EVENING LEWES PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1915. 15 .4 THE BDOAD HIGHWAY of 19th Century England, Full of this Thrills of Adventure and Spirit of Romance ,;, wi., yw co. By jeFFERY FARNOL .v.rt n Encilah aeholar. de . 21 M, unci. 8T Oeorre VIbart. L"C3 inlr 10 ! KUtnen ? by the tf.S?i ' "Duck" VIbart. no- una ne, w auric ,a ooVroind.' c itcoSSm: L.Kat ihe protestations ot hla. old I Sl'whSm lite". ?lr Hlcheri j wn.e -.,..- n am flAUn 'inB JjrOrHi ?"? .tfnt. and live He plane to Y.I - .- la mnn .r. while peeiln ! n (allows mlnr a bad "iiat dy. wm L2V.wT he Id p and" El. money PSV.wn" to The Ahlt. Hart, an a- ".Til"''-, f i.niM bafore. Bl 1.0 If1 n: .a innnnl rtrlaa ttaS.! H:' ?.:; In the TU Tii brnilnit. a vole aje nim to L htl, ihook hind, with the Prince CHAPTER V. f t." .aid the bullet-headed man, iieoplng to blow the froth from hla ;W after DeB1, J """ " em. The Frlnce -e come a-run- ta did, I at In my corner i- at ft loo tusk. Tom,' 'e t-fc ywi be a wonder.' I done foian up proper I think, your "iKh Ll Tom. says 'e. wl teara e,, "you 'ave: an 'r l 'ad my t? ..," ... An oUnnarl ma. iaerren . - - --- -iwk ' did, wl Ms merry own 'and, Lui ..v me thla 'ere pin," eay- 3a he pointed to a flaming; dla- M-?no ""..- vr: .t;. .iv lara-e and handsome, look er much out of place on the fel ' .. .rann and seemed In some LTbear out his story. Though, ln .. r.erded his association with i".. Recent, whose tastes were at 7!-? -the fancy" was notorious. It n the whole, very probable! ajlt Craggy words, foolishly I tbOUfn mey "" ..". vim in hla low. retreating brow, V-.a deep-set eyes, his great square i ui heavy enm, " j .. 1 "" .nfr.!.. t .tn nntlrd that the "B"w- '.., ,nV,.r ,hi;v due. which Is a mark (I believe) tk srofehilonal pugilist alone. fcL." cried the one-eyed man, "wot s E we heerd of Ted Jarraway, or Si'era Lord "Vlbbot, up In London?" ieir repeated uragg, irowning bu unitaro, x "' , ,; neltper lora. eari, nor umn. 'Time Tom. coaxea m umoi. mtrVodr's teerd o' Buck Vlbbot, 'Ira ?i!S: .v. .trirhlln' Barronlte.' " ' Tt" t&Id Cragg, rolling ills bullet head, II tt was to ask me who put Ted Jar iSio sleep. I should answer you. Sir !hmm VIbart, commonly called 'Buck' iwarf; sn' It took ten rounds to do It, let ri.f - .r be expected, at this mention of taw ewtto'i name I pricked up my ears. Ki-l what's all this 'bout him 'putting. V" .? n - 11,1" At tlilo tViira rwpuiH, . - .,:;: : :: tet a HWflCn BUenCO ttllU ttil OJ-vo wc.o tBBi toward the speaker, a small, red iimftl Jellow, with a truculent eye. "Cmt," ild he. Blowing a ciouq 01 xo 1 kecw smoke, "In three rounds! What Craic had started up In his chair and W at .cowling at his Inquisitor open jBOttttitd, and In the hush I could hear 'tin tlcWnc of the clock In the corner. aad Ui crackle of the logs upon the wrNi Thn. all at once. Cragg's pipe I lilr4 to fragments on the floor and he K Jm4 tSvhls feet. In one stride, as It Meaed, ne reacnea ino scaKcr, wni kv iU the corner opposite mine, but, even il m ke miui hi. flat, he checked himself itmt Wie pocKei-jj.w. Yv.iiw.. w .... ,TililTied acros the-tablc--r "Case, come none q' that,' Bald the riAMda man. his eye more truculent felsta eyer, "I ain't a ilghtln' cove my lett, and I don't want no irouoie an i Mta If, what about Buck. VIbart putting tt Ton Cragg-ln three rounds? That's a ehrt queitlon, ain't It what d'ye aay rw-cmej" t y.." cried Tom Cragg. flourishing U rM Bit In the air, "I Bays as 'e done 'K-a?a foul!" Arid hVsmdte.the table a Wow that set the gtae.es ringing. "P4e It on a foul?" cried three"1 o,r four ttpicii, "On a foull" repeated Cragg. "TWnk again." said the red-headed iWHLj,"ti.ere said as it was a werry i'ftktTltnockout.'' Im, I say It were done on a foul," re nted Crasr. with another blow of his st,Jf'an' wot's more, If Buck VIbart est arore me an, in