H T'VP c.i"W V, - 'ffl ViW w' j; 1 f f"ir j i n f ( ?'' J (W-f , J i ' i 'Wt 'K 4 Jt-if ' j'-r P. w h am , "W THE FORTUNE HUNTER By RUBY M. AYRES Auther of "The Bacheler Hueband," "The One Unwanted," etc. Copyright by Wheeler Syndicate, Ine, Tins ncems tiie story -,, nnd oeod-leoMno but out of Ji th Fm-time. Hunter Mini i etwii ?' wn' dead beiu near the Thamee Jt,"? te discover tip tdenUtr. he flnde ,,tttr from a Ctrl, who it exvtetlna ?.."; back from abroad. Her name K'lneand the Uvea et Chrrru Ledoe, l. nS!ad man's iiotrte is Jehn Smith. in;:Li7. t rucente je a crv ter new, j"!..i7r i- rttnanee te a crv irSTeSlt a bev whehai fallen Iren a h p(v hit name os Jehn K rowed bv M (er. Sh ineteti Z'htcomlnefo their home, where, Im ."!.'..,. ) eJum M name os Joir uUWll, KJiiXf h ',ou; ' n.: .. T.rttrnH ana me iir t sinrc iXnVhcr brother he discovers that Anne 'Ij ,i dead man were tnaaaedte be .Ji.i An eccentna neionver, ytrnie, Wi!? Mi Identity and staffs Ihnt he Annr'a merrltd. 0"""V,.,Vj Mr. Ilnrdlnn. Ui in en interview, cldrtAc the iiemtwhatthat Anne hed faith ?J,wfltVed"n her lever-e innocence W'.i.zXlhm was helreti te a ereat for- 2T. Anne afflrme herfalth and init We time t their marrlaee is In his '. S.VklM. her lie is dntierrt "runawav hiree, b. h. tauei ;r. IJ',,i """xiihwieh h ? no rleM. Hi & Hner is perilous of rich Otot Otet 'SZirUtlr.e refected eulter. As Anne fc a runawav ?'f,n'Vh boas and Irvnfc. Meh ii- eiiumeil te b '' AKD ireUB IT CONTUOJK9 TUB Fortune Hunter took It up re luctnntly ; pcrhnps this held nil thnt j, WSntcd te knew of the dead mnn's Why hesltnte te rend It when be much Vm nt stoke? Why Jib nt the Inst tardle when the prize wns, be grcnt? Almest unconsciously he found him UK turning the pnftes, rending ex tracts of the scribbled writing: Today fl letter from Anne. If only wemtn would net be be fend of hcro hcre hcro ersblp; if only they would tnke n Bn nt the world's estlmnte of him.' The Fortune Ilunter rend en, page ifter pas- forgetting thnt it must be pttlng late, nnd thnt downstairs Anne wilted for him; his face wns stern nnd itt In the moonlight when he reached th end of that eloquent story, then he gang It down with n sort of contempt. "Lord! I thought I was n wreng'un, tot new. Fer the diary hnd told mnny things, md but little te the credit of the mnn who had died se tragicnlly thnt Septem ber afternoon nnd the Fortune Hunter Intw new that It hnd net been love or loyalty that had brought him bnck te England nftcr se mnny yenrs, but be cause there hnd Bcemeil te Jehn Smith te be no wny of ridding himself of n woman of whom he had wearied long tneugh age. ..,,, Reading en and en, the Fortune Ilunter completely foiget the errand which hnd brought him upstairs, until the mention of Temmy's name In the diary recalled the boy nnd the premised bearskin. It lay In the top of the box next the tns tthlch Temmy hnd opened, n' grcnt furry robe, Inte whose folds mere than one book nnd packet of papers had worked Its wny. The Fortune Hunter paused only te lire It n hnsty slinking; then, with it bundled up under one arm, he rushed anay te the stnlrs, cngcr te give it te the boy nnd get bnck te the dlnry once mere. In fnct. se eager was he thnt he filled te notice Anne, where hhe steed Juit within the deer of his room, her arms filled with flowers from the tarden. Sue had come en an crrnnd of love. t( plncc fiesh bleswms In the old fashioned nses In his room, nnd nt the sound of his i-ten en the stnlrs had turned te watch him nu he hastily !