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Evening journal., 1914-01-28
cRADFD SCHOOL MEETING

IN the First Presbyterian Sunday
School on Monday evening graded nm
ion SUNDAY school meeting viii be held.
The subject discussed will be that OF
Temperance instruction, and the pro
gram will include a chalk talk given by
Aubrey Nandever.
A beginners lesson will be taught
by Mrs. Charles Robb. and suggestions
will be given by teachers OF different
departments.
Evening journal., 1914-01-28
yAUDEvILLE IN WITH DANCE.

Local Socialists have arranged for
a dance to be held at No. 702 Mar
ket street tomorrow evening, and in
order to provide ample amusement
for those who attend, a musicale and
vaudeville program will be given at
the same time. During the inter
mission. refreshments Of coffee, sand
wiches and cake viii be served.
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What You WIZ whom You VIII
Suart's Dyspepsia Tablets VIII
Digest ihc Ncal Fselly
rrd Srrclg,

Food in itrolf IS harmless. The
reason stomach troubles eriao ia Que
to faulty digestion brought about by
ovorworltlng the body OF brain, rlok.
ness, ovcroatlngi lalc hours etc
Evening journal., 1914-01-28

Happiness nta a o time thing
something that yourself mako just
a please.
disapponmens
da echoess days but all the deaness of every
heart
Every INDUCES mood of blues she allows her
soul o S
disappointment have its effects
joy o he the future
n
Il
sympathy
Evening journal., 1914-01-28

