The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 24, 1901, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL POSES BY Pr10TOS BY ALISKY L 72T JLUE , MORSE AR BRAID AND SN RCor MARGUERITE mAT ————— we > { \ WALKING HAT BLVE AND QUILLD TUSCAN BRAD AND MARGUERLT aithough greatly In the m faced litle pansies and a h tiona ized ‘po so long for blu have lived in this ge to become t the nodc The mill Ay will make e 1 look her very sz 8 prettiest, but the hat will heve to = look a long way to nybody thLat vAll : < exactly su as if they were g made for it hat for them. 5 In the firs s large and very a peculiar shade, tan and a brown W n sash encircles the 5 fringed tags that fulil ¢ i face, turning direct!y up in r —and there are 2 nearly hem—are a brow ¢ shading f light to dark. It shows at 2 that the Paris mark is safe'y le can’t parade about In silks and r tailor-made girl hasn't although she has addea and furbelows to_her br Qargo of Gulips and m gh because PINK SASH BRO~N ROSE HAT FOLIASE X PINK ROSLY ness I helped him up, and hastily explain- ing our dangerous position commenced an assault upon the window. The aperture was some way above my head, but with The walking hat selves. The mo: Everybody hat : It comes in black and are ows very plain and st costs any- where from $16 to the lat- ter, but it Is decidedly comforting t know that every Sus ne and Mol woh't have one. It cos o much, and it takes a round, pretty face to wear one successfully. Black and white, in a mixed straw, with a bow of the same, a dash of white ribbon and a few turquoise pi styl- ish a hat as any one could desire. Its rival is made of a blue flaked with gold, the only trimming being two olack and gold quills held in place by a straw bow. Every hat is flat, built on as low and broad a plan as possible—regular pan- cakes, in fact. The person who hasn’t an abundance of fluffy hair can't expect to vie with her more fortunate friend, for the saucy fly- away angle demands it. s, makes as @ oottt e el @ the bulbs and bags a brace of fledglings.” “I gee,” I replled shamefully, “but what was going to be done to us had we not been pulled out of by you?" a jump I caught hold of the cordage, and “Oh, maybe let ye n ransom, after gy }‘“owa"d Pease. clinging to it with one hand found I could givire ye a rare fight and making ya cut vigorously enough with the other. swear not to em. It's the Pag ) sign from the cwner of the bulbs his two One by one I sliced them through, and worst crimp! s town, yon, but — s seized me by the arms while dashing out another of the panes of glass rce have 1 to ship ye, let 2 ced a vigorous search I caught sight of a man a little below me useless a shipboard. standing upright in a boat on the canal p what ye had on ye, of outside. “Down with the rest of it d 1n cc 8! e & few letters, z SHMARLOTTE TORDAS Ko - Ires o ey B Sabsico: b aFutteg i Squeexe yourselves through, and I'll catch I admitted sorrowfully, “watche . L e s e you," said our unknown friend sl Giything gens. Dok Tl i e - it i With a vigorous blow or two I broke the police at once and perhaps ‘we may S N < down sufficlent of the glass and wodd- get our things back.” f the pro- The floor seemea made of damp «na e - * £ ; by Boa it KT exia1cd o Moretuis sdak b e T et oo o7 & | Work 10 leave space enough to crawl The oarsman did not reply immediately, 50 ‘808 s - N Y% groped with outstretched fingers to see! he: Opp! hack i o ter 3 ort % Dax SREPRIN B A UL A hal Dt T e through, then dropping back into the den but after a short pause began apologeti- for an explanation, and found to my sur- g ponent’s turn seemed a cellar or secluded chamber of prise that the motion was due to a slight :::l:r:":«:g :,‘u{:(:el“:? oern;i:r\\’nred‘ to ok vae just this wa - After some shuffling about 1 had no time to open and read It, for S0Me sort; for the walls were made of inflow of water. It seemed momentarily : v i s ok Sodte i e ve way and surrendered him- the glasses W eing hanced. Taxing WO0den planks which, all damp, WOrm- to deepen, however, and all at once with _ BY 8900 luck he had so far recovered as Fagudsh e houmpniponbespooity - 6 earchers’ hands. Nothing, mine I sniffed Iy; It seemed to be “Aten and elimy as they were, were still 5 gickening shock I realized the situation, 0 P able to make some shift for him- De a goc 1 cghisinly 1 bel oLty o e cung