I 3 i 1 'i , EVENING rUBLIC LEDCU3R PHirADELPHIA, THURSDAY,' 'AUGUST 28, v &19 v. n -i. , Jfc r".1 J , fell. k"j w j KS" Er &Z... BiW ft "I r t-di Tte Lady , Cups tight. 191. by the MaeauUr Co, Coprrliht, 101D. by th Tubllo Lder Co THIS STARTS THE STOKY t A house party Is being given nt the country homo of Kathcrlna anil Bing ham HnrvHrd. Among the guests is one Conrad Hclknnp, Kuthcrinc dls coxcra him cheating at rnrels. Con vinced that he Is concealing his real Identity and that he Is there for Rome ulterior purpose, Kathrrinc deter mines to ferret out the mj'terj, She Intercepts n telephone call of Bel knap's to n woman confederate named Roberta. Realizing that he is suspected by Katherlne, Belknap threatens to accuse of a crime her brother, Roderick Mnxwilton, who is , believed to he dead. If Katherine , makes any move agninst him, Har t' vard become suspicious of ltelktiap ' and Kathrrlne's attitude toward him, Roberta nrrlxes on the scene under the name of Scnorlta Cervantes. Belknap accuses Roberta of deceiving him. She admits the secret preseuce of Roderick nnd her loxc for Roderick , is rcvealeil. Itolk'nnp is suspected of being in reality inc Crnubn- Held Ing, sou of a father who murdered his ' mother A strnngci. whose face is marked with n large sear, has come to the house under the name of ( ar ruthers. I If is thought to he Rrnin - ard. of the Secret fen ice. Relkitap is hidden b Katherine in n secluded lodge called the Nrl Roberta and Carmthcrs meet wretlj nt midnight AND 1IKRK IT CONTINt'ES ttj WAS wondcrin," Rushlon said to his companion, as soon ns they were in the opcu, "if you was flguiin' on tellin' me anything more about thnt guy. I could see that ou wasn't rcadj to give It all up to Ring Harvard nnd ' Tom Clancy but me! That's difFcrcut ain't it?" "Yes, Rushton. Thai is why T camel outside with you. 'I his Cranshaw Belding fl have pcrsouall known that Belknap Is Belding for a long time; nnd an acquaintance of mine hns alo known it. although neither of us whs in a position to prove it) has a long crimi ' nal record, nnd a bad one. It begun ' when he was a mer" boj nnd he is now . according to my best information, thirty four years old He was born with brains he is superlatively intel ' Jigent and he hns courage. I don't think that he knows what physical fear Is; nor mentnl fear, either, for that matter. lie has good blood in him, i too the best that Kentucky boosts, on both sides of his ancestry. But he is unmoral; a man who app'irentlv was born without morals. The combination creates a dangerous charncter to he at i large. He is utte'rly unscrupulous. save in one particular, and that one . to which I refer i remarkable because r ""It is the one scruple that one would never expect in n man of his ohnrao t tcristics." onj. wnai IS It thai tiling that you re talkiu' about?" Rushton asked ''It- -..,-... ...i : i .. .. -." -!" I--, " is nuunu io uurtliat the real lleluing linn iiimiijitiiii Tasttuious in Ins regard for. women, It is nn anomaly in his general char . ac(er, inherited, probably, from his mother's family. At all ecnts. he has It, as has been proved by his uets. many .times, to my personal information nnd belief." Jiushton grunted. It was plain that he received that statement with n large) grain of salt; but the only response lie - made was to put another ijucurion. io you mum teuin- me what lies wanted for? Why your department is aftpr kimV l.n n.i,i "Vnt nf nil i i,.' u ...... .v v .,.,. , ,, n,U jgu mm , his criminal record began when he was a boy. It is. ,n fact, nearly as old a? he is. He was brought up' and trained almost from babyhood in the .mll - , . .. . family oE a man who was probably the! greatest, shrewdest, keenest nnd ablest 2SS.;to.r,"l5r T'Tin1 forger -Mil forJr nnl Pll CounteVfeUer o7hont ?,,. "".?". counterfeiter o bond plate. bill-plntes( r. ?.? .! V ,, ,nKt""'lc-ecUn C a 7 "as ever Known H,rrramns thBt he must not and -houl.l lomSoS'liSck" A'iat haPPCVot -- n? ,hl- ira-. So " "'i'1 "Trs. Ho ! fc , T .