JUST QOSSIP
Game at Frankftn Field Will Be Largely Attend
edRabbit Party for Miss Newbold at Famous
Little Club HousePi Sigma Fair
THANKSGIVING BAT Is hero In apllo
of clouds and rntn. Do you know
I'm awfully nXrnld that Thanksgiving
means moro 'Vats nrfd football"' to mod
ern America than giving thanks for the
many, blosslrfea of a free country and a,
peaceful country as well, which Is tho
real Idea. We have much td thank God
lor in i n i s
great lahd of
ours, and It
will not hurt
our football Joy
or turkey dln
nors to stop for
a second and
say a word of
thanksgw) n g
In- our hearts,
at least, to tho
Author of all
Good.
Of course
from a social
point of view
tho same Is tho
great ovont of
tho day, ond
tho I'lil Knppa
Pal and vari
ous other ffat
houses will
keop "open
houso" after
the camo,
when dancing
and refresh
ments will do
1 1 fc h t tho
youngsters who
will attend tho
festivities. It's
a pretty sight,
lot mo tell you,
the charming
elrls- with
their bouquets
of violets nnd
American Boau
ty roses' and
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MRS. LEE EUGENE DALY
Mra. Daly was Miss Mario Josephine Gnr
rity, of 910 South Broad Btroct, Ilcr mar
riage to Mr. Daly took placo last Wednesday.
adorlngswalns rushing out ovor tho Wal
nut street brldgo In cars, motors, taxis
and pn foot 'to bo on time for the kick-off,
and then afterward to tho frat houses and
hotels to tea and.dlno and theater.
Tonight Mr. Charles Krumbhaar will
entertain at tho Rabbit for Dorothy Now
bold, who Is the debutanto daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Umlen Nowbold,
and a mighty popular debutante at that
She, by tho way, Is the ono to whom
Molly Thayer directed hor remarks In hor
fascinating book on how a debutanto
should conduct hersolf during her first
wlntor. Rabbit parties are novor very
large, but they are always great fun and
are very exclusive I think I told you
beforo tho membership of the club Is
limited to 100.
And now wo turn our attention in
charity doings to the PI Sigma Fraternity
Fair, which will be given next Wednes
day at the Rltz-Carlton Hotol for tho
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury have
Issued Invitations for a danco on Friday
evening, December 23, at their home, 1925
Walnut street, to meet Miss Katharine
Christina Lea, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles If. Lca.-und Miss Dorothy Emlen
Newbold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Emlen Newbold.
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson Freeman,
of 1833 Spruce street, havo li&ued Invita
tions for a roller-skating party'on Tuesday
afternoon, December 20, at the Palace
Rink, from 3 until 6 o'clock. Tho cards
of Mr. William Williams Keen Freeman
and Mr. John Freeman are Inclosed.
Mrs. Eugene R. Chrlstman. of 2301 Do
Lancoy street has Issued 'Invitations for a
dinner and bridge party for Thursday evp
nlng, December 7,
Tho "marriage of Miss Katherlne Drexel
Dahlgren and Mr. Richard Smith Emmet
both of New York, will take place on Jan
uary 10 at tho home of Miss Dahlgren'a
mother, 16 East Ninety-Sixth street, New
York.
An, engagement -of Interest announced to
day la that of MUs Eleanor Barton Hop
kins' to Mr. CJeorgo M. Jones, of Oak Hill,
W. Va. Miss Hopkins Is a sister of Miss
Ellse Hopkins and a half slater of Miss
Letltla McKlm, who makes the announce
ment Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cameron, of
Greene street and School House lane, Ger
mantown, Will entertain at dinner on Sat-
fiy-j UlUHJT OVOI.1IIB, ill IIUIIU. Ul Wioo mwov......-
'm' Reeves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs; Francis
Butler Reeves. The guests wilt afterward
attend the commttteo dancing class. Among
those who have been Invited are Mls -Helen
Moore, Mrs. Cameron's daughter. MUs
Martha Henderson. Miss Josephine Hooper,
Mr. Edward Wlnslow Taylor, Jr., Mr, Wil
liam K. Beard, Jr., Mr. John Beard and Mr.
