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JtJSf -GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Rends a Letter From the Front Miss Ran-
doph to Marry in December Other Matters
of Interest Discussed
1ETTEIS tiro Just beginning to come
J from the other side which jslve " a
light Idea of tho Joy nf the French peo
ple, wltf the taking of Oatend and the run
tlnued advance of the Allied urmleo, and
oven the prospect of peace, t utu giving
you an extract from a letter wrlten by one
of our Chestnut Hill boys who has a com
mission In Paris connected with tho
Krnnco-Ameflcim ulr service. Ho has
written t'o his father and mother and they
h.ivq allowed me to use his letttr, but they
want you to guess his name rather than
have me give lt
"How t wish you could be here today to
take part in the Joyous celebrations one
sees everywhere on the Streets. The Os
tein vlqtory and the continued retreat of
the Hermans have created a new Franco
and a new people. After patiently walling
these four years for this very day, It has
at last been revealed to- them, and If you
could 'only glance tit the Place do In Con
corde you would rcallzo that something
extraordinary had taken place. For the
first time since the war tho statues and
fountains are fairly bursting under pres
sure. . Last, night for the Hrst tlmo the
large, arc lights were again lighting up I .a
Place reminding one of prosperous days
before the war. And what a celebration
they nre planning there tomorrow to Instill
spirit for tlio fourth Krqtich war loan.
Besides the brilliant lights and playing
rountulns, Gorman booty captured at vari
ous battle has been assembled It seems
from all comers of the front, each labeled
with date and place. . Such n conglomera
tion of material-of war and Junk as they
have brought fnrtlij Cannons of all kinds
and descriptions, trench mortals, airplanes
wholly Intact and some wrecked, observa
tion balloons, all German: It Is Impossible
to describe It The most Impressive sight
of all is to sen the crowd before the statuo
of Alsace-Lorraine, In tho far corner of
the Place. To begin with, tho statue Itself
Is almost hidden, literally burled, under
Jarge and small wreaths and bunches of
Mowers brought, some by Individuals,
others by business concerns. Joy supremo
and radiant beams from the faces of that
crowd, although here and thcro a tear;
but It Is a tear of happiness and not
sorrow.
"I can't describe to jou the sight there
today; the eye only can do such a de
scription Justice. I hope and pray It may
bo a clear day tomorrow, so I can get n
few photographs.
"Then In the Seine at the Concorde bridge
Is a French submarine, fully armed, while
at the Concorde gate of the Tullleries are
. some big boche tanks on one side, with tho
speedy little French tanks on the other.
In the way of decoration.. tho wall of tho
gardens Is strung with probably 2000 or
3000 German helmets. You have never
seen such a sight! Inside the Tullleries Is
tho skeleton of a Zeppelin brought down
on ono of the first raids on Paris. Ono
would think that nothing Is left of the
boche urmy. As I walked across thcro this
morning I had but one sensation. It was
that of victory, and you could fairly smell
It n the alri Let's pray that it may soon
come."
WULL, I told you if we did not get the
day we'd know soon when Hannah
Kandolph (s to be married, and It is to be
In December, though the actual date Is
not yet decided upon. It depends on the
time when tho Secretary can get leave
from the Embassy. I'll bet Hannah will
make a stunning bride. She Is rather dark,
you know, and reminds me very much of
Mrs. Paul Mills. In fact, one day I was so
sure, that I began talking to her about
something In which Mrs. Mills and I were
Interested, and her surprised smile was
the first Indication that she wasn't she.
T like that, don't you? She u-asn't she.
It sounds so sort of "simple." And I like
to be simple, don't you?
DID you hear that Lieutenant and Mrs.
(.'banning Daniel have a little son?
Born on Tuesday. She was Katherlne
Verncr. you know. Shu Is living with her
parents In Wayne while her husband Is In
France. He, by tho way. was wounded re
cently "over there," but fortunately It was
not A severe wound and he is doing- well,
which must be a great relief to the little
wife and mother. She is very sweet-looking,
don't you think? I remember her at
the SScQkwcr wedding, where she wus a
bridesmaid. Doesn't It seem terrible to
think that both the principals In that
lovely wedding party have died since?
Terrible Indeed, but a blessing for them
that neither one was left to mourn for the
other. NANCY WYNNK.
Social Activities
Mrs. Slgoumey Mellor and her two chil
dren are spending the winter with Mrs. Mel
lor's mother. Mrs. Kdward C. Lee. In Haver,
ford. Mr. Mellur Is In Washington, where ha
. , ...11. .Via aVillltllllf- linnril.
