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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-04
BY GEORGE BARTON
author Of "The Worlds Greatest Military
Spies and Secret SerDice Agents"

sure you, Doctor Henderson, that ]
have not done thing since ] have
been in this house which would cause
me one moment .of shame"
There, there" he cried, turning
comforter II didn't ask for any ex :
PLANTATION. You've got an honest face.
that's enough for me. As for the rest
of 1t, think your coming here at this
time and under existing circumstances
may prove to be providential to Colonel
Wharton and his niece"
| flushed with joy.
That's the very feeling I've had,
doctor, and | wasn't conceited enough
to put it in words. And l propose to
see this thing through. I'll leave here
IN the morning-you know I've been
ordered off the premiscs--but my heart
will remain here and / will not neglect
the interests Of your friends"
lie clapped me on the shoulder.
Spoken like man. You may de-
penG upon my co operation and" smii =
ing through his glasses. eff it is neces =
sary to prolong your stay here think
l can get the consent of the mistress of
the house"
mo, no." I cried hastily. "That
would never do. Besides. think that
city tomorrow.
And leave Hedgewater House un-
guardcd?"
smiled significantly.
1t will not be unguarded-and be =
sides. You will be here part of the
time.
BLESS my soul - he cried. "I'll be
here most of the time if I'm needed.
| m getting on in years and Dora is like
a daughter to me. I'll sacrifice any
thing for her sake
80 will l." | said simply.
He laughed heartily at that and re-
peatedly clappcd me on the shoulder,
which was his method Of showing that
he was pleased with me.
"Oh, you young fellows" he cried,
"how you do talk the sentimental non
sense !"
He left with the understanding that
he would call in the morning and with
a promise that he would spend much
of his time at Hedgewater House until
| returned.
"For you will return, SON. he said.
giving me a sly poke in the ribs. II
know, because I'm student of human
nature"
That interview relieved me immense
ly, IL took part Of the weight of woe
off my heart. After the departure cl
the doctor l went out into the grounds
and smoked a cigar. | made my way
to the edge of the river and gazed at
its ripping waters with deep feeling
1t looked both romantic and tragic in the
moonlight and it filled me with fancieS
suited to my state of mind.
For more than half an hour | re-
mained by the riverside, musing ant
recalling the events of the previous days
1t began to get chilly and ! started back
to the house. The moon was obscuret
by the clouds at that time and I hat
to carefully pick my way. A few yards
ahead I could see the corner of thu
summer house and at a distance tho
mansion loomed up in the dark like thu
hull of some great ship. Slowly movet
along, feeling my way like blind man.
| CONTINUED TOMORROW
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ton. l might never succeed in regain
ing her love and confidence. but / would
make them know they had been i'll
battle.
] did not go down to dinner at the
usual hour. The thought Of sitting al
the table with Jacquettc and Jayne was
intolerable. Dora and her aunt. l was
satisfied, would not be there. Truly n
desolated home, with these two rascals
making themselves comfortable and in
command of the situation. That last
thought filed me with unavailing rage.
But were they in command of the stu
alton? Time alone would tell.
| busted myself in making out re-
port aud in the meantime kept on the
watch for Doctor Henderson. 1t was
dusk when he finally arrived and, after
giving him time to visit his patient, ]
went downstairs and stationed myself
in the hallway where | would be sure
to meet him. lie came out presently,
Il look of gravity upon his round face.
Doctor | began, before we 60
any further I'd better tell you some
thing about myself. /"
He cut me short.
II know all about it," he said.
There's no need of going into details. "
| looked at him in amazement.
How in the world did you know"
He smiled grimly at that
The ladies told me. You don't sup
pose they could keep q secret like that.
do you? They came to me to express
their indignation.
! looked at him critically.
"An indignation. ! presume, which
you share with them"
He had edged into the living room by
this time and he looked about to see if
we were alone. Then he looked at me
through his gold trimmed spectaclcs.
