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CHAPTER CContinucd)

A PLAN of operations had been form.
n ing itself in my mind since the
capture of Dewinski There was some
reason to believe that the disappearance
and silence of that gentleman would have
disqhetlng effect upon his compa anions
outside. | had no doubt that the fellow
who had examined my room with a view
to structural alterations had also taken
the opportunity of examining the rest of
the house. They would know that the
Skylight belonged to the bathroom. and
would expect to make Il safe and undis-
turbcd entrance there. Nevertheless, II
was hardly credible that Dewinski would
embark on his adventures without pro-
Vidtng for contingencies. | guessed
what one of them would be. that since
was the quarry ] must be hunted down.
that nothing and no one else. not even
himself, was of the least importance. and
that | must be taken by any means
whatever before another day dawned
This night attack on lonely house
was not thing that could be kept quiet
and the fact that they were prepared to
make 1t was evidence in itself that they
intended this should be their last effort
Therefore, | was under no illusion as to
the danger in which the house stood
They had to get me. And sooner than let
the day break without accomplishing
that | am certain now they would but
for DewinSkiS presence in it have set
fire to the house. So | have to confess
therefore, that the plan I formed was
more or less forced on me. 1t was my
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the
1 o The rkofEd
ton From
MICHAEL KELLY resting in the r ar,v..
big hsr
lves him
following ia ''' "'''0
andg
refuses with him
in
for acko
When Iarrvrn
10 the
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AM hr turn 10 is
for
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Works a ranchi a Howard
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beeng
to plan
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which a
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she hobbed to chair, and grasped the
unreliable member in both hands
You didn't say anything about your
4 foot Yesterday Mrs. Davis was tenta.
/ lively investigating the slender pink and
ouch You've found the place, but
/ cont do that any more"
Mrs Davis left the room, and Alice
heard her at the telephone She smiled
as she honp"d on one foot hack to bed
The doctor cant get here until H.
hut YOU are to stay in he'd until he
comes l.ll tell Matilda to bring your
The Doctor Calls
50 YOU didn't escape, after all
Doctor Lansing said as he explored the
f&ted foot.
aoo, - don't rhFk i,s anything much
WINGED as he touched a sensitive spot.
Nothing serious. but it needs atten-
ton, The ligaments are torn pretty
badly. III bandage 1t. and you'll have
10 keep off It for time"
Alice watched his skIlful fingers
That's more comfortable, isn't it ?''
h" asked as he fastened the last
bandage
Doctor Lansing did not neglect his pa
ttent He came the next day and the
next. and other days when he could find
an excuse. When Alice was able ia
limp about with the help Of a cane he
assured her that she needed now to get
out of doors.
You know how the back of my ma
chine looks" he said with an amused
laugh "Tomorrow will YOU let me show
you the inside of it?"
She was delighted
They went far out into the country
where the sun was shining and the birds
singing. as though to make up for the
dreadful winter.
What did they talk about
It it should be set down in cold type
YOU probably would say, what non
sc nse - but it wasn't to them. How
could II be with that shine i'm Alice 8
eyes; that thrill in the doctors voice?
At high point in the country road
he brought the machine slowly to rest
while they watched the sun sink in red
they both sighed and their eyes met.
I'm afraid that little foot Of you're
is past need of me professionally" He
looked at 1t regretfully.
"NOu'll have to run down some one else
with your machine" she said tor
mentinEly rs that the way YOU get
new patients-going around and knock
ing them down."
81 never tried II before, II worked all
right this time only"
"Only what"
comfy don't want to give this one
up" He caught both her hands in his
"Alicc. do YOU realize how I need you
for always" How | hav" come to love
you"'
Alice sat with downrast eyes hut she
didn't withdraw her hands. IN an in
stamt she lifted her head and looked at
hlm saucny. "Tf I had been inside the
automobile YOU couldn't have made me
fall. This seems "A pretty safe place |
guess I'll stay"
He caught her in his arms and as she
nestled close down on his shoulder she
whispered. When I fell, | didn't know
! was falling in love"
TomorrOC'S ComplCtc NOuCICttc v
TNDISCOTERED ROMANCE"
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rock was protection to me. while he
lay exposed in the open. [ had another
go at him, and he didn't like it, for
ne rolled himself over and over till he
got III the depression in the ground where
he was less exposed
Then he gave me "zipp-Zpp-zipp
IN quick succession, and ! was in the
worse position, for he probably had
plenty or ammunition, and was certainly
much the better marksman with that
weapon. while ] had only such shots as
2he magazine of the gun" held. I did
not know how many the thing held,
either six or seven thought but had
already expended four. therefore /
withheld my fire. expecting him to come
on again. and intending to get him ar
close range from behind the rock. But
the fellow did not come on He was
quite content to lie there and wait for
the arrival of his friends. That would
never do; I should be taken on ali
sides, surrounded. I stole a look and
saw saw nm watching me, If only I could
it would be! I wasted one bullet more
to get that watching head down, and
by a fuke it must have gone very close,
Tor he vent down, and kept down. 1t
coming on showed him that was away
again
Now the ground lay down hill for a
little, and at the bottom of the slight
slope was the highest point touched by
road was the steep slope of the Knock,
all heather and gorse and tall brack-
en-. | was running now "all out" more
IKE Ike a asp sprinter than a miller. Vaulting
the Ience ! Went helter-skelter along
If their fast man maintained his
distance at that pace | was ready to bet
that his mustache at least no longer
pointed into his eyes.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
A FdtefuL Fall
Bv ETELYN CUSHMAN

