The evening world. Newspaper, December 13, 1913, Page 9

You Bet! Fours WHo DON'T BELIEVE IN Twenty Gems Of American Humor No. 15.—DEACON MARBLE, by Henry Ward Beecher. /W they ever made @ deacon ft Jerry Marble I never could imagine! His wee the kindest heart that ever bubbled and ran over. He was etas- tle, tough, incessantly active and a prodigious worker. He seemed never to tire, but after the longest day's toll he eprang up the moment he had done with wert en if he were a fine atecl spring. A few hours’ sleep eufficed him, end he saw the morn- ing stare the year round. Hie weanened face waa leather color, but forever dimpling and changing to keep some sort of congruity between itself and his eyes, that winked and blinked and spilled over with merry good nature. He feted when obliged to be sober. Heved it, Once, on a hot summer day, he ea\ Trowbridge, a ober and fat man, of great sobriety, grea. ually ascending from the bodily state into that spiritual | meaning thereby condition called sleep. He was blameless of the ect. He| Fook Wo, had struggled against the temptation with the whole vir- nel in vain and a piece of orange peal. In what other painful event of life has a good man eo little sympathy ae then overcome with sleep in meeting time? @ arrays every conceivable resistance, He elf, or pricks himself with pins. ome succor might come thence. rmpte to recite the catechiem or the multiplication tal He setzes a languid fan, which treacherously leaves him in @ calm. Ho fies to reason, to notice the phenomene. Oh, that one could carry his pew t> with him! Deacon Marble witnessed the conflict we have sketched above, and when ts Mr. Trowbridge gave his next lurch, reco himself with drew out @ red handkerchiet and blew his nose with a loud imitation, as to let the boys know that he had not been asleep, poor Deacon ‘Marbvl¢ was fought to a sore atrait. : But I have reason to think that he would have weathered the stress if it 1 not been for a wweet-faced little boy tn the front of the gallery. The lad Deen innocently watching the same ecene, and at ite climax laughed out te, with a frank ahi musical explosion, and then suddenly disappeared back- into his mother's lap. That laugh was just too much, and Deacon Marble could ne more help ighing than could Deacon Trowbridge help sleeping. Nor could he conceal bee Though he coughed and put up his handkerchief and hemmed—it was a Yesgh—Deacon!—and every boy In the house knew It, and liked you better for {t—@o inexperienced were they. w Anecdotes of the Old-Time Actors By Edw. Le Roy Rice. ' Enabled Ling Li to Work Miracles. Yang 4 way leading’ from Mott H been know: le q .| street, gave a quick glance to right ‘ " Palthesen he us tees watind the Wowasnraaed and left and dived into @ doorway >® distinctly heard in the hall. and coughed as if that was the matter, yet nobody be-|4iagonally opposi Deacon} senting. He ha hatchet men for the Sing Gongs— murderer. Jadestone. peered out at the street and the arcade through which he had just come, With one bound he rushed throu mageway to the rear of the bulldin snatched open @ door and swing to the network of fire escapes, The glance had shown him Chin Fo and Suey Guck a4 aped across the atreet, With the agility of a monkey he negotiated the tangle of iron balconies and ladders There was a report and a bullet whizzed by his head. Realizing that hie futu ended on his Identity remain- tested its strength, they safety a rted through the aron- Sif erect. the @ilk merchant, lay Dieeding in the hallway of No, 11 Mott tue of @ deacon, He had eaten two or three heads of fen-| street, and that three men of the Bee : Yip tong were in hot pursuit of the The trouble hed begun Againet the Insidious seduction | months before in Gan Francisco, over nds up awhile; he pinches him-| Ah Yit—sometimes known as ‘Supe He looks up helplessly to the pulpit as if| fine Jadestone’—end had involve. the He crossea hin lege uncomfortably and at-| bloody demise of several 5 reprisals by the Sing Gongs, Sing Li knew none of the original combatant: and had never heard of But he and his gun were in the pay of the Tong and, conse- Fook Wo Iny dead, and the Ling Li depended entirely upon peed and ingenulty. recognized, of that he felt cer- ted, and if he could evade his pur- Youre Gonwa 2 GET A BiG SEVEN PASSENGER AUTO FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT 3.