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JOHN F FKOMIIN By EMERSC AUTHOR] of |THE MISSISSIPPI ILLUSTRAHONS by Ra rnPvoir.HT iqi? ry fmersop SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I?John Rawn 1> born 1* Texas. Early In life he shows signs of masterfulness and inordinate selfishness. CHAPTER II?He marries Laura John<? ? ?? ? ? a* T railway -tic 13 a tici/v in a mvm.w , jcfflce when his daughter Grace is born. jraara later he hears Grace's lover. & Toung engineer named Charles Halsey, arpeak of a scheme to utilize the lost curl*?Et of electricity. With his usual un crupulousness he appropriates the Idea as his own and Induces Halsey to perfect ton experimental machine. He forms a company, with himself as president, at a alary of $100,000 a year, and Halsey as uperintendent of the work* at a salary ef $5,000. CHAPTER m-Rawn takw chtx*ge of xne office In Chicago. Virginia Delaware, a beautiful, capable and ar.bitious young woman, is assigned as his stenographer. nrsd K>11G eu$&12>l.2f 121 piUItlllg LiiC jl Uiuivuiv decoration for the princely mansion Rawn has erected. Mrs. Rawn feels out of place in the new surroundings. CHAPTER IV?Halsey goes to New York with Rawn and Miss Delaware to explain delays in perfecting the new motor to th>e impatient directors. He gets a message that a deformed daughter has been born to his wife. Grace Rawn. He returns to Chicago. CHAyTJER T?Rawn 'Sareains witTi Miss Delaware to wear his jewelry and appear In public with him, as c. means to help Wm In a business way. CHAPTER "VT?Rawn Is fortunate in market speculations, piles up wealth and attains prominence. * * CHAPTER VII?He frets because his telfe does not rise with him in a soclaj way. He gives her a million dollars to leave him. >TER IX?Grace moves to Gray/lall, and Halsey continues to live in th* rottae'e near the works. CHAPTER X?Halsey's machine proves ft success, but he keeps the fact a secret. CHAPTER XI?Virginia Delaware be?oroep more and more lndispenslble to Jlawn. He takes her to New York on a cosiness trip. Idle talk prompts him to offer her marriage. CHAPTER XII. The Royal Progress of Mr. and Mrs. Rawn. So they were married. Graystone Hall at last had a mistress worthy of its architect and decorator when?lore and affection and other good consider * *1 IV.'KL V.ftl uons moving uacreiu, as uio ww uaui It?the new Mrs. Rawn moved into the place of the old Mrs. Rawn. Thereafter matters went at least as merry as most marriage bells celebrating the nuptials of middle age and youth, of wealth and beauty. As Mr. Rawn had spent a million dollars to free himself from one wife, he seemed willing to spend much more in the process of taking on an other. It became current rumor that the one great diamond show of the western city was Virginia Rawn. The sobriquet, "The Lady of the Lightnings," passed from New York to Chicago and became permanent there. Not that that lady delighted in disr?lnv hut there were occasional ODer atic or theatrical events which demanded compliance with her husband's wishes, in which event she 'blazed almost better than the best. But, gradually, she showed the tastes of the aristocrat, as alien to vulgar display as to crude manners. ;Gradually the tone, color, atmosphere, *> ? T-Toil Kotran +/~? r>Vi o n CO V/r \JTi CLJ ;iau Istv viAw.*A-jv. The porcelains which Virginia Rawn purchased were not large and gorgeous, but a.connoisseur would have called them worthy. The vast and brilliantly framed paintings came down one hy one, and one by one masterpieces went up, selected by one who knew. The walks, the grounds, took on simpler and cleaner lines. Rawn of the International got a new credit as a person of taste. He was accepted as a collector, a patron of the arts, a flrtnnnlcsmir in fnrt vpf mnrft a wor thy and a rising citizen. The hospitality of Mr. Rawn's mansion house also now increased perjccptibly, and, delighted that at last numbers came to se ? him, Mr. Rawn at first did not analyze those numbers very cioseiy. jtuven ine iasnaious, many of whom came to be amused, ;were unanimous in the feeling that ,Mr. Rawn's house, its furnishings, its decorations, its pictures, its works of art, its hospitality also, were beyond reproach. The trace of gaucheriewaa ' gone. The spirit of the place was del-' iicately reserved, dignified, yet well as- < . sured. The seal of approval vrae j i J r* r>r? Art A XT O 11 1 T\ I . JJlciCeU U^Uli VJiaj oiuuc i xaii. 11 uu, xjj.