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CHAPTER XIV
The Angel Chorus

ITO RENDER his tactical position as
/ regards the tariff absolutely secure,
Jerry had inserted the word Republican
into the name of his enterprise, pre-
fixing it, however with the word Real,
thereby making a distinction at once
necessary and invidious.
The organization of the Real Repu6.
licans marched forward so satisfactorily
that in mid-spring. about the time
when the formality of electing new
Republican city committee was gone
through a meeting of the big-gun
financial supporters of reform was call
ed to hear young Archers report: This
was so encouraging that it kindled
hearty enthusiasm. As Jerry went on
with the outlining of his achievements
thus far, his hearers glowed, nudged'
nodded. chuckled and broke out into ap-
plause.
I'VE ought to have a candidate for
Mayor in mind" they seemed all at once
10 decide, and made this decision vocal.
But the campaign is more than a
year away" argued Jerry.
Nevertheless we ought to settle the
question now" insisted one whose po-,
ltical faith was in preparedness Ana
this idea the whole score of moneyed
men attached themselves to stubbornly:
Now this was rather characteristic or
moneyed men. Having met and struck
| hands, having opened check books ana
underwritten the cost of a thing, they
are apt to consider that the matter is
| done and all that remains Is for them
| to name an executive and go back to
their golf.
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PY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY CAN FIND SOM
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
IN WARTINE
By LIZZIE NJ. PEABODY

