Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1921, Page 21

‘D. 0, WEDNESDAY, '.TUN'E 8, 1921. FEATURE PAGE. or ° "FEATURE PAGE whole family had been spoiled. six little frightened bunnies. The two —By Herbert Johnson. Just Between Ourselves In o suburb of a westarn city one|men Alood “specchlcss with amane BY DELLA E. STEWART. evening. a woman saw two men With| rgouter of one for six rabbits which burlap sacks over their shoulders| belonged to 1t other. The vill e reet and earnestly talk for a n|1n\|l'-|m)s~i|. was mistaken in the thing she Oh, those people who ‘“Just|before exchanging their burdens. “just knew k-n-o-w” things that are not so![a! ence telephoned the polige JEpays 1o g0 siowly when incliaed : | citedly. o Euspi to hel e i T How they cumber the earth at times!| ““jyrry as fast as you can up to! best just a one can. When 1 ’ In an eastern town recently a mother|my house. “There are two men her - stoop 1o ct those about us, i i committed suicide because the neigh- | who just now are swapping liquo ause we H ( bors insisted upon misrepresenting |she informed the o act facts concerning her daughter and | The latter rushed to t her daughter's baby. When the truth | tomibile, arrived just was disclosed, they found that they |were separating, seized the two bags had most woefully misjudged, but it |and opened them. Out of one Popp was too late. The happiness of a'an indignant rooster, out of the other nom bring » not rob sometimes it does N T e T 5 of self re- : Then from under that windfall spitting snarl and ugly £rowl few seconds later a brownish form with a round head and o a tail so short that it was a joke ' alwass he Wil prove « sheak. o ear. | bounded out from under the further > - * | side of the windfall, screeched once Never had the twins felt quite So{and went up a tree 'so fast that the excited as they stood up to watch | twins were filled with envy. . { Mother Bear stopped tearing at that Mother Bear. They no longer feltf ijrall and shuffied around to the afraid. With Mother Bear there, there | foot of the tree up which that brown was nothing to fear. No harm could | form had di: I\mul-:xr) TI"Q’.‘ .\-n.-; 1ed X 3 < | the twins, Jigh above their heads come to them now. Of course mot. So | (i (RO o s side by side they Stood up, their|thcy had newer secn before, a mouths half open and their little eves | ing down at them were those terrible round with excitement, as they ch had so frightened them. watched Mother Bear shuffle toward the biz windfall where they had scen | id Mother Bear, “is one t cowards in all the the terrible eves that had frightened the: It is Yowler the Bob The | Cat. When you were very small he would have killed you if he had the of Mother ar's big feet in the dead | chance and had felt sure that T was Jeaves and a low growling from deep ' nowhere about, but he wouldn't dare {n her throat. Nothing moved in the | touch you now. despite his fierce looks. big windfall. The terrible o He is a coward and a sneak. He was no lonzer to be seen. They sneaking after you and watching you seen since Mother Bear arrived. just out of curiou s trying to make himself think that F The Coward. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. The coward may be strong or weak, “There. the big as no sound save the shuffle in't been ty, and because he would attack you. But he wouldn't ¢ done anythinz of the sort. He much of a coward. He never out in the open if he can help it. feet are padded so that he can sneak about without making a sound, nd that is the way he hunts the {timid little people -r_Rabbit i nd Jumper the Whitefoot the Wood Mous and Mrs. Grouse. To m he is terrible, but at heart he is a_coward. All this time Yowler had been growling softly and his funny stub of had n s d twitching. Mother B to climb the That _stub of twitched faster and Yowler's zrowl deepened. but even the twins knew that that growl was a bluff. waited un- til Mother Bear was half wa tree, them with another sounding screech he leaped across to another big branch and from that to . next tree. In 1 time than it kes to tell it he was down from that tree and. snarling angrily, had bound- SATD MOTHER B F THE ST ALL TH FOR ed out of sight. Mother Bear came down. “I don't twins began to wonder if they really think that big coward will bother you had seen them again.” said she. “If he does, don’t be uddenly. with a_bawl of afraid of