- > deed, should smile at the man who .had made so meteoric a rise, who had by a few years of labor become master of this mansion, its furnishings :and its mistress? Who, upon the other hand, might smile at that mistress, : whose appearance upon the front page ;of tbe leading journals of the city became now a matter of course?a lady of such reserved tastes as led her to forsake the larger marts, and to set the seal of fashionable approval upon a little florist, a little modiste, a little milliner all her own?even a little surgeon hitherto unknown, who honored a little hospital and made it fashion-! able, bv taking: there this distinguished ! patient for a little operation? Rawn himself expanded in all this social success. He saw doors hitherto ; closed, opening before kim, saw his 1 future imtoiUnor before him also HVp a ' scroll, a tiunuiea times a week ne valked to his young wtf ?, caught her j & btt. HDD.SL wfiwinw&r fnffWiniM LAWN [ENT CITIZEN )N HOUGH nunnt r. e? a a f\ r\D CIPUT duddll; ot-tu vi\ mum y Walters THOUGH with her youth, her beauty, hir aplomb, her fitness for this life which he had chosen. For once he almost forgot to regard himself as a collector of beautiful objects, although the truth was that his wife, Virginia, became more beautiful each day, more superb of line, more calmly easy in air, more nearly faultless of garb and (iompsnnr Shia tnnk her nlace easily and surely among the young matrons of the wealthier circles of the western city. Whereas thousands of auto-cars had passed by Graystone Hall and only a dozen stopped, scores now, of the largest, drove up its winding walks and halted at its doors. The dearest dream of both seemed realized. The hunt in couple had won! They had gained what they desired; that is to say, self-indulgence, ease, idleness, ad ulation, freedom from care. What more is there to seek? And is not this America? Gradually John Rawn had been losing the rusticity which had accompanied him well up to middle age. The city now began to leave its imprint. The waistcoat of Mr. Rawn gradually attained a curve unknown to it m ear- \ lier years, so that his watch fob now j hung in free air when he stood erect. | His face was perhaps more florid, his hair certainly more gray. His skin remained fresh and clean, and always he was well-groomed, having the able assistance of his wife now in the selection of his tailoring, as well as her coaching in social usage. They always looked their part. At morning, at noon, or at dewy eve, in any assemblage or any chance situation, they both played the role assigned to them in their own ambitions. Born of an environment wholly unconventional, they now took on that of conventionality as though born to that in stead. You could not have round a more perfect type of respectability than John Rawn, a more absolutely valid exemplar of good social form than his wife, Virginia. All things prospered under their magic touch, the genii of the lamp seemed theirs. No problems remained for them to solve. They had in their own belief attained what may be attained in American life, and they were happy. Or, that is to say, they should at least have been happy, if their theory of Ufa oT)j quooocc onr? nf those like to theirs, be correct. At least they were what they were?products of a wonderful country which makes millionaires overnight and produces out of bakeries women of one generation fit to be the wives of princes born of i forty kings. We are, some of us at least, accustomed' to worship such as these as they ride by upon the high car of success. accustomed to envy and to emu late them. If that vehicle be the car of Juggernaut, crushing under its wheels multitudes of those who worship, it is no concern of those who sit aloft. For a long time Mr. Rawn and his wife remained ignorant of the fact that one victim of the wheels of their success was none other than Rawn'sj daughter, Grace. Alas! for that young lady. She un-j fortunately had been now for almost a j vppr an nsnirart. in her Own right to I a seat upon the car of ease and luxury; yet here she saw herself swiftly supplanted, and worse than that, swiftly forgotten! Her year of quasi-place and power had