A NOVELETTE. By William Earle Baldwin. Topyright, 1891. by Globe Press Association \ CHAPTER xn. (Synopsis of Proceeding Chapters.) Lnngford finds Philip Davaris a. Greek violin- ists, in New York after the latter has been on a mysterious journey. Finds a telegram dated Paris: "Come at once. Important discoveries. Helene." Who is Helene? The two friends go to Lenox later. Davaris’s strange agitation at meeting a society girl, Gladys Montague. ’Two society men, Ned Lawrence and Thurs- ton meet Davaris at the country house of Mrs. Eamlyn. at Lenox. Miss Montague shows .Davaris a picture. “.That man, your father?" he says and is strangely excited. After Duvaris's departure the picture is gone. Thurston and Havermeycr get lost while hunting and take refuge in the house of an old hermit in the mountains. Davaris's name mentioned. The old man charges the young follows to tell Davnris: "Come to me as fast as a horse can bring you." Thurston and Havemeyer wake in the morn- ing and find the old hermit dead. Seth mails a. packet given him by Westerly addressed: inflip Davaris, Paris. Davaris recognizes a picture of the dead Westerly as that of a man he knew when a boy in Greece. Davaris plays on the violin to Gladys, he is about‘to propose to her and acting strangely leaves hurriedly. Ned Lawrence hears Davaris playing, sees a. strange woman in the hall with a savage look on her face watching Dav- aris. Hears conversation later. outside. be- tween the woman and Davaris. “Helene" is urging Davaris to do something and he hangs amok. What does it all mean? Helene is Davaris’s sister. who has been masquerading as Glady's maid. The story , that came out: Davarls' father killed in Greece. :Suspicion turned on Col. Montague who fled to Rome, where he died of fever. Davaris swears 'rto avenge his father's death, even under the third generation. No relatives of Col. Montague found until Helene hears in Paris of a daugh- ttcr. She telegraphs Davaris who is now in New York to come to help follow clues. He goes and arouses Langiord's suspicion by his mysterious actions; Davaris returns and finds Gladys, and learns all about her. Helene comes to goad him on. His terrible position. The packet mailed by Seth Dowe from West- erly reaches Davaris. It is a confession. Westerly killed his father and threw suspicion on Montague. Lawrence and Gladys at the As- sembly. ' Davaris appears on the stage as a professional violinist and makes a tremendous hit by his magnificent work. He sees Gladys Montague in the audience and plays to her and her alone, as he played long ago that summer. The triumph of the obscure violinist in that bustling western city became known throughout all of the United States. It happened that a. very well known musical critic was in the audience and he made it his business to see Davaris and make an engagement for his appearance in New York early in the winter. The newspapers .got wind of the advent of a new violinist, and as news was dull much was made of him, so before Davaris was well aware of it he was famous. It was all on account of his wonderful playing that night when Gladys Monta- gue heard him, and he never played ex- actly that way again; not that his work was inferior, but the fire and spirit were wanting and the playing was that of a. musician and not that of aman in de- spair. One cold day in the early winterDavaris found himself again inNew York, but how different everything was since he was last there. It was the morning after his first ap- pearance. The floor was strewn with newspapers containing laudatory stories of his performance. Davaris had been reading them and he laughed once or 'twi‘ce as he noted that some critic rather slopped over. lt,looked well to see him- self so well cared for, but he stared now and than at the Cold print and Wondered ‘ what 2t all amounted too. Davarls, on the previous night had stood almost alone on the stage and held thousands of people in, the magic spell of his violin, he had been aware of the perfect silence that was in that immense hall the moment he ceased playing, and he would not have been a man if he had not felt a thrill of pleasure at the tumult of applause that followed. On the previous night he had been quite intoxicated with the fact that the great assembly of people were paying honor to him, and. it was with a feeling of delight that he had the power to move them even to tears at his will. The occurrences of the summer long gone by.