The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 7, 1923, Page 11

AUGUST 7, TUESDAY had taken the wrong path for ght ahead of | him rose a wall sheer and frowning. At t < nestled a broad, with dried at his Interlaced ov that eve: pauilly reducing was Ch ir alor ped fn a blanket acquired his numerous raids, in front of him, his against on ed the buil his feet crossed | assure 1923 P~3K1e YELLOW SEVEN: (— » SY COINATEA!- By EDMOND SweLL, There aro only three people in exist e who stand between Cha!-Ht and Mra. Viney is bungalow—alone, ranged that Daw: y until I thin’ He pai eposter nail pointed toward 1 the freedom of move he siren’ You know ther all, ( in Hewitt. There is Chinese Penning. jton, your stster—and yourself. Now observe how cleverly I have separat ed them. You are already in my power, Pennington Is w = for nightfall—down by the sago-swamp. alone in Dawson's because son ik it ft ed for ou 1 be kept for him to a mor exagge he “Each My i each in a different manner Iam reserving you for the last, cause I should Ike you to live long ugh to realize Hung, the Inevita Yellow Seven. you th wait long.” He reached for the er of Chal- ble triumph of tl I think T can safely | coolie following him with the stool. you will not hi a branch and pull- A “You'd better ting on a queen “Ther missin Nancy and } Vho is {t no ked. Nancy my wife,” said Kin ums sadly. “Missus Snook mean Queen jookum: That's what we quarreled about. I wanted her t o have Missus Snookums on her calling cards and she insisted on having Queen Snookumess. 1 sorry as anyth' her } am I didn’t Je “But I didn’ queens ever called,” sa N “They led I ums, “On other quce wa , she's gone.” ‘Oh, don't worry, we'll D Haven't we found your other missing subjects?" Nancy ted to know. “Didn't we find your lord high chancellor sticking in the jein, on # cake and another Peo ° sticking on t fly paper, and— "Yes, yes, yeu!’ waid the kir "Oh, yes, indeed! But th: y weren't my wife, When she insulted she stays insulted for #ix months | und 10 days and 27 minutes, Why, DVENTURES OF THE TWINS &/ Olive Roberts Barton ¢ 8 so cross she put on her best riding suit and sent to the stable for her fastest fly and off 416 rode, Ob, on, I'll never soe ain—at least for six months sald find We'll They looked ev Nick ald, in every sau every bird nest t That one had a sitting there—and along she « tried feathers. came “Someone my tail “On muffled voice. feather for a ‘ it's please let t M “re Nancy you got over hore?” “You, yes, yes! “You'd better to the robin queen," (To (Copyright, 1928 7 minutes.” Nancy. “Come on, her.” orywhere, so they uirrel hole and in put one, a robin on st—Jjust 4 wien the Twins alled out to pluck one I'm aitting of on me out,” came I only wanted ono issus Snookums wo let you out will being insulted and go t up," sald Nick ou're sitting on a Be Continued) by Seattle Star) I have ar- | THE SEATTLE STAR PAGE 14 THE STAR'S Daily Short Story “A DOUBLE-ACTION LETTER” By Gerton Carruth | Gossip of Seattle Shops August Is Month for Buying. || Voile Fine for After Supper. Time to Give Neglected Gift. All letters } ill be Cynthia Grey is taking a 10 days’ vacation. sent to this department during her absence answered as promptly as possible upon her return. TOURISTS AID STATE TAXES « contentment it brings to be “cau with gifts or trical an housekeepers, ele boc to the breezy gown that's made of| der her arm. au | after a moment In a volce almost too The young fairylike voile, But the summer | smooth. “Well—all right." He| man’s eyes fell upon her mechani:| | pressed a button and a stenographer y. At the same time his fingers . made chemine style and dec: | came tn uu alt down outside for | thrust into his coat pocket, touched ed with drawn-work, have never | man, and I'll send en of Archibald P. 2 more charming! For two more} 1. Good day And somew hs one can slip into a voile | Surprised, W: 1 stuttered 0 pconacious mind an idea | few words of thanks and