10
A TOWS AND HIS i
.I^kMONEY
Copyright, 1915, by George Br rr McCutcheon.
CONTINUED
uur second and more critical survey
of the lower floors of the castle reveal
ed rather urgent necessity for exten
sive repairs and refurbishing, but 1
was not dismayed. With a blithesome
disregard for expenses 1 dispatched
Rudolph, the elder of the two sons, to
Llnz with Instructions to procure arti
sans who could be depended upon to
undo the ravages of time to a certain
extent and who might even suggest a
remedy for leaks.
My friends, abhorring rheumatism
and like complaints, refused to sleep
over night In the drafty. almost pane
less, structure. They came over to see
me on the ensuing day and begged me
to return to Vienna with tbem. But
full of the project In hand, 1 would
not be moved. With the bouse full of
carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, lock
smiths. tinsmiths, plumbers, plasterers,
glaziers. Joiners, scrubwomen and
chimney sweeps, I felt that I couldn't
go away and leave It without a con
trolling Influence.
Just as they were leaving my secre
tary and my valet put In an appear
ance, having been summoned from
Vienna the day before. 1 confess 1
was glad to see them. The thought of
spending a second night In that limit
less bedchamber, with all manner of
night birds trying to get In at the win
dows, was rather disturbing, and 1 wel
comed my retainers with open arms.
My first night had been spent in a
huge old bed, carefully prepared for
occupancy by Herr Schmick's frau. I
knew there was a ceiling, for 1 had
seeii its beams during the daylight
hours, but to save my soul 1 couldn't
imagine anything so far away as it
seemed to be after the candles had
been taken away by the caretaker's
wife, who had tucked me away in the
bed with ample propriety and thor
oughness combined.
Twice during that interminable night
I thought 1 beard a baby crying. So
It Is not unreasonable to suppose that
1 was more than glad to see Poopen-.
dyke, my secretary, clambering up the
path with his typewriter in one band
and his green baize bag in the other,
followed close behind by Britton. my
valet and the Gnrgentuan brothers
bearing trunks, bags, boxes and my
golf clubs.
"Whew!" said Poopendyke. dropping
wearily upon my doorstep.
My secretary is a youngish man with
thin, stooping shoulders and a habit of
perpetually rubbing his knees together
when he walks.
"It is something of a climb, isn't it?"
•aid I beamingly.
"In the name of heaven, Mr. Smart
what could have induced you to"—
He got no farther than this, and to my
certain knowledge this unfinished re
proof was the nearest he ever came to
openly convicting me of astninity.
"Make yourself at home, old fellow,"
said I In some haste. I felt sorry for
him. "We are going to be very cozy
here."
"Cozy?" murmured he, blinking.
"I haven't explored those upper re
gions," I explained nervously, divining
his thoughts. "We shall do it together
In a day or two."
"It looks as ijougb It might fall
down If we Jostled It carelessly," he
remarked, having recovered his breath.
"I am expecting masons at any min
ute," said I, contemplating the unsta
ble stone crest of the northeast turret
with some uneasiness. My face bright
ened suddenly. "That particular sec
tion of the castle is uninhabitable, 1
am told. It really doesn't matter If it
collapses. Ah, Britton 1 Here you are,
I see. Good morning."
Britton, a very exacting servant
looked me over critically.
"Your coat and trousers need press
ing, sir," said be. "And where am 1
to get the hot water for shaving, sir?"
"Frau Scbniick will supply anything
you need, Britton," said I, happy on
being able to give the information.
"It Is not I as needs it, sir," said he,
feeling of hiß smoothly shaved chin.
"Come in and have a look about the
place," said I. with a magnificent sweep
of my arm to counteract the feeling of
utter Insignificance I was experiencing
*t the moment
• ••»•••
A day or two later the castle was
swarming with workmen. The bang
ing of hammers, the rasp of saws, the
spattering of mortar, the crashing of
stone and the fumes of charcoal cruci
bles extended to the remotest recesses.
The tower of Babel was being recon
structed In the language of six or
eight nations.
Poopendyke, In great distress of
mind, notified me on the fourth day of
rehabilitation that the cost of labor
as well as living had goue up appre
ciably since our installation. In fact
It bad doubled. He paid all of my
bills, so I • suppose he knew what he
was talking about.
"You will be surprised to know. Mr.
