v,ir''TT,vTvr.ii i)0 ,. , Jt' lMi"-i TT I '.!. H- yet t, " r; "ill "&? . ' ' ' . ' M X i vy' ' tA.M 'J Tr VW , EVfifflffG- fctjBLIO LEDGKEft-- PHILADELPHIA, (PHtflKBDAT, JULY 1 M". SISTERS By KATHLEEN N0RR1S Author of "Joatcltin'a Wife3' (Copyrltht, Idle, by Kathltan Norrls.) THE GUMPS Into Every Life Some Rain Must Fall . , mtrM amnnv THIS 8TA1 " " nocJor BtrieMand, hi two daugh .Ji AUx and Oherrv, and M nttoe, elfve together tn th ?WornJ reJ?r comee and goee at will. fiftiS3TS uiling" engineer,. '''.Vj.herraUie that thie ie actual V1., After the wedding, Martin Vj?Kr to El NUlo, a little mining iah" .Zrehe H employed. Boon they wwV,.i. are too tiwnv bltle and too And there ore '" ,&M , nict foil "fwh0;. flomeJlmet, wllfc lMn"),lXcwptaW' that the JJ Told ImS never toent any. WheASD IIBW! IT CONTINWEB "... jt..innod steadily. As she B.W skillful in managing her little grow o . , - mj.n. " r uZ;nZ and herself. She i nff mr nor ..---- " . r!ver at avoiding causes of became clever ft noAa,d. nil" - boiling heart, ana nuu ji uim a Bgr. "" . . t,vlntr Marlln'H th6 B.tl.. - "-,". r .1,. Tlewpont veer mo - - lilt hour, to meet her own secret con I 1 Martlrfs opinion, she told her- ! .if nrliy. as snu . .!. - " dieted busily, didn't matter any- W .. -!l nlnrm n til He wuw rage """"" superiors, he womu mic.. ..- ".w, nnd then it ' """"?-?- '""- Btler time Biienj. " tne closely at a our.. F .-. -... nrm or pleating " ........- ,..-.., Cherry would sit opposite him at his late lunch. , "I SUllPOBO you uuii t iib.-; "" . a .n. litmaAtf In nil. he would inierruiii. -" "-n ecowllngly. . , . "Mart inO lnnutciil uiuo cjtn '. . t 1...1 vnmiitv. "I don't know WMMr.. "-. unMhlng about . " " "" " "VfA, 0U know wnai i in u, nun i y"'" .. .. "Yes, dear, uui -For God's sake, don't call mo 'dear" when you "Marti" her dignity aiwayu rosr in arms, 'i'leaso uu . w.-. ...tf.nto tr a tnnn WDUIQ ue niouineu : e .it. iitA monl unn din- tched.ttP?'Uut ford.' you To make mo '""V. V .i..i. iari. rrlt rlztnir mts-r-I can alwasuU when you're In sym- iiathy with rae-my wra, i wish you had to bo up against these fellows sometlmca " Tne grumoiinK vo ce .,.m vn nn nnd on: Cherry would pause nt the door, earning out plates, to hayo him nn'lh a phrase ; would nod .mn,uuiniv mi hHa set hlH dessert before him. But her soul was like some living thing spun into a cocoon, injur ing the sounds of life only aguely, In terested In them not at all. Martin eemea saiisuou, uuu tin men little world accepted her as a matter of course. I'rcity nine Mrs. iiuyu weni every morning Into the Company Store, as the only store at the mine was called, and smiled over her shopping; she stopped pernaps ai mo omce 10 speaK to ner nuSDana; nne met ouiiiuuiiivr vomuii wheeling a bnby up to tho cottages, and they gossiped together. Sho and her tiinthand dined and played cards now and then with a neighbor nnd his wife, hand they gave dinners In return, when the men praueo. every ,uisn cxirava ignntly and tho women laughed at their greedy enthusiasms. Llko the other women, the had her small domestic am bitions Mrs. Brown wanted a meat chopper; Mrs. White's one desire wbb to have a curly maple bedroom set ; Mrs. Llo)d wanted a Bianaing manogany lamp lor tne mump room. But under It all Cherry knew that something young and Irresponsible and confident In her had been killed. Sho never liked to think of the vnlloy, of the fotrs and tho snokes of sunlleht under the redwood aisles, of AUx and tho