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THE GUMPS-Uncle Dim Pays His Income Tax
LADYFINGERS
By Sidney Smith
By JACKSON GREGORY
Ceptrrioht, lh V Oharlit Beribner'a Bone
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THIS STARTS THE BTOUY
oUdufinaet$," a e M rig '
SSo'm'w croofcinp- o o io;n
fta W imf Mm o priion. The
iZl fa a tribe of 15000 from a
r$aeri, He attempt a diamond
t?ffitt! "W h PruS a,kl
?! nil r or er, nd A" iieapei
mw ?, t jm And Seen knocked
miriui '"".-:"j jn" jj...
Mo
a
CHifari to the woman he attempted
ffnl.aihrcied buiinen woman with
I n..ti.ri hidden under a rough
Lurior. Jlndden, the lawyer who
utnttatt of itimUtrcsi.
ftrtM end Steele meet in the gar
J and the old, eye of Rachel
Ble'tSeril min nothing.
AND HERB IT CONTINUES
H SHE bowed, smiled broadly, and
A went on. Efclyn, lifting her skirts
.tA Ut eyebrows, swept by Enid. The
m woman ilammed the door after her.
f g while she stood staring hnrd
hto Enid's eyes.
"89 you and BtcelQ know each other
slresdy?" she snapped unpleasantly.
'Tea, Mrs. BUtberll."
"Humph I It didn't tako you a year
to gt acquainted 1"
"We met the other day," tho glr'
?.$ ou. did you? And when
did jou meet? And where did you
bU Steel" hasn't told mo anything
ibout It."
"Perhaps," and Enid smiled a little,
"he didn't attach sufficient Importance
to the matter to think of mentioning
It"
'"I Allied you when and where."
"In tho woodi." Enid had stiffened
bit under the sharp words. "Ho was
wt. It was the first day of May."
Tou've taken trouble to remem
ber the exact day, havo you?" sneered
the o'd woman angrily.
"You asked " ...
"Don't tell me what I asked I It
ti the first day of May, was it
Humph!" Sho remembered Steele s
ibient-mlndedness or tho second day of
Mar. She also remembered the looks
ibe had been upon both Steele's face
md Enid's as they had come up the
rtepi. Suddenly she pounded her Btlck
Milnit the floor again. "Look here
jou ' you little slmn'ctonl" she
cried, thrusting her face forward over
her cane. "I won't have you making
eies at my secretary 1 Do you under
stand? I won't have It!"
Enid's breathing had quickened; her
cherts were flaming. ....
"Do you mind explaining just what
jou mean by that, Mrs. Btethcrll?" she
Hid, forcing Into ncr words a low-
toned calmness.
"Mean!" gasped Rachel Stetherll.
"Mem! I mean just what I say, you
litt'e pink -faced fool 1 I always mean
whit 1 say I"
Enlrl ctared at her a moment, her
e;ci filled with inciedullty. Then, her
held erect, without speaking, she paBscd
to the door. Rachel Stetherll,' stretch-
ior out a quick band, caught her by the
!.
"Whcro arc you going?" she de
minded. "And why don't you an
swer?"
'There is nothing to sayy Enid told
her quickly. "And I am going to get
Bonnie and go home!"
"You haven't got any home."
Enid bit her lip. Hut again she
said nothing. ,
"Drat the girl ! Can't you talk?"
"And I can keep from talking
vben It Is best that I should. You
hire been very good to us. Mrs. Steth
erll. Hut that isn't sufficient reason
for me to let you insult me, Is it?
it you'll n'low me I'll taue myself, out
ci jour war."
'Then eo!" screamed the old woman.
cuing with her rage, "do and tho
(Mil take you!"
Enid, walking swiftly, went Into the
house and to her room. Ronnie was
Hit asleep, his chubby little fingors in
tici were things of evil keDt away.
and you'll need nil you can get."
Ashe eyed him curiously. Aeal
J was seeking to cast up a swift cstl
terlsced as Big Sister had taught him,
inoi were things of evil kept away.
Peeping out from under tho corner of
au pillow waa tho book
'You're a fool and I.'m nnother
' and I like you. Come to din
, child!"
Enid turned in amazement. Rachel
Btetherll came Into the room and closed
tie door after her, this time softly.
;;im afraid, Mrs. Stetherll "
Oh. I nnnlnort? ! T'rl mfli flmb
tn apologlie to the good Qod Al-
niaty but I ought to be
"osmetf of myself and Devil
mm me, I am! I'm mean and I'm old
m I csn't help the one more than the
iier. If you want the whole truth
J "been wanting that fool Steele to
(I1 1 w '?ve. wlth that other' fool Evelyn.
iat he Isn't fool enough and
in ; glad of It. And " She
MMe off a minute and slowly there
crept lntn ht v t-nm ki ... tth
It p.WM unbelievably weary and soft
a humbled when sho said: "I'm
r.rSr' Snld- wn't jo" fncivo me?
