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spoon obediently as a child, and then, ho rould Like no more, bo hi>oke. “ Whore am I, plea.'^o? And whom liave I to lhank >


for tliis kindiiLtis?” “ You are on what is calked Monks Koek, „ ,


tho Rirl nnsweroil K^mtly. “ It is a penin- Hula of tho Yorksliiro coast when* I live with my father, who Imii^bt it ami re.stored tb*'


old castlo some yixnr.s ano.” “ It is a mirnole.” Inn inurmuitHl. “ Jt is indeed, sir. Yesterday alt<‘rmmn. I


was walking on U»e battlements, «*inht lum- drinl feet abovo the level of the sen. and 1 felt tho storm was comiiif;. I saw your ship


Fomo milea away ami then a cloud and water MH^med to leap up from no- where and ovenvhelm it. It was dreadtul, and 1 .sent |M*ople down lo the beach U) .sw it they could ri'seuo•anyone, and telepbomxl to Ulii'ioii.stgu.'inl.s oil tlie niniiilaml. Hut it w.-is of no as<* nn<l wo all tliounbt^ the Iroat nas lost with overyono on lioard. Then early tk?s moi’ninn 1 went down to tlio beach to bothe. W’o liavo a littl(\ funicular railway winch runs doTvn to the lauicb. and 1 down to batJio f'vcry morning. Ono of my fntlier s men, who eanio down with mo to work the lift, found you wtHlgtM l>otwocn two rocks, and then T .saw you too. You wore quite unconscion.s and we managed to got you up


turning and the smq) made him long for sleep. Ho did in)t eloso bifi eyea, however, hnt wateho<l tho girl ns she ndjiisted the vnr- iovis tilings iqmn tho tahle, waUhed her \rith a .s ’lise of gentle pleasure, for .slu‘ was very iovolv. Her very pre»enrx) seomo<l aoothing. Ho wondor«xl who alio reallv was, and why eho lived upon tluR doRoIate island. Tho tears camo into tho young man’B eyen,


here. That is all.” Tlicro wa.s a silence, for tlio languor was re­


own Tvatch, a ]>air of gold sleeve links, his favourito briar pipe and a .silver cigarette ca.so which bore tlio monogram R.C.'W.


* Opyright in UniUd Stotof of Amarica. '


withdrew from the room like an automaton. Ho Jiad not s|K)kon a single word during Ihe wliolo of tho timo. “ AVlmti a very ikUI jieiMUi,” Ian said. 'rile tall woman smiled rather ciiriou.sly.


“ 1 eaimot tell you his history now,” she sa’d “ hut it is a strange one. \Ve Und him very useful here.” “ You aro very kind to me. Mis.'i.


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all tlicso thingH contributed to his impres­ sion.


I Bhau't bo sorry to get out of this,” bo


said to himself. ” And i ’ ll <lo so as soon as over i can. But what on earth docs that woman mean by locking me in, as i am sure


WHEN THE WORLD REELED |


g u y THORNE. “ When Tt Wns Dark.” )


cSviumsis of Ini'tjilmeuUi 1. to II.—Tlio


oiMjniiig iiistnlmont finds Ian Murray Yalking about tho dock of his steam-yacht in Ilanucli Chou.'. He is insiiecUng Kome curious


ucrial wires and masts which have been ort’ctLHl i)V workmen sent down from J^naon by Punch 'Wilkinson, lie has [fccivcd a mvbterious communication from 1 uncli to liold hia yacht and liimbelf in readmass lor a Kocret expedition of immense imporUince. Punch arrives. He explauw lo the a«tonishe<l Inn wlmt their mission is. 1 imrh says ijuit lie—ami ho only of all the famous Bcicntists


of the day—holioves tJiat the wcatiier changes aro directly attrihutoblo to eomo iualigua.nt and lirilliaut I'uman mtoUoct working on now BcienUfie lines. They st^m slowly nortliward up tho coMt. On the altor- nooii of tho second day, when Punch is gett­ ing vorv excited and is glued to his iiisH'u- mouts, tho yacht is off a dangorous roof. The ■weather is perfect, tho so,-! like n duck pond, tho harometer high. Suddenly, at an instants wai ning mid utterly without precedent or pmollcl in England, a frighttul local storm arises and striko.s tin- ship I'ko an une.x- pccled blow from an assassin. the ship is nttoi'ly wrecked ort the rocks, bho sinks, an swims, loses consciousno.s.s believing that


