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'leda Druse, daughter of (labrlcl
Druse, of gypsy Mood, shoots in u
ranoc the Carillon rapids on the Kng
alac river where it flows between the
towns of Mnnltou and Iobnnon In the
Canadian Northwest. She is res
cued from the whirlpools below by
Max Ingolby, a manager of groat
interests, who has come to Lebanon
to unite the two towns and mnke
them the center of commerce in the
western north. On the shore she is
milted hv Felix Mnrchnml. a novvcr-
fill hut dlsi-oniitfihlo elinrnctor of
Manitou. Ingolby attacks Marehnnd,
who vows revenge. Kleda Is claimed
by one Jcthro Kawe as his wife,
under a gypsy custom which united
them in marriage when they were
children. Kleda rejects him and it
jealous tpiarrol ensues between l-'nvvc
and Ingolby. Marehnnd stirs up a
feud between the two towns in order
to foil Ingolby 's ambitions. His
projects are to bo wrecked and lie.
himself, thrown Into the river. In
golby, in diguso. mingles one night
with his enemies in Mauitou. Fa we
reveals his deception and Ingolb.v is
rendered uneonsiimis bj n blow .
AND 1IKKK IT fONTINl'KS
R
ESOI.I TKI.Y putting frcm her mind
nnv sense of the iiperiiatural, he
shut her eves with confiilenee of cimilng
sleep. While she was. lion ever, st:il
within the borders of wakefulness mill
wholly conscious, she felt the Thing
Jump from the floor upon her leg- and
crouch there with that deadening pres
sure which was not weight. Now with a
start of anger she rnisid herself and
shot out a determined baud to seize
the Thing, whatever it was.
Her hand grasped nothing, anil again
she distinctly heard a soft thud a ot
something jumping on the floor. K
aspcrated. she drew herself out of bed.
rsrislit the candle again, and began another
Search. Nothing was to be seen : but she
had now the curious sense of an unseen
presence. She went to the door, opened
it, and looked out into the narrow hall.
Nothing was to be soon there. Thou
she closed the door again, and stood
looking at it meditative!- for a moment.
It had a lock and kej : jet it had never
been locked in the yours thej had lived
on the Sagalae. She did not know
whether the key would turn in the lock.
After a moment's hesitation, she
shrugged her shoulders and turned the
key. It rasped, provid stubborn, but
at last came home with a click. Thou
she turned to the window. It was open
about three inches at the bottom. She
closed it tight and fastened it. thou
stood for a moment in the middle of the
rootm looking at both door and window.
She was conscious of a sense of suf
focation. Never in her life had she
slept with door or window or tent Map
entirely closed. Never before had she
been shut in nil night behind closed
doors and sealed windows. Now. as the
sense of imprisonment was felt.. her hod
protested: her spirit resented the
funeral embrace of security. It panted
for the 'freedom which gives the chal
lenge to danger and the courage to
face it.
She went to the window and opened
it slightly at the top. and then sought
her bed again ; but even as she lay
down, something whispered to her mind
that it was folly to lock the door Smd
yet leave the window open, if it was
but an, inch. With an exclamation of
self-reproach, and a vague indignation
at something, she got up and closed the
window once more.
Again she coinim.sed herself to sleep.
lying now with her face turned to the
window and the door. She was still sure
that she had been the victim of a hallu
cination which, emerging from her sleep.
bad invaded the borders of wakefulness,
and then had reproduced itself in a
waking illusion an imitation of its
original existence.
Resolved to compier any superstitions
feeling, site invoked sleep, and was on
its borders once more when she was
startled more violently than before. The
thing had sprung again upon her feet
ml was crouched there. Wide awake,
she waited for it moment to make sure
that she wns not mad. or that she was
not asleep or in a half dream. In the
pause, she felt the thing draw up to
ward her knees, dragging its body along
with tigerlike closeness, und with that
strange pressure which wns not weight
but power.
With a cry which was no longer
doubt, but agonized apprehension, she
( threw the thing from her with n motion
of both hands and feet : and. as she did
so, she felt a horrible cold air breath
ing from a bloodless bod , chill her
band.
It, nnn inr lllsllltir s no WHS oil o-l ,
feet again. With slinking fingers, she , people Unit remedies, ns oiu ns i.uuuna,
lighted the candle vet once more, after I thej )iad poisons us old as Sekhet.
which she lighted a' lamp standing upon Suddenly the song ceased, and for a
the chest of drawers. The mom was ; moment there was silence save for the
Utmost brilliantly bright now . whispering tr and the night-bird's
With a gesture of incredulity, sl,esc.ng. 1-ledu rose from her bed, ami was
looked round. The doors and windows: about to put on her dressing-gown.
