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GO AOE AO MERRIE PESTS RE TRIN: seo» sap esamaaana ih tenet AGA, a aetes HOME PAGE Tuesda September 10 They’re Gone to the Roof For the Summer | The Evening World’s — Kiddie Klub Korner Ws . | Conducted by Eleanor Schorer Copyright. 1018, by The Pres Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) A War Bride By Charlotte Wharton Ayers Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World.) PA PULLS OFF A FISHING PARTY! Sara Sticks to Her Resolution Not to Marry Swain, but Grants Him Time to Think Over PTA Another Important Matter RoE y CHAPTER Xi. ear ist HAT last little note of anxiety in Swain’s voice touched | Sara, It was so unlike the big powerful man of affairs to show the faintest sign of dependence. She shut her teeth. It was going to be harder than she had thought —but she had put her hand to the plough and she would not turn back. She took off her ring—the pearl [poate KW that she had chosen so carefully—and laid it on the desk ) way TO . We beside Swain. Her voice shook slightly, but she Avent late " Some & s doggedly ahead. She knew what was giving up— ME & Ry Buster’s Adventures ai Uncle Harry none better—but some influence stronger than herself was at work. I'm giving you back your ring,” she said in a low 4 voice—and then added gently: “I'm sorry, Robert, sorrier than I can say, but I can't let you do this thing, nor can I marry you now. Oh, don’t you see,” she pleaded desperately, “that everything has changed? I don’t know whether I love Jim or not— but I'm going to be true to him. He’s over there fighting for you and me—offering his life cheerfully, that we may be happy and safe. And oat Buster’s Lesson. said. “Mr, Turtle suffers when he is over here, you and others like you, are plotting to make money out of the 4 sweetet - . out of the water, and you have given misery and dreadful sufferings of those brave men. It seems awful to . i) ~ wy poucnt 6 | PQUSTER was in the meadow one) him a hard, useless climb. He Me now that I have come to see how it is.” HANDLE Sr RY r Wer bave 2 ? hot morning when thé sun was|good friend’ of mine, and you might Swain looked at her for a moment |————————_______ tte s —- = blazing down lke fire. Hel have made him like you, too.” with eyes narrowed to mere siits.|can make up my mind to forego the my Uys (Z ‘at time Mr. Ele- ‘The thing was past mending, he could | immense profits of the deal before | see that. All his carefully erected | you take any step?” | Plans were tumbling to the ground,| Sara considered. If Swain was ‘There a huskiness in his voico | honest in this suggestion for delay it that surprised him even more than it | would be so much better all around | did Sara as he asked quietly: if she could influence him to give It phant had ever reproved Buster, who | surprised to hear a voice nearby ex-|folt so sorry he almost cried. Bo, Jelaim without a word, he turned end ran eas a » juway, He hunted a long time for Mr. Dear, dear; the heat ts terrible Turtle to apologize for what ae had | He looked and mw Mr. Turtle! ono, put couldn't find bim. ‘Then lereeping through the grass on his|he came to the shore of the lake, Tae < ‘ b > aS > , |thought that he was alone and was] This was the f sls Os } ‘ funny, short legs. and as he was very hot and thirsty, "You t marry- | all up, ‘en ats he plunged in, It was fine in tbe You're positive about not marry p. Anyway, it was worth a trial, Oh,” ered Mr. Turtle, when be! ooo clear water. Finally be decided “the me? In the event of his not playing fair caught sight of Buster; “I am lost one more dive then come Sara nodded. “Yes. I simply |with her, she could still do as she and must find water, but It is hard for|out. Down he plun, but as he i had planned, he feit both his bind Jine to walk on land, Won't you run] ®@s coming u t ho hill and see if the| fet caught fa o the top of the and ee All at once ho saw somothing the notebook and tied them into 4! wait until Monday—that's three days