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The Phantom of the Opera V BY GASTON LEROUX Va NURSES Jht Tor«iita H«ipltal for Inrartbltt. Ill ttaiuiim with e<at>-j« tut aiiiu hm»i(*<>. Ikw Yir1i CItr. tflm a Ikra* >iwt' BciirM tf Trtiiilaa to yslinf Mi«m»«. hwlm kMi It«uir«l <4uutlM. liti tcaCrwM •) bcM^*( nui$. Tnu NcMllal tM a«l>»<«d tka clt<>t- liC4ir lytteM. Tb« m»Ht recel«» MBlfora* ot tha tdicol. a nantlily adtmrwica an4 irsvallnt rHKaMa lo *»4 trgai Mala York, fcr (urtliar lafaraiatlon aptly to tlla SuBarlntatdvoL "Who ela-9 h<;ard him, Christine?" 'â- You, my friend." I "I? I heart! the Angel of Music?" '•Yes, the other eveniiipr, it waa h« ' who was talking when you were list- CHAIThK IV.â€" (Com d) , without replying^ The y^ing man dr.ssing-room. That is where he "Excuse me, my good woman," said ""»«» ^ w»a^ aghast at the sudden comes to give me my lessons daily." Moncharmin, whilo Madam Giry teas- Huarrel which he had dare'l to raise "!„ your dressing-room?" h« echo- *d th? feathers in her ilingy hat at ^\ '*'? "'^V moment when he had re- ed stupidly. thi.s persisUjnt familiarity, -'excuae f**'^*^ '" '^^'^^ words of gent. en ess, "Yes, that is where I have heard me, how doe.s the ghost manage to ''*^^i. »"'**""">"'*'*" '^..^nns'-'ne. A him; and I have not been ths only one give you your two franos?" , husband, a over with all rights, would to hear him." "Why, he leavea them on the little '""^ rio difleTnt\y to a wife, a mis- • shelf in the box. of course. I find "^^ '"*'" ^^^ offended hini. But he them with the program, which I al- had gone too far and saw no other way ways give him. Some evenings, I find ?"* "^ this ridiculous position than flowers in the box, a rose that must ***,.^*7 '^^"^"'''y- ,„ , ., ., ..- .-.^...^ „.....,„>.„..„ ..o.- have dropped from his lady's bodice â-  /«" ao" ' "'-^Tfrn „ f ^*'.T ^"^'â- â€¢'y ening behind the door. It was he who , . . for lie l>ring3 a lady with him ?"'^ unhappily. Well, I wuj answer g^id, 'You must love me.' But I then ftometimes; one day, they left a fan :?1 y*^"j behind them." "Oh, the ghost left a fan, did he? And what did yon do with it?" "Well, I brought it back to the box ! „,. , .-.„.„-, next night." . I, . ".,*"y ^"°. '"^^ '," T^ ^T^^' â„¢.y rays of the moon cams and shrouded "You brought back the fan. And i ' w«na, ChrlsUne broke in coldly, if the two young people in their light, i then?'\ I ?ny 0"^ was in my way, that evening, Christine turned on Raoul with a hos- "Well.then, they took it away with ' }* was yourse.f , . .«ince I told you to tile air. Her eyes, usually so gentle, them, sir; it was not there at the end '«?,Y? ^he r^m! .«_.,_.. z=„. - • - ... - , "Yes, so t*""* the other!" It was because there was thought that I was the only one to ' flashed fire. of the performance! and in its place' , Yes, so that you might remain with , "What are you laughing at? You they left me a box of EnsUsh pweets, ?,~t ^^ , , .„, think you heard a man's voice, I •which I'm very fond of. That's onoi '^)'^}, ""- """" ""'"" -""â€""•''"' -• Hi^ Quality â€" ^Always of the ghost';? pretty thoughts." "That will do, Madam Giry. You can go." When Madam Giry had bowed her- self out, with the dignity that never deserted her, the manager told the Inspect' disp services ; turn e^r to malte up the impcctor's ac BECOMING TAM-O'-SHANTERS FOR GIRLS. The ensemble idea is charmingly B71S THo cHoice teas used exclusive* ly in Salada yield richly of their delicious goodness. iSay Salada. Bren the gaj with a fast oar may be elow pay. one t , 'â- """,. '"•«, y,"" ««y'"f • '"°??'*V''r â-  suppose?' asked the girl excitedly "And to <.Well! " replied the young! wnat other do you refer?