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BVHSFING I53DGBB-PHII.AI)BLPHXA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11 1916
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fjUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
PALEum irctn. 'in irn .
A DOG'S LIFEBy Charles Dana Gibson
Lv Masque Huge SuccessDoors of Hotel Were
Bw,Lri DnPli tn All Whn f!nnlr1 Qlin rmui.
nf.llPr MattGl'R PlYVf Divorfirirr
"it DBA11 JIJ yu K0 nwauso If you
Ijtulntyou surely missed It. The bait
tried wn tno um... .
.. .lolnltf- one big success And
Lm had ft simply great time. Thero
tl certain excitement about talking
Lptrftct strnngers, thinking they
war best friends, or discussing tho
S!,jLb!I trials of supposed mutunl
TOteAf ttith ono ' u, J11"1"0"'' ln ''UM'
111 -whom you thought you hurt recog.
iKiM John Jones or Jnmcs Smith. Tho
Ktaitnitnt whon the unmasking takes
W&a I dellelousl However, thcro were
v. it-iik things
iggat. d I for
11. priced gayly
Kjkwih the my-
flic courtiers
Visvt HYUUV- -
BfeS
pec .- -'gjaabla.
d o
SSsj and sprites.
Jjlrte and
ffteensi Wnpi
RslWUgnui, u.-
frtHes nQ caw
ft'iuhai and
-- v.
'it.ndl Tfho,
fluked to their
',3. teem,
jrtBMd happily
'stoat th ball
Ssofloorattho iljDitu for tho
..'..II .nil
fgCvl&uim
iredaUon of
tat who sat In
'fets and gazed
r4alstedly upon
Bern.
Sfjr dear, I was
ofcapressedwlth
Rat way tho
Billevue was
fcffd off; almost
ta the air of
u Assembly I
"Alnoat not
Pte! Tho
BJoitesios, all
akeUsg extreme-
n 1 , r,M ,L in ir r ?nrii nun .- - - . naHna1
Photo by Mnrceau,
MISS ESTELLE PAULINE ERNEUT
Miss Ernert's engagement to Mr. Mnt-
thow Robert Gray, of Burlington, Kan.,
wns recently nnnounccd.
if handsome In
lUelr cloth-of-
Riitr guwiw, wiiii juftwtu rim, wiiuu ami
litu bands across one shoulder, received
it th foot of tho stairs. Among them
tin Mrs. Harry Harrison, Mm. Hilly
Oothler, Mrs. Drowning, Mrs. Mitchell,
Sirs. Keith and Mrs. Bam 13 el I.
I fVbtrt a bugle blew and tho lights wero
bmred and Mrs. Logan Folnnd appeared
Blhe rpotllRlit to sins the "Star Spangled
etaner there was much confusion on
uii part of dutiful Bona of America, be-
d&M manv
of them had claborato
mv
Personals
&
In, Harry Clifton Adams, of 1712 Pino
(ttrt, will five a dinner on December 28
is boar of her daughter, Miss Margaret
Ejswi The guests will afterward attend
i&TClulitmas German of the committee
toefng cUjs. Mrs. Adams will also enter
U! twenty guests at the Supper Club on
fttaroiy night In honor of MWs Ethel
iKtwbold, of Chestnut Hill, one of the sea-
i;ai debutantes.
Tls man-lace of Miss Marv Victoria
Cna, and Mr. arlswold Lorlllnrd. of Tux
e& i!,,t took place this afternoon nt
l;M o'clock nt the home of tho hrldo's
troUuMn-Iaw and sister, Mr. und Mrs.
Lewis. 20 South Tvnlv.nennd
jmt. The Jlev, John J. Wheeler olllclated.
r. ana1 Mrs. T.nintfini win it.-., in Tn,.iin
u I
M Mlai 8jlvla Barnes, daughter of Mr. nnd
. voiin nampion uarnes. or 1817 no
Wy pUco, has had Miss Elizabeth Por
UTrCi iVai)ilniinn t-i r i.. n..an. ,...
wwrai days. Miss Porter Is now the guest
lit . if "WDOla or this city, nnd is an
iV lM second American Bazaar held
Mtto week at Horticultural Hall.