chasrin, having brandy of rare age and flavor, and proved 00 SISONE (0r me to make the lcast {m- Bvidently the cell was helow.the surface 2SI DUt even as it was he slipped back o e SR Sy g o ared a regewal of the row, very pleasant to the palate. Drinking it PTeselon on with hand or foot. Suddenly of the canal, and through a leak of some °m° bal T e e D pesiiess. again préving our friend, quickly I promptly laid hold of Jack by 1 tripped on a body lying prostrate on the gort water was surely finding its way ln. o T \:1; and iy h'd xmg st Sir . e Reiatinsied Toluetunll ~}ow:. schnapps all around, for which arm, determined to get out at once. flo At that my courage broke altogether; l;"_n, ": e Iy SET & DUR: gl gte oA o e he world y.“ » o offered to pay , meanwhile, as I saw, had al:o Falling on my knees I fumbled over the groping my way back to Jack I sat down 59 he finally disappeared with a crash: down, I've come in the world till a fla- Now % 2357 of glass and creak of rending wood, pre- dler's job in a crimping den is the lass owner of the tulip bulbs still looked his glass and was now cutting body with trembling hands in frantic beside him, thankful at least that he was SR St e Dot helow fluke of my anchor. I've been badly st jangerous, but the schnapps which Moth- of a cigar which the siren was €agerness. It was motionless, but the still unconselous and might so meet hig *'MaPLY . - g g o appthe i was er 8. now handed round mollified the rest ing to him. Profiting by their ab- face warm, thank heaven, and when doom more happily than myself. FIE SUIL 3 SVl (e hpawtuve & vight Jeoteh dleedy. ten vie S bt 4o A t of the company fon in lghting the same I hastily I felt the mole mark beneath the chin I Just at that moment there came an un- fit. Dut With a vigorous pull from tne foolish folk = st . < usly smil- — poding tos glanced at the paper on which, in good could have started for joy. For suppose-- mistakable tap from outside. evidently Doatman I eventually struggled through ;‘"" “h’f":']",“"" cibliomanspuroiig . our group drew English characters, was written, “Take and the horrible thought had swept its from the direction of the window. It was 2nd feil headlong into the boat. Without best g oy — chyd Jack 3 thered up your hook; beware of ‘Mothet 8. and her Wings across my brain for a hideous mo- repeated again, but I took no account of * WOrd he sat himself down to his oars,” had the sack long bt s to her dis- o iper treasures der swearing a gen- cordials!” ment—it had been a corpse or the body it. Why could they not let us die quiet- 2n4 x>|{lll?g fwlrxl, made all speed up the ;flnnfmcd- Iv\.uh af sm‘.lv “ve L‘:n sPula\ it Now, Mother o) vengeance and threatening Jack and “Come away,” T sald roughly, selzing Of an unknown man! Then suddenly I 1y? A third time came the sound and D&TToW canal. Sitting crouched at the O PRSI ey TR ER R 2lis Wk 0 onur Witk b Belion seiicbars Jack once more by the arm, and stalked remembered 1 should have a stray match with it a tiny crash of broken glass, ana V0ti0m of the boat I eagerly gazed at the place, and I'll say good-by t'ye, but take s language I yynen they bud gone I was at once for Straight to the doorway. Jack's move- OF twWo In my waistcoat pocket. Trem- almost at once I felt a little flutter of OATSman, but nothing in his aspect seemed g 130 ”; M~nnt Ot yeunite following their ezample, but Mother §, ments, however, were hindered by the bling I found it, one solfjary match only; fresh air upon my cheek. I leaped un, [Rmillar ta.me. into Janmer wieh helv's o Nichity: Sos siren, who clung to his other arm, and three times I essayed to strike it, but in I wondered who he was, how he had d e with a soft and ogling eye, i 3 p then whispered brokenly, scarce daring to i . :\ must first --w:. hger 2ar y:a::r‘:gl,\-:.},‘:‘: offered him a box of Havana clgars at a vain; at the fourth attempt, however, it allow myselfgm hope, “Who is it?" covered us or been made aware of our evil I asked him for his name and address, ; our friend in a bumper of Holland. 1 hesi- merely nominal figure. © flared up and showed me our grim sur “A friend,” said a volee hurrledly from C23¢ : i 3 with a view m.