it ft ef ., "' v. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER BHIEADELPklA, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19i9 r r- ,- V. .H& " il B' IJV- a a i,. m. w Ki tt w ,t r& " r t ,' ' I' .1 The Lady A ,U'ttSTlr1it. 1MB. br the Micanlir Co. i . 'OSMfTleht, Xl. br the Public Ledger Co. Ki' $ "THIS STARTS THE STOKV . ' 4T",A house party is being given nt the , , Lirwintry home, of Katherine and Blng- "is Miami 'Harvard. Among the guests Is t Wii-Conrad Belknap. Katherinc dls- i'coyVra lilm cheating nt cards. Con Vvfhrmt thflt tin Iq roneenllncr hts real Hdentity and thnt he Is there for some lik kliltcrlor purpose, Katherinc deter K"3'ttris to ferret out the mystery. She S tJo'ercepts a telephone can 01 tci- 3 Knap a to,n woman coniecicraic nnmeu ,vRobcrta Realising that he is sus pected by Kntlicrinc, Belknap (-.threatens to accuse of a crime her vbrother. Roderick Maxwllton. who is ' belleycd to be dead, if Katherinc l-'ma'kes nny move against him. Har wvard becomes suspicious of Belknap and Kathcrine's attitude toward him. t Roberta arrives on the scene under .the name of Sennrita Cervnntez. Belknap accuses ltoberta of deceiving I'' "him. She admits mc secret prcscmi.- "tof Roderick and her love for iiouencK Is Vevtalcd. Roberta confesses to Harvard that shV. is the divorced wife ot Belknap, and that he has compelled her to be come a participant with him in Ms career of crime. She admits that he is in reality one Crnnshaw fielding, as has been suspected by the authori ties. She confesses her love for a stranger Carruthers. a man with n scar on his face. wlft has come to the "bouse in the guie of n sectet service operative. Carruthers is thought by the others to be Rrninnrd. but 'Roberta refuses 'to divulge his real 'name. She says, hi- has been fal-e suspected of crime Belknap is hid den bv Katherinc in a secluded lodge -Spalled' the Xcst. from which he is Tunable to make his escape. Ivatn rinc makes a secret visit to him. . AND HERE IT CONTINUES 4rnHERE is nothing to prevent you 1, from attempting it. Sir. Belknap. These is something to keep you from iimpUshing it. If Jo doubt me try ft I am here; you are there at a Lance of about three yards fpnng. Jf youlike:sei,eme if you u f you succcen-u """--, the I succeed it you ... " --- cnniien 10 mC 1 "" " "" . ,. I trtiicn me w.m ,- ends of yor '"""" 'J "'heneVcr vou I Jet you out of tins 1'M "fCV.. i win ,,..... - - , il.- JDli.A In pn. UU ui ,,i6- Trv it.'1 she repeated, mockingly. "By Jove!" he cjclalmed. "I have -theVill to try it." .. "Do so; only, be warned. -ou will sincerely regret the act " ' For a moment lie regarded her stead ily, and she realized that he was actu ally on the point of making the attempt. .But he he&itated; nnd hesitnting, sur rendered. . , , "You win," be snid. and grinned, ns It it was au netunl plcnsure to him to be bested. "I don't know whether jou are bluffing or not. If you are, you're the champion bluffer of the con tinent. Anyhow, I won't call you this tlme.V J'Thank you," she replied. Mv, .will you be so good as to scat yourself In the armchair behind yo'u? 'When you jiavc done that I will pass nround to ' the chair at the opposite side of the table J" "Huh '." he exclaimed, half jestingly. "How do I know that it isn't a trick -chair, nnd thnt it will fly through the celling or disappear througti tne uoor thO minute I touch it?" "ToU don't know ; that is the crux of all the mysteries of this house. You .don't knw them. I do." "Mrs. Harvard," lie said, "you're a wonder!" and he dropped upon the chair. vnthcrin,e passed quickly to the op posite side of the tabic. She pulled open a drawer iu it, and closed it again. She moved some of the magazines nnd books that were upon it. She propped her handkerchief to the floor nnd stooped to regain it, nnd as she straightened again she heard a sharp aafl angry expletive from Belknap; it .ias not really an oath, although ver) near to one. Katherinc was smiling when her eyes ;ncountcrcd llnlknap's angry gaze. "'You nrc not uncomfortnble. are you?" she asked. "That steel arm doesn't nincb too closely, does it? Ynn P" "seel' I thought it wise to tench inn n lesson; One of my workmen procured g,V tne the model of that chair in the nn-v-I'dent city ot Nuremberg. ' ''IJistory will tell you of others, lomewhat like it. although this one is n. improvement." Katberine, in one of her motions at er behind the tnble, hnd loosened the mechanism of the Nuremberg chair. A steel arm which ordinarily looked to be merely a part of its back, hnd been re- l.aul M...4 t.n. I ........... i . -, iront, a foot nbovc Belknap's waist, and . J - - . f . ' tiau locked itself fast, with the rcsuli that- while he was entirely free to use bis arms and hands and legs and feet 'he t'ould not rise from the chair, or ;gfiout of it; and he had already made the discovery that he could not, for he . had tried. 