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for while came in and threw the
bolt" told him.
He seemed unpleasantly astonished
-jolted and disturbed.
"You were abroad last night" he
exclaimed.
you had locked me in, know"
said, "-or thought you had. found
my door bOlted when went back to
my room. / wasn't in 1t when you
bolted it," added. II was asleep in
the library. When awakened went
outside for a moment. The door was
unfastehcd. / bolted 1t when / came
in"
Jed was more disturbed and he
showed it.
"Where did you go?" he aaSed.
II wicked around" said, down by
the river"
His discomposure became acute Tie
looked sick.
"Where were the dogs?" / asked Il
didn't see any,"
He tried to smile.
"They were with me-" he said. II
was out, and you locked me out. That's
why have been so indignant. / came
back and found had to break into the
house. was in hurry. You wouldn't
have liked it yourself"
II don't like it myself. l don't like
being locked in my room. TIL not have
it. 1 thought / had given you to un-
derstand that 1t would not be toler-
ated. do not want to annoy the fam
lily by complaints, but I viii not en-
dure that"
"Weii, you can see the occasion fol
1t. You were loose last night, and
your conscientious Oficiousness made
trouble. / knew your type, the moment
set eyes on you. said here's q
trouble-making person with a duty.
You show 1t. OF course, you had to
bolt that door. You could not assume
that 1t was open for purpose. No
thought Of anybody that might be out
side! knew you. That's why were
safe only when you are locked in your
ROOM"
"Well, I'll not have It," insisted.
"and you can understand that. 1t Is
fiat. Why do you have to run around
the grounds at night?"
''DO you have to be judge Of my
habits? II you do, 1t may satisfy you
to know that frequently have many
duties to perform for MIR. Sidney in
the night. frequently drink too much
wine. / frequently walk around the
grounds to clear my head and be able
to do what is needed by Mr.. Sidney"
My mind had jumped to a conclu
sion.
"were you at the pool last nightl"
asked.
YES" he said.
He was very ugly.
"You seem to be a Paul Pry," he
said. "You ought to be manacled."
I was not interested in Jed. was
thinking Of my figure at The pool. As
embodied in Jed it did not fascinRtt
me.
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The HAUNTED POOL.

Syopsis. - DR.. John Nicholson,
just beginning his career, becomes
resident physician and companion
of Homer Sidney at Hartley house.
Mr.. Sidney is an American, semi
invalid, old and rich and very de-
sirous to live. Mrs. Sidney is a
Spanish woman, dignified and reti-
cent. Jed, the butler, acts like a
privileged member of the family.
Hartley house is a fine old isolated
country place. with a murder story,
haunted pool" and many watch
dogs, and an atmosphere of mys-
terry. The haunted pool Is where
Richard Dobson, son of a former
owner of Hartley house, had killed
his brother, Arthur Dobson. Jed
begins operations by locking the
doctor in his room the very first
night. Doctor John fixes his door
so he can't be locked in. He meets
Isobel, daughter of the house, and
falls in love at first sight. In the
night he finds the butler drunk and
holding Mrs. Sidney by the wrist
He intcrferes. Mrs. Sidney makes
light of 1t. John buys a revolver.
John overhears Jed telling Mrs.
Sidney he will have his way. In
reply she says she will not hesitate
to kill him. Mrs. Sidney asks John
to consent to the announcement Of
his engagement to Isobol. The
young people consent to the make
believe engagement. Later they
find 1t is to head OF Jed. who
would marry Isobel. Jed tries to
kill John, but the matter is
smoothed over. John. though EN-
gagged to .Isobel conceals his love.
Mr.. Sidney visits a nearby prison
and has Dobson, the murderer,
pointed out Queer stories OF the
haunted pool" are told.
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CHAPTER V-contlnued.


