The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 23, 1922, Page 13

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1922, | Criumphs of ¢ MJonquelle ky MEtviLue Davisson Post © 1999 NEA Service, Inc (Continued From Page 6) tantly seo. easily determine his status or Dabits of life He had some of the physical char-/ Thé attitude of the man and the /eoteristicas, some of the tricks of | Voice that had reached Monsieur @ress of one engaged tn an artistic | JOMauelle at the turn of the path tion; some of the swift, accur. | Wer? UAMistakadle in their menace ate, precise gestures of ono skilted in| BUt ig nee tht ge | the plastic arta. But there was a| Nether /the sudden appearance of | igor and determination about the|‘2® ™4% nor his words, nor his | EY} menacing gesture had in any reapect | disturbed her equanimity STION ! ! ! The scene changed as at the snap oan of invisible fingers, And Monsieur Jonquelie came up on the terrace Instantly! Stop Gas, Sourness, Heartburn, Stomach Misery f man that one is not accustomed to find in & mere artist—an element of ruthless decision and of swift acta as of one accustomed to peril in trade. But one could not so | his his the woman The man fell into the posture of one &t ease before an interrupting visitor, and the woman looked up languidly &s tho undisturbed; as tho no human drama, however tragic, could disturb her; as tho she were forever beyond the stimulus of any human emotion It was clear that the man had no knowledge of Monsieur Jonquelle but to the woman he was evidently @ familiar figure His appearance must have been an immense surprise to her, as the appearance of the man beyond her had been, but there wa no evidence of it in her voice. She did not rise, But she softly. “You do me a conspicuous honor he said “You will have been very much concerned about me to searc! me out here.” Thon she presented the man beyond her. “Martin Dillard,” sho said, American—Monsieur Jonquelle.” } The Frenchman and also the wom an, one thought, observed the Amert- jean closely to note any recognition | of either the name or the appearance of the new arrival. But there was) none. He did not know either Mon- | stour Jonqueelle or his trade. She touched @ bell concealed some- where in the arm of the chair, A| maid appeared. An added direction | | brought two chairs. The American sat }down where he was, but Monsiour | Jonquelle carried his chair @ little beyond the woman to the edge of the spoke ‘an Chew a few pleasant, harmiens tab- Jets of “Pape's Diapepsin™ and your Gistressed stomach will feel fine at once. Correct your digestion and case your stomach for a few cents, Don't Jet vour stomach keep you miserable! Druggists recommend ft | terrace. He put down his bat, his| stick, and his gloves. % fortunate to find you,” he| sald: hope to arrive a moment | earlier.” The woman smiled. | “In that event,” she said, “you! might have failed to find my friend, Martin Dillard, the American. You! will be interested, I am sure, to meet and to know why he is angry.” She turned slightly toward the/ American. Her face in the soft Light} seemed smiling, but it was, In fact, | inscrutable, | “Monsieur Jonquelle,” she ¢x- | plained, “is an old acquaintance—a very old acquaintance. I have no secrets from him. He will know, I lam sure, precisely the reason for my Might here and your cause of toward the thousands ing tole pois asa “Is it not so, Monsieur? " i healtt | | The American had a strange, sul- Brush your teeth with |len, puzsied expretsion. But Mon- aieur Jonquelle laughed. alys “Alas!” he sald, “it is the dis- FOR THE GU asters of my acquaintance with More than @ tooth which I seem always to be con- cerned, and unhappily, their affairs are usually known to me.” He bowed slightly to the Amer- tcan. . “If Monsieur will permit,” he said. “I shall be charmed to verify —it checks madame's prediction. Mohsteur ot followed to inquire why the house in| 3Se and 60e in tubes the Faubourg St, Germain tn the old | quatter of Paris, happened to burn ee | down.” The American moved, as in anger, abruptly in his chair. “Yes,” he said, “that is Just pre- cisely what I wanted to know.” Monsieur Jonquelle rose. He took & cigaret-case from his pocket. It was of platinum exquisitely traced with a complicated arabesque. Ho it and presented it to the Bhe declined. opened woman tn the chair “Tt is denied me,” she said, “as all things are now denied me.” The American also refused, and Monsieur Jonquelle returned with his cigaret to the chair on the border of the terrace. |, also,” he said, speaking as he went about the lighting of