The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 26, 1921, Page 11

* TURSDAY, MAY 26, 1921. : : _ — ynthia Grey: Letter to City Marauders of the Farm— Tactics in the City Would Call for Arrest, ¢ Farmer. ‘Miss Grey: Most of ua I believe, consider ourselves honest peo ‘We would never think of robbing a bank or store, or even of cheating Bearest neighbor out of anything, But there are many who leave this Behind when they go into the country. All nature ts ours, we ind, because there ls such prodigality of riches, we Jump at the con. | that it may rightfully be ours for the taking fant be the tang of the @untry air that sends Into the aystem the Ines drive up to the roadside “The Golden Scorpion” the cccupants take their toll of By SAX ROMMER fruits of the farmer, made poe Copyright by Rebert M. Moftetde & On i le by hard toll, To fruit and vere of many kinds they help them. exeusing their petty depreda OMS with the thought that it ls buta Rall toll and never will be minwed. Tf Friend Farmer tries to stop they retort wifh “Stingy" OF coruse, if it wen only one that took it, it might not Hut one party tolls the - ‘ome, and so the news ts passed | CHAPTER VI 4 on, Many a would-be coun Interrupting a epell of warm, fine ‘Gwelier hesitates to buy near a weather the night had set in wet and @M account of the hikers who|stormy. The squalid streets thru ® Constantly abgut, But in these| which Stuart and Gaston Max made of swiffgoing conveyances no! thelr way looked more than normally | Owner ‘ts secure unless his deserted and unin viting | Sad far from state road) Upon the door of a dark and ap . parently deserted shop Max rapped. | tthe a should go to the) noth ned anticipated an interval of we same tactics, we! Of his arrest with a ecit. |WRUNE, and both were astoniahed | “serves dim tight! He | when the door opened almost at once, Dg gy rel dal we | evealing a blackly cavernous in A BARD-WORKING “Go off! Too late! Shuttee shop?" | attered a voice out of the dark neas, FARMER. eee Took’ French Max thrust his way resolutely tn, | followed by Stuart. “Shut the door, Ah-Fang-Ful™ he sald curtly, speak im 1871 Miss Grey: lence-Lorraine ing with a labored French accent by Germany? “Scorpion” | 1371. The door was closed by the invis | 4 thle Chinaman, there was a sound of | soft movements and a hurricane-lan |tern suddenly made its appearance. [| | Raising the lantern, be led the) way thru a door at the back of the shop. Descending four wooden steps, | Stuart and Max found themselves in | the opium den. “Pull up | Chinaman. } It was a low-ceiled apartment, the | beams of the roof sloping slightly wu Average Person |ward from west to east. The pete Miss Grey: How much blood | part of the wall at the back was cov- the average person? 1. I. F. lered with matting hung from the fifth of his weight is blood. | rough cornice supporting the beams. a ache |To the right of the matting was the L, Interested |door communicating with the shop, ” jand to the left were bunks. { Miss Grey: | Where (Continued From Yesterday) 4 In what taken year from Zz F. : Votes by Debs Miss Grey: How many pop for president did Eugene = Fecelve in the last presidential i? : AA Tecetued 916.902 voles | Contained | No loom," mkt the/ | ~ was! All the bunks appeared to be oo | kilied, and ‘what was bis | UP! So much did Gaston Max,/ MRS. I. |® traimed observer, gather in one} seas killed in 1885 while cross-|*Wtft miance. Btuart and Max re) vailroad track in Canada. He|™#ined by the door * “You see,” whispered Max, “he bas . taken you on trust! And he did not) appear to recognize me. It is as 1 |thought. The place is ‘open to the| public’ as usual, and Ah-Pang does & rearing trade, one would judge. For the benefit of patrons not affili. ated to the order we have te pretend to smoke” ‘The old Chinaman returned with his curious shuffling walk; raising his hand to beckon to them, ‘The two croaned and reclined upon the unclean mata “Do you notice the sound of Ap ping water,” whispered Stuart. “The Place is evidently built upen a foun- dation of piles and the cellars must actually be submerged at high tide.” A loud knocking sounded upon the street door. Stuart was about to speak when Gaston