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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

ably large fortune great and never
varying good nature. and only nomi-
nal support of wit aud brains. 'lIc blew
in to see me at the office. you know ::
brought letter Of introduction from
Bcckman StOrrS-B"rky n | were
chums at Old Eli. v know--So | asked
him down to Lcdgcwood. Belle gave
me the devil for il, too: said Id no
call to do it when ! knew we were
comm her" for the week END. N told
her to fetch him along. She phoncd to
you. didn't shct'
"Oh. yes. and it was perfectly all
right. 1t always is. Harry. to bring
your guests with you, if YOU have any.
They are calling us. Shall We 20 in"
katherine was no longer in dilem-
ma.
Until She had satisfied herself that
Conrad Bclknap was really nothing
more than passing acquaintance of the
Archrr> she had not known what course
to take after her discovery of the true
character of the unbdden guest; but,
after the short conversation with liar
ry. her duty seemed extraordinarily
clear.
She went about it, too. with her Gus
tOmary dircctnrSS. having determined
that She would indulge in no condolences
Whatsoever concerning what she had
seen: she decided that she would not
even contde in her husband-until after
their guests had departed. Sunday eve
ming. and Monday morning.
Harvard arrived in time to dress for
dinner. After it they all went again to
the wide vcranda. for the month was
June and the evening an unusually
warm one. even for that time of year.
Presently, when another half hour
had passed. Katherine left her chair,
paused at the top of the steps. and said
to Belknap, who was seated there
. "Will you take wulE IN the
grounds with me, Mr.. BelkIAhp? My
quest is beautiful in the Moonlight
viewed from a short distance.
lie was beside her instantly, and
with illconcealed eagernesS; and he
talked much and we'll. while Katherine
directed their steps toward II summer
house a few hundred feet away.
She was silent meanwhile, replying
to him only in monosyllabIes--untiI she
stopped and turned, confronting him in
the moonlight, directly in front Of II.
Mr. Belknap," she began withou,
preface. Il had distinct purpose in
asking you to walk with me just now
| ! have a most unpleasant duty 10 per
| form but it is duty. ami it must b'
done. Please not not interrupt me
| there will be no need for "ou 20 Spral
at all. 1t is my duty to tell you that
| was ut the curtains und looked be
tween them this afternoon Will" 20,
were dealing the cards FOR the las
hand at poker. What saw then yol
| know, without the need OF telling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
By SIR GILBERT Parker
Author Of "The Seats Of the Mighty"
"The Money Master" etc.

angrily free of leaves. The taverns were
greatly frequented, which was not good
for Manitou and Lebanon. Up to the
time of the meeting, however. the ex-
pected strike had not occurred. This was
mainly due to the, fact that Felix Mar
chand. the evil genius of Manitou, had
not been seen in the town or in the
district for over week. 1t was not gen.
orally known that he was absent because
a man by the name of Dennis, whose
wife he had wronged. was dogging him
with no good intent. Marchand had
treated the woman's warning with con-
tempt. but at sight of her injured hus-
band he had himself withdrawn from the
scene of his dark enterprises. His
malign influence was therefore not at
work at the moment.
The tactics of the Lebanon Town
Council had been careful and wise. So
that the meeting should not be COM
posed only of the toughest elements,
they privately urged all responsible
citizens to attend, and il possible cap.
ture the meeting for law and order
and legitimate agitation That was
why Osterhaut, the town -crier, went
about with large dinner bell an
nouncing the hour of the meeting and
admonishing all good folks" to attend.
No one had ever seen Osterhaut quite
SO checrful-and he had bonny cheer
funesS on occasion-as on this grisly
October day when nature was very
sour and the spirit of the winds was
in 'scratchy' mood. But Oster-
haut was not more cheerful than Powett.
who. in very undgnified way. de-
scribcd the state of his feelings. on
receiving certain confidence from
Halliday. the lawyer. and Gabriel
Drusc. by turning n cart wheel in
the mayors Office: which certainly was
an unsual thing in a man of fifty
years of age.
1t was the peoples meeting. No
local official was on the platform. Under
the influence of alien elements who.
though their 60 operation was directed
against the common enemy. were in
tensely irritating. the meeting became
disordrrly. One or two wise men.
however. were able to secure order long
enough to have the resolution passed
for forming local interests COM
mittcc. whose duty it would be to see
+, a ..,orl,os, ,,,,,. ' =, ~, '"'eo
nomos Of thosn ,,La 49, rniie the
comm;ttoo ,,,oro " Urn, 'ne
,tor,n - J;,a., :oec'eu' IN
,Ionitor soot;o,, 80 .t'a iro,n the
o,orhood ono,'. ,',,, NV .ip"u, 'he SKY
tho .,,, oa,,, So. anu
oLorao T. .i s an instant
,,I;ai, LoI La.:a, ous. manu.
noatonoI . "S p''','u 'ns", ln'o ahser'
aaoi,' soo' ''''nor ONCE
Al inns moment to the astonishment
OF AL th"re appeared at the back OF
tne plati"rm between jowett and Hal
tragic history. who had been as one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
The World for Sale
Copyright. 1915. by Harper & Bros,

