'irifr 'W?WWrWy3twvg$iv J- ?W'Wffii KVENIKG PUBLIC IDOBR-PHIIiADEIfHIA, FBIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1922 THE MYSTERY GIRL A Fascinating Romanes) et Baffling Plot and T Striking Lev Intireit By CAROLYN WELLS Cetvrieht, ! ' WH Cemaam. 1rielUtd ty dtf mfe. 5THE GVMP8 Bring en the Liens, Let Them Rear By Sidney Smith THIS BEGINS THE BTOItY Sf.i. Waring, newly elected te the Jitdeiicii of Corinth College, e IfKrtW Sew England seat , 0 Ki.i.. him. n cultured ieMeu. e iVi "10 icni " a murderer 1 frttrrt hOS come anim ina.,... XififlHrM en accewil 0 ter reil Em. J Aer at a fro party Waring had let a cup crash te the mdner The ncxi merninp tiuyt, no ffl'f... nucr. is missing. Gorden 3Lickuoed. Ur. Warutq's secretary, 'Z.....;.. h Detective Morten, comes 1..J.. ik tteuth's susnlcien. The doctor's stickpin and a large sum of fIC UUIiiUI a f(UMOKvi,ivr i..j.-. l,.,I.m nnrf j.. fi fiORiDr a nuHetMuiiri unt Bticn, her niece, xcxth whom Pinky Pavnc, Jw. a'c; ncpAcu', ' iJ rxamiMcrK TAr 101H, in ' 11... tt rm4 tm ft ilttnn nrt ! 1MJ 1 1 mho ueiifvtf'U( rem 1 t'c next i.... tl'nniie ilisliLcd. IS the vnum ;.., ..,. !..., 11. cl, Hiss AUtun '' murrfer. 1.V0 iCKB 'r CONTINUES Mystery Girt Is Quizzed - ffrJ hcaiu nun leciure, you miuw. i 1 Tell 1110 what li the 'he news?" ,h "He's dead." Mrs. Adorns spoke X iluntlv en purpose. She bad felt In w vague v;nv that this strange person, ", his Mlsi Mystery, hed mere interest r. ii-..l.. il,nn uhn nilmlttnd. 1111(1 r: he landlady was determined te find if Te her own satisfnctlen she did find rat, for the fjlrl almost felntcd. She tt lldn't quite l08e coiiHCleusnrss; Indeed, '! t was net no much a f.ilnt na ttiich . I desperate effort te regain her poise F hut it unnerved her. 1 "New, new. SUss Austin, why de 4 ou take it se hard? He was n strnnser e ou, wasn't he?" - ''Ves yes, of course, he was.' 7 "Whv ere ou r.e disturbed tlien.' - "He'wni such n such n fine. 5 nan " the girl's stifled sob? impeded h ur speech. '" "Well, somebody hilled him." At that Miss Austin seemed turned stone. "Killed uim . sne wmspercu, accent of terror. ... "Yes or ehe he killed himself they len't feel sure." Mrs. Adams, ence mbnrked en the narrative, told nil she new et the circumstances, unii in me citlnK rccltnl nlmest torcet te waivn e effect of the telc en her listener. Tinf im effect was net entirely tin- eted. At the pnrtiy open deer, ma :ei Ailmnn steed. p.ivcsdreinilnB. but ith a kindly, nnxleus leek en his face bat boded no ill te any one. XnA se noticed thnt the Klrl'd nttcn- lllen was wandering. She was pitifully Twhlte, her face drown nnrt scared, ami K .I.a nlelrT.nrl ,. ttlt n Ktlrcf nf terveiw fury, "Step! please step! Leare the loom, won't eit?" It wns net n command, but nn nsen- feed entienty. Mrs. Adams fairly Llamped, and nlnimed as well as of fended, she rose n.icl started ter me Boer, only te meet her husband entcr- r"fi'e down stairs, K'-ther," he suld, l!!iriely, "I want te speak te Miss Aus tin tnjsclf. Stnrlns nt one, then nt the ether, nnd QjJitterly routed u." tins unucneviiuie nun rmi niinirs. .iirs. jiuiiiii i:iii. nul Old Salt closed the room deer, and rchiiinfwl t the trninh tnr rlrl. .i,)'"-l kv fc"1- " e. INl tJU "Miss Austin." he said kindly, "I hi Ike jeu, T want te help you but I ' jiM nlt you te explain yourself a lit -!t le. 