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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1919
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rX,, . ...!. in i,.r i
Y- flomV 'uSdrnnd'ufe 'house ,
ome uiiexpecicuij . iiiius
teih:e.Ti,rileril.g- ,
its. I. a mnn In the llbratj
f V
The ar-
k tlval of the housekeeper braces her
fc' and sho summons tlie lanms 1
ii .Irian who calls the Coroner. Thcj j
seek to esiaousn me .u.-..i.v. . --
w . "iriena. .out o -,.
?mln." she sass. "I never saw him
. .. im... T. Iri 11n lllf-HLl UL
ty before. I camo Into this ij
W ,. half past two and Ana sent
"5. J- :..nt fl,." rommented the Coi-
V oner dnly ''But he wasn't In the
LU m' ffi" cried E..-TI.1
iT . . --. i.imvi fionri rwfuc iiuiu
ilSM the Coroner? 'Then who lang
tho library bell at 4 ocio.u .
Evelin. And light the" Mrs AAauI, j
the housekeper, fatnieu
THEN REM) '1H1
I nidaitified
THE maltre d hotel letumed fiom
an Inspection of the main dining
!room In Peacock Alley to ew with
an appraising eve tho men and women
who promenaded up and down or sat
about, some waiting with good grace
for their chance to And a disengaged
table In one of the dining 100ms while
others, outwardly lebelllou, expiessed
their candid opinion of Washington In
wartime. Suddenly the rienchmjn-
air of polite lndlffeience chinged to
one of alertness as a man pushed his
way through the thiong and stopped
nearthe door of the Palm P.oom The ,
maltre d'hotel was at his elbow Instant
"Ah, Monsieur Buinham welcome
most welcome" he said 'Ilavejouj
had a nice summairc"'
"Henri!" Peter Burnnam suueuder '
ed his hat and cane to a walling at
tendant. 'The summer hag been -o-no,"
ho added, turning back to the
Frenchman. "I am waiting for Mr.
James Palmer, hae vu seen him this
evenlng7"
"But J es ," The maltie d hotel worm
e.d hl3 way Into the Palm Boom and
beckoned to Burnham to follow.
'There, in that corner across the
room; this way," and he darted among
the tables arid the palms, Burnham
following closely, until he reached a
mall tablo set for two persons, and
pulled out the unoccupied chair.
Palmer looked up from the menu ,
he was studjing and greeted Bum
' ham with warmth
"Havea Martini'.' ' ho inquired as .
their waiter hurried up and the maltre I
d'hotel went back to his post in the
djoorway.
"Tes, and make It di," cautioned
Burnham to the waiter. "And hurry
It along. I am woi n out, ' he added
to his host. I
Palmer glanced at him In concern. ,
Sou don't look -v cry fit " he admitted
"Had a bad trip down?'
"Devilish! Out train was slde-tiack i
fd for hours waiting to let troop trains
pass; nothing to cat " Burnham
paused to empty his glass of Ice water
"At our rate of pt ogress I was willing
to believe we'd gone back to stage
coach das, but Washington Is an
eye-opener; I had no idea this place
awarmed with people "
"Washington's "sleepy hollow' has
had a rude awakening," lemarked Pal
mer cynically. "I don t mind con
fesslnc I am weaiy of seeing conse
quential looking people dash about
Washington with an air of having ar
rived Just In time to save the nation
Washington was on tho map befote
Uncle Sam started on this war-path"
Burnham laughed. "I confess I
v hare your outraged feelings; had towage, for all Washington had heard
sV Mtt lntrmtnnViH nt tbn Tnion Sta
frtf vwon, Deiore x cuum icicijuunc uu
K? He stopped to take the cocktail at
-that Instant placed before him. "Here a
f how!"
K8 kiiowledgment and sipped his rartlni
with due enjojment.
JL .... .. . &l I, 1 .. ..a.3
in r "-Belier nae anoiuei, nc sucsuhu
I t Burnham set down his empty glass,
"against the time Washington goes
'" "I've stocked up my wine cellar with
r Tunc view. aamuieu. xuiiiiiaiii mm
P-" ntopped to watch some newcomers who
"had taken possession of the neaiest
table. "I suppose I can get a room
' here for the night In case I find the
f aarvanta haven't arrived to open our
house."
"My dtar Burnham!" Palmer looked
E&Lactually shocked. "Empty rooma are
fct-unheard of in Washington."
"How about club chambers?"