-f ... rT. has been dead some years, now; but " "Eight or ten," Rushton interpo lated Well, what do you know about that! "The old man." Carrulbers continu- , "found in the young one an apt ( ed pupil, a venturesome on, and a com petent successor. After the death of the old man the government believed (hat all of the counterfeit plates with which lie had carried on his business had been rounded up and accounted for; but eer since then, at intervals and in widelj Depurated localities a counterfeited bond, or stock certificate, or a bill, or something of that character, has made its appearance. So, we have known, without being able to prove it, that young Belding has been carrying on the work of his tencher "I am giving you only a bare out line of things, Rushton, and there nre two more matters connected with them which 1 want you to take into consider ation. The first one is (I am (.peaking officially now, not personally, please understand that) that the name Crnn- tjLr sliaw Belding has always been re $ garded by the department as a sort of a myth. It was known that there was said to be such a person, or actually was one, but no definite description of him could be obtained. There were a dozen descriptions of him, but each one was totally different from any of the others, nnd not one of them could be --1I...1 nnn ns authentic Thf other IVl1 Ml'"" " " --.--. -matter to which I referred just now, :--.. x - .. i Ai.t.. v i. tfce geconu one, una. uranj s" "vrara aco nn operative of the depnrt- ? ment sent in a report to the chief in 'which he stated with emphasis that he pad succeeded In trailing Belding; that nhe. fcnew Wm, and was prepared to prove Identity ; that he was going after ni man aa soon as be finished the re Wt he was writing; that he was posl- tIT n -j. i. .. .sU (mf' titm and nlen .... nf the nlates that were wanted; iVd. that be would have proof sufficient VlKip following clay 10 sena .uiuin .( Jtts-.well, for keeps. That night, Rush- 'x . men were killed. One of them " --tlie operattve in question (whose t MW does noi -"'",,-' '-- """' 'isi.!The other wm )ni" ,. ". vi4-tii contained what appeared to- be Li.t.vMa tiroofs that be was Cran- o .1... Keldlnr The two nau Miiea one mww"-" . , , ,- utiMotber when the operative went to Arraat his wan. Ji fcanDened that I, personally, ,immk la position to know that the fli4 MB waa not Belding; but I could ?L .-. W. Also, it was a Jong and rfWctttt tk to convince tho depart Meat VJ V ribt, My ou of r "r " - ""'-"7 (.Jfi-x, TV ft. ''A of the Night Wind fi ?m utfm immmmmmmmmm ,.jmm .v,..:av jyj ', HWVA..I mSiPmmmKtSSKUIi'ye ri''' '' 'tenant's uniform. Kcr since he had iYHrrimmY'fll tmmWmMMMKKHmBBMKStii SfrK&fife' t'i'.'Hft'? first donned long trousers nnd refused iw uHumDjSffPI fflMi!V(wl WBWPf A jtgmw lilwM i" mhc "' - k;,n nml " !' tA famBBHi 'WmlffiFrtlttimftliHmtt 3fflK3iiciP' jlHlv .lane's whole-souled ilcxotion bad-been fl WSL HH9lBEnlMM(flfH t rtifPIWIaaHKKWigiSs , . tfP' hi. Now that he was n man nnd a irfyl WmKmm Mmmm m wi I -- wHBBM Mr 'y "&MiL Ilellinap demoted nrailj use it nor could I recnl nil of Ihci f'"'tB "boul ll tlmt T ,l"1 Knnw bctnuse i mj informiiiit whsii jii r.mi wnoe nainel must not he mentioned, r.ml wlinsc tes niimiig the help, in the limine, or mil -timonj, een if the name should be ic side-of it (lu.vs like him don't iisuall. enled, would nut be icgilrdeii li one of j wNirk nliuii' our judges as stifliuent proof. The things, ,.Io , ll(1 fOUI1,. Hs,ton, nccr that 1 did know which 1 thorough! flM1 ttiiv lw ,nlnl( nt repl helievcd that I knew were that the iciil ' Itplilint linil fni sciprnl irnrs clnnkeil his lr1nHli lieliinil Hint, nf Hie dead mini .,1,., i,,i mv. fr i,im s ,lic. i,,,,l mil '- .'' ..... eh i i ennnlipil thi nricrntUo who was killul with the information that hull tnkiii linn to his death. It prohabl) was nol Willi ing his plans that his own unperson ntor should lose his lite, too. nut it is .HucnnMr .iTlnin tltfil hi I'lilflll lilllli ' ned the killing of the operative So, you see. he is nctunlh responsihle, nnj tiirrvfurc g.iilty, of both of lho-e killing" "That. Mr. Rushton, is all that 1 ' ., , , , ,., . i ,., . ,, " ., . , I "Chun." Rushton rejoined I hen he added Yon remarked while we were all chinning togelher in iiim.iru . " uie ijunn iinu mnsi-iris ciuiihk "i room, that if Belknap didn'l make his after she p.ucd the threshold ami the getnwnj before 'lecn oVloik. he erj iipi.urnt fin t that he would not! wouldn't get ver. far, because ,nw aie'bo ulile to npeu it in her nlispiuc, . .1 . !.! I I. 1.1.. Iitn until uliiinW lininnlnliwtlllilcrMtnnil 1 ... .. ... .i. .i. i i -i ..i..