retired to began to form Itself out of the appar the outer office. In m moment the ently incongruous impressions that In his senses had just transmitted. impudent office boy went in and re a moment the idea was full turned with the letter in a sealed New Fall = nvelope. He glanced curiously at| and burst into his conscious m Waldron nd he seemed to have a glory, ° rvate joke. But he did not sharo by were startled to see the t hit with the visitor and Waldre ing youth on the bench 0 an 1 eager to get away, noticed nothing burst into lau leap | strange in the boy's demeanor up and start briskly away at almost a Ho headed directly for th Davenport Publishing company's building and when he reached that bidding looking structure he ed Inside as tho he owned ft. He quired his way with conti dence and he soon stoos before the railing that shut visitors away from a feeling of consider. © that, half an hour exented himself and DRESSES Greatly Underpriced ing himself to his feet, went slowly ack to the hut, a hunch-backed easy | Hewitt, a prey to a host of unpleas- reflections, tore feebly at the|/a bustling floorful of busy laborers H ily? thongs that held him. A sudden|in the vineyard of literature. soil so easily? movement in his immediate vicinity Wilson, please,” he sald do ed him to Jerk his head painfully round. He saw short, thick-ae Oriental with a parang hung from his waist, leaning truculently against the jack-frult tree. You will remember me, oh Eng. nan,” said the sentry grimly. “I at to the girl who advanced to meet him. “Ah, Mr, Wilson,” he greeted that | individual a moment later. “I un-/ derstand that you are head of the sales department?” “I am.” a | able new starch. Mae bar goles servant Of) +] am looking for a Job as n sales | it wou © better perhaps to man, gaid Waldron, “a book sales INIT +} +f of ot f i s "i | entifi romain ‘still man. Or should I say book agent? | 18/8 SCI It was more than an hour bef Anyhow, I feel that I am well quali AVEN’T you often wished | that the kiddies’ clothes and the table-cloths, curtains, | and other wash fabrics wouldn’t Your wish can be realized! Starch with Linit—the remark- New Starch Discovery covery—distinctly different TAWWSTRATED By ANOTHER COMPLETE SHORT STORY TOMORROW hop on Pine at. shows in its ng aided ma. Onea service merge SUAS TEND BY GLADYS KAYE RHINE |after supper or tn the afternoon at|40® 4&0 appliance of wonder terially in the of taxes by the BEGIN HERE TODAY t Rag ees Nga bis tettor ot ation to Am-| Who auld that August. vas a dull home, Why not have one, afte alist Yee an cacti tobe arivingithru the SOP onion Vil 1 scrutiny ho doubt bro a 1 up little gen T haven't they're not fitteen and twenty dol.) "mangle for use at hom fitste Tree 7 meer em ie 7 peat 1 with « Fx : sa r in m ios re ar more The are eight and before it stands a real of revenue is cal . a | unde had fa t me } , | ummer |to look old-fashioned by next syr-|ened linen and garm baying pss yreat quantities, aang t his ‘and from hia jow! were suspended tt enport, Ye An excellent t thas | sus ps the thi jerenly thru. the | snus ce 1948 wy abee oe ab 4 1" th ‘ His word must have A sorrow rousing for hikes, for fishing, for sp re fenic'ks Arcee h ft 1922 by nh ne |t I am glad Septembe now it Au-|camp suppers, for the fall clean-up | P@ade4 Fob a a anes In 1924 the tax is to be increased , 5 iying, not for {OR the lawn and in the garden is|blouses, aprons, ax well a» the towels |to 2 cents a gallon, and it ts antl , Bae vitae | : 4 aan: vet foe [something to give thought to in|and flat things are perfectly done. |cipated the nue derived will NowW'Co on wirn THE sToRY | i|the mountain and strike old Archl-| gre {t's ‘a month | August Here's efficlency for the home,|amount to not less than $2,600,000. eee Imself and ca: vo Cp sean yay ald P. Davenport. Still worse, he | 4 pleasantly un.| 2f army khakl fan‘t Interesting to |Indeed, August is not a dull month |The revenue from the gas tax this The pack was gradually 4 h-|apot where Hewitt was hiding, } hit to be @ B008| hie ne ae erices. Au.