Miff1?! -' - tj W -.' .1 i.-' t. yl V 4 r ' . V j- 3 r THE PARADISE M-YSTER Y n.. r o i?f-i.-.. Dj'jt o. rtviviier Covvrloht. JplO, by Alfred A. Knopf, tne. EVEyiffG ) IUBLI0 LpqEjRr-PHlLADELPHIA, WEDNESP4Y -AU&TJgT IV 1920 l 'r, ... atnnV tiiIH HTABIH -inn n - J! Mile fiiiffH ealftedrt town 0 i ",,: ,Bi(h u peaosjut viob ( 2T:!-J;;. . ttisfeeit yeats old, and ""LiTrrbick, seventeen, are warns htt!?''Sri,nn,lord. A strange man c'i. tar Doctor Uaniord and a jew i'' inter is found dead at the mW Saint Wryiha's Stair. Varner, W'LSson. toys he sau) the man '""Troma balcony. Later a group 'VtfiiSuM the matter. The theory 11 United that the man slipped and 'ffhhs objected to on the nround ilU, VnritVr insisted that he had seen thaKV,hcinA At the Inquest nothing ? w.S2um to fasten the uullt on any to .'" The Duke ofSaionsteade V'Jdled to the witness stand and '' ?. hearing his name, becomes in. Brv.c.u, attentive. Might he have ffi'lUm" "' mA$n HKIIK IT CONTINUUM . . r - LnAiif tinttttna ITa tlflfl T)UT HIS urate im" ncr nenni 1110 nun u .... . -. .. ki. nr so far na he remembered. Ho k.,l fust sctn the body of the unfor- picked up the CrdcoWnBU?.ttf5 f.r very nounced n v.i-rtiA. J '.'"".. ""owa. an tier In hla frih. 1"1 " ,hat Vbi" been mis aken? LT i xeltment had brief consultation with his fellow. r cF "an2f"?- ; vs of,nnieVV..erpBroDrSrUyth9n" Sncorr .Wto ter heard the name of John uraden " lamo n, w old Simpson Harker. , M, life so far . he rememocrcu. . , ,,,-- hoU-h'-- ''Y? nana. Ust SCtn me Douy ui mo u.i.ui- litnru up ino "History nt nnf.(l,,V-;i ;V;n and 'had looked car.ful.y at JjSS "rSSSC STtw " waa not ft man of tltlcpSm. wn8ln,"u '''vely leering at Us rtomnennu mi ..-". .- ;.'" . ,'i "ryce wan not the only it COUia not revu"".i. uici .... ....o ... Hm anywhere at any time. Ho knew lit irtlly nothing of him could not think cf any reason at all why thla Mr. John Prailtn should wish to see him. "Your Oraco has. no doubt, had bust- ,a(u dtallnss with a goou many people it one time or another," sugfreatea me coroner. "Some of them, perhaps, with nereu the dune "Ann it 1 miiy n.v riohiiv. nut I don't remember this man at all In fact. I'd go ns far as to im positive ivc neier miuw- . ...1 l.lM In mi. Ilfrt " Ipoi Ulg mis iniin hi iiMik "f4 ' Tm crediicu wan nuvin " un- 11.. iMAft Minmnr trtr fnriB iltl ., ered the duke "And If 1 may any lo-ngni nun at 1 lay tnai ra posmve 1 e noci- 'Can jour Grnco suggest nny reason It all why he Hhoulci wish to call on )0U7'aSKCu ino coroner. "Xone! Uut then," replied tho duke, k.1 . Minn Via m n fl ... MITl 01111 KllOWll .. . n..t .. whlnh I rnn tnnUA n. crtieRS. If he was an antiquary, there aro lots (( old things nt Saxonstcnde which ho Bllht wish to sec. Or Jio might bo a lover of pictures our collection Is a bit famous, you know. Perhaps he was a bdokman we hno some rare editions, i ....lit n-n mi ninltltilvlnir renBonn but to nhat purposc7 'The fact Is, your Grace doesn't know Mm and knows nothing about him," ob liged the coroner. JUSt no nuillWK llbll-1! H'U uwrvc, ml stepped down again. it uut nt this stnire that the coroner . V .. . .... , -1. ....... - 1. 