_ uuisltlon. _ , thought. ' FIRSTLOVES L 5 ' . FELIX QIEZENBERG l Q Q Q ' Li‘? O Having done with the Van Horn myth let us step back for a few tears and review the incident that as been slightly touched upon; the incident of the river an" of the boy, born to the name or Seen, on the river, but actually begotten by Van Horn. " Itwasinthesummerofitaiitbat the great interns! and hushedlup scandal of, the Hallett-Van Born household had its he at the country place in As ria, m that flfig ionoverlooking Hell Gats- Gilbert. home following his iunior year at college, was being sheltered from the vile contacts of the city and the haunts of Brevcort Van Horn". He was studious, but not so much of books as of nature. Mrs. Hailett-Van How's maid, a comely. lively girl named Harriet, the m satisfactory haniimslfin Mrs. Van Born had ever enjoyed, stumbled upon Gilbert, at ease in his moth- er's boudolr, reading Nick Carter. Mrs. Van Horn was in the city shopping. The fact that the maid had stepped from a luxurious bath may have added somewhat to the astonishment oi the young man. For the first time he was aware of the fact that female proportions were actual. Very earl! the next year a condi- tionof extraordinary difliculty be- came manifest. Harriet, to be quite plainpwasin a family way, a de- cidedly snnoying situatiozrin view of‘ the fact that she alone seemed toldo, firs. flsllett-V Hero's hair itfloiilfilll done. All, _ lowered about lhe , v confess thynahae ofthsstsrlpit. Harriet supposed, if the truth were known. that she would be imprisoned for life. . ‘rhen the eager flicker 0f suspic- ion hovered about the house. It rested, in turn, on every male. Even Jules, the page, was under suspic- ion. "No, rnafam, it was not him." So Harriet patiently absolved them, one by one, in the daily, hourly in- "The butler, old Simmons? Lord. no ms/am. Not him, dune no!" Could it be an immaculate con- ceptionll-Mrs. Hallett-Van Horn sl- most wished her faith was strong enough tobelleve it. but no, a mir- acie-of that sort might happen "to her, but not to that girl. . " A month of utter torture followed. The situation became worse. husband Brevoort Van Horn, must be the guilty party. He simply must. ‘The storming between Lida an Brevortgrew so intense that even the servants. were wrought up. Mrs. Hallett-Van Horn became ,,hys}er- ical, to the potato! speaking be‘- fore Simmons. . "Boggim your pardon, llr. Van Horn.” Simmons lngeled ou the door as Brevolt left his wife's apartment. "May I speak sir?" "By all means, Simmons. Who in hell did it?" "I hope you will pardon my pre- sumption, 1r." "Simmons, spill it. Was it the person, or who?" "It was Mr. Gilbert sir." “Gilbert! Brevcort stood some- what liaacd. “Great Jupiter her son. And mine,” he added, as an after- “Well I'll be damned!" The bringing down of Gilbert from college he was cumin! anyway for the midyear recess. was an event. He had not forgotten the incidents of the proceeding fall. In fact he had a rather lively idea of a renewal of the affair; Gilbert, also, was a simple fellow. "Your mother wishes to see you. , Mr. Gilbert." The meeting was in the library. Brevcort stood before the fireplace. shifting from one foot to another. His spots gave him the olrrious ap- pearance oi a man who is standing in a puddle of glue. Mrs. Lida Hallett-Van re- clined in a large cushioned chair. her back to the windows. She was fully and somewhat formally dres- sed. A shawl of black lace. thrown over her shoulders, intensified be!‘ pallor. Husband and Wife did not speak. Adtor all he had done then to aocuee her own boy! When young Gilbert came into Horn, the I-laliett for a moment some“, smiled at him wanly- Ha bu“, mg me kissed his forehead. Her cheeks flushed. That handsome boy. Her boy- Gilbert. unusual. “Gilbert." firings moving. at the club. a beastly drag. mother has asked us hm- Zgkcd ycubgililelrghl we. your m er - "Not me." Lida 3W“ m“ ' her voice sharp. "Not me. llr- "A . Horn; you and. and 51mm"- She bowed into her handr. a haml- mmla cameo at her smell" ‘NW ll the fact .. e _ y‘; pgnowhat It l loas- "L": “l send for her." He looked pleadinlll’ ‘ghgyile. Ofooursmltwas I 5g somethinl wondered what was “P- Brevoort tried to I“ He was due down brilliant idea. "Ring for limlmns." Mrs. Vanllorn "almmous. pk“. n with iev will“. m“ w at once." ‘me matter would you know. Simmons reported, ‘jails apparently left, rrlawn." ‘Mother-J’ Gilbert, Harriet?" awful lice. the horror down: sobs shook thing, Gilbert. Tell them they lie "Son," Brevoorifs quick ’ he Find an uncomfortable .would meet with roars of to, t that is I-" - "Not me, Gilbert, not me," sobbed and trembled. for her condition. Is this so?" then he looked straight father, past his mother who denly faced him, her byhooks as lllikn‘ was the least tcblame. studies marveling at the serious? CIIAPTUBE ITVI Park Avenuepand beyond, was glad to get her at any price- gripped him by the Gillert, you are s. Van Hom, not Elliott, thank God. The most confidence, pouring out the girl, Marvin, ing my boy closeted here's luck to ‘em bow." their not for pbiication. I O O Avenue olib. Marvin afternoon shaded into night. hat onavacant the Bowery. down at ,WhataroY°\ld0illI?" place "Having a whiskey sour: our: I . I "Al right. Dine with me 01ml her " . u ‘It "W you that. Getting to feel like fami man. home, laugh , and g. bit of jort ef has the crowd guessing. settled. . poonbe stood fcrsosoe. Th0! ST hflliltl» ImcthI-the otherdly-out RIKES, Q4, (01.03. Thlywuyclalrfiagabcveiiaereeincanvaa eternities, father, mother, w]; Q11. berithiseyesontheflrdbegsnto do some thinking on his own sc- count. Bad the girl told, of-of- Be