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STORY OF POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA
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L' BY PETER CLAKK MAtJi'VK.JLilN H.
5BWfHont. 118 bj rublle Ltdaer Co.
IPTER XXII f" Cnnlim.fvn
B A"D that," said Jerry, "connects up
ttv,th thls Popular notion that the
publican party must bo supported bc-
it, makes tho cornucopia or me
eotlvo tarltt to pour out It") gifts
i the city.'
Sut." warned tho pace neaklng
ckly. "You must not criticize the
tariff. You must staml for It Your
ft. was right as you put It Inst night
n't Bent this Keuubllcan pirty obses-
an In the minds of tho otern I'm a
emocrat myself, one of the thirty thou.
Mid lrreconcllables In the clt : but
aa. Airht tVila .laAril,, Inmilrnlpil If
VMWH5 i"S".w '."'." ""' -L .'" ,; ki
omia, xaiin or mo voxels in me neimuii.
&tmn party. Take advantage of It Go
SilH"- Tor control of tho Republican Citj
S$ Committee."
KK. v"Th flrRt slen Is money o will
feK'need money; but you will get It In
!m'jt TVtr Arnhnr. nil will bp Waited On
Wf.WIthtn very few davs, If plans of which
&- I.. .LI- , .. nm n-rlA mil.
FtV ncara cms uittuiuuu ww .u.... --,
m& and offered money."
BW'""11" Jerry WI" surprised again The
rir ifiwge oniy hiiiiii-u.
'?. ivrh " ho Rnirt. "n cood manv men
jtj siaes myself hvie been watching vou
3 :Thevve been talking jou over at club.
KVvVlm hotel lobbies and on the golf link
S& i4TTou have made jourelf a marked man,
and there's a disposition to set ou up
5?na p n th ngs on jou cm l .'" 'J.'."
t il.7 ii. !.. mnnoi' Millionaires have
KU"aith in money The first thing a mil
. llonalre thinks about when vou enl st
4ffiL his enthusiasm for anv movement Is 1 Is
. checkbook. He Is api to suppu-v '"- "
. " ." .. ..!,. at ik orders a
ig-h louslne: Look at that Mltchel g cam
p &Tialen In New York Mltchel was tne
tV Crttrlend the masses of that clt, ever
rsKMafi.
Es5 ) i,-ir attentions : they maue """"
ir Ike one of them: and thev hj mmj
Ma. i.2 i mSnev They drowned, him .md
ttrhSsaene
r t& ?e'neSwnb'erU
.asiM&aHM
Ji? he dcknowieagtu n - --
'J$ 5?3U,.t would be the next step.
Judge, Inyouroplnionj; wer
& "Orjranlie ' ..cK'roolcd vvl-dom
l!i trom the oldlips wnjen to th(.
bo steadily. ' "r" mokins a list of .1
bottom BS" bmeHov?ve met round
: dozen, or fi" m e" '0U, he with ou
Svflnnn such
trust and work j 1 th
k .1 .l1 mi r.itl
1 think ou "..""-r- and Eet started.
ijlnvlte !em to d'nner nna k wnrd,,
M? Afn na'stthe ward leaders
fhPn break down past tne w.w - -
ffe?P!.C!fnarieCr'sQgottoCdothat..e-
Uftuse he's got to handle tnese m,js
I - . .. ln-
Acceptable to .mm. oj; j - ha,c to
iJlthft right Kind or ."" .'. .,,,, can
nuiiu . . if ma p:m i. r
BHL.a3Se to s'tart. you know
ltek a new ara u know, with
ISo" ma5y highbrow s as a. roW
lfS a8u ?.0Ub5.. SScin't get the
li,ow touch. o$ -o'J.pr Betting
FF t year Jhe .Slf.n hirdlv make their
Don t
Kinct 1
Ii lvfrom men uwi "-5".,"," tl,at has no
1A mark. Many V reading and high
!&'' Mrtlus at all for reauiufc
rilus at a''1"'" Xt one for human
.?'dntlnhd1nga personal leader-
'lurro1 SSTthat alreadv
Mtld Jerry. .rlook the Importance
t'And dont pverlooK ne eformers
uf these division leaoers. rof0rm
te1 & -& VSSul!"??
&.'4V'TBat tney fc"V ""!.-. they send him oui
" ,vmiarters Is when mi) ".., fnrm
r.'Jt.ale of tracts on thct-r0 election
S, of BOTernment tna niM' , t them bc
Ev'iHij ovnect h m to -ircui"if
F' F St"8 Dnon'tCamike h mlsVake
If- fore night. ""i 'L,. ,, to be a lit-
m TSVJiZWS his" w ard." and. ou'v o go
SS VZ je. Mm """W, oJ . It doesn't
& doesn't take a ot of an anv.
ft ,' mean corruption n noes n s ,t
iSf thine improper A great ma J a
" f" ..,. nr
uiiue iiu"""- i 'i..
K J5Lyn,m?no baU. to give .vrnthy or
K3.".4 :",- .. i mnke a small "" . ...
K'oeur division leader has ffi S
Ert? (V a- P!ltl0" .J," f. eard You enible him
I- everybody In his waru i ,e en.