IMra Vllllllm T 1T,.H... r m
o ......... , ,u,l.Cl, Ul UDVUI1, Will
IBM a Il1nn- In knn- vr.. m
r.---". nutiur ui iicr eon, ir. r.u
IfteSLT i, lwttr- to twenty mombera of
-,--- iuuiuuii mini on auiuruay
KM at the Merlon Cricket Club.
$Hr Mn r- v.... . . . . -
ihZl . "r" 'e'er onieicis, ot liryn
K.X'r' Mls Ethel Shields, nnd Mr. Harry
h vrilr ,,' "on ot "r"- "arry Darllng-
IalrtfAH. . . .
Bf anKw. VJ. "" 'ssueJ ." "'?
fl til ," .. ' "'nnor-aances to Be held
tSr? th i1,"0" Valle5' Country Club
ia ii .i '" momn8 Te "rst ono
dSiMK11 0Ii Tu"day. December 19. at
lz i.i:.. 7' J.? "'" 'nrs on the follow-
LltarrfiV,w.v,,ur,0JP -"nuary 1J, nnd
BSrf fbru,7 ThB commltteo In
lS?r! U(lM Mr- Sidney P. T. Brock,
2SIt'?.D'-. Mr. jf Hugh Danger
iUiswi', 'i"""8 Dixon. Mr. William
IkfwivS. Sydney Emlen Hutchinson,
Ihwtn v ,vnanon wpplncott, Mr. Hal
IKrLi,.Mi!:Pn Mr- Samuel IC Iteeves.
K r,e T7ler ftnd Mr. Daniel B. Wenu!
ES?iteJnJ5 t H" ,am Ander Lleber
PtarVrSf to thelr hor" '" nryn Mawr
lLln'Lft w Nw tork and
Sjm7,:"-. V,cr w f've a theatre party
Pi ttir, ,or Mra Weber's debu
g" eouain, Miss Anna Holtlngsworth
Craham Spencer and the Misses
KJJW, of Devon, have tft for Saranaa
way will paea the winter.
. 1BA llb m
m Kr, ,Mfd th8 Lincoln Godfrey house.
PU HuW t 2. formerly the homo of
"" aiilini""" na Bro making ex.
te PMheyla'0" W0V,njr ,n a,,er
RffiJ!!? . Interest to many Phlladel.
tSd 8bV. " ,s, br Mr. and Mrs.
Adlln. B "! UHUUHltr, MISS
A4eUo. BarnM, and Mr. Henry Well.
WI tvlT? L' ioner, N. Y. Tho wedding
Po7loJkn, wnday. January 3,
nh alrtet nli'"1 r Cap'' Wea Twn
mil k. T "t ,b -uws
?&!. Omaha, Neb Mta.
iMtMu , ?' tb Osont School
E m,IM1 vurtor in thu city.
.t ,'P11 Ean. ot Norwich,
SWaTii. V. "msratulatlons on tho
i Btfnn 1,.. . -"'""a, Ol jeHKlH-
' ewore feer marriage last year.
ifc,5 .IlnllSr aonouneea the an.
KfensMgej.. to Mr. Albert H. rut,
ShJ Ifiu. . .
-. a aounson, of Troy.
ttt teiWr, MtaTfelat HMa
headdresses which would not come off In
a hurry,
Frances Slarr cam' ln arte? her per
formanco clad In her "Utile Lndy in
Blue" frock, looking- Just as demure and
girlish as could be.
My dears, havo you heard tho latest? I
fairly shouted when tho story come to
mo; It suro was ono on the bridal party!