" iu y0U stayY oh .n be mcan
w jou again, I suppose, but I won't
"V.. ' be mean that way."
kimi i ni the ?nd Enld come forward
topulslvely and put both of her arms
imt,a. very old and very wretched
WUIonalresa and Rachel Stetherll blew
h . J1, "8undingly. Then they went
to dinner together.
ia r.velyn stared.
CHAl'TEIt XIX
An Ultimatum
loSru'? .i6hu,' ha.v.lnB communed very
elu.lX ltl! meel(- camo t0 e con
S ii X k at y wlBeat th,n8 '" him
He felt tt Vti' to cu,t and ru r It.
tnJ iVi" hKS vacon was about to
nT H.'JiiBun,pt nnd ""satisfactory
W fnr K.'2t,WOnt t0 lellVC the VOl-
Bit s. v Jhad bcen ver? l'PPy here.
u I ad Tn,U" deslr to ? led
Hadon h?,nd trl.?nd t0 Prison.
kidi?.Hhtd m?dc his n"t move; he
cllr dh.ttb0ul h?7ta l0l ?r'0. Log
ta S' "' ft' ould'bo another
Al flstenln. V l0e. ,BCCU,atlon of Atth.
Ia i nin of evidence upon him.
AM & "hookPhls l,ead.
uiiousiy the problem whh ne i,
hid Oh!?1 w;ith the meager dote
is .e -,9bvloul.y ere was no sense
a ltrurll- T; i won ng ucnsu
'" bta S MWUh i'.1 Ut,tl1 ,n0rC dta
Md flow k,.i'i.i "e mU8t d0 he
sdhliL,ki.p !' open
'N J? in. if t0 80, j,,8t tt Httle
" ? 85 "again the ' he
.htethwe0!!,ilkJd,l'Ilm; to a certain
""n luSdon Uid be'r'end him. Uut
'.tVim.,,..PT?:tf 5?r. Mr- Steele
rt Ahe the. .V i j iVH" anu "of"
iht V ..l,0.me I-adyfingers who bad
; if iu,M alamond. what then?
'' iriin 1?" w.ai real,y Inning
fP&bbiMhVti'?c " was pl0,ny
kiy. to be rcndy to bo on
lit VlO.l II... '
! tO tho t Vl!?n5,Jli n.d(,0n ,,nd
r'klieaniil'n lu5,n cllPPed the wings
WorfUi?F..r.iad7 to ncct.se mo of
CiU""ly, Vhft AV VoW ,,1,nse"
It angered. It those who know him
heard of It, what would they say? Lady
fingers codtentlng himself with $50!
And taking that whero it lay upon a
table!
"I might as well havo the game as
tho name." he decided. "If Iladdon
has anything he'd better go bury It."
Now he watched Iladdon more closely
than Iladdon had ever watched him.
lie saw that Haddon was worried. He
tried to interpret bis uneasiness. He
accepted as axiomatic that in some way
It was' connected -with him. It might
mean that Haddon was undecided, that
be was hesitating before taking some
final step from which there was no re
turn. On the other hand it might
mean that Iladdon had decided, that
that step had been already taken, that
his anxiety grew from his uncertainty
as to whero it would end.
"It's heads and talis," Ashe finally
told himself. "But It's my bet that
the time's come for him to do his part
and he lo having trouble stiffening his
will up to it. Ho'h just lashing him
self with his tall, getting ready. And
I think I can tell by his' eyes when
he's got himself in hand."
The mall came and brought the little
book for Enid, He took it to bis room
and wroto In It,
"Enid Camden, from "
And there he stopped. He wanted to
write, VJJrom Robert Ashe, alias Lady
fingers, wiXjB human after all." Ho
dldn'a wanrCo write. "From Ambrose
Steele." He didn't like either name.
Ho had gotten Just so far when Haddon
camo in. Ashe slipped the book into
his pocket. One glance at Haddon nnd
ho sighed, filled hla pipe nnd said
quietly:
"I'm glad we're going to get down
to business at last!"
For ho had seen Haddon's eves. Ho
had seen in them the look which he
knew must come before tho tlmo of
actual danger. Tho uncertainty was
gone. They were hard and purposeful.
Ashe was in the sitting room which
joined nis own and Haddon's bed
rooms. Haddon passed him in silenco,
saw that the two bedrooms were un
occupied and that the doors were closed,
and then enmc back to Ashe.