dogs and the dreamy evenings by tho flro. And upeclnly sho did not like to think or mat eigntoentn mnnuay, ana herself. thrilling ana ecstatio because tho strange younu man from Mrs. North's had stared nt her in her sticky apron v.lth vi now nnd disturbing a smilo in his e)ts. So winter passed at tho mine, nnd at the brown house under tho shoulder of Tamalpals. Allx still kopt her bedroom nlndows open but tho rain tore In. and Anne protested nt the ensuing stains uji mo pantry ceiling. LTeeKs rusneu swollen and yellow; fog smothered the mountain peak; tho forest floor oored moisture. Spring enmo reluctantly; muddy boots cluttered tho doctor's hearth, for ho and Allx and Peter iramDeu for munq thrnuirh th wnivlft end oer the hills, bringing homo trll- IlUm and nunarpnt wllf! mrrnnf Mnanmn nd filling the house with blooms. Cherry's wedding, onco satisfactorily our. -was a cause of great satisfaction to her sister nnd cousin. They had stepped bnck duly to give her tho center ui me stago; they lind admired cnu Pnn rrwn tiilntiJ t a -.. - ' i - iniuiBicu, una neipeu ner in an hearty generosity. They had listened to il Pra.lses of Martin nnd hla of her, ana had gh en her more than her ehnre 01 U10 hOURnhnlfl trnnatlra nf all,... "Poons and yellowed old laco. WVi ,w i lnat B"e wns Kno they en Joyed their nun llvu nn.ni ,.i' . ST.V.h.cra tne Blamour that novelty and -v.itu never rail to irlve. Churrv. marnea and keeping house nnd manat. tnt.r...alr5., wn? ,an oect of romantic muVt t.. -i i K'T'JL "urmisea that Cherry S S Jmak,"S friends ; that every one rich nm i nor: il'11 JInrtln would be vf.nif.1m.e l,n'. without doubt. When .. '?"".". cnrno there was always anl- "'" cnattcr about the flro. wi, wiuio regularly, now and then assuring them that she wan tho him nld chrry. She described her tiny house ..in nv mo mine, loomntr aown at tne rougn Bcnrtoldlngs that covered the mOUth Of thft ttlntllklB ami Via Inni, atijiHu of the plant, nnd the bare big building i'.'".."" lno . mens Donraing house. aiariin's associates brought her trout "" uucks, sne wrote; she ana Martin had driven SOO miles In the superln temient's car; she was preparing for a wiu pur iy. "Think of little old Cherry going off on week-ehd trips with three men I" Allx would say proudly. 'Think of Cherry giving a card party 1" Anne ner- naDS WOUlfl TTIAUA nn Mmmant liu Bh o'tep felt a pang of envy. Cherry seem- cu 10 iiuvb everyinmg. Allx was working hnrd with her music hub winter niaea ana abetted by Peter, who was tireless In bringing her song and tnklnir her tn rnnriK nmirtftni. without warning, there was a newcomer in . me circle, a sieeK-ncaaea brown haircu little man known as Justin j-uue. H6 had been Introduced at some party to Anno nnd Alix; he called; he was prcsontly tnklng Anne to a lecture Anno now began to laugh at him and say that he was "too ridiculous," but sho did not allow any one else to say so. on the contrary she told Allx at various times that his mother had been one of me oia Maryland I'ercies. ana his witi. grandfather was mentioned Irr a book iy air waiter scott, ana that one had to respect the man. even If one CMn't cnoose to marry mm. . "Marry him I" Allx had echoed In simple amazement. Marry him what was an this suauen change In the house hold when a man could no sooner ap pear than some girl began to talk of marriage? Allx had always rather fancied tho Idea that all girls had an opportunity of capriciously choosing from a dozen cligiblo swains, but Cherry had quickly anchored herself to the first Btrange rnan that nppcared, and hero was Anno dimpling and looking demuro over a small, neat youth Just out of law scuuui. Cortainly the little person of Justin Little was a strange harbor for all Anno a vague dreams of a conquering hero. Stupefied, Allx watched the affair urogress. . 