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lEVBNING PUBLId -LBDGEEr-PHIL'ADELPHIA, FBIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1921
THE VAGRANT DUKE
y By GEORGE GIBBS
Author of 'Jhe Splendid OnUast'Th Yellow Dove," "The Secret
ConvrioM- l1' bu D- AttWo 4 Co.
THE! GU)MPSHave a Care, Mint ,Have a Care!
By Sfdneif Smitffl
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Up, "; t0"0' i rhe met Ji
mrtbMu him to U W
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fij parlHM-. and mrer c on
C"!' '", iif?orrlMc,M oy Pr.
AND HERB T CONTINUES
"" -1I..1 flic unlll
WAS I recKon i uiu
!. .or what win Wt of It. I
1 !.!i under the starlight, with a
i,m,t.t0. W"f Jroppta' water on
Muolt ol ri,, . ' i .,, mn around.
I0" ffini ; of my head for a week. I
tat I was out oi no nnvi.ow. I just
!, "S.m - K r c4.1Id. . There
EKthingcisctodo Luc?ytneg
didn't Blip- "S1..VC. Th
They were
man i "." n,,fii. t icy
Ht., R Wtllb U"1""! . . T .
v"iX ! r llcrmoslllo. Involution sls.
,nkln (L ill my monev about three
'f Llare But it was worth It.
MJ?1.?;"?, life. But I couldn't
"Jim Coast leaned forward, glower-
KBMKSst.-i-i-
k.n The rear 01 uuu
i.'"-.!,,.
KTCin A 'reanerB' against
T)i i'yetold you about that. And
S. T'lluralcs' cleaned us up nu riBui.
tilt uiui. ., l,,tpnil of s huot-
K aValnt a mud nll, they put me
to wrk on a railroad. I was there
?? ". ". t ownnpil nt laBt and
rhedle coast, where I .hipped for
S.iih America. It was the only way
ml X AM the while I was thlnkln
of Mike McGuiro and the cooper mine.
Teu know the rest. I'etc-the Argea
tine deal that might of made mc rich
ffhpw It fell through. Don't : I beat
hell how tne worm unco m u..-.
'But why didn't you go back to
America ami fight your claim with Mc
Oulrc?" asked Peter, awaro of the sin
liter, missing passage in the story.
Coast shot a sharp glance at his ques
tioner. ,
"There were two reasonB one of
which you won't know. The other wob
tilt I couldn't, l wbb on uie ocncn
in' not too popular. Tho only ships out
of Buenos Aires wero for London. That
vu the easiest way back to America
injhow. So I shipped as a cnttlo hand.
And tnere you aro. i uveu easy in
London. That's me. Easy come easy
10. Tbere it was l wroto a man i Knew
out in BIsbce the feller that helped
lUke us nnd ho answered mo that Mc
Gnlre was dead, and that the mine was
a fllTver too far away to work, xou
iMnimust of showed tne letter to Mc
Qnlre, and McGuiro told him what to
wite, Tont threw mo off the track. I
forirot him and went to Franco. "
Coast paused whilo do filled hh glass
inln.
' "It wasn't until I reached New York
tilt I found out McGwire was alive.
It nai just a chance while I was plan
nln' another deal. I took it. I hunted
around the brokers' offices where they
sell copper stocks. It didn't take me
long to find that my mino was tho 'Ta
rantula. McGuiro had doveloped it
With capital from Denver, built a nar
row gauge in. Then after n while liad
sold out his sharo for moro than half a
million, clear."
Peter wan studying Const keenly,
thinking hard. But tho story held with
what he already knew of the man's
history.
"That's when Mike McOulrc tncked
tte Jonathan K.' onto his name,"
Coast went on. "And that money's
mine, the good half of it. Figure it
out for yourself. Say five hundred
f-aou, 8 per cent, fifteen yenrs I reckon
I could worry along on that even if he
wouldn't do better which he will.
