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THIS STAKTS TUB STOKY
Klcda Druse, daughter of Gabriel
Druse, of gypsy blood, slioots In u
canoo tlie Cnrillon rapids on the Nng
nlac river, where It flows between tlu
towns of Mnnltou mid Lebanon, in
tho Canadian Northwest. Slio is res
cued from the whirlpools below by
Mnx Ingolby, a manager of gnat
interests, who has come to Lebanon
to unite the two towns and make
them the center of commerce in the
western north. On the shore 'he is
insultcd.by Felix Mnrrhnnd, a power
ful but disreputnble character of
Mnnltou. Ingolby nttaeks Mnrrhnnd.
who vows revenge, l'ledn is claimed
by one Jcthro Tnwe as his wife,
under n gypsy custom which united
them in mnrrlngo when the wcte
children, l'ledn rejects him and a
jealous quarrel ensues between l'nwe
and Ingolby. Mnrohand stirs up u
feud between the two towns in older
to foil Ingolby's ambitions. His
projects are to be wrecked and he,
himself, thrown into the river, In
golby, in disguise, mingles one night
with his enemies in Manitou. l'nwe
rcenls his deception and Ingnlby is
rendered blind by n blow on the head.
Flcda comes to him.
AND HKRH IT rOXTINVKS
he'
Qlin held herself cry still a
'"-' spoke. There w as, however, a strange
lonely look in her ejes. The man 1 -lng
asleep in the darkness uf body and
mind yonder was not really her lover.
for he had said no word diicct of hue
to her, and she knew him so little, how
could she lovo him? Yet there was
something between them which hnd its
authority over their lives, overcoming
even that maiden modesty which was
in contrast to the bold, phjsical thing
she hnd done in running the Catillon
ltapids thoe centuries ago when she
was )oang and glad wistfully glad.
So much had come since thnt clay, she
had traveled s() fnr on the highwa.v
of Fate, that hu looked back from peak
to peak of happening to an almost in
visible hniion. So much had occurred
and she felt so old this morning; and
yet there was in her heart the unde
fined feeling that she must keep her I
radinut spring of life for the blind
Gorgio if he needed it if he needed
it. Would he need it, robbed of sight1
and with his lifejvvork uiuidered?
She shuddeied as she thought of what l
it meant to hiin. If a man is to woik, i
he must have ejes to see. Yet what
had she to do with it, nfter all? She ,
had no right to go to him even ns 'he father's tan or gone to his tan and
wns going. Yet had she not the rignt tended him as a man might tend a man?
of common humnnit) ? This (luigio Iluinamt) would have been the mil)
was her friend. Did not the woild . c onvention ; there would have been no
know that he had saved her'life? sc, no false modest), no babble, no
As they came to the Lebanon end of reproach. If it had been a man as obi
the bridge, Tlcda turned to .low ett and, as the oldest or as .veiling as .letliio
commenting on his description of the I'awe it would have made no difference'.
scene at IJarbawin's. said: "He is a J As )oung as .lethro Tawe! Wh)
great man, but he trusts too much and , was it'tliat now she could never think
risks too much. That wns no place I f the. lost and abandoned Itoiuniiy life
for him." j without thinking also of Jitlno I-'awe?
"Uig men like him think they can Whv should she hate him, despise him,
do anything," Jovvett replied, a little icvolt against him, nnd )i't fi el that,
ironically, subtly tr)ing to fence a as it were b) invisible cords, he drew
confession of her preference for In- her back to that which she had for
golb). 'svvoin, to the pnst which eliaggtd at her
He succeeded. Her eye lighted with feet. The ltoman) was not dead in
indignation. She herself might dial- her : her leal stiuggle was .vet to come ;
lenge him, but she would not allow and in a vague but piophctie way she
another to do so. I i enlisted it. She was not .vet one with
"It is not the truth," she rejoined the Nettled Western world,
sharplv. "Ho does not measure him- As the) came close to Ingolby's house
self against the world so. He is like ' "'" heard marching footsteps, and in the
like- a child," she added. I "cur distance she saw fourscore or more
"It- Kpeois to me nil 1ml' men nre
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IlivU lilUl, UOWL'LL It'JOlIlC!, , UI1C1 U'S
the biggest man the AYest has seen.
He knows about every man's business
as though it was his own. I can gel
n mnrgin off 'most any man in the
AVest on a horse-trade, but I'd look
shy nbout doing a trade with him.
"You can't dope a horse so he won't
know. He's on to it, sees it sees it
like as if it was in gliss. Sees any
thing and everything, and "
Ho stopped short. The Master
Gorgio could no longer see and bis
henchmnn flushed like a girl nt his
"break"; though, ns n horse dealer, he
had in his time listened without shnme
to wilder, angrier reproaches than most
men living.
She glanced nt him. saw his confu
sion, forgave nnd understood him.
"It was not the horseshoe, it was
not the gypsy," she returned. "Thev
did not set it going. It would not have
happened but for one man."
"Yes, it's Mnrdiand, right enough,"
answered Jovvett, "but we'll get him
yet. We'll get him with the branding
iron hot."
"Thnt will not put things right if"
sho paused, then vvitli n great effort she
added: "Does the doctor think he will
get it back and that"
She stopped suddenly in nn agitation
he did not care to see and he turned
nway his head.
