"it m v... . -ft. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHXL'APELraiA, FKIDAY, A.UGUS' 20, ,1919 t ir I vt ' 1 I- i 7 -if HE- li I I1 TJK 1? I S3 I V Jt if ?-. I'M? Ss- n m lis If 114' The Lady of the Night Wind- DAILY NOVELETTE By VAIUCK VANARDY Aullior nf "The Ttvo-Faeeil Man," "Alias tho Night Wind," etc - i Copyrlsht, 1019. by the Mncaulfiy Co. Ceprrfcht, 191B. by the I'ubllo Ledter Co THIS STARTS THE STORY A .house party li being given tit tlie country homo of Kathcrlne nnd Bing ham Harvard. Among tlic guests Is one Conrad llclknap. Kathcrlne dis covers him cheating nt cards. Cou ,, vlnced that he is concealing his real identity and that he i there for some ulterior purpose, Kathcrlne deter mines to ferret out the mystery. She intercepts a telephone call of Bel knnp's to a iommi confederate named Roberta. Rcnlizitig that lie is suspected by Kathcrlne, llclknap threatens to accuse of n crime her brother, Roderick Maxwilton, who is believed to be dead, if Kathcrlne , makes any move against him. liar , tard becomes suspicious of llclknap f and .Catherine's attitude toward him. Roberta arrives on the scene indcr the name of Scnorltn Cervautcz. Belknap accuses Roberta of deceit ing him. She admits the secret presence o Roderick and her love for Roderick is revealed, llclknap is suspected of being In reality one Cranshaw Bcld lng, son of a father w ho murdered his mother. A stranger, whose face is marked with a laige near, has come to the house under the name of Car ruthcrs. He is thought to be Brain ard, of the Secret Service. Belknap is hidden by Kathcrlne in .1 secluded lodge called the Nest, from which be is unable to escape. AND IIERC IT C'ONTINl KS T7"ATHEIUN'E, when she got lo her room that night, w.is unite content. She was smiling while "lie iiiidicssed ami went to bed. She knew none bettor that who hail j, "put one over" on Ilclknffp, and (.he had already decided thnt she would gie , him a continuous foitj -eight houis for f solitary meditation before the would ( visit him. More than thnt, she hud determined to keep him eartlj where he ttus until he was ready and willing to reveal to her the whole plot thnt he had in mind when he came to Mjquest exact!) what his real reasons weie for visiting Mj -quest at all and until he told her all that he knew about Roderick. She dropped asleep, still smiling. , The following morning, at midfon THE LUCK OF MISFORTUNE Hy lllanche I). Stlckney laulckly toward the door to Inquire , would kill that other man, or hnvehlm t J, rSLX M . where he was bound. She Mopped Into , murtlcrcu without compunction. 1 urn- m..-.j. - m 1 - t . s 1 . i. n1.11..- ..,-. am nt iriinii 1 1 1111 iTi-r 111 11 villi i-l 1 1 the open doorway just as Jtoucita was 1 niiiniisw ucuiuik imm man ... ........... .,,... trtvunv tTfil1v in the act of getting into the car, and himself. I knew that my marriage to ;, she replied calmly, "but 1 , TTLLAJvOK UA.hU:s was joyiui y at the very instant when she used her, nnothcr would be the death wninuit 01 suspected thnt he was making read to sweetly melodious voice in. addressing I thnt other. And now. Mr. Harvard, I dlsappcnr because of Ills dcllnncc of Mr. have nnothcr surpriv ror ton. 1 no innn Urnitinrtl ot the uoainousc last evening. Ring. have been told nbout quate manner in which to describe her sensntlons Kntherlne stenned sttiftlv back ngaln!"om I would have nini red 111 iiiauo Doubtless jou out of sight ' borc "" ,mn, (II"t l1'' fn,nU, 'iie, rc" that." r.. ..,. .. ,., ...... ., I member) of Bruce Brainard." "Yes i Cnrruthers-that is, llralnard s. l innui.iun.uk 10 m m,i tm, , , , .. .,, . If JSruce Iirniliniil' uiimiivrs. iii"c-i.im mil-. .. 1 i,t i.. .,..-., mi Aft TtrninnriL not because Roberta Imp- -' no popped. 1 "iB" "" ' " - " " pened to be nt the lodge gate' when 1 "Yes." Roberta culnil icplled. "The , mac - . . is ...." ,,,"; V, . ... . I ....... ... .. i. i.. 11..1 .1 kkhI Minn wlien present. It lie uas iiiirvaro was driving out, nnd that he secict mwee opernusc " m- .- . . flr should ask her to ride with him. but I llniiv Rrninnrd. whom mi huvc re-I Rone, as ou sa5 , he has not gone mr that llobertn should speak to him in a perfectly natural innnnci . indueinir m. 1 ........... .. . .. r . ,.., .'i .,. ' lit... l.nn eurprise on 111s pari mat she used her dcr the name 01 iiaiiiei . nrriiiiier' "" -nmMliInif oice (she who wns siiihhmi..! 1.. ho I nml whose real Identic 1 know as well 1 "II-111! Terhnps there is someimni. without oi(v), but precise!, as if he I as I know ours, is the mini I loe , IHruc Rramnrd. whom .ou have re- I Rone, ns ou j , e m.s . .. - ..