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By Dorethy Canfield
One eZie Evening Public Ledger's New Short Stories in the Series of Unpublished
Fiction by the Best American Writers of the Day
s3& IT1HE first time I ever heard the 1 short hours of rcspIte.Uncle Charles Iniwardly (nnd many times net se very
ffl threadbare sayinc about a square n" ctlsr clmlr' ,,IC children piled en tepi Inwardly) ngnlnst the necessity of
peg in a round hole was when my
father used it in nn attempt te ex
cuse Aunt Emily. Up te that time
I had never heard nny one sny any
thing of her except that she was a
of lilm, his nrins around them tight,
while they had whnt they called a
"visit." This meant a chatter of little
voice, bird-like nnd free, which Aunt
Emily had never heard In her life. Or
perhaps they'd nil sins together, for
detestable woman, with the most in-1 .i.,,,. im.i it)hrrltcl Uncle Charles' gift
fcrnal capacity for being perfectly (or mimic.
wretched herself and making every-! if he had only time he would have
body else se. What a home she made given piano lessens te all the children.
for peer, mild Uncle Charlie, and j Hut, dear me, he had no time except
for their three nervous, scrawny, I for that account keeping, nnd they had
rabbit-facqd children! no "nney te pay n professional music-
Yeu are net te think she neglected traehcr. Uncle Charles always looked
her home or her children. Indeed, i ,r" "" 0,in" nftcr such" vislt w.,.th
ins Jiliuren, wucreas a rauij muiiim,.
no ! She house-kept with a fanatical i
spent with The children In the house al-
was all that Unde Charles could earn
I ler thin face grew grim nnd dark, a
ic menucu ana paccneu ana mrnea nnu
competence and expended en the up
. , 111 a i ;- in ttj 11 v
Dringing 01 ner emu en nn ja(r-, ,.., ,,,,, ,.,h were en hcr : ..,
Ijant energy which filled the house te I ,, V)) ,ll( wrfipt er(K,r of hpr W0I1.
its remotest corner, as a saw-mill is I (IrrfuIIv u, lllllIM,.- A,i et they did
filled by the strident energy of the fh(,ir bt,,t net , ucnr en llcr.( by kccp.
saw. Never were three children se , ,nutv from 1)er , mup, ns possible,
brought up as my peer little cousins, 'xiiey never went home from school
Aunt Emily was determined that she I. mtil It was actually supper-time, ami
"should de her whole duty by them, .il.vnys plnjcd In our yard, net their
that they should be perfect, and de own.
everything exactly right. Of course, J The result was thnt Aunt Emily was
she knew much better than they "'ft nultc te herself in a Sahara-desert
what was right, and hence had never "f 'encl-v housekeeping and desperate
nn Instant of rpnnse f rnm her 1n.hnv onemies with the peer pittnnce which
of puhing and shoving them into
the way they should go.
Uli, new we tinted te he sent en an , ,i. ,i nti performed miracles en tough
errand te Aunt Emily's house. 1 1 necks of mutton and cheap curtain
BtMirp veu thi flpscrintien nf whnt -i materials. All of It she did with super
epare jeu tne description et wnnt .1 latlvc sklli but burnitlg nml raginf jn.
meui ai auei r,mny s laeic was, i
with Aunt Emily teaching the chil-
dren table manners. There are
plenty of intolerable things in renl ,
life, without dragging into a story
what happened when Uncle Charles
pilled gravy en a clean tablecloth.
Yeu notice, perhaps, that I sny. "nt
iunt Emily's table," nnd net "at Uncle
Charles'" and that et me at another
angle of their home life; whnt that
home life mennt te Aunt Emily's bus- (
'band. lie was known in America
a mnn "with no head for busi
ness," and yet there hnd never born
anything but business In his life H,.
,had been a handsome, dreamy -eyed
musical minded young accountant in
pmery's Emporium when Aunt Emily.
Very young herself, had married him;
married him apparently for the "-nine
Reason that he was In buslne s, because
there seemed te be nothing eKe te de.
But Uncle Charles was no money- I
maker, nnd Imprisoned in a "rinding
pound of petty economies nnd unescnp-
able shnbbinev, hew Aunt Emily nte
her heart out, and what a life l"nei.
Charles led ! But net even Aunt
Emily's terrible energy could put into
her husband's gentle, artistic, uncom uncem
mercial soul a single gut et the stormy
ambitions which blew like a tornado in
per harried heart. L'ncle Charles hated
all business desperately, nnd found the
nly pleasure In his life. In his children.
