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NEW ARABIAN The Evenin NIGHTS TALE OF MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE By ROBERT LOUIS a z° cS & i MTT 1 al Tit i 743 i i & Fe ip Ea | LH Hy PY E a ij if i : i Fé l Ses f i i Hy i 2& E H i EF i 4 i ii iff f ii if E i i F i iH E i E F I 4 z i : account the Vresideut of the club, satis: man {8 & scoundrel, Um bis second is dealt the ace of apades, be ted to walk along the Strand upul b member wbu is to Kill him, At the Box Court, however, Prince Florizel is pounced upon by three men end thrust into « carriage, He them realizes that be bas been res Geiaiding requests tbat his ie Vresident, and the Wrance reluctantly con erate, Meanwhile the Irinve breaks up tne oul ade Chup ‘The History of the Whysicien and the Bare. toga Trunk” forms the second part of the tale, bile Q. Scuddamore is a young American Linng fe the Latin Quarter of Paris, Occupying the text room (0 lie im &@ hotel lo @ mysterious woman known a, Mme, Zepwrine, One after fiovn bias is banded @ letter in feminice band: Nriting inviting him to # studenta’ bal at iL + clock that agnty He keeps the appointment Silas 4 J mpresaed by @ stately woman noo lays nd wow bis arm, Bde asks bum to meet ber at 11 o'cksk tie bext night at the corner of the Luxembourg Garlens and the Bou Ieverd, and edacte (rom mm @ promise that be will onder the porter to admit no one who cails 10 ee him except @ who may come to ciam a debt, On the west night Silas dees oot find the strange women awaiuug him, He returns to the bot! to find @ dead man in bie bed. ‘The body is that of & bloud young man be had seem at the Pall the night before, Dr. Noel tape at the door and is edmitied, Offering to beip t of his dilemma, he suggesta tbat the ging to the Noel . Geraldine ie under an obii- ation to him, directs Silas to send the trunk to the betel where Prince Mlorisel is staylog, 20 that it may be tekea to London os part of his bagmee, Biles is to make the journey as 6 member of the cuits, A Plan of Escape. (Contiaved.) OWN myself wron, 66 plied Silas, “I should have remembered how generously you offered to shield me, even before I had con- vinced you of my innocence, and continue to listen to your counsels with gratitude,” “That ts well,” returned the doctor, “and I perceive you are beginning to learn some of the lessons of exper- ience, “At the same time,” resumed the New Englander, “as you confess your- self accustomed to this tragical busi- ness, and the people te whom you vecommend me are your own former associates and friends, could you not yourself undertake the transport of the box and rid me at once of its de- ed presence?” Upon my word." rephed the doc- tor, “lL admire you cordially, If you do not think | have already meddied uificiently in your concerns, believe me, no my he i think the con- uaty, Take or leave my services 4s I offer them, and trouble me with no gore words of gractude, for 1 value your consideration even more lightly than J do your intellect, A time wilh gow if you should be spared to see a number of years in health of mind, when you will think differently of all this and blush for your to-ni havior. So saying, the doctor 4e from his his directions briefly chal, repeated and clearly and departed from the room without permitting Silas any time to answer, The next morning Silas presented himself at the hotel, where he was politely received by Col, Geraldine and relieved, from nent, of STEVENSO all immediate alarm about his trunk and its grisly contents, The journey Passed over without much inctdent, although the young man was hor- rifled to overhear the saliots and railway porters complaining among thomeelves ebout the unusual weight of the prince's baggage. Silas trav- elled in a carriage with the valots, for Prince Florizel chose to be alone with his Master of the Horse, On board the steamor, however, Silas at- tracted his highness'’s attention by the melancholy of his air and atti- tude as he stood gazing at the pile ot baggage, for he was still full of disquietude about the future. “There is a young man,” observed the prince, “who must have somo cause for sorrow.” “That,” replied Geraldine, “is the American for whom I obtained per- mission to travel with your suite.” “You remind me that I have heen remiss in courtesy,” said Prince Florizel, and, advancing to Silas, he addressed him with the most exquis- ite condescension in these words: “I was charmed, young sir, to be able to gratify the desire you made known to me through Col. Geraldine, Remember tf you please, that I