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LADYFINGERS
By JACKSON GREGORY
Copyright, 10iJ by Clival?) Srrlbncr's Son
(ilAI'TKIt I j t.pon the (.rpiinii floor. Seeing onlv
The (langsier's liiitifihler emptiness, hcnrltif; only tlio lnconsc'-
... mil x Mnrr.1 speechlessly , !l'"'t ln"J 'f drunken mnn In the
TOi: I'1' '"" . .... , bnrrnnm. Ambrose c osed the door nnd
J nl the " ,p" ul,"ur i'l,,",l,'t turned to l,e II, ,m.
. ..nir hail brought lilni nut of his; Then-was much between the gangster
Dlnf't o'clock In the morning. They. '""I tin- police olllccr, nnd now. to con
aC ;(; tndo-erip.-., who had HUM In iorS:',!;, WU,td
rom the rninj streets Ilk.; great bats not ,. nr(.m.,I1K to .SfhoIl,. tonight
'' rqe wins. looked lit him expect- 1 Ambro-i- s IIximI stare Into I.p Hruu's
"C niit i'f tlM-lr liiml o. I 'Kri;,,Mn"n.,,,,,l "T "vplnniitli.il.
anr .n ii u-r. '.'!'-. ii, ,:i.,v.!,:;r'-;-.v---
bont Tn.nViM-Mirr.' ; .Ion i,arlnl Imrlt at hi,,,, hi, nl
mm,., wmd- finiilly ' nbruptly, I -jes abnormally salient umlor his hair--
to hr ejected upward nnd out- I u,, ?""? ,
Sft -He ..; ..nunc., rnc,., L XWV?S K.S
. ." .... ttimllir. ililtitu'r. imln nin ! "It hm i,riMnr iih..Ai
""' . it Mist mitu l.iii ,1,,, ,:,.,- ....!i ii i
in. in imv; nnr U'HI
l"Tnif Ambrose.
. r iito tun nii'i'iii;' i n. imiiimi- i -p nnni i mvj "fir ii'hn
i- "...."-:' -'l?:; . " .u-ix
him, "ii-ii I"""" . - ".. .. mill nrst come In fron
.!,! ni.i -hut out the co!d. wovpil In ,Mwi, In- said. "Let's have till
" ..... ...... ... .1 ' -IIIIIUIH. . OP. .Mill unt
ii nmiKc ,.. i,...- ---. ... i:,- ..,..",.:;..
" " " "will ii ;
n I""
which
was
villi warm, nnd dropped n
ml Into it. The other mnn
i , "mil il MUKii'iu, j, is voire
n-nol nt who, . hud fust come In from
i . , . V '"' ""'" l't', "nv '''
"irillL'Ilt, JOP. II, 111 Nnvr. tlliw. WM.nl .,.
ill know nbfitit li V"
!!M0,1'liiB." imswered I.o limn.
ion nrrnnceil everjthliiK with I.n-
lump "' """ "" ' i ,i . "ITnl'S,,il everjthiiiK with I.n-
r.llnueil him. "trelchlng out hi hlllids to i '"'lie. Me rlulms thnt he Vlil Ills port
It, .nmtii. '" . ' lT,L?ut,,,,,r """"y .'", tl"' "l,f"- J "
lK , i.c H henvv body bejond the '!?' r are , jBv Or I.hh one
0Ut n ., ir. c to i of hl- htoimu-h, "''" .Buni: shot off 1,K month nnd let
,Tn, .-, "iNol f er the,,,, hi-, f.,t sol!l.,;.',lll7 '''k Into the know"
,rt,l I Vhm B i continued conscstion '"J, "ifl't my month Mmt and you
ni fu'i in" ' "i ' . I know it." nnsui-rri ,e Ilrun. "Sn
"' ' r-"'; ' r-' "demanded. 'T TV."? "'".. ,U. s for i-nbolln
To," wilh one quid; Ke.-,ture. lifted ..... " "'iPd his fnt Mioiildera.
u. .ii.m iliniilder.-, In n slimi; nnd . 1,os .vor "an. not ,i.. for nil I
mJ3 o t , I W wet coat l hold it VT, "" ""' . Wle muy hnve split
tl rr,n. innn. ' "''.,; w1"-'' l,.",,, f,ln n"d l""ii men
lh'.u-f, Id it frnnUV" lie nsked. ' '"'' " 'Am iio'h looU. i.o ! n seemed
rrnnlt lniilied iinplen-antlv.
