Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 10

Che Caspet Daily Cribune FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1923. - GASOLINE ALLEY —NO NEW EVIDENCE : : So Seeersess & ONE HUNDRED . ¥ A aL dh ch adc THE CANDY AND THE '\ (AND wust D0 vou FA ne tied te SS NO SIR— SHE O1IDN'T OF YOU To SEND SKEEZI« = 4 SHE BOOKS vou sont THINK | SOMEONE SENT eta LD co1T— teEVES. THE LITTLE AUTOMOBILE.) Were ceLigHTFuL) | skEEzm & ONE “uNoRED | OM © ME JUST LOVES IT THANKS cOR COLLAR £1. FOR THINKING OF ME WHY WALT! WHEN DID YOU GET BACK? MADAME WHO? By HAROLD MacGRATH —_ AUTHOR, OF o THE: MAN ON INSTALLMENT NO. 5 MRO S WO a, wenctcut daupiiiac; {helt voices, she handed him note | BARNEY GOOGLE---Sparky Is Still Holding His Own of a Virginia planter, has lost her “What's Saad tether and two brothers in the Civil on YASSUN . BOSS, SPAHKY Done War. (The year is 1264.) She ewears| “I want you to find out who these : . 4 os S rae: 5, men are. They belong to the Secret een Too Much WEIGHT Service, or an arm of It. One of them 'ESTIDDY - IF HE'S Gwine Mrs. Wetmore, her aunt, that she will carry out the Btbical tjunction | 7! have Taye yen spenelegees Mig casts JS RUN IN Dis YEan BIG alte erratic le Ae 2 for an eye!" | onan eA uraca annsayte RACE NE: SATIDDY HE'S ‘ie at Richmond she meets ety GOTTA HAVE Fo POUNDS “The Parson? Frequently. Henry Morgan, a debonatre young| «., | Mo- WEIGHT To officer, who falls in love with her.|. x, "ent thet man whore I cam talc) __ oe NATCHUAL to him without belng disturbed. Hoe | She repels his adwances. She is en- =I oe a: enptiecaiee oan te | C&R tell me what those letters mean. “ ver’ | a ii Apo to Saag tRti thy ‘Would an abduction serve? : 7 3 "It would.” penal aiid lends reds! find} then everything falls out nicely. 26 ’ Parson Kennedy end bring nim| “atone cr ¢ “We'll talk of t ” within the soutbern lines. It is plan-| saqyvey sus pele ia eae Ba ned to have her make headguarter=| neay twice tonight—once at Summer's with 9 family of Bm errabethy j and again in a certain hut by the Po-| traphy and other’ techinical branches| mA, Till sive you the, directions. : | But what's tn the al her new calling. And clad as a) ~ Tor, cated ta the Hine of. thelaertn| nA aes enue Shas ' she makes her way through the lines. | °"7¢ ‘he retort with a smile. She learns of an organization of ou are wearing & wig; you have eleven Union. spies and of their meet-|@7e4 your skin. If I dai not know | ing place in a Richomond loft. As she| YOu With the eyes of love, I'd have) Oe ee the lender address the|80me difficulty tn recognizing you.| masked men seated about a table| Please pardon by asking you a ‘ques-}°——— = Jeanne {s Ciscovered and dragged) on: your arms and shoulders?” P into the room. The leader unmasks| “I have not neglected them. You ETEY DINK. inte threatens her with death, but/S*w that last night. But if you think By CLA. Voight FouR POUNDS MoRE_ WEIGHT = THATS GASY= Ite Tre THis FLATIRON OM TS HIS TA 4nd HEL BE ALL SET y —BIEQiINsS ™~ LETS SES how THs New ARRANGEMENT {S GONNA WorRK = the|this is = good opportunity to make ee Ce or Harrie aoe love to me, you are mistaken. In this ome of their number marry her. She|#2me of espionage we are partners; consents and when one of the masked] but beyond that, nothing.” men volunteers to marry she refuses! “Who can say? Do you th'nk I will] end claims the right to choose. oe give you up? | She rejects the volunteer and se-| “Here ts your recruiting station. I lects the one who suggested the mar ner best drop you. What is that tiage. ‘Hie she names “Irony.” To soldier tacking up? ‘Dead or Alive!) hee surprise the leader is no other Read it—then come back and tell than Parson John Kennedy. He per- me forms the ceremony. Irony" says| He came back, smiling with his lips| his name is among those who s'gn as but covertly warning her with his witnesses, (just before they leave her ¢: be bound), in the following code form: Tt {s a dodger for the apprehens‘on John Kennedy, D. D. 1 » Beaufort, dead or alive— height, slender, handsome. 