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EVENING PUBLIC LEPGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, -AUGUST 19, 1019
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11UB STAIITS THE STOHY
A home prtr Is bclnr held nt the
country home of Katherine and Blng
hta. Harvard. Among the guests is
one' "Conrad Belknap. Katherine dis
covers him cheating at cards. Con
vinced that he is concealing tils real
Identity and that he is there for some
'" ulterior purpose, Katherine deter
mines to ferret out the mystery. She
has formerly had experience ns a
police headquarters detective and has
hcen known as Lady Kate of the
police. She intercepts a telephone call
of Belknap's to a woman confederate
named Roberta, and. in turn, speaks
to the woman. Kcnlizing that lie is
suspected by Ka'theriue. Itelknap
, threatens to accuse of n crime her
brother, Iloderick Maxwilton. who is
. believed to be dead. Wnghntn Hnr
. vard, who once bore the title of the
Night Wind, becomes suspicions of
Belknap and of Katherinc's attitude
toward him, Itoberta arrives on the
scene under the name of Senorita
, Cervantcz, a pianist, who is to enter
tain the guests. Harvard attacks
Belknap one night, after he has re
ceived notes from both Katherine
and Itoberta from a balcony of the
house. Belknap does not recognize
his assailant Katherine. hidden in
Roberta's room nt midnight, wit
jesses a quarrel between her and
. Belknap in which he accuses itoberta
of deceiving him. Later. Katherine
t discovers Roberta in the grounds with
a strange man. whom the believes to
, be her supposedly dead brother. Tlod
i erick.
AND HKKE IT CONTINI'KS
The Fare in the Flame
BROAD - SPUKADINfi hoj elder
tTi- ta m.t.ts ....-,. .
tree grew on the haul, , , ,ak, I
just where Katherine approach-,! it ! ,,., ,,npr(, nnl. hmv ..onlidcntly shejplac.'.
from the wood Its long, thicklv leaved, had expected, that the flaring light of I " contained every comfort and con
horizontal branches extended above the, the match would reveal the face of her ; vcience of a tiny home: and it stood
water in one direction, anil as far back i
from the slmr, in tin, nil,.,.. ,-,.,; ., i
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tmd a. iitoiii im-im n llIMiri II, wiirrp
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their back toward Katherine as slip-
...c.lu.., .ppruacncu .n, ,rom among ,
the trees.
Under the tree, against the surface ;
or. tne water that shone in the starlight
oeyona, nainenne could discern the
outlines of both liguies with just enough
nisuncmess to determine one from the.
other to know which was
,1.
iiic man. '
and which was the woman.
xaf were seate., very cose logemer;
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he back of the bench benind Roberta :'
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but their voices were tuned to a pitch
so low that even when Katherine had
approached them as near as she dared.
she could bear no word distinctly that
was uttered between them
It became very quickly evident to
'her that whatever might have been thp(
reason for the clandestine interview.
its' purpose had been already accom-
' plished, for even as Katherine attained
n position from which she might have
Overheard them had they continued, they
- got up from the bench and stood facing
one another
time, and enveloping all things beneath i " "'''."" "" ''""' "'"
It in black darkness a. nigh,. There , "PP"" - ? and s.len.lv : but the
" isis f....l f . ,innni ni 1iim iF III II n-fi'l m
k 7 . ,
rN-Kitherine stood behind the trunk I
of a giant, old-growth hemlock. withjn, jn,i, t the limit and then
her lithe and slender body pressed ome
closely against it. and with her head' t ,Vas Katheriue's erj own more
bent forward so that she could look I individual and exclusively hers than
past it; but toe drooping branches ufiin her wildest imaginings she had ever
the box-elder hid their heads and shoul-
ders from her sight, l'ul she was able
to sec that the man held both of Ro
berta's hands tightly clasped in his
and ihe was aware that he bent nearer
as. if to toui ii his lips lightly against
Jftoberta's forehead.
It. They parted then nml Katherine hud
heard not n word that had passed be- I
tween them
Roberta elided awai snittly and
noiselessly, and was lost to sight nroiiud
a winding of the path along the shore,
which, bv the wax. would have brought
'Catherine directh upon them had h"'
' "
pursued that course instead of cutting
across .through the trees on her was
to the Nest
The man remained
He stood quite still until Roberta
had disappeared: then he sat down on
Ihe bench again, struck a match, and
applied the flame of it to bis cigar with
'the burning match cupped in his hands.
ibut with his back toward Katherine.
for all the world as if it were done
purposely to tantalize her.
She had the mad notion that the man
was her brother Roderick, aud she
could not rid herself of that eonvio-
.Hon, and yet. strange paradox, she felt,
she almost knew, that it could not
'be so.
He was tall, broad of shoulder, well
built, and carried himself like a sol
dier.; she bad been able to discern that
much. Every item of that description.
so far as it went, would apply to Itod-
Vfiefc Maxwilton : but so would it apply
as precisely to thousands of others.
