, EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY 'AUGUST 6, 1919 The Lady of the Night Wind , fCoprrlihl 1110. by hi M.ciiuUy Co) (Coprrisht iBl. by iti I'ublle Ledeer Co ) L THIS STARTS THE STOB.Y A week-end home patty is being held at Myqucst, the country home , f cl Katherlne and Bingham Hnriard A card name Is indulged In In a group of the men fillers, among whom arc Tom Clancj, Hnrrj Areliei. Danford Damming, llorton Sears aud Conrad Belknap. Helknap Is discov ered cheating at the cards bj Kalh trine. He has come to her home ns a newly made friend of the Archers In the absence of her husband hath erlno tells Belknap that he must leave her home nt once Up laughs scornfully at her demand and refuses to do so. Katherine Is about to tell her husband, upon his arrival from the. city, but hesitates Belknap seems to exert a peculiar influence oyer her, which makes her all the more determined to ferret out his real idcnht, as she I" com meed of his deception It is revealed that Katherine has had a fotmer epen ence as a police headquarters detcctm and had been known as I.ndi Kate of the police. She intercepts a tile phone call of Belkntp s nnd learns that he is setting some si heme afoot Belknap. realiziiiB that he is sus pected br Katherine, threatens to n pose an event In her pist lift AND IIRHi: IT CONHM1.S SHE realised that she was i .impelled to surrender, thut was the leinble thing. sot because she sought to "pan hei self any ionciiuwcs of the reielnlion that Belknap threatened lit us not deceive ourselves In am thought that Katherine harbored one grain of enw ardiee, one faintest streak of ullow, in her heart or soul Let it not be sup posed that it was nm consideration for herself that inuipillid hi r to waif a flag of truce to the siouudul in fi"t of her. Her courage was m-ur so gnat a" in that moment when sin- nuclei"! I and acted upon the imis-iti that ion fronted her. As one will tluuk qunklv hi nm ments of ectriuuti, so it on urn d to her in one wild impuNe to elcfi Itelknnp even then, nnd to seek hn husband anil confide everj thing to him but n si coin) thought, as epiickli iippeimust as the first one, made her reallre that she did not dare to do that made In i under stand that she ias mortnlii afraid to V tell Blng Hnriard about this nnui who faced her nnd Ills tlireats Again vie muwt not mlsiindei stand .undei stand red to lurmiii the .seue. of threatened to It was not that she fear her husband fulh about the nast which Belknap expose. Not that. No, no, not tint Tim condition that ftightennl h r was Bingham Harvaid himself, and' vihat she perfectly c" 1,"pn t,lul '"' nould do to Conrad lielkuap upon the instant that he was made to undir Stand thoroughly the situation It was Bingham Harvard's temper that he feared the tremendous, the superhu man, the awful strength and the un controllable temper -when once roused of the man who had once borne the alias. The Night Wind She knew, just as well as ehe knew that It was a despicable scoundrel who J roreaieneu ner ui wie inomruir mui Harrard, the instant he was made to understand the situation, would beconu tiansformed into a silenL nnd Impla j cable fury; that he would feek Belknap) iu a. luftc iiii.u u.ih ....... r...j hinder, and that with ins great streiigin like unto that of Samson of old, he would seize the mnu with Ins liuuds and rend him limb from limb enu uim 111110 iriiin iiniu In a word. Katherine knew that if .1.. .i,..l.i n 1.-- kcncl el,nc il.ul'" ""wen. mnihingli lie seemed to man had dared to threaten her, his wife, Bine would kill him -kill him with his , , .t , . hands crush the life out of him I , , , , 1 ... We ask you nnd 1 win uot.' ' Such a killing would be jiistilmble under the circumstances ; the world 1 w6uld be well rid of such a contemptible person; justice, when the facts were known, would deal gently with him who did the killing. Ah! Therein was the rub to say nothing of the shuddering horror that Katherine felt when she considered such a possibility the kill Ing of this man by the hand of her husband. But, the facts behind such an ex tremity could not be made known, uot even to that intangible, that inchoate thinr called iustice Then too she I I'lShiH realized, with still another inward sliticl derlng, that