1 "'WIlAll Vmi lull tt K f.Aa tnll m a ,' ,. ..u t, ,u iT ,.w, icn ill,;, ,. ,k"Yu should have lived in the middle ages,'' he said, half crossly, half ad- I minngly. "No; I would not then have had the ?, v aid of electricity and hydraulics, i "Well, anyhow " 'There is something thnt I want to ask, you about, Mr. Belknap. Pcrhans I had better keep you where you are until I do that. You may be more amenable. 'iPossibly. What is it? "T want you to tell me everything that jou know about my brother Rod erick. That is why I have come to you today. Otherwise I should have left jo,u entirely to yourself until tomor ', "tl.m!" 1,1. olil 1 - " 'JAr yu willing to tell me all you , - .- -,.. --- -. .... b etaUcll me?" she asked. .' '1 don't know, Mrs. Harvard. Tos ..4td.r.',wc can bargain tbout it." -. ' CM'ttarraln nbout It?" she naked. tf -,k'-4-iBW-Aflv ftlint " lif, ratninaA Vi"-W'f is it that yu would want H&Jff'io in return for such information "pSjjMu can give me about my brother?" ap hesitated a moment, in deep fv Then he replied: ' day is Tuesday, I will wnnt-you. i.tBROTfaw night or the night following "XsVHtti I will decide that polntTwhcn I a .. . .'- , . .- 5 . ! 4'Mf.y(Hi tomorrow is come nere to me,l n he', l wli -want JriuTJlicn, to let me gj (HiUidc. I will -Tieiprcparfil and i l rttitr to go a!i soon as"you arrive. I wWi wAat J-ou to remain here, waiting tj tor wch until 1 return-r-wnicu will be hour.f possibly" two hour;. If you wM definitely agree to all of those stlpu- Mil l Win, rigai now. ten you an t, I know about your brother," umh'." aa raotieu. inuunnr. k??Jt f " lp,,J,r W-" of the Night Wind not. But I will keep that one. Would you also keep the other one to return here within two hours?" "I will do that, save in one event. Vou sec, 1 am quite frank with you." "You nppear to be so." "If that event occurs and T believe it very likely thnt it will I will not return; I will go elsewhere; disappear; will have censed to annoy you by my j from nnturnl causes ; thnt the art of presence nt Myqucst. Surely that would I some nucient nnd skilled lapidary must please you more than to have me buck have accomplished it. But the fact re hcre, a burden on your tiniim." I mains that it is there. Very well." He She nodded without replyiug. lie ' caught his breath sharply nnd was very went on: pale. "You suy that you have seen "If we agree to this bnrgiiin If I J it?" go outside tomorrow night or the one 'Then, in thnt case, you know thnt following, and hnve not returned by 4t is here, nt Mjquest, now, don't o'clock, you will know that I will not! you V" come, and thnt jou are well rid of me. I- ,1 , ... . . . . Kntherlne shook her head negatively. .. !.n t..t,!ink tl,nt cn" nRri'c thnt. Mr. Belknnp, even nt the tempt- ing price jou offer information about mj brother," she said. ,!.. ll-V not? ' - "There are seernl reasons. Tor one thing. I am beginning to suspect that your knowledge of him doesn't amount to much: I hac begun to doubt if there is aii thine, that .vou can tell me about him thnt is worth while. Still. I mieht Uieortheless bargain with )ou, and hear jwhnt )im might tell me. if it weic not jfor another considctntloii." "Tell mc what that one is," he uKfii ner Hut lirst, let me out of this chair." She nodded, nnd passed niouud be- I hind him. Although lie turned his hend and tried his best to observe her every net, ho hnd not the least notion when and how she ngnin woiked the niecliaii im of the Nuremberg ihnir. Hut the steel arm that held him fast was re leased; it Hew buck to its former posi tion us if itf'wcie one of the braces nt the back of the chnir, mid ns he got upon his feet, Kntlicrinc returned quickly to the opposite side of the tnble. From there bhe replied to his Inst ipicstiou. "The other consideration and I hnve decided that I cannot belice nny prom ise that you might ninke in the negative about it is this: The use you would about it-is this: The use you would mntn nf rni.F Inn .a.ip. ( Ilk..,. V.... .,,. ...,. , ,. . . .,- .., ""'eht seek my father and mother, and betrny to them the fact that my brother lives although I do not renllv hink )ou would do thai; )ou would have no good reason for doing it. You might help yourself to nil the jewels of my guests while I waited here and pas sively permitted it. You might "One moment, please." lie inter rupted "Well?" "If I will tell )ou exnctl) what brought me to M)quest nt this time, ex actly why 1 'nm here at nil if I tell you precisely what my errand outside will be will )ou give me your word (I know, thnt you will keep it if you urn? me promise, mat you win not ' speak or write or otherwise convey nny , - , . , ,.. wnrning whatsoever of my intention?" "I will consider it." she replied with n slow smile. "You hnd better net upon thnt much of n promise from me. for otherwise jou cannot get out until I choose to let )ou out." "All right," he answered instantly. "I'll tell you " Hrllinap Shows His Hand "fQUIALl. I tell you about )our O brother first?" Belknnp began, "or shall 1 " "Yes, please," Katherinc interrupted him. Witl pronounced deliberation he se lected another chnir nnd drew it for ward. Smilingly he seated himself upon it Inn mocking tone he said : "But. no. That will keen. T tier- ceive that you are more concerned with thnt