"Doctor doesn't know," he answered.
"There's got to be nn expert. It'll
take time before he gets here, but " he
could not help but say it, seeing how
great her distress xvas "but it's going
to come back. I've seen cases I saw
one down on the bolder" how easily
he lied! "just like his. It was blnst
ing that done it tjie shock, but the
sight come back all right, and quick,
too like ns I've seen a paralizite get
up nil nt once and wulk as though he'd
never been locoed. YS'hy, God A'mighty
dou't let men like Ingolby be done like
that by reptiles same's Marchand."
"You believe in God Almighty?" she
sold half-wonderingly, yet with grati
tude in her tone. "You understand
nbout fiod?"
"I've seen too many things not to
try nnd deal fair with Him and not
try to cheat Hjm," he answered. "I
see things lots of times that wnsu't
ever born on the prairie or iu any
house. I've seen I've seen enough,"
he said abruptly, nnd stopped.
"What hnvo you seen?" bhe nsked
engcrly. "Was it good or bad?"
"Both," ho nuswered quickly. "I
was stalked once stalked I was by
night and often in the open day, by
some sickly loathsome thing, that even
made me fight it with my hands a
thing I couldn't see. I used to fire
biickshot nt it, enough to kill an army,
till I near went mad. I was really nnd
truly getting loony. Then I took to
prayin' to tho best woman I ever
kuovved. J. never uau a moiucr, out sue
looked after me my istcr, Sara, it
i ..watt She brought mo up nnd then died
A..- lafc, -via nrttlimit flnvtMnV to bane
n't', J Udu'J know nil I'd lost tU
thM -v ime. But I gUessi she knW
MTMijC, A .VBUUSUl, Ul uteri uue. due, v
back after I'd prnjed till 1 couldn't
see She come bnck into my room one
night when the cursed 'haunt' was
prowling round me. nnd ns plain ns 1
tee ou, I saw lier. lie at peace,
she said, and I spoke to her, and said.
'Sara why. Sara!' and she smiled nml ,
went nway into nothing like a bit o'
cloud In the sun."
He stopped, and was looking straight
before him ns though lie saw n vision,
"It went?" she nsked lirrnlhli"""lj .
"It went like that " lie made a
I swift, outward gesture, "it went mid
lit never enme back: and she didn't .
either not ever. Mj Idee is, he
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niebbe, too, thej'ie the ghost-shapes of 'he hnd clone, the c ai eer he bad made.
men that's dead, but that can't get on 'he thought of her. spoke her name.
(her Then'. So the) tij to get back What could she do to prevent his1
to us lieie: and thej can niako lite ruin? She must do something, else
hell while the 'it stalking us." she had no right to think of him. I
"I am sine Jim nie light," she said. Am though her thoughts hnd sum
1 She was thinking of the loathsome nimied him. she came suddenly upon I
, thing which haunted her room lust j IYIK Mnrrhnnfi at a point where her
night. Was it the embodied second -'If ' pnlli resohed itself Into two. one lend-I
of .letliio I'awe, cluing the cul that , jug to Mnnitou, the other to her own
lethro l'nwe, the visihl iponiil mini, hmne.
wished to do? She shuilcleied. then bent , There was a mnlicious glint in the
her head mid hcd her mind on lngeil- gieeiiisli eves of the dissolute elcmn
hj. whose house; was not far uvv.iy. She gnguo ns he saw her. His hat made n
felt stiaiigclv niiseinbly alone this
morning. She wns in that tlutte'i ing ,
state which follows a gnl' clisi'overv
that she. is a woman, and the feeling
dawns that she must complete neixeu i
h joining her own life with the lifii,
of anothei. j
She show eil no agitation, lint her ,
repression gne an almost sMtucscpic
chunicicr to her face and tiguto.
The
solvent urous nature of her catly
life i
li.i.l i, i li.ti t, tmiinr (,i nioi't liiiil. .
,mil (1m:il. wjll l.OSSi I111(1 though
tlic ini of Ingolb.v's t raged) had
seemed to ficee the vital fence's ill her,
and all the world became blank for a "You have picked no unite an edu
liioment, she had contiollccl herself ention since von left the rond and the
nnd had set forth to go to Mm. come Ian." he said with the look of one who
what might. Idelivcis a smashing blow.
As she entereel the street v here I "I am not ) et eilucntcil enough to
Ili.'olbv lived, she' suddenly realized the I know how vou get olhei people to eom
elitheiilt) befoie he i. She might gei to I mil vour crimes for von." she rctoited.
linn, but b) only one light coiild she "Who cnmmits niv ci line's for me?"
stnv nnd muse him, ami that light she His voice was slmtp and even nnxious.
did not possess. lie would, she knew , "The man who told von 1 wns once
uiidcrst.ind her, no matter how the ; a cv ps - ,Ic thro I'.ivve"
vvoi Id babbled. Wh) should the wen Id Her instinct hail told her this was n.
lialilile.' What woman mum nave He- ,
signs upon a blind iiianV Was not
humaiiit) alone siiflic lent wairant for
staving bv his side? Yet would he
vvih it'' Siidelc nb her heait 'mik; but
again slie reim uibei eel their last pmt
mg. and once mine she was sure he
would be (.kid to have lier with him.
