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nn: r.KK: onluia, fimdav. mauch :, i;i:. S3 (X IT Refusal of War Order Heralds New Civilization Delusion By Nell Brinkley The Lover Sees a Halo and It's Only a Hat By ELLA WHELLKIt WILCOX. . -6- I ; '. IT v v, s . Copyright. 1915, Star lVminy. Many prediction hnve been made of the near approach of the new millennium mid the coming of a worlil teacher. The.e lredktlons have been made by theosophl al peers and others during the la-st d .sde. When this ter rible calamity of w Mr-spread slaugh ter came upon the world there- was much scoffing of un believers and sar is stle reference to theiw predictions of a p p meshing peax-e and universal broth erhood. But now has been sounded a high clear note which would seem t herald the possible coining of the new millennium. Tha. note has been sounded from the heart of materialism, ritlshurgh. So wonderful, so remarkafe. is this new sound hi American hueness life that it j should be echoed over t'e whole world. 'in Ferruary IS the ltcctric Steel com- psny of rhlladelphla. I'n., refused to bid on a contract which would have netted that c-.-mpany ftJO.OO. The contract w for l.dnrt.wo drop force shells, wanted by the British government. Attached to t?ie blue prints returned to the commission by the company was a noa which read: "For humanitarian reasons this oom IHiny finds Itaelt obliged to refuse to con sider the contract." The value of the contract offered to the compary was estimated at IISO.OW. Charles E. Tiryson, president and gene ral manager of tho company, said: "Our company refused to consider this con tract because we don't think warring na tions should be etivouragrd. As long ai I they are able to purchase supplies of j this nature the war will continue. "We are looking for business, hut wo would not consider the furnishing of ammunition of war to any country that is engaged In conflict. I wish to state in making this refusal that we are not opposed to England or Its allies, nor to Oermanjr and Its allies. We don't desire to make money from Instruments that are used to slaughter people, and we think that other companies might do well to consider the matter In the same light." This, ts one of the most remarkable events which ever occurred In the busi ness world. It Is a herald of the new civilisation and the new humnnity which Is to take possession of the world. It is not difficult to believe that a wor!d teacher with the spirit of f'hrlyt in his heart is on the way, and that his coming Is not far distant, when In this material age and with the whole of the old world engaged in a commercial war, ond with greed and graft and strife ramnant everywhere In our own land, such a de- j clsion for such a reason could be made i In one of the money centers of America. J This Is an event to think about, to talk about, to write about, to preach about. Send broadcast the great, good news. God reigns In heaven, and nil Is well with the world when aurh things aa this can happen In such times as these. The day not so far distant when all decent business men will be ashamed to make a livelihood In tho manufacture or aale of my death-dealing implement or object, lust as tho higher order of man today is ashamed to bo engaged In the manufac ture or sale of drugs and drinks which debase humanity. There was a young chap with a "broken heart" who pouted to mo a day ago his hair was ru fried and his heart was cracked, and the world was black and blue like his feelings, and, said I, after his tale was told (while I smiled behind my' face where he couldn't see oh, fsmlled very hard for you see he complained that the "girl" waa not "what she seemed to be," and I knew that she was Just exactly what she had always been since she was la frocks above her knees and chewed her lead pencil and flipped her braids over her shoulders; It all lay, this change, with this poor chap and the spectacles that Danny had 'fitted him with)- well, after his tale was told, said I, the soberest 1 could manage: "You were looking through Ixivn's telescope, poor chap that's all. And the little maid who couldn't help that yon were Hoeing her through the glorifying end of It, seemed to your rose-blinded eyes to be wearing above her braids a glowing, gleaming halo that out-glittered and out-rayed tht circlet of any saint. There were downy, silvery wings shadowing her shoulders, loo, and her eyes were stars out of the meadows of Paradise. And now, dear chap, you've pushed aside the telescope and takeu a look yourself. And the halo Is only a bat (that might cost a chap more than he guesses) , and the wings are the rustle of her skirts, and her eyes are Just kind, laughing gray one that many folks have. It's you you are seeing different where you saw halo there ts only hat and remember that It always was a hat! Nell Brinkley. Read it Here See it at tide Movies. By special arrangement for this paper a photo-drama corresponding to the Install ments oi "Runaway June" may now be een at the leading moving picture the aters. By arrangement made with the Mulua' Film corporation It Is nut only possible to read "Kvnaway June" each day, but also afterward to see moving pictures Uluitrallng our story. (Copyright, 1915. by Serial Pulbloatlon Corporation.) NINTH EPISODE. Kidnaped. ankles. He limped awkwardly forlire naa had a fight, they say. He has CHAPTER Il.