THE FRATERNITY
OF GRIEF
King Tommy
IL
By GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM
CorrrUh« by Bobbs-MerrUl C«.
W N. U. Serri«
=
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
UU have had grief but ■<> have I;
I, too, have wstciied the clos
Ing tomb.
My house ha» had th«' empty room
My heart the ache. Our love«! ones
die.
Put, <d>. the company they meet
Upon that far, celestial »tract,
WUera throngs of angels Intertwine
My beloveil ami yours, your loved und
mine.
Y
In the
w
â
JUNGLE
lw z^Gracc Dhw Stewart
Wifh Chcerup? anditi«Quix«
IHE NERVOUS GNU
T WAS a very trying moment for
I Mr. Gnu. He had Just begun to
wonder what kind of tin nnlmsl he
"till, what's that?" whinnied he with
« jump, ns he cium» smlilenlv Into the
clearing and saw t'beerup«' little house
Standing then-. "I don't believe It
mean« anything good. whute»»r It I».
and yet I should like to know."
"Don't be iilarmed,” calimi it merry
voice from the peak of the small pitlm
leaf roof "I know It looks queer, but
I Just got up here on top of my house
for n change and u better view of
things. I'm CliriTUps; I» there »ny
tiling I run do for you tndip ?'
air,
"Why why
stammered the Gnu, remembering nil
of a sudden Ilie knotty question whh h
hnd troubled him that morning “I'd
like to know what I am. Now there's
u poser for you! You see my chums.
Buffy Giraffe. Mra Oslrleh. Springy
Gazelle, Swift Hie Auteliqw nnd Zippy
Z«'brn. uti know who they are
Wo
nre very happy and sociable out on the
Broad Blain, »tr, hut I am bothered
about my family tree”
'•Whnt 1» your name?" nsked Cbeer-
upn kindly.
"They cull me the Nervous Gnu. Mr
which they continually tierform, keep
really was All his friend» were quite
rows of spittoons In their churches is
sure which family they belonged to.
sign of real reverence) nnd have sev­
eral well authenticated miracles every
“Wherever a Scot happens to be.'
There was Mrs ostrich, llaffy Giraffe.
have
had
grief
but
so
have
you
I
Swift the Antelope. Springy Gazelle
said Janet, “Is Scotland.”
year.
And, In my hour of diwpest losa,
“The law can't really be exactly like
As soon as they realised that Janet
and Zippy Zebra. Ills Jolly twl :hbors
1 dn not see the single cross—
was a priestess, deaconess or abbess,
that” said the princess •'It would be
on the Great Plain Eneh knew with
Thank God. I see the other two.
they made no dlttlcultles about allow­
too Inconvenient.”
out a doubt where he belonged In the
Yes.
my
own
Ions
has
this
much
"That Is the law.-’ said Janet. ••If
ing the party to go on.
Animal World.
gain:
I say that I’m married to him. I shall
Calypso's spirits rose after passing
"But here am I." grumbled Mr Gnu.
I
feel
the
brotherhood
of
pain,
be, and there’ll be no getting out of
the frontier posts. That corner of the
"with the bend nnd horns of a bull,
And,
kneeling
here
besble
my
own.
it That would be Intolerable."
Megallan territory consisted of the old
the mane ami tall of a horse and the
I know the loas that you have known. body and legs of an antelope; Just a
“It wouldn't be particularly pleas­
kingdom of !.< stria, so that the prln
most
ant for me, either," said Tommy.
cess was at last back In her own land,
misturo like patchwork.
We have our grief but so have nil.
He ought not to have said that; but
The few peasants who were herding
embarrassing "
our
grief
In
nil
our
grieving
all
he was getting angry with Janet. A
cattie on the hillsides were LystTlan«
Ho took n sudden leap Into the air,
Must not be selflab. Pluck one leaf
and no doubt talked to one another In
woman has a perfect right to refuse
alighted on the ground and begun to
the quacking language which the And gently let owe petal full
to marry any man who asks her; bur
paw nn<l wheel about like a frisky
Upon some spot where someone
chauffeur used. The cattle were Lys­
she ought not to tell him to his face
horse, which Is a funny way Gnus
trlan cattle, long horned, active little
sleeps
that be Is Intolerable. No man can be
For whom some other woman weeps,
beasts, which looked as If they afford-
expected to submit tamely to that,
For whom some man will mourn to
ded little milk when alive and not
particularly when he has not really
much meat when dead. The cottages
day:
offered himself as a husband.
were Lystrlan, the roads, the heather, We have had grief but ao have they
"Besides,” said Calypso. “If he mar­
the mountains themselves, all were
rled you. what would happen to poor
Lystrlan. Calypso drew deep breaths
Miss Temple?”