-Ived it. onr home at the solicitation j Ilrrt assured that he is mBwW of jour friend. Morton Si.i.lsbury. un- nratlons for the hnnl coup that brought had known from the beginning of things that she ould talk Kathcrlne walked cr nIowI on her and who loes me; is the man who htu been wrongly iHnrged. in the past, with n crime with which he had nothing to return to the house. She hnd tnueh to ,' : " "", lnnn v,i0"f' 1",tt'", ' I""0 helped to light, nnd who 11ns neijieii me light mine; is the man of -ill others whom I hae ever known who is the think nbout AMiat Roberta lad to Tell TTARVARI did not speak ngmn for some time nfter Roberta was seated beside Him. He drove the car in silence, guiding it, nt the first opportunit), out of the mnin highwn into less fre quented thoroughfares Afttr a time he slowed down until they made less than ten miles nn hour. "Mr. Ilnrwnd," Roberta btcan. in whnt ou sn. It is in line vm. Iliniiinid's assertions. Will .ou tell me now wh j on dropped that acrostic warning to him from 011r balcony. "t'eitninl. I did wholly on my mn nrcount. to put nil obstnele in the wnv of bis seeking comersations with ,e 1 neither knew thnt we were nred it we were, ma j iiuibtm, f.,p rti.,1 tn mtttltiff nsble Rcliool duties for two months of "do-ns-ou-like" nt one of New England's benches. llefore going, she wns to chaperon dining the Inst 'week ot .tunc n group of girls from her "math" class at a cami) at Pride's Rrook. At i) o'clock on the Saturday morning after Bchool closed, the merry group was at the station, each laden with a suitcase nud a box of home-made goodies. She re ceived the exhortations of nnxious mothers to be wntebful that Mary didn't intcli cold nnd thnt Francena rubbed her nrm three times n day with that green liniment which was in her suit- DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy "THE WANDERING MONKEY" to s.ij. with ns little interruption ab is possible." "I will interrupt jou, senorltn." he leplnsl. "on! when n question that I regard as unpin taut seems nci csar.' "Ill that 1 use," she said, "I will be gin hj making a statement thnt will unitize jou. perhaps, more thnu no thing else I will lime to say." "The entire situation is HiifTieietitlj nnmyiiig," he teplled. "Hut what is the statement ,ou refer to?" "Tins' the man whom jou know as f'omad llclknap is my husband. I have been his wife ten jenrs. I was marritd to him whin I wns seventeen. When I was nineteen somewhat less than two j ears lifter our tunriingc ! noon, Harvard, who had been seeking Ic ft 1""- m"' '"(1 mM "n' wllt'r,! " Senorita Tei vanttz, fame upon her tin ,l ""I"1'1 1(' """'I'1 11,ver l""1 m;- ,l t expcctedlv where she was seated with "lls ot "1'1 ,'''"'1 I've jears aftei some embroider in the rose l,w,.r that when he did lind me. I was in the for Hnrvaid hnd one little incident upf''r West in Idaho teaching school; his sleeve which he hnd not tnUedi'""! l '"' seemed a divorce from him ... , 1 !..i. ....... 1... ...I ' ...it.lmil iinr 1 sou 01 minor huh iimikhi iiiiwuiwmi. , ,i, .. , , ! 1 ilid wish to startle him Into lonung I Ilnrvnid droe on 111 silence for u l'"" "'J,,, time. I'rcseutlj : '""'""see. Can nu tell me nil thing , ""Have I permission to mention ou)l()U, tin't attempted burglar the other to him?" Ring nsked. night?" "Ves. I want jou to do so, please." . j ',.all ,mi, guess as to that, but 1 . "Did ou know that he was coming ,., :J wjjj j. ,UK(iod guess." to Mjquest befoie he at ttiall up- 4.,,t me heni what It is, then penreii .' "M,,.., s. 1. ...... 1 .... .;' lie loin me jsiiiurn .... , n i-t, .nut 11 uijll I llllisi rl III t, .. . 1 .,;,, 111111I1 also that I should 1, ., .... 1,,, fi. . "'. r. ... ..ill : f-... ,1,0 ..ii I frmn the tinli. n trentle biceze came ... "" "' "," '"" '" '" """ "" "" llsiil l.iem some lurivnilis ,..,.., ,..v ....... , --- - -- --- - . .. - VOU.i... 1 ... 1 ,lt n . . 1 ..!... . ..T......t.w ... t.n fhnir will, hrlnirln'? the OOOIH of wild ,,,... ,1 . t 1 11 1 . . niw ii.K iiu, iiiiuri uuimii' 1 11. .in- , ..- .. ,,jn,i lew ets anil oi.iei luiunui'- " - ' ..---" -- - ihout. that I shall ask jou to hear . ,,.. ,., .., ,.,, .,r , i,ifl ","' ' , 1 ,i !,, ,. flnntrK and coutitt air. The found tne through to the end of what I have ,' .' ... M, Saulsbur's home ",' ,,,.':, nn,i,er. who is also a leader, nn old dcmoeiat whgon nt the statiou As Miss Hanson got on the train she began to wonder whether she hnd tnken more on her shoulders than she had calculated. Hut this thought stnjed only 11 moment, for the admiration of After the suitcases were ndjusted.and p or body settled, Miss Huusou heard n most detailed account of the previous night's prom, together with bchoolghls' impressions of the fncultj. It seemed ou, and leave unsaid for I "Mime told ou that he has under-, such n short trip when the conductor ilnj night thnt Mr. , llo , ),is ,Hrtv work for hint. , called out, "Xet stutioli l'rlde's llrook, g him to call Sun- ,. ,.M is this: that he has prom- ' I'r-i -r-ride's llrook." As they alighted r d I ' about at last night's conference. "Senorita," he said, "I have here something that 1 want to ask jou to explain; a matter of eighteen written words which I believe jou -m explain. I saw ou drop this message to Mr. Belknap from jour balcoti the other night. It reads: 'When ever arm re sists entirely, we nre then concerned how effort, done before endeavor, will award