W
X MOTHER always said that these
three Burten children would cer
tainly just have wasted away, if !
6ad net been for their fnther at this
me. He hnd ns great n gift for calm-
ng and cheering them ns their mother
tad ler damping tne very lite out :
. lUCUit ,?uvllvri .l.lll l.illlJ,. il- ;iMM
I from home for a few hours, and l'ncle
tfJbarles was tnere with the children,
what a geed time they hnd in these
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Dorethy CnneM iat e man
surcees te htr credit nnd is te
i-rrfattle a pcr.mn tTiaf one
despair of chreniclimj rven a
tmnll part of her achievement.
When little mere than a girl
she had iron rtre dcgrrci. Ph. B.
and a Ph. ).. and it trm net
Mini) years after thnt that she
hecamc famous as an author.
Her boel; are the type that
live. Te speak of her latest bin
success, "The Rrimminn Cup."
rails up mfntien of her earlier
irnrl: and starts discussion of
"The Bent Twig" or "The
Squirrel Cane"; or away from
her novels te her books en the
Montessori Method.
She is the kind of person xche
lives into the lives of the people
surrounding her, whether it ftc
- in France or her eicn State,
rermenf. Yeu feet this quality
in all she writes, and her special
interest in these things that are
American, in a icay that it rate,
constructive and fine.
work with his hands new, which lie
had nlwnys loved te de, and they were
never still from morning till night. My
fnther gnve him n wheeled trny which
wns nlwnys piled with work, done or
te be done. lie did nil the mcndlnj
nnd darning nnd he and Phoebe did
the cooking nnd the kitchen work te
gether. The children nil brought their!
school-books te their fnther's bedside,
nnd "did" their lessens there, te n
running accompaniment of such sym
pathetic, helpful comments from him
as they'd never known before. Ily mid
winter of that year, Uncle Chnrles wns
well enough te sit In n wheeled chair,
v.hleh Aunt Emily bought out of the
first rniie In Oier salary, ntul presented
proudly te him en Christmas Day.
After this, he wns all ever the house
nt once, active nnd cheerful.
lie always snt beside I'heebe, ns she
practiced her music lessen, te listen,
te play the bass In a single duet, ana
te tench. My mother buys she never
vnw n child get forward with hcr music
ns I'heebe did after her father begnn
te tench her. In no time she. wns
playing the accompaniments for his
light, clear baritone, and then the little
house rnng with music like n shell witn
the murmur of the uen. We all used
te love te go there, as seen as school
wns ever te "have a concert." Some
times they sang Scotch airs the tears
we hare shed ever "Lech Lemond," the
zest for battle poured into us by "Scots
wha' hac"; or it might be Irish,
hew wt have, laughed ever "Father
O'Flynn," and yelled out the chorus
of the "Crulskcen Lawn:" or Negro.
There never was anybody who eeuld
sing "spirituals" like Uncle Charles.
Oh, they were great concerts, we'll
never forget.
AND whnt wus Aunt Emily doing nil
this time? Yeu knew ns well ns
I de vbnt Aunt Emily was doing.
She wns rising like a rocket through
every plnne of the management of
Emery's Emporium. She was passion
ately interested in her work, because
she could use It te berve her ambition;
and becnuc she wns passionately in
terested in it, she mastered it, nnd
owned it, and put it In her pecktt.
Everybody In thnt line of business In
that pnrt of the country seen knew
She get it, of course. Eren If It ! her; she wns hnll-fellew-wcll-nict wltli
( had net been Aunt Emily, the humane I all the traveling men, who liked her
head of the firm would have felt under bluff manner and s.harp tongue, feared
'eine obligation te the wife of a faith- her piercing eye, nnd respected her
; fill empleye of such long standing. And capacity always te get the better et
in addition te this. It wns Aunt Emu.v thim.
, of course she get what she went She waa detested but admirnbly served
after. by the stnff of the htere, who wcre
I Plie wns put well. I don't knew bewildered by ' her really inhumnn
thnt I ever heard just in what small , capacity for endless exactitude of dt tail,
1 corner she was put at first, ns nn j angry nt the cvcr-lnsting high tension
I experiment: seinethlnc easy and simiile of her demands, but nlncnted liv the
'te suit her supposed inexperience of growing fnme of the store nnd by her
' business nnd her supposed feminine in- I instant recognition of business ability
capacity ter it. inc life at home wns ' in a suoeriunaie. uusiness .ability;
doing It nt nil, nnd crying out bitterly
with many llts of hysterical tenrs thnt
the wns killing herself for her fnmlly,
and nobody gnve her n bit of credit
for it.
