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EVENING KJBLIC1 LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA, MptfDAY, JUtY 21, 1919
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(Copyright, 1IIIS, bv( Harper 4 ltron )
THIS STAUT.S TIIK STOKY
Klcdn Druse, ilnfeglitcr nf (inbrii'l
Druse, of gypsy blood. shoots in n
en n oo t'.c C'nrilloii i lipids on tin- Sag
nine river whcic it Hows, between the
towns of Mntiitoii inn! Lebanon In the
Canadian Northwest. She Is res
cued from the whiilpnnls below bv
Mnx Ingolb), n manager of gre.it
interests, who hns come to Libainui
to unite the two towns and make
them the center of (onimeire in the
western north On the hore she is
insulted bj I'elix Mnri'linnd. a power
fill but disreputable . ham. tci of
Jlnnitou lugnlbi utta. ks Man hand,
who vows revenge l'lctli is il.iinnd
b one .lethio I'awe as Ins wifi,
under n gvpsv iistoui whiih muted
them in iii.ih1.ikp when the weie
children Tleda rejects Imn and .
jealous cluairel msiies between Puni
and Ingnlbv. Man hand t n - up a
feud between the two towns in unhi
to foil Insulin's anibitiius H,,
projects are to he v. iecl,ul and lie,
himself, thiown into ti'ie iim. In
golb), in disgiusi, "mingles ne nuht
with his eiiimiis in Manitou I'awe
reveals Ins duiptioti and Insulin is
rendered blind b a b'ow on the lii.nl
Flcda comes to him.
N! HKHi: IT
CONTIM I.S
"Y"0'
have a tongue like none
I
eer
heard ' li
said ltnpiilsheh
"nll
have a ininil that tliinl.
nine gut disli
nml can take risks ,, took iisks 1 1 it
dav on the C.iritl.ui It ipuN. It .i
culj the i.-u before that I'd met n
bj the old ford of the S.ig.il.ie and m oh
tip to jou Ami ihoked me
though I was ,i wolf or i enl
loose
The net d.n win u I saw lngi.1
bj hand Mm out to tin crowd fiom In
iirms p,t unstj 1 him lits like tli.it
sometimes when I'm' had ,i littli tm
inuili Iicpior I felt it nioic Im nisi
J on le the onl.i
could eer get ,i
was j on made mi
kind of w oni in th it
real hold on me It
get the bos i.iinii.i
lug nod set tl
As jou sa
toiuhs iiiomii
I get hold of
It's not haul with moiie and dunk
You i an bin human mtiiie cheap i:ft
man has his pine thes s,n .and cn-ii
woman too Men sn ' The thins is to
find out what is tin pri.e, am then how
to bin Ann i.iii r Inn eieri one m
the sainr wav, run if .ion Us( a dilTi lent
price Aou've got to tind out how tin i
want the pn e whether it's to be hand
ed over the loimter. so to sjiiak. nr to
be kept on the window sill, oi 1, ft in n
pocket, or diopped in ,i pni.i, or dilg up
like n potato, with a ruiilii nuke be
lieie that fools nobnili, but just pl.ijs
to the Inpocrite in eier.i one evir.i
where I'm saving this to jou beiiiiise
you've sein mille of the woihl. I Int.
than one in a million, mu though
you're s .Miung. don't ,.,. vih) w.
can t come together. I'm to be bought
I don't saj that mj pi iec isn't hi'h
You'e got loin pi ice. too. Aim
wouldn't fuss Miursclf about things hen
In Manitou and I.ebmnn, if then
wasn't something ion wanted to git
Tout ru ' AVrll. isn't it woith whili
making the b.iigain.' ou'ic got sin li
gift of speich that I'm just .is if I'd I,, mi
drugged, and .ill mum:, fue, Iigun
cjes. hair, fool and gudle, .mii'ic woitli
Riling up a lot for Tie pleuti
of .lour s.. and I le he.iid imwds of
them talk, bul tliei never had am
thing for me bcinnd the minute. ou'vi'
got the leal thing Anu'ie nil f.mi i
You've bun thinking .mil (liiaiuiiu- ol
Ingolb). lie's dune. He's a baik num
ber "There's nothing he's done that isn't
on the tumble sime last night The
financial gang that he dniiuid aie out
alread) against him Thei'll h.m In
economic blood. Hi made a splash
while he was at it but the .illigitoi's
got him It's 'Exit Ingolbj' now "
She made a passionate gestme. and
seemed about to speak, but he went on:
"No, don't sav am thing. I know how
you feel. You've hud joiih fine tinned
his wn.v, and .von uin't look elsewheie
all nt otue. lint time rules ipiuk, if
you're n good healthv human bung.
