CAPE MAY CCU

, SEA ISLE CITY. V. J.

K tb~ popular llhaatralor. ana Per a atudio rver> rtar and lur cop ■*i hair and mllk-irhlto rompkrlor la artlatb- aye. Hr atarta to Iravr ' ‘ la tnlrrruptrd by Jlllson on

In*. When be *tl« t

artrl baa dlaappearod. In dab. M*r he read* of a clrrer Jearel haa be (Bed the police for naarlr

rn MVlon. but tnalead a

- wttli hl« bark t

CHAPTER III. A Wild Gooae Chaae be exact momenl when J. MorFerbra was briny apprised of t that thla waa an amaxln* S that prerloualy he had been i* only amonx the foot-note* l Story, an elder!}' rentlid a rery handaome yoanx wornn a subtroy train which roared > Ha way downtown The 1 waa’xray haired and he y cropped cray moatache. Much affected by Americana ~ivtr York. He poueased all rka of a proaperooe dnb- • spoke eloquently of t and of moderately ienU. Attached • waa a heary cord, b he continually ran aaetwbo knew him.

down the Cnger tips of her xlorri an 1 twlstlox them. *Tm a doddering old toolV exclaimed her father suddenly

••Father!"

"i never telephoned his house to make sure. Why should we come down here to his oflfy *?" They hasten*, back to the el era tor and went down. The elderly man supped Into a pay-station booth. Presently he emerged, wrathful of coun-

tenance^

"Kcrer called np at alb Doesn't know what I'm talking about. A whole evening spoiled!" "Bat what ran it mean? What can

It mean?"

Down Into the dank subway again; and twenty minutes later at 9:1C. the two arrived at the apartment on the third floor of the Dryden. The girl opened the door impetuously, fearing she knew not what. In the plain, ordinary safe In the livldg room reposed the Nana-Sahlb's ruby and fifteen thousand dollara.

CHAPTER IV.

i crystal i

an stared with unt opposite window; re, blue as Russian

streaked with

and heavily fringed t really and truly beauti1 few belated ones realI forgot their nightly tllurlng advertisements. Mile to the weary eyes; the unexpected vision of

I waters and the

e bill* far away. Her * least of her fUtrarmysteriously, a* If

u the deeps of It.

t on earth he wants." and nibbled the Ivory d not reply. Perhaps she

m.

muddle." the elderly, "Your mother's a his right mind.” thing for you to coml the girl at last, withC her bead. j e Is. Three millions. He congbed a novel-reading mad . >old have drawn up s much as our lives all.'hat junk about. Wj to tho Metro- ’ they wouldn't take j a claim 'hat that ruby ' fans 8ahlb Anyhow. * l Hindu beggar died j I that he took the 1

i him.'

u you call all those .

■ junk' I love every' j > was right. Only one .

oid who visit the '

M tmdemuinl or appro !, but mi llglit-llngcred

• proalliig about.' C lady shruggsd. ! r the ground so often

l wearied her She j , but sin- could not t

r lurk of i.pprwla |

ider'ul c urtos her un- >

bur. wUh the sin-! . she should use j

A Page From Scheherezaae. In the meantime Forbes was Invited by the burglar to come in and alt down. He entered tbe room, thoroughly hypnotized. "Sit down Ir that chair there." went on tho man in the mask. Indicating a fine Sheraton. Strange, that Forbes should give any particular attention to the make of the chair. "There's a good chap." came hoaiaely. "I should hate to give you a crack on the head. If you keep perfectly quiet and do as you're told. I shan't be forced to hurt yon. Now listen carefully. Take out your handkerchief. Top pocket, overcoat. If you please' Now tie It over your mouth. That's the way." Forbes was by no means a coward; but the unexpectedness of tbe encounter stunned him. He forgot tnat he had evi-r wanted to be an amateur detective. The burglar rose to bis feet with astonishing agility. Forbe* watched him. under a malevolent enchantment He saw the man whip down from the wall a rare old priest s

stole. I

"Put your, hands behind tho chair and hold them there. The automatic's the quickest thing in the world." A moment later Forbes felt the rough edges of the stole sink Into his wrist*. The ends wont In and out of

"Looks Like a Hoax."

