The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 20, 1922, Page 15

(Continued From Yesterday) wot in @ handy pocket. We're all WE GeT CREAM OUR COFFEE “THAT'S GONE “To SEED !+ h ses’ LooK aT irre || SO SOUR MY SPOON FP FLOATS - OUR MILK OUR BOARDING HOL PIS MAKES “IH! “Staccee” DID You EVER SECOND MORNING \ Wh MAN MUST Go ON A a Oe er ema MR atin ne a nme RAE ON THE SEAT STEP IW COFFEE AS STRONG AS THIS STUFF 2«NOWONDER MY CUP 1S CRACKED= TLL HAVE ‘To GULP FAST BEFORE “TH! HANDLE WEAKENG= AN! "THosE PAN TLE STAR BY AHERN “THAT AIN-T SOUR CREAM = ITS JUST A © REFLECTION OF YOUR \J MUGS IN“TH’ COFFEE§ YOU GUYS WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH HANG-NAILS ON YOUR DISPOSITION = EVEN TH’ SOAP “TIGHTENS UP ON LATHER WHEN fr RUBS THE OLD HOME TOWN MAYOR DOOL! ISAMAN OF HIS WoRD— AND HE skipper: don't you think/ Unarmed here, Mademolaelie De : és Siena] to bo lberal with Mon. lorme, the akipper and I. We can't SIGHT SEEING TRIP CAKES ——~ MY. AGAINST YouR PROMISED TO Sear Lanyard? He's an awfully| stop your going, tf you Insist, and WITH HIS WAGON BETSTILL HoLDS CSN v APPOINT A NEW sort—and leok’t all the sery-}* know too much to try, But BEFORE HE fi GOOD “THAT THEY SHARLY FACES © foes he has done us.” there are those aboard who might PULLS UP Ut “~ WERE STOVE Monk set the eyebrows to consider | Jules, for instance: if he saw you the proposition. “I am emphatically of your mind, Phin,” he pronounced at length, ora. eular. making @ getaway and knew it might mean a term in a French prison for him .., And tf I do say it as shouldn't of my kind brother, ! y —— “It's plain to be seen he wants/ Jules is a dead shot, Then there those jewels—means to have ‘em,/@re others, There'd surely be Do you know any way we can keep/erimmage on the decks; and how them from him" | could we explain that to the police, Monk moved his head slowly from|Who, I am able to assure you from gile to sito: “None.” [Personal observation, are within “Phen you agree with me, it; hali? Why, that you had been a qould save us all a heap of trouble) Caught trying to stow away with 4 fo let him your loot, which you ¢ropped tn = making your escape. D'ye how Ae wg * way of ig it a look for you | You SAY Ae ret? ed a false doo: fo this ¢ 5 5 —4 ever and quietly A © re was no immediate HES GOING NO-NO, resemble the fronts of to Gree drawers, in a pedestal of his ade ao m't see the face safe, but he could Ing of the combina- by Monk's long And presently he with a sts @esk, Lany @f the built-in adle steel disp: place this upon the desk, and u ip with a key on his pocket ring “There,” he announced with an easy gesture. Lanyard rose and stood over the @esk, investigating the contents of the dispatch-box. The collection of Magnificent stones seemed to tally @ccurately with his mental memo. ganda of the descriptions furnished by Eve de Montalaia, “This seems to be right.” he sald Quietly, and closed the box. gutomatic lock snapped fast. “Now what do you say, brother) 0M us. .| tO amuae yourselves at my expe | nantly, response, Sitting with bowed head and sombre eyes, Lanyard thought the matter over a little, indifferent to the looks of triumph being «x changed above his head. “Obviously, it would seem, you have not gone to all this trouble lured me aboard this yacht—merely and then knock me on the head “Absurd Liane declared tndig- “As if I would permit such @ thing, who owe you so much!" “Or look at it this way, stour," Monk put in with @ courtly gesture: “When one has an adver sary whom one respects, one wisely prefers to have him where one c wateh him." “That's just It," Phinuit amended | "Out of our sight, you'd be on our The | Nerves, forever pulling the Popinot stunt, springing But her me dirty surp s our guest TSREAKFAST BARKING ==; FISHING? }20G say HES my BY GOING FISHING MAYOR DOOLITTLE AVOIDED THE ISSUE OF APPOINTING A - NEW MARSHAL To TAKE OTEY WALKERS PLACE —NO WORD FROM THE MISSING OTEY. dear?” | “More than that,” said Liane with = “Your debt to me is fully dis.| her most killing glance for Lanyard Poe Pra Lh Hennd Saoatente ay eg, ig OuTsipe.! ovTsiDe'! % G@arged, Liane, But, messieurs, one! yg friend.” GUIZLEM & HOWOY DRY GOUD> CO.- ‘DRY % FIRM AND WE DONT WANT NO question: Knowing I am determined tut Lanyard was not to be put OULzE WAY) CARRY DAK > TH NSE Oe ACTIONS, te restore these jewels to their/ Off by fair words and flattery THAT OP PKI as Th owner, why this open-handedness?”| “No,” be said gravely: “but ial “Cards on the table,” said Phin-|!* some deeper motive . . wit. “It's the only way to deal with! He sought Phinuit’s eyes, and) the likes of you.” | Phinult unexpectedly gave bim an i? “In other words," Monk iInter.