TfivwviMii PiTUi.m iirw4Wil -vifiiDWLPHrA. 'f'irMfti.AV. .rn'NW l .1111 a " ' JU JUJ.JLJ.1 JL, X JIr.UJL' iJJiJJ. -. m..-.., .. uuujkJ.. J v Wv-.-I 7 .... 11 '"igy . &EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE TO READ L& ?h :- m E CRACK IN THE BELL' STORY OF POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA (f ' BY PETER CLARK MACFARLANE vi ComHohl, ISlt, bu Public Ledger Co. IAPTER XXI (Continued) tr had spoken with great earnest- ss, his face lighting with cnthus- rm as his mind graspeel each new de ll.? While Rolllnson had listened with 'MttDrlse and excited noddines nf nn- vpeoval. ire right, old man, you're right '" :lalmed heartily. "You're right ' fj,rfii. o vuiiiiiiuu Beiise, inuiH u uiiaueiibe VtHat'll command attention." fVi "It's sense and sense only," Insisted hkiTrry- rninK or trjing to duck tne i Menuhllran nartv In Phllndelnhln. or in V Pennsylvania with all of Its prestige. TiSs MdrANphmanta ami inmlfli-!lnn nnrl J-jfSJrith he tin W rtf nrnfeetlnn nn which EilXivU the Industries of the State are built, tS,"y-tor- Its chief political asset " "It may Be. as some people say, mat after the war protection Isn't going tc s-vb as important as It w as," replied Vlc- C ,i rfM K fjt "And It may be more Important. You wii, -chul ten, argueu jerry rtnjHttj, us :, yWiuiiiuilseuse euLiiiimii;iiein, no vu kuu ie- nltlon of what la In their minds now" A. Vrttt,fo ,lttt Torptf iinr?militillt 5&t agreed Victor again. "Your first opposl- , lion wquiq come iroin inc su-uuiieu u- t. V" JormerB. vnese iuuruuKii-i;uiiiK iriiuo uf that wnnt nil nr nnthlne Thev'd tell you your new Idea was old stiiff. and they had burned their fingers on It be fore." "I'll tell 'em It's practical stuff " F , a. jt'a nwful hard for these progressive, IlknnnkMtMAfl nfll-ntiD tr lo nni-tlfnl and to be harmonious at the same time," commented nollion. "Reminds me of something President Wilson said aftir he'd been In Washington about a ear You know cverjbodj was kind of sur prised at the ease with which the Presi dent got on with the stand-pat element In his party; things ran so slloklj with them that some of the progressive Dem ocrats were kind of miffed and BUsplclous about It The President s e. ilanatlon was" 'You know I tlnd mjself ovlng the progressive Democrats with my head and the stand-patters with my heart. You see when a stand-patter tells me he'll do a thing he's prettj apt to do It. He seldom gets a new idea, and a month or three months later, he's standing right there where he told me he would be: but these progressive Kentlcmen well, and the President sighed, 'they have so many ideas I never know where they are going to turn up next, and they don't alwajs know them- 6 G 1 Yfi S. "Now, Jerry, that's the difficulty you'll have with harmonizing the progressives they ve got bo many goon lueas tnej 11 water-log any platform " "Well, that's the first plank In my . Titntfnrm." avowed Jerry "Commlttee- J control of the party, for the party and '.toy tne party. i '....- r L.I l -U --lrtfrt.. "Vin... ine question is, paiu ,iv.t.ui. ..v. run arou going to get It before the peo- En-ouf K- "Maybe I'll Just stick It up on top of the factory, and let It soak In llko our i!ild sign," Jerry was reflecting when a -Aland was lam on nis snouiuer unu un- I oung man round nimseit looKine i"' Nhe broad, threw d face of a man well 'dvanced In years, wno gazeu novvn uiuu lim with a kindly, ratneriy air I "I beg jour paruon, nut i ve Decn su tne just round the pillar from jou," Eld tho stranger, speauing wun a crisp pldlty of utterance that belled the ap nmnrn of ace. vet seemed to match fell with that suggestion of shrewdness ai capability in nis iacc "i couiun i Id hearing what lou have been salng four Idea is sound TliU tmiif en be leaten. If ou will come and see me, i Oifnlr T cfin tr.ll V nil how " WJurv flushed at realizing that he had en overneara, unu uiuubti mc Hnm n'H Intentions were so obviously - ,!. ni'rn hesitated while a card was ex- Ktracted from a morocco case and placed Ibefore him. I VJerry glanced at tne caru, anu reau Btka name of a Jurist of high standing .hd oh(vlarlv n.ttnlnments. once prom- vrt:in6nr In the city's life, but now seldom Si seen ln the dally prints Before this name, Daciceu dv tnat snrevvu, Kinuiy faee. Jerry capitulated lnstantl Thanks, Judge, I should be glad to, ' he said, rising Instantly to his feet. The two men shook hands. "Call me on the nhone for an appolnt- '.ment." said the venerable lavvjer, pass- b- in on. . , , i . "That's a lucky chance!" exclaimed Victor, while Jerry had seated nimseii araln. , K H68 a strange, Itecil tuaiatici, ac a P heen friendly with every boss in the P History oi vno uity, unu jci ii.j- nj rJjer teneves in gooa governmenv iu ya oencn recora is ciean xiea uuuiw auu J HnA it -vmi rnnM makft a friend of J ih!m. nnd ept his advice now ' "I will make a friend of him and get x, hln advice." declared Jerry with as- mimnce. for he was flushed with the blrness of his new idea. "Pretty late for him to be out " "flh. the old bov keens hours when there's