Gordon Glldersleeve, both of Lehigh Univer
sity.. The marriage of Miss Arabella M. Scott
and Mr. Allan Hunter, Jr., will take place
very shortly: a license for their union was
Issued yesterday, Jll Scott Is the daughter
of Major W, Sanders Scott U. S. A., and
Mrs. Scott and Mr, Butler Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Butler, ,of Chestnut
Hill.
Mrs. Charlotte M. Wain will spend the
month of December In New York and will
then go to Mlramar, Santa Barbara, where
she has taken a bungalow for three months.
Mr. nnA Mm 3. Franklin McFadden will
close their country place at Itosimont and
noira into their town house, southeast cor
ner of Nineteenth street and Do Lancey
. place, the early part of next wee.
Miss Elisabeth Taylor, of Roxley, Chest
nut Hill, returned yesterday from Yonkers.
N. X-. where she has been the guest of
Miss Margaret Hubard for a fortnight
Mr, Robert Taylor will return from Ithaca,
where he is a student at Cornell, .and will
spend tbe Thanksf lying holidays with hu
family. '
Mrs. G. Jason Waters, who has been staying-
at the BeJloYue-Stratford for several
days, has returned to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Lanlnrf Harvey, of WJlkes
Barre, are giving a house party this week
at their home. Among the guests are Miss
Dorothy Burgess, of permantown,. and
Lieutenant George Courts, V. H. N- of the
Washington Navy Yard.
A dinner party at the Qermantown
Cricket Club last evening Includtd Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Fitch. Mr. and Mrs.
John K- Strublng. Jr.. and Mrs. Howard
Shebie, Mrs. Arthur C Colahan, Mr. Frank
Among other who composed a dinner
Dsrty before th. Uoe wf Mr. a'd Mrs.
STUjIsjs Nlsfcotam. M. 4 Mrs. Roiirt
ABOUT PEOPLE
benefit of tho Children's Seashore Houso,
Atlantic City, and for St. Christopher's
Hospital for Chlldreh In this City. There
Is to bo dancing all afternoon, I under
stand. Grubs, baby clothes, Useful arti
cles, flowers and all sorts and kinds of
attractions will be for salo during the
session. I was talking to ono of the
board members,
and sho begged
me to consider
"tho doubts
and fears of
the past sum
mer, when
n o n o of us
knew at what
hour tho dread
Infantile pa
ralysis might
enter our own
nurseries; thoso
thoughts have
urely a w a k
encd our hearts
mdro fully to
tho needs of
poor, helpless,
uncared-for lit
1 1 o children,"
nho said, and I
think she's
right Tho
managers o f
tho fair Include
a number of
tho younger
marrrlcd wom
en and others,
Including Mrs.
Hob Clay, Mrs.
Itllllo Fuller,
Mrs. Qutncy
Glllmore, Mrs.
Jack Holllngs
worth, Mrs.
Sydnoy Martin,
Mrs. Tom
Reath, Jr., Mrs.
Lin Taylor, Mrs. dhatttn Wothorlll,
Kllnoro Roan, Marian Butler, Lucy Boat
wick. Caroline Murdock, Dorothea Ober
teuffor nnd Marjorlo Taylor.
Toa Is to bo served from 4 to 6 o'clock
and thero will bo dancing to Hawaiian
music Tho waitresses will bo Loulso
Groy, Lois Jackson, Chrlstlno Stockton,
Elizabeth Wheeler, Elizabeth Wlster,
Carolino Brown nnd Lucia Warden.
Qulncy Glllmore, I understand, has of
forod a cup for tho best-looking sports
hat, and a good many of the leading
hat shops havo sont modol .chapcaux for
tho competition. Tho grab girls nro to
bo two In number; 'thoy will be gowned
In Imitation of the Fair postor and will
mlnglo In tho crowd, selling grabs to
whosoovor will buy.
Tho movies, I understand, are to be
exceptionally good also, so go early, stay
long and tiuy your Christmas presents
thero. NANCY WYNNE.
Malr, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel J. Steele.
Mies Barbara Lowls, of this city,
spending some time at Atlantic City.
is
Baron and Baroness Czoernlg von Czern
haunen, of Radnor, and their small
daughter will leave shortly for Chelsea,
where thoy have taken a cottage for the
winter months.
