The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 10, 1925, Page 12

(Podiished by arrangement with First National Pictures, tec, aod Yank Liege reductions, Ine.) CHAPTER NAL s s . tself was a familiar figure th ed Pierce's casual referenc Headquar It's foot When no tat share in ree wm 4 below his embled the tracks of some ne \ « u v y a pec exp r b face. | “Yes. I know her well,” the lat- | ter said, quietly P’you mean to} say she invited you to t 4 not more. nor would it ha gered him. These m atly an, was ostracized! ated him with | ywship really eyes he wan considered him un elr women, It was . no mood t +++ What seemed at first glance to ‘ shock be a. bird-woman. - ck was administered key persons city was w glance to be at r out of the pages . mythology. Pierce had not seen eit Upon he parture f came se upor the Rock's insult © bro. Hun. Phillips! How are you tt’ the man inquired. ed dismay heard, too, a high-pitched cry, half of warning, half of fright; the next | s gruffness, Joe's grin} nstant there was a mighty up-|Widened. There was nothing of| heaval an explosion of| Pleasure at the meeting, nor of| feathery as the human pro-| friendliness behind {t, however. On jectile ta a blur of blue.| the contrary, it masked both malice it went rolling|and triumph, as was plain wh lhe asked: declivity Lord” Pierce cried, | Did you hear about our strike? | then he sped after the ap-| “What strike.” | ‘Why, it’s all over town! Frank Ited, “speechtess, when the}and I hit pay in our first shaft- sat up, shook the snow out of {three feet of 2 hair, gingerly felt one elbow,| “Real Pierce could not re other, and finally burst] strain a movement of surprise. al of ringing laughter. | Joe nodded and chuckled, mean ber’? he stammered. “| while keeping his malignant gaze| were—completely spoll- | octeed upon the younger man's |face. “It's big. We came to town the girt|to buy grub and a dog team and st I guess I'm|to hire a crew of hands, We've) at a bump!’ | got credit at the A. C. company up} a dangerous way to| to $50,000."" thought skis| There was a brief pause which | Pierce broke by inquiring, as casu- | them?” | ally as he could | Did Tom and Jerry have any i”? I uck You don’t know what fun {s.| “Sure thing! They've hit it, the Here—"’ The speaker stooped and| samo as us. You tossed off a home detached her feet from the straps.| stake, kid. Don't believe it, eh? “Just have a go at it.” Pie | Well, here's the proof—coarse gold tested, but she insisted in a busl-| from Hunker.” With an ostentious | ness-like way. “They’re long ones} flourish the speaker flung down al too long for me. ‘They'll just|half-filled poke, together with al suit you.” jbar check, “Cash me in, and don't “Really, I don’t care to- }let any of it stick t “Oh yes, you do, You must.” | Pierce as impel to hurl the Her mocking invitation spurred; 1 sac at Joe's head, but he re him to make the effort, so he re-|strained himself. His hands moved the skils and waded a short | shaky, however, and when he un- your fingers,” ere distance up the hill, When tied the thongs he was mortified at “had secured his feet in position for | spilling some of the precious yellow | a second time he called down | particles. Mortification changed to| “I'm going to let go and trust| anger when the owner cried, sharp- to Providence. Look out.’ | ly: The same to you,” she cried. | You’re wonderful, but—men can do| you? Just cut out the sleight-of- anything, can't the | hana!’ There was nothing graceful, noth-| Pierce smothered a retort; silently ing of the free abandon of the|he brushed the dust back into the| tised skii-runner in rce’s «a | blower and set the weights upon his ude; he crouched ape-like, with | scales his muscles set to maintain anj When Pierce went oft shift he equilibrium, and this much he suc-|looked up Lars Anderson and re ¢eeded in doing—until he reached| ceived confirmation of the Hunker} ¢ jumping-off place At that}strike. Lars was in a boisterous point, however, gravity, which he} Mood and er to share his tri-| had successfully defied, wreaked | umph. vengeance upon him; it sudde Toward the reached forth and made him {ts| Laure found him braced against vindictive toy He pawed, hej|the bar; the face he turned. upon fought, he appeared to be climbing| her was cold, repellent. When she an invisible rope. With a mighty| Urged him to take her to supper ho flop he ded fiat on his back,|8hook his head uttering a loud and dismayed grunt “What's the matter?” she in as his breath left him When he | auired. had dug himeelf out he found that) “Big Lars never told you Hunker e girl, too, was breathless, She) Was low grade,” he declared, was