fjlWMpn IV VEING' PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1919 j :,, , , - - i - : I ' " r' ; ' V "vt K V tfhe Second Bullet - CfrrrUrht, IBID, bv Robert M Mctlrlils Cn ,tTllht, WW. by the Public tcUer Co i " $- THIS STARTS THIS 8TOKY f A dinner party is being lipid at the tome at Colonel and Mrs. Lcdyard. Among those present are their dough er, Trlxy: her friend, Hebe Covvlcs; Gemellus Swarthmore, Wendlc Brad- ck and Mrs. Allison Hartshorne. Irs. Ilartshornc s past history is jlothed in mystery. In her presence sentlon is made ot the release, train rion of the president of the Iliver mi Bank after serving four jenrs of i.twenty-yenr scnteurc for convcr- Kn of the bank s funds. .Mrs. linrt BOre suddenly leaves under the pre- ease of n severe hcadnche. She is ocomoanled by Swarthmore. who ex presses his love for her and obtains er promise of marriage. She sees u dice nt the window which tills her ylth terTor. the significance of which Knot revealed. She Is found dead on he floor in the morning b her sus piciously acting French maid, Mn Jildc, Detective Paul Ilnrvey mid Stber officers arrive on the scene The jfficcrg believe Matilde Is concealing Information from them, Hnrvcj firings out various facts by the ques tioning of servants and other wit nesses Mrs. Hartshorne's peculiaritv to keeping large sums of money loose spout the house; her carelessness with her jewels; her intimncj with Swarthmore Harvey asks Ito-e Adare, a social secretary, in close tsuch with Mrs. Hartshorne's friends, to1 assist him in unraveling the mjs tery. Braddock admits to Hnrvev that It was he who sent Mrs. llnrtshorne the $32,000 pearl necklace, that she had promised to be his wife, and that an antagonism exists between him and Swarthmore. whom he ac cuses of unscrupulous business imth ds, Harvey questions n Mrs. I'eters about Sadie, a mold of Mrs. lluit shornc's. AND HERE IT CONTINUES MITHAT clothes are missing!. What , must she have worn?" ?'Her best " Mrs. Pcters's lips set gflmly. "A block hat she'd trimmed herself with little French Mlowcrs. nil cplors, that poor .Mrs. Hartshorne haI thrown nway; a blue serge suit, the i new' white waist, an imitation seal ne k- I piece and gra -topped shoes with awful hgh heels. I don't know if she had coves or not. but she must have carried i ... .. . , ., . . her wrist bag; patent leather, it t. With a big green one in the top. Sn- die is great for style, for all she is siy and tongue-tied and kind of slow IJ can't think where she could bine gpnol She's onl got two or three friends and I called them up from the dug store before I phoned the police. None of them had seen her." "Did Sadie come often to see ou wihile she was employed bj Mrs. Harts- iJjnrne?" v y-'.V "T. phC lm1 '? ,a,1rrn"nn I ?K Mrs. Peters responded loialj . "Shc might go to see her friends for an hour or two, but she nlw.ijvs came straight home to us first. There wasn't a wild notion in her mind, sir. and I brought her up strict ; she don't know anything about badness or excitement or cay-life except what she's seen on the tSreen, and she's nothing but n child ' at, heart." I When was the last time she came to you before Friday night?" 'Tbe day before, sir. It was her Thursday off. She got home early, about naii-posr. iwo, anu irimtneci mtit nut she must be wearing now. I went out with, her to buy the white waist and shtuhad dinner here ami went back to Mrs. Hartshorne's." "Wh&t did she talk about, do von remember? Did she seem happy in her place?" "Well, yes, though she hates kitchen W9rk," Mrs. Peters admitted. "I want to make a waitress of her, but this is me nrsi time sne s been out in serv- ke and she had to begin ot the bot- torn. She didn't talk about nnvthing much on Thursday except Mrs. Harts- home; what beautiful clothes she wore and how lovely she looked when she vent out. and how grand she kept her hands.- Sadie was sick of having her own. hands in dishwater all the time. My, how she admired Mrs. Harts horne. "To hear her talk you'd think she was rT, mo mosi vvonaenui creature iu tne '$ world! 