ITOW V ,' ;w ,' -tf i, .s r'r '7fet A fi 1"V...J (W-J ' .1 I ' "-' '. i" I ':4:--, J ' &1 f- &,&mmA, t:"H - - - BAyEKING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA; MONDAY, MA'Y 20, 1918 WinStTWVrzr'1' '-- ' jN JX'v J, EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING" HERE TO READ i.;f i&Wff JX '. '-s, :li"' Lit 5S HIV Ras1. ' , 4 ?. !& miE CRACK IN THE BELL l feA STTCXRV OF ' BY PETER CLARK MACFARLANE ' Copyright, J91S, twPubtio Ledger Co. NjCHAPTER XI (Continued) STiyrEANWHrUStMax, weary liut elated, ' iVjLhad gone to bed. yet even In his fH: Meep. he was framing nml planning his tr Biory, ana nl 8 o clock next morning was sCJi'V-i l 1" a ciock tne assistant siilf'6"' editor, JlmmloUtyan, was gloating lVt'E''ver " copy. !" j ,- . .... . . . , ...... . -ill. JJesi tning you eirr am, itissman : :'tvA . j -;-.;.- " "'.". ?., "r,viv. v &vrtf And Illssman himself leaned bnck from ;'V his typewriter, reflecting that nil In nil taftttiV nad pictured Itosenscwelg as nn inno Sii..foin, cent. helnless victim of nollcc brutality. WtSfSi&X, ha had portrayed Jerry" as tho dashing j?ijftk,- hero. who. angered at tho sight of such fc J cruelty, rushed In and fought like n WmSF tiger till beaten to the ground by lilmvs 5Wf Of the pollceman'B club, lie attributed 0&t Jerry's, notion In sun..osKing the fact USTI-MT&V' .- . ........ ... .I.... iIm. n Onn antiu.- rV'A ?$. V I 4IJO UdBQ III mill lllliv I" ,,,'t- ,-v,,---Mwi ft of "modesty, and last of air brcught In I' "tsfcKM the romance of that young man's attach KSXM." rn.nt fnr Ml tlnih tlucklncham. As convincing proof of the existence of this romance. Max triumphantly pnduccd the fact that Mr Hucldngham himself had voiced his wrath at the police de partment In such terms as had forced the brutal policeman's Immediate resig nation. nran. meanwhile had beckoned over Doulton. the man who had covered the Archer Tool Works story, and tho one who had asked that disconcerting iiues tlon of Jerry about how ho got his wounds. 'lie said a piece of wood fell on him '" emrklert Doulton. scanning Itlssman s copy quickly. 11a ' ha '" lau.Thed nisinan. "Didn't mention that It was a policeman s club Pretty good, what V "Go to It. Doulton!" ordered H.van "Ought to be able to wake up that franchise story with a few hundred words about this man's experience with the machine In the Fifth Ward, making lllm take up the fight against Hands Combination In Councils Corking good stuff there Turn yourself loose on It Looks as though the young man and not old Henrv T ni at the bottom or the fight Better get Jerry on the phone and see what more you can fish out of him." This was done Jerry was staggered to learn that the Rosenscwelg story was now In the hands of the newspapers, but he braced himself with the re lection that since his weapon against the ma chine was pitiless publicity he ought ( not to shrink from having the searchlight turned upon himself, but must onl e careful from naw on that none or nis a"s wereTuch as to themselves to misconstruction If brought suddenl and violently under the public eye "",, dimcS how Impossible this might be d d not then occur to him There was no time for second thoughts and be was rot much given to them, anyway. The executive In his nature made Mm a m-.n for quick and relentless 'Vision The way out with Jerry was always the way ahead. He admitted to the reporter the met-, as to the Strongburger nssat It. and I that this experience had first led him i to reflect seriously on the dang-rs to civil liberty of a machine like that which to ay reigned In Philadelphia Houlton pn.bed the possibilities with a few -more questions, hung up the phone nn-1 at tacked his typewriter violently. But after a few minutes the reporter was on the telephone again. The idea that Jeremiah Thomas Archer was n a. fair way to loom on the Philadelphia horizon as a prettv big man bad dawned on Doulton. He decided to Investigate Jerry, and began with Interviewing hie brother. Paul, and obtaining ftom him the names of certain other men in the club and manufacturing life of the clO. who might contribute Information on the Meanwhile "conference time" had come In the offlce of the Courant The editor, the managing editor, the telegraph editor, the make-up editor. th art editor, the citv editor and the city cir culation man faced each other about tho long table ... Well what vou got'" burst out wn asely Morton Snow, the managing editor, with a glance that swept the table The circulation man broke out first In defiance of conference room etiquette, but because he had a grievance anil the Circulation department was used to be ing treated like a spoiled child, anywav "There was a Philadelphia man in that casualty list from Franco yesterda. and we were the only paper that didn't play it up." he peeved The managing editor scowled, the telegraph- editor produced an alibi and the city editor shook his head "Look it up? Run it down'" barked Snow. "Come on. fellows, what have you got?" The nearest to a sensation the telegraph editor could produce was a mysterious cable about troop movements behind the Oerman lines in Belgium "You. Jim''" inquired Snow. And the city editor leaped Into the spot-light with the details of Max Rlssman's sensa tional story "Whoopee' chuckled the manag'ng 'editor, hi3 austere countenance assum ing lines of pleasure that were reserved for scoops alone. "Circus It! Flret page five column head !" The art editor spread his choice collec tion of photographs on the table Ruth, her father, Jerry. Morltz and the flash light of a speak-easy. There