fiK t. - I), ...v EVENING PTJBMO IiEDGEiSr-PHTXADEEPHIA, FBIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921 THE VAGRANT DUKE By GEVHVU GWBS 1 i rAc Snlendld Outcast," "The Yellow Dove," "The Secret "jltthoT of "c p Witness," Etc. CopvrioM. lttlt h O. Apvltlon 4 Co. THE GUMPS Not Local Talent By Sidney Smith TmNB THE STORY KOii r" BJ Oft fio cat""- v ..iAit auiu - - . .?--BMeAM . ft0"" " u fiW uyJ The man feared, arcana ""Mho cuarTonl talk, to tho "&? who evidently kmwsMm ttuWttr ,!?",t ilxe taot to Peter. k"" not ,.k is cither the father WjSerVffbmutltdl girl I.VkZ neighborhood) or a KL of the housekeeper, but he MuaW(no of what hold ho has h5?i!"Wr will McQuirc tell AfcOuIrc however, is oaaiy ff McQuirc, however, ts onui, ft- Sen i'ctcr finds a warn rff ,JJM McQuirc" and signed .Hv" which says, among other SvTknow what I've pot and W9 x:, ....'., nnt. Act nronio. Friday rc. !",, .I.W" tans i-cio " ";. ViT) HERB IT CONTINUES rr3-ycs-Friday.M And thep, his Tf tours trembling along the plac- r-$ got to do what ho wants rr .1 mrh of them was wrenched SB? tCat. And then, with nn dortatBclNcontroi . j;SitVocc.n tills. I-ni have tn :frmorc.-CIpI-tMnk-ril need 'CrSet'flerl by his cm .tor', manner and curious as to tho ferSvl0thia0t-thi(.-thi8 'Hawk' ylfn IZ of mine. Nlchols-u bit "I.mvunscrunu ouk a mnn better ImVihot him last night." '"Sorry, sir." nl(1 J'0.1" cheerfully. I-Fw got to do Svhat he wants ! Sim 1 can't hnvp. thin sort of S.S on-with everybody in Ijlncl; JS. w W daUBl,tcr l cggy know- I'd'tc pretty sure o that " M h9 mlght-nny time if he Mb in more placards. I've got t S that, Nichols. This thing mustn't ,Drthtfyou''may trust me." 'VtS. I think I can; l'vo got to wrt you now, whether I wnnt tn or 'fe man' who wiotc this scrawl "'lie man I came down here to gel iiiT from." Peter waited while M. Eir. niiuie. "Tou mny think it h Kange It is strange. I kiiro Jrf? man-called 'Hawk,' many years J; I-I thought he was dead, but ii'i come bade. , , . McGoire paused again the placard feW hands, reading the line which bo tiarly announced that fact. Ve speaks of something I've got .mrthlnrhc's got, Nichols. It's n Ser-a-er-a partnership paper wo up years ago-out ,t niwl t'me. As long as he holds it I. IcOnlre linltert to wipe the sweat from nil not exacny u . ' - I kind of menace to my happiness anil rw8, . , ..... ,.. t inOP "1 uauerFtnnu, hi, !"" j " rirtly. "Ulnekmail. in short. "UaCliy er limtniiiuii. " " iWinm NVw York. I refused him SZ,'. n,l in hlnrkmnll once you ;fcld-and 1 came down hero but ho Mowed me. But l'vo got to get that jtwr aay from him. .... ,..,, I'M nn Turrn mire ho had it Wltll Hm " "That's just it. He's too smart for Cat. He's got It hidden somewhere. Vre got to get this money for him--torn New York I haven't got It in the tonie before Friday night 'But blackmail !" I've tot to, Nlchola this time. I vo ., a. Ti-. .Imiilft "twoulda t, sir. sam rcicr iwuui. "But you don't know everything. I vo mlytold you part." Faid Mctiitlrc. ai DMt whining. "This if no ordinary o-no ordinary blackmail. I ve got to be quid. I'm going to get the Bcnejr-1'm going to get you to go to Kw Totk and get it." "Ym v TMa tn Wednesday. I (o't take any chances of not having It hers Friday. PeKsy is going back till afternoon. I'll cet her to drive you p. I'll phone Sheldon to expect you Ml give you the money nnd you can came back tomorrow. "But tonight " , A "He knows the dancer of trying to th me. That's why he wrote this. 1 