"Nothing doing: they are even sleep
Ine In the bathtubs there," laughed
iKyalmer, and stopped speaking as the
feeommenced to play and, dinner arrlv
bZUkK at that Instant, the two men,
ESS? except for monosj liable remarks now
? and then, completed the meal In si-
jjf.enco. As Burnham tool: one of the
vJCJjaii yiuiics" ' -
j? his dessert plate, planted his elbows
j, m the table, and leaned rorwara.
21 can't understand wny people wane
;aiLerchestra plajlng while they eat,
irumbled. "I don't enjoy having
n'.v.mit when I talk."
t'TVell, I suggested dining at the
$iuh "
Sll know, I know; but I torgot about
'MJUibeastly orchestra," he paused to
y ' ov,np(Mltv at his cigar.
"'"What's the trouble, Burnham?"
' kii Palmer qulcklj-. "Is sour wife
"Nb. no: it's " He bent nearer
it . ......,1 seVirvrit
hlft eompanion, men pnuo?u w .. .
al ekince over his shoulder and his
m;ea remained unspoken. Jove,
ihl" lie ejaculated. "She wasn't
ilMre until tomorrow."
Itwer. but half catching hla re
mtk, followed Wsj gaze, and saw Eve
hmJPrMton and her friend, Marian
vWJs'eaa, Just taking their seats at a
MMtiaome distance away. Falmer
back, hlfl chair preparatory 10
my soulj Burnham," he ex
i, MniHilaivcIy. "Why didn't ou
BYsiyn was with sou? We
'Mis. Van Ness. Here " beckoning
lo their waiter "tell thoso ladles "
"Walt," btoho In Burnham. "We've
iimsuea, i-aimer; suppose wo go over
and .It at their table: but thote's no
hunv man'
BtiVnhams tone was m, petulant
tlnlshed, Palmer: suppose wo go over
petulant
1 that Palmei, curbing his Inipatlcnco
to be with Hveljn. subsided In his
sent and gazed at him In speculatlc
suente. vv nat iinn come over
going, absent minded Peter nmnham"
HW weeks had pasved since his visit to
Buinham Notice at Chelsea and tliH
the si weeks had not agieed with
Burnham was plain to be seen Ii!h
cheeks were a bad co u and In veemed
to Palmet's nppiafsitig ej e to have
sin link in his clothes V icitalu
nervous tremoi In tho hand holding
his tlgur ilso vas notlieabV. and
Palmei vwaiked bis ln.i1" to lecill
ome Incident (if hi lav it J'mn
"Jove! I velvn!"
ham Lodge which might give him the
key to Buinham's altered demeanoi
But to the best of his recollection nil
had been harmonious, and he had been
rather a captious guest, foi his predic
tion that the marriage would not turn
out a happj one had put him on the
aleit for matrimonial discords
Palmer had not been alone in pie
dictlng a disastrous ending to the mat -
first with Incredulity and then laugh
ter of the engagement of the wealthy
widow, Lillian Pieston, to Pctei Burn
ham, a man considerably her Junior,
who had been uniformly unfortunate
In every business -venture he had
undertaken. Peter had his good
points, his friends contended, and as
one of them remarked at the wedding,
which had followed swiftly upon the
announcement of the engagement, his
wife could keep him In the stj le he
had been accustomed to before his
final financial venture had landed him
In bankruptcj-.
That Mrs. Burnham was honestlj
devoted to her husband and admired !
him, Palmer had come to believe. She
was not a woman given to concealing
her thoughts, her habit of plain speech
frequently landing her In hot water.
Society had speculated as to how
Mrs. Burnham's joung daughter and
only child would take her mother's
1 r..i..4 Mnfplano Tii.fr la lt olcn aa
POI.U11U lua. 1 .Ufet., Ul,b HJ ji-.j ,i lit;
then away at boarding school, society
found little to build gossip upon, Ilve
ljn's debut the winter before had re
vived interest in the subject, and when
she left Washington early In the spring
for an Indefinite -visit in the West,
tongues had wagged without, however,
getting any satisfaction from Mr. and
Mrs. Burnham, who went placidly on
their way, being entertained and en
tertaining in their hospitable home In
the fashionable northwes
"SOMEBODY'S STENOG"She Wanted Something
IT MAY AnT BE faODLH- To 'Turn )
OF 'f&UR STUMMICrf
Time, but
like A
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pTv ( TV-
rW ky r I I 1 -
ODD $KetonfiflD 1,
xMtff bull
Ilio situation liail decidedly piqued
Palmer's inteiest for 111 tntiinato a!
