Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1922, Page 68

g~ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., JUNE 4 1922_PART 4. THE NAKED MAN Newly-Weds, a Strange Visitor, Surprises——By Richard Harding Davis their home town of xefpihurg "I" dusk of a wonderful October|concern Fred. He l!lvl'nfl! _wnzh hi$ note now was of deeper rage andPered. “I won't forget this or you amazed glances at the beautiful lady. of an old friend. Still 'beaming, he[at table and reaching a state of such the <eeps were the reigning dy- | NIEht had fallen on the hedges. the |duty to the state of New York or tofcame in greater volume. Batween|either. Il send the money back |Fred thrust him Into the seat beside | powed to Keep. s Agpaestation ithat soot Rbey nasts. socially and in every way.|clumps of evergreens. the rows of |sclety. One day when he fiud vin-|hin clenched teeth the naked one|same time [ send the clothe the chaafteur. Polnting at the Eolf | =it Mr. Harry—Mr. Van Warden,” [ would N ©O1d man Keep was president of | close-clipped box. A full moon was |ited “the Institution.” as a somewhat | cursed flercely, and theu. as though| “Exactly!” sald Fred. + |eap mnd automoblle gogEles Which | e gaid, “is to sfay to dinrer, might | irst names e Taat TN the trolles line. tha telephorie com-|Just showing itself above the tree- [sensitive neighborhood prefers to|to avold further questions, burst into| The whecls of the tourilg car|the stranger was stupidly twist o in | g gost. sir, he is very partial yo | written messa o he_tad takey from pany and the Keep National Bank.|!ODS. turning the lake into moving | speak of it, he v told that the|a fit of coughing. Trembling and|erunched on the gravel drive nnd‘lhh |.-..‘\,|,. ‘vred.whiswr;d fiercely: | ipe ‘g"uui Vibert e iy : the x-l;;.n-;,..- ‘n wae a long-distance But Fred, his som and the hefr ap-|Silver. Fred rose from his wicker | chance of a prisoner’s escaping from | shuking, he drew the canvas cloak | Fred slammed the door. and, like a i inome. ont Cover your face’| ' Frod Keep gazed stupidly from his|call from Yonkers sentiby James. the parent, did not inherit the business|chair and. crossing to his young | Sing Sing and not being at once re-|closer to him. But at no time did|sentry on guard, paced befors it.| pon't speak! The man Knows w Ral | putler to the ,.-vm.-z.r and then at | faithful chauffeur, ) ‘ PBilits of hie fathers or. it he did, | bride. touched her hair fearfully With |taken was one out of six tholsand.|his anxious, prying eyes leave the|Aftér a period which seemed 1o io agh [ nis S it oni Erantevily | M F e iean s tmtonn he took pains to conceal that fact.|the tips of his fingers. So with Fred it was largely a sport- | eves of Keep. 3 stretch over many minutes the @ eaxer eves and parted DS |yt ana smilingly happy ey ot that party. fhe mrtlolen e Fred had gone through Harvard, but “What if we don’'t know anybody, |ing proposition. Any man who could u—you eouldn't lend me a sult|came from the inside a cautlous | yames th chauffeur was waiting for | HalEy cougien Fantails hail | needed ™ /it mead .““4“.“, him safe as to that also, unless he told people, | Win." he said, “and nobody knows |beat a six-thousand-to-one shot com- of clothes, could you? he stuttered.|knocking. With equal caution Fred | pe sigpal. Fred nodded sharpiy. and | 1 a bottle sir?’ he asked Lon: a train, to; Boston.. On the wa¥ they would mot have known it. Ten|us® Itsbeen a pertectly good houes- | manded his admiration “Just for tonlght? TIl mend them |opened the door the width of & fiNger | yhe chauffeur stooped to throw in the | fexuly Fred fossed hia arms |back I got arcested for speeding the Athutes after Fred mat (& men he|moon, hammit it? It you just look| Having!settled his own course off hatk. IUsiall right? hainaded, ire-|[snd put his ear to ths cragk. uten. But the car did mot Srt |, oo o lcar on the way down. Pleass send | A |at it that way it works out all right. action, he tried to imagine himself |assuringly. [ live near here” “You couldnt find me A bulton | prom the hedge bestde the drivewas.| Taqo o agert he roared | money. 