THE PATTON COURIER The Utnes Miller COPYVRIONT oP Tho CENTURY CB O00 SYNOPSIS On a certain momentous Mon- day morning Miss Constance Ful- ler, cataloguer and seller of rare books at Darrow’s New and Second -Hand Bookshop, New York, notices that the first cus- tomer 18 a dignified, White- bearded old gentleman, who saunter® into the alcove pla- carded “Medical Works.” Peter 3urton, one of the employees, amazes Constance by telling her he paid $510 at Wmuction vor an old law book <ontaining a Col- fax bookplate. Suddenly a girl's shriek of “Murder!” rings out in the store. CHAPTER III ap The Slippers For one instant all five of us, Pe fer and the three clerks and I, were paralyzed; then with one accord we plunged down the main aisle, Peter in the lead, when out from the law-book long Her face was ghastly, Next sec- a lost she alcove dashed the the black Tur cape. her eves wide with terror. ond, and Peter both came halt violent that she nearly her balance. Stumbling heavily, clutched at a table, shrieked: it! Keep it for me!” the floor in a faint. Peter rushed around her: Mr. Dibdin gave a girl in she to SO the table law-book alcove. At that moment the elevator cleared the second floor in its descent, bringing down Mr. Case. He at once helped Peter carry the girl to his private office. I snatched up my telephone and summoned Miss Wilkes Then I turned down the aisle again to seg if 1 could be of any further use in the rear, hut I went on tiptoe and only a little way; in a hush that had succeeded the confusion with awful suddenness, Mr. Dibdin and Mr. Riggs were carrying the limp figure of the old white-bearded gentleman out the alcove. - His right side was toward me, his right hand dripping with blood. At this momen® Ulysses came, rushing open-mouthed down the rear gallery stairs, full on the scene. “Hey, there! Watch the shipping room door until I get an ambulance!” shouted Mr. Riggs to him, making off to a telephone, Ulysses obediently disappeared. 1 turned and hurried down the narrow right-hand along the wall, past the shipping-room door. toward Mr. Case's office. Again 1 was where con- aisle fasion prevailed. Mr. Case was not there. On the threshold, Peter was fidgeting distra.t- edly. Inside, the unconscious girl lay on an old leather lounge. As I darted into the office, through which the frosty air was pouring from a window some one had actually thought opening, Peter stopped me. of “Constance,” he whispered, “that’s that girl I” His face was blanched, his hands twitching; he was the image of real fright, far beyond anything T could account for. Badly stdirtled myself, “I did manage to grasp that fact,” I retorted tartly. “Get some water, quick, and then go away!” He vanished, closing the door. 1 went over to the gir. Her hat of soft crimson ribbon had fallen off, revealing shining black hair above clear-cut. small, regular features of unusual dis- tinction and beauty. Her lips were blue in the chilly air. Her cape was slipping to the floor; and as I picked it up to wrap around her, consterna- tion halted me. With her well-tailored black eloth dress, she wore black sat- in bedroom slippers! Whatever could have brought her to Darrow’s so attired? All the events of that crowded morning’ flashed through my throbbing brain; Ulysses’ premonition of disaster—absurd, was it—Peter’s narrative; th reappear- anee, from our law-book alcove, of this leading personality in those strange adventures in Richmond with an old law book and its unique treas- ure among prints, a Colfax bookplate. Then I heard murmurs outside the door. - Following my first instinet,- 1 flung the cape over the helpless girl and tucked it tightly around her feet. The door opened, and Miss Wilkes appeared with the water, and a bottle of smelling salts, but her admirable efforts to bring the girt to proved wholly “unavailing. When clanging in the street announced the we summoned the hasty examination, would take the girl. gentleman, to the hospital. ambulance. surgeon; after "| he decided he as well as the old So the ambulance sped away, leav- ing our establishment in the limp eon dition naturally resultinz from the nf exciting | AUGRESSiOD | Uv this nungarnished record. Gossiping | avents detailed groups slood watching a policeman taking down stories from eye-witness- 08. bu 1 saw Peter raw! ere. | leaivied “Keep and crashed to to loud whoop for Mr. Riggs, and dashed toward the of plate W.N.u SERVICE. that the old gentleman's injury was ma severe slash across the right wrist, The doctor thought that at his ad- vanced age the shock had at once overcome him, preventing an outcry. He had been unconscious some time when the alarm was given. Of course the fainting girl came in for endless curiosity, directed chiefly at me. But even had I wanted to talk, I knew just two facts about her: namely, that Peter had seen her at the Richmond auction, and that she had had on black satin bedroom slip- pers; and these facts I decided to sup- press for the present time at least. I did not know who she