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Rfoseph Patterson Sims Will Take Place 'This
iAfternoon umer -.victbters oi social interest
!L.,rr-tt nnn nf tllO pretty Scott girls
tfwlll ho married today In tho Church
LUKO nml luo W'l"""t " ""-
-... nrar l'liio. Arnbolla, you
Sffifenber, was married Inst month to
Eg6,,.' t.r. Jr.. and thla nftornoon
Sftrv will becomo tho brldo of Jdo Sims.
P...... will bo witnessed by tho
EWdlftte families only nmt wilt bo fol-
rtd by a small ecjinw v i..u .....
Henrietta oaimvio, v "- - --
i( It seems a ananio iu bijuu . uvu
r .ii n-i Anno Preston Scott by
!.- i.. .i.nnr Vnncv. but thoro Is
letlilns sort of dear and cozy about
f nmt one unus mosi iiu"
i i.nndrpil to answer tho dig
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S. i nf Anno turn out to bo Nans,
rnlncu nam" " - . .
, MnnplPii. Nancy Is tho dallgh-
rtifit Major W. Sanders Scott and Mrs.
Land is a grnnuniecu ui ..o ...-.
ir? .1 H,n tntn Dallas
la gamma -
Slers, Gho Is a nloco of Mr. J. Hutch.
V w nml a sister of Hutchld
fa Jr., nnd of Pansy Scott. Joo Sims
kon of tho late Mr. Jonn u. turns, 01
i..nfi-nnln. Railroad, nnd la a
mBtr.. t m. Arthur Nowlln, Mrs.
MSics rintt. 3d. Mrs. Fritz Rosongarton
IHa ji,n C. Sims, who by tho way wflt
K??cst man.
jjB'of tho most delightful musical or
t.i..inp in this city Is tho Wed-
Rajy music club, which moots at
rjibrno of Sirs. I'liuoru i-ci
,T . H.i nfvdnt nvnrw nthpr
llh TflOnlV-se'""" n""'i -
5&...I..., nflornonll for six WCCltS. ThO
Sfmbershlp this year has been doubled
3150 nnd delightful plana aro being
'j. . ti.n rpmnlnlnc flvo meetings.
jfra: Harold Yarnall Is president of tho
Sub'' Mrs. ClllToril Lewis, vico prraiuwu,
-".',.. r..n.n- Pnnrnill t.q chairman of
5rmuslc committee. Tho first mooting
iill take placo tomorrow uiuuuuuu
Vclock at tho homo or Sirs, jxswjs anu
h2..-niinira will ho held on tho follow-
BSri-ates: Wednesday, Junuary 31, lob-
fe-,tnn inoiiulps Mrs. Itussell Duane,
hfrs. Austin S. llccnscher, Mrs. William
lareeno, M1S3 Nina Lea, sirs, itoocri
rslt;. tr.rn Mini HpqHln Wnllaco. Mrs.
Aniuib A..i ....
IKfam AVIntersteln, Mrs. Honry C.
Thompson, Mrs. .Tosepu x,owy, irs.
OarIC9 Wood and Mrs. Herbort Everett.
fflvaUenioon tho program will consist
gJcelio soio3 by tho famous English
ratiS M.iv MulUo. Mary Miller Mount
KM play several selections on tho plnno.
lu!i T. .T. TInmmond's beautiful soprano
Iwilco will also bo heard, and "William
hr ' ... 1 t. ...111 nln.
fuller, a weu-Known oariiunu, win mus
TCjmlm nf unnira. Mrs. Edith MallOn Will
at tho piano.
Tfi SPITE of tho snow, two dollghtful
I'l'ark parties wcro given last night
teny should wo worry thoso days when
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W8 UO HOC Dnvo IU IlUL uui- uannj iwuv .
Sn.tlie ground.havlng nn nutomobllo Just
wiling for us' to step Into nnd whirl us
RVjitho frozen ground to tho Park or
Enjfold placo far more distant than Fair
Sunt). All this being nsldo from tho
matter "In question. Ono party last night
ps given by tho Bon Rushes out at tho
Lilacs. It was a dlnncr-dnnco nnd thcro
?a thirty guests. At tho Rabbit tho
Jonn'C. Groomcs gave a debutanto party
SrAnno Melrs to which forty guests
re invited. Tho balls will certainly tako
rajnore Ufo these days with all tho men
Jjturnlng from Mexican border lands,
but'iheso small patties at tho Rabbit and
IJjacsjsurely do add to tho gaycty of
nations. Don't you think?
ffflHE Junior Aid of St. Francis's Homo
tjor Convalescents Is busily preparing
forjls annual play and dance, which Is to
bgglven In tho ballroom of tho Bellovue
gtjatford on Friday, February 2. Tho
pbr.is to bo known as "Cynthia." nnd
Stiiough It la a musical comedy It ac
fuaTlr boasts of a plot; so, Gontlo Rondor,
hhyself and thy best young man to tho
Term) that evening, for It is going to
Ejjood and none other tjian Charllo Mor
,ls conducting It. Charllo Morgan
Sort the dancers In tho Old King Colo
tableau nn,d court scene which opened the
Bgrjly Ball this yenr, and thoso of you
ggpw It know with what success It
gas given, "Cynthia" will have soma
gyrus dancing which Is extremely clever
tnglt'he elnglns will bo quite above the
Sjjrage for an amateur performance.
