r-'issT? ' t'F s ' ' V 1 ' 'j - VMPV$ " ) rn;i ijvii jtp fh '-y' - ,-.,& ' tt , ' f-j-. i: '.rs .r ' V iV " v. ' -V ' V ' 1 11 tf EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA; THURSDAY, AJJtJST 8, "1918 V'' 1 - H " . 1 r ' ,i JEVEtfr MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING HERE TO READ 8 ; . i B l fl.mONEYiriOMY! DKK.n SWf " ?&' -4u.nor o "roHjanna W. . .w'cor"'" and & Penn..oV;ioUfM?fU Co. A ifc Titr. STORY THIS mil i- . . , imn itnn anlcce have been sI manitx ". -...,,..,. i .t r i'it inn IMIten I. .uPPosed 10 '"-"-". ,.. SW4 hl relatlvea incline w "-" " T9,. tad. A. a matter .C '' In their homo town. Hincrion, - - ta. . M John Smith nealogit. mwre.t'.l "data concerning tho Ul.l.a.U f"J Tber6 1. much excitement In tho neighbor hood over the audden rise In wealth ot the BUlsdtll". . CHAPTER XI Santa Clam Arrives n WAS not ions after this thnt Mr 1 Smith found a tall. gra -haired man. -ith gray eves talking lth Mrs Jane SaUeTandMemcen In the front room over the grocery store ..-Well " began Mr Smith a joi 8omethinB from the " erWrJln He mured Mrs. Jane nijls'l'll to eyed man. who, nl'"'v red 'Mr reason, had .Bron ".ant. ou Smith's .a , -"- Blalsdell book you, Mr. Smith' me 'nJ wa8 an aBUtadelJjtooarejou smUlng traliht into .the taJJSme In on But not near enouK" iaincd Mrs the money. ?' ."'T1ilrrtoii Hlaldell eltllrtotl leiaisue. ,i while he vv rites ;re, vvnne "- Tarn rie D" L iv iT1.,,.. ,nr.rdine here, ... 1 .... n .lll.-l.v. .. ! Yinnic" . .- o enough his DOOK. he lsn.t near enouBii MB B JU, "" ,.iB in on the money. j-'',., i. ia i ii n v c i . . -.- KtasK . uil. """ - . . 1 . SiIli - - d.?VAn WMjmcejt seemed to .CP ShedMr Stanley a Kulton 1 e . she oeg ,';WhyTfrIi;rpip"r" ' summered the pictures In the papei... lawyer. . Do tell us." Ut"h. W" bland smlle. ".nyeh.lmThe lawyer came to a or sSThelSSff ad taught 1 What was '""Vefwliat was he like"" coaxed Mr SmUh agafn. Mr Smith, for some -SSmn sfemed to be highly amused "m?e lawjw lifted his head suddenl Andih cam. into his , .. ., vi!w- somewhat conceited, of -s"",n".,: ;,; course " tv queer uu . -Mi- Smith but v'sV-?iVS hut the Uvvier was ""'. "'. "'".-. ..v, "lXcentric a ioomus s -.. ---,-;. h. -you've heard tn.u, prouau.j "."","- done crazy things, and im nlsta 1 e has w, -won't' exactly say h. had bats In hit bellry Un't that what they call it Mr Smith gave a real gasp this tlmej' and Mrs. Jane BUlsdcll ejacu- 'here. I told you so- I knevv some thing was wrong And now hell come . his niniit'v u.1111 irutbo back ana ciaini me iu)' , j'. . ind if we've ceine and if he snent any of It . gesture ui uii'. finished her sentence "Give yourself no uneasiness on inai score, madam," the lawer assured hei ffravely. "I think I can safely guaran tee he will not do that" "Then ou think he's dead' "I did not say that, madim I said I -was xery sure he would not come back and claim this money that is to be paid oxer to your husband and Ills Vmiher and sister Dead or alive he has no further power iver that money Oh-h!" breathed Mllllcent 'Then it 1 ours !" "It is yours," bowed the Iiwver "But Mr. Smith saS we've piohabl rot to pay a tax on It, ' thrun In Mrs. Jane, In a worried voice 'IM ou know how much we'll have to pa ' And Isn't there any way we can save doing that?" Before Mr Norton could answer a heavy step down the hall heralded Mr. Krank BUIsdell's advance and In the ensuing confusion of his arrival, Mr Smith slippea awav as ne passcei in Uwyer. however. Melllcent thought h' 7, ,.' VS? lllem,","' " "liler hearrt him mutter "You rascal'" But ,on ol t0 anvthing outside their own Stawirf.te "Siiudid nV'Su.t i"v, :a,uPn,J,,?n:!;'on?l,?'ral7' ,,.,,ev lpme been mistaken, for the two men ap- f"'''n' aw ire of the attention Hlller- n.o.a In heenmp at once the heat of friends. If- iv-Hn w.amQlna.4 In In..,, a.l.,.1 rfavs' nnd frenuentlv sh saw him nnd Mr. Smith chatting pleasantly together or starting oft apparently for a walk ... - .. - . . Melllcent was very sure, therefore, that she must have been mistaken In think ing she had heard Mr Smith utter so Temarkable an exclamation as ho left the room that first day. During tho stay of Mr Norton In Hillerton, and for sonje days afterward, the Blalsdella were too absorbed In the mere details of acquiring and tempo rarily Investing their wealth to pay attention to anything else Under the guidance of Mr Norton, Mr Robert (Chalmers and the heads of two other .JHIUerton hanks, the three legatees set "themselves to the task of flnelini? place to put It," as Miss Flora breath lessly termed It Mrs. Hattle said that, for her part. she should like to leave their share all In the bank; then she'd have It to spend whenever she wanted It. She lelded to CAP" STUBBS Girls I- H-r ; i; :r -ml sA -V-rl IV'- an hIl nuT i. ntnnm litamj. vvlmm " i&nara r. n uwmi to twkivvi u i iats&T ZL2r .. ib't rsu? r ""i a. j . oviuu. twrjra simwj f Ui r && rmm f fa mJWM lf?iA -rrjj rwA SST VA Jtf iW. 