was more chuckling with eager glances at the pictures "Center Bucklnghams Ruth Bucking ham on one side. Jerry Archer on the other. Cut-In of Rocenscwelg with pic ture of ills shop at bottom. Take all the front page you want. Malcom." this to the make-up editor. "The tele graph can carry over." "Hold on a minute !" This was the voice of the editor-in-chief, who leaned back, frowning and thoughful. "Have you sot that story up, Jim?" . "Probably," said the city editor, and 'went out. For five minutes the conference dis ' .cussed details of the news of the day; for Instance, whether the Italians would be able to stick it out on the Plave or not, and what Connie Mack had left ' to sell besides the bat boy. then the city editor returned with galley proofs of Rlssman's story. The editor, still frowning, let his experienced eye gallop down the column. "Great stuff!" he decided, "but cut the Bucklnghams out of It. Every word, every picture 1 We're not marking up a young woman for life Just to make a good story bigger than it Is legitimately." Every countenance fell, the circula tion man's, most of all. Half their big sensation was going. "Young Archer looks like the goods to ', me,"1 went on the editor, pulling at his stump of a cigar and still with that frowning reflective expression that char- f, acterlzed his features In moments of big decision. "Play him for all he'll :tand." tv&- iJouuon a worKine on "'"i now, CLLHhe city editor replied. "We'll have a M-Uot more stun in an nour. Le For a moment the group sat silent and Emotionless, exneriencing including the Sf" editor that feeling of depression which omea iq me oiaesi newepajieiman wnen m sees a good story choked off for What the newsmongerl.ng Instinct must. teuwayB regard as ulterior reasons. w,.jThe managing editor broke the spell. Kj.-Btjta' the dignified conference Instantly ap. 'nee what unfortunate should be last t$B' leave the room by any one of the vtmmevou exits mat jeo towara wonting NUeka In all directions. .At this time Max Rlssman was no IvToiigtr In the office, having by the com- xi' fata nt rnArt tAn nlrAnri AauH nut tn Rmlth Phllarielnhtn In em 'A-tey- his recognized ingenuity In dlg- i Jkr LjKfcred round the navy yard UUI lilt! uciaiir ti( n Dl'y Biuijr uiab r - 'awnlr nn wav down on the .docks he bought fli eepy of the nrot eonion of trie cou DV Of t t.MLt -whtoti could -nutt which couuj have contained his buv bought It. apatchea at the tint ' tun eagerly with his eyes, muttered. ,'n.i for a minute stood, rnotlonleei. loot- c . iir ihn column of Its contents. Theil Sk,: h heaved ft. lone rfspretful slgb. Rimt "The doggono pussy.footerB blast a!" would D a pai piranarans ot "Vmmmmt. "It wouldn't have .hurt i"oUI bird ,to -set Ws tail feather ft -lltllb Anyway, t juesg 11 t little MOiy, n-natr- 'Mil,, li unitnflM nwroant- POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA T1II3 rKOI'LiG lit Til III! KINCIIAM, - h. r calli KIOIfMIX, mi unnn,ii,il orTl, in I. fltv Jrrr s r !' n-- Is rui t . the en" button " rrom MtrilAni. Klll.t.V, t O.r., ,1,1,.., ,, ft, lb l,pfnr" r. 'limine 1 "ni- k-" 1 flr the "Orpntilzfitlon'n" primary obtcit i It rrrfnrmK t,i tti of 11, ,. n, -i , ttles In nil t"clstntlve nntl nntiannl U .-ii. i ,u nr,.-..-ii. i in-niiiiim vniinr; jewian sirl. utopa Jerry on the street as he Is ahout to leave the club for his homo and thanks hlrm for hla manly defense of the perseeut-il ItnsePsrwrii: 11 he,, !-.. 1. ,n,, him JerrN notices a sinister tlBUro fnllowlnp the EJrl Keliy Informs him that the person la 401" MAI.IXIMI. a lliun t-lckpo, kei nnd iiunman. under pnllllcal prn!ectn IVhcn Sylw r, fuse, t Bo llh him to a dance the camrster rev-nces himself upon, the Klrl's father by tinIHK him arr-iled nn a trumped up chnrk-e Aurentski Is compelled tn sell his business and tn paupi-rlm himself n urder tn placate Maldotlo, and to bribe the Macislrate to illsinlss the cas- for lack of evidence. A shyster lawer Iannis also --ts a share of the "proms ' When Jerrv coca to the poll.ei station to be arralancl, he I, -una that the chnrue nualnst him has been dlmlscd. ! In roniersallnn llh the Maclsitate, he finds that the "Judjte-- v,,s a former dock hand who was rewarded with the Important l.lmin n ear job bv Jlmtnv .Cnic for turning ner n certain iiutnher .,f otra reaul.irl. Jerry solicits Kelly'a aldl In flndlnst Slvy and then turns to his friend VICTOR !tOI,I.I"SM", a niinc lawier for support Victor Joins Hie "Pave Philadelphia" party, and promises to proceed airalnst Maldnno. 4111 ItlMI, II I'nuni in Inl.bvlst. lis a demanded $.111110 frnm the Arcjier Tool Works to cet ii franchise f' a spur track nrross Howard street through Cours-lls Jerry's father and brother are wllllnc tn pay th bribe. ,e,.nus ther request has ls?en iBnorrd for weeks by the lor nl leKislattve bodv The vnum man his. sense of political Jusllce aroused refuses t,. barB-iln with Hand and finally wins his brother's uppon in ubiii (imi'i nn-1 ,(,- -''i"i"'iii '("irBanlzatlc -nammotn slirn oer ine inner, -m'li'K lers nno sailors nvr- nr iii,i-i ,,--i ,,,,ee MAX HISSIIW. a r. iv.rler. while on n stntlnn house. ,lli-nir th- ,r.iurr nn th. turns to th,- titllce with his stun. could from what of his handiwork had escaped editorial censorship and went straight on with the job In band As the assault storj finally stood, how ever. In the later editions of the iVuraiit. It was more than half Poulton's. and In had iiistlv enlarged th" halo which Kid man had placed on Jerry's head, lie made of the yi. linger "ti of lletuy 1 An-her a future gieat man l-'iom Paul he had obtaiind the facts in whl'h he gan- the vnung man the major ctedlt for tin- frnnchlhe llglit He showed that neither Ids i-hlvnlrntis defense of tho ,1,.,.. t I.!.. . I ,-,-. en ., ,ll,n,'l. Illlltl, lilin- .I'-" ii", in.