| Opemfaced return. preted: “you have under your hand| “There Is.” he stated frankly. of our bona fides.” “Then why not tell me—?" “And what is to prevent me from| “All in good time. And there'll Being ashore with these at once?’ be plenty of that; the Sybarite ts no “Nothing,” said Phinut | Mauretania. When you know us **But this is too muc! better and have learned to like ' | “Nothing,” Phinuit elaborated, 48 - . but your own good sense.” | “I make no promises.” “ANI said Lanyard—"ab"™—and| | we ask none. Only your pis- - ” Woked from face to face. : Mook adjusted his eyebrows to an} “Well, monsteur; my plstol™ angie of earnestness and sincerity.| “It makes our association seem so “The difficulty is, Mr. Lanyard,”| formal—don't you think?—#so con he sid persuasively, “they have! Strained. Come, Mr. Lanyard! be qxst us so much, those jewels, in! reasonable, What is a pistol be. Z ime and money and exertion, we tween friends?” a ean hardly be expected to sit still} Lanyard shrugged, sighed, and Produced the weapon. “Really! he said, handing it over to Monk—“how could anyone resist such disarming expressions? The captain thanked him solemnly and put the weapon away tn his safe. together with the steol dis Patch-box and Liane Delorme’s per Sonal treastre of precious stones. ‘and see you walk off with them and gay never a word in protection of eur own interests. Therefore 1 Must warn you, in the most friendly epi: if you succeed in making your exape from the Sybarite with the jewels, as you quite ponatbly > May, it will be my duty as a law Sbiding man to inform the police that Andre Duchemin {fs at large Do You RECOGNIZE “MIS PIECE OF PAPER, FREES P ‘With his loot from the Chateau de XX! Montalais. And I don't think you'd SOUNDINGS or that your} With charucteristic abruptness gmt very far, then, fantastic story about meaning to, Liane Delorme announced that she feturn them would gain much cre-| 8s sleepy, it had been for her o dence. D'ye see?” most fatiguing day. Captain Monk “But distinctly! If, however, I) rang for the stewardess and gallant Jeave the jewels and lay an informa-|!y e#corted the lady to her door, tion against you with the police—?"| Lanyard got up with Phinult to bow “To do that you would have to| her out, but instead of following her, 0 ashore . . helped himself to a long whisky and “Do I understand I am to con-| Seda, with loving deliberation select- sider myself your prisoner?” jed, trimmed and lighted a cigar, and “Oh, dear, not said Captain Monk,| settled down into his chair as one fexpressibty pained by such crudi-| prepared to make @ night of It. ty. “But I do wish you'd consider} “You never sleep, no?” Phinuit In- favorably an invitation to be our| quired tn a spirit of civil solicitude. honored guest on the voyage to| “Desolated if I diseommode you, New York. You won’ It would| monsieur,” Lanyard replied with en be so agreeable of yo j tire amiability—“Dut not tonight, not “Sorry I must decline, A prior|at least until I know those jewels engagemept . . .” ave Be more ehagee to go suhere strict his throat, and knew published an elaborate if silent super Urged earnestly, end of a fancy to you. “we've taken no our very abbreviated acquaintance— think what a friendship might come Sf 2 real opportunity to get to know Ine another well.” “Some other time, messieurs .. .” “Just think for one moment—and do forget that pistol As | “You are interested in tho weak-!while Lanyard addressed the en 4 1 “at 4 ; me y e utomobile as fast A8| nesses of others, monsieur?” bry einen | Ane eee heway? | told. Light Fingers flew after the magic auto f pnd agermagy Me pga elope. arden” wan Phinuit's|{ WHY. for Mr. Stone, of course. Hey Not a street car was there tor y ‘Quite in order, owned all that land over there, I] miles around, nor a road for that he could go. Light Fingers flew after the magic gutomobile as fast as he could go. This time he was pretty sure of get dng it for Twelve Toes, his master, the tverything else had failed | “You won't get #hirty?” ke thie ashore and port {t at io u re 1m onewall, and the the top on the gasoline tank and) wput surely not.” Jone “het oA the man ha peaweces her husband started one of the| mill and its noise, the little home vow . avis drop in the magic pill, Instantly the} Well can't be positive tilt T agp wi _ te first industries on Lake Union.” | of Dutch Ned. That was in But this time Light Fingers was |sasoline will be bewitched, and th#i snow you better id | “fut seriously, Lanyardit” Phinutt Bo the very next day they went ! 