'Ui . EVEKIKG PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA 1OTDAX -rtfTGttJST J22, 1019 I i 1 ,i The Lady Copyrlht, 1019, by thn Mirnutar Co) JKCoWritht, 1010, by the I'ublle Ledwr Co 1 ' THIS STARTS THE STORY IV ' A house party Is being Riven nt the 1 country home of Kntherine unci Hing- ) ham Harvard. Among the guests Is f !' inn rvtirml ltnlkniin. Kntheriuc ills- ti covers him cheating nt cards. Con Winced that he is concealing his real Hidentity and that he is there for some Vi1tcr1or purpose, Katlierino deter T;iiiInc to ferret out the mystery. She 1 lias formerly had experience ns n iJtpollce headquarters detective and has Kbecn known ns Lady Kate of the feFolicc. She intercepts a telephone call YM Belknap's to a woman confederate i'linmcd Roberta, nnd, in turn, speaks Xto the woman. Realizing that he Is suspected b) Kntherine, Rclknnp threatens to accuse of a crime her brother, Roderick Mnxwiltou, who is I believed to be dead. Ulnghntn Ilnr ? vard, who once boro the title of tho ' jfiglit Wind, becomes suspicious of Belknap and of Katherinc's altitude toward him Roberta arrives on the scene under the name of Scnoritn C'crvantcz, a pianist, who is to enter tain the guests. At midnight Knth erine discovers Roberta in the grounds with a strange man whom she be licves to be her -supposedly dead broth -cr Roderick Belknap accuses Rob erta of deceiving him She admits the presence of Roderick Her love for him is mealed. A stranger named Carnithcrs with a sear on his face, comes to the house Rushton. a de tective, appears on the scene Knth crinc's father suspects thnt Belknap is rcnllj named Ridding. A man Rimmed Belding om-e was hanged for jjmurdcriitg his wife A child sur Tivcd. ! AM) HKRi: IT CONTINUES. Blarlt .lullus Rides ,TUST why Belknap was startled bj the t sudden appearance nf Bingham Harvard he could not hate told him belf. Possibly it was because it interrupted his train of thought engendered by the senator's remarks perhaps they had stirred latent memories in the back of (Belknap's mind. Possibly it was be cause Harv aril's Hidden appearance .btpught to mind Roberta's suggestion tqat It might have been the Night Wind himself who had attacked him under the tree after he had caught the old let ter which Kntherine had unknowingly dropped into his rrasp from her bal cony, nnd after he li.nl received the note which Roberta had dropped to Jjjni neither of which he hnd had n chance to camine. Whatever reason there might have been for It, he was entirely his cool nnd smiling inscrutable self by the time that Harvard joined them and if he had harbored nnj real four, it was in stantly dispelled- by Harvard's cheery greeting. if t "Monday morning, nnd nil's well, JInrvard said after he greeted them. "I Ifccl like a schoolbov on the first day of Ills svinmrr neat ion; I don't know Svlmt- tn iln with m self . I sec that ref JSH"' addressing iieiiui.ii uiriiuj KjL "nxe togged for the saddle. If I had Rr'-' -ft.t.. I. T.I l,o. n,.n ,. itll nll." Xllllltll Jl '1 linn- ,,". ... .- tV'SIr. Belknap is waiting for Kath ferinc," the senator reninrked. ' "Ah? That's odd. She was dressed jfnd ready to come down when I left lifij just now, but not in her riding togs. crimps she forgot " r Belknap laughed pleasantly "Mrs. Harvard doesn't know that I'm waiting for her." he said. "I was Otity hoping that she would let mo go frith her if she was riding this morn ing. You see, I didn't rend my watch tJorrcetly when I got up. I thought it wnn two hours later than it was think thnrt'll go ahead, alone, if ou don't mind Will ou suggest n horse f for me. Harvard';" f "Yes If u want n real one one hnt will make you pay more attention to Aim than to the scenery.. Ask for Comet." When Belknap had Rone the senator linked his arm in Ring's, and ns tbcj started along one of the paths he asked In his deep-toned, leisurely manner si manner which nny one of his old col jagues of the Sennte chamber would Instantly have recognized ns indicating extreme interest, although not a sug gestion of it appeared: 'Is Mr Belknap an acquaintance of long standing, Bingham? Do jou know him well?" "Oh, he Is new to nilof us." Bing replied enrelessly, "eve