WUUlU IWUW WIMTBIIWillBiMn.mlji ji I u I iiiini I I - n I i n i n i i i i i , , li ww m,, .mttmmmmmsmZmiimmmmtmMlLm &' ,- "t -' J . Jj ?fei?F MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE TO READ , HE CRACK IN THE kjv-.. . BY PETER CLARK MACFARLANE ear. If II. bv Public Ledger Co. IA?TER XXVI (Continued) smiled Indulgently, black Lfcyta aglow with admiration for the Ruth made, her face all anlma- l and color. So far as Sylvy was con tact, this confession of soman's dear- Mcrst was the last thing that could i Deen aone to make ner lose ner : completely to that young woman's DM. ' 'lawyer." replied the girl, her face Jnr. "Mr. Victor Rollinson. There i an elevator accident In the factory I wonted, and Mr. Rolllnion was w acout it from tne witnesses. I i one of them. Mr. Rolllnson's voice i Very gentle but strong. It seemed M that ha was the strongest, erand- 'Tentlest man In the world. At first stalked to me Impersonally, Just like I noDoay, ana tnen it seemed ta me I "fit I were the grandest lady In the w. just, ideating me mat way maue feel that way. too while It lasted. t JUst a moment, no. for half an hour. Ha hft talked tn mp the w-orlil soomrtrl fcriaht, happy, wonderful place; but Ml I went outside and back to work a home at night to the miserable hole have had to call a home and to find er worse than usual and I knew I Wafin t anv hone for nnvthlnfir ." !"And have you thought of Mr Rollln- LSPMS , WIIWI 4 i?,Twlce since I had to go to his office in 10 mix aoout tne accident, ana Bil'tlme he was nicer thnn hefore. unci kind, and asked me how I was get-. te .... .a i ... ..t.i , ...., . wm mm il lie uuuiu uu miyuuiiK me. I told him 'fine.' and 'no he Jdn't.' Once more he sent for me . I dldn t Co because because 1 was aid to have him ask tni that ncrnln" r'Sylvj"," said Ruth, very soberly, "at m tisk or Doing a uusynorty. 1 m going tell you something. Victor Rollinson n In love with vou that flrar rlnv ." -ftH'Xove?" gasped Hester. ,it"Iii love?" Sylvy's own eyes widened &. ' iwuhucu in mi exprcB-jiuii oi lnuuin- f Sjtf? tohmoiuiiiij, UUl IICl IIUUU II1.IUI U. I1L- B?A,J Involuntary movement toward her Aj.reait. which did not escape the eyes wmt eiuier oi mo otner two girls. j-it'TTl loves vnll now. rommntlv nor- 4Mpfully and unselfishly as a strong. riaaoie nature like nis would love," went 'r.mn num. 8 "He. loves me?" asked Svlvv analn. gift -'ta now she was pressing one hand Mm against ner Dreasi. '?J"Tes: he has not spoken yet because M was arraia or rngntenlng you, or be $t misunderstood: but he has never wren un honlnir. Tie Is not n man who .Shrea UD. Ha has watched over vou -cmlrit nnri dov n1n,i Tt M.-nt tia inti M'4BW'. that put Maldono In Jail.' "He SWgtSoUght then that you might come and VjjtlianK him as you had thanked Jerry. Jie nopea, ne waitea, i expect lie prajea uvr you o come, vvnai a wcaii ming a fjrf -W lovel .Andrhe has Aatched oer you SriV awry hnnr .Inpit" , . i.niuicu utci inc. i uuu . uiiuci- V'AJEata ..nl.3 O..I.H. Ih nM l......lt II. - M Uf bIaIikJ ...&.. ..9 T ...'1 ....k wuu, daiu oitj' ill luiia ui ucmi- ennent fS-'i-i,Yes'" averred Ruth. "There was a Bhutan tnat was employed always in tne i asms room wun you in tne lactones ana .JjUces where you hae worked. He was JMffe to protect you If you ever needed Mjarotectlon. There was another man fcwho rode to and from your work upon Si aame car with you, wno saw you re home In the morning and Baw you !k into It at night" &m fc Btiw wnn almost humhled bv this sur- "''fturlelng assurance of a great, patient. u-consiuerms love on me pari oi me Srawyer. There was an exchange of aces Between Hester ana iiutii, and a latter continued wltn: "rOne night you did not go home." C-?Mr. Rollinson knew that?" Sylvy na, nusning scariei. 'rTee. But his protection guarded you .carefully that night as If you hadl i at nome. xei ne was aiarmea. ine . day the Big Sisters ' ne wc tisters aia nna me, men. not I them?" exclaimed sylvy. rilnr aulckly to Hester. Hester hesitated a moment, rather -jWfhtenedbut Ruth trod on more surely. -"I know that Mr. Rollinson Bent for biggest of ail the Big srsiers and- ta ner aid. ' . "ln his love affair?" demanded Hester. rrtUeaIly. i?Not at all I" disclaimed Ruth. J'.gfcrawtjly. "In protecting Sylvy from J fAnd I owe you to him!" said Sylvy. tjitchtng at Hester. "Oh, you and the $4 vauor BiriB-yuu nuvcf niraui etciyiiiiiig rOT'XnB. luu ituvo eavcu uic iiuui mo mMmtt awful Aaenslrn Vnll lia.