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ftSE FORTUNE HUNTER
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Ilf.ufAer e 'Tn Bacheler Husband," "The One Unwanted," etc.
Av Copyright 1V Wheeler Syndicate, no.
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Hitrtittd. Bht te a toenxan wiem
La1 ATfrtllA nan Knmcn n ni unnacr
Wind "trt ih r?rt Hunter te
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katb'tn btttde th ttiad man'
. I".-",., im n mnnrtf fun rtt
. '-.. ,-iik i rtrtnin amount of
'..fcan Ihe same nmeujt thcn h
r;"7:." j. j. via n l icavinii ncr no
lPR'.1J; bu Gee.ffn relr. n (
U"? .vti 1IKRK IT CON
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IV
A.ND HBBB T CONTINUCS
'.X It It. A AnfTAt 1flf1tt fllrl fin
-th:h i iu va'ii .v.ue Mivu ..
I ntR IIps nw Mr. Harding ,unnie
i!i(be MAlrs behind Mr.
Set back enfely, Jehn,
JX. "Well, and hpw's
ISeut the panic I rushed
fciwness nuu i,ui. "-
lie paid
Londen
through
seen nil
tlf." . . ... .. ....
"ihl There s no place iikc ine coun ceun
iiRiL...h wiicn I was your nee I
ft Yi-1 .nin nml the blir cities the
m uv.'"" ' ,, ,.,. iii ,,
&VM M tnc worm wunu u iibh
Ptlik Fortune Hunter
lauchctl cyn-
!ilirt his eyes eh Anne's nverted fnce.
Wirt." he ""i"1 . t . l
i'Th-ycs! Of course! I forget for
tftaUnt what a great traveler e;i've
!2! Jly dear, wherc'a Temmy?"
Temmy carae in irum no .......
tjlt.memcui, mu v"v, .... .- -
Unit of the ronvereation fell te
iimT and Mr. Harding. Anne wan
e and Mlent. ajid It pecmctl te Uie
iKape Hunter, that she i-arefully
". m a..l.lu rtt- film
?H knew, although he tried tb deny
. J ...i.ntJnn linil htntl cnWH
dr hfftrt. Tberfl was the affnir of
5. it,AArr(inli : the mistake he had
Qe in playing .th,e pane, and nrob nreb
Brt hundred and one ether ameU In-
U In WHICH HU U"U uuv.u.mN.iuua.j
himself away.
m nrrre in his UOQV ICIL iikc a
ijrtitretcbcd te snapping point. He
lid tninK ei neinuis "" u '"-
half-BlecBing betiic hi trenic
Mrs eyes, nnd her last werua te
i
"I ulall hear from you in a week's
Flte thousand pounds! 'Iho sum
'Wd before him in letters of lire.
Wee Mr. Harding spoke te him, anil
HVtitoe iwi in ni uiiimpiv iiimisiin'
t KPly till J-Oinmy ieuuiicu uuu uu
trm. x -, , ,.,
"JUTO you gene 10 &ic'i, .iuiuii
,. verm an amused "CPln en tuc
Ay' thin face, Bnd the Fortune Hunter
die back te a realization of the prcs-
t with a tremendous start, Aliening
i ut'hi -niir nnwlnii. sir. I'm nfrnlil
itti dreaming."
He loekea appeauugiy at ahhc, eui
Ut'tjti were downcast.
t"I was saying." Mr. Harding re
puted, rather dryly, "tlmt if ou enre
B come with me tonight I'm going
' te Dr. Oilmerc s If you rare
te come ami have a game ei bridge,
1 IM sure they will be delighted te tee
Ml. "
JOB. ,
ite reriunc iiunicr s mre iianiencu.
I .wondered If-this had Men Anne's
jmeHien in tnc nrsc piare. ji ii was
lhad he Intention of being disposed
wlnsucb an casr fashion.
' "Thanka 'thanks vcrv much." he
Hid. "But os I've been out nil day.
I warn rather stay with Anne. ' he
looked at her appealingly,. nnd she
IlDthed.
JTMi. nlpnw ilnn't fenslilpr inr. T
ad easily amuse mjbclf."
"I would rather stny with you."
