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| + ce iain a a tes a - ‘Adame Exprene “ume. Rater ‘Chalmers Ag, Chemin) 17% Ben Some. 14% Brike Shoe. Om. ose ON Cur and ne 1 Hl poe eee Tsp 3 3 mt 4 g t 2 a iy REEETEEEEE] tll rei i ® * ogepeee oft of ane , FOUND AND REWARDS. 1200 Chi Nipple Action of the atock market to-day| 100 Garland tended to confirm rumors that have, “| been in ciroulation throughout the! % [financial district recently that im-! the announce- ‘| ment of the increase in railrond and Ni] Passenger rates, a group of powerful ‘operators formed a syndicate and have been buying heavily Into rail- road shares, For the last week or more buying %|of railroad shares has been of a most %| persistent character. And it has been * & conapiouous fact % | there has been a substantial advance win the price of railroad shares during thie period, with certain issues mak- ing new high marks for the year, 4 there has been » marked absence of S| profit taking or liquidation on the 600 Gen, Aspbait iP aeat 8700 Grape Ola ptd. ae % | mediately “ +LLLPFh lhe Qy SEER FF F FFE 2000 Repub Tity mub. 100 Moot Vanderoort 200 Roy de France, 500 Submarine Boat .. 600 Triangle Film , +1elFt =we 1800 U, #, Btee 400 Un Profit Sharing 100 Un Shoe Mr 1700 Wayne Coal +~%* + % + 4% 1% —-% +4 % % % my “ “ % % % * % « 10 Kouth Penn Oli.......- INDEPENDENT Action of the rallroad shares had! %9° Attiea : te] a steadying influence on the indug-; was particularly Initial quotations [Ftteee ll teeetel ticeable to-day. were fractionally specialties soon gave weight of professional extendéd to a point or more. But the same sort of buying that has been going on in rails for the past week again made ite appearance. again advanced easily and confidently and bythe noon hour gains of more than a point compared with the clos- ing prices of last night were by no means uncommon. Motor and accessory shares were sluggish and oils were irregular, but] 159 weasem states after their early unsetlement steels, equipments and miscellaneous indus. trials climbed above the final quota- tlona of yesterday. ‘To the mind of the day-to-day apec- ulator the forward movement was noteworthy, for tt oceurred in the face of an 8 per cent. money, and as the Government with- drew $14,000,000 from local banks to- day, on account of September settle- ments, there appeared to be strong that comparatively high money rates would continue to rule until the end of the week at least, In | tact, there appeared to be strong pos- ‘sibility that money would continue to 200 Kik Basin Pet. 1500 Engineers Petroleum 1200 Pamveralda Oi 1300 Federal O11 C0 Glenrock O11 way under ling, Losses i 200 Kay County Gas. Lip hieei+eet 100 No Am Ou. 1000 Red Rock Ol. 200 Superior On 200 Texas Ranger 1000 United Tex On 800 Victoria OL new. thete +144 ELECT 2 seece cere # weeE Vit 600 Alas-Br Co} es eeeeR fF FRE FE we weererscese fe Fee reer renewal rate for 1300 Canada Cop 0 Candelaria M 400 Con Virginia 1900 Cortes Silver 400 Cresson Gold eleletel Besesrscrressrerse #e FT) ting income LLPF litle deeb b et bitte Great Northern Railroad—July gross 4% {duplicate yesterday's performance by | $10,780,786, increase $554,040; balance %{ climbing to 10 per cent, daily in final] after tax $965,108, decrease $2,107,268; Stock Exchange dealings. In spite of highly ynfavoradle| crease $1,596,391; 7 months gross $66,- money conditions evidence is accu- = eee lee | tte net operating income $1,304,318, de- Increase $7,522,291; mulating that Wall Street is steadily | after tax $2,167,685, decrease $3,630,- growing more confident in the stock| 388; net operating income, $4,033,985, It seems that the] decrease $1,510,621. % | feeling is growing in banking cricles} Central of Georgia—July gross $2,- 4 |that prices have discounted practi- %|cally all the unfavorable factors in} tax $169,852, increase the situation, On the other hand, the action of %| the cotton and other commodity mar- % (kets suggest that the period of price; $430,712, decrease $452,886, % | deflation is not yet it an end. early dealings to-day cotton showed a further decline of $3.60 to $5 per %| bale and wheat and corn displayed a In the grain trade the | $486,563; deficit after tax $102,009 prediction is freely made that wheat . will drop to $2 per bushel. —2% 116 it sold as high as $2.74 per bushel. 