was, where she ame from, what she had been doing for an hour and a half in the rear of the shop, whether she knew the old gentleman, how she came to find him, I lost patience at the unceasing ques- tions. “Is this the catechism, or what?” I finally snapped at Daisy Abbott. Daisy sniffed in an injured manner, and glanced at Mr. Dibdin, who looked at me as if he considered me very cruel and rough. “l guess we have a right to talk about what happens right before our eyes, especially if it's awfully queer!” she murmured plaintively. “At least, you heard her say, ‘Keep it! Keep 1t for me! Now, is it ridiculous to won- der what that meant?” I had actually forgotten that ery of distress, temporarily, in the ensuing turmoil! Daisy certainly hit me amid- ships, ‘and that time I knew the an- swer. “ You must think we're mind-read- ers!” I retorted. “Now, I can't waste any more time talking. 1 must finish that indexing. Thank goodness I Zot it nearly done before this rumpus hap- pened!” I sped down the side aisle to my desk. But oh, my work! Where was it? Where were those neat piles of classified cards? On the floor, in the aisle, everywhere except on the desk! But there was no time for wondering why, or even for vexation. Scooping them all up as fast as I could, I made for the desk, only to find a note stuck between two of my reference It as follows: ordered to the rear: wise, to this afternoon and buy from two ladies, whose grandfa- books. read “I am other- go old recently, the eyes and the whole body as well as the vocal cords, and they are usu- ally generous and sympathetic, wughter is a sure indication of character. The man who laughs in his throat, with an almost straight. face, for example, is generally shrewd and scrupulous in h shoulders good-natured, and make excellent par- boy was stved from death in a quarry 0 feet deep at Portland, England. The boy was leading the animal on a 12- yard tether when he- fell over the edge of the quarry. Fortunately the rope was twisted round his wrist. The gogt, although thrown on its side hy the tnexpected pull, regained its feet and nLeld the boy suspended in mid air ther was a bishop, his professional H- brary (date about 1840) able figure. “I have one final request. I had no time this morning to tell you that Mr. Roberts has just given Nancy the po- sition he promised her. therefore; Miss Wilkes Would you add to your benefits, and some and speak sister? ‘at a reasons She is here. in charge, innumerable time or other to my ill-fated is go agreeably “PETER.” Poor Peter!l would do better than that, TI resolved, recalling the pretty young vision with the chestnut hair whom I had seen entering that morn- ing with \ Wilkes. I decided to eat, not work, even for Mr, Darrow's nephew; 1 would take Nancy Burton with me, in celebration of her first day in stuffed all the cards into a drawer; and went in search of business, 1 her, Through the open door of the steno. graphic department came Miss Wilkes metallic accents, in exhortation : “Don’t forget that nice dark blue serge we were talking about, dear. To- morrow, dear, and not more than eight inches off the floor. That will be al! now, dear.” As I walked in, I heard the reply to those observations. It was a faint yet distinctly audible snort proceed- ing out of the straight, chiseled nose “People who laugh heartily may be trusted,” said a student of psychology “These people laugh with curious, and not always ovo=- is methods. laughers,’ express “ ‘Inside whose their shaking mirth, are Goat Saved® Boy’s Lite : By his pet gout a twelve-year-old until rescuers came, belonging to the tall young lady of the short wavy chestnut tresses. She was standing in front of Miss Wilkes’ desk, her height and slenderness ae- centuated hy a bright apple-green knitted frock whose straight lines ceased not than fourteen inches from the floor, above footgzear con posed of many three patent- leather straps, through which peeped pate-peach chitfon-weight stockings, The large blue eyes of the imperturh. able face above the round white collay stared as unremittingly at Miss Wilkes as those of a young baby. The red, red mouth was beautifully shaped and firmly closed. ' Miss Wilkes greeted me with sweet suspicion. “Come in, dear. What is it?" “I beg your parden! Has Miss Bur- ton gone to luncheon?” “I am Miss Burton,” swiftly an- nounced the apple-green young lady in a clear, shrill voice, transferring her unremitting gaze to my face, “and I was supposed io be gone to lunch a long time ago.” “Then wen't you go with me? name is Constance Fuller—" “TI know all about you,” said Nancy Burton. “All right, I'll come.” She was a speedy withdrawer: we were on the street in a twinkling. I cast about for a diverting topic. “Let's go to Ernesto’s for lunch! I'm sure you'll enjoy it. They have such geod things to eat!” “That so?” “And Ernesto less HE as My is a famous local character. He owns one of the nicest, oddest houses on this island, He not Stumbling Heavily, She Clutched at the Table, Shrieked, “Keep