lake is on the other side?” swimming toward him. It dived apd ie elt) ae neers ce away. If you still insist on going Leone ies ate wan neehare in Th & Mossel he Gnas ies tne going bard wi e big fellow. | through with the thing I will have to aight. He looked back at Mr. Turtle \ * crawled Meck ne tinaiy turned vo Born no | nsraee, "ieee thing wll have te ight. He looked back at Mr. Turtle] ming in shallow water, he crawled had gotten himself in hand. There | Robert, how much better it would be | waddling slowly along. This was such |out and lay panting. When he opened would be no more softness from | for yon to give it up yourself!” \ an't do it now m,\ Swain gathered up the papers and| Very well,” said Sara finally, “I'll \ funny sight that Buster decided it| his eyes, Mr. Turtle was standing be- | would be great fun to play & joke on| side him. ‘ im, so be waved his paw three times, 1 hel, you,” he said, “because ) ~~ hia. What he had to do now was} she raised her shadowy brown juster 1aus" y, and then}you are a friend of Mr. Klephaut's, to prevent in some way—he hadn't | eyes to Swain with such a look of ran Mr. F to tellland because you are young. When ‘ quite determined how—the exposure | appeal that his forehead contracted, him about th "i you grow older you won't play unkind and defeat of his plans, threatened | ror a moment he wag minded to “Lam ashamed of you, Buster,” he! jokes, i by Sara's tardy conscience. 418 | plead again, then gave tt up. ‘ . fs eyes had the twinkle of amused tol-| put the ‘ nf 4 | 2° K K other thing was different. Cranco, that” Sota hated because it | qt, Be, ofer thing wis ditterent { Cousin Eleanor ub Kolumn emed to minimize her power to do | > “ |in a big way. To allow a little slip | - | things they wish for most without the poything worth while, as he eald/or 4 gir; to tatuence tam to the ex-| , Dear Fairy: help of magic spells. The truth, ta vasually. fi | i AS "5 eee ‘ou please kindly give me a|that magic tm not needed to make “And about this other matter, I've | Cut Of losing @ million dollars was UTED Will you please Kry wish | make| Worthy wishes come true, asd me t your evidence, #0 I don't eee| uinkabia, But it would not do to ” WALKING Fish RA 4 | wishing rink er anould like to have| Would have only regret if the un. sot all your lence, to [let Sara know how tmpossible the | Will come tell, and 80,1 thought {| Worthy ones should come to pass. what you could do if you wanted to.” | suggestion was or she would not heal. | Seid WA ank. Will you please} When a mortal like you and Mke uld write and y Sara was too much occupied wit | tate ‘There was @ cynical | [wou eto me sol can get it by Bat-|™e wishes for something that is the way the situation had developed f ee Oy cen Wena On send Wt t ight? L will thank|Poble, something that will bring y ‘ baiting | S%an's ips as he thought of the sen- | urday noon oF for your kindness, arm to no one and may be for to notice that Swain was baiting sation such a disclosure would make | you very MSs TILLAN GARWY,|Many, and when that mortal works har, She shook her head as she/in the camp of the eneny. Sa eS Harner ie hard and steadily to make that wish ald softly: thought for a momest. then ri ‘a Boothbay Har! 28 Goma true, it wilt come true, just as ue is j i sure as sure can be. Tr; ' Ab, you | But you mur femem-|turming to Sara with the quizzical | . . , To, Little Miss Lillian and My Dear!" "Gionumee wishes thet, ann’ oot { ber that I have it all here,” polnt-}icoy around the eyes that she had | ; | Cousins: ¢ thmen | ant Sood are really not as they seem, ing to her head. learned meant amused tolerance of | XCHPTING In stories of - onl remember the story of the i Swain bit an oath in two. It |nis audience, whoaver tt might be: | E long, long ago, so long bal i bara pang dee by and ' ™ on - ow, i ry es le looked as though she were deter | «well—well—-give me time and| NN chn never know how mucl "| wish he should make? “fe o 4 inined enough to make some mis-/ maybe I