tma -ere very esj, I'd prove my words." "IfcmBh!" said the red-headed man. iJasa; do say as he's wonderful quick wl' H nmkx.,' an' can hit like a sledge- a "t(ck wl 'Is 'ands 'e may be, an' ' thrive a goodlsh thump, but as for t-ta m-lVs 'all me eye an' Betty Mar Ha," an' you can lay to that, my lads. , Jl owila, put 'lm to sleep any time an' ftar where an' I'd like ahl I'd like to 8e ship as says contralryl" And here f tfcs suftUit scowled round upon hla hear- kre especially the red-headed man) tMkHjr that one or two of them Bhuf tm UMMlly, and the latter individual If'4 to become interested in th lock tg Jfetol. 1f Bke," repeated Cragg. "ahl I'd like ,JJf '' C0V6 ayB contrairy." ob ain't a-goln' to, Tom," aald m r. arau vn .nan .AnhiB.iti .i.n. a ..., J.wy M.h they would," growled a?fr't there nobody to obloege the gen-SP-wr' '"Quired tha red-headed man. 1 1ht any man as ever was born I Riav dial" snnrteA Cruirir. OS alwnva wa. A .... n.AM.l. ..wa BP-yc(i man, blinking his Dale orb. M."cried the prizefighter, work- -: nto another rage, "ahl an " oi it I'd fight any man as fcreeches why, burn mel I'd asy man m ai.iiitni nM n..i m for 10 minutes." Wlllngs!" said I, to myself, "10 I. Whan -- -' .. '..,,. V A Very handanm aitmmnrA Mnl. JB,?en Oh9 is pennlleas and destl- SaJBPJh'sy dial" roared Cragg, amlt ht down on the table n train, "a 4 gCld.n VlllnAn ta K man a "wd on 'i pins an flght me fr PSSutea an am a n.ii irii.a, 'to, T aaV. an a. nn . miTo ifnta." said I to myself, ' Is a for- ua. setting down my empty ' 1 CXOSSed the, twim arna tnuphad Wn Oi shoulder. ! ntit you," aald I, "for a t M the fellow's uvea mot mln. ha P.. Ottt Af Ilia nhata mm .l n...h MlA but n sooke no wordv .-.. -n imui n was siqyeo. oy rnere Be ooa, staring at me. USln thar. IfM m nll.nu In beard t,l tlpk- ft the clock In - . sn, crackle ot tn logs ' hearth. ,: he. rf-ovring Wmlf" with '. "VOUT" and .. h.-'uJo. T "'y,' I aaivarail 'i tv.iv t .. I ,, ... --... w-y, A vmw a vara, l "P to even van in- civ. ndm.i.. J I sPOkA he wlnk.d at mJaiafn. WvWs meant for me u. certain. at hla bar-u a. nu,..j .,. l,iMfh,t ie Iende4 !o ?op- . . "'. ' l. o i ae.nqiea Iw mr'm possible an walVedJ ta en-eye4 man tireiut Into S JSUWV ,M1k Nl wWck the up to Tev craw ( Ay, to be sure, arent' got so much as our old cat!" grinned a third. "Btay'" cried the one-eyed man, peer ing up at me beneath his hand "Is they whiskers a-peepln' at me over Ms cravat or do my eyes deceive me?" Which pleas entry called forth another roar of laugh ter at my expense Now. very foolishly perhaps, this non sense greatly exasperated me, for I was, at that time painfully conscious of my bare lips and chin. It was, therefore, with an effort that I mastered my quickly riling temper and once more addressed myself to Cragg. "I am willing,." said I, "to accept your conditions and right you-for a guinea or any other man here, for that matter, except the humorous gentleman with the watery eye, who can name his own price." The fellow In question stared at me, glanced slowly around, and, sitting down, burled his face in his tankard. "Come. Tom Cragg," said I, "a while ago you seemed very anxious for a man to fight; well I'm your man." and with the words I stripped oft my coat and laid It across a chair-back. This apparent willingness on my part waa but a cloak for my real feelings, for I will not here disguise tho fact that the prospect before me was anything but agreeable; Indeed, my heart was thump ing In a most unpleasant manner, and my tongue and lips had become strangely parched and dry, as I fronted Cragg. Truly, he looked dangerous enough, with hla beetling brow, his great depth of chest, and massive shoulders; and the possibility of a black eye or so. and sren- eral pounding from the fellow's knotted fists, was daunting In the extreme. Still, the chance of