.-... ..!,.,1 fl-l.t. and there wns notb- I when she was startlfcl b a voice loudly
lts.n Im soon: vet she was more than'
ever conscious of a presence grovvu more)
nr,tf,.uf Vnr n moment she stood star- !
ing straight before he'r at the place called. V ....
wliere it seemed to be. She realized In nng(M- she started forward to the
its malice and its lintred. nnd an intense window, then, realizing that she was in
auger nnd hatred took possession of her. her nightgown, caught up her red dress -She
had always laughed at such things'
even when thrilled by wonder aud manu-
fnetured terrors. Hut now there was a ,
sense of conflict, of evil, of the inde
finable things iu which so mauj be
lieved. - '' v Suddenly she remembered an ancient
Sg V Bage of her tribe, who, proficient in
p'i fo mysteries and secret rites gatnereii irom
K nations as old ns Phoenicia and Kgypt
si,, and as modern as Switzerland, held the
rwgi Jtomanys ot ine worm in ;iwc, no oii
f- ' fame had traveled where he could not
i.sit ' :: . .. i.i i- Li-
fnllnw. To Fle'da In her earliest days he
had been like one Inspired, and us she
now stood faring the Intangible thing.
C ... 1 !.. ...l.lnl. I.A C3nil
sue rccaueu an huii-i-uh uish iou .,u,c,
t.M.l -u.u,l. it. lior when he hud suf-
1---W flelentlr startled her senses by tales of
'A' Jtii Between World. This exorcism wns,
i'.tt' be had told her, more powerful than
that which the cnnsiian exorcism ui,,,
and the symbol of exoreUm was not1
'3 ..,.. i i. ... ..I.I..I,
, inline me sign oi wv vns,, , .,...l
was added genuucciiou oi .vssynau
Krlrln.
S J'M any Other time Fleda would have1
vlinghtvl at the idea of using the exor
. cbnnl tut all the ancient superstition,
'( tlie Itotnany people latent in her now
" Aiukc forth and licit! uer captive, ninim
'!: ;wll caniUo ralJl above her bend,
btf'tfi'M piercing MM space before her,
nl of the exortism
drippings froni'the
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fountains of Chaldean, Phoenician and
Kgyptlan mystery.
Solemn! aud slowly the exorcism came
from her lips, and at the end her right
hand made the cabalistic sign: then sli
stood like one trnnslixed with her arm
extended toward the Thing she could
not see. ,
l'resontl) there passed from her a
sense of oppression. The :ilr seemed to
grow lighter, restored self-possession
enme: there was a gentle breathing in
the room like that of a sleeping child.
It wns a moment before she realized
that the breathing wns her own, and she
looked round her like one who hail come
out of n trance.
"It is gone." she said aloud. "It is
gone." A great sch mine from her.
1 Mechanically she put down the candle,
smoothed the pillows of her lied, adjusted
the coverings, and prepared to lie down ;
I but. with n sudden impulse, she turned
to the window and the d -.
"It is gone," she sji, again With
a little hnigh of hushed triumph, she
turned and made again the eabalislie
-ign at the bed. where the Thing hao
lirst assaultisl her. und then nt that
point in the room near the door whoir
she hail felt it i-nuu-hlng.
"Hi. IhvieCal." she added, speaking
to that Itomaiiy Sage long since hiiil to
rest in the liiiiiiiiolinii conntri. -,jou
did not talk ti for nothing. You were
right jes. w,,,.0 ,is,t. old i:ie
!nl. It was there." she looked agiiin it r
tin- place whore the Thimr had hen
,i..'i .,,,111- i-orse drum it ;iwiiv
i ..
With confidence she weal to the door
nnd unlocked it. lining to Hie window ,
she opened if also, hot she rompro- '
niis-d siitlicienlly to open it nt the top.
instead of t the bottom. I'lcscnth '
she laid her head on the pillow with a
sigh of content.
Now she ,,.,, g. it, ,,,,, ,,,,.
inur of the Sagalae in lief ears, and
there was Mi llt ,,,. ips ,f ,.
could have seen her through the ilurk-
V, " '' ""'l l""e said that si.
like some wild creature of a
was
Irgin
"""" " sleep had captured nnd
tamed: lor behind the relineniont which
education and the Wgilant inline
"Inch .Madame United had surrounded
leer, there was in li-i- t. N,i,jt of prim
itive things; f t ,.,, ,.ad and the
wilderness, of the undisciplined und
vagrant life, however marked li such
hiMirj as . ,-iilcr of all the Itonmins
could Imj and use in pilgrimage. There
ns thai in her which would drag at
,M-l footsteps in this new life.
I'"i- a full hour or more she slept,
then there crept through the fantasies
o sleep somethiiu; that dill Hot lie
long I,, sleep again something from the
wakeful world, strange, n'ien. trou
bling. At lirst it was onlj as though a
wind stirred the air of dreiiins, then
H n- like the sounds that gather be
hind the coining rage of a storm and
again it was as tl K, a night prowler
plucked nt the sleeve of a homegoer.
Presently, with a stir of fright and a
smothered erj she waked to a sound
which was not of the supernatural or
of the mind's illusions, hut no less
dreadful to her i(-niisi f that. In
some ci'jptic way it was associated with
the direful experii lice through which she
had just passed.
What sn hoard in the darkness was a
voice which sang there by her window
at it ori beneath it the words of a
Itoniany song.