'I be people in my heuc call you i e IKs Mystery. Why nrc you here' J Vhy arc you In Corinth nt nllV" ,p; Fer ii moment the cirl seemed about ifj e respond te his kindly, Rcntle attitude riv ind address. Then, something stayed li :er, and she let her levely fa c liarden e a stony Manliness, ns she icplied, j 'It Is a bit intrusive, but I've no ren np,i en net te tell. I am nn urt student, J"' nd t tame here te paint New Hug- 5nd winter scenery." iny "Unve jeu done much?" i" "I hncn't been here quite n week P.': et and I've been picking out aallablc 'p,; Its and for two days I've had a ti Bid." et "Hew did you get cold?" The voice ' b kind, but it had n definltf note, iu 8 if desirous of nn accurate unswer. ', 8 ' Miss Mystery looked nt him. ,; I "Hew docs any one get cold?" she al tld. trtln? te Hmlie: "ncrhnns slttlne ,u,dt a draft perhaps by meuns of a Dm srm. It is almost well new." .jl,j "Perhaps by walking in the snow hey nd getting one's feet wet," Mr. Adams "J eggested, nnd the girl turned fright Bed c;cs en him. tort "Don't," she breathed; "Mr. Adams, i en'tl" w Her voice was piteous; her eyes 1m f,i bred him te step torturing her. te i "Why, what's the harnv In my say se?J5 i that?" he went en, inexorably. . 0ni 'Veu wouldn't go anywhere that you mm 'euldn't want known, would you, Miss T Jystery?" int. He spoke the last two words in a ! d neanlnjr way, nnd the great dark eyes wj 'iced him with the leek of n stag nt I (01 '(, ue i Then attain by a desperate effort the J 'M recovered herself nnd snid coldly; , "I'leuse speak plainly, Mr. Adnms. fiti i there n special meaning In your (-M'" (rerds'i" t "There Is. Miss Austin. Perhnps I i-JiLJave no rlclit te nsk veu whv. but I uionje ak you If you went ever te Dr. ' "partnc s house late In the evening night i dVfere last?" em a .lununy nlcht. de you mean?' Mls Mystery controlled her voice, i ner hands were clenched nnd her et tapped the fleer in her stifled ex-tement. Ment Ne; of course. I did net go ever ji ncre at niRht. I was there in the ,dmin tternoen with Mrs. Hates und Mr. LOU 'sync." 'f "I Knew that. And you then met at, i r. Wuring for the first time?" .mj 'I-or the first Umc." She spoke with i lewncast face. .pn 'The first time in your life?" The first tlme in my life." nut If iw' Ier a ,atfment carried its own denial nrj; Mt one seemed te. The long dark u ,".hf,R1 Ml en the white cheeks. The iii sic lips nulvrrcd, and if Anttn Austin tii 1 1 n utl,flng deepest perjury she mt. 'J1."' have shown no mere convincing 'iSJi yQnQ" '' falsehood. cmwJ Tf' 01(' Salt looked nt her beneve- l!,n,', 'lc aij H0 young, se small, mono and se mysterious. 