The evening world. Newspaper, April 15, 1905, Page 10

x oad \ | CHAPTER I. Sowing the. Wind. isa’s toe, that vane Mart” the man who had spoken first went @log, He wax a red-headed with @ rasping voice and an reeai' evidently one of fhose who bullied his way through the . for want ofa botd spirit to stand $0 him. ‘In thia instance he found o name, “What, Fairy Fan? Why, ‘was about her.’ “Because! he abused the woman. She's fA good wort, and I like her very much, ‘You know Ido, but there's no love.” “Not-on your part, perhaps, but Btarth loves her, and you knocked him all the row +1 width 1'd killed him," said Lancas- between his teeth, “Don't talk reably, Hrank,” said the A New York City Joke. CITY youth was showing him coun- ‘try cousin the eights about New * York City, Arriving at the Herald Bullding the other day about Moon, the city youth called the atten- ‘tion of bis country cousin to the big bronze figures who strike the big bell ‘with their sledge hammers at noon, “I guppose you have heard of the bi« ‘strikes’ we have down here,” said the elty youth, ‘This ts the latest!” “Indeed,” replied the country cousin, “These men seem to me to have a good Feason, for they are working over ume." 2 Johnnie Flynn, hnnie Flynn Has gone to Lynn To buy his mother a rolling pin, But the river js deep, And if John fell in, *Twould be the last of Johnnie Flynn. in this pie~ ta the proper will have a other with uneasiness “Tf anything goes wrong with Starth you'll get into Store there eee Lances- ter carolessly, ‘Pshaw! man Jen't hurt, He'll be up and swearing before the play begins.’ It seemed that he was right, for a tail, bulky, dark man approached with to marry me.” snappishly. Baird, amiling. oaster, that's al with m ing to put him into a hansom. now we'd better get to our seats the The others assented, and tte trio| moved into the theatre, As they passod for, all 1 cate. when Berry write rs. ‘Baird, Ld 4 i I j E i i i tr i i i E ge E { FERRE g pee i HE if g i i i i & z § Hi }: E F i i i i g 4 & E Hf i | ; z An & i ? A i 2 it, ent “Why does he let her appear on the boards, then?’ asked Darrel, heavily, “Aste Frente bere, He's a friend of Berry’ ‘I'm not,'"* growled Lancaster, still ruffled by his late encounter, “I can't bear the creature, His nioco is worth a dozen of him.'’ “Ie she tis niece?’ Rhodesian millionaire, "Yes, There's no doubt about that, I respect Miss Berry immensely,” I thought her name was Tait.” “On the bills. In private, she's Mies Fanny Berry, Her uncle 4s rich, but, in mpite of that, #he’s so vain that she likes to appear on the stage. I like her, “You're in baie) her,” contradicted Baird, questioned the Jones, come in!" office. answor, awards, Ten prizes of $1 each will be also given, 1881-1685, First Prize—$5. MISS MAY TAYLOR, No, 80 Ashinnd pince, Brooklyn, N.Y, AUGUSTA STUDENT, Mayo street, Boston, Mass, CORA MEYERS, No, 18 West One| York City. Hundred and Twelfth street, New York City, No, “A trifle, Any one would love such @ Pretty woman. But I wouldn't ask her “No, @tarth will do that,’* “She won't have htm," sala Frank, “He ‘A _very sore lot at present,” put in “Rte his own fait,” “Why can't ho leave me alone, It's not the first time he's quarrelled "Because he knows you are « fval in affections of Fairy Fan.” Rulubish, Dik 1 Don't wt th: in Jour bontee Barth ca mane Res 1 merely admire me into contact with her wrote aski; Sat cease wis Dasrel, pg SAN Why He Doesn’t Borrow. “Not exactly; but I've learned that the only friends who are willing to lend money are tle ones who haven't got it to fend." How Reporter Won Chauncey. in a tone intended to de familiarly reassuring: “Ab, “He came, it seemed to me, with actual almdence, sidled along, with his back to the wall and his hands and hat behind him, Tamurmured to myself. Finally he spoke, hesitatingly, ‘with apparent difMfculty and apprehension, Dostor,’ he began, ‘I—I have been sent to inter view you on certain policies of the road and—in an- tielpation of the nature of your replies to some of the questions I was told to ask you-I——took the pre- ©O9S0O9O09O009OOOOH 506 The correct answers to last week's President Puzzle are: Second Prize-—-3. MISS LUOY COGAN, No. 100 Hudnon atreet, New York City, 29) bee avenue, Providence, R. I. | ALVA COHEN. No, 11 East One Watchung avenue, Plainfield, N. J. Hundred and Fifteenth street, New) MORRIS SOHABHTWIL, No. 87 Price street, Newark, N. J. ROY FAROFANO, No, 88 South} MAX HBUMAN, No. 696 Hicks ‘Third avenue, Mount Vernon, N, Y.