left her unwilling to return to her own humble home. She remained on at Graystone Hall, nowj r~<xr&iy vioucu uy uuok/auu. ^ ^ found herself calmly accepted, yet calmly neglected as well. Very naturally she hated the new Mrs. Rawn with all her soul; a hatred which that! lady repaid with nothing better than j a straight look into Grace's eyes, a; look innocent, calm, and' wholly fear- j less. Grace must now see the very j jewels her own mother should have j worn, blazing at the neck and hands of j -xl j. iV-i I ner stepmouier; luusi see ijluil iauv taking assuredly and as of right, what Grace could now never ask or expect! for herself. With an unapproachable! and wholly hateful air of distinction' and good breeding which rankled most ! of all in crude Mrs. Halsey's heart, j Virginia Rawn sat high on the car of Juggernaut; and the car of Juggernaut passed on. In pride and delight over >>?o itminrr wifp .Tnhri Rawn tpaIIv for-t got his daughter. *me yowig new wife dftd tie same, or appeared to do so. John Rawn had told the tnrtb to his wife when first he had declared his sentiments toward her?he never before that time really had known love, or at least had not known Infatuated lore such as that he felt for her. He exulted in the vistas of delight which he saw before them, fancying them endless. The very sight of his wife, cool, faultless, self-possessed, haughty, Wm with a sense of his own im portance, making him feel that he was one of God's chosen. She was his, he had found her, discovered her, collected her. She was his to put upon a pedestal, to admire, to display, to worskip. to load down with jewels. He ha^ ev fhine; now which other men flaunted his ov.?ei?i- .. ?Jh a woman in their fao?s. What mora can a rich mam v ' than that sr.me? Is that not the dream and test of power?to secure what others may not have, to secure special j privileges in this life? And is not the j ~ - -a j. v i quest 01 oeauiy llie iirm uusmeaa ui him who has attained power? Of all these special privileges which had come to John Rawn so swiftly in these late rapid years, none so delicately an^ warmlv filled his heart as that of being able to call Virginia Rawn his own. Why blame him? The sultans of thirty or forty generations ha-fe devised nothing better than this test of power. "*1 \ FT1 Fancied Himself to Be a Figure of Dignity. trerm Rawn, witn ail properly ans- ! tocratic leanings toward sultanry, lacked certain elements of sultanbood in strength, but had others in weakness. He did not know that in reality he was in the hands of a stronger nature than his own. "She's got him jumping through hoops," was the comment of one young man. "He'll sit up and bark whenever she gives the word!" But Rawn did not know that he was barring and jumping, his tongue hanging out excitedly. In all his mental pictures of himself he fancied himself to be a figure of dignity, of strength, indeed of majesty. (TO BE CONTINUED). Of Interest to Drummers. The Charlotte Daily Observer is planning to devote a portion of its Sunday issue each week to items of news and articles of merit relating to traveling men, their work and worth to the city from which they work and the country at large in which they "live, move and have their being." In this undertaking The Observer believes that it will have the cordial endorsement and co-operation of each ATTrty-r IroTmlin!! mo-n l-r> tVlO C.H m- ! ailU. C v C7i j ii aT^ixu^ xxxt*xi *XA V.**V> v linas and particularly of the two great organizations the United Commercial Travelers and the Travelers Protective Association, both of which maintain large and flourishing branches in Charlotte. The greater part of the ma- j terial will be furnished by special j committees from these two organiza- i tions and will be devoted especially to | affairs of interest to those who travel.; Ti 1 J -- < ~ I It IS IlUpeQ ih Lime LU maac liujs u<-'~ ] J partment of the paper one of the most j attractive in its Sunday issue. Neces-jj sarily the beginning will have to be; on a small scale, but with the cordial j assistance of the hundreds of travel-! ing men in this territory, it will be 1 made one of real value and merit. The Cause of Eheumatism. Stomach trouble, lazy liver and deranged kidneys are the cause of rheu- ! matism. 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