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(CHAPTER IX. (Continued.)
"Well, get this stuff out of the way,
and let's set the table. Somehow I
fcan't bear to touch it any more. Poor
tittle Connie! If she had cried about
Connie certainly was heartsick.
^More than that, she was a little dis
gusted. She felt herself aroused to
take action. Things had gone too far!
Gq to church in her father's coat she
cotild not! But they hadn't the money.
ft Connie's father had been at home,
'perhaps they might have reasoned it
out together. But he had left town
On the opposite corner was another
-.bank. When she reached it she walk
£«d in without pausing and the mas-
Stre door swung behind her. Stand
I jng on tiptoe she confronted the cash
||#r with a grave face.
"Is Mr. Harold in?" she asked po
llitely. Mr. Harold was the president
lot
the bank! It was a little unusual.
"Yes, he is in," said the cashier
doubtfully, "but he is very busy."
"Will you tell him that Constance
*Btarr wishes to speak to him. private
r, and that it is very important?"
The cashier smiled. "The Methodist
istWs little girl, isn't it? Yes, I
tell him."
fesMr. Harold looked up impatiently
fc the interruption.
a*. "It's the Methodist minister's little
pdaughter, and she says it is important
IfOr her to speak to you privately."
"Ob! Probably a message from her
^father. Bring her in."
f: Mr, Harold was one of the trustees
|bf the Methodist church and promin
ent among them. His keen eyes w6re
^Intent upon Connie as she walked in,
Jstrnt she did not falter.
T^v. "How do you do, Mr. Harold?" she
i|said, and shook hands with him in
%tbte good old Methodist way.
£r% BiB eyes twinkled, but he spoke
jj|iriakly.. "Did your father send you
im an errand?"
"No, father is out of town. I came
business—personal business, Mr.
larold. It is my own affair."
"Ob,'I see," and he smiled at the
,_rnest little face. "Well, what can
do for you, Miss Constance?"
"I want to borrw five dollars from
[je bank, Mr. Harold."
"You—did Prudence send you?"
"Oh, no, it is my own affair as I
|old you. I came on my own account,
thought of stopping at the other
PRUDENCE
OF THE PARSONAGE
THE fAMOUS STORY OF A HAPPY FAMILY
thaV morning and" would not be home nodded understanding^. "I don't
until Saturday evening—too late to think I could wear a coat of father's
*et a coat in time for Sunday, and Pru- to church—it's cut down of course, but
dance had said that Connie must be —there's something painful about the
roated by Sundav! She walked sturd- idea. I wouldn't expect father to wear
down the street toward the "city" any of my clothes! You can see how
--ironically so called. Her face was it is, Mr. Harold. Just imagine how
atnnv her hands were clenched. But you would feel wearing your wife's
ftnallv she brightened. Her lagging coat!—I don't think could listen to
•teos auickened She skipped along the sermons. I don't believe I could
suite cheerfully. She turned west- be thankful for the mercy of wearing
ward as she reached the corner of the father's coat! I don't see anything
square and walked along that business merciful about it. Do you?"
«treet with shining eyes. In front ot Mr. Harold did not speak. He gazed
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the First National bank she paused,
ftrat after a few seconds she passed by.
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,uank as I passed, but then I remem- she received it.
littered that parsonage people must al-1 "But, Connie,".he continued, "I feel
"fcays do business with their own mem- that I ought to give you this. We
rs if possible. And of course, 11 Methodists have done a wicked thing
ould rather come to you than to a in forgetting our November payments
irfect stranger."
award to a new coat, Mr. Harold. I've wouldn't be right.' She held out the
[ever had one yet. There was always bill toward him, with very manifest
bmething to cut down for me, from reluctance.
'nidence, Fairy, or the twins. But "Keep it—we'll call it a loan then.
Is time there wasn't anything to Connie," he said. "And you may pay
_d down, 'and so I just naturallly me back, five cents at a time, just as
iunted on a new one." Connie paus- is most convenient."
and .looked embarrassed. The four older girls were at the
"Yes?" His voice was encouraging, table when Connie arrived. She ex
"Well, I'll tell you the rest, but I haled quiet satisfaction from every
.tgiope you won't say anything about it, por^. Prudence glanced at her once,
•Wr I'd feel pretty cheap if I thought and then loked away again. "She has
til* Sunday school folks knew secoaciled heraelf," sbe thought. Din­
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it, I wouldn't have cared so much. But get coal, and feed, and Larkie's
Bhe looked
so—heartsick,
didn't she,: teeth had to be fixed, and Carol was
Fairy?" sick, you remember. Seems to me
about it.—You see, the members need
such a lot of money now just before
Christmas, and so they didn't pay us
up last month, and they haven't paid
anything this month. And we had to
Lark's teeth might have been put off
until after Christmas, but Prudence
says not.—And so there isn't any
money left, and I can't have a coat.