subject thnn by the feur thnt some of your guests might be robbed. It is quite nnturnl, 1 agree. But it is good bargaining when one holds back the highest price for the last bid." Katherinc shrugged und did not re ply. "Now, listen, please," he went on, "for what I will tell )ou is the truth nnd I hnve the feeling that you will be Jieve me in part, if not in whole." Katherinc made no response, even in gcstuic. "I am n man of strange complexi ties." he continued.' "Frequently the aricty of them amazes me. I nm a many-sided individual. I was born j without compassion, without morals nnd , without phjsicnl fenr. Also I inherited j (I nssume thnt I did) a pnssion for precious stones. As I grow older I be- ' gun to make a collection of rare and priceless gems. I became, literally, a collector in other words, a madman nil flint siitilftnt ! "l " o rule for myself when I .,,. ....... , .. uegan uic coiiecnon, wnicn, oy ine way, contains the pick and choice of the world, tnnt rine was tnat t won, never pay one dollar for n gem or jewel that I coveted." "Do you mean," Katherinc asked. "Unit unless the jewel came into your procession by theft it would lme no value in our eves?" "Precisely. .Mrs. Harvard." He bent forward in the chair and fixed his c)es upon hers. "Have you ever heard of a certain wonderful stone two jewels J in one, in fact that is called 'Nadjn's i Rye?" he asked her with an intensity! of utterance that assured hcr of his en- tire earnestness. "Yes." she replied calmly, although j he could sec that she gave au imoliiu- , tary shudder. "I have seen it. It is a baleful thing." ' DOROTHY DARNITAt ' : W' ' 'TR fofirSp Wr LltvATTER?n G'r r sn wvuf'5?i.s-ssr .i si rf". , ta,,.. ?nr') ' U-T. '-r-a''V l"sW am- ' i aWF ' - '"-" t is n ruby of the sire and shwc of n pigeon's egg," lie went on ns If he hnd not henrd her. only she was pres ently to know thnt he did. "Imbedded in the center of it is nn emerald of two or thre knrats. It is claimed that nntnrc could not have put It there; thnt the two Jewels arc too foreign to each other for such a tiling to have resulted Wo," she replied. "In fact, 1 am iM. ... ,i.. t. t.. .. UlllMfll. HUM' llll.l II s U"l. Yml knmv (hnt u ,, tip ,,,,,, ty f Mm'. Sniage. don't you?" ,.Yp,. bt , aU klimv ti,nt gnl, i,,,rp, it il( np of )K.r sufe deposit " ..Ynl, ure mistaken. Mrs. llnrvnid. 'She does not. It is never out of her f possession. She curries it with her , wherever she goes just as she carries ' nhvnjs with her that other rare gem i that she owns which lins so often hern I described in the newspapers. Hut for thnt. bnrrinc it value in cash. 1 would not give n flip of n coin."1 He got up fioin tin chnir nnd begun j to pace the floor nt the opposite side of the table fioin Kn'tlieriue. 'l.rt me (en )ou, J.ady Kale, that 1 would barter in) soul if I have one to possess the 'h.e of adja. ns it is. nnined in lliiidustance. Twice I have hnd her home in the city searched by nun in m pii nud under my direr -tion. Twice I Iwmc engaged women crooks to drug Mine. Snnge and search her I'or nioic than n )enr 1 have kept at least one nud sometimes three women iu Iter home, ns maids, to spy out the hiding place of the wonderful jewel. The) have seen it. but they have nccr been nblc to convince mc thnt she takes it with her wheicver she goes and that it Ts never far out of her reach. So I knew, when 1 discovered thnt she was coming down here, thut she would bring it w.ith her. f . ' " wl" ,"'ne '" '"-V ,l I 1" lllllll 111 III K'L U"- ') "1 .SUUJU. ' he level tint because ol lie threat I could hold over )ou 1 could compel .Mill to aid me iu securing it, but I speedily changed my mind nbout thnt. Hut I mine here nNo to keep nn eye on the mndnnif to be close to her where I could wntch her to study her nnd to determine becnuse of thnt close observation what her method nnd menns of concealing the jewel might be. I nin an expert at that sort of thing. It hns been n life study. If a man who enr ries n large sum of money in one of his pockets is under my observation ten minutes I can tell )ou in which pocket he carries it. It is n science that 1 hnve mastered. ninrtt nw l llici VIU 1 know now, therefore 1 am con- viDC(.,j tliat I know where to find the Kvi. ()t Nmlia. , klimv ,.unt Mm I Savage does with it w hen she stays nt a place like -M) quest. J nm sure thnt I can get my hands on it nnd get awny with it within two hours after yon let mc out of this place tomorrow night or the following one. "There you hnve it, Lady Kate nnd I have your promise that you will impart no warning whatever of my pur pose." "Will you tell me." Katherinc asked coolly, "why )ou have waited until now to take the jewel if you have been so sure of how to take it?" "I waited becouse I had to wait because I was stupid because it was not until you had succeeded in locking me fust in this chalet of yours, where I hnve been in absolute solitude, that I have had the sense nnd the wit to j apply all ot my brnin power to the problem. It wns not until nfter I wns imprisoned by you thnt I wns nble to deduce the truth from my study of ! J''1"'- Savage. "Are T0U 'atisficd now thnt you know how nnd where to find the rub)?" I "I nm sure of it." "If 1 should consent to grnut you ' the two bonis liberty )ou desire, would; the theft of the I.ye of Nudjn be nil . thnt )ou would nttempt whether you I in securing it cr should not hope thnt Roderick Mnxwiiton might succeed? j (ic naturni ,eathi for ;n that tcs 1 will promise thnt nnd I I ,lpon m promise to abandon my mnn wl keep the promise." ncr o ,. KobcrU might have, turned "I place little value upon your prom- I to me nnjn ises, Mr. Belknap ; you have nssured j ... ' . , , . , . .... me that they nre of little nlue." I Slnce .nn interview I had with her "I will keep that one." 