L-'Jto do that, and give mm A
fcSj'fciuragement. and Bet t1heb.r0KBtonlbhed
EE, 'sifted around, and jou 11 p out
Frk se what a voie u. .ntine
l' here's a moral center . " " 'immoral
division. ."l-LTcrUIn stabllivi
, one. You establish a cer know
to that moral center, w P i ou,
Where to lnd t, week m un
and make t a helpful force m
-.-1 vmi'll be graiiueu - (P ,t
Inle'rllly around it. P ,'' J
- ?fnlr".e;,rand In the city .tor tl.e
KrtM'Y-i . ., ' n lilW nnrt!lll lliw.... - -
Lf&S'lScai to back UP against when .. -KliCmoro
power. mlnved the poll-
l?f'5 f"Ana ;" .7"
RS2.dliur to be atiracieu "-'-- fo-yoUt
HaaPJs?rf3
lfiS?aSffdUirot enough in human tw"
Wim& ;.orJh0nSSaSkl an occasional
ICtmen-mouthed. and akjn "J1 0ni spiiung
l.Xto. !hJ?, ,f r, ShT long .Sn. of
ftmven& in " " -- ..i,0ie course in wie
tfelfeen observation, a " ft, u in vhlla-
IS&W fTtPwas an outflow that two
fcfelphla. It was an oK JenyH
tSdnd without sinking In. but now ex
ISSSncV had freshly plowed and I har-
Kwtd the soil ot his '" -""-.h.
SKieemed to him that eve. --.. -- -
EM.y,brbed. Informing aim " -
Kffc? ,tptlons, . ld man at
iLy ..'TlAnd now, eai".,1" limit of
i length, 'h'ns..and having enter
ffcf Cigars tr the ft. ana nav ros
IfoV'Malnedmvself with a. very p
k 'JJ j . T trilriW 1 Knil - J ' . i,.i.
Btws'ss
Etr.peou i ,. m tprrv wringing in
fe.PV-Agreed'" said Jerry. wr,j,cientiy.
&!S5i. f""u.VTnu can thank me Is
i rrine "7' -voUrSelf up in charg-
-J?t ko out a
FTW the I
K ttEkht win,
& 'TJerry lau
7$ Jit? HftlaUEf
ouv .". rr,v. ...inrtm ii
Philadelphia, windmill You
vnll know
I.,, rf- ,.,1,1..
SSaaw;
-H 2,'?i b.ES " i-1
v mnv. s-j --.-.7 i... in his veins
v Mmnee pncKiinB ,." ,,,, Hon-
Ki fturn camo a sense oi """ """;,;,;
rCSff, waves playing round him. of un
KiT y,?Ve.s?Vl.V;iS lo lend him power
SB1 make him the master of an empire
PWU"Sre i.. ii. breathed exultantly
mstlny i taking hold of me"
& ..VllSt immediately he sneered hlmsel
SSlS hVhTSwrnooo,ot an ec
"." AliL;. hut. a sober, practical
fcV;iKtlflc production engineer, who wa3
SKS; "work to produce, within one,
?Srand a. half, a majority r c fan
rnment in " "j "-
t. CHAPTER XXIII
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tRBMtAH THOMA1 AUU1UI aio
not, wait for anjuoay 10 come 4or-
I with offers or money, as me nagc
MCBested. Jerry was a poor waiter
. .mnv thn erouD of men. some
till u.,.w..o ----,- ,,., ,
to-do ana eunio ui nyr.. ... -:
wimm thp ramnalcn of the
two months had revealed to him as
,rB lib-eiy v J"'",'" ''..-?.V. a "
' " ,-. mlth ranilv An
A ! it A Biicn uh ua luiiitiiipmv'.u
'o, nnd nushed his soliclta-
r fnnHi. Ha auickly learned that
money pool to support his organlza-
mat ns inrHiuiu u iiic & nau
" L .., thn tnntcrht tiA Wa
i fL lUCli nuu hm iiu0in .. ....
. In n rli ua t-rirttYi rtf
a o iiiucv ii.w .ww.i. v
hA itvm inuBi exclusive uuus u
r more ot men who would make
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Hier ot too most ticloua cort und u tiisttnr t polltiral asset for th Orcinlzatlon, '
.MM ItM). a (oun 11V lnbbHt. 1I(1II I, KI'.IIA, a Carey dtvidlon leader In
the Hfth A ard M . lll1! N. a newspaper reporter who proe to Le Jerry Archer a
friends Although hi entlrelj different vajs
KIMItMl, an unofTlcinl ofllclal who It Ihirklneham's pushbutton when thit
perona?o wishes some pollti a I deed nceompllhid
Tin; stok Tin s rn
Jerri Arrher nevrr cie any attention to polltirs, reform or rllr nffnlM. until
he hnd his skull cricked opn b a pollLcmtn'a flub when he attempted to tnterieilo In
behalf of a poor Jpwlsh iner' hant feellriB the cuppressed wrath of th guardian of
the peare That event tauRht the ounR- millionaire that the Ormnlritlon through
Its control of th i'otl dispenses favors and suppress all opposition The pUodt
with the policeman also brings him Into contact with Jllke Kell. who ctes Jerri bin
first lesson in practlcil politics
t th pame time Terry discoers the power of Uucklnpham who at the In
stance of his daughter Huth. called up Kdmund on the Ions dlstnn e telephone at
Atlantic Clt and commands that man to produce Jerrv, to quash tho chirffe and to
punish the offenders Thus It Is that the pollcemm 1 discharged not for having
beaten a citizen, tut for halns dircd to interfere with a friend of "W lllard H
nucklnghim
His civic consciousness aroused Jcrrj refuses Tim Hinds demin 1 for $5000 In
order to push through Councils a frinchlso for a spur track to the fnctnr At the
psjiholoctcal moment Max Tllssmin tincmers tho story of the arrest of Jerr and
the two events make him a popular Idol. Jerr ha- become Interest 1 In Syh
Aurentskv esperlally to since KMly assured him that th" Jr1 wis not safe with
U"h men as Maldono around Uhen P a ntlier rescues his daughter from the
Bunman the latter Incensed hua Au'entsky arrested on a trumped up tharge Mean
while Jerri had told Ictor ltolllnson about blv and the -ounff lawer when he
meets the girl in the course of inestiKatlnff,an accident Immediate fills In loo
with her
Although riollinsnn hns Maldono arrested a frlndh Juds releases him on ball
and the thu? Is able to cnslneer the attack on tho I.afayettt Club in the Ufth Ward
and the murder of DetctKe Kpplv lloth etnts take place In Jerr s presence
After election, when thr Town Mectlnc party has been biten. Jerr makes plans
for the next fight and Is Introduced to tho Sage of Philadelphia who discusses the
entire political situation with the oung popul ir hero.
