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THE GUMPSAll Zander in the First Round
fOW MANY CARDS?
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MkNJlf VOO HRP rROM YOUR. UNCLE
TWERE COMES tHASlKE Olt
HOM DO VflU 00 MRS
ZANPtlC
TM4E THAT- VOU riOCMi'
LArtElX? HE HAP A BAP ACCIfcEWT-
If' By ISAVUb USTKAmJUK
YoO MVVT COME OUT NP SCE. OUTl
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OF VErS:SNT- c0
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STOP fVND
TM.K WIM HER:
TELL HER AtfOVT
fSCOXlDC
.WH APTHE
fEU. OFF HS HOfSTE- tP N0) HEAR. ABOUT
QUEEH HAS
NEW HOME- WE lOU&HT
BuNCrMOW- WE WMIE TWE MOST
BACK TO YoUfc
ETrVTE AND MOUR.N
ovieB. IT-" SO VOME
AND SHE It YnU CJ04
lv
POOW WY
llltOI'O CopvHffht, J' bV Rotert 11. UcBriit t Co.
tt?- UPS MUCH 6ETTEW. NOW- HE NND 10
aCXXT WRKEUF
VOtNN SOR T
WVE OME0HE ELt P-VTE H LETTERS
Poo. A. NWMVU&- OH. AMP 5AV- KE SEHT
UT UPTOOWX-
HE CCRTMrKY
AWr- FtoWEOS- TS vlT
tOO- VTS
.1 t n VA111
OUR HDM H0V5E?.
SHtJLL BE GREW
Alt PAID FOTl,
ME THt PRETTIEST LITTLE ?ET KAMiA.00
UOOK QRZHX"
A UITTC LOVE. Tt-
HAVE A iOrt TIME TQNM
l ,." demanded Dennis.
'4i;e a Dip in Jordan
JUSf &OT XT LAST WEEVC
NQYJ OH -
CCA "nmc of lhe 8hr rl
I1' V 1rl? I know woll what
WITH EHV
'Aiktimc Hi""? for- bu ' "
ySlworldbaaMetotnlk'to
'" . .Mnk It Is fc conversation
J'lou Denny. I could Just
,'intitip yo. w .., hc,(1
M1V"T. In W. Angers!"
ttf
scorn
her on
!t rheumntl,m In his fir
rePlcl:v'th:vHhevlnK
w tb " -7" ;,:;;
J? ScnnlB turned a scandalize,.
2 frlMCi-"r11 vc ,vou
Imot y ' t Jn tnno.
W.Yfool hl"K lled "Bj-by
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i
that
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name
It on
pomewhero
the bill-aloud.
?
tl
i. nraiw
Is .-I..-
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-i- ..nflentnl
.ii iipnnm
f' ..i.,lr telling mo
'LlT show Terry Burns'
'. i. In her that threw over
WffJ1. ; a stage career, as I
.r'telHng you the other day
I little Beafterseii -
for WPPCl ,imlM.rl briefly.
it if " mc"'. "";" ....ni-t
f.'" .. Well I Know juu ii
nvS off n the middle
.:H to go BO llivan" ....
? fid fiend' that's "she to
of tn old i""'."' f .u-t mnn
t - .. ik. ennniiim w .. -
ito u "
ere!
mhIh yo" loonl" McCarty ex
TXustcdlv. "Do you mind
rf "m. . t.i inr vmi that somo
lifr from that samo show were
tiMir''.." wnvprlv attended on
nt Sam Veddcr'i apart-
. Vw, herself she could. Intro-
"to.one that was. am H u
ik narty "", "'.
1 . t-i, ni Nnm
iw n'' - V; , Mint If llttlo Ilea
K comy w -;----,. ,nfrn.
let
lid.
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m I w- . . imvlne n
ilthout a careen the, world
inhere seemed to be something on
"Jo" 'Tii six now, and you're
...a. Hum iin an uimiu "
LJKH
SXPn,h his sartorial
Bi to follow nt his pleasure and re-
iM 10 HI3 "."" -....." -i t.-
That'H the Invitation a Salvation
ist extended to tho London crowd,
and the words recur to tho memory
of the hero and heroine of Ruby
Ayro's'now story, "The Winds of
thr World."