B'lth the exception of the coaching of
paglav every bit of work connected with
.UjFaffalr Is being dono by the enthusiastic
gjni? Juniors themselves. They aro most
gjgeat In their desires to aid tho poor
gjmenand girls who rely upon their as
oTtanco to bring them back to health
glthe big old country house which Is
Et for that purpose out on Lansdowno
Spjite Jn Darby.
Kuarguerlto Horan is president oi tne
HM9J Auxiliary and Frances Sullivan
rman of tha entertainment commit-
tber girls In charge of the various
ltteea are Mario McLean, Marjorle
jrarfs, Helen Harrltv. Ruth Israel.
Sg Call, Rosalie Hoban, Oortrude Zane,
yfrances Kelley nnd ICatherino Mc-
a. NANCY "WYNNE.
Personals
nul Mrs. Stanley Qrlswold Flags. Jr..
5 Bpruco street, entertained at dinner
jenins.
j Plays and Players will give an ln
I tea on Sunday afternoon, when
111 b n. miAplnl nniMtnfil nrntrrnm.
BRobert C. OeU8es. Jr.. Is chairman.
i8 Helena I. Bal-I)lrnle. hostess.
' Alice Jannev and Miss Meta Jan-
jebllLlnta (lnilirTiAfu nf "hfw nnrl UTro
A Janney. Jr., of Chestnut Hill, will
k wxjay from Annaiall. Md., where
innqea a nop at the Naval Acad-
oaiuraay. Thoy will bring wim
alr cousin, Miss Elizabeth Steele,
apolls, who will rocalve with thera
' dspco tomorrow night.
Wward Clark, Jd, spent several
-n wm m ixew york. returning
Mr. ClarW. Thau will a..n AMA
gim Mr CUrk's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
r v.m.1 o.. m uaron, pitroro ocpu
ir new home In School House lane.
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.n..PandlnS several days as the
SJi. J o"m a muujr, un. uaorge
ww. wiikM-Barro.
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T J"i"y -un Kewooiq ana
wth)t Nwbol4 ent th week ena
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ig Marriage oi mias ahhb jrresion scout ana iVLr.
IIlIIhC'r country 1,,ncf' laverock, Chestnut
Tho engagement Is announced of Mrs.
Jcatinetto C. Pearson, daughter of Mr. n.
Cholmeley-Ioncs, to Mr. Percy Litchfield,
or llrooklyn. Mrs. Pearson Is a niece of
it Jornl1 ' Glider and of the late Mr.
It chard Wntson Glider and Miss Jcannetto
ulldfr. Mr. Lltehneld Is a member of ono
or Brooklyn's most notable families. The
original Litchfield mansion Is now uecd
for tho administrative ofllces of Prospect
rark. The wedding will tako placo In
St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church,
Stuyvesnnt Square, New York, on Janu
ary 25. .
Mrs. George Harris, of Oak road, Gcr
mantown, will give a children's party on
Saturday, January 27, In honor of her small
daughter, Miss Hetty Harris,
Mrs. Nathaniel Knowtes, of 115 West
nnrnpntpi. nl.n.i nA.M.nH. m .......
.-w...... ..vtl, UCIIIIHIIIUIVII, Will Ulll
tain the members of her bridge club tO'
IIIUI IUI.
Mrs. Lewis Starr; of Woodbury, X. J.,
hns Issued Invitations for n luncheon next
Salurdny nt 1 o'clock at her home, Terrnco
House, In honor or her daughter, Miss ICath
erino Starr, and MIM Margaret Little. Miss
Little will shortly leavo for Detroit, where
she will mako licr homo In tho future.
Among tho guests will bo Miss Frances
Ilosi, Miss Elizabeth Ross, Miss Marlon
Harris, Miss Louisa Ncwklrlc. Miss Dlnncho
Gardner, Miss Florence Tunis, Miss Mar
garet Dallot, Miss Sarah Trump, Miss Helen
Ovcrcnd nnd Miss Helen Uallfour.
Mr. ahd Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, of Bethellyn,
Ogontz. have closed their country homo and
have taken an apartment in town for tho
winter months.
Mrs, Henry McAdoo, of Fort Washing
ton, entertained nt luncheon Saturday In
honor of her sister. Miss Kntherino Nlco, of
tho Thistle, Ogontz, whoso marriage to Mr.
Itccd Ellis, of Itangcloy. Mo., .will tako
plnco next Saturday. Mrs. J. Mnrtln TCon
drlek entertained last week In honor of
Miss Nice, while Mrs. Robort Beattlc. of
I'aoll, gave a luncheon last Thursday nt
her homo. Next Friday evening Miss Nlco
will entertain nt dinner at her homo In
honor of her bridal party. Some of those
who will attend will be Miss Susan Nlco,
elstcr of tho bride; Miss Ethel Klngsley
Nlco, a cousin, who will bo tho maid of
honor, whllo Mr. Ellis will have Mr. Charles
S. Swltzer aa best man. Others at the
dinner will bo Mr. and Mrs. McAdoo, Sir.