it! Keep It for Me!” only has a restaurant downstairs, but he lives in the house, and rents some floors as apartments.” Nancy Nodded. “How do you think you'll like your work?” I pursued faithfully. “All right, Say,” she broke out sud- Tower, were friends in their famous he said, “and they often traveled to gether. one evening in Chicago, the young au- thor looked up at Drew snd grunted ; “Hang it, I can’t got these shoes on," "What!" said the young actor, ‘Swelled feet, too? "=Detroit Free Press. denly, scattering social amenities to the winds, “if you hadn’t come in that minute, I'd have murdered that Wilkes woman! I hate women! Though you,” ww because he was so poii.e and hand. some, though now I hate him. Well, then father met my stepmother at a Put Eggs in Waterglass During Spring church fair where she was dishing out oyster stew, and she thought he looked lonely, and so that was that. I couldn't stand her, she picked on me right from the start—said my clothes were immodest, and look where this comes to, abselutely to my nose, while | the other old cat starts at the other end! Well, Saturday afternoon Bran don telephoned me and asked me to go to the rink. I told him I was sor- | ry, but Peter had just got back from Richmend, and it was his first long trip, so I was anxious to see him right ! away. “Of course Brandon knew all about Peter, and that he was a rare-book buyer for Darrow’s, because 1 hal told him, Maybe it did sound a lit- tle queer to say I was so anxious to see him; Peter's naturally always off on business. The truth was, when Peter got in that morning, he had been so mad about Malvina, my step- | mother, that he just managed to he | civil and rush out of the house. Weil they were married, and it couldn't be | helped, so I wanted to smooth Pecter down a little- bit if I could. before dinner, But I couldn't say all that collar What You Need in (Prepared by the Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture.) If you have chickens it quite probable that during the spring you is over the telephone, and Brandon zat vj) ®ve a good many more eggs fearfully mad because I wouldn't 80 | than “your family ordinarily uses, to the rink. Why not save some of these surplus “Then Malvina passed me in the ages for use in the fall and winter hall on her way to a matinee, and months, when the hens do not lay so said she was going to tell father that well, and prices in the market are I talked incessantly over the tele-' yery high? Eges preserved in water- phone to beys, if I didn't instactly | giass solution will be good for all pur- stop. I said, ‘All right, T will, which | hoses for the table and for cookery answered both her and Brandon; and | after six or even ten months, if the minute sne’'d gone, I skipped out ' properly put down, and met nim on. Sis avenue and | Three simple points must be ob- then. Naney Save a Sip then oid served: The eggs must be absolutely there, clutching my arm in excited fresh, when they go into the preserv- hmnsamiie shed Je io Slope} ing solution—right off the nest or one As on 2 faint, “distant hoason of day old is best; never more than two hope, 1 fixed. my eves on Ernesto's days old. Every egg should at all now just a block down the avenue, . : 3 . times be completely immersed in the one of a massive row of stately gran- : s ; 4 solution, at least two inches below ite-pillared houses, built ninety years 4 : : the surface. before as hemes for a group of New i : Yorkers who had been distinguished Get several large stone crocks Preserving Eggs. three to five-gallon size, according to your %eeds—and put them in the cel- lar or other cool dry place where they can remain undisturbed until all the eggs are used. If a jar is moved after the eggs are in it some of the eggs may craek and spoil, which would affect the entire crock. Clean the crock you are ready to use thoroughly. Scald it and allow fit to dry. To prepare the waterglass solution add 9 parts of water that has been boiled and cooled to one part of waterglass (sodium silicate), which can usually be purchased at drug stores, Stir well and fill the crock with the solution. Put the eggs into the crock very carefully, from day to day as they are gathered. If any of the solution evaporates more should be mixed in the same propor- tion and added. Very little evapora- tion will occur, however, if the jar is covered with a tight lid or waxed paper. ROMPERS FIT FOR LITTLE CHILDREN for combining money with brains. Normandy terrace, the long row was still called, had been constructed to laugh at the passage of time, | though gone were all vestiges of any terrace, and all the graceful winding stoops of a bygene day. Sidewalk and floor space were no longer to be wasted on Manhattan island and all the lower floors of the terrace had been invaded by business. I endeav- ored to listen patiently to further de- | tails of Nancy's narrative, knowing as Gives Freedom of Movement and Protects Underwear. onomies, griculture.) (Prepared by the Bureau of [or United States Department of From the time that a baby begins Sir : : to creep he needs rompers, both to at vo a Jinent. : : ] 4 ythiat Y Hef was jum oy tardiy permit unimpeded freedom of move- ster seeme g yatwardly x Pgter, Jt seemed, had, only ment, and to protect his underwear y ) 7 or » shock of the | > s ' i borne up nobly under the s * from the soil which he invariably ac- 's of his father's marriage, bad . i : Rows oF i Pathe: 5 ted b th t cumulates on his tours of investiga- iandsomely congratulate 0 par- . . 