-M. l-J.1-l ,--27Z&1tt S,lLniu J. ft -L-Jlih UtJJuMAB 'jn-ysn '.ituff" 'yfHT'"' rr- " i" i ' -, f - ; r" tt ' jtyf ' ' ' miy it ' .fli ' - .aw IH EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5; 1919 life I&. f " I A- IS n. i- w Tie Laa , JCoDyrliht 1011 bv the MicauUy Cn i fCopyrltht. 1910. by thej Public Ledger Co 1 , THIS STAIITS THE STOItV A week-end home party Is being tirld nt My quest, the couuti home of Kathcrine and Bingham Harvard. "X card came is indulged in by a j croup of the men guests, among whom arc Tom Clnuc.v, Ilnrry Archer, Danford Damming, Hnrton Scars nnd Conrad Belknap. Belknap Is discov ered cheating at the cards by Kath erlne. He has come to her home ns a liowly made friend of the An hei s. In the absence of her husband Kath erine tells Hclknap that he must leave her home at once He laughs scornfully at her demand nnd refuse to do' so. Kathcrine is about to tell her husband, upon his nrrnal from the city, but hesitates Belknnp seems to exert a peculiar lnniiciiic over her, which makes her all the more determined to ferret out his real identity, as she is convinced of his deception. AND 1IKHK IT (ONTIMHS A Voice on the Wire IT SO happened that Hnrrv Archer .and his wife were standing to gether at the top of the vcrnndn steps, and that Julius Katherine"s black setv nnt nnd trusted chauffeur, who had been with her since her childhood ap peared at that moment in the door way, so she seized upon the double op portunity "Julius, ' she called calml. and when the black came nearer added "Mr. Belknap will want you to take him to the 10:40 tram " Then, with barely a pause m her speech, nnd this time addressing the Aichers "Such unpleasant news. Nolle Mr ISolknnp has just told me that he must leae us tonight. Isn't it too bad? ' There were expressions of suipiisc from every direction, foi the entile company hnd heard the nnnoumeme nt Those who wcie seated bent foiwnrd in their chairs ns if to uttei a word or two of protest Tom Clancy and Da'nford Demming. who were standing. moved nearer to the group on the step-, and Belknap, at the bottom of them. ...111.... ..ncnCnrlmil lltMlriTCll lllS .houlde'rs and drawled with delibcate distinctiveness: "Itcallj, I had no idea that I was so popular. You know. I felt latliei like an outsider being such a stranger among you and probablv 1 put too much emphasis upon the summons that I received to go to the citj tonight "But er now that both Mr and Mrs. Harvard have urged me o stav . and well, I have changed m.v mind i tv;on't go. I couldn't think of it nuclei the circumstances. Julius, I won t need you after all; jou need not bring the car nround. Harvard, if I mav I will utc your telephone." , He nodded genially, and without tV, awaiting permission, ascended the teps s and went into the house While the others were vnnouslv ex pressing their approvals of Helknap's change of mind, Katheiine turned her back to them, pinching hoi under lip between her teeth nnd tapping one foot impaticntlj upon the concrete walk; then, with a quicklj spoken word of ex cuse she turned away and passed fiom sight around one corner of the house r She was suddenly convinced that it might be important to know to whom ) Conrad Belknap desired to talk bv telc ,f yibnc if, indeed, he intended to make V (illfal the wire at all: for, of comse. she knew that there was no necessity tfor him to do so in order to stay on at Myquest. Still, if there was somebody who was available to him bj telephone in such an emergenej it vvrs in to tier to know who the person in--lit 1 and because the mnn was a ri'J shaipei. n uvvindlcr, and she had . o doubt nt n'l a crook, any method that she might employ in contesting his effont-iy and insolence would be fair. Katherine's former experiences as a police-headquarters detective stood for her just then; she had not been called "Lady Kate of the Police" in the ciav, ot "Alias the Night Wind" foi noth ing. She judged from Belknap s manuei that he really did intend to telephone to New York to somebody ; and for her to know who that "6omebodv" might be would supply one item, at least, in dis covering his identitj for she was thoroughly convinced that he was nut what he had made himself appear to be, at Myquest. There were several telephones in the house, and Kathenne assumed that Ilel knap would seek the one in hei hus band's den, because of its seclusion. Shu ) certainly hoped that he would do so. because that instrument happened to be on the same wire that communicated with her own private sitting room. When at Mjqucst Kathenne was in the habit of making as much use of King's den, and the little mom off from ' it where the card-playing had been in dulged in, as of her own boudoir, and (or the sake of convenience the two telephones had been connected as one, the instrument in the den being the ex tension. The instant she turned the corner of the house she quickened her pace, ran up the steps at a side entrance, ascend ed the seivants' stairway to the second floor, and entered her own suite where Hlie closed and locked the door after Very gentlv so that there might be no warning click upon the wire, she