-:... ..t tk not llioiie on mis ins,. i u ttiiiii.i iii.- to i,no j,t liat ou meant b thnt." .,,,., . ... , ... .--K c - the real Heldlng-I was sure , ow ,. "Ind that he had .easons for being here .. . . cmnfHed willl M, pnst reoor(, and T hnl, r,,avolls for mat. certain 01 our ineu. wiioiii i ni i be assigned to assist inc. There are Feernl of them in this neighborhood. You can accept it as a fart that Bel knap will not be able to get pnst them i daorf n,ht; !tl ZlZU, on ,ot', orbj ""' .ot ,r "2' " would be seen and reiogni7eir. and would be stopprd before he could go cry much fnrthir." "Suppose he does gel through, just the same?" "lie won't. He can't. ,"AH the same, suppose that when omorrow comes, lies still missin , nml .... ... thnt nnnp nf wnir nutfit linH liluclm. m TLuulzr- "T n'i think about if I will I wont think about it, 1 will know "What'U you know?" "I'll know that while he has been here he has nrrnnged a temporar get away and hiding plnce xvithln the boiin darics of Mquest say at the old mill that Julius told about, or in an out building, or in the ravine below the lake, or something of tlie sort tnwhuli she lind seemed from any possible nt he has fled, nnd where he xxill sta.x intnck; how totally xvithout fear her nt- hiding ns long as he pleases, or until he is rooted out. And. Mr. Rushton, believe me, no matter xshere that hiding plnce is, or how skilfully ho has ar ranged it, he will be rooted out before long. DOROTHY DARNIT Dorothy Has Inside Information - ll I ii s II T , , il t, (scratching TmiSTER CCTYNE 1 ' T AND t WANT YOU ) I i I AMD ABOVE ALU ' ) YOUR HEAD Uu CALL TO- f JU ) TO BE CAREFUL JLfev THINQ3 DONT. DO P" VU rn NIGHT . GglPLSof YOUR JfyL WHAT YOU ARE P I JgT -' JPLttTTsi " tyrf'ir manners "w s5iLpoinc now W L-r S-.tiHJ --s3J -1 'a iFfc , fXZ I "cause I TSTfir YmL l jflkML. c WSskKP THE li'i. 'M. - BMMJgrfWMP -' JtM&,.-& . .jB-iatmf .. IfTtfWift hJHMMHiffi iMin IJllmi 'irr 'f 'rtJ"aaMI!iHlWMtfyM7liffiiii ifi-if'iifr r nn v tfr fi jflHHHHnHHk far'1 two hours lo i.ireful semrlLfur ruiuculed bullous and springs Sa Ins it inclined to ,ou that minhi s..milii.d might help him to liiile. ill'' 1 1 niighl Iiumi 11 fiuifcileiati! iieiiiuap s minimi. I III. iiieiintiliie the nbjii I of so X nun ill nileiist lind been undergoing ,.,,n,..,. n,,,,, ,;;,,,. iin ,i .tn.l miiip than uijoing, be it muiI- a Mirietj of mental gjniuiislics. Itilknap. for ome in his enluiesme' life, had lind "one pur over on him." j ,, , .1 . ...... I lie was lnalli to admit the tact, cen llo himself, at lirM : liut'befoip lie had passed nn hour m 'xiiuiiiiing his Mir I roundiiigs in Hie Nest, nnd in sonii rather fun i fill thinking, he was i tun I polled tn reioguiye the tin Id fud of it Katliciuie's manner of lea ing linn -Hie snddi imcst, nf hrr going the swinging open of the door without is ih!i nit on her pail ns she appinai bed .-.u..... ........... ....... . .... .. ing the f.iet Hint he wns iitually u I prisoner " mm- - I wide open .e ,-,, inlo a trap that she had prepared for him a trap that had Hosed around him ns solidly as evei a w.ro cage has snapped shut upon an unsuspecting rodent A ery slight examination convinced Belknap that he could not get outside of tho Swiss chalet until the chatelaine of it elected to let him out. , Who eer heard of n house (hat one could not get out of? Not he, certainly I Tcn prisons, with their locks nnd bars nnd guards nnd surrounding walls, i wire negotiable ofttinies, bv the wiser1 ones filming the desperate men who wire confined hi them. . He erv ipiicklj disco ered thnt there ,w:is no wn out. unless, , the ceIlt , of his applying his biiiins to the prob- j, - --" 0-.... . ...... ,,,...