will.” and then he could not | truth and how ‘he fairies favoring "id that he wished .vervthing he chief anyway. That she could really | resist the impulse to say dryiy:, “But | never hoard oF tie gift of @ magic {uched to turn to gold. What’ was become a menace to his plans W38/r oan hardly aee myself saying good. | any his sorrow when by touchin, : is his people whom we know getting (he) yy) Fish a0, precisa sae fat absurd of course, but she might stir things up and cause a lot of trouble. As secrecy was essential to the suc- | cess of these plans he decided to try nd keep her quiet. | Look here, Sara," he sald finally, | will you do one thing for me? Will) you wait until I have had time to! by to a clean million at that.” (To Be Continued.) __ BY ALBERT PAYSON TERMUNE _ Y Pte roe fs calc ap ma Miserable king prayed to the god whe osity to see how his head might 100K) such mi, had given him. thi break the magic spell sat Bower to think this thing over and see if 1 Perey fortunes r eaay: ° ° | Iding always thought of you as back In Aneaive planter: 6 would surely pe- waiting for me, I'd have died long of her little white hande still holding . JO ete (te arikanrods OF AANCAIVE'D! fall people wict ‘ New York in your law office, though with Its cr with only earthly w tivity Brings Braham a Surprise *2:' bis calloused agers, her sther dear Nom Fork in yur }aw oi, th roa and. thud They heneenly ter thly ladom It wi » too, - iC ; ap etty Vincent's erat " ° 5 She did not amile at hia idotic band smoothing bis forehead. She «| Know,” hie sald. “I know. And HBB left him ment and the wise King and the saree walane ‘ That Al words, so positively spoken. Instead, was looking down at him with & your prayer—or else my own belated came back with a sm yoone at Avice % Laven, most Reconciles Him not nearly so precio’ seven sons Id turn into as many one time or another as laughing, dimpled, rosy cheeked ¢rel Cd Bi c crows. To his great makes fc her great dark eyes filled, for an in- wealth of unveiled love in her grave sense of manhood brought me to MuRrOn wm fuiited would case * ; a them fulfill To have France, [ didn't mean let you t be startled,’ she ed would cause ne ° . end of 4 stant, with unbidden tears. eyes, know until T had) made od, And te ain d regret. Nar you 0 ack 12 ran To Being a Prisoner “Alice!” whispered Braham, “it's Long and wonderingly, Jim Braham Know, until 1 pad made, " nened, ux ‘ it nded ‘the asa 10 | the abitel” wishes are: glad this fall, dear he ae i i “Wou have made xoodi”. ane. im. "You really % and we can al mamas true, isn’t it? It's really you? It’s looked at her. 1 : r dante nm all make our young men, remember that !t! ‘ cD "t true, of course,” he saul tradicted, almost tlercely. “You have better than you look. ones come about b: © not only a matter of personal Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The York Bvening Worl.) really Alice Kenyon? It's the girt I Tht tan't rus. of co done splendidly, | know all about it Jim Braham was staring into the endeavors, But wishing "ane bi ; Ifare, but of patriotism, to keep SYNOPSI6 OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, love 80?" presently only from those bara on your faial play toys ¢ ed MUFDTING. | Ie well “Py or little mortals, Tt rus th 0} ‘© among the mat they keep their ingle handed. pallor of his iliness, A week's beard | books, pages of fairyland Jim Braham, & youn) d efficient as York lawyer, joins the army and falls in with Private Rathren, Tor answer she laid her white hind “But it's very wonderful So I hope yourselves as fit an former insurance man, They become fast friends and both advance to the rank of Sergeant for ain on bis dizzy head. He raised !t will keep on not being true for a possible, Every human being in thts good work on the other side, Then Braham starts on a ainclehended inspection of the German *&% Pes gee cea walle) AREY vountry is needed for some Job. | Unes opposite, He obtains an enemy officer's gray cloak to cover his own