But Prudence and Fairy are making
me one—out of an old coat of fath
er's
Constance paused dramatically. Mr.
Harold never even smiled. He Just
at Connie sympathetically and shook
his head.
"It's too much, that's what it is. And
so I thought I'd just have to take
things into my own hands and borrow
the money. I can get a good coat for
five dollars. But if the bank is a little
short right now, I can get along with
four, or even three. I'd rather have
the cheapest coat in town, than one
made out of father's. Do you think
you can let me have it?"
"Yes, indeed we can." He seemed to
find his voice with an effort. "Of
course we can. We are very glad to
lend our money to responsible people.
We are proud to have your trade."
"But I must tell you, that it may
take me quite a while to pay it back.
Father gives me a nickel a week, and
I generally spend it for candy. There's
another nickel, but it has to go in the
collection, so I can't really count that.
I don't believe father would let me
neglect the heathen, even to pay for
a winter coat! But I will give you the
nickel every week, and at that rate
I can pay it back in a couple of years
easy enough. But I'd rather give the
nickels as fast as I get them. It's sa
hard to keep money when you get
your hand on it, you know. Some
times I have quite a lot of money—as
much as a quarter at a time, from do
ing errands for the neighbors and
things like that. I'll pay you as fast
as I can. Will that be all right? And
the interest, too, of course. How
much will the interest be on five dol
lars?"
"Well, that depends on how soon you
repay the money, Connie. But I'll fig
ure it out and tell you later."
"All right. I know I can trust you
not to cheat me, since you're a trus
tee. So I won't worry about that."
Mr. Harold drew out a bulky book
from his pocket and handed Connie a
crisp new bill. Her eyes sparkled as
and 1 wil1
"Thank you—thank you very much, make up for it."
lve dollars you say you want?" I But Connie shook her head decided
I suppose I had better tell you all jly. "Oh, no! I'll have to give it back,
ut it You see I need a winter then. Father would not stand that—
pjat, very badly. Oh, very badly, in- not for one minute. Of course, par
Sfeed' The girls were ashamed of me sonage people get things given to
Mist Sunday, I looked so cold outside, them, quite a lot. And it's a good
though I was dressed plenty warm thing, too, I must say! But we don't
Enough inside. I've been looking
for-
J,,st SiTe y°u
this bil1 to
hint for them, Mr. Harold. That
a
ner was half over before Constance
burst her bomb. She had intended
waiting untl they were quite through,
but it was more than flesh and blood
could keep!
"Are you going to be busy this after
noon, Prudence?" she asked quietly.
"We are going to sew a little," said
Prudence. "Why?"
"I wanted you to go down town with
me after school."
"Well, perhaps I can do that. Fairy
will be able to finish the coat alone."
"You needn't finish the coat! I can't
wear father's coat to church, Pru
dence. It's a—it's a—physical impos
sibility."
The twins laughed, Fairy smiled,
but Prudenoe gazed at "the baby"
with tender pity.
"I'm so sorry, dearest, but we
haven't the money to buy one now."
"Will five dollars be enough?" in
quired Connie, and she placed her
crisp new bill beside her plate. The
twins gasped! They gazed at Connie
with new respect. They were just
wishing they could handle five dollar
bills so recklessly.
"Will you loan me twenty dollars
until after Christmas, Connie?" quer
ied Fairy.
But Prudence asked, "Where did
you get this money, Connie?"
"I borrowed it —from the bank,"
Connie replied with proper gravity.
"I have two years to pay it back. Mr.
Harold says they are proud to have
my trade."
Prudence was silent for several
long seconds. Then she inquired in
a low voice, "Did you tell him why
you wanted it?"
"Yes, I explained the whole situa
tion."
"What did he say?"
"He said he knew just how I felt*
because he knew he couldn't go to
church in bis wife's coat.—No, I said
that, myself, but he agreed with me.
He did not say very much, but he
looked sympathetic. He said he an
ticipated great pleasure in seeing me
in my new coat at church next Sun
day."