--Two Mysteries Of Chinatown wim’ c: — rin How the Seven Gods of Luck his shoulder. vibration under the pressure of A few deft manipula. [°° rid Daily M agazine , 8 aturday.— Novelettes of New York Streets By Ethel Watts Mumford ——- oaked, biubbering of weather etripping. ‘There wae no furni- ure in the room lay the body of a ohild. At first glance tion tn @ man’s voice broke in abruptly, @he appeared to be dead, softly Ling scream that ended in a Li! crept up and looked at t: mumbled, t indistingulshable words, and again the hacking sobbing, Am angry exclama- Tt grew lens and less, then ceased tions of the panel and 1t alld open. Ho S/tosether ceas beyond, turned and, reachin, ‘The apace he stood | narrow and black as ink, might make to Doyers that amy nol! hand encountered the rungs Gone his duty as © that the body ef Yipes and “Superfine He hat not the pai fron ladder fixed Into the wa It seemed crowded his body through Into the re- He realized his kidnapping busin Then he paused, carefully he groped along the bricks t!!] case he would undoubtedly have it leading upward into the darkness, He out, door was opened and evidently fastened ea boxes as close to the from the outside. Them all wan alent le and cloned the friendly And now Ling Li understood, He ha wre Rie Yor fovecing Word.’ partition. ry @lowly he drew him- heard rumors that Iky the Pig had n was taken the old fan-tan rooms for une im That wan bad. ‘as juet possible that he might know If that was th could It Very of the secret passage. of an cured In some way, for !t offered both a Mand solid. fa ry, Ling Li net ar suned me He began to ascend, up and up. Th head, but made an over-hand swing and ¢he jadder ended and a space opened, means of escape and detection. But Author of “Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from Daddy Rice to Dale," ec. cleared space of some four feet to the jarge enough to accommodate several very few, and they intimates of Foo fire escape of sti!l another tenement. 80 men in @ crouched position. Lice, now of tain Danse: Coprrigtt, 1918, by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Eventng World), rapid hae Seni pore uR penetra Ling Li curled upon the floor of th lang Li was curious, The little door eo eret i pent. ‘Th D ty ty - The Odds Against Ogden. The Rainmakers. betas ree if, tH, as he drew himself periee comm vidya a jidond: A ane res easly, to hia eerie, swing am veteran sate 2. Con eee FEW yeara ago the late Esralaiiently in at an open window, he smelt jim opened nto a long inner roo with derer Teaned forward. and looked. Into who Is probably best remembered A Kendall was appearing in a farce|the acrid odor of @ Chinese chemist’s . window opening on an mir Well and Hap sac aelsgranss poetic by theatregoers for hie Impersona- called ‘Raszie-Dazzle,” and the|shop and caught a alimpre of old Fo). now pecame aware of hyaterical sob tion of Dunshan Kirke in “Hazel Kirke’ many years ago, was putting a com-| ais, where he played at O'Brien's The- any toxether for & contemplated tour.latre At that time the theatre they ‘The actors were to be recruited from @ layed was not of thi peed stock company in Cleveland, O. freien, If represeated. eet @fr, Couldock, addressing one of the estors, Opten by name, asked that|,A% Impdrtant scene tm th gentieman to see him (Couldock) In his Gresaing room after the performance. ‘Omden was on the Job as soon as he heard the curtain bump the floor den” said Couldock, “what business are yeu eupposed to be playing?’ “Becond comedy, alr, “What micht your salary be?’ “Twelve dollars a week, sir.” How much do you pay for board?’ “Five dollars a week, sir.” “Well,” said Couldock, very slowly, “1 I wan a young man and my name swan Ogden, and I was playing second comedy, and | was getting twelve dol- tare @ week and paid five dollars for| MT: Kendall apreared at the oppor- 5 t, thoroughly wet, amid board, I'd try to put by a little each {une momen week, ray 60 cents (even if T had to|the enthusiastic applause and the loud 4 ‘aughter of the a ce, ive up some of my beer) till T got two udtens dollars and a half.” The comedian was greatly pleased ‘And then?” sald the Jubilant Ogden, | With his reception as well as with him. T'd go to ® good second-hand store |felf until he discovered that the stage and buy « hatehet and chop my d— rainmakers, tn striving for effect, ined- head off.” vertently showed their arme directing P. 8.