We'll, SON." he said finally, none
of us like to be fooled, do wcT'
| admitted the impeachment
No, of course we don't. And, least
of ALL women. They are very properly
angry at you, and | think that if !
had been in the place Of Miss Dora !
should have been tempted to have
scratched your face. As your amiable
it that she considerably rcfrained from
inflicting that deserved punishment.
II thought you might have taken Il
different view of it," ! said. miserably
enough. II can assure you that |
would die sooner than do Miss Wharton
an intentional wrong
He caught me by both shoulders and
pushing me away at arms length looked
squarely at me with those honest old
eyes.
Son." he exclaimed finally, 'the
biggest compliment | can pay you is to
say that l believe you
Thank you" ] replied, a mist com
ing before my eyes. 1T is perfectly
true that / came to this house as a
representative of the Treasury Depart
ment. for the purpose of getting on tn,
track of the Red Diamond. 1t i,
equally true that I came here in the
guise of an assistant to Colonel Whar
ton. For that deception ] will prob
ably lose the love of one who is most
dear to me. But ! merely obeyed the
orders of my superiors. / presented
myself under false pretenses. I'm moi
proud of that phase of the business
and | guess I'll always have qualms o.
conscience about it, but l want to as
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THE DAILY NOVEL ETTE
LOVE VICTORIOUS
BY Josephine Murphy

cussing the matter he murmured some
thing about having promised Mr.. Lee
to examine his new garage.
Bring Constance back with you !"
Agnes called after him. "If l can -
he answered.
Meanwhile Constance had reached the
house and wandered through two or
three rooms, but soon she stood before
window and gazed dreamily into the
garden. Directly in front stood n shady
spot and under tree two benches. 1t
was there she and Walter had held q
memorable conversation. Constance
looked sadly at the place. living over
every detail of the evening. What he
had said was so little, so vague; per
hapS she had misunderstood its drift.
81 must have imagined it ALL" she
thought. ''IIe-he did not dream of
such thing"
She continued to look at the spot
hallowed to her forever, and then hid
her face in her hands and sobbcd, but
one minute only, then she rcgaincd
herself and hastcned her steps from the
house in the direction of the garage.
She paused at the entrance, then 9
quick, firm step attracted her attention
"l've been looking everywhere for
you" Walter said. "Agncs told mC
that I'd find you here. She wished me
to bring you back with me-"
As they passed through the garden
one could see the thoughts of the gar
age was the farthest thing in Their
mind. Finally they came to the spot
which Constance had been dreaming
over from the window.
do you remember the last time We
We're here togethcr?" he asked.
Yes" Constance answered, so softl!
that only lovers ear could have caught
the words.
"Do you remember, too. what I sale
that night-or tried to say, Constance
but you would not GstenT"
Constance turned her head away
Her heart was beating fast, her face
was as red as roses, There was a Ions
pause before she looked up into his face
"But--Walter, ! love you now!" sh'
said
Agnes and Miss Clark were just be
ginning to wonder what those TIVE
people could find so interesting in al
empty garage, when they looked up ant
saw them coming hand in hand across
the field
"Pm so gladr' said Agnes, as sh
went forth to meet them and kisset
Constance.
Constance turned smiling face to
ward Walter, who only returned tn
smile, saying, as he placed his arm
around her: "I guess we won't hav
to announce it Constance. Agnes hai
read it in our faces"
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be pierced through and through. And
indeed as the magician thrust in the
sword for the sixth time there was a
scream of anguish from the basket, and
the sword came forth apparently coy
cred with blood. Quickly the magician
threw open the lid. There was no sign
of the girl-only a poor little dead
bird lying in the basket.
The magician gave shout as if of
grief and tried to bring the dead bird
back to life, but he could not. Finally
he placed it gently in the basket and
sprinkled dust over it. Then he shut
the lid and did a funny dance around
the basket, waving his hands over it.
His dance finished, he threw open the
lid n second time, and there was the
little brown girl weapng bitterly and
holding her hand to a bleeding wound
in her cheek.
