The evening world. Newspaper, June 1, 1911, Page 17

, owoY dienes ¢ HAS wana! A } Hovey i own! = Hatta! NERY STRONG, LIKE ME, WAS Luseweo AT ME, G& 1 Smasned » | AW? Got puch GRP, You? Remember. BACK You ve we eace 2 WATHA! z. | Have You 2 waiwa’ 'H THe oLd dais, tow | 4! How YouR Poon urre. I>. {You Woy tt MAKE A VSEO To TensT youR ARM 2? FACE used To CAVE In wren J ‘ Waitin! RECOLLECT 1 SPRAINED wT oT ig ro NERY GI MACON . A <HOuLD' You? me BLLo Mt 4 ALE » (over!) 1T ONCE pwd A LMTTLE TusT- ‘fou Never was Ha! wa! — ‘* The °° Professor’s Mystery By WELLS HASTINGS and BRIAN HOOKER. (opreight, 1911 by Bobbe-Merril! Company.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. rear, At first the contrast with the Blare of the etree: made it aeem almost sree RE Coleg profesor, fale in love absolutely dark; and as my eyes grad- larwaret Tabor (known to her family a#| wally bec dap! jin a fsboat whom a tivate:y seems. to na ally became adapted to the dimnes: shut in the closet , and how the pale door-casing and keyhole had gradually diluted the gloom in just Rejecting hie acquaintances for no remembered being Crysby as her essort of when I was a ch ford a home | ios tenement none and | @treake from ‘Nearoy it ber hus: drunken ren. The) ana Shelly Nave | the way. ‘Tho recollection was so MA Oe Ney etre Trtyt| Vivid that I half imagined here the jn sarch of aame rustle and etuffiness of han eng) he: he sense of outrage at the @ out daylight. Then slowly the room ¢ormed itself | | out of darkness into grayness: the white | %| colling, with its moving shadows and | bulbous cloth-enfolded chandelier; the et| floor and furniture, shrouded in sum- covers of grayish denim; and the | “finite shade of the wails, lightened | here and there he square of a pie- CHAPTER XVII. ture turned back outward, and darkened by the gloom of the corners and the The Borderland and a | tiusrea keures of the dozen prople of 49 | | who sat about in twos and threes talk- Name. ing in whispers and mutterings | T'S an tnfernal lie,” I eaid| At the back of the room were large! dutty, foldiug doors, now tig’ closed. In| “Gure ta" Maclean was) the corner on the side toward the hall thoroughly embarrassed anid | *tood a grand piano, enormous and bare ¢ uncomfortable. “The way I|under its pale coverings; and the outer , work dt out is, there's prob- | wal! was broken by a marble chimney- | Piece of the fifties whereon stood lumps abty just enough in it somewhere for | of bric-a-brac tied up in bags. Garuce! to build on. Maybe Reld did @et into some mess or other ‘way back | Most of the furniture was ranged Thatore he wee marved, an’ Caruce! | Dining of the foor mlimmered duly ihe Works that in with what he thinks he | uncovered mahogany of a heavy round Waows abou: the family now, an’ dopes| table. In spite of tie dark and. th ta n spite of the dark an = this Coe: dal tn high life business. | coolness, the alr was close and stuffy, maybe he don't believe tt himself, | as if with the presence of a multitude en’ just has it tn gor the old man. You | and I was a trifle surprised to find can't tell whether it's muck-rakin’ or | that we were actually #0 few, mudalingin’, but t's bound to be partly | “What fort of a crowd is this?” 1 beth, you see? I only told you eo you'd asked Maclean in undertone. 1 jean't make them out,” know what was around. Well, are you |“"";., . avery sort. I mean every sort tha comin’? u got the social drag or \the promine 6 I got my hat meohantcaiiy, and went |in this business to get in with tne out with him into the dust and the | crowd But inside of that, you eet heat. The sense of unreality that hai|‘em all kinds, you see? The chap been upon me that early morning in the; that lets in {s a philosophy prof. Jan’ a psychic researcher—Shelburgh, his eis. That old gink over there alone himself 1s some other ploneer o' A thought. T've got to find out Jabout him later. ‘The rest are mi Jwoctal lights, T guess 5 's the {met Langdons' house, an’ theyre somewhere, I can't see faces y you? T shook my head. "We seem to be in Sunday edition company, anyway. “Sure. All headliners. Faces on file tn y office, Hullo, here's the spook- ess, ‘They're off tn a bunch!" | A rather heavy woman in a long