The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 23, 1916, Page 4

Member of the weet Lene Neowepapere of] Entered at Seattle, Wash. Posioftice By malt, out of city, one pear, $9.66; 6 mon By carrter, city, STA nesetstrersreeetees R—SATURDAY, DEC. 23, 1916. PAGE 4 starerererrrece see ren rerts: tertestreereserrererrenerrenetntggetag es it Weer Pee Rete ES Et nd 2282) cuca DAWN O’HARA” CHARLES DICKENS 1} 4 By Edna Ferbe Pawet A Novel A Week r F Our t t me to our ears a moment later, hang on to yot 10 long trip, but saaay,; erent! . ion a - - —— =~ —— Blackie, “I didn’t know his | loved voice that sen¢ me flying to vauntered op to the P All kinds of scenery—all|room 1 laid my cheek against the name, When wo'd finished | the door in an agony of hope ing Wheel “Let me drive, he |kinds of jan'scape—plain—fan rough cloth, so that the scent of jour game of billiards he hung up| “Nora!” 1 eried, “Norah! No-| said. “I'm not bad at tt uphill —downhil Old black pipe came back to his cue, and then he turaed or Norah!” And as her ble Nix with the art amateu I leaned forward fully eis ence word, and & Gow inet te I T h S Cl ? like Hghtning, and faced the boys|arms cloned about mo the tears| returned Blackic This ain't no yet,” whieperet Blackie.|peared on the cost sleeve-a s ere a@ vanta aus: lthat were standing arvund. with|that had been denied mo before|demonstration car, 1 drive my |‘Say~-Dawn-—in the story booke--| dump, ealt +po |thetr hands in their poc came in a torrent of joy own little wagon when | go rid-|they~alwa re strong on the Blackie would hated my y 9 ; Be te < ati q am alk 7 | Hoye,’ says he, * there!" murmured she.) ing, and | intend to until I take | Bood-by ki hat doing that, But he was not there _ What's this loose talk we hear pracy around : the of tn’ for a job. I'm not much of a} patting my shoulder with those |my last ride, feet first And as the nurse appeared in!to see, and one spot poston or lees B ere » alf-¢ < STO! 7 oO un- talker, and my game of billiards is | comforting mother-pate What's Peter muttered something surly |the doorway again, disapproval on! did not matie it wa ‘ doubters and dissenters, the half-afraid questioning }ragged. Hut there's one thing [{all this ab And why ¢idu't|and climbed into the front weat,|her face, { stooped and gently pate ‘auntie Ma eee 4 believers— can do, teliows, trom ae ¥P to | somebody vets ‘ I wae next to Blackie, leaving me too presae 1 my lips to the pain-dlined Dawn!” calicd Von Gerhard “ is ie ou xy, and that’s write don't | graphed ou didn't get It? Well. |cupy the tonneau in solitary state chee softly, outside t loor, “Dawn! a Is there a Santa Claus? : : . P promise to stick, As soon as I get|l forgive you, Howdy-do, Peter?| Peter began to ask questions CHAPTER XV poet Kinde he ed 6 Who dares ask this question? Who dares doubt? Who on my feet again I'm going back to|1 suppose you are Peter. Now,| dozens of them, which Blackie an Happiness I gave the little coat a parting .. Dy, | ie New York. But not just yet. Mean-|don't amile that Mepbistophelian | swered patiently and fully, Sud). pat, “Good-bye,” I whispered, un | dares even grant the possibility of denial? While, Iu going to the highest bid-|mile at me. it dowan't frighten | deniy Peter made 'n kesture in tne |, NO. after two weeks of Norah's or any yreaths and timed, toward F y i Biv : ink} der i Von Gerhard, take him down | direction of the wheel, and sald '0''ne care an back in the pret + doe We call down upon his head the wrath of all right-thinking Well, you know since Merkle|to his hotel. I'm dying for my| something In @ high, sharp volce,|{Y Iittle city by the Iake, I had {MO G00r. 1 men! loft us we haven't had a day when | my kimono and bed, And this child | Blackie'’s answer was quick an@|COM@ to way farewell to all thone THE END Ww ld h ld’ h d ! { } . { tl | We wasn't scooped on fome py lin trembling like a race horse.