HOPE HAMPTON
The Great Shadow
By A. CONAN DOYLE
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thought more about catching birds
than he did about losing his frie^ls.
8o he went to the woods and hid un
NCE there was • puss whp bad der some bushes ami waited.
n cost of all white mid It both
When the birds flew down to Ihs
ered him so much When he Iny In
ground Puss came out, thinking he
wait for birds In the garden that he must look so much like a bird himself
wished It wns some other color.
they would not be scared, but when
"If I had u gray coat like Tubby they saw him they flew away chatter
Grey's I should be better able to ing loudly to the trees out of his
hide," he thought, "or If It even was reach.
black I should not show up us I do
"Why don't you stay and play with;
now In the gruss.”
me?" he asked In a soft tone, "Don't
One day «hen 1‘ura was roaming you see I mu a bird like you? 1 have,
around the farm he came to a place feathers,"
,
where there was a pile of feathers.
"Yes, wo see your feathers,” nn-.
“Oh, If only I could have a coat of swered the birds, "but wo also see*
feathers," thought Puss, "I should your feet am! you have four. We 'Io
never want for birds."
not piny with four-footed animals.”
So Puss went to the barn and found
Puss had not thought about his;
feet. He thought all he needed was
feathers. He was pretty hungry now.
so he rnn back home thinking he could
get Tabby Grey tn share tier milk with
hhn, but when she saw him she hump
ed her tiack and looked very fierce
Puss tried to tell her who he was,
but It wns no use. She would not lis
ten mid there wns nothing to do but
go back to the woods.
Just ns he was running along tha
path n hunter, seeing the queer ani
mal, raised his gun nnd fired, hut
Pu«s wns lucky nnd rnn behind n rock
unbnrm cd.
Tliere he stave«! thinking over hla
sn<! plight. He wns covered with
a pot of glue. This lie tipped over feathers nnd still he was not a bird,
and rolled In It mid off he ran to the and even his own kind would not have
pile of feathers nnd rolled over nnd him around.
over until he was so thickly covered
“If 1 ever get rid of thia coat I will
his coat could not be seen.
he satlsfled with what Nature gave
When he went to the kitchen for me." thought Puss, "and I will hunt
his saufbr of milk. Cook, seeing this mice and drink my saucer of milk and
strange looking creature, screamed be thankful."
and ran after him with the broom.
It was a long time before Puss was
As he ran past Mr. Dog’s house out rid of his feather boat am! he looked
he caine barking and chased Puss out anything but handsome for a long
of the yard and when the hens and time, but when he did st last get back
ducks mw him they all began to make ids soft white coat he was a wiser
a terrible noise.
puss, you may be sure.
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But Puss was not discouraged. He
THE FEATHER COAT
Author of “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”
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Copyright by A. <*on*n Doyle
CHAPTER X—Continued.
“go,” raid I. “De Lissac Is his name,
and not Lie Lapp. Well, colonel or
no, It is as well for him that he got
away from here before Jim laid hands
upon him. And time enough too," I
added, peeping out at the kitchen win-
low, “for there is the man himself
coming through the garden."
I ran to the door to meet him, feel
ing that I would have given a deal to
have him back in Edinburgh again.
He came running, waving a paper over
his head, and I thought that maybe
he had had a note from Edie, and that
It was all known to him. But, as he
came up, I saw that it was a big. stiff,
yellow paper, which crackled as he
waved it. and that his eyes were danc
ing with happinesk
"Hurrah! Jock," he shouted. “Where
Is Edie? Where is Edie?
“What is it, man?" I asked.
“It’s my diploma, Jock. 1 can prac
tice when I like. It’s all right’. I
want to show it to Edie."
“The best you can do Is to forget
■Il about Edie." said I.
Never have I seen a man's face
change as his did when I said these
a ords.
“What!
What d'ye mean. Jock
Calder?" he stammered. He let go
his hold of the precious diploma as
he spoke, and away it -vent over the
hedge and across the moor, where
It stuck flapping on a whin-bush, but
he never so much as glanced at it
His eyes were bent upon me, and I
saw the devil's spark glimmer up In
the depths of them.
“She is not worthy of you.” said I.
He gripped me by the shoulder.
"What have you done?" he whispered.