"And tell sad stories of the deaths
Of kings" said Jed, drawing his chair
nearer to the fire and spreading out
his hands before 1t. He was drinking
more nationally now, slipping his wine
instead Of gulping 1t. He had arrived
at his desired state and wished to
maintain 1t.
Mr. Sidney seemed to feel COM
Portable glow as Jed drank. There
was no doubt that by suggestion he
obtained physical sensations of stimu-
lation and joviallty.
"If we had a ghost" said Mr.. Sid
ney, ut would walk on such a night"
H %he wind made an extraordinary at
tack upon the windows as he spoke
and sucked a soughing sound from the
chimney.
"Tell the doctor the story Of the
pool" Mr.. Sidney said to Jed. I'VE
are in the comfortable werewolf state.
Let's have our legend. Do you want
to add shiver to your contentment,
doctorT'' he asked.
II want to hear the story" said.
$50 DO l, once again." said Mr.. Sid
ney, "-on such night"
"This place once belonged to a fam
lily named Dobson," said Jed.
ut was a very old family-for
American families" said Mr.. Sidney.
"Came over in 1640," said Jed.
English Puritans from Holland"
said Mr. Sidney. go ahead, Jed.
sha'n't interrupt"
after the capture Of New Amster-
dam from the Dutch by the English,
the Dobsons came down from the
north and bought this manor-house
from the Dutch family that had It.
Then the Dobsons lived here in a SIM
pie fashion.
'uThey renamed 1t Hartley house for
their father, who was Hartley DObson.
That's its name now"
81 don't want to break III unneces-
sarily," said. but where do you get
your information, jedi"
Its all in records in the library"
he answered, "and If / am going to tell
the story want fair chance.
A lot of generations of Dobsons lived
here. There was always Dobson fam
lily In the house, and the property
came down to the generation that
made this story. There were two boys
In that family--a half century ago
the sons of James and Henrietta Dob
son.
Henrietta DobsOD died when her
son Richard was nine years old and
her other son Henry was seven years
old. James DobsOn died two years la
ter, and the boys we're parentless.
This family was an argument against
families"
That's one Of the heterodox notions
] have instilled in an innocent mind"
said Mr., Sidney. Jed, you must not
repeat phrases in your narratives. You
parrot things and try to pass them as
observations"
You'll have him surly in moment"
suggested. "and then where is the
storyP"
II never knew him surly," said Mr..
Sidney, land he could not be in his
GENIAL VINE.
Jed showed the flicker of malig-
nant glance in my direction and went
on with his story evenly and good-na-
turedly.
81 don't pretend to have all the de-
tails or to understand it," he said;
but from what 1 learn. Richard Dob
son, the elder brother. was strong and
brutal. Henry DobsOn, the younger
brother, was frail and sensitive.
guess they hated each other from the
cradle.
"Dick, when he was four and Henry
was two, found ways Of tOrmenting his
younger brother. The best thing Hem
y ever had from Richard was con
empt"
u hasa srown fsmilles AZ ihai M.
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trial. Richard was convicted, though
the state could not produce any in
dubitable physical evidence of Henry's
death. The contention over this evil
dence made the case noted.
Richard DobsOn is in the peniten-
tiary at Alwick now. Henry's ghost
is what is supposed to come back to
the pool"
The wind howled outside, and the
fire burned cheerfully. AS romanti-
cist felt rebellous. The ghost story
lacked antiquity. A good ghost story
would not have any human element in
it prisoner in a nearby penltentiary.
1t was too common a SAVIOR of the pres
emit
But Stevenson would have liked the
story said Mr.. Sidney. at has so
much hate in it. Probably 1t is be-
cause l live here where this tale of
hate has it's scene that l enjoy The
Master of Ballantrae' so much"
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'"They tell me this moonshine STUFF
will drive a man crazy"
ut hasn't much drivin' to do" an
swered Uncle BIZ Bottletop. ANY
man who drinks moonshine is foolish
to start with"
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CHAPTER VI.

When I said goodnight to Mr.. Sid
ney and Jed / did not go to my room.
A little alcoholic stimulant to one IN
accustomed to It will break down rou-
tine
lwenl rr IN lihrarv to select book
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The day / called Doctor Brownell !:
had been too concerned and alarmed
to pay much attention to anyone but
Mr.. Sidney and did not observe until
toward evening that Jed was malig'
nantly unfriendIy again in his attitude
toward me. Finally he made it appar'
ent by a bit of vicious insolence. !
had determined never again to take
hold of that nettle gingerly but to
clutch it.
what do you mean by thatr I
asked.
"There is a plague of officiousneSs
about here, or has been since you
came" he said. "You locked the front
door last night some time, didn't your
81 found it open this morning, and
after I had walked about the grounds
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Clothes Make the Man.