| decidedly in the negative The | “ho had ed 6 ee Oo com 8) ) 8 Na art turn soft each year amc re eal puff. ‘I guess we can use | Now run along, all of y Things | next instant Peter Orme rove tr etely in ¢ ear. My days of] ° ou the wor : a - : 7 alt 1 seen i each some place,’ | says, ‘if your that look greenery-yallery at night|bis place and grasped the whee wapaper work were over. T ne| Prince Who Works to snows and blows of winter, sending rays of gladness into cach Fi on satary can tako a slump between |always turn pink tn the morning. |that was in Blackie's hand, The winter would be spent — Dethrone Brother dark spot if there were no Santa Claus? New York and Milwaukee, What's | Peter! Von Gerhard! Mr, | car swerved sickeningly, 1 remem », occupied with bours of | s ’ Santa Glaus? your name, Bo? | Blackie! Shoo!” her leanis the back of the congenial w for the _ Would grim-faced gargoyles, the buccaneers of business, «Name? saya he, smiling agztn | — coat and trying II Peter back |*#cOnd book war to be written in . . < 5 . aybe it’! e fam ar t you, ba CHAPTER XII 1 rea th wa at 1 be a ace wa cease their warfare against their fellows and try to make right the \t will if my wife (* unin’ It A Turn of the Wheel man with whom we were dealing, | Michigan town 6 , » af are ‘re . 2 ‘ ¢ > Orme’s my name—Peter Orme From my desk | could see Peter t down, Orn ft le ye on Gerhard wa take his de wrongs they have done, if there were no Santa Claus? r Know a lady of that name? Good.'| standing in the doorway of the|ed. “You'll ditch ust Dawn! ferred trip to Vie ring, | Would slinking servants of sin lay aside their tawdry tinsel I hadn't sald 1 did. but those |news editor's room, I ehut my eyes| | We shot down a little 2 st yas 10 Ooi A . 3 eC ° 38 eyes of his had soe ho look © ra momen en opened| machine was poised in the alr r led my he and accept for once the things of the spirit and the tidings of my face them again, quickly, No, it was} second before it crashed Inees. had . : . . . ln in New York told me] pot a ean . jthe diteh and turne ove ard and IT had righteousness, if there were no Santa Claus? ss wan bara (ee pave. erhare tol tine tatan iced: (ilsadied ‘Seba \ualete. crepwtia: ome. onear cottage. We| Would war-mad millions halt in their slaughter to kneel be- sho now? Got her address?” belas Norah had said it would, And|burying Hlackie and Peter the cool shade of the| A ‘ ;: A " ° 7 saya |now | was back in harness again, | its weight of #teel at wo women sewing fore tiny sprigs of evergreen, their death-dealing engines idle for She expectin’ you?’ 1 asked. land Peter was turning out bril-| whirring wheel “yin vith the inst ¢¢° + > 5 N-not exactly, he says, with) liant litiea! etuff at spasmodic 1 remembe r « tha ackie ha H once, if there were no Santa Claus? A, ab croaked @vin ntery a sinking beck. egain Would starved little children with pinched and piteous faces ought nol.’ T answered. be-| | Norah had found quiet and cx ones more te run for. nto in the afternoon laugh with glee over bountiful dinners and beautiful dolls and vith her folks Of &/ boarding-house a square from n tugging reat hich led to the bulia *¢ 7 - rding- house Hoe hated ce steel with a f eld the Oe had marvelous toys, if there were no Santa Claus? to she an 1 eat | diaily, as onty the Insert Y ; ape © isaved that for th 1 c shildi > He patted | hate boarding hous 4 a th ad tow a ma 1 hope that heaven ‘s not a Go to with that talk that would blast childish hopes and Phere eno ber thy yaoi! yma thee ee oe . OA eg agp dy Wee snatch the joy from humanity's breast! Shame on you, for even 1 dig, see? Go! “Let's go back to the big town, | near b k harps and angel choruses,” 1| ‘ ; rl 7 y I fix it up with} Dawn, old girl.” he would say softly Little, nervous suggesting such a question. what @ @uy|“We're buried