The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 26, 1923, Page 11

‘ ~imorrr J | He bad many interests. He was evt-| ee Soe A Novel by W. L. George. dently an organizer, mot only of BY RUTH AGNES ABELING - i . E on : ~ na : boxing, but of Hight opera, and seemed Girl in Love With Bachelor of 40, Asks If He Will I ’ in Copyright, 1921, by Harper @ Broth ¥ a 5 ute much more to own an interest in a dancing club x 3 Hi = _ : Make Good Husband—She Page 8 Readers Who| casiiy, bu ) have to be : | or two, for he offered us a tree pasa | CHAP, 68—JAMES LATHAM’S PLAN | Have Had Experience to Help Her Decide Mo- gain if ure using it (Continued From Saturday) fussed the hall, chasing the] 1 answered hin and he seemed} Out on the open road, with the lit-| | uO t uicker and better He bad littic kick and little cash. | negress and burrying the drinks, our |, ie g A Pagal Se ha reise exe lwundry and its splash | mentous Question—Can You Advi ise? ¥ 1 fork and i or cash, that’s my program for | party disposed itself where it could eae tn. [of color far behind, the fact of| - f over the @ man.” Sadie was one of the few | nan Jwian with me, and on the/ 0 unkindly man. But, after # time, | 41,05 death secmed to take om mon | BY CYNTHIA GREY osen the were confidential soon found | opposite ¢ Jaro: im-| tho I 4 @ little fuddied, m: ind | significance ute fel ‘ | p : e the vege 5 who were confi intial. I soon found PPosite divan Bill Gardon, with was a litt ddied, my mi! enifioar K felt that ther Ia the bachelor of 40 still in the matrimonial race? Will ee ‘s out that, in these circles, everybody | partial arms round t waists Orifted away from him toward the|had been # period put to somethin l x maintaiied an air of respectability, | Sad Ida a. When The! geiveral conversation, I'd never heard |!n her own life by the passage of | he make as suitable a husband as the younger man, or has — Ee: while leaving no moral covering to| Wom ein } was foo, to the blo: girl, Surely the last thing “single blessedness” up until this age caused him to becon am bor any outed If you feat | that sort of conversation, Just n s 4 last thing 9 Ly 1 ag i sayhedy else, She made me a little | see {fing at Badie * book of a appt, . 5 ne that had attracted her to the old life velfish or set in his ways? oo, on servo! | ¥Pon which the cine player turned to | Sat hwaite was being discusse was gone, Sho must accept the why % mn the boxer and sald in a falsetto volce:| “I can remember Moses—-bee pare| eee _ ae . ron = One of our girl readers has this very problem to decide me before you The Woman's flat was on the fifth | “Don't tickle me, Bill, before every-| don, Montmorence said Arf a Mo’, |arou: passively now, There was and sh has asked us for some help. Her letter follow fer? If hae Goor of # tall block. The stairs were | body |“when he kept @ peep show in Tot. |90 other way j Dear Miss Grey: Will a bachelor past 40, one who has n you, doubtless @ark and not very clean. Behind a} “Here, said The Woman d 4 And what of Latham? She looked | lived i e, make a good husband? ate with you again, Goer, As We. Passed, I heard malo| have a whisky? And, unable to) tmham Court Road. It hadn't got a| An). man beside her. His eyes : alone, make a good husbanc OYNTHIA GRE Maghter and feminine giggles, \ The} Contain herself: “Don't maul her|name; painted outside was merely, | or nN the road. Hix clear-cut fea I am in rather a serious predicament just now because 1 ee co coaweal ‘Bat _murprised me a had } about, 1 Sau to remember 18| Pay @ penny and have @ look.’ It|tures stood out against the moon. | am called upon to decide this for myself. | Another Protest Against ‘expec D ° ¢ lo he public house you're ° ; gp ee janbine ti 7 =i yl , ont x : : sh xpecting | Okt ® Penny extra to go Into the Mgnt Kate felt their appeal, Just I have.seen a number of marriages go on the rocks because | Long Skirt Law cality, nA PS——somet hi © Ve s frightened s expec “Apel = Gaels aabae ent |® few hours before he had quarreled s Weatley'’s fat. Instead I found it/a quarrel, But nothing happoned agen ot st : ‘ . nga poe a Faye eacane? bad 7: ea | either one party or the other was 40 years old or more and s Dear Miss Grey: 1 noticed Was Vera's dream, dream Of a | Sadie Up languldty, faced ‘The | gr Ot hg a3 , _— . : set and selfish in their ways that there was no living under'| sor ument in your column fee —— heme oe in ue Ort- bse see ~ ~_ , any kia"|, TD® Conversation passed to Meer And now, with no eutinition | the same roof in any pei warding th posed law to regulate ent style. ne ‘oman let our} on't play the goat, you silly kid.” she found orne! : é. 5 Gaittetne party into @ amall ‘hall| Everybody Wushed and I realized coheed new music for @ Hght opera | # pew * herselg Ls out his Will you please print my letter and ask the readers, | bigh school girls’ clothing, especially « > w h Starnberg des od as the leg | & points, wool is tt © as to length of skirts 2“ painted sky blue and de ted with | how light were these people's emo-| Sch | Soy 7 a esa . oly el bt soning Als’ attractiy | those who know something about this question, to pass an ** ‘0 let a ie eh y protest. Aan . way capi Scones wre Nasty suggestions were | - A - ish to enter my protes ; BE Penne Cromcenta and ware, | tions boas he. Wornen SS ar made about Meerbrook, tho every-/ Suddenly he turned to her. | }opinion? Thanks. SARAH. | iaw that would compel girts of thia corona painted Moor lay ai eT oe ee hedy ceamed th ke hes ‘Then sy] orothy ts still at your home?’| | ii, a a age to wear their skirts from three Persian rug. As we went in, a door | waist found that Sadie was describing to|he asked 1M i to four inches from the floor is noth. # the passage opened and The Wom-| There was plenty to drink in that “ ss a Te rat “4 | Meaning of the means of restoring this pet to| tof uch om thi : ald ap <A: the fat het e ht in, to. | ™®_® Process invented by Madame Kate temporarily had fdrgotten | Ku Klux’ hls wiletress 2 abluelaw. I wear my ns appeared. She was a ne-| Mat, ee, ene eto 1 Ge Louviers for the ouring of chinny|the chia. She was startled. | : z . F n two to three inches bee Sress, clad in a curious smock of/ gether with whisky, various liquors, " * | Dear Miss Grey: We have had an 1G oo@ chins, } “Yeu It was scarcely audible.| uwydy AVE PLAN FOR “2, low the knee and find it a comfort. 4 seariet and gold, tied in at the waist. | and aime bottles of beer. | mst) deer” she whispered “H's per-|“l hadn't thought of Should YOU. HA A 4 argument a» to how the Ku Kiux|Girl Doubtful if tae toni 3d certainly hope Laan “Get something to drink, Sul,” said | Julian, who was watching mo with an tly wonderful. No straps, no|she be taken in to we her mother—- | -OROTHY Klan took that name for their or-| Friend Is Interested continue to wear them this length, The Woman, and led us into. the/ alr of vague amusement, made me maske; just @ little pettir ad pat. lori that teo hard thing’ # ‘ i eceat | fs 2 E “A Friend Who Becks Advice” Vv. RB, drawing-room. Tho the hall had pre-| drink whisky, As I let him mix it inky aud a cbiee = ; ne bere _ oniiar® on hyde Sg ig Hoe Mee: @ more of an fceacarpars Dit a, | Sanitation lt You advise tis, ale , if te Ae pared mo, I was not ready for this| for me I soon felt lows foreign in this eon ee are - rr | ie ppl hae, a ed. ; did James Latham's jui nen ganization developed und! Your letter is too long to publish ("Mims Grey will receive cae Bim apartment with the: deep-blue| atmosphere. There was no reason to| f gered the slight) Latham silent for a space.