'iJJ ' W SZ a ..! .VMttfia jS X ?t?l&' &WJrjr,l! I9 '.s7 -LsAdS & r9Kta & m v- vzsvzmex va r xr.ijsedv nrz im&. n p. -ww tttsz.. 7- rtf'MzzrFmrM ",,.- p-Tin tsij r. ; 7-ts-w -fffcTw"ir' mm iy .iux-sla--, -- ,-A.sa, s . . 5-jxV -krur irxxi r-Lvkv r &- sfliv. . jft ij'THL'A - - 1 x -w-a - ,! I I I x jwav g . I -' LsoHHHHSHSBaHaBHMM mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmm UHaiHiBMJs. BmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmm tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi . v Hediior If. jPorfor Author of "Polly anna" 1 tho shocked protestations of the others. now over, and nnaiiy consented that her miibanU should Invest a large part of It In the bonds ho so wanted, leaving a generous sum In the bank In her own name. She was assured that the bonds Mere Just as Rood as money, anv way, as they were the kind that were readily convcrtlblo Into cash Mrs Jane, when she understood the matter, was for Investing eer cent of theirs where It would draw the largest Interest nobble Mrs Juno had never lefire known verv much about Interest, and she was fascinated with Its de lls ltful possibilities She spent whole rt.n s Joj fulh figuring percentages, and "(is awakened from hei hnpp nbnrp I on onl bv th unpleasant realisation tint her liushmd was not In svmpithv with her Ideas at ill He said tint the inniiev mi i not hers, and that for onct In h's life he wis going to hive his m "His w i In this rise proed to he the ptompt limine nut of the enm nettng pint at nn the other orner nnd tho establishing of a good-sized bank account The rest of the mom he ..ihi Jane might Insert for inn pi r cent IT she wanted to Tane wis pleased to tins extent and T-Ked If It weie possible that she imild tret such n splendid rite as ion per cent She hid not ticured on thit' .'lie was not o p'eised 'Tf when Mr Noi ton and the b inkers told her what slm could get with sifitv , and she was erv nngiv- becinse thev flnilly atipealed to her husband nnd she wis obliged to content herself with a paltry B 01 fl per cent when there were such lovelv mining stock" and oil wells everywhere that would pav so much more. She told I'lon that she ought to thank her stars thnt she had the innnni her self In her own mme to do just as she Phased with without any old-fog men bossing her Hut Klora only shivered and slid "Mercv me'' and that for her part sho wished she didn't hive to fiv wlnt to do with It Slje was scared of her life of it am wax and she was ju-t sure File should lse it wlntever she did with It and sho most wished she dldn I have It onlv It would bo nice of course to buv things with it md she supposed she would bin things with It after a while when she got used to It and was not if raid to spend It Miss Floin wis Indeed quite broith- less most of the time these das She tried ei hard to give the kind gentle- (onn ,. I. .. .. . , i , , . ,, ''lpn who were helping her no trouble, atl(i ,nc smwed herself e lger alwivs to ...... -, . ......... i Inle meir niv ice inn sue w isneu tnev mM ml nK pr nIon ,,, waq n, , wivs nfrnlil to give It and she dldn t 'have one. anvwav onlv she did worrv of corns, and she had to asfc them sometimes if thev were reil urp the plices thev hid put her monev weie pcrfectl sife and Just couldn't blow up It wis so comforting ilwavs to see them binile ind heir them sav 'Per fectly, inv dp u Miss Flor i perfe tlv ' Olve vourself m uneislness' To be sure one d.v the big fat mm not Mr Clnlmers ilid snip out "'o m lilam ; onlv the I.nrd Almlghtv cin guarmtee a Oovernment bond the whole country may be blown to atoms bv a volcano tomorrow morning'' Mie was si irtled terrlhlv startled : hut she siw it once of course, that It must he lust his w iv of joking, for. of course, there wasn t an volcino big enough to blow up the whole L nlted Stat.s, and, anvwav. he ellel not think It was nici of him nnd it w is almost like swearing, to siv 'the I.onl Ahnlghu" in that tone of voice She never liked that fat man agiln After that she alwajs talked to Mr C'lnlmns oi to the other man with a wart on his nose Miss I'lota had never hid a check book before but she tiled very haul to leirn how to ts0 It and to show herself not too stupid si hue was glad there were lot "f eheeks In the hook, hut she dldn t h.llevi shed ever spend them ill such a lot of monev ' She hid Ind a savings-bank book to be sure hut she had not been able to put anvthing In the bank foi a long time, and she had been worrlng a good deal lately for fear she would hive to draw some out busi ness