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. THIS STARTS THE STORY
4 Fleda Druse, daughter of Gabriel
J Druse, of gjpsy bipod, shoots in a
canoe the Carillon rapids on the Sag
'alac river, where it flows between the
towns, of Manitou and Lebanon, in
, the Canadian Northwest. She Is res
cued from the whirlpools below by
Max Ingolby, n manager of great
'interests, who has conic to Lebanon
'to unito the two towns and make
them the center of commerce In the
western north. On the shore she is
i insulted by Felix Mnrchnnd, a pow
erful but disreputable character of
Manitou. Ingolb attacks Mnrchnnd,
who vows revenge. Fleda is claimed
by one Jctliro Fawe as his wife,
under a gjpsv custom which united
them in marriage when they were
children. Fleda rejects him and a
jcnlous quarrel ensues between Fnwe
and Ingolby. Mnrchand stirs up a
feud between the two towns in order
to foil Ingolb 's ambitions and plans
a clash between the two factions dur
ing the funeral of an Orangeman
t be held in Lebanon. Ingolby, in
disguise, mingles with his enemies
In Manitou. Fnwe reveals his iden
tity and Inbolby is rendered blind
by a blow on the bend. A strange
woman. Arabella Stone, appears and
confesses that she is one ofo Mar
cband's victims.
AND HERE IT CONTINTES
The Major FilN an Office
IT WAS a false alarm which had star
tled Oabriel Dr.... but it bad sig
nificance. Tin Orange funeral was not
to take place ....til 11 o'clock and
was onl S o'clock when the Ity left
his home A rltle-sl.ot had. however,
been fired across the Sagnlnr from the
Manitou side, and it had been prompt
ly acknowledged from Lebanon. There
was a short pause, and then came an
other from the Lebanon side. It was
merely a warning and a challenge. Ihe
only man who could lime eontrnllc.l the
position was blind and helpless.
As Druse walked rapidly toward the
bridge he met Jowett. Jowett was one
of the few men in either town or whom
.. .. ,.., ,,.. and the friendliness
had had its origin in
.Towett's know I -
.m t w flesh. This was
a field
ln which the Ity was himself a master
Tie had ever been too high placed among
. . nio to trade nnd
barter
ms own i""i"v --
.. ,.un xending a score
of
Dorses eci.i. ..-..,
Romany on a hunt for wild ponies on
the hills of eastern Europe, he had
afterward sold the tamed herd to the
highest bidders in some Ralkan town;
but he had nn infallible eye 0"e;
It was a curious anomaly also that
the one man in Lebanon who would not
have been expected to love nnd pursue
horse flesh was the Rev. Reuben Trip
le, to whom Ingolby had Riven his
conge, but who loved a horse as be
loved himself. .
He was indeed a greater expert In
nnrw.. than in souls. One of the sights
ot Lebanon had been the appearance .n ,
the field of the "Rev Tripple. "ho,
j . ..... rnw -honed bay marc of
lank proportions, the winner of a cer.
tain great trotting race whi':h had de
lighted the mockers.
vm inn cnrs Jowett had eyed Mr
Tripplc's rn'wbone with a piratical eye.
Though it had won only a single j
great race. that, in .lowen s view,
its master's fault. As the Arabs say,
however, Allah is with the patient;
and so it was that on the evening of
tho day in which Ingolby met disaster,
Mr. Tripple informed Jowett that he
was willing to sell bis raw bone.
He wns mounted nn the gawky road
ster wheu he met Oabriel Drue making
for the bridge. Their greeting was as
cordial as hasty. Anxious as was the
Ry to learn what was going on in the
towns, .Towett's mount caught his eye.
It was but a little time since they had
met at Ingolb 's house, and they were
both full of the grave events afoot, but
here was a horse deal of consequence,
and the bridle rein was loose tluug.
"Yes, I got it," snid Jowett, with
a chuckle, interpreting the old mnn's
look. "I got it for good a wonder
from Wondervillc. Damned queer-looking
critter, but there, I guess we know
what I've got.
"Outside like a crinoline, Inside like a
pair of ankles of the Lady Jane Plan
tagenet. Yes, I got It, Mr. Druse, got
it dcad-on!"
