How They Became ! Acquainted By MAY C ETHERIDGE J Mr. Tinkham came bume for dinnei tired after a bard day's work. Csuully Ms wife listened frf? blm to come home after business und either met bim in the hnll or called for blm to come up Btalre for the connubial kiss. Today •he did neither. Mr. Tlnkham, beat ing or seeing nothing of her. went up to her bedroom. She was sitting be lore the window with her back to him M My dear." he said, and paused. .No reply. "What's the matter?" Without turning she pointed to the bureau. Her husband went to it. auu there lay an envelope, unaddresseu Ee took from it a bit of tissue papei neatly folded. Opeuing the paper, he uncovered a strand of balr arranged In circular form and fastened with u bit of very narrow blue ribbon. "Well." he said, "what about It?*' "What about It?" rising and facing bim "1 round it In the pocket oi your overcoat that you left for me to put away for tlie season." "My overcoat?" "Yes. your overcoat." "How did It get there?" "Don't ask me how it got there. Yon doubtless know how It got there." "Do you mean to tell rue that yon found that In my overcoat pocket?" "I do ' "Where's the coat?" "There." pointing to a closet Mr Ttnkham opened a closet door and took from it his winter overcoat Be had bought it at Stevenson's, ready made. It was the same pattern as the one he had purchased, and the mak er's name was on the back. He was convinced that he had not exchanged coats with any one. And yet such an exchange was possible He had lunch ed at a restatira t. and a waiter had hung his coat on a hook. Some one wlu> had bought a suit from Steven Sons, made from the same goods might have got the Tlnkham coat, and Tinkham might have got the un fcriown's coat Mr. Tinkham gave this explanation to his wife as a possible solution it did not work. Without making any reply Mrs. Tink ham put on her wraps and sailed down stairs and out of the bouse. Her hus band called after her not to make a foot of herself, but come back and help him solve the mystery. She did not heed him Mr Tinkhim debated whntbeshould do. then sat down to dinner, hoping that his wife would come back tie fore he had finished. She did not come, and after vainly trying to make out u dinner he arose from the table put on his hat and overcoat and went out. intending to go to the restaurant where he had lunched and try to dis cover If any one had exchanged coats (With him Mrs Tinkham, nursing her wrath walked aimlessly about for awhile when she begun to feel faint for want of sustenance. Too proud or too vlu dletive to return to her home, she went to n restaurant to get n cup ot tea There was one best restaurant tnj the town, where she had often been with her hus hand, and thither she dl reefed der steps. While sitting at 11 table a handsome young man stepped UP to her, bowed politely and said: "Is this Mrs Tinkham?" * "It is " "The proprietor has told me that be has seen you here with your husband 1 tnnched here today, and when 1 left a waiter banded me my coat. Happen ing to put my band in my pocket, 1 felt a paper, and on examination It proved to have Mr. Tinkham's name on tt This 1 discovered only half an hour ago and came here to learn where 1 could find Mr. Tinkham." The .voting man held up the counter part of the coat from which Mrs. Tink ham had taken the lock of hair. Mrs Ttnkham asked him a few questions about the coat, and while she was do ing so the young man dropped into a seat opposite her. Meanwhile Mr. Tinkham. who had been approaching, entered the restau ram at the same time as a young and pretty woman. The lady spied Blrs Tinkham and the young man sit ting at the same table and. with tire in her eye. approached them. Mr. Tink ham. too. saw his wife and followed the lady "This is the way you are detained at business." said the latter, "and break your engagements! Please understand thai all Is oft between 11s." "And this is the way." cried a voice behind her. addressing Mrs. Tinkham. "that you contrive to meet a lover! A clever device to put a lock of hair In ny pocket aud then flounce out of the bouse to come here to keep an appoint ment." "A lock of hair!" exclaimed Mrs Tinkham's companion. "Did 1 leave a lock or hair in the coat?" "Whose hair?" cried the young ladj vociferously. "Yours." snapped the young man. j "fcxeuse uie. indies and gentlemen, •aid the proprietor, who. hearing the wrangle, approached. "1 can have ui>! quarreling In my restaurant." After considerably more talk the ' matter was Anally explained, where ; upon Mr. Tinkham proposed that fbe\ all have dinner together. The youiu { man Introduced himself and his fiancee A good dinner was served, and ever\ •ne was happy. Later, wheo tbej I parted, the ladies agreed to exchange •alls, and in time they all became fast Mends. "You are reckless this morning," Elsa said, with a laugh of pleasure, as we shot swiftly between two carriages, perilously close. 