It was a song of violence, which she
had hoard but a short time before in
the trees behind lier father's house.
when a Itomanj claimed her as his wife:
"Time was went to mj true low-.
Time was she came to me "
Onlj one would sing that song nt her
window, or anjwliere in this western
world. This was no illusion of her'
overwrought senses. There, outside her
window, was .lethro Kawe.
She sat up anil listened. !eaningon
one arm. and staring into the half- '
darkness bejoud the window, the blind
of which she had not drawn down.1
There was no moon, but the stars were
shining Liightly. relieving the intensity,
of the dark. Through the whispering
of the trees, and hushing the melancholy
of it night-bird's song, came the wild
low note of tlie Itoninuy's epic of
vengeance. It liail a thrill of exultation.
Something in tin- voice. Insistent, vi
brating, personal, made every note a
thrust of victor. In spite of her in-1
, dignation nt the insolent serenade, she
thrilleil: for the strum of the past was
in her. nnd it had been fighting with
her all night, breaking in upon the
present, tugging at the cords of youth, i
The man's daring roused her udniini- '
tion. even as her anger mounted. Ifj
her father hoard the singing, there
could be no doubt that Jcthro Kawc's
doom would be sealed. (Jabriel Druse
, would resent this insolence to the
, ,. e . it .. . t It . . 1- I l.i
iiiiugnier in a it.v oi ns. uuiii woumi )
be passed as silently as the electric
'spark flies, mid one day .lethro Kawe
' would be found dead, with no clue to
' his slajer. and maybe no sign of vio
lence upon him: for while the itonmny
wliisperin
her name
at her window,
Ity of Itjs!" it
as it seemed.
"Daughter of
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Ing-gown and put it on. As she dldjnre ways! Sometimes It is a govern
so she understood why the voice sound- jmeut, sometimes n prince that wants to
ed so near. Not thirty feet from her i . ... . , ... ,, .. ,
window there wns a solitary oak tree 5"", ' ""' t" Ka'ni,tM , Tl'
among the pines. In which was n sent I '"' " t,r"t',nml mm,PJ' "' s ,ls J'";
., ! ... i i I... . . I am here, poor, because Inst year when
among the branches and ookingwt,, ,,,, ', .-',,,. ., ,
she could so,. hgure that blackened the ,,. lWH , ,. .,, ,,, , ,,,
starlit duskiness. n(). 1rmlKlt ler , my , mt .,,
"Kleda daughter of the Hy of ltys," , she comes then the gold will he here
the vol tilled again. . jus before, mill more when it Is wnnted.'
She gathered .her dressing-gown I So. ' came, and I hear the road calling,
tighllj about her.' and. going to the I ""' nil the camping plnces over nil the
window. inied it high and leaned out. I world, nnd I see the pntrlus in every
"Whnt
do ou want'" she iiskciI '
sharply.
"Wife of .letlmi Kawe. 1 lying you
news." the voice said, and she saw a
lilt waved with miiik courtesy.
In spite of herself. Kleda felt a
shiver of premonition pass through her.
The Thing which had threatened her
in the night seemed to her now like the
soul of this dark spirit in the trees.
Iteseiitmeiit seized her. "I have news
i foi .vim. .lethro Kawe." she replied.
"I sot jwu flee, and 1 gave my word
that no harm should conic to you. if
! vou went jour vvu.vs and did not come
, again. You have conic, and I shall do
' nothing iow to save jou fioni the Uy's
innger. (In nl once, m I will wake
him."
"Will a wife betray her husband?"
, he ashed in sotl dci isjon.
Stung bj his insolence. "I would not
thiovv a lope to Jou, if Jou were drown
ing." she dech I. "1 am n (iorgio,
I nnrl the thing that was dune by the
Starke river is nothing to me. Now,
"ou have forgotten in 'news,
sni I. "It is had news for the (!
daughter of the ltoman.v It'."
She was silent In nppn hensjun.
united, but she did not speak.
he
Ho
I lie t.orgio oi -gins oi tne .-saga-
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Hit hrnrt mt fit-t for mi itMunt. j
itnil tlit'ti 111- iir-ci'iitiHH'nt rjuno to lior
thai the imiu
presence of II
I became calm.
"What litis
lUietlj .
sunk tic tri til. Ill flic I
'
olllplishe
happened?"
"lie wont prowling in .Mauitou. and
in Cirbazon's tavern thej struck him
duvv n."
"Who struck him down?" she as;od.
Il seemed to her that the night-bird
sang so loud I In- she could scarcely
lle-ii- her own voice.
"A drunken (Iorgio. " he rop'iod.
"The horseshoe i-i for luck all the world
live,-, ami il hi-ought its luck to Mauitou
tonight. It struik down a joiiug .Mas
ler (iorgio who in white heard nnd long
gra.. hair went spy ing."
Sin- knew in her heart thai he spoke
the truth.
"lie is dead'.'" she asked in a voice
that had u strange ipiietnoss.
I ".Not ji't. he i.nsvvered. "Tin
re is
lime to wish him luck."