"Well, Pete to Bhortcn up I found
f'fe as here in New York and
. a .i. for hlm- l watched for a while
ana then one day I got uiy neive up nnd
tild him on the street. You ought
of en his face when I told him
o I was and what I'd come for. We
Vto , cfowd nt Broadway nnd
wai .people all about us. Ho started
t!'.Tnni1 '"Witr' "tuff for n mln
?.!f. t !.crunPll him up with a few
?!v yhro;hl lie wan Koln' to hnve
lirOXe for n tnlmitA ...!. T l-
jrac. for thc flvc thou-then he turned
O'ata. I lost him tlirn. Hnt If ,ll.ltt
h ,. m llk fi,,,l llm Knl- I knew
wre h! office wab and liis hotel. It
wai dead mm. Bllt 1,0 bu.it it down
It tOOk mn n,.,l,ll l.l. .1..
tll. n,,t ,: T." 'V,'I' iT,nV
n?: ln hnrbor nt Inst."
nil .v.Vi ."? oul 0I n's pocKet
naalowly counted them aitntn.
West lwen.i3;ou come bak 'rom tho
wt. hat will jou do?" nsked Peter.
Ja. now miA ,it.i.., ii... v.
ble i mKU i,lown nmI llvo w-PePta-I
came frSmthTS co"ntry "round here.
"keen l mi,!ht b""1' n Place
and enVr L6W '!'r,,ps u,1(1 n'ltomobileH
Pare. oL? y 0,d nn over to K,.y
Clrfo in h.8 Cnr-l0Un ,0 Mont
kow to lie ea"T 0I. I'l know
cn '.Te, no,w- You bct yo. I've
won't i do ''r"10"1-' "wpHb. They
Katecl.1,ngon'e- "Hive
& tt, '" "nld Poter.
nee hero, Pete .'"
faced r. ";, Vttcr 'nd risen and
22-T SSf "?"?.. "ninckmnll 1 You
claim on vi J "V" " "ndnny legal
It,
aim on f,n7. ".""" '.".''
-"' J"" luiiiuu I piOVC
"I n.l.l..-li .
..-. "." "lu i oe
-""xiteu
able to-
he
Krtte'.'r?"'" frightened about
Pr th " "a .""" c" ou..Hu could
thi. :,- "" m
JJlnf elec-
ovcr. It's Bome-
r."! ele-omcthlne that hnni..,.,i ,.
UlL3, tl,e mlno that you dare not
iMrheet.hWWOn't tel1'" lnu'ed Coast
nr,i. "V y" dare not toll tw
M to dc?Uh1SLtJ11- 8o,'lcth"'8 that
flu i.v.u . "" his ntraiiso mi...... ..
!t what "iCk."lf'' aml your Placard
W-.-T.!mt ou ve got holding over
;;jjrtt ou are." sneered the other.
r k'now"?' 'e!1 '""-bloody
,0i. JlinSfart- And ' kU0w wh0
"?' into'hls0;1,'!,1' aml ,"" the roll
'hoi don't Mt ,,ocket
I'owled, Uont,know anything," ho
KKWzeffW'
' r waanu iu llhi i
v v. .. i
happened out there nt the mine In tho
ueiert, but more than thnt ho wanted
to know how tho destinies of this man
nffected Beth. And so the thought that
had beon growing In his mind now
found quick utterance.
"I know this that you've come back
to frighten McGuiro, but yon're also
como back to bring misery nnd shnmo
to others who'vo lived long In peace and
happiness without you"
'-What ?'' Bald Coast Incredu
lously, "I know who you are. You're Ben
Cameron." said Peter distinctly.
The effect of thU statement upon Jim
Coast was extraordinary. He startod
back abruptly, overturning a chair, and
fell rather than leaned against the bed
post his eyes staring from a ghastly
fnce.
"What what did you say?" he
gasped chokingly.
"You're Ben Cameron," aald Peter
again.
"Me B-Ben Cameron I That's
damn good. Me Ben Cameron! Say,
J t;r, whatever put that into your
head?"
"The way you frlehtenad th ol,1
woman at tho kitchen door."
"Oh!" Coast straightened in relief.
I get you. You've been talktn' to
her."
!!?"; JWhnt dlt yu By her?"
,, I-7I Just gave her a message for
McGuire. I reckon she gavo It tolim."
A message."
"Oh, you needn't say you don't know,
Pete. It didn't fetch him. So I put up
tho plocnrd."
1 oter was now more bowlldcrcd than
Coast. "Do you deny that you're Ben
Cameron?" he asked.
Coast pulled himself together nnd
took up his coat.
