Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1926, Page 37

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1926. 81 THE DUMBUNNIES—Fanny Looks Out for Dadd):. BY ALBERTINE R Mysterious Sweetheart BY ELLA WISTER HAINES (Copyright. 1926.) 3 p 1 AVE A TREAT HOW WOULD You LIKE OH GOODNESS No ! IT'S HARDLY A PLAY | i EYBRE For ou ToOCAO To THE ';‘iiEATRE 1'VE SEEMN THAT! To WHICH | COULD | TONIGHT, FANNY : AN%sfieT“FUN IN TAKE YoU , PADDY '1 | s ) 1“""; HAS GONE ;EPD?':- { whole unfortunate affair publi arolita Mendenes. a beautiful young | didn't mind what people said Spanish 1, S 1- & M < o v'.‘:n ‘convent "’“‘:‘ g ’n':%' Q"R".fii’.‘.‘}. hadn't done anything wicked, Frank, o Comman 7 Fuardian. Whom - she . 568 ; o Daa never“sen. shortly Delors tha end of | Iy was Just a mistake—you OSTIERs her journey a man 1s found in one of the | that, don't you? Pullman berths, parently murdered. An “ nthia!” extraordinary ruby. fous on the floor of B the car. is recognized by Carolita as the . smpanion. ring (. one 'in, ber posemion. | hand slipped fnto his, beat and was to worn by her guardian to| friend! You can never know what identif: the t) in_L B 2 vty i REoRoTY Jhang Gew York | Yow've meant to me—and to Edmund lawyer’ whom Carolita met on the irain|He trusted you and George Burns FINE 1o Dprotect her, belleving it always, you've been staunch and Then. w:le.wer-mu; the, mur'?(-rc true, and so has John Carr, but the Maris Milapu. du fevived, "an ” : Carolita to fle with him immediatels thing was too complicated, too -big: {oaching Tgs Anzeles by threatenink to lil! It reached n‘plial-e where I could no Slatolita leaves an | jonger handle it alone!™ explanatory note for Reynoids v, th Lk S R ot At he how has both vings | “Cynthia,” Frank studied the pale - . mesnolds | brother, Walter was traysiok | face of this lovely woman, “I don't . ~ Woman, both under assumed names, and{ understand what has happened, but c ] § d u Revnolds * auspecta his' brother . of I've always believed in you! ' The - ' sRandall (A) Carolita as & a possible black- | (oqici] tells it all, doesn't it? You in mail plot concerning their father's i1l » ot P Whieh there e some . msswry. | know that I haven't seen that, but there and his father had quarreled m: . 5 | Burns sald— | i 7 S e e | ‘But why did Edmund make | there ahead of them! Oh, T am so| outside, but T thought I had houor] “It's nice of you to see me, Cynthia, | known much of that lately, Walter. | choking a little. “Walter lhlfi! knows Walter nte, ?md with it o long, giving Walter such | 4 Frank, so afraid!” let you kné after all these years of misunderstand- | Your father’s death was so sudden— le'lli‘".‘ You're not tr} ing to hurt me ’p yide Reynolds follows Walter 18] oy gdvantdge? 1 was so helpless, : to quiet vourself! If Walter| “Did he give his name?" ing! I hardly knew whether you would | I was not with him- * for an in-| You're my friend again>’ Her voice | B Teconno) O o thit | nobody but Mr. Gaines—" S here I am ready to serve you'!| “Yes, madam. Mr. Walter Rey-!want me to come into your house un-|stant her self-control gave way, but | shook, and everything in Frank H att he \ or til you learned the cause of my er-|only for an instant, for by the time |seethed in tremendous revolt. W ! face, already deadly pale, | rand. I'm here to bring you a great | Walter spoke again she had herself | was playing the last card in his big | BOHEMIAN P ht ta 10 the “eame | “you chose a splendid man, he | » to, the kame And not only Paul and Uchita, but the | n Carolita disap- | os Angeles police force are searching | et b ng the girl 3 n't fail!” e S \ g i ¢ Motse fo' which they take | . 5 cust to him! | for Carolita! Tell me this: You need | livid, her lips, tightly com:|happiness, my dear girl, to try to|in hand: ume of deceit and roguery. and Cyn- | - B 1 betore thes can ‘puraue o the | | E Imund told e St faithful | this giri's presence at the time the | pressed, turned blue. Frank put a|make up for the past—if you'll be big | “Ves: I know.” Walter sympathized. | thia was taken in! 5 | HOP-FLAVORED b deris e, s s g cas he who picked |codicil of' Mr. Reynolds’ will is| ng hand upon her shoulder. sh to let me! is my wife, { “I'm sorry. The old gentleman and 1| She arose, swaying pitifully, ad-| iderground passage between this house | und