"Not a man here woith less than a
million dollars'" whispered some one
to him. MourMlf included '
'But jou fellows cm feel like a mil
lion," Intiglicil .lerrj I never can be
cause mine is an undivided prospect In
a going concern going so fast th it it
absorbs our surplus in enlargements as
fast as we call earn it. or faster
Glancing .ibout him .lero was some
whit relieved to find that he knew per
sonal ivcrv on- present He was In
terested too, to observe, that while these
men were wealths the ver rich and the
very powerful were not iepre-.entea
They vvtrc with one or two it.epl . pns.
the small or garden variety ot million
aire, who are usually the sort with con
sciences, least Impaired by their riches
In the course of the meeting J err J
talked of his plans and the millionaire a
talked of theirs As h result the young
man found himself at the close with
an organization fund of some thousands
of dollars per month and the assurance
that all the monev ho could posslblv
need would be forthcoming
"You understand gentlemen smllea
Jerry, as he lingered one of the checks,
"that ou Just kiss this money good-b
when jou give It to me, and that ou
don't ever expect to ee any profit from
It In any persoml sense It bujs no
favors and no Immunities It sepm?
almost disrespectful to av that to you
generous gentlemen but weve got n
disregard all niceties If were going to
understand each other"
Instead of showing rcentment tne
millionaires laughed
"Get busy, Jerrv, and don t bother us
except for monev," was the tenor of
their response.
Thus easily was understanding ana
good feeling established too easllv, it
would almost seem Jerry dubbed them
his angels, whereat they smiled appre
ciatively. Later he called them his an
gel choru, even when soma of the
chorus began to sing off the key.
With his funds assured, Jerr set to
work immediately and In the utmost
sicrecv 'Without one blaie nf trumpets
or squeak of the life or one tiny flare
or red llgni, lie vem at ms -""i h'
posal to organize the voting divisions
and wards of the city of Philadelphia
against the men who ruled it at the
present time
And there was plentv of wind for
Jerry's sails for these were the davs
when the public prints reked with the
sensational court struggles'golng on be
tween the beaten and bitteied Town
Meeting part and the triumphant city
Republic in machine the contests, the
allegations of fraud, the opening of some
ballot boves the refusal to open others,
the Indictment and th preliminary hear
ings of alleged lon-piratois In the Fifth
Ward murder the scandal over the mat
Istrates the mass-meeting of 3000 pro
testing policemen and their Hire it to
strike--these and all that series of as
tounding revelations of mlgovernm"nt
and political scandal which colored the
nouu.nf lVll risV
Jerry's task was first to select a
leader In each ward of the clt. and
they as fast as selected, turned ti
their own task of picking leaders for
each division in their respective wards.
As then were chosen, Jerry set him
self to the herculean task of getting ac
quainted with them personally
"We well-to-do men are able to give
our time" Jerrv used generally to say
by way by breaking the Ice with these
men "Perhaps sou are not If we
can do anything for ou in the way of
getting you work or making jour present
position more satisfactory or helping
your business let us know " (This last
In the case of the small shopkeepers,
who often made an Ideal division
leader ) ,
Frequently the tjpe of man selected
had no need of this kind of help Some
times he wanted a different situation,
or If in business, some favor In the
way of lengthened creuit or someiiinis
of that sort All such wants were con
sidered and taken care of. If such a
course semed warranted When the
ward leader could not supply them as
needed. Jerrv himself went unhesi
tatingly to supporters of his organization,
demanding jobs of the sort which ap
peal to the tjpe of man who makes a
good division leader In tho Industrial
or small residence wards, I e situations
as watchmen, guards', checkers and the
like places in whlh one draws com
fortable pav without bending one's
back in severe phvslcal toll
The second question with all of these
men invariably had to do with what
rewards they might be In position to dispense.
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THE FAMILY CAN FIND
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in tin: iTom
.1KltK AlUItFR. with hlfl brother
Tnul uriM tomiuctlns th bulnss of
ih n her Tool Worfcn engHBcd in
lloiprnniciit xnr contrirtu
n,i..ui ii. m ( MNniiAM, nn-
nnclal Rpnlu ntul the nn"l powerful
min In I'hllailelphia im th result of thn
lomplela political control which hli
tlnnt lal prowi 5 ifl him
1U11I IllCKIMHMM. hl iliHRhtcr.
ho 1 enticed t J - r h r Mltiimif
the knowledge or consent of her parent.
