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kj; .ie-ojn wii, jpis, vu fuoitc l taoer tot
(Jit1 inn mum iiium l.xu
gifr Abercromby a Scotch mirseon finish-
jshcoms upon n crowd of Herman plait pm
v 1 1ntt apr,n on ai meir number m 1110
XHenhchel, die h alc Abrrcromb.
i t3ter the lattcr's a1n attemDt at rp-
? '?" to tnk a small leather packet
!-V?V over M Without qiiltD underntamlintr
R4,i 'the Scotsman aciept It and bin tmu
V.f tjisf- J Me hanln 1 fA nfnaln tn ..-.nt
gL'&.wirnlnic to retrrn the iMriift hi the
t t ' H1HI ui Ml- III- II" IIHK FPrril lMrnw
(iT7t vCiffc frm death and the last time
&fcs W? Baved by the Intervention oi Mi-a
!)&,." omTiAcm who admits him Into a
: rriena a home.
rVfi WhU there the Ciertnanq atlemni to
w.'"rtnier. on are prevented
nefore leflv
. tftn lintt as
Mniinihr. Thf
thev kill one r their
-Kit- Ahnn rnmlit t
chince to eiape and he uhlpa th horiv
turtcui in a. nox iouoweu u Mitm i nnniD
on A spj follows this ntrnnire- proee.
V pton lo tho rallropd Mutton where Mls
r u nmnnn ! el.ty-n f . tf ltirw
FtJn-V jiAbercrombj rollovt in diffule h1tkc
titS Planned to meet hid rex imr nn Iht Inn t
wf 'to England.
In tlamburtr Abercromb learns thwt
"-fvorythlnsr is beinip watrhed and while
In a fret over the nd led dinwrn he
hears a drunken pillor wlnRlnc whom ho
follows and talks to in a nnloon
.The nallnr's amMnnt N In th lm
Vital as the result of brnwl anl
Abercromby Jumps pt the ib nce nt
ycntcrtnir the Knt dixuUed as th mis
. tnr stoker The pilr slmulatlnK drunk
tnness, net safel lntu the boit
Abercrombj dop not disclose hlsjin
Tipa until the boit arm? safel rhtu
' t Mlas Thompson s Instihatiort h-
rDn the vllct -nl finds a child i
f drjwlnv bv Prince Kltel tn his father
a birthday present Vbtrrromb s
humiliation dees not nre ent him from
noticing that n waiter has observed the
whole scene
Aj horn In Scotland all cn wll
One day while returning from a walk
however Abercrornbv rneet a it d IN r
on a brtdaw near the hnui
CHAPTER MI fConl.nuo.il
TTJAISI.NG himself from his huniim'p'
v-Lv ture against the rail of the bridRt as I
approached and fating nu be took off
Ills hat.
The salute was not unusinl In
Itself, but it was porhaps just 1 trifle
more courtl In txecutkm than was
within the powers even when It was
within the will of am or out northern
gentry of the road The Miow bowed
too. In Ingratiating fashion
"Can you tell me sir if 1 am on the
road to Aberdeen "
Hearing him ppeak I understood bis
fine manners The man was a forelgnei
for though his English w us good it had
that suggestion of a trip or halt n it
that Is the last barrier to a perfect e 1 in
elation. I stopped grounded the but of
my rod and smiling at his question Me
Responded, pmlling himself pr pleas
uitiy.
"You must hae left the road to ber-
Aon flv mlloa lim L T villi
i c He threw up his hands in a gesture of
w dismay thev were thin h intls and erv
unclean
VAch '" he said plalntheU It is the
. lajiffuage "
$ "Vou are not Hngllsh I asktd
"Ah no1 I am Polish ftom Varivr
"Where I was student at the unUersltv
- once. Got Into trouble here lit bend
5... r TtHtfh rraln ktamp I Viavn Iippii n tie
1 MAnt in f an 1 rlr unrLlnf In lliu inll
fffi pit-
EKv It rolled off llko a lesson learned and
i-i left me with me teenns tim tne man
S wao lying tnougn ror nai purpose 1
?4 Could not Imagine I-ooklne at the hand
' which lie said had worked for nine
months in a coil pit ana reniemoennR
c ve canas or Alee uum anu ni maie
Ki . Oi man'B ntorj teemed to mo pure im
B pudsnee Thev wire dlrtj enough cer-
tho hands of Alei' Duff and hi mate-
fcjj talnly. uut smootn anu unrougnenea, ann
ip ' UIO airt wan 111 anowier 4uiint
"What do jou want In ADeraeen i
asked.
"Well," he replied 'my leeetle trouble
In Warsaw it blow oer and 1 expect ty'
get a little ship, a llfhlng ship to Ulna
before the storm of winter tome
J T itnr&ne n. nuestion on him sudd lll
t.i in German
"Are jou afraid of the sea?
There seemed lo conn a lllrker of
lljtht, a, little spark, into his ees th it
died airay as t-oon as it uime and was
replaced by an appearance of thought-
, "That Is German Is it not' I do not
understand I am a Kusstan Pole, from it
Estopol, east of Warsaw
IT. .mlTn.l aa f al wnot h I n (T Hml nleaeil
him as a man smiles sometimes at Ills
'1, own He, when the deception Is either so I
irrosa a thing as not to ne lliu ui wnni
P v . l ... Kll.. i, filet!,,
. i nv nna noi rjiri" in mun 11 ..