1 can t lnnki vnn nut." tin nlinnk liU room he was in was se securely locked that they had te break In. hew could It be the work of of another?'1 "Well, Miss Austin, as they found a bad wound In the man's neck, just tinder his right ear, a wound that pro duced Instant unconeciousness and al most instant death, nnd as no weapon of any sort could be found In the room, new ceum u have been suicide" . "Which would you rather think lt?' the strange girl asked, looking gravely at him. "Well, te me I'm an old-fashioned chap suicide always suggests coward ice, and Dec Waring was no coward, thnt I'll swear!" "Ne, be was net " "Hew de you knew?" Miss Mystery started at the sudden question. "I heard him lecture, you knew," she returned ; "and, tee, I saw htm In his home Sunday afternoon and he bccmea n nne man a nne man." "Well, Miss Austin," Old Salt rose te go, "I'm free te confess yeu're n mystery te me. I consider myself n fair Judge of men yes, nnd of women, hut when a slip of a girl like you nets se strnnge, I can t make it out. isew, I happen te knew " lie paused at the panic-stricken leek en her face, nnd lamely concluded : "Neer mind I won't tell." With which cryptic remark he went nwnv. "Well, what you been saying te her?" demanded his ncerleved sneuse. as the Adamses met in their own little I sitting-room. "Why, iiethlmr," Old Salt replied, nnd his troubled eyes looked nt her pleadingly. "I don't think she's wrnnr. Esther." "Well, I de. And maybe a whole, let wrong. Why, Snltenctnll. Miss Hai umi vnya she. saw Miss Atittln traipsing across the field late Sunday night." "She didn't! 1 don't believe n word pf it! She's n meddling old maid n snooping busj body!" "Theie. new. von enrrv en llke that because jou're nfreid we will discover something wrong about Miss Mystery." "Loek here, n6thrr," Adams spoke sternly; "you vemembeT she's a yeun? girl, without anybody te stand up for her, hereabouts. New, you knew what a ivjunerj a tew werdi can kick up. And we don't want that peer child s natne touched by a breath of idle gossip that Isn't true. 1 don't believe Liza llnscem saw her out en Sunday night! I don't even believe she thought she did!" "Well, I believe it. Liza Hascom's no feel " "Hhe's wer.e, she's a knave! And she hates Miss Austin, nnd she'd say nnytbing, true or fnLse, te harm the girl." "Rut, Salt, she says r.lie caw Miss Austin, nil In her fur cent nnd cap, Ke'tng cresa lets te the Waring house Sunday evcnlng late." "Can she Dreve It?" "I don't knew about that. But nlie saw her.'' "Hew does she knew it wns Mls Austin? It might have been somebody who looked like her." "Yeu knew theso footprints." "The .Tnp's?" "Yeu cun't say they're the .lap'. Mis Ha'jcem says they're the Austin girl' " "Esther!" Old SnltenMall Adams rose In hi wrnth. "you ought te be ashamed of yourself te let that glrl'h nnnui get into the Wuring matter at nil. Even if pIie did go out Sunday night. If Miss Hnscem did sp her, you keep still about it. If thnt girl's wrong it'll be discovered without our help. If she ln't. we must net be the ones te bring iter into notice." "She couldn't be be Implicntcd could she, Salt?" "N'e!" lit- thundered. "Esther, you aMeiind me. That Hnscem woman has turned your brain. She s a viper, that e what she is!" He stormed out of the room, nnd getting Inte Ills great coat, tramped down te the village. "-- . 1 II HI W , nyn a.x' 6er wet. vtrttcvt e Z. - -. 