| “Oh—Jimmy, Jimmy original purpose THANX ‘ou wish to know whether the young , rece! . »| Puckers over her Jaw. “It does prey | Then al Kate'sas| The Ku Klue Klan was a « n her ¢ jonday, Wednesday Walls separated by black panels, for| feel foreign. Everything was easy “ che His hand tightened over Kate's as man to whom you are married carcs ¢ the primrose ceiling, and especially | enough, and a little later Arf a Mo’,| °", 0 "© What do you intend to do with |sne spoke. She felt sud veryjorganieation founded at Pulaski,| Umm (0 MiNOm vOe OO ed cares || and Fr 1 to 2 p. my It h :] 1 was feeling more at home, Stran-|her eventually?" he asked t ted | Tenn., in J Jt waaJormed orig. | S90" YOR—aleo wnether he writes to on and Thursday | for the fact that there were no chairs | followed by a tall, tiah, OUATE=| bore was still talking te me rather bya : ; | yous mma wan Aye you merely thru courtesy or because 11 m. to: 19: mu: ane All round the room were arranged | headed man with a kalser mustach: hy age . Considered that farg-| much to shift rything to his the purposes of aw te tatardatad tavete m ae avy way, while Julian from time to|there may be court action, I don't % ke t vib on devel Please do not come at Givans, one a hard box mattress, the | called Starnberg, camo in to add deep time Suns shoulde t.him take the These questions are ones that a : 1 ne flung me a soft glance that ex-| know | rt as of “regulators” | other times, as tt seriously inter- @ther two swollen and loaded with| voices to our shrill ones preshéd admiration. It was very rec| “Then I - respon It future y stronger cannot answer. You are in|} cores with her writing Cushions that tumbled in piles toward | We were resorting ourselves a iit aasurttig. Boedenly Made te tat @ id Bye have « plan,” Latham re- lio jot him think for he id ilipe {1 ) a better position to fudge of this than|\{ore® With t 7 the wild red-and-green carpet. Un-/ tle now. Ida and Arf a Mo’ on one ward and said in nee . “T 5 “y % ¢ fc You do love me, Kate—it can’t be violence performed in is a7 0 linus: meso ceciimaresetw isc = Ger the light that fell from a lantern | divan, hand in hand, and sooming to| 20", sant tate: Lat'w have @ whites liao vat gcd are cahecey AB PF * His voice was vf Regs geese ulti-colored glass, the cushions/| think of something else; The Wom-| : “ mpi cee en to Latham, ; At their firat meeting in 1866 a > 3 - "it asp trae, (ne, Cumbioga | thi Mee te Eh tcrdon cna| |. There-was a ‘moment of sflence dear,” his hand sought hers,| Why couldn't she at te tous suggested"Ku-Klol HRISTOPHER BRAMBLE, of Brooklyn, Retired Chief f " ” close to jordo it % + Babeay ical a ae ‘ ae Agee the ¥ or , i i Spotted with biue, purple, cantinal,| methodically sipped hia soda water, | A4 everybody lo eal The Wore: |beshaat iif & Dian. Lady Fair, which Pred at Waban from, fhe Greek, “Kultos,’, & Bend 0 Quartermaster U. S. Navy, who says his determina- . fold tissue; here and there a dead- | with Sadie on a cushion at thelr feet,| °° eggs , pes ea piak one nha tapi deteg polo ared for James Latha ee oe ine eter Cal it. "ku. {| tion to try Tanlac was ‘the wisest decision he ever made black cushion gave relief. | blowing «moke rings Into their fi ; c ‘ou over and over and over 1 y som corte 5 it ¥ | ‘Come ¢ said Sad @ loved the lig Vv mance of his © as em e e| Rather shyly I peated myseif,| Strandberg, who, on entering, had | selene GGL Gad ate okay Fg ete le Mees ceed tte Mas oda me bbe gir ine jad fe 1 the medicine completely restored his health. Mullan following, on the box couch.| upon me a glance that corresponded | jyi17 Castine bectdeket” nemthae ‘cal ee : {thrilled h6r,._ he. lov ve poyisl | Nearly all present were Tennes Shia was rather, I suppose, a test of with hin coarse features, had joined not to be damned fe a hie ste ea | lone dict adi Mt sie escoaag , aa Then why couldn't she | serene: with only Cha aden, sume emperament. The unawakened | Julian and me on the box mattress. to inflame The Woman. “syut . gen! ly ad , 4% her tat need farther south, On the name bei d would ayold the divans. But nobody | He was talking to me tn a ponder- aha Pry Westaliy. erahas te ereencs Yes, and are you ready to give | yY heii irs A ab apes dasa pe ¥ pronounced, a Geor via man presen Memed Impressed by this prismatic | ous, way, asking me what) io ts Ger, nity : Ba “id re) a4 an answer flow?’ It seemed to | Put r rb - : ; oe remarked: “Kuklux, that ypc “re | Foi lt at the: e danct Ya -ngllghs wat Ot ‘ou de ike te that no yoice ever had lL (To Be Continued) ‘Cocletz, our old society, called the | apartment. While The WomaniT did, whether I Uk fancing, and) .) struck & gong. A whispered! more tender that no voice ever could! (Copyright, 192%, by Seatt tar) L Clan of Coclet. The Coole tz] word to Sull, and in a moment the | —— Tadinue a clan, not a tribe, that Negress returned with a tray on had cepired some 0 years pre ADVENTURES which stood a lamp, a dozen little latolar OF THE TWINS [kee See eater sommes ns K GREEN-EYE wos bo a ordo: roteated ca " f f Clive FT Lilies serene saat ee Faithful Watch Dog } “Don't be absurd, Biull, It ten’t A ( OMPI ICE Missing : > > dope.” Dear Miss Grey: Will you please MR. PEG-LEG “Cant get it powedaya® crowed BY E, PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM make an appeal thru The Star for | Sadie It, oplum's better than a the return of a dog? Ho was t nothing Copyright, 1922, by E. Pt a constant companion of an invalid | A thrill ran thru me. I was going Arrat. N. EB. A. Bervice woman, who is sadly in need of seal to amoke opium! Julian murmured companionship, Sue bases ve | “Don't smoke it, Little Bear, if you 3 43 Yi : poor physical condition since his dis- | Sadte overheard him and cried out Heotland Yard. the ¢ 4] SOthee M x miles east of Kent. | ‘ Little Bear! He calls her his Little | MICHARL SAYERS, famous criminal He the shrubbery free une of the lost and| Rear.” ay, weaker, ta tecegnioed by tirerte, (12 Walt. for you. 1 col ffering $10 reward, | “Well, Uraula means ‘ttle bear,'| who sends & police inspector to accost| “Dig my what he wanted?” | but withdut reault j mata Julian, blushing. Sareeyenay Bayers on the etreat. Mayers shoots! wir. nad told me The dog is almost five years old, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26 URSULA TRENT he was an Amert | laughed, and Arf a Mo’ asked whoth- or he might snuggle up against the warm fur of the little bear. Hence- forth I was called Little Bear, and it took me some time to get used to the poor jokes that were mado over the spelling of the word “bear.’ The elght of ux disposed oursclves | to amoke. Bill Gordon, having re- | fused to take part, was given the THE ONE-MAN WOMAN inepector d ehapes that he was an | y e Known at the geif slub'ce James Btan-| Officer of the p ” | part Spitz, body white, except eyes, | field and suitably dtewuieed, Michael ts “And then? Jears and hind quarters, which are atroduced to Mir Norman. Janet Boal! ut wort down the o | Slack | mald In the home of Hayers, in secretiy|_ “1 Went down the other path, and | 179 ntfored rill be fo love with her master. Detecting a|I made my way acrons the spongy | The $10 offered in the cr Rade peliceman following Mich turf to where he was standing. | given to oa aap im shoots the officer thru thi she * y Rear th a no questions will be aske: | kitting him inetantly. Greyee and | When T was to near that there wan | I fool so sure that if the party who jere find the body, Both recognise the|no chance of mirsing him, I shot | 7 ned 0; man. Groyes becomes suspicious that | him." |has him knew the distress cau x J Htanfield Is th reality Micheal they would be glad to | his absence, Hayers, the master criminal. Xam @ man to whom courage is Cynthia Grey: HOUSEHOLD | NOW GO ON $To second nature, and I have seen | return him | Job of making the pills, | OW CO: OR WEE SEORE death titling, With aaa ie veer | If anyone who reads this has any a | The pipes were loaded, the light) MICHAEL CONTINUES }It myself, Uke the juggler with his |{Pformation as to his sels ces “Which one of my legs is peg?” Mest orto too tutes Juma’ | ES eee ae Pees ati ball. wut I have never heara st| they may call Elliott 3543-M. M.D. n't pull too fast." said Jultan./ told him. “My sta rather lim=| vooien of pepe cab a abi . D. “Hello!” said Nick. “Who are They're magical eggs that) "Very slowly. Breathe In thru the |ited, ax I am only here occasionally. |rP°ker of with my a Oe nce -| 1 sincerely hope this letter will be your |the Cut-Out Woman gave us. jmouth and breathe out thru your| My gardener fs out for the afternoon, |o \ 4, serine nh ners | bso alla oh ¥ “Can't you see?" asked a strange| “That's nothing! I'm smarter|nose There, not so fast. That's! so there enly remains my maidser-|i4'th0 tite. wood, The body of the |was a savage fire in her kisa'which Person thumping toward them on a|than any old Cut-Out Woman,” sald | right.” vant.” |dend man wae only a few yards | warmed my blood, a flerce delight in peg-leg. |Peg-Leg. “Now watch what hap-| “Shut up!" sald The Woman, in a eens Jaway. I leafed forward and y|her strangecolored eyes which “Are you Peg-Leg?”’ asked Nancy. | pens. Which one of my legs is beg?" | hushed voice, and by degrees the! 1 ied the way into the house. Janet! jooked the girl, striving to get jamazed while it enthralled me. ‘This “Certainly? sald the new person.| “Left!” Nick jmovements on the divans ceased. | way busy in-the kitchen, but came at ; ; ientat: -eynied! indenstia: [modern Borgia seetied to have thi “Aren't you smart?” Peg-Leg put both hands behind There was no rustling of skirta Only once to our summons As usual, she |}, her speech. z |tened herself on to my life. The “Why?' asked Nick. him, then he asked, “Now |regular breathing could be heard as| wis wonderfully neat, and her 1 an-| “Why did you do this, Janet?” y|ficures of the men in the little “Just because! Besides I heard | which?” |they composed themselves into qui Per, altho reserved, was perfectly | gaxaq ‘ wood grew more shadowy Yothiy you were going to put Jack | “Right?!” said Nancy. jetude. Julian had laid his cheek on | Open. “He did what no man in the| ‘Where Is the pistol?” I whixpered, out.” |, Sure enough. Peg-Leg’s peg leg|my shoulder, ‘and 1 could just see! “we want to know,” my tompan- mcuid Niche e¥ee derek Ei aoc LBlatie “hee: awags Denn we Pee “Well, we are,” answered Nick. |had jumped from left to right. him, his eyes half open under veined | ion asked, “whether there have been she replied. “He ks Peat acetate “That's what we came to MixUp| “Oh, at's queer! What kind | eyelids. He frightened me, Could he) any callers at the house thin after- upon the ipa! wands F thet I aia}. “Where no one will ever find it,” Land for. Jack Straw put King |of magic do you use?” cried Nancy. | be asleep already? For I felt nothing | uY S% sak, RITA Whigs. We atdbar? cre alie. anawacod Christopher Bramble, 783 Monroe | right. HivenSteven out and we are going) “Won't tell.” sald Peg-log, wag.|at all. 80 I jogged him with my|" “None, sir,” sho replied, “except! Had ponte “othae teaser thanil ANA the slotheur" |st. Brooklyn, N. ¥., chief quarter-| “Well, I just kept on losing weight to put him out,” jing his head. “Only you won't get | elbow. He amiled und whispered: | tne boy with the chicken I. ordered that, Jandt?”’ I persisted | Barned. 1 yan no risks when | master, U. 8. navy, retired, is now]and getting worse until 1 concluded © “How?” |across river to Jack Straw’s| What's the matter, Little Bear?) ¢or the master’s dinner.” | or winhed: to hae you, sir," she |your safety is in question.” }an ardent champion of the merits of | to try Tanlac, and that was thé © — " “We don't know yet,” it was | house, cass or no eggs, shoes or no| Do y uu want to stop “Have you secon anyone about ed Pre a: ‘ it ha maerihae ‘vase hack the | Tar wisest decision I ever made. It@ee Nancy's turn to say, “but we're go- | shoos. |_ "No, I'm frightenod, but 1 want £0 | piace?” EG pve mneittord what? Jhouse half an hour or ao later, I| “I'll stand by Tanlao-to the very| the only medicine I ever saw thatay | fing to do it.” } “What's that got to do with peg | 0 om just to neo w rhat it's like | “No one, sir.” roeialeee oo was busy rebinding the handle of | last,” declared Mr. Bramble, “for it] does all they say it will. I now eat” “How? asked Peg-Leg again. legs changing around?” asked N! -| Mh, do # up!” said The Wom. | “Did you hear anything which “You think has teak id o|my putter. Janet was in the kitch.|has helped me back on my feet and! three hearty meals a day and never = * Well, if you must know,” said | “11 telf you what,” said Pou-Leg | an again, Pr amy ER |might have been the report of a} 7% think th oleic jen, preparing my dinner. Greyes|! am feeling like a new man now.