lifted the receiver from the hook and pressed it against her ear Then she smiled, breathlessly, for she had hur rted greatly, and she was there in time to hear a voice say " . . three two-o." She listened iu at just the moment when the operator was repeat log the last of the number asked for (Harvard entertained so many guests nt Myquest who quite frequently made such constant use of the telephones that con nected through the two -trunk switch ( "'board in the butler's room that, for his l wn convenience, he had long ago put In an extra direct wire from the ex change for his own and Kathenne s ' "'she heard the unmistakable voice of Onrad Belknap reply: "Bight!" There was a snori wu unci cum. JThen the voice of a woman a voice, '' 'too. of unusual melody and sweetness Wed, "Yes? Vho is it, please?" : c. x "O. B. is talfclnif," uemnap repueu, TiWWng in a low tone. "No names, lit '-V . TV. nil ret me?" T ,, iKeiuv ,,-- -- j "Tea, came tne monosynaDic re- "oBse -and it was remarkable how the i-tofca ot the woman had altered in that V rferlf interval to one that was coldlj .' o-miil and which somehow suggested r ardneta and defiance, a well as dis rttikft repugnance. - - , -if Very good. I'ay attention uow. I 1? ;',ii'WiKa'tXedeood. My present Rd- '"tfctii StMjFiUMt, as i tow you a? o" ie AA Wind would bej jou know the lest of it.jhavc to be wan, well poised and pro nlso the telephone call if the iinessitv vlded with a plausible storj to unfold, should arise to mnke'use of cithei one." All of the time while Kntherinc sat "Very well, I undeistnnd. Is that nil?" ''No I slinll be heie all tlnoiigh Ihc coming week, nt lenst. ou must be prepared at nnv nionient to carry out the plan I made for you Tomonon I will wilte: you will get in lettti Monday morning. It will contain full instructions. Thnt is all. (!ood-br " "Hut " the voice of the woman begnn in an expostulating tone, but the click of the instrument in Ilelknap s bands ns he hung up cut her off Instantly Kathcrine acted upon one ot those impulses which woihs ucit.ie of ti10 c(1 of ulUiP brtneen her wit one lias opportunity to take n se(oiidlnnd her unbidden guest's , oi , because thought She spoke through the tians 0f intuition that the unknown wom mitter before she realired whnt she did "Please!" she said "Hold the wne' Wait a moment " Something that sounded like a gasp tame to her ears through the telephone nnd dead silence followed it. Itut theie was no w amine click of disconnection Kntherinc knew thnt the womnn of the melodious voiie and who eithei dis liked or fenied Conrad1 Ilelknap was still at the telephone listening Hut Katherine did not know wNal to sav. now tnat sue nail sccuieei uir woman's attention Win had she done f Why. with her expeiiencc, had she permitted herself to do such a manifestly fool thing ns that? 1 n dnubtedlv the woman was a creature of Helknap's a tool or a confedeiate (Citainlv she was moic or less In the caul -lLirpei's confidence His maimer of speaking ovei the wire had nssuiccl Kathcrine of that much. While she hesitated the unknown womnn became either impatient or cuii cms She spoke again, in the same h.ud metallic colorless voice in which I flic hud icplicd to Hclknap, and at once Knthenne's iiigentutv came to her aid. she determined upon a suutcilugc. "What do vou want ' And who aie you?" the woman ailkcd, and then, before a reply wns possible, she asked a third question It was: "Aie you with with him? With C 15.''" "No, no, no'. ' Katheiine icplicd nnulli "There is nobody with me. Heae listen , to me 1 . i ti please, miumm i am in terrible trouble 1 1 I and she ended by uttering a perfect imitation of a gasping sob. Hut even so, before the woman at the opposite end of the wire could speak. Kathenne continued rapullv. and brokenly, as if she were in great mental distress "I'lea-e tell me how I can call you on the telephone . please, please, please do! 1 canot talk now. I clnre not. I am likelv to be interrupted at nnv moment Hut oh, I do so need a friend a woman friend! Wont vou help me? Oh. something tells me that jou vvi It was your voice, 1 think." "Hut. mv clear young lady me voice began "Oh, vou mustn't ask questions, now. Vou can't imagine what might happen if I should be caught, and then 1 would nevei have another chance to use the phone. Please be kind nnd help me. t , in terrible trouble and distress. Let me call you up some time, won't jou. please?" There was a hesitating silence at the other end of the wire. Then : "Very well. Unnesvoort, nve-iour-three-two o: but novel before mid night, and not later than a half hour after it. And vou must understand "Oh, somebodv is coming'" Kath- t.l ,CT,UI T-ml Oil erine interiupteci i .- -;; vou can't know how much good She hung up. , Then, with a deep sign, which was nlso accompanied bv a smile of satis fied approval of her own act, sue leancu back in the chair and wrinkled her brows in thought. It hnd been impel atively essential tliat she should not say too mucli nor too Uttle just then; but the point, the great point at which she had sought to ninve, was acnieveu c, ,. .i ij n..otii. (lie woman's attention and in seeming her un ii ii it mi ii-i-ri'iiru in ni.