There waa something leptlllan about the
creature
Tteshnulderlnc my rod I prepared to .
move on.
.,;.
, 4OOK here my man I rnJ cl"" I
. . . . , T 1 I n. . nri
r, , .wnit If xnil WerO airaiU Ot llie wi I
pfv&lbave no Idea why jou should lie about It
gauSbut I fancy ou hae mure iierinan iiwii
S! Ihave."
? 2s.; Tie grlnnea at me
Wa "The Engleesh thc think eery one
f-5 a afraid of the sea nui intirj.eii
S'?h l
passed on taking no more heed As
' - . . ... .... lnvu?lc(! Mill
"iSv. Hlntunce between us Increased, so
S'tSridld tne fellow's lenom lncriase
sy:- -rh rnireesn' lie inouioi
kl A .. - . . 1 II iiiii I MIF I1HIIU
p KDlK Of me Sea as u 11 " ,?- ""-
erty; but boon ou will ontiersianu ou
&ifJhie been feeshlng todav ? .ils' oUX0u what f think The shot was fired
s. rihaxe been
i'hae been feeshlng in irouoieo wrtifn
' -before today, and 1 will snow you
mH of It I ' Behold " ......
rui. .naA md n.ium nnd look back
lbi T marveled at the mans bate all an-
lffN Oi "'... m..a i mv Innocent nuts-
Ei fr. V.tn tlin sea He had incKea ui
. . i nz iriiiiv. iuuocu j j - . . .
tvl .!lii..- .nr imi nn dancing with
hi vellow box and was dancing with
rai-i. his feet making u great noise on
hlH feet making
irmrien flooring C
rB a i f i .a rnni.nrioirc
?$"' Itr tji a. strange spectacle in that lonel;
Br: "5od3 "" tn ft ,iKht
... n strange spectacle in that lonelj
evening
-1 S "Dr .Abercrombj '" he shouted
:. ?J"wAhmmmb '
s"i There wa
.An.aikln fnrmnl in mS
ia puuitniii-h -: : : .., h'nrm n f,ntn unnutmr nn nn . " " .
i1 ViAnner of crilng mv name tnat caugiic . : - t'.qterf M h nt.en with inn u"V--lrt' "pori n-ri sime i came Hume anil I could nol
H "myewrr He was T facing me with his j el .1 lot behind this' I a c I mav Me thumbed over hlR oblong notebook fire had been laid slrue t ca!
fliWe'dnotM
F'-n'eeTtngXind 3 gft-" -J JJSJ JteJl Z "ftJ," nle, V&, 1 w
p. i1 "." " -:- : .. "... .. . i .. Q vnrv h. u" l v.""-""' !... w s lt ....,., nouse. airs inercromDV vno lniormed i tr.v- t-nr., hofnro tt-,i rfiA u
'SS iamekeeper-rheTons. loping stride
was sufficient The peddler soice rent
(5hV5?M hl clutched his box as If to
r .. . tA Viiimlroii mrilB
A, t.nr hnmir nn tllO Pmlinil
1 ihini t miMf hAA been in the act
hn.nin mv mnuth ti. lautrh. when
S,4te"u "show jou what comes of feeslv 1". ""' ' rather', he bou.e Inquiring for l.octor ber- I ,. nt a note a"klg KoVsjIh to come'and
ri -j .Huri il ai iuu wt. .. . i in iiiii in ik ti mm itiii t:r miih n i 11. ,i .,mi 1 i n nin, i, . ,.. ., . 1 1 . ,1 i i
F?- atlmpat simultaneously with the crash of
mri 'the1' box on tne wooaen unusc mco
fjaJTVQ jruni IIH3 WM ...Bo. ....
Hidden crack I crack 1 crack 1 At the nrfet
Jnjrcap was lifted clean off my head as
y a sudden wind; with the second a
ear pi rea-noi iron iuibwj hu3 i'
sk of my neck, and at the third my I
jerKea ltseir irom my grasp, recame
flenly aue line a serpent, anu cook
live Into mv Bide. I must have
bwn up my hands and fallen back-
in s neap, collapsing into cite
on- dltcn at the side of the road,
Ut the burdocks and? thistles. Then
neaa felt.
sen I came to myself Forsvth was
MMMqs over me, and old Peter Milne,
forester, knelt at mv head, on one
witn nis nat tun ot water 1 ten
hly sick and weak.
' coming round, Peter." Forsyth
wylng. "But. man. It was an avvfu'
w' thing that."
r," said Peter. "If ye had ns'
. your- gun, and if I had na shouted
plantation, uenina tne DiacKguaru s
K'a'a funeraL we'd have had on
m .... - . .
ki iiiucl nave nunc uu usuin, tor
Ivcartie round they were examln
l back of mv neck.
eighth of an Inch more, and he'd
MJo you think maybe the sinews are
MMf asked Peter. "I mind me of a
m
1 inai was ncre ueiorn. you, wuuie
had a bit accident that cut tho
or his necK. ana wnen he got
his neck was set stiff, looking
th-'sky." (
thin Forsyth seemed to give no
olng,on laving- my head with the
a fae Vm i ellln" vou," said Peter
M.ntro ions: xvr. as vie intra
;ot, ha1 aone lor pneasants
but be was no use for rab-
aDui wnuiwicws or any
iSQwmtkMomet
J- , if -
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STEALTHY T
P&feg
JOHJN.