Attainable Beauty
Fer Most Women al
No Expense
Evening journal., 1914-01-28

Thousands tell us they
bought their oliver Typewriters
without noticing the outlay.
Here's the way the Plan
works.
You make a small first pay
ment and get the machine at
once,
Then save n Cents a day and
pay monthly. exactly the same
as rent.
When you complete the pay
ments, the typewriter is yours
forever. And you pay only the
regular list price.
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Meade Stillman. Do you love him.
Biddy? Was that why you wanted to
come for him yourself?"
Nor she cried out in passionate
denial Il didn't know | loved him.
Harold. didn't When | started on
this trip ! never thought Of love. or
knew if | would ever feel it. Like
most girls. suppose ! expected it to
come to me some time. but not here.
1t wasn't until after left here to find
him tonight and found him down be-
low here and he spoke to me and
opened his arms that | knew. But |
do love him. Harold. dear big brother!
Don't be angry or hurt with mel
Please. Don't look at me like thatr.
Darling crossed and tossed his ciga-
rette into the NAV of a fireplace at
one end Of the room, turned and came
back upon her in swift strides
Look at you!" he said almost fierce
ly Good God! How can | help it?
I'd rather look at you than at anything
else in the world You're worth it.
little sister You're beautiful, too. lit
tie sister-more beautiful tonight, when
| know that I've lost you. than ever
before, because, as you say. you have
become woman and your face wears
the look of the eternal woman. the
Madonna look, which comes with wax
nnod love
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now OF even rnelr own planes which
had flown there.
Off to the south and west a Japanese
battery was coming up, its horses toll
ing to dag It through the mud, it's
mer 'aDoFtng with them and straining
at the miring wheels. Meade swung
the Miracle toward it He spoke to
Monsel: THE little shells are the stuff
for aeroplanes, all right, captain Now
think I'll eliminate that artillery over
yonder. Load with small shell again
for that"
Once more Monsel's voice barked an
order. Again the pneumatics sighed
as they received once more the clus-
ters of small missiles, such as they had
sprayed over the vanished planes
Once more Stillman checked his mo-
mentum and swung above the fore
doomed string of guns Monsei, with
range finder at eye, cried his directions
to the tube pointers: "One thousand
down. 500 forward fronts and bot
toms. Have you got it?"
"All set, sirr' painted pointer.
"Then-let gop'
Plop.
A deluge of fame, a rending tempest
of destruction struck upon horses and
men and guns. Again the hornets
stung them, and their sting was death.
They fell downward and stuck 10 the
muzzles of guns. to the metal tires of
wheels, and exploded The fash Of
their explosion died and left behind 1t
ruin. the twitching leg of dying
horse. the scattered bodies of quiet or
writing men.
The Miracle leaped aloft-a thousand
two thousand feet-and paused
And almost as she paused in the air
above the riven battery fash of light
tore across the air. Another and an.
other followed in binding flash and
rending conclusion.
Stillman turned to Monsel, and a
grim smile twitched his somewhat pal
lid lips. II think that was something
like an Inspiration he remarked
They got the idea pretty quickly and
pretty nearly got at us with their
bombs"
But the range How could they
know where began the captain.
Saw u.s." said Meade. Il forgot for
the moment that we're between them
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a Flash OF Light Tore Across the Air.
and the sun. Our color don't help us
under those conditions. Well. no mat
ter They missed, and were way up
now"
With a jerk he threw in his motors
and sent the Miracle into the west like
the darting fash Of a hawk We're
going to get 'em, Monsel," he whisper
ed with a kissing information. Get
them get them. Big shell now Mon
sell I'm going after their damnable
bombs
Like a great shell herself. the Mira.
Gle shot forward.
Through the windows of the floor
and sides MOnsel could look down and
forward The Miracle had swept west
and turned and was coming back into
the eye Of the sun
Below their advance stretched a
grouping Of Japanese about several
long barreled weapons, into which as
be watched. they were thrusting slen-
der torpedo shaped missiles which be
knew must be the dreaded aerial
bombs Once disc harged. they would
unfold their wings and fly on their mis-
sion Of death.
Even as he recognized the thought.
lanyards snapped a faint haze or
smokeless powder rose from the fitting
muzzles Of the great rifles. and their
crews fell upon them for reloading.
Behind them an ammunition train
stood PARKED. and from it other men
were running to and fro with the
bombs for the now open breeches.
Get their range" snapped Stillman
in a voice of supreme excitement
Five hundred down, thousand for
wardr' called Monsel. His tones quiv-
cred
Five hundred down, thousand for
ward!' .barked the pointers.
Stillman swung the Miracle about.
Hold hard; we'll get the conclusion
from this he advised. "Now-if you
are ready-fre?'
"Firew echoed Monsel
The magnetic shells sprayed forward
and down.
The Miracle shot upward to escape
what must follow. Below, where the
great guns rested, where the ammuni-
ton was parked, where the crews ran
back and forth from caisson to gun or
thrust the aerials into the breaches, a
vast, wide flung sheet of fire and blue
and yellow flame burst and spread into
:. whirlpool of thunderous sound
(Cnnfinnad Nayf Week l
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"Yes. Open the door, he burst out
in shaking relief, and waited until the
door swung open and showed him the
shadowy outlines of her figure against
the pale windows at her back. Der
nicer he cried out again, and reached
cut his arms.
She came into them like one fleeing
to refuge and chung to him with fast
gripping hands. Harold. Haroldw she
painted How did you get here? How
-Eow?"
Il few. Didn't | tell you ! Would
said Darling, gathering her to him and
laughing with excitement And we
must get away. Put something over
your head and get coat. If any one
finds my plane"-
Yes. yesr' The girl seemed to un
derstand the vital need of haste. She
freed herself from his embrace and
ran back into the room. In another
instant she was back with a heavy
jacket and a scarf, which she began
winding about her hair and face.
Outside the dusk had deepened as
they stole across the avenue into the
park.
Opening the throttle ever SO little, he
ran around and started the engine,
ran back and leaped aboard as the
plane trundled drunkenly forward over
the horribly numbered green"
He threw the engine wide open and
sent the plane into the darkening air
A white mist was rising from the
Potomac and drifting in over the low
err city as Darling put Bernice down at
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A sob burst from her lips. IF it
wasn't for one thing I'd hate myself
for not having learned to love you.
she murmured.
And that thing is Meade Stillman,"
said Darling. He's a good bred 'un,
Biddy Get him outside and he'll be
a mighty big man."
Generous to the last" she whisper
ed She freed her hands, raised one
and gently stroked his cheek "Oh
brother-big brother. it's breaking my
heart to hurt your Turning. she fled
to her room. her shoulders shaking
with the weeping she repressed.
Meade Stillman agreed to go at once