shall be glad at any future time to lay you under a more serious obliga- tion.” And he then put some questions as to the political condition of America, which Silas answered with sense and propriety. “You are still a young man, the Prince, “but I observe you to be very serious for your years, Perhaps you allow your attention to be too Much occupied with grave studies. But perhaps, on the other hand, I am myself indiscreet and touch upon a painful subjec “I have certainly cause to be the most miserable of men,” said Silas; “never has a more innocent person been more dismally abused.” “I will not ask you for your confi- dence,” returned Prince Florizel, “But do not forget that Col. Geraldine’ recommendation ts an unfailing pas: Port, and that I am not only willing but possibly more able than many others to do you a service.” Silas was delighted with the amt bility of this great personage, but | his mind soon returned upon its} gloomy preoccupations, for not even the favor of a Prince to a republican can discharge a brooding spirit of its cures, ‘cienimenisin The Trunk in London. HE train arrived at Charing Cross, where the officers of | the revenue respected the baggage of Prince Florizel in the usual manner, The most elegant equipages were in wait- ing, and Silas was driven, along with the rest, to the Prince's residence. There Col. Geraldine sought him out, and expressed himself pleased to have been of any service to a friend of the physician's, for whom he professed a &reat consideration. “I hope,” he added, “that you will find none of your porcelain injured. Special orders were given along the ling to deal tenderly with the Prince's effects.” And then, directing the servants to ce one of the carriages at the} young gentleman's disposal, and at} once to charge the Saratoga trunk | upon the dickey, the colonel shook hands and excused himself on ac- count of his occupations in the prince- ly household las now broke the seal of the enevelope containing the address, and} directed the stately footman to drive him to Box Court, opening off the Strand, It seemed as if the place were not at all unknown to the man, for he looked startled and begged a repetition of the order. It was with a heart full of alarms that Silas mounted into the luxurious vehicle, and was driven to his destination. ‘The entrance to Box Court was too narrow for the passage of the coach; it was a mere footway between rail- ings, with @ post at elther end. On one of these posts was seated a man, who at once jumped down and ex- changed a frlendly sign with the} driver, while the footman opened the) door and tnquired of Silas whether be should take down the Saratoga trunk, and to what number it should be carried, “If you please,” sald silus, “to number three The footman and the man who! ad been sitting on the post, even h the aid of Silas himself, had | hurd work td carry in the trunk, and before It was deposited at the Joor of the house in question tho | young American was horrified to find | fall that he would rather carry the box alone with him to the hotel, The crowd jeered at his indecision g¢ World Daily Magazine, Thursday, June 1, 1916 insulting remarks, and Stlas, covered with shame and terror, implored the servants to conduct him to some quiet and comfortable house of en- 6. hing Co, ing World.) tertainment in the immediate neigh- borhood, The prince’s equipage deposited Silas at the Craven Hotel in Craven By Maurice Ketten How 1 WITH hen / Good MoTHER AS You ARE Street, and immediatey drove away, leaving him alone with the servants of the inn, The dnly vacant room, It appeared, was a little den up four and followed him to the carriage with The Coldest Summer | NILE it is all very well to cele- brate centennials, it is to be hoped that the weather man Will not go so far as to make tho coming summer a@ repetition of that of 1816, While most of those who experienced the rigora of the cold summer of a hundred years ago aro now dead, there aro many still above the sod who can recall the stories told by the oldest inhabitants about awful summer of ‘16. Up to June of that inclement year | the weather waa variable but not markedly different from that of pre- vious years, In June old Mamma Nature set out to establish a new record for gelid summers. The cold Wave which started just a hundred years ago spread to @ large purt of the United States Sunuda, Was the general ine! epochal year confined to North America. “It was the coldest summer in Europe as well as on this side of the Atlantic, Early in June a bilzzard raged over a large part of