-, P-lven P',,4ihope even for father. And 1 owe BESS s tt'al! to Mr. Rollinson." , v The alrl'a sense of eratltude was pa- . Hiatlo. and she was very near to giving njay to tears, but rained alter a mo- tiU It's a good deal to learn all In tjia afternoon," she apologized seriously, Ilsa4in for n. -whnlft vear I have been ' IWUziaT everybody who was not at least j poor ana unxoixunaie us inyrcii. ."But It has made you happy to know fail. Hasn't lix inquired Kutn. TT." said SVlvy, her small bosom TWr. tnougn us ramer ratner aming. Juut on I ana ner lace nuea an expression tnat mingiea sym r and eratltude. "I'm troubled at Mr. Rollinson. Some one should j him. He should know better than Hva Tne." Looking Very pale and Ite ana neipiess, oyivy lurnea over "hands with a gesture characteristic ilier race, and which expressed her m ox me eternal nxeuness oi uiiiiko. Rat you will let him come to you - ana ne nice 10 you, as otmr Kina an and let him tell you of his a," urged Ruth, who was Just now prejudiced aavocate oi tove anu nt. ra face was whiter, and sne & Tnnli hAnd across her eves. U would be useless," she murmured, rately. t' would be Bin I aeciarea riesier. ilv. doubtful whether Ruth should Flold so much. , , lot- you'll let me be your friend. XfSJLCr US WIU I.UU1U l o- rfw", IhA Ttuth. pne-erlv. a Hester lsr' and Sylvy looked Into i Hart tall big sister's face with devotion . itw eyes, as If no one could aspire to JPJt'-gulte such a frlena as Hester was. iSv"? should like to be friends with you, an. aamutea ayivy, tooaing m nuui iA let me come tosee you?" ivy shook her head. "Only Hester m tn baa mR. If vou 8HW how we .'.my pride could never let roe look . fou- araio. Ana you mustn t try to fAaythTng for me. The Big Sisters taaip me, you Knuw,. om i tt .meet ana jusi -ue iniercnicu in . of course, that's Impossible. Oh, ; couldn't be friends." ;) perrecuy possiDie, aeciarea mt al RUtn, wltn assumption ot great: a. "We have Interests In common. Inva ua. Tou think Victor Rollln- i the most wonaerrui man in rniia- v i tninic jerrv Arcner is. so. 7m m. atartlnsr notnt. And let me tell i another political secret a very Jt.' Jerry says he's going to make rtolllnson tne next siayor ot ipnla." ' eyes sparkled. : would Drove he was wonderful. t It?" she demanded, quickly. 7 Jerryr' inquired ttutn, inno- C'.to loin a moment later in the i ax Her expense wmen iiesier naa. . mu inm ox mem cuuiu nuuru tu for It seemed as u at last mat ; conjunction of events wnicn r along may" De counted upon sa the aflals of men and love a lormrrivo aim iiiiiiiicat. iiseii. ;i;CHAPTER XXVII B ilW Power Take Notice iff ; (Vear 'in the life of Sylvy Au fmfmtr "' b" also a yeor in the ah Thomas Archer, a year he divided himself pretty en three things, viz.: drlv I of the business of the Arch- forks, trying to persuade Miss: ukiaaoiio roarry mm at once mantles to iaae care of riB to ouiia un a lo.wrMi tne tte- fMa Its Bre ta m.$mu r rm,r , ,. t - i- THE 1'KOri.E mcr oi un iodh iciou eon. anu u ulitlnct political aaset for the "Organization." JPI RAM), a Councils' lobblst, MIC'llAKt. KKLLY, a Carey dMalon leader In the Fifth Ward! MAX ItlSSMAN. a newspaper reporter who proe to bo Jerry Archer's frlenda, although In entirely different waja. EDMUND, an "unofficial official" who li nurklngham's push-button when that personage wishes omo political deed accomplished THE STORY TUTS FAR . Jerry Archer never gae any attention to polltlc. reform or rMc affairs, until he had hla skull cracked open by a. pollceman'a club when he attempted to Intercede In behalf of a poor Jewish merchant feellnsr the suppressed wrath of the "guardian of the peace" That ent taught the joung- millionaire that the Organization, through Its control of the police, dispenses favors and suppresses all opposition. The cplsod.i wtth the policeman also brlnga hlra Into contact with Mike Kelly, who 6hes Jerry hla firs; Wesson in practical politics. At the aame time Jerry dlacovera the power of Buckingham who, a,t the In stance of his daughter Ruth, called up Edmunds on the long distance telephone at Atlantic City and commands that man to produce Jerrv, to quash the charge and to punish the offenders. Thus It la that the policeman Is discharged not for having beaten a citizen, but for halnc dared to Interfere with a friend of Wlllard II. Buckingham His civic consciousness n roused Jerrv refuses Jim Rand's demand for J5000 In order to push through Councils a franchise for a spur track tn the factory. At the psychological moment Max Illssman uncovers 'the atory of the. arrest of Jerry and the two events make him a popular Idol, Jerry has become Interested In Sylvy Aurentsky. especially so since Kelly assured him that the girl waa not safe with auch men as Maldono around. When 