The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1925, Page 8

> ser = > 7 190% PAGE 8 THRE SEATTLE STAR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 192? —— ——————————_—_————————EEEEEE—————————————— oa SL vl He n ture of house Jal it » more : on fh q 3 J | / m t's everything 1b BEA r a ~ —~\ _—_—____—__— i ght tapping pa th . i Com t . 4 a Carh * | phade and ned ' | Frolking pushed open the d Her red lights in the | i plump little figure seemed shor Or perbas ‘ ‘ | s and dunmpier than ever ®@ @ vutfied from it e 50 | j BEATRICE BURTON mate sen Sk ry ed = She twinkied at May, and sur I t , i 3; ” © FA She twinkled ‘ stand being | SEQUEL TO" Ao FLAPPER WIFE N veyed herself In ‘the long mirror of very much, It gets on ny ne f MAY SEYMOUR, whose husband (aa jeg BA a np ‘ o |. DR. JOHN SEYMOUR, killed himaclf Look at me, all trimmed he wrapped herself in a flannel ba | hecause of her love affair with JIM & birthday cake!’ she sald Dan's! robe a few minutes |. CAREWE, returns to her home town asked me out to dinner with him Her warm, white akin glowed with |) after a years absen * . And I'm taking ur advi along alt brushed her bla alr | She # late pe fall n Bh to with me=I'm going to vamp him) back from her low, broad forehead | 4 GLORIA, hia wife to a frazele, Who knows?—tomor-| and breathed deer with disdainful | the us ow's dawn may find me a blushing | nostr | lowed he bride tant | oe bas made | ' | ab seins Ma tue d her face The fading in the room t LU blondnes was rouged and pow-| reminiscent of Carlotta’s r t over, her ' ome ise lered into a semblance of blooming | ciasus” perfume. She opene the + er SSES OR girihoc t, under the ah ole , W to the 1 and -———_— - | 1 for hee And: she bege a " et ‘ i the harsh " windows wide 1 EEN Te ) 7 sores ; the eyes, and at the corners of th I suppose Carlotta told Herbert A. \OWN ILLIP BUT WOU mouth, Carlotta was old. There was|the sad t of m ife f. DOGGONE ahi widow iL no doubt about it thought, remembering last night M< CANN that she can “la And for her, a lonely woman, age At that moment there was « b = ~ ome: 3 + A week later with $8,000 | was a tragedy, Much more of a|on the door Per ered: he, Bose. Tena vanue City tragedy than it was for the comforta May hurried to open it A be meets a divorcee, CARLOTTA ble middleag wife, who was also| boy food there with a ff t's box FROLKING, and her two friends, the mother of a family in his arms ' Buy ERT WATERBURY and DAN Hu Breathlessly she opened it, Wit i One night while the foursome ts head was a mans of | full 4 4 at a supper club. May’s bag drops walking ove ' : colored rone She burt er ta ; to the floor and her roll of money May I borrow some of your 1 in their fragrance before she read ’ falls out. Waterbury scolds May for tume the little card that w tucked q carrying so much money about with | b r Sue Gnd afters totale care ef it feel Without waiting f answer sno | amo nelr leaves a her. But May refua 4 May's asus” per Y like these,” Herbert We He makes love to her tn the days | i Z . " er her £ blonde hair, and | ter had written across the fa that follow, and finally asks her to| ‘ ‘ e nat invest her money in Dan Sprague's! unde her chin § and w eve jun oll well. She has led him to think and,’ May sald, very qui-| me at 1 Vl) wait for you q * has much more money than | etly, “has been dead for more than | lobby ; ee For- a year Well, I like his cheek! May anid q lis her he can sell She held her breath for a moment, | to herself. He's so sure I'l) accep Ker house for $12,000 or for $16,000 | Jand then cohtinued: “He—committed | his invitation that he's going {NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) suicide t IAT night, when she had eaten Pree tttee eienle?. 220 YOu: Nee nt he killed himself? Carlotta askea her lonely dinner, May went up to her room to answer Ulysses For lke saucers vid I mean?’ Ma ene! BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES ae Dear Mr. Forgan,” she wrote, my you it} hat to mat She pinned one of , par. . a ‘Delng a foolish woman, I have de calmly,” the other woman observed, | Waterbury’s roses to her breast, and } y WHILE DoTTY fi eided to take $12,000 for my house If it had happened to my husband,| with @ beating heart went dows E'S VER now, instead of $16,000 in little drib- | V'il bet I wouldn't go around telling | stairs to meet him AX THE STORER LET'S drabs, on terms. ‘A bird in the hand’ t He met her, unsmiling, and took MOW THE XARD FOR —you know. Why. GéA Tt s Mavasennad’s. one her hands in his for just a nec KER. DONT Xoo “I suppose the safe thing for me There are people, you know, who! Fire glowed jn his blue eyes as he ; * ell THINK THAT WOULD to do is to invest the money. Later think divorce la just as disgracetui| looked at her, 4 : é BE NICE? J on, I'm going to ask you to give me seiidgt é eerie tunner!’ he said, ad T 3 your advice along those lines. My vahe'll*xe ‘and :4elt-all’ thet husband used to tell me that govern act Wasesburt,* she added] ay © guely dina 4. 8h ment bonds were the only safe buy | ree to be onlled when Carlotta had gone, | didn't for a widow “I am going to stay here in At- Jantic City unti! you send me tne money for my house. Where I shall go then I really don't know. To Eu rope, probably. ‘The only thing I am sure of is that I shall never come] hack to Seattle. Cordially yours, | a trail ¢ ack Narcissus tom But, in her tu }admiring the sure, man-of-t ir with which Herby gave his lunch order in } nted him to y ake That, really, was what her to do, she found wh A, she could r searched her mind, She kn if she married Hethert Waterb she woul have to tell him about Dr John's dea And it would be easier Jay he was very good-looking “MAY LUCAS SEYMOUR.” to do If Carlotta had paved the w ve debonair, extremely we cee | eee dressed. How other women would 46] DON'T know why I told him all | her ch What (YURTAINS of gray rain } he| envy her if she were t about my plans—or, my lack| faroff look in eyes, “I'd Cat cee tae next morn.| man like him! And thir t of plans,” she said to herself, as she| his word on anything,” she tt baolutely noth-| ing when May wakened and went to, Money, he had dropped the letter into the ma hute} “I'm sure he's aw*honest as th I've picked up! the window to k out May crinkled up her nose at bin beside the elevator. “But he's one|is long. He look that way, any-| gown here.” she nald t raeif, “1| She pick he je wrist-wateh | I fies, 7] TWAS JOST WHAT of those quiet, understanding people, | how.” don’t even w where Caroltta came | from the ta hat atood beside her « you 6 upon tr 4 be. Xoo [my 1 THink VL to whom it's easy to tell things.” | ghe remembered, then, the queer| from? Dan Sprague has an oll well| bed. It had stopped | ght! And yor rm Aap Prob ao AND SON) if DOWN Anis She sat beside her window with| little gleam she had seen in Herby | in California, so Herby mays, And| Til buy mynelf a gorgeous new, she med A Tmmes yi west BEACH, pctie rte ereereeee an one today,” she promised herself as G WORLD F NemES bead ashe turned on the faucets of the wearing my own heart ar R EG Joheck was due, and Mr. Prescott |). :ntub my sleeve,” Waterbury rsd [SY drew his own check for $15,000 to ‘The old watch had been a birthday} leaning across the table and speak (Oc MAIS | make it up. present from Dr. John in the early | ng in a low tone, “Can't you ner days of théir marriage that I'm vary much in love with you 6 y Olive Roberts B, “That dumbbell you put in your!" y decided to give ft to the cham. | and pave been since the minute 1 laid eyes on you place told me she made out the) iy r ‘ ne! > 1 tt check for Mr. Prescott and if she ‘ " ‘ ae May shook her head. “No, I can't NO. 12—THE GRANDMOTHER CLOCK ssa cha cold clhcca. te the cc [actte wished passlonately that she 0 (tat ghe anawered. “Are you? told 6 she told oth n the of- | could give away the o : 4 sates Tick Tock and the Twins