1am ina cell in Yonkers,” When Fred arranged an alliance We came here really for our honey- | in the place of the man who at that RUREAER hook could you?' whispered the girectly in front of the wheeis, Some-| 'y ek, when fhey were still B with Winnie Platt, who also was of | MOON. to be together. to be alone——"| very moment was endeavoring to JITH a start, Keep raised his eyes, | Stranger. ' | thing on all fours threw itself upon | the Innermost inner st of Keepsburg,| 'innie laughed shortly. They | escape. Were he that man, he would W and, distressed by hia look, the * oK x | the gravel; something in a suit of evaryhods aid Keepeburg would soon | certainly have left us alome:” she | first, he decided, rid himselt of his|young man continued less confl-| NDIGNANTLY Fred shut the door,| Purple-kray: something torn lose them. And everyhody was right. | Sighed . telitale clothing. But that would | dently. 1 and, walking to the veraflda. hail- | bleeding, smeared with sweat Yhen single each had sighed for| “But where elsg could have | feave him naked, and in Westchester| “T don't blame you if you dom’t be- | ed the chauffeur. Jamen, the chauf- | dirt; something that cring 1 Ol R FAM T R e, amd|heen happter?” demanded the young | county a naked man would be quite|lieve IL” he stammered, “sceing me | feur, wan a Keepsburs bov, and when | erawled, that tried to rise Tt thorr fotunes |husband loyally. “Where will you |AS conspicuous as one in the purple- | like this; but [ do live right near|Keep had gone to Cambridge James | back upon ita knees, lifting to the e e founn. Keepaburg | nd any prettier place than this. just | &Tay clnth of the prison. How could |here. Everybody around hers knows | had accompanied him. Keep Knew | glare of the headlights the white face Ben Bolt impossible and they left it to lay [AS f€ Is at this minute. so still and he obtain clothes? He might hold up ' me, and I guess you've read about me | the boy could be trusted, | and white hair of a very old. old man. | sleae to/ New York sweet and silent? There's nothing | | ORE than three generations]for autographs from all kirtds of peo- ST the matter with that moon, is there | e e One woman asked for a lock of BT wave ool satiy (o Kidonee jo oI Eathe FmatieE NIt THslinRE | D i-famoun somg of Dr.|his hair. but he wrote her he had T Sitack e etk Tt Abmidaw | Thone & there sl etier BISEe e | Thomas Dunn English, be-|just been to the barber and she would e et itiTe oy theist howesiaoni} oD EY M ORS It's a bower—a bower | i | ginning with the touching lines have to wait until he grew a new ! 5 | of peace. solitude, a—hower of——" o o . crop. Another waor wanted t at Palm Beach had told them not to S gAY ;"“'"' you member. sweet Alice know if the original Alice was a attempt that. And as she was the y ol . orianie Ben Bolt eantitul a6 dessrib Dt as there Palm Reach correspondent of a so- though mockinghis worda, thero | 7 [Sweet Alice, whose hair was 0 = /% ciety paper they naturally accepted | burst upon the sleeping country- | | brows w00, Sriptad Jaiice iihe et s Her advice. ‘She warnéd them that jn|Side the sbriek of a glaot siren. 1t | know fhe incidents conpected jremained muanswered Xaw York the waiting list is alrendy | Was! raucous, virulent, insulting. It | with its composition and which helped N intarminable and that if vou hoped|Came as sharply as a scream of ter- to make It famous HE original poem contains five to brsak into New York society the|tor: It continued in a hellow of Dr. English was born in 18519 and erses of elght lines each. and clever thing to do was to lay siege rage. Then, as suddenly as it had| | epent most of his life as a practicing | astde from the pathetic strain w t it By Way/or the suburts nnd the| oried aloud, it sank to/ailence; only | physician tn New Jersey, murviving |yuns through al! the lines. thers is country clubs: € vou went divest roj8fter & pause of an . instant, 28 | until April, 1902 The poem UPON{ne apecial literary merit. In spite of Sow Tork Knowtng /6 6né, you/woula| thoush &iving a) signal, [to ishriek) | which his fame rests was written for | tis, however. there is a charm about atiance expose that fact and the Fed | agsiniinitwo sharp hlasts And then | N. I Willls in 1843 and first pub- {1he words—ea something which ol lwaiid be disastious {again it broke into the hideous. lons- lished in the New York Mirror inliqyuches the soul—enough. at least, to She Lot them of o couple like them.