Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1925 M QY gEYM@U@ “Why, he's 80 honest and so :ul-!‘wn! on, "But folks who wouldn't erous that he didn't even pay him- | #teal a pin's point from anybody, I PAY NME | 0l take everything they can from “ [ ¥) ¥ self a commission when he sold my | ‘ a hotel, and think Its all pight! T've \ L\ house for me!" May thought. | known 'em to steal the very forks Tt 4 \ “When I get that money back, T|and salt ccllars from restaurant — —— g must seud him a check. I can't Jet | tables, or from thelr mornin' break- R e . “"“.“ : n : A him do things for me, without be- | fast trays, Ma'am! And yet I've no : ing paid—" doubt they calls themseives honest vV AT[ONS OF A WIFE / % She realized then that ten min- | folk—'* utes had passed, and Herbert had May shook her head, not returned. She waited. Five more | “A person who'd steal a towel [) DEATD!CE DUDTON @ | minutes crawled by, | from a hotel vould commit another : . I NEA At last May got up and walked [fort of crime, 1 think," she Madge Sends Lee Chow in Se t phiz of my small sen, and I’“‘I’ to the room clerk. | said slowly, “In fact, 1 know {t—" of “Steve” handsc countenance of THI STORY SO FAR: until you thought you'd landed mc “Will you please call Mr. Water-| Her eyes were on the matd's red- Thers was but one possible my hushand who was unconscious | May Seymour, whose husband |didn't you? bury in 312 for mo?" ehe asked. | che face, but ehe was speake- method of getting into communica- ] whola miserable business, | | P eIt bgeause of her love He pauss a moment and then The dapper, young clerk, who |Ing to hersclf. At last ghe kiew the tion with “Steve.” Because Mrs. | rose f the camecra of my mind . s with another man, returns to | went on | looked like an ad for men's cloth- | truth about Waterbury; that he was Ticer had no suspicion that I ever ¢ resolved to go | a - 1 e after ar's ab- But don’t kid yourself that you| Ing shoved the telephone across | not a gentleman and a miMonaire, had seen her lodger before the d | h what t out to e, She disposcs of her inherited | fooled me 1 saw right through | the desk toward her. hut the commonest sort of erook— I encountered him In her home, I /¢ . | < Tail ) SA S vour little game from the very| May called Room g a thiet who would steal thousands could not go there in search of him Missee Graha t Le 8 " i Faindee ot tiia: 7. | start,” he said coolly, “I knew you| There was no answer of dollars from idow with the But 1 knew that Lee Chow, who, | work?" | y | N with er | were down here fortune-hunting, Bewildered, May hung up the re- | same casual air that he would strip without “Steve” guessing it, had| *I Want to Talk to That Man" F & . Ibag, sets out to find any marry | like many another widow who's celver, and walked over to the cle- hotel hedroom s silk lamp- gelocted his boarding place and was Th {1, gentle voice of the ¢ A ol i aias looking for a new meal-ticket! I've | vato As ghe stood there, one of ades, its aned bathmats — keeping him under strict esplonage, | Chinese ed my slownes i 4 . | tie City meets a divoreee, | met your kind before, Mrs. them rended, and several peo- | Fiven in | £t had stopped could find him for me. Therefore 4 it him, “but plenty of times ple stepped ont, But Herbert was | te do that Frolking, and her two | Mow b not among them carefully ing that part of the | v 1 to n an errand. You rt Waterbury and| May pulled herself to . men- | grounds where er Gr m W ¥ he man who frightened my ragile sth men pay to| tally, before she spoke again. And “Where can he be”" she asked, Without being aware of how strolling with w i ’ 1 dlatress of Care | when she dia, her vole dazedly bhad come