r3f-f - -a?- - --, , -,. i-rtr-,. EVlSNINtt LEDGER PJUULADKUJH1A, Fill DAY, FEBitTAKV 11 1010. . 11 4 IrME NOVEL OF THE YEAR. SHBSgS? OME V JLV JL jL BTKOPBin, W ., hn exiled hlms-lf In South T C5LU When i M aw hl ,T-lti. All. I ImflftCA L.!V5".j ....ma inn Wflvne. ell nt .... li..p Al-n.. "w.vnn. sent the "young. man t-eiu First his i i n man proniftftcy. Later thfl tit.fj ;.hukeRbecu of Allx's Intimacy h AK.BI.S Ww York. After lome rm. jjtt ihlt 52f5,aunter irt on a Peninsula W' ?Jnmnith of the Ban Frnnclwo .hfiTii tn. v?HvI. - iiv with hr and V nirtf. nu Uv.-- -- ri hl A'VeloSnf .he jumped orTth, cine- 1 ,h.Lf Vulllni out of the station tnlo ".',.. iione. II" went to Aincn n lrl A'W Sfflr... Ills efficiency earns lrK rA; Oern-;, old i homy F?,?iniiw All Ignorant of the fact. I Brt'f;1";1!,: the father of a boy hack In til Hill. .'.. ..Via nw surround nns. and Jpl ,'""., siarRBrll. the Rlrl. has uJn.rt W.IV JSoli "Skte. an well ns herself, to flf ft? Jtl? S upon n number of Improve' .Men, ''iSL JJKit.it li tho system of ". TJS,i,lR which ho hope- will en ifef'ffif i !Wie5.Uvt. i the naWally rich utl . ... i .1.j.. nnrllrl MaPa WreafuASlri 5 ind IM ?!"K".'.a.inA. herrv marries Mar- H?i. romnlei-d ditch. Upon tno prim i iMtM"!f.ninilon. Gerry marries Mar trltn . . - ....... .Am. (tl.lnnpA In the IE iU,irl,Mrlnr of Oerry and his Irrigated l ."' V.n!rry to heep his starving cat- "V.JTh? house V " crv. "it Is that of f wc.Lme?-hl2 son. and Margarita's. I JeMhSSIT AHx li "till walling. Col. I -"Whl. fallen In love with her. but l i&.&a!tly rcfus" to allow him to pro- tffi. Kemn. a Texan rrpre-entlHir on i .,,kLJ. Silild firm In South America. "'?.nfu with Oerry. Together I lev T . i. returning I. cber's norses ana llt'lli after "ho drSSght and aro at Weber'. Mint, i ' chapter xxvu-(Contlnucti). t . . ii fTA PAtlOLB C31CU1I temps, 10 biiciiko t j de rctcrnlle " Ho smiled to hliiisclt V.i the twisted mcanlnp; tho lone silence Kf Wi companions Bavo to tho words. "Vbcn the smllo left his fncc. He rc- msmbered tho nrgumont. inu uisuuui u ill have for supcrhiiman truths tells us 'Sit It Is dancorous to bo silent with those 'it would Keep nt n distance, for words J7s nd are forKOttcn Between mon. but jrfence-actlvc sllencc-ls foievcr Ineffnce ilhle True life tho momenta or life thnt if,,.; a trace-Is made up of silence. Not !Mjilte silence: that l nut another nnmo ifor sleep.' t But tho active sllenco thnt ?tarni the life of every day Into life where 'in li Intense, whero there Is no ban tlothlng forblddcn-where InuRhter dare f tot' enter, whero subjection Is submcrKod ...i... nitnl1. In remembered. (wry felt that this nctlvo sllenco had F i '. lt... Tlmon ttinn wem VItii come upon " .',"', i,i" lome into mo "' i" " " fiooi He felt restless nfrnld. Ho tic-h-u-d to spcah. Ho wns on tho point of Mixing wnen i.iuuer iut uuvn u v....... inftlr. clasped hla hands and broke tho .siicnc ! . . . v ., i t I...-...? .u t.i.i. r'Wstnigmi ureamcu i nuuiu mu ii . i-.... l.An n.,.t M'Vtort T .vnlfn tin ids cold sweat wna on my forehead, bo- S,,Mmlas' ?.Jttr from lh0 thlB' I'"" you to lt.8 at drMma ennnot foow n?t?Pind ftnd 8,lcneo fal1 "PO" ll'c,n Sfm ;..l f-eher stared straight In front of i ii . un,t0 tho nlBhl- 1IS fnee worked n?,. i 8h,llB S'.e.ro "'fUBBlltiB to kcp his Ii,, iiett' U?cn h0 bcKnn t0 "Pent' r.f .'..'