The evening world. Newspaper, December 18, 1903, Page 17

’ Pp. $500 IN PRIZES. The Old Johes eaetea it By Prof. Josh M, A.:Lo The « Girl ~ in = Blue. «© ¢ you into pomersion of my) Hillda, Shall we apply tt now?” ‘ ' Pere ty el'ts impart to nae, ten elias they worked over the ‘ . 6 - - a f 5 i i ° imisd will lead you to this place before | helro; ca at the bottom of the tn- : The “How Old Is Ann?” Joke Loose in: _ A.Prince Charming Romance of BEEBE eh estate| mone? tem, men Brave rend what 101 Prizes in All. —< - : Sesyenec! Bae ¢ : e nslated: 4 af work 2 , eT D Gi 1 Life i Ne York. poverty and. by learning (4's one'wno | ‘10 ft. to 8, W. of W. Corner, First Prize $soO IN REGARD TO THE OLD JOKES HOME QUES] uSINESS tl Life in New YOrRe| bs ner eran tas, coutuet fo ieee we er{Gy | Mordham hut. 2 ft, deep.” FI Pri is 40 VOTE 7 wet torfean you will think hardly of mo for | ‘That must refer to the Ittle hovel ve rizes, eac | VOT| Put 4 cross ‘mark ti the sp *. BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE PURER Ghee beaw yet ar nm [at Fortham which T tod you Vaca} Seventy Prizes, each... S To Put In ‘ne oad lene tho oan Wome ic ° MN Ho hot first been | onco got in payment of a bad debt,’ ¢ Ng % hehe Te tle by vourself. if | ia or epeline ght iron bastio by caters of the| said Hilda, “He only owned a quacter- Twenty-five Prizes, each.... 2 make @ cfoss mark in the space, ¢ ne comprising my perrons’|acro of land about the hut. He must = To Take Out | “Take Out" {ft your comviotions ; , ‘Mons | have buried the treasure on this ground Sea prwobers OF PRECEDING CHAPTARS. [dor. Tiere it was laid ona table, and| My Smile you tive. ia luaury., shoud , f Hild Olichrist w stenographer, ts eDEAESs | the Idwyor unlobked tt. ie oe | the eFpptoeraan ten fect to the southwest of the west | aig up the treasure, load it into theyaaT was onany way back to the office! NAME.. ee ea a law clark, Hier 1ate 87 | standing breathless da either elde of| srintecterns' that which haw ied ou" to these | "At taper ae tt catriage and take it to my mate for the] So saying, Exra Raynor resumes tt “ADDRESS . ‘whic ae] # saa ae Gascon, is anxious | nm, FNida and. Jack watched with] vaults. Gond-by. Tay own “ied yon theta | “At a depth at two feet underground,”'| night. We could go there with Iaboref®.|route toward the domicile of Clarke, RESS. oe) pore clue. to | Bim, JAY py with he fortune. you so riehiyde- | supplemented Bruce, of course, but the papers would g@t|Clayton & Co, i : PC Of ens is henchman. | straining eyes for the opening of the lid.) serve. AMEE MARCH “Oh, let's go up there at once and be-| nol of the story. Mr. Bruce and I can| Murlel had been taken to a hospital, z 5 a - (eee eae SO ee ee ioe Cous disapooints| As Hilde read, with shininwreyes andl gin digging!” cried Hilda as they ve-| unearth the bos or chest or whetever| where the vitriol wounda were dressed.|[) CCtTIMENT te at fever heats "De fase, “eMeivirs 66 take-out OME i bapar ‘apparently, Plank ment, thoy did not allow thelr hopes toe: heart full of love, this missive from | turned to the street. tt aman hours crs atumosts AS] mie a Lite, the doctors decided, but| f” spite the fact that the cohorts of Jas well as ballot for dea ye ‘are treated in sympathotic ink. ; Officer Jerry Sullivan, once so vigil-] oa “a oaramn hich. would de horribly disfigured for life. aght at Weber #1 We they tra etyccontains a THE END OF THE QUEST. Returning from the hospital with this SU emg jand Old De. Lem} root, ah a, ae ort Deere’ acceas to. {he roport, Esra had overheard enough off (7 ole On tena Sisiacagean I vote “Put In,” and white Fn ela ete Nterrupted by the gold-meekers’ plans to make him fees at fling (the belloe eee + Harry eae Sinployee Of the Bafe~ quite forget