tfjA it jTiiTWiim"nminiir i & 5 akrc :a rat A'.'Tr.'wa IWM " ' WH"W11 i lll'M ' .'T ?" "' mi) V3teto,"7 'ir'tti vhji, - " t " at, f-is .w". a 'y. "ww t -f w- -w r ji tbNfiXM 'pxf ' r frJiBre'''v-ft5R i-. -y ; fi r-,"s'a. EVEKiKG'P fr.' i ,10 liEDGER-PHILADELP '-.,, Hf EMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE TO READ ,HK ntohy nut r.i: 'Aben romby, a snnnr Scotch slu aipletlna- hti surulral esluratlnn In witeren lha L'afa HmtcnkrHiili on rune tie notictsi a atranre air or excitement. In ImrstlKatlng h larire crowet nr uerman in a m evidently walllne fnr Mini uni. hrlr expected mi1! arrives h In i later casts ruruin aianr,-, urn rromtiv and thtn itt llir itrftll I flock. This Hip Scotchman Inter- I a mute appeal, M. ftomethlne amlim. Abcrcrotnhy lethe party, which conduct tho r out or the huliiiine. tin leaner i la Ilemlnakl, a. slim, Jewish man. i anundl of a scuffli- rach Aber- and hf romra tinon Inn lilmllnir In tho Kefnlntraiit. but not uritll Ik. policeman nan been laid low and tie man anot. in inimsicrinff to in fl man he Anna a email cloth wtlK-h the llcllm wishes aifr- a. Uvet lie sals. "Over! Over'" nmbr ftuea not understand, but 'the paiket. neat nay he la lulled bv Herr Itenhaupt. who aa In baa cninn for 'Mpera taken from Uttn llrnschcl In iKeilpelatrassc. if V tajCHAlTi:n II (Continued) f TIlK mtintlon of the kcppelstr.ise fo,t- understood. Involuntarily my 4,wcnt to my breast pocket In w lilch acaet lay. tierr isiinieniiauiii niter Mndlenant question was watching Kand feeing the aoion nodded, svlth i. appearance of relief. aB t obsersed itrdon me," I paid, pulling out tlio t, "your question misled me. yon tlotted tlie content!. I had, of no Knowledge of what was In jacket." OU have not looked lii'lde'" he amazed. tiaeems to surprise jou, i repneu r. "But I hate not." err Wolilenhaupt eyed me keenlj L'l returned his scrutiny Then he ' a curious rumbling chuenle. iiiul I', out Ills hand to take possession Ihe packet. It wns islng on mv and I had tlirut my llttlo finger re through the hole made ly the hill. BiThe man had risen to hit feet, Bhla hand trembled with eagerness, i lit I fancied so. My own hand j firmly oer the packet. Some In-1 prompted me to do tin-, nut ay only hale been because was at being suspected or prying . oslty. no moment, sir." I sahl. "llow am ' i.'be sure, that In liandlnE HiIh over , oti t am fulfill I nc the obligation I : Ctupon myself?" rati suspect me . he hiRan with 'neat I'Keld un my hand, protcstlni: A letter frnm "Otto" here need be no tnlk of susph Ion " lit. on: It Is enoUKIi that I clout But. n.s vou hale uienlloiMd It If f pointed to the llerllner blatt lying on the floor "there l.s agrapii 111 the paper v. men lens me Imbii Is dead. What am I to malic ' Dursed un bis lips In lontcnint. kicked nt the paper of, tho newspapers, they aro ai- 1 wrong. It Is not an hour since I tto 111 tils OKI in the iio.pit.ii. 1 It to you. 'thrust Ids hand Into bis breast ' extracted a folded note w hlch be me with a bow. uufoiuiiiR ami Una It, I discovered It to tie 11 rc- l.tnat I should rivo the paiKii in- I. to my care in such onu cir ances last night to llerr Woblen- and receive the grateful tnanKs tto Hensehel. tcokedaH quite reRular, and tbere to oe nothing leu ior me 10 to discharge lillself of the trust 1 have done With the Whole business. ' Miwaa ininiiing wiien toe inesseiiKer s 1 broke lu .with some Impatience' now. sir. that s'ou base read for If my poor friend's wishes. It K, remains for jou to hand oler his erty, so that I ninj- nil you or my ncn anu no longer interrupt jour ." Lamlted nt tho sarcasm with which "concluded on account of ms sllp- 1 leet i Biipposo anu sain he funnv thing Is that I don't know rthls Is Otto llensehel'H writing. In- 'I don t know that Ins name Is SvHenschcl, If you come to that." aUitiln ho drew himself up to Ills I, Height and lowed his , , arms with 1 I suppose , I , air of coin uignlts. aw 1 was hesitating. T. August Mitel Wohlenhaiint. , rr for It that that Is tho liandwrit-1 r.,f sPiv friend Ulle so. quite so," I answereu; ami lihaTO to own the truth I must own 1 1 was a llttlo shaken. Then the allty of his position struck me. il'Jaughcd. "Hut who Is to answer rr August uiiei iioniennaupt: : fairly lost Ids temper ut that. An "flush overspread nis nmssiie lace ii moment, and then, receding, left re deadly pale than before. I" he cried. "The exasperating ! You laugh pleasantly and ;to the man's property while he n When he Is dead jou will r his property s-our own: our .Empire Is made up of the goods peoples wno nao your assist- dvlnrff." F .ferocious haired In his voice and tied me. It was line a suuuen .'Into ii furnace. Yet It made aasler for me. 