A LICE had picked her way around,
"A and through mud and water. with
the rain raining up and down and from
every side. as 1t can do nowhere outside
of New England A strong wind twiste ed
her skirts. pulled at her coat. and would
have carried away her hat had she not
clutChed 1t frantiCalIv
This must be the last Of the hundred
and twenty-siN different kinds OF
weather Mark Twain SAYS we have here
in twenty-fCtIr hours" Alice ga id aloud
as she took 'the short cut to her gate
As she turned aside her eyes met
those OF young man in a machine. who
was trying to start tho stalled engine
she was directly back of the car when
the driver released the brake and the
auto slid back Alice jumped. was he
forward.
She was stunned for an instant but
when she opened her eyes. she locked
into the anxious ones Of the man from
the machine.
LET her alone minute" he said to
some one who was trying to help her TO
first shock"
When at last Alice attempted to get
up. the young man took her in his
strong arms and some one gathered up
her scattered bundles.
What has happened ." exclaimed her
terrified mother as she met them at the
door and led tho uay IN tho Ii,.ipc roon,
Il fell. mother. gasned Alice as thn
stranger laid her tenderly on the couch.
but I'm sure I'm not hurt. just scared -
I'm Doctor Lansing The Young
man turned 10 the mother Your
daughter fell back of my machine
don't know vet whether il hit her or
not"
NO, you didn't touch me-" Alice
hroathed. when the machine backed
| jumped and lost my footing
me Ne" DOCTOR
"r think she's not hurt hut shaI,
feel better If Won have YOUR nhvsiCia n
look her over, pug ''''
"We bayer;t ,r,. ro,,,,Ior ,,r,,.ei,i,, .,
ranIied tbo rIdor
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left. toward which | was heading-be-
cause in that direction lay the railway.
which was my only hope of escape
began to rise in gradual slopes. till the
highest point was reached on the Knock.
which was an outlying SPUR OF the
GrampianS, and overlooked the great
level plain Of fat agricultural lands,
through which the railway ran, and be-
yond which, seven miles away was the
sea.
Once had spIashed through the
shal low burn, had some cultivated
fields to cross, and then the ground was
rouhg pasture land for the hill sheep
till vet higher level was attained
where the heather began. 1t was my in
tention to cut across, the pasture
heather was reached. ! struck on the
road which crossed the hills to the small
village Of Drumliddie. Here there was
though few trains stopped, hoped TO
get away on one that did
When I had run at a steady pace for
twenty minutes or so. and was now
tree of the cultivated land, | had look
back TO see how the pursuit was faring.
one of moment for me- | thought of it
before I turned my head: it would tell
me much as TO my chances. a glance
revealed to me that two had already
fallen out One of the men. however,
was not more than 800 yards behind.
but even so he had not gained foot
on me from the start : and | thought my
staying powers would make it unlikely
that he should now gain on me. The
other two were fairly close together.
but a long way behind. So on l went
again over and up the pasture. toward
the hill. 1t was perahps pity that I
had not left the house sooner, for II
was now virtually daylight.
l was beginning to breathe" by the
time | got to the top of the first slope.
and l had NY second look. while
regained my wind beside the big stone
of Druidic origin that stands there.
The nearest man was uncomfortably
near, but the others were still far be-
hind, mere black dots moving up the
hill. ! lay down beside the big boulder
and had shot at the runner who was
closing in on me. He pulled up at once.
flnging himself on the turf. Then he
himself got to work. A bullet fiattened
itself on the rock above my head. The
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house As anticipated. they aljd not
dream of an exit being attempted least
Of all perhaps by the front door; and
they had all gone. less two to force an
entrance from the back.