- .,."- - - the nnlltlcal niachlne Here the result of mere accident, but made tliein .-ippear .is i.uteropplngs of deep iertges of i-h.ll.u'ter He revealed that .letry. In a clli re markable for forceful eei-utiies in In dustry, had already ai hleied .in eni l.ible reputation im an organizer .-11111 as a pro duction engineer and that Ins papers and addresses. Indeed, hi", mere opinion, had been listened to with if-pei-irul at tention hv societies, ei. mention'! and associations which concerned tlvmseli with principles or lacinry inaiiiigemeiu. ,r nucKingnam grunten unpleasant- But lHiilllon had also gleaned that in ' b college, despite all Ingrilned modesty "Here is what tliev were going to that kept him from eier n-einlng to , i.rlnt." and Mr Oidivnv tossedm smudgy appreciate his own abilities. Jerrys tal- I jtrip of paper on the desk. .,u .,,,1 ticrsr.iv, t male 1111 il 11,111 and to prove his lighting spiilt. cited how tho young fellow forged to the front In sports up to the time when an unfor tunate accident developed th" weakness of hla knee which, while ill nowise hin- ii .. , !! I ..... nnrln filet ,irr an atle or a sohher ":". u, r l,l. "'l'"""' ' ' ... Kven Henry T Archer found inn own nnoreclntionof his son's admirable quail- tfes enhanced bv th- r.adlng of this nar- rative. It had the same .fleet on Paul and rather tled the .iming man in a position of ascendancy ou-r their two 1 .' . .. .... i, ,,,..,,.-,, I,., ,-,,.,1- minds a pnsiiuin wnun, io-',ihii ' .- may ban- occupied It before, tnc.i had not hitherto recognized "But it is iciy distasteful lo mo' Very! all this'" declared Henry 1. wiin n waio of ins Handover me spri-un-oui page " ll the same. Pad. there's mountains of truth In It." aierred Paul. "I used to think Jerrv was either a blamed fool or a wizard's. Now I know he t, a wiz. all tight." "The question Is. How's that franchise coming along?' This will help it. declared pain "No." said Henry T "No' It widens, the breach It'll make it more a matter of pride with Band than ei.r to see that we don't get It." "Then it's up to old Jerry to butt his wav through." declared Paul. "He's got so "much faith and optimism that, bless me. I can't help but bank on him tn win out " Something swelled up in Henry Arch, er's throat and he coughed violently "Confound It. Paul." he said presently, "I hank on him ton, and away down inside I think he's more than half right. or I'd never haie let him commit us this far." ' But other people than his father and brother were at about this time staring at the eiening -edition of the Courant and making swift -appraisal or reap praisal of the personality of Jeremiah Thomas Archer One of theye was Wil lard H. Buckingham I'p to now he had rather smiled at the attack of the Archer Tool Works upon the political combination in control of Councils and the city goiernment The attack would fail, of course, and Jerry would get a licking which would do his bumptious ness good and himself no hnrm If on the other hand, the unexpected happened and his assault threatened to do sni sort of damage to thoee fortifications he- hind which extensive Buckingham in terests lay concealed, why, the financier could, with a crook of his finger, call Jerry off and the big bosses would come fawning to lick the uand that had helptd them. But now Mr. Buckingham sat in his imposing offices with a frown of rare displeasure on his brow and teeth biting savagely at the ends of his mustache. "Phone Mr Jeremiah Archer that I want to see him at 4 30." he said brusquely to his secretary, and turned tn other matters "CAP" STUBBS That's . 1 1 VJUl WAlKliV COPIE UR rN TUT NOSE' -AN' BLUET. NUTHIN' NO rAORE i JN Till, STOKY ji:iiiiy .Aiu'i.i-.rt, ilin. with his rlilr brother P.14J1, Is nrtlvMy rontlnulns th bilPiness of th Arrhfr Tool Works, Is rlubnrd into unconrloupnp9 iwid nrrested by rntrn'innn tronsburRfr whMi the youns tnan, outrnRfd at the policeman's brutal treatment nf Mnrlt? HosensrwelR-, mmn to that rrlsoner's Afslstanre. ItosinscWPlt? ha been taken Into custody a thn nnal ptep In tho petty peraecutlon nrtilnK from fnitlnnal flirTerences (n the "Illoodv fifth" U'nril .Terry l reeaeft from Jail. hll case dropped and Stronsburicpr "broke" til 1 1 Ik requested to r, slRll before belnK fired" as the repiilt of the Intervention of a fmlly frlvid. M,I,AHI II. lirrKIN.IH.t If., financial ccnlus and the most powerful man In I'hM.nlelplila At bin nod political tiosaea na well as their underllnsra moe. and moc fast, 1hcn llurktncbam's dauchter. r ihnt J, rr Is missiuii. Ine kumi man n the li-nit-dlitance telephone nt Atlantic - work nf Kdmunds, llui-khigham's "puh n Imi't. .lerrv, while renlnir In the Lafayette '' b-.nn In practical politics, lie learn that di-alln' out Jobs" and thai Just so ions aa i . l.iiv,,.,,,, ,,,,( ,,,rni mer liepuhllian nnjor-llnn- It will not be interfered with locally. .ierr s plan corT-lsts In ercctlriB a ilia, i.overnment work Is betnir held up sol- ,,,n unn-i n i,rll- demind Is not met tisit to the Third and He l.anc-y isli-eets "blnttir' (,f the nrr.-sl of Jerri. II- re. "no f those other mattets wan a eard wlilcii for some minute-, h,-ul been Ijlng on the i-nrnep or hi, desk "nil seiifl tlrdway In ' lie cnllrl out as tho sei-retar.i u,is deimrting .Mr nrdway was a inllilotialre, aeni-r- liiitit .1 tn.iiiuf.