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SYNOPSIS.
In a spirit of fun Mayor Bedlght, a
lumnmr visitor. Is chased through tho
Woods by ten laughing girls, one of whom
!;? catches and kisses. The girls form
themselves Into a court and sentence him
to do tho bidding of one of their number
each flay for ten days. A legislative
"measure opposing woman suffrage, which
dropped from the mayor's pocket. Is used
to coinpel him to obey the mandates of
the girls. His first day of service Is with
May Andrews, who takes him fishing.
They are threatened by the sheriff with
arrest. Miss Vlnlng sees what she considers
a clandestine meeting between one
of the glr's anil tho mayor. The next
day he goes driving with Mabel Arney.
They meet with an accident, are arrested
and locked up. but escape. Tho mayor
returns to tho hotel, finds the sheriff
walling f?r him. and takes refuge In the
room of Bess Winters. He plans to get
possession of the incriminating bill. With
Harriet Brooks the mayor goes to Investigate
an Indian mound. They are caught
In a thunder fctorm. Returning lute, he
has rather a stormy Interview with
"Judge" Vlnlng. who seeks to find out
who returited to the hotel with hltn.
ThlirnHnv vifnu Vfnvn, TI...H V. * O .1.? ?, ?'
attendance upon Margaret Farnsworth.
She decoy* him Into a cabin In the
woods, and he Is made a prisoner by the
frame warden. He Is later released by
one of the girl*. He turns the tables on
the Knme warden and makes that Kentlenian
and his party prisoners. After breakfast
he goes on the lake with Molly 51c_
Connell.
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^ CHAPTER X.?Continued.
"Your diplomacy is admirable." he
i congratulated, passing her the coffee
potLunch
over, Bedlght packed the
cooking outfit and replaced it in the
boat. The sky was smoky in the west,
smoky with heat that generated a
strange restlessness among the quivering
trees, while the air was Burcharged
with & portentous quietude
that presaged a clash of elemental
fury. A black cloud stood upon the
rim of the lake and caused a look of
v concern In Bedight's eyes. A glanco
v In Miss McConnell's direction showed
the girl absorbed in her work. The
mayor picked up a magazine and
stretched himself upon the sward beneath
a huge yellow birch. He was
attracted from his story a half hour
later by a shadow across the sun.
Hurriedly springing to his feet, he
scanned the sky. A mass of black with
livid green patches and scurrying forerunners
of white froth lay like a
monstrous curtain across the west,
through which shot veins of gold like
roots of mammoth trees. A deep rumble,
bass in its intonation, rolled
across the sky, warning the creatures
of the earth that soon their master
would bo abroad In the land to wreck
and destroy.
The woman, tco, aware of the danger,
sat gazing apprehensively at the
uiaiuroea sny.
"Oh, Mr. Bedight," she cried, with
the veriest trifle of anxiety in her
voice, "wo must be going. The sky
looks like a storm."
The mayor came over to Miss McConnell
and, standing beside her,
gazed analytically into the west.
"I think we will be safer here," he
advised, quietly. "The storm will
break before re can reach the Inn."
\ "But we cannot stay in this ruined
hut. It leaks and the doors are goue,"
objected Miss McConnell. "Come on,
let's be off."
The man hesitated.
"Don't you think it wiser to remain
here until the storm Is over? We are
a long ways from Squirrel Inn." couni
' seled the mayor.
I \ "But the wind will kick up the lakes
I until we can't get across for hours,"
cried the woman nervously.
H| "Sometimes," said .Bedight, looking
bH squarely at her, "a man Is not as
dangerous after dark as a wind
HT storm by day."
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Miss McCon
I nell. "Where's your sporting blood.
Let's make a try for it."
The mayor turned and walked down
to the boat. The girl followed and got
aboard, lie rolled up the sleeves of
Lis light shirt and took the oars. As
he did so, a drop of rain (ell into the
|^B
BB "Really. Miss McConnell," he pro9^B
tested, "this Is unwise. You will not
^^^B only get a good wetting but there is
^^^B grave danger of "
B^^R "1 am neither sugar nor a coward,"
^B she said curtly. "Go ahead."