-n - svmpathv, without arousing hei mis picion tne woman who, uii iw "' lv. was an accomplice ot c ontnii neis nap in whatever felonious designs he might have upon the house of Haivaid Kathenne had made it appear that she was in great distress, that she was deeph in need of a woman's aid and sympathy; and, knowing, because of the short conveisation Bhe had overheaid, that the strange woman would be sus piciously alert by reason of hei pres ence on the wire, she had succeeded in conveying the impression that she had heard nothing. Also, the woman could have no idea whence Katherine had spoken. She would get the impression of crossed wires, so-called. She might, at the next opportunity, question Belknap about the circumstances coveitlv; but he, having already hung up the receiver and gone, would have nothing to impart. Altogether, Katherine felt that she was to be congratulated upon the achievement of a point in the bnttle of wits between herself and Belknap, for already she was convinced that the con test between them had reached that point Had he not coolly informed the woman accomplice of his intention to re main at Mjqucst "through the coming week, at the least"? Oh, yes, Katherine was determined that she would talk with the voice again; but not too soon; no, not too sequences of an extiemely foolish whim soon Theie must be time to think! that you still enteitain, although not and plan In the meanwhile. She would 'so stiongly now." DOROTHY DARNITShe Must Have Been Painted r i " 1 : 0$S$T SO 0.0 p! WITH HIM VlM fHAVE SS I SHL ! K&AJ lJ fcy r7 .WHEW l SAW ZT J SSiS, Lfcfc Y &w ? -r rJ lj.s. -i- s HISOLDGRL -T V it 4- 2 (I , ll 11 " L chaTTwJaw. I there tinning the incident over in liei mind, she was convinced of two plensing nnd helpful, although minor, considerations One. thnt the womnn accomplice both disliked and feared Conrad Hclknap. the othi r. that the possessor of iiih a tlnoaty, richly melodious, sjinpathetfc volec must bo good and kind at henit. no matter whnt might be the condition nnd circumstaiKc that bound hoi to such a knne ns Ilelknap had alrendv proved himseff to be She went out of 'the loom piesentlv, strange exhiln- tated either because she was conscious an with the sweet voice would some dnv develop Into a friend in need, to scivc ns n foil against Ilelknap the top of the stainvnv she met face to faie. At him The 'llueat WW,:i'r' mft Mls Ilnnnid.' " Helknap's gieetmg His tieth gleamed nt hei beneath the dosc-uopped black mustache, and his ociiiiv brilliant eves clisteneil with suggested menace ns he smiled upon hei coollv feu nil the vvoild as if he knew himself to he thoroughly master of the situation It was with dlfficultv that Katheiine repiessed a visible shuddei The man had become utteilr hateful to her. and strangely menacing. It was as if he held a physical threat over her head She controlled herself with difli culty, and compelled her voice to calm ness while she replied, with entire le moteuess. with the nir nnd attitude of addressing an entire strangei : "Thnt is as you eject to regard it. Mr. Belknap if that is your name. I am going, now, to nsk mv husband, and the four gentlcmc with whom vou plaved poker, to go with me to the lib rary It is mv purpose to tell them, plainlv and unequivocally, everything that I saw when I looked between the portieies. and to describe voin conduct since then also unless you choose to change youi mind again nnd leave liv eliest now . nt once " He made no attempt to interrupt her. i lie permitted her to finish what she had to sav without changing his ntti tude or nlteung his dcinennoi : nor did the wolfish smile leave his face. It anything, the glittei in his eyes became more mocking and insolent nnd threat ening. "Hiave vvoids Mis. Haivard," he responded coldlv letaining the inscru table smile as he quoted the words he had spoken to hei a half-hour earlier at the Mimmerhouse on the edge of the lawn. Then, with a barely perceptible pause, he added, with menacing mean ing: "I shnll not change mv mind about going awav; I shall not go. You will change vour mind about what jou have just theatened to do, foi jou will think bettei of it." He had been standing thus far be tween her nnd the stnnway. but with the close of his statement lie stepped aside, lenving hei ample loom to pass him if she wished "Go ahead," he said calmlj. "it jou have the courage to take the bit in your teeth, and run; but let me beg that you will not forget thnt I hold the reins, that a curb is generally regaided as an instrument of torture and that I am a merciless diiver when I encounter frnctiousness Go ahead, if jou like. Call vour husband and the others to the library. Speak vom little piece " He shrugged his shouldeis and peimitted himself n low chuckle befoie he added "Hut unless you ore fullv prepared to face the consequences of such a pioceed ing. T strongly advise you not to do so." Kathcrine should have taken him at his word, nnd gone: but she did not. She should have carried out hei thrcit to the end ; but she hesitated She would have passed him bv without an cither word but sne tcmnoi 170U i.ven .....