'.'17 v?. v, r TV r ,iv 1 ' r 4e . EVENING PUlBuft LEDGElR-PHILADELPHIA, THtlftSPA" OCTOBER 6,' 1021 . , .j By Sidney Smith .& THE GUMPS The Old Cutup Again (bachelor husband 1. yluAer e "Richard Chatter ten," Etc. cLurteM. W. . Walt .1 Ce. H-j re r- -.. - "- : -tt nr.nMijiwMwii t i m rT"" C.i ....r ZZ sjh i " -. dlr tirT iBJPnm 1 1 II W''.' in ev tme noeif? Nw rri AhjcUNhmt A :- J aijjuwme: . ,, S A BOnr yrne vkr Mf. aw twiirfirnx ) .. I kck. JHI-a jU a "... niiK RTOUY WIIIS nW"0 . m.i.MiiAer .,! rM"r,.-3w?-WAi!r. SAc s?. ","-.;, hi tew ." "; ;i alM-tf "f "i-ii.i rfirrf .jirrn - !.. ir iiiiiili - - " i. Acr. I"1 " V" " :-i la ncr, KT .-ere m Srfrtf mi". ..- feaij; rricJ rfeln ftfirr ni .,....-. Ac fcrcaiMC nc ' f l- i.'i'rf nrr. money ana . d W. ' ,- I...W rt IflJ JIC 13" - 7" II enap he Suit . . ' jf Iij irflt m "T j ...utinti their titarrtagc K"i", I or "granted that he ' inltnn '". .' i.. ;,r-nlf. hen f 3V ""'fc ?.:,. 1rie overhears id n hV it nearlV breaks Aei ' "A Mil. Aim Me he ,0.c,,".' Mi'n'd hat he may continue i""i , ... i,:,d ran mm, wiaf..n'ILA" mid it hurts JIUIOU"" l. ,ii .,, j, ter. te? " ,i.i.. fvieanu . Djlir Ul -" - ..'... ZKttJuix: tts&xzJ1 !"-- ,wx?rriMI!KS AN" IW " .dwd fOW could Mic hnvc Fnltl such,, a H ., TnewinK what he knew? Marie loc 'Mhanpr. X will." the Rlrl wlBtful eyes " wllAJ- nnl ever again. After "I don't mil herself ere. an e b n the Chris' friem Hut we never knew what we may want in this queer old world, and brothers can be very useful tlilngn nt times,. .you knew." She did net nnswer. She thought he was the Btrangest man she had ever met. "We ought te be turning back," he said presently. "It's nearly nine o'clock, and we'rp nemc way from the hotel." She wnlkcd reluctantly bctilde him. Suddenly h!ic naked a question. "If you arc Chris' best friend, why weren t you ins best man at at our wedding?" She looked up at him n she spoke, and saw the quick frown that cressed bis face. "Am I te answer that question?" ha asked. "Of course. I should like te knew." "Very well, then, as you insist Chris niked me te be best man, or what ever you cell It, and I refused." I "WllV?" Hlin una renllv Inf ornetwl new. "ayt wen. because before I saw Lveu I disliked the idea of Chrfs being miirned. .uorriage spoils most irlcnu ships between men." looked out ever the sea with ' V H h Affer "T .Iam'i Kt..i. M..in ...ni -,.ti t nvt nll(l OVIT Ubwii, , tuu i. mnin iuiiiiiu)(r win nilijll teH herself evc. , things m the, Chris1 friemlshlps," she Mild, with faint ill, w", ',". , .bltternchs. rtrldbwWM evej , bcfer(, thp ..j.e , ..j frad , m KZ the hotel were astir, and will net." ether peepje ii n tQ t,)(, SIU1ds. There was n queer, hard note of dis- went out an mnrn,nB. warm and approval In his voice, and Marie looked It wa a, .u iiile was out, leaving at him in bewilderment. nuu ".: ... ninn nniiil be- I den t think I unmrMnnri von." "I don't think I un- was dcrstand a bit what you mean." Perhaps I don't "understand my- lie answered. "Let leave it at ill nl I vt ntiil fnrtrtet nil Min 111111 .1... e mHIl nn "' ":! .' , .1. ..,: - . -. ";- - Vi nicking up pebbles nnuiiHuw-Mnse yvc bccn tuiklng?" f fV,7lnte the sea. .,. ....'.The, nent up te the. Vtrle walked en, tnc btalal; ? through her hair her tired ace. d she llad mnny, ,.no.. 1 ' ,., VM-n sand be-1 "I len't , long ct m"11" "' " I she said angrily. Wnd,L uii bare, brown legs was uerstnnt A H, wi,l fhreugh the little wnves ..pcrI ?S"f "hrTmnl nl nC..d further l.", Iff.: Jff" -reUlM tar w-t f that, si, fresh breeze nnd fanning Only t T'" J" ...in, her hnlr 5" Vr tack ami net a care in the i, hLrve an "ccablenal hrai tache verld ,i,p!.t nf Chris. On y two hf. c .' m,5 A 1 if , .,. hud taken i : . ..... it ninniiiiuuu. mm ,, I .ihnnii null. .