1 4 ONV. NOV 7 AM tC M MVt.TM iM Wt 0MtKtf kMb(Ut l im x v IMJl.JMi Ur liltO MO MdWH AHO WtU LOH VVM1H Ht 6tf TMttt T&0-7 ' i TME OWIM TIME SOO'tV. tyt VtA 0 HM H KN ,8TKR'S Te BNOe-' y WELL WMKT V0 SOU THINK OF TWAT OUT HStltM& Mt AHP (irx IAS Mt EWOXiM VV.V. AMt 10M MIKA RKGCEO l IH tll ' SOMEBODY'S STENOGThe Sacrifice of "VemuT Ileglstered U. B. Ftent Offle By Hay ward AOVM REAtEWBER, THE BAAitXT CrilEP IS 60 DIPPY OVER MB HE'S AS BUAJB AS A BAT. MHEH HE HOLDS MX HAAID AAIi I RE3m TO 5IM6 TO HIM , T&D IO ROW I JHE CAR IS JUST BELOW THE. -STREAM. TOU CAA4 AAAKfc II. IHJfi. I WOtfKTl r 1 E. v? "ts MT PRlCa-I Win- Sl6T0Tiu-BU'r T6e MUST SZH& THOSE. OTHER MEM AWAY SO WE WILL BB AUOAlE. AYliARLIMfif MY BCOWM &Yte HeTCAKB' I'LU SEA10 IH EM FAR Away en A fakb tR(?AMt ' ' I Ok. 1 - ' ' A" 1 . 1' vUTl li vi I u-M r. qcsai . 'BTr'' rSmsS v u- y e- msh. r r 'i wwmB & OH i-Ort $S Let Us ply . J mtA" "m ii!Kr "",x vE'r?E -S4FE,MARY-Bt)TDH,R0OR "VEiUS" BACl THERE ! WE -MUST HURRY AA10 SEAJb HELP TO HER ! -N r (gF fffur-Slj l&s J fjfi yfy T Wj STi-v a. e wi a. Oryffiu. ir. t u. uift The Yeung Lady Acress the Way :ST, ildfW IMIl 'f!K.a(1' "n,,t I'1 for Jeu, Mlbs Austin. "'len i 1' 1"! ll,'JK(,u "unless I find out nut "f'mv?"L,ll"? (lcn"lte against jeu. 1 feel "V'tlS. g.t ,0 tfl' Ju tlmt joti've enemies ,. nn uiu gin ioekcii up surprised, TOll'ln ..n.l 1-. I.. !.,.. I ' j irW li """'u rill'lllll-l III HUH IIUUM'. 'srK,U wonder the way jeu've acted! L.i Vi :. v"" v 'uu uu ciiuiiiiiiy aim r!Mi like?" .ul.,.,!!nmy? Hoelnble?, With whom?" I' llll nil tlin linni.ilni-a '1'li.i.n'u ""Ig I.OL'kwmiil lUiu' nml lln.re'ti ;? 'Mer " '..'?.9LlM' lH' I knew. I will Mr. aia ftAluems I j (PV In lin innrn Knnl.il.ln as te te Ur. W urine whv dd ,mm kill himself?" Mill OlUfl ,rtii ifecli !k m.?. n t,TMi?.li1,fciult ,'c'l her narrowly. "We ,iMp'.,rn0M ,l",t i10 dld'" h l,can' .!, rTi e Bud(w"d "and If tbut A Leve Letter Gorden Lockwood was in his room. Tliit wns much te the annoyance of Cnllie. the impatient chambermaid, who wanted te get her wen; done. Leck weed win himself impatient te get ever te the Waring house, for he had much te de with the mass of In coming mail and the nccessury inter views with rcpeiters and ether cnllcrs. Yet he tarried, In his pleasant bed room nt Mrs. Adams', his deer securely locked, nnd his own attitude one of stupefaction. Fer the hundredth time he reread the crumpled paper thnt be had taken from the study waitebakct under the very neee of Detective Morten. Had thnt sleuth been a little mere worthy of his profession he never would have allowed the narciacea inert. And new thnt Lockwood hd tt he scarce knew what te de with it. And truly it was an astonishing mis sive. Fer it read thus! "My Darling Anltn: "At the first glance of your brown eyes this afternoon love wns born In my heart. Life is worth living with you in the world ! And yet " That was nil. The unfinished letter had been crumpled into a ball nnd thrown in the basket. Had another been started and completed? Had Anita Austin received it nnd wns that why she kept te her room for two days? Wns she n he hnted the word! n vamp? Had she secretly become ac quainted with Jehn Waring during her presence In Corinth, nnd had se charmed him thnt he wrote te her thus? Or had they known each ether before? What n mystery : There was net the slightest doubt of the