What a pity it was that could not
take advantage of such Il chance!
knew | must draw them off there was
no other way! Still, ! slipped over
among the shrubhery, and from the
midst of it saw along the side of the
house where they were operating.
could just distinguish five, or perhaps
S'A. men. They We're bringing up a long
heavy object which seemed like fallen
tree. Yes, with that us IL ram they
would soon have the shutters battered in
Dewinski's pistol was in my hand.
Up tlll this moment, YOU will remem
her, J had never lifted my hand against
any of their lives. Not even now did
wish to take life there. Elsewhere and
later, would have killed any Of them
with less thought than | would have
killed y rabbit: but not there if it could
be avoided. Yet ! was presently to be
caught meant certain death. ! was very
fit for running. probably far filter than
any German still YOU can imagine how
| scanned the five dark figures getting
best man to wing. There was little light
to go by but ] picked out the thinnest
and fired
They dropped their log as if it had
EuNbtilN lul lieu Ttu-IlOl III their hands,
But | had missed. I tried another, and
they ran and fattened themselves
against the wall of the house. Evidently
they were greatly puzzled as to where
the shots came from. could hear
their mumbled talk and see them cram
ing their heads carefully looking at the
windows, their own pistols uplifted
Against the wall, however, they were
a much better target for me than be-
fore. and my third shot dropped one of
them, Ee started to scream horribly,
wrthing on the ground like a worm that
had been cut in halves by a spade. The
others left the wall and rushed into the
shrubbery, where | could not see them.
By and by heard the swapping of
twigs that told me they We're working
their way toward me. 1t was getting
too hot. and | judged it time to be gone.
Leaping the low wire fence that
separated the garden on the east from
the fields. | set off running down the
slope toward the burn. They saw me
almost at once, and a Volley came ny-
ing after me that did no harm. Taking
glance behind. ! saw that five men
We're getting over the fence. This was
more than ! bargained for. Then | set
my face toward the hills.
CHAPTER IN
.TNHE country that lay before me was
l. open and almost treeless. After the
burn was crossed the ground on the
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Germans have DESTROYED that Put
I'll tell Won ali ahout what nv home
once was and about the war"
"There's a war here now. between
tn" Frogs and the Snakes. That's
what I've come here TO see YOU about"
Peggy turned to the Giant. "If you
caught lot of Snakes alive could you
sell Them"
Sure could" answered the Giant
"Museums and shows are always after
them and ia like TO do it. too, for
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49, a.. l,,s. 49,. lit,
a ,'' '"e 'i'"' went WIN 'fERy on
i her way to see the Giant. They
were so glad to have her visit them
they would not let her out of their
sight.
Peggy didn't know whether she
would find the Giant at his castle or
at the farm where he was doing pa -
triotic war work. She decided to
visit the castle first as it was Sat,Ir-
dav evening and he might he resting
there.
She was right. for as Mr.. Swallow
glided down into the clearing she could
hear the Giants booming voice sinr-
ing "A uucer song.
U.orI. ,,or,. al ,Lr.,-, A.,
v,LiIo 5,,,iot. ha,,.,, 49,. u"a,
Pm, fIr ghaii bn,cn rii ~, @ .nt!i way
When comes my hour for nIav
Tho C:iart ,.o, .i,,i, 81, t.,.
or Tho ,.;,.o,. gsI,in,, ~, we ,,iI ',IiI N
Ioudi,. ono,,,L ,.''"T" ''E5ls <
n,,.or ~ an '''' "Si'
~, e,,.,,,.,., ,,i.-l..,
,,oa,, 49,, FINN ""7"''' "" S'ut'l'
"LJoli1 ,I Ma S,,..
o,oni,l, :, on,,oi ,la,,.' IW are YOU t,ls
,r,a,S' ,..I t"'lcu ou. .sEEN. ne ''lan nj
Su1PeI ms SofE ana Jumped TO ms
a,'a iit S,aI eu 1L' aIout"' theh ms
80 Iesleu upoi. ieEsN'
,,, wy Soou idllF ne shouted
lou We come pack again. HOoray'
ho"ydA' IT,.
y - RI
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CHAPTER XIII
Sweets and Sops

