rtf 60 EVENING' PUBLIC EDaER-PHILAPLPHIA SATUBDAYr TOUT 2, 1919; r,tet Tlip' 1 -A "2, ei Uttfitt i . " i rn. iv K t I I m I I ? , .-. i mE WORLD FOR SALE 'it (Copyright, 1015 ly Harper Jk Droa.) THIS STARTS THE STORY Flcda Druse, daughter of Gabriel jj. ruse, or gypsy moon, suoois m i m ., , , ai 1.. r'V., ,,cano3 the Carillon rapids on tne aag 0 w .alac river, where it Hows between the . , towns of Manitou and Lebanon, In .- rMK.ltH VA.l1...Lf Qltn let MiB. ,,,; IUU VsUllilulltu puumuoi. w.. o s iJ,i cuscd from the whirlpools below by tKtfT "Max Incolby. a manager of great t "i-v! Interests, who has come to Lebanon them the center of commerce In the western north. On the shore she is Insulted by Felix Mnrchnnd, n pow- , erfill but disreputable character of Manitou. Incolby nttacks Marrhand, who vows revenge. Flcda is claimed by one .Tethro Fawe ns his wife, under r gypsy custom which united them lu marriage when they were children. Flcda rejects' him and n jealous qunrrel ensues between Fawe and Ingolby. Marchand stirs up a feud betwen the two towns in order ' to foil Ingolby's ambitions and plans a clash between the two factions dur ing the funeral of an Orangeman to be held in Lebanon. Ingolby, in dis guise, mingles with his enemies in Manitou. Fnwc reveals his identity and Iflgolby is rendered blind by a blow on the head. A parade of strik ers from Ianitpu clashes with the funeral of Lebanon under the pre text of iusulting remarks by the Orangemen against their religion. Marchand, the leader, is hurled through the air by Onbricl Druse, who lias been appointed head ron stablc. His followers arc cowed and return silently to Manitou after one of their priests lias made nn appeal to them. For six weeks Ingolby is fared for by Flcda, in her own home. His work has been taken over by another. Progress in "the towns has stopped and trouble is brewing once again. A specialist from the Fast is coming to try to restore Ingolby's eyesight. Fleda is k'luapped by Faw c and n band of his gypsy followers. AND HERE IT CONTINUES -r tt A LL that belongs to the life of the (( jtx. cities. Any one can learn it. Any f: .. . nil 1n.n lilA i-nn n,i,l mn ,ittfi n irF VUC i;M UJ.U 111", jvi uuu ...v, ... little practice, can talk like Goigio dukes and earls. I've been among them and I know. I've had m fritnls among them, too. I've got the hang of it nil. It's no good to me, and I don't want it. It's all part of n set piece. There's no independfnee in that life: you live by rule. Diable! I know. I've been in palaces; I've play ,ed my fiddle to the women in high places who can't blush. It's no good ; it brings nothing in the end. It's all hollow. Look at our people then " H swept a hand to the tent door. "They'f tanned and rough, as all outdoor thing are rough, but they've got their share of happiness, and every dav .ias Its pleasure. Listen to them:" he cried with a gesture of ciultatiou. "Listen to that !" The color slowly left Flcda's fare. Outside in the light of the dying fires. , under the glittering stars, in the shade of the trees, groups of Homanys were singing the Romany wedding melo ly -..called "The Song of the Sealing." It was not like the ringing of wedding bells alone, it sealed blessing Upon the ntan and the woman It was a poem in praise of marriage liassion; it was a, paean proclaiming the accomplishment of life. Crude, primitive, it thiilled "withieastem feelini: n weird charm was t.linu-ori-,1 from lis milint -.v...w. ..u... .... . ..-. .... . . - .. . Listen: exclaimed .letliro again, a fire burniug in his face. "That's for you and me. To them ou arc my wife, and I am your man. Mi Duvel it shall be so! I know women. For an hour you will hate me; for a day ou will resent me, and thcu you will' begin to love me. You will fight me, but 1 will compier. I know you 1 know jou you women. But no, it will uot be I that will con quer. It's my love that will do it. It's a den of tigers. When it breaks loose it will buvo its way. Here it is. Can't you see it m my face.' Can t you bear It in my voice? Don't you hear my heart beating? Every throb says, Tleda Ffeda-Fleda, come to me.' I have loved 1 you since jou were three. I want you now. wo can be happy, favery uigut we will make a new home. The worfd will be ours ; the best that ia iu it will come to us. Wo will tap the trees of happiness they're hid from the Gorgio World. You and I will kuow where to find them. Every luud shall be ours; eyery gift o paradise within our reach riches, power, children. Come buck to your own people ; be a true daughter of the Ry of Rys; live with your Romany chal. You will never be ut home any- ffj, where else. It's in your bones : it's in uL your blood; it's deeper than all. Here, BT now, come to me my wife." He flung the Hap of the tent door across tho opening, shutting out the camp-fires and the people. "Here j!OWcome. Be mine while they bing." ,For one swift moment the great pas sion and eloquence of tho man lifted her off her feel; for one instant the Romany in her triumphed, and a thrill of passion passed through her, storming her senses, like a mist thutting out all the rest of the world. This Romany wns right: there was In , her the wild thing the everlasting traln of race and years breaking down v all the defenses which civilized life had sttf i,'bullt up withiu her. Just for one in- ''. Ttm -' owfl hnn there flashed before fJtv- uiuw oy ""-- ----., !. "-,- l.