earning a guinea, even un der such conditions, was not to bo lightly thrown away; therefore L folded my arms and waited with as much resolution as I could. "Sir," said Cragg, speaking in a very altered tone, "sir, you seem uncommon eager for It." "I ahall be glad to get it over," said I. "If," he went on slowly, "If I sold anything against you know who, I'm sorry for It me 'avlng the greatest re spec' for you know who you understand me, I think." And herewith he winked, three separate and distinct times. '5No, I don't understand you In the least," said I, "nor do I think it at all necessary; all that I care about Is the guinea In question." "Come, Tom," cried one of the com pany, "knock 'to 'ead off to begin with." "Ay, set about 'm, Tom cut your gab an' finish 'lm," and here came the clat tea of chairs as the company rose. "Can't be done," said Cragg, shaking his head, "leastways not 'ere." "I'm not particular," said I, "If you prefer, we might manage It very well In the stable with a couple of lanthorns." "The barn would be the very place," suggested the landlord, bustling eagerly forward and wiping his hands on his apron, "the very place plenty of rooni and nice and soft to fall on. If you would only put off your flghtln' till to morrow, we might cry It through the villages; 't would be a big draw. Ecodl we might make a purse o" twenty pound If you only would! Think It over think It over." "Tomorrow I hope to be a good dis tance from here," Bald I; "come, the sooner It Is over the better, show us your barn." So the landlord called for lan thorns and led the way to a largo out building at the back of the Inn, Into which we all trooped. "It eeems to be a good place and very sutt&le." said I. "You may well say that," returned the landlord, "lt' many a fine bout as has been-brought off ln-JJrf-the tlmo Jem Belcher beat 'Tho Young Ruffian' the Prince o" Wales sat In a cheer over In that theer corner ah, that was a day, it you please!" "If Tom Cragg Is ready." said I, turn ing up the wristbands of my shirt, "why, bo am I." Here it was found to every one's surprise, and mine In particular, that Tom Cragg was not In the barn. Surprise gave place to noisy astonisn ment when, after much running to and fro. It waa further learned that he had vanished altogether. The Inn Itself, the stables, and evsn tho haylofts were ran sacked without avail. Tom Cragg was gone as completely as though he had melted Into thin air, and with him all my hopes of winning the guinea and a comfortable bed. It was with all my old dejection upon me, therefore, that 1 returned to the tap room, and, refusing the officious aid of the One-Eyed Man, put on my coat, re adjusted my knapsack and crossed to tho door. On the threshold I paused, and looked back. , "If," eald I, glancing round the ring of faces, "If there Is any man here who Is at all willing to fight for a guinea, ten shillings, or even five, I should be very glad of the chance to earn It" But, see ing how each, wilfully avoiding my eye, held his peace, I sighed, and turning my back upon them, set oft along the dark ening road CHAPTER. VI. Evening bad fallen, and I walked along In no very happy frame of mind, the more so. as the rising wind and flying wrack of clouds above (through which a watery moon had peeped at fitful In tervals) seemed to presage a wild night. It needed but this to make my mleery the more complete, ror, as rar as cuum tell, If I slept nt all (and I was already very weary), It must, of necessity, be beneath some hedge or tree. Ae I approached the brow of the hill I suddenly remembered that I muet once more pass the gibbet, and began to strain my eyes for it. Presently I pled It, sure enough. Its grim, gaunt outline looming through the murk, and Instinctively I quickened my stride eo as to pass it as soon as might be. T was almost abreast of It