k<zRR BUCKINGHAM going to try
iU his hand on father" reflected
1efry. as he went out to his car 'Father
wflI stand pat a week longer, anyway.
hes conforted himself. Nevertheless II
was a very anxious young man WHO
though the hour was o'clock. ordereo
Tis rhauffeur to drive him to the works
Tor one final look around to make sure
fnat nothing had developed in his ao-
eence which required attention petore
the next morning. On arrival however,
fhe first piece of business which claimed
him was a telephone call from Ruth.
Town tonight, because father and mother
are dining with the Normans: Couldn
you run around and take dinher WITH
Aunt Stella and me!
@couidn't I? Delighted =" exclaimed
Jerry with eagerness. Dinners al
ssven-thirty, / suppose. -,
&.Yes but don't bother dressing;
Shar,t Come around right now ana we
can have the whole time before dinner
fcreffler and then drag Aunt Stella on
10 see The Riviera Girl Grace bSih-
bridge says it's almost entertaining.
How untrue to form for isTsrI[ muSieal Heii
comedy y laughed Jerry; Herg - W., IN
nm ~. round as soon as | can clean UP
The desk. Look for me in three-quarters
90 ionr?' inquired Ruth plaintively.
3 $50 long" echoed Jerry making q
71irping TO his desk he began attschihs
k<rrrled signatures 10 some waiting let
<~rs ,.rhile his secretary stood by blottlhg
- ~ ink -scrawl as II was made. Next
9crrv attacked small pile of new cor
16ondence which had drifted TO the
z1ak in his absence. one by one wiz
<{roke or a pencil notation he disposed
~ Snch in succession 10 the very last
! ~ <his last was one which refused to
IN 1IxDosed of so easily IL was a letter
-6@1 Sullivan, the contractor, who was
=,1,{ Ia the foundations for the new
m am TO take in material by team
~ 49, fo,lndations," II read, "the extra
r16s<e cost as against the railroad de-
! 1I,I.</&e nesured me will amount TO
L1<&kk This sum we shall be compelled
f~<ffroe to the Archer Tool Company.
rh8 letter had been initiated by his
/.I1&r ana referred to him. The amount
3 U underscored by Henry I, Archer
, - W1.H>1s pen. Jerry knew what that
H. <@nf It was to remind him that get
<I<. {IIe franchise was not matter OF
&o1uer heroics but of cold achieve
#.11I The newspapers had let loose
&8o<her blast today about the sign
IIzs they were headlining the Fifth
|4ra Incident. but no response. no in
<1r5<{on Of waverlng had come from the
3I111{ee- granting body. IL the thing
1<& going right Jerry thought he
14rt|v should have had intimations from
|Ioo of the Counoilmen In the neighbor-
but no such intimations had been
~ hls head presently. he looked
the glass partition. and saw
n had gone home without COM
~ fathers once was also
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THE STORY THUS FAR
AberCrCmhN. a Scotch surgeon hni Shinc
his education in Berlin. after many viCs-
situdes and hairbroadth escapes. manages
to reach his home. near Edinburgh, in
safety with small leather packet which
he rescued from the pocket OF otto
ilensChel, a German. murdered in the
keppelstrassc, Berlin. by crowd of fell
low TeutOns. The timely intervention Of
MarEarita THOMPSON enables AberCromby
70 elude his pursuers and leave Europe.
He, crosses the channel disguised as
stOkcr.
Not until their arrival at FolkestGnn
does AberrrOmbv learn tho contents Of the
paCket--a drawing by the Child-prinCe
Eitel. To his father. However. when a
murdnrOus attempt is made unos Aber-
CrotnbY in the woods near his house. CO.
incident with the thorough search Of his
room by a man disguised as an interior
decorator. the SCotChman sets his brain to
deCpherng the apparently childish sketch
ard suddenly sees a tremendous. hidden
significance. knowinC that the German
sn,es who have pursued him will make an
gamekeeper. Forsyth. who brings two dogs
and a gun. Togeth r. they harriCade them
selves in the house.
In the middle of the night. while making
a tour of inspection. Abcrcromby disC0v-
ers and captures a man slipping through
the skylght. 1t IL Dewinski. leader Of
thv plotters in Berlin.
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oIi,,,l ,r. ..,,z..1 ill.,, or -
,ve'd SGT r,.ea 40 C:.,.tar crar,o,
otbcr Larr,Io-., fo,Ia,,., .t,o, 80 1Iu ~
fa,more i'''p 'ie
"NIv nIar is 70 b,,.o .,,o ho,u, l.,
tho ,oci,,. r,,.i,, ~. o"ltio w
"T i,,,o,,. ,t ,,,l,o eESS :,
interrIntad tho f:ia,t 'e'''
tho ,!i,.a os ailiE VIII adEance from
one INer' gong up the Glen. Just
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Glad, Rather