Ingolbj was the kind likuv m liinu a
girl. lie's n si footer and over; he
spangled a lot. and he smiled piettj
routine le printemps, and was sharp
enough to keep dear of women that
rould hurt him. That was his stnuig
cst point, after, all. for a little, slv
sprat of a woni.ui that's made pjes at
you mid led jou on, till vou sent hei
a note in a huirv some time with some
loose lint vvouls in it. and she got what
she'd wanted, will make vou p.iv a
hundred times for the goods vou g( t
Ingolbv was sham enough to w ilk
sh), until you ame his wiv and tin n
Im lost his undiM pinning lint l.i-t uuht
got him in the vitals hit him bitivien
the eves: and his stink's not woith tin
rents in the dollar todnv Hut
the nunias are out. and he's ilmn
an,
Ml never see his wai out of the hole he's
In" In- laughed at his gri-lv loki
"It's natural to let him down nisi
Y'ou've looked his wav . he did vou a
good turn nt the Cuillon Itapids. and
you'd do one for linn if M'U eouhl I'm
the onh one can stow the vvoist from
- happening You w.mt to p.iv jour
debt to him !ood I rim help jou
do it I ran ston the strikes on the
rnlhviivs and in the mills I tan -top
the row nt the Orange funeral I inn
stop the run on his bank and the drop
In his stock. I ran fight the gang
that's iigninst him 1 know how I ni
Othe mini that ran brim: tiling to piss
He paused wit" ",M" s"n,, "f
self-npnroviil and .omeit r.nd his
f.nriii liikrd the corners of Ins nioiith
u n wn Hint drunknids have in the
"earlv niornlng wlirn the effect of last
niKh't's drinking has oi n off He snrrad
out IiIk ImnilK !' tl'c air of a man
who had nnpnrUed hi soul, but the
chief rhnrnrteristlr of his manner was
rgrfgiouH belief in himself.
At firt-t i" Iiit desire to find n vinv
' to meet the ueeds of Insolby. Tleda had
' listened to him with fortitude and eve-,
without revolt. Wit as he began to
nrak of women, and to refer to herself
with n look of gloatins whlrh nieii of
bis breed cannot hlilr. l"-r angry pukps
beat haul. She did not quite know
where ho was leadinK, but she was Mire
I lie meant to say somethlns wliieh would
t ... .....1 l.n t,.l
At one 1110-
.....!, meant to cut short lil liar-
Tex tier ue""" ,.
-H rntlve. hut he prevented her. and when
k ' nt last lie ended, she was almost chotc
iL. J, f-Vwin. n-ltatlon. It had seen borne
K. -,M ,. -- ,, . . ,
in upon. Her. '? '""" i'"""'
.-VM tbt 1.9 would rather die than ac--'A'.aBvthlnc
from this maur-auytulBg
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IV&SS , I'r ; .?? '&,, , & VW&y
:: ,;: 38Bs MBtsmr issmASi , 7Tz& .J&x
Kvtij on- has poisoned
f .1111 kind l'o tight h l in was the onlj
thing Nothing Ise ioiiIiI pieiail in
the end His was the sei i u e of the
iliippuiti lit tliuf
"And whit is it vou want to buv
fioni nie'" s(M u-l,( (1 evenh
He did not until e, ami lie mil-! not
ic.llith.it oiiiumiis thing
and fa, e 1 want to lie
ri hei voice
fiii nils with
.Mill I want in s, e joii luiii in the
woods, to inn 1 ion as mu met Iiuolln
I want to talk with jou. to lnai vou
talk, to b iiu things tnuii jou I iniei
Ip.ii mil bifoip. to "
I She inti iiiiplnl him with a swift
gistine. " uil tin n afti'i that"' Whit
do vim waul at the mil of it all'' One
lauiiot sp( ad ., time talking and
Wondellllg in
and li ai mug
"I have a
the woods ami d n lung
Aftn that what.'"
liniisi in Montii.il." In
s.nd eiasiuh
their alone "
' I don't Willi! to live
lie l.inghid "It's big
i iiniigh tin two.
be us two. if
li foi two. md at the i ml it might
With shaip aiuei . let wnh i oolness
and iliginii. sl hmk on his words.
"Might hi us two!" s,i ciilainiid
"I bine uevi r Ihought ) miking nn
I ip in a sewn. Do ion think hut.
im. it isn t am use talking' ni don't
know how to deil wnh man or unman
on ,iip pi i vi i ted "
1 do not mean wl
meant that 1 si ,
Mill." he plotestnl
must of mi Nam i
lour mind ng-inj-t me
it Mill uie.iii; I
w ml to iii.n 1 1
' i mi think tin
in has poi-onul
l.ler.l one has p,,..,i,,e, ,m ,nl,
against jou." she n tinned, ,md mum
self most of all I ,,iu ,,, , lrN
to injiiie Mi Ingolbv ; ,i, Ilim
that jou will m to injiiie me; hut ion
will not sun ml '
She tinned .md moved nwn.i fiom
him iimikli. taking the path towanl
Iip own dooi lleialled something afti i
her. but she di, nt or would not lu.n
As she entinil the open space in front
nf the house, she hem footsteps be
hind In i and tinned iiu'uklj, nut with
out appieln nsion A woman inmi
hiiiiinig tow ml hei She was pale,
agitated, hagganl with fatigue
"Ma. I spmk with jou.'" -1,,, a-ked
m Pi em h
Sinilv." nplud I'leilil
'I lie
Woni.in rroin Wind Kiver
"W
HAT is it
asked rieda. opi ninj
the dnnl of the hollsi
"1 want to speak to vou iboiit
M'siiMi"." leplied the -ail -1 ui cd unman
though'1"' muite a inotliin o hi r head h.uk-
ward towanls tin wood "About
M sieu Mini hand
rieda's fni e hanlened. she hid had
moie than nioiigh of "M'suu" M.n -(hand"
lu was bitieilv ashamed
that she had. iviii for a iiiouiilit.
thought of using diploiu ii-j with Imn.