Budd Nice. Mr. Trowbridge and Mr. Boyle,
of New York; JIra Nathaniel Ellis nnd
her daughter and Mrs. Scott JCIlls, of
Rangclcy, Mo.
At the annual meeting of tho Women
Writers' Club, In tho clubrooms, 1210 Locust
street, last night tho following olllcers wcro
elected: President. Miss Agnes Rcppllcr,
2d, of the Record; vico presidents. Miss
Jesslo Du Vol, a free lance, and Miss Julia
Blnnkonborg, who writes on electrical en
gineering topics; treasurer, Miss Gcrtrudo
G. GarncII, Ladles' Homo Journal; corre
sponding secretary. Miss Clara Zlllesscn,
advertising department of tho Philadelphia
Electrla; recording secretary, Miss Dora
Jenkins, of tho North American; and tho
chairmen of tho following committees:
Membership committee, Miss Ida C. Van
Auken, Ladies' Homo Journal; houso com
mittee, Miss Mary E. Hopkins, freo lanco;
dlnnor committee, Mrs. Robert Quennell,
North American; entertainment committee.
Miss Elanor Gassavant, of tho Record;
library committee. Miss Mabel Zlmmerllng,
of tuo Lnillcs' Homo Journal, and press com
mittee, Miss Llsetta Noukom, of tho Evek
ino Lena eh.
It was reported last night that the club
has ?400 In tho treasury and has a mem
bership" of seventy. A dance, a tea and a
number of other 'social events are being
planned this year by the Women Writers'
Club.
Mrs. Robert F. Irwin, of Lansdowno, and
her daughter, Mrs. W. Wallace Roberts, of
Germantown, and Miss Keturah Smuckor
liavo left for Atlantic City, whero they will
spend somo time at the Marlborough-Blen-helm,
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A wedding of Interest which will tnke
place In the month of April will bo that of
Miss Smuck'er and Mr. Robert F. Irwin, Jr.
Tho Jenklntown Choral will glvo Its mid
winter concert In the Jenklntown Audi
torium, Old York road, on Thursday, Feb
ruary 1, at 8:15 p. m. The soloists will bo
Mr. Louis Jnmes Howell, baritone, nnd MIs
Elizabeth Johnson, violinist. Special songs
aro being practiced by the choral.
Mrs. Henry B. Paxson, of 2036 Locust
street, will bo at home on Wednesdays,
January 17, 21 and 31. No cards have
been Issued.
Miss Dorothy Ruddach, daughter of Mrs.
J. Wnlter Ruddach, of Noblo, who has
been spending some time this winter In
Now York, left last month with n party of
friends for New Orleans, La., where she
will remain somo time, returning to Noble
tho early part of tho spring.
Tho committee for the conservation of
existing records of the Pennsylvania So
ciety of Colonial Dames of America has
Issued Invitations for a record tea to be
held on Thursday afternoon, February 1,
from 3 to C o'clock at the residence of Mrs.
Louis F. Benson, 2014 Do Lancey" place.
Many sample records ready for filing will
be on exhibition. Reading the letters from
tho Charles Mooro Morris collection will
take plaoe at 4:30 o'clock. Tea will be
served at 5 o'clock
The Jenklntown Emergency Relief hold
its first business meeting after the Allied
Bazaar last Thursduy morning to make
plans for the distribution of Its money.
The meeting was held at Mrs. Richard
Harte's residence. Asgath, Ablngton, as
Mrs. Henry Mlddleton Fisher has closed
her place, Alverthorpe, for the winter
months.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ralph Humphreys, of B115
North Thirteenth street, announce tho en
gagement of their sister. Miss Ethel M.
Humphreys, to Mr. Robert L. Olbson, of
this city.
HISS MARIA CUGINQ
Miss Cugitw, who ia the daughter
of Mr Gaetano fugmo, will be
married on January 21 to Mr.
AuiUj J- JJonavitacola.
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"WHAT AltE YOU INTERESTED IN?
Dear Children I have told you many
limes that I love dogs and that I liavo
studied them for many years. Ono tlmo I
wroto n story for n newspaper about a
dog that belonged to four policemen. I said
that each man owned one-fourth of tho dog
each, of course, having a leg.
The policemen built a house for their
dog and tho story I wroto Interested somo
men, who insisted on building a MAHOG
ANY HOUSE for "Chccscy" that was Ula
name.
Now comes tho beautiful part of my
story. Thero happened to bo a young lady
who was very fond of dogs, nnd what do
you think alio did at Christinas time? Sho
went right up to ono of tho policemen and
gavo him ten cents nnd told him to buy
"Chcesey" a Christmas dinner I
You sec, tho dog had his homo right
where tho four men wero on duty, but I
am sure that tho young lady would hao
gone out of her way to find the dog, no
mattor whero ho might be.
I wonder what "Chcesey" thought of that
ten-cent dlnnor! I wonder If ten cents Is
enough for a dog's Christmas dinner
what do you think?
Do you suppose tho policemen explained
to their dog that a kind young lady had
bought his dlnnor for him? Do you sup
poso lie APPRECIATED- IT?
Let me Icae this thought with you: How
does a dog show his appreciation?
