T^t-kr- t ~L t -- T ^-.t,T--LT-^-x^xrx-ri-
SHEEP’S CLOTHING
ner ns he signed to the in sp ecto r to do
Ids hateful duty.
T he th ree frlem le of Mrs. Merlile»»«,
on the o th er hiuid. w ere acutely uneom
fort able- Quoin In disgrace, P eter
T ra ft firmly convinced th at th e di-puty
was right iiik I consequently ufrnld to
meet B etty's eyes, nud Lydia not only
sore distressed w ith m isgivings, but re
pelled by B etty’s attitu d e.
And this was the phase of th e affair
disclosed to C raven when he bustled
up. aglow with su 11 sf net Ion.
“ Hello, people! I'm nil clear. Had
the deuce of a tim e the silly ass want-
e«l to rook me for duds I brought la aa
lOOg agO as I0 0 tj fu t
\\ b a t's the
row ?"
T h is lust w aa In a to n e radically
changed, and at the sam e In stan t his
fiancee decided to acknow ledge him on
probation, how ever rigidly she might
elect t»> deny th e r«-st of hu m an ity . Ho
she unbent enough to beckon him with
a nod; ami C raven h u rried on to get
Ids an sw er from the one m ost con
cerned.
FOLLOW UP.
By G E O R G E M. A D A M S .
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦F«
How tmmmoii It Is In gam es of foot-
laid und o th er sp orts, Nome quick-
thinking
player
■lushes off a thrill
lug play, only to
full back for th e
rem ain d er of tlie
gam»* Into obscur
ity mid be forgot
IsEsasasgsgàiiLsgsHSHsâsxs^sH^jrasasasasaszsaszsasHJsgsgsasi
ten and for no
o th e r reason th an
do « n s to ta k e things seriously, es
thill he falle*! to
pecially out loud?"
WHEN THE CUSTOMS INSPECTORS DISCOVER THAT MRS.
—
Follow tip.
"Y ou’re—h o rrid !’*
P eriodic B r i l
T
he
udjectlve
>vns
ch
ild
ish
;
hut
MFRRILEES HAS BROUGHT IN A LOT OF IMITATION
llaney Is not Suc
Lydia w asn ’t In a mood to search for
cess.
JEWELS THEY SUSPECT HER OF TRYING TO
one m ore dignified. She turned a frosty
Follow
lip.
shoulder to th e young m a n ; but the
\\ lien you think n W orthy T hought,
PLAY A SMUGGLING TRICK
seed o f suspicion hud been p lau ted in
follow It up. Wlieu you do a L'seful
the m ind o f one who couldn't forget
Thing, Follow It up. W hen you strik e
how lightly B etty hud confessed to
an effi-eilve blow for a Bight Cause,
Syneps.’s— Lydia C raven, trav elin g as I.ucy C a rteret, ru n s aw ay
p rio r exploits in th e gcntlewom nuly
Follow II up. It's tin* m an w ith the
from her E ngli-n hom e to go to h er fath er, Thuddous C raven. In New
a rt of smuggling, and her laughing con
W h at I« your solution of the
C ourage, first to s ta rt a tiling and
York, whom she h a sn 't seen fo r five years. T hree days out on tAmril
fession th a t nothing hut sheer fright
mystery? Do you think th a t Mrs.
then follow it tip, tim t a fte r a while.
Uie steam er Alsuliu. she runs plum p into C raven, m aking love to Mrs.
would p rev en t her atte m p tin g ugalu to
M errilees Is trying to put over a
Inis an accum ulation of points th a t
M errilees, a young widow, engaged to m arry him. L a te r C raven ex
outw it th e custom house.
trick? Some m ighty queer hap
stum p him G reat und M asterful. Fol
plains his m ysterious conduct and supposed bachelorhood by telling
And even while Ibis memory was
penings are described In the next
low up o r else you will fall back.
