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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DEOEMBEB ldU 1914.
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JOHN ERLEIGH, SCHOOLMASTER
; , By CLAVER MORRIS
AilW of "John Bredon, Solicitor."
t ' CHAPTBH I.
yUhr'AItPTHEEl Oh, fiddlesticks, Anne.
LJ The boy's rmmo 1ms been down
X" A for Eton this Inst seven years."
$&& "Vlmbctley sinlleil-a tlttlo sadly.
pfFllwas ft handsome, gentle-faced worn'
antot S3, with dark, quiet eyes and black
" "tip-
For nine years she had bectf a widow,
and her only son, tho present marquess,
and heir to the great AVImberley estates,
had nover yet been taken .from her
charge and care. She had taught him
herself until ho was seven. Then for two
I years ho had had a governess, and after
p that a private tutor, nut he was now
5 U, and tho tlmo had como for him to
leave homo for the rougher world of a
' public school.
"After all," Lord Arthur Merlet con
tinued, stroking his mustache, and
1 staring at his highly polished boots, "one
' can't do better than Eton. It's the fashion
i now to run tho place down, but I'm
I hanged If. I won't stick up for it. George
was there, and I was thero, and wo'vo oil
been thero tho wholo lot of us genera
tions back. I know Qeorgo anted tho
boy to go to Eton."
"I I don't think ho cared very much,
Arthur, He Just put Guy's namo down
well, as n matter of form."
Lord Arthur laughed. He was a big,
broad-shouldered fellow with a bronzed
t faco and keen blue eyes. For two years
Kio had been abroad, shooting big game
I in Central Africa, and now ho had ro
l turned ho was not unwilling to bo dragged
I into the family councils. As the younger
i brother of the late marquess and holr
' presumptive to the title, he had a certain
i rixht to glvo 'advlco In a matter where
woman was llablo to makb a mis
take. '" "What put Harptrce Into your head?"
( he queried, after a pause.
'.Well, It's so near, Arthur only 10 miles
away from i nksllvcr. George was ono
of the hereditary governors, and Ouy
i will be, of course, when he comes of
r age. It seemed to me "
lr "Jly dear Anno," ho interrupted, "Ilnrp
i tree Is much too near. I know quite well
what will happen. You'll bo over there
, every day and all day. Fatal for tho
1 boy. You'll unsottlo him. He might aS
well be a day boy at a grammar school,
x and have dono with It"
"Oh, Arthur, I promise you "
1 "Don't," he Bald with a laugh. "You'll
never keep your promise. If you'll tako
my advice you'll send 3uy to Eton. That's
a Ions way off, even Ip these days of
I motors. Harptreo! Who on earth has
( heard of HarptreoT"
f "Everybody, Arthur, nowadays. Thoy'ro
taking all the scholarships."
, "Scholarships? Pshaw!"
"Theyvo two men In tho Oxford eleven
this year and one In tho Cambridge, and
they won the racquets and the Ashburton
hleld "
"My dear Anne, what does all this mat
ter" "And they beat the county In Rugby
football last winter," sho continued, "and
you know, or perhaps you don't, how
good the county Is."
Lord Arthur threw up his hands. "Sparo
me," he said -with a laugh. "But seri
ously, Anno, all this doesn't mntter.
Cricket? Football? Ilacquots? Schol
arships? That for ' them," and ho
snapped his fingers. "It's the tone of
the placo that matters. Eton Is well,
Eton, and Harptrce will always bo
Harptree In this generation, nt any
rate."
Lady Wlmberley sighed and poured out
at cup of tea.
"Sugar?" she said gently. "I forget."
"No sugar, thanks."
1 "Milk?"
"Yes, Just a little. Now, look nero,
Anne. I know well enough what you're
I driving at. You don't care what tho
school Is like bo long as irs ciose 10
Monksllver. You can't lot your precious
darling out of your sight. That's what
,t amounts to, doesn't it?"
Lady Wlmberly smiled and a faint color
ame into nor ivory white cheeks.
"No. Arthur." she said after a pause.
,'I'm not quite so foolish as, that. It
attera everything to me what the school
like. If Harptree were wo miles away
om here I should still wish Ouy to go
ere, I think it Is the best school in
Kland."
i'Oh, really, Anne "
Yes," sho saw nrmly, 'tne best scnooi
England. It's the headmaster that
kes a school Us past history doesn't
tter. Erlelgh has done for Harptree
at Thring did for Uppingham."
'ErlelKh? ,Oh, yes, he's a very decent
low.'
