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A DAUGHTER of TWO WORLDS
A Stent 0 (tew Verk 1AI
By LEltOY SCOTT
Author ot "No. J WasMnolon Square," "Hani RtBtn," its.
Printid bu uptetat arrangement with
Houghton Mtfflin C.
CotvrlgM, lH, bv Lcrou Scott.
rpim night was raucous with the
1 " voices of new sboys shouting nn extra.
"Sounds Hko a murder," remarked
TJnclo George; aud bouelit an Evening
Telegram from n bellowing vender.
The next instant, Ins eyes' on the huge
headline htrclutcheil Harry's arm.
"Great Clod!" hi gasped, "Larry
Murdochs just teen killed J"
But alt Harry's senses were so
aennitely fixed elsewhere that he did
not even hear Uncle George. He walked
on toward tho avenue.
"And It ebjr they don't know yet
who Wiled hitnl" exclaimed Uncle
George".
Harry kept mechanically on. At the
corner ho pouted, and his gaze, turned
UP Hie avenue, fixed upon the front
of the hotel. He was not even cont
(.clous of Uncle George, at his side,
staring with loose face at the Tele
pram's four-JIno story of the murder.
Ho saw ouly a low-built touring car
in itn tomifiiu tun tieures. Hue liar-
hswtrison' and Billy Grrtyson, though he did
.not men Know who nicy were anu m
tho driver's seat Kenneth Harrison.
Then ho. saw Keuncth spring out of the
car-rsavy Jennie coine out of tho
Grantham's main entrance and cross
Xho sidewalk saw Kenneth with a
smile on his handsome face, and with
the manner of proud ownership, help
her in, and place himself ut her side
and then saw the car move nwny.
It wab at that, moment that to Harry
Edwards the world seemed to come to a
definite end.
How' Harry Used a Useless Life
HOW he got there, or why he came
there, Harry Edwards never knew ;
tut at Yi o'clock that sume night he
sank down at a solitary table in IJlnck
Jerry's cafe. Perhaps he had been
guided by the subconscious urge to get
ack to the scene of Jennie's early life
back where there had been no banlcrs
between them, lie aiterwaru irmciii
bred oulv wandering in a wild daze,
keeping away from main street, having
no purpose, conscious only of tin pnin
ho bore within him, and he remem
bered slipping once, twice, several time,
through doorways iu these obscure
streets and swallowing the 'raw stuff
they set forth as anodyne for that nst
agony which seemed now alone to con
stitute his being.
At Black Jerry's In again ordcreu
whisky, and it was brought him. He
gulped it down.
"Telephone call for you a little while
go, Harr.v." said the waiter.
"A.' ri" Harry replied indifferently.
"Bring 'notller whisky."
Ho noted, iery dimly, that the reg
ular habitues of the Pokiu, those from
the neighborhood, were drawn close to
gether in little groups, and were talking
in excited undertones. He dimly sensed
that there was something out of the
usual in their behavior, but he was not
conscious enough to wonder what it
might mean.
He had another drink and another
nnd another Hut as yet one more was
being brought him. Black Jerry ap
peared beside his table and motioned
the waiter away.
"Take back tliut drink. Sid," Jerry
ordered. "Harry don't wont it."
"Wha's tin'?" demanded Hnrrv, mi
rtIIv tring to rise. "I ordered tha'
drink-rl got money to paj I got ri'
to drink it!"
"Sit down, Harry"," nnd Jerry firmly
pushed him back into his chair and sat
down beside him. "You ain't used to
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carry now. Sec here, Harry with
gruff kindliness "I been watching you.
Something must hnvc happened to start
jou off like this. Whnt's wrong?"
Harry's bloodshot eves glowered de
fiantlv. "None jour damn business!"
"Oh, yes, it is.- I've known jou
since , you was n Kid. You know I'm
your1 friend. Come across what's eat
inff von?"
Harry pondered this. Then he leaned
over the table nnd wnispereu: "jerry,
I've jus' seen her!"
Black Jerry needed no explanation.
Tin tlnnoed about. 'Their table was In
n rear corner and no one was within
bearing flistnnce.
You stiff," he whispered, half sav
ncclT. "Don't you know that's dan
ftcrous? Did anybody see you with
her?"