devoted. It was he who plckes k Mr. Reynolds to come in here,” | . ancing toward Walter with halting you have never seen her, I be- | didn't seem to speak the same lan-| imperative that she| and the hut here Revnolds is WIGE |y the trail in the first place, so that opened? It is o and while exploring gl he i . " % o e ® = B vk " o nd he hile e olir & te: him. but this |suould‘beitiiere. he directed. “Don’t wor nthja! guage these last years, but it was a | steps. e | B M s S o e ot Saiclly, Y B, B con't o, imeve tham lalle ahd | B loanderstanding, my dear girl! Ican| “Walter™ It was a broken cry. hile. ~ Reynolds' ~attorner. | time, Frank'——a sob finished the : 0 - Frani Hyati®in Wit Centhia Revholds i | (e, U will help to defeat any schemes Walter | threaten, can he? Ot T ot explain 1t all now if you'll give me the | “Walter?” and her arms were about | i e rd o fleken S uvishie huo b OLI RIS SRS e caty was mot |may concoct against his father's|a big bully, at best! This is Why T|tinued. “And who is this dear g opportunity for a long talk. Mean- | his neck, her head buried in his shoul- | | s, . . endearing e naall I'm not fighting for money, |stayed! Leave everything to me,! you hav P -, Walter? 5 time, I want you to have the greatest | ders. | v - - aware that the endearing term had . d b or ! e ou have a daughter, Walter? I have . ¢ _{Continued from terday s = t Teomihim Gijere on she . helieve that—there are things | and we'll outwit him! | never known about your family!” of all joys, that of recovering a long A frenzy of anger and jealousy | B vt " ATheverala hides | vastly’ more important—honor, and| " She clutched the arm of her chair | “Not my daughter, Cynthia—no, |lost child! Cynthia, this is your little | seized Frank. He wanted to tear her | g R XXV rain, T know! Where did yvou hide a e hecrie cafivot but |4 clute L 3 Not my ughter, Cynthia—no. | 10 ! ; % e 2 LA <l CHAPTER XXVI. L e vou mmake youreeib]RSacescriming, JBesple fealinot AUt aruidiew it p breaths as Wal [ come and speak to Mrs. Reynolds, | daushter, the child who was stolen | from this scoundrel, to proclaim Wal- | I Sants Bard |l = : think that Walter's disinheritance | ter Reynolds smiling, com- | honey." * from you vears ago, the baby vou s guilt from the housetops! The | 4 N i ® R L * door, they must think ! placent. In his me two wom- | The girl advanced coyly and extend- | ave up for dead! 'Little Cynthia, | fraud was too preposterous: it could i When Frank Hyatt was left to| “Because of Mario Milana ho | —many My chance to clear | en, one a rnere slip of a girl B e At Bry. | this is your motherr” not be countenanced: he must step in H t hand—if | cue Cynthia before she was |away such impressions is | trickery does not intervene. | | guard the person and house of Ed- | could have foreseen his mund Reynolds’ voung widow, his | the presence of Walter! first move was to lock doors and |ginning to end, everything went| Frank thought over her words, com- windows and instruct the servants to | wrong with my plans ing back 0 a still unanswered ques admit no one. “But you did wire me from . . . .?" | tion. RICHEST STRONGEST BEST i “Oh! v dear Cynthia!” he purred, | nette, flashily dressed. elaborately The drop of a pin would l\a\rfi“"l ¢ pe - s | advancing and enfolding Mrs. Rey-|made up, with carmine lips aud |echoed and re-echoed through the | completely cau in Walter's mesh. { nolds In an ardent clasp. “Delightful | pluckec eyebrows. Pretty enough, |silent patio at that moment, and the | Put just as he was about to denounce | to be reunited after all these vears!” |but unspeakably vulgar. Oy effect upon Walter's audience would | the outrage, Cyntlia ralsed her head | Over his ‘shoulder Cynthia’s eyes |face expressed polite welcome. have been of intense interest to a | rom Walter's shoulder, and threw ) £l say to Mrs. Rey, . “You haven't said where you were u K Intens i st & gl st ea “her. as “doon. as possible.| ~Ana Pasl? Who sent him that | hiding onhat trains he bersisted |Searched for Frank's. *telegraphing | “How do You do, my dear! peychologist. Cynthia Reynolds b UL s L / 2 I ABiAipataits {1115 knbhe kon. |awive tibry Shhte BATDAYSY “ican it hurt to tell me?” him a lightning flash of co-operation. | “Pleased to meet vou,” the girl re- | ready pale, was ghastly now, her Lot "”K““ k‘“ o"" de bbb | i g ; ~1'u-,;ph,;,,ed it to him at his club, | *No,” she hesitated, “but you did not Walter!” she cried, and Frank mar- | plied, with a drawling, nasal tone, and | wide and questioning. Frank ¥ | Dl.