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I ' By ISABEL OSTRANDER
'Author of "The Island of Intrigue," "Suspense," "Ashes to Ashes," tie.
Copyright, Jltl, v lleltrt JW. McUridt rf Co.
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Ift, ..vr. .t.o'11 never snenk. 1 meant
i '. nui ---- 7 - . .
- Mr. CrevclInR una an, vinvcny.
'JIwvij n ront opportunity, straight from
KiJecc! -Mr 'AVnvcrly died
ii.Vrt dlca or a mi-oko nt the card
. we'll let (l.o doctor havo Mm
i Ifiv nbout tlmt when we call him In.
H, Crevcllnff murdered or did he kill
rwrnwlf? Thnt is the miration Hint we
ffn Ui! room, linye. cot. to answer to
Si P,rllli" nem fhoughl of that I"
' O-Rourbo sprang from his chair. "You
Mated Wnvcrly to speak, Tlmmlc. but
t :'.B'ii have n nell ol n time turning nny-
Mhlng out from him now! o vc got a
nneC 10 IlllSil VYKIJlllHlt. Ul Hint 11'
Se wed ever know! Poor little Stella
y-Avorly will be npiircd this crownlmj
JiKrace, after nil the Indignities ho has
Jinntd on her for yeari 1"
'Cl Mri-. Crcvcllng?" McCnrty in
I'mnted. "There's one thnt'U have to
bi toW, Sir O'Jlourke. Aside from It
hplne her right to know, she'll never
Hit until she findsout the truth, nnd
Z her tenrch for It sho might drag In
mnocent lrrople and dig up things thnt
Are fur bettu- left burled'
"If you tell her you might ns well tell
i(,b world!" Cutter shrugged again.
'. "Her senro of justice won t bo satisfied
till she cries Wnvcrly's name from the
1 louietops when sho knows why they
i ."She'll go after the the cnusc of
that quarrel, too, tooth nnd nail, nnd
though you couldn't blame her, I must
lay my sympathies arc with Mrs. Wav
f'rfy, for she's the weaker of the two.
It would be one thing to live down the
(act that jour husband hnd committed
suicide and another to havo his memory
branded ns a murderer!"
"What if w-c were to tell Mrs. Crcve
ling the truth and persunde her to keep
ft a secret forever, for the sake of the
other woman who would suffer need
Ictslv?" McCarty urged. "We could
tell her the truth about the manner of
her husband's death, but the cause !
Gentlemen, they qunrrclcd over a game
of cards!"
CHAPTER XXIII
The Last Hand
A ND to you are going back to the
fi old country?" McCarty asked.
'Til miss you both sorely, for 'twas n
breath of the times that arc gone that
jou brought with you, Lady Peggy!"
It was a month later and McCnrty
tat beside Mrs. O'ltotirkc in the deep
window teat of her little sitting-room.
"It's best." She spoke with n slight
tightening of her Jlps. "America has
not been Unkind to us and some of the
friends we fount were good nnd true.
bat since John found out the truth nbout
Mr. Waverly's crookedness through Mr.
Ford exposing him In the papers for
cheating at cards he's disgusted. Ho
wants to go back and settlo down und
be 'the' O'ltourkc once more nnd I I
shall be so glad!"
"You'll be hnppicr there," said Mc
Carty in a low tone.
"I wonder!" She was gazing off into
pac and her blue eyes hnd misted. I
wonder if they will come back? Hut
will you tell me my fortune, Sir. Mc
Carty? I promise not to laugh but to
believe you true!"
She held out her small palm and he
took it very gently ns though it were
a fragile thing that might break in his
clasp.
"There s a long life before you, Lad
"You've known nil the sorrow thnt'll
ever come to yoU, nnd the way Is clear
now, nnd sunn.v nnd ncaceful." Ho
drew a deep breath and added slowly broil
nnd very deliberately: "I wonder howPcr;
eo uciicate n bit of a hand could stand
tho kick of a .II?"
"You know, then? I'm glnd, I
think." Then after a little silence:
'How long hnve you known?"
"Since tho last time 1 came here J
that Sunday night, do you remember?
I d come for n bit. of a chat with him
self nnd ho brought mc in here to you.
You were sitting nt that desk over there
writing n letter nnd as I stepped Up to
you to shako hands I looked down ; I
don't know what made me for I hadn't a
thought of tho truth." He paused.