IB COUIICUlwu i .' mm. ,-,.... . 1
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lewis, Jr., have re
turned .from Chelsea and have opened tfieir
bouse, 1000 Spruce street, for the winter.
William Roberts Howell, Jr., and John Lewis
Howell will spend the winter with them.
Mrs. Denjaniln Chew, of alenvale, Itadnor,
left today for Augusta, Ga where she will
spend some time. Captain Chew is statloneu
In Augusta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. lrtron Crossniau, Jr., gave
a dlpner last evening at their home, Fasst
fern. Rose lane. Haverford. In honor of Mrs.
Crorsman's sifter. Miss Mary Cameron, of
Richmond, Va.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower are
spending several weeks In Chelsea.
Dr. William Drayton, who returned from
Kranco several weeks ago, ha"s had a ten
days' leave at home. He will sail shortly to
take up his duties with the exp.'d(tlonary
forces In France. Doctor Drayton and his
wife have been visiting his parents. Mr. and
Mrs,, William Drayton, at 6 South Twenty,
first street.
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Miss Julia V. Laguerenne will spend the
winter with her aunt. Mrs. Edward G. Trasel,
In Haverford.
Miss NatBleen Kaufman will entertain at
the home of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Kaur
man, 024 East Tioga street, on Saturday
evening-. Among the guests will be Mr. Al
len Rossand Mr. Walter Haar, of Iloston,
Mass.
t.t m' Oitm. Benjamin Wirt, of Newark, Del., hss
w'po wtr tBusp? tir pjjchuiiis oviuo
time with her niece. Mrs. It. C. Strode, or
.Vorth Forty-thlrrl street. West Philadelphia.
.Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Tucker Fox, Jr.. of
West Tioga slret-t. and their daughter. Miss
Hue Fox, nre spending several weeks at 'the
Marlborough. Ulenhclni. Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Prriulau. of Tioga,
are receiving congratulations on the birth ot
a daughter, Hlliabcth Virginia rreiulutl.
Mr. mid Mrt Charles J. Stern, of 2036
North eighteenth street, are at home again
after an extended stay In Atlantic City.
Mr. William Franklin Dixon, of 8835 Itldge
avenue, noxborough, will spend the winter
In town, at 725 Corinthian avenue.
OLD ST. STEPHEN'S
RICHLY RENOVATED
Marble, Silver and Exquisite
Workmanship Provided Historic
Church hy Women Parishioners
Historic St. Stephen's Kpltvopal Church,
Tenth street alvo Chestnut, n landmark for
generations, Is undergoing Its first leal re
pairs In more than forty ears.
Erected In 18 1 1, It has withstood tho rav
ages of weather and time so well that Its
thlrty.two.lncli walls are as sturdy today as
they were a century ago.
A north trantept, completed In November.
188, was the last nllcratlin made to the
old structure? The transept and the house,
built In 1888, encroach upon what was for
merly the old churchyard, and In the floors
of both are the gravestones of persons who
died In the early nineteenth century, but
not since the transept was built has H been
thought necessary to improve the original
structure.
ln'iprovenients to the Interior, however, In
keeping "with the progress of modern hablta
t'nn, became necessary a year ago, and tho
work if rehabilitation was begun with funds
provided by one of tho parlshoneis, Miss A
J. Magee, whose forbears were early mem
bers of tho congregation.
Pnder tho direction o'r the rector. . the
Khv. Carl K. Uramnier, N. T. I)., a new nmr-lili-
chancel, of Intricate dcslgp and work,
mniifchlp. was erected last year and conse
crated in December
Frescoing of the walls and celling, laying
of a new marble floor and Installation of
new lighting and entllutlng systems, be
gun last June, are all but completed, and the
church, clostd for some months, has been
reopened.
Thu new chancel is a model of Individu
alism In art and design. Composed of white
marble. It Is augmented by a pulpit and
three bookrests of the same material, while
overhanging lamps of finely designed silver
add to Its general beauty.
A mosaic of tho Last Supper In many col
ors adorns the wall at the rear of the chan
cel, while overhead a lattlco work of In
geniously carved marblu covers a large
stained glass window.
