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out a cup of tea and cut some bread.
II have very little in the house" !"
she said apologetically "there is no
butter at all and l haven't cooked any =
thing yet"
But the tea was very welcome and
refreshing. She had made it strong,
and it was hot and sweet, and he ate
n little bread, too, and then she poured
out some more tea for him. He felt
very much better for his meal. and she
allowed him when he had finished to
busy himself with various odd jobs. He
was occupied cleaning knives when he
heard a voice calling from within, and
Mrs. Wentworth said hurriedly:
That's my husband; he is not very
well. Yes, Dick, yes
She hurried away, and Keith could
hear them talking in the dining room
or rather he heard the man grumbline
and complaining in the vile, unreason
able temper that is the result of toe
much whisky, and Mrs. Wentworth
answering in soothing, gentle tones.
Presently he heard the man-Dick
Wentworth, as Keith was now assured
say something about tea, and then
come down the passage and into the
kitchen.
Keith was. at the door busy with his
knives, and Dick gave him a sulky, ill
tempered look. Obviously Dick was il
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of what you say and if you cant per-
suade him to keep the mannkins I'm
afraid no one can.
But she refused to bulge. repeating
that she didn't care to interfere with
business.
At this | determined to play my last
card. so sighed and said: Too bad, =,
Mrs. Jackson. However. we'll have to
make the best of it without them
Jackson looked surprised at this.
while his wife appeared triumphant.
''Tcll me. Mr.. Jackson. do you think
YOU can get Myer & Stout to take over
the whole exhibition this time if you
give them the big-the very big. think
profits they would make from it?"
'Why get them to do that?'
mo use your trying to fight Easter
lys without real ammunition. Your
pared to theirs Think of your styles
Just hopped around on chair backs while
theirs are gracefully displayed on pro
fcSsionaI exhibitors for that is al
that mnnikins are. No. no. Jackson
unless you do it right. don't lose money
on it by trying to play at it. Better
give in to Eastrrly's right away
TO cut it short, Mrs. Jackson got
scared and fear did what fiattcry failed
to do and jealousy was conquered. The
mannikins were there to stay.
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As soon as | entered the hut | knew
something was wrong. Usually at this
hour between dismiss" and tea time.
fire. defying the order of 'No fires
before five" would be blazing away in
the stove. and the men from the Flights,
who get away promptly at 4 30, would
be sitting round it in amicable converse.
Today, though it was freezing outside,
there was no fire, no talkative half cir =
Gle before the stove; only a scattered
and detected knot Of men lying or sitting
on their beds.
"What's up?' I asked.
'',Ioc Paddock got the flu ;" Thus
one man.
'Gone to sick bay" added another.
"Got lit crool bad, AS poor Joe, y vol
untccrcd a third.
"It'n be fortnight afore e comes
out again-if e ever does pessimis-
tically declared fourth.
A chorus of sighs followed.
| own | was surprised. The British
soldier has many virtues, but gushing
sympathy for the woes of his fellows
is not one of them. When First A. NJ
Northam, who was training for a pilot,
came down twenty five feet very sud
denly. breaking two planes and one leg
this own the hut comment had been
"Incky it wasn't lis bIoomin neck.
When Second A. NJ. Howard, swing
ing the prop, had mangled two fingers
which the NJ. o. had subseQut ..tly to re
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mimicked her roughly. whats the
matter with you? Hi, you fellow
there
Sir" answered Keith, turning.
'There's a pub down the road, three
miles or so. Get me couple of bottles
of whisky, there, will you, the best
they have"
"Oh, Dick. Dick, please ~
Reenie implored and began to cry softly
to herself.
"Shut it, old girl" said Dick. though
less unkindly than before; there's
nothing else to do. I'm in the soup; ;
not you, you know"
Dick" she implored, coming nearer
to him. "Dick. if you will only pull
yourself together -"
whats the good?" he asked. I'm
done; it's all up with me. You'll be
able to manage somehow, but I'm done
for that old beast has got me all right :;
l might have known he would He
took some silver from his pocket and
handed it to Keith. Get off, he said,
land be back as sharp as you can.