} in th- Mblr* «

Would Not Burn Diamond*

ou often bear of people with toy to bum. but *o fa nunc nas r attempted to bum their dia monds The reason why. perhaps. ■* r ' tH-vause they will bum beautifully

you opened th- door without A muny iaiai;1Ilt . th „ kuocklug. Never mind The burglar JUunoa(U are ; rt !e*tnictlblc.' said

| slipped the pistol into a pocket. "Nos

Forbes said nothing, hut Ills eyes threatened to fall out of bis head. Fur the young wocnui was no less a person than she of tbe copper-beech hair; and her face waa as sad and beautiful as Mini's "Madonna" in that rickety old church by the side of that smelly old canal In Venice'

iTO ItS t v'NTlNUlCIU

^ 1 'to 1 '’ '* orT ? Perhaps some time be-I , r 1 ' , ‘ * C ' l lV fore midnight tbe peopV who live here | a . all ,

VV

« aable* and her fa J to the monolith ot C Shot up to the eight- | suite of law office* | been so strangely HtJMhdarkneas The t and ocboed eerily

as no mightily I secular da <

s a hoax.'

MIjSjAMTA Maus

unwritten. He bad entered, picturing in hi* mind a familiar scone, six familiar faces; and thU Instead! It would have hypnotized anyone. A blockhead! A sheep: To have allowed himself to be trussed up this way, without a single struggle, without a word! A fine detectlre! strained at his hands, and then at his ankle*, but desisted when the chair threatened to topple OTee. On tbe floor he would be absolutely hetples So he aat there In the dark, mouthing at his handkerchief and trying b his teeth into It. The man had a freshly skinned knuckle. He would remember that when the police came. He would never be able to recall tbe voice, no effectually muffled behind the curtain of the mask. In evening dresf. too, and wore it to tho manner bora: here In little old New York. And then It come upon him with tho daxxlement of sunrise. The mysterious burglar of the no* ; papers! He began to swoar again; guttural sounds which started In hta throat and ended, bassoonllke. in bis cose. Dash the door-boy, to have given him tbe wrong floor! Somewhere np above or down below they were waiting for him; the cards were purring, the chips clicking musically against one another. Deoces wild. If you held a king and queen of any suit, together with three deuces, you could call It four queens, or four king*, or a royal, just as you pleased. Open on anything; no weary* waiting for Jack* or better; something doing every minute. (It never occurred to him that the burglar bad already saved him about fifty dollara!) And when the occupant* of this room returned they would doubtless, and with reason, hand him over police, and the deuce (wild, indeed!) would be to pay. Moreover, he would never bear the last of it. He. who had never left himself open to ridicule, would bo the laughing-stock of fhs

town.

Numbness crept Into hi* arms and legs. He could not shift the handkerchief a'solitary Inch, not a fraction ot an Inch. Occasionally he heard sounds, the lift-door closing, someone going up or down tho stairs, the rattle of a faroff elevated train, tbe honk of an auto horn in the street below Beautiful situation for J. Mortimer Forbes, famous Illustrator! Hours and hours and hours passed; at least so It seemed to him. Of course It was just his luck to strike a place where the people kept ungodly hours. H« would not be able to work for day* Tbe gold thread of the stole cut like a razor's edge The beggir might have left tbe lights on. so that he could have found some amusement lu staring at the furnlst. Inga and speculating as to the taste of the absent ones. But to sit In purr darkness (for the blinds were down) bl* nerves all avrrark from listening and waiting, bis lungs arhlng for the want of a deep bream It was all mighty unpleasant Thank heaven! Sutm-one was turning a key in the lock They had come at last. He suddenly found himself blinking into the light. Over the threshold •-ame an elderly man and a young woman. "Good heavens!" ‘-ried the young

; the spindle* and tbe knot came under j bis elbow* Next, the handkerchief I was given a precautionary twin. The

f. "“j Bokhara embroidery on the low-boy * “* vln * ‘ ,ad was also forced Into service. Thl* t-c in baring stum- j curod hl . to lh ,. Ip| . H of tbe

amporary dlnapiiolnl- • ^,. lr

SfiKted « deep sor .. 1>0W ^ kuow

of a kind lor which |nr you u,, df*,,. without

Is no balm Crov.

to.. U... »«. , ... ,t* ™ WCM , loM o!

ate lor the nighL "but

■irfa -m* ih-v — »•—r —— as a matter of fact, a fire of diamond* ihTdMK » or her ; WUI TOm '' ‘ 0 yoUr ' i would be tbe briskest, prettiest thing or btr tin.- akin- ; ”*' hrn ro * u '' •melt bvfon- the 1 ln t he world. Dinmoud* are notbinx r~T .Jj “ f '' M ■' ,, “ nd took 001 , bul c-ool carbon l*ut a handful ol *« mail, von r.!* K'vel-box He did not , ,it ani „uds on a plate and set a light ' bother to try the lock He wa* evl- . lo them. They will burn with a hard I drally pressed fur time He simply jemlike name tl!' nothing ic left, the two got out. wrapped It up in a newspaper, tied it Tb ,^,. will be no .moke, no sooL and g eoLtlnurd their l securely with a string he tound lu a , , hlt plat? will be as clean ”” ■ ad ‘ ,uch | * work-basket, picked up hi* tool*, his ' a , ,i„ >llK n ,j*t . nnh.-d-not the slight gabled manses hat and coat, and paused lor a moment ; , psith-V even asb will remain on the threshold . Forbes could see | iv,ut try to thaw out your cracked

the sparkle of his eyes through the j b y fire

holes la th.' mask He also saw that : there was a slight gash across the : Age of Elsphsnu snd Parrot*, knuckles of the man a left hand ' Kardlcy WlltnoL In bis "Ufu of on Horry to leave you in this fix." The | BlcpbatiL" says that these animal* an bowed briefly and went out. i i| vv u0 c hundred year* under favor Forbes beard the-snap • t the «w itch j k ble clreumstance* It Lydekker in button instantly be was In tout dark uia "Ureat and Small Uame of India news. Then be heard the click ol the ; nay* of the Indian elephant that it* bolt He wa* now locked in. ITeseut i age depends upim It* teeth, ly hi* brain resumed It* functions; he Definite lalortratloo s> to'tbe age tw-gan to think in little sparks of j of parrot* Is hard to find lu a work thought *» if permitting electric fluid i on "l*amit» In Capet.'ty ' oos black

lab be bad been forced to j to enter a wire by degrees, jerkily. | Msdagasear sped men in the Loudon

poo, Hr phoned that It would For the last ten minuter be had beon j roc is mentioned, whi u was present rwvy. av**i uxcoodinsly. important as completely bypuotlzed as If be had cd to tbe society full grown in 1S3I. os to be here before nine Shall been otartiig lor hours into a Swaml s and was still alive and well la l*k< ^1* - crystal. Hta Oral coherent thought Several- Ihera about wanly years old

Xgaitdv The atrl tragsa pailiug I wa* ouc of tho*.- beat left unspoken. 1 are muutioand

With joyful heart, on dainty toes. Her eyes ashiae, each cheek a rasa, Weil laden with her present* goes The Cfrrlytmrv m»i* la Sants'* task she claims a share, And boar* her gifts with thooghtfol ears. While Lots attends bar evarywheta, A willing aid. Oh. Santa, tak* a friendly tip. Dale** you want to lose your grip, Doc’t let her msk* another trip In all yuer days. For she’s a vision, so complete, So captivating, fair and swaot. That she has got you surely bast A hendred ways.

DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS *Vhen the Joy of Your Kl 'dies Brings Tender Memories of

Years Agu.

In these strenuous shopping days, writes Louis James, have you caught yourself remembering suddenly. In all sorts of queer, uncxp-'ctod places, all sorts of queer, half forgotten things? Have you remembered Low these days before Christmas are the wonderful days in tbe life ot tbe child, more wonderful days, perhaps, than any Chat are to come? You know that yourself. You cant helod"calling bow time went by those ds^T before the great day. You remember bow each day teemed somehow more wonderful than the one before. each day a prelude of real Joy to that first marvelous moment ot Christmas morning, when, after a night of little If any sleep, you scrambled up and stood breathless on the threshold of the room which had been forbidden you all those interminable hours that went before. The child jo'-' ‘ • with you through

' toe wor.nerlands l department wants wbat^Au did Tbe I little girl stop* before tfo baby doll, wide eyed, wtlll with desire. The nor stands Hooded with bapplness belora j an ark in which is every Imaginable i creation. Yon remember what a small j thing your own was. a fourth the size. But his Joy Is no greater than yours. | He pushes toward the rocking torse, j Now It runs by machinery, when once j >-oo ran your own across the Boor to j the Imminent danger of total demur tlon to persons and furniture !b*t might -.tand In the way. But Cbrtot- j mas day was your day. The day when "don'ta'' were not and you were king or queen In your kingdom of toys. You pass on to trains and Jbere again electricity Is running them. Yon pulled i Then you catch the look on the face of your boy. He Is watching the huge engine move slowly, smoothly along It passe* under infinite tunnels and bridges and over made hills that present Intricate difficulties of | Your tunnels were of chairs and the i le In your kitchen made a splendid bridge U> < He toms to you. the child of this twentieth century. His smile Is beatific. He wants It—that train. He never wanted anything so much before. He never will again be f And as you move away you smile, a little sadly, a little gladly. You are proud to be able to make blm i wonderfully happy, this child of yours, bnt you arc sure. too. that he is t happier than you were these same preChristmas days, those years before.

rilling the Stockings

>L

\a:

FREDERICK. R. A\ERES

VER Bethlehem's plain there shone a star I That guided wise men from afar, ^ . r To -see the child in manger lain, f Immanuel Jesus is his name; ( "j ^VjThe Prince of Peace has come to dVyelL ^ Hosanna! Shout! Immanuel

« p?rt* •

sand and ffruvci mixed dry. by ti ir hoe. Water a a little at a urn* ore Is mushy but o much qrater tr use* re not light, s pa will leak out wlU

te concrete

a large tl*' 1- fl 1 to be moved : mm ^enforcing of Iron t is requirnd, thong

: long expected. Is bom today, by e to the world God He comes, and The mighty God on Rejoice! Rejoice!

BIROS* HOLIDAY DAINTIES Y*llow-Leg Snipe Travels Some MOO Miles for Christmas DinnerRobins Llk* Holly Berrios. The yellow-leg snipe travels a matter of 9.000 miles to get hU Christdlaner. It Is pretty nearly the longest journey made annually by any living creature, and tbe object of It o be to procure certain dainties in the way of aquatic Insects and crustacean* appropriate for hoi Ids>

tom.

One might say. however, that the most appropriate of Cbriitmas dineaten by tbe robins which at this holiday season feed largely u the berries of tbe bnMy—particularly upon the berrie* of a kind of holly culled the black alder, which are or bitter as quinine. Another bird which ha* an Interesting Christmas Is the mocking bird fie is a planter of.tbe mistletoe berries anil mistletoe berries contribute largely to his Christmas dl-.ner. Being particularly fond of them he Incidentally. though without Intention, carries tbe seeds to tree branches where they promptly fasten tbem?lves and sprout. In this wsy the parasitic plant Is widely propagated In Texas, which I* the principal winter resort of the mockers. » Tho canvasback duck breeds in tbe far North, from Minnesota to the Arctic circle, in the interior. But the call of Christmas turns It southward, and It spend* the holiday* along the southern Atlantic coast, from the Chesapeake to Cuba. It feeds on various aquatic plants, but the piece de resistance of Its Christmas dinners Is wild celery—a succulent, water vegetable which gives to lu flesh a flavor highly appreciated by the epicure. The wild Canada gooae goes all tbe way to Mexico In winter, spending Christmas among the lakes In that tar southern latitude, where nutritious | and water plants are plentiful

L V v

TE comes to I To spread

From everlasting, he's Our God and Wonderful

^ King David’s seed in mm* v (o«fct .,w c Rejoice! Rejoice! Immanuel w

■ trend

a;

7 good v

( of free salvation’s plan M With angels Join in the refrain. i, God with us, is his i Hallelujah, peace on earthy < Rejoice! the Savior's I

VEJOICE and I r Hosanna to the new-born/ gelic hosts to man proclaim, r Father’s love, our Savior «i ^Hallelpjah! Peace on earth. 1 f Rejoice! Rerjoice! the Savior's r|

Santa’s Secret

!Yf—I'VK got uut ot bed. Just a

rh* stocking* Tv* hung by th* firw Ar* fur mo—not rasmma. you know or min* or* so awfully little. IWr Rants Clou*, don’t you ••*■* And 1 want. oh. so many plaything*. ■*'*- bold TOO ugh toi in*

heu th

j Holly Scra| By HARVEY r. ' Itf EVER look a gill is H i | Ail that glitter* i*: |j ; Hiitieto* make* thi u fonder. ; Th* gift deferred task-

tick

: Belief iiaSasU Oao* ; It»*,’•< exhaatv

saeii

; To giro hidv-< r

f. rgivaittpi.. .

Gifts make the ci

thorn the fcl!:*.

1 One Christina* tor

whole of Wc:

| Christina* bills ; Santa Claus is ml

painted.

! But gifts In bar'

telxur*.

! Pnsaty liswao, .. „ tasks tWe^T* gilts 1 V And Ih.rvbyk

*T*ryr

‘k

Thai can talk and emit n.. .. tot on* that I* full of old ** a I A* all mj other doll* srt.

— • hort *« Useful. The hristma* troa don* nne t.tong. but lu .bon u,. haautifui on*. dovtui and

Faro

1 1 up»-* v . ^ wete .1 *d to