|drawn scream of rage, insistent. that vear. ! make the song immertal. The first selves. souivg and vich, from the west,| reathless, commanding, flling the It was set to music by a Strolling [anA last two verses are herew who. at the first dance to which they | Soul of him who heard it, even of the player., H. B. Kneass, the alr being |quoted: were invited. nsked, “Who is the old| innocent, with alarm. s | | cne used an old German fong. It T in the win™ and that questién -1 the name of heaven.” jgasped| Gulcils. beeame a favorite and was|DEEIou remember ewvet Alice. Ben Balt drgued them so unknown that it set|Keep, “what's that | [ sung in all parts of the world. but | Swet dlices whose Saic was 40 SO0 | A ! 1 Who went with delight when you gate her @ FECR s e Down the terrace the butler from the song Iir. English never re- e P Atesee o hastening toward them. When | cetved one cent of compensation e s ol ey ot e DA T was & terrible story and it filea |2L0PVEd Be spoke as though he | * % % % In the old churchsard fn the valley, Ben Bolt s ) ey ! announcing dinner. “A convi [xx7EEN Du Maugiers “Trilby™ be-) In s corerbsrare and. aloss. the Keeps with misgivings. TheY |, .y wpae eccaped from Sing Sing. | |'W e bl Ther have fitted a siah of granite so grar agreed with the lady correspondent 1 thought you might not understand : came a stage fa " ite “Ren Boit And Alice lies upder the stane. that it was far better to advance | AORERE TOU TN T eht perhaps vou | took a spurt forward and the popu- leisureiv: frst Armly to intrench| o0 Cio Mrs. Keep to come in- | arity of the play rried the song|And des’t you remember the schoo Ben Bolt themselves in the suburbs. and then| g o . | into new channels of popular favor.| With the master & cruel and gnm. =~ : to enter New York. not as the Keeps | “T30H Gl Keep i It will be recalled, as Dr. Maurier |And the shaded Book in the rusning brock ¢rom Keepsburg, which meant neth- Bt 7 crihes a scene the jay, that Where the children weunt to swim y 2 & “The house Iis near the road ES < P! 31 { Grass grows on the master's grave, Bes Bolt, ng. but as the Ered Keeps o Long | damr said the butler, “And there| | "Geeko cuddiing lovingly his violin | “70 CUU o8 the bronk ts dr Island, or Westchester. or Borden- |, . o) many trees and bushes. Last | | and closing his upturned eyes. plaved | yoq of ail the bors that wer schotmates oy e . - i summer two of them hid there, and R prohatly i mtu all of those ,.:.»..:x .‘:v«;::d‘m. S e | g !m:! been x;-h;.Aea !--{r‘!sl—iu"h There are onty son wnd 1 o widow. “our smartest people have S e R passion, such pathos, such a tone— e SR country homes. and at the country U::’;“:":’V'S ';‘j“r': "'; "‘;‘ "1’:“““ Fes) and they turned It and twisted it, and | ™" I8 chasse i e oagh { Jovel; club you may get know them.| =, .. time to dreas for dinner, Win," | wer one Key 10 another, Pay-{ pes have changed from the old to the new Then when winter comes. vou fol-| 10 f | [ing other's hands. Svengall | gy 1 feel in the depths of mr spicit the truin low them on to the eity.” et M B s N [taking the lead: and fugued and| Toac aecer was changs in o -, Eand s jsAsenediant & l;‘nlfrpv».r’;d ‘.m'q Bat- | rweive ,::-,:n:ry::f.;\':‘:;:‘_».\‘.:d' Ben Ban A[HE moint_from which the Keeps “I'm going to finish this cigar first P e e :;‘f‘,‘,_"‘n";m’m:":z,.‘,j: csence a biessing, vour friendship elected to lannch thier attack |1t doesn’t take me long to change. pizzicato and ip sordina—adiago, an- gk ~as Scevbure-pnsthe=Hudson Thb\v‘Hfl,‘turnpd to the butler :\V\r'! ru {Gante, allegreito, scherzo—and ex- Reu Bolt, of the sele-sea gale .s:hr!pd lsl arboro ‘!r-ct‘n\x:-hvmxhl ot :u::"- cocktail, too. Tl have it out| | nausted all its possibilities of beauty,] Few: people. perhaps. know that them could piay golf. and they plan- | N® 1 nelr susceptibl i of three rin; latter part o lite Dir ned that their first skirmish should '__"'h" ""_"”“ '1'“ them, but in the| ‘\” all but P:a‘z‘tu‘l ?udn”:u. ;{a: hnrnd'::‘:'s:;fn‘::- :n'u-l:r‘ikr umm: politics be fought and won upon the goif | rench window that opened from the | 1 and the masterful Ben Bolt|being elected a_member of Congress links of the Sleepy Hollow Country |terrace to the library Mrs. Keep lin- FRRTHT {and his over-tender Ailce and his too|from Essex. N. J. district. Because Club. But the attack did not succeed. | E€Fed_irresolutely.. “Fred.” she bes- L ""'\X ‘\Y\\N‘i s e e e e . Something went wrong. They hegan [Red. “You—vyou're not going to poke | At W NI and so true and his|ceived marked attentic Washinz- ;‘ndfoa.r that the Iay correspandent :.:::::o":n:':h?