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EVMNG- PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918
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TARZAN
tiik sTonv thus iAn
Meetenant Werner. i ,H1I" ' J'1'!
O, hKlt Bli HPlor ouirrr "
with Ztk U kldniin Ldr r.
wlfa of Tarian. and hold ner Mf
nnuin.. lVrrerr follow ra 10 "P".
J-! f 8E
the torsotten tlty., There Taron In jn-
i- r, lured una loses hi; MyJtr. J1"!
' Mala tha ape-man he hod bn
-lief.. Werper lead, him inward home.
'r Mm of ihe treasure ho found a I pr
suVd rejoins Zelc. The Arab. !".
, further nno far him, reolrea io kill him,
-.bat Warper escapes.
, CHAPTER VII (Continued)
aX'tOA? was not Ions ir. following
the wav that his Drey had fled. The
spoor led always In the shadow nt
jtha rear of the huts nnd tents of
the village it was ciulto evident to
.Tarzan that the Belgian had gone
alone and secretly upon his mission.
c Evidently ,he feared tho Inhabitants
pt the village, or at least his work "had
been of such a nature that he daAd
mot risk detection.
At tho back of a native hut the
spoor led through a small hole recent-
ly cut in the brush wall ana into me
dirk interior beyond. Fearlessly Tar-
Ban followed the trail. On hands and i
knees he crawled through the small
aperture. "Within the hut his nostrils
were assailed by many odors; but,
clear and distinct among them was
one that half aroused a latent memory
of tho past It was the faint and deli
cate odor of a woman.
"With the cognizance of It there rose
Irt the breast of the ape-man a strange
uneasiness the result of an Irreslst j
ible force which ho was destined to
become acquainted with anew the In- ,
atlncU-whlch draws the male to his1
mate.
In the same hut was the scent spoor
of the Belgian, too, and as both these
asralled tho nostrils of the ape-man.
mingling one with tne oiner, a jeaious
rage jeapeu ana uurneu vunm i
though his memory held before the t
mirror of recollection no Image of
she 'to' whom he had attached his de-
sire.
Like the tent ho had investigated.
the hut, too. was empty, and after ,
satisfying himself that his stolen
pouch was secreted nowhere within, he I
left, as he had entered, by the hole
in tho rear wall.
Here he took up the spoor of the
Belgian, followed It across the clear
ing, over the palisade, and nut Into
the dark Jungle.
CHAPTER VIII
Escape?
AFTEU AVerper had arranged the
' dummy In his bed and sneaked
out into the darkness of the village
beneath the rear wall of his tent, lie
had gone directly to the hut In which
Jane Clayton was held captive.
Before the doorway Squatted a black
sentry. Werper .approached him bold
ly, spoke a few words in his ear, hand
. ed, him a package of tobacco, and
passed into the hut. The black grinned
and winked as the Kuropoan disap
peared within the darkness of the In
terior. The Belgian, being one of Achmet
Zek's principal lieutenants, might nut-
urally go where ho wished within or j
without the village, and so the sentry
had not questioned his right to enter
the hut with the white woman pris
oner. Within, Werper called In French and
in ,a low whisper: "Lady Greystoke!
It a I. 51. Frecoult. Where are you?"
But there was no response.
Hastily the man felt nround the In
terlor, groping blindly through the
darkness with outstretched hands.
There was no one within!
"Werper's astonishment surpassed
. words. He was on tb,e point of stepping-
without to question the sentry.
when his eyes, becoming accustomed
iq the dark, discovered a blotch of
lesser blackness near the base of the
rear wall of the hut. Examination re
Tealed the fact that the blotch was un
opening cut in the wall.
It was large enough to permit the
p-uisage of his body, and, assured as
he was that Lady ureysioKe nau
passed out through the aperture In an
attempt'Vo efjeape the village, he lost
no, time in availing himself of the
same avenue; but neither did he lose
time in a fruitless search for Jane
.Clayton.
His own life depended upon the
chance of his eluding, or outdistancing.
A,chmet Zek when that worthy should
havo discovered that lie had escaped.
His original plan had contemplated
connivance in the escape of Lady
"areystoke for two very good nnd sufll
cient reasons. The first was that by
saving: her he would win the gratitude
ot tha. English, nnd thus lessen the
chance of. Ills extradition should Ills
Identity and his crime against his supe
rior officer be charged against him.
The second reason was based upon
tjle fact that only one direction of
escape was safely open to him. He
could not travel to the west because
erf the Belgian possessions which lay
Wween him and the Atlantic. The
35, closed to him by. tho feared
r-ence of the savage apoman he
ff robbed. To the north lay the
friends and .allies ot ..." -
e'T . . .i !.. -not throuch
2-1., tnwaVd the east, through Brit-
Vah East Atrlca, lay reasonable assur-
anna ot freedom.
