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HUSBANDS
ling 1 ommy
By GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM
JUNGLE 1
Uy DOUGLAS MALLOC11
THINK no woman reully knows
The things her husband undergo*»
The constant st niggle day und night,
I'he good and bud. the wrong and
right.
The endless battle lie must fight.
'Grace Dliss Stewart
How do you do, sir,
ups bravely, but his knees »hook n Ht-
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While hors the lot of husbanda* wlvo<
tie.
"What caM I do for you this
He lends a multitude of lives—
NE morning Clieenips opened hl»
morning
1"
The club, the office. and the street.
round twinkly eyes «ooner than
"Eh, what was that? Did I hear
Gisborne
I
shoulil
make
her
poorer.
The
Journey,
victory,
defeat
—
“And even If »he won't marry me,"
uwtrti I
lids ■trulig»
something?" trumpeted
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CHAPTER X—Continued
But If I take her num*, that Is to say. Temptation av'ry where to meet.
"Folks have to be up bright and visitor. "Hurely I heard » »«mud. but
»aid Tommy, "and I mean to have a
th* passp«’rt of th* gracious frauleln.
pretty good try at persuading her. I
early to g«'t ahead <«f men, thought l «an t «e* a »Itigl« thing. Do th«?
“For entering Germany with a f«*el pretty certain »he won't marry I do her no harm, for »!>• g«t» »noth-1 One tempts with pleasure, one « It h he. "I f*el JU»t ns If »omethlng wore
make voices without bodies nowadays?
fais* passport.” said Von Stelnveldt. you. No girl would, Good by. Or er on* nt once—another passport..you
gold ;
going to happen today.”
Conte out her* Ilk* a gentleman un«l
"you shall in prison forthwith en- perhaps I ought to say •Ach ho , Herr understand, not another name. When- Each day around 1dm souls are ■old.
Ho wiis really too excited to «levp talk. Wh«*v*r you are!”
a«
I
mak*
you
rich
In
what
you
want.
closed be."
Are »old for riches, aold for ease.
All the lovely Jungle was ■<> much
Bridegroom arranged.’ "
"My dear sir,” »«hl Clieerup«. wb«>
With th* pussport of Miss Glsborue Or sold some baser sense to plena»—
“Do try not to be quite so cock
more wonderful than any drenm he was Just a llttl* angry nt talng apoken
sure that you're always right, said
you can travel anywhero."
nudi
thing»
■■
th«**.
He iu*ots all day
had ever dream*«! that h* open«««l his to no rudely. "Will you |>lea»e b* kind
CHAPTER XI
Tommy. "As a matter of fact, my
I do not know whether that Un* of
eye« very wide to make »ur\» of stay* enough to l«H»k on th«» groun«l right In
reasoning quieted Janet’s scruple*, or |
passport Isn’t false, as you call it. In
While you, the sheltered mid th* Ing awake,
Above Cheerups ’ bead front of your remarkable long none?
that
Casimir
It
was
at
half
past
ten
any single particular. My face Is
whether th* Joy of being able to go
warm.
the palm trees waved their ginnt I'm Chwrups. and I hav* com«» »11 the
the
morning
entered
the
Adlon
hotel
oval, my nose Is of normal shape,
to Lystrla smothered the cries of her Know little gale or little «torni,
leaves In the breeze like so many palm why from th* (.rent Mountain to
and my mouth Is more or less round after th* party at the Mascotte. lie conscience. She «-eused to object to ; Or hidden sting, or thorny rose,
Bright Mr. Sun. as he broaden my acqualntanc*."
when open, which Is Just what th* did not find Tommy, who by that tlm* the stealing of the pa»»port. und be Or shining stream thnt darkly flows. leaf funs.
"Uh. there you nr*, to be sure, Mr.
passport says. If you don't believe had gone off to the police office. He came exceedingly curious to know how ; That meet him ev'rywhere he goes.
Clieerup«. I »m »«»rry I »poke th« way
m* and can't bear to look me in the did find Janet Church, whom he rath it was to be don*.
I did. My cousin, Hunky Tusky. In
face—which I can understand you er wished to avoid. She at once at-
•That,” said Casimir, "Is easy. Th« Oh, keep the cottage window s bright I |
India Is ro ¡«»Ute that b* would be
don’t car* to do after sticking me tachol herself to Casimir and remind English seldom lock up anything. In That man may find Ids way tonight.
dreadfully «■hutned of me. I have
with your marks in the way you did ed him of his promise to arrange for England. 1 suppose, It 1» not neciissary . Such golden love your heart should
been looking eWytWi*!* frv yon.