3ivys rather reacuea his daughter from the gunman the latter. Incensed, has Aurentaky arrested on a trumped-up charge. Mean while Jerry had told Victor Itolllnson about Sylvy. and the young lawyer, when he meets the girl, In the course of Imestlgatlne an accident, Immediately falls in lovo with her. Although Itolllnson has Maldono arrested a friendly Judge releases him on ball and the thug is able to engineer the attack on the I.afayettp Club in the Fifth Ward and the murder of Detectlte Eppley. Both eents take place In .terry's presence. After election, when the Town Meeting party has been beaten. Jerry makes plans for the neit flgnt. and la introduced to the "Sage of Philadelphia," who enables the oung popular hero to start a "Real Kepubllcana" party to buck the contractor organ Izatlon. Sylvy, worn out and dejected by the jear of poert, final! ghes In to the pleadings of Bertha Kopel and goes to a dance of the White I.lly Social where she meets Maldono. The alght of the gunman cauaea the girl tn collapse and while the men are beating Maldono, Sylvy Is taken to Bertha's home Itolllnson, when he recelvea the report of the detective he has detailed to follow Shy, ralla upon the Big Sisters to help him. One of the sisters, Hester l.etj. Inltes Sjlu to her home where she meets Ruth, was entirely successful as usual; In the second he was unsuccessful but still buoyed up by delicious hopes; in the third there was no way as et of meas uring hli success, except by a growing perturbation in the ranks ot the ola machine. Jerry's workers brought him word of this and It thrilled him with As a matter of fact, the Bltt Boss had, many months before, noticed some mysterious force burrowlntr about down in the ruck of things, where the mass of s-otersi live, and had paused Ions enough to note the fcource irom wnicn these burrowlngs proceeded. When he found It to be a group of fanatical re formers, supported by millionaires, he sniffed, sneered and all but forgot; for this was one part of the game that politicians knew reformers could not play. Yet. now when the city campaign was but a few weeks off, the Bijc Boss wa chagrined to flnd that a workable counter-organization had been effected and ensconced In concrete-lined trenches and bomb-proof dugouts on a line that ex tended from the rher to the hills, through every division and every ward an organization. moreoer. which openly boasted Itself dyed-ln-the-wool Re publican and mutterea ot its intentions to select a list of Republican candidates for nomination at the September pri maries. "I'm damned." said the Big Boss, and conferred anxiously with the middle sized bosses; so that by and by the Bcouts and outriders of the machine be gan to come in with more detailed In formation. The Big Boss, a ery astute and a very relentless man, took this In formation off by himself and excogitated upon It. As he ruminated his eyes gleamed with a crafty light and he stroked his chin complacently, while a malicious smile photographed Itself upon his lips. He had thought of a thing that he could do to the voters of Philadel phia; es. he had definitely decided upon a coup. Or, to employ the political patola apt tn the situation, he had derided upon a switch. In the prize ring; the maneuver Is known aa the double-rroaa. AND THE PEOPLE WERE TO BE OV THE RE CEIVING END OF THE DOUBLE CROSS. Verv soon after the Bl Boss reached this decision, he and Wlllard H Bucking ham were closeted together. "There's hell to pay," said the politi cian, affecting an air of gravity. "A flock of fool millionaires are putting up tha coin, and It's astonlshine the bunch of workers, good, practical, lle-wire workers that young fellow Archer has got hooked up not a dead one among "em. And say i mere a a Kina oi a damned religion of enthusiasm about the way they're glttln' along. They feel like regular crusadera Why, blast It, with that organization and all this everlasting yawrplng in the newspapers, they might come tnrougn anu neat us out. "Might?" Mr. Buckingham was at times chary of words, but the glare in his eyes was the more voluble. "Blast It, they will ; that's all there la to It; they will" A frown lnaentea iiseu aeepiy Deiwjen Mr. Buckingham's eyes. "Who's their man for Mayor?" "Archer" rn nil I. late is Victor Rollin- son, but his organization's candidate Is Archer himself," "jerry Arcner? for Mayor." ine rumble of wrath at such undesirable absurdity wag loud In Mr. Bucking ham's tones. "For Mayor? Why not?" inquired the Boss. "He's joung, he's clean, he's spectacular, lie's likable and he's a driving, vote-getting kind of a fellow." Mr. Buckingham was silent, his lips struggling wtth each other in the tight ness of their compression. "What's your plan?" he Inquired sharply, after an Interval of contempla tion of one of the most distasteful pos sibilities that had been spread before htm In some time. All the gravity departed from the face of the Big Boss. He snickered at the simple beauty of his plan. "Vet 'em elect him. If they can, "CAP" STUBBSAnd There Certainly Was mmm- - -b-...i. T. m Un I ' I ran m lilii 1 '7E "' (gSlWagK DSJSTSSJl5 m " J JU & Jr ' i J- -" . $ I " "---;--- WiU,... WUi.,t,.. v. I ,A W .. ..... . '-Sg'"..