fjuST GOSSIP
feazaar at Horticultural
society various .anecdotes of
General Interest
- - A IIim fAi'nfi nnil t m
r OAt, WO luncncu iiiu ....". ."' ".
toim yesterday, homo relief day,
5 UtS IMaCm-wiici"-. ....... w
-- to havo ctilertnlnwt tho Bel-
in-hiw-wdor and Madame- Hnvcnlth.
fr . tb0 Ust moment tlioy were obliged
feLllne owing to unwilled conditions In
Lrhun. All till Is be'nK tlono ln ,h0
T7 j- Amh.iidcuni of Horticultural
Sh by tho very. very aristocratic first
U of Philadelphia. tho Imannr
tia wonder, and they havo everything on
rUi for ! I "'' thlnk u '' l,eccs'
'" u go anywhere elso for Christmas
P ... .! tttnnlflt n till
trtWnW, wr rcany, inn,, .-...v.,., ......
Lr, they've got tho poods.
'And W many i...v. ..-..... r.
L-iale. for Instance. Mrs. Otis Hklnner
tot jlrin to tho Pollnli committee a hand
Uf which ho herself mndo from a jileco
?-ihronn which wns worn liy Mmlatna,
lfedleska when sho played Ophelia to
Mirln Eootna nniiuui. iiu ""
fer a moment -n bng made by Mrs. Skin,
tt of a gown worn by Modjeskn when
String with tho famous Hootli! That Is
lotM souvenir. I think!
S PEAKINO of lunchlnK tho Mayor and
bU wife, what n clmrmltiB woman
ijjn Smith is. She is Kooti-iooicinR nnu
Kiu a very pretty innnnrr nnu uirMi-a
L iuch good taste Tomorrow tho guesta
ftflioaor nt tho cafo will be tho French
IjtoJxuMdor nnd Madam'o .lussornnd and
ijj,, lnd Mrs iKnace Pndorcwskl. Did
fur ono fy tlint New Ynrk Bets ahead
lef Phflidelphla' Down In front! I nliould
remark ln answer to any such obscrvn.
Slton.
WEtU llko nil good Christians, wo all
went to churrh on Sunday, but 1 am
fr!ad I did not sec what Kinnll bird told
ins the had soon where bIio went for her
E-ieTOtlons. Time was when It n woman
!-tooped o tho aid of cosmetics, even to
i" potrder, whlrh uan simply applied to
Keool tho skin after uaslilng anil was lm-
jfinKllately ruhbed off nftcrwnrd. sho did
lit In the prhacy of her boudoir. Now
sihodoes It on tho street. In tho cars, in
the itorcs, at tho dinner table, in tho
ttillroom, at the opera and tlvoatro, but
tK far has refrained from such doings
Rla church. However, tho mnall bird tolls
Peie ihc was attracted by tho motion of a
I woman's hand in front of her durlnB tho
jurmon on Sunday, and, lo and behold!
Sent whom sho had considered always nti
fwtrtmely attrartlvo woman and a I..ADY
h tho accepted monnlns of tho word,
eptned her ling, took out her mirror,
h!ch sho carefully adjusted before her
Ifoea In tho full view of tho entire con
IjKgatlon, anil proceeded with great do
llilxratencss to powder her nose, uso n
SEp (tick and nrrnnBO various stray curls
Iwhlch wero -.omouhat icfrnclory. What
IrBl tho women of tho present day do
gat?
rri3 romnrliiihlc what habits wo nil get
m ai how f are held by them. I ias
liswd recently when tnlkinc to n littlo
PM I know quite well who hml been
IlWndlnff tho summer and Into fall out
prat and had Intended staylnc' throuRh
tt winter also, to hear her Hay, "I hnd to
leeme on to see my dentist." Now. can
Biou plcturo spendltiK thrco hundred clol.
Ilws to return Iiist for n dentist when
(there are reputable ones In a nearby
stown (mcaninB a matter of slxtv tn nun
glundred miles) but such creatines of
rliblt aro we that wo prefer to spend all
Ittat carfare rather than bo to a stranger,
till because i-Vo always cono tn Himr
." I notlco it htiecinllv in nnr nwn
Qty Of Drotherly Lovo mtlln limn nn.
where else. Wo are certainly tied up ln
. Idea of tho Klks. (Oh. my. will vn,.
Tr forget them? Nancy! How can
Tou Wo nro tho liest peojtlo on earth.
f
lUELL, If Marlon Shnrpless didn't stir
' PtlsB US nil! Yon kpo tnl,M,. n...i-
?TiP '" arce"""urfc. nnd thouKh ho
"d been travelliiB tlown now nnd iiBaln
rncoteway. even her most Intimate
.Blends failed to account for ihn ,.ir t
:wPiM,ed' 'lappy Ctetnont which per
JMd tho atmosphere about her for tho
itr weeks Shu is n. nti.. n,.i. t
lirl, and deserves to live hnpplly'over
'ZT." "WY m? "'ore is no dato for a
.'Mdlnsr yet, but somehow I "suspicion"
th lalmy Jnnn .in... ..., .. . '
i t, ; "-v-i i.i nun uuoiuer
a v. "r ln th0 "-eBlster. and. alas!
STSl Wl" b tl,e rlc,,er- w" wo
rhllodelnhia -ili i. . .