Those who have enjoyed other of
Ituby Ayre's stojles which have ap
peared fn these columns are going
to enjoy this one.
It will begin next Monday.
Why should the words of "the
street preacher stick In the minds, of
a poverty-stricken girl and a lazy
arti&tocrat?
Let Ruby Ayrcs Tell You
Kl, or t,H, to his own attire and ho
jllruggnng wun u ";. '6" -...
tn tie telephone rang.
i'niit" he said curtly. .. .
ln jou there. McCarty?" Tcr-
jouare not busy. I wisli you would
I In at my rooms this evening. A
ibase or uie cam) ims rauum w
ilch I would I1KC to diiousa wun
op
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jlcCarti gave an exasperated wrench
lhe collar anu nunc u on mo noor.
"I'm nrrv. sir." ho replied flnuly.
kt I've got an engagement for this
IW" ,,...
Tren Drcaii it, aiiviscu xernunu
"This is of the urcatest im
parlance. I have come to the conclu-
aftcr careful study of tho sltua
(hat the man who killed "
Yerv softly and deliberately McCarty
Lor nn the receiver and. lolling up a
oil;.
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of paper, ho stuffed it under the
oa tho top ot tno tciepnonc. tie
ttandinc ulth a smile of infinite
isfiction, llstcnins to its persistent
Impotent whir when Dennis np-
rti at last.
They dined hurriedly at their fa
rltechop hoube und reached the thea-
lust ns the orchestra sns stalling
overture. From their scats in the
row Dennis craned his neck
found and survejed the house, taking
proftbslonal inteiest in the arrange-
at of the exits, whili McCarty stud-
tie program and snorted.
"A fine kind of a. ioh for Terry's
ofMer!" lie commented. "She must
doing well, though; I see they c
' her a lot of pnrts. She's a vil
:tr in the first act and n model nncl
hunt ball guest whutever that is !
tie second, nnil in th( third who's
Ptbette.' "
Tbat'll mean she's sot a lino to
Demnt romnrkpil.
"If We can't Knot hor from tho rout
H then we'll know her when nho nnpns
If mouth , if she's grown up to he llko
'mother, God rest her soul. You
ild hear her to the Battery when
JTcame home late."
Wll know her. all riiht." Me-
irtj smiled slyly, Hut Dennis had no
Mtoinnuirc the renhon for his cerU
, for the curtain afcended nnd imin-
things were lost to him.
"Rat's her!" McCnrty exclaimed
w an interval. "Third from your
TRat talh girl with a bunch of vio-
aoa her ns hie ns n nlntlcr nnd hnir
Itbrajs in the sun''" Dennis sniffed
Iwdulouslj. "You're dippy, Mac!
fr was never n blonde -in tlic
oily."
Swrtheless ho watched her nssidu-
, -..a inn. in i UIIU IIIIU lll II
UOVed. nnrl lulin., i.i iVi.. tl,U,l i,ia
fiction was verified nnd Babette fpd
naeor two to tho comedian he sunk
'fltla his scat.
Trus for you, Mac," he muttered.
cou d shoot up like n water tower
K bleach out the honest brown hoir of
"I DUt that'll Ih.i i.nlm nt rnrn
Mallej Burns!"
Mtfr lio ..I i i! ... !.. .i.-
,V"b from which he hud refused to
,?" the stage entrance to the thea
'. yhlle McCarty waited nt the door
luruveiy wanned the faces of the
... 8Ln ov Plahorate nttire as they
.IL'A. ,hPtcn ofc 'no up tho street
s Wif cd awn-v in waiting cars, and
' laOUItht in anrnKI,. r.t H. t...... !.
ui IIIU 1IUUI.I ill--
liivi.:: "" "s e ever ro mm
Fr .I . SB.0 changeling dnughtcr of
r-i.fi iue ngnt promoter?