VITEARiNG her brothers farming
w clothes. Harriet Wynne, with mis-
chievous black eyes. cheeks glowing
through tan. and her thick, dark hair
cut short looked as nearly like a
healthy. handsome boy as girl could .,ld
sunny hillside of her fathers farm
Suddenly she threw down the hoe. ex-
amned the bistered palms of her hands.
and then glanced at the. sun. It's near
lunch time, she thought. II wonder, :,
she chuckled with show of dimpes and
white teeth. 'if It wouldn't be easier and
bush and the lunch pail. The hill be.
low the planting looks so soft and
green"
Dropping to the ground she pulled the
wide, soft brim of her hat over her
face, shut her eyes and rolled away on
her course toward the fragrant purple
lilac bush. which grew near the open
gateway by the quiet country road.
Meanwhile the shade and blooms had
tempted young Sergeant Ames, and he
had just seated himself on the old bench
beneath the big bush when he espied
the supposed boy rolling toward him.
riet arrived at the goal flushed, breath
twinkling blue eyes of young stranger
in the khaki uniform of the L. S. A.
Her first thought was to apologize for
her unladylike behavior: her second 10
act as well as possible the part which
she had assumed. Rolling stones gather
no moss, but rolling boys gather. lots
of mud and grass stains" remarked the
stranger: and Harriet, ashamed. angry
and bit envious for she envied the
right of every man to wear a soldier S
uniform, copied her brothers manners.
as she tartly replied 81 suppose you've
heard of the man who once made for
tune by minding his own business
Luncheon
The sergeant laughed good naturedly
as he said, You win, but are you al
ways SO grouchy just before dinner
time? I'm hungry enough to be grouchy
myself" Harriet's answer was to reach
hastily for her lunch, and divide i with
him; and they grew very friendly, as
they ate, although she talked very little,
fearing to betray her secret.
Sergeant Ames. liking the shy boy
who proved to be such an attentive lis
/ said, Il go back to camp. Soon after
that we shall he on our way to France
and we shall be glad to go. our men
are the equal to any in the world. II
not better than most, and knowing that
| our cause is Just and right will give us
| courage to fight. And were going 10
win. boy" he declared with conviction
| for win we must"
Looking at his watch. he exclaimed
We'll 'Tis time to go." and rose from
the bench.
1t was then that Harriet. as she saw
! him standing there looking every incl
soldier" suddenly discovered that
wherever this boy went her heart would
go with him. Shall | write?" he asked
and she answered eagerly: "If you will
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about you than about me they have per.
suaded me to write and assure you of
a warm reception. should you come up
here to satisfy yourself as to my pres
of mine. 1t will, think, be an easy
journey il you use the bath chair. Some
one will call at 10 o'clock tomorrow to
show you the way; y;
"P. S-Dont forget the drawing !
left with you"
Dewinski was delighted with this let
myself. 1t is true at first he seemed
dubious over the word "shanty," his
knowledge Of English not being extern
sive enough for him to know that. as
word for "a little cottage" And again
when he objected that this little cottage
did not belong to- me, and that there
fore the word mime. , was no, not suitable
idiomatic expression commonly used
where hospitality has reached the pitch
of making guest feel quite at home,
So 20 speak. There seemed to be moth
| tention. and he was delighted with it
explaining the idiom to the other two
who could not read English. The
word persuaded" tickled them greatly
| manifestation.
deliver the letter. 1t was then about I
o'clock. In imagination l followed the
course Of events that would 0nsue wher
my young German friend handed in that
letter at the hotel. Suppose he had
been instructed by Dewinski to deliver II
personally to Mrs. Abercromby, anC
await a reply! Then, indeed was lost
But had calculated otherwise. Mrs
| Abercromby" was the one person who
knew and credited my story. 1t was un
| likely that in such circumstances sc
clever a man as Dewinski would not SEE
the danger of sending an interviewer
who spoke English with a German ac
cent. No; was sure his directions were
clear out before any questions could b'
asked.
What would Mackenzie make of it
Ho would at once know / had been taker
| by Dewinski and two others, and wal
confined in shanty that covered min,
shaft sunk to find coal-there wer,
| several of these in Kent, and some wer,
in German hands-that this mine shat
was up" somewhere, and within cas-!
reach of Folkestone. Such details h,
was told in my letter. But would h,
assume from the fact that the letter wa
addressed to a lady who used batl
chair that our disguise had not beei
penetrated?
Or would he, as desired him to, un
derstand from ''the warm reception" ant
the anxious about you," that l hat
some dubiety as to whether or not the,
knew, but was inclined to believe tina
the bath chair made the safest methot
of approach?
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] am Harry .wynne of Hillcrest." ~ am
Joe Ames," he returned, "and will send
my address" Then he strode away, after
long waiting began. After seemingly
endless time, the letter came. A brave
and cheerful letter; and among camp
Lilac Bush, you never can imagine
things as they are here: or the thrill
with which we think of the wonderful
things which may, happen between
but I'm glad to be here to do mans
part"
She wrote him CHEEKY, courage-in-
spring letters as the dreary winter
passed, and then letter came from
a kindly nurse who wrote that he was
in the hospital and wounded.
Dropping the Mask
Harriet sat down to write immedi-
ately, hoping to catch the next mail /:
and wrote so hurriedly, that she had
but she had not heard from him since.
She was thinking of him as she sat
scented porch one beautiful afternoon,
stepped up onto the porch floor. Sud
denly her face went white, as with a
hasty, panied glance she noted the
empty sleeve; and she rose quickly and
with a sob threw her arms around his
neck
The pretty girl in the fluffy white
dress had entirely forgotten her role
as boy, but when the newly promoted
Lieutenant Ames, rising nobly to the
occasion, placed his right arm around
her and gently drawing her to a chair,
sat down beside her. she remembered
and and blushinE deeply Whispered; Had II d
letter. he replied, softly. although a,
your letters puzzled me. I wondered
how a mere boy could write such wise,
helpful. hopeful letters. In the past.
think you forgot the part you were
nlaying, and wrote your thoughts as
this: Every day my heart and
thoughts go out to you, and every day
/ pray for your safe return / stopped
to review in my mind the little in.
cidents of the day 1 met you, and IL
came to me that a little black-eyed
girl had been joking, and that the
joke had been upon yours truly: but
enjoyed it SO Immensely that the doc.
tors and nurses wondered at my sud
smiles. Soon after that. I was ordered
home"
And you will stay over here now?'
asked Harriet, wistfully.
thoughtf91y Gh but f"a" work ne which answeTff wi
count for our side will be found fol
my good right arm, and IL you will
agree to help me continue to keep my
