[|g Reading &i\d all ihe ferhihj j^U &♦♦♦♦••>< +3g | The Real jj i Man i: | ®v 1 il :: FRANCIS LYNDE i: < ► <> I■■■ j 4 > <> 4 I < > 4> ( > O <► O ! Jo I J 1 IllirtritW.i kr IKWin HTEIS | !! *1 j Copyright by Char. Scribaers £oas (Oontinned) Simms threw the brim of his soft hat up with a backhanded stroke and shook his head. "It ain't worth while; and I gotta set back to camp. I blew in to tell y'u there's a fella out there that needs th' sandbag." "Who is it?" "Fella name' Smith. He's showin' 'em how to cut too many corners— pace-settin', he calls it. First thing they know, they'll get the concrete up to where the high water won't bu'st it out." Stanton's laugh was impatient. "Don't make any mistake of that sort, Simms." he 3aid. "Wo don't want the dam destroyed: we'd work just as hard as they would to pre vent that. All we want is to have other people think it's likely to go out—think it hard enough to keep them from putting up anv hiore money, bet that go. Is there anv more fresh talk—among the men?" Stanton prided hims'elf a little upon the underground wire-pulling which had resulted in putting Simms on the ground as the keeper of the con struction-camp canteen. It was a fairly original way of keeping a lis tening ear open for the camp gossip. 'Little." said the cripple briefly. "This here blink-blank fella Smith's been telin' Williams that 1 ort to be run off th' reservation: says th' booze puts the brake on for speed." "So it does," agreed Stanton mus insrly. "But I guess you can stay a while longer. I have a notion that Smith's been sent here—by some out fit that means to buck us. If he hasn't any backing—" The interruption was the hurried incoming of the young man with sleepy eyes and the cigaret stains on his fingers. and for once in a way ho was stirred out of his customary attitude of cynical indifference. "Smith and Colonel Raldwin are overyonderin Kinzie's private office." he reported hastily. "Before they shut the door I heard Baldwin in- i troducing Smith as the new acting i financial secretary of the Timanyoni Ditch company:" CHAPTER IX. When Greek >lcct Greek Smith allowed himself ten brief j seconds for a swift eye-measuring the square-shouldered, stockily bu..t man with a gray face and stub bly mustache sitting in the chair of authority at the Brewster City Na tional before he chose his line of attack. "We are not going to cut very deeply into your time this morning. Mr. Kinzie." he began when the eye appraisal had given him his cue. ; "You know the history of Tirrtany oni Ditch up to the present, and— well, to cut out the details, there is! to be a complete reorganization of the company on a new basis, and we are here to offer to take your person al allotment of the stock off your hands at r>ar for cash. Colonel Bald-j win has that his friends in the original deaf must be protected, and—" "Here, here —hold on," interrupt ed the bank president; "you're hit ting it up a little bit too fast for me. Mr. Smith. Who are you and where abouts do you hold forth when you are at home?" Smith laughed easily. "If we were trying to borrow money of you, we might have to go into preliminaries, and particulars. Mr. Kinzie. We are not alone in the fight for the water rights on the other side of the riv#r. as you know, and until we are safely fortified we shall have to be prudent ly cautious. What we want to know now is this: Will you let us protect you by taking your Timanyoni Ditch stock at par?" Kinzie met the issue fairlv. "I Don't Blame 4 'Spring Fever" For That "Down-and-out Feeling Your blood ncods a thorough cleans ing just now As spring approaches, the impurt- j ties that have been accumulating in the system throughout the winter begin to clog up the circulation, causing a general weakness and de bilitated condition that is generally known as "tpring fever." The first symptoms are usually a ! loss of appetite, followed by a grad ually lessening of energy, the system becomes weaker day by day, until \ou feel yourself on the verge of a breakdown. Children Just at this 1 season are peevish and irritable, and become puny and lifeless. This whole condition is but the re sult of impurities in the blood that have been accumulating and make I tifc It Saves i The "Sterling" is tha I fP?? _ ■ ML | . a ' one w "®sher that insures the Clothes ;„ h ; :ss vV \*kM4rt' description thoroughly, P- p efficiently and safely. 