Redight fell to his oars but his in^^^^B
epectton of the sky over the girl's
head as she faced him was far from
B B reassuring. The clouds had taken
more definite form and in their center,
occupying the front of the great stage
of the sky, clung a balloon-like mass
B of twisting matter. Redight looked
at the girl apprehensively, as she sat
in the stern of the boat, taking the
splashing drops of rain like a SparB^B^B
"Miss McConnell. we are going to
^^H^^^flhave a bad storm presently. Don't you
^^^^^^^Bthlnk it would be bettor to go back?
Book the sky you."
I^B^^B As turned her head. An >??>????.
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tion of surprise broke from her 11p?.
"If you think best. Mr. Uedigbt. I
am afraid 1 have been foolhardy?but
I'm still satisfied to go ou If you are."
proudly.
A terrific clap of thunder directly
v/tci ucau, vuuyieu wiixi a. luur 111 lue
west, caused Bedight to hesitate. Instead
of turniug the boat, he headed
for the shore. Behind them the storm
was rushing with ten league wings
and the waves leaped Into an action
that set the boat tossing like a speck
upon a boiling pot. The day became
as dark as night, 6nve for the lightning
flashes.
In a moment the storm broke. Amid
the crash of rending trees, the demoniacal
shrlekings of the wind, the
terror of the lightning, the boat j sped
onward alont? the shore, oue oar gone,
the other useless in such a sea.
In the main channel no craft could
have lived, but along the shore down
which the two raced before the wind,
the shell flew on the wings of the
tempest.
White but brave, frightened but in
full control of her nerves, the girl
clung to the boat. Straight toward
the narrow neck of Goose lnke. the
craft bore like a wind-whipped iceboat
under & gale.
The mayor gritted his teeth. Once
outside the smaller lake the course of
the craft would be directly across the
larger body of water.
He studied the girl opposite. Did
Bhe realize the danger?
"Mr. Bedight," she spoke regretfully,
with an effort at bravery. "I?If we
go through into Sylvan lake I?I'm
sorry I didn't take your advice. It
won't help much now to know that
I've repented of my decision?but I?"
The mayor interrupted, shouting
against the wind:
"I think we'll avoid it, and surely
this must pass quickly." >
Her answer was lost In the musketry
and deluge that followed. The boat,
half filled with water, lurched perilously,
rolled like a cedar log and turned
turtle!
Bedight felt himself carried forward
nun leiiium tspeeu ami aeposueu
upon the shore. He shook the water
from his eyes, neside him on the sand
lay the girl, and a rod down the shore
the Loat hung upon the shingle.
She opened her eyes to the sound
of his voice nnd the pressure of his
hand upon her heart. Coughing, she
sat up on the beach and rubbed the
sand from her face and hands. Her
clothes hung closely upon her, showing
the outlines of her body. The
rnln still fell in torrents and ran down
their necks In tiny rivulets.
"Oh!" she gasped, when her senses
marshaled themselves from the bewilderment.
"I've lost my sketch!"
The mayor laughed.
"If you had been a trifle less fortunate,
you might not be worrying about
that now?although I'm willing to admit
you'd make a swell mermaid."
The storm was raging off in the
e&Bt, the wind whore they Btood had
ceased cracking Its lungs, but a heavy
sea was running on the lake and
both oars were gone. Iledlght looked
about for shelter. Mounting the
shore's bluff, he saw, off lo the north,
a hut still standing, evidently Fome
fisherman's shanty. He beckoned the
girl, who came up laughing.
"If I look bb funny hs you do with
your clothes all stlcklne tn von th?
little birds will be In paroxysms tomorrow!"
laughed the bedraggled
woman, saucily, gazing brazenly at
the man.
"Well," replied Redlght, returning
the star^, "your hair Is down, your
shirtwaist Is out at the back, your
skirt is showing your limbs and your
shoes squash when you walk. Otherwise
you are dressed for one of Mine
Host's summer feeds or evening hops
?thAt Is. dress appropriate for Squirrel
Inn when there are no men to ensnare
and all dancing parties are
feminine."