- ... . .......' . tS-fl , inrrrnrrrA IN THE STORY JERKY ARCHER, with hU brother Paul, acMely couductlnc the buslnea of the Archer Tool Work enitaired In t)oemment war contracts. UI.I-Mtl) II. IllCKINGHAM. fin nnelal ccnlus snd the moat powerful man In I'hllanVlnhla n the result of the complete political control which hla financial prowena Klvra him. Rt'TH lU'CKINOIIAM. his daughter, who la engaged to Jerry Archer without the knowledge or consent of her parents. VICTOR ROI.LINHON, a rlalne joung lawyer and clofe friend of Jerry Archer. He knowa life In all Its bitterness and hua rien abme It. SYI.VY Al'RENTSKY. a joung girl of the ghetto, whoae father la unafele to oercome political and economic oppres sion JflB-. U.ll.lvnvn a vnnman anA - and fhen we'll talte htm Into camp. We'll put up n man, of course, and try to win. If wo do. all rieht; but probably we won't. This lown In sists on electint; a reform major about once in a dozen jeurs any way. It'll he easier, probably, and better to let lite wave of reform roll over us, and then while they're linllerlnc victory mid holdiiic ralltl cation meetings, we'll Just open lite door and let their major come in with us." "But what makes ou think ou can take Archer into camp?" Mr. Bucking ham was respectfully interested. 'That," said the Boss, with an In sinuating grin, "Is what I came-to talk to you about Young Archer Is pretty close to some of jour family, I under stand, and every man has his price." "Not every man'" rebuked Bucking ham with a scowl, recalling one or two unpleasant experiences. "And let me tell j ou something right now. I have less Influence with Jeremiah T. Archer on political matters than with any man In Philadelphia. "And anyway" Mr. Buckingham grew excitedly emphatic to the point where his face reddened and the veins stood out on his forehead. "I don't want to have any hare-brained reform ad ministration to deal with next year. There are tou many Issues at stake, railroad matters, matters of bonds, matters of bank deposits, mat ters of oh, all sorts of projects pend ing. They make It Important that In vestigations and trials and furores and mare's nests of every sort shall not be stirred up by meddlings of long-haired political theorists. "A reform administration means freak commissions, freak legislation, freak ac tions; jou never know what the .lty Is going to do with those fellows at the vvhoel and Investors never know where they are. You And men on committees and men In charge of departments that' are unreasonable and hard to deal with I know what It waa like In the HUnken berg administration! men like fleorge I). Porter too damned honest ; (Jeorge W. NorrU, able, high-minded gentleman but Ion lilgli-niinded. And then there waa that little fellow, Morris Cooke. Why. blast him, he roitld stir up more suspicion and public dissatis faction In one day than all of ua to gether could settle In a ye-ir. Thev re all so conscientious Ihey think everybody else must be a thief. The total effect la that the unsettle values." Mr. Buckingham, after a moment's hesltance, came out with this final phrase and stopped, apparently will ing to let It go at that. In It he had put the whole truth. Mr. Buckingham's entire objection to reform administra tions could be truthfully summed up In that. They unsettled values; that was his fixed Idea. He was not a corrup tlonlst; he dealt not In political favors. A business of crime, like Maldono's ; thieving contracts that looted the City Treasury, venal advantage In the courts all such Mr. Buckingham utterly con temned. He had no personal knowledge of such things and preferred to doubt their existence. Politically, Ills ereed was summed up In opposition to ehange. lie felt him self to be an advo'cate permanently re tained In favor of the status quo and of the status quo ante. It was this that made him the ally of a Mayor for whom he veiled his contempt but thinly and every machine to which the Mayor belonged. They did nothing to unsettle values, and Mr. Buckingham wanted values to be absolutely steady except when he could know In advance that they were going to be Joggled, and Just how and how much. At such times he was sure to be standing around with buckets to catch whatever of increment was spilled over; nd the amazing thing; was that the values so salvaged nearly always be longed to Mr. Buckingham personally, while the values that had been Joggled would nearly always be partnership .