WWOW; m.mmi.nU er
; Mr. and Mr qi,-.,i .
finn .. ."- kuvq a ica on
rZd. a"?rrnoon "0 8Ked all their
K Mnrlon,a '" como In and meet
r fiance. nn,l ,., ..... . .
tin Ti. .orminiy nau greot
J. They aro both terrifically happy.
"Umiure it will last.
NANCY WYNNE.
Poi'sntinla
BtTon r,.r re,lene. 202? Walnut
B5Slwnop f her '"shier. Miss
R5m toTL1!1, L'PP'H has lm.d In.
b S soUVup,cjrn a"d ,)ri,,se nt
hTS. N-9 -tahBa 1 .
Ef dinn !. " orrwai9, win
.-, UWnU. . T."-. - , m .
uii inuruuay.
K?TdlnMr5i,I?n'r h3 llu'uea Ihvltatlons
ilnBt in nce at her home. 215 West
U S""! " ta ftM" Vlrirlnla:
ifuest of honor.
15 (SjlJi1 " ." enUrlalnsd sixty
P or7.w wrh.n':Vlf W,U lvo a "
fe nml hn ther wl he twenty-
SS' JtoWan ,V"fh Ua'a', "1. HIM
Rw V-?011 HodlS. W ill ba at horn, nn
' iiQ West Walnut ten.
,,w.aJ.nwL,8H'. wif, of luu.
1& K, o7 thi , .rf"ai' wain Wright.
" w her home after a visit ta liar
" ruaa, urmaalowu.
itaftf1 Frudertck BaUard. of ChMt
Lff' aae returnxi ,. .., . m,
JT -"-bird m Wjw ITaui3
JttkHli Hklkb. TM .e xr
ABOUT PEOPLE
Hall Holds Attention of
n. Walter Itounaavnll. of Lexington, Ky..
as her guest.
Itll enhoi., gtretl. huve left for Hot
SpMn. where I hey are spending some lime.
MilVi'rii,,,J'." !i,"t,lMl nn1 her sister,
?niri 11 M"r' have eloetd thel
oniintry home si Itlxerton. .V J.. nn4 aro
tl'iTrd ! ntret, W'nlr " "3 8Ulh Twen,
Mr. and Mm. cj. Henry Stetson, of JunL
a.'?,",?,ll'" r,"rk- hBV" MIM rah
rampheii of I'lttsburRh. ns their KUest for
i.,., """ -Mrs. Mieiwin enlertalnpit rtl
week r ' Xt""' c"mPbeU la,t
r..M.'? n.mll' Kleanor Owens, daughter of
rnpialn Arthur II Owens. If. 8. M. C, and
Mrs Owens, of 2.1H South Twenty-first
uT 'th? B', "n'1 a her Kuests MIm
tVi.. ,!'rtv",0'l- "(!hter of Mr. nnd Mrs.
mi.L ii?er n?J'n- of Auieusta. na.. nnd
Miss Mortens Hodnes, of Portsmouth. Vn..
mi R?,nP .' v1"" M,M "vloit In AtiRtKtn.
.l.rr.,.aV .'"!' an(1 M"MI lB- ma'lo their
debut In this city win, MM Owens, and
.m,,n.le,' !""" ,n" WP,k "' '" " teas,
suppers dances and lialls Riven for this
errnSM,,'.l,i"n:"W'' Mta" """ " " OlSS
anil m t" ,Aut,l:,lft " tea Riven by Mr.
l il .VJl,n ,tftr,,,r "'"on. Sho will
unninfiiJ"" ro,ur" " J'hlladelphla
until after the rhrlstmns Imlidays.
par "?T T.,",1onn.of ,hB "lv""f
January! 'lherlne Putnam's tea In
Inu-'af0","''' (r,'lrk- of ncvon- '" "Pen.l.
rTen?I, T ???" ""3,w;" I" the BUest of
," Ardniore. before comlnR to town
-,v ., icniUrnro ror tll0 Wntcr
inminvP n"lnnS wln '"' Klvcn nl the Hunt
InRdnn Valley Country Club on Saturday"
Mr. John rsilbert. of TJed Top. Itydal. hni
returned from West Virginia, where h
spent several days.
Mr. an,l rrs. CralR Middle, of this elty
have p-eti spemllnR several days at the
Hotel Van.lcrbllt, Now York.
Lieutenant OenrRo l'ibKer. of Port Slo.
cum. N. St., Is sneiulhiB several days this
week In Philadelphia as tho Riicat of his
sister, MUvt Kvclyn PeblRcr.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore V. Heath nnd
their family havo rloied their rountry lionio
at St. Havlila and nro oecupyloK their town
house, 163S Pino street, for tho winter.
Tho tnemliem nf tho Twentieth Century
Club of Iinsdnwne are Invited to como
and stay till after tea and enjoy an "After
noon In New KnRland" program this aft
ernoon Xlrs Henry T. Kent has nr
ranced tlin pruBrnin. which Includes a talk
on Plvnvmtli liy Mrs N'nthanlct H Keay and
Maine l.v Mr-. Kitn Ilnlcy OjroocI. .Mrs.
J. Million Pemi'ii k nnd Mrs Henry i:. John
son will road kpIpi ilons from tho wrltliiRs
of Wlilrtter iin-l l.onKfpllinv At this mcot
InB thn lnditi-ilni -i of tho club will ba
reduced by the r. iiiiiib of tnclvo bonds.