-:kh:n. doae e i\ Imazes and the rustic |ton. many of the members teiling hir ad given them the wrong dope. or. 5 % 5 o | m and he slab of Jthat e they ere children the although three months had passed | Her husband laughed at her. "I cer- " “‘.‘,.' !;.' 2l Pl it ;,,.: A e and they had plaved golf together |'ainly am not'” he sald. “And youre < Zamoac bols | wosue msed o o1l Ao SIBrS (hat woos Ile until they were as loath to clasp a :}’I:hll:l::!lvr:-a;‘vl.n:::::,_«.m in. Ull b¢| FROW THE HE i UPON THE GRAVEL, splendor quite undreamed | “Ren B became a song @ ship. & | golf club as a redhot poker, the ? | whoever wrote words i | steambnat an race ors ere Knew no one and no one knew them—| But the girl hesitated. Still shat-l, pacser-ny, the passer-by|i papers. too. I'm—that is, my| “You're to take a man tu New| Ate sobbed) ithe e so o named ’i dmn ng ' ;'m “.»lv that is, they did not know the Van | {ering the silence of the night. tn|giq nor flee from or punch h like one about to take a York." ha said, “or wherever he wants | rising from far down h was being played|was wrecked, the stasmbont blew Wardens: and if you lived at Scar- Siren shrieked relentiessly: it seemedlintg insensibili he might ect an he drew a short breath. and | to go. Don't talk to him. Don't ask |st b, ietenching sh was flonded with requests Wie rios bors nerer wer e .,f.p Soro and were not recognized by the | [0 be at their very door, to beat and | axchange « He might by | the rat-like eyes regarded Keep|any questions. So. if you're ques- ves of nausea ot he Van Wardens sou were mot to be| Duffet the window pan The bride | threats ohtair from some | wWatchfully—"my name is Van War-| tioned, you can say you know noth-| his 18 toward them i i Yeiiadl 6T Arv maD, | shivered and held her fingers to her farmer; might despoil @ scarecrow I'm the one vou read about—|ink. That's for your own good dist s voice cracked a Since the days of Hendrik Hudson |8T% | With none of these plans was| Harry —I'm Harry Van Warden!" The chauffeur mechanically touched | “I'm he sobbed Ot ut ar en Ot {he country-seat of the Van Wardens| ~WhY don't they stop it™" she whis- | Fred enti satisfied .The question| After a pause, slowly and reprov- | his cap and started down the steps. no fu 1 Eivesrivaeln | Bt 1ok Anwh upon the civer that [Pered. “Why don't they give him &|deebly perplexed him. ' How best|ingls Fred shook his head; but his|As he did 5o, the prison whistle, still| Above the awful silence e Hanta hie Tae andover wince ihase | Shance®T ould a naked man ¢ e himself?|smile was kindly, even regretful, as|unsatisfled. still demanding its prey. four young people the prisor +days. the Van Wardens had looked)| L B | And as he sat ponderir that point,|though he were sorry he could not!shattered the silence. As though it siren shrieked in one long, mocking eVe Ope eteran doun on evershody else. The Van|[WHES she had gone Fred pulled|from the bushes o naked man longer enioy the stranger's confi- had hit him & physical blow. the howl of tr ! “Warden estate had the appearance of | one of the wicker chairs to the ) emerged. He was not entirely un-|dences ) puth jumped. He turned and lifted | s A L i 2 well-kept cemetery And those | 48e of the terrace and. leaning for- | draped. for around his nakedness he | My hoy!" he exclaimed. “you're|startled, inquiring ey to where ) bby could come h:v_v(’?:f sowed grass seed. and before lonz Van Wardens who occupied the coun. | WATd With his chin in his hands. sat | had drawn a canvas awning. Fred |more than Van Warden! You're a ' Keep stood above him. ]T, was the stranger who ta th n he | he had a good matural park o Dlaes ore an co1d ama unsociapia | SATINE down at the lake. The moon | recognized it as having been torn|geniusi’ He rose and made a| 1 told you" said Keep. “to ask no first to act. Pushing past would he say of the| With hix own meager pension mones ab the sort of people who occupy cem- | 124 cleared the tops f the trees,|from o of the rowhoats in the |peremptory gesture. “Sorry.” hesaid, | questions.” and slipping from his own she hat time and man have | Edwin Libby fixed up seais and tables