1.. ttnl me jurymm liwny in ctutiHU ui n'n crjlcer to mako a careful peraonnl Inspec. tlon of tho gallery In the clerestory. And vlille they were gone there was some commotion caused In the court by tho entrance of a police olnelal who con- ......J . .1... jin.U. .. .HlfllllA.nfVl.lt Ouv.CU lO lilu tUIUIIVI U INIUUIC'llbvU. ivtll-dressed man whom Dryce at onco Ktdoun bm a London commercial mng- nte of tome rjuiillty. uetween tne new irrnai anu tne coroner un iiiiercnuiiKe tt remarks was at once made, shared In rrtnentlv by some of the olllclnls nt the I table . . And when tne jury came oacK tne stranger wa9 at once ushered Into the llnca hnv nnrl thA rnrnnor tllrnnil to the Jury and tho court. we are unexpectcaiy hoio to set lome cldencc of Identity, gentlemen," re ousercu liic Kt"1.'''"!! who hub just stepped Into the witness box la Mr. Alexander ("hllstonc, manager of the I-otidon and Colonies Dank, in Threadncedle street. Sir. Chllstone saw particulars of this matter In the news papers this morning, and he nt once Ht off to Wr Chester to toll us what te known of the dead mnn We are very mui.it vifHKtru iu ..IT. immune iiiim hen ho has been sworn he will perhaps kindly tell us what he can." In th mfilst nf th mnriniiT. nf unn. riiuii. iiiuu i mi loiiiiu iiiu i;ouri. Bnce Imlulirvrl hlniHflf with n. rnvert look at Ransfortl, wno was sitting op- Kslte him, beyond the tablo In the Fnl rt Hi. vnnnt Ua n . ... n, Ann. ..i.li.. .f, .im llulll. I," D.A.V a, ui,.o Wat Ilinsf'ird. however tttrcnuoustv he H.'i.ii ur iihniiiiu .u nucii inn 1UV.U nil- iff Pftnlml U'no rimfll nalflnlnl.f iml,i.l&fl br the coroner's announcement. Hla cnieioi nun paled, his eyea were n little uia.7u, ma niui imnvu ns ne mureu ui tn liunl mnnntvAn nllnr.A.1... I ....... -. W...H, iiiuiiMbn niLUMr tllcl . It nun more than mere curiosity that w-ia indi cated on his features. And Bryce, satis fled and secretly elated turned to hear Mat Mr Alexander Chllstone had to That was not much but It waa of MmM.rihU ln.nn.. ... -.!.. . ., .v....uulu itujv, uunic. winy two UHya Wore, said Mr. Chllstone that was. on .... u, iiirnuun to nis tieatn ir. jonn --tii imu cuii?ii at ino L,onaou ana lolomei nnV nf Lhi.i. v.a nt- rnii Itone, uas mnnnirer. unit intrnrlnr.ln? flmself na halng Just arrived In Eng nd from Australia, where, ho said, ho Mil ha II lit l .. . . 