Oil. yes, everybody dodged when Aunt
Emily hevf in view, Father as much ns
the rest, In spite of nil his extenu
ations. Whenever we did hnve te go
.here, en unavoidable errands, we chil
dren would stnnd in the doorway nnd
assure hcr volubly that we wouldn't
come In, because our feet were muddy.
1'iil.s brought about the desired result of
being told severely te hurry along then,
und net get the whole house cold, with
that deer standing open.
Then came the climax in their mis mis
.'ertune, as if they were net nlrendy
Miliieicntly singled out for niii). Uncle
Charles fell en the stairs, and hurt
himself terribly threw several verte
brae out of position, 1 believe, te that
he lay almost whell) paralyzed from the
waist down. And net n penny et sav
ings te pay the doctor, net even the
grocer's bill nt the end of the month.
It was disaster, absolute blnck, irrcp-
arable disaster. Aunt Emily wns
stunned into silence, n dreadful gray
jllence, ns of some one whose grudge
against fate Is rising te mania. I re
member hearing Father say te Mether,
after he came back from his turn at
spending a night of care for Uncle
Charles, "I'm afraid of the woman, I
positively am. She loeka as though
she'd go mad." "Well, lt'a net out
of sympnthy for her peer husband,
that's sure," Mether answered acidly.
117IIAT de you suppose wa the result
1 of that terrific accumulation of
emotion in Aunt Emily? Whnt was
the momentous, tremendous decision te
reach which, In 1885, It was necessary
for her te rise te that pitch of frenzy?
Why nothing mere nor less than this
and in these days it was a decision both
momentous nnd tremendous for any
married woman with children she
put en her bonnet yes, bonnet. It wns
In the last days of bonnets, when only
young girls were lints nnd marched
'down town te ask for work in Emery's
I Emporium.
iiTrin!n,il erttnnlintv nnvlmu- no lQt
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they could with different cousins tnklng
turns te go In nnd help out with the
work. T ncle Chnrles did net suffer
I nny pain, nnd was quite himself ns
Hew Aunt Emily adored it! What n
starved, wolf-like nppetlte bIic hnd for
all thnt It steed for. Hew Intenseij
she lived In her new life!
ueiere long she bad developed n new,
tar as his head wns concerned, tils I line, advertising (this was before the
body like a leg In the bed, but his , modern science of advertising was
eve bright, his fine sensitive face nale, , dreamed of), and while I dare miv it
but calm nnd philosophic na nlwnys. , would be nn exnceerntlen in riv thnt,. i.,r.... .... i. ..'. i.
He wns mute able te direct the chil-1 she wns the lira te expand the present ,,nd mere energy te plan the thousand
dren ns they dres-rd and undres-1 them- principles of psychological advertising , ingenious variations, en the theme of
selves and studied their lessens nnd I knew a geed many people who think domestic life which mnde their home
learned te de the housework. she came very jicnr doing se. Merchant the most delightful one te visit in, you
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I tfaw my Uncle
Charles, walking
nimbly and
briskly without
his crutches
there, and proceeded te put ft en the'
market. She organized what' I'm sure
wns the first ndvertlslng agency, and
ran it in odd moments of hcr busy
dnyc.
She was up nnd off te work early,
rending the morning puper as bhe ate
breakfast, which Uncle Charles had seen
te. Then they saw her no mere till
night, when she enme home walking
strenglv in the deer, looking very dis
tinguished nnd chic In the beautifully
cut tailor fuits of the best material
that money could buy. 1 am speak
ing new, of course, of the times after
that difficult beginning. That period
lasted, nfter nil, only till she could
get her bearings in the' new world.
Very seen, she wns earning mere
money than Uncle Chnrles hnd ever
drenmed of making. By the time Uncle
Charles wns nreund en crutches, there
wns a geed competent girl in the kitch
en. This left Uncle Charles mere time
and strength te give te the children,
geed-natured nnd ensy te get along witn.
