&R&tf!&l .; aw t a -.;- I. " ,v ' '- L "T,"jfip'fJ. T ' J4I IIW1"4.' .5 . v 4 . rf Tl -c VtT ' yr,"7w S-jvY ; r r , -ftX - . '' - v-y" ' 1 , ' t-lSr. ... t " it. i - y ' i " , i? V ' v EVENING PUBLIC ILED&ER PHILADELPHIA,. MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1918 f -V -r 'W ElF MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERETO READ s5 x: JU n?"l 1 I 1' A STORY OF POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA BY PETER CLARK MACFARLANE s pV''CoiirtoM, H1J. bu rubllo Ledger Co. LJ CHAPTER XXI Election Day ElxRT, desplto the stoutness of hi I retort to Mnllorj's gloomy predlc- i.ioa in exceedingly thoughtful mood he boarded a street car for doin m headnuarteis . hut once amid thoe wftrtlssenes of actlxlty the hum of olces, the SCt lntisln nf falenhonn bells the, eMireslon I 'tat?-? confidence In everj fare nnd the optl- jAuVv Irustla reports mat came in irom an fc nuarters. together with the general feel ing: of the supromc Justice of their came, raised his faith In xlctory to Its highest level. While In this mood the oung man was permitted a glimpse Into the very Innermost group of the Town Meet- . Ins party's campaign leider and there Beard from the lips of Penrose hlmelf. i ihrewd campaigner that ho ai known to be, his estimate of a majority of 60 -1 000 votes. Jerrv went home and to bed I with a sense of beginning already to I participate In a triumph . Hut on election dav the thing that I Jim Mallory and Sandy Oakes had ald to Jerry, and the things he had observed In Kensington, again got Into the blood of his thinking He tried to talft thee out with several men down at head quarters, but found them too busv, too full of the idea that they couldn't lose, to listen to what Jerry was trvlng to tell them or to attempt a scrlouslv con sidered reply to the questions he was wanting to ask. "They don't understand ' Thev won t underjtand'" he murmured to himself, and sat apart rather brooding over the noon edition of the Courant when an Advertisement framed In the midst of reading matter caught his attention: wamki), a ia:Ain:iti it announced and went on to specify Vote for whom jiiu plene. but re member that without orgiinlJHtlon the LIT body of voters win ninj ue iiriinr" IK In the hand of polltluil mnrlilnen. BA l-h a Mtnnnnh liA notltmltt In till, fldlt. iTou ore either a patriot or joii are v.. .. .. tti.nl lfln nr fill 're not. You are a political flacker or yon are not. All ilecent citizen niioum 'twits In olio universal organization to .maintain high tHiiiliirdi In political contests Jmt an It done In our port. kAre thoie who will not Join in mirh nn ittMociatlnn entitled to the franchise.' 'Are you wllllnjr to support n bill niHk AttK political eri Ice i otnpulsorv the ,lime as military nervlee? Do jon know janv decent cltlien with oruanlxiitlon lability who I wllllnit to take the lead? It struck Jerry, himself b profes- Mrton a business organizer, um mc ' rcrtlser was right What the new moe ment of protest required was permanent nd thorough organization and that this organization must await the appearance ' of a leader "Whit the Town Meeting party lacked was the presence within It U that somehow incarnated the things for rj-csmicn tno movement was inmniw r.umt- IffOav in me nigness ana me iuitoiu ; '' ti... n nt.nAAlnhl.1 linil tocose personam mi j iiuam.u... .. tth. There was no such man "It Is a popular uprising." Jerry tried assure himself, but was in a fault- ndlng mood about the whole cnmpalgn Vff. vaM ivanf bnrlr tn Ills ITlInd tO that iHihass-meeUng tn the Academy of Music Bt of whlcn tne lown Aieeuni; panj ad been born, and criticized It sei erely ome resolutions had been passed -o-- ;leellent resolutions Some speeches had Ipeen maae excellent -peetnc uj i Valiant priest, by an eminent clergyman, 1I . i.- . riln,lniitcliA.l .Kin nn. U1Q DV me I11USL unnnM"t""v ,.... , iia4 TsftiinriAinViia hmi fnliowed In a gen- Jration. former Mayor Blankenburg but WerKymcn were supposed to make that kind of speeches and the patriot wns. old ZiA ltmian nnlv bis riiiant snirit re- jmalned, and more than cplrit was needed ' Somehow, too. that meeting had missed Ire. It was adjournea neioro tne auui me teallzed it had well begun, as If lone In charge wercniraia to rouse mis Sent power because thev had no one ,,. rvv, Tnlirht milde and control It ..ttt" i-eeMled how the audience had kfvrori mitslrtn unwillingly and mingling irith the crowd on thn btreets, still hung round the vicinity, reluctant to ubikiw A;sfew fitful Impromptu speeches had Been made from doorsteps and automo biles, but no big striking note was Bounded. No leader had appeared no man strong enough and shrewd enough i.a .SnHnfr pnnutrh tn seize the situation j". 1 j ,. -,. 11 TJV.M1- f.vria commanu n nu unp lu n.i .'J.iHki. v.a TirbnlA triitb fr rmlsa it to a aense of shame, to upbraid It. to scorn It, to whin It into real purposeful action - "T will tell Philadelphia'" Jerrv Murted out wrathfully, and then looked ftbout qulcklj- to seo if any one had leu.ru nun. uulcci;uj - v- ":-' Hearing- In that confused hum of talk emd telepnono nens was too aimcuu iur bv to notice a remark not shouted in tone's ears. ... . , f" "Wanted n. leader'" Jerrv had turned X. .tn in te. his advertisement And there , -W.