PJW5sW" Ti" v.riiv 5ft. i - ''! TO r rt res' t I'ftV . I HB.r.v ,", '.fi' J. ilfiVll '.1M ii., . r:, .. - , , j v KJO! . J fiflI FWiV t ti TftiE MYSTERY GIRL . '" J-Mn l?emne of BatMnj Net ni Throbbing Lev. Infrtit w""T-. ; .-.. J , ,.1, itu. te J. JW"" tv" -jCfH""" Btriatltii Hi Ltiatr Sundttat; THE GUMPSCut Yeunelfa Piece of Cake X,Sh-'5 'tZuii.v HATE. M,mi "" & 5Ue. MM momiern. . "- - 6ealiO' bnA WA1M rtlttinl uetd te r- tun flWA'i1!. .. tut cleten e 1t CICH """-- .t.. J. asiJSssfflftx p"' Oltl clevrr- ten, as Ut rtluMt au .4.1-... itlHIIM cv I'crre.v. " '""' avMtr 0 nt ih rneaaf (WW.Tblfiiri'XSffiSiwT. MM'reV. IParlne , 5 BPYS.:??a7L&r- 10 ttlffn w -"- ----- ;,y?nfl MM uifte keen a are tht town tfgjcfc M-isT. stIMtekina Ireal hetr of 7 ?iVKV. . Auiiftuifv. une 7ine 5 Si """'- rccn" .. i..i rrimn f,.tllnv,, ll'm w"'r.5n.c"u '""'V. r ",. IISTASTEFUIj ineiigii it w, v- .H'd " JrSUri the C, a the rag thnthnd last held HnVreat of Its owner', scholarly .,tnlH rtrtmnlAtnlv eh Tht, Cfimsen Plain .v.r..v- -,, "i .1,. t.i'itit. hut Lockweoa gazea i ' .- ,irAA1 naff a I." .jL". hi nM tn himself. "It end "drteetive could get anything m thl. There's that Stene. Mercer Smti raving ever I suppose he's Kt 'intrigue him and yet there fc !?. ; h? coiisldercd. If It should h tlie tide ngelnrt her -" hfll niLLTUUUIli Allien ii'i and Lockwood seized his B,ter t. again SlUns Anltn at the Adams house, Mid, "Listen, dear, jm ' . .n.thinff hut res or no, and then '.... lll iniilfrstand." 1'All rliht." came the reply. 'Tie just about come te the ron ren ron eon I'll get a clever detective and t him en the ease. I mean a real Ktlve in inct, i'n-umig mum.-. "Oh. no!" Aultn's voice was one of ter dismay. ilWli. nntt" "I I can't tell you this way! Yeu ij ti "Se I did. Well, here, I'll atls qucs nil. Don't you want me te de this; "Ne!" very emphatically. "You'd rather I weuldn t ? "Very much ratner. twiii you fear HI effects te. your- p.y- v -- "Tm "Iou are sure you're net evercstl- itinr the danger or ttiatr l"I am u." I'Then there's no mere te he bald. fced-by." ILockweod hung up the receiver nud. ned around te sec irasis lrewning ai the way you and Miss the devil around the "Se that's bitin whip no'-' "1'hat's the way," returned Leck- id, coolly. "ah rremlxd net te sec you alone this hew she keeps the letter of her vmlte and breaks it in spirit.'" "Uave her out of this. I called run, the did net call inc. , "All the same. New, I Rather from e interesting; tan; i evenicaru uiuc lis Austin deej net wluh te huvc mlng Stene take up this rase." "leu are at nuerty te guincr ally ing ion cheese." "Bee here, I.ockweod, jeu make u utake when 3011 tiy tu untngenlKC 1 d be a better friend te jeu than 1 enemy. ' "I've no reason . te want i en for Iher." Lockwood was by no means Ipertlnentj be merely wpoke lndif- tntiy. 'ltask noted this und went fflert suavelv : l"New, my dear I.ockweod, what I vpese te de new is te employ Hem ( Stene mvfielf.'' Lockwood was astounded. At firt I was glad, for he felt mut Htene We wire) the whole myMc-ry. 15ut. m, .uprese It Incriminated Anita, ineugn i-ocKweod was sure of her JlOCenCe. hp U':ic flinf nnnnrli .n in illie thnt hlb hiiretv iih larcelv Imi- uw of His affection for her. Huppesu one should prove her te he the eiluiw It COuldn'l nml tt H looked up te lind Trask smilinc wniy, "l'eu'vc the reputation of bcins of impgf8ive countenanre, Lockwood, t 19 me jour face is nH an enen r" ueweter. it h nniv hmii.. .... UP BMlllSt n llimrxilf nmMn. V.. let Stene te come, yet you're afraid L. 1 ou "iat -AIlM Austin Is It I'M nn . "- '"U'ilLJ",JBt: ' yOll'H N0 that. Bnv nM.n.nl CSl W?" KLh1" ulJ "Ti 1 1 it "'10 nunue. 