rebellion's end.' It read like 11 poor quotation, or like utter nonsense. until it occurred to me thnt it might be an ncrostic. When 1 thought of that I read the first letter of each word, and put them together. I found: "We are watched. IJcware.' Will you, senorita, be good enough to explain .' The senorita started to her feet when Harvard began to pcak to her. ,It was plain in his manner of address that he was gravely serious and then she saw and recognized the slip of paper IStfthat he held In his hand. Iristantly she realised two things; that it hnd been the Night Wind who had attacked Helknap under the tree, and that he had succeeded in decipher ing the message that she had dropped which he had taken from the man for whom it had been intended. But Roberta was, nevertheless, not nf nit nfrnld. J She had prepared herself for just such nu emergency, because she had more than half believed that it would happen ; and if the truth be known, she yas. deep down inside of her, glad that it had happened. Before she could reply to him it, sn- deed, she intended to make reply, for she hesitated while she asked herself if she bhould resort to her tal jet. 01 should admit by word or mouth that she was not without a voice he added. "I should say, perhaps, that I doubt your inability to use your 01ce. 1 , heard you, before you dropped this mes- f lieum i , n-raon for whom it 5 'intended-although you did make use of a sibilant whisper. But it was ! Yif. n. penetrating. I beard jou Jr..... ,:...... T will nronouncc them XnThave-don that an.WbUe "... r explaining things, I wish jou J. :: , e what other name hTtwo Utters stand for besides CW T, Ti.it,nnn. They were h-c-e X-c-c , , ,, ,,., n,,Qvi 1 nf tin ii numb Suudn night nt 1- o'doik, and t!iatln, ip.ilmis of (' I! . has workid upon he had decided to tell the el. the Mnr (1( ,, impatience nf lestraint, and pro of his life to hisihief, in the tuesence I vailed upon tin in not tn await his pleas of Mr Saulslmrj. Last night I met,,,,,. It is iitiiinpoitntit Nothing hap Iiitn ngailfi bv nppnintineiil 11ft ci mid j pencil Whnt did happen fould have uight. I le told me then that Ins thief had i,n, m cniinection with the actual rea ineiely chuckled when he heiitil Mr ! sou for t '. H.'s pieseuce." Urniimrd's story, and had leplicd: "Hire is another point," Harvard "Wh . Hraiti' that is what he in said, after a moment of thought "Crnu- alled bj bis intimates ill the setviee sl.avv Holding is the ininio nt the man I l.nve known the tiutli about those iwhnm Rr.unatd is nctunll seeking The matters two years; evtr since six depaitmont he sirvcs has lieon hold .... -vr- TTnfrflril. .tbutina'tone.soiowthatit cred "T have a voice "": . i.iun.i. was almost u ""i"-'i SeUnIlyo he point o;lo,ug SSSr' he demanded sharply, nose .ne "". ,, a, answered, in,ral;-dible)tone. uAe-thatlbave, tell you cannot be to-. hVl, "".r ,,. vou thorough three jours before he disco crcd me." "Then jou are not his wife unless on reniariiod. Did jou?" "No. I used the present tense in referring to the subject for the sake nf directness and to be explicit. I hae never been his wife since I left him more than eight joars ago, but I have been mole or less closelj as sociated with him and his evil was oor since he tlisiovetcd me in Idaho between three and four oars ago. He has compelled that has forced me to do what I have done; to seem to t undone his 1 liininnlities ; to associate with crooks nnd criminals; to some times go the length of actual pattici p. it ion in his ciookodness (or of seem ing to do so) he has compelled that much of complacent c on my part by holding over me n thrcut which, until now, I have not had the courage to defy." "One moment, please. Wh 'until now'?" "I will reply to that question nm- biguouslj , and explain more fully when 1 get to it Something happened Sat urduj night which was established to 111 satisfaction on Sitndaj , ami vvhith I became positivclj assured of only last night, that has made it both possible and logical tor me to defy the man joti know ns Coniad Helknap." "I see." You will explain that point later, jou say. But jou hue twice usrd the expression, 'the man I know ns Helknap.' Am I to understand that the person's right name is not Conrad Hel knap?" "Yes. His name is " "Wait! It is Cranshnvv- Belding?" "What? You know?" Roberta ex claimed. "Yts. I know," Harvard returned quietly. "While I was in Idaho," Robeita continued slowly after a moment's con templation of Hanard's face, "1 nut, and learned to love, ami wns locd, by nnothcr innc I had already secured my divorce, bo there v.ns no obstacle of that character to our marriage. But, there wore two obstacles serious ones, both neertheless. One of them wns occa sioned by his point of view ; the other one wus by lit own. He was living under u cloud, in disguise, and was known by a numo that was not his own; and there were man reasons beside the actual cloud to which I have referred Lvvhy he should not resume his own name months nfter jou became one