had been so dull But she would not have to elo tint now, of course, with ill this monev that had come to her . Thev told hei thit she could have all the nioniv she wanted b just filling out one of the Utile slips In hei checkbook the way thev had told her to do it. and iimiiK in u " naimers s Dank that mere were Mere were i good many thousand dollars here waiting for her to spend just as t fcne ilKHii and mat. when thev were gme. Mr Clnlmers would tell her how to sell some of her bonds and "et more It seemed v r wonderful' There weie other things, too. that the had told hei too mini foi her to re member something about Interest, and things called coupons thit must be cut orf the bonds at certain times She tried to remember It all , but Mr Chal- mers hid been vuv kind and had told in i inn io irtt iie wouiii neip ner vvnen the time came Meinwhlle he hid nnteil hei i nice tin box (that pulled out like a drawer) In the safetv deposit vault uiielei the Innk w here she could keep hi r bonds uul all the other papers sueli a lot of them 'that Mr Chal mers told her she must keep very care, full But it wis all so new and complicated, and everbod was alwas talking at once, so No wonder Indeed that Miss Flora was eiulte breathless with it all u me time the Hlaisdells found them- " I Hint! io lllem I 1 lie w hole grOCOT' StOTO town was agog The the residence of Frank i "i'Hsdell and Miss Flora's humble cot- ?5e. '."If:nt. .'.'?. rS,uml at "arlv any dav t'tir iinur u I i r i-tn m-m n i light hour with from one to a elozen url. nuK-ejcd gazers on the s'dewalk before them The town paper had contained nn elaborate ai count of the bequest and the remarkable circumstances attending It, and lllllerton became tho mecca of wandering automobiles for miles around Big metropolltin dallies got wind of the affair, recogn eel the magic name of Stanle.v (1 Fulton and sent reporters post-haste to lllllerton Speculation as to whether the multi millionaire was re all dead was preva lent everywhere, and a search for bom. clue to his reported South American ex ploring expedition was undertaken in several quarters Various rumors eon cerning the expedition appeared lmmiell ately, but none of them seemed to have any really solid foundation Interviews with the great Isw firm having the handling of Sir Fulton's affairs were Ain't Got a Bit of Sense oSW --7i printed, but even here little lould be learned save the mere fact or the hlter of Instructions, upon which thev hud acted according to directions, and the other fact that there still rcm-ilnid one more packet understood to be the last will and testament to bo opened In two ears' time If Ml Kulton umalned un heard from The law vers vvue blind and courteous, but thev reallv hud nothing to sav. thev declared, bivond the already publlsln d facts In lllllerton tho Hlilsdells nrceiiled this notorictv with ch iracterlstle varia tion Miss I'lora, after cordlallv w.l com ng one 'nice voung man and tell ing h in all nbout how strange and won derful It was, and how fright, mil she ftlt vvns so shocked and distressed tu find all tint sht sild (and a great deil th it she did not sav') staring at her from the first pige of a pig new sinner tint sac forthwith barred her doois "nd refused to op. n than till she satisfied herself b.v surreptitious peeps through the blinds that it ,, , a nc.Bhbor who was knoeklng fot ndinlltatn.e n offer of marriage from i Western i.imli man and anoilnr from i ( rinotit r.u mer (both entire strangers) did mil tend to lessen her perturb itlon of mind I'rink .it the grocerv store lather welcomed epiostloiiers s0 iMK as t r, was a hope of turning tin in lulo eustom cis but his wife and Millie out showed almost is much terrm of them as did Miss rien.i heiself James Hlnlsdell and Trcel stole ill endured such as icfusod to he silonced In their hrusrjiic noncommlttallsm !.i.nins. at .Prst, "f'f'nliig eveivthlntf with the enthusiasm he would accord to a circus, soon sniffed his illsdiln as at a show tint had gone stale Of them nil. perlnps Mrs Hattle wis tho onlv one thnt found In II anv leal joy and comfort i:ven Hessie. excited and Interested as she was failed to re spond with iiilte the enthusiasm that her mother showed Mrs Hattle saw everv reporter talked freeb of "dear Tousln M.inlev ' and his wonderful generosltv and explained that she would go into mourning of course, if she knew he was re illy de id i-he i( for two new lior traits for nevvspiper use, besides gra clouslv posing for staff photographers whenever requistrd to do so And she treisurcd carefiillv everv scrap of the pr nled interviews or re'er- ene.es io mo an eir mat she could find Mio talked with the townsneonle. also. . " '" ''"'"J. 11"" ..lie 11 was iiihi he could hive something