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THE GUMPS Who's Afraid?
?7te Subconscious Courtship
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bre.U. TERVIKPS VUOOHfT HKVE, WtVtJTttt'WQ.
A,MT! MTL M?GMt? VU CEMD VS TVt)ftMt(,S,
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i mefern toenan' extraordinary icheme te keep tailor from intnfor intnfer
n ing with her lift it cW iii (A faicinattng novel
By BERT A RUCK
NOW WANG WVTaH M &Dr4'T SEE. WOUlfOO
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B)T OOWT tVC MC (MFtUEXce WOO- T)ON"V
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-WV.0U6M A)VTV VUrA HE tAKH STLU 6 A COHGSCSSftlW
60 INTO CONJRt V? NOU Ik-fttT WRM-
Auther of "The Wrong Mr. Wright," "The Arrant Itever," Ete.
Copurteht, lSSt, Oedtl, Stead A Ce,
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COURT UN&SS RLTACt' 41 tUBOUGU S
WHO'S WHO IN TI1K STORY
JLOVIM, M.PMS8TOXn. charm.
JM iriieic tche has tnhcrtteA r
'ffl'&W by relative, and
mi, "the want te upend her inenry,
?,e,1,.". ..i imiiI e mums fter or
fJK e mew ,w6nd or
'.i.Ce." (e end ejT "the fterplM,"
C,Ot
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iS'S&. rriPHV flAiaiWnAEL.
VcrtdWar veteran, man of personality.
tf...-r'A 'infill "H""""' '-
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"crZj,teYrche 1a Invented a eu
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,UROSUUARY Mi:AnOV8. Clever's
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fiawi.
"ifi .v;;.viieus, aunf. ., u,em.
Mrinifl Clever In advcrtity and ts "Funny?"
Z ,l irM orer
BAyitMt veunger
she imiit drown thctn by the tetind of
word.
"Quite like old times, isn't it?"
she exclaimed brightly. "IitiM night, T
mean, mid turning ull tlie lights dead
off nud tlie fuss nbeut leaving the
tiniest chink of window. Wern veu in
the raids?'
" here in Londen, yen mean?
"Oh, no. I forget. Yeu vera nbread."
( es, 1 was ubreitd '
In iinicli nc tinea, of course. "We
were in several ''
"Oil, were you 7"
" i....t it
ium i.ijtj- -nas so-se mnm ever
Tuuntr hh noed-natured cien, I V ! i . ,'. ""',nR VWiticnee, with
Ihuin'LewfthKmmaru. ,lm,t Q'"1 .lin, of ""tl-nlrrraft guns
juy m lete iciiw "01"fi" mi shrapnel dropping going en out-
daughter,
Mi?.'
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TJiIs Ijenclines
rtTpUN'O. Xe; H isn't n Chanel
JuifrerU us n matter of fact." Clever
nplied In a elce which te her unuey
ncc sounded strained nnd unnnturnl.
Yeu M' he- Slr Algernon guessed
Chanel," I theiipht it veuld keep him in
abetter umper te l" told lit' was quite
"I we. Tucttul of you.
"Chanel." volunteered Clever, "isn't
doing these thlny, tjcqulny kind of
frocks at all just new."
ch0 nMrly ndde.l, "ImaRinc your
Jnl, rill the frock:" Then i-eit-
....II.. .i,.. ilmiiffht it weuMn r (I
1 Vni fcJirt MAit ...!.1 il et .
I'll lintrMlii 1...u..tl.. . . .
...- ij'j uujuij- in me niR ua-e
bldl1. nilCll 0110 OHO Jllcllt She Imnnml
the card and jumped up and acrrumctl.
"Uv Jove, did hIie willy "
1 cs, but net beenuse of ibe guns
at ull." babbled the pirl whose band
was In bh, nnd whose mind wrestled
te keep down, down thoughts she
would net allow herself (e think.
"Xet iiiijthliiK te ile wltli the raid,
but just beenuf-e ihr'd neen a ineime
i run ucrew thu hltdieii hearth-ru:"
iteallyf A seeend later Cnr-
mlchael gnve the expected Inugh. Then esses
"you nren't catelilns cold, are ou?" ,
"Celli? nv, ,.
Celd? Oh. no,
'I theupht .miii were Milverlns."
On, no j net ut nil. thankt.. I nm
never cold, jeu knew. W-nsu't it
ijiih;iii. ,)i nuni. rosy, l mean.
SOMEBODY'S STENOGThe Kid's Clever
ltciristsred I
I'atent OfT.c
By Hayward
Ha-ha! its allrigkt
BET&Y YOU DOTUSE
YoeR EYs: HE ATE.