even men een with Belknap silenced foreier (if suili a dread possibility wire to be considered), the fact might not tdm the consequences of the exposure that r.e hael threatened to make; the white, set features of a person she knew might still be made to stare between the bars of a narrow prison window Furthermore, with the approach of .. .,, .. ., ,, ,l fK,, n , . . ?r ,Sa, . a,K J,' for" 'Vlrciidedgreutli although almost as te r- Vr. ' mAHm" Kl.eHne!ODfa.V,'i ,r,bl'.' '", "" ' "'" l w,,I,ld U' Uis. ovory j ';fnxwl,lon lv0l"cnuf-N lnl",r hi her fatlur ami mother that Hodcr and mother-w ould arrii eat Mjepictlnk-shodj did not, est in the graie that from their home in Kentuckj. Ihat , Us markid bi his naiiie, ut theii Ken was tne Hardest riiii ot nil, loi tins ex- ten k home e urs had come and gone lwiure tnut lonrael llelMinp tnreateniilisinci- that graie was made and now to make would stab both of them to the heart, would bow with withering shame the tall and stately form of that proud old man, and would crush, eien into the grave, the stately, jet delicately sweet, mother whom Katherine adored with a 1 devotion and line that was bejondi words. For the white, set features that would be made to stare between the bars of a prison window belonged to Katherine Harvard's brother; her brother Roder ick the first-born of her parents their, son 'whom they had once so profoundly loved, who had begun so bravely aud so, proudly, and who had ended so mis- ! a.flllS.Tv.H.I' titi- nnlv ann n hnm K..II. I... I 4 .. . ..... u...j uuw. n..uu, iu, uc Kt lleved to be dead, aud whose mistakes, Eii TtA fltlltri-a flfl.l Kan,, IllF.nllnn I.. I. .. .- ... su ..u u.a .ti.ut.tll ,u IIIC memories of his childhood and promise. TJie mere suggestion that either of tbera should ei er be made to know that their son Iloderick Maxwilton was still among the living, and that he might be. 'T .. or would be, called upon at any mo- neat to pass into another death a liv IX isf 'one behind prison bars, was not to eW tnsldered, no matter what sacrifice 'acJHHtd be fixed as the price of aioidance ,,e(f'ich a calamity. Katherine had believed that she alone L hpf tnat utr brother was alive. She mm), up to the very Instant of Belk- ' Bitp's uttered threat, had no thought ,s-Mif another person in all the world Mttored any doubt of Iloderick Max- tVtBtKM s aeatn. in ere was a grave trnkla the family Inclosure on the Ken. tmkf estate wherein he was supposed OftlM M reec, ana above it there was a M tfeett bore Jil name and the dale m x fill ' mm W&Mmmm&M i mem ! if ifvlflHMHwl &!&& jfWMiM''i "t HTIMfrr TTifffnTfMilMr v ' imxmmi iM ' folM IM " "What do j I Jtl" line km s ,. , if !, lK I Ua' '""' 'I'-'k. u tin i, inn . that he had '! tu h, r biotlu, Koikrak J hose llushlight thoughts i iiniiinii tl to dart in and out of In i iimli , standing (luring the In n f slim of he, sih in e wniie sht fm tin . anl sharpir tho anil tuners, mlntm- nut i.mii.r .1 ,fl. 11... swiftness of thought ,sUf. ut .on suimiig no uppiTuabh time, and among them weie the natiual iiucstions "Hho then Is Ihis nun w ho lonfrouts me- ami Wln.11 and how i.iulil he have known Itoduuk'' iuestions foi whii h, alas, she had mi iinswu So swiftli ih, ),ei mind work that there was no uiinriciuble 1nt1r1.1l 1.. tmeu llclkutpi. last uttiiaiue Kathi line s nspotise to it and She could not h pli in woids noll. ... ,,. ,t. ., .... sin hud u ,,,, ,, i1J11K,lt , ,,1t f h, r sllll ,, 1(,uj lt, H ,.(.,lliri t utt,,r r ' llBmt. f(ir . , ,l(1 W,n, , , ',OWn I 111- stairs . --''' sis. 1 wit 1 - nr illllllll jlU uelknnp, with tint inscrutable smikUokiuisli !( did not onnr to m.. n,i of dihuu derision unci eonsi nm pow i r oiei 1. sum UDon Ills 11ns tmii ... . , , ; .. .. ' i V "" WV 'T" ,""-""('"" asme !.""'," ""!""," ,"r1 "(K it in "'".'" , '" "u " ouin. init inst in nun iias-uge at arms lie inuii. ,,.,,. , , . " ""u no nttimpt to di tuin hei . ,, "'", ttav Katherine Milliards wit '"atehed against the w it of Conrad Mil '"al' Thus was the battle of wits begun Thus the match wlnih might well havy been nuniicl- The Cmok icrsus l.ndi Kate of the police Ijidj of the'Mglil Wind KATHI night URIXH slept iciv little that She was torn hi 11 eoulliit of rmo tions, and chiedi among thim all was 1 ;-""" '""S'-i, i" ouiiue cverj - ." her ,TbnnJ' "'!"