to the capital to plan an engine Of
destruction that would save the coun
try from it's mighty assailapts. Meade
in his home built aeroplane, and Ber-
nice and Darling in his powerful BIZ
plane. made the fight without any Sc
riouS accident.
At Gethelds' own insistence Stillman
made his quarters in the coloneps
home. He accepted the love Of his
daughter for Meade with little com
ment. save for a faraway look in the
eyes. He had known it must come
some day, and he had known Meade's
father and loved him.
AS for Stillman himself. he plunged
from the first into a maelstrom of ex-
PLANTATION, planning, advising and SUI
pervising. which kept him at con-
tinuaI fever pitch of active working.
That first day. at a consultation with
his associate engineers. it was decided
to build the framework of the aero
destroyers of vanadium steel. cOmbin-
ing lightness with great strength. 1t
was here that Stillman's real quality
first began to show. Engineers were
surprised at the mass of technical
knowledge he brought to his task.
Whatever be might be in appearance
and manner. this was no innocent
dreamer from the woods.
month passed-two. three.
November had gone. December. and
January had come In and fed swiftly.
Long before this Meade Stillman had
surrendered a large part Of the a~tual
supervision of construction to his as
sociates and transferred his attention
to the preparation of the radioactive
gravity screens. The original chemists
verted into the workroom where he
conducted his efforts toward the lift
ing devices of the monster airships,
whose steel bulls were now taking def
mite shape
This was the only part of the en-
tire undertaking of which be made any
secret.
But the laboratory was as carefully
guarded as a mint. Special officers
and a company of infantry were al.
ways on guard about it. Even the
regular assistants which necessity
forced upon him approached only aft
er supervision of their pass cards
and correct replying to password
changed from day to day.
OF these helpers. whom he gathered
about him in tho supreme work Of his
task, the chief was man of the name
of Belden-an old man. with white
hair and a smooth shayen chin. in
whose pale blue eyes alone remained
any apparent fire. Stoop shouldered
and slow of speech. Belden was fin
ished technical engineer. with thor
ough knowledge of chemistry and cleo
trical application.
Meade himself had picked him out of
some dozen men suggested for the
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Meade Stillman shows Colonel GefheIds
of the board Of strateg! and others MS
aero destroyer. a wonderful implement OF
war operated by Tadium.
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Harold, HaroId!" she painted "How
did you Get here2 How-how?"
Ter home and walked slowly with her
% the door.
You are safe now, little sister," he
said as he set finger on the bell
This was the position on the LIST Of
November: The United States had by
4 tremendous sacrifice gained that
reathing time which it required to
nexpected invasion.
But with the exception of the Puget
sound district it had lost its seaboard.
which was now in the hands of the
cover which had attacked. Driven
ack, forced inward. the country stood
with it's back to the Canadian wall on
he north and faced it's foes on three
,ides-east. south and west.
And. strangely enough. it was
Homan's wit that vitality aided Presi-
lent ellison and his cabinet to combat
he yellow foes of the nation with new
nope LOT success.
Bernice and Darling met in the home
Ter father had established in Chicago
Darling had just completed a govern
nent commission, and, commenting on
the dire stress of the nation. she 1t
was who suggested that the aid OF
Meade Stillman and his aero-destroy
er, once refused by the authorities, be
sought. Darling, familiar with the
wonderful possibilities Of the radium
propelled craft, decided to arrange a
meeting between President ellison and
The girl, and Bernice and Darling won.
in spite Of the opposition OF Gotz. the
crafty congressman and his allies, the
authority to confer with Meade Still
man and his father regarding the mat
ter.
The urgent need of relief for the ma
ton caused Darling 20 arrange to go /,
Hite Utah, the Stillman home. b.
leroplane, and Bernice would moi
igree to remain behind. She won her
fathers consent, and it was a wonder
fully. thrilling flight over mountain,
plain and valley that resulted in land
ing the couple at the isolated home
ind workshop OF the Stillmans.
Remarkable to state. neither Meade
nor his father had heard of the war.
Niles from any habitation, their Sc
fusion was a barrier from the outer
world Professor Stillman was eager
FOR news and Mortified at the situa-
ton. but be enjoyed meeting Bernice,
For he had been a friend of her father
They were in the Stillman sitting
room the evening of the arrival of the
sky travellers when Meade, who had
seemed strangely affected by the ar
rival of Bernice. suddenly left. mum
bling an explanation.
An hour passed. and the professor
frowned. Il wonder where that boy
is keeping .himself?" he broke out. Il
never saw him affected like this. Aft
err all he is not a man save in years
and education. | have not done by
him as | ought, | suppose. in keeping
him by me. | think perhaps | had
better see If i can find him."
Bernice rose. A sudden impulse had
seized her. Let me-" she suggested Il
believe understand his feelings. twas
the suddenness that overcame him. :"
She moved toward the door. Ill
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rose a rending crackle Of ex-
- pIosions in the air. Each lit
ss5sD tie bomb plunged downward
like a vindictive hornet seeking mark
for its sting. The magnets in their
heads drew them toward the metaled
parts of the japanese planes, They
darted in and struck and chung and ex-
ploded. A series of flashes sparkled
along the line of fiers like daylight fire
works exploding
And the sting of the metal hornets
was deadly The airships seemed to
vanish into the air.
1t became full of tattered strings and
fragments which had been men and
machines. bloody rain. mixed with
pieces of cloth aud metal and flesh. be-
gan dropping downward upon the
heads of the japanese advance
1t paused Men and officers glanced
aloft. They saw the flashes. they
heard the explosions. they saw their
air men vanish and nothing else
Above them the sky was clear and
blue and golden with sunshine empty
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Il
saw us, Meade. Oh. must go in.
Some way | must make him under
stand. You see, he never suspected
that | loved you. ! didn't myself I'M
til you opened your arms back there
and babe me come into them.
mot until then did l know, really
not till | heard the call. And then l
knew-as every woman knows when
the real time comes, dear, and she lis
tens and answers the call of the one
man. Good night, dear. Go get every
thing ready" She turned to the door.
Meade pushed it open and held it for
her to enter. He thrust head in and
glanced about the room. Father he
questioned in an attempt at natural
ness.
Darling, who was seated in a chair
lighting cigarette, glanced up. HE
went to the laboratory, / fancy" he
offered and rose.
Thanks" said Meade. and shut the
door
Bernice crossed to the table, turned
and leaned against it, gripping its edge
with her hands. You SAW" she
questioned.
He nodded. Yes, l saw. Well?"
You saw Meade Stillman-kiss me?'
Yes; and l think l saw you kiss
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sprOuteG

