1WKSSH Mil tltilMi dili tm ii',iii. i 1 m f-rh iUHdiftMMA)UIUlHiHlfl MKEif -6'THE FAMILY CAN FIND S6MTHING MfERTINGHBRtTOnmB L-yi.; e -tm . St U'V VJarMft! STEALTHY TERROR JOHN. P ' USOiN. t. If IK. bv rnblic I ntotr Co.) I STOKY THUS FAR LAtercrombr. a yeimg Scotch tu a,lllna hla auralral education In Htmd the. Cfa nosenkrants ono mine ne noucm Ri..a7 .., excitement. In Invettlsatln. he large crown oi nermna u, .iiBii(iv waleln for nomo ono Mir expected ue.t arrive he ! later cans luruvu a-iamta, ". erombr and then at the coffin- Klnrk This the Scotiinan wier- Abercromby I n mute appeal l. . ... amiaa. BV UIII-.llllta ,.... --- - - - - ..- Hthe party, which coneiucii . r out of in? pu. una .... -"- I la uewiniKi. a. '''" -en,... " and he comes upon the tueellnr ik. lT.7Mw.!.tr.e. but not until the Keppletrae. but not un nd policeman ha. been ,1.1.5 lev- an. 9 man he finds a email cloth -which the victim "'': over.- no au ,"'."'j i,t nbv does not underetand, but ktha packet. t . . . . ,.,rr nhaupt. . who. ay. ha h com' for KS.S1.' aid lv AWcromby r i-c.ock to return them Of couree. Omoy. rCBMina j 7.1. a.,..., lav ia that aomethlnit nieriincattt ly th papere and the murder of II;n- . ai . . l n4ta, At If Tfl VIKIl III" :.?,,Uh'."prec;d.nVnlaht. event, and . ' "a'JLKSK' SUEE" When .tfhU would-be reacuera attempt, to !ou.;.verd.: arXd'sss; t. ;w omby--inree cunuu "'" CHAPTKB III (Continued) rjlOOMS began to it"" m -tW,ofr. I had a queer thrill of cx- iln. wondering what would happen k.i v.pnlne alert as I threaded im Ionic the narrow pavement of the rlehatrasse. I knew Letter tluin to I the usual and direct way home certain mai u - --- d by unseen and metnouic.n .,.- iji ooa many ui .w-.- --- M .lon8 the route. So I n r. Knowing thai i v.bs iw - anything; out apparcm v.-....- I kent to tne mom v...- ...... T kent on mo """ '" roln ee for the xarlous small of the streets i in" luid that sense ot ncinK van...... i one Bometimci nciiri- faction, and came to t..o m tt Is a feeling one can m.-... ... by simply nuspecxins i" i-- fet watchers liehlnd one etlmes In my lenureiy ,..u......... FMld stop at a cornir ni some r..i- Mew na cast a canuui l!Mt once did my ec llRht on nn oC Weotrlans who beemed to be .log- ae. i triea, io. w - te. and from time to time would J. . . if T could Identlfj one I uiem i" - - - ... ,, . 'already seen, nut i nt".i " - being watched it was " i " , ve no sign. Lillr I bethought me of a dodge t.Jnlght draw them Tl.ere is an La., hat- lUSt wnere nw ...-- rtb itreets. and this bar. I Knew. 1 zr .. i- . in li Fried ; cxtts. a main "- ' - --- se and another farmer " i side street that laces me raum. Suppose 1 went in mw --- K . . !., hv the hdy expeci mo i ""-, " , . - i thev suspected I Knew or rwrrelllance. If Indeed It was not Ur. ot which i ;- -It was an nour """"": ,"waa sure to do "'-- "":.. and standing ai mo iuu.... my poison" of the approeil an mixture. Bne w w , iMiinv In craceful attitude at "'end of the bar. I had the place i "Vow." I Fain i" ".j-'" fivLppe'd the cool Iced drink grate J "".. . . t .m wntched." for '"well seo " -, ' ... ... h. uouid not dare to let of their sight Sol waited for ttoor to open, it was tt . .. The Flower seiirr . . vn -what I expected. Cer- -. .v,. ,ira that did actually 'the door open a little wretched a." aa 111 a Atari , of a flower seller, wun " buttonhole roses Br'i " , tray supporteu oy - -w - d"hVn lie Halv-yne.-nam- JaloSd gentlemen mace straignr "feffintly he knew where hli .Brldentiy ne r:w f'.'y --- a alan did two Other usemom. - - --.r Till not appear to be well posted mla i?rTK - th nnfrntlatlons imub. .. .- .,-rr.rThe ..".'.Ir.. v" were ore- rK affable and qufckly detected ia ot my an ubcihch. " . .. .1 L- Dnunlii. after lculation and raising of eye- . L.....Ri.Ai.a in tho rest of nments. and the flower seller I us. beaming ai m D"-- r. however, was destined to be C "- A tt.. lafa Arrivals. turned to SDeak to the bar- !hat, I believe. Is the correct ondld not observe the hawlt oach and in extending his foot atly tripped the man up junai Ifo me. so that he fell and his . j.tittrd nn the noor. ?t hefped him to hU feet he unariiy eumaru, .. . w.v notiv. u , v "" on tne xaiicn umuuio. v " ..