and nt the end af three months the Turkish doctor left. The Sheikh confiscated ills medicine and the field was left to us. "Since the beginning of the war tho British have hoisted the Union Jack over the town and a spirit of progress lias rome to the people." Mr Calverley will deliver u number of addresses while on his furlough. 43 YEAKS A POLICEMAN "Uncle Billy" Recipient of Congratu lations From Brother Workmen. Congratulations are being received at the 4th and Snyder avenue police station by "Uncle Billy," who today rounded out his 43 years of service on the force. He celebrated the anniversary by stay ing on the "Job." "Uncle Billy's" real name Is William J. Watt, and when not at work he lives very happily at 2027 South 4th street Uncle Billy" was appointed during tha administration of Mayor Stokley, In the days when policemen carried rattles and hud to take balky prisoners to the sta tion house In wheelbarrowB. He took an active part In ridding the southern part of the city of many ruf fianly gangs, Including the "Black Dia monds" and "The Coal Dusters." Watt 1b 67 ycuuti old and was on active duty until a year ago, when he was as signed to house duty. He made a speech today at the request of his brother blue, coats A beautiful wreath was placed on Ins head as a token of their good wishes. JEWEL THIEF ACTS BEGGAR Clever Ruse of Culprit Results in $3000 Gem Theft. A nearth Is being made for a thief dla fe'uiud as n rag pickr. who arranged to buna Mrs. 3 T. Sanders, of 5111 "Walton avenue, lured from her home by sr fake telephone message and then ranaaekd hec home and currted off $f0m worth of Jjewciry Tho tbief came to the HatulMa home late jebteiday and asked for employment In urdcr to keep him from starvation-ir-'hortlv after be had gone Into the cellar, the loor bell rang, ami Mr. Sanders wus li.rurmed tb4t sfe was waated at a. nearby em store en the laicpfeMie. She ti,t ci ed th rail, and upon bar return buiuv il tuat the jewels ere iron and ttia-i. mij tbir &&4 dlapparU. THE TEMPTING By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM SYNOPSIS .canard Jai-trnakr hclriendn Irnlric Frank Inn. an .1 Mfvimit Mrl Jh rHclrr., in .onnnrt. He ftrntnli her turn eemmllflno mdelrte. find C f mil I nei jiviTt i.wmi'oiih") .--. j --- Aak l ualllu f Mai ! I frt TlIM. rt"V pretend to be Irolhrr irnf Hlrr. Shortlv ill Vmlriet iv . .Ifio In n wiirtenl rpmtAv ' ' the li Tavernake W Iter for r ,, I, i I. tmuMut nl Hie lAotin'il (lot fir ki Iwrtme of Urr reicniManee Id Jifr tca.ulul lalfr, ntttabtth, '" ' .In Amrrlern Aeltrtlir. mtehard, feiM Tav ernake that Urn, tlardnrr nMoclnllitfl jelifi n number of rtoel.) Tavcrnakt li!r her inn. u an rfforl to irarn htr She aoks M help. Later Taiernake iH-oroies to Beatrice, U-ho hat fled front htm, and I refuted , , , Tavt make, nllcmnfliir; lo tnv Int Wf f rntehanl, iiio hat hern attacked and n .i..r.f 4M, n -- tin iaVOW el rirs- J l mf4t . IhIIam lirrnle chic itml Jlnaltv. throvvh " Jl,e",'t'tf!,t ro"nW. roinrs tiroii io-tr ni" - timorlalr. nj '" iXmo.r Sr"JS Vruthart ,, Mr. The ... i . . . . .... ... .t-..tri mi n ifrty he rfM nil lrrelni.rr urnc o n' -..- tlardntr apatn. CHAl'TUIt XXI-(ContlnUed) SO.M13 I3XCIJLLCNT ADVICE "Nothing." tho Hollcitor answered. "Come back, If you enn malio any dennlto nrrnngeinent, or telephone. The matter Is really bothering mo a little. I don't want lo have tho other people slip In now." Tavernake, Instead of obeying his first Impulse nnd making his way direct to tho Milan Couit. walked to tho Hat In Kings way, climbed up th stone steps, and asked for Beatrice. She met him at her own door, fully dressed. ".My dear Leonard!" she exclaimed, in surprise. "What an early caller! "I want a few wordo with you," ho said. "Can you pure me live minutes?" "You must walk mo to the theatre," she replied, "I am Just olt to rehearsnl." They ucsended tho atalrs together. "I have something to tell you," Taver nake began, "something to toll you which you won't like to hear." "Something which 1 won't like to hear," sho repeated, fearfully. ."Go on. Leonard. It can't he woiso than It sounds." "1 don't know why Ivo come to tell you." he went on. "I never meant to It came Into my mind nil of a sudden and I felt that 1 must. It has to do with your sister and tho Marston Itlse affair." "My slstei nnd the Marston Itlse affair!" Hcatrice exclaimed, .ncrcdulouMy. Then a sudden light broke in upon her. She stopped short and clutched at his hand. "You don't mean that It was Kli'.abeth who was going to llnd ou the money?" sho rrled. "I do," he answered. "She olfered It of her own accord. I do not know why I talked to her of my own affairs, but she led mo on to speak of them. Your sister Is n wonderful perwon,' no continued, dropping Ids voice. "I don't know whv. but she made mo talk at no one else has ever made mo talk before. I simply i nan ever mauo mo uuk ueiuru. i &unii j h . . , , thlnirs Then when I had nl " i" "er tilings, men, wnon i ii.iu finished, sho showed me her bank-books and suggested that she should Invest sonic of her money In tho Rise." "but do you mean to tell me," Beatrice persisted, "that It is her money upon which you are relying for this purchase?" Tavernake nodded. "You see." lie explained. "Mr. Dowllng dropped upon us before I was prepared. As soon as he found out, he went to tho owners of the estate and made them a bid for It. Tho consequence wns that they shortened my option nnd gave me very little chance Indeed to find the money. When your sister offered it, it certnlnlv seemed a wonderful stroke of fortune. 