She heard the i ih.ilil laugh with n
sense of horror and loathing. "The
,1111111! that brought him down may have
been the hand of a (iorgio. hut behind
the hand was .lethro Kawe." she said
in u voice grown passionate again.
"Where i, he?" she milled.
"At his own house. I watched them
take him there. It is a nice house
p mil enough for u (iorgio houso-dvvellor.
I know it well. Last night I phijed
hi- Sarnsate tidd'e for him there, and
I toM him all about jou and me. and
what happened at Starke, and thou "
You told hint I was a Itomanj, that
I was married to Jou?" she asked in a
low Voice.
"I told him that, and asked him why
he thought jou bad deci ivod him. had
held from him the truth. lie was angry
uml tried to ki'l mo."
"That is a lie." she answered. "If
he had I Hod to kill jou he would h.ivi
' done so."
Suddenly she realized the situation n
it was (hut she was standing at her
window in the night, scantily l bed.
talking to a man in u tree opposite hoi
window : and that the man bad done a
thing which belonged to the wild places
which she had left so far behind.
It flushed into her mind what would
Mn Ingolby think of such a thing?
She Hushed. The new (iorgio M'lf of
her flushed, and yet the old lionmn.v
self, the child of race aud heredity , hud
taken no exact nccouut of the strun
.. .. .i .. . I
iioss of this situation, it uau iuu
unnatural. Kven if he had boon in her
rioiii itself, she would have felt no titlio
of the shame that she felt now in asking
herself what the Master (iorgio would
think, if he knew.
It was not that she bad loss modest,
that an stir of sex was in her veins
where the Itomnn chul was concerned
hut in the life she bad once liveil less
delicate cognizance was taken of such
things, and something ot it sta.ved.
Listen," .lothro said, with sudden
lowering of the voice, aud imparting into
his tones uu emotion which was in part
iiu actor's gift, but also iu large degree
a passion now eating at bis heart, "jou
are my wife by all the laws of our peo
ple. Nothing enn change it. 1 have
waited for you, anil 1 will wait, but you
shall be mine in the end. You see to
night Mi Duvol, you see that fate is
with me. The (iorgio lias bewitched
you. lie goes down tonight in that
tavern there by the hand of a (iorgio,
and the Romany has bis revenge. Kate
is always with me. and I will be the
gift of the gods to the woman that
takes me. The luck is mine ulvvajs. It
will be ulvvajs with me. I am poor
todaj , I shall be rich tomorrow. I was
rich, aud I lost it all: and I was poor,
nnd became rich again. Ah, jes, there
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By SIR GILBERT PARKER
Author of "The Seats of the Mighty,"
"The Monty Master," etc.
Inne, ami my heart is lifted up. I
urn glad. I rejoice. Mj heart hums
with love. I will forgot everything,
nnd be true to the (pioon of my soul.
I .Men die, and (iabrirl Druse, he will
Idle one day, and when the time comes,
.then it would he that jou aud I would
I beckon, and all the world would come
to us."
lie stretched out n hand to her in the
half darkness". "1 semi the blood of
my heart to jou." he continued. . "I
,11111 a son of kings. Klodn. daughter of
the llj of ltys. come to me. I have
been bad. but I can be good. I have
1 killed, but I will live at peace. I j
have cursed, hut 1 will speak the word
of blessing. I have trespassed, but I
i will keep to my own, if jou
! to me."
will come i
I Stiddciilj he dropped to (lie ground,
i lighting on his feet like nn nuiinnl with
I a soft rebound. Stretching up his arms,
he made soft murmuring of endenr
I in cut.
She bad listened, fascinated in spite
I of herself by the fire and meaning of
his words. She fell that in most part
it was true, that it was meant; and,
whatever he was. lie was yet n iiiiin
offering his heart and life.
offering a'
love
was
that she despised, and
love and passion of a
t which
kind. It
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" "" " C" --" iin,ll n, ill," ll'op- IIOIII
ul,om h0 ,,,,mp- "' t( MiHi us Jcthro
KllW(, u ,U1S smrtli!iiB more thnn son-
.....i i,,,..,:.,- Iin,ufii i..i..i..ni ,i,.i ..r
:.... wi... ..
1 thing she ' t 1,nJ molted by il, even while
! her mind was Hoeing to where the Mas
she asked ,pr (iorgio la.v wounded, it might be un-
,.. .1..-.I t.!l.. ..!.- I.. .. ...
ni-sifv-nui. r tie reii iizeii li mm n-.iu
i" oc.iui . ,iiu wiine sue KHOW tllllt tills
man Pernio her. by some means, had
laid lugolb.v low
a human being
forces.
She was all nt once
torn by contending
.lethio's drop to the ground broke the
sudden trance into which his words had
thrown her. She shook herself ns with
nn effort of control. Then leaning over
I the window-sill, nnd, looking down nt
j him. now grow so distinct that she could
I see bis features, her eyes having become
used to the half-light of the upproach-
ing dawn, she said with something al
most like gentleness :
i "Once more I sa.v , ou must go und
come no more. You are too fat- off from
I mo. You belong to that which is for the
ignorant, or the low. the vicious and the
bud. I'ebind the free life of the I0
many is only the thing that the beasts
j of the Held have. I have done with it for
ever. Kind a Itoniauj who will marry
jou. .s tor me. 1 would rather
die than do s0. and 1 should die before
it could come to pass. If jou stay here
longer I will call the Kj."