It happened thtisly: At n recent wedding,
after tho reception was over and the
happy rtalr had departed, pursued by
shoes, rice, confetti and everything clso In
sight, tho ushers,
bridesmaids and
even the best
msn. who Is sup
posed to protect
tho bridegroom
on such occa
sions, n n d I n g
time hanging
heavy on their
hand, nfter nil
tho previous ex
citement, decided
to dash Into a
waiting automo
blla and chase
tho b r I d o and
bridegroom nf nn
hour to tholr
troln. They fol
lowed them Into
the heart of tho
city, swinging
nround corners
on two wheels,
dashing up this
street and down
that, straining
tholr eyes to
cntch a glimpse
of tho Newly
weds. Whon nt
last tho motor
stopped, having
evidently given
up all Idea of
reaching the sta
tion nnd n train,
tho purnuom
clambered out
and the brides
maids rushed up
and embraced a
inther powdered
und painted person dressed In tho gayest
of gay frocks, who was escorted by a
largo and pompous-looking gentleman,
who did not seem In tho least glad to
bo thought a bridegroom! Help! Aid!
Succor! Tho pair had escaped them after
all nnd for ono hour tho entlro bridal
party had been chasing a perfectly
strnngo man nnd woman. Sometimes
theno practical Jokes nro not so funny
when they lit tho other shoe, eh, wot?
NANCY WYNNE.
Johnson, to Mr.
city.
Henry A. Smith, of this
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Pont, of Belle,
nuo avenuo anil Kaglo ronil, Wayne, are
lKlng congrntulnted npop the birth of n
daughter, yesterday. Mrs. Poit will he re
membered before hor marrlngo as Miss
Loona Manning Pearce, of the Ilartram.
Thlrty-thlrd and Chestnut streets.
Mrs. A. II. Addis, of 3839 North Broad
street, gavo a very pretty luncheon In the
east room of tho Ulttenhouso Hotel, Tueeilny
nfternoon, followed by a bridge party In
tho roso room, Mrs. Addls's guests In
cluded Mrs. Charles, Lukens, Mrs. Thomas
I.ukens, Mm. Samuel Alcott, Mr. James
Spencer, Miss M. Schledel, Mrs. Nelson
Sailer, .Mrs. John aondfellow, Mrs William
Slemmor. Mrs. II. H. House nnd Mrs. M.
C. Crnwford.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Evan II Kimble, of the
Ncnrlyn. have left for Chicago, to spend a
fortnight.
Tho Tlrst meeting of the Philadelphia
Alumnao Club of the SCeta Phi Eta Oratory
Sorority wns held at the home of Miss
Frances I.eedom Hess, 4612 Cedar avenue,
yesterday nfternoon Miss Olga Newton,
playing tho rolo of Love In the "Experi
ence company, wns guest of honor. Miss
Newton Is a member of the Alpha chapter
oi .oia i-iu i.ia at tiostan.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Thomas I Law ton, of 5520
Morris street, Cermantown, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss Ildythe
Lnwton. to Mr. Walter Hopkins Chapman,
also of Cermantown.
Tho Rev. Dr. Twamley. of the Protestant
Episcopal City Mission and of the Oalllee
Mission, gavo Tennyson's "Enoch Arden"
with Strauss'a wonderful musical setting
In the Auditorium, 3615 Chestnut street, last
evening. Miss Oladys M. Barrett, of Qryn
Mawr College and daughter of the Ilev
Dr, Augustus E. Harnett, of the Church of
Our Iledeemer, at Sixteenth and Oxford
streets, rendered the music. The affair was
purely a social one,
The Terpslchoreans wIl hold their De
cember dance In the Gold Boom of the
Adelphla on Saturday evening. The com
mlttee In charge Includes Mr. K. J. Blrn
brauer, Mr. G. II. Knayer, Mr. J. P. Mc
Collough and Mr. C. E, Wolflnger, ;
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bosher, of 858 Spruce
street, are being congratulated upon me
birth of a son last Saturday.' The baby is
to be named Samuel.
AS SHE SEEMED TO HIM
Coprrliht, Life PublWUM romnany
Mr. Henry PeckAb, Mr Cube-
daub, an (excellent portroiH You
have placed the very soul of nty
Wa uja Us caavas,
BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "Tho Vncnnt World")
Ily GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
COVIH0M1 1916, bu Frank A. Stuniry I'otnrnny
ttvmuKY of rBKcr.nixa srour.
