wr ri I'i w h ' ' &ri$ktssi pukLib'' 3J&'$Sim i A" - ssif f-'- . . ,r Ck-y -Y t! i THE FORTUNE HUNTER f By RUBY M. AYRES ' ' Auther of "The Bacheler Huiband," "The One Unwanted;' etc. Copyright by Wheeler Syndicate, tne. THIS nnOINH TUB BTOBY ' ... CmmI. Im httt nut tt fltlO Hiru-iv-" "'f 1.7J- .l '.lit Fertunt Hunter runs arresi ! 1 mnie's hed; """ " rhanw. 5Ln l Sl'wrr ih MrnHfi. '. find, tn',ZS. a elrl. who. U .expecting " "Hi had: trem abroad. Utr name '!MiE.i ' w ' CTV fr"1?"' lAA,nd man' no"" Je'' Smith. i'Te.Wiif rt ffpei' e a cry Ter wip, "".Sin bev who has all're rem a "ill Vcmit) " Ihflr home, leher. m ".V.f.i h e' hl name en Jehn Snbrefh" fKwr hnf Anne Wt&. CSutnluv and ttnte that lit "'i. n liilfnilHii. rlar li .mw- fS'.iMcithel Ihnl Ann nod minini r ".... fc '"fiiirr a relecled suitor. K,,-;fi.i, ??""' 'T"..? ,; (iii naainp ," Mr. runeut iM" Ifljn r ieiW limefmct and ,h!. dfllrmi kt filth and qi T''nr ft their inarmepi .' hit rt,J. AllheuSh h he no rlM. Ift Ifinltr I' fleu " -lh 0e- .Cl awnnt. ........ enfwnew ut ht saves (e the debt e pratl Infft frep out r'latlnB 'Si. iiftr man'ii Hie row cempiicai W. .rfiiiwr pocltfeil. fpeceaiie vintn " T.iiirevtri I he r dure e anethiir ' Xntd "Intel," en liiler ""l'. i,ii Fcrnle h It net nraltl "."Jim and tJ trs. vaMv. te mnkt ..Vfc'H'" h deti net love the nti. 'iXtt "trml " A.y cms te like hlri.:"" Tort. no Hunter tl.euKl.t . he iS .,nHr8lant1 i there wjib ?emctbln 5T'i r.rn!. which even be.fevmil nt THE GUMPS Henk! Henk! c W "". nf lit blunt, rude lit ei' -'- , ,-, - (Jbfrry Iff'80 (rtive, SSen nnd sharp iniiutsltlvcnew. KDe. tri Rpcmpil parHcnlnr!. widr and deserted. Mr. Harding was T. .ml thcre was hardly n bound ..VbeuM !icn the Fortune Hunter In? Inte tlie Hhrnry and Mrt down le miner Irenic's letter. . A dlllsent hunt threush Jehn Smith r mdm i upaKrlrs hnj elicited the fart Pf? ' . l-m n-nn Iren e Claver. und SI her home for the past few months, Xinrratc, had been In San Francisce. !!?? .i mnnv nutei- from her S the dead man'H luggage, mostly Stienstc. some of them threatening, ." or twa rather pathetic. VAt any rnte thcre seemed no ileiibt Ait It hd been a prearranged thing rtit Sic shetiltl fellow Jehn Mijlth te britnd. and thnt by dnlntr se Hie had Imcd out bin wishes finite nH much a iTrewn. nd this neeineil te the I ei . mi Hunter an If It was joins te be Sifenee that would firnPs lirew hl.n. pi ltd no money with ileh te buy a this woman, nnd he doubted that Sin mild be beughteven hnd he been i.. nnsillen te de i-e 'lhe bept he lenld hope for wn te Keep her uway ftm Somerton nnd gnln n little time for hlmtelf. , , , He bttil breujht some of Jehn Smith's pntiers down te the Mmly with Hm and I'nr half an hour he laboriously de copies of his writing, fertunntel ka erdlnury. 'leiins sort of hnnd, with Se peculiarities. But even then thp task wns n difficult fee. and the letter, when nt last com peted te lienie Clnvcr, Kccmcd te his critical eje an obTleus copy. 