New York Clipper (Sep 1895)

OotTrtgWci, IM3, Tho Frank Qscoi roMlaliliir Compuj (Unillcd^ Founded by I FRANK QUEEN, 1893,1 NEW YORK, 8ATURD-A.Y, SEPTEMBER 14, 1895. 1 VOLUME XLIIk-No. ]8, I PriM IOC«ntt. THE NEW WOMAN. wRtmy roR tni xn tork cliitir, BY T. C. ItARBAUOII. From H ngton fgll of beauty, Wlilch cinnot bit forawaj. Prom tbe Und of blkensnrt htoomora She liaa cone to lu to •(«}; Though her nodeni InnaTadoiu With the nnolent do oot iniite, ft tiD do PiCCle WODIftD Slie la ftlir>78 np-lo-date. She eaa Kani the depltai of aclence With her keen, pcrsnadTe art; She CRURhoot the nreit airowR When her target U a heait; On the beach that neela tho bllloira She the coldeat blood can etlr, And irhen lie Is oat ot "itolatete" Copld Blmja goa to her. She has boldly hung her ehloglo Wtiore a gaping world may eee, And her preliy nane la folloired . Br the letter* tm, "H. n." In the coorta yon Hod ber pleading Wlih tbe oldeat legal iota; ny and by ete'll klaa the Jgry For the rerdlcla (hat abe geta I Though ehe rldea In breezy bloonieTa ^ UonoldeemberoverlKiId; Sbe can rock a Utile cradle Uke her nolber did o( old. They have dabbed her Ibe evangel nc the coming century'a birth; nj I ho cdorot lier bloomcni Vou can never tell her worth. She la np In golf and teonia, Sbe la flnit In everytblng. And abe knowa tbe money value or the Ileal engagement ring. Silly man liecomca the vIcUm Of the Hbarrer and hia mnle, Bat joo cnonotfool the Woman New and ever np-to-dale. From the land of Mkes and blonmera, ReltBtalorbell Weat, Htio hafl come to nin thia planet In the ivaf tbatatilta her lieaL II Rhe WRDia the earili alnll take II, From the mooolaln to the ahore; BCan, the meek but brllllROt gonlua. Isn't "In It" any inoiel THE GH OSTS SECRET, TRITTRK VOR TIIR PUW TORH OLirriR, BV LULU rntoR. (OOHTIHl'KD.) "Well, I anppose yon want to gel right ilovn to the flnal polnl, and eo do we. We went North for a year, for fear we might l>e naked iineellona aboDt that nighl'a work, and when we came back, 'broke,' took loprowllD'atonnd the manalonto dig apTom'a war plnnder, wblch, aa yon know, we conldn't catoh on to tho ant time. All the nlggeta we talked to told <ia the houu had been nnoccupled for alx monUia, and tbat It was 'hanted' aince ihe Fetfeaaor and bUi Ron had dlaappeared, leavla'no trace be. bind 'em. Tbem had lieen no corpaea found, and no blood slalna Ue and Tom looked at each other aa It we wfta In a dream. Bat everybody, white and liiaok, said the sane thing, and we had to ahet np, thongh we were tempted to aay a great deal that would have made Inuale for os, dead aura; ao, to keep onl of a aonpe we dropped the aubject We fonnd out, though, that a mortgage bad been for«- oloaed, and the place had been bonght In by lis former owner, Qeneral Shelby, ot a iloh Southern family, now resMlog In New York. We've been maUn' inqnlrlca, and can guess pretty atislght tbat he'a Ihe father of ihe woman woaaw kill her huaband and henalt that nlghu Lnella were a dead dmg on na, and we thought there waan't a dollar lo her aa a apecnlatlon, nnlll I got an Idea I might Up old Shelby, her gnndfather, for a big earn by promlaln' to lealoro her.oracaie him by Uireatenln' to eipoee him aa the father of the abandoned child, I'm In doubt yet which plan would bo tho nostproOlable, and later on we'll get your Judgment to help ua de- cide. Thla IB the main Job we want yon for, after we've gone through the house for the young doc- tor's money, vblch we know to be concealed bImui there aomewhere. Wc have Irlcd it, but the place la 'hanled' foreare, and no oneconid atay thereover night. Ko one baa done Ityel, though thero'a been many tcoanii liy lu Now, wo want you to lease Ihe plaoe for a year and occupy It, paaalng