- - she. who was not given to tempormng She still faced him unflinchingly, it is tine, but she staved There was about hei not one outwnid sign of feai or misgiving; but Belknap knew that both were present in her heart nnd biain. el-e she would have left him Could she have suspected, even le motelv, how greatly the game he was hnffto appollogizc for dioienjour pick plaving depended upon her not taking shine on the b ired as if jou was an him at his word how much it dc (oiled made with curls and a long wis pended upon his success in instilling in j skcis on your chin witch you could not her that nameless dread of something i hellp or me neether. intangible, but tlucatening could she It was a mecn thing to doo and I have guessed that thiee-fourths nt his am soiry I did it but I could not insolent effrontery was pure bluff that help it becaws you stood thaie looking he had feared she might not fall for. she would have passed hun then, with head held high, would have summoned hcr llIlsbami aml her friends, and de nounced Conrad Belknap foi what he was. Instead "What do you mean?" she demanded 'Am I to understand that you elaie to threaten me?" "Precisely that, Mrs Haivaid You have threatened me; I give you back threat for threat. I am threatening jou with the consequences of what jou might still very foolishly do." "Vou threaten me with what'' ' He shrugged ngain, took out his cigarette case, selected oue from it, and answeied: "I have just told vou . with the con 'SAW yn I H! WAS W.TH ( unrullrD fraeem I 1 II I rjiixu. X v ii iwi-il.. yivuun - v j ti ., v I I I n. 4HHte. rt I " I flllllllf Jlilllinu. By VARICK VANARDY Author of "TheTwo. 1'nced Sinn," "Alias the NigliP Wind," etc. "You arc she hesitated "Insuf fernble' she ended. r "I am I " he letoitcd, showing bis teeth In nnnthci wolfish smile It Rociiicd then, for the briefest in stant, ns if she would Indeed lenve him Her lithe bodv svvnjed slightlj forwnid in the beginning of the net to do so, but neitliei of her daintily, shod feet moved under hei She stood quite still. Belknap chuckled again. He lestored the cigaietle case to his pocket, brought out n gold match safe, and coollv lighted up She knew that he did it all purposely to test hei to defj hei ; to dare her to oanr out hei thieot. She knew that she ought to do so, and banclv no nioic words with him But she could not do it She knew that he wns conquering hei spit it bv the meie power of bis will, and that foi some miserably unknown reason which she could not define at nil. she dine not defy him. She knew that she wns frightened, but she did not know what it was thnt she feaied and In that moment she hated herself for temporising with the man whom she honest! v believed to be a real donien of the underworld a crook. Having lighted his cigarette, properly inhaled the smoke, and expelled it. he said, with cool and careful selection of each word he uttered : "We all have pasts. Mis Harvard, some of them nie made by ourselves: some of us have them manufactured for us bv others But they aie none the less oin pnsts whether they happen to be self made or otherwise. Sometimes we tiv to outlive them and forget them, and we deceive ourselves into the be lief that we have succeeded; but thev live and thev use up to confront us when we leist evpect it. I have mv past, and it is not all pleasant, al though it wns self-made. You have your past, and, although you did not make it voiuself. and nre not responsible foi it, is is none the less ugly. "If you should go now and carry out what jou threatened to do 1 could see ovet your shoulders, while you were thus engaged, the white, set features of a person we both knew, gating yearningly upon us upon you particu lar! from between the iron bars of a narrow prison window. Can you guess, Mrs. Harvard, to whom I refci?" It seemed to Katheiine ns if fingeis of ice clutched nt her heartstrings then. In thnt instant she undeistood the reason foi that vague diead and feni that she had sensccl since the moment when she hnd faced this man in the moonlight at the summer-house steps. She comprehended the undefined terror with which he had imbued her, by reason of his wolfish, crafty smile, which had lnfoimed hei, if she had only believed it at the tune, that he held something in lcseive. some knowl edge of the past, which emboldened him to defy her and her tin eats to expose him to her husband and hei guests foi the cheat nnd swindler that he was; and the last pait of his statement, ns if in letteis of fire thnt binned and seaicd into hei main, lecurrod to her. " the white, set features of a person we both know gazing yenrn inglj upon us upon you particularlv from between the iron bais of a nai rovv prison window. Can vou guess, Mrs. Harvaid, to whom I refer?" Thus wns a ghost of the past resui rected ' Thus was Kathcrine Han aid brought face to face with a condition which she daie not, could not, must not, avoid. She knew, while Hclknap slowly nnd inusivelj voietd the thieat, that she must suircnder, or, nt least, must ap pear to do so She knew that she must temporie; that she must seem, for the time being, to condone the per hdj of the man who faced hoi so coolly and who dared her to do her worst against him. (CONTINUED lOJIORIlOft ) TOMMY MAKES AN APOLOGY His Work of Art Was Not Appre ciated and He Endeavors to Set Matters Right Dear Tcachci : My mother says I so nacherl with the curls and the wis skers and all and Jenny Ames dared me to doo it nt leccss. 