'any rate." I answered drsls-.. "If .friend Is dying I-haie the nest M W-11 .I .!.. l. I.. .!..! eran and not from rngllsll . jam-man ana not from i.ngnsn 1 aUook the wind out of his sails, Med his big head, looking uown I, floor. The anger had gone, as fas it nau come, nut 1 nan rs .. . -.- II me. llerr ADercromoj', 1 was lit hy thinking or my poor fly and, as I thought, valnij .,my return. lou speak thn So, aim 1 urn luin 1.-. iuu Ito him, yes. You stood by 'there was no one eiso to neip i,(lr. It 1 couia ten you an But I cannot, for It la Land not mine!" Ewere veritable tears In hl eyes. mmta in Kinaiy rasnion tnrougu . be again extended his hand to Milan or nis menu s packet. t .tor that momentary flash of kaTtA into which he had been be- ; would have git en It him. liven doubtful: his nate nau been mv race, not for this Otto r1 knew enough to be aware on uiat. ieeung was. 41 wus 1 oatrlotlsm. and for It. as (Bid make allowances. And etblnr Slraterloui e." I said auddenlj'. "I'll tell I'll do. If you like I'll ac- , M.tt tn fh tinanlfnl tthll hand over to the man from whom 1 1 III, tn your presence.' There's ' a 10 our nroDieint nklenhaunt stroked his chin. 1" r ,r." ,... .. M 'Was lainy up .againm n rZi,t . hit nf 11! L.' amid calmly, '"that nolution ag - .a. a. t -, It AtlniV si t been BOasTblo one. believe -swrseir'Bavsr aasisiea your Au Km uuHiitlne.il ' I't Hpofflbsar T rpwica are in 11111 iuiir. MMtt,t4e minute you acme noapiiai. KM. -leave nounna; MMVohlenhaupt. "I 9t you.Mtut of Otto." ut- 1 aaaeo. "I aaa. a relation 'iatwuM vMt him." "XOU T.w- f-aff- tMuk MUntahmcoL i. a aar at :-s IT&ALTIY TERROR ft JOHN. P&R.SUSOJNL "lly tho wa," 1 s.ild, "who Rate you my nam and address? And, by ,lnte, I had hlhi cornered' It la curfniii that b.itlntr provided m complete and circumstantial a story In other rcpects. th first obvious fact that required to be accounted for had Ik'i'Ii o,crtookcd. It N true that up to that moment I had myself overlooked It--still, 1 bad not had his time for lliofclit fill prrtMtntloti There was, however. tn tr.ice nf ein barra'sment In the fau" that iruardeil me, and the mask was simply dropped when he spoke. I told Mini what I thought of bhn, nnd wh.it I prnpod to do nhout the papeis Me tunifd "What Is .tour price?" he aked cnlml) i iflwi-i wmvArJs "If hi 3 o'clock ion art wise cnouli to change iinir mind and leave the papers at this address," Wohlcnhaiipl said as lie handed mv a card, "I'll InrRiM tin sneer." The card was inscribed, "Joseph. Cafe Roxcnkrant." "Prlo ' I gasped ' "Ah!' he nodded ' Wither to be j persuaded nor bought an honest, ob 1 stlnate fool, an IJiiu'li-liman " ' It wns liiioosxthlc not lo l.iimli at till, He polllldl 11 linger at nn "llerr Aticroinliie ' be said grav.-lv, "you bine told nil that If nu rr.ul In ine paper 101. mm. 01 11,11 in.ui s oe.iin 1 ion will open that packtt and cboo-e your cpurso by what ou find time. Well, ion will lead lu the papeis to night that the man Ik dead for It Is es sential that he should die I tiust. lr. ou will lead the annouiuemept with a tlttltiR Mil. 'limits, fur ou will then hi reading jour own death walnut, un less " ".Wither to be persuaded nor bought, nor threatened. ' I Intel rupted him. I?e looked down at me In ni''. "Threatened !" he said. "Young man. when I said sou will die tonight If .1011 open that thins I was not thtcateiilug you. but making a plcdhtlon and doing Sou a kindness, for, let me till lou, them are those behind this affair to whom It Is far less tiouble to do than to threaten to do." At that I got on my feet to close the Inter! lew "llerr Wolilenhaupt. the mlo of turgid tragedian suits jou betttr than that of lereaveil relation lou an better with tin liludirenn than u-ith the ranter. Itnt tnil nial ni bank to those who sent mil anil sa souse ilolie sour oesl .Miw ir jou will excusi me 1 am going 10 bo rather busj " He had taken a cald from lis wall- 1 coat pocket I felt i.tther mrrv for him. "Vou ii iy nearli had It' iuu ,11.1 rjj f-u, i,u no., 1 niiu, "I'll fotglie tin .sneer, sir tnhl, laslllg the vai it oil the tilde "It was nails an admission, ' terjocted. The AlteriiHtlre "It by 3 o'clock Jou aie wise ciioiirIi to change jour mind, and buie the papers at this address " 1lii1fi tin Ii ul iniiifi I aid 1. ..ii nn I tin ii 1 in iiuii t.iiii- 1 iiii i 11 nil tin (..ir,i . it was Insirlbeil. "Joseph, iaff; HntenUrant." flf nntlrll. It iia Al r.,.t..r...l ,... 