1W' V? V'L. i 1 1 t PUB J M va . ff .j'i mp West Wind Drift By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON Copyright, ttte, by Oterge Darr MeOutcheen THIS STAHTB THE BTORY The steamship Deralne sailed from Beuth Amerlean pert te the Vnlted nVei with 759 passengers. It was H'tr seen again. Algernon Adenis ncival is ttlicevered a stowaway, ,t ti put te work under guard, Ruth inten. a passenger, recegnises htm , a man ne had danced with at a ,rti Twe deckhand! forsake the ehlp a beat; the wireless trantmttter re- te operate; forty-six of the crew d many pMtengeri are killed n an nlotien. The beat springe a leak, a nte n and thev take te the life ate, 6wt re-enter the big ehlp and Ut for days. Pereival has proved In luable te the captain; he hoe quelled threatened mutiny among the steer ,i passengers. Beth Miss Clinten jl Madame Obesky, a beautiful ue Russian, show marked Interest Ferclvat. At a most critical point id Is stghted an uninhabited and. An exploration party, headed Perctvel, plants the Btars and riven en the inland and commences tulld huts and prepares for a long iu Every one pressed Inte service d'the work Is In the hands of Per xt Landever, a New Yerk banker, i trouble for him by refusing te Its orders, and a clique Is formed. its Clinten Is erv the "Landever" is With Madame Obesky aiding and t(ting Percival in his endeavors. AND 1IEB15 IT CONTINUES IIA.VK a perfect figure," said Olga calmly. "It Is worth preserving. Ne admires my body be much as I de Mlf. I must net get fat Whan you i a fat old woman, I shall still be he m new. Yeu will dlet, and pray, and e because you are crewing old l I shall de nene of these things. I llke a pig. I nerer pray, and I de believe In growing old. But you de come te see me about myself, Miss iten. Yeu find me sitting Idly with legs crossed, and you are surprise, cork as I dance very, eh, se very i whlle I am at ze tacit but with lucnt periods of rest. Se I de net ir out myself tee seen. It le the only i Werk for an hour, rest for ten utj.grelax and forget and you will hew well It gees. Why de you ceme? it te talk about the baby?" Ve. It Is, Madame Obesky. I hwj ie te nsk you te use your Influence i Mr. Percival. Yeu " But 1 have no Influence with Mr. clvall," Interrupted the ether, star- tuth flushed. "Yeu are hlg friend. Vh, yes but nothing mere than lat. i tee, are his friend, Miss Clinten." see little or nothing of Mr. Pecl " said Ruth stiffly. "We are net nds net really friends." But you admlre him, eh? Quite as h as I admlre him and as every ctae does." rnere are certain things about him I admlre, of course" l'eu admire him for the same reason I admire him. Uecause he has a rmtng and agrecable way of telling te go te the devll. In that net se?" Madame Obesky 1" It comes te the samp thing. If you ild like me te put it In another form, has a very courteous way of rcslst- He Is most aggravating, Miss Clin- He Is most disappointing. He uld be llke soft clay in our hand, he Isn't. Is that net se?" Is it net possible, Madame Obe3ky, t we you and I may have an on ly different viewpoint se far an Mr. clval Is concerned" Or nny ether i, for that matter7" P.uth speke lly, almost Insultingly. dare say," agreed Olga, composedly, In the least offended by the lmpll lmpll en. "Yeu want te marry him. I net" Hew dare you Bay that? 1 de net it te marry that man. I de net want narry him, I say." Hew Interesting. Yeu surprise me, i Clinten. It appears, then, that our vpelnt le In nowlse different, after What de you mean by that?" I leave it te your Imagination and eflectien. Listen 1 We may aB well friends. Yeu de net wish te admit iven te yourself, but yeuare In leve. t him. Se am I. The difference be en us Is that I realize I can get ig without him, and still be happy. I am net Jealous, my dear. If I were, leulrt hate you and I de net. He Is ove with you. Yeu knew It perfectly , because you are net a feel. He Is In love with me. Ne mere am I a I am net In leve with him!" 5e be it," Bald Olga shortly. "Hava own way about it. It Iu net my Ir. Yeu have coma te me, however, ius you knew he loves you and you v ou ue net love mm. wny mua . are you afraid of