The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 25, 1925, Page 10

THE SEATTLE eS — yo WEDNESDA roam STAR * aid, DE err ‘ N.0A. SE — HEGIN HERE TODAY NOW GO ON W ITH THE STORY He ha « A WATERS CAPTAIN A.E.DINGLE- An. ed all a jecem fat a deep-watern ALONGA ME, I'LL. SHOW YER auntie’s part It wai muct being could not accuse the wide free Noah's ark with He had fought ‘until he was so th the « He had never even surrendered to ging to spe in Sailortown, amo: among the men That longing was easier to} He:could hop int get somewhere outs y and burn up the whirl of But he was breathing dust and gasol fumes, his mind would roam ward to the tall clippers and th blue of the Indian oc His pipe went his head and sniffed at the fog now blotting out everything Muttering while h c the cold dottle of his ed beck to the ,house, » by a servants’ chtrance. T part of the house was bright with lights, alive with peop He ran up to his rooms, snatched up more tobacco and a light and with a cap tucked in the pocket he crept down to the entrance again He plunged into the fox, lost him self in the by streets until well away from the house, then lit his} Pipe afresh, buttoned his coat, and Set out at a swinging pace, leas of fog or more cautious pedes| trians, following his nose towards | the river side. a { CHAPTER II | Thru the Fog j ‘ALTED suddenty by a conges- | tion of fog-bound buses, Alden | ke leaned against a lamp-post j making at home, except him of who mits. re. mad speed. 1 the while overcoat for the first time realized how |** eoft he had become. Hix chest | Neaved to the protest of fatty lungs, | nd once they came to rest his legs tightened all down the back He saw the namé of a bus that| #topped so close to the electric! Ugitt upon his lamp post that the/| whade yet shook from light | touch. “Burdett Road! 1 haven't walked | two miles! And laboring li foundered cow!” He laughed. Kighteen holes at a socking a little ball stick, and doddting along until find it. Then home in the Car here, car there, even an ele you tor car to take you from one floor| went along thru the Land-O1 Knows-Where when to another in the house, And this 4s the regular thing I've done for| years. Drake, you chump, you—" | “Taxi, sir?” A hoarse voice bark- | ed at him out « brown patch on the fog. “Yes | West laid} door. Then he fine contempt of thanks, old chap. said. “Here, tho, pint of rum and wait rolls by.” India Docks,” nd on th ughed again himseif. rn w he buy yourself a "til the fog © cab He crossed the road and whistled | his: way onward, still following his! nose towards aromas which had ten fold intensified, He recognized the | smell of ship chandleries. There! was the richness of oakumi, of pitch, of tarpaulins. There was the sizzl ing greasy reek of fried fish and ‘taters. Nearer than before tug. boats blared. He pushed in thru the g of @ pretentious pub he had known years ago. As soon as he entered knew the old time atmosphere was gone. True, the few men standing at the bar, or sitting down in the private cubby holes, had the mark of the sea upon them; but they wete steamer men. Their | hands were white, and their clothes cut with scrupulous avoidance of nautical pattern. As he stepped to the tar and called for a drink, he heard no subdued rumble of men discussing his stragge attire. In any real sailortown ebody | would have howled clothes. | Drake stayed half an honor, and| Jeft full of amazement the ar dinner ma f blood tin from not accordion try. Sa The tobacco smoke stung made him want to cough. A eyes, getting he and puffed a ing better than a Germar and a fiddle of no ances dt rf b overted, “ | s* Daily Doings of The anyhow pe n; no dout 4 a om Look some \ JOR QUINCE rm Worriep Sam! ay, SAW ASBE | Wim in A CRAP Keep Me Ff \ y T ND NG f BPE , , DISAPPEARED! HE , AND HER BUDDIES AANTHING EXCITING ? |] EXCITING. | WiIGH TEO6HK ‘| 1 COAD GET OUT OF IT= we spose THATS “yr" dh NOW, ~~ ~3Y v= msy FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS eR