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TbUtantes' Affairs, tlie
Other Mattel's Are Discussed
by Nancy Wynne
.rwtmSE one cannot bo expected
rMr. th0UBh 0,m;s k,nnT no "' nn thing else, nnd the preparn
WJ tcht's affair ro simply wonderful However, aovnml f ,,. J.JT"
; ftWrt' ""'I ii0 ,0 KC,1 '""k nml ,,rc,,c,, " " (or the dinner.
.which Mr. nnl Mr. T. Henry Ulxon gave In n10 garden, of the llcllevue-
tfarf wr
' ,,l:::'-;;
tlYfl liangl"-"
. .i...i At a tea
Un n OJMbtr. The
Lin., by lo v,y.
L. IniniUMV" -
Cj moved Into town
Uchtnot Hill nml
A4 .. . !.
r spending ""
at 16" D " "
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U at ine iv -'-
&. v.. ".v.. :vu
jjbutanio ""
fane were some ""
J" . .- tflnlnirn
ir tire ",n ' " ,
janjatrt Munsoll, of
flatten, wa ""ere ttml
'litre wero several of
Vkn oungor mavrleil
btlons such nit tho
fltt-usne Dlxonn.
iU Louis Madeiras 3d,
Charlie oml Nl1
Vrarabwar ami m
We.he Jack Straw
kkhrM. Mr and Mrs
iUrthalt Morpin nnd
fjtr. and Mrs Marshall
gttUlv w -
irllw you what a co
Incidence there was In
Ha tact that though
rabatl 1" an uncom
mon nme both Nnnnlo
Md Loulao Johnson
rried men who mid
tbat tame first name?
Odd things such as
Hhv often (happen, do
MRS.
Mrs. Swain,
month, was
tor not?
Among tho debs I no-
Stifled Tiny Elliot, Knthnrlno Lea, 1'atty
PBorle. Dorothy Nowbold, Mnrla Krnzer,
PJUryJuovering, Murgarot Harris, oainor
FBUnl. Paulino Donckln, Sophie linker,
fEisabeth McMlchaol. Ellxnboth Trotter,
hilar Brooke and Anno Mclrs, there wcro
.&Uo, but their names I cannot
stilow,recall, then of coure there wcro
Brainy second and third car girls and
Fill the men who could bo not together
5-irtta the great and only First City Troop
mm t tho border lino, and Troop A also,
i It used to bo called, nwny, I'm wonder-
mt. by the way, when tho soldier laddies
I'toma back from the far-off bordor land,
f they will still all remain tho l'irst
g&wcp of Pennsylvania Stato Calvary or
wirUl thy divide oil ogam aa uoioro. j. can
pes the neecs of Bomo of tho mammas of
Hk Troopers rising up over tho tops of
p)3r bats, mind you, for thoy no longer
VMr bonnets, at tho idea and yet why
gabtf
A
nOKIOHT, to go bacK to tho bazaar
M&d Mado-ln-Amerlca Fote, will mark
Stja folding ot tho much anticipated
ball which will bo held in tho
of the Bollovue-Stratford, and
pslcn will J)0 attended by an tho tasnion-
jwjiIo of tho city and suburban
iplswi. At this balfthcro Is to bo a grand
gapch WAd .prizes will bo given for varied
Lconl&aes. The oommiiico nas announced
illjt vhllo persons not wearing fancy
strati will bo admitted to tho ball in
Fregittaj evonlng dress, thoy are roquqsted
toUoJoln In tho grand march, ns that Is
Ifor those In fancy costume only. Mrs.
jsBtotwbury, by tho way, has prcsonted
pMaj very costly prizes, which wjll bo
lininied tonight at tho ball. It Is do
Ktitful to hear that the Trench Ambas
fwlor and Madame Jusscrand will be
frmtj of honor at the ball as well as at
on today.
I opera was glorious last night, oven
ti Uiulso Homer did fall over a rock
u she stepped back after tho wonderful
utl!th Martinolll, for, nfter nil, she
J?? It in such a Bplrlt of good nature
liite all laughed with her. There wero
Jjsw wonderful costumes worn, and I
WMy do not think I ovor saw Mrs. Alex-
cMt4r Prlnton Coxo look so handsome as
Lif did In black satin and rhlnestones.
lit m Tery amusing to watch a recently
pfrid eouple, who nro evidently, though
jBocnln love, not quite In accord on mu
Re; b U mad on the subject, while sho
JiUd on talking straight through tho
1 to another man In thn linr. Hubbv
Pm u If he would tear his hair out,
4 wade yarlous attempU to silence her
us and holding of his finger to his
pot to no avail. Why will some
Bwn think they are so attractive that
KJ wuld rather listen to their soft
d than to wonderful muala by
l"W!94 singersT
UTtlM Ufa ruMUhlns Company,
REAL CAUSE FOR TEARS
'But We'll buv a now car. tnv
rj" -- - i r-t
MoJla, nd it fa' bo hlgkl"
3HATE5 Plans are belncr mniln In
lj Ufantown for a Cafe Ohantant,
"Hi b tjeld In the Qermantovvn
PiUb On MonAav faVATilncv .Tninni-i?
