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R0ST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
fee Ball Will Be Given Tonight in Bellevue-
Uratiorci I01 1iiaB
ters 01 social
irttrt we must tear ourselves Away
tooltenu tpo ohm "" - - e.u iiieirn will Rive ttl tlio
L..fr,i In honor of their charmtnu daughter, Anne Walker Molra. The,
. - nt the only ones who aro
timber of dinners nro to bo given
STt don't you IhtnM
I others. Dr. nnd Mrs. Alex
lUndall wilt Btvo a dlnnar
..wtna Putnam nt tlielr
la Harrison How, and Mr.
,.. nn Hush will also en-
for Charlotte nnd her
poking nance, ju -
.04 too, mo "' "-
lcb) will enieriuin . -
toae debut t"e' "ru ""'
i this y',r ur ftn" a"
rtrtnton will Blvo a. dinner
frtlr daughter Elizabeth nt
UtxCarlton, nnu in ""'
tt Ualtmr do Mares will
pertain. So you sco tho
jtlw so on " nml I,,no""
. mt.A mlt nf.tmrn
'Sirt oay. ""
3, tonight will Includo Mr
Sjvjj,,. j, . MoKee, of Now
Sri ., iitp. nnd Mrs. Edson
trs. e r!hliietnn and New
n&y ..:..: t....... ..:..i
fie The niuo ucuuuiuiu Mm
ST, frock of white brocaded j
EgS and allvor veiled in uino
Jtf4W" " "--
Km doth gown of raro beauty.
Sit 1(49 guests will attend.
ANT, however, paused n. lone
VhHe yesterday, nnd nt tho
a-Amerlcn. Hnznar espe
thero was much sadness,
a camper wua e.-eec uvci-
'Rrjtlung Trhn tho nows enmo
Hit Oeorfo liorwux nnu uicu in
HTtaornlng. Ho nnd his wife
r promlnont In every move
yintfor good, and Indeed In this
C bazaar Mrs Horwltz has
tSTLZ
tJw'eno of tho most promlnont
Stti In tho work. George
WLl( vita nn mrnentlnnntlv
1PMM " ' -i J
fStht man. Just Imnglno, ho en
Kb eollego when only fourteen
tSji of ago and had been Promi
na? In lair and business circles
jRfllnCe, ho was ndmlttcd to tho bnr In
!jt& Mrs, Horwltz wns Marian Novvhall,
fEltr of Tom and Dan Ncwlmll, nnd
aifjgarte related to alt tho members of
"Krisy largo clan,
KJUt with docp regret that wo noto tho
tints Df this man. who was ercatlv
II LSI? " lonowmon unci wno nuvcr
VtSti to glvo a helping hand and cheer
ijlSEjrofd to any who needed It.
ffrEAKCES STAIIU Is certainly a most
JjjSpolar llttlo actress with membors
(STttt toclal world Slio Is being enter-
ttaud til the tlmo durlns her stay here.
i the Cuahman Club nnd l'lay.s nnd
yVrers gave teas for her, nnd on Tucs
Btfiiia took part in soiling at one of tho
Rftll la tho Mado-ln-Amerlca Bazaar,
twlfftdncsday night wont to tho cos-
Mil In the frock she woro In "The-
Girl in Btuo"; and to say Mho was
i xjii Biicr uihi council uy an 01 our
61 Jf&ut would bo very mild, sho is so
jjjk nu preny xno jtomsicr aiur
jjgs,'Of Chestnut Hill, cntortalncd nt
jgpwst tho Bellcvuo Strntford after tho
Pi last night In hoi
COURSE, It's frii
in st nigut in Honor of Miss Starr.
ArCOUnSB, It's frightfully exciting,
LMtThen VOU nrA 1nst nnirntrpfl fn thln it
w New York (of course, properly
roned) with jour ilnnco nnd havo
UPMl old fling nt tho theatres nnd cafes
w py city, it you naa done it ueroro
Kffln encased It wnnlil linvn tuimi
IgJJnt, but having oecured a perfectly
w mior, ira an rlgtit to go onco in n
$W Hhlle. However, ono Hhould keen
olgnlty, and when a sudden show or
Emms up Just as ono Is making tor the
fltnwre for tea ono should bo cnrcful
a illp on the wet pavement, It's bo
tlo and It's Drettv hard on the
fee, who is apt to got well soaked in
irocesg of lifting flancco from tho
ftnd under tho shelter of tho wel.
gs""'"to. i wonuor 10 wnom nils
Jfijart of accident happened lately? Tho
T MM tnM T,. ..,. . . .. .i...
S U getting busy again, for ono Ir-
SSMW person wroto In tho othor day
M. Vd me, "What's tho matter with
g w Dim; has It got tho plp7"
NANCY- WYNNR.
Personals
aitd Mr. M Allan ninaliinn nn.
i the enffarpininf nt thi Hniit,iia,-
t CtkrUtlnA IfnrA Ktnnl.... . r trn
TM5J?p,klM,on of Mrs. Johns Hopkins,
J? Walnut street
!t. Commttteft In rhn. n ,1.B rn
aatint. hth m i.. .., .
