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‘REN ORERRE 7 cereus IN PRIZES. A Prince-Charming The Third Story of the Prize Series ; " them. I think T can rely on your sl- via No. 3—The Girl in Blue. ! exe.” fas san Ras So saying, he left the room followed r i by Raynor. : : A ee ys" sald vac ry, @rNorsis oF pre CHAPTERS. | sentor partner, had a strong Wing for| qnen they were Memeo ta lld Hilda Ghichrist, st SEDER ALTRI) Liebe CIRC LOE alcliPaa NUIT EE Ceuae| eee tee nico) ommcrare a tere firm, ts loved by Hyde Ciuyton, Junior m ip MeY pon 7 PLOn Bee a crUt Soe my foolish exhtbition of temper should ber of the firm and by duck bruce, one ot] denly occurred to Raynor that if he| : ‘ : the clerks. "Clayton ‘belloces that’ could ‘mtrike: Brucd imeasbless with the|TAYe caused you all this annoyance, Hele, hig sole eltery. she ts fer a tates | CoN 8 Please forgive me.” an yttle estate cannot be found mi | chisel and then give theralarm tt would | “neve gay hat,” ah Serer 4 uh. nuda bay oe he she belleves| not only mask his own depredations ND a est Masia erste aes ei a @ cloher. and sccount for the despolled, condt-| #0 stateful to you for resenting the slur aged, “overheuts ( rn Chan, Wugh| tion of Hilda's desk, but would please | On my honesty. It was eplendid of you She controntn Poivinding hin of {Clayton and rob Clarice of faith in his | How ean I thank you? Hee, pow inte nih Sratige) “By forgetting all about {t,” he re; ive to’ matry Hee” Brnce hits gn -w clue to| With this in view he was edging still 8 IDET rice ip cinted in Yne Inte after-| closer. Unaware of Hilda, who waited thitner with Hilda to} wide-eyed in the shadow, watching the Salen, sanlation of (tye CIBber | odd scene, Uteeove an trying to brea Tilda’s deak. (is 2a Spo you mean to say," shouted Bruce, ig RAYNOR!" cried Bruce tn on ithe ‘ell,,’ drawied Raynor, You going to do about it?’ “In Romance of Business Girl Life in Gotham. By Albert Payson Terhune, No: 1—The Girl No. 2—The Girl in Red. fear eS aN CHAPTER “IV. A Revelation. astonighment ds the feeble rays of the one tiny. gas-Jot flickered thief'x face. “what are the first place, I'm going to see that you do nothing more toward rifling this desk. Then I'm going to report you ta you ir employers, An office thief is a menace that will destroy the confidence and tone of the whole place if he is not exposed." “That's 80," agreed Raynor gravely. “You talk fine. It's good to hear you. It comes pretiy close to converting me. In fact, it would convert me if I was @ thief. But it happens I'm not. Iaid this job after the crowd had gone, so @s not to be interfered with. But I'm doing “The boss's orders? ft under the boss's order: What do you mean?” ~ “Well, you see, it's this way,” said Rayn , edging nearer to him and slip- ping the hand that held the chisel be- hind things end I his back. “There's been some missing around the office lately ed to have a@ pretty good {dea who the thief was. So when I mentioned my suspicions to the boss he told oo hioge go through the .girl's desk I woes ‘things. He had told the first ile that came into is head, not knowing that Bruce had @ny especial nterest in Hilda, Ezra disliked Bruce on account of ‘the latter's cleanliness of appearance, distaste ‘which and life and still more because of for Bzra's own society Jack always manifested. He @lso knew that, while Mr, Clarke, the BT! TH wi T 901 West 57th et., N. Y. City. Christmas Gifts that Can Be Made at Home. HEL BERGER, 179 East 93d st, N. Y. City. $10 PRIZE: OMAS WIRTH, 1130. Washington st., Elizabeth. $5 PRIZES: LLIAM C, RUSHTON, thay could pen on any of the deal in Black." his voice choked with fury, went to thief, all right. She’— He got no further. and bones. Above the victim of his impetuous blow towered Bruce, wiping the blood from his ‘“barked’’ khuckles. “Mr. Bruce!” cried Hilda, rushing in, “Oh, what have you done? Have you alle? him?" “Not quite," name on his lips again.’’ Scowling, Masry ge Sots ariing, thoroughly cowed, but could not. ‘What's all this? asked a voice be- hind them. Hyde Clayton, returning: to the office to recelye the cipher he hoped hs henchman (ad by this time secured, strode in re the _ foregoing! tableau. name from the affatr. time of night?” air.” “For the ‘office? i “No, sir; for myself.” HE age of “The Girl in Red” was 18 years and 4 mon! who read the story..closely were.aware that dhe and under. 20; also that the months of:her ) by the years (16) gave a-quotient which carried ‘to,only, ‘two places of decimals (.22), and multiplied by 100 would vylela @ product (22) which was the sum of the fyene and months (44-18=,22X100=22—18+4). $25 PRIZE: GEORGE L. LARKIN, 383 Central ave., Newark, N, J. ALFRED B. TOWNSEND, 254 Dean st., Brooklyn. J. D. NICKERSON, 161 Huguenot N.Y. AMELIA MORTENSEN, “that you your employers and lyingly acoused Miss Gilchrist of theft and!{-—— “Oh, \t wasn't any. Me. She's a sneak The chisel flew clattering to the floor from his nerveless hand, and Ezra Raynor followed. , a Muddled, half-conscious heap of clothes |, laughed Bruce grimly. “That Kind don’t dib easily. But 1 think I've taught him pot to take your but epee oriwiy tose to his feet. Blood pei) from ‘his cut wouth and broken teeth. His Wothes -were away band ebiled avith dust, His ferret-like eyes shot one glance of murderous, undying hate at Yule assailant. He epsayetr to morals, | und this cae (breaice into al” " said Jack, suppressing Hilda's “When I inter- rupted him he ‘insulted me and I was foreed to knock him-down. That's all." “And what were you doing here at this| ‘<li. ked Clayton, sternly. came back here to do some work, yearn iy ‘over; Ww » New Rochelle, 381 Central Park W., N. Y. City. -grunted and turned to Hilda. “Tt 4s late for you to go home algne,” he said, “I am going uptown in a few minutes. If you will wait I will take you to yaur boarding house." “Thanks, but I need not trouble’ you," replied Hilda, coldly. “Mr. Brice wil! see ee home, £ think.” Clayton glowered from one.¢o the other, then addressed Ezra Raynor, “Whot t=) 0 >) to say to Mr. Bruce's charge? he asked. “T will explain if you will let mo sec) you in private," answered Ezra. “Very good. Come to my private of- fice. If you can explain this matter sat- isfactorily to me_I am sure neither Miss Gilchrist nor Mr. Bruce will say any- thing more about ft. A scandal and « row hurt an office's reputation, Ant,’ he added significantly, “they do not !m- prove the reputations of the persons— eapecially women—who are mixed up in *Oh, what have you done! TH Have you killed him sponded, “and now let us get at the cl-) machine, he began: her and Tl explain: to you the key to fit which I ghfnk’I've found.” : Beating himself. at a typewriter and “The idea came to me to-day, when. inadvertently I struck two wrong let- ters one after the other. Bach letter laying his copy of the cipher beside the | was directly to the left of the letter I reer sR Re E INSULT had intended to strike. It reminded me of your uncle's repeated warning, ‘Turn to the left—to the left.’ I fancied that might apply to the cipher, so I tried {t. ‘Now, by striking on the Goonies keyboard the letter directly to the left of each letter in the cipher, and adding the numbers 5870, we have: ‘AB—SD-CO—B 6570." “But,” protested the puzzled girl, “how does that help us? It only gives us @ new set of unintelligible letters.” “I don't think so,” urged Jack, instance, we get the yrora ‘CO. viation of ‘Company.’ The ‘8. fore ft must refer to a What is the only sort of HERE ARE “THE GIRL. IN RED” PRIZE WiNNERS. It was posaitle to arrive at the correct answer in a variety of ition The!