: t WB o'clock under the ausplcea of
way na NBVy nejjef ot whleh Mrgi
r Howard Williams Is president.
W last (wo yea.,.. tnB memluni hnvo
J hoUing their meetings In tho .Site
who jsocitty rooms In Qermantown.
! been working for the relief of
oanded and blind !. n,i ,.
S lyomen and chUdren, and they
pucce44, Several prominent
-, v given their names aa
Wsi of the affair, for the work
"f PlfKH4 thtngr ttul nei U
. fiMfw mm KTii
ABOUT PEOPLE
All-Week Bazaar and
to glvo all one's lime ami nttuniinn
l'hoto br fltrnrni WIMermuth.
JOSEPH WAKNER SWAIN
whoso marriago took place last
Miss Jcnn Guthrie, of Wilkes-Bnrro.
nor Cussntt, Sirs. James Large. Mrs
Clnrcnco .M. Clark, Mrs William Uyrd
I'ngo, ,Mrn Alexander W. WIstcr and
-Mrs Williams.
rpAKi: It from me, there was somo c
-1- citcment last night (Tuesday) at
Nineteenth nnd Do Lnncey plnce. Tho
chltnnc of the J. Percy Keating house,
1833 Do Lnncey, cnught flro and It
Hccmed to mo that in a Jiffy the hook
and laddor and xevoral engines toro up
In style. Tortunately for tho Kentlngs,
tho tiro was not serious, but, my dear,
tho excitement was Intense. Ton should
havo seon tho four hundred hanging out
of their windows (Just like Dllllngsigatc)
all dressed up or, rather, I should say un
dreiacd nnd no plnco to go! curl paper
nnd boudoir capi galore Believe me,
more than ono person got a shock lasl
night! NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
jrr and lira William Uakcr Whelen will
ontertaln nt dinner on Saturday evenlnir at
Clovelly, their home In Ievon Mr and
JIrs Whelcn havo taken apartments nt tho
Hollovuc-Stratford for tho winter, but spend
moat of tliolr tlmo at Devon
Mr nnd Mrs Ouatnvus Itcmak, of Cheat
nut Hill, havo laaued Invitations for a thea
tre party on December 27 In honor of Mlaa
Dorothy D TolU and Mr Herbert Horned.
whose engagement was recently announced
Mlns Illlzabcth firsminer, of 10M Sprues
street, has Issued Invitations for a bridge
party on tho afternoon of Thursday,
December 28, nt 2 30 o'clock.
Mrs. Walter Henderson, of Indian Queen
lane, Germantown. will entertain at dinner
on Thursday, December 28, before the
Christmas german of the Saturday Evening
Dancing Class, In honor of Miss Mnrthi
Henderson.
Mrs O Percy Bright, of 5113 rulaakl
avenue, flcrmantoun, will also give a din
ner on December 28 before the Saturday
Evening Dancing Class
Invltntlons will shortly be tainted by Mr
and Mrs. Harold Tunncll, ot (Termantown,
for the marrlago of Mrs Tunnell's sister.
Miss Miriam Megargee, and Mr. Oeorge
Urown. which will tako plnce on January 25
In St. Luke's Troteatant Episcopal Church
A reception will be held at the Uermantown
Cricket Club Mhis Megargee Is n sister nt
Mrs. Herbert M Tllden and of Mrs. Itrl
Cook, wife of Lieutenant Commander Ear!
Cook. U. S. N.
Mrs Nicholas Diddle, ot Old York road.
Noble,1 has Miss Helen Taft as her guest
for several days this week.
I&vltatlons will bo Issued next week by
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Emlen Newbold for a
ball which they will give on January 12 at
the Ilellovue-Stratford for their daughter,
Miss Dorothy Emlen Newbold.
Miss Natalie Dllzard, of Pulaikl avenue,
Cermantown, has Issued cards for a lunch
eon on December 30
Mr and Mrs. William TV. Adams and
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Donaldson, of Chest
nut Hill, will give a dinner on New Year's
eve.
Mr. nnd Mrs. James Hancock, who are
occupying apartments at the llelgravla for
the winter, spent tho week-end at the Top
lars, their home In St. Davids.
Ths regular monthly meeting of the
Woman Suffrage party of Radnor town
ship wilt be held today at the residence of
Mrs, J, II. JcCferls, LouelU avenue and
Orchard way, at 3 o'clock. The annual
election of officers will take place and a
report of the Stale convention, which was
held In WHHamsport from November 21 to
21, will be given by the three delegates who
attended from Radnor township, Mrs. Fer
ree Urlnton, Mrs, John Covert and Mrs.
Laurence M. Willson.
