The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 3, 1922, Page 11

(Continued From Yesterday) l “1 are wrong, moneleur,” he reptied, without the long pause of surprise he had anticipated. “T) ghould Bot Dave Delieved you! . Dumb with wonder, he showed) her a basrard foe, And she had chim, tn the agony and the abase- et bis soul, stil quivering week of emotion that alone have extorted his confession— pad for him the halfemile, ten.| and compassionate, that {t ts/ fe most men to see but once ‘g lifetime on the lips and tn the! of the woman beloved. “Then you knew" guspected.” long” the night those strange were here and tried to make unhappy with their stupid talk | Wolf, I suspected, | when I came to know Detter, I felt quite sure...” “And now you know—yet hes! itate to turn me over to the police! “No such thought has ever en }of years and a newsrewn J @17m International Magprine Company ket her feet wet, an excellent ex cuse for asking to be tntroduced to} your boudolr, so she may change her shoes and stockings and tnet- SEATT Lm STAR OUR BOARDING HOUSE SHH: C'MERE = LEAN Y Your BYE ON “TH’ Mavor's ‘MUSICIAN! FRIEND ~ He PEDDLES LIQUID LIGHTNING AN’ “TH' VIOLIN CASE 16 FULL —a| HIP- SAUCE! ATH! MAJOR WANTS TO S\P A Pew ‘Notes’ FIRGT BEFORE HE TSR «FE TAAT OL \ /HoP-WeAD HAG ANY \ JACK “TO FLAGH FoR |} A BOTT oF DIZZY |! MILK I'M GONNA sre} W AN! PUT OTH’ RUSH - ON \T~ WE OWES | ME “TEN BUDDIES NEARLY A YEAR Now } dentally spy out the precise looa-| tion of your safe And when their} car is hauled into the garage, Mr. Phinutt must go to Pp, which gives him a chance to stroll at lotwure lower part of the hous nd note every easy way of breaking In, casually notes your likeness to the little «irl he once met, he says, in your father’s office; something you tell me you don’t recall at all, And that places you as the veritable j owner of the Anstruther jewels, and no mistake ‘Then-—Madame de | Lorgnes guiding the conversation by | Secret signals which I aomeboty recognizes Lone Wolf, in intercept me as the spite of the work beard; obliquely warned that, should happen to dis it's more than likely the Wolf will prove to be the suity party. At any rate, they will be ever so much obliged if you'll delieve he is, it'll save so much trouble afl around, Finally: when your e¢xchauffeur— what's bis namer and you a if your Je appear ak th BY AHERN y WaeHa- TVs Geen “MAT 'VIOLINIGT’ PERFORM IN “TH! OL! DANS ~ HE USED “TD PLAY A GPIGOT INA HICCOUGH HALL WHEN HE COMES OUT LETS ASK'M “TO PLAY “TH’ VOLSTHAD ARIA, “DRINK 7D ME ONLY Wry Hint EVES"! ‘You NEED | IEY O 4 my head, You see—I'm afraid “Albert Dupont.” | don't quite understand me—I) us “A name as unique tn France as we faith In you.’ John Smith ts in England +} “But why?” ; .,| When Albert Dupont tes to take She shook her head. “You mustn't) my life, ag a simple and natural ‘ask me that.” | act of vendetta" the end of « long moment he} At “You really think tt was that? | aid in a broken volce; “Very well:; “I recognized the beast when hel I wont .. . Not yet awhile . . ./let off that pistol at my head. I this great gift of faith in me) was tn his way here, and he owed Gant accept that without trying) me one besides for my interference repay it.” at Montpellier that night... . When “If you accept, my friend, you) Dupont half murders me and I'm [laid up om your hands for near! “No,” said Michael Lanyard a month, our friends with Seiaben Rot enough. Your jewels on your jewels thoughtfully to you, if L go to before they strike tll I am al be up and about, conseq position to be accused of @ crime which no one would put past the Lone Wolf. Oh, I think we can fairly count Mr. Monk and his friends in en this coup!" | “I am eure of {t." sald Ere de Montalais. “But Albert; is he one of them, their employe or confrere?” “Dupont? tirely on his own—qu ent of the Monk party.” { “But his attack on us at Mont-| and later on you here, com. he had requisitioned to eke ing at about the same time as their enly @ face of) visit" | “Coincidence, tf you ask . The he reported to Eve. weight of probability is against any | of rigidly collusion between the two parties.” friend of last) “Please expiain . . .” calling at) “Dupont is an Apache «i Parts! gloves on. The language he used to me when of] we fought in that carriage at Mont the! pellier was the slang ef the lowest “ @xeltement, with no intent to mis \jead. These other people were—if intently 8 anything but poor misjudged lambs Aown.