; The ! | Daredevil • $ • By „ . Maria Thompson Daviess * Author of 'The Meltinj of Molly" ! afr ♦ Copyright, 1916, by the Rellly St , Britton Co. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ (Continued) And was it that cruel and wicked and cold Gouverneur Faulkner who was to scourge me and keep me In the house of my uncle, the General Robert, for a dishonor? It was not. Before me stood a tall man who was of a great paleness and a terrible fatigue also, covered with the dust of a long, hard ride, with eyes that were full of fear, who stood and looked at me with not a word of any kind. Suddenly I bowed my head and stretched out my bare arms, the one of which bore the red scar from the wound suffered for him, and, thus suppliant, I waited to receive the reproaches that were due to me from my gouverneur. And for a long minute I waited and then again for another long period of time, and no word came to me. Then I raised my head. For all women now in the world who have the love of a man in their hearts and for those unborn who will come into that possession I pray that they may be given the opportunity to plant in the hearts of those men of their desire the seed of' a tine loyalty and service and comrade ship and that they may some day look into his eyes and see that seed slowly expand into a great white flower of mate love as I beheld bloom for me in the eyes of my beloved Gouverneur Faulkner. Long we stood there and looked into the soul of each other and let the flower grow, drinking from our hearts and the veins of our bodies until at last it was fully open, and then I went with a love cry into his arm held out to me and pressed the heart of my body close against his own. "1 think my heart has always known, though my mind's eyes were blind. God, if 1 had lost you into that hell of war, you daredevil!" he whispered, and I tasted the salt of his tears on my lips. "I am a lie!" I whispered back to him. "You are —myself," he laughed through a sob, and then, while with his large warm hand he held my throat as a person does the stem of a flower, he pressed his lips into mine until they reached to the heart within me. In a moment with my hands I held him back from me. "I must go, my beloved, even as 1 have said!" I cried to him. "I can not stay to my dishonor and to the rage and unhappiness my uncle, the General Robert, will experience when he discovers that a girl has cheated him in his great affection and generosity to her." "It is going to be hard on the gen eral to have his grandmother come to life on his hands like this," laughed my Gouverneur Faulkner, hending and placing upon the creamy lace of my grandmamma a kiss which was warm to my heart through the beflowered silk. "Let me die in those threnohes so that he will never know," I pleaded. "No. sweetheart: that would be too easy. You are going to stay right here and face the old forty-two centimeter," he made a reply to my pleading request as he bent and laid his cheek upon the lovelock. "That curl ought to have opened my eyes when I sat and watched you open your day before yesterday morning," was the remark he added to his cruel command that I stay and face my very dreadful and so very much be loved uncle, the General Robert. "I am afraid," X answered as I clung to him with a trembling. "Yes; I know you are afraid of him or anything," laughed my be loved Gouverneur Faulkner, with a shake of my shoulders under his great strong hands. "But perhaps these papers I have In my pocket from Captain Lasselles, who is at the mansion getting rid of dust, will help you out after the first explosion, which you will have to stand in a very few minutes from now if that hall clock is correct and I know the general's habits as I think I do." "Oh, let me ascend and get once again into my trousers!" I exclaim ed as I sought to leave the arms that again held me close. "Never!" said my Gouverneur For Health's Sake Protect your family against deadly sum mer disease germs, which lurk in sinks, garbage cans, toilet bowls, cellars and damp, foul smelling places. An ounce of Acme^'Lime is worth a pound of medicine. One of the strongest, most economical and safest dis infectants known. Kills germs and c instantly. E leading health national, state Get a large can from your grocer or druggist to day at 15c. Re fuse all substi tutes which may be stale and worthless. A. Mendleann'i Sons Tork & Albany TUTESDAY EVENING, Bringing Up Father -> Copyright, 1917, International News Service - By McManus I wfcNi A l iiup | ) ' ' S THERf TOO 1 if' vrtM. -o,os