W. diiln I." he -aid. " e Kot theie
r,n time about leu minutes past J. I he
,f his whs on and e could w-o there
o,-tl,liiB doing. The Hiife was
.rarki-d Hi" "-tiiff was goni- niujall me
nnd U'iiiiv dono wa K"t ili"-licd.
..! ....IV" veiled ..- Hriin, u keen
cj e.
Mt., 1. ... I V
MCtfinent -.IliniiiB " .l,,';
p,elie.lV It was u plant, was it .' A
doiiblr mm, was it? Ambrose thinks
It ran Ro back on us "
"nhrnw in nil right," interrupted
Tnnv l'ftins Heeting, hIuiiIwIhp look
from 'hi- eof "t wuk that new cop
at Bt fresl, and did the pinch ng net.
'Ihi-n Aminos., showed up and told us to
,". t li.- said tell you he'd he around
ere ns s-x.n as ho could Bet awiiy.
nw miieh ni ill the unfc.' ns-ked
jo lirim "Did you get a ehancu to
talk mil" I.abelleV"
Tnn grinned nilrtlilcsMy.
"lu'lul'e was mils over it, he nid
wfcmii.' "He'd done his pint nnd
.nil! in ir ami ihuk- '.'-
iiintiinK ilRlit until me nun
II, . I. veil lorn
OTt lh
thine 'I '
Vrnni showei
Kram sliowen up. ''I', '., ' .
ul(ln t heheve at ilrst. He tbuugh we
pre lioldiiiB out on him. V'ti can look
- .... ..... ...rtvt nnv timn.
i, mo-r nny time.'
lor i.ii " " ""
.... i. . ........In.. . n .... ....
"II' I XlHUUf.l Jj' " ,
Fmldenh he M-eninl for the first tune
to fori tin- cold. Clawing his nightshirt
toiftliei n er his bulging chest, be drew
iloie up i" the stove. The flux of tolor
had re.e.1. il slowly from his bloated
Mfnge, but no almtenient of ferocity
(anie mi'i '"- ejes. Lilian, round, oni.uis
point "f light under his hail less brows
y. ., know who did this," he said
llftrr n little
No more tlinn oit know, returned
Tonv ' No more than Aminos., knows,
tr I.nlied. Vo more." witli n bneer
IwIvmI - I'idenly into liis Miiee, u ll.isli
o( light in his eyes, 'limn I'olly
knnv'
'PollV- growled I.e Urun " hat s
Poll) ge' to do with it?"
Tnn -tared back at his chief a Hill"
fcullen1'
e am l asking all the puzzle
lUitstio,) tonight, Joe." he e:tid
hnrpl ' llow'd it happen Unit the
juy thn' (inched the safe knew just
when l.nh. lie wns going to put the coin
m it' ll"w'd it happen be didn't do
the job 1n-t night? Why didn't lie wait
till touii'iiou night? You say we got
H furi ..lining wlio done it. Jlnjb"
go' ii gue-s coming who wised him
tip, too '
Joe ! P.uin's thick bunds grew into
loose, tln'ib lists His body seemed
actua'N diluting with venom; his cjos
fpat fie' .op
"It wii- sl,e work," he said finally.
"And we ii il know it. ltut that's no
ngn tint r..ly tipped him off. It was
jut In. ' .., he found out some other
war l'..lh wasn't in on tills."
I mli-r I i Hrun's mulieious ce
Ton npin Miur was -lowly veiled b
iiir old ii i i, -nlleiine-s.
lb i did Ainbio-c lull;?" uski-d I.e
Brun
lb - lie's gut ii right to li"
W'N' lb il "i l kimw if it was Ashe m
if V' ii '1 it nnd are Ir.Miig to .-hut him
uutnf ill. iii'.iiev."
Tlirmili tin- winilowle.-s, dinil
I'tlitid i.ir.in there drifted an iitinos
fhTP nl iiiiiiimiii'ss which was ulnio-t
'' :i pull, idle S.i, i rni,iclco fog. I'mth
1nn ii , lYank looked to I.e I (run
"Sfrt- I , liiun, deeply thoughtful,
a i.n ..-, Km-, of their looks, hiuiug
jniiiliiM- i ii'i, r to think upon. It was
Jicfoie mi ., ii,. ha,) nBUii, spoken that
'ro11' ' ' v ight without (here mine
iiesom , f ,,, talking linrricill.
j'n '"i I 'he roiiier, nppioacliing
''" II" ii rd -li'iei, pu-Msl tin. fioitt
t'"lr' I I e I'., mi's Milnoi, nnd eiiiui'
'? 'I ' " mtil lie WI1-. Ill lli Mii.lllel.