-u-iiiK i- ,-iiul it i-otiiini-tor, but Ills enterprises on ail sides drew tlielr chief sustenance fiom tin- mffers "f the municipality, therefore, his maior btislne-.,. Int. test was polith-s. lie, was a ileal --;iIio,ililereil. pasty-fai-erl satslnnlr per.,on 11 ho-.,- nni-mith manner and mor- 'iiiiii tiiitnor ,-onimeiirieit htm to manv ,,o,,,0 j people luit Will. nihil rluiklnehnm was not mnong ills ,-idmirets The two.hntit- d together Ion hate,) eacli other Mr iirdwni entered, ui-ailngn satiric -smile, and Mr Ilucklnghnm's face failed to gladden It onli lighted i-raftllv. "Wliat game now?" Mr. Buckingham's manner seemed to r.nv. "Onli ,-i liattnless (lie. rent ante." Mi (irdvav's .ui-enied to assure "1'ou saw the Courant he inoulred Mi- llucklngliam, with that evaggcr ated fear of unfriendly strictures in the public press, which nhseases co manv rich men. pounced upon that Mrninlgv strip It was ,1 galley proof of Rlss man's oiiglnnl story which a word from I !-"'"'--'"- '. !'"d .killed Mr Buck. I 1IIKIU1I11 re.ui 11 piori Ingham read it ploddingly to the end. .Ills linrh wbte hrow liecomlne L,,rr.,cua , , fl d i '," ' rca' "They were going to print this?" he las-kerf savagely. Pictures, too emphasized Ordway. ( enjoj ing the annoyance his Infnrni.ition i itnrl eanse.l ....-....".... .iimi .inn jurieuieii n ; "No; Pres'on killed it himself. Thev had s-ense enough to he afraid of it , but it Just shows what might happen w hen an idiot like young Archer srarts run ning amuck Besideo. a chap thats as minora bin as lie Is Isn't lery smart tn go to throwing stones." "What do ion mean vulnerable?" "Win the voung fellow's got a woman down there in that ward." 1 unman" Mr llucklngliam. in suite , (,f himself, was slightly dazed. Pretty little Jewess. "Nnn?ense veling Archer was never in the ward morning." hefore till that Sunday "Wasn't he?" Inquired Ordway, tan tallzingly. "He went there to attend a meeting of the Italian Church " "Did he?" mocked Ordway again The ugh sneer In his manner 11 as fast up setting Mr Buckingham's composure Not another man in Philadelphia dared halt and mock him like this, and Ordway was always doing It "Ordway"' he exclaimed, exasperated "I don't haie time for innuendoes. If inn haie got anything to say reflecting on young Archer's character, say It ann get through." "Prom what 1 hear it don't reflect on his taste at all," drawled Ordway, mad deningly "But. damn It " and Mr Buckingham did not even care what fellow-vestryman of St Paul's might be about to hear him swear. "What Is his relation to the girl?" "Stuck op her'" answered Ordway tersely "He's been in the ward many times tn see her He went there Sunday morning to see her and did see her. Sht was right there screaming when the heating took place, and if it hadn't been for her there wouldn't have been any nearing i nat s wnat 11 was anout division leader down there had his eye on the girl, and when he saw this voung fellow hanging around, dazzling the ward with a sight nf his limousine every day and winning the squab away from him. why he set a little trap and the oung man walked right Into it." "An outrageous falsehood from begin ning to end." declared Mr. Buckingham, eyes glaring "Is If" inquired Ordway again, In that cool, exasperating way. "Is it? There's another chapter 10 the story The girl hung around the Lafayette Club last Sunday till he came out to go home and talked to him again. A couple of davs 1 after that he went prowling through the Enough 'LON& M A Mrs in f 5UMTHIN" TO fV I JIDNT KNOW 1 ward with his car following him, and Sylvy Aurentsky that's the girl's name hasn't been seen slnre " "What do you mean to Intimate by that?" demanded Mr Buckingham. "I mean that Jerry Archer took that girl away and Is keeping her some where '' "Ordnay," F.iid Mr. RurklnKhatn. after regarding his ilsljnr steadily In silence for an npprei-lalilo Inletval of time, "malice makes you a credulous fool " "Damned if 1 know what makes you one," said Ordway coolly, "but something does." Thorn was no answer tn Impudence like this except n blow, and Mr. Iltic-k-lngham was not a man nf blows, in the physical sense, that is, but my mutual consent the Interview was over "I will keep this." said Mr. Ilucklng ham stlflly. dropping the strip of galley proof into a tlrawer of his desk "I don't know anybody it mnrerns more," remarked Ordway, unpleasant to the Inst "1 want to repeat." said Mr Bucking ham, by way of flnni ilpllanco to his cniier. ' that I consider sl.'indotoiN and utterly fal.se the story you ham tnbl mo about young Ari-her, and I want lo warn .mil that If a line nf It rnmes to the, newspapers 1 shall hold you personally responsible " "You will oli?" said Mr tudwav, and took himself nut. Mr. llucklngliam was -hut in for the next (lie minutes uH-slHiig with shock iind ugly misgiving. His alt Hide in iiaid humanity was one of ,-i tile in ciedulily, and yet .Ifi-tv Airher had pieiiiril why Jerry had sormril lik,- ar. own son; and pons- but all men ate somebody's sons Jerry wn- Impulsive plensure-iovlng. human, rind the girl was beautiful, susceptible, smitten What mine natural, thercfoie nh. boh ' Mi lliii-kinghnm. imor a man nf lerv much Imagination, iin-tn-phorlcnllv dumped the whole litnin storm of s'nndernu mnls an I ilefama totv thnugiit ,'iiif-n,-es into lit iirtr-tt-liasket ami rang fur Hie mt i-.iiier (CON'TIN'l T.l) TuMdlilplW) THE DULY iSOl ELETTE The Way That llnpprnvd Hv RCHV II. M fiTViY Ar (M.orii had hung met- I.lo.id K, n- son s going 1 n- 1,11m siiiii uieir lips when Ins futile claims to 1 v mptlnn were mentioned. Hi- unkind