'He's rather more than that, Arthur.
fe's a (Treat man a man I could trust to
ook after Ouy and then he's a personal
rlend of mine."
Lord Arthur sipped his tea thought
fully, and stared out of the open window
Mat the boudoir at the sunlit lawns, that
sloped down to the edge of a great lake.
Beyond the broad expanse of water the
una aescenaea again into tne valley.
KUmost as far as the eye could reach the
na belonged to the young Marquess of
Wlmberley. It was a vast and splendid
nhcrltance. ureal responsibilities would
le on the shoulders of the landlord. The
hoy would have to be trained to be a
reat and honorable man. Up to the
Present he had been kept In cotton-wool.
la was e. fine lad, but he knew nothing
of the rough side or lire, ills first ex
perience of that would be at a public
eohool. Everything might depend on the
training for the next four years. Lord Ar
thurs experience of school life had
taught him that the masters did not mat
ter so much as the boy's companions.
Above everything they must be gentle
men, with family traditions of their own.
ur course," n saw, after a lone
pause, "Erlelgh has done a lot for the
hool. Seven years ago there were ISO
boys, and now there are, I believe, more
than doube that number. But what sort
of boys are they? A very mixed lot, I
houW thUik "
"Young Fauconberg Is there, and Dal
las and EtchJngham; but I don't want
Guy to become a snob. Arthur. I'd Just
as soon he made friends with the sons
or looai doctors ana country clergymen
The tone of the school is thoroughly
good. I would rather trust my boy to
John Erlelgh than to any on else in the
world."
Lord Arthur glanced keenly at his ato-Ur-ln-law,
and set his eup down on tho
table. She bad sttekeo rather mora
vcarmly of the headmaster than the oe
cAslon seemed to require. Un4&ubte4ly
the man had made a great bspreslon on
hr, and had talked her into aaedlag the
boy to Harptree. The young Marquess
of Wlmberley would be a great asset tu
tho school a tine advertisement. It might
Yn be the making of the plac.
"Weil. Anne," ha said with a tough,
"you've evidently mad up your wind."
She smiled, and be thought how au-
t Jtwiy beautiful b was, bow young
W na tc tnotber of My of W. H
M4 always looked ueon hqr as an ideal
HUM'. Thw was iaateinlug strangely
pare 4 saintlike about her lire and har
Jvotio to iter cnlj son
"You inure ak.,a .). mlvu, as a om
Ur of bra," be eotuu4. but yon hv
ufca 4ridd to Matt tin boy to Ujus
Um," .
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A Gripping Story of Love
Mystery and Kidnapping
"Well, then, I advise you Id send
Guy to Eton. You can't go wrong if you
do that."
Sha shook her head. She had, Indeed,
decided that her son should go to Harp
treo. Jolm Erlelgh, a frlcnd-oomethlng
almost more than a friend had decided
for her. Tho wonderful personality of
tho man had moulded her to his will.
And even her reason told her that sho
was doing tho right thing. Erlelgh hail
lifted up Harptreo from obscurity and
had made It a model for nil tho schools
In England. He was ono of tho great
teachers of tho age n scholar, an organ
iser, a moulder of fine character a man.
'I think, Arthur," Bhe said, nlowty, "for
once In a way, we'll get out of the
groove."
Ho laughed. "Tho groovo Is dull," ho
replied, "but It Is generally safe. Well,
my dear Anno, I'm very much obliged to
you for consulting me. And slnco you
won't send the boy to Eton, I may as
well tell you that I have the very high
est opinion of Erlelgh and all he has
done for Harptreo."
Sho flushed with pleasure, and Lord
Arthur, looking at her ngaln, thought how
wonderfully young and beautiful sho
seemed; when ho had left England two
years previously sho had seemed older
than sho did now.
"I am sure I nm acting for the best,"
she said simply.
"Oh, I daro say; but look hero, Anne,
you mustn't be always running over to
Harptree and seeing how tho boy Is
getting on. Remember If you do that
tho other boys will laugh at him. Be
sides, It's bad for tho llttlo chap. Ho
must got clear of his mother's apron
strings. "Oh, I promlso you, Arthur, I I won't
mako him feel ashamed of me, I know
what boys are at school."
Lord Arthur roso from his choir.
"Would you Ilko mo to soo Erlelgh
for you?" heAsald.
"Oh, no, Arthur, I really don't think
you need trouble to do that."
