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By GEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM
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Pauline Starke
Wifh Cheerups and the Quixies
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Grace Pli» Steward
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MRS. TRAPDOOR SPIDER away «<> snugly under your yard that
you would hardly notice (but I'm there
Well, you disagreeable to me, for I am a man
^lll.l.ltt PS gave a gasp of surprise C" you think you’ll mind?"
know, if the worst comes to the worst of «ociabl« disposition with a gery
“All Asia Minor is more or less and they still want a king, I'll be
when he discovered Hint th«
"Not at all, not at all." chuckled
atrongly formed habit of conversation.
Persian." said Norheys, "and. anyway, there."
rround was rising under him. He was < herrupa. beginning to be amused.
I
could
net
blame
Norheys
and
hl«
I don’t want to take an action against
rtandlng right In his own front ynrd,
C able, who had been drumming Im
But I would like to know something
h*r. I don't believe I could even If patiently with his fingers on the table, wife for deserting us. They were on
»Ot a step from his little palm lent about this curious house of your« How
louse; and where could any one ba do you build It?"
I wanted to. on account of having got moved over suddenly and looked at « honey moon and It was natural
married myself before she did. So Norheys. I do not know whether he enough that they should shut them-
infer than In his own front yard? Yet
"I don’t ; f Just dl« It." hummed Mr«
I Jiore wm no mistake about It. the Spider. “1 dig With my fang* way
tbat'a that ; aud there's no use wor- actually thought that It might still be selves up together In their own com-
partment.
I
did
not
see
them,
except
rylng."
(round under Cheerupa was moving. down deep Into the earth oh. about
possible to make Norheys king of Lys-
With n little spring be Juiniwd to two feet then I carry away nil the
Troyte was talking fast to •omeone tria. If the thing were possible, it at meals In the restaurant ear. Troyte
V
Cable ignored me. Cable resented
>ue side and then what do you <up. dirt I've dug out nnd hide It. ■<> mu
in the foreign office.
would certainly be a way out of a and
;><>»• happaMd? A small piece of enrth one "ill know I huv* bc«*n dlughig
“There'll be the devil of a fuss." nasty situation. Even the Balkan war my being with the party at all and
kept Troyte to himself In another
Vow I mil thnt clever, don't you?”
said Norheys, “If Uncle Ned stirs up might be averted.
Hke a tiny lid popped right up juat Now
compartment on pretense of talking
where he had been standing nnd out
all those ambassadors and
"I always said.” said Norheys, "that business. They could not talk busi
___people.
"I should any «o," gasped Cheerup«,
!*ok«d a little head.
And they won't like It. Nobody would 1 d no objection to being a king, so
growing more and more astonished
ness
in
any
useful
way
because
th«jy
like It. I say. Unde Ned !”
long as I didn't have to marry that
"Good morning, Mr. Cheerupa." said every minute.
Troyte, working steadily through princess. Well, that part of the pro did not know what had happened In
i small voice from under the lid. "I’m
“And now you nre wondering why
Cable's telegrams, waved an impatient gram Is off now. But If the Lystrlans Lystria. AH they could do w-as to «pecu
born in Ura. Spider. Mra Trapdoor Spider, nnd my housu doesn’t get wet In a heavy
late.
and
I
might
have
been
useful
to
hand at Norheys.
Joplln, Mo. She was educated In Kan- four nearest neighbor, I gucoa, so I shower," continued Mr«. Hpldrr "But
don t care for the chauffeur, why not
"It s all very tine," said Norheys to pop me and Viola on to a couple of them there. In fact, my guess about Ms City, and livsd thar* until several
you sea, I always choose a location
Emily s curate was the only good
nie, "Uncle Ned may say what he thrones? Not that we want to hoof guess atfy of them made.
ysars ago when her family moved to
where th« water will run off the «hie
likes, but they won’t like it. No am out the princess. We don’t. Only Just]
Los Angeles. Miss Starke has bean
of a bank, for Instance nnd I make
Casimir,
Count
Istvan,
who
—
.