She bad not heard, with any distinct
ness, the sound of his voice, nnd she
was by no means sure that she would
remember Roderick's if she could hear
'him- speak. She believed that she would.
but she was doubtful, loo. so many
years had come and gone since she
.had listened to it ami loved it.
She had been only a girl. then, with
her' hair in braids down her buck Pre
cocious and wise beyond her years,
perhaps, but a girl, nevertheless. And
Roderick was already a young man
with a drooping though somewhat
( facanty moustache, with coal-black hair I
, that he had permitted to grow quite
ong, alter the fashion of the south-I
,erp folk, at that time, and he had j
been addicted to frock coats and wide ,
brimmed hats, string ties and a touch
ol ''swagger" like other young Ken
tuckians of his class. I
Besides, durfng the three years that ;
had immediately preceded his "going j
away from home," Katherine Maxwil- i
(qs had seen very litfle of her brother j
Um and less with each succeeding day I
and week and month. I
4 He bad been wild, untamed and un-
'Uswble: she, only the kid-sister at j
' fcme. He had raced Ills horses, drank
Kl toddles and juleps and smashes.
- "rJd cards, jnade love and sowed his
r1 wiH oaU broadcast with generous in
.jui-uiMf h hut been the kid -sister at
Ipt bMM who saw him scarcely at all.
gjTiffl wDclr- aa ijuiht uinu uuin-uiu
U thn dtki of night, or at dawn, rhe
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Ofinn 1UC Dllin iv iirii linn inisi
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o tfie TVfc Mrcd
him, nevertheless her only brother; for
he had been the eldest anil Katherine
the youngest among five, and of the
three who had died, she hail no recol
lection whatever.
So she panted with expMancy and
dread while she stood behind the trunk
of the hemlock watching the man on
the bench who smoked on as uncon
cernedly ns if be had not a care in
the world beyond the immediate con
sumption of the cigar.
She wished that he would throw that
one away and light another, and Itlrn
so that, he would face toward her when
he did it. She was certain that she
would know him if be were Roderick.
She was not sure about the voice, but
she knew that she eouM never forget
the handsome, somewhat dissipated, but
wholly patrician face of her brother, j
After n time he stood up again, tall I
and stnlwart. with bis head and shoul-I
dm veiled within the- black gloom above
him. and Katherine crouched low be
I
bind her tree.
Then he did precisely what she bad
been hoping that ho wald do: having
J turned his body slowly around, gaz
ing first out across the lake, then to
ward the buildings ot Myquest. he
presently faced directly toward hnr
self as if he looked at lh trunk of
the verr tiro behind which she was
crouched
1 He struck n match: he held the flame I "e mere pressure ol one 01 ner lingers
of it before his face while he applied lon the secret springs; and even then
it to the cigar so that every line of j their arrangement was such that prying
his feature, showed plainly and Knth- "' curious eyes could not see past them
erine was conscious of a sharp pang , to the daintiness nnd honieyness.inside.
of disappointment '''1P ventilation was ample nnd corn-
She saw no resemblance to her brother plrtr niwl could be rendered greater or
Roderick m that flame-illuminated face. '; ''.v the pressure of a finger. In
Katherinc's disappointment was solved, verjnany mysterious things could
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L-onn thnt who rlntjprl hnr pvpq in if
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hrnlher.
" hen
she opened them.
and lifted
her gaxe again, he had gout'
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Ii imia.ed her thnt he
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when he bad been the Night Wind, and
, ,
a huntpil man
She sept vert still for a time after ,
,,,, ,,.' shp ,,, , Unow that ,1P ,
Mrnlgp n)nn llliRh I)0f bp ,.nvc , ,,,, I
where he would discover her if she (
I started away: but ere long sic be- I
(.nlnP ,.OIIVinced that he had really gone.
nn, v fI,p ,nniinued on her wav to
ward the Vest.
i I lie artinciai iase wai im- k'mm "i
.. .
Alroliest
It was
something more than two
, , , I
acres , extent, an., ua.i neeu m.iuc .', ,l,0se alre.idv described, connected
"-"' " ,la'" n,r,;sii n. r;lV1l,' ; 1,0,, with Katheriue-s whimsical l.obby-but
back the waters or a brook of sw'rt
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! a torrent it was fed by numerous
springs as well ns by the brook, and
Ias clear, and cold, and deep, and was
I well stocked with several varieties of
trout which the guests at Myquest til
was found delight and entertainment
in feeding.
There was a boathouse anil two bath
houses ill the shoreside nearest to the
Mvuucst home, while upon the higher
'of the two bluffs that bordered the ra
vine Katherine had had built, under
1 her personal supervision and direction.
1 and after her own self-made plans, n
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riw iss cnaiei ; linn mc unoum ,n n
,,,, ,.ppn n ,..ilim f ,,rs ,vi,ich liing
dreamed of for her hiHiand had gone
her one belter i it every suggestion she
had made about it until it had become
a veritable Castle of Seclusion for the
1 induleencc of her own pet hobbies, the
: ories. tastes, and talents, und
ntn
I which no other human being than her
1 self hail penetcrated since the moment
when the last of the imported workers
"P"" !t ''ad completed his task and gone
I awny.