—Just take a glance at th* photo on her visit to Lystrla.
to lock things up. No doubt all th* I
hold
Casimir was quite civil to her. He
Churly Gorilla «ame home •" »et up
the passport."
English ar* so rich that they do no1 That none may lure with love or gold
about the new umbrella which you
Thia apparently struck Von Stein- Is the kind of man who Is civil to any want to take what Is not theirs. W hy
where souls are
In
that
mud
world
loaned him I menu explained to him
veldt as a thing which he ought to woman anywhere and at any time. He should they when they have all they ;
sold.
how to use -that I have come for a
do. Il* took a long look at the pho had a reason for treating Janet with want ? So here In Berlin Colonel
hit of advice tm». Hop onto my trunk
tograph. which in<l«*e«l bore very little special politeness. He believed her Heard does not lock up his own puss .
and 1<*w of mind
|
oom
>
of
tongue
The
and run up nearer my eMr, thut • n
resemblance to Tommy.
1 hen. In to be Tommy's or rattier Norhey s, port or Miss Gisborne'». If sometimes,
business sharper he will find,
The
g<Mid fellow! Now we can talk
I
stead of comparing it with Tommy s aunt.
by chance, he does lock them up, he Ttie painted woman, gambler, cheat.
“Certainly,” he said. “Everything always leaves th* key in th* pocket
am Gray Ears the African Elephant.
face, he rapidly turned over the pile
Who set their traps In ev’ry street.
You eee, I have com* nbout my toeth
of papers on the desk in front of him. will be settled about your Journey. of th* trousers he wore th* day be Your love and kindness can defeat.
No, not thc«e long tu«k»
They do
From among them he drew out an There will be no difficulty at all. I fore. for tli* English are a truly great
look Impressive, don't they? But wlmt
other photograph and looked careful shall get you a passport.”
nation, and th* English gentleman I* Home’s not a table; home Is more; '
In talking to Janet he rpoke Ger so noble b* suspects no one. H* would
UU h I «nylng? Oh. ye«. nl»>ut teeth.
ly at It. He placed both photographs
A lighthouse on a stormy shore.
I bud four fine one«, two on each Jaw.
aide by side an I stared at them. man and was therefore able to express not himself steal anything, ever. An altar and nn Inner shrine
nnd they ground leaves nnd twigs
Then, suddenly, he looked up at Tom- himself without quoting Shakespeare. Therefore he leave* his key» In th* That God has blessed and made divine.
“I don't see how you can get me a
splendliUy. l'Ut three of them have
pockets of his yesterday’» trousers.
my.
,
And you Its priestess, love Its sign.
Wlmt can
“Of what height are you?" he asked. passport,” said Janet. "Th* consul
"All the same,” »aid Janet, ‘hell,
“Hop Onto My Trunk and Run Up j worn off nuil dropped out.
“Five foot, ten and a half inches, here, and the passport officer, and the lock th* door of his bedroom. W» all Keep then the lump of love ablaze
i
dor
N*ar*r My Ear.”
"Why. that's very easy. Gray Ear»,
■ee passport," said Tommy, “forehead people at the embassy refuse to al
do that."
w To guide him up from darker ways,
low
me
to
have
one.
If
I
travel
nt
all,
Hill«, made diamonds of the dewdrops don't worry," shouted (’’beerups gaily.
broad, eyes blue, nose normal, face
“That." said Casimir. “Is nothing." Ttll ev’ry tempter he baa passed—
"Mother Nature ha« arrange«! »«• thut
oval. Mouth round when opened. It’s It must be without a passport. That's
■ nd turned the Howers Into flume.
Then he went on to explain to Janet Your strength so strong, your love »
what I expect you to manage for me."
"Oue or those flowers would make when one of your teeth drop* out, an
how tli* theft was to b* effected, ami
all there.”
vast.
“You shall have an excellent puss-
other «mo will come forward from the
a whole suit for me." thought Clieei
For the first time during the Inter
the explanation left her gasping.
You lend him home to God at Inst.
ups. "If I could only find a tailor, I back of your Jaw to take Its pln«’e.
view Von Stelnveldt smiled. It was a port.” said Casimir, “a British pass
Th*
Countess
Olga.