New York, New Eng- Jand and Canada, the snowfall reach- ing a depth of trom seven to twelve inehes in Lows, Canada, Maine and Vermont. ‘I bilzzard extended to the interior New York and to Massachusetts, and there were light snowfalls as far south as Pennayl- vania, Vermont and the adjacent sections of Canada and New York sufferal the most. In the middle of June there was another heavy snow- On the i7th of June a Vermont furmer went out to get his flock of sheep in the pasture, but the snow storm became so severe that he was lost, and It Was not until three days later that he was found on the side of # hill, with both feet frozen and Junable to move July was not much of an improve- ment on June. On the fifth of July jee of the thickness of window glass formed throughout New england and New York and in parts of Pennsyl- ania, while in Canada the ice was much thicker, August was even worse than July, and neither month had many days when it was even comfortably warm. Ice half an ineh thick Was common, | In gland there was a light snowfall in August, a score of loiterers looking on, But he knocked with as good a counte- nance as he could muster up, and | presented the other envelope to him | who opened, | ‘Ho tg not at home," said he, “bat | if you will leave your letter and re- turn to-morrow carly, [| shall be ible td inform you whether and when | he ean receive your visit, Would you like to leave your box?" he added Dearly.” eried Bilas, and the next! moment he repented Mo pre Pitation, hot far from London. The first two weeks of September were mild and balmy, with a few days really hot, but then the weather changed and winter set in. In Eng. land 1816 was known as "the year Without a summer,” and the descrip. fon Was very nearly true In many places floods were an ae. companiment of th nd weather, and famine stalked as an aftermath Indian « prywhere was praett cally destre md the little that was grown or saved oVer trom 1815 Was carefully preserved for seed and commanded $4 or $5 a busvel, Al Moat all crops were destravod n N an mM Hurape Nor | dition,” Says This Travelling Man, 667QCHE condition in which samples are presented makes a world of difference in sales,” said @ travelling mi “I saw a new idea the other day,” be continued. “In passing the sample room of a hotel, I noticed a clothing salesman dis- Playing his line of men's suits to a local dealer. ‘The trunk stood open, upright on one end; from it extended | @ sliding rack to a vertical standard {and from the rack, suspended upon ordinary coat hangers, hung perhaps a dozen or fifteen men’s suits, There they were, well preased and without a wrinkle, just as they would appear in @ first-class retail establishment Noting my interest, the salesman showed me how cleverly the rack was contrived to fold up and fit snugly into the trunk, the suits being still suspended in the familiar wardrobe manner. It developed that since us- ing this device his sales had tn- creased some 30 per cent., an increase which he attributed solely to the splendid condition in which his ne waa displayed. “That started me to thinking. That season I waa carrying a lipe of pine- apple juice. Its sais hinged, of course, entirely upon the taste. If it pleased “The 4 d boo! the proupect'a palate he'd assume |lieve that will make a hit with my| The Virginians’ is the worst book I that it would please his patrons’. []} trade Ang out came my order-book My dear Thackeray,” replied Jer was handicapped by the fact that thefand pencil rold with his blandest smile, “I did not say that ‘The Virginians’ was the worst book you ever wrote. I sald it Where Our Cities Got Their Names | v1s,12° vor ‘von ansioay over wrote By Eleanor Clapp | John Phiipot Curran, the fainous ising |landed at Plymouth, He invited Win-| Irish advocate, arguing a point of law : throp and his colonists to cross the] {n @ case of murder befor Judge HE word “Boston” is a contrac: | river and build their huts on the hills| between whom and himself existed a l tion from “Bt, Botolph's Town." lon account of the purer and inore|@tvong personal dislike, noticed that Now Botolph w appropri: |abundant springs that were there,| the Jur requentiy ben wn to halathia thee ald ah on heir settle. |caress and Whisper to a favorite dog Siely enous, @ VER iearnhed man Who a eh SFrineataingt sl itr eg which, eluding the marshals, had lived in the seventh century on the) Thee i ihre hills wpon which it| Made his way to the bench, east couat of England and founded 4] Was built. The remnants of only one| Curran suddenly stopped in. the