Id (lit ItOIJINNOS, 11 rimiK oUti
Mr and doe friend of Jerrj Archer
II knows lifn In all H hltt rnees and
htin rin aboe- It
sIA AlItlATsKY, ft jounic Klrl
of the Bhetto, whoee father 1 unable to
mercomo political and ceonomlc orpres
tlon
JOi: M1.PONO. a cunmnn and Ranc-
'What's tho Idei? Do we get some
jobs to hand around after election?'
"You do' said Jens tlatls. and
therein horrified s-ome of his reformer
friends to the point of atldihie murmur
Ings "You do 'I hat s tho kind of a
reformer I mn The man who Herre
thU organization will be recognized hh
entitled to the first t nnltleriitlon when
It eomew to selecting emploset for the
(itv; but lip villi huvr tn dlsplnv some
nnturnl tltnens for the Jnh. and lie will
have to earn hU inonee to get It. There
will be no political nsHeiMttent, and the
organization will be Keeking no fnvnr
for itself nt the hands of Councils,
police or mi) body else. All It alms at
Is honest government and the greatest
good for all the people '
The men alwass listened to the first
half of this Kprech gratefully, and to
the last half of It doubtfulls
"It's what ought to be nil right."
thev would murmur h ilf-he.i-t"dls
Its whit will he," lerrv used to de
clare bringing his hand down 1m
pressivelv upon the desk before him
And the mlraclo of his personalltj
was that these men went away believ
ing him, or at least belltvlng In him.
and thev fell to calling him ' the boss "
The llrst time Jerrv heard this appella
tion applied to himself h chuckled
gleefully
There was one respect, however. In
which joung Archer found himself un
able to match the practice of the rival
machine He had been told they were
In the habit of allowing division lead
ers from twentv-tlve to fifty dollars per
month to be sent In that form of
charltv. which, ranging from the bus
ing of drinks to the purchase or a
shroud, was deemed necessars to es
tablish the division leader's position as
next friend to every man in trouble
Hut when Jerrv struck off the figures
with a pencil, $G0 a month to 1300 vot
ing divisions, his total was $05 000 and
lie stoppeu agnasi
"Is It possible, Judge' ' he asked the
Sage one night "Where can they get
such a sum fiom""
Thev have sources that ve know
not of," smiled the Sage "Besides it Is
probable thes get bs with much less,
take It the whole veir round The
machine, with its methods can alwass
use things for monev that honest people
cannot ThU l the point nt which ou
must ilose voilr purne-strlngs and rise
to dependence on Hie power of voiir
moral appeal. He assured that where
everted through the right sort of a
human iigrm it will be ns eflertlie In
the poorest division In the cit as In
the rlihe-t. Of (ouise sou must be
able to give sour division men some
mones for u-e in extreme cases but It
had better be hard to get Make him
go to the waid man for it '
CHAPTER XXIV
The Angel Chorus
TO r.KNDnit his tactical position as
regards the tariff absolutel secure,
Jerry lnd Inserted the word Republican
Into the name of his enterprise, pre
fixing It, however with the word Heal,
thereby making a distinction at onco
necessars' and invidious
The organization oi me Jieai nqmu
llcans marchtd forward so satisfactorily
that in mid-spring, about the time
when the formality of electing a new
Republican city committee was gone
through, a meeting of the big-gun
financial supporters of reform was call,
ed to hear joung Archer's report This
was so encouraging that It kindled
hearts enthusiasm As Jerrv went on
with tho outlining of his achievements
thus far, his hearers glowed, nudged,
nodded, chuckled and broke out into ap
plause ,,, . ,
"We ought to have a candidate for
Mas or iu mind." they seemed all at once
to decide, and made this decision vocal.
' But the campaign Is more than a
jear awaj,' argued Jerrv
Nevertheless we ought to settle the
question now." Insisted one whose po
litical faith was In preparedness And
this idea the whole score of moneyed
men attached themselves to stubbornls
Now this was rather characteristic of
moneyed men. Having mei anu siruui.
hands, having opened check books and
underwritten the cost ot a thing, they
are apt to consider that the matter is
done and all that remains Is for them
to name an executive and go back to
their golf
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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77 ZMZL F NOVELETTE
IN WARTIME
By LIZZIE St. PEABODY
WUAK1NU her brother's farming
clothes, Harriet AVsnne, with mis
chievous blick eses ( hecks glowing
through Inn, and Jjer thick, dark hilr
cut short looked as npirls like a
hcilthv. hnndsoine bov us a girl could
look, as she planted and hoed, on the
sunny hillside of her father's farm
huddenlv she tin cw down the hoe, ex
nmined the blistered pilms of her hands,
and then glanced nt the sun It's near
luncli time she thought "I wonder,
she chuckled with n show of dimples and
white teeth "If It wouldn't bo easier and
quicker to roll down to the old lilac
bush and the lunch pall. The hill be
low the planting looks so soft nnd
green "
Dropping to the ground she pulled the
wide, soft brim of her hat over her
face, shut her eses and roiled awaj" on
her courso toward the fragrant purple
lilac bush, which grew near thn open
gatewas b tho quiet country load.