-was no leader, he reflected pesslmlstl- '., ' From that time onward through the , Tay prognostications of politicians and ;-V:reporu oi tne warei w-eirtvui- cic jvn ..V. lfcss t cheer voune Archer Nothing $ Could now rsmove from his mind the FS! nnftHnn that the campaign of the IS Town Meetlnir party had carried in it the T Heeds of defeat from the beginning V" nothing except actual returns irom tne . pons. .' . STT,-, , first nt tllOSA beffftn tO PDITIP In at 7 o'clock they gave a doubtful answer, but bv 9 their intonation was Clearer. The Town Meeting partv was to be beaten Jerry read the handwrit ing on the wall nnd gave up early, though he lingered for another hour at Town Meeting headquarters, while men about him were still fanning themelves with false hopes, offering explanation ft. A-rninnortrin. tnlkinir about fraud l talking about Intimidation talking about faura returns, ana taming anout imme- llate plans jor judicial contests -, uue mis pniy irritavea jciij. nm in . the people tne- peopio nnu noi t Xn part, of course. Jerry's depression Tina mere nhvsloloclcal reaction from RVfiuit vast strain of extra labor he had naerfrone, lor me misiness m me ue- ory durlnir these seven weens ne naa Mven nlnnc in his old irresistible wav Sften and often he had gone from his Ml political meeting at nignt to nis 8K at me wonts, wnere uayuiii iuiu Riiirhr him still grinding Now. there- fre,.he was physically Jaded as well as rlritualiy aisappomiea. ana teir tne Stien weignt ot tne wuoie cuinuinvu iss crushing; down upon his native f tmfnm f Feeling an Impulse to drink his cup of $trness aione.jerrv snppea away inun quarters anu uie v-iFiiiiirtiij ui mr nds who had been nghtlng w th htm xe up a position on ine euro in I An liaa fn. tun lietiira emm ock till 12, he stood wedged In the mass ot sp'ctators reading lion returns on tne stereopucon jtn. nn thn tons of low builrllngs op. it, while past him in the wide street Mfd a stream oi ceieoranis oi x iciury Jyapld, vawplng. redflre-burnlng fol- or tnose political ireemui-T hj Jerrv had opposed himself with liWs might, cnnless nnlsv nrocesslon. on foot. , wagons and In automobiles, large and nail, tnat wero lotuen vvuii iiuiiiaiin m nooa to lire earners, wuu iaiiua, h transparencies, with hands stolidly Ming stlcKB 01 UroCK lire, Wltn inroavs ran from raucous chei'rlng.'wlth faces t, In an oxpresslon of stupid exulta- BJi, i BO Ifllt prUtiCOeiuil -, ma ,.v,.- Ben -3 t-cs'sierea upon tne mi-iu ui darl Thomas Arcner at tne enu oi M. political campaign. nriMeness. the triteness, the lack nelpatlon In the transparencies in Ward sold for Salus": "Dave , WrrM ths old reliable Twentietn . I srvrentv-elghth stands by Its fa- 2 nn. Thomas B. Smith." and bo on rVianseain, were additional sources of nation. FMTywas disgusted, offended, Insulted 9 wvtnis cneap ana raincr ncvimmi tuum. It struck him presently. vr, that these were ma voters, tne Apters or fmia-ueipniu. iv woe man of his own class, young or TaVdubl or business houses, whose jOta to ue xvon im uruer iu miuy flon, 11 was mis xast stream ot unlvr elemental that did not think ut that felt a great tjtat. which M perauaaea ana eniisveu. tover "is own epeecnts howvmany.ot those ; H.v bam neveq ;w 'mmm CRACK IN THE BELU THE TKOl'LE IN f-wEILv mil Iky 'EmmKyKs ItLTII 1ILLKINC1IAM, tills litr father that lirry Is micsiiu, tho ureal mm calls LDlll.MIS, an "unoiPclal olllclal, ' uii tho long-distance telephone at Atlantlo City Jerr s release Is uue to the cffcctle work of Udmunds, lJucklngham'a "push button Trom MirilXKI. Kr.lt.Y, Carey division l-niler. Jerrv wht! rellnc in the Lafayette Club before returnlne heme, rets his first 1e-.non In rrietlrnl polities Ha learns that the "Organlratlon'a" primary object la "dealln out Jobs" and that Just so long aa It performs lis pitrt of the paet lith hlg luisines- an I turns ner He Mlean major ities In all legislative and national elections it will not be interfered ith locally. MUV Al'llLNTSKY, a beiutlful jounir Jewish girl, stops Jerry on tho street as he Is about to leave the club for bin homo and thanks him fur hla manly defense of the pemecut.U llosenstweig When she leHMs him Jeir notices u Minister figure fclIoA-Ing tlte Klrl Kelly Informs him tint the person 'a JOK MLl)ONO, a thuT pickpocket and gunman, under political protection. When Syhy refu ts to go with him to a dance, the gangster revenges himself upon the girl father by having him arrested on a trumptd up charge Aurentsky Is compelled to pell his business and to pauperize hlms. If In order to placate Maldono and to bribe the Magistrate to dismiss the case for lack of evidence. A shvster Invvjer Isaacs lilso gets a share of tho "profits " When Jerri goes to the police station to be arraigned be Warns that the charge against him has 1 een dismissed. In conversation with the Magistrate, he finds thnt the "Judge" was n form r dock hand who was rewarded with the Important S.1000 a jcar Job bj Jimmy Carey for turning over n certain number cf votes regularly Jerry solicits Kelh's aid in finding Sylv and then turns to his f rlen 1 VM'TOK UOl.TINMIN. a voung lawver for support Victor 1elns the "Save Phlliiutlphiu partv on I proceeds against Maldono The lawver falls In love with Plw whom bo meets while Investigating nn neeldent at the fartor where she works .JIM llM. a Councils' lobblt. has demanded J-,nnn from the Archer Tool tVorks to get a franchise for a spur track aeross Howard street throuth Councils Jerrs's father and brother are wllllw to pav the bribe because their request has been Ignored for weeks by the local legislative bodv The voung man, his sense of political Justlre aroused refuses to bargain