The Rev. Oeorge Calvert Carter and Mrs
Carter, of Bryn Mawr, will give a theatre
party, followed by a supper at the Rltx
Carlton, In honor of their nltee. Miss
Uugenla Law, and Mr Livingston U Rid
dle on Wednesday evening, December 10.
Mr. and Mrs It E. Forster, of Roadside,
St, I$ivld, are entertaining Mrs. Rankin, of
Mereersburg. V.
An Interesting urogram will be rendered
at (be musical tea to b flveQ by the
president, Mrs. William Simpson, Jr, and
the board of directors of the Treble Clef
Club tomorrow, at the Acorn Club. There
will be solos by Miss Augustine Haugh
ton and Miss I P StrelU. Harp selec
tions will be played by Miss Elixabeth
Gallagher Mrs. BalUeJI and Mrs J V
Miller will also sing The pteno duet, TTar
aqtelle," by Raff. wUl be pUyed by Mr.
Charles Wentx and MUs Francis Fischer
Germantowa residents were keenly Inter
ested io Uw dasw whleh W '
JagM fey tW IW5d f w vWtors 9f
BVENrgq rEDGER-PHIL'ADELTPHIA; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEB It
Charles Penrose Keith. Mies Marl tbRn,
arid Airs. Edgar Riitler A number of uin
nrs preeeld the drree. among thm
nne siren by Mr and Mrs. Aletander W
w later. Jr. whose gutMs Included Mr
ami Mrs Walri Morgan Churchman. Mr
and Mrs Arthur Ilroekle, Mr nnd Mrs
Daniel Caratalm Mr Everett Crosby. Mr
Stogdfll Stokei
Mr nml Mrs Theodore Drown. Mr nnd
Mrs K. K Raltaar de More enterlftlne.1
several guests, at did Mr ami Mrs Henry
I llrown, also Mr nnd Mm Unfits W Meotf
A numlwr of joung people dining IVelhef
Ihelmleil Mr nnd Mrs Harry ilrnmley.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Kleltaa, Mr nml Mrs
Harold Mnc.S'elll and Ml-t Mildreil Moor
MM Hazel Mni-ndM ot the Essex Apart,
ment Thlrty.fiiitth ami Chealnut streets
will be nt home Informally on Sunday ntler-
foon, December II after
1 o clock No
cards have been rent out
Mr nnd Mr 1 '.Imlol announce
engagement of their ilflughler Anna
Mr nrland llnlllngnr Ililley
the
to
SUFFRAGISTS ATTACK
"MILITANT METHODS"
CoiiBcrvntivcs Assail Union
Members Who Heckled Wilson
by Unfurling Bnimcr
ASSAIL HUNGER STRIKE
n out In-lhe-open battle betwofn mn
arrvutivn aufrratilata. represented by tho
lVrmsjIvant.x Htnte Aswclnllun b-vrked by
tho NntlnnnI Amerlcnn Woman 'iiffrigo
ssnclnttti anil tho radicals. rrprecnted
b the t'onitrcotiinsl t'nlnn, v.s premised
tmlnv when Vt Anna Howard Shaw linn
orar iireaUlent of the nntloiml ntul Mrs
John n Miller of tho Slate association nt
tneked thn union for the first tune In name
for what they rnnatder the ciiltnln-vti n of
the union's hc-MIng methods the banner
pulling Incident In (he t'npllol the oilier
dny VThen l'rtslitetit Wltiwii was rending
hli meafuge to ("ongreai The banner Hint
tho Unlnnlala let dun bore the words Mr
President what are 'ou going to do for
suffrage? '
Heretofore nllhough the conservatives
havo admitted in private that tho I nlon
was a thorn In their side, their pollcv has
been to Isnore It In public Tho Inter
rupllon of tlio President however Stato
suffragist assert was a illnnx to niolhoils
that they connlder highly undeilrnblo nnd
Inimical to the best Interenti of suffrage
and seems to forecast even more strenuous
and opcUartllir developments To Intro
duce the early militant method of English
suffragists into the American suffrage ram
palgn Is n grelt mistake thev declare and
becnuao Miss Alice Paul leider of the Con
grFSslounl I'nton received her suffrugo
training In England and 1 ono of tho
orlglnnl hunger BtrlketT. they fear thnt
this note will be Injected Into the coming
campaign and thnt the work of the t ninu
will be confused In the mlmlit of tho gen
eral public with that of the National As
sociation nnd I lie Stato ood) atllllated
with It.
