,,,L-..'I.A... . ffi.n't , , ,.--,, t.'f """, ip '.fey.r., rti t Tff? FORTUNE HUNTER x By RUDY M. AYRES Auther of "The Bacheler Husband," "The One Unwanted," etc. - Copyright 61 Wheeler Syndicate, Ine. 1 THIS BEGINS THE STOHV yi0 eniJ woil-feeMntf but out of utfe. Fortune Hunter runs acrem dead man's body near the Thames. 9rMiaS a csiitMnaflen of etrcumttaneen Itattumta dead man's Identity of jIm Rmllh encl In levt telth Ann Ol"Sl e a"tf C". remain! ieiet te Smith In w vearshe hed been i2 X Mnfrle MefffAtier. rente, ff 0 JflMMn' tM'l' .efirw ',' ttHth Yntmttiii the time of their marrlaae U In Vulhe'ee. The rertwe Hunter itieaU J 0 rlah Oeefirv Petter, e, rejected sVltsr. Anne discovers the pteture of ZZ.ii.e wornen. ste.xed "trente." and be-. iiSia "distressed, Hhe I 0. mercenary 1 d. tut flh wrfeln amount e tmrt Bhiiavs the Kill Ueee the secret it he paw her a larae sum of money. 7, he it leaving her ht la seen by oeof eeof oeef tii roller, winy threetena the Fortune Winter Mllh thla UnowUdee en hit re JiMi te Aune's house. Her nuardian In slits en lending him money for IS Hied, line etttntee. and t Mi relieves Aim cow iinine rente's claim. th Fortune SJSlJr discovers the real Smith, Uid UlSas Anne, hit heir, se he It reaVu rob MV Mr. Anne's iunnltan and fenle, Sh" MK reeegnletd him as the slraneer ttilde the dead man's bedu, de te J.on J.en J.on den 01 "Hiflu." After a ouerrelictth 5 the Fortune Hunter mf Qarrv Cmnen. a reuah iltamend of hit wa SiWiteWi v-te offers te help flint. , AND HERB IT CONTINUES train did Anne tell yeu1, Jehn ? nnd we nre net bicssed with n very Reed, vlce te Hommerten. I had te chnnge at Slough nnd wait there for n cntartcr of nn hour.." Anne looked nt him steadily. "Did Mr. Fernte come back with ren?" she naked. Mr. IIardlnz'11 face- changed nnd his iimlle faded. "Pernie did you nay, my dear?" he asked uncertainly. "I saw him re Inte the station with you this roernlne, after you left ud en the reed." Anne wild quietly. Mr. Harding shrugged hit) shoulders. "Ah, yea, te be sure; 00 he dldl We travecd tip together. Net often Fernie gees 'te Londen, is It? Why, he was telling me that he hasn't been in a rail way train for I forget hew muny month." "Did he ceme back with you, tee?" iiiniu pcmiBicu quieuy, -wen, jes, as you ask me, we did come down together," Mr. Harding ad mitted reluctantly, "llut, my dear Anne why thin sudden interest in Fcr nlc?" ' "I nm net Interested," she answered.' "I hate him I don't trust him." "I think you rather flatter the man," the Fortune Hunter put in calmly. "He's a vicious old brute certainly, but I don't think he would be capahle of doing any ene much harm if It came te the point." Mr. Harding looked at him fharply. "Fernie Is a very shrewd man," he Haiti. "I have met a great rannv men of ma type during my wanderings," he ,',. "."fncy of generally all bark nnd no bite." "Yeu don't knew much about him. and I de," Temmy said. "And I slieu'dn t care te make an enemy of him myself." The Fortune Hunter loeke'd across at tlie boy nmtiFcdly. "Wouldn't