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This page is primarily a book review and advertisements. The main content is a review of "Jack of Hearts," a novel by H.F. Johnson published by Judge Publishing Company (25 cents). The review summarizes a Bohemian romance: an abandoned baby boy (Jack) is raised by a coachman and taught art by a French tutor. Jack becomes famous after painting "Poppies in the Corn," which impresses a distinguished visitor. The narrative continues with romantic encounters—Jack meets a noblewoman by returning her dropped flowers, leading to an eventual reunion revealing she is his biological mother. The plot involves duels, family secrets, and concludes with Jack inheriting wealth and marrying the noblewoman. The surrounding content consists entirely of period advertisements for silk importers, sanitary woolens, candy, hats, collars, railroad excursions, and various consumer goods—typical of Judge magazine's commercial content.
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This will, no doubt, prove a Popular train, Business men can leave after clove of business Saturday, and take Supper ‘with their families in the Mountains. Special Monday Morning Train Returning, Jeares all points in the Mountains Monday Morning, arriving at New York in time for business, JACK OF HEARTS. LJACK: oF HEARTS. A. story of Bohemia, By H. F. Johnson, New Vork: The Judge publishing com- pany. . Price 25 cents, Jack of Hearts is brought, while yet a small baby, to the door of a nobleman’s house. ‘The gentleman com- mands his servant to drown him, but Jack is left in the park and picked up by Mr. Chippery, a coachman, who takes him home, and when he uncovers him finds in the basket the card which gives the child and the book their name, The coachman befriends a needy French- man, who in return teaches Jack art and belles lettres. ‘This Frenchman Kad left his ruined home, from which the mother and child were taken by some unknown de- ceiver. One day Jack painted a large picture, “* Poppies in the Corn,” which was accepted by the Academy, and, being found to fit ina certain corner, was placed there, A great man came to the exhibition. ' Everybody waited on his verdict. He had on tight shoes, which compelled him to hurry through the halls. There was a seat be- fore Jack's picture and he sank into it with the exclam- ation, “That corn! I never knew anything like it in my life!" Jack found himself famous. ‘As he passed along the streets one evening, he saw a lady drop some flowers. He picked them up with the purpose of returning them, but was haughtily interrupt- ed by her escort. She, however, turned and thanked him with a smile, The face and the smile robbed him of sleep. Late in the night, while still wandering aim- lessly, he came upon a fire. "It was a magnificent dwel- ling, ‘now almost consumed, At an upper window a woman appeared, Jack recognized the face, He sprang forward, pushed aside the hesitating firemen, climbed as far as possible on their ladders, went into the flames, reappeared, and at last returned with the young lady in his arms. "He was burnt and exhausted. When he awoke he was in a luxurious room, attended by the lady he loved. Before she knew he had regained conscious- ness, he heard her say, "My hero!" And the spirit of those whispered words was confirmed when, as they rec- ognized each other, he kissed her hand,'and she, to prove her pardon was genuine, bent over him very low and he kissed her lips. He regarded himself as taking advantage of gratitude by thus making love to a lady'so far above him, and, when convalescent, avoided every opportunity for being with her alone. He met her one morning in the park, however, and at the close of an hour's love-making was confronted by Sir Bayard Blair, who saw him afterward and forbade him any further communication with the lady. Tut Lady Olive, countess of Chislehurst, fostered their connection and Jack met May often under her roof. So when they all happened to meet at Dieppe, and Sir Bayard repeated his insolent expression of proprietor- ship in Lady May Cluny, Jack was firm in his resent- ment and accepted Sir Rayard’s challenge to a duel. ‘The evening before the affair of honor a man came to Lady Olive and told her that Sir Bayard had bribed him to tell her a lie in former years; but now they had quar- relled, and he felt free to tell her that her son, so long thought dead, was alive and known to her. Following close upon this revelation was the discovery of the intend- ed duel, She followed the principals to the fatal spot, and arrived in time to see Jack lying on the grass, bleed: ing, and Sir Bayard Blair standing apart with a. pistol smoking in his hand. She ran to him and cried in hor- Wretch, you have slain our son!" ‘Then the Frenchman, who had taught Jack and who was his second in the duel, saw the victor for the first time. He, too, rushed on him in a rage and threw him to the ground, for he recognized in him the despoiler of his home. Sir Bayard was released from his clutches, but he did not leave the field with a victor’s air, and he was found later, dead, from the pistol he held in his hand. Lady Olive had married him legally when very young, but he had deserted her and refused to succor her child. Now that his identity was revealed, the marriage was declared binding, and Jack, recovering from his wound, was invested with the great fortune and noble titles of his sometime father. He was a man of the nobility, and his marriage with Lady May, daughter of Lord Cluny, was the happiest of events. Another romance is connected with Lady Olive—that of her husband, Lord Chislehurst, and for some unac countable reason a much longer one threads its way through the book—the romance of Marty, the waif on the seashore, and the opera queen. But this is substan- tially the story, and if the reader is willing to forgive the crudities of a style which promises to be better in the future he may be sure of being not only interested but profited by ** Jack of Hearts,” “Where are you two going?” asked a girl of a youth and maiden who were wandering away from the main group at the picnic. ‘‘Oh, we're going to get some pond-lilies.” Ina quarter of an hour they were return- ing. ‘What's the matter?" asked the girl who first spoke ; ‘couldn't you find any pond-lilies ?” plied the other young lady, unguardedly ; “ somebody else had the hammock.” And the young man blushed. —Merchant Traveler, Beware of imitations. NOTICE AUTOGRAPH OF ON LABEL, AND GET THE GENUINE Gig HARTSHORN) Don't spoil your Feet south CHEAP SHOES Wee Burt & Packerd “Korrect Shape. ‘ALL STYLES: WRIGHT & DITSON, FINE LAWN TENNIS. 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