Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1925, Page 72

] THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (. JUNE 21, 1925—PART 5. THE LIMITS OF DOMINION! BY ARNOLD BENNETT. The Hand of Destiny and a Deal in the Field of Journalism. EFORE the war before the silence at tahle indeed, it SCor ved off for far less in the past. But| ‘“Tell Chepter he's to take the Pack-| “But were all th people | werial mails, before emperors mere small talk as being insincere even Mr. Furber would think twice [ard and start off for the Five Towns |downstal | had been cast from their affected politeness. Dinah. though she | hefore attempting to snap off the [at once. It's 170 mile He's to be| “Oh, just a joh Iot for the week £ thrones, before gold had been|would gabble 19 to the dozen in pri- | head of a personage important |at Miss Maidie Furber's, 13 Clavton |end.” superseded by paper, hefore vate with the other girls, rvarely said | enouzh to scorn such a dazzling offer | street, Hillport, Knype. at 10 sharp| “But who?" i empty dwelling houses had come to be |4 word at meals. Mr. Furber was Ralph was ahout to scorn. | tomorrow morning to bring Miss Fur-| He mentioned some names. | RS rare and precious as pearls. there | formly taciturn. And the most taci- | i | ber Rere. and tell hm he's to get back | “Well, I'm not gcing down 1o have | Wad A row of 81 mew small. reddish | furn of ali was Ralph. whom nothing | here with her hefore tea time. Tele-|my tea with them folk. and so vou houses on the east side of the muni- but the need of somsthing that he !"JUHI next Saturday afternoon every- | phone u message (o Miss Furber to|nesdn't think it, Ralph Furher . | cipal park of Bursler in the Kive|could not get himself. or the de thing was the same as on the [ay the car will be there for her, and | “All right, sillv! Al right® he el to carry on an altercation, could rousc | o Saturday. Ralph was working |she'll oblige me very much by coming. |agreed testily. | Exteriorly they were all alike, ex-|into speech. None, not even Ma in his garden *“shop.” ‘Dinah was in |l want to see her on urgent family | In spite of hie unique and disconcert cept that 30 of them had the hay win. dared crossevamine Ralph: being | ;e kitchen. but this time her halr |business.” ing manners 1o friends, Ralph thought | | dow to the left of the front door. while | made of dynamite he might have eX-iy,q not in frons. Mary was afield| “Yes, sir.” he had cast off most of his old Five | 31 had the bay window to the right of | bloded and blown the entlre house 0|y the land of tender sentiment. % ox Towns pecullarities. Perhups he had. | the front door. ‘The sireet was not | Dils. Maldie was in her hedroom mending oo LG 3ut in the presence of Maidie they all and_enough 1o look directly on the | But something was hound to happen | 1o "0 e hur stockings. Mr. Furber | [ APY ELEANOR wandered into the | oo 6 0% 00 S0 8% o Cpere she park. but the houses had long, if nar-|that evening. It happened. .-uldle,lhe!“‘N"l_'"g S mia Jad he 1 mm,| room, althought the room was his| o "5 e" Vary symbol of the Five vow. ‘gardens at the back. with a faiv| vedhaived. failed fivat in seltcontrol. | 400040 hour later than usual and | den. Mr. Furber permitted, even en-|nil S0 er Tod huir, her freckled open prospect of the culliery-strewn| “Of course. we must be thankful if | e B0 TERG &L couraged. his week end guests thus|f,ce her snub nose and her nonon- moors which inclose the Five Towns, |he leaves us even a crust now—with : freely to wander azbout, on the un-| enge uttitude. Dowdy, constrained Sl S | hi and f iends and all™ she snorted, | The moment approached for the arri- ey B o é i ! : ! e kitehen to see | Sustained attention until dinner. He | hor ous: e some were different; wnd the most dif- | Halph helped himself to two lumps of | NS, hag 10 ber KUCRN 10 55 nad “no oblection to some. of them | S6%sturdy enoush in her mind to re-| ferent of all and the most individual, | fheese when - ther 8 was as though the house itself awaited | listening—or pretending not to listen | 36" much so that Ralph actually fel | the most independent, the most effi-|IUNPS on the Qieb, L L o |a crisi —while he transacted business. somewhat ashamed of knowing them ! cient. the most suceesstul, was No. 41, | i} was s If she hatd but w maten to|® 5050, (e ek not one word had| Lady kleanor was voun. beautitul | 200 RIUE RSRiTed, BF, KNG thom inhabited by the Furber family. 15 T bt sleeves. rolled |been said by Ralph or Mr. Furber to|2nd beautifully dressed. She, indeed, | o) gnologetic even for the house it Dinah, the elder daughter, aged 28,1, "y iy wished face, black finger |40y of the girls about the mighty £20,- | had style, pedigree. She was the|ya)r * e felt that in putting on gran.