yonnell oiraa Lnella'a brolheror aome lelallve, meanwhile havln' her eduatcd and tamed a bit, no ahe'll be ready lo help lu touch the Oenetsl for a big alake, aa I Raid afore." Warbeck, eager aa he waa to recover hIa property, fonnd thIa propoalllon loo mnoh for quiet endur- ance. He apiang to hla feet In a fever of Indigna- tion. "Why. yon thleiiog aconndrela," aald he. In the ntler rockleaaneaa ot outraged honor. "Do you think yon can lead me Into Ihia acheme by holding a laeh over met I wonid rsiher die right here, and now t" Coot HpiaiiK forward at lhla,wllh a growl, and ihore waa a sharp gtliier, aa of a knife, from tlie dark when heatood. "Stayl" cried Ben, Interposing; "Ko bad word*; and pat that thing up, Tom; we'll aetUe tbla other waya" Then tomlog to Ihe Infarialed Peler: "IKin't lie loo haaly, Itedect Orel, and yon'll see you've got to. There'a no way out of It. We know all about you. F.veo If yon go home with tbla Utile bag all rlgtal, you'ia a'lll lo a hole, foryou'ie two hundred doHan behind In your account, and, havln' nothln', to Jail yon goes; for Ihey aay already thu yon've aklpped, and the oOlcere are on the bunt fi>r yon now. Tbe moment yon abrtke the New Tork ferrytwat on your way back yon'O be nabbed, wIthoBt year treasure bag,and wltbont a dollar. Theie'a a pietly tx. And yon know how item the law la when II catchu a poor cove without a oenL Mowkwk at Ihia picter: We givea you backlbbi here bag of Jtweliy, fumleh you with Ave hnndisd dolUn and boom risky bonds lo negotlats for na on Ihe Itneti'ud in yon go Hke a geaUsmaB, ahakln' oBlha.'eopsVUiat aie a layln'for yon, byHaaUn' bl(;noney In their eyes, and geiiln' your employere down on Uielr marrow honee to yoD, and aU the Judges aalaaming and apologliln'for havln'taken ao One ft genuemen for a thief. Now how la thatr' Tlie broad contiasl la the pictures drawn over- whelmed Ihe poor vtcUoi ot Fate, and silenced th« voice of Oonsdencesltogeiher. IleanaweredfalnUy and with a iraveilng nice: "I agree nnieaervedly, and pledge you my word of honor to peifotm fallhfully —" "Hold on, there—hold onl stopi" interrupted Ben. "No honor In this. We take no man's woid of honor. That isot oar way of doln' bnslncn. We've got left sveiy time we're put faith In hunoan Datum. We ihink people needs watchln', and we Uiella; yon are lo bo dreaeed In One clolheaand lie a lady, and we shall love'each other." "Oh, I can love you eaally enongh," she replied In her coanie voice, wblch matched her delicate iwaii- llful pernonallly so 111, "but the being a lady, I'm not so aura. See here—mutt I wear ahoeat" "Why, of coune." "And do all ladlee wear ahoeat" "Ym." "And Blockings r' "Yes." "Then I vron't l» a laily, for I cannot wear ahoes and alochlDiia." "Not for me, Iiielln, lhal I may bo proud of my llllledaugblerr" "Why, I alnt done nolhln'," whined Ooot, who grew Ulitna] aa he tiecame more aotier from hla forced BiiRienilon from tbe domljobo. "A In'l done nolhln' I" repealed Ben angiily, "and here you've neatly buRled ibhi neat llUla bnalneaa Rchemo nt onra, thnogh youroiuaednaaa. Why the gent'a conOdence In na la likely to he shook foraun. Who'll a gain' lo Jliio In a coniraol with pardneii what robs him tun Ihlngr Ooma-no mom gab I rrodiice—give It up—pnll It out ilghtaway, or—" Owl, wlUioui further proteal, bent over and drew Ihe necklace from hla shoe, and Ren, snatching li inngbly, handed It over Ui Warbeck. "Vou miiaiot let thIa have any eflbet on ynu," ho aid apologetlcaMy. "It's only bla liad liringln' np. watch 'em. In onr buelneaa tranaacuona remember tbUi: I watch my pal, he watches me; yon watoh me, Iwalch you; we all watch each other, That way, eveiyihing la comfortable and poHte, and Iben'a no awkward mlatakea made. Bee