"Deny it? Sure! I'm not not him
not Ben Cameron not Ben Cameron.
Don t I know who I am?" he ehouted.
Then he broke off with a violent gesture
and took up his cap. "Enough of your
damn questions, I say. I've told you
what I vo told you. You can believo it
pr not, as you chooso. I'm Jim Coast
to you or Hawk -Kennedy, if you like,
but don't you go throwln' any more
; yju.r. dIrty Jokcs m7 Wfly- Under
stand? Peter couldn't understand, but ho had
enough of tho man. So he pointed to
ward tho door.
"Go," he ordered. "I've had enough
of you Kct out!"
Coast walked n few paces toward tho
door, then paused and turnpd and held
out his hnnd.
"Oh, hell, Pete. Don't let's you and
mo quarrel. You gavo me a start back
there. I m sorry. Of course, you
T?ew,uii . blon R00d t0 mo tonight.
I m obliged. I need you in my busi
ness. More n ever."
"No," said Pctor.
"Oh very well. Suit yourself," said
Coast with n shrug. "Thero's plenty
of time. I 1 be back in a month or six
weoks. Think it over. I've niodo you
Mi,,"r,,ror,Trea.1 monoy to help me a
bit. Take it or leave it, as you please,
u KC1 nlon(r w"hout you, but I'd
rather have you with me than against
me.
1 m neither," said Peter. "I want
uuiumg m uo TVltn It.
Coast shruiceil. "T'm n. txt.m
so long. I've got a horse back in tho
dunes. I'll take the milk train from
iiammonton to Philadelphia. You
won't tell, Pete?"
"No."
"Good-night."
1 etor didn't priMi rm ij i
tho man had gone ho opened tho door
u..u wuiuowe to let in the night air.
Iho room hnd been defiled by the man's
very presence. Ben Cameron? Beth's
father? The thlnir seemed imnowdMn
hut every fact in Peter's knowledge
pointed toward it. And yet what the
nf Vu ui m Vl,BlB strange actions
nt tho mention of his name? And what
Ton? wwltVi!,u J,m, Coast didn't
tell? What had happened nt the mino
u o V lerriDie evon to speak
about? What was the bond between
t heso two men, which held the success-
iln? v tf"lr.' 8nd tho other in
a Hi Somcth'ng unspeakably vile.
A hideous pact
The tolephono boll jangled again.
Peter rose and went to it. But he was
in."r, h,"m?r J tnlk t0 McGuire.
--..,, ,JO Kniwico. "Ypb h'.
let hlra go. You tnM m
J-es, he talked n inn
He won't bo back
We'll talk that
No. Not tnntfrht
I'm going to bed. No. Not
untl tomorrow. I've had about enough
Ai?-n . t A11 Tlght- ood-n!ght;"
And Peter hung up the recelvor, un
dressed and went to bed.
CHAPTER Xn
Confession
In spite of his perploxitiee Peter slept
soundly and was only awakened by the
Jangling of the tolephono bell. But Peter
wanted to do a little thinking before ho
saw McGuire, nnd ho wanted to ask the
housekeeper a few questions, ao he told
McGuiro thnt ho would see him beforo
10 o'clock. The curious part of the tole
phono conversation was tiiat McGuiro
mndo no mention of tho shooting.
"Jt'm," said Peter 10 himself as he
nung up, "going to ignoro that trifling
incident altogether, Is ho? Well, we'll
see obouf that. It doesn't pay to be too
clever, old cock." His pity for Mc
Guiro was no moro. At tho present mo
ment Peter felt nothing for him except
an abiding contempt which could hardly
he modified by any subsequent reveln
tlons. Peter ran down to the creek In his
hathrobe mid took a quirk plunge, then
returned, Minved and diesird while his
coffee boiled, thinking with n fresh mind
over the events und pioblems of tho
night before. Cuiloimly enough, he found
that ho considered them more nnd moro
in their rolntlon to Beth, rerhaps it
wns his fear for her happiness that laid
stress on the probability that Jim Count
was Ben Cameron, Beth's father. How
otherwise could Mrs. Bergen's terror bo
accounted for? And yet why had Coast
been so perturbed at thu mere mention
of Ben Cameron's name? That was
renlly strange. For n moment tho man
hnil stared at Peter as though he were
seeing n ghost.