Rmart." he Raid, consulting his sheets,
"that scrubwomen are getting more
here than they do in New York city,
and 1 am convinced that there are
more scrubwomen. Today we had
thirty new ones scrubbing the loggia
on the gun room floor, and they all
seem to have apprentices working
under them. The carpenters and plas
terers were not so numerous todav. 1
paid tbem off last night you see. It
may Interest you to hear that their
wages for three days amounted to
nearly S7OO In our money, to say noth
ing of materials and breakage."
"Breakage?" I exclaimed in surprise^
"Yes, sir, breakage. They break
nearly as much as they mend. We'll—
we'll go bankrupt sir, if we're not
careful."
I liked his pronoun. "Never mind,"
1 said; "we'll soon be rid of them."
"By the way," he said, "old man
Schmick and his family haven't been
paid for nearly two years. They have
put in a claim. The late owner as
sured them they'd get their money
from the next"—
"Discharge them at once," said I.
"We can't get on without them," pro
tested he. "They know the ropes, so
to speak, and. what's more to the point
they know all the keys. Yesterday 1
was nearly two hours In getting to the
kitchen for a conference with Mrs.
Schmick about the marketraen. In
the first place, I couldn't find the way,
and In the second place all the doors
are locked."
"Please send Herr Schmick to me in
the—in the"— I couldn't recall the
name of the administration chamber
at the bead of the grand staircase, so I
was compelled to say: "I'll see him
here."
"If we lose them we also are lost"
was his sententious declaration. I be
lieved him We kept the Scbmlcks.
On the fifth day of our occupancy
Britton reported to me that he had de
vised a plan by which we could utilize
the tremendous horse power represent
ed by the nftscles of those lazy giants.
Rudolph and Max. He suggested that
we rig up a huge windlass at the top
of the Incline, with stout steel cables
attached to a small car which could
be hauled up the cliff by a hitherto
wasted human energy, and as readily
lowered. It sounded feasible and I In
structed him to have the extraordinary
railway built but to be sure that the
safety device clutches in the cog
wheels were sound and trusty.
That evening, after the workmen had
filed down the steep looking for all the
world like an evacuating army, I
sought a few moments of peace and
quiet in the small balcony outside my
bedroom windows. My room was in
the western wing of the castle, facing
the river. The eastern wing mounted
even higher than the one in which we
were living, and was topped by the
loftiest watch tower of them all. We
had not attempted to do any work over
In that section »s yet. for the simple
reason that Herr Schmick couldn't find
the keys to the doors.
Suddenly 1 found myself staring as
If stupefied at the white figure of a
woman who stood in the topmost bal
cony of the eastern wing, fully reveal
ed by the last glow of the sun and
apparently as deep in dreams as 1 had
been the instant before.
CHAPTER 11.
I Defend My Property.
FOR ten minutes I stood there
staring up at her,
bewildered and not a little
shnken. My first thought had
been of ghosts, but it was almost In
stantly dispelled by a significant action
on the part of the suspected wraith.
She turned to whistle over her shoul
der and to snap her fingers peremptori
ly, and then she stooped and picked up
a rawer lusty chow dog, which prompt
ly barked at me across the intervening
space, having discovered me almost at
once, although 1 was many rods away
and quite snugly ensconced among the
shadows. The lady in white muzzled
him with her hand, and 1 could almost
Imagine 1 heard her reproving whis
pers. After a few minutes she appar
ently forgot the dog and lifted her
hand to adjust something in her hair.
He again barked at me, quite fero
ciously for a chow. This time it was
quite plain to her that he was not
barking at the now sliadowy moon.
She peered over the stone balustrade
and an Instint later disappeared from
view through the high, narrow win
dow.
Vastly exercised. I set out in quest
of Herr Schmick, marshaling Poopen
dyke as 1 went along, realizing that
I would have to depend on his Ger
man. which was less halting than mine
and therefore more likely to dovetail
with that of the Schmtcks, neither ot
whom spoke German because they
loved It but because they had to, be
ing Austrlans. We found the four
Schmlcks In the vast kitchen.
"Herr Schmick," said I, "will you
be so good aa to Inform me who the
dickens that woman Is over In the
east wing of the castle?"
"Woman, meln herr?" He almost
dropped his keys.
"A woman in a white dress, with a
dog."
"A dog!" he cried. "But, meln herr.
dogs are not permitted to be In the
castle."
"Who Is she? How did she get
there?"