{¥OU for out-of-doors, why not go|in the shops year has amounted to $569.6 beady eyes blazing with a light that v a Purtiek totus canpxiontranest & T love the and find a regular woman's was almost supernatural, The Ce ral t of th ‘sb see tate tas F mult of wool with @ Jacket miss fumbling for his hip-|* type, Wald {id not go ake cares a bit what the body |494 skirt to match? ‘The beautiful the spell that held him. Scarcely | Indeed, it was unt stoch was given me IN Bl town display of hand-made lin. |™Move #o0n to ita 5 ew building, offers b4 . ry us of what he was doing, he| of money had dwindled to ono five: |” gerie that you buy in packets all | Usual values th taflored things for! Miceea Gut ‘Remeetne tail ine |Goliar BU that he ha brought: hist yes! Of course. Wall! stamped ready to eew up and’ be |SUtHDE, | Then there's another w A Salad-Shelf means Peace of Mind. For that separated them, level f to the point of kr i as pri it's hardly just the thing. No,| decorated, that makes one feel that | !0okir our best on ishing Beer ae rue br cece | tate: saoreiarh 00" A et quite the thine, Aly euiy, pou | aueorated, that maker one feel that |X 7TH tir faim, buy at a de-| fa then there can be no unexpected guests. Manufac w, I'm afraid that it doesn't rec:|unendurably . uninteresting —- that |Partment store a pair of bo: ar Vault eae hited ¢ flinch ¢ he could|Ommend you highly for the position | ¢ ber ahetahat by. thal 4 sar corduroy trousers knicker ou re prepar: or one or half a cozen m his broa nee, had e. Ah, ni y it won't do, won't | mode bal *eartone’ x iv, | Style, in dull or dark blue, and w * : gh arg xatoraivets Bs mode, 40 that everyone can have |thom with a brown, or tive tlaanel | [a CXETAS, First on the Peace-plank comes years bef Astonish 4, Waldron | «package goods’ nth rea yg ts ghey haven't the, hateful single °. burst of resolu: | st uy @ letter eta fess sate phy \ rom the waist down th n ‘ A tion to that, I'm ure. | jot.) teat ree Here's a npecia)|°A2, BUY good ones for $2.50 oF 9 ; ‘ Here it {%. Ah, most extraordinary, |;_ 9) beg ARs e hd cit! Now's tho timo to give « thought from whe i t ndeed! And now, would you mind?) >, 0° oP vised pont ra oy to the neglected gift. Some one you e formed the words. above y ead, Mr. Cha ty old potentate tn an u Waldron turned and walked out) cio. at anc ‘aiaae' ena +t er | 20m OF e's baby has been announced, . to come with nediately b us humor, He had had a * he wert he read og of of pongee - The ciianls ‘ae : os ora eh you eae to know cpioh “ - The t miled again ight and, besides, his favorite r ndation that was to have ob-| 40 | married. On Pine st. and Third ave ++ e May I ask where you pror ographer was not on hand t him the Job. hit . yes i pag dl ie are three windows full of dainty tat Soman —the real home-made Mayonnaise you'll ing me? It would be unkine ing, He glanced from Waldron’s > whom it may concern,” it be |! a8 ee ae ne | tings, filet edges, exquisite linens and eer be proud to claim as your own make. Fill 4 you that you lost | card to the youth hi f and th gan, “The bearer of this letter, a head affair, |patistes, hand-embroldered. There's a jai out the shelf with canned Asparagus tips, was no cordiallty in his eye, There | Mr al tho @ total stranger to a ere | fring. of ounch,_ work on Canton beets, string-beans, peas, pineapple, a stil jen in is volee when © b presumed up ny ght ac rapoul ne ‘1 1 wer 4 ay. e . f, pe: te. te that I had with his father | ¢ rmholes and hem.|than two dollars, “Here are littl apricots. Chicken, salmon, lobster, Aiea “Well, young man,” he sald curtly ask me for a letter} |, Ae 8 doilies of real Madeira for the tea and tuna fish. Jars of Pimento, Roquefort “what do you want?” ation, I have never|, I've chosen to make mine of |table! You can buy six for the price and Snappy Cheese. Telephone your grocer today, nt Ser like to kn th iy) “Ww My ah—you see Po Daven. before Sire pat I can a og ohh ap st Rea Ag Bie of. sianee poet Beret Peart Me ‘THE BEST FOODS, Inc. sisted on with at-| port,” stammered Waldron, getting say that he ought to hy ow It by an |quisite Itttle o bibs y " a To tell you the honest | tack that the sicn was Over | awhiy ta bedinait, “E have come to My pouttion renuiring|invinible stripe In the weave. You|handmade dresses for dajnty layette New York Chicago Kansas City Sen Francisco T ba to refuse | Powered without a , bound | you as an old friend of my father’s, fidence that I am tempted|™ay buy It in blue, in flesh, in cor- | ‘They are not high priced. And what | We're 5 Daws and and foot wi honga|Horace Waldron, I. ss Sincerely, Archibald P.| “4 {n mountain haze—even in black. | | bungalow, Why ¢ un along | swiftly and securely kn: And,| “I knew Horace Waldron—slightly And, by the way, a shop of dress h and seo her?” ax he lay helpless at the bandit's|—30 yearn ago,” interrupted Daven ned and crushed, the young |™4kers' supplies on Fourth, between ; other's fac | foe ig signaled for the stool | port, “but I don't know you. I sus:|Man wandered bitndly thru the| Union and University, has in ite win A look of pain t the 4 black-wood that stil re-| pect’ you were not born then. And | At ; came to a little park,|J0Ws some garments you must surely | “I daren't.” he sald thick 1 outside his temporary ié you are ha for a ieean I ant place on a bench|#® because they'll show you # tas Want to see t t kh first | uspect—there {# nothing I can ic tired and weak. | “inating use of hemstitching tn col The other r 1 ing to take you Into my | do for you." he saw the Daven, |ors and n dainty adaptation of hand “Wh tar Mr. Comm, I'm-not looking for a Job—here mpany's building |CTecheted picot about a scalloped | . n desperate n niece the aye edge. The new “old-fashioned” flow r s into @ corn red, “Ll bave nto me if I ered wateen ts here, with a dainty | ations that do can offer a rence. petticoat suggest a lovely use for | ‘ xt with a man y| But 1 am a stranger in New York, t. I'd hke this stuff for pajamas Lis il, as you se: father, as perhi re old boy.” he muttered to|Just an well. Fancy waking up all = t recov My wing veed Weet about the time that was a good joke,| Winter among vic or rowes or for. h H as bor ‘0 T have « to you. great. And I'm not | Ket-me-nots! at as my father’s old aps you haven't; 0! gay-colored sandaln it nie ‘ 0 t n your side, either, |‘! 1 don't you wish a are . tha. erodmuatancen f 1 nfess. Sandal time ts J Hewitt—¢ 1 ¥ 1k at have taken a the street, but why co—halted’ abru a sixth | ineue Yes, I think that | ot them yet for your house wo jungle paths tion that| Archibald P. Davenport's dress or for th tine you d that he had lost ? is being spled) visage me © somewhat a gloomy reverie. | "ip into at di found bearings. It was precisely at that | upon? 8 of that | purple. the young man What wns he to do now? He was at|* shop between Unt-| f moment that he began to regret that | Sense—Iast nig an they] inown {t, he had touched the em|- | a again and must grab a job where where you can| Pennington had not offered to ac- | call ‘He Wh« came@| nent publisher on a sore spot. Let-|¢ver he could find it. Well—he ati a « fn pur- | ngto had an/|to my house and y ters of recommendation were his idea | bad his lette ot nendation’ Th bee ing his way |me fully when I that I ot Ing to ¢ for others, or to| Again he hed, a imly. Tho 85. Just tht rned the call The man require of men he employed. Thi naturally s¢ Waldron can be 80 © it this Penhington | never meant anything, he said. No|Waa not lacking in a quiet courage | fortablo In substanti he 3 one ono ever told the truth in writing |or tt {t that laughs at rebuffs, | castum ngs such an skirts and } <page one. Amid the shifting crowd of people|*weaters, jacquettes and frocks of / Oriental ve removed his fingers, so that) wg, you want a letter of recom. | that