- ill no linn lie iiiipii if-piiep in Ti nil vnnin . of ti.,.s0 .lf, i,,lltol.s nmi ,,i,i1,1111,.si i 1 i- V.i V i i U1P rn'J rnairn. aim inoio cro niners ifirrZ'r; s,,racir fr ,,is r but n11 i i n i . , ' oC ,ll(,m eombined were far from pro . An(J rknnp llnil no notlou of pas- i(line ll0t ,. miRht d(.,inP ns) ;. siwly submitting to imprisonment. "I will haie it out with her the first time she comes to sec inc." he told himself with one of his xxollish smiles; ' but een us he made the n mark aloud, the smile changed into n half-shceplsh grin, for he remembered how perfectly self-assured she had been; how secure titude had been. But this the condition of Ins sur roundiugs xxas not nt nil what he had anticipated when he had demanded that she should hide him. "What a xxoman! By Joe, what a By VARICK VANARDY Author of "The Two-Facctl Man," "Allan the Night Wind," etc S. woman"' he evclauned aloud and with undoubted admiration nnd respect "She has got me dead tn rights literal! where I ciin't help mjM'lf. unless un less I'e got the brains to sludj out and uncover some of secrets of this house of mysteries; nnd, .love! I think I lime the wil to do that erj thing. es". I helieie I hne the brains to do Hint Aii)linw" and he again smiled bis undoubted admiration of the woman who had besled him "she's got me wheie I am utterly helpless to carry inlo execution an of the threats I hae ,i",, ' rnn'1 t(,,1 lirr fnthpr or nl,nl11- Roderick for the simple 'hat I can t get to lliein to tell I rnn't tell her father or mother reason get to (hem to tell them; I can't cop nnj more coin at cauls; but, more than nil. I can't gel hold of the Hung i tin t I tninv here after, unless I cnu induce her to let me loose some night long enough to get it. I wonder if she could be preailed upon to do that. I wondei I wonder! "I.adv Kate would lie surprised if it occurred to lier'that my ihief reason in asking her tn hide me wns to provide the opportune, while I am supposed to be miles nwnj, to get mj fingers onto Hint priceless gem ; and now , by jingo, she has got inc fuel so that T can't 1o it 'She would be still more surprised I if shj. Knew that T don't een know that precious brother of hers by sight! and that 1 could no more send him to I prison thnu 1 could send her to one. I could let the authorities know tlidt he is nlhc, nnd I cojild gie a hint that would lead to his trail, but Oil, well, there is one thing that I could do in that line If I chose, and sometimes I hnc thought that I would do it ft I cnnld direct them to Rohertii. She knows, confound her! She knows who loderick'Maxwilton is, where he lives, what name he uses and how he earns his bread nnd salt. But I could never make her tell me, nnd I doubt if all the authorities in existence could force her to tell them. Robertn' is Roberta." Katherine, it will be remembered, had Prt fpn of the ejcclrlc lights switched .... so tlmt h. ro...(i lna.p tlsp ot lhm . ., .,..,.. ,nprn irn, n rflni n- iiini npnr nn, ni ,, ...... ". " .... . i in nii i-iiiiitN. nmi iiii'M' h rr iiiuri - -" '. . . .. munition Ha ing, in n sense, thought himself out in ronjecturing. Belknap dexoted nenrl two hours to careful search for foncenled buttons nnd springs, for that one beneutli the little Japanese idol on the shelf bad gixen him un idea. Ho searched with great care and method, but nfter two hours of utterly fruitless effort he desisted. "I'll sleep on it," lie thought nt last. 'When I xxake up I'll begin where I leaxe off now." I (CONTINULD TOMORROW) DAILY NOVELETTE HOW DREAMS COME , TRUE By Mary M. Coggesliall mllK summer breeze blew Jane's hair 1 in a riot of golden curls as, perched in the top of the very highest apple tree of the orchard, she sat dreaming lazily. It was a beautiful day, o beautiful that her eyes had wandered constantly from the Latin book In her lap till nt lust, with a sigh, she resigned herself wholly to the spell of the moment, nnd let her coining exaininntlon take care of Itself. How could one help but dream on such n dny, and especially when one had so much to dream about. The dny before the hero of all her girlish fancies ! had come home from college, in a lieu. soldier, her little heart throbbed pill full as she rcmeniberrd his Indifferent smile of welcome. , What n chance to win his affection would she bnc w(itli nil her wealthy cousins nnd their friends. cef one nlmost as fond cf her hero lis she? So all she had was her helpless dimming, but It wns mak ing her very hupp, that ufternoon. Siiildenlv her drenms were rudely In