It Hashed upon her how different it
would have hum if he and she hnd
been Itoiiian.vs, and this thing had hap
pened over there in the far lands she'
knew so well. Who would have hinted
t shame, if she had taken linn to lier
men tramping in militar) order.
'Who nie thev .' she asked of
low ett.
Men that nre going to see law nnd
order kept in Lebanon," he answered.
Such Things May Not He
Vl'W hours later Tlcda slowly made
-TV her way homeward through the
woods on the Manitou side of the Saga
lnc. Leaving Iiigolb)'s house, she hnd
seen men fjom the ranches and farms
ami mines he) mid Lebanon dnviug or
riding into the town, as though to a
fair or fc te da) . Word of auticipnted
troubles had sped through the country
side, nml the iunate curiosity of n rncc
who greatly loves a row brought in
sensation lovers. Some were sklm
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tiling along in one-no. se k'Ks, u ih.hi
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ill of a great clocli. utners were
in double or triple-seated light wagons
.l..nincr:lts" t ll'V were CailCU
Women had u bit of color iu their hats
or at their throats, and the men had on
i lean, white collars and suits of "store
clothes" a sign of being o,i pleasure
bent. Young men nnd girls on rough
but serviceable mounts cantered past,
I iaHKi',ig and joking, anil the'r loud
tnlklnjl grated on the ear of the girl
I ,M llU(1 bl,cn a Napoleon in the streets
ot his- Moscow.
I'reseutlv there crossed her pntli a
cruesomely ugly hearse, with glass sines
and cheap imitation ostrich plumes,
,irn,.n lii frorcod niv ens of horses with!
ncreoioiislv long tnils, and driven by nn
I undertaker's assistant who, with a
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natural gajety oi benn, iiispiu.ii-u uu ouuiu. innii, . nan- unu eiicpioncii
idiotic solemnity by dragging down the able affaire. He had never had one;
corners of the mouth. She turned away
in loathing.
If he had died the man she had just
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CABLEGRAM I ( j Ml FROM? J KID HoKErsl-ZOLLERN
left behind in thnt torpid sleep which
opiates bring his body Mould hnvc been
carried to his Inst home in just such n
hideous ecpiipage as this hearse. A
shiver of rcvedt went through her frame,
nnd her mind went to him as she hud
'pen him bine between the white sheets
of his bed, his hands, ns thej had lain
upon the ceucrlet, compact of power .and
grace, knit and muscular and vital not
the hand for a violin, but the hand
for a sword.
As she hml laid her hand upon his
hot forehead and oer his c.ves, he hnd
uiiconsciouslj spoken her name. That
had told her more of whnt renlly wnsu,.
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half ritele before it found his head
again,
"You pay cat lv visits, mademoiselle,"
h0 said, his teeth showing rat-like.
"And Mm lute
meaningly.
she nsked '
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"Nut so lute that T can't get up earb
to s, ,. what's going on," he rejoined in
a sour nieo
"Is it that those who beat Jon have
to get up e.irlj "'" she asked ironicnllv.
An one li:l. t'nt ill, rnctln,. Clin. .....
latelv." he seei.d.
"All the davs nie not begun," she
liemniked calmlv
I'.nt h.n .lethio told all'' Sh
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not It would need some catastrophe! toda.v : and theie is nil the rest vou
which I hiew him oiT his hnlnnce to know s,, well "
make him speak to a Corgio of the "What is the resi I know s well?"
inner things of Ke.tnanv life, nnd child. He looked elo-clv at her, bis long, mon
u.aiii.ige was on.- of them. Rlcl ,,J(.S half -i I,.siK with covett
lie sclTed. "time a gv psy always Uerutiii).
ii Kc-J Hace is race, aixl )on can't "Whatever it is, it is all bad and it
put it olT and on like .vour stocking. ' js Jlims
He was going to mi chemise, bull "Xoi all." he letorted coollv . "You
race was race, and vestiges of native f,get .,, gv ps, fiieml. He did his
Iremh e-hivalr.v staved the gross simile ,,rt lnst night, and he's still flee.
on the lips of the elegenei.lte. Kledn's Thev Ion! enl,.,.,l the tn-f strl..l, f
however, took on a elaik and
blooding look, which, mine than nny-
icimik c,-.-. s,eo ,,. iiomany m lier. I felt that she had been unwise in dial
With a mink) Hood of resentment ri- 1, ging him; that she ought to trv tier
ing in her veins. s,e strove to light bade sMcntiv to win him over. It wns te
the l,..lf-savage instincts f a hvgo.ie pKnnt to her. still it must be done
life. She felt as though she could will- even jet. She, mastered herself for
ing v sentence this mnn to death as her Ingnlhj's sake mid changed her tactics,
father had done .lethro Tnwe that very "As vou glorv in what vou have, lone,
morning. Another thought, however, vou won't miiiil being lespoiisible for all
was winking mid fighting in her that that's happened." she replied iu a more
Mnrehand wns better ns a friend than fiiendl.v tone.
an enemy nnd that while Ingolby's f.itel She 'made nn impulsive gesture to
wns in the balance, while jet the Orange ward him.
Mineral nail not taken place and the
strikes had not jet come, it might be
that he could be won over to Introlbv.
Her mind was thus involtintaiily ic
lirndticing Insulin's policy, as he had
dee-hired it to Jovvett and ISockwell. 1'
wns to find Tcli Marchand's price and
to luiv off his enmity not by money.
for Man-hand did not need that, but
nv those other coins of value which
nre Individual to each man's desires,
passions nnd needs.