rocking in silent ecstasy, she ‘he girl flushed; she tossed her lugged herself gleefully, and there|dark head defiantly, “Well, what) were tears in her eyes. of it?” ‘m—so—sorry he exelaimed,| “Simp! ‘Tom and Jerry and a thin, small yolce. “Did you—|the McCaskeys have struck rich Hey! Got cashier's ague, have} 80 of the show in trip over something?” ill. Twas afraid of a sprained an. “You lied to me." kle, so I hit on my head. Wel Impatiently he flung her off and| meet on common ground, as it| Strode out of the theater wave!” Laure was staring blindly after| “Not very,” he confessed. He was|¢d the girl in relieved when she did not ask the] ‘That's what I'm doing, and reason for his lack of fitness, minding it good. I've got a lot of With her skiis slung over her| business—with that rat." Joe's sin- shoulder, the girl strode along be.| ister black eyes held Laure's in side Phillips, talking freely on vari.| spite of her effort to avold them ous topics, but with no disposition | !t was plain that he wished to to chatter. more, but hesitated “Maybe = tt nee you et the next} would pay us to get acquainted,” dance,” she suggested, he finally suggested, “Frame and “pance!’ The word struck Pierce |e and the Count are having a bot- tmpleasantly. | tle of wine upstairs, Better join ) us? “Saturday night, at the Bar. |. i" Saturday be Bar| wy wit sald Laure, after a mo racks. With a hod and a smile she was| Ment: ‘Tomether they mounted the] | ® gone, leaving gim to re stairs to the gallery above. (To Be Continued, he did not evén know hier name,| Well, that was of no moment; Dawson was @ amall place, and Movink pictures have been au Saturday was not far off. He hod}fully transmitted by wirelens by heard about those official parties | means of a machine denigned by an st the Barracks and he made up American inventor. The young man grinned. “Not at| ‘Indeed? of voice THE SEATTLE STAR SALESMAN $AM EN TOMRET NAN NOONED | uc Avon {7 | Nor J r a L.GO IN ONCE MORE EE i Sees \ON'T SOME SIBLE WAM OF EGCAPE Zi} PRACTICIN, UP « PLEBE\AN B tank tata coax A ram) % YOU EVER HEAR [— e]| ELS 3 irene AAVE TO SPTAK FRECKLE iS. AND HIS FRIENDS Ry BE TUS IS AS « MISS = = GIES AE 4 TD HAUL HER BABY ABLE MOM’N POP SAY DSOT- L NOTICE THERE'S A YOUNG LADY VISITING AT TYTE’S— Bo YOU KNOW WHO r SHE IS ame R - le, Aw GEE WE WERENT S F miea | DOIN ANYTHING. Wik ON | mee fn TRIFLE AN (Z1] WERE o Bike * TO BOOTS AD : ( o000H! MAT a re ay AS Br SOVE .CORA VON T THE BTA IN THAT MAGNIFICENT # TOU . a BY MARTIN \% 20m ey) ot) En aps RAK RAH KID WILL 6\WE ) NE HEART, } WHY DON'T ‘ D GQ OVER A A ACQUAINTED? NIECE Ne acount WELL L'VE BEEN) Busy BESIDES SHE PROBABLY WANTS To VISIT WITH HER AUNT A FEW DAYS FIRST oA YoU _ NO GET LETTER FROM BRADFORD TO MRS. MARY | ter if I id not ALDEN PRESCOTT— know this and Juat a CONTINL Lou from a frien Of course, dear } much. bewildered very seem possible women by the nam ott who had t Pres City and we ss ou had been | your old friends, k }der no circumstances th your hair, I rememb fied out again; 1 | take—and that | your hair, I knew, if n that company However, when \ the lady whom | great care of ¢ ceeded to describe a he evidently one night at spoke of a Mr, Small that low. I was glad that you, dear Mary you invelgh wore Q ‘ou were when I the way, PRISCILLA | would not ro all! you, write not | it very clea two/an Mr. Gibson described Alden If you wr it to me, Tw fi t Atlantic | friendship’s sake, be glad ® papers that 1 {t to all your fri Perhap However, we, ould be well to have the Rey | Smalley read it from the pulpit would dye/at prayer meetin w horri-| Mr bson bobbed mine | your home. He thou was charmed wit I have 1 grow |er’s family were ve lu w it wa 1. mis-| able to live In a place of so much as to put upon | refinement. Ho particularly loved 0 one else in| your old mahogany and black wal you would not do, | nut furniture, You will be glad udmired, a par cing pa aned ergray lace gown cloth with silver lings, we all sald tt }you. Particularly as shoes and stock-| been having lately the wife of the}sure they would bo pay.” | Reverend Smalley in a shocked tone | your house and furniture, said that it Gibson pro-| know that the Gibsons are taking ything that you as wearing | have and I heard a number of your ty—when ho|friends tell mo that it was very rty, tho Rey. | probable that you would never re a very short, | turn because it went without ing over silver} that after the luxury that you have he quict and of us here could not ibly be much to your taste. Ey could not be|simplicit he told us! | woman's dress was cut very|one here likes the Gibsons and | J you should decide to sell it, I'm could not be} Mr. Orson Gibson scems delighted for she had heard| with the place. We all hope h againat immodest dress. ettle down here, Truly your friend, women who | Will Of course, my dear Mary, I know PRISCILLA BRADFORD. sudden fury suspected in wearing such You're not very fit, are you?’