rVWv Wy MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE- TO READ m Iv ft SK w iV.lr ix sVWet HE CRACK IN THE BELL' STORY OF POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA ' ,BY PETER CLARK MACFARLANE iirrtoht, mil, bu Public Ltdoer Co. PTER XXVIII (Continued) SIDE Becky Aurentsky had lis tened stolidly to the pounds of argu- . Within. When her Viushunrl's nlre .lifted high, what he said was tile 'of thine he and Lev ene had been 1ng for a j ear. and It had come to M no more to her than the sad, hotonous chanting of the family mis- tunes. When, on the other hand, sob's voice una lowered to that erave ot In vhlch he communicated to Sjlvy gnasuy details or an actual plot, could not hear what as paid In Resequence, though she knew that ivy had given way to tears, she un rstood nothing of the cause, and only ted with satisfaction that her bus- ads tone had become tender and ologetlc trt-VL tt. ttr Mm Atlrentsbv's fflnpprn ionlght was not with such trllles as puttie' occasion of strife between her hus- UiWnd aiA hee hMhI rtnilphtpr Hpr F fj'fUngest child's fever had risen througn i SSJ3rvday, as It had for several das, but - lomtrni, juagea oj me ieei in tne uat h,, ner maternal nana, wnn.ii was inc 'Wfcly clinical thermometer she possessed. nit yra.B higher than before, Tne iaa was 8kt-itvwaKer, too, anu nis eiei uumeu hkc rvT iiJumlft of fire ("ireatlv alarmed, a coun- sjj ' .;'1 of the neighbors had been called t tfkad had adjourned Just before Syl s SrVirn. All otea me necessity ui a ljfw.nT-r hut rtnrtnra were an expense. SWalid an expense which the Aurentskj feWviJ&jfiUnlly had seldom afforded In the das fTri'vf, its prosperltj. Now a doctor was aiTmwt lar away as tne muun Z-"?' But neighbors will talk among tnem- F ,; wves, ana hi rain i "-.. yHift J,lrB t-iuieiutiu iiau ." "-- -1 K'tSe social settlement on the big street r.1f,A....j u nfMy She rame hack. W, bknM nindArnllntv tin the tW O fltKhlS t'&feot stairs and thrust her great, mourn mGf&i ftitlv Rvmnnthetic face through a crack P "S'lll'the door. Just a few seconds after &-"2r v iniaMtair hAtuppn Tluth and her ESt Afther had settled Into Its softer antl- WM ffV "The 'settlement lady said a doctor &&&, should come to Isadore right aay' PfW. .- t liilanfaM ,ihlnprecl . men fane JtSSsUnted an eyo at the sufferer on the tW-Mt. and. after another glance ai ine ttSffl other. freighted with as much or nope s:Ki,-j nmrnrt a n nelehbor s glance tK""vllB:ht carry, shut the door softl and BBSSjitlptoed back to her own domes ;WSItliitoed back to her own ciomesnc iirou- grae USfsFJttt win. h r.thpr.hnart In Becky R TJ5 . WH1W " TX? AUrentsky leaped at me iwi'i "' Slc.1 aid for her stricken son he 111 Iltfl rtiin - - E:sftH,0U"l.,if .:"' o,",iT"; .rinH with r" ii . riranrnr rnm ne iniu ,."'Jr1 .tne aoanmem. oin.., "';. ,., - v :JlSr,ft1miture and humanity, st nine im ne EQhJ!3K.m nnd stench from tenement-i below i'C W- jr lata .Hint rCCMIIK "H" i.. VWv the fact that the house-conslruct on sermltted no uoequaii.- .n. ....., ptace could hardly be made endurable. vlt was neertheless orderl and as 'en as the state of its nouenoio ,uii- nltted. Syh-y. f course, herself tmimcu "i. '7.1 v., o onrturert nothing else. Ind'Mrs Aurentsky, w as sla lshlj, f alth i t t her dnmest c duties et that 5lf-respectlng w oman had a natural !., w that It should be ckaner and .wish now that orderly. She left the fan and little &'2ore fori moment and wtnt softb L;t..b0.nhde00cral.ed softly. "Jacob- more -ist,1lie doctor is coming " K.t.T'The doctor? Aurentsky turned from ' ' n 4k. onntcimilatlnn of the nalpitatlng - tH... cu-r The doctor? Tint must 'ean for Isadore. Isadore his only boy, 'v".te Pride of his heart when once his ,, J ifceart had contained pride w hy. Isadore V r.... ka irv aiif thpn. lie. Jacob , it Aurentsky, his father, had been too ab &. Jiofbed with the affairs of society and er'-fhe world to notice mucn or to inquire. ' ;'MklnK it for granted that the little lad s X'lMlsposltlon was due to some childish ' C'3Snt:ement out of which his mother's Hfc.JJiino' ..niilH nnnn hrlntr Vilm. With a i j "'" ... --.. .