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the FOkivm Human
By RUBY M. AYRES .
AvfhPr t "The Bacheler HuibandJ' "The One Unwanted," etc.
M , tsviyri(i, vy " nrticr iiywicaic, He,
' i THIS lKOINH TUB NTORY
J Vamn nitrf pomMerAIsi '( out el
IttrirStf llrevtr the Unitllu. hn gvtl
v T. litter Irern n fllrl. "'he M -.tpclni7
?":!S Wfc from nbretiit. Iter iiAkis
YHM!"1 . '" .WEI 2.1t'.
fM drnu man a m,ni- 11 "" '!"
'- ' r .. .,- j f- :i-i -"! ! ! ti-i 1 ,- T . ' i lj FWT,
A'VHE GVMPSSaltina the Wound : i ' '
! IZjitntV. ' rrmeiiM f i n cru ler help.
' fVntcun a bev ' he hnn nllct from a
irSwKtM th'lfhimr te ehiMM
P nil ,JV. ntli.,.I hat hmm iimk J imit
MA a. wmt.he twulflvrtu Olthi
t ??Jti. (e dtrcei' C"J(. '" )eusc (
r rtJrru Lnila' and ill Olrl u 4im.
i r;n.ibc8,.nMll,f .l" f(,' nulc m.
for able that lie realised (he mistake lie
people
VZ?iZ, i, gniititl afelil el the drnil
"in irhe M'0 borne hy the hevr.
"rf Ihvs we her rroell na rent
Jthn BiMlh. from her brother he rftv
r ' . !. illll AHI ll if It1 f Hinil
firr fef'l In t marrJftl, nitrt ( !
AND HKKC IT CONTINUES
tf .
4
STANDIM "l 'if totieiiej me ier
tiine Hunter's arm ns lie rasseil.
LUr en, comp te the Mmly, nnd we'll
f,6,e n imlc rliet," lie ralJ In n friendly
fashion.
The Fortune Umiter followed Anne
Inte the linll; lif would hnve Riven n
lind mmlc In entering the jdnre.
Ne dnnht tlin rlnr,M, T ..,)--
mnj their lnterest were well known
e the Inndlerd here nnd the few
etuiger who tnlked together nt n center
tnble. The Tortune Hunter glnnccd
npnrelicriHlvely round him, hut every one
seemed bent en hl own. concerns, nnd
net n fflnnce was turned hl way.
He fiiiUhed hl drink hurriedly, nnd
linil (Neii te lenve the plnee when hln
nttentlen wiifi eaiiRht hy the inenilen
;r n nnnip that had In the lnt few
ipuw biewii te menu a Ri-cut deal ln
1 Ih life,
"8e MImm Aiiiik's get her young man
hnik. ufter all V"
The Fortune Hunter looked m
cherply. h f,-e flmlilns. hut lie cat
down quietly near te the speaker, and,
taklnjc up n paper, held It w as tu
Rcrfcn him while he listened further.
It wan quite poeMMc that he might
Pick up ome useful Information here, i
ne tiieticht. even while he was hulf
Kbliiuncd of the Hepe,
, iiuiuieni, wen icnnecj evor tlie
eM YOi) PICTURE
.THE J0 ANO
W?OU0HT ID MRS.
CrR fct HW lOte.
OH OVRtAKS
H0RMIr4Q,?
,CA 0) BLNME
HtK fe. nE4HQ
TROK TH
AAORHtHCt T
PO SOV) ONOiR
SHOWING OFF
retM?
0 MATTTCX HOVJ
cett me tw or.
SHOW- RKIH 0
SLEET- SHtf AS
1M A WJG-
OH IoekU toeKt!!
TVAS , TOO G00t "TO
tit TRUE.- SE MAT
WHV fRO)PeNlE WAS VlACtX
H fS FA-TM- TWE.
