m I r !'.'.' ' '-i'.V'- s. ii :rV " V.f I ' EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920 T THE GUMPSThc Morning's Mail By Sidney Smititfa)', r i J ' ': ii THE PARADISE MYSTERY ay j. o. i' uiiuner Copyright, iOtO, & itlrcd X. mop, no. '. . waa-rl OTATlV WA ah , .ll.l !. 4 t ... . Rttff cawiffo iuwr. w - -- - ;r,'"yr "IW, Y is "- -; i- iTrtrtrui uiuoo to " v" ". no tunica anu iuuiivu Wrychestcr "";' lnvter and tn- "P ftt thp broken utalrway at the foot of 1.- .wMrt or mttc' 7"';'. .rt4(rt which th t..A tnHji.M vitt .ntt loom-. ' ;K 0f ecveniccn,u'--- -,,"." "' "P ' DICK. " V.rVird Doctor ww? or flod'or Ranf!?ni Bruce 'ova n, ".''.Irons n.Sulr?, wIlA iori. A'YordT Brvce directs for Doctor nan!ora- m,nu(M ,,,,,. Mm lo '" c'.0 J j h a la&orer, dead. Kattsord Is ,? Jone Cathtarai. yr .0 fcnow J'",r: varnor hero saw it." dead ',nu,w ioowM flluo o-Mo Hansford's cheek flushed, and ho was onytft to " Sio Kfyer., 'iffu ,unabl? to repress a slight start. He and let Mmhp pefween this wnlucM looked at tho mason. there """,;;, j flaword," ,.rou nua'Jy saw it!" ho exclaimed. i"i' ,, ,f ROJmJjc.o iu.v. wum uia you boo ASH UI'n , -vet was empty) .. "Html" answered Varner, nodding at T-.UT tno " :.vv,.rn! there .V"r:i' .l1 "'?.' ' "lu "."' rS . .m no pocKoiuuun.. . - - i" ii ""!" llmt ooorway up more. -hero was no i w(jr0 tnerfi Hndn t a chanco to savo himself, he van no Panc" "' .re m tho other nati Just grabbed at-nothlng! Ml Sh he hastily searched -.there ,,! hadn't" seen U-U Ta d hTm3 nnbM3 Willi." ,,v .llt unniA nn lL. ftcrdnm " l'"-"- .. .nrrt Willi " '" - " . v ... mnnnv iiaitSlOrU wns Wnlrh n V. .l(k nnrVtS was not even full of money ... i,. found a purse, tun o a t concentrated look " . ... cold, silver on ""., i . vno nuns him?' banknotes, bo. . of papor foijod dcn)y$ ,.you Bay UgcomPartmntsa of t ''Ave. sir but not .Hat missives of another a bo in a lutnd-and that wap cocked-hat "" d not been Invented, added, turning to tho ,i(.h envelopes "".'. . ..... ,i . knowlnc look. "Mir. sud- l' .,,, had noi ueu" ...v... ..UoU, imnuiS io xno poi ca with a Whlch envelopes ha afl(jr knowing look, "there's one thing- I caS Bryco hurrW. mado ,wste t0 wear -It a gentleman's hand! one glance m pocUcti Ho lma a bIack gIe jr. -" - oi gecrete It in . t back the Kansford turned away. But ho Just n,yJtnheheahrdVarnePr's voice, and turned back to tSo ' purse when no inspector "You'll have to lot the cathedral 11 BT t0J a w Sl'taown pollcS official. $U?too.muA$ ZTZ VS'e sprang t. hi. tect. hS&t Sbv ffn. ttouj A J Ln tho mason and his com. service Is over. And lot me hear what and when the m waa yo 0(U ftbout m,,1"" panlons emerged from "h. can discover anything in tho city." 9 itandlng looking th0BJ "J, wo" Uher' without Mother ,A man. Ho turned to Jlltcnlngion wora or a further glance at the dead rniMed mul after one glance at the mortuary outsldo tho elo SZ if, . bodr looked up at tho open doorway a constable who had tome oVe? 'm "'ftMTrr ho asked, turning to JWhS K""f? " a tn,nt tat as Varner. "And It was open?" "I Baw that poor gentleman la.t !..,. ... .. i,vnv9 onen." answered Varner. s r." hn nni.t i i,.B. "!raan "?t night tt'aiays-opcii,u..