Photo by IlJ.hrarh.
MHS. GEORGE W. URQUHAKT
Mrs. Urquhnrt is busily promoting
the "FliKht of Knncy," which will
bo Riven nt tho Bellevue-Strntfonl
on tho cvoniiiKs of December 1!)
and 20 for tho benefit of tho North
ern Home for Friendless Children.
Mrs. Urquhnrt is also prominently
connected with many other char
itable organizations
Tho first of tho Tuesday series of dances
will be held this evcnlne nt tho I'hllomusian
tllub, 3UH Walnut street. Theso dances
havo been transferred from Haverford
Court, Haverford, and the dnueo of the re.
inalnlnir live dances aro December 26, Jan
uary 9 nnd 23, February 13 and 27.
Sirs. John C, J'erry. of Ashbourne, will bo
nt home on tho llrst Tuesday of each month
throughout tho winter. No cards havo been
ttnt out.
Mrs. William II. Holes nnd her son,
Master I.alrd Holes, of Itlchmond. Va.. have
been tho quests of Mrs. Frank K. Hland,
of Logan, during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wood I'luoker. of
153 l?ast Herman street, tlermantown. an
nounce the encasement of their daughter.
Miss KlUabeth IonsstreUl Plucker. to Mr.
Itussell C. Hlood. sou of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Ulood, Wyoming avenue, uiney.
Mlsa Marearet Iimorelle, of 3510 Baring
Btreet. lias Miss Sarah Head, of Oreensburir.
uu her guest for veral weeks.
Mr J I. S. Walker, of Washington lane,
Clulten Hills, upent several days last week
In Chicago, III. Mr. Walker returned to
his home on Saturday.
Mrs fieotee W. Urquhart has called a
m-uttlng of the directors of the Urquhart
Chapter of tho Women's Division for .Va.
tlonal Preparednew next Friday at tho
headquarters. 221 South Eighteenth street.
Among the director- i, Urt. Aie?n,dt,r
PS. MM. David Illsley. Mrs. Nathaniel S.
Keair, Mrs. Henry H. Tracey, Mrs. Henry
Tarter. Mrs. AUrrf flW. M . Ctarta-
J. lien-leu, Mrs. iisw -Ilaluh
C. Stewart
. v,- of vaunir women have been
asked to oomu and pack ChrUtmas boisn
to bVmt to tli men vn the border. Among
th. glrta are Mta- Uuolle Morrto. Mtai Cath
arln Mllfcr, MUs Kslbw Mulford, Miss
Isabl Stwuers and others.
Th marriag of Miss JennI Goldstein,
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harry QoWslein.
olM North Twenty-fourth strt, to Mr
llarry Bolny wUl UWe place at l-ew Oar
rtck Hall 607 South KIghth street, on Sun
Say eveaVng. Dumber 17. at S P'clock. Th.
brUU will ba attended by her .lster. MUw
Rom OoldsUin. as maid of honor. vrhUe Mr
luTliarrU wUl attend Mr Boiny as best
Sin Tto cereaoay wUl be fuJkwI by
- .niina at the ball, alter wok Mr.
Hu
aW nw.sww-ww f;,f!?.?5hS
:T!i. ,.1,-ica- iriB. TUy 1U ak tholr
---- .m. uAMMHH..BKaav -. . - j
BVEmy JLl3DGaSRPHIIIADlBin?HIA TUESDAY, BECEarBER !I2,
LIFE'S GREATEST MOMENTS
(yjTetf
v mix 1.1 t- atriKHjiiwiitf , .weu- -MirAJKL...vi -a
4MaBm&BKm
awviviiipret jr? ri fc----i-v,saiWi-w' nazimri w.V'ti
s -" -say .? cs .-ywfrvp
rprlitht I.lf I'ulUuhlnir I'lmp-nr Iti prlnml hr p-rii nrr.incrmrnt.
The way his first touchdown felt to Willie.
PALM BEACH TO GREET
ALL WITH HIGH PRICES
Winter Visitors Will Find Living
Rates Way Up, but They
Don't Care
BUNGALOWS BREAKING. IN
I'AI.M nnACH, Kla. Dec. 12 norldans.
nrronllng to late reports from tht rnm
monial men now returning north, havo been
consuming ret'orts of the "high cost of
living" In tho nuwsiiaiiers this fall with a
riving pulse, havo licked their chops, nnd
an now standing nt attention readv to
gubble up all the gold the vanguard of tho
newly rich Is expected to bring along about
tho llrst of the new vear. If prosperity
Is greater than ever so will prices bo higher
than over The southern temperament has
given place to Vnnkeo shrewdncsi, and
rents bavn doubled, as have the cost of
many edibles
Notwithstanding this, there Is no doubting
that tho Htalu will sen this season Ihe
greatest Influx of pleasure seekers that
probably ever strayed so far awny from
homo before. In this resort, frequented by
wealthy people, the cost of a good time
makes very littlo difference, and conse
quently tho hotels aro already booked prac
tically full.
Tho season starts two days beforo Christ
mas with tho opening of the Ilrenkers. Tho
I'olnclana. tho other Flagler house, will not
open until about Ihreo weeks later. Sidney
Mnddnck will open tho l'ahn Ileacli Hotel,
next to the I'olnclana. shortly after the
llreakers opens. This Is a houso the fol
lowing of which has been building up rap
idly tho past few seasons.