QM? -
SL yS'
QME FlSH AT THVS
AMt Nftu -A.M TKV& TE
AUVaETet, HOtLX ANt EVIR6itH
AHt TH0W TVM n vtu
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iiAA in II vn II mi ifirii airin. it...,
Mm lha I"' lrr.l Mlc no ebfec Inn. le . ,,1mpnily , Be. e-al. tlmu'li mu
. But ity. wm"! InMlncthely te feel0f thrmn harp-fneed, r i I "? r t
Mi UI1lillngnCH,. or ,hr ; urned and ryw , , eon urev bre."he" an n
looked up at lilm with n little hurt leek rout with fraved lreVeHn.i i,,?.
Ilk jjjMfiEcig
IB jKvv s
IPKW SWVTrV
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SSMwBSSBMn
SOMEBODY'S STENOGBeught in a flurry at the Cerner Drug Stere
C'.iPi rltflif. J02I,
l'J.' i .iiiptn
In her rye. who answered
'Terhaps ou euld rattier net go "L'm! Se they wiy. Hut Vw heard
cut'" . , , . ,ll.em ''t "f rcpertH many limes, nnd
He angered h ii rrlcdl : . it's wwer eemc true."
Xe, no. I MieUld like It : the house "itV trim this tiu. tjieugh." tin-
Jim warm. .uiidlerd Insisted quietly. iTiilllng a
The garden was pnMi moonlit, .but jcIum (hat hnd been handed un te him.
,t Mr. Hardline had aid. the viver , "it aeema tlinr lir ..-.. e,, 1,1 ,.
JnW wn already rllnc nnd everything the botwe and that It was h- who liullrd '
looked an If It were elled ln gedamer Mr. Tem out of the water."
lry!' ... ,,.... ..,.. ., , .. . I'" fhnip- fared man Htieerrii.
TW l;""""?. ' V ' ,rv V ,.V, ." Tlln' N lw" ,','f' for Somerleii in
t the girl beMde him. "k..u eugl ( te UI1P ,,,, ,t. pn(K ..w, , ,,,,",,"
Fh:
You'll take reld," he (ira,j
are a wrap
She anMmcd incrlninlciill.
'My cloak la In the hall, If you will
fetcb It
....... i.. i . .... ".v.
ntuil II, II- WUIIO. I1THI Mr. KMItll,
(urn nut up, ntdr nil, we're setting
nlen.f.
e 'i''.'1,?1'" ,,)0 ,"er.v l'f this Mr.
iwiiiuui Reme one cifc asKeu mtercit-
He went back without n word, took edlv
(be cloak from a chnlr nnd brought It ' The landlord leninxl hix erms en the
in her. She !et him fold her in It l counter nceln nml iirennrMt t. ,ii..i,n.
jciitly, and they wnlV-ed nn down the i lie knew.
llepiag lawn, till they htoed by 'the "Nobody rightly knows the facts,"
Viter'e edge. I he wild, "but it all happened ten years
There were twinkling lights from n , nge, when Miss Anne was qulte 11
lionschent en the opposite h-inls. and ' xchoelglrl. I remember her well It
.t ra.iffl.ul i.MHwl r. e npiixirxiliniw, W'nS before nlie collie tn live ntnncr ,if Mr
ethendpe the nljht was ivrfecily .ti I. ' ,,,"1r,.l,,,B'. ,ll0,,8'' l110 often spent her
ave for tle lap, lap of the water "" e'-re mm school
ugilest the banli. ,iets et neries get reund: hew that '
Tim Fertuiip Hunter looked en nt t hi- fhe d run awa.v fiem hehnel nml irnt
inlnty moon, and his thought clipped ju'irrled, but that she'd been brought i
back along the chain of year- tlmt w'i-e uu'" home. .Seme people nld tlic mnn ,
;ene, with a half wistful, half bnleal I wes a,fen!'y married; ether that it
nmuement. ., vV',,,ur "lenr-v en was nrter ami
Who weu'd have thought that fnte !'"" 'ur' "H"ng. wae was tnetr guard- i
wuulrl Mer land him here? In an Idea! I.""' "'" 0 V? Pd the mar
VJLL,IT5LL
OVER vAfiAIW -
AIMT IT BOSS'.