-- vj terrible slnKing in mai near., which ''rlvy's breakdown had so freshlv .jlrfkiwrined. and then turned toward tha -' ,y.Sy nMlSiit f 11 r? t ttrrlfled, and then turned toward tha . rJr jThe doctor t" Sylvy also had echoed ijir fc vnrrl nnrl sh sat un nulcklv. her jSviM whitening round the tear splotches. mzfr'-r-iAJf Jirnn wpni oul ana etoou ny wib ueu- S 5rsll4t looking down at little Isadore. hol- ' . !7T. M .m ' e.Jnr cheeked and yellow as paper but for ytM Ore in his eyes .iKUloret Meln little Isadore? Tou iiuld be speaking to our fader, es?' WBut little Isadore gave no sign that aiifht be taken for response. .:"wlth a kind of nervous croak In his Boat Jacob reached quickly for the fan u4 tried to coax a cool breath from the ft fetid air Into the boy's lungs tolw- meanwhile, had DrUng UP. Mrett her eyes quickly with a table- onrui of mat water wmen was nu elous because it had all to be car- up from tne grouna noor dul-kbi oy cet, ana tnen niusieueci iu munc jic. Mr of the task of straightening up wnlcn was aireaay straignt rtnnatelv. the three younger girls drifted out to play in the alley or nn itnmA conv enlent door sten. re- ling the possibilities of confusion by t so much subtraction of ulggly hu- tn bodies. , Itrange footsteps now movea naiunitiy n tne passage, laentiuea ny un. mm opened tne aoor ine uutiwi In. a round-xlsaged. spectacled IkB wltn a Kindly expression on a. at race. At ecry step in tne mtie hlnwr And on the two flights of fi. his nose, combined with past ex- ace, naa expmineu iu mm watuj !to expect. irjintRVcv'B eves hardly left the r'i face, whose gravity forbade a itipn as he sat beside the cot. The DS1B seemed to oe inaiamanwuti riptlona were written, alcohol irtjr,1 nnH the nsHurancu Btlven alcohol, milk and medicines would rfortncomimr irora tne settlement. ni charitv and the Aurentskys. vjtad never accepted charity, knew l1 in mis extremity nicy av.-cciivi .assurances wim aweo, grateiui Lffor little Isadore the doctor did fit wim nis lips, out wuii nis la manner little Isadore waa pe those mysterious gates that Ib2hlr AiitwarH Wnatr flnrt under d. the fever had caught and in , days wasted him to nothing kly a discerning mumcr waitnou Elliy atlSUTDVU ill LltC IlllDCljr U& si cxmcerns moveu aouut aim Sector turnlnr from the bedside tuounq. n.111. "'I'M .-".- "T 4X1 me tap. .vi-to ', aw the two water buckets " araMtire? UK.MaLrv shook her head. Till; I'l tll'l.i: ww jier in i-ie iimai mcious sor nun iiiinct political asset for the Organization." JIM ItM. a lounelK lobbMsl MKUM.t ,M,I,1, n Cire dMslon leader In the Fifth 'Waru Al lssM, a newspaper reporter who proe to be Jerry Archer's friend slthoush In entlrelj dirterent vns M!Ml'M. an ' unofflclal orHrl who Is Hui klneham's pushbutton when that personam wlshs some political deed accomplice! tiii: toka rm i ru Jerrj Archer neer sae any attention to politics reform or cMc affairs, until he had his skull cracked open bs s policeman a club when he attempted to Intercede In behalf of a poor Jewish merchant feelinr the suppressed wrath of the "euardlan of the peace ' That cent taught the souna mllllemlre that the Organization, through lis control of the police dispenses fiors and suppresfes all opposition The eplsodi with the policeman also brlnrs him into contact with Hike Kell who elves Jerrj hla first lesson In practical politics At the same time Jerrj dlscoera the power of Ilucklncham. who at the In stance of his ilaushter Ituth colled up Kdmunds on the lone dlstanre telephone at AtlanMc Clt and commands that man to produce Jerr to quash the chnree and to punish the offenders Thus It Is that the roll enun Is discharged not for halng beaten a cltutn but tor having dared to Interfere with a frlenj of lllard II liuckinsham His civic ennsi iousness nroustd Jerrj refuses Jim ftand s demand for J'ono In order to push through I ounclis a frani hise fo- a spur track to the factorj At the psjiholoclcal moment Mnx Rlssman uncovers the ator nf the arrest of Jerrj ind the two events mnke him a popular Idol Jerrj has become Interestel In Sylw Aurentskv espetlnllv so since Kellj assured him thit the clrl was nut safe with su"h men as Maldono around When pvtvj's rather