The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 24, 1923, Page 7

(Continued From Yesterday) Mademoiselle d’Ogeron and her| brother—the latter now relieved of | his bonds—sat in the great cabin of the Arabella, whither they had been | conducted, Wino and food had deen placed upon tho table by Benjamin, Captain Blood’s negro steward and cook, who had intimated to them that it was for | their entertainment, But {t had re: mained untouched, Brother and sis- | ter sat there in agonized bewilder. | “By Rafael Sabatini} ’ © RAPARL SARATINI anper NEA SERVICE ne father, And pray do not consider that I have bought you, as your brother has just sald, All that Ihave done has been to provide the ransom necessary to bribe a gang of scoun: dreds to depart from obedience to the arch-scoundrel who commanded them ,and so deliver you from all peril, Count it, if you pleas a friendly loan to be repaid entirely at ‘our convenience.” Mademoiselle stared at him tn un- dellef, M. d'Ogeron rose to his feat, THE SEATTLE STAR “Well, gentlemen (and at that I'm giving you all the beat of it)” sald Cappy Ricks, as he mapped hin mall black coffee at luncheon with tho Bilgewater club, “L shall al- ways regard the 15th day of Maroh as tho happlest day of my life “What « twisted mentality this old man has," J, Augustus Redoll, of the West Coast Trading com- pany, assured the other members of tho Bilgewater club, “Tho day ho files his income tax return 1s tho happlost day of his life, It's CAPPY RICKS He Discourses on the Delights of Popular Investments Written for Tho Star by Peter 8, Kyne—Another Coming Next Saturday and imparts a your ogo. ‘Minally the drilliug starts, Every little while you recetve bulleting trom the fleld superintendent. Weil No, 1 ts down 1,500 feet and has Just entered a brown shale, ‘The cutlook is promising. Well No. 2 has just > spudded in. The egist has been checking up on Nis original report and now ho amplifies jt and assures you that ofl abounds in the Monterey shale and that on the property you are pleasant glow to ter off and with it a couple of lengths of casing. Winally, at the end of a year Well No. 2 has been adjudged a failure, so why fuss longer with Well No. 17 The kit ty in empty, everybody ‘s discour aged and your creditors attach the holler, the casing and the string of tool, “In tho fullneas of time you send 4 check for your stockholders’ lia- bility and say good-bye to $50,000 until the 16th of March, when you find your income up-in the high brackets; whereupon you multiply that $50,000 lows by 40 per cent and lon, you declare a mental dividend} ot $20,000 dollars, And what a| wallop you get, Gus, out of that mental dividend. You're a good American, but how you do rejoice at the thought that you've beaten your country out of $20,000? Why, you young pups don't know how to live. You ought to get as much mare th yerfect appearance of her | Rare union, Skin troubles are afiece tively concealed, Keduces unnatural color and correcta greasy sine, High +, Whit hel, 3 Fy aatiae re 4 NOetor Trial Se PERD, T. BOPKINS & SON, New York City Gouraud's Oriental Cream campaign. His slogan is; ‘Save my pigs.’ But nobody cares for Bill of his pigs, his contract with the elty counctl has 10 years still to run. The city council will not release him, because he has a bond up to guarantee the faithful performance the saddost day of min |interevted in there 1s so much Mon- “Well, Gus," Cappy retorted pa-|terey shale it's just a shame to |ternally, “that’s because you aren't] discuss it. oli enough to get a kick out of] “Time passes, One day you re- philosophy. On the 16th of March] ceive a telegram to the effect that 1 charge off all my cats and dogs) Well No, 1 is in gas and the pres- against my income! 