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CHAPTER III
A Prophecy FULFILLED

BREAKFAST upon the following
a ,.v Monte Crispen casually set
..-,h ,he warning of the mysterious
"a ~ N Craig Andrews, his accepted
.sv,ser. and with eagerness asked for
.,,.r,ars of the Montgomery steel
ss In a vague, indefinite way
,rnrts realized their existence only as
.roduoer OF dividends. That they
-. a part of the great Montgomery
he had all but inherited he knew.
2, thew had not seemed exactly per-
-, and fixed as possession until
lha night previous.
p.tore his plate placed by the butler.
,.rIlv heirloom in brass buttons and
..e,rsss. lay the mornings welcome of
n. unper ten--a neat pile of correctly
..o-dsd social invitations. There were
- 70 n stag house party, and an
.-rsv Of friendly bids to buffet break
s..,s and dinner dances. shooting
,oases and weekend affairs. The
earliest society always finds plenty to
4 for its Monte Crispens; an endless
..,ra of clubs, subscriptions, bazaars,
h-,dre parties and gay functions graced
--,,h the seasons beautiful debut
..ntes and their ambitious mothers.
Monte groaned. He saw his new life
so,rv arranged for him in spite of HIM
IN, AS American society is now Or
..n,zed. a man with fortune can
ana people, who, as an equivalent for
his presence and money, will transact
far him nearly all the obligations of
manhood, even think for him.
at Is easy enough to fall Into the
socIal pool," he exclaimed angrily, in.
dicatlng the mail.
sThen you meant what you said about
.houldering your own responsibilities
"of course did"
.As long as you have decided to face
,hs risks and surprises Of the real life
see no cause for you to fret over Its
tlnsels and trappings," philosophical
The lawyer. "These time-lIillers are all
right in their place, after one has ac'
cumuIated an excess of leisure. You
will learn that for every husk of man
IN the parlor there is worthier in the
mill, But let me see this card of mys
terry"
Andrews received the white piece OF
giltbordered cardboard with apparent
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have in mind a type Of ideal employed.
who, without qualification OF reluctance.
welcomes the principle Of partnership
In production. This partnership assures
to wage-earners the right to a share Of
profits and conditions of industry which
are ut for human beings. Such an en-
ployer draws extra dividends Of loyalty
from his, wage-earners, for by every
available method he promotes continuity
of service. He promotes sanitation
health, education and selfrespect among
the workers. He describes the business
as ours instead Of mine"
What business man does not do
that?"
MANY: usually they are the heads Of
enterprises that are on the decline"
Then you think the cause Of the de.
cline is their lack of hearth"
Exactly"
Monte drew back in a corner of the
car and sat very still for long time,
He was busy thinking Of the changes
that had overtaken him; his uncle's
sudden death, his summons home, and
the strange will, and this queer, ser
Gus man at his side. Only a few weeks
hack and Monte was the talk OF the
lively set in Paris. hunting for new
pleasure stunts with which to occupy
his attention.
"You are putting in a large order for
a professional time-waster to FILL" he
commented, as the blue limousine eight
cyllndered through Downingtown.
Suddenly he sat bolt upright and
leaning forward. he cried out with en-
thusiasm, pointing at a great black cloud
that hung over the horizon, rising from
the end of the road: II see Crisper
ahead"
AS the blue limousine pulled UP with
Jerk at the top of the hill, before
dropping to the Brandywine Valley, An
drews almost inaudibly remarked:
II wonder"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-20
BOYS AND GIRLS.
II you want TO earn money after
school and on Saturdays write to
Farmer smith.
Farmer Smiths Frog Book
Miss Frances Frog

The warm days OF spring had come and
the boys in Miss Frogs class would
stretch and yawn so much that she had to
stop them from getting lazy. One day she
said to While Tree Frog;
How many kinds OF spring can you
We'll" began While slowly. There is
lust spring and then there is spring
chicken and a spring bed. Then again
there are also spring hats and"
'aFhey cost a lot OF money! shouted
Billy Bull Frog.
school," said Miss Frances Frog. steFnly.
"Then there are mineral springs, to say
nothing OF watch springs and spring
boards"
.aThat is very good. indeed" said Miss
Frog, as Willie sat down.
"Sow." tell me, billy Bull Frog. what
game Is there we can play In the spring
T II know-HooKEYg shouted Putting
You may stay an hour after school,"
said Miss Frog to Pufhngham.
shame on you, PunyV' exclaimed Miss
Evangeline Frog.
school Evangeline. l must stop this talk
ing out loud in school
aoh, there's a dog" shouted Bob Frog
and before Miss Frog could say anything
they had all hopped down 70 the Big Pond
and we're gone IN the clear water
Finally there was guTsle and Puify
Frog said to Billy Bull Frog; Il guess
Rob will have to stay 9 whole week after
sehool. IL we ever get back"
"Don't worry until you lave To-" said
Billy.
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CHAPTER ".
Inside the Blue Iimousine