eteries—except “Harry™ Van Warden, | P20 blotted the lawns with blac lake. But. except for that. the man | “but this isa't safe for either of us. As Fred re-entered the hall Winnie the long motoreoat, he flung garden spot | and erected swings for the childr He e o e T ek Varden rigid squares, had disguised the was naked to his heels. He was a Follow me and Il dress you up and Keep was coming down the stairs to- the suit of purple-gray. The goggles | Wh . even hought an ice chest and iy hedges with wavering shadows. | YOUNE man of Fred's own age. His sand you where you want to go.” He ward him. She had_changed to one | he clapped upon the old man's fright- | 7ens » cherish his | it near s tent. It came i . Harrs. according to all local tradi. | SOMewhere near at hand c iminal— | hAir was eut close, his face smooth- turned and whispered over his shoul- of the prettiest ev & gowns of her ened eyes, golf cap he pu memory asking themselves favorite picnic ground ; ¥ 4 . S I e | shaven and above his eve was a half-| der: “Some.day Iet me hear from you. | trousseau, and so outrageousiy lovely | down over the white hair. With one | question today. and even the younger | worth people but aiso tion—for he frequently motored out Targs. andithe voice of b con he | Nealed bruise He had the sharp.| A man with your nerve—" was the combination of herself and n he lifted the convict and with | generation su =0 thous tonians, and Mr - ' to Warden Koopf. the Van Warden | “rE% e m”:_’“:,lp‘ "'r‘d"" €| evor, Tatlike face of one who lived| In alarm the naked one with a|the gown that her husband’s excite- | the other drazged and pushed him | cannot forge old soldier |Teady to suggest the country seat—and according to the| oo TUETR T ‘_Iammm"n”l“ ;i ;" by evil knowledge, Water dripped | gesture commanded silence. ment and anxiety fell from him and | into the seat ide the chauffeur.!and his life of serv love. For | for every occasion newspapers, was a devil of a fellow | M&SHERE B L E T T ©73 | from him, and cither for that reason | The library led to the front hall.|he was lont in admiration. But he|Into the hands of the chauffeur he shy Park. onee a vast expanse of He was alwass 4 and in no sense cold or unsociable. | 47 ‘,n" Y ¥ ps for his|, “from fright the young man trem- |1n this was the coatroom. First | was not for long lost. To his horror, | trust the roll of bills ori eniats ol more thene endithey newe el So far as the Keeps read of him, he| e whole counryside heard | |1 U T T Gho had been | making sure the library and hall| the door of the coat closet opened | “Get him awayi® he ordered. “it's a1 e A e e | woeat ek ki | egara H Jrves wan always being arrested for speed- | "'" farmers bedding down thelr | [ LT heq in short, hard |were free of servants, Fred tiptoed |toward his wife and out of the closet jonly twelve miles to the Conneeticut | trees e iofi-h Anier i teies wks|they Tekiioved) O e . ing: or breaking Lis eollatoupme out| oLl for the nixht, the guests of thel ., | to the coatroom and, opening the|the stranger emerged. Winnie, not | line. As soon as you' M S Sl S S e s el S i i Binitias: orifosing lis Font tothiat| Cohe CUft Inn dining tunder the red| A Fy N [ aoor, switohed on the. electric light.|aceustomed to seeing young men|him clothes and a ticket to, Boston e e s L il e e s ey Dola it prentisian oy el thos rondt | ) D nxdemitueldox) Fidere along . | The naked man, leaving in his wake | suddenly appear from among the| through White Plains to Green-|gown ,‘h,f“:, ):—l\‘v‘va:( =4y -n"»‘; S S aturs at T aden Heocfs war be| g Albany road 1t woke the echoss| [MRED was surnrised {0 find that bela trailiof damp!footprints, Coliowed {dustosats, uttered & Shery shrlck, | Fiahcand thean vouire st ey St B eseurs ] 3o nen ofr the ar ‘broken his collar-hone, but herause ,l.rfl‘,flg- z e grani -,km\ s of the 1 mannait D e faa| Fred pointed at golf capes, sweat- presence of mind Fred swung upon |the presence of the owner of the car. |© | " ) o poicortn this park | had Noainiod T5s et G e Utigaedl ine Tamily’ amo nte) tH L U LA D e on angtivi ligrsyjmreateonty, hang ing fromihooks; |itho) yis cor: | he evung upon Fred. Am I rightz |, 0 VRO T TG ded o o i P i newspapers. | granite walls of the prison. Which- [been an appointment. ~ land on the flcor at boots and over-| “Did you fix it?" he