'recently, in her room, here nt Myqucst, "Does Mmc. Savage conceal the jewel'1 h2,Te Bivcn up CTea tImt thusht. He on her person?" was ,lcro 5'01lr brother that same "No. J don't think that 'she ever niBht- slle mct ,lim ts'le " does that: nor in the room where she sleeps. I am so certain about thnt thnt I nm willing to agree not to go ' t0, hcr ,oom " 1,pn ou n " . "b irrr. unless vnll nrn funkule, in ,1, i "V - - -. - -s I VW .( 'onvc) ing some sort of mes ' ' "- "l linvc nlrenily given my promise ns to thnt, Mr. Belknnp in ase I con sent to your proposition. I will not even mention the nnme of the jewel , to nmbody in tlint case " "Well, then?" ''ls .v(,ur cotoousness of Nadjn's Ke youronly object in being at Myqucst ?"i "Yes." "Wlint. about cuid-cheating and your j suggestions of blackmail?" "Merely by-products. Lady Kate, Pastime." ' "I can believe thnt. What is Senorita I Ccrvnntez to )ou?" Belknap was stnttlcd by the sudden question and showed it, but he replied without hesitation : I That Rate He Could Be By VARICK VANARDY Author of ''The Two-Faced Man," "Alias the Night Wind," etc "She is no, she wns once my wife." "Your wife?" It wns Knthcrinc's turn to be stnr tled. "Yes," lie replied. "We were mar ried ten )cars ago, when she wns sev enteen and I was twenty -four. She left me withiu two years when she found out that I was a crook and se cured n divorce. I nm telling joii,thc literal truth, Lady Kate. It is my one weakness thnt she is the only womnn 1 hne ever cr enred for. I succeeded in finding her again something less than three yenrs ngo. She hnd lenrned to loe another man in the meantime chielly, I suppose, because she had neier loved me really. She hnd not married the other man, notwithstanding her divorce from me, becnuse she be lieved that I would have procured his denth if she did so ns I unquestionably would hnve done ns, without much doubt, I would hnc done anyhow, if I hnd been nblc, ever, to find him; to be sure of his identity. I hnve only known of him; I hnve never knowingly seen him. All thnt I know- nbout him is his nnme his icnl name, which be does not use." "Hut " Kntherlne hesitated and then went on: "but she returned to jou !" "She returned with me not to me, Mr. llnrvnid. A moment ngo I men tioned iny one weakness. I wns not ne qurntc. I lime another which I hnve hnd occasion ninny times greatly to re giel. It is, doubtless, inherited from my molher's side. I enny nbout with me nlwuys n compelling respect nnd sentinel-like icgnrd for good woinnn- hood. To my slinnie. in the light of my other characteristics X admit it. I , forced Kobertn thnt is her given name' to become n pnrt of my life, but it' wns nlwnjs an extrinsic pnrt. I hnie, inude her condone my criminalities i even to piny n part iu them nt times. But she is as good nnd pure ns 1 nm the opposite." I "Rut " ' J "I hnve contiolled her up to n cer- j tnhi point by holding n threat over hcr;i nnd she lins dreaded its fulfillment inorei thnn she hns feared anything else in I the world. . "A thrcnt! Y'ou coerced her by the same method thnt you used tir-try to I work your will with inc." i "1'reciscly ; nnd my thrcnt ngninst her hnd to do with the same person ns with you." "Why. what can you menti by that statement, Mr. Belknnp?" Katheriue demanded, puzzled. "I.ndy Kate," Belknap snid, evenly, "the name of the man whose life I threatened in Kobertn's ensc. nnd whose liberty I threntened in yours, is the snme. His name is Roderick Mnxwil ton." The ,Iinee on Guard KATHKRINK started to her feet, white to the lips. "My brother!" she cried out, almost with a gasp. "Yes, Mrs. Hnivnrd. your brother," Belknnp responded coolly. "Where is he now?" she demnnded. "I don't know. "You hnve admitted thnt you do not even know him by sight"! thnt you would not recoguizc him if )ou should see him." "1 would not." "Then your threats in regnrd to him were idle ones." "In pnrt yes. I could hnve senrched him out long ngo if I hnd de termined upon doing it. If I hnd done it I would hnve killed him or hnve had hiin killed. I tell you thnt frankly. t did not do it, or attempt it, simply becnuse I knew thnt I would cut off the limb between me nnd the tree if I did so. If I had injured him Roberta would have killed ine "-and she pos sessed the means to do it. She mMiH PveI1 ,nVc gone to the length of sacri- fieing herself to me in order to secure' the needed