me?" t Is useless te continue this ' ih I see I Yeu de net wish my girls mr our conversation." Without mera the ordered the three girls out of hut. "3e out and play, she com cem ded. Then, ns the girls departed In e, she turned te ltuth. "I am W thtlcsa. Yeu are net In the habit of usslng your love affaire qulte co reusly an I. Poof 1 They de net care, e girls. Leve affairs mean nothing 'have no leve affair te discuss, Mo Me s Obesky. leu need net have sent i away, doed-by. There Id nothing i) te be seldi " Je net go away please. Yeu de net i whether te llke me or net Yeu de understand me. Yeu have never en itered any eman ns honest as I am, is the trouble. Sit down, please. Let talk. We may be here together or. Uland all the rest of our lives, Miss ten. It would net be right for us te i each ether. When you are married ir. rerclvall you will have nothing te from me. I give you my solemn oath ut, Misu Clinten. Our little world U tee small. If we were out In the t big world well, It might lie differ then. But, hew, I nsk ou, is It pos i for me te run away with your hus l when there Is no place te run away ie spoke fe quaintly that ltuth d In spite of herself. l'eu are a most extraordinary per- Madame Obesky. I I can't dislike Ne, thank, you. I Bha'n't sit down. me te see veu about the naming of baby, I suppose you knew that we ten have decided te oppose the " V'es, yes I knew," Interrupted the r. "But why should we oppesc7 It Vfry small malter." le you really belteve theso men had have the right te ptve a name te ty Cruise's baby? I don't believe Ittdame Obesky.'' in the first place, can you hlame Mr. Ivall for taking the matter out of the tier's hands? Mothers are very, eh, ery stupid sometimes, you knew. Fer mple, my dear Miss Clinten, you but te see what Mr. Perclvall's hr did te him when he wan an in - Hhe called him Algernon Adenis why? Uecause she thought he wai most wonderful child In all the la and because she was silly. I ran est hear her arguing new with the er, peer man. One day I nktil M wn Adenis what name his father 1 him by I wee se eure he wi'Uld call him Algernon. He snid that up h day hlB fr.thtr died he called htm That's a boy's name, you fcce. I am wer of children being named by out ', disinterested outsiders a com cem ee or something men prcferably, I k this child should be called Oeralne. 'y Crulie she de net care whnt she it new that it is net possible te call jnmy I'erclvall or Perclvail Jimmy, las it occurred te you that If it had ' & boy, all these men would have led en Jimmy, without the Perct- like the name Deralne we all de. t we resent Is Mr. Perclval's pre- Ptlen In " t ine tell you one mere thing. De Permit Mr. Perclvail te address your snatlen meeting tonight, for If you ana he smiles zat nice, good.hu geod.hu goed.hu M smile and tells the ladles xat he is y te have displease them, and zat he e blame entirely for the blunder ' Zat will be the endl" ' m net se sure of that." Bald ltuth. re are some very determined women '" u". Madame Obesky." A faint iiPDar.e1 between her eyes, however "no acknowledging doubt and uncer. ttT" you W net ieia U8 ,n the e" said elga, shaking her head, "I you would render tliat ferce lm. i sec. new wlse you wem Kn.S??ili0?iiteJt.tA" m,,n nav their way rar.l' t'MntSB- M,M Cnten. It makea K2r"i.h2LIL0.m'ieh. aaaler t manage ?,IVien?rch of n" n surveyfl and' he V S"1M th5 me-8t nimble of subjects. As J- - i.w,a'. bfer?' W9 maY all be here for a long, long time. Ne one can telL !2'ni. atlyA we "lust pat our men en the ... an(?. ,e" Tcm what great, wise, SiTi,n,r,feIIevr" tney ere and hew geed .pliant tee. anen they will fight for V,?." i V?? ,IeI!' ftnd "y they will work rer m llke the nsa and the oxen, be cause man he enjoys te be applauded greatly. A man llkcg te have hle hair rubbed gently with the finger tips. He will smlle and clew his eyes and If he knew hew ha would purr llke the cat But, my dear, he de net llke te have his nalr pulled. Zat is something for you te remember you and all your deter m'n'l women, as you call them." Of course you understand, Madame Obesky, I and the ether women are thinking only of Uctty Cruloe in this