Lydia he is a B ritish secret service agent in Am erica. She Is attack ed
troubling h er the affulr took a tu rn to
Installm ent.
at night and a sm all box con tain in g sup|>osod valuable docum ents,
Periodic B rilliancy Is not Success.
fix doubt of B etty tiriuly in L ydlu’s
which he h as given h e r to keep fo r him, Is stolen. T his Is recovered
mind.
T he G reat man Is sim ply tlie Small
for h er by Quoin, an a m a te u r detective. W hen the p a rty lands ut New
»’is» UK COM IM I.I» >
mull become g reat. Every (¡rent man
It began w ith th e retu rn of th e In
York. Lydia, carry in g the sm all box. h as no tro u b le passing th e custom s
at som e tim e or o th e r Is Die unknow n,
spector, accom panied by the custom
inspection. W hen Mrs. M errilees d eclares a $«0.000 necklace, the In
house official in churge of the pier—a MARCH FIRST MONTH OF YEAR obscure m an. Make >»>ur life count by
spector tells h er it is w orth about $300—ju st an Im itation. T his Infor
m iddle-aged m an, th is one, w ith a
com pelling every single effort to F ig
m ation asto u n d s them and Mrs. M errilees rulses a row.
ra th e r consequential m anner, gold- Was So Placed in Roman C alendar and ure in th e final sum m ing up. F o r uf-
rlm m ed eyeglasses, und a not unkindly
te r till, Surt-i-NN Itself Is nothing m ore
Continued U n til C om paratively
expression.
Recent Times.
nor h-ss lim n work welt p«-rformed and
"M
rs.
M
errilees.
I
believe?"
he
nsked
Follow
ed I 'p tiny u fte r (lay, y ear u fler
X.
say.
i;-he
couldn't
decently
express
CH A PTER
M nrih was th e first m onth in the y ear.
—11—
too g reat concern over th e d isap p ear with m uch urbanity.
Mrs. M errilees in terru p ted herself Itom nn year, and since th e Itomnna
Periodic B rilliancy Is not Success.
T he silence w as sh o rt-liv ed ; but ance of som ething th a t had been dedi
w ere a w arlike people, they honored
ab
while it lasted a pow er of scorn cated to her on h er wedding d ay — I ru p tly to tu rn and exam ine the
Yes?” | Mure, the god of w ar. by mwiilng the ; ;++4 I I H + + + 4 -M -+ ♦ + + + » » ♦ + + + ; ;
played like lightning round th e de how ever rem ote th a t event. Yet she deputy w ith th e eye o f disfavor,
first m outh M artlus. It w as th e first
she
asked
brusquely.
wus gravely if unintelligibly dis
voted heud of the ap p ra iser.
m outh In m any p a rts of ICuro[te until a
Facts in Figures.
T
he
dep
u
ty
Introduced
him
self.
"T
he
tressed.
B
eneath
h
er
ready
sym
pathy
I
As for Lydia and P e te r (who had
1
com
paratively
recen
t
date,
even
In
j u s t joined th e group), they gaped in | stirred a qualm of pecu liar u n e a sin e ss., Inspector has Just Inform ed me of this
E ngland (In- y ear bi-gliinlng M arch 20
H aw aii has tw o m ountains
D istracted by the rum ble of m en’s —e r —u n fo rtu n a te m atter," he pursued.
open a m a z e m en t; w hile th e inspector
■
until
17,'»2.
14.000 reel high.
voices, she looked up. to find th at “And I thought I m ight ix>sslhly be able
looked sorry fo r C harlie.
T he-S axons culled It I.enet M onnt—■
I ’nlte»! H intes received 208,- 1 ’
A fter lightning, th u n d er, rem ote, Quoin had added him self to the group to help stra ig h te n It o ut.”
length
m onth -I.... ..
In M arch, the
(too IminlgrmilN last year.