Puni'li ami all liis crow are dead. Ho nwakes, hruised all over but olherwise unhurt, on a strip of sand at tho foot of .'louks Hock. Oi oi him is Palling tho mostt boaiitilul girl ho has


ever itO<in in his life. GHAPTKR J1.—(Conliiuiod.)


words, gazing round the rich room in which ho lay with incurious oyea, tho tapestry iii one corner of llio room moved aside and di.s-


As lio lay tboro eihanstcd, wsory beyond


clixsod a door ot oak, wiiicli opened. Too people ciuiio into the room, both ho


gown and wliito ,'ipron ami collar, bomethiiig rosombJiJig Uiat oi a nurst\ She was lalJ »>e- yoiKl Uie average lieiglit ol women, but per* foctly proi)ortiouL‘d. Ho had time to ^^ke in these details a.s they camo towsuxls the bc^ and ilit'u bo saw her face. Ho gave a little


saw, were women. The oiio wJio lc*d the way wore a dark bluo


quick inUUce of breath. Tho seven? and almo.st terrible beauty


eyes which b^-intxl full of Intent 11^ ..’-r-i geddrss ef tho Komtinsl .1.) . , whelimag, nut ol tilts ‘'"J- • ' • ,


gri-o, the inoiith proud, livreo. llonealli


Hohind her, carrying a tray, was tin- gilt «<l her.


“ Niglit, ami Spring morning ne kiuI to i liiimolf a^ they aiiproathoil.


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wiio .seemed to bo ah ml t hirty years ot age. | Her voice wius tbvp, l<?w and musical, like a I


Ah. YOU aro awake,” said ibe tall woman | ,


j , - ■ ®' witr'sm)pb the hod ami felt his pulse. “ Much Iiottor, Beatnoo,” she ^ d to tlio


other girl. And then to Ian, Voii’vo luul the most marvelloius esc.ipe. Sir,” Sho snid it coldly, impersonally ,as il it hud


to ho raid, hut she look no interest. " 1 have,” .said lau, ” hut the yacht, my


you must, resign yourself,” she .slid in her teaiitil'iil piis-sioiiless voice. ” 1 liavnii t ihni miv ot llii’in sniNiN od, mid i ulilovi , (


friend and the crew—” ’f’Jie tall woman shook Ikt head. “ 1 leaf


1 fear it is im(X)s8ible.” AVilhom. Biiving another word, she luriied


- , • » .1..... nuiru ui.it uii>


.........


down tho hetfclotlies and hegnn to feel him j all over with skilful luiiids.


“ ami umlorstniid anatomy. It is ii miiarle, but you liaven’ l a siiigh* iHim* broken. Ibe , sinews here ttiul there are terribly straiiieil j ami you are crueUy bruised. However, mas- i sago and the proper liiiiiiients will mtike that all right iu timo. But .volt iiiiist recogni.so that you aro aullering from shock .and be content to rentaiii here iu porfeot iiiiiot until


you ate cured.” L.'!..-


4l>.. .rii'1 , lilt* (’firn- “ J linvo bt'on a nurse,” .she snul bruillv. • i nml . .


who bad found him on the roeks. This girl also, lau s.aw, wa.s tall, but the other dwnrf-


i.M almost dark blue in pL-rfect y Kimpc-.l iioso »as


■ . I ..l_ l.l ...


hoemed lo be the proiluct ol a painter s or .1 sculptor's brain, not of ordinary human liie. Vet the womnu was etaitlingly reiil. Uor licad was surmounted by a great coronet of . bl.'ick hair—that luxuriant black hair winrh