." -.Iie-kn. the passionate longing to confide every - . - ... ,...,.,,, H ,,,,, ,,lv iiiijiiju-i m 1 to be impossible eien while she eon-llum whose name is on the headstone," s...r.c ii. uiipussmie oeiause sne um w he went on "It would I.e u shock 'she halted, and turned, nml faciei lain "" u" "'""" m" " ""i'i"i".s u, ...em what he would do She could not tell ' to I hem such knuwl.dgi aould it again. He was ,1, the shadow he Heath ' ,a' on. "'e K'""' forgotten. "Ml Bingham about her brother now, at not Ladi Kate?" the rose-bow ei ; she stood 111 the light I nn,ne ls Anne ,n, Knil1 ,,ie Klrl this late elate without disclosing her She started backward a step, white outside of it and at that instant Ming "VM"""e ,G.r,n " "Xot vi'"n"p reusou for the tilling without ele ,10 the lips. ham Ilarmrd from the leranda. where, ,ray! ,1)" lalnil',l Ned. na if wauling iioiinung Helknap anil if she ilicl Hint. "Vim .lure ' si,.. i.u ... ...i ....... i, 1....1 ...,.. e.. . ot i,.,r tn.. 1,. , ... off a blow ; "not Viiianne Oral who " tin- tempest uinild . I, t lse, the long stillttl Night Wind would be 11 11 leashed '1 hat was the , oils. mien. llinr slm lei eviiume tin- liiing from it such a circumstance was not to be thought of During the claj thut followed it was, , nuiiuaj she uioidi'ti llelkunii as mui h as possible without the appt uiuin e of1 it She did so miimii-e thnt she tins neier alone with him for an instant DOROTHY DARNITBut SAY DOT, DO YOU Know you are a FOOLISH UTTi.E L- "girl? r 1 11 f &-J on M.mt .it Muiuest? Oi of me? Is It W, ,lhgl i lathe, . M f,m ,, i,,,, ,f, ,, . t,af. n, ,,,,,1 lt,g,niii w. lit will, r toishi naihnl out iu,l null,,! ,. ,1, si... I the Matiu,, to ,,, t th.ni f ,.',:, fL V," ' !l'..", i,,l, It hnppmiil lust liilore hull urn that 'mid ion and tear ion npjit lite that" Kalln line, longiug tm a moiiunt of suh lilui. -ti in l tlnoii.li an oiien windnii to tin iiiaiula uml L-liilnl iiiiisihssli mnl siiifth down tin side steps ami ailing u siiludid puthwui (owaid a ilistn In in h that was h ill hiilih u he math a down iliinhiug niuisou lunihlei She pussul insuli nf it hifuri sh, .lis iijMinl Hint tin plan- was ulitadi o. iiipiul that lit IKnup. whom she sup posnl had gujie to his 11,0m, ,(tt theie, eaUh 11s if he weie awaiting hi r it, sin- knew ilifFin nth. because he 1011I1I not hiiie know,, that the rose bow 1 1 was a favorite utiiat of hus Hi si,o, up ami bowed, coolh polite, innoleiith mho of himsilt. ' I was waiting f,u 1111 " lie s 1M lint " sh,. bigan ami stoppnl ' ()h 1 did not know thai ou would ffimit liiitii iif runpvii fli 1 . 1 . . I . . . v ion would ink me, Mrs llariatd " ii,. ., . ,,,.., 1. ., I., ki... 1 ,., .. ..1 .it.i " '' ' "" ..... w ... , 1 um think that 1011 might wish foi a moment of solitude. I 1 11 me hue oii sec l could wat. h ion lluough the window iiiiougu ine wmciciw of unrnge mill I fr, "" "" hau been culling ion; mentnlli of 00111 se Will 1 01, ln seated'' No He pioduicd his eiguiettes and light ed one llisuieh I did not know that Smatoi r.nd Mis Maxwilton weie expieteel." he said whui he had extluguishnl the '"'itc h Kutheruii mude nonpli lleeontiu ued us if ensunllj : "Thin coming lather t lengthens nij position, doesn't it." It was a state nieiit, with u peiioel, not an luleuogu- tion Aguin she was silent '"Ihei do not suspiKt that a certain graie In Keutuc kj contuins the boms grille 111 jveniuc hj conluins tie bones of ,. unknown, and not the umains of ---..,.... Diie ue ft,uii, unit il)jl pn because of sheer inability to speak ' 'on, o greatli was she outraged bj hisl ihsoImhi fninili.mti 'I'll,,, ..... u.... 1.. .. nlr ii i... if . .. .. ii'i'ii, I itllllii 1UI1K IHIM'll III S1I11IK calinlj, she continued- 'Lit me ml Ise lou to biwaie lest 10,1 dr.ie in, too far. .Mr Belknap It is true that it would be a shock to-to then, kiicm the truth, now. so ;,ile. but -do not detcne loui-elf into the iw.ti.... I tmt 1 mu. nfmiued fiou. exposing jou soldi for Unit reusou 'lluie is I unnther one eien a more important one on do nut know il , ion mui not lielten. ii ul,u, ., 1..1.1 1. ... tins it I should till Binghiiiu Um ,..i f ,i... .1.1 .1 .... . , .,,! ,i,n t,. .,,.. i, ,...,.i,i ..i.i .'...'