- ' ompanled by a titled Kngllah
-mmM whom he had rescued from a
'hightfut fate, and tils Wentlty vouch-
iibr W ler tat of a Fr"climiin
, ' tar tho namo of Frecoult. he had look-
f ; 2 forward, .and .not without reason.
ti th acUve assistance of the British
- Hwa tha moment that lie came In
1 (j "iaifct with their first outpost.
, t nbw that Lady Oreysloke had
'JJaWiMfr"'1! tUougli ho stilt looktd to-
ZZJtlie at for hop, his chances
J D 'we KfJKintd, ar.U another subsidiary
?. .yiin ooropletoly dashed. From the
t tha i "au '''"f '",u """
-,. .. . I.'a t.rt'1 .,l.fea
jaa j? 'Ij , " " )"",TO
.. v.,..,,, - i - for
.T""L,i'. wi.'rf r1." '..- . ;.
1 'Mmmm.'m.'
'MMtt -ntitMn JsSlaaaMkBaat'at
and the JEWELS OF OPAR
By VDGAR RICE
j -. y-t-A'-il'" ArJKensv (ML Ik, . .f
HIKTMTaBaJaKliZSaaffjB . V ITVllHaU ff
fLr; rSXiM - 7
lEaM k li , WT&J&IM'V' 1 SSStM .iJSS
sstfti '" K i" -jff'J -fgpf ii ,j ! (ill ytix
lliibM ijmLd mm
i zs6mmmEvmfrjr , m
Then Tarzan lilted tin arrow lo lii how anil drauing tlir idim liaft far
lnuk. let ilrhe willi ull the force of the tougli wood that onl lie c.iulil bend
'discovery of the Jewels luid necessl-' nleil slowly onward until dawn, when,
tated flight, the Belgian hail dreamed, to his chagrin, he discovered a mount
It. hi Til.'innlnir. nf a future in wliicli ed Alab imnn hi 1 i-m II. lt wim nnp
.... mi.i,i onnt-i.wo T.niU- Givvstoke
that her husband was dead, and by
playing upon her gratitude win her
for i,imself.
At that part of the village further
eat from the gates. Werper dlscoveied
that Ivvo or three long: poles, taken
from a neat by pile which had been
collected for the construction of lints,
hud been leaned agaliiRt the top of
the palisade, forming a precarious,
though not Impossible, avenue if es
ca pe.
Itlghtly he inferred that thus had
Lndy (ireystoke found the means to
scale the wall, nor did hu lose a mom
ent In following her lead. Once In the
, east-
Jungle he struck out directly
ward.
A few miles south of him Jan
ton lay panting among the branches
of a tree In which she had taken
refuge from a prowling and hungry
lioness.
wall ot the hut to freedom she had
found sticking In the wall of her pris-
n doubtless left there bv accident
- - - - r -...
when a former tenant had vacated
the premises.
To cross the rear of the village,
keeping always In the densest shad-
ovvh, had rouulied but a tew moments,
and the fortunate circumstance of the
discovery of the hut-poles lying so
near tne pansaue nan soiveci ror her
tho problem of the passage of the high
wul1'
For an hour she had followed the
old game-trail toward the south, un -
til there fell upon her trained hear -
lng the stealthy padding of u stalking
beast behind her. The nearest tree
gave her Instant sanctuary, for she
was too wise In the ways of the Jun
gle to chance her safety for a moment
after discovering, thut she was belnifT
hunted.
AVerper, with better success, trov-
Her escape from the village had '...,. .at Vli,e. 1 n.l ,,..i,,.i angry growls rewarded his efforts. He ' ,e "'. o.uie mmor prevented fur- always i.e a e 10 - ---. ... .-..-
, , , , , ,, lovpij mat weiper had outwitted u"t' ',.,. , . ther conversation. AsjBhe turned awuv rows ot mistakes you nae maue. iacn
been much easier than she had antlcl- ,,, tn cl.aflJ. ,,,aek ,md draggcd tore small branches from a nearby flom lhe door ft dar) obJect , " mistake Is a danger sign warning us
pated. The knife which she had used t deud body to , lnt(.,.,or 0, a limb and hurled them at his ancient tlle lloor caught her ttttentloBi It WHS that the business 'c '"gVt
to cut her way through the brush eaiby tent, and himself resumed bis ' enemy. Numa looked up with bared I a glove, a man's glove, und she nicked ! " Ll en, 1 i,t we are 'struggling. In
SOMEBODY'S STENOGRAPHER She Didn't Expect a Return, Either
IHoPe JiMdNes
Me Trie FlFTf
X I've be-em
O0T hlHTS TO TOP .
