EVENING 'PVBLiO LEDaER-PHIi;At)BLPHlk, KONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1920 f HE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER A Detective btory by J. S. Fletcher jx&wwgM m co. SYNOPSIS fnnk Spargo, a young London' Zner man, returning homo from uacouvlo o men peering into mo V ? ....... - mi nllajicaii. Jnvcsti- il,b corner of an oUcytcou. &n showed a man recUnu iit'iiff against tti". '. j.,,j 4hn itnmn ntirl .1. -iKI-rr 1.- IU (MU wrmsr ......, .. . - "J..: "Ronald Jiret name on. varristcr. Walk, Temple, Lon- Snargo, uctecuvo iiainoury Kins' B?Mh Ti Breton visit the mortuary, where ,hs murdered man is lying. Breton '",., ;lc docs not know him. Spargo Z Breton argue his first case in Zrt on is introduced to his fiancee titter. Evelyn andJessicAglmore. A r fsiMdcto the hotel where the. irf wan had stopped and registered ""John Uarbury.'' lie received hut . .Uitor. a tall iccll-dresscd man. suddenly barrister Zibut that ho had ,ust arrived from .." ,.i,v and visited a Mr. Cardie- ,lw, of the Temple, a few doo,-3 from tfkrc he teas found dead. AND JIEIU5 IT CONTINUES) turned" ou the young burrii -tit a sharp. ncutc filnncc. "Eli?" uc exclaimed, -mini's mis; YOU 6fly Dl 1UUU IIUU .YUlll UU1IIU UUU Iiddros ou him, young urctonl yours l And that lie camo from Australia?" Tbat's all that's known.' Mr Cardlestone nut aside Iuh urn hrclla', produced tt bandanna handker chief ol strong colors, and blew hlj U l1.,.lf.n fill IllIll 10Se in U rciietmi. ...O...UU. "That's u mjstcnous thing," ho ob imcd. "Urn docs Elphick know all Ml'" .,-.,. c i i...- lircton iookcu m. oui," "p " hHdk him for an explanation of Mr. Cirdlestouc'u altered mpner. And aazo took up the conversation. PNo." he Mild. "All that Mr. Ml nnlck knows is that Mr. Holaud Uro ton's name nd address were on the mid of paper found on the body. Mr. GIonlCK nere oiiuiku iuuncu " A.A Breton "Mr. Klphirk," lie Lwnilv continued, slowly transferring PIs'glancc to the old barrister, "spoke toinif to view tho body." "Ah!" exclaimed Mr. Cnrdlcstoni jcerh. "It can be been? Then I'll go kaiseeiU Where Is It?" Breton btarteti. "But my dear sir! he buid. 'Why?" Mr. Cardlestonc picked up his um brella again. "I feel a proper, curiosity about a jstcry which oceiim at my very door," ho Paid. "Also. I have known more than one mail who went to Australia. This micht I say might, young gentle- ben might bo n man I had ouco noivn. Know mc wiiero tins nouy is." Breton looked helplessly at Spargo : it i plain that he did not understand he turu that things woic tuning, nut spargo was quick to seize au oppor unitj. In another minute he was con flicting Mr Cardlestone through the ins knd outs of the Temple toward Ukick- nars. And as they turned into Tuuur trcet they encountered Mr. Klphick. "I am going to the mortuary," he emarked. "fro, I suppose, arc you, 'ardlctouc? Has anything more been liscovercd, young man?" Spargo tried a chance bhot at what ic did not know. "The man's name was Marbury." he said. "Up was from Australia." lie ias keeping n keen eye on Mr. lphlck, but ho failed to sec that Mr. ilphick showed any of the burpriso hioh Mr. Cardlestone had exhibited. tathor. he seemed indifferent. "UHV he baid "Jlnrbury? And rom Australia. Well I should like to ice the body." spargo and XIreton had to wail out idc the mortuary ttwhiln the. Iwn oMnr ;entlcmen went in. There was nothing o be learnt from cither when they rc Wfared. "Ve don't know tho man." said Mr. ipnics, caimiy. "As Jlr. Uardlestoue, Understand, has Rnhl in vnn nlrpmlv tc hae known men who went to Aus raha, and as this man was evidently puideriug about the Temple, wo oougbt it might have been one of them, ymo obck. isut wo don't recognize lim." i "Couldn't recognize him," said Mr. 