jeu? But, then, you're very young," he sela tolerantly. "New, making en enemy of Fernie' is just what I should thoroughly enjoy. As a mat ter of fnct, I am afraid I nm net a par ticular favorite of his already." And teii take my advice before ItV i,,, " ' " ",". " H cnc. Anne had .i-.7. r.nrrv Cannen ucnt dn. Im-''" TN ' ." .,",ui,t le wuc ." emner, !..!. "ttf it1iAn n ttr( wr i$A ,i 'n ,M 1 i'i lii lh siasad ji W-H&t&S. fHE GVMPSTcll it te Murphy 'V fiflBSJ 1- vi , fmfiimssn'fmR 4ifjOV'nVj ena of the best, but I X think 1 ehall have te get out of (lnrryD Cannen rubbed his chin re- 'Loek' hew, old seu, if you'd like me te stund by, I can hang ureuiul this Dlace. you knew," he said, Middcnh. "Un't there 11 local I can put up in,' Nobody need knew that we vc ever met befete, and you might want me before ' "if I de, I'll let you knew. No Ne no Don't you bother ubeut me I It's lltCn gOOU llf rw; Ju. ....... ..v t.MAv fitnnrH the car. "I don't ha f like leaving you." lid aid. reluctantly. The Fortune Hunt- AT laiigncn. II "I'oehi I can take care of myself. tt'he man hasn't been bem yf t who can hand me a wlilte tcamcr. oannen ml ed ruefully. "llut the woman?" he nbked, tentatively. The Fortune Hunter innde no reply nrcsslveiy. "he n n geed woman, tell her the truth, and you" can .cave A i l.AM I Tf VtAiJ (1 lull! 'lit! thA TPHL IU I1V4 em e w tin and her dark eves wen. nuimr ..ttnr.nu ni she looked from her undo te the J Iorlune Hunter. 1 An seen na dinner was ended she went ns -well. Jt doesn't matter what ,ou tell u ' ' - ""Z ! llCr. . ,..,. tO CO te the Fertunn Illlilter nn.l .n. ltdt the liortnne minicr inucu 10 mi- i,im ,.e !,.. .1 .:....." "" "" ,er.tand the logic of thoseMvords. Te Vhroetene h T. .and Tct-he'cSuW Ma unv nf thfnkinif. no jroed woman Li,, uu' J , ' r". , 0.1 'ew ce'd tt-euld understand the first impulse that l ' lJ"llf, Ld led him into this felly, or the great , hi B0 ueu ceulu fcll "P'"1" it te ci. 5-,0i ,da"Scr could be thrcatenin?? hhe felt lest in a mist of troubles nnd unrealities, T,"lt, enJy ,ie ,evcJ mc n I leve him! If only I ceu'd trust him!" ireni the window she saw iiim R0 out of the drawing-room window into the garden; she could hear him whist'Ing softly te himself as if he had net u care- in the world, and her heart hard ened. lie, nt any rate, wus net unhappy! Why, then, should she trouble herself it Tim- lii v t'L. 1 1 0 . ......!. mui( eiiu uau eeen loeasn te im- i.mnfntlen that had kcnt him there, Ime lmil made n coward of him. ivhltfh nothing else could have. done. Would bis lucK neia.' Was Oarry Cannen right In that, tee? He tried hard te think se, nt be watched his friend drive blenly away down the winding lane: but he felt mere lonely than ever before when the handsome car had disappeared and he steed there alone in the sunshine. Why had he net geno with Garry? What was the um of delnvins? The end v.'euld haye te be an ignominious 1 1 HOW'S VeUR OLD LEPT HIMO POOt? tee terrr leek se uci t fill WORHING- WHATS E MATTEL? 