She would have admitted Hinghani to
i " ciauiy. oi cmi.se. ., ,- , . .
Ith" ,l""' secret ly pleased when, at its,
. i.....r. a ti.i iii run i m up r si i tr -
ge.stion that he should go inside with
FIHHt unii, Him i". n
her to inspect it. he bad said, laugh
tngly. yet with seriousness:
"No. sweetheart. Thnt little chalet
of stone and cement and tiling is, and
shall continue to be. your very 'onliest'
own. No foot but your own shall step
across its threshold : not even mine.
You planned it yourself, jou built il.
jou selected every field -stone for its
construction every hollow tile and
ounce of cement, almost. It is the per
fection of your own vision of such a
place, thnt you have so often told to
me: it is Mir childhood's dream come
true. Another presence than your own
inside of it would be desecration even
jour husband's. You are the hermit
thrush, nnd the chalet is your nest."
The Nest she had named it forthwith
Katherine had no reason for desir
ing such excliisivenesM save the whim
sical one of absolute personal posses
sion entirely free from interruption and
the fear of interruption; a retreat that
was all her own where she could seek
anil find seclusion and solitude' when
ever she wished, and where both would
be perfect and inviolate.
Her favorite etchings and drawings,
her choicest books, her sentimental
pennies that she had selected and pre
served since childhood, her tenderest
keepsakes, were there. .
So was her easel, before which she
DOROTHY DARNITSome Class to Dorothy
gee. but you
put on airs
you think
YOURE SOMEBODY
HIM I ri I I t . i
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passed many hours with pallctte and
knife and brushes, or with pencil and
crayon as the whim might take her.
So was her desk there, over in one
corner between two windows thnt over
looked the lake at different angles
windows which permitted of no vision
of the interior from without; ns, in
deed, was the rule without exception
for every other window, too.
She passed many silent nnd happy
hours nt her desk, writing, ns also at
her easel, painting: but these were
little secrets of her own, shared by
none ns yet.
Katherine required no key with which
fo enter the Nest.
The lock which guarded its one dooi
of entrance had been made nnd adjust
ed for her by the so-called best lock-
makers in the world. It lmd neither
dial nor keyhole: it was invisible, nnd
its presence unsuspected nnd was ns
great a mystery from the inside as from
without
Simple enough, nil of it. lo Knth-
erlne: yel a stranger outside of that
hnlet could not get in, and. by the
' same token, a person inside of it and
unwise to its secret, could not get out ;
for the windows were guarded ns thor-
oughly nnd as skillfully, nnd by the
siime sort of mechanism ns the door.
I When she was inside, the steel blinds
! thnt covered them were shoved aside by
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wonderful
high perilled upon the bluff at one end
of the dam that was as solid nnd sub
stantial in its waj as that one of
Ashoknn
The little house was made of uncut,
hillside stones The i oof was of terra -
coltn tile The door and the windows
were framed with oak encased ill steel.
It was built at the pinnacle of the
laer of ,hc two bluffs, which stood
. ritllP. si,,p of ,,, narl.,nv ,nvillp ,ikp
sentinels on guard above the dam. and
thnc was but one pathway to it with
llicht of stairs at the ton which could
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l' , i ,iiiiiii lll.'ll ill,,. III, lilll.i ,, I till u.,
another touch of one of Katheriue's
, ,,,r , ..r . ,n home or he ow t he
--
.tnirs outside of il
i in I ' n'n iiiiiii,! wiiiii niiin, nioui
linen ii nea tniim fitlii eflncrlc nl
we will learn more about them later on.
She hail day-dreamed of some time
possessing just such a place ever since,
as a child, she had fallen under the
fascinations of Sir Walter Scott's mas
terpiece: and when ltinghaiu's fo.ster
father. .Mr. riicstcr, made her a, be
lated wedding present of M.iquest, she
at once chose the tall bluff oer the
ravine as the proper lonition for the
fulfillment of her lifelong dream.
So she mounted the steep path to
the bottom of the stairs, touching, ns
she drew near, the small spring that
made them practicable, and pressing
upon another one after she entered the
house, which restored them to their
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inn, , ,--.-.11,111 1, , Mini ii is woruiv 01
note that if one had stood at her elbow-
looking on while she performed either
act. one could not have seen her do it. j she snapped her thumb and finger to
noMinvp told how il had been done. ' gether contemptuously "about such
Then ' complications. In fact. I would wcl-
Sleep blessed sleep contented sleep, come such an interruption. I'd be glad.
I The slerp of perfect security, of utter
sajely, or complete seclusion. Kven her
own bedroom in the great house beyond
the lake had neicr been so much her
home ns the Xcst. There she could
be found, and routed out: at the t
, there was no such possibility
M,K , Knmv, llp lp mjp(,
her in the morning, where she had!
n ' ""inn lint rinix WII.V, 1)111 UP
rnnr in uou . l... . i. i ...
i would not be impatient to kiiow even
that and if he should nartienlarlv
want her there did exist a secret mean's I
of communication between Ac two1
places, known only to themselves, bv '
which he could call to her.
