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By JOHN HUNTER
CeruriaM, mil, bu the McCUire Xticspancr Humiliate
...! WHO IN THE KTORV
leiclfrt l.i the world's u.
t. :: -ij iif ii-ii ri
fi'fc VBsS hamhimt. with noert lm
fwl.TniiTWrilwv "c " " li)nlrcl.
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rt'rAL e,i. tivf Audi'",' P
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? .Vfi'wnii. 0 ci lilf W Inimrnliinit
HI JmBiiyiWM 0 eilWomello $etvttt
KrtlA- ril I'-ftiM:' li'Me H tell tit
Jn Unhappy Marrlsje
LOUD CO.M-l'i-'' n "'uriiuge
iru In 01 position te tlic wlshe of
ihrtitlrw mid when hi wife failed
Blind proved their objections well
M his wrath knew no bounds. It
rtVhe sensation of the day that, a -?ith
he I""1 l,pen Clvt-n the custody
Wdiwhter. he had 1ef11sc.1l It. my
K child was tainted with her
bleed, nnd 110 women none 01
THE GUMPS Pasteboard Pastry
By Siitey Smith
M the
V.I.,..',
P'"" pi.i then en. a lonely. dlsll
htiiincd m'. '" "4" w"'"'" the
Hf"1' ... . . .,
All till I enemnce nrcm 111011501 01,
.Jmrcli mere, which win net known
the general newspaper-reading pub
!c for he. Constance Hrent. htid once
in Onetiinre Lady connwgten.
She tiff'd her bend nnd Mtidied her
rejection In the miner. A Hiim-rb
ninin, wince hnir was 11 pile if jet.
Heram! fllky. frumlnj a faee nt benn
Hful md feldly rhiseled ns that of the
mlucd Venus.
She rrtthlictl the neupn)er with nr
tcus Hiizci-h. nnd touted It petulantly
U the fleer.
'1011 tool. ner iiiiiiiBiiiH jrcri'd ill
Wr "Yeu inint navn neeu nuniDercii
tith the grriitcst. And lnttrml
She looked round her. Instead, she
nn the Urns (.'.ub. the Mnnrtext thlnu
( hii klml In town. Centtniu-p Hrent
reflected. She hnd nethlnc te be nslmiu
tl of In 1I1N product of her strlvlnns
ilncc her reuppearanrp In the world.
Ittfr lie jearH 01 reiircmcnr wnicn
kid followed en her divorce. Play wnc
ilifx ReIiir en at the club: but It
is di'crrci pin.v. nvcr.v jenr sav
the jei'lal ftiinilard or tnc memuerd
raised. . , .
her.! oniiingten uau peme nemc.
Cens-tnnce Hrent tejed Idly with .1
ami. Minpplm.' Its teeth off phert nt
the base in her abstraction. He kail
me home en the same day lis his
faughter had returned from nbread.
The itlrl hnd linldied her education In
France, nnd, in the company of Con Cen
nnce nrent's elder sister. Kiln, had
nude n tour of some of the mere in
Wresting icserts in Kurepe, nnd was
new ivturnlng with all her life before
btr.
Her life! Constance Hrent wondered
tipiely nbeut It. Audrey knew nnthln:
dl life. She did net knew the. Identity
of her fn.her. nor bow her mother
tamed uer llvlnj;. Mic theiiclit her
father dead, mid that her mother hnd
tome rwlncss in town. Fer the only
leme Audrey knew wn the cettaRp nt
Knerithnlt te which Censtnnce fled as
te a sane miry when the light be. nine
ten ftreiiK for hop.
The fntlier and the daughter hnd come
tttHher! Constance Hrent nv an omen
0 It. nhe who was n cumblcr born.
II friflitencd her.
"If the World Rell ny!"
A low hum of conversation rose te
the carved cil: celllnc. freni which
cantlngly concealed lamps shed n soft
lilht ever the lone room, en the few
choice pli'turcs en the paneled walls.
and en tne throng of people who com
Mined the ilientele of the fashionable
Erei Club.