the sufferings of the woman tight wp beenritrys ‘ean ok P "i te a. Raynor who bore his name. t ; 7 we ong Te ied laste, ap the treas. Homething of this {ll-suppressed ¢x- ‘Take Out’ policy are rallying tO} want to put them in the Gre is supposed to bes only to find it empty. eee a tan road by Hyg] tHe, SUDpOrt of Ero. Josh M. A. Lone Figiy ene agen and reform! there: Clayton, who was quick to connect it) 4) 19 hour of golng:to press the vote The work horse. and» they with the treasure they both sought. | .. : “He's got a new clue of some sort, Te Pet imlGia aekear: yde, ynor approached! wine request to Tove vine oftce, a2 To Take out Old Jokes hour earlier than usual,."and he does) How do you stand? Mark y. not mean to share it with me. He Will gig end it int your ballot bear watching. If he plays me false hell never. deceive any, ne again, {| But remember, even during the voting Tink tye wit enough to stick to. his! you may. exercise tive Ca ye ee segne nis suspicions.” "| mpiber of the 6. P. Gah, by ACTUALE: ens te ACTUAL- ee elenpreg 76 . ; aabegly ALO BOOREy re ee ne erne) tea CHAPTER XI. The Treasure Chest. le BRUCE, the morning after he had so unexpectedly deciphered th eryptogram, hurried around to Hil ‘3 boarding-house the moment he had) Dolted a hurried breakfast. He found Hilda just leaving the house. She hur; rled to meet him, “Wonderful news!" she orled gayly. “I ~<SS ~ / was just golng to sem a messenger to NN : . Yi anne’ horpe |JOkes sou. may want or those pou are you. I've translated the enyptogram.” 4 \ \ f ASS of the|Unred of. “So paye I" he exclaimed, drawing Ni ntry house Typipem agin, thls _connsetion it mag be sete |] gTacef! raw ja Srora bis ppckstthe translation he had | \ \ / boticen ot coupleved | terday at the portals of the Old Jokes’ Limp? Home, in the course of which Officer thelr host entered the off rapidly through Eagerly ‘they compared their discov- eries, delighted past words to find them exactly almifar. | “And now let us stop and get the law- yer who manages your affairs and then fo et once to the place named in this oipher,”” urged Bruce. “We can stop om the way and telephoné to the office be- geatereet Prof. Josh M; A. Long, the Superintend- ont, and Mary Mushandmiik, whe matron of the Home. The encounter was occasioned by thé fact that @ party of boarding-hous that we can't go to work to-day.” i | = \ Now the exnct repository of treasurg WW Sy! j = 2 NN\\ from 8 fons wagp from Broopklyn nad acrived at? to which they and the lawyer repaired \ \ \ : Sotmian who. answered the ring| the home with papers call! ; me ok eas? must be left to the reader to solve. \ \ f 3 . \ scogulsed the panting intruder e& one yey the “How Old Is ana?” fous. Rite Je ‘The preciso location and name of the } \ \ : \ YA of. Sie meepere wt the nearty Bronx |™ it? o 'ehe release mas effected a | <amnnm group of hostile members ‘of the 8, P. place’are clearly set forth in the erypto- C. H. arrived with several old jokes gram published in Chapter 8. ‘Arrived there, hdwever, and the legal es) ‘ id icked up at a Broadway. musical formalities being compiled with,: they \ \ ’ 2 = excited comedy, ? : were ushered into a vault far larger ‘ j ZZ \ " run into the ewhere and more modern that that of the| ay \ : \ thereabouts, i, "Alot of us have Deen sent Lacey lye giamens parce Aaron Burr Safe Deposit Company. 1 i } ¥ & worn ot * ane Ry to bape Hilda, aa they, passed along, com- \ ty, mented on the difference. The cashier 4 SSS = - \ 5. Whee Her triengs not. who accompanted them overheard her | ff RN 2 . S tro) ola Joxe. oe ee eis 4 words and said: ‘ ‘ y i \ te!” cried the woared ser- “eighteen, while “Dhat's true, Miss Gilchrist. In an f | \ H rit re fle and a. couple of euaste.6¢ hip peas Nadsneaverineeries and up-to-date place of this sort such a| fil AN : nay Ce Se Grtve. they began to quarrel emong them- the hut i# eo far off the main road, {Toward the Mason, ‘hea 1 selves, tragedy as happened in the rickety old there 4s Httle chance thet any one will| “The Maso en the man-eater tely © a cx eer: Aaron Burr vaults last night would be impossible."