. Rubbers Won't Draw Interest WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOIN ALL YOU THIKIK OF,. IS SPENDING, MONEY By VARICK VAMRDY Author of "The Two-Kneed Man," "Alias the Night Wind," etc lilac km ill."' lie iriislnd the iins i l,t ( fiugirs inml . in tin in into a pulpi "and whin he lnosi d his giip upon oil, as I loose mine now upon these lose bans, um would be as Ihei me, uushiil, liteless, 1I1 id' I hai,. kept silint thus lar, not so much to spaic m fathn and mollnr the know ledge Hint jou thnatiii to disi lose, as to spate nun wiiiililiss, inntimiitible life " Itelkuap Inssiil the ugalitte fioiu him into the pntlinui lie bint mater to In 1, Miiilingh fuiiiioiiil Not a tone nl his 10111 was cluing) d whin he spoke. "To spm,. mi f, ' he ipn stioned ' Dh, no Sai. rnthei to kin in,, , pii sons instead of one, outfide of a liuison house To saie me' What ."I. in siiKgisi mat isui to sin..: Ming Ilanaiil tioui the commission of a 1 nine Oh, us Quite so And 1011 will continue to do that icu thing, bilaie' 1m1 1 lint, ,111 clear huh. is 11 hi I hold the llhiphaild and it is win I iv.ll 'kup on holding it to the end, because , 1011 me afraid, if jou speak, that i our ' husband villi go to the eketiii 1 hull , is 11 muideier. Did 1011 expect to liiglitiu me, Ludi Kali .' es I will 1 all iuu that if I eho Noils ulttr nonsense: I iuim neu, afraid 111 nil life, so do not think that ton inn si nre inc. You tnn'l " I as ' U11 are light." she 1 1 tin nt il ioo us he hail spoken "I lime kept silt nt onli to spare ,111 husband the i.ommissioii of a 1 rime I could look upon lour features, eiiishiel and ilind, with unmixed pleasure; unil if jou. by word or deed, hi innuendo or gesture, betrai what jou know to either of mj parents, 1 will loose the Night Wind upon jou, no matter what the eonse- quinces mai be" She turned to leaie him She stepped 1111c,- iuiu:u iu nun- nun llll BLI 111'I.U into the moonlight on the path Thtrc in- nun fcwnw-3e.t !. Tit nit'i, cm her and thought nothing of it, then "Why do jou insist upon reinaiiun !,.... ai,u " ,1, ,,, ,.,! f ib,. ..ii-i.n .i t. ... se , r. 11 IIUI nu .toil illilll ill inillirsi' III of me? ls it blackmail' If so. name Jour " He laughed aloud, glee fulh. intei- mpting hei "Mj price, sweet la.h." he said iiioekiiieli . "eauneit be mud with monei. I seek foi some thing better something fur dearer to jou tliiin that something, . that I will iiiiiipel lou to paj " Week end gathe rings like thnt one at Mwniui sometiiiii s iliielon mi,, 1. 'lahlishid hou-e pintles ... (c'O.NTl.MIi;i 'lOMOIUtoVV) If WELL YOU L CANT LIVE ON fs'OTHIN' DAILY NOVELETTE WHAT'S IN A NAME?" By Annette Oreen rnllP, song of the birds nnd the soft I J- lunging of bees through the per I fumed nlr of the warm afternoon .brought n sigh of ccutent from the lips of 11 gill who swn.U'd dreamily in n iiistic swing bencnth the elm tree. There was no trace of the wealth) nnd sought-after Vlvlanne (irai in the llttlo gingham clad figure swinging gently in the lenfi stillness. It was almost a month since the loung society girl, wenriid with the ga round of social cients which had marked her coming of age and into her grandfather's fortune, had left her beautiful home nnd flitted a win to the little cottage among the lulls where her niitse, Acidic, lived with her inlies and chickens nnd ducks. And while the papers reported the departure of Miss Vh Inline firm to n famous summer icsort, "Anne." ns her nurse alwais i ailed her, was spending long, cpiiet claus at the iiittage not fiftj miles from the uti, gloriing in pure country breois and the lnilng companionship of her childhood's friend. "Anne, ileal," said the battel, com ing down the path, "will jou go down 1 In the spring for some water while I'm baking the biscuits for supper''" With 'n luippi smile foi the oldei woman, Vn inline look the pnil nnd disappeared don 11 the path to the spring. "Dear girl!" murmured the other, "how much better she looks1 nlreadi. She was so 'mile nnd liiunili! when she enmp " And her ens folloiiid the girlish figure fond- li. foi Addle had Idled the little orphan child and still watched oier her with niolheili inie Meanwhile 111an11e hnd fillul the pnil nnd was letiiiniug to the house when a tall loung man leaped oier the 1 low stone wall from the meadow be- lonil and took the pail from her hands "You'ie Anne, aren't 1011?" he hiild. smiling nt her In n fiienilh mnnni'i. "Yes, I'm Anne," she returned, smil ing, too. nt wondering who her new friend might be "Ml name is l'nrnum : loo piobabh don't remember me," he said Anne smilingl shook her head. 