1klll", H'l M door which g,ie . u
iritir. fr, , H.,.vulj jtl() t, r)U,
IK Wli' li I i. t'lteo UK, i weie.
I' nliie-e.'' offered Tmiv. As II
-""Mi nil' i fn iiui-i ii in ileil. "It'.llei.
I " 'I'li'.ii, Ktoupiiig forward
1 IllliVfllll-IIC one of feline
1 -a id under bis breath, "If
i urkiiig for l.adjlingcrs jou
ii" ilg.lllisl .,iiliiii. now.
'I' liei '
' i' -napped ,loe
'' I the dour mid Aiubio-e
11 'Hi n haste which ,ive coloi
I'i'S-i.iu that he hud lieen
IM ra
tlufll
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I'oll)
bnp.f ,
Htil f,i
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1 11" llltte l, inni liv .In, iiinin
' bint 'led at the board walls
" 'I then went its batll'd win ,
f i exislj about tlie hiu'i i
I "in . lollies sunn thing about
1 ' tin Inni; in his cruel, blue
' i his liiml Jaw mid month,
'"Uiii in I In elect swagger of
' I'loilniincd liim the police
in i
HI
H Ills u,rn the iM.i.'L.
' n 1 lit movement., ul his
Unit of mh tpe, doniiueer-
-Imrt of dominant. Then.
" "I power nl l In,,, ; ul-
,"11" of ji. line h,. looked f..
-jn'ilj pinmotlon.
,., ,,, " ,v iii.uuiy in no ,i in
-l-.-'UllS ,T .(IIIU, ,.. fill
"be path of his pru-i-ess.
'lis e ).. ,.i iiliili.tillv
' ' "-1 lnl liim to liieak out
" ''I'llUllllll'llt. lllNlCllli his
"' "'""thlj and ipiieil,-,.
-ill'l. "lei iIi.'k,.' i, n. I, i
i...
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" ei.' in,,,
"in in
oriI .
I.,.
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to note neillier
on iK getting hold, jou dnmncd
tonil. jou, muttered the oflieer. "Hut
ju-t n.s sure us there's such n thing ns
a law court in this ,u,K He(, lv i0,.
on you if jou dou't wulk stiaight with
me.
"ITverj lime I see jou I nm taking
i unices. And 1 tn not the mnn to take
chances for nothing. I'll screw every
thing out of I.nbellc he's Kot in him
when I Ket through w:th jou. And
jou II talk now or. cur-c jou. I won't
listen when jou wnnt to talk tomor
tow." "Well." returned I.e Ilrun heavily,
what do jou want?"
"I wnnt tn know who cracked thnt
safe tonight!
"I didn't. Tony and I'lnnk didn't."
Ihen who did? If .inj man ktiowa.
jou know.
l'or a brief second I.e Ilrun hesi
tated. Then, seelt," Unit Ills hesitation
was keenly watched bj the other, he
spat nut:
"It's A-ho's work! I.aiMingers is
the mini Mm want. Amluosr. ,d, 1,
''".'!'. '"',,s ""' :""M nnt!"
"So!" Mild Ambrose willi a grim
lightening of the I, lis. "I thought so!
Me- getting ambitious, is Ashe! He
might be after your job. .lop;"
The words, coming jecringly, stung
a little freh color into .Joc'h jellow
cheeks.
"He's a jpiing know -it all that ain't
got the heiHe to keep cut of jail." lie
saiil" viciously. And then, "You got to
get somebody for this. Auibioe. If
jou can't piov it on Ashe, whv we'll
frame it on liim. It'll ci(. him right
for butting in where he ain't invited."
"And the cash?" demanded Ambrose
drjly. "After nil the chances I've taken
in this mess jou don't think that I'm
coming out of it emptj banded, do
you?"
"You'll get more'n the rest of us,"
ictoitcd I.e Ilrun. "You get jour name
in bin liliers In all the city papets in
the man that got the deadwuod m,
f.ndj linger". You get another liltle
boost up. What do I get?"
Ambrose lunched a It lib- Insultingly.
"You get a man out of jour way
who's beginning to prove mure than
jou enn handle, jr.s about time when
it's Mill or him. .lee. Mm! not lii-inr?
blind jou know it."