- I jn^n, whose ideas began to grow con- i lo the man to whom you said, I fuged jn the face of Christine's deter- carried out in girl's clothes by having sing only for you! . to-niglit I mined attitude. la tam and leggings to match the ma- 1 gave you my soul and ram dead!'" I "It's you, Raoul, who say that? You, terial of coat or frock.- Figure A I IHr^^T JT*f „?.r„"i\e !t^.u^^^ »? old_playfellow of mine! A friend wears a becoming model having eieht I "No'm; juftt call me John." "W«U, ma^ I know what your Ui^ name le?" "No'm; you'd beeter not" i "I ineiAt apon e&ilisc you by yow kuM. Q&me!" "AH right, then, call m« Oarlinsr" Perhave It wonid help some to pla«4 a no-parking sign on the cow-caiche*'. More Publlelty. , Td like to ma," Said homely Graue. "Ab popular ae A parking place." Be not deceived. The car that comes out with new ddfcigns 1ms the aame ones on the pedestrian*. The reason oM Dobbin wasn't pfti* ed at the side of the road wa« be^ cause he oonld steer himself. Many a car is wrecked by a loose ' nut â€" at the wheeL There's no place like home, bntj you'll get too mach of it it an accident' counts. Left alone, the managers told . ITx, a TZ ^ each other of the iJea which they both ' ^"i^ '?«*'"'^, everything .iiey nad in mind, which was that they I shouU look into that little matter of i Box Five themselves. ,.„,., I lock myself up in my dressing-room "^'^^^ * fur-trimmed coat, a pom-pom nAl^'hiV^J^^I-^^T^th-ZJ^^ ' ' '»' ' •; with men's voices. If you had opened o^ fur in place of the button would be iTio. • ^jj^ door, you would have seen that i very chic. Figure B wears a tarn t'nere was nobody in the room!" j fashioned of two circular pieces set Many a man drives Into matrimony , ^^^ ^""^ ^^^ ^ '"e** or two. by driving with one hand. You heard what And the young girl, becoming calm. CHAPTER V. THE ENCHANTED VIOLIN. tJhristine Daae, owing to intrigues rings formed round her eyes, she stag- reWased Raou 's arm ' ju"^^^^^ ''â- '^*' ^ '^''^ °?*? l^ door, together with a piping, made from a "He said to you 'Christine you ' ^^'^ ^^ "^^"^ ?''""• '''"^ ^ ^^"''*^ "** i narrow biae strip of the material, and " , """^ .11/ ' ^"risLintr, you I one in the room. â-  „i„^ j • , * „ ««. j u j « must k>ve me!'" ! ..g^ you see' WeiP" ! joined to a fitted band. A ro- At these words, a deathly pallor ' The viscount summoned up all his ^^^ ^^'^^ ^^"^ contrasting ribbon is spread over Christine's face, dark ] courage. i tacked to the centre of the crown. The rings formed round her eyes, she stag- '. "Well, Christine, I think somebody ' leggings may be worn up over the to which I will return later, ijid not grered and seemed on the point of, is making game of you." j knees, or cut off below the knees for Immediately 'continue her triumph at swooning. Raoul darted forward, with' She gave a cry and ran away. He the older girl. No. 1230 is in sizes the Opera. After the famous gala prms outstretched, but Christine had ran after her, but, in a tone of fierce ' 4 8 and 12 years Size 4 years is night, she sang once at the Duchess overcome her passing faintness and anger, she called out: "Leave me! 1 .uitah'« for -^ and i v*^ar<5- m?* s'fnr de Zurich'..; but this was the last oc- , said, in a low voice: ' Leave me!" And she disappeared. ' *"' „. „ v^^^; .nH <?fl v>' lT^n !