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PAGE 16 Unfike any story you have ever read = Tr WORLDS, him, Tr mething in CHAPTER I ere, L am und the Gaxe “Try Your Luck W Professor | should work it Challenge | I really know nothing® about T aly 1 McA the crab] him. 11, “E only rem r his ded, mac d-headed | name in connection with the police news editor, and T rather hoped that irt proceedings for striking Blun he liked mo, Of course, Beaumont | dell ra ' of some Olyn Ai e. I've had my eye i i] v h he could dh for Ue time ha n mailer than a or f moa drawer y of hi Edward. Born 3. Educ: 1 Edinburgh university museum assistant, 189 Ass academy sh ng very toh accen “What sort of meesion had you in your mind, Mr, Malone? “Well, sir, anything that had ad. venture and danger in it. I really would do my very best, The more difficult it wa he better it would suit me.” { that {t was a pink bald head, ot a red face, which was con- fronting me, “I am not very yet why I am to interview this gen s he done?" h America “You seem very anxious to lose on a your life." “To justify my life, sir.” Mr. Malone, this is very Rize i. I'm afrald the for this sort of thing is rathe ‘The expense of the ‘special m: business hardly justifies the re and, of course, in any case it would only be an experienced man with a name that would command publi n two year. Had undoubt o South America, but re y Began s adventures in vague sul somebody started to and he just shut up like D Something wonderful har exactly w tion. Had some damaged photo- confidence who would get such an| 2°). asia to be fukes. Got order. The pig blank spaces in. the | tou at ho assaults anyone map are all being filled in, and) OO. there’s no room for romance any y dour just a homik aturn f Mr. Mal eo what where. Walt a bit, tho!’ he added, with a sudden smile upon his face. “Talking of the blank spaces of the Woe ett you Fun, and map gives me an idea. What about Rett aaa es hina expomnn a fratde-e. mack Mun-! You're big enough to loo ur chausen—making him rideeculous?) /¢ You could show him up as the that he is! Eh, man, it would be How does it appeal to you?’ “Anything—anywhere—TI care nothing.” McArdle was plunged in thought for some minutes. “I wonder whether you could get on friendly—or at least on talking terms with the fellow,” he said ot last. “You seem to have a sort of | y Jal megalomaniac with That's your man. actence you are all safe, you know.” © turned once 1 fringed with Anyway but instead of tu upon the rallings y for a long y river, Tecan y and clearly genius for establishing relations with | in tha open air. I the Hast people — sympathy, I suppose, OT! o¢ Professor animal magnetism, or youthful vital-| and I read it over u ity, or something. Iam conscious of! jamp. Then I had it myself.” regard as‘ “So why should you not try your, man, I ts fr look with Professor Challenger, of | been told that I could n Enmore park?” | get Into touch with this « I dare say I Jooked a little startled. | professor. But these re “Challenger! I cried. “Professor | twice mentioned in his skeleton bi Challenger, the famous zoologist!| ography, could only mean that he Wasn't he the man who broke the! was a fanatic in science. Was th skull of Blundell, of the Telegraph?” | not an exposed margin t The news editor smiled grimly. lwhich he might be a “Do you mind? Didn't you say it} would try. Was adventures you were after?” (Continued in O ‘er hope.to ankerous iminations, | | | | | | Next Issue) & Olive Roberts Barton NO. 24—THE APRIL FOOL T shail tell you about something that happened to the March Hare and the Twins on their travels sly and The first of April is over but| him that doesn’t matter. It isn't too} makes late now, and it happened anyway.|can talk any way he wants It was the day before they went/a hundred voices.” to see the Rubbish Man. After that the A ‘They were all going along just a8} foo) them any mo nice as ple, when somebody called|hear him again. out. “Just look at that rabbit's tail!