The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 11, 1925, Page 12

WI[D ae WATERS &§ Ty CAPTAIN AE DINGLE> sat C_7O 924 my SPENTAROS ING Aus 2 Love S MBA. SERVICE tne ones a) BEGIN HERE TODAY }down a sewer! I'm goin’ t ee sy 3 Orek { him by the arm and Der | y tho crowd followed gleefu 4 4 Mary | tra lis oe e vere k he renearant face was sw 1 pu . } « Paptain | heated t hia big str ands ® NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ! ter of the w au Ty Ps thag f t from the “Lag Drake st 5 \ shook hit ' M are a dis and Krace to ill You're a . to Cape and Ko aboa arrangements | ship at You hear me? y« “Hark to th’ bloody stowawa ire tude ckied Stevens, turning fe mpanton, who had Mannig and myself Joo Bunting and r of them can stay t's enough, Stevens! Are you going aboard? “So you are me?” smiled D: «, by God! So are you, on a “I'm not sure I want to go | with anybody r i Her swung a terrific right fist tone was © than angry split Drake's cheek Uke a| was offensive when | 4a ripe mango, and hurled He upset me enough for} nim diong into the bush where Jake's companion snored uneasily CHAPTER XIV Red Wa BOISTEROUS miner, just down | fA from diggings with a full beit, | elected himself bottle holder to} Drake. He hauled his man to his feet, peering hard at his bleeding Drake hi agged his sea-chest and bag into a small unused state room and answered her thru the open door as he unlocked the chest “You can catch the mail tomor with the letters you have ‘We'll go past the postoffice. A run out to Green Point, a nice little! gace dinner beside the sea, with music—/ “you ain't hurt,” he decided. | Or would you prefer to run out to! “you're a bleeder, that's Now Rondesbusch? That's a gorgeous sub-| you play fer his pantry, genel-| urb, Mary, All roses, rhododendrons./ man. Hit him where he stows his| ushes and vineyards—"| hoore. That's what'll sink him. n't said I'm golog auy-| watch him now!" | where!” she retorted sharp! Stevens crouched an@ rushed as “Perhaps for the first time we had| soon as Drake Ae The Detter say Green Point,” he went on @ragsing out evening clothes and wd formed a circie, and the how! ing ceased as the fighters came to- gethe Drake made no effort to avoid Jake's rush, other than to} | duck his head under the terrific lead | that went over him with a round | arm swish. As their bodies crashed to Jake's stomach with of power and every of spri Jake sat down with a and oomp !" owi roared again. Two of 1 Jake Stevens to his gave him a ewig of |rum. Drake's second poured raw | spirit Into the bieeding gash on bis | cheek, and the pain almost mad dened him, When Stevens rushed again. fired with fresh courage and| jferdeity from the rum, Drake| ‘jumped to meet him, gritting his teeth and swearing with agony. | Thero was a fierce furry of fists. Drake totered backward under the | ‘mpact of a punch that all but loos- j ened his head from his spine; and | Stevens plunged headlong after him, | Sforting and grunting, swinging «| | finisher in either fist | Drake dodged the rush, recovering | lonly in bare time to sidestep; then | | half turned, swung a right with his/ Mi. © | weight behind ft full upon Stevens’ “THAT'S THE BULLY Boyr'| ¢ar as he roared past, and that was) ROARED JAKE. the end so far as Mister Jake Ste-| | vens was concerned. Jake lay in the flinging them on the bunk. Her blue| pushes where he fell, neglected even | eyes Mashed, and her red lips pouted, | hy his seconds, while every roaring | but he chattered on as if she only) rutfian bawled proffers of drinks to! existed as something to do thing/ the victor. | for. “I haven't been out there since} “Let mo get a wash,” sald Drake, I was a ‘prentice’ kid. Corking place, | qucking thru the crowd at the heels The ¢ them dra; feet, and o! tho. Better start getting ready, if the| of his second. “Can't you look after | letters are finished. No use going tO) Jake? I'm all right. He's out. No, I & piace for dinner after dinner’s! gon't want a drink, thanks.’ over.” oe (% I won't be ordered about like; oe eer. — this!’ she cried, angry at last. | She flounced into ber cabin with a! Bang. and he whistled softly as he dressed oes A good dinner, a bottle of good wine, and excellent music completed the work of bringing Mary back to normal. Drake helped, of course. He was out to enjoy himself and went to| the limit. Mary was amazed at the! infinite lights flashed by this man she had seen,only as a very rough diamond except for that brief mo- ment at his -gate, which was not a} meeting at all. Drake drank a good | deal of wine; not more than would| have been unusual at home; not more than a gentleman might drink Nancy and Nitk were playing un- der the chestnut tree in the mea- dow. It was warm and spring-like jaltho it was much too soon for the old tree to be showing any signs of green. And even tho grass was brownish looking from being burle under the snow all winter. But the sky was as blue as sum- safelg: but enough, after abstinence, |tmer. and the big white clouds were | to loosen him up and make him|scurrying across it like kites. spasicic. His laughter was a thing of] ‘The wind blew and blew and sheer jollity and fun. |blew and everything, even tho dig. “Some day you'r love, Mary, and you won't have very|a pit mad. far w fall,” he said softly. Sho low-| ‘The tree waved its arms this way @red her eyes gnd colored warmly.\and that lke a dancer, and the She wan almost ready to answer his | other trees over in the forest could chatia ghtly, when a waiter ap- |b» seen bending first one way and pepached. , then the other like an “Capt. Drake, a man at the rear} Keeping time to the tune. Be wants to speak to yor j The little dry weeds danced, and “Can't he coi her out on the road the dust danced, Drake, slightly anhoyed. and early moths seemed to be dane: hay ing dn the sunlight. “I think he's one of your men from the ship, sir, He isn't—woll, he’n_."| The whole world seemed the man hesitated, but Drake under-444nee-mad. stood. Whoever it might be was| The Twins were too. probably drunk. They ran across the fleld from “Ail right,” he said, riging, “Bx-jne fence to the other to see who cusg@me, Mary, Wil be Bick tr, a} Would boat mintite, Then they spun around Ike der. He followed the waiter to the raur|¥ishes to see who could keep from of the place. There was a bar which | Setting dizzy the longest was used by drivers and underlings,| They did everything that popped A great noise was goisg on inaide,|into thelr heads, It was such a asked “Who is tay be mostly made by one man, And as|happy day and nothing was still Drake edged hi@® way in, at the|With the wind moving #0 fast saiter’s heels, he recognized tho|everything else seemed to want to voice with a sharp tightening of hia | move, too, nerves. In & moment he cume face| Suddenly a gray figure came hop. to face with Jake Stevens, as drunk |ping out of the woods, right crows as mixed liquor could make him, and|the meadow to tf place where the ramping mad lehiidren’ were playing “That'n th’ bully boy!’ ¢ Jake, lurching forward and wallop. | ing Drake heavily on the shoulder! with an open hand. “Tried to dodge |you come from? me, hey? Tried to chouw outn ti Never mind,” said the visitor, minutes cony’rs'hun, I'm goin’ to}I'm here and that's enough. I'm break y’ Into Wl bity an’ stutt y'| ono@e the Fire. wigns of spring. it was there. “Hello!” eried going to fall In|nified old chestnut tree, was acting | audience | ed Just halt a dozen long hops and} Nip Where did] ce JOR QUINCE To BE A Socxey 60 Tue 2-25 as MeTER QUINCE WANTS me) UP ON BOOTS AND HER If Mey, 1M SORE TONIGHT ! FRECKLES MOM’N POP de ss ow») AND HIS FRIE 3UDDIES GEAGON STARTS Y / Asbestos Fell Tie RGHY WAY To act ON \] \iny ExeRT MYSELF WHEN) A NAGS BAcic 15 To JUMP) | ALADDER (5 Bae: ROPE -IVE BEEN PLAYING |] YOU WATE? OF GEE, (INDOOR GOLF! | WANT To || 1M GOIN’ T'PLAY THis GEX iN TRIM BEFORE THE || SUMMER Too - Wi \ NOu TEACH ME ? MUCH ER WEDNESDA ser for an Idea ( s OW NUE ALREADY GOT AT, We YM ALL READY To PLAY J WAIT VLE SURE WILL! HAVENT You WER PLAYED BEVORE ? WELL OU GET YOUR ae GREAT HONK! THAT SUPERSTITION IS ALL BUNK! HORNBLOWER WE WALKED UNDER THAT LADDER BUT IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE - 1 Tho average length of life in the United States is now 66 years, an Increase of 15 yearn mince 1 | OF VIS | bY Olive Reberts Barton | NO. 1—THE MARCH HARE ARRIVES I'm the March Hare and I'm sup: | posed to be mad, But I'm not. I'm a very sensible person and a hard|/ worker. I've just come from ithe | |Fairy Queen. I've got a dozen| |things to do for her. Do you want |to come along?” |. “Oh, yes, yes, yest’ cried the} |\Twins. “Is it gn adventure?” | “Call it whatever you like,” sald |the March Hare, “I don’t know j what