LJra0R of tho aermtntown Cricket
!vu Mr,, j u uauar de Mare,
vZ.x. vJr.n Jr.. Mrs, Churchll
wUL Mrs. Arthtn.. nnni.. , -...
it,.i,T :." " uiiyiu, sura, .U'
n!t 5M?' AUred s- Wills. Mrs.
,rlDron Mrs. George Cameron,
i UUTIts A. Martin anil Mr rmirlra
tf' I. of Telham road, Oer.
Will fflva Bn Infnrmql aa iav
in honor Of Mils Mnrlo.Tnlaii
a, Who Will return from nrlinnl
LSH.th cl'rUtmas holidays with
ot Ionian, street
VCddlniF nt urtca vii i. ,..
aUr of Mr. Willl.m vi.. it..
J Bprlng and Whltewood 'avenues.
'.. ., "r "61 "obart Ellis, of
:'... t' wUl ,aks Plo quietly at
1 toe bride on Saturday, January
I Will ba nrjin a . ..,
JkL. ?.J.r nl Mrs. mils will make
s .t "angeiey. Me.
Urm llnr Bhret and their
MlU nr.nM. TM...I -j i-.i-
t iSCYf pllrlc' w"1 olM their
. m!.,!r .u "Pr -Partment.
wiuo rer tno winter months.
ffiLiSSfe: "??- '"A-
'Atfwito City, where they hava been
-" uniB. air. Sutton is re-
rapidly after hi r-nl onarl.
' ppendleitls.
Mrs. Unhurt nri. l.... .t,.
nw whlch "U"" wtU oooupy
y- rs, Meljr. -was Mlsa Mar-
" Houstoa befpr htr taarrUgo.
V Melga Imve bea Uvmr In
;.w4J
" meus ucner mat
importance
from the Mndo-ln-Anmlca doings oneo
looklnjr forward with olenauro to tho hall.
beforehand, and that always helps In th
,rHH
LIH .'J f AiiISH
INK tjMTBfe ...tO'VtW WVBM
- . .-SkiwfSai?-
Ensrast2SK5feyi v:-fa.v
1'llOto b J Mltrhdl KIMul
MRS. JOSfiPH PKEDERICK COTTERELL
Mrs. Cotteroll beforo her marriage nt
Norriatown last week wns Miss Adelaide
Louteo Urooko Chnin, dnuirhtor of Mr.
nnd Mrs. B. Percy Chnin. Tho wedding,
which wns n military one, wns ono of tho
fnslilonablo events of tho winter there.
Lieutcnnnt Cottcrell is attached to tho
United Stnte3 Coast Artillery.
tho guests of Mrs Udnnrd M
liist I'onn Btreot, Uermuntown
D&vld, of
Mrs IMnard I3aI, of Wane aenuo and
Ilorttor atrect. Ucrmantown, will entertain
at dinner on Friday of next weok In honor
of her daughter, Mrs Charles Him ley. of
Urookllne, Mass. who wilt spend the Christ
inas holidays with hor. Itrs Ituwlny was
Miss Katharlno Davis boforo her marriage
Friends of Dr Walter Wood, of this city,
nlll bo glad to hear liu In recoerlng from
his recent automobile accident
Mr. nnd Mrs Iiwls Ilrimmer. Jr. of 218
Summit menuo, Jcnklntown, jlll entertain
at their home nt supper after tho annual
show, entitled "Sylla." Bleu In the- Jen
klntown Auditorium this evening by the
members of tho 1'nlnt and Powder Club
Dr. nnd Mrs W Hounrd Wilson, of Ho
lyu, havo had Mrs Charles L, Oglo uud her
small daughter, Mls Jnno Ogle, of Logan,
as their guests for sonio tlmo Mrs A C
Wilson Is now spending a few days oh tho
guest of her sou uud dnughter-lii-law, Dr
and Mrs Wilson
Mrs Joseph Bromley, of Wlssahlckon nnd
Chtlten nemie, (icrinniitown, has gouo to
Atlantki City for u fortnight.
Mrs Walter M. J a Ituo and lllsn Mar
garet iji Huo, of l'elhnm road, tiermantown,
havo gono to Yuma Farms, Napnnoch, N
Y, for several dayj.
Miss ITnilly Hall, or Musgravn ntreet.
Germuntoun, will entertain at cards on
Friday, December 29
Miss Helen ltehmnnn, of 215 Hast Gorges
lane, Ocnnantowii, will entertain at bridge
on Frldny, December 29
Mr. and Mrs I'nut Van Reed Miller, of
3102 West l'eim street, Oirmantonn, will
give a tea on Sunday afternoon In honor
of Count Axel Itoaul Wnehtmelstcr, of
Sweden, who will be their guest over the
week-end
Captain Arthur D, 0senB and Mrs Owens,
of 23 H South Tvventy-tlrst street, will have
MNs GladyB Woods Itubey, of I.os A'ngeles
Cal , as their guest for the Christmas lioll
dajs, Miss Itubey Is the daughter of an
old friend of Mrs. Owens and Is attending
school at Ounston Hall, Washington, D. C
Friends of Mrs Leonard Ackley, of Bar
rovvtdale, Itydal, will bo glad to hiar that
she has returned from the Ablugton Hos
pital she Is recuperating rapidly from her
recent accident.