1 guess that's why she took on so awful about the murder, but it donft explain her running away like this." Paul picked up the limp pillow and examined it with no result, save an ( Incipient blizzard of down, the bureau ' drawers contained nothing but wearing apparel., Save for a hat or two and a hox, of sewing materials, the shelf wns hare. "Don't worry about her any more than you can help. Mrs. Peters." Paul took up his hat from the kitchen table "I've no doubt that we con find her i for you, but it may require a few dajs. I don't think she has come to any J harm." ' "I'll be thankful beyond words if you can get her back for mc safe and sound and without her uncle knowing what she's done." Mrs. Peters le sponded, "He loves her like he would bis own, but he's a hard man m some ways and often I've had to stand be tween his temper and her pig-headed- nras. You'll let me know, sir, as soon as you've got trace of her? I shau t hnvn s minute's peace until I'm sure nothing's happened to her and she'R coming home!" -"Paul promised and took his depar tore. At headquarters Chief Burke listened tq lis report without comment until it was concluded, when he observed : "Nobody could have got to her with any threat or bribe to keep her out of the way; that's a cinch if she wouldn't talk to any" one all day, not even the nWghboM. Maybe she was afraid to talk to them; afraid she'd tell how much she knew. There might have been MHBethlng in that newspaper she was r41ng when her aunt went out that ' ered her into running away. But Bhi'wou't get far on French heels and t-c'stven dollars!" "J don't know," Taul demurred. "Jfee's lne on determination and she ,.W a fixed Idea in her head. Her , SSLnpearance Isn't worrying me any; ' f feucy I could lay my hands on her taierrow, but I want to lye her a lMte more rope and await develop- O Vtw could, could you?" The chief M "I'd like to know where you .Sf that atuff? You'll be telling me .. a i .Hlni nn-av Kflft nntb mm mat ncr ruuuiu -j -- - tnrf fa do with the murder 5 'Something like that," grinned Taul, P VWell, you'll find youreelf wrong foi a . mr boy!" Tbe chief banged for hov!" Tbe chief banged Qiesk resoundingly. "What did she v.e hidden In the pUlow? She was .nwous t Jn. wii 'sU -W hands, and starved for the kind of &4twcBt eh naJ "n in ,lic ovIe. UfcUgot home wriy unuruaj' nigni. anu One woman "I"" might casilv have let into the house somebody who fooled her with some sill romantic storj or bribed hei with money for prcttj clothes oii can take it from me. Paul, their a nmmf if not actual emit in that er.v to her jaunt: 'If I'd mil kIlwIl: Find hei nl."1 J""'1! f.rt '"A" ?? r"?.1, 1,n" "" wno Killed .urs. iiarisuocuc. I I An 1 nseen Witness I TJATT, spent the rest of the da in IT routine work. ' lining wires" us lie Unnld have express, , it He iiriimgcd I for ,irn(.nPt to be thiown nut f"i the . rllnp, kitcheuniuid. but stipulated int lf fnllllIi vi, ns ot to be npiire- hemleil until lie had been untitled. The afternoon was occupied b a furthei nnd more exhaustive -eiinh of the Farragut street houe . . ,,,, .: , and earlj ee- ning found him again in his own room, going over for the liundreth time the tangled threads of the problem which he held in his hands. As in the earlv morning the telephone bell summoned him once more, but this time n clear, girlish voice, vibrant with scared controlled excitement, came to him over the wire. "i thnt vou. Mr Hnrvev V This is r0S!I, Adare. 1 think I've fouud what J0U nrc looking for; some one who saw 'Irs Hartshorne enter her house that njKht' It's n voung woman mid sne's here in m home, willing and glad to 1 talk to jou jf vou can come right nwnv." She added in a lowei, huriieu tone: "Be quick. Mr Huivev ' I've had an awful time with her and she mav change her mind." "What is jour address?" he asked. luistilj. "I'll be there ns soon as a taxi can bring me." Fifty-six Maple Terrace." she re- ' spondee!. "The subway will get you, I here quickest" I n,, udopted her suggestion and twentv mjtes luter stood in the vestibule of I mhr em, .t:T ni. f the lone row I of attractive brick and stone apartment houses which composed the terince. When his name was announced at the switchboard lie was requested to come, up immediate!, and Itose Adare her self awaited him at the door of her apartment. "Please go right into the drawing room. Mr. Hnrvej. I live here with an old friend of my mother, but she n out now and we can have a private interview Shn inhered him into n elointv front ,.,.m ilrnnml . vh,l..,l ,W. r,.,H furnished with a few pieces of pood old mahogan.v. A figure in a show gown and wide sweeping lint rose fiom an armchair us he entered and Paul found himself confronting a handsome, sullen cjed girl, with a rebellious twist iu her full reel lips and an air half of de preemtion, half dt fiance. "Let me present mj friends, Mr Hnr vc.v," began Ito-e. "This is Miss Daisj Bajnc." "How do jou do?" the girl said stifflj "I suppose this is a game that jou two have put up on me, but I don't enre, I'm glad enough to tell vou what I saw if jou won't let it go anv further and hurt me in mj work I'd never get another case if the doctors fouud out I'd been negligent iu the last one, with tne traser uoj. 