anything exciting on," laughed ??. TiAlllnsnn. "Thpv used to svv that when v" ha 'trot Interested in a fieht. he never (t took his clothes off till it was over. i TTala utliud ntnr vml bnnK lllut ctlnka ; to his study and reads, but he still IWi. keeps In touch with tho older men, and i-T?i the younger fellows with ambitions who kib fldences count themselves pretty lucky. $, .They call him the Sage of Philadelphia." J "Remember the name well, of courte,' t M1 Jerry, 'but I never near ot mm in jlfeA-nnvfinanpnt nnv more." V Thafs because his activities all be .fiiukv tn a forcntten dpcade : but he's V1 iivun and modern. I tried some of my - Sflrit cases before him, and got a respect i !r.. " . !.. mqi tnftt np left mp There'H f ,t Mil, ,... ..v ,tw.. --- -"- , , "afrare mixture oi pnuosopnic wiouom . ;',.i mtlrn shrewdness in him that Will is' ufrTnrUn nnd entertain vou. Apparently S5 fhA'ii bookworm, but actually his long !! wiK la human nature ; and man. oh, man. ',WBU14I)Q IfcHUVYO kt,ia tv. CHAPTER XXII The Sage of Philadelphia next night at 9 o'clock Jerry was calling by appointment on t,he of Philadelphia, at his residence As ancient niece of weatherworn hu- I Humanity, who looked as If he might have 'ifceen looted from an i:gptlan museum. T Y-orlmltted him This. Indeed, was rather ?i ftttlne since the atmosphere of the house J si Itself was that of a bureau of antiquities X. JtffverytmnB smeueu 01 1110 i.aai uuaio .r.-f .& onMjtnta ston.l nhnut. nnthlnir . "w fc....v" "". .: . r IV." IBM was in Mgni. -ine want 01 iiiu Kwere tinea wun dooks. au every opened upon 1s1as 01 dooks. cases QOKS, lauiea 01 uuuivs, ,iic-uc u. : while everywnere rounu t easy chairs w ith footrests, with arms and reading lamps. carefull ted so that tne owner, orowsins in Klysian pastures 01 mo ininu 1 Amn Anven where, he would sin at 1 whatever ambrosial sweets of lit- ature appealed to him. Ml tnere was an ultimate room, larse I- saore bookish than the rest, and fcroom an uivimaie corner, ucic YinrseRhnA lnclosure formed by desks, nlled so high with volumes thev formed a sort of grotto round i sat the encaverned tage amidst lettered wisdom of the ages. But riall this environing of the past the mn himself registered, as Victor ha iaid. as Intensely modern and hu- -i-;v s- ..1 TAwr mi.ltV. a omtln the offer ot a cigar. t inV Rome twelve a dav In an R'to impair my igorous constltu L'the octogenarian laughed "ai ti cnrrlcd on. "I made a great af in retiring iroin uie uencii ai e-I have thought of applying for I af iirror ' - 'ilu -nern the only words the rVniuld utter about himself. When T,"t'"' "'Z.ZTM'V "l,""i"V,l r In them, the Inquisitive thrusts all skillfully parried. game can ne ueaicn, nere in iDnla." the sage remarked, by rTit taking up the conversation, '.. oaa uroppea k viie ihkui uc run be beaten. I have sat Job; out for a good many years. to sea a man on the horizon 1be.1l as ir he could do the lob. ,J've been thinking that perhaps ire the man. When my dining THK l'i;OI'LR f Vv-BHsVt-v h fri TstHBr Be Itt Til III rHINfJII M. tills liu father that Jerr Is mlsslnc. the great man calls J.I)MIMI, an unoflb lal oni lal on tho lone distance telephone at Atlantic Cltj Jcrrv a release Is dun to tho effective work of Edmunds, llucklngham's "push button From MICIIAH. lU.I.I.V, n Carey division lender Jrrrv while resllnir In tho Lnfajetto Club I eforo returning home pets his first lessi i In pnctlcal politics He learns that the ' Orcanlzutlon s ' prlir ir nbjeef is "dealln out Jobs ' and that Jut so lone an It rerforms its part of the pict vith bin- business and turns over ftepubllcan major ities in all legislative nnd nationil elections It wilt not he Interfered vlth locallj. M. Al K.TK n beautiful oung Jewish fflrl "tops Jerri oil the street as he Is about to leave the club for bis home and thanks him for his minly ilefenso nf the persecuted Hosenscelg When she 1-aves him Jem notices a sinister figuru following the girl Kelly Informs him that tho perBon Is .1(11'. MlLDflND, n thug pickpocket nnd suntnin under polltlcil protection. When Sjhj refuses to go with him to a dnnce, the gangster revengrs himself upon the girls father by hiving him arrested on a trumped up charge Aurentskv Is comielled to pell his buslntss nnd to pauperize himself In order to plicate Maldono and to bribe, the Magistrate to dismiss the ense for lark of evidence A shster lawjor, Isiacs. also nets u share of the ' pronts " Vh n Jerry goes to the police station to bo arraigned, ho learns thit tho thargo against him has teen dismissed. In conversation with the Mnglstrnte he finds that the Judg ' was a tenner dock hand who was r warded with the Important ?3'l00 i lea. Job hv Jimmy Cnrej for turning over n certain numb, r of vott-s rigularl Jerr solicits Kell s 4IJ In finding Slv nnd then turns to his friend MCTOK ltOI.l ls(), a voung Innver for support Victor loins the "Save Philadelphia partv nnd proceeds ngilnst Mallnno The lawjer falls In love with fallv vhom he m.cts whllo Investigating an anldtnt nt the factorv v here die works JIM It MI, a