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THE LITTLE
BROWN JUG
AT
KILDARE
By
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Illustrations By
RAY WALTERS
Copyright 1906 by The Bobbe-Merrlll Company.
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SYNOPSIS.
Thomas Ardmore and Henry Maine
Griswold stumble upon Intrißue when the
govarnor* of North and South Carolina
nroHreported to have quarreled. Orlswold
allies himself with Barbara Osborne,
daughter of the governor of South Caro
lina. while Ardmore espouses the eause of
Jerry Dnngerfteld. daughter of the gov
ernor of North Carolina. These two ladles
are trying to All the shoes of their fa
thers. while the lntter are missing. Both
states nre In i\ turmoil over one Apple
weight. an outlaw with great political In
fluence. Unaware of each other’s posi
tion. both Griswold and Ardmore set out
to make the other prosecute. . Both l eve
forces scouting the border. Griswold cap
tures Applewelght, but Jerry finds him
and takes him to Ardsley', her own pris
oner. Ardmore arrests a man on his
property who says he is Gov. Osborn*.
Meanwhile another man Is arrested as
Applewelght by the South Carolina
inilltla. Tl»e North Carolina militia Is
called Into action. When Col. Gllllngwa
ter. Jerry's fiance, finds that real war Is
afoot, he flees. Applewelght Is taken se
cretly by Ardmore and lodged In a Jail In
South Carolina. Returning to Ardsley.
Ardmore finds that Billings, the banker,
and Foster, treasurer of North Carollnu,
have been arrested.
CHAPTER XIX.
In the Red Bungalow.
“What do you think." cried Mrs.
Atchison, glowing before Jerry and
Ardmore on their return; "we have o
new guest!’’
"In the coal cellar?" inquired her
brother.
"No, in the blue room adjoining
Miss Dangorfleld’s! And what do you
think! It is none other than the
daughter of the governor of South
Carolina."
“Oh, Nellie!" gasped Ardmore.
"Why, what’s the matter?" demand
ed Mrs. Atchison. "T had gone in to
Turner’s to look at that memorial
church we’re building there, and I
learned from the rector that Miss Os
borne, with only a maid, was stopping
at that wretched hole called the Ma
jestic hotel. I had met Miss Osborne !
In Washington last winter, and you
may forget, Tommy, that ou our moth
er's side I am a Daughter of the Sem
inole War, a society of which Miss J
Osborne is the president general. I j
hope Miss Osborne’s presence here
will not be offensive to you. Miss
Dangerfleld. She seemed reluctant to
come, but I simply would not take no,
and I am to send for her at four
o'clock.”
"Miss Osborne’s presence is not
only agreeable to me, Mrs. Atchison.”
responded Jerry, “but I shall Join you
in welcoming her. I have heard that
the ancestor through whom Barbara
OBborne derives membership in the
Daughters of the Seminole War was
afterward convicted of robbing an
orphan of whose estate he was the
trusted executor, and such being the
case I feel that the commonest Chris
tian charity dempndß that I should
treat her with the most kindly consid
eration. I shall gather some roses,
with your permission, and have them
waiting in her room when she ar
rives, with my card and compliments."
Ardmore had rarely been so busy
as during the afternoon. Several more
newspaper correspondents were found
prowling afiout the estate, and thej
were added to the howling mob in the
Ardsley cellars.
"It has all happened very handily
for us,” said Collins; "we’ve got the
highest-priced newspaper talent In the
world right under our hands, and be
fore we turn them loose we’ll dictate
exactly what history is to know of
these dark proceedings.”
“When we’ve settled with Griswold
and proved to him that he’s lost out
and that the real Mr. Applewelght Is
in his Jail, not ours, we’ll have to
find Gov. Dangerfleld and be mighty
quick about it,” replied Ardmore.
“Paul says there’s a battery of South
Carolina artillery guarding the Dll
well county Jail, and that they’ve
fooled the people Into thinking they’re
North Carolina troops, and nobody
can get within four blocks of the jail.
They must have somebody In jail at
Kildare. I don’t like the looks of It.”
Jerry—a pleasing flgurj tc contem
plate in white lawn and blue ribbons
—suggested that the meeting take
place In the library, as more like an
Imperial council chamber; but Ard
more warmly dissented from this. A
peace should never be signed, he
maintained. In so large a house as
Ardsley. At Appomattox and In
many other caseß that he recalled, the
opponents mot in humble farmhouses.