If ho wero Ben Cameron, why
Mtouldn't lu have acknowledged tli'i
fact? Hero was tho weak point in thp
armor of m8ter Peter had to ad
mit that oven while Const was telling
his story nnd tho conviction v:is grow
ing in Petcr'H mind thnt this wns
Both's father, tho very thought of Buth
herself teemed to make tho relationship
giotcsque. This Jim uoa, tins pic
turcsquo blackguard who bod told tale
on tho Bermudlan that hnd brought 11
flush of shamo even to reiors cneeKB
this degonerate, this idiemlng black
mailer thief, perhaps murderer, ton,
the father nf Beth ! Incredible! Tho
merest contact with such a man must
tlelllo, defame her. And yet if till
were the fact, Coast would have ti
father's right to claim her, to drug her
down, n prey to Ills vile tongue and
drunken humore an she had once been
when a child. Her Aunt Tlllle fenrcd
this, And Aunt Tlllle did not know as
Petor now did of tho wclBtcuce of the
vile eccrct that sealed ,Cost'f llpa und
hi4 MeflulrVB eoulybonden.
obimD TOMORROW
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THESE VOMEH WlTrf XAVR T1E COLOR
OF A STRAW ATTACK AHT ACtS
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AHDVS PERFECTLY RVCjHT- Trtt ,
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RELATION- "V1A-t AUU-
SOMEBODTS STENOGWhere'8 the Missing Mr. Smithers?
Copvrleht 1051, by Tublle Tdtr Compuny
By Hay ward
gone
to.
while.
tor a month.
over later.
No.
AIO A1EWS
or the Boss.
MISSW6 SIMCG Tke
SCCOAJO DAY OP HtS
VACATION WHICH MAd
SUPROS&D To HAVE
BBaUJ IH THE HlSH
WIFE IMTfeARS
DtTHCTivE OH HIS
TRAIL-SAY6 HE'S
UP TO SOMB CRIME
MISS CiFLAGE IS
Also on histjbml
OeTbrmi meq To 5ye
HlA . PAVbAY IS
dU&T AHBAD.
VAiHiLE THE.V SEARCH FOR SAM 5AHTHERS LET
US AMUSC SOU BY ASAIAi ?EFHRRIMfi To THfi
FACT THAT JOHN iiOES OP OCBAM CiTY&OT
HIS TEAl CARUXA.D6 OF PIPE "OK AMD SEEAS
To HAVE PUT IT TO .STRAMeTB (JSBS -AA10
"TAKE 'EM OFP,X AJOW YOU. 7
"xiOHH dOHBS"l- SMITHERS .ITS
A FIWE ROM 5MU6SUA16
OUTFIT t2U BUIUT THERE- Yoi)
OU6HT TO GET TEW HEARS For
THAT LOH& COAT
AMD WHISKERS!
STOP! T&UCH AIOT A HEAD OF THIS
BALD HAIR! HE IS MOT GUILTY OF
RUMAAY SMU6GLIM6: HE DID THIS TO
CATCH THE WCkTED
lSMUfiflLER; Sr-T J 3URE I
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OUTFIT Y2U BUIUT THERE. T&o CATCH THE WCKED y - l 7 ViiSTAKCAi J p"1
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first? llJuJ;J (Ct&'J CZL- (T&0
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Tho Young Lady Acroae tho Way Aunt Epplc Hogg, the Fattest Woman in Three Counties -r- Bu Fontaine Fox SCHOOL DAYS -: -:- -:- By DWIQ
The young lady aero tho way HtPHtvl CAM GAT MORE CHoK CRKIES . HPM8pCS,
aays we mustn't get the Idea from . y WZ!t- RJ&'TtrZ? '" "'
the divorce news, etc., that .11 the rt AKYOPY , THE ElCH0oRooD BECAUSE. S " r rf&Z)
actors nud musicians are immoral frltY POHT HAVE- To SPRtfiiD A CLoTH To CATCH sm? (m '' TUP BUlSD&RS 1
and the fact is that thero are a THl WrIEfi YHtV FALL.. j -".v ?&?'
great many virtuosos among them. ' I
THAi I BEG-YOUR
PARDOAl MR. smithers!
IM SOUR I WAS
Aa I STA KEAt
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MOVIE FAN Much Enjoyment
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