IOOpnlllV . " llM-IIIL-ll Ul IUU
antlii axKhhv unexpectedly lifted
anticipated burden from his shoul-
HOW (1ft An M- I... mi m
wtte u1.?.' W,!!,..,.'cr b'?! f,"c."
'it huij. i. '" " " wiuri into inn
i - - UIIU
JU
nil
itt
t M munh ';'... " . ."""l lo ""
..i:. :. ' '"! viuii'is ; i got iineu
: ai ;?.i.,Tm in thp "f81 "ft. but
'Tl un n tt'fnllc fr-rtil
i" f .l'l dears to look mo up.
In fit .night I hnven't had n
inm.mi?nth! And I want to thank
ri. Lnr ,n vlo,0',, : I Bt fined
'taring them In i,n n,u. T.ni ki
ituh uh U ,0 ,f', nl11 Sylvester's
C "i,1"1"1'' ,,or entrance! She's
C,eUi no,1!,is tl"-" a suspi
U'girfn . i.VtJ,r "ol11 (lrnr" wno
lJJIs Hums wns oblhious to the de-
l 'We'ra In for nn ..u
ill ... ;.."" "ii-niinuiir-r rim .
Ll.."" ?n "When Onllv VhlKll,l
"'" 10 hnn.l !. v".t-" "
'( I'm -'i ' "". - "inner i wo com
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nnrt : that s
(t, that 7. ,' "n,r. '011 remem
k.Tn
diniiged
WnZS !'.'? VW. Rl"B her
.. in i .niNr n Nirnni nr
-Where are we go-
rflnM... ,. V
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,Thfm u r. . .
ir i,n " ',""".. that'R heen
hx'n "" Mcrnrtv fet h h
l.i "'Hi (lire '. -..i.i-. 1. 1..
lie Hint I. i " i-uiirr n inn
9ple--. '" "l,h " lnt flf "ociety
UViM'lni,i!ln'!"' TilxIniniiRhpil.
'"im' Mu h cu ii bout
il . 1.1... IT.
last week in his apartment up on the
drive and he certainly knows how to
do things right, even if he Is onlv a
kind of a con. man, ns they say. This
was my souvenir."
"Sam told me nbout that party nnd
some of the peoplo who were to be
there," he observed. "Several of your
company "
"Only tho girls. Ho left It to Whit
field nnd she asked eight of us. The
men were all Sam's friends: Chedscy,
the hardware man, and Danton you
know Danton'o Flesh Cream and
Mayer, of the Imperial Cloaks and
Sultt, nnd Jeffrey Hunt and Roy flood -sell
and Fnlos Ogdcn rind a couple ol
bookies whoso names I don't remem
ber." Trlxlo paused for breath. "Lots
of money and good snorts, but Ogdcn
was the only rdnl swell."
Dennis stiffened nnd McCarty' grip
llflllltUVU 1IIUU I1IH lUlll.
"Sam said something nbout n fel
low named Wavcrly," he remarked
with studied carelessness. "Maybe he
was one of tho bookies ?"
Trlxlo mode a little grimace.
"No, ho wasn't. Who doesn't know
Doug Wavcrly? Disgusting beast, but
he's whht you'd call a r,ociety swell,
all right. It's funny Veddcr spoke, of
him to you : trying to make out lie's
intlmato with neonlo that have sot
class, I suppose. Waverly goci around
with Ogdcn n lot, but ho wouldn't trail
with n HnnrHnc. mnn Htro Knm."
"Then ho wasn't at that partylast
Thursday night?" McCarty persisted.
"Mnybe he came after you left."
"Well, ha must have come with the
milk it he did, for wo girls nil left to
gethcr at C in the morning." Trixic
stifled a yawn as she picked up her
gloves.
McCarty had given fresh instructions
to the chauffeur nnd now he settled back
in Trixle's vacant seat.
"You'll not be going back just yet,"
ho announced. "We'll pay a little call
first pn -Mr. Samuel Veddcr and find
out why ho lied to nn officer of the
luw!"
Mr. Samuel Veddcr was nt home and
received them nftor some protest, in
harbnrlcally striped pajamas and an ex
ceedingly bad temper.