'Tin going to unite miself to supper with .Miss ddie She sometimes makes 11 ecitaiii brand of biscuits which are ii'iv popular with me." "She's mak ing them this ieri minute." laughed A line . and just then Miss Allelic herself appeal id 111 the donrwni. "Whj. Ned Fainum'" she exclaimed. "I didn't know lou'el got home." Oh, les, I'm home." 1 1 spondee! the lining fellow, stooping to kiss her withered cheek. "Well, come light In; supper's all renih," she sold, and hastened to set 11 place for hei latest guest Ned was at the eottage cien even ing, and the few hours he could be spind fi 0111 the farm eluring the dni fouiiil him under the tlm tree with Vn innne Miss Addie loved him like 11 sou and watiheil the two together, smiling nmteiitidli to heistlf. There was no mist iking the hnppi smile on the gills fair face, nnd It was plain to all that Ned was deeph in line with the gill: so deepli that one peifect night in midsummer he giaspcd hei hands ns she smiled up nt him In the moonlight, and pound out impetuous words of hue and longing, words he had not meant to sai until he was quite sine of nn important position which he hoped to seeme 111 the fall. Itealiiug at last that two soft arms were about his neik. all 1 egrets faded nnni as he held her closeli in n lining embrace "Hut Anne, deni, 1011 II wait won't 1011?" he cried with the trusting faith of loune low Anil Anne replied. "Dear Nisi. I'll wait " 1'aiK the next dav Ned laulted our the stone wall waiinc a lellow sheet in Ins hnnil nnd 11 II i 11 V imfiilli to Hie I girl under the tlm tice "Anne! Aunt Waters ! Anne Waters, dearest' Tie not it ! We won't haie to wait if jou II go with me'" Anne had run toward 'him ioyfulli at his first call, vagucli aware that he had called her Auue Waters ; but not until she released her self from his stioug voting nrms did she think to ask him what he meant hi calling her bj that name. "It's vonr name, iu t it. dear girl?" he asked in surprise. "Win. Neil Farnuni." ex claimed Viiianne. "do vou mean to sai that all this time ion thought inv name was Anne Waters?" "Whj," said Ned, "1111 uncle told me when I came home thut Miss Addie's niece was over here, so of course, I thought jou were Anne Waters who used to come here once upon a timei" The voung felloi wnsn'i j . . ,. 1.1 ,smi,1''K now' an' ''"' ,.eleKrnm ' ' '' had all that monei left to her and who goes to l'alm Bench and has her nic turf in the papi l s?" Seeing confirma- Hon nf his doubt in her IrniihlMil .l.,c - .. ,.,.-., '"! was backing slowly In the dlrce- tion of the stone wall over whiel, he hnd sprung so gaily not In e-minutes hefore. But Vhmnne folloiud him 'th " "" ' he and a hint of tears. "Nothing going to malre anv idifferem'e when we love each other, is it' Oh. Ned: and then ns a tear stole down her soft cheek he capitulated and e ame back and took her in his arms and nut his face down to lie one limln.i against his shuuldei. lhf' next 'inplete noieletl Mother's Wisdom BUT YOU SHOULD PUT SOMETHING AWAY FOR A RAINY DAY r . The World for Sale (Copirlsht, IMS. by Harper Uroi ) Q8TKIUIAUT was right. No one had set the church on fire. The sexton hnd lighted the furnace for the first lime to test it for the winter's working, but had not stn)ed to see the result. There was a defect in the furnace, the place had caught fire, unci some of the wooden flooring had burnt before the aged Monsclgneur Lourde discovered it. It was he who had giien the alarm and had rescued the sliver altar-ies-sels from the sacristy. Manltnii offered brute force, physical energy, nativo athletics, muscle nnd brawn; but it was of no avail. File hundred men, with fin; hundred buckets of wntei, would lime had no effect upon the lire at St. Michael's Church at Manltnii : willing hands nnd loving Chrlstlnn hearts would have been help less to snie the building without the scientific aid of the Lebanon lire brl gntie. Ingolby, on founding the bri gade line) eepitpped it to a