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By RVBY M. AYRES
Auther of "The Bacheler, Huiband," "The On Unwanted," etc.
Copyright by Wheeler Syndicate, itie.
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I'?"!?.... ih dewf man7 ldnlltv et
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;?m the dead man'e Identity
O'""?..? l.J tnllm In lu teifh An
M fmll' M'".;i. J-t inliM MIAlHlt
MOl (0 """'-.l...!., tftfihhnr. Ferule.
ff'iL..i.uidtnHtv, enrt latn Ifcet h
"lM,"iJuMrS. AM affirm her faith
tiK'HStue Th Fortune Hunter te.ieal
W'Jif rith Oteffrv Pouter, a refected
Whir toMan.iientd, "Irente." and be-
K .mi Aihltn nae Known "B"!""'J
I' r'i2 ilr the Fortune Hunter te
f"!l SPr In Londen, On the icav te the
b'V r.rnlertceanies Mm ae the man
llteM W?. ,7 , a mrreman jn e
!! V.. "..iih n crrtnte amount e
IfaX-JvYhira lame turn p money in
Kr i, mm1 fhft eatne nmeunt tun ,.e
5irrIi'i Ofafrv Fetf"". " .lhreeln
It 'ffirtXi T 1SnTerielih IM. fcnoieIMM
Jer
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l '!.Ji.ii.i en lendWO Wm mpnti
Misraie" "..;- ...,.- nnit thW r.
I fr MXwe.rVlM .Yr ' .claim,
IJiW'3!
11,11 eoncemwe ir ".V,1V.
, atom cU(re "i"' ,'A'J?
j"-;r,.i . a Ulltr fine tntnna
'itecSi! th r!a Smith hafinad Anne
Hwrfeas. pe ,e Len'
tdAH en
. t.lM tftt 1iinlni
HE looked up nv uiu. ". ""
SnLilVrnt. HhC COtllll net
KfTfi, et fold of his mouth or the
It it dr of his eyes, as Bhe broke out
$emetimc'a I wonder why you ever
Pmi. Fortune Hunter made no nn
& he Smlil hear her quick, shnrp
rcVth nn-1 could feel nor cjc uF11 u....
I'J. rears te bclieve In you, nnd-nnd
rv.'iVthat when we met ngmn every
fei jeliwed te premlM In your let-
MP V.i rteht when he uncd te tell
WF. Alt ieu ever came back It would
R.TWMreB knew I wanted
"Don't mnke n Joke of It, Gnrryl
It's net n Jeke It's a tragedy, and I
tell you that I'd gladly glte the rent
of my life If I could wlpe it out or end
It honorably."
Garry raised his brews.
. "Like that. Is It?" he said sympa
thetically. "Well, let's hear about It."
The Fortune Hunter threw the end of
his cigarette en te the read and ground
it down with his licel.
"It will sound Impossible when I try
te tell you," he said unevenly. "Seme,
times It seems llke a dream te me, and
aa If It can never really have hap
pened I I wish te Ged It hadn't
nel I don't mean that I It's been the
only happiness I'm ever likely te knew
It's just n month age new I'd
been tramping England for some time
I came back from Frisce after I left
you you remember? There's a
flve-barrcd gate- ever there" he
pointed across the flcld " and I was
sitting en top of it one evening count
ing my last elght-and-twcnty shillings,
and wondering where the devil the next
was te ceme from, when I had the
curious sort of feeling that something
was going te happen.
"I'm net a fanciful chap, you knew
that! but, sure enough, as I walked
en through the weeds, I came across a
dead man lying In the bracken.
"He had no papers en him by which
he could be Identlllcd, as far as I could
eco. and I was going back te fetch the
police when I saw n pocket case lying
en the path.
"I opened it, mere with an idea of.
trying te find out who the peer devil was
than from mere curiosity, and the name
Jehn Smith was written en the flyleaf.
There was n letter from n girl, tee
RCVCrnl lPftcri. lint T didn't rlml Ikm
all n girl he was cvldcutlv cenilne home
te mnrry
"neil, I went en: the read led by
the river bank and I was lust In tlmp
te get a boy out of the water who had
pitched in from n punt. He wai a
cripple a peer, miserable llttle worm
and and he had a girl with him
his sister!" The Fortune Hunter's voice
lauereu n little, ana he paused for a
moment.
