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THIS STARTS THE STORY
Floda Druse, daughter of (Inbricl
Druse, of gypsy blood, shoots lu n
canoe the Carillon rapids on the Sag
alnc river, where It Hows between the
towns of Manttou nnd I.cbnnon, In
" tho Cnnndlnn Northwest. She In res
cued from the whirlpools below by
Max Ingolby, n manager of great
interests, who has come to Lebanon
to unite the two towns nnd-mnkc
them the center of commerce In the
western north. On the shore she i-i
insulted by Felix Mnrchnnd, n pow
erful but disreputable diameter of
Manttou. Ingolby attacks Mnrchnnd,
Who oxn revenge. Klcdn is claimed
by one Jcthro Kawc ns his wife,
under n gjpsy custom which united
them In marring"c when they were
children. Kleda rejects him and n
jealous quarrel ensues between Fa wo
and Ingolby. Mnrihand stirs up n
feud between the two towns in order
to foil Ingolbj 's ambitions and plans
a clash between the two factions dur
ing the funeral of nn Orangeman
to be held in Lebanon. Ingolbj , in
disguise, mingles with his enemies
in Mnnitou. Fnvvc reveals his iden
tity nnd Ingolby is rendered blind by
a blow on the head. A parade of
strikers from Mnnitou clashes with
the funeral of Lebanon under the
pretext of insulting remarks h the
Orangemen against their religion.
Marchand. the leader, is hurled
through the nlr by (inbriel Diite,
who has been nppointed head con
stable. His followers arc cowed and
return sullenlj to Mnnitou after one
of their priests has made nn appeal
to them. Ingolby receives word that
his work at Iebanou will be taken
over by another.
AND HERB IT COXTINTKS
THE darkest mood of nil his dajs was
upon him now. When Rockwell tame.
soon after Jim and the nurse left lin
he simulated sleep, for he bad no mind
to talk: and the doctor, deceived b his
even breathing, had left, contented. At
last he was wholly alone with his own
thoughts, as he desired. From the mo
ment Jim had rend him the wires, which
were the real revelation of the situation
to which he had come, lie had been trav
eling hard on the road leading to a
cul-de-sac, from which there wns no
egress save hi breaking through the
YVftll. ,1'HI1 1, miral.f lin.n Lnnouul l.ml '
his mind been clearer, but it was n.
clearness belonging to the nbnormnl It
was a straight line of thought which, in
its intensity, gathering all other thoughts
into its wake, reduced them to the con
trol of nn obsession. It was borne in on
his mind that his day was done, that
nothing could right the disoider which
had strewn his path with broken hopes
and shattered nmbitions. No life-work
left, no schemes to accomplish, no con
struction to ncnieve, no wealth to gain.
no public good to be won. no home to heart was boating like a hammer against burning cottage. Smote was now pour
be his, no woman his verj own, to be bis side. Otilv the terrier nt his feet i ing out of the window inn cloud. "Fire!
his counselor and guide in the natural I heard the muttered agonv. With nn File!" thej shouted again, but no one
wn5'! . instinct all its own, it slipped to the ' answered.
As myriad thoughts drove through his
brain on this Indian summer night, thej
all merged into the one obsession that he
could no longer stay. The irresistible
Wic nf tho hrnin strolohod tn ,, ,il,nr.
xnnl tenuity, nnd an intolerable bright-
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ness wns with him. Ho wns in the
thrnes nf .w i.,. . ,,.i,. ..
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intense
which comes with insomnia, when one '
is awake yet apart from the waking nibbed against his legs. Ingolby mur
world, where nothing is reallj real and mined n soft, unintelligible word, and,
nothing normal. He had n call to go in his bare feet, passed out on to the
hence, and he must go. Minute after I veranda, and from there to tin- garden
minute passed, hours pnssoil, and the and toward the gate nt the front of
fight of the soul to maintain itself the bouse,
against the disordered mind went on. The nurse hoard the mito rlirl. iii,h,.
ju nis past seemed tmt part ot a
desert, lonely and barren nnd strange.
In the previous jear he had maele a
journey to Arizona with Jowett. to see
some railway construction there, and at
a ranch he had visiteel he enmo iinnn
some verses which had haunted his mind
ever since. They fastened upon his
senses now. They were like a lonesome
monotone which nf length gave calm to
his torturing reflections. In his dark-
ness the verses kept repeating them- I
selves :
a ncara me neaeri cauinK, anil my heart
Mood still I
Thhertv" Winler ln my worM and ln my
A nrtain cam- from the me.i and a message,
tlrrvtl mv &II1
And my soul and 1 arose up to depart
I heard the desert calllne. and I knew that
over there.
In an olive-sheltered garden where the
mesqulte stows
Wai a woman nf the sunrise, with the atar-
And a beauty that "the almond blossom !
bl0" J
I th nliht-tlme when the ghost-trees cllm-l
AVherneTn1e'mc.rbymtnS' watercourse ., j
panned, I
Her '"ednVTs" juPPe1 me Ill0 the ble8S' 1
And all my life was thrilllne ln her hand,
I hear the desert ca!Un-. and my heart
stands still . I
There 1. summer lo my world and In my
X breath comes from the mesa, and a will
beyond my will
as m
part,
This strange, half-mystic song of the
mesa nnd the olive-groves, of the ghost -trees
and the moon, kept pin) lug upon
his own heated senses like the spray
from a moling stream, and at Inst it
quieted him. The dark spirit of self
destruction loosened its hold.