'uaue5ionc. "No! They went away together arm in arm, nil lircton looked at Spargo. As if anybody on earth ever fancied Well now, they d rccognirc him 1" ho said, what are you going to do Spargo? I must go." hpurgo, who had been digging his walking-stick into a crack in the pavu. ment, came out of n fit of abstraction. .1 "I?m 'T. 6nl(I- "Oh-I'm going to the office." And he turned abruptly uV;?y', '!ml allInit straight off to tho editorial rooms nt the Watchman, mnde for one in 'which silt the official guarr dian of the editor. "Try to get mc u few minutes with the chief," he baid. ' rhe private secretary looked up. "fa ' importaut?,f he asked. Big!" auswered Spargo. "Fix it." Once closeted with the great man, whose ldiosjnernsics he knew pretty well by that time, Spargo lost no tinic. ,,i,,,"!,Y0 Iiear'1 ahm,t "'Is niurder in Aliddle Temple lane?" he suggested. 'The mere facts," replied the editor, tersely. ' 'I Was thern u-hpn lUn lin.lt. t.-nu fnllml " rtnfl...n.l (J.... !i .....,., v.mi.Nirai .-.iinriiu, ami gavo u brief resume of his doings. "I'm cer tain tliis is u most unusual affair," he went on. 'tit's as full of mystery ns as It could be. I want to give my at tention to it. I want to specialize ou it. I can make such a story of it as we haven't had for some time ages. Let me have It. And to start with, let me have two columns for tomorrow morning. I'll make it big 1" The editor looked across the desk at Spurgo's eager face. "Your other work?" he bald. "Well in hand," replied Spargo, "I'm alicnd a whole week both articles and reviews. I can tackle both." The editor put his linger tips to gether. "Have you got borne idea about this, young man?" he usked. "I've got n great idea," answered Spargo. ,, IIi faced the, grcut mun siiuuroly, mid btuied at him until he had brought a smile to the editorial face. "That's why I wuut to do it," he ndded. "And it's not mere boast ing nor ovcrcouiideuce I kuow I shall do it better than anybody else." The editor considered matters for a brief moment. "You mean to liud out who killed this man?" lie said at last. Hpurgo nodded his head twice. "I'll liud that out," he said dog gedly. The editor picked tip a pencil and bent to his desk. "All right," he said, "do ahead. You shall hac jour two columns." Spargo went quietly uwuy to his own nook uud corner. He got hold of u block of paper and began to write. He wus going to bhow how to do thiugs. CIIAI'TER VI Witness to M.ccling RONALD DUETON walked into the AVatchtnuu office and into Spargo's room next mornlng holding n copy of the current issue in his hand. He waved it ut Spargo with un etithusiubiu which was almost boyish. "I baj !" he exclaimed. "That's the way to do it. Spargo! I congratulate you. Yes, thut's the way certain!" Spargo, idly turning oer a pile of exchanges, jawned. "What wuy?" ho asked indifferently. "The way you've wiitlen this thing up," mid Breton. "It's a hundred thousand times better than the usual cut-aud-dried account of n murder. It's it's like a u romance !" "Merely a new method of giving news," baid Spnrgo. He picked up a copy of the Watchman, and glanced at his two columns, which hud somehow managed to make themselves into three, viewing the displayed lettering, the photograph of the dead man. the line drawing of the entry in Middle Temple Lane, and the facsimile of the scrap of gray paper, with a critical eje. "Yes merely a new method," he continued. "The question is v ill it achieve its ob ject?" "What's the object?" asked Breton. Spargo iished out a box of cigarettes from un untidy drawer, pushed it over to his visitor, helped himself, and tilt ing buck his chair, put his feet on his desk. "The object?" he baid, dryly. "Oh, well, the objict is the ultimate detection of the murderer." "You're after that?" "I'm after that just that." "And not not simply out to make effectlvo news?" "I'm out to find the murderer of John Marbury," said Spargo deliberately slow in his speech. "And I'll lind him." "Well, there doesn't seem to be much in the way of clues, so far," remarked Breton. "I see nothing. Do you?" (CONTINUED TOMORROW) THE GUMPS-Andy and His Roll -!