Itut this woman's line was so fuiloiu.
apait and him li that thp old spit it
of the Open I(n id milked its will. In
far off duj'S she had never seen u
DOROTHY DARNIT Figured It Was as Good as
LITTLE GIRL WILL VOU
GET ME A BlTE TO EfVT
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L- rl.. c-3 H LfLjs & ? t chas. M'-nfsW'
mj mind .-.ilnM j :i. she letiiined, "an!
hi'p im hiing tiirnnl .iii.n fio'n n
Koiuain tent, m diueii fiom a Honianj
i.iiui Sin ii'ieiud tin dooi and stood
iisnli in admit the w.n fan i
tin nioiiii tits Intel tin woman,
tidud and tie-lunid. -.it at the ample
bn.ikt.ist wlinh was i halm teiistie of
itoiiiiuv hoine life The woman's plate
was ho inlifiillv supplnd hi I'lnla. and
In i i up till' d linn .- than oni e hi
Madame I'.ullnl. whih old (l.ihiul
Diu-e bulked fiuiidh oni all His
fine now showed none of the passion
and stiinupss wlinh had been piiseut
when he piss,, the Selltillle of the
l'.itnn upon .lethio I'awe. nothing of
tin glooia tilling Ins cms whin he left
liignlliv 's hoiis, The Ki.n ions hounli
fill look of the ii.it I in h. ot the head
ol the i l.in, was upmi him.
The husband of oni will. i;io tathei
of- ihild nt tin lti ot ltjs had -nil
the oil 1 looking. plotnllli s, s( . of
oin who had I in i ai i ot ginat inuiihiis
ol peouh His ,ii eves toie-aw mule
ot the ston die woninii was to tell
piismtlj than i it Ik i ot the wmiun of
his hoiisi hold He had s, en mini sui li
iiniin ii as tuis and had intleibli uiilgid
b I M i n (In in nml those w no
w i Ulgl d tin in
hin have jou i onu fiom '
a-l eil. as the meal diew to a i lose
I'ioiii Wind Unci und uiulei
had
" he
i:n.
.Mu uni, nn, iiu- woman uii-uuiil
with
a look ot nlui. IK'i f.u p was o
those
who nn loiigu (.in In ,u the sunt s s(
i n ts
'I help w.i sileu,,. while the hnak
l.ist things wen- i Ilii nl nw.ij ami (he
iiiiidn.i was tiuowii wide to Mn- lull
imn mug sun. It bioke thiough the
bi am lies of pine and nd.ii and juui
P ' . I' made tiansliKcnt the h.nes
nf tin maples; it shjunueied on I'leda's
blown hair as she pullnl a
lln bush at the window and
the fin loin (leatuir m
' Inispi -vvoolsei" ihess and
blue llamnl J.uket, whose
lose fiom
'gin II to
the gin)
the loose
skill Wlls
(o.nsinril hi outdoor life, but who had
soinething of irnl be.iuti in the mtiusp
blue of her ei es. She had been a virv
iniiielv liguip in her best d.n-, for her
. wni-t mis Mii'ill, In r bosom ginth and
i hrmlv loiiniVd. and her hands wore
finer than those of most who lne and
wink much in the op mi air
"You slid then- was -.mWliiii" ion
vi.hed to te'l me " --ild 1'lnl.i at hist
The woiniii ene( sjnwlv i mind at
the three, as tliou"h with p'l'led ap
ne.il There wns the look of the Out -nnder
in her fnie: of one who had
'sen rvi'ed fiom fnuiiMir things nnd
nl ices In iniiiiiiK she was like a i hild
II(M gl.ini e wamhiiil oiei the f,u es
of the two women, then her lies nut
those of the I'.i, and staled theie
"1 mil old and 'I h.iie si ( n niaiiv
-oiiows," Miid (l.ilniel D.u-e, dinning
what was in In i muni "1 will tij
to undei stand
"I have Liio.vn all the bitterness of
1 s, ..' T 22-tiBi.tes'. r-L- XX s II t -c- , r TrrTTI- .& n rsTTZ
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VCO HERE YtSiWWHERE VOU A PiECt J f SAV VVHOMAOE I MADE T. gSORE, WHV EXPECTED To
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fly SJ GILBERT PARKER
Author of "The Scats of Hie Mighty,"
"The Money Master," c(c.
jouiself, inrst of all
life." iniei posed tin low. soft lone of
M-iilame liulteel
All i ,11s nie the s.nne he'e '
iiildnl. looking the woman in tin
rip.1.1
eips.