faith and courage. l can still help tc
| carry on"
Il agree" Harriet said with sparkling
eyes.
morroto's Complete Novelette,
MISS 'LIZA'S LILIES"
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What's the idea? Do we get some
jobs to hand around after election
You do" said Jerry fatty. and
thereby Mortified some OF his reformer
friends to the point of audible murmur-
tngs. You do. That's the kind of a
retormer | am. The man who serves
entitled to the first consideration when
II comes TO selecting employees for the
city; but he will have to display some
natural fitness for the job. and he will
have to earn his money to get It, There
will be no political assessments, and the
organization will he seeking no favors
for itself at the hands of Councils,
police or anybody else. All 1t aims at
is honest government and the greatest
good for all the people"
The men always listened to the first
half of this speech gratefully, and to
IT'S what ought to be. all right
they would murmur half-heaTtedly.
It's what will be-" Jerry used to de-
clare; bringing his hand down i'm
And the miracle of his personality
was that these men went away believ-
ing him. or at least believing. in him:
The first time Jerry heard this appella-
ton applied to himself he chuckled
gleefully.
There was one respect however. in
able to match the practice, of the rival
machine. He had been told they We're
in the habit of allowing division lead
ers from twenty-five TO fifty dollars per
month to be sent in that form of
charity. which, ranging from the buy
ing of drinks to the purchase of a
shroud, was deemed necessary to es-
tablsh the division leaders position as
next friend to every man in trouble.
But when Jerry struck off the figures
with pencil, $50 a month to 1900 vot,,
ing divisions, his total was $4,000 and
he stopped aghast.
rs it possible, Judge?" he asked the
Sage one night. where can they get
such sum from"
They have sources that We know
not of smiled the Sage Besides 1t is
probable they get by with much less.
! take it the whole year round. The
| machine. with its methods. can always
use things for money that honest people
cannot. This is the point at which you
must close your purse-strings and rise
to dependence on the power of your
| moral appeal. BE assured that where
exerted through the right sort OF a
human agency il will be rs effective in
| the poorest division in the city as in
! the richest. OF course, you must be
| able to give your division men some
money for use in extreme cases, but II
! had better be hard to get. Make him
go to the ward man for it"
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count. But suppose he believed that
only one other. and that an old lady
from her, or through her. he could re-
cover the drawing what matter il. after
my final disappearance, she talked of
German spies and plots-who would pay
attention to such rawlings, from such
source?
l recognized therefore that the old
invalid lady in the bath chair was my
trump-indeed my only card. Did De-
winsld know the real identity of the
occupant of that chair? There was evil
IDENTIFY something that troubled him
greatly. as he passed now to and fro
something he did not know but wanted
to get from me without allowing me to
see the drift of it, and so prevent my
tated by what was 10 my own advantage.
The other two men now seated them
selves on packing case near the wall
and began to smoke, keeping a keen in
terest in us all the while.
Perhaps" said Dewinski, stepping be-
fore me, you have shown the clever
ness ness q5 Of the little drawing TO many peo-
TO about half dozen" I answered.
How much depended on my answer a.
[ took. the plunge and trusted in my
reasoning.
"They We're all fools" I answered
frankly. only one of them saw how
clever it was"
"And who was this one?'
ut was, of course woman" ]
answered.
"Pah! a woman-" his tone was
contemptuous. DO you think, doctor.
Id believe such a bull-and-cock story"
My reply to this was again the useful
shrug of the shoulder which says any
thing. and commits one to nothing. He
resumed his sentry-like walk, and l be-
gan to suspect that in his last question
we had approached the heart of things.
the identity of the occupant Of the bath
chair. My respect for Mackenzie in
creased. For three days these men had
watched our little procession in the
streets. and had lighted on no flaw in its
bona fides! 1t was stroke of pure
luck of course. that they had not seen
the incident with the chauffeur in the
Castle Hill avenue. Remembering that
incident now. ! understood Mackenzie's
who was this woman!" 1t was De-
MY mother" I answered with promp-
titude.
And" he continued, this other
woman in the bath chair you haf been
: That was not another woman" ]
interrupted. 1T was my mother
All" His eyes were on me keenly
Distinctly he was on the target now.
Yes" explained. you see after that
exciting time you gave us up in Scot
, land her nerves went wrong, and she
, was ordered change of scene and rest
We hardly expected to run across you
, again, down here"
, He kept staring at me all the time.
wished he wouldn't. He kept it up ever
after | had finished speaking, which was
I'D like for to see your mother" h,
said finally, 'to-to express my sor
= rows"
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e<XIOU shouldn't let him escape!"
i cried Peggy as the German spy
disappeared from view. HE may get
other soldiers to desert"
You're right" exclaimed Ben.
"What dunderheads we are not to
have thought of that"
Bill opened his mouth in astonsh-
ment when he heard Peggy's voice.
who's right" he demanded of Ben.
"Whom are you talking to-"
"To the invisible fairy - the one
that got the Giant to take our places"
Go on, you're dreaming" said Bill.
Peggy gave him a sharp pinch
Wow" he yelled. i've been stung
by wasp"
mo. I'm only showing you I'm not
dream" giggled Peggy.
1T was she who told me that the
spy was not speaking the truth about
father and his crops" explained Ben.
Cant you stop him from getting
away?" asked Peggy, turning back to
the main subject.
"He has hidden himself in the
swamp by this time" replied Bill, rue
fully rubbing his pinched arm. What
| chump / was to let my temper get
away from me. Instead of throwing
him into the river we should have
turned him over to the authorities at
the camp to be tried as spy"
Maybe we can do something yet"
cried Ben. Let's hustle to camp and
tell the captain"
wish we could run this auto" said
| Bill. I'VE haven't any time to waste"
"I'll run it for you," volunteered
Peggy, who had been given lessons by
her father. She climbed into the ma.
chine and started the engine. Hurry
| up" she cried to Ben and Bill who
looked on in astonishment as the auto
apparently jumped into life of it's own
accord. After a moments hesitation
they piled into the rear seat.
| Peggy was just a little doubtful
about running the car all by herself,
as her father had always been with
her when she was receiving her les.
sons. Nevertheless, she very carefully
did just as she had been told to do,
pushing out the clutch, adjusting the
gears and then letting in the clutch.
! The car started away with little
| jerk and soon was running smoothly
Say, this is queer" exclaimed Bill
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CHAPTER NII-(Continued