1,, j .1 i,. .imn ihr. o.n.ou i,. n... ...,.'nP ,.,,. ge.t,.,!. ' ...is Apart irnm si! questions H- tu un (.bllgalloiui lowatil tin leal owner it was Intolerable to ine to be. so to speak, placed Ht the illspoul of u s, t of for eigners who i hoso to plaj at tin ilaggei and il.uk lantern slj le of Ii.ikiiI.1. I wntihed Heir Wolilenhaupt pick his way across thn square, and beforo be bad disappiaied 11 und tho comer I had my mind made up tho hospital tn which the man bud been taken must he found ; I must know definitely whether he was allie or dead. If allio I would tlnd means of returning IiIh packet; If dead I would probablj' send It liy post to the police. Then I should be rid of an exceedingly- unpleasant business. At this time my theory was that the papers In the packet were either the proceeds f some coup bj the gang of unscrupulous International thieves, of whoso operations there Ind been no llttlo talk In the press latelj-, or some blackmailing materials that would howl oler some rich man. and which would ' " ood as a regular Income to the po,8essori .something sinister or miIii- able. or perhaps both. It must contain, since blood was so fieely shed on Its account. There was little dlfllculty In flndim the Keppelstrasse I met a good many idlers walking about lu It. drawn by the repc.rt of tho affair. Hut I could get no Information as to which hospital the men had been remoied. All sorts of contradictory stories could bo heard from the self-important Indliiduals who, surrounded by little knots of people, nrnfesHed tn hale full know leden of the affair. They were wrong eieu as to the snot at which the nffrav took place unci 1 seeing tins 1 gaie up nope 01 outninuig anj- real information. Contenting myself with getting the name of the nearest hospital, I set on own bandkirchlef, while his friend, it expecting to find my man there. Hut I llatl young fellow in spectacles, support d failed to find him there, or at the three me with his arm. I was astonished to others to which I went. I'lthT they llnd that the experience could so un took me for a newspaper man, about I nerie. me, still, that sudden swoop of "CAP" STUBBSNot A'Tall! Not A'Tall! -:- -:- -:-" -:- .-:- -:- -:- -;- By EDWIN A ' I IVOOR ANCESTORS WUZ AU. &REATr I rESSUR'. MY ."7"Lnii.(iri I tTL UNCLE JIM WUX A GENERAL INTH'L WA 3cTj "l CICUTCRl, AP- ON MV AlTtE OF 1 ' -S l iimhc hm 1.1II1 kl MM lUXn i.s-.iiii- lv I HEVOLUT oNftRS VsATl AN' rY fiRANDFO)' A L '", , V - s. .w- ii .4 ; ivvA aUT- rercft:) ' 1 xigXSSwl-l It t fno usE.T,rP,r-h m 5S 1 MW tSAsaanr." ,5 " jmm) 1 ' WE ie?s mBPSAm& rs& rv-s M'ttsi wmars& j2' m y-.iLLfc vJitJ u U -itrtmz tH u2s JZrn mk W& shx 'miMMk- P 'whom, no doubt, they hail their ord.is, or be had In en taken mm h fuither off. Indeed If at the Tntrdilalt tepoited th ni'in was dead he would not In taken to the hnxpllal at nil, but lo the pollen mortuary. This was very likely the leal explanation Still. I could not bo cer tain, So as I wan rather tired out lit in search I made up my mind lo betake mvseir to a cafe, anil there await the first Issue of I Im evening papers, which would surelv Kite me Mime dun I it tho additional facts they would contain. It was a hot afternoon 1 took a seat that uiu under the oulslde aunlui;, with ut tin plants In the blR Kreen tubs between myself and the street. Tho time of waiting seemed Inn-. At last tho sound 1 had been listening for leached iscy in" 11 at tli, far 1 ml f be -tieet I (ould Iiimi tin shout, tig ncuMio. I'les I'titly he lame up tin sti p and ,ip proai hd 1 acli tahlo In tutu I walled till I .1111, to me l the top of the 'front luiiin was this -ii,,. .tfliilr In the Kriiel.trn.e ,T ,., rn, t,p Keppelstr.isw handculled lo a police olllcl (I died In 1 K, m-nltal after ai in ss on wit unit ie. coieiiiiR i'iiu-clou"ni ss Me has not jet bun lili'iitllled 'I In londltlon of Un olll, er is lllicll.thgiMP We lintbl sland that 111' police au Ju poscion of sewial stlong clue, and develop- I mints of a staining inline ale iiiinil mm " Pol a lllolni lit 1 did not quite see wliat to make of (be paragiaph. Tbeie was a want ot hainions betwien this and the millet leport. "Hi., luiidltion of tho otlicer Is uni hanged." So it would b.. If the man's condition was as the lire! report bad It. What did j thes ixpeel" It made me rather angiv Wolilenh.iiiit had hi en light about It lie bad lied though in sajlng be had bein sent by him Hut, of coulee. 1 knew that nlic.idi So the llttlo fellow was iliad It s luiious bow the ftellng of his packet against 1111 breast gate in .1 sjuipathj for him. ahiiot a sense of fellowship or p.irtuerslilp nt that mo ment. He mut halo loied life like other men. Certainly bo bad fought I piucKiii in ncep a noni on it. and met oeatn iuu a man wh lin snw 11 In I'Vltable .11 lli clioii'li n. (.,.&., Ilin ., ti the clock was striking the hour. The tluen strokes sounded snnoioiisli. as If tliev wen. .1 lu.dnt. t ... 