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..,, ?!.?T0RV T,,IS FAB- .
Philip Whltfe-menr, workln partner ol
renptny rontrolllnc the fl.h supply of
SSn,th.unrn.A.nn7..l;r,Si,n,:
&M.nJPE?0&JE: Unnk.nST.nt
frlMM. rem and litl
ana rlna thY tiAva ia t
help him out. The
to the mystery la
letter dreseei to lArd FUihut
ii i.
tiima aiiit hVfflna fn mm nhnut it lornl
tTm
baftatr and draws a sketrh of her. Wliltte
saere recognise Klleen nrokaw. a former
sweetheart, daughter of M partner, nnd
preenraeblr thoositnd of miles nwnr nut
n't mrntlon tho fart to (irnt-on. ln
eteeld ne leave the raliln and rllmbii the
Mil. where he meet a half-breed, n while
Blrl, Jeanne, and a wolfhonnd. He frill.
In Isie with the itlrl. Ilrokaw nnd hi.
daughter arrive. Jeanne nnd rlrrre nre
aitacKea ny men vvne nrnve on ine snip
wltli them
earned off,
rhlllp follow" the kidnappers.
I lerre in wouiwru una uninne
Ksvee Jeanne nnd starts to take her to her
me. rort ' God.
CHAPTER XHI-(Contmued)
Half an hour later Thlllp unshould.
ercd the canoo at tho upper end of
ths rapids. His own toilet articles
were back In the cabin with Oregson,
but he took a wash in the river and
combed his hair with his fingers.
When he returned, there was a trans
formation in Jeanne. Her beautiful
hair was done up In shining colls. She
had changed her bedraggled skirt for
another of soft, yellow buckskin. At
her throat she wore a fluffy mass of
crimson stuff which seemed to re
flect a richer rose-flush In her cheeks.
A curious thought came to Philip as
he looked at her. Llko a flash the
memory of a certain night came to
him when It had taken Miss Drokaw
and her maids two hours to make a
toilet for a ball. And Jeanne, In the
heart of a wilderness, had made her
self more beautiful than Eileen. He
imagined, as she stood before him, a t
little embarrassed by tho admiration
in his eyes, the sensation Jeanne
would create in a ballroom at home.
And then he laughed laughed Joy.
ously at thoughts which he could not
reveal to Jeanne, and which she, by
some quick Intuition, knew that she
should not ask him to express.
Twice again Philip made tho port
age, accompanied the second time by
Jeanne, who insisted on carrying a
small pack and two paddles. In spite
of his determination and splendid ph
slque, Philip began to feel tho effects
of the tremendous strain which he had t
been under for so long. He counted
back and found that he had slept but i
six hours in the 'last forty-eight.
There was a warning ache in his
shoulders and a gnawing pain In the
bones of his forearms. But hoknevv
that he had not yet mado sutllcient
headway up the Churchill. It would
not be difficult for him to make .1
camp far enough back in the bush
to avoid discovery; but, at the same
time, if ho and Jeanne were pursued,
the stop would give their enemies a ,
chance to get ahead of them. This
danger he wished to escape.
He flattered himself that Jeanne saw-
no signs of his weakening. He did '
not know tliat Jeanno put more and
more effort into her paddle, until her
arms and body ached, because she saw
the truth.
The Churchill narrowed and Us cur
rent hprnmn Bulftr na 4l,, . I
gressed. Five portages were mode be-,
tween sunrise and eleven o'clock. Thnv
ate dinner at tho fifth, and rested for '
two hours. Then the journey was re-
sumed. It was three o'clock when
Jeanno dropped her paddle and turned
to Philip. There were deep Hne3 In his
face. He smiled, but there was more
of haggard misery than cheer In tho
smile. There was an unnatural flush
in his cheeks, and he began to feel a
burning pain where tho blow had
fallen .upon his head before. For a
full half minute Jeanne looked at him
without speaking.
"Philip," sue said and It was the
first time sho had spoken his name in
this way, "I Insist upon going nshore
immediately. If you do not land
now in that opening ahead. I shall
jump out, and you can go on alone."
"As you i
surrendered
Jeanne
hore,
while
with his paddle. She pointed to the
luggaec.
"We will want the tent every-
thing," she said, "because we nre go-
ins to camp here until tomorrow."
Once on shore, Philip's dizziness left '
him. He pulled tho sanoe high up
on the bank, nnd then Jeanne and he
set off, sldo by side, to explore the
liigh, wooded ground back from the
river. They followed a well-worn
moose trait, ana two or three hundred
" oZ.nJ l, r ?T UP""
small opening cluttered by great
rocks and surrounded bv ch.mn.s nt
6lrch, spruce, and bansklan pine. The
moose trail crossed this rough open
apace; and, following It to the oppo-
Bite side, Philip nnd Jeanne came upon
B clear, rippling little stream, scarcely
rn ,nt-,4.. tr. .. 1.1,1. kl.UnM l 1
under thick caribou' moss and lunLies
"r.rJi.Li ,i ?1 L . -J ??'"'
miuniib in-ru. ll w.13 uu lueai
It was an Ideal
camping spot, and Jeanno gave a little
cry of delight when they found tho
cold water of the creek.