"Well, I think I'd better. I've got
half an hour to spare, nnd I can catch
tho trnln at Harptreo. You see, Anne, It
Isn t as If Guy had a father. Mothers
nro nil very well, but they don't know
much about public-school life. I'd like to
havo a chat with Erlelgh and ask him
a few questions."
"It's very kind of you," sho faltered.
"Well, yes, perhaps you might call on
Mr. Erlelgh. I'd like you ' to seo for
yourself that I'm doing right In handing
over Guy to his charge."
They shook hands and he took his de
parture. For a fow minutes Lady Wlm
berley stood by tho open' window nnd
gazed across the lawns at tho Bparkllng
waters of tho lake. Thero was n soft
llUht In her eyes and a faint glow on
her checks. Sho might have been a young
girl thinking of tho man sho loved.
CHAPTER II.
JOHNsERLEIGH fint alone In IiIb study
at tho schoolhouse, a pipe In his
mouth and his chin rostlng on one hand.
On tho largo table before him were
spread piles of examination papers Term
was nearly over, and tho most arduous
part of It came at tho end. Ho took
tho sixth form himself In classics, and
these papers wore, so to speak, the har
vest of 12 weeks', careful sowing In tho
best Boll that wns to be found at Harp
tree. They represented tho promlso for
tho future tho possibility of scholar
ships and exhibitions at the universi
ties. The whole standard of tho. school,
from an educational point of view, could
be Judged from them. '
Outside the old gray-stone house tho
sun shone brightly on lawns and flower
beds. Beyond tho gardenrose tho tow
ering walls of the abbey to which the
school had originally belonged, nnd which
still watchod over It. The abbey, as
great and beautiful na; any cathedral,
was now qnly tho parish church of the
little town, nnd the rector had nothing
whatever to do with the school. But the
proximity of the fine building still seemed
to suggest that tho foundation of all
learning and all knowledge should rest
upon the rock of Fnltji. And In some
subtle manner the Church, divorced from
the school for over 300! years, had man
aged to make Its Influence felt through
the changes of fortune. The religious
and moral tone of the place had always
been good, and if religion and morality
alone could make a stoat public school
Harptree would have been In the first
rank long before John. Erlelgh came to
rule over It. But something more was re
quiredsomething more than scholarship
and high endeavor and John Erlelgh had
supplied It. And It wns n curious fact
that he was the first headmaster for over
200 years who had not taken holy orders.
But no one who saw htm now, seated In
his bare and plainly furnished study. In
tent on the work that was tho work of
his life, could doubt that lie was not only
a great organizer, a great teacher, but
that he was eminently a good and lov
able man. The line, thin, ascetic face,
with its high forehead and firm mouth:
the clear, steady, gray eyes; the spare,
wiry body; the clean, wholesome, thor
oughbred appearance of the man spoke
of a life lived carefully and simply. For
himself he cared little or nothing. All
his energies were devoted to the cause
ho had at heart that of making Harp
tree the first school In England. To the
accomplishment of this end he spared
neither himself nor those who worked
under him. Erlelgh's Income, apart from
his salary, was a considerable one. But
he spent very little on himself, and gave
freely for the good of the school. The
new or?an In the chapel, the new pa
vilion in tho playing fields, the new fives
courts at the back of the laboratory had
all been purchased with hla money. The
feea and endowments of the school were
very small, and the fees could not be
raised. John Erlelgh had no desire to
cater for the Bona of the rich. He only
wanted gentlemen, boys who had been
brought up in good homes, boys with
honorable traditions behind them. The
better classes were comparatively poor
in those, days, and the fees had to bo
kept aa low as postlble.
There was complete silence In the room
aa he sat there turning over the sheets ut
paper almost the silence of a cloistered
cell. It was a half holiday, and all the
boys were far away In the playing fields.
There were times when the place was
noisy enough. Though no one was allowed
In the garden in front of the house, the
echoes of shouts and laughter came
clearly enough from the big quadrangle,
into which the garden opened. The sound
was music In John Erlelgh's ears, but It
was not conducive to steady work on ex
amination papers, and the headmaster
had chosen this sunny afternoon to get
through a eojul4eratd amount of his
task. It was an afjernoon when most
men would have taken tiw opportunity of
getting fresh air and xct after a
bard morning's work But SrleJgh bad
no time to thiols ef his own health
"Oh, Qrunmitt, my dear feiiewl" he
said aloud, a he marked a few words of
a singularly free traoUatlon of a pas
sage in oae of SoBbada plays. Then
he laufbad. ad lawrMw aaamad to ananga
tne IM M nw ". BO MMa
griin an etara and asaatk. bttt the
genial fas ( a nun of th world. He
UttMd bank is W cnair. fcoMtag feu
blue pnU In U band, and aaoak with
btusbtar.
