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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Returning Society Folk Eager to Start War Work at Horn?.
Nancy Wynne Gives Various Bits of News.
"Oh, Mary, Be Careful!"
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t TMDN'T t tell you people are cnmlnK
. U V.i.maS' njlia.. urn InAepri. find tllCV tT6
i -Cleaning their iioucs much earlier thnn
'..uiuatiftecauae they want to bo "nt It
' again," workinc with all ineir miRiu mm
main nt linme. now that resort Ited Ornq
rooms are closed and there Is nothing nt
Ttar work going on there.
Once you start In doing actual work
that brings results, you aro not content
to sit Idle, aro you? Times have certainly
changed. I was riding In a trolley car to
one of the suburbs recently, and two women
gof on the car. You know them and I
know them, and about nve years ago
neither ono of them would have raled her
little finger to arrange her hair or put
e, clean collar Into a waist. The maid did
It all. And most of the time these women
were playing bridge, or lunching and matl-
-i- -.. .tiniiif nnri theatregolng nnil
JlCCIIIft. W .....
Ldanclnk till 2 o'clock and then sleeping
ttlUll next day. Well, l was ronaiim. '
hr. a block on the road, and wo had
r to wait, some twenty minutes to halt on
hour ahd you know how you overnear
conversations without actually listening
to them.
Suddenly I heard one remark to the
ether: "Mother Is so funny, she doesn't
understand the times at all. Mary came
-In yesterday and was telling about her
trork, you know she's In the Kmcrgcncy
Fleet, and she said among other things,
I 'Eleanor wants something to do in'
the worst way, but she is afraid or mo
hours on account of her health, and Is
waiting for something lighter. I think she
' oujht to do nomethlnir, don't you uooo
Bess! Nobody would be without a Job
now!'"
"And we were all agreeing and about to
start off to our various 'Jobs,' when
Mother spoke up In her quiet voice and
aid, 'Oh, my dear, don't exaggerate so.
TVhy, Aunt Molly, I don't know anybody
who would be without a real Job these
days.' declared Mary. And, my dear, if
you could have Reen" Mother. With all tho
aristocracy of Philadelphia bristling out
all over her, Mie answered in a most digni
fied tone, 'My dear, would.'
"Just doesn't understand, you know."
And the other woman nodded assent, nnd
' then for fear they would be late at their
Jobs, they got out of the car and footed
It up a long hill.
And I who have known them a long time
and who remembered how they had gazed
at me with a most misunderstanding
' glance, when they heard several years be
fore that I was working, chuckled to my
self. It's a funny world, isn't .it?
They did not know that Nancy was
sitting right back of them, and they did
not realize how funny they were. Circum
stance's certainly change us, that's sure,
and the wise woman lets her friends do as
they think best without remarking on it.
' For she never knows when wartime is
coming or a sudden change of fortune and
she may have to go Into the world and
work. Or she may even be so crazy some
day as to want' to produce something her
self. To write or to sing or to play or to
create something herself, and pot sit home
taking care of her hands and hair nnd
wearing pretty clothes. It'a never safe
to Judge, you know.
BUT to return to those who are coming
home this month. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Berwlnd, who have been in Maine, have
opened their house on the Main Ilne,
and Margaret, too, has returned and is
already hard at it in the Kmergency Aid
Aide service. Mrs. Alexander Brown, who
had been up in Narragansett I'icr for two
weeks, has returned to Bryn Mawr, and
1 her work for the Red Cross. Mrs. Thomas
De Witt Cuyler, who Is in Bar Harbor at
present, will return next week and con-
' tlnue her war work. And so It goes.
1 Kvery one is busy, every one is engaged
In some usefip-occupation, for we are in
the war to win.
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I HEAR Pauline Wanamaker has taken
the apartment formerly occupied by
Mrs. Raymond T. Baker, who was Mrs.
i Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, and will spend
the winter there with her baby. Mrs.
JDUaton Is evidently wedded to New Tork,
too, and will stay for the winter. 'She
certainly Is a good-looking woman and
I:'N has a most attractive manner. Pauline is
!, pretty aa a picture and every one tella
me she Is simply crazy over the baby.
IrMTRS. WILLIAM H. K. YARROW haa
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been having a wonderful 'time and
has been visiting Mrs. Edwin C. Wilson,
In New York. She is now with Mrs. George
iK. Yarrow, at Atlantic City. Mrs. Wilson
! and Mrs. Yarrow returned from Washlng
!' ton last week, where a number of enter
tainments were given in their honor at
the, Army and Navy and Chevy Chase
' Clubs, the Club de VIngt and on the May
. flower. They returned to New York to
attend a dinner given by Mr. Alberto
.. Dodero for His Excellency, Minister Brum,
t&'ot Uruguay and the officials of his party.
fMrs. Yarrow will open her houso at 278
South Twenty-third street, next month.
ft TOV can't be too careful of what you
JJA- say, can you? Wait till I tell you of
if; the experience a young fellow I know liao.