lHStuo buo blue Limousine.
CRISPEN, Pa, had been named by It's
~ founder, the late John Montgomery,
for that quite forgotten kinsman of
Penn, who, as member Of the orig
inal Land Commission, with Nathaniel
Allen and John Bean, set out from
England to select site for the Quak-
err on the Delaware, where ut is
most navlgable, high, dry and healthy"
The progenitor Crispen died on the
trip over, and his memory was canon.
lied I'm rough wooden cross erected
on the west branch Of the Brandywine
Creek, S5 miles northwest Of Whining.
ton, the scene Of a meeting between
friendly Indians and the two surviving
commissioners.
Here in rolling countryside, so min.
utes by express train from Phlladel.
phia, is the busting town of Crispen;
its one consuming industry the Mont.
gomery Iron Works. There are streets
of frame houses for the workers, and
a thriving business section emptylng
into g. small tree.spotted square, but
grlmly dominated; a mushroom growth
of furnaces and mills, their forest OF
stacks throwing a pail of smoke against
the heavens dimming the sun and red
denlng the night.
Those of us who have grown up in
the crowded atmosphere of modern ac
tivities are apt to discount the thrills
that often hide under the drab of
routine. We read at breakfast of g
days explosions. accidents and war
with singular unconcern; a garment OF
passing thought that slips off our minds
before we have closed the outer door
behind us. Clang! Clangi One hears
the approach of an ambulance. We
pause. annoyed, at the crossing, ant
bllndly note the flight of the vehicle
without curiosity or interest In the out
come of tho tragedy suspended on it'
speed.
Antidotes all around us are strain
ing to avert disaster. Deep in our owl
one.plus-two affairs. we are unmlndful
for our senses have become dulled, anC
as long as the sword of fate hangs
above another's head we do not worry
It is indeed a callous age.
Paul Revere might ride today from
Charlestown to Lexington without get
ting so much as a handshake in th
morning. Which may explain the in
difference of Philadelphia, save for tn
warning gesture of traffic cops, to 1
blue limousine that darted swallow
like north on Broad street, turned lef
on Spring Garden street, around tn
Baldwin Locomotive Works, passed tn
United States Mint in twinkling
and at the top OF the thoroughfar
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AT THE EARTH'S COR E
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Author Of 'Tarzany

I returned to America--in fact, he took
advantage of every northward passing
caravan 20 drop me word Of some sort
His last letter was written the day be-
fore he intended TO depart Here y is'
My Dear Friend.
Tomorrow shall set tput in quest
of Pellucidar and Dian. That ia. "
the Arabs don't get me. They have
been very nasty OF late. don't know
the cause, but on two occasions they
have threatened my life.
One, more friendly than the rest,
told me today that they intend nt.
tacking me tonight. II would be un-
fortunate should anything OF that sort
happen now that I am so nearly ready
TO depart.
However. maybe I will be as well
off, for the nearer the hour approaches
the slenderer my chances for success
appear.
Here is the friendly Arab who is
to take this letter north for me. so
Eoodby, and God bless you for your
',iHdness to me
The Arab tells me to hurry. for he
seesta cloud of sand to the south--he
thirks It is the party coming to MUIR
der! me, and he doesn't want to be
found wi.'l me. Good.by again.
- Yours,
DAVID INNEs,
"A iyenr later found me at the end OF
spot where had left Innes
My first disappointment was when !
discovered that my old guide had dleu
within two weeks of my return; nor
could I find any member OF my former
party who could lead me TO the same spot.
For months I searched that scorching
land. interviewing countless desert sheiks
In the hope that at last might find one
who had heard of 1nnes and his wonder
full iron mole.
Constantly my eyes scanned the blind
ing waste of sand for the rocky cairn be-
meath which | was to find the wires lead
ing to Pelucidar. But always was !
unsuccessful.
And always do these awful questions
harass me when I think of David lnnes
and his strange adventures.
Did the Arabs murder him, after all,
just on the eve of his departure? or did
he again turn thos1ose of his Iron mon
ster toward Pellucidar of the inner world
Did he reach it. or lies he somewhere
buried in the heart of the great crustl
And IL he did come again to Pellucidar
was It to break through into the bottom
OF one of her great inland seas or among
some savage race far, far from the land
of his hearts desire?
Does the answer lie somewhere upon
the bosom of the broad Sahara, at the end
of two tiny wires, hidden beneath lost
cairn?
(THE END.)
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cnAprrn xv-contlnued