had not looked at it in that ost 118M. as any harm to his parents, “Harriet can't be found, mlram," left the 1101180. Ill-I'm. 000k saye Allis noon. She's took her own things. She has awkward, nervous, asked. "Whtt what about "5011. ch, how can; I soy it- The .of it." She covered her face, her head bent her shoulders. Her delicate wihito hands trembled. h’? rifles flashing ih the firelight. i y w“ B” n" Deny every; For a willie they continued to look eye! osghe the look of consternation of realimtiou, in the boy's face. Again feeling that this thing. if told at the club, mirth "Mother's maid. Harriet. is about hat is, to become a mother. We die "We believe you are responsible Gilbert hung his» head for a time, at his sud- " eyes brisht and eager for the glad denial, ready willing. anxious to hear him fling back. ltlhk: vile inslnuatiomJllrng it»- bsok a H “I suppose run tojllamc I-w-J! A cry frourthe chair-slurs. Hide Hallett-Van Horn I had fainted. m, ‘rhere in theiiibrsr . ... surrounded _ , ias life, books filled with the stuff opdreams’ and q crlms and love.’ enacted a scene. The young-man ‘those ~ ‘people ma. Hallow-Von. Horn refused to see-her son. He-went bask to his curious trick life had played. How was he to know that ;things could be so Harriet had left with a. man, her father or brother. Simmons did not know. They walked down toward to the river, and tin Cavalier. ‘rem Breen As Gilbert left home his father hand. "Well; sir! may show up again. I suppose she knows bow to take care of herself.” The worm, then as now, held a familiar ring." "But, let this be a lesson to ' you. - A‘ the dub, Brevoofl’ in the ut- a liberal high-ball of Sherwood. los- sed it oil! and told the whole story to Marvin Kelly, a gentleman who mingled politics with law. "I recall a handsome wench, a figure, i! you follow me, leav- "He's a Van Horn, all right. We "HOWP and the men tossed Off drink. The affeir never got outside of ihe Van Born home. Servants in those days, were loyal; it was st!!! in a timemhen servants talked, but Gilbert Van Horn. in the fall of 19410.net. in the window of his mm Kelly, Judge of the State Supreme. Court. man about town. Elly. Rental. came in as the long "Gilbelt. old boy.” Marvin Kelly drewcffhisglovesandtossedhls cane and chair, "I'm having a bit of fun tonight, on llcllanus’ what men for’ the mined- an . JudsF-flh» Joeephinelwanttoiellyouabout knomhnraiherluok! you know. remousibili Shebeutersfi at the Misses Filters- ~33 To Cleveland Hospital ing" with a class. Really, I felt as if 1 w responds. m the whole lot of them. A female gave me g cold stare when I bowed to my ward." “Gilbert. all you need is a hint. and you'll be a family man yet," “I'm thinking seriously of getting an automobile." They talked idly, "Looked at a" Panhard theJytheg day. 111st brought qver. The foreign makers are yea-rs ahead of us in that." l “It's a dangelom thing." Judge Kelly hsd ordered his drink and was considering it. "Joseph Muidoon. a child or seven, was killed on 51st Street last April by one of the new vehicles. There'll be dozens killed every year before we know it. Don't take any chances. Gilbert” "Depend on me being careful, Judge-here's looking at you!" out on Fifth Avenue. -. “Come, Gilbert, let's walk up to Martin's." "I feel like a good scrap tonight." Van Horn stood and flexed his arms. "Wouldn't mind mixing in it ' myself. Judge, you're l. life saver." The two friends strolled up the avenue in the dusk. l I O For a block or so each way, groups of loiterers. and the curious, talked of the fights. The crowd gradually thickened before the doors of the club. Now and-then some notable ..ld appear; the McManus came: then followed the district chief of an adioining principality in the close feudal system of Tammany; or some‘ sporting celebrity would dash up in s cab. It was more the at-~ trootiori of the club than any spe- ‘ciai fame of the contenders ' that ‘drew these men. Pug Malone, the trainer, generally put up a show. Boys and men looked 0n with the perpetual interest of expectatio . ‘Gllbertvan Horn and Judge Kelly, wearing silk opera hats, and with rakish cloaks over their even- ing dress. stepped from a red wheeled hansom. ‘Ilheyhad dressed old city, for the Bowery, and the bums, expected it of the quality. As they alighted Sol Bernfeld, holding John by the arm, passed the door of the club and entered the fighter-‘s dressing room. It was crowded and a maze of talk and smoke greeted John had loomed that he need only fight one op- ponent at s time, and he knew that leather gloves were far less damag- ing than bras knuckles. His point of view was typical of his experi- ence. Generally he got five dollars i for a fight. not an inoonsiderable amount, and here he might earn fifteen To be Continued APPRUPRIATIUN I S I] l] ll B l E l] NIAGARA FAILS. Ont. Jan. 24- (Cm-‘rourist traffic in Canada during 1986 may be the Efeatest in the past five years. D. loo Dolan of Ottawa, director of the adian Travel Bureau, said in an ss here tonight. Speaking at a meeting sponsored by the local chamber of commerce and attended by representatives of various civic organizations and service clubs, ‘Mr. Dolsn outlined the paign the bureau will carry on to bring tourists to the Dominion. "Unless all signs fail, we should see in Canada in i935 a greater tourist traffic than at any time during the lest five years." he said. m. Dolan based his predictions upon reports which had come to him from travel and resort organi- sations in the United States who re- an increased demand for Canadian travel literature and in- formation during recent . 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