Keith shook his head.
Better take the lady's advice he
said. when things are bad, getting
drunk doesn't make them any better"
They both stared at him in blank sur
prise for moment, and then Dick
jumped to his feet in great wrath.
"Confound your impudence. be
cried. Take yourself off; clear out. v
He advanced threateningly on Keith,
and then suddenly sat down again.
81 say, do feel bad" he muttered.
Take some hot tea" Reenie said
emptying his cup and filling it again
with fresh tea. She said to Keith u: "We
have been away, and when we got back
last night we found some one had beer
here and robbed u.s."
1T isn't only that" muttered Dicl
moodily, cts worse than that
II wanted to tell you," Reenie sale
to him, obviously trying to keep his
thoughts away from the whisky, there
has been a woman here. l am SURF
of it,"
Every likely" answered Dick. "Why
not? The old brute would employ any
one to do his dirty work, man, woman
or child. What / do want to know
though, is, who gave us away? I
Bert wasn't in South Africa 1 SHOULD
think he was at the bottom of it,"
"It's no good worrying about that,
said Reenie slowly. II dare say mos
likely it's some one he sent who ha
been here. If you will eat some break
fast we could talk it over and decid
what to do"
II don't want anything to eat,
grumbled Dick ''And get rid of tina
fellow" he added, glaring at Keith
"give him a shilling and pack him off
Perhaps he is one Of them"
From where Keith stood he coul,
see part of the wood and the spot wher
began that path by which on the nigh
of his first visit arrival he had ap
preached the house. At this momen
he saw some one moving there, tn
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THE PROBLEM or THE OUTSIDE
COMPETITION
Another Obstacle Overcome

WHEN Jackson returned from lunch
w knew from his worried appear
ancc that Mrs. Jackson had been OK
pressing her opinion of mannikns in
general. and of the six he had hired for
the ''invtation display" of gowns in
particular, while he was "CniOying'
his lunch.
"I-cr-think we had perhaps better
send the young women back to New
York after all. Mr.. Flint he began.
"I-cr-uspd to have the Crescent peo
pies trade (thc social clique were often
spoken of as 1.-The Crescent people, be-
cause the Crescent was the principal
street on which they livcd) before
Eastcrly'S came into tOwn-and-l--e
never used show grls-I mean mani
kins, then
"Exactly. Mr.. Jackson. and il condi
tons now wcr" the same aS then |
would agree with you, but Eastcrly 5
have educated the society women up to
the point Of expecting an elaborate dis
play. aud if you don't give it to them
they'll compare You with EaStcrly'S to
your detrimcnt. and it will probably
undo all the good that has been done.
The poor man actually began to
sweat with his perturbation. "l-Cr-
| don't really think they make much
difference. do YOU? What | mean is.
we seem to c-cr-cookpd Eastcrly 5
goose. 50 to speak. and shouldn't have
to worry about them anyhow. Don t
you think---rr-Mr. Flint. that they II
soon get accustomed to old ways
shook my head. "When it comes to
cooking Easterlys goose they have Il
regular flock of geese to cook. Don t
YOU scc that next fall they'll be here
with Il good sounding excuse of some
sort and if they We're promised in the
future that gowns that were duplicated
would be taken back, the Crescent
crowd would soon forgive them. No,
after this it will mean an equal fight
until one or the other gives up
"Dear. dear me. | fear you are right
and yct-rr fear Mrs. Jackson-er-''
"You do fear Mrs. Jackson" ," |
thought. Aloud | said "Can you in =
vite me home for dinner this evening""
At 6 O'Clock sharp Mrs. Jackson
appeared and gave me her inevitable
grin but it didn't seem so cordial as
usual.
My dear" Jackson said in response
to her, Merry, it's 6 o'clock" " Mr..
Flint has consented to have dinner with
us this evening"
"Pleased, I'm sure" she said--but
didn't look it.
However, went and after dinner
| told Mrs. jackson what | had told her
husband about what EastcrIy's were
| likely to do in the fall.