THANKS DAY PROCLAIMED
Governor Urges People to Show Gratitude
for Putsing nf Grip
Sunday has been set aside by Governor
Brumbaugh as a day of prayerful thanks
giving for the passing of the Inllucnia
epidemic,
A proclamation designating the day was
Issued today at Harrlsburg by the gov
ernor: "Grateful to God for the return of health
giving conditions In the entire State," the
proclamation reads, "I do hereby set asido
and proc'ftlm Sunday, November 10, as a
day of special thanksgiving. Upon this day
I urge all ouf people to attend services In
the houses of God and give earnest expres
sion of devout thankfulness that In His
wisdom, the ravages of this epidemic are
stayed and that we may again faco our loved
ones, conscious of the great relief that has
been vouchsafed us."
JNGERSOLL LEFT $25,000
Soldier Son of Financier Made liequcst to
Princeton University
Harry Ingersoll, son of Charles I. Inger
soll. a Philadelphia financier, who was killed
lo action In France on September 27, left
property valued at $25,000. Ills will was
among others admitted to probate today.
Ho left 1000 to Princeton University, iCUO
to St. Luke's Kplscopal Church, Kensing
ton, and tho remainder to relatives.
Kathleen Butkc, .510 Queen lane, left $200
to the Little Sisters of tho Poor of German
town, and a similar amount to the Carmelite
Convent.
Relatives were the beneficiaries In the
following wills: John S. Ulttel, 4G37 Ger
mantown avenue. $14,000; Ilobert Warner.
814 North Twelfth street, $0000; (iustavo
Iluhler, 3512 Howell street. $7101; Cath
arine M. Phillips, 330 West Duval street,
$12,803, and Mary It. McKenhon, Samaritan
Hospital, $5400.
Sncllenburgs Dine Ited Cross
A meeting of Auxiliary 104 of the American
Red Cross was held yesterday at Snellen
burg's store. New work was taken up by
the members In connection with tho reclama.
Hon department. Tho guests of the evening
were Lieutenant Commander F. R. Tayne
and Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury. The address ot
welcome was delivered by -15. P. Goddard,
general superintendent of the store. Music
was furnished by the cadet band. Previous
to tho meeting the firm gave Its employes a
dinner In tho store restaurant.
MISS HANNAH RAE FOX
Daughter of Mr. and Mn. Saniuel
Tucker Fox, of West Tioga street, who,
with her parent!, it (pending tevcral
week "at lha Marlborough-Ulenlieim, At
lantic City
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yyENIKQl'jeVBO l)Rr
MRS. CHAS. M. SCHWAB
KNITS 106TH SWEATER
Master Shipbuilder's Wife Busy
Making Garments for Sol
diers and Nurses
"Count that day wasted which bus not seen
a sweater finished for a nurse or a service
man," appears to tic the motto of Mrs. Charles
M. Schwab, wife of the director general of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
At the Uellevue-Stratford today, alter Mr.
Schwab had hurried over to the Fleet Corpora,
tloti headquarters. 140 North llro.irl street,
Mrs. Schwab began putting the tlnlshlng
touehfH to her tOCth sweater. It was being
knitted from white wool and Is Intended for
some lucky lied Cross nurse.
Mrs. Schwab bar turned over the entlro
lower floor of her New York residence, Seventy-third
street and Itlverslde drive, for the
knitting of sweaters Ten of her maids are
employed almost constantly In knitting cozy,
finely-finished garments' for soldiers, sailors
or uurser.
Mrs. Schwab's personal maid, Mario Grim
son, already has sixty-eight sweaters to her
credit.
The master shipbuilder's wlfo began pro
ducing sweaters about eighteen months ago,
Flrit she made blue sweaters for men ot
the navy, thru sweaters nf khaki for sol
diers and new Is turning out white garments
for Ited Cross nurses.
ENTERTAIN GRIP NURSES
Art Alliance Plan Kveniug for Influenza
Epidemir Fighter
The Art Alliance has arranged an enter
tainment for Monday evening. November IS,
In honor of nurses who aided In fighting the
Influrnza epidemic In Philadelphia.
Mrs. Samuel Woodward Is chairman of the
committee arranging the affairs. Miss Marlon
Smith, superintendent of the I'nlverslty of
Pennsylvania Hospital, will tell of the heroic
viorli of the nurses.
Participating In the program will be Miss
Adellna Pattl Xnar;, soprano; Mrc. Clifton
Moloney, composer:' M!.s Hvellna -A Hemp
hill, pianist; Miss Anna Plummer. reader, and
Miss Louise Glfford, dancer.