"Once a Ticnehninn isn't nlvvnvs a
Tri-in hman." she replied coollv. elisre
gnnliiig the oour.c insolence of his hist
utterance. "Vou jourself do not now
swear faith to the tricolor or the Hear-
de-lis." .
He Hushed. She had touched a ten-
eler neive.
T am a Trenchninn nlvvnvs." he
rejoined angrily. "1 hnte the l'liglish,
I spit on the I'nglisli ling."
"Yes. I've heard you are an an
archist." she rejoined. "A mnn vvitli
no country nnd with a Hag tint he-
longs to no country quelle amino et
quelle drolerie!"
She laughed. Taken aback in spite!
of his anger, he stared at her. How j
good hei French accent was! If she'
would only speak altogether iu that be -
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eon-ii uhkuuki-, nu i-mihm soiocuer iiiiicn
malice, ,-mic was neauiiiui am! -well.
who could tell? Ingnlby wns vfounded
and blind, majbe for ever, ami women
mo nlw.ijs-witli the top clog; that was
his theorj. Perhups her nppnreut clis-
like of him was only a mood. Mnuyi
women thnt he had lonqucied hnd been !
just like that. They had begun bv dis
liking li I in from Lit Sninia down
and had ended by being his. This girl
would never be his in the way that
the others had been, but who could
'ten: peruups ne wouiei iiiuik enough
i oi ner m inuir.v hit .viijwa.v. it wiis.ifnu nun naie aim nie iiivieung line ne-
i worth while making such a beauty larctween these is so small that often she
for him.
The other kind of women were easy
, euough to get, and it would be a
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he was not sure that any girl or wo-
ninn he had ever known had ever
loved him, and he was certain that
By SIR GILBERT PARKER
Author of "The Srali of the Mighty,"
"The .Money Master," rtc.
hi' hnd never loved any girl or wo
ninii. To be In love would be a new
and picpinut experience for him. lie
did not know love, but he knew what
passion was. He had ever been the
hunter. This tmil might be ilniiKcrnus,
too, but he would tnke his chances, lie
hnd si'cn her dislike of him' whenever
the) hud met In the pnst, nnd he had
never tiieel to soften her attitude
toward him, lie hud certainly whistled,
but she hud not come. Well, he would
whistle ngnin -n different tune.
"You speii It Kieneh much?" he nkcd
almost engerb, the Insolence gone from
.
Why didn't I know thnt?"
"I spenk Trench in Miinitnu." she
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hut nearly nil the Trench
speak I'nglish theie. and so I speak
moie Hnglish than Tiench."
"Yes, that's it." he icjolned almost
nngiilv ngnin. "The Hnglish will not
li'iiin Tiench, will not spenk TiciicIk
Thev make us le-nrn I'ugllsli. ami "
"If .von don't like the Hag and the
I'ouutiv, wh) don't .von leave it?" she
Intel riipted. hni ili'iiiug. though she hnd
meant to ti.v mid win him over to
Ingolli) 's side.
His eves bln.ed. There was some
thing almost real in the man after all.
"The lmglih can kill us, llie.v inn
giind us to the cliM." he rejoined ill
Trench, "but we will not leave the
lainl which has nhva.vs liei-n outs. We
settled it ; our fathers guvc their lives
f"1' ' '" " thousand places. The Indians
killed t In-ill the riveis and the storms,
the plague and the tile, the sickness and
the c-olil wipi'd tliein out. The) welc
burned alive at the stake, the) wi'ie
fill) eel; their hemes were broken to
pieies b) stoni- but the) blaeil trials
with their blood in the vv ilileruess from
New I lib an., to Hudson's T,a) . They
paid for theilainl with their lives. Then
the Knglish c.ime and took it. and since
that time one hundred and lift) .veais
we have In eu skives "
"You do not look like a slave," she
answered, ",ind jim have not acted
like a slave If vou were- to do the
things in l'l.mci that vou've clinic hcic,
j mi wouldn't be fni' as )iiu are' todnv."
"What have1 I ilonc?" he asked
dnrklv.
"You were the cause cU what hai
peneel at Itm li.iou's Inst night" lie
smiled evill.v- ".vou are e'gging on the
mi iris lo mink on lie incentre loiiernl
unod 'in i,i, I, I,..,- I,,.,,,.. i, . .i,
slackened her
footsteps slightly. She'
"Vim have shown what
hnvc isn't thnt enough V"
"Yon have much- ll
power jou
she asked. '
ivvd shout,
Vive Man hand!' Ycfu can make
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set. If jou don't do mi, there will be i
much miserv. If peace must lie got In '
force, then the foiee of government will ,
get it in the end. You have the gift
of getting hold of the worst men here,
am! )ou have done it: but won't jou
I now mnster them ngnin iu the other
vvn.v? You have money and brains ; why
not use them to become a lender of
those who will win at last, no matter
what the game nun be?"
i He cume close to her. She shrank
I inwniilly, but she did not move. His
greenish c.ves wcie wide open in the
I fullness of eloipieiic e and desire.
to hi: contintki)
All About Women
"Woman, in spile of herself, still re-
..,,,;,. n.o laWnst mitten in life"
"A woman would sooner wear a
Paris hat than a hnlo any da.v."
