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EVENING PUBLIC 'LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAKCH 12, 1921
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LADYFINGERS
By JACKSON GREGORY
Copyright, lttt, 6tf Marlea Berlbntr' Bon
-rTTAnTfl THE 8T0H
'i i ' ro , JSrun, gangiter
' rVif?w" o Roleit Aihe,
111 ilffl. !i ri::..... Jil um
' 1 M o vandal, ajhiif hut
.iSW!'5,f1.sftK
" "5 ftii 'ktether U i to wear her
''liandond Poll Le Brun
Vl,i,iiholdi the diamond for one
Em t&M U and Am
?Li,Jt. Arriving at a. large
" ifidtt of the theft, unaware
" '" i J n mudled man and Rachel
l.riiZ!nthe icene. "Do at
IF' ?:: - secretary, and atk
:;
.".jS and meet, Enid and
'J. BMMie having a picmc. Enid
iffiM chafactcrhtici of
X?L Uthicl UndEnid ,aV,: "Sup.
.!" .t.A-.iM mw to be a man
Mil mat c ". : -.i.. .,j ..,,.
n PYiniant; Bhe first firet her
"L't'XterV and fhen appoint,
'..(. the Place. Athe ha, a otrin
tiUu. HHtheril give, him a
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THE GUMPS Throw Out the Lifelines
By Sidney Smith
& KIT" nZZ
uWhV, kt Ronnte here. And that
1 tin le icfli arrcstea
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
mliEY talked of many things during
X the hour through which tho tired
Bonnie Apt. The girl had accepted his
Mtem as naturally as that of a
knunk that came curious-eyed quite
. . i TknrA rvna nn mlri. nrtl-
doiitontr. -- ---- -tdill;
built, conventional hedgo bo
htn thm. She was Bunny-hearted,
pit ready to be friendly. There was
H rutralat, there Bceracd no necdot
wutlnt. It was with them quite ns
iknntli they two and the sleeping Ron
A we atone upon a delightful Island
Her talked and they grew silent.
utnnlly They watched the birds
nlni to drink and bathe in tho quiet
eooli. they listened to the laughter
& bkktr of tho brook. And without
holnr It," they carao to stand, each
cltlea, at the threshold of the other a
bur ulf. The fpell of the forest was
ttr th'Di. And over Ashe the spell of
irltl, the rare, sweet, tender spell of a
prl. .. ,.
He told her or wo in me cuy, iis
prettier aspects; of comedies and
tpau. of things sho had never seen.
lie told him In little fragments which
liter he was to patch together, of her
nil. She was Enid Camden. There
m Just her invalid mother, Ronnie,
mlkfritlf. Her father had died before
Rossis came. Through the kindness of
Mr. Bond, the Lockworth cashier, it
lid been possible for her to go through
t!i school. She had taken the county
enmlDitlon for teachers. She hoped
U fit a little school near homo next
tens.
Quietly told, It was rather a pitiful
little story. Ashe guthcrcd that the
sua teas mortgaged. He thought long
littr of the $5000 at the Mission street
ller-from under the wide brim of her
itrtir hat Enid looked out at him
In'iWr. She had told her story simply,
tot seeking to invest It witn unneccs
m iloom. Rather had she spoken
tit) tho quiet faith of young optimism,
fti looked forward to the time when
lit could be teaching; when sho could
Ii! w tae mortgago ; when she could
tut itr mother and Itonnlo the
Tap" which they wanted.
Ete had known her share of 6adncss;
thUas a bit of life Just as the shad-
nupon the grass were a part of spring
m summer time. Hut life Itself was
Milt.
From his norn rolnmn nf lvrlr Anhii
teij to her. They caught the same
wale In the wimc lines: thev found the
iijii eiier pleasure In the same word
oTtn pictures ; and he read them over.
"7 .Wked of books of which bo had
W Wre than a little, sho only to
ft limited eitent of tho Lockworth
wel libraries. Ho told her of a book
icn she had not read ; ho promised
mi It to her und saw her eyes
Wen eipectantly.
IWr meeting was n simple little
,t and simply they accepted it.
JIM hour under tho treos together wab
iMtttral thing, und it mado no flurry
V1Uler breait. Already they were
..J? ,0 uccl,t Cttch other in
t'u08.' "JiWer-of-fact way in the
orld. to font f.i,u.. i .., u
Jr. Beyond thut fact thero wus no
wre reason that they should seek to
5 their lives. Just a boy and
far l,S.lh? f?Mt lands- with a IeP-
rili Vs. , iT ,cwalt1 UP at the
cowk. i.AllJ t0 them- coming
I. " .t0 ol by nd girls. The
i.cui coming naturally.
