Eit "1 v T.V'i- J1 i: i . 1', V 'M vu llf ? ' if Kffi , ' r .lfr f' ' v, ' 7: EVENING PUBLIC LETEEr-PHILABELMlA, SATURDAY, AUGUST? 20, 1921 V;. Bjl Sidney Smith THE GUMPS The Check Will Follow Later r F4GMiVT ) l yJT .F, r. By GEORGE GIBBS iihnr of "The Splendid Outcast," "The Yellow Dave," "The Secret A""1" Witness," Etc. ' CopirloM. Ittt. fu D, Appltton 4 Co. i't) r"il IK J ( BUTCHER. WTU K f AMOUNT- sW.. vCjHT- TWE V . JT1S PLEA St SU4t ME TE T.hSJS" "TrlE" AMOVMT ) ) PEML SU sj ', I BUU MIX) 0UGB-J TX. ' J ftt) V d( 1 $43,7,T- t iiTms bboins-iib STony t-ti?'! rolf. nnd om o worfc on -iirfl 0 a group oj wic ... -if ffi?l .(ninoer from reach- ViV,, itht house hV "'("' nr,"".j"u"i Ucautre i desperately 'fmd of ,Vnu identity unknown. Peter ' ?r.Vl mttaoeon the estate, antl J"Sl is called bu telephone by 'unuVrcand asked to come tote xreuuire ":-,'- n .... w. aJr OnhU "rival Ac !! Befc - -.j i; rfiurriipr. j 1111 .v- daughter, icgiiy Ctmeipn, ;;. Aim sAc came o trwny. ";- -:- i,..i .,,,. aunt. ftc Uimvnw -- Id .tlZed to "peek a little." ir " AND HEni! IT CONTINUES .. .flnfA.1 fn enn Mine A Pfsgy's new frock tH1,011' tlic e?ftinnd the other one. Aren't they "I KIPPOB? BO. T . . ... .. ,. U ., "I listened, 100. """ - -' ..Eavesdropping! . 1,' "" i,. nl.no beautifully !' ' V "BitTot like nn nngel In Heaven." tfU Peter with n cmi e. P '.?. . .v. A tt o,rvl nlnv. ou make . "What- V ..,.. ... ,., "That there s nuyiinus i i" " Cip.i..Cj1in,vtn(r rnnm Freddy, hnvin? ' found himself, hnd fiept into n hour of SS r.bnrcl. to whlrii thero wns . "cloce harmony" cliorin. .HKto'ii that ." he muttered. WinUnz a thumb in the direction from V, hicb he had rnme. ''Rut she nhool: her nen;i. No," she Md. "That's dllTerent. "How-different?" "Wrong fncun unworthy As she croped for and found the word lie stared at her in nstonUhment. And in i,it .ves back of the joy tlmt seemed i vto be always dancing in them he miw the shadows oi n soucr luuugin. , "Dut don't you Ultc dnnee music? be nsked. . , , , .. , t - "Yes I do, but it s only for the feet. Tour musle is for for here." And with a quick, graceful gesture she clasped her hnnds upon her bioitst. "I'm glad you think so. becnusc that's where it comes from." At this point Peter remembered bis mission, which lletb's appearance hnd driven from his mind. "I'll play for you some time," lie laid. lie went past her nnd out to the serv ants' dining room. Ah he entered with Beth at his heels. Mrs. Hewn, the housekeeper, turned In from the open iooi to the kitchen Rnrdrn. elinRlnc to 'the Jamb, her lips mumbling, ns tbouRli the were continuing n conversation. Hut her round face, usually the color nnd tciture of a well-ripened peneh. wns the color of putty, nud seemed suddenly uto hae grown old nnd bnggnrd. Ilor eyes through her metnl-rimmed spic taclcs nccined twice their Mzc nnd stared at Peter ns though they saw through him nnd beyond. Hhe fullered at the door-jnmb and then with nn effort reached a clnir, into which blie sank fasping. " Beth wns kneeling nt her side In n ijnoracnt, looking up anxiously into her Urtled eyes. "Why. what Is it. Aunt Tillle?" hc 'Whispered quickly. "What it is? Tell .. i, nt. The coincidence wns too r.tnrtling. Could the name thing Hint bad frightened McGulre lmvo frightened the housekeeper, too? Peter rushed pn.t her and