rescues his daughter from the .unman the latter Incensed his Aurentskv arrested on a trumped up charge Mean while Jerry had told lctor Itolllnson about hjlvj nnd the jounc Uwjer when he meets the Elrl In the course of Investigating an accident Immedlatelj falls In lovo with her Although Itolllnson has Maldonn arrested a frlendlj Judge releases him on ball and the thug Is able to engineer the nttick on th Lafajette Club In the Tlfth Ward ond the murder of Detective Fppbv Iloth events take place In lerrj a presence After election when the Town Meeting pirtj has been beaten Jerry makes plans for the next flgnt. and Is Intro luccd to the Sage of rhlladelphln " who enables tha jounir popular hero to start a Real Republicans ' party to buck the contractor organ ization s lctor itolllnson interests the nig Ulsters' In Svlw and through Hester Iew one of them sh nit.ts Iluth vio tells her pt Victor s love tVhen the political leaders inform Ilucklngham of the menace of the Ileal Ilepub llcans the flnantler deeliite to ptril rr bv giving orders that all those supponlmr him be discriminated against U hen this falls Hucklngham sends for Jerrv to threaten him with the withdrawal of ill ire lit unless he teases to right the Organization At Svlw s home her father turnei rabid anarchist hv the brutal treatment he has recelVL'd outlines to the girl th plans for revolution an 1 bloodshed In I'hlla delphla Inspector es he come and shake hls head "Hut whv doesii t he close the old rookcrv up" asked the doctor lni- patlentlv Im going to see'' And he wolked out with a erv dttermineu iook on his el. we fact? Within an hour after the doctoi went r iv a nurse came also from the set tlement, and the Auremtskvs In their helplessness suffered her and clung to her with their eves as to an angel from heaven while she set about to sponge little Isadore and gjve him sips of inilk with whlskv In It After a time the nurse went, but with svlw Installed ns night nurse, to keep the fan going, to repeat the alcohol baths and the sips from the class of milk with the stucer over It This was hard, for Svlv must work tomorrow, but what did any of them care for hardness now. At midnight Jacob Aurentsky sur prised by coming and taking Shy iFW UHIH f ' I- - ''' rfc HIHIIfl -Ssk b- -'.'--h'3? ! tMsAi III MKl J ? SUffiX 'M l f r .r. ' 'm ! n:m s .- ir -x- " jj i i: r -.' ,.. j ulna aniiiiH tuna mtriM Us.tmwi j-v p iv j v" ihvb Ik 911 i ixTJiE&CinL HI Vm HISi I BLr JL hC W00! I m 1 1 Aurentsky's ees hardly left the doctor's face firmly from her place at the bedside and sending her to sleep Having watched all the etenlng from a distance, he per formed the nurse's duties quite as well, and with an awkward tenderness that brought tears to nis wue. oDserving from the pillow upon which she rested but could not sleep Vnr iwn riavs the Aurentfckvs walked with soft steps and poberer and soberei faces as thej spelled eacn otner at tne bedside of little Isadore. hoping against hope, while the little body grew fntller. until finally even the brightness of fever burning In the oyes began to dull, because the fuel was all gone Jacob Aurentsky gave up last of all liven when he saw the end his eyes refused to believe 'Gone?' he whispered stupidly. 'Gone'" looking Into the nurse's face for confirmation Her sympathetic nod sup plied It Amid the walling of his wife, which had broken into loudness some moments before, and with bllvy sobbing upon "CAP" STUBBSIt Makes Everybody Feel the Sane Way 1 WHV FELLERS, WHEN Trl' WK, N" WOT vtirv lioiN' j T t ' NV- " T" l Q 1 "V-"T- MX " IN T1IK ST()K .lUniY AltUIIR, with hU brother Paul Hctlely londui'inB the buslnsta nt the Anher Tool orkn engnKeci in Ooernment ar contrnct MI.I.Mtl II. lit t KIOIIM. fln uncial cenitu an! the inoat ponerfut man In PhllHiletnhli it the result of the complete political control which his fnan. lal liruwea ulvrB him. Itt Til lit KIMill UI. M dauRhter. who is ennnffrd o Jrry reher without the knowledge or consent of her parents. MCTOR lt()I.I,IN'ON, a rising jounc lawer and close friend of Jerry Archer. He knows life In all Its bitterness and has risen nboe It sI, AUIIATMtt. a oune Blrl of the Khetlo