ROR A MOUTH . I
Dollar barpiaj
R l-'A
1 Told him
WANT A
I 1 WNICU
I ' ' ' ' '1 """""
K KSfL HAVEMT f 'AMY rW
LK yZM?) SBtfE? THESE. IS UJBV. )
"V TO OFFICE nouio- uA -,,., '
mjMTJW .yvw mi ma n Boss
BURROUGHS
of Aidimet Ki.fc'u miiiimia m 11 v nf
whom were scattered in all directions
through the forest searching for the
fugitive Helgliui. ,
.lane C.ayton's escape had not yet
boon diHcoveied when Achmet Zek
and his searchers set forth to over -
haul AVerper. The only man who had
Meen the Belgian after his departure
..-.. 1.1. ...., . . .
'""" "' "'" "as uie diuck sentry
before the dootw.iy of Lady Grey-
stok-'s prison hut. and he had been
,,..,..,, ....
silenced 1 the discovery of the dead
body of the man who had relieved
Iilni. the sentry that Mugambl hart
(JlSpUtCUeri.
The bribetaker naturally Inferred !
"mt Werper had slain his fellow and
dared not admit that he had permit-
ted him to enter ihe lmf fom-ittn-
ax chance dlrectc1 tlmt tin uhnnM hnl
( u. onp ., llHcovr the ,)odv of je I
' Kpntry w)fn )e fl,.8t alarm h ,
clven fullowlnir Achmet y.iAi'a rti.
station before the ilonrwav nf ti, i,..t
in which ho still believed" the woman
t., i.e
Ill r
-vv.,1, .i, .ii....,.. ,.i. a...... ......
behind him. Ihe Hclg.an hid In ,'
foliage of a leafy bush. Here the trail
ran Htraight for a considerable dls-
tunce. nnd down the shady forest aisle.
beneath lhe overaichliifr branches of
the trees, rode the white-robed flguie
of the pursuer.
1 Xearer and nearer he came. AVer -
per crouched closer to the ground be-
hind the leaves of his Hiding place.
' Across the trail a vine moved. AVer -
1 per's eyes Instantly centered upon tho
spot. There was no wind to stir tho
foliage in tho depths of the Jungle.
Aguln the vine moved.
In the mind of the Belgian only the
presence of a sinister nnd malevolent
force could account for tho pheno -
menon. 1
The man's eyes bored steadily Into
3
1h?owh6
iAPHIR&
(Save me. a
' - ' . -.
L
CHRISTMAS
. ' v
tho screen of leaves upon the opposite
ilde of the trail. Clradually a form took
shape beyond them a tawny form,
grim nnd terrible, with yellow-green
eyes glaring fearsomcly across the
narrow trail straight Into his.
Werper could have screamed in
fright; but up tho trail Vs coming
the messenger of another death, equal-1
ly sure and no less terrible He re-'
inalncd silent, almost paralyzed by j
fear. Tho Arab approached. Across j
the trail from Werper tho lion crouch-'
ed for the spring, when suddenly his
attention was attracted toward the .
horseman, I
The Belgian saw the massive head
turn in tho direction of the raider,
and Ills heart all but ceased beating as
he awaited the result Tf this Interrupt
tlon. At a walk the horseman V-
proached. Would the nervous animal :
he rode'tako fright at the odor of the
carnivore, and, bolting, leave Werper
still to tho mercies of the king of
beastjt'.'
.... . . ,...,.., .. l.
mil ne seemeu uniiiimuui ... .... ,
near presence of the great cat. On ,
he came, his neck arched, champing nt .
the bit between his teeth. The Belgian
turned his eyes again toward the Hon.
The beast's whole attention now seem
ed riveted upon tho horseman.
They weTo ubreast the lion now. and
still the brute did not spring. Could he
be but waiting for them to pass before
returning his attention to the original uumi. mm .-miue- v. , .me a ueie
urev? Werper shuddered nnd halt i "nlmal. slunk from tho warm car Into
. , . . .i . ,,- I tho driving snow,
rose. At the samo Instant the lion .. m..bojp a
sprang from his place of concealment.., WHs llfrnd you wercn.t comllB alld
full upon the mounted man; the horse, I lo Stanley's amazement a luxurious II
with a shrill neigh of terror, shrank mouslne rolled to his side, the door
sidewlse almost upon the Belgian; the snapped open and he found his band
Hon dragged the helpless Arab from his
.n,ui. n,i n, l,m0 lpnneil back Into
. . .... , ....
the trail and Ilea away imvuiu mo
east.
But he did not flee alone. As the
frightened beast had pressed In upon
him, Werper had-not been slow to note
the quickly emptied saddle and tne
opportunity It presented. Scarcely had
the Hon dragged the Arab down from
slde than the Belgian, seizing tho I
pommel of the saddle and the horse's
mane, leaped upon the horses back
from the other.
A half-hour Inter a naked giant,
swinging euslly through the lower
branches of the trees, paused nnd,
with raised head nnd dilating nostrils,
sniffed the morning nlr. The smell
of blood fell strongly upon his sense
and mingled with It was-Jhe scent of
Numa. the Hon. The giant cocked
his head upon one s'lde and listened.