But who wouldn't bo If ho bud
of Lystrlan air with keen delight,
“I wish to goodness Miss Temple
the bond and horns of a bull, the mime
pointed
out
one
thing
after
another
was here." said Tonimy; "you won’t
ami trail of n horse and the body nnd
to Janet, who was not deeply Inter­
listen to me. But If she were here she
leg« <>f an antelope, and didn’t know nt
ested. Now and then she clapped her
wouldn’t want to marry me any more
nil what he 1« mid who nre his rein-
than either of you does. But anyhow.
hands with Joy.
tlon«? It's confusing, I say.”
The
spirits
of
the
brigand
chauffeur
If we’re to go on at all. one of you
By
F.
A.
WALKER
rose too. He still drove carefully. Any
must own up to being my wife. “I'll
mild t’hcerups. smiling nnd nodding
other kind of driving would have
leave you settle it between your­
Isn't a
Ida topknot merrily
brought
swift
disaster
on
the
Lystrlan
selves."
THE SUBTLE SPIDER
bit of doubt In my mimi whnt you nre.
roads. But he blew his horn when­
He walked off. walked to the car
ever he saw a man. woman or child,
and looked at IL walked a little way
IDDEN In some dark corner, or
Hint your body an»! leg« the great­
however distant. He threw off his enp
along the road and back again, finally
perhaps right before your eyes
er part of you nre like those of the
and let the mountain air blow freely
sat down on a stone and looked at the
the spider spins hl» silken web In
antelope family? So there you are!
river, which ran. turbid and yellow,
through his thick curly hair. Once,
which
to entangle and destroy bls un­
The question 1« settled ns neatly ns
for a short while, he quickened tbe
under a little bridge.
can be."
But Tommy's 111 temper never lasts
car’s pace and pursue«! a hare which wary victim.
Whether you believe It or not. you "Don't Be Alarmed,” Called a Voice
••oil, I l.ii.lu'i tkffiMM "f Hint.”
was foolish enough to run straight
long, and he Is a man of active and
From the Palm Leaf Roof.
gasped the Gnu. "It's funny how you
resourceful mind. In a quarter of an
along the road. After a while he be­ are watched every hour of your earth­
hour he was back with a proposal to
gan to sing, mere snatches of song at ly existence by some sort of vicious and dlaturbed. Then, kicking up Ida don't think of things. Isn't it? I seo
heels and flourishing hl« long tall, now that you nre perfectly right, Mr
first. In the end whole verses. Th!» spider planning t<> entrap you.
meet the difficulty.
It you un* less watchful than he. the Nervous Gnue scampered «era«’ t’hcerups. That's n ally a wonderful
“According to that Scorch law of
was highly unconventional behavior In
my mind !
If you do not take account of your the Broad Sunny Plain ut top speed
yours,” he said to Janet, ' would you
a chauffeur driving a royal car. Rut
Soon the Great Tree« nn<l Twisty Thank you. thunk you!"
be married to a man if you said you
Calypso did not resent It. She seemed words nnd actions nnd make a men
of the Jungle
"Now you cun go back to your Imp
were his wife, but he didn’t say he
actually pleased. Soon she Joined him tai note of the trifling web like things Vines of the ed|
was your husband?"
tn singing. When the mnn heard her which are happening nil about you. loomed before him. Their cool (dulde pv little neighborhood on the Broad
“Of course not,” said Janet.
high treble ring out he dropped natur­ the spider will eventually outwit you. looked very Inviting to Mr. Gnu.
Blain ami know Just where you stand.