- .. n.. -.,rii Ttrrt iiiino pv. ' V T.lltn a stream of ether ploying upon W "?varm flesh, making it icy cold, so some sA. 4 'Mn of the ineradicable good in her fe 4ss pwept like a frozen spray upon the ele ' a.X 'wents of emotion, anu wim pom nunas "' . 1 hmIhvq nf rumitiaton if Ilia eyes with their reddish glow i',Jj6rBtd nearer and nearer to her. He "- Milked over ner, uriving ner duck ugumM ft- t. tM Vn lant wnll l1, fin t,l. n,i . M,n)ULll UJ WV fcMV " , v ' . 57.. f iitrn thut and then, with clenched fshd, she struck him in the face. Uwtrt as had been the chanco In her. j' jnj'a, change like a cyclone swept over , ' ul nni-n l.vefptfit nnwHlnti xvhieh hfirl Muessed him suddenly passed, and a s ftrt, 'sullen determination swept into ' ' -JHb ejtjs and over his face. His lips prW in a ravage smile. A? '-'Hell, so tbat'n what you've learned t UUorslo world, is iti' he asked malevolently. "Then I'll tench you what they do In the Romany world; and to - morrow you -can put the two together nnd see what they look like." With a Romany expletive, he flung back the curtain of the tent nud passed out into the night. For a long time Fleda sat stunned nnd overcome by the side of the couch, her brain tortured by a thousand thoughts. She knew there wns no im- mediate escape from the encampment, She could only rely upon the hue aml cry which would be raised and the certain hunt which would be made fori her. But what might not happen before I any rescue came? The ancient grudge of ' ,. ,, . . ,1.1 the Faives against the Druses had gain- ed power and activity by the self-imposed exile of (inbriel Druse; and .Tethio had worked upon it. The veiled threats which Jethro had made she did not despise. He was a barbarian. He would kill what he loved; he would hnve his way with what he loved, whether or not it was the way of law or custom or right. Outside, the wedding song still made musical the night. v Women's voices, thrill, nnd with falsetto notes. made the trees ring with it ; low, bass voices gave it a kind of solemnity. The view which the encampment took of her captivity was clear. Where was the woman that brought her to the tent whose tent it was? She seemed kind. Though her face hud n hard look, surel she meant to be friendly. Or did she onl mean to betrnj her; to give her a fancied securit . nud leave her to Jethro nnd the night? She looked round for some weapon. There wns nothing uvallnble save two brass candlesticks. Though the door of the tent was .closed, she knew that there were watchers out side; that nny break for libcity would only mean defeat, and ct she was determined to save herself. As she tried to take the measure o the situation and plan what she would' do, the noise of the music suddenly censed, and she heard a voice, though ' low 111 tone, gne some sort of command. Then there was a cry, and what seemed the chaotic noise of a struggle followed; then a voice a little louder speaking, a voice of boine one she remembered, bhc could not place it. Something vital was happening out side, something punctuated by sharp, angry exclamations; afterward a voice speaking soothingly, firmly, prevailed ; and then there was silence. As blie listened there was n footstep at the door of the tent, u voice called to her I softly, and a hand drew aside the tent curtain. The woman who bad brought her to this place entered. "You are nil safe now," she said, icachiug out both bunds to Fleda. "Hy .".I He meanV t mnkV vou h s'v 'Z toiiichr. l.rrh,.r ,m , 1.1. .:." ...C. I'm ii Fawe, but I'd have none of that. I was on ni way to our father's house when I met some one some one thnt ou know. lie carries jour fathers, loice in his mouth. Shn stennoil In tl.n ...., .lnAU , , ii " '" i-"L IIUUI llliu beckoned; and out of the darkness, ouly faintly lightened l.v the diiii" tires ii.oa nnKn.i i ,-i .' . . ' ,....., i, -,-. i mn. ,uuni r ien.1 nad seen not more than lift times in her life. and never but twice j,hu.e hllr liad ceased to be a lioiiiuni. It ,.,, 1(... futher's secet agent. Klmdo. the lln. inelaiu. now grizzled and gaunt, but idea what all this had U, do with get- l,am ,' . "'. ' ," V,'" l m hliM' lail with the sunn) itnlit iilm.i, i,...i i .. u.. M..:,i.i i, .. '.-. mill Duke1 'r """" his in tho ,, w,1(,u M child. Here and there in the world went Uhodo, the Aoice of the Ry of xJ,' V,,".. . '"?'