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, 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
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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
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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
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THOUGHT
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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
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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, (
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