terrupted by the chatter of n bcy of girls Her cousin and their iriends were on their wn lo prepare afternoon tea oh the opposite lawn. They were hnrd- 1 established, n picturesque group In the distance, when she heard a mascu line exclamation of dismay that made her heart race mad!, for it wns his oice, and he.Ner angrv and Impatient, stood pisl beneath her tree. "How will I noid Hint mess?" .lohn exclaimed nloud to himself. "Come up here!" .Time called timidly. He looked up. startled out of his usual composure, to see a lnely oung face looking down through the branches at him "What are you, Puck or ran?" he laughed. "It Is aw full easy to climb up if you are reall in trouble," she entured, in itingl. A burst of merriment from Hie group on the lawn decided him, nnd he swung himself hastily up beside her. "They make awfuily good tea. Weren't ou iiuited?" I "No. I sent word that I wanted to 'see our uncle this afternoon if he ' weren't busy. It's u business call, nnd 1 didn't expect tn run into that bunch of women olU excuse inc!" he apolo gised. ieim inhering the were her fam 11 She giggled, with n pretty little shrug "I wasn't nsked cither, but the prob nbly hnc that tea just for you, be cause they expvet you." His look of horror put her entirel at ease "with him. "Are ou afraid ot Iheiu?" she asked soberly. "Yes, 1 am You don't know the foolish thirigs these girls say to mcl" John had hardly taken his eyes from the dimpled face nnd golden curls of little Jane since he first sat beside her. Tile tree, the da, the glorious sk , were a setting m which her radiant youth shone to its best ndrnntnge. Her friendly little manner, her simplicit. of dress nnd lack of paint and powder. were such n noxel nnd wonderful thing to the much- sought -after .xouth that it wns hard for him to keep from outright I staring at tier. "What is tills you are reading?" he nsked, with nn effort, taking his utten tion from her to the book in her lap. "Oh! my Latin hook. I'm stud.Wng for ni examination, and I don't know a thing," she said dismally. "I'll help ou," he offered, nnd soon they were in the midst of the subjeit they both disliked heartily. Jane reall learned ipiicklv, lie was bo xery brief and ilenr in his re lew outlines. "Oh! they blue supper time, nnd through," she ciied "I'll be oer this reniiigto see yom nsele. anil when we nro through I II help ou," he offered happily. ,( That evening when he called the poich whs full of expectant young faces, but Jane was nowhere to be seen. "Where is your father, Alice?" he first nsked. ' "Father just had lo go to n meeting. He waited for you all afternoon," Alice replied in a 'none too Bweet mnnner, rcmciubcring that she too had waited. "Where is Jnnc?" ho usked, con scious of rising color and a queer tight cuing in ills throat. Alice luughcd bpilefully. "Oh, fehe is inside Is she going to be your war bride? An uproar ot laughter greeted her attempt at wit . -. . . ... ... . ,.,,, ..., i.i.ir.,1 titan, i.tti, n .t.nnmi r ""V ',"' ", ... . , ..". t unsim 1 1 mil' i fimici. 1 1 n i iipnk. " - 'Thut is uhnt 'e been wondering all eening. Mnybe shell tell jou later," he saiif sarcastically as he dis appeared "into the house. The next complete novelette The Lurk of Misfortune. No Wonder He's Unpopular One who has been xoled the most un popular bartender in the xxorld holds forth in n place on Third sticet that used to be u saloou. This bartender carries a flask of whiskey to work ever morning and tnkes a nip, right lu front of everybody, every timo some one be moans the pnssing of alcohol. Sun Francisco Chronicle. -."- -.- -.