- tcenucu tncm. jicr eyea glowed with pride and love ns they dwelt en the mnn te whom she hnd given her henrt. Instinctively Mie ran ferunrd nnd peeped ever the bnnistcr for n glimpse of nlm ni he crossed the lewPr hall. And then she saw the photograph which lay, face upward, en the top step. She remembered having nlmest uncon sciously netPll tlll flutter nf KimptMnn white falling from the folded bear skin mat wni bunched up under her lever'c arm. The flowers fell softly from her arras ns alie rtoeped te pick It up. It was the photegrnph of n wemnn a very beautiful woman, obviously. And across the bottom of it, in clear, bold writing, were the werds: ''Dcnr Jehn, with !ove from Irenle." In plte of the vnjue misgivings nnd doubt she might hnvp felt new nnd then since the Fortune Ilunter enmc te Soin Sein Soin Jrten, June hnd never really diBtruuted Jlra untir new, when she steed at the top of the stalrcase with the photo pheto phote traph in her hund. He had snid thnt there hnd been no elner woman in his life, nnd It wub n He. The thetiellt rHOnnnl her hnfnrn Jb was aware of it, nnd In n imnlc she Wed te smother It. Jehn would never hnve lied te her; ttere wm some simple explnnntlen; she Jfeuld show it te him, nnd he would Kgn, and ever thing would be right between them again. t And yet when presently nhe henrd Ms step nscending the stnlrs she tamed back into thci room, thrusting Je photegrnph Inte the besom of hpr She vins nfrrld; although she would net acknowledge It even te herself. 6e knew that hhe wns nfraid te o.ues e.ues o.ues tlen him The Fortune Hunter came Inte the worn eagerly. "Have 1 been leuj, Temmy kept me chnttering." He put 11 i D . ?n ller shoulders, turning her round te him. "What is It. Annef Are jeu angry with me?" he nsked swiftly. wS tei0urt.np nnd away ngeln; bbe sJL bnU8Q yu "toyed down- lIowf1.i.femmy! 9 cm net. tlOW foolish." She nut hir hnn.l tn k. 'NVhy should we nil dress up llke Idiots! i'st be,Sftuee Fester choesea te ceme te Temmy n little stifling gcstui Ibrrtat i..m. t'Jw ,S.S'nl5" stairs?' K0 uewn' te"ti?.a in,ement.,.,c' l, 1,nrred h wy ins" ltd u. J went' downstairs," W iwfYil,s IIh ey.ei ""ehed the room 58tC, !?.. "Annc' tc J.i t,nM "'bcd te her eyes nt the S?S SSVhi' hl" V0ic' but b" sl "'l int. puJ! ,nVtl,ins th1 mnt,cr. noth neth noth te hJ e Iet ine downstairs it's n. J?1 IV'1 V,y ,lcml ,,clie''-' and .hi nlnsl,lU! ,t,,en. wlth0t " word. bli. s" P""8 blm, her eyes avoiding UhFOht"ne IIuJ,tcr ,oeUcd n'tcr her Peied hntwn5 4?0,ntl'1"f IwU hap- QepiUtthnn"l.t?.i IIc B,,rUKB,;,, l Paln Wu1101?1' thcre waB ne of r later i,Aeula bnr t0 come sooner laduaCr',L,?pnk"cwi nrnt doubt, the 'be wenrr ,ange,',nc',,t' nml then-then Utter. wnlke(1 out of ,,cf We the AS n,,?' ,,, the ?nb,e'1 wIdew llk n wl L ri tll r,?ai wound "way dteariH,1. n tI,,r0UKi' tl10 trees hlchnm ? t0, K0""-'rten; the rend &, '""" """ur Tnm l"wn,,t l It?" rt'n re? n fn nt ?,rra"Bn8 '" bcnr tell you that Oceffry Fester In coming te dinner tonight." H0 shrugged his shoulders. "Such a bore. I suppese we,ll httve te dress for dinner, all of us: i.V ,00cd "P wth sudden Inter est. "I sny, hnve you get a dress suit?" he asked. The Fortune Hunter smiled cynically. "I believe I have," he snid. J. emmy looked cmbnrrnsscd. "Oh, well, I only nsked," he snid npologet npeloget npoleget Ically. "I knew