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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHlLADBil'HIA , THTJKSDAY, 'APEIL 281921
MOW MANY CARDS?
By ISABEL OSTRANDER
Author of "The hland of Intrigue," "Sutptnae," 'Athes to Aahtt," etc.
" CowrieM, Jill, Vy Kebrf U. UcBrtt, 4 Co.
THE GUMPS A Peep Behind the Scenes
liy Sidney Smith
m t
I "f - - - unrBwi II IWU m ..., . 4E
RYNOrfilS
i uld-bc '" enters the pita-
ii.1 rt sidtnre nf Eugene Chritlnpher
rrtvtling. Mr ',"' out again in
l.i mm into rnc nonnj or o aercc-
l, lie profMM Ac Ann" "noMfnp
rjo ,f(M tfAor i dert."
On the f"0'' " room "M " """
'u timing clothe, the front of hi
Tilrl crimson with blood and by hit
Mt a hvge nimy revolver. The tnbte
1. hid for '"" "'"' ehampanne on
L Jilt KIIHU-IHWI . ,, . ....nt 13
bi nf human being. Vrcvclinp
uilti "' rf "' c nitoeiattd
JilS the wealthy, and nt one time
rtt poken of on "the million -a;'
.1 ,. uri r'rriintin
rtiorufr m " m7""M ' k'MP the
mtrdtrcr to iuitice. Alexander,
utter in huimei to Cicveling and
,(h tf Mr, t'reveltng, object In
Itr activity and desire in unearth
XI mystery. The dead man it re
tried to hate quarreled with Dong
Li X? overly, tcflo had left the house
h a rage. There had been n robbery
tl SDtne ftre1. nnd Mn. -Ifri.
rmelfnc'-' '""'""j ,fl" omited, let
,,l on oati" and disappeared. "Then
Ul became nf Ihe jeteclry! .Ifc
Forty demanded.
.ND HERE IT CONTINUES
lT DON'T know, sir. strike me pink ! '
Rollins tone wnsunmiHinnnui sin-
'None of tin run finger out uhot
terf
'.unfnfd m
li ROt ball, tnoilgn wnrrc it come
from Gawd known'. It Isn't often that
pfnn In service as trienoa mat
tin rlijc up ?1 0,0001"
?hm'n,V , the other led him across
"If "l nd ceremoniously opened an
other door. How 'could the mah Cutter
have Anticipated IiIh coming? Was It
sheer bravado or wan Cutter Informed
bv the paper of the Investigation nnd
the name of those In charge of It.
and prepared to giva him some fsets
which would help in the solution of the
myMery?
As he pnsucd over the threshold he
won aware at flret only of n rich, rubv
Rion- fnillns on rowa upon row of
exoiiMtel- tooted bookt whleh llnetl the
wnlla, tipping with gold the marntficent
hronre groups that stood here and there
In Uie vast recfis?. of the room and
gleaming softly on Marnvhucd silken
apcstrlcs and mellow, deep-piled rugs
Into which his own heary-noled boots
sank with what seemed to him an nl
most profnne pressure.
He started when the butler touched
MN arm and murmured dcprccatlngly :
"Jour hut. sir," and relinquished it
with the seme feeling with, which he
would have handed over his favorite
blackthorn nt the entrance to some mu
scum.
Then all at once he was conscious
of n tall, distinguished figure advancing
toward him with erect, soldierly bear
ing, and n rich, musical, hearty voice
with just a hint of amused tolerance
runnlns thrnueh It ptrlnlmcH
"I have been awaiting you, Mr. Me
Cnrty: Take this chair and hoe s
ujmmmu-jm 'gs-rmii" w.a i mk? m mi yammw mmn r sm 'wvmmr ajsss
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SOMEBODY'S STENOG Perfectly Hygienic
it K i
' m
tifj nay want
It. but we was all glod when I''fJAr :t.T think ou'il rind these to your
innii.
Ah thouah in 11 iln.i MrCnrtv frit
the grip of a soft but vigorous hand. )
and found himnclf In the depths of a
great chair with th; best cigar he had
(vpr smoked between his tcpili nnd keen.