There was plenty of money these days
ier cempcicnt-neip, wuicn uncie unnrics ,
managed smoothly ; there was plenty of j ,V"AMJ??H
money for geed clothes, and geed feed,
and nice china, and pretty glassware, i
and fine linen, all of which Aunt Emily
enjoyed with a hungry pleasure which .
was never blunted by ceaseless repeti
tien. She wns happy for the first time I te an cxpenselve npnrtment, and from
In hcr life. Aunt Emily was. nnd nl
though she wns by this time middle
aged nnd grny-hnlrcd, she wns hrind hrind
semer thnn she hnd ever been n youth.
She grew nnd grew In acumen nnd
business ability, and ripened with x
nerlcnce. till our small city wns net
big enough for her. She seared off te
could leek into the kitchen. He could saw that she hnd a marketable product , surplus energy,' she was astonishingly New Yerk, carrying the family with her
there te Paris, where they lived for
many years, Aunt Emily being the
Paris representative of a great New
Yerk department store.
Te the day of his death Uncle
Charles nlwnys kept the children close
te his heart, and directed their grew in
just ns lovingly nnd wisely ns ever.
Phoebe is a professional pianist new.
well, known all erer America ajJ
Europe. Fer years aha was .,..!?
companioned by her father, crutcwtl
nnd all, Charlie is a successful nrchi:1
tcct, with a lovely French iif. ,Ji
two babies. It waa beautiful tn 1
Uncle Charles with hla grandchildren l'l
uuuiv "'" ccruumj nave ion, d
strnlght te the dogs If he hnd w ,1
had the meat inspired handling at hl j
father's hands. He wns nwlld, temper.
mentai, unrcnsonneic, warm-hearted
het-tempered boy, who could net get
en an instant with his mother. But
Ttneln nhnrle ttnlit n 1.1 .1
everything, made man of him at last J
for he is a noted field-worker fer"n,i.1
New Yerk Natlena.1 Hlstdry Museum. 1
THIS story sounds As though It wtrc
petering out, doesn't it, and is
though this was about all then. . .1
it. But there Is something else, seW
thing I never told any one but fntt,i .'.I
It was the great shadowy secret of m. i
childhood, something father and I knew M
And nobody else. But new that Uncle im
(jnnrics ana Aunt timiiy are gene
can tell 'it.
This is what hnppencd. When I
was nine years old (about three years
after Uncle 'Charles' accident) I hap.
pened te stay at their house overnight
I had a bad dream, out of which I
weke up with a start, nnd unable te
get te bleep afterward, I get out of
bed nnd wandered te the window tu
leek out into the moonlight. And, there I
in front of the house, walking round the
garden paths, what de you suppose I
saw? Yeu will never guesH. I saw my
Uncle Charles, walking nimbly and
briskly without his crutches.
I went home the next morning n.
a maze of bewilderment and climbed up
te my tamers attic study. Speaklnz
all in an excited hurry, I told htm
what I had seen. Ills first impression
was one of utter amazement, "Your
Uncle Charles walking without hti
crutches !" '
And he fell into a long, thoughtful, '
breeding silence, looking ever my head,
and net listening te my rush of ex
clamations. Finally he glanced down
nt me, with a strange, anxious leek
and with a voice of deep earnestneis,
such as I had never heard 'addressed
te me before, ns though something of
terrible importance depended upon mi,
he said urgently :
"See here, my darling, you muit
neTer, never, never tell anybody else
whnt you have seen. Premise me you
will never speak of it again, net even te
me. Just put It right out of your
mind, ns If you hnd net seen It. Lift
your hnnd and premise."
As seen as I could recover from mj
nwe at the solemnity of his leek, I
lifted by hand and premised, and a
silence fell between ns.
Then I said, "Father, please I want "
te ask Just one thing. If Uncle Charles
doesn't need his crutches " But I get
no further.
"Doesn't need his crutches what are
you talking about," exclaimed my
tamer, - ne nccus crutcnesi What In
the world makes you think he doesn't
need his crutches? He couldn't get
along n minute without them."
I stared at him, beside myself with
astonishment. My father went en
"They are his only defense against the
Inquisition."
''The Inquisition," I faltered.
"Westward He" in my mind, "We
haven't any Inquisition in America."
"Oh, yes. we hnve." said my father.
I struggled up through the over
whelming flood of my bewilderment,
tin I could get breath enough te speak,
nnd protested. "But Fnther the only
Inquisition I ever heard of Is you
knew, that thing that tortures people
because they don't conform te the re
ligion of the particular country they're
In."