tc,,,..,.,, a.. -
x-,,,n '' ""'p ''''
'he hlght road may De long.
though it is lonely, and ii 1t should
be that the Ry should pass before the
end of ,ho rood oor,o. 60 Jo,hro tbon is
'ethro Ireed' since the word Is gone
which binds his feet for the pitfall.
"Ue must not die ~ she insisted.
..rho, ,,,o p, ,. M, l;yo -
N ,"e IVY Vi i's' mus NV
lie reJoihed sterniy' with kindly eest-
ure. however. he stretched out his hand
Come. we shall roach the house of tn,
Ry before tbe morninq " he added, "Hs
| is not returned from his Journey, and
80 will NOT bo trorb,ed Inv having missed
Won. There will be an hour for beauty
! sleen hcfore tho sun rises ;, be continued
with the same wide smile with which
he greeted her first. Then he lifted IN
the curtain and passed out into the
night.
Following him. Fleda saw that the
Romanys had broken camp, and only
small handful remained among them
the woman who had bcfriended her.
Fleda went up to her:
II will never forget you,' she said.
will you wear this for meT' she
added. and she took from her throat a
brooch which she had worn ever since
her hrst days in England, after her
great Illness there.
Inc woman accepted the Drooch.
hauE o'e' she Said' you We iost
your sieep 'on'gh'' put '"n' loss you
ca" "i"he soou' IL 'h'rc hishC
Iiep h WING YOU sou van cu,iec' the
,an, S' .. :: Ill.,: -: - en. s'eep
orI, , j., 49, ., D.. ;e , III.
oinno All mo,, ''h., ,n.. ,;aht,o u iI s, no'
sn,no ono aI.o ,o, ,;oL - nn al w., W,
,,,;nh. no,.on at nnin 49, I'M" W"
4 srsb s,owiv ,to.e ornr E,odo.s f,o0
ond n lool ne borror CANA into bor ouos,
, Sha read tho narobIo oricbt
"win vou LOT mo hiss vou p, sbs soid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

parting was forever, or if he will make
her his blushing bride"
Waw 90 900. sounded an auto far
down the road. Waw 90 ooo it
sounded again and much closer, showing
that it was travelling fast.
My. how swift that car is coming. "
said Peggy aloud.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04
The Racing Auto