----
Ilves
bassador would like being pulled out If site happens to have done herseir
my tunnel turn n little to on« «Ide nt
of his bed at this hour of the night in by skipping off with the chauffeur. somewhere In thnt neighborhood got general approval. Tbl» I« one of her
the bottom."
into
the
train
at
Charlottenberg
sta
latest pictures.
and set on to chase a princess up and And that’s the sort of thing it takes
Then It's Just the ahap« of a stock
down the Himalaya mountains, as if a girl a long time to get over_ tion. Just outside Berlin. King Wladis-
ing. lent It?" cried Cheerupa. clapping
laws
Joined
u»
at
the
Friedrichstrasse
she was a goat or a chamois or some specially if «he happens to be a prin
Ills band«.
thing of that kind. And what I al cess why. in that case what 1 say Is' station farther on. There Is not
"Well, whatever a stocking may be I
enough
room
for
four
people
to
be
Vvhat’s in a Name?”
us?”
ways say is: If nobody wants a thing Why not-----
don't know,” sniffed Mrs Spider, “but
comfortable
in
a
wagon-lit's
compart
Cable
done, why do it? There are lots of
Is an adventurer with no
By MILDRED MARSHALL
I find thnt n comfurtuble way tn build,
unpleasant things every fellow has to Sense of responsibility and little re- ment. so Cable, who does not care
anyway."
wlmt
he
spends,
etftaged
an
ordinary
F»ct,
»bout
your
nam»:
Ha
hmory
do. It by chip in with unnecessary- Sard for convention. He may have
m»»nln». wh»n<-» it w„ d»riv«d
"Why. don’t you know about «tock-
I
Utanu, your lucky day, lucky i«w»<
ones and make everyone uncomfort seriously contemplated financing an first-class compartment farther down
Iga. Mra. Spider?" said Chourupa.
the
train.
There
the
four,
Troyte.
I
able?”
other revolution in Lystria ami setting
They
mey ar«
are auch
such useful thing«! They
“Notify the legations at Sophia," up Norheys as a king at the end of it. Cable. Casimir and the king, settled
are
what
boys
nnd girls hang up oq
down.
I
was
not
Invited
to
join
the
SELMA
said Troyte into the telephone, "and But Troyte Is a serloqs statesman. party.
.
Christmas Eve nnd find full of sweet-
Prague and Bukarest. and Warsaw, He could not possibly have regarded
meat« and nuts and lovely prenentR In
Norheys’ plan as worthy of considera Neither the king nor Casimir could TF FAIR names should be given tn
and Budapest, and Belgrade—"
the morning."
cross
the
frontier
Into
Megalia.
but
“Just listen to him,” said Norheys. tion. Nevertheless, he agreed to take
fair women, Selma is a favorite In
"Bless me. but you do «Ny funny
“Jolly glad I didn’t go into the diplo the young couple to Lystria. It was they were willing to go as fpr ns Bres feminine nomenclature. Il I« uti
thing«. Mr. Cheerupa!" sputtered Mr«.
lau
and
tell
all
they
knew
about
what
matic service. They wanted me to. Viola who persuaded him.
Celtic name, meaning "fair,” an<| ”1 Am Glad to Know You," Raplled Spider, growing n Huie cm«« "These
She left her seat, went over to him had happened. Unfortunately, they named the beautiful daughters of Ire.
You remember that. Uncle Bill? But
nbuveenrth folks, with their queer
did
not
know
very
much.
I was firm about that. ‘Not my line in the prettiest possible manner. put
land and Scotland for generation aft»r
Casimir explained thnt he had all generation. Finally It spread over the thought I would tsi friendly and make way» nnd big words, are beyond my
at all.’ I said. 'Hate complications one arm round his neck and set her
along believed Tommy to be the Lord border Into England and was «tralght- the first call." With that out climbed understanding. The sensible ones nil
and always did.’ Now I see I was
Norheys. He had regarded the "Rev wuy adopted as a national favorite.