Philip then returned to the river,
concealed the canot, covered up all
traces of their landing, and began to
carry .he camping outfit back to the
open. The small silk tent for Jeanne's
uso he set up in a little grassy corner
' the clearing, and built their Are
a dozen paces from it. With a sort of
thrilling pleasure ho began cutting
balsam boughs for Jeanne's bed. He
cut armful after armful, and it was
growing dusk In the forest by the
time ho was done. In the glow and the
heat of the Are Jeanne's cheeks were
as" pink as an apple. Sho had turned
a biff flat rock into a table, and as she
busied herself about this nhe burst
suddenly into a sift ripple of song;
thn, remembering that It was not
Pierre who was near her, sho stopped.
Pljlllp, with his last armful of bed
dlnr, was directly behind her, and he
Uushed happily1 at her over the green
mm of balsam when she turned and
say my captain Jeanne." ?ound voices inllnltchlmally small. "" i"". ." " " f,om her by the rack of his nuestlon
Philip, a llttlo dizzily. .trance quiverings, rustlings that that happened a long, long tlmo ago. ,..... ,.,,.,..,,. ,,,.,. oh ' . "'
guided the canoe to the might have been mado by wind, by ' "' " ,ho ,nU1(11 ,,r a ti"Iblo ualf.chll(, .,...- ,,, u. ' V
, and was the first to spring out. breath, by shadows, almost. Over- winter, and 1-le: re was then a boy. Ono , . - '
t-,., . ... . ... ... .... .I.iv- li. u.iv out 111 1 Tif I tilt nnrl lo (MOIO ... ' u
x-jiiup sieauieu me ngnt craft head tho tips or tne spruce nnd tan .- " - iiod was not her father. He
:.- mw him looking at her.
FLOWER OF
By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
"Vou llko this?" lie naked.
' "M ls Klor'oua!" cried Jeanne, her
... tii,in, . . .
e cs "ashing. She seemed to grow
talIer re him. nnd stood with her
' na ,1,,ow" back' "l Parted. BaZ-
i" upon mo wiiiicrncss nbout her.
"It ls glorious! " she repented, breath-
lng deeply. "There ls nothing In the
whole world that could make mo give
this up, M'slour Thlllp. I was born
In It. I want to die In It. Only "
i Her face clouded for a moment ns
' her eyes rested upon his.
' "Your civilization ls coming north
I to spoil It all
she added, nnd turned
, ,. , ...
to tho rock table
rhlllp dropped his load
Hie iiooil uitli her hejil
mWlimmmr J!" ;i as.
V v .din fa . w85"1 1 .-
Followed more talk of a personal na
"sJuppcr Is icady," sho said, and the ' Is tho most wonderful man In tho. with the hope tint each Iiistuut tho tare, such conversation as .Mr. I'tevei
clUtl "'"I
It was Jeanne's first reference to
llla
clv'
rccu
bll
Churchill
herse
they were eating, and Philip say mat
i!" n vcr-v tiroil. When tlioy had
flnl-heil. they f.U for n few minutes
watching the lowering flames of the
flrc. Darkness had gatheied nbout
them. Their faces and the rock wete
Illumined more and moro faintly ns the
embers died down. A .silence fell upon
them. In the bansklans close behind
them an owl hooted .softly, u cautious,
drumming note, as though the night-
bird posci-.sed still a fear of the
newly dead day. The brush gave out
pines whispered among themselves, as
they never commune b day. Spirits
seemed to move among tin in sending
down to Jeanno'.s and Philip's listening
ears a restful, sleepy murmur.
Farther b'ick there sounded n deep
sniff, where n moose, traveling the
well-worn trail, stopped In sudden
fear nnd wonder n tho strange man-
scent which enmo to iu nostrils. And
stlU farther, from some llttlo lake
nameless and undiscovered In tho
WdCk ,ie"t", f fOr0'St l" U,e
south, a great northern loon sent out
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to all
night things, and then plunged deep
under water, ns though frightened into
the depths by its own mad Jirgon. Tho
fire died lower, Philip moved u llttlo
lOVVer. i'UlMP mOV'Cd ll llttIO I
nearer to the girl, whoe breathing he ,
. . .
"Jeanne." he said, softly, fighting to
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....-.-I. iiiki'i , 1VIUV1UII4 nvi iiauu, i
i own people, to tho Invasion oC .,.., nIt. .,..,-. , ... '"'M ml imu t nnucrntly at tho starry hi-nns
1 men mio alii Pioheu norm iiitn mm f timtn .. i.. n 1...1.1 1.1.... i- n 1.. 1 1 ...
m-itfMi Inin tlwi .MrMII -1 11 fl thPII n ".-- ouuiiin iif lll'lll llllll-ll l' vii ill lliilHI 111.11
zatlou into tin norm, ami uieit Uo l3 fllUlt,ri .M'6,..m- Philip." that never heal nnd ho ie.ill-e,l tin, hi answer to Flos-sle's l.rcntlilcs "Oood-
rred to I'lillip the worus 111 wnicuc . . ,,.,,,, ,, , , even ng'" he managed to give quite a
Phil n i-Miilil nut vticnlf. r)arUnp-.s lo asK forgiveness wonlrl l.,. i.m, n... ... i .... ..,- -i....