Councils' lobbvlst his demandul $s.nno from the Vrcher Tool Works to get a franchise for a spur tnel, across Howard street through Councils. Jerri s father and brother nre willing to pav the bribe, because tin lr request has been Ignored for weeks b the locil legislative bodv The ioung mnn his sense, ot political Justice aroued refills to bargain with Hand nnd finally wins his l collier's support to f ght Hand and the 'Organization " Jerry's plan consists in reeling a mammoth sign over tho factor stating that Government work Is being held up, aol dlers and sailors' lives are Imperiled hecnust Jim Jtand'a bribe demand Is not met M IlISMVN, n reporter whllo on a visit to the Third and De I.ance streets station house, discovers the erasure on the ' blotter ' of the arrest of Jcrrv He writes a story which soon makes Jerry a porular hero This new turn of affairs coupled with the public sMnpath arous(d by Jerrv's sign worries Ilucklngham When Jerry refuses to remove the sign Incthdlaries set It on fire Over the burned framework Jerry his painted "Who Hurn- I ur Sign" 'I he episode makes Jcrrv still more popular, and Councils' committee grants the Archer Tool Works tho desired When Jerrj with ICellj's aid flnallv locate. Mlvy l.cr fither soured hy his experiences his turnel Into a ribltl mirchlst mil refuses Jcrrv s well meant help On the wa to the Lafaotte Club lvellv points nut many Frog Hollow gunmn under JIaldono s direction While Jirry Is leki honing from the dulj it Is attacked bs Mnl dono s gunmen led b a police sergeant In clvlliin's clothes Kellj s bnven foils tho mob and Jcrrv pa api s to tell Hullliisun thit Mildono his been released on ball Hack In the rifth Ward Wsmin til, s 1-rrv to see tho slfchts " which Includes th nttack on Cirev and Maurcr and the murd. r of Detective Hpplcv On election eve while campaigning in Ken-.ini.toi for the newh fotme.l Town Meeting pirty. Jerry gets another lesson In pri.tl.nl politics which explains the Organization's power and the weakness of reform mov. menu When ,ie, t0n night shows the defeat of the reform movement Jcrrv tmme.inteU pi ins for the net tight mt ever tn mv eir. rather c-onvlnceiU me that vou are the min to build the net machine In Philadelphia Jerry blushed at the surprising com pliment, according to his foolMi habit, but leaned forwird eagerlv as he ad mitted with appeillng frankness "By George, l'd like to be Judge "It means orcinfration light down to i the roots." went on the h-ge as it tin- iware or naving ueen mui 1 uin- , a business way thev tell m on re a great organizer Now the job will not be organizing midlines and hands it will be organizing hearts ind homes People generally don t i-ee it that w a do thev'"' chuckled the -nge as he caught the sentimental note in his own words "Now vou s-ee these reformers alvvas start out with the idea that the boss Is a bad man Well generally he ln t Generally he's a prettv good man in a pert.on.il wav ou understand but he s a practical one and he capitalizes his own good-heartedness and whatever virtues he's got He starts out by being 1 good fellow and end by being a boss, but avvai back bi hind, he's looking out for number one all the time lust Ilka a sensible person." and the Judge sm'led frankly, as if there were to be no con cealments between him and Jerri ' The bosses are likable men Thev get close to a lot of people Tliej put 1 1 11 mull beings llrt and prliulples last. The reformer puts principles first und human beings lut. He never gets verj close to people. He loves humnnltv. but be doesn't give a damn for people Try to understand that, Mi Archer The boss knows a lot of people in the wards as individuals, and he deals with them as Individuals, he is not able to think of tho people as a whole The city is not an idea to him as It Is to vou It is merely an opportunltv He has no abstract conceptions Of the effect of his policies on the people en masse ho Is unaware, for he does not know the people en mase, but onlv as individuals The individual in trouble can alwajs come tc him and get a help-out. 'The boss" policy may have Inflicted bacteria-laden streets on a whole dis trict and the boss won't worry: but if one of his followers in that community, or anybody else that isn't an open enemy. Is taken sick, the division or ward leader is right there to take hold, to get a doctor, to bend milk or wine, or fruit or ice, and If the sick one dies the boss himself may be there with personal consolation, with flowers, with atten tion and, in the matter of the extreme poor, with the price of a funeral that will support the dignity of that family and wbn their friendship foreve-. "Your reformers now are the opposite. They deal In high principles and people ought to respond to that kind of dealing, but men are not creatures of thought They are creatures of emotion They do not respond to abstractions but to the personal touch You are one re- rormer wno organ uy ueuis iiuc:u in people That's why there s hope for you and In ou " Jerry looked surprised. "Oh, es." laughed the sage. "I know all about Hosenbcwelg