"Well, that Is the kind we hare In
America, all right," said my father,
"nnd if It weren't for your Uncle
Charles' crutches, it would seize right
en aim and torture all his family, in
cluding Aunt Emily."
- "I don't understand a word of what
you re saying, "I cried out dei-
perately."
"Well, renybe you will, some time,"
answered my fnther.
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O'JUD
GMENT
An Unusual Story of a Blackmailing Gang and a Mysterious Avenger, by the Auther
of "Green Rust," "The Daffodil Murder," "Clue of the Twisted Candle"
y
Edgar Wallace
THE BTOr.Y SO F IP.
COLOSSI, DAS BOrXD.inY.
cearat'Oralnrd itt teirajint
a tat.
rVifr
the bleak discomfort of a prison cell,
nnd net even the sight of the girl who
VUU' a V"if il '('( vu inn U'iiih,' r v r i
leader n a oane nt creiAi liai h-rem' came through the deer te greet lllm
alartnnl at rtcipt or a kne e' lub,
ureugnt mm a qunim.
"Yeu want te see father, colonel?"
she nsked.
Her tone was cold but polite. The i
colonel had never been a great fnverlte (
of Maisie White's, and new it required
Ateurd "JncJ: e' Judgment ' after s'.rral
of hlv fjpIeiM, all of tihrh rr 'uhtfj
devised te rnnrh lum u itheut rnkinrj the
law 8 penttllin. Jl'l Irirs te dnnr.n mi-
pfclens untherlne areurd hin h'j com'
plalnlna te
MTAFPOKn KlStt, of the .erdan Trimfna!
Irtellicente tore.
T1XTO SII.VA. a alrrl: man about (eicu.
erc?T i" aurnnenj en an arrrr, ,' no t . , , , . t . -. ,
rebuffs him. She m a considerable effort en her part te
MAlBlt: white, daughter et EeVv ivMt, hide her deep aversion.
one of the aana who trhes te retire. , ,, , . .,. ..
Bh is interested in Stafferd. De I wnnt te see your fnther? said
IOLUE M.M'.u. a. deit-faced but rier Colenc.' Boundary. "Why. yes. I
sts i - nr r n ninei". - -
Olrl, trio nrM ai
nt the Mack-
Boundary.
madiiij; e" . ' think I de, nnd I want te sec you, tee,
VSmtMti'.liL " L'' m" " a'M'eman' n0VJ 'anfi I'd just ns seen sec you first, before ,
f 1 1 speak te Selly."
CHAPTER IV She BBt down, n model of pnticnt
. . -Missing politeness, her hands folded en her lap.
pOLOXET, DAN BOUNDARY des- j' ... Hcht of ,, ... w .,.
IlK2ic nlilgggm -' sgggl
iBg-PH
J cended slew from the tnjleab
which had brought him
from i
strnlght of back, graceful ns te figure,
" 1CUU1 -J .U. -I.-- ... .-M-h m, hi.
persham station and surveyed without tn(M blue enc8 were vcrj. understand-
emotion the domicile of his partner. It ,ing.
was Colonel Boundary's beast that he "Miss White," he said, "we hnve
was In the net of Inthering his face en , beep very geed te you."
the tenth fleer of a California bete! V.',. "ffi&S
wher the enrthqunke began, nnd thnt
he finished his shnvlng operation, took
dcd. "I
snenk for mvfcelf and my business asse
ciates. If Solemon had ever told you
Ills bath nnd dressed h!mclf before the the truth you would knew that you ewe
aartb had ceased te tremble. 1,, his lind-' melf ami
"I shall want you ngnin, se you had niy mginPM associates." His tongue
fcatter wait," he said te the driver, nnd 1 rolled nreund the Inst words. They
passed through the wooden gates toward were favorites of his.
sue neticieri iier nenu siigiuiy.
"I was under the impression thnt I
owed it te my fnther," she snld with
Resa Ledge.
He stepped hnlf wny up the pnth,
having new n better view of the house.
It was n red brick villa, the home of
a well-to-de man. The trim lawn with
Its border of rose trees, the little foun
tain playing ever the rockery, the qual
ity of the garden furniture within view
nd the general nir of comfort which
pervaded the plnce suggested the home
pi A iirrsju'ruiis unruii'in man. uuu ui
these hnppy crenturcs who hnve never
troubled te get themselves In line for
Millions, but have lived happily bet
ween the four nnd five figure mark.