treceniiy ui a aance, mey wero navjng a
; cotillon ana just Deiore me jnsi ngure was
,over It was time for the girls to ask the
boys, to dance. He was approached by a
girl he .knew very slightly and asked to
, dance. He did ho and then the cotillon waa
called off and he was "stuck" for several
dances. Finally 'some one asked the girl
'to dance and he walked outside to got
cooled off, when he heard tho strains of
'the Paul Joncsf So he' went back Into line
fcj una, goo'j nigiiii wiiun mo i-nui .Jones
7 .J...1 u.t.n .11.1 Iia itinat tann tn fnn.. Y.. .A
said girl. Well, there was nothing to do,
so he uunceii wiin net unq proceeded
wearily to sit down and talk. She dM not
appear very Interesting and there was
little to converse libout.
ji Suddenly, thinking to I'imiso him by
S. nihB clever remarks nt the cxnoiirie of a
f"glrl who was sitting opw He, Said girl
ill biegan, to pick her to nliv"u just as she
ifwas abouj to flay her nilve having left
fj- nlyjs.aBhred to her appeurance, shb r
;i "saarkedf "Do you know her, by the way?"
' IMnlM'iiiM' rt
ftHH?rWU4 .he ln-palMd tone. "Oh,
you do? Well?" "Oh, yes, she's only my.
nlster."
But Inadvertently he got back at her
later, fnr nfter he had managed to escape
he sauntered up to a group of men, and
among them was the man to whom Said
Oirl was engaged. But, blei?s you, tho first
man did not know It. nor know him, either,
for that matter. And leaning heavily on
tho shoulder of ono of his friends, ho said!
"Fan me, oh, fan me, I've Just gotten rid
of Mnry ."
NANCY WYNNE.
Social Activities
Mrs. Herbert M. llowo. of 1622 Locust
street. Is spending sfver.il monthi at Ferry
Cllffe Kami, Bristol, rt. I.
Mrs. Joseiih Glbb, of Ovrrhronk, announces
th engagement of her daughter, .Miss Mary
Klimbeth rjlbb, in Mr .lneph S. Clark, also
of Overhrook. The wedding will take place
In the early autumn.
Mrs. Thomas S. Ktrkhrtde Is at Kecne
Valley, X. Y., where she will remain for sev
eral weeks
Tr. T,. Webster Kox. of Seventeenth and
Spruce streets, will return on Saturday from
Banff, Canada, where he has been for some
time,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B, Oodtvln. ot 911 I'lne
street, who have been spending some time at
Pomfret Center, Conn., will leave there next
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bldrtle, of .Mining
ton. Del., will return on Saturday from Pocono
Lake Preserve, where they have been for
some time.
Mrs. James Forney has returned to her
home at 2221 Spruce street, after n visit of
several weeks with her daughter, Mrs V W
Bodlne at her cottago In Capo May.
Mr. and Mr, O. Brlnton T.i'ras. of Wvnne
woftd, left last week to spend two weeks with
Mr. and Mrs. Atwater Kent at their summer
home. Atwater Edge. Kenneluinkpnrt, Me.
Mr. nnd Mrs. J. Hector MrVell will
entertain at dinner Saturdav evening at
Oraystone, their home In Devon.
Mrs. Thomas E. Balrd, Jr.. and her chil
dren, who have been visiting Mrs Balrd's
mother In Ventnor. havo returned to their
home in Villa nova.
Mr. and Mrs. Abel V. Wetherlll will return
to their home In Wynnewnod on Friday from
Cape May.
The Vlllannva branch of St. MnVv's f'.ulld
met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. Pe Witt Cuyler In HaverfgrC.
Mrs. John MrRrldc nnd her daughters,
Mls Mary McBrlde and Miss Maude Mc
Brlde, who motored here the middle of July
from their home In Iockport. N. y and have
been staying at the Hotel Walton, are mov
ing this week Into their new home, 116
Llanfalr roaC. Ardmore. Mrs. McBrlde's
son. Lieutenant Walter P. McBrlde. aviation
corps, Is In France.
MANY WEDDINGS
DURING LAST WEEK
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Monday Marked by
Nuptials
The wedding of Mis Margaret T. B Tom
llnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tom
llnson, of Wlssnhlrkon, and Mr Harry Hans,
berry, alt-o of that suburb, took plaee Monday
morning at the home of the bride's parents.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Al
bert Stork, formerly rector of St. Stephen's
Protestant Episcopal Church, Wlssahlckon.
Mr. Tomllnson gave his daughter In marriage.
She wore her traveling suit, and was at
tended hv Mrs Harvey Hansberry, slster-ln-law
of the bridegroom, as matron of honor.
Mr Hansberry was his brother's best, man.
Immediately after the service the bridegroom
nnd bride left on an extended trip, and upon
their return they will be at home nt 3817
Manayunk avenue.
CARSON FOBDEREB
The wedding of Miss Carrie Forderer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Forderer,
of 2624 Germantown avenue, and Mr William
Carson, of OIney avenue, Olney. was sol
emnlzed on Saturday morning In tho Gaston
Presbyterian Church, Eleventh street and
Lehigh avenue. The Rev. Walter B. Green
way, the pastor, performed the ceremony.
The bride wore her traveling suit of taupe
color, with a hat to match. There were no
attendants. Mr. Carson nnd his bride left
on an extended southern trip, and will he at
home after October 16 In Palmyra, X. J.