May I nsl; how YOU thow your apprecia
tion? I try to show my appreciation for nil you
have DONE FOB ME by writing better and
better all the time. I am Interested In you.
Just as tho young lady was Interested in tho
dog.
Lovingly.
FARMER SMITH, Children's Editor.
LITTLE WILLIE TREETOAD
Hy Farmer Smith
"Why do you love to tell mo stories?"
asked Nannie Goat of her father one night,
after he had put out tho light and taken
his seat by her bed.
"Because I love you," said Billy Bumput,
chuckling softly to himself.
"Will you tell me some more about the
Frogs?" asked Nannlo.
Billy stroked Ids whiskers and began:
"You tec, If thero was anything Willie
Trcotoad liked to do It was to go to sleep
at the foot of the weeping willow tree
beside the brook, but Jack and BUI used
to go over there when ho was fast asleep
and tie his legs together. Then they would
run away. When Willie woke up ho would
find that he could not movo his legs, and
then he would begin to squeal until his
father or mother came to set him free.
"The funny part of it was Willie Tree
toad could climb a tree and the Frogs
could not,
"One day they came over to see where
Willie was, and they could not find him.
He had never told them he could climb a
tree "
"How did the Treetoad climb the tree?"
asked Nannie.
"The Treetoad, my dear," Billy explained,
"has little suckers on tha bottom of his feet.
They are Just like that when you put a
glass over your mouth and suck all the
air out of the glaiw and It sticks to your
mouth without holding it. The Treetoads
climb trees, but Froga cannot.
"Tha day that the Froga were looking
for Willie he had climbed tha weeping
willow tree and crawled out an a limb Just
even with the edge of the water, for he
knew that Jack and BUI Frog would alt
on the edge of the bank waiting for him.
He carried with him a let of flno atones.
Pretty noon he saw tlie Progs coming, au.i
he ' waited until they were seated com
fortably on the bank, and then h dropjied
a pebble in the water In front of tbwn.
It frightened them so they Jumped into the
water and did not coma out for some time.
When they did, they went to alaap on the
bank, and every time they went fast asleep
WUUe Treetoad dropped a stone la front of
them and tb.e splash wok thn; up.
"After a while they got tired and went
borne, and Just as they sot hoine they
beard Willie squealing
" 'It sounds to ma as if be wore up
that tree.' said Jack. 'It does to me,
WQ said Bui"
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THE IVORY CHILD
By II. MEEK HAGGARD
Xtitfior 0 "Jfarle," "A'lni; SoJoioii'j jIhm," "Sie." tic.
TIIH STOP.Y THUS I'Alt
. ALLAN QtlATEIlMAIN. n fnmoui African
hunter nnil fortune Hepttrr. la In KnRliinti on
"tin of lili ocr.islonal Kltn Willi" tlu-ru n"
li Invited tu intend a dinner nt u fnmoui old
ealato.
Mlllll ItAO.VAT.L, tlli brut, nml Qu.-ltcrmiiln
BtrlUo un ii oliini. frlpmWilp durlnit th r"-ri-nilnn
prior to thi tllnmr In Honor or Jllss
Holme. Lord ltimn.lll'11 llnncro. a .
, I.C'.VA IfOLMKS la n ouns womnn of nrat
hpauty. wlio u-118 naniPd l.un.l lirr.iuan or a
lirt'ircurk In tho hapo of n moon on nr
hrooHt Mini Ilolmm takes n lively In'"."
In Qunrtcrmnln nnd Africa, und yiroplifjlcs injii
ho will upend lit leiut p.irt of lier life , t'.'ETf;
Murlim llio courao of the dinner Mlai IIolinM
trill yu.itcrm.aln of nn Incld, nt In lier .any
Ifo. when two Ar.ilii fall In an attempt to
Itldnnn her. Si.ortly nftcr dinner .the8"1!""
Arabs arrive, maklns Inuulry almut Qu-ilcrmum.
mnln. , ,
IIARUT and MAIUTT Halt for Quaterrnalnliy
hM Aral, nuine, Mnrorasana. und turtner
frlshtcn Lord Itaenall'H v.ilet. rl.ivms". by .pro
duclne anakea from lila pniU-ta Tim Arabs
nrw phown In and plead with Quatermaln to re
turn to Africa and kill tho iiUnt clminaui toil
Jtiin.
tvu itcrmnln smells of an Incense from tho
censer which tho Arabs hand him und Bees, an
through a mist, the elephant Ullttmr a child.
Mlta Holme then Inhalu tho Incense, nml aeei
a child sod placo a alrlnir of runs on her neik.
Tho Arabs prophecy that uatermaln will slay
tho elephant, and that Jllaa Ilolmei will coma
to Atrlca
They leave und Elve Qunrtcrm.iln
small
packet aa a present for Itadhall s
ttancee.
CIIAPTKK IV Continued
tsvPEN It, Quatermaln." ho said again.
J "No, George," Interrupted Miss
Holmes, laughing, for by now tho seemed to
have quite recovered herself; "I like to open
my own presents."
Ho thrugged his shoulders, and I handed
her tho parcel, which was neatly sewn up.