Doggy sat in a couch swing listen
l. ing comfortably to the soothing
sounds Of early evening. 1t was very
pleasant there at her summer home by
the lake-pleasant and restful.
A breeze was whispering bedtime
stories to the leaves of the trees: mother
birds were chirping lullabies to their
babies crickets and treetoads were tun
ing up for their twilight concert; frogs
in a distant bog were croaking rollick-
ing college songs.
Peggy's ears drank in all these sounds
ike sweet music. hut her mind was far
away.
II wonder if the Prince of Dollars
has found his beloved mermaid" she
thought to herself. II wonder il their
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

have brought YOU out here 20 suggest
that it you can find it convenient to re
ceive message. by telephone or tele-
graph. that will necessitate your, re-
turn to the city tonight-at once-no
other person than ourselves will need to
know the true reason frr yo.: sudden
departure. But YOU must CO. tonight
If katherine had anticipated the
intiiction of a shock upon the swindlcr,
she was disappointed. He only stared
at her; and then
He laughed aloud.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

fLast meek nds told ths story of
the Charming Mermaid rho sang to
the Prince of Dollars from u rocky
isle in the lake, and ,oh0. after sdring
the prince from dromning. lost her
fish tail and ran apay INTO the night.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-04

That's not like a Romany," re-
marked Old Rhode.
'No. it's certainly not like Ro-
many" remarked Madame Bulteel
meaningly.
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The Lady of the Night Wind
Between the Portieres

,fCopyrpht, 1919, bu the Mdcduldy Col
fopyfioht, 1919, bv the Pubiic Ledger COZ
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
PLAY in National
Polo Title Matches
Starts Next Month

Play in the national polo champion
ships. suspended since 1916 by the &C.
tivities Of the players in the war. will
be revived at the Philadelphia Country
Club, Bala, Penn, on September 13
and the tournament will continue until
Saturday, Sept mber 81. A circular of
information giving the conditions of
the three title contests impending. the
senior, junior. junior and open, Will be
sent out tomorrow from the office of
the Polo Association, 80 Church Street,
New York, where all entries will close
on September l.
The senior championship, now held
by the Great Neck Polo Club, is open
70 all teams. without limit of handicap;
the junior title, now in the possession
OF the Meadowbrook third team. -
open to teams whose aggregate handi-
cap does not exceed twenty goals. but
this limit is simply to define the class,
and all games in both championships
shall be played without handicaps. No
player with a higher handicap than
five goals may compete in the junior
champ mpionship.
All players are eligible to the open
handicap, and teams need not be made
up of members of the same club, but
the latter is mandatory in the senior
and Junior. A Canadian team is ex-
pected for the open this year and an
army team in the junior, besides q Cali
fornlan four. The trophy for the senior
IS gold cup presented through the
Tuxedo Club by William Waldorf Astor,
IN play since 1895, and inscribed with
the names of the best polo players in
successive years on the winning team.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Greensboro Club Dog
Show To Be Held Sept. /

The greensboro Kennel Club men,
bers, at recent meeting voted to hold
an afternoon match show This event
will be held at Forest Hills, Long ISL
and, on the grounds of the Cord Meyer
Development Company. These grounds
are considered one Of the garden spots
of Long Island, and being only few
minutes ride from New York City there
is no doubt of large entry and many
visitors. Many valuable trophies and
liberal cash prizes has been offered in
the various breeds.
The following popular fanciers have
accepted the club invitation to judee at
this matinee show Monday Labor
Day), September /.
Miss Elsie Blum, Elmhurst, L. l.,
Pomranians; Mrs. Frank Goldsmith,
Great Neck. L. l., Pekingese; Mrs. A,
S. Whitesell, Forest Hills, L. l., Bos-
tons; John Jay Adams, Mount Vernon,
N. Y, Chows: Miss c. C. Whitney, Mas
peth, l.. l., Great Danes and English
toy spaniels; Arthur Hertfeld, New
York City, English bulldogs and Frnch
bulldogs; Robert Vagt, Central Park,
l. l., setters, cocker spaniels, bsaglea,
Mrs. O. Cedar, Pelham, N. Y, Japanese
sPa,niels, ss,ais toy poodlsl Yorkshirea,
classes; Charles Trayford, T HuntanSton' san,raUn
l.. l., St. Bernard, Russian woifhounds'
badger dogs, coillss, shepherd dogs
Airedales. bull terriers, fox terriers
Irish terriers, Scottish tsrriars, mis-.
cellaneous. member. Boy Scout and
local classesi unclassifled specials. Mrs,
Q. Cedar, Robert Vagt and Charles
Trayford,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Big Stakes Listed
For September at
Havre de Grace