to the Archers, Tvbo are responsible for liis presence. jlut he seeks a likable chap, don't you think? Then, without waiting for n " Tonlv. he changed the subject. "Jove! tut I'm glad that I took the figurative bull by the horns and decided to give myself a vncation this week particu larly because you and mother are here with us." "I am glad, too," the senator re iolncd carnesth. Then: "I quite took L liking to jour fricr.3 Snulsbury last -night, Bingham, although I saw next to nothing of lnm. lie is an olil tricml, $?n't he?" "Yes, ndeed. He is cnnsideinbly older than I nm ; graduated at Harvard two years before I matriculated. His father nnd Mr. Chester are great, cro iies. I hnve known him since t can remember." "Fine chap; I like hiin," the sena tlior remarked with emphasis, and they strolled on in silence lor a time, inen : t'What about his friend that Mr. Car l;uthers?" ' The senator chuckled and Went on before Bing could reply: "I reckon thnt when one, gets to know him 3 t 1. .. nl. J-n DAA ill of eiinti It It'll Lie ATCll enouu inn. i " " - rr - ...lni!., crtf nt n tAnr, .ll,, ' ' BC lUHl'lUUlllli puii. vt. u ....,. .... " "Yes," Jling replied. "I liked him r at 'once and ou may bp sure thnt any body whom Mort Saulsbury vouches for U nil white, clear tlirough." ij,FpHowl another silence until they or within sight of the ttablcs anil rW Uelknop riding down the driveway Cornet, which was uancing nnti im- ;tog witu tripping leci nnu urcura nml tail. Jiui iH-iKuuu bi '"' n -rentaur.- with perfect poise nnd reiu, thorJUguly nt uomc in tne aMic. "'''That chap rides like u Kentuck- " tho senator remarKcu. .'csnA, a cow-puncher," lllng sug- I,.1' the senator rejolneil. Then nned in the path, thus forcing tPC-ln-law to pause also, nnd, in that was Ut OUCH Dcriuun ra d whiclt carrjeil a mtie 3i-Nr,wio JWta! jw " y& H. lit- 3.' wy 'Jv4 n 1 ij fi of the Night Wind mMmmmmwwmm, jm mzmmrmm &mmmsm9mivs&msmmwij-iy wg wym'm:n rxnn ' YxSrauraMiw BEM$giH wsaamsssMPiSf tr it-jl a?f.H - ..?; s '.. tux j a i wiMMSxf.-vznBiatacf gM iBMKi-?i usiw ,w?vk e.t, , i . .c; .:.? .- ii.x aj mmmumMmmwm& vJBSHHH9BHBwiwMfc). He could hear cvorj' we were hrenkfiistiug .vour mother men tioned the name of our son. Roderick. I gathered from the expression 6f jour face at the moment thnt jou had not known till then thnt Kntherine ever hnd u brother. Is that true';" "Whj, jes; but " "Pardon me, Bingham. Perhaps Kitten should have told jou about him; possibh sbe thought best not to do so. But, now that his nnme lias been nien- tined. I feel thnt it is niv dutj to " "Please, senator please, father, wait a moment. Forgive me for inter rupting jou. I know by jour man ner and jour words that it is n sub ject that jou would prefer not to dis cuss. Will jou, to -i-easc me, let n rest win re it is? If tlierc is anything thnt needs to be told to me, Katlierino will tell it in her own good time, and I prefer that it should be left that way. I have never had occasion yet to sec unwisdom in our Katherine's judg ment." The senator sighed, plainly relieved; cud as tlu-j started on again, remarked : "I think. Binchaiii. after breakfast. I'll trj that Eiindawss of jours that Irish huntei." "Do, father. He's n wonder, really You'll like him only, he isn't gaited like one of your Kentucky horses. He is Hello! Now what do jou sup- I I pose is taking Julius off for a cross- lountry nde at this time of daj, and all by hiiuc.lf? Some errand for Knth erim, doubtless. He had seen Julius ir. the act of taking a fence bejond the pasture be hind the paddock saw him for nn in stant only before he disappeared from view, nnd thought no mole nbout it. Black Julius was not, however, on nn errand for his mistiess, although he was, most certainly, bound upon one which lie thoroughly believed to be defi nitely iu her intciest. Julius did not like Conrad Belknap had not liked htm from the moment of his nriival at Mj quest had taken one of those instinctive dislikes to the mnn which arc characteiistic of the lojal and faithful colored folks of the South whenever a peison who is inimical to those they serve appears. He had kept a fuitive eje upon Bel knan from the hist. He had seen nnd taken