Constance IJient. i-tundlne for a 1110-
aent outside In the corridor, surveyed
them. They litted In with their sur
reundings; well-dressed men, wonder-
till women; ami en them all was writ
ten the hallmark of taste and caste.
Silrred out of her usunl calm by the
rerifrunli in the newsnaner. feellnc
tbe "dread of something unknown
rtretchlng out toward her. she felt
m mat moment that she hated them,
for flie inlclit hnve been one of them.
Instead of one with them. The subtle
mUcrencp made her wince as she up
predated tt.
fehc milked into the room, nnd each
of them greeted her after his or her
kind. AineiiK them she w.is the srn srn
dena, cas.v woman of the world, jet en
thin night sh(. knew- 1 1111 1 her musk of
eM placidity hid a self tortured with
regrets nnd indefinable fears.
"Ilarkness s h town. I saw him
Ug lnernlns In I'iccuillllv." Tbe sneak-
let addrC4iri! thn t.mm.inv f-niinpnllv.
Ibut nnl Cfinstiince answered.
lie Is? Her tone was Indifferent.
Jt Mie was Interesleil In the news
lore than the cared te admit. She
Md thought the Kres rid of llnrkness,
md new he had come back.
A little period of chatter followed,
and the lier.nle hncMiu in rlUt-rttiiitn
them'ebes nbeut the arlnus tables.
four of the men made their way te
a fllsCrpM li.itvn,.s.l.i...1 .!.. 1..M..I.
.,''"" MII1UMII I.IMII .,111,4.
M te an inner room. Had the police
known of the nlnv which went en In
that rOOln Kl'nu inf.),, leit'i, Cimil It.
Wlf In contact with ihn lnw.
(Onftnilcr. illrl lii.l ,,l,iv Sftin fi.lt
Iteo restless mrntullv te' lie nlilc te
Ice-ncentrnte en n cnnie of skill.
And then llnrkness arrived.
lie Whs I11111111 rnl nt n In 1111 nvnnttiir
It, and CunstHiice, us she went for
rd te meet him. wondered whether
IIS Ulldenlnhlv linn.lsfinie iinneftiMinrn
wpe led or uttriated her.
Halle:" ie said. "I thought jteu
Ma left us." She nilRht ulme.Ht have
Men exnressliif -uii
lierknn(.u ......v. .i. 1 i I
1 . ; .' ' ""HIM int' uiriliilllK uiiii.-i
.. S if'' !'per('h ""d smiled. "Net
Kit I he dllV nf mil,. flnlH.e.in..A It. I
lef)' far nun'v. Ymi ..imi.1.1 i.,, l.,,l
I' iee me. Aren't jeu KelnR te ask I
done'" ' 1UU ,n,e"' !""1 wl"" ' l,aV(
'Are i,.n .1 : ..
.1 , , , .'"HI IHIYCIK Ml 1111 1'l'f -.1 iiik I
"tfn: t nnvtuncp eyed him leldly. I
Mi, 1 "lan ,u,s daiisereiih they cuile.i I
.Sir wl'dest Riunester in Knland
wdtlinnc, K),P might wink nt the IiIkIi 1
... V" " W(,i" en In the little room
iered In- im i,..i. .1 11....1. .,...,..
-- " ' " Iltllf.,- 11,1111 . till IIIIVPi
"." (Ollstanl thrnnf t.i llm Knfelv .if
f Kres. "
"Ml IIIMM.I .1 , ... ".
.,1. 'I."""i' mi' itiiiu.i.s iiui'icniiiiK,
'" iiurkiie 1T1..1CA i- .i
"' lllmnlnatlne.''
, ''e nil.led till
iTOI Hum
"It Is net unfe. Already there have
been rtnnniN nnd things said. Tt.b.-u
four In there new me only boys. After
nil, jeu ere net unaware of ttie repu
tation you bold."
"Yeu nre net, nf course, InstnuatliiR
that I de net play straight?" Theru
wns n quiet niennce In Ilnrkrits.V voice
wbleli chilled Constance despite her ex
perience ei tnc world.
