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DAY, AUGUST 21, 1929, AO A: MILNE © AP mame company ¥ {Continued From Saturday) CHAPTER XVII Inquest was at § o'clock; there. Antony could have no claim on bb hospitality of the Red House. By pip'clock hia bag Was packed, and geting to bo taken to the “George.” igo R1., coming upstairs aftor a more leilonged breakfast, this early morn. Dustle was a little surprising. JS *What's the hurry? he asked. “None, But we don't want to back here after the inquest, your packing over now and then ean have the morning to our Righto.” He turned te go to his ' and then came back again.» "T are we going to tell Cayley that mire staying at the ‘George’?!* “You're not staying at the e * BIN. Not offietally. You're back to London,” Peon Yes. Ask Cayley to have” your sent in to Stanton, ready you when you catch a train after the Inquest. You can Mi him that you've got to see the Bishop of London at once, The fact you are hurrying back to Lon- don to be confirmed will make it more natural that I should re. ime my interrupted solitude at the George’ ag soon as you have gone.” “Then where do I sleep tonight?’ “Unofficially, ta my bed, unless y've got another spare room at ‘George.’ I've put your confirma. robe—I mean your pajamas Dbrushes and things—in my bag, ly for you. Is there anything you want to know? No? Then and pack. And meet me at ten- irty beneath the biasted oak or in hall or somewhere. I want to and talk and talk, and I must my Watson.” “Good,” sald Bil, and went off to room. An hour Inter they wandered out pether Into the park. “Woll?” sald Bill, as they wat down underneath a convenient tree, “Talk | way.” “I had many bright thoughts in iy bath this morning.” began An tony. “The brightest one of all waa that we were béing damn fools, and ing at this thing from the ng end altogether.” “Well, that’s helpful.“ “If we had been professionals, I we should have gone at it the ether end. The Robert ‘We've been wondering about and Cayley all the time. Now wonder about Robert for a bit.” “We know so tittle about him.” “Well, let's see what we do know. of all, then, we know vaguely he was a bad lot." “Tea,” “And then we know rather a curious thing. We know that Mark told you all that this black sheep ‘was coming. Now, why did he tell your" Bill was thoughtful for « moment. “I suppose,” he suid slowly, “that the knew we bound to see bim d thought that the best way was Dito be quite frank about him.” 4 _ “But were you bound to see him? You were all away playing golf.” “We were bound to ate him if he @etayed in the house that night.” “Very well, then. That's one meee Athing we've discovered. Mark knew that there was no chance of getting Retert out of the house at once.” AeVEnvuREs oF THE Twi The first thing they knew they'd rolled over the edge Nancy and Nick were in « hard fix on the Tinky-Winkle Star. Flap-Doodie, the purple fairy who had stolen the Fairy Queen's wand, had changed Nancy into a baby-doll and Nick into a wooden soldier. Flap-Doodle flew away to the moon, swinging his stick and sing ing, “Tra diddy um dum, doodle um Gay? as unconcerned as you please. Nancy fortunately still had in her | Doctors : Recommend Bon-Opto for the Eyes | Physicians and eye specialists prescrite Bon- | oss safe home remedy tn the treatment | Of eye troubies aod to strengthen eyesight. Sold og | Money refund guarentee by all Canpinp LAXATIVE FOR CHILOREN OR ADULTS. 25, 50 OPEATEST ACTERS ae KEEP THE UVER AND COWES AT ALL coop vRUGGINTS RED HOUSE YSTERY ee BI! looked at his friend eagerly. “Go on,” be sald, “This ts getting Interesting. “He also knew something else,” ‘Went on Antony, “Ho knew that Robert waa bound to betray his real character to you as soon as you met him,” “Yea. That's sound enough.” “Well, now, doesn't it strike you that Mark made up his mind about ll that rather quickly’ “How do you meant’ “He got this letter at breakfast, He read tt; and directly he had read it he began to coufide In you all. That ts to say, tn about one second he thought out the whole business and came to a deciston—to two do. clatona, He considered the poastbfity of getting Robert out of the way be- fore you came back, and decided that tt wae Impossible, He considered the possibility of Robert's behaving Wke an ordinary decent person tn public, and decided that It was very unlikely. He came to these two de cisions Instantaneousty, as he was} reading the letter. Isn't that rather quick work?" “Well, what's the explanation ?