"You fellows have got an uwful
nerve"" he grumbled. "I don't care
If you arc from police heudfiuartu,
you'vo got nothing on roe and this is
a hell of n time to rout a man out of
his bed! Whut do jou wnnt, any
way?" "The names of the men who were
your guests nt that "upper pnrty here
last Thuisday night," McCarty re
sponded shortly.
A change came over the dark, smooth
shaven face of Vedder, but he replied
with 'an assumption of case:
"I don't know what for; it wo h
perfectly regular party. Let me see
there wnn Fales Ogden and Roy Goods-ell
nnd Henry Mayer and Douglas Wu
erly" "Stop right there, Mr. Veddcr."
McCaity interrupted sternly. "Mr.
Wnverly was not in your rooms lust
Thursday night. You ought to hovo
coached Chedscy and Danton nnd the
i est of them if you were going to stick
to (hot lie for him."
Vedder bhrugged. ,
"So that's it, is it? They've been
talking. Well, I only tried to do a
favor for a friend and it'B not my fu
neral; I wasn't on the stand."
"Come through now, then. What
did you lie for when I phoned you last
Friday morning?"
"Dccnuse he asked me to. Douglas
1m an intimate friend of mine and he
called me tin nnd told me he'd been out
nil night nnd he thought the wife had
put u couple of MicUi on h'm but he
managed to loso them. I'd met him the
tiny before nnd invited him to the nartv
and he said ho had another date, .but I
Mippo-c that's what mnde him think of
uMng me for an ailoi. tic sam it any
one called up to tell them that he'd been
here nt n little tag party nnd I wan
glad enough to help him out." Vedder
paused and regarded thun shrcwdlv.
"It's n horse of another color, though,
if headquartci-M is taking an interest
in linn. Sa ! Hint's the night his
friend was "hot !"
"Oh, nothing like that!" McCarty
laughed. "This is n little matter about
a private gambllnj estnbliHhmen't thnt
we've got the gooifs on. Uy the wny.
if ou'ie such n friend of Wnverly''
you tnut have sat In more than one
gnmo with him; what's hir. particular
hunch, ills mnncot, his lucky card? Ho's
got one, hasn t ho
"Sure he has!" Snm Veddcr laughed.
"Ho sajs it has brought a Mrcak of
luck down through the family for gen
crntinns; It's thojiinf' of diamonds.
CHAPTER XXI
McCarty Opens the Pot
L HAVING the apartment of Samuel
Welder. McCnrty parted with the
reluctant Dennis nnd took the tnxlcab
down to the Cosmopolitan Club. .
The doorman nt the gloomy portais
of tho exclusive club was most impies
sjvc in appearance nnd disposed at first
to bo supeicilious, but when McCartj
disclosed the purpose of Tils errand and
hinted nt a social scandal that might
spiead to the ery foundations of the
nriBtocrntie institution, if the Informa
tion whioh he sought in order to hush
the matter up were not forthcoming, the
factotum bundled him hurriedly into the
coatroom, dismissed the nttendant there
with n lordlv wate of his 'hand and
closed the door.
"What is ii you want to know, sir?
ho naked with n look of nalned resigna
tion "This U most irregulnr, and I
ought to take you to a member of (he
house commitlee. but the quieter we
can keep anything, of this sort the
better. There's not been a scandal con
nected with tho "club theee twentj
years "
"That's all right; there won t be now
If you'll find out what I want to know
for me," McCarty assured him. "Do
you know Mr. Douglas Waerly?"
"Of coui.se, sir." Tho man's tnnc
was noncommittal, but his expression
snoke oliimes
"Then I suppose I needn't tell jou
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Copj'rtlht 1921.
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"PPer party for her ono' night
totr.""
I'll lltitl.l i...; '" m.J
Htt a .,,,''.1 Ml ('" t f-ec him. He
who has decided to find out at last what
he is dhing when he not home " Mc
Cartj winked deliheintely "Now, we
know nil right, hut it's our business
to hand in a leport that'll let him out,
dee? Ho was heic last Thursdnj after
noon lute, wasn't he?"
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