\W.VKE daily NEWS htr.'.c.a
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1. 1*14
1
: CARLYLE ON WAR.
Wh«n M«n Kill Mtn Betwe. n Whom
There Wat Nc Quarrel.
'What.  |H?ukiiiK iu quite unofficial
languatre. U the net purport and up-
*-b' t of war-' To m> own knowledge,
for example, tbere dwell nnd toll in
the British villas of IHnndreUu'e usu
*11.? dome .r "0 souls From th«-- «* by
<*ertilu "natural enemies' of the
French, there are «nrct wdvely sHc^ted
during tin* KreiM li w ir. *a>\ thirty able
hod led men Dumdredp «t her own
expense. baa suckled and imrned them
She ban. not without difficult mil «« r
row. fill them uj  to nutnlinud mii(1
< veii trained them to cr;ift>- *«> th.it
one run we've, another build, another
hammer, and the wen kent can stand
under thirty stone iivolrdu|*iia
Neverfb«'li**H. iitnld much weeping
and swearing. they are selected all
dre*-e«l In red nnd dipped nway at
the public charge* Mime - <na  miles,
or. say. only to the south « f Spain, nnd
fed there til! wanted. And now to
thrit aame spot In the south of Spain
• re thirty siinllur French artisan* from
• French Dnmdredtfe In like manner
wending. till at length. nfter Infinite
rffort. tbe two pnrtle* come Into a-
rnal Jmtaposltlon. and thirty stand*
fronting thirty, each with a pun In Its
band
Straightway the word "fire" l« given.
• nd they Mow the souls out < f one
another, and In place of some sixty
brl«k. useful craftsmen the world has
sixty dead enrmssm which It must
bury and anew shed ten in for Find
these men any quarrel? Busy as the
Aevll Is. not tbe smallest! They lived
far enough apart: were the entlrest
strangers; nay. In so wide a universe
there was even, unconsciously, by com
merce. some mutual helpfulness !* •
tween them flow then? Simpleton!
Their governors bad fallen out. and In
ntend of shooting «ne another had the
canning t<« make tlii-w | o« r trior k-
bead- shoot Alas, so it Is in lients. ti
land, nnd hitherto In all other lands.
Btill ns of old "What deviltry so ever
kings d«  the (Sreeks must pa J the pip-
trf—Thoiii is Carlyle
LIFE AND ITS TENACITY.
Plant Germs That the Most Intense
Cold Could Not Kill.
In reply to a number of question*
regarding life an I it* tenacity here
tre results « f idologlcal lalioratorv ex
pertments made lev l r Paul Iteequerel
of Farts univ <*rvit>.
Reed* and 'Ihiiis « f p it* were
sealed in glass tattes A iir was
removed to the extreme imperii vaeii
am limit, and tben the tul>e« wre «ub
merged in liijuld nir dminv three
•reeks at the tem|a*ratun  « f 81ft de
gr«' * below 7.«*r*  F Mini under li<|iiel
hydrogen at the tempemttire of lis de
gn-es durthu seventy m-*cii hours Aft
■ er a renr some of the spores, ard aft
er two years all of them, germinated
! and grew.
This Is a remarkable fact—that Is.
I some of tbe spores required two year*
i to awaken from their sleep of apparent
I death in liquid hydrogen
! Life seems therefore at least In tbe
I case of these seeds and germs, to In* a
| < bemlc*I preens— tbe activity of diem
I isui was suspended or stopped by the
j intense cold
! I;<  put your finger Into liquid air j
! The eold kills the flesh and tbe dead
i fiart must he amputated But life in
e -ds and plants, whatever It may be.
- survive*! Humans have no clew to ;
i ihe nature « f life Calling It a phase
of Chemlsm does not belp. since none ,
, know* wliat that Is
My theory is that cheinlsin is a mo I
' non of and readjustment In atomic j
states of electrons Tbene are elec- j
rlcity But what electricity l«* Is un !
known - Kdgar Lucien Larken in New j
J York American.
Karnak'k Sculpture
fir all the villages «.f Kgypt. Kornak i
is most mKed for its architec tural an |
tlques It is situated «mi the bank of !
the Nile and built over the site «*f j
| TbeU-s The buildings date from IMO j
14 C and some contain mural deeora •
tlons thai give Interesting view* of
those ancient times Many interest
ItMC colored marbles were also ii*«n1 In
tbe definition « f these tiusre temples
und much sculpture is still to be seen
pcr.'t 0• I Razor Strops.
"Never put oil on a razor strop."
said one of the largest dealers In bar
ln*rs supplies In New York "It spoil*
it for shnriM>nlng steel A new strop
KlM.il!,I need oo attention for a te;ir at
least If It begins t4  t et dry Just take
a !title ordinary luther on your ftnuer
and nih it «eli in Tin* will soften it
again and nothing more la necessary "
-New York World
The Cp'o' ioo Rver.
The CIMomdo river was named by
the v rilard* fr« ni   word in their
language men nine rudd* « r rod. an
■litison to the tint of the water Iji
Sall«- fir«t nameil the river Mallime.
which meant -misfortune." one of two j
of his party having tteen drowned In
Its current - Exchange.
A Sure Guide
"Walter, give the menu"
"We have noue. but I can tell von ;
what we have"
"You must have a remarkably good
memory "
-Not at all I simply look at the
tablecloth Pele Mele
Quite a Difference
Th * Serious Uirl I ill* iva work to
eo_■ «•«! :i| lelii-.'lier -a iry than the ,
year iiefor* The Frivolous Clri And j '
I always tr\ to Is- eligageil to a higher ,
sillan than the year Is l Te lodge
BALKED THE RIVER
The Dam That Forced the Colora-
do Back Into Its Bed.
WAS BUILT IN RECORD TIME.
Every Minute Counted ir. Rushing t
Completion Thi  Engineering Marve
In Order to Savt Some b'jj,000 Acre#
of New Farm* From Destruction
Wo
tbe
e to Tucson in tne still
>f 1UU7 thai the Colorado
river wus ke«i>ii:g an old threat ami
was sweeping into the dry Saitoh
sink of Ij> ■ ( aliforum at the rate of
cubic feet to the second. Ai
ready there was m hike fifty miles In
length, lift.ti, miles wide. ltlf  fe«-t
deep in the centei
Washington was alarmed It looked
as if the entire Imperial valley—a ilol
land l'j America. Iielow tbe level of the
sen and one of the richest farming
spot* In nil the west- waa to be iuun
dated
• • • - ,. "
and inked K 11 Ilarrlman for help
llarrlman did not have to bury an"
prtde n he tan rd to loiph and
• • d blm to do tike J< i 
I; - ?; ti was h iving one of his
•bad f i t ti it time But he K
e
tu
> pnv
Qui
Live- Urndolpb built
Id's gre.t datus In
tbe
hug
that ma\ «s -em u broad
Men ma. think of the
the Nile or the Misslsslp
stru tares l'annnii
w York «*it\ waterworks
of these was built uudei
o | i s dam was built un
at> h nnd in fourteen days
not yet known fail are
Eve* i:   dolpb was Indeed on tbe
Jo'. He lay on hts | ed at the edge of I
nuddy f -'.1 a gaveon*.er> thou ■
*.• rwlx ai d ihousii tu  •* « nlers in a
*ii e day in the tlrhi pla< e. the rm-k I
and grave; had t< >■*  brought a long j
way. ami It u;i> K|>es |{an ' '  w i
gave the directions under which the |
hut Ireii; of gravel trains moved
The> clos-d the main ljne or the I
Sontliern l'a< itic nd nil Its branches
to travelers 'hey took the ermines ofT i
frelslit trains op and down the bio's [
wherever they "ild Had them The) !
aeni noi th o Suo Franc.s. o and east j
to Houston and New Orleans fi r more i
' engines t:d for " it car* by the mile '
This rt«H«d th'e • f trravH trartit- a mas |
ter mind oja-rated with bis left baud:
with his right tie built the dam
Itefore his ar moved I sick to Tucson
again he g« t'out of tied nnd went out
Upon 'he work flat toward the end of
the embankment, steadily advancing
across the i-nib - t the truant rHer a
gnaip or no>a were struggling with n
tine uew ste -l «*Jir thai luid liecouie ;
derailed at the end of the teiiqsimry i
track
How long have you heen trying to
save that car?" asked Itaiidoipb
"Twelve minutes." replied the fore '
man
'l-et it go came ttie order from tbe
chief "Twelve minutes' time « ri this
Job is worth (tlore than a hundred
cars" j
And so the car went down under
.ttmttxaiid* of tons of jo k and
gravel that, went «t<  hold buck the
mighty f'olonid«  from the haven that
It coveted Metropolitan Magaziue
^ —  
Takes a Lot of Believing
"Upon what <1 < von base your claim •
that your wife is superior ti  nil other
in America
In Europe
WM/A
in my pockets
In
rfi*
hours lie had j
H t of ro U an I
e
IKIO Rut the
n ed and. like a j
•d b:
Into
I lie work Itoosevelt hy
I lam nan how the Job
l he railroader re
. <1 un was not c<uii
• . 11 e days It nevei
- ni.i os « f fine
i l-e r .re\iT lost And
 ! t of the 1'hi ted
. i,i..til «vf th.
it |be work would be
. iln.vs llarrlman re
(| F; e- ItatalolpU on
:t Kjm's Itandolph Inn;
When t leave tuonc
at lllulll stii* >wipes It '
••I don I see
"Hill la<r iiiu111 i ai«l «li my money
end wi r o v" ^ "he dnlv
tiive it op
"When she frMintl I *as broke she
put a Mount in ui\ poi-ket Houston
PlH t
Pas. On.
-t am still    for an uonesi
innn ''Hi' in-i-d Iho^ehes
•| niii give \uo in. help' declared
the stranger
"Who ire vou
"i am an income tax collector"—
st irr . Post Intelilgincer
Curious Dream.
Mrs < ar>tM>igb .lobii yon were taiK
ln« in voiir sleep Husliiihd That*
funny for t was dreauilha of you.
Mrs f  WliiiI was funny about IT?
Husband Whv I flout see how I got
a etuiuce to say h word —Boston Trail
script
Try a want ad.
Till MANHOOD OF THK I MTE1) STATKS IS KMMGKD IN BETTKI"ING THE FONOITION
KIM) El ROPE'S STREM.'TH Is 1 ELNii WASTED IN \ DEVASTATIN (i WAR.
I.IM IKMUM 8ALE OF
INDIAN TIMBER LANDS
There *iil be i.rered at public
auction at the pi ices and times bere-
ii mined at not leas than the ap-
praised value about 967.000 acres of
timber landL with standing timber
thereon, which includes about 841,-
24 7.000 feet of pine, as estimated In
11*11, and approximately 141,275,000
f • of hardwood, located in the
Chociaw nation, southeastern Okla-
homa. The sale of the intids -n
Pittsburg county will be held at
McAlester November 3; in Latimer
couDtv at Wilburton November 4 and
5; in LeFloro county at Poteau
November 6 and 7, and in Push-
mataha and McCurtain counties at
Hugo November 9, 10, 11 and 12.
1914. Bids may be submitted iu per-
son or by agent with power of
attorney or by mail. Land and tim-
ber will be sold together. Land will
be offered in tracts not exceeding
160 acres. One person can only pur-
chase one-quarter section of agri-
cultural land, but is not limited as
to the number of acres of non-agri-
cultural land. Terms 25 per cent
cash, balance in three annual in-
stallments of 25 per cent each, with
interest at 6 per cent per annum, bat
payments may he completed any
time Irneriiage possession given
after approval of sale. Residence on
land not required. Removal of por-
tioi s of timber permitted as paid
for. Improvements on land, eon-
sisiing of a few scattered houses, will
be appraised and sold with the land
and the owners thereof reimbursed
where they are not the successful
bidders. The right to waive techni-
cal defects lti advertisement? and
bids, and to reject any and all bids,
is reserved. Detailed information,
ncluding descriptive lists showing
the quantity and the appraisement
of timber and land in each tract,
will be furnished without cost. Maps
v lowing location and accessibility to
railroads of each tract will be fur-
nished at a cost of 50 cents each,
application for both descriptive lisu>
and maps should be made to the
Commissioner to the Five Civilized
ribes, Muskogee, Okla. Remittances
lor maps ahould be made payable to
C.eorge N. Wise, Disbursing Agent,
CATO SELLS,
Muskogee, Okla.
| Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
#
Supt. Faust and wife went to Ok-
lahoma City Wednesday to attend
the fair, see about some school text
books, and perhaps to spend some
time visiting the schools.
Miss Edna Molohon left Wednes-
day for Anadarko, where she has a
position in the public schools.
vn|
dohn/lshloj
THEODORA MUGGINS'S vul-
garity and charm sprang from
J tb* same *ource—vitality.
Muggny, a* she was called, was a
flash liberal. She had had her chin
ttlckled by Mike, the handsome Irish
flight-watchman, and her hand* held
ky Horn*, senior, head ot the great las
prm of Horn*, Mill* & Horns, which
Occupied the entire thirtieth floor and
into hi* mind. She did not know that
for several day* he had laughed, on
Muggsy, In the flrat place, loved life , and off, at the Jolly idea of showing
frantically, and In the second she loved
men, but as a curious tomboy might.
This enabled her to be natural without
being transparent. It enabled her to
court men without frightening them.
It drove Mike, Jlmmle and Charlie Ir-
resistibly to the problem ot buying
double harness.
In the third place, Muggsy had her
employed Muissy ua UlephMM-optra- j   L-harhe', 'and* Jlmmle! almost which will change the order of his lire,
tor. | w|thout a word of variance, after dodg- Perhaps that 1  why. when he arrived
/side from her glowing Bkln and fine, | lng ,in emhra.o with cruel agility, she at Muggsy'" desk, she, for the first
#tn tig body, Muggxy'* looks did not
a little girl like Muggsy what the great
world looked like and seeing her eyes
open In wonder and hearing her laugh.
He let the thought recur and develop
until It changed from a Jolly Idea Into
an Inspiration, and he discovered that
he was glad his waist was small and
that his hair, though nearly gray, waa
thick.
On April 30, Horns, senior, left his
offlce with more than usual briskness,
like a man who ha* reached a decision
count in her supremacy. Her imperti-
nent face, redeemed from ugliness by
Vrltty, sagacious eye* ana a generou*
Uiouth, had the distinctive charm of
What might be called ugly beauty.
f>he was not good-looking* but it waa
great fun to look at her. t
Evidently Mike thought *o, too, for
tie dreamed of nothing but mlaalon fur-
niture, ostrich feather*, and *olltmlre*.
#xcept, of course, th* glory of rescuing
Muggsy from a burglar. And ha worked
like a slave In order that aome day h*
•night make Muggsy tha wlfa of a
Biagnlflcent policeman.
j Nevertheless, Muggsy was not en-
gaged to Mike—not at all—not any
gnore than to Jlmmle and Charlie, two
|roung men who did not work In the 8t
Uohn Building, but who had also re-
ceived In turn their temptation, their
repulsion, and their forglveneaa.
They, too, knew that they were not
tngaged to Muggay; but each, aubllme-
1/ Ignorant of the other, felt that as
poon as he could Invest In a "gas-log
and a rubber-plant,** aa the poet aald.
(he must viva that Information to
fclaggay and let her hava the privilege
K Aaotdlnf his fata.
spoke ns follows: | time, aaw him blush. He began to
M1 tell you—Mike, or Jlmmle, or Char- ! speak to her In a business-like man
tie—I'll have no solitaire until the plain i ner, but his eyes struck her as the most
gold band Is In sight. A fellow may
never be able to marry you, or he may
change his mind before he geta enough
of a raise, and then look where a girl
has put him Just because she wanted
to be sure of getting married."
"Oh, Muggsy," urged Mike, or Jlm-
mle, or Charlie fervently, 'TU never
change; It's you or no one for mine."
"Isn't she Just the square oneT"
thought Mike, or Jlmmle, or Charlie;
Tm going to show her that I can
make good, and I'm going to atlck. too,
even If I haven't given her a aolltalre."
Home, senior, was a widower, and
Muggsy knew that he was wise, even
for 41. She also knew that men who
write personal checks amounting to
one hundred thousand dollars a year
generally have a facile manner with all
attractive women, but seldom give sec-
ond thought to telephone girls, at least
not the kind of aecond thought that
interested Muggsy.
8he did not know that one day while
he was gating out of his offlce window,
aa he had done Innocently enough
thousand times before, she had popped
exciting eyes she had ever seen, and
she found his well-modeled, slightly
florid face astonishingly handsome.
"Miss Muggins. I'm going to ask you
to wait here until • o'clock and take a
message from Mr. Mills, who will call
up from Washington. I've got to go
to a meeting now, but I shall come
back as soon as possible. It may he
half an hour. I certainly ahan't be
later than I."
"I shall be happy to stay." said
Muggsy, blushing before hie Intenaely
questioning eyea.
"All right. Bend a boy out for your
supper," he aald crisply, and hurried
away.
He came back precipitously.
"Theodora." he aald. calling her by
her rarely used first name, "you're a
wonderful girl." and he remained a
moment looking through her eyee Into
her very heart.
She returned his look unfalteringly,
but two circles of crimson still deco-
rated her cheeks.
Horns, senior, hurried off again Into
the outer hall, leaving her staring at
* dm en i spot ten thousand rni'.tt away.
In space.
Suddenly she was roused from her
dream by the rattle of the elevator
doors. He had come back! She ■
glanced at the clock. It was quarter:
past eight.
For the first time In her life she had
forgotten a meal. Expectantly she
listened to his footsteps. "Jlmmle!"
Her voice waa sharp and distressed,
nnd the sound of it disturbed that
dapper young man. She looked at him
as if he were an Imp come to tamper
with her happiness.
"I Just couldn't help coming over,
Muggsy, when I heard you hadn't come
home," Jlmmle appealed.
"I got a raise, and I got a great big
one, and I bought something for you
today.
"Here's the solitaire, and the plain
gold band Is In sight," he quoted, try-
ing to laugh In spite of Muggsy's eyes.
Again the elevator doors rattled.
Muggsy awoke violently.
"Jimmy—here comes Mr. Horns—
what will he think of me If he finds he
can't leave me here a minute without
my having a fellow round to entertain?
What will he think of me?"
Tears of distress came into Muggsy's
eyes. She had a bad attack of nerves.
'That don't matter now," said Jlm-
mle dandlly.
"Now Is Just when It does matter,"
sobbed Muggsy.
With a desperate resolve she dragged
Jlmmie Into Mr. Mills's office and shut
the door on him.
After whispering through the key-
hole that he waa not to mako a sound,
she returned to her desk, her heart
beating with every step she heard in
the outer uncarpeted hall. She did not
look up and pretended to have heard
nothing as she waited, trying to re-
gain her calmness, for Horns, senior,
to speak.
Would he never speak? He had seen
Jlmmie, and was going to condemn
her without a word. She dared still
less to look up.
"Tweedle-dee-dee—oh, you kid!"
No! It couldn't be! Such coinci-
dences did not happen except in mov-
ing picture shows. Finally she looked
up Incredulously. But It was Charlie,
grinning like an Insane ape.
"8-sh!" Muggsy collected strength
to put up a warning hand. "The boss
might hear you. Get out aa quick as
you can and meet me In the subway
In fifteen minutes," she whispered with
Intent to deceive.
"Oh, rats, I'm not afraid of any boss!
I've been clean to Flatbush and back
tonight, and I'm not going to let any
bos* stop me from showing you this!"
He held up a ring adorned with one
small diamond.
Muggsy looked, rubbed her eyes, and
looked again.
"If you don't go this Instant, I'll
never apeak to you again," ahe threat-
ened furiously.
"Aw, I don't know; pVaps you will
and pVaps you won't," Charlie mut-
tered.
But. In spit© of his rebellious atti-
tude, he turned sheepishly away. The
clanking of th* elevator doors brought
his humiliating retreat to a quick end.
Muggsy sprang out of th* chair lUr~
a flylns lerrrmgant, and after two
!? >■ had Charlie's coat collar firmly
clinched In her right hand. He was
so surprised that he followed her un-
resistingly Into Horns, Junior's, office.
"Hide in there until the boss goes,
and I'll let you out," she whispered
with a Machiavellian leer.
Charlie retired to darkness and In-
dated his chest at the discovery that
he was in a real plot with Muggsy.
But Muggsy's courage was gone. She
trembled as she ran back to her desk.
It was better to have two men hidden
in dark ofilcea than one, but would
Horns, senior, ever smile at her again?
This time it must be he!
"Hello, you old darlint!"
It was the deep voice of Mike.
Muggsy sat back and looked at him
awe-struck. She had a second of su-
perstitious terror as she watched his
smiling face and made sure that he
was real.
endless, had begun to move, swinging
slowly up to meet them and then
swinging slowly away from them.
But they continued their laborious
flight Just as if a mad elephant w*r©
still pounding down behind them, until
on the eighth story they both fell
i down.
"Hey there, klddo, what do you think j In the meanwhile Mike, panting and
o- your little Mike's going on the force ! gasping, waited down below.
seen the lighted car shoot up toward
the thirtieth, but he had not noticed
that It contained Horns, senior.
However, he stopped on the fifteenth
and waited for Patsy to come down
again; and then, getting into the ele-
vator, he shot down past his prey and
prepared to guard the street door be-
fore they could reach It.
But neither Jlmmle nor Charlie no-
tlced this tactical change. They could . returned they fa,rly drowne<)
not notice anything, for their heads and charlle and revived ther con.
had begun to wabble almost as much ' siderably.
as their aching legs, and it seemed to | After noticing this result Mike turned
them as if the steps, besides being hack to Jlmmle and demanded an ex-
deir.anded In a tone that suggested that
perhaps this burglar were at least sane,'
Charlie had taken a cue from Jlmmle*'
Still too weak for words, he held up a,
ring and waved It about weakly In'
front of Mike.
Mike snatched the ring out of his,
hand, and compared It with the otheV
two.
Keeping the three solitaires In
possession, he went with Patsy to f t
more water, and when the two
next week?'
He stretched to the limit of his six
feet two of Irish manhood to empha-
size his heavy wit.
Muggsy did not answer. She was
trying *to convince herself that she
had not gone mad.
"Have you bought a ring?" she
finally asked with the cynicism of a
person who has accepted defeat.
"Have I Just?" gloated Mike. "And
If yer don't believe me, won't 1 show
it to you?"
Muggsy's tension gave way. The
tears flowed freely, and through their
mist she was watching Mike awk-
wardly forcing his huge hand Into a
pocket when with a loud crash the
lamp In Mr. Mills' offlce fell to the
floor.
"What's that — burglars?" hissed
Mike, holding his ungainly pose.
"Nothing at all," groaned Muggsy
unconvlnclngiy.
"Nothing?" bellowed Mike, aflame
•with the glory of his opportunity. "I
tell yer there's a burglar In Mills'a
offlce."
Jlmmle and Charlle, trembling In
their hiding-placea, absorbed the pos-
sibilities of this terrific announcement.
It must be remembered that none of
these young men knew of the others'
existence, much less of their communal
love for Muggsy.
Mike burst into Mr. Mills's office,
and, almost before he had disappeared.
Muggsy saw Jlmmle Jump out us
spryly as a fox terrier that has been
shot at but missed, and scoot for the
stairs. A moment later Charlie per-
formed the same maneuver, and. cir-
cling round from Home, Junior's, offlce,
raced down the halt And then, like a
snorting bull. Mike pounded through
the waiting room and was off In pur-
suit
Mike was about as big as Jlmmle
and Charlie added together, and aa
they rushed down the first three flight*
the two terrified youth* gained on their
pursuer. But Jlmmle was so fright-
ened that ho thought Charlie was after
him, and Charlie was so panic-stricken
that he couldn't think at alL He could
only run.
After etopplng at five landings to
press ths *levator-beU Hlk* had
Between gasps he managed to ex-
plain to Patsy.
"Did you see um?"
Patsy had not yet recovered from the
sight of Mike, wild-eyed and breath-
less.
"What's up?" he asked In a scared
voice.
"A couple o' burglars; I chased 'em
down from Home's."
"Honest?" whispered Patsy.
"S-sh!" hissed Mike.
"S-sh yerself," snarled Patsy, angry
at the start he had been given.
move, Jimmy was crawling in a dazed
manner.
Mike's wrath softened at the sight.
'There's the other!" yelled Patsy ex-
citedly. for as Jlmmle reached the last
step and fell headlong onto the matting
Charlle propelled himself round the
corner.
He, too, was In a dazed condition,
and, while Patsy ran for some water
to throw on Jlmmle. Mike, speechless
v/lth fascination, watched Charlie.
At the bottom of the steps Charlie
crumpled up as If he were a mechanical
toy that had stopped.
Mike recalled that they were bur-
glars, and. turning to Jlmmle, he shook
him roughly.
"What were yer doing up there?" he
demanded, shaking him again, while
Patsy dashed some water on his face.
planatlon.
And gradually It all came out On.
girl had made a fool of three life-sized
men. That was their male decision.
Muggsy was the common foe. They,
would face her with her perfidy. Theyi
would attack her and overcome her
and as they thought of one scathing
accusation after another each forgot
in the fury of his own egotism than
•Muggsy had ever been "a square ono
Just."
Mike had a thought.
"We'll go up and face the triple-
faced minx, the three of us now."
But Patsy had already taken the car
to the thirtieth.
They began to Bet their Jaws and grll
their teeth and rehearse the terrlbl*
things they had thought of to say.
They vowed that they would all desert
her and leave her to an eternity ol
splnsterhood.
Crouching back, they kept their eye*
"Don't yer hear 'em? They're on the on the tlevator Indicator, and watched
next fluor—they're coming—you hide on ! the hand Jerk round She semlclrclsb
one side—" 3—2—1 .
Both men stopped and looked. The conspirators heard Patsy slain
Down the last flight, hanging to the j back the elevator door.
banister, step by step. Just able to i 'The bossl" exclaimed Mlka undue
his breath.
Muggsy was not alone.
They watched her go toward the matfl
entrance with Horns, senior, at hef
fide. They were tongue-tied; the*
were cheated; but they were still men.
With one accord they rushed an the
revolving door as if each had deter*
mined to compel Muggsy to explain, nd
matter whether twenty mllionalwi
were with her.
But when they had passed through
the revolving door into the shadow oC
the entry they remained tongue-tied.
With open mouths they watched Horn*,
senior, assist Mufcgsy into his mot %
They bent forward and listened Ilk* .
cat for a mouse as Horns, senior,
turned to his chauffeur.
"Randolph," said Horns, senior, s
little excitedly, "go to Jersey City anil
A tinkling noise attracted Mike's at-!find out where Judge Harris llvea; then
tention, and, looking down at the
marble floor, he eaw a diamond ring
that had rolled off the matting. He
picked It up and quickly felt for his
own solitaire. That was safe.
"Here, wake up there!" he ordered,
shaking Jlmmle more fiercely and flash-
ing the ring In his face.
"Where'd yer get this?" he yelled,
as If he were talking to a foreigner.
"For—Muggsy—" Jlmmle murmured
Inanely, and went off Into unconscious-
ness again.
"What V the amazed Mike let out
He turned to Charlie.
"What were you doing up there V ha
take us to hla house."
Horns, senior, took his place besld#
Muggsy. Tha motor spun away tnta
the darkness.
"Heaven!" groaned Mike, "they're
going to get hitched this very night aa
ever was!"
Finally Charlie said to Mike:
"May I trouble you?"
Mike underetood. He eeparated th*
solitaires and gave the two extra ones
to their ownera.
Each man put hie hand In hla waist-
coatpocket. Each had a shameleaa
thought.
"Once a solitaire, always a soUtaint*,