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EVEXIXG
PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1919
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DAUGHTER of TWO WORLDS THE GUM PS Watching the Movers at Work
Ccpyr.eht, 1010 by the Trlbuna Co.
By Sidney Smith
iulhnr nf 'n.
A Mow of Afiti Vorl . '
By LKlOY SCOTT
13 Washington 3onrf"
'Maty ffpni. etr
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nflrrn
'rmerf hy Fprrlnt Arravormrut ,illh
niiplilnn. Himtn Co. .
Copyripif i?3. hi .fioi Stolt.
THIS 8TAKTS TIIH SI'OHV
Jennie Mnlonc is the daughter ol
Black Jerry Malnne, who conduct n
rafe In New Wk, "SIM" .Inekson
nnd she hntc been friend since
ibildhood, Together the.t forgo n
check Toe which Bonnie i nrrcsled,
Taking (be full blnnie upon herself,
to screen Slim, she is Riven n pic
limlnary licnriiiK, remanded for lur
Ihcr trial, but nllniu-i liberty mi ball.
The next morning .lennie hns dljnp
pearetl t'liolr (icorge. posing ns Iter
giinrdlnn. Hike her to it tlrst -class
boarding dion1. where she i Intrn
diiccil ns .lennie Miller from V onl
ine. Weeks nnil innutlii pn and
lennie litH into her surrounding.
Bin1 i snubbed and ignored, but
makes one friend. Sue tlariison. :md
nn oneini . (iloiia llnymoiiil. The,
Christum titration is spent nt school,
but in the spring Hue's niolher invites
her to spend the Easter holiday as
Sue's guest She accepts, nnil HihIm
herself in a linmlsuim1 I'ifth utenuc
Iioiipo. and she hts in here. too. lint
"blood calls to blood." She must sec
her father She meets her former
admirer, liairj Kdwaids, mi the
utreet "Tell dad I'll try to be lio.me
tonight Mime rime after midnight."
bIic sn.is.
AND UHltK IT CONTINUES. .
ncierlhclcss the re.t of that
rnoon nnil all that evening I
wore trying for her her unagiunlion '
wai constantly lenping feverishly
ahead but she kept close wnteli
Upon hci'clf. nud sbi' mniinged to
seem (he dillideiit. inthcr self-con
scions school girl siiffeiini: fioni noth
ing ctsc thon the occiisionnl and minor
embarrassments nnturnl in n Hist ilsil.
At 11 she went to bed and la tensely
in the darkness until after incite, when
she nictitated tliat all the household
was asleep Slie slipped out and crept
into Sue's loom and secured Sue's
latchkey from the dresser where she
had marked that Sue bad placed it
Then she dressed in (he dark she had
enrefullj laid nut Iter clothes for this
and crept cautiously downstairs and
nut the front door. In the deep-shadow
cd vestibule she halted unit peeied out.
1'nrlune. was with her The private
watchman who patrolled the block had!
passed the house unci was proceeding,
slow and heavy -footed, tnttmil the west
nnil there was on one ilc in the stieet.
She drew her veil down to her nose,
buried her face up to the nose lu her
fur boa and stepped quickly forth and
walked rapidly, but without appearanie
of haste, toward the east, turning south
nt the first im ucr.
Taking :i Madison atenue surface car
she rode to forty-second stieet, chang
ed there to the subwnj. got out at
Fourteenth street and walked south
ward. Fear conslantlj i hitched a! her,
but her danger was not pn great as
she thought her fine tun vlrtuall
hidden ami the hour was one at which
most devotees of late pleasuie had set
tled down in their place of lust call
and there was virtually no one in the
streets who might lecognize her.
' At last she came into her old neigh
borhood the neighborhood Unit had
been home to her until ii months
before llei heart beat higher still,
anil now not so mucn irom tear. Mie ,,.,, ,,, , 0(.r
pausi'ii nnu sieppeu lino a doorway.
She. knew the posts of the polircmcn
down here, and she waited until she
'saw that the oflirer stationed neatest the
I'eltln was at the further end of his
beat; then she hurried on and ap
proached her old home.
fortune again fatored her. No one
was entering or lentiug the I'ckin.
She slipped into the passage and
glidtd along it. lint she halted at the
side door: within the two-piece orr
chestrn was playing, there was dancing
and laughing -the old familiar sounds
of her childhood, the tonal background
of her life. Then sn ciept upstairs,
. and very gently she turned the knob.