Teacher-Now, who can tell just
what is meant by the saying "All men
are created equal?" We all know that
some of us are born with wealth and
many other advantages not shared BY
all.
eve are all created with an equal
need for Clothes" suggested Johnny.
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We were motoring with my father,
new driver.
The car jumped the road, just missed
a yelping dog, hit a telephone post,
and stopped with jerk.
Mother called out in a weak voice
after it was all over: where were you
trying to go, fatherT
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the trembling MISUNDERSTANDING
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What man has done woman can
undo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
PLATT IN GEIST GOLF
City Champion viii Play in White
marsh Tourney Tomorrow

j. w. Platt, champion Of Philadel- =
phia, who defeated s. d. Heron, ma
tional champion, in the play last week
for the American amateur champion
ship, has entered to play for the Geist
cup at the Whitemarsh Valley Coun-
try Club tomorrow.
The field contains most of the lead
ing players of this district. besides four
previous winners of the cup.
The field is restricted to players Of
ten strokes handicap or less.
The leading players entered are !:
j. II. Platt, George Hoffner, Maurice
Risley, Lee Maxwell, Norman Max
well, Richard Haight, Ted Therrien,
Frank Doyle, George Klauder, Leon
ard Adds, Jr., B. l. Taylor, Frank
Leonard, Robert Ransford, J. j.
Beadle. j. 8. Halkett, G. j. YOuell,
Edward G. Clarey, p. De Long, Joseph
]. Young, who won the medal at Lu
Lu; NJ. p. Jones, DR.. Samuel Bolton,
DR.. Andrew Knox, +. J. Higgins, Ed
die O'Hanlon, Frank -Bickins, Edward
Satterthwaite, Edward Styles, who
nearly qualified in the national; Snen-
Ger l.. Jones, DR.. J. V. Robb, Fred
Knight. w. G. Hamilton, Walter Rey-
nolds, Cecil Calvert, Herbert b. New
ton, George Klauder. L. +. Deming,
Paul Jennings, Prof. John Luman and
X. =. Greenwood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
WESTY HOGANS
OPEN AT SHORE
Jesse c. Griffith, of This City,
Among Four With Perfect
Scores

Atlantic City, Sept. 15.--Four per-
feet scores of 100 targets, two by ANA
teurs and two by professionals, were
registered in practice events yesterday
at the opening of the annual shoot of the
Westy Hogans.
Jesse q. Griffith, Of the Quaker CITY
Gun Club, Philadelphia, and Robert II.
Bungay, Of Ocean Park, Calf, were the
"Simon pures' with straight runs. ID.
+. Slear, of Collingswood, and w. >.
Jones, of. Pittsburgh, topped the pro-
fessional field. Bungay has been shoe: =
ing in wonderful form this season. lie
was high over all ut the grand Ameri-
can. Frank =. Wright, OF Buhalo,
1910 and 1920 American arsateur cham
pion, was second with 30 breaks in
the century of targets. Charlie Spencer.
of st. Louis, worlds professional cham
pion, also had total of 30.
Mrs. "Toots" Randall, of Lima. o..
smashed % in the 100 bluerocks OF
the regular events. Mrs. j, II. Bruf,
Of Pittsburgh, who won the 1920 wom-
ems championship at the grand Amer
can handicap in Cleveland, broke 81,
This total was four more than that ac-
complished when she won the title.
Frank Troeh, champion of Washing
ton and member of the Olympic team.
won the 1S-yard Du Pont championship
at 100 targets, 60-yard rise. Toeh
missed only one in the 100 targets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
FIVE EVENTS ON
MT. HOLLY CARD
Four Harness and One Running
Race on Fair Program
This Afternoon

