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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-24
AND HERE IT CONTINUES

H tAENu HEINZ IL CV4Nl IN E4S
NVOU are kind to look at it in that
way she smiled. "My uncle ex-
pected you, but he was indisposed last
night and was forced. to retire early
.'You know of my arrangement with
him?" ventured
'sOh, yes, and I'm sure it is going to
be great comfort to him. You know
uncle is getting along in years now and
his health has not been robust. His
heart is wrapped in his collection and it
will set him at ease to know that he
has an efficient assistant who will un =
dertake the task of getting it in shape.
We had been walking along tiower-
bordered path as she talked and she
paused for a moment to glance at an
exquisite wrist watch.
'We do not breakfast for half au
hour yet she remarked Perhaps
you would like to view the grounds in
the meantime? That is if you are will
ing to accept me as a guide
There was no coQuetry in her voice or
manner. and there was a natural dig
nifty about her that precluded the no ..
tion of answering her with any banal
fiattery. So I simply replied. holGStly
enough, that it would please me i'm
mensely to do as she suggested
Many years have passed since that
first walk through the grounds of
Hedgewater House, and l have had as
full life as the average young Ameri-
can, but the memory Of the incident
remains as clear in my mind as though
it had occurred but yesterday.
That half hour passed with amazing
swiftness, and just before it came to an
end we sat in the summer house over
looking the river whose ripping waters
sparkled in way that inadequately re
fectcd the cheerfulness of my heart,
AS she sat there with the morning sun
shine on her face | had an opportunity
of studying the girl to more advantage.
She was not beautiful, in the ordinary
sense of that word. Indeed. her fea
lures were irregular and her nose was
not large enough TO suit the eXactions
Of an artist. But her bright eyes, with
their quizzical, questioning expression,
and her smiling lips, frightened her face
amazingly and made her the most at
tractive girl l had ever met. 1t was
with genuine regret that | heard her
say:
"It's time we were in the breakfast =
room. Aunt Sarah must be there by
now and she can't bear the thought
of having to wait for her morning
neal
We had risen and started i'll the direc o.
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ton of the house. She noted the look
of inquiry in my eyes.
"Aunt Sarah-Mrs. Crilly-is mother
and everything else in the world to me-
I'm sure you will like her.
"Your recommendation is sufficient
[ said with my first attempt at gal
lantry.
'1'm afraid you shall have to take
your first meal in Hedgewater House
with only two uninteresting women for
company. Uncle will not be down until
later. We have two house guests at
present, Monsieur Jules Jacquette, who,
like uncle. is an enthusiast upon gems
and Mr.. Victor Jayne, steamship ac-
Ouaintance. who came over with us on
our return from our last trip abroad.
Both have arranged TO breakfast with
uncle in order to discuss some prosy
business matter. But | am ANXIOUS TO
have YOU meet both of them later. Mon
sieur JacQuettc is especially interesting
He has travelled everywhere. met every =
body, and has wonderful fund oil
knowledge.
THAT sounds formidable-you almost
frighten me, Miss Wharton.
There is no occasion for fear. sne
laughed, Monsieur JhCuuebtc - i'"iA'
very amiable person
We had reached the breakfast room
bright attractive room, overlooking
the most inviting portion of the garden
At the same moment little old lady
entered from another doorway. Under
any circumstances she would nave ellc =
tied a second look from me, but in that
colonial framework she was positively
picturesque. She must have been quite
old, but there was q freshness about her
face and a light in her shrewd. kindly
eyes that suggested the fountain OF
eternal youth. She wore steel colored
dress with rare lace collar which was
kept in place by large. old fashioned
brooch. Her snow white hair was
nnrtod in the middle. and, altogether,
her appcarance was one of effective
SIMPLICITY. She came directly TO the
Young girl and kissed her affectionately.
''Good morning. my dear, she Sald
in a low. sweet voice.
"Auntie.'' announced the girl. glanc
ing in NV direction. "this is Mr.. Hugh
Garland. who has come to hellS uncle
with his dreadful antiques. =,
"I'm glad to meet you. young man,
was her greeting, 'and if you succeed
in relieving Colonel Wharton of his
anxiety over his treasures you will place
ius all under great obligation,
In spite of the strangeness. of the
situation my appetite was unimpalred
and 7 did full justice to a breakfast that
was appetizing in the fullest sense OF
! that much abused word.
| A neatly dressed maid served the
meal. Mrs. Crilly took Il motheriy IN
terest in this girl. named Amy Smith.
and in a moment of confidence informed
me that Amy was saving her money in
| the expectation of being married in 8
short time.