-n nf & naatv row. The Sr appealed to me. and the V had caused the accident ap. hhls friend. I was taKen abacK emptness oi me aiuiin SO mUCIl W M V" iiiioa i" mlflcance It was all to xery jrly confident that l had got nation i nunni uy ; :';,Jr j.m t did not stay to Inter- Cu.mhM. aa no doubt I was to do. If they were the people 1 toOK mem. a mm tam am lh Tlrundcnbur- .The sense of being shadowed tied In me. and I dldn t like It. i Berore naa i experienceu iui ad t recalled It then. After ainnaltv hard session In the Btbool I had taken a holiday at r in nnt nr ine vaiieva k iuiik ml one nay mini oer- the way back after a long man moora -me ruu iu ran nt fl.a vatlev and the i -bo close that the branches a mt nvarhead. There was Ti like that so dark that I UlQ roao. w, my iwu n at as the grae. top: but In the silence. I befearf to aoft lolcea and whisper- sund'me. My reason kept tnere waa notning mere, m clae in me, for which set- i yet ro name, made reason the Sie being, and. taking r -control, forced ma to run t,( that eerie place. tat the half-forgotten ex dome hank to me In the raa the aeaaa ot being a aaaaiiuiuuf In tnai i -JmVm ft&ssJNAS wsiiw nwiB vnina, ana Kt . nlatlr saueeatlna een- MM oc we hum ana apui. i agate aermaaa. Hither rwfKU felt any tor OarmoM. A aort M.' I HIW, O" over me. It was such a futllo thing to enn onen urn mi, Incontinently, on a lodglng-houso Htnlrcttse. True, I might hide mnelf In some corner, or cupboard, In the upper reulons of the houie; but I i-houlil Inctltably bo dls coered In the Ignominious shelter, and only die llo or ten minutes older, my person cctred with ruhuctm ntnl dual I It bchooMs it man to dlo nlunH with fortitude, and If iiovkIIiIc. ultli cllirnlM I Thus the coward and the Kiitlincntallst could not be that, for all thx shops must In me. haMi been closul for mine time. At I slo id lrrcnlut tin- precision nana Inr i;cape or my room nguii ciukiii mv oje j-er nips it niu i course. In the irrcnmif, wu precision i-iii inr i.acnpr B,ele,nC,".RMVnnedJW,CofL.T1,0 fnrt l,.t ,,n"' "n',,v fnr ,.h.r0UB,, - 1iJi.e of dl"iocrlnK tie V"'t" ,my h" ",cn wll ro"1'1 laM wen not Rich fools as to ,hr,,,1Rl1 n,v r'ront experiences and Hp wcru noi sucn ioois as to , . . . . . , Imtn rs thev iiae tint hope but fur some tisiful pur pose They arn kucIi a thorough rare' No small met mat related to my tastes, habits nr Chirac ter would be owrlookfd Tim preclHe mmmr In which per thing pnlicnslons and how mlther phslcat nor nervous exhiuxtlnn A wonderful and iimi.iturnl breed I In mv i tnerl euro braxcry Is almost always connected with finr; and perhaps the brawM had been nplnced would bp Itself n ron-I deeds In the hlsti.n in ill lime hem done l'rom somewhere within the Inclosuro a thrush made, the quiet sduiro resound with his liquid, tlutellke notes. No one was In sight Whitexcr gentry were on my heels had had a pretty slurp walk. I slipped my latchkey home and entered Mere, at anv rate, was a haen In which I could be at pace awhile I determined to go earl to bed. fnr It had bec.i altogether an exlnustlng dav Hut first I would satisfy miself as to tho contents of the pipers In m pos session: there could bo no sleep until after Hint had been done In the morn ing I might perhaps find It well to go ner the town In consult with l'eli r Dunn, the one mini, n pos'graduato stu dent like mieir, In whom I csitild liliun reliance In any rough and tumble busi ness Jf I had benn wise I would lue gone to I'eter s Insleid of coming limm, but I was tired, and tho thought of the restfulncss of my rooms drew mo to llldU . illlU. IH-fllUL-n. I Ulil ll. JVI iv . .. ... .... , . . the danger n which I stood Accord-i nineiiin-.rraoni m,Mu; , nnu. . ., , tiklng thit whlili Inalv. Ii Keemed tn me that I could promised ms self In returning to inv P, " . ' e." '" "'. , "B . i. -JVi ". handlo the affair, such ns It was. m- rooms' Whit a fool I hid been to pelf, and lne n good story thit would come I ought to huo gone to ivtir miko I'eter lift his eebrottS when I j Dunn s whin 1 hid the ch ince. Th u told lilm of It afterward. (I shouldn t hie bein left ilone In the lious, ii ipihii in li, vtiwi mn long iukih raldl iidMiiulng Wna It reilly too latn to go'' I am nslnmul to nv It. but I tlnloed out to the landing again, nnd ngiln pecrcu uo,fi into t ic blicn M..u M,.. cealmcnt Mill though t dismissed this from mv thoughts ns fir-fetched T liPKan to hi unens In m mind. Triidclien hid neier been n person to bn called nnilible or engaging: but It seemed ti mn nou that she hid been more mllcnt nnd f irouche than wns her uont And what did this absence por tend? I becime restless tiller llenre The C hinged Itn.inl So after Trudchen h ul brought me hot watef and I hid had a wash I enured the sitting room, determined that thU time no one should bilk mi In a nnrllon from feu The briie man Is not the mm who never fears, for thorn Is no such mill1 lie Is tho man who reacts ngalnst fiar And tho differ ent e flitween a liraM1 man and a roward Is simply this, th it the otio docs and the other does not riact The flrt slip on the rmd ImiU to sinlty wis miiile when It occurred to mo that, even If I inelf must ba taken by thine cruel nnd blurc men, I ionic! i thov valued most, tho Mlcnschel pipers i Ith tho notion of getting rid 'of tho pipers I stole b irk