"To kiss a woman is sometimes a
mistake, but not to kiss her is alvvajs a
crime."
, "Girls who go about looking like
(;oves muse epeei to meet serpents.
. Hetw-pen ourselves thej wnnt to."
"The girl with 'No' on her litis,, nnd
( 'Yes' in her ejes, unci the cherrj -stones
on her iilnte that's the sort of girl the
nverage man likes. ''
"To expect u woman to be iu time
for an) tiling except hei own funeral is
literally to expect the impossible. The
most ardent lover knows from sail ex
perience that it is fatal to hope to catch
both a train and a woman at the same
tunc1
"Woinun Knows nnij two emotions,
crosses iroin me one emotion into tne
other without knowing it. (die thing
is certain she must cither love or be
loved, hate or be hated. Theie me no
half-nieasures for modern Lve, and
ever) thing goes to show that ancient
bve was just the same.
Ileilgers in London' Opinion.
Louise
DAILY NOVELETTE
JOSHUA FINDS A WAY
Hy Adelaide It. Kemp
rplIH little clock on the mantel struck
sevc'i. Martha, with her hands Idly
folded in her Inp, sat by the kitchen
window nnd wntched the wonderful
sunset. She was startled from her rev
erie by n knock at the door nnd the
lifting of the Intch.
(Hi, come right in, Joshua," slnJ
cM'laimed as she recognized her neigh
bor, who lived in the white farmhouse
on the hill.
"I'm in n peck of tioublc, Marthy,"
laughed the man, "and I've come to
see if )oii'el help me out." He seated
his long figure in one of Marthn's
slight wooden chairs and tilted it Jo a
dangerous nngle. She watched him
Hither neiyoiisly, expecting a sudden
collapse of her furniture under such a
strain.
"You see, it's like this," ho con
tinued. "I've just been to the post
oflicc anil fniiuel a letter from my sister
Nell. Trobably jou remember her, al
though she has bceji out West n good
ninny .veins. Well, she and her hus
band are coining on lieie mid wuiit to
make me a visit. t)f course, 1 am
glad, but since mother left me last
)ear" u shadow dossed his plensunt
fnce "things luui' sort of gone ' nt
sixes and sevens. 1 like my own work
out of doois, but I just hnte dishes
nnd dusters, I suppose there aie plent)
down in the village who would come up
unci clean, hut I ciuTt bear to think of
tliein poking nnd pr.ving mnoiig mother's
things, nnd I wondered" he hesitated
and then stopped .short.
"Of ccuiise, Joshua, I'll be gl,ul to
help unci I'll be right up iu the morn
ing." said .Maltha. With n sigh of re-
lief unci after ll few- unnli iilimit fwxtc.
nnd the weather the big farmer said
good -night.
Ihnl) the next morning Martha, true'
to her word, i cached the furmlmusi'. j
lb or) thing about the gi emails nnd the,
buildings looked immaculate, but oh, !
woe! when she entered the kitchen.l
The look on her face was too Hindi fni
Joshua's good nature. He laughed
heart il,. "Don't look so desperate,
Martha. They won't be here for a week
nt least.
"And the kitchen is the worst loom.
J'll drive down to the stole this after
noon ami get some wallpaper and paint !
ami linoleum for the tloor. v e can
work weiinh'is here."
The week that lollowed was n busy
one to siij the least. Martha, with all
the zest nnd enthusiasm (r a competent
housekeeper, let in the sweet nlr and
sunshine vvhidi had been excluded a
.voar or more fiom the gient looms up
'!'
stun
She shook rugs nnd beddinir
until
.lo'.liuii was fnirlv di7v . Tim
lile.'isnnt kitchen was the creates! sue-
cess with its flesh cri'ani-coloied paint I
and clean new wallpaper. The Hour i
wns coveied with linoleum in soft shinies1
of brown. Martha hung fresh white
sash c tirtaiiis in the w iudovvs and even t
brought over a few of her best plants
to give it a last lioni) touch. The
daj the' guests were expected she filled
the pant!' shi'lves with daintiest pics
nnd cukes. With a glance uf satisfac
tion nt the wonderful change she hnd
effected she was about to stmt for home
w hen die snvv Joshua, drive slow!) into
the Mini alone.
"Win . Joshua !" she exclaimed, bur
.. ll... .1 .. )! iMii't !,,. .-...,. 'j
.Ism left the old mnre to g.nel
,in( enti'ied the kitchen, lie looked at
wl. w,imnlj.
"The) sent a telegram -Thej 're
not coming for threo weeks," he said,
Martha looked nbout her. "Wh)
she said slovvl), "You'll never be able
to keep it clean nil that time. U will
look as bad ns ever when thej do come.'
The big niiiii shook his bend. "I
knew it. Maltha." He looked at the
little woman in front of Inm while a
verj tender expiession crept into his
liniict fne i'. "I've thought of a waj,
though." he continued. "If jou'll only
ride down to Minister Allen's with me
this evening jou could stay here all the
time and then we'd alwn.vs be icady
for compaii). Will jou, Mnithj?"
Martha looked nround the pleasant
room she had made so horncTl'iic mid
then up to the gray c.ves shilling lov
ingly down on her. With a happy smile
she held out her hand.