I" Bat what guaianlee can I give," pleaded the liewlldeied Warbeck, "If you enlraat to me my aaicbelandyoarnioney,ihBtIwlll keep my pramlae. If 1 go from here alone —" Bat yon won't go alone," obuckled Uartla. "We don't imatpeopta alone irlth onr money, nor their own either, If we can help It Tom Ooot, here, will go with yon —" Ilel" ejaculated Warbeck In dlamsy at the pros- pect of making bla n-enliy Into New York with each a flgnre aa hla companion. Yea," eiplalned the fat Uamp. "Yon eee you're goln' 10 lie lacklcd by the police the moment you arrive. They don't know him there, and, aa be never worked any furder North than Pennaylvaoy, they don't want bim for nolhln'. lie can gel up quite ttapecialile wlih new atom cbithes, and he can paaa for ynnr couoiel, which be will be, for he'll carry all Ihe fooda and your aatchel here Into the bar- gain, and eee lo 11 that you come lack to earn your fmj. You oee tbla la our way of inaklu' rare that ynu ahow your gmtllude In the future for our pres- ent goodnesa." What could Warbeck dor They gave hln half an hour to think It over. He revolved It Ihrough hla mind and viewed the altaallon In every aspect, and Ihcn ended by giving Ihe rognea who had tripped hUn hla UDqnBlllled asseoL nie two tiasipi gave a whoop of Joy oi thla de- cision, and Kartln gave a peculiar call lhal brought Ibe elOab UeUs bonndlng back from her long vlgU. She mn at once to Warbeck, Relr.«d hia band and neallad ckise bealde hlo. "I am golBg wlih yool" with an eager look In her peal wondeitsg eyea. Tes," he npOed.' ^'Yoo an to be my danghter. "I wouldn't never do It foriny unolea; hut tliom'a dllferenL When It's you, well. I don't know," and the orphan oblld dung closer ntlU lo hor new found friend, and bong her head as aha vainly etrove lo conceal her bare feet beneath her ehort, ngged ■klrt. "Now, Ihcn, aa I nnderetand II," aald Mg Ben, aflerbliouUiumtefJny, "we're all of thenamenlnd, and liava the Uilng ainlght In our heada. You take our money and the girl og our handa; you educate her as a father ahould; you cover our tracks agslnit Ibe ghoflta and pmwlera at tbe lilgbouae, which ynu lease sod occupy for ft year. At the end of the year we lure up aiiain,after having dug np and apent Tom's Bwsg. Yon deliver us Luella, blight aa a dollar and a perfect lady; you help ur Introduce her Into thhi rich New York family, and we'll owoeveiy- Ihlng lliey've got In a yesr or two. la lhal Ibe wayltlat" Warlieck answered lliat waa the way he under, ainod II. "Then, here's your liag, and ll'a a 'go' stween UK," and 00 Ihia Ihe Iremp handed over the aaiuhel, refer Kind it eagerly, and haaienlog to the Are, knelt and opened It. All waa Inlftot, it seemed, and he waa aliool to doaa It when bla eyo fell on a va. cant apot, whence an espenstvs necklsce had been removed. He apreng to hla feet wiih a cry of dis- may. •Tbla case baa been robbed!" he cried. "Why, wbat'a mlaaln' I" Inquired Ben, coolly. "One of the most valnablo of all Ihe anlclei lhal were In IL I mlghtaa wellgo liack wllhoulDie en. tin lot aa wlihont that one," piped Warbeck, in weak deepslr. Fat Ben turned In a fury on VooL "You awlpin'old aoak I" growlod he. "Oan'tyon behave like a genUeman soraeilmear Can't yon Join the aoclai circle once In a while without lelUn' year perfenlonal Instincts gel the upper hsndr IMs B Maatsd Bhsme tbe way joo do disgracs mer' Mo iiegan life worhin' sh enmnd boy for a aliick brnber or ft liank or somothln' deinorellxin' like IhaL He'd lieen niinnd If he'd aturk lo It longer lhan lliree moollu. He'd have gone lo tho gallowa Inatead of to the Itefonnaliiry, where ho did go." Hie commercial traveler waa an dollghlcd at Ihe recovery of hla Ireaauro llmt ho readily fell Into line wlih llen'a