8 [jfl! fgrW>rciei\ aivd all Ike famiKi jjfßjfc THE PERILS OF PETEY—"Gee Whiz!" Part Five ByCA. VOIGHT \"IUZ UUC3CPBOTO T V° M \ W { v \\ \j | - ~ HE eW ° N^f l Em© — Hoowcir \ \ f\W/ Hi have To stkwcclc. \ —at • leavt — J H |IV / PKoP a . — rr^ ovm HCKO T*ACKS \,V Xlvy HCHT .TUB CH***\ \i/ \ j\\ * \ - / v "™ H,M Atu / Nkie -TVmhk So \ * WJ 'A I L^nde (Continued) The young man who had crossed j four states and the better part of a I fifth as a fugitive and vagrant turn- j ed his back upon the distant town as i a place to be avoided. Scrambling j down the railroad embankment, he! made his wa>- to the wagon road, ■ crossed it, and kept on until he came j to the fringe of aspens on the river's j edge, where he broke all the tramp- | lsh traditions by stripping oft the j travel-worn clothes and plunging in j to take a soapless bath. The water, helng melted snow from the range, was icy cold and it stabbed like i Fashions of To-Day - By May Manton ' I *HE pockets of this gown I suggest that broad effect over the hips that is so essential to the latest fashions. I JftvS. 'lf they are becoming it will be I well to use them, but if you b /'hs. want a straight silhouette it will /Wf be better to make the gown without, for, while the so-called ' barrel effect is smart, it is not li übiquitous and the straight sil- TSSC. houette is equally fashionable. i tls m Here, the gown is made of a L B m pretty crepe-finished material Ah with trimming of satin and with / -Sti a Bardie of Oriental stones that xar-.J J gives a bright note of color. M ll Th e g° wn is a quite simple and i-j a easy one to make. Blouse and M skirt are cut in one and laid in ' / box plaits, and the front edges // are lapped and buttoned to itrpli. sjjj -an 9 gether. It is smart for gabar- Ik % fei dH / dine and for serge and for ma ife $ it, / terials of such sort and it is an El I M ill excellent model for linen and for H? -1$ a§ /In the washable materials of a H /][ similar weight. IS; Hi & \ For the medium size will be Int f• ■ 1 1 SNVvy-v needed, 6)4 yaids of material i'K'itrT~v\ 3 6 inches wide, 5?-4 yards 44 \lip I A F B|l 8 The pattern No. 9409 is cut IJI mb / / I 111 * n s ' zes fro" 1 34 to 44 inches k'T / ft Hi bust measure. It will be mailed r L UUJ*' to any address by the Fashion •409 Coat Dress, 34 tt> 44 Bust Department of this papei, on Price 15 cenu. receipt of fifteen cents. Bringing Up Fatherco Py n gh t. 1917. international News Service -> ->• THERE'S MlVb JONES- I OH'.MR . A A L l tou . Zfll TUESDAY EVENTWvt, j knives. Nevertheless, it was wet. and j i some part of the travel dust, at least was soluble in it. He came out glow ! ing, but a thorn from his well i groomed past came up and pricked | him when lie had to put the soiled clothes on again. There was no pres | ent help for that, however; and five j minutes later he had regained the | road and was on his way to the ditch camp. As he walked he read for the i fiftieth time something on the page of a recent St. Louis paper. It was under flaring headlines: ATTEMPTED MURDER OF BANK PRESIDENT. Society-leader Cashier Embezzles SIOO,OOO and Makes Murderous Assault on President. Lawrenceville, May 15. J. Mon tague Smith, cashier of the Law renceville Bank and Trust company, and a leader in the Lawrenceville younger set, is to-day a fugitive from from justice with a price on his head. At a late hour last night the watchman of the bank found Presi dent Dunham lying unconscious in front of his desk. Help was summon ed, and Mr. Dunham, who was pup posed to be suffering from some sud den attack of illness, was taken to his hotel. Later, it transpired that the president-had been the victim of a murderous assault. Discovering upon his return to the city yesterday evening that the cashier had been using the bank's funds in an attempt to cover a stock speculation of his own. Dunham sent for Smith and) charged htm with the crime. Smith j made an unprovoked and desperate 1 assault upon his superior officer, I bcatlyg him into Insensibility and I leaving him for dead. Since it is known that he did not board any of : the night trains east or west. Smith ' is supposed to be in hiding some- j where in the vicinity of the city. A| warrant is out. and a reward of sl,- 000 for his arrest and detention has been offered by