4| To-day it sold below $2.83. market outlook, bhitit 289,049, Increase $368,825; deficit after i $4 net oper, deficit $148,012, increase $443,291; months gross $14,528,772, ecr ®2ee i . Etcese tripped on the curb and his skull was balance after tax $511,338, fractured when the lurched ‘beneath Income the passing car. No arrest waa made. i ii i decrease $395,101 eereeser if SL PHP eh beeeetee ll ttl Long Island Railroad—July increase $256,891; after tax $845,155, Increase $48,798; net | Street, in front of Gouverneur Hose $848,415, increase $67,030; ‘utomob: $15,670,891, decrease | did not stop. gross Dalance | zg ? fifi 1+ #4414111 ; 7 months gross eee FE 82, 5 $414,581, increase $2,406,823. ssc kL COX CALLS HAYS’S STATEMENT UNTRUE Says “Quota” Was to Be Sold and Minimum of $300,000 Sought in Cities. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. ‘Cox to-day declared as “absolutely untrue and false” statements attrib- uted to Will H. Hays, Chairman of Li, 3 1-25 opened 89.90, up .08; sec-|the Republican National Committee, ond 45 84.84, up .14; first 4 1-48, 85,03, |Defore the Senate sub-committee im- vestigating campaign expenditures, that it was not the policy of the Re- ++] ttlt! | * There are 580 names on the petition to close the Stock Exchange next Sait TODAY'S PRICES LIBERTY BONDS, “DOG LEAPS IN RIVER, \ PULLING IN WOMAN pe a He Then Swims Away, Leaving ae Her Rescue to Captain of Sa 3 City Boat. eS ‘Mrs, Fannie Holst was standing on ! the dock at the foot of Hast 80th Street ‘Qimls atternoon, her bulldog in leash, when the dog leaped into the river for © swim, The leash was wound around “har wrist, and a0 in she wont too. 1 “ene dog got out of his collar and ewam to Toth Street, leaving Mra, Holst | Gwhe lives at No, 316 East 84th Street, _ * .teflounder around and soream for help Santil the Department of Correction ‘boat Bronx hove in Ment and. Capt, Ed- Connolly steered over to Mrs, threw her @ rope and ‘brought “Pher aboard. Her first question was as to the whereabouts of the dog. STRIKE HEARING GETS A SETBACK Postponed Until Late This After- noon Despite Protest by As- sistant Corporation Counsel. Acting Public Service Commissioner emerged from a two-and-a-hi ‘s conference with P, J. Shea and Louls Fridiger and postponed the hear- 31.—Gov. off .08; second 4 1-45 84.50, up .0: third 87.80, up .02; fourth 84.94, wp «| ing on the car strike set for 2.30 o'clock | Victory § 3-48 95.86, up .02; 4 3-43, publican Committee to obtain con- to-day until 4 o'clock. ‘Thomas F. Cur- | 96.98, ant to Corporation Couns sel O'Brein wha had been asnigned to represent the city at the hearing ex- postulated that while they were post~ poning the hearing, 2,000,000 persons in Brooklyn were compelled to go without it facilities, He declared the post- ponement was “an outrage’ the people ought to be considered as well as the contending forces. trybutions in excess of $100,000, Gov. Cox again referred to what purported to be an official document issued by the Republican committee to prove his assertion, The document payable Oct, 1 to stock of record| referred to by the Governor is alleged to have been Issued two days after Harding's nomination Treasurer Upham, ‘The document, Gov. Cox said, showed ,|\by Its preface that subscriptions were Y VERY DEAR COUSINS: Well, to be sought in excess of $5,000, that well, well, at last I have finished the Zquota” should be sold, and that looking over all of the contest a minimum of $800,000 was to be ar muany 6 neik fought in cities the sise of St. Louls, | Ontributions, and after many « Cleveland and Detroit. Seectie lasers PACKERS PLAN TO SELL STOCKYARDS | aone ana expressed such clever ideas