"Think not. Jus' Jennie Uncle
George m'self. Yes, Slim Jackson suw
us." ,
"'Slim Jackson!" A groan sounded
fleen down in Jerry's chest. "If Slim
Jackson starts anything, I'll attend to
him. What (I you sec iier tort"
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"You know her engagement riven
ncth Harrison?"
"Yes."
Harry's bloodshot gaze became de
fiant Hgain. "Guebs you know I'd al
ways banked on her marrying me. Had
to sco her to put up fight for my own
rase my last chance. Well she turned
mo down. Tha's wha's matter with
me!"
"You better forget all about it."
Black Jerry nodded. "We're In the
same boat, Harry. I've give her up,
"Youl" flared Harry. "You're only
her father!" Black Jerry was tol
erantly silent.
"She's turucd me down!" Harry re
peated wildly. "My God, Jerry, she's
turned me down 1 And me" clutching
his crumpled shirt "I don't care now
what happens to mel I'm through!
Jerry perceived tho dangerous reck
lessness of the other's mood ; perceived
that Harry should be both humored and
handled with firmness. "You're a bit
off your bean, Harry you've had too
much booze. Come on, I'm going to
take ou home."
"Won't go home!" declared Harry.
"Now, Harry," persuaded Jerry,
"we'ro pals, you and me. Ain't we
both had to give her up? That makes
us pals, don't it? There s nothing I
wouldn't do for you. So let your old
ual take jou home."
"Won't go home!" Aud Harry set
tled stubbornly in his chair.
Black Jerry recognized that he hao
to change to a new tack. He had to
keep Harry cngnged until his mood
changed, and he chose the topic of in
terest closest nt hand.
"Who do you think shot him,
Harry?"
"Sll.nf n.hn?"
Jerry stared. "You mean you ain't
heard ! If you'd been, alive you'd nave
lonmeil Heht here UN all that the
bunch in this joint have talked about.
t mean the murder of Larry Murdock.
Un't you heard?" , , ,
Harry recalled exclamations unnceu
ed at the time, of Uncle George over
the extra bought outside the Grantham.
And ho began to apprehend that thin
mnttrr hud connection with the life
that had been his iu that far-away
time before he bad learned of Jcnulc s
engagement.
"Yes, 1 heard," he answered.
"Who do -.ou think shot Murdock?
Harry shook his head. Don't know
an thing about it. Who you think?
"The talk iu here nil runs that that
hie light between Murdock and Conway
,,) behind it. They think that sonic
one who wns strong for Conway must
have done it. Guess thut's the way the
eoppers'U size it up. too. W e re all
sure something big is about to break
down in this part of town.. All that
this crowd in here is doing is wonder
ing what's going to happen next, and
wondering who the guy is that croaked
Murdock, and wondering if the cop
ners'll grab him."
For the moment Black Jerry forgot
Harry's troubles. This was a world
vent to him, and another was impend
ing. Harry, too, his faculties quick
ened a bit. sensed something of the
situation's importance. g
Before either spoke ngairi. the wait
er who had scried Hnrrv lai n hand on
the Mumg fellow's shoulder. "Tcliphone
call for you again." lie said.
Hnrrv swned into n booth nnd closed
the door. "Hello." he called.
"Is that Ilnrry lMuards?" asked the
oieo on the wire.
"Yes."
"Don't mention nnv names, but do
vou know who this is?"
Next to Jennie's that voice was the
one he would have most quickly rccog.
nlzed nnvwhere.
"Yes."
"I've got to see you. Harry quick.
Can you meet me at the office in ten
minutes?"
"Sure."
"Then I'll go rUht over to the office.
If tliintzM are daik, come right in any
how. The door'll lie unlocked. And,
Harry, better not let anybody see jou
come."
"All right." There were a few more
sentences, then Harry hung up. That
fricndlv voice, anxious, Coaxing, yet
imperative, had cleared his murky brain
ot a little more. He had been asked
to come alone. Through the glass door
of the booth he eyed Black Jerry, and
planned with befuddled cunning. Thep
iie stepped out, und moved to Jerry's
side.
"That wns just a crazy fellow T
kuow wants me to meet him uptown,"
he explained. "But you're right, Jerry.
Thin? for me to do is to go home."
"Glad jou sec it that way, Harry.
I'll jubt go with you like I said."
(CONTINUED MONDAY)
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
My DADDY
"TICKLE TOE TIMMY"
(Peaatl. Billy and .Judge Owl, made
tiny as mice 6j doing through a meg
aphone, are taken on a, tickling spree
bu Tickle Toe Timmy, an elf.