the cig-| aret, “as what madame has #0 in Collings sailed the seas for mont ye ; then he sustained a bad double rupture tt soon forced him to not only remain ashore, but kept him bedridden tor years. He tried doc- the must us and abhorrent operation or j. He aid neither. He cured himself | instead. OUR BOARDING HOUSE of SAY MATOR, A, | ‘ X A “THOUSAND HA HAS TH! Vode aE: \E/ APoLoGiES, BUSTER ONLY “Tine . MY LAD "THE SUM TH! MAJOR SHAKEDOWN You'LL . WILL PAY RECALLTHAT VomLL |} lap etiooee uy | | BACK, IS A OWE ME TEN DOLLARS= OBSERVATION A i . A We CHRISTMAS 1S COMING || ENTIRELY} HOWEVER, t halts mr ~ ON “TH' HOP, aN! TLL HAVE “TD GET CHUMMY | WITH Some Sack OR TLL BE OUT OF STEAM FOR SHOPPING « AS SOON AS T AM WHE Goon Grace OF FORTUNE, T WILL SEE “THAT YoU are DULY RECOMPENSED, EVEN Let Him TAKE MY MPERATUR ty Ay — NOW AFTER THE PARTY S OVER AND BEFORE You LEAVE, You GO UP To MRS. CLAYTON AND SAY"! HAD A VERY NICE TIME AND I = i - eA MAGIC THE GLASSES “They Haller “Pexey.” I do. “And “That's a fine idea,” replied the Green Wizard | | ATTLE STAR BY AHERN THE OLI) HOME TOWN GETS “THAT Ten) TH’ WAGHING TON MONUMENT WILL BE WORN Down TO A MILE STONE T KNow “TH! MAsOR: ‘TL WouLDN'Y Lent] es <° } farm from La Conner.) came again, and trouble.” David was struggling a bit with his story, “do you ever | Bot another soul, mind yo wonder about why the pioneers} kept moving and moving, when it was so awfully hard to travel?! part rt of explains it mostly the mothers wouldn't have “ORE Captain Collings made a study of himself, of his condition—and at last he wes rewarded by the finding of the method that so quickly made him a well, strong, Vigorous and happy man, tellin, and how anyone may follow the same treatment in their own hore without any trouble, The book and medicine are FREE. They will be sent pre- paid to any rupture sufferer who will fill out the jow coupon. But wend it right # — now — before you put down this paper. fi io] cou le Capt. W. A. Collings (Inc, x19-H, Watertown, N.Y. Please send me your FRED Rupture Remedy and Book with- out any obligation on my part vm Bewide her, the attitude of menace, man stood im an courteously called ‘an old acquain- tance,’ am interested to know why ;|this house at the corner of the Rue de St. Pere on the Faubourg St. .| Germain has burned to the ground. “It will be necessary to make sore explanation to the authorities of Paris. They will be curious about it. And as this old acquaintance of madame, it has seemed to me that I ought to obtain and take some meas- ures to present an explanation to the authorities in Parts.” He continued to speak, in the slow business of Mghting the cigaret. “There 1s no question of insurance, nor the right of any property-owner in the matter. Monsteur Martin Dillard owned this house by pur- chase some months ago. no insurance on it. It was stored only with his own property and used only by himself with the charm- ing aseistance of madam “There was not even a servant about. The doors entering the house were all fitted with a special lock, a complicated American lock with two keys only, one for monsieur and the duplicate for madame. The He carried | want you to take them to him when you come back.” | “Can't we take them now, if they are ready,” said Nick quickly "We | had a letter the fairy The Green Wizard |from Mr. Tingaling, lord, asking for a pair of magical land- |] fathers wlasses. have to go right past the old apple. | So he set about mi&king them at |tree where Buskins lives and we dan | once. He boiled two powders 1n |leave them.” |] everything else. “That's a fine ideal feplied the | “Bo lGreen Wizard. “Yes, they are all ready and done up in paper and tied with a string. So you won't have to | walt. Here they are.” sirup and set it out to cool, Then, when it got hard, he cut out two round clear pieces with a biscuit cut ter, and the rest was easy “There you » My dears,” he | Klages was watching. (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1922, by Seattle Star) needs a pair of smoked glaswes to keep the sun from hurting his eyes when he travels up to the sky. I And, were big strete to wet, they weren't satisfied to live where people were clearing land and making it look Just like one WHEN BUS HIM A HAND | ‘N\\)\ MARSHAL OTEY WALKER AVERY NICE TIME ANDO! WANT ‘To AND BRING SISTER! Vage S41 the young husband got to watch. ing some men on the other side of the shore, over on the flats, (This across Then change was right of Mrs. I gue. da. Betay THE CALL OF THE WILD lived happily there tilly veyor himself, and he could get Rudene's done #0 much moving, it