| fair, buxom, placid, plain, was the |1 2h hair—Ralph started and | 000 offer. Nevertheless the girls knew | daughter of an earl. and she hud mar-| gou;. he had somehow betraved the | housekeeper. She got up t. went | oo ved. then checked himself. For |that Mr. Furber had ordained its re.| red ‘"m“"""?" of a baron. 1t wWas |, ooad fdeals of the Five Towns. | o bed last. and received no salary:| &, "5 Thislife he was genuinely |fusal and that Ralph would obey, and | impossible that any woman should | "“404 che had only come because she vhen she wanted a little money for ), 5.¢ (o communicate facts to his | that nothing could possibly change his| Pe as Innocent as Lady Eleanor |y 5q™ ;0\ ohe he was i1l The goods: clothes—she seldom wanted money for | SAIONT (o Communicate facts to i | 200 B0t NS 10 that stlll he hated to| loocked. and Lady Eleanor was not.|nad thopght he was il the goods: anyihing else—she had to ask for it, | /0% creat ¥ | give & refusal, and despised himself. | She had seen life. She had, In fact,| tie S, THot was what she was, % for u favor. the vounger I never saw th fllow before,” he | The girls were profoundly disappoint-| hid to get rid of the haron's brother. | nitted 1o himself that if he persuaded danghter, aged 25 . golden. sHML | i ‘With pride. “But his scheme is|ed. Maidie and Ralph had had a|She was now free again. Ralph, with 0" o) {0 the drawing room and be pretiy. nervous. critical. too much (70Tl Gy in bosiness. There's a | frightiul quarrel because in quite an- | his insleht Into human nature—of | jnfyoduced to his job lof, he should be aware of the frailties of human mature 1sed him of | Which he was secretly very proud—| i paned of her—do what he would works for sals at Longkhaw. He's [other matier she had a nd the risks of be Alive, was a | E knew that « o ot he fr o s Stne el bel o - I that «he would not he free for s,y vot he admired the girl. confound 3 {[ready o buy i if il take it on. and | being & miserable coward—and he well | Knew that b i T A e tha [he'll find twenty thousand capital be.|knew, to what she in_her merciless | lons. He adinlred her. She was s0lpop “‘Niss Hummel appeared. and, o e, SO €leRAND. 50 eXPENsive. | worried. he left the two young women twice what <he spent. Maidie, the|Ggee And now ve knew.” lle was | feminine subtlety was referring. Those 3 cousin (really a_second cousin). aged | ;refyi 'not to look at his father {two had not spoken to each other for|She had such a quiet, tranquilizing | (P00l 00 o hoe red-haired. freckled, pretiy. flery And what did yve say?" Maidie three days voice. and e h a way of looking at| ..y, “ryrher's compliments. and he pusnacious, snubnosed. Was 4 Mistress |y ad challengingly. dangerousiy | Ralph” was all the more anoyed,|d man—irusitul. reassuring, apprecia- |y ooag vou'll hegin dinner without him he board school vorthorne; I suid, "Whao're ve codding of, mis- therefore, when m his vibrating re-| tive to alph that such a jewel “f‘q\ he has just had 2 very urgent rned more than Mary @nd saved (o> “Phui's what [ said. But he |[treat in the garden he saw that Maidie| 2 &irl. who knew famillarly the {8 5 ME TS0 (8 8 TS et SUIT =he Sved. vasn't codding. He's going back toland not Dinah was showing the swell | Whole of the zreat world. shonld be | WRGE ((PU0 B0 B0 Last of the younz senerailon came pondon tonizht, and he'll come azain | through the hack door: the zirl must | ©n familiar terms with him. Ralph, | “ o0 5 0 RS ERL S aluh. 24, of medium helght. stocky In | nex Satumday. for my answers &2 | e akon Dinah e pace sinaply from | the brother of Dinah, who had ma ltaie o e e sure. with brown hair and a sUff} " <gnd should you be the boss of a|a mischievous desire to quiz the swell. | Fied 2 jobbing builder. and of Mary, | B8 1ooF L brown mustache. Te was extremelyigreat biz works?" Maidie demanded,|A few seconds later—and before the | Who had n:dxr‘!(': % Prudential insur. S | uncouth, rather nervous. very untidy. | with caleulated incredulits i ‘had reached the engine|ance agent, and whose father used | e 5 0 | and amazinzly rude. He lived in the| " “Yes miee o1 \,,,,m‘,, be tha iboss 15;]',':1"5';{“,;,', 14\\'9”,,',,“,“ dbor ,.:,,,,, to eat in his shirt sleeves in a house | / D upstairs in a little sitting room house like o wild animal. quarreled | With that Ralph suddenly rose. | again and Maldie reappear. | of which the rent was § shillings a which had semehow got mislaid fiercely with Cousin Maidie and quar- pushing his Windsor chair gratingly | - Rafe!” week! He took her soft hand some.|among the bedrooms. Maldle and Miss reled even with Dinah, who. neverthe- | across the tiled floor, and passed inte| “What is it?" what violently and she yielded it|Hummel were hovering expectantly less, was of @ notubly pacific disposi-|the front rcom. He was 100 excited| I want you,” cried Maidie In an | tonchingly to his violence [BScunds e; table lady 108 two, hon tion:, also he had dark. suppressed and triumphant 1o remain another | imperious tone. “So that affair's all over and set.