mf . ' ; ' ,i ' ' - c, ' . r : : : T ' ' . ' " 7T .7. By Sidney smtthix . r-- - " , ME GUMPS C.nvn C.nmar Dimm Annln -: -:- -S- -" " v " ST s i SISTERS By KATHLEEN NORRIS Author of "ioasclvria, Wife" (Copyright. lft2(1, Doubled?, ,Pxe A Co ) able u.;i?iV PreenlaI)Ie fellow, ready with !?? fi ' relluX I"' words, ami always .A. ."'?." "Hoy ior lunation, lie au- nllAPTKH t 1 .- rtiiICKLAND came In the w' H:fi-hsri2iH Mrs wfih'- tjin it It belli"" ",' , . the knob. OWl :;. " P , i'""3 carried stnnos ciiRtioi, V.A. behind her pn the Knon, u nn1 ha( pwn erudglng 'A Cherry had not been at home Martin firm appeared In Mill nd tho older girls had written rVila she was " i " iii.i Iimti en- ... . "'V" iicnun in jnpn, inai ono fOrt . '" ,..,, Bile liaU UeOIl c millt comn am mm lh. n.w man fj, yin bo married. that 'last i. Mar,ln vn a mining engineer; ho hud t' ,flrdy knew why. after that wet been employed In a Nevada mine, but ?. to Martin, "ho had run so wn vMilK hls cougn ,n th valley now ',rifTiJ iio the path, an nn.rt the T0f?,re F.lne ,0 n now portion In June. 11?!? Vnto the. house, and closed the m u nforma faehlon. Mill valley had J'f with such noiseless haste. There j entertMned him; he had tramped to the A?o run fort , Bu . b Igf o res t five miles . with , the I i. hirnl Inal ll,e Juv . 5.1 li.. ' j";y"iiun. mm mere una ueen a iieiuu 'e Sine Into the moonlight night. tp the mountaln-top. everjbody making "1,M rJerfiirned iwllh W?cs and the hard climb except Teter Joyce, who ,h(lt ?.?. of wet woods. In this irowi wns a trifle lame, and perhaps a little the scent 01 " WM already lniy as well, and who usually rode an Mpplne'e or nor tru ar)(1 a oM ,)0rM wth ,he ,)nch ,n Bll,tde.baK8 jrlnfflecl, V.y ,i had never feared I at each side. Allx formulated her thco. delicious 'ar' ""'."her life. She was rtes of Platonic friendships on these inylhlns 'J'fSE? it was all too wonder- walks j Anno dreamed a foolish, happy ifrsld now tnatit ,. ff , i d ar, ,,,,, marryi ,.n ,51,, take . i. v ipiip. uini diiv .. . , . - , , .. jui xu w ""-" n,i it niiiv a aream. wivb o incmpcives. circanieu uin SSr.s?vi BR 5!& . "onB.V She had romo running from the wotlcierianu iiowii , " ffTa-fr no UtlnR.room. with ifc. errs. THO ayctorn nun "'"" if rlrls -Anne, his niece, was twoniy L5r Allx. Cherry's sister, three. ean THE GUMPS Carp Caviar Down Again AW DOWN A POINT TO DAY BACK "TO AHOY DEAR- WONT VOU UB.T ME. HAVE A COUPLE OP THOUSANO tOLLAt?S? 1 NEED. SO MANY LITTLE THINGS lS&lrt1 to prove toiler- mmonnlacneM of the shabb liall. S not l&BPpekr before tho o. J. contact of e'veryday thing. , ... ' tnnystcHoua and bcwUcl, 5: D' .ho ome. cheerful lamplight rjEnimr iii warm strcalt under me lilttlng-room door. via " ' the g'rls. The l. rlria vnne. I '', '..,. ..' .,i irour; aii. v-.'f ---:"--,. j ..., iXTrST hey emed tonight to Pnt Z ? and I glowing and glorlijcd eighteen I '?.. ni. Ailvp. rrallo he n. kept hou Anne. """ ".- ,,,i vmi for ner uncie ana vo nu'ijvB,' " . . iVsfp eve on Cherry too. But .h. fin Lloyd fom asking her to marry m exulted Cherry, as she stood i,rf'th!ess ami laughing In the darh Mliway. . . .... .1... i.. Cherry nau never nan nny mmi n than this shabby brown "bungalow, and, (he Knew every men oi u;e nu, ..