drab, st-coat had come In, followed by Prof, Shelburgh, who closed the door behind them, I gathered a vague impression, half visual, that she was middie- 1 and of that plumply blond type Which ages by imperceptible degrees, She made me think, somehow, of a s of molasses candy after it has pulled into palenesd and before tt hardened, but T could not tell stion came from her sleeptly effusive man- @ mere fancy about a sence which I could hard- automobile was returned now in the breathiess afternoon. . ‘The hazy elit of sky overhoad, the stark light and shadow of the street had the tones of a cheap colors photo- graph. The very smell of the ar was {ike @ memory of itself, The roar and Jangle of the traffic seemed to come from a distance through a stillness that Matened; and the wail of a hand organ on, the corner somehow completed and { enbanced ft all. I had only had one serious {IIneas in my life, and that had been long ago; but IT remembered that “upon my first’ venturing out of doors etter {t, things had looked so; and I wondered for a moment whether I were going to be Ml again, But that was) Donsense. 1 was not @ person to collapse upon the hearing. of bad news; and, besides, thig news I did not believe. Maclean | had not believed {t himself tn telling it to me. Oniy he had so much less knowledge than i of its consistency. “Qrant for once that Lady was Mirlam, that she was ar only daughter—and ‘they all would have done even as I had seen them doing. ca She took off her hat and coat and sat down at the centr Pushing back air and rubbing her hands over her fo Lady would have worn her ring, | face as if to shake off drowsi while Sidaarad gurjarowina intironcy; ac teic| (ieee, @RceDr Maclean myself ahe burden of an abnormality not her| #4 the gentleman tn the corner, drew |up thelr seats in @ circle about the own, 0 confemed €o me the barrier and Uc ang sated tnebe hanes wets vp extremity ied about her name, #0! “ane professor counted the hands aloud the family wouk! have shrunk from any|in a perfunctory tone, and they all notice, and etriven to rid themseives| leaned forward, hand touching hand of Carucct and of me, Straight ti ind the ei Wer pointed every line of mystery wince) "Are we all right, : yor asked patie, besiming: ‘here was one 1” right—all right"—— cooed the motive for all. medium; “conditions are good to-day— The explanation fitted every fact: |T "can feel “em comin’ alteed rong ro nly, I could not believe it of the peo-| me, somebody.” ple A small cloud covered the sun and} ‘The old gentleman tn the corner made the hot street turned suddenly gray. A|® dull sound that might have been a horse clocked heavily around the cor-|#Ort oF 4 suppressed cough. One of eg, the rumtie of tho wheels ‘behind | raw at gine nee ne Suwanee fm suddenly muffied as they struck | others joined tn, half-huinming. halt. _ tiie eaphalt of the avenue. crooning eee were going up the steps of a| It was like the singing of children tn haves, a house olosed for the summer|{ts toneless unison, in tts dragged with tead-colore’ Hoard shutters over|!Dythms and slurring from note to note Leg jand the absurd resemblance of tho the lower windows, and an outer door) fing to a game oF Jenkins-Up gave of the eame, on which the bright bras the final touch of Incongrutty. These ise of @ epring look took the place! people, or some of them at least, await. of @ knob. Maclean glanced again up|ed the very presnce of the dead: all “at ehe number as he pressed the bell.| Were in quest of the supernatural or Mrs, Mahl?" the THE Line A THOUSAND ICE SPUME CUT THE FACE DAGGERS & You oT man By THe SALT on ‘YouR How You bp Yeu! | The Evening World Daily Magazine, Thursday, June 1, By Clare Victor Dwiggins ée Coprright. 