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- J ae " ! ' ! ! Ten Nation-Famous New York Murders By Alfred Henry Lewis 6. Thr ilcf synopsis or HMOgy iHerAiam. TOrtr uitm we te m.aeren -wr law, cnwu sou wuuw in Nev TTI IO in, poa-frful friends he m at ha aided hat IMA. ea Mr. McPerUo kM MMitaa m aka kml tha fwltt lnonme br olsg on the etas, eh. mat A. T. Mohan) riu. HaT prooeptfj fall la km wuh bar (Continued.) RS. OAI.HOTJN, a practice spirit again wrltaa Mra Mo Farland. Thla lettar waa a about of triumph. Tha In domltabla "L,u" had fought a battla to put Ura MoFar- en tha stage. Also, aha had swept nemy'e ramparts; tha day waa bars. Thla la how aha calebrataa. "Hurrah, my darling! All my wheels are turning tha right way, and tha world move. Manager Stuart haa Just gone. lit. did answer your aacond lat ter 'at 'length. Booth waa with him when It reached him, and ha read It to that divine man, 'who feela Interested In' you. 1 quote the worda of tha Po- ntatc. 1 you will play auch parta ittGueeo la "Hamlet" you can have an eiTBagemcnl ni.li tha miracle! Here!! Thla winter!!! Or If you do not want :n do- ri!ii. Mr. Stuart will give yon an ingagenient In the rnuntry. But I ad 'Ijjf hero llrati by nil meana, fly darling. 1 could not be happier If I had discovered a avid mine. Mavbe have. Think of playing with Booth! I believe 1 should die of that rose in aromatic pain If such a privilege wara nine! Mv dear, this Is such a good oman, Touth and hope and beauty, as noor Miss I'll to usel lo say; but tha re la rftigad moral In this case." Jemlout of Itichardson. There was to he a sad ending, even If no aad moral: only the sadness waa hid den from "Lu," who, brave and true and irtendly, was aUU no aaareas to read a future. The Winter Garden, under Stuart's management, accepted Mm McFarland, vho opened as Nerlssa to Booth's Shy look In "Tha Merchant of Venice." She was fairly successful, and no ona doubted bat what she earned bar IK a wees, MeFariand was not pleased. Richardson waa too much In affable avl- bout Mrs. McFarland. MoFarlande at this time rtved at tl Amity street Richardson had room at No. m Amity street, veasfbar he, too, found quarters at H.Ts. Thla arrangement threw him tad safs, MoFmrland greatly together. Thetr' friendship, they declared, waa statoale. Soma oynlo-satlrtst had said "No nil and woman oan maintain a Platonic frWndshrp unless married to each ether." McFarland waa Inclined to accept the view of the cynle-satlrlst Ha waa Jealous, and showed It. Also, ha bseame mora than usually -lllgsnt aft tha bottls. Her "Heart's Content." Richardson had been two month at NO. Ti Amity street when Mrs. Mo Portend wrote to tha loyal "Lu." "Too know, my darling, whsa I waa married I had not much sxpei .ence of life or Judgment of character. When Mr. McFarland aaked ma to marry him I said yes' without proper deliberation. X ejsaa not la lova with any ona also; everybody got married. I thought, and I never questioned whether I waa aufn- Bettv Vincent's 0 Vnmtinr. w ' I INC BRBliT hope that all the young men and women who write me letters ars able to take pleasant vacation this summsr. And I also hops that no ons of them, while enjoying a well deserved holiday, will do anything that he or ahe may VINCCIT - afterward have cause to regret nruiitrnt Wl!cn haa said somewhere that the InHuance which keeps ths ma jority of us toeing the mark Is simply nslghbors. And I think wa all know how easy It Is, among strangsrs, to M slip tha bonds of self-respect and decorum which restrain us at horn It's a good thing to gat out of tha rut and sas new facea at least onca a year. But not even this Ubsrty should be permitted to degenerate Into Uoenss. Vmktir Treatment. I. n, s. writes: "For thro years I attention ta a girl to I was formally l&Uodueed at ths a our