point where it could deal with anv ordinary fire. The work It had to do nt St. Michael's was critical, if the chilli h could not be sand, then the wooden houses by whle.il il was surioiuided would be swept nwnv, and the whole town would be ablaze, for though il was autumn, eier.ithing was elri, and the wind was suffiiient to fan and spuael the (lames. Lebanon took loiiuminil of the whole situation, and for the fiii-t lime iu the lustoi.i of the two towns men worked together uiiiler one eontiol like brothers. The led-sliuted rner diiier from Man- itou mid the lawier's eleik from Leb anon; the 1'iesbiteii.in iniuistei nnd n f'linstian brother of the Catholic si I100I : 11 Siilmtion Army captain aud a blink beaded Catholic shnntyiiian ; the president of the Older of (looel Templars nnd a switchman member of the Confraternity of the Mlessed Sacra mint slnveel togcthei on the hanel-en-glne, to supplement the work of the two splendid engines of the Lebanon hie brigade; or else Ihei 1 limbed the 1 oofs of houses, side hi side, to throw on the burning shingles the buikets of wntei handed up to them I'oi some time it seemed ns though the church could not be saied. The lire had made good headway with the flooring, nnd bad also made pi ogress in the ihaneil and the nttai. Skill and organization, combined with good luck. conquered, howeier. Though n por . ui,ii.irii, ......r.i,. .ituugn ii nil ,. ,, 1 .i . . tic, of the toof was destrojed and .he''", '" ,!"''! V:0"' ""s " look f- hnncel gutted, the church was not be j 0111I repair, and 11 fiw thousand dollars would put it right There was dau- gei, howeier, among the stnallei houses hiirioiiniling the eliuicli. nnd theie inen - from both towns wmked with great gnllantrj Ml one of those accidents whiih innke fntnliti, a smnll wooden license Mime distance aw in, with a roof as dn as wool, caught fire from 11 flying ciuelei. As eieubndi had Hid trom their own homes anil shops to the church, this tire was not noticed until it had made headway Then it wns that the eiies of Mad ame Thcbnelenu, who was innflneil to her bed in the house opposite, were heard, and the crowd poured down to ward the burning building. It was Ciautrj's "caboose." (lautrj himself had been nmong the rowel at the church. , As (laiitri came reeling nml plung ing elowii the street some one shontrel. "Is there mil one 111 the house, Onutii v" (inutrv was speechless with drink, lie threw his hnnds up 111 the nir with a gesture of maudlin despair and DREAMLANDAD VENTURES-ByDaddu "THE PRINCE OF DOLLARS" . " CI he I'rince nf DoUais nets out in yn lacing auto to iiul the tort mfi mnicf. I'rqgy, Hilly ami Judge Oicl git Kith him. They henr a loice in, the mountain and folloic it through a gathenng storm.) The Heclng Voice "DOOM 111 ur-ur-boo-oom boo 00111 ! roared the thunder among the moun tains. And then ns the lightning Hashed blindinglj c lose at hand the roar turned into 11 sharp crnsh-sh-bang-iippctj ! I'nst and still faster up the mountain road droie the I'rince of Dollars, fol lowing the sweet voice that sped on ahead of the racing auto. "Mv inermald love, wait for us!" cried the priuce. "We will save jou from the fury of the storm. " But the sweet voice did not stop. It went cm and 011 ns swiftly as the fljing motounr I'eggj and Bill grasped eacli othei's lianels and wondered what the end of this stinnge race would be. No girl 01 bin or man not eien an Indian uould run ns fast as the auto was Copyright loin, by the- nell Syndicate. Inc I I DO 1 I WHAT? I MY RUBBERS ' shouted something which no one under- "Oot the strength of two, for a drunk stood. The crowd gathered like maglciman weighs twice as heavy ns a sober in the wide Street before Hip hniisp the one wide street In Mnnltou from the roof and upper, windows of which flames were bursting. Far up the street was heard the noisy approach of the fire engine, which now would bo able Jo do little more thnu save ndjolnlng buildings. Gailtrv. reelinir. nmmMlnir nnd whining, gestured nnd wept. A man shook him roughlj by the shoulder. "Brace up, get steady, jou damned old geezer! Is there nniboely in the Jiouse? Do jou heurV Is there uiirbody in the house?" he roared. Madame Thibadcau, who hud dragged" herself from her bed, wns now nt the window of