USOiN-
With conRiderahte pain f ns ihle io
rnln mvpoir a little
Tho peddler with the eltow ho T
gapped
Gelt' hi h nil HkM 'lid T'nfMh
f tooU him in nn stride and stamped
vn him Now drlnU this And hi held
Peter's old hit to m lips'
Hid nu rait h him ' J Hkpd
said Vt)TF th t Just rtiiRlit
him on the ldp of IiIh head as I passed,
and Knoi Kit the little creei hln de ii
over the hrljf
lies time et T'eti r rliimd in I
hauled him iMit o the water w lit n I went
to nil m hat and h h Ivin on tho
side ttispln IlKe n fisli
Do oti think oit rould w ilk s r" '
the Kninekeepfr ajUd enroui iKinclv
Peter HURKcted thtt a Bate mlRht he
InUen (iff It hitiirou in rirrv mi T his
was all the Htitnul Uion ) needed No-
IhliiB woulil liive pieced Peter better
than to ime olliriatrd In kik h a pm en-
Hon I mis Mill (larfMl but rlh tint
peem to lne received an verloiiH
d image
How did it all happen'' 1 asked
Peed sii Porsjth teniirktd griml
tints just what Peter and me are
waitln to ak ou All I know Is 1 hivv
that little drll on the trig dint In' a
jig- 1 kind of Hies, 1 lew I m th'nMn -nnd
nt M vndin watehiti Then bo
clasbefl down bis bit box and that wm
a pi glial for on the nlch then cime three
Hliot s f 1 0111 t he t ree nei r c then T
started runnin
, paid Peter tiking up the tile
I hrird the Mints when I wis up bv in
iIih wood1 So t came crashin through
the muitr ToukIis tlr" -o is not to
nil"s th sport Peter wis epitte union
si tfMis or the gnniiiess of it) it
and t
hi ml the fellow tint tired go teaiin
through the 11 nd rgrow th I nev er -iw
htm It t otiltl n 1
c blent 1 ould it"
wellhm been an ai - pcopb went m IVirsjtb for toriobori
tton tli would ge none' md so Peter a
It wis no ,u ( blent -ld Forsvth
pit king up his gun
grtat stir it II make in the paper
t II make in the piper
said Milne T he nolite will be oot from
steenhive wheneet we rej ort it H
stnacktd his lips ovr the iiropect It II
11111(1' a greit law in tin ount
Now an edit wm the 1 it thing L
"sirfd It was imirinir to me to think
that the affair of tho Kensphel pipers
wis nor spj nntsrieii inn irnr inis nato
ff llw tjllfilltll niri-1 tllAIn th lllr ll litKtlkiiJ
m i om: msi:i !
llkr Olllldlll VK pi(eflll hut
Irritional 1 ould not undirstind It
Jirel tolltT II L'll tlir tllimt 1)1 I I) flii..
coertd tit it I hid imf-elf hc n fooled
in risking im life for tint Infantllo'
uiubiiik iihh ine jcereu ,11111 iiuKiii il
lit, I.IA t nmllil ll II a llllilaiulniifl Willi-
iil ,,v .ui iil.i- u,i',iiti''-j iji.h-
poalng this affair cime out In public
1 there was not onl m mother to think
of, the whole miserable adenturcs con-1
netei with little l.ltel s drawings for
Ii u ilttt rt li.l.u lilnlhilqi n.illl.f lii.u Ini
'" "i i'r ' IV" ,, , ,1 v, i , i
uri-uiiie tuwu mi i i uiuiu nun, ii.
Perhaps It was in incident, I said'
at length
'1 was n.ie, accident thon ' Forsyth
asserieo me man inai nreu me snot
meant to hao jour life
would oa swiar to tnat in a court
Qf instil e KorsMh' I asked him
IT-l... I. ........ ..!. . .1 I.I.. nl.
Tn gamekeeper strokrd his chin con-
I slilerlngl
Hut It s what
i iwoumnoi, ne sain nut u s w nat
i f i1.lt.
i uunn
j jUst so i answered miw in ten
o a imciisi main imiisis iari guns
tor rea- u
Ju-t gone
of tramps, and this ono had
into tin wo id to try his
vvtinon
I'orsvtb td hir nueerlv and
nothltnr It was Peter who Pnoke
sild
i - - .".. .... .
uell, well ill just go
dow n and
brine un that lit t lo fellow I
bring up that lit t lo fellow In the water.