1 made no answer, only prayed for a clear course. We were at One Hun dred and Thirty-fifth street now. In a few momenta we should reach the bridge. And then the worst happened. Aa we rolled toward the bridge Elsa clapped her hands gayly, like a child. "Oh, see!" she cried. "We shall have t stop. The bridge is going to open!" Horror closed in on me. 1 cast one searching glance about us, but there was no place to turn; in every direction the way was blocked. There was no choice possible. I must let the ma chine run straight on. I knew then that 1 could no longer conceal the truth from Elsa. She must know the fate that threatened, looming ghastly, inevitable. I turned and spoke to ber softly, pityingly, a prayer for forgiveness in my voice. "Elsa. dearest, I cannot stop the auto!" in the one glance I gave her I saw the pallid agony of her face, and my heart was near broken with despair. One cry came from her lips, a sound, half sob, half moan, breathed and was broken. She had fainted, lying inert against me. We were on the bridge now. The seconds of our time were numbered. Leaving the machine to run straight, with tense rapidity I threw myself over its back and rudely dragged Elsa to a place beside me on the box that contained the power, There I knelt, facing forward. Then, still kneeling, I gathered up my love in my arms, holding her close to my bosom. There were shouts of wonder and alarm from others on the bridge. The time that now remained before the crash could be only seconds. I straight ened myself on my knees, then leaned back abruptly. Elsa still in my arms. In an instant I was falling backward; then my feet touched the flooring of the bridge. I fell heavily on my side. My last thought was that at all costs she must not suffer harm. Then blackness closed in on me, and I was lost in nothing- ness. They told me afterward that the crash of the motorcar against the rail and its headlong rush into the river * below were wonderful and terrifying. ' As for Elsa and me. we knew nothing 'of it all. When I regained conscious ness. however, Elsa was kneeling by me, her eyes beaming tenderness and Pity. Clumsily I rose to my feet. I was ' aching in every bone, but 1 was not seriously harmed. I was soiled with the dirt of the } street, a little bloody from bruises here and there, very weak and trem ' bling. but after a moment my brain cleared, and 1 was able to climb into a hansom. As I leaned wearily against the cushions Elsa's hand stole to mme ( and clasped it gently. She turned her face to me. and I saw that her eyes 1 were tilled with tears. "Thank you." she said. There was a beautiful kindliness in her voice, a soft, womanly apprecia tion of the service I had rendered, a restrained emotion of tenderness. But. ' weak, suffering, dazed, I yet perceiv ed that here there was no passionate fervor. I made a formal answer, then rested 1 silent. Elsa. in sympathy for my 1 mood, said no more. The next morning I went to her. | She met me with eager solicitude as to my condition after the accident. I an swered briefly. I "Elsa. I come to release you from your engagement to me." The color faded from her face, and she stared at me in amazement. "Yes." I continued; "I believe you thought you loved me. You have been, you are, my friend, but I have seen the passion you can feel, the depth, the ardor, of your heart, and I know your love is not for me. So 1 release you." "You have seen? Where? When?" she stammered wouderingly. "I have seen you on the stage, in Ansteed's arms, his Juliet, his Mar garet, in the new play. Oh, and it has broken my heart to see you lying so willingly in his embrace, your eyes blazing love into his! Yes. Elsa; it is death to