Somebody produced scissors nnd tho stltchea
wero cut. Within tho linen was a neck
laco of beautiful red stontu, oval-shaped
like amber beads nnd of tho size of a
robin's egg. They were roughly polished
and threaded on what I recognized nt onco
Copyright Life I'uuttshwc Company.
THE STONE AGE
to be hair from an elephant's tall. From
certain Indications I Judged these stones,
which ru. gilt have been spinels or car
buncles, or even rubles, to be vary ancient.
Possibly they had once hung around the
neck of some lady In old Egypt. Indeed
a beautiful little statuette, also of red
ttone, which won suspended from the canter
of the necklace, suggested that this was
so, for It may well have bean a likeness
of one of the great goda of the Egyptians,
tbe Infant Horua, the son of I sis.
"That is the necklace I saw which the
Ivory Child gave ma in toy dream," said
Miss Jlolmes quietly.
Then with much deliberation vbo olasped
It around her throat.
CIIAl'TEU V.
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TUB sequel to tbe event of thla eveslng
may be told brlafly and of It the reader
can form his own Judgment. I narrate It
a it bappanao.
That nlsat I did not slaas at ail wall it
am hj.ve been that my Unajftaatiou was
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Harut and Mnrut, apparently In search of
myself, hoven thousand miles away from
any place whcio they can havo known
utiglit of un Inslgulllcant Individual with a
purely local tepute. or It may havo been
that tho pictures which they showed mo
when under tho Influence of tho fumes of
their "tobacco" or of their hypnotism
took an undue possession of my brain.
Or lastly, tho strango coincidence that
tho beautiful betrothed of my host should
havo related to mo a tale of her childhood
of which sho declared t,ho had never spoken
before, and that within an hour tho two
principal actors in that talo should havo
uppeared boforo my eyes and hers (for I
may stato that from the beginning I hnd
no doubt that they wcro tho same men),
moved mo and filled mo with qulto natural
foreboding. Or all theso things together
may havo tended to :t concomitant effect.
At any lato tho Issue was that I could not
sleep.
For hour after hour I lay thinking and
In an Irritated way listening for tho
chimes of tho Itagnnll stable clock which
onco adorned tho tower of the church nnd
sttucfc tho quarters with a damnnbla re
iteration. I concluded that Messrs. Harut
and Mnrut wcro a couple of common Arab
rogues such as I had seen performing nt
tho African ports. Then a quarter struck
and I concluded that tho elephants' ceme
tery which I beheld In the smoke undoubted
ly existed and that I meant to collar thoso
thousands of pounds' worth of Ivory beforo
I died. Then after another quaiter I con
cluded that there was no elephants' ceme
tery although by tho way my old friend,
Uogectnh or Brother John, had mentioned
such a thing to tne but that probably
there was a tribe, as ho had also mentioned,
called tho Kendall who worshiped a baby,
or rather its elilgy.
Well now. as bad already occurred to mo,
tho old Egyptians of whom I was always
fond of reading when I got a chance also
worshiped a child, Hurus the Saviour. And
that child hnd a mother called Isis, sym
bolized in tho crescent moon, the great
Nature goddess, thu mistress of mysteries.
to whose cult ten thousand priests wero
sworn do not Herodotus and others,
especially Apulelus, tell us nil nimut her?
And by a queer coincidence Miss Holmes
had a mark of a crescent moon upon her
breast. And when bho was a child thoso
two men, or others very llko them, hud
pointed out that mark to each other. And
in her vapor-lnoked dream tho "Heavenly
Child" alias Horua, or the double, of Horus
tho Ka, I think the Egyptians called it. had
awakened nt tho Bight or her and kissed
her and given her tha necklace of tho god
dess, nnd nil tho rest, What did It mean?
I went to sleep at last, wondering what
on earth It could mean, till presently that
confounded clock woke me up again and I
must go through the whole business once
moro.
By degroes, this was toward dawn, I be.
camo aware that all hope of rest had van
ished from mo utterly: that I was most
painfully awake, anil what Is more, op
prissed by a curious fear to the effect that
something was going to happen to Miss
Holmes. So vivil did this fear become
that at length I arose, lit a candle and
dressed myself. As it happened, I knew
whero Miss Holmes blept. Her room, which
I had seen her enter, was on the same cor
ridor as mine, though nt the other end of
It near the head of a stair that ran I knew
not whither. In my portmanteau that had
beep sent over from Miss Manuera's house,
among other things, was a small double
barrelled pistol, which from long halIt I
ulwavs carried with me loaded, except for
the caps that were In a little leather case
with soma spare ammunition attached to
the pistol belt. I took it out. capped It
and thrust it into my pocket. Then I slip
ped from the room and stood behind u tall
clock In the corridor, watching Miss
Holmes's door and reflecting what a fool I
should look if any one chanced to find ma.
Half an hour or so later, by tha light ef
the setting moon which struggled through
a window, I saw the door open and Miss
Holmes emerge wrapped In a kind of dress
ing gown and st.U wearing tha necklace
which Harut and Marut had given her.
Of this I was sure, for tbs light gleamed
upon the red stones.