T LEANED over and snatched the lion
i skin from her And then I shrank back
upon my seat in utter horror at the sight
that met my gaze
The thing beneath the skin was not
Dian-it was hideous Mahar. Instantly
/ realized the trick that Hooja had played
upon met and the purpose of 1t. Rid OF
me- forever. as he doubtless thought, Dian
would be at his mercy.
Frantically tore at the steering wheel
in an effort to turn the prospector back
toward Pellucldar; but, as on that other
OCCASION / could not bulge the thing
hair.
It is needless to recount the horrors
or the monotony Of that journey. II
varied but little from the former one
which had brought us from the outer to
the timer world.
Because of the angle at which we had
entered the ground the trip required
nearly day longer. and brought me out
here upon the sands Of the Sahara instead
of In the United States as I had hoped.
For months I have been waiting here
for n white man to come. / dared not
leave the prUspector for fear l should
never he able to find It again-the shift
Ing sands of the desert would soon cover
1t, and thin my only hope of returning
to my Dian and her Pellucidar would be
gone forever.
That I ever shall see her again seems
but remotely possible, for how may /
know upon what part OF Pellucldar my
return Journey may terminate?
And how, without north, or south,
or an east, or west may 1 hope ever
to find my way across that vast world to
the tiny spot where my lost love lies
grievlng for me?
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(TIIE END.)
WOMEN DOCTORS SEEK FUND
Want $4,000 for Study of Babies
Diseases

Fifty thousand dollars for the study of
babies diseases is the goal in campaign
by the womans Medical College. head
quarters for which have been opened IN
the Empire Building.
The money is for the endowment of q
department of children's diseases where
special research work may be conducted
with a view to cutting down infant NOR
tality and a clinic and dispensary MAIN
tanned. DIR. Theodore LeBoutiller. clin-
ical professor of children's diseases. who
is active in the campaign. believes that
the endowment Of such department would
rnean n great advance in the study OF
children's diseases, for women physicians
are especially fitted for the treatment OF
infant ailments.
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FARMER SMITHS
Do You Ever Get Discouraged?

Dear EvervbdvI have a little girl who says
because her club her banch OF the
with 2S members and now has only SIX members
HURRAH!
great things this world little girl have come through
trouble and likely until the end Of time you h
members and then 57f everything went
along smoothly your break for it would be too gd
pbe Did you have any BOYS there?
gsogether will come and ta 10 you anu
have boys there for am very ana
WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT III SAi' oh
Here is story which may help you: , ~, It,,
lived in the Southland there
lot girls who boys and they vowed they would
picnic all by themselves hord boy the and
things eat and they got
and then they rode to he picnic
something TERRIBLE IL was t
hus thing YOU scared and frightened
around and take them
when they they had their picnic for there were no 'e
there - - .
Don't discouraged GIVE MEMBERS SOMETHING TO DO
FARMER SMITH, Chidrens Editor, The Evening Ledger
ST. had forgotten terrible thing the girls saw but
remember now-it a COW.
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sao Is going to meet you very soon In the
Pet Column.
Elizabeth Stone. North 6sd street. and
satnerine Gran. Paoli, have been sent
Buttons and apologies with them because
esy weren't sent sooner.
Nine brand new members from German
.2sn They are Catherine McGonigle'
eiAsh avenue; Ruth Cleghorn, Morris
ssseet; Marion Nieman, Queen lane lda
eaelstein. Queen lane; David Edelstein'
Sleen lane; Edgar Mora, Queen lane /;
sArle sehilsky, Queen lane; John HID
pAfa, Queen lane. and George Hibbard'
queen lane. Every one of them every
nlsht readers, too. Chester, Pa, Is very
qsar TO Philadelphia some times, espe-
s4ny when Fred Melville, OF Madison
street., writes US ehum-like letters ana
MAKES US feel very much+at home in that
1sh OF his. Everybody in Egg Haroor
going TO read our club news and thar s
laz1 because Hylda Lang, one OF its tore-
nast citizens. Is going to make them,
eaAFie Lewis lives IN Allentown. Pa, and
suspect that very soon every single
ess.s coat In the city viii be ornamented
20 a Rainbow button Can you guess
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RAINBOW CLUB
Activities by the Editor