Yes, miss
ALL ever:
AORAilMCAM
W WAS UE-S
SAIM'. IT'S
All ever fer
A MOTHER YEAR
AIMT IT I
,
vW
m' -t-e
ALMOST ALL 0'E.R- BUT MOT
pDtTEL - I'M OTILL 6"TT)Ai6
HEAVY i
-...,-.. . .
MAIL.WPkUJ' .
iMBasav
ee YcOe're
, POPULAR :
In
,J eh me - Just last
f MiMUTE AA1SVAJERS
Te some, of my
Christmas cavds.
Vf
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he &
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y
A .- lAVWAB
Strtfllsb home, amid every comfort nn-I
usury he, a vagrant fortune hunter.
Mho had run the. gamut of life, nn I
who bore Its scars en his very soul. He
nenrtercd what tne jlrl nt nl Mde was
lliliiKln?: what fhe would eit.v if h-
could take her with htm in his thoughts,
H-n bl ttep, nnd ihew hep the dark
laces of his life through whirl) he had
. . . . ".. .. ---"" """"l'"Vs
Mrugsieii. ne leu tier sliivcr and turned . the asking. If she'd had n mind
qiilCKif, "Anil iinu'. nftei- ,i(,w .... m,. r,-e
les, I r.hntili like te ire in. Her , l.,.L nu ..,.i .. i. ,.,.
t.. . . . . . , . r n " -"-'I ec .-"-I lMfUC4', nil!, .Mr.
eiee wa trained and hurt, nnd the Smith, nnd they're going te be mar mar
ertunc Hunter frowned heavily in the rled." He took h nml at the eln.. nf
The Yeung Lady Acresc the Way
rlage squashed, If you knew what
uicun.
"Seme people said that the man was1
dead, ethers that he'd done semethiux
disgraceful and had te clear out of the
country, but nobody seenmd te knew the
rights of the story, except that Miss1
Anne wouldn't leek nt any of the gen
tlemen round here, anil she mlcht hove
bad Mr. Fester, up at tl-c Towers, feri
ale beside him nnd wiped his month I
who wir- uui-K or ins iiann. (toen
1 say
he said
iirkness, anu bit his Im. lie nut out
his arm and would have drawn her into
Pis eif'c but (hut she resisted.
"I don't understand seu : von are se
flrnnge! I thnught after all your let
ers" Her voice broke en n sound
i tears, and she stepp?d for u moment,
rylng desperate) te recover herself.
'fht-D she went en mere quletlj. "I
tinrkttr. tn fi,llti rt n,nplli(,. T .......
Mtn .1 crent dent i-hnn-jMl In v, Km
I did warn you, and you s.ihf it would ' J!'0"'," 1"ya !" "" "f1;r .lc,'r .lc,'r
aake no difference. And I thought I hwith:1 A finc ";""p! 'V1'1
ucn l saw you that we were just going
e take tilings up when; we ieft off
hat's bow it seems as if it ought te be
e mc, but "
The Fortune Hunter made a paoslon paeslon paoslen
do gesture of helplessness; the pain
i iirr i-nuii nnirnrAii nmi i, nr A a..i
he only wav he knew'br which te m(,t!l1 reluctantly, "but when he eemes
oethc ber doubt nnd fear he nut but ,ome P OJ ina; the here In thy story, as
rrns rnnnrt h- ,wi i,.m i. V. .- ' you mlcht say. it makes you a bit siek
W heart. I vhen jen knew the truth."
i suppofe I m afraid of .ou. he me truth well, what Is the (ruth
nek te em, aii.iwii
heartily.
The sharp -fneed man sneered.
"Geed luck te 'em! Thej'll need
all that and then some mere." be Mild
hastily. "And I'm surprlv-il at Mr.