The conversation at table was of =
general character. But. aSSuredly.
had no cause to complain. The white
haired old lady and the black hairec
young woman made the time pass yer!
agreeably for me and that too, with
out any evidence of effort upon theiI
part. As / glanced from one to thu
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other l could not escape the feeling that
they were mutually indispensable. j
felt sure that Dora Wharton would be
just such person as Aunt Sarah when
she became old and / was equally con
tident that Aunt Sarah must have been
like Dora when she was a young girl
After breakfast we stepped out on
the broad porch that surrounded the
house and as we did so l saw tall,
elderly man approaching. ! guessed
rightly that it was Colonel Wharton.
He was thin and slightly stoop
shoudered and had the distracted air
of a man who does much thinking. tie
greeted me quietly and kindly, and after
night before suggested that We go over
to his museum, as he called it. where
he would explain the nature of the
work that was expected of me.
We started off together. after an
adicu to the ladies'. Dora and her aunt
walked down the pathway in the dircc
ton of the summer house. The colonel
talked to me as he walked, but ] must
confess that my thoughts We're on his
niece rather than upon his curiosities,
of which he talked enthusiastically.
Instinctively ] paused and glanced at
the retreating figure of Dora Wharton.
The gracefulness of her figure. in the
distance, reminded me of the charm OF
her face and manner. The mere fact
of leaving her presence left me with q
sense of loss.
| tried to think of other things of my
| prospective employment. of my reason
for being in this house It all came
back to the one thing.
Try to disguise it as ] would, | could
not shut my mind to the truth was
| already in love with Dora Wharton.
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The Mystery of the Red Flame

although il is quite safe to say that
it was the most valuable. Nearly all
of the stones were antiques-which is
to say that they were set in frames of
very ancient manufacture. 1t was quite
evident that in this collection the col
oncl had not gone after gems for their
value in money. He wanted them for
their rarity alone. lie had pearls, sap
phires. rubies and a brilliant topaz.
1t was while we were going through
this collection that there came sharp
rapping at the door of the museum.
Colonel Wharton frowned impatiently
lie disliked TO be interrupted-es especially
when he was among his beloved Curl.
osities.
Nevertheless he went TO the door and
opened it. Incidentally ] heard u
voice. positive, insistent and all per
vading making voluminous and abject
apologies for having disturbed the good
colonel while he was amusing himself
with his precious possessions. The
colonel seemed to recover his good tenn
per quickly. for he ushered the caller
into the room, and the next moment |
heard him saying:
"Mr. Garland. | want you to meet
Monsieur Jacquette. lie has much in
common with us in our love of the rare
and the beautiful
|. | glanced at the man who stood
bowing before me with the ceremonious
mien of field marshal and the agility
of n dancing master. His presence
seemed TO fill the room. That is the
only way in which I can express my
sense of the magnetism of the man.
lie had taken my hand and. [ feared,
was going to kiss it. But he paused
before reaching that point and said
1T is indeed a high honor to be :
come acquainted with Monsieur Gar
land"
Why ii should have been such q dis
tinction was more than | could under
stand. and ! ascribed this cXtrava- =
gance of language to the southern ORR
gin of NJ. Jacquette. Evidently, to
him, If was nothing more than po-
lite form of address. He turned to
speak to Colonel Wharton and that
gave me an opportunity of studying
the man
He was Of medium size and stockily
built. A big head rested on a thick
neck. His legs were short and this
gave his body the impression of being
out of proportion to the size of the
man. His partly silvered hair was
closely cropped. giving him pusna :
cious appearance. He wore a mus
tache and an imperial and he looked
at you out of pair of compelling
gray eyes. lie talked English per-
fectly. Indeed. his conversation was
easy and fluent and he accompanied
it with nervous gesticulations. There
was something characteristic of the
man in his hands. They We're large
hands. they were eager hands. they
were greedy hands, As | watched the
pantomime, as he moved over to the
far corner of the room and talked to
Colonel Wharton in subdued voice
! felt just the slightest bit of distrust
for Monsieur Jules Jacquette. 1t was
perfectly unreasonable feeling:
had no basis on which to found il
except the sudden dislike I had taken
| to his hands. | felt that they were
| the sort of hands that would not stoE
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monkeys and to him Peggy now turned.