out of the open door. It wim dark outside nnd for moment be could lie nothing. Then objects one by one asserted themsclvca, the oulrilv rows of vegetable plnnts in the gmden, the wood box by the door, the shrubbery nt the end of the poitlco, the blue spruce tree oppesite, the loom of the dark nnd non-committal gnrage. Ho knew that eno of his men was in the tices op posite tho side porch nud nuother iround the corner of the kitchen, in the kedge, but he did not wnnt to laise a hue and crv unless it was necessary. What was this thing that created terror it light? He peered this wny nnd thnt, ware of nn intense excitement, In one hind his revolver and in the other his police whistle. Ilut he saw no object nKHe, and the silence wns absolute. In moment disappointed bo hurried lack to the servants' dining room. Mrs. Bergen sat dazed in her chair, While Beth, who hnd brought her a glass of water, was making her drink of it. "Tell me, what is it?" Heth was in diting. "Nothing nothing," murmured the Woman. "Ilut there Is " , "No, dearie " "Are you sick?" , "I don't feel right. Mnjbe the heat " "But your eyes look queer " "Do they ?" The housekeeper tried to smile. "Yes. Like they bod seen " A little btnrtled as she remembered the rastery of tho house, Heth cast her glance into thu darkness outsido the open door. "You nrc frightened!" she said. No, no " "What wns it you snw, Mis. Eergen?" naked Peter gently. He was iuat nt her side nnd nt the ound of his voice she half aiose, but recognizing Peter bhe sank back in her chair. Peter repented bis question, but she hook her bend. "Won't j ou tell us? W4iut wns it you saw? A innu ?" Her c)ph sought lletb's nnd a look of tenderness cmue into them, banishing we vision. Hut she lied when she an- wered Peter's question. 'I snw nothln', Mr. Nichols I think 111 go up -" Bhe took another swallow of the ter ami roe. And with ier strength come n grentcr ohdurncv. I saw nothln' j' Nhe lepented lain, as sue saw that lie wns still looking nt her. "Nothln' ot nil." ,Vefr , B"d Heth exchanged glances, ni Heth, putting her hand under the Bousekeq.er's nun, helped the woman to the bnck stniia. iiCt.ef,fct;1 f"1' a miment in Mioinld SJ ?ulc ki,,dR'u ""or' llis S o the Ti2Lthirt"1h whl,,n tl,u omn hnd -i.?n K Al,nt a'ne. t0! 8lo hail " BOmo oe. some thing tho same lome 0,lD or ,ng tftt Ml(,,re ,m(, not IiJ J" P"""1'" "'at their o)e bud bad e tl,c!"' Srn"""K that each " wen somethlug. what, unless It .;.j ""I'wnniurui, could have friglit- enerl ii - r."-v .UClilUro and Aunt 'PllU,, ln'l iiont :.t1 ol(l, wo'"" Imil been timid hadeit ing i,!.,1,e h0Ubp- "I'o dad ,.!? , ole,u' ,0 l c(cl- tint she was en- hot t "'iVl,ro,(,,f the 1:lml ot '"ner Cui ""TV'1 ,lcr cniplojer. Peter ion "?? '.Pr tl'l'n- v o rea- ImottV ;" ii.1 ,PV( '!" ow. lo hud forM.111 ,l! ?' leler a,,""t thecm.se foun, i,."1"? H,nllnn. And heie lie 4md unu iier stniimr wltl, t... -:,, .."