demanded. | he demanded. onse Shousined, R s il “It you would only piay | ever way the convict furned it hunt-| Two thoughts alone concerned |, | The visitor did not heed him. In| “Of course!” roared Fred. He flung | | by. Upshur street, {€ was aep- |are still an {nspirat mBnkinA. ¥ nly play Polo OF | .4 him. reaching for him, pointing | him—that before he could rid himself | “".p, h 1 Al eit il admiation \nis L nis : : E from the United States Sol- wonderf did the B e’ 6 BouRds inatend e Biiytvel . e | ut_on that motorcoat and the | amazement. in abj i n, his| his arm at the chuuffeur as though | = 0% /M0 08 T T S ; 2 3 it e e s WIS fnimiout etiFcliE the heart of each i vislt e galoshes” he commanded. “They'll |eves were fastened upon the heauti-| throwing him into space et e e o s SPEvE_ S e Bab it oD Tl et o | oenol lieard it ERe luat o0 tha un(er) ana tnke alarm, and that the MAT.|coyer you In cass you have to runful and radiant vision presented by | t=to-hell-aui-or. Hersihe shouts] che Mest 0T Rock Coeele Ghurchisosd, {8 WUnESE : 1 flowers w O Theet caTY VAT | which never 13 a0 cruelas when the [Nt knowing his friendly int NGNS | for it I'm going to leave you here Winnie Keep. Eut he also still pre-! ed. and it extended north: for meveral|conducted especia he girls. M Bis siorers. and then we ed oy io|bunted thing 1s & man. !"".flrm B i “’("’":’P‘"‘.‘ _murder. | while I get you some clothes. It any served sufficient presence of mind to| ‘The chauffeur. hy profession a|DI0CKS where, on the east, it was [dbby’s anme: was. moyn 1 loved AR | “Find him:" shrieked the siren.| MEN ushiihing ot o TEST|of the servants butt in. dom't lose | nod his head dully. | eriminal. but by birth a human being, | P0unded by Rock Creek cemetery. [through the whole of Petworth I T s (5] el te Hounosl re }"Ftnd him: He's there, behind your | Made no hostile nIm\hv-( ‘;,‘. o “nu"';_\*nur head. Just say you're waiting “Come. Hn-nn.\.mnndnd Fred. “The|chuckled savagely and this time Petworth was sparsely populated o ot e s U L i - | hedge! He's kneeling by the stone |Ment in xlh» ey :: ‘*‘_' ;]" YOUNE | t5 ses me—Mr. Keep. I won't be|car is waiting. " threw in the tlute With a grind- | in the old -m.\s( and its citizens were o B T8 Dieek wouid ba my y thing | wall. That's he running in the moon- [ M0 eved each other wariy. long. Wait” Still the stranger did not move.|ing of gravel the racing ear leaped | Justly proud of the country atmos- "] HE white-haired veteran was hap- s ould be my neck. light. That's he crawling. through| Then. taking breath and with a| “.yqii:” snorted the stranger. “You|As though he had never before seen | into the night. ils ruby rear lamp phere. py._and he loved his park with a xRk | the dead leaves! Stop him! Drag|‘iolent effort to siop the chattering | pep yy) wait!” 2 woman, as though her dazzling|winking in farewell, its tiny siren e P T passion possible only where one's whols "[HE countrs piace of the Keeps him down! He's mine! Mine!" e bte ireeu, the stranger launched | "y ‘pred closed the door upon him |loveliness held him in a trance, he|answering the great siren of the| heart is in his work. He had no im- was completely satisfactory, and| But from within the prison, from | "1 Bim sty y il He|the naked one was rubbing himmeif mtood still. Kazing, gAPINg. devouring | prison in jeering notes of joy and vic- | \Bfil"\" 1596 or 1895, Edwin S.|medite family. but his park and his for the purposes of their soctal| Within the gray walls that made the I took a hath ‘d" your pond.” he | violently with Mre. Keep's yellow | Winnie with his eves. In her turn, | to A L ibvy. ho hafl hpen wn inmate]| HGFmT ilod the ‘sap, | eomedy the stage setting was per-|hOme of the siren, each of 1,200 men blurted ferth _‘_;"‘,‘““"h ey S e | B0t Jacket. Winnie beheld a strange youth who| Fred had supposed that at the last|of the United States Soldiers’ Home| JH® wWas Lorn in Exeter, Me., fn 1833 ¥ebt! The house’ was 'one tiiay) nad (';xrseid it with all his soul. Each.| ;% Sathesd i * ok ¥ % :::;::":Lk;,;h‘:-m;n’:r:u;r::elr:::ra‘l o ,Tn'";"' ‘|"“ 3;"““:"" """““‘l‘ Y‘“:‘-|$mro 1885, first became interested u.i"" :n!\*:lwl in B Company of the rented from a ma S clingimg to the bars of his cell; each, = % - Y osed to leap to the running-board.