1 doo not blame you foi wippen me becaws it looked so mutch like vou you had a purfeck lite to be mad If I was you I would be mad too My mother sajs nobody is so sennsi tive about her looks as a ladv teacher espeshuly if she is a lettle oilid but this was not to go in the lettei If vou onlj understood what is in side of boys heads maken them be mischefuss jou would be sorrj foi them for it is not exacklj their fault. Sometimes if you do not luie I will droie you on the boied lool.en swete and yung and put your unme under so everybody will know who it is and o no inoie foi the pieseut froiini join tioo friend and skollei. TOMMY. New Yoik Times a Camo Rage Artist X DAILY NOVELETTE EDUCATING POLLY Hy Margaret li. Ahcrn JOHN nUNTLRY deposited the par w rot's cage, none too gently, in the tonnenu of his car. A strident squawk of piotest came from under the green silk cover. "Dint that bird." mutteioel John, turning on the engine. As he shifted geais he went on nddiessing himself sarcastically. "A giil must think a whole lot of a fellow when she appoints him gentleninn-in-wniting to her pet parrot for the summer. What does she think T am, anvwnj ? Just a good natured, long-suffering, big-broher Fort of poison, to be oidcred nround bv her indefinitely? She knows I de test the biid, too." John's wrath was amply justified He hnd called on Mnrjoiic Hastings thnt evening, armed with a two-pound box of ranch, n box of Ameiican Beau ties and a firm dctei initiation to pro pose to her He had gone similar armed on manv other occasions during the past year, and the result had al wavs been the same Marjoric had ic ccned the candv nnd flowers, but never the proposal. John's courage always failed hun nt the ciucial moment. Tonight, though, there had been no oppoitunity foi him. Aa soon as he ar rived and picsented his ofTcrinirs. he naci iieen nsueu lo take the dog for a walk. If was a tat, pampered tcirier and had to be excieised on a leash. When John relumed from this task, he found Mnrjoiic busily telonhoninc good-bv to hei giil friends and making msi minute pieparations for her vaca tion. The mot anient suitoi cannot wax sentimental when the ladv is hav ing hurried conferences with her mothei and si-tcis. So John had said good-bj mi lv in the evening and de parted with Mnrjoiic's parrot, which, in a misguided moment of devotion, he had offeicd to keep for the summer. The next div John's troubles began The pariot woke him bright and cnrlj bj its loud, meaningless chatter. It was a spoiled pet, like the fat terrier and had no proper pariot -training whatcvei Squawking nnd eating were its chief diversions. After a few das of misery, John consulted an authority on buds. As n result the parrot was put on a strict bird diet, with no luxuries in the waj of chocolate drops, which its indulgent mistress had allowed. Also, of a sum mer evening, John could be fouud sit ting before the big gilt cage repeating ovei and over again, "Eight o'clock, time to get up," or "Good morning, Maijorie. how nic jou today?" The bird soon ceased squawking and became vcrj tame with her new master. But it is slow work educating a parrot, and John gicvv discouraged nt times. Seveial happy week-ends John spent with Mnijorie's family at the seashoic hotel, leaving the parrot in the care of his housekeeper. Bach time he went hopefullv deteimined to ask the nll important question, but ench time he came buck ruefully thinking that he had been wanted only to report on the parrot's happiness and nppetitc. When Mnijortv lctumed from her vacation, John took the bird over to her house on his way to work one morning, and left it huiriedlj, promis ing to call that evening. Marjoric welcomed her pet, but it onlj ejed her coldly nnd began its familiar squawking. After it hnd sub sided its mistress spoke to it affection ate!. "How did lolmny-bov tient inj piecious little buelie? Hid jou find out if he loved nic, Boll V I wonder if the denr will ever see that I loved him? I thought he might understand when I gave him mv little bird to take Viare of all summer. He's n very nice young man, isn't he, poll kins?" Pollv cocked her head on one side and viewed her mistress spccujjntivcl But she made no comment nt all. So John called again jthnt cveuipg with bis eandv and flowers and firm determination to sittlc his fate. Mar jorie's pleasant gieeting and sincere thanks for his kindness to Poll sent his hopes rising. But presentl the drifted into the old-time impersonal conversation, niid John felt his de termination rapidly waning. Then a loud flapping of wings at tracted their attention to the biid cage. Folly calmly stretched both goigcousl hued wings, and after this ccremonj was over proceeded to show hei pro ficiency in English. While Marjone listened in embar rassed amaenient she heard her con fidences of the morning repeated woid for word. "How did Johnny-boy treat my pre cious little birdie," Polly began, with endearing emphasis on the ridiculous name "Johnn-boj." "Did jou find out if he loved me, Polly?" she went cn with a droll inflection. "I wonder if the dear will ever see that I love him? I thought he might under stand " But n gieat light had dawned on "the dear," and he gathered u sud denly shy Maijorie into his arms. Polly, silenced by these stiauge hap penings, watched the pioccedings iravely. No doubt she would later report to Murjorie's family just whnt John was sajing The net complete novelette What's in a Name? i doin r i mink, . , ...... I EVER SAW HER BEFORE) The World for Sale i (Copyright. 