- Copyright, 1H20. Iy 'rtio Tribuiw to Jiy Sidneu Smith DREAMLAND ADVENTURES THE GIANT OF MOVIELAND By DADDY (Stranno and funnti ihinnjt Imnnpn to Peggy Billy, and their friends in this week's storil. which tell of their trip to a fairy-like city.) OnAPTBU I Tho Deserted City )EGGY had been to a moving-picture show and wns iuxf. Rntii?pHni? ilnwn En bed, 6ecure and cOmfortablo for tho "Sat. when she heenmn nwnro of a tapping on tho outside wall of tho nouse " "I'Id din iuin.1 " l.ni.1i Uowirw W TlR Ihn ll'lnrl lulllnr- vnn In ulnnn IOood-night, Mr. Wind. Good-night, till morning," tap. tan. tann ty ton." Ana n anie the Rnttml T!tcv milln.T thn blankets over her head bo it would not iyibiurD iter. Tap, tap, tappity, tap. H'ggy sat up quickly. This tapping iwas not made by tho wind. It wnB more t'w ine- cilcuing of a telegraph instru- VVUl Alld IM KilO 1 let on a1 iUn tnna ttirnrwl t letteis, and the letters into Mordn. u r u-w-a-y i-ii t-n-e roc-ii-y M"I s w-o h-n-v-n f.o.u-n-d n n"y-S tcr-i.ous. f-n-!rvl-i-kn lt"y. ( -n-tll.H li.n.l-n ii. a 1-n.n.r.n "tB SCt r-P i .a ir...rt-f ri.rt.il u-dg.o O-w-1 'w-i-1-1 b-r-i-n-g I'tzirr i.,,U.,.l ..... ., .. j.. 1...1 nk. .. "-i'"'""" out uiu&e vvuius, urn uen it ... .. .i i i j- il - v..ii(u iu mi; jiuiues Higneu i l.ii ' ? ,ans cnmo h0 tust hIl couldn't r'.'ooe letter from another. Li. i ." l K0 or 8naI1 I i't go? ' reggy psked herself. "The night is blustery ru i am very mi l l.o.l l,..t II, nt I wonder ffitta! 'fall'y ,ike chr ,8aiu sounded tho topping, spclliug: , J will, 'cried Peggy, and forthwith "C gaVO a honl llUn 1uJm n.ul'a "tJnn - wxbu w.. a vw, poo. too, toooo!" Afi.l ..,,., . - . . iwiYu. ,'.u,l:uJr. ns u Judge Owl were "lilting just nnUl.ln o. .. ...,L . ,?8 hoOt "linn h, ln Innnl ,55 ,ut of the window ! Tumblo out T 'wtSV,,-?"?: .? 5.? th? if C r. ","""u wuico nau Decn ono 4m.i "-Wshnos gifts aniTthen she ui.. r . "l lue window looking for W,;. She leaned farther than "0 iDtpnrlorl .! i i i.,i ..i utl a. f j " """ rui lutuuiiu); out, m". Jldgo Owl had told her to do. umbuV,her,,BU,?rlso" Ba"o dI!n't iirm "r? '""HniC iu what felt like a fir ,'vaiucr bed. And indeed t was 1 vainer bed n llvl,,- ,nnt c,i.,... COrAt ON OLb fvMSER- LOCk. VouftSELF-IN AMD tND OUT HOW RICH OU A.RE- l got A lash AT YME oNe Oimi D AND IF YHEVtRE ALL LIKE-THAT I HAVEKr E5UCAT(0N ENOUGH TO COUNT THIS ROUU VWfLL- COrAE ON OUY-VOU LITTUE BIRDS- LET'S GrET AC QUA' NTCO AJITH &ALH OTHeft- WHV SHOULD A CjUV fWY A0E TRX TO COUNT THtt 1 WON'T" LIVE LONfcr ENOUCJH 1 I DON'T WANT To KNOW HOW RICH I AeA- 'MTOO RICH NOW - THii WOULD BE A HEADLINE- FOR A. PAPER- ANDREW &OrAr-SP?A(MED BACK. TRVINfa TO LIFT HIS ROLL- OR WOVJ VYOULO YHISONE-SOUND? ANDY QUrAP FOUND DEAO SfAOYHREb BYDOUCjH C.OAAE- ON- RMN ON ME H2 V VSS-7 if k Ay ivmJ J hi I fic. & z3? un sw si M$&$5SS&rf A NrW CD vzSSZ iV . RJ? , wii vms A CLOSE OBJtRVEl?. HAD HELOQKEt OuSTAYYHIiTiME ME WOULD HtE 6EEN STARTLED FORTUERE-PEtRINtV IM OUT OF- THE- bARMJE-SS Vms a FA.C& ATTHENNDOVj PRESSED HARti AGAINST THE PANE TO BE CONTmutP ilUMtT I PFTF.Y There's No "Go" to This Watch BnC. Vi-hl bed, which rose flapping into tho nir and carried her away. "IIoo, boo, too, tooo! Hero comes tho Owl Night Flier bound for the mysterious, fairy-like city," hooted Judge Owl, flapping along clo&o bchiud her. "IIoo, hoo, too, toooo!" hooted the feather bed, making a noise like the whibtlea of a dozen engines, And Peggy found it was n real Owl Night Flier, for the feather bed was muda up of u whole