Katherine slept.
Within the great house Conrad l'.cl
knap also slept in the depths of a big
chair that f had pulled across the
floor nntil ; confronted the bathroom
door beyond which he believed that ' night that there was dancing and sing
Roberta had locked herself away from I ing in the wet, slippery streets of the
him ... . ,,., ..i.:., ., j,,.,,,. r ,, iIm.m
Auil thus, upon entering softly. Ito
beita discovered him.
Flint and Steel
RT
OHKHTA'S entrance, even ihough
wrts accomplished silenth.
roused Itelknap. nnd be was wide awake
on the instant.
Hi' jnwneil. stretched his arms, and
showed his teeth in bis wolfish smile
i I lo wheeled the chair slowly-around to
nice uer. wiiuoui leaving u. tie open
ed his mouth to speak, but he started i
to his feet instead, stared an instant at
her and then sprang to the bathroom
door nnd seised the knob of it. It i
would not open at his inuen. ol course.
He had known that even before he
mnde the effort.
His quick and observing eyes had
I AM. MY MAMA
huh: whatyouI
SAYS I'M AM
Got to
ARISTOCRAT
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By VARICK VANARDY
Author of "TWTwo. Faced Man,"
"Alias the Nliltt Wind," etc
noticed the moisture of dew on Rob
erta's shoes. He knew, in thnt instant,
that it was not Roberta who was lock
ed inside of the bathroom who had
been locked in it tvho might be who
doubtless was still there.
Again he started to speak nnd with
held the words he would have uttered.
He had seen the amazement in her
eyes when he sprang to the door and
attempted to open it.
His first thought was thnt the man
whom she bad gone out enrlier to meet
was there : his second one was the
same, although be added to it the belief
that Itoberta was unnware of the fact.
Iteing puzzled, and also intensely curi
ous, he was silent.
It wns Roberta who spoke first.
"What nre you doing here?" she de
manded. "I might reply by asking what the
devil you've been doing outside of the
house a second time tonight," be an
swered. "Who Is locked in the bathroom?"
she asked in utlor amazement.
"I thought you were until this mo
ment." Roberta shrugged. She did not be
lieve him.
"Who is in there?" .she repeated.
"I don't know unless it is the man
jou expected here tonight." he an
swered, leaving his chair and standing
facing hei
"Then whv don't you open the door
and lind out?"
"There arc several very good reasons
for that." he drawled. "I could not
use the forceps because the chap inside
withdrew the key. I could not pick the
lock or force the door because T haven't
my tools with me -and I didn't think
il wio in leave the room long enough
to get them. You fooled me. jou see.
I rcnll.i supposed that jou were the
perron in the bathroom."
Roberta was plainly puzzled a fact
which Itelknap was not slow to see.
"Don't Ton Know who is in there?"
he demanded, bending nearer to her.
"No. and I don't believe that any
body is there It is a trick of some sort
that you are attempting. ('. II. One
of jinir Machimellian .schemes, doubt
less " Her voice ami manner were .so
sincere that he was suddenly convinced
that she told the truth.
"Wns somebody besides ourselves in
this room when I came here the first
lime?" he asked sharply
"No Mr. if there was, you should
know il You were here when I
returned
"How long a time had I been gone
when jou went out again?"
"I don't remember. TKe- ten min
utes. Perhaps more thnn that."
"And I was gone no longer than that
when I returned. Somebody was here,
then. Somebody partly opened the (loot
into the hall to go out ; I sow the door
move, but I did not see the person, al
though 1 knew Hint one was at the door.
That person locked it and It all
resolves itself into the fact that we were
spied upon Somebody knew that I
was in this room with jou tonight, and
probably overheard our conversation.
I)o you insist thnt jou do not know who
that iiersou was?"
"I not onlj do not know. C It., but
f don't believe there was such a per
son. I don't in the least know what
jou are up to. but whatever it is I
wish you'd unlock that door nnd have
done with it. I am ery tired, and I
want to undress and go to bed but
I'd like jou to unlock that door before
."" "
jou go. liesides. il is verj late, anil
if 0 wprp fmHllI 1Pr(i.
You would be compiomised. eh?'
"Compromised ! As if jou could I
ennmrotnisp me. I care less than that"
overjojed. light tmw to see Hinghani
Harvard himself walk into this room
followed by the entire household. It
would not icsult in my undoing, but in
lours. I would betray you. n holly, on
i the spot root. trunk. bark and
branch." '
iCONTINt'KD TOMOItUoW i
JOYOUS VICTORS DEFY RAIN
ronespondtnee ot .4jisoc.nlfrf Tits
I l-ondon. .Inly '). Londoners were
swept off their feet by the enthusiastic
I jojousness of some hundreds of sailors
i from the fleet anchored at the mouth of
I the Thames and joined so heartily in
the Victory Day demonstration last
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today.