oppoitunity had it become! necessary. I have determine! upon ,ioIue it a thousand times, nnd us often ,.i,n,l mi-min.l T.lmvn ,,.,1 ,,:.,, l CONTINUED TOMORROW) You Can Fall in Love Again on Wednesday with Penny nf Top Hill Trail if jou begin reading on this, page a 'New Novel which raises the Kvenino I'itii.ic Lmiuer standard just one step higher. That is, you can fall in love if ,ou are human, for Penn.Ois irresistible indeed. Do )ou remember Amarilly of Clothes-Liuc Alley. by Belle K, Maniatcs? Well, this is the latest and best story which has ever come from her pen. Arrested for Sleeping DAILY NOVELETTE THE HANDSOME MAN lly Stella V. Cole VH, IIKMON, I want you to come v to the dnncc at the pavilion to night. My ccusln James frpm Browii, who is comingjlowti for a day or tw'o, will be there and I do want you to meet Mm. He is just the dearest, handsomest man!" ' Helen shrugged her shoulders. "Humph; n handsome man, is ne? Hay, if there Is nny pne tiling in this world for which I haven't the slightest use, it is n ljnndsomc man I It wns a jolly crowd of girls who entered the pavilion that evening to which nothing but the lure of n dance would hae brought them that hot July night. "Well, isn't it about time for )Our handsome cousin to nrrive?" Helen asked Sadie, nl the end of half nn hour, Helen crossed the room to speak to a friend, but glancing toward the door, her gnze wns suddenly riveted. There he stood, th" linndsomc mnn ! As licr quick brain icgistercd the detnils, she renlized thnt lie wns nil that Sadie had claimed for him. And very much more! Tnll nnd straight he stood, superb in his physical strength, nnd with the feutiircs of a )oung god. Helen's heurt almost censed to throb "No, Sadie wasn't bluffing," she thought,' "but I have no desire to meet a man ub hand some ns he is; he is nltogcther too much for me ! I will mnkc some sort of nn excuse to Sndie tomorrow," nnd she ac ooilplished a hasty exit by a rear 'door. Outside she turned toward the sea. which wns booming on the ragged rocks. As she n eared the shore, n large sharp rock suddenl) dislodged itself and fell upon her foor, A sharp cry of pnin escaped her lips. A )ouug mnn suddenly emerged frbm behind u, nearby cliff. "Beg par Ion, lady, but nrc )ou hurt?" "My foot," she faltered. He was at her side in an 'nstnnt. "Oh. you really must let mc assist you." lie begged. "Thankst but I wouldn't like to bother you," she replied. "My home is near, nnd T am sure I enn manage nil right." A. "Hut you rcnlly need my help." he insisted, nnd ns they moved onward she found that she was very grateful for the support f his strongTight nrrj. "But how often does it happen that )ou arc not nt thn pavilion?" lie asked presently. "I might ask )ou the same question," she replied, "but instead, I'll answer yours. The fact is, 1 left the Iinll aj few moments ngo to nvoid meeting a handsome man." "Indeed!" he exelnimcd. "How in teresting! Would you tell mc about it?" "Surclv. He is a cousin of a friend of mine, nnd she wnntcd me to meet him tonight, so to please her I enme. But after I got there, he enmc nnd stood in the door, nnd he was so terribly hand some that he well, lie simply fright ened mc, and so I ran away!" "Well, it must be unfortunate to be so handsome ns to senre 'n girl nwny rnther more so thnn being homely enough to scare one away, I ohould think. Would you mind telling me the nnme of the poor fellow?" "I'm ! Well, it seems to me, he ought to be handsome ns n recompense for being burdened with n name like thnt! Dou't you think so?" They had readied her home now, nnd at the door they stopped. "You have done me a grcnt service," she said, "and I don't know how to thank ou! But won't you tell mc jour "Wli), I am afraid it wouldn't in terest you," he snid, as he looked at her keenly' with his kind eyes, (j, "Indeed it would," she nssured him, "for I am going to consider you ray friend. Mine is Helen Bcuner. Now )ours, plensc!" "Well, if you insist, lie replied, "thought if you don't like it, don't blumc me. My full name is James Alexander JclTcrsou." For a moment Helen stood us if par ul)zed. but when she came to her'self the man wns lnughlng. "Some joke, ccrtnlnl) '." he exclaimed. "Ran into the amis, ns it were, of the very man from whom )ou were runiug nwny. But ns for mc, no offense, and no npol ogics needed. I am delighted to know thnt there is nt least one girl who thinks I nm handsome, evenif it is only my cousin, nnd also that there is one girl sensible enough not to be senti mental over a handsome mnn. It is like a breath of fresh nir, I assure you !" The following day, Sadie called on her friend in n somewhat ngitntcd state of mind. "Awfully sorry nbout )Our foot." she snid, "but 1 don't know but what it "served )ou right, for running nwny like that. Whatever . became ot you nuywny?" ,.,,,, "Oh. 1 wns enjoying myself all right. But tell me, who wnsjlic Orcck god who came and stood in the door -as I left?" vThnt? Oh. that was Tommy Wat son. Rather n nice looking boy, isn't lie?" .lames Alexander called that nlglit to Inquire about the injured