A change Is coming over the character of
Palm Heach. owing to the commercial de
velopment that marled two years ago lifter
tho Htyx, the badlands north of tho Klngler
hotels, was cleared up and sold In smnll
lots. It was then that til" serpent untered
the Garden of Kdon. Ilefore that thu rich
had tha placa all to themselves, but now
It has to be shared with thoie vvlnt will
pay a bungalow rental for tho winter of
only from J200 to $300. Another crop of
such structures has gono up slaro last sea
son. Palm Dcach has grown big enough not to
be exclusive any longer. Therefor, a club,
the Palm Heach Country Club, has been
organized, und i( very pretty little club
house nut up. It Is near the ocean, about
a mllo north of the hotels, and stands at
tho southeast corner of tho now golf links,
nine holes of which havo been completes.
An Immenso amount of small entertain
ing Is In progress nt Palm Ilcach every
hour of every day. Tho big entertainments
planned aro tho children's party In tho
Cocoanut Orova on I.ak Worth, Wednes
day, February 14; thu Washington Hlrth
day ball at tho I'olnclana on the night
of that holiday; a charity ball nt the same
hotel, Wednesday, February 28, for tha
benefit of the American Ambulance Corps In
Paris, and the annual ball nt tho llreakers
Hotel, Monday night. March 6. This will
bo known ns tho Inaugural ball on account
of the fact that such a functloh. in honor of
tho President, will be held In Washington
at about tho samo time.
Ilecont bookings for the coming season
Include Mr- and Mrs. Clarenco It. (Jelst,
Konator and Mrs. Philander Chasa Knox,
Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Wentworth, Mrs.
Frederick Fletcher, Mr. ana Sirs, 8. U
Sohoonmaker. Mrs. Joseph Duveen. Adolph
Lowlsohn. W. Karl Dodge, Mr. and Mrs.
John McCullough. Mr. and Mrs. J. U Luke.
Mrs. William Lowe Rice, Mr. Stanley
Mortimer, Jr.. Mrs. David Wagataff. Henry
M. Tllford, Mrs. Fredertok E. Lewis. 'Fred
erick T. Frellnghuysen. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hudson Pope Und Mr. and Mrs.
Jerome Bonaparte.
At 07 Drives Seven Miles lo Funeral
I.I2WISTOWN, Pa-. Dec. 12. Mrs. Mary
Stlne, ninety-seven years old, drove seven
miles to attend tho funeral of her son,
Michael Stlne.
What's Doing Tonight
Mad-la-Amr! taissr. IfertUultursI 1IH
wsiKgs!ri2:.''CTsrft:B",r'
atif 1013 fjorm xjruau eirwai,
13 o'l
TitE nd?llarliui tr.l. 8 o'eleck.
runbte 19 jouhi ihhuio, itaiiwii wuiyier.
SB sad llarliui .U..I.. 8 o'eleelc.
ifiw Normal Scbuel fur OlrU. Swing aardta
S"ft r" l'ts. 8 e'lWk.
ai
IJtlmnst
lw nro vami.il t
Auoclatleo.
niilrJ aveou. o o'lluck re.
r-ohackJlslc Ueard of. Trade. Siith
DUnionJ atreeis. o'ewtic. Te.
Thirty-fourth and Fort fourth Wards Dual
uuUft'i AnocUtlon. 0312 Uaytrfurd avenue,
g cl.. Free.
Uarmaqtowo Bualnea Mau's Association. Ver
doiT UullaW ECU tiermanloarn avauut, 8
S-eTeck. Jtee.
Qaone's IUU Improvement. AatoolaUos. 1SS8
KaBkfvfd BUJintM Ma. uarsbail ScEwjJ.
eelek. Tree.
4IJ-SOS Jteaar," 99 iHocsaaiff swage o
fTwwr". i i-iwn "? ?
f, W
C .'
WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL
SEASON OPENS TONIGHT
President and flrs. Wilson Will
Entertain Cabinet Members
nnd Wives
EVENTS SET FOR TUESDAYS
-WASHINGTON. Dee. 12 Tho doors of
tho nircutlve Mansion will open tnntght for
tho llrst event of tho Whltu Houso social
season. President nnd Mrs. Wilson will
entertain members of tho Cabinet and their
wives nt dinner. There will bo two new
Cabinet faces about the tnblo when all are
seated In thu inngulflceiit stalo dining
room
Secretnry Hakcr will bo at Mrs. Wilson's
left this year Instead of former Secretary
of War Garrison, and Mrs linker will havo
the position nt President Wilson's left,
which .Mrs. Garrison occupied nt previous
Cabinet dinners during this Administration.
.Secretary of State and .Mrs Lansing will
bo nt tht right of Mrs. Wilson and the
President respectively.
With nddltlon of 11 few specially Invited
guests thero will lia prcsont. Secretary and
.Mrs Daniels. Attorney-General und Mrs.
Gregory, Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo, Post
master General and Mrs. Hurlesnn. Seo
rotary nnd .Mrs. Itedlluld. Secretary and
Mrs. lovne. Secretary and Mrs. Houston,
Secretary and Mrs. Wilson.
All of tho Whlto Houso social events
during tho winter aro to be held on Tuesday.
thn
rntiay engagements or j.iBt season
being eliminated that the President nnd
Mrs. Wilson may leave for regular week
end trips whenovcr they desire.
