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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,
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W-H&t&S.
fHE GVMPSTcll it te Murphy
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fiflBSJ
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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SOMEBODY'S STENOGWhat Will She De With Her $3000?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. "We won't
telly." m: Ull(1 1,a "in be ll
.UO 1 latO liHll . 'IV..r., .. ...1.1 .!!.
.Illrlfllltf !... ' .. V ..uuilll.v fftlllj 1VIIII
Ki ni,n'l,n"l,0,1 r MieuM think his
ant." ' JtU" bCl'" Jcl'y Impor Imper
Vhea Af H...JI
Win iiir . ilaiu'"ii came into tne
PliDlelfiV. JV-'' euu "is with quick
w!"m!t,?JlOB,ai,?,to,evcry ene' J'n
J' u tiuia smilingly. "I lest ray
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