Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1921, Page 66

THE BUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTONV AS PLAIN AS DAY— Chitie. e BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER IE simplest matters may ap-| &S he heard the name, Morley Smith|:vhen she was in ‘The Béwuties of him. I'm throtigh how. He thoyght)for use in case of necessity. It was| The taxic: v pear mysterious and nexpli-| Fenie ara ioie Sheerfully at the little | Paris’ back in the old Sayarts o hads b ol palle) su fhere] pver a! thoussadls. doltarss that he| which S€ had tas st ooty cable when we lack the clue. [ name. My mistake, yimyekafinw '(l::w(“.: "zn\l lle!” sajd the".wom . in the cab, and he left me to be|knew, but even that sum did not|and then it jarred into & mein de- N a police i to his 2 ke out How T aot o o0 ks ol Now, I say, AnfiA'™ sdid Mofley | pinchcd while he made his get-sway |mean’ much to him. The woman|préssion in the pavement, but for the | Nothing cocia mr reace ondinary York. | & ek, mow! he said. T dom't stan Conversely, the most impos- | MAKe Ut how I got wo confussd when | Smith serioysly. *“That: sounds as it | He's veliow, _Listen: sou butted | Iooked at the money before she tuck- | most part it bowled over smooth |fnl 5 could be more ordinary, from |, R N o sible and supernatural become child n!'m,, oty Bht. | you were afraid of this ohap. Giv. | Into this—eah you hélp s ket away|ed it away In her waist. Then she |roads, and Moriey Smith. ama oh | the driver's point of view. The back | tonbenge. Fuis ev it one.of oup G000 ishly simple when all the foundations | It was an excellent plan for gajn- e ULy gt Ero R L e e Dty Doaererty s oman conySTae SE) womey Jafd R e e o Tl ™ ia: | et things happen. (o-our clubmen when ng admi: - , , ol o me ever) ay, an umphantly when her back | most of th . 3 = 3 ~na nrops that sustain them are made | "%, TGN 10,803 Roune; but lor | girl; he can't hold that nasty-looking Kl me yet it 1 don't ket away from | was to him. Tioriey Smith whi sho” wenld hang | yenture. it was an ignorant back |1 100 SOtR "ok pesitaten ~imible. Bolng to Work hieem an If It was|firearm forvoer. He'll have better | him. Morley Smith stepped forward |called & “run for his money,” invent: | hoi, i the least cognizant of the| -Come across, sis' said the As a clubman, Morley Smith was a|house. It appeared that no one was luck next time., I'm a bally idiot, you| She put her hand on Morley Bmith's|quickly to open the door. ing a past life-history for herself and | frn 2in€ lhlnffl that can happen in | g e PCupUeo: e on l‘m : - e was | COmINE to the door. Morley Smith | Ko micy 2, 'ave Brousht ¢ fifearm | arm and looked fnto his fece, but as) |1 830 he said_poliely, “I've a | telling him how she meant to rebuild | Lhg duiet world. Morley Smith rather | )r. Smith out on these little trips be- perfect specimen of the type. He Suahes the ben-toor. Morley Smith | with ‘me when your tote gave a heF eyes foll, she also lobited at the|cab outside, 4s you know. 1 cdn |her life, now that she was free from | Pitied the back. fore, and I don't take any chances of nothing else. In a thousand clubs|his finger rest on it lengthily, hint that there might be some sort |face of his waich and saw that more |give you 2 iift back to towh what?” |the man called Ed. She enjoyed it all ri el his ‘getting_into trouble—saw and there are a thousand like him: every ’-i-f.‘:.‘: sn‘e’ l;all';lngh:lx imperatively. | ““& 7211 1 did not wiils hia than l'fiedlhr.ie mmt“h“‘l:h.l: th: t(‘l“b- M:Il:“::rsn:lr:“cmt::hdorad ‘(Ms She g;;-\l)n HE car rolled over the Queens-|you in there. I saw you pocket Mr. P nother silence, and then | .. not w n had set as the limit of time s tetlow along very | Morle: Smith's roll. Do come across, club that is a real club has at least| Tyo Wod pegtirr B e nali the door| Word. Ed. I couldn! 1 never saw | before the taxicab driver wotild come |nicely. She had helped Ed in his get- | word nzwsn’:::!mthel:n";::flinls!:r’x'rlt?xiht: borough bridge and throush 60th | 3077 joy (e 'hlifi:?" = one of him, and the finest and stuf-| concealed, a key turned in the lock, | °Tyheard of him before to his rescue had passei. away and had talked & good roll of | were not of what she was saying, He | S.r°Cl: across 3d avenue, but when IL| “You beast:” the woman cried. Marley Smith winked openly at| “You knew what he was, didn't|mongy out of this swéll in addition, (had had a thrilling adventure. Once|reached Park avenue it did not turn|“You're a nice brother to have!” o) v recognizing it! To the driver thedriver had opened the door beside the Y évening had heen the ususl tiresome | woman. She drew back into the eab. § bit of the day’s work. He had taken | *All right, here you are, sis!” said the a fare aboard, had driven the fare to|d:iver. the destination, had slept on his seat| The and was now making a return trip.{ “But fi id “Jurt To the driver it all meant nothing.