His brain had been strained beyond
the normal; almost unconsciously his
fingers had fastened on the pist'ol in
the drawer of the' table by his bed. It
had been there since the da) when he
had traveled down from Alaska loaded
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ns It had been when he had carried It
down the southern trnll. Rut ns his
lingers tightened on the little engine
of denth, from the words which had
been ringing in his brnln came the flash
of n revelation :
" Anil a will IwMim my will
lllnds mv footsteps na I rise up to depart '
A will beyond his will! It wns as
though Floda's fingers were Inid upon
his own; ns though she whispered in
his ear nnd her breath swept his check;
as tliougli sno was there In the room bridge under his feet: nnd now he
beside him. making the darkness light. hastened on. with outstretched nrms
tempering the wind, of chastisement to , i,enel bent forwiud. listening In
his naked soul. In the overstrain of tentlj. the clog Hotting beside, with
his nervous sjstem the illusion was w,nt knowledge woiking in him Heaven
powerful. He thought he henid her . ,,innl, Knew
Noicc. The pistol slipped from his fin- , ,,.,,,, ()f p ,,, Mnw wns ft
gers nnd he fell back on "'""; sonorous nconipnnimcnt to Ingolbv's
with a sigh Ihe will bo.vond his will ,, ,, ()np ,, llh c felt,
bound his footsteps. mp tinK (mlj ,,,. , ,n ,!nr:
Ahn can tell? The grim, malign ct-I boon's Tnvein sa.ving that the bridge
penence of Flcda in her bedroom with si,,,,,, ,e blown up on the Saturday
the ,Thing she thought was from be- ' nigIt . ,ltlll ,ils a Sntunlay night
a ond the bounds of her own life; the ,i, ii,, .,f ,i, ,i,. ,,ii,, i ii,n
voice that spoke to Ingolbj nnd the
breath that swept over his cheek were,
pei haps, as icnl in n sense us would
hne been the corporeal presence of
tethro Fawe in one case and of I'ledi
Druse in the cither. It mnj be that 111
ver) truth I'leda IVuse's spirit, with
its poignant solicitude, controlled his
will ns he "rose up to depart." Rut
if it was nnh nu illusion, it was not
less n miracle Some power of siig- ,
gcstiiiti bound his lleeing footsteps, drew
him hack from the brink.
He slept. Once the nurse cam" anil
looked at him and returned to the other'
room, and twice Jim stole in silently I
for n moment nnd retired again to his
own chamber The st'iis shone in at
the doois that opened out fiom the
epiiet room into the night, the watch
beside the bed ticked on, the fn -terrier
which always slept on a mat at the
' foot of the bed sighnl m content, while
'"s master breathed hcavil) in a sleep
''"I of dreams that hurried past like
phantasmagoria of a hundred things
tnnt nail lieen in his life, and that linil
never been, of people he had known.
distorted, ridiculous and tremendous.
Time were dre.mis of tiddlers mnl Imr. I
hers, of crowds wiithing in passion in
a loom where theie was a billiard-table
and a lu U hoiMshoe on the wall.
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mingled in one wlnrliu,,.! ,is, !,...i
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then nt hist raiuc n dniini which was
so nc 1 and ilear that it fiozu his
sense s
It w.is the dream of a great hi Idge
over a swift -flowing river, of his own
bridge our the S.il'ciIii nf'tlmt !,,-;,l
being destroved b.v men who crept
through the night' with ilvtiatnite in
their hands
With a hoarse, smothered crj" he
awoke. His evis opened wide. Hi
noor.
It watched its master get out ot lied,
cross the room and feel for n emit nlm,.-
the wall an ovono.it which he used ns
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"l" niiik "ii llir , ,-, it llllil. I 111 on- lu
though to let him know ho u.ns tl, .,,-..
but she was only linlf nwake, nnd ns all
was quiet m tho next room, she com
posed herself in her li.ur again vvitli
the vnin idea that she was not sleep
ing. And Jim the faithful one, us
though under n narcotic of fate, was
"nming sottly beside the vacant loom.
, Tl"' "treets wore still. Nu lights burned
an) where so far ns o.ve could m-o. Rut
llmv n'"I then, in the stillness through
Bhich the river flowed on. murmuring
an'' rli.vthniic, there lose the distant
sounds of elisorderlv vones Ingolb)
was in n state which was neither sleep
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rimn, iii pait oblivion to all tilings in
"lu worm save 0110 nn oDsossion bi
complete that he nun eel automatic allv
through the stieet in which lie lived
townrd that which led to the bridge.
I His terrier, as tliougli realizing ex
octly what he wished, seemed to guide
1,im bj rubuinl.' against his logs, nnd
even pressing hnrd against them when
'"' " lls "' any elnnger of losing tho mid
'J1' ,"f thc r0"'1' r yrvl..B toal a
elite Ii or some obstruction. Onlj once
,l1'1 ""'y "" '""man being, and
that was when the) enmo upon a camp
f r0acl bui,(1,'s- w,'Pr a rpd liislit
burned and two men slept in the open
by a djiug Cue. One of them raisoel
his heail when Ingolby passed, but being
more than half asleep, unci seeing unlv
1 n man nnd a dog, thought nothing of
it nnd elroppeil back ugniu upon his
rough pillow. He was n stranger to
Lebanon nnel there was little ehanee of
his recognizing Ingolbj in the semi
darkness. As they neareel the river Ingolbj be
came dcoplj agitated Up moved vvitli
his hands outstretched. II.ul it not
been for his elog lie would prolmblj
hnve walked into the Sngalac, for
though he seemed to hnve nn instinet
that was extra natural, he swaved and
stnggeied in the delirium driving him
011. There was one dreadful moment
IT COULb
I SCC -rUMll I ( l-V fS-, II fs. 1 , A. II- f
BEEN EMOED TEN
MONTHS AG,0
when, hnvii.g swerves! from the rond
leading on to the bridge, he wns within
u foot of the river bank. One step
further mid he would hove plunged
down thlrtj feet into the strenm, to be
swept to the riiplds below.