“This is some of your hanky-panky.
Where is she?”
“She's off with that Frenchman who
lodged here.” I had been casting about
In my mind how I could break it gent
ly to him; but I was always backward
In speech, and I could think of nothing
better than this.
“Oh!” said he; and stood nodding
his head and looking at me. though I
knew very well that he could neither
see me, nor the steading, nor anything
else. Then he gave a gulp in his
throat, and spoke in a queer, dry,
rasping voice.
“When was this?” said he.
“This morning.”
“Were they married?”
“Yes.”
He put his hand against' the door
post to steady himself.
“Any message for me?”
“She said that you would forgive
her."
“May God blast my soul on the day
I do. Where have they gone to?”
“To France, I should judge.”
“His name was De Lapp, I think?”
“His real name is De Lissac, and he
Is no less than a colonel in Boney's
Guards."
“Ah, be would be in Paris likely!
That is well. That is well I”
“Hold up!” I shouted. “Father!
father! Bring the brandy!”
His knees had given way for an in
stant, but he was himself again be
fore the old man came running with the
bottle.
“Take it awayI” said Jim, his face
itill convulsed with rage.
“Have a soop, Mister Horscroft,”
tried my father, pressing the liquor
upon him. “It will give you fresh
Jeart!”
Jim caught hold of the bottle, and
seat it flying over the garden hedge.
“It’s very good for those who wish
to forget," said be; “I am going to re
member.”
“May’ God forgive you for slnfu'
waste," cried my father aloud.
“And for well-nigh braining an offi
cer of His Majesty's infantry,” said
old Major Elliott, putting his head
over the hedge. “I could have done
with a nip after a morning’s walk,
but it is something new to have a
whole bottle whiz past my ear. But
what is amiss, that you all stand
round like mutes at a burying?”
In a few words I told him our
trouble, while Jim, with a gray face
and his brows drawn down, stood lean
ing against the door-post. The major
was as glum as we by the time 1 had
finished, for he was fond both of
Jim and Edie.
“Tut, tut!” said he. “I feared
something of the kind ever since that
business of the peel tower. It's the
way with the French. They can’t
leave the women alone. But at least
De Lissac has married her, and that's
a comfort. But it’s no time now to
think of our little troubles, wilh all
Europe in a roar again, and another
twenty years’ war before us, as like as
not."
“What d'ye mean?" I asked.
“Why man, Napoleon's back from
Elba, his troops have flocked to him,
and Louis has run for his life. The
news was in Berwick this morning.”
“Great Lord 1” cried my father.
“Then the weary business is all to do
over again.”
"Aye, we thought we were out from
the shadow, but it’s still there. Wel
lington 1« ordered from Vienna to the
Low Countries, and it Is thought that
the emperor will break out first on
that side. Well, it's a bad wind tbal
blows nobody any good. I've just had
news that I'm to join the Seventy-first
as senior major. I am to Join my reg
iment as soon as 1 can, and we shall
be over yonder in a month, and in
• Paris, maybe, before another one is
over.”
“By the Lord, then. I'm with you,
major!” cried Jim Horscroft. 'I'm
not too proud to carry a musket, if you
will put me in front of this French
man."
“My lad, Td be proud to have you
serve under me." said the major.
“And as to De Lissac, where the em
peror Is he will be.”
“You know the man,” said I; “what
can you tell us of him?”
“There is no better officer in the
French anny, and that is a big word
to say. They say that he would have
been a marshal, but he preferred to
stay at the emperor's elbow. I met
him two days before Corunna, when I
was sent with a flag to speak about
our wounded. He was with Soult then.
I knew him again when I saw him.”
“And I will know him again when 1
see him,” said Horscroft, with the old
dour look on his face.
And then at that instant, as I stood
there. It was suddenly driven home to
me how poor and purposeless a life
I should lead while this crippled
friend of ours and the companion of
my boyhood were away in the fore
front of the storm. Quick as a flash
my resolution was taken.
“1'11 come with you, too, major,” I
cried.
“Jock ! Jock !" said my father, wring
ing his hands.
Jim said nothing, but he put his
arm half round me and hugged me.
The major’s eyes shone and he flour
ished his cane in the air.