—Ogden wasn't engaged. the movements of the watering pots, 01 It Happened With Harrigan. —_\feenti snes ener & MMe Sie years ago, when Harrigan and dramatic entrance, drenched te the akin. the act @ howling success. It was the out of rainstorina, was playing with Mr. Kendall, mu gested that two of the stage hands ret fect. It was don bin, Hart were located at No, 614 Broad- What He Wanted to Know. the HEN Monte Cristo was first pro- services of tho late Johnny Queen of W duced at the Adelphi Theatre, Queen and West, but Queen refused to accept the engagement unl few months ago, could be placed, The| It im anid that as originally shown managers finally agreed, Performers |it took three nights to give. > were more versatile in those da; at present, so when Harrigan accosted |in orde But even at that, on ccca- Dutchman?’ West was much effronted. “Can I play a Dutchman?” eaid he } over “CAN I? Well, do you just happen te recall any one at this precise moment that could play it better?” Finally the piece went on, and both etare stood in the wings anxiously watching West to see how he would come throug! was awakened by the exclamation. ‘When the latter came off trom the] Quickly he got te als feet and in a most fret ecene Harrigan took him aside and maid’ “wer, Bal! For heavente caite, stay tt cevataint, il poy tt the detis tolled the hour of mid- “Laaten! I have a tale ¢e unfold.” the performance was scarcely hatt | pari bookings brought him to Birmingham, |Gun mechanically deers antler as he conned a preac tion in welrd characters before him. ‘The fugitive thanked his ancestors that Foo was d Play called | particular rookery from subs for @ real live rainstorm, which waa tol feise attic. be viewed by the audience through %}qow behind him and slipped the bo large window in the centre of the stage, |then, gilding like shadow across the Hog. [fom Which Mr. Kendall wae to amke a! iittle kitchen in whlch he found himself, he reached the darkness of the hallw: ‘There was but one thing needed to make | 11 was very dark indeed, and hot, with of queer, Tainestorm, and Mr. O'Brien wes just ne pas Leo Hardman, who! and opium. in the busy house @ thousand nots cronsed and recrossed—the tapping of ladders and place them on elther side of| tiny jeweller the window and by the aid of @ couple! of @ vole reciting trom the play of of watering pots produce the desired @f-| «rye (three Generals,” the of & shuttle im the bamboo repairer's loft and @ curious muffled sound of sob- very faint, but distinctly audible to Lang Li's atrained attention, He was third floor of the rickety old thi these or any of the adjoining premines | * would be under suspicion, and he was too well known London, many years amo, tt did| not to be Instantly is part-|not appear in the abbreviated form that| matters wor ner, Billy West, whone death occurred a|playgoera have since become used to,| excited votcen behind him. than | pruning and condensing were very muoh| chance. If the old passageway still ox- ‘West and sald, “Bt, can you play &lsion of which reference is about to bel communicate with Lo Lung's fantan | /"5 anzieus eyes upen the entrance door. under the stairs, piled along the walle, Displacing them | ‘/fe for a Sensitive Plant thut A bright young chap sitting in front|as little as possible, he leaned his Rwiftly he closed the win- Wiles, eandaiwovd, tncent lent wainscoting nervews Angers to feel along ite cracked and ditstered curiecs, With a quick sigh of relief pe preased ateadily upon ving in that inner room. There raping away at a D- teal - and closed with the heayy glass, The was a door to the hail was sealed with padded eo that he knew this jar to By Clar ya Blackmail to the F pep elie lee H’ who i* ever Harking Bearch tu hammers, the sing-song the spect than to No Need coptibiiies of the Profiga: Dead Broke, we Cutely Call Wastre’ a Sing Gong man jotted, To make he caught the sound of When the Handkeroh of fi y tricia--but Planissimo! ng the hall he paused Boxes ef tea were| Th & arimy panel of the 4 began with| rable, it's a Good Scheme te Optimettes uous Draperies of! Nut Yea, it ia “Reb ter to Wear Out} ana Out"—but there's ‘a Bmall Space in the Soheme of | When that Sort of Nabuing see ence L. Cullen Copyright, 1913, by The Prem Dublisbing Co, (The New York Hveidig