/Evening World gxacted was that one printed in-edch chapterwhenld be used in reach- Thousands of letters were received and many gave the girl’s age ‘as 18 years and 4 months, but they did not confine themselves to the required numbers. Of the correct answers the fol- lowing were the first selected and are the prize winners: ways: The on he Ot-the three in ing this: result. J.C. WOOD, 221 Academy st., Jersey City. A. EDNA PRICE, 200: West 133d st., N. Y. City. JOHN B, LESTER, Port Richmond, 8. I. WILLIAM P. VERTON, 61 14th et., Hoboken, N. J. MM. O'SHAUGHNESSY, HERMAN W. WRENCKE, 318 Hamilton st., Long Island City. 862 East 135th st., N. Y. City. MRS. C. J. RECHT, 1107 Putnam ave., Brooklyn. L. RAMSDEN, 1708 Amsterdam ave., N. Y. City. With Suggestions -How to Make Them, by MME. JUDICE. Presents Children Can Make. Dear Mme. Judic: I am a littie girl aged twelve, and want mas that I made myself. wo thought I would write! much, to give some presents for Christ~ I can't spend money, “to you, as mamma, sald you helped her to make pretty’ dresses thet looked so neat end cost: so little. GLADYS TOWER. QUR little letter is one of many of its kind that I have received, and @s I appreciate the fact that there | be made from rough ‘wrapping-paper, in 4s non@ more interested in Christmas| either tan or brown’ color, The cover |might be of any sige desirable. On the Nett eide of the cover-of the upper por- gifts than children, I will give a few guegestions of Inexpensive novelttes. for children to make, To begin with, the numberless little ‘trifles Rage, oushions. are dasicets A pretty hair receivers, for a bedroom, such as laundry shoo bags, bah recelvers and pin- all aoceptable. Mikado that cost 5 and 10 cents make ith a tittle cover of Ns api ribbon and a bow for the pig and aunt, -apd- gultable (gifts for mamma, ‘Then, too, thére are the cushion pads of silk and cotton‘ for etlok pins, card-bngs, pipe-macks, doyltes and waste baskets. ‘The last named may pe made of wallpaper pasted on a wooden frame. fa which it stands. rwihdte @orve A. pretty idea is to tt of the same paper as the room Miotters are always Pretty ones can be 6 gifts. @t a cost of 5 cents, A plece of mounting board, 5 by 8 inches, will as cover. On the — leaves Gowers cut from Japanese tissue-paper are pasted, each separately ar- in @ pretty design, with all. the portion of the napkin cut away, A of blotting paper, 5 by. 8 16 tied nibbon oF tape to this cover, ~ cover for 6 kodak album can ‘MME, JUDICE will give advice on the de- signing and making of Xmas novelties for]) gifts. ‘If you haye bits of lace. velvet or odds and efids of any kind, and do not know. just how to utilize them, consult her and she will help you. tion the word “shap’' is p On the right side “shots.” brush, tween the words is paper 4 1-4 inches in’ diameter. inches in inkéd In black, is 1 1-4 inches. Four ot five, small heads of friends, cut from kodak pictures, are pasted on different parts of the target. makes a most acceptable gift for any- body owning a kodak: Stump boxes make ‘small but exceed- ingly pretty gifts, Heavy water-color paper or light-welght cardboard I, used A plece five or six inches’ on the shape of @ large box when opened out isthe design, the base and cover being two by three inches and thé ‘The corners are yby ribbom. A two- cont stamp isp laced on the cover. Loy orl could, be shade on the larger, Calendars in thelr making, sides one inch b tied with colored same plan, only with letters placed one underneath ’the other: It can be done fn ink .or gilt paint, with a stiff In the centre of the spdce be- target, made by cutting a circle of contrasting colored Over. thie, but with the same centre, paste another circle of a different color 8 1-41 wile the bull's-eye, wery attractive gifts. of @ poster on a cardboard foundatton about seven by ten has a strip of blue beper cut In irregular pattern one or two inches deep pasted on the top to represent the sky; another strip in green the samo size Is pasted at the foot for the ground, A strip of rod four by ten Placed between the other two colors will serve as a fence, The bricks are marked by means of pen and ink. A atrip of white one-quarter of an Inch Wide