"How?" asked the Ry, feeling the
ol.on fptlnrlcu with nffpe-tlnnnto nn.
rroval.
"He's off East, so he says," was the
Wnim renlrr "RiuMen hut sure, nnd T
dnnnnxrhv. Anvwav. he's rot the door-
handle offered, and he's off without his ' there'd have been hundreds of settlers when the reactionary forces of Manitou
camel." He stroked the neck of the ' inassacreed. He risked his life to dojmUbt receive a check. Even those who
bay lovingly. I that went right into the camp in face, thought the funeral fanatical and
"How much?" j of leveled rifles and sat down and be- i provocative were read to defend it.
Jowett held up his fingers. The old I R"n to talk. A minute afterward all) The person who liked the whole busi
nan lifted his e.vebrows quirzically. 'he chiefs was squatting, too. Then ness least was Rockwell. He was sub
"That h'm! Doe's he preach as well as the tussle begun between n man withijoct to the same weariness of the flesh
that?" he asked. la soul and a heathen gang that eat and fatigue of the spirit as nil men ; yet
.Tnwett chuckled "TTp lennvra hi dog. kill their old folks, their cripples it wns expected of him thnt at anv
horse country better than the New
Jerusalem, I guess; and I wasn't off
my feed, nor hadn't lost my head,
neither. I wanted that dust-hawk, and
lie knew it ; but I got in on him with
the harness and the sulky. The bridle he
got from a Mexican that come up here
a year ago, and went broke and then
nrnt dead; and there being no padre,
Tripple did the burying, and he took
the bidle as his fee, I s'pose. It had I
$20 worth of silver on it look nt
these conchs." i
He trifled with the big beautiful but
tons on the head-stall. "The sulky's i
as good as new, and so's the harness al- i
most; and there's the nose-bag and the
blankets, and a saddle and a monkey
wrench and two bottles bf horce-lini-ment,
and odds and ends. I only paid
that" and he held up his fingers aeain
as though it was a snered rite "for the
lot. Not bad, I want to say. Isn't he
gpod for all day, this one?"
The old man nodded, then turned
toward the bridge. "The gun-shots
what?" he asked, setting forward at a
walk which taxed the raw bone's stride.
".An invite come to the wedding;
that's all. Only it's a funeral this
time, and, if something good doesn't
happen, there'll be more than one fu
neral on the Sngalac tomorrow. I've
had my try, but I dunno how it II come
out;, lie's not a man of much diction
ary Is the Monseenoor."
"The Monseigneur Lourde? What
does he say?"
"Jle aays what we all say. that he
U Horry. 'Hut why have the Orange
funeral while things are as thev are?'
' h sayr1, nd he asks for the red flag not
W be, hook In the face of the bull."
V rjMit. sot the talk o tool, as
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x,'s?g3iwrEreaE3m.
"Make mc the
most priests aic," growled the other
"Sure. Hut it wants a real wind
warbler to make them see it in Lebanon.
They'to got the needle. They'll prny
today with the taste of blood in their
mouths. It's gone too far Onlv a
miracle can Liep things right. The
major has wired for the mounted polkc
our own battalion of militia wouldn't
ser.e, and there'll be no use ordering
I them out but the Riders can't get here
'in time. The tram's due the very
I time the funeral's to start, but that
train's always late, though they gay
'the ingine-druer is an Orangeman!
,
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.im me miierai win start at the time
I don t Know the bo.s that
the lodee. So it's nn to
e, I s & ( o to see thp thing through,
or go bust. It don't suit mc.
"It wouldn't lme been like this if
it hadn't been for what happened to
me cinet last night. There s no hold
ing the bors n. One thing's suic, the
gipsy that give Ingolbv nwny hns got
to mc low if he hasn't got awa, oi
there'll be one less of his tribe to eat
the juicy hedgehog. Yes, sir-ee!"
