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e ar e a a r t Pp T vi Faw somens Peer eg "seria a ed ooo MADAME WHO By HAROLD MacGRATH ~— MINE! THE ADOPTION LESS THAN A WeeK aos AND SKHEZT< WILL BE ALL STO TLL TELL You 17'S FINE TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE THAT OF COURSE SHES ONLY DOING \T FOR SKEEZIX'S SAKE — NOT MRS. BLOSSOM, AS et A FAVOR > ME WOLLD YOU ATTEND THE ADOPTION” HEARING 7 WALT, 'O 6E MORE THAN DELIGHTED. | WILL CERTAINLY AUTHOR THE MAN .ON Ss INSTALLMENT NO. TWELVE. | Seng inet, danahir ot » vir| mma owas tam mace "| BARNEY GOOGLE ginian, swears vengeance against the} North for the deaths of her father and two brothers in the Civil. War. Bhe is enrolled as spy for the Con- federate government and tnstructed to use the miles of her sex to bring) Parson John Kennedy, a Union spy within the power of the South. Dis- covered in the act of spying upon the “Kennedy,” returned Lowell, “we admit you to be the shepherd of this flock; but sometimes you go a little teo far. We're not under your or- ders, you know. And yet you storm into this room and demand—as if you had auhority! to know whol snatched Jeanne Beaufort out of} your claws. She came into the city,| group of Secret Service agents of/at the risk of her life, for no oth | whom Kennedy is the leader, Jeanne! purpose than to ask me the name of| & given the alternative of death or/the man who married her. I refused;| marriage to one of their number. nut 1 gave her twelve hours in which | They are all masked, but Jeanne re-/to jeave the city. I consider that 1} fects one volunteer and chooses an-| acted as a gentleman and with honor,| other of the eleven as here husband.| muitary or civil, whichever you will. | To herself, she calls him Irony. Par-| sy, {o0," said Armitage. — i son Kennedy performs the ceremony) jcennedy, choking with insane rae| end the bride and groom, ignorant of| Wisrieq upon Armitage. “You were each others names and she not even)... man?” ¥ | knowing. what he looks like, sign the ‘ | marriage certificate as “Mary Smith"; “Yes. I would do the same thing! and “Jobn Jones.” As witnesses the|Over and over, as many times as you group sign as follows | contrived to catch her. Is that frank| Ger Oh, Boy THIS 1S tay PASSION ! AWAY AND LET ME STEERS John Kennedy, D. D: enough?” Armitage got up, throw Ing of! his dressing gown ‘Let us have truth whiie we're about it What is the North or South to me, s0 1 as I love Jeanne Beaufort? None of them could ever recollect |pow it started, that terrific contest which carried all three of them here and there about the room, topplin PETEY DINK: -BN-S chairs, banging into bookcases. sur: HEMT W-BE-H Tag’ inte corhers, riwa valgattiey Fore: (Hr et Ye They leave her bound and disap |the two oddly enough ting des. iia vty: Pear. | perately for thelr lives. | i 4 __Henry Morgan Southern officer) At length, brinsed, panting and és O Ly Hf JUST CiKe A anc spy for the Confederacy is in} 1 ey Grew back from this Picture OF love with her but she rejects his al-/T The Trttle came to its ent vances. One Gay getting 4 letter as it had begun. Ken signed “your identity is known. Dis- r ver to a chair and guising herself with a brown nto it, cove his face ‘h his ataining x face, Peanne and wept! the name o nedy? said Armita Alice Trent, she goes to. Baltimo nt IT 5s a to car on her work. She ‘s unaware 1 came ove ar that a real “Alice Trent” Inves tn 1 to do i Baltimor man? mone ¢ropped his dohn Armitage, a Ur : 7m came Baa eS ye enue a. pM amare cowan tie » Mt, Tid better be getting | Wennedy so that she may ques alons—dizzy ’ } ut ontitience nk this sherry,” said Lowell TE SR ee. acta ioon teas Kennedy drank it and rose. Then cate and about a curious tattoo m on the arm of the man she mar Armitage rescues him, bu She sees placard “i up bis hat and left the/ turning ‘his head | mi > roo1n without Wa ecrewate wari cohctsicn ¢ Na. certain spring morning, Mor-| eve." ‘ = ‘ | ran rode madly along the pike} Gmeral Armitage, father of the| toward the Beaufort plantation. He} captain, is Ciscussing pli for the/@i@ not top. until he reached the} final campaign against ichmoni | C7 ge abiprey aged pe Jeanne, attemptin; to steal ienera ie sald, fo re pe me tid that the Yankees, 10,000 strong. them, js captured. Though she is in| Port \ ee . . are within an hour's march, perhaps! boy's clothes, Captain Armitage re-| By C. A. Voight“ CA Neg OL LZEEZE ‘5 /—~ SOMEMING Must = Be We matrer’ , —— MABE WERE ‘ q Ss. GOING UP Hitr— —TRY (THe OTHER Way! Giz eas 7 — TRY tT AGAIN jou Atmost Gor J \T_ STARTED THAT v s TIME : 5 = WHATS THE y; TRouBsue Pele DEAR ~ WHY Dont WE Go? will be on us cognizes her, but says nothing, and is Jess. Their cavalry found to face © firing squad in the|in half that time. Their object '5|.outnward Uke a flock of frightened aoontng. {*0 outfiank us and cut us eff from eed rranel asa cty ase gary tn ou ‘Armitage helps Jeanne to escape| ining Tee. bis back into the house and brought Sut oA ahe somkae el way back to her Fixe or six miles away?" cried the) iandages, basins, water and sponges. | home. It ts now the Center of a Con } aetcente I Fle | ‘The deep sound came from the | federate encampment., Sentries bring | fO7mMAtion lack nie t Seeetion: *2-\aorth again, once, twice, three word that a Union spy {s on the Korres still in camp,, thirty sm! pienee A shell burst_in the garden.4 grounds | o\7a3. nave mierched all ptent, atr.| 4 tattoo rattled against the side: 0 ‘The spy attempting escape js killed.|; jcnow-—becauso 1 marched with the house. Shrapnel, she thought. — | Jeanne reads a dispatch in his pocket |i)... " Fear the barest! Through the broken window she| them. T got away by the | barest) .. men in butternut running; turn- | | indicating that he was G-RD-A and on| .. ance,” sald Morgan. indicatinghis| 11. ‘ty tire as they ran. his arm sees the tatoo mark. “She now|so-chend, ‘I could not cut for it any | Ealeves that he was Be nutes sooner, I've been inside their lines MAN pushed in throuzh the! Morgan scovered to be a Con-|+.. three days. I was discovered A ina APES i Kennedy. Jeanne hopes to obtain, bY | poized the nearest musket and tried|) 040" the grime of battle w aan torture if necessary, the truth about/i, skewer me. I caught the bayonet I him. Hervant ndcrie Lr We aitcaaee fies anny. eh i ti} him. He ran to the window and emp:} ¢ *}in time to prevent its going into my/tieq his revolver at the shaCows| parson and Armitage accordingly’ oi 7 Jenucked him flat with the| Oo \uie into the smoke. He turned | are kidnaped and taken to a deserted | 1+” Anynody got a drop of wh Eas dey Node By uaa ipa to 2 cabin. ‘There; bound, they are seated |)" qm about done.” \ Seuhné, f { when Mor; lights a short fuse at-|"°7), ac down on m-camp-stool, ac-| ann’ ¥ we | tached to a powder barrel. gepted a flask, and drank rather| “God-in heaven, you! here yetf': | Jeanne saves them and tells Arm!