Mr. Charles Wellington Furlong will give
an Interesting Illustrated lecture at the Uni
versity Museum tomorrow afternoon at
3:30 o'clock. Mr. Furlong's travels have
brought him into close relations with the
different aspects of life In South America.
Miss Frances Bay, of 442 West School
House lane, Gernuntovvn. will give an In
formal dance on Thursday. December 28,
at her home.
Mr. and Mrs, Hdvvard II Trotter and Mr.
IMwurd II Trotter. Jr, who have been
passing tho summer In Devon, have re
turned to Philadelphia.
Among others who have closed their
homes In Devon are Mr. and Mrs, George
Wharton Fepper and Dr. and Mrs, Charles
B. Penrose,
Mr. and Mrs, Marshall H. Smith, of
Wayne, are spending a short time at th
Traymore, Atlantic City
The Men's Club, of Wyncote, announces
that owing to New Year's Day falling on
the first Monday In January its regular
meeting night has been changed to the fol
lowing week, Monday, January 8, at 8-15
o'clock, Mr. (Michael DorUas will be the
speaker of tbo evening, when he will glye
an Illustrated talk on Persia. The pictures
wero taken by himself during ome of Ids
many travels and are unusually interesting.
Captain Lindsay Coates Htrknus, Mrs,
Herkness and their small son. Master Lind
say Coatea Herkness, Jr., who have been
spending some time at their horn at
Meadowbrook, Pa., will leave on Thursday
for PlalnBeld, N. X. where they have taken
a house for the winter months.
Tho Varsity Club, of. Cheltenham High
School, will give a danca on Friday venlng,
December St, In the Gold Room of tho
Adelphla Hotel
Mr and Mrs. Henry K Walt, of Bent
rody Wyncote. will close their country
p?ace and Ilea, this week for New- Smyrna.
Fix. hero they wilt spend the winter.
Mlsa Helen Kelfer. of US ft
mil li chairman of a committee WiU
iSnVini for a largo bnaai to be held on
Jant t tbVoerman Society. Mar
hSTnd s Spring Garden street for the
fflt oTtt aeSnan Bed Cros
r ti,m t nasjuMr. ef
jn,m. p -"- l 1m
mt
Oak Lane, an
.rr- r-PiRPai
rMgsW. swjbb.
I.. ' . ' ' ' """- ' . ' "V
SANTA CLAWS GIRL MAS
30,000 CHILDREN'S GIFTS
Olive Mny Wilson Hnmmer Re
ceives Donations From
President's Wife
A phetetrsph lllntrtlo lliU ttlel up.
pesr n the pictorial pc.
The Santa Clous dirt Is again at work.
Her home at MSI Mortis street la now
chock full of toys and things nnd she la
eipeetlng so many more that she won't
know where to put them They were galh
ered from nit over the United States and
came from tho high and the lowly Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson and Charlie Chaplin, the
flop-footer ncroM the movie screens, An
nette Kellermann, the diver nnd swimmer,
and John Philip Gouts, the march king
nil are numbered among the nmio who
have contributed lfti and money to th
Santa Claus tllrl to be distributed by her
through the malls at Christmas to thous
ands of latin tioys nnd girls whom Santa
Claus himself may forget
The Santa Claus Girl, who thts Christmas
Is Mrs. Olive May Wilson Hammer for she
was married last Hnster to Illrchall Ham
mer expects, tho work this time to be the
most successful and the hnpplcst she has
accomplished since she first becamn the
Santa Claus Girl at Chrlattnon In 1911,
Thnt first ChrlKtmns sho gathered MOO
gifts nnd dlatrltmtrd them; In 19U the
number of glfta reached 17 500 : last Christ-
mail sho distributed 35,200 Sho expects to
glvo morti than fiO.000 Christmas presents
this year
All tho gifts will be distributed through
the mail except a few gifts that will be
given n way at her homo Chrlstmns Day.
when sho will have n Christmas tree for
children In tho lclult Hhe believes that
children appreciate thetr glfis morn when
they nro received through the mall In
fact, her Inspiration to htcomo tho Ssnta
Claus Girl I'uinu with the discovery thnt
children like to receive things with their
nt tni and addresses and stamps on them.
She was In tho Postofllce to mall some
nlentlnes to friends In 1911 when she
found a little urchin waiting there for a
valuntlne He wait very disappointed thnt
nono was handed out to him from the win
dow nnd Mrs Hnmmer then Ollvo May
Wilson offered him uno of Iters
"No." lio said, putting his hands behind
him, "I want n regular valentine, with it
stamp on It "
That wns the Santa Claus Girl's Idea
So this j car hn has named the buslneea
'Tho Santa Claus Mall." Mrs Hammer Is
tho treasurer nnd slin li.is ns her ndvlsorv
committee A .1 Drexel Illddle. John W.