* Antony waited until he had refilled and lighted his pipe before answer | ing. } “What's the explanation? Well, / lot's leave It for a moment and take | her look at the two broth conjunétion, this time, wit whury.” OUR BOARDING HOUSE BOYS, THERG 1S A MATTER THAT I HAVE BEEN HESITANT Wh SPEAKING TD You ABOUT = “He FACT 1S THiS — TAM WITHOUT FUNDS, AID T AM FORCED " RELY’ ON NouUR GENEROSITY ‘TO SEE “THAT MY “TRANSPORTATION BACK HOME 1S ASSURED WHEN WE LEAVE! |. “Mra. Norbury? prised. “Yes, Mark hoped to marry Miss Norbury. Now, tf Robert really was} & blot upon the family honor, Mark would want to do one of two things. | | Either keep it from the Nordurys al jtogether, or else, if it had to come out, tell them himself before the news camo to them tndirectly. Well, he told them. But the funny thing fs that he told them the day before | Robert's letter came, Robert came, | and wag killed, the day before yester- day—Tuesday. Mark told Mre, Nor bury about him on Monday. What do you make of that?” “Coincidence,” said BM, after care | ful thought. “He'd always meant to| tell her; hia sult was prospering. and | Just before It was finally settled, he | told her. That happened to be Mon day, On Tuesday he got Robert's letter, and felt jolly glad that he'd| told her in time.” | “Weil, tt might be that, but tt's/ [rather a curtoug cotneidence. And} here Is something which makes it| very curfous Indeed. It only ocetirred | |to me tn the bath this morning. In-| | eld Bill sur | The | | | “What's the hurry?” he asked. |*piring place, a bathroom. Well, It's this—he told her on Monday morn- ing, on his way to Middieston tn the | car.” “Sorry, Tony; I'm dense this morn- ing.” “In the car, Bill. And how near can tho car get to Jallands?” H “About 600 yards.” “You. And on his way to Middles. | ton, Mark stops the car, walks 600 | | yarda down the hill to Jatlands, says, \'Ohy by the way, Mre, Norbury, 1 }fon't think I ever told you that 1 have a shady brothor called Robert,'| walks 600 yards up the hill again, i | pocket m bit of the language charm \the Magical Mushroom had given her, So she could still talk, | “Nick!’ stm said cautiously | she be overheard. |Green Shoes yet. | selves out of this.” | Nick rolled his wooden eyes, | tried to roll them. | “Humph!” he said. “And suppose you land with a bump! You'll brenic into a million pieces. I've got a |mood iden, Let's roll. We'll get somewhere.” fo they rolled out of Flap-Doodle’s front door and down the road, But to their surprise they didn't meet a single Tinky-Winkler, They didn't know that Flap-Doodle had changed all the Tinky-Winklers into wooden Indians and things. Also they forgot the mischievous fairy had turned down the saucer ledges of the Tinky-Winkle Star so jthat everything that went near fell off. Down the road they rolled and on land on and the first thing they knew they'd rolled right over the edge of |the star and were falling thru space past clouds and moon and stars and everything. (To Be Continued) leat “We have our Let's wish our- or frets Into the cnr, and goes off to Middieston. Is that likely?” Bill frowned heavily. “You, but I don't see what you're) getting at. Likely or not likely, we know he did do it.” “Of course he did. All I mean ts that he must have had some strong reason for telling Mrs. Norbury at) once. And the reason I suggest ts! that he knew on that morning—Mon- | day morning, not Tuesday—that | Robert was coming to #ee him, and had to be in first with the news.” “But—but—" “And that would explain the other | point—his instantaneous decision at | breakfast to tell you all about his brother, It wasn’t instantaneous. | He knew on Monday that Robert} was coming, and decided then that | you would all have to know." “Then how do you explain the let- “Well, let's have a look at It.” Antony took the letter from hin pocket and spread it out on the gruss