* “In broad daylight? The whole nelgh- borhood would gather around to watch us. No, we would better go at night.’ | eee our lanterns and interrupt us." patil Ae ‘ “That is the best plan,” agreed “Gtill,"* muttered a man who had been (To Be Concluded.) 4A ' \ \ iawyer. “I know the locality of the hut.| walking close behind them, unobserved —_—_ gen tacks In tha Home, ‘A gang broke into the butlding and 4 Te ein tha woody “ot seme, dlstanse| In the noonday crowd’ that chokes Nas-| The next prize story will be “The! 1. tne excitement Ann esdaped and crprigeb eae sown te oe oes Ons i \ from the main road. My house ls about) seu street, Oe A OF chance thet | irl In Green,” which will begin In} was iast heard of in Harlem, working Jate an: \ \ a mile from there, Come up, both of| some one may interrupt you after of Monday, Jan.| To avoid a repetition of ai must have overheard them and gone { \ Sou, this evening, and dine with me, |And to think st was by mere juck I hap- The Laser tte a adits miler dis- down to Investigate. His body, Y : ‘ y We will drive over ws soon as (t ia dark. | pene to see you three treasure-hunters! 4, Five in ‘half a dozen places, was f the floor there this morning: The police ah ere rate Wank | #WS-||(Solve the Simple. Cipher in This Story and Win Some of the $500 for Xmas Money. in the afternoon. ‘When the members of the 8. P.O, H, ‘have voted on the question as whether jokes shall be out amd weared them off, though, for they ran away, He must have come upon them Just. they were beginning to loot the vaults, for they'd only had time to pry “ ” expected to apive SIMPLD, easy cipher will be found in one of the twelve chapters of “The Girlin Blue.” You are taken out, or vice verse, eet coe ree Cae box at that. that cipher and write the aolution in the blank given below. Tho olpher in question-was not the one siven ip the} / the matter definitely, either Prof. y ay, added, an odd but is the cryptogram which appears in the . In other chapters besides thet} /ar A Long will rule absolutely or ‘ Bw coincidence, Miss Gilchrist. The box whi shall’ resign in favor of the stator?" they opened was one your uncle used Officer Jerry Sullivan-Olt Dr. Lemon-| ,.Uveh Londo, ieee to rent. Lucky for you that the bulk ‘ osky clement, whose motto appears 00 | OE en wreeenanriy! cient be “Rule or Ruin.” ( — ote personal estate was deposited | 7 i“Thank Heavon, we haven't ‘drawn blank’ this time!” fn e instead of there. ; orde alpiinbet not found 2 1] ateanwhile vote conscience “ial. yours ures for lettees, Four w will a start in the key, and the otter letters of the not as your you-4 Wager to come to the fortune, neither| soar too high, but in keen anxiety and) the dead, the lawyer was carefully 80-|} inese words. will follow. By the exe! ‘of @ little thought and ingenuity the cipher may be readily translated. Alctates and do not.forget that you \t longing braced themaelves against any| ing over the contents of the great strong ‘sto: ' é Deo. 2 Fill out this ‘The story will end on Saturday, 19, and answers will be received up to ncon of Monday, shock, whether of joy or of chagrin. | box, comparing cach with the inventory |} went and send it to “Girl in Blue Editor of Evening World, P. O. Box 1354, New York City.” Slowly the |i was ratsea, At first Ba @ handed him. glance the tense watchers could dis- t's all right!" he said at last, te- covor nothing but « mass