Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1923, Page 12

WELVE. Eine Casper Daily Tribune THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1923. 99 BARNEY GOOGLE-- “HILLS OF HA! BY SAMUEL MERWIN <I T CAESAR! WONDER WHO Cant BE CALLING ME GP THIS HOvR oF “THE MIGHT 2 GREAT HEY, BARNEY, THIS Is THE Mos Dows Ar THe PALACE - WHAT ABOUT "THE DOPE ON "SPARC PLUG” NEXT ERIDAY 7 soRE — WE KNOW WE CaN DEPEND Author of “The Road to Frontenac,” QD “The Honey STALLMENT NO. ONE. AB-SoL- UTE - | | i ' SPARKS PLUG CANT The Solitary. ] Betty Doane was just nineteen. Nm WHAT You DisH OUT Te e a a day In Inte Match, 190 She was small, quick to feel. and Usteies SIREE = WE'RE Gonay \tis A PIP! = Doane sat I think, dark rather than light( though 33 TELL THE Gers Yo Ber Atl The SERRIES We. Y Lose ser By Biliey De Beck oe IN CASE Tf SPARKY LOSES o ae of th not an outend-out br ). She can was distinctly pretty. CaN SeRAPE UP = You gerald SR noe Se a Mrs. Hasmer. undertaken with n her from e by one o! to Hanko’ he swing'ng windows He had fin: yonsibility. It ] ished his luncheon, p s insubordin- | coffee cup, lighted Fi a that you settled back to gaze could blame her for But side |none the le there was something His head was long and well moa-|& touch of al quality, perhaps of eled, with a rugged | face, reflec-| the rare gift of expressiveness, that | tive eyes, somewhat bony nose, and 8ave her, at times, a her alarm-| . a wide mouth that was, on the whole,| ing aspect. Mrs. Hasmer came to 5 attractive. the conclusion that Betty had beeen He had appeared a few left just a year or so too long in the 1 at tho Hotel, Yc tates. Prosperity, luxury, were tell- ] ing in from somewhe: ing on the younger generations. No HW 4 kio. At the t longer were they gathered from dan eaten alone, gerous free thinking. . t : He v They read, heard, saw everything B (@ A V h 2 of #0 apparently ka@ow everfthing. The y. “S 2, olg a Jonatha church ed to h lest its hold - Hi (though she nev poke aloud of th's —MY PROPHECY @ME SUNSHINE T. the nose. When fact.) Rot ——) Kuew Air— WRees—— c HENERN. in detall it seeme In the matter of Jonathan B X Soi. Stems Betty was to blame, of course. She SPRING WouLD Come WERYTHING 7 tt raotive aalit actually was] Hadi det to worktauaeatch hinitiine SOONER OR LATER MAKES ONE Free Oeearsor, sherererciid: tei a. tacdrawlag [mosthynu coonldieaGditan hac ton nthee Tis NeEaR— Aint Close To NATURE fo creer « i point was that she would have set THis A Glorious — One Ss aul ‘ ) Behind Betty, in the wide doorway,| just as intently at sketching an old DAav—? NE SENSES i appeared a stout, short woman of| man, or a woman, or a child. “THE Very Touck ; fifty or more. Her face wore an anx-; The disturbing point was that OF RENEWING UFE fous expression had ,| Something in the way of a situation £ years back | Was sure to develop from the inci- “Betty! .| dent. And the first complication ’ “Would you would arise in some quite unforseen q 1 moment =. —- | way } Her quick, nervous eyes | This ts the way it did arise. On the | | i caught something of the | ship the following morning Mr. and! | i} ( ; There was Betty and—within easy asmer and Betty were stretch | earshot—a man. Tho girl was un | t side by side tn their steamer | I Mes | questionably sketching him chairs. Beyond Betty were three va en tates tt ty quite meekly, rose and walk-/ cant chairs, then this Mr. Brachey toward the door. his long person wrapped in a gay my dear, I think we'll go| plaid rug | now. Doctor Hasmer thinks you; A Mr. Harting, ¥. M. C. A. man ought to see at leas! one of in Burmah, brought forward a young temples. The train leaves for Ch man, Li Hsien, who, it turned . at four fifteen. The ship sails at had dwelt in the household of 1 : I believe. haven't ty’s fathe