Mr. ond Sirs. Donald Lees, who are
occupying an apartment, nt tho Clinton
for tho winter months, will move out of
town oarly In the spring and Will spend
riext summer nt tliolr now home at riavcr-ford.-
Mra. Lees wilt be remembered as
Miss Kntherlno Gunn. of Richmond, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Bayne, of 128
West Penn street, Oermantown, will . en
tertain at brldgo tomorrow everting. The
guests will be Mr. and Mrs. Charlen T.
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Bernardo do II. Stokes,
Mr. and Mra. Clarence Brush, Mrs. Paul
H. Dennlston, Mrs. David T. Young, Mr.
Allan EarnShaw, Mr, W. Price Hull and
Mr. Edwin Elliot
Mrs. William W. Adams, Jr., of Navahoe
avenue and Mermaid lane, Chestnut Hill,
will have her mother, Mrs. Edmund Shat
tuck, and Miss Maud Shattuck, or Boston,
as her guests over Thanksgiving. Mrs.
Adams will give a large family dinner to
day. Mrs. Walter D. Banes, of West Price
street, Germantown, will entertain Infor
mally at luncheon on Thursday, December
7, at her home.
Mrs. Thomas Stockhausen, of Moreland
avenue, Chestnut Hill, will entertain the
members of her bridge club on Monday aft
ernoon. Mr. Howard Berry, the erstwhile Mexican
border football tar, will, with the other
members of the varsity football squad of
the University of Pennsylvania, occupy
boxes at the two performances of tha
"Flight of Fancy," which will be given on
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I
EVENIKG LliJDGER-PHILADELPlnA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, SO, .
becember 1 and 0 In the ballroom of the
pellevue-Stratford for the Northern Home
for Friendless Children.
Mra Joseph Snellenburg has gone to New
vork to spend several days.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Thornton Orugan. of
Jsarberth, ore being congratulated Upon
the hlrth of n son, bn Tuesday, to be named
Justice Stevens Grugan, -
Miss Kthel M. Clark, of 4 tiJ1 Spruce
street entertained at n dance nt her home
last night. Her guests were MIm Louise
Boules, Miss Frances Kllnges, Miss Mar
garet Connor, MIm Kalhryn Brady, Mr.
Wank Duffy, Mr, U Elsenhower, Mr. Nor
man 8. Janke, Mr. Herbert Houlas nnd
Mr. John F. Clarke.
The L. Triangle Club of the Germantown
"?". .c'ub w,,l Present 'The Elopement of
WIen' this evening In tho auditorium of
the club. Mrs. Sarah F. T. Price la In
charge of the affair, which promises to be
a suecesv Among those who will take
part ore Ml". Harold F. Peters. Miss Mildred
A. Jester. Mr. Kdwln Conro, Miss Grace
Thackrah nnd Mr. Melvln BIkrs Goodwin.
Weddinga
BOLES MoNEELY
The marriage of Miss Mary MoNeely.
daughter of Mr. Oeorgo II. MeNeely, of
Wynnefleld, and Dr. Russell S. Holes took
Place last evening at J:30 o'clock In the
Church of St. Luko and tho Epiphany, on
Thirteenth street near Pino street The
Hov. David M. Steele ofTiclated.
The bride wore soft white satin and
pearls, a court train and tulle veil. Mrs.
A. O, Baylor, of Woodbury. N. J., was
matron of honor nnd Miss Lenoro P. AVals
maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Mrs.
V. G. Foster, Mrs. Harold W. Laird, Miss
hdlttr Wats nnd Miss Alma Curtis. Mr.
George Boles, brother of tho bridegroom,
was bost man. Tho ushers wore Mr.
Oconto II. MoN'eely. Jr., Mr, Harold W.
Laird. Mr. Kugnr IX. Holes, Mr. William
II. Boles, Mr. Herbert Borer nnd Dr. Rufus
Reeves.
..A Urge reception followed nt tho Bellevue-Stratford.
Doctor nnd Mra Boles will
live at Flfty-thlrd street and Wynneflold
avenue, Overbrook.
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A DA MS Tl IURLOW
A pretty wedding took plnco at Wharton
Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal
Church thin morning, nt 10:30 o'clock, when
Miss Oraco Thurlow. dnughtor of Mr. and
Mrs. William Thurlow, of G3GS Webster
street, wns mnrrled to Dr. Thomas R.