Joshua had found n way.
The next complete novelette
Choice
-ills
There Are Others
In one of the big base hospitals not
long ago a new librarian was set to
work. She was n (harming .voting
woman, unci very nnxioiis to please all
of her "customers." In her loiiuds
she approached one of the patients nml
he declined to be interested in her
wares. At the next cot she stopped and
offered its ociupunt u book.
"What's it about?" the patient
nsKeci.
i wo, m
is is 'Hiiuibi,' " said the
i lilmrmn
It's about u girl who mar
ried a man without his having unj thing
to say about it."
"Hold on there," shouted the man
who had declined all books. He raised
himself up on his elbow and reached
out his hand. "(Jive me that book.
It's my utltobiography.' London
Opinion.
HE WAMTSTO
I WHAT S HE WANT
FIQHT
WITH vou r
OF THE DEIPSE-Y-WlLLARD
BATTLE
J. rifl C7B U JvN
XSS &L &
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES -By Daddy
. "CLOUD LAND" '
The Hubbies Hurst
(I'rggu nnd tlilly tail to t'louil Land
in snap huhWc halloom. Pcagii nml
I'rlnccss llainbow nrc raptured hy
Storm King. In a battle Ictireen
Storm King and King Sun, Hilly helps
the Sun to icin.)
KtKiY nnd I'rlnccss Itninbow, held
x i
King's castle, eagerly watched the bat
tle between Storm King ami King Sun.
When the fighting turned in favor of
King Sun, thanks to billy's nttnek on
Storm King with tightly packed clogd
balls, 1'eggy saw a chance to escape.
She whispered her plan to the prin
cess nml the two made many bard cloud
balls. Then they ciept toward the
guards, nnd when the latter turned
about, bin", bang, blng! hard cloud balls
hit them in the c.ves, blinding tliein.
They roared In pain nnd the guard at
the gate came rushing up, leaving the
gate swinging open behind him. Slam,
whang! lie was greeted b) u ball in each
cje. lie was hit so haul be snvv stars,
before he could recover from the shock,
l'egg) nnd the princess darted through
the gate, dodged the icti eating Storm
nrinv nml rushed cm toward the rain
bow. There they were joyfully greeted
b) the Uainbow -dancers, who nt once
began a frolic of rejoicing, with the
testilt that the rainbow mch btitst out
into v o'lelniiis beauty.
Storm King's soldiers, seeing this,
and knowing that it was a sign of their
utter eh feat, surrendered to the hosts
of King Sun
"M.v, vviisn't King Sun glorious in
battle'." whispered Princess llainbow
to Pegg). "I couldn't watch him long,
because' I was blinded by Ids dazzling
hifchtiicss, but what I saw made nie
lovi' him mci'ethaii ever."
BRUNO DUKE,Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc.
TI1K
PltOHI.K.M OK THK
XKW
KKST.U'HANT
Here Kndoth
TWO weeks after we began our
theatre ticket service nt "The (loldeii
Hour" lestnurant. Kruno Duke paid a
l'1" l"lv' IMt '" ""' lestnuiniit.
Miss Khun mid Miss llowuith, of
course, never expected him, and were
n little puizled nt his sudden appear
ance, although they welcomed him cor
dially. I hike sui prised thAn further when
he said :
I ve none mi l enn lor jou now.
nii'rely n waste of money for jou
I .. .
'" hllVc
me continue as jour business
'counselor. I III' lestlltlUltlt Is on its Ice!
""'I making good mone.v . It has taken
lo"K,,r "'"" "" l'hinned to solve the
piciblem of tilling the lestuiiiunt, bill
we've succeeded, and so my wink is
liliished.
tint. gasped .Miss llowarth
we
eiin't let j mi go; we nre quite willing
to pu) jou if jou'll oul) continue,
helping us. Won't we, Judith?" she
turned to Miss Klnui.
"Yes, indeed," that lad) answered.
"Ill fact, we we were going to suggest
a kind of of partnership plan just
to to keep jou Jou helping ll ."
Duke smiled kindl) nnd n wee bit
...II. f I... ., 1 .. r. i C.... . .11.1 linen ln
closes out a case.' ,
"It e-annot be, dear ladies. I'm not!
I in business to mnke mone.v . but to help1
1 people like .vourselves, who neeel some
advice ill getting started em the lond to
M1CC '!, ll Jill nujii'wim. . -m,, , .. ,..,,,,
, ,, just that much of in
v time would
I jP taken from people who need me more
than jou do. 'I lieie lire scenes ot people what is that vou suj "! '.''a!'" the pleas
cven now asking for my help. 1 fcrm ()' lmlrtu,imy That shows
"I can do moie good in tlie world Jim i1lv0 u()t heniel m.v epeiienre.
bj saving business, and saving the hope ' ()M SatUKln). when 1 leturued home,
and ambition and self-iotiliclence of peo- j lh ai,i0 t' tell Mar) that I had
pie who are beginning to lose faith in ,ade fifty. I tried to give the news
themselves, thau by mere!) limning one tlc ,.0rrect tone of nonchalance, but
or two profitable enterprises." ours is not the class of cricket iu which
Hoth ladies looked might) sad they j(10 js nonchalant about a lift). The
had uncotisciousl.v got into the- habit of , rPst embroidered on tlie pocket of our
reljing on the quiet power of that won-1 blazers has for motto the simple words,
derful man, and the thought of losing t "Ten's a lot."
the strength and the remarkable person- j Murj. as befits a tactful wife, found
alitj of bruno Duke wus us upsetting us,
it wus sudden.