"You're horrid!" she scowled.
'"What are we going to do?"
"There's a hut over there. If there's
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"Your Diplomacy la Admirable.**
any part of it that will burn, we wil
preperve the remainder and use it ai
a Garden of Eden supplied by a klm
providence."
The woman hesitated. The Gardei
of Eden stuff in the morning was no
then so pregnant with possibilities
Hedight set off ahead, apparently
oblivious to her doubt.
Miss McConnell's face was clouded
What else waa there to do? The;
were on tho opposite side of the tur
bulent lake from the inn, with an oar
less, shattered, boat. The country
about was rough and unsheltered
t jj
The night was upon them and the way j
to the inn around Sylvan lake was too I
far for her to attempt walking It In
the night, along the rough trails und
through the mud-covered roads.
Medlght met her at the dcor.
"Welcome. Eve." he said, teasing
ly. "Eden Isn't Buch a bad place, after
all. There's a stove and some Hour
and salt here, also matches, u dish- ,
pan. three chairs and a bunk. J'rn go j
ing to see if the lake has yielded up
our coffee pot and some coffee"
"I'll go." said Miss McConnell, soberly.
"You start the fire and put the
kettle on."
She went out abstractedly and walked
down to the beach. What should
she do? Was she sure of this man
who seemed a gentleman, or would
she need protection from her pro- |
tector? If she had been more guarded
in her bnnterlng conversation of
the morning, if she had not been quite
po natural and unconventional.
She looked up und down the beach
hurriedly as though sho would run
away, a sudden passion for tlight
coming over her. But where could
she go? And there were snakes and
bears in the woods! Whut should she !
do?
Hedlght found her sitting upon the
edge of the boat. She started as he
drew near and took on a new reserve.
He looked at her understandingly and
dropped his Joking mood.
"Here Is the coffee," he said, pro
ducltig a sodden mass, "but the pot
must have followed the cyclone Shall
we go back?"
She looked up like a frightened
child with that pleading look we see
In the eyes of a cornered rabbit.
"Come," he said, kindly, "the pot
boils and you will be needed soon to
pour the coffee."
She arose without a word and followed
him into the shack.
"And now," lie said. "I am going
away for an hour. There Is plenty
of wood here Take off your wet
clothes and dry them. When you have
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finished, call from tho door. I will
be on the beach. Do not be afraid.
1 will not be out of hearing."
"Thank you," she replied, and
there was a more cheerful Intonation
In her voice.
Hedlght sat upon a log and watched
the white-caps whip themselves along
the shore. The sky was clear and
the moon came out from Its nest behind
the wood and glowed like a ball
of crimson ochre. For an hour he sat
thus, when he heard a step upon the
gravel behind him.
"The coffee Is ready, Mr. Hedlght.
If you are as hungry as I, we shall
do ample justice to saleratus biscuits
and coffee."
They sat down by the light of an oil
lamp that contained two Inches of
kerosene. v
"Oh, If Pauline could only see us
now," laughed Miss McConnell? or
Mine Host?"but It's good, anyhow. If
you're hungry enough!"
"Add to all your other charms," said
Redight, lightly; "the quality of being
a good cook!"
The girl's face grew serious again.
Redight noted the varying shades, but
n.l.l 1 1 1 r"l
I'mvi uu uuioaiu nt't'u i (in rougn
fare and the abominable coffee were
palatable and both felt better after
eating.
They sat quietly after the meal, the
oil burning lower and lower In the
lamp. Outside a wolf barked and In
the margin of the wood a night bird
Hew by with a raucous cry.
"And now," said the mayor. Jovially.
"It Is the curfew hour In Eden. Tho
laBt one In bed won't have to blow
out the light, for It Is going out of Its
own accord."
Me arose and, taking off hU coat,
rolled it into a pillow.
"Lie down hero and rest a while."
he said, gently.
"1'lease, Mr. Medight," replied the
girl, her face flushed and her eyes
turned away.
The mayor arose and stood before
her.
