WEN OF DOLLY Thrilling Encounter With Bandits Puts Pompous Italian Count to Rout. By H. S. CANFIELD, JR. Arnold was already heartily tired ®f the disguise@® It was his nature to d@e all things openly and above board; and it irked him to have to stoop to subéerfuge, even in the struggle for +s hand of the woman he held above sll. Besides, for a man who had nev- ar zmswered to the call or the craze af the petrol, goggles, high-collared oosf smd bunglesome cap formed & d@iscomftting rampart behind which to Hide features and form. With a growl Wg @©mprecation against stubborn Seifeers and fate, who kept him fight fag for his share of the world’s goods Mnstead of endowing him with such at short notice, Arnold swept the big, aXish-looking car in a viciously short emrve and brought it to a panting standstill before the Leonard mansion fa the Upper Drive. To his associates and enemies alike @n Change, “Old Bull” Leonard was the personification of what all good mothers warn their sons against grow- fng up into. He was just as merci- Jess and cruel as his rise to fortune was sudden and spectacular. The one soft spot in his heart was for Dolly, snd her request for an imported car ef fabulous horsepower and an in- structor in its ways and tricks of loco- motion, was granted readily. The rec- ognition of struggling young Arnold had been the one request against which the old broker had hardened his heart. The influence of a young man, well liked for his personal qualities, is sometimes as far reaching as that of an old man well munitioned with gold, snd Arnold had experienced no diffi- sulty in landing the place as instructor #1: auto driving to the beautiful Dolly Eeonard. Arnold had no chance to step from he car after it had stopped. His heart warmed and his face flushed happily 2% the suddenness with which Dolly threw open the doors and almost ran to the curbing in response to the *Bonk, honk” of the horn. Dolly had admitted her love for him when Ar- mold had first poured forth his story ©f his passion for her; and she was mot ashamed to show that she had Been awaiting him just as eagerly as He had whisked the big car along over the boulevards. It was the lesson in ¥owve, all the better for the subterfuge and evasion of authority, which ap pealed to the girl, not the dry, techni- eal explanations of this and that part of the steering gear, through the im- partation of which Arnold was sup- posed to be earning the dollars of her father. Dolly was ravishing in her auto tog gery. The carelessly drawn veil hid faust enough of the pink ear nearest the bDegogegled Arnold to make him ong to press his lips just below it, =m desire which imperiled both occu- pants of the car as they sped along. Fncidentally, Dolly learned that such a thing as a clutch existed somewhere sbout the brightly new machine and that certain twists of the wheel did certain things; also that the gear box wasn’t under the hood. She soon for- got even these vague intimations of mechanical knowledge upon the part of her lover. But the things she did mot forget were the long. sweet silences following short, half whispered sen- fences as Arnold brought the machine #0 a snail's pace along the cool coun- #ry roads and slipped one arm around her waist and half up about her shoul: der so thdt she might lean her head ¢lose to his. Through the long summer the rides continued. It was not until in the splendid autumn that the Count Rivoli put in his appearance, in search of some fair American girl with whom went a handsome dot to repair the Minancial standing of his family. ‘With the advent of the Italian, im- pecunious as his rival, Arnold's pains 2nd pangs began. The evident pleas pare evinced by Leonard pere in having # nobleman as a suitor in his daugh- fer’s train acted not as a balm for the — my WA wounds of the young broker. It was Bad enough for him to know that it was the Count Rivoli who almost mightly enjoyed the hospitality of the H.eonard mansion or occupied a seat fn a box peside the charming Dolly, without having insult added to injury By the presence of the Italian fortune seeker as one of the motoring party. As the afternoons passed in speeding over the roads, with Arnold bound by tHe restrictions which surround ordi mary chauffeurs, while the Count sat snuggled up with Dolly and insisted zzpnon murmuring his tender speeches for her ears alone, the situation be- came almost unbearable to the Ameri: oan. At times the muscles in his shoulders became taut and strained mgainst the power of his self restraint zs some few words of the Italian’s reached his ears. Once, when Rivoli took it upon him: self to give the orders for the party fa = tone and manner insulting to even the most regularly employed chauffeur, ft was a hurried, surreptitious touch on his arm from Dolly’s slender fingers #hat kept him from striking out with fais clinched hand and knocking the arrogantly sneering foreigner to the ground. He seldom caught a word with Dolly now since her titled suitor wmnder parental sponsorship, had mo mopolized her every leisure hour. Dolly eared not a whit for the Count; she piked his companionship even less; but g¢he workings of the young lady’s mind wrete many-and involved and she knew | where was drawn the.line over which | a 5 ie voaman oc aU SLED 10 openly opposing the wishes of her father. It was Count Rivoli who proposed motoring to the inn far out along the ‘ake shore, supping there and return- ng late by moonlight. To Dolly, psy- hologically, was conveyed the Ital- lan’s intention to put his future happt- ness—or financial standing—to the test; Arnold had become too grumpy and saturnine to be open even to the most openly intimated purpose upon the part of his rival. Self aggrandize- ment was not the least important topic to which Rivoli devoted his musical voice and captivating accent. The Ital ian was a splendid talker, when his words reached only the ears of wom- en, and with an air of modesty cloak- ing his