‘ “ r


lerpreted Uio question iii it, for slie said ‘ ‘ 1 liavon’ t told you my name. ' 1 am Beatrice Jinyvett, wliose name, J suppose, you are


Ouco slio caught his glance and perlmps la-


certain to know.” There was a slight emphasis on the “ you ”


whicli puzzled Imi. Ho Jiad never iie^ird of Professor .Joiin


Knyvelt before. “ t must explain,” be was beginning to


say, when slie came to the bedside and bent over him. ” Explain nothing,” she said in a whisper, her face suddenly growing grave. ‘ ‘ i f you can remember nothing else, leiiiem* her that. God know.s X imvo no wish to alarm you. Porliap.s tlicie is no need for alarm, but L liavo heard certain ibings and my lather is ill in bed. Hush!” ill a second slie inul .straightened herself


and was arranging tlio roses in the bowl upon tho table. Jan had hemd noliiiiig, but her soiiBes were quicker than his, for ahnost im- modiatoly tho door oiK'Ucd once more and the tall lady came, followed by a man. ian closod bis ej’es for a second or two. iiierc bad be;ui sometliiug so kind mid yet so ur­ gent ill Uie girl's voice that ho tided to im­ press her warning upon his mind. What- ovor bapiieiuHl, he must not forget it. He knew that ho was in a confused state; liu could not Uiink coiisooutivcly for very long, aud it W


she meant.


A.S absolutely no use to wouilcr what lie mast just remember the


command. That was all. A moment afterwards when be. opened iii.s


lyes, ho forgot Uie incident entirely. The tall buly was standing by the bed talking in a low voice to the man who had accompanied iier and pointing to ian. And tho man was the man witli the face


tliat had lerriiied him on the beach. “ You liad hotter go now, Beatrice, dear,’.’


aiul with a glance at Ian slio went <iuiotly out of tlio mom. Was it fancy or was llicro a final warning in her glance? Jan could not say, but. lie regi.slcred the impn^ssioii. . Hi.s attention was immciliatcly omupiod liy


the man at his side, who was now taking olf his coat and rolling up liis sleeves propara- loiy to tlio massage. Once more Ian oxperi-


...... . li.rlitc 'I Im I iiLspiriug terror. ^ n dv


‘ ^ valet and .seivaiu el tho hdasc un sua m twin him; imuHunl iu


1 eiiccd a dtstinet thrill of horror. It lasted but for ilie fraction of a second, for coniiiion- • sense reasserted itself and he knew no earthly I rea>on why tliis iierson .should be capable of The tall woman .saw notli- lic


11e was ju.st an ordinary Directly Uio skillnl rmnors Umohvd him,


i Ci-. \n old i another KciiHation wns repealed. A real vital t> tloliuito feeJiug as of a etirrenl of


I ph'ctrietty, seomisl to pern- front the pimh- strokiiig. knciiding hands. It was cx-


traordiuary, r- i\s strong ami nsil a.s the feeling ono laid when one In Id iJio tcrininal.s of an electnc battery, a ••ontiiiiiou.s, stKifliiiig Hlioek. “ Tlmt’s most eoinforling,” lie said after a


she knelt down bevtide i r.tLtnassour,” site aaid. ■, .


: hiuiian licing—ho might have hocn nothing i but a great animaU-tl doll. Doll!


I the sensation of humanity tlio fellow gave— j tho iioriiuil


the driving force, was concealoti, sense of


all. pcruMici’d ii dolmito tremor of rold—not ‘ t* . ‘'s As tho word inndo to him ,laii ’ th^ i i*** x H r ii


It seemed that the real for all


conl.net with anothec Y'es, that


.Inn ox- i


alivo wlien you can^lit j'ii'bl of me on the beaeli,” lie remarked t<i the imihseur. “ In- doetl, 1 nm a man caught back from the d«*ad if over man was.” Tlin rocoptioii of his word.s htarUed linii


pby.sical cold exactly, a rbill about tho heart “ I .supiKisn you never expected to see nu*