The season boglna unusually early, thn
custom having been to open It lifter tho
holidays, or with the Now Year's reception,
nn event which never has been held under
tha Wilson Administration.
Thero also H one less event this year
than last, as tho Pan-American reception
Is eliminated, and tho first reception will
bo that tendered to.Jimtlces of the Supremo
Court onn week from tunlght.
Thereafter there will bo an Interim of
threa weeks during tho holidays In which
no Boclal events nro scheduled, giving rise
to tho belief that tint President und Mrs.
Wilson will spend their Christmas uway
from Washington.
Confer on IlenutifyinK Capitol Orounds
HAIUU.Hlil'lUi. Dec. 12. Tho llrst con
ference on thn development and beaut Idea
tion of tho Capitol Park oxtenslou lone
wns held hero by A. W. Hrunner. land
scapa architect and designer of Now York,
and Warren II, Manning, selnted by tho
State to plan thu new Capitol grounds.
SPEAKING OF HOLDUPS
cZ-2
, ft.i.n.t Ufa fithaWtln-rlniT A
mmsmmmmmmtmtzm
Tr nmmS wan if t Tfr"" II '"I "IfititM nn' XiWelW '
. I law Li j rjL-iiif "" i '4i' "I .nti ft ,1 TBMlmtYA jcM'laKL I
ami 'iBir.i c ife ix.1 -.. W II u. A3l8nmxlr S.&ii)WMs.
BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to Tho Vftcnnt World")
Hy GEOIIOE
CorirrteM. l$tt. tnl
Bvutunr op rRKrpi,vo htoku
..Iftin fftfr. it Mfffconicul rnainrtr, nnd
Mt Jlrsearnrr. Itfttttier Krartrk. oieo
it a vomit trorUI orer si J
IrfOf Vt ftf04rt41M. fltmt IfffOt CS
lilfro rone cvtr Ci MfU and ilrMrow
all mnnHlnrf. Thtvutk " 7rill If
leer (nt-M fliM Mfv 4 tfh' Is
nrim ft Vxrlr .V for osef. TAtlr risn
oJenltirfi Is the asclesf riry rowi lo n
ellmojr (i a ffrtnt haiitt iHlS a herit (if
btnu-tnxtietf, H wls (s two el f
H-or o ISf Aktnftn roee or Hclorlowt,
rAv. Ifntf thi tees o Mrlr Ixillttt. o.l r
if nfe oavir, poille to n pels! t tse eoskt
0 IS" HutlnA Hlvrr.
T1IK STimV TltU!! PAH
Rtern stul Ui-slrlc. srrlve.t t Ihe eM
mnlAn of Vsn Aml-unc, ulsrt lo wiK,ln
fSrriMi, to iiMki. ilw hnm hb tsbt.
l)urln th ttivki of "Mtlin lown" Ihtr
in-
li-e on the IHh thru AtUn cntches with h
iwtr" ro.1 nl Rurni
Ht
VV'hn Ihrlr nr homo l mm1 romfnrt-
Sble n-1 nil nrrhrmnp for their tuturn
llfn rrrrio,l sirrn sn.l Heslrlro return lo
ineir nw home in lh jieiropoinsn nm.r,
New York to it n eupply of eanne.1 fool.
irU
nn.l ollxr
Vlwy sr on thel
wa Ivick to
b folnl wht their cno U moored when
Inn
euinnie, wniunK cry conirn i.u.u
the north.
CIIAI'rr.lt V (Continued)
STKII.V stood rooted. In spite of all his
aplomb nml matter-of-fact practicability
ho felt a strange thrill curdle through his
blood, while on tho back of his neck the
hair drew taut and stiff.
"What Is lit" asked lleatrlce again.
'That? Oh, some bird or other, 1 guess.
It's nothing Como on!"
Again ho started forward, trying to mako
light of tho cry ; but In hit heart ho know
It well.
A (hoii-eiml years beforo, far In the wllrti
near I'ngava Hay, In lvbrador. ho hod
heard thn same plaintive, starving call
nnd ho remembered still tho deadly peril,
tho long light, tho horror that had fol
lowed.
Ho knew thn cry: and bis soul quivered
with tho fear of It; fear not for hlnnclf. but
for tho life of this girl whoso keeping Iny
within tho hollow of his hand.
For tho long wall that had trembled
nrris tho vngiln spaces of tho forest, af
fronting the majesty nnd dignity of night
and tho coming stnrs with Its blood-lusting
plaint of famine, bad been none other than
ihe summons to tho hunt, tho news of
quarrv, the signal of a gathering wolf-pack
nil their trail.
cii.M'Tr.ii vi
Trapped!
urnltATS not the truth you're tcttlng me,
-L Allan." said lleatrlce very gravely.
"And If wo dnn't tell each other the vvholo
truth always hnw can wo lovo each other
perfectly and do tho work wo have to do7
I don't want Milt to spare mo nnvthlng,
even the most tcrrlblu things. Thai's not
the cry of a bird It's wolves!"
"Yes, that's what It Is," tho man ad
mitted "1 was In the wrong Hut, you see
- It startled 1110 nt first. Don't bo alarmed,
littlo girl I We're well nrmed, you see,
and -"
"Aro we going to stay hero In tho tower
If they attack?"