the bank. It is not thought possible that he can escape. It was currently reported not long since that Smith was engaged to a prominent young society woman of Lawrenceville, but this has proved to be untrue. He folded the newspaper and put it in his pocket. The thing was done, and it could not be undone. Having put himself on the wrong side of the law, there was nothing for it now but a complete disappearance; exile, a change of identity, and an absolute severance with his past. When he had gone a little distance he found that the wagon road cross ed the right of way twice before the construction camp came into view. The last of the crossings was at the temporary material yard for which the side track had been installed, and from this point on the wagon road held to the river bank. The ditch people were doubtless getting all their material over the railroad so there would be little hauling by wagon. But there were automobile tracks in the dust, and shortly after he had passed the material yard the tramp heard a car coming up be hind him. It was a six-cylinder road ster, and its motor was missing badly. Its single occupant was a big. bearded man, wearing his gray tweeds as one to whom clothes were merely a convenience. He was chew ing a black cigar, and the unoccupied side of his mouth was busy at the passing moment heaping objurga tions upon the limping motor. A hundred yards farther along the mo tor gave a spasmodic gasp ar.d stop ped. When the young tramp came up, the big man had climbed out and had the hood open. What he was saying to the stalled motor was pic turesque enough to make the young man stop and grin appreciatively. "Gone bad on you?" he inquired. Col. Dexter Baldwin, the Timan yoni's largest landowner, and a breeder of fine horses who tolerated motorcars only because they could be driven hard and were insensate and fit subjects for abusive language, took his head out of the hood. "The third time this morning," he snapped. "I'd rather drive a team of wind-broken mustangs, any day in the year!" "I used to drive a car a while back," said the tramp. "Let me look her over." , . The-colonel stood aside, wiping his hands on a piece of waste, while the young man sought for the trouble. It was found presently in a loosened magneto wire; found and cleverly HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH corrected. The tramp went around in front and spun the motor, and when it had been throttled down. Colonel Baldwin had his hand in his pocket. "That's something like," he said. "The garage man said it was carbon. You take hold as if you knew how. What's your fee?" The tramp shook his head and smiled good-naturedly. '"Nothing; for a bit of neighborly help like that." The colonel put his coat on, and in the act took a better measure of the stalwart young fellow who looked like a hobo and talked amjl behaved like a gentleman. "You are hiking out to the dam?" he asked bussquely. "I am headed that way, yes," was the equally crisp rejoinder. "Hunting a job?" "Just that." "What sort of a job?" "Anything that may happen to be in sight." "That means a pick and shovel or a wheelbarrow on a construction job. But there isn't much office work." The tramp looked up quickly. "What makes you think I'm hunt ing for an office job?" he queried. "Your hands," said the colonel shortly. The young man looked at his hands thoughtfully. They were dirty again from the tinkering with the motor, but the inspection went deep er than the grime. "I'm not afraid of the pick and shovel, or the wheelbarrow, and on some accounts 1 guess they'd lie good for me. But on the other hand, per haps it is a pity to spoil a middling good office man to make an indiffer ent day laborer —to say nothing of knocking some honest fellow out of the only job he knows how to do." Colonel Baldwin swung in behind the steering wheel of the roadster and held a fresh match to the black cigar. Though he was from Missouri, he had lived long enough in the high hills to know better than to judge any man altogether by outside ap pearances. 7? UnJ ') . 24 I •24 . „ ; i -0"i 2 . 7 ?r / /JJ 10. .j? .3o /SS 3' (r J i ,* ■< •ib —--On ' ,C * 2 ' 4. Yl l' 4 * * a \ 33 \\ ' • - \ • 35 >•8 ,SL V °.' 