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BVESNING LSBGBR-PHILADKLPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915,
THE TEMPTING
OF TAVERNAKE
A Tale of Love, Afjucrji and Intrigue
AMONG THE BOOKS
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
BTNOP8!a
tamrA Tacemakt befriends Beatrice. Frank
lm, an American oirl in distress Iti Zota".
U prei-enl Fitr from rommlftlnr" siilcfa, ami
elves Tier a rostlton cm FioNseJrcrptr to him.
STF.! pMletid (o fcn breftrr jnd lUtfr. Snorff
afttr, ttrt. Wtnham Gardner, Beatrice's sister,
tries (a wfc Tavernafcs fril where Beatrice Is,
tut h refuse. Mrs. Gardner Is (in n"";
r. e0 Fins marrlfd n ttrt m and f;
trttplng Mm prisoner a desolate part or
Bnoland. Oiifitl Inoses ToMfiiafct I
rral estate iptrutallon. ..j
li frit time Jit U froHoMof the "jeBj
An American detective, rritchard, tells Toy
make that art. aardner it "8e.!a".1 Jmi
n on effort f t-nrn Fitr. BFl OS "? "i'f" thn tlla nt Ma tMrl.Kini i ..n ..,i
jOtcr TntrnoJc preposrs la Beatrice; vno nas v '.'"';'"
"Dear elster," ho cried, "you have been
lilt
She was herself again almost In a mo
m mi.
"lit? Never In my life," she replied,
"Only t have been I.urrylns wo aro late
already for the performance and seeing
you there, well, It was quite a shock, you
know. Walk down with us and tell mo
alt about It. Tell us what you nre doing
here-or rather, don't talk for a moment'
It li all so nnwilng "
They turned down the narrow cobbled
street, the professor walking In the mlddlo
of the roadway, swinging his cane, a
very Impoolng and wonderful figure, with
jifn irom mm, ana is rrmfo. ,. .
Tavcrnake. attempting lo eave ',"
rHfrFihht. tthe has been Attacked and in
eWtd Int a rter(d houte. ' "7
ferate clue anil flnallu, throve ?b"!S ?
rnitnet. comet upon our '',? ,0 ,,,, ,
aardner, bnt upon Mllino Iht detective. 1V a
tvekv move fie torn lrltchnrd, " ."
rfai he rette an irruMible dttire lo f "
Ooiditer nffaln, ...
Beatric and her father are reconciled.
Wenham Oardner escape) rom caPlllltl,
mos7i.frnrff n- ;.l- own Urotner and "'""'"
Tawtriafce and rrllcfiard.
BOOK II.
CIIAPTEIt II.
TK ai.MPLB LIFE.
nn. nmh Nlchotls came and sat
-with him as ho smoked his nftcr-dlnncr
pipe, leaning against an overturned boat,
with his eyes fixed upon that lino of gray
breakers.
"Vou spend a good dent of your time
thinking, Jtr. Tavcrnake," she remarked
ouletb.
"Too much." he admitted at once, too
much, Miss Nlcholls. I should bo bettor
employed planing down that mast there.
"You know thut I did not mean that,
she- said, reprovingly, "only sometimes
you make me-shall 1 confess It? almost
nnirrv with vnll."
Ho took his plpo from his mouth and
knocked out the ashos. As they fell on
tho ground bo ho looked at them.
"All thought Is wasted time," ho de
clared, grimly, "all thought or the past.
The past Is like those ashes; It is dead
and finished."
She shook her head.
"Not always." she replied. "Sometimes
the past comes to life again. Sometimes
the bravest of us qait the fights too soon."
Ho looked at her questioning))'. a)most
fiercely. Her woids, howecr, seemed
spoken without Intent.
"So far as mlno Is concerned." he pro
nounced. "It Is finished. There Is a
memorial stono laid upon It, find no
resurrection Is possible."
"You cannot tell," Bho answered. "No
one can tell."
He turned back to his work almost
rudely, but she stayed by his side.
"Once," she remarked, reflectively. "I.
too, went a little way Into tho world. I
was a school-teacher at Norwich. I was
very fond of eomo one there; wo wero
engaged. Then my mother died and I
had to come back to look after father."