"The words you hud written stared up
at me ns though they were in letters
of flume and I knew the writing; I'd
been looking for it ever since a cer
tain note came into my hands with
seven words nt tho bottom of It. 'I ac
cept. Expect mo half-past twelve.'
"Of course I'd known from the
mlnuto I stood beside that supper table
In the other house that a woman and
not n man had been there; the remains
of that supper showed that it had been
light and fancy, not nt all the sort of
stuff for the hearty appetites of two
men. nnd I thought I could guess what
had happened but I wasn't sure. When
I knew who,thc woman was I couldn't
think nt first why she hnd done it.
There was some oho who I thought
could tell me, but but I got no hint
from his lips. I think the whole story
of It Is clear to roc now."
"I wonder (f It Is?" sho taid slowly.
"You know the old, reckless, gambling
strain in the blood of both John and
me, Mr. McCarty."
"The fine old sporting strain!" he
exclaimed. "Tell me why you did it,
Lady Peggy; why you killed him!"
"I am trying to do so," he replied.
"Wo're as poor us church mice, you
know. The rents nt home were getting
lower nnd lower nnd the dear old cnstlc
tumbling nbout our cars. John had a
wild idea about coming to America and
getting rich as quickly as some million
aires do here, and so wc came and got
In with Sir. Cutter and all that tot. I
loved the cards, too ; the gambling fever
was strong in mc jia well "ns In him.
Soon I was deep in debt and I couldn't
bear to tell him, for he had lost, also,
and tho disgrace of it stared me in the
face, blcepliig nnd waking !
"The man who who died in his
study that night had been very kind. I
did not realize thnt it wns all part of
a gnmc. a horrible, vile gnmc which
none of my sort hnd ever played. He
knew the position I was in, lie offered
to lend mc money and I wns weak
enough to accept It. I gave him notes,
of course, and I always hoped to win
bnck enough to pay him, but I lost in
stend; he saw to that! When I wns
In tio deep to rxtricnte myself he put
on the serous and I wns desperate! I
knew that John would never forghe me
if he knew- nnd there was no one 1o
whom I could turn. He thut man
demanded that I come and have supper
with him; he said he had n proposition
to make whereby I could repav him,
und nc hub ho piausiuic mat i half be-
"He said if I enmo that I should
have my notes bnckf thnt he would
trust to my word, nnd at Inst I con
sented. He sent n peremptory message.
tummonlng me and I went,' but-1 took
the pistol with me; It wan one that a
servant of oura had carried in the war
nnd left here when he went West.
"I stole like a thief out of my own
house and down tho nvcnuo to his. and
made a pretenso of eating tho supper
Which was Intel out, I even trlml fn
,jmoko n cigarette, but tho nmber holder
urouc in my lingers. It was nftcr sup
per, in the study, that he laid his cards
on the tabic and I had no choice. I was
nlonc with him. and It mennt his life
against what wns moro to me thnn my
own. You understand now, don't you,
Sir. McCnrty?"
"Yes." lie nodded very gravels,
but nbout thnt nine of diamonds.'
"That card! You found It?" Sho
glanced quickly nt him and then nway.
"It wns a lucky card, a mnicot which
Sir. Wnvcrly had given me. I knew its
history; once before the words 'no
quarter' had been written ucross the
face of it nnd I took it with inu to show
thnt man. If his intentions toward mo
were really as black ns I feared, that
I, too would give no quurtcrj I did
show it to him, but ho couiiieii'ii by
showing me my promissory notes and
AH
telling mc thnt in the morning they
would bo in my husband's hands if I did
not surrender. The card fell to the
floor, and afterward afterward, when
he, too, Jay nt my 'feet I looked down
nnd saw it. I picked it up without
thinking what I was doing' nnd it was
stained with his blood I A sort of hor
ror seized mc then nnd I thrust It under
something, I don't know what. I took
my notes, laid the pistol beside his hand
and stumbled out of the house I don t
know how I got homo; I dori't remem
ber unythlng until I found myself In
mv own room, and all thnt had pnsscd
since I left It seemed like a frightful
dream."
"And Hint's all It is. Lady Peggy. A
dream that you'll wnkc up from nnd
.forget when you're bnck in the old
'country again," SlcCnrty said softly.