Special Correspondence
HANRE DE GRACE, Md, Aug. 16-
The Hartford Agricultural and Breeders
Association has published programme
for The impending September meeting
at the Havre de Grace track that will
bring to Maryland the best thorough
breds in training. General Manager
Edward Burke and Joseph McLennon,
clerk of the course, announce mid
week distribution in purses of $4,000
daily, with an increase to $4,000 Satur-
days, and four stakes that will have a
total value of $4,000 in added money.
The stakes will be the Hartford Han
dicap, $4,000 added, three-y yearclds and
over. one mile and seventy yards; the
Potomac Handicap, $4,000 added,
-yearolds exclusively, one mile
and Il sixteenth; the Eastern Shore
Stakes. $4,000 added, two-year- olds,
six furlongs, and the Havre de Grace
Handicap, $4,000 added, three-year-
olds and over. one mile and furlong.
No entrance fee will be charged in any
of these races, but there will be q
starting fee of S100 in cash.
The Hartford and Potomac handicaps
Will close on September 8, the Eastern
Shore on September 16 and the Havre
de Grace on September %. The Har-
ford Handicap will be run on Septem-
Der II, the Potomac on September 49,,
the Eastern Shore on September 20 and
the Havre de Grace Handicap on Sep
tember 27.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

The Metropolitan Golfing District
which embraces l2o clubs around New
York City, has never Dut over a winner
since Travers's last stand IN 1913.
In the old days with Travis and
Travers the Metropolitan district had
big bulge. But Ouimet, Gardner and
Evans put an end to this drive.
But for 1919 the Big Town will make
& bold bid with Travcrs, Kirkby. Mars
ton, Anderson. White and Walker =
formidable array.
Of these Kirkby has been playing
the sounder golf. His game has only
been a shade below that Of Evans. In
one match which they had Evans
started Kirkby / up and Kirkby fin
ished l up, just maintaining his advan-
ts.ge. The year 1919 will furnish the
best chance the Metropolitan cham
pion ever had. In 1915, at Merton. he
struck Gardner White while the latter
was grinding out a 72 and 4 73, the
two fastest rounds of the entire tourna-
ment.
This will be the black shadow across
more than one stars pathway, this
knowledge that at least six or seven
men with no great chance to win one
may on any given day turn in two re-
markablc rounds. White proved thai
again at Nassau recently, when he had
a 6S and a 66 over this championship
course.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

In the midst of the championship
golf jubilee row under way at Oak
mont, there are two outstanding favor
ties who are absorbing the bulk of
attention.
These two men are Chick Evans. the
present champion, and Francis Ouimet,
one of the greatest golfers America
has ever shown.
Back OF these two normally, or
paired with them, you would ordinarily
find the names of jerome D. Travers
and Robert A. Gardner, who have ac-
counted for six titles in their time But
for the last month neither Gardner
nor Travers has shown his best
form, although one or both may turn
with dizzy suddcnness and romp back
to the old stride. There are several
names mentioned jus. beck Of Evans
and Ouimet, but among the leaders
few are put beyond Oswald Kirk0y
and Bobby Jones. the Metropolitan
champion, and the young Atlanta star,
Kirkby and Jones have been playing
brilliantly the greater part Of Tie sum
mer. IT either is favored by the luck
Of draw and permitted TO get under
good headway, there are none around
outside Of Evans and Ouimet Who have
q better chance
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
The Luck of the Draw