CM Y) 4 gla Asbestos Is Some Manipulato Se RNE S ME KICHT Tre THAT My Honest!) Nota » TING Fy aa THOUSAND 2 | BERRIE Ta | Ovi vv ae Star’s Funny Folks ror )\| AP on my! B\ um Rumep!) A Busy Line BY MARTIN HELLO , BooTey ! SAY \VE GOT SOME TICKETS TO ‘THE "REWE"— WANT TO G0 ? QO | 2 ummn Gte | MME - GORE (LL l GO. \VE GoT A | DATE WITH MERTON | | = THOUGH — — GEE! | | OF AT SOME WAY fWwaTLE 4 | ANSWER TH PHONE -MERBE | TRANS Him Now ? y 4 His Essay Is the “Cat’s Meow”! Heck # ||.) KNOW=ILL CALL HIM UP AN’ >) J) MAKE SOME EXCUSE! Li GET OUT DID You wars YER COMPOSITION ON CATS FoR Tuy ALEK? y ———fil Be ‘ | Je i YEAM- LISSEN To Im CATS: HAVE 7 FooR PAWS AND (. WHISKERS “THEY LL eRe BUT FoR — WHAT REASON Pl Ww I Dorr warmed to t was ani pped from him. ng. sailor wearing corously abandon. wit h Alden Talbot long way of Aunt ¥ * din “ ¥ from that he had ever Angelina Chemical r parties and deadly decency CHAPTE 4 stood toge n a blued All musi even tho sya earrings 4 & woman who. smok led a cigar and capered with utter | Drake wa. home. + 1 in ot Col me Sailor's Delight name's tin’,”* “Thank Drake,” wh Buntin’, J heezed the, llorman at Drake's side. Buntin, grinned Alden, taking a fat, short fingered fist and wincing at my the grip it gave him “Not Buntin, Jcorrected the little man. vick saw Fox “Oh, di hurry past He's : ter tenant he But alr His Hot I don't like lways searing people and Mis-|F Tingaling says matey, NO. 15 Leg and th Tt sa nse." Naney Fee said he's t tk were out of h himself sefore the la r mouth, grinned way down his throat “Where ma. Ple he d are id? going Peg Leg ney e@ can't “h step you ing, m step ingide, don't be with Nick I'm not inside bec are in a hurry.” “Grerrt I say pack Hi Peg Then # all do.” o Na Peg Fox's ho “He the ave j Ty nt, Poor Peg Leg undid his pack and| mighty little of a man Leg.” to ney ye You'll * said the « doors | don’t I'll tear Mister Stumpalong’s pieces and Nick and Mister | is not wholly her Ha just fox with 1 name's not Stumpalong said Nancy whispered, go in for you can’t tell what he'll ow Leg walked right into Reddy any money iryman uneasily Money! 1 don't I take. a, ha, hat need And 1 everything.” ead out his wares “Now who should ” open the front door but Reddy Fox And ‘he ould see his long red tongue things,” afraid, come 1oney it came WANT TO BE s MIGHTY CAREFUL om sang IN GELECTING OUR rderms. 0 a €¢ anced di s a long| fe forgot |/ a world | perfumed ot Joaton Joe Bur fat little tr overshoes?" n' me lower “Just two pairs!” I'll interduce | Lag. A-hot ‘un, she} strong enough to stiout hands. Let's you just fr luck, T you to Mag Parrot Buntin',”" | is!"* T ain't} (To Be Continued) ij all | one, name's enough hen I go snooping, Jean hear me. | Mister Peg Log set out | Reddy on his stove. “Now I'll have a dress waid Redd yy | I'm a@ lady And didn't he pick out }dreas and sun bonnet had. want to 3—BAD REDDY FOX he ‘Twins [licking his lips and grinning again | 14 f-Dear-|like a Cheawy “Have you aj “Now I want once {nice roasted chicken?’ things in," said “Hed | “Chicken! cried Mister Pog Leg.|00d strong chicken or rabbit “1 don’t carry anything to eat ,ex Mister Peg Leg copt cough-drops.” “Well, give them Ady Fox Mister Peg Leg handed them.over| | oe snoes and ‘the dreas and the fox stuffed them into his} reece hack Whe tase box and all. | pack and went ‘on their way was all you| they called. bag ca a bag to id, ‘day Fox to down over aid | pulled it Reddy's and tied the string tight he worst y ast words | mouth, “Crunch! Crunch! jcould hear for w few minutes. “That's fine Reddy. 