Rut for the tirst time the terrier
made n Miuiiil. lie gave u whining
bark, nlinost human In its meaning,
and threw himself at the legs of his
master, pushing him backward nnd
over tow aid the road leading upon
the bridge, as a collie guides sheep.
Present! Ingiilbi felt the floor of the
the Orange funeinl. lie had heard the
criminal hii cling of Felix Marchand
sav thai it should be done at midnight
and that the explosive should be laid
under that putt of the luiilge which
joined tho Mnnitou bank of the STgnlao.'
As though In erj truth lie saw with
his ei os, he stopped short not far from
the point wbeie the hi idge joined the
land, and stood still, listening.
Tor several minutes he was motion
less, intent ns an animal waiting for
its foe. At Inst Ins nowlj .sensitive
ears heard footsteps appio.iching and
low Mines, The footsteps nunc nearer,
the oiccs. though so lo,, beenme mole
distinct The wile now not liftv feet
nwiiv, but to the deliiious Ingolbj they
were as near as death had been when
his lingers closed on the pistol in his
room.
He took n step forward, nnd with
passionnte oice and arms outstretched,
he cried :
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
By DADDY
RACI!G FOR A THRONE
fl'mnil. "'"' l'"lu "" (!e"
rml Cronkt) nnd the binU tare for
the thtnnr llwUnntl, one thud nf
the inrr iciiii hit mr. nnr-thinl lit)
irnri nnd one-thud- hi IimiiI 1'01I
nnd llillii nie ahrnti xrhen they irneh
tht hind thud, hut ttop nhen they
,ec a inttage. nfiie.)
A Surprise at the End
((TT1IRR! Fire! lire! shouted l'cggv
I? nnd ltillv. rniinlnc toward the
On tho roof of the cottnge wns n
dinner bell. Peggj grasped the rope,
and the bell clanged out nn alarm.
"Dang! Dang! Fire! Fire.!"
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and tucn4mim. tno uoor nuinvp
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Tlilt.
Rrabboel up a water pail and emptied
it on the fire. Then lie run bac k to the
fake for another p.iilful. Pcgg.v seized
n blanket from a bed nnd snaked it in
the rain barrel. AVhen it wns wot she
boat the fire with it. Rill) poured
more water on the tire, nnd in quick
jink berries. In sonic way the stove
door linil come open and fulling In and
L linil set lire to the floor.
nnel Peggj ran to the door, onlj to sec
the other racers far, fur nhe.iil of
them Rnlk) S.uu. witli the buds still
nn Ins linil. , ns lust untoiiii.. ,l,a
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woods that stretched from the beach to
the old mill where the race was to end,
"We can't catch them now." cried
I 'egg) ; and then she nnd Rillj told the
bovs nbout the l.icc for the throne ot
Ilirdland.
The birels were still on Rnlk) Sam's
back
bee nuso, after he hue! ferried
th"m across the Inkes, thov wouldn't
let go. The) knew lie could run over
land faster thnn they could, anil s0 they
stuck right to him. Ralky Sam fussed
and fumed, but Judge Owl just hooted
nt him: "Hon! IIoo! That's our little
trick on jou !"
To get riel of them Rnlkj Sam plung
ed thiough the bushes, blushing off a
lot that waj. Rut Juelge Owl, Air.
Robin, Redely Wooelpce ker nnd lilm
Jaj clung tightly to ins back, nnd
Redd) Woodpecker kept spurting him
nlong bj eligging his bill into Ralky
Sam's tough hide.
Ralkj Sam ensilj pns'ed fJenernl
Swallow, (lenernl Croaker ami AVild
Duck, and there was the old mill and
victory only u short distance ahead
Now Rilky Sam was shrewd nnel he
didn't Intend to be tricked out of the
race by unj of the birels. So he stopped
snort, nnu over lie loueii ot course
the birds got off in a huiij, but when
line me maze was.,,,.. . us as me ,B , n ,)rctt, ,Nntclfl. gilll.k ns was.'' she gave a little hysterical in,igi..S'-''velT. et vvun eyes tn iwiiimb..; 'Then-jou nro-the grouch behind
,,.-l.-i,i,-. B,,M.,,o,.,h-,, .u,,,- M.at ana r,n, jumped under the "was some new notes fiom Mr Purvis "u" mpr-, , - ,. , the hedge vou. the owner of the rose
dnshed up on bicjclos "A hat's tne .,.ltnpfnii ,, in ,ivi, ,,,., ,.;,, ,., .,;',, ',,'". .,,' .,1,1 . "I mean the grouchv old man's gar- ,, ,, ,!,, t-,. ,.