the house opposite. See ing Flodn Druse passing beneath, she called to her ".Ma'ui'selle, Felix Mnrthand is in dautry's house drunk," she cried. "He'll burn to death but jes, burn to death." In ngitntion Fleela hastened to where the stranger stood slinking old (inutri. mere s a man asleen inside tlm house." she said to the stranger, nndl't him at great cost. If you'd taken then all at once she realized who hc.awaj his life, the cost would nrohnhlr wns. It was Dennis Donne, whose wife wns staling in Onbrlel Di use's home: It was the husband of Miln hand's c tim. "A man in there, i there?" ex claimed Dennis. "Well, he's got to bo saved." He made n lush for the eloor. -Men called to him to come back, that tin roof would fall In. in the smok ing clnorwni he looked back. "What Hour?" he shouted. 1'roin the window opposite, her fat old fine lighted bj the blazing roof, .Madame Tlilh.ideaii culled out, "Sec ond floor! It's the second floor!" In an instant Dennis wns lost in the smoke uml flame. One. two. tliie-e minutes onssed. A fire engine aimed; in n moment the hose was paid out to the liier near by. nnd as a In mini sci7celthe nozzle to train tin watu upon the building the mof fell in with a crnsh. At thnt in stnnt Dennis stumbled out of the house, blind with smoke, his 1 Indies allume, cairjing a mnu in his nrms. A seoro of hands 1 aught the in. eonts smothered Dennis's burning clothes, and the man he had rescued wns carried across th" street ami laid upon the paicmi nt. "(ireat glori. it's .Mnrchand! It's Felix Mniehnnd!" some one shouted. "Is he dead?" asked another. "Dead drunk," was the 101111ne.nl of Osleihnut. who had hclneil to cam I him ae ross the stree t. I At that moment Ingolhj appealed on j the se en e "What's all this?" he asked. Then he rteognied Man hand. "He's bien plaiing with lire again," he ndded sar Lonte mpt on his face. As he said it, Dennis bioke through the crowd and made for Marehand. Stooping 01 ei, he looked into Mai - ( hand's fine l "Hill , damnation win !" he growled. "I risknl mi life to sine jou!" " With a sudden access of rage his hand ,Mieldeuli went to Ins hip pocket, hut I another hand wns quicker. It was that of I'leda Di use "No no," she saie, her lingers on his wiist. "You haie Intel join ie lenge. For the rest of his life he will lime to bear his punishment that you haie kneel him. Leaie him alone. It was to be. It is fate." Dennis Dome wns not n man of great thinking enpacitj. If he got a matter into his head it staled there till it nils dislodge d, and ilisloilging was a leal business with him. "If jou want her to lne with jou again, jou hid better let this be ns it is." whispiriel Fleela. for the crowel were surging round luiil 1 heeling the new hero ".lust est upetl the roof falling in." said one. "Iloo! Hon! I've got her," hooted Judge Owl going-, mid iet the mice was floating on abend up Hie mountain road without nnv sign of strain or effort. And how the mermaid mold find her wnj in the pitch -black darkness and among the trees of the inoiiutnin forest wns a 111 mer 10 reggj mid Milh. The auto Iincl lights, but theie was nothing to show the path to the siugei except cue irequeui uasnes or lightning. By Chas. McMatms By SIR GILBERT PARKER Author of "Tho Seat of the Mighty," "The Money Master," e. one, exclaimed another admiringly. ".Marthnnd's game Is up on the Saj alac," declared a third decisively. " The excitement wns, so great, how- ever, thnt only a very few of them knew what they were saying, and fewer still knew thnt Dennis Doanc had risked his life to save the man he had been stalking for weeks past. Marchnnd had been lying on his face in the smoke filled room when Dennis broke into It, and he had been carried down tha stairs without his face being seen at all. To Dennis It was ns though ho had been mndc a fool of by Fate or Provi dence, or whatever controlled the des tinies of men J as though the dangerous episode hnd been arranged to trap him into this situation. Ingolby drew near and laid a hand upon Dennis's nrm. Fledn's hand was ' on llic other firm. "You enn't kill a man and save him. too, said Ingolby quietly, and holding the abashed blue eyes of Dennis. "There 1 '"" i ways to nunisn ntm: tnkinr nwai his life nt great cost, or giving Imie been