3 a a . 3 ou te To f ot Then under pretext of tion. Until children are six or eight 28 act, en, er pretex 3 : Ties, an dad ! years old rompers will be constantly pressing business, he had bolted out tt worn for play and on ordinary occa- of the living room and down the hall pe : 3 : sions, by both boys and girls. The toward his own room, to find Nancy : re : * iting for him in the hall. He liad | TOMPer Is the child's overall. It cuts y& ing or € atl, as 3 wa y down laundry and at the same time cheered her doleful state with a prom- ise to come home early and tell her all about Richmond, and show her the old bookplate in a book had picked up there. He then per- formed the exploit of pitching his suitcase acress bed and two ta- and an armchair, to relieve feelings, and fled. Hence Nancy's desire to soothe him before dinner. She had then confided allows the child to play in the way that is natural for best development, Different types of rompers are need- ed at different ages, and as their ac- tivities become more individualized, for boys and girls. Rompers for those wearing diapers, for instance, should permit an-easy change and conceal the bulky diaper. Those for three- year-olds should be designed to ald them in learning to without weirdest he his bles ais dress she was pleased to add, “are an excep- tion. Do you know mother? “I have only father’s marriag “There's another woman for yea! She said I couldn't be respectable! Lis- ten, Miss Fuller: did know I eloped 7” ; I didn’t know whether to laugh or ery, the girl was so pretty and clever. looking and precocious and neglected and at the same time there was a wild streak of humer in her blue eyes that both aroused your mirth and put you about my step- Just heard of yoar you on your guard. I compromised with my feelings, and smiled svmpathet- ically. “I Know no details whatever about your affairs, my dear, and it not necessary to teil me any if you den’t wapt to.” “But 1 do, 1.have no one else to tell I” protested Nancy, not to be done by delicacy out of a recital of her ex- is ploits, as the rushing late-luncheon crewd hore us down the avenue: to- ward Ernesto's. “It was like this: Last Saturday 1 eloped with Brandon He taught shorthand at the business college where 1 went, and he liked me, and I did like him awfully ents, while these who laugh without a smile are hard-hearted and cruel. People with little jerky laughs are oft- en of shallow character, and are un- abie to withstand temptation, They are, however, often mentally brilliant. “People who langh explosively and loudly are not the hearty, blufe crea- tures they are generally believed to be, “The large-hearted souls are those who laugh but rarely, but whose jov is reflected in eves, lips, and face.” : Both Ends An was Drew, “Drew and Richard Harding Davis actor talking about’ John youth,” “While he was dressing for dinner and he recommended frantically the | Sides and Across the Back. day's special, which neither Nancy nor I opposed, as ‘it included dvck, | help, by having buttons where they chops, steak, mushrooms, peas, pruta- | can be easily reached. During the toes, beans and spaghetti, all in a | “in-between” period, when accidents secret-formula sauce, served on a | Still occugy a romper permitting a mystical but highly important blue | diaper as well"as one which is attract- plate. ive with other undergarments, is avail- to Brandon Malvina’s latest thre: whereupon he, outraged, she coukll by much persecution, had stopped under the Sixth ave- nue elevated with the romantic sug- gestion: “Listen! Why don't Let's elope!” Alas for Peter's brotherly sacrifices! | Nancy, flattered, excited, and eager to | leave home, fell promptly in with the proposal to depart for Atlantic City within an hour, where, she naively implied, she seemed to have an pression that this attractive young man would marry her. | Mercifully at this point we passed between the clipped box-trees beside | Erneste’s door, and were greeted fap- | turously at the door of the restaurant | by Ernesto himself, | I had known this worthy Gencese | ever since my salary could afford him, but had yet to hear anyone ad- dress him “Mr, Sansoni,” thongh his gray hair, dignified bulk, aad | stately official manners rendered him mere than impressive, Like a dreag- | naught convoying a chaser and & | cruiser he led us down the wide blue- | and-white-tiled hallway. ! “Not for ten @ays have you been | here!” cried Ernesto to me with al- | most theatrical reproach, pulling out | chairs at a table