Also. It shone upon bar face and showed
roe without doubt that she was walking
In her sleep.
audio? silently as a ghoat, she crossed
tha corridor and vanished. I followed aud
saw that the nau onaceuuia an ancient,
(.twisting; kta.ii way which 1 had noted iu ttw
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In gcd feet making no Poise, feeling my way
carefully In the darkness of the stair for
I did hot dare to strike n match. Beneath
me I heard a noise of somo one fumbling
with bolts. Then a door creaked on Its
hinges nnd there was some light. When
I rfnehed the doorway 1 caught sight of
the flguro of Miss Holmes flitting across
a hollow garden that wan laid out In the
bottom of tho caatlo moat, which had been
drained. This garden, as I had observed
when we walked through It on the previous
day on our way was bordered hy n shrub
hery through which ran paths that led to
tho back drlvo of tho castle.
Across tho garden glided tho flguro of
Mls Holmes nnd after It went I, crouching
and taking cover behind every bush ns
though I wcro stalking big game, which
Indeed I was. Sho entered the shrubbery,
moving much moro swiftly now, for aa sho
went sho seemed to gather speed, like a
stone which Is rolled down a hill. It was
ns though whntoer might bo attracting her,
for 1 felt suro sho was being drawn by
something, ncted more strongly upon her
steeping will as sho drow nenr to It.
For a whllo I lost Right of her In tho
(shadow of tho tall trees. Then suddenly I
saw her again, standing quite still In nn
opening caused by the blowing down In tho
gnlo of ono of tho avenue of elms that
bordered the back drive. But now she was
no longer alone, for ndvnnclng toward her
wero two cloaked figures, In whom I recog
nized Harut and Marut.
Thcro sho stood with outstretched nrms,
nnd townrd her, stealthily as lions stalking
n buck, enmo Hnrut nnd Mnrut Moreover,
between tho naked boughs of tho fallen
elm 1 caught sight of what looked to mo
llko the outline of a closed carrlngo stand
ing upon tho drive. Also I heard a horso
stamp upon tho frosty ground. Hound the
edgo of tho llttlo glade I ran, keeping In
tho dark shadow, ni I went cocking tho
pistol that was In my pocket. Then sud
denly 1 dnrted out nnd stood between
Harut and Marut and Miss Holmes.
Not a word passed between Us. I think
that all thrco of us subconsciously wcro
anxious not to awako tho sleeping woman,
knowing that If wo did so there would bo a
terrible scene. Only after motioning to mo
to stnnd aside, of courso In v.iln, Harut
and Mnrut drow from their robes curved
and cruel-looking knives and bowed, for
ovon now their polltcnohs did not forsake
them. I bowed back and when I straightened
myself thoso enterprising Knsterns found
that I was covering the heart of Harut
with my pistol. Then with that perception
which is part of tho mental outfit of tho
great, they saw that tho gamo was up slnco
I could havo shot them both beforo n knlfo
touched mc.
"You havo won this tlmo, O Watcher-by-Nlght,"
whispered Harut softly, "but nn
other tlmo you will loso. Thnt beautiful
lady belongs tn us nnd tho peoplo of tho
White Kondnh. for sho Is marked with the
holy mark of tho young moon. Tho call of
tho Child of Heaven Is heard In her heart,
and will bilng her home to tho Child aH It
hns brought her to us tonight. Now lead
her henco Rtlll sleeping, O bravo and clever
one, bo well named Watchcr-by-Nlght."
Then they wcro gono nnd presently I
heard tho sound of horses being driven
rapidly along the drive.
For a moment I had hesitated as tn
whether I would or would not run lu and
Bhoot those horses. Two considerations
Btuyrd mo. Tho first was thatvif I did so
my pistol would bo empty, or even If I shot
ono horse nnd retained a barrel londed,
with It I could kill only a single man, leav
ing myself defenseless ngalnst tho knlfo of
tho other. Tho second consideration was
that now ns beforo I did not wish to wako
Miss Holmes.
I crept to her nnd not knowing what
clso to do, took hold of one of her out
Btrctchcd hands. Sho turned nnd came with
mo at onco ns though alio know me, re
maining nil tho whllo fast asleep. Thus we
went back to tho house, through tho still
open door, up tho stairway straight to licr
own room on tho threshold of which I
loosed her hand. Tho room was dark and
I could bco nothing, but I listened until I
heard a Bound as of a person throwing her
self upon tho bed nnd drawing up tho
blankets. Then knowing that alio was safe
for a while, I shut tho door which opened
outward, as doors of ancient make some
times do, nnd Bet ngalnst It a llttlo table
that stood In tho passage.
Next, after reflecting for a minute, tho
circumstances being awkward in many
ways, I went to my room nnd lit a candle.
Obviously It was my duty to Inform Lord
Itagnnll of what had happened nnd as soon
as possible. Hut I hnd nn Idea in what part
of that hugo building his sleeping placo
might bo, nor, for patent reasons, wns It
desirable that I Bhould disturb tho houso
and so crento talk.
In this dilemma I remembered that Lord
Bngnall's confidential servant, Mr. Snvago.
when ho conducted me to my room on tho
previous night, which ho mado a point of
doing perhaps becauso ho wished to talk
over tho matter of tho snakes thnt had
found their way Into his pockets, had shown
mo a bell In It which ho said rang outside
his door. Ho called It an "emergency
bell." I remarked idly that it was Im
probable I should havo any occasion for
Its use.