Adams, of Cnllfon, N. J. '
The ceremony wns performed by the Rev.
Samuel McAdnms. pastor, of tho Whnrton
Street Memorial Church.' Tho brldo wns
attended by her sister. Miss Sllva Thui low.
and the best man wns Mr. Harold Adams,
brother of tho bridegroom.
Following tho ceremony, a brenkfnst wns
served nt the homo of the bride. Doctor
and Mrs. Adams will bo at home at Catlfon,
N. J after January 1.
IN TODAY'S FESTIVITY
A progressiva dinner of five courses will
be given today. Tho soup will bo served nt
tho home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Frederick Brown,
1202 South Fifty-second street, nnd from
thero the pnrty will progress to tho homo
of Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Carr. 1120 Penns
grovo terrace, and then on to Mr. and Mrs.
Charlos M. Knton's home for tho entreo
course. The salad will bo at the homo of
Mr. nnd Mrs. Jacquo Bnerwnld, 4620 Spruco
street, and tho Ices nnd coffee nt Mr. ond
Mrs. Hownrd W. Borgenskl's. G2II Wash
ington avonue. Mrs. Mcta Welsbrod and
Alfred Ilrannen nlso will bp of tho party.
At tho tea which tho mombcrs of the Phi
Kappa Psl fraternity will glvo at their
clubhouse '3841 locust street, nfter the
Ponnsylvanla-Corncll gamo today they will
bo assisted In receiving by Mrs. Henry F.
Walton, Mrs. Henry Lovett, Mrs. William
Seymour Carrlgan, Mrs. Charles W Welsh,
Mrs Wlnflotd It. Dougherty, Mrs. W. Grant
Williams, of Portsmouth. O. -, Mrs. Henry
Ashton Little, Mrs. A. L. McPollln, Mrs
Stowart A. Jcllett Mrs. Fronds II. Lee,
Mrs. John Marshall. Mrs. F. Warren Mar
shall and Mrs. Henry IC Pnncoast. Mrs.
Edgar F. Smith and Mrs. Morris L. Clothier
will pour tea.
Mrs. Helen K. Bonsnll, of 4410 Locust
street, will chaperon a pnrty at the football
game today, given In honor of her guest.
Miss Miriam Macklen, of Brookllno, Maas.
After tho game Mrs. Bonsnll will give a
dinner of eight covers nt thn Marlyn. For
tieth nnd Walnut streets, when tho guests
will Include Lieutenant nnd Mrs. Clarence
Gulbranson, Mlus Miriam, Macklen, Miss
Eleanor Bonsall, Mrs William Martin Bon
sail, Lieutenant Donald lloyden. Lieutenant
William Lnrson and Lieutenant Olovcr.
Miss Mary W. noevcH, u 4016 Locust'
stroet, who has Just returned from a visit
to New York, will entertain guests from
that city nt her homo today.
. What's Doing Tonight
Thunksrtvlns dlnnr and dne". 0rmsntown
Cricket Club. llnhf.lm; A o'clock.
Annual chirlty ball am! rntrtlnmnt. Port,
eratlon of Italian Societies, Lyric Hall, 928
Mouth Hlatli ttrrel: 8 o'cloA.
Illustrated lotur, "Ireland, Wit and Hu
mor," br Alfr'l Koater. Central Y. M. C, A.,
14'Jl Arch street; H o'clock.
Hawaiian frathal nnd ilinca by senior aux
iliary ot Jewish Hlnlt.rlna Homo, Apollo Hall,
t72 North Ilroad atraet.
Dinner to tho Ilev. Dr. Ituaaell II. Conwell.
Ilaptlst Temple, ilroml ami llerka itrnt, In
honor of hla thirty-fourth anniversary aa pastor.
"Hoformatlon Pageant," Schaaf Memorial 11a
znar. Horticultural Hall.
Miller-Keller Wcddinjr Invitations
LANCASTER, Pn Nov. 30. Invitations
have hoen Issued for tho marriage of Miss
Elizabeth Keller, daughter of Assistant At
torney Oeneral and Mrs, William II. Jfeller,
and Robert E. Miller, son of Charles F. Mil
ler, president of the Hamilton Watch Com
pany, with which tho bridegroom-elect Is
connected, on December 6.