11 is prov ' n * this in r I thousands of homes 4 ja-- •*-* ti The secret lies in the I ' '*"'construction —no pegs i' '• to tear the clothes no cast iron standards i: ?: ~ y _ capacity. Large cedar I \y"\ I^^s^^ =====^3 :^^— CBSu tub> * position revers ' If i IT' —/ ible wrincer. foldine "***•—l steel bench sensibly HARRISBURG ELECTRIC SUPPLV CO., 24 S. SKCOXn STREET!' HARRISBVRG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, Bringing Up Father -•*- Copyright, 1917, International News Service By D/icfl/IGLMXS v ( t>INBAD WAb "3 ? r DDXOU \EP-STOP'. [ VHY-I THOUCHT 1 ( ) OH! WELL- MhQQZ- £ j don't know you yet. Mr. Smith; but I do know Colonel Baldwin, here, and ! 1 A Jl 'We Are Net Going to Cut Ver; Deepiy." 1 cruess I'll take a chance on things j as they stand. I'll keep my stock." The new secretary's smile was' | rather patronizing than grateful. | "As you please. Mr. Kinzie, of I course," he said smoothly. "But I'm going to tell you frankly that you'll keep it at your own risk. I am not sure what plan will be adopted, but • j 1 assume it will be amortization and i a retirement of the stock of the orig-1 inal company. The voting control of: the old stock we already have, as • yon know." The banker pursed his lips until i the stubbly gray mustache stood out; ! stiffly. Then he cut straight to the heart of the matter. "You mean that there will be a' majority pool of the old stock, and : that the pool will ignore those stock- j 1 holders who don't come in?" "Something 'ike that," said Smith j (pleasantly. And then: "We're go ing to be generously liberal, Mr. ! Kinzie: we are giving Colonel Bald-' win's friends a fair chance to come I in out of the wet. Of course, if thev \ i refuse to come in—if they prefer to: stay out—" Kinzie was smiling sourly. "You'll have to take < are of your , own banker, won't you, Mr. Smith'.'"! lie asked. "Why don't you loosen up 1 and tell a little more? What have I you fellows got up your sleeve, any way?" At this, the new financial manager i slackened off on the hawser of se crecy a little —just a little. "Mr. Kinzie, we've got the biggest! thing, and the surest, that ever _ CHAPTER L. Copyright 1917. Star Company The following afternoon Mr. Nor ton brought me a racket from town. He handed it to me as he stepped from the car at the front door. We were out on the veranda—Grace, Mrs. Gore and I. "Here's your racket," he said to me. "I had no trouble in finding it. Now you can play to your heart's content." "That you!" I returned, again uncomfortably conscious that the widow's eyes were upon me. "May I see it, Miss Dart?" Grace asked. "Certainly," I replied, removing the case. I was on my guard and displayed no surprise when I saw what a handsome article it was. On the handle my initials were burnt into the wood. "E. D.!" Grace read admiringly. "That stands for you, don't it, Miss Dart?" "Yes," I smiled, "it does." "Where did you have it marked?" Mrs. Gore inquired. I caught my breath. She was try ing to force me into an admission that the racket was a new one which my employer was giving me. or into a falsehood which I could not bring myself to tell. Mr. Norton spared me the neces sity of further speech. "The marking was done at the place at which the racket was bought," he said quickly. "You did not say, Miss Dart, at which one of the sporting goods stores you wished me to get it, so I had to use my own judgment. 1 hope 1 dis charged your commission satisfac torily?" "Very satisfactorily." I stammered. "That's all right, then," he went on. "You did not tell me, either what price you wanted to pay, but you can settle with me later for it." "Thank you," was all I could say. "I hope the marking meets with your approval, Adelaide," he re marked, coldly, turning to his sister in-law. "I noticed that you showed unusual interest in the racket. One would almost fancy that you were a tennis player -yourself." A Swift Retort The sarcasm went straight home, and called out a swift retort. Mrs. Gore was so excited, so over wrought that for a moment she for got her usual sauvity to the man to whom she owed all the comforts of her present