"I will 1,.
instant tcpli
1 mm 1 thing,
I lei llligeis
lap w it 1 1 11
1 fan 1101
nils tire
twined nnd
until 1111 d in !:
11 1
lirMiuisiiPss
bodi Her
Ill Its lie-
shown hi mil!
tan- via- alnm-t ap.ttlntic 111
spur, hut In 1 bodi ,had an
mm age
She sg..l he,n ih and began
".M) in- I- Alain ll.i Stone
111.11 lied fiom nn home ovei
mi upiight
I was
ii?.iiiist
Wind liiv.r hi the .lumping S 1111:
.ill-.
Hi-
in miner was a iiiuiih 1 m 111.
was nlwiivs 1 apt nn of the gang
iii
the wood-, and laptnin of the 1 in 1 in
tin- stimui. 1 Mi unit fn 1 was deaf and
dumb. It was veil lonili at tunes
when nil fathei was awai I lmed
11 hoi .1 good bin, .1 in 1 In- was killed
In raking hoi sis Win 11 I was tweutv
one m.us old mi mothii dud It was
not good loi in In he alone, nn father
said so u iiui-t eithei gin. up (he
woods and the inn. 01 he m- I must
man). nil1. I saw lie would
111 in 1, for 1111 iiiotlui's f,n e j,.
a m in . ouhl not foi gi t "
SSS
'I he old 111.111 sin rid in his seat.
lint '
oni1
I
have Men smb. he sunl 111 his d
icp
vou e.
"So it was I s.inl to mis. If I would
111.11 11," she ..nt nun il. "though I had
lined tin- hoi tint .ill. d uiulei the hoofs 1
of the blink stallion Tl weien'tl
ni.inv gii's nt the .1 ping Sandhills, I
and so time vine nun. now one, now
another, to s.n things to me whiih
did not tnui h 1111 In ait. hut 1 did not I
laugh, beeiusi I undei stood that thei
,weie loneli it I liktd one of thrin
1 more than all tin- otlu is
"l'o, 101 nn laiiici s s.ikc. 1 .aiuri
, 111 .nor In Dennis, and at hist it seemed!
I .mild bear to look at him anv time,
of the dai or night hi- i.iiup to me
up was iiiiiii iiui a pine me ami nail u
pluj fill tnii-gue. and also he was a
lanchninn like the lb" that was gone.
It all fiime about on the d.iv he mile
in fiiun the i.ingp the wibl w liked
bin. k stallion whiih all mnge lideis
had t:nsl for veils to upturn It was
like a biothei of the hoise whiih had
Klllnl HI) ni" - oiiiv nigger vv lieu ,
Dennis mastei.d bun and mde hum
to in) door I made up nn mind, and
when he wlnspeieil I mi the dlp-
pei of buttermilk I gave him, I ...ml
rs' I was pi oud of him He did'
things that .1 woiniii lilns, ,id said
the thiu.gs u woman hues to heii,
though the) be the sunn- thing said over
mid over again."
Madame liulteel nmldiil In 1 head as
though 111 a .Ileum, and the Iti of llu
sat with his two gnat hnudi on tin
ihan aim mid his ihin dioppul on his
1 best. I'll da's hands mi., .lusp.d ni
her lap. and her big e)es nun , ft n,,.
woman's fair.
(To m: co.ntmm i:u)
Rough on Rats
DAILY NOVELETTE
HIS CHOICE
By Minnie M. Toiinscnd
UrplllH one'll do. won't It. mother?
-1- Lots of closet loom nml Hire
floors." Old Nut Abbott just barely
sensed Hint theie were doors which did
not lead out of the apartment they were
cMinilnlng, uml n diisoij glance down
ward had irvrnlril neatlj pollslied tloois,
but he was liaidlj conscious of anything
else. Some lomnieut was necessary,
but nfter Mumping the streetR and by -wajs
for a week in ippst of n new home
lie was not in a mood to see the line
points or in, lepaneies of possible i
nbodes. Visions of his daughter .lane's
eggs on toast nml stiawbeiij shoitenke
dallied tlnniigh his hind
Again he nun mined dtnwsjlj ; "This
one'll do, won't it. inn?"
.Mis Abbott still bad lots of enertrvill., I,,,. I !,, L l..,,l,,,. , ,
left within her thin person
lining In-I
spineil iinj i mint nier of the
apmtiiKiit she linnllv w led her vvnv
to the sink mid bent over an iiuagiii'irj
nil) (SUP IIII lll'll Id ll'l slionsn li n
Ideteiminid shrug of her shoulders.
Mnks too low, Nat I'd bieak my
biuk."
