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THE POISONED GIRL
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I fixed for six week hence; pleasurable
• excitement was stirring in the breast
of only one player in the comedy,
Perhaps, however, Lady Grace was,
not as happy as she ,ought to have been
at such a season. She seemed preoe-
cupied, Now and then I :found her
eyes resting upon witch with a peculiar
expression, When we were alone she
would occasionally heave a sigh. Once
she even remarked that itwoii:d have
been better if I had let her die in
Grosvenor Square...
"But why?" I asked. "Haven't you.
got your heart's desire?" -
"I suppose so," she replied.
Nothing more was said, but our
companionship grew more continuous,
more intimate, more confidant. This
was assisted by the fact that Lady
G•raee played tennis and golf with fer-
ocity, While Scarlati playedthe piano.
Meanwhile, in spite of letters and tele-
grams, Madame Scarlati was making
difficulties, suggesting that Scarlati
should conte to her. It took me some
time to realize that the key to her
heart was made of gold; I made Scar-
lati promniee her 500 pounds on ar-
rival; she fixed her journey so as to
arrive on the eve of the wedding..
My tender friendship with Lady
Grace developed day by day. But I
was not prepared for a fact whichI
put down to natural excitement; on
the eve of the wedding Lady Grace
burst into tears, and rushed away
BEGIN HERE TO -DAY. music mistress in the town. Carried from me, refusing to speak. This was
A novelist, seeking nocturnal. ad -away by habit, I went to see her. Sheeds as t wofabre dinner
Later on,eas it was
cover-'
venture, waits in Grosvenor Square, was fine, as Scarlati a 1 th• d said But her
was Madame Bordet. I was in such a make for the terrace which overlooks.
state that I took an elementary lesson the grounds of Goswyn House. Ido
in harmony and :eft the town. not suppose he enjoyed it, since he
It was in the train that my anemic • knew what was goin'g to happen. It
fancy began to play with this visit, was agonizing, but I looked at mY
and that suddenly I saw the implies- watch: only five minutes to go: I went
tion of the word Bordet. Reer-d-a-t; downstairs- As the clock struckten
1 'who • •ted
hair was black and her mane, alas, a soft night, I saw her with Searlati
London. Perceiving a silent figure in
white standing motionless against a
raising, he investigates. He finds a
girl in evening dress and beside her a
man. The man declares he is a passer-
by who wonders what is wrong with
the girl.
To every advance made by the two
men the girl replies, "Go away." Fin-
ally she says she has taken poison' and otherwise Darbot. Mademoiselle Dar-, me
wants to die. The novelist asks the bot was concealed under the name of en counting the five hundred pounds.
strange man to hail a taxi to take the Madame Bordet. And as for red hair At last I ushered her up the stairs,
girl to thMiddlesex oHospitar Onh the myex- then upon the terrace where the couple
i.way to the hospital the girl fights to p iencblacnil an adventurer of that the' were standing looking up toward the
ump from the cab Calling at the perience might have realized the
1 11 g tints of women s
ospita, early the following- mornin n s " I murmured, an Grace," race,
the writer finds the girl conscious. She fugitive. I jumped out of the train at "Lady
reproaches him for saving her life. a wa,yside station waited for four they turned round.
that "Jeanner cried Scarlati. Then
hair ' are somewhat moan.
on
d
The nurse in charge explains a hours for the train to Dreux found at !�� i
the girl is recovering but says that m hotel an announcement n —'
she has had a very narrow escape y i "The
from death. The nurse asks the girl Times" to the effect that a marriage
to sive her name and home address. had been arranged between Signor
The girl says she is Lady Grace Carlo Scarlati and ... became hys-
Tarset of 216 Grosvenor Square and terical and rushed to the door of Ma -
that her father is the Marquis of Gos- dame Bordat. .
wyn. She says she has quarreled with She received me with perfect calm,
her lover, Carlo Scarlati, pianist. The asking if I wanted a second lesson
novelistromises to bringCarlo back
to the girl. Calling at Scati's hotel, the same day? In a few mangled sen -
the novelist learns that the pianist has tences I stated the object of my jour -
gone to the Hotel Superbe, Brussels. ney. She listened to me intently. Her
He calls at the home of Lady Grace silence frightened me, for it was essen-
and is grudgingly admitted to the siek ! tial to produce her in person; other -
room, where Lady Grace is slowly re- wise Lady Grace would never believe.
covering health. Stia, I waited, and she began to ask
The novelist follows Carlo to Hotel
Superbe, Brussels, and begs himto re- cluestions.eYou want me to return to him, to
turn to his sweetheart. Scarlati says
he has been married for several years Monsieur Scarlati?"
to Jeanne Darbot. He says Jeanne "Yes. You see, you are his wife."
disappeared, so Mr. George goes to the After a long, meditative pause, Ma -
district of Chartres, France the land dance Bordat said: "But I don't like
of her birth, to hunt for her. fur „
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
Chartres seems to be full of music
mistresses, and not one of these is
called Darbot. Inquiries at hotels,
"No more do I, but since you're
married to him, that doesn't -matter."
"Quite so," said Madame Bordat.
Once more she gave herself over to
meditations which I did not like to
postoffice and police station, revealed interrupt. At last they took form.
no Darbots of any kind, musical or "How much does my husband earn?"
otherwise. Then i decided to adver- she asked. "It must be something
tise, and enlivened the happy periods considerable."
of waiting by regular visits to the "Oh, I hardly know. I hear that
cathedral; this was the only possible on his last American tour, he made
amusement, together with sweet syr- over fifty thousand dollars in two
ups in cafes. If I had not received a months."
grateful letter from Lady Grace, I Madame Bordat got- up solemnly,
should have taken to liquor stronger and said: "I wonder if I have been un -
than sweet syrups. just. Perhaps you are right. I will
My advertisements for music les- !let bygones be bygones and return to
sons yielded a number of replies, not' my husband's arms." Then, as if mol-
one signed Darbot. I realized that ed by an afterthought, she said: "You
Madt•me Scarlati, presumably revert- will understand, Monsieur, that I am
hu to the name of Darbot, might relying on your word. You tell me
have chosen another city, that that you have a message from my hus-
Chartres was perhaps not her home band, but you do not bring even a let-
town. Thus you will picture me at ter from him. You ask me to take an
Chateaudun, at Chateauneuf, a+: Cha- expensive journey to England. I think
teau—I don't know what, raising the journey should be paid for."
amazement everywhere by my passion- "Oh, of course," I said.
ate interest in music mistresses. I "Also," Madame Scarlati went on
found some, more and more of them. obstinately, "he ought to send me some
Completely demoralized, I began to money to show that he is in earnest.
call on them; some were red-haired, He has treated me very badly. He
and some were fine. But no Darbot!
At !net, having spent a month on
this melancholy quest writing daily
must show he means this."
"How much?"
to Lady Grace to keep up my tour- "I don't know. Perhaps 5,000
age, I arrived at ifreux, a small town, francs.'
where the hotel informed me, to my "I'll wire this minute, and you'll
great relief, that there was only one have the money to -morrow morning."
I found myself strangely popMar in
Lord Goswyn's house. Indeed I found
the situation slightly altered. Searlati.
called daily and was allowed the so-
ciety of Lady Grace, but she seemed to
find equal pleasure in mine. Her atti-
tude was touching; by degrees I be-
came her familiar friend, to whom she
:iked to talk of perils past and joys to
come. With Scarlati it was different;
he used to take me into corners, ravel
howlongh'
Good. taste and good health
demand sound teeth and
sweet breath.
The use of Wrigley's chew-
ing guin after. every meal takes
care of this important itetn'of
personal hygiene its a delight.
ful, refreshing way—by clear.
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teeth of food articles g p
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and by helping the digestion. ` me benevolent:7, and remarked: "Ah,
if only this hadn't happened! She
The result is a sweet breath that might have married an Englishman."
shows care for one's self: and cora
sicleration for others *
"'"hof eeffnemer er Ask for
Searlati reeled against the coping.
a changed note: "Marguerite! what
are you doing here?"
"What's this?" screamed Lady
Grace, as Scarlati reeled against the
coping.
Scarlati turned to me savagely:
"This is not my wife. It's het sister
Marguerite."
Madame Bordat giggled : "Yes, -ar-
lo. I don't know where Jeanne is, but
I thought I'd get out of you a little
of the mnney you owe to your miser-
able Wife."
Lady Grace gave a muffled cry and
fell fainting into my arms. A little
later, when she had recovered, I mur-
mured: "And now, are you going to
kill yourself."
"Oh," • she murmured, as she clung
to my arm:'"I'm so happy."
"What!" I said. "Have you already
forgotten Carlo?"
`Don't mention him again," she said,
with a shudder. "I was only going
through with it because I had given
my word."
'I wonder," I asked, "whether you
prefer someone else?" , She laughed
low, and that was all her reply. But,
about an hour later, just before we
went into the drawing -room, she asked
me to tell her the whole story, which
I did. When I had finished, she looked
up to me with wet eyes, and said: "It
seems silly, but I wonder if that wo-
man happened to tell you why her sis-
ter left Mr. Searlati?"
"Because," I said solemnly, "he
made a noise eating his soup;"
(The End.)
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The Vanishing Zebra.
The zebrs, the gayly' striped mem-
ber of the horse family, is, Without
doubt, the most beautiful of quadru-
peds; but both Jninters and naturalists
claim At is fast; bocorning extinct, It
is found only in South Africa, in the
mountainous districts extending down
to Cape of Georl Hope,
They aro wary little animals and
never Dame down into the plains of
their own free will, and never herd
With the quagga or I3urchell's zebra—
the other members of their family,
They inhabit the wildest, most secluded
spots of the mountains; are always on
the alert; always active; and because
of their iieetneas of foot, it is almost
impossible to get near them,
Iiureb.ell's zebra is handsomely
striped, but the quagga had fewer
stripes. Its head and forequarters
were covered with dark mahogany
stripes on a red -brown ground. These
'gradually beoame fainter and disap-
peared entirely on. the haunches and
hind legs.
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The Habit of Accuracy.
In some respects it is a tiresome
habit, the habit of accuracy; it seems
to preclude a sense of humor, or at
least the faculty:for humorous ex-
pression; it seems to imply literalness
of mind and lack of imagination. The
picturesque extravagances and absurd
exaggerations • that often give color to
speech are not the characteristic
charm of. people who have either a pas-
sion for accuracy or the habit of it
If everyone were unfailingly accurate,
it would be a much duller world than
it is.
Nevertheless, the persons who mini-
mize the importance of accuracy are
usually not those'who. get the most
satisfaction out of life. Even though
they do not descend to deliberate un-
truthfulness, to willful and conscious
misstatement of facts, they fail to win
the confidence of persons with whom
they are. associated; and conscious-
ness of one's own brilliancy, if unac-
companied by the knowledge that one
has the confidence of others, is a bar-
ren satisfaction. Habitual inaccuracy
is simply one of the ways in which
laziness expresses itself; and to it
may be traced a goodhalf of the trou-
ble in the world. Many of the mis-
understandings, botchings, failures,
even tragedies, are due to habitual In-
accuracy of observation, or of expres-
sion, or of memory.
Seeking to be accurate in any one
of those thfee reepeets. will help you
it was found on the plains, living
carelessly, sometimes in herds of
twenty or thirty, and although a social
and . peaceable animal it was never
found with its more elegant brothers.
it often ranged with the white-faced
gnu, but more often with the ostrich,
for which it seems to have had a pre,
ferenoe. it was named "quagga" be-
cause its bray was a high, shrill sound
of which the word is a good iztiitationr.
A quagga was alive in the London Zoo
in 1870, but it died in 1872 and after
its death it is thought that they
ceased to exist.
The. Hottentots ate the flesh of the
zebra and quagga. The early Dutch
settlers did not like the taste of their
fresh but shot them in great numbers
for food for their native help, which
may be one reason for their disappear
ance. They used them, too, as sen
tries over their horses. They would.
turn them out at night to graze with
the horses, so that•they might protect
them from wild dogs and hyenas
whose ways they well understood. A
lone quagga often acted as sentinel
for the rest of his herd. When he
caught the scent of a hunter or a dans
genus animal, he gave the alarm. The
other quaggas would gather quickly
around him to see or smell the ap-
proaching dadnger, then like a flash
they would turn and vanisb.
The hide of the quagga was used to
make sacks to hold grain, and the
thicker parts that covered the hocks
was greatly prized for the manufac-
ture of shoe soles.
his hair, beg me to say this to gain accuracy in the. other two. You
was going on, what was going to hap- Teachers who became permanently l to again arccuracy
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he was pathetic; he confided to me to have your eyes and wits
that his daughter must be crazy, and ins to regent decree of the provisional likely alert for the nextyoccurrence,
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To enjoy Sunday quiet try a stroll• line of specific details, yon. have in
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city. Training yourself to be accurate
means training more than your eye or
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But fallow fields, with mulleins warm.
And ferns and shaggy grass,
Drowse like thick furred animals
And let the season pass.
—Marie Emilie Gilchrist, in "Wide
Pastures."
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A wooden idol, believed to have be-
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both markti satisfactory. I was confronting the
'" ' C6111 ' girl 14 .redt•.and who insisted upon,
being grateful"; n man to whom I was
doing a good turn, and who was niost
ungrateful; a father who was hinting
to rule that I should do something 'I
wanted to do, bit could net. And stilt
1 dared do nothing. Tho wedding was
In other words, nay position was un -
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Why It Was a Success.
"The wedding was a great success?
Who gave the bride away?
"No one—that's why the wedding
was- such a success." .
Had Whoppers.
A man was complaining to a friend
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was wasting money.
"Perhaps your boy has no ear for
music," said his friend.
"No ear be blowedr replied the
other. "Why, his ears are as big as
saucers!"
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