Slto for $7,000,000 Homo for Aged
NEW YORK. Nov. 30. Nlnety-tivo lots
on tho Grand Boulevard and Concourse, the
Bronx, havo been purchased for 1375,000 as
thn site tor the Home for Aged Men
and Vpmen, for which the late Andrew
Freedman bequeathed from 19,000,000 to
17,000,000.
wfurre,
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THE VACANT WORLD
Dy GfcORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
Cepvriasf. J'' W Frak t. ifunlrv Compantf
TIIK BTOnr THUS FAtt.
HfcA.Tn.tCB KRNDI1ICK. a atneraphr,
slowly rriralna consclouineas. and opene ner
eyes upon a tcene of utter devaatMlon ami
ruin, Tha omoe In.lha Melrovolltsn HulW
Ins, New York, where she had sat at the
typewriter when alia suddenly fell asleep, is
now nolhlns but ruin. Only uiwralruclure,
brick walls and noore nnd pllee of du and
powdered wrecknso remain, lieatrlce s nair
rcachea to her anklea. . ,
ALLAN BTKHN, her employer, one of th
eltys kreatest enslneers In th; undeter
mined paat, cornea to Ilia aim In hla labora
tory. At each movement mora of hla ne.
composed elothtne falls. Ho has a rreat
uliivk of hnlr and lour beard,
When lleatrlca and Allan fully recover
their aenaea they make a haaty survey of
their situation, The entire city Is a sreat
forest, with wrecks ot akyicrapers proirud
in above the trees. liverythln fa dead.
Thev nro the only human belnsa alive.
While on hla way to the remains of a
hardware etore. whern l . secured re
vnlvers. un. emmunlllon and other uiefui
nrtieles. he tlnde a spear head. This Is the
Orst Indication tat there are other human
Iwlnss alive oil earth. Stern Is rilled with
lleforo Stern leaves for a more extended
espedttlon the followlnc day he sues liea
trlce a revoUer. .Stern flsures that ho and
the slrl have slept" at leaet lOCK) ear.
Ha then sets up a wlreleea outfit In a des
perate .effort to dlecover If thero are any
ulher human beliise left on earth.
Stern Beta no answer, bat he does dis
cover toward the west bank of the Hudson
lllver swarms of llshts inovlni acroaa th
river toward the couple. At the earns
time sounda of tomtoms coma from the
north. Tho two bands of beast-savnses
meet In a horrible battle In the park below
the Metropolitan Ilulldlns. Th lorcly
bearer vanquish the band that camo with
tomtoms. Hevolted and renllslnr. too. that
ho inuet overawe the victors, Stern beslns
to miko a quantity of his Invention
l'ulvt-rlte. the hlshest esploslve known to
man beforo the disaster,, attea before with
which to set rid ot the Invaders.
OIIAPTKTt XVII (Continued)
UTTERLY worn out, exhausted and spent
with the long strain, the terrible
fatigues of tho last tlilrty-sl.1 hours, she had
lain down and had ulropped off to sleep.
There sho lay at full length. Very beautiful
sho looked, half seen In tho morning gloom.
Ono arm crossed her full bosom: tho othor
pillowed her cheek. And, bending close,
Stern watched her a' long minute.
Willi strango emotion ho heard her'even
breathing; ho caught the perfume of her
warm, rlpo womanhood. Never had sho
seemed to him so perfect, so Infinitely to
bo loved, to bo desired. '
And nt thought of that beast horde In
tho wood below, at realization of what
might bo. If they two should chnnce to be
discovered ond made captlvo. his face, went
hard as Iron. An ugly, savngo look pos
sessed him, and ho clenched both fists.
For a brief second he stooped still closer:
ho laid hla lips soundlessly, gently upon
her hair. And when ngnln he, stood up the
look In hla eyes boded scant good to any
thing that might threaten the sleeping girt.
"So now to work!" said he.
Into his own room he Btepped quietly, his
room where he had collected his various
implements nnd chemlcnls. First of all he
set out. on tho floor, a two-quart copper
tea kettle and beside this, choosing care
fully, he ranged the necessary Ingredients
for a "making" of his sccrot explosive.