"No. They might hold un prisoners for a
week. There's no telling how mnny thero
may be. Hundreds, perhaps thoiKnnd.
i)nro they get tho .ccnt of game, they'll
gather for miles nnd miles around ; from
all over tho Island. So you see "
"Our best plan, then, will bo to mako for
tho banca?"
"Assuredly 1 It's only n matter of com
paratively few minutes to reach It. nnd unco
wo'ro aboard wo're safe. Wo can laugh nt
them and bo 011 our homeward way at the
samo time. Tho quicker we start tho better.
Como on !"
"Come!" bIio repented. And they made
their second start after Stern hnd assured
himself his automatic hung easily In reach
and Unit tho guns wero loaded.
Together they took their way along tho
shadowy depths of tho forest whore onco
Twenty-third street luul lain Hrnvely nnd
strongly tho girl bore her half of tho load
as they broke through thn undergrowth,
clambered over fallen anil rotten logi or
sank nnklo-decp In mossy swales.
Hven though they felt tho danger, per
haps nt 'that very moment slinking, sneak
Ing. crawling nearer off thero In tho vaguo,
darkling depthi nf Ilia forest, they still
sensed the splendid comradeship of tho ad
venture. No longer ns n toy, a chattel, nn
Instrument of plcnsuro or umtiicmeiit did
thu Idea of woman now exist In tho world.
It had altered, grown higher, nobler, purer
It hnd become that of mato and equal,
comrade, friend, the Indissoluble other half
of man.
lleatrlco spoke.
"You mustn't tnko moro of tho weight
than I do. Allan," she Insisted, us they
struggled onward with tholr burden. "Your
wounded nnu Isn't strong enough yet to"
"S-h-h-h 1" ho cautioned. "Wo'vo got to
keep n.i quiet as possible. Como on tho
quicker wo gel these things aboard and
push oft tho littler! Hverythlng depends on
speed 1"
Hut speed was hard to make. Tho way
seemed terribly long, now that evening had
closml In, and they could no longer bu ix
actly sure of their path. The cumbcrsumu
burden Impeded them ut every step. In the
gloom they stumbled, tripped over -Anos
and creepers and becamu Involved umong
thu closo-crowdlng boles.
Suddenly once again the wolf cry burst
out. this time re-echoed from another and
another euvnge throat, walling and plaln
tlvii and full of frightful portent.
So much nearer now It seemed that
Heutrlcu und Allan both stopped short.
Panting with their labors, they stood still,
fear-smlttcn.
Thoy can't bo much further off now thnn
Thlrty-llfth street," tho man exclaimed un.
dor his breath. "And wo'rn hardly past
Second avenue yet and look at tho In
fernal thickets and brush we've got tn beat
through to reach the river! Here, I'd better
get my ruvulver ready nnd bold it In my
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ALLAN ENGLAND
FnX A. Jfu4tu Cenranti
freo hand. Will you ehanRo over? I can
ink the bR ln Iny left. P-o got lo havo
tho right to shoot with!"
"Why not drop everything and run for
Ihe bane?"
"And desert the Job? Leave nil wo came
for? And may bo not bo nble to Kt any of
tho thliiRs for heaven knows how long I
guess not!'
"Hut. Allan "
"No, no' Whal? Abandon all our plans
beeaueo of a few wolves? I,t 'em como!
We'll show 'em a thin or twor
"(Jive mo lite revolver, then you can
havo tho rifle"'
"That's rlalit here!"
Koch now with n firearm ln tho freo
hand, they started forward nRaln. On
nnd on they hiiiRed, they wallowed throiiRh
ino loresi. nair earryuiR, unit tlinRRliiR tho
sack which now seemed to have m-nwti ten
times heavier and which at every moment
cnuRhl on buehes, on lliub-t and nnionR tho
ileii-ni underRnmth.
"Oh. look look iberor cried lleatrlce,
Sho stopped short again, polntliiB tho re
volver, her fliiRcr on Iho.trlRRer.
Allan saw a lean. Rrny form, furllvo
nnd snealtlnR, dido across a dim open epneo
off toward tho left, n simi'o where onco
First avenue had cut through the oily from
eolith to north.
"Them's nnothcrP ho whlipered. a
straiiRe. rhokrd feelliiR nil nround his heart.
"And look three morol They're worklnir
In abend of us. Here, I'll havo a shot at
'em for luck!"
A howl followed thn second spurt of flame
In tho dusk. One of' tho gray, gaunt por
tents of death licked, yapping, nt I1I.1
llnnk. '
"Clot you, all right! gibed Stern. "The
kind o' gnmo ynu'ro after Isn't ni easy
as )ou think, you devllsf
Hut now from tho other side, nnd from
bohlnd them, tho slinking creature.t gath
ered. Their eyes glowed, gleamed, burned
softly yellow through thn du-k nf tho great
wlldcrnrH that onco had been tho city's
heart. Tho two last humnns In tho world
could even catch tho flick of Ivory fangs,
tho lolling wet redness nf tongues could
hear tho soughing breath through thoso In
fernal Jaws.
Stern raised the rlflo again, then low
ered It.
"No use." said ho calmly. "Clod knows
how many thero nre, 1 might uso up all
our ammunition nnd still leave enough of
'em to pick our bones. They'll bo nil
around us In n minute; they'll bo worrying
nt u, dragging us down Como on como
on. tho boat!"