'The afternoon pest left Somerton at I o'clock and he knew he could net iferd te iiiIsm it. If imp were the nrt of a woman he thought her. she uld keep her word and eeme te Som Sem Som pjen If she received no reply te her 8e he hurriedly healed nnd addressed tie envelope and took it himself te Vie pest. He had written ns tactfull) ltd kindly ns possible, telling her that I meeting nt ptesent was impossible, kiting himself because it had eeeincd itfssar te address her affectionately -he who hnd never written n love teller te mij woman In his life hating ilwelf for 'the ndded lies which every moment of the day new seemed te bring with them. Anne kept her room for dinner. "The posing she met Anne? Letter rrcclved J expect yen here te lunch, or shall come dewnIrcnlc." Ii or n moment it seemed te him that thin was the end of everything! for a moment his self-possession deserted him, nnd he could only sit motionless, the niessnge falling from His nerveless hand. Temmy looked en curiously. i V1 ?? ,what's up?" he nsked at The Fortune Hunter reused him-telf with nn effort nnd rose. "Ne; at lC0ftt I VO Ced (O vn In Teulon , J lyeu knew hew the trains go? I want n fast one; It's urgent." He hardlv Knew wnat he wns sajlng. He picked up the telegram nnd went quickly back te the heuse. Temmy, struggling te keep nr. beslde him, tnlk- ng nit the time. "Thcre'a enn nt 12; It only stope once at Slough. Yeu can i-mcii uint ir you Hurry. I say, Is there nny answer for the boy?" "Ke; tell him, will you? I must The Fortune Hunter dashed off te lib room; In- felt like n man In n dream, Twelve o'clock I It was n ?.?Bfrtw .u"0WJ lf Le could lnlm,M th ttnllen '." ti,nc' ' th" minutes he wns out of the heuse nnd running along the read. oensXf,LHi ,lnd ""J the word un- Ihahedldl mC,nndycthekne hottefimi1 Vr" 8liat,en brthlcss and VnrluL ir. i 8,nt5en tnflBfcr. The thl nw,IV.ntcr, "ou,,l linve passeil them, but Jienile stepped forward. Smith "'" ""'nve run se fast, Mr. way ,Tfc ??''.' .,ni1,ls "Bsmatlng today." " 5 lcn mltcs lat? tcokeff hltt" V ,e. rertune IIu"tcr "itVl M WlP(?1 ,,lB h0t fB- vnguclyj morning," he said t, "I,t',, b? warmer In town," old lernie said bluntly, and then after a 'nn'ncnt he ndded: "Are you coming back te Somerton, Mr. Smith?" The Fortune Hunter turned round slowly, the het Weed rushing painfully te his face. There had been an tin tin mlstakable meaning in (he slowly Npeken question, nnd he broke out sav agely: 'Whnt the devil de you mean?" ternle spread his hands deprccnt Ingly. "Only what I said. Are you coming back te Somerton? Ne harm In a ques ques tlen like that, uurely.' "It would be better for von If veu learned te mind jour own business," the i I ertunc Hunter answered sharplv. He was angry ulth himself for his less of temper, but he fully renlled new that hiM feeling that this miin was lis enemy wns real nnd net imagined. I'ernle hated him, but why he could net guess. Net that It, troubled him actively. There were tee many ether shadows across his life already te make this ene poignant. He turned his back en the old man nnd paced up and down the platform, his thoughts racing nhead Ir Ijip tnmnpnf u.lmn .n fi.l.1 l. I.. Londen and face te face with Irenlel inver. What a position! What nn impos sible situation! Surely it had never b(cn equaled off the stage. He laugh ed with bitter mirth, then