. words wero scarcely audible. I don t know why 1 want to tell you two about why I am here, unless It Is that as wo Bat here so quiet I felt that you knew llA"7th'11 J'o1' kncw nil that I know and that I was on tho point of knowing nil that you have known. Tho llttlo lies of lire suddenly became bljr and hateful, and I saw In my llfo a monster Ho that tho sllenco was exposing. "There nro lots of men with tho begin Pi.i my story- Il'fl common and takes little telling. I was born In Pennsylvania. o were mighty poor farmers, but I got all tho schooling there was within walk ing distance of home. My old man snw to that. When I was still a boy our llt tlo bank took fno In It wasn't doing much business then, but a couple of yenrs later tho region struck oil and the bank's business soared by leaps and bounds. It turned Into as good a Bpouter as nny of the wells. The family thnt ran It became rich and went to higher Jobs or out nl together. Tho start was shoved up, nnd about the time I wns of ngo I wns han ding more money than I'd ever known wns fn the world. Tho nmount I stolo was an even thirty thousand, nnd I got away with It. It was easier to do 30 yenrs ngo thnn It Is today. I got nwny with It nnd then It got nwny with me. It lasted me a year nnd four months, nnd I saw the end of It up tho coast nt Pernnmbuco. "I date my birth from the day I spent the last rtollnr nnd woke up. I worked. Nothing wns too small or too big for me to handle. I got something to risk nnd then t risked! It. I risked It ngaln nnd ngnln. After nO yenrs I could draw my check for thirty thousand, plus Interest, and I did. "I sent tho check to tho llttlo bank back home. I wnlted two months for the nnsner nnd then It camel my check torn across nnd a short letter saying that the loss had already been met by n bankers' surety association. I wioto tho associa tion a dozen tetters and somo of them took some writing. In the last I offered fourfold tho thoft. There had been plenty of Hlblo In my brlnglng-up. They wroto back that It was no use that I could keep on climbing In price, but It was their bUBlncs to Jnll me for IB jears tho first chance they got nnd they'd do It tho minuto I set foot whero they rould grab mo. "Thnt letter frightened me. I began to leallzo thnt what I'd been working for wasn't money, or honor, or rehabilitation but Just tho right to go hack tho right to go back home. "Nobody had been lmrdcr on mo thnn my old man. For yenrs nobody In tho houso was allowed to say my name nnd If he saw n letter from me he threw It In the fire, opened or unopened. But some how It got to him that I had offered to pav fourfold and that I'd been refused and that turned him. It wns tho fourfold thnt did It tho divine nnd sacred meas ure of Justice. Ur started to light for mo ns hard ns he'd over fought ngalnst. And then ho died nnd my old mother died. Letters stopped. My brothers nnd sisters were coming up In the world. They couldn't afford to own a thief much less fight for him. So tho letters slopped. "t spent money then I built mo a house In Pornambuco that wns a wonder palace nnd I started In to forget. But when you'vo been remembering with all your might, tho color of tho paper on tho walls of home, the lay of the woodpile, of tho sheds and the tumbling barn and stables, tho holes In tho fence, the friendly limbs of apple trees and the smell of hays when you'vo been coddling baro memories of slmplo things like those for 15 years, you enn't turn around on your Inside self nnd forget. "There's a ling tho sight of which makes my heart como up Into my throat nnd tenrn to my eyes. You think I mean tho Stars nnd Stripes, hut I don't. I mean the Blno Peter that files at the hal liards of big ships nnd snys to everybody that takes tho trouble to look. 'Wo ca:l today.' Over the tops of the houses 1'vo seen thnt flag blinking In tho heavens like n bit of deep blue Boa married to n white cloud nnd to tne It nlwnys snld, 'We sail for home today.' I'd shut my ejes or close the blinds, but what wns the ue nt thnt? Night nnd day I could hear the hollow of the great horns a blast Tor good-by nnd nnother for a chal lenge to the sea as tho big boats headed out for homo. "I couldn't stand It. I came up here. And now List night, I dreamed that I heard It In my sleep up bete. Gentle men, a man without n country Is In n bad wny. but n man without n home, oven If It's n hovel well wo all know the old song." Ho paused to master his voice. Then In a whisper thnt they Just caught he