matter?'' they shouted. R,, toh. washed off his b. 1, T.H,, Ita Ik, Sum ,' " ,n ! V. . "sav k vo 'Z" r rV''' l At that thV "paragon" are.LT; he
the,,, It soemeel that the bovs bad lett ,,, le ,,! , ,l,sl.,l tovva.el wn. it no s, up- oil v"aut s nmat else- "0-0,, T SP- 'tT; , .cplied:
a fire in the stove when the) went to ,1.,. nliii '"k". "uv J want suinmat else of Up r0 Com0 IM1 llPlp jou i,,..,N ,,,,, Ttrtn t ,llllr
"If vein Inidn't e'ome ulong just then s ,L. rushed mound to the froirt of the me nnd sat down in my own room nml '""tJL0"', ,' , f Vet n snnln Is
we wouldn't have had an) cottage mli, ,e got the si.rpiise of his life. -I told her all about it and now-I'm , T si,-,(' , ' ' S o Tore !? n-
left." s-ud the b,s gintcfully. f,)r there, sitting on t nil platform as here with .vou, Mr. Duke all through s'0"'' yon f''woulcl I allow- a garchuier
' "c. I guess we have lost the race, though the) had been waiting nil day, lur. !od bless her generous, good-na- i P0"0 OHr , . , "Mi t,
but it was woith it." said P.illv. Ho were Peggj ami Rillj. tured heart." lto rail nnd sp ,,nw ,nu plo"1P '
Got Close Enouah to liafflefields to Finrl Out
II imv ni IIWSV
WAVE
WHAT WAS
THE DELAY?
By SIR GILBERT PARKER
Author of "The Seats of the Mighty,"
"The Montr Maater," etc.
"Vou shall not do It by CJod, you
shnll not touch my bridge! I built It.
You shnll not touch It. Rack, jou
devils back!" The terrier barked
loudl).
The two men In the semldnrkness in
front of him cowered nt the sight of
this weird figure holding tho bridge they
linil come to destroy. Ills words, ut
tered In so strnnge nnd unnatural a
voice, shook their nerves. They shrank
nwaj from the ghostly form with the
outsti etched nrms.
In the minute's pnuse following on
his words, n giant (Iguie siiddenl. np-
pearccl behind the thnnmitcrs. It wns
the temporary chief constable of I.eb
nnoti, returning from Ills lsit to Toko
wnui lie had henril Ingolbj 's wild
words, nnd he realized the situation.
"Ingolbj steady there, Ingolby!"
he called "Steady! Steadj ! Ciabriel
Druse is here. It's nil right."
At the first sound of Druse's voice
the two wreckers turned and ran.
As they did so, Ingolbj 's hands fell
to his side, and he stnggered forward.
'Druse riedn," hc murmured, then
swnjed, tiembled nnd fell.
AVith winds that stuck in his tliront
Gabriel Druse stooped nnd lifted him
up in his arms. At fiist he turned
tnwoiJs the budge, ns thongh to cross
over to Lebanon, but the last word ,
Ingolbj had uttered rung in Ills ears,
nnd he ennied him nwnj into the trees
towards his own house, the faithful
terrier following.
"Druse rirda!" Thej weie the
words of one who had suihlenh emerged
from the obsession of delirium into
snnitv. and then bad fallen into as sud
den unconsc iniisiicss
Fledn' 1'led.i!" called Cabriel
Druse outside the door of his bouse n
quarter of an hour Inter, nnd her voice
in rcplj was that of one who knew
that the feet of Fate were at her thresh
old. (TO I3H CONTINUED)
'Ah, at List jou're here,'
Rilly.
chuckled
1'aiK.V Mm jumped Up llllll Clashed
tliirn u nre Hip bird, Dtriiiti nn
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Ins hack. Judge Uw 1 was even on hi
.nil
leaning far forwiud. so he could ,
jump off, anil De the hist when the
iiiiu Hin ic-uwicu. I
Seeing Hint he couldn't get rid of the
birds thnt wnv. R.ilkv San. t.iod another!
plan On the path to the mill was the
mill d.mi, over which u stream was How
Piosideii of Rirdland.'
oiu jiuiiv 0.11 ii a;iv UIIMIIUI'II. mill
h it i -5 v I Tt-Twl kv
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"Ah, at last jou're here," chuckled There was silence for a few minutes
Rillj. "Peggj nnd I have' won in a nI"1 tllP" I)u,u askpl:
tie, so we both be Rirdlniid'h president.) ",Iluc J011 tlu l'urvis you hnve seen
T.. ;ll-..ln...in,lii. .....1.1 :n...i.i.'lllo?"
. iwil lllivuui ...... 1111,1 j.ii; ,, in Hilt' 1110
next.
'Hurrah! Hurrah for President
Rill)! Hurrah for Piesident Poc-erv !
Ilurrnh for the Republic of Iiirdlancl !"
screeched all the buds, Hocking up by
the nil route.
How had Hilly and Pe-ggj managed to
get there ahead of Ilalk) Sain? Why
it really was very simple. The lm,M ..J1
the cottage linel loaned them 'their I
bidden nnd shown them n snmn,n I
easier and shorter nntli thm, tl, ,..i.'
woodsy way bj which Ralkj Sam lihd
come. And so they hail won the race,
the nice for the throne of lliidlaud!
fin the next iiiitnlhnent another
jolty Midland story will he told.)
Card, Mailed In 1914, Delivered
Two post cards, one mailed June L'S,
1SKM1, and the other .lull .1. 1!14
were delivered through tli mails in
tliis city jesterclnj. Thev weie ad
dressed to William (S. Fisher, who linsJ
been dead four jenrs. The cards were
icceived at the office of Robert M
'n)Ht tc Co., -J12.1 Wulnut stii'et. ThN
firm bought Mr. Fisher's business after
the Intter's denth. One caul had been
mailed in Ruffnlo. N. Y., and the othei
nt Old Point Comfort.
THE GERMAM
GENERALS
HOVVS
"THAT?
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5
BRUNO DUKE
Solver of Business Problems
Ry HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Copyrlfht.