CHAPTER XI . him'"""'''" Kr0 " S",lling ',0Wn a'
Hlrds of Different Feather "You're Mr. Nicholas Putter, sir?" 1
LEAVI.M tne irevenng nouse, jic no asked Wlico he could find his voice. I
r.r for the scond time that day !$' J1' h' 9J''"'- 1Ji $,; ,
boitdfd n "nuth-going hus, having as .ot vo y , '
rtalned from Rollins that Mr. Nidi- "Your former colleague, or- er 1
-iis cutter lived on lower Fifth avenue competitor. Mr. AVade Tfrhune. has,
. u..hinvinii iniinro nml ! n'ready paid me a call and he told me
,Mr Washington square, nnd as be ,, , m,R,u Mp(.et ,ml hortjv... Mr.
wit downtown he wondered somewhat Cutter dropptd Indolently into a chnlrl
!.iir If further mrster wein In irropt nnd utrntrhfil nut lil lnnir llm 1iirt
IUti.' - " .'-- - - - '- rt- . : "V- -" .
tim at hh destination. Neer had he luxurious.) 1 m quite ready to tell
known a ense wmi so ninny eonniciing ;-. ';-.".. .. "" ""- "
lements. so many tin cads which led Kugcne Lrcveling .
Doarcntlv nowhere, such nn Inextrlc- 1 , ,So Terhime had .been before him and
iblc tangle of tnntnllzlng suggestions 1 ,Icft "'"J 'ronil' warning, knowing that
.S (oiLn i,m. Hnmouliorn nmnnr. it would be reoeatei McCartv stifled
tbem. lie knew. ln tlie solution to the a P"'fnne observation nnd his own hon-
IU.W. ...I ... . . AB Kit... A. A.. .1.J In .... tf. .. Inl
eoirnis. but it bum ciuiieu mm. vouia icnv ""r in m hiiihuibhi
Cutter turn out to be as much of a I "v,r his companion. He saw a man in
puttie as the rest of them had been? ,h 'fl,p .for,i"' with a dark. lean, almost
int numoer git en nun jirovcn to up -- .i j.t. .,. ...h ...
that nf nn old-fashioned, square innn !'",'' temples, a man who bore himself
Ion of brick and brownstone situated I "', "", cordial but unconsciously aloof
upon s corner nnd running back to nn i",ipnf nrl aristocrat and yet about whom
touminl depth upon the side street, l" ere appen red to be an alert tensity
with high wall bordering the strip 'nN "f ,nnp hnbitull on guard There
of rnrd which separated Its ,.ten"lon seemed to McCarty to be something
from the house at the rear MrCnrty tvK"cl. familiar about that exprcsion ;
Itmllod past and examined the extcn- "'"u 'e mec nan lie enrounieren 11
ion 'Uth curious ejes. It resembled befor" .'
1 con'rrvfttnrj. but the wnlls and dome "You 11 excuse me for intruding on
irere formed of thick, opaque, rubbled , you. sir, hit we've hardly nny clues
rli, behind which be fancied he could to work on nnd 'ti only through Mr.
dixlnguisli a network of strong, pro- iCrevellng'n friends nnd nssoeiates that
tMing wires, sureij. if there were 1 we can hope to get a line on him. Mc
plants In mere tncy were or etrnordl-nan-
value to require Hitch gunrd. and
mu't be of some species which needed
no tunlight
The shades had been raised at all the
itZtliV
OUT AM' GET ME. gSlIS ,SR THESE 3GS ARE- THVf HAVE. A0T BEEAt- TOUCHED . SAFE PLACE TO DEAL.' Lff. i
SOME EGGS FOR HEAD- ALURIfiHT r U STRICTLY FRESH? BY HUMAM HAMDS 11 THE r- JFI MUST Te.u MOrm&m !
BREAKFAST- I Whe IN V r'E"faJ J PROCESS OF AAAWUFACTURE I If sssf'p '.
IraRSOTjHEM U0AEYfj4A CT 7 Sf AM5 IMCE THEV WERE MADE $$& ) 7
M7' A &&P ' fWK tiPTIM -SEAEt AIR-TIGHT ftt f Tfl H y4
The Young Lady Across the Way
Carty began nt last. "We're trying to
find out what motive he cum hnve had
for killing himself."
Mr, Cutter's eyebrows went up nnd
he put the tips of his lone, slender.
window of the house, but they were tapering lingers together
n hnlitml f,Hn'' Thi. fltithnrltl
msfkfd bv heavy lace curtains, behind
uhicli kuiic darker material hung In I
close fold nnd no sljn of life nppenred
about the establishment I
MeCarfj mounted Ihe broad stip I
which led to the massive front door nr.d I
sounded with a vigorous hand the bronze
SoV The nuthorltles have come to
the conclusion that it was suicide? That
was not the impresion I gathered from
Mr. Terhune."