47 * /// . •* . (i-K • A :> VNXNX 45 43 4| •r "THEIR MARRIED LIFE" !' Copyright by International News Service 1 Copyright, 1917, International News Service. The bold move that Frances had made concerning Viva's admirer, had plunged Helen definitely into the midst of a far more absorbing life story than she had ever read in a book. Helen herself had' suggested that Frances make Viva a little less self centered. After all Viva was only seventeen and filled to the brim with airs and graces. And now the advent of this movie hero at a time when Viva was wild to go Into moving pictures herself, was very bad for her. Frances had met Mr. Tracy at the door, and after introducing him to Helen, had taken complete possession of him. Frances really had no defin ite idea of anything in her mind, she was simply following out Helen's suggestion, thinking that Viva would be too proud to confess defeat. Helen was watching Viva interestedly the while she herself kept in the back ground. She had seen the entire lit tle play enacted—Mr. Tracy's evi dent desire to remain in and have tea with Frances rather than to take Viva out, as the matter had evident ly been arranged. But Viva was too clever to show her hand —that would be too trivial, and child that she was, Helen was astounded at her amount of self possession.. She removed her gloves and tossed them carelessly into a chair. She nonchalantly unfastened her coat and threw her fur back. Then she dropped carelessly into a chair. Helen was watching her narrowly. She thoroughly disap proved 'of the girl's artificial man ner, but she could not help admir ing her. Frances was talking to young Tracy, who was eagerly following every word, when Viva put in a word. "You knew, didn't you. that my aunt is the great Frances Knowles?" Tracy turned to her quickly. Viva had, by playing Into the enemy's hands, at last turned the center of conversation toward her self, and no matter how brief was the montcnt,-it gave Viva the chance she needed. She was once more at ease, and had definitely triumphed over her discomfiture. "Why—no," ho returned. Of course he had met Frances as Mrs. Atwood. "You aren't the woman who wrote 'Nimrod." he said. "I'm afraid I am," Frances ad mitted, "although 1 hardly expected that you knew it, Mr. Tracy. It has only just come out." Frances' serial had been pub lished in The Scroll, and had re cently come out in book (orm. "I haven't read it myself," Mr. Tracy returned, "but the magazines are full of it, also the papers. I believe that the Star called it the great American novel." Frances laughed. "They always say that; it seems to be the highest praise a book can receive." "You see my aunt is extremely modest about her accomplishments," Viva put in here. "But she is afraid that anyone else may chance to show talent." "Why, Viva," Frances exclaimed. Helen gasped a little at the direct attack in the girl's remark. "Ask her, Harley," Viva said light ly, "she disapproves frightfully of the movies. In fact I don't think she approves of you at All because you happen to be connected with them." Viva was laughing brilliantly and two spots of vivid color showed up on her smooth cheeks. She was plainly excited and arfxlous to repay Frahees for what she had said and done. Mr. Tracy had flushed to the roots of his crisp blond hair. He really was distressingly good looking, thought Helen, but after all just a boy. Frances spoke evenly when she spoke and her attitude imme diately made everything right again. She had determined quickly to treat Viva as the child she was. "We really haven't spoken much about it," she said to Mr. Tracy, smiling as though after all it did not matter in the least. "But Viva has an idea that she would make good in the movies. I don't know very much about them myself, but no doubt Mr. Tracy, you can tell me all I want to know. Do you thing Viva talented in that line? She seems to value your opinion highly." "Why, I really don't know," he said eagerly, it's more a matter of luck than anything else. I don't think I know Miss Nesliitt well enough to judge, although her fea tures ought to screen very well." "She isn't out of school as yet," Frances pursued, "and I don't sup pose she would care to under take the work at present, but 1 always say that she ought to get what she can out of life, and if her talents really lit in that direction, 1 am sure that no one will stand in her way." Harley Tracy was once more sure of his ground. "But I don't think it should be left to me to decide," he laughed; "you surely ought to have sufficient knowledge yourself, Mrs. Atwood, or Miss Knowles, which do you use? And are you writing an other book now?"' Viva's affairs seemed of such small moment in comparison with Frances' work that Harley Tracy was inter ested only in the latter. For a mo ment Helen caught a glimpse of Viva, and the girl's face was furious ly angry. (Watch for flic noil installment of this Interesting series.) GIVES 100 CAMELS Calcutta, India, May 22.