1 1 -co..,. 1 1,.. I called the fantastic Wolilenhaupt. that uiia in'iiiri'ii our own 1,111 rau anil the 1 oislian llioibeis P10111 him I had he 110 fear The tight, however, of a po liceman saunteilng along, with an ap 1 in- p.iicnlli casual glance at me. was a remind! thai I minlf might be one of tin clues inenl ion il. It mii-lit 1m , will tu iiiaki for 1115 rooms and n-suiiie mi s,.arih for the scissors which llerr Wolilenhaupt bad Interrupted. Willi this iut po.se in ilen I threw the in-iisp.ilici asm tliu slice t nnd sicppul down into ('II M'l I. It III TT WAS. as I h.tie ulil. nil puipnsr A to go to nn 1. ,,in, in Hie sichisloii of which I 1 ould 1101111111 1 Ik lontinls of the lilmk p.ukit Tin illstaiice was not inoie than a mile, and b. mg now nioii than sulllcien'lj tested In m.v iasj Hftirnonn In a .ane chair, amid the ni aiigo plants. I pioposeil a sauutci hiuit.iard thioiigh the P i..mt strn s It took some time for me to realize how much lay between in and thai' lodging in the quiet square It must b con fessed that I was rather slow In ap preciating the tine significance of eer. tain happenings that weru now to comt thick and fast upon me. Thn fnct Is I was nearer death than I I bad ei et been, before I had taken ! fifteen steps from that cafe's eranda ' llsurelj crossing the street, I heard a sudden, startled shout fiom veieral 1 loices. 1 did not Know to whom they siioiiien, 1101 inuccii 11 10 any uni ; uni 1 .11.1 ,.rti .in. ... t....i 1 . ....1.1.... .,, ..... ..... "... , ... i.r,.i, 1 union 1 irn jou win I didn't . I iinlj know that I sprang detpi latelj- for the p.iiemeiit It was some deep down animal lusiinct that dictated lli.it mail leap. Something like that automatic Hash that 1 loses the cjelid, far ahead of any message from the brain, neai as that Is to the threat ened eje. As I lay nn the paicniout, I saw a woman near me leaning against the park tailings, cqierlng her face with her hands Keieral people ume running tip to assist ine "That car. Tbeie It Is'" a man cried "Ah, It Is out of sight alremlj . it nevir stopped '" And tliej nil lociferousli de'iounced the Iniquity of motorist Tnej weie all old gentleman. lery kind. Indeed, om l.'hose white side whiil.ert leiulniled I mo of a celebrated diplomatist, knelt oil tin giound to dust inj knees with Ills death has to he rpcrlenced to be un-1 ilertood. I had louki d past tho people i around me. bnd seen the track of the wlaela suddenly converge towan' ll" pavement and knew what that meant. I R.i7isl In horrid fascination nt the faint marks of those wheels on the ham m1, strict, and they in.i 13 '1 ibii'i' . Impression on my mind than they did tin tho toad. A sensation uhno-t llkcj 1 nausea took hold of me, II was ncalled to myself bv feellnir tho soft loiiili of Miicrrs In tho rrclon of my heart Tin kindly old senile .man had llnl'lnd with my knies, and I was, I suppose, feellnir me over lo as-I certain possible biulses i Was It Accidental? Ills llmrers wire restlni; llchlly on 1 tin packit when I released m.vself i That tnucli was i Irctrlcttl ' It niav bn that In was the medical man bn claimed ! ! to be: but 1 assuiid him that I had lealli no nerd for further servhes. and ilecllm d the offer bo made to a mpany in home In n cab And as nt this June tore a policeman came un In dlsnr im the lolterliiK peoplo, we bow id to rncli other aim, aner uij iiinni', r hriintmru 1 trust I do him no InjuMlic lie ninj have been a doctor. On the oth r band. I10 and Ills friend 111.11 ban been Just n pair of well, member of the lloitlnt,' 1 rlinin.il fiaternlty of Iterllu, to whom no opportunity conies nhiNs Toda I know that In this last thnURht I did ies jiiniiH in ine rommnii in 1 1111 inni ; and set he 111,1 v have In en a miniber of my ow n pr re".sion I'lii Incident had tnkrn Place lu the I'otsdaiiictpInU Uy the time I ha 1 tinned Into the nairow l''rlcdrIclistraso I had dismissed It from my mind The aftunoon was wealing 011 and most of tin pioplo bad finished their shopping or their pioineiidde and weie inaklur for home, the oiuullures' ciowded, tals liusi, so thai the policeman on duty oplios-ite the Cafe ICranrler bad his hands full Standing to light a clgar 'tte under tho ornamental dork lower that rrnnta the Hotel Haurr, I watched the tralllc befou crossing the Mrrrt . I had bad my lesson Quite by chance I ohsoriid 11 ladj, who had come out of the kodak shop at the corner, signal to an approaching taxi. The man mis-Mil sielng her sonuliow, and sailed up to the Island on 11 hlch I stood "'TaM. sit "" be called to me, leaning foiuard out the c iiitrnl. Vow jou can understand. If lou hate etei jourself