Mrs. Spider onto tho ground nnd stood live below ground. I guess "
quite right. I simply couldn't stand
"Oh, please do exruse me. Mr«.
erend
Thomas
A.
Norrey
s
’
"
passport
eying
Cheerupa, a* |f a nttie doubtful
being set on to persecute some poor
Th»- Bible record» a Selnuil, which
Spider," plended Cheorupa. “I wna
as a clever trick Intended to deceive
of
her
welcome.
girl who d run off with the chauffeur.
Von Steinveldt and the Germans may be taken ns Identical with Selma,
"I am glad to know you," replied only teasing n little, «nd honestly. I
And I expect that’s what’s happened.
and the name Is thus given a religious
while
conveying
him
„.u.e
convey
mg
to
the
new,
that
(
’
heerups.
as cordially a« he could for wouldn't miss the rest of yotir story
Looks like it anyhow. What I always
Lord Norheys had arrived in Berlin. significance. The Dutch also have a hts surprise, "but I never dreamed " for anything. I Juat can't wait to hear
say is: If a girl wants to marry a
Selma!
which
is
generally
regarded
«»
i hat would have been au Ingenious
“No, of course you didn’t.” crhsl Mrs more about thnt wonderful house."
chauffeur, let her, and be Jolly thank
“Well, It Isn't very polite to Inter
plan, much more Ingenious than any the equivalent of Selma. otherwise, Spider with a merry twinkle In nt least
ful it's no worse.”
th.ng Troyte or Cable had thought of. there Is little history onne> ted with «lx <>f her eight round eye«. "Nobody rupt, I must any, Mr Chirrups.” said
Cable had edged over to the table
the
name,
which
|ieraist«d
because
ft»
Mra. Spider with n gentle little hum.
It did make Casimir certain that Lord
at which Troyte was sitting at the
sound, as well as Its significance. was would Is» expected to dream of n neigh "But If you be «.«>), | || g,, ,,n. and
Norheys had arrived. It would, ap fair.
bur’s house right under his nose, or his
telephone.
maybe I will tell you bow I furnish
parently, have deceived Von Stein-
“Tell them,” he said. **to engage
In this country, the South adopted toes rather. But thst’s the best part of I my houMe, too.”
veldt and his police If their suspicions
It. you w-e. sir! My bouse is tucked
places for us In the Warsaw express.
Selmn,
probably
because
of
it»
us«<>-
b> Little llrown a C o ,
had not been awakened by what hap
We must go tomorrow
elation with feminine beauty nnd
pened In the Mascotte the night after finally
"I suppose we must,’ said Troyte
because Its vowels nre » ell
Von
with a sigh.
. Tommy
, ’s arrival.
„
—
---- Steinveldt .-ulted to the soft, slurring pronuncia
heard
all
about
that
from
one
of
his
“Of course we must.
----- . said Cable.
tion of Dixie. Many lovely Southern
spy
waiters.
‘Heaven knows what muddle there’ll
toasts of Virginia and Carolina
The king also believed that Tommy ers.
be if we’re not there. It’s a compli
counties, hnve» borne the name nnd
was Lord Norheys; but he understood
cated business and you and I are the
more than one state Ims bestowed the
the passport differently. His view name
only two people who understand the
By H. IRV IN Q KI NQ
on one of its towns or smaller
was that Norheys pretended to be a citlej.
whole of It Tell them to book two
curate In order to clear himself of the
Bleepers for us.”
It Is fitting that the pearl, sygibal
I
charge of being entangled with Miss
“I say,” said Norheys. “I say,
of beauty and charm, should be sei THE MOON AND INSANITY
NELSON
MILES
Temple.
