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THIS STVKTS T1IK STOltt
A dinner pnrt.s is being held nt the
b6me of Colonel and Mrs. I.ed.vatd.
Among those present are their (laugh
ter, Trliey. her friend, Hebe t'ossles.
iS'cely Hssurthmore. Wend'e Hrnd
dock and Mrs. Alice llartshorne.
Mrs, Ilaitsborno's past historj is
clothed In m.VHterj. Tn hit nies
ence mention Is made of the ide.ise
from prison of the president of the
llive'rton limits' nfter si', tin,: four
jears of n twenty -j-rnr sentence foi
cor.ve'slou of the hank's f'-nds. Airs,
llartshorne suddcnlj lease- under the
pretense of a wire h'sdnihe Kb"
is accompanied hy Sssiii-iln.iore, svlio
cypresses his lme for In r itnl ob
tains her promise of ui.tiriiig Plie
sees a fare nt the ssinduss sslmh
fills her with teiror. tne signifi Mi""
of sshic-h is nut teenleil swnith
more has jilted Triw . who s,is "lie
flbhors linn .Mrs. llaiil.'ni- is
found iad on the floor in the mom
Ing lJ her iipirioiil ncting French
maid Matilde. ll'tcetive Paul Uiir
"vey and tin ouV-crs nnhe on the
scene Matilde is iUestiuncd nftei
rceos-crmg from a fainting pcll I'he
officers belies c she i cmtecnling in
formation from them Hnru'j hriims
. out Miriuns tact- the nuestioniiiR
of servants and other ssitnc.s-i's : Mrs.
Harthoi m ' pecnlinrit j ui keeping
large s.i. . of money loose about the
house liei eaiolessiiess with her
- jewels the fuet that she leeeiscd u
string of pari- as a gift the night
before the minder: her intimnis s-ith
Swarthmore and a now Is niisen en
mity b twecn him nnd Itrndiloek liar
vey learns trnm a jeweler who the
purel.nsi r of the pearls is Ilnrscv
questions Iti l' Cnsslcs and mi
mother
M) iir.ui; ir f oxTiM i
Urihe That railed
AS TUT eto.itor bore Paul swittlj
to the street level his thought seie
tiled i iion th
problem with which the
volatile iiiupns upstmrs had preentul
bim What s, ne had oeiiirrnl at the
Ledvards which she must i-nuccn be
i-ause of the part that
plajed m it'.
.he herself had
lie nnd made no n istake in rending
her chnrui t i Vain, seltish, indolently
pleasure ing as she was, Mr
,-....t
.. i,-s
possessiil a highly developed shrewdness
where Ii-i i.mi interests were at stake;
careless a- v the ieiilt of her revela
tions coji' "inuigvlier friends. sie jet in
stinctively guaril"d against pliu ing her
self in an eipniot at position
Her statement that she had not been
near Mrs llartshorne at any time dur
jng lluirsdm e(inng had Lieen con
trndieted In her ndmissinn that she hml
nassed the other woman in the eon-
senator, and her denial that she lee-
Agnized Mrs Hnrthurm 's companion ,
was a pilpable falsehood as her final '
statem"nt He bad no doubt that in
her own mind theie lurked at least a
luspieion of the possible motise for the
crime .
meeting
in the doorway between Swarthmore
and President Hraddock?
So preoccupied was lie when he
Teaehed the sidewalk that Paul took no
heed of n small, lender, vivacious fig
ure which all but collided with him He
would have passed on oblivioyslv had!
Mnf bIib 1. A.ln.l UI. r.l. r.ln
"lc uiiiicu 111111 ji,i.
nj, u.o. nan sUe uerseu menuoneu particular that .sou wanted me io irv .. ....u....i s.kiuui .- "i'iui neo. . grnsp of the intricacies of linnni e She An hour later Mnzie came nlon" with
Mr Swarthmore'sobsiouslv angry mood , to find out for jouV" ,'r.'.,.. ,, ,, I. , i" ns il experienced speculator on the1 ':"ch the same thoughts in her "mind
aa nc lorceu i is waj inrougn ti.e crowd ' -Yes. I'm going to be absolutely "..iiuiv e ...... i.iunuoek mat i I stock market. 1 could see that at once- when the wind took her umbrella blew-
toward the cloakroom and then sought flanl. uilh .sou Of ewi.... 1's- only "'' on ,s d-tain him for a few mo- ke(,n ,.o0, nn(, t at times , ,,P1. , h am iu ole
to belittle that anger by the suggestion ,. ln ln, investigation, but so tar I " f " a private ' ,lln 8moe,sful women ope.ators lor, svhich it obligingly slammed after
that it was a mere irritation at tbe B11t ,lm Bny on bo billing to mat er from the , luef of police , are rare. For these reasons it did I not I " ' talked softly from t! e e e-
,h 'rm""'J lllm ,'"' W"e admit that he or she recalls seeing Mrs Ihw ensue, cv.d ly a h.ir.id cM- omlr , mp , k fof d D0 vator t0 h,r ,oor , qiZa
PiB t0,,,il:,',,"Ut ntJe 1're.Wie t.Uornp latPI than half-past eleseu a iv I I' end of the w ire for j or(iuBtiv j noul(, ,,,. ; fpunil ,wlf t.01lfl.0nte,l by a " d '
,,...- .. ,.- .. .. ...v. ..- iU ti mm ... n-i... ..n,. t- nr ilia I .rsif - ej - ....... i ii nini. m,nn ,1 f-nii sk-. . t ....
i . . . nr kn mi iiiii:siiu. iiikul hi. ut. iu - . , .. . . , . . . ss.nmnt--.i-r. un.,t. ... .1 1 viiivii 1 cnu 1.1111 .ifAt. 1 unr . 'i'in
"C.ood morning, Mr. Harses ' ' wnen your cnenss nit-nuou sr ...a....