‘seemed to him like a dream, and he Wondered if he had ever known a person‘ by the name of: Gladys Montague. Helene had gone back to Paris to visit friends, and there was nothing to remind Davaris that he had -ever been for two weeks under the spell of a woman’s eyes. He was never attracted by women now; he only lived for°h1s mu« sic and his only love was his violin. He was interrupted by the sudden so pearance of Compton who came in wav- ingaletterin his hand. “Read that, old fellow! Road that l” he exulaimed joy- ously. ' Davaris took the letter and found that it was the offer of an engagement in Beré lin that was not only very flattering but also very liberal. “Well,” said Davaris. I “inasmuuch as there is nothing to keep me here. except you, old fellow, I think I will go.” It was settled then, and a week later Davaris sat in his dismantled room; ev- erything was packed and he was to sail on the following day. A fire was burning in the grate and Da- varis sat witha picture in his' hand. It was a very beautiful picture of a woman. She was in evening dress. and a fluffy wrap was throwu about her, partially con- cealing the smooth roundness of her mar- vellously formed shoulders. It was a full kength portrait and showed the charming lines and perfect proportions of her figure, [for she was very} tall and willowy. Her eyes were very large and her features per-‘ feet. DaVaris held the picture between his hands and looked at itin a hungry man- ner. He lived overa long time in those few minutes, and, the expression on his face was sad at times and happy again. Smiles were chased away by 'frowns,.and at last when he looked up all traces of anguish were absent from his face. and it was as peaceful and happy in - " expression as that of a little child. ’ “Those months of madness have gone byand-I am going away to begin a. new life I", he said to himself. ' ,_ Then he threw the picture into the fire and watched it shrivel up, and burn away until nothing could be seen but a heap of -' ashes. .' He turned away toavlolin case which waslying on 0 floor. 'Wlth epger hands he opened it and took his beautiful instru- ment from it with tender care. Carefully h'otouc- oil it as ifit were" something to be handle-Ififith awe andyenerajiom Hf. \ 'WEEK’LY’ .- NORWAL’K -, GAZETTE. .‘Azlw canes passed over 1t and caresacu it as if it were some living thing, and then Davaris clasped it in- his arms and held the instrument close to him .with a. passionate loci: in his eyes. The warm southern blood coursed through his veins and leapt up in his face. The eyes sparkled and his pulses tingled. What Was there in the feeling of that cold dark wood to make the Greek act so oddly? .Why did his eyes linger lovingly on the bright strings and the dull body of the in- strument? There was an extravagance in his, attitude and arapt look in his eyes that would be absurd to an onlooker were he not to observe the extreme earnestness of the man. He was a. Greek again, and a. musician. . And then his face assumed a look of happiness and he nervously began tight- ening the strings. And again he placed the violin carroSsingly under his chin and again he played. No one heard him this time, but he himself seemed to listen to the music auckue violin seemed to speak to him and share in. that unknown happi« ness. \; / \JI . "x \ ’3 ‘32”? “T: m E" I/WIT 45.. . 5% .' I: -7§::& The violin seemed to speak to him. N ow high up, then low down he drew the bow and in exquisite low tones the violin laughed at his bidding. The notes would almost die away like the whisper of a woman with the love-light in her eyes and then would mount higher and higher until there seemed to be soft voiced women on all sides speaking to him and laughing with him. Then the man would toss his head back and with rapture drink in the low soothing notes that would follow and then he would shake his head in almost boyish glee as a jolly waltz glided from the bow and strings. And then in sweet cadence the violin speaks again and this time tells a story of joy and happiness. Young Havermeyer broke into the office of the hotel, a huge white pink in his but- ton hole, a large puff scarf on his bosom, and his very swellest morning rig on, and asked impatiently about the carriages. He had a. very long talk with the clerk on this matter, and it was evident from his manner that he was very much excited, or very much rattled. or both. There was an air of importance about him that made it quite apparent that something of moment was going on. In fact, the great number of people about the plazzas, the number of carriages on, the streets, and the general air of expectancy and the smart morning clothes that everybody were indicated that everybody was out for some particular purpose. Five drawing room cars loaded with people had come up from New York on the night before, for the event that was to take place at high noon in the pretty Trinity Church was one that society had been looking forward to for the past six months, ever since the