Iiml ,rr nut lier lintl-pil nejMinSt ' ' .. .. - "" "" liaiuiui ri.n i ui "i'""-- ...
" "" --- 1,1,1 1,1,., flr,n, i,.. i.r. ,11,1 not otiier DluiKlcr. IIm nlmou, ...,..i "(Jooil evening. kouJ evening, he e-1
"Ut Janne ,1M "0t bc,.n,''-. that which loaned into his face, ho thought of what he hn.l ,1m... '.. d,,'mf 'L' ...., ., .
If ntriln Sho uns OUll t Willie t 3 " '" luul- I1'"1" "I'
ll i.H'1111. ii, "-o ( . ninin.ml tin v'Mvi nil tllQ IlW e-lrO to UniWst.'iml in bnn.., ,,l)n will wilDim.. ho llPJin! lis'" uhlo.
SOMEBODY'S STENOGRAPHER She Learns Quickly
Mi ss o'fuge.
have "b ask 't&u
Relieve The Tele
OPeQAToR AT
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THE NORTH
i 'I know what you mean I under -
stand. Two years niro I gave up chill-
zatlon for this. I am glad that I
wroto to you as I did, for now you will
bcllevo mo nnd know that I under
stand. I lovo this world up hero as
you lovo It. I am never going back
again."
Jeanno nas silent.
"nut thoro Is one thing, nt least
one whjch I cannot understand in
you," ho went on, nerving himself for
what might como 11 moment later.
"You nro of this world you hato civil-
lzatkm and yet ou have biought a
man Into tho north to teach you its
ways. I mean this man who you say
tliroun Iiaik, lips parlctl, pjzing upon
""''''"
Ho united, trembling. It hoeitis nn
point of flinging hlm-clf nt he'f feet.
"lou hpoKo cu jouisi'it. ox t'leiiP. oi
Jour UUm. alld'of ,, oti1(n. Ilt .-ort
Q. Go(, mM 1MlI11, ..r tnought that
he tho other was jour tutor."
"Xo. It Is Pieric'M sister," replied
Jeanno.
"Your sister! You havo a sister?"
Ik. i ou Id hear Jeanne catch hor
In rath.
"Listen. M'slcur." sdio .said, after a
.. .
moment. "I must tell ou a little
upon a trail the trail of a woman
who had dragged hermit through tho
snow In her moccasined feet. It was
fir out norm i Inrieti whern thorn
far out upon a ban en. wluro tlitie
was no life, and ho followed. He
found her. .M'sleur. and she was dead.
.Sho had died from cold nnd stnrva-
tlon. An hour sooner ho might have
j . , ,
sived her, for, wiappml so close
against her hicast, ho found a llttlo
chlld-a baby glrl-nnd sho was alive.
llo tiroi,L-lll !i.r to l.'ni t o' eli.il
w. i.,.. . ,....,
theioalmo,, mono; nnd there, through
w. ,.- ...... .....
a" """ """ rn" "M '"uu H,m
grownup And no ono knows who her
mother was, or who he-r father was
ami so it happened that Picric, who
, , , ,. , ,..,
luuini hit. is iii-i- nroincr. aim mo
tnmi Ulin l.nu tr.f'.l l.r.e r.,,,1 ......1 fn -
hm- Is her father."
,
"An,) Bho u lno olIlor nt I'"ort "
Ood-I'Ierro'.s sister." said Phllln.
, . .... .. .
au.iiiiio rose irom mo rocK nnd
I'll
To
pmosC
lumch
drills a
Atsoui
The'R
t?iimliHt
t Of nits. 1 .,..,. ., T 1 nn. 1 ni.DII,....! A Till III! lw.. ,1., T I i .. I . . . . . . . II 11.1 Ijir All 1'oflV t flt llfll t 111111 I'll!. tT.t'A.
i ua it iwtiv in i .... - . - - -- .v....,,i iviiiiii I ill' " - ,--- - -.-.-... ... .
Plumber .'
, moved toward tho tent, glimmering In-
distinctly In the night. Her volco came
back chokingly.
"No, M'slcur. Pierre's real sister ls
nt Kurt o' Ood. I am tho one whom
hcTound out on tho barren."
To the night sounds there was added
n heart-broken sob, and Jeanno dis
f
appeared In tho tent.
CHAPTER XIV
pHIIjlP sat where Jeanne had left
him. Ho was powerless to move
or to say a word that might have re
called her. Her own grief, quivering
In that one piteous sob, overwhelmed
him. It held him mute nnd listening,
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ilio uilricnirahitut Iter
tcnt-flap might open nnd Jeanne ,e-
appe.ir.
And jet if she came he had
Ivlln.li mi-v
about .Uanne. ho had driven he- Into
- invr. tmi lie Had forced fiom
htr h- might have learned n little later
from Pieno or fiom the father at
rort o' Jod. He thought that Jeanno
mu,,t 'iesPlso him now, for ho hart
taken advantage of her helplessness ,
;,nU ,hlH v" IH'sltl"n' " ""' ved
."'' fr,,m lu'r ""'"I": and in return
o, i,.,,i ,,,., ,i i,, i,,. , ,
lie ii.nl cip-n. d lur hcait, naked and
iileedlinr. to his .u vi,, i. ,. ,
,uIcl ,,,. ,vlu ' , , , ruK- ""'
lul" nini was not a volunt.nrv nn.
jcncp.