'The Fraser boy?" Paul repeated eagerly She nodded. "I'm a trained nurse. I was on night duty nt the Frnscrs, number LIS Farragut street, on 'Ihuisday evening." Paul motioned toward her chair and DOROTHY DARNITIfs IM GOING OUT ) I HAVE TO STAY IN BUT I UL FIX you "&& J 0 AND I WANT VOU J "-"j ON YOUR ACCOUNT 1 5o ' AN Go OUT I g ""-' : P l f- TO STAY IN AND 1 MC ) SHI BL J- ) ''"'"""""""J p LP ) MIND 0ANGE.R ).. ,. iW " Lf L. , ,, ' ( I i " By Robert On Chipperfield was in the middle and ilic were holding drew up another for himself. His brown ejes shone, but his oiic was perfunctorily cool. "Ves' How long had jou Deeu on the case Miss Unjne?" I "Simc Tuesdaj night, alternating 'with the day nurse. The little bo , lie's sn enrs old lias a touch of diph- theiia I went on nt 7 o'clock Tlmn- d.ij-. iejeing Miss AVraj Don.ild. on parienl. was icstless and feorili the first part of the (ening. but hj inidniglit his tempernture fell and he limit nO l.ifn c...l. i. ,l.nn ...tit. ii '.'III oil IIIIIF "-Itlll II ll I 'i Uillllllll sicep nini i was sine tne turning i point had been reached The familv hud gien up the whole second floor to us and the sjck room was at the hick, the front room looking out on 1 nrnsu,t stieet wns a scut of librnr and Miss Wr.n and T took turns sleep ing there mi u couch I stneil right beside Pmiald and never took nn ejes off him for all hour or moie. but he didn't tir. Hi forehead was damp and he was breath l..g c.sir. ,,,, ,,. rciie. iron .... ,,., iil- l'i ..llilli ,i in mum in,- iiii'ii-it. . thought that n breath of the cool night air and a sight of the street would wake me un nnd it didn't seem anv harm to leave him for just a minute, though, of course, it was against my orders - stole .into the librarv where Miss Wrav wns snoring on the couch and tiptoed ovf-r to the open window. The lights were nil out in the house s 11C10SS the street nnd onlv the stieet lamps w'cre burning, but there was one direct lv opposite, between n hundied-and-thirtv -seven, and nine I only meant to stnj for a minute, but the air was so clean an 1 refit shing thnt I dropped on in knes bv the window sill and I guess I nin afraid that I fell asleep." Vlje falteied over the admission and paused, but Paul urged her on. "What awakened jou. Miss ;vtlo," ' The sound of n motorcar in the street. It was a big limousine and it chew up befell c number one thutv nine, Mrs Hai t-horne's house I watched be cause I had read a lot about her in the , .olumns of the newsnaners and I wanted to catch a glimpse of her "The chauffeur shut off his engine and switched out his lights. That wa" the hist tiling that struck me as being funnv , but the light from the street rainii was almost bright enough to read bv The chauffeur climbed down nnd dmppcarcd in the shallow on the other ' side of the door nuel . uiintght he wa laillC " SllO C.lllgllt herself lip. flush- "- with momentary cnibai raiment n she remembeit'd the slight limp with which Paul had entercel, but he smiled pleasantly. "("So on. please. Miss Bnjne. It wasn't I, I assure jou." "Oh. I know that'" She bit her lip. "It seemed to me that whoever wns in that car took a long time to get out of it But when tl.ey moved beyond the shadow and up the steps of the house in the circle of light I could understand whj. There were three of them, u man and two women; one woman was iu the middle and they were holding her up, almost carrjingl her to the eloor. I thought she must be sick or or intoxicated, 'for her body sagged diunkenly and the, other woman and the man had all they could do to get her into the vestibule. Thej didn't ring and must have let themselves in with n kej . though not a light sprang up in the house except a tiny spark, like a match flame, before the front door was closed behind