THK I'ROHLEM OF THE
S.Ml'tiOLED JEWELS
A Complicated Problem
Sl'SAX MA1TLAXI) did not tell her
story to Kruno Duke without much
questioning on his pnrt. So much go
that he bad to send her to Mamie's
home, for It wns 11 o'clock before Susan
had explained to Dukq how Rnnuock
Purvis borrowed money from her nt 2
per cent Interest n month while he got,
5 per cent n month from It.
The security, ns I explained, wns ac
counts pnjable, all supposed to be due
within thirty days.
AVhrn Duke bnd n second Interview
with Susan Mnltland I wns there.
She came to his npnrtnient nt the
time nppointed 10 o'clock on a Wed
nesday morning. She silt wearily on a
chair and said with n brave attempt to
smile.
"Here I nm on time, Mr. Puke. It's
so good of you to see me, although I
feel Hiiro It's no use. I'm afraid Mr.
Purvis has lost all my money."
"We'll see about that later, my dear
joung lady," Duke said in reassuring
tones. "I want jou to meet my helper
nnd friend. Mr. Peter Flint, lie knows
an jou toici me inst r neiny ocnmg,
nnd ns he will lime to help me, I want
jou to .pealt finukly to him as well as
to me."
She gave me n shy and weary glance
and remarked :
"I know, Mr. Flint, of course, be-
ause I've read his stories about jour
work " She shook bands with me nnd
then lnid her hands in her lnp nnd said :
"Now, sir, whnt can I sny?"
A few admit questions nnd Duke
found out the following:
ISnnnnck Purvis had pnid the - per
cent n month for six or seven months,
when suddenly the interest stopped. He
explained to her that severnl clients of
his weie hard up and mnny of the ac
counts which were assigned ns collateral
were slow pay.
"Of course, jou understand," Pur
vis had hiiid, "that these folks aie slow
pnj, but they are good, nnd the longer
thej delav the nioie we get, nnd nny
bow . we have L'." per cent lcownj, for
J only loan seventy -hvo dollars on 5100
worth of accounts owing."
Well, things had drifted on for six
months with Purvis giving the girl a
few dolhus ft mil time tu time "to up-1
nil against interest." On this trifle
she had to struggle along. In fact, she
sold nor small collection ot jewelry and
some ..wlils 'itiiI emlu nf f n t ti 1 1 iii-n In 1,al..
s IW ..VIIF
her expenses. Uverj month Fin vis gave!
i her new note's with new lists of nccounts
, pn)uble which constituted the security.
These notes were ever increasing in.'
size, for extrn collnteinl to cover nc-I
cumulated interest was nddcel. j thnt she lost her footing, vainly tried to
, On pnper she was still getting her in- Rrn, n rosc twiB nml fH' to tllP f "T."1'
forest but no cash had been forthconi-1 "ll,'r'' sh( a' """'- unheeding
ing for two mouths and to get even the "'K1'' or K"n',s- , , ,,,,.,
ba.cst of living Susan Mnitland was1 Suddenly a tall form landed beside
1 doing fanej sewing nt the homes of ter- I nor- . ... , ,
.tiiiii wealth) women. I "Are jou hurt nt my r.cntly words?
I This wns the condition she wns iuT thought 'Mills boys. AA ill jou ever
when Almoin lmimntiod t enll nt Imp forgive me?
sliabbv n. Mamie called to sell her
somp SOnp hhe stnyed to comfort the
lonelv gill.
Susan explained half nnolo-eJlionllv
?' ... i' ' ", 'J ' ,." ". T. .'
been c.vinc. It wns' sillv of 'mo 1 1
I,.,..... ii .... i ... .....i n t i. '
nun,,, nu, in iiiiiii(, iiiiu mi i nun
but somehow -Miss Cleff is so hue nn. '
niiuuii, diii' jiii jrui nt; i iti nit uiULUlU
No."
"He hns no idea jou hnve told anj
bodj ?"
"Not the least."
"What is ills address?"
"Room 1-1S Kniincl Ruilding, Nas
sau street."
Come back this time next week, Miss
JUl'li HUN Ullie lll'Xl WflK, .UIKS'
Mnitland
'''", matter
Then be-1
and she left us.
TODAY'S RCSINESS Ql'KSTION
What is a "Letters Patent"
Amicer irill appear Monday,
ANSWKR TO YESTKRDAVS
Rl'SINKSS QUESTION
A "I'nssport" is a pel minion fioin
a government to travel, with identi
fication and vertificatc of nationality,
Sell Government Wool Wednesday
A sale of government wool, incliidlug
4,-100,000 pounds of grens) carpet and
.',:iOO,()00 piiunds of scoured carpet, will
be held next AVedneselny afternoon nt 1!
o'clock at the Manufacturers' Club. The
wool will be on show nt tho upprniser's
store's, 1,'I4 South Second street, start
ing Monday.
st Idin M "I'-e He sin,l,i, inP
THEV DID NT KNOW
WHERE THE BATTLE
FIELDS WERE
B I L A A
n. i ri XI i a &
Ifefp' ' ft s ti
THE DAILY
BEHIND THE
Ry J. S.
LENA r.VERHARD stood there on
the back step of iier fnthcr'a new
country home. She looked tho picture
of summer in her thin, fluffy dress of
white dashed with color from the pink
ribbon nt her wnlst and sleeves nnd
with tho light breeze ruffling her sunny
hnir.
Her eyes, 'a soft brown, twinkled
bright with humor eyes that the
sunlight now turned idto n golden
brown.