The door was unlocked and swung
open nnil (here sat her father, her aunt
and J la i ry Edwards,
a at man
They sat down and she told (hem
about tlraitliewood Hall about hei
plan for her own behavior tvhii li was
In carry her upwanl.ihout Sue and
the Harrisons; and all the tyhlle Harry i
'Edwards's ejes were on her medltn
I lively, hungrily In pain and doubt I
and determination. And then she asked '
j uboul things here nt home, nnil then
stie asked Harry nbout himself.
"I'm getting nn line." lie declared
"Heineinber what you paid nbout Snm
.Conway about his heinc a crooked'
I politician who never helped nnybod.t
, unless he expect! to eollei I nbout ,itlO
per cent on the deal some time? Well, i
I I know now jou were just nbtut ,"iOO l
i per cent wrong. On the oHIce sta
tlonerj Sam doesn't tiguie as anjbod.t
in the liairison firm, but when It comes
to real business he's somebody big. all
fight. And he's solidly behind me.
and he's pushing me along; he's my
friend nnil he's going In s0 Hint I
get on "
.lennie enjoyed this irlimitinu fiom i
the tigidltles of good foim. nfler hat
ing been for s month so iuduslri
ously nnd larefnlly n lady. "And -n.
Harry," she said tauntinglj , "In cause
you've got a filend to push you. 1 up
i pose you'ie leaning buck with your feet
crossed and amn't trying." '
I m trying linider than
i in the firm!" he bilstlid.
"There's jour answer, mi child. If
tnu'ir getting on it's I'hciiiim' jou'te I
trying. And what I nld about Snm I
'Conway still stands: if he iloes heln I
von. you'll get a little bill for it some ,
day. Hut let's atoid trouble and i
chance the subiort, Who picks tour'
neckties now . Ilarr.t '"
"I guess f,s nuKtie K nil light !"
"I tu glad to hear li " l... ni,'
solicitoulj. "for it ilorsn'i , t
all well. Looks ns I hunch jou iIhrIii
togitc it something to leilucc its fever
What s the matter with it. Hnrrt
smallpox. scai let fever, or iiM a n'er
vout breakdown?"
"It's as good as that t. g llnfrison
had nn this nfternoon !" he llunc at
her.
."Is it V Then thai young Iluirisnu
was exposed to nnil probablt caught a
very serious sickness n,j, liftd-rioon
poor fellow."
"fiom the way he was looking at
you, it wns ens? enough to guess what
sickness the poor fellow was catching."
Harry ictoited meaninglt.
Iter eyes giew sboip. "(li
what you're insinuating. I
thought of thai befoie. sj0
jealous, aie ouV"
He apoke doggedly, ilefiantl.t . "Well.1
I m going to niiirrj you some tiny - '
you just lemeniber (hat. And in tin '
meantime I don't want any mini to
make u fool of ton."
"You think lie could make n fool
of meV" she asked with a protoklnglt
cool smile. "I'm not so sure he could.
ill might he the other way mound.
Anyhow, it's a line idea jou'te put
in mj head. I'll think it nier. Thrnks.
And if I eter ilo work it out, Ilnuj.
you'll sine be adequately reniembcreil.' '
He giew red. mill swallowed haul
"I'd like to he your teacher for just
about live full-siml minutes in school
, whoie corpoial punishment hadn't been
abolished.'"
"I say . you two lay off each olio
oroeieu macs, .leiry. i an I you eei
without slni'tine a due
hght!"
Her tensing manner vanished. "I'm
-orry. dad I'm sorry. Hurry. I never
saw Kenneth Harrison until yesterday
As for him, he hasn't seen me at all
yet. I'm not worth botheiing to look
n( just a shy little schoolgirl. Let's
see whnt it really is that's wrong with
that necktie. Hum the poor thing'''
She fusjcil for a moment with the
tie, then her head darling forwind
a lined a kiss at his check which skidded
nud ran off on to one of his ems. Ite
fore lie lould move she had spuing be
hind her father with a laughing "Satj
me, dad; sate me!" The next moment
he was after her with a flee, bojih
shout, but she eluded him. piloting
about her father, laughing protokiugit
nt him nil the while.
r"-C lOOKAT THE WAY TrAT 7
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t WOULD tAY ME TQ WAUK At-ONC
Three- op 'en boiNCT one Man's
VMOFAK. THERE'S ONEr FfcLV.OVM Blsy
1 trriuVJtjH l O'l-rKiWt s l-iAsrvisj fAiMO m;
VWrsLK OUT VvlltH A
BEI UAT-lUliP
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THOSE PEtLOVN?. WOUublWAKE -VOU
ONSNT YAVUU VoNt-fA- YOU
CAN"! YFUL THrcAA TO NUrVIOR. THEY'LL.