..' "! eyes ii,to I . '" ",l" v outllVI HUOIMJ- tho darkness. with the 4U1Q U.,'"'i"is of nervous shock as :&oui cdii ;.. "a'' H,".ow:n.' . What enemy or "0 lirniilr.il ",1"lc" 'Hint '111 e r cu'. Wv -wouldn't bUo lmvo dared t?Trostrn t '" ,r,Pn Aunt Tillle u." .I'rostrntlon nnrl u.l ..J u .. to tell Peter what sho had seen? What was this secret nnd how could hcnharo t with McGuIre when, twenty-four .ours ngo, sho find been in comploto Ignorance of tho mystery? Why InHml'J Vhtn,k? ,WnS '" Vision tOO intimate? Or too horrlbU? Ictcr wns Imaginative, for he had mCC1,edAr,om boyhood in tho st(. icistltlons of his pcopli. But the war hnd taught l.im that devils had legs and horrMnT?,0"'';. Ilc llfld n more "r bh, S'1 ? ,thnn mot ncn of his im ' ,,l17,''tl,t. nt dawn, or silvered with moonlight. Ho thought he had It. fW1 t,Po,".,b,"t,M ' tror. IinihH ?U.Ml1 ,llm8elf 8rdBln8ly ndmlt ting that ho wns nt tho least n little a.r.n'W,1'0 ,nost' on tho vSrge o '"? ,1ut,h? Put his whistle IH his Srtff' "volvcr again and went Rni,,1'.1"5 BOU?Ut out ,1,c ran 1" the spruce tree. It wns Andy. Ho had but i?-t?0J?,,n,,ow"', Jt. wn" vcrv dark, out he took nn oath that no One had approached the house from Mb side ii lou.snw. no one talking with Mrs. "argon by Hie kitchen door?" from here "CnD,t 6CC th' kltchen door JUSei"llnor.ined- A 'VrlnpH.u.h wn, "Then you hnven't moved?" asked . otor. ..S.0, ,X wn'' nrrn'd they'd see me." iiicy vo seen something " You mean ?" "I don't Wnow. Hut look shnrp. If ?i?.T,th.,i1KuS?lnc" 0,lt t,,ls wn'. take a """ lib 11 ;You think there's something " ,,... b,lt d,0,?'t mvc Ad keep jour eyes open !" i Vetr,r.Y'c,.lt off t0 fhc man In the hedee behind the kitchen-,Tesse H?own? iReo anything?" ned Peter. ,.,0I" N2bo,1i'. hut the chaulTeur." The chauffeur?" hnck1" WC'lt "P t0 ,!'' h"VC a wlliIe "Oh how Ion1? ago?" "Twenty minutes." "I see." And then. "You didn't 7 "!)?' onc come nwny from the kitchen door.'" "No. He's thar yot, I reckon." I'etcr ran out tn tho nnmnn i ..-i.. this statement. Hv the liirht f n u. tern the chauffeur in his rubber boots wns wnOilns the t-n .., "IlnVC .VOU been lin tn rlin l.no 1.,.. jv, -. "... ...,u I.III- "Why. no," said the man, in sur- prise. You're sure?" nnkorl Pntn. ,u.,.i ly. ""-u" 'Kiirc " "Then come with me. There's some thing on." The mnn dropped his sponge and fol lowed Peter, who hnd run bnck quickly to the house. it to now nfter 11. From the drawing-room canio the distracting sounds from the tortured pinno, but there was no one on tho portico. So icier, wun jese. Andy nnd the chauf feur mode n careful round of the house, exnmining every bush, every tree, with in n ciicle of a hundred vnrds, ex hausting every possibility for conceal ment. When they reached the kitchen uoor ngnin 1'eter rubbed his head and gave it up. A screech owl somewhere off In the woods jeered at him. All the inen. except Jesse, were plainly skep ueai. nut lie sent them bnck to their pow. nnu still pondering the situation, went into the house. It wns extraordinnry how the visitor, whoever he wns, could have gotten awny without hnvimr been nWrvo,! tv- though the night was black the ejes of nn- men oiiiside were nccubtomed to it nnd the lights from tho windows sent n glimmer into the obscurity. Of one thins Peter wns now certain, that the prowier wa-t no ghost or Imnshce, but a man, nnd tlmt he hnd gone ns mysteri ously ns lie hnd come. Peter knew thnt his employer would be anxious until he returned to him. but he hadn't quite decided to tell McGuIre of the housekeeper's share In the nd venture. He had a desire to verify his belief that Mrs. Hergen was frightened by the visitor for n leason of her own which bod nothing to do with Jonathan McOuiie. Any woman