14 POLAND HIS jy%MONEY fYOJK mBKGEOfeGE BARB CCUTCHEOIi Copyright, 1915, by Gaorga Br rr McCutchson. CONTINUED "Bpiendid!" I cried. "You convinct me that it can never happen." "You spoke of him as my husband.' che said, going hack to my remark "He is not my husband. Please b< ■ good enough to remember that." "It will be easy, I assure you. Maj I therefore venture the hope that 11 you ever decide to marry again you'li i give soir i deserving American a chanc« S to make you his queen?" "I shall never marry, Mr. Smart,' i she said with decision. "Never, nevei again will I get into a mess (hat is sr hard to get out of. I can say this tc you because I've heard you are »j bachelor. You can't take offense." i "I fondly hope to die a bachelor.' said I with humility. "God bless you!" she cried, bursting! Into a merry laugh, and I knew thai « truce had been declared for the tiint: being at least. "And now let us talk sense. Have you carefully considered i the consequences if you are found out Mr. Smart?" "Found out?" "If you are caught shielding a fugi tlve from justice. It occurred to in< last night that the safest thing for yoi' to do. Mr. Smart, is to —to get ouli yourself." I stared. She went on hur riedly. "Can't you go away for «' month's visit or"— "Well, upon my soul!" I gasped 1 "Would you turn me out of my OWE house? This bents anything I've"— j "I was only thinking of your peace of mind and your—your safety," sh( j cried unhappily. "Truly, truly I was.' ' "Well. I prefer to stay here and di[ what little I can to shield you and] Rosemary," said I sullenly. "I'll not say anything horrid again : Mr. Smart," she said quite meekly. (1 & I "How dare you suggest such a thing!" take this occasion to repeat that I've never seen any or* in .ill my life so pretty as shell Her moist red lip trembled slightly, like a censured child's. With an abrupt change of manner she began to Pace the floor, distracted ly beatfng Ixt clinched hands against; her bosom. Twice I heard her mur mur. "Oil. God!" This startling exposition of feerins gave me a most uncanny shock. And now 1 was witness to the pain she suffered: now 1 heard her cry out against the husband that had hurt her so pitilessly. I turned my head away, i vastly movei'. Presently she moved over to the window. A covert glance j revealed her standing there, lookinc not down at the Danube that seemed so far away, but up at the blue sky that seemed so near. The sound of dry, suppressed sobs tame to my ears. It was too much for me. I stealthily quit my position by the mantelpiece and tiptoed toward the door, bent on leaving her alone. Halfway there ! hesitated, stopped and then deliberately returned to the fireplace, where 1 noisily , shuttled a fresh supply of coals into the grate. It would be heartless, even unmanner ly, to leave her without letting her know that I was heartily ashamed of myself and completely in sympathy j with her. Wisely, however, 1 resolv ed to let her have her cry out. Some one a great deal more farsecing than I let the world into a most important secret when he advised man ti> take that course when in doubt. For a long while 1 waited for her to regain control of herself, rather dreading the apology she would feel called upon to make for her abrupt| reversion to the first principles of her| sex. The sobs ceased entirely. I ex- j perienced the sharp joy of relaxation.! Her dainty lace handkerchief found employment. First she would dub it I cautiously in one eye. then the other, after which she would scrutinize its crumpled surface with most extraor dinary interest. At least a dozen times she repeated this ptizzi.lng opera tion. What in the world was she look ing for? To this day that strauge. sly peeking on her part remains a mystery to me. She turned swiftly upon me and beckoned with her little forefinger. Greatly concerned. 1 sprang toward her. Was she preparing to swoon? What in heaven's name was 1 to do if she took it into her pretty head to do such a tiling as that? "Look!" she cried, pointing upward through the window. "Isn't she love ly?" I stopped short iu my tracks and stared at her in blank amazement. What a stupefying creature she was! She beckoned again impatiently. I obeyed with alacrity. Obtaining a rather clear view of her eyes. 1 was considerably surprised to find no trace of departed tears. Her cheek was as smooth and creamy white as it had been before the deluge. Her eyelids were dry and orderly, and her nose had not been blown once to my recol lection. Truly, it was a marvelous re covery. I still wonder. The cause of her excitement was vis ible at a glance. A trim nursemaid stood In the small gallery which circled the top of the turret, just above and to the