"NIr. Jackson seems to object rather
suddenly to mannikinS, Mrs. Jackson, y
| said, land I want YOU to help me
reason with him on the folly of not
using them
She was taken aback n bit, but an
swercd. "Of course Merry-Mr. Jack
son must do as he wishes-l never in
terfcrc with his business. | think
woman's place is in the home, don't
you. Mr.. Fliut|'
Some perhaps. Mrs. Jackson. but
woman with such IA grasp of things IL
general as you have should, | think
use her intellect to help her husband
Now tell him you think he's mistaken
Mrs. Jackson. lie thinks the worlC
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With that Cinderella. still laughing,
but showing a disturbing jealous CLEAN
in her eye. lifted the prince by his ear
and led him away. She left Peggy
much embarrassed. or course Peggy
wouldn't for the world have frted with
Cinderrlla's s prince. especially when she
was CinderelIa's $ guest. but the situa
tion certainly did look bad. IT was all
the princes fault. but then she GER
tuiuly had wanted to try on that glass
slipper. Peggy looked down at her
foot. and there was the glass slipper
still upon it. And apparently the prince
had carried her own slipper away with
him.
This caused Peggy to feel still more
embarrassed, for how could she explain
wearing one satin slipper aud one glass
slipper.
A roar of laughter drew her atten-
tion to the center of the ballroom
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A MODERN PROlNETHEUS

move at the first joint, the verdict had
been Serve the fool right Par
buckle, who was troubled by hacking
cough, which disturbed our sleep at
night was frequently implored ito take
is Internal cough to ell or anywhere
out of Hut 1922 Never had / known
other mems Affections to disturb the
serenity of our home life in this or any
other army camp l had dwelt in; and
the manifold genuineness of their grief
for this latest victim of the influenza
epidemic distinctly bewildered me.
That Joe Paddock was, so to speak
persona grata, ] was aware. He hadn't
been long in the army, being one of
the last hopes called up in the sum
mer of 1918; his rank was that Of
third class private, and in appearance
he was the most unsoldiery looking man
that ever reluctantly got into khaki.
Yet every one treated him with respect.
The one unbroken backed chair the hut
possessed was Sacred to him, and so
was his place in close proximity to the
stove. Even the corporal forbore to
eject or disturb him. | often wondered
where lay the secret of his popularity.
He was not humorist or a conversa-
tionalist. or exceptional, as far as 1
was aware, for anything except that he
spat into the fire more frequently than
anybody else, and this trait, though ac-
cording to Porthos "a sign of a refiec-
tive mind" could hardly explain the
Difference with which he was treated or
the sorrow evinced at his illness. For
! a. I tha
of Joe Paddock as insoluble, and
changed the topic.
''Why isn't there a fre?" 1 asked.
(We had a reputation for keeping a good
fire in Hut 1922
The question seemed to fall fiat. Then
some one broke out angrily.
" 'Ow the deuce can we ave fire,
and Joe not 'ere?"
"Why not?" demanded. ''Why
should we mourn Joe's absence in the
cold? You men seem positively morbid
about him. Why isn't the fire
started?"
Because there amt no coal, fat
head"
What's the hut orderly about
then?'
"You know a lot. you do! Why.
the coal ration don't last us two days
We rely on Joe for coal."
"Why?"
Because, you blinkin' blighter, Jce's
brother is the sergeant in charge Of the
coal dump, and Joe's the only man in
the camp he'll let pinch coal from ii. =
And then understood; and sitting
down ON nv he'd with n shiyer rued
our missing Prometheus as sincerely a.
the others.-c. D. Leslie iit.J4ondon
! opiaion. ia &.
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There was n comical elephant cavorting
around among the dancers. He looked
decidedly out of place at such party,
but the guests thought he was a sur
prise feature of the dancing program
and they applauded loudly as he clogged
and iigged on his hind legs.
Although he was big and clumsy look
ing. the elephant was surprisingly
graceful. and when he invited the ladies
one by one to dance with him, they
eagerly accepted. He swung them
around the ballroom in a jolly, rhyth
mic romp that put every one in a
merry mood.