Max furtively grasped his| arm. “Ssh? he whispered. “Do not move, but look . .. at the top of the start’ Stuart turned his cyea On the Platform at the head of the stairs a Hindu was standing! “Chunda Lal” whispered Max. “Prepare for—anything!” Chunda Lal descended slowly. Ah- Fang-Fu cogtinued to play patience. The Hindu stood behind him and be- gan to speak in a voice of subdued a ’ x BENHAM fervor and with soft Hindu modula tons, ao eesice 228 . the at et ro Unable to Work for Days |sprersd. at a Time Before He _ Got Tanlac fs My old stand-by, for 1 feel myself slipping the fe right up again me im the best of condi mid Chas. A. Benfiam, of “49th Ave. 3. W., Seattle, con painter, well known in all the cities along the fic Coast. | “Thirty years aco I contracted polsoning which laid me up for weeks, and I have been having trouble ever since. My left me completely, and I ing worse until I couldn't the lightest kind of food with wuffering terribly afterwards. on, bloating and palpitation the heart Just kept me miser afl the time, and headaches @izziness caused me no end of , 1 was so nervous and rest- I could never sleep weil, and 0 weak and rundown and in an awful state of health I had lay off from my work for three four days ata time. “Well, Taniac is the first medi- I ever foand\to heip me, but straightened “me right up, ended my troubles and built me up pounds in weight besides. , it did more for me than I anything ever could, and it the best medicine ever on the 4th of Juty, two on the samme fourth? VERA. Adams and Thomas Jefferson’ & 1886. James Monroe ty 4, 1331. ty tes oe CHAPTER VIII Sinister silence reclaimed the house | of Ab-Fang-Fu, And Ab-Fang-Fu Tesumed his solitary game. | Stuart cautiously turned his eyes toward the open stair On the platform above stood a bent old hag whose witch-eyes were searching the place keenly! The old woman approachtd the matting curtain hung over a portion of the wall, raised it «lightly in the center—where it opened—and disap: | peared beyond. | “You see! said Stuart excitedly “Yea! it is the audience-chamber of "The Scorpion’™” | ‘The ancient hag came out again, | crossed to a bunk and touched its oe- | leupant, a Chinaman, with her hand. | He immediately got up and followed her. The two disappeared beyond the curtain. “What shall we do,” “if you are summoned?” “I shall throw open thone curtains sald Stuart, vent my pistol at the head of who ever Is on the other side.” ‘The old woman reappeared, looked slowly around and then held the cur- Chinaman’s coming out. with the shop, which he opened, and went out, His voice came, muffled: “FoHi!" “Fo-Hi,” returned the high voice of Ab-Fang-Fu. “as I pull the curtatns aside,” continued Max, rapidly, “blow the whistle and run across and upbar the door. . “ 3 So engrossed was he in giving these directions, and so engrossed was Stuart in listening to them, that neither detected a faint creak which e ts sold Drug Stores and Advertisement. fn Seattle by the leading the moment I reach them, and pre | tains slightly apart to allow of the} He saluted | her by touching his head, hips and | breast with his right hand, then pass-| ed up to the door communicating | proceeded from almost immediately | FRECK UM-M= SOMETHING SEEMS ‘Yo BE WRONG ERE. OH, TSS, © Soe —— Mis REPRESCN ——_— “Now ia your Umer whispered, Max, tensely. “As lL rush for the eur tains you rush to the shop door and get it unbolted, whistling for Dua-| bar—~—" | = His ONLY SKIN DEEP Seid ond Marteli's Deug Bore, 1906 Berea Av. | '80 Years Old -Was Sick |Now Feels Young After Taking Eatonic for behind them. This sound was oc, casioned by the opening of th heavy door near to which they lay the door which communicated with the labyrinth of cellars. “Inch by inch from the opening protruded the head of Ah-Fang-Fu! The head of Ah-Fang-Tu vanished A moment later the curtains opened again slightly and the old woman came out, ushering the brown man He saluted her and unbarred the | door, going oot. ’ “ 4i,” came dimly | “shall we rush the curtain?” said | Stuart The head of Ab-Fang-Fu_ reap. peared im the doorway behind them the cause ( package for Stubborn Corns) 8 Mie Catenin Pactingee tok — 40 roene BE Cal-o-cide