, Silo inclincHl her licml. “ la“on is a nomlor- During the operation the inau’s face was


moniouli or two. lie glained up to find the black-luiiro<l woman looking down upon him witli curiously quostioning cyos.


eonstaiitiy eloso to Itm’ .s. Although it was an oi'diiiary face enough, thoiigli slightly


sallow, tho tJiouglil came to the patient thai he was Imikiiig at a ma.sk, nut a human I coiintenonco at j man.


said the tall woman in her Hiito-like voice, iu which there was an iinmistakcablo iiiidor- cuirent of command. ” 1a‘‘»» coming to mas^yigo Mr.------’ ’ she stopped short “ this gehtJoman.” “ Very well, Cleopatra,” tJie girl aiLswertsl


sho did.”


frowning. The rest, or tiio massage, hml <lmie him so much good that) ho moved him­ self with scarcely a twinge of pain. Sur­ prised at tliat. ho lowered the beilclothes from him and gently rested on a. great rug of tiger skin. Ho swayed a little, but found that he could stand upright, and could also walk slowly but somowluit unsteadily. I'lio return of physical jiowor lUled him


Ho sat up in bed, staring at the door and . . ,


with delight, a.s ho stole over tlio rooni to- w'nrds the door, lint tliis was oddly mingled with fear. Ho felt that lie wns doing some- tJi.ng rash and dangerous, looked round him cautiously and prepared to scramlilo hack to bed at a momcMit’ s notice like a dotccteil


schoolboy. Ho beard no sound, liowever, but wlien ho pushed aside the tapcstiw, lie found timt he


was indeed a prisoner. “ Tills is queer, by jove,” be said aloud,


nodding to limiRolf, as if ho bad made a dis­


covery. M’ell. be would explore ins prison as well


as lie was able. Ho felt his ivay round tlio tapestry towards tho great oriel window' which d'seended to w'itiiin throe feet of tJio floor, and jx’Opcd out cautiously. All extraordinary panorama met his gaze. Y(?«, it was indeed a lower, immediately


,


PERSONALITIES OF


MOVI-LAND. By “ BACK SEAT.’


who waa expected to roach Jxiudoii uu Wejl nosday, is tlie fauious daughter ol tlic equally famous Air. A. “ Bill” Brady, tin- thvairical and liliu play piotiucer. She la a New Yorker hy liirtli, and iil'ter some years m a Sow Jersey Convent, studied in Boston for (iraud Opera. She ia now ono of the star lU


actressos for Itealart. ■■I —


ni 'Iho iwimlar scree nai tistes lidmi .Murpliy


and Johnny Walker, both of aliom were re­ cently promoted lo atardom, aro busy on the jinal scenes for tho first producfiuu in winch they arc co-starred. 'I'his picture at iirescul bears llu- title of “ Live Wires,” and further details will bo annoiiiux'd shortly. —.tJM—


I e!ow waH the ro;d" of a large building whicli .siomcd to have Ih'ou tho hall of the old castle ami terminated in tw'o battlemented tmvers very tmich liko liie one Irom which lio watolicd, though much .smaller. Directly to tho right tliero were otiicr roofs, and clum- neys ol more moilern construction and, below thorn again. Ibo broad walk on tho top of the ma.ssivo walls which enclosed tho whole (astic. Ho looked down thus upon this groat dusterof buildings, and it gave him an extra- ordiiiaiy sense of height and loneliness. But when hifi ove swept fui’thor, Im gave a gasp oi' admiratfon. Over the batilemoiitod walls, far down below, Jay the sea, an immenso glistening iIo<ir. Some ijunrter of a mile away were tho frowning elilf.«i of the main­ land. on the top ol which lie cinild .sec the purple YorkHliirc moors, and bolow them a tiiiy hamlet of whitewa.sbcxl housi's ami with tlio gioy toAvor of a churcli. At thrs distance and from his height the vrllago .appeared like a child’s toy. As bis oyo ma.stercd detail after detail, he