Iianbur Ites iihNperod "slaclier" when the fear ful neighbor went Ills 11.11 lo the train ing 1 -.imp .Innle Cui-hmnn. being of the kind. In a cmnptny of the unkindly dennunceil the group hotlv for tlnlr attitude for no reason but her own scir-r of justice And II w. 1" 'pill" In t Ik accidental Ironv of fate tli.it socks liear ing lier card were sent to liliti Jnnl" would necr ban known about the sneks hut fm tli" litter from l.lnvd iihlcli thanked her for them, a letter with longing for Panhmy pens glaring between the llns of gratitude "That endi right bote," snul .lani" to thp letter short burning on the ertiln rs of her open lire "If that stonp-slioul. dered, l!ii"-hnndod clerk thinks I'm going to write bat-K lie's got another el'-!5- coming Hut the longing heturon tile lines did haunt her .Innle, 100, was loneli-, for she seemed to hors'lf the onli- person In nil Panhiirv 11 Ithnut kin of blond or loie awni- al the tight In the big while lioine-tiad she Mulled and knit ted, but all the soeks anil sweaters were for no one in particular A Coinpronllse And so ,Tanie I'ushniaii r-nniMomsod Willi her delertnln.it ion by sending l,loi, a st'-re-prep.iied lio of food, .iiui an Nisi ST&A Copyji'jlit. ;-, In fuhhr Lcttgcr n. CHVPTKK VIII A in InoKiup at thn drawing? liV 1 tli otPiiPihlp infant I'llol wmilrl 'il most rertafnly talp tho thins: at its pur- tnrp hIup. If purh one happened to' be a father himself lie might perhaps look at the drawing a little longer than any one else, hut no one would teallv exnmlno the thing siilnuslv And vet I had not sat down to study the thing from the right angle, fm- more than naif an hour before 1 saw sinister 'g nlflcance in that apparently childish 1 document Tho new angle, nt course. T gained from my Knowledge of rhe nnxlelv of these men to repossess It Without at first reading all Its score" it cost me much trouble and mny dangeis be fore the whole riddle was unraveled I ' saw this much almost at once that It portended great danger to the Biitlsh Kmnlre And vet It Is curious to m. fleet that I was first put m the secret hM lecknnerl on my individual stupidity hy a characteristically Herman flour- ;l!'- nrt without Justification from mini' Ish. bv a detail tint was unessential to ,,,c" nu-nters. they would ban- reck the plan oned on our racial stupidity, to keep in" The whole paper N. indeed, char- , f,r"" Penetrating its secret So far acteristic of the Oerman mind It, Its ' 'hat was plain sailing But they would mixture of childishness and cunning I-or tho Oerman is childish in many, ways- he is like a bad boy. not onl.i In his love of destruction for its own sake. , hut also for his irrepressible boastful- ness It would be nothing to educe ex- ' amples of these two had qualities from the w-ritingf of Prussian soldiers such L as Bernhardi . one exp, etn tint sort of thing from them : but when one 1 finds the same spirit running through ' the words of grave philosophic historians I like Treitschke. one sees the tiling is Inherent ir. the race 1 Now. it was something needlessly boastful in the drawing that was my! first clue Indeed, it is so ohvlous as ! scarcely to require indication I,et any one look at the figures of the bleeding heart and the dead lion These two I symbols stand for a hundred things that 1 t were being said hy Get many about1 Kngland And if little Kitel, whoever 1 he was. In ills derision inserted tame sheep as guardians of the heart, well. 1 there are those who are not Oerman at ' all who think his action had plenty of j Justification, and was no libel on cer- I tain people whom we need not here l mention Well, the first thing I noted was this I element of bo.istfulness ; boastful, for. I as I now know, ir was quite unessen- 1 tlal to the information contained In the : drawing An almost daily reference In . newspapers and in musle-halls to the I "heart of the llmphe" showed me that I It was a symbol tor London Just as clearly as if stated In words, though 'WHEN I WftKEn. UP I WUZ ON A U-BOAT VIRUTE SHIP INTH' funTJLE OF TH' OCHAN! AN I Sri 2.'.-'LET ME OfF'N THI5 SHIP"' W TH' CHIEF SEX!- GUESi VOUBON'T KNOW VKHO , An; -VK KAI5ER BILU" swered his thanks with a stiff, prim note and a box of home. marie cookies, l-'iom that was born a more kindly letter and a parcel nf local papers And by that time she was launched ion the sea of kindness with her hnnds clasped over the personal possession of a friend In active service When letters from the camps were tallied nf Janle held her peace about Moid: when picture postcards from the boys were passed In cnmpanv she had a happy thought remembering those In her desk nt home; when knitting was talked of she bent lower over the khaki sweater she was fashioning. The sweater mis nearly done when word i-ame that no more mall was to be sent to I.lo.id at the camp where he bad been training His regiment was to iiinie iory soon. It was casv enough to guess that move was the first step to the front "And the sweater wa.s going. to be ready to go in this night's mall!" thought Janle. wistfully. At first she thought to put the sweater by tor later finishing Hut In .Innle nere was the spirit of fighting to the last ditch. The stuff t lint heroes are made of was hi her heart, and she de leimined the eiiier should be leadv if a chance slmuM happen fop Moid to get it But a tear did fall mi the khaki .