"Miss McConnell," he spoke quietly,
reassuringly, "I had a mother once
She was sweet and pure?and?and
rhe died." The mayor's voice broke
for the moment. "She?she taught
me to respect womanhood. She taught
me to be open and simple and sincere
I The situation In which we find our
* selves Is trying only as we make It so
1 Let us be sensible and direct. Ther*
Is the bunk. Lie down and sleep, 1.'
1 you can. I shall stretch out upon thi
1 floor and try It myself. You nee<
' have no fear that "
f "Forgive rue." she cried, laying hei
hands upon his. "! have no fear?
' nothing but explicit trust and confl 1
f dence!"
"Which is the time, usually." hi
' said, with the old ring In his volc?
f "that the apple gets bitten!"
? (TO BE CONTINUED.)
CAR AND DEPOT THIEVES
Will Find Operations More Difficult
as Result of Bill of Virginia Representative.
Washington, I"). C.?Car and depot
thieves will lind their operations in
tlie future more difficult than in the
past and will have to face prosecution
in the Federal courts as well as be
fore state tribunals as the result of
the bill introduced by Representative
t\ C. Carl in, of Alexandria, Va((
passed by both houses of congress, |
and approved by the president. This J
act imposes a maximum ilne of $5,000 j
or imprisonment for not more than
ten years for any person convicted
of unlawfully breaking into any railway
car containing interstate or for- j
eigti shipments of freight or express,
or of stealing or obtaining by fraud
or deception from any car, depot, platform,
vessel, or wharf ant freight,
express or baggage which consti
tutes or is a part of any interstate
or foreign shipment.
Willie the Carlin Act in no way in
fringes on the jurisdiction of the state j
courts, it puts the whole power of j
the Ked? ral Department of Justice
behind the detection and prosecution i
of persons guilty of stealing from cars !
or depots. since it will be practically !
impossible for thieves to distinguish
between intrastate and interstate ;
shipments. it is confidentially ox- ;
pected that this law will have a powerful
effect in breaking up thefts of
this character which not only In !
volves a serious loss to the railways i
atiad causes great inconvenience to
shippers and travelers but are a eon ;
stunt menace to railway employees
and the traveling public since it If 1
notorious that car thieves do not lies- |
itate to interfere with trains or resort i
to other expedients to serve theif !
own purposes, regardless of the con
sequences.
Train Plunged Through Open Switch
Rheumatism Caused by Germ.
Chicago.- That rheumatism is cans j
erl by a perm was announced recently
by Dr. Kdward <\ ilosenow, of
Rush Medical College, who also asserted
he has discovered the identity i
of the hitherto unknown bacteria. I>r. |
Rosenow made known his discovery
for the tirst time to the statT of the
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, to
whom ho described his research work.
He said it line! been carried on by experiments
with rabbits into which ho
injected rheumatic germs taken from
human beings. Dr. Rosenow found
the tonsils of several patients were
inflamed. He injected bacteria from
tonsils into rabbits and the identical
symptoms developed. There is nothing
to indicate the disease may be
transmitted through air, said Dr. Rosenow.
and it is believed the germs
lurk 1n food and first lodge in the ton [
sils. Dr. Rosenow's discoveries will i
be the basis for experimental work in I
search for a cure for rheumatism.
Poincare Shows Democracy Too.
Paris?Not to be outdone by President
Wilson. President Poincare of [
France lias issued instructions which
mark him as the most democratic
president France has ever had. When
he is making his way through the j
streets of Paris, he commands his i
automobile must take its chances with j
other vehicles, stopping when the I
others stop at crossings, going on
when they go. The only time when <
he will nermit trafhc to !>? ititorriou,nl I
for liis benefit will bo upon state occasions,
formal parade and the like |
During the regime of former presidents,
an armed guard, with balled car- |
fridges in bis belt, slept just outside j
the chief executive's bedroom door |
Poincare has done away with this ens
torn.