"Oh. what a friend you nrel" Her
eyes were) shining ns sho turned them to
his once more. "But why didn't you
denounce mc? Why didn't you speak
when you knew? It wns your duty, you
were an officer of the law I"
"Tho law that man hns made, maybe,
but there's a higher law than thnt, and
by It you were justified." He paused
nnd ndded whimsically: "Would I go
back on my own? You're Irish, too,
Lady Peggy!"
TUB END
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tentment of mind. . 'that.
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PHILADELPHIA MINERAL FLOORING
AND PRODUCTS CO.
5632-34-36-38 and 40 Summer Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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To the Printers on Strike ,
There appeared in two Philadelphia newspapers on Sunday last a long statement
by your union officials. It contained some facts, but omitted all that were most vital.
The evident intent was to mislead you and the public. On the assumption that you
want all the facts., and with this evidence that your leaders are not playing fair with
you, we insert this statement.
In August, 1919, the chairman of the Labor Committee 3? the Typothetae of Phila
delphia did inform the Press Feeders' Union "that if tlrest of the large printing
centers in the United States gave the .forty-four-hour weeloon May 1, 1921, Philadelphia
would undoubtedly do likewise."
77ns was a promise under certain given conditions, i. c, that provided the rest of
the large printing centers granted the 44-hour work week, Philadelphia would do Wec
ivisc. As a matter of fact, only a small number of the printing centers of the United
.States have granted the forty-four-hour week, and in one of them at least, Chicago,
certain large 'ihops are working the fifty-hour week.
Again: The Constitution of the United Typothetae of America prohibits that
organization as a body from entering into any agreements regarding wages, hours and
other labor questions.
In 1919 the Closed Shop division did agree to grant the forty-four-hdfir week,
beginning May 1st of this year. That division represented 516 closed-shops, as against
about 4600 open shops which did not enter into the agreement. The members of the
Philadelphia Typothetae were not members of the closed shop division and entered into
no agreement with anybody regarding a shorter week. And, note: The International
Joint Conference Council has no recognized or implied authority of any kind; it can only
recommend.
New York city promised the 44-hour week and is giving it, but there are more
printers out of employment in New York city today than the total number employed in
Philadelphia before the strike. We are desirous of avoiding such conditions in this city.
Part of Chicago has granted the 44-hour week, yet some of the largest open shops
are working fifty hours. Washington, Newark and Indianapolis have granted it; but
the rest of the country has taken its stand unalterably against the forty-four-hour
week, and even in the cities named there are many open shops working the forty-eight-hour
week.
This is a plain statement of .facts for the benefit of the man who wants the facts.
We do not intend to engage in controversy, but we wish to prevent you from being
misled. ,
Meanwhile, we state again that most of the plants in Philadelphia are continuing
to do business without you, other persons are being found, or trained, to take your places;
and under no conditions will we grant the forty-four-hour week.
It is unreasonable; we have never promised it and we will not grant it.
The Typothetae of Philadelphia
and Other Employing Printers
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S11 , mmmmmmmmm 11111 myij
NELLENBURGN
ENTIRE BLOCK,-MdBKET H& to I2& STREETS iV 3
1000 Straw Hats
For Men
In a Wednesday
Special
at$2.20ca
A chance to got an
up-to-thc-minuto now
straw hat for Decorn
tion Day nt an extraor
dinary savinirl Best
1921 shapes all sizes.
SHELIEHBURSS First Floor
Another of Those Famous Combination
Offers From the Leather Store
Genuine Cowhide Suitcases
With Pint-Size Vacuum
Bottles
Complete
i:HC&l for
m ( flrnm
UYm
(fflUSULWKS
S $11.95
The leather in tho cases is fine top-surface
cowhide your choice of 21 or 26 inch sizes.
If preferred the vncuum bottle can be re
moved and another bottle used in its place.
Comuip right at the beginning of the
fiummor season this offer will interest many
peoples and the case alone sells in many
stores for more than the nrico we ask for the
combined outfit. bNIXLCNBUftGS First Floor
2W0 Pairs
Children's Silk-Mixed
Mercerized Sports Hose
At 5QC Pair
Former! Sold Up to $1J0 Pair
Three-quartcr-lcngth hose with turn-over
tops in cordovnn, blue, green and black
combination heather mixtures. Sizes 6
to 10. SHELLENBURgS First Floor
Marvelous Sale of
10,000 Huckaback
and Turkish Towels
at One-third Below Regular
60c Turkish Towels at 35c Ea.
