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Miss Lticile Polk Carter Guest of Honor at Dance
Given by Her Father Musicale Is Given
to Help Families of Soldiers
kriHOifr wlh c"t6t TM b0 tha Me debutante, -when her father Willi.
TSwtir. wilt lr. tei.ta tor hta th, ba,Ir0l)m of the J
...i- . vp tall and greatly resemble her wthnr h,i .... ,,' T"?1?? "oU''
tfZZA hatr nd .yes nd rather a
Kiuhn..! colors. Med 1 Very fond
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r.tima norss " sen
I lit clothes. She to
? - Jtrl of the winter with
rnit tutlhtr. JM.
'tieorg Broose. ' " "
tnjrtaininif consider.
tW for her alao.
rh BV't tonight
wtU be chleflr from the
debutants set And ft.
,V t the younger
IkI neoplo. "Wil
li. if' mother. Mrs. Wit
l't '. - raff.r. will re-
Hire the guests with
him, nd Mm. Loldy
,ni his other elster,
F Mrs. William C. Dick-
Iftrman, of Now Tork,
trill also be present,
R and, of coureo, uor-
? fitUa MW wno, oy
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XChapter or me
Pennsylvania Women's
Division for, National
ieajedncs8 Is getting
up a musicale to bene
fit veral famlllos of
3E" Philadelphia, soldiers In
Mexico. Tho nffalr Is
to be held In the hall
of Miss Marshall's
tehbol at Oak Lnno to-
, morrow evening; at 8:15
o'cioak. The proccoda
ire to' bo devoted to
, providing Christmas
boiea for (he men at
tbe border and for tho
relief Of such of their
families as may be des-
, Ututi at homo here.
The chapter has pledged
Itself to provldo and care for six famlllos
Mid twenty-two children, whose needs
'they have Investigated and found to bo
most Imperative.
In" one oaso a woman whoso husband
1 (tubercular and unable to- work they
a ... . a titj .1 !! aUna n 1Atr
jpl li at the border; two of thb children are
skk at present and tho family Js vir
tually without means of support. An
other case Is that of a woman with two
ttnsli children, whoso husband Is at tho
'front This little family is destitute of
clothes and food. A third case Is a
widow whoso son Is at tho. border. ' Sho
Bss flvo small children, ono of whom is
Bf, nd she Is ill herself. Thero Is great
;sted of all the necessities of life for this
family, too and so it goes. Thero are
-J ether cases of equal urgency, and It seems
.tome that charity boglns at home. Iloro
in are, working our hands off for tho
Miles and for the Central rowers at vari
ous fairs and other entertainments, and
Hjht here in our midst Is torrlblo want
and orlvatlon. Not that tho Emergency
"Xia''ls not handling this matter well and
efficiently, for It does for 'homo as well
is abroad, but there Is a certain glamour
about working for the war BUfferers, and
:i think very often individuals forget
.thlse about them for tho sake of senti
ment. Mrs. Theodore C. Knauff Is treas-
gw urir of the Tork Road Chapter.
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!SrpHE Charity Ball was a brilliant sue-
ceis and tho spectacular effect superb,
though It was strango to see Old Kins
Colo as a slim and dignified person. I
J think tho whole thing, without exception,
V far surpassed any Charity Ball of for-
K cwryears. The "Arabian Nights" costumes
were proosDiy tne most coioriui ana Dm
Uint Charlie Morgan led the dancing
drosed as Robin Hood, Students of tho
.-A .! ' , Ll. ..
Uw t"1 mm uiBtry men, unu. nia cuun mu
'nd Clnderellas and Prlnco Charmlngs.
y gracious! but the pirates' were fierce,
wtd siich little soldier boya I never did
,. The Harlequins and Columbines
H perfectly wonderful, too; in fact, It
. Is hard to say which set outdanced or out-
s-?4.d the other.
TT IS Interesting in ! that Hfr -U'hltn.