engagement was announced at a. large dance at Mrs. Hams l'yn’s town house in January; it was noth- ing more than the wedding of Edward Hunnewell Lawrence and Gladys Mon- tague. Young Havermeycr was one of the ushers and he had been sent for by Thurston, who was best man, to look up some stray carriages. He did the busi- ness to his satisfaction and then rushed off to the church. Thurston and Lang- ford were among the other ushers, and it was one of the most charming weddings that ever. took place in the Berkshire hills. t was a perfect June day although in the west small thunder caps lurked.” It was a wedding of roses. Red roses, pink roses, cream roses, American beau- ties and “Jacks” in profusion everywhere. Everybody who cares to remember such things remembers this wedding. Every~. body remembers how the bridal proces- sion came into the church to that beauti- ful old wedding match from “Lohengrin;” everybody remembers how charming the bride looked, her dark face showing to perfection amid the filmy lace of the bridal veil; everybody remembers how proud and happy Langfordlooked as he marched up the aisle shoulder to shoulder with Jack Hamlyn who had just returned from abroad, and who was soon to be his brother-in-law; everybody remembers how triumphant, how tender, how brave and handsome Lawrence looked as he proceeded down the aisle with the bride; —-all these things are an old story to so- ciety. And then the reception at Mrs. Hamlyna where they received under a huge bell made entirely of roses, the dancing on the lawn and the, merrymaking until late in. the afternoon. Everyone remembers this, but no one knows what happened when the bridal couple got into the carriage to drive to the station. Gladys began crying and Lawrence asked,,her what was the matter. It is said that all brides cry when they go away, but perhaps this is not true. At any rate Lawrence asked her what was the matter. “I was thinking of last summer.” she said. “And thinking how sorry I felt for that poor Mr. Davarls." “You needn’t feel sorry for him,” said Lawrence, “for he’s the swellest violinist in Europe to-day.” ' "Yes, yes," she answered, “but I made him fall in love with me.” .. “Ah, my dear, that is all very well, so long as you didn’t fall in love with him. But don’t let’s think of that.” And they didn’t! THE END. A Shocked Expert. - Expert (engaged. in examining the accounts of the late Bank—I nearly fainted with surprise to-day. Never received such a. shock in my life. ~ , Pepositor (tremuously)—What was it. ‘ ‘ Expert—Some of the stock on which the bank officers loaned money to themselves was good—N. Y. Weekly. All Gone. Blinks—How about the girl with the hundred thousand dollars and the cough that you were engaged to last- ~summe . ‘ . . Wink —I married her. ' Blinks—Ah. Is the hundred thou- sand dollars gone? ' . ' - Winks (sadlyk—Yes. So is the couch—Kate Field’s Washington. Job Printing neatly done. at this filoe l ‘2. Les?wilfulwqrelxli ’3'.- Bustall - TheNew England Road About 400 attended the New York and New England annual meeting at Boston Tuesday. largely brokers and speculators. Most of the directors and Messrs. Starbuck and Reynolds, Par- sons and Parsons,‘ 11“., .were present. C. A. Prince called the meeting to or- der and ex-Lieut.-Gov. Howard of Con- necticut presided. Records were ap- proved and C. A. Prince offered a vote to authorize the issue of 50-year five per cent. bonds to an extent that may be authorized by law, secured by all the company’s franchise and property, the directors to apply for the necessary legislation and to dispose of the bonds for the company’s interest. He said the directors wished to retire the high- er rate bonds, the preferred stock, and double track the western division. Mr. Cole moved an amendment that the amount be limited to $3,000,000 above what will be necessary to retire out—standing bonds and preferred stock. It was agreed to take a. stock vote for directors, also a vote on the motion of Mr. Prince and on the Cole amend- ment at the same time. - ' The Parsons - Starbuck - Bostwick— Prince party cast about 180,000 votes out of a possible 233,000, and rejected the amendment, passed the directors’ vote and selected the following ticket for directors: J. A. Bostwick, Thomas Butter, Hen- ry Hentz, John L. Macaulay, Sidney Dillon, Alexander E. Orr, Charles Par- sons,j1r.. C. S. Tedcastle, E. V. Cary of New York ; Eustace C. Fitz, Charles A. Prince, F. H. Prince of Boston ; James L. Howard, Hartford, Conn. ; George M. Lenders, New Britain, Conn. ; David S. Plume, \Vaterbury, Conn. ; B. .F. Vaughn, Providence, It. I. ; A'retas Blood, Manchester, N. H. ; Arthur Sewall, Bath, Maine. Charles Parsons, jr., of New York, 0. E. Tedcastle of New York, (a House- ' tonic man) and Aretas Blood take the places of Austin Corbin, Charles How- ard and S. A. Carleton. An amendment to the by-laws was passed to the effect that there shall be 19 directors, two vice presidents, a chairman of the board and an execu- tive committee of seven, including the president, two vice presidents and chairman of the board and the execu- tive committee shall have full power in the absence of action by directors. The vote for ticket elected was 171.