-nn that .Innle did not understand 1 lie night was 11,11111 foi sptlng Act ll,e Uel.l l,l, C .!. ,., .... ,...." '0, .,;,.,, 11 ' "K ' 11-11111 111 nouse '-" ' ' ' t 1 1, Mile, ,( ,1 1 1 e, mil 11.1111 iiiiuiueii siowiy north trnin go. 1 niK , siop 11 11. with its nan, . ut n silhouetted against the blur of llirlon, ft out a distant city .Initio, watching Idli froin tier daik window. e,-iw the flag man's ted Inntertt bobbing hack alone the trtv-k and a little gtoup with Hash lights holered by the steaming engine A wing ftotn men's throat floated across the Held; " "Whore do we 10 from here, bos?'" An I'neipeeti-il V'lsll T'lion slie saw n mil .shadow loom on tin- glass plot below her open window. "Hello she hulled. Imiilli. ".lane"' "Moid' I'll come down" "llow-'d I qet bote'' Thai's mv train The engine has a hot bo and 1 c-in get back as si. 011 11s tjio flagman when lie's called in I kni-ll ivheie no were I -I guess Hint hot hnv K a sort of answer to my pra.ier. hei uiim- I minted 10 thank 1011 by iioid of motnh for all tho things The Kindness they st.-mil for lias helped me to pot hold of my i-nur.lge" .lanie had bioiight out the sweater and she thrust it into his hands "It miNt lie nn answet 10 mi pt nor too. I.lo.id 1ml 1011, lolling tn,. do ihe tilings lias 1 en a kindness, too'" The iiioonllcht was full on his fa,-,-Janle eo,i,l ,.oe ins blown eyes were ili-nr and tits --kin bronzed ; he looked Inches taller and tin cletKv fe,ir-.-loop w. is gone finm his shoulders The hand that grasped ihn --wc."itni- had nnti --iii--w- , and on his klriki le,.ie iier -i ,.,1 noralV i-hevions H wa- as If lie had' been tr,'llsoi nieil I "Vou mean tli.it ? ' lie ,-iei. '-oil, .lane ' hnli-n'l I got to make ki.oiI some mm,. , anil wait to Know 1011 loi o mi-"" "Walt" I don't think ih.-re is nei ii of waiting for me to tell 1011 that"' shr whtspered T11 Ice the engine whistle out s-hrlllv through the lilKiil l.loyd held Janle close befoie he turned and Iristeneil hack across ihe field- The red liojit of tln flagman signaled fiom the tear and the train pnllrd slnwly away And for a long while Janle stood as he had left her. sad enough for tin- parting but glad, too, that silo had helped make manly the man she had bnriu-d to loie ronton on-'! Complete Aoi etcttc "A H'.IK f..l.,',;.Y." LTHY T&RR JOHfM F&USOlJM Z)y 1 it u ill hP nliMii'r1 th.it thf drawing bpatK na expIan.Unrv lrttrr-pivs'. sav tn its (ippiKTit'ill, mi'-Wadinc suKCPbtlnn is 10 wi nut inn and il-::tinatp.n. nn onlrl pp.. fh.it it w.-Kt ti l.dMflmt nt. I tackffl fiom M'vnral dtrnrtinnv N'ntico. i the Htirii ( U;inv nf th" hiiirh stand- ! I ir Ii .1 1 r 1. . 1. no iii,. -. 1 r th.,-. ....1 u ""I""',,""' "', '". '"",.. V "". something singular about that vane I '!'" niaiKs of diiectlon .110 not set In ine cusioin.iry , i-, i ?. i tnviousiy this departure from the usual is de" Slgned, rind so these seemed to me lo Indicate the direction fiom which the attacks Mere ti, iiinti' In, I ,1 , ;. ,, r- ' talnlv lint difficult ,, lell (rum ivb,,,,-, lb.. ittack was to come that spirit of boast- 1 fulness, which Is. it seems, ineradicable. made It Impossible lo keep out the black 'ierman eagle that holers nboie the heart. It was at this point that I sent for I-'orsytli and Ills gun. 1 knew- that my pursuers counted on my yet haling the paper rney would Know tli.it I had 'opened and examined it by this time; reason tnat, ei-n if rhat were so. the secret would not be so safe as to make it needless for them to regain posses sion Would I not lie most likely, j seeing Its apparent worlhlessness. to li'tstrov if Heie I think tlielr leasnn ing was acute No ' I would not de stioy it. for the I-nglish haie a na ' tional passion for collecting curios, and .for showing them I wnuid, ihereftye, I retain the thing In order to exhibit It 1 as a curioslt), and It might he that 1 ' might show it and tell the story of how I had acquired it; and there might lie ,1 man there who was no fool, and to I whom the riddle would speak And after jail thete were, doubtless, teasons which I 1 ould not guess at that made recoiery imperative to them saw the imminence of the danger which, that night. I stood exposed. "ALICE KENT AND THE DAY'S WORK" The Stori of a lin-iiic-.- Girl Who 'Would Not Fail By MARTHA KEELER Will Be Found Today on 'age 8 SO'. SET. l! LIKE THI4, - Nt, JUMPEU -"-cv ur in -TV By DADDY THE WAR OF THE FROGS A complete, new adventure emh ueek, bcuinninp Momlaii nml endtna Sntitrrlnv tin prrvinux adventures I'ecrov has been crnnned I'ltnccsv of Hlrrf-io-ik nnrf has transformed the fierce, tcirortitnu (llant of the. Woods Into a imtilotle farm worker.) CHAPTER I 'cpgy Hccames a Colonel riHO-A-K! Cro-n-k! Cro-a-k!" J From the marshes near the lakeside cottage where Teggy was spending the weekend hollda-- riiine n loud, unceasing chorus. It was 1 cry distracting to Peggy, who was spend ing a Ulct hour reading. "I wonder uliv frng c.-.yik ho much?" she mused nloud. ' Possibly for the same reason chil ill "11 shout so much." came til" unix ported answer In n, hoarse, guttural , ,,(,.,. !',.,,,rt- lonl.-nrl lilt o l , ! ,-t.-I , fCb,,,.a .-'"I . '---.- ,-r.-n- ...... ,....-.,. ,,, . ,v(ls (i,,, oddest sight nhe liail ever 1 .p. ecu. It was n soldierly looKlni; I- rng ' tnotintoil nn tlio linik nf n sp.ightli ' lilue .In.i. In his forelegs wits clutched ! 11 iong reed, which lie carried like a spear. On hi head was a helmet made of a yellow water lily bud turned up side down. It gave him 11 strange knightly .'ippeai-nnce. ( "(Si-acinus, 11 lin nrp you"" excln lined I'l-gg.i. "I am (ieneial Hopper, commaniler nf tlic King nimv," ivns the teply. "1 have n letter nf Introduction from .luilgo (I11I." Me held nut a rolled up hit nf liii- pad nn which was pricked this tiii'sMico: This Ir Hooper, chief of Croakers. Sent liy me. the best of jokers He's hound to war upon the Snakes, The thought of which giies me the shakos. "And we're going tn lick them to a frazzle." pompously boasted (ieneral Hopper. 