-.:.c.. ....... , raui o tho Inspector. "H J 'Leastways. " i '";, """ fi"'uiing at tho 'door of tho Mitre talk .t. .hi. tiirlnc. to my knowledge." Ing to anothnr nnni :" 1,l'lre'. i.a.lK.' .... i.. timfA iiniimi irv" l Jlllchlnfton. the nave,' inquired man iimi .... '-sSt of gallery, that runs all round Mltchlngton. "Comfwith16'",, BaW me nave, ieim ....... w.. --.., . uuciur uryco." tallery that s what It Is. Pcoplo can This wns precisely what n.. i , o up there and walk aroimd-lotsbt ho was already anxious ?n nnn,,.tslre,d. em do-tourists, you know. There's the information hcoum LetAnS h'i fan or three ways up to it staircases walked ovr th ii...vL ?.et-. And he in the turrets. Mltchlngton turned to one of tho two constables who had followed htm. "Let Varner show you tho way up there," lie said "Go tiuietly don't make any fuss tho morning service Is lust beginning. Say nothing to any bodyJust take a nulct look around, along that gallery, especially near tho door there and corns back here." Ho looked down at tho dead man again as the mason and the constable went away. "A stranger, I should think, doctor tourlet, most likely. But thrown -down I That man Varner is positive. That looks like foul play." "Oh, there's no doubt of that!" as erted Bnce. "Vou'll havn tn trn Into that pretty deeply. But tho Insldo of tne cainedrars lllco a rabbit-warren, and whoever threw tho man through that doorway no doubt know how to slip away unobserved. Now, you'll havo to remove tho body to tho mortuary, of course but Jubt let mo fetch Doctor Hansford first. I'd ilko some other medical man than myself to seo him before he's moved I'll havo him horo In flvo minutes." Ha turncil nwnv tlirMir,ti !. hitehau and emerging upon tho closo ran acros3 lh. I.lina In .1. . .1 !... . . . . ...w ,n..,ta m mu uircuuuji ui uio House which he had left not twenty minutes before. Ho had but ono Idea as ho ran he wanted to seo Hansford faco to M-o ran mo ueaa man wanted lo Jatoh him, to observo him, to seo how he looked, how ho behaved. Then he, Bryce, would know something. But he was to know something be fore that. He opened tho door of the BUr?rV QiiHrl.nl. h.. ...i.U i.. ?..... . i . wvv...j, mul ...... lug UBUU1 5?i vnMs ot louch- And on the thresh- .-. uo pjuaeu itansioru, tne very pic ture of despair, stood Just within, his Jjco cornulsed, beating ono hand upon the other. Itl thA taw .annnil. mlil.1. lnnnAJ 1.. xore Hansford recognized Bryco's pres ence Bryco took a careful, If swift, ob enatloit ot his lato employer. That Kansford was visibly upset by somo wing waa plain enough to seo : ht3 faco jas still pale, ho was muttering to nimEelf, ono clenched fist was pounding we open palm of the other hand alto gether, he looked llko a man who Is sud nly confronted with some fearful diffl fnily Aml ,when Bi-yce. having looked 'enough to satisfy his wishes, f?S?i i gently, ho started in such a n ai to suggest that his nerves had become unstrung. therr.atn.IS.lt7,?l,at are yu dolnK inrrof ne clcmnnfl.i1 nlmnut ff.rnnli. TVhat do you mean by coming in llko a workman not "I. wan no ooing un I Mlrnhltitrtnn 1iaI.j n...M& 'Hnven't you told Doctor Hansford how It was?" ho asked. No," answered Bryce, Ho glanced at Kansford. Indicating Vamcr. who had come back with the constable find wan standing by. "Ho didn't fall " ho went on, watching Hansford narrowly. "Ho wns violently flung out of that doorwaj. 