- Cnpjrleht, 191(1, hy the Pell Syndicate. Ine DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-ByDaddy "THE WANDERING MONKEY" (PfffBU and Hilly, seeking Mrt. noil's stolen iliamoijd brooch, find a monkey in the teoods. lie lends them to the roost of a black robber. There the monkey is sci:ed by some dark creature, and UUItl goes to the icicmc, driving the creature aicnj) The Diamonds I'lay Tricks "DOLLO, the monkey, chattered loudly In pain nnd anger ns be rubbed his badly nipped nose. He was scared, too, but bis rage over his "hurts was greater than bis ear, and if the dark creature had come back to the; black robber'n roost, It would have found him lighting mnd. But the dark creature ilidu't come back. It rushed away so quickly that Billy and the monkey nexor saw more than n flash of black. "Was that the black robber?" Billy called down to 1'eggy. "I couldn't see," she answered. "Kverjthing happened so suddenly. "Kc-ce-eek! Robber or no robber, I'll chc him a thrashing if he comes back," (battered the monkey ,( patting' us smnriiiig nose, in ins nugcr nc nc gnu to tear the nest lo pieces, "Here, don't do that," objected Billy quickly. '.'If the diamonds are hidden there joii'll lose theni." At Hint Hollo leuped nimbi. into the ilest nnd looked eager) for the diamond brooch. "There's nothing here that spnrkles like glass," he t buttered disappointedly. Bill, climbing up to help him senrcb, found thnt this was true. There xas no sign of a diamond nmid the twigs nnd sticks Hint formed the nest. THE BUSINESS DOCTOR By HAROLD WHITEHEAD Author of "The Business Careerf Peter Flint" and "Bruno Duke Solver of Business Problems" The Business That Is w; 1TH the exception of nccessnry chnnges to disguise the real busi ness the following episode actually 'oc curred. I tell it not as ah unusual happening, but as a commonplace In' business Cicorge Pur is lind been hired "by ,thc Rollins Company n fine old con cern with a hundred years' record ot success in producing a certain line of polishes. (Jeorge had made a name for himself ns ndvertising manager for two con cerns. The first xxas quite a small nf fair, the second xxas that of a brusb- jnaker xho covered the east. So con spicuous was Purxis's success that the Rollins Company grabbed him. When a concern xvlth n nntion-wld disliibulion offers n man a 50' per cent increase in salary xxilh a bonus on "increased business" on top ot it, he usually nccepts-and that is xvliat George did. He xxent to the big New Tork of fices of the company and took up bis duties with enthusiasm. What a chance to rcxivlfy the nkthods ot the old concern ! Before he had been there n week he knew something of its hislor. For fifty .cars the Rollins Company had been grocery jobbers xxho made the "Rollins polishes" ns a side line. Then Kpluraim Rollins took hold ot the business on the death of his father and built up the big business crry one in nil gone and il'xjtim trade knew so well. "E. R." ns we nrcn't half (,TCrbody caIic,i him, had been a wou- , ',r nnd George Pur is henrd many henrd things nbout blm. Everybody is fnmil inr with the stern face ot "Vs. It." surmounting the choky -looking stock which he wore. Kvery can and bottlo of polish bore his face, although "II. R." had been dead for a' dozen years. George found thnt just as his face dominated the package, so the methods of the dead man dominated the busi ness. At nnliiectors' meeting to which George was summoned he suggested "klHing the face" und substituting n viKOrus design. He thru suggested go ing right to the retail trade nnd build ing up a trade not so dependent on ttic jobbers as itxvas at present. "Really, Mr. Purvis," ejacula'tcd the chairman a man who had known "K. R." intimately "jou cannot, no you cannot rcallieVnhat jou saj. Why, 'E. R.' said that eflicient distribution must depend on jobbers' aid and that all ad- xcrtislug should be aimed at the job ber. Why, 'II. R.V face is a tremen- dons nsset, he knew nearly nil the job bers personally and his face they knew it." George pointed out that "E. R.'s" (friends had died and that the present jobbers knew nothing of him and cared iwmmmi Away lie raced xillli Peggy and the monliey closo behind blm "Can I xvreck the roost now?" asked the monkey. But Billy had a better idea. Ho wanted to catch the black robber when tho black robber came back to his roost. , In Billy pocket was a long fish line. Ho took this out nnd carefully made a loop In one end. He sprend this loop open in the nest, and covered It xith twigs so thqt It could not be seen easily. Billy then made n little bole in the bottom of the nest nnd poked the other end ot the string down through It. The string wns long and reached the ground. Billy climbed, down nnd fastened It. "Now, xhen Mr. Black Robber comes borne, we xx ill give him as much of n surprise ns lie gaxc us," he