Colonel Boundary grunted nnd con
tinued his walk, A trim mnid opened
tha deer te Mm. and by her blnnk
Al-Wok It wns evident thnt he wns net
f?if frequent visitor.
SrWs "Boundary just f-ny Beundnry,"
I the colonel in n deep voice, wnicn
rled te the remotest pnrt of the
waa shown te the drawing-room
again found much tunc interested
jrile felt no twinge of pity nt the
it Solemon White would very
"Serry te break In en your reverie,
Colonel," said Stafferd King," but
I've a warrant for your arrest!"
She nodded.
"I am very grateful te Mr. Sllva,"
she said.
"Yeu have all the world before you,
my girl," said Beundnry In his slew
ponderous way, "a benutlful and bright
future plenty of money, pearls, dia
monds" he waved his hand with a
vague gesture "and Pinte, who Is the
most valuable of my business nsseclates,
is very fend of you."
The girl sighed helplessly.
"I thought the matter had been nn
n hint of irony In her voice, "for I ished and done with, colonel," she said.
suppose thnt he earned nil he has." "I don't knew hew people In your world
ion suppose mat ue cameo tin inru wuuiu rcyiiiu hul-h iwi uurr, nm "j
k thai
Plieiliiire this almost luxury for l:
he hnsV" rencnted til colonel. "Well
very likely you lire right. He has
earned mere than he has get, but pay
dny Is near nt hand."
There wns no mistaking the mennce
In his tone, but the phi made no com
ment. She knew thnt there had been
trouble. She knew thnt her father hnd
for days been locked in his study and
had scarcely spoken a word te nny-
"I snw you the ether night," said
the colonel, changing the direction of
his nttnek ; "I snw jeunt the Orpheum.
Pinte Silvu came te me. We were In
the stage box."
"I nw von." said the c rl quietly.
"A verv uoed nerferiiiiWH'c, censid
ering you're n kid," said lleiindury.
"In fact, l'lnte wiys you're the best
mimic no una ever " "
Hejiaused. "Pinte get you your con
i.uf"1'" 4
',.
seen en
te get ye
world they would leek upon It as nn
Insult."
"And what the devil Is your world?"
asked the colonel without any sign of
Irritation.
She rose te her feet.
"The clean, decent world," she said
calmly, "the law-abiding world, thp
world that regards such arrangements
ns you suggest ns Infnmeus. ' It Is net
only the fact thut Mi'. Sllva Is nlread;
married "
The colonel raised his hand,
"Pinte tnlks very serieiuly of getting
a divorce," he Mild solemnly, "nnd
when a gentleman like Pinte Sllva giv,e
his word, thnt ought te be sufficient
for any girl. And new you have come
te mention law-abiding worlds," be
went en slowly, "I would like te speak
of one of the law-nblders."
She knew what was ceintns and was
elleut.
"There's a young gentleman named
Stafferd King hanging around you."
He mw her face flush but went en:
"Mr. Stnfferd King Is n policeman."
"He is an official of the criminal
Intelligence rlennrtmanfr ff eM ,m ll .
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"but J don't think you would call him
I a policeman, would you, colonel?"
All policemen arc policemen te me,"
said Boundary, "nnd Mr. Stnfferd King
Is one of the worst of the policemen
from my point of view, because he's
trying te trump up n cock-and-bull
story about me and get .me Inte very
serious trouble."
"I knew Mr. King is connected with
a great number of unpleasant cases,"
said the girl coolly; "It would be a
coincidence if he was In a case which
Interested you."
"It would be a coincidence, would
It?" said the colonel, nodding his huge
head. "Perhaps It Is a coincidence
that my clerk, Hnnson, hap disappeared
and 1ms been seen In the company of
your friend, eh? It is a coincidence
that King Is working en the Bplllsbury
case tbe one case that Selly knows
nothing about eh?v
She faced him, puzzled and appre
hensive.
"Where does all this leadT" she
asked.
"It leads te trouble for Selly, that's
all," said the colonel. "He's trying
te put me away nnd put his business
nsseclates away, and he has get te go
through the mill unless "
"I'nless whnt?" she nsked.
"Pinte's a merciful man; I'm a mer
ciful mnn. We don't wnnt te make
trouble with former business nssecintcs,
but trouble there is going te be, believe
me."