were, them. They are exactly like grand| ays worst of it all iw that|nirm of that unbappy t Waterbury fed gravely. “I very careful abgpt fixing the old} father clocks, only not as tall. They banjo clock In the Jeweler’s window. | have shorter necks, might say télling her things about |*ame time—the memory am,” he sald quie the boa John's dead face, the recoilec “I feel simply wonderful,” said | Their faces and hoods are about the ne god idiot i Wear ay the snubs sho had had fr the old clock happily. “Won't the | same size.” ginny A raging Ho townspeople, the thought of clock mender be surprised to find Off they went thru the dark like I F yagediindy Pics | Carewe me going, and right to very dot,| three little ites, and after aj) BM re ne sa s Let the dead past bury Ste dea too.” while they) reached another old ted at least, She's catting |Pomeone had sald ned at least She's # y h past Was nev Aead % “I shouldn't be surprised,” said | house Spey cal sno living we er never deat (To Be Continued) the little clock fairy. ‘‘Here, Nan £) Re | & QURIaE..¢ DOULR® . i) a AH ca or ora cy, take the key. Nick, you take | il quainter inside a cide the other day th MUDD CENTER FOLKS found. There stood the old grand. mother clock just as Tick Tock b said, and beside It a sp ng whe the oil-can and I'll take the other things. We must be going.” keep her position retary to the b ‘phere are a lot of clocks in the} ee ctnee aide etood an old fe horhe , ’ YY ipa LE World," said the banjo clock. “Not | pete ee ee. dee a a TH’ HAT BAND 1S TH’ YZ ax only in houses, but in churches and| prs sae rOueD Oe with a err nae beg ae Mi yy SAME AS TH YOUNG /— cul ue MUST ; towers. There's Big Ben in 10n-| reavy board over the top it made) #ntly “jj FELLA’S STOPPIN’ AT a WELL,ISTILL eor BomMor | ; T KNOW NOW How ALL fion.end the famous clock of Stras-) sting table, You ought to seo her, Sally. She's ] TH HoTeL! [GONE AN’ DROWNDED / LEGS = IF MEY TAKE THE (= — = THE CRIPPLED CHILDREN AUST Ff burg, and—" “An old lady lives here who evidently spent ail her money for me HISSELF! | ONE OFF T'LLBE A CRIPPLE De eee aan ee Shr’ whispered Tick Tock to the these things when she clothes, and she can't sit down to Ree | PRIME REST OF AY UFE - = USED 7D IT ZI DON'T old clock. “I want them to be suf-| young.’ explained the fairy her typewriter without showing at I FOUND THIS STRAW OW WELL, TD RATHER HAVE SUPPOSE ITS so eee pikes 0 xeap MM oid Estas eDCUe Fer Gul ake anpreiwork ot, ber |. |; HAT OPWN ON TH” Ir HAT WAY THAN 70 AWFUL To BE "Oh, I see,” ticked tne clock wise-! her + BANK - E AY EVES. pues CRIPPLED ly. “Well, good-bye. Come again. | Yes, and if you look bn the back | When " said the grand: | 0 uu get home, and you're RIVER now if you ever w , heels My home is to be In Norristown | of my cherry « after this. I hear that I have been | mother clock fo, especially if you care pa wold for a great deal of money.” | tiny bras# nails in an uneven row. | ticularly for Mra. I'r “No doubt,” said Tick Tock. “And| Every year on her bi wh it is nothing but right. What can| Mrs. Gordon was a | be nicer than a lovely old clock?” | father drove in one “Thank you,” said the clock show how muchos had grown. TOMORROW—Letter from Ruth Vick Tock and the Twins left the| But after a while she was taller Burke to Lestle Prescott. feweiry store, carefully locking the| than I was, so he had to stop you will see some JIM (Copyright door after them. The Twins looked, and i FLAPPER FANNY S “Where do we go now?” asked| enough there were the heads z Nancy. several tiny brass najls | (pie “1 think we'd better go and fix} ‘You are a nice old clock, and} [fy up an old grandmother clock that|we are going to fix you all up," I know about,” said Tick Tock. | sali Nancy “Grandmother!’ laughed the| ‘Thank you,” ticked the old atefully. “I ‘Twins. “You mean ‘grandfather,’ | grandmother clock don’t you! We never heard of a! wish you could fix old Mra Gordon grandmother clock.” up foo, Her rheumatism is so oqnen,” said ‘Tick Tock severely, | bagi” JOST TINK OFTHE BOS AND 6mis ) IE MY LEG HEALS UP AND WO GET RUN QNER BY AUTOMOBILES 6€T OUT OF HERE T'M GOING for he didn’t like to be sbdite et wish we could,” said | AN OAs baler thai a wi TO DAINT SIGNS TELLING t, ‘if is high time you were hear- | Toc | CRIPPLES—IT WAS ALL MY FAULT = ig of th soc Goutae’ (here: are (To Be Continued.y 1 AT RU, FEE ing of them. ou 4 —j| THAT I GOT RUN OVER MORE CAREFUL, AND A, Hervice, In CHILDREN SHOULD STOR Kyteok AND LISTEN 7 0 BRNERYTINE THEY 60 LS) Me CROSS A STREET 39 TACK THEM UP ALL NER TOWN! grandmother clocks—plenty of | (Copyright, 1925, N. B. THE EXCITEMENT AMONG MUDD CENTER GOSSIPS REGARDING THE DUEL BETWEEN BANKER ZEB PERKINS AND THE HANDSOME YOUNG STRANGER STOPPING AT THE HOTEL WAS DAMPENED WHEN PoP SLUPE LEARNED THE SHOTS HEARD were. DIRECTED AT A YOWLING TOM CAT™~ THe £3 CONDON thinks he ts, he will never give LETTER FROM JA TO SALLY ATHERTON up those pearls | Well, Sally, you called the turn recta Rh lla are adi He FINDING OF THE ABSENT YouNG invaiicene —~ as the enclosed clippings will tell) Tregcott certainly needs ‘ STRAW HAT ON THE RIVER BANK Has NOW OPENED aN certainly needs you | you. Mr, Prescott had the greatest The boss has been making some A NEW AVENUE OF SPECULATION frouble to keep our thres names out }tonehead plays lately—so much so] of the paper, for all of them were! that he had put up $40,000 of his | in Mabel’s letter, She had it In}own mgney to pay his mother-in-| oP 7 ©1929 wy MEA BENVICE, INC. ( ‘ for you all right—sald one of the! jaw'g annuity from the property yor v a@ beautiful girl has boudoir Wee) il / reasons she came back was to get! you wouldn't know Mr. Prescott.| 20” ae is Bees bos as ig ssc t even with you. ‘The police have|y think he has lost 25 pounds since Fi DAD ne : ae ——— - $< $$ = SANGRE TRATION ATOR Mobibecn able to. tind Mabel, and} tne robbery, 10 of which have drop. MOM’N POE Pop Pays and Pays BY TAYLOR the boss thinks that Downey sent] pea off of him in the few days| —— . penton Bod NO aU Nic Reems er bs, Mb posi eases : ia tae her money enough to go back tO! that have passed since the last time WHAT WERE you Y AW-THE OLD MISER | Good GRACIOUS-I cree : ) AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING N tis Guy Squetzes) South America. 1 thought maybe|the house wan broken into. He's} | AND MROTYTE 13 STILL KICKING WONDER IF THEY AFTER HEARING HIM ANY PLEASURE OUT OFTHIS ) A Nicwet qe THe ee wut Police Com ner Laidlaw | drinking too much if ; gar ROUGH ON THIS 5 ALL THEIR TIME FIGURING aera leah Tre WAS HIS HE SAID HE WOUOLDN'T nayn that it Downey ta tho man he| Ho really needs you, my dear, to BONER RES BLING! “TRIP FOR NOTHING? \) You'd THINK HE WAS HOW ‘THEY CAN MAKE HANGS OUT HE REASON? SHARE THE COST BECAUSE TT act as a buffer between him and} SNA INATERS \F THEY HAD GONE READY ‘to KNOCK UP FOR WHAT THIS ie Roce THE SPRING BROKE ON the rest of the staff. He snaps\ “De : ON “TH! 2HOUS TRIP HAS EADY / {0 HELP FAY FOR, OF CAR + J everybody up and will listen to sug: | TUBE HE POORHOUSE TRIP HAS ALREADY “TRE SPRING MY SIDE’ OF THE CAs HE SAYS UM RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS MY -~— WEIGHT THAT rn DOOR __. gestions from no one 1 tell you,| I keep out of hin way, M BROKE IN MY CAR \ BY THEMSELVES IT ) WOULD HAVE COST THEM A LOT MORE Naira ‘ jorley wa Dayton and Simpson, all any they ne | are going to leave if he doesn't get | Be ms BROKE! ITS _ | wise to himself. ‘The ofher day| y \ a when Dayton took him the last iy heavy melting scrap waybill, you f% / id have thought that Dayton | me for the loss. | | You see, Mr. Preacott, against Day- | | ton’s advice, bought scrap mb $21, | and it is now down to $17, 1ayton | told him at the time that scrap wan due for a slump, @hd was | was to b | cussed out for his paina If It’s Glasses, See DK. J. RK. BINYON | = Today Mrs. Hamilton's monthly