From a short distance up the trail
came the unmistakable noises of the
greedy feeding of a Hon.
Tarzan approached the spot, still
keeping to the branches of the trees.
He made no effort to conceal his ap-
proacli, anil preseimy net na t-wucu.-o
that Nurna had heard him, from the
ominous, rumbling warding that broke
from a. thicket beside the trail.
I Halting upon a low branch just
above the lion, Tarzan looked down
j upon the grisly scene. Could this un-
' recognizable thing be the man he had
; been trailing? The ape-man .wonder-
, ed. From time to time he had de-
' soended to the trail and verified his
. .. 1 it i.tn.m ni Ma on&i
, judgmeni oy mc "'" " "" ""
that the "Belgian hud followed this
1 game-trail toward the east.
lb
Xow he proceeded beyond the lion
alll ,,, feast, again descended and ex-
Hmme(, U)e Broud wlth , nose,
onanf.ynnnr tinrn nf !,.
J UP I W U t" nvv,iiv-'wui m." . . -
he hud been trailing. Tarzan
ftunled to the tree. AVith keen eyeH
,, searched the ground about the.mu-
' . , ... . .
pouch of pretty pebbles; but naught
could he see of It
Un scolded Numa and tried to drive
the
rreat beast away: but onlv I
fangs, grinning hideously, but he did
not rise from his kill.
I n...i .- ,..
' I I ! M ri 1 II I JL1I lllltll Ull llllUll 111 HIS
Then Tarytn fitted an arrow to his
k. .,,,,1 drawing the slim shaft far
back let drive w.tl, all the force of
, the tough wood that only ho could
j bend. '
As the arrtow sank deeply into his
' Hldc. Numa leaped to his feet with a
10!l,- 0f mingled roge und pain. 'He
j leaped futllely nt the grinning ape-
' man, tore at tho protruding end of the
shaft, and then, springing Into the
, trail, paced back and forth beneath
, his tormentor.
Again Tarzan loosed a swift bolt.
' This time the missile, aimed with care
lodged In the lion's spine. Tho great
creilure halted In Its tracks, and
I lurched awkwardly forward upon Its
fuce, paralysed.
' Tarzan dropped to the trail, ran
quickly to tne ncust a side, ana urove
' his spear deep into the fierce heart.
.IK..V .. - rf, ,. W...J
XrA H0TG0MG TO fjlVJJ (jOSH.CM.THetSM
dEMWlE dOMES MUCH IHE SCRUB WOMAW
THIS tfEAR. SHE. ORUf HAS SIX CHILDREN
cheap or somethim6. are
PLU)V COVEK i-AS' fOUOOINbON THE
lumrrii iC , l . .- er, 1 IMne "5
I LIST FOR A DIME.?
OH IdUESSl VHATDO
THET IHINKO)r?rAY
p.uvuLnPfi 13. INDIA
RUBBER? PRETtVjSaoN
; excess rKorns
! Then he turned his attention to the
mutilated remains of tho animal's prey
in tho nearby thicket.
Tho face was gone. Tho Arab gar
i ments .aroused no doubt as to tlio
man's identity, sjneo he Had trailed
' him. Inter tho Arab camp and out
again, where he might easily have
acquired tho apparel. So sure was
Tnrzan that tho body waa that of him
who had robbed him that ho mado no
effort to verify Ills deductions by
scent among tho conglomerate odors
of tho great carnlvoro nnd the frcBh
blood of tho victim.
(TO BE CONT1NUKD)
THE DAILY NOVELETTE
A CINDERELLA IN KHAKI
fly Iluth W. Uaher
TTK WAS, without douht. a very lone-
JL JL some and very homesick young sol-,
I dler
but why, he asked himself, bad he
stepped forward so
.lt.. ,..!. 1.
"B1".' "U UK
captain had read the carefully worded
Invitation to dinner "for the loncsomest
nnfj 10pt homesick soldier boy In your
camp"? Already lie felt depressed and
Irritable at the thought of dining with
strangers. Tho party would probably
consist of giggling girls, he told himself
1itlrm.lt 1 1nn ai-kh Itnrn Iia iifna
and
;, i... ...... .....u .. .....,
evdentv nearn ,,3 destination.
,.W1 J0U ul lne o(T nt Vnn Dv).c
street, please?" lie said to tho conductor,
"Get off at Arbucltle. Van Dyke's -at
the top of the hill, replied the con-
ductor.
"Top of the hill." thought the boy.
"Good heavens, and It Is beginning to
snow, too ; Back to camp for me before
It Is too larel"
"Arbuckle! Arbuckle!" roared the con-
being vigorously shaken by a very portly
",,u v' "' gemiemaii
Drive like
mud
Jniues," called the gentleman,
that roast won't be fit to eat."