-.--- I ? . t . 1 hotel hllcntly. There were evcrnl people nbeut new, and n smartly dce(l woman with red hair, te whom Feathers bowed formally, Htared nt .Murlc rather insolently as W'i.t wring icrew the gulf dividing I"11.?".? ,tnmniihoed. and was ffback across it new with regret- niir unin-.i"" - .- - .,. I trnir UP? " -I... ether they passed "Is that one of Chris' friends?" Ma rie asked with nn effort when they were out of hearing. "Chris knows her." was the reply. "sue is n Mrs. Hcriet." "She is very smart," Marie said wistfully. "Smart!" Feathers stepped and looked back at the woman deliberately. "De you call her smart?" he asked, mildly amazed. "I think she leeks a slgbt; but then, he de most of the women in this hotel. I suppose It's their way of attracting uttcntien all ethers falling. ' Mnric smiled faintly. , "Yeu don't like women." she said. Up shook his shaggy head. "I de net," he agreed. "And vet lust new. ,veti told me I . a '. ,nlln. .f homesickness ' nlinnlil lin ivKn in mnta n fi-lnti1 nl vnn " iithe ether girls tllil. "I did -nnd I still mean it, and hepe "Yeu re tee M-iiiuiiciii.i.. i... -""-- i some nay tnat you win ae te nere is tic!" te her ben trieiui, wimiuij ..-"- Chris." l'r . . .. .!.! l.nv lTf rtl, flllll r .. t ... ... . i;nns came tewarn tnem wirn n uatcn of newspapers in his hnnds. He looked et his wife with faint embarrassment. future. "Knrly birds: he said, and then, us She had teunu u '""'. """"'', feathers moved awny. "is your head tIfn than Dorethy hail dreamed. better, Marie Celeste?" She looked down ni ucr mum ", s,i. tunned nereusiy. Iitv wedding ring, nnd a little nus.ii. ..q yvH lt's quit(1 genc! j ROt p M te her pale cheeks. 'cerlv and had a long walk along the sands, and 1 met .Mr. Linkers, and be I came hack' with me. "Call him M'eathcrs,' " said Chris. 'Everybody does." "De they? Hut I hardly knew him !" "Yen seen will." lie looked at iicr doubtfully. "De you think you will mnnngc te have n geed time here, Marie?" I . .-v. ... .J...... un, Jes, witn "Uitii you t . ini ra linn ,1Bf i.nneenlc meant when they said Mffl up their school days .the happiest of their lives. ; "An mine going te D.e the lmpp lct' iV thought. Even tliey liau nei e-u.. mThaiW. She had never been very a a" school, and she had never Un clexer. Her iesen huh ...-j", ""..,) 1,-r. nnd she never quuu B"' bw, hud often told her. If jeu den t core jeuwlf, mydeer. you'll hnd a let e? trouble waiting for jeu in the "Ht's mine, nt any rote, she told Imelf fiercely. "Even if he decsn t Ime me. he Is my husband, nnd no- Mr else enn have him. It uns some sort of comfort te knew that the adored Chris was heis. The tnewledgc sent some streak et sun rtinc across the blackness of last sight. , , , . , She strolled along restiessiy, uiiiiu w , tie beftuti of the sea and sk. le-t in sln had been coins te ndd, but stepped ttr own bruised bewildered thoughts. She felt instiii"tlvel thnt she -veuli! hhe had passed the boy with the net b nllewed te hnc much of her hus shrimping net, and had come .abreast band'a undivided attention. There were vltli the man sauntering at the water s sf, mftnv rrt.'epl" in the hotel who were edge without noticing it, .until he spoke tilends of his. I here is n Mrs. Ileriet here who knows you, ' she