mental note of u many trivial incidents as had Betty Clancy, or Tom. or Bing hmise:."; not the same ones, perhaps, but ns many, or more; nnd his devotion to his mistress had made hiin, even more surely and more quicklv than others, determine intui tivelj than the man was a fly In the ointment of thnt house party, and that Kntherine disliked him nnd for some inexplicable icason, feared him or dieaded him or at least would be glad to be rid of his presence at Myquest. It hud ho happened that Julius was talking with the butler at tho moment when the telephone call from Washing ton came over the wire, and while the butler was gone to summon Belknap, DOROTHY DARNITA DOROTHY. I WANT YOU TO MEET MISTER COYNE 3 '-' 11, n t s- s STfeAff R y A,S f 1 T Vs -iA A X V i , L ,V UVAW WkJirlLX N lm tofts 7iN, .f) k fcfc ffjwyfftt J A T- freM ' - - - - -- .- - .- - -. " - " fjt r ., T .,- i tin I -j. i-wr .-ThS,-rL- Te- I" VTll ' "; Ji - h'-n fclK .. Vrte , " !WM '''" l h " ? " i """ 1 ' '.i....i&t, . .' .. ii jjtJJn1'ililAliliiii'ii i '''- -iff-im, iinwftf lffi ii uTM .1 T1i " f'n il ii " ' . rc -f'tfuir il,rtl.TftttSLiUMii--""-'"-1 r.-i.'-lht'i'ifiiiVtiii iiir-.a , i irili JiiiffitlMkiliitt'iimlii'i' 1 . .i-a..-,,, mm , Wtiitittt sentence that passed between Belknap Julius had not hesitated to plug the switchboard in such a manner thnt bj making haste to his own cottage he- would be enabled to "listen-in" to a part of the conversation thnt was to follow, at least. If Julius had been thoroughly versed In contempt!! nrj slnng he would have said that he did it because he cousiileied it nn uppoiluuity to "get n line on Bel knap's curves." All) how, he mnilo the most of it, and although he did not hear the beginning of the talk, lie did .hear much of it, ntid,ii!though he did not get the line on the curves thut he might have wished for, he did discover that n fiiend or nn associate of Belknap's in Washington was warning him against the apucniunce at Mj quest of a man whom they both nan goon icason to ft.ar and that Bel Knap was requested to meet n messenserilinu nrnmntoil Inclcnllv for the inci it it stilted time and place the following moilllllir. who uniilfl imivi-l L... I. f... I tlier information on the subject as was not wise to discuss by telephone. Julius had heard enough to make him want to hear more. Also he believed that the appointed place was such as to af ford him evcij opportunity to do flint verj thing if onlj he could get to it be fore Belknap arrived. There me still in existence in vari ous places on Long Island the nictur- esque mini of two-centurj -old (nnd more) saw nnd grist mills, some of them tide-water mills, some of them other-iit. iiisu. wiiii-ii inn nwni.ru rr rnn mtn upon which thej are situated have pre served for their pieturesqueucss. The telephone-made rendezvous was at one Such, and was on the Myquest estate. To get to it by following the high wajs (as Belknap had been directed over the wiic), wus it roundabout route Hint covered three miles or moie; by the route that Julius selected, over fences, through by-lanes, nnd across fields, the distance was barely n mile. Thus, he did get tlierc first, so that he had ample time to tether his mount where it would not be discovered, nnd to creep into the ancient edifice and conceal himself befor? cither of the parties to that arranged interview ar rived. lie was well hidden, where he could hear without fear of discoverj, when Belknap, who was the first of the two to arrive, appeared. The Man from Washington BLACK JULIUS, after all, hud his labor for his pains. He could hear every sentence that passed between Belknnp nnd the other mnn nt that meeting iu the old tide water grist-mill, but he could not un derstand a word of nny of it. The two tnlkcd in n language that Black Julius did not know, although he rightly assumed thut it was Spanish. Nevertheless, he vvns no wiser when he went' nwny a full half -hour after the two had gone than when he ar- Sooty Joke! MISTER DELIGHTED IS A MILLIONAIRE -f -tf ft tf i ' S rtELlVE"? , K iWT i .iinSiiiinr in kriirtWii r fT i 'i 7 TiT-.iii ' "r HMHiiwiMLmiij.J.Bnf.mj .j in jr " .