Toledo, O Baltimore & Ohio pas
senger train N'o. crashed through an 1
open switch at Hoytville. demolished i
the stalion and turned turtle. Fireman j
Jackson of C.arrett was killed. Grant
Mason, of Hoytville. who was in the
station was fatally injured, and r
score of passengers were seriously Injured
Five others may die The train
was traveling at the rate of sixty miles
an hour. Six of the seven coaches
were overturned. According to Engineer
Cost there was no ewitch light
to give warning. The switch was left
open by the crow of a local freight .
train, it is alleged.
"Dinner Pail" Necessitates Duty Free
Washington Raw wool and sugar
must he free of duty because they are |
"dinner necessities." This is the die- :
turn of President Wilson. He outlined
his views to three senators
Thompson of Katisns, Walsh of Coloratio
and Myers of Montana, who are |
against this administration tariff
view. The president told the trio
that he will Insis* that the congress
place raw woo! or the free list immediately
and sugar within three years,
lie will veto any arlff bill not in ac
cordance with thh idea.
Reluctant to Recognize China.
Washington?At least one great pow
er has declined to Join with thd United
States In recognizi .g the new Chinese
republic at this stj<ge and there Is no
reason to expect -some of the other ,
powers to take a similar attitude. No !
protest has been Jodged against th< j
course takep but there exists so much |
doubt as to the aitpcess that will fol
low the attempt ft the constituent
assembly to organize ? complete and
stable government | that some of the
powers derm It p/ident to withhold
formal recognl'lon 1 for the present.
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She Wanted to Know
WASHINGTON?An ancient colored
woman was jammed In the
inauguration crowd at the Peace Muniment.
A custard-colored young wornin
and a seal-brown young man were
supposed to have her In tow, but theywere
so taken up with each other and
with the excitement going on that the
woman was as alone. In spirit, as 'If
alio were on a country field, where
she obviously came from.
There was a daze of rapt wonder In
her eyes as she looked down at the
firmament of electric stars and jeweled
planets that canopied the avenue
from end to end. And like some
old brown sybil, she raised her voice
in ejaculation that, someway, took on
the melody of a chant:
"Lawdneben, whar did dey git all
dese lights fum! How did dey git 'em
up > under high In de air whar nobody
on uth kin cllm'! Hooks like Gawd
done let down de stabs! How did dey
git dom little (lames shot up in dein
glass bottles? How do dey make 'em
burn 'thout no taller, an' no wicks, an'
no oil, an' no firewood?nor nuthin'?
answer me dat! How did dey git dem
It Has Arrived but Sooi
Everybody knew it was coming,
but possibly no one believed it
would arrive so soon. The new arrival
is a new national society. It Is
known as the National Society of Colonial
Cavaliers. This Is to bo the
most exclusive society In America, and
you nave goi 10 nave uncage, iois or
it, to belong to It. The headquarters
of this society nre to be in this city,
and its governor general is to bo Mr.
('. W. I)e Lyon Nicholls. It seems as
though thiB is the outgrowth of the
JamcHtown exposition, where a lot of
"high-brows" got together and discussed
their lineage. It doeB not depend
upon American birth. In fact.
American birth won't help It out at
all.
This Society of Colonial CavallerB
1b composed of men und women who
can trace their lineage directly to a
cavalier who either served under or
supported Charles I. of England in his
struggle with Cromwell. So far the
organlxntlon has been confined to the
palatinate of New York. That of Maryland
will be the first effort to extend
the society. In the near future It will
bo carried, according to Mr. Nicholls.
into Virginia, and later into the Carolinas.
l.tneage alone, however, Is the qualification
test. The society is democratic
rather than snobbish. and
Representative Tom Butl
Representative tom butler
of Pennsylvania has never had, his
picture taken. It Is a hobby of his.
When he lirst same to congress^ tjie
sergeant-at-arms asked for his photo
to put in the official gallery. Mr. Butler
told him in a jocular way todget
any old picture and put it In. for him
as he had never had any made.
"A long time afterward," said Mr.
Butler, "a book agent called on, me.
He sang his usual Bong about my being
so prominent that the publishers
had printed a sketch of me and KRd
When He Didn't Feel the
AN' exhibit of battle flags at the museum
caught tho attention of a
woman who was passing through.