whoe father Is unable to oe-como political and economic oppres sion .H1K MAT.tlDMI. a cunman and saner- i his arm. while the other children gatn- ered with white faces beside their 'mother, Aurentskj ptood tall and thin I as ever, hii hushv hair touseled, his beard scraggly as usual his dtrk et- set upon tnc waxiiKo tiling upon tin bed and his mouth open motlonles: voiceless Aurentskv was fnclng a new fact In his experience of fatherhood Iiotth cuts a deep gnsh In the life of the poor, but the outer edges of the wound must soon he closed The neighborhood women came in and wpiled with Mrs Aurentskv The biggest of all the Hlg Sisters came In and min istered to the stricken f-imllv- Svlvv s friends In the Junior Club came to her There wcio tenderly svm pathetlc note from Huth and Hester, Ituths natural Impulse to send flowers being checked bj Hester h reminder that flowers have no plate In orthodox Jewish trlhuto to their dead It was characteristic of the Aurent skys that In all their poverty they had saved a sum sufficient to defray the costs of a simple funeral, and that they spent It resolutely, declining outside offers of assistance They might accept milk and medicine for Isadore while he lived, but charity must not buy his shioud During the dark davs which followed, with her mother weeping and Incon solable, with the children hvsterltal and irresponsible, Sjlvs emerged ns the cen ter of moral strength In the family She led Jacob Aurentsky around like a child, and ho looked up to her won derlngly and accepted her leadership "Better take the cart out, father," she proposed as soon as the customary few short davs of ceremonial mourning were over "It will help get oui mind off. I'm going to work mjself" He went docilely enough, and that night It was to Slvy instead of to his wife that Jacob told over the profits of hit" daj, and talked about the buylngs I "RerVOS ABOUT TH' tfcHnRN5 H SO for tomorrow's trade. Sjlvy seized the opportunity to cheer nnd encourage him Thats nice," she boasted, comparing the dtlly account ; 'thats seventy-one cents more profit than Tuesday Let's tt tomorrow to make It a dollar more than todas " ' I should trv. Svlw, for you nnd to buy the stone for little lndorc " Tho volco was broken, et hopeful In it was no touch of bitterness, no outcry agalnt fato. No more ttlk about the Iliininnoffs of the lich Svlvy herself felt greatly encouraged She feared only Lev ones influence! the mnn s uncanny power to stir up suspicion and malice and hatred In the breast of those who listened Toward the beginning of the "cce-nd week he came In it was his. Hpel e toll ulni'f llttln lN,ldniCP (Icatll. Aliparentlv It was no part of l.evenesj code to bestow s.vmpathy and consola tion. "You been avnv?" Aurentsky inquired somewhat critically. "N'up' Bus '" explained I.evene "You dldn t hear about my little Isa dore?' Jacob's whole expression soft ened at the wordp, his ecs v earning for sympathy from the one he had come to regard as his most trusted friend, but "" Yes ." ."heard." said Lev ene ' Lucky feller, little Isadore!" f, "Yes, but unluckv me,' declaimed Aurentskv as he thrust a finger dra m.itic.ilb at his ow n breast ' nil tlon t got vun ord to sty to mo , vou don t come near me to lake mvlnnil nnd sav vou arc sorrv he repioached Revolutionists have got no time to he hou -no time to have families even A revolutionist Is a soul In flw It would be better If we had no children Lcvene's tone was harsh ami unfeeling ".No children' and the father-heart of Aurentky led him to open his arms and either to his breast the rarest child, which happened to be the next to the voungest remaining anemic lit tle nose, whom some Instinct seemed to tell him might go next a'r Isidore Lev ene looked greatlv dlsplened and verv critical. , . , , , , Aurentsks ' ho exclaimed. I am surprised at voui weakness "' aie not a good comrade to hive otir lie t melt so over .vour children Revolu tionists ale o devoted to the cause of .,11 children that the have no time to devote to ahs pait cular children Beck" the hiokcn-plrlted. roused hv the memorv of something she had heard about LeVones attitude toward mar ?lage. flared up with. "And so carln' for all vv omen that .vou don t got a wife of 0"Thas"the straight of It." 