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XVIII (Continued)
ty sat for a moment with
; eyes, thinking. This fresh
. a complaisance that
IT the part of oltlclala of thp
Miintv of Philadelphia brouxht
r anoiner reference to tne us
mmi Jjaiayeue ciuo, lea u u
I police.
.be murder down there to
unhealed Hollinson. rve
f-ktayor what he might expect
tins the police to be used In
There 11 he murder down
ow as sure as tomorrow
ltdono. no doubt, will be In
ted Jerry
ot Not on your life. I'll hac
Mierorn mldnlffht. Ir I hni. tit
there mvself."
rtvy?"
ivy!" exclaimed Rolllnson. and
hand across his brow, he
mnmpnr with finiriii mnri
"Jarnr went out It spempfl In him
KMlKht cease to concern himself
AUrentskv as an Individual
fSylvy's future might safely be
: to me devoted watchfulness
,oiiinson.
pCHAPTER XIX
Iftflvernment by Murder
BR. Va - "
laSray from Victor, and with his
somewhat unburdened of Its
riy'a thoughts flew back to
when he tried to telephone
mat she nnd cornu In and
'again for the evening, When
a Bonn, however, a message
rj awaited mm "so glad you
k' franchise." It srilil. "What
Bt that like the girl"' his heart
A challenge to go on
Jaa Ruth confessed, she herself
see the way. And the fran
SOh, yes; that was after all the
tent of this dav. .lertv stood
r blankly, while he tried to
nis mind.
efvlew with the AutentsKys,
'of the disru ed nollcemen In
I'and of the assault upon the
uiud. tnese and tne very ns-
rr discovery that Victor Rollln
'Itl love with Slvy, had Inter
na maae tne triumpn in tne
t- the franchise Feem far away.
nun leel tnat strange cur-
drawlng him. that Invisible
re slowlv Involvlhir him In a
f Whirlpool of drama, romantic
personal and political, mm
ttg to make of him something
ne would naturally be.
'young man was not permitted
Unielf ui) now either to reflec-
Ho speculation for there were
urea awaiting nis perusal,
slant series of telenhone calls
f-fjhla arrival from friends.
acquaintances, and from men
Vhad never talked with before
ijwere officers or members of
civic, orcanlzat ons that in
s'hoDe or another had battled
for better governmental con
. the city. All these messages
'.were congratulatory in char
1 confessed admiration for the
I.-, initiative which Jerry had
. and numbers of them ex-
' hope that this was but the
K of a campaign against con-
rnment in Ph ladelnh a. in
i'i vitality and magnetism of a
Jlty might show the way
rr'tsults than had yet been
.succeeds like success'." Paul
time to time during the
AHenry T. Areher also was
t proud or the distinction which
to De nowinc in upon nis
n, almost before he could
"why it should come.
I a good deal of froth about all
KIa rfaKlarad Pant "frtc nf
tie wouldn't have had even a
you If vou had lost. But
loty of a fighter to win, and
L', Jerry, old man '." For the
1: time he clapped his brother
kfcack
IHowcver, received all his me"-
SYeiy ana modestly, and in
nent or quiet tnat was per-
ilm relapsed into thoughtful
-He was still depressed and
I '.over wnat ne naa seen nna
.night, both at the Aurent-
ln particular, that of a small
.In particular, that of a small
'man. with gray in his hair.
rv policeman s wanton black-
especially disgusting, it
'.'flesh creep.
m .family junuation nan neen
I n end br the retirement of
1 and Constance, Jerry seized
. to describe to nis lamer
' these scenes which kept
his mind.
endence Hall and the
are in the Fifth Ward."
r'Arcbcr commented grimly.
j are for a fact I" recalled Paul,
ana cnagrin.
fa a rracK in tne unerty
rememDer, sugKestea
K..
B '..aLau a...L Wi. nnl.. n
..exchange of glances, the
kMparated. But though Jerry
immediately, ne aid not
I'll be murder In that ward to-
L?; . ... j . m
r. victor Jioinnson naa aeciarea
''convincing way of his. and
this gloomy prediction not only
fvJerry'a waking moments, but
leep wnen at last ne came
ck found him dressed and
1 car Out of the garage. Ten
fare the polls opened, ne en-
liy in rront oi tne uaiayeue
. JUaaman," aald Kellv. Intro-
; 'or tne Evening courant.
1y busy, but he'll show you
!.-
'S3-- . . w .
1 wai a dapper, nanasome cnap
Fayaa and an encaging smile.
, meet you. air. Arcner. ' saia
r, not tninaing it necessary to
young- manufacturer wun
had played In giving the
. story to a waiting- woria.
I shall be verv grateful
Mdanee." said Jerry, shaking
I pleasant anticipations. These
in part Dy inr attractive-
nana personality ana in
suns manufacturer's favor-
of reporters gained trom
nee wun tnem.
strode off round toe
vDrtnclnal difference - from
are as Jerry noted It now.
taaad presence of uniformed
V .white the proximity of a
always advertised oy
,quad of three or four
BTsMUly.on nlard and
as; a reasonaoie oistance
nlaee. 7
la tMUtses. excuumeo
Aa Ui oacic scat.