anil wen mo wnat
be tas to it all
When ho had gone the gamekeeper
spoke up
Mr Aberirombj 1 ken fine there's
more In this affair than meets the eje,
but If vou don t vvant anj siandal about
it oue only to sav tho word
.'L'ta?, all right then the -hlngs n
' i,I mi im. as ' a kirk . ioor on i
. i!;j..wl,M mB aH a klrk ,,oor on wwk'
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whats his word against mine when
everjbodj knows old Petr Milne for
the blggect leear In Kincardineshire
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Ih h no a nia Itkf h slitrv fitr n man
o Ms rtputatinn In flml credit for
U ft saw IVter mitiinf; b irk nlnnr ind
is olthnr P,.,.r.l ..r -Ip.cI Ho was
i arr inc jomu'iiIiik limwer
I nh tho m in h enno he pried to
up Nn ii tiaiA of liitn left prptjt
thin
nn nn cnniM mrwarii nun .1
lot of peddb r s frooils a handful of I
Pom lacw elot lies bruslie 1 help pels
Mirs 1 tooth bruh and U( h llko
Thrv were swininiln around and round
in the pool bflow tho brlR he uhl
I ni thhikin h must hi tummllt
ont n bis box ITa bean to wipe tho
m iswir I It be kecpln them for mi-
-t!f .is a nrt of jwiuvencer
nd the rest, too I
d
finders
aro Kerpirs
Ilnol no ho t-t plonsjii hit
would 1 do i a rlothe brush I th it
nnlv hruh nn bienks for funenK f
lp ,in(T Vo ken "h vpim. vpidr.m UA
h io ono now
Thi Hgrrtful tone with which bo con
1 ludi fl gao mo a pobl 1 bill
Tako ao the r lothps brush Mi ho
went 'in, ir a memorial of vour mrra
iscipi , nnd IVirsvth run lno thlw
funn nw brush an a souveneer of the
clout h gtv tin tinker '
Tin giniekeepi r put the 'viothbruMi
In bis poc ket
U he rcmirkeil I II tike If if II
be Min useful to nu for cleining th
lot k m gun
bno evirvthlng else, now I winted
to git homo md have .t long meditation
over he vMit t Ii it hid hnnnened Hnv
ln lld up tlu gunekieper thi re wis
notning in iat 110m refer Milne s tilk
1 alk In 1 uld Hut I unow th it w hen
trim storv would meielj idd to his repu
tation fi r romancing Uoth men 10-
conipinted me on the wi for I had
no fam to be left alone and net bans
bo (lotted at from among he trtts
agiin
mir wnen 1 got nomo uitwmteiy 1
ft nnd snmt thing w hk h soon give me
other food lor thoucht I I1.1H Iiei n
womb ring how 1 inuld slip unnoticed to
tin mom A a tnii ei or net theio
li i.i .iihl1 wjl 4 b..1.1i .. L,. ...!..
; husL'it's nncu c u:nR
r3T
ir:i u. n.w or misi i.i i
Iho hous, wis in i stii,. of ,rfdt eT-
itenient nn mnlliir to full of In r own
mws i to hip no ces for my con
dltlon
ill igp f
Sho met me at ho door the
onstihit liLhiml her
'Hugh diil ou lint an money or
aluibk-, in our loom'' '
h I irlrd w li.it s Hie m.itter-
oiniihinit; Inppt ned ' irei.irnl to be I
gi 'i --onuiniiig n id nn
lappened
IUI1:I11 ,,r IHHKUI!- haul llie con-
II.....I .. 1 I ... . .1.-
idon imiu e-'iiei
Wo hint all up and down tho burn
looking for mmi villi m mother
Mi mom was In a t Ho of complete
. aisornei 'hi puce litteret with the
contents of the dr.awirs the mattress
ami the. pillows i ut nptn and their
insidfs scattired terwlnre Hooks ia j
all about
The backs hid em been
I removed from the pictures nnd the total
I debris made i huge pile on the floor
i ileum iiihUm i huge i
t i ..-.. . l. ! . ,.
i a luwn mi ilie uge oi mv aeas
tiirri led The policcnnn notebook In
hand look advantage of my speechless
conoiiion
I would like tlno lo get a list of
' tho mUsirg artlelis Mr Abercromby
so h I tj rtpor-rt to the sair-rfeenl, ' he
tald
T his I ignored
'Tell me what happened'' 1 paid to
mv mother
Mut the officer was not to h done
out of the full glorv of such an ocx
s'on the lirtt time I suppose ho had
come face to face with crime in the
whole course of his innocent career as
a rural polletman
aiajue sir no leimrKen 'it would
n'L ,,hat .,l ""rKario,,i, rn'r', ha", ","
'maUe' an'' Vous articles (hst Inclosed)
remined Tho circumstances as the
stattd them was
, and cuuraliy of foreign Italian annear. I
a rice lit n upon Infonned Mrs A that,
lhc was In the emplojment of an Aber-I
a Matter of Location
deen house-decoratlnB flnn who hid re
celed Instructions from the doctor to
call iml estimate for certain structural
alternations and decorations to bin
roomn Mrs A nrpr lialnB heard of
nor ngreefl to the sime mii for n
fusing admission, belnt? pomewhat hot
about It but the mm was presslnp,
caMnpr tint hn had a train to ntcn
and that he w is onH for measuring
the dnioi t loom th it tli s' he was
admitted to tin rooms and Mt lett
the house to co In sfirih for the
floctor h ms absent over nti hour
an! nn Iter i turn the. nnn was cniie
hrlRtlna MnrKdlnr icd 12 ind 5
'"L ,,,T Vi'.K V,'".'', '". . ',?. i",,niJ.