utterances, he contrived to dwell at length and at all times upon his heroic achievements. According ‘o the Count Rivoli, the courage of the Count Rivoli knew no bounds; for Mees Doll-ee he would dare any dan- ger, go to any length to win a smile from her lips. So it was as the three, Dolly, the Count and Arnold, sped back over the roads, white in the soft moonlight. Dolly had ceased to an- swer even in monosyllables, allowing the Italian to run on, building up the pedestal upon which he was to take his stand. “I am glad that you have no bri- gands here, Mees Doll-ee,” he was say- ing in a tone which promised remi- niscence. “But when one comes right down to it, it is not good to have no opportunities for excitement save for dodging death in these terrible streets of yours. Just before I left my home in Italy, I myself escaped death or capture at the hands of what you call hold-up men. Had I not been so prompt and cool of action, shot one man where he stood and put the oth- ers to flight, I would have—" A growling curse burst from Ar nold. He threw on the brakes with grinding force and Dolly and the Count were abruptly huddled togeth- er by the gear-tearing stop of the car. With an impatient, explosive Italian word, Rivoli sprang up. Suddenly. with his face gone to a sickly pallor, his jaw dropping till his mouth gaped open, he sank back weakly upon the cushions. “Ah-ah-ah-ah—" he mumbled unintel- 'igibly, and then sat in quaking si- lence. “Come on there, the three of you— up with your paws!” came the rasp- ‘ng command. Three men, the weird moonlight making their faces pale where they showed below the masks, stepped “close to the wheels of the panting car. Rivoll's hands went weakly trem- hling above lis head. Dolly in quiet fear, never taking her eyes from Ar- nold’s profile, showing as he half turn- ~d, obediently raised her daintily zloved hands. Arnold fumbled for a moment somewhere about the car, and then too shot up his arms. A terse order sent two of the men to the sides of Arnold and the Count. The leader turned his attention to Dolly. The girl obediently stripped off her gloves. For the first time she seemed to notice Rivoll and a glance of contempt was his share. The first bright ring came off with- out difficulty, but the second brought forth an oath and a cruel wrench. In- voluntarily a little cry escaped from between Dolly's clenched teeth. Quick as a flash Arnold’s hand came down; quicker still he turned back to where the leader tugged at the girl’s delicate fin_ers. The cry of warning from one of the men in the white rad came too late. The girl remem- bered ever after the flerceness of the cold rage in Arnold’s face. The heavy wrench flashed up bright in the moon- light and then came crashing down The leader sank down without a groan. With a feeling of sickening revulsion Dolly heard the cry of al- most feminine terror that escaped RI- voli’s lips. Arnold was out in the road now, grappling desperately. He tore him- self free and sent one of his assall- ants spinning to the macadam. As the two fled. one paused a moment in the shadows. There was a vicious re- port and Arnold clutched weakly at the air as he turned sick from the shock. Then his knees buckled under him and he sank down in a huddled heap. It was Dolly who bore the greater part of the burden of lifting the wound- ed man and propping him up on the cushions in the tonneau. Her hands were the ones that held the wheel in the mad ride back to the city. To po licemen who signaled her to slow up the girl gave a significant nod toward the unconscious man beside her in the front seat and let out another notch. When Arnold awoke, he wondered for a moment at his surroundings. A pressure of something soft in his hand and a suspicious wetness on the back of his fingers cleared away the clouds. With a smile hiding the shooting pain in his shoulder, he turned his head till his eyes could feast on Dolly. Neither cared to speak. Arnold understood that she had brought him home, to her home. “A-a-ahem!” broke in the pompous, warning cough of “Old Bull” Leonard. Arnold tried to free his hand; but Dolly held to it with gentle firmness. Her father pretended not to see. “Something of a fighter; yes, some- thing of a fighter,” rumbled the voice of ILeonard pere, and he actually smiled down upon the astonished Ar- nold. “Young man, I am looking for fight- ers to aid me,” he rumbled on. “I need young blood to brace up the old in my struggles. But, of course, you will not be fit for some time. Take your time. my boy, take your time.” WHH an absence of his habitual | frown, he ignored the creeping of Dol- | 1y’s other hand into Arnold’s free one and walked quietly from the room. vumsunng Sig. maner win Kansas. A few years ago, when the whole country was worrying about the un- precedented heat and drought in the West, the governor of Kansas issued a public statement saying he hoped no one would waste pity on the people of his state. As a matter of fact, Kansas, which last year produced $325,000,000 worth of farm produce can better afford such a roasting and drying up than any other state in the Union, for her per capita wealth is larger than that of any other ste*~. She is no ‘ng out huge sums for the care and kecp _ criminals,paupers insane and feble miuded. In eighty-seven of her 105 counties there are no insane. In fifty-four of this number there are no feble minded. Ninety-six counties have no inebriates and in the other nine they are as scarce as hens’ teeth. Thirty-eight county poor houses are as empty as last year’s locust shell, and most of these have been so for the best part of the past decade. The pauper population of the state falls a little short of 600. At one time not long ago, the jails in fifty-three counties were empty, and sixty-five counties were on the roll as having no prisoners serving sen- tence In the peniientiary, Some counties have not called a jury to try a criminal case in teu years, and the attorney-general