when a figure rose from beneath it and slouched into the road to meet me. I stopped there and then, and grasping my heavy staff waited 1U approach. "Be that you, sir?" said a voice, and I recognised the voice of Tom Cragg. "What are you doing and thero or an places?" . "Oh-I ain't af eared of 'lm," answered Cragg, Jerking his thumb toward tho gib t. ,,t .i., a'aarri n none as ever dra'wed breath-dead or llvln'-except It be 'is 'Ighness the rnnco jiegeni. "And what do you want - "I opes as theer"a no offense, my lord, said he. knuckling his forehead, and speaking In a tone that was a strange nitiiin of would-be comradeship and cringing servility "Cragg Is my name, moved hla hat and stood staring and scratching his bullet-head as one In sore perplexity. Fo 1 left him and strode on down the hill As I went the moon shot out a feeble rny. through some rift in the roll ing clouds, and, looking back, I saw him standing where I had left him beneath the gibbet, still scratching hie bullet head and staring after me down the hill Now, though the whole attitude and behavior of the fellow was puzxllng to no small degree, my mind was too full of my own concerns to give much thought to him Indeed, scarce was he out of my sight but I forgot him altogether; for, what with my weartnecs, the long, dark road before and behind me and my empty pockets, I became a prey to great dejec tion. So much so that I presently sank wearily beside the way, and, resting my chin In my hands, sat there, miserably enough, watching the night deepen about me. "And yet." said I to myself. "If. as Eplctetus says, 'to despise a thing Is to possess It,' then am I rich, for I have always despised money; and If, weary as I am, I can manage to condemn the lux ury of a feather bed, then tonight, lying in this grassy ditch beneath the stars, I shall slumber as sweetly as ever I did between the snowy sheets." Baying which I rose and began to look about for some likely nook In the hedge where I might pass the night. I was thus engaged when I heard the creak of wheels and the pleasant rhythmic Jingle ot harness on the dark hill above, and In a little while a great wagon or wain, piled high with hay, hovo into view, the driver of which rolled loosely in his seat with every Jolt of the wheels, so that It was a wonder he did not roll oft altogether. Aa ho came level with me I hailed him loudly. whereupon ho started erect and brought his horses to a stand. "Hulloal" he bellowed, in tho loud, strident tone ot one rudely awakened, "w at do eo want wl I? ' "A lift," I answered; "will you give a tired fellow a lift on his way?" "W'y I dunno bo you a talkln' chap?" "I don't think bo," said I. "Because, If you be a talkln' chap, I beant a-goln' to give ee' a lift, no'ow . not It I knows It: give a chap a lift t'other day, I did took 'lm up t'other sldo o' Seven-oaks, an' a' talked me up '111 an down '111, "e did dang met If I could get a wink o' sleep all the way to Tonbridge; so If you'm a talkln' char), you don't get no lift wl' I." (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) SPECTACULAR WORK ON "L" BEGUN TODAY Monster 70-Foot Pile Driver Is Used at Front Street and Girard Avenue an' craggy my naiur, put, ... -- I'm beat. I knowed ye as soon aa I laid my 'peepers' on ye. an' if I eald as It a fj-ittl WI1V. WI1CI1 a. llteaaa a 4UUH " were cups, d Jm blanJ kfnk ' go sn tarn hlc.wlf to rfn lufct r. i.1 o t. -,. i A -- - -VH ,m av 'A ' am IQ BUPUV o.jmvs wide o' the gospel, d' ye see. an' there was no offense, my lord, strike roe blind! I know you. an' you know me-Tom Cragg by name an craggy by- ' "But I don't know you," eald I. "nd. far that matter, neither do you know """Wy. you ain't got no whiskers, my lord-leastways, not with you now, but And what the devil has that got to do with It?" said I angrily. 