Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-10
tCopyrisht. 1919. by Harper q Bros)
THIS STARTS THE STORY

THIS STARTS THE STORY
Fleda Druse, daughter of Gabriel
Druse, of gypsy blood, shoots in
canoe the Carillon rapids on the
Sagalac river where it flows between
the towns of Manitou and Lebanon
in the Canadian Northwest. She is
rescued from the whirlpools below by
Max Ingolby, a manager OF great in
terests, who has come to Lebanon to
unite the two towns and make them
the center Of commerce in the western
north. On the shore she is insulted
by Felix Marchand, powerful but
disreputable character of Manitou.
Ingolby attacks Marchand, who VOWS
revenge. Fleda is claimed by one
Jethro Fave as his wife, under
pypsy custom which united them in
marriage when they were children.
Fleda rejects him. Marchand stirs
mn n feud between the two towns In
I order to foil Ingolby's ambitions. A
strike is to be called. lngolhys new
bridge is to be blown up and he, him
self, thrown into the river. lngolby
determines to mingle that night with
his enemies in Manitou disguised as
French Canadian. Ingolby and
Fave meet for the first time and
Ingolby invites Fave to his home.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
Matter and Mind and Two Men
,DROMPTLY at O'Clock 'e'hro
L Fave knocked at Ingolby's door, anu
was admitted by the mulatto man SerV-
ant lin Beadle, who was to lngoiog
like his right hand. 1t was jim VINO
toot command of his house, "bossed
his two female servants, arranged MS
railway tours. superintended his ktchen
with a view to his own lndi'iuua'
tastes; valeted him, kept his cisars
within certain prescribed limit os
Arm actuarial principle which trans
ferred any surplus to his own use; gave
him good advice. weighed UP his friends
and his enemies with shrewd sense; and
protected him from bores and cranKs'
borrowers and dead beats
, Tim was accustomed to take q good
deal of responsibility, and had more
than once sent people to the right ABOUT
who had designs on his master, even
though they came accredited. On such
occasions he did not lie % protect him
self when called to account, but told
the truth pertinaciously. He was oosti :
nate in his vanity, and carried OH MS
mistakes with aplomb.
When asked by Ingolby what he
called the governor when he took his
Excellency over the new railway IN
Ineolby's private car, he said, Il called
him what everybody called him. l
called him 'Succelency' And 'Succe-
lency" for ever after the governor
general was called in the West. jim
phoentic mouthful gave the West roar
of laughter and a new word TO tne
language. On another occasion Jim
II gave the West a new phrase to It's Vo-
cabulary which remains to TINS Day
Having to take the wife of q hlgh per-
sonage of the neighboring repuoilc over
the line in the private car, he had as,
founded his master by presenting bill
for finger bowls before the Journey be-
gan. Ingolby said to him, Jim, what
the devil is this---fnger- bowls in my
private car? We've never had finger =
bowls before, and we've had everybody
s as was anybody to travel with u.s.
Jim's reply was final. Say he re-
piled, 1--WE got to have 'em. Soon
/ set my eyes on that lady l said, She
a finger bowl lady.
Finger bowl lady be hanged, jim,
we don't" Ingolby protested, but Jim
waved him down.
"Say," he said decisively, "she' II ask
for them finger bowls-she'n ask for
'em, and whatd l do if we hadn't got
emp
She did ask for them and henceforth
the West said of any woman who put on
airs and wanted what she wasn't borr
to, "She's a finger bowl lady
1t was Jim who opened the door t.
Jethro Fave. and his first glance wa:
one of prejudice. His quick perception
saw that the Romany wore clothes no
natural TO him. He felt the artihcia
element, the quality of disguise. He wa
prepared to turn the visitor away, NJ
matter what he wanted, but Ingolby'
card handed to him by the Roman!
made him pause. He had never know
his master give card like that NOR
than once or twice in the years they hat
been together. He fingered the card
scrutinized it carefully, turned it over
looked heavenward rehectively, a
though the final permission for the visi
remained with him, and finally admitte
the visitor.
.'Mr. Ingolby amt in," he said. 'H
went out little while back. You go
to wait" he added sulkily, as he Shove
the Romany into Ingolby's working
room.
As Jim did SO, he saw lying on chai
q suit of clothes on top OF which were
wig and false beard and mustaChe. In
stantly he got between the visitor an
the makeup. The parcel was close
when he was in the room half hou
before. Ingolby had opened it since
had been called out, and had forgottel
TO cover the things up or put them away
'Sit down." Jim said to the Ro
many, still covering the disguise. The
he raised them in his arms, and passe
with them into another room, mutter
ing angrily to himself.
The Romany had seen, however. The
were the first things on which his eye
had fallen when he entered the room
A wig, a false beard, and a workman
clothes! What were they for? Wer
these disguises for the Master Gorgio
Was he to wear them? If so, he
Jethro Fawe-would watch and folloN
him wherever he went. Had these dis
euises to do with Fleda-with his Ro
many lassf
His pulses throbbed; he was in a,
oyerwrought mood. He was ready fo