WILSON DUFFY
The wedding of Miss Helen O. Duffy,
daughter of Mr. John Duffy, of R14 page
street, and Mr. Edward A. Wilson, of 2446
North Nineteenth street, took place on Fri
day morning in St. Elizabeth's Roman -Catholic
Church, Twenty-third and Berks streets.
The ceremony was performed by the Bev.
Father Roehng. The bride's father gavo her
in marriage, and she was attended by Mis?
Margaret Mooney. Mr. Joseph Yheaulon was
the bridegroom's best man. Following the
service there was a breakfast at the home of
the bride's father.
WINSTON BOURGEOIS
The wedding of Mlsq Rebecca Estell Bour
geois, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
Bourgeois, and Mr. James Meriwether Win
ston, son of Mr. Robert Lewis Winston, of
Richmond, was solemnized at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel on Thursday, September B.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Mr. Hemingway, of Camden, N. J.
The bride, who was attired in a whlto
crepe de chine dress, trimmed with old lace,
was given In marriage by her father. She
is the granddaughter Yt Mr. Daniel Estell,
one of the largest property owners of Atlan
tic, County, and Mrs. Rebecca Estell, one of
the Somers of Somera Point, and a great
granddaughter of Capin'n Joseph Estell, of
the Revolutionary struggle.
The bridegroom, who !s a descendant of the
Merlwetherg and Lewli families of Virginia,
is a graduate of tho Virginia Military Insti
tute and of the University of Glasgow, Scot
land". He Is a member of the Engineers' club
of Philadelphia.
A reception and luncheon followed the cero
mony, and was attended by the relatives and
intimate friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Winston, after a trip to the
Pacific coast, will be at home' at the Essex,
Thirty-fourth and Chestnut streets, after Oc
toberlC, 1918.
McGINN-DOWNEY
The marriage of Mlei.Kathryn Josephine
Downey, of 1220 Wagner aventle, Logan, to
Mr. Michael Joseph McGinn, of 1.154 Lyco
ming Etreet, Tioga, was solemnized at 9.30
o'clock this morning at the Church of the
l.ilv Child, Logan. Tho ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. William J. McCaffrey,
rector of. the church. The bride was attended
by her sister. Miss Loretta A. Downey. Tho
best man wait Mr. James Coogan, of New
York. ' - ,
A wedding breakfast for the bridal party
and a few relatives and friends was served
at the home of tho bride's sister, Mrs. Wil
liam F. Ilamlll, 1220 Wagner avenue, Logan.
Mr, and Mrs. McGinn left for a motor trip
through the White Mountains and New Erie.
land. They will be, at home after November
1 at 116.4 Lycoming . streets Tlo.
A Charming Picture
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Photo by Hachrach
MISS UETTV LEWIS
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs .lames G. I.eui?. wlm are 'peinliiic llie rummer at
.Mojlan, I'u., and i- MMer of Miss Helen I.eui
ill The Glide dMn
eSEStS. .by . Clifford Smyth
Corvrioht. ISIS. I) lioni & JAvertaht. Inc.. Sew
Ynrlc.
Copirto'lt, I9IR. h the VuWc l.rtlo'r Co,
Till', STOKV TBI'S FAB
David Meuclon nnd Una T.elshtnn loved each
other. Una's unele. ltarnld I.elshlon. k srlen
t Int. KUTPcted that there was numethlnK In
Havld'n life that made the mrtch undesirable.
David, In spite of himself, hnil the sam opin
ion, though he didn't know what that s.ime
thlllB" was. lie submitted tn n menial test hv
means of a psyrhometer and betrased undue
aKltatlon when th nnme 4,nual.vlta" was
nronouneed. Later he told l.ehihton cf a
trip with one ftmml Arthur In Smith AiiitI'ii
Lea-end had It that an ancient people threw
Kolden treasure In Lake Onataita when their
nod, the lillded Man made his annual ar
t'earnnce. It waa this treaute tlvv soucht.
David said that while they were lilliHtlwr In ft
cae at (luatnvlta he lost roni lousness Three
months later lie woke up In Arthur's home.
Haoul and others declared that he had ap
peared that dav for the first time yyherc he
has spent the three mouths Inst nobndv knew
I.elEhton derided tn bo to (luatnvlta with David
In nn effort to solve tho mystery.
Meanwhile In lloeota Colombia, there Is In
illBlintlon nimlnst the Yankees because ot the
capture of I'.mama. Pedro, n bootblack, raises
n Fmall army which h orfers to th Presi
dent to help recapture the new Ilepubllc
Thev show sjmntnms of attacking n ynutiR
American who first defies them and then
adroltlv slips into a door which swur.c slowlv
onn. 'While the crowd batters at th door it
opens naln and there nppears a beautiful
woman dressed In white. .... ,
fter the daniter Is passed the American,
rtaeul Arthur, addresses the Kir!, as the others
hod done, us Queen. She disclaims the title.
Arthur believes the wnma., can fflve him In
formation concerning the treasures of Lake
tluatavlta. For some time he had confided his
InventlKatlons less tn the arrheological aspects
of the problem and more to th task of dls
coxerln the whereabouts of the llvlnic descend
ants of the. zlpas. tho leaders of tho ancient
people.
CHAPTER VII (Continued)
THESE speculations and the singular in
quiry Into which they had drawn his com
panion excited only a mild interest In David.