of papers tiea| toring the list to her, “Hiverything is together and arranged in close-packed | here, except several thorsand dojlars In rows. On top of the heap lay e letter|€%d and the family Jowels. Perhaps addressed to Hilda, the oryptogtam at the bottom of the ‘Thank Reaven, we haven't drawn | P36¢ ‘will explain the whereabouts of blank this time!” muttered Bruce grate-| those, You have the key to that. fully as she tore open the envelope. | are a lucky woman, Miss Glichrist, and, ‘There were two inciosures. She opened | !f you will permit me to say 80, a plucky diMoulty a large metal box. Calling to| cne emalier first and read: and clever woman as well.” @ Becond attendant ‘to help the first, the 'o day thle fortune shail be yours, | "Gold and Jewels," murmured Jack. at Hida: On ca bade them carry the box into ueiby Four at tn Rati have not, Ben “It sounds ike ‘Treasure Island.’ Here a private roam further down the corri-| {have directed my Sawyer (who knows the| !8 my copy of the cryptogram's key Christmas Shirt Waists and Two of Miss Roosevelt’s. sleeve cap were cut in one plece, which @f the lovers questioned him further, nor displayed the interest in his story that # would have otherwise evoked. “The polfce say t's the work of a Jersey gang they've had thelr eyes on for weeks," went on the cashier. “Here {a your uncle's strong-box, Miss Gil-, christ.” Unlocking the massive steel frame by means of his own key and one which Mr..March had left in his lawyer's keep- ing, an attendant lifted down with great Dr. Lyon's SERFECT Tooth Powder Used by” for over a gaatter of sent? AU Gord AOS. A Material Difference. an Cyeglass, with the Bae-Cra Cut — ———————__ SENDER'S NAME......... SENDER’S ADDRESS added to the long, drooping shoulder ‘sity ee: leave’ sentl rm gt USHROOMS ate delightfully palatable and healthful, yet some speoies | 25%" ato Ww: Mili pt 4 By me, Judice. suet, aon Sige ee aa of Toadstools 80 closely resemble the toothsome Mushroom as to Beare Ie i bears 4 * i board ton; showed three side plaits on each dangerous to ¢ with uncertainties, And so it is | Glasses Readine Sinsses. its imitgtions. Keep the Castoria that bears the signature shoulder and top of sleeve, @ collar cuff, fl Sc Cninines is ae Rees a sleove and front strip embroidered and as the Mushroom, And be as Amuscments for several reagons, First, it is | Ss rant pou, aor. 2 ESN eon NEW EMI 7a thing which is always needed. Sec- he i #4 Gnd, it shows @ direct personal thought- Renee (gat eo as aa a a W EMPIRE | Baturday, SiN fines, and fast and’ mort important oak pelle seeder teafsone MAUDE ADAMS Sian SF Ree. not only to iMustfate the very Leseaead 7 ty ,| mode in th dividual it of each, but should a a cbiondld examples of the, simple but ’ physicians from the Atlantio to the Pacific testified) NEW LYCEUM Witis' sites affective handwork. Although both are perfeotion? bears the signature of Chas, H. Fletcher is) WM. GILLETTE 7% ' really works of art in that line. the em-| the to a child's THEATRE Bees «Gee wroider; er will not tak GRITERION “xven sis; Satan neue to to sii beerielcs Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of y WM, FAVERSHAM {Res NB it is the fad to give a ahirtwaist for a holiday present. r There ia great-.opportunity in this weason’s waist for the chance to em- proider, to fagot oross @titch and French ‘knot, to decorate in @ personal way which ts aiding ba aap r No. 1 1s comple’ HERALD § aS receives it. e o' front box plait and side platts irae Aa ote taffeta, peau de aole and crepe de chine on each shoulder, a large spool 1s used THE GIRL ROM KAY SAC BERNARD are. dainty and desirable, it must be to make the scallops—wit! Amusements. granted thet the wash waist holds first SAVOY TRATES Bees aa a alta