1(115 by Hnmer & Bro ) TjTOIt one moment there was silence, a little nwc-stricken, a little painful, nnd then ns from one man a great cheer went up. Torn moment they had, thought him inconsiderate to come among them In this crisis, for he was no longer of their scheme of things nnd must be counted out, a beaten, battered, blind bankrupt. Yet the sight of him on his feet wns too much for them. Blind he might be, but theie was the personality which had conquered them in the past brave, adroit, reckless, re nowned. None of them, or very few of them, had seen him since that night at Barbaron's Tavern, yet in spite of his tragedy there seemed little change In him. There was the same quirk at the corner of the mouth, the same humor in the strong face, not so ruddy now; and strangely enough the eyes were neither guarded bv spectacles, nor were they shrunken, glazed or diseased, so far ns could be seen, Stretching out a hand, Ingolhy gave a crisp laugh nnd said: "So there's been trouble since I've been gone, has there?" The corner of his mouth quirked, his eyelids drooped lit the old quizzical way and the ciowd laughed in spite of themselves. What a spirit he had to take it- all thnt way. "Got a little deeper in the mire, have you, boys?" he added. "They tell me the town's a frost just now, but it seems nice and warm here in the sun. Yes, boys, it's nice and warm here among you all the same good old crowd that's made the two towns what they are. Tfie same good old crowd," he re peated, " and up to the same old games." Almost every sentence had been punc tuated b cheers. His personality domi nated them as aforetime with some new accent to it ; his voice was like that of one given up from the dead, yet come back from the wars alive and loving. Thev never knew what a figure he was until now when thev saw and heard him again, and realised that he was one of the few whom the world call leaders because they have in them that immeasurable sympathy which is un derstanding of men and matters. Yet in the old days there never had been the something that was in his voice now, and in his face there wns n great friendliness, a sense of companionship, a Jonathan and David something. He was like a comrade talking to a thou sand other comrades There was a new thing in him and they felt it stir them. They thought he had been made softer by his blindness, and they were not wrong. Even the Manitnu section were stilled into sympathy with him. Many of them had heard his speech in Hnr bazon's Tavern just before the horse shoe struck him down, and they heard him now, much simpler in manner and with that something in his voice and face. Yet it made them sKrink a little, too, to see his blind eyes looking out straight before him. It was uncanny. Their idea was that the eyes were as before, but seeing nothing blank to the world. Presently his hand shot out again. "The same old crowd!" he said. "Just the same after the same old thing, wanting what we all want: thsc two places, Mnnitou and Lebanon, to be boosted till they rule flie West and dominate the North. It's good to sec you all here again" he spoke very slowly "to see you all here together looking for trouble looking for trou ble. There vou nre, Jim Baragcr; there jou arc, Bill Itilcy; there you arc, Mr. William John Thomas McLcnry." The last named was the butt of every tavern and every street corner. "There you are, Berry old brown Berry, my bar ber." At first the crowd not not quite un derstand, did not realize that he was DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-ByDaddy "THE PRINCE OF DOLLARS" ('the Prince of Dollan tcts out in a I sicii' motorcar to find his lost mei - I maul, and tales Peggy, liilty and Judge Owl tcith himj. The Song in the Storm JUDGE OWL'S 'prophecy that the Prince of Dollars would climb moun tains, drive through rivers and dash in to fire to find his lest mermaid made Peggy and Billy wonder what was going to happen. The prince sent his auto dashing along the road with the speed of the wind. "This car is a dandy," said Billy. "It must hnve cost a lot of money." "It did," answered the prince, speed ing the machine to even swifter flight, "but I would give its cost a thousand times over to find my beloved mermaid." "Only a very, very rich mnn could give that much," declared Peggy. "I am a very rich man. That's why I'm called the Prince of Dollars," re plied the piince, clearing