alive in this over ouarran xiv angy, re Blackie, how bored And if still there’s a bit of unbelief—if still you are uncon- fii{ike thats pointe ne ore it youl ero the titee yan ot | Blackie’s Vacation Comes ent How lonely, without hie vinced of the jolly saint’s existence—we ask you to wait till Mon- Bj want to make tts famtly affatr, ané | count. Now it's up to you to et | yacyie lived on for two dayn alter ack pips his checked ; ’ yetween us We'll wee th me f otwhet New| ere se. hee a a amonds, and day for your answer. thru ¥ cana! ‘Think of Tre | that ghast ; ; wporting T hope they voices of grown folk made glad, you'll have to accept the uni- so easy, 90 tomptingly easy.| But’ I always the ' Shad sat | "tow eke 7 jTo run away! Not to face him!|“We would bw | i ou grew to understand versal verdict: intl 1 wan sate tm the shelter Of] New Tork ; y tooy [tim in that short year.” ‘mused OF COURSE h ’'saS Ck ! Norah's arms! hurried on and left us behind.|,, ‘ veo boa Von Gerhard I sometimes used | J theres a Santa Claus: | "We did not hear the front 4oor| We're Just two pieces of discard, | ‘2! canta dian | ogrenent the bond between you , slam, or the sound of fuoteteps in| Wi to be content where we Ape “st bad Peds - gerry d this little Blackie whose name the hall, | was the first to see} 2 Foe Ae o - gn ina a was always on your tongue.” ' A at the sight of tho! “Content! In this silly hole! | eee eaanet oe ae ieerod thel nce ts tat was because you did oe 7 ciaciated figure, with ite hollow| You must be mad!" Then, with | Mead & sentence that cleared the|not comprehend. It is given to| Chief Beckingham ought to suspend the whole police chee and its sunken eyes, all/one of his unaccountable changes | ,°* [T° reg wie lage ea aaa bn AN cl en to know the} department. If it affected all cops as it did Ed Hagen hatred left me, and ' of tone and topic, “Dawn, let me |"? 5% pe See BY Beewe beauty of a man's ra friendship.| PRINCE ANTON KARL great pity for thin| hb nome I'm strapped ha was the bond between | _ Seattle would soon be crookless. nt tamaeaak Wee T went lic i hed th ra ait gat axa Dieckle and me Love and love-| Prince Anton Karl of Hohenzoll- Se © re in the doorwa aga atulf Anything to get r & were 1g8 to bring b/|ern is a brother of the king of Ru- * *, . . . 9 oll, Peter,” 1 sald. a little extra coin d amu chuck! from!mania, but a commander in the é Little Editorial by the Movie Editor Dawn. ol6 girl,” said he.| Sometimes I wondered how long Blackie.” . German army invading Rumania ® Fy 2 Sea hat Mae Marsh has left} looking wonderfully fit. | this could go on If only Peter Ve jerhard was silent. Some.|and the man trying to dethrone his MAJ ORD has just reached Seattle that Mae Marsh has le | Se eee ee es | ee eat ont ee} m in jie walt’ |thing fn his silence held a vague|brother. Anton Karl has issued a 4 Triangle. She is to be the first star of the new COL VM cu ae again, 1 told myself, bitterly eas Oe “ene Paton red Migr for me. I Aitrstied 9) prockarantiton: to the amg | n Corporation, which has just been started ew then that my dread/ he was as dependent as a child aon tee ~ i | gy dy my purse, and placed | inv: territory, saying he Pictures | orp ‘ — aes 2 = ailpatt ldream had come true. and as caprictou What was or a pe gual cher ae itn his band. ; jcome to punish their felon king. er the leadership of Samuel Goldfish, one of the founders tite tAOW ORIVER | Peter advanced into the room|end to be? I asked mynelf. ee ee os en eee wanted lnc Tae teaming.” he anil, “that the Lasky Company, and Archibald Selwyn, a noted play-| | his. old easy grace of man-| And then, in a fearful and won-| 7 Thed him when they nted |none are so blind as those who will] pays to read The Star's * Ks }n eyes ows as ¢|derful manner, m eat * << " 5 os looked at Bisekie, “Why, you lancwared aay apie Ae Mb Pd ohenioon Ty ay the feet-| “1 