you couldn't hnve hnd much use for ene bear sheeting." Ne," the Fortune Huntxjr ngTeed dryly. "There wnsn't exactly much use for ene there." But he wns rnthcr pleased with his nppenrnnce thnt evening when he hnd fixed the Inst Btud nnd struggled his bow tle Inte place. The mirror In his wardrobe deer showed him n tall, well-set-up man, with Immaculately brushed hair nnd ft well-cut dinner Jacket, nnd" im mnrin n wry gnmace nt ills rcllectlen before he turncu nwny. I?..t5iPgs .were en'y what they sccml" The theucnt wpnt .thmmh hi. mind with great bitterness ns he went newn te no introduced te Uceffry Fes tcr. "Oceffry " it was Anne who In treduced them "thi la .TM,n There wns a shy sort of pride In her volce, nnd thd Fortune Ilunter wns qujcn te see tne unfriendly gleam in the ether mnn's eyes ns they fermnlly shook hnnds. "Er pleased te meet yen."' no spoke w;lth n slight drnwl. "Henrd se much nbeut you, don't you knew, but never thought we should bce you nt Somerton." etnT!iLrortune Uunter mct h's Bn IITI . i vc niwnys hnd a reputntlen for doing things thnt nre net expected of v, u eu.u quieiiy, ana turned nwny te Bpeak te Temmy, who hnd limped Inte the room, looking very cress nnd "It'll all ret," he growled ns the Fer- J "jinicr eat uewn beside him J dinner? 'i'eu don't llke him?" Shriltrrcd hln Rhnnlilnra "Oh, he's get a decent lnunch," he said evasively. Hut it wns ery evident during din ner that Temmy wnN net particularly friendly with Fester; he hardly spoke tf. him, and when die did It wns cither te centrndlct something he had Bald, or te raise an argument nbent It. Fester took It nil goed-naturedly; he addressed most of hle conversation te Anne. "Se there will be a wedding In Somerton seen, t suppese?'' he said turning pointedly te the Fortune Hunt er. "It will be quite nn event In our sleepy village." The Fortune Hunter looked quickly down at Annc, nnd was surprised te sec the distress in her fnce. "I don't knew that there will be n wedding in Somerton nt nil," he nn swercd coolly. "I much prefer the iden of geliiif te Londen myself. I Inte n let of fuss. Mr. Ilnrding broke In agitatedly. "Hut, my dcnr boy, surely jeu're net celnir te dtny us the little plcnnuii down here. Why, grncleus me, l'vr dimmed it nil In my mind I've even jetted down notes of the ppcech I shnl' make." "Oh, Uncle!" said Anne, laughing Temmy laughed, tee. "Unde levcn n fuss In the village.'' he snid. "Don't you hnve it. Jehn: I'd hate it mytelf. Clear off te Lon Len Lon eon by the first train, thnt's what I would de, and get hxed up with nobed in the church." "I don't ice why we ned tnlK nbeut it. when there's nptlilns at nl arranged," Anne said rather constrain edly. "And. nnyway, there seems te be rdentv of time," she ndded under hoi breath, be that only the Fortune Ilunter bedde her caught the words. "PIntv of time!" he echoed. "What de you mean?" Her HpH curved into a bitter little smile. "Only thnt you seem te have quite forgotten what we arranged long be fore jeu came home,'' she answered then she turned pointedly from him nnd spoke te CJeelTry Fester. The Fortune Hunter clenched his hnnds; he hated the man. He hatei1 the wny in which he looked at Anne the way he addressed her by her Christian nnmc. Confound the fellewV Impertinence. Then he almost laughed at himself; what right had he te be angry, he who wa-j a vagabond Im Im poseor? After dinner he deliberately stayed at me taeie wun