there, she found her dodged around the house and mad ' AT e Gusly CalnE10 saunhdedsfar 3 Lwenty minutes had gone by since | presently cutside the hotel. She was my way & the hedge to the de- A ! AT her own ears he had left her, promising to be hurrying down the Loardwalk as it serted old shack in which the Chi . ‘ < N May. however, gets her-cap for| “How much chance have I to get|back in five minutes she were late to kecp Appoints nese, in some primitive manr A erbury. having made up her| My $14,000 back from youl" s T guces Uil go up and se— ment with somcone — and yet mind that he is millionaire She stepped into the clevator, and | there was not one soul in the gay ile he kept the vigil over m o8, nan.” 3 R e e ol e o lare or, ol out at the third floor. resort whom she knew, ‘They were hich he had promised Ilugh Lee Chow, 1 must ask your advice AUaRd tolnieintalns I want to talk to that man where love with known only to himee exist | spends almost all of her ready made | The door of Lo stood (all & -~ her queer friends—Wa- money on jewels, a fur coat, and ex- | Wind to get it toni open, and the key hung from the terbury, Dan, Carlotla, cven I'rame Through the hedge, T could ges | no cne can hear, and where no one | f ’ i ‘\,W e s et Al T hatettolk he hotel detec- | lovk. JaTse people walking along road, al- | can see cxcept you. Where is a good iesrlind fhaliioha i sas aithy | tve about it she paid simply. W ""mw' every l%m!u s ‘m ng 1 was utterly withaut triends! though T was complete screened | plac | R i A He caught her again by the! May went in, and stood 1 the ecen- s such doubtful friends as they from .“l;, et tin T s [ reply was prompt. Rennseepingal conlimnegyolil] ADEEY | ,”J ~,h" R R der. turming her (oward!him;_ | {65 of the! room, Jooking abou( her een-- Sromivletyzad snol wishing o ee B find that some of these words are Nothing At i L0k hers, May, do youl really | I 5 stood open, & torn collar| She stood beside the railing 4 R 0. | nmed N Standard fvpe measure ‘!‘Hh it A ¢ all this tommy-rot that C lay upon the floor, the end of a ing out at the sea, trying to think. HORIZONTAT, Diggera of coal { R e e peen telling you?" he asked. necktie hung over the of the | What was she going to do, now? Pits where fuel is dug \. Precept L P '“m it A She made no unswer, and his| wastebasket. She had almost no money — not 10, Kindled (as miners' lamps) To mel . Lo LS e D tightened on her oft shoul-| But even then, what had hap- | more than three or four dollars that 12, Mineral spring Ridged steel tool FECCR “j, ""']fr" ”" (x»j i ! pened did not dawn upon her Were dn' the bead purset dangling iaikdes ARlagranien T e e T Of course, Il admit that some! She heard a noige Lehind her, and | from her arm., fead Waaibent Homn Upon Hisioniet vines not far from the| !4 Pine tres From egrets It, when Carlotta. on the eve | of the stuff 1 told you was just | turned sharply. A chambermaid had didn’t even know Water- and 1 guessed that he was dozing. bring wan down here, | 1% Sound that is rever | Father ¢ her depariure for her California | ‘plain tales from the hills’” helcome in, and dumped a pile of clean | bury’s name, whers to find him. Ent whenfl spoke his name in £o | When you want him ! home, warns May not to trust Wa- | sald, laughingly But every man|linen upen the hed, And vhat uge was thers in e (et R a b ol onel Bilb Hitms “As coon as you can get him es hing f up a L th “The gentleman who has this treing te find him, anrnay? She walf could hear, he started up with [here”” 1 said, “and—Lee—Chow.” more hasta than I ever before had | “Yes, Missce Graham.” He prod Londavey Lights worn by minere on their zeen in his movements. He hurried | ded my