of us, in fact. It is part of mv dittv to know, thorottghl, the men who woik for me. The man who was guilt of the tilings oti were accused of has bi en 111 federal prison at Atlanta 11101 e than n oar. You tne like some doctors that 1 hac hoard about ontitelv i-ilicicnt when an other is ill, but alisoltttel inefficient when tho.v get sick th nisohes. " 'nu nieu't woith jour salt when it enmes tn doctoring jnurself ' Then ho added- 'I have not mentioned this to ou because I proferied to let jou tell me nbout it jourself in jour own good time after jou had screwed up the nec ossnrj moral courage to do it.' " "Scnotita I will tontiiiue to address jou so ate jou willing to tell ine who Bruce llralnard tonllj is?" "No, please. That is one of the sub ject!, that I refenod to in the beginning when I told jou that there nre things which I must leave unsaid for others to inform jou nbout." "Brainard himself, or others?' "Hininard himself nnd others." "Why did jou pit tend to be voice less when jou came to Mjqutst?" "Because I had spoken with Mis. Hnrard over the telephone nnd did not know until she gieeted me that ilaj that she was the person with whom I bail talked." "Wait. Was our talk with her that ou refer to in the middle of the at bav because there was no proof of couniftioii between Helknap and Bold- ing it foi more than ton jenrs jou have known that the two were identi cal, and for half that time, nt least. Biatnaid has known it. Whj, then " "Please wait I know what jou would ask .Mr Hrninnid's unsupported tostimonv would not bo ptoof of the fact- m additional tcstimon would be legardeil as biased and insulin iont. C B. would h.ive slipped out of the law's grasp More: ,Mr Brainard has not been willing thnt mv association with V. B should be disclosed. lie has insisted that other mentis could, nnd would be found to establish the identi ties." Theie was silence nfter thnt which endured for man. minutes. Then Hnr- anl, with a measure of lestraint in his voice, said: "I must ask ou something more In regard to Belknap's possible motive, or tnoti'fs. for criming to Mjquest." "Please don't. Mr. Hatvnrd. Ask Mr. Bi.iimud. if jou will. His opinion' nnd it would bo inciely nn opinion is vastly bettor than mine." "Very well, then. Hut I shall nsk one certain thing of jou, nevertheless." "Yes?" "It is that when we return, or ns soon thoicnfter ns possible, jou will relate to Mrs Haivnid prociselj what jou have told to me; nnd that jou will tell her that jou have told me. Will "Thank jou. I wish to discuss the subject with her, but I piofer that jou should tell join story to her first. (CONTINriU) TOMORROW) it!r,hf i "Yes. Before I was summoned to, "",'. J,,se ,nc to ' """5" come CO JOU as u pianisn:. "Well, well," Hnivnrd said under his breath, recalling the disturbance he hud felt because of his knowledge that Kntherlne had used the telephone one midnight nnd nnothcr night. "You talked with her more than once, didn't omGN 0F GONE WEST" jou?" i "Twice both times after twelv at I The war gave us many new words and night." Iplnnses. It is none too eailj to fix "Correct. I'm glad jou told me , definitely their oiigin so that disputes that" lof the future maj be unnecessurv. l'er- "C. B. planned my coming to M.v - j haps none is mine pr.thotienll ox qucst," she said. "I did not want to,pressive than "gone West," the soldier come I had my own reason for not teim thnt came to be almost uui wauting to do so but he made me do v 01 sail adopted to designate death. it. still f , told in a moment, cannot be oW 1 mM there i MU"-" . .i,w ""-.,". tn make you tnorou , say in .-, ,, not think that ....- - onnn ; uuu i, " Because & understand; and to say it. unaer""-""- - . . nee to say . . .t the right place l , iwulrowououto the middle of ,, , .hook her shapc- ,.No .. H bc Bcen, and a., ly head. " " " .i.-t t as talking r observer wouWJnow that Ybeen j ride well, and lb ave uQt " -Mddiln wouldTe W in that.way." tion. however. . t thc gate "ll y?Ve'M W f'I will P nt the lodge. ,,; rott(Utcrs. I ;h,Ue Vouto go with me. Then noudedi'murmured a "Very good, xr. VTarvard," and Btarted away. Mr. HrTar"'. , i, nicked her up KgeTat;, and they drove away io'amaU IncidenU happened as they affiow was that Roberta, believ ;SJ Uiftt nobody was near, spoke to wlrvard in her natural voice as she ?rEI.Li nta the seat beside him ; the ,.cT'-. that Kathcrlne, who had P ." -MtoMd the unused lodge for home rca Em' Btjm w moments earner, uiaru . 