12 don'.t 'marine It's serious!" her father said on an April walk. Petor, tramping beside them, was Interested but silent "My dear father," the girl protested, have you listened to them? They've been contending for weeks that they wcro Just remarkably good friends that's why Bhe calls him Frenny 1" Ah I seel" tho doctor said mildly, as Peter's wild laugh burst forth. BUt nOW." Allx mirulln,! I'uho'n tnt.l him that as Bhe cannot to what he wishes, they had better not meet" "Poor Anne 1" the old doctor com mented. "Poor nothing! she's having tm. lime of her life," her cousin said un feelingly. "She told mo today thuc Bhe was afraid that sho had checked one of the most brilliant careers at the bar." "I hnd no Idea of all this I" tho doc tor confessed, amazed. "I've seen the young man noticed him about. Well well wclll Anne, too." "You and mo next, little sweetums," suggested Peter, dropping down beside the doctor who had seated hlmseir. pontine:, uoon a lno- Allx, the dog's silky head under her hand, was resting against the prop wiiiivu uy u greui tree trunk Demna her shoulders, nnd looking down at tho two men. She grinned. "Nothing stirring, Puddeny-woodeny I" sho answered, hlamllv. The old roan looked from Peter's smil ing. Indifferent faco to his daughter's uucmumrHBseu emuo ; snook nis head In puzziea fashion, and returned to his pocket tho big handkerchief with which nu nuu oeen wiping nis rorenena. "There yo are !" ha ald. nhnio-o-lno- Cherry goes gaily off with a man she's only known for a few weeks; Anno dresses ui this now fellow with -mri. ness knows what qualities; and you und Allx here, neighbors all your lives, laugh as If marrlago was all a Joke I" "Our marrlago would be, darling," Allx assured him. "But, dad. If you would like ,me to marry Petor, by George, I will!" she added dutifully. "Peter, 'consider yourself betrothed! Bucky," sho said to the dog, "dat's oo new daddy!" Neither man paid her the slightest attention. Petor scraped a lump of dried mud from the calf of his high boots, nnd tho doctor musingly looked back along tho rough trail they had climbed. "I'd have felt safer I'd feel very safe to have one of my girts in your caro, Peter," the older man said at last, thoughtfully. "I hato to see them scatter. Well I" He sighed, smiled, and got to his foet. "That's not In our hands," he said, cheerfully Allx, without moving, sent her glance from his face to Peter's and their eyes met Only a few words, spoken half In earnest, on a spring morning tramp, and yet they hnd their place. In her momory and Peter's, and were to return to them after a time, and influence them more seriously than either the man, or the grinning girl, or tho old man himself ever dreamed. The glance' lasted only a second, then Allx, who had been carefully removing burrs from tho soft tangle of the dog's lasseled cars, took the trail again with great, boyish springs of her bloomered legs. "Father," said she, "am I to under stand that you disapprove of my choice?" "I hope," her father answered, seri ously, "that when you do marry you will got a man half us good as Peter!" "Thank you!" Peter said, gravely, more ns a rebuko to tho Incorrigible Allx than because he was giving tho conversation much attention. (CONTINUED TOMOnriOW) . . .... a. i V fi in i ' ,'NHI :- By Sidney Sjfjq :U OH DOCTOR!