Finally he came to Cinderella. She
was still bit vexed at her prince hus-
band and as she danced with the ele-
phant. she began pretty Irritation.
And the prince didn't like it bit, for
he chewed his thumb and fingered his
sword as he glared at the odd pair.
Peggy thought he was silly to be jealous
for. of course, the elephant was only
an animal.
Suddenly Cinderella gave a loud
shrek. and drew back from the ele-
phant. staring at him with frightened
eyes. Then she broke away and fed
wildly from the ball room.
The elephant started after her, then
apparently changed his mind, and seized
Peggy. who was the nearest to him.
Before she had time to be alarmed he
had whirled her into a mad, frolick
some. exciting dance that made her
feet fairly fly.
Then as he chanced to open his
mouth. Peggy saw what had Mortified
Cinderella. II was a mass of red hair
hair that filled the elephants throat.
In fash of an eye Peggy realized the
truth. The elephant wasn't an elephant
at all. II was a man in disguise-and
that man was Red Beard.
(TomOrrOr tcW be told hop Red
Bedrd dances more than he intended
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IN RI

beginning to pity him. Indeed, his con-
dition was deplorable enough, and she
said suddenly:
you are all over mud behind"
''Ies yes" he muttercd, and
felt himself shiver as he realized that
that was the fresh earth from the
new dug grave into which he had been
thrown and wherefrom he had so barely
escaped.
"What is it? Are you ill?" she
asked, for her first impression was that
he was about to faint. "You had bet
ter come in and rest. Sit down, and /
will get you something to eat"
lie did as she told him, for indeed
he felt very faint and i'll. and she poured
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WAS
NO PLACE FOR THEM
They Went In, Slept in Prison
One Night and Went Right
Out Again

I've been to Luxembourg. Our lieu.
tenant gave us his permission and Ford
to make the trip. Last Saturday at
noon we started out. We got to Luxem-
bourg at I and three of us went into
a hotel to get rooms and see about
supper. The other two went out on
hunt for garage. We got the
rooms tyou never saw such beds). ar
ranged for supper and then went out
to corner to wait for the return of
the jitney jockeys. We had no sooner
started waiting than two NJ. P.'s gave
us the glad hand Wanted to know
what were were doing and If we had
passes.
We told them we were waiting for
two boys who had gone to stable, a fliv-
yer and that our pass was with them.
(They are always hard to please They
wanted to know just what our business
in Luxembourg was and just what kind
of pass we had We told them we
were in Luxembourg for pleasure only.
and that our pass was a red auto pass.
signed by Major Mallet and counter
signed by our lieutenant. That answer
uluh thC any more
friendly. Instead, they told us in no
polite terms to come with them. We
went!
The three of us were marched to the
city hall, where our names, numbers
and A. E. F. addresses were taken
everything but finger prints. The room
where this third degree took place was
no doubt the clubroom of the Luxem
bourg police, as three or four of them
were scattered about the scenery. (Theil
uniform is good enough for any general
II brass buttons count.) After getting
our pedigree, an M. p. picked, up O
businesslike looking key and invited us
to come with him. We were taken tC
six by -four cell, which already was
inhabited by two other lawbreakers
Just about this time we woke up tt
the fact that we were arrested ant
questions came thick and fast. Th'
questions didn't get us anywhere. 81
we asked to see an A. =. NJ. officer
There wasn't any, but at II O'Clock
we could see the sergeant of the guart
in another Jail. Goodnight One hun
dred and fifty kilometers-to b
pinched!
All the time We were wondering wha
had become of the other two. In abou
an hour we heard the door out from
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fC'opDriDht. 1919. bu Alfred A. kuopt. IHc,
fCopUri0ht, 1919, bD Public Ledger COZ
THIS STARTS THE STORY

A Keith Norton. tramp, makes him
self at home in deserted house, TAX
ing the name of it's former occupant.