them." "Va it the chauffeur who helped to carry the woman iu?" asked Paul. a Good Scheme if Some One r her up "No The mnn was tall and straight and wore a long ulster and soft felt hill nulled low. The women were hnrp- headed and in opem-coats; I couldn'tl tell the color, but the one the sick woman wore was trimmed with white fur-1 inline. I think and the other's wns all clark. The c hnuffeur started his engine nnd the car moved off, without lights, to a I st,nt t'irie or four doo. s down the stiert. Tin n 'n sliut off the engine ngnin and i wait I and I waited, too. I know it I was inexcusablp, but I forgot all about inv panent and when- I was m mv . , p t in what wns happening mer the wa It seemed like half an hour. though I suppose it couldn't havi been moie thnn a few nilnut's, before the door opened again and the in in came ,'iit with the woman In the daik cloak. This time I made sure that tlnv must nil have been drinking too 'nuch. for this wnmin began to tagger now as she came down the steps. I've hail moi-p than one alcoholic case among society women, cnu I wasn't suipiisp(. She leeled and caught at the balustrn !e to ,if,r.pf fn)W ,,,,, b,t u ., w.,s iignt at ner sitie. anil llie e haulteui i an forward, too, tr nelp; saw then that he was verv lame." "In which kg?" "The left. I think They wanted to assist the vvor.ian.V but she pulled bei -self together and walked to"the car steadily enough Then they all got in ami clinve off. I thought it was aw full queer, leaving the other woman like I hat without a light showing to prove that n seivant or some one had been awakened to take caie of her. I would have aroused Mis Wray and told her about it, but -he is for disc ipline, and :i ie.-ii1.ir mnrtim.t T i Iu i f i niri wli 1 t. - Oil ttlll -.1 . would srold because I had left my pa tient perhaps even lepoit me to the cnu toi I had to wake her up any wav as it happened, ind jou can be lieve I didn't sav nnjthing about what I'd seen, because w lieu I went back to the s l, loom I found Donald black in the face and alniorf strangling! We hail 'i hud time with him and, although she didn't know I had left him. Miss Wia. i hose to put nil the blame on me Wh'ii the danger point was past we had an argument about it. and 1 told the doe toi he would have to put some one else un the case with Mis Wrn . I 'I had enough of her tjraiiny!" "You g'ue up the case?" Paul asked. "When eliel jou leav the Fraser house-'" "About noon on Friday. I was so augiv that I had almost forgotten what I had see,, in the night. But jii-t as I let invse-if out of the house a joung woman and n nolicemnn rushed up the steps of number one-thirt) -nine across the wav and disappeared inside. I re membeieil then what I'd seen, and 1 knew something horrible must have hap pened, but I didn't oare linger about fnr fear I would be questioned. I hur rieel back to the boarding house where I live between oases and waited for the evening papers, nut before they came out there was an 'extra.' and I was shocked' I hadn't dreamed, oven when I saw the policcmnn, that it could lintn lifPti miirilfi I (t'ONTINFED TOMORROW) What Is Man? Break the shells of 1000 eggs into huge pan or basin, nnd you have the contents to make n man from his toe nails to the most delicate tissues of his brain And this is the scientific nnswei to the question, "What is man'' hnston Free Press. Doesn't Empty the Basket DAILY NOVELETTE A PILOT 0' HEARTS, Uy Sadie M. Stull HA1IOT, Miss IMhl Ye'll never make Port Fortune et this rate n' sallln. I know rr model nln't jut th' right sort o' craft A protesting wave of Elizabeth's paint-brush silenced him. "It's not the model, but the artist who is at fault, dear friend." The old sailor unllmbered from his cramped "pose" and slowly approached the easel. Ills shaggy brows contracted as he studied the half-finished picture. Then suddenly the eyes under the brows twinkled merrily. "It's 'cause .vo've got me on dry land, lassie If yer gran'fother fiordon wus here this blessed minute he'd tell ye Mat Denneu only looks uat'ral with plnnkln' under his ferjt." The twinkle gave place to a soft reminiscent light. "It's th" proper order o' things, Miss lleth ; all 'cordln' ter th' master skipper's plan. He knows what ev'ry hand o' us is best fitted fer nn' ye con't sail contrary ter sich orders an' be happ.v." Beth averted her face, but not