!',? ,?"" ,9ax?y Prompted him.
. wcllr"we,,S !t wn8 e Slrl in the
letter the girl that peer devil In the
weed wns coming home te. She she
asked me te go home with them I was
U'pr thrmiM. a! Mit. t i, a.i
.... ......., 4 iuuim de j. iveiui vnn
she asked me mv name. What did it
matter what I told her? I've had hun-
.?? of ,nnmes In the test fifteen years
I said my name was 'Jehn Rmiiii1
and she believed me! She thought
I Was the otlier fritniv." T l,i..i
et Garry Cnnnen for the first time, his
face het and ashamed. "I give you mv
word that the whole thing was forced
unen me I'd no time te deny It, or ex ex
nleln She she we'l I staved
I was very much like the dead man.
Afterward, when I went through hii
things I found photographs and things.
2 I S!u,(1 sce the likfe's for invec'f
S-ta Srtt-. ...bis''' ? i .'a-'rir? 3
M" Tu",'M,.'".. Vr "" , " n.nvkl, :.'"'" """.' - waited for him ten
. i .' ""' 1 1 nt ,ir'!t x "'ennt te
ten her the truth, or clear nut
then then I put it off. till till I
didn't want te tell her "
His voice broke. nd Garry Cannen
couched sympathetically.
"Humiih! Well, is 'that all?" he
asked, nfter n moment.
"Ne (hides lietrnil tn rn nrnn'.. nl
ninni. .. . . .:",,,' '
because
ecn
I weuldn t
niir M.ucu."r" ::.. m,i m
K n'1 "etrUC , ntllst n te him
fte 7r believe him. but new
,kL' umtier you had died than have
iTAunTM'hiB face bleak with
Sffl. tee. would rather have
itied " he Mid nenrseiy.
Wi . iv iL i. nn.ild mnre or an-
.'eThlB, he had turned and rushed
SSj.U her down the ,j ndlng .read
tMt ,eu iu ii, ,, ,i,m.
ude his tragic "wj "
nlStvM blind with the strength of his
Lte emotions, sick te the beui whii
the tragedy of It, nil. se that he never
OtlCCtli a Olg llllieuaniu ui i..u. .....
I...1,... r tlin renduli 0. or ft htOUt.
.. .i....,i mnn whit -viis Ktnndlnc nt
i.nn ioer. looking up nnd down the
M.a nnpprtninlv. until he enred out
THE; GVMPSReturn Frem Anether Precinct
By Sidney Smith
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AW.eV StOE OF XH CAstE
ME IS GETTM& tREP OF flAXM6
SECOND .WIX T0 THE A)SWAUN
IHERe?. GOT te BE t HOW1OWH-
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V- 0 CXAME HECVt
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TeNlGHT-
OrPOE SO TOU4WIN0
UfrV COUPLE OF VON LOAP
jeat swevs voe vHcr
MONEX tot$- VI y THCf
OLT TEHCA.N COUUPN'T
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1 WMOM SHE POESN'T CARE Veti HIM-
SUtMi TOtt MEBO A "P02EN TIMES -
tAU6HEt tKX HrA- WP,tOLEX HAA
1 REMEMBER 5NET TIME I CA.Ll.Ef
VP AMP SHE T0Lt ME MO, COULPHT
COME OUT- THE PEfcT Vae COMING
Vt HE TOLt? ME- SHE CANCELLED
MY'EHOAdEMEHT HEV TEAM'S EVE
IHOVOH AHp WEHT OUT V41TH HM-
LATEUY VfiV ETEP ME LKE
IULL COUUECTOR-
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er UIM BW HER- LET HIM
BMOWETi WEfc WTH ?RECVOV)S (HFTS-
LET HIM kEE1 VHE CAMVX TACTORY
WKIHO H16HTS- ANt EXTA HEAT
IN THE GREEN HOWES - LET HIM PXM3
HER BNCK TO AUSTRALIA - BUT HER
HEART VU1LU BE BACK.IH THE STATES,
JUST THE SAME-.