'He lias made a catspaw of ou " "Literally that, Sir. Harvard " "Tell me for ou must know vvli Helknap elected to visit 51 quest at all." "I can't tell jou that because I do not know." "Is that' statement literally true, senorita?" - "It is literally true, Mr. lltmnrd. I thought I knew at the beginning, but I wns mistaken. I have conjectured about it since, only to find mjsolf again mistaken. Ills wtijs are past finding out. He is an accomplished scoundrel who compels others to do his bidding. Bejoml cheating nt cards he consjdets himself nboe actual outlaw ij ; ho forces others to commit his crimes for him. If lib should determine to rob nnil seek- In nrnve ns hi, lielieveil he ilotir tinnU til ,0W 10rK, he would lllin could do his innocence of the act which I self be a thousand' miles awaj when it had been charged to him. Ho would not wns done. If he should attempt to ask me to be his wife until he could mncKinnil ou, ins own nam. wouiti in stand clear befoie the world, clothed in be visible in thc consummation of it. his right nnme. Hut, Mr. Harvard, even If lie sought Mine. Savage's jewels, he so, I would have prevailed upon him, 1 might locate them, but he would take and we would have fought out our bat- no part in securing them. If lie dc- tle Bide liv side hut for the one irroat sired the death ot llruce nrainard, tne and insurmountable objection thnt I murder would be committtd. but tlicrcj hail. I would bo nothing to council nun witn It was this- I knew that if Crau- 1 the crime, From whence came this plnnsc, nnd whj? In u book leview appearing in the Now York Times locentl a oij inter esting exposition is given. It is ex- plained that mine thnn 3000 jenrs ago the ancient Rgjptinns spoke of the dent! as "the cstcrners," or those who had "gone West." Tor the abode of the dead wns believed to bc in the loaltn of the setting sun in that Anient! where Osiiis leignod. This be lief by the nncients in the soul going West has at least r. rellcction in the customs of some of our on 11 North Anioiicun Indians, who cherished the belief that their "happy hunting giounds" la. in the West, and who pi noticed the custom of In. ing their dead away in vell-pioisioned scaffolds fating the West. The belief of the ancients died long. long tigo with the icligion of that fr.v distant time died onl.v to return to earth again man generations Inter, re incarnate in another language, called into being b a war such as the nations of old could not hac conceited. So quickly did the phrase become n pait of the tocabuhii of the soldier in the trenches that tod.i.v it would be waiting to take them to Camp Breeze I'or one ot the gills It wits her lilst tisit to the rounti, nnd she looked with gioat wondciinont at eter thing about her. tt hen old Dobbin began to slow it)) thc girls niitictd the little gtoups of cottages. The were gieeted b 11 most coidiul host and hostess, who hud tun the plnce for man siitnmcrN. The cottage more than exceeded their expectations with a big lit ing room anil u line large fireplace. Ihere wn n woodbox heaped high with wood. The gills investigated every nook nnd cor ner, picked out their looms nnd un packed suitcnbcs. Then the sat vtlown iu the living loom nnd planned jthe meals, .some of which would have btouglit about an epidemic of acute in digestion if Miss Hanson had not had a practical knowledge of dietetics Such a good time they hnd that fiist night spent mound thc lire telling stoiics nnd riddles. One afternoon, Miss IIansoi decided to rest nn Iho vc Hilda and tend whi'o the girls wont to the village. They didn't icturn nt thc time they snid they would, but she knew girls and so did not worry. Soon, howctcr, she wns at tracted by calls of: "Oh, Miss Hanson, come quick!" She rushed to the girls nnd found Rthel Stanton being carried by two young men. "Oh, whnt has happened?" she cried. Before giving nthel he. self n clinncc to exiilnin, Marlorie Thome said: "Oh, we wore all running homo, one tijing to boat the other, and Rthol turned her ank'e and fell. Wo didn't know what we were going to do. no nutos or nothing enmo until finnlly Mr. Cross, who hns n camp of joung men up the load n little wtijs, came by and offeted to help." "I really don't think. Miss Hanson." he toluutocrcd, "that you need have cause for woiry. There nre no bones broken, but as it was somewhat painful, it seemed advisable for her not to walk on it. If jou do not object, I will be 01 or nfter supper with something 1 have 111 my hrst-nid kit which I know will benefit her." "May we not.Intitc the oung men, too, Miss Hnijson. they have been so good to us.'" nsked the guls "Yes, indeed," she replied, "we should be glad to have yo'u all come. I am more than grateful for jour tnluable help this afternoon. We will look for .ton nil tonight." There was snob groat excitement in prcpniation for the et cuing thnt simper ant! the lame ankle weie but trivial matters. In nn hour or so, a group of fnc splendid oung men came tramping up tlic piazza. The ankle lint! first attention, and Mr. Cioss, who was decidodl opposite to the idea his name como.v'od. nsuicd I'thcl that her ankle would vpiobnbl) ho all right to walk on thc next dnv (Pt'BBV oml UiUu, iccking Mrs. HoH't ilotcn 'diamonds, find a mon Ari fa the icooili. lie leads ihem to thc roost of 0 Hack toiler, ic10 escape after attacking thc monkey. The diamonds arc then seen in the monkey's nest, lut disappear ichen he tries to seize them,) The Black Robber Trapped pEGOY and Billy felt very queer when they saw that the diamonds had vanished, nnd