-'rffc' . V aa I! ''r I ' vBae-"sx 4BaBBi3aaBT.lBBLavaMKjiBBBBBBBBVaw' ssaVBKa9jlVagm'! Va lues, corporation values, trustee values jkSammHimlmljS ,"r c TliJrll ' --'--J-la"""" TS or. In some cases, municipal vnlttes. Yea, that nna the way .Mr. Buckingham waa gradnnll.v getting things arranged In Philadelphia, so that whatever hap pened, prollls were made for himself; but this could onl.v be when lie handled the levers. If some other, some alien hand was thrust In one of these pro-gresslve-mlnded men like those who had so many Ideas one couldn't alwa.vs bo sure where they were going to break out next why then Mr. Buckingham couldn't be sute of anything and the veiy genius ot high finance Is that It Is sure. The chance Is taken by the other fellow The Big Boss smiled at Mr. Bucking ham's tirade ngaint reformers He heartily apptoved of It and could have added several paragraphs to the tcc ord and In far more picturesque phrase than Mr. Buckingham permitted him self to employ. However, here was a practical Issue to be dealt with, and it confronted, in the financier's disclaimer of Influence with Jeremiah, a difficulty that so far ns the Big Boss was con cerned, was entltely Imlookcd for. It caused 111" Kinlle to fade, and Ills ex pression of gi.ivlty to return and grow into a worried air. , "Whv. I understood. Mr Bucking ham," said the big boss, delicately, in gratiatingly, Insinuatingly. "I understood that voung Archer was practically en gaged to our daughter." "Absurd '" snnpped the hanker. Ut teisy absurd!' There waa n time when I looked ii)on him with favor; but not for a ear; not since I began tn see whRt Ills bent really was." Now It was like the autocrat Mr. Buckingham was that he failed to take Into account that maj be his daughter's ,feellmr for young Archer had not followed the curve ot her father's emotional reactions Into n rpierw movement. "Likely oung fellow for a Non-ln-law," mused the Big Boss, peering out from under hairy brows to note the effect ot this, before going on with "If he was engaged to her now, my plan would be perfectly good." Mr. Buckingham butted his head sav agely Into the air at this suggestion so calculatingly planted. "Oblige me," he said hotly, "by leav ing my family out of our computations. They are not 'o be rated as a political asset of jours or anybody else. If -ou have let young Archer build him self Jnto poverrlght' under jour nose, you have been asleep." ... "Well, ho's a power all right, ' frowned the Biff Boss. "Then he must be killed off polltl callv. jou understand" "It's easj. If vou want to do It, but he's a pretty figure of a man to kill, blamed if he ftln't." , "Easy? How?" Mr. Buckingham was both eager and scornful. "That little Jewess, I told you of. Her father is in some kind of a jam. Money would get her to talk. Or rather : monev would Induce her to keep still, and that's all We would ask. We could do the talking." Mr. Buckingham's flno features mantled with an expression of elegant distaste, as ho responded to this sug gestion with a negative shako of his head. "Besides," he averred, "that story was utterly false." "I had a suspicion It might' be,' said the Boss; "but It's just as good ammuni- Uon" "You are utterly conscienceless, pro tested Mr. Buckingham with a lofty air. "I never noticed jou having so much eonsrlence when yon want a thing done." "No! No! No!" stormed Mr. Buck ingham pacing up and down the room "Anj-thlng like that is very repulsive to me. The joung man must be killed off politically but nicely, you understand, nicely Palnlesslj', almost. If that Is possible. But It must be done. He must never become Major of Philadel phia. He is young, he Is audacious, he has no reRpect for traditions or author ity. He has an almost revolutionary mind ; and he would attempt to put his ideas In practice. I have tried to reason with him on several occasions and It cannot be done." "Say, Buckingham," suggested the Big Boss Ironically. "If It's to be such a damned nice Job, Buppose you let the blood out of his veins yourself." "I will," he said fiercely, "since you have let this man grow until he Is dangerous. I will attend to the matter myself, You can get me a list of his