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wr‘smn you stay here?"
m'Oh. for a time, yes.
g » » yourself"—
“l have no desire to know them.
In Paris. of! and on. i met many of
_.Ffifi0le elderly New York ladies of
figusumn. They all have that built-
.tbjsp look. with hats too small and
high for their bony old faces.
fir'whicb they do not even soften with
prwder or the charming accesso-
ries of the toilet known to every
European woman of fashion
feathers! Why are they so fond of
”fathers—not charming drooping
feathers. but a sort of clipped
hedge. all of a size. like a garden
plot: sometimes oblong.
times round? And why do they
'uever look a la mode. in spite of»
., their expensive furs and mate-
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rials?”
moved
before the war.
by arrangement with ’Aseooiate'd ’Flffl
arse. Ins. Watch for the screen version produced byfranh
.. Deyd with Corinne Griffith as Countess lattiany.
Copyright less by ass-truce steer-tea
done to her? thought flavoring
with furious indignation. and feels
romantic than ever.
Could it have been her husband?
for a moment he regretted that
Count Josef Zattlany had gone be-
yond human vengeance:
“You arb » too
i. Al'- firfl night performance in
""gen, York. a beautiful young
“in attracts attention by rising
.vleieun'lg surveying the audio
“through her glasses. Claver-
‘ . newspaper columnist, and his
sustain. Dimm‘ddie, are particularly
' - . fed. Dimb'iddie declaring
she in the bangs of Mary Og-
a belle of thirty gears ago,
f had married a Count Zattiuny
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this is Mary's daughter.
' .. .- 's suggestion. Mrs. Ogle-
thorpe. a friend of Mary Ogden's
“her youth. is asked to solve the
.algsterg. She calls on the .goung
m receives a denial that she
h llary Ogden's daughter; but be-
youug to hate
men." he stammered. And then
he went on with complete banality.
”You have never met the right
“I am older than you perhapsr
she said drily.
have known a great many men—
sud of a variety!
graciously. "i shall be glad it you
will come and see me sometimes.
I enjoy your column. and i am sure
we shall and a great.deal to talk
But." she added
Clavering glowed with a bride
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W that leans nothing.
Clavering. determined to find out
he“ she is. follows her horns from
v the theatrg’ one night. Luck is
with him. for she has forgotten her
i he and he helps her get into the
. She invites him in and
fially tells him she’ is the Countess
Josef Zattiang. a cousin of Mary
Ogden'e; that she had married a
relative of Mary’s husband.
that almost convinced him he was
not as blue as he had hoped. He
rose. however. ,
“l'll come as often as you will let
me. Make no mistake about that.
But i should not have stayed so
it is very late. and you are
—-well. rather unprotected. you
i think you should base a'
"I certainly shall not. And if 1
find you interesting enough to talk
with until two in the morning. I
shall do so. Dine with me tumors
row night if you have nothing bet»
She hesitated
a moment. then added with a co-
rious smile. “Bring Mr. Dinwiddie.
it is always chari
ghost. At half aft
She walked with him to the front
door. and when he held out his
hand she lifted hers absently. “He.
was a quick-witted young man and
be understood. He raised it light-
ly to his lips. then let himself out.
As he was walking rapidly toward
Park Avenue.
should tramp for hours-he had
never felt less like sleeping—he
remembered the broken window.
The “crime wave” was terrorizing
New York. There was lino police-
man In eight. To leave her unpro-
tected was unthinkable.
ed back slowly until he reached
the lamp-post opposite her house:
be folded his
arms and lean d against it. There
he stood until a policeman came
some two hours
He htated the case and told
the emcer that if anything hap-
pened to the house he would hold
The man was in-
cllned to be intensely suspicious
. Vii (Continued)
, She met his eyes czlmly. "That
3 was the cause of his interest?
fl. Cousin Mary always said that the
"a likeness to herself as a young wo-
man was rather remarkable. that
' we might be mother and daughter
instead of only third cousins."
"Ah—yos—exactly. ls—is
is to lay a
“No. alssi She is in a sanita-
tion: in Vienna and likely to re-
main there for a long time. When
Judge Trent wrote that it would
be well for her interests if she
came to New York she asked me
you come instead and gave me her
'power of attorney. As my has
band was killed in the first year of
i: the war and i had no‘other ties. l
' “can assure you 1 Was glad to
come. She shivered slightly. "Oh.
yes!. Vienna! To see so much
misery and to be able to give so
1little help! But now that Mary‘s
’ “and my own fortune are restored i
can assure you it gives me the
greatest satisfaction of my life to
send a large share of our incomes
strolling along,
him responsible.
g .9." This time there was an unmis.
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tskuble ring of truth in her deep
tones. And she was human. Clav-
ering had begun to doubt it. not-
tbstanding her powerful disturb-
» g magnetism. But was be falling
love with her? He was attract»
,, . dazzled. and be still felt ro-
wntic. But love! in spite of his
malicious she seemed to move on
molane infinitely remote.
Clavering mentioned his
newspaper and followed the threat
Then he promised to
watch the house like a hawk. and
stifl. and very
cold. went home to bed.
‘s
“Tommy rot. Don't believe a
word of it. Mary's mother was one
of the Thornhills.
there ever was a Virginia branch.
But ['11 soon find out. Also about
this Josef Zattiany.
Mary Ogden’s daughter."
They were seated in a corner of
Don't believe
see Cousin Mary. and even Paris is
repelled. Besides, Judge
1:; .nthes me to learn something of
1,, floating-as. He is growing old and
f lays that women nowad'lys take
an interest in their investments.
certainly find it highly diverting.”
g; ',L "No doubt. But surely you will
‘ not continue to shut yourself up?