'eclared Lev ene "A revolutionist should never m'"nut"mv husband Is married nlreidj." 'The revolution should come first 'Revolution' Y do you all the time talk levolutlon?' exclaimed Mis Aurentskv,exaspeiated Mv children come before mv own life, efen, ' Insisted Jacob Mt is for dem dnt I am a revolutionist But vou aie teall.v not a true revo lutionist.' retoited I.evene, eve ng AU ientslt" ! doubtfully ; I shall speak to the committee about it ' ..,,.i v,, Mv little Isadore"' murmured Au rentsky bowing his head in his ham s ns If. abandoning Lev ene in di'gutt. ho turned again to his gilef ,- hvlv saw this action with leaping heait. and read Its significance Itistant Iv Above all tho grief nnd pain and shock of these last few das theie h id nnmlneil that gn .iter shock: the knovvi- dgo that her fithtr hid flthei been assigned to commit murdei or hid dreamed that ho had been assigned to it. and in either event had cheerfully ac cepted the assignment She saw him now slipping out of the tolls of Lev ene The softening mints of tho last few days had released her father fiom the meshes i of sueh a plot If one existed Oh little Isidore If his death had wrought that happy loneluslon, there was a goodness In Gods grace which she had not yet rea lized: tor KvIvvb theon of the ' death of her brother was somen hit different from that of the doctor She ascribed It to Gods will Doctor Ovvenbaugh ascribed It to uphold gfims and wa dav hy day vvrathfully digging through the records of the sinltary bureau to find who was to blame for permitting this spot of contagion to exist. Lev ene, finding the atmosphere so uncongenial tried blunderingly to undo the fotce of his first tactlessness, but falling soon took himself off. and for somo weeks It seemed tint fate had nbandoned Its enmity for the Aurent- Jacob pursued the business of a rov ing green grocer more and more as siduously, and his profits inlaiged to nearly twice what he Tiid been accus tomed to bring In There was better living for the family, and the same thrlftv nutting bv of surplus that goes on steadllv In most Jewish families or the emigrant tvpe Meantime a distinct chmge In Svlw s personal fortunes had been brought about by Hester "You should not be hiding our pret tv hands and face away In some gloom v old factory building, packing cigarettes or bottoms or wlntevcr It Is that 50U do," she had repioved one day 'Sour personality is iour finest asset JI fither would love to have ou In his store, selling ribbons or laces or some thing like that. You v ould get on so M. All 1' Oh. do j oil think he would like to 1.. n .. t.m,l.&4 mnrll.1.1 KvlvV T. IlitIC llic. iuiuiiru ...w.-fc ''.: . hungry look In her eves and that little touch of wlRtful emphasis on Mike, as reminding that, above evervthlng else, the girl was proud "I would love to sell things, nice things ou know, that make people happy " . , , ., , Poor child' After this dreadful ear she was putting a touching emphasis on that word happy. ' Tho 're getting to put pretty girls In the men's furnishing departments, laughed Hester. "They think it draws trade. Just quit your place Saturdiv night, and come to the storo nt nine Monday morning, and I'll he thera to Introduce ou to the einplovment su perintendent mself." So great was falvv's faith In Hester that she acted upon this suggestion without another word, and Hester proved her magic, for the girl was Im mediately Installed as a cash girl In the necktie aisle, at eight dollars per week, the same she had been earning as a packer apd twice as much as cash-girls ordinarily received; but this was Hester's Intervention again, and even that munificent wage was to be increased shortly. hjlw was mature for a cash girl,' but "It's the quickest wav to leant i what vou want to learn, and kind of 1 gives ou tho run of the store In a i lew weens we it nave ou selling goods." This vvas what Joe Remick, the em ployment man, said to her for ho was anxious, naturally, to oblige Miss Hes ter, and he, too, was caught b Sjlvys demuie prettlness and by the soft husk In her