|hand back Mr. Smith’s roll. Cough it iMdrley Smith,had entered a house, [UB! " jhad come out dgain with a friend and | The woman mhenlnud-;;-: Henry put flest clubs may have as mary | S L L O e the wome: * s Burgl d|and ‘that a piecé of work She tore roli of He was a bachelor, middleaged, ric! 5 ood in e doorway. | "% . you?' she went on. “Burglar an was a good pigcé of work. more he had vent downtown toward the club. It turned e the money from its well grosmed. You could pick hini:She was young and dark, above mid- Right-o! he exclaimed. She's|cheap gambler; that's what he is.|It needed only this final touch, that|chalr into the ,ia.‘.‘..'.“”.,f",‘t.'.':.,';'c'fi,':&’ uptown. a resting place in the bosom of her waist and threw it onto the floor of th i “l say!" exclaimed Morley Smith, |cab. Then she stepped to l)l: l::Ilk that sep- |and hurried across it and into the "t of & hundred on ladies’ nizhts by | dle height and decldedly good-looking telling the truth, Edward, old bick. | He's a crook. Ed is. Look here—let |he should carry héer back to Manhat- el ha ertection of his white tie, the in a daring. way. She was not only [RON't mind what I've been ‘saying, |me show you where he beat me up|tan fn his own taxicab after being so e A DL S of his evening coat (fully dressed but somewhat over-|} Ve only been spoofing a bit for the|last night when he came home |Bicely bilked, to make the whole af- of the taxi-driver, with only the thin |2nd he rapped on the gla: ultra-perfection And the rather high color that came |dressed. She let her eyes take in fun of the thing. 1 never saw the|drunk." fair perfect. sheet of glass bet: 24 = = apartment.. from the six extra highballs he had; Horiey SOUE and then glanced at the e e truth, By Bhe tried to roll up Her sleeve, but| “That fs kind she sald, “Of |ere seat sat the eternal commORDIACE, |ariver patd no. At T atomiey | , Hienry did not so much as look after * swallowed to brace himself for the: (S ab WAlLRE Bt Hhe our hos|woman. —“That's the d," sald the|it was too tight. 2 course, T will be glad.” holding the steering wheel, swerving | Smith opened the door and put out | "% =5 Secaston -9 Mories Smith the club black and white coloring would have |woman. "Thats the soletn truth “Never mina!” she said. “You can | *Moriey Smith opened the door. The |to avola holes in the pavement, (00t- | hia head B e i o was greater than |:9h.r‘e‘xxsu“b!“;".h":‘LiR 1 choush to show her it was not Il?t::lu‘t’t:?fdl:.-“l,urnu:ley Smith. “80 | guses how it laoks—all ::nckmaml driver of the tavicab seemed to be |ing his horn now and then automati-| I say, Henry!" he called. “I want ?&"fi%fix‘?fifnfl"-fii .":'-d";” you was at once home an v s = - Rlong. e from my shoulder to my elbow, v . s s . E 's game Jras At once hone fed him where he | hattan. She looked at Morley Smith | “No. you don't!” exclaimed the man. | where he beat me with & wine bottle: e e et e o e e e o ior L =lop L 1F (can e ]| s o er e IO, i Do St I've been his slave. the brute! 1lthe cab and went forward fo crank | Morle: ith w ¢ = ; - y Smith wondered what the |the corner and turned sharply and then [ ' A havew't dared to call my 1ife my|the car while Morley Smith helped the |driver would think if he kncw the |stopped before R EaTArt ot honme | ot o it rossed by this woman. I Prepnayyoulmen® woman into the éab. Temarkable experience his fare had door. The cab stopped 5o suddenly that |felt that a perfectly good adventure could get it through my h a"""l Siyourmen: “Back to New York, Henry,” Mor- |been through that night. How near|it threw Morley Smith, leaning forward, | had been spoiled. v gh my head why ley Smith sald |one could be to romance without|to his knees, and the next instant the ACoRAtt, 1031, wished to g0 when he died, he would ; again. i barring the way. T Saw that win ave anewercdif he told the truth:| [You rang?” she asked. you passed, I want thie sertiea. oy By Jove! Nowhere, old chap! This eg pardon.” said Morley Smith,|want to know If I've been double- is good enough for me just as_he had planned, “but fs this ‘When, spurred to re klps.;:e «bb\“ b3 'r:s,"'h::lfixynfl"w,',nl.h'" ‘m o the war spirit that irritated him but an, s is his|you were so stuck on me,” did not l:chxdt him. and emticed by hl’;“- jWllll you please step inside?' (to the woman, “when you v:':re"-‘fi A ot of sdventure, Moiley Smith( For just a moment Morley Smith |class—twice the class I am. I've been had ventured from the club one night | hesitated: then he stepped inside. The | thinking you were tired of me, the = instant the light went out, and ng ; | to seek romance by intruding him-}next 55 - The | thinking you were” self into the home of one of the e ’ Ppoorer class, he had not imagined he Would ever do it again. He did. how- j ever. Having tasted the fear and ) Dleasure of Bnding Nl re To adven: : ’ SOME POLITICAL REFLECTIONS ture return at such times as the club- By “A Gentleman With a Duster.” life became dull, and he had mone e e aeaig. wrapped in his costiy | fur-lined coat. i He found the adventures amusing. Thus far. he had found them harm- Jess 2s well, and back of his farther | ; ; v ’ i s a natural desire to (Copsrighted by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Al which was & e a il farther, Just o0 e oy olied Feature