"Glory be," wondered Stanley,
"am I
Cinderella?"
He became firmly convinced that bis
fairy godmother had nt last remember.
cd his existence, for all through the won-
derful evening that followed gifts from
Paradise seemed to bo showering upon
hlin. The dinner was not to be nassed
by lightly, but be was never quite sure
what he had eaten, for directly oppo-
sue mm n vision in plnlt dimpled and
DMIlli.ri n n 1 lm ,n.1inl,l (t.-.tl.. t I ...
oui'iiu, ami io iiiu&iiL in ci ii i KU'ni'Z't-'n
if ii-i-in fl fit fill il (I ilr AitAH -,inn tnVlnti ln
had never believed "existed outside of
books. v
After dinner the vision, JIIss Marjorle
by name, played wonderful, dreamv
music, Stanley was quite sure that he
saw the portly gentleman kiss his sllhi
littlo wife when JIarJorle played an old
love song. He had n very pleasant
feeling of belonging In this happy, in
timate little family circle and wonder
ful visions unfolded themselves before
him. The voice of" bis host recalled him
fiom the building of bis air castles.
Our boy Is In France, you know," the
older man was saying, "and we would
like to think that over there another!
homonlgh, "S a y ",l1 """ lMr
"l hone so. sir" renlled St.mlev. enr...
estly, "and I assure you that my own
mother and father will thank you from
the bottom .of their hearts for our kind
Hospitality to me. I had a prelty fine
case of the blues this afternoon," he
I laughed. H was easy to laugh when
tbe most eau, Iful glr, in Jg.,
on
A11 too BOon tlie. clock struck 10 and
Stanley rose to depart. "At least Cln-
derella had until midnight," thought the
luit onvlntialt'
--' --'
nut it wag time for
"im to say goou-nignt ,to the kind peo-
Zl "l'",' m8"'1,!!'' lnt
their home and treated him like a son
and brother. Brother' AVell, not If be
knew It!
j IIe could harily ,)e b,amed f
Ill Ml. Ill t?nnd.ll Itrllt in Atilflnrta l. 1.....1
- - n-- o - . j-. . , ilc jel
, her lla"d a bit more closely and a bit
I Iol,B" than 'ventlon demanded.
"' f, ho,"? ' nie again."
said the girl, shyly, and Stanley, draw-
,)et j wnlj all(, beginning tonight my
miry Koumi'iiier lias a place m my
Prayers."
Marjorle looked slightly puzzled, but
1 it un. "I wilt send it to him tomormu-
she thought, callnly; then tossed It upon
' the table and ran unstaire. furious m
"
find ihal her 'cheeks wer burnlnt- .i
""u """ "er """ " ""ining and
" V
Iow)ns etter:
,-jiy dear Fairy Princess Clnderell
, (is that the masculine form of Cinder-
' ella?) has lost his glove. His fnlry god-
mother Informs him that It may he
inrorms mm inai 11 may be
the palace ot a certain prlu-
iverslng the old tradition, may
come In search of his lort hand'
found at the palace ot a certain prin
cess. Hev
fMiwlerell nntn
. .., ,... i9..
It Is almost needless to add that the ' "Of course, you know that jour fath
answer of the Princess MurJorle was er and I used to bunk together when we
"yes" to Ihe letter, and also to the were both working for a store In Do
questlon that not long after was asked 1 tro't?" "
In (lie fragrant dimness of tho conservn- - j thought for a minute. "Now that
t0T' .... . . . U vou mention It. I remember dad Baying
And ehall we ride on on our noney
moon In a pumpkin, my princess?" asked
.Stanley with a smile.
"in a shoe box, If you like," said Mar
Joile. "In anything, dearest, so long as
we go together."
The neit
Dan I'uiild,
complete novelette I. Ittle
VJHAT Af?E c(t)U DREAMIM6
ABO0T "CAM ? ALL THE
I PRESCMTS TOu AAlfiMT
6eT Tomorrow r
;- -J- -:- Copyrlaht. 101S. by rubllo r.edeer Co, BfJ HAlWARD
" Sirrrr:". t DRYUPMAg6lE. THIS. (1111
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ky miss o'flage- Irw: ) mj- J
Jtf r1 MAYBE HE LUH (rMll? S-v &(&!frtT7-
dv')rr ev4 car: i m -'tH XmiiMYl0 l
tfk ri3iiu MwM iw fer
aT'iinr 'J.itmAmUmr a YfiV""-i,7ag' i '"iifi1 . ; - , ",l
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy
THE LAND OF LOST THINGS
(Ptgov and niUy Belgium oecomo
loat In a dark, (mpataatile foreit and
ore told by a queer image that they
are in the Land of Lost Things.)