Allnn Kltrn, n mtchanlenl rnalitrr. onit
Jilt ktenooraph'r, Ittntne KrtiJrtck, ntvnh
into n vncnnt world cifrr ar ttnit 1090
vtnr nf uncanctam. Rome orrat cii
tcinfroph cnno tntr tht world and lUilrovtii
all maiikbiil. 77ironoi tomt IrtaH Ihtit luo
irff ot'il ami llirw luil ISfmil l'i In
nilpin 0 llitlr H'w York M TAflr main
advtnturtt in Ihx aiiclfnl clly fom lo a
rllmar In a orrat tinlllf wild a horU o
btutl-ta.ao". 11 u'MeA lh luo tolr ur
i(ior 0 l iwmail race art vlclorlom.
Tint Ifaw tht ictne o IKrlr (Killlf. ana It
a rude canoe, padill lo a polll vn lft Iiiimj
of the Hvdeon Utvrr.
TIIK STOllV THUD KAR
fitprn anl llealrlcu, nrrlved at lh ol.l
man.lon ot Vn Anibura. lrt lo wofk In
tarneat. to mik . tfr hon Mb ';
purine tha wraka of W" ,. y
llva on tba tlah that Allan catchea with a
rul rod, and sania. . ,,.
able an.l all arrannicrta fr ihalr u'u;
Ufa p.rfaclt.1 n n'J,,5'5'W.r1,,Tntr.
ihalr old homa In the Jtatropolltaii i """J
Nn York, to tl a. aupuly of cannjd food,
auna. ammunition, loola. fur n,l.Jin,i
?antlala. Tlwyiri on th r way ""L'g
th. point wh.r. thflr canoa ij rnoorfd JJgan
th.y ora attarknl by ',l'cJf1?,' .tl'i? way
wolvra Uatrlca an.l Allan ht ljl!1wit
t.. th ahora but (In.l that aoma ono has eul
the thona that hflo their canoe ,
Altar 11 atr.nuuui nluht Hurn nianair.
to complete a raft upon which they return
to their villa In eafety
CIIArTKIl VIII (Continued)
STEIIN'S hunting, fishing nnd gnrdenlng
did not occupy his whole time. I.ver-y
lav he made It a rule to worlt nt eti.t an
hSur two. If possible, on th thirty-foot
ynwl' that had already begun to take sa Is
facTory shape on the timber ways which
now stood on the river bank.
all through July and part of August he
labored on h,,, boat, building It stanch
nd true! calking It thoroughly. I ing
J.nhir, atenulng a fir most, and making all
rdy forth? great migration which he
felt must Inevitably be forced upon them
by the nrrivni ' "'" "
He doubted very much. In view of tho
..mltroolo character of some of the foliage,
Xther even In January the temperature
Suld now below freezing; but In any
ivent he foresaw that there would be no
JruUs available, and he objected to a win
ter on flesh foods. In preparation for the
rn ho had built a little "smokehouse
near the beach, and here he smoked con
siderable quantities of meat-deer meat,
beef from a wild steer which he was so
?orrunate as to shoot during the third week
of their stay at the bungalow, and a good
score of hams from the wild pigs which
JooUd now and then among the beech
growth half a mile downstream.
Often the girl and he discussed this com
ing trip, of an evening, sitting together
by the river to watch the stars and moor,
?. -I-. ..,nni black wandering blotch
that now and then obsecured a portion of
fura on he broad platsa; or again. If the
night were cool or rainy. In front of their
b Ming flro of pine knots and driftwood,
which burned with gorgeous blues and
greens and crimsons In the vast throat of
Hope Lodge prepuce.
Other matters, too. they talked of
strange speculations. Impossible to solve,
yet filling them with vague uneaslnesa. with
wonder and a kind of mighty awe In face
of the vast, unknowable mysteries sur
rounding themt the forces and phenomena
which might, though friendly In their out
ward aspect, at any time precipitate catas
trophe, ruin and death upon them and ex
tinguish In their persons all hones of a
world reborn.
Tho haunting thought wa never very
far away t "Should either one of us be
killed what then?"