. ' h"J, ''l'' saJ '' .', ,.,... ,"., !" Vaa, "M" molci 'few hoi 111, .Inn.I V....1 I s- .. .., v u.t. . .o nun uvtu I1IUU. ,OW ' n. 1.- I.. .1 ...I ..i ,,,. . " - mui, iu i icoa, ins old e.r gleamed, and lie showed a double row teeth, not one of which was imperfect though he was tcicutv eurs of age. "Would ou like to come?" lie asked. "Would ou "like to come home to the R ?" With a en she Hung herself upon him. "Uhodo! Rhodo '." she evckinn- Pfl. nnti nnu rtin Inm-i. Ix-nl fn-t. ...! U, ... . . ,,, t. . I A few moments later lie said to her: J "It's fifteen jears since ,oti kissed me , "it. 1 thought jou were ashaunil ot I'l iillOOO. She dill not answer, but looked ut him j(.h CTCS streaming, drawing huik from him. Her embrance was astonishing I np herself, for as a child Rhodo JB,,ee? V?""' of a" ," ,,nr- '""V'1' feeling had deepened as the eai.s had Konc 0Di knowing as she Jul his work throughout the world for the Rj of It s. In his face was secrec , know ledge, nnd some tragic uuderthitig wliich gave him, apart from his office, a singu lar loneliness of figure and manner. He was so closely kuit Hi form; there was such concentration in face, bearing and gesture, that the isolation of his posi tion was greatly deepened. "No, jou uevcr kissed me after ou were old enough to like or dislike," he said with mournful and ironical reflec tion. There crept into his fuce a kiud of yearning such us one might feel who beheld afar off a promised land, and et was denied its job. Rhodo was wife less, childless, and had been so for forty years. He had had no intimate? among the Romnny people. His life he lived alone. That the daughter of the Ry of RyB bbould kiss him was a tiling DOROTHY DARN IT If "13 c TIMES HAVE CHANGE of which he would dream when deeds 'were done nnd over nud the shadows tin citicncu. "I will kis you again in anothet fifteen years." she said half-smiling through her tears. "Rut tell me tell me what has happened." "Jethro Fawe hus gone," he answered with a sweeping outward gesture. "Where has he gone?" she aked, ap prehension seizing her. "A journey into the night," re sponded the old man with scorn nud i ,vrath n i,3 tmiP , nj, jip(, wcrc sct ! nc Roillg far?.. s10 nsi,p,ii -vbc romI J0 mi(,ht Mnk ,on(, would be short to him," he answered. Her hands became cold; her heart sec.'" lo stoP ',ca,ti"K;. What road is that?" she asked. She i..,. i,f l ,., ..,. ..... .. , V.U,. tiii uiti-,1, unh, "Ever) body knows it; ever body goes it some time or another." he nnswered duikl.i . "What was it 5011 said to all of them outside?" s'li,. niudo n gesture towaid the doorway. "There were angry cries, and I heard .Tethio Fane's voice." Acs, he was blaspheming," remarked the old man grimly. "Tell me what it was you said, and tell me what has happened," she per sisted. The old man hesitated a moment, then said grimly: "I told them they must go one way and Jethro Fnwc another. I told them the Ry of Rys had said no pntrins should mark the road Jethro Fawe's feet walked. I had heaid of this gathering here, and I was on 111 wu) to hid them begone, for in follow ing the Itj they hnve broken his com mand. As T came, I met the woman of this tent who has been your friend. She is a good woman ; she has suffered. Her people are gone, but she has a heart for others. I met her. She told me of what that rogue and devil had done and would do. He is the head of the Fawes, but THE LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND Takes tront rank in the exciting nnd facciuuting Night Wind romances which liaie come from the pen of Varick Vannrdy. If jou begin reading this story on Monday next, when it starts on this page of the Uvk.vino Public Lkikiku, uu will iind it difficult to endure the suspense between the dnily installments. There is n line and compelling mingling of the hue of a mnn and a woman and the unraveling of a strange nistery hy those skilled in the detection of crime. BRUNO DUKE SOLVER OF BUSINESS PROBLEMS By HAROLD WHITEHEAD The UiisliiMs Ciirfrr nf IVter lint,1 (Copyright) uthor of Rotten Security I'eter." Duke said the morn- "VTOW -l- ing after Hetterly had made hii "T "V" Vn "'" ' Th,"" of the standing of these six b.g debtors of Purvis's. These si concerns, be- 'tween them, owe him about Sl'.Ti.OOO. That's a lot of monej for si small con- . . ... 1.... .. n.. In.. , llinm ffxf nt ,,..., i.. i .i i ,i. course, nirns only loaneii mrui monev ou the security of bills receiv I n, l , . . . , "As lip only loa,ls IO "' 10r ,,i... ,..iiu. ,if the jiccoiints. that means I " lt,,iU !""""' me.' lliee - owing firms haie SI.'O.OOO and , ,- .-,,.,.,.-.. ..,... to them. It looks fishy to I n silent. Tor I hadn't the least ' .'