finishes the edge. A small calen- dar is fastened at the left of the poster ‘and a piece of black emery paper in the shape of a cat in pasted on the other de, You can usually finda picture or Advertisement to use as a pattern for they ant. ‘A flat calendar to be laid on the desk may be made of blotting sheets doco. rated with the Japanesé napkin and tled together with cord and. tassels or ribbon, The calendar pad. bought for la tew-cents, should be pasted or tied in the centre of the top blotter, A tiny pen;wiper made of several circles of ghamots skin or flannel may be tied in one corner, making the article useful in throe different ways. Papa would sure- ly appreciate this, Or how would a ., shape of maple or ivy leav One in the form} real leaves being used for a pattern and a loop of | baby ribbon serving for a stem? In the centre of the topmost leaf may be |pasted the photograph of his little girl. Never use colored tissue paper for the leaves of a shaving pad, although, the top leaf or cover may be of any pre- ferred color or material. Two circles of chamois skin caught "| around the edges with red silk and tled at the top with a little red bow of rib- oon makes a useful gift for grandma or grandpa: On the cover print In imk or gold paint the words: “If you wish to see the world aright Be sure and keep your blasses bright." A head rest for a chair ts also‘a nice Uitle ‘gift for them. Cut out a plece of pretty, flowored cretonne In @ crescent shape and sew togethor with a pleco of satin ribobn on the edge. A thick wad- ding of soft cotton sprinkled wih chet powder placed Inside and tied to a chair with ribbons to match the binding} , will help toward giving many @ little moment of rest and comfort. A small tin ring covered with a pretty colored satin ribbon and the addition of a bow at one side will make @ pretty napkin ying wr brother o sister: and cost almost »_khing. ‘Two pleces ox ribbon about nine inches long sewed together with a fancy stitch and fijled with soft wool will make a traveller's pin-cushion, A band of nar- row ribbon one one end will hold tt in @ roll when tled and keep the pins of all sorts and sizes from falling out, ‘These aro only a few of the many trifles that can be made by ttle fingers I Unk the email expense and the ex- periment in making will hardly balance iis ds ness in learning for lesgon of Un- rt and ha ime, me, pet ape, the 00d cheer, | FRENCH .tOBINSON CRUSOE, , Some sixty-four miles off the coast of ‘Tunis a cluster of littletsiands has been discovered. One, was found to be inhab- ited by a fo: Uftetich sergeant,'Clem- . some fourteen number of na- vhave been annexed by France, ind Clement appointed Res- {dent Inspector of Fishing and Harbor, Registrar and Teacher. ———_—_ | THE OLDEST HORSEMAN. Charles Taylor, the oldest trainer and river of trotting horses in the country, is nearly ninety-seven years old, but is jstill vigorous. He lives at White River Junction, Vt., where he is looking after horses on a furm. CASTORIA | “For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought tell the ignature of DANDRUFF Htching, or irritated scalp, falling hair and all disorders of the hair and scalp quickly Felleved and permancntly cured by. my ex | conaultation free and strict: personally or write Re HOREY INSTIHUTE, 17 W.t4th at., N.¥.City. opp. Waldort-Astoria IF FOND of the sweet verfuine of the queen of flowers ask everywher JAMMES EXQUISIA VIOLET, of Mint BE ig AF Fen al ES tis DersUnie. drug Amusements. MOCKEY MAT Uply. va. Hockey _¢ Y, DEC. 12, 8.16 Music Skaten HOCK ER Thea. ' way HELD Bo NAPOL WALLACK'S * site.