Wentworth. Searching the house for
Somebody who had choked him while
he slept. he finds box of jewels and
hides them. Next day he finds un-
conscious in n woods girl who has
been attacked by some mysterious
creature and tells the doctor that she
Is his sister. She has lost her mem
ory, but knows he lies. Immediately
after he has confessed he receives a
call from man named Wentworth
Who offers him thousand dollars to
assist him in his plans, which he as
sumes Norton knows all about. After
taking the girl to the village Norton
finds the house occHpicd and while he
4 watches hears his name called from
the wood. There he meets the man
+ who had tried to bribe him and there
Ne is attacked by hairy creature
who binds him and burics him in a
shallow grave from which he pres
emily makes his escape.
a~-rN rvvsnr, m, rn~.r.~...urc
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THE DANCING ELEPHANT

Doggy gave cry of iov when Gin
L dcrcllu $ prince showed hcr the beau
tiful glass slipper 1t was so pretty she
scarcely wait for the dance TO end SO
she could try it upon her own dainty
foot.
When the final iazzy notes had been
chirpcd, the prince led Peggy away 10
n cOZy nook. where he seated her on n
soft cushion before sinking on one knee
before her.
"Fair. Princess Peggy. though you
have come too late to be my first bride.
still doth your beauty and your grace
charm me- he whispered. "You rival
my own Cinderella in beauty, lacking
only her daintiness of foot. If you
could wear the glass slippcr---''
''Why, m sure | could inter
rupt"d Peggy brcathleSsly. Its not a
bit smaller than my own slippers"
The prince looked with pleased eyes
at the tiny foot which she thrust out
at him. Then he took off pcggy's own
slipper. and tried ON the glass slipper in
its place. II fitted as easily and as
suugly rs though made to measure.
"Ah. You shall be my second wifi,
when Cinderella dies, he cried en-
Enthusiastically.
She will wait long time for that,
laughed n SiIvcry voice behind Peggy
and there stood Cinderella herself. II III
going to liv" for ages and ages. so I'd
advis" Princess Peggy to pick. ont som,
nice Young prince of her own and marry
/ him when she wrtS TCudN As for Won
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HOME AGAIN

We're here, fellers! We're here!
This is Broad street, U. s. A!
Now watch Bill Penn
Wave his hat to the men
As they pass in review today.
Say, this is some crowd! Good
Lord,
Do you s'pose that mother an dad
Are in that mob
For a squint at my knob?
Oh, boy! Sure old PHILIPS gone
mad
Who spouts of Paree tres beau?
'Tisn't in it with Chestnut street
Where the flags all fly
As the boys march by
With a smile and swing "toot
sweet
Maybe France is a grand old place.
1t has spots that we'll never for
get,
But the old home smile
Has it beaten q mile
For home is the one best bet!
Seems a thousand years ago
Since we stepped into fighting togs
And went to hell
For a long, spell.
Side by side with the Devil Dogs.
And the heaviest burden we bear
As the cheering crowds we scan
Are the hearts made sore
BY the "Gone West corps =
They are with us! We're here to
man.
MARGARET ALEXANDER.
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open and then heard voices in the club
room. 1t was they. The pass was no
good to be good it needed only gen
erals scrawl. The gate opened and
in they came.
About 6 o'clock the corporal of the
guard came in. He asked where the five
men were who had the French pass.
We spoke up and were told to come
with him. We went and were told that
our pass was no good, that we could
go, but would have to leave town at
once.
Luxembourg, from what | saw of it.
is a wonderful city. Street cars, eec-
trio lights. cafes. hotels, stores and at
least one good looking girl were a few
of the things we saw.-kirklaud II.
Day, in Canton Cartoons.
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the temper to quarrel with anybody
about anything, but he did not seem
surprised at seeing him, so presumably
Mrs. Wentworth had warned him of
Keith's presence. There was a chair
drawn up to the table, and Dick sat
down on it and leaned his head on his
hands.
"My heads fit to split" he said
Mrs. Wentworth poured him out a
cup of tea and he drank some
grumblingly.
"Wishywashy stuff" he complained.
II want something a bit stronger"
"Oh, Dick, dear" Mrs. Wentworth
said pitifully.
eyes, Reepie dear" he