One day Stern voiced his fear,
"Beatrice," he said. "If anything should
ever happen to me, and you be left alone
in a world which, without me, would be.
come instantly hostile and Impossible, re
member that the roost aelentlflo way out
u a Kuet. That's my way If anything hap
linatVyottl Understand!''
'she nodded, and for a long time that
day the sllenoe of a grea pact weighed
upon tholr souls
CHAI'TEB IX
Planning tb Ore at Sllgratten
STEHN rigged a tripod for the powerful
field glasses ho bad rescued from the
Metropolitan Building, and by an ingenious
addition of a wooden tuba and another lena
carefully ground out of rock crystal, suc
ceeded In producing (on the right-hand bar
re! of the binoculars) a telescope of reasoa
ally high power. With this, of an evening.
ha often made lon- observations, after
which ho would spend hours figuring all
over many theeu of the birch bark, which
h. then carafuUy saved and bound up with
Isatfter strings for futurs reference
In Van' t o inoycjopdia he found a
filriy tartf cslMtkil m&$ Ad thorouyi
- J- - L4 -"-VCSi-5-' -
astronomical data. The results of his com
putntlnns wero of vital Interest to him.
H11 sold to Beatrice one evening:
"Do you know, that wandering black
patch In the sky moves In a regular orbit
of Its own? It's a solid body, dark, Irregular
In nutllnp. nnd certainly not over live hun
dred miles above tho surface of tho earth."
"Whnt can It be. dear?"
"I don't know yet. It puzzles mo tre
mendously. Now, If It would only nppear
In tho dnytlma once In n while, wo might
be able to get lomo Itifnrmntlon or knowl
edgo about It ; but. coming only at plght,
all It record" Itself ni is Junt n black, mov
ing thing. I'm working on the size of It
now. mnklng xotne careful studies. In a
uhllft I shall probably know Its nren nnd
mnSH nnd density. But what It Is I cannot
ray not yet."
They both pondered n while, nhrorbed In
wonder. At Inst tho engineer spoke ngaln.
"Betn," said he, "there's another curious
fact lo note. Tho axis of tho earth Itself
has shifted moro than six degrees, thirty
minutes!"
"It has? Well what about It?" Anil
she went on with her platting of reed cord
age. "Vou lon't seem much concerned about
It"
"I'm not. Not In tho least. It can shift
all It wants to. for nil of me. What hurt
does It do? Doesn't It run Just ns well
that wny?"
Stern looked nt her a moment, then
laughed.
"Oh, yes; It runs nil right." he answered.
"Only I thought tho announcement that
the polo stnr hnd thrown up Its Job might
startle you n bit. But I see It doesn't. So
far ns practical results go. It accounts for
the warmer climate nnd the decreased In
clination to tho plane of the ecliptic ; or,
rather, the decreased "
"Please, please, don't! she begged.
"Thero'a nothing really wrong, Is there?"
"Well, that depends on how you deflno
It Probably an astronomer might think
there was something very much wrong. I
make It that the orbit of tho earth has
altered Its rotative length nnd width by"
"No figures, Allan, there's a dear. Vou
know I'm awfully bad nt arithmetic. Tell
me whnt It means, won't you?"
"Well, It means, for ono thing, that we've
maybe spent a far longer time on this earth
el pea the cataclysm than wo even dare
suspect. It may l that what we'vo been
calculating as about a thousand years Is
twlco that, or even Ave times that no
telling. For another thing, I'm convinced
hy all these changes, and by tho diminution
of gravity and by tho accelerated rate ot
revolution of the earth "
"Allan dear, please hand me those scis
sors, won't you?"
Stern laughed again.
"Here," said he, "I guess I'm not much
good, as a lecturer. But I'll tell you one
thing I'm going to do, and that's a one
best bet. I'm going to have a try at some
really big telescope before a year's out,
and know the truth of this thing!"
"A big telescope! Build one, you mean?"
"Not necesvarlly. All I need Is a chance
to make some accurate observations, and
I can find out all I need to know. Even
though I have been out of college for
let's see "
"Fifteen hundred years, at a guess," she
suggested.