.', ciula'iintiou and' continued: I .., w. .,., notes riven to Miss1, Maitluud 1 find S'Jl.OfM) worth of the Meter Jewel Company's paper and SlO.HOO WOl'tl of accounts receivable behuicing to Harvey & June n inters, nnd iilso a lot of small ac otints These are round ligiitcs oiilv ' I find tluil the small nun ems nie all right, and have paid their notes regular!, and the collator:.! tlic.v oftrr i- line It is the Meter Jewel Coiiipanv and Harvey & Jours thill have not hail their lulls paid. Neither loiiecin is rated." "That's bad. Is tlieie mi win ot finding out about them without their suspecting anything?'' "I've already looked up the printers," DuLc answered. "Last week I called there nud gave them a small older, anil, of course, looked over the establish meut " "What's it like?" I asked cagerlv. "The whole equipment is not worth a thousand dollars. I'm sure that it is impossible for them to have .(i.(l(lil worth of bills receivable. If thev have one-tenth of thnt I'd be surprised," was lu's discouraging comment. "Then the $10,000 worth of their paper t lint Miss Mnitlund bus in- whv it's criminal!" I exclaimed, aghast 1 realized that 'so much of her lniuicj was loaned through Purvis to a crookeif com em "Hy George I Mr iJuke, we ought to make Purvis pay up and swal low the loss himself. I lib name's on the notes, lsu't it?" "Yes," he said quietly, as lie slowl paced up and down the living room, "but he's dead broke himself." IK bat down in lu's big chair and ab stractedly reached for his hookah, which he lit, aud in silence smoked thoughtfully. "What about the Meter Jewel Com pany V" I nsked, after a while. "I've put through an inquiry about Half Pennies Were Coined , f VESThIy) ( A YEAR QO PEOPLE. GO j ( TO DAY IM OOWM 1 I DONT SEE I YOU DONT7 P NAW- YOU :D I ALWAYS OO USE TO SAY I HAD MORE I WAY I TO MV LAST CENT WHERE THt ' . GOT THE CENT - w r gr r v , " J-, riuic.T i ruirsi isrni'Ns . S- u v v, . i v-rmrsijc. - st v n"' i iuu ; I n I ...,...-.. -- . . m . .srs.s.O J I r...lsr- lys. ,-y-J vv Mhis- v.a.iS By SIR GILBERT PARKER Author of "The Scats of (ho Mighty," "The Money Master," etc. the Ry of Hjb is the head of nil the Homnnys of the world, lie had spoken the word ngainst Jethro, nnd the word thnll prevail. The word of the Ry when it is given cannot be withdrawn. It Is like the rock on which the hill rests." "They did not go with him?" she I asked. "It is not the custom," he answered snrdonicall. "That Is n path a Ro many walks alone." Her face was white. "Hut he has not come to the end of the path has he?" she asked tremulously. "Who can tell?' This day, or twenty jears from now, or tomorrow, or next moon, he will come to the end of the path. No one knows, fie least of all. He will not see the end. bcentisc the road Is dark. I don't think it will be soon," he added, because he saw how haggard her face had grown. "No, I don't think it will be soon. He is a Fawe, at the head of all the Fawes; so perhaps theie will be time for him to think, nnd no doubt it will not be soon." "Perhaps it will not be at all. My father spoke, but he can withdraw his wvird," she urged. Suddenly the old gypsy's face hard ened. A iook of dnrk resolve and iron force came into it. "The Ry will not withdraw. He has spoken, and it must be. If he spoke lightly he is not fit to rule. "Unless the word of the Ry of Rys is good against breaking, th',.1 the Ro mnii.is are no omre than scattered leaves at the will of the wind. It is the word nf the R that holds our folk together. It shall not bless, and it shall not curse in inin." I'iting the girl's face, however, and realizing thnt the Corglo life had given her n new view of things; angry with her because it wns so, but loving her for herself, he hesitated before speaking. (TO BE CONTINUED) them nnd haven't yet received the re port-but I fear " I(. silook his head sadly "Then." I felt feaiful even to put ni thoughts into words, "then it looks as if Pr-vis had virtually stolen Miss Maitluud s mouc and left her pentiilos. He must know that these concerns are rotten. Perhaps be uses them merely to get money nnd the menus to go smash and steal it?" "Don't let jour iudignation run awav with your judgment, Peter," lc chided I urns is certainly fool, bl)t hp started out honest, nml fn- .. .... I i ' '" 'C """". '"' " "''i- er. l Imt the force l"i i ill IIIHMllllCCK nmy ,i0l wc don't " ,' '."''. T l"" '" recriiui uuow. Let s waste no time '"" herself turue,) u,, fe,v ,:. "es later, very anxious ami nenoiis . ,w. ""." uu'' ''"'idcss that mj I ".. .oiieu lor ner. i couhj not heli (thinking of the tragic liianuei- i which she had been thrown ou her own re- smlri'ns ,i,,,l I...... r! it. the1, nicmness sue was aud u( jhow uufit to light her own battles. ve are moving uipidly ninv , Miss Maitluud," Duke reassured hei "In a few days we will know exactly how vonr affairs stand. Then we'll promptly act in rectifying tlicni, sj fur as pos sible. " "Thank you, so much. Mr. I hike. " she said sweetly. "I don't know what I'd do without j on and Miss Cleff. She's a true friend, arTd has found me some work addressing envelopes, which pa.vs me splendid!." She soon left, teeling much