"Mght a torch, Allan. They'ro afraid of
tire"
"(Irand Idea. Ilttln girl!''
liven ns ho answered ho wns scrabbling
up dry-hyo. Came the rnsp of his Hint.
"Olvo 'em a few with the automatic, whllo
I get this going!" he commanded.
Tho gun spat twice, thrice. Then toho a
snapping, snnrlliig wrnnglc. Off thero In
tho gloom n hideous turmoil grew.
It ended In scream, of pain ami rage,
suddenly throttled, choked and torn tn
nothing A worrying, rending, gnashing
told th" story nf tho wounded wolf's last
moment.
Stern sprang up, a dry (laming branch of
resinous llr In his hand. Tho rifle ho
thrust bark Into the bag.
-A to him. still wnrm. oh?" ho cried.
"Kino! And live shot. left In tho gun.
You won't miss, Uetn! You can't!"
Korwafd they struggled onco more.
"(lad. we'll hang to this liag iiom. what
ever happens!" panted Stern, Jerking It
savngel olt a Jagged stub. "Klve minutes
morn nnd we'll nrrlil leuiiM you"!"
Thu llarlng' torch ho dashed full nt n
grisly inuzzto that snapped and slavered
at liH legs. To their nostrils the slngo
of burned hair wafted. Yelping, the beast
swerved back.
Hut others ran In nnd In nt them; and
now tho torch was falling. Ilolh of them
hhouled and struck; nnd tho revolver stab
bed the night with (Ire.
l'niiileiiinnluni roso III tho forest. Cries,
liuwls. lonir wnlls nnd suuflllng barks blent
with the clicking of Ivories, tho pnd-pnd-pad
of feet, tho crackling of tho under
briihh. All nround. wolves.. On either sldo, be
hind. In front, the sliding, bristling, sneak
lug. suddenly bold horrors of tho wild.
And tho ring was tightening; tho attack
wan coming, now. morn and moro con
cortedly. Tho swinging torch could not now
drive them back so fast, so far.
Strange gleams shot against tho tree,
trunks, wavered through tho dusk, lighted
tho harsh, rugo-contniLted face of tho man.
fell on tho laboring, skin-clad Jlguro of tho
woman as thoy still fought miyuid on with
their precious burden, hoping for n gllmpso
of water, for the river, and salvation.
'Take a true?" gasped lleatrlce.
"And malo stay thero u week? And
uso up all our ammunition? Not yet no
no I Tho boat I"
On, even on, they struggled.
A htrange, unnatural exhilaration filled
tho girl, banishing thuughlH of peril, send
ing tho blood aglow through overy vela und
llbur of her wonderful young body.
Stern realized the peril moro keenly. At
any moment now lm understood that ono
of thn devils III gray might hurl Itself ut
tho full throat of lleatrlco or ut his own.
And onco the tnstu of blood lay on thoso
crimson tongues good-by '.
'Tho boat tho boat!" lm shouted, strik
ing right and left llko mad with the smoky,
liair-oxtlngulshfd Hare.
There tho river!" suddenly cried Hcnt
rice. Through the columns of the forest she
had seen nt last tha welcomo gleam of
water, starlit, beautiful und calm. Stern
saw It, too. A demon now, ba charged the
snarling ring. Hack hu drove them; he
turned,, seized the bug und again plunged
desperately ahead.
Together ho and lleatrlce crashed out
among thu willows and the alders on the
sedgy shore, with tho vague, shifting, lirls
tllng horror of tho wolfpack at their heels.
"Here, ht-nt 'em oil whllo 1 cm the cord
whllo I get tho bag In and shove oftl"
panted Stern.
Sho seized Hie torch from his hand Up
he snatched tha rlflu again, and with n
polntblank volley Hung three of the grays
writhing nnd yelling ull In the mud and
weeds and trampled cattails on thu river
verge,
Down ho threw the gun. lis turned and
swept tho dark shore, thero between the
ruins of the wharves, with a keen recou.
nolterlng glance.
What? What was this?
There stood the aged willow to whloh
the banca had been tied. Hut the boat
where was It?
With a cry Stern leaped to the tree, Ills
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ClutchlnsT bunds fumbled nl tho trunk..-.
"My Oodt Horo' here,' tho cordr
stammered. "Due ft's beeii cutl "Xli
boat Ihe boat's Konut"' t , s"y.
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A Mght of Tell
A"? HOUn later, from the gnarlett branched
Jt. of tho willow-up Into which Stern
bad fairly flung her, and where ho) had
himself clambered: "with lh beasts- ravening
at his legs the two solo survivors o h
human race watched the. glowering y that
dotted tho velvet gloom.
"I estimate aoounle of hundred, alt told,
Judged Allan. "Odd wo never ran acrols
any of them before tonight. Must b( nom
kind of migration under iTa maybo (soma
big shift of game, of deer, or buffaio, or
what-not. Hut then. In that case, they
wouldn't Iw so starved, so dead-set-oivehJte
meat as they seem to be."'
Heta shifted ier placa -on -ft. "horizontal
Umh
"Il's awfully bant for-n soft ivoo5,,'!ti
remarked. "Do you think wo'llliavo touts y
here long, uearz
'That depends. I don't seo that iha, flf.
teen wo'vo killed since roosting hero har
served ns any terrible examples to thn
others. And we're about twenty cartridges
to tho bad. They'ro not worth It, these
devils. Wo'vo got to save our ammunition
for something edible till I can get my shop
to running nnd begin making my own pow
der, No ; must bo there's some other And
better way."