I Presently the feeling that he had been
i responsible for the disaster to Ingolby
I came upon her with great force, and nj
suililenlj ns she had softened toward
this man she hardened again.
'(!
before there
comes in you the
-she added and
footsteps sounded
instant! there
I death jou deserve,"
! turned nwaj .
At that moment
Hour, ami almost
eniergcil from a pathway which nmde a
short cut to the house, the figure of old
(iabriol Druse. They had not heard
him till be was within li few feet of
where .lethro Kawe stood. His walking
had been muffled in the dust of the path-
i way.
The Ity started when lie saw .lethro
Kawe; then lie made a motion as though
he would seize the intruder, who was
j too dumfoundod to Hoc; but be re
covered himself, and gazed up nt the
open window.
I "Kleda!" he called.
I She came to the window ag.ini.
"Ilns this man come heie against
jour "will?" lie asked, not us tliniii.li
I L..tl,.,, Il .,;.. I.... .: ..
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i - - ", "! iuii"o. uui coiuiruiaiiou ot
his own understanding,
"Me is not here hy my will," she
I iinswered. "He came to sing the Song
' of Hate under my window, to tell me
that he had "
"That I had brought the Master
( (iorgio to the ground." said .lothro, who
now stood with sullen passiveness look-
ing nt (iabriol Druses.
"Krnni the .Master (iorgio, as .vou call
him, I have just come," returned the
I old man. "When I hoard th
news, T
went to him. It was jou who betrayed
him to the mob, and "
"Wnit. wait." Kleda cried iu agita
tion. "Is is lie dead?"
'MIe is alive, but terribly hurt ; and
he may die," was the reply.
Then the old innn turind to the Ito
niany with a groat anger and determi
nation in his face. He stretched out an
arm, making a sign ns cabalistic as that
which Kelda had used against her in
visible foe in the bedroom.
"(io, .lethro Kawe of nil the Knvves,"
he said. "Co. aud mnj no patrlus mark
jour rond !"
.lethro Knwe shrank back, ami half
raised his arm. as though to fond him
self from a blow.
(("ONTINUKD TOMOItP.OW)
WHY IM AFRAID
TO I3E-SEEN
WiTHAPRETZELr
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D'AILY NOVELETTE
THE BUTTERFLY
Uathcrlno Moulton
"pjOrTOIt Porter walkii slowly down
the steps of the big house on the
nvenue. llchlud the door that had just
closed. Margaret Allen in n shimmer
ing rose nnd silver evening gown stood
for n moment In silent wonder, nnd
then ran back to the living room.
A puppy was cilrlod up on n cushion
before the open fireplace, n picture nf
nb-olute little-dog bliss. Mnrgnret,
kneeling down, rudely dlrturbcd his
slumbers.
"Listen, Terry, dear," she confided,
holding the protesting pup up before
her. "Listen to your poor missus' woes.
My own brave soldier man, Captain
Dick, has come home at last. Hut lvc
doesn't love me any more."
Terry, .seeming to realize the gravity
of the 'situation, blinked the sleepiness
from bis eyes and cocked one ear in
telligently. Whereat his mistress set
tled him" more comfortably In her lnp
and went on:
"lie thinks Km just a pink nnd silver
butterfly. Tern kins, nil on nooourtt of
this old dress. And my hnir! He .hinks
I cut it short on purpose, just for a fad.
I won't tell him the truth, though; so
there! Do jou suppose he's fallen in
love witli another girl?" At the over
whelming lieartslcknoss of this thought
two tears splashed down on Terry, and
be, wriggling up sympathetically, snug
gled bis cold nose against Margaret's
soft cheek.
Meanwhile. Cnptaiu Dick, walking
along briskly, wns trying to solve
''I1 problem iu the cool night nir. lie
'mil come Home uneu wmi ions"" "
his sweetheart, .Margaret, nuu nuxious
to claim her ns his wite.
When he snilod nbrond, three years
before, the understanding had been
that lie would ask her on his return.
They were both spoiled, eager for all
the pleasures to be had in life. Now he
realized, with a pang, be had changed;
while Mnrgnret was the same friv
olous girl of her care-free (lays. ITn
willinglv he compared her, to her dis
advantage, with the brnvo nurses who,
with blanched faces and taut nerves,
had assisted him in critical operations,
while the enemy's guns boomed dun
gorously near. He thought of the
plucky girl ambulance drivers he luiil
met und the intrepid canteen workers.
Such a woman one could ask to share
one's life. Hut not Margaret, who had
probablv wasted away the last three
j ears. ' The incident of her hair was
enough to show him what kind of a girl
she "was. He boil been 'thoroughly
shocked at his lirst glimpse of. Margaret
that night with ridiculous curls clus
tered around her pretty head, in place
of the luxuriant brown hair ho re
membered. Of course, she would thiuk
him a cad , , . .,
His problem was still unsolved in the
morning. He tried to banish all thought
of it. for lie had an active day at the
hospital.