added, "Homo Is the nncor of ii man's soul. 1 want lu go Home." I.lchcr stopped talking. Tho rovcnllng silence hnd ilono Its wot It. It hnd brought them close so close that ho had spoken lest they tuko his soul by assault. Ho left them and went to his own room. They s.iw ho was an old man, boond tho years ho had disclosed. They did not spenk. They wero nervous. Kemp mailo it clgnrctto, puffed at It onco or twice and then threw It nwny. to roll another a moment later. His thoughts wero winging nway to tho fork of Big nnd i.lttlo Creek, whero a three-room shack stood In tho shadow of tho White Moun tains of New Mexico. Ho had thought It small, mWeinble, crniupcd. But out hero In the wilderness, thousands and thou sands of miles nway, It came back to his lslon, glorllled. The pmllng, gentle waters, fi Insert near tho mountains with tall, still pines, banked down the valley with friendly cottonwoods, seemed nnother element FARMER SMITH'S A&'jQN.0cA frJSW Ail 38x RAINBOW CLUB GOOD-NIGHT TALKS Some of our members have been Rood enough to tell me that they have ltd a laugh or two while reading these "talks." I am very glud indeed to hear it, for I hnve tried to get a little numor m tare and there, for if you can make your readers laugh, you nave tnem i'btcrfttcd. . , . R..I. nnrenn io HWn n VimiRo nnrf most, of us have our doors and windows cJose3 all tho time we do not let nny one peek in upon our real selves. Wo tfmM not let folks tret too intimate, but when wo laugh wo open our houso fe wee'bit and'let others see a part of our real selves. Likewise, when you mako a person laugh, .you make him open the front T door, as it were, and the next thing you say is listened to witn more attention. t " If, for any reason, you happen to make Willie Jones angry, do not leave lira. that way, for tho thorn of anger will stick a long time, pernaps iorevur. Hake Willie smile before you leave him, or, better still, laugn. .P..t,no Willin ilnenrvnrl tho Kpnldlnf Vnll rfaVO him Or deserved what s ,...,,..... r "-."",... ui. ,..U Wit was that made mm angry, or percnance you uru ruuiiy ui iumv j. ttlf and. will find it out later. You can see that it is always best to leave r8on smiling, for we remember a sunshiny day more often than a day of clouds. Kt Your editor has enjoyed many a laugh from your letters because the Pmmor wo get is UNCONSCIOUS we tire rapidly of a child who "tries to M funny." W To tell a funny story, tell it SERIOUSLY. FARMER SMITH, Children's Editor, The evening euukk. M' "Wanita and Kawasha '" (Continued) 'WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE Two little white children wero stolen by r Lilian. .ulian .t.au .. n ... Vmlll!?. Jliilr skin was dyed bronn nnd thev did lot know that they were not really Indians. tt osy thy set out for a marvelous cae 1UI hlch they had heard the chiefs IIL Th.v illinu....! It IVhllA thev 2gf iplorlng the cavern Kawasha. the Bills boy. fell and sprained his ankle, and ms.tl fire which they had built at tho Bh creid all oer the cave. Wanita 9 Utile girl, dashed out through . the "mis nd called to a white man. John Uirihali for aid, lie succeeded In putting . ine nro out, out wnen no rusneu IJM tie cavo Kawasha was gone. Finally Wit dlirnvara.1 him . .!.. m In a ...r.1 (jaa tl the rave. The white man carried 'SS.0" When Kawasha regained con- rtiu "" """ Marshall put tno two ifiWJ? 'n bis canoe Hnd proceeded to Ii . ""fit " bis camp which was located SJif Jf. across they spied Great Chief P5.K,ather. the terror of the Mohawks. RfJWItg.on the Bhore of the Island. K.H! co'ldren hid In the bottom of the ita. .. """i1 " vouev of arrows was wnu- iin.iK.' una J.?"" iiarsnaira nena, Dut Dy wwiyg up the rlv er a piece ho managed W lot Chlf think he was not going Kr..T& l'nit' In the meantime he tells KA u2ren ,hat 1" "lust go back to the J5SiJ5i".u" on " In his tent, there la 'SS frJi.."8 ""-n of a cave where a treas S faJ?? " .Wanita tells him that It Is jr- moy nave just been In. fcvy do you know7" interrupted fcnv man' excitedly. 