They finally arranged to hnve betterly!
handle their advertising nn.il to prolitiPiensaiii ieeiing oi ueing at nun peace
bv the good ideas that clever .veiling ad
vi'itising man si abundantly lonceivcd,
MONDAY!
The Problem of the
Smuggled Jewels
A Ilruno Dulie adventure of
thrilling interest nnd excitement,
mixevfT vvitli horse-sense business
ideas.
Don't fab to get Monda.v's
Rvknimi I'tnir.lf Lr.ixil.u and be
gin tlii.sremurkublc business mjstery
story by
HAROLD WHITFMEAD
Created; of "IVter l'liiit." "Daw
sou Black, " "Hruuo Duke."
Three characters that ate nuik'
ing a name for themselves all over
the country.
Tute, right, lain, b tho Hell Sjncliiute, lnc
THE WINNER a
-l Suppose
,
I'CBBJ-
and the princess
through the gate
ilafted
v "If vou loie him, why don't )ou
marry him?" nsked Peggy.
"Why, then I'd have to wear dark
glasses nil the tinii. and he couldn't en
jo) in) beauty. '
"As it is now, jou can't look at him.
and
can't enjoy his beauty," argued
IVgjy;. 'And I tell jou, if jou have i
chance to marry him now, jou'd better
tnke it, for he is so handsome that
an) other lady would wear dark glasses
to look at him. and jou may lose him."
"Mj stars! I never thought of thnt,"
exclaimed Princess Itninbow. "I'll get
n pair of daik glasses this ery
minute."
When King Sun coiieiuered Storm
King he was very sorrowful, for he did
not liiul Princess Itninbow in Storm's
castle as 1 e had e-pectcd. With Hilly
lie wns li'tip-niiig sadly to the rainbow
inch, when the snug of the rainbow
dancers cume to them :
"Itninbow fairies, one and nil,
Come nnd dunce nt King Sun's call.
(Copyright)
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"lie's good, of course," grumbled
Miss T.lum, "but he isn't jou, Mr.
Duke."
They insisteel that he stay and have
just one more meal vvitli them, and
busy mnn though he is, be stn.ved there
while those two churmiug Indies pre
pared something "etia special" for
him.
And then 'he left them with mutual
expression of good will, and with his
leave taking ended the problem of the
new restaurant.
I was wotking on some special re
ports for n lnrge export house when
Ilniiio Duke returned from his hist visit
to "Tlie Golden Hour" lestnurant.
He entered bis apartment iu Seven
tj -seventh street, threw hi coat, huj
and walking stick on a chair and then
lemovi'd his boots nnd put on the old
mocensius.
Then, on went his dowered velvet
diessiiig gown. Willi n sigh, half wear
iness and half content, he sank into
his big, easy chair, his right hand au
tomatically feeling for his hookah, pipe.
With the little spirit lamp he lit" his
When the Better
I shall hnvc to give up
cricket. I
'" ,"""' b,,t "" otlu r l""'M """,
possible.
It is kind of jou to remind me that
tlio Im-k will turn; thnt not even under
, , lllll.i. i,... .i..,!..
Ilili iniu ' iiiiiii v '' ....
eggs an me jcar loinni
but that is not
m) tumble
1 am a inaitjr to success.
the right thing to snj at once, "Oh, I
wish I had been there to see jou." was
her lemaik, and I sat deivvn with that
with all the world which getting more
inns than ustinl brings. Alas! that one's
I purest feelings should be shuiuclesslj
exploited !
i:actly how Mar) introduced the
subject I cannot lecnll, but almost be
fore I knew it I was mending punctures
I in both the wheels of her blcjcle. No
i tioublc, of course. A pleasure; cspe
clallj when I reflected that she might
I hnvc ridden a tiicjcle, and had three
j wheels to puncture. It was not until
mucii inter mat I toiinii sue luui Ueen
hontding these punctures until I wus
Iu what she called a sweet temper (as if
1 were ever in an.vtliing else); mid by
that time I wns iu tlie middle of the
cleaning of the sewing machine.
The number of oddments left over
when I put this niuchine together ngain
reminded nie irresistibly of m.v dajs of
Lewis guniicrj, and I live iu hourly
dread of Mary discovering tlie hole iu
tlie garden where I hid them. Some du),
too, she might even want to sew vvitli
this ljtindsome piece of furniture, which
By Chas. McManus
WANTS TO MARE ENOUGH MONEY
TO PAY GERMANY'S WAR DEBT
; ,', ,cwjf -
H'CAWt)t
Come to dance nnd merrily sing,
For ho hns whipped the bold Storm
King,
Our princess fair rules us once more,
AVe sing nnd dance ns In days of yore."
King Sun and Hilly raised their eyes,,
and saw the arch ngaln glowing with
color. And they raw oil the throno nt
the toji Princess itninbow nnd Peggy
seated side by side. King Sun gave a
great shout of joy, for Princess Itnin
bow wore it pnlr of tiny dark glasses
nnd her two nrms were stretched out
In welcome toward his:.
"Hello, King Sun," cried Fcggy.
"Your problem is solved. Your loving
princess awaits you, Our work is dono
and we must be going home."
"Can't you wait for the wedding!"
cried Princess Itninbow.
"I'm sorry, but it's supper time, nnd
I'm hungry," nnswercd Peggy, "And
here arc our soap bubble balloons ready
to carry us home."
True enough, there were the balloons.
waiting like tnxicabs to bear them
away. They stepped in, nnd slowly
flouted downwnrd.
"(iood-by!" cried King Sun nnd
Princess Itninbow.
As they dropped through the misty
clouds into the clcur nlr below, Peggy!
nnd Hilly looked bnck. Tho rainbow
wns glowing with a fresh benuty as this
Itaiubovv Dancers danced for the wed
ding of their princess to King Sun.
Down, down floated the bubbles, un
til that bearing Peggy touched the roof
of the house. Instantly it burst, and
bump! Peggy landed on the porch,
but she wasn't hurt and waving her
hand gn.vly at the .shimmering rainbow
in the eastern sky she rnn iu to supper.
(In the next installment tcttl ftd '
told the story of a jolly race in Bird'
land.)
hookah, leaned back in his chair nnd,
with c.ves closed, puffed long and deep
at his oldjiookah.
lie looked tired, worn nnd frail, and
as I gazed at him with mingled admira
tion and affection, I couldn't help won
dering how a man of such apparent
lack of strength and vigor could have
stood the strain he had recently gone
through in connection with "the prob
lem of the stolen jewels."
Little did "he or I think, that day ho
saved Mamie Cleff's life, that she was
to be tlie causey of such nu astonishing
adventure.
TODAY'S Hl'SINKSS QUESTION
What is an "open nccoiint"
.4 (Mirer iriH appear Monday.
ANSWKK TO YKSTKKIIAY'S
Itl'KIXKSS QUESTION
77ce "nietrir system" it a decimal
system of weights and measures,
first ritnliliihed in France, now in
genet al use in Kirope and to a minor
rdtettt in lhtglish speaking countries.
Half Profiteers
I in its losevvood case makes so comforts
ble a hassock. One never knows.
brother victims of schemers like
Mary will be familiar with thnt mystic
time known us "while jour hands are
diitj." While my hands were dirty,
I ic turned to tlie blcjcle (led thereto
by a tactful question ns to how many
fours there were in 'that fifty), removed
and cleaned the gear case, rethreaded
the dress guard, mid made it unnec
essary to alight nnd kick off the brake
after each application thereof. Judging
from its state thnt blcjcle must have
got aw full) tired of waiting for me to
be in n sweet temper.
Need I labor the point about the pen
alties of success? Today is Tuesday.
Since Saturdaj I hnve watered the gar
den (thrice ) with the sweat of my brow,
and enameled the bath with a superan
nuated .shaving brush ; I have made two
shelves grow where but one grew before,
re-covered tluee deck chairs, nnd nl-
st committed mjself to the erection
of n summer house. For number nnd
variety of jobs on offer, Mary has the
average labor bureau down and out.
There is only one way to describe
'"i" luct rnnk profiteering in the
milk of human kindness vvitli which I
was overflowing lis the result of that
tifty. (juite a good fifty, too. Tnat on
drive was verj effective. I must culti
vate that. but what am I talk
ing about? I am giving up cricket.-i"
ihcta, iu London Opinion. '
NUMBERED OFF
"Hy the merciful expression of misery
that is doing its best to hide vour al
leged fuce, Charlie boy," I comment
ed, "I should say that jou wero fated
to huve one thoroughly bad hour in your
life, and that the said bad hour ex
pired about five minutes ngo."
"You'ie quite right," sighed Charlie,
n n bottomless. pit-ull-is-lost voice.
"I suppose there's a woman in Hi
case?" I ventured, after I had whistled,
a few bars of 'O Dry Those Tears.' '
mere was," he snapped. "HuMt's
nil over now. Tf you had your army
doom on i ci tine you to kick me hard.
Jfs nil my fault."
Iheu Charlie got it off his chest.
"I was sitting' iu the Cosy Nook Tea
booms just now," he explained, "when
if perfectly topping girl came in nnd
sat down at my table. 8he placed her
gioves on nie cloth in front of her, nnd
studied the menu. I ilhl ll.n ,,!, ii,i.,
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' nnsst I clw.i'.til It,.. U..... .,.
,.-.... . ...u,. fc,lt- fc(uri uu io inu
tioor, nnd then picked them up for A
her; you know the stunt. Well, to cut"""
n long story short, we clicked. Over
her first cup of ten she was smiling, '
Hy the time she had finished her third 'J
meringue she fnlrly rippled. Such stun- vf
uing eyes! I found out that she was 'fl
down ut Havre wheu I wan there. Her
peonle arc top -liners ou the social 1
stage."
"Well, I suppose you've fixed another i
glad meeting?" "?
Charlie gave n horrible groan.
"That's just tlie beastly trouble. I
nsked her if she would ring me up and ,:
lix n theatre together.'
"And she refused?"
"Not likely!"
"Then," I queried, "what in the '
name of Jerry aro you peeved about?! "
"I'eeved! I should think so. She ':
asked me for my nhoue number, and I
guvp her my confounded reglmpntl;jifj
uumber," II. J3. Cbaut ' lu
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