DIVIDENDS. The American Can Company de- clared the regular quarterly 1 3-4 per cent. dividend on the preferred stock, and that} Sept. 16. "Phe Endicott-Johnson Company de-| Senator clared the regular quarterly dividends Shea declined to answer questions as! o, $1.25 a share on the common and by pavable Oct. 1 to stock of H DIEO. {OUMNOCK. — ARCHIBALD. CAMPBELL | FUNERAL CHURCH, Wed,, -_onepevageaoatiae Aus. ‘Bie 8th year, HENRY Bast 224 st., beloved hus- FORBDIGN EXOHANGD, GRIFFIN VICTOR IN NET TITLE PLAY Defeats Harte in Straight Sets at 203} cubles, 0208. National Singles Champion- ship Tourney. FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Aug. 31.— Clarence J. Griffin of defeated Richard Harte of Boston in the feature match cables, .0690, Liro, demand, .0463 1-2; Marks, demand, Guilders, de- $186; cables, .3195. mn demand, .8890, unchanged, second RAILROAD EARNINGS. Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad—July the national| 808s $19,720,429, increase $2,761,4 singles tennis champlonahip here thia| deficit after tax, afternoon, Griffin won in straight ‘Bets, the scores being 6—2, 14, 1—6. Another large crowd turned out to] months’ gross $118,459,1 Witness the second day's play for the|so2778,726; deficit after tax $4,657,870, increase $3,436,581; net operating det- increase $3,433,232, New York Central Ratlroad—July ‘oss $23,679,079, increase $4,894,6 doficit after tax $1,990,036, $904,460; net operating deficit $2,61 588, increase $9,645,612; seven months’ | SM Kros 191,946,709, Increase $21,948,068; deficit after tax $5,404,622, net operating deficit $6,- 510,122, increase net operating deficit $,- Increase $7,959,208; fifteen cities to B. and as the turf was in exc: Prince & Co. of Bos! lent condition same good contest ton. filed to-day with reme Court of the District of juired by the divorce- It places the book vatue — oe | FIGHT $1 GAS METER CHARGE | «x Columbia, aa req ment decree. of the stock to be di tween $30,000,000 and aMdavit: Fred the Boston Hempstead, 1. 1, Asks Injunction Against Com ‘The charge of $1 a month for meter service In addition to the regular coat of gas was the basis for an application for an Injunction brought before Su- Preme Court Justice Scudder in Brook- | 654,872, Increase $29,074,335, lyn to-day by the village of Hempatead,| Northern Pacific Long Island, and against the Nassau] grome $8,078,446, decrease $3,289; bal- ance after tax $810,235, decrease, $997,- 996; net operating decrease $65,620; seven mont: 0,431, increase $4,700,460, $3,872,006, decrease Pe I a of if re eel —_—>—____ tries for Regatta. More than 350 entrie: ceived for the Middle Sti Rallroad—July Aig champion- ich will be held > ¢ Day on’ the Harlem River by iy oas| New York Rowing Association. Pri Hminary heats will be held in the | And Suffolk Lighting Company, y for our ove imed former Justice Sta- ton, counsel for the com: udder directed the counsel to before Sept. 14. income $1,426,063, the finals in th cities will be represent # oH % Mm 1% ‘ » 4 % wm 1h 1% es 8 & » * % . . * > , ’ a 2000 Goldfield Florence .... 18 18 oS 1500 Gold Silver Pick. 6 o « 4000 Goid Zone oT 200 Heels Mining mo 1% 100 Iron Blossom » 4 1000 Jumbo Extension 5 5 100 Knox Divide .. 8 1800 Louisiana Co * 1000 Marsh Min wow 1000 Motherlode 68 100 Mother Lode new 500 Niptesing 1200 Not 190 Ophir S!lver te & 200 Prinee Con... eo 4 & 1000 Rex Con... 6s 8 5 2000 Rochester Mines . * 8 * woof 7200 Roper Group, 400 Beneca Copper. 15% 18% 400 Simon Stiver Lead. 1% lt 1% 1000 8 Silver Lead “ 4% & 1000 Sucoem fining 4 ‘ ‘ 5200 ‘Tonopah Atidway 400 Tonopah Mining. . 2900 Tonopah Mizpah 1000 Tonopah Montan 2400 Tonopah Rescue Ei 200 United Bastern. won 7200 Viotory 8 sok 200 Wert Fad tL aT 5700 White Caps. « @ © 8 1000 White Caps Extension... 1 1 1 1200 Wilbert wr a 8 ‘ 2000 Yerrington a) a 1919 » n on 43 4 08m 5000 Col Graphophooe Ms. | (08 10000 French 4s 17... 