1 Chouse, a member of the English rarlia-
tant, U to spend the week-end with the
Wiaund Evanoea at Ardmore. Mr. and
Ur. Bvans will give a dinner n his honor
wwsnt and win follow it with a largo re-
pc eestlon, at which Mr. Whitohouse will
sptak on the "World of the Future." ,
Mr. Whitehouse is a noted Englishman
Bd erdent Uaciflst. Hla nhtecf In im.
jjln! over to this country Is to spread a
ewe propaganda, A large luncheon was.
ka at the Bellevue-Stratford today, at
f fcalchMr. WhitehoUHD AflrfriB,1 tho nnh.
I i ?" t?hm it was open. Mrs. Evans.
wiu remember, was Rebecca Winsor,
of the James Wlnsors' beautiful
ishters. NANCY WYNNE.
Person ala
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jSwn Cricket Club on Tuesday. Janu-
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COLONEL AND MRS. BOWIE
This fetching couple will appear tonight In "Tho
Dictator," to bo given by Ponn Charter School
members. Tho lady Jn tho picture Is none other
wu rtPj?1? c; J.ycs whil 5Ir- John
Hpurr is tho ColoneL Thero seems quite an
atmosphere of conjugnl bllda about tho dears
? ?r"l.wl" bo remembered as Miss Eliza
beth Claxton, of Chestnut Hill, boforo her
marriage a few years ago.
At the tea which Mrs. LoUia Barclay
Robinson, of 1712 Tocuat street, will glvo
tomorrow Mrs. Walter Jackson Freeman
ana Mrs. Fielding Otis Lewis will preside
at the tea tablo.
Mr. and Mrs. C.' Hartman Kuhn have
taken apartments at the Bellevue-Stratford
for the remainder of the winter.
Miss Frances Sullivan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Francis .Sullivan, of
Twenty-flrst nnd Walnut streets, wilt re
turn home this week from tho Adiron
dack Mountains. N, Y., whero sho has been
spending sorao time.
Mrs. John da Costa Newbold and her
daughters. Miss Ellen Newbold and Miss
F. Angela Newbold, of Betxwood, Pa., will
shortly close their country houso and come
to town for tho winter monthB, when they
will occupy their rcsldenco, 2221 St. James
Place,
Friends of Mr. John da Costa Newbdld
will ho glad to hoar ho Is recuperating
after his recent serious Illness. He Is still
unable to return to his homo.
Miss Jean Unrf nf (M -.u.. .. i...
been spending the summer at the ranch of
her brother, Mr, Struthers Burt, Bar B-C,
Jackson's Hole. Wyo., has returned and
n.u oycuu mo winter in town,
Mr, nnd Mrs. Caleb Fox, of Berthellyn,
Ogonti. have loft for Hot Springs, Va.,
where they will spend a fortnight.
Mr. John Abbott, of Boston,' Mass., who
Is now In business In this city, has taken
an apartment.at tho Svyarthmoro. Mr. John
wears, of Oermantown, Is also spending
the winter at the Swarthmore.
Mrs. I. Harrison Hutchinson, of Qak-
"""i uwuovuwii, , j vriu snortiy issuo
Invitations for a brldgo on tho afternoon of
Monday, December 18, at E o'clock to meet
Miss Rose Barnes, of Jobstown, formerly
of Yonkers, N, Y.
The wedding of Mies Barnes and Mr.
Henry Llvermore. of Omaha, Neb., formerly
of New York, will take place on Wednesday,
January 3, in Holy Trinity Chapel. New
York
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Kennedy Hill and
their family will spend the winter at their
country homo at Vlllanova. Instead of com
ing to town, as they have done In former
years.
Miss Bophle Ferguson, of Chestnut Hill,
has Issued cards for a tea to be given an
Wednesday of next week )n honor of the
members of the Qermantoyrn hockey team,
Mr. Ward J. Davtes has returned n
Rutgers College. New Brunswick, after
spending the Thanksgiving holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davits,
at their home, 1J9 East Walnut lane, Oer
mantown. . Mr. Arnold Jennings, of Princeton Uni
versity, has returned to college after spend
ing the Thanksgiving holidays with his
parents. ,
Mr, end Mrs. B. W. Tatlman, of Wynne
wood, had Mr. and Mrs. R, Warren ugden,
of Niagara Falls, as their guests last week.