s.ild, "nere for some thing te say than for any ether reason, nnd she was surprise 1 at the way Chris suddenly flushed. "Yes, I knew,'' he said, "I saw her last night." They went in te erenkfnst together I te her, "Geed morning. Mrs. Lawless. She ktarted. flushing painfully ns her em met the kindly quizzical guze of ''F..a, He looked uglier than ever in the I morning siinsliine. was her first bitter theueht. nnd he were a loose, cellar- less shirt which was open at the nccKiMnrIe thought she hnd never seen such a big room. Mie lupt olo"e te ( hris. conscious that nil eje.- were upon her. FrtitliTH unil young AtUins occupied a table a little way from theirs, nnd At 1 ins 3et up as seen as he saw Marie, nnd c.iiiie ever te nk hew she was. "I'm quite well, thank you, nnd 1-n't it a lovely morning?" "Kipping! I say, "an you swim?" !". I ind showed his thick, muscular threut. Ills big feet were thrust into net erer-clean white canvns shoes, and u dmn towel and bntlilnir costume hung inelegantly ever one shoulder. "Geed morning." said Marie. "I thought I was the first one up," she added rfentfull. lie laughed carelessly. "I'm alwass un with the lark or ren't there any larks at a place like this? I've hnd a dip I like the sea te mjself, before it's crowded with flnn- pets and fat old ladles." "Perhaps they prefer it, tee." said Mlrle. The words had conned her al- nest before she was nwere of it, nnd we flushed hotly, ashumed of her radencs'. JJut 'Tentheis" only lnuglrd. I KnCW inn rlliln't 111m, nm " lie Mill In frlendlv fnulilnn ! ' ,miil,l reiii It In jour cjes lest nlaht." She was nonplussed by his frnnknes. I rnn't lilt,. rm ,iuin, ,..,,, i... MM after n moment. "I don't knew nything i,out jeum 'I knew jeu don't," he agreed imir. -nut jeu think ou de! And "its where j en are mistaken ! If veu ' niy Bdice. Mrs Lawless, jeu'IP MVe a friend of me " I dlgn tl',arCl1 Ut '''"' "'"' Grewi"B '" , "hy, wlmteer for?" slie imked i file llilil never been snnkmi his llankh , - .. titii mvi'i aii'i- te in such ii manner before. 11'HinArM nun .... ... , flu.... .V "",'s1"" iih'". nun rnn "ui "r""R llls unrulv hnir. linrt". i "","' 'blug, I'm your hus- "MS bett fi nm I .1.1 tlnntl ., . ' niiiu ni-ilirn- ueusly "Anil I nlw.ns think If. Cfn?'r ". W0"V,n '" Kc''i' in 'tb ber kutandi het friend. What de .. IiJmu"1"."0""1;15 bl" friendliness in IFihe ld "r'K l,ut ,h,, ""Kerid 'M lmsli.inil'., f , I I ....... ,iter,!!l,,1j;l''!I''Vl'- , iui nuii'il IIP tl Imlf - "'. "" siiuace et tlie ,--.. u n Mines. nm., " :.? I" l0kd dn." I1"" "? JOIIII5,' jeu'i" h :i,"i ,"' . ' nw 111 ,llci She 'Why, of course 1 Vwwtnm -hitaiww i.nli illlHII I fc- f" T ' - - ' SOMEBODY'S STENOGflfere Rain Cepyrlsht, 1621. by Public Idtcr Company h' said jeu ere ery jeung n i- i , . l .. nit " UKI'II ltltilti. t.,.11.. lCllut tu i ... i . . "It me. J, ',' """', !,s hU" "nsweied: ii- ii inn are very m,i. ...': """ins V, ""'" lii'iuisit III. i ,""i"'nt e ij'.'lark fnii. fins! lied. leati .".K Mmr IMt.li.n . "" II III III in. ..i i . - ... iv ill Till ni . h I '- Mill (J! ".lUlsltlln' "etu i. m. ::.,: r. .. ""'I'm 1 Imin'l tin' Oil lit t lllLT I iHlPP i-llili, nn '".aid hestilv. "I Mieuld ' with JOU. As ii rill.. thn . ,.,'' f"' women any mmp ln ,r. ' .'"" that he hud I,pi.h .. I . '" III (I. ' -. '.. " nm, n .my mure tliuu 1rf0-nllitl,.H,lw... ih..i '?.. .'!' f't am hrniliPPM ' nuiiinfii t.. liai.. ' ... :V'. 'f four Jeaiis... ...'"