28000 French Victory Se... 1% 99% 6 98K 8K 100 100 10% oT 89% 90 1000 Texas Co. ( 15000 Union Tank Ts... he 1% 90% AUTO KILLS BOY ; PUSHED BY ANOTHER Young Victim Trips on Curb— Driver Goes On After Killing Man. Thomas W. Browne, five, of No. 478 1-2 Kosctusko Street, Brooklyn, was killed near his home to-day by an automobile driven by Herman Kap- lan of No. 37 Kosciusko Street. One of several playmates pushed the boy in a gnme they ‘were playing, he Charles Moser, thirty-five, of No. 52 | Preston Street, Long Island City, was struck by an automobile in Gouverneur | pital. The driver of NATL | BLAST ORDERED 20 EAD, 200 HRT (Continued From First Page.) much longer,” said Sean MacSweney, | ‘hia brother, as he left Brixton prison after a night's vigil ‘Mayor's bedside, In the mean time no word bas been received from Lloyd George, who Is at Lucerne, Switzerland. Council of Action bas sent Meseage, saying: “The whole organized British labor asks you to reconsider the Govern- ment's decision to allow Mayor of Cork to die rather than re- lease him. His suffering is greater imprisonment. death would make an Irish solution | 7™ more remote.. We have appealed in vain to the Home Secretary. W. peal to you to do the big thin, a The Daily Graphio says six Sinn |‘ Feiners, believed to be members of a love. gang sworn to take Lloyd Georg ife, are reported to have left Ireland, | mus and that precautions have been taken by the authorities at Luoerne, where | ritish Promier ie a her Dominic, who spends much time in the cell with MacSweney, sa: that the Mayor himseif believes ¢ ‘his death je near at handsand has no| hope of recovery. The Mayor's sister | {a authority for the statement that her | brother 1s 80 weak that he Js unable to| ‘and friend of areatly attracts W that ae Pita Aven amt side, 1% IW tw rh communicae with his friends, — f= DIES IN HUNGER STRIKE. je Succambs After Five Days int Worcester WORCESTER, England, Aug. The first death resulting from a hunger strike in an English jail occurred here Karl Dunwell succumbed after going without food for five days, been imprisoned for contempt of court because he insisted on reoccupying his home after being ejected. DAVIS HESITATES TO GO ON STUMP No Precedent for Such a Course by a High ‘Ranking American John W. Davis, American Anvhas: dor in London, conferred with Demo- cratic leaders here to-day regarding possibility of his Following the conference, Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Chairman of the speakers’ bureau, said he was trying to overcome Mr. Davis's scru- he explained, are based upon the fact that there ts no prece- dent for such a course on the part of @ high ranking Am: ican diplomat. ALBANY, Aug. 31.—Fifteen munici- palities, eight cities and seven villages have filed complaints with the up- State Public Service Commission pro- testing the new telephone rates to be: come effective to-morrow. The com- jaints allege the increases are unjust Ht nadie. tation and many a careful and minute comparison of them, have chosen the winners. It was a struggle, though, for the rebus letters were so well though at least that it seemed Scheme Submitted to Court Pro-| halt of those Kiddies who received vides for Transfer to Bos- ton Concern, WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Plans of the “Big Five" meat packers for dis- position of their stockyard Intetests re~ quired under the decree entered with the Department Honorable Mention should have won awards, But there were only ten awards to give, so the winning let- ters had to be reduced to ten, and Mention? { should say we are! of the same age class. e Evening Wor die Klub Korner Th Ki ‘onducted by Eleanor Schorr ——$—$— (The New York World.) BY JESS JACOBS, AGED FOURTEEN YEARS, BROOKLYN, N. Y. The winners, whom we all heartily congratulate on their success, are: Evelyn Morris, aged seven, Noi 79 Baidwin Place, Bloomfield, N. J. Clinton Cleary, aged eight, No. 740 Communipaw Avenue, Margaret Roche, aged nine, No. 470 76th Street, Broo! N Abner Epstein, Lincoln Terrace, Yonkers, N. Y. Helen Zadek, aged ten, 3 