'Ulsgul.es. P'raps!" said the fellow, with a sly W, "artor that ther kid-nippln'-an' m.'-avlP' Uld out Sir Jar sper Trent, in Wych street, accordln' to your prderi. my lord, the Prince give me word to'clax out'-cut an' run for It. unit hloWd over; an' I thought, p'raps, knowin' as you an' 'lm 'd 'ad word. I K'i'.yi'i1. :! IZ 'cut stick' qp f "And I thlnk-s-that you are manifestly drunk said I, "Jf you l still wish to right, for any um-o. matter how small-put up "X hand." Knot, g out of y road." The crr atepped Mid, somewhat baUly, which on, J r SCRAPPLE "Love nt First Sight" tandon Opinion. 1 m i'f ?HaBBga I ' " " "a Sounds Dad THE PADDED CELL Mrs Highbrow-May De Nox Is go ing around telling all my friends thst my teeth are artificial Mr. Highbrow Oh, it's false! In the Same Fix Beggar Sir, I have a hungry fam ily nt home, that don't know how they are to get their next meal Gentleman We'ro in the same trouble at our house. The cook has left. Pretty Rank Fhlladelphlans saw the first spectacu lar work on the Frankfort! elevated line this afternoon, when a monster 70-foot pile driver was erected at Front street and Girard avenue. This machine will be emplojed to drive heavy timbers down to solid rock In order that there may be a sound foundation upon which to construct the concrete work for the superstructure of the road. There are 20 pita already dug on Front street, south of Qlrord avenue, in which the workmen will begin to hammer the big posts within a few days There will be nine of the piles In each pit." "and their great size may easily be Judged' when the size of the pits are considered. Each of them Is 10 feet square and 8 feet deep The foundation wall will, therefore, rest on a base of concrete that is 8 feet be low the surface. It is not believed that many piles will be needed for the Frankford "IV as the engineers who have made borings learned that there was little probability, of them being needed to any great extent above fiirnrri avenue. About 600 of the timbers will be driven in Front street UeloMf Girard avenue. The soil was found to be largely "filled" In many places In that vicinity, and that accounts for tho need ot placing piling as supports tor the foun dation. A 6000-pound steam hammer will drive the big timbers down to solid rock. One of the pits has been filling with water during the last day or two, and old residents say that this is probably due to a creek that they remember running Into the Delaware many years ago from that section. In excavating for the pits workmen came across foundation walls of brick built by August Belmont, 24 years ago, when he started to construct a Frank ford elevtted line. The engineers of to day marvel at such a foundation for a. neavy sieei eiovmeu nun. xiicy oay u shows clearly the advancement of the science of engineering when it is com pared with the kind of concrete and pil ing foundations the city is going to build upon now. Police Court Chronicles Luck pursues James Dorney eo persist ently that he even profits by his mistakes. He likes to take long walks, and was on his way from Tioga to City Hall yester day when he lost his bearings and got in the neighborhood of 2d and Lou den streets. Some one told James that he1 was a couple ot miles out of hla road, and he was about to retrace his steps when he saw a keg of beer lying In the street. It didn't seem to belong to any one In particular, and seeing that it would Interfere with traffic, Dorney rolled It up an alley and covered It w,th some old boards lie then entered a nearby saloon and by a very persuasive manner succeeded in borrowing a spigot and a mallet. It was the easiest thing In tho world to borrow a cup from the front of a crockery store when the pro prietor wasn't looking, and with this put fit James soon got results He was en joying life to the full and had sampled a great deal of the keg's contents