All-white and fancy Jacquard weaves,
woven from fine terry yarns, largo tick nnd
spongy. Hommoti ends.
24c Huckaback Towels at 15c Ea.
Size 18.3G inches. Fine, firm, even weave,
all white or with colored borders. Hemmed
ends.
51.50 Hemstitched Linen Huckaback
Towels, 80c Each
All pure linon towels with deep damask
borders woven wri-ath for monogram space.
Large size; snowy bleached.
$1.50 Turkish Bath Towels, 85c Ea.
Extra fino, heavy, large-bizc Turkish
towels, woven from fine terry yarns, with
deep colored Jacquard -weave borders and
hemmed ends.
$1.20 and $2.00 Huckaback Guest
Towels, 75c and $1.20 Dozen
Good, heavy quality, all perfect; hemmed
ends. Suitable for doctors' and dentists'
offices.
$1 & $3 Bath Mats at 69c & $1.75 Ea.
Washable, fast-color mats in a splendid
assortment of patterns and colors. Large and
medium sizes.
10,000 Yards Crash Toweling
in the Sale
Union and all-pure-linen crash towels,
close fJarnslcy weave, absorbent nnd lintlcss.
18c Cotton Barnsley Toweling, 12 Vic
25c Union Barnsley Toweling. 18c Yd.
75c All-Linen Barnsley Toweling, 44c
bMELLENBURflS First Floor
Take a Kodak on Your
Decoration Day Outing
Complete Assortments of
Cameras and Supplies
at Snelleuburg's
Brownies, $2.00 to .$17.50
Kodaks, $8.00 to $79.00
Fresh stocks of Films, Folding Cameras
nnd Supplies at our usual savings.
All roll films developed free of charge. All
prints made on glossy paper. No extra charge,
SNELLENBURCS First Floor
June Sale of Housefurnishings
39c
Genuine $51.00 Thor
Electric Vacuum Cleaner,
Complete With
Attachment
$29.95 1
With 12-inch
suction nozzle
and Universal '
General Elec- j
trie motor.j
Entire mn-1
chine weighs
lbs.
59c Household
Soldering Sets.
M IB l
eluding one copper,
and ocrnper.
Sets In
wooden
box. In-
lead, rosin
Walnut-Stained Window
Screens
n I i. t. -
m tot lHUUCH
hltrh,
33-tn.
extension.
$1.50 Extra Strong
Snellcnburg Special
Braided White
Clothes Line
85c
79c
ed screei
$2.89
$3.50 White Enamel Com
bination Kitchen C 1 OH
pi.oy
Walnut-stained screen
doors,
2.6x6.6
Sets
$49.00 Peninsular Gas
Cabinet
Ranges .
$38.95
$1.75
Genuine
O-Cedar
Oil
Polish
Triangular
Mops,
Each
79c
(sis) vT I
rfPStl&V If "
) -l fwr"r7:S-'"i::,
. r I -
SUAfl
FoW I CAlCE
$55 Kitchen Cabinet
$34.95
$21.50
Gas
Stove,
$16.95
10-lnch
bulling
oon.
$1.98
$4.25 Folding Mahogany
Stained Leatherette Metal
Corner Card d Hf
Tables $6,17
I f i
$2.50 Two-Burner Gas
Hot Plate; Can Be
Connected With
Gas Hose. . . .
$55.00 Leonard Cleanas-a-China-Dish
1Q QC
Refrigerators POO."0
One-p oop
Iorcelaln-
llned food
pliambf-r
porcelain
panels
on doora
Three
hhehes.
Sold on
tho Club
run
S.inltar
porcolaln
sliding tabl'
top; tonl
tnry Hour
bin, sanl
tary bread
bo ani
a hlto ena
mel tnsldo
tin Ish.
$85.00 While All
Steel Cabinet .
Sold on Club I'Ibii
fill
i
$65
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rjlfe
$35.00 Golden Oak Finish
Refriger- (JJIO Aj?
ators $L07O
ith
white
food
chambers
Sold on
Club
Plan.
ill
59c
$2.55 Wash Day
Sets.