to mv room Thiro w in no fire nf course which fict i raved me from m nrst looiisn inougni 1 stood, and knew that the moment for! action was upon me I gripped my piperw eight tight that memorial to the eminent theo logian and hurled It Into the far and opposite cornir of tho room It made a pirfectly Infernal racket as It struck tint flimsy fretwork erection, for, an I have said, It was fashioned out of solid Aberdeen granite I fancy It brought Iho whole erection down; It certainly I a let Kalsir Wllhelm low. for I saw tint his white gh6sl1y faco had dis appeared They lumped to the conclusion tint t Inil been trying to conceal myself behind the ciblnet. There wis n rush of feet across the room 1 think eomo nf them fell over the man on the floor rhero were deep, guttural Oerman niths Two shots rang out. Thev had got sepiratid, and wcru as likely to kill encli other as to kill me In the midst of tho hubbub 1 was round the door nnd down the stairs In a llah Tho back el;or was ajir. This door led out on to a narrow, cobbled alley tint emerged on a, traversing side Mnet at rarb end I did not nt once rush Into this nller, but prospected It first from tho shelter of the door. And It was well I did so There was come one standing In tho sh idow of tho op posite wnll. Ah fnr us I could make nut ha was watching the unner windows The shots and tho shouting had probably drum his attention No doubt ho thought thcro was good reason for sup posing tho guard was no longer ncces sir Anv how ho come toward the doot und as ho nissed nlmost touched un where I Mootl. In thu dark, ngalnst . "DREAMLAND ADVENTURES" By DADDY t "THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER." ,1 lumiilclc new adiautuie each u.eik, bcqtnnlng itonilay and ending Saturday. foolish In rinse for ill 1 knew, tn I the wall Had 1 been a mlnutn later .loircii tin timers might be all thes i w would have met on tho stairs I thcmselvis lies-inn mi i turneu io int window thinking to throw the picket fur It vvas thin nnd firm In Its Anicri- - aHGII 1'V. U I I fa. I r .1 I'1 ! UVMafcaaWflBVaVaVaVtVaTaVaVaVaVaVaVfl afallV'V-'J. .',. VK it-V .JfsP!MBJaaHaKaaeHCalalalalalalalalalalalaTalJ mmWr l--fl ?1lV'iVV' tn O V4Jl. 'U I F..B .' affaVfaVaVaafaffaffafM aMRcffi'.alHaBaEaaVHaaaHHtMiaHRir'.'JlaaaaaaaV aaaKHCVKlW.BilBlll..HBMU. t VaHUaBHl laaaK ' ' ..691 iIOj9aaaDaaHUUIalll MBA. IIUaB1.!' 'JTaHtB "HRMaTaTaTaTaTlaTaBtrTnitrTffr mYrTJwV-JsflaBn HiaTaTaB'i.'V " TaW.a fflffTlTTWrTarafafafrnilMlnllSUaaTnraOalflyalfafJgM el.lBHaW dipped out, and ran for the exit to the slnet lower down, the rough cobbles hurting mv feet cruelly. (CONTINUED TOMOItntrW) THE DAILY NOVELETTE The Unspoken Promise !) ROBERT DLiriTT MARSTON AIinAUTirUI, joung girl formed the central figure In a cory dravvlng rcom scene She hid sketching material on a small Maud In ftont of h"er, and the icvldent result of Iter own labor she was studiously and thoughtfully surveying a pen and Ink portinlt it vvas a strong faco tint she had CHAPTER II The King J'rotci el Hero (Wslrrdny U una told how VemiV Ii05 eolcil l the far Sorthtand by the Ktny of the Wild (Vrno iineJ fhcro unhid tit aid him tn finding hU lost hie, the Hiautlfitl Sttanuer.) I (i"ni;roi:i: t can hcln uu find Hie X3 liciutlftil Kti anger 1 must know mine ubotit ltd said 1'ckrV. "Alas! I know so llttlo," aaclly ati svvcied thu King. 'Hut I will tell you mv retnirknlMO story. ' Semio cl iv s ago I do not know how tnitiy, for the Sun runs mound In uuch n ejiicer wuy up hero that he'a not much good ns it timekeeper I had wandered fiom my lloclt bceklng a bet ter feeding Held I It id found this nlcasint m.usliy 1 iko whero wo now lire und vvas scouting mound looking tho ground over for possible enemies before bringing my people there. The nlieo seemed dencitcd and safe. ' ".Suddenly tho silence was shattered uy turrorlzcd lioukH for Help. "Instantly I took eiulck flight, for self preservation la tho llrst livv of the i wild (iccse a sclllsh law of vvlilcli I do not uiipreive but necessary If our specie s Is to live As I ro&e Intel tho air. howcvei. I felt that It was cow ardly to luu away, ho I turned back to ho If I could give uld. 'The honks of cllstiess weic coming fiom behind .1 clump of undot growth eloie to the watti's edge. As I Hew I over this clump a fcirful sight vvas disclosed Tlteiu struggling In the elieidful clutches of n utiel Mink was the most beiutlful (loose I had ever seen a, lllue (loose, ot a species ut terly htraiigo to me." The King p lused for n moment. , while big tens lulled down his face I the Beautiful Stianger, I made n her flock shortly hefoie and was rest- 'The lieiutlfiil Ktiangci! Oh, how i bolder attack. I went right for the lug when the Mink attacked her. awful'" Mibbed 1'eggv eyes ot the Mink with my beik. It "I nsked her the nirao of her flock. "Yes. It vvas the Ucautlful Stranger," gave him a chance nt my neck one To mv Miipilse, she appeared dis continued the King. 