and fatrongburger and Sylvy and and Ituth " ' Jerry colored under the gentle rail lery In the old man's tone as he uttered the last vvord but Inwardly smiled, for nobody but Iluth and himself knew the last delicious word as to how things stood" between themselves "That's another of the reasons why I think ou re the man to build an or ganization for hand-picking the voters of Philadelphia," the sage continued "Besides," and the old man's face once more lighted with that gentle ralljing 'CAP" STUBBSPoor IN TI1K STORY .ll.ltllt AUlllllt. who with his eldr hrolher rul Is ctivel contlnulnit thn hulnes nf the Archrr Tool Works, is luhbl Inln unconsciousness and arrested li 1'Ktrolman HtrnnEburcer when the louns man mitrecM at the collrcman s brutal treatment of Morltz llosrnsrwel comes to that prisoner Resistance HoenscwelB has b on taken Into custo'lv jis the Anal step In the petty persecution arising from factional differences In thn ' Bloody Fifth" Ward Jerry is released from Jail his rase dropped and Stronsburuer "broko" that Is requested to reslsn before beins flroj as the result of tho Intervention of e family friend, VMIl.VUK II. llt'CMNOII M, financial senium and tho most powerfu! man In l'hlladelphln At his nod political bosses. as well as their underlines, move, and mov fast V hen lluck ncham's diURhter, smile, "You've got n sort of a flair for the spectacular in vou that's rather necesarv if one Is going to wake up the combination of phlegmatic German non-resisting Quaker and self-satisfied nnglNhman that was long ago stirred Into the veins of Philadelphia and arts upon lur nerves like a powerful seda tive to this dav" ' Spectacular ' Jerrj" had to laugh as he thought hick "It does look that wnv doesn't if" ' Take the matter of the sign That was a beautiful piece of audacity And when thev burned It jour retort was genius, political genius and nothing less And o I think Jerrv vour friends call vou that. I believe I think jou're the man to build the machine " "I'd like to do It," sa'd Jerrj'. "I've seen Its necessity nnd I've thought about It a lot. but It seems such a vision ary scheme for one man to undertake in a short time. Take the Vare and McXichol machines, for Instance. They've been a lifetime building " -nut tney were bunt around a per sonally, and tho appeal of anj' per sonality is limited Yours Is to be built around an Idea and the Idea Is cltywlde. It's a jear and a half now until the next city election campaign I win ue warming up - man Tfiin your qualities who gets out and hustles, and the advertising jouve had, can build an organization In a jear and a half that will sweep this citj-" "Do jou think so.'" oxclalmed Jerry eagerly "And It's got to be done," went on the Judge, half musintrlv now. ns if he had Tint henril .Terr'u cmetlnn The venerable lavvvpr looked verv grim for a moment and his eje lighted as 11 wiiu a suuueu longing lor joutn once more But the light died He would never bo vnunis mf.Hn nnri hia imiu focused ltbelf again on the vigorous joutn who sat opposite him "People tell me, too," said Jerry, -uiui some ui tne best law) era In riilla- delpmii find things so slacked against TifT, tf,oetin.r-n"ln,i,fls """'i". '"I'" ' much as our country does," wills That, for instnnce. If you want to make ' . ,- , tj ..it- ..o- n Knl. sure of vletorj In .ertuln sorts of eases. , 5fred p.eBKy to Ben He was a .sol jou go for instance to." und Jerrj men- dier and knows what It means to fight uonrii one or two lanjrrs very familiar to Philadelphia, "and from the minute they accept jnur retaining fee you need ,,.rr.y?u5n'l5 T ,aTtu" anxiety." venafty.-'objettrd" jfii.1 $8K. lawyers jou have mentioned are pretty smart men "But thej- are Inferior men Inferior to the tj'pe of legal mind I was speak ing of lirst " "But. remember," flashed the old jur ist quicklj-, and with significant empha sis, "inferiority Is Itself a qualification Sometimes the trial lavvjer with the big mind falls because he cannot reduce himself to the level of knowing Just what Influence will weigh heaviest with the smallest mind on the Jury; and if he did know, he would not stoop to use it" " 'Inferiorltj Is itself a qualification,' " repeated Jerrj" reflectively. "I never thought of that before, but It's a pearl of wisdom. Judge. It explains a great many things " ' It does ' agreed the Judge "That's vvheie jour boss beatH out jour re former so much of the time The boss has usually got a barnjard strain in him He gets down to the muss level without effort, and sajs the things and does the things that appeal to that ele mental which Is In all of us and sup plies the determining factor in the ac tions of most of us." (CONTINUED TOMORltOW) Sammy! r'ttEST 'in cn:1 1 II wrHArAR&vouao.NG.To ' II I a, toSPSEJ WMMMMm ' ' ' HZ THE BAIL Y NO VELETTE t STR INGE DREAM U ..MA IIVMI'HIWY ME. lllt.t. had been alone all dav IVJLllv.n het hired malil was gone, us It w.. her dav off She Vm lonely It was hoi seventy-Ill rd bltthday nml she had not 1 veil rice ved a card uad tiiev all forgotten her? All she had, of her verv own were her three grand daughters -Laura, Berth. 