Meanwhile Hie shsde and blooms had
tcmptid soung Sergeant Ames, nnd he
had just seated himself on tho old bench
beniath the big bush when he espied
the supposed bos rolling toward him
That Is how It happened that Mls Har
riet arrived at the goal flushed, breath
less and smiling, to look Into tho
twinkling blue eves of a joung stranger
In the khaki uniform of the U. S A.
Her first thought was to apologize for
her unladvllke behavloi. her second to
act as vv oil as possible the part which
she had assumed Rolling stones gather
no moss, but i oiling bovs gather lots
of mud anil grass stains," remarked the
stranger: and Harriet, ashamed, angry
and a bit envious, for she envied the
right ot evers man to wear a soldier's
unlfoim copied hei brother's manneis,
as she tirtlv replied "I suppose jou've
heard of the man who once made a for
tune bv minding his own business '
Luncheon
The sergeant laughed good naturedlv.
as he said "You win, but are jou al
wajs s0 grouchy just before dinner
time' 1 m hungry enough to be grouchy
mjself Harriet's answer was to reach
hastily for her lunch and divide It with
him, and they grew verv friendly, as
thev ate, although she talked erj- little,
fearing to betray her secret.
Sergeant Ames, liking tho shy bo
vi ho nroved to be such an attentive lis
tener, talked freelv ' Tomorrow," hu
said, ' I go back to camp Soon after
that vi o shall lie on our way to France,
nnd we shall be glad to go Our men
are the equal to anj- In the world if
not better than most, and knowing that
our lauso is iust and right will give us
courage to fight. -nd we're going to
win. bov," he declared with conviction,
4 for win we must '
Looking at his watch he exclaimed,
'Well ' 'Tl.s time to go : ' and rose from
the bench
It was then that Harriet, as she saw
him standing there looking 'every inch
a soldier," suddenls' discovered that
wherever this bov went, her heart would
go with him '.Shall I write"' he asktd
and she answered engcih "If vou will
MSTBTklTHY TERMOR
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CIIAPlKIl XII (Continued)
THCY left me undisturbed for a few
moments I Imagine thej were savor
ing the ta--te of having, at last, run me
to earth and were (hiding it mighty
sweet Tho manner in which Roon re
garded me out of his small, pig-like ejes
was certainly baleful end malevolent
enough, but his satisfaction was evident
from tho wav In which he rubbed his
fat hands Dewlnskl was, of course,
smiling, albeit not so prettily as of J ore,
and in his look there was no symptom
ot anv thing but benevolence He waved
his hand as he spoke ,
"It was about that little matter of the
paper we wanted to see jou," he said
Tin re was something in that speech
that struck me as humorous ; tho con
trast between the mild desire expressed
bj the words and the violence they had
used In order to obtain the Interview
Tho mincing tone, however, the manner
In which he "mouinea nis worcis, anu
hlii general aspect, so like that of a
highlv polished shopwalker at his most
gentlemanly" moment, warned me that
this waH Dewlnskl In his most venomous
mood
"I haven't got It with me " I answered
as blandlv as it was possible foi me with
m aching head
He glimmered .it me with narrowed
LIPS
"We know that We took tho liberty
of "
' Hon t mention it," I said
Mdu haf opened the packet" Dewln
skl progressed a step 'and will undei
stand our anxiety to gf t it back "
' I did open it." 1 admitted
"And ?' He was very keen
I left the question unanswered save
by a shrug of the shoulder which I had
picked up from our friends the French
This forced him to put a direct question
"What did sou think of it, doctor?'
"Verj- clever Indeed." I answered
"Humph! clever.' What do jou mean
bv clever?"
"For a small bos', It was well drawn,"
I conceded
"Ach, damn '" Dewlnskl stamped his
foot
i The-veneer, never 6f the thickest, was
vi earing thin Of course he knew well
enough that I had understood the signi
ficance of the thing; all this was merely
a method of annroach to the real ques
tion, which was as to whether I had got
uny one else to believe tho Incredible
purpose vi rapped up In that drawing It
was not In his nature to put that ques
tion to me dlrectls'. His methods were
sinuous and crooked, because his nature,
from whatever causes, was sinuous and
crooked ; in this laj- the secret of his
success and his failure.
On the other hand, a dilemma that
was very real confronted mo and made
this preliminary sparring with words
not unwelcome, since It gave me time
to think
My life hung on the thinnest possible
hair. If Dewlnskl thought that no one
else shared the secret with mo I was, of
course, us good as dead And equally
wua I lost if he thought that several
now knew It, for though the plot could
not be saved I could not imagine ms.self
receiving their forgiveness on that'ac-
SOMETHING
I am Harrv- Wjnne of Hlllcrest " "I am
Joe Ames," he returned, "and will Bend
inv address" Then he strode away after
saving good-bv ! and for Harriet, the
long waiting began After a seemingly
endless time, tho letter mine A brave
and cheerful letter; and among camp
happenings ho wrote 'O Boy of the
l.llac Hush, vou never can Imagine
things as thev are hern; or the thrill
with which wo think of the wonderful
things which mas' happen between
dawn and dusk, and dusk nnd dawn!
but I'm glad to be hero to do a man's
part."
Sho wroto him cheerv, courage-Inspiring
letters us the dreary winter
passed, and then a letter eamo from
a kindlv nurse who wrote that he was
in the hospital nnd wounded.