They were poor, scarred things;
some of them shot-riddled . and
splotched with, maybe, mildew and,
maybe, blood, and all of them dirty
and tattered to slits.
The woman studied each flag with
the unemotional deference she had
Just paid to Washington's old clothes.
When she had finished the last one
and was turning away another visitor
came up and stood before the case.
He was so old that his march with
the veterans down the inaugural lint
must have put an extra limp to his
stiff leg and added an extra twinge to
the shoulder that was pain-drawn
from rheumatism and time.
But he didn't seem to be feeling
either limps or twinges, as he stood
before the exhibit, hat off and bU
Fhe Way of Electricity
runner-roun lights on dem poles to
burn dlff'nt like dat, somu blue, an'
some red, an' some green??an', oh.
my Uwd, (lore's a qulvery flag wIt
live blood stripes! Look-a yander at
uem uia/.in strings all over dem
houses an' ain't nalry one catchin'
hah. It's like Dan'l In de flahy funnace
'thout gitttn' burnt. It looks like
Jedgmont day done conae an' ev'rybody
saved?hally-loo-y uh!"
The custard-yellow young woman
took sudden notice:
"Lor', gran'ma, shut up."
"Ef you don't keep quiet, Mrs.
Thompson," added the seal young
man. Jocosely, "Miss Luce an' me'll
run off an' leave you. Then how you
goin' to find your way back to Prince
Gawges?"
"I gwlne keep m&h xnouf shet all I
kin. chlllen, an' I wouldn't be feared, ?
nuther. De one dat sont a stah ahead
for dem shep'd men ain't gwlne leave
a ole 'ooman like me to stumble in
<le dark, not on a night all lit up like
dls one, nohow. Oh. l^awdle, look at
dat sun a flickerln' In fronter dat sto\
Ef 1 only could steddy out 'bout dem
flames in dem bottles. Dat sholy gits
me."
Hardly worth writing' about, is It?
Just the unrestrained babble of an
old creature of the Maryland pines;
just darkest ignorance wanting to
kno(v the why of electricity. JuBt one
simple soul asking God to bless her
kind.
Just one in the thousands who were
on the avenue inauguration night.
ner Than Was Expected
Influence in the selection of members.
w mm no person can join tnis society
who cannot produce documentary
proof of his descent from a cavalier oI
King Charles' times, the palatine who
will preside over the palatine of Maryland
must be able to show that he is
descended from either a son, a grandson,
or one who himself was a member
of the British nobility of that period.
It will be seen that this newest cult
in snobbishness is reaching out Into
the Carolines, and ultimately into
Georgia, and this brings to mind the
historic fact that among the clayeaters
and sang-dlggers there is a cavalier
outfit. This section of the Atlantic
coast was once the dumpingground
of the nobtlliard scum of the
old world, and soil of aristocratic
penal colony, where the black sheep
sons of noble houses were sent to get
rid of them.
er Taken at His Word
printed my picture. I was immediately
Interested. I wanted to know about
the picture. So he showed It to me.
"There I was with a regular horsetail
whiskers down to my waist. Now
I am no beauty, but I have never worn
any hirsute adornment, and certainly
no Pfeffer whiskers. It made me mad,
and I accused him of being a faker
"He insisted that all the pictures
were secured from the official gallery,
and offered to show me the original
I went with him, and there, sure
enough, on the walls, was a picture
purporting to be me from which the
copy had been made.
"The sergeant-at-arm had taken me
at my word, and, being a fecetious fellow,
had picked out this monstrosity
to represent me. It had been hanging
there all the time, and 1 had never
noticod It and my friends had never
told me about it. You can Bee the
picture yourself if you go in the cloak C
room."
Limps and Twinges of Age
figure straightened into the military
rigidity of a soldier at attention. Eret
his age-drooped mouth had gone back
to the masterfulness of youth, and is
his eyes was the grlmness that darei
follow wherever a flag leads the way
And the woman who had stool
aside, respectfully, and studied th?
man with the same unemotional defer
ence with which she had studied the .
flags, said to her own curious self:
"Thla, doubtless, is what yon sail