"Who knows, sir?" said Mr. Savage
prophetically. "Thero aro folk who say
that this oljl castlo Is haunted, which after
what I havo seen tonight I can well be
llevo. If you Bhould chanco to meet n
ghost looking, let us hay, llko thoso black
Mains, Harum nnd Scarum, ,or whatever
they call themselves well, sir, two's bet
ter company than ono."
I considered that boll, but was loath to
ring It for the reasons I havo given. Then
I went outside tho room and looked. As
I had hoped might be the caso, there ran
tho wire on the face of tho wall connected
along its length by other wires with the
various rooms it passed.
I set to work and followed that wire. It
was not an easy Job ; Indeed, onco or twice
It reminded mo of the story of the old
Oreek hero who found his way through a
labyrinth by means of a silken thread. I
forget whether It were n bull or a lady
ho was looking for, but with care and
persexeranco he found one or tho other,
or It may have been both.
Down staircases and various passages I
went with my eye glued upon the wire
which occasionally got mixed up with other
wires, till at length It led me through n
bwing door covered with red baize Into
what appeared to be n modern annex to
thu castle. Hero at last It terminated nn
tho spring of an alarming-looking and deep
throated bell that hung Immediately over
a certain door.
On this door I knocked, hoping that It
might be that of Mr. Savage and praying
earnestly that It did not Inclose the chaste
retlng-p!are of the cook or any other fe
male. Too late, I mean after I had
knocked, It occurred to mo that If so my
position would bo painful to a degree.
However, In this particular Fortune stood
my friend, which does not always happen to
tho virtuous. For presently I heard voice
which I recognized as that of Mr. Savage,
asking, not without a certain quaver lu
Its tone:
"Who the devil is that?"
"Me." I replied, being flustered.
" 'Me' won't do," said the voice. " 'Me'
might be Harum, or it might be Soarum,
or it might bo somo one worse. Who's
'Me'?"
"Allan Quatermaln, you Idiot," I whis
pered through the keyhole.
"Anna who? Well, neyor mind, do away,
Hauna. I'll talk to you In the morning."
Then I kicked the door and at length,
very cautiously. Mr. Savage opened It.
"Good heavens, sir." he said, "what are
you doing here, sir? Pressed too. at this
hour, and with tha handle of a pistol stick
ing out of your pocket, or Is it tha haad
pf a snake?" and he Jumped back, a strange
and stately figure in a long white night
shirt which apparently he wore over his
underclothing.
I entered the room and shut tbe door,
whereon he politely handed ma a chair,
remarking :
"Is It ghosts, sir. or are you Jll, or Is It
Harum and Soarum. of whom I have been
thinking all night? Very cold, too, sir,
being afraid to pull up tbe bedclothes for
fear last there might be more reptiles in
them,
He pointed to hhi draae-ooat hanging on
the hack of another chair with both tha
pockets turned inside out. adding tragic
ally. "To think, sir, that this new coat
has been a nest of snakes, wbicb I have
hated like poison from a child, and me
uiuiost a teatotaUer '"
"Yea J said ItapalUntly. 'it a ilaruta
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and Scarum, as yott call them. - Tako ma
tti Lord Bngnall's bedroom nt once."
"Ah, sir, burgling I Suppoic. or mnyhnp
worse," he exclaimed as he threw on twrrto
miscellaneous garments And seized n life
preserver which hung upon a hook "Now
I'm ready, only I hope they have left their
snakes behind. I never could bear the
Bight of a snake, and they seem to know
It the brutes."
In due courso we reached Lord Itagnall's
room, which Mr. Savage entered nnd, In
nnswer to a stifled Inquiry, exclaimed;
"Mr. Altan Quatermaln to sco you, my
lord."
"What Is It, Quatermaln?" he asked, sit
ting up In bed nhd yawning. "Have you
hnd a nightmare?"
"Yes," I answered, and Savngo having
left us and shut the door. 1 told him every
thing as It Is written down.
"Orent heavens!" hn nxel.-ilmeil whn T
had finished. "If It had not been for you
nnd your intuition nnd courage "
"Never mind me," I Interrupted. "The
question Is what should be dono now?
Aro you golnr to try to arrest these men,
or will you hold your tongue and merely
cnuso them to be watched?"
"Itenlly, I don't know. Kvon If wo can
catch them tho whole story would sound
bo strango In a law court, nnd all Sorts of
things might bo suggested."
"Yes, Lord Itagnnll, It would sound so
strango that I beg you will come nt ones
to sco tho evidences of what I tell you
beforo rain or snow obliterates them, bring
ing another witness with you. Lady Long
den, perhaps."
"Lady I.ongdon I Why, ono might ns
well wrlto to- tho Times 1 havo It I Therms
Savage. Ho Is faithful and can be Silent."
So Savage was called In. nnd whllo Lord
Itagnnll dressed himself hurriedly, told the
outllno nf tho story under pain of Instant
dismissal If lie breathed a word, llcally,
to watch his fnco was ns good as a play.
So astonished wns ho that all ho could
ejaculate was:
"Tho black-hearted villains I Well, they
nln't friendly with snake for nothing."