M'llinniinllv th" old man shuffled to
ll aid the door The sink at the last
plaie had been too high His tiled liiain
legisteicil the ide i of getting 0t n
patent on nn ndjustab'e sink Not capi
ble of further lonunent he followed bis
better half down the steps and out to
the dusti sheet Ome Mis Abbott
stopped to pei use a long list of possible
homes and hopeful!) old Nt ghmied
oiei her slumldei He tinned auav
in lesigmitioii Theie weie two un-
linked nihil esses ,m the list. Us vi
sion of eggs hud Ik (ome s, rambled, and
the shmtia.kc was a mere far iiwuv lui7v
Pink di i am He had a)st , lisl
powei of intdligent thinking when a
shaip ' ar Abbott '" hionght him to
'" 'y('v He stopped shoit on the hot.
d isti sidewalk and clmifi.il U it (...'.
win me ,'une the rail Ills wife was'
pen bed. like I.ibeitv ndi iff. on tbestonej
steps of the in t to the hsf nddiess.'
her huge iiinhiella held aloft, pointing I
nt linn nicusingli '"n,p i,,,n t Are ),.ul
dieaining, Nat Abbott? Can't ion read'
llliniliels'- r,,llvv ,M (hi,,.. Jon
irav " lb nodded apatlieticall) , ton,
turd in n iiionsti.iti
Dm. inside the dingv rooms be ie-
prated the old foi mula. "This one'll do.
won't it ma'-" II,. didn't ei.ui ..mde
si end to look mound him. All in ciaied
mis hi. d nt home. Thoughts of
line's siinpi, had pntiielv vanished
Wlien he had stnitul out on a ipiest of
1 low home he hud held dei ided views
on inst what should .(institute ilmfl
home
.nut now
uni thing iith a inof
Wr glanred hnpi fullv
Tin- blight nf the sin,
est She was follow .
was anept'ih'e
r M-s ,v
li'id lost its int."
iug the path of n lone tiail-hitter
.I'M oss Hip drsri t of dusti kiichin iia
.-sue iinneii towiird him. almost
inglv. "Sir that? Inhabited!
s. (ties this plaie."
arciis
Thut Nat bowed in submission nnd ome I
tniiiie Honied (owmd the .lone mm.:.
tune he fastened his e.ies on the point
of lu-i 'tillli held umbrella and fn
lowed almost iinconscinusli down the1
seenuuglv endless stuet He did , I
notii e whin (hei tmiipil into a mettiei 1
iiii'.'lih.iilioid Onh when the o'd di '
hpsil.ited hefoie a little white (ottage
nnd slot, pel ( 1, insult her slip, did he
open hi- en-s nnd look nbout him. If...-. '
ing made spii it w is the M'Kl,t place
thei on. ned the 1 1. ketv gate and went
in 'I li" fnuri mt scent of sviinga
hushes tilled their nosfri's lid t de
1 0111 id the 1 mil giass) viinl with hiin
gi) cies lie inuld just imagine his old
ill nn hull their hv that o'd aiuile tiee
'""
Koier 1 mini conteutedh ni his
,,,,i,,i .. .
" ' "iiifiiu-oii ai ns 1
sun was just scH,n.s ; I
feet
bla
I he
oNolor off nt o'ie side. That hei
rould see every evening as he o,rnvc,
his pann and evening pine His mind
I wns made up This uoiii or none,
'What ...itt.-i-ed a frw cieaki steps ,,
I low cei'ings'
He gl.imed shrewdlv nt his spse '
I bi, ,.. si,., Li,,,. i, i,.i ..... ... 1
r losets mid old fashioned w ill niiiiei- in'
11 iinj tint he well k'lew . He stiaight-
ened liis shoulders, cleared his throat
nnd begin. Such n hole. Cosh, I;niinv,
jou .oiildn't liir in a plaie like this.
Look at them walls, nnd lou'd never
get those 'er lloors clean " ,
"I've washed doors hefoie and got
"rm (lean. Nat." she snapped s.irr.i
ticnlli. A hopeful feeling ( rrpt within
li i ill mil) to be dispelled as she inn
tinned. "But I diimio abput this sink,
it's prett) low down and teiiibl)
small."
A pnniikv premonition lr.ir he win.
going to lose his hoinv little abode
made bis heart beat faster, but In
turned witli alnriity and raught up his
walking stick as though thp ipipstiou
wns settled. "Yes, jou" ght. Kinim,
lou'ie not as )oinig ns jou iisid to be
and theie's no ijsr in wo: king under
dilhi nlties."
"Well, maibe I'm not as .lining ns I
used to be, but I'le known lots older
folks at my age " She tinned and
looked mound at the dust) 100111s
"1 dunlin but w hat I'll " she hesi
tated, finger on lip.
Tlie old man's bent leaped in delight,
but he hid his felings behind a fiovin
"Do .vou t cully think .vnu'il like it
I'liinn'? Ueinciuber, we'ie nor useiv 1.
move again in our lifitime and thu
sllll "
"I ain't goin' to die just .vet. Nat
Abbott." she exclaimed nosslv, "1
think we'll take this house."
Some time later the) went out into
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Dadd
(In Mm Woi; Peggy nml lllllu take
pml hi mi exciting lontmt for llic
mlr uf Iltiilliinil.) -
lilidland Wants a President
SI'IjASII! Splash! Splash! p..gg.v
went dancing nlong the IiiimIi of the
piettj kike wheie her fniuilj had a
siiiiiiner (ottnge, Splnsh ' Splash! nml
she didn't rare how the water Hew
about. She didn't cine bemuse she
was wearing her little gieen bnthlng
suit and no hnini would lie done If she
got wet all over
I I Ei If i In t,i in i it. flu, unlni' liiln
i,,.., r f u ii,;,,,, ,..,,1 !... .. ,.-I
glad to throw herself down on the vlinilr
siioic to iest. Anil there she vins
hliifking niul .nodding vvlieu all of a
sudden her ohi fiieud, (leneijil t'ronk-
er tin, fr.ir l.ilifleil l.io 11I11 ,il. Itnuliln lm
fast and was all out of bieath.