| Ralph. whom thev were certainly not fends with his father: but he never|moment with the family. He could not He strode up the long garden. nod- | tled now?" he began. referring 1o the | #xpecting, seemed to pounce tizer auarreled with querulous Mary,| bear the emotional tension of his | ding brusquely to the astonished visi- | late proceedihgs against the baron’s | ishlv upon them. and at a hardly per though she made no attempt at all to | triumph. The kitchen was scared by | tor and passing him without a word. | brother j ceptible sign from him Miss Hummel placate him. Ralph was employed by | the unbslievable magnitude of the What is it, you vixen?” | She nodded. depurted in search of another dinner the Five Towns Engineering Co. Lim-|event. The meal abruptly ended. No| “Your father's just died in his hall ye get ver costs out of him?" | elsewhere in the house ited. which manufactured machinery |one could eat any more. sleep. | “Heaven knows!" she exclaimed, But what about the people down for the earthenware works of nearly | Mr. Furber finished his beer. got up| *Wait a minute,” said Ralph, and, | with a sigh and a smile. I hear airs?” - — s e the whole world and for many col-|and went to bed, formidably mute. shouted to the swell he's off 16 Central Africa.” ‘Hang "em! I've got to talk to vou. lieries. It was known and admitied| The girls retired into the sculler They sat down side by side on the | sald Raiph that he was marvelous at machinery. | out of earshot of Ralph. and chatter- And then in a lower tone as they [ blue sofa in the immense bow-window D've always have dinner at this and people said that he was, further.|ed in whispers. They knew naught |met The secretury soon afterwards re. | tine’ . . | her old manner, “that’s just like ve,| the carpet. wate et him- | came along the corridor as from a @ considerable organizer and that al-| except what Ralph had told them, and | “Summat’s happened in th' house.| turned into Yhe room. Mr. Raloh Ves. Usual time. ready he had performed various bene-| yet they managed quite easily to find | T can’t stop to talk to ve now. But | Furber did not move from the sofa “Ye know very well it isn't. And AL A = broaty £ th t ficiel wonders for the F. T. E. €. He|subject matter for more than an |1l take your offer. 1'm ready to take | He continued to talk in a playful, | 40 Ye 2lwavs put on evening dress?” |beck and call. vou do. You sentfiat Wit astoond e clenm ipabpatitina ol e crantibley existed solely for machinery and was| hour's glib. swift, dramatic discus- | it on—that is, if we can come to a | rough tone to Lady Eleanor. and then “Well, it's evening. isn't it?" tdid. And I'm brought a!ll the' way ! little sitt roon of the; furnaces over at Cauldon in the Five entitled to be called guite mad. He|sjon of the terrific situation proper arrangement.’” suddenly he faced the secretary and| He winked as he examined her|gown her to be put in my place an logue between the hammer and Towns. Only it s verv, very fain used the front room as a drawing of- e S | Dinah and Maidie and Ralph stood | began curtly and rapidly to give her [anew. It seemed to him that she e tongs would net he edifying, but it | e fice, and in such a manner that the in the bedroom together. Muidie was | a long series. of varied instructions,|itively had not anged. The same constituted a gre . 1o fines #irls could not use it as a parlor with- | YW/HEN Ralph. last of all. went 1o | about to run for a useless doctor. Which she scribbled down, about the | Slimness. the same fresh if freckled |and you knew it. but vou want ta joratitiied # Srent = it much preliminary ghtening bed, leaving the sround floor 1o} They were all deeply shaken with | electric light instzllation, the pur.|complexion. the same bright. girlish, make us believe von aren't. Well, you interfered with by ' ¢ = up and grave family complication dark night and the whippet (who |emotion, and Ralph not least. chase of Treasury bills, his new suits, | bold. fighting and vet innocent glance. | can’t do it one fron f SUALER neos ey onithetaile and el And he had bought a small decaved | glont in the scullery unless under con.