|him when Joe McCaskey apoke to}you are very much shocked that! (Copyright, 1925, N. B, A. Service,Inc,) id she, her, “Have a dance?” he inquired,| some other woman of your name is Pierce colored uncomfortably,| ‘Mind your own business,” storm.|making it possible for you to be| TOMORROW—Lelter from Mri your home town as|Mary Alden Prescott to Priscilla indecen: t clothes, 1! Bradford, ¢ TWINS OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON NO. ‘What shall we pla ed Nick "Yes, wit shall we cried all tha®High "We have pl thing.” ‘Oh, no, we haven't,” Corn Dodger ayed “There 19—A GUESSING GAME, next?” ask: | bobbed for apples yet and we jhaven't had a beanlunt and we play next?" | haven't had a guessing, game and Jinks people. | we haven't had about every “Lets Nave a guessing game,’ sald Nanc said Mister] “Phere you go," grumbled Jack ire a lot of | O'Lantern, “Always wanting us to things we haven't done, We haven't! use our brains when you know very ! M’DUFFER, THE GOLFER / if / Ves— iy I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY YOURE she looks the other way just going to tell you how thing 1 want you to guess I tell you everything about uess what it is. ‘That's a AY DEAR BOY. TAKE CARE y h —, YOU SEE YOULL x eo UPSET THAT | . YOUNGSTER tos “A YOUNG GIRL LIKE HER WOULD GET ENOLGH OF MRS. TYTE IN AFEW HOURS- ULL BET SHE'D APPRECIATE FLAPPER FANNY says f j DY NEA SERVICE, INC. to guessing game, You do St this Suppose 1 think of a certain ! CANT nN ) THATS ALL RIGHT- IT AIN OURS iT th A chaperon eileaus) looks better it| play it but NM. its name, and then you have to} “Oh, that's easy,” said the Hi well that I haven't any “You don’t haves to have any|down carefully so he could brains to guess,” laughed Nancy better, I'm ready Mister Dodger somethin | Dog-ThatLaughed barked out,land has a face on it.” | ow, please, don't say we are to] “Miew! laughed the cat !to Diddle-Diddle-Cat, laying his. fiddle} 1 think | hed his mouth) “What is it," said Mister Dodger when the Little-| “that is round and bright and shiny vote on it, Mister Dodger You] certainly easy 1 think you remember the trouble I got into} it up just for me. It's the moon!" hat's | made | MAYBE YOU'RE — ANDO BY THE WAY-L‘VE GOT A DOLLAR ~AS SOON AS PoP GETS HOME WITH THE CAR J/LL COME OVER AND TAKE YOv BOTH TO AN ICE. CREAM PARLOR CATIONS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD mn oa Y ie YOU CAN'T RECALL / your FATHER'S NAME, THEN TELL ME WHAT YOUR MOTHER CALLS HIM | when wo voted *on cat-chasing. T} “No, sir! said Mister Corn Dodg- | | got my eyes and nose all mixed “Tt dsn't u | up.” What led the cat, “Not the fc © 1925 | Mister Corn Dodgér laughed, | moon! Well, I declare! ‘This is a| }"Why no, I wasn't to say| harder gamo than 1 thought." Jack O'Lantern had nothing to Janything about it," he sald, “I was! “r know what it is," sala the}8ay to this, but just grinned fool | - = == | Ton-o'Clock-Scholar, “It's a sityer | !shly | dollar.” “My — goodness, : Fre Pee r ra d goodness, Mister Dodger LEARN RIGHT ” sald Mister Dodger from n't it, either, And it \ miss BRIGHT | ©: sim or.» sar Dilyate Laden AN oure {I'm round and bright and Cinas Wed. and Sat. 710 jand I have a face," Soclal Donce Sat. Nite | ‘ “poe 1 said ‘it, markec 1004 Ath at Pine wAin-roas |] i hoy “A uaeeate OVEN 10 to 10 jodger nd you aren't - jare your THE TEACHER OF THE MUDD CENTER SCHOOL WAS TRYING To FIND OUT FROM A NEW MEMBER OF THE CLass THE NAME OF HIS FATHER w. HIS REPLY WAS AN ELOQUENT TRIBUTE To THE DOMESTIC RE- NEA SERVICE, INC. sometit Se) Se It's a ‘That's right,” said st “phat | Lots of things are round and bright | ¢t n't A nickel | r or A now] sald he penny. It isn’t money at all,’ Miator an shiny and meda “Well then,’ in on it and Scare one of sombody » he, ho know!” sang out| that s shiny and have my left there, And shiny, too!" oy coat sald Mister Wave a pockets Dodger “Vil tell You a little more about it. It ia and round and face brigh and ta two. nd shiny hands faces on them," | Crow wants And it has} would be. It's almost as Us bright and “Mo! “It's 1 riddles. Phe the next question, Nick) Dodger tn Se ey SE ai on 18, ha CALL HIM worri fi Sie. Likes Him! fi | | mes three handsy now what it ts"! sala watch.” Exactly right. : to play some mei . 1! Wort erled @ nore fun than we tht nit your time to a said “You guessed “" cro Be Continued) A Sie yi