Convorso and Percy C Mndetra They are
tu help her spread "tho real Christmas
spirit"
The names nnd addresses of children
who but for the "Santa Claus Mall" would
bo forgotten Christmas have been obtained
by experienced social workers A long list
Ih now In tho hands of the committee
Tho work has been helped nlong by prom
lnont men nnd women all over the United
States. Letters Indorsing It and ottering as
sistance havo been received b) tho Santa
Claus Girl from Governor Martin O llnim
baugh. Vice President Thomas It Marshall,
William Jennings I!ran, Champ Clurk, Ad
miral Gcorgo Pewoy. Senator Oscsr W. Un
derwood nnd Theodoro Roosevelt In pre
vious years the Intn James Whltcomb Riley,
tho Hooslcr children's poet, took much In
terest In tho work
Among lh gifts this Chrlstmns that the
children will reculve through the Santa
Claus Mall will bo "something" from their
"movie" hero Charllo Chaplin. Mrs Ham
mer received thla letter from him tho other
day:
"Dear Mrs Hnmmor-rl beg to ac
knowledge with many thanks the receipt of
your letter, nnd have ordered to bo shipped
to you from Niw York something that I
am sure will meet with your pleasure ns
gifts Wishing tho Santu Claus Mull all
kinds of success, I mil, ver sincerely yours
"CHARLES CHAPLIN '
Other such letters accompanying gifts,
wero received from "movie" actors,
jctresses nnd producers Thomas II Ince,
the producer sent his personal chock; An-
LIFE'S GREATEST MOMENTS
Coprrltht. IJfe rubtlihlnr Cornpsnr
The first dollar ho ovor earned.
nette Kellermann sent a doll, Mrs Sidney
Drew sent a doll, the likeness of herself;
Mrs Otis Skinner sent a doll, from Dlllle
llurke two baby dolls wero received. Theda
Uara sent a sailor girl doll , Pauline Fred
erick sent a schoolgirl doll; Lillian Glsh
Kavo a Japanese doll, and Ruth Chatterton
and I4urette Taylor each sent a French
dolt; two old-fashioned dolls were received
from Ina Claire, and Douglas Fairbanks
gave three French dolls j Henry Walthall
sent a check, and a long list of others do
nated gifts and money.
Among the most prised gifts received by
Mrs Hammer is a hand-embroidered hand
kerchief from Mrs Woodrow Wilson It
will be sold at auction to add to the funds
for the Santa Cau Mall Mrs. Martin
Rrumbaugh dressed two dolls and sent
them and they will be sold at auction. John
Philip JSousa gave a Red Cross nurse doll
There nro now 10,000 gifts of almost every
kind stored In Mrs. Hammer's home, night
een girls have volunteered to wrap them
and get them In the malls December 20.
Mr. Hammer, with whom the Santa Claus
OlrJ became acquainted when he volun
teered his help In wrspplng Christmas pack
ages In 1911, and to whom sho was mar
ried Easter Sunday, Is an enthusiast this
year directing the work.
An army of Penn State College students
Is out collecting money to pay the postage
of the gifts. Contributions of food and
tlothlng from manufacturers and dealers
are also being collected Churches, Sunday
schools, business houses and various socie
ties are helping In tho contributions, and
It looks like a big Christmas for the Santa
Claus Olrl.
Aged Past Master at Lodge Election
LANCASTER, Pa-. o. 15. Among
those who auenueu uuui tuuuit u
officers of Lodge No. 41, Free and Accepted
tt..n, was Past Master William O, Mar
shall, who has the distinction of having
attended fifty-two consecutive annual elec-
the UoUed Btatea haa such a record.
What's Doing Tonight
Bute drswrtrs, Acaduay of Mvule.
lUjfe-tn-Aiatrlc. ISaxaar Ilertleultur! Htl,
Aare Club. Eellens-StraUwd.
g S.-H.'irwtoc Hgsarssiss
Mfmt,i''
'' " " ' ' I1.-M.IP1.....1. I- .1
OUTRAGEOUS
I'optfltht late l'ubllstilnc Oonusnr Heiirlnird Y special srrsntnnehi
"Sny, fnthcr, li thli tho wny to treut n future Trcsldcnt of tho
United Stntcs?"
BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "The Vncnnt World")
lly (SKOUC.K ALLAN ENGLAND
LopwiaM, l)ia. by 'rush .I. Jtunry Cemponv
TUB BTOltr THUS KAtl
AtUn 8trn nt llestrtc" Kmarlc ar
riteil al ih cM msnilon of n Amburr,
stsrt lo vtork In esrnut to mH the horns
haMtsblf, Uiirln lb wtess of "stttllns;
down" thsr IU nn tho nth thsl AlUn
estehss with ruds rod, snJ rams. A
Whtu thslr nw born Is rnsits romforl
sbls and mil arrsnstmsnts for thftr (uturs
llfs irfrct.t Hirrn h.l lirslrlro rtturn tu
thflr nil hotiiB In tti Muroixilllsn rowsr,
Nsw YurV.. to tl suwlr "f cnn.l fil
suns, sminunltlorv tools fur ana iiihsr
tntlals llisr r on thoir wsy usrta tu
ths point wtit-rs thur sno Is moorftt wntii
thr nre allsrka by a pack of fsmlshr,!