1 ... ,.ru name nlene- Trask, or J ""en with you myself." leCL.httotellme nv , """" uene : i 1 nave. boy, and, by virtue of his general apti tude, for detective work and his titter devotion te Stenn, had become n worth while and much appreciated assistant. Net only did the lad leek after all details of theic. trips as '-well ha taking earn of the offices, but many times his Ingenious mind se stimulated or aided Htone's own that mere often than net tbey were practically colleagues. ThcJr had a compartment te them selves at the end of the car, and they were no" sooner started than Stene be gan te discuss the case with the boy. ; "I don't knew nil the details, of course," .he began, ''but It's a setting after myl,ewn heart." "Then I can guess it," put in the wIse.Flbsy. "Man found dead In sealed room." ., "You're a wizard I "What made you think of that?" ; " 'Cnuse that's the problem you like best, F. Stene. Wise tnc tip borne mere." "It's further interesting, because the victim is a great and geed man, in fact, the president-elect of the University of Corinth? "My I Somebody didn't want blm for president? That the idea?" "Apparently net. Nothing In the letter about that." "Who wrote the letter?" "The relative who inherits the whole estate.'' "He de the Jeb?" "Ne reason as yet te think be. But the criminal mustn't be guessed at. The point Is, the locked room." "Hew was the killing done?" "Stabbed. Ne weapon found and no way te get In or out of the locked room. Fine problem." "Yes if we don't find a tccret ptalr way or; n lying servant. Such cases generally fizzle out that way." "Fibs, you're n Bey Cassandra." "What's that?" Stene-explnlncd, for it was his habit te supplement MeOulre's very scant ed ucatien by,blt8 of information new and tncn. whorl time bcrvcd. "But, there's n queer clause in the nrrangement." Stene went en, "if we find the evidence lending in a certain direction, the chase is te cease." "That won't de." "Of course net, and I'll seen make that clear. But I can't think it will lend in the given direction ns that im plicates n young girl, and rarely Indeed, have I found a criminal answering te that description. " 'Tisn't usual but, you knew, F. Stene, since the war, girls are se in dependent aud se rocky thnt there's no telling what they'll de. Mc for the girl as a suspect." "Flbsy, you're a feel." "Ne, sir. I don't nilmit it. See here, sir, if they're se '-frald s'piclen will turn te that girl, there's reason for it. Y,et, as you can guess, if she didn't de it. they want her skirts en tirely cleared." "Pretty geed deduction se far. But we can't judge rationally until we knew the facts." The facts were told them, when, some hours later, they sat nlenc with Maurice Trask in the room where Jehn Waring breathed his last. "The Girl Contradicts Herself" "I'm a plain man," Trask said, for he didn't care te nose unduly before an astute detective. "I've come Inte this estate of my cousin's my second cousin, he was, and I started out with a firm determination te find the villain who killed him. ' But, there Is some cause for suspicion of the young lady I expect te marry. And here's the sit uation. If jeu can solve the mjbtery of Dr. Wnrlng denth. and free thnt girl from any taint of blame, go ahead. But If your investigation lends tu her step it. I want te mnrry her just the snme, whether she killed unybedy or net. But if she didn't de it, I want te knew it." "Can't you learn the truth from the young lady hereelf if she Is your uancee; ' asked stone. "Oh, she Bay? she didn't de it, of course. But there h such en ever whelming masV of evidence or, appar ent evidence against her, that's it s the yir'.r,i'c:A4w..'Tf ' 4.7l.