World) Back, {dear* himself to hin Friends if Only rast! [he would Take that Our in Thinking It! 2 e Ten: aaa H re of what Niot Hows to the Present Hour ‘Tears were AN About! Fear—and Naught — eaita. ef but Vatn Threats} Once, in a Theatre Panic, we ob- Ne aorta poe Gun's mortar, wi be Found! |served that a Man who always w ae arse ot pata and pans, the shutting -- Quoting that “Live and Let Live’ Maxim knocked over # lot of Women ‘Midren in Making for the Fire Rust | wexit! to Ac No, Bustwe, all the World ia not ys Ronny ne apermnsees 0 celerate the For-| against you-it's too Infernally Ruay head of the staire and ran softly down, mer Method OY) toy Anything like that—Gangway, His mind wes busy with his chances of | | ” Putting On a) tnopet eacape. Ife sate hiding piace could be | Night Shift! found st would be better to Iie low for) | one arte i Soaanny: Sesanuce a while, Undoubtedly any one leav! When we don't want io Step On the|for Fear-Undiamayed le Unetraid! who is him @) By the Time a Man reaches the Staxe where he Believes hin Own Lies, he pas Ma ‘actured tia own Greased Dropa from our Byes after a Life-Long Game of Blind Man's Buff, we Compl 6 @uddenly his beady eves Tights? By |e ee ene areh ed cath MACY patiure proceeds frown Pormaiiza turatly,| the Seven Goda of Taok there was @ sae |ton- the Prosperous 0: are those ited, that used in years gone by to| There would bea Lot of Fun in Ch litte Niel coil incase +. Phantoms if Provisions were), ig eT ¥ Gerved Out slong the Route! | Soft Answer arneth Away 4 al itil thes fk a, mene: tha Route |Wrath—bit the ‘Troubles that Too]. tT n Kolog! « one As the last fight of eteire, hie| Prociaim yourself, if you must, Pa. |MAny Bunkologiate have Beronie Aware of that Fact’ When you Begin to FEAR that Shaves! you're Going to Land in the Poor- house, you're Cranking wp the Ma- eine chine that'll Proably Take you ‘atch | There. Yourself with the Goods FIRST! Nu matter how often we Went Broke, perry eUANFreH WEY WewnTTe + Presently the sobbing picked up the limp arm and noted the was resumed, but choked as if by ter. red mark of a Something 1ike pity softened his mask- He crouched above, leoking Bhe wa ly more than elevgn. A heavy tread crossed the room, a &t hi Evidentiy Iky had juat got her, for all the cuts and brulsen were and her well nourished. Scorn and dingust of the foreign devil That he had juat committed unprovoked ee murder was nothing to him. child! He lifted @ strand of her heavy o! tnut hair and noticed with annoy- arefully removed the ataina and gain to the contemplation of the tittle vietim. Suddenly be became alert, hallway he heard the pad of feet, the opening of doors into hin hiding place and drew the panel, Keeping well below the angle of an a: applied to-the keyhole, Puured outpite th whinpered conversation of bolts and the click of a padlock dropped back againet footsteps went on his den, and the Yale lock waa on, it wan obviously Sing Gong to be in hiding there. The party came out once more. he remained stranger chi on the very edge of a life of eheer, nadulterated hell, ving Wl + ae hell, and Ling Li rumim-|°".) “pick looked at me over the bot- If the Seven Gods of Lick in servi him so well had brought him to the hedaide of this child would it be wine to thetr obvious intention? Hie heart was touched, Lut he pret lay ft to the Gode—it comfortable that way slowly Ling Li took off his outer coat and his under coat. This he caret these again he braided, some time to con needed. The faint je barred window. body pickapack on his shoulders was no easy task, but he accomplished it by patient effort, and with the utmost noire, gauged his balance he moved stealthily touched the aod floor of the well. Slere he Daueed, end untring the improvised cords laid the ohtld gently at hie feet. A new 4lfficulty confronted him. half clothed @hiha w. for every eye. How explais, how hide Bomething must he found to Ling Li repeated the names of the Seven Gods of Luck seven times with losed eyes. ‘Then he opened the panel ® orack and looked out. Ngat was burning tear the doo ing warmly on the pink paper mealn rat to his hamh lay 4 mquare of black rubber cloth, such as is thrown kuardian aspirita hed elected door, crouse the flagged court, dodged through # loose board in a fence and] trough the doorway entered the back door of @ hou ing on Pell str hurry to