| But in his agitated heart Ralph|a hammock, chumpugne, a works dis. | DIMCUIt to believe that she was pust| Mr. Furber achieved marvels of The ee party. was solic {0 anound it amid the dehrls of the steam engine and renewed its Youth| rection for sins) he found that his|could distnctly hear himself mutter- | pute at Newcastle, efc.. ete {30. How different ~he was from the | ceif-control S fheel : nce. of the host Meal- He shut the door and approache and erected it in a shanty indescrid- | father hed not. put the e om® | ng to himself ““And tell St. John," he finished—St. | Women downstairs' He thought in his Listen here” his voice sank nearly in @ dan the faubuen Sheady aniionaly, hoping ahly constructed of odds and ends of | The azeing man. with heome lon “A near thing. that! A near thing. | John was his principal secretary— | instinctive partfaiity for the place of | (o a murmur ~I'm telling s I reatls | socined Feher lefy | 1hat he alone had heard the soun wood, zinc and iron in the garden.| o rotruding. Y in wait tor the moer. | that. A very near thing.” tell Mr. Si. John to draft that letter | hit orizin couldn’t come. I've got vers impor the re Leaning over the ra T Ratadvers MaldleShie iceased This engine actuated a lathe and o g2, Ciy #E IR VT TOr LAe S0 sl about the Gharing Cross Echo, Tell There's something in her that the | tant interesis. Very Important. 1'the corridor he saw the heads of the| T, Her eves glistened we £ other contrivances. When Steaming | of i upward into the amr and i him the figure’s twenty-one thousand. | others haven't got sh'd doubt if vou realize how fmpor- dancers below. Lady Eleanor ran up HEre. listen here:” iy it coughed=—a sort of hacking coush “What didst sav_to that there R RALPH FURBER sat in his|/Tell him to make it final. and 11| Before the parior maid who served ta 3 to him and leaned over by hi Sans MOGlD 8O 4 poc o and the neighbors complained of it | . o1 CIASL SO study on a Saturday afternoon | give ‘em until Tuesday 1o decide.” |them could bring the finzer bowls he I don't care what von ‘inierests I know vou hite me ding. But ve've been and even invoked the power of the | SSIGCRET U3 S SO palph sullen. | Teading a very short letter. The s v |~ The secretary departed once more iptly told her 1o go. partly because | are. You haven't sot anv interests as poiznant tone. while ininz Y icked thincs, borough surveyor against it. Then|, “gi i’ (o hic boots swith nolse | Was # vast apartment. lar | fully 1aden. feared that Maidie mirht silentiy [important as Mary's weddinz was tela vapid smile for the AaNE. ety fun you should have seen how & family |y Gid" Wi T should. Speak to vou | the whole of No. 41. where his father | Lady Fleanor s id: and witheringly sneer at the notion of | Marv. She expected to he married | upward public : control yersalf v r @pparently disunited can he united, | i 4 7 ¥ ; YOU | }1d died, and it was furnished in ma-| “You know soull never buy the|him. Ralph Furber, emploving finger | 10 vears ago and <he ouzht th have | dome with oo Uit *hudgrenit you m I lonlagine assembled | that is. You think every one's ur | self zo. Hamme nes were per- tance. It reminded him of the di made to feel small. Youre a snob went te dit. T came from the little sittinz room. It was Maidie sol binz with singular regularity. Her between the vou only L L welded and riveted together! The fam-| "'\ 1,4 "\ hat need to speak 1o ver | hogany and gilt and demask. Em-|Echo for twenty-ctie thousand. 1t's the [ bowls. He thought of the old suppers | heen. Run after as she was' And at how I S Fellows are afraid of vor ily defended Ralph's steam engine, | ¢ iyt RS0 DEEd, 10 Sneak 10 SOU| o lors had been cast from their |oldest -established evening paper in|in the parlor of the cottage by the |last it comes off. and you were to give| -1 don+ hate ver he answere But I'm not I'm not. At lsast which in private the girls detested.| (5 (€8 Sl Moo Yol L B hat | thrones: vet Ralph looked little older. | London, and Steinhefl won't take less | municipal park. her and all. And vou throw admire yen for that commission idea. GOn L think T am with ruthless ferocity. Neighbors for 40 | 4o~ want to o into business for? | He looked fiercer and jollier. than twenty-six thousand. He might| S0 ve think I ought to be ‘down.|her over and she has (o be iven away | Buciness ic businese. Dont file snlisdiotimly ‘ yards on either side were allenated|y .o 5 workman and the son of a| The letter ra take twenty-fiive. bui I don't think so. | 'i§ht ashamed’ of myself.” said Ralph. | by that stupid old Ezra.” (Ezra was I'm a business nmn myveels e o lassincber magnificently forever. The appeal to | ELe & workmun and the son of @ .pe, Raiph: We were all extremeiy [Its cheap at fwents 3 auoting suddenly from her letter to| Dinah's husband.) “And it was a scan-| shouldn’t vou have made a bit eut of | 25Ke0 himself as he kissed her. No the borough surveyor failed. - The [ CEN. o MR A B0 offer | disappointed that you did not come| Cheap, is it?" I know it's losing | him. dalous shame. You're the head of the the sale of this paper? You shall ® did not draw back. " Sfie let hin family spat out triumph on the