^A casion on which she was heard inj "Go on! Go on! Tell me all you Raoul returned to the inn feeling' ,., ^^*".' q • ,7 private. She refused, without plaus- heard!" I very weary, very low-spirited and ^"^ y'^'*"^ .Size 8 years requires % Ible excuse, to appear at a charity con- , At an utter loss to understand, very sad. He was told that Christine y^rd of 27-inch material for the two- cert to which she had promised her j Raoul answered: "I heard him reply, had gone to her bedroom saying that, piece tam, and % yard of 27-inch for assistance. She acted throughout as , w^hen you said you had giv^en him your she would not be down to (Gnner. j the eight-piece tam. The long leg- though she were no longer the mis- : soul, 'Your soul is a beautiful thing, Raoul dined alone, in a very gloomy â-  ginga require % yard of ,36-inch ma- tress of her ow-n destiny and as though : child, and I thank you. No emperor , mood. Then he went to his room and | terial, and the short leggings V- yard, she feared a fresh triumph. | ever received so fair a gift. The tried to read, went to bed and tried to ' Pi.jce "0 eent« She showed herself nowhere; and ; angels wept to-night." j sleep. There was no sound in the the Vicomtc di» Chag-ny tried in vain! Cliristine carried her hand to her , next room. From the Junk Pile. A bouncing, a jouncing, A leak und a lack, ^ A bumping, a jumr 'ag, A knock In the back. A creaking, a cracking, A bolt and a jar. A dashing, a smashing, .\ helluvo car! "Stop, John, .vou've already gone too far.' "All right. let's perk." Fat â€" "That auto looks pretty well worn out." Slim â€" "It ought to. It's the sole eurrlvor of four love affairs." .> As a wamli.o' to Jaywalkers a traffic elgn reads : "He who hesitates is ; toseed." I Mrs. Benrich â€" "I gave my husband I an imported meerchaum for hie birth- 1 day." ; Mrs. N"ewTich â€" "Oh, how charming: ' Touring or sedan?" ! (To be continued.) * to meet her. He wrote to her, askin? heart, a prey to indescribable emotion. to call upon her, hut despairing of Her .veb stni-pd before her like a mad- 1 receiving a reply when, one morning woman's. Raoul was terror-stricken.! she sent him the following note: j But suddenly Christine's eyes moisten- "Monsieur: â€" |ed and two srreat tears trickled, lika "I have not forgotten the little boy two pearls, down her ivory cheeks. I who went into the sea to rescue my \ "Raoul!" I scarf. I fool that I must v.-rite to yea! The young man tried to take her to-day, wh?n I am going to Perros, in his arms, but she escaped and fled in fulfilment of a sacred duty. To- in great disorder. morrow is the anniversary of tiiei Raoul walked away, dejectedly, to death of my poor father, whom you : the gravey.ird in which the church knew and who was very fond of you. stood and was indeed alone among the He is buried there, with his violin, in ! tombs, reading the inscriptions; but. the graveyard of the little church, at : when he turned behind the apse, he the bottom of the slope where we used 1 was suddenly struck by the dazzling to play as children, beside the road j note of the flowers that straggled over ; where, when we were a little bigger, : the white ground. They were marvel- i we said good-bye for the last time." j ous red roses that had blossomed in ' The Vicomto de Ctl&gny hurriedly the morning, in the snow, giving ai Should Certainly Shine. of life among the dead, for j "She's ambitious to have her hus- - ,,.,,,,,.,_,,. was -all around him. It also,! band shine in society." for his valet to take to his brother like the flowers, issued from the; "well doesn't he' He-s always lit " and jumped into a cab which brought ground, which had flung back a num-j ' ^ ^" '^^ "^^ '"â-  him to the Gare Montparnasse just ber of its corpses. Skeletons and An lmn».dim^nt in time to miss the morning train. He skulls by the hundreds were heaped! impea.ment. spent a dismal day in town and did against the wall of the church, held' Little Millie had achieved great sue- not recover his spirits until the even- in position by a wire that left the cess at her sL-hool, and was 'oeing Ing, when he was .seated in his com- who.e gruesome stack visible. Dead moved to a higlier form ^«^'rlVl-^^^ Brittany express. He men's bones, arranged in rows, like, u is needless to say that her parents read Christ nes note over and oyer bricks, to form the first course upon _„,.