Four light harness events and ons
running race is the second days racing
program at the Mount Holly Fair today.
One of the harness events, the 20 trot,
was held over from yesterday.
Yesterdays racing proved very keen.
In the $1,000 stake race for 2 "a PAGERS
the Mount Holly horse, Judge Sales,
finished second to Teddy Grafton, a
Newark entry, which won al three
heats. The Grataton PAGER had lots
Of speed and was too fast for the small
but select field. The fastest time was
registered In the third heat, when Judge
Sales pushed the Newark horse to
2 :11h. sgS
Dan Leary, Jr.. Of West Chester. Pa, !,
after finishing second in the first and
second heats of the 2 80 pace with
Guerne, showed his sidewheeler ahead
and took the third, fourth and fifth
heats and race from a big field.
George Brown, Jr., Of Chester. Pa, I,
fourteen year old jockey, rode Chiffon
Squaw good race in the five- furlong
dash, but lost by head at the wire to
Lonnie, riding In and Out, rank out ;
slider.
Four heats were decided in the 2 30
trotting class, but it was well split up
and the judges agreed to hold it over
until today on account of darkness.
Whip Cord, Peter Allen. Frances Ann
and Alice G. each won heats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
BRITISH BOWLING
STUMPS LOCALS
Germantown c. c. All Out for
Only 124 Runs in First
Innings

British bowling proved bit too much
for the Germantown Cricket Club team
when the match on the Mannheim crease
was resumed today and the local team
was all out for only 12i runs in its
first innings.
The Germantown players lacked two
runs of the necessary total to force
the Incogniti players to take their bat
for their second innings. The British
team amassed 245 in its first innings
yesterday, SO that the locals were not
within the 40 limit. Therefore they
held their place at the wiCkets.
The bowling of Burrows was the SEN
sation of the play this morning. The
Briton bowled out players and on two
successive balls bowled E. NJ. Mann
and c. Thackara.
w. p. Newhall and William Clothier
were the overnight batters when the
match was resumed. Newhall scored
four additional runs before his wicket
went down. This gave him u total Of
twenty four. Clothier had fourteen
when he was caught by Lowry.
The locals scored only twenty five
runs for their last four wickets. This
was due mainly to the bowling Of Bur-
rows.
ii. A. Haines was the first German
town batter in the second innings, and
he was cleaned bowled by Roberts. w.
p. O'Neill was bowled by Cartwright
after getting fifty four runs. w. A.
Harmed run his not out total to twenty
two. and this, with nine extras, gave
the locals total of eighty five runs
for two wickets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
AUTO RACES AT CHESTER
Mile Event is Feature
Of Saturday Meet

Chester, Pa. Sept. 15.-The biggest
card ever put on in the way of automo-
bile racing in this section will be staged
at the Chester fair grounds Satur-
day afternoon under the auspices Of the
Delaware County Racing Association.
The big feature will be a twenty five =
mile race. Already large number of
entries have been received and it is ex =
pected that mere will be added. Ireneu
Correa, the brazilian. who holds the
South American championship. leads
the parade in reputation. He will have
among his opponents Harry Peckstone,
of Reading; I. Hoppe, of South Beth =
lehem; Bill Strickler. of Philadelphia
III. Lang, of Baltimore: Bob Patterson
Of Mount Holly Judson Williams, Will
Weir and Eddie Morris. all of Phila
delphia.
Another thriller is promised in the
five mile invitation professional motor
cycle race. Dominick Jardine, the local
speedster. is the leading entrant in this
event.
There also will be three cornered
match race with Correa. Williams and
Pat McFadden as the contestants. Nc
Fadden is the 1rishman who cleaned up
in the auto races here recently. The
distance in this event will be five miles.
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NAY BE LAST IN THE BASEBAL
.R0MMEL IN FORM;
INDIANS bLANKEO
Mack HurIer Pitches Brilliantly
and Cleveland Drops From
First Place