.Joe's splenetic outburst wns checked
In its beginning by the policeman's up
lifted baud.
f ... ... .nil. I... .. 1 -(...-..I.. HI'....
...L nil lull. .11.' .-.UIII rriiui !, . i - -.
got something else to do beside,, chat all
night with jou. It's one of two things:
I'm going to get $.'000 in my list inside
of twenty-four hours or I'm goiiiR
to miike an Driest. And the man I lay
Inv bund on is l'oiii'r to do time. t.ct.
that?"
What thoughts lay bin k of the round
eyes of the gangster did not make
thcm-clvi s manifest. He merelj waited.
it it wns .siie, went on .Munrose,
'it's one (bailee to a hiiuihid if we can
prow anjlblng on him, lie's the slick -e-t
man doing bu-lness in this town
I gbl now,, he's nt inni e bruins in those
gill's hands of b's than jon've got in
jinn- fat head, and In- doc-n't leave a
trail n mile wide behind bun. And I
tell jou right now that when I put mj
I. mill on a Hum he's going stiaight to
the pen."
Again be paused; again .loe I.e Hi tin,
meeting his ejes stcadilj. waited,
"I w lit twenlj-foiir hours for the
live thousand," lepe.itid Ambrose.
"After thai T make an arrest. The tent
is up to jou."
"Yoii'm' talked plain si, tar." -aid
I.e I'.ruti c.ilorlcss, "Ymi might lis
well talk plain all the wn "
"'iu wan- it in words of one sylla
ble, do ji'ii?" Ambrose's guarded oice
lowi-inf ,i Utile, he tbru-t forward his
f.i.-c udilciiij -o Hint it was ipiite close
to Joe's "All right If jou can frame
up the deal mi .Ulic I'll nab him. Hut
it's got to be a ( Icar case and a sure
I'i'iivli'liou niter it, mind jou. If yoi.
can't frame it "ii bun I'll frnme it
on jn'i. uu told the truth n while
ago when jou -aid that I.ubelle was un
man. You're right he is, body and
soul ! Is that plain talk?"
"ou would ariest me?" mi id Joe
lur'.oiislj. "If I dou't come across with
tin. tne'lhou-ainl, if I don't tie the tin
cun tu Ashe, joi, would iirre-t me?"
"Yes," was the ipiiit answer.
"You'm' got nene, Ambrose," sird
I.e Ilrun. "e-, and juu'e got a pull,
lint ilieie i, iu'i the man living nu the
fi ice Willi IH'l ve ,iu,l pull eunuch to put
tlie bracelei- ui Jim I.e Ilrun. And
jou '.iii'i bluff inc. cither. I know loo
in licit .
J, untenant Ainliio'e found a fat cigar
hi an inner poi kel , lighted it, huttoun!
his iH'ii'niit i'Iiim'Ij nliiiut bis tin out .
"(.ooil n'ghi. Joe." In- said, going to
tlie iliini. "Twenty-four boms, remember."
I.e liiun had had intimate dealing
Willi .ninro-e ,or tour jears.
THE GUMPS When Age Apes Youlh
By Sidney Smith
m ",E I A MAM N-S vMJS-t N5 "S il g0 W VH ATT THAT HAR jT JiJST FEEL UKe"?LIM(T
H Mt? WE BEEN ' UO0S - E NEXT UT LrS'TV Z ( E hKIEF OR V
SOMEBODY'S STENOGThe Boas Is Good at It :
ri Ultae'e i ns . . . . ... .
..,-.- j c-CA-s-rl - M-a ifc4
(np.-lght in:: n- I'uIih I.odr f
Ar?E Vou GOOD AT LIMERICKS, MARY? HEH?e:
Oaig. I THOUGHT UP OH THE TROLUGV.--
THER6 OMCE WAS A dOLLM' OLD 80ISTR
HE COUU) PICK THE RIS LIKE AM OLD
.r10ISTE.R.
HE SAIt, OH BY HECK. I SURE t
LU IUE. AIE.CKS,
TRAIL ALO4G KIQ
'A VODR OYSTER.'