pblloaKpby, snd accepled tho apology wiibnul ft roomenl'B heallallon. • ••••«•» Three monlbH had paaacil alnro the cunvenallon and l«rgsln over Ihe alolen Hatrliel, and reler It. W'arlicck aat alone In Ilia name room In Ihe same mile wayalde Inn where be had met his great mla- fofliino. lie had canted init blapartofthe coiilnirt IboR far, wllb a aenae of what ho feared now was • mlitaken point of honor. He had placed Luella Romfiirtably at a One Imardlog school lo rennsyl- vanla, had made hla peai:o with hla fnmer employ- en, aeciirod Ihe leawi of ilin haunted houne for a a year, and nowwaa walling for aomo aign fnim hla dlireputalilo panners, who bad ftppnintcd ft renilrx. viiiiR hero. All day he had wailed and Ihey hail not come. Oodt had dogged bla alepa to New Vork, and all along had fumlalied lilm wlih nnnay, but bad never been oliiruairs, BUd Anally, when Warlieck bad inmed hbi face lo Uie South once inon, had dla- appeared aliogelher, Bothelsilerhsdnocluewhere- by be might trace the two worthies with whom he round Umaelt ao cloaeiy linked In Inteieat, and, poaallily, he abuddered lo ihink. In ciine, loo, V tblnga wen lo progress In the way they were going, Do, all Ihlnga laken inti conaldemUon, he did aol reel mncb happier now, wlih hU pockeu lined with money be knew to be stolen, than on Itaai gloomy evening when he had aat then, ooatnlog hbi kMt Jeweta, and dreading tbe bnud of thief. He wuaniiaed from bla reverie liy a low cbuckie at the window, and looking up, aaw, as before, to hla great anrpilae, a human head with two bright eyes, gUttsilag at bIm. As bsfon, too, Ihe bead anwo until tho iiodyallachedlnlibecanievlalblo, and there lo hU perfect anatemenl, aat tdolla on the till, dangling her liara feel In Ibe inore, and laughing nenlly at hla ludlcroua air ot aaiunlah. menu "IVhat'alho matter, papl" ealdabo, "Why do you let ynnr jaw bang In that way I I alnt no ghnat, though I've aeon lola ot 'cm for a week, while I've lieen wnilln' fur yor at the hanled hniiae. Ain't yer glad to nee me I" "Why, l.nellB, I thought ynu were at school. What are you doing hemt" tlio liewllilerod man gaaped. "Well, ynu see I found I hadnt no iiae for lliat nbl Boreeoh owl with the glaaaca, who wanted to hnn me, and after I'd had a liiaale with ihe old cat, ami pulled on her false hall, and amsahed hor tpeca, Itilnka I, ihU is no plsoo fiw mo, an I kinder lost la. lerestin edurstinn, and III out for hums, t over- heard yoa inahin' an appnlnlment to meotmy unoloa here almiit this llmo, so I gnoa to Iho hanled hoiiao In and you, and Iboro i'velieen.aleepln'In tho gar- den every night" "Butlhodlalanr.ol Vnii had no uinney. Ilowdhi yon gel beret" Inquired Warlicok, more and more asloundeil by IhU appailllon. "IMiithftfii an eaay one," replied l.uclht, m hor coano voice and huaky laugh, which wen ao mar. ring to hor rogiilah look and genllo lieaiily. "I Inmpod It getlln' a lift mice In a while on a fielghl ear, and fnotln' It when I waa drove "it Willi Ihn King, But look hero—1 didnt fiirgel ynu, I atiiok ui Ihoao all Iho way, an I might pleaao ynii liy imllln' them on when you aeon nio." Ab aho aald thU, ahe ilangleil In Iter hami a pslrnf line allow which she wore Riiapoiuled from a adiiit rnpe tied alioiit hor walar, WarlKck could aay iinihlng, lln felt aho waa lii- corrlgllibi and miild iiovor lie lamed iHir lured In nlTillratmn alter hor wild life llinnigli clillilbimil In the very verge nf wniiianbiioil. lie liivnd Iho pro- ciwloua orralura, Ihniigli, Jiial aa aho waa, anil doubled lliat any Inniioiirca nf nillnemonl mlghl Hild to hor rhami; fur. bad aho not lieen an aiigol nf good Inrtiine to him Iho flml llmo he hail Hcon lien llarialienot llfloil hlin from ilnaiwlr In bnpot llo could not