"Miss Adare!" He clasped- lier t0 ""'' 'l'he5 arn ,,onD(1 t0 S' ,,r
frankly extended hand "This is for- M thl" Pert mentioned you as the
tunatc. for I had meant to look yo'Ji,'"''t ,,J ,li',er Mls- Httrtshorne s
up later Where aie you foing-'" ljod and summon aid. and they will an f
She nodded laughingly tosvard the be bursting with morbid iiiriosifs. See
entrance of the anartnicnt house he If among them you cannot find one who ,
had just left.
'To write some notes for Mrs. ,
Cowles. ' she replied. "I'm early to-
day, though, and I can turn and walk
ou a bit with you if you like. There's
somptliinir T think
I ought to tell jou;
j il n juet u iiLiiu iiiiiiK iuui .uuliiuv iu
1 to me when ue found Mrb. Ilurtshorne's
body, but I oan't mnke had nr tail
.
!. I..-. 1I.I !.! !.-. il!1.- ..I,l
of it "
"Thanks I'd like
glanced qun'kly. appra
olio fell intn ktpn hesiile
thing bearing on this nffair, no matter it,. ut night may have disturbed some-
h n trivial, may be of inestimable helpionp )l0 was wakeful. Did you think ,
to me " 10 malte inquiries across the street, Mr.
"Well, when I realized that .Matilde
must liav
long bcfoi
Hartshorno
for help
thing, I
less thi
we stood
poor thing
a tear
asked her hosv she could be so unfeel
ing after Mrs. llartshorne thinking she
was so desoted to her. I told her she
se?roed almost glad of the terrible thing
that had happened."
"What reply did she make'- ' asked
Taul.
"That's what I can't understand.
'I -would have followed Madame to the
ends of the earth '.' she said, and her
eyes seemed to burn right through tne,
she was so earnest. 'I svould have
guarded her from all harm with mj
own life!' She meant it, too, Mr.
Harvey, and that's the strangest part
nf tr. for she added wun a suuaen
change u. the wHertiortrf indiffer -
what would you?"
"Matilde seems tn be somewnat 01 a
fatalist," Paul commented. "You are
iulte certain, Miss Adare. that she
meant that rather extravagant asser
tion of her willingness to sacrifice her
own life for her mistress?"
e Known wnnc naci napjieneci i.jc caus-assed the neigiuioriioou . '..r ' ""- But it was an iilinsvnrrn.v-lm,,. .1
re I came, and just left Mrs ,, JJ'thoroughlv,'' he leplied with an itMrjaKe ,0 a library or den on the s,c- , : j" Jl K' 71 h of course, necessary to n-
lying there without calling : 'd smi,c ut ,ier Mhtie. "Xo one "ul """ , , , i, ,-, imnomlM. , ","f" , ,." ' .' I f!"lrc i1"01- 'no invalid's health next
or giving the alarm or anj - am)Pnrs to have seen or heard her but - ""V , ''- - 1 -i'K iioumi. . . - ; " day. From that 1 was easy to slip no
thought it was the most heart- -,,, ovp faiie, to hear the pistol '""'.- " "' "T""" '" ."u "m'. o i, f,..i.. " " T.; 1 . .1 , . . mtimate. neigiioony relations, cspeciai-
ng I ever heard of; and when V, ".ter. that isn't to be svondered ''"' ."'..--- T '" t.y,,lc.a,,n' . Knul ,L P h.! -. T?Z "?" T? aU" lv as "W "Proprinted bim an her
together looking down at the ' - , A(,arP. , think you have ""'"""' 'V.'" , ce uetore -- ".,";;" ""- " w cwu particular property. Then John's
s body and she with never far better opportunity than I to get r" .t f- n" V ',r""l"ni. or "le T ' . erenings at home began to be given
t... t i, t mi..' 1 a.ta.r "".. ."" ,7-;. ..- --- Eastupolis Trust Company. The white I ,nnTO t,, reverie thnn tn studs- nnd i,
"She meant It as mucn as sne ineani ,
! - anything in this world!" responded
Ilooe solemnly. "She's a queer svoraan, ,
tJiat Matilde i I am a pretty good judge '
of hitman nature, but I've never been)
ablq to aiie her up. Sho was respect- ,
ful enough and did what she svas told
withnni a word and looked after Mrs.
Hartshorne'a comfort ns though she
took a personal interest in it, but she
was always glum nnd repressed. It
. cecmed to me sometimes as If she were
holding herself in, watching herself, for
fear riie'd make a slip. Maybe I'm ex
aggerating, but I can't think of poor
o Mr. llartshorne without seeing Ma
li tilde standing there, looking down at her
lth that stranee gleam in her eyes."