'QnnHaiU ahould wiU a ptey btm
aU," ha thoiant. "H" quit original.
Upon air " I W tit tooy will
wtto a Hwr"
His Brophoey vat Uua eooogli. in
eitar ar OriruaUU, a eurfeuaJtUow a
a achooliwy was daaanad to vrUw mm
of tna ( ufay 9f W eajy At
Kmuj1. faowe-r. b mm only aakad u
translate another's IdeAs Into tlngllsh.
and his originality lost him five mafks.
John Erlelgh resumed his task, reading
qJlckly, nnd marking the paper hero nnd
there with IlgUres and crosses. For tho
most part his face was grave, but now
mid again his features were lit up with
a smile. Ho wns a singularly handsome
man, with an nttractlvo and almost n
magnetic personality. It was thought
odd that lie had not married, nnd people
whispered, as pcoplo always do, of an
old lovo nffatr. In any case, so they
said, ho was well off, nnd there were
lots of women who would be glad to
marry him.
Tho clock on the mantelpiece struck
six, and a few seconds Inter the deep
toned bell of tho nbbey tolled out tho
hour. Tho door of the study opened and
a parlormaid entered tho room.
"Well?" queried Erlelgh without took
Ing up from his pnpors. The girl camo
forward with a card on a small lacquered
tray.
"I'm busy,'1 ho said curtly. T can't
seo nnv one. Who la It?"
"Lord Arthur Merlet, sir," sho Bald,
rending the name from tho card as though
she had not seen It before.
Tho expression of Erlelgh's face
changed, nnd ho amllcd.
"I'll seo Lord Arthur In hore," ho said.
A faint ,color camo Into his cheeks, and
ho fingered tho examination papers ner
vously. But ho wns quite calm and cool
when Lord Arthur entered the room.
"I've como about that boy of my
brother's," said tho latter when tho two
men had shnkon hands, "I'm on my way
back to town, and thought I'd look you
up. I hopo I am not disturbing you."
"Cortnlnly not, If you'vo come on nny
business of Lndy Wlmbcrloy's. Sit down,
won't you? Can I offer jpu a cigar?"
"Thanks."
Lord Arthur lit n cigar, nnd, seating
himself In a chair by the, opon window,
crossed his legs and glancrd nt tho tabic.
"Exam." papers, eh?" ho queried with n
laugh. "I wish you'd had soma of mine
to dcnl with. They'd have elthor driven
you off your head or made you die of
laughter. Depends on which way you
looked nt 'em."
Erlelgh smiled grnvoly. "I find a good
denl of fun In thorn myself," ho said.
Lord Arthur nodded approvingly. Ho
liked tho look of this schoolmaster fel
low. A sensible chap, ho thought, and
likely to get on with tho boys.
"Well, It's about ypunK Wlmberley,"
ho said, nfter a pause. "His. mother has
practically decided to send him liore, If
you'll havo him "
"I'd bo Jolly, glad to havo him. Lord
Arthur. He's the typo of boy wo want."
"I Bupposo ho Is," said Lord Arthur
dryly.
Ehlelgh took no offense. "Not bocnuso
hq Is tho MarqUls of Wlmberley," he re
torted, with n pleasant smile, "but bo
cause ho's a thoroughly good sort, with
no nonsense nbout him. I know tho boy
well and like him."
"I think he's n bit of a mollycoddle my
self. Ho's boon tied too much to his
mother's apron strings."
"Well, that kind Is easier to donl with.
Lord Arthur; more Improsslohablo Wo
have a good many boys hero who've
never known a mother's love, and they'ro
the hardest to squeeze Into tho mold."
"I didn't want the boy lo como here,"
ald Lord Arthur slowly. "I'll bo qulrr
frank with you. It scorned a. bit too closo
to his home. Temptation to bo nlways
running ovor. My slster-ln-Inw hns prom
ised to loive him alone, but you know
what women nro. Of courso, that won't
do."
"Of courso not," said Erlelgh quietly.