"It was Inevitable." Mr Miller slid
"that tho comparative!) sunll organisation
tho working fluid force of whlrh consists of
hirdly .mora thin a dozen women should
veer more and more toward the vpcctaculnr
botng led, as this small force Is, by a woman
who ongagtd til the hunger strikes in Eng
land as a follower of Mrs Pnnkhurst, with
out having the broad vision of that leader
who had declared a truce with her Oovern
tnent and has planned a more dignified
method of procedure Incidental)). Mrs
Punkhurst criticized tho methods of tho
Congressional Union while In this counto
"That tho action of the union Is unptlnt
ahle, politically epenktng. to tho Amerlcnn
men and the beat American women I
shown by the fact that all their campaigns
have been failures and being failures, munt
be born of a warped trend of perspective
thnt must satiate Itself with tho spectacular
So truo does this seern that color In given
to tho frequently made statement, that al
though they may not In fact bo working
with forces opposed to suffrage, they un
doubtedly give to the opponents tho beat
weapons used to delay the enfranchisement
of women Certainly opponents of suffrngo
could not wish for what, from the view
point of sincere suffragists, aro such Ill
timed measures as the formation of the
Woman's Party, the effort to Jim through
congressional union planks In tho natlonil
party platforms and the campaign agnlnat
President Wilson In tho West It was the
national organization thnt secured tho na
tional planks and It was tho union that was
beaten and Ignored. It was tho union,
nlflo, that returned from tho Weat iWtuti-,1.
when It failed to make good Its threat to
carry the West for tho Republican presiden
tial candidate
"Heaten nt every turn when It methods
have been contrasted with thoso of tho
National, tho Union seeks, It seems, by
every posilblo spectacular manner to keup
In the limelight, and overshadow the digni
fied and constructive work of serious suf
fragists It Is to bo hoped that I'ennsyl
vanlans and the country at large will not
confuse the Unionists with the National
Suffrago workers."
DOCTOR SHAW'S OHJEfTIO.VS
Doctor Shaw objected particularly to tho
Congrcsalonul Unionists having used a
banner of )ellow. tho color of the National
American Woman Suffrago Association,
pointing out that this Is not their own
color, nnd Its use was a misrepresentation.
"We must always regret," she said, "tho
Introduction of the English heckling
methods In the United States, and regret
also that any organization led by a woman
trained In the English enmp will continue
to place In the hands of the cloaked force
opposed to suffrage so much ammunition
"It was almost unbelievable that any
forco of women calling themselves suffra
gists, no difference how small In numbers,
should fight against either political party,
particularly when that party In the West
had joined with the other dominant party,
so far as the States are concerned, to en
franchise tho women thereof It seems
almost unbelievable that this was done with
an altogether worthy motive, so lll-ad-vlsed
was It So far as the first Incident Is
concerned, It was a most unhappy, although
probably a aiitnclently sensational, hapfwn.
Ing for those who conceived It Even If
the Unionists differ from the President as
to his views upon suffrage. It was tho
President of the United States to whom they
were discourteous as welt as to Congress
President Wilson has done more than any
other President ever did for suffrage, and
we take literally his promise made to the
national conventlqn to fight with us, and
we confidently believe Congress, eventually,
will fight with the President, so far as
suffrage Is concerned "
UNION'S DEFKNSK
According to Mrs, Harry Lowenburg,
chairman of the Congressional Union In
Pennsylvanal and one of the women who
unfurled the banner In Washington, the
conservatives have misconstrued the action
of the Unionists Into discourtesy toward
the President when It was not Intended
"Through all history there have always
been two sides to every movement for free
dom," she said, "the conservative and the
aggressive The way to fight for suffrage
Is the aggressive way
"The night before the President read his
massage we saw it through a friend. We
had timed the unfurling of the banner to
the point where the President spoke of
justice to the Porto Rlcans We want jus
tice for women, Jf the President's faotal
expression is any Indication of his aul
tudo uf mind toward us It was exceedingly
genial and benign. He did not, I am sure
construe our act as a discourtesy
Ws have a precedent, too. Hobson un
furled a banner for prohibition. Only he
bad permtsston and we didn't We didn't
ask for panaisston, because we felt we
wouWa't l-
"We have not hkl4 the president and
we are tutt ustas 8oslWi militant huUkkIs.
W do in Is)? to Vmm hbs or knock
twtfofe 4Mt Tb 9er vUvj need ba.v
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MISS BRITTON MAY WED
DIPLOMAT TOMORROW
Washington Rumor Sols Day for
Marriage to Austrian
Attache
WASIIINOTON", Dec 13 Thero Is every
Indication that rumors as to tho approach
ing marriage of Miss Kntherlno llrltton,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander llrlt
ton. of Washington, nnd Prince Alfred zu
Hohenlobe-Schllllngsturst, attached to tho
Austrian Embassy here, are about to bo
fulfilled It Is probable that beforn the end
ot the week, possibly on Thursdaj. tho
fifth International matrh Involving Wash
ington girls since the first of October will
Iia ,,n n,-,imiillnh(l fact
The story of the engagement of MIb
llrltton and tho Austrian diplomat was first
circulated early list spring, when sho was
nbroad with Miss Nona McAdoo. daughter
of tho Secrotary of tho Treasury doing
hospital work At that time tho Hrlttons
had nothing to say. but Miss Ilrltton's Inti
mates wero c-JtiHctlng tho announcement of
tho engagement, which was not then made
It was understood that Prince llohenlohos
family wero strongly opposrd to his marry
ing nn American, und persuaded the old
Emperor, who woh their dlstnnt kinsman,
to withhold his consent
Just lately tho story Ins been revived
Mis Flrltton'H friends havo been confident
that the marrlago was about to lake plarn.