Ha nodded.
"Well?"
"Wo arc a long way from Norwich,"
he continued, quietly. "Soon after I left,
tho man whom I waB fond of grew
lonely. He found some one clso."
"You havo forgotten him?" Tavcrnake
asked, quickly.
"I shall never forget him," sho replied.
'That part of llfo Is finished, but If ever
my father can spare me. I shall go back
to my work again. Sometimes thoto work
the best and accomplish tho most who
carry the scars of a great wound."
Sho turned away to the house, and
after that it seemed to him that sho
avoided him for ft time. At any' rate, she
made no further attempt to win his con
fidence. Propinquity, however; "was too
much for both of them. He was a lodger
under her father's roof. It was (scarcely
possible for them to keep apart.' Satur
days and Sundays they walked Sometimes
for miles across the frost-bound marshes,
In the quickening atmosphere of the dark
ening afternoons, when tho red sun sank
early behind the hills, and tho twilight
Brew shorter every day.
One day Tavcrnake sat poring over tho
weekly Itfcnl paper, reading It more out
of curiosity than from nny real interest.
Suddenly a familiar name caught his eye.
His heart seemed to stop beating for a
moment, .and the page swam before his
eyes. Quickly ho recovered himself and
readt
THE QUEEN'S HALL. UNTIIANK
ROAD, NORWICH.
TWICE DAILY.
PHOFESSOIt FRANKLIN,
assisted by his daughter,
MISS BEATRICE FRANKLIN,
will give hla refined and marvelous enter
tainment comprising hypnotism, feats of
second-sight never before attempted on
any stage, thought-reading, and a brlof
lecture upon the connection between
ancient superstitions and tho extraordi
nary developments of the now science.
Frofeeaor Franklin can bo consulted
privately, by tetter or by nppolntment.
Address for this week The Golden Cow,
Bell's Lane, Norwich.
Twice Tavcrnake read tho announce
ment. Then ho went out and found Ruth.
"Ruth," ho told her. "there is something
calling: me back, perhaps for good."
For tho first time sho gave him her
hand.
"Now you aro talking like a man once
more," she declared, "Go and seek It.
Come back and Bay good-bye to us. If you
will, but throw your toola Into the sea."
Tavemake laughed and looked across
at hla workshop.
"I don't believe," ho said, "that you've
any confidence In my boat."
"I'm not sure that I would sail with
you," Bho answered, "even If you over
finished It. A laborer's work for a
laborer's hand. You must go back to the
other thing"
When Tavcrnake foun dhlm, tho pro
fessor welcomed him a little limply;
something of the bombast had gone out
of hla manner. Tavernake's arrival had
reminded hi mof things which he had
pnly too easily forgotten.
"This Is very surprising." he faltored,
very surprising Indeed. Do you live In
these parts?"
"Not far away," Tavernake answered,
I saw your announcement In the pa.
pers."
Tho prbfessor nodded.
"Yes," he said. "I am on the war-path
again. I trid resting, but I got fat and
lazy, and the people wouldn't have It,
i!r, ho continued, recovering yery quickly
something of hla former manner. "The
numeer or oners I got through my agents
by every post was slaiply astounding--'
astounding!"
' I am looking forward to seeing your
performance this evan'ng." Tavernake
said -politely. "In the meantime "
I know what you are thinking or."
the professor Interrupted. "Well, well,
give me your arm and we-will walk down
to ttte hall together. My friends." the
pj-oresQr added, turning round, "X wish
ytm alt a good-night!''
limn tho door was pushed half-way
open and Tavernake's heart gave a jump.
It was Beatrice who stood there, very
ale. very tired, and much thinner even
than tho Beatrice of the boarding-house,
but stiu .ueatrlce.
''Father." she exclaimed, "do you know
tht It Is uear'y "
Tn she saw Tavernake and satd bo
uai e She seein4 to away a little, sad
'.',. t-t'iiak. taking a qulok siap forward,
fccapiJ hci if tits aaads.
tho wind, his long hair onlv half-hidden
by his hat. Ho hummed ft tuno to him
self and affected not to take nny notlra
of the other tuo. Then Tnvcrnako sud
denly leallzed that ho had dono a cow
ardly action in leaving her without n.
word.