7 ee A dark even le, dull copper-col- JS, o Sat7/) boy's clothes suc z 7 : Ven LFA a man spy? How interesting! vara cessfully f) “A w “Before God, you are a gallant Kai “Thanks for the lift, Miss i woman!” he w \ = F-BN-S | Trent.” j EP, W-BE-H | She smiled back at him as she drove = Later Jeanne learns that Morgan ta) off. =m & spy. | ])PAD cf alive. But she went shop- To her surprise she recetves a tet-| IJ ping. Jeanne Beaufort, dead >r ter bearing the curlous device she had|alive! How small she was, how help: seen tatooed on her husband's arm.!less—and how long that arm sudden!y ‘The letter, ironical in its tone, shows reaching out for her! So after ai that her unknown husband fs still in| these months, they had fourd out who! Richmond and knows the name and|she was? Slender, handsome. very, identity of his wifet She cuts her|pale. Immeftately everything becam: nd above all, young. It was the hair, stains her face and, going to| eyes. | middle-aged who carefully weighed Baltimore, assumes the name of | Dead or alive! She was a coward. everything and then started forward Alice Trent, not knowing @ per-;She wanted to run away and hide; | Just a little too late. Parson Kenne son llved in Baltimore she wanted the strong, comforting | Was the exception, | An intoxicated man accosts Jeanne | arms of her Aunt Delia; she wanted When he left the Sumner place that! and she is rescued by her room at home. jnight. he dismissed his hired carriage. | Captain John Armitage, a young| Dead or allve! The wheels clattere1/ The bribed coachman drove off, mut-! Quick, PEGGY - (uw Just AN SWIMM MAH PUPDY oa ' Tu Tacks- ft INNOCENT GAME Union officer whom she tells her as-/it; the hoofs of the horses beat time/tering into his rd, while the two Into A NEEDS A NCW Hearn e- oF Sacks’? , qumed nate to tf |men cowering inside swore softly in| Box can, DAN <n086 Som i} EANNE'S hosts gave a reception| But her indomitable spirit ia not |chagrin, Zuaaes Ai ea ONE COMIN in September to one of the South |!ong remain crushed. SNaP INTO But they in turn had for once look-| American ministers; and it was at this| She traced this catastrophe to the|ca farther ahead than Parson Ken-| affair that Morgan was presented to|/™man who had entered her room. She/neay; and before he had waled two “Alice Trent” while she was engage4|knew now that he had been hunting! pocks, three men fell afoul of him in an{mated debate with Captain Ar-|for her photograph. Well, he hadn't strong as he was, he was not super mailtage. She mate room for the new | found it. She possessed but one, and human, They forced ‘nome pungent arrival, and for a while divided her at-|that was at home. After all, she ha4|iiquid through his teeth, and a cloth tention and attractions between the|been expecting this. She had known | was held over his nose. | two men. She was called away pres.;that she could not go on forever. In-| hen ne came out of his stupor he ently, |@efintteiy, without leaving some port} oo a hur meit Li | iy |tive trace of her individuality. Let |found himself securely bound to a| |them catch her if they could; fore-|Ch@lr. Near by was a common table, | Morgan's comment, ‘Where is she| em o0lcy te etd i and on this a single candle burned. from?’ : A cain— > “Balttmore, I believe. Armitage|_ She reached home at noon. at the), son the eileen Whos eaathnne turned an inquiring eye upon Morgan. |Preci#e moment Parson John Kennedy | (ot on Swed do cou Kaeo eostanert entered the private office of the chief : 4 “Suen! PASSES UP MY SLEEVE! Charming young woman,” w. Vi ; of the | Speret' Service: bureat: When the last phase of d’zziness : nner the anim Race “Kennedy, we've found the name of |left his eyes he dimly saw two shad- etnies babel Sabie *" lyour scorpion, as you call her. Wo've|owy forms by the cabin door. The ff ose Tie = piss nod Armitage |2°ht out dodgers, ‘dead or altve’ stuff. /smaller spoke in a half-whisper. Gaparted Bh Brus de ts eee: because] “Send the men away, and you guard) e |G-RD-A {a a bumpkin where women |the door from the outside. 5 r } nad lett tho house, Morgan went in |St@ concerned. A paper found on a) 310 is 4 dangerous man.” \ rol ee ieadbe. oe jdead man and signed opened up the/ «Not at this moment, Do as I say. ah { haven't been to see you because er ee Be a Gee el The taller man went out reluctantly | I dared not. I fancy I'm being watsh-| rey Soba Y Fe a |to obey orders. A boyish figure ay: | ©4—for what purpose I don't know as| Tn)” ie proached Parson Kennedy and stool JESTERDAY, IF YOU REMEMBER, KITTY CLAWS AUNT 4a x FROM AUNT LDA EVER REACHED WINNIE. — WAS THERE ANY MAIL f yet. Iam mailing you a dingram of 2) «wwe e moment. You told me a re-| With folded arms. Kennedy could not} wie cB gop ed allie TOWN OF aa ae FORE YOU LOOK. 1 THERE'D BE