The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 12, 1922, Page 11

From Page ® bout it that Ti rather ge tn 4 nh 1 could oat put Ae R008. Ned goes with pothing else all it back. ‘The gixth Will prove that wan sated for out here tion hospital at Den. far omy me a disability disc ten months--honorable, o ‘after a while stilt weak to get at ft. in up but an effor the tangled by the war. real extate tor his pulled breath Sas your cousin?’ Ra'tiste’ leave MYjannounced that he was going to honor-—it that counts for) «pend the night with mo. Its the) about us heard him strands which | police, the myself. Theo, one after /a hammer. sharp, Jangdon came into my of souventr. together. “We started Langdon and I went out r home—tor he had Persons It was not jfar to the house and we decked come home from France| to walk. On the way, he demanded records. of the mailet for jit out of my pocket | with him for it, finally to be bested, and started away himaelf and pulled T atrugyled however, He man whom he intended tf bow to Ris every wish. to make T ran then 1 went back /and, evading him, went home and rather | to bed. About 4 o'clock tn the ti) morning, I was awakened by the They had found Tom Lang: I} don dead, with his skull crushed, business | evidently by the blow of a club or They said I did A alight gasp traveled over the lips of Medatne, ati! by the win: dow, Ba'tiste, bis features old and Mined, reached out with one big that of « friendly CrOS* | hand and patted the man on the Dmoies shoukler, Then for a long time, T Badn’'t seen him in fiV®/ there was silence, ye We bad never had much to| Swi him; we" and Houston the turn tha coldly. with given to family. im as a sort of a biack had been « runaway letters ever had received from to Where he Fo and they accused me. He} Tight—there was every form of cir-| about the only wad for Goney im out of trouble. , time, I don't know, Bp eg to me him. I ye mid be would stay esti be came back, for bim that importance, and thal tela father what it was)!” hope—in the glimmering chance | Tangdon, could have any-|that perhaps there was something father possessed in the|!® the train of circumstances that and a competence | Would have prevented the actuality a fd Tt sounded like blackmail | Of suit. think of nothing else | © from Tom Langion—and he That was unfortunat “at the time. He resent Dated, dicking al enditions in svatwaya had} eit 1 know my father and appeared) told him Fae ee Oe nen | tieved that I killed ‘him. Even my that he had| Dest friends—even my father.” was of pevetel persons in my/ he could do no wrong. ‘Matement and we quarreled } deerd it and later qeatified.” | French-Canadian. “Ket tx the le, eh? “Ba'tixte,” Houston turned ap pealingly to him, “as T live, that's I never saw Langdon jafter he took that mallet from me. Some one killed him, evidently while he was wandering around, looking for me. ‘The mallet dropped by his side It looked cumstantial And” the “what was worne, evidence against me, breath pulled hard, everybody = be- “Ra'teese no believe it.” +} “Why? Houston turned to him while it iaconcert. But the answe: him, was rathe: 1| ing. +“You look like my Pierre, Pierre, You look like heem.” for But could carry the Houston but = Hittie It was suffictent ¢ | knew it It had blood on it-—| EATTL OUR BOARDING HOUSE C2/ Nou'RE A PROPOSITION “Har, You WILL FIND VERV FAVORABLE = Now, YouR BOARD AND | ROOM |S FIFTEEN DOLLARS A WEEK, AND SINCE I OWE You TEN DOLLARS, WHY ») ¥ MAJOR t= BIG IDEA "TILL TAKE TH’ TEN Note Viowe ME For FIVE MONTHS =I SEE Wow WHY THEY CALL IT é ,\‘LONG GREEN | He's A NoT ADVANCE ME FIVE DOLLARS MORE, AND CONSIDER YoUR BOARD BILL PAID UP FoR THIS WEEK 2 we managed (© persuade | followed me a block or so, taunt: | Squthorities that I could) ing me with his superior strength | treatment at home, and/and cursing me as the son of a| | DOINGS OF THE DUFFS WELL GO UPA LITTLE FARTHER AND LOOK > THIS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD PLACE RIGHT in rere! | Medaine sfitl gave no in-|Welght with the girl by the win-| that she had heard. Ra’|dow. He went on knit cap still crushed te} funds, moved forward. - ly, the quarrel wore oft “Only one shred of evidence was | presented in my behalf Tt wae |by & woman who had worked for about six months for my father— Dene Tom became more than frtend.