CHAPTER II
T AM Gloomy Nooks, King of the
X Land of I.ost Things," spoke the
queer Image. "You are now my subjects.
llow down and do mo homage I"
Peggy, frightened by this odd creature
and the stranseiiess of the place, started
i to obey when Billy Belgium Jerked her
uacic, ,
"This Is the fhllcd States. We know
no kings here. We are free Americans."
So answered Billy proudly.
"Hurrah I Free Americans !'v-echoed a
chorus of sleepy voices from beneath the
leiiven on the ground ana tho under
growth all around. This chorus came
i so unexpectedly that Peggy was startled
and grasped Billy by the hand.
"If yoi are free, go whero you desire,"
ciiucKieo, the husky voice of Gloomy
- "".
,
said Blll.v. leadlne Fezcv
bck the way they had entered. But ll
was easier said than done. There, was
no way put. The bushes, the brambles,
the trees mado a solid wall they could
not get through.
"Free I Everybody Is free here !"
chuckled Gloomy Nooks.
"Free to sleep ana sleep and crumple
Into dust." spolte a tiny vorto and Peggy
felt something stirring In her hand.
Looking down slie discovered that It was
the golf ball she bad picked up when
they first entered tho Land of Lost
Things. But now ft was an oddly hu
man-looking golf ball. The lop of tho
hard, round shell had opened and out of
thls had come a neck and head. Down
Business
A Story
Mr. IVhltchrail will mistccr vnur business
questions on buyiiw. sclllno, advcrtlsltio and
employment. Ask vour questions clearly and
Olve all the Jacls, Your correct name and
lull address must be given to alt Inquiries.
Those irhlch ate cuioiil.notis must be ignored.
Answers to tcelmlcat questions Kill be sent
by mflll, Other questions will b" answered
In lil column. The most tntrreslliio piob
lems of inquirers icllt be icot-eil into the
storv ol t'cter Flint.
rCLXXYIH.
I THOUGHT somebody was fooling me
this morning when the telephone bell
1 - ... ..., .,.. .. r- t)&n.
ran nna Ame lolu 1" v,,Bl " ""' ""
tn wanted to speak to me. I never
thought of connecting It with the su-
nerlntendent of Marsh & Felton, of Boh-
ton. the department store for whom I
,vnrkP1i. iid when he uald who he was
j ,d , dI 1)elleve lt.
It seems that he hail been to Atlantic
!Cll' to nttP"tl a convention of depart-
Iment stole superintendents. Dad had
! written to him that I was In the real
estate business, so be decided to stop
off and say "I low-do" to me.
You bet It didn't take me long to
beat lt to the Knickerbocker, where he
was staying.
Isn't it funny how people change?
When I woiked for him I felt that he
was about a thousand miles away. I
hardly real'zed that he was a human
eliig. When I went up to his room i
felt the old feeling of awe for a minute
t ,,llt ,le waH BO d(cpnt that It
wasn't long before I was talking ,o him
" "Ke nn om Ir,c"u
"Sit down over there, Peter, and have
a cigar."
I lit my cigar wh'le he looked at me
through narrowed lids.
"You have changed a lot since you
worked for us, Peter Flint."
"I guess I never did work for you,"
I said with a half laugh and felt a
bit of a fool.
"I will be truthful and agree with
you. but I think you have a different
v'ew ot business from what you had
then." ,
"A'ou Just bet your sweet life I have,"
I said emphatically.
"When I think of the larn fool
things I did then-i-wcll, I wonder thut I
I waa allowed to live, that's all.
u smiled and said: "And an Inter-
..tinc- fnet M?at vou will find In your
I"
nl
In
'bus'ness life, Peter Flint, is that I11
ntl.or u-n vears' time you will look
; back on your present life and make Just
he, same comment. ....
em. 1 t don't know !" I expostulated.
I don't think I am doing such foolish
- ".:.. t ,11,1 then."
, . ,,... voll aren't, but. If you
' are going to progress at all, you will
' .i, idit.- waters of failure,
"Vou know. I felt real sorry for you,
Peter, when you were -worisii g tor us.
. .. . ' .... . a Itnlr, Vlll If T r.ttltl.
I "'" rea." wu"l.i." ".'X ',.. ZvL
r-f nfn;,natelv. nobody on Clod's
earth could help you in the frame of
all didn't your ' ' '
I hardly liked the way he was telling
me whllt htmiV1 it's" nil light' for
,,'',,.! vmVe'ln a big noslt'on.
you probably never had td do much
you probably never baa to do much
struggling like I did, nnd, naturally, one
doesn't take much stock In 'advice' from
some one who hasn't been through the
in tit.. I,..t u..am lifriii rfli It '
mill like he's been through It
,1., , , ,. but t liad forg;otten
all about It."