- 276 shares in favor and 924 opposed. The bond vote was adopted with only 924 opposition votes. The Cole amend- ment had 1,294 votes and was defeated by 171,111 votes. , Other matters, suburban railroads, etc., were disposed of. After the meet- ing the board of directors met and elected Charles Parsons, president; Frederick H. Prince, vice president, and Charles H. Parsons, jr., second vice president. Sunset Tints. Observers of gorgeous sunsets and afterglows have been most particular— ly struck with the immense wealth of the various shades of red. \ ow, if the glowing colors are due to the pres- ence of dust in the air, there must be somewhere a display of the colors complementary to the reds, because the dust acts by a. selective dispersion of the colors. The small dust parti- cles arrest the direct rays of light and reflect them in all directions, but they principally reflect the rays of the vio- let and of the spectrum, while the red rays pass on unchecked. Overhead deep blue reigns in awe-inspiring glory. ~ As the sun passes below the horizon and the lower stratum of air, with its larger particles of dust which reflect light, ceases to be illuminated, the depth and fulncss of the blue most in- tensely increase. The efi‘ect is pro- duced by the very fine particles of dust in the sky overhead being unable to scatter any colors unless those of short wave lengths at the violet end of the spectrum. Thus we see, above, blue in its intensity without any of the red colors. When, however, the observer brings his eyes down in any direction except the west he will see the blue mellow- ing into blue-green, and then rose color. And some of the most beauti- ful and delicate rose tints are, formed by the air cooling and depositing its moisture on the particles of dust, in- creasing the size of the particles till they are sufficiently large to stop and spread the red rays, when the sky glows with a strange aurora-like light.——-Popular Science Monthly. shades in False Teeth. It is a fact that is not generally known. that false teeth have to be made to suit the complexion, if satis- factory results are desired. A den- tist walking 'on Chestnut street yes- terday called attention to this fact as he passed a lady, who in smiling showed a. beautiful set of the whitest of teeth. “ Those teeth are too white,” he said. “She is a blonde, and ought to have bluish-white teeth. A bru- nette can wear clear white teeth, but blondes should have bluish or cream tinted.” Then he mentioned that‘s. friend of his had put in a set of per- fectly white teeth for a lady who is very fair. He did it against his own judgment and only after the lady in-. sist'ed strongly on it. She wore the set a few days and went back, saying the teeth were too conspicuous. She took a. dark set the second time and they cannot be told from natural ones. In all, dentists have as many as thirty different shades in false teeth and have to exercise much care in the se- lection—Philadelphia. Inquirer. The Parental Version of It. Little Willie—Say, wasn’t you in the war with my father? Gen. Gore-Hunter—Yes, sir, I was. I was with your father, my boy, in the memorable affair of Chestnut Rib. Ah, that was a day! Shells bursting all around; bullets flying like hail; men mowed down like grass. My son, that was a. day! ' Little Willie—And did’t you run? ,Gen. GoreaHunter—Whatl I run? I, with the ancestral blood of three grenadiers and a, French marshal coursing through my veins? I see myself now being pursued by the enemy! Ha, ha! Bun? That'sa-good‘ joke, Bun?’ Hal N 0, Willie, I should say I didn't run. ' ' Little Willie (slowly and decisively) -Then pop Hear-Truth. ' , AdvertiSe-in the Dim: Gmm. QUEER GERMAN CLUBS. SOCIETIES WITH CURIOUS NAMES AND‘ SOME FUNNY AIMS. New York a. Great Place for Gc-rnlans— They Have Nearly 3,000 Organiza- tions—Some of the Most Peculiar Names. Some 1!qu Belong to Fifty Societies. Germans organize for almost any object. . In making so sweeping an allega- tion Ispeak from experience, for I» am a German myself and I belonged, until recently, to forty-nine different clubs, lodges, societies and associa- tions with the most various aims. A good deal of my time was absorbed by my being a member of singing, shooting, benevolent, gymnastic and social societies. , - I had to work about nine days week to earn the money which was necessary to pay all initiation fees, dues, extra charges and so on. By and by I found it. impossible to live strictly in accordance with the formidable constitutions and by-laws of such bodies as The Always Say Yes Club and the Constant Kicker Association, The Early Rising Society and The Midnight Drunkards’ Club, The Society for the Eternal Use of German Letters and the German Al- liance for Using Latin Letters Exclu- sively, The Beefsteak Club and the Vegetarian Association, The Woollen Garments Society and The Cotton Garment League, the Unlicensed Poets’ League and The Anti-Poetry Society. New York city is foremost in re- gard to the number of German soci- eties. Even Berlin cannot compete with the metropolis of the New World. In New York there are in existence to- day no less than 2,983 German associ- ations. societies, clubs and lodges, says awriter in the New York Jour- nal. ~ ' Of course, there is no person who is a member of all the German societies of New York city, but it is no uncom- mon occurrence to meet a son of the Fatherland belonging to fifty or more organizations. Think of the curtain lectures that a man is liable to hear for attending the meetings of so many societies! . ‘ Up in Harlem there exists The So- ciety of Former Suckling Babies. Eveiybody is admissable to that or- ganization, the only object of which is to laugh about the funny name of the association and to drink the beer of a certain saloon-keeper, who started the society. The Nation Club, whose headquar- ters are in East Sixth street, admits only persons who, at the time of ap- plying for admission, have made at least three yards of German poetry, - the quality of which is not investi- gated. A very singular organization is The Pilot Club, the members of which are- bound to pilot to his home any drunken comrade they meet. ' The Kickers are compelled by the constitution of their club to kick against ever 'thing—which is the eas- ‘ lest thing in the world. The Schlaraffia. comprising pil- grims , and home-made knights, counts, princes, etc, teaches the mem— bers to enjoy life artistically. Architect Peter Scheffler is presi- dent ofa society called The Water Fowls—Die Wasservoegel. The mem- bers are oath-bound to avoid the drinking of water. The Paragraph Eleven Singing So- ciety admits its principal object in its name. Germans understand para- graph eleven to read as follows: “Drinking shall be continued.” Blue Onion is the name of another singing society. The Baldheaded Guard of Brook- lyn and Vicinity, which was recently organized, admits only hopeless bald- heads. It‘ is a Social organization which proposes to hold annual target excursions. The Double X Coterie comprises bachelors only. Any member who is going to marry must resign and pay a fine in the shape of a banquet to the remaining members. Birthday Clubs are quite numerous among Germans. Their sole object is the celebration of the birthday of every member. Societies admitting only persons with the name of Mueller, or Schuiz'a, or Schmidt, are quite common. A Society of Bunkrupts meets in a cafe-on Second avonue. Funny names are found, too, among the bowlingqlubs. Krukc’hlin, Cold Nine, Night Owls, La Grippe, Night Caps and Young Doctoress are ex- amples. Au unsuccessful attempt was made last summer to organize the grass Widows and grass widowers, for the purpose of arranging a Summer- night’s festival for mock widows and widowcrs exclusively. A Society for the Discontentecl is being organized just now, and it is said that Mr. Cherouny, the well; known printer, intends to start an Association of Misrepresented Philo- sophers. . A large number of well-to-do people, with Street Commissioner Louis Heintz at their head, indulge in the pleasure of calling their social or-‘ altnlifation the Schnorrer (Beggars’) . u . Up in Yorkville a Low German social club enjoys the name 'The Tur- nip.” ' Among the fishing clubs there are found The Pirates and the Shark Club, of the Nineteenth Ward. There are social clubs called Idlers, Snouts, Windmills, Bullfrogs‘ and Soup Bones. ‘ The queerest of all German. organi- zations, however, is‘ the Landlord’s Club, which Was organized five years ago for the simple purpose of cele- brating the anniversary of the de- parture of a disliked tenant from the City of Churches. ' “ The wages ,of sin is death,” but no sinnerever‘goes on strike to have his, _ wages advanced. ./- . Jabrrinnnglneauyaqne at thieoficc' g: I .v. The latest 1' styles or Menu - Cards. Dance Orders Ball Tickets, RECEPTION CARDS, WINE - LISTS. Show Hangers, ‘ \Nedding . Invitations. 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