comforted lu the kuow ledge that the great llruno Duke was guarding her interests As the big frout door banged to on her departing figure, Duke wrote out a i heck and, passing it to me, said casually : "Scud this to Mamie it will square up for her euvelope-uddressing ex penses." How like the quiet, big-hearted Duke that was! 1 was about to say so when the doorbell rang and the afternoon ' Ibatch of mail arrived, Duke looked it 'over, then suddenly exclaimed: "Ha! Here'H the report on the Meter lew el Company." TODAY'S Itl'SINKSS (Jl'KSTION What it "Lay Down" A inner leill appear Monday. ANSWKR TO YKSTKUDAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION .i "Manifold Writer" is a con trivance by irhich several copies may be obtained at once; it consists of several sheets coiered with a prep aration of plumbago. Mr. Knoop Might Have a v m 1 i-. ' ii , ti -, i DAILY NOVELETTE SOMETHING VENTURED SOMETHING WON Ity G. O. Robinson A ti: " chimed 0. Jenncttc-rose on one el bow to better survey the luxury sur rounding her. After a year behind the lines in a French hospital the sudden plunge Into luxury wns breaking down .Teancttc's morale. The hospitality committee of the Red Cross had given Jean the Fifth avenue address. two weeks ago, when she had, innded in New York with n contingent of nurses. Jean wore a decoration and, was to take part In the big parade, and meanwhile, members of the Red Cross, maid in holding the prince's head nbore VCA..A fl.nlol.tnM nlflflallimnnf 4 A tVilttrntn wc.i iiiiiiinuiuf, iriiiMHiiuiuvu, iv tut; returned heroines. The parade was over, but Jean' lin gered at the Warren mansion. Roth Mr. nnd Mrs. Wnrrcn had urged MIrs Ross to extend her visit to them until Bhc felt thoroughly rested after her , siiiK uio tiic laKe. arduous car in France. "That turtle has too big a stomach- Jean realized that even a pretty nurse ache to want to bother nround here with n decoration could not pnrtnkc of njjy more," deelnred Peggy. "Put the a stranger's hospitality indefinitely. The'icc on nalky Sam's hack nnd you'll question was, should she secure n posi-8ct him to shore faster." tion or go for a rest on Uncle Hen's This was done and soon Balky Sam ranch? Neither course nppealcd to her. was swimming for the beach as fast ns "Tills two weeks of case has spoiled ho could with the limp body of the me," thought Jean. She had $500 and Prince across his shoulders. The mer no one to whom she had to nccount. mnid wns close beside him helping to Jumping from her reverie, she enmc ''old the prince's bend above wntcr nnd to n hasty conclusion. "A month of J'eggy nnd Hilly followed .behind, real living, and then back to work!"i "Didn't I tell you she wns n real Jean spent the day shopping. With her limited capital muc ucli care nnd thought hud to be put into the purchase of each garment. Jean telegraphed for reserva tions at a fashionable summer resort." The Wnrrens were calmly polite and regretful when Jean said good-by, but the package of latest books nnd maga zines and a bunch of American Beau ties in the car that took her to the sta tion left Jean with the feeling that Mrs. Warren was very kind. The next evening Miss Ross regis tered at Point of Pines, and after re questing n maid be sent up to help her swept haughtily by the loungers in the lobby to her room. It wns not long before Miss Ross' time was very much occupied. She was u real pal to them all, up early In the morning for a sunrise swim, nn ex pert teuuis player and a graceful dancer. She learned to operate Vaudy Hrooks's speed boat, and young Freeman's high powered roadster. In her heart, Jean had no , admiration for these wealthy spendthrifts, but she meant to have a glorious time while it lasted. Jean's happiest hours were spent in long walks over the hills with Allen Stewart, a quiet, reserved sort of fel low, whom no one secerned to know much about. Jean found this man oc cupying her thoughts so much that bhc fought with herself, and oven uvoided him of late. Perhaps he was posing at the wealthy resort, the same as her self, but somehow Jean could not quite couvince herself of thnt. Time wns flying, nlso her, capital. Her hotel bill she had paid a month iu advance, but tips, laundry bills nnd such incidentals had eaten into her funds until they were at the vanishing point. Jean put worries aside, and en joyed every minute of the time uutil the month was up. On her last morning, Jean dodged the rest, and walked up to Table Top, a gigantic rock, surrounded by pine trees. Alone, with the buiutiful hills coining through the sunrise haze, Jean suddenly clinked up and burst into tears, for bhc earned to love this place, somehow. Tnere wbh a sound of some one ap pioaehiug. Dabbing her eyes, Jean turned to find Allen Stewart had iu vnded her retreat. "You are leaving today?" lie in quired VosuojUy. "Yes," .lean iqauaged to choke. "Where aie you going?" ho de manded. "To