1 could glvp her eight or ten per cent., whereas she would only get four anywhere ole, nnd I should make a profit for myself of over ten thousand pounds, which I cannot do unless I find the money to buy the estate " "But you mustn't touch that money, you mustn't have anything to do with it!" Bentrlce exclaimed, walking very fast and looking straight i.hcad. "You don't understand. How should jou?" "Do ou mean that the money was stolen'" Tavernake asked, after n mo ment's pntibe. "No. not stolen," Pentrlco replied, "but it comes oh! I can't tell you, only Eliza beth has no right to It. My own sister! It Is all too awful! ' "Do you think that she has come bv this money dlshonesth ?" "I nm not sure," Hoatrlco murmurod. "There are worse th'ng.., moio turrlble things even than theft." The practical side of Tavcrnako's nature n-As very much to tho foro Hint morning. Ho began to wonder whether women, after nil, straugo nnd fascinating crea ture though they wore, possessed Judg mtrt which could be rolled upon whether they wore not swayed too much by senti ment. "Beatrice," he snld, "you must under stand this. I have no time to raise the money elsewhere. If I don't get It from your sister, supposing sho is still willing to let mo have It, my chance haH gone I shall have to take a situation in some one else's office as a clerk probably not so rood n place ns I held at Dowllng & Spence's. On the other limit, tho uso of that money for a verv Hhort time would be the start of my career. All that you rav Is so vague. Why need I know any thing about It? I met your sister In the ordinary way of business and she has made an ordinary business proposition to me, one by which sho will be. Incident ally, very greatly benoiited. I never thought of telling you th'H at nil, but when the time came I hated to go nnd draw thot money from your sister with out having said anything to you. So I enmo thl morning, hut I want you. if you possibly can, to look nt tho matter from my point of view." She wns silent for several moments. Then she glanced nt him curiously. "Why on earth." she asked, "should mv tlster make this offer to you Sho isn't a fool. Sho doosn't usually trust strnnEcm." 'She trusted me, apparently," Taver nake answered. "Can vou understand why?" Beatrice demanded "I think thut I can." he replied. "If one can rely upon one's perception, she Is surrounded by people whom she might find agreeable companions, but whom she Is scarcely likely to have i.iuoli con fidence In. Perhans bin. realized that I wasn't like them." "And you want very much to take this money?" she said half to hemelf. "I want to verj much Indeed." Taver nake admitted. "1 won on my way to see her thin int 'Mln. and to ask her to let me have It a day or two before the time, but I felt, somehow, that there eemed to be a certain amount of deceit In going to her and taking It without uaylmr a word to you I felt that I had to com here first. But f)t4ce, don't ask me to give It up. It means such a Ions time before I can move again It's the first step that's so difficult and I must I must make a start. It's such a chance, this. J have spent bo many hours thinking about It I have planned and worked and sketched It all out an no one eUe could do. I must have that money." "Leonard." she Bald, "perhans. after all, you are right. Perhaps- I srlve way too much to what, after all. to only a senti .itestal feeling " am thankful that you earae and told me. I shall always be umkful for that Take the money, but pay It back an soon ae ou can " "I (bait 4a that." he answered "I shall do that ou may rely utoo It" ttUe laid her haud ujmmi hie arm. "Leonard." berged, "I now that KUttB ( very sMutlful and very faxol KlVCr, LeaVeS I lt he rrur .Ur. Onlrfiicr M oil rfi"J- ' ''iWM tiio fin, imiiW n rich mnri nnrt ty Hlnflmi' lllfl l'Ulno Mm j.Hnmirr n o deiohne pari or UlUllHil iUIU , r.niland. Hlv a",n lo Jliumee tturrndko In A Tale of Love, Mystery and Intrigue Mating, nnd I don't wonder that you like lo go nd sec her, but I want to ask you to promise me one thing." He felt as though he were euddenly turned Into stone. It una not possible It could not be possible that she had guessed his secret! "Well?" he demanded "Don't let her Introduce you to her friends; don't spend too much time there," she cont'nued. "Kllznneth Is my sister nnd I don't really I don't want to say anything that doisn't sound kind, but her Mends are not fit people for you to know, nnd Kllmboth well sho hnsn t vrrv much heart." lie was silent for several moments. "How did you know t liked going to see your sister?" he asked, abruptly, Hhc smiled. "Mv dear Leonard." flio said, "you are i ., ,,,, ..i-,.... , i,i,n ..,,,. rllna ' .'v. vi ,,.