Late that afternoon. Doctor Porter
snt in the office of the superintendent
of the hospital. As he talked, be idly
lingered a pack of index cards before
him. Suddenly his attention was at-'
tract ed by' the name on the top curd:
"Allen. Margaret V. 11."
The superintendent, noticing his in
terest explained :
Those are the names of our graduat
ing elass. You know jou are scheduled
to make the speech nt their exercises
next week and give out the diplomas."
Dr. Porter bold up the top card and
nskod :
"Do you happen to remember what
the initials 'V. It.' stand for iu Miss
Allen's mime? I think 1 know her
yet it doesn't seem possible."
The other man leaned back and
laughed.
"The 'V. It.' is for Van Itensselnor.
You probably do know her. Her fath
er's unite wealthy, and we were sur
prised when she entered the hospital.
Hut she stuck it out gamely, it
was
nrettv busv bore for a while. Porter. Wo
nil wondered at her endurance and
pluck. Thou, when the worst of it was
over she was taken sick herself and we
came nenr losing her. It was too bad
her hair hud to be cut. but she had a
very high fever. She recovered all right,
though, nnd completed the course."
As lie finished speaking. Doctor Por
ter pulled out bis watdi.
"You'll excuse me, doctor," he said.
"I have an important telephone call to
make."
A few minutes later. Margaret was
happily surprised by the message nf
apology and praise nnd sympathy that
came, over the phone from her Captain
Dick.
"Hut how did you ever do it, Mar
garet dear?" be asked finally.
Margaret laughed softly as she an
swered. "Of course, 1 was hoping to
got across. Hut I thought, too, that it
was only right for a doctor's wife to
know something about bis profession."
Dick chuckled. "May 1 hope to be
the fortunate doctor? Will you ninrry
me, dear just as soon us I have given
you your diploma?"
Now, it is very unorthodox to nsk the
ipiestiou over the telephone. So Mnr
gnret made him ask it over agaiu that
evening, with only Terry for mi audi
ence, iu a way that wns more satisfy
ing to the two parties concerned.
The ne.t complete novelette,
Scout."
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DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy
"CLOUD LAND"
(VrgOV and TliUy, winrfc small by
saying mayio words, start in soap
hubblc balloons on n trip io Cloud
Land. They arc guided by Sun
Ileum.) ,
The Itnlfibow Dancers
pKOOV und Hilly felt' ninny strnugc
thrills as they floated upward In the
soap bubble balloons. Kirst they
watched the earth drop out of sight
below them. Then they turned their
eyes anxiously toward misty mountain
like masses they were swiftly approach
ing. Out of these masses )vhlzzed small
storm clouds, swooping around the
bubble-like airplanes ami threatening
to smash Intotlieni. Iflit faster, faster
sped the watery balloons, up, up until
they seemed nbout to, crash against
t lie moiintniii-llke masses, which, Peggy
ilow saw, were cloud banks. Peggy
and Hilly held their breaths, for they
knew how easily bubbles burst.
Hut Just as the crash seemed certnin
the clouds pnrtcd like misty curtains,
the bubble balloons floated safely
through and there they were in the
strangest world they hud ever seen.
It was n land of huge, moving moun
tains and of restlessly changing scenery.
Kleecy white summer clouds which
formed the roof of the earth were the
surface of this remarkable kingdom.
They were piled and heaped upon each
other like huge snowdrifts. Amid the.
cloud masses ran roads paths of gold
formed by the sun's rays. Kneitig on
these roads and rocking up and down
as the clouds rose nnd fell were little
houses made of pretty blue sky, with
doors nnd windows of shimmering sun
light. The bubble balloons came to rest and
Peggy nnd Hilly stepped out. They
found the cloud surface unexpectedly
firm and walked with. ease.
"Welcome to Cloud Land!" cried
Sun Ileum, dismounting from his horse,
ltay-of-Light.
"Welcome, welcome!" echoed bun-
BRUNO DUKE,Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc.
(Copyrllht)
TII10 I'ltOHLKM OF THK NI5V
HESTAUKANT
How Io rill a Hcstaui-nnt in the After
noon TM'KINC the two weeks in which
- "The tiolden Hour" restaurant gave
away a teaspoon with each meal, I kept
careful tabs on the patrons, and was
able to report that the number of peo
ple who came day after day was grow
ing rapidly.
In the middle of the second week
Duke pnid a flying visit to the restau
rant. He hnd been in Buffalo, where he
had done some work on "the problem of
the stoleu jewels." This case was de
veloping rapidly and with intense excite
mentbut I'll tell of tbnt remarkable
episode later.
"We must now plan to advertise bome
special lunches for next week," lie be
gan promptly, "for we must make every
effort to carry the people over the spe
cial 'free-spoon idea' to the regular
method."
He gave me u few instructions nnd
then hurried off to work. on "the sniug
'gled jewels case."
I went to see Hetterly in his office on
Broadway, and he wrote up some (C
culiar hut attractive advertisements
nbout the special dishes which Miss
Khun planned.