1011. by The Pres Pubtishing Oo. (The New York World), A'HA! SAY, Remember THe “Time =| RvBBED BeavTirut ur Seaiment, is tT? Yes Jimmy. | offen sit OY The FIRE & LaucH Oven THEM OLD OAYS —— THEM WAS SURE The, HAPPY DAYS WASAT Mer 7. sone FooT— Ho! Ho! ° You Yet! (can HEAR ) be sure & HAG IT STRAIGHT ( ALE = 4. The Biggest Fires I’ve ought By Edward F. Croker Former Chief of New York Fire Department. FIRST INSTALMENT. | How I Became a Fireman—My First Fights. f WEN I am asked to tell about the biggest fires I fought during my twenty-seven years in the Fire Department of this city I am obliged | to stop and think, | © biggest fires were not always those filled with the most incl- | u U dents. ‘They were not always the most interesting. ‘They were not of | necessity the hardest to at or the most dangerous. Many firemen have lost their lives where the damage done | the property by the actual fire w pall. An explosion, a ‘st of all, caused loss of life ole fire 80 I shall the fumes from chemicals tell The F back-draught, an overpowering smoke ail these have been | 4 readers of those | These fires have not ening World fires which most linpressed mo as a fireman. I went into the business of fighting fires much against an early e which was very strong. As a young man of twenty y Ay one ay ng desire was to handle the thrett lowmmotive. 1 was then working for the New York Ce Railroad. And to sit in ab of a big eamel-hack, master, and feel the big tron monster re-| spond to my touch—that was the goal of my ambition | rd Croke y uncle, was then nd the suggestion an came from fim, He said to me one day | why go into the or Fire I ents? You think «| let me know tard Croker that T was will-| fire Ing for awhile and [ him. 2 with- | assigned | ipany No. 0, t One and Sixty-sixth street, between } to Engine Ce Hundred Dhird and Washington avenues. | The foreman there was Capt. John Ward, an old fireman who knew the business. He Was a strict disciplinarian and I learned from him within a few days that st duty of a fireman was to obey orders and not ask questions, | Future Chief's Virst Fire. WAS on watch that night when the | wong sounded. I counted it and] Know the box location in an instant. | It was only around the corner i Washington avenue. In & moment eame the welcome excitement which I had looked for so long. Tt was a “ 0 | the unknown. " d toms." thi ER: Ove fe eee sout|, Hera Were the dtmne ‘eal "eniffing. ow you put yor "ll tension, the tmpalpabl in.@ safe pocket, an’ button it in, This}anatity, the atmosphere of a coming wang, they'd enitch it in a second.” jerisis, and this tn the commonplace | A low-votced man in a cutaway coat | room, closed up for the summer, with | opened the door and we stood for athe traffic of the avenue outside’ and moment in @ dark hallway smelling of [the commonplace people within, incon “Meth and furniture, while he and X Ey ave [8 thelr ordinary clothes, sitting . = with helr Joan talked together tn a half-whisper. | humming a hackneyed melody @ Ittle | I suppose explaining my presence, off the key A | Then he opened another door at the| There was an unrealtty about it all, ~ wide of the hall and ushered us into the |a touch of theatrical tawdriness, of arene where we half groped our|murnmery and tinsel old and canvas " stances, o| epee OHS. Ae SUE side, amid | inion one always has I the climaxes y of actual life that they can not be quite BART swig: teres Shrovgn the lyeal pecaus setting/Is not strange “Rright crac’ of the shutters and be- . enough, tween, the slowed folding doors at the ie... the fragile ight of mu- hands upon a table and bustle and a hustle, and TF swung board the hose jumper and felt then the real Ungle of nerves which made me feel equal to any emergenc | It was such a small fi bedroom fire in @ frame house on Washington avenue, near One Hundred and sixty- seventh street, The hose was strung in and I followed the plpemen upstairs T got my first smell of nok and it acted almost like aa intoxioant, I was not much help. The fire was put out 4n a few minutes. But I knew that 1! had not misused my calling, I knew that 1 was born for nothing else. Tho second fire was too tong coming, | and I determined to get into @ busier company. I heard that No, 33 Engine in Great Jones street, was the hottest fy the city, and I asked for « transfer to that house, I got Capt. Birmingham was tn command! theregand 1 soon fount the a “ between 3% and was & company with two sections. The first | section got all the first alarms and [was | much disappointed to find self signed to the second, Foreman now of 71, was then enc could put me in the other we one day an opportune time came told him that I had entered the I partment to learn t fix! ness and that unless I was put o: busy side of the house I should get out ‘Want more work, eh? sald “Well I guess we can arrange that.” ‘Two days later I was assigned to the | first section. A Night of | Wild Battle. | winter of ‘4 was hard, There were many big | fires and No, % Engine was | always doing its share, We! had just 863 men In the whole department, and one man on sick Inave meant the st ng of all nights off The night wax bitter and the eall came in from the box at Houston and Mott streets, It was along toward 6 P. M When we turned into Bleecker from Broadway I saw the whole street light- ed from the flames, which were show. ing from a big lithographic pl at the! corner of Mott. I was then’ assistant | foreman. | We were the first company due, and wo coupled on the nearest hydrant and | found {t frozen fast. We ran to the next and found tt clear. The fire had n burning some time, The fire had eaten It's way up into the centre of the building and the intertor was @ furnace. ‘The floors of the building were heave very | | interest, not only to every New Yorker OR nearly three decades the central Agure at every big New York fire! was Edward F. Croker. | Through sheer merit and pluck he won and held the title of “onto.” Every fireman breathed easier when the Chicf arrived at a fire. Croker’s eye and judgment were unerring. He directed his men as might a general in battle, He knew where the point of crisis lay and how to attack it. No other living man is so well qualified to tell the story of New York's biggest fires. For the first time the former chief, in this series, reviews the great fires he has fought and tells of his men's bravery » of keenest ‘ate The stories a but te all who apyre a stirring tale of hero m and peril. had fy load and we to send one back to quarters scarcely the front end nen were real fren ( When @ portion of the third floor gave old volunteer » way with ‘ fire poured bother for positions 9 publ the w Our plpene side stairway t th 1 had ut ere not able to & rival co: of kinking and slugging only repeating history! 1911. Yes ALE, Vu Never Forett Those HAPPY OAYS— Yee, (oreo! THem WAS THe a Reflections ofa @ # © @ # ——— BACHELOR GIRL By Helen Rowland Copyright, 1011, by The Press Publishing Ce, (The New Tas Watt T RUE hearts are more than coronete—ené elmest Consistency ts adout the only jewel that come as rare nowada! men think their wives need to possess, Nothing makes a bachelor so disgusted ae to meet a married man whe doesn't seem to realize that he is unhappy. Ah, well, in establishing a “Helen Club” the Northwestern Cd The world has alwaye haé ao “clud” for “Helene” ever since Helen of Troy. A man's idea of @ perfectly innocent girl te one who knows enough $0 pretend not to know what she oughtn't to know. A husband “reformed” against Ae will te the came 016 gey decctuer atitt, It takes a typical New Yorker to economise on water os though i¢ ware money, and spend hie money ae though tt were water. Hell (9 paved with matrimonial dtesensions, Most men apend the last half of their Hvee trying to Hue down the reputations and cure the dyspepsia acquires during the firet hel. |Just a Glimpse Into The New York Shops mart etyles as low a0 1260 A bene tiful line te being displayed et GREK These coats are unually of bisek eatin with the reverse side of some gretty evening shades. OR motoring or travelling there F mohair coate in plain or striped gray as well as natural Mnen at $7.0. The silk mohatr are $8.0 and @ heavy are linen coat that tv extremely emart with | ‘Then again the one side te of nagunal its double pockets, wide cuffs and large | pongee, with the opposite side tm etripes. Pearl buttons can be had in green, | Hach ele ts a finished coat in Sault purple, raspberry, or the natural! and the contrary aide farms the trim- shiades at $25. | ™ing of the deep collar, broad sever, Tho velvet “ears” that are now @0/ the cuffs and the buttons. popular as hat trimmings can be pur- chased in all prevailing colors ready to sew on the hat. Fastened to a fancy cwbochon of raffia or lace, they are $1, and finished off with a cross bow of the velvet they are $1.9. ‘The new double-breasted outing waiat with box pleats on each aide of the front strongly resembles the well known Norfolk Jacket in atyle, It has a black tie and leather belt attached and can be had in white and tan, with tho sailor collar and cuffs of the eame or ntrastin material. In Inen these waints are $6.00 and in ponges $%75, Matching skirte with @ broad pleat at the front and back can b White pique insite cost folie ere cents. Some tn black and white bof atriped eit have « piping in cotor and eel! et 60 cents. ‘The girl graduate ste wreath of tin land foliage at $2.2. «a | rose ta 65 cente and ehe | readily fix up @ neat The June Sréée will ¢ind coapttan | tulle, lace or chiffon combined tiny orange blossome ¢o adere her alip- pers at $3.00, ‘The handkerchiefs with narrow, hem- | stitched borders and tiny initiels, in colors, are very dainty, They are geld | in boxes of eix handkerehiets at nad ‘The reversitie coat that were tntro- duced a year ago are now to be had In Summer Resort Puzzles. By Sam Loyd. the position after the collapse, and they [each other on the stairways with lan Kot @ new position on the rear end, A|terns or wrenghes. ‘This was done play second and a third were sent in, and | fully, but it sometimes had the effect with the arrival of other apparatus we|of disabling the crew #o that the other began to make some impression on the | p n could get a coveted position. rear end. We had some huskies in } The water tower tn those days con-] At 3 P. M, the next day we had fisted of lengtha of tron pipe, which | the fire out. But No. aia men were sent were raised into position by a windlass | into the water-filled cellar to “wash and held tn posit y ways. |down.” Phe walls did not fall and there tower Was shifted, and) was some fire under the ground floor when ly got Into action one of | W K In pipe with the wate the stays slipped and over‘she toppled, |our watsts, and while at work wa drenching half a pany of men. 7 pit. The water went over old Was #0 extreme that the men be , out, # eon 1, and coy as and worked twenty ites Were with pounds of tee, they staggered n we came out and the cold around ike drunkard | air struck us our clothes froze auf. We The water we poured on seemed to} got back to quarters just before 4| have no effect. The streams falling k and were thawing out when| Into the mass of fire which filled the nN ame tn at Houston and bullding’s Interior were turned to! West roadway ate ‘The wteam was carried away| Many of us were still tn our wet| and fell in particles of 4 clothes, but we turned out again to @ There was @ furious wind blowing, |fire on the southwest corner of Bleecker and this {ce spume cut the face Uke al street and West Broadway. It was thousand tiny dagger Carriage factory and showroom. | @ Fight Between was a five-story) building and 33 was . 7 ‘ the firat on the scene. We carrled our Rival Compani [pipe tnto the building through the front HERE were no reitefs then. One! entrance worked to the r It wa [ fought the fire until one dropped still very cold and we were on the Job all from exhaustion [that night. This was almost fory-elgnt The, “iufts” In thone days were few | hours without sleep and we were all in and Wry hard up. T reoall that @ dozen) bad shape, I remember that the roof times [ seemed on the point of col-\caved tn with us and the whole com lata Bur aon x kept me up. Once! pany went down one floor, It was @ Iremember I heid the pipe against the | wild scramble for ff us heat until my caught fire, It|/®et more than a 1 bruises. was a tesrific heat caused by the burn-| We confined the fire to that butiding ing olls and inks used by the Hth-/and got back to quarters and to bed, ographers, and the smoke that spread|And beyond our beds we had no com- over the burning butiding was lke a|forts at &. We had @ little eight by heavy blanket. Half @ dozen men/ten sitting room in the rear of the were knocked out. pparatus floor behind the horses and They were taken aside and brought|yet every man was contented. Nothing around by rubbing snow in their faces.'ever felt @o Kood to me as the feel We had few enough men and could not that bed when | tusaed ta % wt hg Marty tt! G/T ah Wha two New York mountain resorts are represented in the picture? dares to yesterday's puazle: Cornwall and Loot, Sr en seers