passed before his eyes appeared | crepe and foulard—how eaxy {t ts, at | he may never point out the way. |, do you? he inquired |a jaunty schoolgirl with a bundle of |the height of the season, to say no| e Pride of Every Woman * * * derful finish you have always ad- mired in goods that come direct from the store. Linit gives a soft, cool, pliable finish to your garments. And you will find your Linit-starched clothes and fabrics remain clean and fresh much longer. Also, Linit makes even ordinary cot- ton goods look and feel like ex- pensive linen. Important to You c starch dis- | Chal-Hung returned, He was m fled for the Job by education and by | from old-fashioned starches. It ly clad In a mandarin Jacket of blue | nature. As to the latter, I hava tho | eile 2 NIT % THIN ecaieeeret wi aies cree best of recommendations. Just read was originally made for the makes a terval, carrying a red umbrella and| ‘TN len’ Deo tne proffered | | makers of fine fabrics who had to MILKY” MIXTURE, tea-pot in a nickel nbled a biscuit-barrel, “I am on my way to take tea with 1 C089 | letter and read it. As ho finished he was grinning broadly. Ho ewung| open the gato in the ralling. your sister, Capt: Hewitt” be pu some In, Mr, Waldron,” he sald r |maliclously. “Kexerclsing my custom-|ww go need a new man and I offered to the housewife. With caution—I am taking m) | should judgo that you have the soe y | a ‘ Linit you can get the same won- in| Saw |fundamental quality necessary |this branch of the book publishing Quit ‘ t thes ks o Sem my business. I should not q stion Mr risks tha hreatened = her 7over | Davenport's judgment on that point Monicaaltho she would never have | acknowledged It, was desperately cur- iow the duel between Come in!” lious to know mécnseciw * Btran; f anak | Pennington and Chal-Hung would sgn Cae est be New Fall. Cloth and Silk Vena ||] Dresses, fresh from their From the moment she had left the} makers, aro arriving dally. We havo priced one group of them so very low that It will limit their time on our dis. play racks toa few scant days. | 5% little, ramshackle train to accompany | her brother to Dawson's bungalow had become haunted with a vague, indefinite fear that she was! being followed. She had confided h | fears to the commissioner, but Hew- litt, seeing in this sudden conviction | still another symptom of the nervous |trouble he had already noticed, had not expressed surprise. “Ono gets odd notions in those parts,” he told her easily. “It's that EXTRACTION FREE DAILY (with other work) samo queer restlessness you hear among tho trees that gives rise to ‘This group features some honts of native Lilie penton a That Mal alate; Which & very chic modes; brand new The explanation had sounded log! Jur partial 6, ich doos no’ ‘ re ae the afternoon of cover, the roof of the mouth if you ad eae ipebtattra ds At cal enough on th ‘ have two or more teeth \]] terial Poiret Twill, Flat the day Hewitt had started out to| y $5.00 AXP ||] Crepes, Canton Crepes and meet Pennington, Monica encoun-| , AM ||] Roahanara Crepes. Call in od Chal-Hung himself in a narrow ., $4.00 ANP ||] and soe othors of the new do not a quarter of a milo from went patronage in|} arrivals in Wall Apparel. son's house LA et Ma Lh Every garment carries our whose work 1s still giving good satisfaction. All work guaranteed for 15 yoars, Examination free. OHIO Isn't it delightfully cool under the OS ad hao Rear extremely low Upstairs price. whe faltered as pleasantly as treads, she knew how. She was aware of an uncomfortable feeling that Chal- Hung was a dangerous criminal with} his head, a celebrity, in she must denl with tact fact, that fully until she could get in touch UT RATE with one of Dawson's mon. ‘Do you D TISTS mind letting mo pasa. I'm in a Fiatabitshed 20 Yenrs Second Ave. and Untverst Open & to 6 Dally=—0 to 13 hurry.” (Continued in Our Neat Issue) secure the finest possible finish. 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