Ayndicas.) — — hich as fatal to the svurces of his as a small boy taps on a goblet with Y % s o o pares the photographs of Mr. Asquith B o Mis table-knife, strikine o 3 5 Mr. Asquith . i ; Defore and after the dawn “of the ; : . ; { |twentieth century may see what I a little harder each time. to see how . hard It may be struck before it ; mean. In the earlier photographs his face is keen, alert, powerful, auster: breaks. Tt always breaks at the 1 | y / : o N . Blow. Thus Morley Smith was urgel / A ey ForRanie, . : : : you will read in' It the rigidity of to venture again and again, tempted { 4 : A e MO o mton ; Mo, : his nonconformist upbringing. the se- to see How greatly he must_dare be- / S i : School: Halllol Collegé, Oxtord: gained 4 ; i 2 ; | |riousness of his Puritan inheritance, fore real danger came to him. first s lit. hum., 1874: barrister, : . o : i . all the moral earnestness of a nobly , One. pleasant night of the vear ; il 5 Lincoln's Inn, 18707 @ C. (Queen’s o o ambitious character. In the later when the United States had enfered e ! U ' £ p e s, 143 . photographe one is struck by the the war—late Augest. this was—Mor- - ? ; B e et (e, guchoqupE. 1905:8: . 2 1 increasing expression of femtivity, ley Smith sat_at the club windol < i ! - wecretary of war, 1914 firat lord of the i ; . ' Tty es at beautiful rad! looking out. The avenue was brig/ ) ” [ treasury and prime minister. 1908-16; g . ; < . &noth uman epirit which in with lights. Soldlers in uniform. sail- \ ; i) ; i 2 LL. D, Ediburgh, Glasgow, Cam- : 4 ; : other man was said to make his ors and the usual avenue groupins “ bridge, Leeds, St. Andrews and Bristol. e v :'u::k:;‘:_‘he‘nfu :'g :enmyfiro ~: < . The , Sk 2 ng for his former life an: passed. The window was open | < \ .1 1 : . : 5 a love letter to all mankind,” but aventie busses went rushing by in the : | \ e e ‘ | reer is more striking than i 4 seen something to laugh at in the e e : ! ’ very character of the universe. The ; * %k ¥ % e i ) 1 - L5 % face has plumped and reddened. th JE the avenue three young ";"0:" | as it a pin had dropped. - 2 o : T : Jight-colofed eye has scquired & fwine © came. They were not of the ] Great men do not at any time fall | § & ’ S -8 : Kle, the firm mouth has relaxed into avenue sort. and they were incline ”fim”" in 50 ignominious a fashion, much : ' 2 sportive smile. u can imagine e % 4 him now - to be playful. One struck the other il less when the fate of a great empire iy 15 - T deiy o a Sarieg aT Nt e and dodged. laughing. His fellow il i 18 in the balamce. b ; : cannot imagine him, with profound feinted and put out a foot. mpmnx:_. i , The truth is that Mr. Asquith pos- 5 i :fl%lr!&er’e‘m:n‘ifit{. rfirivins;nl‘i!kem: im. ‘f'b'r,f.'f:l"Jz'"fr’.':d'ch}?-hev'r'iv:(?:é scsmes all the appearance of great- % b 2 S will of God prevail. omeCof them stopped and looked at ness, but few of its clememts. He| f - o v 7 | ,.Dtke Lioyd George. his supptanter. Morley Smith. , 4 has dignity of presence, an almost S : b i DDt i o The e ot wower “Look at the big stl he said. g 4 \ urrivaled mastery of language, a 4 - 3 A domestic circle, brilliant with the and then called: “Hey, bo! Hand me . / 4 trenchant dialectic, & just and honor- | . . . modern spirit and much oocupied in down a highball® y/ ablé mind; but he is entirely with- 5 ‘ : % ; 1 ' sharpening the wits with eépigram Morley Smith did not change his 7/ out creative power and has outgrown o and audacity, has ed too mueh expression. v little red. - that energy of moral earnestness ’ : 4 . for his original stoicism. He has but it was nothing the ho < which characterized the early years 4 & ? . found recreation in the modern spirit. mittee could remedy. and s g of his_political life. : o After the day's work there has been that his best treatment of the l"| He has never had an idea of his . fooh . nothing so diverting for him as the sulting affair would be to maintaiy own, The “diffused sagacity” of his| [ soclety of young people; chatter his own dignity and that of the cln inind Is derlved from the wisdom of her than conversation has been :’»y“xhn.wlnx :;:;fi: — e Moriey - other meén. He is a cistern and not . rescribed him, and mith feit disturbed and restless. He = . afship has made no dif- sleeping he has been playing cards. . \vas usually able to sit in the window - s x R matetip HI moral 1t is possible to argue that this placidly h'our -‘!!Ie:‘ ‘V’m:"‘m";z‘:':; —_— e e | earnestness has made no difference to c:mldlel; ehmf: :rvm the 'lor‘\::u of emotion of any ind, bul . a thé day's worl rigl ANG | morality. He scquired scholarship by D Y o hac vin e TahE the better for l!.r::f physical well hoodlums had forced an emotion On i, plow on the head sent him reeling |thought you were trying to cut % say!” exclaimed Morley |r litics by associstion and mo- him. Like a man who has eaten|to the floor. He heard a half-scream [logwe.” ISm . “He's a rotter, what?’ ity by tradition. To none of these pickles and fce cream. he felt an um-| yttered by the woman, a struggle in 1t was only because you were so: “And quitting me like thi things did he bring the fire of origi usuat stirring inside of him. - = |which the woman's volce was muffled |brutal sometimes, 7d." she pleaded. |his own mean hide!" she cried bit-|nal passion. The force in his youth “By jove! he exclaimed restlessly:|and a man's voice muttered ag the|“I never really meant it. We're 'mar-|terly. ~‘Leaving me here to belwas ambition and the goal of hig and_a minute later he had re r:"m two fought in the narrow hallway. ri we?’ pinched. so he can make a clean get-|anergy was success. No man ever his hat. stick and light top coat from | Once or twice a foot struck him. An he exclaimed, as one away! But all men are like that!”