the Bowe: He kept his cou hugsing hie ungain! might be belated h where their palaces and godowns were, | °°!" Thix child whom tne Saven Gods had to serve should with Yellow J He reached at last 8 square with treos| had a @urt of re: He wan very tired and was upon him, yet he carefully and with | to the epring-house, How M4 Iky's uo slave escape, while ‘The Man who ip alwaye Saying that we Alwpye Heard the Jingle Beliq bey "and—who. ghot Fook Worthe . © Austen Of nail Benin end fold @ daz Be to Doing be Best would Geently Ea- fetetiy peallng th ene Distanced Gen Frenapee aiik erorehest? December {Ff 19tgr “- By Mary ‘ept @ cot, on which Coprright, 191 SYNOPRIS. OF Te OM Poster.” jen, lea nlsom IM face, hypodermic needle, | eeewce, very pretty, and ha: An underwaist conatituted her | comes petthooat body was round and na 1 rone in hia Oriental brain. tning. Julia discovers I But—poor hand was powder marked. In the myneif the Dicky was aitting fe writhed quickly carthteble before her, and ‘The footsteps dvor, there wan a the fingering with « nail. queer-emelling cans open on the door, The If Iky was using turned up her no “Put it anywher lofi; fanything reckless Minnie, impossible for a guilty Dansed along, Taine Ll setting it down with a elem. a thin little @ lay unconscious, | *h” bet r keep the basket to Where'd you get that?” Ue and winked. eke’ drought! ehadow on my joy!” wax somehow Very | Was pow out three ti to me. The Intter was “Miee Wt" he exclaimed. ight had compl: Fastening the Jokes. “Reaste: ly. “Two houri “Drink, pretty t to the head of the shaft, |@ald, motioning to my «l The closing of the panel he effected| afraid of it, Minnie; and hav care drink.” BF cee eet don't like it, “14 rather have the spring tron ladder till hin feet got it for the door, . ‘Better eat something “That wes consideratie Minnie” “tuff and nonsense, tired and it han roasted me. a | Mr, Dick” glow. | “Sure? “Certainly,” A fain' of the tem boxes, All wan atti, and|Teally rested, Mr tick , bY . ok the Seven Gody h I'm very happy, Mr. Dic Mind been ProAtious | perhaps Md better he gald. M him to Mr. Dick.” he slipped from his hiding 4 Mw the door, Dick,” rowtores order In the orange| Mra, Dick called; “I'm freening.” nd calmly Ikeda to the rear| That made me matt. “Kxactl T ald, Tront.| Wade through the mow meale that you searn oh, nd thence witout | goorn them. What did you o North and Weat,| negieoted na pundle of what] good ham amt stewed fruit nary, Ile mode of Mandarina, but he knew [27¢ {sat down on the ateps nd ng down beside me around 4 Minnie,’ and for n, jery ao loud. But 1 be provided Protects hounea of di ied eapect.| me | for opium | through mand bout twenty-one mt locked and Where There’s a Will The Funniest Story of America’s Greate:t Woman Humorist by Hobte Merit! Co.) CHAPTER XXIX. A Big Night To-Night. CARRIED out thre upper to the law elter-house as tisuat night, but | might ha trouble. waa uncorking a bettle of champagne burn’ ‘There were two or three 1 have Mra, Dick looked at my barket and “1 dare nay tt doesn't contain Cold ham and egg milad,” 1 said, “In the next room.” he sald. “leed to the proper temperature, paid for by vmebody else and coming after a two 1 wes to remember. Minnie, the He'll miss 1," f waid, But Mr. Dick Probably asleep. 1 clutened rnb ful of the stuff and he held one out bY hearing somebody te the corde he| Wald thia afternoon, and didn't they sit there from 2 to 4, Dy omy Mra. Dickey eaid aavege- Victing us out of our own 1 said, sipping at tt. ater.” "You'll have to cultivate a taste for timed. “You'll Ite the gee- jown somehow and Mr. Dick came efter me with some- thing that smelled (shy on the end of champagne, 1 sald. 1 aid with dignity And happy~ light may be ween’ — “You needn't close it until I've fn- pasket to-mght? Look at tt, lying there, bad in English as they sounded in Ger- corner, with p—perfectly man. 1 but aeldom among the for-|the way they had treated the b T remember that, anc When we got there Roberts Rinehart “Remember.” he said, very slowly, “Thoburn is going to have his party to-night instead of (to-morrow Teil Pierce that. To-might, not to-morrow’ A 1 was pretty well ashamed when © afer got in the apring-houre and sat down in the dark. 1 kept ing over and over to myaelf, ao I'd not forget, “toe night, not to-morrow,” but [ couldn't ose remember what was to be to-night, 2 © wan sleepy, too, and my legs were cold and numb, I remember going into the * pantry for a steamer rug, and sitting {e. down there for a minute, f@round my knees before | (or the house. And that ie all I ber. 1 was wakened by a terrible hammer- Rice ing In the top of my head. I reached waya put beside my bed at night and [ touched @ door-knob instead. Then [ realized thet the knocking wasn't ell in my head. There was a sort of st La movement of fest on the other side of the door, with people talking and ughing. And above it ail rose the that steady knock knock of somebody beat- ing on tin. bbe "Can't do it.” Tt was the bishop’ voice. “I am convinced thet motiiag , on a box, but dynamite will open this tin of if lie tar tle um. ‘in Tove with Patty Sd out for the glass of water that I al- rations Wot her marviegs, We. tells her wr, ‘to beer him, with her hair In puffs and fhe folding jobster.” e* “Just @ moment, Bishop.” Mr. Tho- ‘Mr. Dick voice and the clink of bottles, can opener. somewhere. You'll find the sauce a ta Newburg — “Here, somebody, a glass, quick! A bottle’s broken!" “Did anybody remember to brihg salt pepper?” ‘Dear Mr. Thoburn'’ Tt sounded like Cobb, “Think of thinking of. all “The oredit is not mine, dear lady." ‘Mr. Tnoburn said. ‘Where the deuce is the table. “atewed tein Thin hdtig| Prunes and bolted rice for dessert. 1° thet corkscrew? No, deat indy, man cana taste as they small, You's maves hia own deatiny, but his birth back date remains beyond fen't a too late. 1 was trapped in of my apring>house and Mr. tread and tried to think. I F Hasn't he peared the pantry. I had just etme te kK. very fine and ntrong. | een out three ttmnes to-day tapping hin Hp the bolt. ly tore into etripa and |itttle cache? And didn't he Dring out rye locked!" eat @ votes. Tt took him| Moody and the Senator and Von In- ‘rat thet Miuntef @omebody ehee T held my Breath and the Eneb mate tled. Then they found @ glass for Mise Patty and forgot the pantry. ter. ted muggested. ‘That's all. “To the bottle!” somebody eald. “In, infancy, the milk bottle; in our prime, in our dotage, the ny Li 1 tel Mr. von Inwald came over and sI orm the door,” every whteper. F the contents of 4 wagon in wetlinned talking,” I wuld, “I've done my And what?’ Ling Li annexed It. Ha was] heat for you and yours, Mtr. Dick. 1 Sh’ You may recall. whe aad so confident now in his popularity with| hope you appreciate it, Night after series of notes, ore, e that he ree Bd . Mak. night I've tramped out here wrcuee a ape have been honoring me : ow, and loet sirep, and tied mysel! ? a peat padkage of the chikt his] roe’ ang tace seu've no ile how “How could 1 forget? ‘They werd = )* written in my heart's biood!"* “Indeed! Her voice lifted ttn eye- #0 to speak. “Well, somebody my room laat night and atole giaring at her dare say a pint of your heart's bluod “Wxactly—t can 7) e.* bringing you wan pretty well upset. ai ) he migiy: yes, you do to the wouldn't lke to write down, in ft." And when he cooled down and con- All of @ sudden I felt terrible about densed, as you may say, into English, he said Mins Jenninge must have seen the letters, for whe would hardly apeak { Mr. Dick to him, And Mine Summers said abe putting hie loped Mina Jennings hud—she was too old nice a girl to treat shamefully. And after he had left her there alone, I heard a sort of acratchi door Ly and then something being sh under the door oped down and ploked it up. It w, en of\anox much communing with the Seven Gods| ne stood off in the twilight and looked 7 struck a match, and [ saw by the aclectl @ partioularly gormeous palace, | at me tliat it was the one to the old doe depomted hia burden at the door rang | "I'n sorry Minnie. he anid, “I never (ors rooms | knew right off what tt and inelted into the friendly | qveamed It would do that yeaut. Mr. Plerce had gone to bed, or, with w conevience uf lutus balin| pe what pretended to throw them off the tracks and perfume You're sure you won't for. and Thoburn had locked him In! Thee So remaina to this day two of China ir) hadn't taken aay chances, He | town's mysteries 1 mld. 1 had got knew the influence Mr. Pierce had ever. y tive time end was try- them ail, and he and his c ang why the ¢ tin cans had to get in their were be be. y. house door before Sagan? gar en whet M Pe He Be Omtlpen) maeect ae j da x aes snr a ee