1 and Marlon Thev wen all married and had homes of llulr own so why should thev think of llulr own so why should thev think of her. although sl,o had loved them nil ' sadness had come over her todav 10 te 111 IMC WHV, 11I1U tonight .Mrs Hill knew sho would be vvlllltig to gvo all she possessed to go back to her votlth That could not be! she would have Kv go the rest of the way alone Jane came In and called to her a clncrfiil good night Jane was a good 1 girl and Mrs Hill liked her. hut she was voung and had friends of her own 1 ' I will go to bed and forgot," sighed I Mrs Hill, so she went, trsing bravely to think she was not lonelj. I Tl,,, nin-i,, .i, ,lrenmt she vvn- on rha.t . Pjsli. .ue. .ir.""U.s,ri.?iS,.2oi the street of the town in which she! lived and there was great excitement , people were htirrj ing in one direction so she asked a man what the trouble was. The told her that the Leslie &. Marsh banking corporation had failed WI15, that was the bank whero she kept !,.. rtinnni The vclt Pinptlt nVVoltO her and she was very glad to find It had been onlj a dream. After a while she I went to sleep again anu nan vno sainp dream, only It was more real this t.mc Superstitious'.' The next dav Mis Hilt decided to .It aw hi r monev out of the bank and keep it In her safe at home Weeks pissed, nothing had happened In the hank and she told herself she was .1 'superstitious old sHlJ'." She had about jn.ide up her mind to deposit her mones In the bank again, when one morning, after breakfast Jane came running In from her shopping tour, all evclted . , Oh Mrs. Hill, there's great excite ment dovvnstrcet, the Leslie and some thing hank has failed" 'What bank."' exclaimed Mrs. Hill The Leslie and seme other name I didn't quite git will did ou have any '""N'-'atiSwired Mrs Hill, quietly, 'but Three dajs later she recelvod three letters from her three granddaughters Thev all knew iter money had bt-en in the 'bink that had fa.led. She opened Bertha's letter first, and it read: "Dear Grandma I have just heard tho awful news about the bank failure What are jou going to lo' I would ask jou to come and stay with us for (tl Hi,t iho l.n.l nne felt .n sttnnclv lif. . . .. '- ' ..w... ........ ...w.u unt- frr. if some nf then, were onlv "mar ! N"?8" ''" l'Prche 1 will come to guises were so good that 1 could not her To he sure, she had a good home ,,.: ,..,, i"" ' ,n" , .,,... I which was Mackenzie and which w and enough mone.v to see her thtougn Well " Jh m, tun in,i ii . Vni, Devcrlll One. of course, did not and she ought to be satisfied, but she ,,- " ,' ?', "'"f, ""i" ?tl0k. much of tho occupant of the chair. was not: ror, wneii one is oici i-ea love he . ond ,.., MarloTiwH It seemed Impossible to believe that tl - Tmi I I, 'nn V 'some-1 ' do?1 and slib opened the dejected creature who began to pull t P-LP...11"!': .'1 ,r" ..otlJ. ,.'.e'.5,0?!.a; third- letter with trembling lingers and chair along the Sandgate road could IH1 lIll'V fcfC'lIl IU '.- ill IIIU .. lltiu ,,, ,!.. By DADDY IN UNCLE SAM'S SERVICE .1 complete net" adtenfure each teecfc, leglnnlng Monday CHAPTER II The Spy Is Unmasked Peonu, made Oit'IsiMc by Camou flage Perfume, goei to visit an army camp. On the tta' she hcati a jit ney drlier tell untruths to tuo young soldiers. Ben avJ Vlll Dalton, evidently tyylng to get them to BILL,' DALTON'S fists clenched when Ben whispered his suspicion that the "Jitney" driver was a spj. He nodded quick assent. "I thought his lino ot talk was .,,. " he whlsnered. "I'll teach him to try to make cowardly sneaks of American soldiers: - 111s jaws act m a way that made Peggy think he was going to attack the driver right then and there. lien neia mm oac. "Let him think he Is fooling us," he suggested. "We may get him to t-lvn himself away." BUI nodded again The driver by this time had gotten over the bad stretch of road, but was drlvinc- slowly instead of speeding alontr US 0. jitney" usually aoes to earn Its fares In a hum'. It was plain that ho wanted to talk to tho two n1rilprs solu,". ... .. ,, ' "A fellow owes a lot to his rattier, went on tho driver. "If my father needed me as your father needs you, i nothing would keep me from going to him.' ..i-n..M enitiAH nnun't neeH vnu n ror nis countrj-. e vvouia oe lernuiy ' disgraced If jou did as this man wants I you to do" Ben squeezed her hand reassuringly In answer. She knew she didn't have to be afraid for these soldier boys -They were not the kind to desert. But Ben pretended to the driver that they were listening to his dislojal suggestions. "How would you go to your father If j"ou were In our fix?" he asked, winking at Bill and again squeezing Peggy's hand. "I'd find a way," replied the driver. "These troops are going to start for France soon It would be perfectly easy to disappear tne mgni Deiore they go. They wouldn't miss you until It would be too late.' Bill bhook his list angrily at the back, or tne driver s neaa. "As If any real, live American boj' would miss a chance to get to France to fight for his countrj"," he hissed with a fervor that thrilled Peggy. Ben nudged him to keep silent. "It would be pietty hard to get out of the camp without being caught," he suggested to the driver. "Oh, one might hide In th.e bottom of a jltnev, or some way like that," suggested the driver. "Has that ever been done?" went fa while, but we arc going away for the summer and could not leave jou alone ' arrlc"0TngrioCdo"HM!i am'vTr? nV,X,BK .i lUii. ' u"x'ous ,lbout ou' Y.V'f.'frrr,,. ,. , HKIlTIfA Mrs Hill took up the net one and read. "Dear Grandmother t mun ulincl.n.1 when 1 heard of the bank'R failure where .