was the long as there of wilderness Jane's mother came in and told her that they were going back to Oregon, to pioneer some more, yes, I forgot to tell you that by and (ob! Betsy Jane and her the young wife would be left with her husband and baby, It most broke their heart, but said to the Twins. “You may take y to Tingaling’s that time these magical glasses to ‘Tingaling| which also » done up in paper | and tell him that after this be will|and tied with a string and put them that was Mr. have no trouble at all into her apron pocket. Then Nick “He can see thru a stone wall, or|put them into his pocket, and the|f ale @ mud bank or @ tree trunk without |two slid down the pine tree and hur- trying and no one can fool him any | ried away on thelr errand it had to be more by pretending that he is not! They hadn't noticed a pair of at hom, Be as quick as you can, |sharp eyes peering down at them. | for Buskins, the apple-tree fairy,| Light Fingers, the bad little fairy, nel\us came Wm. Cornelius) home all young husband had a baby boy, “And one day after the Wal- laces had moved away, Mr. Cor- excited about some surveyors he had met over on the flats, nt He was «@ eur- & job with them, and he liked the broad, smooth country of the Swimamish Flats, and he wanted to go there and take up a claim. “I asked her how they could pick out @ spot to build a home, when there was so much land— miles around except three elors, And she smiled and "We just picked out the very | prettiest spot we could find, Davia. “And what do you think? When she took her baby and went over on the flats to live her wasn't finished yet; it Just floor and «a roof and four at the corners. ey «ame up the big slough thag’s all filled in now; you can drive right over It. night when “It was almost they landed, by the time they ‘ot their things up to the house t was so dark they had to have Mehts and the funny fish ofl lamps flared and flickered and it was all awfully queer. And she was dreadf Uneasy about her baby. He was just learning to toddle about. “Bo that's how the very first woman came to Skagit county, that part of the te Ww, m county then, and Mr, us was with the survey- that made all those oundary lines. “She sald, * neventeon. was only @ girl of I can't see how I managed, God took care of us, that's ali. God took care.’ “But it was the river that made the worst trouble.’ (CONTINUED) ~ “The house was wholly inaccess- ible to any but these two persons, and it was the exclusive property of monsieur. If it had not burned, we should not have been concerned about it. Mysterious romances of the heart do not provoke an inquiry in Paris. “It 1s the only capital of pleasure where the heart is free; but the elty authorities are concerned with fires. When the flame emerges from the heart, Paris is disturbed, and when it reduces to ashes an ancient house on the Faulbourg St. Germain, some explanation must be given.” had now And he He paused again, Ho gotten the cigaret lighted. sat down “Madame has correctly expressed it, Tam an old acquaintance, and I am more than that; 1 am an old acquaintance who ls very much tn- terested to get madame's explanation before the authorities In Parts as early ax I can manage ft. Her flight after the fire seemed to be unwise. Hven I had very considerable dif- ficulty to find her.” The American spoke abruptly. “You seem very much interested in ‘Casque d'Or,” drawl expression floor of Paris. interested. terested, quaintance, can imagine.” ly. “‘Casque d'Or,” is And I ho sald, extremely Ah! am Jonquelle’s voloo was in a sort of “The happy. Madame's golden head used to be the wonder of Paris when she came up with it ke a Minerva thru the fluid yes, I am very I have been always in- an old, a very old ac- interested again, more, perhaps, than monsieur ‘The American spoke again abrupt “You seem to know all about!our next issug *Casque d'Or” | Again Monsieur Jonquelle drawled his answer, “Ah! yes,” he said, “from her golden head to the blue pigeon deli- | cately outlined on her hand between the thumb and the forefinger—every | detail of madame has been Of interest to me—has been, I may say, of anxiety to me. And now I am con- cerned about the explanation for this fire,” Another installment of “The Wom- CAME - YOU WANT "To COME AGAIN “THE NEXT an on the Terrace” will appear BY STANLEY. l hg OW GIT Fer 4 HOME ABRUNO! AND AUNT SARA PEABODY WERE AoT ~ 5” = m4 WELL, You OUGHT To HAVE A LITTLE SISTER YouR LItTTLe WE AIn’T 1 RicH ENOUGH. BY CONDO — Ow, IVS Sot THS IDeA — CISTEN IT JUST Cane To mME—CISTEN. 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