|feel a touch of indigestion, and my Wancy, “we've got magic shoes, We |boastfully. “Because I'm not Peg-| It took three pipes to affect me at | pistol 7" Wie fon baton |necepted a whisky and soda He |! had suffered from stomach trouble | appetite was never better, even when |” have passed the fiery mountain all|Leg at all, but Jack Straw himpelf | all, and even so I was wakeful, high- | othing at all, alr.” ee ee Td }looked tired and a Httle dejected, |for two years and was in an awful/I was a school boy. My sleep is Fight, 0 I guess we can cross that jand I've still got my magte ring on|!¥ conscious of what was going on.| “Have you been outside the house ant id noone luck?" T asked him under |rundown condition. My appetite | sound and restful and I get up more Fiver there! It isn’t so very wide, |my left thumb. If I turn {t around 1| Arf @ Mo’ lay in the arma of Ida | yoursoit?” A great uriminal,” she answ red. | se as he prepared to take | Went back on me and when I did eat| ings feeling refreshed and fine. ‘anyway, and Jack Straw’s house ts|can do anything I wish to do, go/ Qn, cheok to cheek and pipes|” the girl ahook her head. T wan staggered, for It was: plain |my sidasieay j® little sorM@thing I would suffer] weight has increased and I have been fust beside it.” look out. touching. One could nee hardly any} +7 have had no occasion to go out, |/to me now that I must have been | his an eak iin Meee jpain and misery for hours. My|built up until I never felt better im a “Humph!* exclaimed Peg-Leg. (To Be Continued) smoke, but only a haze. It seemed! sie sho replied. “I have been busy {at this girl's mercy many: a tim Le aeee ee seuenatintial evidence [Nerves Were ial Gut of mae y woulall dive tite oe anybody doubts this tet vas tate’ (Copyright, 1923, by Seattle Star) {0 0 on for a long time. Nothing! in the kitchen.” | She went on slowly. : ne eae ee ene, adenitteds “Tam ple RWake tobeing “ald: Yoltidg untill sacemient fost at them see me.” is x ihe catia = | Repeents except that now and then Greyes nodded, and dismissed her! “I have always believed," she con. |!s concerned,” he eae i way. Almost day, and I felt weak and tired nlac is 5 oe te gree Into the haze | after a {ew moro unimportant ques- oat a reeoee COTE EIDE, 8 | ETSI we ato ay never rerjem. [all the time. I had'no: energy to dbl gluta. Over ap ialition ueeisee sold. = moving its pipe nad a vision ot _.|double life ie few visitors you |more bruta de: ir ot ial r- way butl-—AdwertHsement: an \oins on a police inspector ar-| : e vite |anything and just felt any way but |—Advertiseme Bill Gordon getting up then and sub- | waa «aha ae te toa thei [have had have. come at night, and |ber. A young man, too, with a wife rs | | stituting another pipe. He seemed phe tog sene of the crime alone. |#ecretly. Whentver you have ar-|and three or four sense simply NY — rather larger than before, but beyond | Visit the soene t|Mved here, and Mr, Stanfield has |out to do his duty —" A k tell: that hi a | gle hey had gone, I. went | : ! Saori NY | a ge cook tells us that she has that I felt nothing. Time began to|4# soon as t jrecommended to play golf, there | He stopped short, swallowed Jupstairs, I looked in my tlo-drawer ; She ne a t! his throat, and turned . : [Tad not, want to ieate Nitle cold.) or ihe small revolver. It was not [8 been a tragedy or w grent rob. (Mttle nob Int his used shortening of one kind or another all [Aptis NOL WEE t0. TIOVS. A yar eee elookea« in’ the” pettoms |bebk-réborted In: thalnewapayers ‘on [Away ue Teenage | dream formed in my mind. Was 1| hi 1 ag the following morning. T alway “T hope that you will elve % 4 : * * 5 c left locked, for | ome ’ licen drawer, which 1 had lft Tooked, for|tD6 following morning, Ta thin other ame of ot someday Mr her life and never realized, until she tried | Iv he clothes by rould " N sn Stanfield,” he said, as he prepar . : P| It was very alent everywhere now.