! and w as studiously a tten d in g to Be- j "K ind o f you. Pm se re .” But the days becom
m aestoso, "A re—you—m ad ?"
e noticeably longer, and
T u rlo rk . Cal,, will cun 2T».oo<>
"Me? No. m a'am , not a bit. It's te r s account of the cou n terfeit collur. | tone of Mrs. M errilees com pletely be th is w as tlie origin of th e nam e "I«eut.”
Ions of petn-hes tills year.
T heir eyes m et presently, and Lydia lled th is statem en t. "Ilu v e you an y
nothing to me. you know.”
T he English have a proverb, “A peck
W ilm ington. Cal., is to have
"D on't quibble, if you please.
I w as su rp rised by the look he bent upon thing to pro|M>se?"
of M arch dust Is w orth u kin g 's run-
n $.'».000.000 shipbuilding plant.
w ant to know w h eth er or not you’re ! her, a regard som ehow fain tly reml- | "If I m ight have th e privilege o f a som e," and an o th er, "A dry Murch
1’nlted S tn tes In 1010 exi»ort-
d aft. You know perfectly well th a t niseent of th eir p artin g subsequent to ; word In priv ate— " th e deputy si^ g c s t- never begs Its b read." w hich express
ed SiriO.lNNi.lNjO w orth of le a th
necklace is w orth ninety—sixty thou- h er ad v en tu re of the night before last. ! ed blandly.
th e ir fulth In th e belief th a t a dry
er.
She favored him w ith h e r shadowy,
Quoin m ade ns If to w ithdraw .
sand dollars. Look a t th e bill. In
M arch m eans a prosperous y ear. T his
S outhern C alifornia is g a th
spector, be good enough to show th is enigm atic smile, now vuguely tin ted ; "W alt, please. T h is Is Mr. Quoin. Is explained hy the fa rt th a t they do
ering $1,000,000 u »lay from
w ith solicitude.
You may have heard o f him."
person C o ttier’s bill.”
m ost of th eir plan tin g In M arch, nod
tou rists.
Nodding briefly, w ith n thoughtful
"W ho h a sn ’t? ” th e deputy re tu rn e d
T he a p p ra ise r exam ined the receipt
unless the soil is dry, plum ing often
U nited S tn tes last year ex-
air.
Quoin
retu
rn
ed
his
consideration
plensantly. “P roud to m eet you. sir.”
w ith ostensible astonishm ent. “I don't
Is deluyed.
p o r t e d glass bottles valued at
"M r. Quoin has kindly volunteered
u n d erstan d this, m a'am ,” he faltered. to P e te r and the a rtic le de Paris.
It's different in Am«-rtcn. In the mid
i ’-ViOO.OOO.
“I sim ply cannot und erstan d i t ! ” to help m e In this—o u trag e. A nything
"N or I ! ”
dle W est inure ra in falls In Mnrch
Glen county, C alifornia, will
“C o ttier's don’t deal in im itations, B etty declared, abandoning the puzzle j you w ish to suy he may hear
th an In April o rd in arily ami alm ost ns
devote 14,B it ac re s of land to
"As you please, m adam , b u t—” T he m uch In M arch us In Mny.
I know,” he pursued w ith g re a te r con as hopeless. Then, catching sight of
rlce-growlngf
fidence. “All th e sam e. I'll sta k e my th e detective, she hailed him. “Quoin, giauce of the deputy veered significant
Almost universally In th e North
Job th a t those a re fish-skin pearls, do come here a t o n ce!” and Immedi ly to P e te r and Lydia.
Temi>erate zone. M arch Is reg ard ed a*
p aste brillian ts, and—well, the se t ately, heedless of bystanders, began
“ No! Mrs. M errilees Insisted w arm the windy m onth. N orm ally It mark«
to
detail
her
perplexity
In
a
high,
tings, I adm it, a re genuine.”
ly. “You cun have nothing to say th u t th e tru n sltlo n from w inter to spring. War Service of Y. M. C. A.
any of my friends m ay not h ear.”
"Then y our job is a s good as lost. querulous voice.