—The gift of a hundred enmeis from the Khan of Khalat, Baluchistan, to the Vice roy of India, is a very valuable war donation. The Khalat camels are con sidered in many respects the finest In the world, but purchase of good animals of this typo has been almost impossible owing to the high value which their owners set upon them. The Khalat camels are said to be ex ceptionally swift, and so temperate in their drinking as to be almost to tal abstainers. HATTT IS COLOR BLIND London, May 22.—A report on Haig, according to the parliamen tary correspondent of one of the newspapers, is- color blind. This at first threatened to be a serious ob stacle to his career as a soldier be cause he was refused entrance to the State ColJege. Influence was brought to bear by certain promine'nt military men and he was passed through the college. 500 STATIONS IN LONDON London, May 23. —A report on possible economics in railway man agement in London shows that there are at present more than 500 railway stations in Greater London. WOMEN TAXICAB DRIVERS Edinburgh, Scotland, May 22. ■ — The Edinburgh municipal authori ties have decided, owing to the scar city of male labor, to license women as taxicab drivers. The decision is bitterly resented by the taxicab men, who threaten to strike. MAY 22, 1917. "The Insider" By Virginia Terhune Van de Water CHAPTER XLII y Copyright, 1917, Star Company. It was well toward the close of the afternoon when we reached our destination, and the sun was not far above the tops of the mountains. As we turned in at the stone gates of Hillcrest, all painful reserve seemed to slip from the occupants of the automobile. "Here we are at home!" Mr. Nor ton announced happily. "Isn't it a peach or a place, Miss Dart?" Tom demanded, turning about in his seat and watchirffe eag erly to note the effect of the scene upon me. "It's awful nice, isn't it, Miss Dart?" Grace said. "It's beautiful!' I .exclaimed. My admiration was sincere. A broad carriage drive wound up a gentle incline to the large house on the top of a pretty knoll. Wide ver andas gave the building the look of a Southern house. "You dfdn't build it. did you?" I asked of the master of the domain as my eyes rested upon it. "It looks like an old homestead that had been in the family for generations." He smiled with pleasure. "That is what 1 wanted it to look like," he affirmed. "It was a plain, square house when we. came here, but I had It remodeled. It is probably much more comfortable than if it was really old." It certainly combined comfort and beauty, and I did not wonder that the entire family loved it. At the rear were the barns and garage, with the poultry yard farther back. Across the lawn strutted two pea cccks; about the out-buildings pig eons whirled against the clear sky; from the meadows beyond the poul try yards came the sound of lowing cattle. The whole atmosphere was redolent of peace. "Oh," I sighed when we had alighted from the car and had greet ed Mrs. Gore, who had come out sedately to welcome us, "this is love ly!" "It is indeed a pleasant home.' Mrs. Gore agreed. "Will you come with me and I will show you your rooms and Grace's." 1 followed her through the great square hall and up the broad stair case. At the first floor she paused. Mrs. Gore Explains "On this floor are my rooms, Brewster's bedroom and dressing room and the guest rooms," she ex plained to me. "Your room and the nursery are up the next flight, just as they are in the town house. You will not mind?" "No, indeed," T assured her. "I like to be lodged up high. I never mind stairs." "Neither do I," Grace declared. Sho had come with us, and now caught hold of my hand. "Here's your room," she