.Mrs. J. S. Croll, of Princeton, N. J., Is
spending several days with friends In Uer
mantown. '
An engagement of considerable Interest
has been announced by Mrs. 8, Orlnsfelder,
of Baltimore, Md., whose daughter, Ml
Flora S. rirlnsfeldtr. Is btrolhd to Lvls
Strousse. of this city, eon of Mr, and Mrs.
Morris Strousse.
Tho Suburban Athletic iClub, of Lans
downe, held Its fifth annual banquet this
week at the clubhouse, Maple avenue, Lang,
downs.
I
Entertainments '
Members pf the Penn Charter Dramatlo
Club will appear tonight in Hshail, Hard
ing Davis's play "The Dletator." The per
formance will be given In the ballroom of
the Bellevue-Stratfordj and 8 number of
prominent women have given their names
as patronesses for the production, many
of whom will occupy boxes. Among them
are Mrs, Alfred Reginald AUen. Mrs, jBs
njonda H, Austin, Mrs. NprrU a Barratt,
Mrs. ciarenee ruii, w. ivjwuru w.
Bok, Mrs.. Fredertek M. BrlgnaBi, Mrs.
Henry I. Brown, Mrs. Reynolds o. Drown,
Mrs. Charles II Burr, Mrs. Hery Chap
man. Mrs. S. Hudson Cnapman, Mrs, David
a a Chew, Mrs) Philip S. Colbps, Mrs,
Lamraot du Pont, Mrs. Pierre a du Pout,
Mrt, Povhtnd C Evan Jfra. Isa.a R,
DvJ.Mrs. Charles H. Bwisg, Mrs. Clif
ford B. Vzrt. Mr. Pereivai oeiflerer,
Mrs. Arthur H Oertanj. Mrs. Jba H-
( - .ll.boa Us, AWM a. UtWilill, MtS.
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fw. ynd, uiM tMor ait. itoul 'L. . ... ' '""11H11
lano. Aira. RdirAM tfnni.tMM. ? r
C. BtanUy tturtbut. Mrs. lease W. Jtahes,
,tuRwrt a Jnk. Mrs, Wllllsm F.
Jenks, Mrs. nif hard M. Jones. Mr. Wil
liam gray Khowies, Mrs, MSheon N. Kiln.
J:!8- SfMt i'toe. Mr. Robrt ir. Large,
?JMliT.h0,n?f aMIrifrt Mrs. Theodore L
ttoutllller, Mrs. Itobut O. JiConte, Mrs.
K?M.P' 'wr. Mrs. John T. tewl, Jr..
Mrs. Jay n. tlpplneolt, Mrs. J. Rartram
lIpptncott trs. Jarnis M. Lonxacr. Mrs.
whn V- f-2nere, Mr. Oeorge 1L Urlmer,
Mrs. C. Watson MaKeehan, Mrs, Edward
n Sfarjhall, Mrs. William a Nicholson.
Mrs. William rppr. Jr Mrs. George
A. Plersol. Mrs. Oeorite Norrls PIrsot.
t.".t?n "andolph, Mrs. Benjamin R.
els 11.' Reeves, Jr., Mrs. U Irving Reich
nr, ira cimries j, lUioada, Mrs. John
R RoNrts, Mrs. Joseph Bailer, Mrs,
Atfrfd a. Seattergood. Mrs. William Ellis
Scull. Mrs. B. Marshall Soull, Mrs. William
f Shoemaker, Miss Violet Penn-Oaakell
Sklllern. Mrs. Kdward D, Bmith, Mrs.
ThomaS B. ,Hmlth, Mrs. Harry A. Thomn-
,on. Mrs. Joseph B. Townsend, Jr.i Miss
Marjorle R. Townee nd. Mrs. Charles Ed
ward Van Pelt, Mr. Jscques U Vrtiielaln.
Mrs. John Wsnnmaher, Mr- John M. WhlU
alt. Jlto, Thomas 8. Williams, Mrs.
Hrnhnme Wood, Mrs. Rorallo a Wood, Jr.,
Mrs. Charlton Tarnall, Mr. Itarold E.
yarnall and Mrs. Join U BeulU
CANTAVES CHORUS CONCERT
Wall-Known Women Singers Opon
Drcxct Institute Scries
The Cantaves Chorus, one of the best
known organisations of local woman de
voted to ensemble singing, opened Its sea
son last night at the Drexel Institute, where
Jhe program also Inaugurated the annual
series of free concert. May Porter, Mu.