between them “Mark, your loving brother Is com-| ing to see you tomorrow, all the way | from Australia. I give you warning | so that you will be able to conceal your surprise but not I hope your pleasure. Expect him at three or thereabouts, “So date mentioned, said Antony. “Just ‘tomorrow “Rut he got this on Tuesday.” “Did he?” “Well, he read it out to us on Tuesday.” “Oh, yest he read tt out to you.” Bill read the letter agnin, and then turned it over and looked at the back of It. The back of it had noth- ing to say to him. “What about the postmark?” he anked. “We haven't got the envelope, un- fortunately.” “And you think that he got this letter on Monday?” “I'm Inclined to think so, Bill Anyhow, I think—I feel almost cer: tain—that he knew of Monday that his brother was coming.” “Ta that going to help us much?” “No. It makes it more difficult There's something rather uncanny} you ne.” WHAT! WELL, IF You AINYT TH! Pie FoR CRUST = GET ENOUGH “Yo BLOW UP EXPECT US "TD about ft all. I don’t understand It." He was silent for a little, and then added, “I wonder if the Inquest 1s WHOM SHALL MOLLY MARRY? | BY 20H BECKLEY ———______ NO. 16—CAN BEN CRUSH BILLY? —_—— As Molly reached the street from (Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Star) Barton's office she almost ran into Here AN! Go YouR FREIGHT BACK! “MATOR'S BEE ACT =—=- LOOK AT THE siss¥ FROM, THE CITY + HA-HA-HA! going to help us.” “What about last night? I'm lone ing to hear what you make of that. Have you been thinking it out at) aur” “Last night,” said Antony thousht-| fully to himeestt, “Yeu, last night} wants some explaining.” Bill waited hopefully for him to) explain. What, for instance, had} Antony been looking for in the cup. board? | “I think,” began Antony slowly, | “that after last night we must give | up the idea that Mark has been} killed; kt I mean, by Cayley. I} don't believe anybody would go to #0 | much to hide a suit of clothes when he had a body on his! hands. The body would reem 80} much more tmportant. I think we} may take it now that the clothes are | all that Cayley had to hide.” “But why not have kept them Inj} the passage?” “He was frightened of the passage. | Mins Norris knew about tt.” Hitt sata nothing for @ little, and then with a sudden laugh confessed “It wag no exciting yesterday.” he maid apologetically, “and we seemed to be fust me « there, and discov- ering the most wonderful things, and | now—" . “And now “Well, {t's so much more oril- nary.” Antony gave a shout of langhter. “Ordinary! he cried, “Ordinary! Well, I'm dashed! Ordinary! If only one thing would happen tn an ordl- nary way, we might do something, but everything {9 ridiculous.” Bil! brightened up again, “Ridiculous? How?” “Hvery way. Take those ridiculous clothes wo found last night, You ean explain the brown sult, but why the underelothes, You can explain the underclothes in some absurd way, if you like—you can say that Mark always changed his under. clothes whenever he interviewed anybody from Australla—but why, In that case, my dear Watson, why didn’t he change his collar?” “His collar?” gata Bill in amaze. ment, “His collar, Watson. ‘There was no collar in the bag last night. Shirt, socks, tle--everything except a col- lar, Why?" tinued Tomorrow) trouble THE SEATTLE STAR WELL MAJOR = trd A LONG STRUT FROM WERE "Tb BACK Home AW! ALL TLL DowaATE WILL Be “TH! DIRECTIONS! How aro what had oceurred—and would oo: | swerving cur! With a masterful hand at her| Road, ten spoke suddenly: “That fellow can’t win, Maly. I've In a way Ben was a man to be|fust woh over Collins and Meyer, of prod of. Not siMooking; handsome |the committee, which means Bar. In his |ton’s plans are rejected. As for his suit against me, I'll fight him to the What will he be elbow, he helped her in. rather, in a big, harsh way. carriage, his voice, his very groom: ing and clothes, he was the prosper. Ben Wheeler's arms as he swung trom bis big car ous American, If only Ben had a strain of soft: ness, sweetness, a bit of subtle un- | marry me.” HOLD “ER NEWT) SHES AREARIN 2 —— \F You START STEPPING Now You MIGHT MAKE Home BY LABOR DAY =~ MAYBE You CAN DUST OFF 7H’ LAST Five Mivtes iN-TH’ PARADE | BY AHERN | THE OLD HOME TOWN HEY-WAHAT LL THAT NEW DRESSMAKER SAY WHEN SHE SEES C) aD.