baiilj escaped with joui Hfi from nndei fat rubber wbe, N, that for an hour or so aftirwaid thej an iipllnt Uesldes, though be may li.ivi mlsciii HCeing the wailug timliU'lia, he could scan ely hue been deaf to tin hlgh-piti bed soial renionstianie She was following up. too' Something m.idi me dflav to answir the man's question. I wanted to see If he was aftu am fare 01 some (.pfclal and particular fate He had ilesiemUd" and tluown open tin door befoie I bad relit mv elgaritte Hut when the Indlr.uaut and bieatbless lads an lied be bin rid her intraiiCe, "This gentleman ' ' he sab! , ihnls. Hut when she turned her solubility on me I quUkl.v nssiireit lipr it sas 1111 tblnkable that I should ibpilst her, boweier mgi litis I needed the cab So I raw In 1 lu and i.iK.il 1115 hat as sin lolhd awnj I lesunied ins walk a little thoughtful Tin explanation of rum . was that all tnl drlieis pre fer male passengeis on ae. ouut of a tial or siippnsi.il mmIu' Rein rosltj witii tin? Still I wonilend Time incldi nts had happened to me shut .1 o'clock tii of them such as might have hap. pencil to any one. Hut three liMdo nn 1 I10111 ' I thought of Wolileiiliaunl Willi 1 mine respei t, for then b.'gan to creep I Into 111.1 mind the siispieloii that these incidents 11111 noi conn nj 1 .lance, but VikVu." "i .rwersV."-"..'.'.'.",1,-, have fm tli t- exiifriencHS. things tli.it . would seem to happen to me bj 1 haute, but wblib. In reality, weie carefullj plitumd and thought out with all the love of detail and thoroughness utile Ii Is so kitge a pan of Teutonic methods iCONTINUKn TOMOmtOW) Alice Kent and the Day's Work The Story of a Business Girl Who Would Not Fail By MARTHA fop, right, lllls. by I ATIIHU died when I was flic and F alwajs In pnnr linillli. was left with little means TIefore her marriage she bad taught school in the adjoining lil l.ige and li.id boarded with Hi nnd Mrs ni.iki. They still llicd in the same place and. healing of her bereaiement, jdroie to Ilelllngton to call on her. They 'saw her cblldreh, too, and the childless eouple wete c.iptiiated al first sight of llaibara. After that Mrs lllal.e. bi.irlng gifts, ctuiu often lu out house, .mil seldom failed lo mention Ibe loiulimss of hrr elf and the doctoi. 'while jou" she ung widow, "base been blessed wllh two little ones ' Time and time again she Inggid my mother tn lend the baby to her for a llttlo while. and although at first this elicited only a smiling "No.' Mr". Hlake, one riicars Noicmbcr das', tactfully alluded to mj mother's, poor health nnd straitened circumstances as bcaiy handicaps for the upbringing eien of one child IIosv then could she pioilde for two' And would she be doing light to deprisrthe baby of the gieater adanlages which ' it, liiikes 11111I1I die-' cue l.l.iucs e ould glie. "Barbara Is an unusual child." uiged the slsltor. "Mie descries unusual op- portunlties Wllh us she would bale the best of cierstlilng." The started maternal lose of the phy- strlan'b wife taught her what lo say and what to lease unsaid. There were long pauses and both women wept. On thn floor beside them we children were play - lug with the new to.s's .Mrs, Hlake bad brought, when suddenly the babj plorlne the mechanism nf a tialn of tin cars, hurt her finger and began to crj. Mrs. Hlake sprang forwiud, picked up Barbara ami, ciooulng comfort, kissed the Injured linger "to make It well" Then with the i hild clinging to her she turned to my mother. "I rouldn't loie her better If she were my lery own. Mayn't I hate her?'' ".Mayn't 1?" Barbara, frightened by she Implored, ' this earnest- C1IA1TKII I I.nntl If'hrrr tlw Sun I'la) In 1) previous adventure I'entJji unit to tllrdlauil, where the iilannrtl the ktdnapiiliitj nf the (Hani of the Wundi I'll the A'lilf of the Wild ffi'tr nmf hli firm;. The h'lnti at that time pave her a lrrfii (nWln. linn lu ihll littn In the fur Xvith loud.) (f SL'X. .uni tu c so beautiful I v-e wish ou would slay with us the holo iilnht throilKli," iiiurmiirecl ' I'crkVi twining hack in tier porch 1 swln nnd lookliiK dreamily out over the lako whero tho rIowIiik orh of ila whs slowly sinking. Swish! SoinethliiK landed on tho mil beside tier! I'ccgy Jumped upilRht. .... .,.,...,,1.1.,,, ...,M ., .....iip.i viiunc ' "' MTiii.1111111, vas nil imiico '"inK (lander, 11 soldier of tin 111 mv of tho King ot the Wild (lecsc In his beak he carried 11 Mild llowcr. 