Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-02

u H. 'nozens Of iign,ed windows gleem
.,,,v through the foliage, Tor all the
..,s ike witches lamps. The day re-
.,s th,n. blue plumes Of smoke steal
~ ou, Of tho tops Of tho trees to DC
s,.d of into nothingncss; they com"
s., ,,vls,b,e chimneys far down In the
,os.neeses. Up here are the huts
new,y married. Almost without
..n,ton they are tiny affairs. scarcely
Sr., than the metaphoricai bandpox'
,sh contains two ro'f,s.
sen 80. IN. very hot weather in Janu-
Ou,a' February the long, curving
NY h"u alive with oddly dressed
oeacn and idiers. This is at midday
Da.n', ,., ,Sheni the sun Is 30 hot ana lerco
pny py al, work ceases for two hours OF
more. Though the sun Is not, , ,ne WasIi olI
L never warm: a "A dip Up n hardest cares to
shat "nS Tbsv loii on the cool. white SANDS,
ak.- ake. imnroyised shelters made OF
insb. inosb or indulge In spirited games on
IA long level stretches, rms - NV
u,av.hour OF the people thromgnout IVY u,s
hot months OF S,n s.mmer nnd sses relief from
WOLF ks,,e,rg T heat Of the woodland In the
,e, wy, wst sands along the shore.
Tha coatumes are strange ana yarieu
WA are prctty, others almost luu.eio"SS'
emaIl children appear In scant pIeeeh
cloth women OF a., aSes aaSMs.piece % "jnmp.
uo"s Wv" = rms hare and legs uncovered UP 10
sr. . ;,rssa The men affect nothing .x ex-
u'e e, ,r,,nks made from coffee Sacks. Ine
ssy ssw real bathing suits belong to.as,cn 10 suSi
sYperienced travellers as Nick,Sss NnS ner.
l,,ao, sn,no A ns,rons @ Of the hotels at Atlantic
LIZ Pain Beach and Rockaway. They
..,.r travel without a full and compieto
Icninnnent Mr.. Nicklestick. very supe-
,or in hjs red two piece costume, sar sor
ny FAR AS to contend that man hese, e.
should be Tish"t UT it ,a,,es es' mn no room in
your trunk, and II you leave It Al honns ply,
.oyne one else Is sure to stretcn IL 81"
,ynV Som can't uss It yourself again"
Olga obosky and her three danoins
|srls Careni. .Amori. and sevesa, nos,,rnes OF uns
Br.silian ladies' @ Ranont Rossssts themselves % with
compIacent disregard for public opinion
Favorable or otherwise. +, .,
she & got 'em all skinned mile, ,,%a,s was
Norris Shines comment upon C'sa 90
lI,Ih.: I graceful figure Amt ''"' ~
The remark was addressed TO Aoei
Even Even so." returned that gentlemen, nan
s.rIns at the offender @ r.. X tbsS soe'" foS'vo s
@ you "a tnS cut t'f n out. Shine. UnderstandT'
'V"sSre," said the aftable Morris.
,onIv i'vo rot a brother named Abra-
ham and that was my fathers ,un tn.Wny' Ssme
soo' seS,s II comes sns's sSt rot the Venus Bslve-
Ssrs ,sshed to the mast. Did you ever
give never had the pleasure Of seeing
the Venus Belvedere'" Interrupted ha"''
over coioiy. ,,or .x,,air,ad Morris,
amazed THE armless wonder? You
Amt seen her2 Why. she's SUPPOSED y
nave the most perfect fgger in the worlu:
Maybe you've seen her without knowing
what her name 10. They never put tns
boy and girl is supposed to know who i
fis Without being told. Funny you don't
know--Oh. she amt alive, you know
me ain't real She's a statue-thou-
q EN- tprnsd SSt S., sysry tSas Seas must
SAYING, @ our little old Olga has got her
say did you ever see figger like
yes" broke in. Landover shortly
Mr.. Shine looked skeptical. we'll" he
said after a moments reflection. ana
with studied politeness--haying already
offended at the outset. all got to say
ls YOU talk like woman. that's all
got to say"
Landover was a greatly changed man
IN these davs. There had come. a crisis
In the affairs OF Trigger Island. not
many weeks before the second annual
election in April when he he! was obliged st to
denly realized with a shock that he was
actually involved in a we'll organized.
though secret plot TO overthrow tho So
called government" Ho had been
completely S,1ip, deceived BY the willy Manuel ,n,i
friends. They professed TO be organizing
an opposition party to oust the dictato-
rial Percival and his clique from offics
at the ensuing election---a feat. they
only BY the most adroit and covert "edu.
perforte but justifable In the circum-
stances, They had led Landover to be-
neve that he was their choice for gov
smor. They went among. the people.
tent hinting at the advantages to be OBJ
tained by the election Of an entirely new
set OF officers, mostly from among the
people themselves, but headed by the
over They argued that as treasurer
and comptroller OF currency he had
shown himself to be the only man quail
nsd 70 direct the affairs Of the people.
H., And Landover believed them. Despite
~ sh,,i,,p superior inteiligenee ana his yauntsd
was as blind and unsuspscting as a child
when II came to penetrating the real
MOVIES OF the conspirators.
vain self-important, possessed Of an
ahead ruthiessly. ignoring the details,
g9ent only. on achieving the ultimate. In
Lahdover's case, he made the fatal error
q Understanding the craftiness Of
manuel Crust: he looked upon him as a
eatant, ignorant ruff,an OF the stripe
] n
pelit.cian"nand known only by hearsay
~ That, He regarded himself as the
naster politician and Crust as n con-
'emptble necessity
MN to very materially advance his own
sas snas The big Portuguese had very
oennits purpose In mind. He had no
sh rnhGre intention OF making Landover the
sNns sHlst man "a of Of the island Than he had OF
-Eas to have that distinction He de-
,plsed Landovcr and all that he repre-.
%nled He hated him because he was
TSP educated, favored by fortune--and
even 10 washing himself with unneces-
lev was foul Of body as wall as foul at
aeart He bitterly resented the sanitary
ules set up and enforced by the council
ne Ss'ause a those rules interfered with what
ss,, wa6 pleased TO call his personal lib
sfty. Why should he be required to wash
nimselt II he didn't want 10 do so? And
WY should he do q great many siiiv
g 'nings that DR.. Cullen ordered. Just be-
e lot OF arIstocrats were In the
ha6it Of doing them? wv
I'M nls hatred OF Landover. however, was
speIsonal; The banker merely repre-
Sntsd a class, On the other hand he
"a s'ea Perclval as an Individual he hat
Man. S,'N WIN every drop OF blood In HIS
,a1N ,vH1eN. venomous heart. He had a Ger.
ca,o TuaRlng regard--it might even be
SeNeu reBpect---for the ola Ga m uhIch
sanyer ss@na1yer belonged; ne was sometimes
sensc'o9s ssns OF strange but quite positive
no, OK mis- own inferiority. But he did
eIs. IS, for an instant put Perclval In The
yomn. WIN landover: He looked upon the
p,Ilf pr,mIself, and yet the people from the Do.
bs% nsd showered honors upon him.
Hv ha made him their chief, had suffered
narrs vagebond without penny to his
woman q, marry the feirest and rarest