| .psred harder to judge between the :‘:::,“-n.a d&l::.nt.me'n“m .::‘ m: ‘mlnr can be the club coatroom and was on his|overturning chalr struck against his|who held marriage in light esteem. | said Morley Smith. | hcughts of conflicting schools; few s (“n“_" o Mgior o y phtil and no ph: the loss of moral power. some natures to whom easy going “What hot way to the door. Once outside. he arm as it fell don't know whether we -are or|“TRat's a bit strong, what?" men 80 earnest for success ever la 14 t i . mandment s, “Uj aH the way.’ put his foot on the running board o Morley Smith drew himself along|not, if you married this man first. 1 ‘Well, what do you care? shé ask- A Seaiting taxicab. o ree the| the floot. T76 had a vague impresnion | know' Jou. ladiest Any ‘one of you|ed with sudden anger. whnat'If Re D aohia et , Mr, “Asquith, both by inheritance “Where to, Mr. Ymith?" asked that the button that would switch on [ weoly Yo, JaCEsl, AT PRC 20, Y101 aia beat me? What it he did treat | ¢ FoRIA REVe maCe & LoD o i HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH. e o s the light must be just inside the door. H driver. s sl St el of him. e OB ainouEht he was PQUare |statesman: he could never have been Smith hesitated. Suddenly | He raised his hand and felt along the [, @ = 3 . e ot Tutter rerklessness surged | wall and found the button. Then he [, 4% 8% EET S et e B e o eI N maybe 1| Sfeat man as Massini, Bismarck |in carnest, but was mever excited; he|cepted by the world as touchingly through him. He was seeking adven- |stood upright with his back to the And he says it is his house. You|Would never have known how yel- and Gladstone weré great men. was beset on every side, but he |paternal—the old man did not so much n 5 J B i 1t CHe would 8o the full | wall and pressed the button, and the .M P Tmever failed to mainiain the best tra- | lean upon the arm of his child as o light. The |chose this house yoursel Lo as N e L oya have it ditions of English public life: he was | smile upon her high-spirited antics. followed his star, if he had 1y pursued the path marked out for him by tradition and his own earli- est propensities, he may have been &n unpléasant person to = gathering hall was flooded with ;i - “fe this your house?” asked the|Eone along with him forever, just| urRE are reasons for suspectin - A say,” he sald. Do you know |woman, suddenly released, uttered a B are réasons for suspecting|trusted and respected by all save a| One must trespass upon the jeal- | of decadent artists: he might, indeed. (h@lruul’e to Westcote?” short laugh and wiped her mouth where mull. turning to ,!:,"'\r;l“i 5"5'2"'". B'l.'&'f.'é'iu{"m"::.n'-?"&';‘.."“%‘;”5?5 T his moral qualitiés. When hé al- | clique. Even in the humiliation of the | cusly guarded private life to discover | have become &8 heavy &s Cromw: a_small scratch bled. and Morley said Morley - 3 Paisley campaign he was so noble a |the true cause of his bewildering col- |and as inhuman as Milton; but “Yes. Mr. Smith. would never have fallen from Olym- All right!" maid Ed. “All right!|it. You cameé and gave him the lowed Lord Haldane to resign from|fgyre that the indulgence with which |Tapse. Mr. Asquith surrendered some o here, you know Smith found himself looking directly 1 want to go there, ¥ pus with the lightness of thistle- Go in the parlor there and switch | chance to show himself up, and now |the cabinét at the shout of & féw |he appeared to regard the rather vio- | vears ago the rigid Puritanism of The driver pushed down the little | into the muzzle of & short. heavy re- e : : : ci a| volver in the hand of the mar on_ the electric: I can't go back to him. 1 d of a witty daughter was ac- | early vears to a domestic circle, 'down. B rcic ana l:::':(p:: Spinning tagh| M vou move one muscle you are| Morley Smith hesitated. The trap| “My word!" sald Morley Smith. journalists he sacrificed the oldest of | lent aid of a witty daug! early a c cir D etch of street to Madison. Morley | dead!” said the man. was too evident. If it had been in-| “Could you go back to him If you|[his friends to political eéxigencies. S ¢ vindow. His Morley Smith's first thought was!deed his house he should be able to| were in @y place?” she demanded ‘This was bad enougl ut what made ° e v ml'fn:flu}hein“"fi?s vel}:m.