- . . vnll, ,,,,,,. Vt-i,-, ,, iii , 'f, rU,., VnZ0YZ """ n,, UJ"iLLd " ,l 'Pl yUr ?u" J,""6?,, " ,,l, ,... !"-". ni' The Third Letter .... Dearest Grandma." wrote Marlon wn ery borry to hear that the "-Hik where sou kept your money had failed, hut that Isn t nearly as bad as . something had happened to vou Now, grnndnn. dear. George and I want u to come and live with us. We have nlce room and you can bring some of ur things If jou want to It Is beau- '""' "erf un uir 1.11111 now, so aon I hesitate, but write as boon ns jou can after you get this letter and tell us what daj" you will come Hoping to sec vou soon; lots of lovo from Marlon nnd1 George " Grandma Hill read Marlon's letter twice and decided she would go Two weeks later found Mrs Hill In Marlon's home ; she was made very w el. come. Marlon and her husband seemed iu ur wiy naiJin. .mti miu uau uceii mem Eciiuc wcuks uu uvuriiear.i ineni anxiousb" talking about a debt. They did not know thit she could hear them Then evening came "Now Is the time," she said, and as they sat In the sitting room that evening she arose and btarted to go upstairs. "You are not going to bed to earl", aro jou. grandma?" Inquired Marlon 't was going to read jou a story from tho new magazine that came today." "I will be back in a fovv minutes," re piled grandma, and when she did como back she was carrjlng a large safety box. She sat down by the table near Marlon nnd opened it. Whv, Grandma Hill, where did von get all ot that monej ?" exclaimed Marion 'Count It," answered grandma. "Four thousand dollars 1" cried Ma rlon "Why. grandma, didn't you lose jour monej' when the bank failed?" "No," replied grandma, rather hap pily, "and It is all jours now. You have given me love In place of It. and perhaps I would have not had either had I not had tuch a strange dream " romorronya Complete Novelette "7.V WARTIME." 'DREAMLAND ADVENTURES' (9 tjtf?sci j;:My.'i fesi ttraimffiSsimtesRTOtir P'""nn'"I'.nl'T"'U milllllimllHn1,,l1l,'T,V''T'vlUi iwp'rtTT"-i'-TrTTTiiiiii:itiiiiiiiiig " ' " " ' " 1 h.tMiifWIAMilaWi.., mu mm. , laWilnliiWiMi i iV i iMi'i i ! i i " ' ii.il r i t " - Bla j iitv.!'1 . . aaav . i" i lscvh .i , 2 I'VJ ZIaW Hill!! . ' V MX kiTsr L 5 jnWMsmr - r- GB&gy&rfvr vw r aSSaaVSr fc it 1 f V (TsJ Then here b where you on Betl winding slyly at his brother. "je heard of it." "Have you ever helped any one get 1 away like that?" The driver gave a quick look back at Ben and Bill. Both had put on such perfectly innocent faces that Peggy wanted to laugh, but didn't dare. His look seemed to satisfy tho driver, but he was very cautious. "Well. I won't say that I ever did," innocently, he replied. "But I've known of a There are plenty to fight Ger Jltnej driver doing it." many," evaded the driver. "Besides, "Would jou help us get away It lit hutts Germany to grow big crops vve decided It was our duty to go back in this country." to our father?" "Which tho Giant is doing for J'ou," "That would depend upon whether whispered Peggy to Ben. I thought I was doing my duty In "Well, Bill. I guess it's up to us helping jou do jour duty," answered I to deseit," sighed Ben, giving BUJ a iiST& fZMMl Vovyrialit , Jtilf, by 'iitille Ledger Co.) I'HAPTI.B MI-(ConllnUed) TtTIIKN I had changed out of 11 jW my clergj man's clothes Into the gray flannels Devorlll had procured for me, nnd had descended to the front door of the hotel, the lady was there waiting for me Although I verv well knew things were not what thev seemed, tho dls- tcll as see but le the be either of them ; nnd It wns not till the melancholy attendant allowed tho chair to bump Into a tree near the Westcllff Hotel, and drew from the occupant a deep and verj unladylike reproof, thnt I recognized the voice of Mackenzie That- blunder was not repeated': hut it was iticity no one saw or iieartt So It was that we began to throw our I line for tho blc fish we were out to land I. who was the bait, walked bj' the side of the vehicle , Mackenzie was all cjes, Interested like any Invalid old lady In everything and every one Hut 1 knew that, unllko such old ladle's, underneath the apron of the chair I.e. held a revolver In his right hand. In this fashion we mnde a tour of tho principal streets In the upper part ot the town, 1 think both of them en joved the buslnebs almost for Its own sake. Ileverlll certainly did. and hb for Mackenzie, ho being 1 uuppose so hopeful of success, there were times whan his humor was obvious, as, for Instance, when he made us linger