-.. without light to see It Kho knew tho fiaea rugs, ami mo niuuy uuoi m'v .a-iiinn-fii un her father every day. mmu the tsble where Allx hrd pnt a great Wl Of DUltcrcups. nun inn bihhb-ij(iii.:u oor at the back through wnicn me rtootors gins nail iookcu out hi inny a frestv morning, and red sunset, and nn.iened summer nftcrrroon. But en the old hall had seemed trans formed tonlgnt, ngniou wmi a neauiy quite new, scented with an Immortal ltonir came out of tho dining room: the arnlshed buttercups twinkled In a imiiden flood of light. Ho had come to Imit n folded tablecloth Into tho old roaroroDe mat am lor a niacnoara. uqacr the italrs. Chorry. descending to earth. kmtled at him, and crossed tho hall to the sitting-room door. An older woman misnt nave cone up- ,alv tn ilraam iilniiA nt hnf nduf 4m Ibut Cherry thought that It would be r'fun ' to Join tn family, and "act as it IwMMni- 1i9,1 liunnnnrrl !' Hhn wnn nnlv fhiw, arter on. Cow-dourly or unconsciously, they had all tried to keen her a child, these three who looked up to smile nt her as h came in. one or them, tosy, gray- leaded, magnificent nt sixty, was ner father, whose favorlto sho know she las. un nem out ins iiihi to ner ilthout c oslnc tho book that wna In the sther hand, and drew her to tho wide itrm of hts chair, whero she settled her self with her soft young body resting mutt him. her slim ankles crossed. ind her check dropped nealnst his thick rller hair. Allx wan reading, niul dreamily scratching her ankle ns elm read ; she mi a tall, awkward clrl. oilnrer far "i iweniy-one man tneiry v,au at eigut fn. nrettv In a clnnvlnh wav. untlrtv as w hair, with round black cyca. high, inm cneeu nones marKea witn scarlet, nnd a ulde. humorous moutli that was vomehow droll li Its expression even ihtn sho was angry or serious. She MS rare v ancrv. Mie nn unnxnctlnc. roed.huinored nrefe. -Imp itnimnlM tn rople, and tinconv itlonsl In speech nu manner Her father and Anno Homo times discussed her anxiously : thev con fessed that thev were lather fearful for Allx Kor Cherrv. neither ono had leer had a dlenuletlnr thotichl. Anne, snuung aemureiy over ner wnite lewlng, was a small, prettily made little uman wun biwy nair irimiy uraiaca, ind a rather nnle. nmnll fnn wllh fharmlng and regular features. She was not considered exactly pretty ; perhaps 1he contraRt wllh Phorrv'M iitnimiiil hfautv was rather liuril nn bnlh thn oiaer cirlR. but sho was so Perfect y upaDie in ner little groove, so busy, ontenteil and necessary In the doctor's household that It was rather a lmblt YIUi nil their friends to praise Anno. Anne hart "admirers," too. Cherry io nected, looking nt her tonight, but 'tmncr km nor Allx hart ever been civ B8Rd eniZHCrl enirnfTnfl ( ... A"'-' ou Home early?'' said Doctor Mrlcklanrt, rubbing his cheek against ! jomigest daughter's cheok In sleepy content Hn was never nulte happy Wles all three pit In Wcro fn bin sight. ;.. i ,ms E"1 ne lmTl alw-O's felt an "Pedal protrcttng fondness. It Beeniod !J yt V'torday that Cherry, u roiy od' M"r,J- "tt'o Klrl In a checked i . i i aPron' hart bren trotting oft ik. i T'. lo """ ,l "ns jestorilny that rl,?c (,?. 