saw. on one of tho outiT battlements, a curi­ ous erection of ironwork wliieli rose into the air and niado a web of girders against the liackgniimd of the .sky fnwu the top of ;i round liriek Imilding with a chimney. It was not an ordinary clmnnej-, but obviously that of some pinee 'when' niacliinery was bouso<l. A film oC smoke was coming from^ it now. ris­ ing straight upwards in the still afternoon


air. ^


J’lien he saw somotbing so extrmwdinary


that be rubbed bis eyes, tliinking bis sight had dect'ivwl him. From the. ernne-liko erec­ tion of iron girders, something like a great snake stretched away into the distance to- ward.s the eliffs of the mainland. He -shir.'d again—ye.s! the thing, wdiatover


olfec't tiuit .Shirley Al.n.sou, the win.-.ome little star wlio.se captivatin'' personality and clever portrayals have endearetl lior to pic- turegoers dm uglioul the country, will shortly he seen in another heautiful picture of heart interosi eiititlotl- “ 'I'ho l.ami>- lighter,” an adaptation of .Maria S. Cmniiiiiui’ poptdar novel of tjie same name. ’tho story lolls of a little girl who through a mi.suiider- stantliiig is part^ from her mother aud en- trust.od to the care of tin old woman addictoil to drlttlt. 'I'he poor child .siilfers tornhiy, heing compelled to slave from morn till night for hot- hcartles.s guardian. AVhen things soin blackest, siiiisliine comita along in tho form of tin old lamiilightcr. Tho latter’s sympathy is aroused hy the girl’s unhappy existence, and ho adoitts her. Some moatli.s


Announcement comes liom Fox to the Alisa Alice Brady, rJic- latest senwa btar


‘ The Li.st of Tuita. William Ammsic; William AnuiUtea


Xiiomas Richard B.ockden


John Br^wn-.’, C lo John Brown, Sum Amercements lor


Jolui M’cstbic, Bic| Richard Clarke,


pichauor, Jame*> Bl


Willmm Armiisicad,| presentments by Timmas Dobsun


tuniod his L-ittlc iniij a trespass ou iJu* b><r trary to a pain foi thereforo bo is in n the pemvlty of vjs. • Tiiomas Hab>on ii


of tlie goods ur ( bat pound at Lower Hi


pound those beasts parai] according to tlie «aino case lorui hi in mercy. A^^sc^


the Court vs. Tlio original immi


.‘,ontmeul-s in groat ^1 “ M’horoiis ihoir il


foniPly tlmt, no manl or horses or any otlf or street alKiui till neighbor might bo il by huuingo iiis corm- Ac. vpoii eu‘y u ti’cspasser to lorioi eou’ all tyme iijs. ni; “ Wo fmd<- Tiiol


p’sentable vpon llw'-; eeu'all tynun h^ found in .lohu lb' sinoo Micbaclnian ia


oath of dolm Brown “ AVhoreas tlicir


*” neighbors goiKK ir ynijKjund all or any ffould. vjMm In.s d'-t:


that ou’y inimbitani bumo who suifGr«?tii


tho sum of vs. “ Wo findi- 1 bo I


acooringe lo tlli^ pi tho ivboue nanird ' jKmndingo •


it w*as—and it S'^onied as thick as a man’s body, went away in a groat; curve to the top of tile cliff a (piai tor of n mile away, where it .s<'orno<l to end. .ns far a-« lie could see, in another building ju.st like tho one below' him on tiie batUeraent.s, tliough no bigger to the view' than a lump of .sugar.


(To ho Continued.1


Browm*-' m (bo Low< the p.aino. M i-ad : fomo of vs.’ ’ Court Baron of Kii


’> I’cast; ; The : Children’s Corner.


^^Vk-A/vvvvv'Vvvvvv'Vvvvvwvvvv'Vvvwvvvv'N STOUIKS TO HKMKMDKU.