reallv worth while for his book 1,irT fnl.t .1, S....I... ....... n.. I. .. .. . (to hk rovTiNrnn TOMonnowi Great ilrninml for the I'.MlMVIi ri'IH.IC I riXHIll niav ennsr von to ml nn Installment nf this verv Interesting terv. Voil hnd better, therefore, telephone nr write to the rlrrillntlt.n Depnrtment nr nsk nur nevvoelenler this nfterneinn to leave the KM'.MM. l'LIII.IC I.KOIeGIt nt jour home. J" "DREAMLAND- AD VENTURES" By DADDY "THE WILD INDIANS" A complete new adientura each week, ieglnnino ilondnj and ending Saturday. CHAPTER IV The Rescue of Rilly Belgium (Pcpyy nnd nillv liclglum tty to itop a hand of Indians from mak inrj a raid on the uhttc people lUllu Is taken prlsoiiri bu the sav ages nnd tied to a stake) TJCGGY thought qulckl It was use- J. less to run for help She might be i caught bv the scouts In the woods And. besides, before aid could come Blllv Belgium might be burned up She had to depend upon herself The Indian braves were agiln danc ing Squaws nnd pappooses were busilv gathering bits of wood, which thev threw before Blllly. taunting him as the did so Blllv met their mints In ivelv He dldn t look n bit scired Willi a till 111 of hope Pegg noticed that his hands, though tied behind his link mil iround the tree, weie not Idle Tin v were trv Ing to undo the knots that held him If she could onl slip a knife into his hands At thnt thought Prggv ran to the coat he had left behind when he climbed down the cliff Perhaps there was a knife In It Sho found no knife in the til st poeket, nor in tho second but In the third was something hard I'agirlv Ptgg pulled It out Yes, It vv is a In mil new knife, with a spilng blade I hit Hew opm when she picssed a tin knob at the side Heie was Just the thing, but how vi as she going to get it into Billy Bel gium s flngirs? Judge 1wl stood blinking at her anx ious! "You will save him. won't ou. Princess Pegg V he mumbled low. Whv couldn't Judge Owl help'' "We'll sue liltn together, if ou'H he a hero,' she eagerly whispered back As a hero I'm a zero. Hut ou II dllil that I'll b ;ill i .Mil Hum nr I nil. me lur .ou In any task ou name, Kven it. that moment of danger Judge Owl couldn't help bursting Into poetrv "I want to get this knife Into Bill Belgium s hands Can ou take it to him In our beak?" Sure that's eas." said Judge Owl Ho seized the knife and swooped down into the basin, unnoticed by the Indians As Pegg leaned over to watch him a cutlous noise behind her caused her to turn quickly "Sniff! Sniff'" Something was coming through the bushes Was it an Indian scout? 'Snirt! Sniff'" No, It sounded more like a large animal 'Sniff' Sniff" A huge beast broke from the underbrush nnd waddled toward her Involuntarily she made a slight noise, and the animal reared up high, uttering a savage growl Something In the growl seemed fa miliar to Peggy. "Why, it's Lonesomo Bear'" she whis pered ".My gracious, Frlncess Pegg, what a scare ou gave me'" replied Lonesome THE DAIL Y FOR THE FUND H ALICE ROBERTS TTIIIjUN'S checks were icry rosy nnd -' she looked wj happy as she came up the stc'ps of the little vcianda She gave her nunt the sin ill package of mnll without saving n word, nnd eiulet I) sal on one of the stiff-backed chairs She had Just returned fiom the post ollke 'I here was silence for a moment ns Miss Leonora lead the first of the let ters In her tnethodlial wnj Then she sniffed a little prlmlv, as the do In New 1-ngland towns Land snkes, ' she said here-'s a let tei from that oung Aelams felkr from Ue.ston who used to spend his vacations with the linkers bcfoie the moved away, an' he wants to know If I could give him loom an boaid for two weeks lie s goln to have his vacation soon Well, I declare. Just think of him goln an imagliiln' that I was goln to take in .ins boaideis He ought to know better n tint ' Her niece smiled a llltle and for some nason put her hand conftdenth in her poe kit fehe seemed not a bit surprlseel nui mi the lontrni). inthei boied Win, the Idea He ought to know tint vein were not of the kind that would Hike 111 boardeis she stopped Hut aunt she went em, as thougn a thought had nuililt nlj come to her, "if Mill weie to lit him eome Jieie, the monev hi would pnj ou vvouhl be such a help to the lied Cn.ss fund nu eoulil elnnite It, vou know lint was prim Miss Leonora's vital spot She was alwajs alert to elo hei bit for the cause This seemed an ensv wav to earn something' for the fund She thought foi a moment ' Well, that's so I think 1 II tell him that he can come Dut now If he comes Helen nu must be verv careful how vou act and whit ou sav You know how the neighbors do talk how they talked list summer when vou an' him went for a walk Lin' sakes. we don't want anv of the Knlttln" Club talkln' about