'cen iiu-relv built baby, dig fh. iL"J,le K.arlen paths, nnd Hiilltliig at lUie border pli ks. f0 had followed her lhh.J. Plll,11,'ot"1 wll 'n010 han a l!h.5iiUsiia,.,J"otlon' P"'"'!-!. because- YinMl i na.d nc.n "" exceptionally cn- ltSn,1Rh,,I1J Perhars becauso she' had I'"" ElUl him. a Inv rulm. i,i., i 6Ke,XL."Jryat:.gapbheV had sV,nt?a.hTzVW,Ver'' &. tiiK. unmTi nun rnA ..... .. ituli.a . Ui1'. .""' . .-v:u wimn sue tleinn.1 m' i , ,ont lVfa or bad dog 'latka" o ? tlcksi h8hnu brought hlr C.-h.aiS,.Paf,or11do18 nnt l"lr rlb- vn at three. woman, kiiSi .-ie P'.t"..'' cal ert his "boy" ; Allx Wd hair ribbons to tie un her doi ? demanded hln boot- .M7iP"ei.d..R8' l- !? '' ' an air ,Tfle d'eaSSrSvF,' B:'33!K Pn would curl Tin in i.i. "' K""' anci hlf-houri wlthPhLnr 1i.li?rmB,for "aPPy km..."Lv. "'in her go d CllrU enrnva I bjn,".IC?,e?ryh8dan?'T.,'S "J ? o'clock F "iih"ri",,6sha0m Velf ? ri. i. ' .". ' l. Sue dd not nM iic, ruVraffiSLn turning tt'tiy. In the ndner A,.mo obn-ed ''malya.il'irt ,""?.?" had been in- llnd for nn other in""'1 .f'18 hnrt l'e riUe MarMn tw??0" ,ha" ,hat nt" .tt,l be there JU Maa PrUniably wasn't." a: It would be unspeakably sweet, but It would bo no miracle 1 Anil Anrre. alwas dusv snri nanny and helpful, was more so than ever imnnp.klnir the delirious lunch. cupabl.V arranging for everybody's comfort and pleasure, looking un with Innocent sur prise when Martin bent over her as she fuesed nnd rearranged haekets. ' "I thought you were gathering wood!" "Did you, Indeed? Let the other fel lows do that. I shan't bo here foreer, and I'm privileged." "Would you like me to give jou some thing elso lo do7" ",N'o, ma'am, I m au.tn happy, thank you 1" Not much In the words to remember, trolv, but the tone nnd the look went straight lo Annn's close-guarded heart. Every tlmo she looked up at the moun tain, fearing Its dark crest above the little vnlley, they had eomo back to her. It was just after that mountain picnic that Cherry had come home '. on a Sun day, ni It chanced, that was her eight eenth birthday, and on which Martin and his. aunt were coming to dinner Allx had marked tho occasion by wearing a loose velvet gown In which Idle fancied herself; Anne nan conscientiously decorated the table, had seen to It ina. there was ice-cream, nml chicken, and all the accessories that make a Sunday dinner In the country a national Institu tion. Cherry had done nothing helpful. On tho contrary, she had disgraced herself and Infuriated Hong bv deriding to make fudge the last minute. lions hnd finally relegated her to the laundry, and It was from this limbo that Mar. tin, laughing joyously, extricated her. when, sticky and repentant she had called for help. It was Martin who untied the checked brown anroit. dis entangling from tho strings tho silky gold tendrils that were blowing over Cherry's whlto neck nnd Martin who opened the door for her sugary fingers and Martin who watched t.ho flying little figure out of sight with a prolonged "wnew-w-w