| street, Brooklyn, N. ¥. RUBSDLL a. ABRAMAGE BINKB, Mo, 16 Onma-| Decatur atrest, Brookya, 4. ¥, Thumb, who talks through his nos that way. Tos Angeles, of it," eald Dat a bad lot.” now replied Lan-| be, anyhow “pon't aire, impei un applo orchard when him. Clean shot, too. rd sauebed. pirate of sor ib ch Bloomabury, knows all about, them, “only ehe'e ine at ie woman, fan. He woa't let orve known, he's 8 under. DICK HALSTPAD, of the Btook Hxchenge, was asked the other day by a broker, who has the repu- tation of being @ chronic! aay, x that I never try to bor-| row.” “Afrala you won't get eee CHAUNCEY M, DEPEW ad- mires all newapaper men, as they do him, and tells this story of one: "One day, while I was Presl- dent of the Central, a card bear- ing s new reportorial name was brought to me, I could see the reporter pacing nervously up and down the corridor and called out band.” ‘This roporter is really modest,’ The prizes for last week's President Puzzle were owarded as follows: Ten other prizes of $1 each were awarded as follown: BRUOH, No, 584 ‘Amurioan' slang Ever met him?" T rel. Frank looked up uneasily. ‘Who ts responded the million- . “He was running |. oun ‘ts. But he's on ‘He and Miss Berry have rooms In ‘y, and go to church have the entry of some decent ‘houses, ie Bald-Headed Weakness. Deen introduced to me before he began telling now Chick dis hair At that time, he said, comb, and now he can comb Lamb Hanter’s Joke. JCS BQAAAAA TH ‘Here we have the names of three Presidents of the United States, together with the dates of their terms in Who can find the correct names and dates? The Byening World will give a first prize of $5 for the best correct answer to this puzzle; a prize of $8 for the recond best answer, and a prize of §2 for the third best Handwriting, style and neatness will count in making the Address answers to PRESIDENT PUZZLE DDITOR, Evening World, P. O, Box 1708, New York City. Ulysses 8. Grant, 1869-1877; Chester A. Arthur, Third Prize—$2. JOSHVH BURKE, Vo, 208 East Dighty-ninth street, New York City. RAYMOND BECKER, gertalnly coudn’¢ be 90d taters | of ShatteRing ae he was rather silent, ghady | Bren the ling chorus the Diack | of the low comedian couls not banish rs ‘brow. And he be- in | came aware mi looking at him—a fairtacod, effeminate Ittle With leht eyes and a dop: th her, Lancaster, in no very Ber, scowled at the man, lately turned away hin ‘head. As he did 80 the frat ent ended amidst loud use, Gropped across| ‘An elghteen months’ run if the other pot te as silly. enced "but managemen' keep Fan a ware | that time she's as freakish as a cat, @nd her uncle Is rich enough to allow hee to fingers at the Treas: man, come to think emotion te have my trousers reinforced where 1An Edit orial Training. thought they would need it’ 1 laughed; I couldn't hetp it And that opened the way, He turned out to be the cheskiest nows-gatherer I ‘ever tackled, and I had the satisfaction of seeing my- wetf roasted in my own language in the paper next ‘Well, of course, ATTORNN®SY-GRNBRAL MAYER, efter a long chet with a man whose bead was ae destitute of betr ee an ostrich oss, enid to @ friend: Tiipriston andi “Well, he's what might] “vitasting?" be called a typical bald headed man." “What do you mean oy “typical? " ” . “Why, he faq hamdty | Ar#one to be when he was first married. hed to part it with a ourry- it with the palm of his ‘I UNDDRSTAND that men who work the ‘nard- ‘est ere the most likely to live the longest,” sald a think about it?" “Well,” replied the for mer Cotton King, casting Gub-Tressury, work, “why, ety By May C. Rinwalt { kant take him long, 1 no you'll treet him good beoaws you was nice to me won | was sick, plees love MoGinty & hole lot and he'll love you hack.” Pulling aside the quilt, the doctor peeped down at the doorstep baby— an ugly, sorubby, yellow puppy! The doctor gamped. And he laughed wo loud thet the sleeping baby awoke with @ squeaky bark. the basket, shoving t into @ comer of the hall, “Of courve,” he said «ruffiy “you may stay until morning; good nfht.'