uniform, aud spends the his one unswathec bind AM oval mirror with disgui ve but the sto they tell here of My and af your holding up His bronzed face waa yellow with the om 5) eas adian 1 fine, Jim! I'm so proud bristled athwart the lower half of it. . Rpt 1 nurse is impera- | Bight i @ wayside hut, There three German soldier find Braham next morning, and mistake Bim caught her fingers, pressing them to She smiled; it was a radiant an os fale teak chek eames can Cousin Eleanor, Mivery doctor and nurse ‘ie j, | 1oF one of their own officers, Afterward Bratam goes for a swim in @ nearby river, where five Ge 01. feverish Nps. beautiful smile to Jim's way of think- piece of idiocy, he de ; ; py 14 tively needed, The young PeF80N | man officers presently enter the water, One of them becomes suspicious of him and Braham makes DIS fov F to be in paradizer” Ing, ‘Then he noted for the first hit'with you “#tdly shaved from his forehead an who by too many parties, too Httle | s dash for the oank, ‘There he covers the men with oue of their own revolvers and cuts the identi Isn't it great to be in parad! eer ees ceerignaer ees tee tn" in ite place was 8 workmanlike pat- Poster Cont Acs Gunohen and. toollem arms, He then takes their clothes away and hides in @ shell crater Of he murmured in drowsy ecstasy. : . 7 tern of grayish aticking plaster. ontest. sleep, unwis Man's Land (ting nightfall, He is tracked there by German polke dog and > nen an odor amote upon his aos- £/0Wihésly brilliant o: complexion than yu were brought Hin eyes were hollow, He styl wore |% SUBJECT: “THe FOURTH L and unnecessary strains upon health tured, tn tho hosital where Hraham is taken, suffering from s blow oo the head, a German Is—a blended acent of lodoform and When he had seen her last in New 7oN ere Bro apes waiagen Wh wal aor e ERTY LOANS 1B. futs himself or herself temporarily | orderly refuses him water because he ie # bated “Amerikaner,"’ iene ie York, and that there were lines of Was able to get pretty sight. And no one could have Ten prizes of $ ce Out of commission, and perhaps} onteage ke Gore Care and of fatigue and of aleopless- to nursing you, realised It bettor than did ti ke | {awarded Kiddie Mee oS v " adise B| ic ¢ Ger- urse i * exclaimed E f cults upon the services of over- CHAPTER VIII. “Paradiso smells a lot Ii F, ness in her face. And ail at once he > i rman nurse an aie txcinttned Sin, look, Iie ages from sin ta Meee, memberom Yrorked doctors and nurses, is giving A TRIP TO PARADISE many!" he commented, his oe realized that this was no fantasy. 19 caro to. So I had no tro Absa nse ae cg abla SHLD Heigl fk sd beet ns inelisaivamy 5 y rf enemy. s sre “ he wind up ae Ohne f in aniae i M Posters on the ald and comfort to the enemy, Thi ane creasing. “Or, maybe t Alice Kenyon, in the.actuad fic h, was SUEDE ME ek sane wou.” th Pounn “ LY, Jim came to his senses, ” Y p 5 4 ” “ urth Liberty Loan, does not mean that you should is here is blowing from hel at bis aid he asked, “when that beast of a lrus Nonsense!" she laughed. “Why, . eschew ail good times. But take) He lay, with body moveless and eyes shut, going ovgr in his sick “witusn, dear boy,” answered Al'c? Hut if so, what was she doing a : you look like » Heau Brummel eom- aceon may be done in . thera in moderation, and get proper Mind the scene with the German orderly, At memory of the water Kenyon. “You mustn't talk; you nurse here in the rman lines? It and glanced In perplex- pared aii my bs ap ‘gout Pipes a water color, oil paints is sy done ake sensi ’ ry 1s no “And to think how r e 7 Sleep and food. You will thus benefit that had been poured out on the floor, he was once more swept by 4 must rest. Here, drink this. Ea Phy noemed to read hia un- (4 Hk Be hee baviell un ond ae days une ahs Ore will be accept. your own pocketbook and health,| murderous rage against the Boohe brute who had #o tortured him as he oy na gontiy from his spoken question, She said We ware hit, hospital. And 1 on you. | 3 oon, reign