'Wo thought juu might like tn get into the fun." "I don't think it is fun to light Snakes." declared Peggy very prompt ly and iory positively. "Tlie lib ds thought ii mis 11 lot of fun 11 lien 1 nil banged the It.ittlesnnke nn the hc.nl. the time you saied the (limit of the Woods. You did such 11 good job then thev wnnted me to let you Join nil .iniiy. I've- mailp you a i-olniu-l- -that's .lour title now-, ("nlmiel I'linross Peggy. That Isn't .11 high as I mil, but I'll fvrn up hv letting nu do most of the lighting." "Nn, thank you." leplled Peggy. "That doesn't sound a bit nice to me. I mn Hilling to light fnr my Pinil.iml subjects, but I don't ei en know vou l-'l IICS." "Vnu know me Vnu've just been Intiniliiced hi Judge Owl. P.esides. this Is a llirdland war, ton. for- the HnaKes are lust 11s much the eiienilp.s of the Mil ds (in they .-ire nf the Frogs." "That's right." nodded nine Jay. "That's why I'm .'ii-ting nn a winged steed for the general. Your loving subjects mint you to come hack. Prin cess Peggi ." Tills argument 11 on Peggi. Khe was & I'm- I recognized that n me lime In the dark hours they would come back In fou-e Tills lonely house with Its surrounding woods invited .ittack. It was, pet haps, too, their last chance The police olTlcei- put Ills head into the room to announce the conclusion of his Interiien with Klrsly MacKellar. "Tie taken a note about what Chris tina MacKellar says about van man with the .icllniv box. sir," lie said. 1 noted tin- 1 (-version to the official full name, and inferred that he had cot the belter or Kirsty In the Interview. ' Very good," I answered "It's gi-ttin' i.-rra late." he went on. "and I'm awa' to my bed; but I was thinkln' of seein' again Into It in tho 11101 nin' " "Right. Mr Bruce'" I replied. "Come and ice me again In the morning" "Veira good rir," the functionary nodded "I find Its .1 icrra wise thing to sleep nn a problem We must na' be 1 ash Somethin' may turn up afore mornlr. Something did turn up before morn ing It would be passing strange if something did not hut It would be a matter in which P C Bruce would he far beyond his depths I had no in tention of dragging this honest-minded, simple constable into it Still," as I wished him good night. I could not re sist a question 1 asked him If he had ?-, n'ght duty He stared at me. be- wlldet-Pd "Night duty " he cried. "When a' body is in their beds bv 10 o'clock' 11 .hat would I do stravatcin' the street after that . It would he a breach of Ihe peace ltse' " After I had made a round of tile house and seen tn all the fastenings. I sent Kirsty and my mother to bed, and sat down to wait for Forsvth Had there hern time I would have taken mi mother and the servant to the village inn and gone to the railway station to catch the London train, but it was now much too late to think of that. Not only was there no train available, but even had there been I could not think "f endangering the lives of women on that road between us and the village. Forsyth brourht two dogs with him, a little Aberdeen and a big lurcher It was quite dark now under the trees, and once thev were' inside I was glad to bolt the door. I let Forsyth inlo something of the story, telling him of the (iiiper that had come by accident Into my possession, and that I must hand It over to the Ooiernment That, with the mention of the fart that the men who were trvlng to take it from me were foreigners, was quite enough for Forsyth, for. as he explained himself, he had a "verra poor opjenion of for eigners " As a sportsman, of course, ills experience of foreigners had not been happy. The gamekeeper made a tour of the. house to Inspect our de fenses, noting with approval tho EtTong AD XJrC AN" I 5LUC-6ED "IM ON TH" JAW GRABBED A BOMB UOT WUTL LVIN' OVbfWSOARtl THREW TH" BOMB, cuoi; (in- awun mnunt: l "DREAMLAND ADVENTURES' .rex?! ?feSS .rfK'S&oSelisSi . V, x& 1 V iU-. eager to get hick to P.irdl.ind. though not at nil anxious to get mixed up in a war. Oeneral Hopper saw tint she was wavering and held out n blade of grass. "It's finin ti fairy ring." lie said. Peggy, icmenilierlng tho effects of tho grass in a pi 01 ions adventure, ate i' niirt (it once became- as tiny an tho l-'rog. Now she remembered Hint she didn't have imy an plan" with wfiioh to My away to Pinlhinil. It 11,1s homo in the city. Hut she didn't lime to worry nver that, fm- iloivn swooped Mr. Swal low from high tip in the sky. "I'll be your lli-ing horse." he shrilled (it her. "Climb 1111 mv inch. Princess Peggv. and I'll carry .11111 wlu-rcvor oit want to go." "Won't I fall nrr?" asked Peggy, looking nt Mr. Swallow's glistening b'ick. "Vnu might fix stirrups so nti can't fall." suggested Mr. Swallow. Peggy did so. tying strings 111-niitiil him so that slm would haie n place where her feet uotilrl be secure Then she climbed on his back and shouted to f Ieneral Hopper: "I'm le.uly, (iener.-il. 1,,-ad nn." "Aye. .lie sir." niiswered tho fjen- I oral Peggy thought it queer that he j should use s.