Casimir
’
s
only
would exchange my green coat for a Go home now nn«l be patient, and b*-
grim smile, with more than a sugges port. which no one will question.”
O
"You can’t get me that.’’ said Janet. sister, was nt that time a housemahl
purple one. But what In the world Is for«* you reallz«* It. you will have all
tion of malice in it; but Tommy was
In the Adlon hotel. As a housemaid
“It's impossible."
that rumbling noi»e? '1 believe we »re the teeth y«u nec«L" sn«l tlieenips
glad to see a smile of any kind.
she had. of course, a master key which
Casimir smiled Indulgently.
going to have n «bower. Quickear. do ran quickly down Gray Ears' l«m«
“I think," said Von Stelnveldt, "i that
They were sitting together near the op*ne«l »11 the doors on th* floor on
trunk anil Jump«*«l to th* grouml with
you hear thander?”
there has a mistake been."
which
she
served.
The
room
occupld
door of the halt A lady, middle-aged,
"1 certainly hear »omethlng very a merry chuckle.
•Tve thought so all along.” suld
by Colonel ami Mrs. Heard and that
Gray Ears stood there u minute,
loud and alarming. »IT." cried Quirk
Tommy.
of Miss Gisborne «ere under her car*
swinging
his body from «Id* to »1'1«
ear,
Jumping
up
from
the
comfortable
•That d—d fool Count Casimir has
She could enter them at any tlm* she
cobweb where lie was sitting
“It nnd curling lil» trunk this way nnd
this time himself a mistake made.”
chose, stay in them as long as she
doesn't sound a bit like the thunder that. He felt a llttl« doubtful. What
“I don't know that Casimir is more
chose and not excite the smallest sus
of a fool than any one else.” said Tom
EUGENE DE BEAUHARNIAS we hear on the Great Mountain nt he had heard »eemed too strange nnd
picion. She was familiar with Col
home, though. It's »<» nimbly roily, too good to believe. Then he shook
my. "You mad* th* same mistake
onel Heard’s habit of leaving his key»
bls big Kvny side* nnd Hupped bls big
yourself. I don’t even now profess to
in his trouser» pockets.
ugene de beauharnias was ■ nd It’» coming nearer all the lime."
"Bless ine. whut’s that?” shouted grny ears «nd »nbl:
understand what it is. But you made
The first feeling which this frank
the stepson of the great Napoleon
•*Thnnk jou ever
much for your
It So did two of your police officers."
confession arouse! in Janet’s mind . —a fact alone thut would make him Checrupe. n* a »rent gray monster
I'll I e going
“But L" said Von Stelnveldt. "the
was pity for the countcss. It must world famous. He was born In Parts broke through the underbrush nnd kindness. Mr. Cheerily«.
mistake discover*«! have."
be a dreadful thing for a highborn September S. 1781, (he was a child stood »till n minute, a» If dazed Fully now. but I'll come back Inter to let
“You can’t take much credit for
lady, nd doubt a delicately nurtured j during the French Revolution) and ten feet lull was this fellow, with the you know about those teeth." Then
that” »«M Tommy. "You'd hav* dis
lady, to be reduced to earning her llv- i when a very young man, entered U|>on biggest tars and the longest n«»* and Gray Ears th* Elephant ambled and
cover*»! It long ago. In fact, you d nev
Ing as a housemaid In a hotel. Cast- ■ a military career. He met Napoleon, the most surprising teeth which shambled «lowly away through the
er hav* made It If you d listened to
mir explained that her pity was one day, by going to hltu with a re stretched away, way out In front of
<« by l.lltl*.
me and believed what I said."
quest for a favor, nnd mad* such an him.
wasted.
“Soon." said Von Stelnveldt, “the
"It Is not for the sake of wages that Impression on the great man—who
4__ d Casimir will th* mistake also dis
Olga Is a housemaid," he said. “She was not the world conqueror then—
cover. Then you can say to him and
has money enough to live otherwise, | that a friendship grew up between
your Lord Troyte. and to Herr Cable
and if she had not. I would give It to them. Nai»ole"n met th* boy's mother.
that another bridegroom for the fair
her. We Lystrlan nobles are not rich. | Josephine de Beauharnias, and mar
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Calypso arranged has been."
but we would not allow our sisters to . rted her.
Forta about your name; nt hiatory;
He sat up straight In his chair,
Leaving,
shortly
after,
for
an
expe
earn wages as servants. No. Olga Is
^¡SnmK. wMnca It waa darWad. tig.