|—gweii mobsmen, the elite of the " ahe\ criminal world. The two castes never work together because they yet./ can’t trust each other, The swell But) mobaman works with his head and fairly 0} only kille when cornered. Tho be left Apache kills first, as a matter of in- Assuming for) stinct, and then thinke—to the best! that Mr./of his ability. The Apache knows Monk and his jot had a! the swell mobaman can outwit him The swell mobeman knows the Apache will assassinate him at the But first) ¢irst hint of a suspicion of bis good sense of the! faith, So they rarely if ever make eonfoundediy | use of each of | and brilliant) “You sey ‘ra But possibly smart and glib, too—/ in this instance? | ; like characters) “I think not. Dupont was em. what your Ameri-| ployed as your chauffeur, you've ® crook meljodra-| told me, upwards of a month. He if theif Intentions had ample opportunity to familiar- pure and praise (ize himself with the premises and right had they %0 pass the information on, if act ambiguous ges \in connivance with those | But we know he didn't, the talk up to my jew.) would never have shown themselves | here in order to secure information | they couldn't have got otherwise.” | muspiciously smooth, too well| “I see, monsieur,” said tho wom in effect. That stop to|an. “Then you think the thief may in Nant with the storm com-|have been anyone of the Monk On, when they could easily have | party—” | Miliau before it broke: what; “Or several of them acting in Was that for but to stage «| concert,” Lanyard interrupted, smil own’ at your door at a time! ing. it would be reasonable to beg) “Or Albert.” shelter and hospitality of your) “Not Dupont. Uniese I underesti-| Then Madame ja Comtesse! mate him gravely he is incapable! pnes—whoever she is—must/of such finesse. He is a thug first,| ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS Clive Roberts B VINS SKID—WILL EVIL FAIRIES SUCCEED I PLOT TO STEAL QUEEN’S CAR? | not on. ~*~ | It was teeming down rain on the earth and Nick were having a fing|"It's all right now. Light Fingers | in dincournged, | guess, and he's go- Pairy Queen's magic automo. | ing to let us alone this time. We'll taking them to Fairyland |be there soon now.” | Ras it could Ko. | traveled along the Milky | sk He didn't see a shooting star | Just beyond the Dream. | with two riders go streaking across they turned down Moon-|it. The riders were Comet-Legs and - 8nd before iong they found | Licht Fingers. \ m om the earth | The two fairies landed tn Wluster; Ee between Bright Meadowland Gust Land. They peeped into the i pering Worest the magic | Weatherman’s house and found him vat | mile turned into a nice road away, which was just what they met, the Fatry Queen's palace, wanted | t the Fairy Queen be giad| The next thing they 414 waa to wd sees un?” said Nancy hap-'tarn the spigot of his “pourdown” On't she be gind we got ber{[tarrel, and before you could blink nm eye it was teeming down rain on back for her from light | the bad little fairy who the earth on the very road where the ‘Twins were Ont" ered Nancy pily. SAY s0T” declared Nick *% more happens,” | skidding And so they were diteh beside the road! (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Star) “We're right into a agreed Mick, earefuliy. 00 anything, so he said, looking y killed mo been he who had mo at his merey,| ¥ | Paria, "FILL- The MATOR” HAS A HARMONIC’ CALLER = DOINGS OF TUE DL You came wiatr | ReadPp You Just Like To poss M6 TuaT’s aul You Tum I Srna. A Kil wear Ho would have hand if a thief afterwards. ot out had down here, in the dark. Nor would he have been able to open the safe without using an explosive, That. indeed, ts why, I him, Dupont attac Pellier. If he ec disposed of you there, he a have turned here to work upon the safe and blow it at his fobt the servants off with nome yarn, or, if they proved too troubles it timidating them, killing one or two it ou at Me leisure, necessary.” “But why attempt—?” “You forget the police have been making the neighborhood fairly warm for him. Besides, he wanted me out of the way before he tried housebreaking. If he had succeeded in murdering me that night, I don't doubt he would have burglarized the chateau after. But failed; the