Lorjl Arthur began to nsk quostlcms
about tho school, tho hours of work nnd
nlav. tho holidays, the food, tho punlsh-
ments, nnd a dozen other things that oc
'cur to a man with a memory of his own
school days. John Mrieign answereu
everything qulto frankly, but every now
and then a puzzled look came Into his
eyes. Ho was wondering why Lord Ar
thur had como to him nt all. "Every ono
of these questions had been asked before
by ono who had a better right to ask
them. And Lord Arthur himself must
havo been quit well awaro that head
masters of public schools are autocrats,
nnd do not allow themselves to be cate
chised on tho details of their systom.
At last It seemed as If the visitor's de
sire for Information had como to an end.
Lord Arthur stared at the floor und pulled
at his mustache. For a few seconds thero
was op awkward Bllence. Erlelgh saw
that thero was something further to bo
said some matter of real Importance to
be discussed spmo toplo that Lord Ar
thur found It difficult to embark upon.
"If thero is anything else " said the
headmatBer tentatively.
"Well, yes there Is something else
Tm Mthap nfrnlrl vmill lnnph nt inn hut
n can assure you It Is no laughing mat
ter."
"Then I shall certainly not laugh, Lord
Arthur, Please bo quite frank with me.
If there Is anything nbout the boy any
thing his mother does not know "
"That's Just It, Mr. Erlelgh. It Is some
thing that his mother must not know.
This young nephew of mine must be very
carefully watched,"
John Erlelgh frowned. "We look after
every boy here. Lord Arthur," he said
quietly. "There is no spying on them,
of course, nothing secret of that sort,
but
"You misunderstand me," Lord Arthur
Interrupted. "Let me try tp explain. My
nephew Is going to be a very rich young
man one of these days. I suppose he'll
have qulto a hundred thousand n year,
pqsslbly a good bit more. Ho'll hold a big.
position."
"I hope to fit him for It," said Erlelgh
with a grim smile.
"Er ryes, I hope so. But don't you see
r the position and the money would
bo very useful to one or two other mem
bers of my family."
"I'm afraid I don't quite see, Lord
'Arthur."
"Well, to put it bluntly, then, it would
be worth some one's while to get rid of
this ad and step into his shoes."
(TO BE CONTINUEDJOMORRQW.)
LINEfTASHORE; 25 LOST
Dutch Steamship Wrecked OM Portu
" guese Coast.
LONDON, Dee. It A Lloyd's dlspatoh
frCm Oporto says that the Dutch steam
ship Bogor, from Amsterdam for Buenos
Aires, is ashore north of Lelxoes, on
the Portuguese coast, and is a total
wrack.
It Is believed that K Uvea were lost
The Bogojr, which belonged to the Rottar
damache Lloyd Line, waa of Mil tons
an.d was built at Hamburg.
Dea of Dog Bte Ijttcroth Ago
NHW YORK, Pofc l.-tothan Jacob.
S. years old, o? HW WasnUgton avenue,
the Bronx, who was bitten on Novem
ber 9 by a fox terrier, djed front rabies
early yesterday maturing in the Wlliard
Parker hospital. MUlon aiustejn. 6 yars
old, of UW Washington avenue, the
prons. was bitten Vy the sajna dog on
the same day. la hi caaa th Pasteur
treatment was administered Irowwdlatelr
aw the boy qujnkx reoo.vwad,
MOHBRN IIASCIKO
WANT TO FOflU TOOK OWN CLASS
tKJHttoLa au commote
PriraUi Lessons 2J!22T "USeJ-
0 lrUe aifilt3fcait4,
SANTA'S MAIL BAG
FILLED WITH PLEAS
OF HOPEFUL KIDDIES
Many Fear Palron Is Hard
Pressed This Year and
Arc Modesf Generous
Invited to Add to His
Pack.
Santa Clnus Is poor this year. This
statement can be verified by many of the
llttlo children of Philadelphia nnd the sur
rounding towns.
Their parents hnvo told them, and their
parents generally havo this Information
nt first hand. Knowing, that their old
benefactor Is badly pressed for toys and
candles, many of tho children havo writ
ten to him to remind him thnt they l
expect him oven If ho can't make Christ
mas ns largo nnd as merry a 'Otio as In
previous years.
Letters addressed to Santa Claus nt tho
North I'olc, In tho Arctics nnd other
parts of tho world irn being received at
the Philadelphia Poitoltlce. If one Is Irt
cilncd he can get ono of such letters nnd
play Santa Claus. Thero in many a man
(Copyright: 10H: by Harold JlacOrath.)
SYNorSIS.