wolffs lisatrlr and Allan Pslu Itirlr wy
to tho stiors, but (1ml tht Mini uno hss cut
ths tlionr thsl hrlj th-lr canoo
Aftsr strenuous ntht Strn mannsss
to lomrlsto a rsfl tiiwn which thsy isturii
to their villa In safstr the worlds lono
msn spomls k krrst Jst nf tils time tir
thsl In llw ronstrurtlon f n worthy ss
solns' rrsft fur ht plsns to viptorrt Ills
world In gutst of rlvllliatlon
CII.VfTf.lt l (I'onlliiiird)
mllATS so Well. I'll bo glad to shite
lit with "em. for the sake of a hiuul
ahako and u 'howdy,' nnd u chniu'e to start
thlnas going ngniii Do hii know I riillifr
count on finding a fow satti-rid remnants
of folk In Umdon or Paris or llcrlln''
"Just the same ns tn our day. u hundful
of ragcrd shtpherds drm ended from the
Mesopotamlau peoples extlntl save for
Ihern wero tending their Ik-i nt Jiun
yunjlk, on those llahlyonlnii ruins where
tmcu a might) metropolis stood uud where
6,000,000 people lived nnd tuovud, traf
ficked, loved hated fought coliiniered. died
so now today perhaps, we May run
ucross a hundful of white savages trouoh
Inn In caves or rude huts aiming the debris
of the Placo do l'Opera or filter den Linden
or "
"And civillie thrm. Allen' And bring
them bnck and start n colony nnd riul.e
tho world ngnlM" oh Allin do oil think
we could-"' she exclulmcd, her ies spar
kling with i-TTltement
"My plans I mimic nutlilug less." ho an
swered "It's mighty well worth trlng
for. lit nti5 rate Monday morning wm
stnrt. then, little girl "
Sunday. If ou say so '
"Impatient, now t" he laughed "No Mon
day will bo time enough l.ots of things
et to put In shape before we leave And
wo'll have to trust our pmlous crops to
luck, nt that Here s hoping the winter
will bring nothing worse than rnln Them's
no help for It. whatever happens The
larger venture tails us"
They sat thoro dlsiusaliig iimny. maii
other factors of the case for h lung time
The flro hurned low. fell together mid
dwindled to slowing embers on the hearth
In the red gloom Allan felt her vague,
worm, beautiful presence Strong was nhe;
vigorous, rosy as an Atnason with the
spirit and the beauty of the great outdoors,
the life lived us n part of nature h own
solf He realized that never hud it woman
llvrd like her.
Dimly he suw her face, so sweet, so
k-entle In ItH wistful strength, shadowed
with tho hope and dreams of a whole race
the type, the Hymbol, of the eternal moth
erhood !
And from his hnlr he drew her. hand
down to his mouth and kissed It: nnd with
a thrill of sudden tenderiuss blent with
passion he knew all that she meant to
Jilm this iierfect woman, his love, who
some time soon was now to b his bride
s
rilWTIlK
Toward Hie (Jreut tstarsct
PI.UAHANT nnd warm shone the sun that
Monday morning, the M of Septem
ber, warm through the greenery of onk
knd pine nnd ftm tree Clolden It Iny upon
tllo brakes nnd mosses by tho river bank;
silver upon tho sands
Save for the chlpperlng of the busy squlr
rels a hush brooded over nature The
birds were silent A far blue has veiled
the distant 'reaches of the stream Over
the world a vague, premonitory something
had fallen. It was summer still, but the
llrat touch of dissolution of decay, had
laid the shadow or a pall upon It
And the two lovers felt their hearts glad
den at thought of the long migration out
Into ths unknown, the migration that might
lead them to southern shores and to per
petual plenty, perhaps to the great boon
of contact onco again wlih humankind
From room to room they went, making all
tight and fast for the long absence, taking
farewell of all the treasures that during
their long weeks of occupancy had accu
mulated there ubout them
Though Stern was no sentlmentnllst, yet
lie too felt the tears well In his eyes, oven
a.'UeU did. whan they locked the door and
"owly went down the broad steps to the
walk he had cleared, to the river.
"dood-by." said the girl simply, and
kissed her hand to the bungalow. Then he
dw his arm about her and together they
0SL on Sown the path. Very sweet the
thlckeU of bright blossoms were: very
warm and safe the little garden looked, cut
olt there from the forest that stood guard
about it on all sides.
They lingered one last moment by the
sun-dial he had carved on a flat boulder.
Jet In ft little grassy lawn. The shadow of
the gnomon fell athwart the IX and
touched the Inscription he had graved
about the edge:
I MARK NO HOURS HUT DRIOIIT ONB8
Beatrice pondered.
"We've never had any other kind, to
gethernot one." said she, looking up
quickly at tho man as though with a new
sort of self-realltatlon. "Do you know that,
dearT In all this time, never one hour,
never one single moment of unhapplness
or disagreement. Never a harsh word, an
unkind look or thought 'No hour but
bright ones!" "Why. Allan, that's tho motto
of our lives I" . , ,
"Yn. of our lives," he repeated gravely.