Harding allowing any marriage at ul
with s'ueh a sealljwng as fib Mr.
SmltJi." He drew !!- corners of bih
"Mr.
one an) ,
man might take If be wUhcit te feraet i
his own." The landlord laughed.
"Nev.- then, Fcrnlc," be said geed- !
nuturedly, "what bee have you get in
your bonnet? The young fcllew'w deue
ou no narra, uns he? '
"Va, ma nMi.i.ii Ik. .11... -.1
,.uk jiit i 1,(1, in, ml villi I utl
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LITTLE L'GHEliT'S CHRISTMAS TOOL BOX
By FOXTAWIi FOX
SCHOOL DAYS
fid, and his agitation was real enough.
4 Slinnmr- nil (hn imn !... ...A..i...
"J It is any ene te se swxet as von
f8 Could even IrwnV nt n u n1nl, HL
m net worth caring about. If you
fMy knew I '
j si. ,.,., ,
iam eer nana en nts lips. ein
ng him.
We said we would never speak el
J,. t6 al1 done wl'h n"'l for fer for
ettcn. eu're here and I love you."
p. wu-e max 10 n wntsper, nnd she
'W her face en Ills breast.
t.,i.n Tent the Fortune Hunter
lued si n t. tli.m l,n Ain...n..i li.
.rT,.i'iTnlhu1 C,lI,l: lm "llswi be.
co and bent his head, klsrlng her again
"a again passionately.
ou i .J0"' t00'" lje sai(l- "' leV1'
'fhere was a little rapturous silence.
eca SUP lrml-,,,1 ,,,-, i l.l... i.. .i '. .,, I. , I. ,., ,.l. t.l. , ,.. ,,l "II...
Iffhf h t ' Ml ' PP IllOnil- ' -iH'-iM". '""iinu ,i,.-,,-.,a ,.,,v Uh,.,. I'Ul
,',0i icr face radiant once niei-i'. ('New u mark in; words If I'm net right.
"' 'I'uie, quite happy again," slid taid. I "d f-1"11" dnj I II get the laugh of you."
f j en knew It?" the loudlerd ucked In
dulgently. Fernii; pulled bis hat back from eer
his foxy eyes.
"The truth is." be said, with slew
"mprcssiveness, "that if It's true that
-Miss Anne s Mr. hrciltli is In Homer Hemer Homer
ten tonight he's walked straight out of
prison straight out of seven jcars'
penal."
There was a short silence, then the
nndlerd reused himself from his laming
position nnd began vigorously polisu pelisu
ng n tumbler.
"Urn!" he said dryly. "You'll get
-eurself Inte trouble, my lad, if jeu
talk without your book like that."
The man Fernie rose te hlr, feet,
pushing bi.i clinir hack with an ugly,
,'ruting sound.
I e no mere te Kay, he said calmly
The jeung lady across the way
says the courts nre temewhnt te
blame for conditieiiB and we need
mere Judge who will dlspen-e with
justice fearlessly and vlgoreuslj.
"WSXt I
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5OrA0OOV '
PWEAlfl. POT
tAf SKAT65
Owing Te yh fact that Dad
WAS TAKiMG A NAH AT tiC TiM , LlTTU
fcpgT WAS A6L6 Te SAW TrtKeU&M THE.
AMM of THE PAfUcrt CHAifl WTH MeTMER
aiTttrlG NeT fZri. FEET AWAY.
Lm n j.t
VJrtEH HHIdHTHOOD
YfUS tK BOO -
PETEY There's a Reason
s "sm
'Jeh
n, are jeu happy tee';
I I I'i went out unchullrngcd and slammed
In I,.: ,, l iiiuvr wuivnei.
le efi i,'u"11'1!'nr ,n! llls 'l0"ee, then
"raid. wameu out nlentf
'ili facA
US nrMce.l 1..... l , .i . . I .1... .1 l...l.l.l l.l...
hnii 1 '" ' in 'MM HOW II II) ui,tm "luui IMlllllU nun,
neuiuer se that she could net see h I The Fortune Hunter waited n mo me
ice as he answered: i meut. ilien he laid dnu his paper, rose
"inner ited knows than I de. ind siipjied out et the n.ir uiieusered.