up a little mysterv that had been bothering Peggy" nnd Bill ever since they had first heard his name in the mermaid's song. "I have mnny mills and tens of thousands of men and women and children labor to add to my wealth," continued the Copyright 1010, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc. i s.nn THOUGHT r "u nctually pointing to the noonlc whom lie named, but presently, as Berry the barber thicw up his hands with n fal setto cry of understanding, there wns n simultaneous, wild rush forward to the platform. "He sees, bos he sees!" the shouted. Ingolby's hand shot tip above them with a gesture of command. "Yes, boys. I see I see you nil. I'm cured. My sight's come back, and w lint's more" he snatched from his pocket n folded sheet of paper and held it aloft "what's more, I've got my commission to do the old job again ; to boss the railvvnS, to help the two towns The mayor brought it back from Montrenl esterday, and together, boys, together, we'll make Ma'nitou and Lebanon the fulcrum of the West, the swivel by which to Swing prosperity round our center." The platform swayed with the wild enthusiasm of tho crowd storming it to shake bands with him, when sud denly a bell rang out across the river, wildly, clamorously. A bell only rang like that for a fire. Those on the plat form could see a horseman galloping acioss tho bridge. A moment later some one -shouted "It's the Catholic church at Manitou on fne!" At Long Last ORIGINALLY the Catholic church nt Manitou had stood quite by itself, well back from the river, but as the town grew its dignified isolation was invaded nnd houses kept creeping nearer and nearer to it. So that when it cnught fire there wns gcnernl danger, because the town possessed only a hand fire engine. Since the first settlement of the placojtheic had been but few fires, and" niese nnu nau preicy mucn ineir own way. When one broke out the plan was to torm a long line of men, who passed buckets of water between the nearest pump, well or river and the burning building. It had been useful n incipient fires, but it wns child's play in a serious outburst. The mournful tact that Manitou had never equipped itself with a first-class fire-engine or a fiic-brigade was now to play a great port in the future career of the two towns. Ostcrliaut put the thing in n nutshell ns he slithered up the main street of Lebanon on hiR way to the manning of the two fire-engines at the Lebanon fire-brigade station. "This thing is going to link up Lebanon nnd Manitou like a trace -chnin," he declared with a chuckle. "Everything's come at the right minute. Here's Ingolby back on the locomotive, running the good old train of Progress, and here's Ingolbv's fire brigade, which cost Lebanon twenty thousand dollars and himself fire thousand, going to put out the fires of hate consuming two loving hnmulcts. Out with Ingolbv's fire brigade ! This is the day the doctor ordered ! Hooray !" Osterhaut had a gift of being nblc to do two things at one time. Nothing prevented him from talking, nnd though it had piobably never been tested, it is quite certain he could have talked under wnter. His words bad been nddressed to Jovvftt, who chew to him on all great occasions like the drnfts of a regiment to the main body. Jowett wns often very critical of Ostcrhaut's acts, words and views, but on this occasion thej were of one mind. "I guess it's Ingolbv's day all right," answered Jowett. "When you sav 'Hooiay'.' Osterhaut, I agree, but jou've got bettor bicath 'n I have. I can't talk like I used to, but I'm going to ride that fire engine to save the old Monseenoor's church or bust." Both Jowett and Osteihnut belonged to the Lebanon fire brigade, which was composed of onlj n few permanent pro fessionals, helped by capable amateurs. The two cronies had their way, and n 'Hoo Hoo! ask nic," hooted Judge Owl prince, "but all this would T give if my mermaid love were mine." "Hoo! Hoo! I have something to say," hooted Judge Owl from the back scatv but a rush of wind knocked him over before he could finish. "Do you know where the mcrmaifl is?" asked Peggv of the prince. "I haven't the slightest idea," he groaned. "I must search the whole world ovei," and he put on still more speed. "Hoo! Hoo! I have something to r By Chas. McManus .SHE jMyi. WAS NEW NAW. SHES JUST PAINTED OVER By SIR GILBERT PARKER ulhor of "The Scats of the Mighty," "iiio flioney master," etc. few moments later, wearing brass hel mets, they were nway with the engine, and the hose, leaving the less rapid members of the brigade to follow with the Iaddcis. "What did the chief do?" aked Ostoihaut. "Did oU sec what hap pened to him?" Jowett snorted. "What do you think Mr. Max Ingolby, Esquire, would do? He commanded cd my sulky and that rawbone I bought from the Itevcrcnd Tripple, nnd away he went like greased lightning over the bridge. I don't know why I diove that trotter today, nor why I went on thnt sulky, for I couldn't hear good where I wns, on th outskirts of the meeting; but I done it like as if the Lord had told me. The chief spotted me soon as the fire bell rung. in a second he bundled me off, straddled