18se, (fo Be Continued) gure of himscif, He put his hand automabile wilt weg to run back-| you've got a tendency sti-| protes with a pained expression | \—_—--_——"-—;"er«, 8 * #8 ot i FOODS EET WERE S| f ward over the road.” —— SS —————E into + cket to make sure that ;ward 0 he # : |mate the gullibility of people in gen No: I don't get you at all : ee La re a the 1i Twelve Toes had given | _ 4 F wil ee rote ot and on It’s either that, or No: 1] What's the use?” you, we can understand and sym-| “Why, if it comes to that—what sare Ad alge eh oh pa Pn ‘Right here," Monk answered for Rem wae still there hin ss. T er laughed pio pereg af belleve you're intentionally have not decetved you, then?" | pathize with your natural reaction to| were you up to that night, pussyfoot- | 7 felt won ‘ich hold “of pes “Shirt himeclt; “sitting tight end Saiiae it wan a magic pi ana had peou-|Kings. They laughed and chattered nypoeritical, or selt-decelved, either." | “Not so's you notice tt Such treatment at the hands of so-| ing about the chateau ut two in the|«ieove, that night, 1 thought we were | 7othing, and duly grateful that the Mar power. It had the power of thinking thet their troubles wers| t I don't understand “d “Alas”—~Lanyard affected a sigh—~| ciety.” 4 morning?” fone for and struck out blindly, It} blue prints and specifications of the making anything it touched turn le» | "Remember your promise Rut | “for misspent effort!" “But one didn’t know you knew #0) “Hut this 1s positively uncanny!|was @ lucky blow, no credit to me,| Great Architect didn’t design me for backward, Pore - - you seem to think it easy “Oh, all's fair outsife the law. We] much, monsieur le captaine,” Monsieur knows ¢ thing.” : y . * \. et didi I know what you are asking right We weer hd Pos rod a Falry over on us, mademoiselie, the skipper | don't blame you for trying It .on “And then,” said Phinuit, “when| “Why shouldn't I know about naa ela risk hgh ec BO) 9 sae weey 2 Sebo ” this minute, my dears. You are say baer ots panied minutes now,” and me.” [Only we value your réapect too much | we knew you steered a direct course | that?” Vanity rang in Phinult's self- | “no t Webquite ci tioht te thal “ilove pr ntone 4 now ania Sic, tears Wriey ithe LANE, PE ae Whigs doll ce ne Tone Beret Bhd any | to let you fo ep thinking we Daye |troe London for the Chateau de Mon-| consctous chuckle. “Who'd you think | morning. But 1 think I owe you|It was de Lorgnes, of courses 3 4 a J such thought.” kum." Jais, and made yourself persona | tata yc cht?” 4 have to fly backward instead ot baat hone uc fa hokum talala, laid you out that night? one."* . ” “ lpring her back ber automobile, said| “Then why this funny story of} Monk expounded—aol-| grata there—Oh, persona very much| “Monsieur is not telling me—?* “Agrald you ‘dot .aud tts poing $6 as -Risiel pow aed going after the Twin: ‘This is why. The little pill wasn't touching him et all. It was in @ tottle-—a little glass pill bettie away ot tt “But you see, Lanyard,” Phinuit| without me.” Woe itke| teh. you, really, for yourself alone. And| “One grows momentarily more recon- With that feeling the outgrowth of/clled to the prospect of a long vo; | “But please!’ Phinuit persisted—jhave had the right idea ali along.” I know you've perstitious hand He tasted his drink with open rel “Prime Scotch,” he judged. age.” “Make the most of {t,” Phinuit counseled. “Remember our next port of call is the Great American Desert. After all, the despised came! seems to He gaped enormously behind a su Monk, returning, ES ‘The bad little fairy wag going over and over the words of his master. “Fly after the magic automobile Twelve Toes had told him, “and when you get near enough, unscrew Nancy. Just then Light Fingers took the |bottie out of his pocket. (To Be Continued) abit fihty $444, by Seattle Stan “ Lanyard felt @ spasm of anger good Monk r to sle Captain Monk consulted the answered, as Pegey said, “A chronometer, “It's not worth while! pice, found paper of the sort de They were driving, and having}... many questions.” jturning in,” he said: “we sail noon | sired, even went so far as to dip the crossed the Fremont bridge, were| irhey were so sweet to the kid- after daybreak.” ] rolling along the smooth stretches | gies, those two cultured, gracious | “Fag be it from me to play the at my desk, mon. of Stoneway women, so patient with their giddy crab, then.” Phinult busted) sour Daddy puckered his brows and | questions. himself with the decanter, glasses! “Many thanks 1} tried to remember. Then he| It was Mrs. Densmore who be- and siphon t's make it a regular Under no more heading than the/ 4, “You +” se nm, | ean the