The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 25, 1922, Page 11

AY, APRIL 25, 1922. (Continued From Yesterday) er a night Of it beth af them | Very gee my mach when you speak in q@itraordinary manner.” es was with ber when she died. me a bit.” mj gon't wonder. If you ask me, { wk t was very extraordinary peing there. If you ask me, I ft was very funny Of that Mise ending for you at that hour the night. Whyever should she for you of all people? “] was their greatest friend.” ya, | know you always iiked ¥ mg out Mike that;| But you can't expect | | dividual wearing a truss, | appeared to be wearing i But you couldn't be ef any must say I do think people i very funty sometimes. it " ir nearest nm it Me ff ve come back again. count had any right to th ter “§ Li 5 t down and was about 3 é sh E 5 i the teapot and got up. > mea favor, They're them. Don't «ay any- vat them. Don't men- For tb EYES iE : i gee a5 i Fe ee ghf Hy z = i abe eER : i $ 3 ; : gee gf ij 2% Bat E i! rt i | if out some ten. He) 1] Squat on your heels.” ? : the file of men who shuffled before t of the room, He| them, As each form was completed nere you are! Now I've/ it was pushed at the man interro He went back. “I e@ay,| gated with “Get undressed,” Sabre took his place in the chain. Ih one corner of the room a doctor in uniform was testing eyesight, | Passed on from thére each regruit jJoined a gtoup wearing only great: | coat or shirt and statiding about « stove near the door, At intervals the door opened and three nude men, jeoat or ebirt in hand, entered, and) & gereeant bawled, “Next three! Sabre was presently one of the three. Of the two who companioned him one was An undersized little tn. uit of deep brown tights out of which his red heek and red hands thrust conspicu- ously. Sabre realized with a slight shock that the brown sult was the grime of the unbathed. Across the passage another room was entered. Th® recruits dropped their tinal cov. It Miss/ering and were directed, one to two pad dome the right thing, &#) sergeants who operated weights, a bors, she} height gauge and a measuring tape; dave sent and asked me if 1} another Jet one of the maids go over) “Stand on one leg with her. Then you could/ Now on the other. gone up too if you'd wished | out your arms. to an officer who sald, Bend your toes. Toes Stretch Work your fingers, The third re cruit went to an officer who dabbed cheats with @ stethoscope and said. “Had any tlinessest” When the re cruit had passed thru each perform ance he walked to two officers seated with enrolment forms at a table, was spoken to, and then recovered his divcarded garment and walked out The whole business took about three minutes. They were certainly whis- @ing them thru. Sabre came inst to the officer with the stethoscope. He was Just polish tng off the undersized little man with the truss. “Take that thing off. Cough. How long have you bad this? Go slong.” He turned to Sabre, G@abdbed perfunctorily at his lungs. then at his heart, “Wait a minute. the | He applied his ear to the stethoncope “Hullo, Pinnock. How on | face, “Had any tlinesses?’ “Not one im my bite “Shortness of Breath? “Not the least. I was in the XV at The doctor's eyes appeared to exchange a mes | mage with him. They gave the slight eet twinkle. “Go along.” He went to the table where sat ~| two officers with the paper forma. “Name? “Sabre.” The officer near. er him drew a form towards him and polsed a fountain pen over ft. Sabre felt it extraordinartly odd to be standing stark naked before two men fully dressed. In hie rejection at Tidborough the time before this had waa surprised sideration. He thought the reference was to his treatment during exam! “Never mind what you thought. Tou hear what I'm asking you, don't us of humanity, very noisy.) you? a roughish collection: the men with lance corporal’s stripes ing up blue forms with the ite dove warned tt. ter whet happens,” sald ourStep will B be sure to try your re fet to scr¥am or cry eur, Poslam Tey thin sented shinetvent- ment tonight: Wash al! the sfectad places with Poem Soup and how water, thes dab them over with a Bittle Poslam. ‘The very firvt towels trsally stops the itrhag and burning and lets you sheep. And in the morning Jost fotice how the eruption is 7 Porlam {4 90 comern= tented that @ bale pt a long way 0 omfort Baby's Skin] With