principal supporters, I suppose." "I can get jou a copy of his receipts for last month," said the Boss coolly, showing that spies and stool pigeons may as easily be planted in the camp of reform as elsewhere. "Do so!" said Mr. Buckingham, and dismissed the Big Boss by the mere turning of his back. For a time now, therefore, the conduct of the war against Jeremiah Thomas, ":" -:- -:- ' -:- :- -:- V?. .;. " ' n,i nnwiwA 1 ,f ME5"S5i!5;i IMfrst' :t"3-tfA ic-r. "There's licit to pa,' said the politician to Buckingham, affecting an air of gravity Archer was In Mr. Buckingham's own hands, and It would see emplojed those weapons and that form of strategy which the financier knew best how to use. Within twenty-four hours the promised list of Jerrj-'s contributors was In hand. It Included, besides the rich men of the angel chorus, some com paratively small tlfli, little cashiers and clerks and tellers, floorwalkers, mill foremen and tho like for Jerry was trying to popularize his movement and succeeding. As the Big Boss had told Mr. Buckingham there was getting to be a kind of a fanatical enthusiasm about It. Yet not the least of these contrlhutois was too small to escape the notice of Mr. Buckingham One by one. and usually through the Ilnanctal authori ties dlrcctlj' over them, the" were sin (f By DADDY PEGGY'S BIRD CIRCUS A complete new adventure each week, beulnnlnu Monday (In previous ailvciitnrri Pcntltl has hcen crowned ' luces of lilrdland and has aided Urn and Bill Valton, to rnlltt by tamiiui the Giant of the Woods, who taUes their places on the farm.) CHAPTER I I'eggy Gets a Surprise PEGGY was thinking longingly of Biidland. It seemed veny fur away on this warm summer evening In tho city. How delightful now would be its fresh ulr, its bieezes rippling in the leaves, its restful silences. Its bootlilng trills of music us happy for est mothers sang their little ones to sleep! What a tellef it would offer from tho heavy, heated atmosphere of the busy town where she was visiting, from tho roaring clatter of stieet cars and trains, fiom the jangling hubbub of tho street, fiom the boisterous cho rusing of college lads holding n re union at a liousu pcioss the way! Tho tiny Lackyard g.iitlen In which slui sat knitting was cliuiming, but, oh, how small nml clone- it cemeil compared to Bircllaml! And bow lone some! If only her beloved Birds vveic here! What was that sound? A Bhd singing? And to her? Peggy chopped her knitting and listened. A voice came irom somevvnere ne.ir: O Princess wise. Close j-our bright ej'es; Here's a surprise You'll not despise ! Obediently Peggy shut her ejes tight and kept them shut desplto the fuct that a curious tustllng and flut tering made her keen to see what was happening. The bustling noise lasted but a moment, then came a loud, me lodious chorus, singularly like the col. lege chant of tho bojs across the way: Hall, hall. Our Princess dear! We havo come to greet jou, Jojously to greet you! Hall, hall, our Princess dear! Wo have come to greet jou now! Peggy's eyes popped, open. Then they popped open still wider in glad excitement as she saw the choilsters. Birds her own Birds from Birdlund filled the garden Just as they filled their council hall in the forest. Judge Owl, Bob Olink, Reddy Woodpecker, General Swallow, Miss Purplo Swal low, Air. and Mrs. Oriole, Mrs. Robin, Homer and Carrie Pigeon, Kill-Deer, Whip Poor-Will, and all the others wete there, including even Blue Heron, "Welcome, my Birds!" cried Peggy. "This is a, real surprise!" , "Surprise! Surprise!" echoed the Birds. Just like children at a party. juage uvvi noppea forward and, glv- 'iia' gled out for warning. For Instance, the head of a great department store was told that rertaln of his employes were guilt) of pernicious political actlvlty and that he would be held personallj' responsible at the gatewnj' of hla bank ing credits if these emplojea of his did not withdraw their support from Jere miah Archer's pestiferous enterprise. The big head of the big department More bowed his neck meekly and obeyed ns Mr. Buckingham expected to be obxjcd. The same sort of Instructions were Issued to banks, and to other Institutions whose employes had become tinctured with Archerism as, In supreme disgust, the financier called It. At the same time, Mr. Buckingham had been sending for tho big fish, the millionaires who were the main suppoit of Jerry's movement (CONTINUED TOMORROW) DREAMLAND ADVENTURES?' "Welcome, my birds!" cried Ing a low bow, began a poetic explana tion of their visit: The day's work was done And we wanted fun, So we quickly thought of you. We've sped