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CHAPTER XII-(ContinuedD
THEY left me undsturbed for a few
i moments. Imagine they were savor-
ing the taste of having, at last, run me
to earth. and were finding 1t mighty
sweet. The manner in which Room re-
garded me out of his small. pig-like eyes
was certainly balefu and malevolent
enough, but his satisfaction was evident
from the way in which he rubbed his
fat hands. Dewinski was. of course,
smiling. albeit not so prettily as OF yore,
and in his look there was no symptom
of anything but benevolence. He waved
his hand as he spoke.
1T was about that little matter Of the
paper we wanted to see you,' he said.
There was something in that speech
that struck me as humorous; the con-
trast between the mild desire expressed
by the words and the violence they had
used in order to obtain the interview.
The mncing tone. however, the manner
in which he "mouthed" his words. and
his general aspect, so like that of a
highly polished shopwalker at his most
"gentlemanly" moment. warned me that
this was Dewinski in his most venomous
mood.
Il haven't got it with me-" ] answered
as blandly as it was possible for me with
my aching head
He glimmered at me with narrowed
We know that. We took the liberty
Of"
Don't mention it," said.
You haf opened the packet'-Dewin.
| ski progressed a step-'and will under
stand our anxiety to get it back"
II did open it," l admitted.
| "And-?" He was very keen
I left the question unanswered save
| by a shrug of the shoulder which l had
picked up from our friends the French
| This forced him to put a direct question
What did you think of it, doctor?'
| Every clever indeed / answered
"Humph clever? What do you mear
For a small boy, 1t was well drawn,
| l conceded.
"Ach, damn" Dewinsk stamped hi
| foot
! The veneer, never Of the thickest, wa,
| wearing thin. OF course he knew wei
enough that had understood the signi
ficance of the thing; all this was merel!
a method of approach to the real ques
ton, which was as to whether / had 60
| any one else to believe the incredible
purpose wrapped up in that drawing. |
was not in his nature to put that ques
tion to me directly. His methods wer
sinuous and crooked. because his nature
from whatever causes, was sinuous ant
| crooked in this lay the secret of hi
success and his failure.
On the other hand, a dilemma tina
vas very real confronted me and mad
this preliminary sparrng with word
not unwelcome, since it gave me tim
to think.
My life hung on the th:nnest possibl
hair. If Dewinski thought that no on
else shared the secret with me | was. O
was l lost If he thought that severa
now knew it, for though the plot coul
not be saved ] could not imagine mysel
receiving their forgiveness on that az
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IN UNCLE SANS SERVICE