tolce that had set chords echoing In the breast of Victor Rolllnson It was Slv.v's fate, too, that the very day she went to work Victor Rolllnson came In. paused a moment at tho neck tie counter, indicated his choices bv tapping on the counter with his thumb,! r-AN' AS MOW OLE ILL KAISETI AT WOT HE SEES quite like other men, made selections! qutchiv, and opened his wallet ;nni stood waiting for his chnnge with mind Immediately absorbed and his eyes somewheie up In the top of the store, for he did not see hvlvy tome nnd take his salesllp from the clerk, togethei with his crisp Federal Reserve note, nor did ho even notice v. hen sho came back She was tempted mischievously to tiluck his sleeves but mischievously re frained: jet drank her wondering eyes full of the mm nt the same time that her heart enlarged with sjmpathy for him (CONTINUED TOMORROW) THE DAILY NOVELETTE THE WOMAN HATER fly M. D. 1FIIITNEY ttTCAR HELEN It's no use. old clrl. DCA ou might as well leave me alone In my 'blessed singleness' and forget jou know me when your desire for match-making runs high. "You sec. my dear sister no kind of girl can Interest me You have tried out every brand, all to no purpose Horrors' I shudder, yet every time 1 think of that Smith girl with the bihy face, watching my every move with her adoring eves If I had to endure that longer than a week, Id be a dead one And that vinegar faced Miss l lapp. with her woman s rights. My hair Is streaked with gray today, ns a result or having her In flicted on me for two days. "And Miss Munyon, the heiress Helen, where was your love for me when jou Invited me to look after that damsel for a peifectly good week-end.' Or was It vour sweet wav of teach ing me that all Is not gold that glit ters' ' rilled with apprehension on account of mv manv narrow escapes, U mut decline voui kind Invitation for tho coming week-end, nnd jour newest piotego. Miss Longlej-, will have to he thrust upon some other poor vic tim "How are the klddos? Will run down to nee them ns soon as jour guests hive gone, and I can venture forth In safetj-. "Bj-bv, sister mine and pardon me for being a happj confirmed bachelor. "Lovlnglv jours BOB" 'Of all the conceited, Impossible, ex asperating brothers. Bob Thornton Is the worst" Helen Arnold threw the lettei Into thp hearth fire, with some thing vciv near to anger flashing In her pretty ejes Heavens, how I should feel If anv living person should tend that letter, and the wav- he talks of thoso dear girls' Oh. well, I suppose thero la nothing for me to do but spend a mlsarible day trjlng to think of .1 pliusibie. excuse to offer Alice Longley fni Bob's Impoliteness ' There Is one thing I am convinced nf, no woman can ever reach that block of Ice ho calls hla heart." t lint nob Was Doing That afternoon in the telegraph office of tho cltj", however, the same Bob was doing a strange thing He vvas ac tually staring at a very pretty vision In 11 pink linen suit nnd large pink hat. She was barely five feet tall and Hob had always declared that ho never could endure little women they looked so confoundedly helpless But somehow this girl attracted him mysteriously and 'Gee, what a peach'" he said to him self ' I wonder If she'd look the same In anything else as she noes in pink duds Wish I knew who she Is " His thoughts were Interrupted by the j-oung ladys voice "I wish to send a telegram, please. Will jou take It, to Mrs Helen Arnold, Mountalnvllle, N. It "Great heavens," cxclhlmed Bob ' mv sister Helen wonder whe she Is," Need less to saj he waited anxiously for the message. "Dear Helen," It ran "Cannot come before 6 o'clock train Will arrive .Mountalnvllle about 8 30 "ALICE LONGLEY" 'Alice Longlej Bob Thornton, you're a fool, and everything that goes with It." But without further leflectlon he grasped a pid, and a second message was sent to his sister. 