Take that one side and get it's
clothes off. then throw some dirt from
these celery trenches on it," Darling
directed.
The hut was a deserted Japanese
hovel.
While ArkeI built a fire in the rusty
stove and set water to boil Darling
and dressed in the japanese uniform
1t was a close fit Arkel eyed him in
dismay.
MY gOodnessr' he burst out. If
they catch you in that they'll shoot
you for spy"
Darling chuckled. broke open q car
ton of crackers and opened a tin of
meat. IF they catch me I'll be little
good for shooting" he returned shortly
"Stay here till after dark. If I'm not
back by midnight try to get up and go
back to Washington, find Colonel Get
helds and tell him | failed"
Ten minutes more found them out at
the Japanese plane working to rewire
several strained braces While they
worked the afternoon drew on. and it
was fully O'Clock before Darling an
nounced that be was ready go fly Oar
ling drew on his goggles, settled his cap
and laid hold of his levers with nod.
Arkel gulped. seized the propeller and
twirled it over The engine caught, the
plane trembled, shot forward and rose
Crossing the Hudson. Darling swung
east and skinned forward. with a
vigiIant eye searching for other planes.
Though he did not know it, most of
the Japanese machines had either re-
turned to the ships or gone farther
afield after their terrible work above
the park was done.
After considerable jockeying he
found what he recognized as the open
space of the green" which Bernice
had told him was opposite her win
dows, and, shutting off his motor, he
slid down and came to rest.
A fire in the same block as the house
he sought threw light of menace over
the street as he reached it and darted
across. The door of the house itself
WAS lOCkSOs anu lie UdU uO lille 1OI
yapping or ringing even if perhaps the
inmates would pay attention to the
summons at such time.
As he had run up his eye had noted
the ragged aperture in the wall made
earlier by the bomb. With a sinking
heart he realized that the place had
been subjected to attack. Now that
the door was fast against him, he ran
around and scrambled quickly in
through the breeched wall, drawing
his weapon and taking it in his hand
Within was almost darkness by now.
He stumbled down the pile of indriv
en- bricks
'Bernicer" he called in a voice whose
poor control surprised him. ''Bernice-
little sister,
He heard movement In a room
the sound of footsteps which hesitated
inside the door Her voice came to
him, half doubling, half believing,
'Harold-is it really your" -
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The Rescue.