This heaohmen In the
1 of these
a. ioa. (. 1
T with the' i candidate
liiiaiiawia " mllail
tut are rival
1 sor sweet
wsrurs
.fsWriea with
VTeWM'sae a
heauaia .afewa here
!". aoaraa
ilNtl who
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THE PKOITE IN THK STORY
JF.HKV AKCIIKR. who, with hi cMfr
brother ThuI. Is arthely cnntltiutnn lhs
titmltif n of th Arrher Tool Works, l
1 luhherl Into unforjHfiounnp atirl Brrested
h rntrolmttii Strnnfthuricr when the you tic
man, outraspJ t the roIlcemnn hrulnl
trrfltment of Murltx Konenscwefir, tomes
to that prlonr'n Hsulatance, Hoenicwelit
1ibj been tnken Into iuitoly as the flniil
jtrp tn th wettj prnprut!on nrlsinK from
factional fllfference In thf "IMoody Fifth"
Wan. .Ifrry It rftenad from Jail, hl
tar" rirnppefl atirl Stronghurser "broke"
that lj re'iueatf il to rfflBn beforo belnu
"flred" as thp result of the liUercntlon
of n. family friend,
ttIM,,K II. Ill (KINOIIAM. financial
ceplns tind the most powerful tnan In
Phlbitletphln. At his nod politirnl bosses,
i well as tnelr underllnus, move, nnd
mnVo fnttl. U'hh flnrllnifVin trt'et rlnlivhtsr
RtTII DI'tKINdHAM. trlls hr father (hat 3ttr l mlslnc, the sreat man
ralU F,I)MI;MS, on 'unoflteMI nflUls!." mi the nnRiHtHpr telephone at Atlantic
Cltv Jerry's release la rfuu to tho trieim work of Kdmundi, HuckinBhttm s "push
button " From e
MItllAF.I, KCI.I.V. n Carey division leader. Jirry. while rsllnjt In thn LiifHyetttt
Llub beTore returnlntr hom, nets his ftrt lensr in practlral politln. learns that
th ' Organization's" prlrrary object la "dpftltn' out John" nnd that Jut so Ionic as
It rerforms Its part of th pact with Hit business and turns over Republican major
ities In nil leRlslatlve ami national elerticina It will not b interfered with lorallv
HVLVV AIRENTfKV, h beautiful ounn Jewish (tlrl. stop- Jerrv on thn street
as he Is nbout to lenP the club for his home, nnd thanks him for his manU defense of
the persecuted Ilnsensrwelfr When she leaies him Jerry notices h sinister ticure
follow Inn the, Klrl Kelly Informs him that tho person ts
JOK MAI.DONO, n thtia pickpotket and gunman, under political protection.
When Sylvy refuses to ro with him to a dance, the nanwter revenues himself upon
the Rtrl's father by hatn him arrested on h trumped up charge Aurentsky is
mmpelled to sdl his business and to piuperlzn himself n order to placate Maldono
and to bribe the Magistrate in dismiss the se for lack nf evidence. A shvster
lawver. Isaacs, also nets n shnre of the "profile " , When Jerry kops to the pollen
station to be arraigned h lenrn that the ihartte nKaint h,m has ben dismissed.
In conversation with the Mnclstrnte, ho finds that tht "JiidR-" was a fenner dock
hand who was rewarded with the Important SAOOH p ear ioh b Jimm Carey for
titrnlnp over a certain number of volca regularly. Jerry sol kits Kellv'i aid In finding
SIvv and then turns to his friend
VICTOR ROI.I.INSON. a soung lwer. for support Victor Joins the "Save
Philadelphia" partv, and 'promise to proceed anainst Maldouo.
JIM RANI), h Councils' lobhvM, has demandf-d $pnno from the Archer Tool
Works to net a framhlse for a spur track across Howard s-trert IhrouRh Councils.
Jerr's father nnd brother nre wllltnR to pav the bribe, because their request has
been ignored for weeks bv the local legislative imdv Tho ounn man. his sense nf
political Ju-the nroued. refuses to batsnln with Hand nnd tlnallv wins his lrother s
support to flfiht Rand and the "Organization ' Jerr.v's plan consists In erecting a
mammoth sign owr th fattorv slutlnR that Government work is hehiR held up. sol
Uitr nnd sailors' lives are imperiled because Jim Hand s hrib demand Is not met
MAX KINSMAN, a reporter, while on it vlft to the Third nnd l)e I.ancev streets
station house, discovers the erasure on the "blotter" of the nrrest of Jerr He writes
a story which soon mikes Jerry n popular hero This new turn of affairs, coupled
with the public bvmpathy aroused b Jerrv'M sign worries Hu'kincham When Jerrv
refuses to remove the sign, Imcndlarles set it on fire Over the burned frnmework
Jerry has painted, "Who Hurtled Our Sign? The 1 pnde makes Jerrv still
more popular, and Councils' 1 ommttteo Krunts the Archi r Tool Works the desired
franchise 4
When Jerrv with Kellv's aid. fttinllv locales S1vv her father soured br his
experiences has turned into a rabid anarchist and refusis Jerrv h well-meant help.