re- | PNETER O Te OW R SR M OFR | qown for Mary's wedding after all|close on thirty thousand a vear. And| Mary was mosi frightfully hurt,|family still. even if vou fo have lords | downstairs asain mow kiss her falr ang square. And the ter sentful defeated. The victorious en-| i 26 Ot BRALE 19,00 PaTh too |and T think You ought {o be down-|J'm to puy wenty.five thousand for |and askamed. {00. As it you despised |and ladies and things at vour precious ' “But I must talk to you tonizht Too coarsencenandimysteny: ot des gine continued to coush. et arould 17 iheg seen 00| 1ight ashamed of vourself. Yours,|¢he privilege of losing four hundred |her. Too grand now to come to vour| week end parti I suppose vou'll| must explain myself. You must ler| UnY Shook him. For he was a mar ok ox 3 e oo menisiined by U | Bawe § own Sister's wedding! And crying off | say vou gave Mary a thousand pounds| me defend mysclf. Meet me in the pyi¢COUId comprehend and appreciate o | to turn th’ town upside Aovin, payi ";_ Mr. Furber frowned and glanced out‘ “But you'd =oon turn it into a pa: -lbthe last moment, too! 4 Maidie’s | for a wedding present If I'd been her | kiosk at 11. I'll slip out I shall ex B A - s & o VER all the young generation| !0 UL e e o T TV InE at the gardens which surrounded his | oncern. Besides, vou want a|Voice was hard and the glint of her|I'd have ripped the cheque in half and | peer vou. near thing. that:" he said 1e tood the widowed Mr. Furber; a| /a8es #n¢ Weepink books and WS | mansion and the park which sur-|g, Owning @ paper would round | &¥es was hard. None of the ladies | sent it hack to vou in an unstamped| She ziided down the stafrs. e LiSelf “An hour later. half an hou workman of the old Five Towns | emselves out il lackets and neckties | o njed the gardens. She had aly I quite see that. You |downstairy would have dared to stand| envelope. That I would! You're a dis. | watched her. <he wis iiced highle *igp 20 T should ha” been- hool, with a short fron-filings beard | 3nd going into th' saloon-bar ‘stead o' | ;,orve, that voung woman had! He|}0uldn't get one that was paving its|UP 10 him as Maldle was dolng. Not|gusting snob. And you think evers.|ormamentul. Wit o oinmeed highly hus he reflected as he went out 10 and no mustache: a trade unionist | th’ bar-parior. And in six months | ;"o gecustomed to being written for u quarter of a million. Every.| 91¢! They all. whatever thelr lineage. | body’s afraid of von and you ean do | rich mans home How iniensely fem. V€ XAty 1wo minutes (o Lady hut a conservative, despising all non- | there's writs out against ‘em. ARd|(y'in such a manner. He was accus SiNE it Al oean kowtowed to him when it came to the [ what von like and we shall lick your | inine Bleanor in the kiosk. He was arme sense about democracy. He was|then can thev go back to an honest|iomeq to flattery and to his own wa.| Ruiph seized Lady Eleanor's hand |Point. He saw that Maldie would|boots. Not u bit of 1. my tads ami he's zot me.” he reflected, “she| N0W aZainst the weapons of Lady <enior warehouseman in an earthen-|Job? They can na'. and they dunna.|pe .y an exceedingly wealthy per-|,ni“looked her in the face loweringly, | need handling. Tk thanl vau fo) serdinhe 6o e st | was ob e o e e Bne 1or in the Summer nighi ware manufactory at _Hanbridge, | nelther. ~ ¥e've sot a rood Job at|.on " e had made himself rich and |0 BeT \ GiS fACE (OREINEN, | “iListen here.” he said. subduing his| tion early tomorrow, as T-m roing hack | of e Ang Tae: foreqmmission out | “On the first day of his ownership of whither he went every morning by|¥ydens. (Fyden's was the old name |} j10q made others rich, too. He had| oi0" with u mixtars of Erimness | Batural harshiess of tome. -1 sent|by train, It vou piesce. Tou aront] ohen cot o Toe ilorelve he Charing (ross Echo appears workmen's, train' ‘from the istation by [ Of the F. T. B. C. before It became| ;¢ irought In ithe war, becanse ¥heloyntoram. and lisneyolence. “Yor're |00 Y because L wasiveryianxious for|the ‘only independent person i thel Tt was 4 relotar b 10 admit therein an announcement of his snar- the park. His uniform at work was |limited and grand.) Ye mayn't think | o, cibinet would not let him fight. going 1o get a commission out of [¥® MOL to think wronz about me.| world. | himself that he was at last caugh i ate o mony s skricly Sprivate) shirt " sleeves and « flowing white It hut T can see v earning 10 pun 2| The war cabinet had other work for | Siainheil if that paper is sold to me | 1"~ | AU this point Mr. Furber pic x.‘..!‘ Andhow. she adores me aidie Furber. daughter of the late apron. and from an artisan’s scorn of [ Week at Fyden's afore ye're 30. Ten|piy o do, and the work was of such|gor more than twente-one thousand. “Ves." she interrupted him in quite ' np his finger bowl and dashed it on (o he “jacker” Gapparel of clerks and | Dun # week. And they'll zive ve ure that he could not help mak-| ..