If Japanese lay crumpled on
the ground, sprawIed in a
trench beside which the green
tops of half covered celery
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CHAPTER XVI.
Revenge For San Francisco.

Verge FoF San FFdHCIsCU'
EHIND and below the Miracle
rose a rending crackle Of ex-
blossoms in the air. Each lit
tie bomb plunged downward
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SYNOPSIS

Meade Stillman shows Colonel GefheIds
of the board Of strateg! and others MS
aero destroyer a wonderful implement OF
war operated by Tadium
CONGRESSMAN GotZ. who sells aeroplanes
to the government. opposes him. Meade
meets the colonels daughter. Bernice, to
whom he is already nero
Gotz publicly announces that Meade's
father was q defaulter and Meade de-
nounces him in turn creating a scene.
Meade loves Bernice He goes back
home Gotz plans to block the accept
ance Of the aero destroyer Mexico and
japan are acting threateningly
Meade writes Bernice that If she or his
country needs him he will come. Mexican
troops invade the United States
Japanese soldiers surprise the garrison
of San Francisco and capture the forts
and the city
They threaten to destroy the city If the
American fleet interferes. Colonel Gotz
starts by aeroplane to carry the news to
Sacramento.
CIotz E1lls two Japanese aviators and
sends the news to Washington. President
ellison calls for 100000 volunteers.
The Atlantic Heet or the CnlleQ states
is destroyed by a mysterious new bomb
used by the Japanese.
New York city is wrecked by the same
sort Of bombs and Aviator Darling flies
to New York city to rescue Bernlce
Apparently she loves him. She and Oar
ling seek the aid Of Meade and his de-
stroyer. Meade declares his love.
Pernice reciprocates and Darling is I'M
happy. Meade rushes work on his aero
destroyer to check the Japanese advance
Meades new magnetic bombs fired from
the aero destroyers create great havoc in
the japanese army
Continued from last Week.
CHAPTER XIV.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Generous to the Last.

~ ARLING," whispered Ber-
ID nice. She struggled to free
..ssszzzz herself, pressing on Meade's
sSSzSSy breast with her palms. He