So many thousand
had gathered for
a night
if merrymaking in thr hotels
and restaurants of the West F,nd that
i when closing time came transportation
systems were unable to take them home.
As all tub- trains (.topped soon after
midnight there was nothing left for
thousands but to spend the night in the
streets, (ireat crowds gathered in the
vicinity of Piccadilly. Leicester Snuare
and Covent (Inrden stations, and as it
was raining gently the prospci was
dismal.
"Are we down -hearted?" shouted a
leather-lunged sailor, and' instantly
came a thunderous response from s,. ores
of his comrades in the crowd, whiih
was increased by answering shouis from
soldiers and civilians.
A king touched
brag
MY GRANDPA ON
EACH shoulder
WITH A SWORD
AND MADE Hi M
A LORD
DAILY NOVELETTE
JE TAME
Ity Koso Koralewsky
mltE Toungest Teacher rose wearily
to her feet ns one crowd of noisy
youngsters shuffled out and another
filed In. "Here comes my French
clnss." she thought. Then. "Quietly!
Don't crowd, James," as she grasped
one awkward fellow by the arm, "let
Alice pass in first."
When the scraping of feet and drop-.
ping of pencilsrhad ceased she begs
the lesson. "Wbnt Is the verb, 'to lov
began
c'
in French, Wiltinrh?"
i "Aimer,'
VAIltll .
answered n tall, lanky
"Now for a little rapid-fire drill. Say J
'I love you,' Hetty.
",Ie vous aime," shyly said the sweet
faced girl, gazing adoringly at the
Youngest Teacher.
"(iood ! Now suppose you werespenk
ing to n very dear friend, how would
you say it?" The class stared at the
teacher", for the words came brokenly,
nnd a little spasm of pain twisted her
face.
No one volunteered, so after a mo
ment, a red-haired imp. by the nnmc
of Roy. was called on. "Uh-je-uli-tc-uh-nitiie."
he jerked our finally.
"Wrong. Correct the mistake.'
Not a hand was raised, so the Young
est Teacher turned to the desk nnd be
gan to pass out small sheets ot white
paper. Subdued sighs and groans were
beard.
"That will do: I've drilled you on
this verv thing for three lessons, and
you doift know il yel. You may write
the rule ten time, so jou will remember
that rule. ou need not put down your
names."
When I lie woik was done that cIbfs
passed out and another came in, and so
it went all day until half past three.
Then the Youngest Teacher, after see
ing thnt the boards were washed, the
plants watered and the shades lowered,
walked slowly to the little white house
where she boarded, there lo work ou
papers until supper time.
The French and Latin exercises, it
n-omed to her. bad never been so full
of mistnkes. and nt the end of two
hours her blue pencil was worn to a
stub and her eyes ached, but the papers
were nil corrected.
Then the dull ache which had
smoldered in her heart ull day. and for
many dajs before, burst into Haiue, and
she dropped her bend on her folded arms
nnd sobbed. "He'll never come back,"
mil her thoughts, "so I'll write him and
make him think I don't care either."
Taking up her fountain pen. she jvrnte
in uncertain letters, for dnrkness was
gathering fast, simply these words:
"Kverythiiig is over now. Oood-by."
She fumbled in a drawer for an enve
lope, and addressed it to a certain young
lieutenant Then, her eyes still blinded
by tears, she folded the fateful little
siieet. and sealed the envelope.
The months dragged by wearily and
the Youngest Teacher grew pale and
thin, and inrely smiled her sweet smile,
for she read daily that the soldier boys
were coming back, nnd she knew that
one would never conic back lo her.
perhaps he would not come back at all
and she shuddered.
And then as she came up the lit Ho
flagged walk one night she heard n
rustling behind the vines on the porch,
nnd a tall, khaki -clad figure stepped
out. "Tom!" she cried, nnd dropped
her burden of papers, which fluttered
unheeded over the lawn.
Kilter when thej were sitting behind
the vines, she asked, a great wonder in
her voice. "And jou came after 1 sent
jou that note?" '
"That note was what brought inc.
dear. 1 carried it with me everywhere.
See?" And he held it in n fright beam
of light, which streamed out from the
sitting room lamp. She peered at the I
crumpled, soiled bit of paper, and made
out the words "jefaime." written
again and again in a writing very like
her own.
"Oh." she said joyfully to herself,
"thank t!od for that French class of
mine:"
The next complete omelette Itob's
Bravery.
There weie many women iu the
streets, some oT them ill patriotic cos
tumes they had worn in the dancing
earlier in the day. Introductions were
not necessary in that atmosphere and
at that time of night. Neither wns
music as long as the crpwd could sing.
So the dance was soon in full swing.
Sailors produced mouth organs; there
after there was music aplenty.