before the eager, watching eyes hail glimpsed the wistful droop of Iter sensitive mouth. From the distant sand dunes came the raucous call of a mm ken I gull; from a nearby cottage the melodious trill of a eanar.v. Over all was the calm glory of a perfeot midsummer dav. "Stow the paint, lass an' tome out on th' qiiaHerileck. Whit breeze thar be will strike us fair, vvhi.e I spin je er little yarn." On the shaded pla77i the bracing salt air whipped twin roses mto F.cthVpnle cheeks. Heff ejes dihtid slightly at sight of the great gr.n ships at an chor in the harbor. Cnp'n Mat follow eel her gl.inre. softly whistling his favorite chantv then lie elenred his throat "I hietji huskv from one o' them ships this mornln'. A trim .voung of ficer he was, the kinel Ins men pass a smile ter 'long with their salute. It did my old ejes good t.i see th' smile he giv' 'em back, 'cause I knowed the heavy heart he earned" The old voice grew stiangelv tuidei "Ye see, I kinder feel respons'ble fer this pertic' lar laddie. His gran dad an' me wus shipmates back iu the tills We shared fights nn' frolics, nu onrt iu a rip snorter o' n gale llait was washed over board. Ye Un bet I wus in nrter him quicker than it now takes ter tell it. Albert i. ivn.B i ius-....-, .-..- A fallin" spar lied stunned him so he son of a Hohenzollern princers, may wus ii dead-weight" Even nfter mu.,i. n be undoubtedly will, or the half century n shudder shook the speak- i er's sturdy frame "It looked es tlio old Neptune would git us both: but 1 ' thought o tne lass waitin ter Hart back in th home town, an' won out. Two months nrter wp made port an' Bart married his bonny lass, thauks ter me, ..-rv .. , , . . , ., , , iuther a curious trait, this of blush "Thet s whj I feel sorter riled when. . """ a .".., ....:... I see th- lad-born image o' mj ship ing. bt. an ,'T "r "B "'! , tZ C -T matpkty outer th' harbor o' happi- when it is called to mind that the wat ness. His bonny lass claims a 'carreer' I rior king is the only crowned head that is callin' her. It is. but not th' one she ' has ever worn the hat of an American nnswered et th start. I grant she's newspaper reporter, and that he might makin' headway on her contrar course, therefore be supposed to be proof against but how much more mightn't she make ' the sensibilities of the average modest iu that snug haven I jist mentioned!" ' man. He was standing close to Beth's chair , now , one gnarled hand resting geutlv on her head. "Laddie lies been very nalifiiiC tlii.sip- lip went ni'oi vnn. If ,,.,......, .. - ... -. .. - -... ... 'might liev in eu lor ills ueiun w Itll 0111 vei piomise ter praj nn' Lnit fer him. Now, fei months he bed Been figgeihr on a eo7v little home o' which he could dream on his long sen watches. tn' shape his rnuise fer th minute Ins ship returned ter ("iod's country." Beth slow I' i.r.spel her head. The wonderful new light in her hazel eyes made Cup'n Mat rejoice exceedingly. His mannci, however, rcmalucd semi leproachfiil. "I asked th lid this morniu' if he wus goin' ter tu fancj dress ball ter morier night He wasn't overkeen er bout it till I told hun I wus ter pilot th' tnmmest craft bound thet way." Cap'n Mat chuckled. ' I lowed es how my old legs warn't quite up ter th' fandangos the dance uowaclu.vs, so I'd hev ter let n jouiiger pait'ier do th' honors fer ni sprighrl.v charge Ye should hev' seen th' smile he fetched et thet jist like jer own et this blessed minute, lass! Now, don't ve waste slch n dazzler on me." Plajful lingers cIosimI hj8 lips, a soft kiss sealed them ' Mart won't be jeal ous," assured a liappv jouug voice. "He'll order me to give jou another to morrow night whei. he sees my cos tume, his favorite white muslin." Then with an arch glame Who are jou going to leprt-xi'iit. Cap'n Mat?" The cop u letiimed her glance in kind. "From th' success o' my latest charter, I rcck'n I II outfit es a Pilot o' Hearts." The next complete novelette Susan the Third. Natural Question Esther is an inquisitive little girl. I One dav I took her fnr n wnlk-nnd aje,pr, time we met am one she would ask who it was. AVe were just passing a large apartment when a man drove up iu a car Esther immediately asked: "Who is that. Aunt Catherine? Is that the doctor?" I told her that it was. Then she said : "Who is he going to fix?" Chicago Tribune. DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy "THE LAUGHING MAN" ,. (Cranky Jlmkiitt and the Laugh ing JIan rqec their motortruck! for a fortune. Cranky Jimkini gets ahead becauia Laughing Man ttop to do kindnotet to persona in need.) Deep In the Mud "lltANKY JIMKIN'8 wasn't long In learning that the bridge was broken on the straight road to the home of Farmer Field and he cninc tearing bnck to the side road as fast as the truck would go. Laughing Man chuckled loiylly ns he thought how Cranky Jim klns's selfish haste had made waste. It had "put Cranky .Tlmkins second in the race and Laughing Man meant to keep him there. Peggy and Billy chuckled, too, but nt the same time they kept urging the Laughing Man to drive his very fastest. "You can easily get to Fnrmer Field's bouse first and win the fortune if you do not have to stop again," Bald Billy. "But you'll hitve to drive like mad to keep ahead of Cranky jlmkins." "Ho, ho. ho! If T drive, like mad I'll shake the little old woman and the lame bny nil to pieces nnd I do not want to do that," answered the Laughing Man. "I'll drfvc fast, but carefully, and un less something happens he will not catch me again." But something did happen. As they rumbled along they came upon a hay wagon loaded with mournful-looking men and women. The hay wagou was at one side of the, road and one wheel was broken off. "There's trouble here. I wonder if I can Help, crieu i.augning .vinn, ann. forgetting the rnce, lie brought his truck to a stop. "Whnt's the matter?" he asked. "We're having nn old-fashioned straw ride to a party at the home of ALBERT I KING AS WELL AS Knightly Warrior Has Habit of Blushing Under Deserved Cotnpliment Gallant Defender of His Country Once a Newspaper Reporter in America ' ' T7 "See. the conquering hero comes: . .. .v srt it, TtaliVinnci ocnrirl. huzzas of admiring Americans, voiced n language something like this, only more so. fall upon his tingling ears when he lands today at New York It's a habit this knightly monarch has whenever he hears a compliment paid to , . lf The King Decides It is related ot ine ieigian nero monarch that early in the great war. in) which he bore such a conspicuous part as the valiant defender of his country and thrilled two hemispheres bj his daunt less defiance of the fiermnn invader, his own generals, all versed in military minutia and the fiuer points of strategy, but all subject to their sovereign as commander-in-chief of Belgian's little army, submitted plans of resistance and defense against the aggressive hosts of 'he kaiser vety widely at variance, nnd the king had perforce to make decision. The responsibilities weighed hcfvily upon him. So he confided to Mnishnl .loffre one daj , telling him so in these words; "I listened to the generals, nnd it seemed such n great responsibility to decide among them that I just at last picked out what seemed the plans of common sense," Joffre's Prnlse Brings Vivid Blush And this was the marshal's reply; "You did well. Each genpral. because he is u specialist and knows tbe great strategic schools by heart, is tempted to be a partisan of this one or that. His ideas if the defense of Belgium nre made up in advance, and unwittingly he might try to force events to fit them as has happened to the (Sermnn general staff. The high arbiter should not be a parti san of any school or preconceived cam paign. That is why civilians often make good ministers of war." The very blush that suffused the fea tures of the King of the Belgians as he heard this commendation of the great French marshal would have done credit to a schoolgirl, so it is said by persons who heard Joffre's praise and witnessed its effect on its recipient. Hero, Though "High Arbiter" But because he had been called "high arbiter" did King -Albert forget the duty which not long before he had told his soldiers belonged to him? He did not. ZCo the end of the war this knightly warrior, without fear and without reproach, contiuued doing ex topyrljbt. 