On the ivrn to the Kafaette Club. Kelly points out manv Troy Hollow- gunmen under
Maldono'n direitinn. While Je-rrv N telephoning from the .Int. it attacked bv Mal
dono's gunmen led bj a nergeant of police tn ctvilbm's clothes Kellv with drawn
revolver holds back the nMu!ter. enabling Jerrj to escape. Young Archer goes
to Uollinson. who I surprtsed to learn that Meldmio had Men released from Jail
on ball, where the lawver had succeeded In putting him
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
r AUNT BESS'S TRUNK
Bv HERMISE K. WASK
"M-Z
'Thv'ifl nrrpuipil pvprv one of these
election ofllcera on trumped-up charges !
Just then the patrol wagon arrived
with Its usual noisy clangor and the
nrresled officials were meekly herded
Into It.
"But here, what nre thoe fellows
doing?" and Jerry pointed to a Knot or
men .... thu hMpujIU .luuarentlv con
ducting some kind of a game of Simon
a.vs thumbs clown
"That' Hie IleuUrli men, linldlng a
riirbntonn election lo name omeem io
take rliarge nf the polio here. Hefore
tlione other fellow can get ball anil get
bark here, the lleutnrli people will be In
rharge'of the bultot-bnx."
Well I'm dashed!" said Jerrv Al
though becoming Inured to shocks ana
disllluslonments of this sort, he gad
with a kino of sickness in nis neuu
and Indignant curiosity on his face. As
the curbstone proceedings concluded, a
group of nondescripts stepped inside and
liroceeaea to iuku "" iii'"..
nnlla of election from tho policeman
who was guarding It.
"Let's go round In the station, sug
gested nissman, "and see what s hap
pening there."
Thu nniii.A Kiutinn was crowded with
these same nondescript types from the
ward, and every lew minute tne pairui
wagon dumped a fresh load
"Same thing." explalnea nissman,
after a s-cout around. "The Deutscn
men he got a hale of blank atlida ts
proviaea Dy some i-uiiiiuaia.nu ,4'.',
trate They re filling In anv son oi om
charges from assault and buttery on the
Kaiser to eloping wun um eiuu ,.
at the City Hall, and they're around
pulling these Carey election ottlcials as
fast as tney can wuric aim i''i,.
Deutsch men in, the way they were
oer In that other Division
"But but can nothing be done.' In
quired Jerry, still prompted ov no
special sympatny lor me iit' hj
but concerned only for the sacrednes.i of
the baUbt. "Why this is equivalent to
stealing tlie election:"
"Stealing it? Of course. That's the
Idea. Carey's here hailing his men out
as fast as he can, hut the harm s done
at the booths by now and there s so
many of these camouflaged policemen
around that are sure to get into every
fight and to happen Uways to be on the
Ueuthch side ot it. that the Careyltes
will be pretty conservative about trying
to regain their positions at the polling
places. Besides, there's that rumor
about gunmen."
"Carey! Is Carey here? I'd like to get
a look at him."
"I'll Introduce you ' proposed niss
man. and biding his chance, dragged
Jerry into the crowd, before the rail
and presented him to a heavy man who
wore a derbv hat pushed back and
vvhche big fat can led a primary ex
pression of placidity and babylike In
nocence that waa just now Illumined by
a gleam of excitement In the eves. The
impression conveyed by the Carey en
semble was that of a patient, ndheslve
sort of personality, lpiher than a force
ful one.
The leader bestowed only a casual
handshake and nod n Jerry, his mind
too engrossed to recognize In him the
Archer of recent newspaper fame, and
turned again to his t?sk as. with M
Devan. the bailgoer, inside at the desk
of the Magistrate a Carey Magistrate
ball bond alter ban 0011.1 wun units
executed and accepted. There new
others in the Carey party, but Jerry
did not meet thorn, content to stand
aloof in the steaming crowd and absorb
impressions, while Hlssman gathered the
news, which In thlB instance consisted
mainly of the names of the arrested
parties.
'The telephone for me." Hlssman an
nounced presently. "Want to come out
side and get some air?"
While the reporter went into a drug
store to telephone his lewrlte man at
the Courant office, Jerry waited on the
curb, his ees staring nboul hitn curi
ously and his mind full of bitterness
as he realized that he was witnessing
a breakdown of republican govern
ment at Its very source He recalled
Mime polished sentences in a speech nf
Woodiow Wilson's describing the adop
tion of tlie Virginia bill of rights, when
from c.ihln and mansion the colony over
the humblest frontiersmen and the most
dlgnliled planter had matched out In
register In peace, dignity rnd order the
W'lll of the sovereign citizens of a
sovereign Slate; he thought of that,
and then he thought of this that he was
witnessing.