( "But htf mistress' death )bably
sfted her maro than she was willing
to bavjs you know." Paul observed.
"Sh fainted later, didn't she?"
'xs' note responded was crapm-
'n.--
1 H'
fle jninieu wnu r ii
Wt.a ul..'.',lt w(fh Ha
'i Ik i. imp
'over th phone that lie ami the inruiier
nuu uiscoveren u wasu i suifiue ntier
all. but muider' itoodmss knows I
don't want to suspt-t any one myself
in such a terrible thing as thi. nun h
pss c:it suspicion on thim, but I can't
help feeling that Matilde knows. 01
tli f til u eli ii I iiiiti s ti.ni ii Kmi t- Ml u
, ,Iar10rnp., ,,oatll" ,,, she'll ever'tell'.
"It sh does, wild horses wouldn't
be able to drug it from her"'
"Miss Adare." 1'iiul sieineil ur. el
to ,la'' heard the Jatter part ol nei
speech. "You lefuse to gossjp, I knos.
. . . .
hut j on are in a better position tnun
any one else whom 1 have encouu-
ered on this investigation to lu-ii the
. , imtiinnte nf tr T Tn rt.Vinrti t friends
... ............ ... ... . .. . u. .-... ..
upon her death and the manlier of it
If 1 could have an assistant on this
case I should like to put her in your
shoes i wonder if you would br ,,11-,
,ng to eallv help me'-"
ISose's ejes sparkled
'
I i. give utiytlung to s.ie i ued
. nnvtliini- t.i" s'ie , i leu
ne utiyiiung ro .i( iiien
'.Mis. llartshorne was aiwass kind to
me, and it is disgusting to sec tnc wm
nil those neonle who called thrmsclve,
'her friends nie tumbling oser eu'-li other
now to get out of. the was nt a scan-
dal Thej couldn t praise het nnd Hat-
ter her enough when she vas writing
checks for their pe 'haiitii . but I
haven't heaid one good won sK.k'-n
.. Z . .....
for her now that she's dead I lon't 1
belies-e their icmarks vuuld lieln jnu.
r,. nnres '. But was it souulhine in
sards dance: no one seems io Know
when she left for home or ss-ho accom
panied her. It seems inconceivable
that she should have slipped away with
out a won! to sm.s one. Nosv, don't you
think,' he lowered Ins oice persjn-
ovelv. "that you might be able to lean '
the conversation around to that point
---- . ,
sasr her lease the l.Wyard house am.
t whar Hour
"I'll try. promised Lose somessnac
dubiously "I would be doing 110 one
any harm with that kind ot gossip, nut
suppose those who do know wiiat lime,
u 1-f .Ji.i. ii-nrit TtTiril r JIBVP II '
mic lrii, am v vm. --- -
rejfion for not talking about it? Ir- t
hap some one in the neighborhood aaw
. i...:J 1. .. .. '
t Harreyv
the other end; the time Mrs. Hart
shorne was last seen at the Ledvards"
bouse."
"I'll do the best I cau." Rose re
peated as she paused and held out her
hand. There ss-a an absent-minded
quality in her tone and she blinked as
though a new idea had presented itself
to her. "I must go back noss,' or I
shall be late. If I find out anything
where can I let jou know';"
l'aul drew out a cardcase and scrib
bled upon an oblong of cardboard
... ..1.... uiinuuuit' iiiuiiti uiiH.11 ur kp in nnnn -" v-
her sviien sne tainc noiur, n .. a.u i,-"'-"" """ ,.', " , "'"""s u"u atquaintnnteship. "
to beat ' lie ; somebodj's private car she must , exquisite appointed; the house wdieiej ..Vou kneu. (lf
isingly at her as base had a taxi, dressed as she sras, a woman of mystery had sought sanctu- labR f ,.,.,..
i 111 . .. . H .. i.k .i...i nrv ftlf Trainrl r ha am At n f h .! i ---o
nun .n - nA ti. (sunri nr ir in inr nu fi birrt i . .. .wU.lu lt .... 4 M11 iuhils, ; .
"There is my telephone number.""! have been expecting some such call
1 DQRQTHY DARNITIt
COME ON . NOW
ONE OVER
Bsgjtj'Ty
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By Robert On Chipperfield
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one of liei lose.st fi lends, did joii nut'.'"
In- said ' I am grateful to you. Misst
.dare, ami I siinll look torwanl to
iuii, nuu -"'"ii i""i 'ii"ii' iv
innj: from .um."
he-iring from
lie w.itcncu her uuovant nine nguie piaceil on deposit with the Trust Com -
is slir. retrace,! het steps until she woh'pain of i:.ittnpolis. Our auditor will
lost
o vim in the mazes of traffic nt
llm ,irnflf 11a ,'mlil nnl eTlnli o, en
to himself what unprecedented impulse
ltllif MKirm! Iiim f tnlco hnr into hi
fnnhdpiire and enlist hi aid. Instinct
...n.. .i i..i i.!. iL.4
she was to be trusted. Ien at their
hrst intericw he had acquired a lively
, tcspei t for her powers of discernment.