Public. Reception to Arelibitdiop
Tho public, reception tu ArchbMiop Dough
erty at the Catholic Phllopatrlan Literary
Institute, II U Arch street, which was orig
inally schedulrU for Thursday. October 17.
but postponed, nu account of the epidemic
Influenza, will bo held on Tuesday evening,
November 2fi!
The function, which Is expected to sur
para the reception given by the Phllopatrlan
Institute to Cardinal Gibbons in November,
IMS, will afford an opportunity t) Phlladel
ph'n's citizens of all creeds and professions
to greet the Archbishop.
To Lecture on Ilclgium
Arthur Stanley Itlggs, who has hem with
the American. French and Ilngllsh armies at
the front, has returnt-d and will begin a
course of li-ctures on "The Allies and the
War as I Saw It," under the auspices of the
I'nlverslty Extension Society, this evening
at Wltherspooii Hall. Mr. Rlggs's first lec
ture will be on "Heroic Belgium," llurly 11
lustiated by his ovn pictures.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
By DADDY
A rompfrfr nrw adventure each ircrfc, fctoln
nine Monday and ending Saturday
(Dtue Jay turns detective anil enlists
l'egov In an adventure tohlrh finally leads
to their going with Officer Casey In search
of a secret German wireless station. They
come across a German oanl, who Is about
to overpower Officer Casey, ichrn t'rgny
hurls a large stone ilown upon his hititl.)
CHAPTER V
J'cfgy Ujcj a Pistol
ffIRACIC !" sounded the rock as It bounced
J on the German's head.
"Woof!" grunted the (lerninn, as be sud
denly sprawled helplessly over Ofllcer Casey'H
body. He had been knocked senseless,
OHlcer Cnsey promptly rolled on top of him
and pinned him to the ground. After gag
g'ng the German bo dragged him to a small
tree and sat hlfn down facing It, with a leg
on either side of the trunk. Ho claped
tho German's arms around the trpe, fasten
ing them together with handcuffs. Hy this
time tho German had begun to recover h's
senses and was looking wildly around.
"You'll be perfectly safe there, my hearty,
until we've found what all this mystery Is
about. Then If you've been up to evil tricks
vvo'll cart you off to Jail." Saying this, OHl
cer Casey hurried away with Peggy toward
the place where the father of Helen and
Toddy had been standing when the German
struck him down.
"From there we ought to be nble to seo
the wireless outfit that Is. If there Is a wire
less outfit," said OHlcer Casey.
"This Is thu place," screnmed Hlue Jny.
"The man was standing right where you
are, Prlnceta' Peggy, when, tho German hit
him."
Involuntarily Peggy jumped aside. Sho
didn't wnnt a club coming out of tho hushes
and cracking her over the head. Then, a
little ashamed of her nervousness, She told
Ofllcer Casey what Hlue Jny had said.
"And which way was tho man looking?"
asked the policeman.
"At tho top of the hill across the valley,"
answered IJluo Jny. Ofllcer Casey looked
hard nnd long at the h'll.
"I don't see any signs of n wireless out
fit," he said. Neither did Peggy.
"What's a wireless outfit like?" asked Blue
Jay.
"The out-of-doors part Is Just a lot of
wires hung on a frame between two towers,"
answered Peggy.
"Wires," mpsed Hlue Jay. "Seems to me
I saw some wires up on the bill th's morn
ing. They don't seem to be there now."
Hero was a new mystery. Peggy qulcklv
tfld Officer Casey what Hlue Jay had said.
"Maybe they've been scared out, and we're
too late," said the policeman. "And maybe,
too, what Helen's father said was only the
ravings of n man hurt hi the head. Per
haps there isn't nny wireless, but I'm going
to see what's on the hill."
"And I'm going with you.' said Peggy.
"Me, too," cried Hlue Jay.
"First we'd better find out If there nre
other guards about," said Officer Cnsey. "If
they are German spies with n wireless
station, you can bo sure they'll have tho
place well gunrded. I wish Blue Jay would
take a look around."
"I'll do better than that," prom'scd Blue
Jay. "There are other Jays up here. They'll
know all about these folks. I'll find out
from them."
It didn't take Bluo Jay long to do this.
He was back In a few minutes with a lot
of Information.
"There's a guard on the other side of the
hill, and a guard In the gully," he said. "He
sldts that there's u man In a queer bouse
lildden In a cave among the rocks."
Ofllcer Cnsey shoved a big pistol Into
Peggy's hands.