Find Clinging Tail and tell him the
Bird That Never Flies is Just lost
boy who wants to be guided out of the
jungle, she said, and Rollo darted
away. In a short time he was back,
followed timidly by Clinging Tail.
The Bird That Never Flies saved
my life. ] will show him the way back
to his people said Clinging Tail
Just then there came loud squeal
from a distance. followed quickly by
the shrieks of wild monkeys.
The wild pigs" chattered Clingins
Tail. And those monkeys are Chief
Chatter Chee's tribe. ~ If we would
escape them we must flee at once
Tom had looked on in surprise as
Peggy talked to the monkeys, but when
he heard the wild pigs squeal he
grasped his bow and arrows.
The wild pigs have declared war on
me. We must fight them, dreams or no
dreams, he said.
No. We will flee to your own
people said Peggy. At that Rollo
touched Peggy Billy and Smiling
Teacher with the Dream Stick and in :
Stantly they became monkeys.
Alas | knew you were only
dreams. = cried Tom But Peggy tooI
him by the hand and led him aftel
Clinging Tail.
Iom had been so long in the Jungle
That he, could swing along through the
tfeeS almost as fast as theI monkeys
but. of course. he could not 20 up amone
the light branches at the top. Clinging
Tails band joined them and so did the
pupils who had been turned into mon
keys. and all fled swiftly.
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THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
THE LOG CABIN QUILT
By MAZDA RENEAR

come back, ma am. Your quilts took
first prize, and this lady she wants ter
buy it,
Dazed, Phoebe stared at the vision of
fashion, who eyed her coolly through
her lorgnette.
''Have it wrapped Immediately. | will
send my chauffeur after it.
Kathleen to her companion, ''it $ the
very thing for the antique room at the
lodge
Thereupon she named sum which
took Phoebe's breath. All that for a
quilt. 1t would pay the in
rerest on the mortgage and buy new
stove for the ''settin' room Theirs
was dropping to pieces and it was so
cold last winter
Suddenly Phoebe came to herself. Sell
her quilt, part of her wedding things !.
They were doing it up; in another mo
ment it would be gone, out of her life
forever Vainly she fought for her
breath
'The quilt is not for sale.
The entire group whirled at the deep.
masculine voice. The lady with the
lorgnette surveyed the speaker.
''Indeed, On whose authority,
pray?"
my own The quilt is my wife's aud
I i illlhh W pdlI Will
it. Do you, Phoebe"
Pies. pumpkins. dahlias, doughnuts.
cakes and cabbages danced madly be-
fore Phoebe's eyes, but she managed To
gasp 'Never, -
The customer staIked away and
Phoebe felt warm hand clasp both
of hers. Dick had grown stout, gray
haired, with burrows of care on his face
But it was Dick
'tPhoebe, forgive me. ] couldn' see
our quilt go out of the family. | knew
it was yours the minute I came in. anC
then I saw p. l.. Brandon on the card
so / waited. This is my first trip East
ir twenty years. Locks like fate mean US
to meet. don't it. Phoebe?
You--you didn't really aim to sell thu
quilt did you? III give you twice what
that woman offered. but IL sort o
hoped ! could take the owner. toe
when I 90 West. / amt got any an.
tique rooms, but there's mighty com.
Portable ranch. Phoebe, a waitin' for 8
log cabin quilt-and you,'
The fancy work chairman ROUNDED
the corner. There you be - she pant
ed. ''Sakes you ferget your priz
money. lam, an yer bundle. Sc
you again next fair time?'
, Hungrily, Phoebe clutched the log
cabin quilt. mo she said "we'r
going West, with mT husband "
The next complete novelette,.
Delightful Name"
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rTyHE rising run cast its hrst rosy
j beam over gray Mooselock as bent,
little figure emerged from the, farm
house and crept stealthily to the gate.
Under her Paisley shawl Phoebe's heart
thumped guiltily. Then there was
stir at an upper window, followed by
shrill tones.
.Phoebe Brandon, whatever are ye
up ter? Be We plumb crazy
AS the sharp voice rent the air Phoebe
jumped and dropped the package she
had been hugging. Immediately the
harsh voice demanded:
Whats in that parcel? Whar be ye
headin' fer?"
Phoebe stopped to recover her bundle
before she answered.
'sI'm a -goin' ter County Fair over ter
Middlebury and I'm atakin my log
cabin quilt ter enter it at the fancy
table"
''Ter the fair at yer age Why-why,
Phoebe!' 20 she ended weakly. The gate
shut with a slam. The sister ut the
window made final, timid expOstula
ton.