|1 had made my e#cape. The drawer |Would happen. | Now that ft has [Stanfield he on Snowdrift, that a cooking fat could be so Probably it was very late, three or|/had been forced open, and the | . & ; Ate ie “With great pleasure,” T assented. By Mabel Cl four ia the morning. “In my half|lothes, too, had aauppeared. ‘Then |, “You Rare ines ebiol Wie ie oan seep sweet and fresh and good. eet OC 922 sleep I realized that Stranberg was|1 realized that 1 was faced with a) oi cits try ner tothe limit. [SIR NORMAN GREYES’ DECISION i age ae pat, holding my arm above the elbow, 1|problem. Someone had penetrated |™[0C 10 oY Nit to have," whe roe-| Yesterday the inquest on poor WOULD YOU LAUGH OR CRy? lay almost on his shoulder, When|my defenses. I had been—I prob. pilea [Richard ‘Ladbrooke,- after having We think its funny when we) prising that Thibeault should get | 1 realized thiv my energy returned; |ably still was—in danger. / I jt “For a domestic servant,” I said, |been twice adjourned, resulted in a - bi d in his warm-hearted I struggled. After a time he opened|down to the study and summoned |, a 5 ay . verdict of. murder agelist some per ‘chee spas ie ot tnaarvekalig, Dearly-gray eyes and with difficulty |Janet once more! to my presence loblig nae tidal slay hi or persons unknown, The ver- Gether. That's because we do 2 : whispered: “I aha'n't hurt you, Lit-| When she arrived, I took my neat |My ee at en she |dict itself ts a terrible reflection understand them. Bo there they were, facing each 1) tis Beary 1 don't know why I censed| between her and the door. I made |complained. , “fam @ Woman, a dan-|upon our present criminal methods. Really, you know, our own) other, the invalid sitting on the to struggle, unless 1 was too supde-|her face the window. Down In the | erous woman, but a clever one, Ij|It pulls at the strings of my con- English language is one of the| edge of his bed, and the French. || fled. A little later I observed Julian. jshrubbery the police inspector wus | as not brought up to bo a servant, |sclence with sickening intensity. on || He was so affected that I had to/atill talking to Greyes | fit to be your companion. That |Ladbrooke had found a clew which eee eee ager | ee ee ee aos POPE Tie his acai aid DUE It akout me “Do you know anything about this |{ "7 hovers eke saa lad reas ASS uh eer INH foreigners. door. jAs it fell limply I grew frightened |aftair which you did not tell Sir |" MY DOF es ia faan itraeetad: own to, Woline (ncaa tell ‘ T have never trusted a woman There ts that old story of the| “Come in, come in, ‘Thibeault, [a staggered up from the box i Norman Greyes?" I axked her. th) veY te Seo the? tnledlng “raat PuEhleyeeOe 4 ee king out | cried Stone, jad to wee The room was very dim aa I swayed| “Yes, sir,” she replied. “yo. at clared |Michael Sayers, as I belleve him | b k Sd Meade ise i ane you.” remembering the }/into the middle of it, among forms| { looked at her thoughtfully. She a ; bu wl te pet eat cia ici Coo HRE A DRED, ELA ARUN GAGS Wea ma NE yyy Ue /airtight ucKet ef & car window when someone) Chair, which he had just finish: [loqually dim, Only Bill Gordon had wan very straight and shapely in) wintt have done for you today, rt |murdeced there either by Pugsley aot pe wae Es CRORE 80d | 6d, ae hey ow |] fallen aaleop, with his head against| the gray twilight. Her oye met Jam the woman who was made to|himself or somo confederate; yet not shouted, “Look out!’ He looked | na ita positon’ on the bed and |} the ivan, As I aaw him, so falr/ 80 /mine without flinching, I have been |Comniete your life, You had bette one of uw haw been“ able to ley_our his stiff knee allowed, and giving J) round, #0 healthy, 1 wax ashamed o indifferent student of women's aay be #itiete’ WHOA of. duis t and nearly lost his head, an in realize {t and make use of me, You|hands upon na sing i ourBut why? he cried, “Why? | it a little push toward his visitor, || my association with thone dim bodies fooks, but I realized then that they |Warize jt and mak Mecibesc: 1, have heat Ubable th iset as casy to open Why do you nay to me, ‘Look out!'