<•11
And when once you
"I haven't been In there for n long Swift the
“Even if there were witnesses pres­
triopa nnd Springy Gn-
ally Into a bnss part. Ttje Lystrians,
moshed In his Invisible web n great time,” thought he. "I wonder what s
cons n«, remember! But
like mo»t half-civlllsed people, are very
ent?”
"That wouldn't matter,” said Janet.
musical, and every kind of singing Is sense of fear will descend upon you going on In the Jungle these days The please do be nreful about being curl-
with the weight and swiftness of a same old Lions and Leopards are ous. Mr. (¡i
“Unless we both said we were married
a delight to them.
raging deluge, of whose existence you there, I suppose, nnd they would like
we wouldn't be married.”
Calypso started the Lystrlan national
“And supposing while you were say­
anthem, a wild tune, as exciting as did not before believe to bo possible.
a nice Juicy something or other like
ing you were his w Ife another man
Falling Into tbe spider's web Is one me for supper. But I can't help that ;
the Marseillaise, with something In It
said he was your husband—quite a
of the grandeur of the old Russian of the deplorable misfortunes of the I've Just got to go in nnd look around
different man whom you didn't claim
czarist national air. The chauffeur human kind Everybody In life, from for myself. It’s so mysterious and ex-
remember nil you hava
at all—which of them would you be
Joined In with a kind of fierce enthu- the rosy-cheeke«l schoolgirl to her citing.”
married to?"
me, Mr Cheerupa," cried the
Now the Nervous Gnu is about the
slasm. They sang the tune through to mature parents, Is liable to becqme on
“I shouldn’t be married to either,
kicking Ids heel» Joyful-
gether three or four times. Then Ca- tangled, for the spider Is no respecter most curious animal In the
said Janet.
and with a Hnral switch
lypso leaned forward and laid her hand of youth or age.
he lost no time In trotting down the
"Even according to the Scotch law?
A. bewitching smile, a glnnco of the Winding Way Into the heart of the of his lull he made off nt top speed In
on Tommy's shoulder.
“Of course I shouIdn’L”
of l.ls friends on the
“Join In.” she said. “You sing, too. eye,i, a musical voice, n beaming coun
Jungle. He was timid and suspicious,
“Very well,” said Tommy, "when we
tenance, an uncontrollabl . ...... 1 for of course, but Iti» curiosity quite got Broad I'lnln
Let's all sing."
get to that frontier post you say that
She shook up JnneL who was doz­ wealth, may, in some way or another,
Colonel Heard is your husband. He
prove to be the flowing thread of the
ing. and told her to sing.
can’t say that you’re his wife because Above Them the Schloen, With the
Janet has no more ear for muslt terrible web flung out by ■ passing
he won’t be there. Therefore you won’t
Light Still Bright on It, Looked
than n crow ha.«. Hymns nre the only breeze to entrap you.
be married to him. I shall say that
Like a Fairy Palace.
"Now,” says the spider, n< he spins
things she ever attempts to sing, and
you’re my wife, but If you don t claim
I am told that when she does the rest another thread to make your captivity
mo as a husband, which you won't, nearly as much as they hissed and the
more certain, "now I am In position to
of the congregation suffers acutely.
having already claimed Colonel Heard, chauffeur was hissing frequently. The
continue our discussion.”
It
was
her
attempt
at
the
Lystrlan
princess
understood
about
half
of
what
then you won't be married to me and
"Every tub must stand up-
Up to this moment you have sue
national anthem which put a stop to
I shan’t be married to you. In fact, i each party said.
on Its own bottom.”
"They’ve Just asked him,” she said, the singing In the end. Janet, who Is reeded In eluding him.
we shan’t either of us be married to
And In your fancied security, ns
quite
unconscious
of
her
infirmity,
“
which
of
us
1«
your
wife."
any one, even by Scotch law. That
IS IT HINMAN?
likely ns not you have taunted and
"Tell him,” said Janet, "to say I’m sang loud when she began to enjoy
HESE are the words of the man
wil! be all right, won’t It?"
Is
bent
on
herself.
She
has
a
very
powerful
derlded
him,
so
now
he
I
who Is known to history ns the au­
• Besides.” said Calypso, “Colonel not."
mocking you, quite ready to resume thor of the great religious allegory, cw'HERE Is n« English Hinman fam-
But it was too late to tell him any­ voice. The chauffeur must have been
Heard seems to be married already,
lly. Burke .gives arms for Inman.
actually musical, more musical than
the discussion.