police were stirred up to Fenewed activity; and if Monsiew Dupont 1s not now safely back in| hiding tn some warren of Montmartre or Beiieville, I am much mistaken in the man—a type I know well," | “Eliminating Albert then—* “There remaing the Monk lot.” “You are ratisfied that one or all of its membera committed the theft! last night?” vt lewa than two, probably; say | Phir at @ venture, and his al leged brother, Jules, the chauffeur, | both Americans, adventurous, intel ligent and resourceful. Yeu; Heve that,” | “And your plan of campaign is! based on this eonclusie “That's a big name'-~Lanyard's| smile was diffident, a plea for sus has he made no other, soon he ventiveness—"for a lame idea, 1| believe our only course is to let them believe they have been suc-| cessful in every way, and #o tll) nenno of security.” A wrinkle appeared between the! woman's eyebrows, “How do you propose to accomplish that?” she asked in a voice that betrayed ready | antagonism to what her intuition] forenaw. | “Very simply. They hoped to shift! suspicion on to my shoulders, Well, let them belleve they have done so.”| ‘The waiting hostility developed in a sharp negative: “Ah, no! | “But yes,” Lanyard insisted. “It’s! so simple. Nobody here knows as yet that your jewels have been sto jen, only you and I. Very well: you will not discover your lows and announce it tll tomorrow morning. | Ry that time Andre Duchemin will) have disappeared mysteriously, The| room to which he will understand | /FFS Au | WAVE TO SAV 18, I'M SuarmseEd AT Yo night will be found vacant in the morning, his bed unsiept in, Ob- ously the scoundrel would not fly teau between two suns with Inform the police of the facet and let them draw their sions: before evening all w that Andre Duche of stealing the and ts a fugitive ta motive suspected Jowela, Yo, monsieur,” the woman iter ated decidedly | “You will observe,” min ts Montala from jus he continued “it ts Andro be accused, mad ame, ne ichact Lanyard, never the Lone Wolf! The beart of man jp in tr lark forest, and vanity the only light t de us thru its 4. 1 confess Lam jealous of my reputation ax a reformed char ter, But Andre Duchemin is & name, a nom do guerre you may saddle him with all the imes in the calendar if you like, and welcome, For when I say he will disnppear tonight, I mean it quite literally: Andre Duchemtin will nevermore be heard of in this world.” } Sho had a amile quivering on her lips, yet shook her head. } “Monsieur forgets I learned to) know him under the name of Duchemin.” | “Ah, madame! 4o not make me think too kindly of the poor fellow: for whether we like it or not, he is doomed. And if madame, tn her charity, means to continue to know me, it must be Michael Lanyard whom she suffers to claim a little portion of her friendship.” Hor smile grew wistful, with a tenderness he had the graco not to recognize. Abashed, incredulous, he turned aside his gaze, Then with merely | pended judgment on his lack of tn.| out warning he found her hand at rest in his. | “More than @ little, monsieur, more than a little friendship onty!’ He closed the hand in both hin But Nick hadn't looked up at the them into carelessness with a false! own. } “Then be kind to me, madame, be still more kind; give me this chance to find and restore your Jewels. It in the only way, this’ plan of mine. If we adopt it no one will muffer only an old alias that js no longer useful. If we do not adopt it, I may not succeed, for the true au thors of this erime may prove too wary for me; and the end will be that my best friends will believe the worst of me; even you, madame, even you will not be sure your faith wan not misplaced.” “Bnough!" the woman begged tn a stifled voice. “It shall be as you wish—if you will have It #0.” | She sought to, take away her! hand; but Lanyard kissed it before! he let 1t go, And immediately she} retire to rose with a murmured, half artiou-jof them Se : THE OLD HOME TOWN NOW THAT MARSHAL OTEY WALKER’ 1S NOT GOING TOMARRY THE NEW DRESS MAKER*HE SEEMS To TAKE NO INTEREST IN HIS PERSO! Wonder What Book It Is HELEN, | UNORRSTAND Yop ANO WiLSUa KAO A inve Twer- tr ALL AsourP On, IT wasnt veaY serious! in! OF By 1 Cleland ——————— Page i9é AND SO THEY WERE MARRIED 0, hot’ eried Jack softly, ing Billy's shoulder, “In that case I guess Tl stay awhile.” ho walked back into the lit tle waiting