The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 13, 1919, Page 16

By CoNDo| BY THORNTON W. BURGESS (Copyright, 1919, b RABBIT sat with his b d beck until his neck He was watching Downy, of the Woodpecker fam Ing on a dead lumb making a hole for a asked Peter, nest up Jenny Wren, scornfully. “It cutting a hole for a nest hy within hearing, would Py where to look “for it By has too much sense in that of his to do such a aitiy @e that. When he cuts @ hele t turned until he noticed that the new: | omer was just a bit blewer than Down Jenny Wren's sharp eyes spied him at once, “Hello” she “There's Hairy! Did you ever see two cousins more alike? If it were not that Hairy i« bigger than Downy, it would be. hard to tell them apart. Do you se any other «lifference, Peter?” Peter ared and blinked and stared again, then slowly shook his head. “No,” he confessed, “f don’t.” | “That shows you haven't learned | to use your eyes,” sald Jenny, rather sharply. “Look at the outside feath-| y W. Burgess) \ Ta mest, he doesn't make any|¢rs of his tail. They are all white, | “game reason—happiness. : than is absolutely neces “You don't see any chips fly _ * replied Peter, slowly. mention it, I don't. Is hunting for worms in the ‘Wished right out.” ‘tard. Hardly! said she. “He's ming; that’s all, That hol- makes the nicest kind of and Downy is making the | find it, he will be perfectly happy. | doorway, likewise wide to the bland Just listen to that! He certainly does love to make @| night air it. 't a better drummer any- wasn't satisfied. Final ventured another question. doing it for?” : land, Peter!” exclaimed y Wren. “What do you run for in the spring? Wren singing for over there? fa drumming for precisely jalry He fun and jump, and he can’t But he can drum. By the way io you know that Downy is one a useful birds in the «ld ‘most ra?” then Downy flew away, but had he disappeared when an drummer took his place At Peter thought Downy had re Don’t let corns a callus off with fingers—Here’s magic! For a few cents you cai get a small bottle of th magic freezone discove: @ Cincinnati chemist. Just ask at any dro for a emall bottle of freezone. Apply @ few drops tender, gach stantly that old both corn can lift foot and all, with the What | jing corn and in- stops hurting, | while Downy's outside tall feathers | [have little bars of black. Hairy tx | Just as good a carpenter as is Downy | But, for that matter, I don't know of |a member of the Woodpecker fam!ty'| who isn't a good carpenter. Speak. | ing of drumming, did you ever hear | Yellow Wing drum on a tin roof?” | | Peter shook his head | “Well, if there's « tin roof any-| where around and Yellow Wing can| j noise, and tin makes the finest kind | }of a drum.” } dite WOMAN CALLS COPS TO RESCUE HER CAT PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 13.— “Please send the police to 42nd and Spruce sta, quick; I am in| disjress,” an‘exclted voice over the} {ptione cried Into Police Sergeant Breitmayer's ear. Half a dozen cops into a patrol wagon to the house, When they entered they saw a woman chasing a cat whose head was stuck in a sar- dine can. After many chairs and/ jtables had been overturned the cat | was finally made canless. | were loaded and hurried |TURN GRENADES TO DIME SAVINGS BANKS WASHINGTON, D. C., June 13.- The government has found 4 junique use for the 15,000,000 hand grenades left over when the jarmistice was signed | They are to be converted \dime savings banks, ft an- nounced, Several large concerns are being interested in the propo- | into | Surplus ste of all kinds «ti valued at $1,695,370,000. November 11 total $236,130, |almost @ good actor, | « | thousand who knows enough to look | che twice! Lift any corn or Just think! Not one bit of pain before applying freezone or afterwards, It doesn’t ‘em irritate the surround ing skin, Hard corns, soft corns, or cornea between the toes, aloo hardened calluses on bottom of feet shrivel up and fall otf without hurting a particle. Ladies! Keep freezone handy om your dresger, Wonderful! | red by ig wtore upon a hersome then it out, fingers, | The voice belonged to a DOI I WEXT 7 SEB THe DeCTOR “TODAY, "TOM THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919. WHAT DID He PRESCRIBE FOR Mov? WE SAID | SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING “ThAT WouD Cause ME TO GO WHEN 7H PHONE RANG |! (mM GOW’ OUT TNIGHT AN’ MAYBE | WON'T GIT HOME TILL. MORNIN’ SO YLL TUsT PUT THIS “MAULER’ WHERE =< OUT ‘TH WON'T BE einige, & “WOULDNT OTTO AUTO STOP WF WIS GASOLINE, STORAGE BATTERIE AND WATER SUPPLY GAVE ouT % Joe, FRANK, PAUL & JOHN - Au ~ (VE BREN WAITING FOR “THAT— | “WINK “EYE GoT ) — arn COPYRIGHT bY Lo how he t away-—dion’t ask me I got to the window (Continued From Yesterday) Without misadventure P. Sybaurite gained the main wall of the house and there found open windows and (upon further cautious a to see him go’ over the back You heard me take a shot at investigation) I didn’t," wald the eloquent of A manner Heaitant on the threshold of this last he sought with impotent senses to probe impenetrable obscur ity—lstening, every nerve taut and vibrant, for some sound significant of human tenancy, and detecting never @ one. In spite Of this, it was without the least confidence that presently he plucked up heart to proceed... . ‘Three steps on into darkness, and his knee found a chatr that might{ have poised itself on one le Sybarite “Il aw an any way,” P on with elaborate case man climb your fire escape 1 came after him.” 1 woman frowned od this likely story; and Sy to was at pains to conceal exultation he may have felt prompt response of his imagination to th Would she or wouldn't she ac in mal that wildly fantastic yarn of liclous ambush, so prompt did it) vor moments that, brief tho go over—and with what a racket. | must have been, seemed Incontinently something rustied| protracted, he awaited her verdi quite near at hand; followed « click | thy extremist anxiety—not —biinding Nehtgg, shrill, excited |, tind’ to eenphes’ the * vere thus afforded him to make “Hands: up?’ quick survey of the room With @ jerk, up went his hands ond hrewd appe high above his head. Blinking fur- ite $1 Seb fously at the glare, he comprehend ed his plight A bit Tho lights P. Sybarite found #0} concluded dazzling blazed from sources round| were somewhat overdone. A st the walls of a bedroom more hand-| abundance of s nd pink f some than any he had thought ever|tnho color scheme of the apar to see—unlesg perhaps upon a stage. | and there was ostentatious evi wom-|of wealth lavishly expended « oolly COv-| furnishings. An overpow yawning muzzle | uptu ot poisonous-looking | ¢ re ano of admirabt ant too florid woman nd nd lodgings young n eitting up in bed and ering him with th a peculiarly automatic pistol It was astonishingly evident she wasn't at all frightened. arm that levelled round and sha houlder) . rich coloring of her distinct ome face showed not . t that f ner large and dark be * of indignation rat fear. Abruptly and sat up yet #iraig n her died bed clothing, mouth and eyes widening with astonishment. “Well!” she mid quite simply- I'll be damned if it ain’t a cop!” | P. Sybarite immediately took oo| asion to lower his bands to a more omfortable position Fright inspired his lat genius; momentarily usness 1 the bed itself ut that} the woman ot The}the dark weapon (a y » the y; the hand shone it tenfold vdor of her ar as & young pantheres fone judg t 1 as vital nelf-centered Sitting in b “of charms hard! ghtwear of sheer de chine, rite up and down overwise in the whys of life, shr ud sdicious of mankind; hand experienced fid voice of surpa with decision and co: ert contempt * for of convention—awe without the least affecta heartily when slar humor you she the beat uri bode “ was admirabl t e with f tness, erable praseolog on, ing bent t histrion-|ed her te he became | ling | announced nk God! he exclaimed fer-| eyes coldly unprepossessed “You're the one woman in a/ sound fishy as all-hell, knows you'r Phew! I r laid © he drew a braided | le unlikely blue cuff acrous a beaded foreKead., | second-story “That's all very well.” the woman took him up sharply—"but be ful I don’t shoot after looking. or no cop, you-what the devil you want in my bedroom at hour of the night “Madam,” P. Sybarite expostulat aggrieved yet with an air of the utmost candor—"“my duty, of} course ’ “Duty! she echoed. “What you think you mean by that?" “Perhaps,” he countered blandly, “you're not aware a burglar has passed thru this room?” burglar? What rot!’ there staring as Pardon me, madam,” P. Sybarite|a good-looking ed nonchalantly, “but five minutes n before, you're ago I was called in by the people 4 fin at Two-thirty-three Vorty-fifth st., front door to nab & burglar who'd broken in there. They thought they had him locked up safe enough in one of the rooms, but when they came to open the door and let m the bird had flown! He'd taken a long chance—-swung himself from the window ledge to a fire escape five the t udd: vent. and before she shoots! Quite naturally 8 On; things than man should for his getaway demanded but t tha tr route she urgent! for, |i wh ou standing there Cop| do} man this dear lady Sybarite Can the fond stuff vat're you going um 1 to de you're a I expostulate and get b to do What ro Ww at do cop, go