1 1 J? Ba" J tno inspector. "Ho wah ni oop of tho MIl" talk another centleman a tnin.h K &UCt ME SEE THAT tETTER-- TE ONE. TwANY tO ( "SFaSlL1' 1 WOK? f f M WOrtAM- AW VOO YRV V mrAEWATHU-VUJ pSSS-TAKci 1 ' 1 rl WL TVHEP PAUE. WHEN VOU 1?EAP VX - VjbS- FAHcy scRAWi- i PPiH i. a L1----L--. a I r "ZZ H W .it-v " T m Wis 5uwJ al IflUI Br o ) k. !'7 i iliil I ! Mm 111 IffM llllr 1 i &M.JJ 1 meu- Wllllll V PETEY A Common Occurrence ll CA-oiQh.iT By C. A. Voight Si'aT.;';,sa S?sra'S;E5 . v.un0 l,,, a . iiiili - - 1 " r II - cvq-vfe-s .- ( V ) - Mope-Toi)Cam't ) This houeThat ) ? , f vrtTUn nu pptpv-I 'r5?- SrL COME wfO MeThs A GUV WAS TfeUIWC ME ' 1 -k SEE THAT CUV" 1 , ' J. T rV fc,X . jfe WcHFlSVmiSTIWli m W) 5-tThEDlWT, J jpcJcJ IXr o'faSbHeT-- way." K y ona ot our men, any- uffiMadnud tloned them to ate n f& tlda door' mo "Which , r.1 .i.e, mt0 her parlor. anxtofy. "Thertwo-ii.7" " "ked last night, they d?d"7?itme toother short one. Dear rtdTa ta.11 .ono " a "?. nonto??.1-" " tt bart Ml jM.m.arl's .d9ad. ma'am." renlle,l know whohe la iXIv And wo want to -'V'KS' -W'1 hU nama matlon or d&!,."er8? nnotl,cr cxcla- n'Irfor rh?fehVSLone?r: 'Jurists, of courSelZw'r'''"...nQonj lhn, k.;.. ..- "ur seen i.t "' course v either of ihm K.f V ...'ust before dinner, last nlrrhf Ki5!KI Jrungley. "Is about all I know; gentle- ph5'i-1ead!'' ' ' 'n?ton. "Did 'ha w MvthffEK yean a n,.nw Mtj tn. "is reasons for minn t... "," ... yCO. flR fl n " fen .4 U- 1 . ho'dy,bn fflr,J,0fla ? ; i thought : thnF C. ." "" "" ?. home ..""..'"". 1l ""y- i sam l knew his Brjce affected to have seen nothing. "n,.,.."? t0 fetch 'ou-" ho nnswered. Jm;,,,"'c" nn nccldent in Paradise of Y Vvi fi? . om .tnat door at th0 head m"'n ,:"""' ,a ODut all I know, gentie- -lw r 3 lha s stalr- I wish you'd como ,. . ,. PWhelSa!""11 te" yU that h'8 'ngton?nDadd6ehrvrefd Mitch- toriV-hjnr'. exclaimed.. iSv.. i i" . "' A wontman , ,, about ?eil?i 'jready made up his mind Lac call n1B Il""sford of tho stranger's MthIJ.h..;.u.r5.5-. "e would say " who im. c L,"1, "". at nny rate, it xr. . T " Honsieaao just now. and self i,n probabl that nny one but him- th,at T "hould think the middle Tof the tof.hnc:L.f tha ca: the side entrance "'f.?0??, would bo a good time?' S Willi eiose by a t,hrnhhor. : . ... '""' .l" tho dukn?" n.1,.5 , '.' u,"""."L,-D mn, y .I,.at- ""y Passerby had seen tho . .o.1 a. word I" said tho landlady. "Oh keer,hi,i,nr o ".way. No he would i " 'T-1"" ah. nnd no moro. But be m, l n?.wledKe secret until It could here's Mr Delilngham." oemade better use of. vBr,y,C0 turned to see a tall broad. 'Nt a liortmnn-n.i - . shoulderr.rt. h.nrrl. S? "'.. Droaa- -astrni,. r"man not a townsman ,"ou,u"ca, oearded man pass the win. a I3,a."e!r- ho answered. "Looks llko ?w tho door opened and he wkkenin. elderlv rn,n lourls . A slightly built, i? Eiance inquisitively at the inspector n7.,.mJnrFa.y-halred." y Ho turned at onco. to Mrs. Partln v to SZw ..aa. turned to his desk M,J nenr mere's been an uccldent to sudri.n r... m3 f- Iooled round with " a' Sfntlemaii I came in with last nwnt n:'."""" K'ance and for tho mo. l'.'"w. "?. "a. "xs it anyth ng-serlous? hurl 7 was laKen aback. For ho lour nosuer says Klancenw?'n:lIla"lferd-an'l yet "that 'Theso gentlemen havo Just come surnrlift ,7 u' "I'parenuy genulno 5u "" ," "i" "wurea tne land ady. vlnS.it.'1 lu.nc? . which almost con- ?.h.