writing. Lockwood knew it as well as he knew his own. And en top of nil the ether scraps in tne waste basket it murt have been the last mis sive the dead man wrote or, rather, thn lnst hn threw nwar. This meant he bad been writing it en the Sunday evening. Then. Leck weed reasoned, knowing the routine, It he had written another; which he com pleted and addressed, it would, In natural course, have been put with the letters for the mail, nnd would have been posted by Ite thnt next morning. What an oversight, never te have asked Ite about that matter. It was an inviolable custom for the butler te take nil letters laid en a certain small table nnd put them in the pillar box early In the morning. Had Ite done this? It must be in quired into. Hut far mere absorbing was the ac tual letter before him. Hew could It be possible that Jehn Waring, the dig nified scholar, the confirmed bachelor, should have loved this mystery girl? Yet, even as he formulated the ques tion, Gorden Lockwood knew the an swer. He knew that from his own point of view It would net be Ira possible or even difficult for any man with two eyes In his head te love that fascinating, enchanting personality. And ns he pondered he knew that he loved her himself. Yes, he had loved her almost fiem the moment he first saw her. Certainly from the tlme he bat behind her at the lecture and counted the queer llttle ball fringes in the buck of her dainty gown. These fringes! Lockwood gave a groan us u sudden thought came te him. continukiTtemoruow " jjSi ii - CM I ,,t..ll-.lh, Aunt Eppic Hegg, the Fatteat Weman in Three Counties By Fontaine Fex "iHCY HAVC POT OP a-new Sigm Beard em that vacamt ueT ahe Hev Aunt Eppie cawt use. Tne. sh5!cet At4Y MQRgy ..f-v. &&??::. i TT vi,HiWi!l'U I I ' mj " ; "t . - t. C VT1 1 :. y(A - ' -V'S 1 &.' rffc?$ The young lady hcress the way says she understands Henry Ferd has assembling plants in many of the larger cities und alie think it's n very geed thing for the empleyes te get together socially once in n while and perhaps hear a lecture or some geed music. N r--r r-m 't LoTefoo(y V iT i ,ir.. . . -v if 1t. ? SCHOOL DAYS 1JJ1L I r VXX1? II p rT.i' Z tfyK- V 'iWf& W unQ sii-s AHEM MOOM, ), JiAWj&tJJfamA? il WfHT PETEYSIie Should Werry Y- HOMY tJE fstr 1?liHT vjThw J (SS ( AMr WMfflMfflm 4 HOW AUfA)T XO i 5wcbTfai?TL j j By C. A. Voight et-tn? i Dem't kheu i'm a 'Bit seuremsK AUeuTtfWUCHULmWG. 5 Pese S&MrtODN Mii- Ieek MeFef1- OOMC HlrJD OF 3AMK-7 J TVVai? YT (-t Svrv!fj' -0MVWQj?rV VEIfS0DV KMOWS lRCt?C, AlKfT MO VEIEPWAUVB J AT?WWO were! y fr) Jc0V S I Jl lst faivTV-fc C4 Ve'e GASOLINE ALLEY Oh! That Being the Case a AHOTHeft RJHNM THING- Mfti. 6lOOM WK COINO Tb 1U gCA SH0R6 - SHE? SA.IO. 1 WAS K HAtXN STARTED ON W WCAT10N (la SHE VUA& BACK. OuiTZlHC J RACMtL COME HOte, HONEI ? mt vi n vBfeg - "0j X ANO I UNDERSTAND SW6 SPENT A LOT OF TfAtE CETDNG- IN STieONO- UJTTH SKEEZtV - CANDV, IC6 CREAM, Playthings- and even uantge T& TAK HIIA Ridihe' (,M AWFUUT fiLAO YOU'Re BACK.N SMOCKS! WASN'T I A CHUMP I Wt'RE SvCH OuD FRIENDS STftANCe ABOUT THS THtNGS J -y-y Nem ' y Se Didi Cqiis 73r- L4 , -i i is By DWIG By King
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