| Mise Jierdon. She testified to hav- on the/ Ing passed net trying to mak for myself, wasn't enough in th didn’t force it on me Play the part of a tempt {had killed Langiton ir it down my throat. readily enough. But Stand it. intoxicated, myself great p We saw the advertisement of | T wanted first glass or two, it im « taxicab fust at of our quarrel, and that, was true that there waa of a struggie, Langrton mallet. She was my only that the biow which killed Langdon could not have been struck with that mallet. The whole trial hinged on thy experts. The jury didn’t be e | lieve much of either sida They —|couldn’t decide abeotutety that 1 And so they Tj sequitted me. I'm trying to teil I, you the truth, without any veneer We left the cafe,| to my advantage.” “Bon! Good! “Miss Jierdon Ket ts best.” fight and went, getting seata| Who i out here?’ if the ring-side. enough for me. to let me sit They weren 1 bribed him until he let me hav Mallet that he was using ¢ the gong. fight was exciting —expecia: © me in my condition. 1 v on the ring. Once, iS this position, one of the men. ‘Wan bdieeding, was He struck the mallet. 1 tovered with blood. Noon: to notice that, except myse! Ome was too excited, More and the fight thru a knockout. Then the mallet in my pocket, te! Svery one who cared to hea T was carrying away 4 v at the press| ext to the timekeeper, and| youll only talk to waa | ness Mont of the time, even, ¥ince while ro was | den pect al “She testified tn your behalf? “Yes. And Mis» Robinette, her—it it, she'll ty a e| only ask her about teil it. She trusted me; she was the 1, only bright spet in ail the black 1 may not be able to con- you~-but she could, Miss | Robinette. If you'll only" “Would you guarantee the truth knocked |of anything #he should teil me?* it f | “Absolutely.” “Even {f she told hidden things?" “Hidden?' 1 don’t know what you mean. There's nothing to be hid What she tells you will be I) the truth, the whole truth, the ab- H-| solute truth.” 4 “U'm—I'm again to sorry.” She the window. turned Houston Aevestuaes ° Pha) TWINS 4 "8. Corny Coon happened Marty Mink's , with throat, the Twins, Umpty-steen times. wa: had to tie it ‘wn D. Mr. Chipmunk called Into talk about a sore th sg happened her washing od Aoctor to nay the m: Siven ter for chills m: th 1roat to and talking arp obyel bi an she had to en 0 Mike Mole mend 4 no Bandy Screech Ow! w h ant Over hin hoarsenens. ithe way to take the fish-bone| Everyone Dr. Bad to admire the Bunny baby. hit her thumb and | throat. edi. | ade | Yellow Hammer insisted on about a new way to doorway becaune si waure she wan stout. 2 ome more | nt Wa Whi fagAl| A ARE to be hanging out her washing Nancy and s\should not go to Marty's rescue. They knew Marty couldn't eat long as he had the fish-bone in his At lant Dr. Snuffies could stand it ejno longer. When Tillie Toad asked |for a remedy for warts he pushed be|her roughly aside and told her to A} come to his office. They were almost at Marty’s front door when Phil Frog suddenly | hopped in thetr way Now, Phil loves Marty about as well as you love red pepper, dears! And Marty loves Phil about as well as you love marshmallow chocolate sundae. Phil had @ plan, (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Star) i is the same one! it! you'tt| — the story exactly aa I've told; seemed determined | Nick and the doctor | my | | | } otte answered him as tho with « effort, “went back to camp last night.”