i) inches. vl pegging away, _ “ er ore ¥ 2 2 5 i captured nurses of © Tat he tha here ere Db ust stat and you will be peggin away: | iay helpless. Fury almost made him forget his agonizing thirst. adoring clasp and lifted a cup of bet Ace toré—in the ° Deatinne Nea pa t thor p ware ng NAME, ADDRESS, @ their aurely and without intermission, at He had read, in newspapers and in affidavits, a thousand times, the fone cool and pungent liquid to pia Unt and They Oant phe mee smeae sin tiem she raponta '¢ CERTIFICATE NUOBoae and your own special roth MAO AYer Ot creatment accorded to sick and wounded British and French prisoners iM jing Jim drank greedily, draining us to the base hovy here ta work Where in blazes am I, anyhow? ved scarecrow y ant |}. Address Cousin E oni ‘ y be. Don't play fa nd loose ‘ i ws hey are nurses and he demande “And bow long have mber You » Even ey ee ur health, and therefore | German cities through which their cattle-trains had passed on the way ‘O the cup, Then, smiling rapturvusly DECOURG IAF t refuse 60 DUO ean teens fod Low long have J er and as a true America World Kiddie Klub, No. 63 Park Gin a position as a soldier in|the prison camps, He had read how dying prisoners had called aloud to up at the tender face that bent £0 (ye ermin you know, if t You ure in a German Base Hoxp|- retorted vehemently, “And you ought 3 Row, New York City, the home reserve. bystanders at railroad stations, beseeching them in the name of God for a protectingly above hl he fell asin > wounded. [tut chiefly they have ant tal, at Ruch.” she replied. "You were to Know 1 shall, You may know a) } Contest ole : ; When Braham woke again, hours us to nursing the sick anc akon first to a Held Hospital juat be. leal about a "aitt. | Cswmmmnnnnnannnannconnnnnnnnnnads = drop of cool water; and how well-clad German women—some of them American prisoners, They seem to be hind’ the tines ep eLaues ee But von dent Know apstnise about nis brain was clear and the fever A’ Les “ rnin “R, G." writes: “T always have been | dressed as Red Cross nurses—had thus poured on the ground cupfuls of later hie bra ‘ ibe att Ye nah afraid we might go some hurt to he You regained ¢ t , women If yo think the sight of 6 AUGUST CONTEST AWARD WIN f behidiay : »g tad departed e was still shaky German wounded Phey thin hat but you had yunded soldier is ne r e intensely fond of pretty clothes, jew-| water or of coffee and broth to tantalize the suffering and starving captives on Pret Sit bo Wan TADICY 00 4b0 Gecatin ay are Garmaue and ceant Glualon Gk ringly splendid thing @ patriotic! wy NER, elry, theatres and all the pleasures! and had laughed at the victims’ stricken faces. mend, His powerful system had Understand that all help! #5 men come re r A oan pee. The Mgnt Of & man wi Oyu be Te 8 wees wo : under t nercy of the Red Cross; Tor taal who has risked his life for our deal 7 a and enjoyments that money can buy. | Jim Braham had read all this. But thrown off the of his blow, Hy fh play Rae nation (hav Salone our bh ! te 1 ! yw, country and ” When I grow up I expect to be a Tam twenty-two years old and have | never till this minute had he actually and golden brown beneath the white oii goo} nd strength wait wail je “And is laid by the heels as a} doctor. Iam only in the fourth grade been earning my own living a8 @| pe, able to believe that human be- cap she wore. But.” interposed Jim, “Alice, how head, of ce K, on the Way to @ Bochs|4t present, but I will work my way y [been able creeping through him Bg if High re lve : supplemented Braham, @| through school and college to reach stenogaapher for the last three years. |ings could sink to such infamy And now Jim saw ahe was in white, j1js first thought was of Alice Ken- Gil you Dappen Re i pot It tinge bitterness in his voice. “But,| my desire, It seems to me to be the My people are dead and had no} They are not human!” he told from head to feet: in a robe of aNOW= yon, the girl he had wooed 40 vainly yesterday,” she answered, doesn’t