The Hindus grunted approval of the
show as they arose from their rest and
threw few small coins into the turban
of the magician. They departed on
their way, carrying cloud of dust
with them, but the magician and the
little brown girl stayed behind at the
well.
Bah! What a stingy crowd -
grunteu the magician; then his eyes
turned toward the little girl, who
shrank from him. "And you-clumsy
dolt that you are--why did you let
yourself get cut? You almost spoiled
my trick by getting really killed" He
seized his whip.
''Oh, he's going to whip her." cx-
claimed Peggy. II wish Billy Bel
gium were here to stop him.
Oola la had sat unmoving through
all of this, but now he spoke. When
we think of our friends sometimes they
are closer than we know" he muttered.
Peggy did not have time to marvel over
this odd saying, for suddenly 90 la la
was on his feet facing the old magician
who lowered so high above him that
the youth looked like boy.
Don't you dare strike that girl, +"
said 90 la la. The old magician glared
at Oo-la-Ia with flaming eyes.
~ am Ramda Kin, the greatest OF
Hindu magicians. Stand aside or III
turn you into q rat" he said.
90 la la S fists doubled up.
II am Oo-la la, the greatest Of al
magicians,' he replied. Drop that
whip or I'll turn you into mincemeat.
(Tomorroto toill be told ho,o md0i-
clan battles magician.
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, YES" / answered, II happened to
overhear what you were saying
Happened" he cried. "You mean
that you were spying on u.s.
l moved over in his direction with
my fists clenched and my face bhrning
with rage. But one look ut Dora s
white face caused me to abandon my
purpose. 1t would not do to have a
scene.
"I was not spying" retorted, try e
ing hard to control myself, land you
know it."
At this point In the encounter Jules
Jacquette strolled along in the most
| casual manner imaginable. He seemed
surprised, yet | was satisfied that he
understood the situation. He patted
Jayne on the shoulder.
my young friend" he said, "you
must control yourself. You young fell
lows are SO impetuous when you are in
love-"
I could have cheerfuly strangled
him on the spot. His ILL timed refer
cnce to Dora seemed like sacrilege to
me. While this was passing through
my mind | noticed him lean over and
whisper something in the ear of his
companion. Jayne's face gave the
faintest flicker of acquNscence, as if TO
say that he understood his cue. He
stroked his stringy mustaChc and turned
to me in an insolent manner.
Spying does not come very hard to
you, does itf'
| r I raised my arms to strike him, but
I it was Dora who reached out and re
strained me. The four of us were
standing in the gravelcd space in front
of the summer house. | shall never
forget that scene if / live to be a
hundred l faced him with blazing
eyes.
"I shall hold you to account at the
! proper time and place -
To my surprise he stepped forward
with an assurance and n jauntiness |
! had never seen in him before. He spoke
I in loud voice and as he did so he
! pointed his finger in my face.
"Mr. Garland-if that is your name
this thing has gone far enough. /
accuse you of being Il spy You are
! an agent of the Treasury Department
and you came into this house for the
purpose of trapping Colonel Wharton
| and Miss Wharton.
! "Only this morning You held Ions
distance conversation with your chic
for the purpose of getting further in
| structions. Under pretended friend
ship you have been acting the part o
| n traitor. Your insolent Courtship o
| Miss Wharton has been for one pur
| pose and one purpose only--to get he
| to make an admission that would con
vict her and her uncle Of defraudini
| the government
You lie :" interrupted heatedly
"And you know you lie J"
Jules Jacquettc interposed with hi
oily manner.
''Victor," he said with pretended
fairness, you have made a serious &C
cusation against this gentleman. Sure
| ly you are mistaken"
I'm not mistaken" was the stub
born retort, "and if you'd like to hav
some evidence ] can show you treasur.
department stationery which | foun'
in his room
Evidently" said, grasping a
this straw, "Mr. Victor Jayne i
something of a spy
II didn't spy on woman" he re
torted
Neither did l."