To the last words of Jowett the Ry
seemed to pay no attention, though his
lips shut tight and a menai ing look
came into his eyes. Thcv were now
upon the bridge, and could sec what
was forward on both sides of the Saga
lac. There was unusual bustle and
nctivitj in the streets nnd cm the river
bank of both towns. It was noticeable as savage a kind as could be invented
also that though the mills were run- They could spring nnd strike nn oppo
ning in Manitou, there weic fewer ,10nt with one foot in the chest or in
chimncs smoking, and far more men the fare, and spoil the face for man
in the streets than usual. Tied up to n day, or forever. It wns a gift of the
the Manitou shore were a half-dozen backwoods and the lumber-camps, prac
cribs or rafts of timber which should ti 1 In hours of stark ninnotou.v when
be tlonting eastward clown the Sngalac.
'If tho Monseenoor can't, or don't.
step in, we're bound for a shindy over
a corpse, continued Jowett after n
moment.
"Can the Monseigneur cast a spell
over them all?" remarked the Ry iron-
ically, for he had little faith in priests,
' tnougn lie nao. :or tins particular one
I Kreat respect.
He's a big man, that predate, "
answered Jowett quickly and forcibly.
I were going to rise. If they'd got up.
and their deformed childien, and run
sticks of wood through their bleeding
chests, just to show that they're heath
ens. Hut be won out, this Jesueete
friend o' man. That's why I'm putting
my horses nnd my land nnd my pants
and my shirt and the buff that's under
neath on the little predate."
Gnbriel Druse's fnce did not indicate
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head of the constables and I will keep the
the same confidence. "It's not nn age
of miracles; the priest is not enough,"
he said skeptically.
Ry twos, by threes, by tens, men
from Manitou ennn, saunteiing across
the bridge into Lebanon, until a goiidl,.
number were scattered
nt different
points through the town
They seemed
to distribute themsehes b. a preton-, people on his list, he inwardly damned '"" r.uuieii on me follow Ing Informa
iched plan, and the were all habi-! the foolishness of both towns He even , ""'J :., , t
tnuts. There were no Russians, Finns, sharpl relink, d the nw.or, who urged i ' 'siting super from the coast. Fine
Swedes, Norwegians or Germans among jsuigical prrpniation-. upon him, for not ' man. 1ms good jobs, be ready for him."
them. The were low -browed, turd
men, dressed in red or blue serge shirts, . u lorce wincli uiulil prescne order or
some with sashes around their waists, lpreent the profession,
some with earrings in their enrs, some: It was while he was doing so thnt
in knee boots and some with the hem '.lowett appeared with (iabriel Druse to
spiked boots of the ricr-dricr. None
appeared to carry any weapon that
would shoot. et ill their belts wns the
sheath-knife, the invariable equipment
of their class. It would have seemed
more suspicious if they had not carried
them. The railwuv men, mineis, car
ters, millhands, however, nppejred to
carry nothing save their strong arms a marching column of them from Mnni
imd hair bunds, and some were as tou. It's all arrnuged to make tumble
hiurv ns animals. and break the law. It's the first real
These backwoodsmen nlso could with- organized set-to we've had between the
out weapons turn a town into a general towns, and it'll be nasty. If the pre
hospital In battle they fought not late doesn't dope them, there'll be per
only with hnnds, but also with teeth tikler hell to pa.v "
and hoofs like wild stallions. Teeth tore He then gave the story of his visit
off nn ear or sliced nwny n nose, hands to Monseigneur Lnuide. and the details
smote like hammers or gouged out e.ves,
nnd their nailed boots were weapons of
the devils which haunt places of isola
tion devoid of family life, where men
herd together like dogs in
Kennel.
hmnk loose. There the man that dips
bis fingers "friendly-like" In the dish
0f his neighbor one minute wnnts the
,.je of that neighbor the next; not so
much in innate or momentary hatred.
as in innate savagery and tue primeval
' sense of combat, the war w Inch w as in
the blood of the first man,
I The unarmed appearance of these men
I Lebanon. To them the time had come
hour he should be at the disposal of
suffering humanity of criminal or
idiotic humanity patient, devoted,
calm, nervestrung, complete. He was
the one person in the community who
was the universal necessitj, and et for
whom the conimunit hnd no mercy in
its troubles or out of them. There were
three doctors in Lebanon, but none was
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By SIR GILBERT PARKER
Author of "The Seats' of the Mighty'
"The Money Master," ete.
peace," he .said
an institution, none had prestige save
Rockwell, and he often wished that he
had less prestige, suite he cared nothing
for popularitj .