"There Is so much to ask," Bho began
nt last, "but )ou have romo back."
She looked nt his workman's clothes.
"What Imvo you been doing?" sho
aski. sharply.
"Working," Tavcrnake answered, "good
work, too. 1 am tho bettor for It Don't
mind my clothe. Beatrice. I have been
mad for a time, but nfter alt It has been
a hoalthy mildness."
"It was a strnnEe thine that voii did."
she snld "you disappeared."
Ho nodded.
"Somo day," ho told her. "I may, per
haps, be Itblo to mnkn vnll iinrinrntitml.
Just now I don't think that I could."
"It was Elizabeth?" nho whispered,
Hoftly.
"It was Elizabeth." he admitted.
They said no more then till they reached
tho hnll. Sho stopped nt tho door mid
put out her hnnd timidly.
"I shall see )ou ufterwnrd?" sho ven
tured. "Do you mind my coming to the per
formance?" he asked.
She hctltnted.
"A few moments ago," she remarked,
smiling. "I was dreading your coming.
Now I think thnt you had hotter. It will
bo all ocr at 10 o'clock, and I shall look
ior you outsiuc. Vou are living1 In Nor
wich?" "I shnll bo here for tonight, at any
rate," he nnswercd.
"Very well, then." she said, "afterward
we will have n talk."
Ho rtwo and quitted tho place Im
mediately sho had finished, waiting In tho
street until she appeared. Sho came out
In a few minutes.
"Fnthcr Is going to a supper," she an
nounced, "at tho inn where ho has u
room for receiving people. Will you como
home with me for nn hour? Then wo can
go round nnd fetch him."
"I should like fo." Tavernake anwered.
Her lodgings were only a few steps
nway n strange little house In n norrow
street Sho opened the front door and
ushered him In.
"You undestand, of coui-ho." slip nald.
smiling, "Hint wo havo abandoned the
haunts of luxury altogether."
Ho looked nround nt the tiny room with
Its struggling flro nnd horsehair sofa,
linoleum for carpet, oleographs .for pic
tures, and he shivered, not for his own
sake but for hers. On the sideboard wero
some brend and cheese and a bottlo of
glnser beer.
"PIciibo Imagine," she hogged, taking
tho pins from hor hat. "that you aro In
those dear comfortublo rooms of oura
down In Chelsea. Draw that casy-chalr
up to what there Is of tho lire, and
listen. You smoko still?"
"I have taken to n pipe,". ho ndmlttcd.
' Then light It nnd listen." sho went on,
smoothing her hair for a minute In frnnt
I of the looklng-glnss. "You want to know
iiuout ijiizaDcm, or course."
.!TCS," ho said. "I want to know."
Elizabeth, on tho whole," Bcatrlco con
'tlrtued. "got out of all her troubles very
well. Her hUBband's people were wild
with her, but Elizabeth was very clover.
Thoy wero never able to prove that Bhe
had exerolfijcd moio than proper control
over poor wenliatn. He died two months
after they took him to the asylum. They
offered Elizabeth a lump sum to walvo all
claims to his estate, and sho accepted It.
I think thnt she 13 now somewhero on
tho Continent."
"And you?" ho nslted. "Whv ,ild vn
Icnvo the theatre?"
"It was a matter of looking after my
father," she explained. "You see. whllo
ho wns there with Elizabeth he had too
much money and nothing to do. Tho
consequence was that he was ol ways
well. I suppose I had better say It drink
ing too much, and ho was losing nil his
desire for work. I made him promise
thut If I could get somo engagements he
woulcj come away with mo, so I went to
an agent nnd wo havo been touring like
this for qulto a long time."
"But what a llfo for you!" Tavemnko
exclaimed. "Couldn't you havo stayed
on nt the theatro and found him some
thing in London?"
She shook her head.
"In London," sho said, "ho would never
nave got out of his old habits. And
then," she went on, hesitatingly, "you
understand thnt tho public want some
thing else besides the hypnotism "
Tavernako interrupted her ruthlessly.
"Of course I understand," he declared,
"I was thero tonight. I understood at
once why you wero not very anxious for
mo to go. The people en red nothing at
all about your father's performance.