says ‘‘a grand jury is so nncommon that half of our people wouldn’t know what it is and how to use it.” Instead of being plastered from end to end with mortgages held by east- erners, as was the case two decades ago, her own people this year hold more than $67,000,000 in this form of wealth, an increase of over 500 per cent in five years. Instead of being hampered by a large mass of illiterates her present ratio of two per cent is next to the lowest in the land and two per cent lower than Massachusetts,in- cluding Boston. It is this uncommon prevalence of sound minds in sound bodies that has reduced the death rate from 17 to 7 per 1000 in thirty years, though the former percentage still holds among her neighbors. These people have made good in a zone once declared to be unquestion- ably unproductive. In the last twenty years they have made this‘ ‘anproduc- tive’? soil yield corn and wheat worth $2,517,902,640. They’ve shown the nation the worth of alfalfa asa money maker, a soil rejuvenator and an ideal food for stock. The wheat crop har- vested before the last hot spell, is worth $63,000,000 at current prices. And in 1907,when the panic was on, Kansas forwarded $50,000,000 to help Wall Street out of the hole—the same Kansas which once was laughed at by the islanders of Manhattan as dead broke and done for; Though forced to acknowledge this, we cannot help thinking it strange. The people who settled Kansas were not different, on the whole, from those who pioneered Illinois, Iowa and Ne- braska. Nor are the soil and climatic conditions greatly unlike. Indeed, the odds are unfavorable to Kansas,so far as natural conditions are concerned. Yet many of the facts here arrayed could not be spoken of these states. Something must be the matter with Kansas. Something is the matter with her. That something, we believe, can be boiled down in these fourteen words constituting an amendment made to her constitution in 1881: The manufacture and sale of intox- icating liquor shall be forever prohib- ited in this state. It is this fundamental provision, fought and evaded in some localities as it was for a quarter of a century. and strictly enforced in all parts of the state only within the last five years, that has helped Kansas to flaunta two hundred million bank account in the face of a partial crop failure: that re- lieves her of spending much time, strength and money on paupers,crim- inals, insane and feble minded; that gives her people the best of chances for living and the fewest excuses for dying. It is this defiance of what other states have legalized as ‘‘necessary”’ evil has helped to make her citizens the richest per capita in the country, and the richest of any agricultural folk in the world; that has given her a permanent school fund of $10,000,000 and has reduced her illiteracy to an almost negligible quantity. It is this insistency upon what slaves of custom always have sneered at as “impractical’’ if not impossible, that has helped to give her a balance of more than a million and a quarter in her state treasury and alone that makes possible the statement that 98 per cent of her 400,000 school children never have seen a saloon. For even while the saloon interests succeeded in evading the law in many instances and boasted that prohibition was a failure in Kansas, government statistics showed that the average an- Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S nual consumption of intoxicating lig- ors in the s.ate was $1.48 per capita, while in the neighboring state of Missouri, where wiskey ruled king, it was $24 per capita. In other words the average Kansan has just $22.52 more to spend on food clothing, education and entertainment than his average neighbor across the Kaw. And just about that much more to save on doctors nurses, fines, jails poor houses and insane asylums. And now that the United States Supreme court has upheld the Webb law, pro- hibiting liquor shipments in legally dry territory, Kansas is enabled to en- force legislation that will virtually el- imate intoxicants from her borders. Again and again it has been said prohibition is a failure in Kansas,that when the older generation responsible for its adoption passed over the reigns of government to its sons and daugher for Kansas has recognized woman’s rights as full citizens—Kansas would come back to her senses. That this prophecy is without foun- dation is best evidence by the follow- ing statement from Attorney General Dawson: The last two sessions of the legis- lature answered these false prophets by passing the most drastic prohibi- tion law in the whole world, killing the drug store saloon, making it fim- possible to cure snake-bites by the liquor treatment and clapping down the ‘‘lid’’ and rivetting it on. They were not satisfied by going this far, but showed their apprecia- tion of the benefits of state-wide pro- hibition by making it a felony for the fellow who violated the law a second time. And I have just lately received from the warden at the penitentiary a receipt for one ‘‘Red Mercer’’ who was sent up from Barber county as a first consigment to serve nine years for violating the new prohibitory law. The law that sent him there was made by those Yow-headed, one-gal- lused, boy s that grew to manhood] in Kansas without ever having seen a sa- loon. Yes, something’s the matter with Kansas. Of what it is there can be no doubt iu the mind of the unpreju- diced observer. And in view of the effect in the Sunflower State, there is little wonder that an increasing num- ber of persons believe that this na- tion will be past the most dangerous rocks in its course when the thing that is the matter with Kansas is the matter with every square mile’ of territory from Eastport to San Diego and from Walla Walla to Key West, Kind Words. They do not cost much. It does not take up time to say them. They can accomplish much. They help one’s own goodfnature. 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