"U'lijl. It' no mere than a feud be
tween Iho nioliN," he decided, and Just
then his attention was attracted hy the
behavior of three or four young men
of the hoodlum type These men came
out of an alley, hurried diagonally
across Sixth street, paused with furtive
looks about them, then dived Into the
door of a ilckety ramshackle house, a
few yards back from the corner of De
Lancey street.
It struck Jerry that the demeanor of
these young, men had been peculiar, and
that, before entering the house, they had
been signaled lo by a man on the-corner.
The man turned and Jerry recognized
Maldono,
"Rolllnson didn't get Maldono after
all." was Jerrj's first thought, while be
fore his eves was reeled off the picture
of more young men hurrying out of the
alley, some In groups and some singly,
hut all taking their trail diagonally,
across the street in the same furtive way
and disappearing in the doorway of the
same ramshackle house.
"Kind of queer this," remarked Jerry,
OTHKIt!"
Laura?"
"Well, you know, mother. Hoy Benton
Is coming home for a few dayi before
going 'over there.' "
"Is he? That Is very nice, indeid,"
said Mrs. Nelson.
"Yes, It Is "
Then, hesitatingly. "There Is going lo
be a dance given In his honor Po you
suppose 7 rotild have a new dance
frock? There arc some very pretty pot
terns In ' window that arc very
reasonable In price."
"Laura, ou know 1 would love to
get vou something, but -"
"But what?" Impatiently from Laura
"Why. there are the rent and the gas
hill due Saturday." her mother said
wearily, "and you know the funds nre
low. Perhaps you could find something
suitable In the trunk Aunt Bess left
Jou."
"Oh, that trunk!" snapped La urn an
grily. "I wish Aunt Bess had never
willed It to me." Then shi left her
mother and went to her room.
Laura's father had b-en a carpenter
and had kejit his wife nnd daughter In
comfortable rlrcumstances. but when
Laura was fourteen jenrs old he died of
pneumonia after a short Illness Mrs
.N'elson was a clever seamstress, and
bv careful planning and strict won
omv had managed to support hTself
and Laura They lived together In a
small cottage, which, though humble.
was neat and pretty and where Laura
entertained many friends, for she was
veiy popular.
Among the friends a" Roy Benton,
the only son of the village doctor He
had been her "champion'' since earlv
childhood, carrying her hooks to and
from school, while In the grades, and
was nlways her escort to dances and
plays while they were in high school.
Laura' Sorrow
After high school davs, however, thev
began to di Ift apart. Rov left his home
town and went away to a military
school and had not been home for fout
vears. Naturally Laura wanted to look
"her prettiest."
In her room Laura cried resentfully
until htr eves w.re red and swollen
Indeed, she did not wish to he seen bv
Roy at that moment. After she had
caimed down she thought of how haid
her mother had worked for her, and de
rided to takn her advice nnd look
through Aunt Bess's trunk.
There were manv dresses which pioh
ably had been very fashionable in their
da.v. hut there was nothing that was
suitable for evening wear. At the very
bottom of the tiunk, however, there
A'as a white voile dress, it had a voke
of point lace, shoit, puffed slei'v-s and
on the sllrt, which was very full, were
exactly ten two-Inch i utiles
"It Is prettv," murmured Laura to
herself, "and I am going to try It on "
About ten minutes later she lan Into
the sitting loom, where her mother sat
knitting an olive-drab sweairi. Her
cheeks were aglow with excitement, and.
dressed In the dress of the nineteenth
centuri, sh ceitalnly looked like a pic
ture. "Laura Nelson !" gasped her mothel
"Isn't It pretty, mother dear?"
"Yes. Laura It Is. That dress was
always veiy clear to Aunt Bess. She
had worn It the night before Robert
Kingston, her soldier sweetheart, went
off to Jorh the bovs In blue In 1861. She
was to have married him but he fell at
flettvshurg. That Is why she never
married."
' Oh, mother," said Laura, "do vou
suppose It would have the same effect
on?"
"On Rov Benton?" queried her mother.
Laura blushed piettlly. and said, "At
nny rate J am going to launder It. I
may wear it to the dance, too."
Although the dress was pretty be
fore II was laundered, It was much
prettier afterward, and Laura made up
her mind to wear It, Just to ee what
the crowd would say!
At the llanre
Laura went lo the danc hall alone,
and a little later than the other girls,
for she wanted to see what the general
Impression of her old-fashioned dress
on all who were there would he.
She lemoved her wraps in the dress
ing room, brushed her prettv curls back
from her forehead, threw a pale pink
scarf over her shoulders, arranged her
flowers In her belt, and went Into the
dance hall.
The bo)s and girls were all talking
at once, asking this, that and the other
ot Roy Benton, hut never waiting for a
reply.