us behind our backs " Helen's chreka grew red agalfl Some thing almost stirred her to revolt She had lived In the little town since her mother bid died, two ears back Since that tin . her every act seemed to be watchcel over by prim Miss Leonora, and even more especially bv the lvnx eved neighbors But then she subsided and with a demure little smile said In her itule t wav "Verv vi ell. aunt," nnd straightway she lapsed Into silence Time pisses slowlv In those little sleepv towns among the mount ilns The Mnnelav lame at lust, howevei, when the Adims feller' was to arrive Miss Leonora was surprised, and the Knitting Club, In session that afternoon was astounded when he drove up to the homelj little cott ige In tho glor of a great, sleek, powerful roadster "Hulloa In there," was the cheerv irrfliiMni. ..lilpl. lirnllirht Miss l.pnnnrfl . I anel soon aftei Helen to the eloor, I 'Awfully good of jou folks to let me come " I Trim Miss Leonora received him In "Wh rouliln't Judge Owl help?" Bear "I'm looking for Billy Belgium Have ou seen him'' "He s been captured by Indians. They are going to burn him at the stake," whispered Peggy In replv, and then she quleklv explained the situation to Lone same Bear. "They'll not harm a hair of his head, if I have to whip the whole band," growled Lonesome Bear "I'm going down there." And away he slipped into tho forest. Peggy heard a shout fiom below, and leaned over to sec what was happening. The Indians had heaped a pile of wood in front of Blllv Belgium Chief Many Cows seized a flaming pine torch from the camp fire and brandished it before Billys ees "Paleface hoy," he shouted, "if you will join our band and help us scalp the whites we will let ou go1' "Never'" answered Billy Belgium, drawing himself up very straight. "I'll die before I'll become a murderer and a scalper." "You have spoken' So be It!" cried the Indian, nnd with that he shoved the pine torch Into the pile of wood. In stantlx, the blaze leaped up. Whooping savagtv. the Indians be gan to dance around their victim Peggy grew desperate She grabbed her air rifle, aimed at Chief Many Cpws and pulled tho trigger mBs&'-zmg w&Mm NOVELETTE her prim way. Helen's welcome was, If an thing, even more prim than that of her aunt. But Miss Leonoia was soon In raptures over the beauty of the car. She dlel not see the twinkle newly come in Helen's ees. nor the bloom which had come on Helen's cheeks "My goodness, what a lovely automo bile," she said The "Adams feller" smiled at her, not siemlng to see Helen nt all "Just let me throw this bag out of the way, Miss Leonoia, anil let me 'take ou foi a llltle spin You'll see that It iuiib just as nice us It looks, that Is, of course. If jou'd like me to" Miss Leonora had already gone In foi hei newest hat She was'baek again In all instant, as eager us a child "Now, ou see," he went on, 'the ear only hotels two, so that we can't take Uel ei our nleet, along with us I'll takn hir foi a little ride when we come back cr If I ma." "Land, es It will do her good" Miss Leonoia foi got some of her prim ness ami caution In hei excitement They drove off ver slowly, nnd very care full. And Helen smiled ver de murely. The Wnj field Knitting Club rose In a body, aghast, as thev saw Miss Leonora driving through the town In the "Adams telle i m " nr Hut vvnen, not long after they saw the same eir dart past, ever so much faster with Helen sitting b the side of the "Adams feller," they laid down theli work for the afternoon and gave themselves up to speculation on the meaning of the event, "What a beautiful day It Is" a Me mure nnlilcn was silng, when with the town several miles In the bnckgiound the car slowed down si. as to mnke con versation possible "Is that all oti have to say to me, Helen"' Impatiently 'Didn't ou get my letter? ' "Wh, ves" nuletly answered the de mure little maiden She seemed quite Indifferent "Helen, OU've kept me waiting a whole ear And this afternoon has been Insufferable Think, n whole year without seeing ou You don't realize how I want vou You can't Oh Helen, dear, I want ou so much" "A ear Is not so long." "Oh. Helen " "And jou still love me?" "You know I do " "And ou think that we've known each other long enough?" Oh, I cannot get along without uo "Well, then, 1 don't see but that ou'll have to take me, Frank " The sun was setting as they drove back very slowlv to the little town The Knitting Club was waiting wearllv to see if thev were to return nt all. Many were their, sighs and exclamajlons when the roadster passed b A fow minutes later the "Adams feller" was explain ing to Miss Leonora something about the engine stopping In the woods and about the length of time 11 took before lie could start It again Totnorrotu'i Complete