him. Hell run if you go Mother Bear flung herself on after him. Never be afraid of a|f Windfall and bezan to tear it a sneak. Very terrible she looked as sh And the twins promised that they never would. « b, THE AVENGER BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. A Tale of Pdlitical Intrigue and Private . Revenge. at those twins had fallen t ver, and even 1921, by T. W. Rurgess.) = (Copyright, by Littie, Brown & Co.) |to tenl us the whole truth—what she (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) was doing in Barnes' flat that night The colonel sizhed. nd all the rest of it? We should be} -y zht 1 opportunity forewarned then!” lawo kit I».\‘ sug; oy covered his face with| “It won't do.” n answered moment. The question from he inow *“1 want to get ri N t ina low tone. You would * the colonel would you. that I w: ip away quiet to live on irreconcilable terms wi when this game is over. It won't be |one of my own mily ? But there it is long. Good shot, Freddie! Sixpenc I|ml|'l think hardly of her. It is B you divide™ the fault of circum: s than her They found themselves in the Strand : fault. But I _could O to See her— wouldn't come to See me. ghed. the about half an hour later. ™ Wrayson colonel an- | swered. 3 any one we know there. and they cros: - paused i e 1 entered Luig It w His face became { early for diners, and they found of a bou i smail table in a retired corner. Wr o fastened upon the son ordered the ner, and then f two people on their w leaned across the table toward his room, preceded by the gue re d'hotel. Some w or rather the Barn ter. colonel” Jan ox i brok coherently aid, quictly age rom hi He sat down his glass it and means into it thor- f il g tain of red wine o & w ting out your the tablecloth. daushiter that pered ely, The colonel was in the act of he - L : fnz himsclf to hors docuvre. fork rema a CHAPTER XVIL [ ment in the SION OF LOVE. .| The colonel turned bodily round in denly unnatura his chair, The couple to whom Wray-} son had drawn his attention were cer- cainl incongruous enouzh to attract anywhere. The man was lank, likes that elderly. and of severe appearance. He B e o e ua was bald, he had slight sidg-whiskers, | ing them ther. after he he wore spectacles and his face was watched me out of the flat thal | geyoid of expression. He was dressed omething t he had j the to suggest warned me th mind to sol in plain dinner clothes of old-fashion- ed cut. The tails of his coat were Barne »‘; S much too short, his collar belonged to now, sin e g a departed generation, and his tie el z e Soup: was ready made. In a small Scotch Ehevetr Lo L town he might have passed muster Tent or two fe Maitre dily enough as the clagyman or Wiio had pax reir tab T of the place. As a diner at} ent n the alon, Luigi's, ushered up the room to the | soft strains of “La Mattchick followed by such a companion, hen, a young brother of i S fanen ap from almost ridiculous! | re was ome myst anything the more noticeable | of the two to the casual observer. Her hair was d: ranged with a coiffeur’s art. S| ck sequin nd the brother Jlve this as F discover the—the gly yellow, and ar- the stiffness of the! e wore a dress of cut perilously low, and | ere The ill work toge u AR Ateaiat Not for myself: |shorn a little’ by wear of its pristine | You know for whom." i splendor. Her complexton was as ar- The colonel was very grave. He ate | tificial as her high-pitched voice; her | slowly, and he seemed to be think- | Very presence scemed to exude per- gume of the patchouli type. She was the sort of person concerning whom the veriest novice in such matters | could have made no mistake. Yet her! in man. a solicitor <on continued, everything. here named Ber “who 1 believ one But 1 do not think that even Heneage {Companiea seemed wholly ~unem- ill be able to make him speak. His | bigcassed. He handed her the menu conn »n with the affair is on behalf | and looked calmly around the room. “Who are those people?” the colonel asked. “Rather a queer combination, aren’t they?” “The man is. Bentham, the lawyer,™ Wrayson answered. His eyes were fixed upon the lady, who seemed not at all indisposed to become the ob- ject of any stray attention. “That Bentham!” the colonel re- peated, under his breath. “But what on earth—where the mischief could he pick up a companion like that?” Wrayson scarcely heard him. He had withdrawn his eyes from the lady with