hoard the strange toice crying "Thief! Thief!" nnd then giving its mocking lnugli "Haw! Haw! Haw!" As for Hollo. the monkey, he piled out of his nest ns though It were on fire and lenpcd behind Peggy nnd Hilly, where lie crouched trem bling ami muttering to himself. "Mys tery 1 Mystery! Mystery 1" It certainly wns a mstcry where the diamonds hnd gone to, and it wns a mystery, too, bow that voice floated about seemingly In the nlr. Now the voire was low down nnd now it wns high up among the trees, and nil the UJnc it wns laughing out loud witli its gruff "Haw! Haw! Hnw!" or else it was chuckling with evil glee. If it bad been a bhd toice tnlking bird talk the children could have understood how It floated about, but it was n man's voice talking man tnlk and they couldn't understand that at nil. Billy was so much puzzled by the voice that finnlly he began to get vexed. He summoned up his courage nnd shouted n challenge to It: "If you are good and not evil, come and show 0 . . .. ..'! IIXls n.lll llAln vmi yourself, up chimi. nm is,.i ju rt 1 il.. il.tnf " aJyjJaji find thc thief.' He picked up .1 stone nnd hurled it "Howl Hnw! Haw!" came Mho sneering laugh in answer nnd Billy lost his pntiencc. Ho picked up n stone nnd hurled it in the direction whence tlic toice enme. "Hnw! Haw! Hnw! Pretty glass JPretty glass!" croaked thc voice, nnd it sailed away among the trees as though it were n ghost. "Pretty glass! Whnt docs it mean bv that?V; nuzzled Billy. "Why it means tlic diamonds. They look-like nretty glass." answered Peggy "That's it, and that voice is the voice of the black lobbcr," shouted Hilly. "After him. He mustn't escnpe." Hack through the woods they ran, chasing the toice, which grow fainter and fainter until it stopped entirely. In its plnce sounded the harsh wnrnlng crv of the sentinel crow: "Caw ! Ca,w! Caw !" , "Listen," cried Peggy. "Don't you notice how much the crow's 'Catvt Pntvt 1 Itbfi Ihn vntro'n tlhm I M llnw!'?" ,.,. " ........ ...,-..-.. l iiiny stnrcu ni ucr wiin uuigiug- c?ca. "Uee-willlkers, do you think the black robber hns turned himself Into a crow?" .lust then Billy glanced upwaruV "Thcre's tlic blnck robber's roost now." Ab Peggy looked quickly toward the big nest'hlgh up in the tree, a twig fell from It. "And the blnck robber is in iti" added Billy, noticing the falling twig. Billylcapcd toward the tree, and be fore Peggy knew whnt he was up to, he had given n Bharp, stroDg pull on ths fish line which he had le'ft hanging from the nest. And when he pulled the string he seemed to start a lot of trouble, for in nn Instant there was a wild commotion up in tlic black robber's roost. "Wawk! Wawk! Help! Mur der! Thlcyes!" screamed thc hystericus voice, Then there followed a jerk on thc fish line that almost snatched Billy off his feet. "Help!" shouted Rilly. Inst as loudljrHj, asthc mjsterious voice, nnd reggy ano" thc monkey jumped quickly to his Old. They all hung tightly to the line, and soon thc prisoner in thc trap above quit struggling and lay quiet. Hilly tied the line securely to the trunk of the tree and then faced Peggy. "We've caught the black robber," he sold. "I'm going up to get the stolen diamonds." And he began to climb the tree, with Hollo, the monkey, follow ing close nfter him, (Tomorrow icill be fold how thetf make thc Hack roblcr reveal his secret.) THE BUSINESS DOCTOR Bv HAROLD WHITEHEAD Author of;'The Business Career of Peter Flint" and "Bruno Duke Solver of Business Problems" Do You "Go Out to Get Your Dinner"? nre than twenty J oars blnce.nevor used a fountain pen because he XT TK 111 I T fl..f l.onrrl thp lokc ttbOllt tllO rcstnuuint proprietor. You remember It, of course. A diner in n restaurant had a steak that was so tough that a Bower.v gunman wns as a sucking clove compared to it. Hxasperntod, be de manded tn see the proprietor, but was told by thc waiter: "Ye can't see lm; he's jest stepped out to get his din ner." Mnnj a laugh has been had out of this stor.v (and many more will follow), and ,ot some of those who laugh nt it com mit the same business indiscretion. Two "i:hibt A's" in the same class happened to me only rcccntlj. The tit bt one: I was visiting n friend who was a salesman for n concern who mnniifactincd a splendid dentifrice. Thc line wns well advertised and scores of times hnd my teeth given evidence of its merit. Well, while waiting for our hostess to announce dinner, "my friend showed me around his home and on n glass shelf in the bathroom 1 noticed two tubes of dentifiice. The proper place for them? Surclj . but the. were not the kind thnt be sold. "What's thc matter with .tour own line?" I asked, "Hr what? Oh. .tes! Nothing at all. old num. Best line in the count!.. Thc wife likes the other make better, though, nnd it seems to suit mi teeth, so I use it." Thnfs nil. But somehow, I'te never hnd quite so much confidence in my friend's' line of dentifiice ns I did be- fo.f. Now the second incident. Some time ago I was in the market for 0 new cnr. I hnd reduced