Zudora h tet hn orimit nl on early
nic. Iltr lather (J fclllrrf fit o poll minx
he has dlfcotertd, Hall an hour after
learntnp of the death of her AiMIhihii
Zudora't mother a lloht rope ualfccr
with a circus I dd iclti vertigo,
falls, and is killed. ,
ruitora and the fortune from the mine,
which crows to be worth ito.aoo.ooo, are
left lit Die auardfansilp of Frank Kecne, a
circus man Zudora's mother's orother.
Zudora, plvina promise of vreat oeautv,
reaches the ape of IS. The uncle, who has
set himself up oi a Hindu miotic and is
known an Ilassam AH, decides n his
preed that Zudora must die before she can
hate a chance fo como fnfo possession
of her moneu, so that U mav be left to
him, the next of Mil, and he prevails
upon the plrl to leave her moneu In Ms
hands three pears longer and say noth
fno to ami one aboui ie fortune. Ilassam
AH sees an obstacle to his scheme In the
person of John Storm, o vounp lawvcr,
for uhom Zudora has taken a fancv, and
he commands the olrl fo puf he man out
of her tlifiuf. Storm comes fo ask flai
mm AH for the hand of his niece At
first the crystal pacer urtll not listen to tje
proposal, but Zudorn Insists that V she
canot marrv Storm she will marrv no one.
"Well, well," saps' Ilassam AH, "If
poii fafce such a stand, I'll compromise.
Solie my next to cases and pou can, marrv
him; fall in a sltiflle case and you must
renounce Mm." . , , , ,
Zudoui, using the Unowldepe pained
from pears of association with her uncle,
unrat'els tin) batfllnn mysteries and wins
her first tiro cases.
CHAPTER III
The Mystery of the Cheese Maker.
IN a kind of cellar, under a window,
a man sat, bent over a peculiarly
constructed machine of small wheels,
that spun with lightning rapidity.
Every no'w and then he paused and
scrutinized the minute object he held
in his fingers. At length he seemed
satisfied rose, stopped the machine,
and shuffled over to a cupboard.
Then he sat down on a cot and began
to figure in' a small notebook. The
result of his mathematics evidently
pleased him.
In a corner, behind curtains, stood
a furnace, a crucible, with powerful
bellows and chimney. It looked
adaptable to tremendous heat pres
sure. The machine previously re
ferred to was an unfamiliar one to any
but the eyes of those who have
watched similar machines in Am
sterdam and Rotterdam In Holland.
It was a diamond cutting and polish
ing machine. What the unusual cru
cible brought forth remained to be
seen.
The diamond cutter rose again and
once more approached the cupboard,
and gloated over his treasure, which
consisted of half a dozen perfect gems,
perfectly cut and polished, but small.
"I shall be rich some day."
Then came sudden transition from
Joy to gloom. He dared not go forth
openly to sell these gems, for he fear
ed that he would be looked upon as
a thief. The fact that these diamonds
wen; not registered would act against
him. The least they would do would
be to hale him before the customs
officials as a smuggler. And if he
told the ttutlvjjis wonderful discovery
would become "public property, and
he would be ruined.
"I am) unlucky!" he groaned "I
see how it is. I must divide with
some one in order to get anything. I
will sound Ilassam AH."
He had disposed of several gems
among pawnbrokers who were known
not to ask questions, hut In these
transactions he had received but a
fourth of what the gems were worth.
These things contributed to his sud
den rise and fall of spirits. He was
also something of a madman
Presently he sniffed. There was a
faint odor of curds in the air. Be
yond the wall ws a cheese maker's
fc0R and there ope could buy any
thing from a Camernbert to what is
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HAROLD MAcGRAmVmL j
without kith or kin who can make the
little ones happy on Chtlstmas Day. He
enn get the address of some child, play
Santa Claus and mako himself happier
oven than the child,
Stephen Uabynk, of 1838 South Nftpft
street, writes- "I hope you will come
nd see mo Christmas. Mother says you
won't. We havo had a lot of sickness,
nnd father Is not working. I hope you
will remember Us. Stephen, Irene, Eliza
beth, Treasa, Emma, Albert and Johnnie."
Hero Is nnother letters "My dear Santa
Clnus Will you kindly send me n coat
nnd ft pair of shoes. My father have not
money to buy for. I nm 10 year-old girl
nnd my name Is Hclga Llnds, Address
Uryn Mawr, Pa., and I like you very
much."
Sarah Dorothy Welsh lives at S010
Comly street, Wlsslnomlng. Sarah writes:
"Dear Banta Claus, I would like you to
bring me n llttlo doll, and a doll's bed.
I want you to bring me a sewing machine.