foot. And the next evening he called. And he con tinued to call during his stay, which mysteriously became prolonged, nnd when he fiuully left it was with Helen's promise that she would become Mrs. .lames Alexander Jefferbon The next complete novelette Molasses Candy. OFF -PHH WHAT DID I , I'"A HE DO? J Ti t2 DREAMLANDAD VENTURES -By Daddy "THE GIRC IN THE TOWER" (In Uil Ktck's itory Mill and frgpv met Hollo, the wandering nionley. Thit time Hollo leadt them up the side of a tower ichcre thru find a neto adventure.) The Cnslle on the Hilt pi'OOY had spent n long hour nt her piano practice. Sow, nfter a short rest, she was amusing herself trying to piny a tinkling tunc she bad heard ground out by a passing hand-organ mair the day before. As she played suddenly she became aware of the fact that come one was dnncing to her music, keeping time with an odd little shuffle. Glancing up quickly, she saw a peculiar 4loll-llke , creature bobbing nnout on top ot the piano. At first It looked like one of her own doll family. The clothes were certnlnly from her doll's trunk, but the crcnture wearing them was a stronger. Its back was turned to" her, Cut it wasn't shaped like nny of her dolls, nnd the cars that stuck from beneath the toy hat were fuzy and not smooth like doll cars. Peggy's music ended with a crash. At that the creature whirled around nud faced her. It wat Itollo, the, wan dering monkey, who hnd helped Peggy und Hilly get back Mrs. Holt's dia mond brooch from the black lobber. "My, what a fright you gave me," laughed Peggy. "And what n fright' you gave me," grinned Hollo. "When I heard your music I thought you were a hand-organ mnn. I used to be n hand -organ mon- THE BUSINESS DOCTOR By HAROLD WHITEHEAD Author of "The Duslness Career of Peter Flint" and "Bruno Duke Solver of Business Problems" The Business TF YOU were a ship captain you would never think of starting n voy age without having a definite port to go to. After knowing exactly where you were going, jou would stcer,-the ship in the right dirccticnr by the aid of the compass. Tick out a hundred small retail store proprietors at random nnd you will find 03 per cent of them with' no objective nt nil. Ask them what they nrc planning to do this next yenr nud they'll look blnnk j and sny: Do? iwhnt you mean. Why, I don t know I hope to do better thnn Inst year of course, if that's what you mean." Ask them to tell you how much profit they plan to make in every department of the business. They don't know. Ask them which department shows most profit. They think this or that may be it. Ask them from what territory they plan to draw the most business. They'll tell you : "From as Inrge a territory as we can. of course." Ask them how much is their per customer sales. They haven't any idea. The nveraec retail merchant has no definite objective. In a genernl kind of way he tries to do as much trade as lie can tnat c an. No business is progressing along sound, constructive lines unless it lins n definite nim in regnrd to snlcs, protits, turnover, policy, mnrkcts nnd such like. Without this it Is merely drifting on the sen of commerce. . After hnving n definite aim, the com- pnss of n 'business must be watched to see whether development is in the right direction. Ami the compass ot n busi- ness is its bookkeeping records. ' The' accounting records must be i studied, not as a set of figures which show the profit, loss, total sales, cash on bond, eje, nt u stnted time, but in ! comparison with previous figures. I l,v nnmnnrlsn V The ilinVrenre W,..', ! W'n nn inilrn ivlint it a Orn ilnliii n,l t- , present nnd 'past results indicates ten ,'-t ,.,,,. ' dencics of the business. It shows the direction in which the business is going. Readers' Questions Answered Mr. IVhitchcad will answer in this column questions on marketing buy ing, selling, advertising, letter-writing, business edtteatlou, and on matters per taining to f"ie choice of a vocation. All questions will be answerid in the order of receipt, ATo nitonfmoiis correspond ence can be acknowledged. Reader's initials only will be published. It will take fiom four to fifteen days for a reply to appear. Do you think thn adertlsing business a good one for a oung man? llpw should I go about getting started In It? Does It nay good moneys O. T. D. If you nrc mentally alert, good at Kngllsh, have n vivid 'mugiuatlnn, possess sales sense, know economics, methods of distribution, understand human nature, layout, t)pc, mediums, salesmanship iu fact, if jou know the fundamentals of business, have a broad general knowledge and arc a gentleman yon would make a good ad vertising mnn. If you want io follow ugeucy work, connect with a good agency. If you aspire to become tin advertising mana ger, why not work up with the people jou now work for? There is no limit to the enrniug capacity of the liuninu mind Read the advertising journals and Copyright. 