was hH footing In tho Biiinham home
ho had never been able to tin Ido l..ve-
"" "" -" -" - -
H status in the family U.clc: she
was fie.iuentlv and pleasatu.v alluded
to in convention, but that was all
lie had made no secret of his deslic
to mam l"eln and that both bus-
bjiul and wife fainted his tomtsblp
he had ample icaion to beliee though
neither to his knowledge had outlaid-
1 espoused his cause to Vc )ii
When tal ed on the telephone about
o lock that afternoon Huinliim and It was not until an euatmtion .
had given Palmri to undcistaud tliat'ftom Mailan drew her attention to
he vvns alone In Washington, and jet her stepfather coming tonaid them, j
hla wimiir stpnd.inclitei was also In
tho clti It was of coutse, possible
that Kieli n was visiling Mailan au
Xes J'almn fi owned, ho disliked foil
people, but he most heat illy disliked
lullllant Mirinn in Xe tlim ni
lie ejaculated, "ihe ,aMi't due here until
tuies weie too utteilv foreign foi
them evei lo be congenial
Pa'lmer uansfened his atte itmn
fiom Buinham to the lattei s step
daughter and her companion both of
whom were busily engaged In discuss i
Ing the menu Maiian Van Ness's dark
beauts was an effectual foil for
Evcljn's curly jellow hair and blue
ejes. The entrance of both gills, for
Maiian appeared little moie. In their
smait summer costumes had attracted
admit ing low voiced comment from tlie
other diners in theli vicinity, and
se'veral friends and icc.ualntances had
several friends and acquaintances had ,
lOOKCCi up to uow or a.o liiuu uuiiuh
I to them, for Marian was extremely
i popular in socletj. When financial re
verses had obliged her to find em
ployment upon her return to her na
tive city after her divorce, she had
acted as social secretary for seveial
cabinet ofllcers' wives and through
their Influence had received an ap-
SOCIETY NOTE
Alternate dajs of sun and rain.
Alternate davs of joy and pain;
Alternate dajs of loss and gain,
And then a touch of eprlng.
What though the days with sodden
gait
Tiooped grajly bj? I gaily wait!
Cheer up, my heart, and jubilate!
I've heard a lobln sing'
It is a call that once we hear
Assures us that the spiing is neai.
Soon will the little buds appear
On branches bare and orown.
Yea, v erlls ! With heart elate
I ilse up In mj' place to state
That Mr. Robin and his mate
Again aro back In town
grip ali:xandi:r
ALL THE
mine's rattlms
Pair of Dice.'
la& its luachtime
By NATALIE SUMMER LINCOLN1
, t t urt ,, , sr
Author of "The Nameless Man
'
polntmcnt In the State Department I
flio years before I
Suddenly Palmer stirred In his chair.
i naruiy tmnk jus. van sess ma
- - -- " ..
I staid enough chaperon for a.Ijn,
Uie remarked. "Supposo we Join them," ,
and leaving Burnham no option In the
rmtter he pushed back his chair and
rose. i
Kieliii. whoso healthy joung apue- i
tlte had asserted Itself, In spite of the
liaglo huppenliigs of that afternoon,
had been ohiell5 occupied In selecting
the most tempting dishes In the menu '
Palmei 's b!tr monortlons tow erinz be- i
hind him that she knew of his pres-
ence in the dining room. At that mo- I
meiit the d.neis at un inlerionlnc.
lablo left theli "eat, theteby imped-1
ilng Bin nh mis piorio, ind only
toinoiiow"
Mauau CdU!it I.nlIjiis low ccama
tion and noticed her change of color.
'Aio ion going to faint
shn nskorl '
sue asiveu
'Dunk some watei, deal."
Instead Evelvn laid tiembling
fingers on he- cool palm
"Don't foi get jour promise," she
pleaded "Semember, jou are going
to s,taj wu me "
' I will ' Marian's firm handclasp
was leassuiing 'Can't jou tell mo
moie of what look place this after
noon ' '
suaigmeneu up
am, Ulrne( (Q roect her stepfather and
rr-ilh
a poise and air of coidialitv
which Marian sect ctlj applauded, she
held out her hand in gieetlng to Burn-' among the Busslan prisoners of war re
ham and then to Palmer. "When did ' turning from tho German and Austrian
sou cct here? ' she inauired aH the mon I camP3 IIcre ho bean to know the
took the chairs proffered by attentive
waiters, after first speaking to Marian.