It was a confession
,, ,
oau gone
to tlln r- .lnntl.a rt .I.... .. ..-.
-1 niik
,7 r' xrircn
. . . , ,"-ut'1 ,lna 0i whom if8S ni, Mispense
Mr- I''ver Inhaled deeply, prepared
t,H .1 for the plunge. lost courage nnd fl'.ppcd
lu roso n"' Mitred tho Are, nnd bnind-'.di- "lie was a good man"
- en!" bre leaped into flatne. n IS'i.f uy In n"
"tiitlni, his pale fare. Ho wanted to orv of the long-deparied
K" lo the ,ent- '""',1 thoro where ,fT1V, .waBn,',l'''',T M'''m' Sud.leiijy
Jeanno ronlil Iw.ir i,im i . .. . J,r- Peev r flung his arms despair ng y
J""' count near him. and tell her in the nir and commenced frnmlc.illv
t,iat " waa n" mistake. Yet he
" that this could not be. neither
inc ih-.m u.iy nor me next, for to nin,i
i.tPHiintlmi fnr iiimvir ..i,i i... ...
-veal his lovo. Two or three mc3
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" - "-.. ...i me pomr or revealing
that love. Only now, nfti-i what had
happened, did It occur to him that to I
dlsclo.se his heart to Jeanne would be
.... ..
tne greatest crime lie could commit.
Ul.n .... ..I ..1.1. 1.I-. I.. ... . . .1
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' -""", ..irii. in 141-ini nun,
u,,on h1'' 1,ont"' Ho 'erol when
'"' thought how nnnow had been his
, u. ...... . . .
'lai'w. nuw B,mri u nine no nau
Oc A.,. T-E ee' The. idea of
"Mr Baso MAI4GIM6THIS ON ME!
T a nt as Though he Oidht know
Better: he's Got SOAe Sense. -I
I SEEN MiM WEAR HIS RUBBERS
ePAlE r?Alr4V DAY .' WHAT &0 I KJOW
r-l (IMG THESe. STICKERS 1AJ
little holes ? 3 aint a
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oo7777 vy w;) (A4.
known her, and how In that brief
spell he had given himself up to nn
almost Insano hopo. To him Jeanne
wns not a stranger. Sho was tho em
bodiment, In flesh nnd blood, of the
spirit which had been his companion
for so long. He loved her moro than
ever now, for Jeanno the lost child
of tho snows was moro tho earthly
revelation of his beloved spirit than
Jeanno tho sister of Pierre. But
what was ho to Jeanne?
(CONTINUHD TOMORROW)
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
MR. PEEVER'S
SUCCESSFUL ROMANCE
By Pearl Uragg Meyer
(i AHUM,
t befor
nhem !" Mr. Peevcr, posing
before the sitting-room mirror,
cleared his throat lgorously.
"My year Flossie Jane, may I hae
the honor of offering " That sounded
all wrong. Mr. Peevcr sighed. If he
mado such a mess of the rehearsals,
how would ho carry through tho pro
posal ltavlf 7 This was tho worst Job
had had ever tackled, ho thought dis
mally. Still, It had to be done.
With thoughtful ee he planccd nbout
tho cozy silling room nnd wondered how
Mrs, llolllns, his falthrul housekeeper,
would accept the change. Young women
were not as precise about a house as
settled folks. Of course, Flossie Jnnc
would bring that bull-pup. And, of
com so, tho bull-pup would tear tho lace
curtain And, of couise, Mrs.t Uo'.llns
would hno a thousand (Its. She might
cmii scrxe notice. Mr. Peevcr paled at
Hie thought. He was ponltlu that Flos
sie Jano could not cooK ror a cent. But
Flosalo Jano had ellov rlnclets nnd
ccs that one necr forgot.
The distance from his house to hers
was not great. Mr. I'iecr had but to
trnxerse a little park, turn down i:iler
ton nenuo nnd walk one block to her
door. Ills hand Iioinbli.il as ho lifted
the Knocker.
Tho trim maid answered his sum
mons. No, Miss Fio.sio wns not at
home. They did not Know nt what hour
she would return Would hi- step hi
and wait? All Hght, they would tell
her ho had cnlltd. The dour closed
gently.
Chi'Blfnllen, Mr. lceer stalled down
the Mops which he had nsctnded with
such high 1o)m'S.
His nu-nnderings led him back to the
narlc. wlieni lie Mpfitrtl himsi-lf nn a
I rustic bench under the companionable
ays or a mint ngm.
Sow a Utile iika awoke In his brain
If 0110 listened one might owrhenr
something for then- were more things
than tho good-night twitterings of birds
lo be heard nt evening In the pall;
that might gle one a hint bow best to
word 11 prupos.il lie settled back with
a broad &nillo nt the fast hinting pros
pects of Mich 11 possibility,
Suddenly be .-tiuti-d nnd glanced cau
tiously over his shoulder. On tho fur
ther side of the thlcK clump of hushes
from wlieru ho was sitting must be an
other bench, a bt-m.li dlscicitly lemoved
from the enlightening Influence of the
ttreet lamp. Again ho luard a peculiar
noise. His fm-i fell Hj the sign of
that hlgnltleant sound he knew be had
missed tin- preliminaries. And tho pre
liminaries wen- Just what worried him.