flock of owls, bunched together, and Hying under the direction of Judge Owl. Swift they How, with the bpced of magic, und before Peggy's toes could get coid in the night nir, they hailed out of tho darkness into a land of light and 'anded on the peak of a rocky hill. Clustered upon this peak were Billy Belgium, Ualky Sam, tho army mule: Johnny Bull, Billy Gout and u flock of Peggy's bird friends, among them General Swallow, Mrs. Purple Swallow, lteddy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Mr. Robin and many others. "We knew you'd come," they all chorused as they saw Peggy. "Behold tho mysterious, fairy-like, deserted city." They pointed into a valley below them, nnd there was oucofthe prettiest, neatest little towns Ppbe.v had ever seen. But it was not like other towns there was boincthlug unreal ibout it. "It'H u very charming city, but.whut is there nbout it that makes it bcem so htrauge?" asked Peggy. "That's what wo nro going to find out-," whispered Billy. "Come, all who aro not afraid." The birds uud animals looked ut each other with uuxious eyes, but they crept after Peggy uud Billy down u blauting path toward one of the gates that rau nround tho city. They were nlniost to it when buddenly it huge form raised itself from among the bushes. "Uult, where would jou go?" rourcd u grcut voice. The birds flew into tho air, and the unimaU leaped back, but Peggy ami Billy gave u shout of joy. " 'Tis thp Giant of tho Woods," they cried. And then they answered his question. "Please, Mr. Giant of the Woods, wo nro ou our way to learn tbo secret of tho mysterious, fairy-like, debcrtcd city." "Ah, but you must not go alone. I will ba your bodyguard to shield you from harm," roared the Giant of the Woods, and bo took Peggy and Billy each by the hand. (Tomorrow will ho told hoto thru find a stranger in the Ceserted city.) f XMRmI! f A , i V IZ-r f c X 3tMJTlL'rc.Y WAT IP, Y&A es DM- c Main spwmc tfRoKEU -AH HA sust AS I Thought ir . '- tr? 4nr 1j3s smm? i m- 2M woTices it DIDVj'T "BOUV4CE. AfoGTii A DA1VWJ . v.inew i Dropped t m ZZ-.fo' The Young Lady Across the Way cCa? t- cd&Utezt-. Thc youug lady across the way says her brother was wounded in the war, but she's happy to bay It wasn't necessary to decapitate his leg. The Toonervillc Trolley That Meets All the Trains liy Fontaine Fox SCHOOL DAYS By DWIG i" V . V r tFWW7 ? & f.S -y tf-n i. 60ESS XLL WALK THIS VflUL VZ, C Some 5h.OW 1KIK, ft' THS CAR KUNfS SHOW ENOUGH OflDMAfllLY BUT WHEN THE skipper is stocking his' ice- House with those big ic icl.es prom the watek tank he creeps along at the rate of about two MILES AH HOUR So AS NOT To J3KE AK AAY OF THEM. I TlK 4en.-win. tnuiton -fallow J 1S5Sv -(fuy ! This, ai'nt fto 1aa. " r:: Mffffi,' r&y Vct4 J'tn btn it Ih. item. N A yfflf($m i.4k ou -tU shut- Ok. yfittf ... (ffl ttlfh L . iia SOMEBODY'S STENOG Proving She Wasn't Late w BV (SbLLY.' LATE AcjAIAJ! -- HP-asr V Xr m r-J do vvw-SL - t-v - - Copyright. 1020. by Public Ledger Co. 3 eH By Hayward L WD- LrIJ K . -'AV - j' .'y lk. A . M , 'fXy, 1 r i v of 1 r HO MARV.' WHERE ARE Those Car&oh papers I semt T&U For A HALF HOUR AGO? -?9 M - i infix; i f I'M 5 V-E.HywiRD 2.6 DOROTHY DARNITSlap Her Wrist, Pavai NORA. HERE 15 A PIECE OF I ORlC-A-ORAC- I'M PROUD1 (OF-r C t $L3 ' SJZt ifn dS AND ILL 5PANK ANYONE. VHO OREAK3 IT-NORA. PUT IT N A SAFE PLACE S SI I c V ' jv H SAvw - A' ' !( tiXykQS li. .Jib i tBih T ojr v ii 'i, y i H ' ' ' ! !! - MM..I,.U II Copyright. IH20, by tho liell SjnOicatr C 3 oh & 'J TOU'Lu .f- shc-MfM t pt . o. By Chas. McManus HERE PAPA- DOTOUWANT ME TO GRING NORA HERE. OR WILL .. ... ' TOU SPANK HER IN the kitchens' n " Ml 1 I j i j i dB .- -, , vhhb 4..-1-V CMA5. MtMJvNUS. H.li II?- i" r 'm '' , M, - -' n . f i'D
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