Xoiclettc- rixu riiAniERS." The chler leaped high In the air and let out a whoop of pain. At the same moment Blllv Belgium gave a shout of defiance and jumped forward. He stoop ed, grabbed up burning sticks and hurled them among the bare legs of the dancing Indians There was a startled sci amble is the flaming brands hit them On top of that came a loud whirr, and the all seemed filled with Owls nnd Night Hawks, which swooped down angrily upon the heads of the Indians and tore furiously nt their hair. In the excitement Billy Belgium leap ed toward the ravine which served as entrance to the camp Several young biaves dashed after him. but fell back in alarm as the form of Lonesome Bear rose menacingly before them (The next chapter icill tell how the Indians get a surprising scare) What a Question? "George, dear,' cried wlfev from the bedroom "have ou shut the dining-room window.?" "Yes, love " "Put the plate basket behind the book easel'" "Urn !" "Have ou put the dog out?" "Yes " "Sure vou bolted tho scullery door?" "Sure " 'Turned off the gas In the cellar?" "Yes, preilous '" ' Wound the clock1? ' "Yes. darling'" 'Brought In the mat from the porclt?" 'I have, my ownest!" 'Have you locked up the wln?" "Yes, yes. my sweetheart. I have done even that "Well, there's nn need to get wild ebout It. Why i an't you try to come to bed at some decent hour1? What on earth have vou been doing down there all this time"? Answers. ' The Good-by Place At Millstone wharf the steamer whistle brings Our cumulative commerce to a head Somnolent oysters from the river bed Hobnob with cabbages and other things The cattle walk the plank In leading strings The poultry proud are with their products sped. The roustabout, where soft good-bys are said. Sings while he hustles, whistles while he Blngs. Here as elsewhere the dally common place Is but the blind behind which lurks romance That lust youth Is eager for the chase. His father smiles His mother fears mischance. The Fate good-by place ! Hand-clasp and loving kiss: leaf for torment or for turns a bliss QRIF ALEXANDER. The Llltle Pine-Walk Tho llttlo pine-walk where we wander was planned For our wooing full many an eon ago. Ere Time from the plasm with leisurely hand Had molded our bodies or breath In them fanned. The little pine-walk for our wooing was planned. How should we dream of It, how should we know, That the wind driven in from the utter most sea Said: "Here the bright strands of her hair I shall blow. Till the heart of him jears to her, seeing her so '7 How should we dream of It, how Bhould we know? That the sea ceased play at the eray earth's knee, A song on her mouth and a gift In her eyes, For the ages to come and the wooing to bo? Ere Earth of her magic had wrought' the first treo The song of the plnc-walk was sung at her knee ! And the delicate first little moon In the skies. Through the murk of the centuries seeing us here, Set flashing her shuttle, and, canop wlso, She wove us a mantle of silver and sighs, Ere the darkness had fled from primor dial skies .' So the gift has come down to U3 shining and clear, Tho scheming accomplished, the cen turies spanned And the dream that the universe hid and held dear Is ours for a lifetime, a day or a year, To keep, as it came to us, shining and clear. Oh, the little pine-walk where we wan der was planned For our wooing full many an eon ago. Ere Time from the plasm with leisurely hand Had molded our bodies or breath In them fanned, ' The little pine-walk for our wooing was planned Nina Murdoch In the Sdney Bulletin Old Things Wine Improves with age The old song tells us that old friends are best. Old songs awaken tender memories Old shoes give comfort. And our alleged disdain for old jokes Is pure affectation We love "cm We love 'em so much that we are continually dressing them In new clothes even as a child dresses the beloved old doll. Here Is an old story dressed In a new suit of clothes by I-ondon Tlt-Blts The last time we met the hero he was a law yer But who cares for his clothes? Here's the yarn : Feeling that thirty ears of honest industry entitled him to a holiday, and as his son Tom was now quite able to do any work which might arise, Mr. Bilks, the well-known plumber, departed for a three months' motor tour, leaving Tom In charge of the shop With outhful enthusiasm Tom set to work, and it was with complacent prido that he greet ed his father upon his return "And how Is business?" Bilks asked, cheerfully. "Fine," Tom responded "There's no use In talking, dad, but I have made things hum! I've cleaned up everything-; there Isn't a single unfinished job on the slate " Mr, Bilks turned pale. "You mean to say you've finished with the bathroom at Brown's and the kitchen sink at Smith's?" ho