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The Girl in the Basket


The Girl in the Basket
snO-LA-LA, the Magician graspec
" Peggy by the arm and drew heI
behind the well.
"These Hindps approaching may bC
peaceable pilgrims, or they may be fren
xied fanatics-one never can tell in In
6a," he whispered.
Peggy didn't know what 'frenzied
fanatics" meant, but some way the
strange words seemed to fit the ragged
crowd trudging along toward them in a
cloud of dust With their brown faces,
hair, their turbauS and their robes,
the Hindus looked queer and fear
some.
Perhaps they will pass by and moi
see u.s. OO- la la whispered, throwing
his robe over her. He did not cover
! himself up, but sat beside the we'll silent
and rigid, his eyes gazing steadily far,
far away, as if he were looking into g
distant world.
But the pilgrims-for such they
were-did not pass by. Instead they
stopped at the we'll TO drink thirstily
OF the water. And after they had drunk
{ their fill they squattcd about on the
ground, resting their weary legs.
Seggy, peeplng from beneath tn'
magician's robe, saw a bearded Hindu
place basket in an open space be
fore the others. At a glance she knew
that he, too. was magician. With him
was a little eight year old brown gir
who looked up at him with dread ir
her eyes.
The magician took from the basket {
sword and a whip. Lifting the shrink
ing girl he stood her in the basket, anC
though it seemed far too small to hole
her he crowded her down and dowI
until he could shut the lid on top o.
her.
Then it became apparent why there
was such look of dread in the girls
eyes, for the magician seized the sworC
and plunged it into the basket. Pegg!
could scarcely hold back a scream o
horror, for she was sure the girl woulC
be killed. AS for 90 la la, he sa
Silent and still, his eyes looking far
far away.
Again the magician plunged the sworc
into the basket and again and again
each time in different place. Pegg,
was sure the girl crowded inside mus
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"WE SHALL have quantities of lilac:
w unless another frost comes,' said
Agnes; then abruptly changing the sub
ject, she went on: "Walter is much
brighter lately-poor fellow He is his
old, quietly contented self once more.
Don't you think so?'
II seldom see him." Constance said
and Agnes realized that this was true
Was it her fault or Walters. she won e
dered. Constance rarely or never came
to their house on Sundays now, while,
on the other hand, Walter had been to
Miss Clark's only two or three times
during the winter. Here Constance in :
terrupted her train of thought.
'How ] wish that I could feel as
you do. Agnes. don't mean to be dis
contented. Il try not to complain
but everything is so uninteresting and
so hard. 1t seems / am carrying q
weight here" And she pressed her hanC
to her heart.
Poor little girl you" Agnes begar
sympathetically and then Miss Clarl
joined them, most inopportunely, as wa!
| her way.
Constance excused herself on the Piles
of wishing to go through the new gar
age; as her father had felt hurt be
}
or interest in its progress.
Does it occur to you that Con
stance isn't very happy" Agnes sait
to Miss Clark as they watch the girl
slight figure disappear among the trees
'She isn't. ] am certain of that
| noticed all along she was low spir
, tied. She doesn't care to talk mucl
and she would rather be alone than il
company"
Here comes Walter" cried Agnes
| "How are you this evening, brother
| Tir"Ip"
mot at ALL" he replied, and wheI
he reached them, he kissed her check.
Agnes's happiness was contagious
love is not blind, tradition to the con
trary Notwithstanding. Hatred is. In
| difference is distressingly nearsighted
But love sees far and love sees kindly
which is to say that it sees clearly.
''Let us sit down" Agnes said, afte
the three had walked through the gar
den, and then added quickly, ITS to-
bad that Constance has gone. She wa
here with us, Walter, but went to loo
at the new garage. She is listless thes
days and she used to be a real sun
| BEAM"
Perhaps she is in love-" Walter sug
gested. ITS not an uncommon malad
at her time of life.
Impossible ~ cried Miss Clark.