\yhy do you sav such a thing?" His canght a sirange sound. 1t other futile persons) he preferred fo| #mething for yer parents. too— money jouti ot IE, wnaliat Totiet]! spply SO NOLERY Such S Lumec he in shirt sleeves even at home. Mr. | tney’ll give ve a share. And no risk ST i 3 ’ i money. As an inventor and as an|ipat's all. 1 shouldn't be surprised if Furber was # broadminded man. He|und no nonsense: And ve want to|gyzanizer he had had no superiors.|pe's “oftered” you half of everything visited church and chapel impartially, | ask ver fevther whether ve ouzht 10,54 he had developed a talent for most | oler twenty-one thousand. 1t's quite | - al I le l stndvinz the of relig chuck up a 10-pun-a-week job for this | yrofitably investing the money which |y FET AR (008 business He docirine with a detached mind. skylarking wi' comebody ve've never | yhe sovernment compelled him to ac i o7 s StEGs kept @ first rate whippet. and s heard of 1 wonder who's heen stuff-| guire. He was popularly classed as a b iy it : LIKF CHRIST . R . B times did a Dbit of coursinz. But his|ing him up with a tale about you.| -profiteer,” but he laughed at the epl-| " A" geep blush spread over Lady - RISTIANSEN. One of Mr. Joseph's finzers is a bit | the end the chain to zet it. He Friendly animals ca chief delizht was fooi ball, on which | my lad thet. knowing it to be unjust. More-| Eleanor's cheeks and down to hor EWARE of the wild animal $h0r=e" than it should be ined in the zame quite enthusiasti- as danzerous as the wild suhject he was omniscient. Ralph’s suddenly swollen pride was | gver. so far as he was concerned,|neck and throat. | when he's friendly! Reware “That.” he explains, “is a present Callv—too much so. One link of the 'think for « minute that just Father and son slept in the front | pricked. He saw that he was nohody | people might call him what they liked. | “Then I guessed right.” he ex of him anyway—any safety | rveceived from x pet hvena which I Chain had heen doubled over another. 4 chimpanzee happens 1o hedroom. Dinah and Mary slept injafter all—or almost nobody. The | e did not care. He knew the reality | claimed savagely, and then burst int first enthusiast will tell vou |used to lead around the streeis of and I hadn't noticed it. On one endof Datured he is therefore quite the Lark bedraom. Maibie slept in| zveat offer of the afterncon misht be | of power und the value of his brain. | romr of lesshter that—but beware of him | Perth in Australia. Of course, I had his jumps my hyvena pet straizhtened Play around with the cellule istyled s oom) over | marvelous. but it vas silly—it WaS a | He .cared for nobody and for nothing | “Listen here. I won' xiv most of all when he is attempting to [him secured by a leash. But one day out that crossed link. and that was 1 have some scars here on m the sculler flizhiy offer. the offer of a flibber-| except dominion and the wonders of heil more than twentyv-one ‘Il | show sincere gratitude or genuine af- | | was plaving with him when he was | just enouch to let his teeth close on ! Wrist which vou can see quite plainlh Now on a hot Summer Saturday | tigibbet i fine clothes. And also | his brain. make you a present of two E fection. Wild animal trainers them- |fastened by a chain 1 was feeding |the tip « my finzer He napped | They came from a black bear friend \fternoon there was an astonishing | Ralph was secretly afraid of the fear-| Not quite true. He cared for the|thousand—for vour trouble selves realize that there is more dan.|him, and I'd hold the meat out just rizht throuch it—and vou can see the | Oof mine over in Victoria. Anstr 1 knock at the front deor of No. 41.|ful vesponsibilities which would at-ljetter: the letter had pierced him like| Lady Eleanor wept. ger lurking then than when the beast |far enough so he'd have to jump to result here was scuflling around on the ground Nr. Furber. for whom Summer meant | tend on acceptance of the offer. And |a dagger between two ribs. He ripped | There ~was an - interruption cf | is earnestly vicious. with him. and his tceth fastened in horedom throvzh the absence of foot|the habit of obedience to the re-|the letter to pieces. guests into the room, headed by Sir s i = i 7 i z my flesh with a cood grip. It may be hall. was reclininz on his bed in medi-) spectable tyrant of the home Was| A sirl was standing near him with|Thomas. Lady Eleanor rushed pell | I ¥ou are disinclined to believe this . : that that wasn't entirely the resuit of fation. Dinah " was cleaning the| very strong in him. Lastly he began |a noebook in her hand—one of his|mell through the open French window | 1 €XPerience