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cloths for the puppy to lie in and an
old shawl TO cover him with. While
she was fixing the basket, Bobby was
getting for him some warm things 70
eat. The dog was Scotch Collie, so
Bobby decided 10 call him Laddie.
When Bobby's father came home he
said, "Why, Bobbie, you have found a
very valuable dog, and if you are will
ing, believe I can sell him for you'll"
Bobby said that he would rather keep
him. His father said he didn't blame
him for wanting to keep him, and for
protecting the puppy he would give
him a reward.
Bobby said that the puppy was all
the reward he wanted, but his father
got him new sled like Teddy's.
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Certie's mottcr felt very badly, for
never before had any o. the Gum
Drop family been lacking in gum.
They were all nice and stiff, held
themselves straight, and were as
energetic as possible.
What can I do for Gertie?' she
asked the doctor.
DR.. Candy-Tongs looked in all his
medical books. But there. though he
found out exactly how to give the
Candied Cherries red cheeks and
how 10 cure Lemon-Drcps when
they turned too sour, he could not
find out what to do for Gum-Drops
who had lost their gum. So he
hemred and hawed, looked wise and
gave Gertie some sugar pills. which
she soon found did not DO her any
good.
One day as she was lying on the
sofa at her house the door opened
and a boy hoped into the room.
Imnediately ne began turning SON
ersaults all over the place. varying
this by walking on his hands, or sud
denly jumping up and hanging by
the curtain-poles, for he could stretch
himself to any extent. Gertie looked
at him in anazement. She had not
supposed anyone could be so active.
who are you?" she asked, and
what are you doing here?"
The boy jumped over TO her side
made her funny little bow, and
said. Just as if he were speaking a
piece;
y come to bring You health and JOY,
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outdoor men, know the names Of To-
trees By their leaves only, so in VIII
ter when the leaves are gone they car
not recognise them. but il Is not s.
with this youngster, and he can class
fly a tree as soon as he sees L.
Professor r. J.. Garner, one Of the
foremost outdoor men and naturalis.s
Of the world and the man who has
studied the monkey and gorilla fam
lilies so extensively. knows Bulnh,m
and brings him little curiOs froa
Africa. Professor Garner is soon -
start for Africa on his eighth trip %
continue his unusual work.
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canoe and swim like fish. He can
tell you when fish breaks water"
what sort Of a fish it is. Last sun
mer in the Georgian Bay country he
piloted his fathers 3S-foot motor boat
without one mishap through the tricky
currents and between the dangerous
rocks of the lakes and larger streams.
Here the eddies and nipples tell him a
story Of concealed rocks and by them
b. is able 20 safely steer.
Burnham has learned about the trees
and bushes in the only real way he
has learned to recognize them by their
bark. Most people, except experienced
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By LOUISE S. HASBROUCK.

UOMETHING was the matter
70 with Gertie Gum-Drop. She
~ felt limp and languid. did not
want TO play. 80 TO school, or do
anything but lie on a sofa all day.
Mrs. Cum Drop. much alarmed, took
her 10 Dr.. Candy Tongs, who said,
Wei. well. this is serious case.
Certie has lost the gum out Of her
constitution. Of you don't know
what constitution means, ask Dr..
Csndy-Tongs the next time you see
him IN the Candy Box. and perhaps
he will tell you)
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a Dream.
b, HELEN WILSON. Age IL

For months and months, had been
sick. And day by day watched the
clouds slowly pass away.
One dag as | was watching a bright
light in the heavens so blue, it beck
oned to me, and stretched out my
arms.
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I + e g ater pillar
and the Butterfly.
By WILMA KORADE, Age IL.

A Butterfly met a Caterpillar sitting
on mushroom in the forest one day.
The Butterfly began conversation
with the Caterpillar.
"I.'s very fine afternoon. Mr.
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CAN YOU SOLVE
THESE PUZZLES?

Bright. 8. A playful bite. 4. One thou
sand .. A kitchen utensil. g. After
ward. z. Consisting Of a. number more
fhan two.
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By DAVID CORY
such a merry little pair
Playing with the swing.
-p and down beneath the tree
Where the robins sing.
But it goes too far and fast
Twisted way up high
Tabby finds herself caught up
Half way to the sky.
From the limb she hangs head down
Calling out for help
While Tommy runs away for aid
With a frightened yelp.
: olea, asel sou shall hear how TaOt rescued
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CROSS WORD ENIGMA.

Ny First il IN earth. but not in pyre;
Ny Second is IN mother. but not in sire;
Ny Third is In mud and also in mire;
My Fourth viii be found in fame and
in fire.
Ny Mu..e is the place where loved
ones meet.
A famous Do-t has called il sweet
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a STARRY GAME

The Silver Moon and Baby Stars
Play Hide-and-Seek at night,
Among the little flying clouds
SO soft and heecy white.
watch them at their happy play,
AS in and out they run,
And back and forth and round and round,
And think it must be fun.
For If little star fell down
II wouldn't hurt Bit
Because fluffy cloud would be
A lovely place to sit
A aeecy, fluffy, downy place,
So like an Angels lap
That when you fell you'd just lie still
And take little nap.
Francis McKinnon Morton
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The Little Brown Head

IT a very cold day in the winter,
= And the earth covered with snow;
And little brown head was peepng
Gu; from the stump below.
The little brown head began to SILVER
And back in the stump it went,
Shvcring with cold and with hunger
And he and content
And you guess who it was,
That peepng from the stump,
Feeling at first contente6?
squirrel THAI was fat and plump.
And he is contented
With his mother, who is strong and kind.
Than to be outside in the shivering cold
Feeling the cold cold wind
MABEL E. SIMPSON Gage IL ye.rs).
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But We can't stir the OLD 1901.
We cant get him out of that house.
I've tried to get that maid to put .
little something In his coffee, but she
stands off at that. She says that shs
did as she agreed in regard 10 Flor
ence, but her agreement ended there.
We have given the jade five thousand
already and she is clamoring for the
balance"
Have you threatened herr" asked
Olga.
Braine smiled a little. MY dear
woman, it is fifty-ifty. While have a
hold on her, it is not quite so good as
she has on me. We are not dealing
with an ordinary servant we could
threaten and scare No, indeed; a
shrewd little woman who desperately
wanted money. And she will he paid:
no getting out Of It. She will not
o another step. one way or the
other, after she receives the balance.
Hargreave will have a pretty steep
bill TO pay when the time comes"
She has no idea where the mil
lion is?'
If she had, she's quite capable
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was being hoodwinked. Why should
she entertain a.ly suspicion? This
doctor, who seemed kindly and benev-
client, who lad prescribed for Susan
and benefited her, Why should she
doubt him?
In heavens name, tell nj what "
the natter" she pleaded.
Stay here for a little while nd
III be back. Under no circumstance
leave your room till / return"
He paced out into the hall, to meet
the frantic Susan.
we must see the manager at oncs,"
he replied to her queries. And We
must be extremely quiet about It.
There must be no excitement. You
had better 60 to your room. You
must not go into Miss Hargreave's.
Tell me, where have you been? Have
you been trying TO do any charitable
work among the poorer classes'"
Only once" admitted Susan. now
on the verge OF tears.
only once is sufficient. Come;
we'll go and see the manager to-
gether."
They arrived at the desk, and the
manager vas summoned.
Il take it," began the doctor lowly.
that a contagious disease, IL 1t be-
came known among your guests,
would create a good deal of disturb
ance?"
Disturbance! Good heavens, man.
it would ruin my business for the
whole season." exclaimed the astound-
ed manager.
II am sorry, but this young lady's
companion has been stricken with
smallpox"
The manager fell back against his
desk, his jaw fallen. Susan turned
as white as the marble top.
The only way to avoid trouble is
to have her conveyed Immediately to
some place where she can be treated
properly. Not a word to any one now;
absolute secrecy or a panic"
The manager was glad enough to
agree.
She is no, dangerous at present.
but it is only a matter of a few hours
when the disease will become virulInt.
If you will place a porter before Miss
H~argreave's door till | make arrange
ments to take her away, that will
simplify matters"
Smallpox! Susan wandered aimless-
ly about, half out of her mind with
terror. There was no help against
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SYNOPSIS.

B2anley Hargreavs, millionaire. after a
miraculous escape from the den OF the
gang of brilliant thieves known as the
dSlack Hundred. lives the life OF a re-
eiuse Tor eighteen years. HargreaYe ac-
~eidentally meets Braine, leader OF the
SLACK Hundred. Knowing Braine Will
Try TO get him. he escapes from his own
home by a balloon. Before escaping he
writes a letter to the girls school whers
sighteen years before he mysteriousiy
eft on the doorstep his baby daughter.
Florence Gray. That day Hargreave Also
draws $i,OO0.0 900 from the bank, but Il n
Seported that his dropped into tire sea
Mhen the balloon he escaped In ws~ pune
enred Florence arrives from t3e girls
eshool. Countess Olga, BYaiSss compan-
on. visits her and claims aer as a rela-
Hye. Two bogus detectives call, but their
Paot Is foiled BY Norton, a newspaper
ma BY bribing the captain OF the ORR
fnt, Norton lays a trap for Braine and
Ala gang. Countess Olga also visits the
Ofent's captain. and she easily falls into
N reporters snare. The plan proves
pbortive through Braine's good luck And
only hirelings fall into the hands OF the
police. After failing I'm their first attempe.
the Black Hundred trap Florence. They
Isis her for money. but sine esca pes, again
eoiling them. Norton and the countess
call on Florence the mex day. once more
safe at home. Tbs visitors having gone,
Jones re-osssE "a lection OF flooring and
from a cavity takes a box. Pursued ny
members of the Black Hundred. he rlithes
20 the water front and succeeds in drop
the box into the sea. A~ccomplices
of Braine kidnap Florence while she Is
shopping and hurry her OF to sea. She
leaps overheard and is picked up in q
uazed condition by fishermen. The Black
HUNDRED locate her. and Braine. disguised
- her father. takes her back TO sea with
MIN. Florence sets fire to the boat and IL
gescued by "A ship on which Norton has
been 3hanghaied. Norton and Florence,
sareiy ashore, take the train for homie.
train Is wrecked. Norton. who tries
20 rescue her. is tied to the railroad
racks. Florence saves him and finally
zones comes to the rescue of both. Con-
eealed above the rendezvous of the Black
Hundred, n man learns of the recovery
from the sea Of the box of jewels by a
sailor end Of its subsequent return to the
Bottom OF the sea. and he quickly com
e~nunicates the fact to Jones. A duplicate
oox Is planted and later secured by the
band, but before it's contents are EXAM
Red the box mysteriously disappears.
Owing TO the falling off OF contributions
30 the parent organization in Russia, an
agent arrives n assumes the leader
ship Of the American branch of the
Black Hundred. Through the connivance
the countess and Braine the new head
% thoroughly Inundated. Finding him
belf checkmated at every turn, Braine en-
eeavors TO enmesh the Hargreave house
mold In the law In order TO gain free ac-
ress to the house. The timely discovery
Of the plot by Norton sets the police al
she neeis OF the pack and results in a raid
Pm the gangs rendezvous. which. how
wer, proves to be barren OF results.
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| always said that you had gray mat
ter II you cared to exert yourself"
Thanks" replied the doctor dryly.
I'm drop down there tomorrow, IL
you say SO, ostensibly to see the other
patient. 1t will make a deuce Of a dis
turbance."
mot II you scare the hotel people,"
THAT is what ! propose to do. They
wiz not want such a thing known.
1t would scare every one away for
ths rest Of the season. But Of course
this depends upon whether they are
honest or in the hotel business to
make money"
Again Braine laughed. Bring her
back to New York alone. E~sculapius.
and a fat check il yours. Nothing
could be simpler than an idea like
this. It's a fact; nj man can think
OF everything. and you've just proved
1t to me. I've tried to do a generals
work without aids. Olga. does any oSe
watch me come and go any mores"
mo; I've watched a dozen nights.
The man has gone. Either he found
out what he wanted or he gave up TIE
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OF Juggling It off all by herself" said
Braine.
The doctor laughed.
Olga vent on Braine, "yon must
look at ii as do; that 1t is still in the
middle of the game, and We have
neither lost nor won"
How do you know that Hargreave
may not have at his beck and call
IN organization quite as capable IL
not as large as ours?' suggested the
physician.
That is not possible" Braine de-
clared without hesitation.
Well, it begins to look that way
to me. We've never made a move yet
that hasn't been blocked"
Pure luck each time, l tell you;
the devils own luck always at the
critical moment, when everything
seems to be in our hands. Now. we
var Florence, and we've tried a
hundred ways to accomplish this fact
and failed. The question is, how to
get her away from her companion"
Simple enough" said the doctor
c~omplacently.
out with 1t, II you have an idea"
The doctor leaned forward and
whispered a few words.
We'll I'm hanged" Braine laughed
and slapped the doctor Oh the
shoulder. The simplest thing in the
world. Mad dog wouldn't be in it.
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believed the two were covertly guard
ed by the detective he had sent after
them.
When Braine called up Olga he
found his doctor there.
We'll. what's the news?' he asked.
Il had better run down and inquire
how the young lady is progressing"
said the doctor. who was really a first
rate surgeon and who had performed
a number OF skilled operations upon
various members OF the Black Hun
dred anent their encounters with the
police. I've got Miss Florence where
you want her. It's up to you now"
"She ought to be separated from her
companion. We have left them alone
for q whole week. SO Jones will not
worry particularly. A mighty curious
thing has turned up. Before Har-
greave's disappearance not a dozen
persons could recollect what Jones
looked like. He was rarely eyar In
sight. What do you suppose that
s~ignines?"
Don't ask me-" shrugged the man
Of medicine. Il shouldn't worry over
Jones'"
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CHAPTER xv--continued.

For what?" the men asked.
For sending that paddle around a
esw times"
Get into that seat, but don't touch
any OF those levers" one of them
warned. Twenty is twenty, Jack, and
she boss is o sorehead today anyhow.
Give her a shove for the fun of It."
Ii was a ~dumfounded aviator who
saw his hydroplane skim the water
and a moment later sail into the air.
These swift moving DAYS a reporter
Of the first caiber is supposed to be
able to run railroad engines, subma-
rfnes. flying machines. conduct a war;
able ~ shoot, walk, run, swim. fight,
think, go without food like a python,
and live without water like a camel.
Norton had flown many times in the
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XVI.

Treachery in the Household.
The maid stole into the house. won
dering If she had been seen. She
wanted TO be loyal TO this girl, but
she vas tired of the life; she wanted
to be her mistress. and the small
fortune offered her would put her on
the way to realize her ambition. What
had she not seer and been of life
since she joined the great detective
force! Lady's maid. cook, ship stew
ardess, flash woman, actress, clerk,
and a dozen other employments. Her
pay, until she secured some fat re.
ward, was but twelve hundred q
year; and here was five thousand In
advance, with the promise Of five
thousand more the minute her work
was done. And it was simple work,
without any real harm toward Flor
ence as far as she was concerned.
The whole thing rested upon one diff
Guilty; would Jones permit the girls
to leave the housey
One day Florence found Susan sit
ting in a chair. her head in her hands.
Why. Susan, what's the matter?"
cried Florence.
II don't know what is the matter,
dear. but | haven't felt we'll for two
or three days. I'm dizzy all the time.
] can't read or sew or eat or sleep,
why didn't you tell me?" said Flor
ence, reproachfully. She rang for the
AafnrffvaNpn maid sEl1a HrHf 1Any,
anything about doctors hereabouts."
Il know a good one. Miss Florence.
Shall ] send for him."
do; Susan Ia ILL.,"
Jones was not prepared for treach.
cry in his own household; so when
he heard that IA doctor had been called
to attend Susan he was without the
least suspicion that he had been be-
trayed. More than this. there had
been no occasion to summon a doctor
in the seven years Mr.. Hargreave had
lived here. So Jones went about his
petty household affairs without more
| thought upon the matter. The maid
had been recommended to him as
one of the shrewdest young women
In the detective business.
The doctor arrived. He was a real
doctor; no doubt OF that. He investi
gated Susan's condition-broughi
about by n subtle though not danger
GUS poison-and instantly recon
mended the seashore. Susan was moi
used to being confined to the house;
she was essentially an out-of-doors
little body. The seashore would bring
her about In no time. The doctor sug
gested Atlantic City because of its
sildnees shronghest the year and it,
nearness to New YORK.
I'm afraid she'll have to 60 alsas.'
said Jones. gravslJ.
II shan't stir!" declared Susa7 4
shan't leave my giua even II I am sick
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Florence Falls Into a Bed of Quick.
sand.
such a dread disease. Her Florence,
her pretty rosy checked Florence, dis
figured for life E!
Miss Susan, where is Florence?"
20, Mr.. Norton!" she gasped.
What's the %trouble?" instantly
alert.
Florence has the smallpox"
Impossible! Come with me"
But the porter, having had the
strictest orders from the manager, re-
fused to let them into Florence's
room.
Never mind, Susan. Come along"
Out of earshot of the porter he said:
My room is directly above Florence's.
Wen see what can be done. This
smells of the Black Hundred q mile
off. Smallpox! Only yesterday she
wrote me that she never felt better.
Have you wired Jones?"
Il never thought to-"
at work again"
But it's the same doctor who sent
me down here"
Norton frowned.
What followed all appeared in the
reporters story, as written three
months later. He and Susan went up
TO his room, raised the flooring, cut
through the ceiling, and with the fire
escape rope dropped below. One
glance at Florence's tear-stained face
was enough for him. Norton's suisse
uuent battle with the doctor and his
accomplices made very interesting
reading. Their escape from the hotel.
their flight, their encounter with one
of the gang in the road, and For
ence's blunder into the bed of quick
sand, gave a succession of thrills to
the readers of the Blade.
And all this while the million nc
cumulated dust. layer by layer. Pnr-
haps an occasional hardy roach
scrambled over the packets. no doubt
attracted by the peculiar odor Of the
ink.
CTo BE CONTINUED)
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Copyright. 1914. By Harold acGrsthj

Give you a million, knowing you all to
be a pack of liars? Bring Miss Flor
ence back and the money is yours. We
are tired OF fighting" AS indeed
Jones really was. The strain had been
terrific for weeks.
THE money first. We don't lie any
better than you do. Fork over. You'll
have 70 trust us. We have no use
cor sfe girl once we get the cash"
-AnS you'll never touch a penny of
n, you blackguard!" cried Norton
from the doorway.
The agent turned to behold the re-
porter and the girl. He did not stop
10 ask questions. but bolted. He never
got beyond the door, however.
Always the small fry" sighed
Jones. And II / could have put my
hanas On the money I'd have given It
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Susan caught FIorence's hand and

Susan caught Fs9rence's hand and
pressed ii.
Would you like to go with her
F~iorence?" asked Jones, with a shy
glance at the strange doctor. The shy
glance was wasted. The doctor evinced
no sign that 1t mattered one way OF
the other 70 him.
1T is nothing very serious now"
he volunteered. But 1t may turn out
serious if it is not taken care of at
once"
What is the trouble." inquired
Jones, who was growing fond Of Su.
san.
Weak heart. Sunshine and good
sea air will strengthen her up again.
No. no." as Jones drew forth his wal
let. IN send in my bill the first OF
the month. Sunshine and sea air;
that's all that's necessary. And now,
good-day."
All very businesslike; not the least
cause in the world for any one to
suspect that a e trap was being
set by the snarers. The maid re.
turned to the sewing room, while
Florence coddled her companion and
made much of her.
Jones was suspicious, but dig in
his mind as he would he could find
no earthly reason for this suspicion
save that this attribute was now in
stinctive, that ii was always near the
top. If Susan was i'll she must be
given good care; there was no getting
around this fact. Later, he telephoned
several prominent physicians. The
strange doctor was recommended a.
a good ordinary practitioner and In
good standing; and SO Jones dismissed
his suspicious as having no hook to
hang them on.
Ills hair would have tingled at the
roots, however, had he known that
this same physician was one of the
two who had signed the document
which had accredited Florence with
insanity and had all but succeeded
in making a supposition a fact. Nor
vas Jones aware OF the tact that tbs
telephone wire had been tapped re-
Gently. So when he finally concluded
to permit Florence to accompany So
san to Atlantic City he telephones to
the detective agency to send up q
trusty man, who was Swallowed from
the moment he entered the Hargreave
home till he started for the railway
station. He became lost 81 the shut
fe and was not heard from till weeks
later, in Havana. The Black Hundred
found a good profit in the Shanghai
ing business.
Susan began 70 pick up, as they SAY,
the day after the arrival at Atlantic
City, due, doubtless, to the cessation
Of the poison she had been taking
unawares. The two young women be-
gan to enjoy life for the first time
since they had left Miss Farlow's.
They were up with the sun every day
and went to bed tired but happy. No
one bothered them. If some stray re-
porter encountered their signatures on
the hotel register, he SAW nothing TO
excite his repOrtorial senses. All this.
of course, was due to Norton's policy
of keeping the affair out of the pa
pers.
Following Jones orders, they made
friends with none. Those about the
hotel-especially the young men
when they made any advances were
politely snubbed. Every night Flor
ence would write to her good butler
to report what had taken place dur.
ing the day, and he was left 10 judge
for himself If there was anything to
arouse his suspicious. He, Of course,