- N I WAS 458,000. WNNER ONCE- TAOLPOOM FULL AT --Jr55 0H VVELL " & i?V WfUt. YOU PLEASE I HAD 68,000, TIED OP IN THAT 0EPTIME.- U " """" - UET X5YE-GONE5 ML. - igt X W Give ME A - THING WITH MS' ORIGINAL, lO.OOQ TWA.T WOULD nY CrIVE. Vs """""""A BYt-fiOHBS ' & M (VEGOT 7!2N" ' MBE THAT DONT SOUND tPA CA& "T ) "SSbV HAVE 6AM8L& &? WAVE SOMPTHIMG.- S LIKE MUCH DOU&H TO SOME. vs-"n-w t oirtw. n m, ftw I ftYt W.T-" vWMV NERVES fSnl PeOPLG BUT IT LOOKS 'A LOT TO l I fej T1 7 BTj 12Jv E1301 ! ?SpM r wnsjy j.rr'i' v:rr:'' ,"". k j-JLAr-, r" va ) tmat& wmv m WfhL r'', Ht2RE"S TO YOU, VOU T3&P H I ) THGY PUT M JVA, TT7A C4 - OLP FAILURE.!- V&3, FT Xrrrx & (ROQSER$ON t J$W MJ HfoiUi - . rT rl r? tcafb r ) I lead pencils! JR f'im em B k'r rr0 , jSSr iFiGili lSKMI 111 V ' ' . IIY- IWniTO JV'y-7 MM 1 Iv XrlIK IA f It A N -J I V I II - A "JtM i'fi mr g ifjHim isl. o " tdw xxx w a hx Kjjj.-.r -m mLsjcm KmL . Jr'ffl e jt7 nA m z m wjtfxjf2? JIK I00k- X&f X lyr rk J? ni" ism ) -f - isgwiEr . SL-i Vt $ m ff Jzsxns rrri - v y jt-mr- aa srRv ?szl-&m u'. s txamwrnu-. m ts?i .'is iCw 5 r ii A e wi m 1 1 w "lull E&m u j il . a jt i. j i i i 1 1 i h v Kii ji 5 w tm m& p i frrT -mmm ,- e wcwsy ., - m MUmJI I s iCSe , IfiilafV T v '1 f M ti3 J!, t '' I A " "- r kwrvU ,m im PETEYWb An Awful Life -:- -:- -;- -:- -:- -:- -:- By C. A. Fofg ' I - A ! . . . . v . i . :i:l f f eiM! f .1 . . . . f . -tr TV T 'W f Lji--' -JuntpouTo Ljc-i-o' HOVE J -JH, IHAHV ' m nClin ( I AIWAV DI30URI- nl"vr ..' --.-r,w I VrtUl AUnlllnt.'T I -v-w T, .. '"-"" "V" UleTV' I I OMC- rNtT I " iw If -V J.. Liei-o!' UG VJWrTN M . . ii-oick. i .... 1 HAVE A70WM - TL . fi L --,. - , h , ?'tl WIGIM f ' ' . 1 1 1 1 " 1 ' ' h , : DREAMLAND ADVENTURES THE OUTLAW Ily DADDY Pennil ntt.J n,,... ..... Owi fi. : ' "".'" near lnat Judge TrVm i,.,, i ,a tn' an outlaw. in ,? tnvdre about it. they find CaZcnl' nhe Ju''Be t0 "We, but rilAl'TKIt IV Illlt.. n. .... 3 S f'r,hldlng the guns of the hwl ; T,l,ne couian't shoot Judge htii iSS?..I..kn9W' the judge would hPa lth hi. life. " W0S BOln,r t0 c Dlllw ji.i.u . L0irie vii n? ! blt troul),e M- rHerils Jniir.nu,,i,y A" he couM pw lhouBht8Sofa)1ffi' All,n n'y had h?i ; th.0rhun L'rY wS. I1.'"8' .... !-8 " trail hv ik..i ", num iiven' on Ihtcket for & a?tftay thr"rh the Ky WnteiJ,h.H,,te..,J th ?n. ny wanted the . as much ns ' P'ayed on ih.m l"tK nB ff"w:reCrrUa,:ln'lfly ,ai"' W Mi ".were made for u.inn i t- hi. r"lner .than In diylii'fft.'" r'A? , with "the tT1 l0"B '" ' catcS- 3 Sff1SJT SSrl-tt wa rack. ,iu"ters on Judge owl's frV ". ggyrld00rf hat mean 'ft escape" y' or Judge Owl ehln,il i"'" thre camn n ....,. ,.. V"? he Ru1),On0 of the hunters had !SL B'? -him ytr.oT,. 'i'l. our. ..ns wo i.i,.' wc'" "I'aniting he LAW) n . ? &row The hni! creamed Caw- even If they couldn't understand what ho was saying. Peggy saw that something had to be dono very aulckly. "Creep In here." sho cried, leading tho way Into a dense bunch of shrubbery. After her came Judge Owl ami Billy. "Wo can't stay here," said Billy. "With that crow koeptng up hli racket, the hunters will nnd us In a minute." "We're going to fool Caw-Caw Crow I" declared Peggy. "Billy, have vou room In your waist to hldo Judgo Owl?" Billy looked nt his waist and at Judgo Owl. It didn't seem