with Rand and flnallv wins his brother's support to fight Hani and the "Organization" Jerrv s plan ronslets In erecting a mammoth lcn over the factory stating that Government work is being held up. sol. dlers' and sailors' lives are Imperiled because Jim Band's bribe demand Is not met. MX IUSSMVN. a reporter wl-lle on i vllt to the Third and Do T.ancey streets station house dlcovers the erasure on the "blotter" of the arrest of Jern He writes a atorj which soon makes Jerrj a popular hero. This new turn of affairs, coupled with the public svmpathv aroused by Jerry's sign, worries Rucklngham. When Jerry refuses to remove the sign incendiaries set It on fire Over tho burned framework Jerry has painted "Who llurned Our Sign? Whv?" The episode makes Jerry still more popular, end Councils' committee grants the Archer Tool Works the desired '""when Jerry with Kelt's old finally locates Sslvy her father soured bv his experience" ba turne 1 Into a rabid anarchist nnd refuses Jerrv 'a well meant help On the vvav to the I.nfavette Club Kelly points out manv Prog Hollow gunmen under Mnldinos direction, vvhlle Jerry Is telephoning from the cluh It Is att icked by Mai. Hono. gunmen led by a police sergeant In civilian's clothes. Kellv's bravery foils ? V,7a1. ami Jerry escapes to tell Itolllnson that Maldono has ben released on ball, ltirlt in the Fifth Ward Ulssmin takes Jerry to see the tights win h Includes .h. nttaek on Carev and Maurer nnd the murder of Detettive Kpplev On election I? hll. impalgnlng In Kensington for the nevvlv formed Town Meeting party, ,.',", another lesson In practlcil politics which explains the Organl7itl. n s power and tho weakne-s of reform movements few of them would As he stood thus musing, n strong arm gripped his own It was Victor Uolllnson ,,... "Beaten" exclaimed Jerry hollowlv for he knew thtt Victor understood how much he had counted on success "Let's go In and talk about It, pro posed his lawver, turning toward the Bellevue-Stratford "All right.' said Jerry ' I've b"-"?" all dav and I want to talk; but. tell me what about Si-Hy"' And there In the midst of this xa-,t unheeding throng that tilled Broad street from building wall to building wall for Works. Jerrv stopped and held thn arms of his friend tight xxhlle he gazed up with sympathy Into the great blondo face "No progress," said the big man quite as hollowly as Jtrry had spoken of de feat. "But she hao come to no harm yet I have her watched every moment she Is outside of her father's house " "And ou? You still feel the same wav about her?" "Gad. Jerrv' I'll never feel any other way," said the big man soberly "And her father"" "N'uttler than ever" "But there must be some wa to break through This Is Intolerable It can t go on. We can't let It go on " "Leave It to me old man will you'' exclaimed Victor, with ,t oudden plea in his voice "Leave the Aurentskvs to me Don't think about them even" "But I can't help thinking about them It was Sylvv started me on this whole campaign Ituth is always asking when we are going to do something about her " "Well, Maldono Is going over the road for one thing," tald Uolllnson grlmlj "The jury Is sure to convict And now let's get back to politics " Victor turneJ once more toward the Bellevue It was characteristic of the man that he was least willing to talk of that which doubtless occupied more of his thoughts than any other single thing While the lavvjer buffeted his way through the crowd Jern followed In the wake, reflecting how strangely human plans miscarry only to involve nnd re involve the makers of them. It was but two months since ho and Ttuth had lightly formed themselves Into a politi cal party to t.ae Philadelphia and had taken Sylvy for their watchword Then Victor had come In to fight Maldono and to challenge In the courts tho whole machinery of contractor bosslsm : but here had Intervened the murder in the rifth Ward and that swirl of events which had grown out of It to draw both men Into the campaign of the Town Meeting party, forcing some of their piano into abeyance and completely re casting others Itolllnson's heart, meantime, had, by a most curious chain of circumstances, been caught In the flame of a great love for Sjlvy who, held nway from him by barriers of race and religion, and herself borne on the current of events flowing from her father's mis fortunes, constituted for the time being, at least, an Insoluble problem It was all strange, complex, Impene trable There was his own relation to Kuth for example Out of one phase of the tempestuous rapids upon which be seemed to have entered Ruth had emerged as his promised wife and over every turbulent uncertainty this one fact hung like a rainbow mist Illuminating with Its radiance the darkness of all other clouds At the same time her father and mother were not permitted to know of their engagement. "It was Inevitable that we should be beaten," said Victor, while they waited "CAP" STUBBS"Cap" 'IF I WU1 A MAN. JSCTCHfX I i'TJ tDO'. IU) 'GUISE AS A r.PM'D&l AN TAUC A FER JEBLIN, AN' . mmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmimgmmmmmmmKmWmmmmmmmmmmmmm0mwm -ZL.-isr "JIM,ix. .rOrVI ' , ,- . - I VT A : ..