noise
In the Intrnm and tint iho
I'" " " '" " ' " 'v.-
Haliin
deputed in a preit hurr
'Did not observe whit B''id'' h
ried with him
r-w
He snatmed hi bnok
' Tnat s as far as 1 v got and T think
wed best now btgin the hnentnt
T wish paid nn motlii 1 nu would
score tint out ibout niv being dls
1 pleased- In tin Pircumstam e
I he constable wived his hand
rra natural feelin It wis me-m
1 be sild l T am afreied it must stand
Iorbe it's Christina MaeKellirn el
tleru e and It does ni do to tinipd vv i
offeeciil document
M niotln r ttirnid on the damsel who
stood at the door flushing both horrified
and angr to sro her hirnihss backdoor
gosslji about the mistress thus chroni
cled in tin tillii ial dncunu nt
' Nf er In r d lilni mi m its onlj
Tallinn Urine though he tilks as If h
was tho Iord High lustue 111 mo
his wife the night nnd oull pee if Phe
dots ni nnke him wilte down Just
what mhi votild llki p tid Dim wi
his Christina MacKellai this and thai '
him th it s iifir given nn but Kirst
I pi pre I was it tin st pool w I bis w 1ft,
md ho a poM office ltdfib (lei In iboot
on a ted bii v 1 b
Tnr brutil dlmtnesq of this ittli.k
took the official buath aw iv
Now now be airt but this fffort
at digtiitv wis pile and splutters
Meanwhile I sit linking up things In
ni mind Tin murderous ntt ick in the
glen was not the nierel spiteful tet of
nengo ot which I Ind nnrvtled it
was 1 ontn cted with the pencil th it
had been made in nn room Tin v were
still afrei Hcnsehel s papir then It
was xtriordin 1 Wno tin v (pjlte
uniwiro of tin mIui lessne" of th it
p iper" " hv I did not m s if know
where it wis now 1 hid thrown it
into tho fireplace on tin night of my
nrrfval I ben a sudden small gleim
nf tight bioke over nn uiidi rst indlng -a
suspicion thit moved swlftl into ter
taint Uh s lould 1 assume th it tho
piper wa-i worthies Mertlv because of
rh UnlK I ir
M MM M
nn. mn i.
its surf ice appiarinie of cliildisliness"
Dtheis who kiuw more of It than did
I did not think it worthbs" I fort,ot
hi ro I w is and tin id up
Oh fool fool, fool ' I cried
llugi said ni mother reproingl
And I mw tint I hid been addressing
the alrt id irctfillen constable W lit n
howeei, 1 epl lined that I had luen
imrelj piaking of imself hq cli ired
up fieliig I suppose that ho was In
good compam afti i Isirty Mai Kelt irs
attack 1 turned to tb it masterful crta
ture Did inu see nn thing of a peddler
with a ellow box
A peddler" ' s ml Mie
'leu a peddli r with a llow box '
A sho saiit I here was a man
wl'ajcllow box sellin things
' ion talked to him
No mon than ordnnrv '
' When was it '
' bout eleven or nn bi Ivrelvi '
That is when the other mm waj in
the house ' '
l.actlv ' ald Kirstv
Iho otliccr roughed and cleared his
throat
.So ' he s.ild 'while the peddler with
the box held jou in talk at tho bark
door tho Italian had the full run of the
l-ou'i, eh' That Is verj ttrango con
din t m r strange ' '
Klrstj was flustered and had nothing
to saj
Tins gave nn tho rliame of gifting
rid of them for theie was a thing that I
was anxious to find out above iverj thing
else I had been Irving to rrmember
been lit in my room
ame
this
as
P'" rm"" the ,oal, ' No It
, 0t been lighted' Crumpled and di
de. d, but Intact there was little i:
'iece bv
It luul
i-tled
tels
drawing for Mis deal Papas blrthdav
ill.,, .. i,,r i,fi
(CO.NTINLKD MONDAY)
"'" ! -!- !- -:- -- -. 1?.. rnnnr
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
DICKY A BIRD
liy At.VAU JORUON GAM 11
(TI)i;CLlXi: to tnke Iho rc"!)onil-
(j nucusn
X i) iit
It was with riet hied firmness that
Uindal ttiegorv mine managot spoke
It was with resentful lips and a deep
"cowl tint William Halo faced him
Pont stand In ourovvn Ilghl Greg
orv ' ho utlerid, and there was a hid
den snarl In his tone
' I 111 not thinking of dial declared
the joiing m.anagei frcelv ' Mv mind
Is with tho men 1 nu order the old
shaft pierced It lannot be tapped
above the two-hundred foot level
llicie Isn t a man in the gangs ou
1 ould hire to go down Old heven. They
know that poisoned air. flio damp,
sure death lie nt the bottom of the
abandoned shaft
oh thev alwnjs Fay that," tctortcd
Palo irrllnblj ' I don t ask them lo go
down Seveii I want tho wall pierced
t.o we tan hre ik through ncross it to
the new Jodi '
Wbv not work around It In the
regular waj" challenged Gregorj
And wasto ovir ten thousand dol
lars" doen lives nre worth mole than
tint suggested Giegor.v, steadllv
Dale lost nil patience with him lie
looked uglj and menacing ns hr
a-krd with an angry catch In his vni'c
Ho jou refuse to do It"
The Implied Threat
' I'oslllvelv Mr Il.tnnin the Piel
dent of the lompuiv, 111.1v do so I will
pot take tho responslbilllv
Itut it is his expec Unci to have the
woik accomplished bv this time next
