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EVENINGS PUBLIC LEDGEJPHILADELPHIA, -WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1920
THE GUMPS ks Lucky Tliey Didttt Clean House
By Sidney gntltlik
The Second Honeymoon
By RUBY M. AYRES
Author of "The Woman Hater" and "The Black Sheep"
F'Vt-Mirx'itJrl
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t uA la m m tA a
ii r:nni oncf to muuuu w
iru ClnJhto borrow, oil actrtti.
"ifVZteUio break off the enuagement,
v ..it Jimmy poor, unt yciuuac
0W """,'': -rf nwl hi Ml.
."..:. flfc hod supposed Aim
0B'J m.m (. a ecene . in make-up
giaa. '"'. fhtatre. JImmv meele Me
&& eweelhca.rt, Ohrlettne Wyatt.
XiZrVeelvet n letter '""" vminia re
Bliiher intention to cancel the en-
J" IJZtat JImmv no " 0rc
f ''jiiiimctedlii he en U on cim
Wctl?!!: f laoether and meet
tlTTitortlake. a "more for.
Zvift" lover. He would thow Cunthla.
i"1'f JZiiAonlu rav her out." JImmv
".i.a letter from Ms brother aH
V'ii the rumor of hit entapement to
M v ."..., nttd thai he tihall
and his
Tiirt 61 cable. "Conounrfed old
Xktad." he oi.gu...
...nif was nusneci,
J .pirkletl. Ho ran hi. lingers through
m hair, malting n bw"
i fS rtrldw ho felt bettor. Ho wont
tec" to the armchair and took up his
Wh ould he not havo given now
.. hTnblo to cablo back:
WK right; alio Is my wife."
T. .. It WOJI
u.tfi .hinlt what ho HUes. I don't
W'""L-.. .!, thnllirhl In J mm)
(MeananB. v.. -
"Sjf "lh2r" with his chin droop,..
Jhta brenit. lost In unhappy thought.
" ?'!-..,; vm two days Blnco Cyn-
ttl" had sent him away; It scorned an
Tdom.,shlmatan?D.dflhoover
J5f on. hour out of tho happy Past?
&mhow he did not think so. Much ns
R'had Towd her. Jimmy Challorer nau
iVy knowns hra to no me son ui i.u.
?, that lived solely for the present;
lfd i If sho wanted him. she had only
SS to 'send to telephone. He loolcod
gjoii at "he receive? standing Idle on
l'?.e.. .1..,.. oV. Vi,l ninr him un:
bO " u. v,o,i vn.nr1 hr nrnttv
o many (" .......-.- . .
Vaiee aeross the wire:
IS that you. Jimmy boy 7"
He would never hear It again. Sho
did not want him any more. He was
urlv word Jilted t .
Jimmy writhed In hla chair. That any
womin should daro to so treat him.
The hot blood surged Into his faco.
It was a good sign this sudden anger
had he but known It. When a mi...
can be angry with a woman ho has
mm locd ho Is already beginning to
toe her less; already beginning to eco
her as less perfect.
Some one tapped at hla door; his man
' Coetln was another bone of contention
between Jimmy and tho Great Horatio.
I never naa a vaiei wnen juui
Ut, SO nis oroinor ocuuuw. nu.v m
the wide world you need a valet for Is
past my comprehension."
Jimmy had felt strongly Inclined to
uuner that most things were past his
cemprehenslon, but thought better 01 n,
he could not, at any rate. Imagine his
life without Costln. Ho knew In his
hart that ho had no least Intention of
sacKlng cjosiin, anu uosim smycu.
"If you please, sir," ho began now.
coming forward, "Mr. Sangutcr would
Ilks to seo you."
"Show him ud." said Jimmy. Ho roso
to his feet nnd stood gnawing his lowu.
lip agitatedly.
How much did gangster know, he
wondered, about Cynthia? Ho woum
tiae liked to refus6 to seo him, but
well, they would hao to meet sooner
or Liter, nnd. after all. Songster had
been a good friend to him In moio nttb
than one.
Jmmv sad: "He o. oia cnapr witn
rather forced affability when Songster
tntfrcd. Tlio two men shook hands.
Sansstcr glancsd at tho breakfast
tabic.
vim rather nn early Mfltor, en?
''."o. Oh, no. Sit down Hao a
C'garrtte?"
rNo, tnanKs.'' .
Tliero was a little bllence. Jimmy
eed his friend with u sort of suspicion.