- - KifM.J isr Till S10HY Jr.RRV AUClirr.. wtm, with Ms elflr brother Pnul, Is nctlvcly eontlnulnB ths business of tho Archer Tool Worki, Is clubbed Into unconsciousness and arrested by Fatrolman StrongburBer when the young mn, nutrnired Bt the pollcemin s brutal treatment of Morltz lloeenseweli, conies to that prlson-r'B nsslstnnce. Uosenscw-In has been taken Into custody as the final step In tho petty persecution nrislng' from factional differences t the 'Plnnfly Fifth" Ward Jrrry Is r Ions I from Jail, his case dropped and Stronsburger "broke" that Is request d to t sltn leforo li-lnu 'fired ' as UVi result of tho Intervention of a famltv friend, WII.I.U.I II. lltTKIRIIM. financial genius and tho moat powerful man In PhtlHili tphlrt. At hla nod political bosses, aa well as their underlines move, and Imtln f.ict. U'hn llitnLlnxharn'a fltt mrf,tr. for their order In a corner of the Belle vue grill "But It clears the air. It gets rid of a lot of emotion and gives timo to clean up the ranks and think " "Victor1" exclaimed Jerry, "I was never o determined in my life. We were beaten because we lacked an cf fectlve ward and division organization that was at the pamo time clean and Irreproachable ' "Wo were beaten," exclaimed Victor, "before we staited' Whenever. In Phila delphia, a movement tukes the nuino of Town Meeting pnrtj, or H nshlngton purl), or Liberty pnrty. or nny name, in fact, but lteptihllcun part, it spots the opposition to 150,000 votes right at the sturt." "Exactly'" exclaimed Jerrv, remem bering what he had heard In Kensington tho night before "Exactly, because there's at least that many people In Philadelphia that have had It branded Into their very souls that Republican elections and prosperity are Inseparable " "You can never overcome if' said Victor "I don't propose to," said Jerry. "I'm going to take .advantage of It" "How ' "Fin not going to fight the Itepahllcan City Committee," hald Jerrj . "I'm going to light for control of It. That's what Johnson did In California. He made the llepubllcnn Stnle central committees a tool of I lie people Instead of n tool of the his: Interests." "But how are jou going to do that In Philadelphia?' "There's nn election net spring of members of the Itepitbllean City Com mittee." replied Jerrj. "I'm going to set out to liulld up n wnnl and division rgnnizntion, and then we'll have run illiiute for that committee wherever n cnndidato Is to be vlctfil. e'M .-.. work on that proposition. , e'll xnv to tho people, 'ThN U it light for control of the Itcpublicnn f'ltv Committee In the Interest of tho peopio, mill not nf tbe bosses ! Instead of spotting the oppo sition to 150,000 votes, we'll spot our selves with all this Town Meeting xote to start with and " x.i":Vot much' JOU on't," Interrupted Victor. I.very man who voted the Town Meeting party at this election Is auto matically burred from voting for these Republican committeemen In the spring. He is not a Republican till he reregisters and so declares himself " "f3 iIla,t.I5,',' asIi(,i Jerry, temporarily dashed Say," ho Inquired after a mln- 1,,, "!,' t,h.ere " when '" the next citv election?" I.1." 'N'ie'"ber. ID19. Two jears off" And the primaries would be in Sep tember Just llko this year-' "Yes " "And this Republican City Committee elected next May will nominate the ticket to be voted on at the primaries? ' "Yes " "But vve would he able by petition to put a string of anti-boss Republican can didates on that primary ballot'" "Of course " "All right." said Jerry thinking qtilck lv "then that's our eumpntgn. t e'il ding-dong It Into the people's ears that this isn't nn anti-Republican light. It Is aiitl-eontraetor, untl-bosa, antl-bnd-f-ot -ernment. To prove that It Isn't nn untl Kepubllcnn fight, we'll hung nut tariff banners and pledge ever) candidate not to run independently ut the November election If he is beaten at the prlmury. In other words this will be a primary fight. If we're beaten, we'll take our medicine and go nn perfecting our organ Uutlon and getting read to make our next fight t the spring tommlttee elec tion In 1030." (CONTINUED TOMORROW) Has the Right fdea know worl tER(v,Nr--i. plane r ff& AIRE - YiKJ x T-.l tt i ijfr-ZJ 'mVM&liSm THE DAIL Y NOVELETTE EARLY BIRD AND THE WORM fly ELIZABETH NOLAN (((1lT up, for goodness sake, Beth vJMoorc. This Is the third time I've called ou You said wo should go In bathing every morning before break fast, and hero a wholn week of our vacation Is nearly gone and we have not been In tho water once" "All right," groaned Beth, as sho sleepily rubbed her eyes "I'll get right up You go ahead and Til bo down In a minute " "Nov he sure," said Jennie, as she ran downstairs, out onto the beach and to the water's edge, where sho com fortably seated herself to await Bcth's arrival The two girls had planned months past for this big vacation the first two weeks of August. Hunting through acatlon books and timetables they finally hid settled upon Salisbury Beach. Of course, tho bathing was to be their greatest amusement, as both were ex pert swimmers Quite contrary to their plans, however, dancing and bowling had occupied most of their time up to the !lrt week's end Jennie waited for nearly half an hour and then decided that Beth must have turned over, only to fall asleep, on the other side, as she had so often done be fore Knowing that It must be nearly breakfast time, she thought she would take ono plunge before returning At 111 st the water seemed ley cold, hut nfter a few minutes she wns wishing that she had longer to stay, tho water was t-o Invigorating Just ono more good swim nnd then she would go and dress for breakfast, she said to herself But alas! It was one swim loo many for Jennie Devcr Carried out by the mighty waves and held by tho strong