nn the pavement In front of a shop In Tontine street, to tho manifest Incon venience of the public, whllo he ad mired the ladles' garments displayed in the windows Later In tho morning wo found ourselves on the leas v hero there were manv peoplo strolling about or sunning themselves on the seats. In the afternoon the promenade was repeated, except that then vve covered new ground, taking our wav In the direction of Sandgate, nlwavs watch ful for anj' Indication of being observed or followed by any kind ot human being. Two daj's passed lu this fashion, Mackenzie and Devcrlll leaving mo at the hotel, and later returning In their normal characters to spend tho night at the same hotel with me. In the whole time none of us got an eye on the slightest Indication that vve were being watched. Once Indeed I thought I detected traces of tho presence ot something unusual In the sudden man ner In which Devcrlll once pulled up the bath chair. It was. on the Sand gate hill, near a llttlo steep lane that led on to tho main road and down w and ending Saturday. get a chance to learn" . I the driver. "I feel sure you could do more for jour father here than for ' America in France." ' "The hypocrite." hissed Bill, clench I ing his fists tighter than ever. "He knows that we'd be shot or imprisoned I as deserters, and that all we'd do for I father would be to disgrace him." "if vve should desert that would help Germany, wouldn't it?" Ben asked Nrl aV III IIIK -C1 c Sl L Am yMmf ' SiS . niTWf TERROR PlIfeUSOFSL JOHIM "Yais," said Dewinski. ns he roo with somethinE in his hand that he lifted over his head. Then some thing crashed down and conscious nesa left me which a troop of bojrs wcro coming, some si I400I, ns 1 saw, for all of them woro the same striped caps of led and white Both men's ejes were fixed on the hojs, and 1 wondered "What is it?" I asktd Mackcnzlo qulcklj'. He reassured me quletlj". Nothing," he said. "Devcrlll and I used to wear those caps, jears ago 1 hev are, hojs from our own old bchool " The hojs passed us, engaged In their own world, and I am quite sure they never saw us. That was on our first afternoon By the end of the third afternoon I think wo all three began to be rather hopeless. It looked as If big wink. "How much would you charge to help us, Mr, Driver?" "Oh, I wouldn't take pay for a thing like that," said the driver. "I'd do It to help you do your duty by jour father." "Saj", stop here. Let's talk this over"," shouted Bill, who could bo re stialned no longer. Tho driver, think ing his plot had succeeded, brought his car to a stop on a bridge span ning a swift liver a short distance from tho camp. Ben and BUI jumped out of tno car. Bill bristled up to the diiver and spoko his mind. "See here, .Mr, Friend of Kaiser Bill, I want to tell you .something. Our ancestors, j'ears ago, fought for Amer ican liberty in the Revolutionary War. Back In 'CI our grandfather fought, to bavo this country when a family row hreatened to wreck it. In 1898, our father helped to drive Spain out ot the American continent where its policies didn't fit in with United States' Ideas of freedom. Now we bovs jaro going to fight for the world's right to llvo In peace and safety with out knuckling down to that big, blus tering bully of a Germany. But be' fnra wo flight fjntmiinv 'over there.' we're going to light a part of Ger - many 'over here, by giving jou what jou deservo for insulting lojal .American boj's with advice that they desert in time of war. Come out ot that auto!" But the spy wasn't going to get out. Instead he put on all power to get away. Peggy acted in stantlj'. Sho leaned over and pushed the btopplng button. Bill and Ben jumped on the machine and Jerked the. nnv nvnr the. ton nf tho door. "I didn't mean anything by my talk." gasped the driver, nearly choked !by Bills strong grasp on his collar, I "Save jour breath, you're going to I need it In a minute," commanded Bill, I as he and Ben dragged the struggling spy ici iiiu euHu cil uie uuutjc. xiioiq they swung him back and forth, gain ing force to hurl him far out. "Stop! I can't ewin," screamed the &.. . a . . v .. . ,, to learn," shouted Bill. And with that he and Ben let go, the spy flying over the rail of the bridge and into the swift waters below. Peggy, run ning to the side of the bridge, saw him struggling in the current. He went down, came up again, then struck lout boldly and confidently, swimming 'down stream Why, he can swim like a duck," exclaimed Ben. "He was fooling us!" As if to mock them, the spy, Just as ho was being swept out Of sight around a bend in the river, raised his fist and shook It at them (Tomorrow will be told what be falls Peggy in her first exciting visit to camp.) ' IHiHHBHHHHaiHaHaVBOBfiQFFS-:-'. ..v1 ( aaaaaVaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaVsrt rlttf 'ifsaiBT ' ' """' aaaaaaaaaaaaaagTTlfflFtafZijaalJ m-"-L aaafaaaaHHIwfTCra'!7!' -UKWu'ii aaaaaBaWaaaaaBHKSasaV" HrV v-'" ,' m&&fUMS1 iBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlajBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBavSe7 r i i; tSBJD il 1 i ' I S&,r'Pr I ' PHV? aaW7fiafev ! 