'The Mink had I eiulck snap meant my elcith but It i tressed nnd hesitated to answer. Then 9HTBfa X :.'.-S Er&mWmmWm&3mV '. sTSsraBlfc f v ' - 3BBp3SCTKSry M Xv:" 'vVB?x" "Vi? 'U "TBfc. i - "rL Tii.? .'. ". .; A - " atmaai.mwjfiVSMssss3m i ,1 mWSrn. V, .. ,11 I ,11 ... ' U V ' ' t ,-x2. v . ry i vB .i av srCVffnl ' ' J A , - Afr. 7 rft ' 'jyf?EK&yl " x ' fr..jTiT:aU3ttlaTaTaV ' mTTKim- mmX aV Ciriaife mM'' 4 C &E&iLLm. iLwwlr: s .. y, J V aaak. Mn 1 . w a. rTMSSaTaTaTa? FaVaTaTaWf 4 . f &. XV JtSMaEnatnaHHMataia VWaHPe A- A I cm fill tlln n a" cl!cIo'cil mini up irom mimcny soieiy a race cv iilcntly surprised Iier while she was vvas tno only way to save my neiovca sno iooucu at mo uravciy una repueu, mojo of Intelligence nnd chiricter thin resting. Mie had taken flight, but was "He saw me coming and knew what I 'I am of the Uluo (loose tribe.'" real masculine bi.iiitv Us possessor a mnmcnt too lite. He had le iped I meint to do lie was ready In ani "Alas! I might have known," moan- m7.t5hm Lcttln B ot U, Dluc led tho King, "ue rlenr ilmos " st.'i vet .. kit, m As I nnlved she was struggling (loose, he struck savagely at me. His "Why. what Is the Blue Goose liirhi oh.iu.it i., ii.i. a, ..,t.u bridle in an pfTiirt tn bleak nw iv. sudden mov o cxiused me to miss his trine; asKeet i'eggy. Anita Warden Intel fancied she was i but the- Mink luld em tight, knowing eyes, but my heik caught him squtrely "It Is the Inmllt , tribe of the Wild alone, but a mirthful mischievous face tint In a moment she would be rx- on tho nose. The beak was hut el; the row I," explained the King. "It lias v in all minimi peeling over her Inustoel and then would be easy prey nose was soft. Behind the blow was been nt de idly enmity with my bind shoulder It wis tint e;f Mirv Deane. for ,,,, u)l thu sttcnBtli of my long, muscular the Cimda CJecse, and with all othet I MdUmio im hi toe " upon ' "' hiicvv that to go to her rescue neck. He let out a squeal nnd Jumped Oeee for many y eats Too cowardly At list- she in! lnlf Interrneri- was ilskHig death. I knew. too. the hick. It was Just a second's respite, to battlo other binds of equal strength tUelj ' fc stun, heartless 1 ivv of tho Wild Occse foi he lustantlv leaped foi me ngain, It has mido Itself f e ired and liated Anlti Mined and blushed hid the 'fleo from cl ingci.' All my Instincts but all ho got wis a mouthful of tall by raids in which it has attacked and permit under a folder and faced he 1 told me to sive mystli and leive the fc itheis killed such Geese as it could find In friend now with Ics nf embarrassment Beautiful Sti in.;ir to her fite." 'The Blue Gooso mounted high into smill numbers when I helped the flower seller In In- feel lie was c raorilmaril e-nrar.il. in. I lite mini, who luppeil linn, replving liollv, we soon hail the pro.peel of a najly rov. Hut I It id got the information I hul -oiihl ami lid not -Id) to inlirvciie ill the squabble than a snecles of mdniss ' Vnti Imnw who it Is-" she Inqwlred oftly. our Into, of couise'' smiled the s rlghtlv Mnv II" l i lino vis lepllnl Anita crlnush "It is eTyd-i .Merilel a man i sti ittgir wlio It is done for u whit inoney 11 ml fi it nils and kin could not do lien I rother I'tbeit vvas lost In tin wilds of Ala-d i, we h allied tint Mi Mmlel hill bein nvirnll that tenitory Wi sought Itlm nut In Unci him a c ere lis j, icei.lcss Bolii ml in a poet writer' lid waudctir Hi wis In piwu ' I In piwn'' itpcated the astonished .Man yes It si i mid to be i falling of his to can foi tin-unfiutuii.ili At the pool chi.tp looms ho e illeel home vie found a c tippled artist nnd two imillcsx news pi Her milt Ml .Men lei It id given them nfit;e To pay unt and senile fond for litem he had gone to n mnne loinei who iiiovided the needed c i"h. but In sisnii tnat Oh but you dldn t, ynu didn't'" cried I'eggy. "I know you didn't" ' No I dldn t," the King smiled sidh 'Tho minute I siw hei 1 knew tint I would willingly dlu to hoi " the ulr the moment the Mink let go "I was horrified nt this revelation 1 found her terribly FCired but not nut my love uiu not waver, indeed siilously hurt The web of her foot it grew stronger when I found that hid been toin a bit, hut that would i she was nn unwilling member of the have quickly he il ' bindlt flock, and was eiger to escape I inel fallen In love with tlie Beau- oecauso ner miner niu promised nei 'I thoiuht fast. I had no weipon tiful Stianger the moment I siw hei In wedlock to Busty rice, chieftain tint would av ill against the teeth and In the Mink's povvei, hut now. as she of the Blue Geese, a scoundrel whom claws of the Mink, but it 1 could force agitatedly thanked ine foi ilsklng my I she despised him to tin n tn nttiek inn he would life for hei, I knew tint my life "liven ns slie told me this, a blue let go ul the Blue Goose and she would always belonif to hei that 1 e loud in ose from a neighboring marMi would escape h id found mv true mite "Tlv. fly quickly!' she cried In ' Honking to her not to give up. 1 "Her beauty was beyond even mv keen fear. 