"I'm going to give you your chance,"
he said, dropping his voice. "To
night." Ashe nodded.
"Tonight," ho answered. "I'm
ready."
"My own personal affairs," went on
Haddon in the same low tone, "are
nobody's business but mine. Uut I'll
tell you just this much of them. I
need money, n wholo lot of money, nnd
I need It quick!"
"Sol" smiled the boy. "Tou're hu
man, tool"
"I don't need your conviction. I
have told you all along that you can
go free and with money In your pocket,
If you do as I tell you. It'll bo up to
you to co fast and ko far!"
"What I've been telling myself. And
I start tonight?"
"If you are hero tomorrow I shall
notify tho county sheriff in Lockwortb
that you ore Ladyfingers, the San Fran
cisco thief. I shall wire the same In
formation to San Francisco."
" "I'd Just like to know." sucgested
Ashe, "how you'll explain the fact
that you, yourself, introduced mo to
Airs. Mtetherlll as Air. Htecie, your pri
vote secretary?"
"Don't mistake me for a fool," said
iladdon sternly. "I've got that mat
'ter properly arranged, lou forged a
letter of introduction, a letter which I
cave carcruuy mod away, and '
"I zet you. Never mind the de
tails," laughed Ashe. "Now about the
program for toniuht."
'I want ten thousand dollars. What
is moro, I lmvc got to have It."
"If I had it, my dear fellow
"Get it."
"And where, pleaso7"
"From the Lockworth bank."
"Oho. So thut's it!"
"That's it. exactly it."
"Ten thousand? That's r good-sized
chunk of money to be lying around idle
in n little country bonis, Isn't it '
"It will be there tonight. And a
cood deal more. Ten thousand-is all
1 want, in bank notes. The rest of
it " Haddon threw out fcis
bands, "lou'll bo leaving in a hurry
mate of Haddon's character. Haddon
wanted him to rob a bank, had, no
doubt, already smoothed the way for
him. Haddon wanted ten thousand
dollars
"Suppose," said Asho tentatively,
"that I obey orders. That I crack the
nut and make a get-away with it. That
there is, as you say, a lot more than
ten thousand there. Thnt there is, let
us say, twenty-five or oven fifty thou
sand. Then what?"
"I want ten thousand," said Haddon
bluntly. "If there's a hundred thou
sand it's all ono to me. Keep all you
can get or leave it in the bank."
"That's funny," observed Ashe
thoughtfully. "How docs It happen,"
he asked abruptly, "thnt you need ten
thousand so badly and in such a
hurry?"
For a moment Haddon made no an
swer. Ashe's eyes studied him with
wonderful keenness. Ho wanted Had
don to talk. He felt thnt In a way his
whole future might hang upon a wort'
from Haddon's Tips. And In the. end
Iladdon answered.
"I have told you that my buslnesH is
my business and not yours. Hut I wnnt
you to know that you are in no posi
tion to fool with me. I allowed myself
to be tempted Into a speculation that
looked good. It was rotten. I lost
well, more than I could afford.
I've got to get It back."
"I see," said Ashe.
And he thought that ho did sec that
Haddon wo.? lying. He did not believe
that Haddon had done the tiling he
hinted at. Iladdon was not the type
oi man to speculate, to piunge oeyonu
safety, to get into water over his head,
to embezzlo money to gamble with.
Haddon was in no sense a gambler.'
In a business deal of any sort he would
do just as he was seeking to do now;
be sure of the ground underfoot; be
nuro that there was a safe way out.
Haddon was not tho man to take a
chance. And yet ho was taking a
chance now. If Ashe sought to rob
the Lockworth bnnk. if he failed and
were apprehended, then Haddon stood
in a fair way of being Implicated as an
accessory before tho fact. Haddon was
a lawyer and knew just what thut
meant. It meant ruin. And yet ho was
doing it! Ho was driving strongly
against the current of character and
hnblt, and that'tho fight had been hard
had showed in his eyes for u week.
Then why was he doing It?
It must be because he was already In
danger, because ho had embezzled and
must make restitution, or because ho
nlaved for Home stake a great deal big
ger than $10,000.
While iladdon watched mm, suppos
ing 'that Ashe was thinking about his
offer, Ashe was In fact thinking swiftly
about what reasons might hare brought
Haddon to the point of making it. And
E resent)', feeling that he needed mnro
olp from Haddon himself, the boy
asked softly and In simulated careless
ness, "Mrs. Stetherll hasn't suspected
anything yet?"
"What do you mean?" demanded
Iladdon.
"About the money, of course. If
you're in deep it' must have been her
money you used, The Lord knows she
ban enough of It," 9
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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