‘ A gambler!” for the man's face had | walk into the parlor and put his|fiercely it worse was the appearance of he- N : Dloed e adventure. indeed. He | that waxy whiteness of the man who hand on the button instantly. He! “But, T say! exclaimed Morley|roic courage hé assumed in paddling e‘ : e a O e e lo T e A D cote. where he had | sits all night in (he smoke-vitiated |could not do that. He had no ldea|Smith.” “You don't want me to marry | t0 Lord Haldane's rescué long aftér l | l l I ° . £ a cardroom. The face was nar- | where the btitton might be. ou. what? By Jove. that would be |the tide of abuse had fallen. never been. He meant to ring the | &ir of > » H s v P o d the forehead high and “ i . °Y vin, old b It is a mistake to say he brought bell of house he had never seen.|TOW. an A ght-o!" he sal ou win, a nice hit of trouble, that would. Y L . [ Thercatter he would let havpen whap*[l:l‘f::d“f:}""“‘:::‘:.‘:;lfs- The man was L its nstimyhbuee. i | when he's your hubby and all thati|Eneland into the war. England car- A e e S8 g Ml e L el ottt SR i i e 8 And His New Mexic ckRanc ol matter of fact, the town off The woman. like a woman who has | not hig house. and IUs not your House. | s bachelor. what?” way in which politicians speak of Mr. Wttente was the quicteat and most [been (hrough i strugele and who|Dar You went him word andhe fol-| * «You don't say!* she said scorn-|ASISIE 8 CHavias, preserned She Th er Clay was almost A|gectieally, a8 & creek, bec: 1 respectable of suburbs. It rested Gl loweéd you! You think I'm a fool. do|¢ypy. “And T expect you were b unity of the mation” In August, 1914, OU like it or you don't)” e young! y was . creek, ause in a s few miles| forget the whole affair, leaned [yvou2 if you were not told to follow L4 pect ¥ re born | ' dex enough of the degraded con- | €6 fanatic on thé subject of honesty and | country where distances are so com- amone ith E3sutifal (roce. 3 1Cnd. aha st the opposite wall. Jouz, dr you were not sold to follow | eme. woren't you? Well, listen. friénd. | digion of golitics, A house of com- might be said of New|square dealing. Ono day, when the |mon, what is the Stream be in places from,‘:lll"hflf;".'m“';m R a1t A ow, thenm, you< sald the ¥ did you come here?" 211 don't want to marry vou, it thats| oo Of BF BORECS O an hour after Mexico. If there be a par- |racés were in progress at Lexington, a mile wide, what fs a mile? Thirty had Morley Smi B eatente. for ad- | “what are you doing here? ‘A friend of mine lives here.” said| ¥hat you are af f. T've had|the invasion 6f Belgium would have 1o h satie i | one of Clay's horses had heen entered | miles across it and sixty miles up and ing “1 will go to Westeote (oF will|out quick: I've no time to waste. Morley Smith e T ropn0 | ehouzh of that. T've béen married | been swept out of existence by the ticle of the mystic in you | 4,7, Tace which was the featare event |down it aré the Iéngth and breadth of e horeh for & high oid time. B et handa where they aret” | SUa i crap. f5 Rim. and It's cured me. Tomt| tn and indignation of the promte |1t will burst into flower out there in|of that particular day. A great crowd |the rsaeh. Over fts vastnoss roam L A divine audacity surged through| ™ “you did 4 you worry about me. TII g6 it alone|Mr, Asquith was the of that strange land of deserts, of lurid | had gatheredto witness it, including | the cattle. Sofmé of the ranch land , did you? At 10 at night, quith voice of England 'l ssed the Queens- : | The _taxicab cross e | Mortey Smith. This was adventure |25 sobar?’ What's hia name? from now bn. It for’t matter what|in that great momeRt of her destiny,|sunsets with mountains along the|PcoPle of social prominence from alilis ownéd by Sectétary Fall and his borough bridge and rolled along iy i £ adv he had b 1 i t 4 | indeed, the kind of adventure a Morley Smith hesit: B = IDHEH!"'.O me. can starve If I|qa eat &nd sonorous ¥ over the state. John M. Clay in thé partnérs and some is leased. The e s ";‘“","“,h,“:‘,fn",""",_,"éfi: Jonmed for. The revolver interested |, ytoriey Smith hesl e Prosuburty | nave to. a,Sreat and sonorous volce, bUt bY |porizon transtormed by them into Lrivacy of hin room was in the Instial | most accessfble péint fo what is call- Ly L enchy other, "It ‘swung | him. but 1t did not frighten him: It in 5" thousana places—written tn|, Ao put her haml on the @bor|tions tokether at « moment when it |Eold, then clothed in decpest puiple | Stages of dressing when s friend en- |ed the home ranch froM a_rallway around the shore of a bay and rro!nrd’:uufd o eliove any man kiilea a|books. on envelopes, shown by lfl.le ! tcred and told him that it was ru-|is Thres Rivers, Secrétary r.';u L " was least possible for it to break |as the shadows creep up from the val- 5 1 i a small stone bridge that spanned a i 2 ! % | tale initials on silver and linen. e But 1 say!” sald Morley Smith.|apart; but he did not lead the nation X {mored in the paddock that his trainer !station, ofi the Ei Paso e The driver slowed the cab at | fellow-betng without execilent feo |invented a name he was trap ualtiabity ito war. It was largely becauss he |1€VS: then night, with a sky overhead | had entered into an agreement not weMers Baliway syitem, ’ ened the door. < - | what are you doing here, if it comes b 2 ane was sacrificed. The tori 5 b Y - O e oo cote, Mr. Smitn,” ne|seemed spurred to frolicsome lvell- | oty BHo i, o to_that chap. what? a. o D e, 116 ho¢ [0ri¢8 | mains untit the night 18 far mDent.