1010. by the Bell Syndicate1. Inc. 1 Hthats NOTBl oh yes it tap " "'-S SERIOUS r1 THAT'S WHAT !Aiwip - JjYoU call (-a 3 iwPtRSoMATlNG 40F J A POLrCENAIsl, m " & HE TOOI-j; A HANDFULL OF PEANUTS A STAND 4j, ' 1. rmm - vel Y ry.Mw!1' J r Y j -. ' jBrngi " t,,jm"m" M.jlMmt iimiijiu iimIMPiI M"kJwM" m. if, -" -rT! K""riB -""'" " tff'lf .XtuvC'l A stalely castle, standing on the top of a hill key and I didn't like it." "Where did you get my doll's dress?" demnnded "Jeggy. "Where some careless little girl left It out on the lnwn for any one to pick up," chattered Hollo, winking so mis chievously Peggy fcnd to laugh. "Hut I'd rather lfavc n boy scout .uniform," declared Rollo, nnd quick ns scat he darted out of the window. hen Peggy got to the lawn he hnd stripped her boy doll bnrc and was getting into a boy scout suit. He looked so fine in it Peggy didn't mind In the least the cheeky way In which he lind tnken it. - "Now, we're rendy to rescue the girl in the tower," snid Rollo, putting on the doll's boy scout ha,t. "What girl in the" tower?" demanded Peggy, .all interest at once. "Who is she?" "I don't know who she is," nnswered Rollo, tnking her by the hand nnd hop- Compass textbooks for conililete information nbout the ndvertisiug business. And ou must thoroughly know the goods you ndvertisc. Wn '" Jhe ?' Mocedurn In aclllnR n mull to-tory houac. as.vsc at flhOO? iL, ,""' to 1hvo Ihe pome empty In order to do neceiuwry repilnnir. nalntlnir. J.V.Jl I", Also, rould nn satisfactory rt julta lie obtained liy endeavorlnt: to Melt tha house onese f. by ads. In the paper" etc. r1 .!!'"" ,n 'c hR?'u "' oneor lio" ?hrn.T7..,T R.uad alnat fraud, what li aXI. i.e.' rne'nod of settlement. In case one does not eneaee r.n Acnt. fh order to have mo purchase prlco In hand before deed U convejedj llVAlj j.STATn iNQUiitKll. Unquestionably )our house will sell better if it is elenn nnd well pointed. This is especinlly true as regards the outside of the building. You can eas ily hnve the front pnintcd even if the tennnt is in it. The wise course is to let n reliable agent luindlc it for jou. Selling renl cstnte is the job of n spe cialist, nnd unless you nrc a real estate specialist )ou will probably get jour fingers burned if you try to handle it yourself. I am thirty-two. married and a graduate of the school. haWnx taken the Latin and dermal) course with honor, t wished to enter University, but m mother ob jected, so after passing the examinations I did not take a course. The first two years nfter school. 1005-7. I was a salesman In New York for the company. Then I returned to thin city and secured a posltlrn with my prcucnt employ ers as an assistant bookkeeper. I learned bookkeeping by actual experience, and In two years became the head bsookkecptr. JUVENILE GAMES OF WAR ' OUT OF DATEWHAT NEXT? Boysnbandon Play Trenches, Girjs Their Nursing Gowns. And Peacemaking Has No Appeal , Children's games based on wnrfaicjbr d on tales dear to young minds since have lost their hold on the imagination 1 of JOUllgstCrs in tills city , and, they ntC now restlessly seeking substitutes. Kvcry one recalls, when the' world ' war was at its height, how little squads and companies ot boys fought mockjiat tles and struggled for shallow pits Jhat served as trenches. Even the girls had the war fever. They played at being nurses nnd bound hundreds of make-believe wounds when the boys would' let them. Some of the girls Imitated the Amazons without ever having heard ot them and routed more thnn one group of their boy playmates. But the war spirit is dead umoug this city's juveniles now. Out in sub urban sections can be seen the remains of abandoned "trenches" nnd brrnst works, but the j-oungsters pnss them by with never n look, What will the children take up next, nside from the ordinary games of top spinning, kite-flying, bcan;bag, "lay low, sheepic;" and hop-scotch nnd other old-timers? Of course, school time is near and that will lake up much of the energy nf the youngsters. But not thnt much thnt they won't spend time devising new ways to amuse themselves. In 'crowded sections, where the set tlement houses gather in hundreds of boys nnd girls who know only bricked sidewalks and cobbled streets, a num ber of excellent games are taught. In some cases the childish instinct for the dramatic is appealed to with little plays By Chas. McManus : iifm? - '.aW V?.' . . ' 'J WlKiJBs,: ping along toward the country. ."Alt I know is that not far from the bordern of.Blrdlnnd is a castle on a hill. At one corner ot the castle 's n high towtr Away up nt the top of this tower' I a room. In this room is a beautiful but sad-faced maiden. AVc are going to set her fre. Sec ! Billy Belgium awaiU us at the co of the town." 1 Sure enough, there wns Billy .underv a tree, working away at pieces of rop v .,. juoi kill HUH., ITlCII JJ1IIJ ' I "I'm tying the last knot in my rope ft ladder." ' ' S "What arc you going to do with th ' rope ladder?" asked Peggy. - , "First we will scale the wall sur- . rounding the castle park," said Billy, 3 "Then we will use it to mount tha tower to the room where the hennttftil but sad-faced maiden Is imprisoned.' Cornel" Away raced the three until thev cam to a bluff overlooking a rippling rlvrr. On the far side of the river