1 shouldn't cough for the next year! “God-bye!" |may keep the drops.” (To Be until you and ibs: Continued) ny pretty af and Mr wald but ause we in if “If you my sharp | LETTER FROM RUTH BURKE TO, man they hav WALTER BURKE, © Few women, my dear Walter, can| ‘There, dear, I face facts, When a woman finds her] jaugh long and loud lideal shattered, if she is not biglacknowledge that it Is true. enough to recognize that the blame| know Tf am a spfendid wife and sband's A few | a widow she is lost it's am e'd better | women are big @ Dear, don't lau at me tell you that probably this Is ition is grown up th the best wives. Y e, wid-| ple fighting mad or very wi | ows have gone thru all th shatter ling of idealf. They know what to ex the pect, Conse | when I why the widows | truth nature of unselfishness, asked * That's a What ant a lot py a fine one, you and me, I with their Leslie's baby tt way n re very ugly colored eyes, and as # rule expect | new t uent-| uncertain ily they are surprised and de took the biggest and set | ¢ & Olive Roberts Barton {Am intimate story of innermost emotions revenled by private letters) » married to that which INUED | they wish their husbands were. hearing You'll have to You know how happy | when you do something that is in the} Besides this! Tam glad you are able to laugh at a Mont truths either make peo: ae j hited button noses, their slobbery mouths, me see," said Reddy at the slightest conformity in the! their bald heads and their red skins. ~~ Swocks! 1 WROTE ABOUT ae ¢ Cj, 4 ALL KINOS CR CATS ANI } TELL WHY THEY PURR ANY EVER TIAL <7 Hornblower —— vor) (— danerswonsiyy | Oe Aor! WAITLL I FIND MY CoMPosITION AN’ Y{ LES THEN MEBBE You _// SEE CAN Copy SOME = ar - LL KINDS OF cATS? L THOUGHT THERE WUT ONBY ONE Ses Believes in Taking Chances —give them to me. | no one; Got any kettles good —- |for making chicken or rabbit stew?” three, it ‘opt the bent | Mister Pog} bag picked one up,| but suddenly Nick grabbed it and] head Then they put the kettle and the| un man's ‘ou | and the cough and a half. Let me see! Got any! (copyright, 1925, N. EB. A. Service, Inc.) | you You T was Tam they | a think | their} little | The only a cover charpe. iT bie weior H})) _ THE OLD HOME TOWN A hovd ER. NEWT SHES AREARIN® WE ODGHTER | WAKE UP TH TOWN -HAVEA SOCIAL AND A DANCE — A FORTUNE TELLER © 1925 BY WEA cemy of a woman's coat t* If one could not see the potentialities and if one did not appreciate its help lessness, no one would think a new | baby was pretty | A new-born puppy or a new-hatehed | chicken are much nicer to look at, | I wish, however, you could see lit tle Jack holding that bundle of lace dy.” A Zoo out flirt not keep her loi her of the young men about the hote fire her devoted slaves and her # great deat of attention, Ellington beautiful minds me of friends just them off as quickly she Hikes better only shown this characteristic in re. rd to the hep jand flannel which encases his “Bud It would prove a thrill to you. | dy Leslie is making Jack under |stand that his responsibility | little brother is limitless. for his is many growing very} ways she re Harty. She makes eusily and throws| as she finds one | Up to date she has ERNIE Hicks DUDE DANCE. ERNIX NO DOUBT as NEW MILLINER WHO 1S COMING To BIRDIE CROWES WARY, MERTON YOU GAy YOU CANT COME }[] OVER TONIGHT ? Aw GEE .\'h SoRmy!ARE You |] SURE woo CANT COME -Aiw GOSH! 'UE | BEEN LOOKIN’ FOWARD T'THIS DATE FOR THE LOVA MUD-HOW DO BEAUTIFY THEM WITH MAGIC MLID SO WHEN THEY WIN THE CONTEST WE GET ALL THE CREDIT A PAIR OF MAPS LIKE THIS ? AGENTS FoR ING MACHIN CULTIVATORS > SHOT GUNS Ga» ROSE RUSHES sewn PIANO: AND FI ~ yi = SOCIAL COST) geome | ERNIE ME Four | TE -LOCAL ZITHER PLAYER AND IS TRYING TO GET UPA SociAL AND HAS HIS EYE ON THE AOR 2-25-26 _. young men who hover She is a perfect little} afraid that Leslie will the right kind, ¢ 08 already a num- Thit this attention should be of; wanted to am 1 have taken her to nd dinner dances, of the older kind of relation said that as she jsome of the toa Jand explained to | women that Zoe is shower lor mine, I have This, of ed her with Leslie as half gov-| (Copyright, 192 erness to her children gnd half com panton to herself. be independent after her| with Leslie a kind of a family affain nificent education abroad, 1 had|and sets her right with all the snolt = | N. BA. seein IMORROW—Phis letter Com course, makes her place’ tinued,