-i i,v iii.iii.m ...u. v....o" I When you came to see me the other day. uu yUU imiiini i neuuvru iur u nmHu- moment that ou asked me to marry you clmt'Ij becntiHO 50.1 cartd? I think, leo nard that It wns because you were afraid, vou were nfnild of something coming Into your life ko big. so terrifying, that you were ready to clutch nt tho easiest chnnco of safctv." "Beatrice, this Is absurd!" ho exclaimed. She shook her hend. "No, It Isn't that." sho declared. "Do you know, my dear I.connrd, what there was about you from tho very first which nttrnctod me?" "No," he nii9vored. "It wns your honesty," she continued. "You lemembor that night upon the roof nt Blenheim House? You were going to tell n lie for mo, nnd I know how you lintcd It. You love the truth, you are truthful naturally: I would rely upon you wherever 1 was. I know .that you would keep your word, I know that you would he honest. A woman loves to feel that about n man she loves It and I don't wnnt you to bo brought near the people who sneer nt honestv nnd nil good things. I don't want you to hoar their point of view. You may bo simple and common place In some respects: I want you to stay jut ns you nre. Do you understand?" "f understand," Tavernake replied crnvelv. A call boy shouted her nnme down tho stone passage. Sho patted him on the shoulder and turned away. "Hun along now and get the money," she said. "Como and see me when It'B all over." Tavernake left her with a long breath of rollof and made his way toward the Strand. At the corner of Wellington stroot he came face to face with rrltchard. They stopped at once. There seemed to be something embarrassing about this meeting. Prltchard patted him familiarly on the shoulder. "How goes It, old man?" ho asked. "I am all light," Tavernake answered, somewhat awkwaully. "How are you?" "I guess I'd bo the better for a drink," Prltchard declared. "Como along. Pretty well dono up tho other night, weren't we? We'll step Into the American Bar here and try a gin fizz." They found themselves presently pc-ched upon two nigh stools In a deserted corner of the bar to which Prltchard had led tho way. Tavernake sipped his drink tentatively. "t should like," ho said, "to ask you a question or two about Wednesday nlsht " Prltchaid nodded. "Go right ahead," he Invited. "You seem to take the whole affair as a sort of Joke." Tavernake remarked. "Well, Isn't that what It was?" tho de tective asked, smiling. Tnvernake shrugged his shoulders. "There didn't seem to mo to bo much Joke nbout It!" he exclaimed. Prltcliard laughed gayly. "You are not used to Americans, my young friend," he said. "Over on this sldo you nre nil so fearfully literal. You ore not seriously supposing that they meant to dorse me with that stuff the other nigh eh?" 'T never bought that there was any doubt aboui It at all," Tavernake de clared deliberately. Prltchard stroked his moustache medl tatlvoh "Well." he remarked, "you are cer tainly green, nnd yet I don't know why you shouldn't be Americans aro alwayo up to games of that sort. I am not say ing that they didn't mean to give mo a scare. If they could, or that they wouldn't have been glad to get a few words of in formation out of me. or a paper or two that I keep pretty safely locked up. It would have been n better Joke on me then. But us for the rest, as for really trying to make me toko that stuff, of couise, that was all bunkum." . Tavernake nat qulto still In his chair for several minutes. "Will you take another gin fizz, Mr. Prltchard?" he asked. "Why not?" Tavernake gavo the order. Ho sat on his stool whistling softly to himself. "Then I suppose." he said nt last, "I must have looked a pretty sort of an nss coming tnrougn tno wail like a mad man." Prltchard shook his head. "You looked Just nbout what you were." ho answered, "a d d good sort. I'm not playing up to ou that It was all pretense. You can never trust that gang. Tho blackguard outside wns In earnest, nny wnv. After nil, you know, they wouldn't miss me if I were to drop quietly out. There's no one else they're quite so much afraid of. Thero's no one else knows qulto ns much nbout them." "Well, we'll let It go nt that." Taver nake declared "You know so much of all theso people, though, that I rather wish you'd toll me something I wnnt very much to know." "It's by telling nothing." the detective replied quickly, "that I know ns much ns I do Just one cocktail, eh?" Tavernake shook his head. "I drank my first cocktail last night," he remarked I had supper with the pro fessor ond his daughter." "Not Kllzabeth?" Prltchard asked swiftly. Tavernake 6hook his head. "With Miss Beatrice." ho answered. Prltchard set down IiIh