. .... .....
lie had spoken in all sincerity when he
told her of his belief that she could
help lim. lor oulj in learning at what
hour nnd under what niisnieps the
woman now dead bad returned to her
home could he advance a step forward
in his iu estimation. And Hose Adare
m her confidential rapacity would have
'"""'u'0"' '??""?" V""1 "POn ll0'
"T h, "M 'T '" fM' ,
. r.ltll Steamed for ll chnn nnd ll nm
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c n V i . V
0f roffpP . n uearbv restaurant nm
then entered the telephone booth. The
' doors of the Unstopolis Trust Company
ii .lnse.l t 11. ,t bein? Kntnr.tn,
and Paul surmised thnt President Rrnd-
duck would be in no state of mind to
Ibrave anv of Ins clubs, where the sole
i topic of comersutiou and conjecture I
I would b. the murder which had shaken
j the social structure of the ritv to its
.....
foundations
He Jang up ill
., .- , - ,
Itraddotk house and
-i iuaering. nui lent
:,. ,nli,l-i
V01CC lepjieil.
........ '
inou
the butlei's high pitched tones
the latter spoke again.
I "Mr. Braddoek will sec joii.
TllPU
sii. if
j ou can come at once
flie old mansion which had shclteied
thr generations of Brnddoeks was ,i
..,,.i,i. ;, f ,,. , ,,
(in thp C01U(,r ot wtlllt . d ,
'"" -.. ,.u uu.
thp lnost fashionable square in the city
U was li11 exclusive, for the properts
oi tllP ,jserter who had followed the
upssard tiend of a more modern day
hud ben bought in by the old guard
which still remained faithful to earlier
traditions, and no bustling shop or
.lowering office building had insuded its
sucrea pieemns.
Everything about it spoke of pei ma i
nence, of a solid nristociacs as old as
tne nation and as secure, and to Paul
as m mounted tlie steps and lifted the
Iini 1II1IP imn7 k in. k'pr rhOtn i nma an
i--- v .lt.v .iu
incongruous thought of that other house
a mile or two uptown, impudent in its
m j-ii 1atti i ss tint' Art I . n.,T ..1. J.. .. .1
rue butler ss-as white-haired nnd
tremulous with palty. but he bowed
""" a consummate blend of deference
and patronage to the representative of
LC
ggled forlornly from '
the flabby, pendulous cheeks, svhh h had
assumed a pasty gray hue, and the
sleek, portl.s body seemed oddly limp and I
shrunken, like a deflated balloon. Brad- '
dock had aged in appearance ten jeais1
at least As he peered at his visitor
and svaved him toward a chair he looked 1
full seventy .sears instead of the sixt.s
he had bo.-ne so jauntily.
-.v. .u,tj i-w,iiv, ... luuinr, auuui lliu
property of that unfortunate oung
woman." It syas obvious that he had
carefully rehearsed his opening remark
nw nmt until, end lo.l l,im . ... .1.. .. : J. ioiuisii, luueed ciangcious. liioceeilmsv till- hnil-
Doesn't Look as if He Oiwosed Sunday Ball
PUT
A boy's
Sunday
" tfr: fP
ashed l'.iul imil).
front al
have,
lienilqti.il leu, and I
line ,i "inii'ti ii-m, ui eui-ii biuci&t i
bonds, .cruritips nm cash as eho hnd!
here a
.:!.., i t:., r ....i. .!.,.
, co nier it with ion at anv Mine and
the
authonties renuirc under these dis-
---
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He produced n lonir onvclono ivhich
I l "V1 V"'cKe,r,1 R1). without a sec
nnii n nnna
' " s.
"Thank yoti, Jlr. Itraddock The
cniei win need tins, 01 course, liut
, I hnie come to discuss a more inti-1
mate, personal phase of this tase thnn
rsonnl phase of this tase thnn
the nronert left hv Mrs. lTnrtsliorne '
, , v - .- .
large ueposu in casn and negotiable se-
..... . . . "" .
:'.-"ii .i . . , . .
curiiics ami nonos Jater 1 met heri
soeially in the best houses. That isi
, n . . r . .. l "
really ull that I can tell you.
, "liut when she deposited these funds
'tn tl,(' trust t-ompauy did not vou
. ... .' -
ask or sne niter an credentials or ref-
uencesV" There was courteous incrc-
dulitj in Paul's tone. The older man
winced
Xo. It It Was III! eilne in unt(-
-- -- . ... ,..;.
ment. net bans, lint I l.nnl ;,.,.
ii i . . .
Tiresseil h her I.eeTi ins ni.jj ....ne. ...l
.- "" ....... st ..ui.r wiiu
in society thereufte
iHiiomriilc Ll I'll Ufll ll V
cufter, Mr. Braddoek?
ink ti ,,, ii ,
n"k.l.L? ,,""8:..l,,at "
Did j 011 not th
one kness an) thing nbout her
"I did not think of it one was 01
onothei Mr. Braddoek retorted test
ily. "She was a charming young
woman .with poise, intellect, obvious
breeding and independent wealth She
needed no other passport than those
assets '
"You became fine of her 1 losest
friends, did j u not?" asked Paul
cooll.s
"I should sianely go so fai as to
claim that honor ! I was interested iu
the oung woman in a paternal sense.