"It Isn't loaded, but you may feel safer
with It," he said. "You stay here while I
tnke a look at these guards." With that he
hurried olf with Blue Jay.
It was very quiet and lonesome In the
foresl, and Peggy thrilled nt every tiny
suunif. Presently, far away, she beard the
screeches of the Jays. Then there was si
lence. Had Officer Casey found the guards?
Or had they found him?
Then suddenly Bhe heard a cautious foot
step. Was It Ofllcer Casey coming back?
No, It bounded from the other direction.
Peggy raised her pistol and pointed It toward
an opening In the bushes. Into that opening
came a German, larger and fiercer-baking
than the other,
His eyes lighted upon Peggy, and he
started back In surprise.
"Make one move or a single sound and
I'll pull the trigger," said Peggy.
f.'n the next chapter VtOBV atut Officer
Cuteu find a man i the cave.) .
- lXLAl3ELPHlA, FRIDAY, OVEMBIUR 5i
ENGAGED TO
THE MAN WITH THE CLUB FOOT
Hy VAI.KNTINE WILLIAMS
Coruri'jht. Ifll. by the Ptihlir t.rdorr Co.
Oliyrlglil bu Kotidt .11. .1ft Bible rf Co.
CHAPTER V (ContiiiuiM.)
(( ACH!" she rj;ie
--J-volce was all
eulated . . . and 111 her
I the world of admiration
that a German woman feels for bruto man.
. . . "The Heir Hnglaliiler came Into our
room and ho died. So. i-o ! Hut ono muM
speak to Frana The man drinks too much,
llo Ik alwa.vs drunk. He makes mistakes. It
will not do. I will. ..."
"I wish you to do nothing against Fran.."
I said. "This Englishman spoke German
well; Karl will tell 11."
"As the gentleman wishes." was tho
woman's reply In a voice so silky nnd so
scrvllo that I felt my gorgo rise.
"She loolis like a slug I ' I said to myi-elf.
as she stood there, fat and sleek and hor
rible. "Here are his jiasipoit and other papers.
I said, bending down and taking tluiu frni
thf dead's man's pocket. "He was an English
ollleer. von seo?" And I unfolded the little
black bonk stamped with the royal aims.
She leaned forward anil I was all but stilled
with the stalo odor of the perfume with
which htr faded body was drenched.
Then, making a sheaf of passport and per
mit. 1 hed them In the flame of the candle.
"But wo always keep them!" expostulated
the holelkecper.
"This passport must die with the man,
I replied firmly. "He must not no iraceu. .
want no awkward Inquiries made, you under
stand. Therefore . . ." and I Hung tho burn
ing mass of papers Into the grate.
"Good, good !" said tha German and put her
lamp down on the table. 'There wns a tele
phone message for you," she added, "to say
.that der Stelze will come at eight 111 tho morn
ing to reeelvb what you have brought."
The deuce! This was getting awkward.
Who the devil wns Stelzo?
"Coming at eight is he?" I said, simply for
the sake of saying something.
"Jawohl!" replied Frau Schratt. "Ho was
here already this morning. Ho wss nervous,
oh very, and expected you to be here. Al
ready two days he Is waiting here to go on.
"So," I said, "he Is going to take ... It
on with him, Is he?" (I knew where be was
"going on" to, well enough: he was going
to see that document safe In Germany.)
There was a malicious ring in the woman s
voice when she spoko of Stelze. I thought
I might profit by this. So I drew her out.
"So Stelze called today nnd gave you his
orders, did he?" I said, "and . . . and took
charge of things generally, eh?"
Her little eyes snapped viciously.
"Achl" sho said, "der Stelze Is der Stelze.
He has power; he has authority; be can
make and unmake men. Hut I ... I In my
time have broken a dozen better men than
be nnd yet he dareB to tell Anna Schratt
that . . . that . . "
Shi? raised her voice hysterically, but
broke oft before she could finish the sentence.
I saw sho thought she had said too much.
"He won't play that game with me." I
s-iid. Strength is tho quality that every
Gurman, man, woman nnd child, respects, and
strength nlone. My safety depended on my
showing this Ignoble creature that I received
orders from no one, "You know vvhnt he Is.
Ono runs tho risk, ono takes trouble, one
Is successful. Then ho steps in nnd gathers
the laurels. No, I am not going to wall
for him."
Tho hotclkeepcr sprang .to her feet, her
faded faco all ravaged by the shadow of a
great fear.