don't understand,” 1 said,| Classified Ad Page. : p <p 9 lll / looted nurse, and came at last into | purried, will be difficult for Robert Hatton to get another “oppo thwack you. What ¢° you mean|head of the publishing house t ees ae ge tried to smile at toe oes Ye ae it phoul ber RELIABLE DENTISTRY ” that so suits his temperament as wistful lit Mae }by tellin’ me my wife's gone?) which | had sent my story from the pillow was strangety| re eet ot a, me it should be. . : | Yor y | nen °} 1 it, the words io * 3 hi layed in most of the big features of the Fine Arts Wy 4 io oe or bi } hil ie pyle Be a } Wizened and old Only the eves | The last edition ‘the papas be OI We qusrenteo our ‘ex te 25 as playe st 0 g feat f ine 2 |eit, ent ; sg. | UmPed out at mo from the type | vere the same. They glowed in|been ran off for Me den we nad] years. We will examine your teeth pany. The public will remember her work in “Intoler- | Von Gerhard stifled an excla-| written page. 1 crushed the paper | ihe sunken face, beneath the shock | roq ai eae? ‘ he CHY | gnd tell you just what they require, ‘ np f * mation, and Orme turned quickly |in mg hands, and rushed into} of pack hair, with a startling luster | 1 crossed the ha and what it will cost. ” “The Escape,” “The Birth of a Nat and others [in his ‘direction. “Who aro you?” | Blackle’s little office. He was at iaseniaas, See ‘une pes a an — tried the!" Our prices are the lowest in Se Will her entrance into a new company dim her 4 Erie nts Coad Gt Ven Gocuara | ticarema thie waar aa eel San-ay, bore and girls, cut out|Von Gerhard was waiting for me|*t® fF high-class work. ? |deiberately and ¢ They want it! They like i! | ‘M0 heavy thinking part far down at the other end of the| “4 ° imake me do he soca stunt m1 Charley Chaplin never duplicated his Keyst pu = text den Ge alter ee Not only that, they want another, | {4 " ae wast ge _ The door opened and while with Essanay or Mutual. Francis hinan 48) slick guys. They've got the sys-|1 cow bare tan refit aaledheweth at stake mt Spy cotton sportin’ sheet is | Tt “room was ‘dim, bat ie the drawing card he was while with the Essanay com-|tem for getting the gelt thatians tre es 1 in, and I'm ho anld Any Callahan gettin’ out? | the ht I glanced up at the my. Alice Joyce, who rose to fame w Kalem, is prac-|makes the peers look like a }the Lived with ‘em for ten| thing t you. When you're igi sr eont ne where the shabby old of-} erie «Sikes " ° | De hoestring ped-| years! Daw { #|thru shovin’ that paper into my| who Pinned Mat | fice coat had besn wont to hang. fieally unknown as a Vitagraph player. The same with Ruth|jyue ! penetll and ® year ie a ee ? There it dangled | . th re € ? ce pale oun < mh, oO het Ried, t phed, jus ~ WRoland. Once one of the most popular maids on the screet,| For instance, you want to make | tie fogs oy hy lyase weeds eee | io ee eee aie had loft {t T tp-toed sa eg Set of Teeth. $5.00 to 515 left Kalem for Balboa. It is seldom now that one hears/a train in a hurry and you know| py to « “Oh, you're so stupid! So slow! | had always cde thet led abd corner and touched it gently|Qjd Plates relined and made’ to her. Norma Talmadge will never reach the heights of popu-| the station ts about five blocks up| 1 wer Can't Yee een that I've Written a rps re apie welll bl. Ph eh, A light pall of] fit like new........ eaeeee $3.50 in her own company that she did with Fine Arts the street; you hail # tax! and tell/my hand real liv yk, and had it accepted, | aabah a iNGs seueh’ some heey en ee ee sis tg, Miedo . - bandit to take you to the|don't und and that I going to write an mush . ues e- | little garment, but I knew each i iH » * There are many such instances. Whiy is Sleepmore Sta have other, if | have to run away trom | ee Phe sere a. wridor, and/worn place, each ink-spot, each National Painless Dentists : sapocieaieaeali mit answer you because! 