The latter, strangely enough, enchanted with
the picturesque novelty of the cloud-city in
which he found "himself, felt less of the
antiquarian's zeal than when Uogota was a
remote geographical possibility.
Perhaps It was the stimulus of mountain
air. a bracing climate, that got him out of
hlaitiabltun! booklshness. Here, at any rate,
there wa neither the warmth nor the color
of the tropics to entice mm to ine inuoieni
dreaming that one of his temperament might
easily yield to In the lowlands of Colombia.
The peculiar luster of the grav-green Rogota
tableland, the cool crystalline atmosphere.
Invited him to continual physical exercise.
For days at n time he went on long horse
back rides. Then, tiring of this, nnd feeling
something of the restraint experienced by the
stranger who exerts himself abnormally In
the rarefied air of the higher Ano-s, he fell
into the easy habits of the pleasure-loving
Itogotano. Muffled warmly In a ruana. he
strolled comfortably about the streets of the
city, amused by the chaffering of peons In the
market place, enchanted by the quaint nnd
varied architecture of the houses nnd public
hulldlngs. the grotesque paintings nnd bay
reliefs In the churches; or else he would sit
by the hour In the open window of some cafe
on' the Cathedral Esplanade, wntchlng the
gay throng of Idlcrsand politicians for whom
this Is a favorite rendezvous. The dust and
cobwebs of the Museo did not attract this
former dabbler in antiquities who abandoned
himself eagerly to the fleeting Impressions
gathered from an altogether pleasing en
vironment. And Raoul, naturally secretive,
gave him the vaguest outline only ot the
course and the result of his studies.
The discovery that made the deepest. Im
pression on Raoul took place under circum
stances which Intensified his superstitious
feeling ' hi regard to everything connected
with the burled treasure. He was on one of
numerous trips to Lake.Guatavlta. Riding
alone he reached the gloomy body of water
toward nightfall, Tethering his horse near
the 'trail at the edge of the plain over which
he had ridden, he approached the lake on
foot, his mind penetrated by the absolute
silence of the place. IJe had come for no
specific purpose except to examine further
the old Spanish cutting that gashes the great
hill which originally rose, a sojld wall of
rock, above the unknown deaths of the
waters. Through this narrow cleft, on the
Instant that It was completed three cen
turles ago, a mighty torrent had hurled Itself
Into the valley beyond. As this torrent sub
sided nnd the lake shrank to its present) com
pasH.,ii wide margin of precipitous shore was
left baro to tho scrutiny of treasure seekers.
Vven afier the lahse of centuries this portion
of the lake's basin still shows tho ravages
wrought by tho .Spaniards, it remains a
gaunt Jagged surface of rock and flinty
gravel unclothed by irce or shrub an an
cient sanctuary whose violation defies the.
repairs of time.
Raoul smiled contemptuously at these evi
dences of the rude labors of the early Span.
I lards. With modern clMlce to back him, he
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would not attack the problem In this way
Ho would pierce this ancient secret to Its
heart by subtlety, not brute force. For the
hundredth time he went over the system of
lines alid levels by which he and David
planned to tunnel their way to the coveted
prize, Indicating tn himself lhe various points
from which they proposed to start their
work, and noting nnd comparing the obstacles
they would encounter by each route.
Thus occupied. Raoul slowly circled the
lake, following the precarious path that still
remained along the edge of the old high
water mark the path upon which had
marched the, gaily vestured Chthcha devotees
in the pomp of their semiannual festival,
when the dancing naves radiating from the
heavily laden rnft of the Gilded .Man and his
court washed over their sandaled feet, and
all was sunhliie and joyous laughter, glitter
of gold nnd emerald offerings ready poised
to be hurled with shouts of triumph to the In
satiable god In his crystalline caverns below.
Scenes fiom the old legend flashed across
the prosaic details of Raoul's mining schemes
vits be stood In lhe shadow of the malesile hill
s that lifted lis huge shoulders behind him
ot a ripple scarred the surface of the som
ber waters. The ancient god, It would seem,
waiting In vain for the tribute that once was
his, bad grown angry and made ot his saeied
lake a shrunken circle of dark and sinister
meaning.
Into Its silent depths, fascinated by the
desolation Mirtounding him, Itnoul gazed In
tently. He would revive the old ceremonv.
He would hrlug an ofTerlng to this hidden
god an offering bearing n menace, a de
mand for the treasuie that ho felt already in
his grasp. He seized a stone from the many
that were strewn at his feet. It was smooth,
worn by the streams through which it had
chafed Its way hither; he paused as he
weighed It .thoughtfully In his outstretched
hand. Then he threw It high In air, over the
center of the pool. The sound of the falling
missile njunglng through the waters echoed
sullenVyalong the towering walls of granite.
The w id effect delighted him, and again and
again he cast stones into the water, dislodg
ing sump in me mure unwieiav rocks from
j their resting places and watching them bound
nnd ricochet with a thundrous noise down the
precipice alter lie others.