"Hay," came n voice trom the gloom,
"who's that fellow that hangs mound
Sour place?"
"He's a friend or Dad's. Whit do
Sou suppose he calls me? 'Klossl
.lane.'" She drawled the words with
comic emphasis. "No one elu- ever calls
me that. 1 can't help the Mnne." It was
wished on me when I was too little to
object." continued the flippant voice.
"Is he rich?" cpiuled tho masculine
speaker.
"You Just bet lie Is," laughed the girl
"Hut, oh, Su bald spot'" A duct of
tlttr is. followed this sallv.
Mr l'tever seemed to shrink bodily.
Ills shoulders slumped until his chin
disappeared far down his lollar. Flossie
Jane. If he had only known how she
felt about Hint Jane.
"'''SiV?", IP1' I" '""1 " , "?',
...iiif, I',,..... 1. .f 1.... ....'.-..- ... ..-i.,.
As the sound of their footsteps came
rltiX-MtoMr. Peeverv'pench1 r"
Wh.it do ymi care if lip did? was
""' '?'
"tJ..
loutmr, uuL-uiifurneu rLponso oi nrr
llcht from his own Klttlntr room
truklfd enticingly unrougn tio- Iliac
hranchiH that shaded the window Mrs
Rollins was In there he could sen hi r
n ,i Yi
On the threshold of the slttlmr room
ho halted. Mrs Rollins glanced up and
noddid a greulng. As If lie had not
Mi-n her, Mr. Peevcr stood solemnly
('-n iier, .vir. i-cever siotoi solemn
gazing over her head. After a moment
.Mrs. llolllns. this Is n str.imro wmlil."
he commenced inipre-slvely.
Mrs. Rollins dropped her sewing and
looked anxiously into bis face
"Why wlint ?" she ejaculated.
".Strange things happen In It." con
tinued Mr. Peever, sllll riveting Ids
gaze on the wall
"Yes es " hieathed the widow.
nu expression of alarm overspreading
ncr rouiin i.il-m
r Lm..,i .-..n. lin iii,ui.n-.a I)
.1 ..-.. . .. r
,o.j;?C0 '.t"..;"", ,
..lui"'!?
nis own voice, -i am try nir to tell -von
VaV "IU ,n niarry uu but uu
tlwil r llrilt in nv .... !... I
"TriiV the'o or'n'to Mrs Rolllns's
rhei ks. "Why whv Mr Peever." sh-
twittered In a pretty ilmt. r of relieve c'
eonfuslon. "I thought why I thought
somebody was dead!
"Do sou mean ves1" iur.liril Mi
I ' .f'.,'r'. . l'"rnRf'' flowering Jojouslj
within him.
The widow drooped lu-r head a bit
.'l iwl .Wl.lllo.l lout .. u I... -r... ..!. ...I I ..,.!
.. "VW .H ..alwajs som.-thlng to be
i nan Kill l ror. quoin air Peever. with
'""."iJ",1?, ',!i,"lona,1C1'
K' U "lU''-
but ho did not
Vt , .mil. IM.
iiovrlrttr The lire-am
I . .
-iello Av.Rr STilu There li6Te.m I wauT To
Spill u The OTnZR TeM VERSED The .
SECOJl LOOlE WKtoTE m
The Cutest eai? fun. : listem .-
- on Darling all tme other dames
OOnT fjiVE ME. ANf Thf?ILL
if H&u Should SPurj me Plighted Love
f&UD MArfE MB. DEATrlLV ILL.
vJHew roses Bloom To sprims Times Toon
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DREAMLAND AD VENTURE S-By Daddy
"IVaking-Up Time9'
(Trince Bonnie Blue Bell, Peggy mm
BUlu act out to wciko the growing
things from their tolnler steep, but
are attacked ly the Frost Imps. Billv
saves his friends by lighting a fire
with a magnifying glass, the blase
keeping the Frost Imps away.)
CHAPTER IV
General Croaker in Danger.
WHILE the Frost Imps danced threat
eningly In a circle, fnr outside the
heat that came from Billy Belgium's
protecting fire, Peggy nnd Prince Bon
nie Blue Bell thnwed out rapidly.
"I thought I wns turning Into nn
Icicle," exclaimed Peggy ns soon as she
could speak, "Thank you, Billy, for sav.
lng us."
"HI yl, you're not saved yet," taunt
ed tho Float Imps. "This Arc will soon
burn up nnd then we'll frcczo you
solid."
Prince Bonnie Blue Bell put his
trumpet to his lips nnd again came his
defiant, bugle-like call:
"Wake up, wako up, you winter sleepers,
Open, open your drowsy peepers,
Though Imps of Frost still stay here
hooting,
Old Sol, the sun, will send them
scooting,"
And as If In answer there came n
chorus from n nearby pond:
1 "Cro-nk, cro-ak, wo hear your call,
Though we havo slept since early fall."
I The chorus wns ynvvny, drowsy nnd
feeble, but to Peggy It sounded dc-
1 llghtfully familiar.
"Tho Frogs aro singing, Spring ls
1 here!" sho cried.
J "HI yl, Spring dare not come while
I wo aro here nnd we're going to stny
I nil yenr long," jelled the Frost Imps.