They simply waited for )ou. You would
get tho same money if you went round
vlthout him."
She nodded, a trifle shamefacedly.
"I am so afraid somo one will tell him,"
sho confessed. "They nearly always ask
mo 10 leave out ma part of the perform
ance. They have even offered me more
money If I would come alone. But you
sea how It Is. He believes In himself,
he thinks he Is very clever and he be
lieves that tho public like his show. It
Is the only thing which helps him to keep
a little self-respect. He thinks that my
singing is almost unnecessary."
Tavernako looked into that faint glim
mer of miserable fire. He was conscious
of a curious feeling In his throat. How
little he knew of life! The pathos of
what Bhe had told him. the thought of
her bravely traveling the country and
singing at third-rata music-halls, never
taking any credit to herself, simply that
her father might still believe himself a
man of talent, appealed to him Irresla-
tiDiy, Jte suuaeniy neia out his hand.
"Poor little Beatrice!" he exclaimed,
"Dear little Bister!"
The hand he gripped was cold, she
avoided his eyes.
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elation, Justly conceived, of President
Rocbrt Ellis Thompson. "Gossip In ft
Library" and "The Delueo of Books"
will bo found delightful by the general
reader; tncy posses genuine literary dis
tinction, k.
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I'.K' 3NNV
A la "The Duchess"
Somebody has written a book called
"Moonglado." Harper & Brothers havo
Inexplicably published It and the result
Is a very pretty book with covers of
royal bluo nnd renal silver lettering
Everything Insldo of tho book Is roynl
and rcgnl. also. No one does anything
In tho manner to which tho common
American rabble Is accustomed, and no
ono has nny of the natural defects of
' face, figure and finances to bo found In
all natural families, oven In roynl fami
lies Tho story deals only with royalty.
1 and the style of Its telling betrays the
roverenco In which tho author holds an
autocrats, aristocrats and anti-democrats
"Moonglnde" Is probably an excellent
picture of European very high life. If
tho pleturo Is n truo one there nre many
hloodlern puppets among those unhappy
souls of wnr-rldden Europe. However
"Moonglnde" reads too much like "The
nuchesV to bo taken nt all seriously
CJKRTRUDE ATHERTON
Author of "Before tho GrinRo
Cutne." (Harpers.)
"Paths of Glory Lead
But to the Grave"
"Paths of Glory" (George H. Doran
Company, New York), takes Its tltlo from
half of amy's clcglnc line; tho other half
points Its moral. For though Irvln S.
Cobb Is no formal propagandist of the
disarmament program his papers written
near and nt tho front, by tho sheer power
of their nairntlvo of scenea In war-ridden
Euiope, argue forcefully nnd convincingly
for peace.
But that Is incidental; the author's
purpose Is to give American -reailcrs a
view of war as it Is waged modrrnlj'.
with its speeding scouts of tho air. Its
43-ccntlmotrQ guns. Its massed millions
mobilized In a trlco over htrntogic rail
ways. Ho chill, calculating science sub
stituted for martial chivalry. Ho hns
wiought hla design with his best powers
ns special correspondent and as descrip
tive writer with Just a touch of tho
litterateur; tho account therefore stands
forth vividly, picturesquely, with tho
"high spots" "played up" n Journnlcso
has It but with a reuse of form nnd a
faculty of ortlstlo shaping unknown to
tho "first page story" of the dally news-saner.
Mainly Mr. Cobb hns been with tho Gcr
mnn forces In tho field and so his work
docs not afford .1 conspectus or nnnlysli
of the fnrllung bnttlo line; but what Is
trim of the territory covered Is typical
of the terrain not In Mr. Cobb's Itinerary.
Tho terror, the horror of war still tho
brazen blaro of stlrrliu regimental music;
desolated countrysides, wrecked towns,
trenches mounded wl'h ghastly dead ob
literate pictures of martial grandeur In
Mr. Cobb'a reports for hero ho In tho
skilled reporter plus. Thero aro genial
sidelights, human touches, but over it all
is tho futility of It all. Logical and pre
pared order, rolnted proportions, chrono
logical sequence tho book has not; these
wero precluded by Its origin us a seilcs
of magazine articles, but In vigor, vivid
ness, vivacity it Is not lacking.