He hud made his preparations for pos
sible "accid.nts" in no happy mood.
liesli fiom the bedside of Ingolby, hnv-
ing had no sleep, and with ninny silk
sending sooner to the gu eminent for
inter, iew the minor.
"It's like this," said .lowett. "In
mint lie r hour the funeral will start.
Thcie's, a lot of Manitou huskies
Lebanon now, and their feet is loaded,-
if tht'ii guns ain't. The 're comin' b
driblets, and bj and by, when they've
all distributed themselves there'll be
of what was going forward in Manitou
so fnr us he had learned.
Also the ubiquitous (ktcrhaut had
not been idle, and his bulletin had just
been bunded to Jowett.
"There's one thing ought to be done
nnd has got to be done," Jowett ndded,
"if the Monseenoor don't pull it off.
The lenders have to be arrested, and it
had better be done by one thnt, in a
way, don't belong to either Lebanon of
Manitou."
The mayor shook his head. "I don't
sec how I can authorize Marchand's nr
rest not till he breaks the law, in any
case."
"It's against the law to conspire to
break the law," replied Jowett. "You've
been mnkmg a lot of special constables.
r,. xt ru-!.l n i- . ,-,
.iiuku .ue. iittuuci aius,. ncre- a special
..s(i,i eh.n if ,,. ..., k.v.' ...
can have a right to take a hand in."
The giant Ry hnd stood apart, .watch
ful and ruminant, but he now stepped
forward, ns the ma or turned to him
and btretched out a hand.
"I am for peace," the old man snid.
"To keep the peace the law must be
strong."
In spite of the gravity of the situa
tion the mayor smiled. "You wouldn't
need much disguise to stand for the law,
Mr. Druse," he remarked. "When the
law is seven feet high, it stands well
up."
The Ry did not smile. "Make me
Ulie head of the constables and I will
keep the peace," he said.
(CONTINUED TOMOHUOW)
Fly
DAILY NOVELETTE
SPICE BLOSSOMS
Hy Annabelle Carter
AS EILEEN ARUOTT crossed the
" dusty street to the dustier play
ground n voice shrilled :
"Oo-oe, here's MIsm Abbott," and
half a dozen children tumbled upon her.
Hands waved frantic nlly in air and a
babel of voices assailed her enrs.
"It had white tall fenthers" "My
mother's sick" "The robin pulled the
worm right out" "Miss Abbott, I've
got n new flower" "I left my examples I away to get ready for the mlxcd-up
to home, Miss Abbott" "Plensc wear race bv air, land and wntcr which was
these flowers. Miss Abbott "No, mine, to decide who was to rule Rlrdland.
I was here first" I ..W)l, ll(, j.ou wlllk nt m(1 ncn I
Ry this time they had reached thenskr(1 .;ow j si10uld fly?" said Peggy
steps. The children halted and Miss to jiy.
Abbott, her hands heterogeneously I "HPCa'usc I have a scheme for rnc-
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with the cheerily comprehensive smile
of the successful teacher. Rut as she
jauen with lloweis. nodded dismissal
climbed the splintery stens and fitted
I, - , - - lilt IIIIIIU IIIIU llll IIVI l IIIL nilll M1III
her key In the lock the smile dropped that wound to the top of Lone Pine
1 from her lips. ' ijji
, At her desk upstairs she sorted the1 After a while they came to an open
flowers, thrusting them hastily into plnee where they could look up to the
glasses. Hut her fingers lingered long sky. Peggy snw something which made
over one st.iT spray. Twice she stuck her cry out in wonder. "Look! Look!"
It among drooping anemones, only to she said. "Are those airplanes or mon-
jerk it out nnd pin it defiantly ngainst'ster birds?" She pointed to where two
, Her blue serge waist. Pungent, spicy, 'strange objects were swooping nnd dart
yet delicate, the scent of the yellow ing nbout in the high wind. RIIlv
! blossoms seemed to wrnp her round laughed ngaln. "Guess!" he answered,
with n sun -warmed haze. nn,i lP,i her on to the top of the hill.