woik I'm tired of this I want to do something usiful," Jean stuttered hypocritirully. "You had charge of a hospital in France Inst year?" he questioned. "No, 1-iTTdn'l," said Jeuu. "J was ouly a plaiu, ovcr.vday nurse, one of man, aud I wanted u good time just ouce, so I came here aud now my money's nil gone, and I for-forgot to buy u ticket home before I spent it," Jean sobbed. She was interrupted by a pair of arms enioiuiug ner But I don't , now, Jean admitted shumelessly, a few minutes later "Cll face things together, won't we, dear? "Yes, sweetheart. And if you want ro uo sometning useful, we'll build model hospital up here in the hills, and you cuu nurse wounded soldiers back to health." Jean pushed him away suddenly. "You ure rich, like Vaudy Brooks and Austin Freeman V" she'gasped. "Well, I guess we've got enough. My uncle left me this resort when 1 was iu .v.. .,., ...c ,., vvuen i was in ranee last jour. I'm just looking it '' V rV".!"""? ,f,IcouM "nud, 'ing host to that bunch." trance last year, over bei You old fraud," Jeuu vvhisneieil "Speaking of frauds " le mur mured. Jean's eyes clouded, and she drew away from him. "Why didn't you tell nie about this?" aud he touched Jean's medal, pinned to her blue cape, with his lips. And Jean felt worthy. The next complete novelette Koi -ward In the Car. Chance DREAMLAND AD VENtURESBy Daddy, "THE CHARMING MERMAID" (The Prince of Dollars, lured by the voice of a mermaid, rides Valley Sam out to an isle in the lake. There they are attacked by a turtle, and the Prince, after hurting his head t the rocks, sinks into the lake. The mer maid dives to the rescue.) The Mermaid Runs Ay pKGOY nnd Hilly were surprised " when they found thnt the mermaid Instead of bcine evil rentl .i nnd was trying as hard as 'she couid to sale the Prince of Dollars, "Wo will help yo, gnoutcd Hilly,' jumping into the water to aid the men.' water. "We must swim to shore," gasped the mcrmnid. "It will be hard work to bring him back to life nud we can't do it on these wave-swept rocks." "Hee-haw 1 I'll protect you from i" ,t" .. ".,c . .nraeu ualKy Ham, mcrmniu: Hooted Judge Uwl, keeping elose aDovc tneir ncacis. l told you so Hoot Hoo! Next time you will believe what I say." Finally they reached shallow water and there Peggy and Billy had another Bank Wreckers Flayed In Verse To the IJditor Uvtulia Tubllc Ledotr: Dear Friend Will thee please pub lish the inclosed, so that if any others think of robbing banks they will pause nnd think of its teriiblc results, nnd not do it? When you think of the people it makes suffer and kills, it seems one of the sneakiest, most heartless crimes there is, and prompted by utter selfish ness alone. MARTHA SHEPARD DIPPINCOTT. Vilest Criminals The man who causes banks to fail, The vilest criminal appears. . He -wrecks so many lives nud homes And his just punishment ne'er fears. Premeditating, he decides To steal the money folks for years Und saved to sec tlicm through old age; And he ne'er stops to heed their tears. Or count the lives of those he'll take, Who arc too old to work again, When he will steal their money saved, And make them broken-hearted men, And moneyless in their old age. He causes them, through grief, to die, Or sometimes suicide commit. As with their money he will fly. Poor helpless women's money, too, He takes and will uo pity feci, As all on which they have to live He heartlessly will go and steal. He kills his victims ou nil sides. It wholesale murder seems to be, And yet, perhups, he will escape, And with his crime, bometimes, go free. But God will judge his soul aright. His willful murder lie. will see, Aud how through selfish heartlessness The vilest criminal he'll be. The money stolen will briug down Just punlsluneut upon his bead. And he will be so much despised He'll fiud life worse than bciug dead, Philadelphia, Aug. 1. Would Help North Penn Depositors To fic IMilor o I'ubllc Ledotr: Sir Because of the failure of the North Penu Bunk nud in view of the ! general sympathy of tue public tor tne worthy depositors, especially those of tmull menus who will suffer total lobs, would it uot DC possiuie 10 siuri u ram ' paign by public subscriptions, of bay I 51 per Head m rcsiiunsiun- n-suo-um. to reimburse the worst oi uic muny Individual sufferers, or nil? To in mind, in view of the "black eye" given to our city by tills affair, the well-minded residents could show the world that the City of Brother!) Love is more thau u fuble. Surjilus, if an), lould be credited to the new if linjl t0uld be ,rid"J' Hiil'ailelphia, Ail J. ii. ii. g. 1. Baseball as a Clvlllzer To (lie Editor Evening Public Ledger: Sir Some time tgo "Socrates" told a story iu the Chaffing Disii about a vaseball game in the Philippines, which was broken up by n swarm of locusts. In reading this story I could not help ut think of uu incident told me by Dr. ietor Hejser. ' He was with the Uuited