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(Podilehed by arrangement with Firet National Pi Productions, Inc.) CHAPTER XIV. (Continued) f impa’ . It During Roulett ence s © stood qu! &. her face a blank,| She's seeck.” indifferent t er sur Gravely, monioualy on mi her sit/ers shook hands with Doi a 1 t for } coaselens | th ~ \ Dor s the |t ait ame ¥ him, Q ared. | “Ww you f wel in tam for wit’ her.” Aga “Dere's some f killin’, Wal, I got t When, without han. t followed him to uity and had By the time the Canon, therefore, t far advanced and t at kr ters, Doret thought again of th m he had rescued breathed a m than had rounded uy song-bi s them; they ¢ carniva was I who would risk in pre badly put te table. Already numerous early risers | * Were hurrying in to fortify them-|“ gelves against the raw day ust ke I've about rv M 2 ack te You? Wh Jerry it polls. or nd and I'm ¢ the penalty. I'll ride pine outlaw thru by ear him down till I g in the stirrups, then a-loose; I'll finish set I won't pull 4 “How ye horses “Dere’s some feller ain't wort’ Silim*. . to navig “Wel breaking, and among these last-| “I'm named, by some evil whim of fate,/a mom chanced to be the man for whom| Mr Sam Kirby had so patiently waited. | slip of The fellow had not come seeking | asser trouble—no one who knew one- | know armed gambier’s reputation sought| man than you trouble with him—but, learning that | experie Kirby was still awake and in a d things about gerous mood, he had entered the/had the « Gold Belt determined to protect him-| ing sort #elf in case of eventualities. a a Doret was but a few seconds be-|q poat to ind the man, but those few seconds| on the Were fateful. As t i into the saloo: € Was enough to fr What happenc ed, it came with such a Warning, that few of the witnesses, | @ven tho they beheld Were able later to details. Whether Gred the first attempt to do so s onist to lightning qu Tong a matter of dispute. the room became a place ing echoes. Shouts of prc of fright, the crast furniture, the stam, mingled with the iodd explosion of gunshots—pandemonium, | The duel was over almost as quickly as it had begun. Sam Kirby opponent reeled backward and fet @d up against the bar; above the his hoarse voice rose “He started it! You saw him! Tried by some to kill me!” crooked reas 2 He waved a smoking pistol-barrel | aged to misinterpret it at the cambler had sunk to his| the latter said: knees. Even while he was shout! Wut his plea for justification Kirby | you, Tom. You @id forward upon and the/|‘rate of my fe fingers of is ou! tehed hand|it up to me any oftener lowly unloosed themselves from 1o."" tot point is thi umption ¢ all md ¢ ing myse another bad cc It wa expression no | speake: exasperated Broad speaking. “Me ‘n’ Kid had Mr. Qu @ruck camp and was on our way| ‘You didn't m down to fix up our boat when wo| you?" beard about the killin’. We couldn't|” What Jerry wou Believe it, for Sam- to say |is uncertain, for his |the moment wa: | stranger who strode do’ 5 CHAPTER XV ~ it was afternoon when Lu Broad and Kid Bridges came to| her Jointly : é "Poleon’s Doret’s tent and called its} B jour, m’sieur’s @wner outside. | new-comer. I'm + | some lemon’ @ “We're hitched up and ready to|*0m¢ lemon Mr. Quirk spoke y ‘gid-dap,” but we came back to| : Gee how Letty’s getting along,” the| ‘’® ¥* a fe former explained. | = *Poleon shook his head doubtfull js face was grave. “She's por ‘seeck gal in beeg, cold | — deitind Gantiaantty ‘gountree wit’ no frien’s, no money—’ | ‘Oh yes! ‘o money Broad was startled. | you pay ‘nough for him,” sald he. “Why, He had We've got use for our bank-roll—” 1d we're going to keep * “Hoe lose five t’ousan’ dollar’ play-|said Tom. “We're lemon-eaters im’ card las’ night. Less ‘n eighty | full of acid—that's us.” ollar’ dey lef’ him, Eighty dollar’| “We wouldn't give lemon ald to| an’—dis." From the pocket of his} nobody.” Jerry grinned mackinaw 'Poleon drew Kerby’s re-|ious enjoyment of his own wit You got how man Volver. 2 tf Letty does win out, then what?” | Broad inquired. | “'Poleon considered the question.| en or two. 4] s'pose I tak’ her back to Dyea| an’ send her home. I got some dog.’’