0h, we've heard many times!" put -...-,", u.ciumessiy. ELor moment the while man hnd K$rt forgotten hfe plan of getting lm lsland. The shower of epm had long since stopped, and ging cautiously over his shoulder, Sjcaeovered that the chief was no fewatching them. 5n hily Paddled back toward nLt n a few minutes he was Japing careiullv out unnn thn sandv K!" ?6 P?1!ed the canoe hiKh and 21 W the grass, lifted Kawasha out g? vea nlra comfortably on a mound mT .. tay there wth yur Ct .he whispered to Wanita, Ea to. e had' himsei'- "Quick 3 Uf7?f lU IJteal UD and cet th mnn? HI Wme back and bind Kawa- i Wtie." cautionoi., i .j j -Hwiln' "" "ur.Bf' 1 t to tr. , -...!.. ...l feLin!VM.t of the tent. T uj ne near, jie took a FARMER SMITH, Evening Ledger :. I wish to become a member of your Rainbow Club. Pleaso send me a beautiful Rainbow Button free. I agree to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH AND EVERY DAY SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY: Name Address Age ! School I attend . . . . : step. In one more minute he would have the map, and The white man stood immovably fixed to the ground! There stood Great Chief Red Feather, looking straight at him from the very door of the tent! (To be continued.) and is losing no time in working out the idea. Kathryn brought many lit tle Bcashorc girls into the club nnd we hope that they will be as fond lof "us" as she i3. Mnny thanks to tho Frankford RninbowB Helena Al berts, Frances Grandback, Florenco Adams, Ruth Colson nnd Esther Stehlc our "little Frankford Rain bows" for the shiny silver quarter that rolled out of their last letter. Thanks also to George Tanguay for his remembrance and a wee note to tell him thattthe little boy who re ceived the overcoat needed it very badly. He is now happily and warmly playing in the sunshine ns a result of your kindness. Doesn't that mako you happy? Do You Know This? 1. Build as many words as you can from HARMONY. (Five credits.) 2. Mention a city in Nebraska that reminds us of February 12. (Five credits.) 3. Name two places in Philadelphia of interest to strangers (Five credits.) TIN MONGV. Those who wish to earn money after school and on .sal unlays should write a letter to Parmer Smith. FOH SALE ClIKERKUf. rOSTA1.3. 1 cent. 2 cents, 3 for A cents and - for .1 cents, by Hose Klsher. a member of the Ilnlnbow Cluh who wishes to make money for poor llttlo children. Farmer Smith will turnlih address. Our Postoffice Box Hurrah! another little out-of-town boy is collecting "rays for the Rain bows." The member who looks so seriously at you from out the picture gallery is Francis X. O'Brien, of Wyndmoor, Pa, We are very glad to greet "person ally" the young man who has sent in so many clever drawings. Miriam Branni gan, Woodland terrace, can write stories and draw pictures. If they are as well put to gether as her lit- vHHsVmeJbbIK VX A dj tO" Francis 3? O'Brien tie letter, the Rainbow Club will be very much favored with her contri butions. Mildred Greenspan, South 5th street: We are very happy to know that you aro promoted. What grade are you in now? Kathryn Jones, New Hampshire avenue, At lantic City, thinks it a fine plan to make scrapbookg for the "shut-ins" This Is the Wise Shopper's Check A NEW ROYAL MODEL AVe were showing white shoes this season weeks ahead of any other Phila delphia shop. , We are going to have a big showing of advanced spring styles FEB. 14th TO 26th 2 ROYAL WEEKS The styles we are going to show then other shops won't have until weeks later. As to their quality! You will never equal them at other shops any time for less than twice our prices. OUR PRIZE CONTEST starts Feb. 14th, too. Call pr write for explanatory pam phlets. Exclusively for women. Royal Boot Shop 1208 Chestnut St fUa dFL00RSAYE34$g from the aullen river rumbling across tho