sobered again in anguish as he thought of Anne. He chafed against the delay of the (rnln: his bad luck was tripping him up again. Supposing he reached the held und found that Ircnic Ulnver hnd 'ene! A thousand nnd ene possibilities crowded before him. Supposing she kept tier word and went le NimeitenV Hup- Merumil Jinn a lieiuliulie, .Mr. tinni inj Mild. "I think hhe must have teen eit in the sun without a hat." he Fmiled nt Hip T ortune HuntPr ebeerilj "Ien must leek after her !tter, Jehn; she is net tee Mruiig jeu lte." Temmy wns net In te dinner either. .Oh. hull have some supper with Fer me," .Mr. Hiirding wild. "1 really be Jive he prefers bread and cheese nt lcig End Cettuge te nn) thing we enn taer mm nere. wen. wnat nre jeu tfet te de with jeurself this evc nlnc? I premised Fester te go up lid have n game of billiards with Mm; will ,ou come alone with mc? I'm tare he'll be delighted." The Fortune Hunter smiled wryly ml refused. "I'm net much of a hnnd at bil Mrdi," he said, then checked himself urrledly, wondering If here he wns en fcsjereus ground nUe: "nt least I'm Mt of practice." Iip ndded. nhen .Mr. Harding had gene he sent BOtn tin le Aniip. besirlni- lirr tn twne down. The day had been lntolor lntelor lntoler Me without her, nnd he began te Jiuue wliut life would be like in the Mure If he never saw her again. He Tmitfil ImnnMnnMt' In llin Ii nil Julia nnRwer. which the maid brought Jtthally. Miss Hauling was se Ferrv. UeuM Mr. Smith excuse her? Her id was verj bad. and she was trjinc te rieep. The Fortune Hunter walked awnv ltheut nnswerlnc : Iip knen that she aieldlng him Intentiennllv. "e inent n wretched pvenlnc: it wns jjrt eleven when Temmy came home full Jl excitement nheiit some new nnd won wen wful Bteain engine Ferule hnd shown J; "Yeu knew. he'R really n won wen !fi, no kald te t'n Fortune Hunter. l face Rplnu "r ,. lut. T i, i.n i r ,M lever." rdldn'l knew he was such a friend Jljeurs, the Fortune Hunter answered "'; ion must take me along te .."Will veu come?" Tnmmv looked Piued. "Mr. Fernie paid he wished TOUIll h. nn . .. ... -It....... f rn u. uu uiiii'lillli:. W..f. . r.rtune Hunter laughed. -:.""'? i I'm honored." ip snld. Hy Sidney J -- Aw XeVJ KHeW XHKt THS U$ Na. W f V MHJE4 AH HOU.- THOVJQHT V " "". ViHX E F16 RVSH- VH fcRE ' LL MS BS UteR. QeT AWAS FROM YOVJ X Yeu? ) .7 HJ "JJi -. - VU WtS HURRY- -rT S - - ' Z HAE VOU 00 BRICKS IN YeURl t?f . wiiSf8 Jcsi Osc MWE LWf A UOAP OV nt$c) QOWQ XOA)f tAKC WER. VTAP DON'T JUM? ( TAOH J ' H SQMVTHIKO- r ( HOUR- TATOM. N AT -rE CAUNe AMt , ) 7 , I A. T SU Xl... S AfTOr4Ei 1 HJfcMY T3 GET Rt OP I Y? fil SOMEBODY'S STENOGiyiiafs in the Letter? (npi right 1022. ly labile I.cdqr rempaiiy Jiy Hay ward VELL I'M 6'LAb "JHEYRE. FteR6ETTIM6 THAT BRAVERV TALK ! OUST BECAUSE T pull&dThat Peer Old wemam from im ceamy P Am A.IJTO ! 00 IT WASAT AHYTHIN6! AOW WHOS THIS LCTTER FROAA X' VOAIDE.R ? TtL,J)Jj Qu-Ctf The Yeung Lady Acress the Way THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERVD Mil. BANG By FONTAINE FOX SCHOOL DAYS By DWIQ ! .'le net such n hml nlil ni.Ae.