'dje 'Fortune Iluiitcr insisted ebsti-
wtly.
' "!.., lib. r .,,-.e ' t- Tlnr.l.
ill wld. casually. "And I think, if
jpa'H excuse inc. mv dear, I won't unit
fit'iireets tenlRbt.1
f tit tretn from the table. In i d u m
Wide band en Anne's Hheuldcr ns he
MWJ, and walked out of the room.
4 TWft wnfl nn linnnnifnrtithln kIIpiioe
ttjn be had gene, then Temmy looked
KTOSi it the Fortune Hunter nnd
lttH.
I-dent knew that I want nnv
ITtcta. flther." lie. said, nnil rekd from
Uykair.
He meant It kindly. )iit it seemed
nnobew te anecr Anne, for she turned
Vter brother sharply.
?)l you think I want te be left
njc with Jehn, you re mistaken, llie
errints w III think it ridiculous. I'lcuse
HIT'."
The Fortune Hunter echoed her werdn
WB1. "Yes. nU'imn stnv. 'reniinv."
'.Jbe boy looked from one te the ether
iwrahtugged his Mieuldtrs.
Pfl, well If you rcallyyiieaii it."
416 Fflt. llnu n nirntti. rFliA mat- nT
Ue;tneil passed In uncomfortable con-
"(int, sua ns seen us it was ever
I'Wny made Ins escape.
I nftn1! Ltwiw ihuf ttin .llnl.'enu i
'matter with eery one tonight." lie
wnwn as no limped out of the room
'P1 fhut the deer behind him.
I. r.i ti....,. .. i.!.. i--.!
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,"JIntly; he ucnt round te where
.4Wa sat, nnd. steeping, took her
JtMs, drawing her unwillingly te her
ai'S?1?' "ave I dene te be treated like
r he asked hoarsely. "If you ure
a"'" unve me mad " " lle broke
tUddetllv. rnlnnullll- lini uu emnii Ann
apped at the deer and n uiuld cn
wrM. Rii iftfti,.i ... i... -i...
'.' ". Juunni Ul lliu 'urillllU
"lf you please, sir, Mr.. Fester would
V te jpeak te you. He is in the
"My. He says that he will net keep
Nylen."
nA.ij ; 4U0 t'ortune Hunter
JMfi the name shurnlv. then he
VbI .' ,,,lruRRe'I his shoulders, and
.JWu another leek at Anne, wnlked
JlS Fester had taken off 'the
R?Z i n,' ,m?k'S a cigarette.
iJ.T,edJthe l'rtuiiQ Hunter with u
YHJjl nod.
fj-v.. c, ruing.
rsem il i i "ler wnmeu inie tile
Wad M 'S (Ioor wI,1 0I)CU be"
Yl'H.OlV de! AVnn'l T-n.i ... i.. il.
Brit., . -.. ,'ii vu i u ail tIMJ
"Tbank. .-. V",n. ' ?""."" '" ""-.. .
JB" IrT' ,. " '' lllJpinCSB IS Wltll
Jrtrewa 1'url""0 """ter inlscd his
,Ia.' ' llew extremely intercst-
n:.lAk a cigarette from n hnr nn
Wing jtBna lnadQ n tfrcat business of
'tep,,l!!cl,rd. llilu fnr a moment
rtut thn ' ,hc,llc wnlked past him.
'abaelr' .i oer WM,n " l,fl"B nml
. " eack te the center of tlm rnnm.
.U.P. .. - - "- .w...
his own country
him,"
.IH. hi.f 1 1 a "''PPressed rage In hip
k. .. v nm 0iPn
.'5!? "P spoke.
was ?vcii enough
(ji1' you In town this ufternoen."
'faued i.','.u",e aiunter glunced up nml
y ueiir ehup :
ten."
"US n HlMn kllpn'pp .liii-in..
iiteH..1.0 me." 'w'1 steadily at
;anetbcr, ami then Fester raid
t1 . . iij.
,-"'
'W the
jOUier nluht you mentl6iiedthal
t-BDrlllff. fiml III. I..n.,i.l.
r. i- - .-, ij,'jri ivt;iiii".
r . -. A .y.,
t S,
P.VJ&Vb&
ters, out of curiosity, I went down te
he low- quarters of.fJie city te have n
lbek nt the gambling dens nnd such
plncw."