-Contlnued. J Slowly and with infinite pain Ned finally freed his hands. They were quiv ering as. with a mighty effort, he raised them to the back of his head and fum bled with the knot which held his gag In place. It seemed agea before he waa able to remove that tight bandage. He removed the tight thongs from around his half a mile, bent and stooped like an old man, but exercise restored him, and by the time he found a road he was his vigorous self again and full of the dogged determination which had led Mm so far In the pursuit of his runaway bride. Down the highway a mile or so he found an obscure road house, and he strode In at the saloon door. While ordering a "bracer" for his shat tered nerves he saw his two captors sit ting at a table. He rushed madly at them and knocked them both to the Door. Dashing out of the place, he saw tiieir auto. He Jumped In, pressed the ctarting button and sped away. The house of Mrs. Vlllard waa closed nd locked when Ned arrived there at i o'clock In the afternoon. In the meantime June and Mrs. Vlllard and Bouncer were snugly ensroned In a pleasant hotel downtown, and before her t the writing table Mrs. Vlllard held jen a bank book. It figures represented the price she had received for the sale of her ten best years, and she spent an hour in the debate of whether to glveup her earning. June had been taken Into that debate, but she had been able to offer no. argument on either side. She had leallzed at last a great and saddening tr'itli that every womm's problem mutt be for herself alone. Marie meantime, with Officer !.n ss interpreter had telephored everywhere fur tes,vf Ned Warren, but without result: then In despair she telephoned the Vlllard house to excuse her absence to June. That number did not answer after repeated trials. Marie, more frantic now than ever and feeling sure tnat she was about to lose her mind, hurried straight down to the MM ion and took a train to the Vlllard place It was closed, locked. Just as Marie was pondering over this remarkable circumstance there came trudging down the drive a natty little figure, its limbs nestly Incased In leather leggings, its cap pushed on the back of tls head, hut his tiny little mustache all fuzxy. It was Henri, and in his eyes was a very great weariness. "Where is Mr. Ned?" screamed Marie. "Name of the good Ird!" groaned Henri. "He Is watching the day perhaps. Such a headache!" and he pressed his thumping brow. "Where la Jens?" "Vanished! I wake up. Jens le no more! been linked, they say. The enormous ruf fian who is strong enough to box my friend Jens has stolen the machine. Here it Is. Volla! Jens must have returned!" "Where la Mr. Ned.'" she demanded. "In the woods." Henri waved lie arms cumpreaenslvely. "Not tied!" "As you saw him. Mile. Marie." And once mare Henri was able to laugh. He blew a Kiss to the sky. "H waa well ex ecuted, mademoiselle. It was Henri, my self, who" 'You take me right out there," she or dered. "Eravo!" he approved. "It Is another good enterprise'" I have enthusiasm!" "Then d'n't talk about it!" snaiped Marie, and llshtly as a cat Henri climbed over his spare tires, plumped Into the seat beside Marie, and away they sped. A: 7:15 oclock that night Bolibie and Iris Blethering, the latter June tVarners bosomest of bosom friends, strolled Into the Cal'e New York. Suddenly Iris grab bed Bobble by the arm, and he turned to her in surprise. Iris for the first time In her life was speechless, and her fare waa pale, but she could look. She was star ing at a table In the comer. There sat the runaway bride, laughing and chat ting happily with a vivacious biunette, a pleasant faced lady of mature years, a Uaik, hamiS'im ii'an Willi a bluck Vau dyl.e. a pink laced, white mustachc-d man ho bur all ih evidence of a buu vlvant and a heavy, round headed ma-i with thic k eyelids' Her moment of paralysis past, the hearty Ilia in de u straight die for June's table, and it was Hobble's turn to clutch her by t lie iii in. "Look hero," he whispered In her ear while ho held her, "what can wo do? Wo tnterfeiv'l mce and mussed It all up. Now, the ri'-'ht thing to do la to telephone Ned." "t"l fit right behind this post find watc h tlint table!" Iris promptly decided. "You telephone, and hurry up. Hut 1 do wish I h:ui h kockI place to cry!" Ned was tt home when Iiobhie called. He wa. ready to Htart on any Journey In search of June and Gilbert Blye! 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