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SOMEBODY'S STENOGMis'a O'Flage Is Sane Again (?)
Yes. I'm all seurtb agaia boss :
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LlkE. A A1UT' EE-A1A6IM
GOIW' OFF MV AlOOt-E
Cepjrlrtl, 1022. by Public Ledger Company
By Hayward
JUST BECAUSE I WAS
WILLED A MERE
3QOO WELL
i ALL SAtfE AG A
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AiOVi.ViHAT ARE
YOU ACTUALLV
ffOIAJS TO DO
VWTH 1&OR
3000 ?
ViELL , IT
TAKES SOME
THOU6HT
DOAlT IT !
YOU ACTUALLV
1 6emQ TO De
Vi 3000 ?J -s'
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AFTER I BUV A SPORT V
CAR AMD PAY OFF POPS 1
MORTGAGE AMD SET A
MOTOR LAUMCH FOR
VACATIOAJS I SUPPOSE
I 0U6HT TO IVEST
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V-PJ- r 'r
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The Yeung Lady Acress the Way
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Ml. l,e Vrnlre'nff ulth ft PCllOOlbeyibll
fell of delight eh the I-'ertuiic Hunter
mLi round. "Hy Oud! if it l-n t
frnlnglmm ! Hew m tlie iiaini-'
I .1! fhflf'U II UP 111(1 YUll V.VI IIV11.
It. i.trndn netess the read, his ft
jpi wreiithed in Fini'en of Hlieer ilc
i.u liix linnd III n erytiKiic new
- t V 1-4. ..iIa.iiii A
,inrn(ipn(U'ii in nearly wnejim.-.
The 1 ortuue Hunter f.toeu iikc u muii
n.,t tn ktnm. l in crimien bloeil rib-
Bj slowly te his face s when he spoke
ill TOlCe wns nervous mm ji-rny.
lOPntinnn! finnd llellVClli! Who WOUlll
itc theucht of reeliiR you here?' He
Me,! nulcklv un nnd down the lone.
nt it wns deserted, and after the bniest
filiatien, lie took the liami neiu out je
Ira. "fly Jove! And kucii n dwcii.
oe." 'nuc litis mere imiurituj uuw
mr Tftii ilnnn if?"
uarry minion laugucu Knowingly
nd winked. v
"Ymi don't leek be bad vourfelf.
etald with a ulayful dlr at the Fer
un Hunter s rib. "lallen en our
eel nt lnst-reh' like me! Yea. I'm
m of tli new rich for the time being
Be rlnnprd back nt thc linnd'eme and
try new car. "Wliat de jeu tnuiK et
t7 Inn't flic a beauty?"
"And jour ery own.'" thc Fortune
unter nsked skeptically.
My erv own. mv be.v, nnd paid
fir," h chuckled. "Ilenestlv, tee,"
t added mere nrnvlr. "Tlint'H a sur-
Wdtt, I'n't It? Whj. the leNt time I
ieu, .lirninghiiiii "
The Fortune Hunter Intrrruntcd.
Tint's net mv nnmc new. if It's all'
we some te ion; I'm Jehn Smith, nnd
pppeet! te he mere or IfRs respectable,
t sailed with hitler Intonation.
Tnhn Smith!" the ether echoed re
Mthelv. "Well, thev'rn a hie family.
hose Smiths! I've known lets of 'em
iray time, but why didn't jeu cheese
faethlnit mere uncommon? I llke a
rlety myself."
The Fortune Hunter fduugged hit)
ewlders.
I den t knew that T had much
olce In the niutte'-." he said drjlv.
Amnv, that's my naiuc, se if you're
i'ln? here "
"Hlcs lour lienrt. Tm net. This is
nlfe much of a hele for me w hut de
call It, SumnierMde?"
Spmnici ten It's a mcttv little
ifp "
ell. T'm nlllv linsyln'- Hirnnnli
liw l'nelnnd in ntvle, jeu knew."
d h( W'lfllcpil nivntti nlmnrllv Vtiv
it? i0 v " C0,nln''' alejiu with me for
-. i iij- inn irt me run up te town
"nnumV of dins'' Til stnnil nil ttir.