|tnis bit of woodland. It was then|SiXth Maine Volunteer Infantry in had taken over his well discipiimea |BI® thumbs up, urging on with all the | (NP T00 B 0 B0 2 commonplace | hoo 3y gl AR S ROT motionless. | - | brush. Violations of the law were| Regular Atm served in Battery f silver and linen. It stood upon an "‘h"r' ":“': he Mumbled panting | o yccusing garments and explain his | gnatched them from the bed. From | ME stranger gave a sudden jerk S R : the | ters frequented it. The Dlace was| @h¥ W P08 and 864 by virtue of eminence. was heavily wooded amd | MOMED ThE ST October might, be- [ oy adness. 1fe regarded the stranger | o roll of money in his bureau drawer e e e e om0 NGB IE ot eigicac] SBlck mervios | admitted to the | surrounded by many gardens: but its | 5 d'.“ ¥ strange lights. beset by | ity gamiration. But even though|he counted out a hundred dollars. |intended for a bow. Before Keep|are ot aink th Kt Awaz 7 ete. Altogether, it was looked upon =00 T . chief attraction was an artificial lake | SNA90WS. staggering and falling. ' no appiauded the other's ivention he | Tacttully he slipped the money in the | could nterrupt him, like & parrst re | Tehy stionmer tarsed appealingly ) (B the neighborhood as an unsafel, . 4,4 4 picnic in Libby i walll atéked withtrout’ that Iny @12} EETUINE Jke n mnd dog in chrcles pooulal not let him supposa that Bettousers pocket of the serge mult, and | oiting ftsilemon; ho exclaimed explo-|to where upon the upper sten stood | ind undesirable spot and a reflection | yyey presented Mr. Libby g rectly below the terrace of the hou: nowing that wherever his feet led | was deceived by it. with the bundle of clothes in his | sively: Winnie Keep. ondhe commmuntly g a g, [ ‘1- 5 ' and also in full view from the road to| '™ the siren still held him by the| “Isn't it rather a cold night to take | arms raced downstairs and sboved | *“My name's Van Warden. I'm| “Idon't want togetaway.” he said. was then that Mr. Libby, wholy yon touched him aum\l P e Albany. heel. .4 .. a bath?" he said. them into the coatroom. Harry Van Warden. I was hoping, masbe, you'd let'me | 3lon8 With many others had been| gnoriiy’ thereafter he moved to th This latter fact caused Winnie Keep ) . As though in hearty agreement, the | “Don't come out until T knock,” he [ He seemed little convinced of the|stay for dinner.” protesting rather heavily against the | gojgjars’ Home Hospital, as he u' much coneern. Tn the nelghborhood| AS @ rule. when Winnie Keep was|naked man burst into a violent fit of | commanded. “And,” he added in a|truth of his own statement. It was| A terrible and icy chill erept down | €Xisting conditions, started o Worklyeing treated there and had mot the Sibea 1nany Iaborers. anll on Weveral dressing for dinner, Fred, in the|shivering. vehement whisper, “don’t come out|as though -a stage manager had|the spine of Fred Keep. He moved|there. A local attorney named Na-|strength to go back and forth each Nights the fish had tempted thewe|FoOM adioining. could hear her un-( It wasm't a bath,” he gasped. “It|at all unless you have clothesiont™ | drilled him n the lines o that the light from the hall fell | thaniel Wilspn had owned the place|day. But his friends did not forge: born poachers to trespass; and more consciously and light-heartedly sing- A The stranger grunted. But upon Winnie, as her husband{ full upon the face of the stranger. for many years, but he had never seen | him, and he receivad hundreds of le % thin once. on hot summer evenings,|\™€ to herself. It was a habit n¢ hers exciaimed Fred. His ad-| Fred rang for Gridiey and told him saw to hin dismay. the words pro-| Wil you kindly tell me,” Fred de- | the property and he gave Libby per-fters of commendution for the work emall boys from Tarrytown ana|that he loved. Bat on this night,| miration was increacing. “A bet?|to have his car brought around to|duced an Instant and appalling effect. | manded, “who the devil you are?” missfon to improve it in any way|he had done. These letters, with the Omining had broken through the|SItHOUER ker room was directly above Then you are not alone?” | the door.” He wanted It to start at|She fairly radiated excitement and| Tne stranger exclaimed peevishly. [he wished, on his own responsibility, | rest of his personal effects, were sent hedge and used the lake as a swim- where he sat upon'the terrace, he 1 am now—demn them!