-r " tiy. "Anne hates him. en alwnjs hat? people v g mil Kill 11 5wy anlil lightly Jft. then, unmen r. .nt ""dcrhtnnd. He nsked me y i quest ens nbnul nu." 5M wrt of ciuctlnns?" t;:1 ,'Ien't knew: he seemed in ??H. I thought. Well. I'm off te a-v"umwP'" W VmIZ?Jw ,ip t0 1,lfl5' b11- lSmy. ".ent ,fr' nnd. finding the ftrlnii. ii ". "0UKC unbearable, the n ree mi. ed, as he ileee. ; B" ll", l0"- nB"t unnWe te ,.l' r vn8 f. ... unKp n lin mm' TPP)',a,h(.tts? VlL llr,,ukfast time next morn- mil ..1? "I'l'.urently quite her usual m Ht ilaVen,i,",il hhe ""'"cd te avoid hln n..ni.',"n'0" ,l"' l'reeiw dnv line . . . - -- " ,ii,.ii , ii tum -. n ICKr In. ......, l.- iir ,. .. tutu a. ;"" "'' U IINII I l P'leCt Clnv? Anil !, .11.1 I i..t i. LI flft I ' r'" l,," ll"lif llllll IIC I'MMt" The LT" t0, 1"'",1 Inet evening. ! but I 'r hi- i ,w '" M,,,p vmM hnrdlj an- train .n..""r,K " aihe if. i". wc"'0'" Inte the gar in? ..:."" ' i The sweat broke out en his face at the mcre thought; he turned and packed back riaht old rernlc, who steed watch ing him with n grim wnile. Tlie train was signaled new, nnd the J !..... If -.. .1 ..!!. l i (MiijiiiT iiuiui'i Kiit' a eiiurp M);u ei tellef. He had turned te scan the Hue when some ene touched his arm. and. swinging Bharply round, he found Ferule beside him again. "Well, what la it? ' he naked eurtlj ; his nervcB were nt snapping point; he felt unstrung and en edge. Fernie nnswered quietly enough. He, nt lenst, wni net perturbed. "The trnin will wnlt hcie four minutes, Mr Hmlth. se there's no such hurry, nnd .1 should like n word with jeu." "Well?" "Yeu told me just new te mind mj own business," the old man said, in the snme curiously even way. "Yeu don't like me, Mr. Smith, nnd thnt's a pitv, bpcniiKC I might have been n geed f i lend te veu If jeu'd chewn nnd I'd chosen." The Fortuue Hunter shook the hand from his arm. "I don't want your friendship," he t-nld roughly. "And if you're telling me rve mnclc an enemy of you, well lie liniiECil te you, thnt's all I've get te snv." Old Fernic'H ejes met his unflinch ingly. "That s all you've get te say. is It," he said. "Well then this Is what I've get te Kiy te ,veu, Mr. Smith, or what ever jour nnine ls Hint since jeu rami' te Somerton I've wondered mnnv times where I'd seen jeu before, nnd new 1 knew. It wns in the weeds the nfter nfter nfter noen we found thut man dead In the broken." 'I lie Fortune Hunter turned round slowly, and looked down into Fernle's crafty face; then he Inuglicd. n do de (In nt irenic.il laugh, ns he shook the elder man'H hand from his nrm. wienehed open a qarrlnge deer nnd benrdeil the tuiin. Hut his brews were frowning nnd his ejes dlstuibed as lie snt down In a corner sent nnd lessejl his hat en te the rack ; for Iho llrst time he felt that he could understand Anne's Instinctive dislike of Fertile; for the tlri-t time he felt that he hnd hnd n glimpse of the innn'n menu, vlndlctive nature. He Fernie hud seen him in the weed tli nt dv ! It wus u complication, cer tainly, but the Fortune Hunter m net a mnn easily frightened by perROiml dangei, und the fact that the enemy had nt last declared himself only added te his deteiminntlen te light till the end. After all, hew much hud Fernie seen? Hew