1. .1 ea to be allowed to open an account. M tM-AHlln.t . m ... ra uuu-.ru ouiiio reierencea irom yen.t!l . of the London and Colonies CflnK. in Molhrnli-nA ...V.I.I. 1.I1.1.. t-,,i. 1 -"- ,iv, iuuii -veie uiisuiy V10" : tho account being opened, 55, ?.al(l ln,t0. u a sum of "0.000 In a i?i at,?lS1'' drawn by one of those rnai.l,i" "w ,, ,,uV"nt "KinBl HUB, Sn.s,f.u'1 y.. '. ld pli-nty ki ii ' .' "'" foe"" tor tne present; ihlu"0' .e" ., S?. th . check-book ouid can for It Inter ' lMUt M Lib, ? ' "?t F.lve xw Rny address In 5l& n?sr, 'n.J5'5ln?i' conttnurd the lrr..,l . v.i ' '. ",B """ "e nuu oniy orla..r,h"r'n' Crops that e.y during Ti . "K .nveieu from Par mi M ,e.nl'1,t H.e Bill Ht ti" should tlai w.i i "t il,uue at some tealden t5.TeU ?na.0". " 'J? the mean- lml. . .t or l" caus' or visits, ;o make n the country: whn ia r. '" them, no said, he would not n;.;" ,""",",' "'"." : " .wn our ,;.. " .'ul "' reterencea rrom Ifa".ntHJn.A.us"-alla were nulto sat- . b7e outUl,he?ea 0 ZTd & ffl a,5l. '" " l..royprtho In Ens V "e ,n? now Going to sett Is i.bn.JSn(1 for ood That." conclude.. J,u Vn"M.one " all I can tell of mv ta.n.kB;ieJ1 ?." he added, dra" Is an b,h.T.' ,,er lr?m ,1,B I'ocket, "here thl,aVJi :'&"'" wh'l I noticed In Youu.iinih '.V".'8 aH l came down It to thi ,erve .'T BaU1- " he parsed tn LSor?n.or- 'that It has certainly tomer" y our u,,fortunato cus- PMaeeCw,;on;r Kldnctd nt a marked uinouneed 0""c"1 la "s lonowa," no Marco l .."nf8 lhe,p "f old friend to'1.;'11 va that Sticker wish Mre, of r mi"K,,,n ,wrlo J Uraden, ttft""11 ..C5'.?H Bank. Brv,. ---" "i. i.umiun, Cm W"8 a, l"101 eyo on hj 2i, ''n ,hlm Htart: that he JerVlscmini fk,1u,ah aH, hp '' thu h "s not ,if. i 0,,t?. Ho hellcved "' ItanJfn1, 1" ta,lcn ' but." 'o waa taln.rt JS ,Bror ' the next nstant rc- """ICT Snrtl.Vvi ,f nlm,Kelf ,intl """I" vn'r and wltneas lu,"c" s"i " cor- fMMhoUl2er,8 J.3'1 no "" to hay, fe'n,e,lRKKt,B,,,,,.?t, .""...h.;nk'H Mel: formation, kinn,. '.. ."" K. " f". lo..lo! ."UC1 more rnni.t ""a "niiKeiy tnat Anl w hth .t t1 hB,,5?t ln Kntrlantl. Proceed nT-'ll.,' V M,l'1(,l "t-ige of the we, watche l hv n "n" ,llJe lttst one tnxlow ttlJr"0(l by llrce with lneri.inin-- ,cJ!rlan remiiritH """ ,800.n ox lde"t. from h.v''r.4..t the cl h in'iii'OS 'S.W lurmen t0 u8 1"PnBLth1t.,,,10JrlB,t ' the S.tn IntemlVrt0 i.cen.c,"f 'ho disaster had "'"Pose them i i ,,. coroner to pre chdale, hi J" ,Vlhnlf of It And how Jfchltecti , i',f'i,,UB fei'ffsentlng tho Snectlon in. Le d. ft. retttlnlng fee In 1, " hla o iniA" rJ11' w,lB c',,lea most thi f. nl0 i and he gavo It Iu liri hlni iiB6urd,H which Bryco had l,lou,1- After l, yty-four houra pro- v"?, Wffini" ,! "n; the, master ,i"iun-.l ,at tiVr "' """ ueciuea con !nPa.m.. the real truth was thnt S?.rtelar i imSJ "!