undertow, she could not swim an Inch nearer shore1. To scream would be of no use as there wns not a soul on the whole beach, so courageously she fought the waxes, still hoping to he able to make some progress To her gTcat sur prise nnd relief she could now see the torm or some one in tne distance nasien- Ing tovjnrd her Oh' thought Jennie, will they ever get here? The ltesciie Tom Hurd. clerk at the Castle Mona. had been watching the ' early bird," and now, convinced that she was In distress, ran down the beach, and hastily seizing tho lifeboat dragged it into tne water Ilovvlmr out as quickly as possible, he was Just In time to rescue the prostrate roim trom sinieing Winers nau now gathered round the shore ready to re- celve them, with all things necessary (t'opiricJif, 1018, bu Public Ledger Co.) CHAl'TI.R XII (Continued) W1;, DID not enter I'olkestone Itself, but made a circle round the back of the town by a road that ran under the Downs and brought us out at Cherlton, close to Shorncllffe iallw.iv station There Mackenzie and Deverlll left the csr and were awav about half an hour, returning laden with Implements of some sort which they kept varefully covered. Then we went on, along a narrow road, and down a steep hill till wo came into fiandgate Hero we stopped, and, sit ting in tho car while the sailor busied himself getting the Instruments and im plements out. Mackenzie gave me a paper, throwing a light on It from n hand torch, he explained what he wanted me to do The paper had certain fig ures on It, and It was easy for me to seo that thev were those so familiar to me on the little Eltel document "I want jou," said Mackenzie, "to keep beside me and be readv to xerify the figures And in our other hand keep jour gun readv. and with xour other eve keep a sharp lookout and tell me what xou see " We left tho car and went along the road that runs hy the sea JDex-erlll car ried some rods about five feet long painted black and white, and Mackenzie had a roll of fine chain It wns prettv dark and wt fumbled about the beach for some time Ultimately the soldier .ivpiiru nnu nrove ono or ttlie poles In ntnong the shingle, and Deverlll went on tarrving one end of the chain .Mack enzie went on hands and knees to watch the chain as It uncoiled After a vvhlle he called to Deverlll and though I could i-eo nothing his feet ceased on tho slimgle and the chain stopped uiiwlnd- "Kee an thing?" called Markenzle. Thero was a rattling of stones In tho distance, and after .i time Deverlll s vo.ee called back "Nothing doing " several times Mackenzie altered tho position of the striped pole, which was, so to speak, our base, and the barrle per formance was repeated The exchanges between the two were almost monosyl labic, quick nnd sharp too, as though they were afraid of being overheard: and once when Deverlll made more than his usual noise on the shingle Mackenzie swore under his breath at him. It was all a mjstery to me, and I was never requested for tho figures In my hand. Orce, too, Mackenzie's quick car detect ed some alien sound, and he bade me He down and btopped DexerlU's advance by a ?harp pull on the chain, without a word Wo lay down and waited, and presently I heard the slow footsteps of some one go by, up above, on the promenade. After he had passed the work went on harder than ever, and from Mackenzie's subdued but vehement ex clamations I gathered that he was both anxious and impatient. The night was wearing on. Eventually success came suddenly. Mackenzie had stopped the unrolling chain, which I now knew was marked Into yards and feet, like n gigantic tape measure, and In response to this action, which was a wordless question to Deverlll, the latter's voice came back to us "Rather1 What do jou think?" The very tone told me he had got something "What Is it?' Mackenzie called quite loudly, eagerly. "A very tidy boat winch and the rest of It." I I I AN WHEN ME rW BIO. KAI3&W WUZ. - rmscussiN' wa-r -plan rn KeACHJ ar 7m j FEft C 3WORO, AN' - AN' f jGwJlll to make tho victim as comfortable na possible. Tom deposited his burden In the great warm blankets and hastily they carried her to tho hotel. Poor Jennie, ton exhausted to speak, soon found herself resting cpmfortably In her own bed, vvhlle Beth, ee brim ming over with tears, lamented the fact that sh had fallen asleep again almost Immediately nfter Jennie had left her. "How nice that fellow was who res cued you I've seen him nround here all week," continued Beth, "t think he must be cmplojed here" Gaining no reply from Jennlo she did not enthuse further over the hero of tho day. No ticing that Jennie wns dozing, sho quiet ly took a magazine and tried to Interest herself In It. Presently a gentle knock on the door announced the arrival of Miss White, the proprietress, xv Ith break fast for the two girls "Gracious," said Beth, "how kind of you. I had com jiletely forgotten that it was past eating time." Jennie roused herself sufficiently to take a few sips of coffee, while Beth fairly devoured the delicious corn mufllns. A good sound sleep greatly Improved Jennie, and tho afternoon found her sealed In an easy chair on the spacious vtranda, vvhlle Tom Hurd occupied the chair by her side To Re Expected After supper that evening Jennie re tired quite early, and Tom found him self wondering how he had spent other evenings Tonight there eeemed to be no place to go, or nothing worth vvhlle to do But tomorrow evening she would be able to stay up, and possibly to go