States public health service I'upvrinlit HUH. hy the nVI HyniPaMr. Inc. v s- T ? ft w Wm libs I - ksSSB Tho prince staggered to Ills feet and held ou his arms stunning surprise. For when they bc gnn to wade ashore the charming mer maid reached down nnd slipped off her tall just ns she would a bothersome skirt und there she was with a pair of human legs as useful as their own. Putting the fish tail beneath her arm she aided in carrying the prince up the beach. Then the mermaid showed how sen sible nud level-headed she was, for she began working over the prince to bring him back to life, using nil the methods Billy had learned in his boy scout les sons. She nnd Billy turned the prince over so that the wntcr .he had swallowed ran out of his mouth, then they lifted him up nnd dropped him down to start him breathing again. Aud while they were doing this Peggy slapped his hands to get his blood flowing. Finally the mermaid leaned over the prince nnd blew her own breath into liis mouth. Then bhc kissed him. THE READER'S VIEWPOINT Letters to the Editor on Current Topics at the time in the Philippines. The tribe in question the Moros. He found that tho best way to "reach" the Moros was to estublish n hospital on the outskirts of their locality. Then, ns the Moros in the neighbor hood were slowly won over to civiliza tion nnd nil that appertained there uuto, the hospital was pushed further iu the interior. He tells a very grnphic story of winning over the Moros by this procedure. But one never knew when they would break out again (like meusles). The hospital had been fairly well "pushed" into the interior, and ap parently the Moros were grnteful and quiet. One day he took a ride just to look over the neighborhood, He fol lowed a road that took liini over one of the foothills of u range in that vicinity, nud as he reached the top he heard the wildest yells he ever heard in his life; his first thought was "the Moros are loose again." He did not kuow whether to continue liis journey, which would take him in the direction of the "outbreuk," or whether lo beat a hasty retreat. How ever, he proceeded. Just at the turn in the rend to descend into the valley, as it were, going down the opposite side of the foothill, to his surprise, the "rooliug" was due to u baseball game. Heaving the usual sigh of relief he proceeded, and as be upproached "the field" he buw it was the fuuuiest sight he ever saw. All the Moros were naked, of course. The catcher was standiug behind the bat naked with du old high hat bc (ujely'on his head. One of the Moros was stealiug a base, and one Moro, jelling more loudly; than the rest, was iieard saying "slide you sou-of-a-guu, slide.''' Doctor Ileiser is convinced that the hospital and learning baseball a la American ure the two factors that tamed this tribe. FRANK C. HAMMOND. Philadelphia, .July III. Suggests Woodward for Mayor To the l'.dtior Vveuivo rnblio Ledger: Sir Y'our editoriul in yesterday's isbue ou the self-content nttltude iu general of Philadelphia is indeed most correct and the positive reason of the present slow status of this town. Thib inclosed copy of my letter today to Mr. Allman may interest jou. Al though I have uo material ax to grind, I think it would be well to look up the good quulities of Dr. George Wood ward, of the Twenty -second ward, and urge him for the next Mayor's job. Tho incomplete parkway, nnd chrup lookiug Hoosevelt (S. E.) boulevurd, the slow Rupid Transit trolleys, the sleepy aud sussy (t tourists) police men who seem to own this town, yet mostly live in small cheap houses in small streets, probably because of their low wage all factors of a dozen years ago, which the machine politicians have failed to jet distinguish them selves us being the least lu behalf of Philadelphia, but entirely for them sehes. The politicians of New Y'ork probably graft also, but New-York gets subways, elevated railways, big business build ings, etc., because for the latter most every property owner is bent on im proving his holdings for greater income aud distinction. II. K. READ. The letter to Herbert I). Allman tells Pfl Ch'lH. MeMntlus s. T That kiss seemed to have magical re sults. The eyes of the prince popped open, he gasped once or twice and in a moment he seemed to be breathing all right. "My mermaid love!" he murmured, "Kiss me again!" When he sold that the mermaid blushed a rosy red and jumped to her feet. She seized her fish tail from the ground where she had laid It and turned as If to flee. "Farewell, fnVevvell, prince of my heart!" she cried back. "When I was a mermaid I could sing t you from afar nnd tell you of my love. -Now thnt I am human, it must not be. Farewell! Farewell !" Saying this, the mermaid fled up tin beach. A cloud chanced to darken the moon, and when again the light shone tho mermaid was no longer to ho seen. Ii'llf. flit fiU'BV rnt,A tut. cnn vmwln fnlnter llnil fntntpr, W "Prince