the tliolcc to three cars and so far ns I could see there wns little to chose be tween them. v I eliminated one make when the sales man (?) tried to rush me into bujing b.v offoiing 11 demonstration cnr for $100 less than tegular pi Ice, "If jou buy now. Let's see if jou can snap up n bargain. Now or never, well what do jou saj ?" That's nlniost word for word what he said. profcired a pencil instead of pen and ink! Kvery worker for a business house is nn advertisement for that house. He ndtcitiscs confidence or distrust. I( he bujs his firm's goods he creates con fidence nnd business. If he uses some competitlte mnkc lie breeds distrust, for we naturally assume thnt he knows what he's doing. How nbout it? Do OU "go oftt to get jour dinner?" Readers' Questions Answered Mr. Whitehead trill nimrrr 111 this column questions 011 marketing, buy ing, selling, adictising. letter-ierilmg, business education, and on matters per taming to tie choice of a location. All questions will be ansiccrcd in the order of icccipt. A'o anonymous coriespond- ence can he acknowledged. Headers i ing through a jobber the small store can Vl buy a small i quantity of 0 pnrttcular thing nnd a sufficient number of different articles to mnkc up n shipment worth sending. . Hovr mnnr timet Bhould a furniture ItOTft turn over Its nock J 1 D. P. - I The average dealer turns it three times a' year, but, of course, you want to excel the average, don't you? tt'e hut t a lot o(bjLj"jiy Recounts on our hooki and have rtlfrjjVW&luijtillectlnz them, tt'e haye recently uiiAJirj&Qnclosed letter. but It dot'n't neem l57f results Dear Sir Tour account ! now comldsr ablv overdue so we must ask jou to remit per return It Is so pmall as not to merit rereateil arpllcnMnn Ton hive revived the Food we ha,ve fulfilled our part of the bar imln It h now ur tn you to do the cam. "Do It now" 1 1 rood motto Tourt very truly, E. A. Tf A cannot "ibv-for" votir letter be cause It i w-rone in it nrincinle. The wnv tn collect smn'l accounts is to coax ' the monev out of vour creditors' Dock ets Your letter is too nerpmntory. Whv not try something like the fol lowing: Ponr Sir The cheek you intended to send ns a few dn'vs neo hns not arrived probablv forrotten Not a serious. ovcrsi'Mi. 01 I'liursr inn lur nic nunc i . tt ti , ,, 1, ..i. .4 l o: uniformity in iniiiuuiiir uiuupuuub ui takcfiomU to fi,tePen day, for o reply ting , .reatlv opnroclated Do. . 10 appear. Do tu behev" the Jobber eheuld be fllmi natedi M I. V No, be is an economic need. With out him the small stole would have to buj direct from the manufacturers in lnrge enough quantities to paj for send ing. Hence the small store would haeits capital tied up in a huge rtock with but little vntietj. Wheicns buj trouble to write n letter we under stand perfoetlv how such nn orersight occurred just pin your check to this 'otter nnd mail it back to us. An noS dresserl envelope is inclosed for your convenience. Thank jou. Yours very truly, Net amount overdue ' e (CONTINt'HD TOMORROW) I liked his cnr. but I wns scared to nnd it really wasn't so bad as it seemed I look at it ntiy more, for I knttv I'd be nt first. hem up to scorn for not Doing auto When Mr. Cross asked Miss Hanson I enough to snap up a bargain. So that f they wore ciijo.ting their stay, she left two cars to choose from. "SHOE MOOCH LAK TWINS, ONE BAD, OTHRAIS SAME' Cobbler Comments on Worn Footwear "Leather Price Up, Price Mend Go Up; Same Lak' Ttvins, Too" "Shoe vera mooelr' Ink twin,s. One looking at it pressed back 'the leather at. I enn oonioctuio n score of ditlicult to hnd a loading poison in all haw Belding should find me. and know reasons why he is nt Mjquest and jetltho earth that does not instuutl per lmt I hnd married cuothor man, he not hit upon the right one" ceie its affectionate pathos. replied: "We like ft so much tnnt nlrondy we had planned to come next jonr." The night before thej were to lento the girls gave a farewell'pSrty. Dining thc last dance. Jit. Cross gradnall.v directed Miss Hanson's steps to n 10 mote corner of the piazza and said : "Miss Hanson, out friendship bn meant so much to mo those few dns Must I wait until a .tear from now be fore I henr from jou or see jou ngnin?" Whnt she said ,wns not hoard, but a few dajs before the camping part started off tlic next joar, her follow teachers discovered n beautiful solltnlro on Miss Hanson's hand. . Almost simultaneously Mabel t lusted enme rushing down the corridor to n group of girls nnd said excitedly, "Say, whom do jou Mippose I saw out nuto iijg yesterdn. ? Mr. Cross and Miss Hanson." The ' next complete noTelette Jeanne's Prince dimming. The salesman for one of the other makes was telling me of n pleasant ride he had tnken over the week-end. Cns tiall I asked what make he drove. It was not the kind he sold! I never snid 11 word about it. but ns his own cnr wns ns high priced as the iiinke lie was selling. I decided to pass it up. Honest! wouldn't jou have done the same? What does jour concern make