possible to got that big bird Insldo his wnlst. "Judge Owl isn't so big as ho looks," whispered Peggy, and as Blllv opened his waist, Peggy stuffed Judge Owl Inside. Then It became plain that Judgo Owl was mostly foathors, and the feathers could be stuffed Into the waist as though It wore a pillow. Al most boforo Judgo Owl knew what had happened to him ho had been turned Into a pad for the outsldo of Billy's stomach nnd Billy hnd been turned Into a fat boy. "Caw-Caw Crow will never know Judgo Owl Is there," whispered Peggy as they crept out of the thicket. Billy turned back as If to give a word of warning. "Keep closely hidden, Judge Owl." shoutod Billy. "Don't you stir nor make a scound. and tho hunters will never find you." Judge Owl, Inside Billy's new fat ness, gavo a chuckle, but Caw-Caw Crow up'ubove noor heard It. Ho wns too busy calling to tho hunters: "Hero he 1st Como nnd shoot him! -Caw! Caw I" Through tho woods ran Peggy and Billy, but Caw-Caw paid no nttentlon to them. He was after Judge Owl, and ho thought Judge Owl couldn't got away. But Judge Owl, as Peggy and Billy crept out of sight of Caw-Caw Crow and far away from the hunters, chuckled so that his feathers tickled Billy nnd made him laugh until he utmost split. But hard ns Billy laughed ho didn't make a sound, keep ing quiet so neither Caw-Caw Crow nor the hunters would hear him I Owl et out to The Young Ldy Across tho Way (TomorrQio Judge volve a mystery, i , THE BASEBALL FAN NAMED HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER RUTH, AFTER THE FAMOUS HOME-RUN HITTER :- -.'- By Fontaine Fox The young lady across the way says that personally sho wouldn't think of marrying a Caucasian or any other foreigner. "iP YoU THINK YbO CAN STOP HBR 1 vHY WNT YOO COME yWflffi AND TRV TOUR LILY- P1 WHITC HAND !Wy ' s wiT" i ANO AeADYTH,E BADE ;pF Holds the record fk the "fl'o't LONGEST BAWL. EVER PUSHED OUT ON THE HOME GROUNDS. t SCHOOL DAYS Ba DWIG lvw GipaSj nli SeKT.Tswe J v ttvlUl Anon "& 1 '"BteM AU- TtartJ To Fotow Ki Tee 0oOK & 11 WW Ufr'fT.k 1" H t TVie. FliJ 0e Trtw6 t WS m . (hi m.hi ?rir. &f hj&i-t i -iST TeT V v. ve rt jSr jm Tr----'SSlnB't eM 9 "?.:" & - ! ..'' .- cw.ncU -.. ft. rS 'J v. 'tt k'il "- "lli - tfnsuira'Ha jy r5i .' l wy ww, t 5 - v Ff? X e r DllKuk .1MftS HimTbTW&STotAi SOMEBODY'S STENOGWhy She Took the Job X -.tv i''i, .'1 "" "" "" "" "" Corrrlcht, 1020. by Public I.edjrr Co. V itUytVOTW . . ... . - . . , r systfr-t Come oh duchess'. II nlt!JtHAT yjRe thea words ' aow Voo ' A how ajow -"duchess - do'tI r3 x f The Job I -il , ' DICTATION HERE.' -NO0R-S v?STiVU?ILPfiASSii PUIT-CAAI'TU TAKE A r- I BECAUSE EVeRYBOOY SfitiA .- 1 T VACATIOA1 DOSiT BEGIA VACAT OAl I DOTT HAVE TO AMY MULE jOK& f You KAJ0W you V i x CoULM'T hold TWE rJ 1 'TlUEjCTWEeiCV'KAWW.' iJEiiJlJ? t1"-!? A ( LIKE IT HERE OR YOU T J JOB DOWN VAilTH AA J &1 LlDSoiDlEROAlTHE (!((( VTy T L,1"5 A - J) ) L VWOULbA'T HAVE TAKEAJ. ((OOl OLD CRAB L.KE Vo0 T - 1 22? do- Come f I (, V VACAT,0iL7 LiLJ"" J - -H "UHE JOB ! f V' V -jfl AMD I WAS 6blM' pi : I "CylF, STUBBSHow Does Ma Know? -j- -: -j- -j- ;. By Edwlna ' O0 "BETTER TUT IN 'BOUT AgBI'NCIOUS! THIS VKJbT -U .,- M T I TVIlS AIM'T MMC I $ FOUBXOZEN SftNDUICHEtv J ( tf A -filCr PICNCt MOW Jj SSrSSW16 I KHHL . - V NOOOHT I 4 AN,0c?L E&frAN'A Wl VyTyNV ARE GoiNfrl jSk TU " ffA" ? " . ' j T ! - f - ""-Tff THHHfVill -' ...-v.....a,: ...1 iAu.J, . l- WsyiiHteiSteti ...4itfSSlM
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