By H. IRVING K I N U
pulled his bristly white mustache and
a patriot She is a housemaid Ju»t as • dition In Egypt, he took Eugene with
»lAcarKa, your lucky day. lucky lawai
looked so pleased that Tommy began
I was a soldier In the wur for the sake , him. As Napoleon conquered, so did
to think that he must himself be the
of our beloved land, ours for fifteen , the boy rise in rank* he was only
CRICKETS
“arranged” bridegroom. The thought
hundred years, now taken from us. I about twenty-four when Napoleon
ANNIE
of Calypso being married against her
fought, but It was no use. Olga col mnde him viceroy of Ttkly. In Italy, d*
HEN we consider the presene» of
WI1!—r immy felt certain It would be
lects Information, letters, documents, Beauharnias’ talent for military affairs
HIS quaint but charming and un
a cricket singing tn the house ns
ag nst her will—to this bristly-head-
showed
itself;
he
built
up
the
army
telegrams—”
deniably popular name has no ety ■ n omen of good luck we er* continu
*■! German made Tommy seriously an-
“From people who leave their keys There was war between Austria and mological right to existence. Though
ing n superstition of unknown an
Italy then, and the battles were fought it slgnlf1«*s grace and Is of course close
g-y.
about,” said Janet.
tiquity. In general the superstition !«
“Do you mean to tell me," he said, “No,” Said Casimir, “I Shall Steal It."
“And, if n«-< essary. passports," said along the Piave. Except for a period
ly related to Aane and Anna, It hns no that the cricket "on the hearth" brings
"that you have the nerve to thiuk of
of command with the Russian army. I»e
Casimir, smiling.
sclontlflc excuse for being
It se> ms good luck; the sudden departure of
very neatly dressed, unmistakably
marrying her yourself?"
Janet is not, I suppose, nn entirely Beauharnias stayed In Italy defending rather to bo the natural endearment
crickets from the house prognosticate«
English,
passed
them,
going
toward
“So.” said Von Stelnveldt. "Her
unscrupulous
woman.
There
are It against Austria.
rising out of the chill dignity of Anne. a death tn the family nnd the vHpeelnt
the swinging door.
equal in birth I certainly am.”
When
Napoleon
was
deposed,
his
things she would not do, though very
It Is barely possible that Annie may liveliness of n cricket In Its chirpings
“That," said Casimir, “is Miss Gis few, for the sake of a cause she
‘ had stepson retiree! with his wife, a Bava
“Well, Just listen to me for a min
have come to U« by a more direct mute foretells the coming of a loved one.
borne.
Miss
May
Gisborne.
She
Is
ute," said Tommy. “You've swindled
at heart. She made no further pro- rian prln«’eRH. The king of Buvar i
Most of the write'» regard th» super
me with these beastly marks of yours the secretary of Colonel Heard, who test against the theft of Miss
gave him a duchy, and he llve«l la than colloquialism. A favorite num* tn
early Gaelic times was Anni, signify stition ns originating In the innate of
In a way that a third-rate money-lend is the head of th > British Graves Reg borne’s passport; but she did not Munich until his death. In 1824.
association. The cricket makes a clu nr-
er would have been ashamed of. istration commission.”
One of his sons married Donna ing Joy- The pronunciation of Hits
want to go on talking about it. She
Janet looked without particular In
You’ve set on nasty, slimy police offi
Marin, queen of Portug.l, Home eleven name 1« very similar to Annie. In ful sound, nnd Is frequently heard
changed the subject.
Englund, however, there has arisen a about the hearth becoming, ns It were,
cer» to arrest me. You’ve dragged me terest at Miss May Gisborne.
“By the way,” she said, “talking of yearn after his father's death.
“
In
seeking
for
British
graves,
”
said
fashion of christening Annlo. probably a pnrt of the family or n god of the
You
’
ve
about Berlin in a taxlcnb.
passports. That young friend of yours
from some confusion ns |" the »p« Bing fireside— a Lares.
kept me standing here for half an Casimir, “Colonel Heard, who Is some who was with you last night in the
Pliny, writing nearly two thousand
of Ann or Anne.
hour with nothing but your face to times accompanied by his wife, goes
years ago, says Hist "crickets were
look at. Very well. I’m n >t going to through various parts of Germany,
With
th*
exception
of
Anna,
the
"Your nephew," said Casimir.