"Now tin washout water," said he, tak
ing another larger dish.
Over to the water pall he walked. Then
he stopped suddenly, frowning a black and
puzzled frown.
"What?" ho exclaimed, "nut thero isn't
a pint left all together! Il-ml Now then
hero Is a situation."
Hastily ho recalled Upw tho great labors
of tho provlous day, 'the wireless 'experi
ments and all, had prevented him from
going out to the spring to replenish his
supply. Nqw, though ho blttorly cursed
himself for his neglect, that did no good.
Thefnct remained there was no water.
"Scant Pint maybe!" said he. "And I've
got to have a gallon at the very least. To
say nothing of drink for two people! And
tho hordo thero camping round tho spring.
Je-ru-snlem!"
Softly he whistled to himself, then, trying
to solve this vital, unexpected problem,
fell to pacing the floor.
Day, slowly looming through tho window,
showed his features set and hard. Close
at hand thn breath of morning winds
stirred the treetops. nut of tho' usual busy
twitter and gossip of birds among the
branches now there was none. For down
below there. In the forest, the ghoullng
vamplro revels still held sway.
ji Stern, at a loss, swore .nony unaer ms
breath. . ........
Then suddenly ne tounu nune.cu; no camo
to a declfclon.
"I'm going down." ho vowed. "I'm going
down to seer
CHAFTKU XVIII
Tlin.flUIMtnMK OUESTIOJf
Now that his course lay clear before
him, the man felt an Instant and a huge
relief. Whatever the risks, the dangers,
this adventuring was batter than a mere
Inaction, besieged there In the tower by
that ugly, misshapen horde.
First of all. as he had done on the first
morning of the awakening, when he had
eft tho girl asleep, he wrote a brief com
munication to forestall any possible alarm
on her part. This, scrawled with char
coal on i piece of smooth hide, rant
'"Have had to go down to get water and
lay of the land. Absolutely necessary.
Don't be afraid. Am between you and
them, well armed. Will leave you both
the rile and tha shotgun. Stay here and
havo no fear. Will come back as soon as
possible. ALLAN."
Ha laid this primitive tetter where, on
awakening, she could not fall to see It.
Then, making sure again that all the arms
were fully charged, ha put the rlrle and
tho gun close beside his "note," and taw
in It that his revolvers lay loosely and
conveniently n the hoUters she had made
for him.
One mors reconnaissance he made at
the front window. This done, he took tha
water pall and set off quietly down the
stairs. His feet were noiseless as a cat's.
At every landing he stopped, listening
Intently. Down, ever down, story by story
he crept.
To his chagrin though he; had half ex
pected worse he found that, a boiler
explosion of the previous night had rHy
mads the way impassible from tha third
story downward. These lowest flights of
steps had been so badly broken that now
they gave no access to the arcade.
All tbat remained of them was a Jum
bled mass of wreckage below the gaping
hole In the third-floor hallway.
That means," said Stern to himself,
"I've got to find another way down. An4
buicic too."
He set about the task with a will Ex
p la ration of several lateral fprridor re
sulted in nothing, bnt at last good for
tune id oim to stairs that had remained
ejBiaratWely unlawed. And down tb'eae"
' i
he stole, pair In ono hand, revolver rendy
In tho oilier, llstonlng, creeping, every
senao nlerl.
He found himself at length In Uio shat
tered and dismembered wreckage of tho
once-famed "Alnrbto Court." Fallen now
were tho carved ond added pillars; gone,
snvo hero or thero for a fragment, the
wondrous balustrade. Ono ot tho huge
newel posts nt the bottom lay on the
crncked lloor of marble squares; tho other,
Its
lolled drunkrnlv nii,m
iiiomi cnnnueiier sun el nsinc to It.
Hut Stern had nolther time nor Inclina
tion to observe theso woeful changes. In
stead he pressed still forward, and, nfter
a certain tlmo of effort, found himself In
the arcade once more.
Hero the effeots of the explosion were
very marked. A ghastly hole opened into
the subcellar below; masses of fallen cell
ing blocked the way nnd every pnno of
glass In tho shop fronts had shattered
down. Smoko had blackened everything.
Ashes and dirt, nd Infinitum, completed tho
dreary picture, seen thero by the still In
euniclent light of morning.
nut Stern cared nothing for all this.