1019, by the Bell Sjnellcate. inc. tfcsvwflty ACSp Ills motortruck stuck fast Farmer Field, who has just sold his hogs at a fine price," said one of the meu "But all our fun Is spoiled be cause our wagon has broken down." "Ho, ho, ho! That trouble is easily fixed," roared Laughing Man. "Pile on my truck and away we will go." Q'uiclc as a wink the men and wpmen changed their mournful looks to smiles and climbed aboard tho truck. "Where arc jou going, kind sir?" they nskqd. "Why, I'm on my way to Farmer Field's home. I hope to sell him a motortruck and so win a fortune," sang Laughing Mnn. "That you will do. Laughing Man, nnd we wiil help oif all we can." chant td all the men and women, using the same charm-like words that had been used before by Johnny Bull, the little old woman and the lame boy. But even ns they chanted it and be fore Laughing Man got his mnchtne stnrted the truck of Cranky .Tlmkins roared past iu a swirl of dust and took OF THE BELGIANS, MODEST BRA VE LEADER OF HERO ARMY King of the Belgians and His Royal Spouse Albert Leopold Clement Mnria Meitrrad, king of tfie Belgians. Born in Brussels April 8, 1S75. He is forty-four years old. Father, Philip, Count of Flanders. Mother, Princess Mary of Hohenzollern. His wife is Queen Elizabeth, Princess of Bavaria; whom he mar ried in Munich in lflOO. During the war she workd unceasinglj in be half of wounded soldiers, often ex posing herself to danger nnd gaining the appellation of "Angel of Merpy." Three children, the eldest of whom is the Crown Prince Leopold Philip, Duko of Brabant, born in Brussels on November 3, 1001. Albert is the monarch who lecThis troops into battle at tbe outset of thu w'ar. Before coming to the throne 4ie worked vin the mines, drove railway engines ami performed other manual labor that brought him into contact with the laboring classes. Toured the world incognito to ascertain facts about merchant ma linc and to broaden his experience generally. During this period ho worked as a newspaper reported on several American newspapers. actly as he had done from the moment he drew Belgium's sword to defend her honor. , He worked eighteen hours a day without rest and his sleep was taken on the cushions of his automobile, when that was possible. After Nieu-port-Dixmude he was so tired that he fell and slept bj the edge of a road. His troops 'passed by in sileucc nnd let him sleep. Often he exposed himself to shellfire and aviators' bombs burst about him. Once a German shell tore off the wheel of the automobile in which he was riding. At another time a chauffeur who had been promised 200,000 to de liver the king to the enemy was shot dead as he endeavored to drive the rojnl enr into the Oct man lines. Hardly a day passed that he was uot in jeopardy of his life aud futile efforts were made by his ministers to induce him uot to expose himself. "My skin is of no more value than vours." he told his heartsick soldiers I on their retreat from Antwerp. "My place is on tbe firing line!" The common people of Belgium hailed their king as a great hero So long as-f he lived the spirit of Belgium would live, they said among themselves; but he took such great risks they were in constant dread. His Speech to Ills Soldiers This was in line with his celebrated address to two picked companies of Belgian soldiers wheu invasion of the little kingdom became a certuiuty. The speech comprised just two seutenccs. They were : "Fellow soldiers, when that great military commander, .Tulius Caesar, wrote his commentaries on the Gallic wars he said, 'Horum omnium forth slml sunt Belgae,' which, translated, means, 'Of all these the bravest arc the Belgians,' Live, up to jour tradi tions." The king of the Belgians has been one of the most compelling figures of By Chas. McManus the lead In the met. So far the charm had seemed to bring only bad luckto the Laughlrig Man. " Cranky .Tlmkins drove ns fast as his truck would go, not caring "for any one or anything else. The Laughing Man, although he had just as swift ft motortruck, went slower so as not to jouifcc his many passengers off the truck. "Do you think Laughing Man will lose because of his kindness?" whis pered Billy to Peggy. "No. because kindness always wlnt In tho long run," answered Peggy. By now Cranky Jimklns waB out of sight around a bend In the road. "Ho, ho, ho! I guess he is golnr to beat me," said Laughing Man, but while he chuckled, Peggy noticed that It was a shaky chuckle, as if the Laugh ing Man were trying to laugh so that he would notshow how disappointed he felt. "Walt and see!" tittered the little old woman. "Walt and see!" giggled the Im. boy. "Wait and see!" laughed all th men and women. Soon they romo to a swamp and all of a sudden Laughing Man put on his brakes full