"Hut what?" asked the-girt, TVore-et
enough here, but we'ro not getting any
nearer home nnd I'm so hungry I"
"Same here." Stern coincided. "And th
lunch wns all In the boat! worse luck) Who
tho deuce could have cut her loose? I
thought we'd pretty effectually cleared out
those Hlnkmntlnks or whatover tho Ilortl
consisted of. Hut evidently something, or
somebody, Is still left alive with a terrtflo
grudge ngnlnst us or au awful longing for
navigation."
"Wns thn cord broken or cut?"
"I'll see."
Stern clambered to a lower branch. With
the trigger-guard of his rlflo he wns ahta ta
catch tho cord. All about tho trunk, mean
while, tho wolves leaped snarling. Tho
fetid animal smell of them wns strong upon
the nlr that, and tho scent of blood and
raw meat, whero they had feasted on tho
slain
With tho severed conIwAltnnllmbetl back
to whero lleatrlco sat.
"Hold Iho ride, will you?" asked ha. A
moment, nnd by the quick showern of spark
mar issueii irnm his nine nna steel ho was
examining the leather thong.
"Cut !"
"Cut? Hut then, then "
"."o tide or wind to hlame. Home Intent,
grnce. even though rudimentary, has been
at work her Is at work opposed to Us."
"Hut what?"
"So telling. Thero may bo mors things
In this world yet than either ot us dream.
Perhaps wo committed a very grnvo error
to leave thu apparently penreful little nook
we've got. up there on the Hudson, nnd
tarkln this place agnln. Hilt who could
ever have thuught of anything llko thin after
that terrlblo slaughter?"
They kept silence a terr mlnute-i. Tho
wolvos now had sunk to a plana of com
parative Insignificance. At tho very worst
Stern could annihilate, them ono by ono with
n lavish expondlluro of hla ammunition. Un
noticed now they yelped nnd scratched and
howled about tho tree, sat on their haunches,
waiting In tho gloom, or sneaked vague
shadows among tho deeper duska of tho
forest.
And onco again the. east began to glow,
even as when ho nnd sho hnd watched tho
moon rlso over the hills beyond the Hud
son; nnd tholr hearts bent with Joy tor
even that relief from tho dark mystery of
Kolltudn and night.
After a whllo tho man spoke.
"it's this way," said he. "Whoever cut
that cord and olthcr lot tho banca. float
away or elso stolo It, evidently doesn't
want to como to close quarters for the
present, so long as theso wolves are mak
ing thomaolvca friendly.
"Perhaps, In a way. tho wolves nro a
factor In our favor; perhaps, without them,
wo might havo hud n. poisoned arrow stick
Ing Into us. or a spear or two. beforo now.
My guess l.i that we'll get a wido berth so
long as tho wolvea otny In the neighbor
hood. I think thn nnthropolds, or who
ever they wore, must have- been calculating
on ambushing us na wo camo back, and ex-'
pectod to 'gel' us whllo wo wero hunting for
tho boat.
'They didn't reckon on this little diver
sion. When they heard It they probably
departed for other regions. They won't
bo coming nround just yet, that's a safo
wager. Mighty lucky, eh? Think what Al
targets we'd make, up hero In this willow,
by moonlight !"
"You're right, Allan. But when It cornea
daylight we'll mnko better ones. And I
don't know that I enjoy sitting up hero and
starving to death, with a body-guard of
wolvea to keep away tho Horde, very much
morn than I would taking n chance with
thu arrows. It'll two sixes, either way, and
not a hit nice, Is It?"
"Hang tho whole business I Thero must
bo somti other way somo way out of this
Infernal plcklol Hold on---walt I I al-
most sen It now!"
"What's your plan, dear?"
"Wall ! lal mo think u minute!"
Sho kept silence. Together they sat
among tho spreading branches In the grow
ing moonlight. A bat reeled overhead,
chlpperlng weakly far away a whlpppor
will hegun Its lluty. Insistent strain. A
distant cry of somo hunting beast echoed,
unspeakably weird, among tho dead, de
serted streets burled In oblivion. Tho brush
crackled nnd sunppeil with the movements
of tho wolf-pack; tho continued snarling,
whining, yapping, stilled tho chorus of tha
iroga along thu sedgy banks.
"If I could only anara n rood, llinlv nna, I"
suddenly broko out Stern. 1
"What for?"
"Why. don't you seo?" And with sud
den Inspiration ho expounded. Together,
eager nil children, they planned. Heatrto
clapped hor hands with sheer delight
"Hut." she added pensively, "it'll be A
littlo hard on tho wolf, won't It?"
Stern hnd to laugh.
"Yes,'! ha assented ; "but think how much
he'll learn about tho new kind of gamo he
tried to hunt!
Half an hour later a grim old warrior
of Ihe pack, deftly and securely caught by
ono hind leg with tho sllp-noosed leather
cord, dangled Inverted from a limb, high
out of reach of the others.
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Hryn Mawr lo Have Communlty'Tree
Tho Hryn Mawr community center plans
to erect a "community Chrjitmaa tree," In.
tha Hryn Mawr Park, A program of Christ
mas carols, aung by church choirs when
tho trea U lighted, la Included In tho plan.
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