They hod even set December II ns the
data Tho Hrlttons still had nothing to
say. Tho wedding did not take place on
that date; but tho conviction ty gruwlng
that thero in something brewing and that
It will take place within a few da)s.
Mrs. Prltton remains as uncommunicative
ns sho has been previously Miss Kathorlne
Drltton, however, relents a bit Sho hns
nothing to say today, tomorrow possibly
And.lt Is learned thnt divers tradesmen,
caterers, florists and photographers have
pressing and Important engagements at the
llrltton residence on Q street on Thursday
The eiplanatlon seems to be tlut tho
consent which the old Austrian ISnperor
refused, the young one. being democratic
ally Inclined, and being of an ngo to hnvo
a fellow feeling for lovers, la granting And
It turns out that Prince llohenlohe. who
has been carried on the diplomatic list as
"absent" for several months and was sup
posed to be with his regiment somewhere
in Kuroue. Iii tho trenches has really beon
on a mission to California and by no means
out of reach If a wedding was contemplate
Miss llrltton has been much of a belle
ever slnee her debut several years ago
She has been variously ruported as engaged
to one of tho Elklns family, to Gerald
May, whose sister Cecilia was a famous
beauty and married Von Hath, of the Oer
man Bmbassy, shortly after the outbreak
of the war; and, Just alter she went abroad.
to one of the Deresfords a brother of Lord
Charles Dereaford and a connection ot Lord
Pedes, who married Vivian Could He had
crossed on the same steamship with her
and Miss McAdoo. and had been so mark
edly attentive that It was rumored the en
gagement would be announced shortly after
they landed, a s,tory which he promptly
and emphatically, If rather ungallantly,
contradicted
Oakley Paintings Heady for Senate
HAlUtlSHUHa, Duo. 11 The Ave mural
decorations painted for the State Senate
Clumber by Miss Violet Oakley, the Phila
delphia artist, will be placed In position
next week.
What's Doing Tonight
Wbsrtoa School of Uolvtraltr of Pno-
vsals basQusI Msjtslle Hotel.
Stat Orange session, Acadwny of Muale
MsdVln-Amsrlaa bazaar Horticultural lull
Mtl lUoutactartrs' Association mtilot,
Ullru-atrtforJ
Fathers' Association, Pransford Hlfb School,
8 o'clock.
Fortieth aad Wsrket Streets Duiln.es Meo.
7 South FertlsUi, street. 8 o clock free
BrfcUstars xhilaM Mn. Asi as4 TbttAp-
.wsmo w-w, n
i m iner A2adiAi
&i ?m &
ieKfcc
maL Ul Mtb Paa Ssuajre. S
u.aUTVB 5-.
GftlcAT AMERICANS
Oupruht Iffs ruMUhtn
I. Dodgc-Wurkc, who hns run through three fortunes
BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "Tho Vacnnt World")
By GEOItGE ALLAN ENGLAND
Copyright, tilt, try frank X. Uuntty Ctmraity
avuuARr or rnscamno stohv.
Allm Stern, u eenolcil relr, a;J
hit iimoernsfxr, Jlialrioi Kmdrick, axcale
inta a tucutit tcorki alttr at leoit Hit
Vflrs of unCQmricutnts tfom arrol cd
laslropA rHn ovir tin urM oml dtltrovd
all manAInd TkrauaS town rtaK thtit Wo
cere Mtnl anil tkiy jtd lm(elw In l
ruins ol thrtr .Vw rorA oMC. XVrlr many
otfUfnlures I IK onot( dry com fa a
cltma In a prrat Imllfs vlli a tmrilt ft
brati civuo, m wMcA til (ico oI te
tliors o ia Auman rocs art tHrtorwus.
Thru Itove tA (oerx ot thrtr laltlrs. and In
a rudi ennoe. raddtr to a roisr on tht Bunks
al Ins ifsdien Ktvrr.