Eangster Had Heard eometmng. bang
iter nroboblv knew all there was to
know Ho BhufTlcd his feet nen-oualy.
iangster was the sort of a man at
whom a woman llko Cynthia Furrow
nould never have given a second glanco,
If, Indeed, fiho thought him worthy of a
fl;l He wao short and squarely built;
his hair was undeniably red nnd rngged,
his features were blunt, but he had a
nice f.mlle, and his small, nondescript
ejes wero kind.
lie eat down In the chair Jimmy had
vacated and looked un at him aulz-
iicaiiy.
"Well." ho eald, bluntly, "Is It truer
Jimmy llushod.
True! What the "
The other man ntonned him with a
future
"Don't bo an ass, Jimmy: I haven't
known you all theso years for nothing
Is It true that Cynthia's chucked
jou?"
'"Ves." Jlmmv'u voIca wan honl. He
'tared up at the celling under scowllnjf
brows
Sansster Bald "Humph !" with a sort
f tow1. He scratched his chin re-
secmeiy.
"Well. I enn't kxv Vm norrv." lift rnllrl
ffler a moment. 'It's the best thing
fiats ever happened to you, my hon."
Jimmy's eves traveled down from the
Mlllng slowly; perhaps It was oolncl
OMiee that they rested on the placo on
the mantelshelf where Cynthia's por
trait used to stand.
"Think so?" he oald gruffly. iou
wer liked hor."
i aid but not an your wiro
She's much moro suited to Henson Mort-
lak T nUunvu Minuuht an. He'll keen
htr In ordr! vnu.vnii nnver Miuld liae
done,"
Jimmy had been standing with hla
elbow on tho mantelpiece ; he swung
round eharply.
"MortUlte; what's ho got to do win.
t?' ho niked fiercely. "Whnt tho deuce
w you mean by dragging him In? It
as nothing to do with Mortlake that
the jhe
Hammer wiu lnnklnir nt him curl-
,oualy.
"Oh' I understood what was the
,won, then?" he osked.
Jimmy turned away. He found tho
i ot,,T man's oyen somehow disconcerting,
,,." marnea already,- no saiu in u
Mined voice, "I I always knew sho
nad teen married, of course Sho made
jo secret of it. He tho biute left her
J, ago; but last week well, he
'"rnfd up ngaln. she we wo
"ad always believed he was dead"
rnere waB a little Bllence. SaiiH"U-i
wano longer looking at Jimmy; he wan
iarlng into tho fire. Presently lie be
on hi whlatle m'"' Jimmy rounded
n, shut up!" ho said Irritably
U ITHier R nnna a, rtnnn AftAW n
'"Bineni
,.l'n3. the er husband !" he submit
' oriy. "You've you've seen him. of
imiFB. n , -
"Vn T 1 i ... ... ...
IIM iV. . ,' "en i. jr i uio u i niu,
lenaa', .. ' "uiio in ilia uiiviimi .t'
vaBD. Bain .TltTimir hohunah .1a (nflMl
j,i' "tared down nt hla friend with
.. Vyca " spolie.
Tv?,""'er eald "Humph '" again. Then
as nn thfJ'ea as good fish In the sen
ch.. " ;'.,ul were caugnt," lie bain
leon" i...,. -.-
Ilmmy kicked a footBtool out of his
lift U'nlWfvl nuAM 4n (Via u'lnilnw
turn.'i00! for II moment with his back
turned Presently:
r-i "Jf!..th'm the- truth." he said Jerkily
lak7. l tnem tnln, tlml l,rute Moi t-
tynbX off
lr i " om ,ne truth," said t'nngster.
ITlBoroiiBiy " over tna nrc' PKI" ll
niv?11!?1 n.re J'ou doing tonight. Jim-
fl.nn.jr turnen. -"
treil?Mta.,,,ne 80m" peopla to the thea
ehii'1 ..'fiends ! Mot them quite by
hearrt "" 0,1,er night. Haven't you
lSL" We nnlr nf ,l,lm (1,. Wuntlir1
noki; ? . e" yfl" Sangster dropped tho
Upton 1urncemonlously. "l'eople from
,.1'ion liou You u,a to b fun
41? ' ftrflt knew you. nnd that's
4h.mTLy. ye1rB Jimmy" ,
snirit.ii u ""' Knows: saiu jimmy
piir'lr.?'yy "Woll. Pve got a box for
eohie nv.. .n,fif,,t' 11 afl them to
me'mWr ?-in? B dond MU,a n thcalrcs-
"'ntmber Ch i.7.nU.,.
of your., waaa't ene?"