Como on Christmas Eve."
Robinson and John MctClnley, of 1S.11
Orthodox street, want candy and fruit.
Robinson writes! "I am very good boy
and nm going to bo better." John makes
no rash promises about his future bo
hnvlor and does mention his past con
duct. Gcorgo McElroy, qf 2419 Montrose street.
In behalf of himself and brothers nnd
sisters, has addressed a letter to Santa's
Shop; North Pole, He Wants an auto
mobile and games, a baseball and' somo
candy nnd nh orange each for the mem
bers of the family.
Addlo Buckley, whd does not give her
address, sends a courteous' note to her
patron. She wishes -him the best of
health, explains that ho visited her last
year, and then, again Inquiring about his
health, sho naively in a postscript says:
"I would ltko to havo a tricycle, locket
nnd anything that you think fit"
known as a Dutch cheese. The dia
mond cutter discovered that he was
hungry. So he left his den, bought
some cheese and rye bread and re
turned now to begin his labors again.
During certain intervals of silence he
heard without apparent notice slight
scratching sounds. The furnace be
gan to glow, throwing weird lights
upon his lined and ecstatic counte
nance. When night came he went again to
his treasure and gave a cry of an
guish. A gem was gone I He search
ed thoroughly, but could not find it.
It could not be possible that he had
made a mistake in the original count
ing. He would go and have his friend
Hassam AH look Into his crystal.
The next day after Zudora had gone
forth to meet her lover, Hassam AH
was assured Hassam AH retired to
the mystic room. He was curious to
sec how long his sister's face would
keep forming in the heart of the crys
tal. He was intensely superstitious
without realizing the fact. Yet again
he saw the face, the same appeal in it.
His heart swelled with fury and hate.
He was beginning to hate his niece;
for we invariably hate those we have
wronged or intend to wrong. When
ever he saw her slender white throat
a horrible, almost irresistible, desire
laid hold of him to take that white
throat within his fingers and crush the
life out of it. At the same time he
became vaguely alarmed lest at some
time or other he should surrender to
this mad desire. No, no I A thou
sand times no I He must follow with
out deviation the plans he had mapped
out, .Sooner or later he would gain
his ends without incriminating him
self. She suspected nothing. One side
of her was all keenness and insight,
but the -other side of her was as guile
less ,as 'a child, and to this side he
always played. He must wait, tedious
as waiting might be. Gold, gold, yel
low gold, the most beautiful thing in
the world, millions of shining discs,
all his, He suddenly shook himself,
He must smother these thoughts, this
rampant desire, or he might overstep.
Misers are full of strange cunning.
Zudora had given her word to say
nothing about her great inheritance,
a"nd her loyalty to her word was as
strong as hoops of steel,
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AGAINST POVERTY
Many Under Fourteen Years
Plead for Permission to
Work and Provide for
Relatives.
Children whose parents have been
without employment for many weeks ap
plied today to tho Bureau of Compul
sory Education for permission to enter
the battle against starvation.
The voice of Henry J. Gideon, chief
of the bureau, who has becomn more
or less used to such conditions through
many years of experience, grew husky
when lie was obtlged to turn awny many
of the underfed and nervous applicants
because they could not produce legal
proof they were at least 14 years old.
Tlio flrst child to apply was standing
at the door of tlio building at 1522 Cherry
street at 8 o'clock this morning, nn hour
before tho ofllco was opened.
"My father ain't had work for two
months," she complained, "and my
mother Is so sick the doctors say she'll
never get well. The neighbors have been
giving us meals, but think that I should
go to work nnd earn something. My
brother Is in the navy, and he sends us
money; but whnt ho sent this month has
been nil used up." When Investigation
showed that this youngster was but 13
CHILDREN'S CORNER
The. Doll They
ONE day shortly before- Christmas
the big windows of a downtown
store woro filled with dolltf dolls of
all kinds and sizes.
Thero woro blonde dolls with bluo
eyas and black-hatred dolls with eyes
of brown, father dolls, mother dolls nnd
babies. Mexican dolls, Paris dolls,
Japanese dolls and circus ladles. Oh, I
am quite sure that you never in all
your llfo saw bo many dolls In one placo
at one time. And Just to show that
nothing was forgotten, way down in
tho lower front corner of tho window
was a cunning llttlo rag doll. Sho was
"Da you want onet" asked the rich
little plrl
about 12 Inches tall, and she wore a
blue Bingham dress and a blue and
white Bunbonnet, and she had a com
fortable little smllo painted on her
cloth face.