The dancing was in the roadways, all
the way from Piccadilly to Leicester
Square, for the sidewalks were thronged
with other belated persons, who watched
the dance and cheered the dancers. Sail
ors everywhere were the leaders, al
though many demobilized soldiers joined
in the festivities. Some Americans
were in the crowd. And all the time it
rained.
Toward morning the people began to
tire. Some of them sought resting
places in the doorways of bhops and of
fice buildings, while others simply sat
on the sidewalks, leaned up against the
buildings, to get such protection ns the
i eaves afforded, and went lo sleep. At
. some of the more imporfant business
houses along Regent street, to which
I many of tie merrymakers drifted, even
7 o'clock saw large numbers fast asleep.
THATS NOTHIN
DID YOU EWER HEAR
OP SITTING, BULL,
THY- INDIAN CHIEF'
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-ByDaddy
"GRASSHOPPER HOP"
fGrajopper ihreslen to ruin
Farmer Dalton'a corn ficU, Whtw
1'cggu ofr.i the bird lo dtstroy them,
she finds that the birds have eaten so
many hoppers that they have aroen
fat and can't cat any more.)
The Fairy-Humming Bird
"plIiTA", we've got lo stop these
-D grasshoppers ourselves," cried
Peggy, when she found that the birds
were so filled up that they couldn't
wiggle.
"It looks like too big a Job," de
clared Billy, looking out over the field,
which seemed fnirly nlivc with the crop
destroyers. "If Farmer Dnlton hadn't
spilled all his oil in the lake we could
have done it with hopperdozcrs."
"Wbnt is a bopperdozcr?" askca
I'eggy.
"It's n long oil-soaked canvas trap
that you drag across the field," ex
plained Billy. "In the bottom of the
trap is n ,pan of water covered with
oil. If life hoppers just touch the oil
it kills them. But when Farmer Dnl
ton wns bringing the oil to put in the
traps his motortruck tripped over a
bank, nnd splash! all the oil went into
the lake three barrels of it, and there
it is now, covering the wnter."
"Oh! 1 have an idea!" exclaimed
I'eggy. "All we have to do is to drive
the grasshoppers into the lake, where
the oil will kill them."
"Ha! Ha! laughed Billy. "You
aren't the only one who bad that idea.
I,ook!" and he pointed out into the
field. There wns n huge figure thrash
ing around wildly with an immense
club.
"The fiianl of the Woods! What's
he doing?" cried I'eggy.
"Trying to drive the grasshoppers
into the lake." chuckled Billy, and
I'egg.v had fo chuckle, too. for it was
very funny the way (lie Oiant whirled
his' club around, only to smash the
empty nir, for the hoppers slipped
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By UAIWLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint;' etc:
Cornered !
CALMLY, as if our errand was on
of trivial importance, Bruno Duk
if our errand was one
walked up that one flight ot stairs lead
ing to Purvis's ofhYc, in which were
Purvis, liorridge. Stuatburg nnd Foley
four men who all had cause lo feat
nnd hate Duke.
I followed, but must admit I thrilled
Willi excitement. I felt the blood rush
ing through my veins as my heart
pounded.
As we nea red the door I glanced bnck
and saw Harvey and one of the other
detectives at the other end of the short
corridor. With two men blocking the
passage and two more blocking the lire
escape there was little chance for escape
but would we be safe until they were
trapped.
Duke opened the door of the oflire and
said In 1110 in distinct tones:
"Come right along. Smith." Whis
tling some air Duke sauntered across
the outer office. 1 following him. Ill
11 moment we were ill the brightly
lighted inner office and there stood the
four men, suspicious and waiting.
"Ah, good evening, gentlemen I
ci came to see Mr. Purvis hardly
expected to find him so busy so late
in the evening."
Stnatburg wns glaring enomoiisly at
Duke, while (lorrieige tried hard to
smile nnd appenr nt bis case. Purvis
was openly scared, while Foley appar
ently considered himself as not inter
ested in Duke's errand.
"7m. Mr. Duke, jou steal my goods.
ain't it?" He waved his arms 111 tne
dircetion of the pile of grips loaded
Willi the sapphires.
"You exnei't to get away will it. heh?
Suppose I call for the police and have
jou ami that young fool arrested, hein?
What then, eh?
Duke looked calmly at hint and
replied.
"You won't 1I0 thai. Stnatburg nrtt
while jou have that bag of diamonds
in 011r nookot."
"Tausend teufels." Stantburg'.s face
became positively evil. Quick ns a
flash his band went to his pocket
nnd the next instant a revolver was
pointed nt Duke's breast.
I made to jump nt Stnatburg. but n
move from Duke stopped met.
"Put it up. Stuntburg. That kind
of thing doesn't help. We've got the
sapphires here nnd Purvis and I
mean to keep them until you redeem
all that turner of yours. So far asJ
I'm concerned I've no interest iu
your diamonds. All I want is my
client's money. Purvis owes Miss Mnit
land KI.'i.OOO. fiivc me thnt and I
doiiT care what jou have or do. but
while jou are here by some lucky
ehuncc yon had brier put up those
bngs if sapphires us additional col
lateral. We'll sell them, reileem Miss
Maitlnnd's nptes nml close the matter.