rr or utter astonishment Tho child was n beauty. But If she was beautiful when flushed and cross and stlckv. there was no word for hor when sho presently catti demurely downstairs, her exnulslte llttlo red mouth still pouting, her bright head still drooping sulkily, but her wonderful eyes glinting mischief, and the dark, tumbled apron icplaced by thin white ruflles that began at Cherry's shoulders and ended aboe her ankles Soft, firm round chin, straight little nose, blue eyes ringed with babyish shadows, Martin found them nil adorable, at was every Inch of 'tho slender, heautlfullv made llttlo bodv, tho hrown warm hand, tho clear childish forehead, the square llttlo foot In a shining slipper Her eighteenth birthday 1 He learned that she had Just put up her hair; In deed, after dinner, her father made her tumoie it flown in a golden mop again "Carft lose my last girl, you know." ho said to Mrs. North. Martin's aunt seriously. Martin had been shown her birthday gifts; books and a silver leu buckle end a gold pen and stationer and handkerchiefs. A day or two later she had had another gift; had opened the tiny Shreve box with a sudden ham mering at her heart, with a presage of delight. Sho had found a sllver-topped candy Jar. nnd tho card of Mr. John Martin Moyd. and under the name. In tiny letters, the words "0 fudge !" The girls laughed oer this nonsense appre ciatively, but there was more thar lauchter In Cherry's heart From that moment the world was changed Her father, her sisters, her cousin had second place, now. Cherry had put out her innocent little hand, and had opened the gate, and hnd passed through It Into the world. That hour was tho beginning, and It had led her surely, stendlly to the other hour to n grit when sho had been kissed, and had kissed In return. Nobody dreamed It, she told herself with Innocnt exultation, looking at Allx. sunk Into her chair ungracefully and nt Anne, peacefully sowing They thought of her as a child she, who was engaged to ho married! "So wo wnlk home with young men?' muwed the doctor, nmlllng. "liooU here girls, this little Mlrs Muffet will bo cut ting you both out with that young man If you're not careful !" Allx. deep In h?r story, did not hear him. but Anne smiled faintly, nnd falnth frowned ns sho shook her head Shi consldeied Cherry sufficiently precocious without Uncle Lcc'b Ill-considered toler ance. Anne had often told him that Cherry was the "plnk-and-whll tpe" that would nttract "bos' soon enough1 without any encouragement from him nut hn persisted In regarding her ns nothing more than a captivating babv' Ho would linvo had them always chil dren, this tender, simple, Innocent Doc tor Strickland Ho was In many was n. child himself. He had never made money In his profession ; he and his wire and the two tiny girls had had a hard enough struggle sometimes. Aline and hor own father had joined the family eight vears ago. In tho same yonr that the Strickland Pntcnt Klre Kxtlngulsher, over which the doctor had heen putter ing for yenrs, had been sold It did not sell, ns his neighbors belleed. for a million dollars, but for perhaps one