'Have changed mj mind Will arrive 8'30 train "BOB " Mrs Arnold was surprised and, re lieved at the two telegiams arriving at once If sho still bore any resentment for Bob's first letter, sho had ample re venge In the three davs which followed Boh was tho devoted slave of Alice Longlev. who with her sweet, nulet manner of refusing his cverv attention teurly drove him mad When nfterhut I Just couldn't help It, Miss Long- PSfts VV 111 I - UA M iS UJOSSfcA - IK JPMT ( r WEEP, - r 1T rsvv Af rf -r ;tw v y .0 '..., "DREAMLAND ADVENTURES" By DADDY . PEGGY'S BIRD CIRCUS A complete new adventure each week, leolnntng Monday and ending Saturday. CHAPTER HI Peggy Talks to Balky Sam (PcobV, upon finding that soldiers about to start Jor France arc due to be disanpointm because an antmal clrcui that teas fo ciifcrfaln fhtmt is caught in a wreck, acts her Birds to volunteer to give a show at camp) BALKY SAM didn't cause another bit of trouble until they pulled up nt the entrance of the camp. Then ns the sentries challenged ho calmly snt down In his traces and not an Inch would he budge. In vain did Bill call "cantankeioui cudgermudgeon" and hurl at him evorv long word he could think of. Balky Sam just sat nnd sat. There was a steady stream of truffle, trucks, passenger automobiles, and army wagons, pouring from the city to the camp. All this vvas tied up when Btlkj' Sam sat down. Peggy looked aiound for a bunch of grass with which to coax him Into action. There wasn't a blade of green stuff in siRht. "Why don't vou talk to him. Princess Peggy?" suggested Judge Owl. "15111 Is doing that and he knows moie big woids than I do," replied Peggy. Judgo Owl answered solmcnly: You can scold nt a mule And can call him bad names, You w 111 find as a rule 'Twill not alter his alms But just give him a smile And be Jollv and nice, He'll forget all his bile And get up In a trice "That sounds good," nnswered Peggj', a bit doubtfulIj "Majbe If I could talk mulo talk It might do some good." "Nothing easier," replied Judge Owl. "Put your ear down." Peggy did so. With a queer hissing sound Judge Owl blew sharply Into it Peggy thought him very rude and started to tell him as much. But just then Bilkv Sam "hee-hawed" loudlj Only, strange to say, it vvas no longer a "hee-haw" to Peggj It was words. Balky Sam was singing a queer song which ran: These men nre mad, And I am glad, 'Causo I know how to roll 'em, If I were good. I'm sure It would Be just the thing to spoil 'cm. 'That's not a bit nice," cried Peggy indignantly. "You aro a very bad mule" Balky Sam looked around a bit sur prised, for ho could now understand maneuvering for all he was worth to accomplish it, he vvas finally chosen ns her escort for the bungalow party and dance he was happy for the first time since his arrival But at the last moment the children's maid received a call to come at once to the bedside of a dying sister, and Mrs Arnold did not know what to do She could not stay at home, since she was the hostess of the occasion Much to Bob's dismay, Alice Longlej' sweetlj' asked If she might stay with the children She would much prefer it to going to the dance, and she knew Mr. Thornton would be glad to excuse her, for with a smile at Bob there were so manv other girls who were wait ing to dance with him .Courage About an hour after the departure of the partj- for the dance. Boh Thornton leturned disconsolate looking, and an grily chewing the end of an unllghted cigar He found Alice sitting In a big llbratv chair having put the joungsters to sleep mending a pair of tiny socks She vvas verv much surprised to see him, and much more surprised when, with a sudden movement, he came for ward and without a word lifted her In his arms from the big chair nnd kissed her soundly on either cheek. "There, ne exclaimed, ".now I sup- nose jou will hate me worse than ever. THE KAISER'S DREAM CALENDAR AUGUST I AM THE "HUN"-LY THING AT I- I JEST WANrVA &T OUT AN') W fTght. am- rg-HT r- J riSTSTlSTT 7 m -tin "Is that all the troupe jou have?") he looked at Judge Owl and Blue Heron doubtfully . Peggy ns well.ns Bhe could understand him. Then his lips lolled up In a funny laugh and he winked at her. "I know It Isn't nice, but it's lots of fun," was his answer. Peggy climbed down from the wagon to argue the matter with him. "Don't you see what a lot of trouble j'our are causing?" sho asked. "Look at all this string of motortrucks and automobiles that you've stopped." "That's vvhero the fun comes