an nounced excitedly. I gasped with astonishment when I saw it, for it was huge, extending along one side of the house, with two windows at the front and back and two at the side. "What an immense room!" I ex claimed. "Yes; Brewster had the partition wall between the front and back chambers removed up here and the two thrown into one. He did the same to makp Grace's nursery— right across the hall. Her room and yours are connected at the front, you see, by a nice bath and dress ing-room." The dressing-room was where the usual hall bedroom .would have been, and was larger than any bath room I had ever seen. "Oh, this!" I exclaimed. running to the windows of my own quarters to look out. I could gaze right into the branches of the great elms in front of the house; at the rear was a wonderful view of hills and valleys, and in the distance was the glint of a river. At the back of the house ran a jolly little brook, and I smiled as I heard it gurgling over the stones. All the furniture up here was of wicker, upholstered in pretty cre tonne. The curtains at the windows were of simple net; the rugs on the polished floor washable and of soft colors. A Perfect. Home "This is my idea of a perfect country home," I remarked. "May 1 go down and see the chickens?" Grace queried when I had taken off her hat and coat and had opened the trunks. "Why, yes; 1 think so," I said. *'l know too little about the place yet lo be sure," I added, turning to Mrs. Gore. "You must tell me where she is in the habit of going until I be come familiar with the various lo calities. Will it be all right for her to go out and see the chickens now?" "Why, yes," the matron said, "she might run out there for a little while —but don't get dirty, dear child. And don't go near the stables." "Not unless Daddy or Tom are with me," Grace promised. "X will be very careful." "1 know you will, darling," her aunt rejoined. Mrs. Gore's face was kinder thsm usual as her eyes met mine when Grace had run away downstairs. I suspected that the widow's change of manner was due to my having de ferred to her, and I told myself I must do this oftener. "Don't tire yourself unpacking now, Miss Dart," she advised. "Just lay out the night elotheS and leave the rest of the unpacking until to morrow. There will be plenty of time then." I was surprised at her sudden gentleness. Perhaps the beauty of this lovely place, or some associations connected with it, had softened her mood. Crossing the room, she closed the door Grace had left open be hind her and, returning, sat down upon my couch. It was not customary for her to show any desire to talk alone with me. Yet I looked at her expectantly, for from lier manner 1 knew that there was somthing she wanted to say. (To Be Continued.) MEXICO TAXES IJQCORS Mexico City, May 22. —The tax on alcohol and beverages containing it has been materially Increased by a recent deerefe which announces that as it is absolutely necessary to aug ment certain taxes because of the necessities of the country. Beginning May 1, tirst sales of alcohol brandies, tequilas mezcals and other alcoholic drinks obtained by distillation man ufactured within the country were taxed forty per cent, on the sales price. Beers and other alcoholic drinks not included In the class men tioned above will be taxed similarly sixteen per cent. Similar foreign products will bo compelled to pay a tax of 40 per Cent, above the Import duties. ' ABANDON COTTON CROP Torreon, Mexico, May 22. —Plant- ers in the fertile Laguna district near here are substituting war crops for cotton this year. Having learned that the demand for corn, wheat and other staple foodstuffs would be heavy and prices correspondingly high, the Mexican haetenda owners have plowed up their cotton lands In this famous cotton growing district of Central Mexico and have planted food crops. ??? ? ? Why send your orders for \ Calling Cards, Announce- S ments, Wedding Invita- '' tions, Place Cards, etc., to & the larger cities and be J obliged to wait for them from ten days to two weeks when you can have < them done just as well in Harrisburg in half the time? ??? ? ? The Telegraph Printing Co, Prlitlnii Blndlar, Dealgntav, Plate Prlntluß, Die llamylai, Photo Kngraviii HARRISBURG
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