That is a lino story of the dying man wlio reim mill red to do an net of chivalry as he


Kppiutf from tlio results of an accident in Ids motor car. lie left the lueiJiajiic’s seat


waft leaving tJie world. JI*‘ was Sir N'ictor lJuxten. ulio dicsl at


to goL into another, and fell out. hreaking his leg. Tho log waa amputate<l, and Sir Victor <li»xl, hut aa he lay dying fie reiueiu- l.ered that Ills U(‘W eliautfenr might he inis- jutlmsl. aud he wrote lids note:-— “ BolUnglinni) you iiolpcd mo well In&t


night. :ttui 1 ate. inueli ohiiged to yon aud othera who brought mo in so carefully. Tin* accident wn.s no fault of yoimi,' Tliaiikiug


beyoml mensnro. It was as tbou^;li tlie warm oJectric current wkieh wius pluyiii^ nil owr lii^ IhmIv. was suddenly iiiloiLsiUiHl a liundrLKl told, liis limb.s i;avo a convulsive jerk, and ho tlmni;lit tliai the ilnll bead> eyea suddenly ^;lowe<l with liubt and fatlod. .-V .sharp exclamation came from biin, and


you, T. F. V. IJuxton.” 'lids ehivalrous thought of a dying man


brings to mind a story told .‘^oni,‘ years agi» iu .My .Magazine, a siiwy of one of those great hearted, ordinary men who work our mined or drive our trains or stoke our dhips o plough onr fields. Heroi.sm there is in a mulLitudo of tiieni, as true and goiiermis .and ready a.s the courage of tho battlefield. Tlio man \\!m toM lids story wa.s


say which w.n.s tho most trying moment ho had known in idr* mining life. :nul this is what he .said. “ There is no more dnngcrou.s iiarl of


lo


ho he.sitated for a moment. “ Sworn is my name.” .she said. “ I am


H)U.sin to M.iss Knyveti. tlie young lady you .saw juHt now and in whose fatber’n hou.se you arc. Now you mast talk no more. \ tliink a glass of this uine ami a bisemt can* not hurt. you. Aft<*r you’ ve taken thorn, ]»lcaRo try and go to elcop. Kest for your norves i« what you want more than anything else.”


quO’itiouing look which effoclcxl him uuplen.«- antly, and then suddenly slu' smiled. The proufl, rather cruel mouth wa.s


Again he wa-, conscious of a brooding


transformeil. The a.«pect of restrained power and \vat4-bfulncss disappeared. Sho wnB radianti with a vivid Sfmtbcrn rndianee, w'bicli nnule her ten years younger in a fla.sli. He smiled iu answer—bo could not help it,


and bending down sho just touche<l one hruised wrist with her long slender fmgeiH.


mid tuiTuxl away. Slio gavo hin\ ono more glance at liie door,


“ Go to sleep liko u good hoy,” she snid


and then an .slio dis:ippenre<l, ho not only heard it clof^e, hnt, without iKXHsihility of a mistake. Ian hcaixl tho click of the key in tho lock.


and M tJiov did so, his agony of grief wn.s inten.sifie<l by a strange little human touch. Upon Uin tnblo hy the lM?dj<ido, wns h]fl


, camo over him with renewed force. Vorhaps it was the shock lie lijul undergone—of (onrso it might bo that—and yot. what a confound­ edly queer hoiuio he had got into! Tho younger girl’s warning glowed out in hi.s brain a« if in letters of fire against a dark background. Tho man with his magnotio touch, and masklike face, the unusuni ro<Xm in which he lay, the dark woman miglit have sat to a painter fen* f^dy Afacboth horsolf—


A hnnnting feeling of nnea.sinesH, which ho recognised lind been with him from the first,


.,,1


mining than sinking the shaft. If you are working at the bottom aiul anything falls tboro Ls not much clianee of e.seapo. My hiotlier Kliiaii. Sam llrooks, and Xat M’eb- sicr, wiTO .sinking a .•.baft, 'flio jiroper cage and machinery had not. yei^ been put down, so wo Inul lo be batibsl up two at a tiun* in tho bucket, and getting out at the top was dangorou.s. A slip at the top, or a falsa swing of tho bucket, wa.s certain death. “ Oil tIdH day Klijah and .Vat \Vebsl«*r 4 iiL first. They had reached the bank, and


we wero preparing far the bucket., which was lo (*oiue down for us. when we beard a loud Huddeii .sbuiit., Ivook out ! ami w«* felt that homebiKly was falling <lown tho nit. llotli of us hqULH'zed Hat against, the .side, and knew that iu a moment or two the falling man would bo dead, if we wei*e not. “ You can tliink a great deal in a secoiul