group, with an T-know-/ allabout-your-secret smile, and Mra, Becker threw back her ! and laughed. “You can't fool Jack, honey,” she cried, “he might as well be in- vited to the wedding.” Boon after that the justice of peace came riding up and every: body could see at a glance why he had been late, ‘This grand personage was A stout German by the name of Frederick Bennett, and he was all dressed up like a sore thumb, sure enourh. Not liking his own blue “Jeans” he had borrowed a pair of trousers from another man, regardless of the fact that they were far too tleht and came only a little be low the knees, A coat of Mr. Splawn'’s, which wan tighter than Dick's hat band, and made his arms stand out Iike srusares, a borrowed shirt, and a collar of striped paper. Oh. he was ready for the wed- head * a DON'T You KNOW IF ‘You BAT So MUCH CANDY You'll RUIN YouR. + Sd ding! } “Shtand oop! he commanded, jana bridat stood. |“Now, shoin your hands, the couple right | By this you signify you love one }und udder, By ds laws of dis country und the power In mo I }—pronounces you vife—und— viter* The justice of pence wes almost exhausted, mopping his brow he gave a mighty sigh, and looked around, Mr. Splawn caught his eye, and quickly shook his head. “I don’t mean dot,” he said in ja panto, “I don’t mean dot. 1 ‘means, I pronounces you husband und vi Pessy Mra. Gillesp! and placed the little faded ribbon in her hand. And as she laid tt, she lala her soft little check on the hand and said, “Any- | way, I’m glad you did have a love- ly dress, and I ‘spect because you were brave, and a pioneer bride, you @i@ only laugh about the |tunny weddin, “1 think it was a peachy wed- ding,” said David, “Wish I'd been Billy.” went over to ee — late excuse, and went from the room, himself and that which which was stronger than himself, his bunger for her love, wbornly the evidence wes and end by per self against bis will that nothing to her more than an object of common kindne would extend to anyone In similar pilght Recause he more. . Tho teau ot never could be panned swiftly enough, in making plana for his | of hia room, ‘to reach Paris without being ar. time. Tenving him to struggle with|ed a deal of puszling over maps| searched to @ certainty. was in him and railway guides in the seclusion! more, Lanyard had no desire to en-| There was nothing for {t; then, Since the next noon! ter Paris by the direct route from) but a twenty-mile walk due” west to deny| must find Andre Duchemin a crim-| Millau, his| inal published and proscribed, he| others, enemies even more danger-|to Tournemire, where one could get suading him-| had need to utilize every shred of} ous, might be expecting him by that trains in any one of four directions, he was| cunning at bis command tf he were) route. | such as she rested and without undue loss of} railway station, Combe-Redonde, was! were alone, PPEARANCE WERETT TRUE x - Yes, ADVERTISED FOR AN OFFICE WHAT LS Your NAME € iY NAME ($ GROVER 'm RELATED DIRGCTLY TO THE GTHGRTOPS OF EN TUCK Y; and THE HEWSONS OF VIRGINIA. ta) earey RSLATEM TO HS FAMOUS GEN. Lsaac MUDPOND OF CIVIC WAR TIMGS. HIS FATHER'S MOTHGR CAME OF THE JAVE KOoOR BReatu L CAN TELL ov RicHr NoW THat “ov WON'T WANT ANY NUTS WORKING IW THIS OFFICS, CSPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE DRoPeED OFF OF some FAMILY Tree’ a “escape,” something which demand.) would cause every such train to pe! ated a sensation by dispatching @ Yurthers, code telegram to London, Not the police alone, but! across the Causse Larzac by night Constraint marked that last din- the nearest) ner with Eve de Montalais, They Louise was dining by equally out of the question, since to) the bedside of Madame de Sevenie, On the other hand, To take # train at Millau would gain it one must pase thru Nant,! who remained indisposed, e shade | be simply to invite pursuit; for that| where Andre Duchemin was known,| more so. than yesterday, }was the Mkellest point an escaping | and se few last hours in the cha-|crimina! would. strike for, a atop:|Combe-Redonde itself the . most| ping place for all trains north and| people would be apt to remember ting off her trip to Paris, advices, the monsieur who had recently ere} Continued southbound Telegraphio ‘The mM while at health of this poor lady, indeed, was station! the excuse Eve had given for put: — risk being seen,