1MR HTOIIV THUS FAR
ttrrn und llestrlre. nrrlve,l nt the oM
inunelon of n Anibun elsrt to vruik In
rnrnret to make tint home . hslitlsole
Durlns the weeks of "netlllns ilown" iher
Ilia on tli il'ti lliat AlUu cutrrtra with a
ruil rol and same
When helr new home Is made eomlort
able and all arranseniente for their futur
life perircied. Stern and lieatrlr return to
their old home In the Metropolitan 'rower,
New York to set a euridr ef cmuied food,
suns smmunUlon. toole lur and Jtn;r
esnllale Ttier r nn their way '"I'
the point where their cnmxi Is moored when
the are attacked b pack of faml hd
wolves lleatrlc and Allan rtsht their way
to the ehoro, but find that some una has cut
the thons that held their cnoe In
despair ther tako to the trees alon the
water frunt Stern devlwe a nooea, which
ho slips around tho hind leg ot on ol t ho
pik. and the wolf.-daiisles. howllns from
a lower limb
C'HAl'TKK VII (Continued)
SLOWLY ho swung. Jerking, writhing,
frothing at lie fought In vain to snap his
Jaws upon the cord he could not touch And
night grow horrible with tho stridor of his
yells
"Now then," remarked Stern calmly, "to
work Tho moonlight s good enough to
shoot by No reanoa I should miss a sin
gle turget "
Followed a tlmo of frightful tumult as
the living ate the dying and Ihe dead,
worrying tho flesh from bones lhat had as
yet scarcely ceased to move Beatrice, pale
and silent. et ery calm, watched the
slaughter Stern, as quietly methodical as
though working out a reaction, sighted,
tired, sighted, nred And tho work went
on apace The bag of cartridges grew
steadily lighter The work was done long
before all tho wolves had died. Tor tho
survivors, gorged to repletion, some
wounded, others whole, slunk gradually
away and disappeared In the dim gladea,
there to sleep on their cannibal debauch
At last Stern Judged the time was come
to descend
"Hark, away, old hoy!" ho exclaimed
'Tho louder the better. You're our danger
signal now As long as those poor, dull
anthropoid brains keep sensing you I gue-j
we're safe 1"
To Ileatrlco he added'
Come now. dear I'll help you down.
The quicker we tackle that raft and away,
the sooner we'll bo home I"
"Home!" she repeated. "Oh, how glad
I'll be to see our bungalow again! How
I hate the ruins of the city now! I.ook
out, Allan you'll have to let ma take a
minute or two to straighten out In. You
don't know how awfully cramped I am 1"
"Just slide Into my arm there, that's
right I" ho answered, and swung her down
as easily as though she hail been a child
Her arras went round his neek, their lips
met and thrilled In a long Ha
But not even the night breexa and the
moon could now beguile them to another
For there was hard, desperate work to do,
and time was short
A moment they stood there together,
under the old tree, whereon the wolf was
dangling in loud-mouthed rsge,.
"Well, here's where I go at It!" ex
claimed the man.
He opened ths big sack. Fumbling among
ths tools, he quickly found the ax
"You. Beta," he directed, "get together
aU the plaited rl yo can take off the
bag aud out roe soma strips of bid Cut
a lot of turn. I'll need aU you can make.
We've got to work fast get to clear out
ot hers Ufor sunrlso or there may be
the devil to pay"
It ww v W o( JOraordteMr dJsfUutty,
there ia thee d and dto-lk fWWMtX
imbue u Fa' BltIlK 1 ad
u&iUM H tirte & MSttttD. $rt sKiia
1016
.Mmjk.mn,s.M
Company leprln(etl by pfcUl nrmnnainctU.
in (ivt years.
attacked It like a demon Now and again
he stopped to listen or to Jab tho suspended
wolf with the nx handle
' Oo on there, you alarm signal I" ho
commanded "Let's have plenty of music,
good and loud, too Maybe If jou deliver
the goods and hold out well, you'll got
away with your life Otherwise, not!"
Itoblnson I'ruioe's rnft had been a mere
nothing tu build compared wllh this one
that tho engineer had to construct there
at the water's edge, among tho sedges and
tho reeds For Crusoe hid planks and
beams and nails to help htm, whllo Stern
had naught but his ax, the forest and Homo
rough cordage
He had to labor In tho gloom ns well,
listening betlmcH for sounds of peril or
stopping (o stimulate tho wolf The dull
and rusty ax retarded him ; blisters rnso
upon his palms anil broko and formed
again. Hut still he tolled
The three longitudinal epruco timbers he
lafched together with poles nnd with tho
cords thnt neatrlce prepared ror him On
these, again, he laid and lashed still other
poles rough-hewn
In half nn hour's hard work, while the
moon began to sink to tho westward, ho
had stepped a crude mast nnd hewed n
couple of punt poles
"No use our trlng to row thru mon
strosity" he said to Hentrlce, stopping a
moment to dash the sweat off his forehend
with a slinking Itand. "We either rig the
akin sack In soma way ai a sail, or we
drift up with tho tide, tie nt ebb, and so on
and If we make the bungalow In three
days we're lucky'
' Coma on now, Beatrice ; lend a hand
here and well launch her' Oond thing
the tide's coming up she almost floats al
ready Now, one, two, three "
Tho absurd rnft yielded, moved, "Jlld out
upon Ihe marshy wattr nnd was afloat'
Oet aboard!" commanded Allan. "Oo
forward to the salon de luxe I'll stow the
bag aft. so "
He lifted her In his arms and set her
on the raft. The bag h carefully de
posited at what passed for Ihe stern. The
raft Bank a bit and wallowed, but bore up
"Now then, all aboard ! cried Stern
"The wolf, Allan, tho wolfl How about
hlmT"
'That's right. I almost plumb forgot! I
guess he's earned his life, all right enough."