Here
he
expressed
the
great
Uncle Ned. are you really going off
ma's talismani? gem. It promires bet
est desire to see Viola, und It was
to this what-you-call-’em place to see
great
fascination and Jhe power of
universal wns formerly the KJELRON a milek .
with the utmost difficulty that Troyte trading
the princess?"
one of our
admirers.
belief there wn« n direct connec
Monduy I« h
kept
him
from
wandering
along
the
greatest »< »I « H^m, wa» born in
Troyte took no notice of this so I
lucky
day
nnd
5
her
lucky
nuu.be.-.
tion between the moon and Insanity 1« Maxaach unetta August R,
train to look for Norheys' compart
answered for him.
and
shown by the fact that our words, lived through some of the
ment. He said that he had particu
most worn
He must,” I said. "As minister for
lunacy
and
lunatic,
are
derived
direct
derful events the country bns
larly admired the way in which Lord
Balkan affairs. Its bis duty to have
Red Oak a Beauty
ly from Luna, the Latin name of the Seen.
Norheys had kept up his pretense
his band on the helm when the ship “Do
The red oak, found throughout th« Roman moon goddess corresponding
Take Us,” She Said. "We Want evea acting the part of a curate when
When he wns In his 'teens,
he went
Is In the rapids.”
------ - ...
eastern half of our country, turns with the Greek Selene. Lunn was the , _ a
to Go Most Awfully, and I Ought there was no real need for It.
to Boston and found employment In
Norheys turned to his wife, who had ' to Have a Honeymoon, Oughtn’t t?”
later
than
most
of
Its
hardwood
neigh
moon
and
she
was
only
one
of
the
n crockery store n tamo enough oc-
Then came the question of who Rev.
be<-n sitt.ng quietly and very comfort
hors, says the American Tree n«Mt> various personifications of the moon
Thomas
A.
Norreys
really
was.
The
cupatlon.
But he bad studied military
ably where Troyte left her.
cheek quite close to his. "Do take
elation. From a deep gri-en the leave, which existed In nil mythologies and
I say, Vi, old thing, what about it?" us,” she said. “We want to go most king did not know. Nor did Casimir. become a rich red of striking beauty of which Isla of the Egyptians appears •Clence and. when the Civil war broke
¿he understood him at once, though awfully, and I ought to have a honey Casimir could tell exactly what wns against n yellow background. Even to have bjen the original. It used out, he raised a company of volun
on the passport, and the king repeated more
teers nnd enlisted with them ns their
I confess that I did not.
moon. oughtn’t I?”
striking, however, are the uu to be n common belief, among sailors commander,
all
that
Tommy
had
said
about
him
I hat ended hl« mercan-
“I should simply love it,” she said
tumn
Troyte picked up the telephone re-
colors of the scarlet oak.
especially, that If a person slept In tile career nnd
self. But that got them no further.
began an extremely
"and you promised that we should celver again.
--------
O
-----
—
the
moonlight
he
was
liable
to
go
mad.
Illustrious military one.
have a honeymoon."
IIpllo.’ he said. “Yes, Foreign 1 hey had to send for me. Cable was
Thnt superatltlon la still In existence through the war, fliouxh He fought
wounded n
_ “Righto," said Norheys. "I say, office.- Lord Edmund Troyte speaking unwilling to do so; but Troyte Insist
ns Is nlso the more common one thnt couple of times, nnd steadily
rose In
Uncle Ned, tell him to book four sleep again. Did I say two sleepers on the I ed. Cable remembered that I had said
lunatics
are
more
violent
when
the
rnnk, being <|e< orn'ed for Mervlces nt
ers, will you. VI and I are going to Warsaw express’ Well, four will be something about a curate.
rnoon I» nt the full. Even Thnekeray. ( hnncellorsvUle nnd nt Fair Oaks By
When I heard the story told by the
trot along with you.”
wanted. Engage four."
In his story of ’‘Catherine." nppenr« the end of tho war, he wns In com
Trojte very nearly dropped the re
"Say five," I said; “I’d rather like king and Casimir, I saw at once that
to credit tills mistaken belief; and It mand of nn army corps.
।
my
guess
waj
very
likely
to
be
right.
to
go,
too.