"Our Uvea, forever, as long as wo live. But
come, corns time's slipping on. See, tho
shadow's moving ahead already. Come, say
good-by to overythlng, dear, until next
spring. Now let's ba off and away I"
They went aboard the yawl, whloh, fully
laden, now ayk at a llttlo stone wharf by
the edge of the aweet wild wood. Its mast
overhung by arching branches of a gotbls
sun
Allan cast off ths painter of braided
leather, and with his boatheok poshed
away He poled out into the current, then
raised ttui sail of woven rushes Uk tfeat
- .. rmfz Ti.
-5
'( rmrmaMm' w
rwty&f
1 li , , - W. ,,.,
hauled It tight. A pleasant ripple began to
murmur nt tho stern ns tho awl gathered
speed.
"Ilostuu snd way stations 1" cried he. Rut
through his Jest a certain stdness seemed
to vibrate As tho wooded point swallowed
up their bungalow nnd blotted out all sight
of their gnnlen In the wilderness, then ns
the little wharf vanished, nnd nothing now
r mnlned but memories, he. too. felt the
solemnity of a lenvc-tnklug which might
well bo eternil
llentrlce pressed n spray of goldenrod
to her lips
"Prom our enrdrn " said she
"I'm
gultur to keep It, win rev er we B '
"I understand," he answered "Hut this
Is no tlmn now for retiospeillon llver
thing's suiililne. life, hope wo'vo got a
world to win!"
Then ns the nwl heeled to tb breese and
foamed away down strcnm with a speed and
easo that bore witness to the lorrcotnoss
of her Hues he struck up a Hotig unit Ilea
trice Joined In, nnd so their sadness van
ished nnd a great, strong, contldent Joy
thrilled both of them nt pruspiU of vvli.tt
was rl to tie
lly mld-nfternoon the) hid snfelr imvl
giited Harlem lllver and thu upper readies
of i:ast River, nnd wero well UP toward
Wlllett'M Point, with lamg Island Sound
opening out bfor them urondl)
Of the towns and villages, the i states
and mugnllkent pahires thnt once hnd
udurned the shores of llo Sound, no trace
remained Nutlilug was vtslblo but un
broken lines of tall, blur forest III the die
tiinre, the Sound nppeiired to have grown
far wider, uud what sieiued Ilk a strong
current sit eastward In u nuinnei certainly
not product d by the tide, nil of which pus
sled Stern us he held the little )nwl to
her (ourse solo nlona In that vust blue
where onco uncounted thousiiids of keels
vexed tho brine
Nightfall found them ivtirenst the ruins
of Stamford, still holding n fulr course
ubout flvo or six miles off shore
Save for tho guls nnd ono or two quIU;
sctirr)lng flights of Mother ire'H chick
ens (now larger and swifter thin In the old
do)s) and n single "V" of noisy geese, no
life hnd appeared nil that afternoon Stern
wondered at this A Mud of desolutlon
seemed to llu ovtr tho region
"Ten tlmis moro living things In our
vicinity back home on the Hudson," ho ro
marked to lleatrUv, who now lay 'midships,
under tho shelter of tbo cabin, warmly
wrapped In furs ugalnst tho keen cutting
of tho nlgllt wind "It seems us though
something hnd happened uround here,
doesn't If I should Ime thought the
Sound would bo alive with birds nnd flsh
What i an tho matter ba?"
She had no hypothesis, nnd though they
talked It nvir, they rtn.rsnl no conclusion
lly 8 o'clock she fell nsltep In her warm
nest nnd Stem snored on iiluuo, by the
stars, under promise to put Into wluro Nw
Unveil onco had stood, unit thero himself
got soma much-needid sleep
Swlfty tho javvl split tho waters of the
Sound, for though her sail wns crude, her
body wns us tine nnd upeedy ns his long
experience with bouts could nuike It Some
thing of the vast mystery of night and sea
petittrnted Ills soul ns ho held tho boot on
her wuy
The nlKht was moonless: only the great
unlroubltd stars wondered down lit this
daring viiiluro Into the unknown
Stern hummed it tune to keep his spirits
up Running easily over thu monotonous
dark swells with n fair rollowlng breeze,
he pnssod nn hour or two Ha sat down
braced the tiller, nnd resigned himself to
contemplation of the injeterles thut hod
been and that still must Ik- And very
nweet to him was the sense of protection, of
guardianship, wherein lie hild the slieplng
Klrl In th shelter of the little cabin
He must have doxed, sitting thero In
active and alone How long? llu could not
telL All that he knew was. suddenly,
that he had wukened to full lunsUnusness,
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arid lhat n aerisn of tmeaslrww, of fear, of
peril, hdng about him.
tTp h started. With an txttarnallon which
he suppressed, Just In time to avoid e.w.K
enlng Beatrice Through all, over nil.
vast dull roar was making Itself heard
iv sound ns though of mighty waters rush
ing, leaping, echoing to the sky that droned
the echo back again.