Cleveland, o., Sept. 15.-The Ath-
letics excelled the Indians in every way
yesterday and knocked Cleveland outsSf
first place by winning 8 to O.. Rommeii
pitched brilliantly and received support
that sparkled particularly from Wake.
and High in the outfield and Dykes ana
Griffin OF the inner defense.
Rommel allowed but five hits, scat
tered through as many innings. Only
three Indians reached third and then
with two out an error was at fault
once. Another occasion a pass helped.
He famed but two, but had the Red
skins poking drives right at some one
throughout the contest.
The Athletics went after Caldwell IN
the second inning and punched hits on
him again in the seventh. They MY
safely in nearly every inning, but some
fancy catches by each Of Cleveland
outfielders held the Sore down. When
Caldwell retired via the pinch hitter
route, Morton took his place and yielded
Philadelphia four more runs.
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their 6-1, 81 victory over Miss De.
borah Seal and Miss Mary Porcher.
Justified Sometimes

v"SshVu
Poaching in mixed doubles and dou =
bles is justified only in the event that
the poacher Is certain to score a
point. However constant running into
ones partners territory to take balls
that could be played just as we'll by the
pochee Is silent method Of displaying
the egotism Of the poacher and an equal
ly silent method of casting a reflection
on the partners game.
Yesterday l.. Il. Mahan, Of the West
Side Club, Forest Hill. was paired with
Miss Davis in the mixed doubles. They
played Mrs. Mallory and Craig Biddle.
No double the latter pair would have
won, no matter what how their op-
ponents' had played, but they won much
more easily because Mahon continually
was In Miss Davis's court making error
after error. Mahan is not nearly as good
player for a man as Miss Davis Is
for a woman, hence his tactics were GER
tainly out of order and brought defeat
much quicker than it would have come
otherwise.
Wallace +. Johnson and Mrs.
Weightman are playing in the mixed
doubles and look to be us strong as any
combination. Hiss Thayer and her
brother Alex are also tough pair to
defeat. Miss Walsh is playing with
Stanley Pearson, Miss Sewell with
Eddie Cassard, Miss Carpenter with
Mr., Carpenter and several other strong
pairs are on the list.
Choice No Surprise
The announcement that the same
regular players and Captain Sam Hardy
wiz go to Australia in November to
bring home the Davis Cup is not sur
prise. The committee had its troubles.
The recent tournaments brought forth
so, many unexpected defeats and vic
tories that the choice for two men be-
side Bill Tilden and Billy Johnston was
a huge problem. hence they decided to
make no change.
After r. N. Williams and Tilden de-
feated the national champions. Johnston
and Griffin. at the Germantown Cricket
Club last week in the East West
matches, it was easy to see that Will
liams was very likely to get n place.
Up to the ninth hour it was believed by
those on the inside that Garland would
not go.
This means that unless there is sick
ness or injury Tilden and Johnston will
do all the playing in both singles and
doubles, just as they did against the
French and British teams. And this in
turn means that the United States
is likely to clean up all of the matches
which are to be played in New Zealand
the latter part of December.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
0lLMEN GOLF TODAY
Trade Association Members Tee or
This Afternoon at Roxborouoh

The Oil Trades Association of Pbila-
delphia met today in the annual links
dispute over the possession of the oil
cup. &I
Each company holding memberships
is privileged to enter five men in the
tourney, and stern conflict is promised
for the main trophy over the sporty
nine e-hole course at Roxborough.
There are some excellent players in
the lineup, Ed Tallant, Sam Bennett,
IIasse, Lippincott, Kness and Barney
Fischer.
The last named won the event last
year.
There are prizes for the low gross
and low net. for the runner-up and
the player having the best nine hole
rounds, as well as other varieties Of
prizes presented by the various com
panies of the organization. ETl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
AUTO RACES FRIDAY
Mount Holly Fair Lists Septembel
~ for Speed Xmas

Five automobile races, under A. A..
A. sanction, are the final days racing
at the burlington County Fair at Mount
Holly, \. j., on Friday.
Ira Vail, of Brooklyn, in a Dusenberg
Special, and other noted speed kings
will race. Eddie ,Yost, of Allentown,
Pa, also has entered.
Five races-one- mile time trial. five
mile nonstock. ten mile free for all
fifteen mile handicap and five-mile race
for nonprize winners-will be on the
program. Entries close today with
Horace Murphy, care of Fair Associa-
ton. Mount Holly. n. J.