”
ceiver in his astonishment. I was a
Is not so very long ago that responsi
My sister Emily lost a curate early
But there was more work left for
little startled myself. The very last
Troyte took no notice of me. He |
ble physicians began to doubt the the
a mnn of his abilities. He wns sent
place a man ought to take his' wife laid down the receiver, crossed the last week," I said. “He wa. In,t
ory.
out to siibdne the Indian* Indeed, he
for a honeymoon is into the middle room holding Viola’s hand, and sat heard of at the Adlon hotel In Berlin
It Is very common superstition to-
where he stayed two nights and then
got tho nick name of "Indian Fighter
of a Balkan war, and that, if I could down.
dny
thnt
to
sleep
In
the
moonlight
In
Mlles."
Ho brought tho Cheyenn« and
trust Troyte’» Judgment, was Just
"Why on earth dp you want to go?" disappeared. The dates—"
dnngerou« that "something will hap
said Cable.
what there was going to be.
We discussed the dates and they
pen" to one who does no, a belief aur- the Comnnche Indians to terms.
"You can't go with us," said Troyte.
“Well," I said, “I’m thinking of ap I fitted in with each other very well I
vlvlng from the Insanity superstition. chs«ed the famous Sitting Bull over
"I’m d—d If you do," said Cable
plying for shares In the oil company | could not help looking nt Cable with
This idea of the connection tietween the border Into Canada, and conquered
Ho wns sent
“You ought to be pleased to base of yours, so. of course,. I'd like to look an expression of satisfaction. The
the moon and Insanity Is derived from the terrible Apachen.
us," said Norheys. "Wed . heer you into things for myself. And Lord Nor man had been abominably rude to me
the belief of the ancients that Inspira nbrond ns the country’s représenta five
up and all that when you re feeling a heys Is my godson, so If you're going I since we left London and had snubbed
tion and madness were closely con to nttend Quoen Victoria n dlnmond
bit down and out."
to make him a king, I ought to be me pitilessly. I did not actually say
nected. The prophetess of the Del Jubilee, and, a year Inter, wns nom-
“You've done mischief enough al there to help to crown him. God "I told you so.” But I looked as If I
phian
shrine worked herself Into a Innlly In charge of the military opera-
ready,” said Cable. “You sha'n’t go parents have duties as well as rights. thought It.
frenzy before she uttered her oracles tlona in the Rpnnlah-Amorlcan war.
near Lystria if I can stop you.”
Anyhow, said Cable, “no curate
And, besides, I want to find out who
nnd the priests of the moon goddess Actually, though, he directed the al
“I don't suppose you can stop us” that princess has run away with. I would dare tc marry the princess."
bathed themselves In her refulgent most unopposed Porto Rico expedi
said Norheys. “I say, i nHe Ned, do believe myself that my sister Emily’s
Like many successful business mon
beams to obtain Inspiration nnd do- tion, doing some very wonderful Hunl-
book those sleepers. J promised Vi curate has got her, and that Janet Cable underestimates the courage and
In the Island« afterwards.
claimed from her altar* after the man tutlon (© work
Goorge Mntthew Adam».)
that she should see the !,la<-k princess Church has gone along with them to ability of the clergy, in all proba
ner of madmen.
(>
and she wants to, don’t you, VI?”
be bridesmaid."
bility ho never speaks to a clergyman
Modem medical scfeme declare«
"I should like to see Lystria1 she
at
all
and
only
sees
one
once
in
two
I picked up the telephone receiver,
that there Is not the «lightest connec Time’» Heavy Hand
said.
<©, Ibaa. McClor» Newspaper Syndicate )
and asked for the Foreign office. years or so clad In a surplice, at some
tion between the moon nnd Insanity
Had Made Changes
So there you are, Unc’e Ned," said Cable growled. Troyte lit a cigarette wedding or funeral which he's obliged
nnd modern research shows Hint the
Two
brothers,
who thirty nine yenrs
Norheys. “You can't g back
on
VI
to
attend.