„ ,.^-, „>ea<=«! With bpr -nirt ^x again, smelling its perfume, recalling which the walls of the sacristy had T >^ry P'eased *i h l.er and ex- the sweet pictures of his childhood, been built. The door of the sacristy ^remely anxious to hear how she and spent the rest of that tedious opened in the middle of that bony ^'•'"''^ ^'^^ °" '"^ '''® '^^'â- 'â- ' '^^^^- \ night journey in feverish dreams that structure, as is often seen in old | .When fihe returned home at lunch- 1 began and ended with Christine Daae. Breton churches. . - ' 'time, the llrst question her mother . "-ive myself!" K-he told him. "because Day was breaking when he alighted Raoul said a prayw for Daae and asked her was this: i^ lio lot propose to spend the balance at Lannion. 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But this I surely charge you That he who dreams no more Has shut from his soul a heaven And lost a magic store. â€"George Elliston So few ladies and gentlemen drive their autoe like ladles and gentlemen. Every automobile driver seems to depend on every other driver to run slow at street crossings. rages or walking on eggs when he is ; about, tor fear I will do or say some- gence for Perros-Guirec. He was the eternal smiles on the mouths of skulls, ixiu like vour «ew teacher'' only passenger. He questioned the he climbed the slope and sat do\vn on : " "She seems very nic- " renlied Mil- drxver and learned that, on the even- the edge of the heath overlooking tho| 1;^ "but 'can't understand ing of the previous day, a young lady sea. The wind fell with the evening. I "*' .. ' ^^^ ^ nnderstand who looked like a Parisian had gone to Raoul was surrounded by icy dark- i ^'''f ' Perros and put up at the inn known -ness. but he did not feel the cold. It ' "How is that . usked ber mother. as the Setting Sun. was here, he remembered, that he used' "^^o^ she talk too quietly?" Perros wa.<! reached at last. Raoul to come with little Christine to see j "Oh, no, mummy," returned .Millie, walked into the smoky sitting-room the Korrigans dance at the rising of â-  "butâ€" with the air of one who knowsâ€" of the Setting Sun and at once saw the moon. He had never seen any,! "I think she's got a predicament in her Christine standing before him, smil- though his eyes were good, whereas speech ' tog and showing no astonishment. Christine, who was a little short- i , * ^l^?^. l°? u*'''^/2"'5'" ^H ^*'''' J"'- S'f<*it*<l. pretended that she had seen ! We areTuman bulb« attached to th* felt that I should find you here, when manv He smiled at the thought and' • 'â- "â- ", '^"'''* attatnea to the I came back from mass. Some one Ten^^suddenir^ve a'start A voTce «'^^' ""'^^^^ ?'lT u' .*''"' "."<* told me so, at the church." behind him said: I P<>wer, and the light which we give "Who?" asked Raoul, taking her, "Do yOu think the Korrigans will i o*^ '^^P*"''^ *'"**'*' candle power of our Httle hand in his. : come this evening?" lamps. Many people go through life i I^Why, my poor father, who is u was Christine. He tried to speak, with a little dim four-candle light, not About all that you can s^iv for grade °*S.V: ., J ^1. I, 1 She put her gloved hand on his mouth. ' because they lack power to generate' ,.,.