right of us. She held in her arms the pink hooded, pink coated Itose mary. made snug against the chill winds of her lofty parade ground. Catching the nurse's eye. she sig naled for her to bring the child down to us. Ilosemary took to me at once. A most embarrassing thing happened. On seeing me she held out her chubby arms and shouted "da-da!" at the top of her infantile lungs. I flushed, and the countess shrieked with laughter. It wouldn't have been so bad if the nurse had known her place. If there is one thing in this world that 1 hate with fervor it is an 111 mannered, poorly trained servant A grinning nursemaid is the worst of all. "Ha, ha!" I laughed bravely. "She —she evidently thinks 1 look like the count. He is very handsome, you ■ay." "Ob, that isn't it!" cried the count ess. taking Rosemary in lier arms and directing mo to a spot on her rosy cheek. "Kiss right there, Mr. Smart There! Wasn't it.a nice kiss, honey bunch? If you are a very, very nice little girl the kind gentleman will kiss you on the other cheek some day. She calls every man she meets da-da." ex plained the radiant young mother. "Oh." said I. rather crestfallen. "Would you like to hold her. Mr. Smart? She's such a darling to hold." "No—no, thank you.'' I cried, backing off. "Oh, you will come to it. never fear, - * she said gayly as she restored Rose mary to the nurse's arms. "Won't he. Blake?" "He will, my lady,," said Blake with conviction. I noticed this time that Blake's smile wasn't half bad. At dinner that evening 1 asked I'oo|> endyke point blank if he could cull to minil a marriage iu New York so ciety that might tit the principals in this puzzling case. "I'm sorry, sir. but—but I can't do it. I promised her this morning 1 wouldn't let it be dragged out of me with redhot tongs." CHAPTER X. I Receive Visitors. TIIE east wing of the castle was as still its ihmouse on the day niy house party arrived. Grim old doors took on new pad locks, keyholes were carefully stopped up, creaking floors were calked, and yet 1 trembled. My secret seemed to b? safely planted, but what would the harvest be? Elsie Hazzard presented me to her friends, an'' with lordly generosity I presented Aie castle to them. There was a Russian baton whom for brevity's sake I'll call Uioviteh. Then- was a Viennese gentlenv;u of tweuty-six or eight. 1 heard, Wut wiio looked forty. His name was Pleas. He was a plain mister. The more 1 saw of him the first afternoon the more 1 wondered at George HazzardY. carelessness. Then there were two very bright and charming Americans, the Billy Smiths. He was connected with the American embassy at Vienna, and I 'Uied him from the start. The baron ft'.' s in the Russian embassy ant was really a. very nice boy. "And this Mr. Pless, who Is he?" i isked. Elsie was looking at the rakish yoaas man with a pitying expression In bei tender blue eyes. "Poor fellov;!" she sighed. "He is Id great trouble, John \Ve hoped that U we got him ort tiere where It is qnlel he might be able to forget Oh, but I am not supposed to tell yon a word ol the story! We are all sworn to se crecy." "Women." »nld Billy Impressively. "Then ifs easily patched.'' said I. "IJke cures like " "You don't understand. John." aald Elsie gravely. "He was married to « HARRISBURG STAR-ENDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 30, 1915 oeantirar "Now, Elsie, you're telling," etntfon fd Betty Billy—Mrs. Billy Smith. "Well." said Elsie doggedly, -I'm de termined to tell tills much. Bis aam« "Poor tallowl" she sighed. Un't Pless. His wife pot a divorce from t) I id. ii ml now she has token their child una run on with It. nod they can't tind while's the matter?' My eyes were nlmost popping from my ne.-id. "Is—1» lie a count?" I cried, so loudly that they all said "Shi" and shot ap prenbenslvc glances toward tlie pseud i. Mr. t'less To Be Continued RAIDS OF "WHITE WOLF'S'' GANG Missionary, Back From China, Tells About Thrilling Experiences Brunnorville, April 30. —Tbo Rev. Ivan KauffMan, son of the Rev. I. H. Kauffman, of this place, has returned to his home after having undergone hardships to tlee to this country, and from seven years' work as a missionary in the provinces of China. He brings thrilling tales with him of the raids committed by "White Wolf," a notori ous Chinese bandit. The missionary was forced to flee with a number of other missionaries from the attacks of the bandits, and look refuge in the mountains. At one time iMr. Kauffman was reported lost, and his return was a great surprise. He will remain in Lancaster county for the present. Henry Flowers Dies at Elizabethtown Klizabetlitown, April 30. —Henry Flowers, (i 7 years old, a painter of seme note, died yesterday from a com plication of diseases. A widow and eight children survive. Stations, points of Interest. 