was a great " stone wall built around a tangled wood covering many broad acres. Rising high nbovc the trees of the wood was a stately castle, standing on the top of a Mil. At one corner of the castle was n tower, and away up in this tower they could see a room. "There is where the beautiful maiden is a sorrowful prisoner," chattered Rollo. "To the rescue!" , It seemed easy ns he said it, but Peggy, looking at the rippling river, the great wall, the tangled wood, the stately castle, and the tall tower won-, dcrcd how they could overcome all these difficulties. (Tomorrow will he tnld 7,n,n ;,., rne"t the room - ot th iimn..j fnaiden.) This position I hne niled ever since and ' seven sears. I am thoroushlv familiar wltK Payrolls, banking, and have Mm held with SE".tiiaccoun,,lri?' but ' company Vlni a b7.i .,nn& .'n1""0 " reached as Sljh i position In all ways as I can expect to get" I hate studied accounting on the aide and am thinking of Spanish iwhat I want Is '" re a po.Jtlon with more of a futun than my present one. nnd' it appears to me iW,a O0"1'10"1 ''"ha rg0Wpany would h?wr,on.tar.opportl,n"-' bu-' """nVas0" How much accoiintln'jdo you really know? Could you pass- the 0. P. A. examinations? If not", I urge you to stmly hard and take (fond pas's) th examinations. Then," I suggest that you connect up with a good firm of' public accountants. The varied experi ence will be most helpful and the ac qunlntnncc you will mnkc will be roost beneficial. Public accounting concerns nre nctunlly needing qualified men right now, and the use of the public account ant Is growing rapidly. Don't, however, think that n knowl edge of accounting is sufficient. You need vb good knowledge of Kngllsh. You. Ndiould hnve n practical under standing of economics, and jou should be n good mixer n man whom people like. You can help that ability by studying salesmanship. The "school of accounting you attend can help jou to locate with n, public accountant, or with 'n buslncs""hnue for that matter. Read the "Journal of Accounting.' Advertise in it for a job nnd you should get replies. If you. prefer corporation accounting write to (or if your time will p'ennit call on) a number of the more progres sive concerns for nn opportunity to dciuonstrntc your ability. . (CONTINUED TOMORROW) . the first thought of the fairies. Pcaccninking.docsn't appeal much ns n basis for games. And Sanscrit Is ns cicnr to most children a? Shantung, Yap and the league of nations. Aud to some ot their ciders as well, it might be added. The high rost of living and strikes nnd the rumors of strikes hold out a little promNc from the childish stand point of make-believe, and even a may oralty campaign has possibilities. But the chances are that pirates will be come the youthful vogue once more. And if the imitation Blackbeards or Captain Kidus or Morgans take a much used word mid call themselves profiteers they won't be far wrong. SCHOOL INSTITUTES OPEN Teachers' Instructions Precede Ses sions In Montgomery County "fei As u preliminary to the 1flll)-ll0 .'?l scnooi term in Jlontgomery county, in- tfl strtictors will nttcudlnstitiite confer, irtl ciiccs to be held in different parts ot, " A' tlic county and cover the period of a i? week, startiug todaj-. Actual school i sessions will start Tuesday, September Ji 'J; in those districts which have no direct i afBliatlon wiUi the Institutes. rw Tlie two' most important Institutes are & the Chcltcnhanr-Abington institute, at i the Abington High School and the J31- kins Park High School, and the Mont- gomery county institute, at the 5prris- risiown iiigu ocuooi. Under recent school legislation, dis tricts which have atttained n certain status may divorce themselves from par ticipation in the county conference and ' conduct their cwn institute. Chelten ham township and 'Abington township nrc two districts to .take advantage of this legislation. All other districts will pnrticipnte directly in the county in stitutc nt Norristowu, under' the direc tion of th county superintendent of schools. J. Horace Land's. , c FRENCH CHILDREN SUFFER ' pr Alice W. Tallant Tells orOeVas- tatlon Germans Wrought The poprest bnby in Philadelphia has V H better chance for health thart had, '2 llln French children tn H.n n.l. ;devoatlon left by the Invndiug Cier- ?4 muuH, uci-uruiug to vr. Alice Weld Tallaut, of the Woman's Medical Coir lego of Pennsylvania. Dostor Tallant, with Dr. Maude Kelly, also of the college. httK returned frem France, Both, were awarded the Croix dc fluerre, "Kvery baby hero run have fresh milk, shelter and medical atleut'oBf but this was far trom true in the de. vastated districts in France ," said Xocr , rr.llAn OTlh .1 ft!..!-- , , ,7 J lur ahiiuui. ipv ui'Vllimiuu UUU BlGS.r ness were appalling." n Education, said Doctor TsUaam.ls'A 1- ' the .only solution of the nroblem i kiilr la. 4ska unnatwiir 1 1 n is nf V"L m)ffimimimHtt prsTit S'lJ ' " - , . 1 1 X if f"'' ' "' AilMfW.' V ,J iJ r 'tit H fc --MK&aasSafeiv - "' i- M Tu 'AiX .rri'-, i .' 'LMkm .... itMlte: iiiii
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