I ll.nn mini,. !.. ..i 1 1 it. . . I .. "
I --.... ...m sin- mwi n.v me sprnwi-
ing Mack currant hush near her door-
step. I.cry atom of the world breathed
"isiuiiiK. .vim sue, inuglilng nnd oung
.uid alive could It he only four yenis
ago? broke off a long spray of the
tiny, bell-like blossoms to tuck in the
belt of her white dress. Then a little
shjly she tossed a tinier branch to the
man beside her. Their ejes met. and '
i Jjlinrp and sudden the golig whirred
in the hall. Head held high, she
stepped out to marshal the lines into
some semblance of order. For r.ileen
Abbott the sound of the bell usually
meant an nil eiigiussing Inteiest nnd
dciotinn. Rut todnj her thoughts were
chaotic.
J.eft. right, left, light. William !
hands down! Left left Why and
how hail t'ley come to drift npnrt?
Quietlj, Maud in line. Esther It nil
j eemed so long ago. and she did not care,
she was glad, of lourse she was Turn
to pnge foi tj -four, bos and girls, tnke
your pitch, do do mi. Ready, sing
And lenllj the black rtirrnnt 'with all I
its haunting sweetness meant nothing
to her. How tall anil quiet and proud,
hornhlj proud, he had been. Where
wns ne now .'
tier mind was still
WaK Still SWnrini- frnm
partial pajments to sun and South nnd
flowers when a knock called her to
the door.
A little freckle-faced boy solemnly
handed out a note.
"Miss Hojce said for vouse."
ninixing at it Eileen said, "No an
swer. Robert." and tossed it to one
i "'V. ' ""jce, lower grade teacher.
.suing to jiiaj the (mod Samaritan,
. """'" -'..ss Ai.uoit care for visit
What did Mis
lltinrintnnlin,L ... - ..
I " ' w.. ,,, ,,,, uuy one else
when the spic fragrance of that
flowered branch was earning her back
back to the little town by the sweep
j and swell of old ocean.
She haidlr gl.-nced up when hrr own
superintendent quietlj opened the door
and motioned in another man. Will,
a vaguelv courteous gesture toward the
visitors chairs, she. took up the thread
of her discussion of the products of the
Middle Western stntes.
Turning to the map to locate the corn
fields of Illinois, her e.ves swept with
impersonal interest the faces of the
two men. For an instant the room
reeled and she wondered if her lips were
as white as t It r-x- felt cold. Then with
sudden thankfu'nos she rcnli7cd that
her vjell drilled sPlf was equnl to the
occasion Hrr voice went on evenlv, the
hand that held the pointer did not
quiver Rut she felt ns if she herself
stood in nn immense void, lost and be
wildered. At the end of the recitation Superin
tendent Morse, leaning over, spoke to
his guest. Rut the visitor settled back
in his chair nnd khook his hend,
"Not going nnv further this morning.
.viorse. ne said. -'See you nt
office nfter lunch."
your
Slightlv bewildered the keen blue eves
of Mr. Morse wandered from Miss Ab
bott to the quiet man beside him and
back again. Then n look of remem
hrance nnd comprehension slipped over
his face. With a quizzical lift of his
left eyebrow, he went out. Eileen Ah-
hott saw that look and hated him vio
lently. She had to hate some one nnd
h-uhj. niie nu
' xr r ... i li- , i . .
Mr- MorRe nn1 once ,'V,'1 himself in a
certain little town on the vvindswent
bay. The half hour before recess passed
somehow. If only she could get off that
spray of spicy blooms! Hut it was
pinned too firmly to be removed w ith
casual cnrelessness. Her teaching per
sonality worked nn bravely, but still the
feeling that she wns lost in eternity
haunted her.
As the recess, gong buzzed and the
children, straightened to position, a
voice spoke in her ear.
"If I may sec jou a moment, Miss
Abbott?"
The deep, quiet voice, his strnigl'
strong form standing near her made I
unreal world seem more unreal.
M
chanienlly she acquiesced and watt In
the children file out.
