1016.
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
By RUPERT HUGHES
EVENING LEDGER rniLVT)ELPnTA, TUESDAY, DETEMB.EB
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l- ' . . , rom over Dtbomh
5i..fmlrJrrAv SSSVt r for n num-
iJ "' ,hc lint VhVn the rnllronrl W8eil
1K.J lltf W.J', VihaWo k 1K eg"vCT
lKrt "' .fV., rent-nil store. hc hec
JiSScl 'tm , (or llt Mr. Rhll-
IX! (a rjf - frnrrnrl llron Bill
Kir i rsTtr, A."c,i.i that the lft!t ron of
S3t '" SSjViin rnther than PltK-.l.
& hffi ? the eye when the rarly
"Ht l9JJfJi.,i nntf Rone. Now Mrs.
Sw:.?h the ' ilnnlMrt "n'L m"cJi
fe"nl,wTo burit Into flor
fjH Crf;.rf)tTi he position ot head
KnV. ffeflii iVu"r in hli More, with
SJSonian 5. in New York ns Another
l-tril, SST of Io'rIIV o f!"'?,h ,uf-hinrtin"1'-
. , ami then nlm tier to
KJ K"""1! ,it out of loyaltv tp the. Into
ESrih'her tormrntrr he rcfusei
rfi"".'
"lo'nnAlfS heart win n whirlpool of
nKSfi -"" Kronm ".r"'1
! v ent nce,l of her n3 .1, one
bir! Arable .rgumMU He hud Riven
SimtfMabl n b t she lcfcrt
i"",' i,ow "ouid hc refuse him hi
V "'",. J could he tnke JosIcb
rl):n.nJo3lefl children? wny was
Jlcf. W"P J0,:' .i non her. whole
inch Pu,::' .., cruel to some one,
.rr ';'' : npthins?
Wcberoua "
know so much t have more more re
spect for you than for nhyhody else I
know."
"Vou have?"
"Oh. jo! Oh. je. Indeed "
"And you'll do what t tell jou to?"
"Yes yes, t will."
"PromUc?"
"t promise."
"ilp hie your hand on II."
lie roo nnd stood before her and put
forth that meat palm of his nnd she set
her slim whllo llnscrs In It. And then
them mut have been an earthquake or
something, for suddenly she wni swept
to iicr feet and Blip was enveloped In his
1)Ir nriin nnd crushed against lilm, nnd
his hlB mouth wni pressed so lleirely to
hets that she could not breathe.
She was so frluhtcncd that her heart
seemed to break. She knew nothing moro
till she found herself In the patent rocker,
with him kneeling at her side, pleading
with her to forgive him for the brute ho
was.
She was very weak and very much
nfrald of him, nnd entirely bewildered.,
.Toll made such a din In her soul
.rfld hnrily transact the busU
J. . .i her cou
UrnlM "w.ns
K'aVnStartled shopper. fa
tw, maroon taffeta mnicneu u. ...
fM X satin, she saw. New on Me -
lrom tntcr the store
b?rlr while he .!. then went on
ilnthe ir wane ..Lh
1 C sl oul.1 lav the case before
W n. . . i.i ,.i,-n Imr nn Imnartlat
3i?n! She waited for lilm and when
it!r-the otllce she beckoned to lilm and
.",..., .hvlv if he would take supper
1U fir aad her mother
L m curiously that she Hashed red.
.Thwush the supper, too, he stared nt
f,, .a brd that she buttered her thumb
MfM. .. ..... oii.rl.iin.- biscuit. Atter-
iwiilic led him to the parlor and closed
kh ioor en ncr uiuuiv.. ... .....
'..irn cDOch-maklng deed. Then sho
ill to Newt
Bttter usai ie i"b. ..-n. j" -
I, Miavc a long stoi y to tell you. Got
I oafjChT"
Sll had. but he said ho hadn't. She
,uj... nn,l wnu an rnnfusccl tllftt she
lljMil It for him. Her hand trembled
u that ne nan 10 sicuuy iv iui ... i..i
.,. ....a ,.,r1 1m aftirt.rl nt hor lnateiifl
tf it the match, whoso flickering rays
liplca ner incc ccruy
'ni..n ih. liml him Hnttlrr! In ... cbnir
...iici. o,, ...... ...... -
the best patent rocker she told lilm her
Itory, Tnere is no surer icsi oi ennrnc
iirthin the problem a soul extracts from
i dlfflculty. As Meldrum watched thla
timple, atarved soul stating Its bew ilucr-
u... k. nnn. ,tin, l.nn r.HA ttnfn l.'nu
01CI11, m o.v.Y iit.hv ,c u.iu .w..... ,. un
jlist ihe should do to bo truest to other
i .. n.. .. n.. A ..,.,. n i.. n
10UU. lllt.U HUfl I1U lUt.-ilUll Ul IILT U.VI1
ilrtntage.