said, slowly. "Sure! Why, thosa Jobs had been hanging on longer than I could remember-" "My boy." Mr. Bilks said, sadly, "you don't realize what you have done! I've enough to keep me In my old age, but ou, poor lad, have thrown away what were to have been Oui most valuable legacies. Those Jobs paid all your heavy school fees, and, taken care of, would have maintained you in comfort for the rest of your life," Wrong Number There Is a certain battery now In the firing line which is known by the un romantto title of "C." Also perhaps It should have been, mentioned first this battery has a C. O. whose temper la not exactly angelic, and on that cir cumstance there hangs a tale. It had been a very hot day, In many waB, and "C" battery, having taken a full share of the heat, was just resting when the base telephone rang, "Hullo!" roared the C. O. "Are you 'C sir?" came a voice along the wire. "No!" said the hot-tempered officer, emphatically. "I'm not Caesar nor Brutus, either!" Ideas. FfcM?fROiVf The Opportunist Bess That's Mrs Grabblt she's a great war worker. Bob Indeed ! Bess Yes, she's married no less than four of her daughters to sol diers New German Humorist Whoever the Inspired gentleman Ifl Berlin may be who Is writing the Ger man official communiques on the Ithelms Solssons battlo situation, he has a great honor thrust upon him On proper ap plication he will be admitted to full membership In the American. Press Humorists, the national organization of newspaper humorists and cartoonists which recently held Its annual conven tion In Chicago. The idea was sug gested to Douglas Malloch, Chicago poet and national president of the newspaper wits, and met with his Instant approval. ' Sure," said Mr. Malloch, "we shall be glad to take him In, although he has not ben able to take us In as yet. His Is the funniest stuff I have seen on the war. I understand that the Ger many think so well of It that they run it on the front page. They ought to run it in tho humorous column, where it belongs. Whenever I am downhearted I alwas read the German report, be cause It Is sure to be good for a laugh. I wonder if It couldn't be worked up into a vaudeville sketch? But no It's too funny." "What about It strikes ou as par ticularly good?" "Well, for example, this statement that 'having accomplished our purpose to bring on a French counter-attack we are now goose-stepping It for the rear." If that was the purpose of the German generals, jpu'll have to admit they got results A"nd, If ou will read a. llttlo farther. If you are not laughing too hard, ou will learn that the Germans won a thrilling victory by 'getting away without being observed' If they con tinue to meet with success It looks like they would soon tako Berlin " ' The Germans thought the American army was a joke." "It was It must have been. Anyway, the clown prince fell for it. And at last reports he was still falling back. The Americans aren't taking prisoners they're overtaking them." "To what school of humor would ou say the official German reports belong?" "They belong to the deaf, dumb and blind school of humor. They are evi dently Intended for the inmates of such Institutions In Germany who have not yet been sent to tho front." "But would you take a German into membership?" "Why not? Thiee of our members Franklin P. Adams, Grantland Rice and F. Gregory Hartswlck are over there now trying to make tho acquaintance of the Germans I have asked them to try to organize a local chapter In Berlin." A Hard Fale Beryl, aged ten. had just returned from her music lesson and was full of enthusiasm for the grand art. "Tea, mummle, I've thought It all out. I'm going to be a musician when I grow up. I We've all decided what we're going to do Gertie's going to be a dancer, Mary's going to be a poet, Jack's going to be ai engineer." "Yes, yes," said mummle, In the tol erant way of mummies, "but what aboyt your little friends next door? What are they going to be?" "Oh, Jenny's going to write plays, Harry's going to be a member of Par liament, and Frances " "Yes?" prompted mothei. "Well, Frances Is rather a difficulty. You see, she's not clever, and she can't do anything really well. I think she'll I have to be Just a mother!" Answers. By EDWIN A Ml Pre? -, 7HM '' Wa Blindness Open the casement! From my room Perched high upon thW dizzy spire. My blinded eyes behold the bloom ? Of gardens In their golden fire. ,, Oh, deep mysterious recompense Time static to my ardent gaze! N6 longer mortal veils of sense Conceal the blissful ray of rays I Fantastic, forests toss their heads For my Immortal youth; on grasi Brighter than jewels do the reds Of riotous summer roses pass. I traffic In absmal seas, And dive for pearls and colored shell. Where, over