of dollars, prince of my heart, Cruel the fate that keeps us apart." The prince staggered to his feet nnd 'held out his arms. "No fate shall keep us npart. Now" that you are human, I shall find you ' If I hnve to search this whole wide world." Just then a bugle call rang out from the military camp. "Hee-haw! my vacation is over," brayed Balky Sam. The next instant Peggy found herself on his back gal loping along the bench', and then in a trice bIic wns back home in bed, won dering if the Prince of Dollars would ever find tho charming mermaid. (The next story will tell how thi Prince of Dollars does find the mcr mnid, and how Peggy and Billy help solve a mystery.) of the work Doctor Woodward has done in the St. Martin's section of th Twenty-second ward. Hits at Rent Profiteers T J!'e Edi'r Bvcnina PubHc Ledger: SirThe great newspapers of the city seem to doubt the plans, methods and actions of rent profiteers. I fail to sec the justice in such ex orbitant increase in rents. The taxes upon property do not wnrrant it. Be cause these men hnve been compelled to pay to the government an income tax is no legitimate reason for their abuses. The government taxation has been placed upon others ns well as themselves. We have representatives who are supposed to support the appeals of the community for justice, or at least, sive them n hearing. There is little done in Hnrrisbiirg. if there has been an) thing done, to .stay the ravages of these coyotes. No doubt some workmen are making excellent wages, but they are compara tively few. Very few arc making that much that they-can pay all the exist ing high prices of food, clothing, etc., and put n little by for the rninv day. It appears that the profiteering gentry arc taking advanta.e of the people, who, to suppor the government, have taken Liberty Bonds, Possessing this kuovvledge, they consider that they should have these bouds, and no other wa) presented itself to them save that of compelling the people to buy houses or move. The quality of the house. Its situation, or one's desire, is not token into cousiderntiou buy or move, is the intolerant slogau. If the state refuses' to take this 'sub ject in hand, nud draw -its legislative sword in defense of the outraged, then thegoveriimeut should he uppealed to. This letter is written to prove that all the talk of rent profiteering is not "bunk," but pure fact. A READER. Philadelphia. July .10. There's No Truth Without Criticism 70 the, fdltor Evening Public Ledger: i?ir Aflcr "0PkR 'f criticism and ridicule of the Senate iu editorials and cartoons your readers must have been surprised by the following in the issue of July 2(t': The Senate in debating the peace ' treat) is fulfilling its constitutional function. It would be false to its duty if it neglected to examine the document in detail und to consider all its implication. Tho complications have arisen because of the tuctlessness of the President in his dealing with the co-ordinate branch of the treaty -making body. Precisely what lots of us have been sa)iug all along, and quite unable to make autMvhy "our favorite news paper" slrbiihl be continually slamminir the Senate und defending (he President, We are glad that at last you set forth"' tne real situation. This" tendancy to .make light of the Senate and Cougress, generally, on the part of many journals throughout the laud is to be deprecated. It helps to create u lecnug ot contempt in the pub lic mind toward our public representa tlves, especially umoug the younger men and women. Surely the leading men of both par ties, after years of study and experi ence, are better guided for action on public measures than many of our omniscient edltorinl writers, who often impute wrong motives nnd belittle ar guments bused ou more accurate knowl edge than their own. With all its faults und redundancies, a more general reading of the Congres sional Record would result iu a moro intelligent1 public opinion und better judgment of our public men. AVILLIAM IIOVT COLEMAN. Narberth, Pa., July US. ITho sentences quoted merely re stated what has been said many times by this newspaper, which reserves the right to disagree with the Senate or the President. The Editor. ' .,.-', , i Better Spoiled Food Than Spoiled Tempers To the Editor Evmfip rubHo. Ledger: Sir II the reports ure true tnat w Vt are facing a rerlous ice (amine I sue- j gynt ihmv .., .s. . ...umu ouu -a ursed that officeholders jo the many early that Ice is uenrly melted before ' the average onice opens tneretoro, a s- terrlble and needless waste exists, If this were done there would be' J plenty of ice theh for foodstuffs bjr merchant anu uousenoiuer. JULIA ,Js'. AiNDUEWB, Philadelphia, July SI, 4' i H ri', tO '':fT" nvu'vmi .N 4 4 &?d Av': ..".: T" ait ,- " Bt rt fru j 4 :s 1 i r-f " 3tM.- 7S : . ' i. 'Ji Vfl'J. i-V ITV-'i i.. ..r i-"' to ort
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