B studied her earnestly, and his eyes
tmnclled with a kind of smoke of their
in behind the scarf of tobacco fumes.
iTten the had finished she raised her
i;ci tu .1.9 in iiiuci .i..uai jiiiu lliur-
tored:
ln1 nnn. vi.l.n n..nl. T .ln9
y nun i.w,, ttiiui Ullh'.k l 1 UU.
H ro2.rl nt hnr fnt n Inni .ilitla .a
Dojou wnnt to go to Crawford's7"
ffell, I'll get more money nnd I'd llko
u o ,uiv lum, um. i (ion i lino to
k.TtAtaph. Ho says ho needs me."
8"Do you do you want to marry
oupor
"Oh, no; I-I liko him awfully much,
lut-l-Vm kind of afraid of him, too.
But he eays he needs me "
"But do you love Asaph?"
"Oh.no! Vnt tlin klnil nf Invp Mint Ih.
uil ivti rcuu auuui. u, l 111 ninu oi-
ifnld of him, But I'm not expecting tho
lh.J K , , , . r,
urn vi iuo yuu rcaii nuoui. 1 ni won-
KU114 nnut 1 ougiu in 110 .'
'jAdiJ you want mo to decide v
s"If you only would."
SWhy do vou leave It to me of all
lB(cause you're such n line man; you
nn ursine loer had ever Inflicted upon
her Inexperienced ribs.
She was moro afraid of Newt Meldrum
than sho had been of Asanh But when
she told him she would think It over, he J
declined to go. He IiuiEhed at bei plea. I
She bad promised to abide by his decision,
nnd he had decided that she should go
neither to Asnph nor to Trawford, but to
New York not ns nny old buyer, cither,
except of things for her iwn beautiful
body, nnd some lints for tlmt lleccy white
hair of hers. And she shwuld llvo In New
York, tnke her mother them It sho
wanted, nnd close up this house nfter
they had been married In It.
She had been slinking her head to all
these things nnd dismissing them gently
a the ravings of n delirious boy. Hut
now alio answered:
"Oh, t tould never bo married In this
town."
"And why not?"
on, 1 don't know; I, Just couldn't.".
Hhe was still nfrnld thnt people would
lnugh nt her, but moro nfrald that they
would think sho Was trying to Mount her
triumph over them; the triumph of mnr
rylng tho great Newton Meldrum. Sho
could bear tho laughter; Bho was used to
the town's ridicule. Hut she could not
endure to bo triumphing over anybody.
Meldrum did not fret over her motives;
ho simply nodded.
"All right, then wo'll bo married In Now
iork. How soon can you start?"
Sho stared nt lilm,, this amazing man.
"How soon? Why. I haven't said I'd
marry jou ot. I'll have to think It
over."
He laughed nnd crushed her In his nrm.i
nnd would not let her brcatlio till she
breathed "Yes."
Ho wnB the most nmnzlng man. Hut
tho men were till so amazing when you
got to know them. And It scorned to De
borah that they must liaxe nil gono crazy
nt once.
Tim UND.
AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE
By Arthur Henry, begins in
tomorrow's Evening Ledger.
"I nm crnzy with lovo of you I"
Bho wanted tn run awuy, but lie would
hot even let her rise. The only thing
Hint reassured her wan bis snydng over
and over iignln:
"You nro tho nwU beautiful tiling In
(Ills world."
She had to lnugh nt Hint; anil ishe heard
herself sajlng:
"Why, Newt Meldrum, one ofiui must
be crazy."
"I am crazy with love of ywti."
"Hut to cjII mo beuutlfuV poor old
Debby!"