—vv\:nd:f‘z hvm\ for ms_m-, ’ A DA m e v e i ke Never refuse a bargain,” cried he, in- roundings. Sithot, “auiek, Quick: not's Seament to hn ,.Egk.lfd. lel» guosdse(. m‘yli«‘rmugm. for . vices. but :» would sive n()leln merely re- i T plied “with pleasure,” I agreed, reluctant. Vvestigating the contents with interest, Jack was still under the influence of the pe Jost!" e Sradenty ‘H:re . me am the fid- marking t..‘u we .w. T ellow country r cleared up,” | . ough to defer our departure a min- @nd 1 had perforce to await his bargain- drug, and could not be roused, 5o I hast- «yyhat can I do? How SR W et o dler at the ca_ne .“vhcre _ijlhe_‘r S f“““? men, and that v:,<~ good enough for him. SWIChtAn SN < otelyanpr ing. Suddenly and without warning a iy examined our prison by ught of the ¥ aeked feverishly—the volce was friendly, SU¢h 4—d Soulm ol 8 WY, SCRE Y0 W12 Fhs e getdd, and thosN Jenis. k) n. 80 quickly ef- oy tom was now almost empty: the horrible nausea mounted to my head, my fast expiring match o see If there Were /4na the thought of escare bewlldered ail when I warned ye an' the.roal was made several privte inquiries we wers « y till the . irels were departing; one or m:ol brain tottered drunkenly; reeling, I lad any way of escape possible. prudence. x open? 1 never able to discover anything further me WD X Bl e eronsty Dnf el e T::' & hand trembling on the curtain; I caught At one end, and at some height up, was ““Through the window here 15 the only , L Was & fool” I readily acknowledged. to our j'e“"“"":“i‘f Nis, whereshouis: be guarding th lies lounged about the doorway still, ang * Vision as of my companion—his head what so?mud a small window heavily way, replied the voice. “Have you a ‘m:; lh:n:‘;!;:‘:':;:m‘t\:‘l‘f {aku our part :l.nme‘r: ar;A‘l”;‘amr:l:!:»;n 1?:1:n;d. ex I longed to be back safely at the hotel ™uffied in a cloak—borne backward to the rnr:lv-r} Mr‘h rnuc' n? other means of knpife? If not, here's one,” and herewith fl“ e. 3 " ps. ;ne a](‘nr: e : = {1A In»cne‘ ’.;,_ 8 slated my SUE- _ .. Just at that moment one of the BTOUNd. then Acheron seemed to whelm €gress caught my eye; then, just the 4 clatter sounded on the floor by my feet. ‘Just a trap,” replied the mufman with- cape and to .a\»I made a midnight flitting, meet with favor oo - sed me closely by, so closely M ID @ sounding flood, and over and over match ga‘\']c‘?uf l;! last flicker, I noted Stooping, I found, to my joy, a heavy OUt staying from his rowing, “and niceiy for the cafe n(rhl’r»uml t ‘h.- :eser[ed'(he . g commenced o€ T o me turn sharply round, ity I Folled into oblivion. two cogged bars of iron on either side o/ clasp knife lying below the window, and She caught you two, as fine a pair of next morning. the inmates having van- witk his compan- ir deliberations the result that he jostled me slightly, and at the same Instant I felt him press a scrap of paper in my hand. LR Where was 1? What Was I in another world? had happened? this aperture. I had an uneasy feeling that they were silently moving. slowly slipping down and had just opened it when I was startled at hearing a weak voice behind me which 1 took @ moment or two to recognize us newly fledged greenhorns as ever I saw!” he added under his breath. “Why the row was got up on purpose, you thickhead: ished, “leaving,” as the postoffice officials say, “no address."” So ended our evening’'s amusement in rward, and, pointing 10 MY "7 caught his eye: it was full of meaning TN were the lhntj;:hl!! that buzzed dragging our den down with them. A Jack's. The inflow of water had roused the ‘nigger. as we call him (that's the Amsterdam. and from that day to this [ } my hands, dumbly —of warning I felt certain; but he passed like smoked bees in my clouded brain, as, slight tremor mounted through the floor- him, and he was now muttering to him- black chap that runs the show), trouserel can never hear the brazen volce of a : h should begin on at once and left me standing wonder- 8radually recovering consciousness, I ing, then came a rustle as of wind-driven sel” in a dazed sort of way, and wonder- the bulbs, o’ course, as ye suspected, then steam organ without a momeéntary sensa- ing who he was and what was on the felt dimly about me in the dense darkness leaves. Listening intently and wonder- ing where he was. hands them on to the old woman, who--tion of alarm and an instant desire of s for at a paper. that surrounded me. ing what it could mean, I felt something Feelicg my wuy toward him in the dark- rulses a laugh, diverts the company, keeps fight