when Policeman Larzere chanced along Although Dorney explained that the keg was homeless when he picked it up to prevent possible accidents iri- the street, the cop compelled him to explain to Magistrate Wrlgley at the Branch town station The keg was taken along by way of evidence While James was endeavor ing to explain, the driver of a brewery wagon came In and reported the loss ot the keg, He recognized it in the po lice station and told Dorney what he thought of him In German. Aa it could hot be shown that James atole the beer, the Judge was lenient, and on promising to bring such matters to the attention of the police in the future, he was al lowed to pursue his pleasant walk of eight miles to City Hall, which he did somewhat unsteadily. U. of P. PrefMfter Weds Divorcee News ot the marriage of Mrs. Mary Palmer, divorced on Friday from Jack, son Palmer, an attorney, of Lowell, Mass, to Dr. Henry JB. Smith, member of tho University of Pennsylvania fac ulty, became known today. The mar riage took place in Philadelphia on Mon day, two days after her divorce was ob tained, Mrs, Palmer is a member of the prom inent Perktne family at Lansdala Doc tor Smith is an instructor In philosophy at the University. He I one of the youngest members ot the faculty, having only recenny uumuiw nla aegree wra Smith married Jackeea Palmer la imb. after b had graduate) from the tfarvara. 1 .kl Qk. .Vk,....a t f xmw m.Hwit ,, .9 ainwnaa nee latvorce 91 thr-rouqd Of cruelty. JCmouav Father (with a coin concealed behind him) What la It that has a head on one side and a tall on the other? Willie Why. a chicken on a fence." V TV Famuar ' i THERE Goes ' VvmLULP Honey . g i SIR ii V Ksk 1 v5 l I " I 1ST4 (: 1 I DID IT EVER HAPPEN TO YOU? "You haven't another cigar like the one you gave me the bther'day; have you?" "Sure, I always carry a bunch with me." "You eee, old man, I'm trying to break my boy of smoking." Extra Tires : ' nY.H0WLfiTE.ITlS I'UHMETOHOB&M TO CfTCH TrC LAST CPR. YODHOiTLtT ME. LOftn YOU N lUIRRFI I a. THE. rttMN IS. COMING ) OOWrt Id fORREMTSJ 1 WL GOOD ii.ii ' t wMk NIGHT ) -B. mi'TK 'iurj py- -y V IHEAKMV C0NIU6. I'LL RON FOR IT.; I DO WISH , Yo0'nfKE MOtioRttln IHvTY r.vf , 1 zj j tt777k JllliinJ III RbbIp o. 1 com iwt rro eoTHce vrx) WDArrrvwW.ITS OfilYS SHORT BtfttKTO THE. S CAR &4mw?'' IPS 'WiV Wu&wB-illl (1 1 Uncle Hiram Sufferln' haystacks! I didn't know them go! darned things went In the water ez well ez on land! Look at the II fo preserver! a M-B iV G0S. Haw-Haw! Poet You said In your paper that pov erty Is no crime. Bdltor-AVcll? Poet Yet you declined to accept my verses simply because they are poor. """" The Quickest Way "Don't some of the decorations on women's hats amuse you?" "Yes; the plumes tickle me very much " "My boy, I'm In a hurry to get to the river. Can you tell me the quick est way to get there?" "Sure! Go down to the dock and Jumpl" Poetic KmW He Dearest, don't jou think would make a good couplet? She Ah, I am not averse. AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME "1lBI l J lv W Vf 'liT, MMiS ar S-fH 1 im. ' fe. AsHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIA K.. iLlllllllllllllllllll V lesaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar iBS-3S tr'-IaWa- I aCaTaBaaeA !- Aajafejfc) - . 5 Iff . L. JL . L - -. ., II I I j lh-Mat IT'S ALL RIGHT IF YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT PAttTXN me MiSS,T3UT HAVNT X Hr0 THE 6O0D KcmUNE-'TO NVfrKEtXiR. ACQUITTANCE. BETtoT5JE.! TT OUU Tie. vSUST CV LUCK U ttf 7 VMMIA aV The Dim Future Good Son fMwBl rern0v Chumley-So the editor refused your poem, did he? Qulller Yes, but I'll make him. re gret It snme day when 1 get famous. Chumley-Weu, pu won't that taking an unfair advantage ef o4 tavaaT M dpfdud wi tetMa m '-tost, ad thn t uod flgal ailarwarf , i. I x Pi u aV my nm. u. but It. M