"What kind of trouble?" asked the
girl. "If you mean that your se-called
business association with my father will
cense, I shall be hnppier. 'My fnther
enn earn his living, nnd I have my stage
work."
"Yu have your stage work" the
colonel did net smile, but his tone be
trayed his amusement "and your
father enn enrn hU living, eh? He enn
earn his living In Portland Jail," he
said, rnlslng his voice.
"Fer the matter of thnt, no enn you,
colonel,"
The colonel turned his bend Mewly
his lean face a shade whiter than the
girl hnd seen it, nnd his breathing was
a little lnbered.
"If you ure thinking of sending me
te prison," said White, "why, I think
we shall make up a pretty jelly party."
"Meaning me?" said the colonel,
rniiring his eyebrows.
"Yeu nmeng ethers. Tlnte Sllva,
Swell Crewe and Selby, te name a few."
Colonel Boundary 'permitted himself
te chuckle.
"On whnt chnrge?" he nBked. "Tell
me thnt, Selly. The cleverer men In
Scotland Ynrd have been laying for
me for years nnd they haven't get uway
with it. May be they hnve your assist
ance nnd that deg Hiinsen's."
"Thnt's n He," Intcrupted White,
"be far ns I nm concerned. I knew
nothing about Hansen."
"Hani-en,". said the colonel slowly,
"is n thief. He rnn off with three
hundred pounds of mine, ns I've re
ported te the police."
"I see," Mid White with n little
sralle of contempt, "(let your chnrge
in first, eh, colonel? Dlbcrcdlt the wlt-
And what have you frnmed for "Yeu enme up by car at night," said
ncss.
me?"
"Nothing," snld the colonel, "ex
cept this. I've just hnd from the bnnk
a check for four thousand pounds
drawn in your favor en our joint nc nc
ceunt and purporting te be signed by
Sllva nnd myself."
"As It huppens," said White, "it
wns signed by you fellows In my
presence."
The colonel shook his head.
"Obdurate te the Inst, brazening it
cut te the end. Why net make a frnnk
confession te tin old business asseclutc,
Selly? 1 came here te see you about
thnt check."
"Thnt's the game, is it?" said White.
"Yeu are going te charge me with
forgery. And suppose I talk?"
"Talk?" asked the colonel innocently.
"If by 'talk' you mean umke a state
ment te the police derogatory te my
self and my buslncbs nsseclates, whnt
cun you tell? I can bring a dozen wit
nesses te prove thnt both Pinte nnd I
were In Brighten the morning thnt
checked wnsb!gned."
LWhlte harshly; "we nrranged te meet
outside Guilferd te divide the loot."
"Loet?" snld Colonel Boundary,
puzzled. "I don't understand you."
"I'll put It plainer," said White,
his eyes like smoldering fire. "A year
nge you get young Bnlsten, the ship
owner, te put fifty theusnnd pounds
into a fake company."
He henrd Mnlsle gnsp, but he went
en.
"Hew you did It I'm net going te
tell befere the girl, but It wns black
mail which you nnd Pinte engineered.
He paid his last Installment; the four
thousand pounds was my share."
Colonel Boundary rose nnd looked at
his watch.
"I have a taxlcab waiting and, with
n tnxlcnb, time Is money. If you nre
going te bring In the nnme of an Inno
cent young man, who will certnlnly
denv thnt he hnd nny connection with
myself nnd my business nsseclates, that
Is u matter for your own conscience. I
tell you I knew nothing about this
A G'lOan te Bed Story : The Herse Fly and the Flivver
By J. P. MeEVOY
ONCE upon a time, dear children, i
there wns a dear little rackety
pnekety flivver that bounced 'nnd jostled
and shivered ever the reads In the most
charming manner Imaginable. (Johnny,
get eir the piano. )
And, dear children, there was n horse
fly named Aleyslus, a must delightful
chap, full of humor nnd whimsy and
gay abandon, nnd n wcll-trnvcled lad
In the bargain. He wns se.
NOW, I wouldn't hnve you go te bed
thinking Aleyslus was merely a
horse Ily end nothing mere. Net at
all. He wns net se narrow-minded us
that.
He net only associated with horses,
obtaining both bed nnd beard from
them, se te speak, but he nlfe visited
with the cows and he was net above
making a dellcnte collation off bheep,
opossums, glrnffcs und alligators.