"Yea, all of that Even so, I remember
a good bit of astronomy. And I've got my
mind aet on peeking through a first-class
tube. If tho earth has broken In two, or
anything like that, and our part fs sky.
shooting away toward the unknown regions
of outer space beyond the great ring of
the Milky Way and la getting Into an un
chartered place In the universe us It seems
to be why, we ought to have a good look
at things. We ought to know what's what,
eh?
"Then there's th moon I want to In
vestlgate, too. No living man except my
self has ever seen the side that's now turned
toward th earth. No telling what a good
glass mightn't show."
"That's so, dear," she answered. "But
where can you find the sort of telescope
you need!"
"In Beaton In Cambridge, rather. The
Harvard observatory has the biggest one
within striking dlstanes. What do you say
to our making our trial trip In the boat,
up the Sound and around Cape Cod.j to
Boston? We can spend a week there, then
slant away for wherever we may decide to
pass the winter. How does that suit you.
She put away bar work, and for a mo
ment, eat looking In at the flames that
went (taping up th hug twulder chimney.
Tho room KkHU with warmth and light
that drov away th cherl3na of a
feggy, lata Ausut drluU.
"Bft, y ftaUy tWsk w'r Wis I0-5
to leave our home, with winter coming on?"
she nskrd at length, pensively, tho firelight
casting Its glow across her check and glint
ing In her eyes.
"AVIso? Yes. Wo can't stay here, that's
certain. And what Is there to fear out In
the world? With our firearms and our
knonlcdgn of flro Itaclf, our science and
our human intelligence, we'ro far moro than
a match for nil enemies, whether nf the
beast world or of that race of the Horde.
I hate, In a way. to revisit tho ruins of
New York for moro Ammunition nnd canned
Muffs. Tho plnco Is too ghnstly, too hideous
now, nfter tho big fight.
"Iloston will bo a clean ground for us.
with Infinite rrsnurcoa. And, ns I said
before, thore's tho Cambridge observatory.
It's only two or threo miles back In the
forest, from tho coast; nmybo not moro
than half n mile from some part nf tho
Charles Blver. Wo can sail up. camp on
Soldiers' Field nnd visit It easily. Why
not?"
Ho sat down on tho tiger rug tioforo tho
fire, near tho girl. She drew lily head down
Into her lap; then, when ho wns lying
comfortably, begnn playing with his thick
hair, ns he loved so well to havo her do.
"If you think It's nil right. Allnn," said
she, "we'll go. I want what you want"
'That's my good girl"' exclaimed tho
engineer.
few days
finished
steer and
"We'll be ready to start In n
now. Tho boat's next thing lo
With the breadfruit. smoked
buffalo meat, hams nnd canned
goods now on our shelves, wee certainly
got enough supplies to stock her for n two
months' trip.
Even with less we'd be safo In starting.
Vou see, tho world's lain untouched my
mankind for so many centuries that all the
blighting effect of mnn's folly and greed
nnd general piracy has nnlshed.
"Tho soil's got back to Its imturnl state,
animal llfo abounds, and no Imig ns I HUM
havo a good supply of cartridge.-!, wo can
live almost anywhere. Anthropoids? I
don't think there's much danger. Oh yes,
I remember tho line of blue smoke we
say yesterday over the hills to westward :
but what does that prove? Lightning may
havo started a fire there's no tolling. And
wo rnn't nlwnys stay hero, Betn, Just be
cause there may be dnngers out yonder 1"
Ho filing one nrm toward the vast night,
beyond the panes where tho mist nnd storm
wera beating cheerlessly
"No, we can't carnp down here Indefi
nitely. Now'a the time to start An I
say, wo've got all of sixty days' of down
right civilized food on hand for a good
cruise In tho Adventure. Tho chance of
finding other people somewhere Is too pre
cious not to make any risk worth while.
More than the girl, he realized tho prime
Importance of this possibility. Though he
nnd she loved each other very dearly,
though they were all In all to each other,
yet ha comprehended the loneliness she felt
rather than analyzed the Infinite need of
man for man, of woman for woman tho
old social, group-Instinct of the race be
ginning to reassert Itself even In their Eden.