jir. ilnrding, and did net even glance Anne's wny when he snw Fester fellow her from the room ; Dut his nenri wns racing with passion ate Jealousy nnd indignation se that he could hardly steady his volce te reply te Air. Harding's rcmnrks. "It was only n joke, Jehn, all thnt nensense nbeut your wedding," he snid -liccrlly. "Yeu must please yourself, of course, nnd then jeu will please me Anne shall have everything Just ns she wishes." "Yeu nre very geed, sir.", "Net nt nil, 1 love Anne; nhe hns been ever) thing te me since she enme te live here, nnd I've nlwnyn tried te de my' best for her." He pnuhed and knocked the nshes from his cigar. "It would break my heait If anything hap pened new te spoil her life," he added dellberetely. "She's net llke nn ordinary woman, but )ou knew that, Jehn. 1 don't need te tell you. There's net ene wemnn In a thousand who would hnve steed by you ns she did, bless her, nnd net becuube there were no ether men wnnt ng her, mind you. Why, Fester there humph! Uut of course you knew." "Yes." "And she's net very young, either," Mr. Harding went en after n memcui. "Light and twenty, though she doesn't leek it, does she?" "Light and twenty?" the Fortune Hunter ccherd. "Why, I" lie stepped abruptly. "Yes, of course," he added. "She was eighteen when jeu went away," Mr. Harding said, his ejes fixed en the jeung man's face. "Yes, she was eighteen," the For tune Hunter echoed dully. "Se jeu're neither of you children, the old mun went en, "though nhe still seems a child te me. Yeu'rt hew old, Jehn?" "I shull be thirty in December.'' There was a little silence, nnd u queer gleam shot into Mr. Harding's ejes, then he put down the stump of Ills cigar nnd rose, "Well, shall we Jein the ethers, they're In the druwlng-roem, I ex pect?" They cresbed the hall together, but though the liglits were en in the drawing-room the room wns empty. The long French window which led Inte the garden btoed wide open, nnd the soft muslin curtn!nn were floating in nnd out en the evening breeze. "Iii the garden, I ejtpect," Mr. Harding bnid. "I've get some letters te write, be you'll excuse me, I'm sure jeu'll find Anne in the garden." "Yes thanks." Hut the Fortune Hunter made no ef fort te find her; he wandered restlessly round the room, staring nimlcssly nt the pictures and ornaments, CONTINUEDTOMOnnOW THE GUMPS That's Telling 'Em Something, Ain't It, Lady? f . p. - m II ,m mjiii iT-f I T i -f1 " - 0M3SgSslSB& MS0 0rf M5ecA W we wte Mm- M X Kn0W OV-O- BE MP HEttE- nMERC TOJiSSSS MllMWrWMif WJ'0 W GUM i - ?' - T? r THE CLM QEFORt I , pr BpilEMaf VeU'RE JWTC .uiUreB f AeaT K -O; WE TORM- I'LL JUT J fIte TeeVau I f mSSWt gA Gtve imem two wet j $ .W CHRVTNl- J 1. ) 1 TABLE- IT WILL E ONE or KW "CZ.fT jKT V CYXy ' K THOSE LONG VtJ&XtX VJJf AjNl By Sidney $ cLlAtDrVPOl 6J,S iME, Ot VSV1timT0. OF AUTOK08U5S T&H16HT? fME OLt O0U.CTOfc OT? ATVQUt-TOVRe 'STCvTIHG OME "TONICMT ACErT, . 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US(N IRWIN OewmA , HOME HAS, A NEW CAR AND (U0P Pe& ) f HE TOOK ME Our Te He Gave Me a rme ride J V w,Ml V I butties' facm te Cet V , . N iTj - I SeMt DOCKS frNPTHEN I , What V. IIMC OP A CAR WAS ft, MOTHEG.? s.-viiiil ''Vim) t'S i' liu King I Think it was a henry or. a Fuvvee - he Mentioned Betm kinds ! r -1 wnBj only Anne nsked me te J .-. ,', .. . . . j-A t- i&j l.l.'J h. ,uv. ' . .a6.. ,t . .-, i
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