'"ete.be." I He bud hoped te hear something that
Ana tnr-n n,.,.iiii., uA . , . .i.ui i. A ...Af..1 . ut. n...... ..tti..,n
..25 house-. lout be had net expected te hear se
jeu n take cold out here, aud 1 1 much,
nt have that Ye?. I'm' Se he was a jailbird, was he? The
eraing presently ' u9 laughed ' thought was uiii.casant.
l "..vurij. i vc gec te tacc v" ail nit- miner itiiui'b inn luuii
nV!nu til?,uitb jour uncle tonight. ei ! f-retlens of which he had been guilty
I,.. . "" ' ,vni)t te male up mv mind In the past, be had always managed te
at te unv ,,. 1,in. , el. ' ', ... tl... .1,. ..., .,f ..., ...i .,n..
.nn I '-rf v M,UI. L1UC tWUgUl 0U e,-(l- WIV lltrKJi.nr in jiuni'i-, ,(,. ,,vi
"""J. i i I .,..,,.,,,1 ... ,, llllnirlr inln nnnthp,-
... j L'1'"; L'ncle Clem b-iyu will miike man's shoes he had ue(er t'uessed where
"5 fiirfrrence te me." he would tiud the iilncli.
"1C iailjllPil linn. .11. I -- ' t l.llki.1 If l),lu (Mi, it i'uu Imi.
Mm II "' '..iii,l , tlllll ruil aWILY Jill,, i,,'f. ,,," ,ii.i ..... ,,.,u,
rm him p the sloping lawn. and instinct told him that It was, one
never knew whiu or new rnr-rcacnin
the consequences might be.
Th p p lne.,0PlC Uwn.
ins Fortune Hunter watched till he
- OH teR"S.GOOCM,l 3USTCAU&D
lev UP Te ThavikNeu fOR-
TO?AT IeVclV 'Pkklb SeT'Neu
SEysr me "Just
TPtTmiu6 VE
WuTet--T?FALv.V
VsleTuiuG COIAO HAVE 4V- 1
Beem 8eTtei2. rS j r
ilH
VvAW
it lefllSJ rJ? A
Hew
Net) Ever Wauacee)
IO IHIWK OP T
.'rA CRAY AOUT
IT- COOiDU T
MELP TJOTCrAts.
"Toe RIGHT Up
I WAWTeoTe
CWE A SET Te
My 5iiTtR fyvte
COOWD AIL PVEf-
"TeMMrOROME-
jTmTt )
wow
TKfiiX Hicc
AskNeu
XMa serclv 4
PRoMeTts Geet
7rEELINC 1
ArTtR ALL
m
WL js
I ATrIVTW'l.tBkl -?i
The heart of the Fortune Hunter
warmed us he walked slowly back te
If her tu..? i. ,,et,!"" the memory Chere Ledge. She wss a girl in a
Is if n u..i b"r,u,ul l'P.. He fc.t. I theusuiid. wliile he well, et le.ut. be
lienien i i lln'1 I""''! blncc the was net the -v lllniu he was supposed te
its hr.i ,U.i ''. en tne side et.he: there was no dark stain en the
'T from the .house.
'e llO ln,,w ........, ..
antnt . ';.'" "' te go, ne
"iiieu te tay mere llerce v limn he
An ;..,:,. ,.crt ""J'"""? In his life. -)M was the crime for which he
-- ..w ,i nn,, mi
rcceid of his life as there hud been
en that of the peer devil who hnd met
IiIh lonely death In the silence of the
w oed
ad ,..... . -. """ "Tcciy lluiu DC
hi ., ., " : "" '"" "r ii"! sah
n?iu. ,.L "J1v('",t,n'? '" ,',,,i t hlb The Fortune Hunter felt Hint he would
van lint for the Hike of had se blindly taken the responsibility?