| sald, “Have a chair, ‘Thibeault; }/1ying on the couches, bodies that|wers' a very beautiful tho rather he voknywi/A.ciitties cloascstsamia’ |sepunid awabs teewe THE: Bikoes iT Gaya when especially, oh, very mont ea-| {t's a real chair, dreamt, that for a moment had e#-|_ gruel color, greeny-brown of” a acid the =werian: Haven HAVO Lean: |eACweVacal Katien of “wole-witbe She: as bes i desire that I shall] ‘Thibeault looked at the chair, || caped ordinary life, It was terrible, light shade, with delicate lashes and th tho toys of my {dle Stanfield. and ot havesdined with Bo, you neo for yourself that we] the man who had made it; then, [| mouths open, aetna th rhey Tpanstonnte curve to her lpx which Isrike. into my. heat ay xenges {celfent dinner and wonderfully ec ock really are hard to understand, and |‘his face shining, he slung the | did not feat happy, for thelr features!t oq never before noticed, Her Wiis me, T saw life differently, Jeooked. He ts desirous of.offering What we say is not always just | chair over hiv shoulder, and say. J| were Te Robaebs he'd overdone it} | balt, Wax brown and lustrous. Her voloe became fofter and more |n small reward for the apprehension Brace wine. we seen, Punk Your" HOWAEES aft GiGi 1c, || Guppees Ho'wah dead! Taraggod hima |, “ou bad eteer tell me every. /atbtiant, - eho was Ake. nome bon: fof the murderer, but at present T ¥ ete et a ae aot een (ir a AMAMMELTNLA. AKT Ghone [up bY tho) mhotilddrs, “He atared at |ttine Janet.” 1 enjoined tiful animal. Her eyes were ap:|have not encouraged him. T do not ” dazed minute. Mr, Stone Dy the q , " ar y neo 4 ‘i My «ae * * | Ba andy onset | mt ratty nae | are sch ie ala ey Mh wh PSHE MAR oe ae (sate agement || NOTHING but an airtight tin will keene penne: ? t : leep, for he let me help him across ; “You shall marry me," she con: | the a ; ‘ectly over. ]| asleep, tool pame here and asked me " ven fanoy 3 yone—not even to him; “4 ar) Y ° only one eye for the rest of his | and his arms limp, perfec ; to the | tool-house cam: tinued. “T have n fancy about that, |much to anyone—not even to him; fe, because he once looked at a| whelmed with what wad hep. |/the room, We floundered into the retire about you, He made his [ene jwt,ivent fancy aboutthat, much to anyone—not aven to him! pure fat fresh. Old fashioned airtight tins |. girl, pened, the bathroom, I had only one Idea|W®Y Into your bedroom. He was lponofit, If disnster should come, Tlmy lite to lay my hands upon the " y v4 ao Orie tense “the J ul alt | ity Siva baste H struck “Tita my mind-tto wake ‘him, to restore Anxious to ake the slothien in whleh Tahal! néver be able to ah idence fro-enied Thomas Pun The day were & a tT to Bi Napa Fresh fat gays he's been “on the Jump Fi hed, r him to be once more my wo you had traveled down e opened ‘against you ut there will be nol find him, fe mystery af Lad. | "| m : Be eb aia ached riteun that: hea | laughed laughed, till teary |] for him to be one ane the bottom drawer of your wardrobe |diastor. 1 know how olovee vou [hrooke'e murder wil be solved, Ana || WAS worth the trouble to getit, but it wes eee A dition Baobpa'lreiied hia cheeks and ho || Watd, smiling plemigod. 1 remember | the bottom drawe : ag UN Sk SE SHAE | hs , heen going up and down Seer Ben ¢ thinking, as f eried a little and{|and found them re, foo, Have brain, Say that }T shalt find him | ‘i " \ tran nipah ae reef ve, and into ie oftice Jumping | panted for breath, | || inline, unt eried, a ttle and adore wee a regivat tn the tonthin manne. something io. you, | Z| a bother. The new fresh bucket is so ey | like a hop-toad, + Lae i this fan't the Ufe for mo, What shall |dvawer,” 1 remarked {have elven proof of my devotion, “The Kiss of Judas.” second 4 No, it really Je not at all gur-! of a good sport? Pidot. What: aunllt. do? "{ had discovered that and hidden | Repay me. storw of thik remurknbte serton, to open that it’s fun to do it. AKER (Continued ‘Tomorrow i,” she replied, | 1 took her into my arms, There will begin in our next Issue,