Mother Mature catches them, wak
ing up icinler sleepers and causes
them to be tickled and spanked.)
Peggy Sings a Lullaby
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The tree roots, urged on by Mother
Nature, tried tp make a good job ot
their .parikihg of Billy, Peggy, Judge
Owl-'ftVd Tickle Toe Timmy. They used
their1 dozens of hands freely and wheu
one W'l t0011 a rest ot"er ,iaud was
ready, to spank in its pace.
But'affer Peggy and Billy got over
their first startled surprise at this kind
ot thrashing, they found they were
being more seared than hurt. The trees
had beep asleep for a long time, and
the roots were slow nnd stiff. Their
blows didn't land hard enough to harm
a fly, ,
The Undcrground.Folks were enjoying
tho'-jm.anking spree hugely, but Mother
Nature was busy looking after her
awakened' children. As her eyes rested
upon the fonts p the flowers that Peggy
bad awakened, sho gavo a cry of disr
tress. '
'"Oh, my poor flower children, they
are freezing to death!" True enough,
the -flowert! had pushed themselves so
far upwiml. jn the cold earth that they
were fecjing the 'killing touch of Old
Man "Winter. ' "Go back to sleep, chil
dren," pegged Mother Nature "Go
back to' sleep. That's the only way to
savO' your llyes."
"We con'to .back to sleep," wailed
the poor flowers. "The tickling touch
ot spring has made us so wide awk4
wo must climb and climb, even though
wo climb to frozen doom.''
"Oh, you poor dears, nothing can
sayo you unless you go back to sleep,"
walled Mother Nature.
Peggy w'cs shocked nt the result ot
her tickling joke on tho flowers. If sho,
couia'ouly uo .something to save them
if 'hicco'uW only, nut them tq Bleep.
Then Jeggy thought of Way to nut
them .to weep-tbe wny eyery mother
uses with hw;,babe. ftho forgot that
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she was befng spanked and began to
sing a lullaby:
"Sleep, little flowers! Sleep, pretty
flowers !
Sleep while I sins.
Sleep through dark hours! Sleep
throueh cold hours!
Sleep till the spring!"
An l'eggv sang the Flower Spirits
stopped climbing upward mid crept
b'iek to listen. And as they listened
they nodded nnd nodded and went
safely to sleep.
And now, to Peggy's surprise, she
found the spauking stopping. The Tree
Spirits were listening, nnd as they lis
tened they crept back into the warm
earth nnd nodded and nodded nnd went
to slqep. The rpots drooped and the
prisoners were free.
"Now is the time to escape !" whis-
pered Father Rabbit. Peggy looked
around and found that all the Under
ground Folks hod n6dded to sleep like
the flowcrB upd trees, and so had Mother
Nature nnd Tickle Toe Timmy. The
rnDDlts were tnc only ones awake, nnd
of course, they were not winter
sleepers.
Fntlicr Itabbit helned Pecsv on Tiunnv
Rabbit's back, Hilly nn Pinky and
Judge Owl on Johnnv Rabbit. Whisk!
They were In n dark tunnel. Whisk!
They scurried through a twisting pas
sage. Plump! They stopped suddenly,
and Peggy, Bijly and Judge Owl went
flying over the rabbits' heads and out
of the mouse's hole, right Into Peggy's
nome. a. great cregiure was scaring
down upon them. It was Blackie, the
cat, crouched to spring, for he thought
them mice.
Before them was the small end of
tho megaphone. Judge Owl trawled
into it, and flapped out the other end
as big as ever. IJIlly followed, chang
ing Into a real boy. Peggy came last,
jumping into the megaphone just as
Illacltle pounced down behind her. , At
once she was her usual size,
- The door slammed, as Billy and Judge
Owl made for their own homes. Peggy
was back in' her chair, alone except for
Blackie, who couldn't understand where
the supposed mice bad vanished,
"Oo-oo-oo!" roared Old Man Win
ter down the chimney.
"My, that sounds cold," ehivcred
Teggy. "I'm glad the Flower Spirits
and the Tree Spirits nnd the Under
ground Folks are all safely asleep
again. And I'm going to be asleep In
my own cozy bed just as quickly as I
can get there."
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and Blflu take a trip to visit, the lirds
in 'the 0uy South.)
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