rencov REMEOY t | Sour Stomach “T had sour stomach ever since I had the grip and it bothered me badly. Have taken Eatonio only a week and am much better, Am 80 years old, | says Mrs. John Hill. | Eatonic quickly relieves sour storm- | ach, indigestion, heartburn, blontin and distress after eating Lecause | takes op and carries out the excess | acidity and gases which cause | stomach ailments. If you have ‘ everything’ and ett! |give np bope, Eatonlc has brought | THe "Surcreror* Now, ANDO T Tre "Acne" bodily from its fastenings. f eution do not relief to tens of thoveands like’ you. | A big box costs but « trifle with your | | druggist’s guarantee. —Advertisement, THE SEA GEE, 1GOT AcHiti! ) MUST HAVE CAUGHT COLD! ) FEEL ALL in! LES AND HIS FRIENDS A SHORT TIMe AGO ¥ were S€cc ME AN AChE ano PRA ee ee You RePResenr AbFang-Pu, fully opening the @oor behind them, crept out stealth | uy. | “Have your pistol ready,” contin | ued Max, “and first put the whistle! between your teeth” AbVang-Pu silently placed his bowler hat upon the floor, shook down his lonk pigtail, and moving with entlike tread, stooping, drew bearer, “Now, doctor™ erted Max. Roth sprang to their feet. Max leaped clear of the matting and other litter and dashed for the curtatn. He reached it, seized it and tore it (Continued Tomorrow) Rely on Cuticura TTLE STAR WELL, GET RIGHT ‘IN BED! ML GeT You ‘THE HOT WATER VOUNG MAN-You KNOW Your MOTHER ISN'T HOME = WHAT t e & hi By DR Cleland + Page 373 / HARRY “Tell us some more, Mins Flor-| years old. Usually he could bear ence,” the children begged. “Tel the tinkle of old Spots’ bell, but us abdut what the little boy did that night he couldn't hear a sound. He went to the creek when be got Digwer.” where the cows usually drink and “Well, bafore he had been heme! in the mud on the banks he could very long, his father married) see where they had walked, but again, then he had « stepmother | not 4 cow. to look after bin and teach him to mind and be independent and not to be fraidy-cat and a ory baby And all that sort of thing “Bhe was quite particular about all these things, and by the time he was 6 years old, she thought he ea big boy, big enongh to do lots of things, bring in the Kindling and little sticks of wood; do lots of little things about the house and even go out Into the woods after the cows. don't alwayn go junt where you expect them to go. They go meandering along from one pateh to another, ing to notice which direction they take, and it makes them very hard for little boys to find “One evening, just about sup time, the stepmother said, ‘Harry, you go and find the cows and drive them home; it's nearly milking time and they aren't home yeu’ “So Marry wert, al! by himself, little man that he waa only 5 eeyee “Fle wandered on and on, his little volee calling, *Co-Ross! Co- Boas! but no answering low came | to his cars. “It began to look fearsome and shadowy In the woods, and Harry | thought to himself, ‘I'll just go a Uttle farther and if I don't tind ‘em, I'll have to go home; it's nearly dark.’ “There were lots of big fallen trees in the woods, so big that he “New cows couldn't climb over them, he was }too short, so he would have to | walk way around. “Finally he decided that it was far too late to go on and started to go back home. not seem “Home? Which way was home? | Far above him was the evening sky, growing pale and gray. Be | fore him, behind him, on either | side of him was the blackness of the forest with its big barriers of brier and fallen trees, and he didn’t know the way out. (To Be Continued.) per WHAT IN THE PAGE 11 WORLD 1S THE MATTER WITh YouP THAT WATER BOTT) LEAKS AND | WAS GETTING ALL TS TAGS F-FAULT = WE WUZ PLAYIN’ AN’ WE DUT A ' WouSe SIGN OUT-"HOUSE FOR RENT-$15.00!" TWE NUT BROS- CHES SwAL- BECAUSE HE'S & MATCH FOR ay DOG, AND IF YOU STRIKE WM, WE'LL LIGHT ADVENTURES rhe TWINS Leppy Leopard lived In a sandy Jeave between some récks in the ‘junete, and pretty soon Tag Tiger leame snooping along hoping to find | Leppy at home. “sniff, snifft? | Leppy’s front door, |knew it, wasn't he “ |head nearly off again. jhe didn't know itt | “Drat itr? he screamed. “Where | did I get such a cold? And the med- leine books all