Then she was aware that some om
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy
"RACING FOR A THRONE"
(Whm the birds decide they tennt a
president instead of a princess to rule
Midland, it is agreed that the win
tier of a "mired-vp" race shall he
chosen. One-third of the race is to
be in the air, one-third hy water and
one-third on land.)
Ilallty Sam's Trick
COY and Rllly were left nlone
-L W
hen the birds nnd animals raced
mg through the air that
the birds." laughed Rllly.
y how von." He to.
. .,rn.. th ..lr thnt win nimrlo
Come and
tftftV PnnifV Uv
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u nen they reached there the two
strange objects could be seen more
plainly, and nt once Peggy knew they
were not hirdR. They were &omc sort
of flying machines,
"Oh. If we could get them to carr
us through the air we could win the
11 ing race," she exclaimed,
"That's just what we are going to
do." replied Itillv. "That's why I
winked nt .ion. Those fl.lng machines
belong to me. What do on think they
are?" Peggy didn't have the slightest
idea. "Kites!" chuckled Rillv. "The
biggest and finest kites I ever made. I
was trying them out when I heard
about the council in Rlrdland. Thcv
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint;' etc.
(Copyright.)
THE PROBLEM OF THE
SMUGGLED JEWELS
A Tragedy
QJi'SAN MA1TLAND had removed her
wet cloak nnd sat wearily in n big
chair near the open fire in Rruno Duke's
cozy living room.
Mamie sat near the onyx -topped table
tr.ving to appear at ease. Her gaze was
fixed on Duke, except when he happened
to look townrd her; then her e.ves
dropped to her lnp and to her two
hands, which were nervously twisting
a little pocket handkerchief.
"Suppose I hear what it's all about,"
Duke had said, and then he waited for
Susan Mnitland to unburden her trou
ble. It took n long time to get her to
peak, but finally Duke pieced together'
the following: Grumbling, Rnjmond Mnitland decided
Susan Mnitland bad been the only,mt he must go to the cltv by train
child of a we, "thy Wall street broker. , it np (!(n,t wnut to mve a ycry se
Her mother she never remembered, and ; rj0,ls loss,
whenever she mentioned her mother's, I.onKing up the time-table, he found
name or asked about her. such an aw-
fill look came upon her father s face
thnt she saw be would not discuss it.
The only satisfaction she ever obtained
was when he once snid:
"Your mother was too good for me
and could not understand any perfec
tion less than her own."
Rnjmond Mnitland thnt wns the
name' of Susan's father was nn invet
erate gambler. Sometimes he took a
flier that netted him thousands of dol -
Inrs. Other times ne got ciiukui niki
nnd lost just ns heavily.
He was reported a wealthj man nnd
was generally estimated to be worth
three-quarters of a million, which
doubtless was so when luck was with
him.
One dav he had a double streak of
bad lurk- He was foolish enough to
plnce n "buv until canceled" order for
a highly speculative stock. lie placed
the order over the telephone while stay
ing nt the home of some friends on
Long Island.
His broker got the order nnd got
busy. At a gnthering thnt evening
Raj-mond Mnitland discovered that the
stock which he expected to advance
rapidly was due for a slump. Whis
pers of the remarkable value of the
stock had most ndroltly been scattered
vns holding her hands very tight and
talking very fast.
"Miss Abbott Eileen I came to
look for teachers. I didn t know: but T
wnnt something else. I wouldn't bnve
dared hope but the flowers you ire
wearing Eileen, what does the past
matter? Won't you come back with
me?"
Through the open door the spring
breeze brushed her cheek. The shrill
voices of the children were far away
snd unreal. Life seemed suddenly good,
io good to deny for the sake of a pro
sion. 'Yes, Frank," whispered Eileen Ab
1 1. and lifted her lips to his.
The noxt complete
'hoebe's Strike.
novelette
.mrlrM r1i li t' - nll ,,nont i,
Hut Peggy nnd Hilly were ready
for them.
pulled so hard when the wind became
strong thnt they nearly dragged me
awny, and I had to tie the strings to
trees. The wind Is even stronger now,
and if we each hang on to a kite string
we will go flying down the hill and
right over to the shore of the lake."