"Heaven defend ns. sir! It must
have been the ghost of—
"Ghost your grnnnyP I cried, re
lapsing into English. "Please don'l
beat about the bush. Mr. Schmick.
She's over there in the unnsed wing,
which I haven't been allowed to pene
trate in spite of the fact that it belongs
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HARRISBURG STAB-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1915.
TURKS CONFUSE FRANCO-BRITISH GUNNERS BY CONSTANT SHIFTING OF LAND BA TTERIES
—' '
THE QUEEN ELIZABETH ■■—MjCHAEL
The Queen Elizabeth, the largest ship In the British navy, to at present leading the Allies' fleet In trying to force the Dardanelles. The Franco-British gunners have been con
fused all along by the constant shifting of the Turkish land batteries. This Is given as one of the principal reasons why t hey are having such a hard time forcing the straits. Rear
idmiral John Michael de Robeck is the present commander of the allied fleet
to me. Yon say yon can't find th«
keys to that side of the castle. Will
yon explain how it Is that It Is open to
strange women and—and dogs?"
"Yon must be mistaken, meln herr,"
he whined abjectly. "She cannot be
there. She— Ah. I have it! It may
have been my wife, Gretell Have yon
been in the east"—
"Nonsense!" I cried sharply. "This
won't do. Mr. Schmick. Give me thai
bunch of keys. We'll Investigate."
The four Schmlcks wrung their hand!
and shook their bends and then, re
pairing to the scullery, growled aud
grumbled for fully ten minutes before
deciding to obey my commands. In
the meantime I related my experience
to Poopendyke and Britton.
"That reminds me. sir," said Britton
"that I found a rag doll in the court
yard yesterday, on that side of the
building, sir—l should say castle, sir."
"1 am quite sure 1 heard a baby cry
ing the second night we were here,
Mr. Smart" said my secretary nerv
ously.
"Come!" said I finally, grabbing tb«
keys from the old man's unresistinp
Two Abreast We Filed Through the
Long, Vaulted Halls.
hand. "And. Schmick. If that dog
bites I'll hold yon personally responsi
ble. Do yon understand?"
Two abreast we filed through the
long, vaulted halls, Rudolph carrying
a gigantic lantern and Max a sledge.
We traversed extensive corridors,
mounted tortuous stairs and came at
length to the sturdy oak door thnt sep
arated the east wing from the west
a huge, formidable thing strengthened
by many crosspleces and studded with
rusty bolt heads. Padlocks an large
as horseshoes, corroded by rust and
rendered absolutely impracticable by
age, confronted ns.
"I have not the keys," said old Con
rad Schmick sourly. "This door has not
been opened in my time, .it Is no use."
"It Is no nsp." repeated his grisly
pons, leaning against the moldy walls
with weary tolerance.
To Be Continued
A Persian philosopher says, "The
goat climbs the rock hill, the wise
man takes the valley road."
Cumberland Valley Railroad
In Effect May 24. 1914.
Tralna Leave Harriahurifc—
For Winchester &nd Martlnebtirg, u
(.OS, *7.50 a. m, *3.40 p. m.
For Hagerstown, Chanibersburg and
Intermediate lu.tlona, at *5.01, *7.ttL
•il.. r .3 a. 111., "11,40. 6.32. *7.40, 11.0*
p. m.
Additional trains for Carlisle and
klechanlcaburK at 9.48 s. m.. 2.18. J.JT
ij.3o. 9.30 p. m.
For DUlaburg at 5.03, *7.60 and *11.1)1
h. m.. 2.18. *3.40, 6.32. d.30 p. m.
•Dally. AU other trains dully except
Sunday. J H. 'i'ONQB.
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DAY AND NIGHT 1
PLANT PROSPEROUS UNDER
MR. J. CILWORE FLETCHER
Brother of Former Sheriff of This Coun
ty Is President of Pittsburgh Steel
Concern That Is Sharing Largely in
the Return of "Good Times"
(Ppeclal to the Star-Independent.)
Pittsburgh, April 20.—The I'itts
burgh "Dispatch" of April 14 prints
the following article showing the facts
of a prosperity wave that, has come to
the Kiter-Conley .Manufacturing Com
pany, of Pittsburgh, of which the
president is J. tiilmore Fletcher, former
ly of Chambersburg, a brother of for
mer Sheriff J. fiowe Fletcher, of Dau
phin county:
"Apparent symptoms of a real pros
perity wave, devoid of any foundation
in war orders, were contained in facts
revealed during a talk yesterday with
a representative of the Kiter-Conley
Manufacturing Company. Recent news
reports from steel mills and shops tell
of approaching prosperity and the early
return of men to steady employment,
but, almost without exception, the rea
son given is the large war orders.