I i,R 'iJ .] — ; a-2a Faulkner after another kiss upon the cheek nearest to him. "You'll just wear this ball gown until you can get some dimity, madam, and don't you ever even mention to me—" CHAPTER XVII, Home At Last. But just here an Interruption ar rived, and I sprang from the arms of my Gouverneur Faulkner only In time to avoid being discovered therein. My beloved uncle, the Gen eral Robert, entered the door in a great hurry, with that much fright ened Bonbon following close at his heels. "What's all this that fool nigger phoned about ghosts walking and—" Then ho stood very still in the spot upon which his feet were placed and regarded me as I turned from the arms of my Gouverneur Faulkner and faced him. "Heavens, governor, what has hap pened to my boy?" he asked, and his fine old face was of a great white ness and trembling. "Sam says he's dead, and the ghost!"— And then came another pause in which all of the persons present held for a long minute their breath. Did I make excuses and explana tions and pleadings to my beloved uncle, the General Robert, in such suffering over the death of that Rob ert? I did not. I opened my strong young arms wide and took him into them with a tenderness of such great force that it would of a necessity go into his very heart. "I am a wicked girl who has come to you in lies as a boy, my Uncle Robert, but I have a love that is so great for you that I vrill be in death if you do not accept of it from me," I said as 1 pressed my cheek in its tears against his. And for still another long minute all of the persons present waited again, and I forced to remain in my throat a sob, while my beloved Gouv erneur Faulkner laid one of his hands on the shoulder of my uncle, the General Robert. And then did come that explosion! "You young limb of Satan, you! I could shake the life out of you if I didn't prefer a live girl to a dead boy. I knew just such a thing as this would happen to me in my old age for a long life of cussedness. And, what's more, I'll wager I'll never be able to give a greta husky thing like you away. You cost as much to feed as a man. Who'd want you?" But even as he stormed at me I felt his strong old arms cease from their trembling and clasp me with a very rough tenderness. "I do, general," said my Gouvern eur Faulkner as he attempted to take me from that very rough embrace of my uncle, the General Robert. "I'll take her off your hands." "No, sir; I never ask personal fa vors of my friends," answered my uncle, the General Robert, as he held me away from the arms of the Gouverneur Faulkner with a very great determination. [To be Continued.] LETTERS ISSUED Letters testamentary in the estate of John H. Snyder, late of Middletown, were issued by Register Roy C. Danner to Maurice R. Metzgar. The will was probated yesterday. Letters of ad ministration in tha estate of the late Margaret J. Reinoehl to Nelson R. Relnoehl, and in the estate of Israel Moyer, late of Derry township, to the widow, Mrs. Kate Moyer, and a son, Harry Moyer. All's Well That Ends Well a By Jane McLean She had always been afraid of 1 small children. Having been the j only child in her own family, she - had never really known children, and sundry small cousins had lived too far away to become close friends. And so it had not been strange that upon her marriage she had dreaded having a child of her own. Once she and George talked it over. Manlike, he wanted a son, but lit tle had been said on the subject. This did not prevent George from thinking a lot. He observed his wife closely; he tried to read her character, and in reading he found there no traces of selfishness. There was no lack of money in the Driggs family, and Helen had everything she wanted; then the real reason must be Just what she had said it was, fear. Once he had asked her if she didn't want to call on the Palmer's 1 to see the new baby, and Helen had quickly refused. "I'm afraid of little babies, George," she had confessed shudder ingly; "just think, Gail Palmer might ask me to hold it!" And Helen had looked as if so horrible a thing was not to be thought of. And then one afternoon Helen went down town to see about a new maid. The neighborhood in which she found herself was one of the poorest. Mothers with dirty babies in their laps were sitting on the grim little stoops; women hung out of the windows; filthy children play ed in the gutter. Helen wonder ed where in all this squalor she was to find the new maid that Mrs. Cut ler had told her about, but uncom plainingly she climbed three