Whence came If Svern could not tell
from nowhere, from everywhere, the hum
and vibrant blur of lhat tremendous sound
seemed universal
' My Ood, whit's that?" Allan exclaimed,
peering ahead with eyes widened by a
sudden stabbing fear. "I've got llentrlce
aboard, here! I can't let anything happen
to her'"
Tho gibbous moon, red and sullen, was
Just beginning to thrust Its strangely mot
tled fsco nbovn the uneasy moving pin In
of water Par off to southward a dim
headland showed: even ns VUern looked It
drifted backward and away
Suddenly be got a terrifying sense of
speed Tho headlind must hsvo lain llvn
miles to south of him: )et In a few mo
ments, even as he watched. It had gono Into
tho nguo obliteration of a vastly greater
distance
"What's happening?" thought Stern. The
wind hod died I It seemed as though the
waters were moving with the wind, ns fast
as the vrlnd: the vnwl wns keeping ps.co
with It. even ns a floating balloon drifts
In n storm, unfeeling It.
Doep dull, booming, ominous, the roiir
continued Tho sail flapped Idle on the
must Stern could distinguish iv long line
of foam that slid away psst tho boat, ns
only fonm slides on n swift current
He peered. In tho gloom, to port: mid
nil nt onco far on tho horlion saw n
thing that stopped his henrt n moment,
then thrnshrd It Into furious nctlvlty
Off thero In a direction bo Judged ns nl
most duo northeast, n tenuous, rising veil
of vapor blutted out tho lessor stars nnd
dimmed tho brighter ones
liven In thnt Imperfect light he could see
something of tho stnuuus drift of that
strnngo cloud
Qulcklv he lashed tho tiller, crept for
ward mid climbed tho mnst, his night
glasses slung over his shoulder
Holding by ono hand, ho tried to con
centrate .his vision through tho glasses,
but they failed to show him even as much
as the naked ejo could discern
The sight was paralyzing In Its omen of
destruction Only too well Stern lentlxed
tho meaning of the swift, strong current,
tho roar now cvtr Increasing, over deep
ruing In volume tho high nnd shifting
vapor .ll that climbed toward tho dim
xrnlth
".Merciful heaven1' gulped ho "There's
u cataract over there n terrible chasm
a plunge to w lint 7 And we'ro drifting
toward It nt exprcsn-trulii speed'"
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The I'lunse
DAZCI) though Stern was nt his first
rrslUatloti of the Impending horror. et
through his fmir for Ueatrko. still uslcrp
among her furs, utruggled n vast wonder nt
tho meaning, tho possibility of mith u phe
nomenon How could n current llko thnt rush up
nloiuc tho Sound" How could thero bn n
LituruLt, duelling down tho waters of tho
sea ituelf whither could It fall? liven nt
that crisis tho mnn's sclcntlllo curiosity wns
aroused, ho felt, mibconsclounly. tho Inter
est of tho trained observer theto In thu
midst of deadly peril.
Hut tho mnmeiit dtmnnded nctlon
Qukklj Stern dropped tu tho deck, and,
noiseless an u cat In his doc skin sandals,
rati aft
Hut even before he had executed tho In
stinctive Inctlo of shifting the halm, paying
off, and trying tu beat up Into tho faint
breezo that now clrlttud over tho swirling
current, ho renllnd Its futility uud aban
doned It
"So use." thought ho "About as ef
fective tin trying to dip up tho ociiui with
a spoon An) use to try thu sweeps?
Ma) bo sho and 1 together could swing
uwa) out of tho current mnko tho shore
nothing elso to do I'll' try It, iinjhow"
HihIiIo thu girl ho knelt
' Until ' llcta1' ho whispered In her ear
Jin shook hi r gutitly by tho arm. ' Couui,
wuke up, glrllo Micro's work to do hero'"
She, submerged In healthy sleep, slghvd
deeply and murmured sumo unintelligible
tnlug; but Stem persisted And In u mill
utu or so there she was, sitting up tu the
bottom of the yuvvl among tho furs
In tho dim moonlight her faco seemed
u vnguo sweet flower shadowed b) tho dark,
wind-blown nutsseri of her hair Storn
felt tho warmth, scented tho perfume of
her tlnu, full-blooded flesh Shu put a hund
to her hair, hor tlgur-sklu rube, fulling
back to tho shoulder, revealed her white
and beautiful arm
All nt onco Hho dniu that arm ubout tho
man and brought him closu tu her breast
'Oh, Allan'" sho brouthed ".My boy'
Where are wo? What Is It? Oh, 1 wan
sleeping so soundly 1 Havo we reached har
bor )et? What's that noise that roaring
sound7 Surf?"
Kor a moment ho could not answer. She,
sensing some trouble, peered closely ut
him
"Whut Is It, Allan?" sho cried, her
woman s Intuition lulling her uf trouble
"Tell me Is an) thing wtong'"
' Listen, clearest '"
"Yes, what?"
"We'ro In some kind of of '
"What? Danger?'
"Well, It may be. I don't know U Hut
there s something wrong You see "
"Oh, Allan"' she exclaimed, nnd started
up "Why didn't )ou wulceu mo boforo?
What Is If What cun I do tu help?"
"I think there'll rough water ahead, dear,"
the engineer utiswered, trying to steady his
voice, which shook a trifle In spite of him
"At uuy rute. It sounds like a waterfall of
some kind or other, and see, there's u Hue,
a drift of vuKr rising over there We're
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Anxiously sho pfd, now full awik.
Then h turned to Allan.
fa n't we sail away?"