New Sherlock Holmes
Novel After Decade
"The Valley of Fear" (Doran. New
York), tho llrst Sherlock Holmes story In
a decade, may not ho nulto "first ebon."
but for nn engrossing yam that gnlns nnd
retains tho attention It shows that Conan
Doylo has not lost tho skill which made
"A Study In Scarlet." "Tho Sign of the
Four" nnd "Tho Hound of tho Baskcr
villcs" keep readers awako o" nights.
Some of the "Memoirs" and "Adventures"
surpass the now book In artistic form and
cunning contrivance but Its "mystery" Is
as apparently unfnthomablo ns the secret
spring of any of Its predecessors. Tho
scene vanes from tho familiar shabby
looms on Raker street to America, whero
fully half the rtor Is staged. Concerning
this mystery tho local head of detectives
says to Holmes: "I said It was a snorter.
And a snorter it is!" Tho tensely held
reader will agree. It Is no part of a book
reviewer's task to pluck tho heart out of
a detective mystery; this ono Is content
to eay that Holmes is as subtlo nnd ns
human ns ever; that "my dear Watson"
Is again a vigorous chronicler; and that
In "The Valley of Fear" tho lover of do
tcctlve fiction has a tale worthy of his
time.
Veal and a Prodigal
The fntted colt was not slaughtered for
Harry Trojnn when ho camo back to his
fornwnll homo after a. scoro of years' stay,
questing fortune. In tho Antipodes Not
nt nil, for the Trojans of Cornwall wero
nnl given to spreading an Indiscriminate
fc.isl nnd opening their table to tho mob,
a la Scripture, even ns token of great
Joy for the return of n, prodigal. Indeed
this family, proud of Its paragraph In
Burke nnd innlternbly sure thnt no mere
ethical or poellc abstraction, oven of a
laureate, could exceed Norman, or nt least
blue, blcod, was not quite suro Just what
leeeptlon lo accord Its black shcop,
hether his coming was to bo tho signal
for satisfaction or the reverse. So Its
welcome took the form of n family dinner,
a bit stately and awfully gelid, nt which
the elders, Including tho octogonarlnn
parent, wero self-conscious through their
formality, nnd Harry's son, whom he had
not seen irom Infancy, wns bitterly con
cerned about the rueful appearance of his
dress tic. Oh, no, tho Trojans would net
parade their prodigal, even before their
own occlusive clrclo; public exhibition
would havo to bo preceded by prlvato In
vestigation. They wero conservative when
It camo to veal for Harry.
Such Is tho posture of circumstance)
nrd lollocatlnn of character In "Tho
Wooden Horso" (Gcorgo H. Doran & Co.,
New York), by tho exceedingly clever au
thor of "Forlltude" nnd "Tho Duchesi
of Wroxe." Now, Cornwall, as Mr. Hugh
Walpolo has Miown In previous books, is
a halo placo with a sane, clear-thoughted
folk; plnco nnd peoplo lire savored with
thn sharp, biting wholesonicness of tho
winds that sweep Its snlt-cncrustctl cliffs
nnd Its misty moorlands; the fishermen,
cvii tho gentles, havo bed-rock practi
cality benenth the dreams born of a Inntl
of legend, of mystic fairy lore, of Celtic
trnlt. It Is with these folk that Hurry
Trojan takes up; It is tho Inspiration of
tlicni, hacked by strengthened lrnmc and
broadened mind from outdoor llfo In Aus
trnlln. that carries him, far nod. blg
volccd, Impetuous. Into tho Inevitable con
flict that makes the drama of this power
ful story of a man, a family, a folk and
n region. Tho Trojnns wero well cautious
In their tentative reception of their long
absent one: he fluttered tho conventional
dovecotes; ho loft tho Impress of person
ality through victory, both spiritual and
matorlal, on his smugly class-conscious
family and his concoltcd son, Initially n
snob and a prig.
"Tho Wooden Horso" contained n sur
pilso for the Trojans; hut It will not sur
prise the reader to be told that Mr. Wal
polo has written a novel, structurally
linn, stylistically finished nnd keenly ob
servant of life.
dover and the Brute" bo Included among
them? Most significant of alt tho omis
sions, perhaps, Is H. A. Vttchcll'a "Qutn
neys," which would seem to possess every
quality that makes for popularity.