VSMf net for
rial Bntn"?i f(i,r ,hi? h1l)c,"' " '" .huv'e given live jears of his life te
Irl wlmrn "lm'e hut because of a knew, as be crossed the garden und en-
eck nni. V i L1.unB re""'l his it-red the deer et utierry i.eiue.
fl Ievp v., , J01""! wutspercd. Mr. Harding, crossing the nail, btep
Theil,,L.n. ", l '.evc 5'0U-" Iped te wait for him. "Se here you nre
i5;.hJapW,fv' the Fortune " 1 1 bat r
WTl ',U.N llc b.trl'e' rfewlj- along up
'IB Which lnillf-nl,l ,r, ,.lll...
Thn ll,i -in ' iiiiic. j aaven i iu-ih juh ,hii-(,-
Ind k. iViV"0'!0 fc'wl M'ry quiet, "Net at all; jnu're nut -tee tired for
rvtliin. ill rlvir n,,st 1"K evei 'a little chat? Geed,! Come te my Ctudy
ithii .VrVni . '" Vl"' H "'an
cd n ii,?,"1 tb0 I'ortune liumcr shlv-
tan V" V1,r' "" tefi'e of liubit
j ""'.'"' "B no lurneu iuh sten.i te.
10 reiul .","""" .."""V '"s iii
Ihts u. m'n .""..'" fh "iw.ni-l.ntt
told tne 5 en bad
nre.
gene for n
Anne
stroll."
"Ve.s; I in used te being outdoors
most of my time. I'm sorry. 1 hope
I haven't kept yuii waiting.
bd 1. 1 "i,."1?1 ?h0.m '"'tii.giy be-I lis light
ner,,:""" .1,.!"? Vllls8? '" .! "I've
tiled 7, ' i " l""or unu entered,
it5 i2r-S '? .f .bcpr "'! found
prner "" HneBB,!'Te(l
It W8B enlv when l,n l.n.1 nl.l...i ..
I h 1,11.
He led the wav te the room nnd
shut the deer. A lamp burned en a
center table, and the ForMwe Hunter
took n chair well outside the circle of
e told jeu once, se there's no
need (a repeat It." Mr. Harding said,
"that I'm glnd te sec you, and thn.t
I'm mero than willing te welcome you
for Anne's sake."
CONTINUEDTOMOKROW
GASOLINE ALLEY Inside Depe
.TJuT, COUIDVJX FlHO
amvThimc UKE, IT
15 That se? AT
H Muffles r
l WMer Looked
There 'm
SO "PltTASED WTH
IT "TTjllL-C Wrrr
Se Much- g'sy ) V
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ACAIeJ
AH4T THAT
Kllce?-5EfeRC
XNTAS THOife:
HATED tfAH
OlVlER
-IH CI AD 1 fOUMD OUT
WHERE 5HE E0UCHT
That avifullThimg
Mew CAU go
AMO EYCHAVJCL IT-
lu " mj T
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w. s. ... .w i m&&2i wm c
C' m: YM i '.iif; m a
f ill lELt. YOO WE THINK A
WHOt LOT CF YOUR SON UALT
HERE IN THE ALLC'f. VOU CAM
CEPTAIHLN BE PPOUO OP H'Mi
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AlJB
F ANYBODY UANT.V Te Rnepnif
MOMEY OR. NEEOS HELP OR is tn
ANV HIND OP TROUBLE Ht'S ALU7AVS
rllCTMT OM THE JOB I
u -
MEVER KNEIsV A PEGSON
Meee ceMeRous-Aieee
Theuchtfll. And
UNSELFISH
X
JlCtfERS DOC'
Heee cteMes ivAtr"
HUT ASIOE FOOM mOSE
FEW THINGS HE 1SNT A
BAO SORT!
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