| ~ Lucky studied the speaker curious- TY; there was a peculiar hostile gleam in his small, colorless eyes. "Medicine every hour, and a steady fire, you say. You don't figger to get much sleep, do you “Non. No. But me, feller; I can sleep hangin’ up by dejan t're d sisted lady I'm strong | “De doctor he's go to "What's the big {d hour medicine, all de «"Eh?” Doret was frankly puzzled.| stove! Sapr Wat you mean ‘beeg idea’?" “We'll S what d'you expect to get out of| you want," ‘Tom volunt i) this?” ing a family man myself, I'm a “M'sieu'!’ The French Canadian's ,' face flushed, he raised his head and met the gaze of the two men. There as an air of dignity about him as regular nurse handy around hosse “Well, ain't the de bes’ I can! “Latty's a good girl, yunderstand o's different to these others—" «'Poleon iMterrupted with a a Oysters In season. Try them fried ‘They are, too.” | “Plumb different.’ The reach in search of a boatman 4 ~—_ x 2 ery : p Ask tH orlick’s MN | ners seated themselves awkwardly, The ORIGINAL thelr caps in their hands, Malted: Milk jously, apprehenalvely, they studied / the fever-flushed face of the fous girl letta’s thront AD EVER LOOM FoR, (1 HEE WHEAK YO GWINE WIP ALL OE RATIONS, 6 dame Boats ain’ MAN $AM Hi0e His Mowe WN > ore \ I CAN'T LOSE \T AND Ni PUT THAT $5000" RANSOM MONTY THiS $15,000' HURRY UO! rR TY COME RIGHT AFTER, US wit aeiae tf THE BOY-WEGS GOT COMPNY OVER, Yo OUR HOUSE FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS rapids, what that y sincere specc “Yo know I don’t throw at's tough!’ It was\up to you, Jerry. I al U2. WL! WE OLO | = ais TERDAY THAT JURY ANG Mn A AGW BABY Ar RIGIQ | OUSE TODAY —TAA WANA ASK WIA! AINT NO THEY=\T's & GWIAN WAX Form DAT GALS IDEA OF A G00D MEAL AM SME. N'SHE SHO Do EAT WEAALY. YAS WHY DON YO TRY FILLUN’ HER OP Goo |} DEY SHO MUST BE ACTS Me APPENTIZERS - SWE DOES | OAT WHAT AW i HER BAG EATIN B TWEEN MEALS. DiS | BEEN Trevin’ To y 90 FO THREE ONCE OEN MERE SWE WOULDN'T EAT YEP! ME STORK LEFT TT THIS MORNING! A BOUNCING BY BOY™ TAKE A RUN UP AND SEE HIM, UIRY YOU CAN 60 Too, 6 = DONT YOU \ TH SESE S\ UTTLE THIN, ABW BABY AT a THREE MEALS A DAY SEs SUPPLIES FO JES’ % SWOT Yo »\. MONIN'S Mour CON Bg pp (01925 BY tA SERVICE mec. WELL LUCY - I'M GLAD WERE 4 4 BACK IN OUR OWN HOME-OF ‘THEIR HOUSE was COURSE WE SAVED A LOT BY ALWAYS IN AN STAYING WITH THE GUNNS UPROAR = THE WHILE OUR HO! REPAIRED BUT eee A BETWEEN THOSE bN¢ 1 a CHILDREN GOT i 6 CONSTANT E WAS BENG | RRGUMENTS ~~ THANK HEAVENS WE'RE NGT BOTHERED WITH A LOT OF CHATTERING YOUNG PEOPLE — NOTHING GETS MY GOAT MORE THAN A FLAPPER'6 GAB ABOUT HER FELLOWS ANID LOVE S ~ UD RATHER BE ALONE ANY DAY — THERE GOES THE DOORBELL TLL SEE WHO and now accosted him and h LESLIE PRES The stranger—Quirk remembered | | him as the Frenchman, | whom he'had seen at Sheep Camp DRAWER—CONTINUED John's mother had left the | ting Is to send the c ulet spot while 1" Sand then my|SUperlative degree, husband made queerest propost- | ed c ver and it was Just as lovely | "PO! It A romance never as it could t please do not go | away and le have had you to “Oh, ‘bout enough! Mebbe a doz. long before Syd | myself? Why, since “I buy ‘em. Dere's poor seeck have to share you a dozen other people and h m cut in brusquely. won't buy anything hero. tell us your troubles. We've got enough of our own, and " ain't among the number.” of society events. scares & years of such drifting. dia gal been @r if I got to.” seeck—crazee in de head. am fire in do I'm half ‘sleep.” et up with her as long ns romance that n months of our m riage a heaven on earth you and I go on a “Me, too,” Jerry exclaimed. never had no family, but allus been and hosses js He said: “Dere’s plenty t'ing in dis|the same as people, only bigger. Worl’ we don’ get pay’ for. Mr. Linton stifled a laugh at this ="Dis gal—she's tiny snowbird wit'| remark, ‘That'll show you!"