"This company has been exception
ally busy for the last three months,
and is now busier than for years past,
but these good times are not attribut
able in any way to the war. The busi
ness recently booked covers the regular
line of products, tending to show a
revival of business in this country, as
the orders upon which these activities
are based come from many sections of
the United States.
"The orders received by the com
pany within the past three months to
tal betweeu $2,000,000 and $.3,000,-
000. Last month broke all previous
records for tonnage shipped, totaling
more tfcan 10,000 tons of fabricated
material. During that month 14,000
tons of plain material were received
from the steel mills. The Kiter-Conley
company makes steel construction of
every description. The plant, aside
HOTEL IROQUOIS
South Carolina Avenue <£■ Beach
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Pleasantly situated, a few steps
from Boardwalk. Ideal family hotel.
Every modern appointment. Many
rooms equipped with running water;
100 private baths. Table and service
most excellent. Rates SIO.OO. $12.00
sls 00 weekly, American plan. Book- I
let and calendar sent free on request.
David P. Rahter Sllnn Wright
Chief Clerk Manager
Calendars of above hotel can also be
obtained by applying at star-In
dependent office.
* j
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Directory of
Leading Hotels
of Harrisburg
HOTEL VICTOR
No. 25 3outh Fourth Btreet
Directly opposite Linton Station,
r quipped with all Modern Improve*
uieuta; running; ivater In every rooai
Hue liathi perfectly sanitary) nicely
lurulalieil throughout. Rates moderate.
European Plan.
JOSEPH GIUSTI, Proprietor.
THEPLAZA
IMarket St., Harrisburg, Pa.
At the Entrance to the P. K. R. Station
EUROPEAN PLAN
F. B. AX.DINGER,
Proprietor
Broken
Egg
Stove
Nut
sizes of coal arc now 50c
a ton cheaper. Why not
get in touch with Kelley
and have your bins filled
for next Winter"?
H. M. KELLEY
1 N. Third Street
Tenth and State Streets
from the office building, power and
galvanizing houses, contests of six largo
shops, all under one roof, that covers
an area of 360,000 square feet, and is
said to be the largest and most com
pletely equipped shop In the world for
miscellaneous plate and structural
work.
Comforts for Employes
"In laying out the plant the com
pany was net unmindful of the comfort
and convenience of its employes. The
grounds are especially attractive and
there are two tennis courts, a baseball
diamond, quoit grounds and a putting
green for the use of all employes,
while a large truck garden is cultivated
to supply vegetables for the noon meals
of employes.
"One reason for the increased out
put of our company," said this man,
"is orders for 55,000-barrel oil-stor
age tanks. These tanks are 114 feet 7 J
inches in diameter And 30 feet 4
inches high and weigh approximately
150 tons each. Two of these tanks are
fabricated each workday and, during
the last three months, 145 of them
were contracted for, to be delivered
and erected in the Oklahoma oil fields,
20 for the Texas oil fields and 10 for
the Tampico district in Mexico.
"'A recent bridge order wo re
ceived from the Indianapolis Union
Railway covers the furnishing of ap
proximately 8,100 tons of metal work
i for the downtown track elevation in
Indianapolis. This is one of the most
important improvements authorize! by
the Pennsylvania Railroad since its re
trenchment policy adopted about ( two
years ago.
" 'Refinery and tankage work re
cently booked for the Texas company
includes 6,500 tons of plate work to be
erected at their various refinery plants.
Orders for galvanized transmission tow
ers for power and light companies call
for delivery of approximately 75 miles
of towers to be erected in Eastern
Pennsylvania, North anil South Caro
lina aad along the Ohio River from
Pittsburgh to Beaver, Pa.
Big Gas Contracts
" 'The 4,000,000 cubic, foot holder
under contract for the Cambridge Gas
Light Company, of Cambridge, Mass.,
and retort houses now under contract
for the Worcester Gas Light Com
pany, Rockford Gas Light Company,
and" the Philadelphia Suburban Gas
and Light Company are well under way
and will be completed this summer.