'" A clintlKe tlilll. eh! It's iiIuhih
IJJi jeu nhe'M. iinld the piper."
I can't. llmnkH nil the same. I'm
'mii l m fled uji here for the pros
'i. Iiiter en. pciliniiH. if mu're nnv.
w;c about, I may be glad te leek jeu
7.
There was u nole of constraint In the
Zl llc1' tlie Qtlicr ,U1"1 "(lti lulck te
"Oft in Hill' tl'nnliln nl.l linn T
ffi'" 1,c !nM 'mnently.' "If jeu' are.
-". niijiiuiiR i can de; hut I don't
'! tO tell OU. Ynil'vn iel mn mil
A UCllt Cllrnpl tnnrA Ihni) MinA " rpi...
P. , - ...w. ...U.I. ,.ll... Ull(.l J-liU
"f'l'ie Hunter cut him short.
,vnsc, i-m all rleht, at least
If U i i n"'i'i"-i "'in iur II iiiiiiilKUl
iu. '' ,nwny (,n,s ,ID nulct lane.
vns In tieuble, dMperntc trouble.
.. i., ' nu mm man and no nnin
tar. t18 In a ni,ccr sort of wny ffu
tillc "."U1" ue reiK1: te u nule
nburd'V' '"..,BU ",enp' ft ,'enc.1 ll!
Iniiiv i . '"" uul u"" " nbsureu ei
mil 'ntficht nnd Hymnnthy.
ItAZl San.n.?n wnB " r01"?1' diamond.
'..! ldlculeuH in his exponsiie
nti!.' "'." 1,lr8e diamond horseshoe
11 rlBllf nlnn .,J I... .. .. .
6ii h . r i':"lt """ 'lu un suirurc
!JW " he laid a hund ou the For Fer
?', A1.11" fr'H arm.
.vWh hear what It is. old bev! I
?n . t "? t,ew, en 3ur luck e
'..'Ji Mt (, "u you. I biippehi
!Tnlency )y t,lfi Cllt f Joer teit
BV.J"10W ,ln'"ed well it can't be
1 1 i . J0U ,uscr ,oelt ,lt iM
T&Fortiine Hunter lauithed reushly.
vT" nu a wninniiV" m ...!,.. ..1
riUrtlmc!.i',e' fl,lrry' n ""'
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'"'fj tniinnn ,.i...t.i 1.1.. n... ....
"I il..,.. ii"'-ii inn uiii into a
'V,,rnwi' '"It Whlstle.
'''V.en't'i'r.!'1 ,M " e tte.nl...
'MuLJh'iV""1 "'" hni e jeu
'M It V Iho Bu''l N".' who deemi't
most nt once, of course! I did mv best
te fiml out nil about the real Smith,
but it was difficult. Then there nan n
ivemnn in Londen, and she wrote, nnd
I hed te open the letter. Sha was a
sport in hop own way she hMned me
for a consideration." Iliq voice ivu.i
bitter.
"Meney?" the ether man asked
bluntly.
"Yes ten thousand pounds. I don't
blame her she had te leek after her
self, and she told me mere than I could
ever have found out from any one else.
The fellow iveb rich, but a swine
Up h dead, nnd Oed knows I'm net
imlginir him, but I'm no worse
than he was."
"And they still think you're the
man?"
l den t knew; sometimes I can't-
nn sure, inere s an uncle n decent old
Chun nnd the bev Temmy! a mean
spirited little devil. What. ere jeu star
tup nt?"
"Nethlns, I theucht I saw some one
in the hedge behind you. but I think
It was a horse in the field. Ge en."
Thc Fortune Hunter finished his
s-ferv; he fi'led In nil the details he
could remember, sparing himself noth neth
Inc. making the worst of hl own wise.
"And new she's heginnlne te distrust
me, he ended, with n mirthless laugh.
"Lately eiervthlrnr's roiie awrv, and
se I thought If I tried Indifference
lettine hrr think I didn't eare "
"When veu de care llke the vcrv
devil!" (lurry Cannen intercepted
shrewdlv.