"I started working In Detroit, at J3
a week and nt the end of the year I
was having 112 your dad got the
same. -Your dad's mother and father
were living then and they used to send
1 li'm some extra spending money every
-f J?T & 1AWT A SOB FILM! HOWSMf,
OFLA6BTei? KfcuR dear RhoematiCs?
n- .. A oOQi. ! (Se.e look at that ,
HW L V- LITTLE LIOW EAT. THATsB
H ) IT EVERVBobV--LAUGj,
m .w''v rM?wr m
V Cg
"If you are going away from here,
will you please take me along?"
asked the golf hall very politely
below legs, feet, and arms had appeared
through other openings.
"Why, It's Just like a turtle," ex
claimed Billy, stretching his hand to
ward It.
Click! The .headVand neck snapped
back Inside, the legs and arms drew In,
and there was the golf ball perfectly
round and smooth again, t
"How funny I" cried Peggy, forgetting
the creepy feeling that had come over
her when she discovered the ball stlr-
ring In her hand. "Come out of your
Career of Peter Flint,
of Salesmanship by Harold Whitehead
(Copyrl jrht. )
now and then. I had no one to look
after me. When I was fourteen I was
absolutely alone In the world."
Gee. but I did feel different toward
Benton when he said this and I told
him so. .
"You see, I do know some of the
things that some of the fellows go
through, Peter Flint. I didn't stny In
that Detroit store long, but got a Job
selling made-to-measure clothes.
"You are fond of good selling Ideas.
I will Just tell you one I pulled off
several years ago In a little town In
Illinois."
TODAY'S IlL'NINi:SS KI-IUll.VM
Don't holler for deserts; you may
yet them.
What does this mean to YOU?
lliuincss Questions' Answered
With much Interest and cleas'ure I have
read all of the I'eter Flint articles, with
the questions and answers following.
In I.XIII, In your comment on D. T., 1
noticed Ihe following expression: "Your
Vrltlwt. while neat. Is weak." This brings
un a subject In which I am much Interested,
viz., character reading from handwriting.
I have studied and practiced lt for yeara for
my own pleasuro and for the practical
benefit of my friends, who have consulted
me on this subJectto some extent.
lrnm vour comment on I). T ' hand-
vvrltlnK 1 am led to nsk you how muih no
you believe In handwriting as an exposi
tion nt cimructe.. . t.,ew hi It -tL
science and mv friends huvo urucd ne to
mike a tirofesslon of It. I beve unothcr
business and could do much nf the hand
writing bu-dness evening-!,. However. 1 have
refused to make s business of It becausn so
few people believe such a study as graphol
ogy can be snythlnc but charlatanism.
Friends Iihvu suggested tlist 1 operate
behind a "bureuu of character lnvestliratlon
from handwriting" and thus not show any
, Ul.liri-,i,.n , ,ii ,. nine, iiu.iii.,,1 -tiuit;
friends have been successful In securing
REMEMBER THIS, KIDS?
This Is Part of the Famous Poem, "A Visit Front St
Nicholas," Just as Clement C. Moore Wrote
It a Hundred Yeats Ago
the. flxcuie.
Jat: a tAlatZsittMoi iiXvuftu, HoV A)4m .fsinciAjft
JfithoV bfiar-fr Jfiltittal Jem twuj Ct tftvji.
1tt tAuftOltsn. wttuJtltel.aiejyiuit tAtixudi,
YlkteAHJi,jtrJ oj JutM-ftCuArtJ' dctMtttt f ttxt'dt tiadj;
'kaJfutfJiVdld Cut -hoimS fa ofatuwnVi'j pafi
lCft oW eyn Jtht Cuwh tiicte CWrifAuch tt ctctttt't,
Jjyta-nti Aottt tu itdAeJte tfAat 'ufliut frti fuymWr
UAvny -fo.llt fjnntttut- J (4v tA a (loJht
Sott ojit tin tfwMZm am ttvttf-Aifiblv.jfattt,,
!Ruitww, oJtdt CuaJ(-"trf tl. hW'fatft jituij?
ttpnt. ttit duOit cHf fAi'(U cUtu to 'vCuP IttM? .
Un; ia b tny juthtftwxj xjJ WA dhpttt
fyu a nu-cctunt fctylv, and fitjt-tiny fi -daA
fatCo.-tucfe efd dwim.Au lvcltj. omJ- yutch, '
Mint ntxhtei iUoM iaej(u iuJ coiwit-tjiiiity caCt
QAd- lu M&atfttf,cvntt itvcfaf, Midcatltct tkton tijfltilf
"Jfivf 3)a4h!2 ' ftmuf; ,'3Sft4i'f-'. AietVtafi ftttt Puk?!