'Heie comes Husty Face' dished Into the face of the Mink, btif fondest di earns of love Hei head and and his murderers They will teat feting him with mv wings. He vvas n neck weie a brilliant white; her dress you to pieces "' v.l-e. ciaftv old Mink, however, and was a soft brownish gray, almost blue: knew hei stiength" was almost gone, her bill and feet were a dalntv red; To him a Goose In the mouth was bet- hei eves were a pretty blown. I gave tei thin two In the all. and he tried hei nil my heait In instant surrender, onlv the- haieln to ill ag hei down "As she thanked me she explained iiied by the tenor In the fate of tint she lud become sepatated fiom (7nmorroir If uif( le told how n misterious mes&aue fiom the thu tnlh the King of the Wild Oeese and Pegu) to tticite the Beautiful Stiangti fiom the landlt chieftain) of my Inspection of the mysterious noil" well of the sti u.ive llatenlnir Jn papers To this end 1 had told the girl i tently Dnrlv would I have luted I to not to admit any one, and when she ring again; but 1 cuiild not, I couidnt said that 1 rau iieb had gone to visit endure the sudden Mrlelc lit clang i n uinu rolitlnn nnd mlirht be nvv.ii till I thit bell bursting upon this ullence A. - iorv in ip. if ho tt Id return tint nlglit. I nerhins there was n Trudchen to ana that as sue ner&eu was ijiuwuo.uk ... can iiath t i i e md would skim like. ,i si tie pet hip i veil Into lite Midm. wheie it mil lit chance to be found by an honest pel sou Hut even aH 1 got renlv for the throw. retire. hn lnir had a busy day with the mistress of the houso absent, no one could be admitted unless I myself descended to admit them, I was satis fied on that point, and readily give her tho permission to retire, for which she asked In her heavv, sullen way No sooner h id 1 snapped on the light than I saw that there was something funny about my room I stared atound a while without at first grasping what it vvas The place had somehow an unfamiliar look. S hat was It? Then suddenly I saw It wis l lin .nil pi.il if tii Hin n.i tn t Iti 1 1. m '--'- -.- --" - i ia ifitut i veil! e " iii.i,i'ii .fci- nil" ni' answir Perhaps I nad eicme ne auu, lnIld lt ls fu,t tia Pvu sincfl i honest girl an Injustice In thinking her lxn(w iieie they who there pnpirlng an accomplice of thee men. She net- t0 Htea) on ,IH miawaiis that Is to sav, self mlirht ho a victim, and I pictured ..... ui.,u n,A a.,.,.,.. i,n,i nni tn u Z " ."." . . .. . ,.. ti .,n n.i. ..iv- ,...., .iu.. ..... ... a. ... in. ,iih. .iv ...ut. her lying extended on tne kiicnen i oor aojihUi.- of tint dread of the unknown promise and I low him ' suddenly strangled ner iace niacKeiiinK, HhCh l3 ,pri)baljv mans Inheritance Miss Heme gmtlv slioked lite fair tin IJirinwel letni n .i Piisoini whh htm until be had tut in cl between Chile Merrlel and l.a l.lnu. out some ttavil.sketch.s that were two e us previous ic.ullty silibli " Weary davs followed, then Illness; ' u orlglnnl character, suiely ' com- Anlti wis heirtbroken .she shut her- inenled Miss Heine self In her loom and would see nobodv lie was grim iinreiponshe when but Maty Beam. When Civile Meiilel f.itliei offered Itlm inv amount provided left the hospital and leturncd to his In would undertake the inarch for 1 g- filenilR, there was n meeting with Mr bcrl I fe ired he would refuse I took Warden, an offer nf an unlimited reward, both his hands In mini pleidlngfoi his which was jnotidly refused, and Clyde aid I felt him tremble lust once his did not see Anita Rho dated not trust eyes win lilted to mine whin I told him heiIf in the presence of the man she a lifetime of gt itltude yes of love loved should be hN 'lliin gallant is some Anil rhde -ill that had Inspired his eouitlei lie II sed my hind It seemed Intieulillty and sacrifice had been a to me that he wrung ficini me a sacied thought of the unspoken promise In the eves of Anita warden Alice Kent and the Day's Work The Story of a Business Girl Who Would Not Fail li) MARTHA KEkLhR tl , Wted as soon as grandfather saw me upon dirk davs Too ' -Mother loved me the more because I It Id E-n 1I1. fm It. mm 1 m .. - . Ill - le the .teener mennln "" " "" '""". ""."a I very HKf. .- .,.--- -- . 111. n J it, , vtlllVil IO J 11 HUM II I J IMUtl P iaas.Iil"-V.