-. By VARICKVANARDY Author of ''The Tvfd-Facel Man," "Alias tlio Night Wind," etc I and the other man rived; no wiser save in so fur ns his intuitive peneptious, nnd his stiady re gard of their faces while they talked, rendered him. But he was more than ever convinced of his opinion of Bel knnp. Nearly all of the guests weic as sembled nt the brenkfnst table when Belknap joined them. Asked, lasuully, where he had been, he leplied, address ing nil of them genernllj. "I don't know, exactly, only that I found the shore, nnd an interesting old mill that must be two or three hundred jears old if jt's a dnj." "Two hundred and forty-two." Tom Clancy announced solemnly. "It was built in IflTO. I wasn't present, but I've been told about it." "I run into a chap while I was there, and we got to talkinR, which explains wlij I nm late, Belknap added, and dent in case lie had been been fa the coiupnny of that other man. When they left the table he man aged to place himself beside Kntherine, to whom he said, in n sharp undertone: "I must have a talk with you, .Mrs. Harvard, as soon as possible, and where theio will be n'o fear of interruption." "We will walk down the" she X gall, but he interrupted. "No," he said decidedly, ami iu that tone of command which he had assumed toward her of late which he seemed bo gieatly to enjoy for the sole reason that knew that she so bitterlj lescntcd it. "We will ride, if jou please or whether jou please oi not in j-our loadstcr ; and without u passenger in the tumble. You will invite me, pieseutly, to diivc with you to some point of tour selection." Kathciino turned to face him, to re sent, hotly, his assumption of giving or ders, but nlreaJy his baek was toward her and he was moving leisurely away. She Unshed angrily, bit her lips, then smiled, nnd nc-cepted the situation for Kntherine had decided that morning to meet Belknap on his own ground, henceforth, nnd to piuzle him, even to icceive him, by an outwaid nppeatance of entire! neccptancc of the inconceiv able situation. "Oh, Mr. Belknap," she called to him, and he paused and turned. "It has just occurred to me," she went on, "thnt since jou seem to be interested in old mills, there is another one nbout twenty miles from here that is even more inter esting than ours. If jou will go to the garage, I'll join you there, presently, and take jou to sec it." "Why can't we nil go?" Betty Clancy demanded. "You can," Kathcrinc replied. Sup pose we do! We will picnic there; it is a beautiful spot. I will give direc tions about the hampers, now, and the rest of jou can trail along ns soon as j-ou are ready. Mr. Belknap and I will go on ahead in my roadster." (CONTINUHD TOMORROW) COYNE e)CHARMED) Jr ' v y I. J IC j, ' 1 NQT STINGY 1 WHERb DO&b IN. n I I ODUixvjn i OI IWIAC. DAILY NOVELETTE SPOOKS n' I'carl II. Mecr TWrAlBKIiliH skipped out of the back " door, dow n the path and around the barn. From there fIic darted through the meadow nnd scrambled over the fence Into n neighbor's field, where stood an old tumble-down barn used now only to store liny. Its j awning en trance did notnppenr cinctly Inviting In the twilight, but Mnibcllc had no time to waste on such thoughts she knew that her white dress would betray her nnd she was determined not to be found, .lust inside the doorwny was an up turned crnte. She seated herself nnd peeied cautiously out. l .1 ltn l.rtMcn ttlia llflll tllt left .lllMIIUl lU ...JU-il o". ---- enme her father with a joutig man. I They were heading strnight for the stable. A scornful little swrijc curled Mni beUVs pretty lips. She nodded sagely. "Dad's new trotter," she murmured. "Thnt'll take fifteen minutes nt least. Then tho chickens. Goodness knows how long they will hang over the fence admiring the new litter of pigs. After that, if there isn't nnj thing else left for Dad to show him, he will casually inquire if I nm at home. Being left to the last, I'm the least important one on the place, I suppose." Tho familiar landscape faded slowly ns night closed down. The wlud whis pered around the dilapidated building. The nearby brook murmured n mysteri ous message. It grew cool. Maibelie shivered. The shuffle of her feet as they moved on the dusty, straw littered floor sounded abnormally