"X might asl: the same of you," re
tot ted Burnham "You were not due
heio until tomotiow."
"C found I could take an eailier
train,'' lesponded Kvelyn. "Why
didn't j ou and Mother come up to the
house when jou ai rived?"
"Your mothci didn't come down with
me, answered Burnham, waving
away the waiters offer of a menu.
'Sho Is In Xew York."
"Oh!" The ejaculation slipped
from Evelyn followed bj another:
' Oh, waiter, don't remove that place,"
an the servant started to clear away
the extra silv er and glass. ' I am ex
pecting another guest," she added as
Palmer, thinking she did not know
that he had dined, imagined she re
feired to him and started to decline.
"Another guest?" questioned Burn
ham nnd his manner shaipened.
"Whom do jou mean?"
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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LIFE 01 RUSSIAN
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iStmL tn Ihntrh ifi Sniln ot llanepr.
out Railroad Accident Gate Hint
' Safety at Last
Ry henry M. NKCLY
v riilladelphlati who Is cntred In recon
. iniurawiu ww, i " .......
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mile lo., of a bushy black wig .which
for sears covered his Bhlny bald head,
saved Ilio life of a Russian imal cap-
tal "ho had been rcpeuledly attacked
bj' Bolshevist
Tlie luanv attacks on the captain were
reviewed todav b the Itev Newman
I'ess, of tho p'iist Preubjteiian flmrcli
of ,Hil)anili 1a lo hdll juat leached
i,ere froln husms
Mi Hess wlio has been dolus V. M.
C A. woik In Busaia since last Apill
cited the attempt on Uie lire or tne
nuasun as an lllustialion or uie conai-
t,0"s l,IBt -0U,,tlJ
After woi king for some time In I.on-
don Mr Hess went to Mm mansk, where
he became associated wlth.L'aptain H H
i Mai tin, who wis In the Aineilcan con
sular seivlce
A Busslaii naval captain appealed to
Captain Martin foi protection and for
I h"lp In escaping fiom Mmniansk to
Pellogiad 'the Itusslan's superloi of-
l fleet, an admit. il, had been muidcied bv
I Bols'ievists on tho stieets In open day
light a short time before, and the Beds
I were then on the trill of the captain to
deal wllh him in the same wav.
I 1'or two weeks the Uuss'an was se
cieled in Mat tin's pilvato car while
Bolshevik sailors searched the Its fr
hlui Plnallv tliev somehow leaiuedthat1
the mericans were concerned In his
dUappcaiarce, anu thes began a, surveil
lance of Maitlu and Hess and n Bed i
Cross n an who was with them thst soon
became fai fiom comfortable, mid that
undo them iletetmtned to stall, for
Petiograd i
But the Kuisian captain had to be I
disguised nnd he was a mm whose per
sonal appearance made that almost In
possible Ho had a ticmendous thatch
of long, bushy black hair that seemed
to bo Ills particular pilde, and his face
was adorned bv a beard of most won
drous dimension0 'the three Americans
flnallv succeeded in persuading him lo
lose his beard and Hess volunteered to
bo the barber Even with a smootlt face
however, the captain's sliaggs head of
hair was a complelo gheawaj-, but no
amount of pei suasion could mako him
consent lo having tlie thick thatch cut,
and there was nothing for It but to
t stait as tl cj' were and trust to luck to
get through
'J ho Red Cioss man lent the captain a
spare uniform and, if It had not been foi
this bead of hair, lie might well have
pasbed for an American
No soonei had a start been made
however, than their train was held up
and thirtj-five Bolshevist sailors at
tacked tho private car. But Martin Hess,
the Bed Cross man, and tho caDtaln
suddenly bristled with a small arsenal cticumstances and suspicion kills pos
of revolvers nnd the attacking partv slble sales very quickly."
was awed Into retreat.
I
"Of course," said Hess In teliine me,.
rVrl: YnVV'01 Bupp"cd lo ' "Xothlng, so far as preventing Board
carrj arms, but in Russia vou cannot ad-1 , ! , ,., , , j
here to .egulatlons, and I had three man from talkln ,th BI0d and Car"
automatics " penter is concerned."