(,'vt-"'.rcTfl'wx .jjy . rvjftr'w " v'A-'A'VW!-r3ii!a,ji'j'w7y,tf'''k.Tiwi' v.lt va lyeHncmzevwim ?mmm,mmfw:i' i . TMWMmntimw&mr v. ,$ ' i e" p r tKnt -iii u, j -' iw iiT4 '"'' w i ' IXl '"" ' " EVENING feUBtite" LEpRr-PfipBLPHIA, OMJESDAY, OOTOBEB 3, 192 "SeV,"'ienlJ,1'sl,PcnRaKe(1'" it A nVfi; . ce"cnei. wc are. anni" ' .rcff WU until later r te V,1 ..":'", l, x r".n "nswer for "hi v.. . .uwiaence. tfiV Vinh""5te' !". "J!"'' m. ! .j:"iu "bws.- ft, itw a7. i i, "P mJ nnu tr. X."" Hf ; nnd if .Wl7 I'l In 'rrVL D" , .W ..!S.. l&SS. P"ent-what SeT- frtS''u.?J.,,Ickwoed' bnen.v' J1 yu.w Being te get Mtbv;;vzrit rr else . i,ii. ' V..rmal . "at- i nk thifTn :'- -?.."' n it "" v'rr wnn Httme, a man- lure MIjYa u.in i i 'twe l)0tu Wlt U i.it ?.fan- I-et's be friend. h.n With Stene, nnrl l'i-... . ' l"ft .' " we can." . "I OJ1 HWe we can. we can. 0?'t mean Wbv man t0 K lve in ! " Is te cease iavntln. i' "..' ' "e mean thi. i e, fi id re,tmy1cfryIl "d c Anita ited t. : . lr he finds her im ' as Stene agree,' Tret, .l- . ,'Th;t,""uP.t minute. "T. "' "" a ji t lla i . "' r' ,Mfi!SMWr England... nff2,."fr". N U tt I""1 "le eeimruii.. Si itan anCd"yf0,r'inC tXtirl "M; """ " "W proper aea m..i rh...:r-"". emtim. ..n.. deepest sort of a mybtcry "Main facts first. Where was the hotly found?" , "In that desk chair, seated nt his desk, as he often was evenings. 1 lead ing in a Latin book, se you sec, he wnsn't looking for trouble." "Found dead in the morning? Been dead all night?" "Yes, te both these questions. And locked in his room. Had te break in." "And no weapon about?" "Net a sign of nny " "Then thnt cuts out nil suicide idea." "It does and It doesn't. Yeu may ns well say the looked up room cuts out all idea of a murder." "But it must be one or the ether. And Isn't It mere plnuslble te leek for some way that the murderer could have gene away and left the room locked, than te think up n way that the suicide could have disposed of this weapon?" "Yes, that's se, but I want you te Investigate both possibilities. Yeu see, if you could prove n suicide, that would frce Mis Austin nt once. "And if things go against her I want you te eh. hang it, it's hard te put Inte words " "I'll de that," said Flbsy, "if things go against Miss Austin, .you want Mr. Stene te frame up suicide, nnd de flare It the truth." "Exactly that." anil Trnsk InnlrrH relieved at the thought all his cards were en the table. "I don't want Miss Austin suspected, but I de want te knew If she's Innocent." "Any ether suspects?" asked Stene. Net definite ones. There's the Jnp Jnp Jnp nnose who absconded that same night, and of course, there's tire secretary, Gorden Lockwood. I'd like te suspect him, all right, nnd he has n round 6ilver penholder thnt jii'it tits the wound that killed Waring. But It doesn't leek like he did it. He never would have left the penholder In evidence, nnd he would have arranged matters te leek mere Hku sulclde. Then, tee, hew could he ieck me uoer bctilnd blm 7" ihat question must be answered first of all," said Stene. "I'll examine me room, et course, but after the local police and detectives have done that. I doubt If I find Anything enlightening. He far an I can see. this whole affair Is unique, and I think we will find some surprising cvidence and seen. Tell rae mero of this Miss Aubtln. Who is whe?" "Nobody knows. In fact, they call her Miss Mystery, because se little la known of her. She appeared here in terlnth from nowhere. She knew no one, and as she bjgnn te make ac quaintances somebody brought her ever here. She met Docter Waring, nnd Inside M twenty-four heura had se be-1 Witched him thnt ft wnillH c.m hn herl her visiting him in hla study late at night. She said at first, she wasn't here, but as she 19ft the Impress of her dress trimmings en thaj chair-back nnd eh 1 he linn a ruby pin and a let of money that were In the Docter's possession, It leeks, one might say. a bit queer." " Weren't the vnluablcs planted en her?" put In Flbsy. 