TO't be bothered tonight. I'll shut tho Itcw tight and put borne of tho men hide. If ho comes wo'U shoot." "But Friday . Do you mean, sir. 6at you'll got out to him with five tbaound dollars and risk " "No. I irnn'K Yn will." Enid Mc- Wrt, watching Pctcr'H faco crnftlly. ,"06, I see,7' replied Peter, awiro ptx at was being drawn more aecpiy btotha plot than he had wished. "Ion Mtme to meet him." MeQulre noted Peter's dubious tone Ud at once got up and laid his hands ipon his shoulders. "You'll do this for me, won't you, Mchols? I don't want to sop this num. I can't explain. There wouldn't be any ("ter. lie hnsn't anything ngniixt I"). Why should he hnvcV I haven't w one else that I can trust but FWr. And Btrvkcr well I'd have tnj Stryker. You know ulrendy.. troof of my confidence. You're just the J I want here. I'll make it worth jour while to stay with me well worth Mr while," lVeriWaB cnBeloii8 of a feeling pnrt-LC,,I'"-. partly of contempt, for the idling creature pawlnir nt his shoul- m j I5tcr 'ln1 "ever liked to be Hon r way. Hut McGulre's need was -"nlan,'.l"5- wan. tin,?.,' l L1'0 k if y like." ho xniil ti.i 5 aBWe and releasing himself from t?.glnJ.','Rcrs' "provided I nssumc ".mponsibllity lltr,,iat ", Jt No ref,non"lblllty," said m rbc hi a tono t relief. "You'll i,-l ,n0,,Cy out then com 'And get nothing In return?" asked (3puilv.rprlBC- "No Paper no re- till'M1 th,i" once- Nikola. It la tfc. .p him 1"lt far n month or so. PiuS meanft:hlle " Tho old man fteSLnW.fty I0 i" his eyes.. "In Wavt, : ,v " "aT" nmoto ucvise u.i'.m,,,!t his situation Vke n,v 1,rCCi8Cly whutV' i K,n. . ih,;:"Yu'fB rinea "Nothing to Sheldon?" "No." "And you'll wo this this niece of the housekeeper's?" "Yes." The man gave a gasp of relief and sank into his chulr. ."Now go, Nichols and shift your clothes. Peggy's going nbout four. Como back hero nnd I'll give you a letter nnd n check." Peter nodded nnd reached the door. As he opened it Strykcr straightened nnd bowed uncomfortnblv. Hut Potnr knew thnt he had heen llqtrnliif nt tli keyhole. CHAPTER IX Sitae! Is Unpleasant Pqter returned from Now York on Thursday night, havjng accomplished his curious ralsslort. Ho had first in tercepted Hcth on her way to tho kitchen nnd sworn her to secrecy, ad vising her to say nothing to Mrs. Ber gen nbout the events of tho previous night. And she had agreed to respect his wishes. On the way to New York he had sat In the rumble of the low red runabout, Miss Peggy McOnlro at tho wheel, driving the fashionable Freddy. Miss Mcttuirc, after having yielded, the night before, to the musi cal predilections of Miss Delaplane, had apparently reconsidered Peter's social stntua nnd had waved him to the scat In tho rear wlHi n mere gesture and without apologies. And Peter, biting back n grin nnd touching his hat, had obeyed. The familiarities tolcrnble in such a wilderness aa Iilack Itock could not, of course, be considered In the halls of the fnshlonablc hotel where Miss Peggy lived In New York, and where, by dint of ercat carp nnd oxcluslveness she had caught a hold of the frlng" of society. Hut I'ctcr snt uo very strnicht. trying not to hear what was said In front. If he could only have worn his colonel's uniform and decorations, or his grand ducal coronet, nnd have folded his arms, the irony would have been perfection. He had gone to Sheldon, Senior, in tho morning nnd in return for Mc Oulrc's check had been given cash In the shape of ten virginal five-hundred-dollnr