As soon as Lauia made her appear
ance the hubhuli censed. All eyes vvero
upon her, filled with admiration and
surprise.
Roy broke the silence liv walking up
to Laura, slipping her hand through
his arm. and turning lo his friends said
"Friends, meet Miss ISfil." They nil
broke Into a Inugh. and na the or
chestra began to play at that moment,
Laura and Roy had the first dance
together. Not only tho first, but many
after, Including the last waltz, after
which they strolled to her home under
the light of the pale moon.
"Kxcuso me for asking, Laurle.t- said
Rov, using the old name he had called
her In dass gone hy, "but where did
iou get that dress?"
Laura told him all about the trunk
Aunt Bess had left her, and then asked,
"Whv?"
"Why. 1 don't know "
"You look so dltfercnt from the rest
of the girls. Sweeter somehow. Oh,
Laurie, I've got five days more. Will
.vou -'.' Couldn't we? oh. hang
It all, I love vou Will ou marry me
before 1 go away?"
Before Laura went tn bed that night
she had a little chat with a picture
of Aunt Bess. If ou had been near,
jou would have heard her say, "I'm
sorry for what 1 said about Your trunk
that other day. 1 am really glad vou
"fX It to inf. instead of sorrv. And.
dear Aunt Bess. 1 am sorry, too, that
jour sweetheart was killed. 1 must go
to bed now, or mother will call me a
sleepy-head, and tell me my eyes look
like two holes burned in a blanket
(iood night. Aunt Bess, and thank you
for the trunk."
Tomonoic's f'omplrle Soiclrlie
"THiRTY-rnvxn hilly."
Clever Idea
Patron Waiter, there's satuf in
this bread."
Walter1 Yes, sir. That's to
keep the butter from slipping off,
sir.- Woop (laroo.
ti
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES"
By DADDY
FOES OF THE FARMER
.1 complete new ndvcntuic ench urrk, hrulnninp Monday nnd rndlng Saturday,
CHAPTER IV
Mun Jay- Proves a Rntcal
tl'i'DUU note to Mr. ItaUon't farm
In find how Ihr war flop? at the
(Hunt ut the Woodi arc comIh
nloiiy. fihr find them In danyer of
ticlnt; ruined hy liurct prsts. She
discovers that Mr. Dalltin ha drlien
away thn lilrds, the natural enemies
of these pists.) .
THK Hlrda were gathered In Hie
council hall which Peggy first
visited on the day she wns crowned
Princess of Hlrdlnnd. There Peggy
guided Mr. Dalton. the (llant of the
Woods, and Hilly Belgium.
Mr. Dalton was puzzled and uneasy
nN he looked over the great oiovvd of
Birds assembled there some sitting on
the sloping grassy floor, some perched
on the surrounding; bushes, some high
above In tho trees. The Giant knew
the Birds better than the farmer, hut
even he was nervous, as he remem
bered how he had waged war upon
them before Peggy tamed him. Billy
Belgium's eyes were glistening. He
wns fairly bubbling over with delight
at being so close tn the feathered crea
tures he had so long loved nt n dis
tance. I'eggy'a throne was waiting for her
-a much larger throne thnn she had
occupied upon foimer visits when she
had heen reduced to the size of an elf.
As she mounted It and turned to face
the Birds the scene suddenly struck
her as being like a theutre. She and
the other humans, with Mr. Swallow,
Judge Owl and the lending Birds were
the actors, while the remaining Birds
weie the audience. And it was a very
Important drama which they were act
ing, n drama In which food for the
American solillqr hoys was at stake.
She had to play her part well if vic
tory were to ho gained. Peace must be
patched up between the farmer and
the Hilda or the cause of the United
States would" suffer.
She held out her arms to the Birds.
"My clear .subjects," she pleaded,
"please get that cross look off your
faces. You're sour and I want you
sweet."
The Blids who had been frowning
nt l-'aimer Dalton with high disfavor,
looked shamefacedly at each other, and
then broke into a tittering Klggle.
Judge Owl, whose frown hntl been the
most severe of-all, chuckled and gur
gled as he began to hoot it poem:
"When Peggy smiles, who can re
sist? It hath a charm, I must Insist:
Before II grouches can't persist.
While rancors fade away like mist,
When Peggy smiles."
"Oil, thank you," cried Pegg.v.
"Now, If you'll only stay good nutured
we'll easily set this matter right.
Father sas It la always better to
argue with a cheerful giln thpn with
a chip on the shouldei. Mr. Dalton,
"Night birds work at night," hooted Judge Owl
will you tell the Blids why you haven't
made them welcome to jour farm?"
"This seems foolishness," declaied
the farmer. "They can't understand
me any more than I can understand
them."
"Why, don't jou know what they
are sujing,'" asked Pegg.v in surprise.
"Blow In his cur. Prim ess Peggy.
That will let our talk In." This was
the advice of Mr. Swallow. It seemed
slll but Peggy did as he said and blew
vigorously. Mr. Dalton jerked his head
away and shook It angrily. Then a
look of astonishment came over his
fuce.