Walking briskly away. Phoebe left
CONSERVATION and collapse behind her.
The fair grounds seethed with eager
crowds. Phoebe was breathless wher
she reached the fancy table. The pleas
ant matron in charge looked doubtful!
at her assistant.
oval, I dunno! Ali entries to thi!
department oughta been in an hour ago
but--Oh, log cabin pattern. Aim
thet handsome, Stella? ] recollect m!
grandmother she he'd one! You can en-
ter this, all right, ma am. Well ham
it up here; don't it show off elegant
Shouldn't wonder if you got frs
prize"
But even that dazzling prospec
failed to rouse Phoebe from the strang
depression following her earlier exuber
ance. She felt disloyal to the log cabi
quilt taken from its twenty years rest
ing place in the old cedar chest to han
8 now for careless eyes to gaze upon \
wonder Becky, her sister, was amazed
For the first time in PhOebe's meek ex
istence she had defied her older sister
1t was the biting, jealous tongue of Re
becca Brandon that had separated tn
lovers on the eve of their wedding.
was due to her that the cedar ches
had stood, with its lavender sweet con
tents, in dusty silence all these years
And now the log cabin quilt hung in
public hall
Scarlet checked. Phoebe hurried alon
beween the great dahlias, lusciou
pumpkins and golden leaves of bread I
the fancy work booth. She was greete
by the chairman voice:
Here she be now! Real pleased J
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Teacher They couldn't understand
human talk and so didn't know that
the Bird That Never Flies was telling
the children that he was just Tom
Harris, boy lost in the jungle.
Being scared. the monkeys thought
only of escape, and so when Tom buried
his face in his hands. they crept out
of the door of the nest and fled to the
tree tops hiding themselves in the
foliage.
Peggy, Billy and Smiling Teacher
gazed at Tom. not knowing what to do.
"ShOw me the way out of this awful
jungle and it will prove that you are
not dreams" he had said. but they
didn't know the way out of the jungle.
Then an idea popped into Peggy s
head.
I'VE will ask the wild monkeys the
way to village" she said. "Clinging
Tail will guide US"
alas now l am sure YOU are only
dreams sighed Tom. Only dream
folks would think of talking to wild
monkeys"
Rollo had not fled with the other
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Copyright, 1919 by tho Pass Co
Copyrisht. 1919 by the Public Ledger c
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Hugh Garland, Of the United States
customs service, is assigned to dis
cover the whereabouts of a wonder
full red diamond, which has been
smuggled into the country in some
manner unknown. To that end he
accepts a position as assistant TO
7 Colonel Wharton, collector of
antiques and gems. In the colonel $
house he meets Dora Wharton, his
niece, and she takes him around the
grounds to show him the place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-24
Drean1ldnd Adventures
BY DADDY
"Bud-That-NeUer-Fiies"

(Peagy. Billy, Smiling Teacher.
and the school children. turned into
monkeys by Rollo's Dream Stick, are
attacked IN the Jungle by a strange
creature which the acid monkeys caH
the Bird That Nerer- Fics.J
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-24
Cliusing Tails Gratitude

CIlnslns TalI GfatIIUut
CLlNGING- TAIL and the other wild
~ monkeys were scared when the Bird
That Never Flies camel darting up the
tree toward Billy. And when the crea =
ture hugged Billy they thought that
was BilIy's finish. They were surprised
and puzzled at the friendly talk between
Billy and the Bird, and then between
the Bird and Peggy aud Smiling
The sun., 1919-08-12

the Peace Conference 10 evidently not to
be submitted II means. OF course, that
we are expected TO go on in Ignorance Of
the processes by which the treaty was
framed We have examined Secretary
Lansing at length without getting any
light, and the only man who knows any.
thing about II all Is on the other side OF
the water.
II don't know yet what will be done
about It, but we will get together In q
day or two and decide whether further
efforts to get real information are worth
while"
There has been persistent talk for
some days that the Foreign Relations
Committee would go on strike II the in
formation that had been demanded by
1t and by the Senate was not forthcom-
ing. Whether or not this will DO under
taken, Senator Borah was not ready TO
discusss. The advocates OF the strike
policy--which would mean discontin-
uance of all consideration of the treaty
for an indefinite time-have been fear
full that II they made such an EFFORT the
Administration might muster the votes
to order the treaty directly out Of the
committee and before the Senate. The
fear that possibly the votes might be
mustered for such a programme has kept
the conversation about strike In a
minor key. 1t is understood both sides
have been trying to determine how the
Senate would vote on a motion to bring
the treaty directly before the Senate
without a committee report.