monuatry and church in Lincolnshire /or these peaks still remains, ‘This ia) middie of Mia address, At the place that was afterwardn| con Hil on which #lunds the State apn, ME Surman! | Go\ on called “Boston, oO records of a court held! “Beg your ludship's pardon,” re Like New York, the American cit¥/a+ Charlestown un Sept. 1%, 190, we| plied Curran, "Thought your lud of Boston has been named threo|read: “Tt is ordered that ‘Trimontaine | ship was in consult times, The Indians called the ‘spot| shall be called ston.” Probably ¢ of Leinate ’ 4 “ ‘“ghawmut, which some authorities |the name waa chosen in compliment | eal of le Babar having, nines suy moans “At the Neck,” referring |to Mr. Tvaae Johnson, one of the| | Bane 8 youn earn ul to the narrow neck of land on whieh | leading men in the colony, whe, with | 2M Arians from hie patrlatian and the city is situated, while others | his wife, the Ladg Arabella Johnson, | Sonera! wood « f, brought abou claim that it wignifies “Living Foun-\ daughter of the Karl of Lincoln, | his eleetion for one of the borough tains,” "in reference to the many|ecame over with Winthrop. Johnaon! The new M. P., waiting on the Duke springs of clear water that were orig: | was from old Boston, aa were alao| to thank him for his aid, received rh ag oy |eeveral othera prominent in the enter. | unexpected reply: “Mir, T have The English settled in Charlemtown| pr The of Boston alwaya|turmed you for this borough becaus in 1620, Right across the Charles! set a high valu on education. Har. |f think you a good private ‘ River, which in those days was twieo| vard (+ 6 ip almost ax old as the}and a man At to serve you: untry as wide as It i now, they waw threa| city it was founded in 1836 ave, however, one condition t green hills, A_aingle lonely white| The firs! newspaper in America was|make with you in return, which \«| man, the Rey, William Blaxton, was! printed in orton in 179¢ and waal|that in every parliamentary then living on the slope of the central | called The Boston News Letter Hos. | sion whatever you never hill He ts supposed to have come over} ion alan took lead " If tn the Ie onr 1m 1498, three yeare after the Pilgrims) | + ’ ar ar ome or my interes’ é Dollars and Sense By H. J. Barrett . “Keep Your Samples in Good Con- liquid when poured from the bottle [ carried was likely to bo lukewarm All the frosty tang that made it so delicious when just off the toe was lost. “When I returned to my home town I began to investigate the principle of ‘Thermos bottles. “*~Phat clothing man increased his sales by presenting his product in good shape,’ I reflected. ‘I ¢an do the same.’ “Finally 1 ordered constructed a neat little box divided into compart- ments. One held a couple of glasses; another four bottles of my product and the third consisted of a Thermos chamber lined with a non-conducting substance. This waa large enough to contain two bottles “As [ made each town thereafter I would have a couple of bottles put on ice overnight at the hotel Next morning I'd put them in the Thermos chamber, where they kept cool all day. And what a difference when [ poured out @ glassful of the ice-cold beverage! “Did it affect my sales? It more than doubled them, and I made my sales with half the effort previously required. Before this I had to force my goods over through sheer elo- quence and nerve force, But with my ‘Thermos idea the product simply sold itself. reat stuff!’ my prospects would smacking their lips, ‘I be- exclaim, Ce — ——— | Famous Anecdotes errr OME French achootboys meeting S an old woman driving donkeys, one of them said to her, “Good morning, mother of donkeys.” “Good morning, my child," was the reply. As the beauiful Duchess of Devon- shire wae one day etapping out of her carriage an Irish dustman who was standing by and was about to take his morning smoke caught 4 glimpse of her countenance and exclaimed “Love and biess you, my lady, let me light my pipe in your eyes.” The Duchess, delighted with thin compliment, frequently afterward checked the adulation of her charms by saying: ‘Oh, after the dustman's compliment, the others are insipid. A person talking to Foote, the mat- irist, of an acquaintance who was so avaricious as to lament the prospect of hie funeral expenses, said: “Now, is it not strange that this man would hot take the beam out of his own eye before he attempted to remove the mote in other people's?” “Why 80, I dare say, he would,” cried Foote, “if he wag sure of selling the timber.” Thackeray meeting Douglas Jerrold in Pall Mall one day said tesuly: "I hear