to the dance, too The thought nlone was consoling to him, and In Idle dreams he spent the evening until lock-lng-up time arrived. Jennie rested all next day, nnd finally xlelding to Tom's coaxing, she agreed to take a short stroll along the beach after Bupper Was It to bo wondered at that Dan Cupid comjileted his errand In that one, evening? What more powerful weapons could there be than the "silvery moon," combined with the enchanting "sad sea waves," to work successfully on two loving hearts? "Just as soon as I finish medical school," added Tom, "and how glad I am this Is my last year." Arm In arm they roturned to the Castle Mona, Jennlo too happy for words and Tom convinced that he had won the sweetest girl In the wholo world. When Jennie returned to her home how surprised were" her friends to see a sparkling diamond on the third linger of her left hand, for as Beth explained to her acquaintances that was the morn ing that "the early bird caught tho vv orm " Tomorrow' Complete Xovclcttc "A KTitAxai: mtUA m " STEALTHY T Bjj JOMIM Fr& RSUS.OJM "Got 134 on tho paper. Abeicromby?" tho man beside me asked "I have," I replied. After that they seemed to tumble on things and never once looked back. I dldn t In the least know what It all meant, but I knew the figures worked out straight They beemed to be satisfied with their work at that place, and Mackenzie was In a mighty haste to be oft elsewhere. We made along the road by the sea till wo camo to another road that led Inland, up a blight Incline, and here they hunted about for a. time for something: but without result bo far as I could gather. The darkness seemed to be the trouble: It was some mai kings that they were hunting for. Mackenzie was extra ordinarily eager, going down on his hands and knees on the road, and even crawling from point to point with his face peering In the very dust. But neither seemed able to pick up any s ign of what they were seeking, and In tne end the search was abandoned At breakfast, which we had together at 9 In a private room, Mackenzie lifted something of the veil of darkness that shrouded things But he wasn t. even b nature, a communicative sort of man "T don't want to pry," I said, but it I might know whether it is 1 ranee or Germany France, as jou know, is the old ally of Scotland " ... He saw 1 was a bit piqued at being left an outsider In their deliberations and dKoox cries, and laughed I was rather an aha not to guess the tiling at once." be said "But It was such a confoundedly big piogram, even for that land nf magnificent Ideas What land7' I asked German." lie answered "Ever since 1870 Germany has buffered from swollen head No nation In history has achieved a bigger military reputation on anvthlng like ,i single achievement, as nhe has "But Calais," I reminded him 1J lit o oltror. nodding "That's it the bigness of the pro ..., if was tn ho France first, and then England, one after the other. Mind vou, it was quite a good scheme In It self, and would stand on Its own merits, but 1 dare say the Invasion from Calais was deliberately cnosen tor tne sane m ita 1-r.iiideur. Nanoleon wanted to do li jou remember, and failed What cou'd more blazon the military genius of Ger many, and Its present ruier. man toe accomplishment of something In which the great Napoleon failed?' "V.ou speak In the past tense," I bald "The scheme was. Am I to under stand " . . . "You are," said Mackenzie grimly. "I have an Idea myself that if the time comes when the Germans, according to their program, mako a push for Calais they will find something thrust In be tween It and them that will tako some shifting." I could not think what this could be at the time and almost thought that he had referred to the fleet, and had In tended to say 'between It and us ' I let the sajing pass, however, and Indeed he gave me no time to Interpose with further nuestions on the point. "But." he vent on. "though that thrut-t at Calais will never be allowed to suc ceed I own that I should like to lay by the heels the men who know that we know" "They will have already reported the loss of the drawings," I said. "Perhaps, and perhaps not: hut that is not the Important point. The Important point for their consldeiatlon, Aher- "DREAMLAND ADVENTURES" By DADDY IN UNCLE SAM'S SERVICE A complete, ncio adventure -each tceefc, beplnnlng Monday. and ending Balvtiai, (In previous adventures Pcggu has received jrom tne isiras an ncoru filled tcith Camouflagp Perfume, which makes her inUilblc. WhUa hidden by it she persuades the Ulant of the Wooda fo al.o the place of Ben and Bill Dallon on their fathcr't farm so that then can become sol diets) CHAPTER I The Mysterious Taxi Driicr PEGGY was xlsltlng her aunt, who lived near n large army camp. She had been eager to see the soldiers training to become fighters, but found to lier keen disappointment that no outsiders were allowed within tho can tonment. Tho reason for this, accord ing to rumor, was that the troops were about to start for France nnd the Government didn't want nny stran gers to learn what was going on. "It's Mucky the Germans haven't Camouflage Perfume or they might learn nil our army secrets." mused Peggy one afternoon as she thought this over by herself. "I'll have to guard my precious ucorn veiy care fully so that no spy can get hold of It." Sho had brought with her from home the ncom that served As her perfume bottle Now she looked In its hiding place, her handkcichlf box, just to be sure that It was