If fiequently advised her in her finnti-
cial transactions and she relied upon
mj judgment. Naturally, 1 paid her
the little peifunetory attentions which
man of the woild extends to a charm
ing woman svliose hospitalit.s he occa
sionally enjojs; flosvers and that sort
of thing. That marked the limit of nnr
Mis. Hartshornc's
comparatively large
her house'-"
Mr. Braddoek nodded.
-les. I have more than one lemon-
... . . ... . ....
, ,. , . " 'icr aD0Ut " 't wns a
Don't Believe It!
That baibtr makes his
Patrons sob
Who svill not talk while
On the job!
Cartoons Magazine
Heard at a Concert
Th
finish
Uirl I .admire that pmni-t's
Don t sou.' I
The other shrank perceptibly into tho iop nnd another not quite so
depths of his armchair. worn. "Treasures from Fairylnnd." '
-hnv t am afrni(i j rRnnot help! Holding it tightly, she tiptoed over' to
,,,, Ml.. . , h nothing! an dlr for just a' peep. And the!
"hatn-r ol the lady or her antece- HC." ? tl" book reNulte(l in "" ecstatic'
'"t. She came to me and made aj"" ""' ""tling down into the1
. , . . . . .... tobaeen-seento.l ..itl, :.,.. ...i.n. ., . ..
i nun iu iupii iu
, 1 isj ur, s,u.ii.Mjt,Ui
The Man Yes, but I always dread The next complete novelet te
ll is beginning. say So!"
M SHOCKED- A Glf?L PLAYING
U
game, and on a.
too
DAILY NOVELETTE
NEIGHBORS
Hy Maria M. Callahan
j rpillj sky was a leaden gray and the
rain came down with the quiet per
sistency of n hopelessly wet day. War
wick Chambers had Its nay red nnd
unite awnings tightly furled, present
ing orderly rows of windows for the
heavens to wash Against one of these
windows n childish face was pressed,
gazing disapprovingly out on the sod- "pKUOV worked fast and furiouslj
den landscape. - trimming the Tfngs of the young wild
About n month bcfoie, Ma Dutton KT0 E0 they could fly' S1,e wnB ',pl,.r;,
... . -. , ... . .Ion by the shouts from thp village which
had been offered a position in one of told that Ihc ret! Impper hod found Ihe
the tity'g commercltl schools. Ag the prison pen empty.
mortgage on the old homestead was to
be foreclosed, the little teacher gladly
accepted and, with her small sister, had
faced the ordeal of city life. Todaj for
the first time the little girl was left
alone, for a feverish cold had kept her
1 from school.
An ornamental iron balcony was out
side the windows nnd Gladys was de-
I lighted when a fat robin alighted on
tlio toil n ..!. i . i v.
I c tail and cocked a wary eye at her.
oue eniiiiousiy opened tne wiuuow tor
a clearer view, thrusting out her head
to watch him flit his wings at her from
the furthcrest edge. Then her eyes
(ell on the next window, also looking
out on the balcony.
The next suite was occupied by a
mysterious creature called a "book-
""orm'" anrt Gladys had the liveliest!
i i iiiuniiv rnr rrrninf mm i mami ,-.
- ""vii; cic
two IoD owra jet to wait for Mnzic.
' '" ",IIIM' ""l ' out one window
i nni1 saiing in at the next.
,l" walls ,vcrc Iined with rows and
l rows of hooks.
Aratin; nil thmp books there ntiit be
OnlC 10 115 EtOTlPS. "ho rn n wni, U-
l0 "rI1 " "" curls, Into lior ctcs rnd .
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, ,ockr(J nm, G,n(, . . s u
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Shelf after shelf of celebrated titlei
i were passed over, but finnllv. in !,.,
corner, she discovered a row of Ii?il.l,v I
volumes. "Swiss Familv Itobinson "
volumes. "Swiss Familv Ttoblnsnn
(jlllliier s T.rnvl M ''n,.!.!., r ..
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i , r, -.-...,..-., mine me ta i
.clock in the ,.,. t,-i .i .fr .,. - .
' ntcs
, ...m wu me min-
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i ...iu,, mj iU t1P tl(T nlwnvm
strained John Gra.s- nni.." '"argument unnecessary.
seemed to draw out all the latent
oussedness in his pupils as well as to
'.. - lllitllll ilN 1VP DO ,ll
befog their wits. The slime and mill f
the crowded streets filled with bohl '
umbrellas made him loathe his fell
man, ns did the packed cars with tiei"r
il,
. IlUshillir. elhosslni' thrntwrs T.... l
, - ..... - - . - .n ....u.lpj-. ,, I.St ..lien'
a mist of wind inntv !:.. i n .. .
r i .i ,v ""iuiciim unu
, flllrls tilew Ihm, Drn..n.l II
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finkS of '' heart stopped before the
knocked, for she heard Clad) si lauch
Then the door opened and above dob.
opened and above .inhn
Crayson's bass rose an excited treble.