TH(?E& SERVtAiGS
JOF FRIED OAJIOAIS:
THAT P(?OVS HE AlAiT
QOrl TO SEE HEX 7bfl6fH
AiiVlliV WECAAIfin
TO THE ZftlOW AND
OT WORRW.
iri-ht t'ldnk J.e war, IryliiR te be JW huni.-d en, a.i;tbin,' te kerp
Yd niihnc uium ., tiilkins. for n-i Ieiil- n.x l,n l,.,.l in i,..t,i
. ; ... i.ira v il, evnvv Men vi e
tarUUI who ...... - .
iv the feeliiiR of straiiBOiiess rvew.
T?U' unV'my quiet in which the r
wMrrb tweuikIciJ 1 his loneliness
ThM attained the top of the llrt
illfhf the ikier that led en the one
md te Cleser's (Sold Salen, en tlie
Other te Carnilchncl's lted I'arler.
Here the niateh went out. The last
i,ateli! Uirknesa closed nbeut them
,ign. Thick eurtninii before the rtnir
r.i9 windows shut out even tlie pllin
wr there mifilit have bei'ii from the
hmp.s in titicn Street. All ni in
iclvct libK-knes.
"Xuiwinre." mmniured Carmlcli'iel.
"I)(! jeu think jeu can feel your way
Up.
"Oil, e-." t're f'luver In the velcn
Uch would net "come" quite natur
ally, but which wen.ed almost bre.itli
!w ai though she had elimbed ftishtB
dftNp stairs instend of these fewgrnd
ual ones. "I bave set bold of tlie rail,
thank you."
"IUght." lie foil ;i ftep behind, fol
lowing in the durknees. He was nwnre
of the breath an of rain-wet brier
'hat lleatml about her: alert te the
filnt lu'tle of In r garments, re mi
liinl; ft' lend-'. Time w.-a nI-
leatin: of liii in Jiv.it t. whiih
wenrlered that ilie girl didn't hear.
He ilid net knew that ,tlif girl's
nta heart was beating te that the
in turn wondered if he heard it.
Ter n deep-down fOt1-eonB':ieitPiiK
talking, for a-i long as he had te held
her hand, unything te Mop hwelf from
irciuuiiiig in inij, aimurd manner,
"se curious, the diffeient things that
lieeplc aru afraid of!" -
"Quite. Yes, quite, " agreed Oar
mlchael, In n tea-party tone of uike
nnd with an inward piayen that lliey
were nearly at her deer. He put out
liN hand te feel against the wall; bis
fingers explored the glass of a pic
ture, the melding of panel. "!
I knew a iiiiin who was always in a
blue funk of niethi, onre "
"Of moths': ' Clever took up frvrr
li.li!. "Imagine moths, soft little tint
terlng tbingi like that! T cheiil, nrvcr
be afraid of inetli!, or re kchniVrs, or
even bnt., theucli they nre Mippescd
te get into eiic'n hair, aren't tbe.v
1 don't think I've ewr ier felt ae
tunliy afraid of anj thing reallj "
"Here's your deer," Carmlcliacl said
aurtiptiy. I
An abruptly, he felt her hands drawn !
out of bis. I
Then he heard her voice, with a girl- !
Ish shake in it. "Yeu knew, ( bheuld j
never hnve known when- the miiin '
switch wnal" i
'! a space of imetlinr Jienrt-lieut
I... ili..nral.i .1 :..i.. t. .. i
"1P I else. i
,ll' If she had
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iiiiuui u nave niaiie all nif ililCr
ence'.' Aftcrwaid lie wondered ecr i
that. I
jiut almost, ininicjiiiieiy upon Her
Iiifet words canin her geed-night." In
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)S? pAIIFF-SAIIFP) 1 ALUFjlfiHT. SAMUEL?
tK-i VjfRh? AH . FR IED OAJlOAiS . -bssjJ Tf?UE , HtS DOWNSTAIRS
W, u T A6AIW TOA1I6HT : c- l U Atiw6 Alow SLfT- I
9 fVC4LEAC MS-TO (- I till 1
s i i sa l " i l i w. i tvw iiih BBiia rm.. u -. . a . .. .tz
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The Yeung Lady Acress the Way
fllE POWERFUL KATRIXKA
IJy FOMAIXK rex
hi come upon Clever Carmiehnel. She u voice suddenly remKi.-ed ugnln, and
vas, after all, only twenty-three, and I llsu,Jl
for all her assured airs of a woman I Ooed-niRht." he returned.