"You wouldn't dare!" she raid.
"I would," I retorted. "I've done my
work and I'll report to headquarters and to
no one else'.
My eyes fell Upon the body.
"Now, what arc we going to do with
this?" I said. "You must help me, Frau
uMiratt. This Is serious. This must not
lit- found here."
She looked up at mo In surprise.
"That?" she said, and she kicked tho body
with her foot. "Oh, that will be all right
with die Schratt! 'It must not be found
here.'" (She mimicked my grave tone.) "It
will not bo found here, young man!"
And she chuckled with all tho full-bodied
good humor ot a fat l'erBon-
"I mean what I mean, young man, anil
what you mean," sho replied. "When they
me In a dlfliculty, when there are compli
cations, when there Is any unpleasant
ness . . . like this . . .they remember
die Schratt. 'die fesche Anna." as they call
ed mo once, and It Is 'gnadlge Frau' hero
and 'gnadlgo Frau' thero and a diamond
bracelet or a pearl ring. If only I will do
the little conjuring trick that will smooth
everything over. Hut when all goes well,
then I am 'old Schratt,' 'old hag,' 'old
woman,' and I mUBt take my orders and
beg nicely and . . . bah I"
Her words ended In a gulp, which In any
other woman would have been a Bob.
Then she added In her hard harlot's volcoi
"You needn't worry your head about him,
there! Leave him to me It's my trade!"
At thoso words, which covered Odd only
knows what horrors of midnight disappear
ances, vt ghoulish rites with packing-case
and sack. In the dark cellars of that evil
houte, I f'H that, could 1 but draw back
from the enterprise to which I had to rashly
committed myself, I would do so gladly.
Only then did I begin to realize something
of the uttr ruthlcssness, the cold, calcu
lating ferocity, of the most bitter and most
powerful enemy which the British Empire
Tias ever had.
But It vvaB too late to withdraw now. The
die was cast. Destiny, knocking nt my door,
bad found me ready to follow, and I was
committed to whatever might befall me In
my new personality. .
The German woman turned to go.
.lie Bald. "I suppose the gentleman villi talis
hi. early morning coffee before,"
Dtr Stelze win be Here at eight, then,1
ARMY OFFICER
"I shan't be here," I said. "You can tell
your friends I've gone.
She turned on me like a Hash.
Slin was bard as Hint again.
".Vein!" she cried. "You stay hero!'"
"No," I answered with equal force, "not
" . Orders are trders and you and
I must obey!"
"But who Is Stelze that he should give
orders to me?" I cried.
'Who Is . . . ?" She spoke aghast.
" . And you yourself," I continued,
' weie snjlng . . ."
"Win n an order has been given, what
ou or I think or say Is of in account."
the woman said. "It Is an order; you and I
know whose older. Let Hint suHlce. You
stay here! Good-night !"
Willi tlmt "sho was gone. She closed the
dcAir behind her; the key rattled In the lock
and 1 realized that I was a prisoner. 1
heard the woman's footfalls die away down
the corridor.
That dlstnnt clock cleaved tho silence of
the night with twelve ponderous strokes. Then
tho chimes played a pretty Jingling little tune
that rang out clearly In the still, rain-washed
air.
I stooil petrllled anil reflected on my next
move.
Twelve o'clock ! I had eight hours' grace
before Stelze, the man of mystery and might,
arrived to unmask me and baud mo over to
the lender mercies of .Madame and ot Karl.
Before 8 o'clock arrived I must so I sum
med up my position be clear of the hotel and
In tho train for the German frontier if I
could get a train else I must be out of Rot-
ivrtiam, oy that hour.
But I must net and act without delay,
Thero was no knowing when that dead man
lying on the floor might procure me another
visit from Madamo and her myrmidons. Tho
sooner 1 was out of that houso of death the
better.
Tho door was solid ; the lock was strong.
That I discovered without any trouble. In
any case, I reflected, the front door of the
hotel would be barred and bolted at this hour
of the u'ght, and 1 could scarcely dare hope
to escape by the front without detection, even
if Kail were not actually In tho cntrnnco
hall. There must be n back entrance to the
hotel, 1 thought, for I had seen that tho win.
dow.s of my room opened onto tho narrow
street lining the canal which ran at tha
back .of the house.
Escape by the windows was Impossible.
The front of the house dropped sheer down
and thero was nothing to give one a foot
hold. But I remembered tho window In th
bathroom giving on to the little alrshaft.