Homecrest Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Lottie MoCletiand, aged eleven, No, 285 Hast 155th Street, New York City, Morris Auerbach, aged twelve, No. 257 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Howard Baldwin, aged thirteen, No. 2549 Elghth Avenue, New York City. Charles Carlson jr, aged fourteen, Harrington Park, N. J, Alma Stouerwal Jersey City, yn, N. ¥. aged ten, No. 16 the ones that were finally age be. most extraordinarily good o! ee all. Aren't we proud of those ten winners, and aren't we glad to of! have them in our Klub? And aren't contemplate the sale of such| we just as protid of the ones who H.| nearly won, and received Honorable It, aged fifteen, No. 519 Hast 83d Street, New York City. REBUS LETTER CONTEST AWARD wi he mames of those receiving Honorable Mention will be published each day according to thelr age ‘of at be- | class, along with the winning rebus 000. HOW TO JOIN THE KLUB AND OBTAIN YOUR PIN. ANS THAT= HOUSE.~ HAS= may “WINDOWS, By EVELYN MORRIS, aged 7, Bloomfield, N. J. HONORABLE MENTION, Georgetta Stimmel, trand Purdy, * WMNPOS ~ By Focer BATCHELDER. (Copyrlaht. 1020, by Moger Watcbelder, All Hight» Reserved.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING IN- STALME NTS. Bu) Whiting, ver at Ranex Market Court. Tescuce jo, when Vi Mary Betty vaitiog, wi ‘8 oewapaper om his for cefetul investigation 148 heiress, working Wait decides to say nothing of ‘OSonnor te Before the meeting an ofa im "that’ pressure who ri Foon, be custed to" place ‘Taith the young A. he ea (anda shows. kim: reports alch eil of he ferqula 4 are. tha i ea ance ety id Poe hd = tue wave of The youne Iady tells er again: vonea Waitin iitmore te bale toe CHAPTER VII. (Continued,) 74 ‘OU see, Bill,” explained Van Winkle, “I was 80 hopelessly in wrong that it got back to the family, and mother and Mrs, Carlton have arranged some sort of tea fight for me. I'm on the wagon and think it's 4 good time to fix things up. Besides, I really do like Hattie a jot,” he averred earnestly, “I've tried to get her to accept me so often that she is almost like one of the family. And if We only can % bolas Square it up to-day, per- They took a taxi to one of New York's true ‘brownstones, which faced the avenue, but was numbered on the East Sixties and where lived Miss Harriet Cortlandt Carlton, daughter of Van Renssalaer Ames Carlton, who | Owned no less thin a dozen downtown office buildings, besides numberless acres In Westchester and an astonish- ing quantity of bonds that paid an abnormal per cent. Van Winkle was Plainly nervous and his friend, who. now that the crisis was at hand, had become unusually sympathetic, as- sured him, “Just act as though noth- ing had happened, old man; be natural and leave the rest to me." The door-man informed the gentle- men that’ “Miss Harriet is expecting you, sirs, and kindly step this way,” whereupon a butler came to the front and showed the way to the tea room, “Hello, Hattie,” impeeted Van Winkle somewhat shametacediy; “you know Mr, Whiting?” “How could I ever forget those three dances at the ‘prom?! "' inquired Miss Cariton cordially, “Or that Yale race?" ’ She was a charming young person and had @ deugatfully girlish manner and appearance, with none of that hauteur commonly attributed “aristocrats” by those who seek te know, but know not. She was small and very slender, and her blue eyes and delicute lips, which puckered charmingly when she smiled, were fascinating. What a fool Van was to take chances of losing her, mused Whiting. But there came to his mind a newspaper picture, which was Dinned to his desk at ‘home, and he immediately ceased to wonder at Miss Carlton. Instead, he tactfully di- seoted ithe qonversation, while the y herself poured th, which Was brought in on a Pee cod of Japanese red lacquer, to matters and events which made it easy to over- look the numerous faur pas of his friends, He was doing very well, he congratulated himself, and she was conversing with Van with a cordiaity which assured him