week when ho returns Ho Is bringing
onie capitalists with I1I111 1 our dutv
I, cleai to put this work through I
fen ' added Dak as If he was pre
smtlng a clinching argument hesita
tion on -oiir part mav lead to the los
of bis conlldenco and well, that also
of his finiilv
flregorv bowed with dlgnltv and was
silent but hn left the office fullv awaie
of the slgnilli into of those last words
I hej refeired t" Miss He itrlce Han
som, daughter and heiress of the rich
and txiwerful ovvnei of the Hljthes-
1 d lit coal mines
'I he allusion had disturbed Grrgorv
' he proceeded on )ils wav his brain
was Inid at work setking to devise
I some method of tipping the new vein
'without risk Thtrt was a mv mil
In had suggested it but it Involved
iwo months' laboi and lonsiderable c -peme
on his wav to the shift house thi
voiiiig man iger piu-ed In finnt of 0110
of tin numerous wn tched shacks that
lined the 10 id small poor ciowd
suiiouiided tin plni e In the front v ird
weie ji nolo ot more of tho household
nitltlis siicli as b ds iicuphoud ilnlrs
md tables
llltlt whlto-fai ed crippled child
-it on tho benth jusi outside of the
dooi her irutihes b hei i(le Stand
ing ne ir her was t hollow-eved man
npinrentlv her fnthtr Ills eves weit
swollen with dc-pilr as lie viewed the
pro pedlngs about him
One of our workers I remember
him soliloquized Oregon becoming lu
ll lesfed 'Oh I see
I liked to a tiee was a legil notice
of tvittlon and the seizurt of t battels
fin delinquent rent This was a com
mon oicurientc at the mines In this
icpcciil cise. however something in
tin pitiable helplissnesi of the llttli
ilnld and the forloin btaring of the old
min ippcalcd stionglv to the mlno nnn
agel Utile lllrkt
'Whit do vol sav ' hhoutcd tin
.111 ' aneer taking up a biid-cagi and
swinging it within the sight of his au
dience Cage and blid A canarv
I.ooks like .1 singer N hat am I of
fued Tho lage was of the commonest its
fi 1thcrc.1l on up nil as negkcted-looklng
and cheerless as Its owneis
Oh p.ipi spoki the little girl In
pie idlng teaiful tones, don t let them
t-tll pnoi dc u Oickv ' '
liobt rt Origoij moved to the aide of
tin old man
lion t I know jou" he spoke
eiuleUlv
lou put me on watch dutj nights
sii was the rt sponsc but the old
rlieumitlis 1 lid me un n lame from
the Dexter coal district when thev shut
down and hid no monev Whit jou so
kindlj allowed me to rain here is all
gone and the v re taking our poor be
longings for lenl '
I 11 stop that snoko Gregory flnnlv
Don t cij little, one 1 ou bhint lose
jour pet bird '
Itobcrt elrcgorv was as good as bis
won! Inside of five minutes the elilm
upon which the sale vvas b lsed was
paiel out of bis own pocket, the goods
lestored to the house, and he was more
than tmhiriasscel at the overwhelming
gintitude of his poor pensioners
Iho little iliild hid the blid out of
Its cago and was caressing II as if it
weiei a petted child
'1011 don t know about Plekv,' ex
plained the old man 'lies a hero he
Is and an expert Down at the Dexter
mines twko we sent him into the shafts
and twice ho came out, staggeicd and
nearlj gone We knew what that meant
blr Urn damp '
quick Idea came to tho mind of
Oiegoij He had read once of these
trained mine biiels I or some time lie
plied the old man with eiuestions re
garding tho capabilities of the feathered
pet
1 "an ho do if' exclaimed the old
min could ho tell how things aio in
the old shaft beven' Whv sir, 111 be
glad to try tho experiment '
Tile Tent
'I wo hours later a do sen curious
miners watched a proceeding unique and
invstifving to their point of view
Old John Dean had not boasted aln
Iv of Dlckj and his clever abilities The
little bird stood on his ringer, head on
one side, watching him as If listening to
an understood mandate as a board was
pulleel nwav from the shaft top
Then with a bright cheep, Dicky
plunged straight down Into the gloom
and darkness
rivo minutes ten minutes no token
of the return of the messenger. Fif
teen minutes' John Dean looked grave
and anxious
Then a great wave of excitement
passed over the gathered throng ns
there fluttered into view a wavering
splash of jellow Dick
The bird barely got through the aper
ture Us head dropped Its wings folded
It sank, a helpless lump, to tho ground
Its ejes moved once or twice, It straight
ened out rigid
CHAPTER VI
I he Giant Wins a Rattle
tl'cjlll pcistindcs tlir rcoimcil
Giant of the Woodv tn turn farmo
so that tuo lounlri hoy man he
1 omc soMirr? J'cqqv in thli adi cn
fiire I? mndo tmtstblt by Camouftauu
I'crfumc)
l1
1T"HnN" will ou start work"'
VV 1'armei Dalton nsketl the Giant
of tho AVoods "When elo tho liojs
want to enlist"'
'Tomorrow " choiuseel Hcyi nnd I3III
'A lot of our chums arc going then "
'Tomorrow will hit me Just light.