matter." "Trem what I haa been told, all these men out here stayed awake half the night thinking about her. Mlsa Clinten. They behave like ee many distracted fathers waiting for news from the bed chamber, lllefin their hearts, you might think from thulr actions that the whele two three hundred of them conslder thcmsehM the consolidated father of zai single inrant." "I must be getting back te my work,' sam iiutu abruptly. Her eyes were shining, her voice was soft and strangely thick. "But." she wnt nn lirn.vi.1v. nrtup clearing her threat, "we Intend te flgh !i.eu? wlln mem jusi me name, Madame Olga went te the deer with her. "Yeu menn you Intend te fight It out With Mr. Pereivnll vnu vnnruir i.,?" "It Is net a personal matter with me, let me remind veu once mero. He Is their leader. He demlnntMt thm tTa in t,a ferce that heldn them together. That'r "And v( potent; eh? en are r ltuth stepped iihert, struck by the re mar):. "Say that again, please." Olga repeated the words slowly. slB' nincantly, and added: "They might have a worse leader. Miss Clinten." At another time, Iluth Clinten would haVti been dpenlv Imnrwuun,! hv fit im. .1. .!..!. , .!. JL " ' - .. ". . triijriB Biifniiicance et me iiusman s . .1 ut "ne Wils at tne mercy of a eiuuuvm, reoeuieuB pnac. une cnose te Ignore the warning that lay In Obesky remark. She felt herself beaten, and the wan ueiiniu. ii was tee jute te nark new t the mild. temtieriLtH Vii1ia nf r.niinn. Something rankled deep down In her huui, Bemetning nne was iuliamea te ac knowledge even te iH-rself. It was the disagreeable convlatlen that Perclval as cribed her activities te nothing mere Rtable than femlnlne perversity in fact, she had the uncomfortable feeling that he even went be far as te attribute them te tipltefulness Something In his voice and mnnrcr. no he left her that morning, suggested the kindly chiding of a. will ful child. Well, he should see 1 "I don't care what It nil comes te, Ma dame Obesky," she said, a red opet In each cheek. "Hu nha.Il net name that oaey. The Russian smiled. "Korglve me for saying that you will net feel be bitterly toward him when the tlme comes for him te name your baby." iiuin a una ien apart, sne M.ireii for a moment In sheer autonluhrnent. Then she paled with anger. Drawing herself te her full height, she nuked: "Are you deliberately trying te make me ilesploe you?" "Dy no means," replied the ether quite cheerfully. "I am merely gllng you something te think about, zat is all." "llubbish!" was nil that ltuth flung ever her shoulder no she walked away. CHAPTER XV It was the neon hour. Scores of men were resting In the sliade of the huts as the strode briskly past. They all smiled cheerily, but there was geed humored mockery In their smiles. Here nnd there were groups of women talking earnestly, excitedly. Abel Landevor was leaning In his doorway, watching her approach. His eyes gleamed. She was very beautiful, she was very desirable She had been In his mind for months this fine, otreng, thoroughbred daughter of a thorough bred gentleman. His sleeves were rolled up, his threat waB bare ; hln strong, deeply lined face was rd brown an a berry; if anything, his cold gray eyes were hnrder and mero penetratlng than In the days when they looked out from a whiter countenance. He was a atreng, dominant flgure dcuplte the eMate te which he had fallen a silent, sinister llgure that might well have been de de serlbed as "The Thinker." Fer he was always thinking. "I understand you tackled the 'boss this morning, Iluth," he bald as she came up. "I daresav the news is all ever the Island by this time," 6he replied, still angry. "was It worth whlle7" he Inquired, a trace or aensien in ms voice. She was en the point of replying rather emphatically In the negative, when sud denly ehe recalled the leek In Perclval's eyes and the tlrst words he epeke te her. She caught her breath. Her eyes npark led. her lips parted In a rosy smile. "Yes, Mr. Landevcr, It was worth whlle," Bhe aald, nnd went en, leaving him te reflections that were as per plexing as they were unanticipated. She experienced a short spell of trlumplu After all Pcrclval was In love with her She did net need Olga Obesky te tell her that. She could see, she could feel for herself. A certain glee possessed her Indeed, as she after after eord succeeded In analyzing the sen sation. It bordered decidedly an malice. She had It in her power te make him miserable and unhappy. She would en joy seeing mm unnappyi THE GUMPS Bunk Is Bunk HOW V? IT CA) NBVEfc 30T MWtvtEt i rV O VL. WXW VOVR. VOOtt'S rWV OVHl. tt.HFNEMEtvr 600t MAM OUT or A VWOHfrOVFUL VITE. f I wnn t4"-r &&M k wxrcreH 7 " " TS .'