'I lie defeat of this first aimy of at- A thought occurred to me which I
lackers did not end tho BoLshev Ik dc- promptly passed on to Duke
leimlnatlon to 'get tho captain Harlj "After all, what haim can be done?
in tlie morning tho train ran into a x:v en if Boardman does dlscoui age Car
loose rail and was vviecked '1 ho Reds l0P and niood. It won't give him the
had wired to sympathizers ahead and ..,- ,- ,
the Job had been neatly done Hess tehs place Uiat NeW WU trU3t CnlPan5
this part of the stors-with great glee: would taUo up tho mortgage, so that
' I picked ms self out of the debrl's," ' Boardman, through the Karaby Bay Xa
ho sass, "to find little parties of Bo'l- j tional Bank, couldn't get tho propertj
Hhovikl searching the ruins for the cap- through a foreclosure."
tain and flashing their lanterns into the
faces of all w horn the' found Near ine
I saw a Bed Cross man rising from the
. risiinr1 nnrl llinttrrlit it m .. 4 .
" v..w-..k ... , Allien-
can frlelld but when th(J seara,er3 BOt
to him and removeu his hat In the lan
tern light I saw that it was not and was
puzzled because this man's head was
absolutely aa bald as u billiard ball
But when tho Bolshevik! had left him
he turned to me with a wink and whis
pered: 'Don't jou know me, Mr. Hess?
I am the captain. I have been totally
h:11 ft-n Mrs nnrl 1isa Vn . -
sltlve about it 'that Is whv T !,.!
woio that bushy wig And I am clad
of it now, for those fellows did not ice.
, nZe mo wlthout if
b petr0Krad. He:
From Petrograd. Hess went to Mos.
! rAw hv wav of Volocrda.. nmi. in i,
ancient capital, opened up his work
Bolshevlkl better. He had been making
a thorough study of the Busslan lan
guago and was soon able to conveise
with sufficient fluency to enable him to
get their viewpoints at first hand, and
the result was that he began to find
them a most likable, simple-minded but
determined people.
But all thiough Russia ho has found
a bitter hatred of evers thing that even
suggests a return to a monarchical form
of government That Is ono of tho rea
sons that the Red distrusts the Allies
I He Ilas been lid t0 bellc"-6 that Allied
intervention means anoiner emperor.
Mr. Hess leaves London tomorrow for
France, and after some work there will
probably get 'into southern Russia for
a further study of the situation from a
different angle.
'Where He Kicks
We ale not a music critic and vve like
most forms of the divine melodj We
like It when Nora basB and when Alma
glucks, but vve have a large test tube
full of cjanlde of potassium for the
gentleman who wrote that immortal
Is He, "I've Got Plat Feet Oh, Yes, In
deed, Flat Feet of Great Renown My
Feet Have Been In Kvery Plat In This
Yern Town." Ik K. M. in the Evening
Mail
WAITER! BRN6
BUT You
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DREAMLAND AD VENTURES -By Daddy
"THE VANISHING FISH"
rBtlly bets Kingfisher, Blue Heron
an I I.ouesomo Bear, ho can bent them
fishing, but xohen ho and Peggy and
Pat, a boy they find at the fishing
hole, hocli large, fine flth, the fish
dtsappcai )
HILLY THROWS STONUS
"K
O, I don't think this nlace Is
haunted, ' dcclaied Billy as they
Hied to fleuic out vrlipre llm lir n1i
hlU Eone , . but T ,,,,,. lf . ,,,.
odd liow tliey have disappeared"
I feel avvfullv scaiy fishing here,'
Impel ed Pat. 'Mavbo He had better
ti (in luck somewhere else '
h, the fish are just beginning to
bile lieie ' replied Peggv.
Well I m not afiald If jou're not,'
dcclaied Pat, but he glanced cautiously
niound as ho said it. "I'll slay '
'they belted their hooks and throw
tliem into tho rlier. Instantly theio was
a wild swill of waters
lie got a big one," jelled Billy.
So have I," shrieked Peggy. "I can
scarcely hold him '
' Peels as though I've caught a shark, '
gasped Pat
I p camo three poles, jerking three
splendid fish fiom tho water. That on
Bills 's line went up into the tree; that
on Peggv's lino was thrown Into the
bishes, and that on pat's line landed
airoua the weeds. Remembering what
had happened befote, tliev brought their I
lines quickly back, but not quickly I
enough to save their flb all three!
catches had disappeared
Again they searched, and again their
efforts were In aln 'the flsh were not
to be found.
Somo one Is
plaj ing jokes on us,'
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of ''The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc.
(CopjTlBht)
Planning a Counter-Blow
W1
'HEN Bruno Duko reminded me who
Boardman was I suggested that he
be told he must leave to give his room
to guests due nett morning, and so get
him off th premises
Duke chook his head as he explained,
' that wouldn't do, Peter. It would be
pla Ing Into Boardman s hands He'd
be able to go to Carpenter and Blood
with a sto"' about our dread of him,
which would be borne out by the cir
cumstances They would naturalls' bo
suspicious jou would bo under similar
1 WJiat are we going to do about It,
!,.'