existence. "You are mistaken," she snapped hack. "I am not interested at all in rackets nor in any sport that belongs properly to young people, —not to any one forty-five years old. Tennis is essentially a game for young people—therefore of no interest to any sensible person of my age." I did not look up. I could not. But I heard the man's short, hard laugh before he turned and went into the house. This woman had dared to sneer Daily Dot Puzzle 25 • .Zb 23 * . Z7 29 3i "l 2 • • 3° • . / 28 - i,' . • |9 *> * S3 3*. • 18 .38 / o 37 •it J/j r.3. .9 •J8 a , 5 jj */0 • 'V2 ■ ' • IS v T at him for trying to be young. X knew that consideration for the young girl in his home had si lenced him for the moment. But sooner or later would he not have a reckoning with this woman for what she had said? Perhaps he thought better of the matter and decided lo let sleeping dogs lie when he noted, as did I, the conciliatory manner which Mrs. Gore always adopted after she had said something that she feared had angered him. She had spoken in the heat of temper, but she knew on which side her bread was but tered and would be careful to do her best to efface from his mind the memory of her ironical retort. For my own sake 1 was glad matters , were smooth once more. | On Friday Tom asked me again if I would play tennis, now that I had my racket. I recalled what his father had said about wanting to play my first game with me. Yet what excuse could I make? "Please play!" the boy begged. He had forgotten his father's speech. "All right," I assented. "That will give me a chance to practice a bit before I compete with the others." I was glad of the opportunity to play with as kindly a critic as Tom and we had several games of singles—enough to make me feel that I had not lost all the little skill I once possessed. I was right on my feet, and a swift runner. Moreover 1 loved the sport. "You're all right, Miss Dart!" Tom averred when we returned to the house to dress for the after noon. "Don't let's tell father that you've practiced with me. We'll make him think that you play just as good a game after all this time and with no practice at all." Tom Speaks Out "Oh ,no," 1 demurred quickly, "I would rather not deceive him, Tom." The boy laughed. "Well, you are fussy about telling the truth,— he commented. "But I like you for it all the same, honestly!" Grace and I sat together on the wide rear seat of the car that after noon when James went to the sta tion for his master. 1 had suggested that we go, and Mrs. Gore, although not pleased at the suggestion, still curbed any sign of disapproval. Yet she ex pressed a regret that Brewster dis liked the limousine so much that he did not care to have it sent to the train for him—a fact which precluded her going. "1 cannot ride in an open car with the top down, as Brewster in sists on having it," she complained. "This is fine!" my employer ex claimed as he took his seat in the tonneau and drew his little girl to him. "What have you young people been doing to-day?" It was the opportunity I had wanted, and 1 spoke the truth. "I had a few games of tennis with Tom." I told him. Then, as he did not speak at once. I added. "You do not mind, do you? And the racket is wonderful!" His laugh dissipated my fears. "Why no child, of course I do not mind!" he assured me. "That was a silly notion of mine, perhaps, about having the first game with you. But I voiced it before I meant to." Then he Ucgan to talk of some thing else. But why, I wondered, should he have sentimental notions about me, Elizabeth Dart! Then I forced myself to turn my thoughts in other directions. (To Bo Continued). RED CROSS BRANCH Marietta.-—Friday Mrs. Catharine Red Cross has been organized at Washingtonboro, with the following officers: President. Mrs. R. K. Cover; secretary, Miss Ruth Kunk; treas urer, Mrs. H. B. Staman. The Wash ingtonboro band furnished music and addresses were made by many. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. North, Jr., of Columbia, were largely instrumental in the organization of the branch. ASK FOR and GET Horlick's The Original Malted Milk Substitutes Cost YOU Sama Prtca. HIi'HIIIH Non-greasy Toilet Cream Pre vents Tan Relieves Sunburn Keeps the Skin Soft and Velvety. An Exquisite Toilet Preparation, 25c. GORGA9 DRl'O STOItES 111 X. Third St.. and P. R. R. Station Rotarians as They Used to Be —o Youthful pictures of Harrisburg Rotary Club members shown by Photographer Roshon at a re cent meeting. V I j v * This is Howard C. Fry, president of the Harrisburg Rotary Club, who retires from that office to-morrow evening at a meeting to be held at the home of John S. Musser, Wash ington Heights. President Pry has had a most successful year, the cli max of which was the Boy Scout campaign of a few weeks back when more than $16,000 was raised with which to finance the Scout movement for three years. This picture was taken years before Mr. Fry had any idea of becoming one of the promi nent coal merchants of the city. Don't be discouraged Resinol Soap will clear your skin Man-/ and many a girl has a clear, healthy complexion today because some friend came to her with that sound ad vice. Resinol Soap not only is delight fully cleansing and refreshing, but its daily use reduces the tendency to pim ples, ofifsets many ill-effects of cosmetics, and gives nature the chance she needs to make red, rough skins white and soft. I! the skin is in bad shape, through neglect or im proper treatment, a little Keainol Ointment shoulci at first be u*ed with the Resi* nol Soap, to hasten the return i m normal conditions. Resinol /J Soap and Resinol Ointment EDUCATIONAL Schoolof Commerce Troop Building 15 So. Market Sq. Day and Night School Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Stenofype, Typewriting unil IVnmannhlp Bell -tHfi Cumberland 431)3 The Office Training School Kaufman Bldg. 4 S. Market Sq. Training That Secures Salary Increasing Positions In the Office Call or send today for Interesting booklet. "The Art of (jetting Along In the World." Bel) phone 649-K. Harrisburg Business College A Reliable School, 31st Year 328 Market SC Harrisburg, !>., JUNE 4,1917. TOMATO PLANTING MACHINE Waynesboro, Pa„ June 4.—Deputy Prothonotary R. M. Renfrew, Cham bersburg, has returned from a .tour of the tomato-growing district of New Jersey and found things not I looking good there. He bought a to Fashions of To-Day - By May Manton I l , Q2S9 Boy's Middy Suit, 2to 6 years. Pric 10 ferns. "*r yTVTTTTTTTyVTTVTTyT ; 1917—City Tax—l9l7! „ . - -- ; t Notice is hereby given lhat the City Tax '< \ > for 1917 is due and payable at the office of l|> the City Treasurer, Room 14 Courthouse, \ ' * an abatement of one per cent. (1%) will be '< ► allowed if same is paid before August i" ► Ist, 1917. ; H. F. OVES, ' ;< ► City Treasurer J |' - A A ±±± M. ___ | I KNOW WHAT MY CUSTOMERS OWE This man KNOWS because every charge d 0 account is posted to date each time a sale is d made. McCaskey Service sees to that. He does not run a chance of slow paying j| customers getting into him for more credit 4 p than they are entitled to. He doesn't have to 4 1 wait for monthly statements to go out before p d he gets his money. McCaskey Service collects 4 d out standing accounts without itemized month- p 0 ly statements. * 0 W The McCaskey Method is installed on the i A easy payment plan. Find out more about it by p | dropping a card or phoning to — | The McCaskey Register Co. C. L. Sawtelle, Sales Agent Harrisburg Office, 211 Locust St. 1 mato planting machine which Is something new here. It will plant and water 15,000 to 2 0,000 tomato plants a day. It Is also used for tobacco planllnsr. Mr. Renfrew will set out sixty acres in tomatoes, with about 170,000 plants. THERE is no prettier suit for the small boy than this one made in middy style. For immediate wear, it is pretty in blue serge or in blue gabardine or in blue galatea with white collar and cuffs and shield. Later, for Summer, it will be pretty made of white with blue trimming or with a white blouse and blue trousers. The trousers are joined to waist bands but can be buttoned to any under-waist. Here, a plain under-waist gives the effect of a shield. Linen always is a hand some material but linene is much used. For the 4-year size will be needed, <2% yards of material 36 inches wide with % yard 36 inches wide for the trimming. The pattern No. 9289 is cut in sizes from ato 6 years. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on receint of t>a cents. 7