There is still another feature which
Evans, Ouimet and others will observe
with anxious eyes on Monday night
after the final qualifying round has
been completed.
This will be the fortune of the draw
The names of the thirty two qualifiers
viii be put in a hat and drawn at ran
dom. 1t is easily possible that either
Evans or Ouimet will find himself face
TO face with tough competition from
the kick off where the other has a
fair sweep for the first TWO or three
days.
In 1915, at Detroit Evans caught Ned
Sawyer the first day out when the lat
ter had = and 73 over $780, yard
course. Evans turned in two rounds
that would have won almost any other
match that day-yet he was beaten.
Or, take the case of Travers that
same year. Jerry was 2 up with
twelve holes to play. He played these
last twelve holes in par. Yet he
stepped into an opponent who was
beating par hole after hole. Marston
played five out of six successive holes
under par and won them all.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Madden Offers$1OOPrize
For Best Bred Polo Pony

The steadily increasing interest in
polo has italislzed the fact that, as
tho war has greatly reduced the num-
Der of polo ponies IN Great Britain,
We Will, In future, have to breed our
own nstead of paying atupendous
prices for imported animals Of high
degree.
TO stimulate such breeding the Ma
t!onal Polo Pony Association was re-
Gently formed, and. to help along it's
good work. JGhn E Madden one 20 of S3 ,he
country. will offer a prize Of s10o tor
the best polo pony and a like amount
for the heHt polo pony brood mare
that viii. be exhibited at the National
Horse Show In Madison Square Gar
den next November
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Jumping Forward

In the old days there were always
two or three men who had the call
In the last two years the game has
bounded forward at fast pace, SO
that today any number of confident
youngsters are likely to pop up with
trouble at any time,
There are Jones. Walker. sweetser.
Wolfe, .Bochencamp, Wright and two
or three more who are capable Of
romping around 72 and "a against any
competition they meet, They are not
as likely to be as steady as aome Of
the older and more experienced entries.
Bat for one day or two days they may
make even a champions hair curl
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Cobb Continues to Boost
Lead for Batting Cro,un

Ty continues to whale the dayghts
him is leading the American
,n 373 and is quite safe margin will
the Georgia the incentive
reward to inject greater
In Gavvy still at the TOP with
M Gh has scored the Cutsha leads the base
r and Jess Barnes twirlers with 10 wins and
Banes streak of ten straight
compiled Cicotte still of American
pitchers
Major league pitching batting records to date
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Gym" Captain in Hospital

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. Henry
Bender. of lie Mars, Iowa. captain Of
the Iowa University gvmnastic team
before he went TO France in 1917, has
been brought TO the government hos
pital of Iowa University for treatment,
having been shot IN the leg at Cha
teau Thierry.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Pineli, Ne,u Yankee,
Proves Real Scrapper

IF "BABE" PINELLI. third base
man Of the Sacramento club, re-
Gently signed by the Yankees, can
knock out base hits the way he
knocks out his opponents in fistic
battles he should render the locals
valuable assistance in their pennant
fight.
1t seems that the Babe" following
a controversy over Il small sum of
money held out of check of
Pine!li's because he had failed to
report for play without notifying
the clubs manager. had a meeting
with William X. Rodgers, manager
Of the team.
They clashed in the clubhouse.
Rodgers received two black eyes.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Ex-Athlotic a Millionaire

Pete Nesnaa. fermev catcher of the
Athletiea. 10 in lpek, according to Frank
Flynn. the X. at G. secretary, just re-
turned from the other side. Pete is
new In Ireland, having iuat been noti-
fed that he has inhaF1ted miilion
heip the doughbeys, is coming back
wealthy.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Eight Games Listed
For Exeter Eleven