But Agnes smiled and looked wise.
but with whom?" insisted Mis-
Clark.
''How should I know" Waite
laughed. "I leave that for you an
| Agnes to decide" While they were dis
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Copyrlght, 1919 by the Page Co.
Copyright. 1919. by Evening Public Ledge
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Hugh Garland, Of the United
States customs service, is assigned
by Bromley Barnes his chief, to dis
cover the whereabouts of wonder
ful red diamond which has been
smuggled into the country. To that
end he accepts n position as assistant
TO Colonel Wharton collector of
antiques and gems. In the colonels
house he meets Dora Wharton, his
niece, and Jules Jacquette and Victor
Jayne, guests. A visit from Doctor
Henderson, a neighbor, starts con-
versation about diamonds. and the
~eloael displays the Star of the
South, the jewel for which Garland
! is hunting. Garland hesitates as to
his course because he has fallen in
love with Dora. A letter from Brazil
causes Colonel Wharton to lose con-
I seriousness. Garland has reason to
believe the diamond was stolen before
il was smuggled. Dora's aunt looks
after the sick man. Doctor Hender
son says the colonel is suffering from
aphasia.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
It was late that afternoon when Dora
left the sickroom for the purpose OF
taking a walk around the garden. She
had on a light blue dress and wore q
cap and apron that gave her the ap-
pearance of a professional nurse. The
outfit was becoming and she looked
trim and natty in the costume. She
seemed more like herself than she had
been at any time since the illness OF
her uncle. / stood On the step of the
museum admiring her graceful move
ments and debating whether 1 should
join her. AT that moment Victor
Jayne came ont of the house and to
speak to her 1t vcxed me to think
that had permitted him to get ahead
of me. Presently they started off to
gether, walking in the direction of the
summer house. l resolved to take an
other path that would enable me tc
join them without seeming to intrude
Five minutes later reached a turn
in the shrub lined path which enabled
me to see them without being seen
Nothing had been further from my
thoughts than to listen to their cOnver
sation. Dora was speaking in a tired
voice.
''If you don't mind Mr.. Jayne, II
stay here for a while
But the answer to my question,
he persisted. Wont you please say
'yes'?"
"If you insist she retorted, 81
shall say no. "
''You know your uuclc's feelings in
this matter, Dora. Won't you con
slider him-and me-
please stop" she pleaded. INC
more today"
He followed her, caught hold of hel
skirt, and began again.
Dora"
I could not restrain myself an.
longer. l stepped forward and ex
claimed:
miss Wharton wishes to be lc
alone. Surely any gentleman unde
the circumstance"
''You here?'' he interrupted, scowl
r,a Garonly
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DREAM AND ADVENTURES

BY DADDY
"OO-LA-LA, the Magician"

(Peggy is riSitcd in her home BY q
HINDU Magician tcho carries her to
India.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
An o.tohsr Morninn.

On a dark October morning two fig ures, one a man and the other a dog, were slowly tramping over the hills. It was very foggy, almost raining. The air was damp and the ground was saturated with water. Not a quail anywhere to be heard or seen. Ravine after ravine. bush after bush, all were hunted in vain. Painting and tired, the dog kept up the hunt. The quail were under cover and the moist ground con- cealed the scent. It was no use keep ing up the hunt. so they rested for an hour. es
 Suddenly the fog lifted as if touched by the wand of fairy. The sun came cut in all it's splendor and sent it's gloriots rays upon the fatigued hunt CTS. It gave them new life and they both resumed their hunt.
 Vapor rose from the ground, gentians and asters lifted their heads, birds twittered in every bush. and every where nature was at it's best.
 The. quail. in hopes of enjoying the suns warmth, came from their hiding places out to the open.
 A noise as if from a quail made both dog and hunter start.
 Three successive shots brought down five birds. These the dog faithfully retrieved. So the morning passed. The hunters returned home with game bag not entirely empty-but not so with their stomachs.
 LOUISE KOVAROVICS, Age Is,
 Ashford. a