"Why, I can understand what they
say." he exclaimed.
"Now will you present jour case?
and smile, please," Peggy urged. Mr.
Dalton hesitated, then he did smile,
and it made a vvundetful diffeience
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as Rissman came out, "That house up
there has Just tilled up with a hunch of
toughs that look like mischief. Does
borne Carey supporter live there?"
Having In mind what he had seen last
night, Jerry could easily Imagine another
bloody raid In progress.
"Don't know," confessed Rissman.
"Yonder comes Carey now and Assistant
District Attorney Maurer Is with him."
The two men passed the house In
which the supposed gangsters had dis
appeared and rounded the corner ot De
Lancey street.
"Let's follow 'em," said Rissman.
'They're going to the polls there. Might
be something doing."
They started at a pace rather faster
than dignified, but the two men were al
ready cut off from view by the project
ing; wall of the playground before a pub
lic school building situated on that cor
ner. (CONTINUED TOMORROW)
(Cowrielit. ItHS. tin I'ublir Uiiarr Co.)
CIIAPTKIl M (Continued)
WHEN I eventually reached the table
land which forms its top I was at
an altitude from which, truly enough, a
long stretch of coast line could he seen.
To the west was Folkestone on Its hills,
and beyond n huge curve of bav with
Sandgate and Hythe and bejond them
again Djmchurch. and creeping into
view like a cloudy, low wall thrust far
out to sea lay Dungtness, a smudge on
the far horizon. Enamored with the
nanoramic disnlav. I lav down on the
sunburnt tuif to take my fill of It. Im
mediately below me was tne railway
that connected Dover and Folkestone,
running under the white chalk cliffs.
Further inland the long range of ll
circular downs guarded the few miles of
flat green fields, studded here and there
with houses and trees, the hinterland of
Folkestone and Sandgate.
Due south the French coast was clear
ly visible, more visible Indeed than the
filmy gray streak that was Dungeness,
and I thought 1 rould pick out the high
point of Cape Grls-nez. Indeed, It was.
In fact, much nearer, and so as I looked
out over that water that seems so narrow
whenever the French coast 'ts visible, I
fell to thinking of what immense value
The channel Is In the defenses of Eng
land. Narrow as It was. It had not been
too narrow. And I mused on the last at
tempt that had been made and saw in
my mind's eve that familiar figure In the
cocked hat. the green coat, the top boots
and white kerseymere breeches, the Little
Corporal of Corsica, standing above Bou
logne, with a vast encamped army be
hind him, his dark saturnine eyes turned
gloomily seaward. Napoleon, as Bouri
enne. his biographer, tells us, was no
sailor ard hated the sea. Well, that was
likely enough, but as 1 lay there and
looked over the silver strip I seemed to
understand that his hale might spring
from another cause than want of sea
manship. -;
By a rough zigzag path I made my
way down, and came Into the broken
stretch of seashore, all hummocks and
brambles and gorse, that extends right
up to Folkestone, and is called the War
ren. It Is a quaint wilderness of little
hills, well above sea level, and yet well
sheltered from the cold wind of the east
and the north, and, with the springy
grass, jnlghty pleasant to walk on. After
I had traversed a mile so, 1 came on an
old Martello tower standing on a sloping
bank, and there I rested for a while.
By and by a man came wandering up,
and we fell Into talk. He was. he in
formed me. engaged In making a col
lection of wild flowers, for which that
place waa famed. This foreshore was a
great hunting ground also for rare In
sects, especially for grasshoppers, many
rare species of which were fairlj' com
mon in that place. He ha'd a friend who
made the collection the work of his life;
hut tin himself was getting old, and pre
fcrred to collect something that did not j meat it does not agree to accept? For
run away from him.
Another acquaintance of his, a young
bank cleik, was an authority on sea
shells of which there were many In the
neighborhood even fossil shells were
to be found frequently there. A verv In
teresting pursuit, he was infoimed, was
the collecting of sea-shells, conchology,
the joung man called It: but as it in
volved the risk of damp feet, and so on.
he himself clove to his flowers. Selecting
a yellow one from the bunch in his hand,
he showed It to me as being one which
In my character of clergyman ought to
be of special Interest 'o me. the tansy
he called It. The name he said was from
the Greek word that meant immortality.
Could I write down tn his note book
what the fireek word'was? Here was an
unexpected stroke at my disguise! Hith
erto I had not had the slightest difficulty
in maintaining mv assumed character. A
connected story to account for myself 1
had of course prepared, but I had not
gone the length of acquiring a knowledge
of the Oreek language as a proof of my
bona fides It was trulv amusing that the
one person, Joseph Dewlnskl excepted,
to come nearest to the penetration of mv
disguise should be a silly, 'old-young
man who collected wild flowers.