bills. This money had been put into an envelope and was now folded carefully in Peter's lnbldc pocket. Sheldon, Senior, to be sure, had asked questions, but with a good grace Peter had evaded him. Dick Sheldon was out of town, so Peter put in the remaining period before his train -time In n music store, where he spent nil the money that remained of his salary on books, a few for the piano but most of them for Ileth. Peter hod wasted, as he had thought, two perfectly good years m trying to learn to sing. But those two years were not going to bo wnsted now for Ucth was to be his mouthpiece. Ho knew the beginnings of n training how to give her the advantage of the instruction h hud received from one of the best teachers In Milan. He wns lucky enough to find books on the Itnl inn method of voice production and on the way back to McQuiro's, armed w'Mi these, be stopped off nt tho Bergen houne in Black Hock village and returned Ueth's call. There he found Shnd Wells, in his shrt-sleees, smoking a pipe in the portico, nnd looking like n thunder cloud. In response to Peter's query, he moved his right shoulder half an Inch in the direction of the door, nnd then spat in the geranium bed. So Peter knocked nt the 4oor softly nt Ilrht, then loudly, when Beth emerged, her slee'es rolled to her shouldcrB and her arms covered with soapsuds. "Why, Shad," she said withcrlngly, after she had greeted Peter, "you might have let mo know! Come in, Mr. Nichols. Excuse my appearance. Washday," she explained, as ho fol lowed her into tho dark interior. "I can't ston." said the visitor, "I just came to bring these books " OH AHty- SEE THfc fcEArmr)L PVCTUWe WKT rhAk BROUGHT V - PMrrrtD i3 M CovtN EMUX- fc "'SUHSC1S TMSe-T. WYM- TttrVY OU UN LOOK UKE IT. NNS HrNHOlNO- tALUU& 0. "SOMtWlrAfa THE W IYS cotrnd PoWH 'TWERE 00t WMK THERE YJNS A Wt fcAC OF tf ttOLUNG A HOOP- HON WtfE0) ra" CRTCISE TVKT PCWRt? ymai oo o) Know Abkom- Cn' . 1 im JBBLj&Mll.r It ZZ x I s -- SS . KuvtiKlft IJV4P. x I THA.T V Vuift rrmrftV ) ABWOW- J V CCOUHTS I a -s - CL X. rOK IT I T " - SOMEBODY'S STENOGIn Which We Launch Another Mystery Copyrliht. 1021. by Publto ledger Company By Hayward naked wowled nt him and then '"IWvay Vm tho window. "If ...n.LC(,.n the your affair." "lj "?'JU l be," said Peter niilelilv. ht u.'J! t0 remember that I came atrw,iBifre.s,er ad Buperintendcnt "artelf fr J. Jtuaril your liouto nnd :to,tt point ofc"0"' bUt ,f lt Comes ZB'S"donrn NlS,hos,"i croakel Mc ht crot- tb ,- Ky, Pff tho ,mndlc We'll IV ou tn i " u"tt" llre'. i wont lJat ..a ""Hhing a a gentleman "that's ShK ,raid Pctcr Anally , HWerv0 ov,c,r nn'l Inced Poter, "For me!" she exclaimed, hurriedly wiping her arms on her apron. "I got them in New York " She pulled up tho shado at the side, letting in the sunlight, nn act permissi ble in the parlors of Black Kock only on state occasions, for tho sunlight (as every one knew) wns not kind to plush covered furniture. "For mc!" Both repeated softly. "I didn't think you meant it." "Tone production Exercises," ex plained Peter, "and here's one on 'The Lives of the Great ComposcrH.' I thought you might be interested in reading it." "Oh, yes. I am If will bo. Thank you ever so much " "Of course you can't do much by yourself just yet not without it piano to get the pitch-tho key but l'vo brought n tuning fork nnd " "Hut I've, cot the harmonium , Beth broke in excitedly. "It's a little out of tune, but " . "The harmonium!" nsked the bewil dered Peter. "What's