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That daj' there hail been 11 contretemps lu the Castlo Hill avenue We had occasion to cross that quiet load, and whllo the hath chair was In the middle of it a motor suddenly whizzed round tho cornet, and, lit a second, was almost on top of us Perhaps Mackenzie's nerves were, like mv own. wearing rather thin with our perpetual aleitness. Anvwaj", up went his revolver and the chauffeur, his face n mixture of horror and sui prise, managed to pull up within a few feet of us Incidents buch aa these threatened our disguise. An old lady In a bath chair who pulled up motors with a revolver could bcarccly hopo to escape notorletj". that saino evening there was. In ad dition to the usual band, to bo a well known boprauo who would sing on the handstand at the west end of the lcaa. Tho placards announcing her appearance were everjwhere, and as tho evening promised to bo btlll and warm we con celved the Idea of making what would he oiir last throw niuoiig tho big crowd which was certain to assemble. On that understanding we parted about 5 o'clock. Thej' were to pall for me at 8. It was bhortlj' before 8 when a waiter cime Into the smoking room to Inform tne that the lady In the chair was wait ing for me outside I Knew as I de scended the steps that something was afoot, thej" were in such hibte to bo get ting on. For obvious rensons vve did not go in for conversational exchanges on these promenades, and even in the leist frequented roads It was I, and not Mackenzie, w ho gav e the necessary direc tions to Deverill In his. capacity as chair man. However, I noticed that we did not take the nearest way to the leas, and Judged that from something they had learned tho plan had been altered. I would hive asked Mackenzie about' tt, only tint cautious man. evidently to he qult.j in character with the part ho plajed us nn invalid dame out in tun evening air, had the hood up So I walked on bj" his side, patlentlj' waiting till wo reached some part sufficiently quiet to make questioning possible. Deverill wao pulling the chair along at a pace that amused me, for It was quite out of keeping with the careful, vale tudinarian aspect glvtn to our equip age by tho raised hood, which buggested much fragility In the occupant. When, however, vve had como to a quiet road between high walls, bordered with trees, and with nothing In sight save a motor car In the distance, I could restrain mv curiosity no longer, seeing Indeed no need to rstraln it. Calling on Deverill to halt. I pressed back the hood of the chair and bent over with my question ab to why we were going In a direction exactly contrary to that arranged. But my question died on my lips as I looked at the occupant of the chair. It was not Mackenzie. It was a man whose face, In splto of the shaven chin, I recognized the clear-cut 'features, the ejes, the carmine lips' parted In a grin, and showing the broken front teeth. UJevvinsKt I 1 crieu invoiuniariiy, anu ' J Henschel had cried the name that '"- '""- . . ... , h ,, le,,iy Vnls." said Dewinskl as he rose with something In his hand that he lifted over his head Then something crashed dow I, and consciousness left me. When I came to mj'self again the first sensation I recall was simply a dull 1 throbbing in my head .something queer Ihad happened ti It. The intolerable heft lodged in my brain had. I thought. ?" - ' ft,'" ,. 'thaVS become yielding and pliable, so that my head was visibly dilating and contract ing in tne same rasnion as tne neart does. Then I became aware that I was ljlng on the ground, for I was con vinced that my head had dilated, on the whole, more than It had contracted, and was now of such dimensions as to be bejond unassisted support. Some one kicked ine In the ribs. "Get up, you Kngllsh Bwlne." I was startled Into complete conscious ness. The light was streaming In from an unshuttered window, and showed me thiee men, of 'Whom I knew two De winskl, and the fat man Roon. The other was a stranger to me, a j-oung man In a chauffeui 's cap and linen over alls. They raised me from the ground, und I was propped up on a bench against the wall. We were In a big wooden shanty. In the center of the floor there was a circular opening, very much like a well, only larger. Two very big beams In the roof supported a flywheel, from which a double length of rope hung over the well-like opening. Tho whole place had an aspect of dilapidation and an odor of decay and fustlness assailed my nostrils. Recent events came back to me, and the only thing I was uncertain about was the question as to how long I had been In their hands. (CONTINUED TOMORROW) By EDWINA : ?i pouiiea yuu uui vu 1110 no jui lajst nitht I was Interested In you. SucJr. scraps of your con- I 'ma, lu Mthusfastlo moments. hWl.A - f Nc .ftl 4 en'U'Ji fcSi 11 1 ...sr. &, -.". . ' 1$r' fe .-- .3V ." - .-a' if. '., . $F Jt. Uj. . , A "?;;& h -6 .- .-, ' l .K. r- :, -.5..' ' i jT. . Jwll - ! 'M.arV t
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