She, raised herself on tiptoe.
"Oh, dear! How can nny one cover
tip n beautiful rose hedge with n high
stone wall, ugly nnd, yes. Inhuman. It
must be just heavenly behind that hedge
nnd to think thnt a grouchy old man
is to be there nnd so romantic a spot."
She gave a little sigh.
"He must get n grouch or he'd take
that old stone wall down."
Unsuccessful in obtaining one little
peek over the wall, she settled herself
on the doorstep nnd began reading hot
brother Ted's letter horn oveisens.
Soon her little white shod feet begnn
tapping the step.
"Ted seems to have found n para
gon," she half sneered. V'I nlwnjs
hated idols on pedestals. This nvintor,
Jim Rurton, must be n wonder. H'm!
This hedge interests me more. I wish
Ted could get home. He's been gone
so long. We nre sqch chums. AVhy
couldn't he have come with this Jim
of his?" She .sjghcel n little, x folded
the letter and jumped to her feet. She
stood gaping nt the enormous clusters
of leel and pink roses that hung over
the top of the wn)l.
"Thej're hanging over in mv jard.
and I'm just going to get n ladder nnd
pick some before thnt grouchy man
moves in there." ,
The ladder proved too short to secure
mnny sprnjs, but finding n hole in the
wall, she felt repaid nt the sight of n
glorious rifit of rose color in the gar
den. "And all for one lone, selfish man to
enjov . It's n shame." she murmured.
as she stood perilously balanced on the
ladder, she caught the smell of cigar
smoke.
i "Whv. I do believe the grouch, that's
'his unme. hns arrived. He mustn't see
'me." nnd down the ladder twinkled
two little white feet,
The vvnll wns long nnd well filled vvitli
vei handing roses, nnd they supplicil
l.enn wiin nowers icir m-vitiii eons.
Xover otioo onillll she catch n C lllllse
' . I
of the grouch neiiitid tne rose nccige.
Rut one dav ns she stood perched high
'in tho air a stern voice bellowed:
"Stop stealing those loses!
So astonished wns tire iirottv thief
"O-oh. mj nnkle hurts so." wailed
"' Elrl then l"""'!! "P. "" quavered:
Are jou im no- H"l",tr'
dener?"
She began to whimper a little
the grouch's gar
the
l,ni" " n" .v wU:n.
-Jine wmii. .
queried the man
We ,. say 110(,o," she
,
wns nil mv iiiiiii.
Lenn shook b,cr head.
"I-don't suppose so. she drawled
longingly, ns he noted how handsome
wns the' face bent over her.
"Rut I don't care if they don't. AVhy
just come, that's all."
"Well, they can't stop me throwin?
roses over the wall every morning, enu
tUPV?" . , i , i
"Vni" the eirl answered decisivelj-.
So every morning found fresh roses
" , ..I.,- n,,o ilnv sill, even
ove
Tncrether with the roses n long letter
from brother Ted enlivened n little the
slow crawling hours. She even felt n
slight interest in Ted's hero. Jim Rur
ton, who bnd won such glorious air
victories, and wns such a favoiitc. She
wondered if he was ns handsome as the
gardener. He couldn't be
", hope Ted won't conjure up match-
.k!..B v J os J 11 nnd me. es,
tn nnnnpn iiinu iui ju iuiu iiiiu in '
.1 t. . 1 TI... J.
, . ,, .
sray-Ziaps--''0 :"0Wa
SZJV C .Tiirettv head.
"AA'hile Jim Rurton mny be a hero,
and while I'm so grateful to him for
Tod's life, nnd long tiitell him so, it
doesn't mean mntrimonj."
Right here the gurclener's pair of
' By Chas. Mc.Mnmis
iiw,y
MsMftWOS
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f5.
NOVELETTE
ROSE HEDGE
RROOKS
merry' gray eyes seemed to dance be
tvveen the lines of the letter. Coming
dock to earth, she shrugged her shoul
ders nnd puckered up her prettj' month.
"Absurd!" Lena overheard, "letting
visions like those enter jbur brnln!"
Yet that same little sly minx selected
nn upper bark room overlooking n cer
tain rose garden, where she nursed her
sprnlned ankle just to catch a glimpse
of the roses, of course.
Ahd one day she nctunlly threw a
weighted message rigVit into tho garden
and It wns picked up by the man whose
name the note bore.
It snld: "Where Is the grouch still
smoking behind the hedge, while jou
tend his roses? I'm awful lonesome. 1
mny sit near the wall Wednesday if
they'll let me."
Artful little thing, ns If she didn't
surmise the nnswer thnt followed:
, "I'll be there if you'll reply to my
line on June, etc. Crouch still smokes
In the snmo place. Never mind, he's
deaf!"
So it enmc nbout that a girl dlstrnct
ingly pretty, In n pale blue gown, hair
glistening in the bright June huh, ejes
shining with expectation, sat one aft
ernoon benenth the rose vvnll.
"Oh. what is so rare as n day in
June!" snug n musical' voice on the
other side of the wall.
Rack came the nnswer:
"It would' bo If Lena were nil in
tunc."
A laughing mass of masculine hu
mor nnd sunshine Inndeel plump nt her
side nnd. bowing low. presented her
with an immense bunch of the choicest
roses.
"Oh. I thank you, Mr. Mr. why. '
isn't it funny, I've never heard your
name. .Mr. ?"
"Lindsay, nt' vour service, fair
Lena." supplied the man. "Hcus,.
me. that's all the nnmc I've heaid."