that?" Beth proudly Indicated n piece of furniture made of curly walnut which stood in the corner of the room. There were several books on tho ton of It "Gospel Tunes Moody and Snnkey," n Methodist Episcopal hymn book, and a glass case containing wax flowers. "We play It Sundays ," said Beth, "but it ought to help" "You play : no saiu in sur- prirc . , . "Aunt Tilllc nnd I oh, just hylimH ." Sho sat, while Peter watched, began pumping vigorously with her feet nnd presently the instru ment emitted a doleful sound. "It has notes anyhow," sold Beth with n al"Si')lcndid!" sold Peter. "And when I've told you what to do you can prac tice here. You'll como soon?" Sho nodded. "When?" "Tomorrow somo tlme7 And then, "What's the matter with Wells?" he She frowned, "ne just asked me to marrv him. It's the twenty-seventh time." .Oh " "I enn't be hothcrin' with Shad nut on uashduy or any other day," the added as though iu nn afterthought. Peter laughed. Ho was qulto sure that nobody would over make her do unything he didn't wnnt to do. 'He knows I was nt the cabin yes terday," sho said in n low volco. "He wns wntchln'." Peter was silent a moment, glnnclng nt the books he had just brought her. "Of courte if he has any claim on you, perhaps ," he began, when she broke In. ,. ,, . , "Claim! Ho hasn't." she gasped. "I'll do as I please. And he'd better quit pesterlu' me or I'll " "What?" She laughed. "I'll nut hlin through the clotncs- W Voter grinned. "Ho almost looks as thouch you'd done thnt already." a. V.i iu ul. fMlnwed hlin to the door. "I thought I ought to tell you about Shad. When he gcto ugly ho s ugly un' no mlstnko." "Do jou still think hc'll-er-swollow me at one gobble?" he asked. She stared nt him n moment and then laughed with n full throat. "I bono he don't at Icaht not 'til I've had my slngln' lessons." "I think I enn promise you that," said Peter. CONTINUED TOilOBIlOW. I IS MISTER 1 un.O-9& SMITHERS ) W V n . - S - w - MISTER SLITHERS S AtoTAi- WHAT ARE. V&o SELL1MS?,. AHEM '. DO V&U KAiOW WHERE HE 19, ? D. - i -. 4lBW 'Tr - j:-, vsmih Jm OF C0 HE VE1T TO PlKEVILLE On A FISHIMfiTRiP: ft HA HA. HA HA "A HA HA Ha HA ."A LOOK OUT BLOW OUT A FUSE I y i J s W t "If ax PiK&vtt-uE IS HE ? ) HE IS MOT'. HA-HA! J T'VE HEARO SOME FUMMV OMES-BUT- S ha ha Ha r S m W J " IM tftfl&& ,-T) 1? 3 - AJOW VWHATS THIS ViEVE GOTTEN IA4TO???? 'A- -E.-HA.f M.Rt -"Xb v55nji I .' J? V' The Young Lady Across the Way W V NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS Du FONTAINE FOX '44t2 The young lady across tho way cays skirts are a great hardship to a tennis player and if her inothcr'11 let her die's going to get n pair of bicuspids. ct $ P AfCeK SfSUGGLitfG IN WW FoJ fWa If il Hooks To G.t iHe. J-iTTtc JotfES . J'! ' ''" 'FW CHII.0 Yo fAKE. oME. tleDICJNE. :fw " . MRS. Jortes FlMAl-LY GREW VtSPtrXfltft. '' W& eMr M 3MS oVR fojl Pfiof. PllNK, 00 rL HyoTtST, WHO LlVCS HXr.3p0r III 'lull M li- SCHOOL DAYS mf FJrkti 5jT Y J k vLHLilHvB9KV9HHivoHilbiVHBv7QKEP j t V MOVIE FAN The Boss Is Out of Order, Copyrtirht. 1021. by Public Ledrer Company bH-H GILL'S! yof 5HOWLP HAVE cccrt THE. PARLING fAOVl. I SAW- r-f: 0KIP. vVAS ALL ORESSSP Irt LAC6. AAP CLOOPX OP FLOATNO ruLue AAJP A WHIT JATJiv OtWA UlT r Flt-"V pcot-uerAGE ANP LONG TIQHT auc&vcj vu- ttmmmmW.r HoW PIP THE CKoorA LooK' GROOS i ' . . v C" i r i . ,, ...i. .. LA ' ' . ,M ' v inwni i - .MA ?& . . i jTZMm)r''r sftWs-i.Hk V-Wf :V L. 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