tenth of that sum. It was enough, and more thin enough, whatever It was After Anne's father died It meant that the doctor could live on In the brown houso under tho'redwoods, with his girls, reading, fussing, with a new lnentlon walking, consulting with Anne, laughing at Allx, and spoiling his joungest-born The house was shingled, low. framed In wide porches, smelling within and without of the sweet woods about it Here the Strlcklands weathered the cold damp winters, when the trees dripped nnd the ciecks swelled, and here they watched tho first emerald of spring hrenklni? through th loam of a thou sand autumns ; here they hunted for IrlB and wild lilac In April, and hung Japa nese InnteriiH throuirh the long, warm summers. It was n perfect life for the old mnn ; It was only lately that he be gan uneasily to suspect that they would MOW MIN- I'M NOT GOING TO SPENO A CENT OF THIS PRINCIPAL -I'M GOING TQ RUN THIS THING TO A HUNDRED THOUSANW - BUCKS , I ls BUT OUR THINGS LOOK SO SHABBY ANOTHEee ARE SOME. WONDERFUL BARGAINS THIS WE.EK. m NOTHING POING- I'M GOING TO INVEST THIS MOM&V IN GOOD 6 AND 7 SECURITIES Aim -r,lciil'M -,-! IMC nw i ncn i ' uvii.m TO LIVE ON THE . INTEREST- 11 NT QOING TO DISSIPATE TE PRINCIPAL 'Via S A WOMAN CAN'T STANP PROSPERITY- JUST CANT STAND HAVING MONEY AROUND NEEDS N6W RUG5 -NEW DRAPE5 NEW CHINA AND EVERYTWlNG- I THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTt COoAFORTABLE.. ITS SURPRISING WOW MUCH THEY NEED WHEN THEY KNOVV YUVE GOT THE. fiimcr . NO MftV - ( Sy7, V I'M GOING TO MAKE I JrvTlr-'U A WLU AND LEAVE H PLEA5E.-I I THIS MONEY IN -J ANDY J ) TRUST 50 YOU ANO M 7 LlTTLC CHESTER vy ( WUL ALWAYS X Wi INDEPENDENT) ( B. W H M kaiawDB ArN . f mm -mm i r n P'l - 1 Hlh. ,'uIlJ 1 f"l -! h i v. ithii -m nrinari r ."v- PETEYCompuhory Education By C. A. Voight L A vowofoI UoTScSn (&$ZS2 f oW ' m?w- I yML C3RCAT GOSH.' VOMAW- CAMT Nop CoTTA SVJIM Woy1! 'A Vo.'t PPs W&mzff miMmMMMijkwMWfbm'i The Young Lady Across tho Way I ,f"'l ' '" -QX 6.-T THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR By FONTAINE FOX wr W'c remarked to the young lady across the way that the Democratic race nlo Recms to be a free-for-all this J car nnd sho said It might look thot wny bj comparison hut she supposed Mime of 'cm lint spent gome money. :sM IsAm TvUi Just AS HE STArtTEO T0 COLLECT rH. 3Ur4DAY0FPERlN OKE Of THE flAREST SPECIMENS OP 8UTTRFL.Y KKoWM Yo SCIENCE JiUTYERED IM THE -CHURCH WlNDoWi 4. WW( Ct w V1 KyA.fl" if stevxI&A t 1 , ' T' x i i i ?. v . ,v f SCHOOL DAYS Bu DWIG W1. -W . 'Tn -jisj3e Htn 1 W Vr- f5g V-v.UojVt ih rf.tl Jtver owe m' mi faew) jrht, eri -2&s s- k S. eiO ert1 . Trtw tto-1-- -?0& Httv on- Ket OH. , "- - X HOW FUY1M1-If -rzf s k t Know W) Ttre ,CJ, jT N I- LMKI OMOtf. IVe, -rSf" V TI gl ? A --""" wntea."! t Pip. FVpQRjt feaif.- 3oV bm '"' o ,V - ' -' KCC cutKix'j n v( 6 cTe " y" . ? Inociu rr W" I - -I i - I Iwel fATrtl v ( Kut" 5q Mtw' 1 W2w mitmb. -n. KV jSoSiOl L-, V ' SOMEBODY'S STENOG Breakfast CpTlcht. J020. by Pille Iedxer Co By Hayward "Wtht hi Thari to J0T,ry . "'I- """ 4 ou wiS K'enhonea about 6. and nt him -i'i1. .was, Anno said win. ;, Allx HxVS'i.'iTOJJIttt In. her 'tone. ra tho twn ;Vbl i1' "ilschlcvouB eyes le fer . i?' nM "Uspended her rSnrt. I4 thronnr,.?"1-. Allx'B nttltude io. IJmpt, outwardlv nV,?" n? of calm I'.h'r an il?