that the past would soon be forgiven, At that time, a broad-shouldered young man, wearing the uniform and insignia of an overseas infantry captafn, entered Bh ape: “You remember Schuyler?" Carlton asked Van Winkle, blir “Well, rather, Could never forget him even if he did go to Yale,” Van Winkle assured her, as he rose and warmly shook hands with her brother, By the wi bt met you at Champaigne? Di gota jeave at all? ae They were soon in deep conversa- with Miss Carlton. to ahow you something. What dc French cellars?” mean to @y you won't have one?” Van Winkle waveringly. Farms.” munition dump?” piloted Van Winkle. up hallway that led in on front of the house, an some stairs ascending Saunders, Carroll Martin and Lucy Preston, * enjoyment had been thoroughly ae teenconian. ear i D. A, Whiting promiss to do) CNgugement, at once sent the butler. Satta | pa where did you go after tion, about their experiences in France, while Whiting, after being introduced to Capt. Carlton, chatted “Excuse us just @ moment,” apolo- gized the brother, “I want to show Van something 1 brought back with me.” The palr bowed and left the room, “I may have stretched the point a little,” admitted Schuyler, as they went to the basement, “but I wanted yor think of this?" he asked, after opens ing a door and lighting a deep vault- d room, in which were hundreds of dusty bottles and dozens of cases, Doesn't it look. lke one of ‘those “Oh, nothing doing, Sky," pro- tested Van Winkle, “I'm calling on Hattie and trying to square myself.” “Well, if my fond family wil pack up and come to town in the middie of summer to see the wandering boy return, you might at least have a . rink ‘with me. Come on, when 1| that Horace Van Winkle 1s positiyal: haven't even heard from you since the Champaigne, and we find them try- ing to make the whole country dry, “Have you any Bacardi?” asked In five minutes the butler had brought cracked ice and glasses, and the first toast was drunk to “Media “We were supporting you,” said Van Winkle, “when you attacked Mont Blanc. Remember the road that ran down there past that big boche am- Half an hour later Brother Schuyler cause, as he told himself, “ ‘tinction ajlus take harder path réasi! goal.” When confronted by a some: what astonished chambermald be jn~ formed her that he was "waitin' -m’ol frien’ Sky; love groun’ he 193: and she immediately fled to G vants’ quarters with the report th Mr, Schuyler’s friend was somewhi the worse for strong dr € he quarter past six Whiting, who Spoiled | through the negiect of lis friend | take advantage of the eulogies he bh made, glanced uneasily at his wate and asked: wonder where Van tn?" And Miss Carlton, who had a theat: look for Mr. Van Winkle. le seems very busy, Miss Harriet the servant reported upon his retura ery busy Indeed, 9” Ty word, miss.” Jt “Where is het” umanded tha young lady sharply : “He's upstairs,” asserted the butt} f in some embarrassment. “In if fox Miss Harriet, he appears to be ing, and when 1 knocked at th of the north guest's bathroom He told, me to stop my blooming hammering.| And when,” added the butler, with nm slight indignation, “1 knocked again, he opened the door and, on my word, | threw this piece of soap at me, taki me above the right eye with tty Mi: Harriet.” aml He exhibited a piece of molateil ender soap. ou “Taking a bath,” moaned ine. Miss Carlton's eyes flashed. |) “You will tell Mr. Van Wi Adams, that he has apparently.jmiq taken my home for the Dubie Tag and that he will rectify his e once and leave as soon as pi Now"—she turned to Whiting sé! butler left the room—"what else: ¢ I do? He is a nice boy, but he, tinually humiliates me like thi ting’s reply was interrupt a stentorian voice which sang, "Ma brave harsh are ashleep inna 4 sho be-ware, King George, be-wal and was followed by the order, “Sb yer foolin’, yer bloomin’ hal, bring back my shoap. =) a essensh of a violet ‘n heli'trope, in medi'te.” “They will hear him all over ti house, What shall I do?” asked 0 young