They finally agreed on the red bunga
low as convenient and sufficiently
modest for the purpose. And so It was
arranged.
A few minutes before five the flag
of North Carolina was hung from the
wide veranda of the bungalow. At the
door stood an armed militiaman. Col.
Daubenspeck had been Invited to be
present, and he appeared accompanied
by several other officers in full uni- !
1 form Word of the meeting place had
been sent through the lines to the
enemy, and the messenger rode back
with Griswold, who was followed
quickly by the adjutant general of
South Carolina and half a dozen oth
;er officers. The guard saluted as Gris
wold ran up the steps of the veranda,
and at the door Ardmore met him and
greeted him formally.
At the end of a long table Jerry
Dangerfleld sat with her arms folded.
She wore, as befitting the occasion, a
gray riding-dress and a gray felt hat
perched a trifle to one side.
Bhe bowed coldly to Griswold,
whose hand, as he surveyed the room
and glanced out at the flag that flut
tered in the doorway, went to his
mustache with that gesture that Ard
more so greatly disliked; but Gris
wold again bowed gravely to his ad
versaries.
"Miss Dangerfleld, and gentlemen,”
began Griswold, with an air of ad
dressing a supreme tribunal. "I be
lieve this whole matter depends upon
the arrest of one Applewelght, a well
known outlaw of North Carolina —”
"I beg your pardon— ’*
It was Jerry who Interrupted him,
her little fists clenching, a glint of fire
In her eyes
"It Is for me to ask your pardon,
Miss Dangerfleld! Lot us agree that
this person Is an unworthy citizen of
any state, and proceed. It has been
your endeavor to see this man under
arrest In South Carolina, thus reliev
ing North Carolina or her chief exec
utive of responsibility for him. We.
on our side, have used every effort to
lodge Applewelght In Jail on your side
of the state line. Am I correct?”
Jerry nodded affirmatively.
"Then, Miss Dangerfleld, and gen
tlemen, I must tell you that you have
lost your contention, for Applewelght
spent last night In Jail at Kildare, and
to secure his safe retention there, we
generously lent your state a few of
our militia to guard him. The pro
ceeding was a trifle Irregular, we ad
mlt —the least bit ultra vires—but the
peculiar situation seemed to justify
us.”
"There are not two Dill Apple
weights," remarked Col. Daubenspeck.
"I assure you that the real criminal
spent last night In Jail at Turner
Court House, guarded by trustworthy
men, and we are able to produce him." -
"The quickest way to settle this
point, Prof. Griswold. Is by bringing 1
In your man," remarked* Ardmore
icily.
"On the other hand” —and Gris- J
wold's tone was confident—"as there
Is no reason for doubt that we have
the real Applewelght, and as we are
on your territory and in a measure
your guests, It is only fair that you
produce the man you believe to be
Applewelght, that we may have a look
at him first.”
“Certainly," said Jerry. "Our pris
oner does not deny his Identity. It
gives us pleasure to produce him.”
At a nod from Col. Daubenspeck the
orderly at the door ran off to where
Cooke and the prisoner waited.
In the Interval there was a general :
exchange of introductions at the 1
At the Door Stood an Armed Militia
man.
bungalow. The adjutant general of
South Carolina was In a merry mood
and began chaffing Ardmore upon the
deadly character of apples found In
his orchard beyond the Raccoon.
"I deeply regret,” said Ardmore,
rubbing his chin, "that the adjutant
general of North Carolina Is suffering
from a severe attack of paralysis
agitans and will be unable to meet
with us.”
"I deplore the fact," replied the ad
jutant general of South Carolina, "for
one of our scouts picked up a darky
in the highway a while ago who had
on a uniform dress-coat with the In
itials ‘R. G.’ sewed In the pocket.”
"If you will return that garment to
me general,” said Ardmore, "I will
see that It reaches Col. Gillingwater
by special messenger, where, upon his
couch of pain, he chafes over his en
forced absence from the field of dan
ger."
Steps sounded on the veranda and
all rose as Cooke appeared In the
door, leading his handcuffed prisoner,
who etood erect and glared at the
company in gloomy Bilence.
“This man,” said Ardmore, "we de
clare to bo Bill Applewelght, alias Po
teet. I ask you, sir”—ho addressed
the prisoner—"to Btate whether you
are not known by one or both of these
names?”
The irmn nodded his head and grum
bled a reluctant affirmative.
"Prof. Griswold," Ardmore went on,
"the gentleman In charge of the pris
oner is Roger Cooke, for many years
in the secret service of the United
Stateß. He now conducts a private
agency and Is in my employ. Mr.