-B"ery had at that ,7' '"cllned townrrt ' ie BO noth and iv.',." a nhar, d,nth,e opcn "oorwny &Ht.K .""F1.?. !.. the un- "i" "etore he i-V.i.i k ",0 'POliniT on It, 5TjE7 GUMPS Nothing but Atmosphere andxTurf - . . ... By Sidney '8mW I V& rift fn I rADu vm GAMS VE XXT 'TMAiT VAR.TV OM EHRANCEiTO'.QOLF It's MV KAK.TYAMP I POM7T WANT TO Q& TWE.PRteE OOOB JACK CEOArt SAVS COKE sack suovlV-give it A" perfect HPVUUM swincj aHP keep Vour. EVE ON THE BAU- FOU.OW nRO06V- rtOit xou OO BABY I'M GOING HIT O0 SO HAR.0 REtiEMQE-ti- I ANT MAP AT VOU OUT DON'T .VER. HVPECT To see Sod Main gf' person In WwhV.t.r t"hnoi-Lll!L. ."H reputation nin tho ton for hi.a,rva them. Dut It w inm. J .'" Cftro or oven to M-Jy? that T.WhS pPrl.Inir much upset by h2 ,iA,,,houJu b" " Btrangcr as to In.. Z?th ot . a total for at nn" rate i couS n a(PI',(,,"cVfln1' rest ess that hi ,2SP. . of ,'nyR- bo " Jo bo noticed bv hSuCLe?$ ?ot fa" "la remnrka on he trL TOthkr ventlnnni - Jnc t'ngedv were eon. affair' Sd fST fnr10s,V Stressing ow-mo.t unMDtaiB.. "L?"!'- ipi..:"",.-..un"P,nniiifl and c?m obvoS,lvHO .0"ru' . his mys rnn thnt. He wan 111 it - oeyonu thnt. tloned him nbout fhw5'n. aho """ Irritable when DMf r,hU'ac,aI. 'st dMaiiaf VhehmaaCOsnuC1 ?" f'pX& "bout hlP"l,,T'(rn! the lines y&wmM morning of ",hou "rnnuest.Tu ?VS, ' lZn?r Vu! .t ,ecnedhnr SSg5,ISS knew all the Slic o7t!!lr,ed Dlck' wh" ncralt in 1.ia,' Lf the town, "Varner oSS lie's abaolutely certain of wh,Vn"-tll,u and that h ini IS ' what he saw, that, sir, Isn't it?" y evidence wn'nt18."1!6 L?' mind In whfch Varner "h wouldn't be 7erv wSf'S neford. .W' Iiiy"bd,fd,iie,iSl: Probably he , coiifuieti ImageiT he waa wSarlnr n mi?'1 ma,,' hnnd linen. Tho Velct wnC.k coat ftnd wl'lte one." verdict waa a most sensible thntovenln, Ttansfod tCr , that' a" self again. But not RS.ia,ln?.?t h"" caught him ioowi imaeIf-, Mar? '-nt abstraction mnr.?- rjo. In cv than one- shs he?A i hH,nnw: "'or, Hut he aa'lrt no nor,?nrlm Slfi,, heavily, to daya later when n,.hpnm!,rr "ll announced his In .ml,-.1 brcak'", ho fohn Bradon'a f nr whirhat,en"l"B lake place thnt mSg h'h Was to he said. ' ,ea,.i"8brou?ham for 11." tor Nicholson to attrmi . u w,tn Doc call that cornea in hi? , ' a": urKnt noon so, If there u ..,!Leenuthat "nd can telephone tc Vim A ?aw ,a"' J0U BOlng to attend tl.in tew of u re H would be ton P??,r. "'.an 8 fu"e-l strnncer t - .-e2? bad to allow a cpeclally after such nf,. """ttendod, somebody ,,?,.?!? fafe- There'll he chapter, and hr. a A li' dcun """J townsmen? ao "n n0r. hur , principal matter I wish voS ttT' ,th.ere a a "' iofe U22 lou d.tCTdh0t0Tuyn0UJ',s to have been fn.nS I" TT nmn Bee'ns rate n li.n.ifr.'cn.1 esa i here, at anv In anlte n h""". .v. .. cme forward The oung lady noross the way i-nys In spite of the iiiibiieitv j r'Rr1, "c l,tt,8 PUJ rooting, nnd she likes eh?