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Additional trains lor Carllil* and Mechanlcsburg at 9.4* s. m. Ml. 1.27 « 30. 'J.3O P. m Kor Dlllsburg at 5.03. *7.SO and UHf h. m.. 2.18. .*3.40. 5.32. &.I0 p. a. •Dally All otbar trains dally xxcrpr Sunday. J H. TUNOI U. A. RIDOU& Oil'. A. Supu ■ HOUSEHOLD TALKS Henrietta D. Grauel Wanted a Half-Penny Piece No place in the house can so many savings be affected as in the kitchen. A penny here ami a penny there soon counts up and sensible women do all sortß of things to save the pennies, like turning down the light id one room when they are in another, saving gas by oven cookery, walking to market to save carfare and so on through a long, interesting list. But all the while they are giving away pennies against their will for we have no half cent. American improvi dence is proverbial but nowhere else is it better illustrated than here. Every other civilized nation has its fraction of a cent coin. We once had it but let it slip away, with the two and three cent piece. In the South and West very often the nickel is the smallest coin in gen eral use and no one bothers about the pennies. But dealers benefit by this large, careless way of doing business; notice, please, how often when articles sell two for twenty-five cents the tradetnnan pockets the odd cent. If two heads of cabbage cost fifteen cents one is usually expected to pay ten cents for a single one. This is all wrong and it would be quickly righted if we had a half-cent in circulation. Petitions to lawmakers were sug gested some years ago but at once steps were taken to suppress the agitation until now there is little discussion heard regarding this needed coin. Women can secure this and it would be a more sensible movement towards GIRLS! GIRLS! YOU MUSI TRY THIS! DOUBLES BEAUTY Of YOUR HAIR For 25 Cents You Can Make Your Hair Lus trous, Fluffy, and Abundant Immediate!— Yes. Certain!—that's the joy of it. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and ap pears as soft, lustrous and beautiful as a young girl's after a Danderine hair cleanse. Just try this—moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, CLASSIC WAR POEMS Selected by J. Howard Wert NO. 4«. THE DRUMMER'S BRIDE BY MAJOR JAMES LA SHELL The compiler will terminate this scries with a sad picture of the condition of a lovely girl made a maniac by the loss of her recently wedded husband on the field of battle. It is only one portraiture of the myriads of horrors con stantly attending war. Hollow-eyed and pale at the window of a jail, Thro' her soft disheveled hair, a maniac did stare, stare, stare! At a distance, down the street, making music with their feet, < ame the soldiers from the wars, all embellished with their scars, To the trapping of a drum, of a drum; To the pounding and the sounding of a drum! Of a drum, of a drum, of a drum! drum, drum, drum! The woman heaves a sigh, and a fire (ills her eye. When she hears the distant drum, she cries, "Here they come! here they come!" Then, clutching fast the grating, with eager, nervous waiting, See, she looks into the air, through her long aud silky hair, For the echo of a drum, of a drum; For the cheering and the hearing of a drum! Of a drum, of a drum, of a drum! drum, drum, drum! And nearer, nearer, nearer, comes, more distinct and clearer, The rattle of the drumming; shrieks the woman, "He is coming. He is coming now to me; quick, drummer, quick, till I see!" And her eye is glassy bright, while she beats in mad delight To the echo of a drum, of a drum; To the rapping, tapping, tapping of a drum! Of a drum, of a drum, of a drum! drum, drum, drum! Now she sees them, in the street, march along with dusty feet. As she looks through the spaces, gazing madly in their faces; And she reaches out her hand, screaming wiidly to the band; But her words, like her lover, are lost beyond recover, 'Mid the beating of a drum, of a drum; 'Mid the clanging and the banging of a drum! Of a drum, of a drum, of a drum! drum, drum, drum! So the pageant passes by, and the woman's flashing eye Quickly loses all its stare, and fills with a tear, with a tear; As, sinking from her place, with her hands upon her face, "Hear!" she weeps and sobs as wild as a disappointed child; Sobbing, "He will never come, never come! Now nor ever, never, never, will he come With his drum, with his drum, with his drum! drum, drum, drum!" Still the drummer, up the street, begts his distant, dying beat. And she shouts, within her cell, "Ha! they're marching dowu to hell, And the devils dance and wait at the open iron gate: Hark! it is the dying sound, as they march into the ground, To the sighing and the dying of the drum! To the throbbing and the sobbing of the drum! Of a drum, of a drum, of a drum! drum, drum, drum! • BUSINESS COLLEGES >, Begin Preparation Now Day and Night Sessions SCHOOL of COMMERCE 15 8. Market Bq., Htrrisburg, Pa. HBO. BUSINESS 320 Market Street fall Term September First DAY AND NIOHT | 1 Aged Woman Dies at Vogansvllle Vogansville, April 30. —Mrs. Maria Witwer, 85 years old, died yesterday from the infirmities of age. Four chil dren, ten graudcbildrcn, three great economy than any we have had yet. But do not ask the opinion of your grocer, butcher or candlestick maker aliout it; he does not want the half penny but the extra odd cents in a pur chase he always demands. If you belong to a housekeepers' as sociation or to any similar organization make this subject one of discussion and you will find that others are of the same mind; we want a half-penny piece. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ] "Please tell me about charlotte fill ings and how to mold them so they will be firm." Reply. —A whipped cream mixture is called a charlotte and it is named in honor of a Russian princess who turned her attention to dainty edibles. Present day bakers add gelatine to the whipped cream and this gives it solidity without altering the taste of the cteam. You may use any sort of mold, though block tin ones oval in shape are sold especially for this dainty. Line the mold with oiled paper and then place strips of sponge cake or of lady fingers around it. Or bake a sponge cake and remove the center and fill the cavity with the charlotte. Such a shell should be about an inch thick. Buy a package of any first-class gela tine and follow the directions on the carton for mixing the whipped cream and other ingredients for the filling. Some gelatines require hot and others cold water for dissolving. To-morrow —Dandelions. taking one small strand at a tijne. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil, and in just a few mo ments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. A delightful surprise awaits those whose hair has been neglected or is scraggy, failed, dry, brittle or thin. Besides beautifying the hair, Dander ine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invigorates the scalp, forever stopping itching and falling hair, but what will please you most will be after a few weeks' use, when you see new hair—fine and downy at first —yes—but really new hair growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair, and lots of it, surely get a 25-cent bottle of Knowl ton's Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter and just try it. —Adv. ' STEAMSHIPS BERMUDA Tbeae Churmlax lilamli Arc Hum •t Ttrlr Beat S. S. "BERMUOIAN" holds the record—4o hours—la the newest and only twin-screw steam ship sailing to Bermuda, and the only one landing passenger* at the dock at Hamilton without transfer by tender. Round Trip with meals C K > and and stateroom berth # U p For full particulars apply to A. S. OITUHSHIUUE * CO., A(esta «ss> bee S. S. Co., Msl., 211 Mroadtvsy, New Yerki t>. LORAE UtIUHEL. loa Mar. kct St.. U»rrlil>ur«, Ps. or mmr Tlik> grandchildren and one sister survives. She was a member of the Lutheran church. NTT* The Great VV Metropolis YORK Low Rate Excursion See Broadway; Pennsylvania fffi ■■ Station; Central Park; Riverside ■Jj Bl SI ! Drive; Grant's Tomb; Metropoli- tan Art Gallery; Brooklyn Bridges _ ■ I and get a glimpse of the greatest I I D n) i nr | T r i n ' city on the American Continent. " I Sunday, May 2 SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES Harrldhuric 5.48 A.M. I.nm-nntrr. H. 43 A. M. KteeMnn S.RI \. M. < lirlxllnnii 7.1S A.M. A. >l. PnrkrnliiirK 7.20 \. M. Kllxlllirthtonn fl.lß A. M. ronlrHvillr 7.ai» \. M. Klorln «.Il> A. M. Dow nlnictun n 7.3N A. M. M«. Jo.v, <1.23 A. M. Returning, Iratra Mew \ork H.,10 P. M. See Flyers! Consult Ticket Agents PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD 1 * Buy Hard Pea Coal Now $4.95 Instead of $5.20 For a short time only Hard White Ash Pea Coal will be sold for $4.95 per 2,000 lbs. Former price was $5.20. This is the first time we have ever known the price of Pea Coal to be reduced in April. Heretofore any difference in price has been upward instead of down. Prices were reduced for the reason that large manufacturing plants are not using much Pea Coal for steam purposes because of the dull times. Besides the difference in the price you will find the quality of coal bought now is better than you may get in winter. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster and Cowden Third and Boaa Fifteenth and Chestnut Hummel and Mulberry \ Also Steelton, Pa.