A fter a moment o r tw o Lydia rose
Requires Vast Expenditure
“T hen, m udam —p erm it me to udvlae
I shall file a com plaint and have you
Curing By E lectric Shocks.
and Joined P e te r T ra ft. “Poor d e a r!" you. in all deference— ”
discharged for incom petence.”
From tim e to tim e new s lias com e of
“ W ell?”
T he service w hich the Y. M. C. A.
“If you’ll pardon me. I don't be she said gently, w ith u slight nod to
a uew electrical tre a tm e n t In use In
Is planning to give th e selective n a
“ It will save you n g re a t deal of
lieve you will. Mr«. M errilees."
the F rench arm y by w hich men, a p p a r
trouble to produce th e original collar, ently hopeless cripples, have been tional urm y In Its In n ton men t* Is go
“Easy, B e tty !” P e te r T r a it in te r
! pay th e duty on It, und—”
ing to req u ire 1,100 se c re ta ries and
posed. "P erh ap s he’s right, a fte r all.”
cured by giving them very pow erful
“Q u o in !” B etty exclaim ed In n tone shocks of electricity. T he d e ta ils of $.’<.000.000 of w hich nearly $2,000.000
“Be quiet, P eter. W hen I w ant your
tins alread y been paid In or ptcdgisl.
: of Irrita te d perplexity. "W h at can th is
advice. I'll let you know. C ertainly
th is tre a tm e n t cam e out In a recent
person m ean?”
It Is to tie noted th a t un arm y of 1,-
I ought to know w hen I p aid for th a t j
m ilitary tria l.
So painful a re the
Quoin w as silent.
i mio . ooo men, w hich tlie 200 buildings
collar—”
shoeks used In tin* cu re th a t m any of
tin- Y. M. C. A. profMiaea to erect
“ I don’t m ean,” the d eputy pursued,
"T hen you have been sham efully
the so ld iers refused to su b m it to the
will accom m odate, will re q u ire nn
unahnshed. "to he offensive; b u t—the
cheated, Mrs. M errilees," th e inspec- (
treatm en t, p re fe rrin g to rem ain rrlji-
Inference Is unavoidable. You a re
equipm ent of 200 plunos nml piano
to r put in.
pled. At th»? tria l of th«-se m en It de
know n to have p u rch ased a valuable veloped th a t tin* new tre a tm e n t is be players, 208,000 feet of Aims a day,
"Q uite Impossible.
I know real '
pearl co llar In P a ris —’’
;i,i*m,ooo sh eets of w ritin g pap er dally,
gems from articles de P aris, and I ex- j
ing used In cases of psychic shock,
10,000 pens a day and a b a rre l of Ink,
“ I believe I declared It I”
a mined th is necklace w ith th e g re a t
w here th e chief Injury Is to th e nerv
“But upon exam ination you produce ous system or to th e will pow er. Men 95 autom obiles mid trucks, 200 mov
e s t care before I purchased It. Since
only a com paratively w orth less Im ita may be p artlnlly paralyzed from such ing-picture m achines, 200 grnphn-
then it h a s never left th is box, which
tion, and nssert th a t you have been purely nervous shocks, and In such phones mid 10,000 records, 40.000
h a sn 't been out of my c are an In stan t
robbed of th e original.”
except when In the p u rser’s safe.”
cases th e new tre a tm e n t has resto red pounds of Ice p er day, a Bible to ev
”1 a s s e r t ! I have a sse rte d nothing." the use of th e affected limbs. Its ac ery m an, m agazines by the hundred
“I'm sorry, b u t I know w h at I
Mrs. M errilees drew u long breuth,
know. If you're th e Judge you think
ceptance has now been m ade com pul tons.
closed h e r te e th w ith a vindictive snap, sory In som e of th e m ilitary hospitals,
yourself, m a’am, I can only suggest
und reopened them to observe w ith a com m ission of physicians having
Iced Cocoa.
th a t you tak e th is to the light and—
w ithering distinctness, “Go aw u y ! You vouched fo r Its harm leasness. In spit«
B oll a h alf cupful of cocon, three-
here. I'll lend yon my m agnifying
a re in s o le n t! You presum e—oh, you of its u n p leasan t n atu re.
q u a rte rs of a cupful of sugar, and one
glass.”
annoy m e ! Do go — before I forget my
cupful of w ater to m ukc a rleh sirup.