Dropping the Monk
Harriet sat down to write immedi-
ntelj hoping lo catch the next mall :
and wrote so liuuledly, that she had
no time to read what she had written:
but she had not heard from him since
She was thinking of him as sho sat
knitting on the vine-shaded flower
scented porch one beautiful afternoon,
nnd looked up quickly, as a man
stepped up onto the porch floor, bud
denlj' her fiice wont white, ns with a
hastv, pained glance she noted the
empty Bleeve; and she rose quickls', nnd
with a sob threw her arms around his
neck
The pretty girl In the fluffy white
dress had entirels forgotten her role
as a bos", but when the ncwlv promoted
Lieutenant Ames, rising nobly to tho
occasion, placed his right arm around
her and gently drawing her to a chair,
sat down beside her, sho remembeied;
and blushing deeplv whispered- 'Hnd
vou guessed'' "Not until vour last
letter," he replied, softlj", "although i"
vour letters puzzled me I wondered
how a mere bov could write such wise,
helpful, hopeful letters. In the past, 1
think jou forgot tho part you were
nlavlng, and wrote jour thoughts as
they came to jou When I reread
this: 'Evcrj' day my heart nnd
thoughts go out to jou, and evcrj day
I pray for jour safe return,' I stopped
to review In my mind the little In
cidents of the day I met jou, and It
came to me that a little black-ej'ed
girl had been joking, and that tho
Joke had been upon jours truly; but I
enioved It so Immensely that the doc
tors and nurses wondered at mj' sud
denly regained spirits and frequent
smiles fioon after that, I was ordered
home."
"And jou will stay over here now?"
asked Harriet, w Istfullj.
"I don't know," he answered
thoughtfullj-, "but work which will
count for our side will be found for
mv good right arm, and If sou will
agree to help me continue to keep my
faith and courage, 1 can still help to
'carry on.' "
"I agree," Harriet said, with sparkling
cscs
Tonton oio's Comnlefe A'oueroffe
"MISS 'LIZA'S hlUUS."
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count But suppo-e he believed th it
onlv one other, and that an old ladv
In a bath chair, knew of the plot ' It
from her, or thiough her. he could re
cover the drawing what matter If, after
my final disappearance, she talked of
German spies and plots who would pay
attention to such ravings, from such a
source?
I recognized therefore that the old
Invalid lady In the bath chair was my
trump Indeed my only card Did De
vi Inskl know tho real Identity of tho
occupant of that chair? There was evl-dentls-
something that troubled him
greatly, as he passed now to and fio
something he did not know hut w anted
to get from me without allowing me to
see the drift of It, and so prevent mj'
giving him a reply that would be die
tated bj what was to ms in advantage
The other two men now seated them
selves on a packing case near the wall
and began to smoke, keeping a keen In
terest In us all the while
"Perhaps," said Dewlnskl, stepping be
fore me, "j on have shown the clever
ness of the llttlo drawing so many peo
ples?" ' To about half a dozen," I answered.
"And "
How much depended on mv answer'
I took the plunge and trusted In m
icasonlng
'They were all fools ' I answered
frankly. ' Onlv one of them saw how
clever it was "
"And who was this one?'
"It was, of course, a woman," 1
answered
'Pah! A woman " his tone was
contemptuous "Do jou think, doctor.
I'd believe such a bull-and cock st-ors''
My replv to this was again the useful
shrug of the shoulder which says anv
thing, and commits one to nothing He
resumed his sentrj-llke walk, and I be
gan to suspect that in his last question
we nan approacneu tne neart or tmngs,
the identity of tho occupant of the bath
chair. My respect for Mackenzie in
creased For three days these men had
watched our little procession In the
streets, and had lighted on no flaw lu its
bona tides! It was a stroke of pure
luck, of course, that they had not seen
the incident with the chauffeur in the
Castle- Hill avenue Remembering that
Incident now, I understood Mackenzie's
pallor afterward.
"Who was this woman? It was De-
wlnsltl ntrnin.
"My mother," I answered with promp
titude. "And," ho continued, "this other
woman in the bath chair jou haf been
"That was not another woman," I
Interrupted "It was my mother"
Ah!' His eyes were on me keenly.
Dlstlnctlj', he was on the target now.
"Yes," I explained. "You see after that
exciting time jou gave us up In .Scot
land her nerves went vnong, and sha
was oidered change of scene and rest
We hardly expected to run across jou
again, down here "
He kept staring at mo all tho time, I
wished he wouldn't. He kept it up even
after I had finished speaking, which was
the worst of all.
Id like for to see jour mother, ' he
said fliullv. "to to exnrcss mv sor.
rows."
INTERESTING HERE TO READ
CHAPTER III
The Auto That Ran Anay
(Pcgiiv, hidden hy Camouflage Per
fume, starts on a ilslt to an army
tamp. On the nay a German spy
tries to persuade her loUllcr friends,
lien and Hill Dnlton, to desert, and is
throu.ii by them into the liver.)
(CTOU shouldn't let lilm escape!"
X cried Peggy as thn German py
dlsappeaied fiom view. "Ho may get
other soldiers to desert."
"You'ro light!" exclaimed Hen.
"What ilundei heads wo are not to
have thought of thnt."
13111 opened his mouth In astonish
ment when he he ml Peggy's voice.
"Who's right'.'" he demanded of Befi.
"Whom are ou talking toi"
"To the Invisible fairy tho one
Hint got the (11 nit to take our places."
"Co on. you're dreaming," said Bill,
l'eggy gave lilm a shaip pinch.