$1.49
. -A., ilothrs
gsaiiH
$2.25 Heavy
Oval Wash
Boilers
Galvanized
$1.25
95c
Pail
With deep
cover.
$2.50
Pail
$1.59
pbm;
6 8-ft.
clothes
props
05c 100. ft. Lengths l.xIrn-MroriK
Onthr I.lnrx, 20
$5.50 Vacuum
Bottle
$2.95
C5v '
One-quart and 3-plnt bottles keep liquids hot
or cold lwent-four houra Kxcellent for motorists
or picnickers.
SNFUCHBUR5S Third Floor
$1.35 Heavy Galvanized
Wash
Tubs,
Family
Size,
69c
Each
$1.00
Glass
Wash
Boards,
69c
The Most Wonderful Sale of
Dresses for
Stout Women
Ever Held in Philadelphia
Specially Designed Dresses
Formerly Up to
$89.50 Now
$29.75
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III i Jill IP gj
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Silks and
serges just
tho kind of
dresses to w oni
on week - end
trips and holi
days models
for almost
every ocension.
Sports models, etrccl frocki
and afternoon drcmca-- a
marvelous assortment, and
all veil designed to meet th
costuming needs of larger
women.
Georgettes, taffetas, fou
lards, crepes do chine and
serges worth two nnd thrco
times the price asked in this
extraordinary sale. Exclu
sively designed attractively
trimmed and finished. Good assortment of
colors, sizes 42J, to 52 M-.
One Shown
bNELLCNBURflS Second Floor
Children's
Pantalettc Dresses
Special at
$1.95
Each
Splendidly sturdy
and practical little
dresses, made of ex
cellent quality cham
bray and trimmed with
bands of contrasting
color and stitchcry. All
shades sizes 2 to 6
years.
Style Pictured
Children's Peg-Top
Rompers, d rn
Special at... Ql'dv
Chatnbrny rompers made
with white collars and cuffs
and trimmed with brinr
stitching and large pearl
buttons. In pink, blue,
green, corn. Sizes 2 to G
years.
Style Pictured
SnellenbUrcS Second Floor
Silk Specials
for Wednesday
$4.00 Colored Satin d7 1A
Duchess, Yd M.IU
A beautiful, pure-dyo silk wi'.li soft, lus
trous finish, in tho right weight for street,
afternoon or evening wear. A yard wide, in
complete range of light and dark shades, with
plenty of navy blue nnd hito.
$4.00 Plain & Changeable ? Eft
ChifTon Taffeta, Yd. . . . "OV
A lovely, soft quality with briirht sheen
finish in firm, r'o.e weave, guaranteed to wear.
A yard wide, in full line of light and dark
shades, with plenty of staple navy and brown.
Imported Japanese Silk
Shirting, Yd
Pure silk, vith good body, in fine line of
colored stripes on light ground. Guaranteed
to wash perfectly. Splendid for men's shirts,
women's blouses and a new idea women are
adopting for dresses.
$2.50 Black Satin, j yc
Good jet blnck with soft finish. Very
closely woven, in the proper weight for dresses,
wnists or separate skiitv
Snii i 'surj5 First Floor
89c
Mid-Weck
Upholstery Specials
$2.75 Wicker Chair QC ea.
Scats, OOL
.Ov
s
CnV!-'-?
Fresh from our
workioom, where
they were covered
with pretty cre
tonnes taken out of
regular stock. Ue
versib'o ; thic.vly
filled and nicely fin-
isbnrl. Til n mln,i.lf,l
assortment of beautiful patterns and colorings.
Mail and phone orders filled whilo tho lot
lasts.
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65c Woven Stripe Awning
Duck, Yd
52c
29c
In greens, blues, tans. Best grades, fast
colors. Cut from tho full piece. For awn
ings, bwings, cushions, etc.
50c and 75c Cretonnes.
Yd
hxcellent qualitj. Heautiful color Lovely
patterns, in stripes and nllovcr effects. Ideal
for draperies, slip covers, etc.
$1 .75 and $2.50 Cur tain,s, Q O r
Splendid quality in rufTled ncU, plain nets
and marquisettes. Hemstitched bonier and
lace edges plain nnd in tho Dutch. A rare
bargain
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