"Not enough wind. Wa might possibly
row out of the currant, hnd perhaps
"OIvb mil one of the sweeps, tnilctr,
cjulck '"
Ho put tho sweeps out No sooner had
ha braced himself against a rib of the
)nwl nnd thrown his muscles against the
heavy bar than she, too, was pulling hard.
"Not too strong at first, dear," he cau
Honed "Don't use up nil your strength
In tho first few minutes. Wo may havo
a long light for It!"
"I'm In It with you till lha end which
ever way It ends,1 she answered! nnd In
the moonlight ho saw tho untrammeled
swing and play of her mngnlllcent body.
The yawl .came round slowly till It ws
crosswise to tho current, headed toward
the mainland shore. Now It began to maks
iv little headway. Hut the breese slightly
Impeded it.
Stern whipped out his knife and etsshed
tho sheets of plaited rush. The sail
crumpled, i ruckled and slid down; nnd
now under a bare pole the boat cradled
slowly ahead transversely ncroas the foam
streaked' current that ran swiftly soughing
townrd the dim vapor nwlrls away to ths
northeast
(CONTINUKD TOMORROW)
STAGE LURED MISSING ,
GIRL, RELATIVE SAYS
S.xtoen-Ybnr-Olcl Wifo Wnntcd
Chorus Work, Hor Mothcr-
in-Luw Beliovcs
Mrs Kurl Schneck mother-in-law of Mrs.
Marie Schneck. the sixteen-year-old mother
who left homo last Saturday, leaving n nots
telling Iter husband to collect Insurance;
money and buy Chrlstmns presents for him
self nnd their baby, believes her daughter
In-law has Joined a chorus Tho girl, who
was married when she was thirteen, the
mothtr-ln-luw said, recently wont to several
thenties and expressed a deslro to ba In a
chimin Sho also thought she would Hket
to bo n 'vamplro" on movlo screens, ho
mother-in-law sas 'j
The husband, William Schneck, who lives
nt 143. North lilting street, has nppcaled
tu the police and the newspapers to help him
Mud his wife When he arrived home Inst
Saturday nlKht lie. found their eighteen-month-old
baby Helen alone, nnd tho follow
noto from his wlio wan on a tablot
"May happiness bo jours for tho rest of
)our life, us )ott hava hnd no happiness
since ou met mo Collect Insurnncn money.
You can gel nn undertaker to swear he
burled niu If jou glvo him a couplo of
dollars Tatto euro of Helen and give Jier
a good Christmas I also hope jou havo a
good ono Don't follow, for you wilt hkve
tu die. to foljovv mo"
RICH QUARTET OPENS
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Novelty of Prourntn Is Soptot by Boo-
tliov on Other Numbers by Mozart
nnd l'rnnck
Tho Rich quartet played very worthily
to nn undeservingly small attendance last
night for the opening of Its scries of cham
ber inuslo concerts The audience, which
mndo n very scant Impression In the vast
spares of Wltherspoon Hall, was highly
appreciative, but It should hava been much
turgor for the proper encburngemont of ths
organization, which Is both u pillar and an
ornament of tho Vhlladolphla musical
seusoii
Chamber music in not ono of the most
nxcltlng of Indoor nporls, but It Is ono of
tho Uncut recteutlous of the musical mind.
It feeds tho soul with Bomathlng boyond th
spectacular appeal to thu oyo uf the opera
ur tho seusnttonnl appeal to the oar of
soma vlrtuJHl Surely tho serener pleasures
uf puru music ure not to bo despised and
nigleuted
Anyhow, tho members of the Rich Quar
tet mo "good sports." They played the)
gaiiio for Its overy point, and they scored.
Thero was no perfunctarlnesH In tho pres
entation of Mozart's Quartet No. IN In
1) mujor, and Caesar Kranck's In the same
le, and Beethoven's septet III 11 flat. The
pciHonuel of the cuartet Is Thad ileus Rich,
coucertmelstor nnd usslstnnt conductor of
tho l'hlladrlphla Orchestra, first vlollnl
Hans Kliidler, prluclptl cellist of the or
chestra, violoncello. Hedtln van den Beemt,
becund violin, and Alfred I.orenz, viola,
tho lust two also members of thu orchestra.
Kur (ho Beethoven number they had the
co-operutlon of Antony Torello, contra
Iiuhh; Robert l.lndeuiuiin, clarinet; Richard
Krurger, bnssoon, and Anton Horner,
French horn, also of Sir. Stokowskl's band.
Tho singular musical grnco which la
Mozart was reallied In tho Opening quar
tet. In which thu melodlo curvo was ths
lino of bounty Thau cume the complexi
ties of Beethoven yearnings of mood and
riuestlngs of tecltnliiue toward the romantlo
and out of vlasslo trammels, despite th
fuct that the opus numeral Is us early asj
twenty uud the form is somowhat precise,
'Iheio wan a beautiful blending of th
strings land thu winds, but the ensemble
was ablu at nil times to make the tonal
uddltloii ono of chamber music, with no
suggestion of tho orchestral on u. miniature
scale. And for llirnlo was the mystlotsm
of the Belgian orgunlst, which In the tost
movement had a bravura and lilt strangely
at varlunco with tho tralta of tho compose rJ
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