jour own life; In giving him his life ou only risked your own; you had n chance to saie it. You're a bit score heel hair, eyebrows, mustache, clothes, too, but he'll hayc brimstone Inside him. Come along. Your wife, would rather hnve it this wny; and so will you, tomorrow. Come along." Dennis suddenly swung round with gesture of fury. "He spoiled hcr-r- trented lire like dirt, he cried huskily. With sninge purpose he made a move ment toward where Marchnnd hnd lain; hut Marchnnd wns gone. With fore sight Ingolbi had quickly and quietly accomplished that while Dennis's back was turned. ' "You'd be treating her like a brute if 1 011 went to prion for killing Mar ihnnd." urged Ingnlbj. "Oive her a chance. She's fretting her heart out." "She wants to go back to Hlk Moun tain with 1011." pleaded Fledn gently. "She couldn't do that if the law took hold of jou." "Ain't time to he nny punishment for men like him?" demanded Dennis, stubbornly jet helplessly. "Why didn't I let him burn! I'd have been willing to burn mjM'lf to hnie seen him sizzling. Ain't men like thnt to be nunisheil nt nil?" "When he knows who has saved him. he'll Rizzle Inside for the rest of his life." remarked Incolhi. "Knn'e- tliink he hnsn't got 11 hnnrt. He's done wrong nnd gone wrong; he has belonged to the s.nier. but he Isn't all bad. and mnibe this is the turning point. Drink'll make n man do nnjthlng." "His kind nre never sorri for what tliei do," commented Dennis bitterly. "" 'mi 11 111111 oiiieriv. "Thej're -so.ri for what comes from nunc enej 110. nut not for the doing of it. I enn't think the thing out. It makes me s,k. I wns hunting for him to kill him; I ,mH watching this town like a Iwix. and I've been and gone and saied his bodi from hell on earth." "Well, perhaps lou've saied bis soul from hell below." said J'leela. "Ah, c ome ! Your fne e and hnnds are burned jour hair is sroic-hecl jour clothes need mending. Arabella is wailing for you. ( oine home with me to Arabella." With sudden resolie Dennis squared us shnuleltrs -A,, rl,,lti ,, 8ni(It this thing s too much for me. I can't get the Imng of It. I',P lost mv head." No. I won't come; I can't come now, said Ingolbi, in icsponse to an .icimrii.g look f.om I'leda. "Not now, but before sundown, please." 1 A,.Kri?ln. nml 1),mliR '1'sappenred, Ingolby looked back toward tlic fire How good it is to see ngain even a sight ,ke that!" ,,,. said" '"NoTing that the cies see is ko horrible ns tlm Picture, that come ,? ,,, ," the eyes don't see. As Dennis snt.i can't get . hm,g Bf it, ."t nuS (rOSTIM'KD TOMORROW) ' Afrofi T 1 in .'"' winspered to Billy Terhaps she is n witch " y " .. 1. 1...1 .," i, ; "i wind Mopped. There u... iT- i ot and then ,! '.!" as br.let Pe r , wmiii- ine nun in IniS sheets of unter. Alinm tl. ...Wl the loi'e n",r,"" f ,'" rai'' '. "8he is ca i,',;' lnieMVC ' nie,"'" 'owe.'" shout ,1 H. come! I Hashes of liffl,tiB ,!,,,,, Tice stnueling (er a tall tree In uilecl confusion. The voice wn! in lonicr ahead of the,,,." Mas not at either side, nor behind then,, 't was ier.i neni. crleTBil!';""""'1 "" in ,hat "'." H. '.'",""' '" "" Worul ,ou'11 il", K't linkn t Bn.H"el ''" f0r th' '"'Ik looke.1 far too smooth for eliinbing. tome down, come down, my be. oveel mermaid," shouted the prince. Hilt tile Otlll Dllhita, ,. au n..nl .-111 in the song. " Hcio! Hoo! I'll B0 up after her." hooted JeidRp Owl. flapping into the darkness. Tor a moment tho only sound heard was the rumble of thunder, the beat of the rain upon the leaves, and the song from nboie. Then abruptly the song ended In a shriek, "Hoo! Hoo! I've got her." hooted Judge Owl, and a Hash of lightning dis closed him fluttering townrd the ground with something clutthail in Ills claws. Another flash came, and there was Judge Owl beside them, with a small bird struggling in his talons. "Why, that's only n bird. "Where! the inermnidf" cried I'eggy. "Sing!" hooted Judge Owl to the bird, nnd from its throat poured the song tljey had been following all the way up the moiintuiu, "The song of my mermaid love," shouted the priuce, ."8he has turned into a bird." tut claimed Billy. (In fomorr?iV'"rAeiBfer. the MnJ ttf.et theik Uraxge tUmft.) '' 1 I c .an V ' ' r n & -- .
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