A
curate
In
a
surplice
back on VI and poured himself out a glass of
whole Idea Is a «uperMItlon surviving ago In their home In Germany looked
when she comes rushing home all the brandy. Norheys clapped me on the looks Innocent and mild, not at all
from
the
day»
when
the
priests
of
Isis
A LINE O’ CHEER
so much alike thnt their friends some
way from Paris Just to -ell you that back.
the kind of a man who would seize a
by the bnnks of the Nile waved their times confiiHed them, met recently In
she d married me. V< -y few girls
“Good old Uncle Bill I” he said. "I vacant European throne. The same
wild arms toward their shining god Massillon and failed to recognize each
By John Kendrick Bangs
would have done that.”
always knew you were a sport. Tell curate on the golf links Is a very dif
dess nnd with "eyes In fine frenzy
other until they were Introduced, says
“I protest strongly—” «aid Cable
ferent person. Besides,
Besides. Tommy
Tornmv wn«
was
us all about that curate, won’t you?”
rolling" declaimed her orncles to an the Canton (Ohio) Repository.
“That's no use,” said Norheys. ‘"If
“That the Foreign office?" I shouted an exceptional curate. I told them
awe-struck
people.
THE KINDLY PHILOSOPHER
They were Henry Lnschlnske, of
of
Lncle Ned won’t book the sleepers for down the telephone. "Yes. I’m speak what Emily and Canon Pyke had said
by McClura Newspaper Syndicat« )
Lanton, and his brother Carl, who had
us well have to go without them ing for Lord Edmund Troyte. Please about him.
■----------- o-
F I CAN’T «ay
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Just come to thl« country with his
I ve got my passport all right. You gave engage five sleepers in the Warsaw
good
Wit Saved Situation
A
about a feller
family. When tho former came to
it to me yourself, Uncle Ned and I'll express tomorrow instead of four. If
I'm Koln' to k., p my mouth
The wastrel non had come to the America thirty nine years ago he was
Facta About Com past
manage to slip Viola through some they haven’t that number vacant tell
j
'' ,d ‘'«ht.
end
of
his
resources,
and
sertt
n
pite
And If I know for certain that
how. You gener Uy can, you know, them to put on another coach. Yes.
twenty two years old and left hfs nine
The angle between the true north
ous appeal to hl« father for funds, teen year-old brother, Carl, nt home In
he'»! yeller
If you tip the r ht man. Besides, A whole coach. Never mind about the nnd the magnetic north Is called the
Um goln' to try with all my
Wing that If they were not forthcom Germany. The arrival of the latter
I might come in useful. You never expense. Mr. Cable will settle that “magnetic variation," and has to be
main and might
ing he would starve to denth. He, re and his family In this country was un-
know. That prim -ss has run off with whatever It Is.”
allowed for In navigation. Thus, when
To dig down deep Into the Inner
ceived
this crushing reply in the form announced. When the two met nt the
Him
the chauffeur and the Lystrlans may
the song any “True as the compass to
of n telegram: "As you have made home of Miss Mary Kutrlh, of Massil
To see If there ain’t somethin
not want him for a king. It's a bit
the star,” It Is talking nonsense be-
to unfold
your bed, so must yon lie on It." The lon, neither knew thnt he wns face to
CHAPTER XIX
awkward for them. A fellow who's
cnuse, although the star Is fixed, the
To show that all his yellernes,
quick-witted scapegrace was equal to fnce with his brother.
so grim
touching his hat to you one day and
compass Is not. Nevertheless, Be varf-
I did not enjoy the first part of the atlnns are well known, so that the
the occasion, nnd wired back:
Is but the sign of streaks of
you have to take yours off to him the
They chatted for some time before
hidden gold,
"Haven’t n bed. The sheriff took It Miss Kntrlb Introduced them to ench
n«xt day. Nobody likes to be let In Journey to Lystria, for J was left al compass remains the seaman's moat
most entirely alone. That is always valuable possession.
yesterday.” A substantial check was other ns brothers. Then they Ibst no
the reward for his wit.
। time In calling up boyhood memories
CHAPTER XVIII—Continued for that sort of thing.
CTHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
a