"Uenllyl I hnve been there myself
wvcrnl times," the Fertu-nc Hunter
said coolly.
Fester went en without heeding the
Interruptien: -
-i!?ihre Jvns .0I1C mn running n
gambling place there who Interested me
very much partly, perhaps, becaufe he
was net the usual type one comes across
In such places, and I came te the con
clusion that he .was a gentleman down
en his luck perhaps n man. who had
utu-u j uracil te leave
te escape the police.
There was n woman with
I'estcr went en.
rip lortiine Hunter shrtij3ed his
shoulders.
"My dear fellow, no doubt this I
all very .ntercstlnjr, but why tn enrth
you should tell It te me I eulle fnl' te
understand- ' Gceffry Fester Bushed
dully, nnd for the first time the bitter
hatred he felt for the Fortune Hunter
bhone in his eyes.
"Bepmisc you ure the man I saw in
Hnn Irnnclwe." he snld savagely. "I
had my suspicions the ether night, hut
I was net sure until this afternoon,
when I saw you in that woman's com
pany. I recognized Jicr et once." H
laughcl snccrlnsly. "Yeu've altered
since these days! You've dropped the
scallywag nnd turned gentleman."
Ill Pre xvnn n nrnf.tuwl LnnK. l.-
the Fortune Hunter turned round and,
looked him full in the eyes.
And Jiow nre you going te prove
ull these Interesting statements?'' he
nsked calmly. "After all, It's enlv
your word Mcalnff mine, you Knew '
"Deny It!" u.d Fester. "It will
(nly be jnc mere lie added te the mnnv
you have told Mnce you came te Sou.' Seu.' Sou.'
irten." . K,r? 60C0,l,i be Fortune Hunlei Hunlei Hunlei
stoed like u iimn turned te stone, tlnm
he caiignt Fester by both shoulders
with savage hands.
"Sny thnt egiiln and I'll
Then nit nt once he fell back, shaking
In every limb nnd breathlii" lmnl "1
beg your pardon I ben your pardon."
he said hoarsely. He steed for n mo
ment, trylns dcspprately te recover hif
iclf-roitrel, thcnjie wnlked te the deer
and lluns It erwn. "Oct out." he siil.l
thlcklv, nnd asain, "Get out " inU'
Geoffry Fester went, with n last back
ward triumphant smile.
The Fortune Huiter iliepncl into
u chnir.
Temmy rnme te the deer mil
peered Inquisitively at him.
"I say, Jehn, what's; up with every
one tonight?" he nsked uneasily na the
I'ortune Hunter started up.
'Nothing you need worry about.
Temmy," he said. He wnlked out of
the room, leaving Temmy with n queer
expression of cunning en his thin fnce.
"Nothing I need worry iibeut. ehV
" he muttered us he looked after
the Fortune llunter'8 tall fisrnre.
"We'll sec about that."
The Fortune Hunter looked every
where for Anne nfter (ieelTry Fester
had gene, but the draWing-roem was
empty, nnd the dining-room, nnd il
was only nfter inquiring (,f one of the
maids thnt he was told thc had gene
te bed with u headache.
A hendnche ! An excuse te be rid
of him, net te sec him again that night ;
the Fortune Hunter went upstnirH two
ut a lime and knocked nt her deer.
He wus fee'lng desperate: he did
net fear Fester, or Fernlc, or any of
the people who might suspect him ant)
make idle threats, but he was half-mad
nt thp thought of Anne turning from
him.
"Anne Anne "
She did net nnswer nt first, and
it win. only when lie knocked again
that he heard her voice.
"My head aches please lcnc me
alone. I shall be all right in 1 1 if
morning."
Temmy, creeping inquisitively up
the stairs, saw the leek of despair en
the Fortune Hunter's face ns-he turned
away and went te his own room, urn'
lie smiled, well pleased.