glnss. "Say, Tavernake," he Inquired, "you aro friendly with that young lady. Miss Bea trice, aren't you?" "I certainly am." Tavernake answered. "I have a very great regard for her " "Then I can toll you how to do her a good turn " Prltchard continued, earn ostlv. "Keep her away from that old blackguard Keep her away from all the gang. Believe me. she la looking for trouble by even speaking to them." "But the man's her father," Tavernake objected, "and he seems fond of her." "Don't you believe it," Prltchard went on. "He's fond of nothing and nobody but himself and easy living. Ile'a soft, mind you, he's got plenty of sentiment, he'll squeeze a (ear out of his eye, and all that sort of thing, but he'd sell his soul, or his daughter's soul, for a little extra comfort Now, Elizabeth doesn't know exactly where her sister Is, nnd she daren't seem anxious, or go around making Inquiries. Beatrice has her chance to keep away, and I can tell you It will be a thundering sight better for her if she doe." "Well. I don't understand It at all," Tavernake declared. "I hate mysteries." Prltcliard set down bis empty glass. "Look here," he remarked, "this affair le too serious, after all, for us to talk round like a couple of gossips. I have given you your warning, and U you're wise ou'tl remember It" "Tell nu tbb one thing," Tavernake persisted. "Tell me what Is the cause of the uuarrel between the twot Can't sometbiog be dose to bring them together aKto?" OF TAVERNAKE Prltchard shook his head. "Nothing," ho nnawered. "As things arc nt present, they aro belter apart. Coming my way?" Tavcrnnhe followed 'him out of the place Prltchard look his arm as ho turned down toward the Strand. "My young friend," he said, "here Is a word of advice for you. Tho Scriptures say that you cannot serve God nnd mam mon. Parnphrnse that to the present situation nnd remember Hint you cannot serve Elizabeth nnd Beatrice." "What then?" Tnvcrnnko demanded, The detective waited until he find lit the long black cigar between liln teeth. "I guess you'd better confine ypur at tentions to Beatrice," he concluded. CHAPTER XXII. DINNEH WITH ELIZABETH. The rest of flint day wnn for Tnver nako a period of feverish nnxlctlcs. He received two ' legrams from Mr. Mnrtln, hts solicitor, nnd he himself was more uneasy than he cared to ndmlt. At 3 o'clock In the afternoon, at eight In the evening, nnd again nt 11 o'clock nt night, ho presented himself at the Milan Court, always with the samo Inquiry. On the Inst occasion, tho hnll porter had cheer ing news for him. "Mis. Wcnham Gardner returned from the country nn hour ago, sir." he an nounced. "'I can aond your name up now, If you wish to seo her." Tavernako was conscious of n sense of lmmenso relief. Of course, he had known Hint she lintl not really gone away for good, but all the same her absence, especially after tho event of tho night before last, was a llttlo disquieting. "My name Is Tavernake," ho said. "I do not wish to Intrude at nuch nn hour, but If she could see me for n moment, I should be glad." He sat down nnd waited patiently. Soon a messnge came that Mr. Tavor nako was to go up. He ascended In tho lift nnd knocked nt the door of her suite. Her maid opened It grudgingly. She scarcely took the pains to conceal her disapproval of this young man so ordinary, so gauche. Why Madame should waste her time upon such a one, she could not Imnslno! "Mrs. Gardner will seo you directly," sho told him. "Madame Is dressing now to go out for supper. She will be able to spare you onlv a few seconds." Tavernake icm.ilned nlonc In the luxurious little sitting-room for nearly 10 mlnutra. Then the door of the Inner room wnn opened and Elizabeth appeared. Tavernako. rising slowly to his feet, looked at her for a moment In rcluctnnt but wondering admiration. She was wearing an ivory satin gown, without trimming or lace of any sort, a gown the fit of which seemed to him .ilmn.it miracle. Her only Juwclry was a long rope of pearls and a small tlnrn. Taver nako had never been brought Into close contact with any ono qulto like this. Sho was putting on her gloves as she entered and she gave him her left hand. "What an extraordinary person you aro, Mr. Tavernake!" she exclaimed. "You really do seem to turn up at tho most astonishing times " "I nm very sorry to have Intruded upon you tonight," he said. "As regards the last occasion, however, upon which I made on unexpected nppoarance, I make no apologies whatever," he added coolly. Sho laughed softly. She was looking full Into his eyes and yet ho could not tell whether sho wns angry with hlra or only amused. "You were by way of being a little melodramatic, wcro you not?" she re marked "Still, you were very much In earnest, and one forgives a great deal to any one who Is really In earnest. What do you wnnt with me now? I am Just going downstairs to supper." "It Is a matter of business," Tavernake replied. "I have a friend who Is a partner with me In the Marston Itlse building speculation, and he Is worried because there is some ono else In the field wanting 10 uuy 1110 property, ana tne day after tomorrow Is our last chance of paying over tho money." She looked at him aa though puzzled. "What money?" "The money which you agreed to lend me. or rather to Invest In our building company," he reminded her. She nodded. "Of course! Why. I had forgotten all about It for the moment. You nre going to give mo 10 per cent. Interest or some thing splendid, nrcn't you? Well, what about It? You don't want to take It away with you now, I suppose?" "No," ho onswe.