aaq mm mw m niuotira iuii VMM. Tltr CUM) ftl lUt ' jTr h ami fa-tan fnr In (trittlM htMhaitrl. In S3 1 BET TV whaan The Evenlirtf World ariarul-iiicharttion Murder. elently in tore or not. I thought X was, and did not reason. "After I waa married and began to know Mr. MdFartand I found him mad ly Jealoue of ma a Jealouay whloh seemed to me to have lta root In a radloal want of confidence In woman's virtue. A bachelor's experience had made him believe women wara not al ways eheete, I think but to ma, who was ehaata sa lea and pure as snow, if aver woman wara, these thlnga wara horrible outrages. They struck the first . blow at the tenderness I felt for him. "Thla waa tha first shook; ths second was tha dlaoovary that If anything an-1 noyad him, W X waa impatient or a lltue cross, ha would drink liquor, and come home under lta Influence, Whan Mr. McFarland cams homo thus I loathed him with unspeakable loathing and dis gust What X suffered tha flret year, Ood only knows; but It la enough to tell you that la a year tha poeelblllty , VI SB as IV v l ifssj iiiiu WSsmbj uvtw. veoaataaa- gulshed. Thla la an awful thing to any. dearest When he la drunk, all tha good In him la turned to aril; h la simply and truly a fiend. "My darling, I have spent nights In scenea before which tragedy grows pale. I try. Heaven knows, to be as patient as I can. But I do not lore him enough to let him wound mo t. tha quick. 1 don't know what to do what course to take. I dread my future so much, and I havs my bablat to think of. Yeeter day he drew two weeks of my salary at ths theatre and I fear will spend tha monejr, which wa need so much, In liquor?" The Wife Beater. On the bank of her letter to "Lu," Mrs. McFarland, working through the Sinclalrs, secured a plaoa In the Custom House for the Idle, drunken. Jealous McFarland. lie took It Feb. 1, 1M7. Coming home from the Custom House, McFarland round Mrs. McFarland talk ing with Richardson In ths hail. Mc Farland aa.d nothing, did nothing. Mc Farland, while violent waa afraid of Richardson. Going to the neareat saloon, be drank himself Into a sufficient pitch of coursgs, however, to return and as sail Mrs. McFarland. Tha next day, when he waa sober. Mr McFarland told MoFarland she had borne an aha would. She was deter mined upon a separation. He 'said he waa sjtreeaible. She wrote the news to Mrs. Calhoun, who was In Washington. Weaver Sage, always stanch, came down from Manchastsr. At tha Sin tlairs', Mrs. McFarland, weaver Sage and MoFarland mat. The Slnelalra and Mrs. Calhoun ware there. Tha terms of ssparatlon were discussed, and MoFar land accepted them. Twa weeks went by. Rtdhardaon from Hartford wrote Mrs. McFarland a tsttar. Tha letter, after thla strange fashion, fell Into ths fingers of Mo VWrland Rlchardeon had addressed It to tha office, care of Buslnees Manager Sinclair. McFarland had come over from the Custom House to aak Sinclair a question. Sinclair, whoaa eyesight was bad and who happanad to have tha lettar In his hands) at tha moment read "Mr. whara ha should have read "Mr.," and thought tha latter Mr Mo Farland. "Hsre'e a lettar for you." he said, tossing It across his desk, "though why It should coma here 1 too muoh of a guaaa for ma" (To Be Continued.) Advice to Lovers many leuers irom nor wnim nave oeea most loving. She ha often declared that shs couldn't live without ma Now ah Haa aurtrlanlv innminrMl haa Maui. ment to another and aaked ma not to write again, nas an irsaiea me lair- lvT" There waa no reason why aha shouldn't haul hun arnrtd frlanAa with mmi hut aha ought not to bar made you think mai ana u j I "U K." writ eei "I am ta tor with a vnnnir man who Mami to oare for niA w.i. muht 1 w him Atuf h. AlAwt' speaa 10 me, uiuuajahne nail nigni ne took me homa Do you think ho really likes met" Tha Instano you erta 1 ne proof ha doesn't He may not have seen you. though you aaw nun. In Love? a a" avihaa, "T mmt alatt m-A ballsve myself deeply In lor with a juuiibj wan v bwwuaf. nm eveine asj care for mo, and a ha I a gentleman my mother allows ma to accept his at tention. Now aa I bs really In lor al my ageT" r. uonient youiweir whs to young a frleadahap and try not to be seotl- Ja Hen ' ' ' mmmm m 01 .1. . ,. 1. ,m,.,w.m...n... . H No Wonder! 0 UeHsSwJ E ivrllL,Nao ALL DAfUd AHO I AVB. TMAY DiVjkS OH MINwV OthO&VO TO STAY IN AND (WATCH v TrMS. PLACJ& i ' l" m- j waanfafceiam-- The Destroying Angel (Osasttght leu. brUaSa Jaeaoh Vaaaa.1 8TNOPMS or PkBTJEDISSO CHAPTaUW. nusn wanaaw, new ore -,ZZ h told br EE doc tun thai hi la auffarlos fwsi T. . ., v. k i , aaataaa la tail by sia doc tun that ha la awn suladj aad baa, at awet. ihat MVtt Haa Kuta. na aaan incioauv.ui i"-. --. ,- r.k TT.T- iT. v. v,.,k . t a on wba br aJataka to s bote! raea U about to sill heneU by inklua malic saatV i. j.ti. .-u u...i. ...niianai ruar to r- a baaaeV fraa bar diisauss b awsots Uljj. mad. thai wut at oooa nMoni) On a totaaa HUSH H nv'ii ' Ha doaa sot mmt iorWeVIJ to asajfM K -17 GBmt swrlass. CHAPTER rill. (Oootlawed.) A hittory. I1TTAJTER shot a nlck glance round tha room, and waa relieved to find they wara not within earshot of any of tha ether occupied table. . . 'Who th dUO ars ywar no - AmJt hluntlV. m " .aid tha other ekrwty. "onos a private dsteotlra Now I'm a person of no particular employment of Inde pendent moan, with a penebant-you're at Mbortr to assumefor poking mr no into other people' Business. Oh . . a" A word, "MaokmaU," leaped Into Whltakra aonaelouanas and served to harden tha hoatalty la hi attitude. "Mr. Oeorge Psttlt once employed me to Bad her atotar, Mla Mary Ladllss. who had run away with a ehauftour named Morten," pursued ft man evenly. "That was about tha ttms shortly altar th datb of Thurlow Ltidlstas: say two months alter tha so- oallsd slopamant" "Jtust a minute," eald Whltakor suddenly- "or your leare" Bulbar bowed gravely. For a thought longer WhUaksr'e gass bored Into his eyas la ram etrort to ratnom waat was going ea behind them, th antmue una dtoeerered by He speech ; then, remeaa a . a.. W-aaaV atsasl Dmlly Miizine, Th u r KTOLA SHE'S TYii.r. I I Mrirv - saaat i -t a ars i mil ii a msaaaga In his band. "Martla timber" (It ran) 'WrlvaU agency, liU Broadway, (trace Fettlt" Whltaker folded the paper and put It away In a pooket "Oo on, uJease," he said quietly. "In thoss days," Mr. Ember rssumad, "I did suoh things Indiffsrently wall.! I had llttla trouble lo following thai runawaye from Southampton to Orea port There they parted. Tha girl crossed to the Conaeettout shore, while j th man want baek to Nw York with I th automobile. He turned the ma-1 ehbte In at the Ladlsls garage, by the way. and promptly fell Into the hand of ths police. Ha was wanted for theft ' rn a former position, was arrested, con- vloted and sent to Sing Sing, where he presently died, I'm glad to any. I, thought Una mtormatsaa might totarast you." Whltakar nodded grimly. "Can I order you something to drink t" "No, thank you and I'm already smoking." Mr. Ember dropped ths ash from a cigar. "On the Conneotlout aide (because It waa my business to find out things) I discovered that Miss Ladlseas had registered at ths Commercial Houss as Mrs. Morten. She was there, alone, under that name, nearly a week before you registered there as Hugh M-o-r-t-o-n, and In the space of a few hour married her, under your right name, and shipped her off to Now York," "lllght," Whltaker agreed steadily. And thiT" "I traced her to tha Hotel Belmont where shs stopped over night, then lost her completely and so reportsd to Mrs. Pattlt I must mention here. In confi dence. In order that you may under stand my subsequent action, that nvy bill for the Investigation wa never paid. Mr. Pattlt waa not In vsry com fortable etrcumstanoea at tha tlma No matter. I didn't press htm, and later was glad of It for It left me a free agent under no obligation to make fur ther report." "I don't understand you." "In a moment. I oane Into a Uttle money about that time, and gsvs up my buelnsss; gave It up, that la, as far as placing myself at the servlcs of the public was concerned. I retained mv devouring curiosity about thlnga that didn't concern m personally, although ore f tea matters of sarin la y A Summer nHMRM ffV M York n ter set to the general public In other words, I continued to employ my time professionally, but only for my private amusement or In the Interest of my friends. After Bonis time Mr. Drum mo nd sought me out and begged me to rensw my search tBV Mr. Whltaksr; yu were dead, he eald; ahe was due to corns Into your estate a comfortable living for an Independent woman." "And you found her and toM Drum mond T" . Whltaker leaned over eh table, study ing th man's face wttl Intense la ter sat 'No-end yes. 1 found Mr. Whlt aker. I didn't report to Drurntnond," "But why In Heaven' luuneT" Ember smilsd somberly at th droop ing ash of his cigar. "There were ssveral reasons. First among them I didn't have to. I had aaked no retainer from Drummond, aad X rendered no bill. What I had found eat was mine, to keep or sell, aa I ohoea I oboes not to sou because well, because Mrs. Whltaksr bagged me not to." "Ah"' Whltakar breathed, sitting back. "WhyT" "Thla was all of a year, I think, after your marriage Mr. WhMaker had tasted ths sweets of Independence and got the habit. She had adopted a pro fession looked upon with abhorrsncs by hf family and waa succssdlng at It: I msv ssy shs waa sxperlenclng Inti mations of that extraordinary power which made her Sera Law aa you aaw her to-night If shs cams forward as the widow of Hugh Whltaker, H meant renunciation of the stage; It maant painful scenes with hsr family If she refused to abandon her profession; It meant ths loss of Ubsrty, of freedom of action and development which was hers In hsr decsnt obscurity. Shs was slready successful In a small way, had little need of the money shs would gst as claimant of your estate. ShyeglT Uated my ympathy and I kept gulet" "That eras decent of you." The man bowed a quiet acknowledg ment. "I thought you'd think so. There waa a third reason." Ha paused, until Whltaker encouraged him with a "Yea --T" "Mr. Whltaker" the query came point-blank "do you love your wife?" Whltaker oaught his breath. "Whst right !" hs began, and checked abruptly- The blood darkened his lesn cheeks. Mrs. Whltaker gave me to under stsnd that you didn't It wasn't hard to understand, everything considered, that your motive waa pure cMvalry Qulxottsm. I should Hk to go to my pave with anything half as boaerala 4 y lTy AW it By Louis Joseph Vance Author of "The Brat Betel," do. lo my credit" "I bag your pardon. Whltakar mut- tarsa tniokiy. "Tou don't thenT" "Ixrve hsr? No." There waa a alight pause. Thee "I do," said this sxtraordinary man, mast ing Whltaker's gaas openly. "X do," he replied, flushing In his turn, '"but hopeleasly. However, It was that third reason," he pursued la a more level voice, "which I thought you eheutd know about that Induced ma to keep Sara IW secret. I loved her from th day I found her. She hae never looked twloe at ma But that's Way X never loet Interest" "You mean." Whltaker took htm up diffidently "you continued to ah" "Court her ae w aayv No." am ber's shoulder, lifting, underlined th disclaimer. "I'm no tool; I maaa Pat alas to recognise a hopeless oase whsa It'a aa Intimate to me aa mlna waa and la. Doubtlsss Mrs. Whltaker un derstands if shs hasn't forgotten m by this tkn but It o, It le wholly through Intuition. I had the aonae not to Invite the thunderbolt I've sal qulstly In th back ground watohlng bar work out hsr destiny feeling a good deal Ilka a god In the maohina "Hhe doesn't know tt, unless Mas told her against my wish, but It was I who Induce! him to taks hsr from ths rank of s provincial stock company and bring hsr bsfor th pubUe, four year ago, as Joan Thursday. Stao than her dee tiny ha been rather too big a thing for me to tamper wlthi but I've watched and wondsred, sensing foroae at work about her of which even aha waa un- SUaptcloUB." "What do you maant" Whltaker de manded, mysttflsd. "Old It strike you to wonder at the extraordinary mob her farewell per formance attracted -the rabble that packed the etreat. though quit hopele of even seeing tha lnald of the the atre'" "Why ye, of ooursa It atruoh m as rather unusual. But. then. Max had dons nothing all evening but ten me of her tremendous popularity." "That alone, great as It Is. wouldn't havs brought so many people together ' to etare at the outside of a theatra ! The magnet waa something stronger 1 the tnorold curiosity of New York. Thoss people were waiting, thrilled with expectancy, on tip-toe for what do you I think T" "I shall th" ' you mad In anothsr moment If you don't explain yourself," Whltaker told him candidly. Fhnber's smile flashed and vanlshsd. 1 m. "Thsy ware waltlag tor tt V TT, T VI 3 You Can Be Salt L Sy 11. sr The mas "1 WISH I had a lot of monsr." eald ths Average Mii "Tea should rem crabs-," reproved tha Woman of Thirty, "that H la pooalkla ta hare plenty of money and etUI be unhappy aad dlseoa- teated." "Thafa vory true," arisppit the rather be wwhappy with money without It. At I had the money, for Instance, I would go and hare my faoe treated for that weather. satsa look that tramp ever the mountabaa and week-ends at the shore bar glveo It But at the prssint state of my flnaaoaa thbj would be a wfM s travaganoa." "Tou aheuldort Men H si as mow sin walk and aoaaa brasasa" said the Womaa of Thirty. "Mow tha hot eriees eekee far biiahfi tha fudge parti an the rookaf year smpllsa need t get K condition asaim st a get "I'm atony broke. I landlord left sa oa roll, redwood free N f yearr -TouTa n a. Tea thlah thai ah Mew. H is toaafbl t bee the ptorioa ta per toot aid of eeetly M bu hold etaadby will work "Nothing ta any beaaty eomplexlen ta Ms Take half a ptat af Pat It la a bowl aad sbintoa Ottle eahj bam a tsaaaooarai a an. "Stir M until It Thb) ahoaid bo doa at a3AirrMiiK BATH , Invlgoratss th game and pollshea the nih at aaal ones a wees. '1 guaee I'll try a fsw of tn oo tough, "for thsn no on oaa over hat presently eavme to th of Drummoad' death." What th deuoe" 'Pail. nee! it had been d1couratdt If something at th sort hadn't happened Now York would have gone disappoint ad t bad to-night The reason T Thla la the third time It has nappeneo tna earns thing, practically: Sara Law on ths verge of leaving the stage to marry, a fatal eootdant Intervening. DM Max by any chance mention tn nioanama Now York haa bestowed on Bare LawT" "Nickname" No-o" They oall hsr The Deetroylng Angst.' " "What ntt" y aa. but whst eoVncUna Throe men loved herand ona by oa they died. And now the fourth. Do you wondar" "Oh, but Tha Destroying Angst'-!" Whltaker cried Indignantly. "How caa thsy blama herT" "It Isn't btame It's auperotlttoa. Listen" Ember bent forward, holding Whit eker's gas with Intent, grave eyss. "Ths first tlma." hs said o a rapid undertone, "was a year or so sftsr her triumph as Joan Thursday. Thsrs wsrs then two men openly Infstuated with hsr, a boy named Cutter, and a man I believe you know William Hamilton." "I knsw them both " "Custer waa making ths pace; ths an nouncement of his snxasement to Hara Law was confidently anticipated He died suddenly: the coroner's Jury de cided that he had mlaludg-d the Inten tions of a loaded revolver People whle pered of suicide, but It didn't lonk quite like that to me. HoweverllamUton tupped Into his place. "Prssently we beard thst Sara law was to marry him and leave th ataga Hamilton had to go t , I on business; on ths rsturn trapthe wedding was Slatsd for ths dsy sfter hs landed here ¬ in) disappeared, no um knew how. Pre sumably bs fe'l overoard by accident ons night; sane men with everything In the world to live for do such things. you know-aocordlng to tha news ' pPr." "I uadarataad pea, Pleesi go aa," Your Own Beauty Doctor. Andre Dupont. Oa. ftae New Tart WarM.1 Otrt, "but aaty assjstM pataia wweld Sometimes the elmuleet If only en knows how to use them ghee Will Imnrovs tha aanaransa of IttJea aa qulskly ae a aalt and milk bath, baary tumbler holda about that amount re quit a little I should say about hatha the face la thla, lotting It dry on. time during th day aa wall. In tha morning aad when It haa been en far aa hear or ao la tha daytime th face ahould ho washed la warm water aad than braced with a daeh of oetd orator with a llttl colors a la It" "Whst doaa all thla do to th eater "It remove that brown, weather beaten ting aad that coaras grained took which tn mldsummstr dlsflguro eo many otherwise pretty oomplsxloaa aad make th skin whit and fsrm. Xf the aeoh I washed ta milk aad sari M ea Will be greatly Improved. "Bait Is aaw Juat as useful ar k th hands Soft aad white, ta any sort of housework tt ta valuabla Xf you have bean washing gat anything aad hare been obliged to aa etrong laundry soap aad th skta ea fat hands teal drawn and rough, saTsae a llttl salt Into th water to whtota yea rinse your hands and the once become Arm ead "I've heard of aetag i tssth white. Don't y nonnr t tonlo for the tssth. It enamel. X alwaya gtv gay teeth a salt etunte." aald the OM. aad addad wtth a aoouee me of being too freak. " "Might a man earned Thurston Ml to hah 1 too was ooosldered e danga aat for the head of Sara Law. He exceedingly wall nied In a money 1 a sort of dtlettantlMi arohltaet trtth of fices In ths Mstropolltaa Towsr. "On day avt high Boon be left hto .' noes to go to lunch at Martin'; Slim tn Ma lison Square he suddenly toll dsad with a bullet la bla brain, it was a rifle bullet, but though the Square was crowded, ao oas bad heard tha re port of th allot and ao on waa seen carrying a rifle. The conclusion Was that hs had bees (hot dowa by some body using a gun with a Maxim JInor from a window on th aoutb stae at the Square. Thar ware ao clues. r "And now Prurutmond!" Whltaksr ex claimed In horror. "Poor fellow! Poor woman!" A slightly sardonic expression modi flsd ths line of Rrrrber'e mouth. "So far aa Mra Whltaker Is concerned," he eai'l with the eomewhat pedantic motto of speach which Whltaker was to lsarn. to aasoctet with hi moment of most srlous ooncsntratlon "1 echo the senti ment. Hut let us suspend Judgment eg Prutnmond rass until we know mr. It Is not aa yet an established fact that be Is dead." "You mean there's hone" i 'Thers'e doubt." Ember corrected acltllv -"doubt, at least. In my mind. You sea, I saw Irummond In the fleet: a'.ivs and vigorous, a good half hour after ho Is reported to have Jumped I I bis death." "Wherer" 'Tomlng up the stairs from ths downtown subway station In front of tho I'ark Avenue Hotel. He wore a hat pulled down over his sves snd an old overcoat buttoned tight up to hla chin. He was carrying a satchel hear ing the Initials 0. 8. D.I but was ciher niss pretty thoroughly dlagulsed, and, I Judged, anxloua enough to escape recognition." "You're positive about thlsT" "My dsar man." aatd Ember with sn air. "I saw hi ear distinctly." "HI earl" (Te Be OeatlaeedJ toM, later a MIS i