"t'ro ak! Ciu-nk! l!nr jou ljeard
the latest news fiom lilidland?" he
panted. I'(gg) hndn't lienrd and said
.... "" inn inMa
witli me ftiiik.
gasped Cieueuil
Cni - nl. ! Cio-nlt!'
('maker and awn) he went hopping mid
splashing along the shore.
"Tell me the iipvvs," cried I'eggy,
lint all (tPiirinl Croaker nnsweieil was:
"Cio-nk! Cro-nk!" so l'egg.v ran
after him lis fast as she could.
"Ciee! Ciee' Have jou heard the
latest news fiom Iliiillnnil?" shrieked
(icnitihl Swallow, swooping down from
high in the nir "No. ' aiisvveied
IN ggi "Then follow me!" slnieked
(ieneial Swallow and tinny he sped to
ward the woods
"I loo! boo! too! too!" rame .lodge
Owl's lour fiom far awa.i, ymiiiling
like n distant liKoinotiie ''Conie.
l'lliness l'rgg). and hear the news!"
Thus uiged. 1'eggj inn nnd inn un
til she found heiself deep in the woods
and at the idge of the coilliril loom of
Itiidlanil. line weir gatheied do.rus
of her fealheied fl iends. .ludge Owl,
Hedih Woodpii ker. Kinglisher. .Mr.
Kobin, lllue .la.v, Honier and Cat lie
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc.
TIIK I'ltOBI.KM OK TUH
SMKitiLKD .inWI'XS
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Muuie Cleft's Letter Starts Somrtliliig !
W!i
lli: "The Pioblciu of thei
miiggled Jewels" wns lust mtio- 1
diind. Bi 11110 Duke little suspected tin
tlnilling
adveutuie he was entering
llpoll I
Mamie Cleff. the rod-headed gill. 1
whom Duke first rescued f 10111 ill
diunkeu father mid then iiicouinged'
nnd he'ped until she had heroine 11
new manager f.u n soap loncei'ii, mill) j
intioilund the pmblrm.
In spite of Minnie's ninthei wit mid
lilt 111-11 1 slnewdiiess. she neier made
heidwav in idiu.itum mid was almost
the same slangv. Iinj, .Miung wom.111
who so iliaiuatieillj enleiid into
Duke's life two jeu-s pieiiousli.
At in miliar peiinds she vuote nf her
piogiess to Duke, mid at lengthiei
pel lods still she called on him. Sin
woishiped him with n blind adoration
that made her awkwanl mid silent
when near him.
Mamie knew from hnpp) epeiieiiip
the big bent that went with that
(oiintenaiu-e whiih is so .old and
austeir ill liposr, fol-v-.he bad seen the
gleam of luiinoi (unltji his cies when
talking with fl iends, mid the smile of
oniiailesiii 1 vviiK 11 lie aiw:i)s gave 10
. , .
'''" ' ung-ter he met.
" 'U' ,l "1,s '."."'. "' "l""""' '."'T-
'l'" "' MM" """'" "ll ,"U"" '""
"'""" K!l1'1'' s'"es "f ,"Vt'"1S "'" ' ""'
to relate.
,)"k' l,n'1 ,1?'1 a l''"-"'""'"" I ",'avJ
mail that morning and sevei.il pi oblenis
"f uiiiplic.itril natures had I,,,.,, sl,.
mitteil. so that we weie both (iiueeu-
tinting inten
h on our wmk
rinnlh he opened Mamie's lettir nnd
lead it. As he (lid so he lit -t 1 buckled
anil then lookd giaie as lie passed the
letter to nie sn.v lug:
"Bead this.
Then 1 lead tl"1 following:
Mister DuLc.
Dear Sil I gettn cpininish now on
oil the sope 111) gurls sell. The big
she boss, Miss Alterliur) . she se
"Miss Cleff," inTlin me, ")ou'ie
ihiin' 01 bite an' I see bi ther books
vou getting tweny six bucks pei uuw
on a avciugc."
I not no watta aveiage is so I jest
se) to bur how I new ml about it.
Oil I no is 1 get nil twen.v bulks
(UOS) ecih Satrnlj 1111 evei) nuintli
the) slip nie u wndda doe 'about
aniither seventeen (17?"? I.
I pull nif a stunt Lust week. I
1 all at a home an who was theie at
the door buttn wom.111 fiom thu
the gathering dusk and locked the old
door witli a feeling ot pioinietoishjp.
Bemuse she had chosen the new home
against ins judgment. Mother Abbott
hhpped her whito lotton-clad hngeis.
thiough his arm us a 10111 iliatoi) meas
uie. Old Nat smiled whiinsiciillj to
.misrlf us lie clasped them tightl)
.vithiu bis own nud tinned bin k to look
with happ) e.ves at his hoke of a
home.
The next complete novelette Con
(lulling Jonas.