I "Xo. but our job is to sell the place,
not to prevent some particular paitj
from bus ing. If Boardman were lo
mako any kind of an offer, ! would, In
all fairness to Miss Carstairs. have to
submit It to her and she would prob
ably accept au offer of fifty thousand,
for that would glvo her tvvents'-flv e thou
sand clear after pajlng oft tho mort
gage A bird In the hand jou know,
Petei."
Of course, he was light and I saw it
as soon as he explained.
It made me
feel blue, and I must have showed
It.
for he clapped me on tho back and
laughed
unci. un. Petei after all. what does
.. .. .. i. ,,,, . i .. innnn. ...
a g00d price for It? That reminds me,
Betterly Is due here In the morning.
He he by Jove, I think I can Eeo
a real uso for that clever advertising
man "
rryhj- lie how do jou mean?' I
spluttered.
"You've never seen him, have jou,
Peter? '
I shook my head
WU, Betterly Is a man about thlitj'
seven or thlrts'-elgnt jears old An un.
usually good-looking man, I mav add,
Peter, so jou must(look to jour laurels
as a heart-breaker. He's a walking ex
ample of Low a well-dressed man should
look I understand he brushes his clothes
so much that he buss whisk brooms by
the dozen.
"He has one of those minds that think
like a streak of lightning and he's quick
to respond to a suggestion. He's full
of original Ideas and Is about as white
a man as jou over met. .Betterlj's all
righy
"Hump," I giunted, "what's his good
looks got to do with selling 'The Bar--aclts
1 '
Bruno Duke chuckled, "Jealous, Peter
.. , . ,.,. n ii.
Don-t worry, jou 11 uu ...... .. ""1 -
Xow listen, If he were to come here by
Copyrlcht. 1019. by Public I
HAVE 9AE L.
I WANT TO S
WHAT DO
WITH ANOTHER
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"Mia! Tliere are the gliosis !'
shntited Bill'. "Tlie rascals were
stealing our fish.'
but then jou never can tell," mutleicd
Pat.
'1 neier heaid of fish-eating ghosts,
declared Hilly. "And lf I catch 'em at
It well, look out!'
Once more thes threw their lines Into
tho deep pool. After awhile there was
another big swirl In tho watei, and
they pulled up three iuoio big flsh. Uhls
time, they tiled haid to keep the flsh
from Erftlntr rin Hip flee, flin 1malt np
the weed-, but In spite of their efforts
Peggs's flsh flew into the weeds. Bills 's
went Into the bushes, and Pat's sailed Btrons tUff on 1,ls llnc
up Into the tree. And the flsh didn't .' " Uera a ,,,,aI""
come out again
But now Billv's dander was up. He
didn't belleia those flsh tanlshed oft
Uio hooks of their own accord. And he
didn't believe In ghosts particularly In
broad daj light
'Help me, qutck!' he cried, rushing
, to a heap of stones on tho bank,
Pick
himself you might think him a pros
pective busor unless jou knew to tho
contrarj-. Isn't that so"
"Yes es," then I saw the point "I
sec, jou mean to pass Betterly oft as a
prospective bujer of the place, and so
hurry up Carpenter and Blood and upset
tho plans of Boardman "
"That's right, partis'. I don't want lo
rush Carpenter and Blood, however, but
T . t , , ,
I do want to worry Boardman. It jou
are asked who Betterly Is, merels siy
he's hero to see the place and to talk
with me let people draw tho own con
clusions. "Xow, let's get to bed, for I fancy
we'll have an Interesting daj- tomor
row." TODAY'S BCSTNES8 QUESTION
"What is a "contractor"
-lnstccr Kill appcur tonortoi:,
ANSWI1K TO MISTEKIJAVS BUSI
NESS QUESTION
A "conliacl' is an agreement; a
baigaln.
tnouRiit to tliese -various channels You
In this space Mi. Whitehead will an- ?,a' 5,u ar0 a salesman Ah jou know.
suer traders' business questions on buy- l,ilflB,aIe?manflrXt of "!' m,B, something
,ng, selling, abusing and cmployn,eZVYoo "X? cYasT
I people can buy that service? When jou
Uusines3 Questions Answered
I have been in tho embroiders business fori
the last threo jears. nnd hivo made a vers
sooa success
When our country went to -war my partner
enlisted and left ma alone with our business
Through no fault of mine the embroiders
business dropped so badlj that ono cannot
THE DAILY
GREATER LOVE
By L.