"Lena Everhard. Listen. Mv
brother Ted comes net week. You'll
like him. They may let me go to meet
him."
Lindsay's eyes danced nt the sight ,
of her. x
"Say, that's great. Ronb that I
was to cause that sprain. I'll make it
up to you."
".Make it up how'"
"Oh. in roses or-soine wnv."
"Rut the grouch may not like it. Ry
the wnv. he must be pretty ensv on '
jou. Vou seem to have so much time,,
jou know."
"He's not grouchy when one knows
mm. Stone wnls don't make n crnnoh.
Saj". wouldn't it he jolly If he'd pull
eiown uus vvnll just grow the rose
hoelffn?"
sounded from tho gatQwnv.
Ted: It's Tod and I
I! nnd I enn't go to
led. Rut the soldier
rer the cafe.
him ! she trcmbl
bnv- line? melted n
- - - ' "... "t hitli ,
"n,- oil i.t tu... ,.!i -... .,. !.
.... ..,, w,i imi-s iiin in mr mr,
lurton Jim! Wliere did jou come
rom. old fellow? I should judge bv
I
from
Lena's pink cheeks thnt jou were old
fiionds." Ted chuckled.
Theie snt Ted's sister, wide-eved.
open-mouthed, with not one Cign of
welcome for Ted. '
"Rurton. Jim!" she gasped, nnd snt
ga7ing into the sniilingmisohiovous.
i'jes of the man nt her feet. Then nt
his garden suit.
service, ma'am, and owner of the roses,
nnd jou, I hope some day," he added
audaciously.
Tod threw his cap high in the nir,
jclliug:
"Snv yes, sis.
world."
Rest fellow in tlve
.
t .1 . .. .....
JjI'iiji i rnu in nnr nenntii nnctn twm 1 1 tmn . t "v i , '.
--., ... . ., , . iiiii.iv. , iiiiii iiiiiii .nnrrrn i- ..!. ,
Rut nil the girl said was: "And j on. poflO per. jCandidntcs there ore, o,
too, in it, Tlf Come here and get. both sides, are thick ns the leaves o
innr Km, nf u itlnnTiin " ii . ,caM1 Ui
' At . Mel. , iii . ,..,,.
lj at them, the irrepiessiblu hi other
shouted :
"A'otirs won't be long on the way,
Jim!"
"Silly," blubbed Ted's sister.
The next complete novelette
First Love."
-"The
One's Afraid, Other
Daresn't, Says MkCain
Continued Fron rage One
who have served nnd sacrificed them
selves, Judge Patterson is urged to
push the crown nside. Hc leads to
date.
J. Freelnnd Keudrick, perhaps the
r -- tf"Al , ' "a" o"f
,, Anplpnt r -3f
most widely knowif citizen of Philadel
dinner Rpenker, n man nppniontlx with
. ,oiu t'lU'imt'N, Have1 l m mca l . Is nnnthpr
arl " "'ls Ht.lnK. Rut there are
.condition, nffedlug ltis candidacy that
.. .... ......
if not In
render his selection doubtful politics.
Lity Solicitor John P. Connelly.
sunVe and persunsive. is n newcomer
whose friends hne shied Ids "lid" intoL
the aiena during the last few dn.vs.
i omment under the circumstances is a
trifle limited up to date.
It is more than possible that the
citj solicitor may be too much of the
e'ever politician to render him wholly
availabV.
Willie there are otbeis, this trio
occupies the center of the stage, with
u top-galleiy spotlight pln)ing full upon
them.
Acker Has Rig Following
Reading the Independent list, nnd
ending it, too, up to the present-nib
ment. is A. Lincoln Acker, ex-shoriff.
( worthy citizen and prominent merchant.
He has a large personal following in the
I northern part of the city. Rut .Alf,
Acker has pilvntcly discouraged the use
1 of lis name. "I doubt If he has nny
I thing but distaste for the whang-bang-'ing,
nnvil-poundltig, Romnn-caudlc nc-
cossorie of u fierce and furious cam
paign which this promises to be, 'once
the blamed thlug gets started,' as a
leading reformer remarked.
A favorite with the Republican Al
liance, "3lr. Acker is riot wholly accept
able to the radical reform element. Hc
han been a machine politician nt one
time in his busy life; hence the bar
sinister across his political availability.
Of course, there are other City Club
voting contest 'names, like John O.
AA'inston. TJioinas'O, Armstrong, Powell
Evans,- Cfljflail guidon Potter and lotjijs
more who arc mutely nnd unostcntn- -tlously
giving" nn Imltntlon of AJax de
fjlng the lightning. It is snel, but
true, that the lightning up to date has
refused to be defied, Pct-hn)is it is n
case on Its inrt of watchful wnltlng.
Then there arc Thomas ltncburn
White, Vivian Frank (Jnblc and Oeorgo
D. Porter who nre "mentioned," They
nre nil well-known gentlemen, but ap
parently there Is some fly In the oint
ment when it comes, to n consideration
of their nvallnbllity.
Always it's a sort of mono, mene,
tekel. uplinrsln flnnle, A welghed-Inr
the.hnlnncc and. well, Rlhlc students
know the rest. The long nnd the short
nf It Is that those who would answer
up to the rigid requirements of tho
radical reformers fall to measure up
to the demands of the Republican Al
liance. Kusiness Is business, cv6n in
n reform campaign.
Regarding Hampton Moore
It wns fondly hoped by the indepen
dents, nnd the Penrose people particu
larly, thnt the veteran lender of the
Nineteenth waul nnd titular head of
several other municipal principalities,
Senator Dave Mnrtiu, held the solution
In Ms band, thnt Congressman J.