Cuticura Soap | nd Fragrant Talcum of the laboring or artivan| At a table in the center two|come more familiar. to questions barked out at “Get off.” A large tree beside the path toppled and fell ‘The next valley was @ terror. The;cousin of Twelve Toes, the sorcerer, the Twins|and third cousin to Bena Meena, the 4 not to notice, hut go\do not show fear. head. The Valley-of-Watch- | nothing.” Tricky Trino, the second | of,” scoffed Nick ) } |grabbed Nancy, but not a sound did | thy \ righted itself agnin, and the Twins| think I was @ fool rushing tn like It wae Sabre’s firet experience of | manner with which he was to be “Borry. No, nothing whatever.” ‘The fountain pen made « note Magician, lives in this valley. “He has 20 power over you if you With these words he frw away no matter what haD-/and the journey began again “I don't see anything to o afraid “This looks like our own lovely meadow st home, Goesn’t it.” They were walking over a nice little bridge that crossed a sparkling stream of clear water. But scarcely Dad the words left his lips when the bridge broke in the middle and down they went into the stream. Nancy gtatbed Nick and Nick they make. Then just as suddenly as it had gone down, the bridge with it, There they were, walking peacefully Along as tho novhing had happened. They were not even wet. “D—did the bridge go down?’ whispered Nancy, “or was I dream- ing?” “It pedtly did," Nick tela her. “Wasn't it queer? It must have been one of Tricky Trixo’s tricks.” Before Nancy had time to answer, a large tree beside the path toppled and fell. That is, it nearly fell, and right on top of the Twins at that Pretend to notice | OUR BOARDING HOUSE i AW-WAW- = some TARE ME DowN« IT } He could have shouted aloud thought, “By Godr In the Gretsing room a sergeant. bewled, “All recrutter’—paused and glared about the room and drew breath for further discharge. This MAnnerism Sabre was also to become acoustomed to: in the Army, always “the cautionary word” first when an order was given. The sergeant then diwoharged: “All recruits past the doctor proceed to the room under this} for swearing in. When sworn, to! Office adjoining for pay, card and armiet. And get a move on with it! | vir | ‘The most stupendousty elated man | im all Engiand was presently ridt to Penny Green on Sabre's bicycle blazed the khaki bras | . in the breast pocket of his Waistooat, specially cleared to give | private accommodation to eo glorious a , were @ halfcrown and two! pennies, the most thrilling! +] nificent eum he had ey, on _ | bis army pay. His singing thought wea, “I'm in the Army! I'm tn th: Army! I dont care for anytht ow. By gad, I can't believe tt. rim | im the war at last! Hie terrific) thought was, “Good luck have thee with thine honor: ride on... and| thy right hand aiall show thee ter- rible things.” He buret inte the house and ais | charged the torrent of his elation on | t Mabel. “I say, I'm th the Army. ‘They"ve failived ine. here! Eook | at my Derby armiet! And look at | thie, That's my pay! Just look, — and eightpence.” jo extended the coins his hand. “Look? te She gave her sudden burst of| laughter. “How perfectly ridieuloust | Two and eightpence! Whyever did you take itt “Take it? Why, it's my pay. My army pay. I've never been so proud jot anything In my life, Ill keep these coins forever, Where shall I put them? He looked around for a shrine worth efough. “No, I can't put them anywhere yet. I want to keep looking at them. I say, you're giad I'm im, aren't you? Do my something.” | She gave her laugh. “But you're! not In. You do g6t so fearfully ex cited. After all, it’s only thie Lord | Derby thing where they call the men | up in age classes, the papers say Yours can’t come for months. You thay not go at all.” He dropped the cotna slowly into hile pocket--chink, chink, chink. "Oh, well, if that’s all you've got to say | about tt." “Well, what @o you expect? You Just come rushing tn and telling me without ever having 4 word that you were going. And for that mat | ter you seem to forget the extraordt, nary way in which you went off this |thorning. I haven't.” “I had forgotten went off, I know; but I don't remem. ber” “No, you only swore at me; that’s all” “Mabel, I'm gure I @ian’t.” “You bawled out, ‘For God's enke.’| I call that swearing, I don't mind.