"Go on with your luncheon, twins,"
said Prudence sternly. "You'll be late
to school.—We'll see about going
down town when you get home to
night, Connie. Now, eat your lunch
eon and don't talk about costs any
more."
When Connie had gone back to
school, Prudence went straight to Mr.
Harold's bank. Flushed and embar
rassed, she explained the situation
frankly. "My sympathies are all
with Connie," she said candidly. "But
I am ^afraid father would not like it.
We are dead set against borrowing.
After—our mother was taken, we were
crowded pretty close for money. So
we had to go in debt. It took us two
years to get it paid., Father and Fairy
and I talked it over then and decided
we would starve rather than borrow
again. Even the twins understood it,
but Connie was too little. She doesn't
know how heartbreaking it is to keep
handing over every cent for debt,
when one is
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yearning for other
things.—I do wish she might have the
coat, but I'm afraid father would not
like it. She gave me the five dollars
for safekeeping and I have brought it
back."
Mr. Harold shook his head. "No,
Connie must have her coat. This will
be a good lesson for her. It will teach
her the bitterness of living under debtl
Besides, Prudence, I think in my heart
that she is right this time. This is a
case where borrowing is justified. Get
her the coat and I'll square the ac
count with your father." Then he
added, "And I'll look after this salary
business myself after this. I'll ar
arrange with the trustees that I am to
pay your father his full salary the first
of every month and that the church
receipts are to be turned in to me. And
if they do not pay up, my lawyer can
do a little investigating! Little Connie
earned that fivef dollars, for she taught
one trustee a sorry lesson. And he
wil^have to pass it on to the others
in self defense! Now, run along and
get the coat, and if five dollars isn't
enough you can have as much more
as you need. Your father will get his
salary after this, my dear, if we have
to mortgage the parsonage!"
CHAPTER X.
A Burglar's Visit.
"Prue!"
A small hand gripped Prudence's
shoulder, and again came a hoarsely
whispered:
"Prue!"
Prudence sat up in bed with
a
bounce.
"What in the world?' she began,
gassing oat into the room, half lighted
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by the moonshine, and seeing Carol
and Lark shivering beside her bed.
"Sh! Sh! Hush!" whispered Lark.
"There's a burglar in our room!"
By this time even sound-sleeping
Fairy was awake. "Oh. there is!" she
scoffed.
"Yes, there is," declared Carol with
some heat.^ "We heard him, plain as
day. He stepped into the closet, didn't
he, Lark?"
"He certainly did," agreed Lark.
"Did you see him?"
"No, we heard him. Carol heard
him first, and
Bhe
spoke, and nudged
me. Then I heard him, too. He was
at our dresser, but be shot across the
room and into the closet. He closed
the door after him. He's there now."
"You've been dreaming," said Fairy,
lying down again.
"We don't generally dream the same
thing at the same minute," said Carol
stormily. "I tell you he's in there."
"And you two great big girls came
off and left poor little Connie in there
alone with a burglar, did you? Well,
you are nice ones, I must say."
And Prudence leaped out of bed
and started for the door, followed by
Fairy, with the twins creeping fear
fully along in the rear.
"She was asleep," muttered Carol.
"We didn't want to scare her," add
ed Lark.
Prudence was careful to turn the
switch by the door, so that the room
was in full light before she entered,
The closet door was wide open. Con-'
nie was soundly sleeping. There was
no one else in the room.
"You see?'' said Prudence sternly.
"I'll bet he took our ruby rings," de
clared Lark, and the twins and Fairy
ran to the dresser to look.
But a sickening realization had
come home to Prudence. In the lower
hall, under the staircase, was a small
dark closet which they called the
dungeon. The dungeon door was big
and solid, and was equipped with a
heavy catch' lock. In this dungeon
Prudence kept the family silverware,
and all the money she had on hand, as
it could there be safely locked away.
But more often than not, Prudence for
got to lock it.
Mr. Starr had gone to Burlington
that morning to attend special reviv
al services for three days, and Pru
dence had fifty whole dollars in the
house, an unwonted sum in that par
sonage! And the dungeon was not
locked. Without a word, she slipped
softly out of the room, ran down
the stairs, making never a sound in
her bare feet,, and saw, somewhat to
her surprise, that the dungeon door
was open. Quickly she flung it shut,
pushed the tiny key that moved the
"catch," and was rushing up the
stairs again with never a pause for
breath.
A strange sight met her eyes in the
twins' room. The twins themselves
were in each other's arms, sobbing bit
terly. Fairy was still looking hurried
ly through the dresser drawers.