-|qeeply for one who wished mer “Morgan,” she murmured, tage, with whom she {s falling deeper|a tontc. | -Phe house rocked. A rubble of | and deep*r in love, that she gives him| ‘The aide who had o:fered the wh's-| brick and rortar came piling, into) “a lite for i Armitage, rejoin-)ky had seen men ¢rink this way/the fireplace. A shell had struck} ing his father’s command, is present | when th fought, for something | the chimney. | when she runs away with a federal | calles \*devil-may-care.”” | “So you wouldn't run away? That's locomotive. He fires at the engine| Morgan returned the flask, ripped! iixe youl Morgan laughed sardon-| and bits her the arm. She makes | th sieeve fre his left arm and | tcanly, We're beaten! But what of! her way back to the Confederate | made a rude bandage for the cut ©M|that, sweetheart? While there's: life! forehead. The General Mines and while recuperating Morgan | hi there's hope!” He laughed again. was already issuing gives her a sheet of paper contain-| n the face of this new danger ing the names of the “eleven!” orders. ‘The batteries were tn Pe reg toate oh Reoat: CHa gutetae. | ‘Armitage on @ scouting expedition | sition and a thousand men were to!) 1, ay pattlemad, shorn of cannot resist the temptatién to gojhold the union forces in check wn-| ii ation's veneer, reckless and| near Jeanne's home and is captured|til the lttle army were beyond the} ooo nai | by the confederates, Facing the fate| danger of a flanking movement. |" “Henry: Morgan—" | of a spy in the morning, he accepts| “Major Morgan,” called the Gen-| 50) 7 ‘un¢erstand. You've, found the offer of Morgan to while away|eral, “will you take command of @/ 6° 0) toith -ocves, I was one of the time in a game of cards. battery? This battery guards the| i) coven, Can't you guess which With Jeanne’s help, Armitage es-|river. I want an hour. \one? What thon?” capes. Desperate to find out for| “You shall bave it, sir—that Is if)" "G7, voiced over to her. She stepped sure the name of the man she had they ‘don’t blow us out.” Morgan #4), Hind .tho table. She was unarmed; murried, Jeanne again gots to Wash-| luted | ad akn eh eer w vs one of the eleven, whom she had| Kenneéy—an escape’ which Jeanne Have I not told you.a thou met with Armiage to tell her the! st credited to Lowell—Jeanne re-|sanq times that you were mine, mame. Lowell declares his oath pre-|surned to the plantation and remain-| mine? Bah! Let the fools cut each vents. Kennedy observes the meet-|ed there. Her military career WS8| other's throats: you and I will begin ing and Ar ge unknown to either,|/ended. But she did think of Arm!| tne Honeymoon also watches. Kennedy lures. Jeanne|tage constantly. She was thinking) 19 threw out his hand unexpect to m cabin and there declares she has|o¢ him thia very morning 98 sh® gay and caught her by the wrist reached the end of the rope. Alwatched this hurly burly outelde| qragging her from, behind the masked armed man. enters, holds|without fully comprehending what !t! 1, js 1, sweet wife; I, Henry Morgan! up Kennedy and the few troopers! signified Homo sum: T am the mant” who were with him and takes Jeanne| The General explained the situa She struggled fierc to. release away. Kennedy believes her rescuer/tion briefly,. fhe and her aunts must / yer wrist—and saw the symbol on he was Morgan. Jeanne, to whom he| prepare at once leave the house. | nan's forearm! 