NO WEDDIN’ BELLS! AIN'T IT FOR ME, THIS ras e certain house. There will be a secret] natvanle tale the other nicht ei |mee_the face, for the hat was drawn | beer hy fond ahaa th) DARE: LUCKY I LOOKED THROUGH TH’ MAIL! THIS MORNING: KITTY 2 J (Nor A THING e passage to the attic. You will find a|cp poole: r night, or part down too far; but he wondered where B tye er pj thee 2 A LETTER LETTER QUGHTA GET ME A NEW DRESS rd ‘ table there. In the drawer you witl|°f One T have every reason to belleve/ne had seen that figure before, that INNIE WARMING HER OF KENNETHS 'PERFIDY. : . of that the young woman and your scor-| attitude. once & wroele-pratecably: TREE Sin are one and the same. Her name|“*pac®: Man Thh attend to the rest of ic’|i Jeanne Beaufort; and abe ts par-| ¢utty Ifyou will be at the Capitol at nine|Yowlarly good in assuming boy and) tui euen wats hs at nine ;young men roles.” HAR spied cee Sve “)*He has pet out to find a photograph ® rege ng todo for me persona of her, and if there is one, he'll get It.” am “Jeanne Beaufort—if we find her, it will be in| Washington, mark my pla da A THING !!! —whatever EA‘«.E --NOT WELL, HERES THE LETTER ON WINNIES DESK AW Spee ee h “Parson Kennedy, look at this care-| é 7 Tho speaer drew out a folded The speaker drew out a folded lout for his inspection. The Parson strained at h’'s bonds his eyes pro | truding. | “You remember that, then?” skea [the boyish one.” tor {1 tomorrow.” th the old enig Ups; and Jeanne|" cr. sian you suspect goem no.) JAve!’—In a halt-roar to comparing the two men. When|yicues pect ae" no 11 me the names of each of these @ woman begins to compare| men, and you shall go free. Refuse,| f her acquaintance, it is bts. rene ;., _,,|and you shall be carried to Richmond, | dangersignal for one of them: she in] | scarneay Wedttifaibeea dh sete a [wnere, they wil hang you by the shout te-place‘in her permanent f8-lurave young man! eamalbiaak tos| th aaneed’ tr * te ee re ae eee ae Armitage, I want him to follow me|iauphed~ jauct ate Dromptly at nine the next morn-|tor the next’ twelve: hours and never| roc Uting Jeanne stopped her carriage ict me sip out of his sight. I've been |fone” before the Capitol. Morgan was trol 1" ne) apparent eon ae Pr ; .|viper! Carry me away and hang me. the cracks in the sidewalk pee nave Armitage. I'm put never a word will you get out of ir. Morgan!” she called Stout corcebieeink ti aid. He was!me, That's final. ‘You'll suffer.|door, only to pause in alarm, §She}Wweapon, be worked with the other at looked up, paused and raised his tesinent, wonder always who the man was. I/heard a curse, some muffled blows—a|the confusion of knots. t Kennedy | laughter that had the inflec:| a baited tiger snarling at his irons. “Yes, I know you, you little stumbled out and ran toward the! “I am.” ishing touches of a circle with the grove, throwing themselves down into] “silksop! That woman is Jeanno|Greek-like letters in the center. HERE were several arms to the|now. But think you to dig it out of|body. crashed against. the rotting] ‘Don't let her get away. What a|the thicket. .,| Beaufort; and you have let her go!"| Copyright, 1922, by the Bell Syndi- od morning, Miss Trent.” Secret Service in those days, and|™my lips?” |boards. A moment later a revolver|prize, what a prize! cried Kennedy. | “no you know who that was? eanne Beaufort cate, Ine. tep n@ I'l] drop you wherever |the most important was of course the) A faco appenred at the side window|cracked; two shots followed; then] ‘The revolyer wavered, Jeanne swept | whispered Kennedy. ! And through your maudlin ts you have freod her!” and vanished hastit: and then|the candle from the table, overturned that and flew to the door uneering. came a trampling of fevt Another Fine Installment Tomorrow. —_ » door opened. “God knows, IT mall never cease to| sen remember that night! ote d a man hours her. shit (OL bellowed Ke a mae om, a a earliy| H with family traditions < e. All rtunt n't move. warned Quick! The others will ‘She got awaf {ata table bare left arm stretchod | v he ontered the Austrian nav Whe were ® ad pa v end the, paper ) hor! He passed sround her to the 2 You speak as if you were giad of| across it t the other side was o!os his father was a country gentle the noise of swift Inventle J She turned toward the| With one hand -holding a - steady ~ They gropec tiurcied!y for the door, tattooer. “He was puting on the fin. man.