START TO eAPLAIN SONI?TrilNCr AND
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AND XOOCVN QtT XUUR
f . Ft- THtf LU rs.WYS
(Ui(i!r CHOCK IN AVMNOUL
DAY OH YOU
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PRICE
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VWOMbEfc VNEY WOULDN'T MAKE-A
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TOVMOftVC BV THE HOUR
YvEY KNOW AAORe ABOUYTAAfeTNAM
VMrsYCH - YME QNLV OOALI r-trjfrt rM A
Man has to wave ro get a, vJOS LIHt
ir,v i tu at r. stood WAfEl?
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PETEYEven Sooner Than Thai
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By C. A. Voight
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hadn't I
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Huh, The Dhaiz.
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AFTE CUYIUG VoO
A vn?sr-vAYCH SoS
"YoDx Know The.
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dLWk I Hllfiffltii z J ? ?u ANtccEL .
The Young Lady Across the Way
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Mother Srnt Little Albert Along With the Potcfrful Katrinka to Return the Dining
Chairs She Borroued From a Seighhor This Thanksgiving -;- By Fontaine FoX
AND ON THE WAY OVER
UrXUE A U BERT INYEHTED
A NHW GAME CAUED,
"OBSERVATIOK
"CAP STUBBS"His Tlxanksgiving Stomach Is a Bottomless Pit
ByEdicina
She halted ail iustiuit, her breath
coming quiik and gazed at her father,
It lark .leriv lose at sight of bei His
dark fnce twilihed a trllle and his big
chest filled. Then he held out his
hand. I
"llottd.v. .lennie," he snid gruffly, i
"Rut tvhnl the hell" ,
"Dad' slie cried, and sprnng for
ward and threw her iirms about liis
neck Instantly be stiained her to
him ".lennie!" lie breathed ".leu- ,
nie!' !
After a moment he let her gr nnd
nhe embraced and kissed her aunt and
shook hands with liairj. '
"lint what j on mean, mining down
liere?' .lerry dcinaudeil.
"I just lind to see you. dud."
He swallowed at that. "Well, I'm
flad to sie you, .lennie."
I'ride swelled within him as he now
took her in moie fully : something like
awe came into bis manner. "You cer
tainly look like you been making good,
.lennie uii lertaiuly do look the
class. Tell us whut It was like."
piotesled
toughs till
Heie, can that stuff
Black Jerry. "You two
making loo much noise!
(till for a moment longer she Inughru'
nt Hairy, nnd he made futile lunges
nt her. And then a toice spoke from
acioss the loom :
"Hello. Jerry. What's up?"
Thev all wheeled sharply about, ex
cept Jennie who at that instant was
behind her father. The door tins open
and in it stood a man with heniy fine
nud flat feel, holding a derby hat in one
hand nnd a lialf-smnkeil
fllher.
"Casey!" ejaculated llliick Jeiiy,
"Sure. Don't I look like my pic
tuie?" said the plainclothes man good
naturedly. "What are you doing here':"
"Friendly call. Dropped in to your
Joint to Miy bow's jour liver tonight
and was told you weie up here. I
knocked no one nnsweied the door
was unlocked I walked light In. Why,
ain't you glad to see me, Jerry?"
(CONTINIKD TOMOHKOWl
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The toiiiig hull iii-iiis the way 3lMV etj&P -- -,,
says she ollen thinks the whole JT TS?" " (Ml'
i rni e question roilld be settled sat- jr , " "zXSZ'""''
isfndorili simply by mnking the i-' ' ""
Hie! . 1 ..IJn', ..
(ill- -' III''. ..Ullllll I ji' ,H'
(tiov stop', you won r
- E? "BE A?LE TO EAT A.
' y qoXJn& " pinner'
e "heavens', a third "
B-" I HELPING'. 3ONT GIVE I
,V 0(H ,t to Hln MILT.' HE'LL. J
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NATHAN YOUR MOMAtH
CCC I ,LJIP I TUfcT
WTJ7 A SL1ELLTJIH.fi.enl
IF A FELLER COULTJ
ONLt. A' HAD ,
ENOUGH OP it:
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SOMEBODY'S ST ENOG Missus Mulligan's Husband Is Only on Half -Time
By Hayward
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
iiv nuitiv
"THE SHOWER OF JEWELS"
f,lfovfjs run nicny ieii thr jcitfli
nf Rajah ,lir-Iliibu after helping On-la-la
and I'ragv rreorei them fiom
Hindu robbers. Pcguu and On -la -la
trick the innnKriy,t iiio throwing the
grins at them, hut the bombardment of
jewels t oecomiiij; serious ichen Pin
dar, "if elephant, lamri In Die
rescue, covering the Inn irilh Ail
liodu.)