He had never rciill.i forgiven that
affair of the keys mid the opened box
his, was n curiously twisted bert of nn
turn that brooded ever en imnglnei
wrong long nfter n hieadcr-nilnde
ncr&en would liac forgotten all nbeu'
it. mid it seemed te him. III spile e
the pqtched-up peace between them
that it would be rather a tine thing t
?et his own back en t lie Furtum
Hunter.
He hud eerhcard something of the
cencrsnthm that evening in the. stud'
with GcelTry Fester, and hi shrewd
mind hud ujready iiiudc four out of less
than two and two.
His own loom was next te the For
tune Hunter's and for h.ilf the ni;ht
Ijlng nwake Temmy eeuld lu-.ir the
sound of restless pacing up and down,
up and down.
It was only when dnj light came I lint,
worn out, the Fortune Hunter threw
himself, still half-drcs-ied, en the bed
mid fell Intu a beay sleep. '
He woke unrefrcshed and with a
stabbing headache, nnd was lute for
breakfast.
"Couldn't jeii sleep?" Temmy uked
grinning. "I thought I heard jeu walk
Ing nbeut the room ever se late."
The Fortune Hunter unswctei
short 1 :
"I've get ii vile headache."
He did net glnnce at Anne, or lie
would hnve seen the leek of tender con
cern that flashed into her ejes, though
sh-j lowered them instantly.
She, tee, lind passed a wakeful night,
tern between the growing suspicion in
her heart which would net be killed mid
her leve for this man, which told her
that he would never lie te her or deceive
her or play her false.
She suw that he looked ill, nnd des
perately unhappy, mid her heart ached
for him; she would have followed him
Inte the garden after brenkfast, but
that Mr. Harding forestalled her and
called te the Fortune Hunter te wait
for him as he strolled off alone across
the grass.
The Fortune Hunter turned, bracing
himself with nn effort, mid Mr. Hard
lug laid a friendly hand en his firm.
"Is unythliig the matter) Jehn?" he
iibked in kindly fashion. "Yeu don't
leek yourself this morning."
The Fortune Hunter tried te luugh,
but It was net much of a success, and
Mr. Harding went en :
"If It's anything te de with business,
and f can help you In uny way, I shall
be only tee pleased " lie glanced p
Inte the young man's haggard face urn!
added: "I hepe you will leek upon me
as a friend. If it's u question of
money- "
The Fortune Hunter seUcd desper
ately upon the opportunity offered him.
"I'm nfnild vou've net it. sir." he
mid shakily. "The fmt is, a a draft I
I'c been expect' ig hasn t come, and
I'm I'm III the dickens of n mess."
lie laughed mere naturally new. "It
sounds absurd, I knew, he ndmltteil.
"lint I e uuiy gei live Miiiuiiga in mi'
world."
Mr Harding laughed, tee, mid c'up.
i ped him en the shoulder.
"Well, well, why didn't you tell
line? I can hely you out, of course. I
! knniv It's enh a temporary embarrass
ment let me see, what wan the
windfall Anne told me you (.cooped ever
these geld nilnc"
The Fortune Hunter looked
THE GUMPS AM He Called Her Toots
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By Sidney &wi
IHCU BIM43 TAKING Ml) AITtRNOOM WtOll
" ALL THS WORU V3 IM TONt Wmt HtMV
MO WSCOfcfr- ALL HKMOM- TTtlE PtCt OF
A PMlOV tS A CANMrt Blfttf S COM6 -A
THOUSAND Wlv NOTHINGS AReTieHNINCi
THROUGH MI3 MEAT- JUST IH LOVE- THAT'S
ALL- T'fc.AIA.QVrN'SHlNE.-
r" X llP CAME OH SWIFTLY AMl
TUra ISA . Wp- . THE GLOAMING
L fc lA. TOOTa-y W i TURNED H NtOHT
i
OOR UNCLE
THE "SUN MAY HAVE
SHONE ANt TXE tHRV9
MAY HAVE UNtj-
BUT A CLOUD CAME
AWt BLOTTED OUT THE
fcuNSWINE- A.Nt THE
0H6 FROZE IN THE
BIRD'S THROAT-
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It Vian't a Cupid's dart that,
struck his bict heart ths
Time- "nr meuhded him se -
iT WAS THE POISONED
PAGGER OF JEALOUSY
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