HE YOUNG LADY quaint name of Annie Is the most pole much esteemed by nnclent magicians,"
ask for compensation, thm- -h I ought and beyond Germany into all the
Janet recollected herself.
countries
of
eastern
Europe.
Miss
which arouses n suspicion thnt the
to get it. I’m not even
>ing to de
"My nephew, yes. I am afraid he
ACROSS THE WAY ular of all forms In this country. Anne cricket
superstition hns behind it sotne-
mand an apology, though if you had Glsliorne often goes with him. In or Is likely to get into trouble with his
1« piquant and Anna slightly forbid
Hottentot der, I suppose, to register the graves
as much decent feeling as
ding, but Annlo appeals to the popular thing besides the Lares Idea nnd that
passport.
”
<
«omethlng so nnclent thnt It wns un
you’d apologize without I- ing asked. which are found. Colonel Heard has
taste and Yankee love of endearment.
“But how?” said Casimir. "Surely
known even In Its associations In
But I'll Just tell you one • .ng before a diplomatic passport. So has Miss In London they gave him a correct
Amber Is Annie's taltsmanlc stone
i’llny's time: thnt the superstition Is
I go. I mean to marry • alypso my Gisborne. I propose that you should passport."
It will brlnp her health and guani her so nnclent, nn Inheritance from day*
use Miss Gisborne's passport.”
self.”
“On his passport he is described as
from
disease.
Tuesday
Is
nor
lucky
I do not suppose that Janet Church
so remota. thnt Its real origin tins been
Von Stelnveldt was grn fnely aston
the Reverend Thomas A. Norreys.
day and 4 her lucky number.
lost—a ves Iga from primitive times
ished. He had been bn
lit up to re has any particular scruples about Now, he’s not that,"
(® br Wh««l«r Ryndtoat«. Ino.)
and n striking example of the per
gard royal persons of ; 1 kinds and traveling with a false passport. For
“
He
is
certainly
not
that,
”
said
Cas
sistence of n superstition long after
members of arlstocracle- is sacred. A the sake of a noble excuse—and what
imir.
everything relating to It has been
pastor—he now quite believed that could be nobler than world peace?—
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gathered Into the Impenetrable gloom
Tommy was a curate- he -mgs to the she would willingly do far worse
“It was foolish,” said Casimir, “to
o
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of lost centuries.
rank of the bourgeolsl Is bürgerlich. things than that. But she was star put that on his passport, and quite un
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assumed that Miss Gisborne’s pass necessary.”
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"But she is a prince V he said.
"If the police suspect anything
port
would
be
at
her
disposal.
“I don’t know anyth!, g about that,”
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"But the isn't in the least likely to wrong—’’
■aid Tommy, “but who her she is or
"The police will not see that pass
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not, I mean to marry 1 -r if she will lend IX to me,” said Janet.
"No," said Casimir. “I shall steal port.”
have me. And I may s y that if
i. It's
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ELEPHANT GOES CALLING
O
E
What’s in a Name?"
W
T
It.”
Ev«n Janet shied a little at that,
The Word “steal” used In that way
has a very nasty sound, and I sup-
pose, as a worker In the cause of
Christian unity, Janet felt herself
more or less committed to the Ten
Commandments.
“Steal 1" said Janet, '“ But I couldn't
agree—"
"Even Shakespeare," said Casimir,
You recol-
"is occasionally wrong.
lect—?” He gave his quotation in Eng
lish. "'who steals my purse steals
trash; 'tls something, nothing; ’twa»
mine, 'tls his, and has been slave to
thousands, but he that filches from me
ray good name robs me of that which
not enriches him and makes me poor
takable.
“Aeh so. Herr English pastor,' he indeed.' There Shakespeare was mis
taken. If I took the Pur89 of Miss
said.
a choice between you : nd me, I ex-
pect to have the better hance.’
"So, Herr Pastor,” Said Von Steln-
veldt.
He had sufficiently recovered from
his first surprise to realize that Tom
my's threat was absurd. No princess
could possibly m -ry a curate. Such
a thing would be worse than a wave
of Bolshevism. < -ntra! European so
ciety would be f aken to Its founda
tions. Wladlsla'
as Von Stelnveldt
knew, was a dis putable wreck of a
V is highly unconven-
king- Calypso
____
tlonal In her manner of life. But even
they could not contemplate an alli
ance with a curat-- The sneer on Von
Stelnveldt's face be< ame quite unuos-
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