During tho last week or so Stern had
more than once caught himself listening for
some other sound of human life and activ
ity. Once he had found the girl standing
on a wooded point amoqg the pines, shad
ing her eyes with her hand and watching
downstream with an attitude of hope which
spoke more tl&ently than worda. He bad
stolen quietly away, saying nothing, careful
not to break her mood. For he had under
stood It; It had been his very own.
The mood expressed Itself, at times. In
long talks together of the seeming dream
ag when there had been so many millions
of men and women In the world, Beatrice
and Stern found themselves dwelling with a
peculiar pleasure on memories and descrip
tions of throngs.
They would read the population statistics
In Van's cyclopedia, ana wonder greatly at
them, for now these figures seemed the
unreal chimera of wild Imaginings.
They would talk of tna crowded streets,
the "L" crushes and the jams at the
Bridge entrance ; of packed cars and trains
and overflowing theatres; of great con
courses they had seen; of every kind and
condition of affairs where thousands of
their kind had once rubbed elbows, all
strangers to each other, yet all one vast
kin and family ready in case of need to suo
cor one another, to us the collective Intelli
gence for the benefit of each.
Sometimes they indulged In fanciful com
parisons, trying to mKe their present
state seem wholly blest
"This Is a pretty fine way to live, after
all," Stern said one day. "even If It Is a
bit lonesome at times. Tnere'a no getting
up )n th morning and rushing to an otttce.
It's a perpetual vacation I There at no
appointments to keep, no angry clients kick
In: became I can't make water run. up hill
or make cat Iron do th work of tool stwl.
No saloons or free lunches, no subways to
stifle th breath out of us, no bills to pay
and no bill collectors tw oodge; no laws
except the laws of nature, and such as we
make ourselves; no bores and no bad shows;
no polities-, no yellow Journals, no
styles "
"Ob, dear, how I'd like to a mliUuer's '
window asaiu !" cried Beatrice, rudely sfcat
tcrlna bis ttua.ipuo. Uisua vt eptluikw.
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'Theso skin clothes, nil tho time, and no
hats, nnd no chiffons nnd no no nothing
nt all 1 Oh, I never half npprcclntod things
till they wero nil token wny!"
Stern, feeling that ho had tnpped tho
wrong vein, discreetly wlttidrow; and the
sound of hln cntdklttg hammer from the
bench told that ho wns expending a certain
Irritation 011 the hull of tho Advonturo.
Together they planned tho Inst details ot
tho trip.
"Is tho Fall coming along nil right, Betn?"
asked Stern, the night when they decided
to visit Cambridge. "You expect to havo It
done In n day or two 7"
"I cut flnUli It tomorrow. It's nil woven
now. Junt nn soon an 1 finish binding ono
edgo with leather ritrlps It'll bo roady for"
you."
"All right ; then wo can get a good, enrly
start on Monday morning. Now for tho de
talk ot tho freight."
They worked out everything to Its last
minutiae. Nothing wns forgotten, from nm
munltlon to tho soap which Stern had mada
out of mooso fat and wood ashes and had
pressed Into cakes; from fishing tncklo und
canned goods to tooth brushes mada of stiff
vegetable fibers set In bono ; from provi
sions oven lo u plentiful supply of birch
bark leaves for taking notes.
"Monday morning we'ro off," Stern con
cluded, "nnd It will bo tho grandest lark
two people over hnd stneo time began ! Built
nnd stocked ns tho Adventuro Is. she's safo
enough for anything from hero to Europe.
"Noma the place you want lo seo and It's
yours Florida? Bermuda? Mediterranean?
With the compass I've mado and adjusted
to the new magnetic variations, nnd with
tho tmips out of Van's set of books, I reckon
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"But you never succeeded In reaching
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tan, Allan."
"Never mind they weren't In a condition
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"Oh. If they're only not nil Ilka New
York !"
'That rcmntna to be seen. Thero'a all
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the wholo wide world la ours I We're so
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aver lived, you nnd I. The 'plutes' In th
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"Not If there's anybody else alive, dear,"
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