'That's what she says or rather, that's one of the things she said, The lrl contradicts herself continually. .T0 MyB eue' tn'n oue day and uu- ether tht next." JHWtKa (WHY Otr Mt CVrAPVl6NNG IVMONG TAfc WOMEN OUCK tOO? FOR. VNbM- MtA.O NM4- GtE Matt tWH OU Mw, vaM&- mcm) VMeMbr?u. ev Loek- houe v Betr M furst ah H0 X TtOCT tAW.KEA&Efc UUBM OV XOVfcS ? r una wtXf wtu.- f rt m't uni U7ABtTH- tt "TOO WkVCNT (itW TO VOOMMt' VWW TIM FUE9- AW VOW XOVa 6!Jtt MMI. t 0 BECOMING- HOMt T)e Seu te, MtS. OUMireHA W THM MOH.'A? MlCt tExviu- cmtt- oevt uvtt YX M0t- W GOT SOOL Ci N00.tjCVE COMTVtXJOH- VOW LOOK 30 6UM6- IAM tOUeX MeTVEtnit VWH feUfc HV)X8HX THE OTME. HWt-'NOO LOOVcEJ) tKE W tXkUGHXEl.- H THt NWM. vaeaa) vsrme.7 ' M ANMfeLlfe- JOT tME KME &EAnfUL, ftFtUEfc, WOHTCRVUU GL.- kl NOU EYE. GeN6 TO 6ET MMlEt'? Wfc WW TALKIN& KSOOT HW TOE Nn SOUt MAKE- WOV) MMW0U'O MKE tOME rsELL,OU- MMsl fiJktte VOO WOOLt HEME. MARtlN BECAMXC wew we out oeot ENeubu FO OU - jC ''W ii,',mrmuBXBiir?.i cy-: 11 i 11 r"i jmi nvwmHOB uka' 1 , t l it -. ?"&lflwmRM , :jai :mmmmwm 'mXl 2E ' WEa, t GAfEt AXU? V FEAM VOt TO- at. Ctex TME VUOIAEM-S WOtt LL, fttGMT- TEH tOM,T CKE VVTCTHHC e0O1 MOtE FO. -0t EBY M. SOMEBODY'S STENOGHave Yeu Get One? 9K 1 J J nMHi zmmmsz ( HE' 3 6bLLV,ThA7 6iPLS HABIT OP ClEAiaj HEf? THROAT GETS AAV AJEJ?VES ON A . DAt"ZL6 r?A"Z7LE I Ctsyrtili. tm h ""WW Uifr Ot V n Heiflstered U. 1'atrnt OtTlce iiK' 7 HHHii JV (AHE.M) SAX MISS O'Ft-AfiE, ( A HEM ' ) -- 1 ? A LU rts a 6oet ThM6 OU G6T OMB ALLPSHT AllRi5ht 60TOME VAHAT'? TZ By Hay ward l v ll A HEM "TOO CAM 1 m LET IT DOWW.10W1 " THE .SKIRTS Af?E U3Ai6ER Se The Police, we't lx 6et Yeu .' " MM - r The Yeung Lady Acress the Way THE TOONERV1LLE TROLLEY By FONTAINEFOX The young lady ncress the way says thnt even if the coal strike had continued all winter we could have get through en coke. PETEY Precautions 'tf' S&? jflM tfAUD KeiOB fHeM 1VH1CH THt "tyy kc$? Uk&L -fcns can t sun stiurcHirtc ' SJkMEj?' AWAV feR 5HVIAU HILtS, IS OCCOPleJO V mbB&vP flY oue MAf fyirryf WMe 0BTS v .jAySkjBBr SeRt ABOUT THt WAV PtOfUt. CAUL UP SCHOOL DAYS s" -Seu Must Utr veiiy rAREFOLL IW"TPl5 NA0OD5 "THisTTMe et NFAW' IT'S ruit OF CAReiES HUKlTeWi - ' m fy (SHI GASOLINE ALLEYSlc 'Em, Walt! jSR' h wwbp wrtente. its 1 tone ew efez-jF& xJPMml&h v .i ) VAtMTCJeR. It ! L l0CMFTHt(;ViU JML gSL,ttUm T y fw W i T inOnffllJ Tr JiiiT nl lip i liyiBffJBI , llfeF !,Mi I WH ? H fK-3 LjHSmJ a -rmiBr mmrm. iett"r T I : : bS& Cty&fir. NfeHBftw AHD HOM'T EYPbsE Yourself "Toe Much auv TT-IILK'- IUaT Mrr t 13 GAME Te Thek. ) r' m Wi jLik jt By C. A. Veiaht AUD FrvE. "The le vr op mike' DOKlTCALU Me- 'Dea-R -TrVATi CSPECIAUX BAD-.' . f-"Hes( 7) )3)eAi2.- e ' vA OAeiVi- .- . jllIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllii Iilijlllllllll.l lllilj ',. , TS SOME OTVee 8.RD .S A IT I IVANT A BUT SwcLl BunchI ' W Tm v c - T f SBMOINO Er FLOWCRS IS HE? If OF YOUR NIFTIEST FLOWS- J t'Of f 'HANK .0u S-2 MUCH I V IWLL CAN PJ.AW M TriAT 7 HhtW-KWOW- R3R A LADV- fii Z " ThSE ARE TH , DON'T A1EN770M It V gAMB Teel , ' j SO AJAKB (T CLA fT 91 MOST BEAUTIFUU V'l 'J, ) -Vj j I llpi"" : r - C.' m FLewetes eve ever. vg. Blessem t ? iCtn7 KNEW COULO AtAKe 4.6NT& 1 m Kr "Hih. " .1 BfDWI . S 'V i . IwsvarS 'lilllllh I . nt I lie rcj. wcjjci:3.v. yrf .r Jen & fli-. M. -,' lijf Jl aefnj n IiIh I "k- ntlmnt
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers