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" "ThKS more than 1 can say for dear
Id B037. But I'll try to anticipate'
Rangiest by compelling Edith to keep
tier distance be said, scowling dark
Jy. "ECss It not occurred to you that
Tootles will be ; pretty er mncb of a
HuiftfEQoe when? it comes to mountain
cUtatdng? Heffelt bis -way carefully
ia saying tihts.
"Cflh, . dear .me, . Roxbury t Would yon
have i left -the poor little darling at
korrw In all that dreadful' heat?"
Tnnareil couldn't 'have: been, blam
ed fortteavtng' her at home. be, pro
tested. y "She .didn't exJgt.nntU faalfran.
fconr a so. Heavens, how they do
frprlng pr '"' i
The semainder .- ef Brock's day was
pent In getting raeq&aJnted with his
family, or, rwfcher, .hia -menage. There
rwere baBWBnd foibles, demands and
res frictions; 3tn at be-bad to adapt bim-
elf -to with unvarying .1 emgnity. -Be
Bads friend of Baggies without, half
trying. Dogs, always took to him, he
sximitted modestly. Tootles was less
Jrulnexable. . She howled consistently
att eadb 4 ofMs first - half dozen ad-rr-ances-,
iHisicourage began to wane
(with sifcicklngjrapidlty. His next half
hearted Advances were In reality In
Klorlons Tetreaia. Spurred on. by the
smstainlng? Constance, he stood by bis
grans and- at last was gxatined to see
faint signs - of surrender. By midday
he haS conqneyed. Tootles permitted
h!mto carry her up and down the sta
lion platform (she ' was too young to
realize the. -ris. she ran). Edith and
Constance, "with the beaming nurse
end OTJrlen,, applauded warmly when
be returned from his ' first promenade,
beau Ingfootles . and proudly, heeled by
Haggles. Kand mothers in the crowd
of hurrying trarv'elers 'found time to
look upon bimtand smile, a-lf ito say,
hat aaiieeiinani:" He could almost
hear them--, sajdng -it, which no doubt
accountedTjfor the Intense ruddiness of
his cheeks. ,
"Io you erer. spank her?" he de
manded onoe'of 'Mrs. Medcroft after
Tootles had; brought .'tears to his eyes
with a potent attack . upon his nose.
She caught the 'light, of danger in his
fray ees andSbastily1 snatched the of
lending'Tootles from hie, arms.
Miss :Fowlerkept blm . constantly at
work with his eyeglass and his Eng
lish, neither of Tvhich-he was manag
ing well venough to please her critical
estimate. In fact, he labored all day
with the-persistence, if not -the sullen
Bess, of a hard driven slave. He did
Dot bavetlme'to become-tired. ; There
was always something new to be done
or learned or -unlearned; his day was
full to-eTerow3ng. He was a man of
family. v .
The wife of his bosom was tranquil
lity itself. She. was - enjoying herself.
When not amusing lierself by watch
ing Brock's- misfortunes- she was nap
ping ortreadlng orsendmg out for cool
drinks. With all'.. the selfishness -of
duttfuiwifebe-w.a content to shift
responsittfllties uponrthat ever conven
ient and useful creature a detached
sister. , .
Brock sent .telegrams for her from
cities along the way TJlm, Munich,
Salzburg and others all meant for the
real Roxtrory in.. London, but sent' to
a fictitious ' being In Great Bussell
street, the same having been agreed
upon by tat least two of the conspira
tors, it mattered little that she re
peated herself r monotonously in regard
to the state of -health of herself and
Tootles. Boxbury- would doubtless en
Joy the protracted happiness . brought
on by these dispatches, even though
they got-himcout of bed or missed him
altogether until they, reached him in
a6unh'tbe.exif djT,may also
have been gratified to hear--from Mu
nich that Boxbury was perfectly love
ly.' She said In the course of her
longest dispatch that she was so glad
that the baby was getting to like her
father more and more as the day
wore on.
At one station Brock narrowly escap
ed missing the train. He swung him
self aboard as the cars were rolling put
f the sheds. As he sank, hot and ex
hausted, into the seat opposite his wife
and her sister the former looked up
from ber book, yawning ever so faint
ly, and asked:
"Are you enjoying your honeymoon,
Boxbury?"
"Immensely!" he exclaimed, but not
until be had searched for and caught
Connie's truant graze. "Aren't we?"
he asked of Miss Fowler, his eyes
dancing. She smiled encouragingly.
"I think yon are such a nice man to
have about," oommented Mrs. Med
croft. this time yawning freely- and
stretching her fine young arms In the
luxury of home contentment
Brock went to1 bed early in "Vienna
that night, tired, but happy, caring not
what the morrow brought forth .so
long as it continued to provide him
with a sister-in-law and a wife who
neras devoted to another man. .
CHAPTER V,
The Distant Cousins.
iHE end of the week found
Brock quite thoroughly domes
ticated to use an expression
supplied by his new sister-in-
law. True, he had gone through some
trying ordeals and had lost not a little
of his sense of locality, but he was
rapidly recovering it as the pathway
lusbaods of
By GEORGE BARR M'GUTCHEON
Copyright by Dodd. Mead & Co.
SrsF fie- was IrrRafhigly- remiss Tn an
swering to the name of Medcroft; but,
to justify the stupidity, it is only nec
essary to say that he had fallen into
a condition which scarcely permitted
him to know his own name, much less
that of another. He was under the
spell.' Wherefore it. did not matter at
all avhat name he went by. He would
have answered as readily to one as the
other. , , '
He blandly ignored telegrams and
letters addressed to Roxbury Medcroft,
and once he sat like a lump, with, .ev
ery one staring at him, when the chair
man of -the architects' convention ask
ed if Mr.' Medcroft had anything to
say on the subject under discussion.
He was forced, in some confusion, to
attribute his heedlessness to a lifelong
defect in hearing. Thereafter it was
his punishment to have his name1 and
fragments of conversation hurled about
in tones- so stentorian that he blushed
fof-very BhaWet In the Bristol, in the
Karntner-RIng, in the Lichtenstein gal
lery, in the gardens no matter where
he went If he were to be accosted by
any of the genial architects It was al-.
ways in a voice that attracted atten
tion. He could , have heard them if
they had been a block away. It be
came a habit With him to instinctively
lift his hand to his ear when one of
them hove in sight, having seen him
first.. '.
"That's what I get for being a liar,"
he lamented dolefully. Constance had
Just whispered her condolences. "Do
you think they'll consider it odd that
you don't shout at me too?"
"You might explain that you can tell
what I am saying by looking at my
lips," she said. He was Immensely re
lieved, ij : . :
Considerable difficulty had to be over
come at the Bristol in the matter of
rooms. Without going into - details
Brock, resignedly took .the only room
left in the crowded hotel, a 6 by 10
cubby hole on the top floor overlooking
the airshaft. He had to go down one
flight for his morning tub, and he nev
er got it because he refused to stand
tn line and await his,turn Mrs. Med'
croft had the choicest room in the.lio
tel, looking down upon the ' beautiful
"Karntner-Ring. . Constance proposed.
In the goodness of her heart, to give,
up to Brock her own room, adjoining
that of her sister, provided Edith
would take her in to sleep withther.
Edith was perfectly willing, but inter
posed the sage conclusion that gossip
ping menials might not appreciate a
preference so unique,
, Roxbury Medcroft's sky parlor ad
loined the elevator shaft. The head
M'sieur is very fortunate in being so
afflicted."
ef his bed was In close proximity to
the upper mechanism of the lift, a thin
wall ' intervening. A French architect,
who had a room hard by, met Brock
In the hall, hollow eyed and haggard,
on the morning after their first night.
He shouted lugubrious congratulations
in Brock's ear, just as if Brock's, ear
had not been harassed a whole night
long by shrieking wheels 'and rasping
cables.
"M'sieur Is very fortunate ln being
so afflicted," he boomed.. "A thousand
times in the night have I wished that
I might be deaf also. Ah!. Even an
affliction such as yours, m'sieur, has
its benedictions."
Matters drifted along smoothly, even
merrily, for several days.. They were
all young and full of the joy of living.
They laughed in secret over the mis
haps antj perils. They whiffed and
enjoyed the spice that filled the atmos
phere In which they lived. They vis
ited the gardens and the hots, the
thateau at Schonbrunn, the imperial
stables, the gay "Venice in Vienna;",
they attended the opera and the con
certs, ever in. a most circumspect
"trinity,"; as Brock had come to classi
fy their parties. Like a dutiful hus
band, he always Included his wife in
the" expeditions. ' i
"Too- arenot only a most .exemplary
wife, Mra. Medcroft," hedeclaedT'But
an unusually agreeable chaperon. I
don't know how Constance and I could
get on without you." . '
But the day of severest trial was now
at hand.. The Rodneys were arriving
on the fifth day. from Berlin. Despite
the fact that the Seattle ."connections"
had never seen the illustrious Med
croft, husband to their distant cousin,
there still remained the disturbing fear
that they would recognize or, rather,
fail to recognize him! -from chance pic
tures that might have come to their
notice. Besides, there was always the
possibility that they had seen or even
met Brock in New York. He lugubri
ously admitted that he had met un
fortunate thousands whom u he .; had
promptly forgotten, but who seldom
failed to remember him. , It is not sur
prising, then, that the Medcrofts, ex
parte, were In a state of perturbation
a condition which did not relax In the
least as the time drew near for' the ar
rival of' the .5 o'clock train from the
north. Constance strove faithfully,
even valiantly, to inject confidence into
the souls of the prime conspirators;
"You have done so beautifully up to
this time," she protested to the dolorous
Brock, "why should you be afraid? I
once read , of an Indian chief whose
name -as Yonng-Man-Afraid-of-His-Wife.
He was a very brave fellow in
spite of all that. You are f raid of
Edith, but can't you be like the Indian?
He" '5 . .
"Tha-Ps all ; very nice," ' mourned
Brock. "But he could cover his con
fusion with war paint. Don't forget
that, my dear. Think of the difference
in our disguises war paint in daubs
versus spats and an eyeglass! Besides,
he didn't have to talk west end Eng
lish. -And, "moreover, he lived in a wig
wam and didn't have to explain a sky
bedroom to strangers who i happened
along."... j
"That is a bit awkward, she con
fessed thoughtfully. ' "But can't you
say thaj.you-have Insomnia and can't'
sleep unless yon are above the noise of
the street?" ,.. '""
He looked at her with an expression
that made a verbal 'reply to this sug
gestion altogether unnecessary.
; "Nurse says that Tootles has forgot
ten the real Rdxbury," she went on aft
er a moment. "See how cleverly you
have played the part." '
Still he stared moodily, unconvinced,
at the roadway ahead. They were
driving in the Hatipt Allee. -
. "I hope I haven't got Roxbury into
trouble by that interview ' I gave out
concerning the new method of fire
proofing woodwork -in office '"buildings
and hotels. It occurred to me after
ward that he Is violently opposed to
th system. I advocated it. He'll have
a I might say a devil or a. time ex
plaining his change of front."
' As a matter- of fact, w hen OVIedcrof t,
hiding in London, saw. the reproduced
interview in' the Times, together with,
editorial comments upon the extraordi
nary attitude of a supposedly conserva
tive Englishman df recognized ability,
he was tried almost beyond endurance.
For .the next two or three days the
newspapers printed caustic 'contribu
tions from fellow architects and build
ers, in each of which the luckless Med
croft was taken to task for advocating
an impractical and famous New York
hobby in the way of construction, some
thing that staid old London would' not
even tolerate or discuss. The social
chroniclings of the Medcrofts in YU
enna as dispatched by the correspond
ents offset this unhappy "bull" to some
extent in so far as Medcroft's peace of
mind was concerned, but nothing could
have drawn attention to the fact that
he was: not in London at that partic
ular time so decisively as the Vienna
Interview and its undefended front.
Even his shrewdest enemy could not
have suspected Medcroft of a patience
which would permit him to sit quiet in
London while the attacks' were going
on. He found some small solace in the
reflection that he could make the end
Justif ythe means.
On their return to the Bristol, Brock
and Miss Fowler found the fair Edith
in a pitiful state of collapse. ,She de
clared over and over again that she
could not face the Rodneys. It was
more than should be expected of her.
She was sure that something would go
wrong. Why oh, why was it neces
sary to deceive the Rodneys? Why
should they be kept in the dark ? Why
wasn't Roxbury there -to counsel wise
ly, and more, ad Infinitum, until' the
distracted pair were on the point of
deserting the cause. She finally dis
solved Into tears, and w,ould not listen
to reason, expostulation or persuasion.
It was then that Brock cruelly but ef
fectively declared his Intention to abdi
cate, as he also had a reputation to
preserve. Whereupon, with a fine
sense of distinction she flared up and
accused "him of treachery to his. best
frisnd, Roxbury Medcroft, who was re
posing the utmost confidence in his
friendship and loyalty. How could she
be expected to go on with the play if
he, the man upon whom everything
depended, was to turn tail in a critical
hour like this?
' To be Continued.)
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'Senorita" writes nie asking what
ever she shall do to bleach out her
arms. How she can keep them white
etc., ; etc. From her letter, I should J
gather that Senorita has arms of the
nut-brown type, a type that has as dis.
tinct a place in the annals of beuaty
and charm as the snow-white type.
Nevertheless, the cry for snowy arms
is, still insistent.. .
In the first place, do not use liquid
powder. Once in a . great while,
when you have some special reason.
you may -perhaps put a little on. Too
much, of it, however, is ruinous to the
skin. ' Especially is it dangerous when
applied to the face. If only woman
would count the cost of what is gen
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sure they would hesitate before mak
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If your arm is naturally brown, I
would not advise you to try to bleach
if Arm bleaches are dangerous In
the end. They burn and cut the ten
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ntle before you yield to temptation.
nut-brown maiden.
When my arms accumulate a little
too much sun-burn, I revert to the old
fashioned talcum powder box. I pile
it on as thickly as I can,' and rub It
in thoroughly. Then I brush off the
superfluous powder, annd there I am.
Be careful, however, to get aJl the su
perfluous powder oft, for otherwise
your arms will look artificial. .
Now as to freckles on the arms!
Personally. ' I :think an occasional
freckle 6n the arm is like a small, mole
on the neck. At . all events, . it is
far likelier to be an attraction rather
than a detraction. ,' - .
But if you are so very anxious to
rid yourself of them, this is the way:
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the end of an orange stick. , Dip this
A.
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The5 American people like forms,
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senior boys, who don't quite know how
to. And places for all their arms and
legs, would be glad to- receive their
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BEACOH;
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even peroxide . will : in jtime prove
harmful to; the skin.'
Spots on arms.
holiday when Commencement day
rings down the final curtain on thi3
scene of pleasure. , ( .
'No cloud of doubt 'Obscures the
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far ( removed the rocks from the way.
Who can dobt that the pilgrim path
yet to be trod will be equally smooth?
Who. would speak his doubts if he had
them ? . . -
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