Baa. who tins been tho Indefatigable direc
tor of the Cantave since the beginning,
again had the forces In control, and assist
ing her as soloists were Florence Haenle,
vidtlnlst, and Plotr Wlsla, baritone. Obll
gstl to various numbers were Supplied by
ftoba Htnnger, vtollncelllst j Alice FIdlcr,
contralto, and the following sopranos Ma
bel Elms. Ituth Cross. Loda. Ooforth, Elis
abeth, Huaolton and Mae Walker Lofiand.
The accompanists were William Sylvnno
Thunder at the piano and James M, Dlckln-
son at the organ.
The chorus fulfilled the slmlflcanca of Its
' name, "singing birds." In Its varied con
tributions, as the voices were fresh and
sweet and showed careful preliminary se
lection nnd thorough routining. The exclu
slvoly choral selections were Marker's
"Calm on the Llst'nlng Ear of Night," Cnd
man's "The Wish." a delightful piece, with
violin and cello accompaniment; Fay Fos
ter's "Louisiana Lullaby," Poldlnl's dlrtloult
"Dancing Doll." and Kampermann's "In
Sunny Spain."
The most elaborate offering was Chris
tian Binding's "Lai the Fiddles, Flutes and
Brasses," distinctively written for a female
auartet and chorus, with an Interesting
background almost orchestrat with Its
piano, violin and grand organ of more
than ordinary Importance, too, was -Stevenson's
"Viennese Serenade," in which Mr,
Wlxla's full and suave voice carried the
burden. He aiuo had two solo numbers, tho
arias from "Le Rol do Lahore" and from
Leoncavallo's "Zaxa." Miss Haenlo gave a
very clever reading of VIeuxtemps'a taxing
"Polonaise and Ballade."
SCULPTURE AWARDS MADE
Jury Rccognirea Philadelphia Girl nnd
Other Women Artists
The special Jury that viewed the exhibit
of womon sculptors of the Plastlo Club
has announced tho winning awards, which
wore selected from 100 creations submitted
by tho leading sculptors of tho country.
The ,Augusto Rodin modal was awarded
to Anna Vaughan Hyatt for her model In
miniature of her equestrian monument Jean
d'Arc, recently erected on Riverside drive.
New York,
Throo honorable mentions were awarded
as follows: To Florence Lucius, for study
of two dancers, entitled "A Oarden Group" ;
to a race Mott Johnson, for study of a Hon,
entitled "Old Lion," and to Beatrice Ken
ton, of Philadelphia, for her portrait of the
head of a youth. '
The Rodin medal Is In gold and bears In
scription. which tend to awaksn artlstlo
Inspirations.
MINUS THE SCENERY
Coprrlzht, Life Vueiiaiuns Co.
"Henry, how do you like my new
hat7" .
"Well, er let mo see it from tho
back."
MISS
FAAS
SINGS FOR CHARITY
Recital of Brilliant Soprano Benofita
Music Settlement School
The Musto Settlement School, In the nobis
work of which she has long been Interested,
was the beneficiary of Mildred Faaa'a re
cital, which drew a large matinee audience
yesterday to WUhrPQon Halt. The sz of
the audience seems warrant far the state
ment that the recital, which was under the
capable direction of Helen Pulaski Innes.
pronteu tne nenencmry in a consiqeraoie
sum.
The audience had an elaborate program
representative mainly uf the romantic and
contemporary composers. The list was one
which displayed Miss Faas's technical skill
as a singer and her talent for Interpreta
tion. Her voice Is one of luscious quality,
brilliant In the upper register arid slngt
ularly mellow in the Jowr. It Is a large
but not explosive voice, fpr dynamic con
trol Is on of the phases of her art which,
Mtia Faaa has learned. Her slnslnir. as
to style, I characterised by spontaneity
and feeling fo the message of the song.
There Is also an individuality which set
a personal Impress, often original, upon
her interpretations. '
Ward Stephens, the talented young
American composer, was a very accomi
pllebed accompanist, and one of the sue
cese of the afternoon was scored by his
compositions.