|sotgun from s’ corner of the room |store (the Secfetary catd “f domt know the place very Siy dear chap.” he sald. “the boot| THe eyes of the mar caléa ka| _, To him. To a man with & yellow | war whole-heartedly; they looked | But MOre than all else, everywhere, | rushed out, and appeared before the li: Sell. TN have to n’,‘; u:me é’n?h | 1% on'the other foot. Méy I ask what | narrowed. s(zgnut.(h:nd;::t?';-;“ P scapegoat; Lord Haldane | éver present, there is that mystérious, m;“let t':“n:r:rltr;'ga“olhy;:ng:er.“::‘}:tyhe-am:: i ove, yes!" said Morley Smit! you are doing in my house?” I'm the oné that is dsking,” he y was chosén for this purposé by the |eager, baffling reminder of vanished|yocking his trainer. The trainer saw and sharp, jaggéd hills (héver roll- dare say I'll have to ask a bit mysélf. The number is 446, what? And the street begins with a2 C, dom't you know. Let's ask that postman chap. what?* The driver hailed the letter car- rler. 30, sald the woman,|said. “I've got the gufi. N h! don‘t vou fret about me” she | stupidest of the t 2 ok e Bt talN, Thla| your business why Lm Reres °f| satd, faughtng lightly. “T1l make it Belitered prime miniecr: and the |racon and dead kings. Even the most | him first and seémed to think that the |ing) with vegetation grinctpally of o fouse. . You heard him ask, Morley Smith had little doubt what | Somehow. It does not mattér about|mind of his own, and turnifig first to | Practical men, men cf iron, are some: e e e tasic o b = od POt A% Morley Smith's house. He's|had brought the man to thé house.| ™3, kind. this counséllor and then to that, gac- |times moved by the spell of mys- a foot race, 8o 3 foot race he made of | gests the backgrou T you” If he was not a burglar, he was| . But 1 say. really.” sald Morley | rifced the most intellectual of modern : b S ¥S- | jt. He had the advantage of first start |that powerful dramatic by g YoU” | mouth said the | iothine e Grews M I cheorus| Smith with great sincerlty: “you dont | war minjstert, eatled Sit Sdnarh o |ticism. Da¥ut gripped the lmagina- |and beig fleer was able to keep|Thomen A. Janvier. “SL Mary of the aTou Hold sour mOnthl Saiq now | enaravid maton Trome ni mochrels | 1ok that Kind at all. 1f T &et what | son to hin elde a4 Jeft {he Seitn|tion of Ritchomer as mothing else|Shedd of his empioyer, byt the runc|Areel MHout this. You let him in. What|lgoked at it. *| you mean. You logk’ quite the 1ady | war machigé to Lotd Kitchener. ever aid, except, {ho work whigh fate | LnE wis very devious owing to 2| The mausser of the ranch lives in did vou let him in for?” “I've had my bit of fun,” he sald, that sort of thing, don't you| Wé must mako atowance for th to do G manifest dcsire ou the part of the|c, but his deputies live on Mirley Smith ralsed his hand. holding the watch, “so Il stop L time. No minfster in cur it a8 |s=ve himito do—dnd he Intenven toleainteatinys to Recs s tise SRS e e * ok ® % ,wmflng and tell you the truth, ola| He wa wktwnrd in trying to say | cof mfltea by such a gl,f.nuc nén.|g0 back there wheh his strensth him and his pursucf. The race con- - o -|chap. I'm a clubman. 1 sit all a; 4 meant. ace. Moréover; the begin ai - Aol i meld a Calamus street, “How <¢]JOW. 1 sav. old chappie*” he ::u chap. Lm 2 Clubman 1 eit all day “Ugt meam It vou bea a bit of & Ntt, | ulieds Me er; ihe cabinet was not should begin to fail and he no longer do we get there, m¢ good fellow AN nonstrated. | “I call that & {h & while 1 o Torth ana ook fes|don’t you know.” he stumbled on. | tremendbun ordeal g, 1, Bg) oLl Casry on. ‘The Postman gave the direction|tnick, what? A man can't come into|adventure. Plek out & house at ran-|“You might bé a_—be the right sort.|not, I think, as & great national hefo., New Mexico is a land as fascinal- clearly, pointirig with his hand and|,c " 0 5 000 | call it going a bit) dom. don’t you know, lke a bally what? Back to the old farm, and all | As for his conduéfot the war; it was|ing, as mystericus, as bafling as telling the turns to make. He ac- . ey tolla |01 Arabian Nighte chappfe, and butt | that sort of thing! Start over again[dutiful painstaking, dignified; wis tepted the clgar Morley Smith of-|strong when a strange chap TIRne I T D A & | somewhere and things like that, 1|but it iacked the impression of a cre. | C8YPL Its spell laid hold of the fered him, and the taxicab rolled | man his wife can't let him into hisland all that soft of thing. Run ifito [SAY!" he cried suddenly, as if & great ative, original wiiid. He did not so |Imagifiation of & mah whé res&mn- away. S Taase bally burglars at work at their trade, |/€ht had come to him. much difect policy and inspire a na- | bled Kitchener in certaln respects— * ® % % “uOh® cried theé woman sharply.