"T hank you, I sh a 'n ’t req uire it.”
self I”
Put th is In a Ja r on Ice and It ia ready
W ith a g e stu re of rage. Mrs. M erri
C red it M an’« H ard Lines.
•a-WT'
to serve at n m om ent’s notice. Add a
“ We c a n 't assess an Im itation a t th e
lees snatched th e case from the ap
W hen th e cred it m an m akes a nils-
value of th e real necklace, of course,
tnblespoonful of the siru p to a glass
p ra ise r's h ands and moved tow ard the
tnkc it Is “good night," say s th e P itts
of cold milk.
nml
yet
we
know
th
a
t
th
e
original
is
patch of sunlight. Before she had “ Then You Have Been Sham efully
burgh C red it B ulletin. But w hen a
com ing in to tills co untry by th is b oat.”
reached It, studying th e collur a tte n
plum ber m akes a m istak e be ch arges
Cheated, Mrs. M errilees," the Inspec
“T
hen
perm
it
me
to
recom
m
end
the
M in t Jelly 8auce.
tively on th e way, Lydia saw her
tw ice fo r i t ; w hen th e law yer m akes
tor P ut In.
o
th
e
r
p
assen
g
ers
to
yo
u
r
a
tte
n
tio
n
.”
Com
nine
a cupful of c u rra n t o r nny
slacken pace and falter.
a m lstuke, it’s Just w hat lie w anted,
"W e’ll do our best to overhaul them
correct any possible m isconception as
ta
rt
Jelly,
beaten
with th e Juice of one
because he has a chnnee to try the
One short m inute in th a t strong
to the. object of h e r sym pathy. “I'm all, I prom ise you. B ut If th e goods case a g a in ; when the c a rp e n te r m akes orange and a h alf cupful of finely
g lare sufficed. As pale In m ystifica so sorry fo r h e r!”
don’t tu rn up, w e’ll feel re lu ctan tly
a mlstnkt*. It’s Just w h at be expected, m inced m int. Let stan d In a cold
tion as she h a d previously been with
“W ell,” sui<l P eter, Im pressively com pelled to make n thorough search, heruuse th e chances n re ten to one place fo r nn ho u r before using.
w rath, Mrs. M errilees returned.
judgm atical, “of course B etty can a f not only of your luggage hut ot yo u r he never lenrned his tra d e ; w hen n
"I owe you an apology,” she In
ford to lose th e se trin k e ts by th e g ro s s ; self as well. Mrs. M errilees.”
S traw berries Preserved Whole.
doctor m akes a m istake, lie b u ries It;
form ed th e a p p ra ise r in a shaking
“Quoin !" Mrs. M errilees appealed.
but, g ran ted she Isn’t faking. It’s a
C rush tw o q u u rts of straw b erries,
when
a
Judge
m
akes
a
m
istake,
It
be
voice. “I t ’s n palp ab le im itation.”
T he Investigator shook his head.
p re tty puzzle, isn 't It?”
comes th e law of th e la n d ; w hen a using th e sm all ones, and sim m er
T h e box slipped from h e r grasp and
“I t’s too b a d ; but I renlly don’t see
“F a k in g !” Lydia echoed resentfully.
p reach er m nkes a m istake nobody gently for tw enty m inutes, then strain .