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Dy GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
Cotvriaht. Mt, l rrnnk A, Uunnv Camronu
CitAPTKIl XXVIII (Continued)
QTOPr
O His voice rang like a, shot
"Now. decant It through this funnel Into
the vials 1"
Again, using both hands for steadiness,
sho did his bidding. . ., ,,..,
And one by one as sho fitted the little
flasks of chained death, the engineer stop
pered them with his left hand.
When tho last was dono. Stern drew a
tremendous sigh And dashed the sweat from
his forehead with a gesture of victory.
Into the residua In the dish ho poured a
little nltrla acid.
GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
has written n sequel to
"THE VACANT WORLD"
tho scrinl now running in these col-'
umns. It $3 called
"BEYOND THE GREAT
OBLIVION"
nnd carries tho romantic adventures
a iin slnm nnd Bontricu Ken-
drick Into oven more interesting.
chapters, 'mis sequoi Dcgmo u
TOMORROW'S
ONE CENT
"That's got no kick left In It now. nny
howVpJaId'h. relieved 'The 1INOI lUme.
It quick enough. But the V,8 '!
care don't tip one over, as you love your
He stood up, slowly, and for a moment
remained there, his face ', lhV ?i
of the lamp shade, holding to the table
edge for support with his left hand.
At him tho girl looked.
"And now," she began, 'now 7
in.. .,.atinn hail no time for completion.
For even as she spoke, a swift little some
thing nicked through the window behind
It struck the opposite wall with a sharp
crack I then fell slithering to the floor.
Outside, against the building, hey heard
another and another little shock, and all
nt once a second missile darted through
' TldV'htt the lamp. Stern grobbed the
shade and steadied It Beatrice stooped
and snatched up the thing from whero It
lay beside the table.
Only one glanco Stern gave at It. na she
1..1 i n A lone reed stem he Haw
wrapped at Its baao with cotton fibers
n fish-bone polpt, firm lashed and on that
point a dull red ataln, a blotch of some
thing dry and shiny.
"Blowgun darts I" cried ho. "Poisoned I
They've seen the light got our range!
They're up there In the tree tops shooting
at wit" .
With one puff the light was gone. By
the wrist he seised Beatrice, He dragged
her toward the front wall, off tS ono side,
out of range.
"The flasks of Pulverltel 8uppose.a dart
Bhould hit oneT" exclaimed the glr).
. "That's so 1 Walt here I'll get them I"
But she was there beside him as. In tho
thick dark, he cautiously felt for the deadly
things and found them with a hand that
dared not tremble. And though here, there.
the Httl venom stings whls-s-shed over
theih Snd past them, to shatter on the rear
wall, she helped him bear the vials, all
nine of them, to a place of safety In tho
left-hand front corner where by no pos
elblllty could they be struck.
Together then, quietly ai wrnlths, they
stole Into the next room, and there, from
a window not as yet attacked, they spied
out at the dark tree tops that lay In dense
..... olmnat hruihln? tllO Wall.
fieoT See therel" whispered Stern Jn.
the girl's ear. He pointed where, not ten
yards away and below, a blacker shadow
seemed to move along a hemlock branch.
Forgotten now, his wounds. Forgotten his
loss of blood, his fever and his weakness.
The sight of that creeping Wealthy attack
nerved him with new vigor And. even as
the girl looked, Stern draw hla revolver.
Speaking no further .word, he laid the
ugly barrel Arm across the stUI,
Carefully he sighted, as best h could
In that gloom lit only by the stars. Coldly
as though at a target-shot, he brougtit the
mmxle sight to bear on that deep, crawling
shadow. ''
Then suddenly a spurt of fire split the
Boudoir Slipipfers
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night. The crackling report echoed away.
And with a bubbling scream,, the shadow
loosened from the limb as a ripe fruit
looiens.
Vaguly they saw It fall, strike a branch,
slide off, ond disappear.
All at once a pattering of darts flickered
around them. Stern felt ono strike his fur
Jacket and bounce off. Another grated the
girl's head. But to their work they stood,
and flinched not.
Now her revolver was speaking, In nn
llphony with hist nnd from the branches,
two, three, five, eight, ten of the npe-thlngs
fell.
"Olvo It to 'em I" .shouted tho engineer.
as though he had a regiment behind him.
tllvo It to 'em I And again he pulled
trigger. -
The revolver was empty,
With n cry he threw It down, and, run
ning to where tho shotgun stood, analqhed
It up. He scooped Into his pocket a handful
of shells from tho box whero they wero
stored; and as he darted back to the
window, he cocked both hammers.
"Pooin I Poom 1"
The deep baying of the Lefever roared
out In twin jets of name,
Stern broke the gun and Jacked In two
more shells,
Again ho fired.
"Good heaven 1 How many of 'em are
there In tho trees?" shouted he.
,)"rrJ tho pulverltel" cried Beatrice.
Maybe you might hit a branch!"
wln.wnunf ,down ,ha un- To the corner
where the vials were standing he ran.
i..VP.i!B cauht. one ho dared not take two
lest they should by some accident strike
togetnor.
"Here here,
lowed.
now, take this I" ho bel-
.w ,fro.m ,h8 window, aiming nt a plno
that stood seventy-five feet away a plno
whose branches seemed to hang thick with
ii .1 " o'owgun men he slung It with
mis ironEtn ot nis uninjured arm.
mJ.nAli,the',!l10n " vanished, tho little
meteorite of latent death, of potential hor
ror and destruction.
"If It hits 'em they'll think wo are gods,
after nil. what?" cried the engineer, peer
ing eagerly. But for a moment, nothing
happened,
"Missed It I" ho groaned. "If I only Had
my right arm to use now, I might "
Far below, down, there a hundred feet
beneath them nnd out, a long way from tho
ower base, night yawned wldo In n burst
of hcllleh glare,
i A.VMi c,onicnl holo of name was gouged
Jn the dork. For a fraction of a second
eYory tree, limb, twig stood out In vivid
uuiu. us mm niue-wnite glory shot aloft.
All tip through the forest the girl and
Storn got n momentary gllmpao of little,
clinging Things, crouching misshapen, hid-
VUUO,
Then, as a riven and distorted whirl
burst upward In a huge geyser of annlhlla
Hon, came a detonation that ripped,
stunned, shattered! that sent both the de
fenders staggering backward from the
window.
Darkness closed again, like a gnplng
mouth that shuts. And all about the build
ing, through the trees, and down-again In
a titanic, slashing rain fell the wreckage
of things that had been stone and earth
and mot and treo nnd living creatures
that had been that now were but one
Indistinguishable mass of ruin and of death.
After that, here and there, small dark
objects came dropping, thudding, crashing
down. You might have thought some cos
mlo gardener had shaken his orchard, his
orchard where the plums and pears were
rotten-ripe.
"One!" cried the engineer, In a strange,
wiii cxuuani voice.
GHAl'TEIt XXI.T
The llattie On the fllatra
ALMOST like the echo of his shout, a
. faint snarling cry rose from the cor
ridor outside. They heard a clicking, glid
ing, ominous sound : and. with instant com
prehension, knew the truth.
"They've got up. some of them some,
howl" Stem cried, "They'll ha at our
throats here In a moment) Load) Load I
You shoot I'll give 'em Pulverlte !'
No time, now, for caution. While the girl
hastily threw in mors cartridges. Stern
gathered up all the remaining vials of the
explosive.
These, garnered along hla wounded arm,
which clasped them to hla body, made a
little bristling row of death. His left
hand remained free to fling the little g'ass
bombs.
"Come Come, meet 'em they mustn't
trap us here!"
And together they crept noiselessly Into
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the other room and thanco to tho corridor
uoor.
Out they peered.
"Lookl Torches!" whtapored he.
Thero nt the far end of tho hallway' a,
red glare already flickered on the wall
around tho turn by tho elevator shaft.
Already tho confusod sound of the at
tacker wero drawing near.
'They've managed to dig away the bar
ricade somehow." said Stern, "And now
tneyre out for business clubs, poisoned
aarts and all and fangs and claws 1 How
KV.y fi.!.'m? aod knows I A swarm,
that's alii"
Ills mouth felt hot and dry with fever
E?..i e,mRd..xcUement ot lho Impending
battle. His skin seemed tense and drawn,
especially upon tho forehead. As ho stood
thoro waiting ho heard the girl's quick
breathing. Though he could hardly see
horioed It m' h f"U hr prrt,enco ftnd
m.H. caHlce' fal? he- and for a moment
his hand sought hers. "Beatrice, ltttlo girl
? ,mlne 'f this Is tho bg finish. If w6
both go down together and there's no to
morrow, I want to tell you how
A yapping outcry Interrupted him. The
light grew. '" "rm- DHEhtor th0 tor-
i.!!fc"i!!' '' wh,Pere- "Como back.
tn y. ffm hMCl -SVe'V8 Kt o get
of t,n hn'n,Ira,'kth,ere' nt th0 hr end
meet thim- J,,J '" no Mni ot P"1" o
n"o;prottec'tl7nT'' " MP0"ed hore- Thero'"
"You're right." ho ansAvered. "Cornel"
through tho enshrouding gloom.
i-en as they gained tho shelter ot the
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teMmg stairway ilwwKmti t m ferb
firlfijr their lsrelellTntd est Wm i
passtd, eme into tew arownd the
at the distant end.
Shunting, hideous beyond U wor
the- fire glesm. bent, wilened. bWs, the
Things swarmed toward thetn? in vg
and shifting mass, a ruck of horror-
The defenders, peering trom behind th
broken balutrade, eauid har th guttarat
Jabber of their beast talk, the eltcklns ply
of their fangs ; coild ,th crdnlng neck,
the talons that he'd spears, bludgeon, blow
guns, evert Jagged rocks.
Over all, the moky gleams wavetid I
a ghastly Interplay of light and darknes.
uncanny shadow leaptd along th -wall
Trom every comer and recess and black,
empty door ghoulish shape seemed ereep
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Tense, now, the moment hung.
Suddenly the engineer bent forward, star
Ing
"Tho chief I" he whUpered. And M h
spoke. Beatrice aimed.
There, shambllnc amonc the drnv ef
things, they aw him clearly for a moment.
Uglier, more Incredibly brutal than ever he
looked, now, by that uncanny light
Stern saw and rejoiced In the !ghb-
that th obeh's jaw hung surely broken,
nit awry. The qulck-bllnklng", narrow,
lidded eye shuttled here, there, as th
creature sought to py out hi enemies.
The nostrils dilated, to cnteh tho rpoor of
man. Man, no longer god, but mortal,
One hand held a crackllnr ptne-knot, Th
other gripped the haft of a ston nx. on
blow of which would dash to pulp the stout
est skull.
This much Stern noted, as in ft flaht
when at his side the girl's revolm spat
The report roared heavily In that con.
strlcted space. For a moment tho obeh
stopped short. A look of brute, pain, ot
wonder, then of quintupled rago passed over
hla face. A twitching grin of passion dis
torted the hUgo. wounded gash of the mouth.
Ho screamed. Up camo the stone ax.
(CONTINUKD TOMORROW,)
GIRARD ALUMNI TO jGIVB
PORTRAITS OF PRESIDENTS
Presentation of Pictures of Doctor Al
lan, nnd Doctor Fotterolf Takes
Place Tonight i
Tho Alumnt of Olrard Cotlego will pre
sent tho institution with two oil paintings
of former presidents of the college tonight,
Tho portrait are of Dr. William H, Allen,
who was president of Glrard College from
1S50 to 1883, with a short Intermission, and '
Dr. Adam H. Fetterolf, who was president
from 1883 to 1810.
Tho pictures are by Frank B. A, Linton,,
who is well known In Philadelphia. They
are of three-quarter size and will be hung
In the office of Or. C. A. Herrlcli, now pres
ident of the college'.
Tho presentation exercises will be held
n tho'Cdllogo Chapel and all ot the young
men nnd boys now at the Institution a
well as the faculty will bo present.
The picture of Doctor Allen will be pre
sented by Lawronco Farrell, of the class of
1871. and that of Doctor Fetterolf by Ferdi
nand II. Qraser, ot the class ot 1698. They
will be received by the Board ot Directors
of City Trusts, the administrators of ths
cstato of Stephen airard.
Preceding tho exercises an Inspection of
tho new school building will bo made.
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