Hampton Moore might be the cry in the -,
wilderness.
Rut I'ncle Dave choked off the voice
bj clamping n large hand on its vocal
chords when he declared that J. Hamp
ton ns congressman from the Third
Philadelphia district was too big a man
to sacrifice upon the nltnr of a mnj or
ally fight. I pointed out two weeks
ago that this would be tln probable
finale Senator Martin is' a gentleman
of great political perspicacity. It was
never more clearly shown than in the
present instance.
And there you nfe!
The Town Meeting party on the Rt
f .llvvM to have n delegate meeting
"' """"'"lie pinns nnu name candidates.
Vi?ian1.IVI,nk. (,,n,,,,P' T of tI,(' vlean'
l mca' ,oo; tl'P "fhomp in charge,
' 'r"t ""' ' "amber of Commerce side-
Knt1(,l"l,0,, tho iuvitation to participate.
,rh ',lp rit-v cll,l K"'e it the glad
lmm1, l,ut '"''d the other eye. Sev-
rrnl otIl('r organisations chnssezed the
'"""-if01 nnd begged to bo excused,
, 'V" Slnn,or Vnrp t meeting ot
the Rciuiblicnn city committee took a
Oreeo-Romnn fall out of the delegate
convention project it censed to func-
,ion fl",t'',r. Its light went out. In
") f,ton'1 rosc "P the committee of one
hundred.
, rr, t,10, "KNil committee has
, !' '" " tnU' of Pturitlon. It was
," J"!?", ')0(", "'""'need last Tuesday.
rn,' J? "'"'"' "' As Senator Pcn-
..v,? u'VS
. 'on rnn n,n Politics on a sehed-
"wnfll!,r,,,l,to '""j01"1 timr-" A
- "u miner tne clrcum-
stances.
Committee Plans Unsettled
Fp until fodnv.the committee is still
n- ,. .. - " "'"
a mi n .wectin" nnrtv. lu ,..!, f ,1.-
MitnonN of Cong,ess, Stovohson. of
South Cnro'ine. would identifv as ",
lone-homl ,,'... ,. . ...
."illi -lll-llll i-ern mum -' i. . ..
mm iiiiuion lor n olti?
T'ntil n. list of nvailal
bren crtmpiled or s'u
izen of discretion.
able candidates has
PlICCl. Or Rllf-irnatn.l .. ..1.1 I
l. I..... J . : """ ' """"1 ur
... ..iier term why call the commit
tee together for organization?
The fact is thnt each faction is tip
toeing nround, clavv-hamnicr in hand,
waiting for the other to name n man
or do something. Then they'll "do"
him or it. This explains the delav, the
hesitnnc), if t netunl fenr, to iliac
n candidate into the limelight.
Ruth side is crouched rmelv tr. ,!,,-;
si on the first unfoitunnte who icccives a
...s..,,, ineiorsoment. "Cnfoi tunate"
is the prniierly expic-fsive word, ns the
nu oral ty nspiiants tliis niitumn will
cIRcjiver. The Dickensonian descrip
tive is very niipllenblc:
" 'Ood help us nil, ciied Tiny Tim."
As to the councllmanic situatioif:
I weiity-one councilmen nre to be
elected. AVnrel lonilneo o i.
for recognition as directors of public
TIinmlM llllll nnnti nnta .- e a
'""wnMosa. lint they do not .smell as
sweet.
Other Offices Overlooked
The other elective offices apparently
have been overlooked bv both sides.
Au.v how, the regulars will nominate for
party advantage, the independents on
the question of fitness.
In this situntiou the A'urcs hnve their
hands full nnd then some, I do not
think thnt conditions among their rnnk
nnel file nre as inliaimonious as de
scribed. The power of the organization
dominates. AA'in or lose, to the "reg
ular" there is always n future possi
bility of Ionves and fishes nnd the green
pastures of fat office.
There is a multitude of candidates'
among the independents nnd it is re
garded as u hopeful omen. The more
(he merrier and the larger the inde
pendent vote thnt will come out to vote
fo," them.
Rut why this coyness of enndidates?
This backwardness, so unusual, to serve
the denr people?
Renlly available, independent citizens
dread the club of tho oiganizntlon.
They shrink from a campaign in which
the very soul of a candidate will be
skinned, scraped nnd nniled on the
stnnie uoor.
'J''"' regular A'arc organization Is in
a simitar condition. It possible the
candidate mny be less sensitive than tho
So-called "high brow." Senntor Pen
rose, whose powers of invective nre as
remorseless ns thej nrcgront. Is believed
to be lying awake ut night thinking up ,
new schemes of verbal torture. Re
ticles, some who desire to shine hnve a
past which IS an inconvenient thing In
nl political tuinpaign.
Costly Campaign
When one considers the question of
finances on both sides the figures nmount
nth
iidr
into the hundreds of thousands. It
vvl'l be n costly cnmpnisu for each
side. The Town Meeting party nl
ready has something like $100,000 in
pledges tucked nvvay in Its jenns. The
independent campaign Is expected to
consume n matter of $2."0,000.
The regular in ganizatlon will require
eonsldernb'y more. It Is understood
that certaiu large vested Interests will
contribute liberally, particularly so ifL
they visualize largely the matter of
future benefits. (
Then I rather suspect there will
be voluntary contributions, the law to
the contrary, frnni members of tre
organization, which in the aggregate
will run into a considerable, sum.
AVith n paucity of caudldaieg for
Major, a multitude of candidates for
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