"You are beiuitlful; you're the hand
somest woman 1 know."
"Me with my white hair!"
"White roses. I don't know what's hap
pened to you, Debby. You're not the
woman I talked to nt Asaph's at nil.
You're like n girl with silver hair.
You've got it woman's big lieuit, njid you
haven't the selfishness of the oung, but
Hint kind of wonderful sadnts that
sweetens a soul more than amtbing else,
and you're thu ilarndest prettiest thing I
ever laid eyes cm."
Meldrum wns as much ninnzjed as De
borah was at hearing such rhapsodies
from his matter-of-fact soul.
Her comment was prosaic enough; she
fell back and sighed:
"Well, I guess both of til must bo
crazy."
"I guess wo nre," he laughed boyishly.
"Wo'il better get married ami keep tho
Insanity In one family."
"Get married!" sho echoed, still be
fuddled. "And you telling mo what jou
did?"
"Yes, but T didn't know tho I.otd was
nt work on a masterpiece like jou, girl,
woman, grandmother, child, beauty,
brains nil In one."
Deborah was as exbauKlcd by tho shock
as if Bhe had been stunned by lightning.
She was tiled out with tho first kiss nn
impassioned man had ever pressed upon
her Hun, the first bone-threatening hug
Police Court Chronicles
Tho semlweekly arrest of Josepblno Al
len took plnco loday near the Helgrado
nnd Uleatllcld streets police station. Op
posite the namo wns tho usual abbrevia
tions, 'dk dls," which means drunk
nnd (lltorderly. As usual, also, .loscphliio
had n "kick." She objected to tho word
"disorderly," contending that It served to
hurt her record.
"I was Just slngln' " decl.nod JnM'Phlup
when I'ollccmnti Arnold arrived. The cop
disagreed with her, and asserted that the
squeals and veils uttered bv the woman
could never be placed under that classi
fication. "N'body, spects p'llcemlu understan'
muclsh," spluttered Josephine, and then,
assuming what she regarded as an Indig
nant attitude, added "If er knew's
much's I do mebbo you'd know sumepln,
butchudon't."
A numboi of persons w lio assembled
around the prisoner when she was ar
rested ngieed with the opinion held by
tin bluecoat.
When sho faced Magistrate Wilgle, Jo
sephine said she could prove that sho wns
"lurrlc slpranner." and before tho Judge
could utter a word of protest she plunged
Into what was Intended the "Mlscrero"
from "11 Tiovatorc." What her volco
lacked In sweetness was mailo up for In
volume. She attacked tho highest note
nnd still had voice to spare. Josephine also
had lots of expression. When sho reached
tho climax all the other prisoners rattled
their cell doors to show their apprecia
tion. "What ycr got ter say about th.it?"
nsked the "soprano" when sho got her
breath.
"Six months In the llouso of Correc
tion," replied tho Magistrate.
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GOOD-NIGHT TALKS
FAEMER SMITH'S RAINBOW CLUB
little fellow. "Gut, please, mother,
tell me what a pontl is?"
"Why do you wish to know'." asked
his mother, trying not to answer the
question.
"Willie Hoptoad said I didn't know
what a pond is and that he knew be
cause the Feather Duster Duck told
HIM."
"You don't mean it!" exclaimed his
mother.
"What did he say a pond was?"
"He said it was a body of water
larger than a drop and smaller than
tho ocean," said Dick, quite proud of
himself,
"Yes, but the ocean has salt in it.
Now, who put the salt there?"
"I don't know," said Ducky,
thoughtfully. "I didn't."
Dear Everybody Did you ever hear of Theodore Roosevelt, Abiyiham
Lincoln and filndstnnn? Thnsn n-rent men nre noted for one thine: Chonninir
I.vooi
f Did your mother over come to you and say: "Why don't you keep your
Bind on what you are doing?"
The three men above realized that they could not chop wood and think
CI KnYthino' olca
i. I don't know how many members of our club are able to chop wood, but
im sure that they can't chop wood and think of nnything else. If they
tfopand think of something elstj zip!
S What is there that little girls could do and not think of anything else?
leasee, I have never been a little girl, so I don't know. Is it sewing, shop-
f)if, washing dishes, eating candy or kissing papa?
Please tell me! I can hardly wait to get your letter.
FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, Evening Ledger.
-PARMER SMITH, The Children's Editor,
The Evening Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa.
I wish to become a member of your Rainbow Club and agree to
DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH AND EVERY DAY,
SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY.
Name
Address
Age ,
School I attend.
Our Pnsi-nfTiPo Rnv
LW(ii..in - .
m n k neignDornooa uain-
r. . are springing up every
lit y soon we'11 havo to
l Set acquainted" party.
f "Ho Kaufman, Butler street, writes
.iTtnrbniiin... 1:1.. .... .... ..
Ruin -"'"a-Ke typewritten letter
,e that he has enrolled the fol
fr8 wembers in his band: Gerald
-wney Butler street; Thomas Kin
jnorth Reese street; Mary Kinney,
Ifcu. t"wi ueuian names, Alva
fr'. Anna Tll, n tti.
J?W McNelty and James McNelty.
fc .. aiJ enercetie worker nml nniler
W '?di,rfCtrShip the Butler Street
gj would be a very representative
lINmas Letc. t r. . ..
lkTr mbow CIub" The follow
S!y,.,e ioined Ms band: Joseph
WBbL rr 3m Mason Julus Prizant,
E3?,HP and Wesley Davis. He
rdi. -n, more within the next
Ul, ease wnte aeani Thomas,
"1 US biot ..,11. , . '
Micher r.1: "t"fmie..,
EftL0? the E1Sht Street Squad.
Si,, f ? hU band are: Alfred
3aZW Falc. Dominic Fal-
Tenuglia, Joseph Tenaglia,
Charles Marola, William Pescatore,
Florindo Mungiole, Francis Ronde and
John Cabin. These boys came in to
shake hands with your editor Satur
day morning. We would like to shake
more hands next Saturday morning.
How about it, boys?
Do You Know This?
1. Can you draw four straight con
tinuous lines through tho following
nine dots? (Five credits):
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Ducktown Doings
"M o t h e r," be
gan Ducky Dad
lings one morn
ing, "what's a
pond?"
"Do you mean
tell me' that you
have been swimming around in a pond
all this time and don't know what it
is?"
"That's just what I mean. I have
been swimming around in a pond all
this time and I don't know what it is,"
said Ducky.
"Well, a pond is just water," re
plied his mother.
"When you have a glass of water,
then you have a pond?"
"No, no!" answered his mother.
"You are too stupid."
"I take after my mother," said the
2. What two letters in the word
THAT tell what boys like to do to
their little sisters? (Five credits.)
3, What becomes the less tired the
more it works? (Five credits.)
For THE-
Wee Ones
I'M Litre Vallv Waggle,
I'm as funny as my name
I USED TO LIVE IN FUN LAND,
5o IH REALLY NOT TO BLAHE
0
One of Our Poets
Here's to our father and mother
And other folks we love;
Here's to the Evenino Ledger,
Here's to the Rainbow Club!
Marion West, North 62d streett
mWr'S T,IE PADDED CELL
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mnAALilWXl- 'lWt.!&jZZti2 - "- - """ "" "
Tnllciitivf 'i!ti,tn 1 tnl wli.it ni' M"n os nn tho llnlkniis -ifn x&$f 1 1 'fil t'l L 2l
Slinpnmn I 111 mi mirri Sir, Inn n r nm t pot nnnp We've KOt BOnif lovely -ffi Vi- A r I I
Mcwa of thr Mirkft I'lm, tlir l'liri-li c'lini h, and n" Town 'nil, nt n penny - . - Yrrcbi&sjA . ) 7
-c',r"' - V -f tsx ejzS&twJ V
tfel iff Lj lSslJsu I
M '1jAjrLK(' 'x ' 1VH-I see ttiey mo onlllim Ocnnnn I I
, , , . t) B&4KMvVUf'':i militniirlnoa "Jokes"!
I ' mmws K'riH i.pi-vhiit's tio idea? .
i V v " Y?tfiW7af if,lil 1 Wit Uccnuno tho tttiKllsh won't lie L-" jt" , ' Ztfj
" 5 u c WJffli-T-r M4-lT nblo to see them. A X VA
"M'T XtiKXTTZM? THE HUMAN COMEDY Different
He And Hint nlRlit a droo tho rJLi ViZ L ' oIh.