loud. Could It be? She sat motionless, her ears straining to catch the slightest uniinil. Yes. There was a rustic in the hav behind her. Her heart seemed ,to stop beating for an instant. Xhcn she drew n relieved breath. Undoubtedly it was the wind blowing through the nu- melons crmks in the boards. Suddenly she recalled what had hap pened in thnt barn when she wns u child. A chill ran down her spine. Old John, tlie whife-bearded dwarf, had hanged himself there. He had been a queer old creature who l.n.l pnne nbout muttering to himself. Mnibcllc remembered how sne useu to hide when she saw him coming, bent' over, not much tnller than uvgood-sized child, his thin white beard almost sweeping the ground. Something moved again slowly, cau tiously, in the liny. Maibelie clutched the side of the door with n slinking hand, and turned 'her Wad until she could see over her shoulder. For nn itistnnt ever) thing went black before her ejes. A thing wns there, swnying under n beam above the piled hay, swaving back nnd forth ns though the wind impelled it. The meager light re maining fiom the day wns not strong enough to plainly expose it, nor could the oncreeping night succeed in hiding it. Buck und forth, back nnd forth It m! a) ed a head with a long white beard ! .Maibelie sprang to her feet. The rustling in the hay sounded ngaiu, loud er. Followed nn enr-picrcing shriek, whether from her own lips or behind her, Maibelie could not tell. When she came to herself she was iljing in leaps and bounds over the home-meadow. She did not -eu recall climbing the fence. All she knew wns that behind her in the nvvful dimness of the barn hung old John's head, and that before her oh, knight to the rescue wns n certain tall joung mnn into'whose open arms she wns running. Ticmbling, with quivering brontn, her limbs so weak thnt she had to cling to him, she let her head fall ngninst his encircling coat sleeve. There was only one course to follow iu such n case, nnd the young mnn proved he wns quite equal to the occasion. "Whatever sent jou there. Maibelie. nfter daik?" he queried finally. "I thought nil the time jou were out with that Clifford chap. I was waiting for a chance to get a .word in with jour dad " , ,, . "Old John's head." stammered Mai belie in a muffled voice. "It's hanging iu the bnrn !" "What?" The joung man started to smile, thought better of it, nnd tucked her arm snugly into his. "Let's go back and sec what it is," he suggested. Maibelie did not move. "I'll never go back," she declared. "All right, you stay here. I'll go alone." "No you don't," cried Mnibelle, clingiiiR bravely to his arm. "Take me with you." . This time Maibelie kuevt when she went over the fence she wasyiftcd over. The tall joung man advanced in the direction of the barn door, Mnibelle following close nt his heels. But before they could reach-it they heard a sud den capering of small hoofs on the floor. A long-drawn-out "Mali-an-an-ah" rent the evening stillness. Maibelie buried her face once more on the young man's inviting coat sleeve. "Oh, my goodness," she gasped, chok ing with n sudden mirth, "a goat!" The next complete novelette Say So." 'I'll His Journeyinga "Whoopler claims to have traveled extensively." 'Ycs. Ever Bincc I have known him he has been going from' bad to worse." Kansas City Times. HE IS A RICH rAIM. WHO IS Nqnr stinqy rAN. WHO is Wi i J w . . cMrir DREAMLAND AD VENJURES-ByDada) "GRASSHOPPER HOP" (Peggy and JliUu teck to tavo the corn field) of Farmer DaUon from a gratihoppcr army. With the aid of Darter, a Fatru-Jlummlng Hird, they become as small as hoppers, and try to tura the army into an oil-covered laic.) The Clmrm Works rpHK hugo grasshopper army, hop- ping and cnting, was sweeping like a river toward Farmer Daltou'b corn field, ns if nbout to swallow it up, when the song of Peggy nnd Billy made itself heard among them. ' "Fair fields lie beyond the lake, Would you of their joy partnkc?" That was just the kind of a song to make the grasshoppers stop nnd take notice. They didn't care a snap about tho pleading song thnt the children had first sung, but when they heard nbout the fields where "eats await," they were ready to listen. The