Poe kenge THEATRE, | MAXINE ELLIOTT | HER OWN WAY . = Next Bun Wagner selectins exclusively: |AARRICK THEATRE. ash et & unualiy gar from being Inexpensive, 04] RENEE, MISS -ROOSEVELT'S WAISTS. mA apoot iv again nad to. make k CAM 522 EVE WEEKS orang | UCR cae GR ee man} mat |, are - ve G > . of lor he londay, re Se tatoats Soaa eee ot tem{@OWn almost to the knuckles, and is 20 | teas. she has them in every shade, with coven eee Noe yaa UMBRELLAS. Grand Opera in English. Hl vera a oe FS J JEFFRIES oc poeedy! Lively diets Proeelvet Dut in the heavy) sD0e-Atting I must be: unduttoned to la preference for tans, browns, deep Te04 | chain "iy then embroidered in a plain Christmas Week—OTHE GARDEN me pane staat Oe ANES J JEF RIES seth at ‘permit the hand slipping through, and all the new shadow tones, ‘The regulation shirt sleeve is in favor) Two waists she wears are marvels in for plain tub waists, and shows a cuff | prettiness, one being pongee-colored can- etotiing or chain stitch. French knots’ “iy By harp Mate. SI \o Sat. 2 SS TT aos Ce THEATRE, B way & U8 ate Ges of cares att wetee. te vos BABES « TOYLAND, | HUDSON Satyr Bah rh ite Se : Po. seta Borace fre. going to «ive & shictwaist for a] , TBs most delightful Motidey Present, Give new mercerized stuffs, with a beautiful glory of finish, one can get wonderful results at a nominal cost. These and brovedsd soap ‘and canvases come Injabout four inches deep, which fastens | vas, worked by hand in a chain stitch 2 eolors are exquisite in weav: with fancy buttons and loops or ordi-|and French kmots on the bolero effect, 10 your best friend on n — it » Hea wan ourther argument in favor [DEY sleeve links, 20a cleave cap and cult, and each side of| Christmas wit st 1s essential that tt bel” “ TaMuES BXUISIA VIOLET eee eR CHMAN including Mr, HETROPOLIS "Fs f silos Alice Roosevelt ie a typical shire- |the front opening in yellow and green] one thet has the ‘owen of yous abe lasting scent of @ bubh of fres WRINGTO Vaudeville Tes ea? Strat" sa ni A lia.» a red, givi it an Orlental appear- hand upon It. I know of no prettier ‘a ent of yanch of pe * = ¥ ERE: ¥ | MASA ot Wveek-—-Queen waist gist, for she chooses them for | 9 wd pa ee! PPeOM| signs or any more effective work of menst stores and drug ADI Adm.800. TTB B | cones 5 luncheogs, morning calls and 6 o'clock |ance, ‘The bolero-shaped “yoke and wi r nabs __ ft, Theatre. n} souls tt this kind than these two shirtwaists Amuse y 2 424 at..n'r BY ‘OR: ; FAH longing to “Miss Alice's" wardrobe. ments. 5 i ni | AMBRICAN sitet "suiab wee as ¥ é in THE CORSIOAN,. Mrs. T. C. Platt and Mrs. Chauncey] WALLACK'’S siustway sna doth ot = rer Bar : i Delaware bow idepteiatiwrdist @rabrale| |. Gitor TACKS ares BS State 28 ne 5 OUR NEW. MINISTER. x dery, and are seldom seen nowndays COUNTY [pabunnkeag nla = Te ‘ doles 2 = FER Ma ba without a needle threaded In coarse cot- town." | "Q) arway | Eadetre Wor rob, Last Matin: cis ww KEITH'S cc ee Grand FRANCIS WilSo ton pulling it in and out on shirtwaist Cc H A I RI A N. hate ACTS 26 Peas GANT: cuffs, stocks and fronts, Mrs, Platt is te. very partial to Indian colors in reds and] arate. wea, Sat., Xmas & New Year's Day. MADISON SQUAR" Nxt.w'k.Fay Templeton, ‘The Runaways y MUSIC | Biway & Dlues, while deft touches of white and ; . roe - na PASTOR’S “teniin’* | tas ; WEBER A FIELDS RARE | a" +100 PRIZES. * "XMAS PUZZLES. gE i ‘ ALL XMAS WEEK more prominently. "| 20 Von Chiddif at % InTHE RYENING WORLD nea iS sete quit, fand Jules ang, Bua gannison, zoe ausox: |[YR\) owses Vall eee BELASCO EE" ERAGE i ne fact that it comes in CROSMAN" BEAD shes colors HILL Thea,.Lax. av. @ 434 at. Eve, Mat Thurs, jo one o ghey de: je dress MAT ti wee. veaen on! PIVIGESS 2’ YS RLY WH ott i. rr Ra eGaT wre