answering. The Bryant party; we'll have all tomorrow to| date, Lanyard wrote: te ee ee ee Lumber Co, was the very first in- ~ deep it off in. If I try to hop on| pear Madame de Montalais: mi snap eae sara dustry on Lake Union. Yes, the HERS You ARE —rT'LU your shoulder and sing, call a stew: “T have not forgotten my promise, You see if we don’t. atte G00 | caine salll that ‘ring Gay and TAKE A COPY OF THIS ciliary comment on the tab “He has no faith at “Well, if you manage to “But measiours.” all intentions.” Ph asked in his tur der certain et er take anyth ht it would ng tor it?" require ep all right.” n't let au. in our explained. ing Lanyard with mild reproach. ts most discouraging.” “Monsieur suffers from insomnia?” matances.” nothing lens than possession of the Montalais jewels to put me to al hands ard and have him lead me to me keep you up,| nt he imposed upon betrayed in a red Nevertheless his cour at the rew temper face. us amile persisted, his polite con tone was unchanged. mind me of something. | sume, Captain Monk, it's not} late to send a note ashore to be ebrows protested | Monk's slain paper, In a plain en. and I don’t in the least mind and that worthy ruled “Under those 1 don’t see we can pos ibly ot ” Monk shrugged his brows back into! have been full since T but. my da ‘a * * thoughtfully, “I wonder why they called this Stoneway, daddy. It doesn’t look so very stoney.” tions and you ask questions and r Qrattle _ « * Or. By abel Cleland—_»% Wage 512 on them witHbut our conse Phin-| ading it.” | THE BE NINGS OF FREMONT uit promised genially, “you'll be put| The eyebrows appealed to Phinult, | “Stoneway,” said David to see Mrs. Densmore, and as 4 Sd luck would have tt, who should be there, besides, but Mrs. Goddard, and between them they certainly night now, IT_ HAS AN ARTICLS. ON innocent white cot; but take a fe left the chateau. And even now I/] we'll see who finds out first. nthe "t build th advice, Lanyard, and don’t try to) must be brief: within an hour I watt | David didn't say anything, but nest Ad gobrcantawey oe is PREVENTA ace te drink the skipper under the table. On| tor America: within a fornight vou |] 9 gave Peggy a knowing poke ip | first one was a bit of a cabin tn Disasters se eee femenuees tet 6 may toot oe A raphic aavicts|{ the ribs; he had a plan, and he| the big woods, built by an old “But it ls I who would go under|are in my possession, and when Ij thought he and Peggy would beat Ge nage whom they called Dutch the table,” Lanyard said. “I have @| hope to be able to restore them ta daddy at the “finding out” game. | "1 5 wife was an interest! Geor head for whiaky. cin “Grandmother,” they called the) | rere ee ee Boe rare “Thanks for the tip.” “Relieve me, dear madame, minute they got in the house, | pe PE gehts fone an “Pardon “Devotedly your servant, “tell us about Stoneway, How did peopke in the be sure-thedive ried plained, “I'm glad to have another! yfonk read and in silence passed) “Grandmother looked up at} lake, up the woodsy path to “Knowledge,” tentio’ Monk quoted, us, “in power weakness of yours to bear in mind.” sen. I ask what other entries you |have.made in my dossier, Mr. Phin uit?” | yours—-told with a straight face, too!|emn ass that he was beneath his thin about wanting to get hold of the| veneer of pretentiousness: Montalais loot simply to slip it back to its owner?" thia communication over to Phinult, vordiect, accompanted by ® yawn. Lanyard folded the note, sealed it In the envelope, and affixed a stamp supplied by Monk, who meanwhile for a steward. rang “when we |e how the British government kicked you out of itd secret service as soon as it had no further use ford e them thru the bottom half of her think, or most of It. Why don't you go to see Mra, Densmore; she lived out there when there were only two or three homes on that wide of the lake, or Mrs, Goddard grata, if I’m any judgel—you can hardly ask us to believe you dldn’t mean to do it, it all Just happened 80." “Bonstour geea tgo.clearly aol [thing i wa'd bean able to got hy anx, ws tN REYNE ETOH her door and have their fortunes matter, nor any ships, nor any factories, nor any other homes in sight—just the one lumber mill there at one end of the lake, and back in the woods, far from the “I guess I owe you an apology,” Phinult admitted. “But you'll admit that in our situation there was noth+ ing else for it. I'd have given any: (Continued Tomorrow) A vessel drawing 10 feet rise, “But where was Captain Monk all/two inches in passing from freal the whily water to salt, * be my duty and pleasure to cheat you out of your revenge if fast foot. ‘work will do it."