chuckled. "And I'll pull his nose good," chat tered Rollo, the monke1-. "Caw! Caw! Caw!" sounded the warning cry of the crow sentinel. Run From the Grave less. But he xxas turned doxxn. He could see that those directors rather pitied him for trying to run against "R. R." ' Time after tinre George offered new ideas, only to be faced xxith the fatal, "Now 'Vj. R.' alwas did Biich nnd such a thing and no one can question his success.' sou nn(j tll(,u i,COrgc actu ally did something xhieh departed from the straight and narrow xery narrow business path laid down by the wonder ful "K. II." But whenever he did irouuic niways.cnsucu. i Aflw six months ot hopeless strug gling George resigned. "It's no use," he exclaimed, "I can't stick it out. I know I'll get less money elsewhere, but I'll hae a chance to do something in a lie, modern xvay, IS'ow at Rollins's I xas bossed by a dead man nctunll:'. That's true. Not that 1 mind that, but ou can't explain to n ileiul man thnt his methods xxcre for his age rind that now times liaxe changed. "I'll bet if 'K. R.' were al vc today he'd change bis plans completely but " nn expresshc shrug of his shoulders completed the story. As I snid In the beginning, its a conimonplcacc story, but if jou own or manage a business sec that It is not TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL PLAN HAS MANY BACKERS t Stale Physicians and Nurses-Give Their Support to Project for Institution at Byherry Farms , STATE phsicians and nurse, as well as reprcscntnthes of virtually every hospital and xelfarc organization of the ell, arc enthusiastically backing tlie uioemcnt for the establishment of n municipal tuberculosis hospital on the Byherry farms. A committee has been appointed to formulate such plans and recommen dations ns deemed necessary, and these will, be forwarded to the candidates for mayor xxho xxill be askedto Incorporate them in their platforms. This com mittee x ilr" meet at !1 o'clock tomorrow nftcrnoon at the state dispensary, 1724 Cherry street. "Tuberculosis rauks on a par with heart and kidney diseases, to xshich the doors ot all hospitals are ppen," said Dr. Thomas Klein, first assistant state pfcysicinn. "And yet there are only 071 beds in Philadelphia to caro for the 40,000 cases harbored her. The city is doing xlrtuall notbiug to prc xent tuberciiloslsi To curtail the dis semination it Is necessary to attack this problem nt both ends, removing the infected indhldual to a local hot, pltal or sanatoria and placing all con tacts, especially children, in ideal sur roundings such as will be offered in a preventorium. Law Ghes Protection "Recently a Inw xxas passed making tuberculosis a quarautinablc disease as xvell as n reportable one. It is not the intentiou of the state department of health to utilize this routinely, but to use it xhen necessary in obstinate cases xvhere lives of others and" espe cially children nre endangered. By Chas. McManuo "Maybe It's the black robber," cx clnlmcd Peggy. "Caw! Caw! Cawl" warned the croxr ngaln, nnd nt the same moment there I cntno another cry through the woods "Thief! Thief! Help! Thief r 1 "Some one is In trouble!" shouted Billy, nnd nxvay he raced xxlth Peggy and the monkey close behind him. "Thief! Thief!" the cry rang out ngaln In a peculiar Voice. The children ran straight for It, and In a moment found themselves beneath the monkey's nest. "Thief! Thief!" sounded the call closo at hand, but now they could not tell the direction xxhence it. came. "ThieM Thief!" They all looked up toward Hollo's home In the tree. Then nil three gaxc a cry of surprise. Sparkling among the twigs of th outside wall of the nest was Mrs. Holt'a diamond brooch. "Thief! Thief! The monkey is a thief!" cried the peculiar voice. "I'm not a thief!" screeched Rollo," dashing up toward the glittering gems. "Some one has played a trick on me, putting those sparkler's In ray nest." -Bui right then came another Bur prise, for as the monkey's paw wan stretched, out to clutch the diamond brooch, the gems' suddenly vanished. Pegg and Billy robbed their eyes in nma7cmcnt nnd Rollo made a quick search of the nest the diamonds xxera not there. b'rom a tree near by came the cry v ''Thief! Thief! followed by