the sulky, nnd was away Jfore y6u could say snakes." "I don't believe he's strong enough for all this. He ain't got back to where he was- before the , war," remarked Osterhaut sagely. "War that business at Barbazon'r!38" You call thnt war! It wasn't war," declared Jovvtt spasmodically, grasping ' the rail of the fire engine as the wheel struck n stone and nearly shot them from their seats. "It wasn't war. It? was terrible lowdown treachery. That gypsy gent. Fawe, pulled the lever, but Marchand built the scaffold." "Heard anything more about Mar chand where he is?" asked Osterhaut! as the hoofs of the horses clattered on the bridge. "Yes, I've heard there's news, sponded Jowett. "lies been lyln,r drunk nt Gautry's caboose ever since yesterday morning at C o'clock, when he got off the westbound train. Nice train. Nice! i the good 'of) lecent! Some! . always findVi it's done fori I vel is thd's sort of guy he is. What's the good of. being rich, if you can't be decent! Son men arc born low. They their level, no matter what them, and Marchand's level ditch." "Gautry's tavern that Joint," ex claimed Osterhaut with repulsion. "Well, that ranchman, Dennis What's-his-name, is looking for him, and Felix can't go home or to ths usual places. I dunno why he comes ftnnlr ., nil till Ut T.H! -11 1 I uu.n a, mi Liu luia l-ri'liuis Idler E1IS out." "Doesn't make any bones about it, docs he? Dennis Doane'a the name, ain't it? Marchand spoiled his wife run away with her up.along the Wind river, eh?" asked Osterhaut. Jowett nodded.: "Yes. that's it, and for Dennis. If he kills Marchand, it's murder, and even If the lawyers plead unwritten law, and he ain't hung, and his wife ain't a widow, jou can't have much mariicd life in gaol. It don't do vou irny good to be punished for Mr. Dennis Donne ain't careful; that's the trouble. He's looking for Mar chand, and blabbing what he means to do when he finds him. That ain't good punishing some one else. Jonas George Almighty look! Look, Osterhaut!" Jowctt's hnnd was pointing toward tho Catholic church, from a window of which smoke was rolling. "There's going to be something to do there. It nin't a false nlnrm, Snorty." "Well, this engine '11 do anything jou ask it," lcjoined Osterhaut. "When did you have a fire last, Billy?" he shouted to the driver of the engine, as the horses feet caught the dusty road of Manitou. "Six months," was the reply, "but she's working smooth as music. She's i as good as anything 'tvvixt here nnd the, 1 Atlantic." I "It ain't time for winter fires. I wonder whnt set it going," snid .Tow ctt, shnking his head ominously "Something wrong with the furnace I 'spose," leturned Osterhaut. "Prob nbl trjing the first heat-up of the fall." (CONTINUED TOMORROW) ' sa.v !" again hooted Judge Owl, but ai second time he was caught in a rush, if wind and had to scramble hard tq keep his peich on the back of the seat "If ou don't know where the mer-i maid is, why don't you ask some one?' said Pegg. "That's n good idea," replied thu prince, and he brought the car to a quick stop. "Who will I ask?" "Hoo! Hoo! Ask me," hooted Judge Owl. "I told you I had some thing to say." Then he went on quickly to explain. "I heard a voic singing in the mountains last night. It sounded like the voice of the mermaid cs she sang on the rocky isle of the lake: i Hoo! Hoo! Listen to wba.t I have to The prince didn't understand blicf? talu and was annoyed by Judge Owl' hooting. "How did thnt noisy bird get in tbld car? Pitch him out," he exclaimed angrily. But the prince changed his mind very quickly when Peggy told him what Judge Owl had said. "I'll have that wise bird fed a thou sand mice," he declared gratefully1. "Here are the mountains ahead of us. We must go fast tg find the mermaid, for a storm is brewing and harm might come to her." What he said was true. Lightning was flashing among the hills ahead ol them nnd thunder was rolling. The flashes showed the mountains looming up datk, gloomy and threatening, jhs night had become pitch black and heavy clouds weic circling ubout the jagged peaks. It was a scary time to venture among the mountains, but the prince uever hesitated. "On, on, we must find my beloved," he cried, steering the nutd into a steep road. High up they cllnUied until nt last) the blazing lightning revealed a fork in the roads. The prince stopped, not Knowing whether to go to the right od to the left. And as ho hesitated a beautiful voice began to trill a melo dious song. "My mermaid." cried the piince, and lie turned to the right, Up, up went the auto, the prince driving fast as be expected to leach the mennaid in a hurry. But on, on went the voice, travellug ns swiftl as the auto. "'Speeei as he would the prince could not catch it. Billy squeezed Peggy's hand. "Dd1 "ou think the mermaid has turned Into a singing vvill'o'-th'-wisp?" he whis pered. "Or into a witch on a broomstick," whispered Peggy back. On, on, on, i limbed the auto nmid the rolling tbun der and the dueling lightning. fTomorroic tctl be told; hoto th&f find the singer and get a surprise, ( I 1 ;- v. (f i
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