Quickly ho slashed tho cord. Tho wolf
dropped limp, tried to crawl, but could
not, and lay panting on Its side, tongue
lolling, eyes glased and dim.
"H'll bo a horrible example all his life
of what It meatus to monkey with the new
kind of meat," remarked Allan, clambering
aboard. "If wolves or anthropoids can
learn, they ought to learn from him I"
Strongly, steadily, they poled the raft
out through the marshy slip, on, on, past
the crumbling wreckage of the pier-head.
"Now the tide's got us," exclaimed Allan
with satisfaction, as the moonlit current,
all stiver and rippling with calm beauty,
swung them upstream.
Beatrice, still strong, und full of vigor
ous, pulsing life. In spite of tho long vigil
In the tree and the hard night ot work
curled up at tha foot of tho rough mast,
on h mass of rlr tips Stern had piled
there
"You steer, boy," said she, ''and I'H go
to work on making aom kind of sail out
of the big skin. Hy morning wo ought to
have our little craft under full oontrol "
-IV ono beautiful boat, isn't itt- mocked
Stern, poll" tt tram a gaunt hulk that
barred the way '
"It mayn't be very beautiful,'" she an.
awered softly, "but It oarrles the greatest
purL Jtohleat love that ever was since the'
world began It carries ths hops of the
whole world, of all the ages and It's tak
ing us home '
CHAFTKtt VIII
Tk Ueblrtb of Clrliatoa
A MONTH bad hardly gone, before order
and pea.es and tha woteisa 0t bountiful
harvests JwU la and all awT":,
Ta? flitf KjC L.vijl fc tTT -xv
WanM SU klUiual -TE... A. jPTEEM'
ths al&wiHWi uUariU al
aJ t re tmn nteC 1
it tm t swat m jua, wsysSE
!&
sleeping placet, ths house; tea sslajl
lt and beautiful again. ttorf-rWw
ehklfg nml I allies, strong, serviceable
elorjnent of nattfrtlrreogh: whtcn: trrht r
birth of tho n nil find (0 Pinrwndotnsii
th rooms; Pur rugs, covered 1114 fVsrfsV
In Heir of pictures, maeses of flowers' IHW
great sprays of fbllsge stood Ih clay poW
of Stern's own manufacture and firing: And
nn a rustle bookcae in their living room,
wherfl ths blr flreplae was, and whf
IrM itoulharn sun beat warmest In, stood
their chief IrMmire Mt of encyclopedias.
Stern had made leitltter binding for Uieee.
with the deft help ot IlealflcV, The erl
lnnl bindings had vanished befoTd frM te
tncka of time and Insects centuries iKteftf,
But the leaves were still Intact For the
wers thin shfels of nickel, printed by the
eUrlrolysl process.
'Just a stuer streak of luck," Stern re
mstked, ns he stood looking at this huga
piece of fortune wllh the glrb "Just
kindly streak of fat, that Van AmBuMt
should havfl bought one at JBdlsem's first,
sets ot nlckol-aheet books.
"Except for the few seta of these" ftf
existence, here and there, not a book r
mains on the surfheo of this enttra earttl.
Tho finest hand-mad linen paper haa dis
integrated sg ago. And parchment ha
probably crinkled and molded past alt rec
ognition. Ilesldes, up-to-date sclenting
Iwoks. ucti ns w need, weren't dime ort
parchment Wa'ps playing- Into gnrxemis
luck with these cyclopedias, for everything
I nred and can't remember is In tlietn, Out
It cerlnlnly was one Job to sort tltw rtAU
tered sheets out of the rubbish pile Itt tlh
library and rearrange them."
"Yes, lhat was hard work, but It'a doni
hour Com on out Into the. gnrdon, Allan,
find sen If our crops have grown any during
the. night I"
The ground about the bungalow were-
delight tn thorn. Like two children they
worked, day by day, to enlarge and beautify
their holdings, tltslr lands won back from
nature's greed.
Though wild fruits eome flaw, other
familiar and fish nnd the plentiful gm
Jill nbout them ofTered abundant food, ta
H had for tho mere seeking, they both
tigretht oil (lis necessity of re-estnbllahlng
ttjrlruttlire. For they disliked tho thought
jif Ming driven southward, with tht re
turn of rncft successive winter. They
Wanted, If advisable, to be able to winter In
Hie) bungalow. And this meant some provl
nlon for tils unproductive season.
"It won't always lis sumnur here, ytm
know," Stent told her. 'This Eden wilt
somo time llo wet and dreary under the
winter rains that I expect now trtka tha
tllnco of snow. And the eternal curs oi
Adnnt foil Is not yet lifted even from ug
lvd survivors of ths fifteen hundred million
Ihht ohtM ruled the earth. We, nnd thtwej
Who shrill cdrtte after, must havo the old
llrtlo focnlH ntfitlii. And that mean workl"
They hail cleared n patch or black, virgin
soil, lit a minny Hollow, Hero Htorn had
Iransplnnted nil the wild descendants of
Ihe vegetables and grains of otrur tlms
which Ih his still limited exploration h
had come ncrOBH.