The Fortune Hunter made no answer.
fJnrry laid a kindly hand en M arm.
"I suppose jeu want iny udvlce. eh
veu've told me se much, old son." lie
said trrniely. "Well, here It is ion
tell that Kill the truth! Tell her 'the
truth as inu'ie told it te me. and if she
inres a tinker's cune about jeu "
The Fortune Hunter shook his
fileiid's hand nwnv.
"I can't -mv fJed, I can't! Te tell
her I'm u finud nnd n liar
it's impe-sihle. I tell jeu I
lan't de it."
There wns n profound silence, then
Gnrn rnnueii snld drjly.
"Well I don't pretend te under
tnnd wenien soed women, nt legist'
I ii t if I were jeu, tliet's what I'd
de The ether way xeur nuj
sounds lerv cruel, and that's my
opinion. It mlRlit break her heart te
tind jeu're net the utiKel she seems te
think jeu are, hut I'm net se sure!
Women like a man with a splec of thc
blackguard nheut him hut ifs n hun
died te one It's Knlns te brenk her heart
if ion let her think jeu'ie had enough
of her."
He smoothed a crense in one of tin
ery new gloves, frowning homily,
thru he broke out again: "Yeu're n
lielieier In luck! Yeu're ahvajs
lammed that fact down my threat ever
since we llrnt met. Well, whv don't
leu belleve ieur luck will held new?
I belleve it wilU Stick it, old
hey! Stick it out, and something will
turn up ; but don't go en In your way !
It's a rotten trick te let a girl think
jeu're fed up with her: it hurts 'em
mera tlinn an) thing else getn their
pride en the raw. se te speuk."
The Fortune Hunter shook his head
"Mj luck's down and out." hn said,
"and it's all I deserve. Thunks fur
listening te my whining, nil the Mime,
Lut the best thing jeu can de in te for
get it. I knew I can trust you, any
ii a v."
"Yeu can!" said flurry Cannen olo elo ole
n.uent)y. He fumbled in one of (lie
many pockets of hlu expcnslie over
coat, and produced a card.
"The address en there will always
find me if jeu want a hnl," he said.
"And it it's money that iilll help
Uy the way. hew did you pay
the woman off? Th ene w)e wrote
from Londen.
The Fortune Hunter flushed.
"I lini i ew ed two thousand, nml sent
her that There's u fortune uniting
for me te spend If only I'd get the
puck, but somehow eien I &tlek nt
that."
"Well, jeu knew iihcre te ceme if
tneiiey'a going te help you out."
CONTINUED MONDAY
p . .
The young lady across the way
sajs their coal dealer seems te be
Mich a nice man and she is sure
ei cry ten he sells contains thc full
1300 pounds.
EXTRA SPECIAL OPERA GLASSES
By FONTAINE FOX
5e -CHAT
frit fen aeY
vHe HAS Te sit
ir4 TrtiS te
SCAT CAK SC
SeHtfHlHG
of YH&
SHev
SCflOOL DAYS
pt$ v ew lfe KAHg A p wenAN
PETEYThe Shocking Stocking
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& cTA WMtr HBrlfci KHEjalT -' '
By C. A. Voight
MYMAEL,
NWHAnTHE IDfA,
1HC Clcr, V1CAW-
'LOOWtlJ STn"UillL
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OH .These are1
3U&TTHETH1K16 pep
VHtVllNTet?.
RPECIALt. lUlttS
SMOW J
GASOLINE ALLEY-
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Ihe snow is
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-A Thirty-Year Program
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CeLfRH AND dRAPePRUlT
ane Spinach but Ne Foeo-
reK. me WFCKS Awr iir
LOST JufeT SIX miM-P.i
ALL TMe EVEROSC
I'VE HAD FOR. A
Menth is wnwne
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By King
ive Cot Te me
Something Mere strcmueus
Something- Te Turn mm
sropee up calerics into
MOP-SCPOlWBft AND DEUELOP
Mf tXOORAsNCE
HOW IF I
Keep eh Dewer
THlS ElERf DAW
I'LL STILL BE
ABLE TO Oe
IT WHEN
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