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later tin* himidightcr dit*s, but not before- unknown to himself—be has bud the fouada- tioii.s of li s cliange’.s future hapjiiiki» by briugiiig her into contact with her mother. A cliarmiiig romance i« woven into tho alory, wliicli adds greatly to its iutere.st. Also tJicro tvro several thrilling incidoat.s. including a firo aud c’xplosioii on a ship in Imrlxmr, which has Ih'OU very clFi'clively reproduced. Great caro was exeici.sed iu the selection of Uio CJLst, wliiih in addition to the sur in- ciudc« the woll-kitown adtor, R.'V.vniond McKee, ii; the leading male role; ikJwin Booth Tilton, ami Albert Knott. Howard M .Mitchell, who direeled tho Fox successes “ Her Elephant Man ” and ” M'ing 'I'oy,” Bupervi-’^osl tho filming. Altogether it is Bnfu to say thai “ Tho Lamplighter ” is the be»t production in which .Miss .M appear c.l.


a.s«Tu has yet — —


ful woman of the speaking stage, KLsie Fer- gmou wns ono of the last among tho famoas artists of tho drama to become as.sociaicd with tho motion pic-ture art, .Miss Firgu.mn is representative of Urn high class picture drama, and her ixipulariiy, IkiUi iu Uiis country and aliroad, is entirely m kiH-'ping with her great hi.stnonic talent. Her rnreor has demandtxl much of her in the way of hard work and persistent effort, but her great ambiiiioii to aeeoinplisli biggoj* things, no matter li.*w suc(vssful the pn.sl may have been, lina resultcsl in her present onviablo prestige as an actrew. Born iu New \ork t'ity, August 19Ui, ISSa. her lirst ai>iK\'irance was at the Madi.s<m Square Thratre. in Now York . Her initial appi*arnnce in London wns with Lawrence D’Orsny as Klla .Soaford in “ Tho Karl of Pawtucket.” nt tho Play-


t’ous:derc<I by many to lie the most beauti­


Tiiomof* Li'*tor. L ip| of Tboma.- L>-|*t'T Kovembt r. UUi'i. H Auurcumcni.- lor Joini W-tbic.


Monckc*-, Gontiom.'i Jauio> Sturzik'T


each. PrCtf>enUm*:itN


Hauser of Ni"jko ini I of tho Pinfold P^'T taid Thoina.s nan.>'c:| same to fall into fonncrly laid in tir of the Court ^■nd' A pain*' laid by


Tho occupier^


p’ son or p'.>-ons wub gniuo any -odds ^ l forfeit for cncry -i'l


Hors-* Mauour bt'i''t | anoyanco to T


AVee p’sent .lohn


lain a \uvine tb. or hi-s sui'ct-v'.urs Ho horse nmnoui {'iom Aimitstead Stablo>j hou5ie shall u>' iijs. iiijd. Woo p'f-'UP .lohn his Hwt'lliiigiiDiis*-


repalru the same Ifaio next vp*m prl Weo biie a pay^f


shall rnnkf' pa'^-n the aMci' I't l Ui T' as liei-i lofoit


doo heroafler lau* before his >oate t* shall f.irfeit for M-eo p'sem Ua*


iijs. 11 id. M’eo U -■ a pam*


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held the 17ih l)i| Ocldio, Steward.


Court Baron ol


and DeojHlil' ben vphoulden or*- lialfl ond th rcof .-ucor'il Court tber*'ft're w* iijs. iiijd. "Wee p’sent til


flatt and the Ebdi yoato att ib«' iu tho accu.stonu'o| tlierov]Km made said o rupiers ni \S’eo Ini'i n p-''^


houso end bo !u:| GW-uers or occupi*- made ns mayo b.? n-'t oUionviso vpfl I’oas.