In (lie midst of this fantastic play he was
arrested by the cry of a human voice High,
clear and sibilant It came, a word of com
mand, as It seemed, out of the empty space
nbove :
"Silence '"
He thought it might be the rustle of the
wind that had Just spruhg up and was
stirring the gnarled branches ot the trees
fringing the brow of tho hill upon whose
precipitous slope he was standing Care,
fully he scanned the rocky pinnacles rising
on either side of blm. If It was not the
wind, the invisible being whose voice he had
heard might be hidden In one of the many
clefts that furrowed tho face of the hill be
hind blm.
Again he heard the command. Silvery, un
mistakably human; the peremptory voice
came from some one near at hand, a few
hundred yards. It mlht be, from where he
stood :
"Silence!"
The tall, slim figure ot a woman, clad in
flowing whlto robes, with dazzling arm
stretched" downward. Hashed In sharp outline
against the dark hillside. She stood Just
above him on a projecting rock. Her eyes,
calm and stern, were not turned toward
Raoul, but fixed Intently on the lake, as if
beholding o.r expecting to behold something
there that was hidden from all others.
Jnvoluntarlly Raoul bent his head to this
hingular apparition, scarcely knowing whether
It was a creature of his Imagination, conjured
out of the strange fancies awakened by the
lonely scene, or a real woman, statuesque,
beautiful.
Why was she here? Whence had she
come? How address her? Vague questions
crowded upon him, giving place finally to
the conviction that he was an intruder and
bad unwittingly offended 'one whoe rights
here wero supreme. Arid then he yielded to
a feeling of shame at being caught In sense
less boy's play.
"Pardon. Senorita," he murmured lamely.
"Ah." she sighed, a tiace of Irony In her
yjloe, "It is I, a stranger here, who must
ask pardon for darlpg to interrupt you."
'Again pardop," be said, moved by the
at rlousness, tho bitterness, p her tone,
"Surely, you aro not a stranger to Guutavlta.
.to Bogota?' he added, not concealing his
astonishment
"My homo is far from here," she said
Dimply "Four days ago I left It for the
first time to go to Bogota."
"And you visit the Sacred Lake on your
Way to the city I"
(My fatheja, 'aacrtaced here," the said
proudly. "I am an Indian, the daughter ot
those who once poured their treasure Into the
lake which you have defiled with stones."
"SaJIponal" called a harsh, guttural voice
from the trail that followed the cutting made
by tho Spaniards In the mountain's side.
"SI. padre mlo," she answered, slowly de.
scendlng to the path upon which I'aoul was
stnndlng.
In the gathering darknens Raoul saw. Just
emerging from the cleft In the rocks, the
huge figure of a man, dressed, us all travel
ers are in the mountains. In wide sombrero,
capacious ruana, crest halr-covcred leggings
reaching to the waist, his spurred heels clat
tering on the stones ni he walked toward
them. Two mules followed closely, the bridle
of the foremort held In his hand ; behind
theso eamo a burro, loaded with mountainous
bnggage which swayed from side tn side as
the patient little animal picked his way
nlotig the treacherous path
"Good evening, Senor." said the man
suavely, as If Hacul were some old ac
quaintance whom .he expected to meet. "It
grows dark quickly Moreover, It Is far to
the city nnd the beasts are tired. We stop
for the night at La Granja. And you,
Sennr?"
"My horse U fresh : I will ride to Ilogota."
"A stranger?" queried the man.
"An American."
"Ah!" Then, ns If to ntone for his sur
prise, "nueno. In Bogota my house l
yours "
"Watch your burro. Senor." warned Hanul.
viewing with some anxiety that murh-ln-cunihered
animal wavering disconsolately on
the brink irt thcprcciplce "He will slip Into
the lake."
"Eh. Senor'" grunted the man. vaulting
heavily In the Jinck of his mule, at the same
time spin ring and then checking him with
the reln. "He knows lil business, the ca
naille' Deslrles " lie added, chuckling to
himself, "we carrv no treasure for Guntavlta.
Since the day of Sajlpa men pay nc tribute
here -thev look for it Instead "
"That Is true." murmured Ilaoul. Then,
addressing the departing travelers: "May
Jou have a pleasant ride. Senoiltn! And
you Senor; I may see you In Uogota?"
"In the Callo de Las Klores. Senor," called
the other briskly. "Ask for Rafael Segurra ;
always remember! at your service."
Sajlpa SaJIpona ' The two nnmrs per
sisted In Raoul's thoughts as be rode home
that evening. Over nnd over again he
passed In review the details of his strange
encounter with this mysterious girl who. In
spite of the exqulslko fairness of her com
plexion called herself an Indian nnd claimed
these old worshipers of the Lake Cod for
her ancestors Who wn she? Could It he
that his search for the descendant of thai
almost mythical Hue of nimtarcha had been
so unexpectedly, completely rewarded He
could hardly wait for the morning to make
the Inquiries that he planned.
"Ah, yes." he was assured; "this ftafael
Segurra is quite a man In his way a
'politico,' strong with the government. He
lives far from here on a hacienda no one
knows where. And bis daughter he brings
her to Hogoln" That is strange! The beau
tiful SaJiponn ! Who knows if she really is
Don Rafael's daughter! There Is a injstcry,
a tradition about her. Ves, some say that
she has in her veins the blood of that poor
old zipa that the Spaniards roasted alive
because he wouldn't tell vvhete he had hid
den his treasure. Still, bow can tli.it he
If Don Itafael Is her father? Ah. no one can
be hute, Senor their home Is so far aw.iy.