- ' I'Vllllli hi HHV flllUlVftl lilt JU1I tho tongue protruding horribly, ana tnat,,froIn tll, ftonp aK1, ,viien his ancestors head of hit lotnpinioti In synuuthy bell In violent and Ineffectual motion I mci, )n , mx.tir0lH nd stringely peo- Ho has found 1 Rbeit. went n o erhend The Int'enFO stillness and dail ness took mo by the throit Then- were ceinlnly men waiting for me down theie' I u inembered, and now understood tit it pravir of j i when the attick came on Troy tint lie mignt nive iign. in nil en Kcrunulouslv neat, so perfectly his nimles fate (Vrtainlv I swoie nrr.mrec! No stray papers littered the ., n,uiir foi a fool and still listened floor and my books were all In their ns did so I must get out of tin places Bven my MS notes of lictutes houVl. N-ow r as 8Ure i,ad been foi were on my desk, kept In pi ice by lite how,d No doubt rem lined The place paper-weight, which was Indeed, heavv uas a ,lan j woiil 1,0 over to Hunns enough to be proof against a gale of ictc, ,lM A ,,, f mnd as well as plid woild I had been getting hick to myself linn I siw tint the dingtr was what men i ill re 11 1 ie.it.ed 10 feir It Mv wits leiaiue active There wiiild be a fight for It yet' Kicking oft" my shoe went and removed t lie- tlttn bulbs fiom the elec trh pendant whloh Illuminated the 1 00111 Then I picked up the heavv .ntta and he will be home toinoi. row oil. think of nut joy ' nd in n 11 onth .Mr. .Merrl.l villi mum lie suf fered some incident In lenchlug inv biothei and Is in 1 hospital In Diegon When he limine the voice of the speaker was thtllllni, how can we evel thank him ' ' leurs vine In hei fves. love tn her Mind munh less 11 drauirht from oncn windows, being a thing of red Aberdeni granite, a replica In miniature of the memorial erected to a deceased professor of theology, a solid square neamenisn sarcophagus from Kgypt or Babylon My nmusement, however, was short lived when I found that, as Is usual In rooms arranged by deft femlnlno fin gers. I could not And what I searched fnr th aclssora to cut tho flnels drawn threads of my packet. Finally, I con cluded that the girl must have taken them for her own use, ana rearing sue might bo gone to bed If I hunted longer, I rang rather sharply, being In the usual state of heat that such a well-arranged room arouses In most men. She seemed a long time In answering I waited awhile and rang; again Down below I could hear the bell jangling and then gradually die Into silence There as still no response. Then I went out to the top of the stairs and called down, peering over the banisters The girl certainly could not yet have gone to bed, for even If I had missed hearing her mount to her attic she had not had time Yet down the dark well of the staircase I could see no chink of light anywhere. I called more loudlv, nnd my voice raised echoes that were like many voices answering me In the sud den dead stillness that followed I began ti feel that eerlnesa that comes over one who Is alone In a house when dusk has fallen t went Dacic to my itgntea inuscli It would be quite e.iy vet But tho chief thing vi.es to get away, any where, out of this house Nut the thought of a step bv slep ili.ccnt of th it s'nlrea'-e made inn shud der It was all so lmrtentously still and quiet, and would hive thought that time Itself stood still hut for the loud knocking of my heait And then as 1 made a step forward, there seemed to break Into the immense silence the murmur of volciw wlilperlng together down there It was that accursed wood over again, only this time they wero real! And a-s I leaned far over the banister to cutch at confirm itlon my ear seemed to find It, as some voice struck a chance sibilant In a word that carried farther than the deep gutturals Then somewhere, below the stairs creaked I drew back as if I bad been shot and lifting my clenched flat in the darkness cursed myself for a blind fool I hid been Impervious to warnings Incidents full of slgnillcance, hid tome to me and had fallen, like the good seed, em stony ground, had bounced off my un derstanding like hall off a slate root I had Indeed put up a poor fight right' there had been no fight ' Thev had simply followed me about, and now they were going io lane, me impers granite p ipei weight and slipped behind I heart lli biotlier hid wiilten hi! of me Ki.intii lie-inn euui is oi ills 1 esciie i iv do Meirlel had fued the ilgors of a twO'liunilitd-mllu tiiimp through the lotieiv wilderness lie hail been nttnekerl bv wild men and wild heists Famished, mi half-oiicn door listening Then dlstiiitiK I he ird the stalls ere ik twice 1 it id Itol Utl myself much time I'lf-etuly there was a. soft shuffle of feet on the landing, and then u pnisei outside the half-open door lliei wire peihaps nt first puzzled at the iliikness and silence Perhaps they thought I hid fallen asleep in my