1 a whole regiment of husbands to 4: ‘Theres sen eh ee Tihs hs » nee scorch or burn from pipe or cigaret | N. W. Corner Fourth and Pike e with at chew. Helyou are w jit properly? Blackie, can't you 60 | naw oftice boy who had arrived that PB cosmmidin ress Sees hs ser ail on antially - © street for a block then|do not expe what {it means? Oh, Blacki | da : | turns K over for three|seeing you know I'm maudlin in my joy, but | °") i HE interstate commerce c« mimissic n pronounce e ~— blocks, then turns «ap another/left out of forgive 1 It's been so long minoe | negro ie tae Uptised ge é, aD SEE iis Southern to be “one of the si lroads| street for six blocks and so on un-| your—ilineas I've had the taste of it.” | 7 a tle fig the & rg ao cg eT i a BOYS WANTED of ~ ae, ' eaudld rai around the station and finally he| Daw anes overspread his thin face 1 you | a as ee es ld in valuing it, the commission found that it could be re-| breezes up to the station, turn pial nang ‘ Sear earl der an eon Fou my > now.” she ani . MGT new for $46,274,000, yet its capitalization is|around and opens the door and|about you? Thanks. I'm fai brale, Maybe {tl be the lant time, | You Were Just to see him for a We're glad to see boys at the Dexter Horton 9,000,000 ; niki at 40u da the be bidks allltoe « aiaoke Let's pretend this ix six months ago, | nuts, OF two. you know.” | Trust and Savings Bank. We’re especially s he traffic rules get « > the 1 re ‘ e 4 eversthing’s serene ro noned J | * . expanse of “water,” why look elsewhere for location of th And say, Sid, is he kind of leary | my lps A nt KMOKINg too | It’s too hot to work, anyway. We'll|Sirnce shat n bunch of ee ene Department window. ? about telling you how much ;|much, Peter?” The tone way that|take a spin out to somewhere that's oo " —— a” 5 . mew naval base? pene: Sore hr cool, and Foul onder cold things to {WERE to have.” Even if you can deposit only a few cents Kad Britain’ re eee | Oh! my, yes; taxi drivers are| Peter star n he laughed |eat. and you can talk til you're}, 2hey sald good-bye, awkwardly weckly or monthly, come anyway, and keep ritain’s new cabinet may make England “dry.” very shy like that! his short, mirthly little Inugh. | tired You'll have to take it out | 2"? ot one o poration * * . * fy ‘War god Mars is sure no friend of Mr. John Barleycorn. | “+ 8 |"By Jove, Dawn, I believe you're} on somebody, an’ it might as well | oe ee sa aanaaa: ah Bg pa thay 2d pred nny “4 | We could work up a lot of time-| a8 much m fo now as you were | be 1 \ the al rth grei je comedy if Oscar Egg, the six-jten years 1 always said, you| Five minutes later, with my hat} ae all thr h lif. It ki f ‘ The sure way to be cheated is to fancy ourselves more | day tine racer. was aneuy lk pes : th my hat! nurse in the doorway ine you through life. It may make your for- day t acer P jator in-| know, th ou would have be-|in my hand, | qurned to find Peter os pag cunning than others—La-Rochefoucauld. | stead |come @ first-class nagger if you|at my elbow swiftly and bent over him tune some day. anccanen | e 4} |hadn’t had such @ deen sense of| “Want to talk to you,” he said Gimme two minutes _ more, H i : | humor, That saved you.” Hel frowning ' “\d.} that's a good nursie, There's Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions IT'S EVIDENT PRINTERS |... ‘oi Oh se , yan ongde | something 1 want to say t’ this | t th turned his mocking eyes to Von| “Sorry, Peter, but I can't stop D they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves. USE OTHER WET STUFF | Gerhard. “Doesnt it bent the| Won't it do later? }dame. It’s de rigger t' hand out AND —La-Rochefoucauld. BESIDES INK \' vil how these good women stick| “No. Got an assignment? 