I knew no Greek, but then neither
did the man himself! So out of mv re
membrance of the appearance of Greek
characters I constructed a word which,
I assured him. was tne one desired
After looking at it with Interest and
contentment he was profuse In his
thanks, lifted his hat. and went on his
flowery way. Dear peaceful England!
F should have liked tn pluck at his
sleeve, and at that ot the collector of
ants and grasshoppers, and at that of
the young bank clerk who was an au
thority on shells, and have pointed nut
that Martello tower to them, which stood
in the midst of their Innocent preoc
cupations, and yet told them nothing of
their forefathers' fear a hundred years
ago.
So I thought, as 1 turned over the
pages of a guide-book to the coast
of Kent that I had procured. And then
I came on this passage, which showed
me tnat others, whose occupations were
in; so futile, could be no less futile
In their outlook. This was the passage,
and Its reference Is to the very coast
defences Z had that morning passed:
"The future perhaps will let all tho
fortifications go to ruin, being able at
Hague and other courts, to settle Its
rational quarrels quite as easily as men
slo and defend themselves In other
law courts." ("The Kent Coast." by
A. D. Lucas, p. 276. Fisher Unwln.)
There ts fatuity if you live I "Quite
as easily"? Surely not! An individual
has to accept the decision of the law
eouils of the nation to which he be
longs because it has nower over his
goods and his person ; hut w ho or w hat
can enforce upon a nation any judg-
llie Individual who ts an offender tho
policeman suffices; but for the nation
who is an offender there Is ultimately
oiily the soldier, and even he does not
elwajs suffice.
As 1 lay thero comfortably- In the
warm sun, my thoughts were punctuated
by the far-away tap-tap-tapping of a
machine gun. which seemed lo show that
son-'-w-heie along that coast there were
men who shared mv convictions Across
ti- wrier, too, at Intervals, there came
the boom, boom of a big gun from the
direction nf Lydd and the Dungeness.
and that, also, was a comforting, sound,
as I thought of the paper that lay
against my breast, and of the Whitehall
Office, while tho grasshopper chirped
ncai me In the heat, and a little rabbit
loped out of the bramble cover and sat
up on his haunches to regard the world.
I must have been dozing for a min
ute. Anyway l recall that, in a half
conscious fashion, my thoughts were
win derins over tho way I had come
that morning, and I wondered vaguely
why that headland on my left got its
connection with Shakespeare. Then the
1 1. c light of Shakespeare Jed on tovthe
thought of Germany, and the far away
boom, boom of the gun un my right also
suggested Germany, so that I seemed
to have my thoughts forced Into one
che.inel, both by the silent cliff and the
actlvo guns. For a moment I wondered
If I were actually going mad, the vic
tim of an obsession. I opened my
eyes and there was tho rabbit still
poised on Its hauches so my thought
had been no more than a flash in time.
The little animal was watching me in
tently. Perhaps to htm the mere lifting
ot my eyelids had been alarming.
Then the thing burst on me all at
nrce ! I sat up and tore little Eltel'a
di awing from my pocket, while the rab
bit took a header Into cover. His
mission had heen accomplished ! Ot
course that little bust was Shakespeare;
and the targets stood for Hythe, and
both marked the limits within which a
landing could take place. I was on ths
very ground Itself.
The whole thing became as clear as
daylight to me as I scanned the draw
ing. These things which Clarence
Bellby had called the poor little fellow's
pathetic toys! The rabbit was the War
ten In which I was seated. The loco
motive stood for the railway which was
behind me, and the lines were the rail
way system and showed that there. was
a branch railway to the beach at Sand
gate, 1 never had been yet to any of
these places, but I now knew their po
sitions as well as if I had. Hastily I
seized my guide-book, with Its map of
the district. Yes; there were the rail
ways, and the church stood for Canter-
"CAP" STUBBSYou Can't Count On Ma
bury and, away beyond, the stone was
ically an oyster, and stood for Whlt
stable, the "11" stood for, I guessed, an
other landing with which "1" would
there link up. Beyond the railway line
was the high semlclicle of the downs,
which would form an Inner camp and
would, once held, make the landing of a
million men easy and safe. At all events
that is how It stiuck me. though I knew,
of course, nothing of military operatlohs.
Next I turned my attention on the
series of figures underneath the main
drawing. It was long before I could
make anything of them, and In the end
1 was doubtful. However, what I
seemed to make out was- this: the dtaw
Ings on the top of each of the series
indicated a place. Theie was the repe
tition of the two targets alieadv used
as a symbol for Hythe, on account of
Its musketry school, to show me that.
In each In the series a number followed,
and of these I could make nothing. Then
there followed another drawing, and to
each of these I turned my thoughts
These were, as I made them out, draw
ings of a violin, a pall of srlssots and
a pah- of eyeglasses. Set together in a
list they at once. 1 think, become sug
gestive. I was hot on the scent now;
far loo ken and excited to llngei where
I was. Putting away mv papers I made
off rapidly along the foreshore In the
direction of Folkestone, anxious to ver
ify my theory that there were In Folke
stone a hairdresser, In Hvthe a jeweler
and In Sandgate a musician, who could
tell me as much of little Eitel's secret
as any other three men In England,
though I suspected I should not find
them to be men of English birth.