That's simple enough."
Stiiatburg's lips were curling and
tv'istiug iu uncontrolled rage.
"Thai's simple enough, so you say.
Veil. I tell jou simpler way and"
lie raised the revolver. Purvis-drop
ped on his hands und knees, but with
n I'l-y of horror (Jorridge leaped at his
partner and with an oath pinned his
arm to bis side. I was almost us quick.
A grab at Stnatburg's wrist, a twist
and the roolver clattered lo the floor.
I'oiiyrlthl. ltltn, by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.
OF COURSE
WELL HE HIT MY GRANDPA
ON THfc. MFAD WITH A
TOMAHAWK A.NQ MADE
HIM AN ANGEL
EVERYBODY
HE.ARD ABOU"
HIM
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Ha I 1 1 1 1
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vw
A dainty creature appeared before
tltcm.
aside as easily ns if the Olanf were not
tiicre. It was plnin thnt the hopping,
whizzing horde could not be driven in
that way.
As I'eggy looked at the Giant's vise
less efforts there" flnshcd Into her mind
tlm legend of the Pied Piper, that
strange musician who played so sweetly
thnt lie drew rill the rats of Hamlin
Town info the river where they were
drowned. If only she or Hilly could
charm the grasshoppers with music they
might lead them into the lake.
"Wo might chnrm them with our
singing," said Peggy aloud.
Suddenly n tiny, dainty creature ap
peared before them in the air, banging
fluttering on gauzy wings.
"Fiddledeedce, that cannot be, un
less you sing in n hopper key," sang the
pretty stranger.
"My gracious, it's a fairy!" cried
Peggy.
"No, a humming bird," declared
Billy.
"A fairy-humming bird," corrected
the liny creature. "Darter is my name,
CopyrUht.
That seemed to sober the excited
Stnatburg. for he shrugged bis shoul
der.s and remarked:,
"Ah. well, perhaps it is just as well
so. You lui f me 11 f n disadvantage, ch?
Well, I get out ns well us it can be.
Now what il be."
In 11 few minutes, with Duke's in
sistence aud (lorridge's pleadings, the
two men formally signed H Hole
putting up the sapphires as iiddiliniinl
collateral. I had pii'ked up Ihe revol
ver and peckclod it.
Purvis was helpless, nnd when Stunt
burg kicked him contemptuously he
merely groaned, "My (!od what a
b of a mess."
"You two gentlemen are free lo go
so far as we lire concerned, " Duke
.said in casual tones as he pocketed
their note.
Stnatburg turned with livid (ountc
iiiiuce and was about to pour forth a
stream of invectives, but a grip tin his
arm from tiorridgc restrained him.
The two left the office, (iorridge hold
ing to his partner's arm, while Stnal
burg had one hand in his ket clutch
ing the bag of smuggled diamond' so
they left tl dice.
All the while this drama was being
enacted Foley himself had remained
silent and apart. The only sign of in-
THE READER'S VIEWPOINT
Letters to the Editor on Current Topics
To Our Soldier Dead
to 'tip Editor of thr .'i noiy fiibic l.rdact'
Sir I wrote the verses enclosed nfter
rending (leneral Pershing's views 011
leaving our dead heroes ill France.
A. II. P..
AT lti:sT IN FUANCK
Shall we leave them ill peace
In the land where they fell,
In their strength, in their beauty, their
youth.
Defending the right 'gainst madness and
might.
Fighting horror nnd vilrness with
truth?
Oh. sweet is the reM
Anil deep is the sleep, ,
After the turmoil and pain.
In that land where they died,
Let them ever abide.
'Mid its flowers, 'neath its sunshine
mid rain
Their slumber is sweet,
Do not trouble it now :
Disturb not that well-earned, deep rest.
France loveth them tine,
.lust as jou and I do.
And is folding them solt to her breast.
And a tie it will be,
A close-binding tic,
'Twixl our countries forever ami aye;
And all through your life.
Oh, mother nnd wife.
As you think of jour loved ones each
day,
May jour tears turn to sinilrs.
Your sad thoughts to pride.
Knowing how to the whole world they
me dear : ,
Though their bodies lie far.
Natigbl their sweet rest can mar.
And in epirit to you they are near.
ANNA IIOOLHY HILLOCK.
Cape May, N. .1. '
By Chits. McHIanus
IP
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and I'm going to make you such sweet
grasshopper singers that the other
grasshoppers will follow you wherever
you go. Arc you brave?"
"Try us," answered Billy.
"Here Is n drop of water-lily honey
for Princess Peggy, nnd n drop for
Billy." hummed Darter, leading the
way to n leaf upon which two drops of
honey glistened. "Kat them nnd see
what happens."
Billy politely held the leaf for Fegsy
to eat.on'o drop, nnd he ate the other.