And It In hla lioart In ohiilo, and oven laughed niorrlly wHh her over her liold eat-apailo, Hudileiily alio liecann aorliiiia, aaylng abniplly: "Hut Ihia ain't what I come for. I eapeulod In aeo ynu at Ibo lilg iHiiiaa Willi tho lowora, but I gut llred walliu*, and nnmo down hero In aeo what hopt you. I HBW niy two tinclro Hiioakin' arounil Iwblnd Iho ronkH over ynhder, anil watchln' Iho houae; m I know ynu miiat lie hero, ami Ihnught I'd come end loll you how llioy do ihlnga, Vmi'll never aee 'sui by wallin' for 'em lion. Thoy darmn'l come In, They think all hnaaea la impa,Bnil Ihey alwayawanl Ihe open air lo run In Ifaoylhliig'awmuginlhoir meeUn*a. Now when I gn, ymi Jiiat step down In Ibe front dn«r. There'll lio a alonn nrad at you, and all you've got In do Is walk over where Ihe stone come from, and there you'll llml 'oni wsltln' fur yon." Awl without another wnnl Ibe aillo little creature awiing her foot niiiahle of the window, grasped the sill, alid llghlly lo the gronnd and waa gone. (in BB (nHTIKUBO.I HARRY BRYANT Was mm July ai, lan, in rhlladelphla, I'a, From hla nncentli year he waa IdenllAed Willi amaleur IhOHlrloabi, anil ho Anally nisdo hla profesaliinal de- but at Fox's American Tbealn, In Ills lullve oily. Tills event nceiirred lu May, IBTO, upon the opening day III the Veniennlal K.ipoaliion. He allerwsriU loured Ihe rnunlry, sod htler msnsged the Tliesire Uiiiiilque, mibidolphla, for tliree yrara, for James |'Hi|Ulre)Malkilgsii. lie noat liecamo iiianagerof Ihe Ulub Tlieain (now Ihe Lyceum Thealre), In Ibe aame oily, for Meaara, Clark Allyan, llo remained at Ihat hnime for one aeaann, and in lUl Joined Ualeranil Allen'R Karly HIrd Co., In which he ap- peared In a comedy akatrh wlih Fnllle llolDiea. lie aflerwarda, lliruiigli suuiMatve leaanna, was with Ihn Night llwlR, iMvltl'a "Adanileai Kdon," Hbedbr A nukeloy'a Co, and tho Hay Howard Uo,, hav- ing remained wlih lbs lait named nrganliaUnn lor two aoaanna.' Wliun Tlioinas Mlaco put Iho lily t.luliUii, upon Ihe mad lie Jnlneil lliat company aa leading comedian, a pnallliin which he has alnco niiillDuoualy hold and allll retalna, Ihe cotnpsny now lining in lis alalh aeaann. lie hsn always henn nulle a faviirliH In the vartoua olllea in which he has appeared, lie U dniiig gund comedy work In tbe Onl part and lu Ilia iinrleai|iie, and alw appran In liie nllu In a comedy act wllli Uarrlo Follon. THIS JOKE ANTEDATES POWHATAN, It tieliig a warm evening, the rhlef rni(halBnro- moved hU r,nllar lioforo procoeilliig tu Iho oieciillnn of Mr. John Hiiillh. Now, will ynu lie gwHl)" be lliumlered, waving hla meal cleaver alnft. IMpa," oliHervcd I'ocahonlaa, leaving tlis royal Imic and alepiiliig In thu front of the alage, "pleaas, dnn'laa him." At that the dnnmwl man broke Into a Inud laugh, III wblch Ihe gallery nrniipled liy penmnawlinnever read the newaiaipers heartily JoluRd.^/JrtivWt TVf* tntw. LOOKING FORWARD. The girl planlalln tho neit Aai, who had sprinted overthe teeth nf Ihn torluro iKixfnr hoiiraata Umo, waa going lo be married. The a<K:lety columns nf Ihe Sunday papera had given It a twnatlchfiil nnilce, Tbe face of tho weary nun In the next flat lighted up wlih Joy, but aa he looked out of Ihe window and aaw a Und eyed woman wheeling hi a pemm- linutor a fat, huaky iMliy, charged full of holler, cow'a milk, liaby fond and ugllnens, hla fscs bsrd- sned, and he hlaaed between bla clenched teeth, "Revenge l"—lfliinaapolfa./mu-niir. PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY, MRS. liaMMSHn-Mrn. IlaalicMfl waa limfglng sgaln today slioul keeping ber lioarden ao king. Nbs. Fobawbbi— She doesn't reslly keep Ihem long. Bhe keeps Ihem ao thin thai Ihey knk longer ban they sctually sre.—/ndfanapolfa Journal,