It oven cheered him a trine.
"In case of a mix-up," thought he,
"thero couldn't be a better place for am
bushing these Infernal cannibals for mow
ing thoiri down wholesale for sending
them skyhootlng to Tophet In bunches!
And with a grim emtio no worked his
way cautiously toward Madison Forest and
tho plno-trco gate.
Aa he drew near his care redoubled.
Ills grip on tho revolver butt tightened.
"They mustn't seo me llrst!" said ho to
himself.
Into a littered wreck of on office nt tho
right of tho exit ho silently crept. Here
ho knew tho outer wall ot tho building
was deeply fissured. Ho hoped he might
bo nblo to find aomo peephole where, un
seen, ho rould peer out on tho bestial mob.
1I sot his water pall down, and on
hands nnd knees, hardly breathing, taking
Infinite pains not to stir tho loose rubbish'
on tho lloor, not even to crunch tho fallen
lumps of mortar,. he crawled.
Yes, thero was a glimmer of light through
tho crack In- the wall. Stern Nlicntly
wormed in between n corroded steel I-beam
and a crncked grnnlto block, about the
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edges of which tho small green tendrils
of a vine had laid their hold,
This way, thefi that, be craned hla neck.
And all at once, with a sharp breath, he
grew rigid In horrified, eager attention.
"Great Lord!" ho whispered. "What!"
Though from the upper stories and by
toroh light he had already formed some
notion ot the Horde, he had In no wise
been prepared for what he now was actually
beholding through a scroen ot sumacs that
grew along the wall outside,
"Why why, this can't be reall" thought
he. "It must bo .some damned hallucina
tion. Eh? Am t awake? What the
deuce!"
Paling a little, his eyes staring, mouth
ngnpe, tho engineer stayed there for a long
minute unable to credit his own senses.
For now he, he, the only white man living
In the twenty-eighth century, was witness
ing the strangest sight that over a civilized
being luul looked upon In tho wholo history
of the world.
No vision ot Do Qulncey, no drug-born
dream nt Poo could equal It for grlztly
fascination. Frankenstein, do Maupassant's
"Horla," all the fnnlnstlo literary monsters
of the past faded to tawdry, childish bogeys
beside the actual observations ot Stern,
tho englncor, tho man ot science nnd cold
fact.
"Why whst aro these!" he asked him
self, shuddering desplto himself at tho mero
slKht of what lay outsldo thero In tho forest.
"What? Men? Animals? Neither! God
help me, what what are these things?"
CHAPTKK XIX
TIM". UNKNOWN II A (jr.
AN ALMOST Irresistible repugnance, a
.TXcompelllng aversion, more ot tho spirit
initio tho way Impasslblo from tho third
thnn of tha flesh, Instnntty seized the man at
llordo which lay wltliln his view.
Though ho hnd been expecting to see
something disgusting, something grotesque
nnd horrible, his mind wns wholly unpre
pared for tho real hldcousness of these
creatures, now seen by tho over-strengthening
light of day.
And slowly as ho stared tho knowledge
dawned on him that hero was a monstrous
problem to fnco, far greater and more
urgent than ho had foreseen ; hero wero
factors not yet understood; hero the product
of forcos till then hot even dreamed of
by his scientific mind.
"I I certainly did exoect to find a small
race," thought In . "Small, and possibly
misshapen, the descendants maybe of a
few survivors of tho cataclysm. Rut
this!"
And again, fnsalnated by the ghastly
The Story of the
Package Stolen
From Ralph Payne
A package,' containing ths secret plana of tho
Canal fortifications, was advertised as having dis-
Spcared from an apartment in the New Ebbitt
)tel in Washington.
This package exists, ordy in an author's imagi
nation. Perhaps we owe you an apology for ,the series
of advertisements that have appeared. If so, we
offer it freely- gladly.
For the purpose of these announce
ments is a very serious and earnest
purpose.
Many good authorities have asserted that
International spies are actively engaged, in this
country right now that our future is menaced by
these secret enemies.
As a nation that does its work in the open,
most of us do not realize that the dangers
that surround us are very REAL.