"Oh, Mazie, I was so lonesome and 1
found the loveliest book and the svorm is
nw-fly nice!"
There was no formality after that,
although an embarrassing moment fol
fowed when Maic suggested going
home.
"Suppose se have tea here and toast
the kiddie by the fire till bedtime and
then I'll carry her home," suggested
John. "She surely , can't catch cold
then," he added artfully. Some way a
quiet pipe did not seem so ulluring ns
it had earlier in the afternoon. So tho
table ss-as rolled up by tho fire andd
John produced crockery and various I
utensils from some most unexpected
places. Mazie came back after a shoit
abseme Iu her pretty house gown,
bringing with her the plummy cake she
had brought home for tea. It was a
hilarious evening and John carried
home a veryihappy little girl,
When he came back the room seeind
Ten pmntr. Ilpnohinp- fne Mu ,i!no lio
S3t before the fire a long time? pictui'-
InrMczlennnnsitp bim iiirnin in hep snfl
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blue gqwn with the firelight playing on
developed nlbo n curious inability to
pass a florist shop.
One late afternoon he stopped at Ma
zie's door with a tall sheaf of roses
and found her alone, playing softly In
the tsvilight. Such propitious circum
stances were immediately improved by
John nnd the "blessed little word" was
his anssver. When Gladys came romp
ing in later John's roses were bloom
ing sedately on the piano, but sweeter
r0!ie8 bloomed in Mazie's checks.
'I'll
what would Your
SAY IF HE KNEW THIS?
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES-By Daddy
.
. (Peggy end Billy fly io thj north in
airboats to rescue the children of the I
King of the Wild Geese and the Blue '
Goose from the prison pens of the
ted tiappen. Peggy it trimming the I
iih7 of the icild geete so they can
Jiy atcof, (then the red trappers (lis
corer their escape.)
Saved by a Sneeie
Two, three, four of the geese were
trimmed, but Itilly kept them from try
ing to fly, for fear the noiso would tell
the trappers where they were. At first
tlio trappers, still half asleep, ran
around, wildly seeking the persons who
hnd opened the gate of the pen. Then
fthey found the tracks of I'eggy and
Hilly In a patch of soft snow. A roar
of rage arose, and in n minute the trap
pers catfle rushing out of the village
hot on the trail.
i -ii Huppi'iieu iinii mere were only a
, fcw pntchc, of M0W am, t,)(l rct of h
ground was bare. When the trappers
came to one of these bare spots they
lost the trail nnd called their dogs to
find it
I'eggy. still snipping away, finished
up the fifth goose, and then had only the
sixth left Snip, .snip went her shears,
but she was only half way through
' docs had found the trull.
I ti'-ii inn, ttiiisjiui eu ii wurning, J.11C
Snip, snip' I'eggy finished her j'ob
Tly! Fl,!" whispered SJlly to the
- -ii'iii. rt1Slr a i
a iplash, thp six joung rptrp vent rush1-
! ing across me ponu, meir trimmed wings
I beating the air faRt as they tried tn
f" ' Am,.nse l,'e' "".' ""'?.." ""le-
I but securely aad safely. With them
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wrmuimi "'"t viuuov.
THE
Author of "The Unslness
Join Your Association
.ywwvrrr !. ..
W wriie u siory on me lm-
portnnce of belonging to our
trade association." writes the harassed
sccretnrv of a retail association
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The 'sdm f to .tl,ej ""
ck nlnn nr nrwnntninn tlint g erl .
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ciueu iu mu imcivna ui um; " uusi-
. ness seems to me so obvious as to make
However, as
' tn, tt,lva,ltuB''8 nrc not evident to
'all. let me enumerate them without any
I
fntnn!1'aflm"f
! "'rilt of n'
I '"ECS- A" '
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arousing appeals.
all are the legislative advan-
lllgeS. Jll 1IJI11V1UUHL lllfl UllllUL 13 JIUW"
. n.I.Lii trt fur no tinnottnr nl lilnetrilny
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legislation inai aui'fis ins uusiucsm, uui
ft
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Wllt-U ll uinuiuuin fesv ,w6. ...s., ....(s
a power they have! Their voice at once
becomes authoritative right to Wash
ington. Diug trade associations have pre
vented legislation that would hurt the
etnil druggist. One retail drug as-
i sociatiou became so powerful that the
huuhvu .............
jobbers nnd ninnu
Jouur
, a association
facturcrs actually did
, as tue association uaue tuem. ji goi
' powerful, and misused its stiength,
! K0 ",0 Inevitable happened. It ss-nsiold
I hy the authorities to mend its ways,
or it would have no ways left to mend
Another retail association secretary
told me that had his nssooiatiou beeu
stionger, it could Jiavo prevented cer
tain luxury taxes that inflict a hard
ship on it, shieh could have been re
moved nnd still insure revenue to the
government.
What a tieuiendoiis safeguard on the
interest of business generally is the. Na
tional Chamber of Commerce ! What sve
should lose without it!
All these things need money your
money. Its helpfulness; to jou is
limited by thn amount of funds It has
If you and jour neighbor do not join,
your own mterests are just as much
less guarded.
Join our tiadc association for legis
lature protection.