seaweeds tall aa trees. " The waters boom like tenor bells: ' Where bearded goblln-fl'sh and shark. With fins as large as eagle wings Throw phosphorescent trails of sparks Which glitter on drowned Spaniards rings ' From star to star I pilgrimage. Undaunted In ethereal space ; And laugh because the sun In rage Shoots harmless arrows at my face. For ever if the skies should flaie In God's last catastrophic blaze My happy blinded eyes would stare Only upon the ray of rays -Theodore Majnard In The New Am. "Deal Off": A Nutshell Novel On that fatal evening Cornthwa'lt. Spots was seized with a sudden Inspi ration just as he was picking out "The Beetroots' Parade" on the banjo "By Jove!" he soliloquized, "this sort of thing ought to go down to posterity. I have an Idea." And so, banjo in hand, he hastily ambled down to the Tincan Talkln Machine Company's shop. " you please, sir." said Cornthwalte to the shopman. "I would like to buy one of your Justly celebrated' machines. In order that, I can make records of my own playing" "Yesslr. yessir," said the shopman Promptly. "We have several fcood lines In the sort of thing you want. Now here's a fine example, the Boomograph. The price Is ten guineas, and if you "ke I will set the machine going, and you can hear for yourself what fine records It makes." Smiling complacently, Cornthwalte Spots sat down and gave aloud that flnlslied rendering- of Twlstlepoff's "Fe line Seranade." After he had finished the shopman wiped the perspiration from his brow loosened his collar, took a sniff at some smelling salts, nnd put the new record on a machine. Glowing with pride Cornthwalte be gan to listen. When It was all over he asked anxiously, 'Is that me? Did I Play like that?" "Yesslr, exactly, keeper hopefully, machine, sir?" "Well,, no, not Cornthwalte Spots, sir," said the shop "Can I sell you the exactly," answered 'but would jou care to buy the banjo?" Ideas. Sandy's Trip Sandy was spending his munitions hoi Wayi "doing the Clyde," or, rather, the Clyde was doing Sandy, seeing he had lost at cards, deck quoits, and everj thing else he had tried his hand at. For solace he sought the bar, and got It. when ho read on the printed tariff ' "Beer, first glass, 6d. ; second glass, 4d." The prices were more than Sandy paid for his reviver In Glesga', but tho re duction for quantities, so to speak, ap pealed to his canny nature, and he found himself vvonderng what a third glass would cost. Accordingly he downed the contents of the first glass In recejrd time, and called for a second for which he tendered four pence. , "Saxpence, please." said the waiter. "But it's ma second glass,'' explained Sandy. "Aw ken that weel. an' more ahame ta ye, but saxpence la the charge." "Then what's-the meanln' o' this?" said Sandy, pointing triumphantly to the printed tariff. But when It was explained to him that the practical joker had been at work, and had altered "Class" to "Glass." he paid up, stumbled on deck, and thence ' forth the Clyde had no attractions for Sandy. Tlt-Blts. Fully Explained The learned counsel In the great will case literally beamed with Joy. Her was a witness who was everything a witness should be. "I congratulate you, sir," he said, en thusiastically. "Your memory for detail does you Infinite credit. And on behalf of the numerous relatives of the testator who are present In court I should like to thank you for the very flattering, though none the lesa truthful, descrip tion that you have Just given of that esteemed gentleman who Is now, alast no more." A murmur of applause went round the crowded court. "I presume," continued the learned counsel, "that you were very intimate with the testator during his lifetime?" The witness hesitated and blushed , crimson red. "N-n-no," he answered, lamely. "In fact, I never saw him In my life." , y "But really, sir." cried the' barrister. ' In surprise, "I fall to see how you could , give such an accurate and flattering description of him If you never saw him!" 1 y The. witness gave a very sickly smile. "Perhaps you will understand better," he said, "when I tell jou that I marrl'e his widow !" Tlt-Blts. When John Bull Chortles , A little boy was reading In his Scottish history an account of the Battle of Baa- nockburn. He read as follows: "And when the English saw the new army on the hill behind their spirits be came damped." The teacher asked the boy what vu meant by "damping their spirits." w The boy, not comprehending the mean-'K T Inr. simply answered; M fo .. ...a . . . .... . .- .. I '.MkM -i-iiiin- water in ineir wnusnty.-; ; t 1 , ,.v.f. . ,, . tnlli .yflr. ", - ' 'y yA -A-- -rt- - ! ! - i. " -. ti -."-4. "-.'(J.t I . " ' . ' V x yvt i" Te, v
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