CHAPTER XT
Wilte Itoscs und u Tlieft
onjlffs wMM. .11.1 i. .i i
llnr r.. j'V u' "ui. uruop, uinvn
I?' '! bright with Kmll.o h..
e o othfr ... i- ..n .v:.." "'.a
uu ii,. ii, ., . "'' "' UID worm,
fits rjther like little woodlnml mv.
'i.XffJlet...lteLthJnt'
l 0 nnn';" .' .."""S'... n".8r?YO
UVJS 1n.d'8,.sakc.!"..'"'ttPPel the
ni a r ,i ?; .u :w. "..
(flusUaUduttacked";yPo.
"Th'lnii- ! wns '''Inking
:lhim"VuL f.hA.,"to'.
"1 tet !, bl ,CIOU8ly' u d you go
'XTervui .lllda?r? lluv? I Kot to
til","' WOrd ten t mt-S Jiofnr. ..-.
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".?n"5 highS"c,,1B look A8he' flusK
"laded i,u !flnld X "" a bit abscnt-
s, , ,Vi u'uf"ing. lou
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root ,ui "illlUCUf
.it1.0 '.H word
were say-
1'ou're n perfect
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t!Jlou,lr. 'T," "'formed him ma
'jMgot lb ,wd wjuiDear.
hatrX-,
far m. .. """' "uc we' 1 Vn 1 dim
tiiyf'0" 80t tlmt?" 8he
? 'Inilow Liu Bt00d ,onS nt his
lrlit fields V-.kJ.n a.wn.y aos Uie
? Wd-fnKI , r" u " u cottoite in
,eh'dplcfcid, co"ntrysido ga?den
? Mre3.hlp t a. he h!d first
"nr ,. V " " nnu left her. but
?ni Ji,S "tood, at her own tal.
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h''r i"cy.,.w no true than
'.."In. ir..r.uu.5"ls lind been filled
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rmj'011 collcptcd all 'eh. t.,j
nJVil. C t0 date?" naked Mrs.
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He l,i.i t."av It here."
feNnp'a?1,!-'!
VlSM
:'.." cui,i ;;."" new. that
this
P,l.i0iS!A!J corner1 of
""" " out ot bin
pocket and let her see htm smoking
bis new pipe about tho grounds.
"Go over the whole caw for me," she
directed tartly. "From the beginning
to right now."
"You want me to read you the
"Read nothing! Tell me. Outline
tho cBe. showing just what steps have
been taken."
He wasn't at all certain why sho de
manded tbto; he knew that she had
every point at the tip of her acetic
tongue, for he had heard her talk with
Hdnd; he bad tho suspicion that one
wanted to see if ho was a fool or had
a (spark of Intelligence. He kept his
eyes upon her, not once referring to the
crdcrlv papers which he had Drought
ftom her safe.
"Last fall," he began then, speak
ing quite as though he were reciting a
lesson to an exacting teacher, "you be
enmo for the first time interested in olive
growing. That Tvas in September. You
immediately wroto to Washington and
to tiacramento lor government reports.
You took up tho matter with a doien
soil experts. Encouraged by what you
learned you brought an olive expert
into tho valley. That was in October.
Before ho had gone oat again you had
sent for a second expert. From the
rcnortn of both von decided tc plant
olive trees along the western edge of the
valley. You had lladdon look up tne
froporty thero and learned that the
and you wanted, a thousand acres, be
longed to five men. each holdlnr a hun
dred and sixty acres, and to half a doxen
small owners. You bad Haddon offer
forty dollars an acre for the thousand
acres. lladdon brought back the report
that Arnold Bond bad evidently learned
that you were interested, that be had
been before you. that he had token
options, and that ho was asking fifty
dollars an acrp for the same land."
"vnat no wns uoing, biic supple
mented dryly, "was trying to beat me
out of ten thousand dollars! Me!
Go on."
"You took into your own hands the
negotiations with Bond in December.
Your letter," and ho grinned at her,
"wns brief nnd to the point.
"You offered him $40 an acre and as
sured him that you would never pay a
rent more. Bond's answer was rather
'ong in coming, a couplo of weeks.
i
"During which he was doing some
mighty hard thinking! He's a fool,
that Arno'd Bond."
"And when it came said that he re
gretted to inform you that the price
of olive lands had gone up in the mean
time. And that you'd havo to pay
him $00 the aero if you wanted to
buy."
"Sixty dollars, was tt? I was think
ing it was $K5. The dirty little
bloodsucker!"
"Ho hasn't cot any blood yet."