Nicholas niMb-.m of t.r*■sp:ls•^ xjd. oh Ud.l 'll Defendant ni mel Edward Clark |


AVilllam Harml


or two. and my ono tbouglit was, ‘ It is Klijah or Vat?’ It was Vat lie wns kilbsl at our ftHU. and w'itli hi.s last words had sliouti'd to warn ua. “ Tim Hocomls of that fall were the me^i


terrible 1 have m*er know, and wo wore all unmaved. You sem, Nat was my fricnil, and I'dijah my brother, and 1 knew it mast be ono of them.” Could anything he moiv chivalrous i.Tiid dramatic than that lust shout Ami he was just an ordinary man.


out? ^


ALL IN ONl^ PIECE. Georgio had just finished eating a flno ri)>'?


hamuia. Tlion hu looked up at daddy, and smiled tho inquiring smile which meant trouble for tho old man. “Had,” ho said, softly, ‘sup­ posin’ I’d l)ocn t.winsP Dad shuddered; but it wn« uecessjuy to di.s.somblu somoUmes. “ 'Woll, fiiKirgie,” ho said, “ .supj>osing?” “ You’d have bought tho oUicr hoy a l>anana, too, wouldn’t you?” “ *I sliould ecrfninly have l>oaght tho other l>oy, :u> you call him, a banana,” said dad austerely. “Woll, diul,” said the dear little fellow, “you are surriy not goin' to obeat me out of a bananA ’cos I’m all in ono piece, arc yo^?”


bouse. For sevenil ycxirs motion pjccuro com- I>anies bad cndcavourtxl to eecure her ser­ vices, but wntliout ^uccc♦>s. Sho lolt that in order to given her bivat effortfl to tiio ^*1^ art it would bo wis.? to ^vnit until it had dv*\ cl ped to a higher artistic piano. L’K


many otlicr sLigo criebrities, it was only icnlly tiiat. Mi>vs Fcrgu.sou felt the art offeroo a 8C


attorney and pie of Oisbnrno ArU| "b. D ‘fondant duiw find a Vorl PlaintifT is in thj


f


UT-just claim. Thomn-.s T.isterl


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1 o-t ondc.avoura. M’heu approached hy officials of iho Famoiw Players- Lasky ior- porntion, Imndling pro<fuetions ot tho most fan ocfi .stars in tho world, .Miss Fcrgiw*on de* cided that sho might wifely apjwar m pi^ niros without lass of personal pre.stigo. liev initial picture was llobcrt Hiehenfi* barv Sheep.”


01V1 in winch slie could properly give nor —


has ju-st complototl her ninth picture en­ titled “ Big Town Ideas,” under tho direc­ tion of Carl Uarbaiigh. Accordinf? to a oooouiita, it is a com^y-drnma dealing wii a young girl’s arnttiion to boo New Many humorous situations occur, minalo iji a charming romance. Miss J has alroaily commenw^ work on a /le'^ ijj™ entitled “ Tho Canyon Kid.” Philo Oullongli, ihM fopidir actor who recent­ ly made a director, will superriso tho filming.


Tho iMtaatiful young actn^, Eileen Percy,


at the date of Ibl in Novemb' r. lbl who hlM’-'-tH'di'-l hi; born 20lh Novc Mary Danni' nn'| D'crmbor. If'bO. Win'll a persoil -’ cnif|


Cnirt,” it >


amerced, and tb wa.*< ustnllv ri\e< Jury “ affeered


party wns amerr ifour pence. Tb Lord as nnrt of Court Baron c


It ^viU l>o no


Tliomnft Lifitor. f of Tliomas T.istoJ 1647, Thomas f Ao'crc'-m^nts I John Westbiol


James Broivno. TV'diiwaye and Pleaa. WdBam Jord|


Blakehumo of xxxviijs. DefeJ


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