EXETER, N. Hy AVE. iet-Manegsr
p. p. Bullerd Of Heeehment, Mas, kss
arranged the following football sehed.
ules for Phillips Exeter next fall, all
gamea to be played here except those
with the Harvard and Yale fpeshmea.
land. High hoheoii Dot. Is, nartmsutA
Frsahmeni OCT, u, Yale Freshmen at New
Cambridsei Nov, I. Princatsn Frsshmeni i
Nov 3, Hebron Academy New. Ib,
Andover.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Ray With Goodrich co.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1e.-Jeie ". Ray,
the ]. A. c. distance runner. has be-
coms a member Of the experimental
department OF the B. r. Goodrich Rub
bcr Company. Ray was attracted 70
Akron and Goodrich through their
leadership in industrial athletics.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
ufe First Defeat I4ere
DAT MORAN and five Of his play
ers upon whom he IL counting
Ii. L L.. IL


ers upon whom he IL counting
to bring the first baseball pennant
to Cincinnati are shown below.
Rousch, Groh, !Magee and Daubert
are bearing II large share of the bur-
den on the off fence, while Kopf is
putting up a magnificent fielding
game at shortstop and also Is con-
trihuting many timely hits. The
star Of the group is Rousch, who IN
addition to his wonderful batting
ability roams about the centre gar
den with almost the zeal and cum
ming of Speaker. Pat, of course,
realizes how necessary to his sue
cess is his sterling pitching staff,
hut the men pictured are the ones
he depends upon to secure for him
the runs required to beat the other
fellows.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
The Sections

the championship dripe-the East,
headed by Ouimet. Trapers. Kirkby,
Marston. Anderson. etc.i the Vest
headed BY Evan; Gardner, pyers.
Fownes: etc.i the Souti,-with Whit
ney, JONES; Uimer, .iaooby and Ada.E,
The EastWest clash IL the ane that
carries the greater feeling. The Wss.
has baggsd the last two titles PLAYED
for. and will make a desperate drive
to finish first again.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Evans vs. Ouimct

Beyond any doubt a battle between
Evans and Ounset would be the star
card of the season.
To have these two men hooked up
in q thirty six hole championship clash
would be the final word in golf thrills
This may easily happen, for there
are only a limited few at Oakmont
who have chance 20 cudge either out
Of the tournament before they meet.
If they should meet at Oakmont
who would. win? Evans so far has
beaten Ouimet three times in medal
play tournaments-in three Open
Championships, st Midlothian III 1914,
ct Baltusrol in 1916 and at Braeburn
in 1916.
So far ns we recall the intimate de.
tnils, they have met in match play
competition but once-at Detroit IN
1915 in the preliminary East -Wes.
series.
In this match Evans was something
like up and 8 to play. only to have
Ouimet rally, cut away the lead and
finally win on tho first extra hole.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Miss Bleibtrey
Sets Record in
Winning Title
Leads Miss Boyle by S Yards
in $40" - Australians
Finish Third and Fourth
By A. G. Cavagnaro

Miss Fanny Durack, the Australian
star and Olympian champion, suffered
her first defeat during her nine years
of competition, in the annual 4OO-yard
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
As Golfers

Evans undoubtedly has a sounder
golting style than Ouimet has. Chick
Isn't quite aa long off tho tee, but a
trifle surer In direction. He Is also
surer with h|s irons. from the long
Iron to the mashle nthiick pitch,
In a given round taken on the aver
age, Ouimet will wander off the course
into trouble much oftener than Evans
will, To offset this, Ouimet has Sc
cured better results at match play,
largely through his far better putting.
On the green there is no comparison.
Ouimet is one Of the best putters in
the country, Evans, among the leaders,
enc Of the worst. Certainly if Evans
were putting poorly he would have only
an outside chance to win, but he has
putted much better than usual in many
of his matches this summer and in this
respect ne seems to have more conf
dence than he normally carries around
the green. If Evans could hold his own
with the pstter he would have the
better cha nee.
Quimet has played brilliant goif this
summeF, but be has also been erratic
at times. while Evans has maintained
a brilliant pace ali the way through.
His scoring since Braeburn over va
rious United States and Canadian
seurses has been uncanny-an average
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
The Metropolitan Chance

4 somewhere around 72 over an extended
stretch.