'Cmnn quickly to the land whore the Sun Is iiivnki nil night." he honked, dropping the llower in Iter hand. "The King of the Wild Oecse has it scciet to toll jou, Princess Piggy, "lid sends 5011 this Snow Uiop fiom Kantii Clans land to hi lug ou to I1I111. Uat it, nnd sou will find it even more powerful than glass from u fair ling." "tli, but It's getting tf.uk," cried i'eggj. " ".Mount your nliplane. and hasten' Insisted tho (lander. "If we don't let the Sun get away from us svo can keep 111 the light until we reach tho Haj -all night kingdom." IVgg.v hesitated, then cautiously bit tin head off the Snow Uiiip. Piesto! Again she wus 11 liny elf, nnd ng.iin her tot iilrpl.iiic wus ir.iiisfiuiiied into u biD'lng, powerful lller, which iav lied hci Into the nlr so fast the ri.iu- iter had to ihasc desperately to catih hei t'p higher, she found that the Sun, Instead of sinking, seemed to lie I rising. i "Why, the Sun's coining up again," 1 she cried in surprise. "No. we've traveled on the wings 'of magic to the far Noithland." honked the (lander. "Here at the top , of the aith tho Sun playn In bummer. ' He doesn't set at night, hut swings 111 mind mid around in a circle like on 11 lneirj-goiound. Ho has so much fun he can't take time to sleep, hut pops Into bed and pops "light out again." Sine enough, instead of getting il.uker mid d.uker as at home. It was getting lighter nnd lighter and the Sun wns swinging higher nnd hlghei 111 the skj. Peggy was so fascinated lis lilts queer sight that she was sui Iirlsed when tho (lander suddculs bonked: "Heie we me Dile'" l'on they swooped ,0 the rdge of sparkling lake, where the.! ioiind themseUes In the coui t of the King j of the lid (icese. Tho King was J moping on a throne of moss, looking 11 sad and dismal shadow of tho dash ing, dating nlr i hleflaln who had helped tier lu tho adventurous kld- I Kl'.ELUl Public J.edSi r Co. ness, wound her arms Hie tighter muud 1Irs. Wake's nrck. crjlng ".Mamma: mamma: mamma :" "The babj herself has spoken." .Mr. Hlake tilunipliantls dcclaicd "Let her decision ,satul." Slowly tnntbrr shook her bead "I ran seo only one step at a time Hut 5011 may tako her homo with jou today for a slslt a ilrlt If jou w sh " Scarcely was that ilslt enteicil upon when my mother's state of health be came so alarming that, witii mo, she withdrew to her t.ithei's home In l.et-Inirj-, a distance of sumo hours bv tall fiom Ilelllngton. This. loo. was called a ilsit, and to nelghliois who tan lu to bid her codsiie.i it mi lln. Imiii m.v she poke iheei fill 1 1 of returning in the .1.1 11 . . i . "".in or tin King's love slnrj. ..,.. n,u i. ........ ,...- ....nil ill, ll .1.1. .lll.l not one of litem ovpected lo see her face' again. i At grandfatbri s. mother incised, from Mis Ilkihn frequent letters glow ing with accounts of llarbara The babj's roslnes was portrajed and her cute sayings were lecordcil faithfully, while in Itemizing Harbara's lalnient and the playthings In her nursery Mrs Hlake's communications iltaled the com pleteness of a catalogue. And she dwelt upon the jojous transformation of her self and Doctor Hlake wrought by the presence In their homo of "the wee one,' as she always called Harbaia. and upon nssuiances of the baby's happiness. ."-no na neicr cried time," was tho in- l.llitihln ifneirt Without warning the letters changed , ln hullelliis. Barbara was III with mem. iira,)ous ,.,.,,. JVir mother to go to her ,vas Impossible, ns she herself was pios. trated by disease; but men had It been otherwise, Mrs. lllako Insisted, her looming could be of no aiall. Doctor ' Hlake had glien his other patients Into j the earn of his colleague the better to i deiote himself cutiicly to the cas( In his ex-'owu home Two ttalned nurses weie In attendance, and Mis Hlake herself, she wrote, neicr left the baby day or night , When the crisis pissed my mother was given tn understand that, humanely speaking. It was owing only to this care that the ittlo life had been sated, Thus mother grew to feci that Bar. i Intra belonged less to her than to Doctor and Mrs. Blake. The following .March thej- legally adopted her. In May poor, clear mother died 'DREAMLAND ADVENTURES' By DADDY "TIIK HKAUTIKUIi STHANGER." .1 complete, neio adventure each tccek, Iciitmilnu Jfo.(ij ami "I'm in love," napping uf the lii.iut of the Woods. He chccicd up as he s.isv her nnd in stantly dismissed his court. 