•'Pilgrim’s progre«»”—John Bunyan.
i ad nothing you could say would make thing. He was making a long speech
Hlmlman nnd Hyndman. A genealogist
la going to
either Tommy or the princess. His
But
the
manhood
in
you
in
mingled
hisses
and
quacks.
Bedford,
Bunyan was born near
any difference to that, would It?’
of the Amcrb-sn Hinman family sug­
face twitched when Janet's high notes outwit him.
The princess giggled again.
England, In the year KKW. Ills fa
"Exactly,” said Tommy. “That’s an­
gests that Inman Is the original form
from
him
reached
him.
His
steering
became
"He's Just told them," she said, “that
You are going to wean
and.
as
a
ther
was
a
tinker
by
trade.
other point. Even Scotch law can't
I’m Mrs, Heard, and that were all very erratic and once or twice he run
his subtle power, by warning the young mnn. John Bunyan followed the <>f the name for which Hlnninn Is a
let a man In for bigamy, in that cas­
the car dangerously near the edge of world from your housetop to beware Hnme vocation. During hl» youth be Cockney variation.
ual way, especially against his will, French subjects.”
At any nite there win early a big
"I won't be called French,' said the road. He tried to assuage bls mis­ of hl» silken web which has through
In the jmat civil war inai en-
and I don't suppose Heard particular­
family of Hinmans in thin country.
ery by sounding his horn fiercely when the nges strangled out love ami hope,
his
Janet
his
native
country
and
ly wants to marry you.”
gulfed
The first of .......... »me here was Ser
I hope hell be careful,” said Tom he knew a high note was coming In washed out eyes with tears and pol
change of mimi which led to deep re­
"So that's settled,” said Calypso.
geant Edward, who Is recorded In
any more the song. I suppose this only made son««l hearts until they have festered
my.
“
I
can't
talk
French
ligious
ponderings
may
be
attributed
Janet did not seem satisfied, and I
Stratford. Conn., between KVkt and
didn't he the discord more Intolerable. At last nnd died.
to
his
experiences
its
a
soldier.
can scarcely wonder. A woman as in*. than I can German. Why
he stopped the car, turned round, and
1062. Then1 Is a family tradition that
l-c) by MeClur« N«w«p«P«r Syndicate )
say
we
were
English?
”
' tlmately connected as she is with tbe
flunyan returned from the wnr with he was a sergeant nt-nnns In the body­
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use saying that to the Me- quacked out an angry »¡«ech to the
"It's
no
movement for reuniting the Christian
a much more serious regard for life guard of King Charles I, nnd that that
said the princess. “They princess.
churches of the world has to be very gallane,1
than when he hud entered In up-n the
Calypso understood what he said
think the English never send armies
Is where be got bls designation as ser-
careful of her reputation. It would be
struggle as a carefree young man. He
anywhere or do anything except pay- well enough. She would probably have
geant.
a terrible thing for her If It were to
was greatly Impressed with the truth
other people’s debts for them. But understood his feelings even If he had
By MILDRED MARSHALL
There Is record that he nnd ('apt.
I become generally known that she
and Importance of religion, nnd he ('Imries Underhill. In Albany, offered
they’re desperately frightened of the not spoken, for she was sitting beside
claimed a married man as her husband,
Facts about your name; Hs history;
of
A
na
­
Janet. But she was very tactful.
shortly Joined the Society
thelr Services to Hovernor Stuyesiint
meaning, whence It was derived; Jig-
j That Is the sort of thing a woman nev­ French.”
•tScanc«; your lucky day. lucky jewel
baptists nt Bedford, where he was to help the Dutch tlglit the Indiana but
The chauffeur quacked and hissed a
“Sandor says that we had better
er quite succeeds In living down, and
soon made a teacher among the sect Stuyvesant turned down
stop singing. The mountain air Is bad
offer,
little more.
the world Is censorious.
ami achieved considerable reputation saying that be considered the Indians
•‘I’m awfully sorry,” said Calypso to for the voice and we shall have sore
MELINDA
The men at the German frontier
"but he’s Just told them that throats tomorrow If we go on.”
as a preacher.
ns good friends as the English.
post turned out to be peaceful and Janet,
What Sandor really said was that
There were, nt this time, severe
Bedgennt Edward married Hannah,
quiet. They looked at t'ie passports you’re my maid.”