“My word! but I shall have two
good recruits at my heels," said he.
“Well, there’s no time to be lost, so
you must both be ready for the eve
ning coach."
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And this was what a single day
brought about, and yet years pass
away so often without a change. Just
think of the alteration in that four-
and-twenty hours. De Lissac was
gone. Edie was gone. Napoleon had
escaped. War had broken out. Jim
Horscroft bad lost everything, and he
and I were setting out to fight against
the French. It was all like a dream,
until I tramped off to the coach that
evening, and looked back at the gray
farmsteading and at the two little
dark figures—my mother, with her
face sunk In her Shetland shawl, and
my father, waving his drover’s stick
to hearten me upon iny way.
CHAPTER XI.
The Gathering of the Nations.
And now I come to a bit of my story
that clean makes me wish that I had
never taken the Job of telling it in
hand. But you can find the cause and
reason of everything in the books
about history, and so I shall Just leave
that alone and talk about what I saw
with my own eyes and heard with my
own ears.
The regiment to which our friend
bad been appointed was the Seventy-
first Highland Light Infantry, which
wore the red coat and the trews, and
had its depot In Glasgow town. There
we went, all three, by coach, the ma
jor in great spirits and full of stories
about the Duke and the Peninsula,
while Jim sat in the corner, with his
lips set and his arms folded, and I
knew that he killed De Lissac throe
times an hour in his heart. I could
tell it by the sudden glint of his eyes
and grip of his hand.
We were In Glasgow next day, and
the major took us down to the depot,
where a soldier with three stripes on
his arm and a fistful of ribbons from
his cap showed every tooth he had in
his head at the sight of Jim, and
walked three times round him, to have
the view of him as If he had been Car
lisle castle. Then he came over to me
and felt my muscle, and was well nigh
as pleased as with Jim.
"These are the sort, major; these
are the sort,” he kept saying. “With a
thousand of these we could stand up
to Boney’s best.”
“How do they run?” asked the ma
jor.
“A poor show,” said he, “but they
may lick Into shape. The best men
have been drafted to America, and we
are full of militiamen and recrultles."
“Tut, tut I” said the major. “We'll
have old soldiers and good ones against
us. Come to me if you need any help,
you two.” And so, with a nod, he left
us, and we began to understand that
a major who is your officer is a very
different person from a major who
happens to be your neighbor in the
country.
Soon came the news that the folk
nt Vienna, who had been cutting up
Europe as If it had been a Jlgget of
mutton, had flown buck, each to his
own country, and that every man and
horse in their prmles had their faces
toward France.
We beard of great reviews and mas
terings in Paris too, nnd then that Wel
lington was In the Low Countries, and
that on us and on the Prussians would
fall the first blow. The government
was shipping men to him as fast as
they could, and every port along the
east coast was choked with guns ami
horses and stores. On the third of
June we had our marching orders also,
and on the Mine day we took ship
from Leith, reaching Ostend the night
after. From there we went on to a
place called Bruges, and from tliere to
Ghent, where we picked up with the
Fifty-second and the Ninety fifth,
which were the two regiments that we
were brigaded with. It’s a wonderful
place for churches and stonework. Is
Ghent; and. Indeed, of all the towns
we were In there was scarce one hut
had a finer kirk than any in Glasgow.
From there we pushed on to Ath,
which Is a little village on n river, or
a burn rather, called the Dender.
There we were quartered—In tents
mostly, for It was tine, sunny weather
—and the whole brigade set to work
nt Its drill from morning till evening.
General Adams was our chief and Rey-
nell was our colonel, and they were
both fine old soldiers; but what put
heart Into us most was to think that
we were under the Duke, for his name
was like a bugle call. He was at Brus
Here the charming “movie” «tar,
sels with the bulk of the army, but we Hope Hampton, la seen posing as a
knew that we should see him quick fashion model. She dons one of her
enough if he were needed.
latest importations, of which sho has
I had never seen so many English ' contracted to purchase 104 during the
together, and Indeed I had a kind of year at a total cost of $50,000. This
contempt for them, as folk always is on account of the demands made
have if they live near a border. But upon her in the dressing of her pro
the two regiments that were with ns 1 ductions. The gown is made of sil
now were as good comrades as could ' ver cloth, which is built to give a mer
be wished. The Fifty-second had a maid figure.
thousand men In the ranks, and there I
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were many old soldiers of the Penin- '
sula among them. They came from
HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
Oxfordshire for the most part. The
Ninety fifth were a rifle regiment, and
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had dark-green coats Instead of red.