w ent to th e floor w ith a bump, spilling
“Now
don’t get
huffy—p lease! w h a t's to be done ab o u t It. T hese peo know s tlie difference, mid w hen an Allow a pound of su g ar to a pint of
its tra sh y contents, and Mrs. Merri- B etty ’s a darling, and ev erything like ple have the jwiwer to m ake things
electrician m akes u m istak e he blam es Juice. H cnt tho su g ar and add the
lees flopped incontinently to a con t h a t ; but she's got no conscientious m ighty u n p leasan t for you unless—”
It on th e Induction, tlie m eaning of Juice as soon ns It Is strain ed . Ilo-
venient tru n k — L ydia’s ready arm ; scruples about sm uggling—none th a t
"W h at, you too?” she hissed, w ith whleh nobody knows. B ut th e poor tu rn to the stove nnd boll until thick,
round h er shoulders.
you’d notice— and I don’t tnlnd telling vnst d ra m a tic expression.
skim m ing carefu lly w hen necessary.
credit m an has no excuse.
"B ut, my d e a r!” B etty w alled, ‘I t’s you she isn ’t above tu rn in g a trick like
“No, n o !” Quoin p ro tested hnstlly.
Fill hot glasses w ith hulled line ber
p erfectly preposterous !”
th is—actin g up to it too. She’s one “D on’t m isu n d erstan d me. I’m only
ries and cover w ith th e boiling sirup,
W
ith
in
H
osp
itality's
Lim
its.
I he a p p ra ise r looked a t once bored w onderful young com edienne, if you afra id th a t, unless th e necklace show s
“ W illie, you u re going out to din then put on the sterilized covers.
an d dubious. P e te r T r a it b atted be don’t know It.”
up, you’ll have to subm it.”
P ineapples and stra w b e rrie s Is n
ner. You m ay ask for n second piece
w ild ered eyes, then with n helpful a ir
“ ‘T u rn a trick like t h i s !’ W hat does
“ Very well I” W ith a sh ru g of d e of cake If you renlly w ant It, but com bination well llk«*d. Cut (lie pine
p ick ed up the box ami replaced Its th a t m ean ” Lydia dem anded stiffly.
fiance, Mrs. M errilees show ed Quoin th e re ’s one thing I w ish you to re apple In dice nnd add tw ice as m any
co n te n ts. T h e inspector sw ung sh arp
“H ave h er dog collar duplicated In an ungracious bnek. T o the deputy m em ber.”
straw b erries. Fill tlie Jars w ith this
ly round and m ade off, w ith every evi p aste und fish scales, su b stitu te It for she added w ith blighting dlsdnln, “Go
m ix tu re using the usual am ount of
“Yep, ran.”
d en ce o f in sp ired h aste, tow ard a dis the original article, and pretend sh e’s ahead. And while you’re finding n o th
"W h atev er you do, don’t ask fo r a su g ar In cooking.
ta n t q u a rte r of th e pier.
been Jockled like one o’clock. Mind ing in my tru n k s you m ay as well send second helping of potatoes."
“Let me t h i n k !" Mrs. M errilees said you, I don’t say she h as done t h a t ; but for a fem ale Inspector to search me.
In a stifled voice. Ind en tin g her lower th e little devil’s got It In h er,”
B ut every one of you will suffer for
N ot 8trong on W ork.
lip w ith a knuckle, she fasten ed an
“I don’t believe y o u !”
th is r-o r I'll know th e reason why I”
“Some men tre n ts d e lr co untry an ’
a b s tra c te d s ta r e on th e polished tips
“T h e re !” P eter com plained. “Now
One Iron mine only has been dls-
“I’m sorry, m adam .”
d elr fam illes de sam e WHy,” snld Uncle
o f h e r shoes.
you’re sore. D idn’t I tell you th e o th er
B ut th e re w nsn’t m uch uneasm ess Eben. “Dey loves ’em, but dey doeso’ Covered In Egypt whlcli w as worked
Lydia, a t a loss, found nothing to day the foollshest thing a chap could
betray ed In th e deputy collecto r’s man- ca re m w * ’bout w orkln’ fo r ’em .”
hy the ancients.
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE