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Chicago Ledger, v. XLVII, no. 47, Saturday, November 22, 1919.
Contributor
Ward, Harold. Pearce, John Irving, Jr.
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1919-11-22
Publisher
Chicago, Ill. : W. D. Boyce Company
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
The Daughter of Dance Hall Kate / by Harold Ward and John Irving Pearce, Jr.
Topic
Popular literature > Specimens. Story papers > Specimens.
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thing. to tell you: a little something to
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ar say you have!”
er tone and manner did “not “lessen
his mental burden -to-any extent. Ow
ever, he began: - "Molly—what I've done
was with the hope of saving you worry,
to keep the ‘children from being
disappointed.
rry—what ao you mean?
“Listen, Molly——“ - And then he told
her all; how by accident he burned the
ed to save the situ-
ation by shutting up in the grain car
the Ione turk ‘which it seemed Provi-
dence had sent directly to him; and how
the other fourteen birds—which he knew
with their kidnaped comrade!
en, when he finished the mourn-
ful recital, Instead of raising an awful
fuss and row, she simply gaia “Larry—
"m sorry; but it can’t be helped now.
The children’ have been talking all d.
about that Thanksgiving | dinner, Welle
_ what 2 yw 2"
ut his arm around her.- jn:
ry
sey? he said, “’most any: woman—
but you—would have taken on some-
thing fierce, and tied into me good and
plenty. J I made a bonehead
play, and I'm sorry; but that don’t bring
us any turkey and agranberry. sauce for
Thanksgiving. ve a ‘panning’ due
me, all right
“What's the use?” she broke in, try-
ing to smile; then she added: “The
thing for us to do now is to see about
returning Gobel's property.”
“You're right.’
“Will you take them back with you
ins ae ,mornin, ing?”
CHICAGO. LEDGER
why not?"
Well, I've "arranged to be off the run
til after Thursday.”
we HLow will you, get the turkeys back
to Tate Statio:
“TIL ship
nt.”
“How will you explain things to Gus-
tare Gobel?”
he way of reply Larry took a pen-
ceil and paper and wr the owner of
the turkeys, merely. ‘etating that the
birds had flown into the grain car while
the train stopped near Tate Station; tha
the door.of the car had evidently rolled
hut (true enough, tho it rolled with a
certain assistance to whi
em back by express—to-
nig!
the train arrived in
by stating that
the turkeys would arrive at Tate Sta-
fron BY. yhe night express, and that there
no transportation charges
. Sines wa. ay. He signe is name,: and
placed ° the missive in a “railway busi-
ness” envelo:
Thirty minutes later the fifteen cap-
tives, in three large coops, were loaded
to the express car, about to leave for
the junctio
Every detail of these last ceremonial
r
heads, tho they viewed proceedings with
ever-increasing dismay. Betty, with
an effort, kept back the tears, feeling
phat to give vent to her emotions would
rdly be in keeping with the dignity
“her years; but she murmured 4d
ully: “They're gonna send 'em away—
aH fifteen of ’em
two younger children displayed
none of Betty's reticence abo giving
way to emotional eruption. They felt
absolutely no restriction in such regard.
Consequently, they turned loose a series
of
-the world so!
ch reference |
was omitted) and that the flock was dis-~.
of weird wailings, renderéd continuous
and tumultous by united and painstak-
ng endeavor.
They were
grieved; they would- tell
T WAS about af hour after the sudden
departure of a particularly fine flock
of turkeys that. Gustave Gobel discov-
ered his loss—and he was, perhaps,: the
maddest man in the county. Later that
. Same evening when he received Larry’s
letter, and the three coops of turks he
was, perhaps, the most astonighea man
in the State of Texa:
Now, Gustave Gobel, no doubt because
Re conducted his affairs in a business-
and successful fashion, was looked
tnon by many “as something of a tight-
wad, devoid of sentiment and emotion,
‘and with but one idea and mission in
life—to make money. Well, Gustave
had a wise old head, no doubt of that.
“Be assured he never burned up any five-
dollar bills, and he never scattered his
coin in a noticeably conspicuous manner,
But, at that, many people had him down
wane all wron
day before Thanksgiving, a
substitute brakeman the round
trip on Nos. 37 and 38, Larry having ob-
tained permission to 1 off, to look
after some needed repairs on the roof
of his house. When the “accomoda-.
tion” returned to Emeryburg that night,
it brought one item of freight wholly
unexpected by the consignee: a
containing an enormous turkey,
bore the inscription: -
Larry Taylor—compliments Gustave
el” ~
0
which
As tho that in itself were not enough
tq ralse the: “two older and the three
The Golden Vagabond :
Amannunsronmunnasquussnn Tamu UOMO EMAAR
_ What Has: Gone’ Before’
ANIEL FITZHUGH, a tramp, seek-
“to avoid the clutches of a
° detective, stopped in front of a lim-
* ousine © injury.
detective collared him, but one of
_ its occupants, - .
KATHLEEN’ ‘STERRETT, with
- whose beauty he fell in love, saved
.° he was caught in ae street jam of un- ,
employed and s: t
ESTHER ‘STROSI. @ radical Jeader
audtenee
udjence of inem.
“ployed in Smulski's Jtalk. He met
~. there the blond Russian,
_}. STRUNSKI, a “comrade” of Esth-
e's,
«and encountered a drunken fop from .
‘4whom he acquired — honestly —
‘peari-handled revolver, ‘which he
“later exchanged for a decent suit o
hb
clothes, Then, newspa) .
bundle prder his ‘arms, he visited the _
- home o
SY MISGTON oTis, ‘Chicago mil- .
. Honaire, who offered him a $10,000.
check to get rid of him. Daniel,
however, destroyed the check y
insane or going to the penitentiary.
This story began in No. 46,
Ledger for Nov, 15,. Back copies may
be obtained from this office, -our
agents or newsdealers,
wy oe
{Copyright,/ 1919, by W. D. Boyce Co.]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE LAW’S HURRY.
ANIEL had become a typical yel-
ow Journal sensation, and,
a hero in the eyes of the
multitude. "and when the day of his trial
came, so strong is the power of adver-
tising, the courtroom could not accom-
modate halt of the crowd which wanted
admittance
Not. at ‘an unmindful that hundreds he spoke to her in the hall he had acted. like most first impressions,
of eyes watched his every movement,
he walked to his seat with ail the ma-
jesty his inches. lent him, and sat down
in thoro good spirits with himself and
the world. Yet as he looked from face
to face his obvious joviality gave way
to rather thoughtful expression.
Seated beside her uncle, he saw Kath-
leen Sterrett, and presently, near the features, and’ what he was thinking all the world
rear of the room, Esther Strom. He
could not bat remark the difference be-
tween the two—Esther, plainly dressed
In some cheap black material, trem-
blingly alive to all that passed and
with eyes only for him, and Kathleen,
fashionably gowned, beautiful,
possessed, who never once glanced in
his direction.
He began yisioning the future, en- prisoner was adjudged insane.and com- ,man,
wo
After talking, he left the hall, .
- eases of the brain,
jovi ing to the full the eostaay ot it see-
ing Bimsel fas he w o1——
usher of the court eating nis case
awoke, him from his .rev: e low
buzz of whispering ceased. wan expect
apt hush fell upon, the courtroom.
The first witness called was Syming-
fon. ts, here was a certain grimness
n his mien as he took the witness stand
whieh. augured no good, and from the
beginning -it was evident’ he was re-
solved to make the case against the
defendant -as-black as possible. His
testimony, which. grossly exaggerated
the facts, was extremely damaging to
Daniel, whose lawyer was on his feet
:every ‘minute, objecting to the prose-
cuting -attorney’s questions. . erton
realized fully the value of the notoriety
this case would bring himand aken
especial pains with it; when the wit-
-ness left the stand he whispered confi-
gently to his client: ‘Don't worry, old
n. e” I won't get you an
aeaulttal but ais get you what you
Wan
‘The next witness was an insanity ex-
“pert, so-called. “He was a good witness
or the defense, as. Merton Knew he
Id. be. * > He, too, appreciated the
value of the publicity that would accrue
to him, and was glad to paradé his pro-
fessional knowledge. nder Merton's
adroit questioning he talked’ very
-learnedly and polysyllabically upon dis-
In substance, he tes-
tified ‘that Daniel was suffering from a
“slight, tho not inconsequential, mental
disorder and ‘was in need of immediate
medica
Kathleen Sterrett then entered the
witness-box. Dantel watched her as
she-came down the~aisle and passed
within a few feet of him. What would
she say? he asked himself. Would she
support her uncle’s allegations? Or
woul e——
The prosecuting attorney was cross-
examining She seemed nervous,
embarrassed, ill at ease, answered his
gestions reluctantly or evaded them.
t when Merton took her there was no
longer any doubt about her bent.. Tho
she still looked down and spoke in a
low voice, she talked freely and firmly.
She said that the prisener, whom s' ne
understood was named Randolph
ad not impressed her, during the short
foo she had with him, a:
in either dangerous or desperate; that
his. mind had seemed clouded; that when
e-
like a man in a dream}; that he had not
appeared to realize what he was doing
or raying. -As it became clear how she
wished to testify, Otis leaned forward,
slowly stroking his crisp little white
che. ace expressed, first,
ained surprise; then displeasure, and
finally anger; but before she fin-
ished a mask was drawn over his
none could -
When the girl left the box her cheeks
were searlet. Tho she had not once
glanced at the n for whom she had
partlany falsified, Daniel knew what it
it have cost ner; knew that she had
done it for his sake, and wondered why.
effort made hlm happy.
@ case came to a speedy end. The
mitted to the Dunning Insane Asylum
1 declared cured. Two stalwart, of-
fiers, neither of whom was as muscu-
lar. as -he,-~escorted him to-the street.
Here a crowd waited to catch a ‘glimpse
of him. The van that wa
Dunning had not
the steps... The_delay afforded him op-
portunity’ to survey the scene: below.
From the steps to the curb policemen
had pushed — the rowd back, and on
either side of this human lane was le
eled a battery of cameras to “snap” him
as he passe
As he looked ‘out upon this gathering,
prompted solely by morbidity, the
thought flashed into his mind that some
day he would be the cynosure of throngs
ten dozen times as large, and that: they
eres. be actuated by quite different
otiv
- Sweeping his’ eyes up and down the
stréet, he perceived a motor car stand-
ing at the corner, and the next moment
saw Kathleen Sterrett and her uncle
enter it. Ai
feet of him the girl looked up and, for
-the first time that day, her eyes met his.
And a flash. of understanding passed he-
tween them.
A short way behind him, and until
then -unobseryed by him, stood Esther
Strom. Catching sight of her, he smiled
boyishly and held out his hand. He
-had grown suddenly Hy very happy.
“Well, Esther,
“Don't. touch "me!" ¢ she warned him,
and | drew farther away. “Don’t touch
me!
w her eyes were blazing, that
her “up trembled, and then saw som
thing that perturbed and surprised him
still mor her back stood the Rus-
sian giant. Strunski, and upon his pim-
ply face was an unmistakable expression
of sullen hatred. But fore he could
his perplexity, the patrol wagon
backed against the curb;
pressed the crowd back, and
hustled down the stairs and across the
sidewalk, while the cameras clicked and
the mob stared,
= CHAPTER. Ix
UNFETTERED,
‘PON Daniel's arrival at Dunning the
first thing that impressed him was
the alr of peace and tranquility that per-
vaded the place; but impression,
was speedily
dispelled. It was a sunny day, unusu.
ally warm and languorous for a Chi-
eago April, and many of the inmates
were in their open-air quarters. It was
not a pretty sight. On elther side of
athe long brick building in which they
were incarcerated extended tlers of ve-
randas enclosed and subdiyided by heavy
steel grating, and in the:
like the summer quar-
ters in the Zoo, the unfortunates paced
.®ver back and forth like animals in cap-
“tivity.
A profound calm hung lazily over the
grounds, and Daniel was thinking the
large, silent building for which he was
bound was more like a monastery than
self- 3fe could not fathom the reason, but the @ madhouse, when suddenly there rang
out upon the brooding stillness a peal
of laughter more demoniacal than hu-
As tho this were the cue for cers
se “cages.” for ~
younger Taylors to realms of happiness,
there was a letter as wom addressed to
Larry. It Tead, in p:
“ will add further. at this
time, that I have had my eye on you
since: before you went away to fight for
your country. Your honesty in return-
ing to me my prize turkeys, bears out .
the opinion I nad already formed of -
you. I anager for a branch
house I am openi: De in San Antonio. . The
place, I believe, is just about your size,
Will you take the
“If interested, atop over at Tate Sta-
tion some day soon, and we'll go into
the proposition: more fully. !
_ "Yours, area
‘GUST. AVE, GOBEL.”
?
Larry ‘tnrew his battered “hat in the
air, kissed Molly,. and “then - danced
around with the tow-heads clasped in
his arms: Would he “take the job”’—
well, well!
Late. that night, when’ the youngsters,
happy and conten
the open fire-place,
in general.
“Larry,” Molly began after a pause,
“no matter if there had of been but one
turkey in that car, of course, you'd have
sent it back | to Gustave Gobel—wouldn’ t
you, Larry?"
Her Tueband slowly stroked his chin,
as he sometimes did when slightly in
Then he drew her closer to him, ‘RY
as he answered:
“Well, Molly—ot co} course ra
that turkey bac
“I know: yo oad have, Larry——"
“on sure; Still, all things considered, She
it may be just as well that there were
fifteen of that turk—instead of one!”
talking of things -
have sent é
tain of the others, the quietude was
harshly disrupted with shrieks of ter-
rible mirth.
S$ he neared the main ward with his
custodian he saw other pathetic sights
which did not strengthen his first im-
pression. In one of the enclosures on
the west side of the building a woman
stood clutching the steel barrier and, in
a sing-song voice, chanted’ a paean to
the setting sun. In the same enclosure
another woman, with snarled and’
tangled hair falling lke. black ropes .
about her Shoulders, trotted to and fro, *-
ver and over again, with hor-
rible monotony, this was repeated, and
at the end of each performance she
would stand erect, throw up both
and emit a harsh mockery of a laugh.
The awful. pathos of these and other
sights even worse struck home to, Dan-
fel with redoubled force when he('re- ~*~
‘flected he was soon to be clas¥ed
asa compoen of those poor, demented oy
creatures,
@ was taken to the ‘superintendéy
office, and there, questioned abouta&’;
family, gave the same Actitlous ren
that had satisfied the police. - st
“disease” diagnosed,
was -classified and assigned to a ward."
After the customary routine of bathing
and donning the regulation garb, he had
leisure to sit down and plan his-escape.
While entering the grounas he had
kept his eyes open, with the result that. ~ =
he had a rough mental picture of the .
place's topography; and after the first
of mirthless laughter, and he lay awake
for hours, every second of them fraught.
with an anticipation of the sounds that”
were more appailing than the sounds |
themselves. But igs wakefulness, if*. ¢,
harrowing, gave him opportunity to - i
long room, DS
formed his sleeping chamber, at either
end of which were four windows, ale
ways open for ventilation,
During the night he left his cot, and.
stealing nolselessly. in his bare feet to
one of windows, found it waa
scarcely more than a fifteen-foot drop.
o the ground. Behind him in the long
feeble-minded © men
turned and crept ;
awake until broad daylight.
hoping the next night would be a cloudy
one, listening to the unearthly sounds .
that came at intervals from the violent
wards—and thinking, thinking. He
thought mostly_of the future, and the
more he thought of it the more wide ‘
ewake he became, Sleep was out of
the question,
BErORE noon that day came Esther.
When he saw her approaching with
&@ nurse there flashed back upon him