that you are telling people that PEDO DET DEROLOOOOOD OT you hadn't. If you YOU'D BE LIKE help Pairs of stairs, and looking toward the back. To this hermitage, with Infinite trouble and complaint, a pair of stout porters carried the Saratoga trunk. Tt 14 needless to mention that Silas kept Clonaly at thetr heels through- out the ascent, and had his heart in his mouth at every corner. A single falae step, he reflected and the box might @o over the balusters and Jand ita fatal contenta plainly dis- covered, on the pavement of the hall. Arrived In the room, he sat down on the edge of his bed to recover from the agony that he had fust en- dured, but he had hardly taken his Position when he was recalled to a sense of hia peril by the action of the boots, who had knelt down beside the trunk and was proceeding offici- ously to undo Its elaborate fastenings. “Let It bet’ erled Silas, “I hall want nothing from it while T stay here. “You might have iat it lie in the hall, then.” growled the man; “a thing as big and heavy as a church. What you have inaide I cannot fancy. If it 4s all money, you are a richer man than me. “Money?” repeated Silas, in a sud- den perturbation. “What do you mean by money? I have no money, and you are apeaking like a fool.” “All right, captain,” retorted the boots, with a wink. ‘There's nobody will touch your lordship's money. I'm as safe as the bank,” he added; “but as the box is heavy, I shouldn't mind drinking something to your lordship's health.” Silas pressed two napoleons upon his acceptance, apologizing at the same time for being obliged to trouble him with foreign money, and plead- ing bis recent arrival for excuse. And the man, grumbling with even greater fervor, and looking con- temptuously from the money in his hand to the Saratoga trunk and back in from the one to the other, at last consented to withdraw, For nearly two days the dead body had been packed into Silas’s box, and @# soon as he was alone the un- fortunate New Englander nosed all the cracks and openings with tho Most passloiate attention. But the weather was cool, and the trunk still managed to contain his shocking secret, He took a@ chair beside it, and buried his face in his hands, and bis mind in the most profound reflection. If ho were not speedily relieved no Guestion but that he must be speedily discovered, Alone In @ strange city, without friends or accomplices if the doctor's introduction failed him, he was indubitably a iost New England- er. He reflected pathetically over his ambitious designs for the future; he should not now become the hero and spokesman of his native place of Bangor, Maine; he should not, ae he had fondly anticipated, move on from office to office, from honor to honor; he might as well divest himself at nce of all hope of being acclaimed President of the United States, and leaving behind him a statue, in the worst possible style of art, to adorn the Capttol at Washington, Here he waa, chained to a dead Englishman doubled up inside a Saratoga trunk, whom he must get rid of, or perish from the rolls of national glory! I should be afraid to chronicle the language employed by this young man to the doctor, to the murdered man, to Mme. Zephyrine, to the boots of the hotel, to the prince's servants, and, in @ word, to all who had been ever so remotely connected with his horrible misfortune. He alunk down 7 at night, but the to dinner about 7 yellow coffee room appalled him, the eyes of the other dinera seemed to rest on his with suspicton, and his jmind remained upstairs with the Ba 4 trunk, When the waiter came to offer him cheese, his nerves were already so much on edge that he leaned half-way out of his chair jand upset the remainder of a pint of lo Upon the tablecloth, The fellow offered to show him to the |smoking-room when he had done, and itiough he would have much pre- ferred to return at once to his peril- ous treasure, he had not the courage to refuse, and Was shown downstairs Jto the black, gas-lit cellar, which formed, and possibly still forms, the in of the Craven Hotel Two very sad betting men were | playing billiards, attended by @ moist, and for the m ned that these wer s imag narker | ment sil the only o¢ apartment Hut the neat o his aye fell Upon & person smoking In the ture corner, with lowered eyes and @ Most respactabla and modest aspect "lita knew at once that he had seen the face before, and, in spite of the range of hes, recognized the man whem he had found seated Now post at the entrance te Box Court, and who had helped him to carry the (ruok to and (rom the car. If