or do? Are jou using it in any form or doJ jou go out to get your runner f Do jou work for an insurance com pan, and, if so, what sized policy do jou carry? Never mind if you nre not nu agent. Bookkkeepers nnd stenog raphers need insurance. Buy some from our own concern nnd tell your fiiend about it. Work for a newspaper? Very well, buj jour paper (don't graft it) from n nevvsboj or n stnud. if it's worth working for It's worth boosting for. I knew a fountain" pen salesman who twin vera bad pain in neck, otlirn twin same pain. Wnssa use? . Some Jak, shoe' And Pnllnzo, the Italian cobbler on Boiks stieet near Third, hold up the pair of shoes just handed to him to prove his point. Pnllnzo is remarkable for one other thing besides bervlecnoie cobbling. He cobbles to thc melody of Verdi, Leoncavallo ,nnd Donizetti. Tlic neighborhood iays that in his prosperous das ho led a band nil bis'own. "Look thces shoe!" And he held up n right shoe nnd indicated a tea'r in the seam close to the sole. "Lectin stecth come out. Sec? Wal, bajforc I looka I say justa same lectla stcech come out from otbra." He held up the left shoe, and without thc seam in approximately the same lo cation as the rip on the right shoe. Surq enough, "the lectla stcech" was out!' "Thns nil right! See! Justa sam lak twins. Pain in stom', pain in head, nnin In neck : iiista same all same kind. I One tw-fngot, otbra twin sure get, Shoe no difrrn! y "Evrn breeng in only one shoe wceth vera bad heel? You bet your life, no! j Two heels both vera bad. One, shoe 1 lace bad, otlirn good? Bat your life, j" o ! One vera weak, otbra soon be there. Same lak twins! "Theos shoe? Vera bad heel, vera badj I sole. Two dollar fift' cent ! Too mooch? "i No can help. Price leather go up ; price, .j mend go up, too. Lenthra an' mend ' justa same Ink twins, too." " M . , : i WAR HEROES GO JOBLESS Some of World's Finest Would Wel come Any Kind of Work New York, Aug. 29. (By A. P.) American war heroes have 'gone out of stylo nnd aie apparently n drug.on the mnrkct, according to Major Warren Blgelow, director of the New York re employment bureau for soldiers, sailors and marines, which is bcekiug jobs for discharged veterans. Som'e of the greatest heroes of the tvnr are listed on the bureau's books as applicants for almost any kind of n position that will pay a llvlug wage, 5Iajor Bigelow declared. DOROTHY DARA7rTnnrothn Onnht to Do Well Around a Blind Man With a Cup the Pell Pvndlcate Ine By Chas. McManw MORRIS GETS D. S. C. -.- -,- 1" t rt .111 mil' I IsCv,- f n r :' 1 jl, r--s 1 1 . ,-iv , ..u,-.i.,i I I S VV- 1-"" DOeJT "JAY MMY IPlllNIVa C W ' fc l : f W-Ws? ) W - A- w N ' a r ft - 4 JSft . rifci Q J 1 dttf c'-s. m wvi paste sjrrt- xjst Y n'-'s'N SSf . .iMH ' ( .vwiA n'it 1 Ya' Y, or K , "Trill WfQtaESSSSSS. c toT -p k ? f jv f rlS 7 ), Hi Hi j r I I 1 v AS , (VrrfA Jl nJ IV .1 f II ( W L s iV .It . i Kv x v j, .jy f Ngjw w rr? ir n i kl- - XAy r-sfr WW (W ' 1 1 '-'v zJ M S ryi7!? .v - -fP Iprlrr il'M'll n yssf jjr n "-v 11 UpPJrt - N N " 4 w " -s CHAS. MMAJv)S. Major Given Honor for His Heroism Under Fire ;w. Distinguished Service Crosses havol ...... ..,. V !.'& oeen nwarcien to .tiajor vtiiuam.ii. Morris, of .114 West Duval street, 'Oer- mantown. and Lieutenant Colonel Ed- ward Martin, of Wavnesboro, Pa., who commanded the 110th Infantry, a Pml adelphla regiment. Major lorrls, who was attached to the 3G0tli Infantry, is cited "for extra ordinary heroism in action 'near Vll- lers-devant-Dun, France, November J, -jjM 11)18. During darkness lie led bis bat talion in un nttack under heavy artil lery and machine gune fire. Upon reach ing a hill he exposed himself to heavy lion in ..Ann, nnl fn.. Ii.minlinllw ,fta ahah.. position, and then, although wounded .jl by a machine-gun bullet, heroically led his battalion iu their advance, refusing .si In tn AViiniint'Afl inantrlnn, lita Aion hv 1 his personal courage." The award to Colonel Edward MattM is given for extraordinary heroism & action near Courmont, France, July 20, 1U1B. . ' New Archdlocesan Offices The fourstory house. 1708 Vina; A ' . ' . street, lias been Bought by P. F. Ker- nau, representing Archbishop Dough erty, ami ttfil be occupied by the Iter. William J. Lallou, iu charge of arch- diocesun, charities, as anadmlnistrativa oflice and headquarters. Father Lallou and his staff are now housed in a rented J building on tine Street, beiow Nine--3 Iaa-Hi? ' M nl.l .-.I l.jf.lu.., n. -Ifl nicfiliiuiu numkiiisy-wfuppQu An indictment ugnlnst the Rev. Dr.-'': ueurge ui,iiuv;ib avis-iiiuuuu, vunrgin j hint with attempting to extort money j r.nm n fnrtiipr mumlipf nf lilti naMah 4;l has been dismissed by the United Btates II district attorneys oince. xne ludlctt mpnt npflinst Mr. Richmond has been n the hands of United Stales DUtrtetif Attorney Kane sine May, lVW, i '? MR huBoanu' Toice, huh wvui --- -11 '! a - c ' A' V',A.O"'.. Kl . ft J- " -' i ,tif ' Ht -i'S JBAi-.. Jt- . t..AiAiL. MiUA
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