"Yeu would net be 11 member of the
Kres If you played crooked," she eald
stcndllv. "It is ndt that, nnd ye,.
knew It. It Is merely that your p'jy
if tee much for the ordinary player,
lour stakes are tee high. Kuppe...:
jeu went In there and wen heavily."
"HiippeH I did? Tt would nil be
fair."
"I knew. Hut if you wen n lergi
Mini, one of thete etlici's,. or two. or
even nil of them would lee It. Thev
would be In debt they nre only boy.
-11111I theie might be troub.e. Tnc
I'-res could net ceuntennnc.e the possi
bility of such trouble. After all, 1
pnin my living by this dub. 1 don't
want It shut up. '
"Why de jeu say nil this te meV
De jeu rcnlit! that you nre perileuslj
iicnr nccusins me of being a card
shorn?" "I am doing nothing of the kind.
Hut I remember young Kllfnne. Yeu
wyn money ftem htm which diii net be
long te him. Thank heaven. It wasn't
here that you did It!"
Ifnrkncss Interrupted her. "Vbr I te
knew thnt Kllfnne wiih a potential
thief? At any' rate. Kllfane escaped
tlm consequences of what he thoroughly
deserved."
"Only because, somebody saw him
through. Who wns it? De you knew?"
"I neither knew nor care." nnswcreil
IlnrknesM shortly. "Kxeusc me. won't
you? I'm going through te the room."
Up left her. and, with 11 feeling of
utter helplessness, she saw htu tall, lithe
figure innlsh through the forbidden
deer,"
The four men nt the table looked up
from their game it was poker as
Hnrknci closed the deer behind him,
nnd nodded.
"Helle, Temmy:" llnrkness ad
dressed a youngster with almost color
less hair, who fingered his cards nerv
ously, and whoe eyes were slightly
strained. "Aren't you doing well?"
"Dropped 11 couple or Hundred.
ueiiiti you care te sit in mj plnce?"
"Ne hurry, old son. When you'
reaiiy, If the ethers lire agreeable.
The four men played en and llnrkness
wntehed them. He knew their game
nnd their methods te u nicety, nnd he
could almost tell, by their betting,
the exact strength of each of their
hands. At last tbe fair boy get te his
feet.
"I'm through for tonight." be said.
"Yeu fellows have cleaned mi- out."
Te Harkness he ndded: "I'm the only
loser. These three beggars have split
my cash between them. If you want
te piny, take my seat."
llnrkness sat down nnd n fresh pack
of enrds wna produced. The fair boy
left the room. Constance stepped him
as he made his way ucrers the bril
liantly lighted outer chamber.
"Is llnrkness playing?' she asked
quietly.
"Yes, I've given him my place."
"Are their playing high?"
"Fairish. Hut as I came out I heard
Darkness suggesting no limit. Mere
feel him. Carteret. Devenlsh and Hel Hel
eon are in luck tonight. They'll clean
out Darkness just ns Dippy Jenes
cleaned him out nt Kpsem, If he's net
careful."
Constance considered for n moment.
"I'll give them a. little while by them
selves, nnd then I'll ke inside. Must
jeu go new, Temmy?"
The boy nodded. "I must. I'm a
rotten gambler. Never have any luck."
Fer n moment Constance felt an Im
pulse te tell him net te come ngain.
but slip restrained It. and bent down
the sjinpathy which threatened te over
come the cold reason born of her years
of pxperienpe in running the Kres.
After all. sP mt te IIvp. nnd this boy
bore 11 great name, a name which wns
n key te the Innermost circles of (lint
elusive strntum of humanity called "so
ciety." Hesldes, he was safe. There
could never be any danger where he was
concerned.
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FAMILY STUFF
By FONTAINE FOX
SCHOOL DAYS
By DWIO
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List iii- llieiiKii it were
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rnn ,i .1 , '"xhiKH, "mi inr imiirii
K" nlhlcs.s iind hard. "Why! I
'but ever - U, V"1 J'AiU
CnnShinin t.i, 1 u i,.i ,,
(Oni.,i. '" "' ' " ' iinii.ncMi ill"
r,u'tCl1 .'T!- A1wii. he hiul been
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iTenr ,0""(',1 H'wnrd the Iml.ccever::!