The fishing Is mlghtj good todaj "
Hut It didn't lilt l'cggy right. "Tou
hadn't ought to waste another hour,"
sho eleel ired
rather DiKon and his sons looked
around in bewilderment Then thej'
looked nt tho Clltnt. Ot rourso they
couldn't see I'cggv, xvho was hidden
from them by thu C.imouflago I'ci
fume "Aro jou ft etiti iloeiuist? ' asked
Hon
'Iho Giant laughed "So" he
innsweird "thnts tho spirit of 1 91 S
I elo whit jou have to elo light now
,111 stut wotk this ei minute No
111010 la loafing foi mo until vv,u
is done '
' I 111 glad of that " retmiked 1'ai mer
'Dillon looking nnlotisly nt the skv
' It feels n. bit like rain nnd I'd HkQ
lo get tho lnv In The crop means
enough elollats to pav 0111 back elebts
land I 11 feel a lot easier when its
snfelv In the Inm "
1 ' So will we" declared Ken 'Then
well not have anj home woirles when
fighting fen Undo bam "
So thej wont to woik The ha all
cut and dried, lav in tho meadows
I waiting to ho lo cded on wagons and
cntrled to tho nam
I I'eggv was astonished nt the amount
I of work the Giant could elo He
I seemed immensely strong and pitching
.liav was like pla to him He pitched
moro than lien nnd 11111 together
1 rainier Dilton looked on appiiivingly
'lie's doing tho woik of tin co men,"
i he elei land
I Peggv herself wns having .1 splendid
I time Tho smell of the new h iv vvas won
Ideifullj sweet Slip climbed up on the
iMiiill hijcocks and lolled down them
anil even hid ,1 wondeiful lido on a
load of liav She line pitted tho
Glint's hand approvingly ns ho flu
ilshed pitching tho h iv upon the rick,
nnil ho had responded bv lossing lier
I11w.1v upon top as the- hnises started
j foi tho bun lint vvas .1 rldo filled
I with tin ills foi she seemed ,1 terrible
elistince fiom tho earth and tho load
tossed anil pitched as the wagon jolted
civil the lough Held T'eggv felt even
more quIvcisHif cxeitement thin when
sno vvem living 111 ncr nupiane.
The Ulids kept eloso watch on
I'eggv. Hill and Ren, who didn't know
of her piesente, weie much puzzled bj
this
' I'unnj how thoo TJiids lit," said
Mill
"Must bo that a big stenm Is com
ing ' leplleel Men 'I've heard of
Heists and Hlids acting queei when
u liui lie me Is iieai "
Farmer Dalton happv as lie was
at seeing tho liaj flowing into the mow
In Ills barn, was won led The skv
didn't look light to him It didn't
look right to Peggv, 1 ither Sho begin
to feel that something vvas about to
happen
Aftci a while a dirk cloud appealed
awaj off on tho western horizon All
the men saw it nnd their woik became
n lace Thev knew now that a stoi m
was comlirg and thev would neve to
tush to save tho liav. Faster nnd
fastei the Giant speeded uj, Hen and
Hill couldn't keep up witli lilm, and
their father earne to their aid Uven
with tlueo men working against lilm
tho Giant did mum thin tho others
together.
The Glint wasn't used to labor Ho
hid been taking things cas for
jeirs hunting, trapping; and fishing
Pitching; liav on a hot day caused
Iho perspliatlon to diip from him
Hut ho stuck to the Job As the storm
approached ho worked harder and
haider. Peggy was sorry for lilm, and
jet sho was glad for he was showing
that he was n real hero a hay hero
Finally the last load was on the
'It's death down there " spoke John
Dean In a hoarse, suppiesved tone ' Pooi
Dickv a hero to the last '
At daybreak the next morning the
warning of the expert little pet bore
fruit Old Shaft Seven was belching
out smoke tho lire damp had begun its
dreael work
' If we had pierced that wall, where
would the new lexels be now'" was the
pertinent question Hobert Gregory
gravely put to Mr Dale
And the latter bowed his head pat
out a trembling hand and In his heart
was a great thankfulness
In a manner utilitarian, too, the fire
damp cleared the way to safe piogress
in the new work
Itobert Gregory did not lose his pres
tige with his emplojer Xor did he
lose the peerless Beatrice
As to the mine owner he surpassed
even Gregory In providing tho Dean
family a new home with permanent
comforts
Little Nellie Dean mourned the loss
of her beloved pet There was thit
which turned her sorrow Into proud,
peaceful calm, however
Jvear the mouth of, old Shaft Seven
a modest granite block of stone was
placed, bearing the simple and touch
ing Inscription' 'Sacred to the Mem
ory of Dicky a Bird "
Monday's Complete Xoieletlc
ilr.AV MAT HAPPENED.'
THE
"DREAMLAND ADVENTURES"
Bfj DADDY
THE INVISIBLE FA IKY
A comphtc nt.iv uilirntutc tach uiek, beatnntnu Slontlny and endim Satwdav
.'lie landed i,' lier
wagon It stinted foi the bain The
Fitoim clouds weie now traveling lap
Idlv Thev mounted higher nnd hlghei
In the skv Theie was a strange still
ncss In the nil 'I he hoises weie uiijeel
tow aid the bain on a gallop As thev
dashed up the ini line to tho bai 11 1I001
with tho inlii in sight sweeping
across the nisadnws fiom which thev
had just come thetei wa a sudden
snap nnd tho wagon came to a stop
Tho harness on 0110 of the lioiscs
had broken To stop for nu Instant
meant tho welling of the h iv .mil Its
possible loss.