'Tome!" he honked lo Peggy, rind awav he flow to a neighboring lake Alighting on n wild, deserted-looking shoio, ho looked caiefully around. "Now I cm tell sou my secret." ".I'm els lug to hear It," deflated I'lggy panel ly Thi King came close ami whispered i lu her car: "I'm in lose'" - ".M.v goodness. Is that all"" ex claimed l'CKg.i. much disappointed. "Isn't that enough"" letnrted the King. "Did you overhaie the measles, mumps, whooping cough, it stubbed toe. a sou thumb, a new woolen nn dershlit and the toothache nil nt the same time''" "No, I never did." icplicd l'eggy. "Then jou c.iu't applet late how I feel," sUhed tile King, "fin hi a lot of trouble." Ho looki.il so mispiuhU" Peggy's heart gicw soft with pits. "Poor icing," she said soothingly. "Whom .no sou in love with?" "The llcautlfiil Stranger," was the King's mii pi King replj. "And who Is she, please'.'" The King Inii'sl into enthusiastic, excited cise. "Her honk Is like the guiglc of a lu ook; I llnd a win Id nf rapture In her look. .M. heart she's caught as it upon a hook: , I'm mad ns aii.i hero In a hook." "I should sai jim weie," agreed Peggj. "leather says theic's no hope for a boy when In M.ntH wilting niushs poctts." "Theic's no hope for me," oiled the King, almost Incaklng clown. "My 10 inancK is a tragedy," "Doesn't tin llcautiful Stt.inger love .von?" Alas, her father Is u member of a band of bandit Goose, deadly enemies of my tiiht. und tin tins pinmiscil her 111 wedlock In the chieftain nf the out law floi k " "Oh. I I'm like 'Itoineii and .Inlicl'" I exclaimed Peggj , now all cxcltcinciit lint diint - .., Pll ....,1 (,, ,...1. son I in pot such ii goose; ns that, ic plicd the King. "Hut, Piiniess Peggj', unless I saio iii.i beloved, inv heart will bleak Will you help ino? or i om so I uill, piomlsed Peggj'. for a loung woman of courage Cn "When is she?" Ihla felt sure she had courage to play "t do not know. Perhaps in tha Re- ulnnu of t.:ifi'l;illiit lee not'limis In i iliniw. i ciii.iis in mivj lie- Kicrlastlng Ice; perhaps in i of tho Polar Hear nnd W'ul Is nil I have left of her." the ranges rut. This The lCIng ssnlked to 11 mud bank beside the shoi e a ml carefully removed a entering of'le.tves. Tliere In tlio inuu was the Imprint of a si ebbed foot. ('oiiiorioir til! "" (old the utoiu of the thillliuii vieetlnn of the JUna ami the lit dutiful Ktinnger.") . , i 1 Who Said "I'ork"? On nut occasion Buck Taj lor, one of Itooseielt's Iteiugli IJIdcrs, who had been with him ill Cuba, accompanied him on 1111 election ccilug trip and made a speech. ".My fellow.cltl7.ens," said Jiuck, si ho thouglit that tho Colonel was the gie.itcst man on earth; "sotuv for my colonel; vote for my colonel, and ho will lead you, as ho led us, like sheep to the slaughter." "Hardly a ti Unite to my mili tary skill," said .Mr. Koosetelt, "but It delighted the audience." 1 ctding Saturday. honked llie Kinp THE DAILY NOVELETTE Tlw Presentiment i - ll) IIAIIOUI CARTER md.ic 1 "Te id.MOmtOW" said Cynthia softly, Tomonow I" Charley Askew swung ioiind In his chair and faced bis wife declsltels'. "Cynthia, dear, 1 don't want jou to do It." he s.tid. ' N'ot once mote. dearcM" Km the last time befoie we are flee'" 'Oh, Cjnthla," he cried, "If jou knew what It means to me, 1 sit heie cierj night like a timid woman until the lime comes tn Co round, to the circus en Iranco for jou. llien nun night moie will drlio me mad, CjnlhlJ " "Hut ou must bear up one night moie, for both our sakes, dealest," hi yoiinc wife answeitd Time wciks befoie flnules Askew A .voutig cleik lu a biol.ei's otlloe, saw no futuro before him on $20 a week, which 'might peihaps rise to $10 by the time lie was a middle-aged man, bo was tljlng to suppoit Cjnthla, whom be bad married sK mouths before. They boarded and bow tney hated the boaidlng house! How thej lonRed for that home widen alwajs eluded them, phantomllkc, cull witii the posslbllitj' nf Installment furniture, simply because It was linpos sll.lu to g, t the bam montblj rent ah ad They bad mairled for lou. and lose was all- esiepi the J.'n a week that tl.ej bad lo lite on 'Ibe New Ij -Weils IrreHin Iloweter, thej forgot their troubles hi tbelr mutual Inn until Cjmhi.i ele lelptiecl signs of lung trouble. It was it ns set sciious-it wniiiii ueier ne- "me si rlous. and his wife would prole ablly become pelfectlj weII If he eolllil take her West But that was totally our of the question They had dreamed all I heir lltes of a little farm Ilolli weio cily hied; both longed for the ceiuntij life ns one in v lite h they eould find their highest Ideal come true. And If only they could lalse $Tini they saw their way clear. Seien humped? Thej might as well hale t'l led fnr set cut! thousand Then Cjnthla had done a dating thing. Shu had seen an advertisement . "'".in lM ' "9 'l.rc"v.