1 But the frogs, creeping out of their pond,
Business
A Story of
.Ur. lfiltflKnd mill niuiicr tmir buviirtsj
qvrilloni on tuuiii0. cIIIiib. ndirrllilno nnrt
twiiloimriif. AnH Iour qiiMtlon. rlcarltf nnd
nice "II H" '"" Vo"r lornrt Miliipr einiJ
Ii, Iln.. must he dim to oil 'V'"T'f(V
Those ulilih arr nnanvmoiii talist or (oiioriil.
Atuiri to icroilrol qello.i iclll be cne
ill) mnll. Other oi'M,m ulll le nntiirrrd
l,i tdH rolioan. 7ir ,io Intrrnlliio lroI-
sloru ol Vtter Flint,
r-r-r-ITT
HllRt; l'vo been back In New York
three days and not told what Bruno
Duke said to me nbout my business.
Huslness did I call it? I'll tell jou
nbout It.
When Francis and I got hack to Mrs.
Scmpoi's on Sunday night llruno nuke
was there waiting to play his beloved
chess with Francis.
Of course, I couldn't vvnlt till Mon
day to know what his Ideas were about
my business, so I said:
"Before ou begin gambltlng or
ciueen's knighting Just tell me what ou
think of my real estate er venture?
He laughed nnd said:
"I certahilv will, for It won't take
munv minutes. There Is the basis for a
good business there, tmt to inako It suc
cessful It must either be bigger or
smaller It cannot succeed ns It Is.'
I felt pusled at this nnd evidently
showed it, for he continued:
"Vou wonder what I mean? Listen.
At pichcnl our business Is too small to
justify overhead expenses nnd manage
ment expenses which arc, of course,
really overhead expenses. The volume
of business oil do Is not HUllicient to
pav the expenses and I cannot see any
way of making the business sulllciently
large without more capital"
I gulped and nslted. "How much?"
".Iut n few thousand dollars I'll ho
glad to work It out for you If vou wish."
"Just n few thousand ! thousand ! don't
bother to work It out "
"Unfortunately, friend Peter, jou had
tried to to hitch a big wagon to n-n-"
"An nss?" I queried bitterly.
"Not as had ns that: It wants pluck
and Ideas to start a business of any
kind. Don't feel so bad. Now, as you
can't make It a hlggir business, jou
could make-It a smaller one to make
money."
"That listens bitter, Mr. Duke." I sat
up Interestedly.
"The way to do It Is to give up our
office. Oct desk room In an olllcc where
you can bnvo occasional use of tiie tele
phono and stenographer. I see In your
conespondence a letter from that Mr.
Kellett who owns tho land In which he
suggested jou could have olllce space
with him "
"Yes," I began quickly. "I remember
KVKKYOAY STUFF
Unwilling Benefarloi's
I riso to say: Ono sunny day In
May
An honest democtatlc fnrmer, he
Sowed buckwheat in a democratic
way
And never, never, never thought
of me.
I herewith state; September late,
one, Kate,
Uefore a busy, steaming boiler,
sho
Rolled maple syrup with a mien
sedate
And never, never, never thought
of me.
The farmer, maid sedate and ihjnv
lng bard
A trio near-related hero w see.
I learned today (tho learning wasn't
Haiti)
Tho buckwheat and molassca
were for me.
ORIF AT..KXANDKK.
Cupjilnlit. llitn. I,,- ruhllo
HOVEST 7HETl?e
nr. ,M
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The general dodged ond llie head
ttuck in the mud
paid no nltentlon to them. With Gen
eral Croaker, Peggy's old friend, leading
the chorus, they chanted their spring
song over and over again. And once
more I'rlnco Bonnie Blue Bell soundea
his trumpet:
"Springtime, sprlngtlmo with bugle
voice,
Calls to the earth: 'Arlso ! Rejoice!'"
From tho South there came a twitter
ing answer:
"Homo vve come! Home vvc come!
From the South, homo we come!"
Two birds flew Into view nnd circled
nround tho fire.
"Mr. nnd Mrs. Robin, first of the
birds of Spring, welcome !" shouted
Peggy.
"Hi Si! hear the foolish frogs nnd
robins! Singing because they think we
aro going away," shrieked the Frost
Imps. "Iet's frcczo 'cm up!"
Career of Peter Flint
Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead '
(Copyright.)
that, but ho wanted me to give up ltnvlng
salesmen nnd Just sell for him on a com
mission basis."
"What else arc you doing now?" asked
Duke.
"Of course, that's about what It
amounts to, but he wanted to glvo me a
commission and own the business nnd do
his own collecting while I
"While you get n commission nnd have
to do the collecting nnd still don't own
the business for the land ls tho assets
of It."
"I know, but "
"Hut you wouldn't feel jour own
boss Is that It?"
I nodded agreement, for I guess It Is
so. Then I asked, "Why couldn't I put
commission salesmen out nnd inako a
go of It? I'd only havo to pay them on
what they sold."
"I was waiting for that," Duko an
swered. "On paper it sounds easj-. In
fact, In nny kind of nn ngency business
It'n easy to mnko millions of dollars
Ptofit. You Just begin with, 'If one sales
man sells so much. etc. If. Tint's the
stumbling-block of these prollts on
papir."