Many associations bavo insuiance ar
rangements whereby members get pro
tection, fire and life, nt special rates.
.Not only that, but claims aie invari
ably adjusted quickly and generouslj.
Join your trade association for insur
ance protection.
Huve you any old stock you'd like to
get rid of? There is some member of
voui- association svho sells that stuff all
j the time and who would buy yuur odd
lots at a fair price. Other merchants
have odd lots that you would be glad
to get hold of. Your trade secretary
can do the trick for you.
Join your trade association for busi
ness profit.
Aro you ever doubtful as to the mar
ket price of a commodity or where to
get it? Your trade secretary has all
the latest prices and lists of manufac
turers und jobbers at your disposal.
Do jou cs-er need trained help? Phone
your trade secretary. Ho is in touch
with the help situation und may know
of just the fellow you need.
Join jour trade association for busi
ness information.
Just a minute. Dou't lush off to
join j it. I've not told you of the most
Copyrldht. Mill, b the Hell Syndicate. Iik
father
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"FLYING FEATHERS"
1 M' l&rtvJ
lie made a big leap al Hilly
"Ho, for the South 1" honked the
young geese, forgetting to keep quiet.
"Ho, for the South!" honked tho King
nnd the Blue Goose.
The red trapped heard the rush of
the geese nnd the 'loud honking. They
no longer needed the dogs to guide them,
bjit, rushed toward the pond.
"Come,"' whispered Billy to Teggy,
and, seizing her by the hand, he rnn
bwlftly toward the fir trees vfhere the
feather nirboats were anchored.
Behind them came the red trappers
and with the red trappers were the dogs.
"Hi! Hi!" yelled the red trappers,
as they caught sight of the children.
Peggy nnd Billy rushed into the grove.
Billy gave I'eggy a big boost up the
tree in which her airboat was rest
ing, nnd then started to climb his own
tree. ' tf
"fir-r-r-r-r-r-r-rugh !" growled the
leading dog, and he mad n big leap at
Billy, fastening his teeth In Billy's coat.
Billy never stopped, but went right on
climbing. The dog set his jaws together
hard and clung tight ns Billy went on
and on.
The red trappers reached the trees a
moment later, and one big chap climbed
BUSINESS DOCTOR
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Career of Tetrr rilnt" and "Ilnino Duke Snhcr of Business rroblemn"
important renson tor joining the social
element, uy joining your lruuc nssu
cintion you svill meet your competitors
outside business nnd find that they arc
not ogres or graspers of every dollar in
nnd out of sight but bully good fcllosvs.
trying to live a decent life and make an
honest living. When you know them
and they knosv you, all svill have more
admiration and respect for each other.
You svill then rob business of one nf
its terrors a nightmare, truly, for it
is seldom- one finds n vicious competi
tor these clays and perhaps rcmo-e a
distrust that your competitor ljas of
jou.
Instead of having competitors 011
svill have co-operators working with
you for the advancement and prosperity
of the trade nnd nil connected with it.
The social intercourse will broaden
you (especially if jou lire a retail mer
chant do jou need broadening, nnd if
jou do not think so you are really in
gienter need). You will get new ideas
from business men iu your line from
1 other communities. You svill be better
for the little trips and conventions
sshich take you asvay from business so
that j ou ,may return refreshed nnd
invigorated.
Your whole life will become Sweeter
and happier from the new friendships
jou make. You must do your share,
tow ever. What do jou get out of it?
Just as much as you put into it.
Join your trade association for
friendship's sake.
Headers' Questions Answered
Jr. lriifcicad toill ansicer in this
column questions on marketing, buying,
selling, advertising, letter writing, busi
ness eduiatiou, and on matters pertain
ing to the choice of a vocation. AH
questions icH he answered in order of
rcoeipt. Aro anonymous correspondence
will be aclnoulcdged. Headers'. initialt
only will be published. It will lake
fiom four to fifteen dayi for a reply to
appear.
I om tyent-nlnn jear old married and
nave spent fourte"n sears at prlntlnc as a
compositor.
1 bclleiv my abllltv U In ndvertlalne. I
mlffht nay thnt advertising seema a pleasure
to nw Irateail o( drudwery. as si cood many
people And ufter a fesv 5 eure.
I am at presjnt storking- for a magazine
is ail setter. Thcro la layout svork tor me
una I have been praiaed many times for
mv knouts. In the printing business a
man-s opportunity la limited. I bavo written
a fesv small adtenlevmeius, and about a
MERCIER RELATES STOR Y
OF 1914 PASTORAL LETTER
1
Tells How Germans Demanded
to People and Hotv He
Cardinal Mercier's own story of his
pastoral letter of Christmas, 1914, fol
lows : ,
"The pastora'l letter is written in
Latin and priests were read the firBt
part ot this annual letter on New
War's Day, and the second part on
the Sunday following. Ill 1914, New.
lenr's Day fell on a Friday.
"Tho first part of the letter was read
on Friday, llcfore Saturday many
priests were imprisoned for reading it.