That seemed to offer a slender chance of
escape.
For the second time that night 1 opened tho
casement and Inhaled the fetid odors arising
from the narrow court. All the windows look.
Ing, like mine, upon tho alrshaft were
shrouded In darkness; only a light still
burned In the window beneath the grating
with the Iron stair to tho little yard. What
was at the foot of the stair I could not
descry, but I thought I could recognize the
outllnu of a door.
From the window of the bathroom to
the yard the sides of the bouse, cosed In
stained and dirty stucco, fell sheer away.
Measured with the eye the drop from the win.
dow to the pavement was about fifty feet.
With a rope and somethllng to break one's
fall It might, I fancied, be managed
From that on. things moved swiftly. First
with my penknife I ripped tho tnllor's tab
with my name from the Inside pocket of my
coat and burnt It In the candle; nothing else
I had on wns marked, for I had had to buy a
lot of new garments when I camo out of the
hospital. I took Semlln'tf overcoat, bat and
bag Into the cabinet de toilette nnd stood
them In readiness by the window. As a
precaution against surprise I pushed the
massive mahogany bedstead right across the
doorway and thus barricaded tho entrance to
me ruum.
From cither side of the Hreplaco bung two
bell-ropes, twisted silk cords of faded crimson
with dusty tassels. Mounting on tho mantel
piece, I cut the bell-ropes off short where
they Joined the wire. Testing them I found
them apparently solid at any rate they
must serve. I knotted them together.
Hack lo tne caninet ue toilette I went to
find a suitable object to which to fasten my
rope. Thcro was nothing In the little room
save tho washstand and that was fragile and
quite unsulted fgr the purpose. I noticed
that the window wns fitted with abutters on
the outside, fastened back against tho wall.
They had not been touched for years, I
should say, for the Iron peg holding them
hack was heavy with rust and the shutters
were covered with duet I closed the left
hand shutter and found that It fastened
solidly to the window-frame by means of
massive Iron bolts, top and bottom.
Hero was the required support for my rope
The poker thrust through the wooden slips of
the shutter held the rope quite solidly. I at
tached my rope to tho poker vvilh an expert
knot that I had picked up at a course In tying
knots during a preposterously dull week I bad
Bpent at a base In France. Then I dragged
from the bed the gigantic eiderdown pin
cushion and the two massive pillows, (.trip
ping oft the plllow-sllps lest their whiteness
might attract attention whilst they were ful
filling the unusual mission for which 1 des
tined them,
At the window of the cabinet de toilette 1
listened a moment. All was bllent as tho
giave, Resolutely I pitched out the elder
down Into the dark and dirty alrshaft. It
sailed gracefully earthward and settled with
a gentle flop on tht stones of tho tiny yard.
The pillows followed. The heavier thud they
would have made was deadened by the 'bil
lowy mass of the eiderdown. Semlin'a bag
went next and made no sound to speak of;
then his overcoat and hat followed suit.
I noticed, with a grateful heart, that the
eiderdown and pillows covered practically
the whole of tho flags of the yard,
' I went back once more to the I
room and
9RHBB8BHLhb3Pc? 3iw UIIflESuiL&bKJiH
1018
blew out the candle. Then, taking a ahort
hold on my silken rope, I clambered out over
the window ledge and started to let myself
down. ,
My two bell-ropes, knotted together, were
about twenty-five foot long, so I had to
reckon on a dear drop of something over
thirty feet Tho iokcr and shutter held
splendidly firm, and I found little dlfliculty
In lowering myself, though I barked my
knuckles most unpleasantly on the rough
stucco of the wall. As 1 reached the ex
tremity of my ropo I glanced downward.
The red splash of the eiderdown, Just visible
In the light from the adjoining window,
seemed to be a horrible distance below m.
My spirit failed me. My determination began
to ebb. I could never risk It
The rope settled the question for mo. It
snapped without warning how It had sup
ported my weight up lo then I don't know
anil I fell In a liciip (and, as It seemed to
me nt the time, with a most revet berating
crash) on to the soft divan 1 had prepared
for my reception.
1 came dowrt hard, very hard, but old
Madame's plump eiderdown and pillows cer-
alnly helped to bleak my fall. I dropped
square on top of the eiderdown with one
knee on a pillow and, though shaken and
Jarred, 1 found I had broken no bones.