"Wl this wav of figuring out piollts
has 'hitting the pipe' beaten to n stand,
still for painting wonderful visions."
I glanced fearfully nt Francis, but
lie's a good scout and never mentioned
the fact that I'd done Just the very
thing.
"Tiie leasou it doesn't work out In a
small business like, jours Is that no
commission salesmen villi work for a
man who Is competing with him. If you
got men to sell for jou, jou don't spend
Jour tlmo In helping mid training the
men nnd getting lends for them, but
leave them to their own devices whllo
ou go out nnd sell what j-ou can for
jourself."
"Sure I do that should show them
that It can bo sold. Clearvale lots nre
splendid vnlue. I can soli them, and If
the men see t enn. It should encourage
them to bill."
"Yes. the lots jou sold helped the
mm, hut "they feel naturally thnt jou
snnp up the ensj" business for j-ourself.
P.ut I'll he nt jour olllce In tho morning
and tell j'ou moie."
"Now. then. Francis, for n change get
out tho chessmen."
toii.ws iu'sixkss i:i'Uiit..M
Well expressed truth Is stronge
than better expressed falsehoods.
What does this mean to VOL"?
Btisine-s Questions Answered
For ovrr Ihrrp months nniv I lmp liren fol
Imilnir tin llie fnrtiinrs nml mlirnrtun-R of
gur friend "Pi tir"iiml the liualnrK.-i uutellons
iuiiuiwiik s.uiih i enjoy tno tuivetmireH oi
MOVING PICT VnB FUNNIES
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Out out the picture on nil four
sides. Then carefully fold dotted
line 1 Its entlru length Then
dotted line 2, und s-o on, Fold each
section underneath, acmratcly.
When completed turn over and
you'll And n surprising nsult. Save
tho pictures.
Ledger Co. By II AY WARD
With that, tho tallest Imp of them all,
grabbed off his own head and hurled
It nt General Croaker. Tho general
dodged, nnd the head stuck In the mud.
Quick ns a wink, General Croaker and
the other frogs grnbbed up the hend
and threw It into tho water; there it
disappeared from view. But now others
of the Imps, led by the headless tall
chnp, ran to the edge of the pond nnd
those who had heads breathed nn Icy
blnst toward the frogs. Tho frogs, In
fright, dived quickly Into the wntcr
all but Oencrnl Cronker. Ho wasn't
quite fast enough. As the Icy breath
of tho Frost Imps touched the pond, lt
froze tho wntcr In nn Instant. And In"
Hint Instnnt, General Croaker ' was
caught, his head diving under vvnter,
nnd his feet sticking up through the
newly formed Ice.
"Ho will drown," cried Peggy.
Billy seized n blazing stick of wood
nnd leaped to tho rescue. Ho drove off
tho Frost Imps by waving tho blazing
stick nt them, nnd then broko the Ice
around General Croaker. But tho water
put out tho blazing stick, and tho Frost
Imps, seeing this, darted at Billy, He
snatched up General Croaker and fled
back toward the fire.
In the meantime Teggy had heard a
shriek of dismay from the Robins. Frost
Imps were pelting the birds with their
heads, and ns Peggy looked, two straight
shots brought the Robins tumbling to
the earth.
"1C1 yl, we'll freeze you for coming
from tho South too soon," yelled the
Frost Imps.. But Peggy seized a flam
ing stick ns Billy had done and ran to
tho rescue.
Tomorrow will be told what Billy
docs when the protecting fire burns
low.)
Peter very much but I can hardly wait for
tno CvonlnK Public Ledger to comi out to
read ur ansnera to buslnens nuestlon).
I am auro thnt jou must have helped many
a man outside of those uho were directly
concerned, nnd although t am not one of
these an jet t umit to thank vou for
many a pleasant l.onr
Durlnc tho last thno months thero wer
I? ,n? 'u'""n Put to jou. Mr. Whitehead,
but I did not ee anv that vould fit or an
"rftr.7sa pC,b,,em-. Tht Is what made m.
"fl".' letter to you, knoulnc that you
will help mo If jou can.
t .Mf' ?X,"i?1J'',VL' ' om a furc, or I think
IlS,V."(:M", th? jam?, thins. I am thirty
u I'h??!.0''1. Bnd I beev I had nnd have,
all the advantages for the making- of a sue
m"i1.bu"w" man' su" ' failed, and I
fVdm"tolopsrco JudK,nent UMn m8
. ' .ramo to this country nt the aca nf
oltjhten. fiiendless. pmnftess. but with
fairly Bood hlch school education In my own
lansuage. It was very ennv for m" In thosa
'hi"" TV' " "''"'. but " wns imposslt,"
fh 2? i1" 1arn e Unellsh lanuuane. fo?
nnrivurhrS,"on "?' ' """ lmost'con
stantlj with my cnuntry-pe-on e. After ona
sT ,h.ls. embittered me to surh nn extent
that, at thu ndvlc of a rr crultlnu serBcant
I enlisted In tho United States Army. ,"
Insldo of six months I spo(0 Knellsh
fer..i3';,o,d'oub?f,,;ur.KruilnV,!,rnari;raeri
Atn.-rlcnn out of nr-. as well as a. Aron
mm phjai-ally and mor.iM. und I wilt K
i.i'V th,it ,tl,ne- -Mr. Whitehead I hava
U v Ten" fa 'r,'ir5' f0"'"-! oi ?'m e.wn!