HORROR was written on tho comely
faco of white-haired Mellnda Bas
sett as she stood at the telephone, talk
ing to her daughter-in-law, a bildo
of a few weeks
"Y sos," she faltered 'I heaid jou
"What did they ask sou to mako?'
The voice which came tippling back
lo her was joung and intense with tho
joy of life
"A frosted lemon pie. .1 sponge cake
and three dozen doughnuts "
"Seems to me they ain't a mite bash
ful nbout asking for considerable 1"
"Well. Mrs Rodgers said shed heard
what a good cook I was and that evcrs'
body would be anlous to taste my
things, and thes'd sell like hot cakes
I knew jou must have told her, Mother
bassett, for jou're the only ono who
has been here to a meal jet."
Involuntarily Mellnda closed her cses
to shut out the vision of that nightmare
feast tough meat, half raw vegetables,
fallen cake and a ple---she shuddered
at tho memors', but poor, unsuspecting
Jean, who had never in her life before
so much as boiled water, radiated pride
in her achievement. Mrs Bassett had
not wanted her son to marry the little
cits' girl She had urged him to cnuose
a capable housekeeper from tho Willow -dale
girls Not set had Mellnda over
come the little feeling of hurt resent
ment when she thought of hei son's
wife. A nice enougli little thing, but
And now Ophelia Rodgers had laid
this trap for the unsuspecting ghl "A
good cook or nothing," was Willow dale s
slogan, and rivalry was keen. Honors
had been even between Mis Rodgers
and Mellnda Bassett foi some years, hut
the former cherished u bitter hale for
ans- one who threatened her cullnaiy
position. Ilius, then, was she deter
mined to humiliate the hou&e of Bassett.
"Mj- sonows." breathed Mellnda,
"that child mustn't cairy her dreadful
messes 10 mat roou sale. What 11 I
irtn?'
1 "Aloud she said: "It's pretty near Wlf-
past eight, Jean; jou'U have to hurry
- eJeer to.
By HAYWARD
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5TREWfiTHEM
jh is soupU q
I I. - ' I ' '- -s I
lug up halt a dozen stones, he hurled
them as fast as ho could into the troe,
among tho weeds and through the
bushes. Pat followed lilm, and bo did
Peggy. Soon they were laslng down a
heavy ban-ago on all thrco places where
l tho flsh had disappeared,
I Prom the tree there burst a harsln
startling rattle, and then Kingfisher
I flew out of tho foliage.
Prom the weeds there sounded a
. cieaklng, a screaming, and a loud flut
teilng as Blue Heion look wing and
i flapped heailly awas.
Among tho bushes thero was a thrash
Ing and a grunting, as IVmesomo Bear
took to his heels.
"Ah, there are the gliosis!" shouted
'bIIIv. 'Tho rascals were stealing ow
'flsh"
'JIh, ha, ha" laughed Tcggy. Thes"
Intended to win their bets with jour
own flsh "
"But they can't beat mo that way,"
retoited Billy. I'll show 'cm"
Ko they went to fishing again harder
then cier. And now when they hooked
a flsh It dldn t lapisl!, but was safely
shut up In tho baskets. Their catch
B.rc)v apidIj"' a,,1 Blll' s suiting It,
their luck, when suddenly ho felt
ling big one," h
shouted. Ho pulled vigorouslj. but his
catch pulled just as vigorously tho other
was-, "ft must be a whopper," he gasped,
bracing himself. "It's dragging me Into
the rlv er. Help me, quick '.
(Tomorroo ulll bo told the cxtiaov
dlnaty things that happen uien they
fry to land a big flsh )
mako a llvlnsr out of It any more irava
worked this business ud to J50 000 a scar
on no capital
nt.nfh1ro,t.,i!s X V". "clll,iT, "i" cfoThW
m?i.1 enro"& ""'! a!so ,n,,da R success of
L1,'.1. W1U,(I. B0. barl thl trod" ealn
but merchants In this line are not Ukl"s
on am rnoro men on account of tho condi
tions in the woolen marl et.
?ow I must take a chance particularly
so as I am married Am tliirts-two, so ct
course, over tho draft age.