She Drove tliem. Indeed! I'd linve y C f (I I Sk rffllM
mmlo them wnlk eiry step uf It. S Sjf i (7Zi I JiV I l533Ny fI aMlMnQ
JM f N " 4MnV!lH Mllll, f E!ffi5 v 7Bt VB& S3T "Jolinnle Jus" eot his ilnser Jammed
4r (1 . :TOHwW!IiV l 1 Tx . lX Y I in the door."
777 ft-Tffi&; W VI' 6 k vA j KV "mel0uS. l.lcl, door?"
l.y SimW! A IN. 1 I N . a J "The pantry door."
' V, ' KScX Wlliil Vi f ' J ( T "Al.-lin! He didn't Rct the hind of
IA J L fy VW 1 J A I fAN I y I' k jam he wns looking for that time!"
k3&rs ' w 1 A J i r V War Ti,es l0 Dal4,
Farmer Wife Are jou tho same L s Jgi WjrfSA S 0"jT Sf J0
man who nto my apple plo last week? flf I JaaO&Sp VW , A 1S Cy fe?
Trnmp N'o, ma'am. I'll never bo tho ' "" I I SP3M' 6 Y X
i-"" - - - Icol V nx& ) QrOr3l iMgje
The Wherefore 1 - -f l(Ttse aIU HaKE. he i-ooi, ) 'WfM
"Ml Wombat Is not n girl who (jCf f TL ( XxF? W& .(tTmm
wants to talk nil tho time. Sho Is yC?5f "KtQC? , TN MC ?' . n VAo'vS5TWR:Y3?'
ivllliiiff to lliten." (B.P) A X CwVj 01 3rTkH8Mtt
"Ves; somebody told her that sho a CtA,L ZJfWfc I y JrnvM'l I 71 11 'l I rg"iy3ft
had beautiful cars." &i2S SbwI , M f JlQhvriCl&P I II llirfl 'I' " l'i m
W! nT VcA ! wSSZ,
Soup vs. Stipe tf&Wx ) fiv r A xtUTXr) rttr I ' IsilTfTO f ! finl la! a 1 ITITl IT
r- x ymwmwm .
81 fei Mftsi LaL1 ttt
K In 7 Milady in a Millinery Shop 'VHK SVUMMUSi:-
l ( 1111 ' KiRht Where They Grow PEOI'LE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE TO .MEET
"l'se swino to Jlne u ilicatic com- n,. Ah, .Miss N'euriehe, If on lKiS' xS'lSSi 'Pfall 111 ,h-" J
P-n." I wain to ee Nature at Its best. ou Jj 'SJfW -;ilJ 3? bVftt1! A
"Wlint's jo' gwlue tn do?" should take a trip through tho pln J' fMfK . Jt,i i"1 IS IP"')1
"I'm to bo do consouune." woods of Maine. h NK , NrT-wJgrl jlSsavSLs-v
"What's lhat?" siio-Woulda't It be eraml? And ' VM jt. yvJf S!U!HirsVC 2x'
"Oh, 'scuse me. ( means de soup" I love pineapples, too. I Iffi IV &S-'riNtBwyv T'
AND THE WOItST IS YET TO COME 1 Wj jaigr P -W. jr-v
f i2 m BPI (& iMVB tii -J Tbe raJae Show
WttStKTMMMMma I si ! l&fJBitm N J 'i'he small boy to whom a broken down motorbike U not of the faintest
WpWrWII XTZ&imrmi 1" Yf Interest
jJj t$ W cL.JSr Sflflll One Way Out What Did She Mean?
iLJimM Hv &yj!k.m Jk ihR Tak
I lHiHIIIIOiBt flrB SpJtB jisUKu iWm
Ueggar I say, mister, have yer got
. .-g I any suggestions to make to & fellow
C5 siTT"-Wc;llltt9fo - Km I Without a penny to git shaved with?
1 l " " ' ii 1 1
Ueggar I say, mister, have yer got
any suggestions to make to a fellow
Without a penny to git shaved with?
0d Oenteman Yes, grow a beard.
Hubby There have ben times in
life v,hen I was tempted to commit
suicide
Vifey -Oh, weH. It's no use to grieva
over the past We can oil te wnert
wo ve mtdo mlstaka,