| It's all green!” | “What's that!’ cried tte March Hare sharply. “I haven't any tail, so how could it be green?” “April Fool!’ cried the voice, but whoever it was, the Twins could not see so much as the end of his nose Then they went on a little fur- ther and another voice cried out, | “I know who it is," he said. “It's ¢ April Fool himself, He's a he aly And hi Fool ¢ They But the March Hare turned the Twins the next day after t ad left ¢ Rubbish Man's house, and said, “I've been thinking, chil dren. When ft's April Fool Day it's spring for good. I don't believe It's here and it's The Umbrella Men furdy Gurdy Man and jwet it started going to der and the “Just look be Mae sirl. Her) the Hag Man and the Scissor Grind pins at reer aeon in surprise, {¢& and the Rubbish Man aro all Nancy lool he Surprise. | working ha T imming Hole ‘Tt is not?’ she shouted crossly. | "0% “April Fool!” cried the voice mer- |, rily. But still no one was to be seen Then they went along a little further, and still another voice call-| “I'll say y, little boy, you better | March. the E r Bunny have all attended to, and ff Spring {doesn’t go along all right now, there jis something wrong. good-bye now until next There js one person I can There's a big bear chas-|S€¢ On my home and that’s the last. The Ice-Cream-Cone Man! cried Nick, looking back |Give me the magic shoes and 1'll leave them at the Fairy I go by. Thank you, my again good bye.” {In alarm, } “April Fool!’ laughed the volce.} But that’s all there ‘Whoever had spoken peared jnto nothing at Suddenly the March Hare b to wiggle his nose, which he did when he wanted to laugh to it.) he gone and 4 found themselves in their ved meadow at home (To Be Continued.) (Copyright, 1995, N. B.A (An Intimate story of Innermont emotions revenled by private letters) LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN |time I saw her, Within five min. PRESCOTT TO Ss NEY CAR- fes after I looked upon her face TON—CONTINUED new irrevocably the difference Just now IT have another between passion misunderstanding with Leslie, Syd nd love Someone has said, 1 think it was Goethe, gat er t fie never seems by any possibility “the beautiful is great 16 fathom my She@al in the good, for the beautiful ways has a feeling that I shall look j Must contalmgood.” It is the me upon life just ax she does and when|with love and passion. You she finds that ®uo not do character years ago. | piek | or the man’s a champion liar, | ich is the more probable suposee- | pesceesuees py no one ever saw] | He has} there is another thing we can do to| Queen's | MT THE SEATTLE STAR JOE QUINCE WHY ARE You t4 VIWY STOOP To Pick UP 1 HEARD THERE'S PS RER OUDDIES ats nen les BOT | ST LOANED You FIVE DOLLARS THIG BOOTS ANI \ MET You. CAN You LOAN ME THREE GORE, \VE SPENT TO BUY A NEW HISTORY BooxK ! GOIN’ To A PENNY WHEN THERES | TRACT OF CHEESEVILLE LAND THAN CHEE SEVILLE LA TEN DOLLAR GOLD PIECE || THERE IS IN THe WHOLE MILE TRACK seeks or, ALREW YARD AT Bowie! | STEAD O' YT y OW.THATS DIFFERENT =| NEVER TART. NOW (UE GOT | BEGRODGE ANY MONEY SPENT ON BOOKS — THEYRE GO INSTRECTIVE / AN WHE T TELL WIM THERE AREN'T ANY GHOSTS AEB SAYS BE KAOWS THERE ARENT, BUT HE MOM, COME AN! MAKE. TAG Go Yo BED WITH ME = ME SAYS HE'S Si! \T AGAIN! | | WATS THAT? REPBAT ( Por L DROPPED MY PROGRAM | ¢ mers | a) Lis 90 CO9KK29 09" EVERETT TRUE | ©0009, be il ‘THEN IT MUST BE IN) MY COAT IN) THE CHECK ROOM pce Dy 4 BY CONDO When Greek Meets Greek MORE COIN IN A SaicHt No Show for Pop é mf TUESDAY, APRIL 7 1925, by BY KEN KLING THERE DUMBBELL FER EVERY WIE GUY! /a 1 Guy ouNS EVERYTHING If THE DUTCH GRABBED MAN HAT TAry ‘c f ‘ai ita 1 Antti SEE Mr U ISLAND FoR A Pint oF HOOTCH, CON Mp 5 clas ep ada ome || POP = 0bKs: fi SS; y TLL GET AROUND HiGrhiviAy ROBBERY '% ){ UKE IVE Gor THis SOT DISGUISE - WATCH ME 7 | A LAMB aA HUNDRED TALK HIM OuT OF some ) | FROM THe BiG ( Bucs ? J oe Tnis GoLD Mine! J (_ Town WATING \ : (To Be FLEEcED: as 5 YS PLA FOOLSHNESS~-I Dont UNDERSTAND ANYTHING IN TH’ 7 LAST ONE XET! et | ra Fe ct WERE You ARE, one - || THANKS !GEE IT haces) TWO~ THREE ME SORE TSPEND My GOOD MONEY THIG WAY / THERE AIN'T A BIT OF SENSE IN MY BOTIN'A NEW BooK- WY, TAB, YOU KAON THERE ARE AO Guosrs! BUT TM SCARED OF TH! GHOSTS YES-L HEARD IT THANKS PoP! \WAS - UM COMING i (f OH! THERE GOES 4S ONE OF MY hz GLOVES ON THE > Foor MY BUT THAT * WAS A SPLENDIO Ea Down AND SEE tT SOMETIME / KIND! THAT IN MY Housel! WHAT 20 YOU Wa HOUSE THE SAMG PLACE WHERE Tou Ge OUT els! | © 1828 BY MEA SERVICE, INC | | | | The engagement period is solitaire} | confinement, able to put my hands on |her dark hair or to kiss her when I come in or go out of the house is| |plain hell, Syd | If it not for the blooming }and not be were old steel business I would just Nght jout for parts unknown, and try to \forget her. But Shakespeare was right whefl he said that a Imust give hostages to fortune | My two boys, they have| uch of me in them, will certainly | need a father’: one who can} because | lunderstand their temptations and| thelr weaknesses. | | it perfectly astonishing, Syd, | jhow implacably unforgiving a good | woman can be, 1 know that Leslie | |! right but there is such a thing as charity and merey and these Jare the greatest things in all the| world Syd, because | all the time. She is exceedingly {structing our house, but she reads | ued, ({ NO, You'ctc BRING NOTHING of THE | VLU NOT HAVE ANYTHING CIKEe YOUR. House! MGEAH, Your WHERE Dol COME IN % nything |have passion without to F " r , Of the soggy ahe in heartbroken ey a sb pict a ve, it they are the !polite to me, asks my onion of|them in the same affectionate tone » latest edict is@ ah dered cg) Me went most and canaol|things, looka at mo affectionately, | Peers lst. nine! awe last und most gieited oe Huet etape ah tee ae of voice with whieh she reads them 1 to live he same house wa lh . Uae : ms ‘s ibe ¢ t se n the same hou hy ant my wite, 1 have hardly! 1 ean think of nothing else except |ieart Saas hens Te alk DA ae and joke and meet the « jon “fore he 1 dhe neat enna, ‘Wie ihe kore ‘ i br ' fa-| Lesile 1 am unhappy when I am) She goe about her work of get. | the deco tong of the rocms, per ree center, ti a ag Teh al Shite she has/away from her and unhappy when |ting the apartment packed up al-|haps oftener than jako doex mine echysicaiie comin: \} ing more beautiful, more it am with her and 1 think perhaps|monst witht cnthus reads | (Copyright, 1925, N, mM. A. Bervies, Seeds reranle: situation?” the witehiny aes Interesting than|the thing that really hurts melme long Jette received ' a Service, Ine.) * ove Lawlic nave lever she efore y . most is that she seems quite happy | fro » peopl 0 5 i 7 ways loved her since the first] ‘To sit With her in the same rn r hisly rusting our HOM AEKLIMDe-TOOEAITCN IG Tee ae | OTAWA, Ont |February, 1925, comm exports imports trade balance of You OLD LOAFERS WONT GET ANY GEE WHIZ-! CANT FATTEN MORE THAN FOUR HENS ON THAT SUALIPALE ARNE IF \D KNOWN THIS BEFORE _.. } ED WURGLER, WHO DELIVERS WASHINGS For HHIS WIFE. DECIDES ABoUT THIS TIMBOF THE YEAR HOW MANY CHICKENS HE CAN RAISE ON “THE GARDEN NEXT Door - IE TCO OTE Want Ads help you. “The loss." ATTRACTIVE ME sret_ of making inexpensive meals attractive lies largely in the ‘Total is the for greatest for trade The ny similar month s av- i ; Os SAE on eh rane » hav-) sicitful use of seasoning and flavors. CAdvertiaamney ‘ ing amounted to $1 as at» ‘TRI TERE compared with $129,408,425 in Feb- TIP FOR WAYTTRES DROP WEEK | ie a ort is] ‘The waitress should never pile one nena fe ee artment of trade and Of the Febr amounted to $7 $01,420) dish upon another when removing the dishes of any course, a few awelling reduced 1n ‘ liver, kidneys lates the liver, Jae 00. total, 5 and favorable Have you lost an article you treas: | ™ON® "Coun 06,212, ure as a keepsake? Let Tho Star! Dept, 97, Atlanta,