to It replied ‘and then clear the room and time 5 #omebox she brusque laugh. I can une occupying if woman you'd never in ov slipping the bu the the or ug chance to r unless he rader watd woman snapped Me anioally gestion, down on his kne bed?" stammered then,” not nt to her ite plan something Why obedl Pp. lifted the call of exige intoleral and ‘ Hi | | WINDow Epa US did fence him? woman in positive in went this d no she Pp. any over vivid they y jet in however, wpite other a alan! ten- ornate--he alike uper if her setting was luxurious, mal ewd naid the aring ang sult ruth, lenly the sickest-looking ut're AP yusy cop with a out " while you stand | 1 een 1 night|sign that a burglar has been here id under | suggested the ok?" sug npec HAD TH! J ] SNEAKED | wrong 24 2:45 A.M. Hi 4 pro sussnrure j WELL FOLKS, [Ff You'll GLANCE AHEAD TO THE NEXT MiLE-POST TLL GIVE You AN ANSWER TD WE PROBLEM W DETAIL ~ i VOSEPM VANCE the bed. the the foot of pretended to explore thereunder—ftnd he had anticipated nothing Wh ing he was lance at (and badger vent some Amazon) “i and mull hear the bed at further dismayed epring® creak, a an two bare fect and again the ored with acid sarcasm. You seem to find it interesting flown there Is it the view? Or are you « to hypnotize your burglar by well-known power of the human eye?" "It's pure and simple reverence for the propri * P. Sybarite replied without stirring, “Keeps m emulat ing the fatyous ostrich. I don’t pre tend it's comfortable, but I, believe me, madam, am a plain man, of modest tart unaccustomed to Get up!" the lady interrupted peremptorily. “I guess your regard for the proprieties won't suffer any more than my fair name. Come of that hunt burglars Ike a good little cop.” “But who am 1," pleaded the it tle man, “to gaze unblinded upon th a once the floor voice flav. found woman's “That,” sald the lady, smothering a giggle, “will be about all from you. Get up—or I'll call in a sure enoug op to search your ttle to that uniform.” Hastily P. Sybarite withdrew his head and rose. An embarrassed askance comforted him meas urably; the lady had thrown an ex quisite neg » over her night di and had th r pretty extravagar etty ailken mules ow,” wald tervely, “we'll » the premises for this burglar ra, and if we don’t find hen” r lips tightened, her clouded ominously—"I promise you an interesting time of it! “I'm diverted as trul sted P. ruefully lady "But y no turb your n quite competent to take ¢ of any housebreaker | she broke in, “is some- thing you'll have to show, me. ... . Where's your nightstick ?"* “My—er—what?” | “Your nightatick. done with it?” With con | vestigated “Mus shinnin surmised |shon't need it confident ru whe brown vastly it Sybarite, pistol What've you ternation P. the vacant Sybarite tn loop at his ve dropped out while T was over the back fence. he vaguely. “However, I Th with a bright mile displaying Pen field's revolver. will do just a well—better, in fact.” “That?” she quostioned. not a police department gun did you” “Oh, tern | begun The lady's Ups curled. “Very well,” she concluded curtly, “T don't t 4 word you say, but we'll Lead the way jane “That's Whe yes, it is. recently It's the new pat adopted. They've just to issue ‘em I got mine to- show me one solitary Perhaps ye draw from the prefer me to with case?” the little man with offended dignity After all, I may be mistaken, ‘You'd better not be 1 warn you, jfind me a burglar—or'—she added with unmistakable significance—"l'll find one myself Interpreting thi her glance, P. Sybi level challenge of ite’s heart quak ght double thump | ed to dis | nture failed him en- | in short, he was for his chosen role of favorite of Kismet, protag onist of this Day of Days. Withal, there was no offering resistance the demands of thi masterful she was patently one to be humored against a more auspicious | | turn of affairs. | He shrugeed, gave in with a gen | jture. Her imperative arm, uplifted. indicated an inner door “Find that burglar!” “Swell chance I've got to get aw with that proposition,” he grum! “You've delayed me long enough to let any burglar get clean away!” “And you hang back, giving him more time,” she cut in. “Lead the way, now Awed, P. Sybarite grasped his re- volver and strode to the door with much dramatic manner, but paused with a hand on the knob to look over his shoulder. The woman was there, not a foot stant, her countenance a mask of | sumpicious determination. “Go on! sh mmanded in men. acing accents | He pulled the door open, flung out | into the Iway, paused again at/ the mouth of the back pit of the stalroase Behind him the woman snapped aj} switch; an ¢ blub glared out) of the darkness, And