Cooke, I will ask you whether you
Identify this man as Applewelght?"
"There is no doubt of It whatever.
I have known him for years. I once
arrested him for moonshlnlng and
served a year In the penitentiary as
the result of that arrest. You will par*
don me, sir,” Cooke continued, ad
dressing Griswold directly, "but this
Is undoubtedly the man you had your
self captured at Mount Nebo church
two nights ago, but who was taken
from you, as you may not know, by
Miss Geraldine Dangerfleld. She was
lost in the woods and came upon the
captive much to her. own surprise "
Griswold lifted his brows In amaze
ment and turned toward Jerry.
"If that is the case, Miss Danger
fleld. I salute you! I am sorry to con
fess, however, that I did not myself
see the man who was captured by
my friends at the church, owing, it
! appears, to Miss Dangerfleld's prompt
and daring action, and the regrettable
cowardice of my men. I want to say
to you, gentlemen. In all frankness,
that 1 am greatly astonished at what
you tell me. Our prisoner 1b about
the same height as this man, has the
same slight stoop in the shoulders,
and the same short beard; but there
the resemblance ends."
Ardmore was trying not to show too
plainly his joy at Griswold's discom
fiture. None of the South Carolina
officers had ever seen Applewelght, as
they lived remote from the scene of
his exploits. Habersham's inen, who
had so signally failed In the descent
upon Mount Nebo church, had taken
to the woods on the appearance of the
state soldiery along the border, and
could not be found to Identify the
man seized at the house on the creek.
Habersham had discreetly declined to
support Griswold’s venture at the last
moment; to do so would, he pleaded,
ruin his chances of political prefer
ment In the future; or worse things
might, indeed, happen If ho coun
tenanced and supported the armed In
vasion of North Carolina by South
Carolina militia. The zealous young
militiamen who had captured the
Btranger In the house on the creek
had pronounced the man Applewelght,
and their statement had been accept
ed and emphasized when the man was
taken before Griswold, to whom he
stubbornly refused to make any state
nient whatever.
"Now that you cannot deny that we
have the real Applewelght," began
Jerry, "who Is, you must remember,
a prisoner of the state of South Caro
lina, and must be returned to the
Mingo county jail at once, I think we
may nH well look at your prisoner,
Prof. Griswold. He may be one of
Mr. Appleweight's associates In busi
ness; but as we are Interested only In
the chief culprit, the identity of the
man you hold Is of very little interest
to us."
‘‘lf." said Griswold, "he is not Ap
pleweight, the original blown in the
bottle— ’*
"Jug, if you please!" interposed
Ardmore very seriously.
"Theu we don’t care about him and
I shall make you a present of him."
"Or,” remarked Ardmore, “I might
exchange him for a ruffian 1 captured
myself down on the Raccoon. He
seemed quite Insane, declaring him
self to he the governor of South Caro
lina and I locked him up in a corn
crib for safe keeping.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
THREE ACTORS IN SORROW
Showing How Easily Makers of Mirth
May Be Involved in Personal
Tragedy.
A pathetic story of the tragedies of
the stage is revealed by David Beeh
ler, who has Just returned from Sioux
City, la., where he encountered De
Wolf Hopper and Arthur Dunn.
The trio were in the West hotel in
Sioux City. It was their first meeting
In years. After the exchange of cour
tesies had been passed Mr. Dunn
asked Hopper, "How are your folks?"
and received the reply, "Very well,
thank you. How are yours?" ’Tm
mense.' replied Dunn.
Three days later Mr. Hopper re
ceived n wire announcing the death of
his mother and was forced to cancel
engagements. That same day. two
hours later. Mr. Dunn received a tele
graphic announcement of his father's
death, and on the same night was in
formed that his brother-in-law, Ezra
Kendall, had passed away. The men
met on the outgoing train from Sioux
City and coudoled with each other
over the bereavement which had be
fallen them.—Chicago American
To Gain Social Success.
To be successful socially, a woman
must possess brains and looks, a
ready wit and perfect manners. She
must bo well posted on general top
ics and have a fund of what the Eng
lish call "small talk.” She can never
rise to any prominence in the social
world unless she has a firm wilt,
sound sense and ready sympathies.
These qualities, added to enough of
wealth to do as she would do, make
the best and most representative type
of the American society woman. But
then, our women possess all these
qualities even when their lives are
not thrown In the most pleasant
places. No woman in the world pos
sesses tho adaptability of the Ameri
can woman. She always knows what
to do and when to do it.