Nor did my senses leave me. In a minute
1 was up on my feet again. I listened. All
was still silent 1 cant a glance upward
The window from which I uad descended was
still dark I could seo the broken bell-ropes
dangling fiom the shutter, and I noted, with
a glow or professional pride, that my ex.it
Joint between the two ropes had not given.
The lower rope had parted In the middle
The Iron stair ran down besldo the win
dow In which I bad seen the light burning.
The tower part of the window was screened
oft by a dirty muslin curtain. Through the
upper part I caught n glimpse of a sort of
scullery with a paraflln lamp standing on a
wooden table. Tim room was empty. From
top to bottom the window was protected by
heavy Iron bars.
At tho foot of tho Iron stair stood, as 1
had anticipated, a door. It was my last
chance of e.icape. It stood a dozen yards
from the bottom of the ladder across a dank,
little paved area where tins of refuso were
standing a small i0or with a brass handle
1 ducked low ns I clambered down the Iron
ladder so as not to be seen from the window
should any one enter the scullery ns 1 passed.
Itindlng very softly I crept across the little
area and. as quietly us I could, turned the
bHiidl" of the door.
It turned round easily in my band, but
nothing happened.
The door was locked.
(TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW)
WL. WERST IN ARMY AGAIN
Former Member of Cnmmisiioii lo Russia
Now in Ordnance
'. W. Worst, who was a lieutenant colonei
attached to the railway commlss'on which
went to Russia. Is back in the army service
agsln. Announcement nf his appointment as
a lieutenant colonel In tho ordnance depart.
mem was inauo toilay.
Colonel Werst went to Russia a year ago
and returned home with the commission In
May. There being nothing further for him
to do with the commission, he resigned. Then
be made application for a commission In tho
ordnance department.
Colonel Verst Is a mechanical englneei
and Is n superintendent for the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, at the Eddystone plant.
Other Phlladelphlans on the list or commls
rlons announced by the War Department fol
low :
Ordnance First lieutenants. John Applln.
Philadelphia; L. A. Haskett. 001 Allison
street. Second lieutenant, W. L. Simmon.-,
2800 Columbia avenue.
Quartei master's corps Second lieutenant,
W. C. Morris, 2333 South Seventeenth street.
Motor transport corps Second lieutenants.
Harry II. Peebles. H21 Arch street, and C
S. Brown, 4833 Tacony street.
Chemical warfare service Second llcuten
ant, T. E. Knapp, 1017 North Sixty-third
street.
Air service (aeronautics) Second llcuten.
ants. E. S. Eldredge, Camden, N. J. ; B. A.
Hermes, 23.1t North Twenty-first street, nno
W. J. Kcenan, 22(12 North Cleveland avenue.
GREETS RED CROSS AIDES
Ellis Gimbel Entertains 800 Members of
Naval Auxiliary
Kills Gimbel entertained 800 guests last
night at a meeting of tho Adam Gimbel
Navy Auxiliary of the Red Cross at the
Gimbel Brothers' store. Mr. and Mrs. Kd
ward T. Ktotesbury, Mrs. Alfred F. Gray,
vice chairman of the Navy League; Miss
Dorothy Mills, field secretary, and Lieutenant
Thomas Rets, of tho Schuylkill Arsenal, wero
the special guests.
The purpose of tho gathering was to open
tho winter's work of the npxlllary with the
reception of a handsome banner presented by
tho head of the Ann.
Tho Ited Crois Navy League banner was
presented to Mrs. Stotesbury as the founder
of the Adam Gimbel Auxiliary. Tho flag was
accepted by Mr. Stotesbury for the cadets
and Girl Scouts.
Lieutenant Rees spoke of the reclamation
garment work which was still to be done.
An address eulogizing the patriotism of
tho men In service, so many of whom were
Inspired with the thought of making good
In tho eyes of such women as composed the
auxiliary, was given by ICdward J. Cattell,
city statistician.
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The bicentenary of the death of Willi
Penn will be observed tonight at tha Frlefrthr.
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first r'-iinlnp (n Pennsylvania. SO the .COM 1-
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to a proclamation by Governor Drumbatlifi,W-'1
wiir, Im exnerted In attend. & 1
Representatives of all the religious ,MfA' ,
nuiiiiiittiiuiii; WHICH I Clio nuvunnu .v m fi ,
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Order of Forty Houn Devotion .; ! I
The order of the Forty. Hours' Devotl('I iS
In the archdiocese names the following pl,-j-, ,r
In which It will be held during the comm. Kjv
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