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CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1906.
SINCE COPIES 5 CENTS.
. stranger to
‘rig Pr
nulhnrityfns one 9
,‘ rliyi
GEORGE W
wi:YMouTii. .
DE W17: or
in 9 Twin Peaks.
Oi Semlraunls hind the table EPMBG.
‘Vithout a Word she put on another plate
and serve .
' hlr. Chumiey ate h9urtiiY oi the limpia
Vegetables and iruits and fried chicken.
“Your Semiramis is B. Wonder, Hr.
[Copyright DY
; CHAPTER I
. > ’ , E
About a year ago from this writing-or]
to be precise, one Snmrda. noon in thti
early part of Junrkan exu-aoromury man
came to my hnus .
was trimming the grass about my rose
.' bushes when I heard the click of the gate
and looked
up.
A tan and stooped alranger was just en-
rtng m yar. saw tnat he was
the neighborhood, He wore a
ince Atbert coat an on his head
P
.5 n n ne Prince Albert was
man the professional rnon
tne pm e. 1 ev n had a cent 2 ough on
myself tar dress wear. ut I ha not he-
lore seen a. siik hat on the streets or Du-
pl3Y- ..
! stood up and waited (hi the stmngnr
reached iii)’ side
‘Are on wnhace crneine, the mason
n.’ and I aid nat [Live unyj reason la
shrink before him. 7 -
I Wrilllllinit. however, (hilt he ill'LL‘i"lI"!l01i
-ne powerruuy. He Fmkexiis it man hnvtm:
. gt .
'15 used to being
W. D. ayce Co.]7 I I decided at once that he must he
n you do 9. piece 01 work for me at
expect you to overcharge me.
t. I
u'wnnt to Yransact business with
Then I turned my: n- ck to him and re-
hundred dollars. I am used to being over-
charged by strangers. and that is why I
lpoke as I did. Forget that and let us
0 ..
"A Ignt, sir," i said. “Let us go into
he house and talk the thing over."
"1 prefer to taik it over on the s t where
I mean to build." he said. politely-“t. at i
ave you had your dinnei‘. Mr.
"No: I am expecting to eat soon. Will
you join me? I have no doubt SEi'niPB.frii3
will have something decent and enough inr-
two."
"Semiramis?" he asked. struck by the
n r .
red housekeeper,’ I ex-
coo
oin yau." he said. hoartliy.
"For the fare, at the hotel is abominable.
will eat at your table as a Sign of my good
will-a token of friendship in screwing
your hospitality. I am St. $i:iir Chuinley,
at ya rs . r Graeme.
Ie held out his hand and I tnok it,
wondering my soul, What th’s strange
man was doing in little sleepy Dupiny, nnd
why he wanted A stone house buiit "WN-
However. i kept my rurlosity
and led the W8)’ into the dining Avvuu
-7;
Graeinc." he nrknmviedged ntv last.
he pushml his (‘hair Irnm the tahi
when
ta
it o
such culinary skill in this (<nI:Itt=d and-<
ynu will PX(‘llS(‘ the expression.-hin this
backwoods iittle toun."
seer-v irvoymit, and B. des-
cendant from the rnyni house of Somali, I
Afi1<‘a."
"Ah, int1N‘<]!" he PxCiHiIh(‘(i.
He looked up mud saw the aid. black wo-
man stnndinxz In the door. .
"I b0t>n in Snmmillalid, Mndarna
Semirmnh," he (-uvllliiuvtl, rep,’ din her
clcise-Y- ‘ vaynxv ti Wad?
In . hine viorsliipcd at the great
'ie..tp-e o n v as: a
f 'hor I
the feet of the “White tPfIt"i(‘l', and got wis-
dcm from the lips 0 wnrn .
mirumis ooko at the ntrmiger with
widely miiimz and diluted eyes. .
e raised bulh hln hnnds above his head
and cinnpc-ti them together siawiy, once,
(wire, three times.
en he l’!‘[K‘2ll('d three or four words in
same foreign lonxne-it must have been I
the Iamzuaxe of Somali-for at the phrase
the most re-mnrknbic change came vver Lhe
old negress. ,
She, who had Deon n have during her in-
lane)’ and euny womanhood, and yet had
retained win-. unbroken spirit he dignity
a queen, proslrnled her-seit before this
sirzmxer. ' r
03, Semiramis bowed uii her aged lore-'
head tourhvd Ihe ground. >
“.’tiast0r!" she c ed y
"I! is enough.’ said Chumiey, I'I,.i1n-ioat
tender (ones. "You may n."
Sne rose without looking at me and
hncneo out or the room. bowing at him as
"Su,iersttllon is n arrange thing." he raid.
ith 8. [He laugh. "Be-
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turning to me
3 <2 I no it I w magic
ward-a (mm h(‘i" native land‘ your Semh
Iamis slav She i do whatexez
I shy. when you get married. Graeme, my
boy-I want you to pmmitie to let me have
semirnrnis tor my hnuscket'l‘er." -
V nn! yet met me one woman,"
sum 1. so them is little prnspect or my
N...
"The one Woinnn is coming. Graeme."
He looked nt me nnrrouiy. --L
a
you wlil be m:iI‘rit-ti viilhin a twelvemonliii
To whom, I cnnnot any. )[y wtgdom doe,
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