P. Sybarite, ering started back with a asp of amazeMhent that was echoed in his On woman etric down, ear the st man was crouch! ra frozen trict pocket ly in co way down, a ure of elec illiant lifted, ous ite more | mall black n evening half blotted out by that, enhancing the tartled eyes gleaming left uncovered | muscular Jaw and lamy grasping anything el hatle only his ugly, twisted mout For a full minute (it seemed) not of the three so much as drew breath; while thru the haze of dum: | | founderment P. Sybarite’s brain |there loomed the fact that once again Kismet had played into his | hands to save his face in thus lend | ial body and substance to burglar of his de inven tion And then, agony, the | breath da b You 4 » has it As if electrified tion, P field's revolver man on the sts “Hand up’ that gun!" | The half a perate s if from a heart of woman his side en and tortured cry So it's come to mur de ta-| <i at the that whipped by barite up and levelled it rs he snapped Drop | answer was a singular sound cough half smothered accompanied by a jet of from the strange weapon, and coincident with the tinkling of{ A splintered electric bulb Instantly the hall w nehed in darkness but little ated by the light from the choking bark as again miti bed: dr Heedless of excitement, I vr. Th | chamber consequence: his Sybarite pulled. trig hammer fell on an empty nd fell halt a dozen times educing any response | other than the click of metal against metal; demonstrating beyond ques tion that the revolver was unloaded. From the hand of the marauder another tongue of flame licked out rose without silken val-'ed, his soul curdied, his stomach for to the sound of the same dull, bron- , al cough; and a bullet thumped | poth times had missed his mark by vily into the wall beside P. Syba-| the parest margin. » At once, like a demon of excep Snraged beyond measure, he @rew | tional maliguity, © .beoathiees aa back his worthless weapon and| overpowering rage possessed P. threw it with all his might. And| gybarite. Without the least hesita: Kismet winged the missle to the fir-|tion he stretched forth a hand, ing arm of the assassin. With 4 cry | snatched the pistol from the grasp of pain and anger, this last invol-|o¢ the woman—who seemed to res untarily relaxed his grasp and, drop- | inquish it more thru surprise than ping his own pistol, stumbled and | witlingly—threw himself halfway half fell, half threw himself down | down the staira, and took a hasty to the next floor |potshot at the man—almost invis As this happened, a white arm|ibie in the darkness as he rounded was levelied over the shoulder of|the turn of the next flight P. Sybarite. Missing, P. Sybarite flung on reck- The woman took deliberate aim, |tessiy. As he gained the lower floor, fired—and missed. | the hall lights flashed up, switched aeep on from the upper landing by the XI. woman of the house. Thus aided, ‘The Lady of the House (be caught another glimpse of his Until that moment of the woman’s| Prey midway down the next flight, shot, what with the failure of 1, | 4nd checked himself to take @ sec || Sybarite’s weapon to fire and the | nd shot strange, muted coughing of the as| Again he missed: and as the bul- sassin's, an atmosphere of veritable | let buried itself in splintering wains- decorum, nothing less, had seemed | CoUng, @ cry of almost childish petu- to mark the triangular duel, lending | lence escaped. = With but one it something of the fintastic quality | thought, he hurled on, swung round of 4 nightmare; an effect to which | to the head of the stairs, saw his 7] the discovery of a marauder, where|™an at the bottom, Pulled up to P. Sybarite had ‘expected to find no-| lm, and... body, added measurably. . Beneath him a small rug slipped on polished parquetry of the Janding. But now, temporarily blinded by|p, Sybarite’s heels went up and his that vicious bright blade of flame | head down with a sickening thud. He stabbing the gloom @ hand's breadth | heard his pistol explode once more, from his eyes, and deafened by the/and again visioned a reeling firma: crash of the explosion not two feet|/ ment fugitively coruscant with from his ear drums, he quickened to| strange constellations. the circumstances with much of the! ‘Then—bounding up with uncom« confusion of a man awakened by/mon resiliency—he saw the street @ thunder clap from evil dreams to| door of the house close behind the realities yet more grim fugitive and heard the heavy slam Of a sudden he understood that| of it murder had been attempted in his | presence and knowledge; a stark and —— — hideous fact, jarring upon the semi. 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