|2nd o forth. den't vou Rnow. No ‘What?" she askéd. her hand stiil | tion as kéep a cabinet together. One = dinary | T T O R e, “Bar i | end of a lark: ‘But a chapple hag to|on, the knob, déémed to ase in him the decorative |Secretary Fall. Look at the mictures ALAMUS, street was an ordinary | “That's & e TRaUS 8 Ji5c, Never! [look out fr nis own, don't you Know, | “War work, don't vou know—Ted f:'z't::':‘('fl-:'m' z'"“f'd of director= |of the two men and note the same “ross. or this ¢anteen sort of thifig e living spitit of the)sort of chin with the lines of firmness it bl egins with a C? Might be Cal- amus street——" “That's_it—Calamus,” said Morley Smith eagerly, although he had not had the slightest knowledge that Int! 8 or gn improvad Breed trom that as a foundation. Strange as it imay em, if the beliel muz‘ mem raliy mus- e Arabign blood in him, and is, therefore. & kinsman of the finest horse known 6 tman, the thoroushbred. e Spanfara subufbdn residence street of thel S aq to get you mway from here, ;80 I set an hour.”” he lied, “and a i b x L 1 | mthute when my ch: or sométhing. What? Jolly good |undertaRing. when they were [Uering the new medlum clags. The houses stood in{Ed. You know that. [ hoped you mfued WHEn my c l’\:‘”:g;‘é?::lxm: jdea!” & ] ‘When the historiati cores to ,nqw, about the mouth of each, and the aorla.‘:a - ht {helr .:;:e;’:{ls: r. x light of sternness in the eyes of each, small yards, neatly kept for the most 1d skip when 1 let him in. Into the. trivial eom g the lad outsidée will come in for me. * & % *x ssquencis of ere of pure Arabian blood 4 ald!" scoffed the man. s part, and were one-family houses, Jou p—that's | JOvE, yes!” HE Asquith’s fall ‘from power he wifl be : » :’m' sotciics: | Thare ate tHousands 4 Hought he was & ¢€o) e Tookon at th watch steqaiiy o woman looked at Morley | forced, I think, to Iift that vell which | 21though with Secretary Fall it i brought into Spain by Spais’ ~ a y to. H 1 ‘didn't “What wa s - mith, taking in the éamérness|Mf. Asquith has so jealously drawn |softer, kindlier, more human, for querofs, the Moors. } of similar stresés everywhere, with! “Ed, 1 swear to heaven i at was out theré?” the fnan|; ;. deross the privécy of his domestic 1if e} ever reasoh, some 6f th horses of ey (et asdn. elothes, posts | thINK he was a copt” the womam ex-|called EQ asked the woman, his eyeg : For althoukh he ever lacked the es.| Cichener was cold. austete, unsym- the Spaniards beeame wild and oam- At the rear, and now and then alclaimed oA black-and-white tasi’ stie an-| “No use: she sald sadly. ‘It|seniials of greatnessMr. Anuith onee pathetic, unresponsive to the human ed _over the mrest mretefies of unin- [ habitated eountry in the southwest. farage, No. 446 was mot an un-| Morley ; | s Dar he sald, “there may|00NdS all Tiéht, friend; but you've |passessed nearly all the dalities|side of men. In physique they are Geual house, It was a neat dwelling | ~ANNEC he said, 19olIOE N o 8ot to be known before they lat you | Which mike for"powsrful leadershi " 3 ps in that cdr. sée? This mah you !} rhuth allke;, and théy both loved the of " the elgit-rooms and bath tvpe. | iis'wnal Gl tnis' means’ after this | nas"i5ia Ua lids right through Tou Into those things. You've got to have T of the by il pine eArly | creat expanses 6f outdoors. Hut in called & verdhds. he faxicab driver fi«:"-‘liem":: le,;;;:- :;.l,! 1 “"('ia"é:fi? =3 :n:n;n;x”?rn:a ?'"lo;gma‘ Iuc‘m: :;5den!llla. I've nice ottes, haven't {\l{: mi:u:al}n ogbgnnnls that it pussed|the sriiles of tho two mien there is a grensd the &b, door and Morleyling a strauger chap by here.” “Buit that's the 1868 cris Morléy | StateRTsan A tHat Janotiy faiorhe | wide divergence. Secretary Fail's “Just wait here” he sald, and|That? 1 say! T i “1”‘1 * x * %k {nlth. _“Stick _around in sbré nicé éslu! brlanlc&l infster. sinile goes batk in its origin to the :.;I:‘k,:r&p the short cement path to s geeing 2 great light. “He's your SHE went without replying. She %:?e fixa’"m'-fi."»'\'rflu'&?mflf“u’,%‘fi Hlx'r.lll-tomcbm “te‘t‘rll a’r,::::: . g:w:d genial, happy elime of his upbringing O ias GAik. hut b wets | PICLDOT WIALES bildn, bikbed opened the door and sHPPEd ot-| ges Sonat 1 mean. Ah-—_build wp a|find s workable compromise. His par.|—the blue grass reglon of Kentucky. ahotle Ratt the Bouses on the 8teeet, | -prt y:: e e nmn‘l ed | s1de, and as she closed “?e.‘flbf the ,‘.,"y,’”a fl:fl(.”u;u".m You get m:-l :ll:-rle::r m“i the respect of |In the days of his Fouth out in Ken- !ura th llv\l; was nnwb about Wd in wrong? 1 don’t know what you | Man called Bd backéd away frém w'.n‘}t""me"nn.