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new tncre
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I Hots f ,"'' J 1 en- was hip tunc'
1. 'lf. drhnnie in the uucMluu.
,r l,(l' leiikiil Harkiiess urnUl.t
dl.iT..r.' ."I would Prefer It If ,0,:
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Kliml,. " nun in nil, sue Mini
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A Wild rtunger
Hut llnrkness. The very name of the
man wii. accepted ns being synonymous
with ihe wildest plunging, the most
rccklcs actions. Any place of which
he was an liabitiie must be open te sus.
plcien.
Meanwhile In a room with the nntp
raised te n high figure, anil llnrkness
betting en his hands in sums which
rather appalled his young opponents,
play was going forward briskly. Hark
nrss wen, hand after hand.
Kxccpt for the curt utterances which
notified the raising of his stake he al
wnjh gambled in silence: cold, keen,
with swift, supple hands and unread
able ejes. Thev tried te read his
thoughts and fulled, lie bluffed them
te surrender en useless hands, and
when they attempted te 1 all bK bluff
they found him holding powerful com
binations. Constance came Inte the room after 11
couple of hours' play, and for some
time she steed watching the ipmrtpr
with eyes in which her anxiety showed
clearly.
At last Carteret get te his feet. His
face was very white and his tongue
licked nevrnusly at his lips. "I'm
through." be said, with nn obvious ef
fort. "I've lest heavily."
"Hard luck." Harkncss might have
been lemniPiitinc 011 the result of a
cricket match. "De you fellows wish
te iilay 011V"
Devenlsh eyed Helten, and the latter
shook his head, "I've had about
enough." he confessed.
Hiiiknrsj. looked leiind nt them, nnd
Cem tame tried te read ihe expression
in his ejes. Then lie steed up.
"All right. Cm mijtj the luck went
nil mj way. I'll give jeu fellow your
rPVPince next time e meet. (Soed
night!"
He lert tliem iitiruptiy. nnd as he
went Helten turned te Constance and
said: "De you knew that Harkncss bus
wen ever two thousand pounds';"
"Over two thousand pounds!" Con
stance echoed the sum. "Who has let
it 11IIV"
Devenish glanced at Helten ngnn.
nnd Carteret said: "I've lest nearly
. eiiht hundred. Anil im! liflp me ! 1
I The exclamation was mere lllumlnar-
1 Ing than any words. Constance tend 1
, the story of Carteret's thoughts in las.
I fine and In that staccato sentence.
j "I must see Hnrkiipss!" she e' 1
claimed huirlcdly. "Walt a moment:"
! She hurried from the room, but when
I slip reached the hall Harkncss hnd al- ,
ready left. She turned back with a
I dreadful feeling of sickness nt her
.heart. It was always the same..
Wherever this man went he left a trail .
of waste and unhiippliiess, 11 blight sucii '
I ns seemed te rest en his own life. What I
J would happen te Carteret? Constance;
I knew something of Carteret's family, 1
! old. Impoverished, proud Wlnit
, could hut happen te lilui V
1 And Hnrkuchs had done It, Haikncs.s
whose life viis nothing lint a. inudd.v.
wandering truck across l( wilderness or
, iccklcss deeds, Harkne.is! She wMied
site had never mei the man. mid tliauke.J
(oil for the rercsjgiir wnicn had sciii
Audrey te school 011 the Continent, uud
kept her uwiiy. fieni this life and such !
men as Hurkiicbs. I
CONTINUKDTOMORnOW I
The young lndj aeret-s the way
says age will get even Jack Dcmp
sey In time nnd the dny will pftmc
when be won't be able te take the
count.
W V if ' "f': 't?$ r'eR DAD THAT SiSTfiR eVeR-
' HAO SKeTHEl? PUT iM TMAT
JertC PisTAMCE CALL Te TALK Te HiS
Vj weeTHeAr ivhe has geajg awav Fer rue .summcR.
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MS m THC OTHErt day. Vew
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