'nughed Ashe. 'Your letter in answer
Inform Mr. Bond that he has been mis
informed nnd that tho price of olive
lands has suddenly fallen to WO an
acre. That was at the end of De
cember. There was no answer to that
letter. I hnvo a note here, however.
In Graham's handwriting, saying that
Bond went ahead and gathered in his
options of tho five quarter sections,
buying at nn average a little below
$25. Also that ho was still holding an
option upon the smaller places."
"Twenty-five dollars an acre,' medi
tated the old woman, her chin at rest
upon her hands clasped about the knobby
end of her stick. "Twenty -five thou
sand dol'am in all. Hra. Well?"
sharply. "What next?"
"Your letter of January 10. calling
to Mr. Bond's attention the fact that
olive lands were still depreciating in
valuo and that you now offered $20
an acre. No answer again."
"We'l, what next?"
"I find no letters after that. 8o
far ns I know the next attempt at ne
gotiations was when you had Mr. Bond
hero last month. I believe that at that
time you accused him of sharp busi
ness; that he said that he had studied
your paBt successful methods with great
interest nnd " ,
"That will do," sho cut him abort.
"Take a letter." , ,
"Dear Mr. Bond," said the letter.
"Concerning tho lands upon the west
rim of tne valley nbout which we havo
spoken before: It gives me great pleas
ure to inform you that I have decided
to take them over. I will pay you $10
an ncro for them. Not one cent more
now or later. Respectfully, "
"Ten dollars?" osked Ashe, curi-
"Ten dollars," she snapped. "Call
him up. Yes, right now."
Getting Bond on the telephone Ashe
said:
"This Is Mr. Steele.. Mrs. 8tetherU's
secretary. Just a moment. "
"Tell him," she said quickly, "that
I am making him m final offer by let
ter today. Tell him that I mean business-.
If he doesn't accept it exacts
as I make it and inmde pf twenty -four
hours. I'm going after him. 1 11 smash
him if it costs mo a million! I'll put
him whero he'll be glad to get ' Job
working in my garden ! Drat tho man;
I hnto a fool !'r '
"Mrs. Stcthcrll wishes me lo wf'
said Ashe gravely into the tranamitUr,
"that she is now mailing youjer unai
offer for those ollvo Jands. That she
gives you twenty-four hours to aefcepf
that offer just ns it is made, ,. '
"That If you fall lo "tfccepf lq thkt
time she. is going Jto toajb jrdu , .ifjt
cosU a mlllUHH that sne'll'.put yu
whero. you'll bo pldtj,trt-t;iobwork-ing
in hor garden.'-.That's all, 1 -believe.'1
" '
"Humph!" said" Mrs. Stetherll not
unkindly. "It Haddon- or that Jdlot
Graham had been giving that 'message
they'd huvo spoiled it getting It into
twice ns many, wordH.Take a tlp-froin
me, young man, .and when you want a
thing go after it , the shortest way.
And," sharply-'again, jMon'tever b He
oft a chunk too big for'ypu like Bond ;
iin in iln. You watch the war 1
handle him and you'll learn something.
Tut iwwniiHt' I'm. an old. nuarrcisuuiu
woman don't you think for a minute
T rnn'i nhow you anvtblnr. There's a
chance for a young man, if he's got
. I .l i r, IK onn In Ii?"
She whirled about in her chair, glaring
nt ) intriuW Te wfiH lladdon. enter
ing quictly "What ore you snooping
around for? If thero U one thing in the
world I can't tolerate It'a a snooper!
What do you want?"
Since early morning Ashe, in spite
of his pronounced preoccupation, had
been vaguely aware of the change in
Haddon. The man for a week bad been
restive, irritable, keeping much to h
self like one who bus mmiethiag heavy
upon his mind. No great maaqueroder,
his, eyes showed his restlessness. Now
ho "answered quickly and a little more
sharply tlmu was bis way with his em
ployer. "I beg pardon I didn't know
that there was anything private "
Rachel Stetheril thumped her stick in
staccato savageness upon the floor.
"Burn the man!" sho cried hotly,
"Snooping and suspicious Had
don, I've got half a mind to chuck you
outdoors."
Haddon flushed and tightened bis
lipH, They looked unusually pallid and
thin toduv. As ho could think of noth
ing to say which was pertinent and at
tno . name tune was not impertinent,
he turned and went to the window.
"Now Bulk!' she grunted viciously
and yet a- bit triumphantly. "Snoop
nrsi nnu suiuncxti uurn the mant"
CONTINUED MONDAY
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THE MOW FUN JIMMY EVER GOT OUT OF THE WEAPON By FONTAINE FOX
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