Peggy danced up and down with ex
cited joy wlicn she heard this. She
didn't have to worry any more about
the flying part of the race, the only
pnrt that had really bothered her, for
she could swim well and run fast.
Now n noise of others coming caused
them to look down the hill. There were
the birds clustered around Johnny Hull,
Hilly Oont and Lonesome Rear. Ralky
Sam was there, too, his head sticking
out from n bunch of bushes that hid
his body.
"Hee-haw! Now do as I say and we
will fool Rllly nnd Miss Peggy nnd win
the race," brayed Rnlky Snm to the
birds, nnd they nil twittered and gig
gled in great glee.
"What sort of mischief do jou think
Ihey nrc up to now?" asked Hilly.
"Thej'll find I'm not so easy to fool
as they think."
All the birds and animal except
up and down Wall street by the own
ers. wmS badly wanted to unload.
Raymond Mnitland discovered this nt
that gathering in Long Island. That
evening there wns n terrific thunder
storm, several houses were struck and
generally the weather supplied excel
lent first-page news for the morning
pnpers.
After breakfast the next morning
Mnitland went to telephone his brokers
to stop bii ing and unload lie told
Susan, his daughter, thnt it would cost
him a few thousands, but that it wns
"all part of the game."
When he tried to telephone he dis
covered that the storm had broken down
the wires nnd he wns completely cut off
from New York ns far as the telephone
was concerned.
Now. when a broker is buying bad
stock "until rnncelcl" you are anxious
to cnnco tho ..,,." ' ,ipr nmn,.....
tin(. hv hurrving he could catch a fast
train, so with hasty
hosts he rushed for
friend's automobile.
apologies to his
the train in his
THE? READER'S VIEWPOINT
Letters to the Editor on Current Topics
, Was Methusaleh Drowned In Flood7
r the El1itor o ,,. Vvenl0 ,,uWr Ullv
I Sir Will jou kindly explain when
and where Metlnisel'.h diecl?
After leading the book of Genesis I
, hnd that Methuselah, the sou of Enoch,
was 18J jears of age when Lamieh, his
i son, was born. Lnmich was 1812 jears
old when Noah, his sou, was horn, and
Noah was 000 jears when he embarked
on the Ark.
Adding the above nges jou have a
total of !)(10 fears. Genesis also states
thnt Mcthuselnh was SIO'I jean, old
when he died.
Have historians overlooked the fact
that Methuselah might have perished
in the flood? A READER.
Philadelphia, July 11).
Wants Clean Mayor With Gumption
To the Editor ot the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir All editorial in this evening's
LF.DGDH emphnsizes political instinct ns
an essential quality of our mayoralty
candidates, an absolute truth oppor
tunely presented.
How often have we seen "popular"
men, n;id sensible;, competent busiuess
and professional men, chosen for office,
and turned into boobs nnd apparent
knaves because they didn't understand
the game? Let us therefore choose a
man who does have a first-hand knowl
edge of men and motives in the local
political arena.
The committee of one hundred will
hnVe n problem on its hnnds to choose
from the avowed nnd reluctant candi
dates a man who would not only mnkc
a good major, but who will make a good
candidate; for their choice, whoever
? Chan. McManus
JlYHE A JUDGE?
'J NAW HEhF
a Substitute
I3A5E GAL'L.
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Rnlky Sam came hurrying up to the
top of the hill. They grinned very"
wisely nt Peggy and Rllly and winked
slyly nt each other. It was plain thjr
were up to some trick.
"Wc animals have chosen Rnlky Snm
to race, for us," harked Johnny Hull.
"He Is our best filer." With that the
birds nnd nnlmnls all winked at each
other again as If to say: "We know
something you don't know."
"Time's up!" shouted Rllly. "Every
body get ready for the flying part of the
race."
"Cro-nk! Cro-nk! I'm ready,"
gurgled Oeneral Croaker, the frog, nnd
there he was astride General Swal
low's back.
"Twitter! Crcc! Wc are ready!"
cried the birds.
"Hee-haw! I'm ready!" brayed
Ralky Snm, floating out of the bushes.
Yes, he actually floated, fpr holding
him up were hundreds of toy Imlloons.