riggsby Doane, mis: } you see.” ary at ‘’ainan-fu. As Betty } A chair scraped. Jonathan | plunged into conversation with him| H Brachey had picked up his hat, and|in Chinese of the Middle-Hans! dia was striding toward her, or toward Mr. Brachey suddenly turned the door. As he bore down on he und and gazed at her for one the eyes of the young man reste: ‘ant. The conversation w: for an instant on the table, and for a| interrupted by a pleasant English-| S@‘d he was calied home to help the ; brief moment he wav his} man, Mr. Ob‘e, a silk importer, and! Province. They've got into some stride. He certainly saw the sketch.) soon after Harting and Li Hsien de-| trouble over a foreign min syn ¢ It lay where she had carelessly toss-| parted. | dicate— wt ed it, face up, near the edge of the| Obie also finally left, going into the| ‘The Ho Shan Company,” expla’ncd eal r table. |smoking room, and Brachey, (the| Doctor Hasmer. SAY, NOT FOR MINE ! AS USUAL I'M FILING MY INCOME TAX SCHEDULE ON THE LAST DAY. NEXT YEAR I'M WELL YOU GET =f $400 EXEMPTION ON SKEEZIX, ANYWAY. And he certainly recognized it for| himself; for his strong facial muscles moved a very little. The as before, he strode on room, keen-eyed low him, almost at once. telling of her talk with the Chinaman, said: | company queer how fast things are| bribery.”, Mrs. Hasmer noted), fol-| “Yes, Doctor Hasmer, and he « } that there's a good deal of feeling in the province. He believes that thi got its privileges through + 48 cooly the young “It's Betty's A|changing out here. Li Hs'en is— Not remarked 1 1 never guess! alist! I/| Doctor “The Ho d him why he Is! ing out| Shan Company was organized by that year at Tokio University, and he| Italian promotor, Count Logatti. I THERES DOZENS O GIRLS SusT (TCHIN’ TO GO OUT WITHA ME- | DUNNO WHY IT [S-BuT | PICKED You, LILLUMS~ cy Leave IT To ME- ct \ kNow CLass! mesbe iTS Because BAD Is sUsT ABouT TH RICHEST GUY IN TowA- STILL PERSONALITY COUNTS Go \ SomeEPN! YesTee DAY - EVERY DAY IA BEComIN’ £9 @ @ BetTER TH! Or “i es . Brachey suddenly turned around and gazed at her for one brief instant.” FACT 1S, TH Pater CLEANED LP e® MERE TEN! GRAND eo , BUT IVE GoT YoU SS - FADED. IF You WERE == MARRIED LIKE 1AM IF | WAS GOING OUT FoR #2400 EXEMPTION rp RATHER ADOPT FIVE MORE SWEET SHEIK! You TALKED ONLY OF LOVE: How 1 MiSs You! lieve he went to Germany, Bel-| gium and France for the capital.” | 5 : 5 “Li has become an_ astonish AUL RIGHT PAT! You'RE NO, NO, PAT ! NO PAT,NO! YOURE YES, HE'S NOT THE OTHER WAY! THAT WAS MR. RAZZLE WHO GOING TO THE WRONG OFFICE ! THAT WAS. MR. DAZZLE WHO WORKING HERE NOW ! 1 GOT BOTH BOSSES To AGREE To GIVE YOU A young man," sald Betty more g: |ly. ‘He doesn't think the Manchus | beg last much longer. I asked him | GOSH, 1) THOUGHT “THE SECRET TOLL” if he was still a Christian, and I CALLED You !! IT WAS | {|/CALLED THIS TME! Hovy By Paul and Mabel Thorne, Authors of think he laughed at me. He svouldn’t YOU WINNIE ! Dazz.e! SMOK say.” It was early afternoon when Mr. | you’RE A Obie, looking slightly puzzled, came | | « . ” The Sheridan Road Mystery REG'LAR PAL INSTALLMENT NO. THIRTEEN. of the] Ha. wa ! IT WA again to them. He held a card. watching “Miss Doane,” he sald, “this gentle » befc probabiy realizing that escape | impossible, killed both Lucy and| re we watch Marten en-| himself with the gas. We found their | an qaaks permission to bo pre: ounded | bod'es when we went to his place. | Sented. and] ‘The most intricate caso of my career| || S{t- Jonathan Brachey!” she read ar may be| therefore, has been satisfactorily | loud. Then added, with a pretty ‘ but solve? ané a terrible menace re-| touch of color—“But how funny! He | has been with us before and wouldn't |talk. And now....” “My go catchee?” asked Mr. Obie To which little pleasantry Betty re-! A to do one would moved.” ‘“And Prentice's family,” murmur. | ed Forrester. ‘(What about them?’ Mrs. Prentice turned everything I I THOUGHT Razz.e! PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT HE'S. NOT RAZZLE-HES DAZZLE AND TM RAZZLE NOT DAZZLE! Do you UNDERSTAND 22, / DAZZLE — HE'S THAT CLEAR e! Ss RAZZLE AN’ IM DAZZLE !! Gor SAY - THEM Two BOSSES HAS ME SO RAZZLED AN DAZZLED, 1 FEEL LIKE A Qa MERRY-GO-ROUND! ? v sponded: “Can do!” | it ssumed that she] over to the M. B. A. She had a small|” str Obie brought him, formally,| in the eave. When | private income, however, which the) ¢rom the smoking-room. He bowed Luty warned him, association refuse to touch. She! sti¢iy Biniciketeoue ~ between them they hastily pre-!and her daughter, Diana, left this; «This morning, while not wishing| : 1e hood with which he dis-| morning to go to Europe, where they | ¢ appear as an eavesdropper,” his » a icone noting For wr iseten terested! laine | words cae tant ie atis Dome’ tare| s¥mpathy with the revolutionary| At hale past four that afternoon,| ‘The Journalist gnored Mrs, Hes:] “must ask you to come with me into her heavy traveting coat, tip: rester's ression, “t that T have cleared Miss! Journalist, on my way to China to| Spirit, and is precisely the type I have| ira, Hasmer sent her husband to|mer, He was a merciless driver.| now, Betty," she sald firm toed past the Hasmer’s door and went was Prentice wit you fought. | Sturtevant any suspicion in your! investigate the political—one might} CO™® Out here to study, It is unltke-| jook into the situation. He reported] Whenever Betty's attention wan-| At this, looking heavily disappoint pidiment ZeGcke aa oe her first free We entered the p: just as you} oyes, and I will leave you two to-| even term it the soctal—unrest.” ly iall find in China many such] that they were “hard at it Betty | dered, as {t had begun doing, he put] ed, Mr. Brachey ro Nom rere rey ad left Yoko conquered him.” | gether to so:ve any further problems| 7m was dreadful! Stilted, elumay,| D&tural ifterpreters as yourself, And] tooked a little tired, but was labori-| his questions bruskly, even sharply, We could take it up in the morn-| om ft hat very quietly— “And you have captured them all!"| you may have in your own w |stow! “He hunted painstakingly for| °f CoUrsOs . .” ously repeating Li Hsien's words, in| to call her back to the task. igi helackesaten. Se ram ye ate chaperonage of jaimed Marten shook hands with F | Sree . | It was partly luck, luck and tnnate| English, in order that Mr. Brachey| Four bells sounded. Mrs. Hasmer,| “You will not take {t up again, sir!*| Suddenly ahe mate bg hah the « replied Marter and M irtevant and Ie cphle ROseniie: LX overkeard youl that Betty didn't laugh| might take them down in what ap va when she heard the ship's | cried Mrs. Hasmer; and left with the] ing out of the amokinercen’” Som . , vo By they heard) talking with ing Chinaman,” ne broke, ae it ¥ into] peared to be a sort of shorthand. nsulted her watch, Six o’clock!} girl topped - a ne as he) he went on vident that you herself and the situa-| which report Mrs. Hasmer found She told herself she must con Late that night “Oh!” paid he. 2 rs ¢ veal the lar masculine and unsatisfactory At] sider the situation calmly. It must] tiny stateroom ious BaGK woHinie vo yal I “oh, ye I " me to act five she wer! herself; took 1h ken in hand, of course. The| thought It was ean | just getting a breath of atr,’ Pre ¢ 1 ‘ot a word a a rete e ad te tenberg hoop and sat near by. n was a erless brute and had | awk 8 evening go to] en they moved to the rail and ears : Poo, 4 “This young man, I gaune she said saw ber, and st distinctly encroached. [ bed. But she pped! (Continued on Page Thirteen.)