"PEARL OF THE ARMY"
A Story of "America First"
unmasks America's secret roes reveals the menace
that surround our country to-day the perils
of a nation that must be roused to wakefulness.
You must see this great serial, featuring
PATHE'S Peerless, fearless, ,
PEARL WHITE,
as the American Joan of Arc.
It is your patriotic duty'fd see thfs picture,'
and it holds a thrill for you that you will long
remember.
It will be shown soon, in 15 episodes, r
one each week, at all leading theatres
Watch for it.
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speelaoie, h laid Ml y t ft rHnf J
the wait and looked,
A tenuous tog still drifted slowly Arnft
th fersl trees, Veiling the deepef .
Tet hear at hand, within the limited M
ment of vision which the enilneef com
manded, everything could be made rt
with rcMonnbla distinctness.
Some of the Things (for sd he mthtally
named third, knowing ho better term) wer
squatting, lying or moving about. qulU
close at hand. The Are by the spring had
how almost died down. It was evident. that
the revel, had ceased and that tha Horde
wan settling dowrt to restr-glutled, no
doubt, with the raw and bleeding flesh of
tha conquered foe,
Stem could easily have poked hi pUtot
mustle through tha crack In tha watt ahd
shot down many of ihem. For an Instant
tho temptation lay strong upon him to get
rid ot at least a dozen or h, score, but pfu
dence restrained hi hand.
"No user he told himself. "Nothing te
be gained by that But one I get my
proper chance at thtm 1"
And again, striving to observe them With
the coot and calculating eye of science,
he studied the shitting, confused pletufa
out there before him.
Then he realized that the featura which,
above' all else, struck him net ghaally 'and
unnatural, waa the color of th Thing.
"Not black, not even brown," laid he.
"1 thought so last night, but daylight core
reels the Impression. Not red, either, of
eoppercolored. What color, theftt Tot
heaven's sake, what?"
He could hardly name It, Through tho
fog It struck him aa a dull slate-gray,
almost & blue. He recalled that ones he
had eoen a child's modeling clay, much
used and very dirty, of the same shade,
which certainly had no designation In the)
chromatic seals Some of the Things were)
darker, soma a trifle lighter these, no
doubt, the younger ones but they all pr
took of this same characteristic tint. And
the skin, moreover, looked dull hnd sickly,
rather mottled and wholly repulsive, very
tike that of A Mexican dog.
Like that dog's hide, too, It was sparsely
overgrown with whitish bristles. Her or
there on the bodies ot some of the larger
Things bulbous warta had formed, some
what like thoso on a, toad' back, and ori
these warts tha bristles clustered thickly.
Stern saw tho hair on the neok ot ond of,
these creatures crawl and rise like a
Jackal's as n neighbor Jostled him, and
from the Thing's throat issued a clicking
grunt ot purely animal resentment,
"Merciful heavensl What are they?" '
wondered Stem, again, utterly baffled tor
any explanation. "What can they he?"
Another In th group close by attraoted
his attention. It was lying un Its aide,
asleep maybe, its back directly toward the
engineer. Stern clearjy sato tho narrow
shoulders and tho thin, long arms covered
with that whlto bristling hair.
(CONTINUED TOMomtOW)
TWO WEDDINGS; ONE TRIP
Wilmington Couples, (Jhums in Youth,
Marry nnd Lobvo Togolhor
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. SO.-lchuml
during youth, two couples were married
late yesterday In Westminster Presbyte
rian Church and left together on their wed
ding trips. Tho couples wero Robert 'Itleh
ardson Deverell and Miss Tleba Thomp
son and Wlltard Hamilton and Miss Anna)
Mario Conley. Tho ceremony wa per
formed by the Rev. Charles L. Cande, the
pastor. Tho ushers wero Truston Davis,
Clarence Cardwell and Ross Woodman, of
Wilmington, and Robert Horn, of Philadel
phia. Miss Thompson Was given In marriage
by her brother, Leonard M. Thompson, and
was attended by Miss Geneva M. Dillon,
of Washington, as maid of honor. Mis
Conley was .given In marriage by Robert
Fulton, her stepfather, and was attended
by Mrti. Kenneth Peacock. Earl Plumley
was bent man for Mr. Deverell and Ken
neth Peacock for Mr, Hamilton. Tha two
couples lift on wedding trips together.
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