It was strange to see them loading, for I Common Errors in English and
they would put the ball In a greasy !
How to Avoid Them
rag and then hammer It down with a I
mallet, but they could fire both farther
“OFTEN” AS AN ADJECTIVE.
and strnlghter than we. All that part
of Belgium was covered with British ; N AN advertisement published re
troops at that time, for the Guards
cently In a New York newspaper,
were over near Enghien. and there . the writer spoke of “the often elabo
were cavalry regiments on the farther rateness of the dress seen in some
By EDNA KENT FORBES
side of us. You see. It was very nec- i groups of men." The use of the word
essary that Wellington should spread "often” In this manner Is incorrect;
out all his force, for Boney was be- the dictionaries mention it, but they
ONE’S MORNING CUT
hind the screen of his fortresses, and j call such use “archaic," which means
HEBE nre unfortunately few of
of course we had no means of saying outworn, or antiquated. “Often" Is
us who dare Ue late in bed and
on what side he might pop out. except an adverb, or modifier of a verb, and
have our breakfast served to us
that he was pretty sure to come the means “on frequent or numerous oc
way that we latest expected him. On casions; many a time; frequently" fore we rise. Yet, If a woman Is
the one side he might get between us (Standard Dictionary). It should not nervous, fagged out, a semi-lnvalld. or
and the sea. and so cut us off from
convalescing, there are few other
be used as an adjective, or a modifier
England; and on the other he might
of a noun, as in the phrase quoted. things that will make her look better
shove In between the Prussians and
For “often," as used there, substitute and feel better during the day, than
ourselves. But the Duke was as clever
a cup of coffee before rising.
as he, for he had his horse and his “frequent,” the only adjective that
Those who conserve their strength
may
be
used
correctly
in
this
sense.
light troops al! around him, like n
will stay young looking longer than
In this connection It may be well
great spider’s web, so that the moment
those who overuse their energies.
a French foot stepped across the bor to note that the word “often" Is fre Wrinkles and ullowness nnd hollow
der he could close up all his men at quently—perhaps even generally- cheeks and dull eyes may be warded
mispronounced. The “t" should not
the right place.
be sounded; the correct pronunciation off for many years. If a woman will
For myself, i was very happy at
hold some energy In reserve. Ami this
” but “orn."
Ath, and I found the folk very kindly is not “of-ten, (Copyright.)
extra rest In the morning will do
and homely. There was a farmer of I
worlds of goo«!.
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the name of Bols, In whose fields we O
To be sure, it Is only for those who
were quartered, who was a real good
-an—or mti**—t»ko the time to lie n-
A LINE 0’ CHEER
friend to many of us. We built him
a wooden barn among us in our spare
time, and many a time I and Jeb Sea
By John Kendrick Bangs.
ton, my rear-rank man, have hung out
his washing, for the smell of the wet
“TICK-TOCKl TICK-TOCK!"
linen seemed to take us both straight
home as nothing else could do. I have
'Tm ticking off time,” said the old
often wondered whether that good
Hall Clock,
man and his wife are still living,
"My hands never rest, but they run
their race
though I think it hardly likely, for
Around, and around, and around
they were of a hale middle age at the
my face,
time. Jim would come with us too
With never a pause of a second or
sometimes, and would sit with us
two
Because there’s no end to the work
smoking in the big Flemish kitchen,
1 do.
but he was a different Jim now to the
But now and then.
old one. He had always had a hard
In the manner of men,
touch in him, but now bls trouble
I strike, and I strike, and I strike
again
seemed to have turned him to flint
But whether I’m striking or not,
and I never saw a smile upon his face,
my friend,
and seldom heard a word from his lips.
I work, and I work, for the same
His whole mind was set on revenging
old end,
In attending to
himself upon De Lissac for having
The endless task that 1s mine to
taken Edie from him, and he would
do.”
sit for hours, with his chin upon his
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wrapped up in the one Idea. This
made him a bit of a butt among the
men at first, nnd they laughed at him
for it; but when they came to know
him better they found that he was not
a good man to laugh at, and they
dropped It.