1 don't sup-|sure is causing considerable delay pose anybody will ever get accus-|in the drilling. ‘The discovery of tomed to income taxes, but I think] & gus»: 9 indicates ty} it's high time we developed a cer-| discovery of oll, 80 you rejoice and| tain philosophy to meet the an-| forget the delay in drilling. You! nual agony, Just consider thé] tell yourself that the $10,000 you thrill of looking at your losses up-| haye invested 1s even now worth a| sido down and see, gleaming thru| million and you begin to cast about| the wura of red ink, something that|(o tnd more worthy relatives to reminds you of that line; ‘What|rememier in the new will you are| haunting suspicion that if you're| tho the cause be lost, all 18 not) about to draw up. You aré hap-| brave and crowd your hand a little }lowt.' I think it's m sweet and| py, The results to date seem to|they will be metamorphosed into lovely thing to contemplate one’s| confirm your own private estimate! gains? Gus, I know all about cats and dogs paying him a small|/of yourself, to-wit, that you're @| those, and my advice is: When dividend, whereas before we had| mighty smart fellow and that after| you've had nothing but losses to }income taxes ® loss was a loss and|the gusher comes in ‘folks will| date, charge the investment off and) ax free from rebate as a frog 1") point you out and call you the old) forget it. I've just charged off a from hair.” he-fox of the world. The real de-| placer mine, It's a real mine. I | “What have you been charging) lights of life are always found in| could spend $10,000 more on it and | off, Cappy?” Eddie Smith, the ma-|enticipation and seldom in realiza-| stand a very good chance of pro- |rino insurance broker queried. tlon; until they acquire a fortune| ducing a million. On the other Ai cighosshe yep : i ms srespedlroe ‘ | “A couplo of dry oll wells,” Cap-| tho majority of men don't know] hand I could spend a million on tt forward to the table. fadelon!” her brother cried out, : py replied cheerfully, “half a doz-|real trouble from @ leaky faucet. |and the clean-up might net me ademoiselle,” said he in his vile |to restrain her. jen Kathleen Mayourneen loans and} but fluent French, “I beg you to dis-| But she would not be restrained | te] : “Finally you go down to look at} 10,000. Speaking of those kinds of | to little pla ine,” your investment. You find a couple pwever, Te ft the miss your fears. Aboard this ship|Her surchaged heart must overflow | Osten ce hints cin a” skathiocn th * ptt a Paarl ibilase, oe Sygate you shall be treated with all honor, | in confidence. : of greasy fellows, cheerful and af-| saddest thing I ever heard of. You ourneen loan, Cappy?" So soon as we are in case to put to| “Monsieur, for what befell I am Merotipee. | heen: Gapry fable, on the job. They spray you| never saw a man win money at | “Why, that's a loan that may be/ with tobacco fulge and show you! faro or poker who didn’t lose it at Sea again, we steer a course for Tor | greatly at fault. This man—this Le. | : ‘ | ts y fae ; ; eae» a » PR for years and it may be forever,| handful after handful of real estate|craps or dominoes. Well, Bill t oy VARS 81 § B es 4 ‘seas - , . . nga to take you home to your! vasseur . Washington society is starting its annual “season Balls, Gun Api mon. ae I begin’ ts oh-leleaied trem warioce seve. Cheviticapxine web amie a BLGN bie ia receptions, etc., will commence with the cold weather. Photo | serve the borrower cron 2 i ¢ sing to the! flatter you by asuming that what|the Klondyke in the good old days, shows one of the most prominent of the younger set, Mi Callfornia street to] you don't kno bout geology and back to clvilizati fe ADVE eA Varone Diovan. meeting mie, I. realize that| paleontology could. be put In your| yearm ago and cast about kim for @ OFTHE TWINS : = é _—|the ship is sunk without a trace,|/eyo without seriously inconviencing| good, legitimate investment. Final- , so I charge. the Joan off.” | your eyesight, and you hate to ex-|ly he decided he could double his Olive Roberts Barton THE TATTERED MAN qutet Joy out of filing a correct in- come tax return as you do out of driving a car that gave you 10 miles to the gallon until you had & bright fellow adjust