In," loy Alice, please forgive me," as he saw tho look of pained Indignation In her ej'cs "I can only excuse myself by telling jou the truth I love j'ou how much onlj' God knows, and when I came upon jou suddenly, after a miserable hour of longing for you well, please don't ask me to explain any more. Only tell me, dear, could jou, wou.d you, let me trj- to make jou love me? Please give me a chance " Alice Longlej''s eyes were smiling now, even though the lashes were wet, "Mr. Thornton Bob," she replied, "you do not need a chance. I have loved jou from the first day when I saw j-ou In tho telegraph offlco trjlng In j'our clumsy mans waj to disguise your curiosity over mv telegram But I had been warned of jour heartless nesa with women, and was determined that jou should not add my name to the list of conquests" What Bob Thornton replied to that speech, and how the rest of that eve ning was spent, can better be Imagined than described Mrs. Bob Thornton Is a very happy bride now, and when her j'oung friends ask her for advice she replied, without fall: 'Give him a reasonable good-sized dose of Indifference. It works like a charm " TOmorroio's Complete Xoiclcttc i'i'iro HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE." TO THE y IODI-YOT KUUBJ ' -s BV From the. Dally Express (London) COWES lAT'EiM FELLERS'fty l f-" - " Bilkj Sam gave a. nneoi- En chuckle. "Just think of one mule up- ".-unit, n uiesej people. '"It's a bad kind of fun that bothers other nnnn n ' DnAMJ T, " . ,.,,.,., mumiu ICggy, "An army mule doesn't get much fun of any kind. He has to take whit he can," nrgued Balky Sam. "You don't look a bit handsome sit-. .mi, uutTii mat nay, i never saw a mule do that before," persisted Peggy trying to shamo him Into getting up. rv '2IaviLn't J0U- ,n a circus?" asked Balky Sam, winking knowingly. "Oh, yes, in a circus," admitted Peggj-. But this is not a circus this is war." "I am a circus mule, though," de clared Balky Sam. "and I'm having a -v.ua iwu iiuiv maKing monxeys out of nil these men." "You are delaying the war," declared! iviruAK t a a- .... ' It1' , V ." 5"" V" maKe up wi mill, uuawereu xsaiKy earn. .J'1'0."'11 never get to France slttln there," retorted Peggy. "I never thought of that .n.n,... Balky Sam, but ho didn't make am; """O IU gCl Up, Peggy now switched to a new " of attack. 5 ''Were you really In a circus?" asked. shd "Yes. I'm a trick mule," proudly reJ j'.icu .uctiivy oam. "i-eopie used tq laugh at me, now I'm laughing a, them. ' If you're a trick mulo I can use yo J 1 11 let j'ou be the clown." Mo the clown!" exclaimed Balk; Sam. "That's fine." And up he jumped quickly. "I'll get mv woik done and be readv In a minute " Peggy had Just time to climb back-iti the wagon, when he started away briskly, much to the tellef of Ben and Bill, who were getting decidedly' up set by the chorus of taunts hurled at tnem by the exasperated drivers be hind them. The wagon drove up to the stag' door of the theatre. The recreaUq diiector was waiting there for It. I "Where's your animal -circus?" ht cried out to Ben and BUI. "It's tinv tor the show to begin. " The circus was wrecked." answered! Bill. "We've brought the Good Falryl ana ner performing Diras as u sub' stitute." The recreation director looked at Peggy and gioaned. A "Great guns! " he exclaimed. "Why, tins cnua isn't Dig enough to managi a nca cucus, and here are 4lioo husk .soldiers just howling their heads o to be entertained. It's a man sized Job to give a show for them.' "She'll do it," promised Ben loyally. "Wen, i suppose wen nava to gel along as best we can, grumbled th recreation director. "Is t.hat. all th troupe you have?" he looked. at Judgi Owl and Blue Heron doubtfully Kor answer Peggy waved her Kani toward the sky. "There are mv actors," she said The stage manager looked up and gioaned louder than ever, but th groans gave waj" to exclamations ol surnrlse as dozens upon dozens ol birds swopped down and gathered! around Peggv. , "Jumping Crickets, you have blrcU tialned like that!" he said. "Maybl j ou can give a real show, after .all." "Maybe I can," answered Peggy. 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