| It’s not particularty nice for the sarv jants to hear, but I'm not saying any | thing about that,” | His brows were puckered up./ | "What te it you are saying?” “I'm aimply saying that, behaving Mike that, {t's not quite fatr to pre jtend that I'm not enthusiastic! | enough for you about this Lord Der} |hy thing. It fen't as if you were really in the Army—" | He wished not to speak, but he could not let this go. “But | “Yes, but not properly in—~ | perhaps you won't ever be. It doesn’t seem like being in to me. That's all I'm waying. Surely there’s no harm fh that? Ho waa at the window ataring out thto the garden. ' “No, there's no harm in it.” “Well, then, What are we argu- we about It for?” | He turned towards her, “Well, |but do understand, Mabel. If you | wAS PLAYIN’ CIRCUS LIKE TH | ACTORBATS ON “TH’ SIGNBOARD | JAN! WAS Goi! TO TURN SUMMER SETS BUT TH’ CHAIR PELL OvER// Y'seLF our oF AN LEFT ME UP WAW HERE § Iwas upset. T) "| then tonight shift the buttons. That's | | that, as you cafl it. Do understand. It'a & Government scheme. It's bind. But before it quite reached them, |effort of the man in the apache cos-| it suddenly straightened and stood as|tume. It had @ certain rhythm—| firm and graceful as ever, ita|three short claps, two long ones, | jbranckes waving quietly in the|three short, two long, with @ final} reer Step (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1922, by Beatt.e Btar) Not a sound had the Twine uttered lin this queer Valley-of-Wareh-Your- vocal “Ai—t!" drawn out till breath | was exhausted. MM was their indi. vidual style of showing approval, If the performer had not pleased them they would have flung him « splatter of ordinary applause or kept silent. Polly and Paul By Zee Beckley (Ceprright, 1991, by The Senttio Gard CHAPTER LXXI—SHADOWS Vortferous applause followed the) THE SEATTLE STAR BY AHERN T THOUGHT WITH ALL THAT HOLLERING HE WAS EITHER GETTIN HIS EARS WASHED, SOME BODY WAS TRYING YO TAKE A NICKEL AWAY FROM HIM« TWAT KID CAUSES MORE RUMPUS THAN A MOUSE IN A WOMEN'S COLLEGE! BODY MY GOSH, ALVIN = HOLD i THAT POSE § DONT DROP oR You'LL BOUNCE TUNE ~ rr A Goop\ THING THAT CIRCUS SIGN DIDN'T SHOW SOME SWORD SWALLOWERS, iW ACTION! — ~} >< ‘2 Tt int @ joke” “No, but I think they make it a jokes, @nd I can't think why you can't eee the funny side of It. I think giving you two and elghtpence | ike that—a man in your posttion— | is too lovely for words.” | He took the coins from his pocket, | and jerked them on the table before her. “Here, pey the butcher with it.” | iad | But as he reached the door, his face working, the tremendous and magnificent thought struck tnto his realization again. I'm th the Army! the Army. I don't} Poor little boy! you remember, care what happens now.” He strode | don’t you, how the children cried back, smiling, and took up the|t .24 how his arms ache? afd he money o, I'm dashed if I can deck be wikia let it gol’ He went out jingling it knew that if they didn't qui and turned into the kitchen. “I say, the dreadful Indians would surely High, Low, I’m in the Army! I've)] find them and kill them. got in. Fi be off soon, Look at oT @iah,” Ké half sobbed, “T my badge!” y wish I had somewhere I could hide them while I go and tind some. body to help us.” Hé hurried on and after a time he found & little hollow nince tn the ground and put the two little ones into it and covered them with brush while he went carefully up to the door of the tielgtibor’s house to see if the Indians been there too. They chorused, “Well, there now™ He «aid delightediy, “Pretty good, eh? Ien't it fine! Look at this that’s my pay. Two and tpence!” | The chorus, “Oh, if ever | High Jinks said, “That armiet, atr, | that’s too loose, It don't half show down on your elbow, air, You watt it up here.” “Yee, that's the plact, Won't it) 1] put m aafety pin tn, ari and | had what it wants.” all » ati “You, do, High. That's fine.” ae looked fn, but all was i He heid out his arm and the two|f No human being was in sight giria pinned to advantage the splen The windows were all broken and id sign of his splendid triumph “There, sir. Now it shows. And won't we be proud of you, just, in Kkhekt and all! He laughed delightedly. “I'tn folly proud of myself, I tell you! Now,| then, Thumbs, I don’t want bayonets | in me yetr Glorious! Giértoust Would not Nona say! (Continued Tomorrow) tables and chairs were turned up- side down, while the pillows and feather beds were cut cpen and the loose feathers flew about over everything. So John went back to the enf- Gren, picked up the baby and they turned back toward thel- home. “I'm hungry, Johnnie,” the It- tle sister walled. “rm hungry!’ walled the baby like @ sad little echo. And what and Paris . Page 659 ABOUT JOHNNY AND THE MASSACRE Beeeuy Sai, PAGE 11 BY STANLEY sit, THE OLD HOME TOWN — a cease alba fy i! i ‘You? HOW MUCK DID You HAVE? | wen: ONLY : HAD A DIME AAD HE Too (T EVERETT TRUE I HeaRD Tope THAT MRS, JOHNSON, Wo Lost HER VoIcs NEARS ACO, HAD AN OPGRATION ON “. VOCAL CORDS AND HA! IRECAINGD HER VOKS . - POOR HUSGAND guess we're all hungry,” “VR see if T ean find “a John said. nything.” | Th t th amoking tune of ‘wir home ant in the | | WHAT DO You WNY —@R — L Meant aahés of what had been the little | log room, where they had kept po- tatoes and things, they found plies of potatoes all smoking hot and mealy, roasted by the burning hous. | They fotind a trickle of butter, | too, in the place where the butter “firkin” had been. So John dug out some potatoes and spread thern with melted bitter and they made @ pretty good Iuheh and felt better John's little dog came barking up and John was So glad to see him, but he didn’t dare let him stay bechiise there Was one more | sound that the Indian might hear. | So he cried a little and trove the | dog away With a stick “That's most the hardest thing T've had to do,” he aid, wiping his eves, “cause he don’t under. stand.” | “Cooperf* Johnnie called again as he trudged off. “Coopert’ but only echoes answered. ‘The narrow path ran thru dense uhderbrush and heavy tintber, and | ft was two miles to the nearest | neighbor, | "They had gone onty @ qtiarter | of a mile when « great, cross dog attacked them. (To Be Continued Now He's GoT THE MGAN GY SAYING SURGEON'S Bice COR HUSBAND’ you frightened at anything? Do you! “Don't look now,” shé whispered and @ racetrack mult of checks cut |to ape American fashion—pashed up close to them on the bench. “Don't you like it?” asked the girl Violet and Barray either 414 not | chatlengingly. Join in with sufficient enthtsiagm or| “Excellent!’ anawered Violet showed amateurish technique. At| quickly in French, “I thought it very all events, their nearest neighbors— | ciever.” a white-faced kirl with boobed hair,| At this both the girl and the man wearing a queer black dress with|burat into a laugh, but said no collar buttoned tightly up her neck | more. to hér very ears, and kid hoote with| Presently Violet felt the creep: high red heels; a man with athletic |iness of someone's glance fixed upon build and obviously mixed national-|her. She looked to right and left, ‘ity, with close-together, rat-ike eyes | but could not find the source, Then, want to go?” to Barray, “but over in that corner “No, I'm not frightened" Vio- | is a man who has not taken his ¢yes let's spirit was still detefmined—j| from me in half an nour, And the “and I don't want to go. I hate be-|worman-—that vampish creature im ing stared at, that's all.” the black dress—she's there, too.” “Who's staring?" Barray looked, but their raze did She was about to indicate the man|not waver. Then sigwly they te in the corner, but Just thén a dancer | ceded, further and further tnto the doing @ crude tarantelia shut off|dim corner, until they qu'té disap- their view. When Violet looked | peared. again Another face was beside his—| “They've goné,” said Barray, make the pallia woman who had sat near/ing his tone reassuring. But with- them on the bench and had apoken | out knowing why, he felt there was her left hand out of sight, but still|/to them. Violet could feel herseif| sonmthing more sinister in their go she felt him staring. being strippéd from head to foot by | ing than in their staying there, “What is it? asked Barray, “Aré her eyes. « = = She shivered. 4 5 nf (To Be Continued) ,from « dim corner actoss the room | she #aw the sallow face of the man | | peering from the shadows, his ratty | eyes fixed first on her face, then on | the flashing jewel of her ring as the beams from above caught it She looked away, But alwaye she Was drawn to glano@ back, He stood there immovably, his face making a waxy blob against the background jof smoke and darkness, his eyes al- |ways upon her. She nervously kept we