much had thcre been te see? Nothing Hiirelj that would carry much weight with It. The Fortune Hunter dismissed the subject from his mind, nnd began te think of the meeting which lay before him. What tjpe of woman would she prove te lie, this woman who had followed Jehn Hmlth half across the world? The Feitunn Hunter thought of n dozen 7 (J . -4 Stf7m u fluff ' J rSn1 Of In I III 111 c CfiJL!" The jeung ladj across the wav kjys she sees no particular objec tion te n triple alliance provided nil the nations, both great nnd small, arc admitted. ift 0ArtG WAS tUCBLY BKUSHCD efF Wried He uefT the. ANP SHORTLY AfTfiRWARDS WHM HE WAS LEAVING THE PASSER'S AND Then once. AGAIN .MMEOIATELV AFTER IN TH LAVArevr tf-ysy q vjm, 0 2cC? -z& " guT NeT WHEN He HAD His $HeE5 SHined Wffi$M$Mfr 'tTU T r W viw of gBg8S$S hvie.uTrv de i ( coenvoocArt1- - WWK&8x&c A Fovxe err im Tws. gt vwiMVir -"V l mm ' jHwv icfflilisfeAvv y PETEY Ain't Weman Stupid? IuVmi '' And she did hope that he plans with which he would greet Her, Ti,"i bpen tee leiiclj nt evening. but he hnd forgotten them all when the 'er hi- v '" M"r ceuiii liurcllj mil irnin luc.iiiini n ie uiu "" i Wn,,f i , 'n"1'0 " attempt te M-ek I mluiiH, nn I lm mingled with the crowd S ui unrititr ,1,,. ., i Y . , i t..e..w.,-i ItMnai. . iimimilKi IIP IOOK II Milium III" liiuiii'iiiii There wns n curious sense of ncrv rem. nut Ills IIiehl'IiIh ..,.u..Mii nt I. lipiirl! hn knpw that ."bat in, I, i i . ., .... probably the nevt hour or two would Hpl.r ' '" XNIlllt w,ls te, decide, ills fate mien and for all, and eetix. nV j, '(,ihlng? What would lit via -with soma vague desire te put -Tem ' "IPI" "'I f (T the) eill moment for an long as nea- 'OUliiiv ,., . en inw eeei iiiuiiirin im k'.rellnl?. ,W0,H t!' "'"-'Icii. wav- I slhle that he walked the S. nf,"v?lel!n' ",x telegram Savey Hetel nt which tl P" Ver ... n?y.M wn,t "f'. tnk0 l)lacc' dc.'ur.,,'"tt Hunter lire ei ' n In. distance te the the meeting was - OH T3eV ' I WiiM I HD MEVtTR PRbMlSED'lHATVyOl'lAM Id eweak oFr-eKiMC ew. Hew . VAWHPR Mice tjis faT ClGA1 n - , ' Gesh'.' i Jumme vjheThek Te 'ElaheTwe. ClY VfHO iMVEiiTtD JMfjKlMfi or The CuV who ImvehTee V0W1EK1- N-W .DIP 4y & J iJ i im& 0 WE Make Me. J Qumt x W esrK'M&sr " cmpHX'M I i -Oy VeTcY DEAT? i 1- X v 'iHlMU'OUNfr: iOFFERED EW0Ut.H Ou'-D 13tTTE-p- dTART5MyyWC AG AIM' r 7- mw M '& &ffl Vrt .w ws L m ""' ; pi GASOLINE ALLEY Get te Stick Cleser, Walt By C. A. Veighl TwrV VJFNPt?- i CliT WI5E De Them ,; A- Kf Ai yi I. A. vim. aV" f ft V I tv. 1 XJVs zh&2 .s ' I. A. . rjrr--. Srl.4 Vdtl - fm ..nir fe 1iur ', (A w 7 -Nleu GET Fl coax Sfeif AuuriE '&W.2ra -Ve BEEN EATING- HM AND Tl!?ASsA A?V 5TUCK CLOSE Te THE DIET g Fee whw Seems a Menth -But J and ru. Bet I've CbME down ; LT5 ONLY 3 VMS ryrf I FWE PCUKPS ! rX&A-- - U -. " -- ei , , ' ' ' "111 By Kinff Cbb whillhcens! WEICHED lib LAST TIME 239! i nw nww i e e I 1 "T I riin, r -y a .,... 1 ' VW C-M f JMALL 1 M PIECE OF Canhv Rnr SZ. HHO'O HAVE IHOUGHf ST ,w 4 ft x Ml m Wa;i .",,J,," iwlwins he 7", .vuu uie curt message. CQNTINUBTTOMOnROW 1 '! ,-CVv h Ts. r-; : r 4"V- -' V 1 r
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