* broken wing. Bien! I fix her wing| he, ‘You leave it to me, Jerry.” honeymoon, when you thought of no one’and nothing else the boys off some. enough not to want even our sons to spoll our second honeymoon.” Oh, Little Marquise, I'm sure you! moMoRROW. Prescott to the Little Marquise, (Copyright, 1935, N, 3, ses with which John punctuat- ed this rather |that T was not e, I told him dren Ja replica of another. been back in| ter another with Isfied with af. wife all over wife you wero | posal as you hardly say that I'm selfish upon It." thrilled at the BY TAYLOR I JUST BROKE MY ENGAGEMENT WITH EDMUND ~- 1 THOUGHT T'D COME UP AND STAY WITH YOU AWHILE =I WANT TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL= HE MADE ME SO AISERABLE —~ BOO - Hove | M’DUFFER, THE , FLAPPER FANNY speech. It was so sweet yet something { SAYS He Jack paid little attention to because I was always there. | foolish to try to hing that you have enjoyed B ALIBIS DOWN ure that someone y Oh, I'm not saying, my dear, tha Do you realize |N® may not have one romanco 5 {f one tries, but when one wants to duplicate a romance, not had a real}be @ flat failure | Be that as it may, I partly prom- not only with the children but with| ised 1 would go ndreds| where, far from I just feel as tho! crowds, as soon as my were drifting Into one of those|turned home. I told him, h s that so mafly| that I must wait a Uttle while after 1 had returned from a few years of marriage. | Ruth. me when I] “I'm afrald I'm of Ruth, Loslle,” sald Jack. I want something more, I want a] se¢, I'vo always had a fe do|no two women could ever | friends ax two men may ney Carton and I go to each other, you know, but I do not think T am always as unselfishly at eat Ruth's “Maybe not, John, but you could| the ©1925 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. ways giving their husbands a piece Uttle Jealous Sixth, you turn around and go back to the place you started from, you are not allowed Nevers) (Copyright. 1S, Anwoclated Edltors, Ine) anuts and then race," “It certainly sounds stupid," sald the Big Fat Elephant, wagging first his trunk and then his tail to show never known such a devoted friend as Sydney Carton sometimes think that Biggled tho Big Fat Ele. You don't like peanuts peanut picker, I'll bet T could win sort of a race every “Stop quarrelir “It's time to said the Clown, | argument waxed hot; {t had 1 its helght when at Boldt's. (Popular prices.}—Adver: | laid a finger upon his ps, ement, manding allence, On tiptoe he led the two men into his tent he had issued Instructions and left ie “Here!” Jerry protested. | ForInfants, | )urnin' up with fevor, You blanket Invalidi ‘em when they've got chills.” Gent: ly he removed the covers from Rou (fo Be Continued) ee a OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON NO. 14—THE PEANUT RACE do dn A peanutying! 1 never saw avked the Big at volee Nick, “I was in You just race with pea-}| Peanuts.”’ “Oh, 1 don't monn that," laughed “Who ever heard of peanuts ye} Nick, “I mean shat 4 phant Wlephant, “They “Tl pass the forks," sald Nancy. Let mo tell you all about this i Man will put a pile of peanuts on toes right on the mark,’ Second, every person geta ything’s ready now, said the “Let mo seo, is everybody fork with a peanut, are two entirely Fifth, you all run to the table and TARR throat is usually y tho vapors of— Who is hiding in that “Nobdy!" came “Very well," sald the Clown. to be balancing # peanut on! elephant wins. you are déths it, | “Nobody wanted to peanuts anys But what do you think happened? favay,” said the voice from the Daty wasn't on when suddenly hel ‘The ‘Twins ran and peeped Me move even," exclaimed the Big Mat Ono, two, three, ready, go!’ Tanders as hard as they could go, stretthed out ped his peanut neatly rieht on the| ay you please. APORUB aulek affair, ition Jare Used Yearly without a peanut, and car MUD CENTER FOLKS “WHar’s TH’ IpeéR SJ DURN Ir! THey’'s 4 0! STICKIN’ TH’ CLOTHES LIMIT T ACL THINGS An’, PINZON.YER NOSE? | JEST COULDN'T STAND THET PESKY MOTH BaLL SMELL ’ROUND HERE No THE RECENT’ COLD SNAP'IN"MUDD CENTER HAS ADDED TO VHE PHYSICAL DISCOMFORTS OF CALEB SYKES a IT SEEMED AS THOUGH. EVERY OVERCOAT THAT CAME IN HIS STORE. WAS SCENTED WITH THAT PERFUME SO DISTASTEFUL TO THE MOTH —~ HOWEVER, CALEB FOUND A. REMEDY. © 1928 BY WEA SERVICE, INC. Ji ” “I've won! I've won by & ost If you @on't be-| he called in a loud yolce. you ploaso just go] ‘That's not far,” said the sh All I have to say is! ratte. you aro ever inal “They always say ft In races, # train, you won't| it must bo," sald the Clown, “The tly back} rel. “Let him have all he wants trunk and drop-|'Thore sat Humpty Dumpty as nee (Lo Be Continued)