onwnrd march of the nrmy halted. The ranks turned toward Peggy and Billy, and soon the grasshoppers were crowding around them so thickly thnt they could scarcely breathe. "Our charm is working," whispered Peggy to Billy. "They arc under our spell just like the rates of Mamclln Town were under the spell of the music of the Pied Piper. "Yes, but the spell will be our ruin If we do not do something in a hurry," answered Billy. "We must stop their crushing in upon us this way." "We will lead them to the lake," THE BUSINESS DOCTOR - By HAROLD WHITEHEAD "The Business Career of Peter Flint" and "Bruno Duke Solver of Business Problems" Author of Professor Whitehead, contributor of this department, bases it upon practical and not theoretical knowledge. At the age of fourteen he began icoifc in a retail state. At ninctcon he treat on the ruad, felling goods throughout America and L'tnope. Later he managed a chain of ictail stores. Then he acted as business counsclcr for atumbcr-vf large coiporntioni and is now professor of tiadc relations in thc'College of Business Administration, Jioston Vnhcrsity. 1 nrough his articles, carried daily in this-column, and 'thiougli his answers to readers' business questions appended thireto, he will not onlf intciest but help thai enormous army of men ciiidicomcit who continually seek ways and means of advancing their fortunes, great and small. What IS "pi'SINHSS is the calling or occupa tion by which wc make a living. I shnll consider business from the most libernl interpretation of the defi nition. For instance, the woman who "washes" for 11373111! by some mjste rious process separates vital buttons from their moorings is in business. The preacher today must be "in business," for n successful management Of a parish requires the application of business principles otherwise the long suffering congregation will be forever btruggliug under a load of liabilities. The housewife who mismanages her household affairs has plenty of oppor tunities to bewail her manifold mis fortunes. Business principles are as applicable in the home as in flio office. We nil know the story of the young bride who had nn allowance of $30 a week and wns asked by her hubby to keep 'account of it. At the end of the week she presented the following state ment to her adoring one: Jim gave mc ,...5.10.00 I spent at grocer's about 10.00 Carfares -" Candy J-"? Other things -. 1-0 $30.00 Wc smile at it, but "poor hubby,' we say, "what a handicap he has in his fight for success." Ibclieve that the foundation of a business success or a business fizzle is in the home. In the house that is con ducted in a loving, cheerful, buiness likc way, you'll find the successful u.an. The boy who sells nnd delivers news papers nnd who keeps his sales dp and his pnjmcnts colltctcdjs emphatically in business. And a splendid training it is for any young roan. In n word, everybody .is "in business" except those poor unfortunate creatures who work hard at trjing to amuse them-' selves and to Bpend money, the value of which they have uo conception because they never earned any. My articles are written, therefore, for every one. except the trifling group men tioned.' To business men' and women, to housekeeners nnd home builders, to women who while not in business want to bf, to boys nnd girls with nmbi- tions to makejeood, to professional men nnd women,' to , the shopkeeper, to the traveling man, to the bookkeeper, to the Copyrleht. 1010. by ths B11 Syndicate, Inc. V nu"nvif " Shqlv 1 I X in mi v 'Blue Heron is fishing In tho shallow water" answered Peggy, then she sang the second part of the song : v "Hasten, hasten, eats awnit; Hurry, hurry, don't bo late." A raspy whisper ran among the grass hoppers: "Hats, for me nnd eats for jou; cats for all in pastures new." They surged forward In n" mnss, und Peggy and Billy would have been buried In a tangled, lighting heap of hoppers if they hadn't quickly leaped away. "We've got to lice for our lives," cried Billy to Peggy. "We'll be squashed flat if wo don't." "Flee. toward the lake," answered Peggy. "We've got them coining!" And they did have the hoppers coming coming faster than the children wished. Peggy