'.TVhen we wero ltlds."
"Oh, like that, Is It? Well, ask me to
come along, too.''
"My dear fellow come by all means."
-.iimmy.Sil8.ratn,,r Pleased at the sug
8tllln,.i. YJU ll..llko Mra- Wyatt shoe
ono of the best,"
"And Christine?"
Mi0h?,,.?.'B r'fhl: but she's only a,
2ii f,Bti",'ii 8ald Jlmmy Challoner with
years. y BUpcrlorltr of ha" a d"n
intllJ." '"'.'i a.na '"imy were cnliaren
together." said Arthur Sangster.
Slfl, ana, tho lights turned up sud-
in-i '"H theatre had rovealcd Chris-
drcamy ' R 1Utl nusheU ond
JlmmS'&A i?,k.dtftt "er smilingly.
haTl.h.n.dlC.alle(, her child j but lie
he hm.lh.,d how ,BWeet ft chlld h wn
dalm J tt, M hJ ey" retd on he
aamty pronio and parted lips.
the mfn55let'.f'ako.,rom l"mlng at
llttlB tihd -ofi .hlB LC0' Sne 8"ttV
"YMSh;.fLnd. e,an?.d.,bH0l n ho? chair.
irnth.J ..S" sald Wo ual to play to-
'htriwhen. wo Waro children."
nrsti'r a h'Si' lon,llTO ?o," said
earnest mockingly, lalf in
one nodded seriously.
si inffH,7,.Bra?l!a .w"..rt said
,-ii.i Z"?y r"l ' to wnero Jmmv ma
n 't ;V. "c,r..'no. "':.. "e might hav
Mr Rrii ' " 'nought W Stl
carughStaT ,r,,.w"?-fcvoff."k !-
"J.y M to.3' me s'ouch atTt
events ii.r ht P'"ed her, at all
Sangster laughed.
flnl0l.,l.a" nbout uPton House, and the
i.?JaUBhed' t00' now.
wV Ji y step .ajld came to the eate "
to rwJCOrsoundd wl8'fu'- "Jimmy used
-"S'i wr""" """"
Hlio lookod rather puzrlcd.
nroTou-;'flevS,,,n(a,L8,,;M8'tcd-
r nLt.,s.Vddc.ny ashamed.
.I amToVi'' r0,rssM;n2 ""
haven't imown him as long' as 'viSSS. '
"uw, '"? sho asked. "
?w.ii,a.d.e a "uJe calculation,
atjn'g-th.' " ?r,yfrS"s!8?ir0
of nkfo'mlbury.''" m unfa9hIo"blo part
;.Voar Jimmy?"
, No !i( Jimmy lives In thof JTomple."
.r!,'AtntlTTdo ?'ou know bis brother the
K "fhnlt0.11!07 Bh0 n8keJ JAighlngly!
v.. had the honor of moetlng-lilm oncoi"
h ..SnB?rfd wUh mock BraVlty?
"Vm-v" lryea ag0- Isn't ho funny?"
;ry. Songster agreed. He thoucht
icribeWfi?lli,? W?'rd ,"'th .which toe.
serine Horatio Kcrdlnand; ho pitied
wff'iow"'-' "talSf'bJKS
''Wo went to see Cynthia Farrow the
lovoTyr-61"' CI,r,8tl" MW- "Isn't sh!
"l supposo sho li!"
i,?.7RpoHe ' ' ,rilnK "he's tho most
beautiful unman 1 i,av ..... ,,
Christine declared vehemently. "Jlmin'y
h Y'B ?" &ayu-" Sh0 turned hor
"Yea si Bhtlv."
"You don't sound ns If you llko her."
llA linM NIllnMa.
Ho laughed In i,plto of himself.
Perhaps becauso she doebn't like mo.1
ho answered
"isjcsn't she?" Chrlatlno's grac oyea
searched his face. "I llko you, anyway,"
.. ""'"'"r 'u not iook at ner, but a
Utile flush rose to his brow.
"Thnnk you," ho said, and hU volco
nuunui'u, sonienow, quite changed.
As tho curtain fell on the second act,
he roso quietly from his seat and went
round to where Jimmy stood.
Take my place," he said in an un-
ucnone.