flights of dimly lighted stairs and knocked at the door at the right. It was opened promptly enough by a bright faced young Irish woman who smil ed at Helen out of her blue eyes. "Come in, ma'am," she said when Helen explained what she wanted. "Mrs. Palmer told me you was com in\ I used to work with her; that was before the new baby came." "O, have you a baby?" Helen questioned, following the girl into the close little room and taking the proffered chair. "Yes ma'am, hero it is;" and be fore Helen knew it the girl had whisked up a small bundle from some place near and had precipi tated it upon the lap so unaccus tomed to anything of the kind. Helen gasped, and there was nothing to do but hold the baby, and her arms closed gingerly about the warm, soft little body. There was a sudden shriek from the passageway outside, and with out a moment's notice the little Irish woman threw up her hands In DAILY DOT PUZZLE c -14 * 2 ' 19 ,fl '7 * 2o * •I 6 •' 24 • * . M . "• i * j r '<*9 * • • 9 „ S •" M . 8 * •31 30 6 65, • 33. ' * 54 • 56 * 38 39 . 6 , a*. • * <:.o • A . 44. A\ 44, \ 8 ° M 9 • *57 • Si 52 . 53 Sev'nty tines and then, of course, You will see my great . Draw from one to two and so on to the end. a gesture of exasperation and flew to the door. "Ye'll hold him for me, won't you, ma'am," she called back and was gone down the stairs. Helen sat perfectly still with the baby in her lap. At first she ex pected Mrs. O'Toolo to come back immediately, but when she did not come, and the minutes ticked slowly away a wave of curiosity overcame Helen's distaste. As yet she had not seen the baby and, bending down lower, she drew the clothes down and looked down square into a pair of wide inquisitive eyes. Then, as she continued to stare, the baby smiled broadly at her, showing- two wide toothless gums, and clutched playfully at the fur piece that Helen wore about her neck. "You darling!" Helen said invol untarily, and the baby gurgled. By the time Mrs. O'Toole appear ed in the doorway, Helen had eas ed her frenzied clutch of the child and was holding it easily. She was playing with its pink fingers, and she looked up at the little mother, who smiled and thrust a curley headed, dirty-faced boy of about eight before her into the room. "It was Jerry fighting again," she explaimed breathlessly. "I was afraid the baby would be a bother to you, ma'am, but I see you're used to them." And then before Helen ootild deny the fact, the Irish woman was asking tome questions about tho new place. Helen's brain was in a chaos as she went home that afternoon. Gono w-ere her fears of tender fragile bodies. All that she remembered was the adorable baby chuckle as the tiny fingers clutched at her scarf and involuntarily pulled at her heart strings for the first time in her life. She thought with a shame-faced smile of George's face when she should tell him about the O'Toole baby. She looked with new interest at every baby carriage she passed. How strange that she had never liked babies before. After all it was the most natural thing in the world. Religious Objectors Gain Point in Draft Ruling Reading;. Pa., Aug. 28.—M<nnonites, Amish. Kiver Brethren, Dunkards, Seventh-Day Adventists, German Bap tists and other noncombatant religi ous septs opposed to war will be ex empted in part from military duty. They have gained a notable concession from E. H. Crowder, provost marshal general, through a committee that re turned yesterday from Washington. Such conscientious objectors will have to go to mobilization camps, if drafted, but will not have to go to the front. For the present they will be assigned to duty only In the hos pital service in the mobilization camps. Whether they will be given other duties in connection with cair.p work has not been determined, as to put all of them in the hospital corps would swamp the corps. Uncle Sam's Thrift Thought For Today A Way to Utilize Stnle Bro*<l _ Here is a way suggested by tlio United States Department of Ag riculture to utilize stale bread and left-over milk: French Toast Beat up together one egg, ono cup of skim or whole milk, and salt to taste. Dace a small quan tity of butter, bacon fat or other suitable fat in a broad-bottom frying pan. Dip slices of stale bread into the egg and milk mix ture until they are thoroughly moist and fry on both sides until a golden brown. Serve hot with or without syrup. Spread the Meat Flavor Spread the meat flavor over other foods and so economize oil the quantity of meat consumed, says the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Here Is one way to utilize left-over meat by spreading its flavor. tLtia *^** ui -|'infiiiifHfH[ t ii Lu ir "In war or peace I want my POST TOASTIES HAHJRISBURG TELEGRAPH New Superintendent of C. I. and S. Arrives Here Burton A. Shutts. It was announced yesterday, has been promoted to the superintendency of tho Central Iron and Steel Works. He will assume the duties of his new position immedi ately. Mr. Shutts came to this State from Illinois many years ago. At Joliet he was superintendent of the Illinois Steel Company's plant. Until last January he was with the Lackawanna CARRY PARCELS AVOID RETURNING K>SMBLE^ Do Not Ask A Fighting Man I To Carry Your Parcels The United States Government makes the request of Retail Merchants and the Public at Large "Avoid waste in labor, capital, material and equipment and thereby release 1 when needed men and capital for the defense of this Nation." To conform to the Government's request Retail Merchants of Harrisburg will after August 15, 1917 Make but Two Deliveries to Each Home Per Day Help Harrisburg Stores Help the Government MAKE CAREFUL SELECTION A HABIT BUY ONLY THAT WHICH YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP AVOID C. O. D. PURCHASES WHENEVER POSSIBLE A number of vacancies have already been caused in Similar action is being taken in all cities of the the delivery departments of the stores of this city on Country. account of enlistments, and no doubt future enlistments Every citizen can now do his bit. and drafts will bring about a more serious shortage of Opportunity to serve in this war has come to few men in this line of service. The Government says that but is spreading to all. This is your opportunity. the places of these men cannot be filled by taking men England smarting under bitter experiences, due to from occupations more vital to the conduct of war. delay, urges the United States to act immediately. . . , . „ . „ Erance allows but three deliveries a week. The United Merchants and the Public must organize to meet this States Government asks that you help reduce deliveries condition before it becomes acute. to one a day, and may later request further sacrifice. These Stores Are Co-operating With the United States Government and the Council of National Defense Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, The Hub, Walk-Over Shoe Store, Bowman & Company, Bogar, Sporting Goods, vVm Stronse Kaufman's Underselling Store, Regal Umbrella Store, A . , Doutrichs, Steckly's Shoe Store, f " C , S> The Globe, . Crego Shoe Store, Ladies Bazaar, Rothert Company, H. Marks & Son, Salkin's Golden Rule Department Store, Is* Tr °" P Music House ' p - G - Die ner. The Hoff Store,' New Cumberland. Goldsmith s, j. H. Brenner, Harrisburg Light and Power Company, Robinson s Woman Shop, Paul's Shoe Store, Gately & Fitzgerald Supply Company Witmer, Bair & Witmer, Fackler's, Robinson & Company, Steel Company at Lebanon, having entered the employ of that concern in 1906. He had been with the Beth- I lehem people less than a year. Ar. Shutts comes here from Lebanon, where he had charge of the North Cornwall fifty-ton twin furnaces of the Bethlehem Steel Company. MIIS. HORWITZ NOW MAJOR Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 28.—Gover nor Catts, of this State, yesterday ap pointed as major and aid on his mili staff Mrs. George Q. Horwitz, fov-mer ; ly of Philadelphia, where she is . prominent in society, who recently was elected Mayor of Moore Haven. AUGUST 28, 1917. * This Harrisburg Boy Delighted With France f William Ashby, of this city, was among the first to land in France. He is a musician in the Headquarters' . Company of the Twenty-fifth In- \ fantry, and the unit of which he is I a member landed in France shortly I - after the arrival there of General . Pershing and his staff. Ashby has seen service for several years. He was stationed on the Mexi y can Border during the trouble last summer. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ash by, 610 Muench street. Me has written his parents that he is well pleased with life in France. MAIHKII AT COUNCIL James H. Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania Federation of left Harrisburg last niht for Minne apolis. where he will preside as tem porary chairman of the Peoples' Coun cil, which meets in that city on Thursday. SHOOTS I)(HV\ BOTH PI.ANE Berlin. Aug. 28. An official state ment yesterday says that "Baron von Richhofen has shot down his flfty r.inth opponent." 5
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