it will be before wo get thru | with it But as you are only chil dren you can't go where I go with- {out mmgic. Loog behind the big |stone and you'll find the magic [green shoes. *Put them on at once and hop,on my back. I’m in hurry.” It didn't take the little boy and) \girl a minute to jump into the lt | |tle green shoes, and in another min- | ute they were sitting on tho March | |Hare'n back ready to start. Either | ithe Haro had grown very tall or; tho Twins had grown very small, | but once you have magic with you, | |nize matters nothing. | But not only the Hare had changed—everything elae had chang: | led, too. They ‘inderstood overy- | thing the two birds in the tree | re saying. And altho they knew | Effective Means of Reducing Fat Hore is an extraordinary method of reduoing wolaht—extraordinary béoause | no starvation diets or vidlont exercisen Prosoiption Aro nécennary, «© Marmol | ‘Tablote are mado exactly, In mecordanos with the famous Marmdia Proncription, | They reduce you mteadily and asi | with no i) effects Procure them from your druggiat at one dollar for a box | | oF nond price direct to the Marmola Com- | | pany, General Motors Bullding, Detroit Mich, Onow you atart taking then tab loin loning ir fatnow, you will be Wappy ageing Advertiaement, |mive in where Wally Woodchuck lived and everything, they usually never saw him from one week's end to an other, Now, however, they saw Wally carrying home a, bucket of water, and Mra. Woodchuck hang. ing out tea towels to dry. ‘The whole world had changed in a@ minute. ¥ Away they went on Hare, the March (To Bo Continued.) (Copyright, 1925, N. , A. Service, tno.) TheTangle NIGHT LETTER FROM JOHN AL. DEN PRESCOTT TO LESLIE PRESCOTT Dear Leslie: Saw your mother Off yesterday, She was looking fine and deems very happy to go. I am pure the trip will do her much good. Mother insists that I shall walt un- til Saturday before going to Atlantic City, Bays if I could wait hore for |a day or two to see Mra, Hamilton | off, I can certainly wait a day or two longer for my own mother, I am furious with hor for I am sure sho could be ready to go before, However, I see nothing to do butte to her this time, Had a wire from Mrs, Atherton this morn. ing which said: “Sent you your mail to Atlantic City, You should seo it the moment you arrive.” Of Atherton thinks IT will covese Mra. atom: headache, colds, ri mation, — hervoum tarrh, cough DR. N. YOW Vhyslolan and eon, i and may” and N80 any Hpastallvon td trouble and De. N, Yow Chinese Her Co, 410 Yewler Way fot-o761 Benitle, Wash, | | The less you know abode some boys, the more you think of them, be with you tomorrow morning. 1 don't know what ts in You had better ope it, and if you find anythig very pressing you can wire it to me. I am particu. larly unhappy notgto be with you. Will stay at hotel until tomorrow noon, hoping to hear from you either by wire or telephone, ® JACK, ’ aie _ - ft) ‘om Mamie Keeler to | JohnHPrescott — Opened by | | Leslio Prepeott. | a So # has come, Jack—that going ont of my Ife you were always {telling about, You are going back {to that beautiful wife of yours and convontionality, and I am to sail {away in that different direction {Which you have commanded me } Jack, doar, 1 can not undoratand why the & God #hould make men jliko you-meh so cruel and so ten- der, men #0 pitying and so ruthless, nion so generous and so selfish Of course, 1 know all you have sald in the enclosed letter is true the mail, | THE OLD HOME TOWN ase > we vw. oot a Te Peres cs THE CLERKS WHO VOLUNWEERED To | |] WASH THE STORE) WINDOW For. THE NEW MILLINER HAD,SOME DIFFICULTY IN DECIDING WHO SHOULD START THE Jom a under the could resist you other man who had veun her os you have been t@ this I am grateful. ih (Copyright, 1925) BF ‘This You seo T am sonding it back to you Jconaldoration was that you did not} that a so that you may Know that L never |realiza that T might fall in love stanchs Intended to uso tt Against you in{with you—for that matter, neither any way, 1 want you to under |did 1 jat wn thet as far as 1 am con: 1 do not see ‘rnod 1 intend to play the gamejshould not have thought of this fairly to the end. conungency. We were not children, Tho whole plan was a splendid{you know. Wo ought to have one but what we did not take into known that it was not on the caras woman, te ital however, why we] TOMORROW: tintied.