through the air. Left home every care. And now tell' us what we shall do, Peggy was perplexed. Judge Owl certainly did have a blunt way of put ting problems to her without a mo ment's notice. Here she had scarcely had time to say "how-dee-do" to the Birds when she was asked to figure out how to entertain them. "I don't know what to tell j'ou," she began doubtfully. "You see, this is such a surprise to me that " "Oh, don't let that worry you," quickly hooted Judge Owl, noticing her I embarrassment. "You don't need to tell THE DAIL Y A ROMANCE IN KHAKI By MARY BRODERICK rnHB flag has come, tlrls, and such a beauty," Alice Davla announced to her olstcrs as they gathered around the table for tho evening meal. "I wish It could be put up tonight, hut father Is away and there won't be any one at home to do IL" "Oh, but I can, and will directly after auppcr," Julia, the prettiest of the trio, replied. "And It will he such fun, too." "That makes me think, Jule," the other sister Joined in. "I saw Rod Tay lor In town this afternoon and ha cer tainly looked well. He came In on the afternoon train, and If I'm not mis taken was In a soldier's uniform, too. Better not show hltc face 'round these quarters, though, eh, Jule?" she con tinued. Julia said nothing, but tt it were not for the gathering twilight the others might havo noted the tears In her eyes. For "Rod Taylor" was a name she was trying to put out of her mind, and find ing it so hard to do. The meal finished and her sisters on their way to keep the evening's engagement, Julia went out to the shed for the ladder, pre paratory to the unfurling of "Old Glory." Carrying itr around to the front of the house, she braced It against the balcony over the large piazza, and with the flag, a beautiful silk one. and a new staff on her arm. ascended to her lofty position and was soon busily en gaged. She was. In fact, so harej at work that the buzz of little voices below failed to atttact her attention. "Cheese It, Jlmmle," a tow-headed chap was muttering Into the car of his companion. "She'll hear us," all the time tugging vigorously at the ladder. Finally their evil purpose accomplished, the two disappeared around the corner ot the house, a boy at each end of the ladder snickering at the Joko they were playing on Aunt Jule. Brother Bob's twins, for such they were, bore the reputation In the neigh borhood of young terrors, and it Is safe to say they did not havo to work over time to live up to that reputation. If our little patriot failed to witness the villainy of her young nephews, a soldier of Uncle Sam, coming rapidly down tho street, did not. for he came to an abrupt halt at the corner, undecided whether to give chase to the young scamps or to give way to his feelings, and laugh, for it was not wholly au unamuslng sight which met his gaze. He took neither course, however, but continued to watch the little worker until the flag was at last floating gayly In the breeze. As Julia prepared to descend to terra Anna, and realized the predicament she was In, a little cry escaped her lips. "Well, I suppose there's nothing to do now but to wait for the girls to come home." she bravely exclaimed, sinking down on tile floor of the balconj-. It was virtually dark, and the lone liness of the silent street appalled hct fo that she was soon In tpars. Trj- as she might, she could not keep her thoughts from revirtlng to the evening and ending Baiurdav. Peggy. "This. I a reti gurprlt" us how to have a good time when w,e are with you. We always enjoy our selves. I put that Tell us what we shall do Into the poem just to make it rhyme with Thought quickly of you. "We poets have to do things like that sometimes, even though It doesn't make good sense. "'That's why some poetry is so queer." "I see," said Peggj. much relieved. "It's sometimes awfully hard to en tertain folks, particularly when they expect you to make all their good times for them." "Birds are not like that," put In Bob Ollnk. "We have our own fun." And what he sale) seemed true, for the Birds appeared to be in the jolliest kind of a mood. Theygathcred around '!lwMl II NOVELETTE meat ana to wnat ner alster had said f Hi Rod Tavlnr. he Whn hnrf hatrav tiAt ,l trust. She found herself saying his If name over and over, when suddenly, Si from the darkness below came a voice: "Can I bo of any assistance?" Julia Jumped to her feet, and peered -over the balcony to see tho form of a man In the shadows below. She made no reply until It came again. "Might I be of some assistance?" " Her voice, a trlflo unsteady, returned, j "Why, yes. If you will get a ladder from the back shed