chair Then some one entered the room It was so still that 1 could hear his finger tips pissing ovei tho wall piper and woodwork, seaichlng for the switch and there was a sudden metallic click as It was found and pressed down But tho loom did not leap Into light' After the briefest Inlnval 1 heard the sec ond switch go down, but with the bulbs removed, there was again no result, I felt that men had come "Into the room, and knew th it I had but to extend a hand to tourh them In that tense moment their breithlng was audible, and I feared they must hear the beating of mv heart Tne tiurk In the Ilnrk 1 tmigino thev stood a while, intent, eivry se ns stralmd to discover in what part of tho mom 1 vvas If I onlv could get them separated' Then l heard a sound that told tne some one had gone down nn hands and knees and was be ginning lei necp stealthily over the bid come acioss a rich milling claim i 0iii,ip of one who even to the last was s1'inist;',:l,1at,efo?o.a i!Re?;i,.n,.n,no,i' "rrr.rr ,v,"tei,f,., the ,,ratt,e They told him of the visit of a woman, of n chattel bo Grandfather was an i:v.i l.lnd-iliirlnir bis absence It set him ausleie m in and bis splnstci sister. Jane, to thinking Mie nan iniitrnieii ner au di ess in another citv '1 hither he went and found her you nie l.va I.ind ' he said, 'and 1 uiu e'lyd Merrlel you" tiled the woman '.Sol Clyde Men lei is inv husband Volt mistake,' declared Clvde I will tell vnu a story. It was biier He who Had ever sac- ie.ek. neailv collapsed he had dlscov-1 rflced himself for others, had learned red young Warden in the hands of sav- it, .i .. .A.Ltauu friea im,i married under ages who h id made of him a slave. At , his name The friend had soon repented the ilsk of his llfo hn had lescued him. I nf his act and had left his wife. Later poisoned tecrlvlng a wound from arrow Elbert's Return Bcbert Warden came home two Has latei to receive u glad, loving welcome. He hid one constant theme the ster. ling courage and devotion of Clvrle Mer rlel He told of the strangely silent vet resolute bravery of the stranger who had confronted Innumerable perils be cause because of Anita 1 What eUe? Anita wrote to the Invalid In the hospital Mte could not wait to thank him In person hho could not but show her interest In the mm as In his heroic uetas ne responaed by letter modestly, unassumingly. Her father wrote too. ' thank vnn asking e-lydo to come to them, offering He could read what had transpired In him half his fortune for what he had i her expressive face. He could hope In floor I was lonvluced Ihey knew the ovft.l iiAvlllnn rT riru -icmMa nf fitr. it-1 :?"'- ""?" .. ;..., ",".: "':::: . . . :. . :. .. . . . . ..... iniui I mm nun in ineir I uh el I! ine etrtentaiiv mey wouiu also laite mv nie t :.,:;. ".'........: ..... --.u .-.."- :- . .u i .. ...... 1..7. I,L . In.,.lu n neentmt if 1 1, ' w liuie lUIlieriun OI IHO nuilli .-111 VIIUW , I wanir lu me iiuuoc line uaj one asKea Irnnhi. in J hieh "i L xnft Lm nnrti11"' n,a" " ,1,e nor avoided collision for fly de .Merrlel Her manner dlstui bed !.r.i..JS.ht ,. A anl. ,,:. ,n,'in." ! with the things and made no noise that Anita and she demanded to know her done It was real -love with Anita The picture of the strong resolute-faced hero was constantly before her minds vlson Ills deeds had glorified him In her estl mitlon Then n few days later there canto a shock tint prostrated her A woman, Dold, vicious, eletei mined hhe asked io my IlKnieeil." . . ...... .. ..-. ....... i.i.. ......- Willi me ihuik unci iiirtue: no noise Hint I lima, unu pup uc room, my irritation gone The girl must. '"' ' "." "i'ViBnincai.ce "oul1 hlixe awakened the lightest sleep- business with him have gone out on some domestic errand mey uttached value or slgmncance ,r 1)p aM ,nivnK jirogiess. too. I1 -He Is my husl she had forgotten, perliaps to remind some forgetful tradesman And yet It hnnd " lias the prim l I stood iiaca agitnsi. me wan ami iieaid tit" sou sweep or Ills hands onirepiy, nnn the vvomuil produced a mar- walled A sentimental sadness c line I the flooi close to the cornel In which tlage ceitlflcate evidencing a marriage I NOW enteied u X n,,l... in .Anil ... ,.,., ,w , ..- urri,e-r inriiiuna . ,- p..l.,l ,,,11,..'