No Place for Him.
"It’s a funny thing," said the tall
man,” but when we lived on the first
floor of our apartment house we had
one baby. Twins came when we
moved to the second floor and— ’’
"That's enough," yelled the short
man In wild excitement. "I’m going
to vacate to-morrow. We’ve just
moved on the fourth floor!”
A Tongue Twister.
The watch that watched the watcl
that watched that watch, watched th.
watch that watched that watch tin
watched that watch watch that watch
New Modes in Wings
I HATEVER the season,
whether because the aero
planes have drawn our at
tention to the winged
throngs of the sky, or be
cause Rostands "Chau-
W
ticler" has really awakened the w’orld
to the beauty of feathers, wings, lit
tle and wings big, and all sorts of
between sizes, grace the new hats for
fall. They poise. folded or out
spread, drooping or about to fly—ln
single pairs or whole flocks on the
graceful shapes of the new season.
Nearly all the wings are well made,
and some of them are simply the
natural bird wing, properly "cured"
or treated for millinery use. Some
of the very large ones are finished
with breasts of the grebe or rosette**
made of parted feathers or with feath
er cabochons, so that they are ready
for placing on the shape. Velvet is
used with wlngß, usually as a drape
about the shape or forming a puffed
crown. Some of the prettiest models
IN SPOTTED SWISS MUSLIN
Dainty Light Frock for the Warm
Days, Worn With Hat of White
Tagal Straw.
We show here a dainty dress sim
ply made In spotted Swiss muslin.
The upper part of skirt fits plainly
and Is cut In a slight point at the
front, the lower part Is gathered to It,
the joining being covered by Inser-
tion; three tucks about IV4 Inches
deep trim this part of skirt. Groups
of fine tucks are made across back
and front, and strips of Insertion are
sewn between them; the sleeves are
trimmed to match. A lace frill fin
ishes the neck.
Hat of white Tagal straw, with a
crown of puffed muslin, trimmed with
ribbon at its base, and a large rose
at the side.
Materials required: 8 yards muslin
27 Inches wide, yards Insertion.
Using Up Old Ribbons.
Have you a lot of bows, sashes and
hat trimmings that are tpo faded and
shabby for further use? Rip out all
the stitches, clean off all spots, press
all wrinkles and then put them Into*
a dye pot with silk dye.
If you select ribbon of nearly the
same color and quality to go In the
pot at one time you should have
enough good looking ribbon to mako
nice plaited frills for the winter petti
coat.
These dyed ribbons can also be util
ized as color Minings, facings or In
making a patchwork quilt. For such
permanent work, however, It Is better
not to dye as It sometimes rots silk.
Wash ribbon carefully and use the
best bits.
To Make a Rose Pillow.
For a simple rose pillow dry the
fresh petals on a dry day, but not In
the sun, scatter a little orris root
among them and a bottle of attar of
roses and fill Into pink glazed cambric
covers. Make the outside cover of
white linen embroidered with roses.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
show small shapes with drooping
brims and high puffed crowns, with
small wings set In an irregular row
about the base of such crowns. Ro
settes of silk or velvet centered with
bird heads are a novelty, but wom
en seem to prefer any part of the
bird rather than the head these days,
so not many of these are In evidence.
There is something of an exception
to this in the very unreal looking
heads, or faces, rather, of the owl
made up In feathers of brilliant col
orings borrowed from the peacock
and other birds of magnificent col
ors.
As may be eeen In our Illustrations,
the poise of wings on the hat may
vary from the folded wing of a sleep
ing child of the air to those spread
for flight. The fancy of the trim
mer is not curtailed In any way ex
cept by the lines of the shape she
wishes to decorate and the becoming
ness of the result. Those are the only
two things that count.
LITTLE TOUCHES THAT COUNT
Small Things Mark Dividing Line
Between the Careful Dresser and
She Who Is Not.
Stylish buttons for linen frocks are
made by covering the button mold
with the material and on top of them
making a star-shaped design of three
sections of coronation braid, two of
the small figures of braid being used
to a section. These are crossed in
the middle of the button and taken
to the outer edge to form the star.
Stylish rosettes of velvet or satin
are made by doubling lengthwise bias
strips of velvet three inches wide.
Baste the lower edges together to pre
vent them slipping, then begin in cen
tre with short roll and coll around un
til all the material is used up.