."'' U"t ik ,iet( iiimu i, . vriII"'r' " ,,,:s Ve.re te rati , T " ; klml "'" tluV ther." 10,,i l Uen't want a VfWi of ceurie," he agreed. jeu Clirls Inelied up. "Can you?" he asked in surprise, then laughed nnd col cel col ered, realizing hew cry little he really knew about Marie and her accomplish ments. "I wish people wouldn't stare nt me se." she said te him nervously, when breakfast was ever and they were out In the lounge once mere. "Is there on en thing funny looking nbeut n e, Chris?" lie cast a casual eve ever hw daint iness. "Yeu 'enk all right," he said, without imMi enthusiasm. "Probably they knew we're newlv marMed," lie added. Murie said nothing, but she turned awny fiem him and looked out ever the sen, n little wintry smile en her qulv-. crlng lips. Up w.is quite Indifferent te her, she I nev ! And in her passionate pain nnd bitterness she nlme't wished for his i..itiei. nythins. nm thing rather than illis tprrib'e feeling that she was noth ing at all in his lift! Yeung A'l.iii't joined them nlme-t im niedinteU nnd nttnrhfl himself te Marie. "We're gelngr le bntne presently." he said. "You'll come, tee, won't jeu?" Malic looked nt !ier husband, but he was tnlUin" te some one else, and she answered hurriedly. "Oh. jes. I'll (eme, of ceurac ! What lime nrp 'Oil going?" I "W generally go about half-past 10 ,- lipfeip the crowd 'ets dun n. We'll "tiiki a beat out it' you're sine jeu enn swim. She laughed (Mil! 1 "L?t your hieakfest settle first, my llinv." m'ikI Featlieis. looking un from : . ' ...... - ...: i.. nd'''ls newspaper. -'H'crcs no uurrj, is 'lie! ";!?.;" , .,., ,i..iM I'll, Mllll lll. -Ill'l ,,1'iui. ..,...... lightly. "You're ulwayj such nn old ( ieniser." At lmlf-r.ist 10 he sought Maiie out again. "Are miii coming?" he asked. It II be topping this morning "I knew ("In is hits gene te phone le -nine one. I w under if I ought t i wait " "Of course net! He'll be all right' 1 cine l messne." "Very well." It would lie n geed opportunity te show him Hint she did net depeifd en him for her nmiibement slip thought desperately She went off Otitis' through the sunshine with young At- l-ilis ciiniteiiilg iiiiiei"en in hip nj'i'ii I eslile her. It wan a perfwt innrnlng! Marie -teod for a moment en the -tops uf the I nllilng nun him in h"r blue mid wbltp lestuiii'. ll'l I looked lljl nt the Mill' It inlghl be nidi n pei feet world if only thing- win a little different ' S.ip won wen tiered if Mere was always something lu life te prevent people being tee hnppy. he I knew upon CONTINUED TOMORROW (OH fiEB.lVlOiE WERET. Dfs: WITH ALU LIFE (JWFiOLDIM'W FRCMJT OF SOU LIKE-LIKE A BOOK BfiErTTH.NG J0&Om iS9LDE-5-5rtlLE : . J txr i & rCIL II Ari Vy" i I i i i - IT M-MAKES MB. HAPPV WOW T-TO THWK OF MMr D-DEAr? OLO- RAG DOLL- W-WHEREL is rr awwi all colt) v' H 50AIE. CJ ) , T" -J J ( vy I By Hayward ft , , . .-. ft t)v vlr HELLO -US-TfcAJ 5?1MD UP A AenP LA BLWDLES OF BLOTTIMfi rvr-g.rt. - , - '-fi.-iH.A.rvAfte-i I The Yeung Lady Aorest the Way Aunt Eppie Heng, the Fattett Weman in Three Counties Bi Fontaine Fex - ' j n . iii it The young lady ncress the way says she doesn't see hew nny one can read Darwin intelligently nnd net believe in revolution. .in JytT m Jm&' e:::s:&s--. L f i -SS?" r-55 -.ae." .tJ .j ! ei- SOfr rf w8,ui v-" Aa .I fV c-e..lV J s 4j7 M? aaiEm Ufti ! H j H&m 30m - iff! ! 7-:v ' SB SCHOOL DAYS By DWIQ wSmBBm3 Ii' ,w .,ivnr.(p-- aSP-w Mmi trl PevieR. Mme PETEYThe End of a Perfectly Terrible Day f T-TesT J ) feip we Q . I MichT Have ' OKIE 3OWKl ( ( nfKc."- r e r" " Wrt. 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