0U UOK UKE 0D'D LOST A POLLAR. ANP RUHC A NICKEL- 3C lM m HOW 8 nE LAlV M? VOU DIDN'T HWE ANY LOVERS 3)AEL t)0 XO) .' MASBE HOV) H&X. PlANd PRO? TH WAHPViJiCHlET7 MP ME OR.OPPO T FOR SOME OtMCR CiOK- TVUrS ALL. WGKt- OVJU- GET 3E0 TO T- TOU'U- QET NALL09 SOME' PAV UKE TWO PeeifiHT TRA1HS COWMG TOOETHER.- TOU HNVEN T Ht& AHYTHIWG VE.T- - . - 1 jV m. . fHr W 1 ! ..wrw O.. sjlw hwrP a t M mSe lssW 'Wr " Al TISJ ilv aVh eh Ves- 'M THROOGH OUT THERE, - ITS ALU CC?Ll YUTH ME- SEE T ALL MOW- mUmh.&iliiifrilltiWI 1 J yfa OH VE5- VeuV?E TrtftefeH TOtfRE AWFUL MAD AReWY NOU- -00 8T LET HER RING UP AH THE PHONE AUt V0V'LL BE aONG TMtRE LIKE A FIRE ENOItJC Herse- and viMtH m GtT THERE YOU'LL GO DOWH OH teDfc V.HEES AWL062N6 EOR HE. nxvT'KKe. iew SJ SOMEBODY'S STENOGWhat Will She De With Her $3000? -t . 10S? b Xubft I.eC r f per 1 (V' ' ' ij xf i' OH .y,j . v i . - H0"Oft x cia Z?y Hauiuard a HE POOR OLO WOMAAI WHOAA "CAM BFRIEAjDEt f. AMt WHO DIEJ3 AWQ LEFT HER 3000 .started Something! OU? HEROJAJE FEELS SHE. 4S 5&MEBODY M THE. WORLD IOW 5 ' EDITORS OF SOCIAL "BLUE BOOKS PLFASE AIOTICE . ViHAT IMTHE MORLb CAJi SHE DO WTH SO MUCH'bOUH T COAfSERVATrvE ; PLAIN CAR WITH A-'fiOOD EAGE DREAM CAR EvAifilAlE MOT SO 3oet. BUT LOOKS - -OH BOY I WHICH. DO rfcU THfAlK'CAM' VeuLb 6UY ? . Jit .-r SHE MifiHT BUV A TITLE. fygW J PEAiOERS- BLACK 1 A Vjy &srnimnM-s a in i "" .' i, or h" wi'B nAdnHEepsi . - "'v n r ' ALLTHe deserts SHEGATi EAT. SHE COULD 'SUV TrtfS OCM COAL - OR THIS AAaiV DfAW0j05 OR KEEP IT HJ HER STOCKfiA(. "'OR PALA BEACH? . ")00 ? The Yeung Lady Acrose the Way I THE T00SEHV1LLE TROLLEY P FONTAINE FOX SCHOOL DAYS Coht'e Tomorrow "J :- li'j DWiQ flight sooner or later, unletj.. an Garrj aClne that treuble was lurking anywhere had said, the luck still he'd! llut the aieund. j litnunci uumcr weuiu nec nnve uccn . uui i-nn rmiiri .eih.. n .w.n,i ei.. even faintly optimistic if he had glanced I tried te rend, but hr thoughts wan- te wJiere tne sloping nanu tnat nor- i ciercu away and vveuld net be controlled teed the read was topped by thick She tried te de neme needlework but buahe. for Temmy had been standing I after the first few stitches she khi 't thcre for the last quarter of nn hour, i up in dwpair nnd, risliig restlessly, she his thin face peaked with cunning nnd went downstairs again. Temmy was his whole body htrained te catch what crossing the hall, the two men had been saying. And. I "(.'onto out with me, Temmy." Anne said, rather nitceualy. "itV surh n J though much of their conversation had escaped him, be had neard enough te Kive him thu gist of the story and te confirm the vague suspicions that had tlwnuy sprung up in his twisted mind. The fortune Hunter was a fraud! fhe man who had died se tragically lely iilcht: lut'H L-e fiir ii mie miiif Temmy btopped utid looked up nt he'r. frowning. "I can't I want fe ,peak te Vncle Clem. AVhere'u Jehn? Why don't ou ee with hlrnV" IT., if, Ii.., I rui.i nu l1. in the weeds thut day was the real i did net nnswer, he added hIj'j : "(Jet Jehn Smith, his sistcr'n lever, and tired of each ether ulrcady, eh?" this man