^„ ,,,,_„ ,., .ini th«v «n„ i„»>.A^^â„¢ There was silence; and then Raoul, "Listen, Rapul. I have decided to 3 stronger light, but because they i h^u'T el'minate slow "Did vour father tell vou that I •''" ^"" something serious, very ser- : p^^^^ learned how to express their' uia your lainer ten jou tnat i ,ous ... Do you remember the legend 1 .„, love you. Christine, and that I can of the Angel of Music?" 1 Po**"^- "o*}'\^.*"'''V>,"«^ y°,"-" , i "I do inde«ed," he said. "I believe' Christine blushed to the eyes and it was bore that your father first told turned away her head. it to us " / '^jp. ^°^ "'"® dreaming, my . "And ' it was here that he said, friend. ... ; 'When I am in Heaven, my child, I And she burst out laughing, to put will send him to vou.' Well, Raoul. .^'' ,' VH"*^..^"'^- , . 'my father is in Heaven, and I have Don t laugh. Christine, I am quite been visited bv the Angel of Music." senous, Raoul answered. ! "i have no doubt of it," replied the And she replied gravely: "I did young man gravely, for it seemed to not make you come to teU me such him that his friend, in obedience to -O. S. Marden. all she ! tli'ns to rile him. F^irthermorc, I am no fool. I can take a tip when I am handed one, and I know that any man who will be cruel to a defenseless animal will be cruel to a woman when i-he Is once in his power. So I am r.hrough." * Making a Park. Maxy â€" '•I don't see any park here." Peggy--"That is simple. There isn't any." lIary-~"Then why doee that sign snv, "Park Here?" Mlnard's Liniment for stiff musclsa. and Wearing Wings. Jack and Jill Sped up a hill, A curve up there was sharp. The car upset; Jack's rolling yet; J Ill's playing on a harp. The fam.lly purse also need a 4- wheel brakes. The early motorist doesn't catch so nwuiy pedestrians. Another convenience would be to I>ave the road with rubber and abolish tires. The Largest Animal. The blue whale, which reaches a length of S7 feet, is the largest living animal. 4 A mahogany tree dnps net attain its full height until it is 300 years old. ^f^uieinrei^ utt /'/. Afher Dishwashing \^^7 ibelr bAiulj wCiSto tnd scf^ Italian Balm Sold by Druggists and Department Stores. thtnffs as that. pious thought, was connecting the "When you saw me m your dressing memory of her father with the b... joom. was that; ths first time you Hancy of her last triumph. «-S^..'"t' ^"?/*'"^,' V Christine appeared astonished at No. she said. "I have seen you the Vicomte de Chagny's coolness: "How do you undeistand it?" she asked, bringing her pale face so close •evevral times In your brother's bo.x. And also on the stage." "I thought sol" said Raoul, com- ' "„' his that he might have thought pressing his hps. But then why, j that Christine waa going to give him when you saw me in your room, at . kiss; but she onlv wanted to read ywir feet, reminding you that I had 1 his eyes in spite of the dark, rwcued your scarf from the sea, why | "i understand," he said, "that no m you answer as though you did . human being can sing as you sang the iK>t know me and also why did you other evening without the intervention T*h f ' g*-â€" - »• ' **' some miracle. No professor on; 1 ne tone or «!«•• questions was so | e^rth can teach you such accents as i U. <;i:.;i-:i .Vlar.bbws. invent<>r of tiie £;<'-calied -death rav." with his rough that Christine stared at Baowj th»«e. You have heard the Angel of' latest- .33U1 Na. «-^8. | »*rY^,;..?''^":::i'i «,:e„„iy, ..i„ „y ' from a keyboard. Blowouts are getting costlier day by day. Tire makers are raising the pricee, and so are bootleggers. Seattle has a searchlight with a range of 200 miles. 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