IOUGH
not
generally
listed
In
Inws ngnlnst any «ne who dissented daughter of Fruncís and Sarah Stiles
The man bad been treating Janet as unless the English housemaid stopped
but made no comment on ‘hem. They
ingllsh
noniencluture
and
regard-
were a seiA-ant ever since the squalling he would be forced by un­
from the established church but tli<s<‘ of Windsor, fonti. He tiled In BW1,
Inquired whether the travelers were If she
rather ii:« a pro»lu<t of the South
left Breslau.
She was deter- controllable emotion to stab her and
t——
atntntes held no terrors i'»r Bunyan, lenvlng four dnughlcrs and four non»,
taking any new clothes, gramophones, party
In this country, Melinda has In reality
to assert herself and not to throw her out of the car.
lie continued to preach In defiance of Tltus, Samuel, Benjamin and Edward
photographic apparatus «urglcal In­ mined
leave the Megallans under a false Im­
They drove on without singing for an Interesting history dating back to them ami eventually was apprehend
POWNALL— Thls nume la dcrlved
struments. telescopes or dyes out of
Spanish
ballad
lore.
In
(hat
remote
the rest of the afternoon, steadily
ed by the authorities and sentenced from n lownshlp ho called In Cheshlre,
Germany. The princes- said that their pression.
era,
she
was
undoubtedly
Melisenda
“Please tell him at once,” she said, climbing Into the mountains by twist­
to »erve 12 years In prison. During England.
a founder of the family
dresses were years old that they all
"to say that I'm the European repre­ ing and sometimes perilous roads. At anti first appeared as the name of the these years, from 1000 to It'”-» I“’ ,l'’
hated gramophones end never took
here wns TluumiH Pownnll, who wns
sentative of the League for Establish­ about six o'clock they reached the wife of Don Gayfcros who was voted himself almost entirely to re­
photographs.
Janet ad led solemnly
born In Lincoln, Englund
He wns
ing World Peace Through the Union highest point of a lofty pass. On each taken captive by the Moors, on the ligious meditation nnd to writing, lb»'
that the party did not |x>-«ess a single
son of an English civil officer In In­
side the mountains rose to snow-dad occasion of the feats that were rep
of
Christian
Churches."
first part of bls celebrated “Pilgrim's
lancet or a telescope. Tommy, when
Shtf spoke so fiercely that Calypso peaks. In front the road dipped steep­ resented by the puppet shows In Progress" was written in the Bedford dia. Thomas, the son, came to this
he understood what wns happening,
country aS private secretary tb Sir I »¡in­
dared do nothing but obey her. She ly Into a narrow valley. Beyond the which Don Quixote took an unfor-
said "Neln" four or flv< 'lines emphat­
vers Osborne, governor of New York.
Juli.
did her best to explain to the chauffeur valley, stood, steep and frowning, an­ tunately lively Interest
ically. Then there were some inquir­
Upon the expiration of bls sentence
BUCK The Buck family, to which
Another Melisenda was Princess
Janet Church's position in the religious other monntaln. On Its side, perched
ies about the ear. The prioress asked
on a plateau—Sandor gripped Tommy's Melisenda who curried the uneasy Bunyan was released nnd became pas­ Dudley Buck, the musician, belonged,
world.
I
do
not
know
what
the
chauf
­
the bearded chauffeur to produce his
arm and pointed forward—there, a crown of Jerusalem to the House of tor of the community In which bls was founded here by Emnntid Buck,
papers. In getting at nn Inside pocket feur thought or how much he under­
gray pile of masonry, stood the schloss, Anjou. It was a must natural step to former preachings had resulted In his who came to Massachusetts shortly
be displayed bls pistols and knives to stood of what was said to him. Nor
oldest, most Impressive and least com­ eliminate the overabundance of sylla­ Jailing. As has so often been the after the founding of Plymouth. He
Is
there
any
way
of
finding
out
what
great advantage. The Germans asked
fortable of the palaces of the Lystrlan bles and contract the name to our case, bls Jsil confinement only served was one of the eiirlleat settlors of
he
told
the
Megallan
soldiers,
or
how
no more questions about the car, did
The
present-day euphonious Melinda. For to make him more popular and bls Wethersfield, Conn., In 1(147.
not look at the papers nnd permitted much they understood. But the effect kings.
those
with
The car plunged Into the valley, out some Inexplicable reason It caught preaching services werf attended by family Is connected
on
them
was
excellent.