lady. ai “I'll attend to him,” promised Wht ting, getting up quickly and running up the staircase, at the top of which, ho was met by the indignant Aé 5 “Really, sir,” affirmed the bi i protest, “this 1s too much.” His oloth= Ing was drenched and his head \wag covered with soapsuds. Around pil neck was hung a siaked towel. gentleman tried to bathe me, sif, he gasped. “Told me I needed to bathe and nearly forced me into’ the | tub, sir. Iam that wet that TL ahpll be forced to retire and change all my clothes.” In spite of the tragedy of the aitWa- tion, Whiting had trouble in repress- 7 ing a smile, “Tha’s all right, Adams, he said, reassuringly, folding a fly dollar bill and slipping it Into the butler’s pocket. “Mr, Van Wh has these attacks often. Gas, know—in France—sometimes gets In- to his wounds again,” he explained with a significant nod. “Gas? Very good, sir, and thank’ you. If you will pardon me, I shall change for dinner. I dare no r the bathroom, sit, Mr. Van Winkle's attitude towards me is, on my word, threatening. I hope he pulls through, sin” igams deat a hasty retreat and Whiting knocked gently on the door, ‘Oh, fir a life onna boun'in’ waveh, rome the greeting, “anna home onna blashted wave! There followed a series of splashings that made Whi- ting think of the seals at the zoo, but there was no answer to his wht d pleading. Finally the noise stopped. Whiting tried several times tofopén the door but everything inside Gw: quiet. After a while he opened door of an adjacent bedroom softly entered, He found, as he ¢ pected, a doof leading to the ba’ room and opened it carefully. room was empty. Puzzled, he wei back to the bedroom and meitohed qa ' the lights, for the shutters were closely drawn and it was quite dark. And behind the curtains of the~bed reserved for the most notable ‘of guests was Horace Van Winkle, sleeping peacefully. “Mr. Whiting,” came a timid yotce ) from the hall’ “Father has come and mother may be here any mo- ment. I don’t dare tell them about i ‘Don't say anything unless you have to, Miss Carlton,” cautioned Whiting. “If vecessary, explain that, his wounds, or gas attacks or some: thing overcame him.” Van Winkle had no gas spells or other scars of battle but shat fact was, for the mo- ment, forgotten, “Adams, Where are you?" shouted Mr, Carlton from the lower hallway. “Here, sir,” answered Adams, ryn ning from the rear of the houge. “4 met with a slight accident and had t change, sir." * “What was the accident?" inquired + the master of the house withwome interest. “I fell into the bathtub, sir, mean” — ; ‘ell in bathtub? Clumey,” snorted VI Mr. Carlton, “Hurry and tell Bright- | fleld to lay out my flannels. I’m going #7 | to Larchmont to-night. Bi “Good old Adams,” cried Miss Cari fl i ton, with a nervous laugh. Van Winkle was placed under a oy shower bath after a brief at and he then allowed Whiting to a him, Led by Miss Carlton, Whitin then tip-toed with him to the rear the house, and the two men left by” the servants’ entrance. ‘m_ sorry, Mr, Whiting,” detla: Miss Carlton, “to send you out thi way, but it had to be done. I thin ts the worst person in New York, | never want to look at him again, ‘bay for the sake of bis family I haa ‘td keep ‘t from father. Guod-by,"” shi whispered. f Good night,” replied Whiting, ahd m very sort: i Van Winkle, who had hitherto been’ silent and vexed with everythin burst out cheerily, “S’long, Hatud ol sport; love groun” you stan’ on,” The door was closed with a “Honesh, Bill, ole pal, Adamsh needed a bath. Cleam‘ness ‘allus ‘fore ev'rythin’, added Van Winkle in further excuse, “'f he didn’ need bath, he ought to. floor, Van Winkle, finding himself suddenly deserted by Schuyler, who had gone/back for a new bottle, took the stairs—firstly because he went in the wrong direction, and secondly be- Whiting. who was sitting gloomily on the other cnd of the taxlcab seat, » grunted, but sad nothing. ' (What was the great East Side Plotd té Read about it in To-morrow’s Install ment) oleae «oi