-tJtnut0Uld P rtttbonlderat3eU to w'e a f"d'dte big enougli and something oth-t'ifiv or . cross- or brave euotigh to come right out and something of that sort on hi Cr0SS' or JU"virvSJ,0W-? Enow'". hls erav& Marv?r:-lL,tOLy0" 'MWSk ." paid "If vnnM 7; A". ,r'! me to do?" nnd ortePmeihh?J5IM.J le flor,ats- -yourself, you kno'" yOU aon """ thaMt-a" doy;e"a"SW'ered Mar "I'" e d p.stiir.M5 S Si'njtt &nSBa? SI.' VirV'SS MUr' 'S6 t,e.T, ffnlVe to Miss Bewer an ?Jl: ?i?clvi"S. Bonhnm, one carryTng a MrMth"nrt the other a large bunch of lilies Saokvllle, chancing to encounter ;'aftrreydatothee,iI.i,tlBt'', wn,S"' had" EJU.n ? "fcuto a comm sslon for his mother, had heard her bualnesa. and had rr8BO,oTgCrkatl,irteU,,t,m1seirwl?l'; teeJa selo h'?9S Bryco heard of thla tribute to John Brnden next day from Sfr Fo Hot f-ickvllle Bonham's mother, a large lady who dominated certain circles of Wry- tetr Bocletv ln Bevernl senses- Mrs I'olllot waa pno of those women who ""J ''"" Blfted by nature with ca wnvn;?h0 w.a" conspicuous In many ways. Her voice waa masculine; she s ood nearly 0 feet In her stoutly aoled "hoes; her breadth corresponded to her itnm!.h.tr oyCB Wfre P'crclng, her noso Komnn ; there waa not a curate In Wry. nhp.8t.?r.'h0 wa not under her thumb, and If the dean himself Haw her coming, he turned hastily Into the nearest shop sueat ng with fear lest who should foV pw him. ICndued with riche and fortl lied by assurance, Mra. Kolllot waa the presiding .spirit In many movements of charity and benevolence; there were people In Wrychester who wfre unkind enougli to buy behind her back thnt she waa lis meddlesome ua ahe was most undoubtedly autocratic, but, as one of her stanchest clerical derondera wire pointed out. these grumblars were what might tie contemptuously dlsmlsaod as (Ive-shllllng subscribers. Mrs. Folllot, In her way, was undoubtedly a power and for reasons of hla own Pemberton Bryce. whenever ho met her which was fairly often wan Invariably suave and polite. "Most mysterious thing, this, 'Doctor Bryce," remarked Mra, Folllot In tier deepest tones, encountering Bryce, tho day after tho funeral, at the corner of a bnck atrect down which she waa about to aall on one of her chnrlt.iblo missions, to the terror of any of tho women who happened to te caught gossiping. "What, now, ahould make Doctor Harts ford cause flowers to be laid on tho grave of a total strangtr? A sentimental feeling? Fiddle-de-dee I There must be some reason." "I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, Mrs. Kolllot," answered Bryco, whose eara