you thought you'd killed a man, but found robbery, but found yourself accused of it — “THE IRON RIDER”; By FRANK L. PACKARD NEXT WEEK'S COMPLETE NOVEL IN THE EVENING WORLD You'll have to read this stirring story to learn how a beautiful Russian d him to establish his innocence {j $4 URRUIEIRIO RUIN ABBAS TINDAN TS RM RTPA IAIAR ONES KONI AI IIE BE IAIES ee eee hadn't committed a\j THE HERO OF girl tinge. The New Englander simply turned and ran, nor did he pause wn- tit he had locked and bolted himaeif into his bedroom. ‘ ‘There, all night tong, a proy to the most terrible imaginations, he watched beside the fatal boxful of dead flesh. The suggestion of the boots that his trunk was full of gold Inspired him with all manner of new terrors, if he so much as dared to close an eye; and the presence in the smoking room, and under an ob- vious disguise, of the loiterer from Hox Court convinoed him that he was once more the centre of obscure machinations. Midnight had sounded some time, when, impelled by uneasy suspicions, Silas opened his bedroom door and peered into the passage. It was dim- ly Mluminated by @ single jet of gas, and some distance off he perceived a Man sleeping on the floor in the costume of a hotel under servant. Silas drew near the man on tiptoe. He lay partly on hia back, partly on his aide, and his right forearm coa- cealed his face from recognition. Suddenly, while the American was still bending over him, the sleeper re- moved his arm and opened his eyes, and Silas found himself once more face to face with the lolterer of Box Court. “Good-night, pleasantly. But Silas waa too profoundly moved to find an answer, and regained his room in silence. Toward morning, worn out by ap- prehension, he fell asleep on his chair with his head forward on the trunk. In spite of so constrained an attitude, and such a grisly pillow, his slumber was sound and prolonged, and he was only awakened at a late hour and by & sharp tapping at the door. He hurried to open, and found the boots without. You are the gentleman who called yesterday at Box Court?” he asked. Silas, with @ shiver, admitted that he had done so “Then this note is for you,” added the servant, proffering a sealed en- sir,” said the man, velope. Silas tore !t open and found inside the words: 5 “Twelve o'clock.” ‘ He was punctual to the hour; the trunk was carried before him by several stout servants, and he w. himself ushered into a room where @ man sat warming himself before the fire with his back toward the door. ‘The sound of ao many per- sona entering and leaving, and the scraping of the trunk as it was de- posited upon the bare boards, were alike unable to attract the notice of the occupant, and Silas stood wait- ing, in an agony of fe: until be should deign to recognize his prea ence. Periaps five minutes had elapsed before the man turned leisurely about, and disclosed the features of Prince Florize! of Bohemia. “So, sir,” he said, with great ee verity, ‘this ia the manner in which you abuse my politeness. Join your- self to persons of condition, I per+ ceive, for no other purpose than to escape the consequences of your crimes, and I can readily understand your embarrassment when I ad- dressed myself to you yesterda: “Indeed!” cried Silas, “I am inno- cent of everything except misfor- And in a hurried voice, and with the greatest ingenuousness, he # counted to the Prince the whole his- tory of his calamity. “I see [ have been mistaken,” said His Highness when he had heard him to an end, “You are no other than a@ victim; an@ since I am not to punish, you may be sure I shall do my utmost to help. And now,” he continued, “to business. Open your box at once and let me sed what it contains.’ s changed color L almost fear to look ‘upon it," be exclaimed Nay,” replied the nee, “have you not looked at it already? T is a form of sentimentality to be resisted, The sight of a sick man, whom we can help, should appead more directly to the f ngs thas that of a dead man who js equally beyond help or harm, | or hatred Nerve yourself, Mr. Seuddamore. and then, seeing that Silas hes ated, “I do not desire to give ane other name to my request,” he added. The young American awoke as if out of a dream, and with a shiver ef repugnance addressed Dimself loose the straps and open 1.2 loc, .@ the Saratoga trunk, ‘The Prinee stood by, watching with a composed countenance and his bands behind Mis back. ‘The body was quite stltf, ind it cost Silas 4 great effort, beta nora) and physical, to odge tt from its position and discover the face (To Re Continued) ee eens ae