-nirn- talk until she ic 1 membered that l-'rogs belong to both I the water anil the Kind, so that It was i perfectly piopcr for him to use sea language. I (ieneral Hopper led tho way. but ilr. Swallow 11,1s so pi nml to be Peg gy's flying horse and so noxious tn show his strength that he qiiieklv left P.lne Jay and the C.enernl fm- behind Peggy found that sailing through the shutters to tlie lower" windows, hoped with iron liars on th" inside The door were also verv sltong, and so. thourh there wele manv points open to a'-saull tlu re 11.1s not one that 1 ould be forced without giving 11- dm- warning of what was goinir on While we weie at supp, r I told Fnrsith something of the sCe I had endured from the men in the house it, Bei lin remarking that theie I had only one door to defend "Ay." said the stolid gamekeeper "But that time ie had nu guns, which is a great thing " "And I hadn't jou," I added, smil inr At which he was pleased I wondered whether I had been quite wise not to r-tain the constable, in view of the large area we had to de fend But Forsyth hrushed thl aside "Tammy Bruce is much netter in his bed. he remarked 11 ould lie lie here? "He carina' shoot, and he wadna' : but he'd do Ins best to s-top us from having a go at them Now- I think that was a lery olei or dodge of yours with 'the rope and the man's hand : hut. mind ye, sir, we'll hae nae time for that this nicht And for myself. I'm nae verra clever at such circus-like things; but I've a icrra quick forefinger for the gun. and I'm no going to hesitate 11 bin once I'm forced to It " "Of course," I raid, "having asked you to help me in a matter that means risking your life, I cannot expect you to make the risk gr-pater than it need he, hut I may tell you I hope for 'my mother's sake there will be no shooting tonight. If any one got killed, even one of these blackguards, it would be impossible for her to continue living here." Though I said this. I had, as you may puppose. but the scantiest hope about it Nevertheless the gamekeeper under stood. He was engaged In oiling my old gun "Now. that's Just where the difference lies between a dead shot and a bad shot A fine shot, the like of myself, can pick and choose wlrere to lrit a man, ay. even with a shotgun : hut a bail shot is far more likely to kill. All the same." he added, "I'll kill sooner than he kilt " "That's all I can expect," I said "Be yond this. that, to keep us right with Constable Bruce afterward. I hope we can get them to begin tire shooting " "Quite right, sir." the gamekeeper nonaeo I put out tome whlskv and inv nylted must mm to light up. But Forsvth "set" his dogs before settling himt-elf. Tho big lurcher, I fancied, would be '0 T X 1 Mt aST) V V"""" A J lL4w- 111 rE exclaimed Peggy an on the back of a bird was muc illfietent from Hying In nn nlrplan hut It was Just as delightful. She ha to balance herself so that she woul not lntet fere with Mr. Swallow wings, and for a time she felt a quet sensation its he rose and fell in Ion undulations, like a boat on the ocea I, ut tins only added tn the fun. As Peggy flow over Marshlaml whoie the hosts of General Hoppol wore gathering, the croaking choril rose louder and louder. "Cro-a-k' Cro-a-k! Cron-k!" And al she listened the "Cro-a-k" turned lnl "olds which she could understanl "To war! To war' For liberty nnl pence, to war! To war' Mi. Swallow swooped down low ar Peggy could "pp tlie Frogs hurryln along, hopping over the grassy hup inocK-s in the marshes and swimmin through the pools and b.iyous. The wci e critiiering nn a largp rock island that lose steeply from the rlvt some distance from the shore. 'What n splendid army!" exclaim Pp-Tgy cntlnisiasticallv. , As if tn answer her. Mr Swallofl flow ,-rcrnsji the river and above roekv rniiup that led down from trl hilli to a steen cliff fronting on tl niter. 11 hat Peggi saw here sent chill through her for crowding lfil tlie ravine was a silent squirmlnJ deadly looking army of Snakes, ot al sii-es nnd nil hinds "I low awful!" she cried. "They'l swallow up that poor Frog army In Jiliy. tlamarrair it will be told hovl Priinii plans to save the brave but will I ton nrmp from the stronoen jorecs o; ine enemp ) useful ally in right corner, but tf 1 wee stumpy Aberdeen though gan enough, seemed bKeli- to 1- out of it i la M-iimmnge Foiith smiled at this 1 ma- re a combination. lie sal' .ii-cl; has a' the brains and Ponal', tf I lurcher, has a' the s-lrength Just con anil see r nis He tool; tho mtie dog along the lorl pass.ice toward th kitchen, showinl nun me nargririor and the windows inree separate rooms Th" little fello-l trotted at his side evidently undel standing When lie had been given hi .v.., ins- lousier neni up a forefinger. ' Now '" lie said joo gave n iriPf -aB f hl3 tfl. " .-'e.nii.1 ins comprehension, and leturnoel m our smoke .Mi-.ning win moie him now froij mere, said 1-orsvtl irrbt ne- on iaI What good I 1P'II signal the slightest noise." ' I b, I rI '.I "nlKtlc Jcl Lnto the roorj hut no notice was taken k The big del set mmMi to sleep on the hearth-ru j0j i.-viii jiruuncci mm with h "Vouil see. sir. bow bc-ti ...o- .. hu,e,,,ngWh,,n.C,;,e 'e,s on s "Does ho do that?" i-aitn. ay does he. the mtu il fun, JTe?ei,n0e ".S!?a"cy ?he the mil ----- .'ii'K.iim ui 10 mis lurcher! iumualisu TOMORROW) National Salutations German Good morning! Have you cursed England this morn ing? rrencn Hood evening! Why have you not yet died for France?" Austrian Good luck! And damn the Kaiser! cngusn uiad to see you, old top! Beautiful raid last night, en: Turkish May Allah preserve you from the German draft! Auicriuitn noway? see you "over there" later! Life. Oh, Say! He Why do you fasten Fido to your wrist? She Because he's a watchdog Widow. By EDWINA f AN- THAT IS rlLV .' tf,w -.---i ,--::-'-r-.--" KSUion-ea flaonnMati wfta, mjmcates$y ll'IW'ill- .1 &'? .. 'y ;-!'.$ 'i &r . 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