night from Its cruel gorge The bil lowing range, stretching; away from I.lttlo Creek till It met tho sky, crested with twisted junipers nnd evergreen ccdnrs. with Its famous grftrnmngrnss undulating under coql breezes from tho snow-capped mountains, seemed to call to his lungs with soft, breathing noises. And the mountntn-tho mountain thnt winter and summer hnd kept Its white, dazzling sum mit before him, leading him back from tho far round-up and tho trail to the llttlo shack In Its shadow. A swelling came Into hl9 throat. He tried to cough It up. Hut ns long ns ho thought of tho moun tain, tho thickness stuck In hi" throat. Ho took from his pocket a treasured enke of tobacco and with Blrong teeth tore off a generous portion. Then ho roso nnd wnlkcd off to tho corral. Oerry sat on alone. Thoughts were troubling him, too. What was ho doing hero? Who wns this Margarita that hnd twined herself Into his llfo? Was It his life? And her little boy-black-l.nlrcd, black-eyed, oUvctlnted he was his boy, too. He was Oerry Ixirislng's son No, not that-not Qcrry Lansing's. Gerry Lansing belonged to a tlmo that wns fnr nway. to a hill whero white houses with green blinds peered out from the dark ness of domed maples, from the long shadows of up-pointing Irs nnd from the caves of flaring elms, the wine-cups of heaven. Oerry felt his spirit nylng nwny to wnndcr In cool lanes where birch and sas safras and rioting laurel burned Incense under a kindly sun nnd slender wood maples bent under tho breeze ngnlnst sturdy hickory nnd nsh. It led him to look back upon tho glory of tho mountain ash In nutumn nnd of tho turning of the leaves. A sigh enmo quivering through nil his body nnd escaped from his trembling lips. "I am nlouc," ho breathed to himself. Never had ho been alone before never llko that. Tor the first tlmo In moio than two v. cars be thought of his mother, of tho Judge who boo been n fnther to hltn, of nil tho Hill, of Allx. and then, of Alan. Whcio were Allx nnd Ainu? Suddenly tho vision of Mnignrltn nnd her boy pushed In between him nnd memory Ho sprang to his feet. Ills manhood rose within him and battled with her nnd tho child ngnlnst memory. Ho started off Into tho wilderness. His sandals shot spurts of sand and dust Into tho air behind him at every step. Ho smelt the dust Above him, the myriad stars shone, dry and far, fnr up In tho heavens. Heaven wnB farther from tho world tonight thnn ever before. Oerry came back at dawn. Tho herders wero mounting to round up tho slock. Oerry saddled his horse and went with them. ciiAriEn xxviu. DI3KP In South America, on the ragged frlngo of tho outskirts of progress, Alan Wayno wns pushing a long brldgo neross n. drlcd-up watercourse. Ho wns sick, tired and disgusted. Over and over again ho had grumbled to MoDotignl thnt It wns n Job for a mason and McHougal had patiently answered: "I'm tho mason. Mr. Wayne. Do ou llo bye a wee and gle tho fovcr n ehnnce to get out of the body." Hut AInn stuck Jealously to his lob Ten Percent Wn.wie might ictlio on bis laur els, but be rould never be tirntrn Kverv third day the fever In his honei seized his body In a grip thnt could not bo denied, shook It till it rntlled nnd cast It down limp, eold and hot, teeth chntteilng nnd then clenched nnd thru chntteilng again. Hut on tho davs be tween Alan made up for tho lnpe He became a devil hanging on tho backs of his men nnd driving them to superhuman efforts. Terror held thorn. Thev weie Italians, fnr from home. A wlldeines strctolicd between llirnt and tho sen. The sen Itself was none of llielrs, it was nn added hairier. A mndimin had them In thrall. Terror drove them. It was a rnco to finish tho brldgo hefnro lie kllloit them "t mil going to bo slrk," he hnd told them In cold, tapld woriW, "I mil going to bo sick, but befoio I'm UnMicd the brldgo is Mulshed, or " Tho giant gang-boss. McDougal, stood by nnd nodded solemn coiillrnmlloii. When