just inside the door. | “You have forgotten Erneésto’s! | “I. never eoculd do that,” 1 averred with simple truth, “but we've been so busy I've just been grabbing send- wiches at the drug stores every day.” “My God! that's fierce! Ernesto in fluent idiom, truly shocked. see, SO short you chuck ir? m- | as " ‘cried | Rompers for a Child From One to Two Years Old, Buttoning Down the “Still, lots of business is good,” he @ able. ‘ itte “Twi ad. it? | The illustration, which was made by . | admitted. I wish I had it. bs it way as for any other waflles, | I glanced inquiringly around the | the bureau of home economics of the * | room, where the number of obviously | United States Department of Agricul- | 2 Chips Sted goft 3 tapiesoons but- | ’ Mo be . p or frp wheat our er | contented patrons seemed to confra- | ture, shows a good type of TOR for f 44, cups mitk 2 eggs | duct Ernesto’s implication that he was | & child from one to two years old. It | 1 cup sugar 8 teaspoons bak- | facing bankruptey has fullness through the width to al- | 2 squares chocolate, ing powder | “ in ang ive y freedom of movement, but no unsweetened 1 teaspoon salt | My third-floor tenant leave two low € f Wh 1 14 teaspoon vanilla | weeks ago, I cannotta renta the flat!” | light bands around the legs. Elastic | he explained woefully. “Everybody ' leg-bunds are not advised for any Mix the dry ingredients, then add | say ‘Thass notta nize place to live, | voipers. To prevent the trouser legs | the milk and the egg yolks. Melt the | ‘way downtown, I wanta live uppin | on this romper from slipping down | butter and chocolate and add to the | the Bronx. I lovea the subway! Izza below the knee, they are made short. | batter. Lastly fold in the beaten | nize place,” bristled Ernesto; “nize Uli cloth leg bands are sufficiently | whites of the eggs. Have the waffle | cheap flat, nize furniture, nize and , Wide to slip up the leg at least 5 [iron hot enough to cook the waflles inches above the knee when the child | ¢ quiet at night! Nobody want” recipe waflles. tric or iron, down the legs as well as across the back, in case the child is still wear- ing diapers. This romper can be mede from one straight piece of goods folded through the crotch and the shoulders. Soft smooth materials such as ging- ham, cotton charmeuse, cotton crepe, sateen, prints and fine broadcloth, are among the most suitable fabrics for rompers for very little children. As a fresh garment will be put on almost every day, the rompers must stand a great deal of laundering. For very special occasions one or two pongee rompers might be made. TWO RECIPES FOR COOKING ONIONS There Are Many Different Ways of Serving Them. (Prepared by the Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture.) The humble onion becomes almost an aristocrat during the spring months when vegetables are few in | number and limited in variety, There are many good ways of serving them, They may be boiled and creamed, baked whole, cut in half and stuffed, scalloped with peanuts, glazed or | made into a rich and tasty soup. The recipes below are from the bureau of home economics. Glazed Onions, medium-sized onions 3% cupful sugar 10 2 teaspoonfuls melted butter Peel the onions and boil whole in salted boiling water until fairly ten- der, from 20 to 30 minutes. Mix the sugar and butter together and spread over the sides and bottom of the bak- ing dish or pan. Drain the onions and place them in the pan and bake in a moderate oven until brown, increasing the heat toward the last. Water cooks out of the onions, and the browning process is rather slow, but when fin- ished they should have a rich brown them with the meat broth and thicken with the flour and cold water, which have been well blended. Cook a few minutes. Pour the soup into bowls or soup plates, place on top a round or slice of toasted bread, and sprinkle | grated cheese on top, glaze. Onion Soup. 3 cupfuls meat 4 tablespoonfuls | broth flour | 6 medium-sized 2 tablespoonfuls | onions, chopped cold water i 1% teaspoonfuls Pepper i salt Toast | Cheese | * . | Cook the chopped onions in a small | amount of water until tender. Then | add two tablespoonfuls of fat from | the meat broth or the same quantity | of butter and let the onions cook down in this until they are yellow. Mix | | | Serve at once. Chocolate Waffles Are New in Many Households | New to many households is this | for making chocolate-flavored The waflle-iron, whether elec- is managed in the same quickly. As soon as baked, sprinkle ‘TO BE CONTINUED) hends over, The back portion opens with powdered sugar and serve. 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HILL'S breaks up a cold in 24 hours because it does the four vital things at once—stops the cold, checks the fever, opens the bowels and tones the system. Red box, 30 cents. Cascara - Bromide = Quinine boils, piles and felons. d Jl fat) combined withanti *, healing, pain-reliey- PERCY L.CR © by the McClure Newspa
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