"Never you mind about nil the finery
in this window," she seemed to say.
"After all, I'm a very comfortable sort
of a doll to play with, for I don't muss
up!"
All through the day children stood
before that window of dqllflt big chil
dren, little children and children who
had growri up, but who wished thoy
could play with dolls again.
Along In the afternoon a little rich
girl Btopped before the window and
looked at tho dolls displayed. Now,
next to being poor the worst thing In
tho world Is to be rich very rich. You
don't havo any chance to want any
k Thislfear d.
Sell-Filling, jMfsoBEk fpn X,Jin-8
nTi'W GUt Ba3BWK
years old she waa led to the door sobbtnjr
hysterically.
"It's the Uw," said Mr. Gideon, "and
I havo no power to change It Unfortu
nately the statutes do not deal with in
dividual cases and we must treat ona
child as wo treat them all
An Armenian girl, of olive Complexion,
straight black hair and a bright counten
ance, told Mr. Gideon sho was a member
of a family of four that had been living
on $5 a week. Thai amount was earned
by her aunt and herself at needlework.
Her undo and brother were discharged
from their Jobs a month ago.
"My brother, sir. Is such nn excellent
chauffeur," she exclaimed. "Ho mAd 111
a week, but times were hard nnd his em
ployer sold the automobile. My uncle is
a papcrhanger, and he, too, can find no
Job. My parents ara dead." This girt
was unusually fortunate. Bhc was
granted a certificate- and an hour later
had a position as cash girl In a depart
ment store. This was procured through
the influence of a. helghbor who had heard
of her plight nnd was acquainted with the
storo manager.
WILL SHINE SHOES,
Little Edward O. Was perhaps the most
cheerful lad ever to enter the doors of the
bureau. Informed he could not have a
certificate because ho could not read well,
ho wnlkcd to the door half singing and
half laughing. "If I don't got a certificate
I can shlno shoes after school, anyway,"
he reflected. "Pretty soot! pop will have
his Job again and then It'll be pretty sort
for mom nnd all of us."
"Last year my sister Katle-she'a
years old said she was sure thero was
no Santa Claus," was the story of an-'
other applicant. "No wonder she thought
so, 'causo she didn't get a thing. I'm
going to seo that she changes her mind
this year and I want a paper allowing
mo to be a program boy In a movie the
atre. I watit somo money nnd I'm sure
I can get the Job."
Ho wns put to tho reading test, stut
tered a bit and almost failed In the at
tempt, but ha finally satisfied the officials
that he was not Illiterate. He waa given
the certificate.
Both Liked Best
thing. And not wanting anything is
almost as bad as not having anything.
This llttlo girl looked lailly over tho'
window of dolls and saw nothing as
good as sho already had, for sho had
so many dolls sho was tired of namlfig
them, and she very much wished Santa
Claus wouldn't bring her any more.
Just Imagine!
Then as sho was turning away aha'
spied tho rag doll.
"Mother, look at that doll," sho cried.
"I want that doll!" and sho fairly '
danced with the fun of wanting some
thing. "You don't want that doll," exclaimed
her mother, Scornfully. "You don't
want anything so common as a rag
doll!" and Bho sniffed a regular "ll
mousino sniff" at tho very Idea.
But the rich llttlo girl did want, and
sho wanted It so badly she stayed right;
by it till sho rubbed the elbows of a
very poor llttlo girl who stood befora
the window., ald
"Do you want one?" asked tho richjJJ
little girl. i "
"Do I want one?" exclaimed thoV"
poor little girl, and all tho hunger of '
her play-starved soul shone in her ,
eyes. "Don't I Jest! I know 1 can't
ever1 had nono o those"' (pointing to
the gorgeous dlsplny), "but I do wish 1 "
could havo thls'n!" And she looked
longingly at tho rag doll.
"That's the ono I want, too," uald
tho little rich girl sociably. "It's the
most comfortablo doll of all!"
The little girl's mother looked at the
two bright-oyed children before her,
and qulto suddenly she forgot her
"limousine sniff' and remembered sha
was a mother and 'this was Christ
mas and you know the rest!
(CopyrUM, 1914 Clara Ingram Judson.)
Tomorrow The tost lieeJtlace.
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HELLO!
Did YOU ever help Santa Claus?
Would you like to? Of course,
you would!
Come to his storehouse, 608
Chestnut street!
Bring a toy or o jolly little five
cent piece to make some other
girl or boy happy.
Will youj
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