there. She found It and took a little experimental sniff. As sho sniffed she was looking right at herself reflected In a large mirror, seeing thero a lively, red cheeked little girl. Then suddenly nothing was In the mirror. She had vanished. The spell attached to the perfume hid worked. "Now 1 can x-lslt tho soldiers and nobody will know tho difference," thought Peggy. "I don't believe it will do any harm, for I am a friend and not a foe and I'll never, never tell any one what I see." Had sho been a Httlo older Peggy probably would have reflected that whenever the Government In wartime says to tho peopio "don't enter here" or "don't do that," all loval persons will obey without question, for thero may bo some very good reason for the order that only Uncle Sam knows. If she h id thought of this, she was bo patriotic sho would not have gono on tho venture within tho forbidden camp to which sho now was tempted. And If she hudn't gone, us events turned cronib, Is one that I dare swear glveB tnem a miglity lot of tiuiiking at tne present moment: did they lose the draw ings to one wno couiu reau meir mean Ing." "Surely." I said, "mv visit to the Whitehall Ofllce, of which I believe they knew, would settle that?' "Thev assuredly watched for ou there, but vve may take It as certain that as no Immediate action by the office followed on your xlslt.they would Infer, If Indeed they had not ways and means of ascertaining the fact, that the office had failed to penetrate the sinister significance of the paper. You bee that? Well, their next step would do to waicn ior jou nere on tne spot Not till they saw you here could they know- definitely, that the game was all up with their scheme Then they would have to report tho fact to their au thorities But you can bet your life they don't want to do that as long as they aren't sure." I began to see things "You think they are here, In Folke stone?" I asked "Not a doubt of It," Mackenzie re marked. 'Then they will have seen me, and know their game Is up I" "It Is probable that they know ou are here by this time, though, thev didn't know jou were esterday, at A p m . j et " "You are very precise," I Interjected "How do you know?" "It was about 3 o'clock csterday that jou visited that barber's shop, was It not? If they bad known, jou would not have left It alive But th.it Is not the Important thing, either. They have got to see If they cannot dispose of vou my friend, before you have per suaded any responsible person to be lieve your story and understand their draw Ing " With that ho tossed the stump of his cigar through the open window and took a chair beside Deverlll and mj--self "It's only fair," he went on, "that you should clearly understand how things are. There Is now no question of any danger to the country, at any rate through a surprise attack. That being so, your work is ended your mission accomplished and it Is only fair to tell j'ou, Abercromby, that. If you cared, jou may honorably wash your hands of the whole business, here and now." At that Deverlll. who had been lying back In a lazy attitude, lifted his head and regarded me curiously; Mackenzie himself scrutinized a picture on the wall I understood their thought. They knew the dangers through which I had come perhaps better than I myself did: and, as no man's luck lasts a life time, they were offering me a chance to withdraw from a dangerous game at Its most dangerous moment. Why shouldn't I. as he suggested, wash my hands of the business here and now? It was quite enough for me that I had smashed their scheme. So I was thinking when Mackenzie began to pace tho room again. It might be enough for me to have smashed their project; It was clearly not enough for him. The Instinct of the hunter was strong In that man he wanted to smash the men as well as the scheme. I watched him as he paced to and fro restlessly. I think he forgot his last words to me, forgot even my presence. In his own thought. He became tremendously excited In a queer sup pressed way. "If I could only take them." he said; and again, "I want to take them" ERROR t P -J AN' -RUN 'M THROUOH, $&fo .v. I CC' I I I uicutI I AW THROOC-Ht LIKE.THISU nS 5&S IGtti .' ' ' WlSHr ffrrOt ime Tooil V hIsSs.. Now the looked out, the soldier boxs might have suf fered harm. Acting on her Impulse, Peggy ran down the- street to the corner where the "jitney" autos picked up passen gers for tho camp. She was Just In time to jump Into a machine that was about to stari away with two young soldiers Deverlll, too, watched him The sailor bent toward me. "What he wants," he whispered, "Is to dispose of that gang before the- can report the miscarriage of the plan. Then tho plan would be pigeon-holed, as a settled part of their big campaign, and when the chosen hour struck would be extracted and followed out to the letter. They would never know that xve knew iou see what that would mean for us?" I nodded. He continued, rapidly and eagerly: "Today is probably the last dav on which he can hope to get them. They would have cleared out of the country ow but for their belief In our invincible stupidity. But It's unlikely we can catch them In tho time without jour help; and hfs unwilling to ask j-ou to enter Into the dangerous game you've risked so much already and what Is to come yet Is the most dangerous of all." On that I made up my mind. "I wouldn't be out of the game for an thing, I said "They have hunted me so long that It will be great fun to num. ilium ior a cnange. Mackenzie, standing looking out of the window, heard my words nnd wheeled round, demand'?"'"' lt?" he asked "You un" "I believe so," I answered "You want to use me as a bait for them " Deverlll seized and shook my hand. The bait, said Mackenzie, "doesn't and Is sometimes eaten up; but jou know. Abercrnmhv vm,- iAi, .