. -T - - M CM . WMIKT VJK jth jyvsr MM UVVNC . Jl. Ol BWT VeVTVE hm a ut qv SWHETHOSfartS A.U. KA6HY 6OOtU)0KH VSrOMEN TVUT CKM 3VX AMV MAM V0) WAWT JUT VWIU XOU PeHT piee . 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By Hayward I-1 TV1IS A40RAJIW6 t DE.-BE.RATELV WALk X RI6HT THROUGH The 5MOKIA4G CAR ! r J fey A-fMrwA.-wr "7 t - ,1 1 The Yeung Lady Acress the Way THE POWERFUL K AT RINK A By FONTAINE FOX V The meanness of the woman who lenirs te Injure the man who loves her, whether loved or unloved, revealed Itself for the moment In this fair-minded, generous girl. (It Is a common trait, admitted by many fair-minded and gen erous women.) Hut even an she cod dled and encouraged the little sprout of vengeance, the chill of common sense rushed up nnd blighted it hrhe had a sickening Impression that Pcrclval would fall te play the part according te her conception. In fact, he was quite capable or net playing It at all. Ue would pursue the even tenor of his way she actually mode use of the tlmo-henored phrnse In her reflection- and she would get small satis faction out of that. Moreover, there was Olga Obesky te be reckoned with. She was conscious of a het, swiftly passing sense of suf focation as the thought of Olga rushed unbidden Inte her brain for an Instant only and then come the reactien: a queer chill that raced ever her body from head te feet What part would Olgitf Obetky pluy In the game? The women congregated en the for ward deck of the Deralne after supper that night The evening repast wan no ler.ger dignified by the word dinner. The sky was Inky black; net a star flickered In the vault above, There wure low, far-off mutterlnga of thunder. Th rail lanterns few nnd far between threw their pallid beams down Inte the rippling basin In a sickly effort te pone pene pone trate the gloom. Captain Trigger and Mr. Mett, smok ing their pipes un the makeshift bridge, studied the throng of women In dour silence. , "I understand the farmers are pray ing for rain." remarked Mr. Mett, sniff Ing the air with considerable satlsfac- "It would de no end of geed," said Captain Trigger, without taking his eyes from the chattering mass below. Mr. Cedge, the purser, Joined them, "What nre thev waiting for?" he asked. "Why don't they call the meet ing te erderr .,.,.,. "They did that half an hour age," said Mr. Mett. "Qqed I.erd, man, can'l you hear them talking? Have you no ears at all?" "But they're all talking at once." "And whv 'heuldn't thev?" demnnded the first officer. "It's their meeting, "I met Miss Clinten as I was coming up, She was going te her room. I asked her hew the meeting was gettlng nleng. I don't believe she understood nie. because all rhe eald was 'good night'" . . , "I guess she understood you, all rlnht," said Mr. Mett, again jnlKIng th. air, "Seems te me It's getting a little nearer. Captain Trigger. There's n little brewe coming up, tee." (CONTINUED TOMOimOW) The young lady across the way hitys the company wants te raise the price of natural run from thirty te sixty cents a thousand feet and she'll venture te say a geed many of the feet aren't mere than eight or nine inches long, either. WW 4BtfK Wr VwW "T"M ffWVW Aff MMLf "Vt&W u -fan ac & JuiAOU SCHOOL DAYS g DWIG r 'dcas; -i ji - "" " ' ..r m cm TrtT .' .-' 1 InSwit. "S- CUP. J-.'J... !?,S, i- "" rr; nv jrw jMt I T L . -. Sl 4 Ov ,t rT , HS1TS uua. fte bt T Uf J i Xtttrttt .i. If s.it.i" VVM i lUCTAttTJSCHOOv 1 : . 1,1 PETEY These Things De Happen - 1VST A MIMUTE LA5V 0J D"ROPPCO A Package' V cv. By C. A. Veighf - Come avav PRbM "iHAf Haw c. V&.. ewctiit aWVF' Weep." 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