SIDNEY WILLIAMS
Tho Htcrnry editor of tho Boston
Herald, who hns turned novelist
with "A Reluctant Adam."
material. Answers lo nctunl questions
solving real problems of working fann
ers form tho basis for vnlunblo chapters
on drainage, water supply, Irrigation,
sewage disposal, farm power, farm build
ing, etc.
Book Gossip
Tho days of Hornco Greeley are coming
back. The publicity depnrtmont of Henry
Holt announces that 22 membera of tho
staff of ono of Now York's best-known
dnllles havo bought Burton E. Stevenson's
largo nnd not Inexpensive Home Book of
Verse, nnd nro now enjoying American
and English poems that rnngo all tho
way from "Llttlo Breeches" to Gray's
"Elegy In a Country Churchynrd."
At last a thoroughly satisfactory edition
of a play Wright's workBl II. S. Nichols
hns Issued n complete collection of Oscar
Wlldo's plays all seven In one compuet
volume. It Is tho latest in a series called
the Cosmopolitan Library. The typo la
largo and clear, the paper Is thin, tho page
Is sinull and nnrrow nnd tho plnya In
cluded arc Boven In number: "Lady Win
dermere's Fan." "A Woman of No Im
portance," "Tho Importance of Being
Earnest," "An Ideal Husband," Vera
the Nihilist," "Tho Duchess of Padua"
nnd "Salome." To each of the Ilrst four
mentioned of theso Is nppended tho date,
placo nnd cast of Its original production.
In April, Lothrnp, Lee & Shepard Com
pany will publish "Tho Henrt of Undo
Terry," a novel by Churles Clnrk Munn.
In which will reappear the eponymous
philosopher hero of his former novel.
Tho following Is tho list of the best sell
ers published In tho Bookman for March:
Point-..
1. The I.onc Star Ilnncer. Grow Ulnr-
rrr.) U.sr. KM
2 The Kym or tho World. WrlKlit. (Roo!
Supply.) Jt.,'5 11
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5l.'J."i ' "
Bismarck Dominates
New Dehan' Romance
"Hard, subtle, arrogant, cruel and un
scrupulous, God made you to bo the
Fata of France. Ono day Bhe will lift
tip her face from the mire Into which
you have trodden It and the star will bo
burning unquenched upon her forehead.
Best assured that when next your
armies cross tho tlhlno they will not
gain nn easy victory. Wo will bo pre
pared nnd ready, moneelgneur, when tho
Germnns come again."
This) utterance of hopeful prophecy seta
tho keynote of "Tho Man of Iron" (F. A.
Stokes Company, New York), In whtcM
Itlcliard Dehnn celebrates the grim cli
max of Bismarck's career the Franco
rrusslan War. The words are addressed
to tho Iron Chancellor by Juliette do
Itaynrd, tho high-strung, scnsltlvo French
lir.rnlnv
But "A Man of Iron" has other merits
besides that of adventitious timeliness In
its picturing of tho scenes of tho war
or l'russlan aggrandizement and analysis
of tho causes, economic nnd national, of
rnnt conflict. Although In ft largo senso
Bismarck Is tho protagonist of tho novel,
much of the drama of the story stages
tho romnneo of Julletto and ratrlck Car
dan Breagh, nn lmpotuous, htgh-splrlted,
nnd ntlrolt young Irish war corre
spondent son of n, British army of
ficer. With theso two as tho chnrnclcrs
of tho nctlvo movement nnd the dominat
ing figure of Bismarck looming largo In
tho historic background the story qua.
slorv Is compelling. As nn Illusively
realized, analytically accurate portrayal
of n nation in tho grip of tho conqueror
fiio book has definite power.
In this novel Itlehard Dehan has fused
tho Iron of war with roso-hued romance.
Somo readers with memories may like
better the strong emotionalism and ex
otic scenes nf her "Ono llrnver Thing
("Tho Dop Doctor"), but ho has. we
think, carried Into "The Mnn ot Iron
her. (niultv for picturesque description,
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