and let me down I will be greatly obliged." The sound vof retreating footsteps told her he was at. her bidding, and soon he was back again. She heard him putting the ladder in place, and , to her surprise heard his footsteps on the rungs. Evidently he was testing; lta Bteadlness. No, he was coming up. and Julia peered again over the balcony. As he neared the top she found herself iuukiuk; uuu a pair oi Drown eyes, eyes eho knew, and which held her speech less for the moment. Hod Taylor I she exclaimed after a long minute. "Why are vou here, and , where did j'ou come from7". "Whj,Julla;" he answered, "I hava come for you, of course. And why not, dear? Didn't you recelvo my mes sage?" 4 "But but I don't understand," ah returned "You have never even an swered my letters, and I have received no message from you ; no, not even a word since you left me." Backing away from the railing as she spoke. "Can It be possible. Julia?" he re turned. "True. I have been III In camp, and quarantined for the last three months; In fact so 111 I could receive no letters and, of course, could not write, but 1, did try to send you messages through boys, but I guess It was of no avail after all. I Just recently obtained my furlough and came as quickly as possible." But your marriage," she Interrupted. " of the girls read about It in the p-e-er and told me " "Oh. you little goose!" he shouted In glee; then more soberly, "did you not trust me more than that, little glrlT The only marriage I was In was a mock one, and then I was the bride. Just a little fun the fellowB were having to pass tho time away, while I was recuper ating. I will show -ou the picture " But there was no need for further words, for Julia held out her hands', and-' with a bound the young soldier was over the balconv rail, where in th shadow of the Stars and Stripes tha clouds for tho joung lovers were all rolled awaj The moon and the stars came out In tho heavens one by one, but one little star, brighter than all the rest In Julia's eyes, Rod took from his pocket and placed on tho third finger of her left hand, whose light, the light of love, was to guide them on to their new-found happiness. 'V'omorroto'a Complete Novelette "THE UTTLi: UOV8E AT THE WOOD." Peggy and chattered and twittered and sang in a perfect turmoil of happi ness. But there came an odd Interruption. It was a stringent, roaring animal call. It hushed the Birds Into instant silence. 'Gracious me," croaked Blue Heron, "are there lions in the city?" Again came the peculiar call, ap parently from the street. Some of the more timid Birds mounted into the air, while others clustered about Peggj. She was a little frightened, but summoned up courage enough to peek around the corner of the house. As she did -so the call came a third time: - "Hee-Tiaw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw! " "It's just an army mule!" giggled Peggy, breathing a lot easier. And what she saw caused her to laugh aloud, for there in the middle of the street, was a mule sitting down Just like a tired dog. He was harnessed with another mule to an army wagon In which stood two exasperated young soldiers, who were trying their best to get him to move. But he Just sat there and "hee-hawed," while his teammate looked disgusted and a grinning crowd gathered at the curb. Peggy was so busy laughing at the muleshe didn't pay much attention to the young soldiers. Then she noticed they looked familiar. Running out to the' street, she saw that they vvero Ben and Bill Dalton. "Hello, Ben and Bill," she cried mer rily; "why don't j'ou get your mule a chair?" Ben and Bill nearly fell off the wagon when they heard her voice. They glanced at her and then looked all around. "Here I am. Can't you see me?" sho asked. "Who-o-o are you?" stammered Ben, as their eyes came back to her. "Why, I'm the invisible fairy!" laughed Peggy, suddenly understand ing their bewilderment. In her pre vious adventures with them she had been hidden by Camouflage Perfume. They had known her only by her voice. ' They were now for the first time see ing her as herself. i (In the next chapter Peaov sud denly decides to become a show man to jolly up the soldiers on the eve of their departure for France.) S It Goes But NO .v Just No ' Once no Please " n Henry, why don't j'ou shave! Tale Record. r I i --! -tf.V i3 't -,- . , , ..,,,,. -. . , , ,.,,,..,,,,. , i ,,.,, JU- IPP ' " trFl9mmifmmWr'mmmmmmmmsmWs9mmmttsmmlsmWmmmsmm mmmsmmSmmmWm1smSmSmSmSmSmSmmmmmtmmmmmSmSmSmSmSmSmsmsmmmmmmmttM - 1 - Amj ? . - - . r '"- -iWT V y T -r-ff--. . ii,n M Vr-t
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