Well, 1 had a nice little surprise for
them once they were found; for I had
an idea as to how I might find them,
which I put Into practice when 1 en
tered Folkestone. At the postoflice In
the Sandgate road I got possession of a
local directory, which, to my satisfac
tion, proved to be a well-arranged puh
Icatlon. giving not only the Inhabitants
n alphabetic order, but also a classified
list of trades and occupations. It also
did the same thing for the neighboring
Sandgate and Hythe Turning lis pages
I came on the list of hairdressers. There
were about forty classified as halrdress
ers and perfumers.
Now if I found the street number of
any one of them to correspond with a-iy
number on the Eltel column I might be
certain I had found mv man! The num-'
bers under what 1 took to be Folkestone
on my paper were 16 and 27. Was there
any hairdresser In the diiec(orv with a
shop, in any street, at either "of these
numbers. Yes, there was! This was the
entry:
Black. F 15 East Cliff Steet.
There was no entry that gave 27 as an
address, so the second number must re
fer to something else. However, for veri
fication I tried the directory for a Sand
gate violinist who had a shop In num
ber 3 of some street. I was right on the
track now,
Ahn, R.. 3, Seabrook Road.
This was beyond the range of mere
coincidence, and it did not need the fur
ther proof of ascertaining that at Hythe
an optician and watchmaker assisted in
throwing dust In the national eyes while
he fitted glasses on the public nose:
Daubmann, IS West Parade.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
J '
In the conference. Every ono seemed
suddenly willing to he reasonable.
"Well, 1 like Birds." he said, "but
thn Government is urging us to grow
every hit of food we can this year, and
I'm trying lo do It. The Bird's ent
so much fruit and heirles nnd grain
and green si tiffs that I thought it
would he unpatriotic to let them waste
It. That's why I had the agent put up
those new-fangled Scnreciows, and
that's why I shot at the Birds that
wouldn't stay away. It was to pro
tect food so our soldiers could have it."
"That's Mr. Dalton's side of It." said
Peggy to the Birds. "Now what have
you to sav?" At once n whole crowd
of Birds fluttered to the front, each
trying to tell his story. Peggy had
to bring them to order.
"One at n time," she ciled. "Mr.
Swallow, you're first."
"You bet I am," shrilled Mr. Swal
low pugnaciously. "I used to live in
Mr. Dalton's barn and I paid my rent
many times over hy catching thou
sands and thousands of beetles that
were trying to eat up Ills K-irden. Now
that he has bounced the Birds out. the
Beetles are growing fat and Mr. Dal
ton Is growing poor. So am I."
Mr. Uoldftlnch came forward shyly
"I had a home in the hedge." he sang
sweetly, "and I paid for it by ridding
the field's ot myriads of Insects and,
besides that, I cleared away the this
tles, burdocks and other weeds."
"And I kept tho nnts from spreading
everywhere," said Mr. Thrush.
"I've killed Just millions of bugs and
caterpillars that were attacking his
fruit trees," twittered Bob Olink.
"I've eaten spiders, worms and in
sects," declared Blue Bird.
"I've paid for the cherries I've
eaten a hundred times over by dig.
King up cutworms," boasted Robin
Redbreast.
"Last jear I saved him from the.
White Orubs. 1 eat grasshoppers and
everything," cried Killdeer.
"The Night Birds work' at night,"
hooted Judge Owl. "Field mice,
grasshoppers and other destroyers are
among our piey."
"I'm Boh White, Boh While!': whis
tled a Quail, ' kill beetles, bugs,
weevils, moths, locusts and worms, be
sides eating the seeds of weeds."
"Maybe I've heen hasty!" cried
Farmer Dalton. "I didn't realize you
Birds did so much for me. If I wel
come you back to my farm will you
promise not to touch the crops?"
"We will be too busy eating the food
Huns to touch the crops," shouted
the Birds.
"Then we will make a treaty," said
Farmer Dalton. "I'll throw open my
farm to you and "
Suddenly he was interrupted by a
rough clamor. Blue Jay and a flock
of bctsterouH young Jays, all rudely,
clattering, burst Into the council hall.
"Whe-e-e-e! We've been having a
rip-roaring time in Farmer Dalton's
orchard and garden." screamed Blue
Jay, not noticing the presence of
Peggy and the other humans. "We
ate all we could and ripped to pieces
what we couldn't eat! Whe-e-e-e. It
was fun!"
Peggy Jumped to her feet in dismay.
Farmer Dalton had gone white with
anger.
"There, you see!" he shouted. "They,
rob me and boast of It! They ruin
tho food of America's soldiers and
laugh over it! Huns! Huns! Huns!"
Tomorrow II will be told how t the
Jays are punished.)
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He Probably that's the reason.
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