-..F'j.eed at Mltchlngton. "Perharfs too evident . : '1LB w111 nenlnst only ,,JTlt lou, sno oeean. hearing nt.,fac,B' that Ransford was , Wna ho a friend of yours, sir?" flm,fmf the Paradlw affalrCor Tho as SS,MUchlWton. "A personaTfrlend?" An.,.,. . . Never saw him in my life beforn lost llfrhtiv , W .ma"-eray-ha!rcd- ",R"1'", ,2P nB. a J". ."Wo Just ciotheC oiii. u .r.'."1 -"ansiora. "Dark ; v "t"1 '" 'e train com ng 'pr s'J'that?" ""'" down from London, got talking and new cH' rei'Hed Bryce. who was discovered we i wero both coming to tho Cm rabl' astonished "Do you sa.m. Place Wryohestcr. tf lo lno ... 'Urn' . w "" "So wa eairiB tn fh i,n.,. . ., "nfhV; Ber' certalnly- Come VirTOTasar,. ?C bhJld'u ; recovered his self.posses- "A5? now we want ,o know who hfff" rom th .. "',le' anu He led tho wav .. . ,,. " ".," .iJeaar xou aon t a iiJ i!"8 surgery and ncrna iv. J... say sol" oxclalmed Mr. Delllncham u ona,we,r? Bofngn an S?dlnary . ro- Do.ari Dea,r,' Wel1- x can't holnny2u- walkeS l ,'?', IIa kePt sllencS as they don'tknow him from Adam. P.easant. llrycl ,4ra"lll,l,y toward Paradise mid ?,.l.l,nSme,, "lanseomed to have RansfoM8" slltnt' too. He had studied 'raveled a great deal In foreign coun- "ara' nrt, ll f00(I deal during their two Lrlcs' I can tell you this much, though," H3',a -rccohrlp-re"pE 4i ad tV' W,' ?8su?&$a take i .K anrt which ho ha i flr, "l"011.- .?Iai10, Bomo remark In the train tai" l0 of tho natufi. of m,iiArSi f.H?. lh SLin.U?"." ? the. Kngllsh iJi w .atj? Idea7hat 'he'd'reen?.y"Some l-ome ,tfhl tho groun ? dmWi'on' 1?vlnl5 country where trees and hedges and taUila tlle hody Hansf'i" eathered green fields aren't much In evidence. But "Vt Profession lntedrr1S1;owod noth" J' y?u want to know who ho Is. officer. Int TV 'u done Tanvt 'i,iw .';,, , why don't you search him? He's sura WethS 'ffi,unn"ra.VSSnfll!?-. nL.V PaPra' ar1S' nd 8 " abUt feasl.o urn'j.af.tr;i.i,rief examlria. ."We havo searched him." answered ;"v a 8trantVer-i.,l ui,":nlnBfO" v'- Mitenington. "There isn't a paper, a let raKr oil i i.mB"but ha Probably has ter, or even a visiting card on him." nnJi?."?. nothinir nn 1,1 - ,.Er- DelUwham looked at the land- . w.t Itllll aHAnPlir II IU.U V. "nemnrkable ! OTn.nl n lnrlv v.v.JJ. IV -,,. ....... K!."lth !" ." Wm-exoei ?erea .Jiltchl nS . .V. ,0.y " 't' a"- ' "le?" "Bl " said. "IlemnrKablfl I aia PocVets Vn!?H?.n: Jil vo heen through "t he'd a suitcase, or something of tho i.A.Pipeiw not oliv lnoro 1Bn l a BcraP sort something llght-r-whlch he carried 'e'ter. ,,,( .f"ii , much as an old "P from, tho railway station himself. I 'JVtthliiB of Thl 0V1?ently a tourist, or Perhaps In that Inbly havot the sort, and so ho'Uprob. "' "W l)l,to see whatever he ailfl I'm fi'W In ho ctv all niohi had." sad M tehlnntrm. "We'd hotter I "Ther.M. 'L W Inqulro at tha hnt:ia u examine his room. Mrs. Partlnurlov." remarked hansfSJii !Uau,t', qt course." J ILL W mechanically, "Well (COflTIiNUED MONDAT) Wi.f-'fff. j. ... 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