Karl Joerger, Jr,. Germantown avenue,
wants TO know when he can see your
editor. Call any day except Saturday
from to In the afternoon and from
to on Saturdays. Glad to see you,
Karl
John Melvin LAUDER. Hunting Park ave-
nue. writes on really truly typewriter
to say that he always smiles at the po-
liceman nearest his home
Edith Schaeffer, North Sth street, wants
TO know IL girl over IA can belong. OF
course We have one grandmother ana
one grandfather in our club, but we
shouldn't expect those over 80 TO take
very active interest so we will leave
1t to you, Edith. Thanks for the names.
Did you hear that noise on Thursday.
1t was your editor having a private laugh
party. He Is very, very proud of our
artists and the pictures they send in of
him would make William Penn's statue
laugh, few years from now you will
pick up a newspaper and see: "The
famous artist, Wesley Montgomery, or
Cross street, has Just sold a picture for
$4,000. He began drawing as a mem
ber of Farmer Smiths Rainbow CLUB
BY the way, when Mr.. Montgomery Joined
the club there were only $4,000 members,
but now there are 100000, scattered all
over the world"
Arnold Kratzols. South 4th street, sends
Us u uldBItlH VI what ne lLlTkS WOuiu
make a neat drawing box. Are there any
other suggestions? We want TO have
made up for us a box OF drawing ma
| terlals. as some OF our members insist
on drawing on yellow paper and some
with pencil, instead of on WHITE
PAPER with BLACK INK.
There must be battleship or two
down at Atlantic City, for our young
artist there, Karl Plaster. sends a birds
| eye view OF two OF them Splitting" at
each other.
/ Goldie RosenthaI, North Cd street. sends
us the following, which you might put In
your room where you can see it,
FAITH RESPECT
| AFFECTION AMBITION
REASON INTELLIGENCE
| MEANING NEATNESS
! ENERGY BLESSING
| RELIABILITY OBEDIENCE
WILLINGNESS
SINCERITY
MERCY COURAGE
INTELLECT LIABILITY
| THANKFULNESS UNITY
1 HEALTH BRAVERY
SYMPATHY
II YOU want TO be REAL HELPFUL
write me a letter and tell your editor jus
| what you like best in our column, o.
suggest something NEW. either TO writ
about or for our members to do.
Your editor was walking through tn
office the other day when some one said
Mercy me- What a LOT OF mail !" w
received 75 letters last Thursday ant
we are aiming 10 get 500 in one day
Won't YOU help? 1 do so want TO parad
through the office with at least 800 let
ters. No, il is not impossible, for 1 hay
received over that number In another city
and / believe the boys and girls OF Phila
delphia can write me more than that III
THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER How
proud and happy l shall be with 30i
letters Won't It make the other folk
look at me3
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Monoo Homo and School Meeting

Prof. d. w Huff. supervising principal
of Delaware County schools, will preside
tonight at meeting of the Home ana
School Association at Manoa. Speakers
will include Dr. Horace b. Morse ana
professor HUFF Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald.
formerly a teacher in the school. will sing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-20
Greediness

- JAMES JENNINGS. Spruce 81.
1Ace there was a little dog who Was
4elnsh. lie had many brothers ana
ssefs. but + he found bone or pieee
4taE he would not share T. Qne time
.Qeaa 8 great be hone ana ate u aiA
ezz ne nexs fnaEniaz he died
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Mrs. Stewart Conyaleseent

Mrs. Laura Elkin Stewart, wife OF Dr.
John Stewart. of Indiana, Pa, and daugh-
ter of the late Chief Justice John p.
IllsIn, who was operated on for appen-
dicitls at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital,
Is resting comfortably.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-20
Our Postomee Box

This is our very
dear friend. Martha
Atkinson. of Col
wyn. Martha is
another small lady
who was one or
our pioneer mem
bers. In fact, 1t Is
entirely due TO
Martha that We
have such a splen-
did Rainbow chap
ter I'm Colwyn. Oh,
yes, And Martha
has the cutest little
white poodle dog,
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-. cr,spen, heir to. his .uncle's mill
g TsgSS Fhf,SslghsS n tSs he's rieS qeS'ds%f %ont
ebeg the -rIiIi that he travel no further
sD 90 miles from P5l9dsRhiS. iSs5s .bs slts5p eners
year unoe Tvbiie dining In a hotel with
fortune craig Andrews. Monte pre-
nls re mysterious Baron Hocn.hmeisser nm ed,r
from snIsyISnb followed, the Countess Zeda,
iesionns d'it 10 be Hochmeisters niece. warns
Nore tneb ~ Countess in Europe, Earlier
had me- portmanteau, containing a
that 70 os cross, had been stolen from Hoch-
cil2lstsr in the MARKET street SUBWAY
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Things b Know md Do

What Is your idea Of unseihshness7 ?
How many members did you intro
iuee 10 the RaiuboH Clubs
q What makes snosT meltf
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copyrisht, 1919 The PUBLIC LEDGER Company

phoned from Crispen, Pa. Forty dead,
sir, and hundreds injured"
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FARMER SMITH.
EVENING LEDGER I.