"They are gone," wailed Carol, "our
beautiful ruby rings that belonged to
grandmother."
"Nonsense," cried Prue with ner
vous anger, "you've left them in the
bathroom, or on the kitchen shelves.
You're always leaving them some
where over the place. Come on, and
we'll search the house just to con
vince you."
"No, no," shrieked the twins. "Let's
lock the door and get under the bed."
(To be continued.)
SENATORS URGED TO
AVOID A BLUNDER
Washington, D. C., July 22.—When
Senator Martine today again pressed
his resolution to have President Wil
son urge a stay of execution for Sir
Roger Casement.. Chairman Stone of
the foreign relations committee told
the senate Ambassador Page had in
formed the state department the Brit
ish would resent any such representa
tions. Senator Stone again opposed
Senator Martine's resolution.
"For the Unted States to make of
ficial representations would do more
harm than good," said Senator Stone.
"If Great Britain is disposed to ex
tend clemency to Casement it will do
it on its own motion rather than have
it said that clemency was shown at the
request of a foreign government. To
pass this resolution would be an inter
national blunder."
Mrs. Agnes Newman, sister of Sir
Roger, sat in the senate gallery dur
ing the discussion.
EXPLOSION INJURES SEVEN.
Kenville, N. J., July 22.—Seven em*
ployes of the Hercules Powder Co.
were injured early today in an explo
sion at the plant's "dry" house. It was
said th«x probably would recover.
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DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT
REVEALS AMBITIONS OF MILI-
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Peking, June 20.—(Correspondence
of The Associated Press).—Chinese
public opinion has been in a strangely
unformed state since the death of
Yuan Shi Kai, the would be emperor
president.
Every day it becomes clearer that
many of the leaders of the revolution
in the south, who declared Yuan Shi
Kai's retirement was the chief end
which they sought, had personal ambi
tions and are not giving Li Yuan
Hung the support which might reason
ably be expected of them.
Liang Shi Yi and Chow Tzu Chi, the
two members of the government who
had most to do with finances in China,
have both resigned under fire. The
former was head of the financial coun
cil and director of the Bank of Com
munications. The latter was former
ly minister of commerce and agricul
ture but had for a short time served
as minister of finance. Both of these
men were close advisers of Yuan Shi
Kai and are regarded by foreigners
as two of the ablest leaders in China.
Liang Shi Yi has been severely
criticized for months and recently the
republican press has assailed him bit
terly. The board of censors has made
an adverse report on his administra
tion, charging misfeasance and mal
feasance in office.
Luan Chi Jul, the premier, is charged
by the press with an unwillingness to
have President Li Yuan Hung issue
a mandate restoring the old Nanking
provisional constitution and reconven
ing the national assembly provided for
by that constitution.
While bitter criticism has been di
rected as yet to President Li Yuan
Hung theie are many rumblings in
the native press concerning his failure
to take immediate steps to eliminate
all the Yuan Shi Kai crowd from the
government and restore the republic
to the condition it was in before Yuan
Shi Kai manipulated the Nanking pro
visional constitution.
Li Yuan Hung's position is extreme
ly difficult. He has inherited a de
pleted treasury and a thoroughly dis
organized government. Three factions
are endeavoring to dominate Chinese
affairs. One of these is controlled by*
the Manchus of north China the
Yanktsze valley section is dominated
by military leaders along the Yangtzse
and the far south is dominated by
Canton leaders. All these men are
playing at cross purposes and efforts
to harmonize them are extremely dif
ficult.
Washington, D. C., July 22—War
department reports today from Alpine,
Tex., giving further details of the
shooting of Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler
by Harry J. Spannel!, manager of an
Alpine hotel, say Col. Butler was "ab
solutely innocent of any wrong," arid
whatever the cause might have been,
"it appears like a cold blooded pre
meditated murder committed by a man
crazed with jealousy."
The reports says Spannell invited
Col. Butler to ride in his automobile
in a seat beside Mrs. Spannell and
that Spannell then drove into the resi
dential section of Alpine and killed
both Col. Butler and Mrs. Spannell.
Col. Butler will be buried in Arling
ton national cemetery here Monday.
REFUSES TO TALK.
El Paso, Tex., July 22.—Harry J.
Spannell was held in the county jail
here in communicado today under
heavy guard. Asked why he killed his
wife and Butler, Spannell replied:
"Don't bother me. I have nothing
to say."
Jail authorities say only once did
Spannell show any emotion, when he
awoke from a fitful sleep, burst out
weeping and expressed a wish to see
his 5-year-old daughter.