the carbur- etor and then tt gave you 13!” "It is easy enough for you to play the butterfly and preach con- ni to the toad in the dust, J. Augustus Redell remind- the old gentleman. “But how| ut those losses that really hurt.” You mean the losses that hurt self-respect? The kind you hate to| charge off as a loss because of al ment, conceiving that their escape Was but from frying-pan to fire, At/are serious?” length, overwrought by the suspense,| “Tam. It may not happen often Mademoiselle flung herself upon her | nowadays, I may be a pirate, But knees before her brothr to implore | my ways are not the ways of Levas his pardon for all the evil brought |sour, who should have stayed in Eu- upon them by her wicked folly, |rope and practiced purse-cutting, I M. d’Ogeron was not in a forgiving | have a sort of honor—vhall wo say, mood, somo rags of honor?—remaining me “Tam glad that at least you reallze | from better days." ‘Then on a brisk what you have done. And now this/er note he added: “We dine in an other filibuster has bought you, and /hour, and I trust that you will honor i you belong to him. You realize that, | my table-with your company. Mein. too, T hope.” . | while, Benjamin will see, monsteur, Ho might have sald more, but he| that you are more suitably provided checked upon perceiving that the| He bowed to them, and turned to door was opening. Captain Blood, | depart again, but mademoiselle de- | coming from settling matters with | tained him. the followers of Levasseur, stood on Monsieur!” she cried sharply. the threshold. M. d’Ogeron had not} He checked and turned, whilst troubled to restrain his high-pitched | slowly she approached him, regarding voice, and the captain had overheard | him between dread and wonder, tho Frenchman's last two sentences.| “Oh, you are noble! Therefore he perfectly undrstood why | “I shouldn't put it as high as that mademolselle should bound up at/ myself,” said he. sight of him and shrink back in fear.| “You are, you are! He doffed his feather and | right that you should know all.” e contract and bis fond pare “Monsieur, is it possible that you of. Tie eons fap: Mons re preferable to bankruptcy.” Cappy smiled and spilled an inch! of cigar ash into his small coffee cup. “Fortune 1s a fickle jade,” het concluded, “If one must monkey with the financial menagerie, be should stick to plain cats and dogs and leave pigs alone.” (Copyright by United Feature Syne dicate, Inc. All Rights Reserved Reproduction Prohibited.) ed And {t fs but ner sido of | avota Ho stared, incredulous tn his turn. “My Is it possible? That ani. mal!" Abruptly pleces of eight whic! mademoselile's rd ba ho had provid-| “Don't you ever sue? Some day| pose your ignorance, so you nod| million raising hoga Bill knew ransom; and] the nal venue commissioner|and look wise and accept their! nothing whatsoever about hogs, but ndriver tho ho| jx g to ct some of these| wicked verbal camouflage rather|he had an ambition to be the king back to 1 on the ground] than admit you're a mental dud.|of hog raisers, so he contracted until] It {s part of the driller’s duty to|with the city council of a city of that {t/hearten everybody who comes to| about a quarter of a million in- |look at the well. Even {f youl habitants for all of the city gar- should not be a stockholder there|bage. He got it free gratis for is always the probability that you! hauling it away and the city coun- od money|may take a flyer, and the job will| cil passed an ordinance making it add to the woe/last as long as the sucker’s money| compulsory for the people to put makes up| lasts, their waste food in one garbage “Well, after your vistt to the well,| and thelr tin cans, broken prandial} and another visit to @ 1,000 barrel| crockery and bootleg liquor bottles atively. “I| well a mile and a half away, but|in another. Then Bill bought 60,-/medicine I have ever known for ar last year,”|/on the same anti-cline, you decide|/000 weaning pigs, sunk a fortune|girls growing into womanhood and ly “In| that your gamble has developed in-|in specially designed motor trucks|for women at middle age. I have f pretty/to m legitimate investment, 80,|to collect the garbage and found the greatest of relief thru s 1 vieW| rather than see the good thing dis-|to his ranch, and was off to taking the ‘Favorite Prescription.’ ition I| tributed to the public you leap in start. Of course he had care-| When I was quité a young girl I 1 take up as much of the un-| fully allowed for the deaths due to|became run-down, and suffered se- stock as you dare For a : 1s, ptomaine polsoning| pains, but after taking Dr, h you dwell in a fool's para-| and but he figured this|Pierce’s Favorite Prescription I got and just about the time you! loss le of the ex-|along fine; did not experience any beginning to watch your office| tremely low cost of his pig fodder.|more trouble, And when I came to ¢ - f now conmnmalide joor for tho boy bearing the tel “Du the war he made a lot|the critical time of life, the ‘Favorite rer x 5 j reached ; oy tee . M a : Ans \ R E ave m announcing the bringing in|of money, but since the war, with| Prescription’ was the only medicine Was it a haystack?” asked a fat man ina green suit, | Bishop. That mopar esd pL ge ca Hee moe 2th half-#ol . gusher, you learn, by mall,| pork selling at elght and nine|I took, and I came thru this period uae Sa men a : the bit has been hopelessly) cents, poor Bill wishes he back|in as fine a state of health as any eet ced next ridd! “ Sy I hole. So you abandon|in the Klondyke, freezing to death.| woman could wish for."’—Mrs. Laura dle Land, where the Twins were vis hole and start a new/He allowed for everything except|J. White, 2113 E. Sprague Ave, ea oun G led “crooked, only} second-hand phonograph needles] Health is your most valuable asset, ae Wass attention is this out until the old safety-razor blades in the gar-|Do not neglect it. Write Dr. Pierce, pay perintendent is fired and a|bage. ‘These have upset his sta-|President of the Invalids Hotel, in appears on the job. The] tisties. They constitute a poor diet| Buffalo, N. Y, all about yourself or y man breezes thru a strata of} for hogs and the city council is|daughter. You will receive confidens water-beartng gravel and neglects| helpless to help Bill, who {s slowly| tial medical advice FREE of all cost. for rheuma-|to shut the water off. So he Is fired| going insane. What money he has|Or, send 10c for a trial package of & growling ap-|and his successor cements the wa-ileft he is spending in a publicity Prescription Tablets —‘‘Ady. we get about) — — = = t of Hife as a safely in a tree, the trunk of which Is entirely sur. varmint dogs been all thru the {t stage and from w on I'm not so much % to my bankroll a thrill I have.” a dry oll well ian’t exact of a financial thrill,” Redell declared. jus?” sh 1 on her knees, aught his hand and kissed it be he could wrench {t from her “What do you do?” he cried. “An amende. werful red you by dee ) like, | « tain B 4 ‘s very rapidly real losses by suit, t collection aren strate, and his money are I'm not such an hrow £ If You Are Young or Even in Middle Age This Advice Is Vital to You pokane, Wash.—‘Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best reached its n it came to fitt! he vere because went quite and, “Twas straw as I expected His coat was very ragged, hat was very torn, | And all the other clothes he Had certainly been worn clowe and shook the people and be jobody fi: Hagnosticlan | fleld sis and nstead t v femned by | Mader r th 1 points was cor gen |ven his t |been driven by he | éetore who: treat |deed must be pleas | » have Miss Bishop could she but witness tt. | A ‘ i in all, “One misty, moisty mornin When cloudy was the ¥ I chanced to meet an ol Who wouldn't hoid together, | » ch “The gun upon his shoulder |He held with such devotion, He was very shak Was nothing but a broomstick He was very thin, | had a funny notion. | *How do you do and how do you do,'|'The pipe between