7 teas given her marriage certificate,| “Then there will be battle here?!") Outside were blue-clad figures which she had lost, believes him to!asked Jeanne. aniong them one she knew. be Lowell, and he does not reveal| ‘yes. And this spot will be pam! arorgan was pressing her head his face. Kennedy, finally suspictous,| ticularly dangerous. | phigh” to kien Ree! iba. \eehen cate asks Armitage and Lowell which of| Jeanne returned gravely toward) . creamed 2 them freed Jeanne. They part her aunts. ‘You two go. Take s3hn, Johni’ I awitt.| things that ou w nt / Armitage came in t nthe dn cat rim shev ice = ° Fy 1. 1 m but natant to head 7 r He s ] and *@ coo} € ut as ® matter n founta t bgainst t 1, Jeanne fact he was in the cluteh of a mild i e re beesy Sig a ha one form of hypnotism i "Well, I'm waiting,” said Kennedy, tiemrobe)\ scurrying n, running his Lapy wae! Don't Ger Peeme -FIFTY FLIRTY —TEN-O-SEE, SHe 1S - FADE “Me SHEIK —— Fape? Fave? WHATS Au THis FADE AND AH, a” snek- Sweet CuBes! FADE ME, Hearotp, @2! 62! OH | MEANT MY DRESS WouLh BE RUINED IN & SHOWED SHowE? Down ‘ars ALL 1Do- AINTE RA Gur, GONNA STOP Passin'! en WINNIE WINKLE, KENNETH LL BE UP HERE TO KE WINNIE TO LUNCH SOON, TULES' SWAP THAT LETTER’ FROM AUNT IDA "TO WINNIE OR 50. TH’ PRICE OF A NEW DRESS _FOR ME !1! I SEES A SWELL DRESS } CONTEMPTIBLE FOR ONLY 850, AN THASS'ALL TLL CHARGE YA FOR THIS LETTER I! Kitty and Kenneth Are Fast Worker: OH.MR.DARE WAS TELLIN’ ME ABOUT A MOVIN’ PITCHER HE SEEN, WHERE TH’ VILLAIN CHOKES A POOR GAL JES’ BECAUSE SHE WANTED A NEW DRESS: /.- THE BREADWINNER. WHY, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN 2? OWYES. SHE GETS THE Df ALL RIGHT, BUT SHE'S THE | MEANEST MOST DESPICABLE CHARACTER T EYER SAW You I DONT LIKE To BOTHER YA, MR. DARE BUT-AHEM- How DID TH’ MOVIE END? Does TH GAL GET TH'NEW ~ER-ER- THATS RIGHT, WINNIE! ‘CREATURE —~ 4 °2 ‘THAT MUST BE A THRILLING @idih lipena visio } fa Jeanne felt something vague pri- lientiy. but without gaining any advan “Thanks, “Yes. Defend yourself. I'm going sweetheart.” ‘paid Mor. de Wwe?" to kill you, Morgan!” mordial stir in her. heart..She knew. | tage. Morgan was quite bis equal, if | gan vas J The two men starea at each other} They Were going to fight for her;| ot his master, with the saber. Bis AGM hantaba: ts ata t ee wear words, but the oy with death in thelr glances. and the victor would bling her over | “(Théy: pushéd heh other backward’ pitch by the mount of Jeamrey wore | earn them passed over hert 'There/uf RMITAGE was first to move. He| tis shoulder and make off with her—|and forward. Armitage wanted -his/and its significance, leaped: beyond sg jog one clear thought inv her soadeniy” peallaael ks t is, if eho could find no means of|man with his back to the fireplace. |the bounds of enution. For « few | fect, t norsa” Should: die at ber ksaat ean, aetna ding hersett Morgan was maneuvering to crowd| moments Armitage wan hard put to ® tical. 1s wheal ho terror in her faco resolved It- | Armitage the “tat behind |‘save himself. ¥ ‘ alt athe mine!" saic Morg ee Wadeliee toon which Jean 1 ler eh Ho kicked y She ne 3 ame re now Morgan's. no more agr oped her hands fr eT ket cried Jear Push ir akidded a ¢ na hold of “the | him ab | ree A no hswer an. | cage of the table She was withdvt mer ew ' to for rean back, “s¢ bby LA of aki and and vio~ ed’ Morgan to ‘dle, aven stoop to forging a bit of tatt ic losxessed, he succeeded Armitage's blade rose u ¥ (Continued on Page Eleven.)