-ed, "it Isn't thnt. To be honest with you, I came to make Bure that you hndn't changed your mind." "And why should I chnnge my mind?" "You might be angry with me," he said, "for Interfering in your concerns the night before last." "Perhnps I am," she remarked, Indiffer ently. "Do you wish to withdraw from your promlso?" he asked. "I really haven't thought much about It," she replied, carelessly. "By-the-bye, have you seen Beatrice lately?" "We agreed, I think," he reminded her, "that wo would not talk about your sister." She looked at him over her shoulder. "I do not remember that I agreed to an thing of the sort," Bhe declared. "I think It wns you who Inld down the law about that. As a matter of fact, I think that your silence about her Is very un kind. I suppose you have seen her?" "Yes, I have seen her." Tavernake ad mitted. ' "She continues to be tragic," Elizabeth asked, "whenever my name Is men t!oned7" "I should not call It tragic," Tnvernake answered, reluctantly. "One fathers. however, that something transpired be-1 iwecn you ueiore sue lett, or a serious nature." She looked at him earnestly, "neally." sho said, "you are a strange, stolid young man. I wonder," she went on, smiling Into his faco, "are you in love with my sister?" Tavernake made no Immediate response, only something flashed for a moment in his eyes which puzzled her. "Why do you '-ok at me like that?" she demanded. "You are not angry with me for nsklng?" "No, I am not angry," he replied, "it Isn't that. But you must know you must see!" Then Bhe Indeed did seo that ho was laboring under a. very great emotion. She leaped toward him. laughing sortly. "Now you are really becoming Interest ing," Bhe murmured. "Tell me tell me all about It." "I don't know what love Is!" Tayer. nake declared fiercely. "I don't know what It means to be In love!" Again she laughed In his face, ' "Are you so sure!" she whispered. She saw the veins stand out upon his temples, watched the passion which kept him at first tongue-tied. "Sure!" he muttered "Who can be sure when you look like thatl" He held out his arms. With a swift little backward movement she flitted away and leaned against the table. "Whst a brother-in-law you would KESOKTS Atlantic City. K. J. teadlur hlh-clii. mo4rat-rt held. At nFMARI R Virginia An., Dear Ilea. At-aGIUmi-Kcep.330. Steam heat, ! ior, sun parlors, pri t.th, etc.; exctl. UU, (-. dlnnr, orcrtr- BpecU.1 19 W wkl-t I U9 41. BecUt, J. P. COifi, make'" she laughed. "So steady, so re spectable, nlas! so serious! Dear Mr. Tavcrnnke. 1 wish ,ou Joy. As a matter of fact, you and Bcatrlco are very well suited for one another." The telephone bell rang. She moved over nnd held tho receiver to her car. Her face changed. After the first fow words to which she listened, It grew dnrk with anger. "You mean to sav that Professor I'rnnlt tin has not boon In since lunch-time?" she exclaimed. "1 loft word particularly that I should require him tonight, la Major Post there, then? No? Mr. Crease-no? Nor Mr. Knulkca? Not one of them! Very well, ring mo up directly tho pro fessor comes In, or any of them." She rcplncod the receiver with a gesture of nnnoyance. Tavcrnnke was astonished nt the alteration In her cxprcpsloii. The smile had gone, and with Its passing nwny lines had como under her oyos nnd nbout her mouth. Without a word to him she strode away Into her bed room. Taernako was Just wondering whether he should retire, when she came hack. "Listen, Mr Tavcrnnke," she snld, "how fnr nway nro our rooms?" "Down nt Chelsea," he answered, "about two mllra and n half " "Take a tnxl and drive there," sho com mnnded, "or stop You will find my car outside. I will telephone down lo say that you nro to use It. Change Into your ovenlng clothes and eome back for me. I want you to tako me out to supper." He looked nt her In ntnnzetuent. Sho stamped her foot. "Don't aland Ithoro hesitating!" sho ordered. "Do ns I say! You don't expect I nm going to help you to buy your wretched property If jou refuse me the simplest of favors? Hurry, I say! Hurry!" "I am really very sorry," Tavcrnnke Interposed, "but I do not possess a dress suit. I would go, with pleasure, but I haven't got such a thing." Sho looked nt him for a moment In ciodnlously. Then she broke Into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. She sat down upon tho edge of a couch nnd wiped tho tears from her eyes. "Oh, you strange, you wonderful per son!" she exclaimed. "You want to buy nn estate and u wnnt to borrow twelve thousand pounds, and ou know where Beatrice Is nnd u won't tell me, nnd you nie fully convinced, because you burst into n houso through the wall, that you saved poor Prltchurd from being poisoned, and you don't possess a dress suit! Never mind, ns It happens It doesn't matter about tho dress suit. You shall take mo out ns you nro." Tnvernake felt In his pockets and re membered that ho had only B0 shillings with him. "Here, carry my puise." sho snld caie Icssly. "Wo aro going downstnlrs to tho smaller restaurant. I have been travel ing since G o'clock, and I nm starving." "But how about my clothes?" Taver nako objected. "Will they be all right?" "It doesn't matter whore we nre going," sho answered. "You look very well ns you arc. Come and let me put your tlj siraisnc. She came close to him nnd her fingers played for a moment with his tic. Sho wob very near to him nnd she laughed rcllberately into his fnco. Tavernake held himself qulto stiff nnd felt foolish. He also felt absurdly happy. "There," she remarked, when sho hnd nrrnngod It to her satisfaction, "you look all right now. I wonder," Hh0 added, half to herself, "what you do look like. Some thing Colonial and forceful. I think. Never mind, help me on with my clonk and como nlong. You are a most respectable-looking escort, nnd a very use ful one." Although Tavcrnnke wns nomlnnllv the host, It wnn Ellzahoth who selected the tablo and ordered the supper. There wore very few other guests In the room, the majority being down In tho larger res taurant, but among these fow Tavernake noticed two of tho girls from the chorus nt the Atlas. Elizabeth had chosen a table from which sho had a view of the door, nnd she took tho scat facing It. From the first Tnvernake felt certain that she was watching for some one. "Talk to mo now, please, about this speculation," sho Insisted. "I should like to know all about It, nnd whether you are sure that I shall get ten per cent, for my Tnvernake wan In no way reluctant. It was a safe topic for conversation, and one concerning which ho hnd plenty to say. But after a time she stopped him. "Well," she said, "I have discovered at any rate one subject on which you can be fluent. Now I havo had enough of building properties, please, nnd house Building. I should like to hear a little nbout Beatrice." Tavernake wns dumb. "I do not wish to talk about Beatrice," he declared, "until I understand tho cause of this estrangement between you." Her eyes flashed nngrlly and her laugh soi nded forced. "Not even talk of her! My dear friend," she protested, "you scarcely rcpny the confidence I nm placing In you!" "You mean the money?" "Precisely," sho continued. "I trust you. why I do not know I suppose be cause I nm something of a physiognomist with twelve thousand pounds of my hard-earned savings. You refuse to trust mo with even a fow simple particulars about the life of my own sister. Come, I don't think that things are qulto as they should bo between us." "Do you know where I first met your sister?" Tnvernake asked. Sho shook her head pettishly. "How should 17 You told mo nothing." "Sho was staying In a boardlnghouse whero I lived," Tavernake went on. "I think I told you that hut nothing else. It was a cheap boardlnghouse, but sho had not enough money to pny for her meals. She was tired of life. She was In a desperate state altogether." "Are you trying to tell me, or rather trying not to tell me, that Beatrice was mad enough to uilnk of committing sui cide?" Elizabeth Inquired. "She was In the frame of mind when Buch u step was possible," he answerer! gravely. "You remember that night when I first saw you In the chemist's shop across the street? She had been very III that evening, very HI Indeed. You could see for yourself tho effect meeting you had upon her." Elizabeth nodded, and crumbled a little piece of roll between her fingers. Then she leaned over tho table toward Taver nake. "She 6eomed terrified, didn't she? Sho hurried you away she seemed afraid." "It was very noticeable," he admitted. "She was terrified She dragged me out of the place, A few minutes later she fainted In the cab." Elizabeth smiled. "Beatrice waa always over-sensitive," she remarked. "Any sudden 'shock un nerved her altogether. Are you terrified of me, too, Mr. Tavernake?" "I don't know," he answered, frankly "Sometimes I think that I am." She luughed softly. "Why?" lio whispered. He looked Into her eyea and he felt abject. How was It possible to sit within a few feet of her and remain sane! "You are so wonderful," he said, In a LETTER'S Best Coal EgT J7, Stove $7.25, Chestnut $7.50 Large Round Pea Coal. $5.50 Largest Coal Yard in Philadelphia OWEN LETTER'S SONS Trenton Ave. & Westmoreland St low tone, "so different from any ono else In the world1" , ., "Yotl nro glad that you met me, then that yotl arc here?" she naked. Ho raised his eyes onco more. "I don't know," he nnswered simply. "If I really belleved-lf you were always kind like this but. you see, you mane two men of me. When I nm with you I nm a fool, your fool, lo do ns you will with. When I am nwny, some glimmer ings of common senso como back, and I know." "You know what?" sho murmured. "Thnt ou arc not honest," he added. "Mr, Tavernako!" sho exclaimed, lifting her head a little. "Oh, I don't menu dishonest In the oidlnnry way!" ho protested, eagerly. "What I menu Is that jou look things which you don't feel, that you aro willing for any one who enn't help admiring you very much to bolloxo for n moment that you, too, foel moro kindly tlinn you rcnlly do. This Is so clumsy." ho broke off. despairingly, "but you understnnd what I mean!" "You have an ndornblo way of making yourself understood," she laughed "Conic, do let us talk sense for a minute or two. You say that when you nre with me you nre my slave. Then why is it thnt you do not bring Beatrice here when I beg ou to?" "I am your slave," he answered, "In everything that has to do with myself and my cm 11 actions. In that otner mat ter It Is for oui sister to decide." She shrugged her shoulders. "Well," sho said, "I suppose I shall be able to endure life without her. At any rate, wo will '.all; of something else. Tell me, aro you not curious to know why I Insisted upon bringing you hero?" "Yes," he admitted, "I am." "Spoken with your usual candor, my dear Brltonl" she exclaimed. "Well, I will grntlfy your curiosity. This, as you see. Is not a popular supping place. A taw people como In mostly those who for some reason or other don't foci smart enough for the big restaurants Tho people from the theatres come In hero who have not time to change their clothes, As you perceive, the place has a distinctly Bohemian flavor." Tavernako looked around. "They seem to como In nil sorts of clothes," ho remarked. "I am glad." "There Is a man now In London," Eliza beth continued, "whom I nm Just ns nnxlous to see as I am to find my sister. I believe that this Is the most likely place to llnd him. Thnt Is why I havo come. My father was to have been here to tnko me, but as you heard he has gone out somewhere and not returned. None of my other friends were available. You happened to como In Just In time." "And this man whom you want to see," Tncrnake asked, "Is he hero?" "Not yet," she answered. There were, Indeed, only 11 few scatteicd groups In the plncc, and most 'of these were obviously theatrical. But even nt thnt moment a man enmo In alono through the circular doors, and stood Just Inside, looking around him. Ho was n man of medium height, thin, and of un distinguished appearance. His hair was light-colored and plastered n llttlo In front over his forehead Ills faco was thin and he walked with a slight stoop. Something nbout his clothes and his man ner of wearing them stamped him as an American. Tavernako glanced at Ills companion, wondering whether this, per haps, might not be the person for whom she was watching. His first glance was careless enough, then he felt his heart thump against his ribs. A tragedy had como Into the room! The womnn nt his side sat as though turned to stono. There wns a look In her faco ns of ono who sees death. The small patch of rouge, In visible before, was now a staring daub of color In an oasis of ashen white. Her eyes were ns hard as stones; her lips were twitching as though, indeed, she had been stricken with somo disease. No longer was ho sitting with this most beautiful lady at whose coming all bends were turned In admiration. It was as though an Imago of death sat there, a frozen presentment of horror Itself! CHAPTER XXni. ON AN ERRAND OP CHIVALRY. The seconds passed: the womnn beside him showed no Blgn of life. Tavernake felt n fear run cold In his blood, such ns In all Ida days he had never known. This, Indeed, was something belonging to a woild of which he knew nothing. What was It? Illness? Pain? Surprise? There wns only lila instinct to tell him. It was terror, the terror of one who looks beyond the grave. "Mrs. Gardner!" he exclaimed. "Eliza beth!" Tho sound of his voice seemed to break the spell. A half-choked sob came through her teeth: tho struggle for com posure commenced. "I am 111," sho murmured. "Give me my glass. Give It to me." Her fingers were feeling for It but It seemed ns though she dared not movo her head. He filled It with wine and placed the stem In her hand. Even then she spilled some of It upon tho table cloth. As Bhe raised It to her lips, the man who stood still upon the threshold of tho restaurant looked Into her face. Slowly, as though his quest were over, he came down the room. "Go away," she said to Tavernake. "Go away, please. He Is coming to speak to mo. I want to be alono with him." Strangely enough, at that moment Tavernako saw nothing out of the com mon In her request. Ho ros at onco. without any formal leave-taking, and made his way toward tho other end of tho cafe. Ah he turned the corner to ward the smoking-room, ho glanced onco behind. The man had approached quite close to Elizabeth; he was standing be fore her table, they seemed to be ex changing greetings. Tavernako went on Into the smoking room and threw himself Into an easy chair. He had been there perhaps for ten minutes when Prltchard entered. Cer tainly It was a night of surprises! Even Prltchard. cool, deliberate, slow In his movements and speech, seemed tem porarily flurried. He came Into the room walking quickly. As the door swung back, he turned round as though to as sure himself that he was not being fol lowed. He did not at first see Taver nake. He sat on the arm of an easy chair, his hunds In his pockets, his eternal cigar In the corner of his mouth, his eyea fixed upon tho doors through which ho had Issued Without a doubt, something had disturbed him. He had the look of a man who had received a. blow, a sur f ISP - Unfermented 1 r The new kind of beverage. Spicy, Sparkling. Delicious. Composed of iuice of tri Iuspioiir 1 1 - & w,Wte. Niagara grape, V 01 ginger im perrectly Wended, Healthful A and wholesome as well as appetizing. C Hf 3aW' M-iSW "X. . .'. ain8 n"ls, cafes and clubs, 4"-::IH II 0btanable from leading grocers. ijmm. ; Hlrel '3a &WZvL We will send and your MW&ktirkv iat y&seS&filaBf. a Jv ,wJ W.XJ7 M'V!r"'-i' t : saSfiflE prise of somo sort over which ho still ruminating. Then he glanced around tho room nnd saw Tavernake "Hullo, young man!" ho exclaimed "ga this Is the way you follow my ndvlctp - "I never promised to follow It," Taver nako reminded him. Prltchard wheeled an easy-chalr acrou tho room nnd called to the waller. "Come," ho said, "you shall stand mi n drink. Two whiskies and sodas, Tim And now, Mr. Leonard Tavernake, yoii nro going to answer me a question." "Am I?" Tavcrnnko Viuttered. "You camo down In tho lift with Mrs Wenham Gardner half nn hour ago' you wont Into tho restaurant nnd ordered' supper. Sho Is there still and you ate here. Havo jou quarreled?" "No, wo did not quarrel," Tavernake an swered. "She explained that sho was supping in the cafe only for the sako of meeting ono man. Sho wanted an escott I filled that post until tho man came," ' "Ho Is there now?" Prllohard asked, "Ho Is there now," Tavernako assented Prllchnrd withdrew tho cigar from his mouth nnd watched It for a moment, "Sny, Tavernake," ho wont on, "Is that man who Is now having supper with Mrs Wonhnm Gardner the man whom she ex pected?" "I Imagine so," Tnvernake replied. "Didn't she seem In any way scared or disturbed when ho first turned up?" "She loe'-ort ns I have seen no orto else on earth look before," Tavornako admit ted. "She Boomed simply terrified to death. I do not know whj- she didn't explain but that Is how sho looked " CONTINUED TOMonnow. iLICKINfl POSTAGE STAMPS KOT HOTEL CLERK'S DUTY Girl Refuses to Oblige Womnn, Who Sees Point. Licking postage stamps for guests Is not one of tho duties of hotel employes, Miss Ruth Waters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Jason Waters, formerly of Philadelphia, and half-sister of the Bar oness Jacques do Mcyronnct de Saint Mnrc, hag dlscovored. Sho purchased a stamp nt the news stand In the Blltmore, New York, last night, and asked Mrs. Nan Corrlgan Bates, the clerk at tho counter, to lick It for her, as she had an n veil. Mrs. Bates was polite, but firm In her refusal. "Not on your life," she declared. "There Is a wet sponge over there." Then, seeing Miss Waters' piqued ex pression, sho explained: "When I was first appointed to Bell stamps I licked them for every ono who nBked me," she said. "I wns known ns an accomodating nowsgirl. But soon I could taste nothing but glue, glue, glue. I lost my appetite. You have no Idea how many people ask us to put stamps on envelopes. I had to stop It to save my health." Miss Wntera walked over to the wet sponge, sadder but wiser. 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Caldwell & Co. Tho man is George B. Powell, of 30th nnd Cumberland streets. Tho diamond, which was the property of a customer of the firm, was recovered In a pawnshop -esterdaj. Powell was held under $500 ball by Mag istrate Renshaw. MARCH Victor Records Tho March list Is unusually attractive. Records for dancing Include a number of splendid selections, and the quality of the records is superb tone, volume, rhythm and balance being absolutely unapproach- BRini (AMcCormack Ave Maria) 121n. 88181 1 Are Maria (Bach- :'" ( Gounod) ) ?3.00 17701 Hawaiian Waltz Medley 10in. iUl t khitoh ,Vnju ' . 10 in. J 75c l2in. $1.25 clems from "Alda" l'art 1 (Verdi). Gems from "Alda" Purt 2 (Verdi). 35428 or.,w S HI'1'' .Cl'l" "t. 12 in. uuiu- i iiuii-a jiour men A l'ox Trot I 5I.-0 I Chinatown, My China- 35420 . town, t 12 in. 1 JlUSlC uox Hoc f 0b . Pox Trot; 1"-0 On the SilS ) inin They All ' .d a linger t,0.1" In the lie ) 75c "Billy" Sunday Records 4 new ones by Homer Itodrheavrr 17 So. NINTH ST. 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