® exclaim- [ gnce—within two minutes. When the | delight. How her husband had suc-|“I've been telling you all evening.” he | provided it would cost him (the|to his nearest rqlative, a brother, ming pool. heard no singing. ed the naked“ one. He began again | butler had departed, Fred, by an inch, [ ceeded in capturing the social prize|protested. “I'm Harry Van Warden!" |owner), nothing. He further prom- after his death, which occurred on Tt makes me nervous.” complained He had been on the terrace for a|reluctantly. “We saw you from the [ again opened the coatroom door. The | of Scarboro she could not imagine, ok ised that it would not be sold dur-|January 20, 1520. He was then eighty- P . quarter of an hour. Gridley, the agea |Foad. You and a woman, sitting here | stranger had draped himself in the but for doing so she flashed toward - ing Libby's life. | five yvears old. Fnmte. o dom I R O o Ptne[butler who was rented with tne|in the light from that room. They | underclothes and: the shirt and at!nim a glance of deep and grateful| ~RIDLEY, the ancient butler, ap-| So Mr. Libby fixed up a tent and| The Washington school children ::fl:""nd"l:m;k"';'; n:::e Y'hP:n'm:: house. and who for twenty years hag | et me I didn’t dare strip :ml:wi;: the moment was carefully arranging | devotion. : “D‘peared in the zzp;n dom; > 1 mpent she xmmer oat of doors, with | §ent an immense floral tribute at this B o oo ‘mile away. in|been an inmate of it. had brought across your pond with you sitting 50 [tne tie. 5 Then she beamed upon the stran- nner is served, madum.” he, two-fold purpose: first, a philan- | lime, and hundreds of them attended <ol & A near. I can see now it was framed | «Hurry!" commanded Keep. “The[ger. “Won't Mr. Van Warden stay|said. thropie motive, to clean up the place, | the funeral. He is buried in the Na- tional cemetery, fuxt outside of . The stranger gave an exclamation of pleasure. “Hello, Gridley!" he and taken away the And Keep had been which was a disgrace to,the com- munity; and second, he wanted the the cocktall empty glass. ‘Where [ to dinner?" she asked. carll be Here in a minute. ‘Her husband emitted a howl. up on me from the start, for when I shall I tell him to take you?” was swimming back 1 saw them run Soldiers’ Home gate. Sipg Sing. Most of them are bur- “He glars, and if they ever get out our 3 F e 13 ihe very first ome theyn|slone with his thoughts. They were| S0 0 N0 N0 T clothes, and then | The stranger- chuckled excitedly; | will not!" he cried. “He's not that|cried. “Will you please tell Mr. KeeD | oyidoor exercise to, Improve his| A% €0 LAB0Y Fathe » movement was reak into.” entirely of the convict. It the man| W 0% Bl ina when I got|his confidence seemed to be return-|kind of & Van Warden. He's ajwho Iam? Tell him, if he'll ask me |, ;) & e started in the Petworth Citizéns’ As- New York” he whispered, |plumber. He's the man that fixes the | to dinner, I won't steal the spoons.” : i sociation to secure anm appropriation suddenly confronted him and beg®ed |y, tne pedge the car was gone! 508 breaking Into our house | s aid, what would he do? He knew| yge..p smiled encouragingly. “The two{aquite well what he would do. He|,yri» he assented. “So you've been|here,” he added doubtfully, “there's a ‘considersd svan the means by Which|riging around in the moonlight?* roll of bills in thess clothes.” he would saetet the fugitive to & sus-| Tne other nodded snd was about to| ‘They're yours” saii ¥Fred, 3 : speak when theré burst {n Upon them | The stranger exoiafn , BTe e'o ing. “fast as he can get thers! Look from Congress to purchase it J{E besun by taking out dead trees. | rycreation park for the ey burning underbrush and digEing | A committes was appointed by the as. up stumps, so that a little sun might | sociation and an elaborate report wi shine through, and the worst of the task | prepared. “but. the ‘dpsired. result wag m’ncnc.qlnmphe_-dmm no MARY-E. PRICE. “Y haven't caught anybody in this TUpon the face of Gridiey appeared = smile it never had been the privi- lege of Fred Keep to behold. The butler beamed upon the stranger fondly, proudly, by the right of long m"‘»"}! the affection’ telephone!’ He selyed the visitor by the sleeve of the long motorcont and dragged him down the steps. Reluctantly, | almost w the visitor stum-, % ISR % 2%