You could know any one you
choose. Judge Trent has only to
give you a dinner Unfortunately
most of his respectable friends are
a.grent many years older than
That girl is
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where they had met by appoint-
‘ shrugged his
shoulders. He had no intention of
communicating his own doubts.
“But you’ll dine there tonight?”
"Won't if And ['11 keep my ears
Clavering privately thought that
the Countess Josef Zattiany would
be more than a match for him. bit
“After all. what does it
matter? She is a beautiful and
charming woman and no. doubt
you'll have a very good dinner."
"That's all very well as far as it
goes. but l've never been -so inter-
ested in my life. Of course if she's
Mary's daughter PM do anything to
befriend her—that is if she'll be
honest enough to admit it But i
don't like all this lying. and pre-
“1 think your terms are too
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There have been extra?
ordinary resemblances before in
the history of the world. 'doubles.‘
for instance. where there was no ‘
known relationship. Rather rs-
markable there are enough faces
to go round. And she confesses to ~
be of the same family.
events you must admit that ‘she
has not made use of her alibi to
force her way into society."
“Prwably knows her alibi won’t
stand the strain.
would soon ferret out the truth. .
What I'm afraid of is that
she’s got this power of attorney .
out of Mary when the poor girl
was “too weak to resist. and is over
here to corral the entire fortune."
“That is the -ign manual of their
‘ , intense respectability. The old
,‘s'agime would not compromise with
m in all its extravagant
s for the world. Moreover.
it is their serene belief that they
; ‘ 1 dress exactly as they choose.
, hind, they choose to keep an oldtra-
dition alive. Are not English
“cheeses much the same?”
. “8:. Well. i do not bore my-
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”But surely Judge Trent”—
He's-aa foolrwhere’
is not the least necessity
houisbors yourself unease - 1’0!!- Trent!
Barely you must ionifor
woman are
of women of your age.“
mourned.- Always
was. and now he's. gotta the stage
where he can't sit beside. a‘jglrl
without pawtng her. They won’t
have him in the house. ‘0! course
this lovely creature’s got him“ am
0'1! see him today
eoeofsuy mind for
the lies he's told me.) And if this
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time. "they-wire always in
der herthumb.
and. give him a pi
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4. girl has inherited her moth
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composite pert _ " _
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us guessing.”
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erations.
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stale
tra. dividends and the prospect-of
furthérlivld'ead changes have help—
ed the soccalled food stocks. while
several of the specialties have also.
made concessions to
holders ailing m:- lines. . The ad;
vanes in mudryjothers. such' as
American Can. ' Studebaker. and
Bud‘flnrslflwfisQ :uot accurate 7 ’
by W certainty SM‘Pi‘KMW
”the, Financial Situation. 0'
week's developments in the
hot have revealed an en-
’. situation from. many
ts. says I. .3. Claws of
“‘09. mlyecilgroup
... = is have developed as a
. lithe decline in output which
- to be his-lg well assured.
ut-asnsall scale. li’h-
thelr share-
of distribution‘nre in sight. is due
to a._ recognition of the really euc-
cesaful and prosperous year that
has been enjoyed by the ndustrioe
aflected and the substantial earn-
ings which they have been able ‘to
accumulate as a result of their op-
In other branches of the
. industrial list, upward movementsof, .
a constructive sort have occurred:
General business prospe‘cts. are'un4
doubtediy mending. A'record-breflt
,ing Christmas trader larnow ;:
dictcd by retail
symptoms of a. tux-thes- :grh
building arejale'owobservablg.
oral days. «'Moetijof the buying .3
supplied < ' by {dress-manufacturers
who have begun teapot-ate on their;
dress lines for “9%? spring and; con-
sequently have been compelled to
snake extensive, geniuses of in;
finds. Printeqiilks'fof all-kinds are
sharing, in the 7 activity.
spring dress seasonadvanfs. .,
‘manutncturers look for increasing”
reorder-er from the dressmakors. ‘R‘ejo
Janitors are doing-looms advance I) ‘ '
, oyelties. -Pglces 9n, .
ory‘for he. .. Announcemuytfflyvas made Suture
in delving W by Commissioner- cooper of, the.
Striving to Gators Loan'fioar slthat‘the" Federal.
'ihtermedlawi’credit» hankehad’ sold
nn’ldditibnal $10,000.1l00 '0
Bridgeport? Telegram. The present
century_is_uotable‘ in hint V
lug-«allotment aggressive
intoi scientincmacts‘ and
buse‘lifea'ndl conduct on"
toils. Tori.- mentor
things will, hé'diirevent. 'oh. so
resent.» Note the .Ta'tatements ,
"withstanding reports of somewhat
drnsuoanrtailm'ent at the‘manufac-
mm end. In View of the apparent
WWW or; mills to produce
Goods. only against orders in hand.
It gm thought that- buyes-s would
encounter considerable difficulty in
' goods for immed_ ”late .oe.
trary seems to
fundamenf
of buying by P
any years hence.
'pcrgcent. - six months, dehe
that, this would-.be‘thejl'ast ,
.Ithe‘frrem trctoo year- ',This makes. ;
($730,560,000 of debentures
have been sold. and this; with
saxophone: capital Which has
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held to lDOlC:‘.e 1..."
buyers Lu
fldence of 1»: good a
1.2 bull: .
ted are!
wary 33d ‘
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Quitethe con
caselhosvever.
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unfinished, “goods market took
- ma ne'wleeie ofme last week.
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canally dis’rii‘u
tux-e zoods- “5
deliveries v:
print cloth sal ‘
week reached a "“3
ly 60.000 pi
for the PRC
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calledfrum the treasury, will.
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