11 |'#8t messages, ain't it?” , ig Seret, Putnam's “dry squad"|to @ man, once they're married! |go. with you.” Sacer Mian idl wiee uk ihe AVINGS ANK ae P wrecked the club rooms of the] There's ertain dog-like devo-| “N-not exactly, Pete Thel ee ah oa . Even the undertakers are raising prices. Aren't you |Printors’ pevoctation” on J I hat's touc ' | aakia . The/side of his bed, trying to smile a re |atlence. For the firat time in myfout for a spin, Just. to cool off, {Must be nothing to excite him. But Combined Resources of the Dexter Horton National Bank se ‘ Ixnowiedge of him, 1 cas har, |tt has ¢ suet to cool off: lithe word my ‘Ips would come and ‘Dexter Horton Trust and Savings Bank, $20,233,771.38 Billingsleys again arrested! Sounds like old times, WHY DON’T WE LOVE HER? [oo ted dyoing Blackten nor| Pater turned mang toy hot.” | “Blackie,” I said, and I strug what? We offered a nent at the Alham-|iow face. Uir eyes had a wenace| in on that,” he ald, over hin ak mejsled to keep my voter calm and rere ——— ——— | bra for the best answer to our lit-|in their depth ares Ms Soul emotionless, “Black! rgive me ee 2 Ee ‘ tle poem, asking why we didn't] ‘There came harp, insistent| Blackle’s clever mind grasped |{t 1#,.all my fault—imy wretched love the tty girl with blonde|ring at the door-bell the situation as soon as he saw. us | aut. ; jhair and pink cheeks and blue} “I be the Buttods.” said|together. His dark face was illu. Now, cut that nterrupted e jeves and rosy red lips | Blackie, and disappeared into the|mined by one of his rare smiles, | Blackie, “I thought that was your And here are some more an-| hallway Coming with ns, Orme? De yey {game. ‘That's why 1 said 1 wanted 9 aR ra | Ob zen Tve heard about you,"§zood. Pile into the tonneau, you]! talk t you. Now, listen ae | " made her eyes blue an me q member my tellin’ you, a few weeks ° MATS., 2:30 NIGHTS, 7 AND9 shining, “4 et eue, ‘hott uae Sanation \ wan Delightful Holiday Offerings—Sunday to Wednesday | Carmen made her lips rosy red, plannin’? ‘This is {t, only it’s come (Gere egg apna) ees os BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON Rouge made her cheeks just the sooner than I expected, that’s all IEF nicest pink }1 seen two or thr doctor guys le orge 008 err roduction. ‘eaturin | And peroxide made the hair on jabout it Your friend Von Ger George Choos’ Merry Production, : F : her head iW B k ’ C |hard was one of ‘em. They didn't Indian and Modern Singing, Dancing ang Musto BERTHA, ! {|tell me t’ teke no ocean trip this ei 2 The Courtroom Girls | +3 ibe aKers -ocoa Une’ "Hetween, Yen they decked The 4 Milanos—Premier Gymnasts Of course you do not love this| 4 my Vacation would come along Se IN maid, % stands all tests of about November, maybe. Well, I ashe Sica Vance and Pearce “A T est Trial” With eyes of heaven's blue a t, heat ‘em to it, that's all.” Rt anes ees Masia Vv | And ruby~lips and cheeks 80 pink, h The nervous brown hand was c ey Oe ere fl weit peresice blonde nar to ne and home. rons Wert, over she evr Pyrat {| It F j j[Pinally 1 met my hand, and held Ke Upon a The reason why is plain to see; | Py it in a tense little grip. Burton Daniels and Lester Conrad ae ee is pure, it is Ur titi tlie aie cl, tes ek = IN For va eee peneeky and sawdust| delicious, it 1S ber pink ve. RIAU New Serial ‘ ulfed — | e “Yes, Tae “Th Pi 1 M k’” ss ” She's just a Christmas doll, h hf ‘Ain't regretted it none?” ie Furple Mas: MINIATURE MUSICAL FESTIVAL eet a ealthful. Bl Wrseretied “its 1 wat a” Hise ) With Grace Cunard and Francie Ford RN A he, ee “ truer better woman for having |OUR OIPPY DICTIONARY Walter Baker & Co Lt known you, Blacnte OTHER BIG ACTS | EASY MARK-—A fellow who'll ESTABUSHED 1760 £8 Solid ne gave a little contented sigh | pay $50 for a seal fur cap. at that, and his eyes closed, When 10¢ and 20c Lo A etokting entation: de he opened them the old, whimsical morrow and the hea that cannot be scratched, smile wrinkled his face. “This is where I get off at. It