look all irin will oh, the meeting with you is worth tt| best profession of any because a doc- money even when they were able ‘0 | himself, vengefully, “They're OD1Y white, on the sleeve of which blazed ang ardently in the old civiliua her sweet voice trembling ever so be stiff and » sore for a while, a iH And" saath near eaee tor 1 alwaye helping others Gy ear. help me. Naturally, not many of the German! They—" the holy sign of the Red Cross. days and who had said she would little at the recollection, “I knew but none of the ligaments were torn.” Ie checked himaelt ‘Two German | ing live nd "7 hen good things of life have come my o a” te you the moment I saw you carri I don't suppese there's su athing officers had entered are mes ny doctors are He stopped short in his angry re- Before Jim Braham could find tine wed no man who sat safe a ome in, though I didn’t know till then as a looking glas# around, is there striding toward his cot and my only regret is that T am mot aay: |Mections, becoming aware for th® 15 be surprised at such a wommaa's and let better men fight the fight of inne you were in the army at all. 1 asked Jim with a very natural curt (To Be Continued.) old enough to go “Over There” now “Now a certain man wants to marry Gand wad been ; ind help some of our soldier boys, Aa Ith d could give me {rst time that @ soft hand had b presence in such a place, she turned civilization By WILLARD DONNELLY, aged Gee Lact pk ag ill ide ay tp DUSY adjusting new and cool band-. back to him, and he saw ver fac He had dreamed she was here a nine years, New Brunswick, N. J. myery ining ree evi Bgl ages to his throbbing head, and that yor an endless half-minute he stared him, stroking his aching t 6 99 many yeare older than 7 ed t 40) sow the same hand waa emoothing his .t the nurse, wide-eyed, mouth sian and giviag him cool drink. 1) hud ac er IS HOW TO JOIN THE KLUB AND. not love him romantically, But Mahia (auch thar held ] is b ’ ‘i 8 t . 4 OBTAIN YOUR PIN. neither do I love anyone else, that bot forehead with a t¢ bis brain reeling, Then, very quirtly, been @ crasy deliriumefantaay, 0 Begining with any aum sgt . ie of healing in it. @ spoke. In a tdne of settled con ». F ¢ ice be d ° e Ly ber, cut out six of 1 3 way, and I respect and admire him. |te "45 id he apoke. In @ td course. For what could A wie, Vike *305—366-“S6T—— It seems to me that if I do not be.| “Bracing me up for some nice new viction, he said tw her ing here, in this German hell? True, ven in e 1ssourl ays S68" s00° sto. os \ an come his wife I shall lose my only torture, I suppose,” he thought #ar- The parsons are right. I always she was a Red Cross nurse, But she fhem | to oe: 4 ‘chance of escaping from the grind, donically. believed it, Now I know it, They're was in tho service of France, not of Ga Na gi a a Nig ; ork aly, Was "What do you advise?” | Then he opened his eyes. Beside right when they say that a square the Boches, No, it had been a dream, Read About His Raid on the Melon Patch Poe Te ty “1 shall simply say this: If you him was kneeling a woman—young, man goes to Heaven when ho dita, of course—-a wonder-dream “Klub Pin.” abbitESS marry for money a man you do not slender, infinitely graceful. He could j'm dead. And I never was so glud With a long sigh of disapp ment love you will find life a worse “grind” not see her face, for she had turned .f anything in all my third-rate :%e, Braham opened his eyes and found than anything you have heretofore it away, as, with her free hand, she Recaiise I'm in paradise, And a trip Alice's presence had been no dream experienced, and some day you arejreached for a bandage from a@ pile to paradise is worth all I've been at all, but @ divine reality. The! jt Sad & ioe imweds wr les fowl Bul les heals wae wavy tnrougo, if ia Known you Were here, she sat, close beside his mattress, one Ail children wp to are of age may become mem ember a Premaled with & silver gry Pin and membership certificate, Complete Life Story Begins Next Monday