give you up, but 1 know 1 have no choice, for your heart is not mine, but his." Elsa laughed. I recoiled in mingled indignation and sorrow. "You are amused by this!" I cried. "Forgive me." she said very seri ously. "But you are so foolish, dear est Let me tell you something. You have given me the greatest compli ment I have ever received as an ac tress. And you were really jealous! Oh, you darling! Almost 1 am glad ol it Hear me. On the stage 1 play im part—my part, do you understand: Nothing more. Off the stage, with you. I am not artificial; I am only natural. To my lover on the stage 1 am his heroine, silly, passionate, j weeping, mad. anything the part de mands—a thousand things. With you I am only one thing, natural, simple— a woman who loves, who loves—you! Are you content? With you I show only what I feel. Isn't that enough?" Somehow, as she spoke, the scales fell from my eyes. I saw there in her gentle tenderness the profounder pas sion of sincerity, of abiding love. I drew her to me, my heart beating a reveille of Joy. "As to Austeed. I have asked our manager to discharge him. He leaves this week. Oh. such a man! I'd rath er rant to a stick! And you. sweet heart? Oh. I love you too much to be v ' actress to you! Besides, really you ought to be content, for—well, Just for this—l love you!" And then my kiss silenced her. THE PATRIOT Published weekly by THE PATRIOT PUB. COMPANY, Office: No. 15 Carpenter ave.. Marshall Bldg.. Indiana. Pa. F. BIAMONTE, Editor & Manager F. SMITH, English Editor. B. COLETTI, Italian Editor. Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1914, at the postof fice at Indiana, Pennsylvania, un der the Act of March 3, 1879. Local Phone 250 Z. Bell Phone 49-W. Subscribe for "The Patriot,, SI year QUESTIONS THAT A GOOD CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW D. Have you read the Consti tution of the United States? R. Yes. D. What form of Government is this? R. Republic. D. What is the Constitution of the United States? R. It is the fundamental law of this country. D. Who makes the laws of the United States? R. The Congress. D. What does Congress consist of? R. Senate and ! House of Rep esentatives. D. Who is the chief executive >? the United States? R. President. D. How long is the President >f the United States elected? R. 4 years. D. Who takes the place of the resident in case he dies? R. The Vice President. D. What is his name? R. Thomas R. Marshall. D. By whom is the President of the United States elected? R. By the electors. D. By whom are the electors elcted ? e R. By the people. D. Who makes the laws for the state of Pennsylvania. R. The Legislature. D. What does the Legislature consist of? R. Senate and Assembly. D. How many State in the un ion? R. 48. D. When was the Declaration >f Independence signed? R. July 4, 1776. D. By whom was it written? R. Thomas Jefferson. D. Which is the capital of the United States? R. Washington. D. Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Ilarrisburg. D. How many Senators has each state in the United States j Senate? R. Two. D. By whom elected ? | R. By the people. D. For how long? R. 6 years. D. How many representatives are there? .. I ' R. 435. According to the pop- < ulation one to every 211,000, (thej, ratio fixed by Congress after each j j decennial census.) I D. For how long are they elect ed? i R. 2 years. ] D. How many electoral votes < has the state of Pennsylvania ? R. 38. y D. Who is the chief executive ef the state of Pennsylvania? R. The Governor. D. For how long is he elected? R. 4 years. I D. Who *9 the Governor? THE PATRIOT R. Brumbaugh. D. Do you believe in organized government ? R. Yes. D. Are you opposed to organiz ed government! R. No. D. Are you an anarchist? R. No. D. "What is an anarchist? R. A person who does not be ieve in organized government. D. Are you a bigamist or poli gamist ? R. No. D. "What is a bigamist or poly gamist ? R. One who believes in having more than one wife. D. Do you belong to any secret Society who teaches to disbelieve in organized government? R. No. D. Have you ever violated any ,'ws of the United States? R. No. D. AY ho makes the ordinances for the City ? R. The board of Aldermen. D. Do you intend to remain permanently in the U. S. ? R. Yes. AL CINEMATOGRAFO COLONIAL Lunedh "II trionfo del