—_t se. HIS MAMMA WON'T LET HIM TAKE HIS SHOES OFF | OH DEAR! ——— HERE CUNE=, LooK AT THAT: Tags Plays Absolutely Safe [0 kom HEAVENS SAMS ar : OF. NA. By Mabel &! - A FEARSOME PLACE Page 760 young | little sleep for Donald, The deck od,” | Wan hard, he was cold and the Hei wap * Inight mist seemed to soak thru matherdear “*You'll | iis heavy blanket; while all about maybe not be sleepin’ so sound to-/him the night seemed filled with night,’ he’ told Donald, “This is a | weird, strange sounds terrible wild country. Listen,| “Donald remembered Jimmie’s lad; the woods are so thick that | warning, It was It’s like twilight at midday; and | only the wild fowl of the region beastse—why, a man daren't go ® which made the noise, but Don- step without a gun. I've seen | aig aian't know. Labewalbr sneer pod iin aie, | “Jimmie didn’t walt for morn. with nasty tempers, and coyotes, |!ng, but when he had slept a but the cougars are the worst.|while he got up and set sall tn You'll be following along a trail, | the night aid, you'll hear @ rustling in the! wcinog morning Donald had had branches above youe-aing! TEM) ching to enc but sea biscuits down on your head, or YOUF lithe hard crackers they uxe on shoulders ‘Il pounce @ COURAr 48 ining ani he wax a very uncom big aa a calf. |fortable boy, so when the wind “Donald felt Ma heart turning | died down and Jett him once more cold. ‘Are there many of these |pecalmed within three miles of the awful beasts in the forest? end of the journey he was just “woods are full of em,’ | about desperate, Jimmie paren apr ig pe nepal “It doesn’t look very deep encking ower. 6h hos Pe here,’ he said, ‘do you think I jooking off into the distance. é oa E ‘ |could wade to shore and walk it ‘A person wouldn't Welteve |e oc iim? how many of ‘em there ty lurkin’ |” tn the timber, If you're plannin’ Jimmie cocked his head on one to go on to Sequim bay by your |#de and said, ‘You might; you self, you want to be awful careful | Misht, but you want to remember and not let yourseif forget how jall them things I was telling you jungerous it 4# to travel in these |*bout the wild beasts, But you parts’ an tre! “pretty noon Jimmie was snor-| “So Donald tried.” ing away peacefully but there was (Lo Be Continued) te looked over his and on, “Jimmie went and shivered. eeermnernnmmeiomeamacons tt Tt IW nenemmmesepmemmenmanmensms 7 anemeereremmermereee serene lB Ba Slavens nee like Ben to como flying | derstanding! und on the instant to find out| Molly's If only he— the car supreme court. when I'm thru with him? t 0) abel Cleland—_x revery was broken as, into the River “Come, Molly, chuck poetizing and <7 SOME JOKERS AT THE FEED STORE ALMOST RUINED MARSHAL OTEY WALKERS HAND PAINTED SUSPENDERS “THE NEW DRESS MAKER GAVE HIM. BY ALLMAN % i ; GET A LICKING NOW HIS OLDMAN, MUST BEA «WHEN 1 GET, PRIZE FiGHTER!T EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO CASTGN To THIS Owe, MRS. TRUSS "WHAT WERE FATHER'S LAST WORDS BEFORE HE PASSED Away t” “FATHER HAD NO LAST WORDS; MOTHER WAS WITH HIM TO THE CASTS HA! — Ha b.-_HA!,—.~HA | CaucH AT iS THeay WIFe'S FAITH FUUW VOTION Seed FUNNY Revulsion possessed her, This was Ben at his worst. “Not yet, Ben, I want to see if you and your money are as strong it occurred to you this fight may make instead of ruin him? Anyhow, I am with him and I can't go on working for you.” ‘The hum of the motor purred to a lower key and the car stopped on a promontory above the river. Ben pushed back his eap and cleared his throat, turning mutely to Molly, “Molly, I—listen: “you're on his side. get you on mine before I'm done, But the point is, no matter whom and if Billy and his ability are @8/ you're for, don’t leave the Wheeler easily ruined as you think, Hasn't| Works, Molly. We—need you. It's enough for Barton that you're on hia side; you can at Jeast—" * She knew what he wanted to say and could not. It was as nearly an emotional appeal as he could manage. “AN right, Ren,” she sald softly, after @ pause, “I'll stay.” (fo Be Coutin (Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Stag Very well, PQ ‘he 3