. I have advertised continually for a month
DUt nave not as vet received a reply from
I '' corfcern outside o insurance companies
automobile accessories, canvassing ctp
What would ,ou surest nr do u ktum
wrhr T should co for a position 1 can sue
cessfully sell manage- or take chiy-sn of a
department. n; j, g
Before jou flnallv dccldo to get out ot
jour own business, are sou so absolutely
sure that jou couldn't sell domestic em
broideries Is It not possible that the
trado channels havo meiely changed in
stead of ceasing to be? The class of peo
ple who formerlv bought luxuries havo
ceased to do so, but those same articles
are now being bought by people who
previously never had money to Indulgn
In that pleasure. Isn't It possiblo that
this might appis to sour business?
If the legular stores to which sou sold
sour goods hive no call for sour ar
ticles, perhaps thero are somo other
stores that would buv, or perhaps sou
can sell these things by mall
I suggest that sou do not give up
vour business until jou havo given
j-,...,! uimnciirii uit'ic questions can personalis-
on thoso persons who can buy
your services
ur course, It would be a good idea to
advertise in tills paper for a position as
a salesman of stanles. hut. if nniM.
call personally on the peoplo sou want
to work for and put up such n good sales
talk that they will biro sou Wouldn't n
good jobbing house be a good place for
sou?
NOVELETTE
HATH NO WOMAN
W. Rencar
10 set ready bv two o'clock.
Want I
ni? enrepl.Y WJ,B 3of" h scrnful of aid
!,I'.no' th,aHk 50u Just tlin mm, 1
U".?,vtS.W0,,Jn.nr (le'"- ""le kitchen"
"1W J1CI. OU i
asl Preicorno st'in Itl'a A'
to the sale with vout things, will sou
rya,!,,Jl t0 cariJ -feor
his mother surves'ed Jean's cook,?!, n'
was worse than she had feared J'but
K.KrV'PPed,5on..to?ff(
note Into
na. of hPV.;,mcJl Aa? P hunter
counter
atv inno-
: . - .... .jiiw Luiiiifn
him00"'' 6lub.3u'- toe." shejrained
ahnos? SlJJll t6?..J?od sale
twin baskets "had Just been llff.1? .The
!nblh,l,lnSPeCtV "h e2hoUheesltated
,nth doorwas'. Every woman dS
S,V .beSt?f nh'SSi 'lierW F
Rodgers lifted a cofe? 1 Jfifr
"For the land's sakes!" she elaculat.il
and lifted out a pie with blackened
crust. leatherv meringue and ooz"ni
!?,,ea,aCrdeepTepresPbl S
..ft,Ap,petl?,n aln,t thev sho cackled
todaBI51.rh-um.tl,SSUrt
with- m- vittles ' You's. M ' Bassett
'Good luck" .ri,n..i ,. v??fsett. '...
Good luck,
should mv f 1 SEX -!"?. iqffe. "I
iuiu sav
she's gettln
i.-. "-f iuciiimya ra. n' ra.f.
'.',"" .e,e",n- ",or?. childish every daV:
wi4l" ,se""'n- sech truck to a
hAw4, sIlence "iBned; a mighty rival
htra.a'v;na8o1v,er,!e,Bh f 'ess'-ori
"iH-'--,"'81,3
She had done amazingly well if dm
b:T," a"l?ide" lumph .Wiry. e
H,rt.,r. " "eu caKe and the temritlnir
dougnnuts were a sample of her skill
A resneetfnt iim i,..i,. t."c.T sl.
Mrs. Rodgers suren.Y T""; '.fQ a?
Mrs. Rodgers s
pleasant-looking
IIIIlA llllalm - (
inl.liW-' -"""". '"'"I. A
woman broke the
alienee.
'Looks like there'd be a flrst.rat
cook !n tlio Bassett family for a sn.M
et even if Mellndy Is failing Spe'1
Melinds-, rocking placidly by the win.
gfri; who nung liVrself doy,VnIba..,Hear,Vi- '
norse-nalr rocker.
"Mother Bassett. joU get jour bonnet
and come over to that sale this mlnui. t
We'U SPSZ .th,eni "Aether you-rofaUlns
or not! I'll tell them Just what you did
yes I shall, tool You'll teach me Z
cook, won't you? I didn't dream how
awful mj- messes would look with thoso
rows ot lovely cakes and things! oh.
mother. I thought you didn't like mo
very much! Pres laughed at me, but
someway I felt "
Mellndy smoothed the brown !alr
gently. "We women-folks get terrible
ijueer notions sometimes, dearie," she
said.
Tomorrow' comp'ele noTelelle -"Xb
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