Then, having made Buro that Miss Holmes
wns Btlll In her room, wo went down the
twisting stair nnd through the side door
way, locking the door nfter us. By now
the dawn was breaking and thero was
enough light to cnnblo mo In certain places
where the snow that fell nftcr tho gale
remained to show Lord Itngnall nnd Savage
tho Impress of tha llttlo bedroom slippers
which Mfss Holmes wore, and of my stock
inged feet following nftcr.
In the plantation things were still easier,
for ovcry detail of tho movements of the
four of us could bo traced. Moreover, on
tho back drlvo was tho Bpoor of the horses
nnd 'tho marks of tho wheels of the car
rlago that had been brought for tho pur
poses of tho nbductlon. Also by great good
fortune, for this seemed to prove my theory,
wo found a parcel wrapped In native linen
that nppcarcd to havo fallen out of the
carriage when Harut nnd Marut made their
hurried escape, as ono of tho wheels had
gono over It. It contained nn eastern
woman) dress nnd veil. Intended, I suppose,
to bo used In disguising Miss Holmes, who
thenceforward would havo appeared tb bo
tbe wife or daughter of ono of tho ab
ductors. Savage discovered tills parcel, which he
lifted only to drop with n yell, for under
neath It lay a torpid snake, doubtless one
of thoso that had been used In tho per
formance. of these discoveries and many other de
tails, on our return to the house. Lord Bag
null made full notes In a pockctbook, that
when completed wero signed by all threo
of us.
Thcro Is not much more to tell, that Is
of this part of the story. Tho matter was
put In tho hands of detectives who discov
ered that tho Easterns had driven to Lon
don, whero nil traco of the carriage which
conveyed them was lost. They, however,
embarked upon n steamer called tho Ante
lope, together with two native women, who
probably had been provided to look after
Miss Holmes, and sailed that very after
noon for Egypt. Thither, of course. It .was,
useless to follow them in thofco days, oven
if It had been advisable to do so.
To return to Miss Holmes. Sho camo
down to breakfast looking very charming
but rather pale. Again I sat next to her
aud took Homo opportunity to ask her how
sho had rested that night.
Sho replied, very well and yet very 111,
since although sho never remembered sleep
ing moro soundly In hor life, Bho had ex
perienced all sorts of queer dreams of which
she could remember nothing at nil, a clr
cumstanco that annoyed her much, ns she
wns suro that thoy wero most Interesting.
Then she added:
"Do you know, Mr. Quatermaln, I found
a lot of mud on my 'dressing-gown this
morning, nnd my bedroom slippers were
nlso n mass of mud and wet through. How
do you account for that? It is Just as
though I had been walking about outside
In my sleep, which Is absurd, as I never
did such a thing lu my life."
Not feeling equal to tho Invention of
any convincing explanation of these phe
nomena. I upset tho marmalade pot on to
tho tablo In such n way that some of It fell
upon her dress, and then covered my re
treat with profuse apologies. Understand
ing my dilemma, for lie had heard some
thing of this talk. Lord Itagnnll came to
my aid with a startling statement of which
I forget tho purport, and thus that crisis
passed.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
DINNER IN WHITE HOUSE
TO HONOR BERNSTORFFS
German Ambassador's Wife, an Ameri
can, to Bo Guest After
Two Years
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1C. When Teuton
diplomats get together theso days there Is
generally discussion of tho war. Tonight
thero will be a gathering of them nt which
no mention of the conflict will be made.
Tho occasion will be tho second diplo
matic dinner by President and Mrs. Wil
son. Ambassador on Bernstorff, ranking
next to Ambassador Jusserand among tha
diplomats here, will be tho guest of honor,
Other Teutonic representatives and neutrals
will be guests.
It will mark tho flr&t appearance of
Countess von Bernstorff at a dlplomatlo
dinner In the White House binco the war
opened The Countess is an American, but
has been In Eiuope for two years. She
returned to America recently. Tonight
she will occupy the position of honor at
Presldtnt Wilson's right, the Ambassador
sitting at the right of Mrs. Wilson.
DIPL0.MAT TO ATTEND DANCE
Italian Ambassador Will De Hero for
Red Cross Fete
Count Macchi dl Cellere. Italian Ambas
sador tq the United States, will come to
thla city to attend tbe ball to be held on
tha night of February IS for the benefit of
the Italian Bed Cross. The affair will be
In Horticultural Hall, under the auolces of
the ClreolQ JUllano. an organization of men
prominent in the Italian-American profes
sional and business life of this pity.
Announcement of the Ambassador's In
tention to attend tha ball was made today
by John dl Sllvestto, chairman of a com
mittee that went to Washington several
days ago to extend the Invitation to tha
distinguished diplomat. Tha other mem
bers of tha committee were Robert Lorn,
bardl and Vincent Tttolo.
Ex-Queen of Hawaii Has Relapse
SAN FRANCIBOO, Jan. 16. The condl
tlon of former Quaen LiUuokalanl of Ha
waii la again. orltlaaL aeoordiug to advices
raoalved hare from Honolulu. Tha former
Quaan rallied from an Indisposition some
months ago, but Is now suffering from
a general breakdown, owing tu advanced
age. aha was bard la ls!8
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