Hut she Is very beautiful. And there are
many, many lovers so they say."
The Information, picked up from various
sources, strengthened Raoul's first impres
sion, and from that time he became a con
slant visitor in the little house on the Calle
de Las Flores.
CHAPTER VIII
( Kii'pr Interlude
ON" THE deck of the wheezy, palpitating
river steamer Barcelona, tolling slowly
up the turbid vvateis of the Magdalenu, sat
the. usual throng of passengers who are com
pelled to sacrifice t.vo weeks of their lives
evciy time llicy travel from the seacoast to
Colombia's mountain capital. Fortunate such
travelers count themselves If their lumber
ing. Hat-bottomed craft. Its huge stern wheel
lifted high nbove the down-rushing eddies
and whirlpools, escapes the treacherous mud
banks which form and dissolve In this ever
shifting, shallow cut rent, and which not in
frequently elude the vigilance of the navi
gator. On this particular voyage, however. It Is
pleasant to tecord that the Barcelona, In
splto of various temptatlr n to the contrarv,
had behaved in a most decorous manner,
diplomatically avoiding the aforesaid miiil
bauks, submerged tree trunks nnd the like
and giving promise of an early arrival at
her destination In the I'pper Magdaleti.i.
In at.v part of the world except Colombia,
the progress of this steamer un the river
on this occasion would have been followed
with the liveliest Interest from one end of
the country to the other. Xews IiiiIIhUiim
would have chronicled every detail of her
voyage; there would have been editorial
speculation as to the possible ilelavs she
might encounter; predictions" of the outcome
ot her snail-paced journey and. finally, state.
nieuts bogus or otherwise would have come
every now and then from the Important per
sonage who headed the list of the Barce
lona's passengers. For there was an un
happily important personage on board a
personage who, much to bis own amaze,
ment, bad helped in the making of history,
and who was now on his way to report to
the President of the Republic the details
of what he had done.
Some men, according to one familiar with
the accidents common to humanity, have
greatness thrust upon them. Oeneral Her
ran was neither born great nor had he. of
bis own free will, achieved greatness. But
It had been thrust upon him. Without thought
or act of his own he nwoke one morning to
And himself famous. It vvas nn unenviable
kind of fame, won In an opera-bouffe sort
of way. and might. In some countries, have
cost the gentleman his head But In Co
lombla there was, happily, no danger of this.
Having lost his head rnce, why should he
lose It a second time, and just because he
had fallen a victim to the wiles of the
I'anamanos?
Here Is the brief but Important chapter of
history in which (leneral Herran played a
leading part. In the performance of his duty
to quell any and every uprising which might
occur on the Colombian coast ho had gone
with his army to the Isthmus, where, he had
beei told, something like a revolution was In
progress. At Colon he had been courteously
met on shipboard by representatives of this
revolution.
On their friendly Invitation nnd without
disembarking his troops, be and his staff of
officers had then been escorted politely across
the Isthmus to ranama. where, much to their
astonishment, they were promptly landed In
jail a climax which any one but this unsus
pecting general might have foreseen. During
his absence his troops were sent back by the
revolutionists to Colombia and thus, without
the firing of a shot, the republic of ranama
achieved Its Independence.
On board the Barcelona, freed from the
problem of keeping the Isthmians within the
Colombian Union. General Herran gave no
evidence of any disastrous effect on his own
fortunes following his memorable experience
of Panaml diplomacy. The center of a con
vivial group of admiring friends, flanked by
an inexhaustible supply of "La Cosa Sab
rosa" the suggestive title given by one en
thusiast to the native rum which accompanied
them in an endless array of demijohns this
excellent leader of armies appeared to be
making a triumphal progress homeward,
rather than a decidedly ignominious retreat.
His large, mirthful brown eyes, peering out
of a boyish face fringed by a heavy black
beard, were undlmmed by regrets, and gave
no token of the wily, self-seeking politician
their possessor was said by his enemies to be.
-El Oeneral." as lie usually called, vvas,
in fact, the best ot good fellows ; one who, we
can well Imagine, might easily forget so
paltry an adjunct as his troops, lured by the
promise of a lively hour or so in a say city
with congenial companions. "Hobo" his de
tractors might call him, or "tonto" but
never "pendepo" nor "traitor."
(CONTl.N'l'ED TOMORROW)
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"DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES"
lly DADDY
THE LIBERTY SPIRIT
A eomplefe uric nrft'ettdfrs rnch icek. brotri'
fihtp Monday ntid tndlno Saturdav
tmilu HrtnUtm anil Vcpuv If II I" P"r
sitaric ircnllh Jnnntlinn riardfl.il to but
lAhrrlu ftnnds. When he reumes. the.
Liberty Spirit nays he must be shown
irhnt fieedom means, titiddcnly Uiey find
lltemsctvcs In the m(dt of a battle.)
CHAPTER II
77ir Secret Dnor
JON
vvh
ATHA.V HAflDFlST was astounded
hen Billy Belgium shouted that they
were In the midst ot a battle with the Her
mans. And so was Peggy It didn't seem
possible that the Huns could get n fighting
force over to America
"It's Just nn explosion or some contractor
blasting." cried Jonathan Hardflst, hut never
theletm he followed Billy Belgium up the
ladder to the linkout. So did Peggy.