a qu(tr mocking laugh : 'Haw! Haw! Haw!" (Tomorrow tcill be told how black ro"bber is caught.) tht mnnnged from six feet below the green earth. A Hxo business demnnds llv management. Readers' Questions Answered Mr. IVhlteftrad will antiutr tn f(it column tturnttons on mnrkrHno. having. selHno, ad. lerHlfilo, Ifllfr-urtllni;. biMlnrns rdurflffon. nnd nn matlrrn perlninino to the choice of a vocation. Alt attrition will be antiefrrii in the order of receipt. No nnanvmou corre-. npr.ndcnce can be ncknowledaed. Headers fiidfal.i mill irlll be futHthrd. It uill take from four to fifteen davs for a reply to a pear. , Q. Will you please inform me as to the practicability of disposing of smaller quantities of stock than 100 shares In the stock maiket? I knoxv that I can always buy them, but am not so sure of being able to dispose of them readily. I mean stand ard stocks that arc dealt In actively, but xhlch are of medium price. J. McH. A. If you take your stock to nny reliable stoclc broker he xvlll be able to dispose of it for you. If it Is active and listed in the New York Stock Exchange, it can very easily be sold. The purchaser xvlll hold your shares until h has enough to make up n block of 100, nnd will then dispo's of it. The Ice you get, however-, would be one-eighth to one-quarter of a point less than the market quotation, on nccount of this complication ot handling. If it is ncthc stock it will very quickly be sold, but If It Is slow stoe It may take you scxcral xveeks to dis pose of it. If it is unlisted stock you may bfi able to dispose of it on the curbv but, as I said, turn it over to your broker and let blm handle it for 0U. (CONTINUED TOMORROW) "During 1017 the deaths from pul monary tuberculosis in Philadelphia totaled 12). S per cent of those In the entire state from thh disease. This in reality is a smaller percentage than actually occurred as many .cases which should have been chnrged to Philadel phia died in the state sanatoria anil other tuberculosis institutions and were not credited here. "A large amount of money has been' expended to prevent tuberculosis among cattle, which causes about 10 per cent of the cases among human beings. Not so much attention has 'been paid to the prcxention of infection In the re maining DO per cent," Phsicians, nurses, welfnrc workers and health exnerts. who are much In terested in the proposed municipal hos-- pltal, believe Ihat -manufacturers xould be active in helping to establlsK such an Institution because, state statistics show, n majority ot- tuber culosis cases arc" among employes la the manufacturing industry. Aid for Service Men The federal board for vocational training is urging the project on the grounds that it is needed to aid piany returned soldiers and sailors, who be came tuberculous while in service. Among the organizations which have lined up to push the movement for a new municipal tuberculosis hospital are: American Red Cross, United Hebrew Charities, Federal Board for. Vocational Training, Society ,for Or ganizing Charity, Municipal Court, Philadelphia Tuberculosis Committee Visiting Nurse Society, University Hospital, I.ankenau Hospital. Jeffer son Hospltul, Hahnemauu Hospital, Pojycllnlc Hospital, Kcnslugtou Dla pensary und Phlpps Institute. State nurses actlelj interested In the movement included: Miss AHn OHalloran.-v chief; Miss Margaret ffijrniVr M'?f '. K. Armstrong,, Miss Mae Richards, Miss jlt. Hayes, Miss Blanche Hayes. Minn TJ.rpr nr,. i.!7' WUA Fox' MIss PnlWns, Miss Klla Greenfield, clerk, and .Mrs. Huhn, clerk. ' o DuL T'lomo"1 Kl'ln. Dr.' James A. , Smith, Dr. Alexander Davisson and Doctor, Caffrey, stnje phjslclans, ore among the leaders In the movement. Poat-WaV Course Popular Scores of young men ore enrolling In the 'reconstruction courses" recently added to the night curriculum of the , barton School iu order to fit them selves for post-war financial and com mercial pursuits. The courses Include foreign trade, Industrial relations and pther subjects pcrtlnebt to- the mIm. slon of American manufacture, arid a commerce, niey xverp arranged by JI' rccior inrouore j. uraysoo, pi to i niucTialkooLr t 1.1 1' . '' T 7rr p05,
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