After n moment of dizziness, they found
themselves clinging to the leaves ol a
hush. Both were as small as grass
hoppers. "Hum-in -m, now to give you wings,"
sang Darter, and he sped away only to
return in n moment with grasshopper
wings which he sewed on Peggy's
shoulders. Then he brought wings for
Billy.
"Now you need grasshopper legs, so
you can hop," he sang, and he fastened
legs on Peggy and Billy as ho had
fastened the wings.
"Now hop, hop, hop. and sing, sing,
sing, but remember if you want to
charm (lie grnsshoppcrs you must sing
what pleases them." '
Peggy looked at Billy, and Billy
looked at Peggy, and both laughed.
They were so funny with their grass
hopper wings and legs.
Billy hopped to try his legs nnd awy
he flew, his legs throwing him into tha
nir like powerful springs. Peggy hop
ped nnd away she flew after him. And
when they landed, they hopped again.
It wns fun, jolly fun. nnd they hopped
nnd hopped, until of a sudden Ihey
found themselves ninid hundreds of
squirming, hopping creatures. They
had bopped right info the grasshopper
army.
(Tomorrow will be told how thef
meet t'hief lloppcrly-hop.)
lerest lie displayed was when Duke
first mentioned "the smuggled dia
nionds
When he saw his two partners in
crime departing, he stood up and in a
nonchalant manner, said to Purvis:
"tJuess I'm not wnulcd here. See
jou later. Purvis. Sorry you've got
mixed up in a a dishonest deal, and
hope it will be a warning to you."
Turning lo Duke he said with a
smile;
"I certainly congratulate jou on your
clever way of safeguarding the interest
of your clients. If ever I were in
trouble I'll e'crlainly call on you. (iood
day, gentlemen."
lie then made toward the door when
something startling occurred.
IfONTINUKD TOMOnr.OW)
TODAY'S lil'SINKSS QUKSTION
What ii a "tally man"t
Answer will appear tomorrow
ANSWKIt TO YKRTKRIIAY'S
IIL'SINKSK Ql'KSTION
"I'rrfcrrrd creditor" is one whoso
claims a bankrupt debtor elects to
settle first.
Would Call Burleson's Bluff
To Htc Editor oi the Kveni.10 Pubtic I.edotr
Kir Iteferring to the recent action
of the postal authorities iu eliminating
Philadelphia as 11 link in the airplane
Kervico. on aevoiint of lack of a suitable
landing place, your attention is called
lo a place, conveniently located, and,
it seems to me, eif mnplc'sizc.
This is I)obou'R Field, nt Falls of
Schuylkill, which is nu undeveloped
tract, and cMcnds fiom Queen lane to
Scott's lane. It is right by the Norrts
town division of the Philadelphia, and
Iteading Itailroae' and five miles from
City Hull by train, but little more than
half that elistance by nir line. It takes
but eighteen minutes by train, twenty
five minutes by automobile and thirty
live minutes by trolley.
The field could be extended if greater
length Is required, by closing Scott's
lane nt the enil of the houses near the
mills, this giving n clear run from
Queen lane to the Richmond branch of
the Iteading Railroad, nearly three
eiuurtrrs of a mile long. If it is desired
to keep thnt section of the lane open,
elevated runways for the planes going
and coming could bridge the lane. "
If the lane is closed communication
can be opined by running Crcsson street
through from Scott'N lane, above the
railroad, to Hunting Park avenue. As
it is, there is no need of continuing
Crawford street through the lot, as
Queen lane serves for trafh'e from the
Itidge to the upper section.. The site
is convenient aud closev to the city, and
would not only be of material benefit
lo the Falls, but also show that Phila
delphia can offer a site, without mar
ring the park, nnd call the bluff of
Itiirlesou. .1. F. M.
Fast Falls. Philadelphia.
Child Theology
One day during the war a wide-eyed
boy put the whole theology of the world
into a nutshell. ".Mummy," he asked,
"is salau just Coil's ticrinnn?" Chil
elrrn hnve curious wavs of assimilating
spiritual teaching. Who has not heard
of the mite who called her teddy bear
"tiladly." simply because it sipiinteiP
Vt"as she not accustomed lo sing on
Sunilajs that homely line "Gladly, the
eioss-eye bear"? Some children do nut
seem iib'e to separnte spirit from mai
ler. Miss Hepburn, a grown up little
maid of thrrc years, after hearing the
telephone for the first time, prayed that
night: "Hullo, (iod! Are you there?
I'm Mis Hepburn." The Lord's Prayer
is u continual stumbling block. A cer
tain youngster was long of the opinion
that Ood's name was Harold, for the
prayer distinctly said : "Our Father
which art in heuveu, Harold be Thy
tmnie." Hut Bibbs has outshone ail
philosophy in unconscious mctaphysic.
She persists in praying: "Our Father,
which half in lieavrn (ot.
ghe our dress-fuces and deliver us Itam
Uvy 'ell!"-London 1'osl,
tfciig h' "Parents.
fh bad Idolized him and .worshiped
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