As far n the eye could reach, the broad
river valley wa dotted with great puffs of
smoke nnd dirt from exploding shells. The
clamor of guns shook the nlr There cculd
he nn question about Itl-a great battle was
raging nil about them.
But whHt nxist astonished Peggy vvas the
fact that the whole country seemed changed.
The town had vanished, nnd In Its place
was a ruined village. Other strange vil
lages were in sluht up nnd down tho valley.
Jonathan llardllsl's eyes nearly bulged out
of his head
"Why, this Isn't America !" be cried. "Thnt
earthquake has shifted us to' some other
land."
"Wo are In France!" exclaimed Billy Bel
clum "France ! Impossible !" gasped Jonathan
Hard fist.
"The Liberty Spirit said that you would
have to see and to feel," cried Peggy. "This
H her way of showing you."
"Nonsense ' AVe are asleep and dreaming,"
mutteted Jonathan Hardfipt. "Presently we
will wake un and find ourselves safely hack
In America "
"Whlr-r-r-r-r-nrn-n." whined a great shell
over them "Whoo-um-pp" roared an explo
sion so near that they were nearly shaken
out r.f the tree.
"My stables'" shouted Jonathan Hnrdflst.
"They are gone!"
Where the huge stable hulldlngs had stood
anil only a clcud of smoke.
"They are firing on this place! Run for
the cellars:" warned Hilly Belgium. The
three scrambled down the Urdder and ran
toward the house. As they did so, falling
shells tore great holes In the lawns nnd gar
dens to the right and left of them.
At the outside cellar door, Jonathan Hard
"i turned t" look at the shells tearing up
his orchard.
"Stop, slop, you brutes '" he shouted.
"I've been twenty years developing that
orchard, and It will taken twenty years nwre
to ronalr tho senseless damage you are
doing "
"Whno-up-pp !" answered a great shell
exploding amid a row of pear trees and
sending a shower of pears flying directly at
their owner.
Jonathan Hardflst screamed as the pears
struck hint and tumbled Into the cellar In a
hurry, following Hilly and Peggy, who had
already taken refuge there.
"Over bete!" cried Bill, crouching against
the wall nearest the side from which the
Oerman fire vvas coming. His experiences
under bombardment In Belgium bad taught
him ,that this vvas the safest place.
Peggy tried to be brave, but she was
trembling violently. The roar of the guns
was terrific, while the crashing of shells
nearby was horrible. At any mommt one
might ccme clashing through the house and
MAIIKRT KTPEET Ah. 1UTII
11 IK A. M. TO tltlB r. M.
TIIIK K.VTIRI3 WEEK
GERALDINE FARRAR
IN HF.Il I'lHST GOLIJWVN PICTL'nn
"THE TURN OF THE WHEEL"
Stanley Concert Orrhestrn. Noted tiololflts.
DAI A CT? isn markht street
I AIjAACi today tomorrow
rL-u l'i-' 10 A. M in 11:1.1 i M
THOMAS SANTSCIII. IIBSSIE KYTON nnd
i'ritzi nriPNiriTB in
"THE STILL ALARM"
Most Glprnntle Fire Scene Eier RcreeneJ
Tliurs., Krl.. Hat. MAMEI. NOI'.MANU In
"PECK H HAD lilltL"
A rca"d1 a
CIIESTNl'T TIEI.OW lfiTH
10:lr, A. M. li, I. 3:45, .1:15. 7:45. 0:30 p. M
JOHN BARRYMORE
IN FIRST SHOWING OF
"ON THE QUIET"
Added Attraction. O Henry's ' Rlrd of Ragdad."
VICTORIA
MARKET Above HT1I
u A. AI. to 11 :1G V. M.
Wm. VOX Presents
THE EPOCII-MAKINO PRODUCTION
"The Prussian Cur"
All-Rtsr Cast, Including MIRIAM COOPER.
rr,r,Mrr market st. niow itth
RECiLN 1 VIOLA DANA
In "FLOWER OF THE Ol'SK"
MARKET STREET
AT JINIPER
11 A M to 11 p. M.
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A. SEYMOUR BROWN & CO.
McKAY'S SCOTCH RE I'B. OTHER?.
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. . . Dullv--Twke Nightly.
"Bomlfardnient of Rheims"
BROADWAY I"- Ice Nightly-"
Brnafl & SnW Ave.
"WHO'S MY WIFE?"
Clara Kimball Young, "TheJSlaw"
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE
MelNTYRE & HEATH
In "THE MAN FROM MO.VTAXA"
(Jus VAN & SCHENCK Joe
Seeond and Final Week
RAH El.EVNOR RA1.I. TIRO . FRANCES
NORDSTROM WM. PI.N'KIMM. AND A
TREMENDOUS VARIETY IHI.I,'
Dance and Entertainment
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE TOBACCO FUND
OvpruMft Commit l of th Kmenttncy Aid of
Pinn IvaniH
A'TOP THE WALTON ROOF
EVERT NIOHT. SEPT t TO 14, INCLUSIVE.