-.. v.-'.." good better I think than jou dream of and Deverlll and I will now be behind jou to ease the strain." .' The ,man" ho remarked, "that I want HoheSBtM-" hCe'S 1S a fe"W CaIled ,Ulas b?rrv t disappoint him. mere Isn t any one In It of that nam bo far as I know." I replied "There it . nlttP',lafLrLamf'1 noon- and a " with a pitted face whose name I never heard Dntwin"kl",'r' tt J0,V' hom the;? "Sited xrliifJ ha."s ll's OI1,-v a matter of names " Mackenzie continued. "This Jew of jours, what was he like? r -HM. sma" Hllsnt man," I answered .ii".1 P'-cut features, silky beard Mnfind a red 8rnl,lns mSuth7" ' cigar 2rtTVat enafed J" selecting a shook observed that his hand sa'fTirVamhy.Smna2n;ehft,hBean,d- A ssereeh,i.iS,v.vto hlm - tami I laughed. "Close enough to hit him." this 80ldler was "ehtlng up as I said f"Am,r2omby'" he sald- '""ling a pair of glittering eyes on me, "I am not an e"?,',u?. man- DUt I envy you that blow " O.i, I answered, "If It's any satis faction to you, I hit him hard enough." ' Satisfaction 1" He sighed gently. That man got my best friend five years In a fortress on a false charge of es pionage, merely to show his efficiency as an agent. That's years ago. Now he Is the master mind In this affair, and In manv others." "What are j-ou going to do?" I asked. excited. He got up without answering my ques tion "In about half an hour." he said, "an old lady in a bath chair will call at the hotel and ask for j'ou. I want j-ou to accompany her on her promenades You will do what she fells you to do. but as she's very deaf jou need not suppress your language, nor, on the other hand, need jou attempt polite conversational remarks " He left me alone then ; but his amuse ment enlightened me aa to his scheme. and I saw In the xery lightness of his tone the delight with which the man of action welcomed the Hour of big things, (CONTINUED TOMORIvOW) in its hiding place ".My, aren't they fine looking," sal( Peggy admiringly as she glanced u at her fellow passengers,. They seeme a bit familiar to her and she wai wondering where she could have seei them before when one of them spoke "I wonder how father is gettlni along with his crops," he said. "I don't think wo need to worrj with tho Giant helping him," repllet the other. "Why, It is Ben and Bill TJalton? thought Peggy. "What splendid sol dlers they are!" She felt a happj tin ill of pride, for it was through hei taming of the Giant of the Woodi and setting him to work In their placei that they had been able to enlist. "The 'Jitney' driver glanced around as the boys spoke of their father'i ciops. "Aie jou Farmer Dalton's boya?" hi asked. "Yes, how did you know us?" an swered Bill. "Friend of mine who lives up thi way pointed you out to me. It's toi bad about jour father's crops!" "Why, what's xvrong with them?' spoko up Ben anxiously. "Ruined by bugs and insects. He'i been having an awful time fightlni pests. He can't control them." Pegcy gasped' with surprise. Shi knew this wasn't true, for at her urg' ing, tho Blids had cleared out thi food destroyers and saved Farmei Dalton's crops. "That's queer! Father hasn't writ ten us a woid about it," exclaimed Bill. "Probably he is too busy or tot sick," answered tho driver. "Yot know, of course, that the Giant hi hired has proved a worthless scamp He doesn't do any work und is eatini jour father out of house and home.' Peggy was amazed ut this, for eht knew the Giant was woiklng like a heio to grow war crops. "I can t understand mat," cried Ben "Father in his last letter said thi Giant was doing us much work a thi re ordinary men." "Ho wut. Jubt Hying to keep jo fiom vvorrjlng," continued tho arivot "I'll bet he hadn't told you he wo bick and discouraged." "No, he hasn't," lesponded Bill eB seriously, "Ie been afraid for father! health." "If It weie my father I'd go back U him in u hutiy," buggested the driver "But wo can't; we're soldiers an we'xe had our last furlough betori going across," answered Bill. "That wouldn't keep me here It mj father wero sick and killing hlmseli trying to work a big farm alone,1 went on the drivci. Peggy was puzzled and a bt alarmed. She could not vunderBtanl why the dilver should talk that way Sho knew lie was not telling the trutlii but why should he worry these twi soldier boys. She wouldn't let hin do it. As tho driver struggled with t bit of bad load she leaned over to Ben "Don't bo frightened at hearing raj voice," she whispered. "I'm the 1ft x Isible fairy xvho got the Giant to taki your place on the farm. That mat isn't telling the truth. The Birdi have saved the crops and your fathei is better than ho has been In yean because the Giant lias taken such i load ot work from him." Ben xvas startled when he first heart her voice. Then he listened eagerly She put her hand in his as she fin ished. She knew he recognized wh she was and believed her. Ha whis pered to Bill. "This fellow is lying to us. He'i trjlng to get us to desert. He's l German spy!" (Tomorrow if will be told what Ben and Bill do to the spy.) By EDWIN A Oi&rt i a a. -- HMBHBHaEiL j" -. i(i-k . ir, . v-ir 'i-r . , -t.t - .- . 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