say to feed a cold! | How ean I feed my cold when I can't |wet near enough to my dinner to catch it, much less eat it?” Just then something, or someone, |went “Tee-hee!’ right behind him jand old Tag turned fiercely. He couldn't see Nancy or Dick or Flip- pety-Flap very plainly, but he made a spring at them anyway, being so hungry he'd take a chance on any- |tning. He couldn't afford to lose an- other dinner. | ‘That was exactly what the little schemers were after—not to be eaten, but to be followed. he went around but before he ‘kerehooing” his Pepper, but Confessions of a Husband : (Copyright, 1931, 18. I INVITE MY PARENTS-IN-LAW—TO LEAVE “Where's Dorothy?” Dot's mother asked me the ques. “Well, of all the things! From the way they regarded me. you ion before greeting me. Dot's| Would have thought it was a mean father chimed in @ moment lator |‘Tick which I had purposely played with the same query, jon them and their daughter, “She's home.” "I didn’t think you'd be pleased."” “Why didn't she come tp the sta | “Pleased! Talk about being pleased! tion ?* In the name of goodness how can “ghe had to take care of Robbie.” |* Person be pleased? Pleased—why “Haven't you « girl?” —" words completely failed my “The servant left.” motherin-law. “That's too bad.” Dot's mother! “If everything goes all right I'm immediately bristled with impor. | sing to get another position that tance, “I'll go to one of the agen. | Will pay a great deal better.” cles and get her one tomorrow morn. | thought It best to say that. ina.” “If,” and the old man whistled “I'm sorry; we are going to get | meaningly, along without @ maid for a while."| “And you have to go gallivanting ‘That was all the conversation un-|around In taxicabs while Dorothy til we got into @ taxi. Then the ques |stays home and minds the baby,” tions were renewed. sald her mother, “What's the matter? Did you lose| That was the last straw. ,T had your job? dehated whether or not to take a “No, 1 atill have my position. But |taxi and had decided they would be business is very bad.” insulted if I made them ride in the “What's that to you? You're not | subway with all their grips a member of the firm.” (This with a| “I don't ordinarily ride in taxis," ‘To Clear Away Skin Troubles | ‘Vophseenes.coateere nasty emphasis. I said. “I took one tonight because “lm « member of the firm when |I thought you would appreciate It. mes are bad.” I'm sorry if I was mistaken.’ ’ “What do you mean?” “Hiumph” My mother-tndaw's “My salary has been reduced.” Dead-like eyes recarnded me intently. Then I noticed they were fastened upon the flower in my buttonhole. the bookkeeper. had from his garden that jthat Talbot, | brought in | morning. “You're still as much of a dude |as ever,” she sneered, | “I'm sorry if things here don’t suit you,” I said, my rising anger getting | the bettor of mo. “As I remember It, there is an excellent train leaves here at 10:40 tonight. Or, if |you prefer to stay over until morn. Ting, there is one at 9:04 that will | Hay |take you home." The next second I was sorry I had played into their hands by losing my temper. (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1921, by N. BE. | Good apple pie; go to Boldt vertisement. Perna iran || NEW ARLINGTON HOTEL FIRST AND SPRING |1t was a cornflower from the bunch | + | good ew jumped and ran, with cross old Tag tearing after ‘m. is ‘ They jumped and ran, with cross” old Tag tearing after them at thelr — very heels, It did seem sometimes, as tho the old fellow was indeed go ing to have a very good meal of thre@ | courses, but Magic Shoes are Magie | Shoes, so what chance has a tiger? On they scampered, followed by old. Tag, across jungles and deserta, swimming seas and hopping lakes juntil they came to the circus There | | stood Tag’s cage with the door wide lopen, and what did they do but rush _ right in! But the twins and the |fairyman did something now that |Tag couldn't do, They crawled thru the bars on the other side— their shoes obligingly making them |little as mice—and Tag was fairly caught, for they ran around slammed the door of his cage he knew what had happened. | But Tag is happy now. 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