Jimmy lookod 111). Hn hn,l nnl hnn
following tho play; ho had been think
ing unmans always of the samo thing,
always of the last few weeks, and tho
onocn ot tneir ending,
He rose to his foet rather reluctantly
Santcr" sat down besldo Mrs. Wyatt.
once or twioe he looked across to
i;nrietino. sue nnd Jimmy were not
talking very much, but there was a
llttlo smile on Christine's face, and
eno iookcu nt Jimmy cry often.
Jimmy sut with his rhln In the palm
of hln hand, staring before htm with
moodv oes Sangster felt n sort of
unnauence. wnat the deuce could thu
feliowv ever have seen In C'jnlhla Far
row? he nsk'd himself. W.ib ho blind,
that he could not penetrate her shal
lowncss, and see the small selflBhnoss of
her nature?
A pretty face nnd laugh, and an un
doubted knowlcdgo of men lliey were
all tho assets she posseesed ; nnd Sang
ster knew It. But to Jimmy Snngstcr
metaphorically shrugged Ills shoulders as
ho looked at his friend's moody faco.
How could he sit thero next to that
child and not renlizo that In his longing
he waB only grasping at a shadow?
What was ho made of that he saw more
beauty In Cynthia Farrow's blue eyes
than In the sweet face of his bo hood's
lovo?
Sangster was glad when tho play was
over; tlioatres ;iluaH bored him. H
did not qulto know why he had Invited
himself to Jimmy's box tonight When
thfv rose to Icavo he mllcd indulgently
at Christine's rant fnco.
"You liao enjojed II." ho said
"Yes cer so much Hut I liked Mlas
Farrow uud the play sho was In bet
tor" Jimmy turned sharply away; nobody
aiiRw cred.
"We'ie going on to Mnrnlo's to sup
per." Jimmy snld as they crossed the
fover. "Christine has never boen there."
Sho looked u- Instantly.
"No, I haen't "
"It's tho place to see stage favorites,"
SangBter told her.
In his heart ho was surprised that
Jimmy should choone to go then Ho
thought It extremely probable that Cyn
thia Farrow and Home of her numerous
admlreis would put In an appearance;
but It was not his business, and he raised
no objection.
When they entered the long room he
cast a swift glance round She was not
hero et. nt all events; ono could only
hope that sho would not come at all,
i:erythlng was new nnd wonderful to
ChrlBtlne. She was like a child In her
delight. She sat In a corner of one of
the great, softly cushioned sofas, ana
looked about her with wide eyes.
Jimmy sat btsldo her. Sangster had
maneuvered that he should Ho nnd Mrs.
Wyatt wcio opposite.
Tho orchestra was plujlng a dreamy
wnltz. The long room was niiiunntiy
lighted nnd decorated with pink fiowirs
Christine leaned across nnd squeezed
mi. isn't it lust too lovely?" aho
said. . . ,
Mrs. Wyatt laughed.
,,v,A.. .1,111 turn rMirlntln a head. Jim
mv." h1i said to Challoner "She will
rind Upton House dull after all this
Jimmy was slightly bored It was no
novelty to him Ho had spent so many
.., i.. ',n.,ini, umt uimnlnir In t nces aim.
ar to Marnlo'B. All the waiters knew
him. Ho wondered If tnev were hut
prlBsd to seo him without Cynthia Far
low For weeks past he and she had
been everywhere, together. He mot Sang;
".; ...,i., 1,1 Jvra' lm rnllNOil himself
wiii. an effort: ho turned to Christina
and began to talk. , . .
He told ner who buiho ui 'T'!"3
were at the other tables. He pointed
out a famous conductor, and Tendons
most popular comodlnn. Christine was
uiterested In every one and everything.
Her eyes sparkled and her usually inlo
face wns flushed Sho was pretty to
night. If sho had never boen, pretty be-
"I suppose yon comn hero often?" she
B.id She looked up Into Jimmy s bored
young face. "I ; ' not ftt a"
new or wonderful to your
He smiled,
(CONTINUED TOMOimOW)
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PICKING ALL ALONEY SO
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The Young Lady Across the Way
Rare Presence ot Mind of the Anti-ProhibltionUt
Iiy Fontaine Fox
The young lady acronw the way
cays sho isn't sleeping nt all well
and, while phe's tried almost every
thing, doesn't sem able to flud any
filmpln remedy that will induce insomnia.
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