Where he got them Teggy and Rllly
didn't know, but there wns a circus ln,;
town, nnd they had an Idea that Ralky "
Sam's brother, Circus Mike, might have,
helped him.
At any rate, there was Ralky Sam
ready to fly.
"One, two, three, go!" shouted
Rllly. Ralky Sam kicked out with his
heels and went bounding upward. At
the same time the birds seized strings
tied to his harness and towed him
swiftly through , the air. That Is the
trick they had been planning.
Rut Peggy nnd Rllly were rendy for
them. Rllly tied n loop in one kite
string for Peggy, nnd a loop In the
other for himself. Then slip, slash, his
knife cut the knots thnt fastened the
kites to the trees, nnd nwny went Hilly
nnd Peggy flying so fnst thnt they tore
right through the flock of astonished
birds nnd sped over the tree tops toward
the shore of the lake.
(Tomorrow irill he told how lialky
Ram finds himself in a lot of funny
trouble.)
As he neared the station he heard
the train slowing up. He was a big
man nnd objected to hurrying, but he
wanted that "buy" order stopped. Re
foie the auto had e-onie to a standstill
he jumped out nnd wns hurrying
through the wniting room to the pint
form. He bumped into a man at the
station door and lost a few seconds.
The train wns already moving slowly
out of the station. He hurried, gasping
for breath, and made to swing aboard
when the station ngent jelled:
"Keep back there. Want to kill
.vo.irself?"
Maitlnnd didn't henr. He grasped
the rail of a rear coach, gave a jump
nnd, missing his footing, was whirled
under the now rapidly moving train.
A woman had violent hysterics at
the sight of his horribly mangled corpse.
TODAY'S Kt'SINESS QUESTION
M'hat is n "Ftanc"!
Answer will appear tomorrow.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S
HlSINESS QUESTION
"Pur of Eichanqe" is the value of
a unit of one country's coinage ex
pressed in that of another's.
ho may be, is going t face a bitter
fignt.
A highbrow won't do, a good-fellow
won't do, nor will u merely successful
business man or banker whose affilia
tions might be misunderstood. It will
take a man who hns" in nddltion to a
clear record and recognized ability, an
already established understanding con
tact, not onlj with a large percentage of
the voters, but with a considerable corps
of patriotic political workers.
I believe that Franklin S. Edmonds
is such a man. The results of the re
cent City Club canvass have confirmed
thnt impression. He is a good, clean,
hard fighter. He could rally an effi
cient organization around him more
quicklv than any other independent can
didate I knovv and backed by the in
dorsement of the committee of one hun
dred he could overwhelmingly win.
And after all, these worthy gentle
men must bear in mind that it's only the
candidates that can win who should be
considered.
GEORGE R. SHEARER.
Philadelphia, July 21.
Not Dr. J. Chalmers Da Costa ?
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir The Jefferson Medical College
wishes to state officially that Dr. J.
Chalmers Da Costa, of 2045 Walnut
street, Philadelphia, the Gross professor
of surgery, is not the person to whom
refereucc has recently been made Jn
public prints, with regard to an alleged
nssnult upon ii patient; and that Dr.
J. Chalmers Da Costa is the only per
son of that name who holds any posi
tion in this institution.
ROSS V. PATTERSON.
Philadelphia, July 22.
COMPLAIN OF ROADS
Courtland Street Residents Protest
- Against Ruts and Pools
Residents of the neighborhood are In
censed over the delay of tho city to
pave a certain section ot t ourtlnnd
htreet betwren Old York road and Thir
teenth street.
They declare it is a standing source
of danger and acnojance to the traffic
n d a menace to the health of the com-
munltj.
O. Lehman, who has a tailoring shop
at Thirteenth and Courtland streets, de
clared it was a positive disgrace.
Courtland street nt this point, with
deep ruts, hollows and puddles of dirty
stagnant water, looks more like a coun
try road than a part of a street of a
city ranking third In the United States,
Mr. Lehman said. A
Automobiles and drivers not fanillar
with tills part of tho street are almost
thrown out of their vehicles in going
over the ruts, according to Mr;.,Lk-
man.
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