Te be sure his dentlht forbade him
te ee with alligators much, his allega
tien being that their rather Impel yleus
epidermis was injurieus1 te Aleyslus'
bridge-work.
TJUT the fact wns, denr children, that
-D horses were getting senrce In little , Aleyslus lleiselly
iii ... i i I,
9a A c SbhbbbbbbbbbbbT
Im glad he enme along," nnd
Aleyslus leaped en him and tried te
sink his piobescls Inte the fllvver'a
forehead. Wasn't he surprised when
110 found hew touch the fllvrer'n nktn
wns? But AleysliiH tried another plnce.
nnu unuuier nnu sure eneugn ills pa
tience wns rewarded nnd lie found an
opening In the radiator where there wns
n leak. But the first drink was enough.
"Bloody murder," he yelled, leaping
back nnd dashing the boiling water
out of his mouth. "Whut a terrible
het-blooded creature this Is, Se he
went around It nnd sipped nt the gnso gnse gnso
line tank,
"Thnt's better," he said nnd then
he found u binnll opening nenr the ernnk
caM! mid hiiiuplcd borne of tjie oil.
"What a delightful beast," cried Aloy Aley
slim nnd lam of all he found unether
opening near the bprlngs and get a
generous portion of cup grease.
nnd surveyed the spare figure in the Alevxiiib Ileisellv's world and he was
doorway. ' forced te hunt far nnd wide for sus-
"Oh, you henrd me, did you, Selly?" tenaiice, where once It used te trotty tretty trotty
he sold net unpleasantly. let-trot up and down en every read.
"I heard you," said Solemon White, And oue day as Aleyslu was looking
i ' . f? r '
ttmiHS is Indeed worth while." erie,i
everywhere for dinner along came the Aleyslus. "I never found n horse
rackety -pnekety lllvver bouncing mid lueteru tnut nnd be ninny different kinds
jouncing and siiivering ever tne minis.
What n curious little iieri-e. said
and hew he nit-
ties. He must havulhe rickets, or
rnther the rackets." and Aleyslus
chiickkd at his Jnke, which lie con-
hiilered pretty geed, uiairt be nnu
at that.
of Infers. I think I'll just stay right
wiin yeu.11 Aim no did, until one bad
day thu man put alcohol in ihn flivver's
rmllnter and Aleyslus get a reval snoot -fill
of It. Thnt was the btiirt of his
downfall. He went te the degH. And
that's thq end, of the story, Uwan te
UL'U,
check. I have made your daughter an
offer."
"I can guess what it is," interrupted
White; "and I can tell you this,
Boundary, that if you are going te
'frame' me, I'll be even with you, 11
I wait twenty years! If you imagine
I am going te let my daughter Inte
tiat filthy gang" his voice broke and
It was some time befere he could re
cover himself "de your worst. But
I'll get you, Boundary 1 I don't doubt
that you'll convict me. Y'eu knew the
things that I can't talk about, and
I'll have te take my medicine, but you
are net going te escape."
"Walt, colonel." It was the girl
who spoke, In se low a voice that h
would net have heard her if he bd
net been expecting her te apeak. "De
you mean that you wilV prosecute my
father?"
"With law-abiding people," said the
colonel profoundly, "the demands of
justice come first. I must de my
duty te the State, but if you should
change your mind "
"She won't change her mtnay' re
torted White.
With one stride he had passed be
tween the colonel and tha deer. Only
for a second ha steed, and then be fell
back.
"De your worst," he said nnemiy,
and Colonel Boundary passed out.
pocketing the revolver which had come
from nowhere Inte bis hand. "res"
cntly they heard the purr of the de
parting meter.
He went te nersham station In a
thoughtful frame of mind. He was still ,
thinking profoundly when he reached
Victeria station. , A.
Then, as he stepped en the platform,
a hand was laid en his arm nnd ne
turned te meet the smiling face of btaw
ford King.
"Helle," snld the colonel, and some
thing within him went cold.
"Herry te break in en your reverie,
coleiiet,'f said Stnfferd King, "but I ve
a warrant for your arrest.' .
"Whnt Is the chnrge?" nsked tne
1 colonel, his fnee gray. r.
"Ulnckmnil and conspiracy, .
King, and saw with amazement the
leek 'of relief 111 the ether's ejes.
"Beundnry," he added between w
teeth," you thought I wanted you ie
Knew (Jregery!" ,
The colonel said nothing.
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