& ?ut he had made l?LM$ recenifv tiu iart rt I.loyd. B LWm S', fed a, conveisat on f'"1 rrlendshipi i,V.:..i on810,e' P'a t?V' At the inent Si. n? "li men a" fcA "mempSrlng Tf.it'f.W'M.Rhf IHli name i. .v..,,, . . Lu?h .h, ;;"' 'V'SS. ft""'. .?. nl. ,AV.3iJt!y matehi r ftWI 0Ln, ,'.' J'.e or the trlri- ..7. """ ih. ' wiw young; Moyd, I ?,L a-c',m."y done"so some day want something more, that uin some iwy uro or rni. nvlnir mountain ridge. away from the .shadow of It they Won nd Golly I FoRfioT! t Got To 11 I I BE MAID OF HOMORAT WIMMIE'S 1 M MEDblr4Gi A1EXT -SATURDAY (SgE V fflJN hn I VAAAihFO ' T'li Havp To 6.0 V-T w Ml . ., - i inn i uii in mKr r Get Some rmTTp-- 5OTTTTTTTrrrrri LBL II Vv0 PDATirtr irrmrrr lW .. ,V 1-rrrw.lllI Iiw2 VI MOM .HOLD THAT Pose ! "T )et:j Ulll I Wll. UMfr Oaie or Two Hthat knife's a Boujuet AI&S IHIS MORH'J tOr, LCfAie IM6 CAM! LLE?1 HERE A ZS&iZ viAA'NU yc-yy ' ' V7-7 &-'U. iTi , Y2-) ' W7 ,i.-U . SI WHAT HIFALUTIAJ' Busiajess is This AT BREAKFAST-? v. ftiAAE. im Gasr- u wfo i vmsMv I i , -tr?Ly Take hold of aiothaw5 HAMD. POP-AIOW THEY stamd There am' i Come IN HERE -DO4T BtfTHER ME . I 1THIWKIJ6 Kl ARE DOA4E A I OUL ', JgBs-3&rocAML.B if ' Theses A-E'HAVWAT?D- 21 thll in lovi, J,i?irl8 were lUlte ready d some day tire of ernpty forest blowing mountain ridge, and go 1 from the .shadow of Jit Tamal- pals, nnd Into tho world, Anne, now was shn beginning to fancy this young Movd? Poetor Stilcjt Isnd was surprised with the feror with which he repudiated the thought. Anne had been admired, she must go to her own home some day. Hut hor uncle hoped that It would be a neighboring home: thlB young engineer, who had drifted already Into a dozen different and dlstnnt places, was not the man for staid llttlo Anne. Ho was twentv-elght years old hut It was not tho dlscrep ancy In years that mattered, Tho doctor had himself been twelve years older than Ills wife. No, It was something less tangible .,!.. "What did you want to see Mr. Lloyd about tomorrow, dad?" herry Inter- fi.nto.l tilu thmif-ntn tn auk. ''The rose vino I" lice father reminded hor. "Vnirn never eet inai nacK on ine roof I" Allx looked up to assure him dls- COUrUBingiy. ' ioiu yon, wnen yuu wero pruning It." she added vivaciously, "that you wore rutting too deep. No you knew It all! Now the first wind brings It down all over the place, and you get exactly what ou deserve!" Her tono was lesH harsh than her words: Indeed, It was the tone he loed from her, that of h devoted but long suffering mother. Hho came to Cherry's hassock, nnd dropped on It, and rested her untidy head ngalnst hs knee. , .(.continued i'ouonnow) "CAP" STUBBSTippie Did as He Was Told 3 By Ed win a 7 r j II nrr jj ,k im-v 1 f : . A Jv9 - J"!gi T II 1 " m a newcomer In'the lit iff. Awn j, ,- -,r-. ...., Km.. t, ! ,yvv 'sitad:LlurJl & iy& ,i t i ( - t ' i 7i t ss ,. .. i ' y f-w f.'tf ' ffl
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