The Giant lumped foi waul seized
the bioken hat ncss and pulling
against the other hoise, jei ked the
wagon safclv into the barn Just us the
rain came down in torrents
f'cggj and the Hlids had taken
shelter in a shed a little elistince from
the bain Peggv wished that she had
gone to the bai 11 with the others foi
it would have been xeij- comforting to
hold the hand of the Giant ns the
wind howled, the lightning flashed and
ithe thunder tolled
I 'Oh Judge Owl will di own'" cried
Hob Ollnk to Peggv She looked out
into tho storm, nnd Ibere was .fudge
1 flu 1 flnimftn, Im, l.nli.l.n. 1. 1...,-..... . 1.
v... ,,uu i.nv i nih iieijuussiv iiviui u cue
wind Ho had sought lefugo in n
tiee and had been blown and washed
out. Without thinking ' ot heiself,
1
Alice Kent and the Day's Work
The Story of n Business Girl Who Would Nol Fail
Ih VAUTUA Kr.Ll.hR
( opjriohl ror hy Public ledger Comtanv.
FttOM Mrs Pratt s house lo mv board
ing place it was tluee miles and a
lialf, a distance quicklj covered bv street
ears Hut and not alone for the pur
pose of saving n nickel that dismal Sat
urdav I resolved to walk As I e rosseel
the bridge, trudged up the hill and at
tho cemetery crowning its summit
passed to look back at the village then
went on down the long stretch of load
leading to the college giecn, and thence
beneath over-arching elms to Uelling
ton s main street, the dllllculty of find
ing woik wherewith to replace the eni
plojment soon to end at the llhrarv vvas
for the time being put to (light by the
disturbing natutc tit this dav s dis
coveries For Mrs Pratt heater or bad news
I ente i tallied the tiadltlonil sentiment
of stiong dislike nnil decided that in
future 1 would sltei i lear of her. but the
memorv of whit she had told mo could
not be so casllj dlmlsseil 'the earlier
loneliness at grandfather's seemed In
significant hi comparison with the sense
of Isolation whkh I now experienced
What it meant that llarbara was being
brought up in ignorance of lier birth
struck home and I vowed a solemn vow
that she should never learn through me
of oui relationship, nor should Di and
Mrs Blnkc havo just cause to' suspect
me or any wish to alter the pluib they
had made foi her, furthermore, I would
keep mj distance from their villag'b,
Barbara should have her chance But
for me Mrs Pratt's comments had
changed the universe
To be sliro I still clung to the
thought of Mrs Denton s home-coming
in the fall; but no longer In the hope
that she would make me known to Bar
bara The tone of Mrs Pratt's talk had
been so unfortunate that In tho whole
world Mrs Denton now appeared as
the only person who could tell me of
my mother as I longed to hear of her,
own hammock at liome
I'eggv dashed out lo sue him Shi
Blabbed lilm and steered him into thi
Jlud
As she did so she herself was raughl
In tlir stoini The lain washed awaj
the Camoulligi- I'eifumo and A
could see herself again
Tlieic was a shout from tho Giant
Ho was looking nt hei from tho turn
Sii were Hen, HIM anil Farmer Dalton,
all eij much astonished. The Glanl
liislied to her lescue As she saw
him coming and struggled towaid him.
I'egg found hei self picked up bv th
wind tossed about In a w hit ling blun
of tain, can led lushing for u loin
distance and suddenly cast downward
She landed In her own hammock ai
home Sutpiised nnd delighted,
though dripping wet, she jumped oul
and ran as fast as sho could for thi
house
"I'm mlghtv glad thev got that hay
In " she thought, as she gained th
door 'That was a real battlo and
the Giant ot the Woods showed him
self a dandy fighter"
(7ic ncrf of the Dreamland d
icntuics (s "The 11 or of tlir Frogs."
in uhich the funny folia of the
Varihland, aidtd by Penny, uin a
siirnihinv triumph otrr deadly foes.
It will be published next ttcck)
1
and could vMalize the blurred Image ol
childhood It was known to mo thai
mv mother as a girl had been verj
studious and that, when grandfathei
would not glvo her monev for tuition
at tho best-known female seminary
of her dij In that localltj', through
one winter she had sat up half the
night poring over textbooks, thereby
preparing herself to teach district
school, this work in tuin jlelded
enough monev to sunnlv her mndei
I neds at the seminary where Mrs Den.
ton at that time was a student, too
Lnllko nn mother, I vvas not stucflous
at school I discriminated among les
tons onlj bj the mental note that somi
wcio worse than others I had no as
piiatlons for college, even in the clasai
atmosphere of Hellington Hut I did
realize tint unless I expected to sup.
port myself b manual labor (for which
mv present job of lifting and carrying
heavy xolumcs in the library left mi
disinclined), I must go to school a lit.
tlo longer In order to qualify for work
that was, better paid and easier In
oilier words, It was borno In upon me at
fifteen that I didn t know enough t
earn my salt
And I had discovered, too, that In a
place like Bellington, offering at thai
lime few opportunities for gills to maki
their waj, personal influence was power
ful , newspaper mention of Mrs Denton's
summer travel In Huropo confirmed mj
earlier belief that she was a person
ot consequence In the communltj-. Mj
mother's absent friend now loomed up
in the dlstanco as one who could and,
for the bake of auld Iang sjne, would
help mo to get on my feet Not ye(
had I bejen able to redeem my watch
from Helen Farle, and lis absenci
weighed on me And so, while I turned
over In my mind ways and means oi
making out till fall, I kept counting th
dajs till Mrs Denton should come home.
(CONTINUED MONDAY)
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