Copjrlsht. ll'll),
b (he Hell SMidleate, Inc
gVS ".j r
"KACING FOR A THRONE"
j
(Irnenil Cioaher, tln frog, landed
hcipluiih beside her.
I'igeoii', King lllrd, Illur Heron, (ien
eial .Swallow nml lots of others. Anil
here, too. weir Billy Belgium, Balky
Sam, Billv (iont, Johiiii) Bull and
Iayiesome Bear.
"Hail! hall! l'riiuess l'egg.v,"
scieanied Hip biids, '111111 tlii'ii nil of n
sudden, a,s il tliey had said soinething
the) hadn't meant to sn.v, they abruptly
1 luinged their cry : "No, no, not 11 ill -less
1'eggv, but Miss l'egg.v, hello!
hello. Miss l'egg.v."
l'egg.v was pii7..leil. Why nfter greet
ing her ns "Princess Peggv" hud they
i hanged to ".Miss Peggv"? It was
inni c than a )ear sime the biids had
thosen her as uiler of I'.iidlund nnd nil
dining that lime thp) had lovingly
inlled her "Piimess."
"Wliat is the matter? Am I no
longer .voiir piineess?" she asked.
"No, no!" sen allied the biids.
"Haven't jou heard the news? Piin
i esses have gone out of'slvle. Ask
our war hemes the) 'II tell jou." And
the birds tin noil ragerlv tow aid Came
mid llonier Pigeon. Balk) Sam, Billv
(ioat mid .Inhmi) Bull, who evideutl)
had been telling .varus about their mi
(Copjrlcht )
osoklecu s.uip 10 an she m. to the
woman mine ain't no good ineeuin as
mi soap wns punk so I ups an' s..,,
"oh isMluit so 1111 who are jou to no
wat sope is? Look 'nr 1 sc7 I
b 'tiher mi sope denes twist as good
an' iiuiik as jouin an if tTt' huh
likes tei gimme an jou sum rinse I'll
bcti ha 1 slm jou wats wat in sope.
She's spoit an' goes me but loid
hue mm she limit no how to wash and
I all dun and finish bcfnie she almost
stinted. Of roise she bolt mi sope
beciuse I dimunstiatu: mi sopes bet
teiness. Snj Mister Duke I all 'tomorrow
ou ji 1 (.111 I? 1 mrtt.i a bit of n guil
who is now soiu' beeoisp she loan all
hei monej her father left her to 11
gu.v who mi) it nil light but not .vet
THE PARABLE
We went, I and Krtuinh, unto the
fiie.it Hull while the Symphony Or-
.hestia of an luindird nun who have
I skill pl.i) on liistruniiMits of Mus'uk.
And line said. This da) theie is to
be a I'iist I'eiforinaiKe of a New Over
, tine, and tbr Composer is n man of
1 this Citv. Come and 1111 et him.
I So I went and bed speei li with him.
' And he was Neivoush Awaiting his
'own number, whiih was the Thinl. und
I the hist two weie long and seemed to
I him longer.
And he opened his bent and told me
mini) things.
And he said, I have lived all in) life
1 in hope of this d.n. In mv hoi hood 1
loud Musick, and I winked haul to
I run money that I might stud) it. Then
I did I begin to te.uli Piano nnd Violin
land Voiir. lint now 1 ten h only llar
1 iiioiiv. And all tbr yiais I havr wiiit.d
for tbr time when a piece in, nunc own
((imposing should be pln.ved bv the
S.imphouy Ouhcstra, and I would lead
it
And he told me how long it took hiin
to ((impose the Overture, and how man)
times he wrote it: and how he laboied
Lnighti for Pour .Months to copy the
scoies for the Oiehestia Paits.
And it came to pass that his piece
was lciidcied, and he conducted it.
And it iciiuiied Twelve Minutes.
And for that he had worked Forty
years!
And ut the end he was applauded.
And they called him back tin ice. And
after nil other men and women had
ceased still did I applaud him, and
Keturah she also applauded, so that
those about us joined ill, and bo we
gave hini one mom comc-bnik than
the law leiiuiied.
And Ketuiah said, T havr never
known thee to applaud so much.
And I said. This man is of mine own
clt j and tiradeth the same hard paje
inents that jar inr. And hr hatii long
taught leliietant pupils to play ou the
Psaltery and the Snikbut and the Dul
cimer and the Jewshaip, all the while
di ruining of this day. And his tiiumph
lastrth just Twelve Minutes. Now the
land do so to me nud more also if I
give Him not nil that is coming to Him.
And Kcturnh said, But the iest of the
progiam is of the (Jreat Composers,
By Chas. McManus
m
t qtAS. M'-nftW'
tontures nt the fighting front In Eu
rope. "Ilcc-hnvvl ltVtnie," brayed Ilalky
Sam. "Tlic people In I'urope haven't
nny use for them any more. They aro
electing presidents instead."
"Oh. j'd rather bc'n president tha
n piineess," said Peggy eagerly. "Ai
ll an
"Are
jou going to elect me?" . 8
"Ilce-hnw, It isn't the style In Eu- fl
lope to elect princesses or kings or j
ipieetis ns presidents," brayed Balky $
Sam. v
"Hoo! IIoo! Prlnrcss .Peggy has I
been the wisest ruler Birdland has ever , '
had," Irooted Judge Owl, ' ,
"Hee-haw. but it isn't the style in
Ihirnpc to elect wise rulers," brajed '?