“m e “ihat m‘gmi_‘ 0 'flu.ara :f'n’a ly "h-"f'&.a” tucky only the sunny skies overtiead ant ey g‘““'f h““bu‘; l;'“flsm*;'h are doing it for, but you're making it | Morley Smith. He backed down the) FHI€H0. man, “that| e L 10 & mmhm SbOut | 4 the grass under foot were blise. In Chooking = i HGHber st n'_ b.;xl ;::r me. nZ:lelr 2;-: :'1‘1: bterf\'-’tr:! Hall, coveting the amatéur Adventurer| Moriey Smith Wasstill holding his oy:gbllmhfib—d dlg’nuy, & tétitence, | There were no blue Tell him you . | with his gtin untilehis hatid touched | watch in his hand. Now he alipped it | & Proud and solld seif-respect. With|a joyous; caretree reglon hat was! F &QL as of old, the goverfiof of dom and a street by chance. had al-|my name is not Anna. Tell him you the one éxeéption of Alfr 5 dom 4 - e8p AlfF ready thought of a plan that migh! the swiniging door that 1ed iifo thé :’l;l;lhl! l.wék!l &na patted the breast | 7 OO O ooy il e Mlg“ énést, | Bven Scafcity of 1068 and water and cli- patie eofiditions stunted their size, ut thé Arab blood in them gave them hafdihood and endurance. But what is significant is that these wild ¥ holrltéa. these muluu‘gn (hke.y are called, were, generations back, purs Lrabin, und the credo of the - bre: the beginnig and foundation s will tell.” 8o, the ranch, which théy cah get the use ), the deseeddfits of mustang ahd nmngl SECRETARY A. B, FALL. ne ty! t|don't know what my name is. ain’ him_admission to the houes and | 97y SRt b t: 3 o n < |the state with mahy of the ain him admission 1o, the houes dnd | Wouy 'ieF" sala B4 harshly. “Siop back kall: then he swung the door tey It X 80 my bite: he|SiDies, he Hed no svguintance with | oy e era the pumise Of the s “in= gut of one's usual vun of iife] (PRE mio e T €5 5 1 b A LR L K T journatism. Ho ngver gave inyBeay | {ucky” Derby every year over tiis|tinued untll the ammunition was e2: =: rémance. When the door opened, | LN MVCte o Laiee a bally row, THe wornidn returhied as sie hadl “You mean'’ shé hsked eaperly; | 0, 5 'gna thers Wa },’I‘ an Chtifchhill Dowfis coufsé &t Louis-|hausted. Not till then wis the trainer fage ™ he peant to msk. “Beg b 1h ot SOINE {0 rAlas & Ly fows [mome. Yiuer ahe had closed $NE aget| Nhat Yo would: Stake mE while 1| seker, dna thste Was ho ofie in Par-|yine, ana fthe governor mitkes afpermitted to explain and estabiish his O tiat chiterpfiee in the is this where Motley Smit LU I P LV L I b I ) was_getting s reputation in some | UAMENt who 00K less bainis to @soure | gpeech, just as governors used {o dol innocence of the chfge against him. T e P he answer ~would be e it T . - 678 16 et shb agkon . |adiet town, so thty would take mie | BLF) Gniig clostd mSere.® BEYEr | the Whin the “winner is Dresented % % % trained like polaiers, to fle into ng s with shiny niokel fix- > sative, what? A man's wife, yoi burg] apple?” siid Mor- me 80 W#ar work: = since he was himself Morley Smitn | Planation, wha ¥ T P i ) a8 on in some sort of War T déscendéd to trésson against & rival (- NOWING that the traditiotis of old ; wl tures, while 4 man In white duck suit and ingst certainly did not live there. knéw! TI'm not mln{":ob rag you,{léy Smith. “He Weént away, @on't] He saw thhst hef &yes glistemed ‘therefore he would assume an air of | Anna. My fault i €en a’ bit|you know. He got tired of my com- |with edierfibss. * % %2 "fi.'“'”"" 4l e I & péople °£ x|emueuy Yy = it] % % 0 “ o B 4 g Kentucky ate i Secfétary Fall's |and oa 88 milking raachines Sied whos ot that Sorty St | TARE, S Jon,, Y, S, 8| et whin e wire, o aitioe s seve, ¥ o gmanct as me may mane e s 5, Sty Eai 2600 1 Y oo Ty ot o, 01 et o gt meant to say say, what? Beg |hiS wite, what? Tell the chapple to(tho! Didn't say farewell.” “And ¥ trom Ed for- ords of his public lite; they will|though It belongs to an éarlier day|Ond hitn an enthusinstie partnet in s D] , vour patdon, don't you know?’ He|toddlé about his business, old dear.| “Cut and left me, i he, the &ur?’ “f would be sblé to | fall to discovétr any adéquate chuse |thian his. stock ranch out there 1 New Mexieo, 1a incrédulous and would |and we'll talk it all out together and tterly. That's like hinm.|live my own life again. Y1l do it/|of his fall from power. He was dil ry Clay, tHe ‘“"fl‘flllhlfl“fin. the country thai Mae Gppealed. 80 t little a1 make friends.” seeined to remembe: < ook -from his pocket. "But T sy | . “So_ thats it - suarled the mat|men ne Temomber that the|palt! e Bmith tobl i wallet from | E¢At 1R offe; He tesk always the |tucky statesinén Iiks mest SL he he would protest, as he turned the|BEd. “Anna, are you? And stringing atid fowéred her Voice. his pocket. He did not 180k to ges|highest advies iit &very militaby 4is-|was & devotee of the “sport of kings, 3 , | powertully to His imagination that he 3 % pageés, “who doék live heré, then7’|me with that stuff £bout your name I thought He was stralght whén|fow muth -money he ghve heér, butlpute; sattled the chief dificulty at the | byt public lfll occupied too mula aea geflfia % :? hia time orrfi‘ of ] will call nowhére else hothe? And what & Gomain that stock raneh is! “i southern gentlemeén of the ol i I ‘ ouglibréds, as lomfnr 1 4 vising the people oat there to 6o, (h ~ has some :mfnfirw stalilone on \Whoéver had come to the door would | being Dareis de Vere!" 1 took up with him,” she sald. “Helhe knew it was &ll shé would need <hen remark, “John Smith Hves hére. D e coled Moriey o e e e e e e e e B | o inreotc, 2o s ueh O 11t 15 aivided in twain by & btrents| B oo ipeses he Fides o Hores e the ! whicii they speak of out there, apolé- ' other “'boyi the 5 . “John Doe lives here. 'Smith. “The name she played under.' —straight sambllhg—aird I iarried adventuring without a goodly, sum flery energy of Llvyd George; he was!them ovel to his son, John M. Clay.