I
Beauty Chats
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Japanese Masks of Shame.
One of the most unusual features of
a Japanese court to a stranger Is the
fact that each prisoner has his head
covered by a wicker mask, more like
an Inverted waste-basket than any
thing else, the object of which Is to
prevent recognition of the prisoner, to
permit him to hide Ills shame under
the disguise and, very possibly, to pre
vent him from making a bolt for lib
erty.
The sight of a prisoner so arrayed is
ghastly, the mask bringing up the sug
gestion of the hangman's cap.
Once In the prisoners’ box, how
ever, the masks are removed, while
the prisoners sit with deeply bowed
heads in an attitude of the utmost hu
mility.—Boston Post.
Enemies Died Together.
A rural postman in Inverness found
two animals caught In one trap; one
a rabbit, held firmly by a hind leg, nnd
the other a ferret, with both forelegs
fixed in the trap. Apparently the rab
bit was being pursued by the ferret
when both were caught.
be
VERY time I maka meestake een '
spenka da Engleesh 1 losa da
E
cash. I getta preety mad other day
losa twelvn buck maka jusa one mee-
stake.
Some guy come vecslt me een da
place where 1 work for try sella mo
somatlng. And so soon he come een
everybody else go out to keepn from
buy somatlng. Dat guy sskn ine first
ting eef I Ilka leetle dreenk soma
time.
I say, "Betta your life, but ees
preety hard getta now seence du pro-
hlblsh—you gotta somatlng on da
hlpf
He say he no gotta somatlng on
da hip, but he gotta somatlng for
mnka dreenk weeth da keek. But I
no likn dn Idee mnka dat stuff and
go een da Jail for da bootaleg. So I
telln heem I tlnk I no wanta buy.
He say he was da book agent and
he gottn dn best seller een Unttedg
State. He say dat book tella how
cun maka stronga dreenk preety i
chenp. Now 1 no care for dn book,
but I tlnk he wns preety lucky hava
da cellar now. I hava dn cellar, too,
for five, seexa week after dn pro-
hlblsh, but era nlln gone now.
But when he tella me he sella mo
da best seller een Unlteda State for
twelve buck I close dn proposlsh. I
signa dn pnper nnd he sny nexa mont
I getta. I tlnk was pretty gooda
bargain getta whole cellar twelvn
buck when one qunrt costa dat mooch
regular price.
Da nexa week I getta leetle box by
«hi express for twelve buck. I open
dnt box nnd only ting censlde ees da
book. But «hit book sure gotta plenta
Informash how can mnka somatlng
weeth da keek. I buy da cellar and I
getta dn book. And eef I uso dat
hook I getta trouble. I tlnk ees gooda
idee mnkn da resolush no dreenka
A Cup of Coffee, Taken Before Rising, some more.
Wot you tlnk?
Will Often Start You Off Feeling
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Brighter and Fresher.
bed nn hour or so. But, if you drag
yourself out when every step hurts,
tumble into your clothes before sleep
has left your brain ami start your
dally work while every muscle still
aches for more relaxation, you are us
ing up energy before you hove yet ac
COAT-LAPELS.
quired It, and you will pay for It in
a hollow countenance and nn eternally
HE notched, buttonholed lapel of
tired feeling. If you lie In that dreamy
our modem coats Is descended
half-awake state for a while, then sit
from the days when gentlemen trav
up nnd drink n cup of steaming hot
eled from place tp place on horsi-hack.
coffee or chocolate, ami ent a buttered
Frequently it was necessary to travel
roll, and perhnps glance through the
In cold or rainy weather, and the coat
pnper—when you arise you will have
gathered together enough energy to was made so tiiat It could be buttoned
close around the neck. The right
Start you off right.
But this Is a habit for those who nre hand lapel carried a button, which
thin, nervous, or below normnl henllh. has disappeared, though the buttonhole
Otherwise, It Is apt to add flesh—and remains.
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lazy habits.
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An
Inventor
has patented a spring
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Kitchener, Ont., has just appointed wire stretcher to smooth wrinkles
from necktie*.
its first policewoman.
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