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New York, July 22.—As usual,
misses' juniors' and tiny tots' frocks
and outer garments follow the same
general lines of grown up designs.
The shop windows are gay with flower
ed muslins, voiles and dainty party
frocks of flouncings and embroidered
batistes, and even nets and taffetas,
for fashion now decrees that taffeta
and the flowered summer silks are not
too grown-up for small people. One
especially pretty little frock of taffeta
and net shown in a shop devoted al
most entirely to children's things, is
trimmed with daisies, a band of them
forming the girdle, a cluster here and
Misses' Jumper Dress
there on the skirt, and one on either
shoulder. Another Frenchy little party
frock of taffeta and crepe is made
sleeveless, with a smartly flaring ruf
fled "skirt this design, however, will
hardly appeal to American mothers al
though it is charming as a picture.
An effective simple dress for summer
is of plain white voile, trimmed with
bands of old time fagoting aranged to
form a round yoke and banding the
cuffs.
Children's and JOniors' Millinery Most
Charming
For the very small person there are
charming little fitted caps of lace and
net, and fetching little close fitting
bonnets of pale pink and blue Georg
ette trimmed with a cluster of tiny
flowers or a-rosette of ribbon. For the
older girls the wide brimmed Bankok
and Wen-Chows are appropriate, trim
med with a touch of bright color in
wool or ribbon, or a simple band of
velvet or elastic silk banding the
crown. These sports bands with the
stripes running around or up and
down, are very becoming to the young
girl and harmonize well with a plain
wash frock or a dark serge or linen
suit.
Pongee Popular for Girls
Natural colored pongee, trimmed
with contrasting colors, blue, greens,
and similar shades, is well liked for
the shoe-top suits now so popular with
girls of from six to sixteen. The
blouses worn with these suits are usu
ally fashioned of the sheer cottons,
voiles, marquisettes and nets, or the
EMPLOYE OF BANK
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MISSES' AND JUNIORS'
SUMMER FASHIONS
SPORTS TOGS FAVORED, AND EVEN THE TIN!EST
TOT WEARS THE STRAIGHT-LINED BOX-PLEATED FROCK
SIMPLE MILLINERY FOR SMALL MAIDS
New York, July 22. —It became
known today that a secret investiga
tion
has been in progress for some
»time into the embezzlement of between bank for many years. An arrest is ex
and *75,000 b£ a truated
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tub silks and satins, crepe de Chine,
China silk and pongee. The light col
ored lawns, dimities and linens ara
also popular for girls being fashioned
Into almple frocks, middy dresses and
like models. The wide stripes, so
popular for grown-up sport skirts and
suits, are also popular with the young
er generation being fashioned into
I^orfolk suits, modified Russian and
middy frocks and similar loose lined
models, becoming to the growing girl.
The sports styles are popular, too,
smart little coats of silk and wool
jersey in the popular bright tones be
ing worn over the tub dresses of lin
en, duck, pique, and the softer cot
tons, voiles, crepes and the like.
In the shoe-top suits, also, the Poiret
twills, novelty wool mixtures, shep
herd checks, gabardines and serges
are equally as popular as the pongees
and Shantungs.
Net and Taffeta Dresses for After
noons
For party and summer afternoons
there are simple net frocks for jun
iors and misses, trimmed very effec
tively with lace and the simplest of
ribbon trimmings, tucks, smocking
and ruches, narrow ruffles and shir
rings.
The very tiny tot in her first short,
frock, wears lawn, batiste, dotted
Swiss, crepe and fine linen. Most ot
these little dresses are fashioned into
straight hanging, box pleated dresses
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these models nowadays.
Smocking and tucks are effective
trimming and hand embroidery plays
an important part. White is most fa
vored for the very small maid, al
though the pale pinks, blues and other
soft shades are used considerably, too.
The separate coat to wear over the
fluffy dress, is fashioned of taffeta, the
novelty checks, serge, and Bedford
cord. One of the prettiest coats of
the season is developed in dark blue
Bedford cord with collar and cuffs of
white broadcloth, closed with large
white bone buttons. The collar and
cuffs may be made removable, thus do
ing away with the impractical side of
the white.
ploye of the Coal and Iron National
bank of this city.
Allison Dodd, one of the bank's vice
presidents, said this morning that dis
covery of the embezzlement came on
June 21. The suspected employe is
said to have been employed by the
pectgd i*2iin A l»w daja.