The Joke on (be. .Monkey
JEWnT,S nnd gold pieces, thrown by
the monkeys on the wall, bounced
off the tough hide of I'indar. the ele
phant, llkn linilstones off the roof of
a tc.at. Of course, (lie elephant s. skill
Vim no (hick that the bombardment of
nlniiii stones wliich had beaten Oo-
U In nnd IVgg.v to the ground didn't
I'Egy and Oo-ln-la were going to throw I
the gems back, but when they found that j
they had been tricked and that the j
riches were being gathered up to be
carried away, they Hew into a rage nnd !
I'indar's great trunk had to thrash
around like n windmill to keep them
from leaping after the jewels.
In (iii-k time the gems and gold
rleres ,wtit all in (he rug. Oo-la-ln ,
1 wrapped them up. and I'indar lifted ,
i (hem inlo (he howdah. Nex( he picked
j up Peggy, and last of all he put Oo-jln-la
on his head, "fiood-by, Utile
I Urothers." he trumpeted to the mon
keys. They shrieked in a fury nt the
way they had been fooled, but their
tnee turned to joy when they saw (he
broken bits of sherbet bottles that had
been left behind. To their eyes the
I glittering bits of glass were just ns
Gosh , I'GoT A LoT
To BE THANKFUL "FoR.
WHEN t6o Come to
Think cOf it-
ricOME For
THANKS6IVIM6
TURKEY Am
EVERVTHW6 -
hurt him n bit, but Pindar didn t let the ..irnhi ns (hn lewels. ami H,p
. .,, if- ..i.i i.a :-- -- ."" --. . ......
mOnkCIS KnOW llllll. lie IUTIOIUVII lir
iinB being battered to pieces, squealing,
moaning and naking a great fuss.
The inonkejs liail lieen so eager In
fight Oo la la and Peggy lhal when
Pindar covered ihe two with his huge
body they were much vexed. Hill the
squealing of (he giant elephant as if
tbey were hurting him terribly turned
the anger of the monkeys inlo impish
delight, and (hey pelted him willi all
their might lo make him i,qural tbn
more. They were proud (ft think they
could make an elephant dance nnd roar.
Although (he monkey tlidn't know it,
this was a lot of fun (o Pindar. His
fat ide shook with mirth, nnd be rum
bled and chuckled like n young oarth
imke. All of which the iiioukeyn took
as proof that they were giving him a
sound whipping.
"Pick up the jewels and gold," mum
bled Pindar to Peggy nnd Hill) . nnd
tbey got busy in n hurry. Pindar
leached up into his hondnh and pulled
out ()i rich rug that covered (lie floor.
This he threw down lo Oo-ln-la and
Peggy, and (hey heaped (he jewels nnd
gold pieces upon It.
Soon the monkeys had (hi own down
every single, gem and, gold piece nnd '
Peggy nnd Oo la la could run about
freely jmking (hem up,
The monkeys dodged nnd bid, thinking , surprise.)
swarmed down to pick (hem nn.
Pindar set off in great strides for
t lie palace of llnjah .Mlr-Iliihu In re
store the stolen fortune. He was go
ing swift as tbe wind, when suddeult
be met the Dog-With-lbe-C'llppcd-rnr
coming from the other direction.
"Flee! Flee!", barked the dog. ns
he dashed past. "Here, comes Itamdn
Kin nnd the Hindu robbers on their
fighting elephants."
Pindar stopped short and Oo-ln la
and Peg;y looked anxiously ntiead
They Bntv a cloud of dust rapidly com
ing near. At first they had thought it
only a little whirlwind. Then tbey
sntv it was made by three huge ele
phanta coming swiftly with trunks
stretched far out.
"Er-urnpb! Er-umph !" trumpeted
Pindar. "Those arc three big fellows.
I might whip one or two, but three are
unother matter. Kr-umpli! Er-umph!
You'll hnvr.to use jour magic, Mighty
Oo-la-ta, to save us, and the rajah's
fortune,"
"Let them come," said Oo-ln-la, but
Peggy noticed that his voice was shuk
ing, "Let them come and I'll show
them what my innglo will do."
(Tomorrow tall he told hnw thr
thiee huge elephants get' a magical
t'ninitjjht. 1P10. bv Public Ideer Co.
S If CaEE: I ALMOST FORGOT MRS. MULLI6AM IP IT PUT THE EXIT OH THE BEST RA(?TL I" WHY SURE AJ ITS MISS Lnr-
THE POOR? SCf?UB LAOS-.' I BET THEV OF A WEEKS Wf BUT IT WILL. Ez tOFLAfiE! JEST IN TIME FOR : -I
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