\j han \lenu back m lpp JUST TRY 'T dieturned inmeaiately Beomiip NIl see me, and it might be easter for you | veled at the sudden rallylng of her | out of the corner of her eye she threw | gazing upon her, gripped the arm of | Sh¢ Was Dlaying S vay | ~ i S R v i A e i = .. forces, the calm assurance which had | Frank a challenging glance: Nfs) chali tHenfeprane fovial DIEHGE | e i Tl oo ot Shorile: air " ¥| I thought so: lv;\nd “hwr:l did you was there for you?" come miraculously to her aid! When ynthia.” Walter began again,|of water, fortunately close at hand (EOHEITNUETE ek SRR Vi ohv ot nic Waltealinenelbatiol anaieo pick up your {rahl 2 .\t'rt g,l efln;l_] ‘dmund had instructed me to | She released from Waltes “can vou—are vou prepared for a|upon a table. R g | ’ i s ASK ANY T e e atle, an e No. Through the Travelers’ Aid! |y op im with me! 1 have never made | embiace it wi brilliant smile, | great happiness?” g .. “Drink this, Cynthia.” he implored, | William A. Stearns, living in South | DEALER that he failed to note the light step them 10 et i the same | @ Move without his approval her head erec n | " “A great happiness,” Cynthia re-|“there: don’t faint—don't.” = |Sudbury, Mas of the fifth genera. | AL GoiliEEA on Bhe Stone NAthE ARl the others did the same|™ .["Cee ang | suppose I must be con. | ter! This is indeed a surprise! | peated, while Frank brought forward | “I—I'm all right,” Cynthia’s veice |tion of a family continuously engaged | ’ Cynthia R e pver im, | BUBED" ot even know who| teNt {0 Wait, my dear girl, but can you Walter held out his hand. chairs’ for the guests, “I have not:was faint, and she sipped the water, | in the lumber trade. .. e her biue eves deep and serlous, MAE | i | Iitns |ty bo-—<one of |TDIPY WY NIKE stuin suome T / i is ~ Milana may be——ox ter? Did you see the ring which is would ¥ou | pow in Paul's pos i jump to his feet in confusion. | walter's confederates. hands gathered | rather not sa R AW AN “In_Paul's her eyes hers in, did not hea vou’! { s o tremblea, | 'Y e s—no—that——is——Oh., | dilated until they almost doubled in ‘B I b0 thAnKEUl that e rame o Frank, trust me a little longer:” Her | size. I thought Gaines would look 3 [ Tanls rescne: What ‘could T do | appeal went straight to his heart, |after that! Are you Frank? . not a difficult thing for it so do, for ‘nolhing of any what must you think of me!"” ol s s i W e o VT “Sit down,” Frank soothed her,{ this bac gy . 7 w e = ’ . “vou look as if vou had been through D“rl“"'f‘d the d Y i o a filrl.l(l- (,.,,,Eefi?,;‘,? ey S e R ¥ an illness! And why did you get up | ly-beating pulse in his clients pres. | from A . g =il o | ence. Edmund Resnolds’ wife had | “Thest Whot' osiee 3 5 "1 can’t rest, or night! been the main interest of his life for| A mald appes he patio, her couldn’t let Paul me now, c1 | the last 10 vears—hopeless as such | a:'Th"(rt‘ o S 7 I had to keep the shades down! e |8n obsession must 'be. ~Bdmund | Ctrcspon etisen yon, madam, He | A 3 ! mustn’'t know—not vet—I promised | Red , @ woman younger | $R¥8 L% 10, e him. : = ' 5 . Edmund! Oh, Frank. why didn't my | than himself by a vear or more, | ™y 1y "cas” on his feet in an in- B band let me tell the whole truth: | beautiful, appealing, sweet, was even | - > 134 Why was he so proud, so stubborn: | more dangerous for his peace of mind: | HIH (0 ot 40 aamit any one! & 3 it only made things worse, a| “Frank,” Cynthia was pouring out | o caiq stern SR i . X th i times worse!” her soul, “Water {s up to something! ‘I didn’" i A 5 L N L e S 709-711.713 Twelfth St., N. W | WASHINGTON, D.C. | please don't take it so| “I don't feel sure, but he probably | = » S - ’ 1 i A8 | hard! Taul is a full-grown man, a | will turn up, either here or at our i most capable one, T assure you! He | office, within a day or so. Have you e is quite able to take care of himself!"” | any idea where he and his wife went - 4 (3 - ” ':‘ e et ton e e S nesions The House with the Green Shutters 3 Frank' How did he find out! What| “Yes, I am quite certain that he . Bl will he do to her, and to Paul! 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