faltering speech gently. o ]‘ ! '”tw : o hem eshed materials " n extra low salaam. | “This mar want to get away 3 terward, with an extra low salaam i5 man m ant to get away | Taualn 34 TRy aizedeoal [ 2 ce Chow ve srry no hear | quickly after I talk to him. Can L W Tr hear | q | Furnace size enal | 36, A coal scuttle Before Filled (as rock l¢ Force eed to produce hip- posity oniivl deithie ha e | shone nakedly on cither side of the | t othes slie voand a few special delivers letter in his h Yon did the same thing, you ) \ ) < in her closet reassured him and then 1 hesitat “Can do. Yes" he replied lacon-| 7" 0 T | addressed to “Oliver Rrunell | <416, vou know," he continued, “You You wouldn't believe thers RS Lnid fhink! iThinie ot e . OW GO ON WITH THE STORY to make me think you had a | folks like fim in the vorld, ma‘am.” | the bi Sl et e May looked up from the letter fn | iof more money than you really|she said, “unless you'd worke May her breath. gripped k n t ! AR r hotels ag | ‘ave, In Brist he with both her . Hurrah 50, Organ of Waterh His bor ! A n ore T come fror hands unt 2 e i R : < ) man who is doing| Mav shoek his hand from oo Q," L“h,.l I’ m ‘rn m £ hands until her Angers were sore Allen Drake's cod ram had | You get car ready and when you see ; : cheerfal and non. | shentder, “Where Is that check T[the same. ‘Ot water pitchers they'd | and bruiced. But she felt no hodily wrzed us to hold “Steve” until a|me come hack here, then go down | "’ take, and bath towels —- anything | pain New York operative eould come out Mrs, T s and tell the man Tit e : ¥e q 3 t they could lay their ‘ands on!" . Bhe hezan to ery—nat with tears e S BN RIEH R o Bae T oy irishment 1 n €he shook out a sheet, and began | — hut with the dreadful whimpe :n?. finie VI ata. \lm,u be east, | concerning something very impor- ERIpterE) measure and where tho sun rises fo/malkafup iha: Eed Tas ais (a1Red | ot anTan il Ul iasttae ahd T hated, niore than I dared ad- | tant, But do not let Mrs. T\er hear :I,lv'r»v":" i Variant of A And May stood there, listening, he- [in a hidden trap. She stond thers mit to myself. the idea that min does not know that T ever and m | 60, Above eause she was incapable of eane |in the darknese, rocking b ahd E : ‘.3;‘ in (‘ 3 :(v perish thought or action, for the time be- | forth in her agony Hipctiiacarilcle he lowi ; 1 : ing — s0 dumbfounded was she by| “I'm done for! I'm done for 50 richly deserye topped and found him there.’ Sl e b5 S Bre € AT ) RGN, Herbert's flight . sobbed Rut the T facetot iy e 00 v Newspaper ;” iard pol e € = % BN | 3 |l “T don't know how 'tis," the maid mother-in-law, the laughing, che ! \ = 1 advanced almost to the door of = e He the shack sereened by a wild tangle | ware L the LD S of ines and hbushes before the | sh o Ch ar, go | €hinese saw me. He was sitting jnst 0 kward,” he waved his insids the door, upon a rude chair vard the wood road, the en improvised from an old etump. His ) ch was masked by 118, Typical 0. Jumbled tvpe I3 | To languish 22. Drop of flnid from the eye [Fomo arne HAY RO D s e e i Excavation in a2 mine Dyeing apparatus M;" A e ‘W,‘ man | woran he loves. He tells b 5| room—" May began had signed her moner over to him | named “Oliver M. Bruneli" work to- | thal aren't strictly true, about him-) “He just left, f £l |~ No court would conviet him of (o i over thady stoets | &elf, 1Ust Lo appear mere attractive | answered primly, “about a quarter | robbing her That was certain 0 her eves, | do have a house up | ©f an hour ago — taking, if you he had been a fool. #he had llatels gosx Lol Wate n- Pittsfield, as a matter of f please, even the silk shades from 3 s thing upen herself! ATE i e (rRe <! bt it's mortgaged up to the hilt—") the lamps!" &he p ’ thick « And here she was etripped of every Missee Graham,” aid. “Missce [ you take him in the car over to|’ am not stand here long” Riverhead, so he can get to New|® ‘Want Lee Chow Work?" { York on ancther train than this| "Not fwo seconds, Lee Chow.” T|south side ona? | finger at the electrie s that | pe ) nothing Lut notism 41, Chiaren Melancholy note in 42, Coal not knowing just how to frame the | ica quest 1 wished to make of him Then go after him now. No, carry out the plan I had made when | me. "1 must go to t) llage first. Point of com 5 Bird (also ealled casso v rd led cq Perfect score To Implore Vizh caught off Maine cnast 3. To ecale (as a hill) should be th and to thwart the & seen the man who calls him retribution the blackmailing tramp | sel Alph Dackett until the 1 (Ta Pe Continued) Gaelie Owed Roft broon To wander idly ahout L Largest size coal You may be surprised fo i iy Ul ; VERTICAL from me. In fact, T am not Letter From Mehille Sartoris Lieslie Prescott ssed vou will read this lett first two or threc paragraphs off | aving a habl tendenc v § A 2 i £ R e [ INianednes R \‘1 \: ‘,’. d (;1 \‘ ndency 170 G Another Visitor to Jerry's Roof right on working as f{f she had nle P something very important on her By THORNTON W, BURGES mind, Mr. Water Snake eame for 1 was afraid you would re nd then of course I would |hand 10 forego the exquisite pleasur " COLOR (UT-0UTS e calle 3 4 3 g - [his usual daily sunbath, but secing m having tonight of & . wherein we are it one iy | | s 1 e up, 1 r opened | b/ # i) | Some reovies labor scems to irk, | Mrs. Snapper at work there, decided alone on the [ t Wi k! Da md David o far out fo wive | Ko A While others dearly love to work |that he didn't want a sunbath that land, with nothi vid Copperfield | 2. T s | 11T LT TR i =0l Mother Nature. 4z and swam anay. waters.about 1 King 1o you it was not she. A strauge scrvant 1 4 3 S oy Mrs. Snapper continued to work T1cok el ouar o wondariunie cau ) | e J g B 7 Rabbit found that Mr. Water [and work, and i Peter continued to less sea, and tire | y [itse : (Here is D e moth- | o Ve s\ il ! ke was in the habit of taking a | watch and wateh. Ry and by Mrs, you ire, an 1 = ~noulilay ) Mike i zolden hrown A~ / BSS ik / ], [sunbath and nap every pleasant day | Srapper had: that liole deep enough the ng G 4 nd her slip the v faintest pink. ) A A N\ i " on the roof of Jerry Muskrat's house, [so that she was half ent of sight. e SR e ; (SN2 T 1 and he found that Jerry didn't mind | Then she scemed to grow 7 tired of dress for r. 3 7 az (s 1 it at all and never disturbed M +|working and for a long time ap- (Copy 50 1 Editor SR g A W 4 | Water Snake in the least. Then one | peared to be doing nothing. “She ) day when he chanced to be over at | must be tired out,” thought Peter, the Smiling Pool, Peter discovered |*and s resting.”” You know Poter |another visitor on the toof of Jerry's ) / \ & s e i A\ e ool o5 himself is always ready to rest. The GOSSIP s Corner 9. L 2 2 \ ouse this vi 'v““ EUERIEL him fsun was warm, it was very quict. and ; / B = \ quite as much as had Mr. Water |g presently Petor dozed, Then he EAT 4 s pe: | snake. 