"Wow!" he jelled, "l'vo been stung
bj a vvnsp!"
"So, I'm onlj showing you I'm not u
dream," giggled Peggy,
"It was she who told mo that the
spy was not speaking the truth about
father and his crops," explained Ben.
"Can't jou stop him fiom getting
away?" asked Peggy, turning back to
tho main subject.
"He has hidden himself in the
swamp bv this time," replied BUT. rue
fully rubbing his pinched arm. "What
a chump I was to let my temper get
away from me. Instead of throwing
lilm into the river we should have
tinned lilm over to the authorities at
the camp to bo tried as a spy."
"Mas be we can do something yet,"
cried Ben. "I-et s hustle to camp and
tell the captain."
"Wish wo could run this auto," said
Bill. "We haven't any time to waste."
"I'll run It for you." volunteered
Peggj-, who had been given lessons bj
her father. She climbed into the ma
chine nnd started the engine. "Hurry
up," sho cried to Ben and Bill, who
looked on in astonishment as the auto
apparently jumped into life of Its own
accord After a moment's hesitation
they piled into tho rear seat
Peggy was just a little doubtful
about running the car all by herself,
as her father had always been with
her when she was teceiving her les
sons Nevertheless, she very carefully
did Just ns she hnd been told to do,
pushing out the clutch, adjusting the
gears and then letting In the clutch.
The car started away with a little
Jerk and soon was running smoothlj
"Sav, this Is queer," exclaimed Bill,
V
"Voi nice of jou," I replied "I know
she d like to meet jou"
Something In this pleased the fellow.
He shook his head In deprecating nega
tive "Ach. no. doctor !" He thoueht I hart
said too much perhaps
un sucn a mission yes, I assured
him
And his face fell again
"Lleber Gott! I will have to zee her,
ze old lady."
' Go by all means," I encouraged him.
"Ach, no,! But she will perhaps come
here. And perhaps bring with her zo
leetle paper I lost?"
Was it onlj- tho paper after all7 Had
he then no suspicion ot Mackenzie? This
was Detier man i could nope lor.
' Too far," I said
"How do jou know how far It Is?"
"She Is vlrtuallj- an Invalid, jou
know."
"But the hath chair, doctor, would
make It easv."
"She won't come "
"What! Not to save jou from from
an accident? Ach ! ze cruel, heartless
one It Is a strange mother you have,
then!"
This was maddening Confound tho
fellow ; how much did he know?
"I couldn't ask her," I said '"This Is
merely an Inconvenience to me."
"Inconvenience!" ho cried grlmlj-. his
whole manner changing. He turned to
the joung man on the packing case
' Carl, show to the good doctor zo In
convenience of ze place!"
The man addressed stared blankly for
a moment, and, then comprehending the
gesture Dewlnskl made to him, picked
up a brick from the coping of the well
and. as the theatrical Jew lifted a hand,
he dropped It over. After a long Inter
val a far-away splash came back. De
wlnskl took out his watch
"You are that brick," be sam. "You
go 'plomp' down ze mine shaft If by
evening at 7 jou haf not sent a leetle
note of Invitation to bring your mother
and ze leetle paper."
He and Jloon Degan to prepare tor
departure It die) not escape me that
they looked carefully from the window
before leaving. Dewlnskl turned at the
door-
"Think not you can escape from CaTl,"
he warned me,
"We have met before," said Carl,
bowing to me.
I looked at him xaguelj-.
"In Scotland," he explained
Thpn T remembered. He WHs the fel
low who had so nearly potted me at
the cairn, by the Knock hill
"To be Bure," I said "at the shooting
season, wasn't it?" A sufficiently foolish
remark: but I was not so foolish as to
recall to rememDrance tne tact tnat i
had once before escaped from Carl.
CHAl'TUlt XIII
THIS was the letter which, later in the
daj-, by reiterated threats. Dew inskl
Induced me to write:
"Dear Mother:
"My absence must have alarmed jou
greatlj-. The fact Is T met with a little
accident which seems likely to confine
me to this shanty ror eternity, as tne
three kind friends who helped me with
my accident are now tven more anxious
"DREAMLAND ADVENTURES"
By DADDY
IN UNCLE SAM'S SERVICE
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With loud cries the
"riding in a car that seems telle steer-'
ing Itself!"
"I'm thinking that xve hadn't better
tell any one about tho Invisible fairy,"
remarked Ben. "We know she Is here,
but If we tel! the folks at camp about
her they will think we have gone
crazy."
Peggy didn't like to be overlooked
this way, but sho felt that the sugges
tion was wise. It certainly would be
a lot of trouble to explain to all the
soldiers at camp about how she was
hidden by Camouflage Perfume. And
besides. If they knew she was there
they might not let her in at all.
Sentries guarded the entrance to the
camp. Peggy ran tho car up to them
and skillfully brought it to a stop.
The sentries gaped In wonderment at
the seemingly empty driver's seat.
"Where's your driver?" demanded
the corporal In charge of the guard.
"Oh, we lost him back here a way,"
truthfully answered Ben. "He went
for a swim."
"Who's driving our car then?"
asked tho corporal, while the other
sentries drew closer.
"It's a v ery well trained car," joked
about jou than about me they have per
suaded me to write and assure you of
a warm reception, should jou come up
here to satisfy jourself as to my pres
ent condition and comfort In this shanty
of mine. It will, I think, be an easy
Journey If you use the bath chair. Some
one will call at 10 o'clock tomorrow to
show you the way
"Your affectionate son.