Bnlkv Sam, ;
"Then jou'd better elect me," hooted
.ludge Owl. "I'll be ruler ot Bird- '
laud." - J
"No. I will. Ilee-havv!" brajed
Balky Sam.
"Cro-ak! Cro-ak! I'll be president,"
croaked Oenernl Croaker.
"I'll be president! I'll be presidentT'
I vote for myself!" shrieked all the
birds, and for a moment it looked as
though there were going "to be u big
low.
Peggy frit a bit hurt nt the sudden
way in which she had been overthrown
as Princess, but she kucw that what
they said wns true princesses ivere
going out of st)le. And she didn't wnnt
to be out of style any more thnti they
did. If the birds wanted a new rulpr,
they should have one, nnd she sensibly
made up her'inind to help them get one.
"Hear )e Hear ir!" shr called out.
"Quit )our siiuabbling. Wr will lime
II fontrst to deride who shall be presi
dent." 'Tine!" shrieked the birds. "Wise
Piinccss--we menu Miss Peggy! Hur
inh for Princess we incnn Miss
Peggy"."
(Tnmniinir will br lohl how Ihc
tontrit for Ihc title of Midland it
mutinied.)
nn I think she's dubble crost so I tell
her vou no eveij thing nud I tell jou
of it
She is 11 nice purl and siiuildnt
have to wink at soin and so I close
hopiii jou arc well as this leves me.
mamii: rMUT.
The next tjaj Mamie turned up
it bv liei sells
but
not
TODAY'S BL'SINKSS QUESTION
H'i( ha "foricaider" .'
Ansncr will appear tomoriow.
ANhWKU TO SATURDAY'S
Bl SINKSS Ql'KSTION
.In "open tiirount" is a running
01 unsettled account.
OF THE LIVING t"
even Liszt and Mozait and Mendelssohn.
And thou didst applaud them but ltltle. .
And I said. If the (iicat Composers VS,
weie liiing in this town nnd walked
the lloor nights witli the baby, then
would I applaud them more.
And I said, I also am in daily com
petition with the Mighty Dead. For
men say. Why should wr pay n Dollar
nnd the I'ourth Part of a Dollar for
the Parables of Safid the Sage when
wr ran buv Shakespeare and Bneon for
a half dollar each? And Shakespeaie
and Iiaeon ran now live on snialler
lojaltirs than I, and their wives need
not new Easter Bonnet,s. Hi en so liath
this man been all his life in competition
w i tli Liszt and Mendelssohn and Mo
7.ii t. And he liveth in my town and
hath a nnine thatvis spelled like unto
the wny that it is pronounrrd.
And the Intermission ended, and we
heard 41 Symphonic Poem by Liszt. And
him I applauded some nnd sufficient,
but Liszt had been dead some time.
nnd there was another man who came
back one time 11101 e because I nnd Ke
tuiah kept clapping. From Parables of
Snfed and Sage iu the Congregationalism '
and Advance.
Keeping Up Appearances
Perhaps there is somewhere a point
nt which the recipient, of nn income
is able to cease from worry over the
cost of living and the manifold prob
lems of adjusting the outgo to the in
come, in a wny to bieak even nt least, -"
even if there can be no provision for
a surplus. There is a popular belieff,
lor instance, that Mr. Itockefclltr is t$r
nee irom mis worry, anil undoubtedly,
there arc otheis, although the num
ber who are not compelled to give some
heed to their expenditures is consid
erably 'smaller than' is generally sup
posed. Some of the millionaires, nml even
the miiltimillionniirs, do not entirely
csrnpe tlir'r problems. When n man's
wife announces, nnd nt least one such
instance is on iccord. that she nuili
$75,000 n year for dress and that it Is- ''
impossible for her to live in a manner
befitting her stntion on a personal al
lowance of less than ?12."i,000, it is easy
to see how the husband may have a few
fiuancinl worries. AVith some of theso
special object lessons we can understand
why it is that in some circles nn in
come of ?."0,000 or so is regarded as a
sjnonjm for wretched poverty.
The size of niiy income, of course, is
merely relative. It is big or little, not
only in comparison with other incomes,
birt in proportion to its possessor's
obligations, needs, desired, habits and
point of view. It seems safe to nav thaf
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred
it seems disproportionntelv
small.
wiiciucr 11 amounts to SOOO or to
5,-0,000. -.
Hut the continuous financial burden
to the average man is imposed by his
own or his family's effort to "keep up ,
appeainnees." This Is a fancied obli
gallon from which comparatively few
persons arc aosoiutciy free. It un
doubtcdly presses with greatest force
upou those who have to support fam
ilies upon what aro popularly called
"comfortable salaries," for they have
certain tastes that must .be measurably
realized, and any social Intercourse
whatever entails ccrtaiu requirements'
that cannot be Ignored. They have
to live, and to tonic extent, at least
they have to "keep up with T(lMle.,,-ii
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