his straw lips | said to him again. (Twas just a cob of corn) CHAPTER XVI Dropped down upon his tattered] The Trap sone: |_ That aftair of In attitude forlorn. | acatlinahebarttars proveme lations betw |the governor of T: himself in a spa garden captain ha lguest. M. andle, | end of cloudy amb ademotselie d’'Oge - a - a Thoroughness Characterizes our every transaction, and our cus- tomers are acco every cour- tesy consistent with sound busi. ness judgment iy 0 ed something. Per mit mo t num te. To begin, Pald on Savings Accounts there is the wild pursuit by the oil | Accounts Subject to Check Are ter Eventually ho cor. ot Cordially Invited Bark VOR and Alb yods Hehe hint Sve t » always has s Peoples Savings Bank ] ¢)ing | u're exhausted He nodded very weakly He really looked defect MRS, COFFMAN ILLSEVEN YEARS =: Saved from an Operation by Lydia | E. Pinkham’s Vegetable | Compound |“But suddenty their leader | Did call to their attention, Sidell,I—“T wasaneryous wreck. |My ‘limp and Stan I was suffering froma pain in my left side, which w. F most unbearable, !rhen thes and I could notithey de; even let the bed] sry,” ha eet rest ral Ma my body at night. | , = spn Ihad been sick for| 7 *v° scared seven years, but) interested as I am fooling “He stood right in a cornfield, Where rows of corn were gf All up and down the tiny | Of tender green were show Just then I Own Your Home And Make It Beautiful How to realize your dream of owning a home of your own, from which no one can dispossess you—how to plan, finance and con- struct it—how and where to build it—how to furnish, equip and make it beautiful, will be revealed to you at the Modern Homes ving, out Fe methods tn heard a cawing, goodness knows, above our heads of Cayona, the welcome n the cap. tain’s debt for more than the 4 became a ve 4’Ogeron right ap : hava wa A cloud of sooty crows. tattered me I needn't mention departed quickly, arted fast, grinned SECOND “VE. AND PIKE ST. Then the {fun rea In about Ja week yo uptor drops in to [report great sin the fi Jing of hts pre nd informs | that cription Mister ‘aw Beware of Imitations! “am U.S.NAVY YARD not so bad ‘untij| “7 that all?” asked Nancy. which months, and had| : xs Take Fast Steamers at Colman become so run- v en days to write Dee | down that I cared | ‘* ‘ know who the| LAR SOHEDU! | for nobody, and|#traw man ¥ Beattie Daity BS | would rather have died than five. 1] “Was it 2 ito, ‘11:90 pm couldn't domy work without help,and| man in a green satin ena | the doctors told me that an operation| “No! The Ri NIGHT SERVICE | was all there was left.I would not con- | head. | From Seattle to Bremerton Bat-FY | sent to that, so my husband brought| ‘Was {t a mattress?” asked a thin urday and Sunday, 9:60 me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s| lady in a red satin dress. | AUTOMOBILE FERRY mpound and begged me | r: somet! | Seatile to Bremerton Dally, 1:16 tles of nee feel ten years younger. | tre 30 p. m. Life is full of hope. I do all my house- | 1 f Bunday work and had a large garden this | I know! I know!" called Nick. “It| Genuine “Bayer Tablets of Asplr Passenger Fare Wte Bound Trip ear. I never will be without the| wns a scare-crow.” jin'’ have been proved safo mil Vegetable Compound in the house,| “right! said the |lions and preseribed by phy ns and when my two little girls reach| Ana N; t the jover twenty-three years. rin is| ‘womanhood f intend to teach them | » I forget the trade mark of Bayer Manufac to take it. lam never too busy totell | ni, “sg ture of Monoaceticacidester of Sall FROM TETTER read the good news of Lydia E. inkham’s medicines.’’—Mrs. IDA M. Corran, RB. 2, 5 IL Scalp Itched Fearfully Lost Sleep At Night. Cuticura Healed, them all at enough?” took | REC Leave 16:20, | a m, 1:45 | ry 5 tion is a tr Get Rid of Fat Where It Shows ack?” EXPOSITION Which Opens at 7:30 Monday Night Under the Auspices of the Seattle Real Estate Association JOHN D. 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