AInn wns III by ilav MoPoug.il left him nnd drove the men in his stead, but when the hour for knocking on came with the sudden eclipse of Iho sun by tin. hnilzon lin hurried to Al.iu's tent, llsbrd hltn out ficun some corner on the lloor, wrapped lilm in blankets, dosed him with (ltilnine, tempted him with poor, svc.ik broths and nursed him, uuprotestlng, through the night. Met'oug.il linil followed AInn into strange lands and stiniige places and seen him In many n deep bob', nnd through It nil AInn hnd been tho s.ime-a purring dniimn at unlit. He hnd been the snne until tills damiird tilp Into tlu Hrnzlllaii wllilernons, and liero a change hnd come over hltn. There were times when be talked and what be said wns "No more trips for me, MrPoug.il. I'm a consulting engineer fioni this on " Mo Dotignl had heard innro than one man talk like that under fevei ami lie frowned. tring to remember onn f I hem that hnd ever entile back. Ainu wns Inured to river fever. He had fought it often, and when lie saw the fetid pools of stagnant water in Hip ilrlrd-up water course ho knew ho would hate to fight It ngnln Somehow, some night, n. mosquito wns bound to got at him, and tho fever would begin. Ho doubled his preventive dose of quinine, but he could not double his spirits for tho battle. Ho enmo to tho Held with n gnawing nt those sources of health nnd ft culm mind and sure steep. Sleep did not cams as of old after tho day's work. Instead, he tossed nnd twisted on his narrow cot ftnd finally would turn on tho electric torch to read two letters over nnd over again. CONTINUED ToMonnow. jl' AT ALL OUR STORES -Sp it) WHERE QUALITY COUNTS and LOW PRICES PREVAIL It will pay you to buy your Butter and Eggs at the Stores Where Quality Counts GOLD SEAL EGGS ct" 33 The largest and freshest Eggs that money can buy or hens can lay. Fresh from the nests to you in sealed cartons containing one dozen each. Henfield Eggs CBrtn 30c Second in quality only to Gold Seal; good fresh Eggs and fully guaranteed. Selected Eggs Don 2Sc Every Egg guaranteed good, and you can always depend on the guarantee of R. & C. GOLD SEAL piSIfe BUTTER, 38c lb. The highest grade of freshly-churned butter made. Its uniform fine quality and flavor make it the choice of particular people, HY-LO Butter, Lb. 33c Fancy creamery butter that is equal in quality to many high priced "Best" butter sold in stores outside the Quality Chain. CA-RO Butter, Lb. 28c Absolutely pure butter of finft quality, like all our butters, a bar gain at its price. There arc many other attractive values this week-nt verjr R. & C. Store, whether it be located at 21st and Market Streets Downtown, Uptown, Gcrmantown, Kensington, West Philadelphia, Manayunk, Roxborough, Logan, Oak Lane, Overbrook, Bala, Nar bcrth, Ardmorc, Bryn Mawr, Lansdowne, E. Lansdowne, Llanerch, Darby or Media. isoo & Crawford Grocery Stores for Particular People Throughout ihe City and Suburbs Sgg-srsZf-aiS:, V'SfSw.'"': 1 I bet) bis Tb um i A Rrakfsisi dmv rss&zr m. 2f w&n m hs. -nmnn esaes' vbs w on ard sat -?.., r-'----fySv I a "XTtTlVES and wives and wives hundreds of wives wives and wives and VV wives a thousand wives at breakfast! -And what do you think they ate? They all ate barley! For all of those thousand wives and for King Solomon slaves prepared the barley food. For you it has been prepared not by slaves but by a new and exclusive process, better than any that Solomon, in all his wisdom, could command in appetizing and distinctively delicious form Cream of Barley. Those thousand wives they probably didn't agree among themselves often but they all agreed on one thing. From Wife No. 1 to Wife No. 999, they all agreed on barley food because they knew it agreed with them. And Cream, of Barley agrees with everyone, because it is the most sus taining and digestible and appetizing of foods. For tomorrow's breakfast, get ( '-, j1, ..V , , -ti-iliSlrfe - f )aWtl.-7 EJ!tr i