EVENING LEDGER;
wish 70 become member OF your
Rainbow Club. Please send me beau
tiful Rainbow Button free. l agree
to DO A LITTLE klNDNESs EACH
AND EVERY DAY ~ SPREAD A
IITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG
THE WAY
Name ....sssssstss ssssssss.-
Address ----.-.-.'s.-.ss...
A<a 1880 .ss = = - q - = {. e. - -
school / attend -s.-f.-t.-. -...4--.-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-09-28
Pickett Dots.

The new school house is near
ing completion and soon our able
teachers will have the pleasure
of occupying same, which will be
a treat after having used the old
one for the past two weeks.
The farmers have about finish
ed gathering their crops in this
community and most of them
have genuine case of the blues
and we'll they may have, for
crops generally are exceedingly
short.
Mrs. Walter Gill is seriously i'll
with typhoid fever at this writ
ing.
Mr.. Carr Burnham is behind
the counter for Mr.. Gates and
will remain through the fall sea-
son.
J. H. Burnham, who is on the
road with his show business,
writes that he is making good.
w. H. McLain and son, Euris,
will start on the road in a few
weeks with a moving picture
machine.
M. E. Daniel, wife. daughter
and mother motered to Merritt
last Sunday.
H. w. Gardener is over in
Louisiana looking for a location,
and intends to move there some
time this fall.
w. G.. Bott made a business
trip to Mendenhall on yesterday
and reports that a large mill is
soon to be built there.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-09-28
Florence Notes.
The weather hot and dry.
Autos do make the dust hy,

L IC WSdCIlCI llOC dIlO uI y.
Autos do make the dust fly.
No preaching in the Baptist
church here Sunday, the regular
day, because of the continued i'll
ness of the pastor, but immedi-
ately after the Sunday-school ex-
ercises had closed the church
members held the regular busi-
ness conference, with Rev. S.
Morris sitting as moderator.
The resignation of Pastor Sutton
was handed in, acted on and
accepted. A committee of five
brethren was appointed to pro-
ceed at once to look up" a pas
tor to succeed Bro. Sutton.
Bro. Sutton had a strong, affec-
tionate hold upon the member
ship of this church the same
with "Briar HILL" his home
church, and the Mountain Creek
church likewise. Every one re-
grets so much his illness.
The citizens of this community
are agitating the matter Of hav-
ing Beat No. l fair at Florence
this coming month, or the next.
At a preliminary meeting Mon
day afternoon the ball was put
to rolling, and October 10th was
the day set for holding the fair.
This is a good move and in the
right direction for the general
good and uplift, agriculturally
speaking, of the farmers, truck
ers, gardeners, housekeepers,
stockmen and dairymen. 1t is
hoped that every man and wom-
an in the beat will contribute
their mite, their enthusiasm and
their fitting exhibits for this
helpful occasion.
We learn that the ladies OF the
town will hold a meeting to dis
cuss the fair question. 1t is
hoped they will give inspiration,
as woman can do, to this bene-
fetal movement.
We are glad to state that julius
Afford has recovered from his
severe injury at the ginnery a
few weeks ago to be able to do
light work about the gins.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-09-28
In McmOriann.

A gloom was cast over our communi-
ty when God in his infinite wisdom saw
fit to remove from our midst the infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bynum.
Little Jewel Lois was born on the
10th of October, 1918, and died on the
10th of August, 1916. She was just
two years and ten months old, and there
is no. doubt in my mind about her hav-
ing had vision from God, as on Mon
day morning she rose we'll and happy
as usual, but at the breakfast table she
looked in her mothers eyes and said,
Mama, | am going to die = Sure
enough the next morning about 8
o'clock she was taken with fever that
lasted just three days. While all that
loving hearts could do was done to stay
the hands Of death, but just as the sun
went down her little spirit went back to
the God who gave it.
Little Lois was the sunshine Of that
home, the idol Of her mothers heart.
Z TO those heart-brQk ken paxeuts ] can