Are the Comeups in mourning
for their rich uncle who left them
so much money!"
No, they are only in black for
him. San Francisco Chronicle.
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THE CRACK IN THE BELL
"a STORY OF POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA
<. BY PETER CLARK MACFARLANE
THE PEOPLE IN THE STORY

JERRY ARCHER. ~hn. with his elder
brother Paul. is actively continuing this
business OF the Archer Tool Works. Is
dubbed into Inconsistencies and arrested
hN Patrolman Strongburger when the young
man. outraged at the poliCcmans brutal
treatment of Moritz RosensCweiE comes
TO that prisoners assistance. Rosenscweig
mas been taken into custody as the final
step In the petty persecution arising from
tactional differences the "Boodv Fifth
ward. Jerry is released from jail, his
case dropped and Strongburger ''broke"-
thht IL, requested to resign before being
hred as the result of the intervention
of family friend.
WILLARD u. BUCKINGHAM. financial
genius and the most powerful man in
fhiIadelphia. Al his nod poiticR hossea.
mONe "a asl. Mhnn E,iEkI IL.
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CHAPTER III
Peggy Meets Billy Belgium

fPc0oU is asked TO assist the Frogs
in thcir Tdr against the Snakes.
she fHdS hot General Hopper is an
WHIriSC lcdder. MUdCr IrbOSe direction
thC FrOOS seem dOOmCd to quiCk de.
SirUCiiOH. she plans to Win bU
strdic0D and goes to the Giont Of
the woods for did.l
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CHAPTER IN

CHAPTER IN
THE country that lay before me was
l. open and almost treeless. After the
burn was crossed the ground on the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-29
MAX p00MED FOR
FIRST PRESIDENT
Treatment Of Prisoners to Be
Investigated,

COPENHAGEN, Thursday, Nov q
Primo, Mas.m''an OF Baden, lormcr
imperia chancellor Is favored as the
first prcsidert-o ot the German rcpnbl c
by democratic circles, according 70 nd-
vices 70 the Bcrlng,kc Tidendc
The councils OF peoples eommlSssres
has appointed a commission to investI-
gate charges that German treatment oi
prisoners Of war has been contrary to
international law The commission in
cludcs Karl Trimborn. iormet secretary
ol the interior Edouard Burn'teln,
und,r-.crrcury in the ministry ot I'm
ancc Prince S,h0cnlch, Heinrich
Dove. .sy Ourpiylor and rrprc'cn
mlN, OF several governmental depart
nenr Professor Schmucckitg, OF Mar
burg university, will act as chairman.
The commission is ordered to take
testimony under oath and expel guilty
persons from the army. In certain con
ditions. criminal prosecution may be
ordered.
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praphld 20 the cscgu.yc committee OF
the Berlin Socialist council demanding
tho dismissal of DR.. w. S. Solf foreign
min ster. Phillip Scheidemann, minister
of colonies, and Matthias Errberger,
who it has been announced, will con-
duct negotiations preliminary to sign
ing a treaty OF peace. The telegram
also invites the Berlin council to over.
throw government which continue, 10
place ueh per Al, 100 important posi-
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NAL was authorized by the secretary
through his assistant. Oscar A. Price,
who said The secretary proposed TO take
q complete rest, three months OF which
will probably be spent in California.
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eral oi railroads, who spent two hours
here en- route to Birmingham.
Regarding reports tha, Mr.. MeAdoo
would become connected with the in
terests Of Henry Ford. an explicit de.
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Denies He's
To Work for Ford

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov %
Montgomcry's celebration OF Thanks
giving day was participated in yes
tcrday by William 6. McAdoo, secrc-
tl-y Of 'be treasury and director ger
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New Wnrshin In Serrlra

NORFOLK, Va. Nov. D.--The new.
est torpedo boat destroyer Of the Unit
ed States navy, the Gamble, bull, At the
plant OF the Newport News Shipbuild-
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"Oyer there" and "over here" iightAs
men get Red Cross cheer