The work of clearing away thn thorns and
bushes, ihn tangled ilttmta and tall trees?
was sovern; but It strengthened him nnd
hardened Ills whipcord muscles till thoy
ridged hltl sltlh Ilka Iron. He burned and
pulled tho stumps, spnded nnd harrowed
nnd hood nil by hand, nnd made ready tha
earth for tho reception of its first crop in
it thoUttnnd years'.
1I! recalled chough of his nntliropolbgy
nnd hotnnl- of University days tu recognlx
Iho reverted., twisted nnd stringy llttllr
drgenernto wild potato root wlllnli had onno
served tho Aatecs and Pueblo Indiana for
food, and Could again, with proper cultl
vatlon, ho brought back td full perfectlbfl.
Llknwlse With tho niKiss, 1110 squash, til
wild turnip and many other vtgetabl
fornm.
'Three years of cultivation," Its dre
clnred, "nnd I dan win litem back to od
blllty . Vive, and they'll bo ftlrmut whera
they wero beforn tile great dalaslropllBt As)
for tho fruits, tho npple, cherry find pear,
all they need Is caro and sclcntlflo grafting,
"f predict that ten years from today,
orchards and cornfields and gardens shall
surround tills hunkrtltJW, nnd tho Heritage)
of mini shall be brought bank to this old
world"
"Alwnjs giving duo credit to tho cyclo.
pedln," ridded Hentrlt'e.
"And lo you I" llo laughed happily. "ThlJ
Is nil on your account, anyhow. If I wef
atone In tho World, yoil hit tlwre'd b no
Hardens made I"
"No, I don't believe there would," shs
agreed, a serious loolt on her face. "But,
then." sho concluded, smiling again, "you
aren't alone, Allrtn, You'vo got niol"
He tried to catoh her In Ills arms, but1 ah
evaded him and ran 'back toward tin
bungalow
"No, no, you've got to worlt." she called
to him from the porch. "And so have
Ooodby'" And with it wnvo of the hand, a
strong, brown hand nuw, slim and very
beautiful, aha vanished.
Stern stood In thought n moment, then
shook his hend, nnd, wlltl a singular eX
presslon, picked up his line, and once more
foil to cultivating tils precious little garden
patch, on which so Infinitely much depended.
But something lay upon his mind: llo
pnuned, reflecting; then picked up a stone
nnd weighed It tn his hand, triad another,
and a third
"I'm damned," ho remarked, "If thert
feel right to me! I've been wondering
nbout It for a week now there's got to
be aom answer t It A stone of till
slxo In the old days would certainly hav
wolghed more. And that big boulder I
rooted out from the middle of tho field
In tho other days I couldn't havo mors
than stirred It
"Am I So very much stronger? So much
ns alt that? Or have things grown lighter f
la that why I can leap farther, walk bt
tor, run faster? What's It all about, any
how 1"
He could not work, but sat down on k
rock to ponder Numerous phenomena oc
curred to him, as they had while he had
Iain wounded under Iho tree by tha river
during their first few dnys at ths bunga
low "My observations certainly show a, day
only twenty-two hours and flfty-soven min
utes long; that's certain," hi mused. "So
the earth la undoubtedly smaller. But
what's that got to do with the mass of
the earth? With weight? Hanged If I can
make It out at all!
"Even though the earth has ahrunk. II
ought to have the aame power of gravlta.
tfon. If all the molecules and atoms- really
were pressed together, with no space be
tween, probably the earth wouldn't be muoii
bigger than a football, but It would weigh
Just that much, and a body would fall
toward It from space Just as fast as now.
Quito a hefty football, eh? For the Ufa
of me I can't see why the earth's having
shrunk ha affected the weight of everyi
thing I"
Perplexed, he went back to his work
again And though ha tried tq banish tha
punlo from his mind It still continued to
haunt and to annoy him.
Each day brought new and Interesting
activities Now they made an .expedition
to gather a certain kind of reeds which
Beatrice could plat into cordage and basi
ketry ; now they peeled quantities of birch
bark, which on rainy day they occupied
themselves In splitting Into thin sheets for
paper Stern manufactured a very excel
lent Ink In his Improvised laboratory on
tha second floor, and th split and pointed
quills of a wild goose served them for
pens In taking notes and recording their
experience.
paper will come later, when wv got
things IHtlo mora settled." ht told her.
"But for now this will have to da '
I guess If you can- get along with klit
c4othlBT for a while, I can do with birch,
bark fer my oqrreepondeocv sho replied
laughing, "Why not catch soxn of thoa
wild sheep that seem so plentiful on. the
hills to westward? If w could domesticate,
thenv that would mean wool an yarn and
oloth and milk, too, wouldn't Itt And
If milk, why not butterf
(CONTIXtfED TOMORROW)
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