. ...m... nl. her passing. I missed mother cernlng this, mother then keot me out when he had grievously missed the mature com- of his way In so far us nnsslhl Aft.i started out on his perilous Journey. forts her hind had prtpaied missed the ) her rieith I soon discovered why. The Truth telling of stories nnd the tucking Into , At first vvith the snontaneltv of the On his return tilp from Alaska, rivde he, of nights, missed the dally compan-' child of love, who wants to be friends wiin everv one, I would watch at the window for my grandfather's home coming at twilight and would run to meet him halfway down the hill. But the rebuff I always met marked the dawning of self-conclousness. My re sentment, too, was roused by the tone of grandfather's frequent references to father In conversations with Aunt Jane which he may have thought me ton young to comprehend. Aunt Jane her self, under the lifelong domination of grandfather's Iron will, vvas only a degree less .stern, though I am sure she never meant to be unkind But It had been a long time since she was a Utile girl, the language of childhood was foreign to her now, and the intervening years had held no experience which would serve her ca Interpreter. Then, too, at her age It was hard to be bur dened with responsibility for the train ing of a child But there waa nobodv else; father, like mother, had left no brothers or sisters and neither of his parents was alive. Tor Aunt Jane I had scant love, but time has softened now her harsh outlines, and looking down th vista of pest years I see only a woman who did her duty according to her light. Any one dependent on grandfather de served much sympathy; and lu addition I ovvo her gratitude, for besides send ing me to the Tillage school (where I acquired at least the rudiments of an education) and placing my little feet In the established path of rectitude, she sometimes, in a frigid fashion of her own, mitigated grandfather's severity. But the atmosphere of repression stifles a healthy youngster sooner or later, Rnd then comes the llfe-or-death struggle for fresh air. At fifteen I Justified my heritage by defying grandfather. Copyright, 1018, by Public Ledier Co. he. lmrl Hied rivde. convinced the woman of the tiuth nf his statement. He learned from bet that she had visited Miss Warden Wiong enough has been done ai- reany, said me, ittiiutiii annii nine PM this Miss Warden the truth" u-sVde aiernei. poet, writer ana -wanderer, sat completing a travel article ono week later, when some one entered the room lt was Anita She was pale, but lovely as ever. Her eyes bore a wearied expression but In their depths was the returning light of courage I have been 111." she faltered. "I am better now, and I have come at last to the light of the tender gratitude she tried to ten mm or "lhe dav I left you," he said steadily, "I had but one wish that you would think of me when I was away." "fcverv moment'' she fluttered, and wliisperlnglv ' Oh !" and there she drooped her head but not until the un spoken ptomlse of-th past was clearly emphasized as u living token of the present tCopirliht 1918) lomonona complete novelette "The Moment's Judgment: who kept house for him, shared his be lief that 'children should be seen nnd not beaid" She was always complain ing of my looks and lamenting that I dldn t "lake after' anv of her relatives Yet, cemparatlvely speaking, she was mild What Aunt Jane considered a ca lamity gtandfathci counted a personal affront Indeed he eyed me with marked dlsfavot from the ttrst, because of my striking resemblance to mv father, who had openlv defied him who, when tor bidden to set foot lnsldo the house pro ceeded to meet mothel at the home ff friends and to persuade her to marry him, whom grandfather had branded as ' tho scapegrace son of a land-poor aris tocrat " The ' scapegrace" brand was false, but my father did trace descent through long lines of distinguished names Mother' father, on the other hand, conscious of humble origin, af fected to despise this lineage and nursed resentment against a marriage which, offending only his prejudice, left his prophecy unfulfilled Truly It would seem that he grudged the young couple their happiness He never answered any of their letters, never accepted their oft repeated Invitation to come and eee with his own eyes how well the marriage had turned out. Even the announce ments ot my blrtti and Barbara's were unacknowledged and grandfather refused to attend my father a funeral, although afterward he did Indicate willingness to receive his widowed daughter into his home. If mother cherished any hope before hand that the child who accompanied her would further the entire reconcilia tion for which she longed, that hope per- "CAP" STUBBSMa Arrived Upon the Scene Just in Time weigh pel 4e I I I " . -Hi. f IT'i fOUR H , , AN' 3E 1-, -. " - -tf m r THE VERY IUEA!1- .. OrVvNOPA'S'. .ff-mZZ tfc KAREFULy 1 . ( ' M'Mk f JOlB VOU WrXNTHIrtJ -tkAMAvet youR 1 rSL ?'?- . &a,J woulbn-t ZMk Lw -o Tfw "11. i heap ofp.'I JrX 70U HAVE. ITIfil sllW -tY. Art ' l"LWA HAPPEN TO rw? 5 pU'J y tl JmLZ Tin. .W r fTj NEVER KINJ LlaWaflBHHaHHattMaflaMaMaflMHaMHMaflM LZTTTlSaaTrTTSSSBHaGStSSEaaSBalAaVSl HHESSCTHaHaMaHaHaHaHaVaflHHHaaaHaHalaHaflH By EDWINA LlitIIi
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