There was u slight falling off of busi
ness nfter the "free-spoon offer" ceased,
but the normal business wns, nt least,
double what it was a mouth before.
Some few people asked if we couldn't
let them have one or two teaspoons, to
complete a set.
Following out Duke's plan, we told
11 such people that we could not supply
any more, but they could get them at
the Cratton Jewelry Store for tweuty
livc cents each. We had arranged it
with the makers of the teaspoons tbut
the Grnttou Jewelry Store could stock
that pattern temporarily on a sale-return
basis, so as to supply extra spoons
to people wanting them.
By making the retail price twenty
live cents the OraUon Jewelry Store
made a hig profit and it placed a fair
value on our gift teuspoons. It also
had to sell them as "The (iolden Hour"
pattern. In return, we afprertised the
fact on our menus for several days.
Duke had decided, after I had made
a thorough investigation, that there was
little or no breakfast business for us to
get, so we planned to udvertise lunch
time from 10:.".0 to :S:.'1(.
To my surprise, ivr gut quite "a good
business from II o'clock nnd it wns 3
o'clock before we could say that lunch
time was over.
Then I hit on nn idea that proved
successful.- It isn't a new idea exactly,
but it worked and that was the main
thing. I planned n special "reception
'tea" from 4 to S o rjocn every clay. The
"tea" was an eighty-cent nlfair and
consisted of tea, coffee, chocolate or
milk. Kithcr welsh rabbit, or else n thin
'slice of meat with toast, butter aud mar
malade
'Aen we planned to havcomc special
Copyright. JD10. by tlio Bell Syndicate. Inc.
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Peggy and Hilly felt many strange
thrills us they floated upward in (lie
soap bubble balloons
dreds of little voices. Looking closely
nt the. houses, Peggy nnd Hilly saw
friendly, shiuing faces iu every door
und window. '
The owners of the faces were much
like Sun Henm in nppenrancc. Some
were dressed In gold, nnd these, Sun
Heani explained, were in the service of
his majesty the Sun. Others were
dressed in silver, nnd these, said Sun
Heam, were subjects of Princess Moon.
Still others were robed in shining
white, nnd these, he declared, were the
attendants of the Stars, the street lights
of Cloud Land.
Peggy and Hilly eagerly ran up and
down hill to see nil they could of Cloud
Lnnd, and before long they heurd happy
voices singing a merry song:
"Itninbow fairies, one and nil,
Come to dnnce nt King Sun's call ;
Come to dance nnd merrily sing.
When he conquers the bold storm king."
"Itninbow fairies!" exclaimed Peggy.
"Do they live near the rainbow?"
"Yes." answered Sun Heam. "Y'ou'll
see the rainbow in all its glory when
you climb the hill nhead of us." '
Ituuniug up a steep path of sunshine,
entertainment every day not the regu
lar dancing or singing, but lectures and
iliseussiops.
Hetterly laughed nt the idea nnd even
Duke snid flint he would not care to
predict the result, but it worked out
splendidly.
We got n professor of Knglish from
New York University to open the series.
He gave readings' from Shakespeare, the
Bible, and such writers as Walt Whit
man. James Wliitcomb Hiley and Bret
Hnrte.
The women went crazy over him.
The next day a music master gave a
talk on famous composers and illustrat
ed it by playing selected pieces to ex
plain his lecture.
An Knglish suffragist gave a talk that
crowded the place to the door. Kvcry
day some such offering wns made.
Of course, the meal cost a trifle, and
BLIND DOG, LOST IS MILES
AWAY FROM HOME, RETURNS
t
Sightless Prize-Winning Canine Finds Way Back to Mistress
After Ttvo-Day Trip
Often has it been said that the loss
of one sense greatly increases the effi
ciency of 'another, nud no better ex
ninple could be used to illustrate the
truth of this statement than the fol
lowing: Here is a blind dog, born in a for
eign country, gets lost fifteen mile.i from
its home, apd after two days of sight
less wanderings through crowded
streets, country roads and cultivated
fields finally surprises its mistress .by
calmly walking iu the front door two
days later.
What better instance could be .ji.-cu
to illustrate animal intelligence? De
prived by nature of the right to speak.
It, unlike a blind human, is forced to
show the presence of n sixth sense--intuition,
virtually the only thing to
which ouc can attribute the dog's re
turn. Leaps .Krom Auto
Last Friday "Doc," bought nt a dog
show about six years ugo and cared
for ever since by Miss Virgluia Downes,
of Nnrbcrtli, Pa., was enjoying the
coolness of the bummer air, a privilege
extended to even blind dogs. in. a ma
chine driven by his mistress's mother. .
"Doe" was in the hack seat all by his
lonesome. Near Bryn Mawr "Doc"
heard a familiar voice.- It seemed as
if the voice said, "Come out of that
car, you highbrow, und chase the fields
with us." "Not a particularly pleas
ant voice," thought "Doc," "but the
idea does rather appeal to me; think
I'll join cm," and "Doc" did. Out of
the rear seat, but absolutely uncon
scious of where, he jumped.