alarmed by n possible burglar or other mlsei-pnnt would have coino running nnd crIng for noip. .urs. i.ergen nnu necn doggedly silent, ns though, rather than utter her thoughts, she would have bitten out her tonguu. It wns ciiriouV She hod seemed to be talking as though to herself at the door, and then, nt the sound of footsteps In the kitchen behind her, had turned iind fallen limp in the nearest chair. The look In her face, as in McGuIrc's. was tltat of terror, but there was something of bewilderment in both of them, too, llko thnt of n solitary sniper In tho first shock of a shrapnel woi nd, n look of nngulsh that seemed to hove no outlet, t-ave In speech, which was denied. To tell McGuIre whnt had bnppencd in tlio klfolien mennt to nlarm him fur ther, l'cter decided for the piesent to ueen mo mnttcr irom mm, glwng the housekeeper the oppoi tunlty of tolling the truth on the morrow If she wished Ho crossed the kitchen and servants dining-room nnd ju.t nt the foot of the bark btnirs met Mrs. Hergen nnd Beth coming down. So he ictrnced his steps into tho kitchen, curious ns to the meaning of her reinpearnnce At lenst she had recovered the use of her tongue. "I couldn't go to bed. Just yet, Mr. Nichols," sho snld in reply to Peter's question. "I lust couldn't." Peter gazed at her steadily. This woman held a clue to the mystery. She glnnced nt him uncertainly, but sho hnd rccoercd her self-posiesslon, nnd her replies to bis questions, if anything, wore mote obstinate than befoie. "I saw nothln', Mr. Nichols noth ln'. 1 wns just n bit upset. I'm all right now. An' I want Heth to go home. That's whv I came down." "Hut, Aunt Tillle, if jou're not well, I'm going to stav " "No. Ye can't stay here. I wnnt yo to go." And then, turning excitedly to Piter, "Can't je let somebody see her home, Mr. Nichols?" "Of course," said Peter. "Hut I don't think she's in any danger." "No, but she can't stay here. She just can't." Heth put her arm around the old woman's shoulder. "I'm not afraid. Aunt Tllllo was nlrendy untying Heth's npion. "I know ye're not. dearie. But ye can't stay here. I don't want ye to. I don't wnnt o to." "Hut If jdu re afraid of some- "Who said I was nfraid?" Bhe asked, gliiilng at Peter defiantly. "I'm not. I just had a spell all this excitement nn' extra work an' everything." Sho lied Peter knew It, but ho saw no object to bo gained in keeping Heth in Black Hock House, so he went out cautiously and brought the chauffeur, to whom he entrusted the safety of the girl He would have felt moro com fortablo If he could havo escorted her himself, but he knew that his duty wns nt the house and that whoever the mys terious person was It was not Beth, that lie women, CONTINUED MONDAX ) I SOMEBODY'S STENOGToo Warm I can't make up MY MIMt WHE-RE h TO GO OM M-f T VACATIOA1. T Dlb THIMK Or TAKIMG L-7 A DUAT TrVIP. Tho Young Lady Across the Way i - JflWn H - PP"- , J w v, Mki-sar m Vpr- 'O fea fcy - 4 J T- ilft&tttUUoJ P&v The young lady across tho way snys you can't tell her that this country Is very bnrd up when It keeps offering new Treasury certif icates for sale. MOVIE FAN Gossip i -7" JCk 7-JB& jflgff:v X l5r -i &llo-tArrl- WHAT'S rH OfLAD TlPlWGSI, 7f OH- FArt- VOU KAOW THAT STOrW SQOUT THG. GIR.L To &R.6.AK INTO THE. 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