1t v Mrs. Snapper the | dozed some more, Finally he took S : \ Snapping Turtle, |a real nap. This Often Helps 3 7 7 3 5 Peter was quite fo seclng | peter awoke with a start. Just for 1t o ) ind fear that o i L gt 2 opticsEah g asl . and Whedl g svee part of a minute he couldn’t meat wi W ke 0 é v / z he Mrs. Snapper climbing oul | {jink where he was. Then he re- Joors in a ecool place it i ¥ : on the roof of Jerry's house e |membered, and hastily looked over et al it from all s | i g 4 ARpanyl / thought she was climbing up there |4 the roof of Jorry Muskrat's house. to take a sunbath. He hardly gave |\rs, Snapper the pping Turtle her a glance. Rut when he looked | was husy azain. But now she seenied over a second time ho saw that Mrs. [¢0 he filling that hole in instead of digging it deeper. It was all very that roof as if she were looking for ling. Finally she waddled down omething. T became inter- | g e of the water, looked aN around, then dived in and Poter saw [no more of her. Peter walted around heping Mrs. napper would come near enough [tor him to ask questions of her. | When she didn’t came, he 1aoked for - | Terry Muskrat., He was anslous to “You cheat! You piker!” May said hetween clenched teeth. t tell Jerry what Mra. Enapper had | e [been doing on the roof of that houss Two Materials Vsod nt under adverse conditions. | E and there T Rut Jerry must have heen taking a S N Oliver M. Brunell?" s s dee in r | rap somewhere. for not =0 much as 1 N despairingly T a hair of him did Peter see, It be. v ] e su i o ] cgret this . & an to look as if his curiosity would THE JOURNEY HOMY o 1 Ve | T mt the dar o 4 ave to go unratisfied sEness. nt in he s silenced him > NG | (Conyright, 1925, by T. W. Rurgess) unell and| ‘ hat check of mine?" R R4 — one of the |she asked again. “Now, I'm not g The nest story: “Bobby Coon fs ent on | focling, Herhert Waterbury! Either > tly Tnterested.” Car- yo ° me back that money of | | or I'm going straight over to | Pantalettes Agam croo s desk for the house detective!™ | arms a Waterbury gaw that she meant in cold silen vhat she said. He rose heavily to} What fs She Ahout?" s you told me ahout | ¥ feot upoa his gold Thonght He A French Teonomy | < : ! i ested, Final a ccrtain spot on v e used the roof, Mre, Snapper went to work From where he sat Pefer could see that she was making a hole in that | nd your trips to Eu s npstairs fn my room. in alroof of rushes and mud v all Nes, weren't | degpateh box in the left-hana| Peter certainly was surprised then ed | Arawer of my Aresser—if you want|*Now what is she about?” thought Adened her 10 know the exact spot,” he an-|he. "What is she tryving to dig down awered, flushing darkly. intd Jerry's house for? If she wants C S ghe nd 1 p and get §#!" May com-|ta t into s honse why doesn't : Waterbury asked.| the deor. “I'll give you e | under water? She can stay under P odded, without lo ST ey ~ could go right | e = FC Antisept: il ¥ . through his tunnel.” g . - the ¢ and disapg ter e Snappe he o broad for I nburn, vanish within 20 ; ! | R f { esinol minutes after application, ; - So 1} reduces hlotches redness, Used past 4 years in biggest |, fis ibeol 7 - he's mothing: b Thgelt hness. et i hespite uding City of New !, At St ; fatiad roughness. etc. anc s R R promotes skin health 1. S. Navy. Ask your p ‘ e Druggist for a bottle~ |a walking & min the er the men she|cannot understand.” leather woven info a chackerboard 1 - asked ¢ the last vear: Waterbury,| Mrs. Snapper was too far away for | pattern are shown for fall. Some of There w sting ring prague, vicious young Jack [ Peter to ask questions, &5 all he|these are made of two colors o ce in a par r e — emile he f r nley, Ulysses Forgan— could do was to sit and watch He |lsather, such as black and white o Mt inti . st's s You took mighty good ecare not 3 Ulysses was in & class by saw that she had chosen one of the [tan and black. The heel s high ately bot oven. Whea firm to rose Eras g g : to let me know how poor you were cldest parts of the roof and she kept|you will notice. stars! Wh Jerry's t man does meet when way in thr und the world, alone!” |is she doing it for? s Oxfords narrow stripes of