Oh. G'fi OMaji.' Oh, Qlrndtlt Otrf fifttytM ''
'Jidt -toi oft tht-fricAi ' j tcf. vf t,t molU !
vVW aoin cuvtw! daiCi ctMranj tcuh avtuvoUi
AVhen Clement C. Jloore was eighty
two years old he was still young at
heart. He lived In a handsome housa
overlooking the Hudson at Ninth nvc
nue aiiilTvventy-lhlrd street, New A'ork,
The place was known as Cheltea and it
shell. lltOo golf ball. Wo wilt not hurt
you.'t
Click! went tho golf ball again. Its
head popped out, Its feet shot down, and
Its arms came out of the sides. There
It stood like a little man, bowing and
smiling at Peggy, and touching Us hand
to tho helmct-liko bit of shell on the top
of Its head,
"If you are going away from here,
will you please take me along?" asked,
the golf ball very "politely.
"And mo, and hie, ana mo I" rose thot
chorus of sleepy voices from down below
and all around.
"Who aro you all 7" cried Jlllly Bel
glum, picking up a stick and poking?
among the dead leaves, the mold, and tha
tangle of grasses. And as he'poked thern
came to light a most astonishing col
lection of things golf balls, gold and
silver rings, dollars, quarters, dimes;
nickels and pennies, lead pencils, but-
tons, stick pins, pieces of Jewelry, twn
golf clubs, purses, knives, keys, and all
sort of knlcknnck8. "
"We aro Lost Things," they chorused.
"We are tlr.d of resting. Please, please,
take us back to useful lives."
"To be sure wo will," promised Billy
Then he looked at the wall of shrubberyf
and a tone of doubt came Into his voice
"If we can find the way."
"If 7 If 7" taunted Gloomy Nooks. "That
word Is so little and yet so big." ,
"I could show you If I wanted tt,
but I don't 1" So squeaked the rabbit
bobbing up out of the brush and as
promptly bobbing bnck again.
"If I If! Oh, If wo could only escape.''
walled all tho Lost Things, while Peggy
and Billy looked helplessly at each other)
(Kcxt will be told how hope comet
,to Peggy and Hilly Belgium.)
Iielft fpr certain positions by arceptlnc m
analysis of the handwriting of those appll-l
cations msde In writing, and none others
were considered. I have no intention od
working 011 any line except business analysis
W. A. M.
I do not enre to give an opinion oil
the subject of character reading from
handwriting, for I know nothing about itj ,
Like njany other business mon, I
analyze tne writing of people more care-J
fully than most other people on ac-4
count of being more or less trained as
an analyst. Naturally, I have a habltl
of telling accuracy by the carefulness
of the formation of letters neatness byi
the tidiness of the letter loglo by tha
manner of presenting the case the)
strength of character by the sturdlnessj
of the letter formation, and such like.
Whether that Is' character reading or
not, I could not say, but I have come tq
that state that I do not register any
thing as impossible that I do not un
derstand. For that reason I retain an
open mind on a matter such as this.
As a business man. I would be glad ta
uso everv such aid In the discovery of
the character of an applicant for a po
sltlon, and I feel sure that others
feel the same way. Therefore I am suro
such a bureau as you name could bo
run successfully and highly profitably,
so long ns you are careful to guard
against anything which might smack or.
charlatanism.
I would advise you to consult with
a good advertising agent nnd have him
work out a logical campaign for you.
I uiu interested in your plan and would
like to hear more of It as It develops.
Good luck to you.
(Copyright)
Absent-Mindedness
The nrofeBsor had fallen down stairs.
and as ho thoughtfully picked himself
up he remarked: "I wonder what noise
that was I just heard?" Pennsylvania.
, , t I
fUncii JIovvi.
was considered comparatively remote
from New A'ork, though it 8 now In
the heart of the metiopolls. UlvlnK
near his country seat was a portly rubi
cund Dulchmnn, whose personality sug
gested -to him the Idea of making St.
Nicholas the hero of a Christmas piece
for the little children he loved.
In tlose days Christmas was not cele.
brated'as It Is today. .Doctor Moore
having absorbed the ancient traditions
of his Dutch neighbors, wove them Into
his poem. 'He really did more than that,
for he built up around the central
thought an Interpretation which lias)
gradually come to bo worldwide.
Accompanying the original manuscript
when It was presented to the New York: ,
County Historical Society by T. AV.
Moore, a relative, some fifty yeara ago,
Is a letter In Avhlch the writer tells how
the verses enme to be written and how
It happened that they were eventually
published,
It was with no thought of its evi
being published that Mr. Moore wrote tt)ei
poem, but the lines were copied by a,
relative of the author In her album
From It another copy was made by m
friend of hero from Troy. Bomo tlmo
Iaterv muci to the surprise of Doctor5
Moore, t was for the drst-tlme published
In a newanauer. Ilv sueti amah ohnnna
waa this choice little poem saved Xo
potterlty.
As some one has bo aptly said, It hM
become so much part and parcel of ou
literature that It seldom occurs to pe
pie It ever hud an author. Since text
nearly jno.yer. American ehlMmn tiavi '
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