“ 2 I | GEO. ADE'S Gaunt. Comedy. THE | COUNTY CHAIRMAN, | AMERICAN OUR NEW MINIS TER. |” Next Sunday, TED MARKS’ C RT. GRAND Queen siz White sata xt Wk—W' nola Wiison—Star Pi'y’e—Erminte | sale by all Ses MAJESTIC.goxe i i"t2 PY on AVENGED. Te eel A Cipher Mystery First Prize. Five Prize Seventy Prizes, each. \ Ooo pany? that could have ohdrge ‘of « for- tune’ "Why!" orled Hilda, a ight breaking |dn-on her, “a safe deposit company, of hour. , be closed for } And the Bt 50" mast be ‘Box 5,379." }Adl that is left Is to decipher the ‘A. B.’ at the beginning.” | “Where are you gotme?” asker) Hilda. | shadows time jas Jack ran to the other end of the'into an gdjo} | rior “To get a directory,!? he called over |.way, his shoulder, | Returning with the béok, he turned | Clayton | over the leaves at the back of the bopk. | ‘Here we are!” he in a momen | ‘Here's a lst of the ee safe-de-| | posit companies. Now which, if any, has the Initials ‘A, B,'? Commercial, ultable, Mercantile, Garfleld—herel Aaron Burr Safe Deposit Company. How foolish of me not to have guessed! Harry Purlong, my best friend, works for that company. Your cipher is as| lear as di It reads, ‘Aaron’ Burr ait Company, Box 5,510, That your tncle deposited his ealth, —in a strong boX—No. 5,970—in Uhat company's yaults, That Is why he | told you to turn to your typewriter for ald and always to turn to the left. It lis simplicity Itself. “Oh, thank you ten thousand times.” cried the wirl in utter gratitude. ‘But for you I should never have guessed It. It ts to you that I wil! owe every- | thing.”* ’ | “Please don't,” he said geptiy, “please bac Pass one way. If,you only knew fo me to serve you~ He eagerly the Aaron Bu “Good! Clayton. "You're in Furlong. box 5370 in you Furlong did look up the answetacame cirive, Clayton Pf the foo! not wholly banish from his frank face. | her acquisition. of wealth must kill for- ever his hope of winning her.’ “Come,” he said, “Shall I take youland the: flee home? Tt is long past for Solving Which ey 101 ‘Prizes‘in Alls“ Twenty-five Prizes, each a fo"he ‘Gontinued.) . ni make Vat Al less dreary!" There! Mrs, Snapper—Is t a look of sadness. that. he could! yt; Snnpoer cy. resid oo Mra. @narper—How do yo4 Yet he fought back the thought that}you never even looked at it! Mr. Snapper--Well, I know wasn't vou would have had The safe deposit the night by ‘Butewe will go there during the hour to-morrow." Scarcely had a man luriini to dart nolpniepsigt ning doorway bet two passed out into the cae 3, ‘An the outer door closed behing tepped trom bis hiding’: and hurried to the telephone, demanded the num! ire Bafe Deposit A voige repited after a long. waik tm | | “Who {s thls?” asked Clayton, “Furlong,” came the reply. ~~ ‘This is Jack Bruc Its long after I've been working late and, starting for home, What.ls itt” % “Car you find out for me 1 yhe j ur Vauite?” not leave the t number of the box. at once, roan wd dropped the sais thouz he had been shot. © maa Pag, HE KNEW, depa: your dinner [enaeatiht mined ict of LS cipher hint ures for lette these words Fours words. will be The story will end on Saturday, Solve the Simple. Ciphértn: Win Some of the. $500 for Xmas 1 follow, By .the exeralse blank and send it-to “Girl.in Blue Editor of Evening World, P. SIMPLE, easy. cipher will be found in one of the twelve chapters of “The Girl in Blue, that cipher and write the solution In the blank given below, The elpher {h Question is not the one’ given first instalment, but is longer and appears In,a later chapter, In other chapters besides that which to ts solution willbe soattered. So it is necesaary for the reader to follow the entire There are many ¢iphers ‘in existence, but the one whibh competitors are here shown cOnststs of tho key, and the other letters of «he fa little thoughtanddngenulty the e/pher may be-readily t wiven as a start Jp th ie You are expected ti ‘iio He arya Dec. 19, and-answeré ,will be: reogived up to noon of Monday,,Deo, £1..Will aut th SENDER’S NAME....... ee} Py SENDER’S ADDRESS. New Publications. Amusements. A 0. Box mh New York City.” musements. Get the Big December Number Real Christmas Stories A Sharp Article on Wall Street Doings 10 Cents: All news stands Amusements, wayd Seth at. 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