* "ome back! Come Fack!” yeiped Mo- Ginty efter the vanishing doctor. "You'll soon tire,” smited Dr, Worth, hurrying to bed while the yelps grow Into howls, i But McGinty did not tire, The doo- tor tossed and fumed; the doctor rose and shouted threats over the banisters. All to no purpose, When the doctor finally went to sleep in the wee hours of the murning, beside him. After a week of nolsy and protesting neighbor MoGinty in front of some fermho ‘When the doctor started out the next it anna % thy resied on Frank, and she “What for?” asked the amazed parent, “Oh, I thought from the other pursults you men- ‘on that you intended your son to de a country editor Good Only for Enemies, would I do with them? couldn't smoke 'em yourself,’’ fe “Thanks; but I can't afford to lose any of my t friends, or run the mad of being charged with at- tempt at homicide,” Dr, Worth gently dropped the dog into | { @ shagay yellow head lay on the pillow | hi tho doctor decided to drop] t morning, a serubby yellow puppy eat on the bugsy sont beside him; when No, 62| the doctor returned in the evening tho Dr. Worth’s, failure to drop McGinty was not confided te the outsile world— it lay hidden Geep tm thd little dog's big puppy was etill there, The socret of] ald SFergu st og ‘ wee. li ttle heart by storm, To be eure he was sus- ceptible where & woman was concerned, f but it eeemed absurd to be fascinated Wd by a eirl after a few league-l ‘once, In wi 4 Still, eho was distinctly ag don't to Mt THAN platole and coffees tor ie an your bail ‘How'd Sice” te Ly : jet) -| who Jooked ke a queen, Where could over Ianting hia eyes have been to admire the} S099 frugile charms of Miss Berry, when| | Befor ‘rue beauty was to be found alone in @ stately brunette with colls of shining i and eyes like fathomless lakes In ‘when whe found ho was gazing |the starshine, had been Frank's ‘at hor. First she looked away | Roeaiine; this vision of loveliness was ¢ manner of girls, then she stole Juliet, which means in plain Eng- Tude young |H#gh that ho had fallen in love at first ht, But, os he assured himselt calmly, “such a, passion was at onco ridiculous and Impossible, 5 |_ All the same he continued to "behold vanity," until his divinity grew really mg |angry, and concented heraelf behind an envious curtain, which shielded her auty, At once Lanoaster became aware of his bad manners, TELang it! I ahouid tke 40 pol he thought as hie friends nivelled ‘past ail i ul reo nm e brother of |, and chat there “Btarty hated Fran’ vit be- y tec ‘rai rulen, lpstoe Rates iesty openty aboroved ot «ho YOURE, man'a Kod looks and Kenuine Jents, But even before Fairy Fan ol to enchant @ London public. and Lancaster had never been meet without snacling at one nother like dome, Frank was not to 0, being @ood-natured and much too indolent to fight, But Starth snap- Ped at every one. That he should have 8 charming @ sister was extraordinary ven Dicky, the most critical of en, t 0, “Ripping girl, Miss Starth,” om | ws er “What a prett; tel," the frivo- RPE Bia tnie tee fre lous Dic Lan 08, rathe Starti slender, dark Fairy i admired aftor the man- |Rer of youth, but sho was a pink-ands White doll boside this glorious creature rae for the capeeert, Mg cus ; threty wovie ote e Stil the ‘unknown irect]; Lancaster's arm and drew tim Aurprieed,” Frank allowed nimadtf to te do drawn, tiinking it was one of Ms fe Touna himnselt vate G 4 ah it at ace to face with the walk oe odd mt and managed to up with as he waa turning into a side h was deserted. * 2 y mean?” asked ter, the man by hia cost: "Who are you The other stopped under a lemp- and laughed in el way. Pa matter who T am," hi id, in a pree clse voloe, ‘but what I js amwines and more important matte: “Well, what ere you?" asked Lan~ cS F, more and more puzzled, face: Ly 190 ‘allo we mi t notice.” arunted Lancaster, not wishine to have Bain know too muoh, by, reason of that mentieman's X lone tongue, He might, sengt gs to Starth, who could find of- ice everywhere. = & The second ct requires no descrip: tion. It was like tho first, but slight more inooherent. Fatry i lata ‘Just so, A chariatam, Yet 1 sumMalently interested in ypu to YOU against coming danger.” "Do you know me?" No, I don't know your name no; our face mor anything about you, 8 appened to be in the bar rou if aman, and’ saw ne JOHN KENDRICK BANGS has a theatrical friend who bs very proud of his little son's achieve- t miently ments and never misecs Han had 0 : cy an had an opportunity to tell of| nee Ser Rad’ time ned invent hia part the youth's accompitem-| When the curtain fell on a pronounced ments, He met the par-| Mcoess, with Fan standing in the midst ent of the prodigy the| Of flowers, Baird bustled cut to the bar other day and inquired: again with Darrel and hin chum. It mas to discuss the prospects of the play ‘Well, how is the boy t eetting along?’ that they wen Frank did not motice that the neat “Bplendidly!" replied the t teking teasone in boxing, fencing, pis- am warn that red-heade¢ the tle fellow’ "Cal pt. Bei "Ta that his name? ‘Well, ing to foment the quarrel, ry. nsonse! He has no cause to be emmy, Wit the worst kind of enemy to haye—one who pretends friendship and Kes tn kK. your face, | alr, and the fa the red-headed man. Tt'you two meet again"—— He best- tated, as aeked Frank, wharply, “It ACH ‘ot you will dle.” In spite of his ernie Fanaeeie felt a anil run through his veins at "Rubbish!" he eald, rougbly< man with the light eyes waa following em. He was. ta nu weatherbeaten Derry, who over the triumph of his niece, This gentienan was a small man, and had a hard face that might have been hown of lronwootl, His ps were tightly Closed, his eves were-krny and close-set, and he carried himself In a ouncing, ageressive way, which must have cost him many a fight in the Naked Lands, where bounce ts not approved of, Berry—Captain by courtesy—looked quite out of place amidst ofvilized eurroundines, A pea-Jacket, a tarpau- lin hat, a atreaming bridge ai a | rocking, plunging, tramp, ship would | § have been more in keeping with his piratécal appearance. Why such a ‘aptain Kidd whould aooompany niecosto London and play the part of a sober citizen puzzled a great many peo- De. Baird among the numer, But tivise caplained pretianiy, akviog nolo aways explained profusely, having no ply call to 40.80. Wherdby the more astute | Provenly interrupted Mr, Bangs, CHARLES W. MORSE Tecently @ald to a clear dealer, polnting to a box of cheap-looking cigars; “Do you sell many of those" “Lota of them," replied the tobacconist, "Would you lke to try @ few?” ‘What is the price of . But hich hints at coming trot the fate of the Ted- LZ iD tome et egite £ eur caaunied, “ahd not unreamonably, that | f Danipl Gully, an they "We sell them peven for| paid tiie mariner, gayly, etrolled toward Broadway great cuecest’” eald Frank, 091 pases after the cloee of the success, rank, pad: market, “What do you “Great Scott! exclaimed the Ice King. “What jnotmeren| Ob Pate, becil vowed | | to be more enthusiastic where Fairy) you| Fan was conoarned, | if your chanty well," he re-| the lowing them te the bar, cause v, assented Lancaster. | Hi “How's Start! “sont him home in @ cab of sorts, replied Berry, still puzsied, “IT guees e.'em to your friends, of course; rat SOOPPO OSH DSS OF9S09OO0H) Me Wilh Ww! ta, doctor, trying in vasa ee elses At Wall be certain 1 death i¢ Ihave to lie eo bil te eae ht from a jantern—: terns hurrying i Miivtering all his strength, the docter im: how he had hi @t the door inti th night the) finally made the road again by ao wilt @ lewp that On Worth was iRfown, his oud atrilcing @ stone a4 h ing rain had mad | The doctor awoke to hear @ dog's piti- pue imont impassable. One even | il, whine, cobphigaanils Jng wihile the doctor and McG! “MoGinty!"” called, bewildered | elevat romping toxet! the tel he pain in hie leg and arm, “MoGinty |" | ment It was & message from the ‘ f bark, and @ emall Wy les Way, summo! the doctor, tongue Moked his chin, cheek and for ba A ‘Of poutme ars head. ‘Then the doctor remembered j te BY none T led Dr, Worth, thi accident. and understood everyth ng— 'ring® on toes, apes! Hing into hls | Wouldn’t It Make You Think? 1 the night's not ft for tobe oul 1 2 ‘ Pethe “tslephone. rank, 1 tor WOULDN'T WHAT’ MAKE YOU THINK? fo" troliehed tomethes. and. Svery inorn Wo’ frollal ether and dye 3 ing a “clrous' bed preceded the the doctor ex- entieman's heels, nN lage Just turned by the, hoetor Heard A the ground, He swu: la tan the right, A small object ws frantic efforts to trot by the | hor Wi could HY hia? Te, must bo: a of” Modinty TONE) A ‘ ‘3 wp eit fous —