and Billy took long nnd despernte hops to get out of the crush, but the hoppers hopped after them until, before they knew it, they found themselves Business? laboring mnn, to nil such people as these I hope to be of some help. Episodes of vvhnt others have done, plans for choosing nn occupation, ex amples of how business men have over come obstacles and solved business prob lems, stories of how the untrained wom Candy's Influence I T WAS the famous old "conversation love lozenges," the sentimental coughdrop, that put Worcester far in the lend ns a center of commercial sweet ness in the parlous days that followed the Civil War. ' A brilliant Worcester youth who worked in n candy factory invented or discovered the "love lozenge" nnd scv cial Worcester candy men mnilc n for tune out of it in connection with other sweet goods. The sentimental cough drop was modeled in Worcester's past and gone candy makers, Marsh & Royce, while the conversation lozenges helped to make wealthy Moses D. Gil man and his successors in the candy business. Mr. Gilmnn is seventy-three jenrs old, hut probably, if he lives to be 173 jears old, he will never sec another such epidemic of. activity iu the candy mar ket as that which ushered in the love lozenge. As a short cut to quick love making it had the sentimental cough drop beaten nil hollow. The. coughdrop was stamped with the one talismanic word "Kiss," but the conversation lozenge of forty or fifty years ago had 11 diffcieut sentence or word on each piece ot candy to buit most nny condition thut might nrise. The lozenges were flat and were neatly printed in sweet red. The city wns full of worthy young hien lately discharged from the Uuiou army, eager to take hold nnd make homes for the dearest girls in the world, but most of them, like all heroes freshly back from the firing line, were bash ful. So this genius 'in tho candy business Invented or evolved a heatt shaped flat lozenge, on which lie inscribed in cochi neal ink, "I love jou." The heart-shaped love lozenge looked so good to him that he Invented a whole lot of similar designs, including "I in ready, but not rough," "Want to be my queen?" "Good for one kiss," "Dost love me?" "When mny I see U home?" "You're the only one," and n whole barrel of similar short, snappy short cuts to couitshlp Tho love lozenges went with n whirl, By Chas. McManus ' in n mad, whirring, leaping, flying race, with the grasshoppers forcing them ouy nnd on nnd on. It wns like fleeing before n rushing railroad train. They hnd to keep ahead or be ground into the dust by the mass of hoppers. I v Peggy no longer sang, and neither did Billy. They needed all their breath to hop, hop, hop. Hut the hoppers rasped out their whispcry, ' rustling song, even ns thy raced along: "Knts for me and eats for )ou; cats for all in pastures new." Tho ginsshoppers were no longer, stopping to ent. They were rushing with nil their might townrd the "fair fields bcjoml the lake" which were promised in Peggy's song. They came out upon the top of a hill, nnd down below them lay the oil covered lake. "When Ave get to the lake, the hop pers will fall In and wc will be safe," panted Peggy. "No," answered Billy. "Wc can't stop. This rush will carry us right into the oil nnd wnter. We will be finished, with the hoppers." ' Peggy felt that what Billy said wa tn. The wnvfs of grasshoppers were surging down the hill with n force which the children couldn't possibly resist, Peggy nnd Billy hnd been cnught In their own trnp ntid there seemed no chance for escape. But Peggy, leaping high, snw some thing ahead which made her shout with hope. "Blue Heron is fishing in the shal' low water along the shore," she cried to Billy. "Perhaps he will save us." (Tomairow tcill be told how ths giasihoppcrs go stcimming against their will.) -A, an of middle-nge who is unexpectedly compelled to "do something" hnTc found n wnj-through their troubles ta n happy useful life. These arc tome of the things I shall write nbout. Incidentally, I shan't be above steal ing nnj thing good (snjing where I stole it from) that I get hold of in cur icnt business nnd trndc journals and books. I want my renders to help me to make .ilibi the most helpful column pos sible on making good in business. Send mc in )our"good ideas, good business episodes (and don't forget the humor), nnd nuv thing worth while Jin business that helped you. Let's pass along the good ideas for the benefit of one another. Tomortow "I'll have something to say on the causes of business failuies. Readers' Questions Ansvveicd Mr. Whitehead will nmurr In this rolumn Qitcillonv on marketlna. builno. sclltiio. ad' vcrtlswa, tetter urittno. buntneis education, and on matters pertaining to the cholco of a vocation. All quehttona will be aiisu cred tn the vtder of licelpt. No attO)imoti4 corre poiirffHcr rem be acknowledged. Header's iitttata only U.III be publishtd. It will take from four to fifteen daus for a reply to ap pear. (co.STiNunr Toiionnow) on LoverMaking Every bashful fellow in Worcester stocked up with them. Diffident rookies just out of their faded unlfouns of" blue invested in pound bags. Gallant lads who faced the rebel shot and blfell nt Antletiini und Gettysburg, but who became ifpecchless wnen they1 called ou the only ndornblc girl in all this bliss ful world, found the love lozenges a great help to them iu their bparking. .y fellow who blushed like a ban danna haudkeiehief und who choked up nnd stuttered dreadfully when ho only wanted to say "Pleasant evening," found a pound of these lozenges of the greatest help. A great favorite' wns the lozenges with a pictuie of Cupid thereon, clad only with his bow and arrow, and a line underneath where Dan'l was fljing with gauze wings, "Kiss me, quick, dearest." This most hlvvuys brought results and iu the 'jears between ISIm and 1870 thete wus a surprising spurt in the marriage market. It was the little conversation love lozenge that did it nnd there wns some talk about getting it patented nnd belling state rights. Worcester became so renowned as a candy center with sweet nonsense punted on the Cupid kind that Moses Dudley Oilman, who wns in the West campaigning in the United States army against the ftisky red man, gave up his sport out on, the plains as soon as his enlistment expired, nnd eiiiiev back to Worcester to go into the candy busi ness. It was an attractive business in those days and a kid could get a plentiful nllowancc of sweet stuff for a nickel. It was the halcyon day of the big, round jawbreaker, the candy marble, mc long canny cane anu tne gran Day for a cent. Candy was cheap nnd good because sugar was selling nt twenty pounds for ?1, and no war tax. It was, in fact, the day when the candy kid's taste had not been perverted, and the grand, juicy morsel ot all boyhmd Was a stick of licorice. The kid 4"d get his licorice jn two kinds, the wl'll known and justly rcnovyncd black strap that looked like a pmce of harness and tasted like a fire in a feather factory, and the other kind that looked just like a small bough off a tree. There vtferc also sucking sticks that ' were neqtly colored to look like a barber's pole and sold six for a nickel. The jawbreakers lasted all day. The gumdropsncver failed to stick a kid's teeth together just at the fatal moment when dear teach asked him to parse par simony. It ulwnj-s took some timeto get his face loosened so that he could answer. Until his juvvs were pried open he couldn't parse parsnip or anything else. Worcester Telegram. Everything Lovely. "Howdy, Gap!" saluted an acquaint ance, upon meeting the well known Itumpu3 Itidge citizen on a shopping ex pedition -in Tumlinvllle, Ark, "Hovv'a( everything goiii with )OU?" ' "Fiuer'n frog hair, .Turd,!" triumph J nntly replied Gn& Johnson. "Of course, my wife has been soiter puny, yur of late, and beveral e children have got the picas umps and one thing nnd a; the lightning house tuther struck the c night oiid )l ore the whole place, to plee ne ot the kids fell out of a broke hs arm, and n feller topk n Bhot at me day before ycsteiday and ventilated my ear, and such as that, but I swapped for a, alih t lR find running horso last week, and a couple of inj? hounds have got six pups, apiece. ,vn Uvv, l ten ypu, tncy cant Keep sr good man down !"f Kansas City Urf i v4 ' 1 -, s
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