A trimming for a girl’s hat of white
lace is a deep floral hand of forget
me-nots reaching almost to the top of
the crown and with only the edge of
the brim showing below It This Is
divided through the middle with soft
folds of Interlaced blue ribbon ending
In a big bow at one side.
Again the tiny stiff bows of black
velvet or black velvet with a color
are introduced across the front of the
draperies and as a finish to one sleeve.
They must be skilfully used not to
look patchy.
Old-Timey Ruffles.
There is a fondness for all sorts of
ruffled treatments, particularly those
that are quaint and old-tlmey looking,
and they are developed in every ma
terial that is on the summer lls'L A
pretty little dress that looked of the
vintage of the early eighties, was of
fine Irish dimity, a flowered stripe, in
closed between stripes of black, all on
a white ground. Yellow was the pre
dominating color, though not very con
spicuous among the flower colors that
made up the pattern with It. »The
foundation of the skirt was plain
gored, turned In a three-inch hem at
the bottom. Meeting this hem was a
deep flounce of fine embroidery that
was applied at knee depth, with a
ruching for a heading, the ruchlng
of the dimity. Over this fell the tunic
in pannier effect. Meeting at the cen
ter-front, the two side-lengths spread
apart to disclose the whole of the
flounce and the upper portion of the
skirt. It was headed with an inch
wide ruffling of the dimity.
A Graceful Wrap.
A soft, light wrap for tho woman
who needs slight protection over the
summer frock is made from soft crepe
de chine In white or pale colors.
The double-width cre£e Is used, and
the wrap cut on a circular pattern,
something like a dolman back, that
falls below th© hips at the back. The
fronts are cut Into long points, reach
ing almost to the bottom of the gown.
The entire wrap Is edged with silver
fringe an Inch and a half deep, the
fronts turning back like a rever around
the neck and to the lower points,
which end in a silver tassel.
Bathing Caps and Slippers.
It is said that the prettiest bathing
caps seen on the beaches this season
are those fashioned from gayly printed
English chintz in a twisted turban de
sign. When the slippers match, the
effect Is extremely good. Any girl who
knows how to sew could cover orlnary
bathing slippers, while the millinery
pari of the* costume Is a very simple
matter. She can wear the turban or the
mob cap style, as considered becoming.
Both are fashlnable.
MUNYONS
RHEUMATISM
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All DwifhOsl". li.V
FASTIDIOUS.
"Lady, can youse give me a little
gasoline?”
"Fer the land’s sake! You don’t
drink gasoline, do you?”
"No, lady. I wants ter clean me
gloves wit it.”
Pipe Gives Cadet Typhoid.
Midshipman Smith, who was strick
en with typhoid fever on the Indiana
at Plymouth, England, contracted the
disease, It Is said, from smoking a
briar used nearly a year ago by his
roommate at Annapolis who had a bad
case of typhoid. This theory is taken
as proof that concentrated nicotine
cannot destroy a typhoid germ. The
medical department of tho navy will
examine into the theory with the re
sult that midshipmen of the future
may confine themselves to their own
pipes.
How Lightning Splits Trees.
Lightning makes trees explode, like
overcharged boilers. The flame of the
lightning does not burn them up, nor
does the electric dash split them like
an ax. The bolt flows through into all
the damp interstices of the trunk and
into the hollows under Its bark. All
the moisture at once is turned Into
steam, which by its Immediate explo
sion rips open the tree. For centuries
this simple theory puzzled scientists,
but they have got it right at last.
Human Nature.
"A fool and his money are soon
parted."
"Yes, but you never call him a
fool till the money Is gone.”—Cleve
land Leader.
The Witching Hour.
Claire —Jack told me he wanted to
see you the worst possible way.
Ethyl—And what did you say?
Claire—l told him to come to break
fast some morning.
There Are
Reasons
Why so many people
have ready -at - hand a
package of
Post
Toasties
The DISTINCTIVE
FLAVOUR delights
the palate.
The quick, easy serving
right from the package—
requiring only the addition
of cream or good milk is
an important consideration
when breakfast must be
ready “on time.”
The sweet, crisp food is
universally liked by child
ren, and is a great help to
Mothers who must give to
the youngsters something
wholesome that they relish.
The economical feature
appeals to everyone—par
ticularly those who wish
to keep living expenses
within a limit.
Post Toasties are espe
cially pleasing served with
fresh sliced peaches.
“The Memory Lingers”
Poatum Cereal Co.. Ltd.
Battle Creek, Mich.