"'A contract is practically com
pleted with the United States Reclama
tion Service for furnishing material for
tlio rolling crest at the Grand River Di
version Dam of the Grand Valley
project in Colorado, consisting of six
70 and one 60-foot by 15-inch rollers
with accessories, involving approximate
ly 300 tons of structural and plate
work. This type of dam, the first built
in the United States, is patented by
Maschienfabrik Augsburg Wurnberg, A.
G., Gustavsburg, Germany, and the
Reclamation Service caused its manu
facture in this county under a license
from that company.
" 'More near-local business covers
structural steel required for an exten
sion to the shops of the Hockensmith
Wheel and Mine Car Company-at Penn
Station, Pa., anil the American Vana
dium Company at Bridgeville, Pa. Ship
ments will start shortly on the steel
work required for a six-story storage
building, 121 feet long by 115 feet
wide, for the 11. J. Heinz Company.
This contract involves approximately
1,400 tons, and the building will be
similar to the present seven-storv
building which the Riter-Conley Com
pany furnished.
" 'Work is going on rapidly on an
order for dredge pipe for the St. l<aw
rcnee River Power Company at >Mas
sena Springs, N. Y. The outer calls for
one mile of pipe, 24 inches in di
ameter.' "
Makes 01 Feel Like 10
"I suffered with kidney ailment for
two years," writes Mrs. M. A. Bridges,
Robinson, Mass., "and commenced tak
ing Foley Kidney Pills about ten
months ago. 1 am now able to do all
my work without fatigue. I am now
61 years of age and foel like a 16-year
old girl." Foley Kidney Pills strengthen
and invigorate weak, tired and deranged
kidneys; relieve backache, weak back,
rheumatism and bladder trouble. They
nre tonic in action. Geo. A. Gorgas, 16
North Third street.—Adv.
Hold Two for Bounty Fraud
Brookville, Pa., April 20.—State
Game Commissioner E. W. Kelly, of
Dußois, yesterday arrested Milo Yount
and B. H. Booser, both young men of
Suminorville, on the charge of collect
ing bounty on weasel pelts which they
purchased outside the State. Booser
was hold under SIOO bail and Yoant
is in jail. More than 500 weasel pelts
were found in the possession of the
men when they were placed under ar
rest.
Veteran Dies on Visit
York, Pa., April 20.—While visiting
in the city, as had been his annual
custom for five years, George H. Drys
dale, of the Mountain Branch of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiors, Johnson City, Tenn., died of
apoplexy last night. His body was
found in a local hotel.
Lancaster Tabernacle Sold
Lancaster, April 120.—Dr. Henry
W. Stough, evangelist, will close his
seven weeks' campaign here next Sun
day. The tabernacle was sold yester
day at auction. The building cost $4,-
50 r 0 and was sold for $1,7'25.
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A Most Important Food —Jam
It may seem early in the season to
talk about making jams. We usually
wait until strawberries and raspberries
are low priced and plentiful, and they
are far from that now. But so much is
being said about the demand abroad
for this food that everyone is consid
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We are given to thinking it a sweet
and more or less of a luxury but often
it is a necessity. Such cases are, when
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in variety or playing pranks on diges
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In army camps all these conditions
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or mechanical, laxative. It is tooth
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and creates a mental effect that helps
to maintain health." Dr. Long adds
that all sugars are not alike and that
the sweetness of jam is like a sugar of
fruit and has a wonderful action on
nutrition. Commercial sugar, eaten
freely, would cause irritation, acidity
and other freaks in the way of trouble
in the digestion but there is none of
this where fruit sugar is used.
Our favorite jams are made from
gooseberries, plums, currants and black
berries, but we make peach and apple
butter, pear conserve and various mar
malades and all these the British dub
"Jam."
Just now we should have orange
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
"Should wash material be shrunk be
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so it will still look like new goods?—
Maidie."
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* * *
"I have several cans of corn left
from last season and would like to use
it before corn comes, but my family
is tired of it. Can it be made into a
relish or a salad?"
Keply.—Corn salnd is made from
either fresh or canned corn and is ex
cellent with meats and fish. To each
can of corn add one stalk of chopped
celery, one-half of a head of cabbage
chopped, two quarts of vinegar, and
several sweet peppers. Season with four
cups of sugar, four tablespoons of salt
and the spices you like. Boil this
twenty minutes, taste and add more
sugar or more spices as needed. Seal in
cans. .