On Saturday morning nt 6 I was in
my chapel preparing for mass, when
I heard a motorcar outside. Three
T
By Chas. McManus
I DUN Mo BUT THERE HE IS
Dl AVUl'Tuinn rnncc r?r
1 iiiisu unjb nw
and ask him
nfter Teggy. She raced upward ai faut
as she could, and threw herself Into the
watting nlrhoat. It started to rlso, but
stopped with a jerk as the big chap
grabbed It. Tha airtfeat tugged and
squirmed ns If trying hard to get away,
but the trapper, clinging tight to the
tree with one hand, held fast to the
feather with the other,
Peggy didn't know what to do. She
had no weapon with which to fight the
trapper, and sho heard other trappers
climbing to bis assistance.
Then she bad a bright idea. Noticing
how the trapper was1 trying to keep his
face away from the tickling feather, she ,
plucked off n bit of soft down alid tickled
his nose with It. The trapper tried to
dodge nnd jerk away, but Peggy kept
on tickling until suddenly "Achool"
sneezed the trapper so violently that lur
id go the airboat and the tree nt the
same time, and'went plunging to the
ground, carrying tho other climbing
trappers with him.
Billy was trying to climb into his aire jw
boat, but the weight of the dog held
him back. Teggy leaned toward bim
and tickled the nose of the dog.
"Achoo!" went the dog. Ills jaws
jerked open, and down he dropped as
the two nirboats soared into the air
nnd away to tho South.
Quickly they caught up with the wild
geese.
"Thank you, Priucess Peggy. Thank
you, Billy Belgium," honked the geese.
"Next summer we will have that feast."
Now, strange to say, the alrboats
were trnvellng faster than the geese,
much faster and faster even than the
scurrying clouds, for presently they
dashed into a great foggy mass, and it
grew dark, dark, dna-k and the feather
was very soft, soft, soft and very
warm, warm, warm, and there was
Peggy in her own snug bed nt home.
(Xezt week tri'IJ be told the story
of "The Laughing Man")
j r',,1rr.;m" mi thm ,0 a w'ntln tious. for
1 am serv ambltlou. but flxed wacts has-
In pi mc in
position svhero 1
dare 1
mis) n mos-e. !. W.
Jt would appear that you have a
good equipment to be a successful copy
man.
The best way to obtain n position
with an advertising concern is, of
course, to advertise j-our services.
AVatch the atlvcrtisenients nnd ndver
tise in such journals as Printers' Ink
and Advertising nnd Selling. I nm
suio that this may help yew.
I cannot agree with jou when you
say that man's opportunity in the print
ing business is limited. If you merely
place yourself in the class of job print
ers, yes, the opportunity is limited, but
the most progressive business bouses
nosv offer a printing and advertising
sersice.
Tor instance, I know one very large
business establishment who never make
layouts, but leave it to the printing
man's service department to arrang.
and Iny out. This printing concern
also prints and writes booklets and
such like for their customers. Couldn't
you undertake to do such work for
a printer?
I mention this to you as a possibility
and perhaps something which has not
occurred to you. If,' however, jor
want to get Into another line, the onlj
way to do It is to ndsertise. If you
can write such excellent copy as you,
say you should have no difficulty in
getting the kind of 11 job you seek.
Wo often read that salesmen must pos
sess personality. Just what do people mean
by personality'' OLIVE.
Personality is the outward expression,
of our positis'c traits of character. It
sve have such posltis-c traits as cheer
fulness, truthfulness, courtesy, good
nature, the expression of these traits
svill gis-c us a pleasing personality. If,
however, wc possess the negative traits
vof pessimism, (Jistrust, laziness and
apathy we will have disagreeable, irri
table persoualitics. Incidentally, you
can make your own personality what
you svill by developing in yourself those
traits the sum and substance of which
make up the personality you desire.
(TO BE CONTINUED)'
(
Retraction of Christmas Note
Defied Soldiers of Kaiser
German officers entered and deman'ded,
in the name of the German governor,
svhy I put in the letter n statement
so displeasing to the Gorman- author
ities." He was referring to the passage :
"We owe to the public invader no
esteem, no obedience, no affection at
all."
" 'Will you retract that phraseJ'
asked tho German.
" 'Before writing that letter.' X .re
plied, 'I reflected carefully. I can't
fchange it.'
'You must come to Brussels with
us then.' ,
" 'Today I might go. I might go Mon
day. But tomorrow Sunday I say
mass in Antwerp. J, cannot go with
you,
" I this letter spread in tho. dio
cese?' asked the German.
" 'In nil the parishes.
"And there issued a cry from the
depths of his heart: 'Too late!' and
he beat his forehead in disgust.
" 'We must arrest you repeated, the
German.
" 'But. sir.' I said, 'If the croVn
prince offended your government you'd
send him to the kaiser. If I have of
fended ny government, ssind me to the
pope.' '
"Later they let me answer a-letter
from the governor Instead of taking me
to him. It took the governor two days
to prepare the letter, and they wanted
me to eign it immediately I read it.
They detained me in my bouse until I
had answered the lette. An officer
stayed In my house until the amwtr
was written.
"The second part of the letter wa
read in tho parishes on Sunday. Many
moro priests were arrested.
"The Germans aaw that we would not
vleld tmthem. Anrl ammm !, .1tJ
that; ur,iu; -wajUwon Afterward I C
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