had taken his place. Without any real reason ter it. he 'lated the fortune Hunter; pcrhapi his was the kind of warped nature that lad no love for anv one. net even hlu bister. A fraud I An imnoster! Ilia whole hed 7 shook with excitement ris lit- laeuched there behind the bushci, wait- Inn. f(M ,IA U'AtllA llltnlA. I .nll. a.. u, lui b.U AUibUIIU AAUIliVi vu WUIU uu funi i out or sight down the read 14 is presently he dragged himself bnck story, e the illake. He called at Leng End , i wan along Ihp Jottage as he passed, but tlieru was no i J ford lane and inswer te his knock, nnd when he tried ft wa" ' ,,he r?'l1- th ntcb he fniinil Ihnl- h.. ilnne nc Cfir Blld IlL Said ecked, and a man par.sing alone the S?mlth was the man who hud died in l-ead outside called te him that fernie thf weeds hat afternoon, jeu remem-1 d Kone te Londen en the tnernlne I btr.' lie said that he d taken his placu , from, . uuu inui. iiiiuu uuu Kvri one inuugui Temmy stared! It wan an iinuennl-, ', .was t";' real chap. Ile said that f thing for Fernie te go far beyond the i lie " P'ajcd a fine trick en ua all, hood heod hoed onndarics of Hemerten. I winked us. " He stepped te get 'Gone te Londen!" he echoed nls "ream, out .ur. iiannug enewed ilanltly. no surprise; he just listened with n Vta T we i,im mAchf I it.. .,... iit. faintly nmutcd smile that Loomed te ng te Mr. HenVng en the platferiu exasperate the boy, for he broke out Then the train came in." , again excitedly : "Oh!" said Temmy blankly. He felt i ") iuiiimeu wns: twiy don't uappeintcu. 'rnis meant that for the '"r ra """" . "y.. " nuuu. x 'resent there was nobody in whom he J''1,1 J(IU." eh'ii cennae his dcewry. no w a Ked back home dlsfonselatcb , nd encountered the fortune Hunter at he gardn gate. It s charurteriKlli' of hint that lie nrtiit,! mv.. L .lA.ii.. e i-i n ....,. (,nu hi irivnui uinmuii ine limn i raotie ruin he hoped te encompass. I 'Hulle ! Tepplns morning, isn't It?" I "lopping," the Fortune Hunter un-. TTtred absently ; then he stepped und llrner) "II.. .1, ...... t 'i .1.. .. -.... iV ma wnjr, 1 luunu iue , "Vmi knew' Tlipn MlfineZ:?-?:' my I hl-a ty? " Why dil."t Tem' n r" a haT?. hhem- nn,,,..' Wh, l,,e you let, it g Iie'h net Jehn Smith ut all IilV net the lunn we think Iir in 1 tell you." Mr. Harding speke then, with a cynical tmlle. ".Mj iIimi" buy, ull tlii 1 is no news heuld gren In friendly fashion the man , '". ", ... V!.- liwi ' " ' mw., .ib ilUMII VI WUIIl ever his teal nume h canm te the la use." Temmy's mouth fell open ; he gasped in amazement. "Ven knew I Then why did seu let 1 j 011 tell Anne? Temmy h,.m.,i ,yu ,.,,, wnr una you i 11 go en f Phanks awfully.' I'll ceme nnlfeTchL., ' , 2 'T "?li?. ,t.?A .Mm i iwi i " i""." '""''"" ' .': iiib imj ine tnrlune Ilunttr walked en te He lniichcd at tilt! nniri r in her t'nw and limped en te the stud). He llUt Ills lieml ruuml tln tlnnr nn.l seeing Mr. Harding there alone, went in, snuttmg tne deer carefully behind him; then he gnve an excited rush across the room. "Uncle, I've get something te tell you. I've found out something eoino eeino eoine thing about Jehn." Hla oice was tremulous with excitement, hla thin He was lint nnite nnrrt In n" nivn face was flushed mind what he intended te e. for the Mr- Ha-ding looked up from his Jiemcnt the knowledge of the rctenge PUP"; , . . jing te uis nana was nil sumcieut; he , "v".,11""u "'"" !unn llcl" ue' lUKKed It In hlin lis 11 mlir hum 1,1. iUR UOW he asked IlldUlgently. ;old, gloating ever it. rejoicing in it Temmy poured out an in.-eherent inn. tLia mernnPETEYHs Up in the Air Again Jeun wus talKlng te I quietly. "I knew if he wus ghen suf L-l.0 l'.. and 'lemniy steed leek- the .ml. and already be is ileirnr it nutt.. t mm, iiu leetn t't uiuuilh eyei ,,0U- nn.l llmill. IVn.l., I. in, ,i V"l.ll. ,k,, I,,,., .,,! I'.Tiiiln ,.,., I ....I 1.1... V i , .. I.t'l.l .11. .11 .,,v. J .iu,i 1,1 lKIHl I 111111 It ue n. n! W'V:'"X'li;.a!t !'p ". ''.' '...wuIWnK auay f mil, 'wii ii'ii V i : . tMn 1,0''V l,t u,n ""' ,,""M "ltn in tin. " I 1 I 1 " 1 li ISIIflVl I I I I 1111 I III! a. ...li . . ..-.. ' ' LA.. - . . . I " IH'Wlll I 1111 L UltL-litUllJI. .;V .uu i urn -mid hetore ery long, Uu deii't nn-i'ii - ' lVrnli. ducn't iimm uuu in' luurucreM aim did him in.- 'lettimy gasped. t M'llte se bad us thut, " Mr. Ti, .. f. , . . hnLs uinner iin( souniied .:""". '"? nouse ui-iore .nr. liardtnc "urneairem I.emlun. Hnnllng unswerfd. "The man diid of ill' nnii,A I. l.nh,i.l.-..i ., .... 'i.-. .ti.. ..ii. . . . , I ,?5 "' the ,l11' tliN se-called Jehn took his letters and "w wirri i ni Jul , mv dear," he ! "e-st rase, und npriaient l.v lhi-re win I lest the train I intended sufficient evidence in thorn te nl'ew him te carry en his gnnie vouiterlubly for a ituiL', nut new I tninic wn've get Im ver thnteughly! I ihink lie- lni reached the end or his tethir." "And Anne v dues knew?" Mr. Hurding'a fae i-le .dcd. "Peer Anne I ue she has no iuuti at least, i uellcve net. Thut a the treuble, Temmy I'm uiru'd when alie Knows, it will break her heart." Temmy said, 'Tooh! there's plenty of ether fish in the ecu." "Your sister waited for this man or the man nli bcMrves him te be ten years," Mr. Hurtling unswered. sorrowful!) . , PIILl.... ..... Itul . II ,. . xiirie wiui n nine tnuiet', melt lie put down his pupcr and arose. "Net u word of this te any ene, Teiumj. lulml! I'm net elng te ei . the man a chance te net uwut iih im.ili us he came, Hn'i: an Imposter, and he's get te pay. jie a uau u geed run for ills money." v mill Poleglied. " taicn immn ii..u ,1,.. ....... .., r 111!. lJ V. . ' "" ,"" BWI'fc fcUIIUI 1 "jnee tonight." i e hurried upstairs, and Anne went ".J0 the dining-room. ni Vllll''tlm,l'cnslenii of the morn mern morn r.Mvre tt wlt1' ll0r' u"l Bhe was i rainli cehf lei,u f something con- Sha 1irt !..,) ...i, . . . lAt dftu.T, . '. I.' u,,u worried as she Ihl i?0,i' i0, ,tn,b e- Qml white frock r"' were uililml tn i.t.- ,iiin. .... 8ct t4 UOIIIUIU muuui- aid tn y 'Vl" en,y "ht com 'n." f-he ?an Vl or,un' "'inter. 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