Very
likely,
the travelers to go on.
great numbers nnd ninny new con­ of Winthrop, . Saltonstall and Dud-
They all took off their hats, knelt of the sunshine Into deep shadow. the fancy of the Routh and Its popu
like Dogberrys’ watch, they thanked
verts were secured.
Above them the schloss. with the light larlty there Is still unquestioned.
ley. Dudley Buck’s maternal grund-
down
and
crossed
themselve»
piously.
iGod they were we'l rid of s knave.
John Bunyan died In the year l<W, father was
Nathaniel Adams, n
They fuust somehow have gathered still bright on It, looked like a fairy
The opal Is Melinda’s tnllsrnnn'c
The Megallans when the car reached
of New Hampshire, the
palace. They crawled over a narrow stone. It I" tbe most mysterious and while on n visit to London.
that
Janet
was
an
crrieslastlc
of
an
noted
lawyer
their poet, turned out to be men of
(© br a«or«« Matthew Artam«.)
bridge which crossed a foaming tor­ fascinating of nil gems nnd Is lie
preceptor of Webster ami one-time
quite a different kind. They looked a« unusual kind. They continued to kneel
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rent. They began a winding ascent lieved to bestow upon its wearer the
for
several
minute»
In
hope
of
a
ben
­
grami master of the Masons. Dudley
Ravage nnd were quite ns well armed
Old Faithful Geyser
stony road.
Buck's grandmother was n member
charm which comes from brllllnniy.
hr the chauffeur
They spoke a tongue ediction which Janet did not give along a singularly
(TO BE CONTINUSD.,
The eruption period of Ohl Faithful of the Winthrop family. Th« name is
them.
restlessness
nnd
ever-changing
moods
1 which was neither German nor the
geyser, commonly stated to be exactly of old English origin and Is doubtless
Troyte tells me that Megnlians have
' quacking language of the Lystriana.
Airplanes capable of carrying 25 It will prove for Melinda a talisman
Tommy and Janet did not understand the reputation of being the most re­ men and of traveling 900 miles without ngnlnst sorrow. Monday Is her lucky one hour, fluctuates between 55 and derived from the animal famed In
75 minutes, with an average of about the chase.
day and 1 her lucky number.
a w ord of It. Even the princess seemed ligious people In Europe. They take a stop have been developed In Itolj.
<«6 by Mc»l»r« N«w«p»o«r Syndic««,»
the greatest delight In Passion Plays,
0.3 minutes.
| puzzled.
CHAPTER XVI—Continued
•‘As well as I can make out." she said,
"they're saying that the photographs
on the passports are not In the least
like us.”
"Tell them." said Tommy, “that
that's a matter of opinion, and that If
they know anything about the recent
Cubist and Vortldst developments
they’ll see at once that these photo­
graphs represent our subconscious
selves and are exactly like them.”
"I don’t believe I could say all that
even In German," said Calypso, "and
I don't know two hundred words of
Megallan. which Is what they’re talk­
ing."
The chauffeur, seeing that some­
thing had gone wrong, left his car anil
approached the Megallans with his
overcoat flying wide open. They were
less Impressed than the Germans by
his display of weapons. In fact they
were not impressed at all. AU they
did was unbutton their own coats and
show that they possessed weapons of
similar kinds.
“This." said Tommy. “Is getting quite
like Ireland.”
The chauffeur quacked at the Me­
gallans In Lystrlan. They replied In
Megallan. a language which consists
principally of sounds like hisses. He
quacked again, but mingled a few
hisses with his quacks. They hissed In
reply, but uttered a few quacks too.
Gradually the speaker! drew together
until the Megallans were quacking
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