"Mr Terhune Is a private detective,
sir. a scientific criminologist, he calls
Mmelf nnd n unnrle,- he Is in KOme
knorser which faced him between the i icspccts with his little recording ma-'
wmi- purrm n.i rrno crnstiru upon chines and mien, hut im a special iep
bik ears like the clnng of n jail ntc'utv on the police force nnd one of the
and prnmptl) the door swung open, re n!d school Suicide the assistant med
jeahng nn rlderlv figure In conMiitionnl 1 icnl examiner names It. and as a suicide
Mack whose fnded ejes blinked tapldly I I'm investigntinit the ense." McCnrty's
n iie rns of the setting miii as thnuyn tone was that of one harnessed to rou
unarrustnrned to I tt light 'tine, but there wns a speculative gleam
'Mr Nicholas Cutter. Does be live in -he gne be bestowed upon his host,
here'" MrCnrt nsked Mr. Cuttei shook his bend.
ies, ir ine doorway was uidr i.nr .., l... nr i.,..i..t,
but the shrunken, stoop-shoulilered fl
urc ffeineu consciously to till it n JIc
Ctnv mtide a move to step Inside
' I'd like to see him."
' I will see. sir. If he is disengaged "
The em nl's tone wns gentle with old
fuihlnniM courtesy rather thiui obL
5'iiousneis. but he still blocked the
aoornsj "What name, sir'"
'Timothy McCarty. though 'twill
mtan nothing to him .Tnt tell him
that I'm here on u most important pn
'ate muter."
ome in, sir ' The man threw the
dvir wider and turning led the wnv
71th tottering but siirprislnglv quick
.u...:-,,? ui 11 .wonii door ni ine fine ..,,. .,- , ... 1uj,i ,; .1,
1 the dim hallway "I do not know , "' TT"'"" ". "SL JVY.: .. !X.. Z .1
your
Mr. McCarty, nnd your medical ex
lien's diagnosis ought to be conclusive,
but isn't there room for doubt? I'm
not nctuiilly insinuating that some one
broke in and shot Mr. Crevclliig. but
have nu looked at the case from nil
sides?"
"If there wns room for doubt thnt it
wns suicide what else arc you thinking
of but murder. Mr. Cutter?" McCarty
demanded.
The other shiuggeiT.
"I have formed no opinion, person
alh. I can no more conceive of Mr
('reveling killing himself than 1 can of
nnv one UISIUIIK 10 nine inn nir. jci nn-
that he will be -ible to see miu. but I
m take your message.
"Thanks," McCarty said dr.vl He
sas accustomed to encountering elfrnnt
rr insolence nnd servility from the
domestic staff in the homes of the neb.
h'U the formal dignity of this ancient
rfrainer wns new to his experience
shot of a pistol fired by bis hhnd or that
of nnotlicr If the authorities are sat
isfird thnt It is n case of suicide that
is odb slep on the way to Its solution '
"Ynu'io known Mr. Crevelini a long
time?"
"Since he left the university, but
nnir cAHtiA v hi those earner years.
When the Intter hnrl illinnnninrl thnlir.. ..-nc hnrlni- bin tllnc in the brlcht
-rcundsniaii glance 1 wondermgly iKbts and my tnsten drew ine in quite
about him The entrance hall hnd been another direction; il wni only nfler bis
so dark that coming in fioui the glare I marringe and through n niutunl friend
of the street he hnd been nble to make I thnt I really came into contact with
out only vaiuely the outlines nt einir I I, In, nml dlscniered thnt we hnd nn in
tnoub oddly shaped chairs and settles
ana chests, the great tlreplni e and 1 111
in staircase with a beavllv cnrictl
balustrade, but somber as it wns he
fa gained nn impression of spnee and
pouplnj of unostentntioiis elcgnnce
btside which the costly liixuriounes of
w Cre eling house seemed tawdry nnd
blatant in comparison
As a boy in the old count rv lie hnd
onee been invited together wifn other
"llngc children to a nieniornblc "treat"
at the caMle which dominated the conn
,r nnd hnd strnyed tinbldtlcn into the
ff'nt iiall; the one through width In
"id jiifl passed would have filled barely
6 corner nJA nnd yet something 111 it
tmoiphore recalled thnt glimpse nf the
Plendnr of lung-pnM feudiil days ns
""thing e'h, in Amerii'n lind cer done
ar'J 1 sensation of awed iiiluilrnlion
noli. a er him.
I'hr little leceptloir room into wlilio
I hud bten ushered Menied on the
"ijitrary to be almost hare, with il-.
vheately ecrved chairs nnd tnlilcs. II.
."(v.iim inmn, nml thp ruriniK Ine
fl'icinl cabinet, iinnn the lirnml tnn nf
t crest in (amnion which rrnneren on
congenial " .,
"And what was that interest, Mr
Cutter? ' McCarty nsked quickly
"A loc of the bcnutlful in nil things,
textile, books. pnlntlng. pnreelnlijs.
sdilptuic It hnd Inln dormant In him
but with me it was Innnti. the passion
of 11 lifetime: he had the acquisitive
real of a collector and I the npprecln
tion of nn hereditary possessor but I
was niitumlly Interested 1u finding a
kindred spirit where I hnd lenst tnnught
to dlscoer one. If you were a con
nolMcur. Mr. McCarty. you would un
ilerstnnd wbnt a pleasure it wns to me
to liistrud nnd ndvlie him in bis choice
..,,., In innnv 111 SIHHrH lllll lie
-be wns learning What
lie
learning
pit? :"
"Yes. sii ' McCnr.y agieid gi-aeh
"Who was the mutual friend that
brnoshi mi Ingether?" t
Mr Pouelas W overt .
"llliu!" McCurty ejaculated 'And
in he hni ou call n connoisseur int.
t utter siiuirii wiui
its: jv
1 i i m 1 W
THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED MR. BANG
By FONTAINE FOX
We asked the young lady across .
the way what hc t nought of the
pentathlon and sne ald she didn't
believe there ever was a girl that
didn't look better in skirts.
"frill VoMAN IN THE FLAT A0OVE M C , II
PUT A RUG ON Trie. WINDOW 5ILL U yjl $
fo 0CAT IT AND ALU TH - wmmt W-
OUST AND PitVT CAME f K
KtGHT 1)0 WN INTO &mJ ZMf7k
v Sang's Window. M, rirt
SCHOOL DAYS
By UWIG
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How To W
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PETEY Inside Stuff
By C. A. Voighi
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D0fU HAVE To
BE6W 6PEUDIUC
Njowem To feed
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evident
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' 11 nun- 1, i-r ill Miiurii 11 11 pMiu lllllli'lii'-Mi , . .,
LBS blue tdmid in solllnry stale. Kennli. "You Im'c nlreadv inter'lewed turn
"'"riiiui t. couifnrtnbly iimrrud sUicr l .ec. No Mr
Waerl Is n good
.. . " .'Mil, II HUM,. lll'IIIIT.l 7-11. -i V M'U, u .-.,. , , t ,1 U . In
!Wlv. wiin the onl, woman whom .Mr-f sportsman nnd n capital fellow, but he
lrt nilmilled to bis fiiciidshlp nml . in ll(, Interest in-er-nntlnues. How
ier. I fear we 111c wiinuhr .'"i "
"ft" ililllerul "pnrhii" was In bun III'
'Piininr of i-hccrfiil jroml liisie: ciie I er
few dollars nml she would luue bud
"it room Innlil.ix like MimilhitlK tin1'
'as mesiit In be liied 111. ie it lind
J" air nbout II. nt thai, iilliiough lie
'"'lid imt lime In'd wbeiein ln the ill"
'"!',"" "n'1 '"' known thin ench
article rniiiiilmd W"M well-iiluli price
''" thnt nunc nf llieiii- like tin
ned-(iii.lniikiii!j ai--hml grnicil
'e palaces nf cmp rors lonit dead, mil
'"t enib had 11 lilstmy which would
"e rialed nn Arabian Nights of the
yniunrl.ins he woubl luue In en dill
impres,cd. htil it would lime imide no
tiirrerence In Ills perninal opinion
the old iiku, Mi-rvit u( had cln-id lh'
'"" upon him with a' certiiln delinilc
""Knf gemurp uhlrh luude lllll! hcsiiiili
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. "i" i n nun inivii, inn ue inn
Vlne " wait Almost lmnieillntely
'riner leappeiucil and Ibis
"I'llieii
III
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lltim. I In. .lull ,,,.
-sir Cutler Iiiih been expecting jou
'". t'nii,. .1.1 .
J,l('nrh fultuunl, iliiuib with uston 1
Hide lime. As I sum. I nuoi ''.'"
win Mr. CreveliiiR should have killed
himself unkss- "
"T'nle.s what?" McCarli lentjed
fnrunnl nnd his teeth clamped upon bis
eigne. , ,11
"I wns coing to say. unless lie had
Midden luken leave nf lit- n'lu-e.
Mr Cutler replied, stirring uiiensih
In his ilinlr "l would not hai sug
...,.i ii ..m n nnsuihllln . but now thnt
'I haic pefiniticd mysef this lndiscre
tlou I lilli't lell you nunc ir.uiKii nun
uu seiernl nccnslnns nf Inte Air Crcic
ling I1111 -reined to be rntliei er- pecu
Miu, Not exactly Irintlonnl. but be
bus let go. I Iitrtil of bini-elf oii'C
the met est lilllex. worked hllli-i'lf up
uilo 1. state of ungojernnble fury be
niise nf hiime sinnll nnnoynnec or dlf
fereine of opinion at which he would
Inn c Inuglied n Jenr ngo."
Difference of opinion1 Mi Cart
.ideated "With whom. .Mr ( utter.'
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THE CLANCY KIDSTimmie's Up Againat It
By Percy L. Crosby
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