but ,.rn iim yi 1,ultCB1!ful, m "II of them
de,r'ry1,'no"e,Sxpen,,'esI " ' Sl ,ny " "
l" to Aiwort. "d nmv h,,vo a """"
mf'r tnv'.'nnnjr s,oro ' ,,,ll"neel n portion
till 000 worth nfrni!,.1' Ieman. selling
whlih i J ,1 ",":, Oolls !n "K months, after
nf tsIL mole seiretnrs and treasurer
"a'te?." "Xn?h!Zh "r1""' tuomonthj
partners. the llJretment of tho
lcMtt!,bih!.t r',he Bnm" lme ' offered my serv
I eoi.i i I . "oyemment In nn eapacliy but
thl?ti Lir ' Kr".a cVm"."s"lon- 1 P"
.it 'ou Id' not ouM ,u,ve Kl,ldl' enlisted;
nUVXUsU,$.tawee,r.onsu,;f,'r.y ,W' "
a ill .a h.'' .'l0 ou think It would 1m
l"s' ,n't"n"," ''e "," Kreatest f "tarn
to keep n,v "frn ilv"8fI "ly h'" '""u';"
1..., , . .. .'-eoillv for one moro month
but I would .1,. Jt if jou advised me. to,
lhlnl?7hn,t"vlliiF.,ri5w"k "! lI'ly n.
n" f imliv w-5, i d r,n.ou"l' " mle rare of
her.Ym ,Vi,?."ul,,."re''.r ,l Position nhern
-1111?; 't' ,;if hiZUZ ori!1 antl '"""' ,hruuh
Interestedly 0 m.1T1. time, a djj-
r,. JAM
Hless my soul! jou are not n fall-
tr.e;ni-Yotr' J.us! ri,"' lo ,ho pn(1 of yr
fU m1 ,f. ,,nd .'V01'- A """' who has
tackled his piohleina as you have and
Sen'for,rfa,i!i;-r,n f 5Ur fo,k
I would sucKest that you ndvertlso
iitr 'Uf':.PerJn, n, colun' ndjolnlng
Icier Hint Tell tliereln hrledv that
i mi seek an opportunity ns n salesman
on the rond, coverlnp; Xew Yoik State.
I lien run a similar advertisement In
M,,ch J"'""""1" as the Dry (Jonds Fcono
mist C3t West Thlrty-nlnth street)
'.'Jf'1.11 ,t0' naner such as I'laythlngs.
(I his is a .w oik mnfr.tzine, also
IZnoZT).1 MW' tr,"n xha M'
vl.'!,.? "''swretniy of the Dry floods
! (. ntlon tt Is eiulte possible that he
who mM"i Io "'''T J'"" lo some one
who may l,e Bind to use your services.
.,..11 !,,L' 'd.V'11 n in tho trade Jour-
th "t i' ,V ' il?"$,,t "k ,,or ,hn '""! of
that line In ., w Vnrli. p whatever ter.
iltory jou are familiar with
While ou are wilt iik for these nds
h u .!"' Cal,1 PerF'i1:'Hy on the whole.
v,,. vy, ".''"i1"?'1 '"" house In
u-nri, V'r"' ' iM"K yuu mKht "" to
work for any one for a week, nnd let
the-iii decide ut the end of that wee"
what you are woith to them Make it
two weeks if vou wish, hut Isee no
P0',''1,,0,' y"i"r f"-'n to woik for nn
melinite time to leatn a line Vor at
w,5rdn,;ottonhwmetlin
(Jo to the puhllc llhraty K0 throuch
a I the trad,- journals that aFe there m
lie and see If there , nnv ,'S""
In (hem which mlRht lit you? needs
1 wish niiMt slneereiv tint I ce ill I clve.
ou mote definite, advice, hut I feel fl a?
If you will fow ainR ,n ) .'
sunRcsted, jou will find Unit jou afe
now n the darkest hour wile , Recedes
tie dawn. I hope and hellevV that It
will he a very hrltiht and .nippy dawn
for jou tlewd luck to you"1
take resident rouj.e ln ,m- I have been
rrj.Jljrln. literature frum B
What do jou think of tuch a -nurf.? ir.
l-oes I, compare with J T resident course?
..inu, "7"" "",l '"" U lo 'l"-ht weeks'
Judy of one or two hours a day Is sum.
lelent (necimllmr to their sjsteni) to enabi.
one to understand It so lis t be nb i!
I apply the, prlnelples of ..ilc.min.hTp
i ,n, v ''A ir,
.. - v" nimn you rerer m
reputnhlo nnd you will Ket good In!
structlons from It. Of course, a reHu
iltnt rniit-HA tit .imi.oI ,..i. . ' . 'y"'
i.i . .! inn i in nreieraulft
f; ifnu. ., V"XW ." "K" comes Tom
vniIh(tr vriii tnb. in .
r?,I2,:nX ," :ouI" h.ipyo5
under "" " , '"c"":"l"'y reaains;, so
nan.. "" tu.cr, i senit you thJ
names of some good book, on alesma!
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