AT V O'CLOCK
Attractions from all lending Phlla. Theatres
TUESDAY
VAUDEVILLE
COURTEST OF KEITH'S AND OTHER
THEATRES
LIPERTT KINO EVERV EVENINO
DIRECTION WASSILI LEI'S
Admission, $1.00
Ticketa at al leading hotels and ticket aeenclea.
"SENDJEM AJSMOKE"
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
NEXT SATURDAY EVENINO AT
FAMOUS WAR CORRESPONDENT
FLOYD GIBBONS
THE STORY OF CHATKAl-THIEItRV
, 00c. 7.1c, tl and J1..10. Hox fc'eati
at 110S Chestnut St
eats, J;
STRA.ND GKniWK"
LEWIS S. STONE
'INSIDE THE J.JNES"
CASINO LIBERTY GiRlM
Walnut t 81h Bt,
and JACK CONWAy
rTAVRTY FOLLIES OF PLEASURE
J 20 FAMOUS HBAHTIRK
Trocaderq The High Flyera
MllMjif
rlnht into the cellar. Several 10?' d
whole bulidlns shook, VTv
"My home In in ruins I My home la: Ml fe
ruins!" walled Jonathan. Hardest', "And &
money. Oh, my money I" With a new cry .61.
rear, he ran up the stairs Into the houM, i '-!
Soon he came back dragging a heavy Iron -sig
rnear. ' ,' "j
"tf.,ln M. k...... Ikl. , .- .. 1 ..'.. ill
.u,. ii, a uuij. nitn, lie uis'Ui "L .
Tr.ero was n spade in the cellar, and somOS
a hole was dnir in a nlle of coal. There thrift si
chest was hurled. As they finished they hear'; jj
ipllttlirill shntltn ntirl u Inn.t Iramnlnv nilultftr Vsl
head. t ,'ia
"The Huns are In lhe house!" whliperMfv !j
limy ueiKium. There vvas the Round olfv
snnshln class and splintered wood. ,imI$
"They are wrecking my beautiful home.T..JyM
I'll tint stand It. I'll make them stop it!"t-fVgi
walled Jonathan Hnrdflst, driven frantia by'i 83
the noise of the work of destruction. He ,'S3
turned toward the stairs, only to meet Qer Wftfei
mnn soldiers rntiimc nown. s .-fri
At that moment, lllllv tlelelum ferkert Pr. .?JK
gy through a secret door he had discovered
in a great chimney that rose from the cellar'
through the house, up to the roof above. TL
secret door closed after them and for a
moment, nt least, the rhlldren wero safe.
(Tomorrow irtI be told what befall
Jonathan Hardflst at tho hands of thn
Hermans). ,
HOXOJl VAX PELT STREET BOYS
I.iliprty Sing lo Mark nailing of Srrviee
Flag Toniplil
The raising of n service flag containing
nine stars will he tho fenture of the Liberty
Sing to he held tonight by the residents of
the 2110 block on Vnn Pelt street. The pro
gram will be held In thji middle of the block,
above Diamond street, at 7:31 o'clock. The)
(big will be unfurled by Master Carson
lieckman.
An address will be delivered by the HeV,
J (J. Wilson, district superintendent of the
Methodist Kplscopal Church. Another fea
ture will be a song, "Hats OfT lo I'nclo Sam,"
led by the author and composer, Mrs. Kmlly
D. Wilson.
The community singing will be In charga
of .lohn Curtis, .Ir. The soloists will be Mrs.
Maud Ilolzer Evans, Albert Okenleander,
Miss Gwendolyn Morgan, William N'evln and
Raymond McN'ally.
A girls' chorus will sing "I Salute Thee,
Old (Slory." They will be in charge of Mri.
Carrie Wlneholz nnd accompanied by Mrs.
Ilella Hitter.
The nine stars In the service flag repre
sent the following Lieutenant W. John
Davis. 2122 Vnn Pelt street , Sergeant W. G,
Leon, 2125 : Privates Arthur Vv'agner, 2125!
Herbert Heattlt 2130; Warren H. Powell,
2121; Cleorge M. Heller, 2143; Paul Chris-,'
Han. 2161 ; Joseph A Fleming. 2152, and
Harry M. Helm, 2138 West Susquchannti
avenue.
FORREST-LAST 5 NIGHTS ,
Pop. Mat. Tomorrow. Heat Seat. Sl'fiO.
"A SMASHING SUCCESS"
"SURE FIRE HIT" Inquirer
Klaw & Erlanger's
New Musical
Comedy
WITH
DONALD URIAN
JOHN E. HAZ.ARD
WJLDA BENNETT
ADA MEADE
Notable Cast
Beautiful Chorus
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THE LOt'NOKH In THE TIIESH say of
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"Dur.rDF DncTrMncn
1 IIWJUDJL, riXJLillLlNLAD
Eleanor dates' Delightful New Comedy.
BROAD STREET THEATRE
LAST 5 NIGHTS
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" SATURDAY .MATINEE, HEs'T SEATS, J1.50.
Next Week Seats Thursday
EDWAIID CLARK'S NEWEST PLAY
NOT WITH MY MONEY
A MELODRAMATIC COMEDY
With Lucile Watson, William Morris
And Other Players of Distinction.
GARRICK Last 2 Weeks EVs.
AT 8:13
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