The car drove on minus one Krench
bull terrier, nnd his absence remained
undiscovered until the big touring car
pulled iuto its garage at ,'il5 AVoodsido
avenue nud Mrs. Downes found to her
nmazeinent that poor "Doc" had (lis-
appeared.
By Chas. McManus
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they enme, to the top of, the hilt, -And
there they stopped to shout with" pleas
ure. Hcforc them stretched a shim
mering crystal arch and high up at its
very topmost point Was a jeweled
throne. On this throne was seated a
beautiful princess. In front of her
danced the rainbow fairies, pretty little
creatures dressed in gowns of many
colors.
The colors o their garments shons j
in the crystal arch and were thrown "'
back ns if by a mirror. The sight was ,
one of dazzling beauty.
"The rainbow fairies dance becausa
King Sun hasdriven away the Storm
King and Ins armies," explained Sun
Heam. "Both King Sun nnd Storm
King arc rivnls for the hand of the
Halnbow Princess. She prefers King i
Sun, but wicked Storm King never
ceases in his efforts to conquer Cloud
Land, so he may make the princess his
bride."
"And so it is the dancing fairies who
moke the rainbow we see," exclaimed '"
Hilly.
"Yes," nnswercd Sun Beam.
"I should think the dancers would
fall off that smooth, steep arch," said
Peggy.
"They nre held on by the beauty of
the Itninbow Princess, which attracts ,
all who come near her," declared Sun
Heam.
Now there funic a blare of trumpeU
nnd up the hill wound n noble proces
sion. Kirst enme heralds with trumpets
nnd then soldiers with shining npcars, .
escorting n chariot of gold drawn by
eight horses just like Itny-of-Light.
"Princess Peggy nnd Hilly Belgium ,
nre desired at the court of His Majesty,
the Sun," chanted the hernlds. . '
Sun Heam pointed to the chariot. f;
leggy and Hilly stepped into it and
were whisked away rapidly toward the
west.
(Tomorrow trill be told the odd
happenings at the court of the Sun.)
most of the speakers came free, but the
margin was sufricie(it to enable 14s to
pay special lecturers when necessary.
We planned n month's lecture series,
but they were so popular that we ex
tended the series indefinitely.
Thnt stunt of mine became a fad and
filled "The (iolden Hour" restaurant
every afternoon. That still left us the
evening dinner trnde to get.
TODAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION
What is a "Way llilV't
Answer teill appear tomorrow.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S
BUSINESS QUESTION
A "Receiver is an officer appointed
by a court to hold in trust property
in litigation, or to wind up the affairs
of a bankrupt concern.
I he grief-stricken family advertised ;
they made inquiries everywhere, and
knowitig the predicament of n dog not
even able to ask its way around, had
jimi uuour. given XJoc
when
up as lost
Knock, Knock Enter Dog
T.ast net opens ' with the Downes
family at dinner. Time 0:.10 p. m.,
Sunday eve. Every one engaged in the
gentle art of eating. Conversation final
ly runs to the lost bull terrier. "Heav
ens, I wish thnt dog'd come back "
sighed Miss Downc. "He was almost
a brother to me." Said sentiment was
voiced by nil present. Rating was re
sumed. Feeble hark heard from with
out. Tiepoatcd, a little louder. Eating
stopped. Slowly, ns if in u trance
Miss Downes arises from the table'
peers out window. Sees nothing. Won
ders. Traces noise to front door
Opens. Peering up in, her face with an
almost pitiable expression of wistful
ncss on his face, and sitting on his
haunches, is "Doc." Miss Downes
clasps the returned prodigal to her
heart. Shows dog to family, who re
joice. Finish eating. Curiam.
'TDoc" is n very valuable, highly
pedigreed, French bull terrier, born in
Frnnec seven years ago, and has won, '
four blue ribbons nt various dog shows
throughout the country.
SAlLJNG OF.FLEETr
PANAMA CANAL TEST
Pacific Squadron Will Leave
Hampton Roads July 19
for San Diego
Washington, July 15. The newly J
organised Pacific fleet will sail from
Hampton Itoads July 10, instead of !
July 22, as previously arranged, it hau
been decided at n conference between
Secretary Daniels nml Aitmtrnt Tr.,i. i
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Hodman, commauiler of 'the fleet.
The date of the fleet's arrival at San 'V
Diego, Calif,, was fixed as August X ,'!
or 8. " v
' The fleet will test for the first time J
the strategic possibilities of the Paiu &
nmn canal. Later it will determine' in cS
a practical way the lines" along which $k
the naval bases in the Pacific must be d
developed to take cans of the large nura- '3
ber. of ships in Pacific waters. V
Tho 'movement of the fleet already has
begun. Some of the auxiliary vessels, "3
such ns colliers, are on the wny. Other '
ships now in the Atlantic ' transport -
service will be sent to the Pacific as I
soon ns they have been released nnd
repaired, U, !
Tho main fleet will arrive at San
Francisco about the time the PresK ii
dent reaches. (he pacific coast, .and jt - ..
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