The sun., 1919-08-12

from the fingers Of Mrs David Berger OF
s7s4 Bay Ninth street. Brooklyn, early
Sunday. They also had complaint
from Solomon Frye of Eighteenth and
Cropsey avenues Brooklyn. that negro
had entered his house.
Solomon Roischandler. a dealer in
trimmings at 1875 West Twenty-fourth
street. was held for General Sessions In
$4,000 bail by Magistrate Ten Eyck In
the Jefferson Market court yesterday on
a charge of grand larceny. w. y Black
enburg OF the Pennsylvania Railroad po-
lice. testified he had found six pieces Of
woollens. shipped from Philadelphia to
Theodore Michau & Co. of SIS Leonard
street, at Roischandler's establishment.
They were valued at $4,000. Counsel
for the Wooilen Manufacturers Associa-
ton asked that bail be fixed at $4,000.
as he said silks and packages of mer-
chandise OF great value had been found
in the store. which he believed could be
traced to owners recently robbed. The
high bail was objected to by the defend
ants attorney on the ground that only
one concrete charge had been made.
The sun., 1919-08-12
FORD ABUSED U. S.:
PAPER CALLED HIM"
Libel Suit Thus Summed Tn
by Tribune" Lopyer.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich, Aug. IL
Judge Tucker probably will not send
out.the Ford-Tribune jury until Thurs
day, he said to-day. Arguments will
close Tomorrow and the Judge said he
would probably require Wednesday
himself to whip his Instructions into
shape. He has great mass of briefs
submitted by counsel to consider in con-
nectton with them. Closing arguments
to-day were by Oscar c. Lungerhausen
and Alfred ]. Murphy, for Mr.. Ford.
and Warren S. Stone for the Tribune.
MI Stone told the Jurors the case
was a simple one. It was simply. he
said, that Heny Ford abused the Gov
eminent and the Tribune called him
and called him right"
That's all there il to IT," went on
Mr.. Stone. Don't be confused because
OF Mr.. Ford's great wealth. 1 hope
that IL / ever hear any one abusing
my Government 1 will have the nerve to
call him. and call him right. II Henry
FORD had known as much about other
things as he does about mechanics he
would not have made a laughing stock
OF himself with his peace ship"
Attorney Lungerhausen said that the
piaintim never could see the bearing of
the Mexican situation on the main issue
OF the case, namely. was or was not
Henry Ford an anarchist on June 20,
1915 as charged by the Tribune in its
alleged libellous article. The lawyer as
serted there was no essential difference
between the bandit raids on the border
ana the bank robberies and race riots of
the North. as in Washington and Chi
cago. He spoke OF Mr.. Ford's horror
OF war and asserted that military pre-
paredness does not prevent war, but
invites IL.
The sun., 1919-08-12
DEADLOCK ON FIUME
NOW GROWS TIGHTER
Negotiations Suspended Be-
ftDeen Italy and Americans.
By Stat Correspondent OF The Sun.
Copyright, 1919, nH rights reserved.

Copyright. 1918, on rights reserved.
PARIS, Aug. 11.--Negotiations which
went on here for several weeks between
Foreign Minister Tittoni Of Italy and
American Commissioner Henry White
have been suspended as a consequence
of the Americana refusal to change
President Wilson's Fiume decision Of last
spring. The Americans are understood
to have told Premier Tittoni that 1t was
useless to talk further unless he accepted
this decision In toto.
This explains why Signor Tittoni Is
now working on Premiers Clemenceau
and Lloyd George to get them to bring
pressure directly on President Wilson to
allow Fiume city to be Italian with the
port internationalized. The Italians
contend this settlement meets the eco
nomic argument In the Wilson manifesto.
ROME, Aug. 1.-THE allied commits
sion appointed by the Supreme Council
to investigate recent disorders at Fiume
has concluded it's work and has evolved
solution OF the difficulties there. the
Corriere della Sierra says to-day.
The commissions findings. according
to the newspaper, are not limited to
esta blishing facts In the case. but adj
vance a proposal which the commission
holds would guarantee peace In Fiume.
The newspaper adds that the conclu-
sions reached are OF such nature as
to satisfy France without offending the
dignity or pride Of Italy.