undergone by Eilis J‘(‘{ excess friendliness—he may have kitchen. Maibie was in- her” room | to feel extremely vouns and difident. |secretaries—but he behaved as though [into the garden. She was holding her | S0P former bik game hunter an jbeen _ slichtly peeved because I'd mendi i =love. Mary was afield! “Well,” he said at length sharply |she did not exist. | hands to her face, and between her | R s ot enimals. Cwill {made him come down out of a tree With # younz man, for. despite her | to his father. his nose in the pillow. | *Anybody come vet?" hands cataracts of laughter seemed | fIustiate the point, B leeaihiban when he didn't quite want to hypercritical aititude toward life, she | T dont know what vere making all | “Lady Fleanor ~Raysse and Sir)to escape. But oniv Ralph knew that | faced many perils, bui the worst time g ®T ]| The second African rhinoceros aver had admirer: 1o choose from-—and she | (his to-de about. I'm not for taking |Thomas Wrightson, sir.” it was hysterical laughter. all was when his pet chimpanaee, iy 4 | brought alive to the United States chose._ Dinah opened the door. and | it on. and 1 never was for taking it | These were the advance guard of | PR i e cutburaCloff Joysitiod oFKike ‘ D hobod In s (S Weekistago when she opened it she blushed le- on. But I suppose I can mention it [his week end party: he had parties “Casey : 3 at 4 * M | der the direction of Mr. Joseph. Cap nuse the male visitor was obviously | Without having me head snapped off™ |every week end. His invitations were | SSJRUT I thought you were il et ,“h;’, ,°‘°f‘(} Jvas his name, ¢ f d . | Weekes of the S. 8. Wytheville. wh \ swell and because her hair was in| A daring speech! (Also a lie! For [seldom refused, and his curious de- This exclmation came trom |the snimal dealer Feinten. I had kept , . arried the baby rhino, testified to the irons | he had certainly intended to accept {portment was cheerfully accepted by Maidic as shc stepped out of the | nIM 2% ?.1“" o ol tiiie ,and final- §:58 3 ¢ ct that no unnecessary chance ond afterncon.” said the Visitor.| the offer.) He had had his head snap- lall because he was he. Packard on the foliowing Sunday. |y sOI m to the Sydney Zoological | H 3 Fi i 5 | were taken with her. despite the fac “an T see Mr. Ralph Furber He | The whole of the week end party was | Gardens. in Australia. - {that she was evidently friendl had a Lone -ent. which real Five e 55 trailing into the house after various| “I then went away for a year. ! i , |enough. Especial care was needec Tawners re s affected and al sames and distractions. And the | came back to Sydney I visited the | P . Q] | \‘hen there seemed to be danger tha aatihat Wil nidates them. He week end party seemed to Maidie to)Zoo again. The chimpanzee picked A 4 3 her friendliness would lapse for a did not say “Rafe:” he said “Ralf.” be alarmingly distinguished, smart.|me out of the crowd when 1 was two While—as was the case when the I think he’s in the engzine shed.” : fashionable, Londony, and sul to | city blocks away. and 1 never did see 1 £ 3 B8 | tried to give her water! She had heen <aid Dinah. all of » flutter. wonderinz: | itself. The women theveof intimidated | such a display of howling love. He ] % : : B | consuminz eight gzallons of milk What's afoot_with our Raf she | g her. The week end party thought that | just went plumb crazy, he was so glad ¥ N day for nourishment. and her frien added: “1f vou'll step through.” Maidie must be some secretarial mes- | to see me back. it |lm°<> lasted as long as the milk did The visit stepped through. The b e o senger arriving with important new “I walked up to the cage through 8 iionet I hie Kennel growien e hearing on the hosi’s private affairs. |the crowd and went inside. ‘Hello, AN s R4 d { ANOTHER wild animal trainer whn Galph. vou're wanted.” cried 3 % “Why did ve think T was ill2” asked | Casey!" I said. He put his arm around R W | explodes the myth that friendls Dinah. and left the visitor alone to| | 3 alph,” ignoring completely all his | me just like a hah- and zave me a “ | beasts are the least harmful is Charis face Talph and the whipnet - ¥ other guests. hug. It was a big hug! Then he got 3 § W. Beall. whose regular joh is actinz The impressive vicitor stayed near ¢ “Well, T couidn’t think why else ve ) more excited still. trying to show how o My Ay ¢ | as’ senior vice prosident of Harrie Iv an hour. and then stepped throus ; : 7 should send for me. T asked the!friendly he was, and he tried to kiss} i 2 < i Forbes & Co.. Wall Street bankers acain, hack to the front door, under # chauffeur, but he didn’t seem 10 know | ;ma. L A 1pm who spends his time after hour Ralph's N cuidance: whereupou { -2 Y much about you. I certainly shouldn't | “Well, when he tried to do that one P E 7 3 |in taming inhabitants of the jungle Ralph h veturned Lo the engin: b =, have come if 1 hadn't thought You of his lower teeth went up through ) : ; Mr. Beall owns one of the largesi ghed and been no more seen. ; _ ] Z were I ¥ | my neck—in and out it went, while v 3 private collections of wild animals in * K KK »‘ A 1 wanted to see ve. | he was kissing me. I fell to the floor, | Kdvi " the country. and numbers among h ' “Oh, myl” she murmured involun-|anq he foll with me. §a friends many travelinz snowmen ans JUPPER taok place in tie clean and L iy tarily, gazing at the formidable double | " “They thok me to the hospital when L o 1 B | most of the animal trainers that O lidy kitchen, at the bare white = i staircase which rose grandly. bifur- | 1 anally got loose. Forty-three stitches| |- 3 5 L business in the United States S oie s & eusEIete e heagan 7 i~ e \ cating out of the main hall. She was | were needed to fix me up. Thats u e 3 ou'll find that the wild anim punctually because both Ttalph and 5 % outfaced by the splendor, and the|oxample of what you can get from a % # |trainers are zenerally more afraid of his father were punctual persons with result of her fright was that she be- | grjancn ™ 2naoith . the playful ones than they are of thr imperious appetites. They ute cold came brusque. hostile and hedgehog-1" Friends Iike these are likely to Lt ar enes ¥ M= Beall = when <ausage and cheese and much bread, ’ 7 ; / G e like. Ralph Furber reflected quickly. and drank a glass of veer apiece. The girls were content with nibbles of cheese and bread. and drank water, or milk, or milk-and-water. Mr. Furber and Ralph were in shirt sleeves. Dinah wore her housewife's apron, Maidie, as became a school mistress. “Which room is Miss Furber in?” he questioned the attendant butler. “The regency room, sir.” “Find Miss Hummel and ask her to g0 up there at once. “Very good, sir.” Miss Hummel was the factotum sec- cause all kinds of triuble and incon- venience, as Mr. Joseph shows in the case of another pet chimpanzee which The had with him on the African Gold Coast. “On that coast,” he says, “we use surf boats to shove off from shore in tiger gets really friendly and decide that he wants to play with vou, re |member that he will go about it sust as if he were playing with anot-er itizer. That means that he is quite likely to give vou a vigorous and friendly slap across the face that will take half your head off. He can't play | F 7 . |order to reach the ships riding at i ¢ % ike & ima had no apron. Mary, freshly arrived W / e e m qene Sliuiering Ie lanchor further out. I always had the -y ; o e ot e ek 5 from the transaction ahrnadd of admgm / e e ha e e and e Bifal |convenience of having natives with ai & x was born wild and will alwass semain of the heart, alone wag dressed up. Hummel and Maldle stood a chance of | M to shove the boat out, because it's e 4 % wild. The same thing is true of the Ordinarily Mary would have been ndn 7 “getting on" together. a job that means a good deal of wet- 3 o 5 others—the lions. the jaguars, the = brosaing, fwithdiawnjstate lof g, “Am T supposed to sleep here?” |ting sometimes. But when I got that i 2 . p panthers, and so on 3 i B iy e : asked Maldle, in the glitering re.|Pet chimp I had to do the work my- . p 5 v ; 4 P Have I ever heen hurt by my friend tive Hembet (ot thel tamily, and ho; f gency bedroom. to which Ralph had |Self. Do vou think he would let any . . Iy animals® Yes., indeed—so many gutlosityihad naw heer st miiaies o1 /) i personally conducted her. She had |of the natives come near me and push times that there is nothing startling m-’“‘nd'y'\'e\::a:rlwr::l‘;\:: D never before had the opportunity of |me out? No, indeed! He thought {about it. Many of the injuries T have " However, she did not speak. Nohody 3 witneseing Ralph's way of life. “She |thev might be going to hurt me, and| CHARLES W. BEALL. AMATEUR ANIMAL TRAINER, WHO HAS | received have bheen through seratehec cpoke. It was not the Furher habit to e N s ie o S ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF WILD and bite<in pias. Take the case of the g A ot ima; state of being a | W ; & e J ion. for instance. 1 have fo converse at meale, Meals were for] RALPH STARTED AND GLOWERED, THEN CHECKED HIMSELF. |4, 0%, D85St U3 HOHC T ICTE & Ratives” couldn't face him—ihey're BEASTS IN AMERICA, SAYS: “WHEN A TIGER WANTS TO PLAY i or e e found A eating, mot chatter. Unli | “I NEVER SAW THE FELLOW BEFORE,” HE SAID. WITH PRIDE. | aving stepped somehow into the un- |cowards with wild animals—in a sit- WITH YOU. REMEMBER HE WILL GO ABOUT IT JUST AS IF (o seize him by e Fur- he bha civlized and decadent pecple. the Fur e e T e e Teal peges of & novel, Uatiqn ke that.” HE WERE PLAYING WITH ANOTHER TIGER" - eiaa ke s A U0 (eiNeck