had already length ened. "Han Doctor Hansford been lay ing flowers on a grae7 l didn't know of It. My engagement with Doctor Bans, ford terminated two dayB ago so I've seen nothing of him," I ...... . . ." ' II JL II III 'i 9 Im bfi is:? (& v,7) c- 1 c' j x. 0-r -,- mv zr?r 1 1 f iii-' J 1 J - -T , unl PETEYA Lesson in Economy V yiiUt JCitj:' -tvlM Tljl? -- 1-S -n M tJ n. - I ' I T I JU T LETTWATT 'BE A LEJ50M To Noil aJoofAcTirp Wctrto a. 1 1 CMT fTRHr OVJ Oltt. PEWKIt-S -v I' ' ' h ir I r VMAYS Tt4E MATTER 1 Mn little mam - ? ) f oo-moo-'BooN) - -r- losTepmy IU s4ife)' Kt-.wwt fgvN J j 76SfSik f 5i C. 4. Fotfirt IT TLiaT 5CrroT OF CAELESSUESS'TTHAn' KEEPS ONETOCH lE3 IWDEEO- - HOWEVETR. Me?res ahoThe' 1 vemmV rofJ-fou &f-yZtt - AW. GEE v Nou'-FG A CHEAP 1 ySy SKATE. DE M7 y ODDEJR MEM ALU CT, ..-i I AMD DIMElS CAUSE V " LOSTCP ME'r7 JBrK The Young Lady Across the Way - i "-nUB1 V0v liM( carry water on both shoulders. rS S ABOUT THE SEASON OF THE YEAR By Fontaine Fox WHiSN LlTtUt AMJCRT T0DDJ.C6 iNta DAP' GARDfcN AND PICKS that prize Tomato. 9 1 mS? . SCHOOL DAYS , fftf Z)IPff Deiwent MiK. To rvi J" tfjiraja f0.'2 v3$St IjtJwI 'vtjr-ri;crs. -rftj ttl.i)W "M''"" ftS , zi . w-nt s.' rr r . 7lK Jtr-r BMW US . S'- - s.wS:,r ; : .t-42e VU-.K uu" e WM-. r ' .j- J '. 35cujJ IWIKUMS DcuO. Mu,nf -s.'' -- A lu( " crt i . &L CMeetfV XtN"" tr&j&i wn.HhH; v'tltfS LkCKlVt5 ri'- t ts.-'' Biu'S worneci ienos Hm ro me orofia- rooTPRinrs oh -jWfft B.ll I SOMEBODY'S STENOGFair Enough Reasoning ' CopM-ieht. in.'O t rubllc r.odncr Co. By Hayward U- ROSS X.i T r ,- -p-im GET OFF TO So TO A FUNERAL THIS MORNING? " "" . ' 1 . - I "n ir-i- .Q- . . Mi.l ICg.T UlTt tri.,.r-...-l f. .. L I T IU. . MRI I -TtLk- DP I nCKbVJUbA UAT utt-tiit rUiMCKALb. HrA. UfUi -AI J vl ? KPAnCP IC T r,.'-r- X I ) I Course -allPightJ f ) There wot be a thev spoil my i -f earth Do You Go U - l To TXeir Funerals l - fJ V Ai 1 dihut A RiTrtF VXPK fiOAJP J WHOLE DAV ! H r-rx 11 7 i.Vvr" V AV.-7 . .yrtTT:Al-f. 1 - M w la 1 1 WJ -m -v - -4 hr ma - si m- I - -. , , i . yr u m -sr e iu. mmL.mmH --.-----t b-j t-r- A 1- rr 1 f 1 1 .r .mm x fc " -b-ih ---- -t - - . i i 1 r - - 1 w 1 vh 1 1 ir unn I All I n r 7 13 13 TODAY THIS AFTER- r5 i THEM? r IlU " lCOME To r-O ' r G v - , ' . - M J- tS9 noun ouLLVEED 1 v ia ( m a 3S aa mc V n' V V ' H , & ?krh,M I A boat. To Sftit') P H fe -iE-L'N I "CAP" STU BBS Grandma Never Thought So Before By Edwina iHAUU VjRlTE ANOTHER rli'cwarnrt,n trtvArv rn rKV?rPPErt "HORRIBU AXI3JCNT-WHEN V GRANHA HETRE'S A aQME'. VLL ' I II " nnt---nm.mmBixBnBaBm-. . rriii k v l rr il jc m r cr. i v ii m 1 1 u J r rr .ar a rau j .m. rt. - ru" .ti. , . V SI ' J . i ." ri.4 i"tV "f 'W "- . 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