canta* fori d Opera, con attori Italian?. Storia o'amore che vlene inter, rotta dai Fragore del lerremoto WESTWARD HO! BY WAGON. Staten Island Prairie Schooner Is Going to San Francisco. Driving up to the New York city hall in an old fashioned prairie schooner drawn by two horses, John Urflinger and William Stevens obtained a letter from Mayor Mitchel to deliver to May or Itolph of San Francisco. The odd trip across the continent is being made in the interest of Staten Island business men, who want it ad vertised that Staten Island is the gate way of the eastern coast, just as Sau Francisco is supposed to be the gate way of the western. The schooner was driven about Man hattan, and a trip made through Brook lyn. Charles J. McCormack of Rich mond borough started the wagon on ts long overland trip to the western :ity, where it is due to arrive before - the Panama exposition ends. RICHEST TYPIST QUITS JOB. . Not Because She's Tired, but She Want 3 to Give Needy Girl Work. Miss Flora Holt, the nation's richest ' stenographer, who recently inherited the estate of Vilna McDonald of Esca naba, Mich., daughter of a former lieu tenant governor of Michigan and who upon becoming an heiress said she would not quit her job, has at last re signed. She has quit, not because of a wish to be idle, but because she believes that by remaining at work when she did not need the money she was keep ing some needy girl out of a job. The estate which she inherited was nearly $250,000, amassed in the iron mines of upper Michigan. Miss McDonald was her cousin. Fulfilled. Mrs. Gnaggs—Before we were mar ried you used to say you could listen to my sweet voice all night. Mr. Gnaggs —Well, at that time 1 had no idea I'd ever have to do it.—Judge. Not a Bout Winner. Tramp—Once I was well known as a wrestler, mum. Lady—And do you wrestle now? Tramp—Only wid pov erty. mum.—New Orleans Times-Pica yune. Comparison more than reality makes men happy and can make them •netehed. —Fe! thaaf. f -rr-.".-v*.*TtTytttti—.—yttttty-r-r | TOUCHING A j | CONSCIENCE! % How a Crime Was Robbed | | of Its Reward. $ t By EUNICE BLAKE + + 4 ♦♦♦■!■ ■:■ '!■ * i •:< T 1 c'ii< * i> * *** 1 • * David Herrick and his wife had uo children, and as they were growing ! old they decided to adopt some one to be with them while they lived and to enjoy after their death a snug prop erty they had accumulated. There were two persons from whom they were dis posed to select this companion and heir, the one Julia Andrews, the daugh ter of a sister of Mr. Herrick; the oth ' er Kate Armitage. a girl who had at times been employed by them for va rious purposes. Mrs. Herrick let out the secret of their intention to n friend who told it to Kate Armitage. The consequence was that when Julia Andrews was chosen Kate was much chagrined. Quite likely. If she had not received the information given her. this story would never have been written. Julia Andrews was a lovely girl, very sensitive and high spirited. She en tered upon ber life as companion for her uncle and aunt and resolved to do all she could for their happiness. Not long after she did so a will was madi in her favor. Kate Armitage found it impossible to relinquish uot only the comfortable home, but the fortune, that would have , been hers bad the decision been in ber favor and resolved to make an effort to oust her successful rival that she might step into ber place. When a , person Is determined to ruin another, if the work is properly planned and without any regard whatever to truth or justice, in many cases the effort wi'l be successful. Kate Armitage's first obje t was t get iKjssessiou of a specimen of t handwriting of tbt- girl - sirous of supplanting. S' lia a note uudei an ;c taking care even to < ' telling her a pit if.i mother and a lot - nod l"'ggmg bci lo • pecuniary assistance, a bill in a syuipaili . thought no more abou; t Not long alter this Air> oeived an anonymous lott m i...,, n 1 one purporting to have been writi by Julia, in which she said that an ' was getting very tired waiting for tin 1 I old couple to die. and she wished the.\ ( would hurry up. The letter began "My dear" and ended "Your loving Julia." Therefore the identity of the person < to whom it had been written was con- 1 ceil led. The person who sent the let- 1 ter- -evidently a woman—declared that I she could not bear to see a good worn- 1 an so basely deceived and had there- I fore sent her the proof of her niece's iugratitude. Mrs. Herrick was naturally very much shocked. She recognized at once Julia's handwriting, or supposed she did. for she did not know that Kate Armitage had practiced for weeks imi tating it. and it seemed to her that there was no question as to her niece's guilt. Her husband was not at borne then, and she could not wait till he re turned to charge Julia with her base ness. Julia, who did not suppose she had an enemy in the world, was thun derstruck. She denied having written the letter, and when her aunt called upon ber for proof of the fact, yielding to her sensitive, high strung nature, she walked out of the room, put on her wraps and left the house. When Mr. Herrick returned and learned what had occurred he was not so disposed as was his wife to believe in his niece's guilt He explained to liis wife that the law was full of pe culiar checks that were Intended to protect persons accused of crime, not only from false evidence, but from the taking of steps calculated to place them in false positions. He therefore advocated recalling Julia and hearing what she had to say In her defense. His wife opposed this because, she maintained, Julia had acknowledged her guilt by going away. Having failed in their first effort to get some one to be a comfort to them and inherit their property, they decid ed to make another trial in the person of Kate Armitage. She was asked by Mrs. Herrick to a conference which resulted in her being invited to live with the couple on trial She quickly assented and became a member of the family. She proved more satisfactory than Julia as a helper, because what Jolia had done for her aunt and uncle from choice Kate did to make herself solid with those from whom she hoped i to inherit a fortune. Nevertheless there is a difference between true and ] false affection which appears at times, ( for it is a different matter for the 1 pretender to keep up the pretense. Mr. ( Herrick regretted his niece and failed to take any interest in Kate Armitage. \ Kate proving eminently satisfactory , to Mrs. Herrick, the old couple decid- ] ed to make a will in her favor. Mr. | Herrick had accumulated the property. | and he willed the property to his wife. | who made a will In favor of Kate. ] Tho attorney who drew these wills recommended certain restrictions. If , Mrs. Herrick should be disabled from making a subsequent will the one she j had made must stand. It was there- , fore possible for Kate to marry, leave t her benefactress and yet inherit the ( property at the tatter's death. A clause was therefore Introduced into Mrs. Herrick's will that in case Kate mar-j ried the will should be void. In such event, there being no will, the property would be distributed among the heirs at-law. Ma. Herrick died when Kate had been living with them three years, and hi? wife followed him six months later. Kate had been told by Mrs. Herrick that she had made a will in her favor, but the restriction was not mentioned. After the old lady's death the lawyer who had drawn it and in whose care It had been ever since produced it and signified to Kate that he had de posited it with the surrogate. She had only to go to that official to sign the necessary documents and receive her inheritance. It Is not to be assumed from this narrative that Kate Armitage was a good girl. Not long after she went to live with the Herricks she fell in with a young man, and a love affair result ed. She could not marry without leaving Mr. and Mrs. Herrick. which would be equivalent to relinquishing a fortune. After Mr. Uerrick's death she consented to secretly marry her lover, she to retain her residence with Mrs. Herrick. The marriage was per formed by a clergyman and with wit nesses to whom the bride was person ally unknown, for she would trust no one except her lover with a secret on which so much depended. Kate concluded to receive her prop erty under her maiden name, though she had been advised that property left her as a spinster was equally hers as a married woman. She went alone to the surrogate, who showed her the will. She read that all Mrs. Herrick's property was hers and breathed a sigh of relief. Then she read on and saw that provided she married the will was void. She uttered a suppressed cry. AJI that she had sinned for, all that she had waited for during five years, was lost. But was it lost? One who had ruined another by a forgery was not incapable of signing a lie. Might she not receive the property as an un married woman? The surrogate obliged her before ac knowledging ber right to the property to sign a statement under oath that she was not married. This was a more serious matter than forging a letter. She did not dare sign without consultation or at least deliberation. She went to a lawyer and stated her case hypothetic-ally. lie iuformed her that a married woman under the cir cumstances signing a statement that she was not and had not been married would commit a felony and was liable to imprisonment. In ber perplexity she informed her husband what she was obliged to do to secure the property they hud been waiting for. He saw at once that it could be secured ouly by the perpetra tion of a crime and told her so. A quarrel resulted between them, and be left her. The fear of prison kept the benefi ciary of the will from signing a false hood. and after much delay she was forced to admit to the attorney who had had charge of the Herrick proper ty that she was a married woman and had uo claim on the property. The * lawyer before notifying: the helrs-at law that Mrs. Herrick had died with ? out a valid will made a search among ' the family papers to be sure that there was no prior will. He found one that had been made in favor of Julia An ■ drews soon after she had gone to live t with the Herrleks. i One morning Julia Andrews received a letter informing her that she had in "i herited an estate worth $300,000. Julia "i believed there was some mistake. She ' called on the lawyer who had sent the notification, and he told her that Kate | Armitage, who had taken her place in the Herrick household, had been left ' the property, but with a proviso which | had nullified the will. Julia had known that her uncle and aunt had supplied her place, but knew little or nothing about the person who had taken it. If she accepted this prop erty she would take advantage of a technicality to secure an inheritance that was not rightfully hers. She thought the matter over, then asked for on appointment to meet the person whom she considered the rightful heir. The two women met at the lawyer's office and were left alone In a private room. Julia was as calm as a summer sky. Kate was pale as a ghost. "I presume," said Julia, "that you went to live with my uncle and aunt with the understanding that you wero to inherit their property." "I did." said Kate in a faint voice. "How came it that my aunt put the provision in her will that if you mar ried you should lose your inheritance?" "I don't know. I never knew of such provision." "You completed your part of the con tract, I believe—you remained with my aunt so long as she lived." "I did." "Then the property rightfully belongs to you." Kate made no reply to this. She hung her head to conceal her features, which showed the workings of conscience. There was a long silence, at the end of which Julia continued: "I cannot accept this property for two reasons. The first is that my aunt did not intend to leave it to me; there fore it is not mine. In the second place, when I was wrongfully accused by means of a forged letter my aunt believed the forgery instead of my de nial. and I am too proud to take it on this account. I am ready to turn it over to you." No police inspector could have ap plied the third degree to a criminal more effectively. Kate broke down and confessed that she was the author •f the forgery. Because of her repentance Julia granted her an allowance aa long as she lived. JW/AV.WMVW.'.'AW, |LA GRANDE OFFERTA j 5 Ritagliate questo È? Questa A. 3? - ; ftj vignetta *, j % \ f assieme "> >—T v . alla par- \ t t te ante- "L riore dl *£ e\ un P ar " \ l S>v fc\ c .'ietto ■* > v x \ t:i iR a - ■! mmwm NEW s ' h il va- J v| t—-*•- j lored'un _i —!.. . ; cupone J Ili > * NÉB O % § —\ tanti ed r a tc/^VG 12 £ ■: E ? im f cw * "■ Ket ,i °a 3yy*g cupone C " pacchet- * 5 • 5 "t (Questa offerta spira il 31 die. 1915) e J P. Loriliard Co., NewYorLCity cmw.v.v. •WaW.V.VJW
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