By Hayward
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SAID THE MAID To THE MAM
FROM AFGHAMISTAM
I'd dance with Yod q(t
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The Young Lady Across the Way
in tin tin -
In nil of
ha I new!- huoitii tin olh
that tune I
cei. to -ii v a thing which lie
menu, lie km w llinl one of the mnn
.,.,.. i. iiiiini , liii.li lis siteeess
founded was; "Never bet until M'll'w
gni the ruiils in jour liamls. lie
in cii-i d Ai.iImii-c of blulliug: in
In ai I he km w In Iter In a lla-li li
ilid not
was
Inn
Ills
II
-''lit .abelle nil, ml 1,1
'"II I Wlllll to lull,
With
,hm -hr, ;',"inl,'"b.it look at him.
"id i, ' '"'"-"If into bis et coai
''Mia,,, '"! ''i'""1' "l'd bis lips
b-"'"lu i, '"," i,,;k' '-''ii'enant Am
11 "Xl.ni, .'" l' 'i1'." "'"'Ul.ler mill bad
ln". in l i i .", ''"inpiinion. slam-
Ilu l"l'" "' d ificr liim
U, ''',"" "d;lr.hsinB . ji,.,,,,,
ilooinf , "' ""l t'ill to the one oilier
m Hi , " "'''-lug it open hwiftlj
;l00m h, ,;,. ', "1'ic torch into tin
iieiii was u inn mvi
I all
Itlnn,
t Of
lill n i . '
Uonn ... '"""S I" a rear il,n r n.,
m.ii '.""'" glMmr n, UJ ,... .. .ii.".
lr to the .Iwplu's Vr Si
lll.lll Ul' I.II' w ll'liei ill Ii nu-" "
viewed in hi- mind all thai lie knew to
Ainbiose's di-i'iedit; all that be was in
a podt'on to pnne in u law miit'l. A
(lie uiliek H -nil of his thoughts liiun.
tlie de, ision iliul now was no time for
.. i i
Till) TDlUllULD-ruyritRED Mil. n.wc
Tiic joutig lady ai ross the way
says she knows her father isn't
bpeculnting in these uncertain times
ns she overheard him say lie was
dealing only in futures
nU FOXTAlXl) FOX
1IINIII.1
rfiiui
school dms
." c
nu Dvia
j&ir Right in -the. middlc.
of HIS OOMOAV Ar"fRMOOrt NAf
HIS WIF HAS To AWAKE HlM
xo i;eceivE some callers Who
ABE AT THE DOOR.
CL
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PETEY Another Hot One
By C. A. Voight
I
PETEY- STOP TfHAY-oiP
Jcare me Half To jeath
Nnn r)t?nODln JCi.'sLicA rtu.
5?, TC)E ?100R "NOU MIGHT "K
rt? I Have staged a fii-je ' J
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iii mile. .Mumi'iC i
said
nun ii hi n '- ;
Mlllitlj. "I''- bellcl f"1' b"1" "' " '"
work 'tiigetucr than l" start wuuethiiig.
It would co i i.s both u lot of money,
and wlial good would II do?"
il'ONTINI l!l MllMUYl
MWY 1)1 CROW
' mi 'lllllllg l.l-tllllllll III of
' .MIIIIH Hi low Will I"' found Oil
nu liisiih pn'e
ifewrtWvi-'.
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I.j (.MjaJs i.
i r .' " " ii -r!filrTrLTtrkazTl v, .ISIS
f wat i? it vAinV"V-v r- "Pout "Vou eve?rpo J OH Mv goodmessJ.' j
-. (EWTmELVOUT "iOU " TAT AGAIJ-vtoL) KHOWy Al-TE 5TEAU ISBDRHiWG Ife
p Jk M0 TBE MORE CT?E FULL J HOW AFRAID 1 AM JjzksZ? SK.TbSSiPi 8
SS laV? & V HAVE OlttHItU H ritsu -j , if W,K " - CgSy f XJ, I
-irwK 11 1 1 1 1 Cli S'& 4-r- - J
THE CLANCY KIDS Buddie Wasn't Consoled : : : : : By Percy L. Crosby l
'liMh i , 7 11 ' fTTiTeT n 9 " I i
CMivGjyJUg TiMMie-r gon rv crvmv nrTLtMAN.ee II
1 "- JpWL PROWN0 A C.IT7L6 lW;' HAPV WITH TH THOUGHT js& " J Hi
?mSl!r l 7 MQU56 J LThat Voy 01.0 NOT Pf?00jN '" . 'W&Zs 1 f Aimt tuaii, m (-amp- M
vS$fi L ) fflktySri Jrc LTTLeMoui&J j?W Tj Although. CAWC Jpfl
Iff mp ju fH 1
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