"HUGH.
P S Don't forget the drawing I
left with yqu."
Dewlnskl was delighted with this let
ter, and I was not displeased with It
myself. It is true at first he seemed
dubious over the word "shanty," his
knowledge of English not being exten
sive enough for him to know that, as I
explained to mm, it was simpiy a nomeij
word for 'a little cottage." And again,
when he objected that this little cottage
did not belong to me, and that there
fore the word "mine" was not suitable,
1 had to explain that this was an
Idiomatic exnresslon commonly used
where hospitality has reached the pitch
of making a guest feel quite "at home,"
so to speak There seemea lo no Hom
ing else in the note that caught his at
tention, and he was delighted with It,
explaining Hie idiom to tho other two,
who could not read Hngllsh. The
word "persuaded" tickled them greatlj-.
My own satisfaction had no outward
manifestation.
At once the young man departed to
deliver the Utter. It was then about 7
o'clock In imagination I followed the
course of events that would onsue when
my joung German friend handed In that
letter at tne notei. suppose ne naa
been Instructed by Dewlnskl to deliver It
personally to Mrs Abercromby, and
await a reply! Then, Indeed I was lost!
But I had calculated otherwise. "Mrs.
Abercromby" was the one person who
knew and credited my story. It was un
likely that in such circumstances so
clever a man as Dewlnskl would not see
the danger of sending an Interviewer
who spoke Kngllsh with a German ac
cent No ; I was sure his directions were
to drop the letter in the letter box and
clear out before any questions could be
asked
Wliat would Mackenzie make of It?
Ho would at once know I had been taken
by Dewlnskl and two others, and was
confined In a shanty that covered a mine
shaft Bunk to find coal there were
several of these In Kent, and some were
In German hands that this mine shaft
was "uo somewhere, and within easy
each of Folkestone. Such details he
v as told In my letter. But would he
assume from the fact that the letter was
addicssed to a lady who used a bath
chair that our disguise had not been
penetrated?
Or would he, as I desired him to, un
derstand from "the warm reception" and
the "anxious about sou," that I had
some dubiety as to whether or not thev
knew, but was Incl'ned to believe that
the bath chair made the safest method
of approach?
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soldiers vrenl after her
Bill. "Tou Just say 'Geddap' and It
goes. Tou say 'Whoa' and It stops."
"Quit your kidding." said tho cor
poral slangily. "Where are your
passes?"
"Here," promptly responded bath
Ben and Bill, showing the necessary
papers. t
"All right," answered the corporal.
"Now say 'tjeddap' and get out of
here."
"Geddap!" shouted Bill, and the car
lunged forward as Peggy let In the
clutch. Tho sentries Jumped back In
alarm, tho corporal retreating so
quickly that he caught his heel on a
stake at the side of the pavement and
went tumbling into the ditch. Ben
and Bill looked back and laughed at
tho dumfounded soldiers, who didn't
know whether this was some new
kind of a Joke or actually a queer self
serve "Jitney" that ran Itself.
Peggy didn't have time to laugh.
She was so amazed at the sights of
the camp she had all she could do to
keep the auto in the road. She hadn't
Imagined that It was so large a reg
ular army city, with soldleis here,
there and everywhere; thousands upon
thousands of them, some drilling,
some digging trenches, some throw
ing grenades, some jabbing with baj'o
nets at bags hanging from posts, and
Ipthers doing all kinds of things,
X "Please stop in front of that build
ing ahead," said Ben.
"Hadn't jou better say 'Whoa'?"
laughed Peggj.
"Whoa!" said Ben and Bill together.
and the auto obedientlj' stopped, much
to tne surpuse or soldiers who were
working across the stieet.
"We'll tell tho captain about the
spy and be back in a minute," said
Ben.
Peggy was tremendously delighted
with tho stirring activity of the camp
and with tho eager alertness with
which the soldiers were going through
their tiaining stunts.
"Thej'll show Kaiser Bill's army a
thing or two," sho thought to herself.
"What confounded Idiot left that
auto there?" shouted a gruff volte.
Peggy looked back. A big gray auto
mobile had drawn up behind her with
a soldier nt the wheel. In the icar
seat was an Impoblng-looklng officer,
who seemed much vexed because ths
entrance to the building was blocked.
"I'll have the driver thrown out ol
camp for not obeying the rules," thun
dered tho officer.
"Gracious. I didn't know I was in
the way." cried Peggy.
The officer and his chauffeur looked
surprised at hearing her voice. Then
their surprise turned to amazement, as
the machine apparently started itsell
and, moved along.
"Here, stop that auto!" shouted tht
officer, "It's running away," Tin
soldiers across the road sprang toward
It. Peggy, scared and afraid that some
thing dreadful would happen to her,
put on all power and scurried down
tl)e road. With loud cries the soldien
went after her, Peggy sped around a
coiner, and there was a whole regl
ment marching back from a hike. Tht
regiment saw the auto coming, appan
ently running wild, and the men scab
tered right and left, scrambling madlj
for safety. As she roared past then)
she heard officers cry, "Stop It! Stof
It!" and the whole regiment took ui
the pursuit. It was like a corned)
chase in a moving picture.
"My, it they catch me, they'll de
something awful to me," thought
Peggj.
(Tomorrow the outcome of Peggy's
wild ride will be told and how she
yiies a negro soldier a bad scare.)
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