* “Miag Jierdon has told me,” came May 1 bring her here. to repeat in a strained voice, “things that) that before me cane on ee some or her|*ort of a horrible mystery eyed ee | didn't know what she was saying She—”" “I? Why, 1 I'm afraid, Mr. Houston, that I ‘“ d s you | “That oe, — thigh would need stronger evidence—now, struggling. at tt wea. you whol Ot I want to be fair about this,” pe ee t y ehe burst out suddenly. “T—~1} | struc! id Robinetter’ shouldn't ever have been drawn into “Mins Robine' it It's nothing of my concern; “That further, you confensed to i. | } certainly, I shouldn't be the one to! her and told her why you had!i" Cited upon to judge the inno i killed Langdon—because he had dis of some one I hard.) something in your | life that would serve blackmail. That she loved YOU.) witharaw my request for anything| And that because sho loved you, | MUN Myf p Poe dipmsson x she went on the stand and perjured | 14 toward the door, and this time Ba herself to save you from a convic-| tists did not detain him. But ab- tion of murder—when she knew in| runtiy he halted, a sudden thought her heart that you were gullty |ecearing ite way thru his brain, | “Just one moment more, Mies Robt-| |nette. Then I'll go, But thie ques. It was a blow greater, far great-| tion means @ great deal. You passed ler than one that could have been| me one night on the road, Would struck in mere physical contact.| tt be impertinent to ask where you Houston reeled with the effect of it;| had been?* | he gasped, he struggled oimlessly,| “Certainly not, To Tabernacle. | futilely, for words to answer it.) Lost Wing went with me, as usual. | Vaguely, dizzily, knowing nothing| You may ask him.” | except a dim, hary desire to rid} “Your word is enough. May 1) himself of the loathsomeness of it,/ inquire if on that night you saw | Houston started for the door, only| Fred Thayer?” | to be pulied back in the gigantic) “I did not ert of Ba'tiste Renaud. The old) “Thank you.” Dully he reached) \Canadian was glaring now, his for the knob, ‘The woman who had| | voice was thunderous, appeared that night in the clearing, | | “No! No! You shall not go! You, her head upon a man's snoulder,| |henr Ba'teese, huh? You tell Me-| had been Agnes Jierdon! j daine that is a lie! Un’stan’? That! Ho stepped to the veranda, wait-| ia an Wel" ing for Ba'tiste, who was making “it Houston heard his voice! a last effort in his behalf, Then he las tho coming from far away, “but! called: | 11 don’t know how to answer it. I—| “I'd rather you'd not say anything \1—ean’t answer it. Where is Miss| more, Ba'tiste, Words aren't much | | jierdon? Is she here? May I see] une without something to back her?” them up.” “Miss Jierdon,” Medaine Robin (Continued Tomorrow) [OUR FIRST YEAR CHAPTER LX | BONNIE TAKES A MIDNIGHT STROLL—DRESSED IN MY SUIT AND HAT Our motor tour of New England | one of the s was wan like that of thousands of auto: | “Tyrone” Mr. Tearle had | to give me if his little plot succeeded exactly as Mr.|It was a marwlous car. I used to had outlined it; Mary and|ride along proudly pretending 1 Andy Smith, Bart and Bonny, | owned it. | inne, Jack and 1. All the men| All the time I knew positively tt iiked to drive, so wo had but one|was no une to tell Jack about my chauffeur, a man qualified to look |dream, He'd never let me accept it. after the cars. All went well at the start. Hven | went forward. | ‘sorry? Why? There's noth were blow conce or guilt Owl ty know! I as}. “I realize that covered father's Miss Robinette. 1 the new promined | | ints. our Tearle party was HAHA IF MRS. HOOPLE HEARD “THAT SOCK HIM FOR A FLORAL ANCHOR = BY AHERN RIGK ANYTHING FOR MONEY = HE'D GEND HIS, MOTHER A” TELEGRAM "COLLECT" aN’ “WEN HOLD UP TH’ MESSENGER 7 Sye'D Die THE OLD HOME TOWN HOLO ER NEWT SHES AREARIN ~ Box 4 A Hard Day of Pleasure Page THE PicT “Peggy sat holding a book of} mounted photographs in her lap, | one fat little finger marking a place, Just ready to ask about a | pleture she had found as soon as Mrs. Soule had finished telling David about her husband | But David's big, serious eyes | were fixed on the face of Mra, | foule. “And did he think it up) himself?” he asked, “did he just do it without anybody to show him?’ “Yon,” sho said, “I've seen him | walking along when suddenly hé would stop and cup his hands ound his two eyes and look long @tascene and say, ‘There's a + ploture,’ fo he learned just how to place | his camera, by trying and trying, and how long it would take to “got a picture, and all of those things. begnn fn Boston, and all the Eastern papers and magazines went to him for pictures. ‘Then his health failed and he came ‘West to see if he might not grow stronger out here, But wherever he was, he found and pictured beautiful things.”” “And he did found a weeny. weeny bitsy bird, too,” Peasy broke In, unable to walt longer, “ ‘cause here is this picture.” OH, TOM. CLIMB UP HERE AND SEE A MAIN STREET STORE WELL. WE HADA A red NICE DAY OF IT WONDERFUL VIEW 726 URE BOOK ‘They bent over looked long at the perfectly clear picture of a humming bird. On one page it sipped from a tall on the other it hovered near the flower and you could see the book and flower, even the tiny, gauzy wings, and the littlest leaf on the plant. “The birds never were afraid of him," Mrs, Soule sald, “He made bird-baths and little houses for them, and they flew about our garden as if there were no people in tt “Il remember once when we were living st 32d aye. 8. I had a neice visiting me, and she sat there in that garden reading when | a robin flew down and settled on her arm. She was startled and called out, ‘Aunt Polly! Oh, Aunt Polly, do look at this bird! “‘See! T called to her, ‘He's In trouble; he has something stuck in his throat.’ “She caught the string which the robin had half swallowed, pulled it out, and with a grateful little twitter, Mr. Robin flew away.” “Look at this one,” David said, | “Here's a picture of Snoqualmie Falls, 7 big rock makes it?" (To Be Continued) never saw that great in the middie. What ee Ppeneeenerneenestmentsenneceememeneeeetae tain sael nse eenesestemeraesssneseenaenl my tweed. quit was smarter than | Ronny's. She knew !t, and loved | it as well as my close hat of Paisley | crepe. It was stunning, and awfully expensive, but not as becoming to me as to Bonny. That girl had the achool-girl hobby for “swapping dresses." And | her pet habit made serious trouble | for me the first time we stopped at a hotel Teeause there was a jam of ‘tour. room. We retired early to be ready for a fair start the following morn. ing. Bonny, of course, had to try on my new sult, It fitted her perfect ly. Thon she donned my Paisley hat and without a word of explanation stalked out of the room I felt desperately cross because I was lonesome. It was my first night apart from Jack since our marriage, and 1 hoped he was as lonely as 1. ists we girls had two rooms, while our men were obliged to bunk in one Beginning to undress, I discovered my precious pearl beads had disap: RUBBER 4 COLLARS-=— KEEPER FOUNDA STRAW HATS HE BOUGHT /N 1903 -HE NOW =| OFFERS THEM AT SACRIFICE PRICES — = | YES, | THINK | COULD NOW QUALIFY AS A ' * | PORTER IN THE SvSteiT, How Hoss iT FEEL To’ GE AS Fat AS You are # peared. I knew I had put them on in the morning, 1 tried to phone Jack to go down to the garage to sea if T had left them in the car, but the men were not in their room, Smoking, I con- cluded, Then I called the garage, but our chauffeur was not there, So I slipped into Bonny's clothes, ran to the garage myself, and discovered my necklace in the pocket of a doc 1 was rather ashanted of losing and brenking the silly beads so often. So I did not refer to them when } | Bonny came into the room an hour later, She had been walking In the moon- Nght with Bart, she explained, The Moonlight—it was the most wonder- ful she had ever seen, she averred, | She smiled happily and I smiled tnto my pillow, Plainly her father’s plan was working without a hitch | Bonny threw my things in a heap jon a chair and I had to get up and jtake care of them after sho had j fallen as | Be Continued) (Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Star)