-. l "' IllOUgllt ' , ,',",u fj;,,' ,7, ei,is ll was wllh the lions She gone, and had found hciself one of lUndrcd applicants. There svero tall gl'ls and short gills, stout and thin nil's. snruLe Rlrls and slatternly ones hut she she was the one picked bj the manager nileed. there was untiling straiine about that, for she had that air and hi ceding which were a sine qua noil fur tlie task. But Cjnthla thought It was 1 .1, miracle. She was to be strapped Intu an an lomohilc whlih looped the loop cieij night. And for the llio minutes which the whole elutj requited sin was to re eel, n J50 nightly for lliiec weeks In all no. "Theio ain't no risk at all." the man ager explained. "Wo'10 tried It out a hundred times. I'll show jou." Cjnthla saw the old performer, who was letlrlng that week, go through the .peiforinance. When tho girl came back from her tertifjing ride sho sias white and shaking. . "ljst her nene," tho manager ex- 1 plained. "They all do sooner or lalei j Then It's for the next one. No, I don't I know why It I". They don't mind It the first week or two. but a month's about tho limit for all of 'em. How. cier. the show moies South In three I weeks, and I ain't going to take you with us, becauso jour time to lose jour netio would come as soon us we'd paid jour fare to Cuba, So It's Just for thiee weeks. Aie sou on?" Cynthia was "on." Hut, after she t vtf-yvTRL-i ' Mi v jte . t I had signed her agreement and told I Charley the hardest lask lay before her. , The I. a. I Mulit At first he poltliely refused to sane i tlon It. It was only after n terrible scene. In which Cynthia lied braienly about the work she was to do, that her 1 huhanil consenled. And that wns be i cause be knew that If they couldn't rnrn this money it meant that Cjnthla piust illn of tho lung troublo that wns becom ing obi Ions, t Three tituhta tinssed. durln? which period Charley thought his wife was slm. ply a passenger lu a racing automobile, (in tho fourth he "went to tho circus and discovered the truth. Then there was another scene, tin even went to tho man ager, but that worthy showed him tho agreement and laughed In his face. "No money till Saturday." ho said, "tf she don't slaj- out the week she don't get a iienn.v," Cjnthla stayed out that, week nnd nn other and most of the third. This w-ns the last night, the last Saturday, nnd Charley had pleaded with her to let the week's ralary go and bo content with the JCno. Hut $Snn seemed a stiff tfrlce to pay for a single night, and at Inst he sullenly ncqiilesced. Hut when Cjnthla had gone bo sat In their room oierw helmed wllh thn fears that would Insist In creeping upon him numbing his brain nnd pnr- nijzing nis courage. Tho last nlKhl ' lleasoii told him that no harm could come to her, nnd Set In his mind's ej-e wns a picture of 1 thnt nwful leap ot the heavy automo bile through space He saw Cj-nthla upldo down, strapped helpless, the au tomobile missing the track and burling Its tons of metal through the air, pinning I, cyntiua beneath the wreckage, sue would halo no chance at all: she would neicr elen know that she had died, The t'reinnnlllnn The sweit dripped frnm tils brow He remembered their hnppi life together On Monday they bad planned to statt for tho West with their $!mi. He bud olrendv resigned bis position. Now It was unbearable. The fearful premonition would not down: It grew and glew until It became certainty At last be flung on bis hat and ran down the stalls, out Into tho street, und tow'atd the olieus entrance Something had seemed to snap In his heart, and he was sine now that Cjnthla was dead He tote, panting, .riong tba stieet. reached the sldedoor of the clicus and tiled to folic his nay past tin doo! keeper. "Now, then je.nng feller,"' rcnion. sti,itd that hciuctlalcd functlonarj'. ".My wife'" gasped Charley; but the dooi keeper saw lu htm onlj a Jealous husband who had come perhaps to cre ate a distill banco within And Charles was too incoheient to explain. He slrugRled. The dooi keeper tried to (ling him out. e ncus hands came running up I I tell sou mi wife's to there!" canned "the frame man "She's dead. She's in tin d'p of death. She " I ne.v thought he was a madman now And huildenlj". as llnj wue forcing hint .to tho doot. Cjnthl.t stood before film l. nil. int. "Chailej"' she ei ltd 'This Is mv I husband I lion daie jou striko him? r ''"" J. wnat is it- ivnv jou were afraid fnr nie Ho fell hack, fanning from tho te actlon, while, under her directions tho doorkeeper, changed fiom a lion to a lamb, fanned the man's face and tap ped him In kindly fashion upon the shnulder. "Vou didn't bale an accident?" gasped chailej Askew fa'nllv "Why, no. dear" e rled his wife. "And I'le got tho money, too. Three hun ched dollars and we bait for the West .Monday " "Whoop"' sbouled Charley, springing upon his feet and trying tin embrace the elnoiktiper. Hut that functionary bad dlscieetly withdiawu, so Charley kissed the next most accessible person whom he had often kissed before. Tomortow'i lomplcle uovtlcttc "The i tisiHil.cn 1'iomlse." 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