force. There, right ahead of them, was Cranky .Tlmkins, his mo tortruck stuck fast in a, cloy hole. His motor was roaring Mike a railroad en gine, but the wheels of the truck only spun around nnd around In the slippery clay without moving the truck an inch. "We told you so!" sang the Laugh ing Man's passengers. "We told you bo!" (Tomorrow trill be told the ut' expected way Cranky Jimkins get out of the clay hole.) Visited the United States as an Observer in His Care free Days His Royal Consort, Queen Eliz abeth, Knoivn as "Angel of Mercy" modern times. When the issue was forced he decided instantly. Some called him foolhardy. The Germans made that estimate of him the subject of their most intensive propagonda among the Belgian people. The End Crowns the Work Rut the end crowned the work when, not lone after a,int. i. ,.. I " !"", me uriniBiice, ""' "'"r i01"- rears of incredible hero ism and fortitude, the king returned to his capital accompanied by his queen, his two sons, the Princes Leopold and Charles, and the little Princess Marie .lose. The royal party entered Brussels nt the I orte de Flandre and proceeded at once to the Place dc la Nation. All the way was lined by singing, shouting crowds. Such an ovation had never been known even in Brussels. Flowers were strewn In the streets and troops of all the Allied armies acted as escorts. I ' Ever- Inch a Soldier f 'And amid it all King Albert wa apparently unconscious of the fact that he was one of the commanding figures of a war that had rocked the world and had carved for himself a niche of fame in the hull of the immortals of Belgian history. Tall, of soldierly bearing, but wistful-eyed, he is a strikingly handsome mail. ai times of stress lje seems tjven more than oidinariv erect. The wist fuluess vanishes and his eyes flash. He becomes a dominant figure. A modest, unassuming man who did not want to be a king, and did not ex pect to be, whose kingly honors were forced upon him by two deaths, and whose reign has made a little people great. It has been said that King Albert has filled the role of an American newspaper reporter, and this is the ex act fact. It was in the days when he had no v thought of ever coming to the throne occupied by his uncle. King Leopold. Between him and the throne stood Count de Hainaut, King Leopold's son, who died at the age of ten; Prince Baldwin. hW own brother, who was mysteriously killed; his own father, Count, of Flanders and in line for the succession, but who renounced hi claims. Albert, son of the Count of Flanders, was the only remaining male offspring of the Belgian Coburgs. The Count of Flanders was the j-ounger brother of King Leopold. A Newspaper Reporter S So in thoce care -free days Albert started on a tour of the world. He came to America incognito and found keen enjojment in working on a Brook lyn newspaper, actually covering such assignments, fires and the like, and later going to the middle west, where he also obtained emplojment as a re porter on a newspaper largely through uic luuufui-e ul me late James J, Hill, whose acquaintance he had formed and through relationship with whom he was able to make a study of the rail road problems of the northwest, which proved so useful to his people not long after, when he ascended to the throne on December 23, 1000, when he was thirty-four ears old. None of the young prince's fellow-reporters knew the Identity of their royal colleague. Queen Elizabeth, Angel 'of Mercy Queen Elizabeth, who accompanies King Albert on his visit to America and to whom she was married In 1000, as the Duchess Elizabeth, of Bavaria, was described at the time as "a strik ingly handsome woman.'' The marriage was quite generally supposed to have been atgenulne love match. Highly educated and fond of liters' true and r art, music Is said to be a passion with Queen Elizabeth, and she Is an accomplished violinist. She also plays on the piano and mandolin wUn much ability, It is said that she has a marked preference for the old reper toire but confessed to abominating Wagner., Rome yearn ago she developed ( talent as a dramatist ' and In 1000 wrote "Rosamund," a -play which was producrd in Brussels iu March of that year and caused decided stir in th '-'' Belgian capital, Khe is also r. bUIU4 horsewoman. l -v l w i .! i vl '! 1 vii- a 3 -si
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