an effort. “I have seen that woman some- where.,” he said, thoughtfully— “somewhere where she seemed quite of a mysterious client. Youns Barnes and 1 went to see him this afternoon, but beyvond encouraging the boy to gearch for the source of his brother's | fncome ne wouldn't open his mouth “A solicitor named Be the colonel repeated, mechanically “Do you know him?" Wrayson asked. “I have heard of him.” the colonel isreputable per- offices in the ‘Wrayson nodded. T Whatcver his business 1. he | continued, “it fisn't the ordinary business of a solicitor. He clerks—not even an office boy The colonel poured himself out a glass of wine. » clerks—not even an office boy!: with what T have heard. n, 1 am afraid—a Are you sure that Tt all agrees thoroughly up to now he has kept his own coun- sel17" g “I am sure of it Wrayson an- swered. The colonel seemed in some measure ce recovered himself. He looked n in the face, and, though . his expression was decidedly natural. more “Herbert,” he asked, sinking his voice almost to a whisper, “who do Fou bel rdered Morris Barne on answered. t—my daughter The colonel was silent for a mo- ment. He seemed to be contemplating the label on the bottle of claret which Feposed in its cradle by their side. “And yet,” he said, thoughffully. %she would necessarily be involved in any disclosures which were made.” *“And so should 1" Wrayson de- clared. “And those two, Sydney Barnes and_Heneage, mean to bring about disclosures. That is why I felt that 1 must talk te some one about this. Colonel, can't you get your daughter 'n‘m be intereats 1n‘\'le_~'d_ gEryater | Brown met Alice Smith on the street derstanding 4 good deal more danger. | 2nd. With much eye rolling and many e norance. It isn't vour af- | injunctions not-to-say-a-word, Lily fair, Take my advi Let!told Alice the tale. At once Alice it_alon shifted gears and headed for home “I wish T could on_ high, consuming oil like a vol- with a little sigh. X no. And, of course, she told Fred if 1 could. but it fascinates m ¢ word. Whereat Fred volplaned 1l that I have heard of it,” the’down to Jim's oflice—and they're still colonel remarked wearily, “sounds picking up the remains. All because sordid enough. the human jaw works too freely on Wrayson nodded. its axis. “I think.” he said. “that it is the | There are several ways of elim- sense of personal contact in a case ing _yourself from the passing like this which stirs the blog 1| show. You can sit on a bomb—or i i/ I ) ¢/ as much out of place as she does here. Lately, too.” the colonel remarked, lean- ing in his chair to allow the waiter to serve him, not the sort of person you v to for- LISTEN, WORLD! || | BY SLSIE ROBINSON. [ L get either, is she The Browns and the Smiths have “And. by heaven: ¢- | busted up. Yep. that famous friend- son k(:”- d. sudden! ying :(Jl‘)‘ull" hip of ten years' standing has all | now. It was at the inquest—Barnes' | Sone fluey. It happened this way inquest. She was one of the two wom- | Jim Brown heard something that en at whose flat he called on his Way | was said about Fred Smith. In home. What on earth doing with her?” “You think.” the colonel remarked, quietly, “that there is some coi nection! “Of course there is,” Wrayson inter- rupted oes that old fossil look like the sort to take such a creature about for nething? Colonel, he doesn’t know himself-—where those securitics are! He's brought that woman here to_pump her:” | The colonel passed his hand across his fore| d “I am getting a little confused,” he murmured. is Bentham | “And L" Wrayson declared, with barely suppre: excitement. “am beginning to see at beast the shadow of daylight. 1f only vou had some én- fluence with your daughter. colonel!” The colonel looked at him stead- f: Wravson wondered whether it was the light, or whether indeed his friend had aged so much during the jast few months. scado por Ja a bcx'.gPf muere ~the T have no influence over my daugh- : i ; e Aty E A houEhe tish dx.esb_-,hrs mouth. Iready explained that. ® * Herbert.” he added, leaning over ‘why don’t 'y this | strictest confidence, and not believ- alone? It do t onecern | ing a word of it, he told the story to Lily, his wife. The next day Lily ou. You a in good b » more like meddling with it to do harm There have memories about that night. col- | onel, which I couldn’t describe to vou | —or any one. 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