riding in a car that seems tobe steer.
ing itself"
I'm thinking that we hadn't better
tell any one about the invisible fairy"
remarked Ben. I'VE know she is here,
but if we tel! the folks at camp about
her they will think we have gone
crazy"
Peggy didn't like to be overlooked
this way, but she felt that the sugges.
ton was wise. 1t certainly would be
a lot of trouble to explain to all the
soldiers at camp about how she was
hidden by Camouflage Perfume. And
besides, IL they knew she was there
they might not let her in at all.
Sentries guarded the entrance to the
camp. Peggy ran the car up to them
and skillfully brought it to a stop.
The sentries gaped in wonderment at
the seemingly empty drivers seat.
where's your driver?" demanded
the corporal in charge Of the guard.
"Oh, we lost him back here a way"
truthfully answered Ben. He went
for a SWIM
who's driving your car them?
asked the corporal, while the other
sentries drew closer.
Its a very well-trained car" joked
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CHAPTER XIII
Organizing picfOry

< I.lHREMIAH THOMAS ARCHER did
n not wait for anybody TO come Tor
kSSA with offers of money, as the sage
~ v euReested Jerry was poor waiter
<S1sad he went TO work upon his own
<-csUnf among the group OF men. some
@-S57 tc~3o and some of moderate cir
<<,@,e ,eefances, whom the campaign OF the
<<<Sf fwo months had revealed to him as
<1>irens likely 10 join In the support OF
~ enterprise such as he contemplated
a >rSe7 Young man met with ready en-
.i>'Srarsment. and pushed his solicita-
= I,1sn sof funds. He quickly learned that
;{[c money pool to support his organiza-
IN, man as foretold by the Sage. had
<sor;1s q fact. aud that tonight he was
~<S4ed to meet in a private room OF
ID ~ sha city's most exclusive clubs a
- ~, more Of men who would make
- % him their generous purpose.
- 3 tryst that Jerry naturally
- With some misgivinss min
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THE PEOPLE IN THE STORY


who
peson he'd
h lie
its cono o he
lesso n
whoa the in
of his
AtanicC and Q du O qua t
punish the
beaten
order
the events a
with
hm
a
had old Victor
in
the
Detective n
election
and is
ortic siuiqn
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kMSTEHLT+!+Y ! TERROR /
S1 9yo4n =&ksvsen

Very nice Of you," replied. Il know
she'd like to meet you"
Something in this pleased the fellow.
He shook his head in deprecating mega
tive,
"Ach, no, doctor" He thought I had
said too much perhaps
"On such a mission-yes," I assured
him.
And his face fell again.
"Lieber Gott! I will have to zee her.
re old lady"
Go by all means" I encouraged him.
Zach. no. But she will perhaps come
leetle paper lost?"
Was it only the paper after all? Had
he then no suspicion Of Mackenzie? This
Too far ! said.
How do you know how far 1t is?''
She is virtually an invalid, you
know"
But the bath chair, doctor, would
make 1t easy"
She won't come"
what! Not to save you from-from
an accident? Ach! ze cruel, heartless
one 1t is strange mother you have.
them"
This was maddening. Confound the
fellow; how much did he know?
II couldn't ask her" 7 said. This Is
merely an inconvenience to me-
Inconvenience! ~ he cried grimly. his
whole manner changing. RE turned to
the young man on the packing case.
| carl, show to the good doctor re IN
convenience of ze place.
The man addressed stared blankly for
moment, and. then comprehending the
gesture Dewinski made to him, picked
up brick from the coping of the well
and. as the theatrical Jew lifted hand,
he dropped 1t over. After long inter
val far-away splash came back. De-
winski took out his watch.
You are that brick" he said. You
go 'plomp' down ze mine shaft II by
evening at 7 you haf not sent leetle
note of invitation to bring your mother
and re leetle paper"
He and Room began to prepare for
departure. 1t did not escape me that
they looked carefully from the window
before leaving. Dewinski turned at the
door:
"Think not you can escape from Carr.
he warned me.
1--WE have met before" said Carl
bowling to me.
] looked at him vaguely.
"In Scotland" he explained.
Then l remembered. He was the fel.
low who had 30 nearly potted me al
the cairn, by the Knock hill.
ITO be sure ] said "at the shooting
season, wasn't it?" A sufficiently foolish
remark; but l was not so foolish as tt
recall to remembrance the fact that
had once before escaped from Carl.
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CHAPTER III
Tho 4ufo ThUf Ran Aipdy

fPeggy, hidden by Cdmoufdge Per-
tune, starts on risit to an army
camp. On the 1rUy a German spy
tries to persuade her soldier friends.
Ben and Bin Dalton. to desert, and Is
thro,cn on them into the rft'er)
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CHAPTER XIII

THIS was the letter which. later in the
i day, by reiterated threats, Dewinski
induced me to write:
Dear Mother:
MY absence must have alarmed you
greatly. The fact Is ! met with a little
accident which seems likely to confine
me to this shanty for eternity. AS the
three kind friends who helped me with
my accident are now even more anxious