Mlio-erM. tJie wa-, as far r.- real-1 t fleer nhut softly.
Ity went, a- unteuchwl ns her iiap- i , SIl "I'' .""t turn the key. He knew
PT-reusm. Yet hh; was "iiiarrled." I I,at ' .cw 'h" ''"I '-t Imie te
Biiis mini following her upstairs! lu"1 "" up- ,
thretis-Ii the .liirktuw. was her "bus,-1. 'J Jvt wheeled about nnd. quietly,
rand." il was an absurd situation., I fp, l ,,ls w,,-v ,,,w" ""- '""''
01 ceuw. she pulled herself up quickly. ! "ia " " r"(,"v . . fi
!t ni lull, mr-llv "nlwiiril.'' lieennne . . .AlOnilllg After
it wnu net "a situation" at nil. It I A Ievf; !,,T"lr .,''' " ,in "llie1'
tnlnlit hai.nen in anv house that some- u'.1" '? "u Handing still. Jt must go
van new iles-
migui u:ip pen in anv nouse inae some- v., -,- - -- " i ,
thing went wrong with the electric light eiV,l?r f,"nV",d, or, 'V"1'
nmi thm i,n n,.in i.n.i tr. , i,..ir. nie (.nriulcltacl affair wm
fay up te their rooms in pitch black- 1,m?'1 t0 S" l:aV1;.ivurI,J- . . . ,
N, llut-against that Wnekns. Hew was this.' Having get te th
tin cu,.i i.. ... r'..,i..i,n..i' preinlMi.e lwint (for te nn.v onleok
fac, with his ejes fixed In the book , H t have se.nnwl preniiMng, Inning
loom, just before the light went out. i "'0' ,te thait point wh.i did it go back.'
n-i tthHii she hud known that i,0, h.viT. if rdie Mid been iisked iibent
at
ker
told mmi that it
man Mill iiiKt-i.'rJ
vm coin... In knv temi-llilm. i.. I,.... . , " '-'"'i oil. weumi inn
What had he been' going te ' J"' l",'"'i'- the jeuii;
.. ." ". h u oenni Inn ti
nere, iMiililenl. , anil as it .eeine(l " - "i'i" ......... . .
mh iiu .ibiunlug amount ..f noise i , ' '"' hiring tin ir daikMicI piegivhs
Ifr feet npped en the third fleer of t,,.,w." ""'ht f-w janN -t ri.ler. the
th UMiroem night. .t'"'1" i"1:"el,v;lu,j'- -;;11 'i'"1 .l,':n"1"1
"Uid miii fall'- V Tik. mv i, ,...i :fnr "'""Kh. lMirin-; that tiixsnl, llur
i.r,' , I v. . , ' ried cenversitkui about raids, mice,
jynt y-iu: (.anntchuel vigge-ted. ; b3ts ,, v.,mt el .,,,,,,1, veieP lllld
Hi8 eice was Htendy and -olerless ) rrPd excitedly within her, "He is go ge go
neush. Moie oelorle-v, In fact, than , ing te break the bargain. He is brink
tiwal. 1 1 1-3 hand felt for he;. Slif i Ins the bargain. Of .-ourse I could
M lilu. t; l.e it l.eeause fei. tlie inemeiit perfectly welllind my wnv upstnira and
lw Inekeil ptlf-possesMeii te sav, "Oh, j "long these corridors without being led i
no, thanks, don't trouble. I can man- Hl.n thi-j. He is breaking the liargain." i fe.
'J'he young lady across tlie way
snj5 (he monthly statement fieiii
the bank hardly ever agrem with
the stub.! in her checkbook, nnd
il'd strange hew the banks liiake
se many tulstakis.
VbUY f0MSHUy COT ACROSS THft ASM DUMP
VHCfc ''Ht PeWCRfOt. KATRIKKA C0UJ.D
CAO J.0TS Of THINGS Te TMKeW.
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PETEY Thinking Ahead or Twe
Hand m baud tliey went upstair's.
Carmieliail. throbbing te the touch of
n wa. vtru,.). i,y th fact that he
'U only bed that hand of
Hlce b-feie. Tlie first time had been
She was conscious of thinking Hit?.
I'liit she would net have been nblr. te
miuhse' this perfectly instinethn little
jump of jej that she felt beenue Harry
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h .. i arm.' inn i nun "il ii. i" '''.' i. .in. .i
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Then, as she undressed In her fcelt.
,,. , . I I, I'll, ua rnu iiieii vv. ... , .'.
tlie daiue. lit wmnlnerl 'tin." ,... .i. .i..t ii,.,,. .. .i,.
.l, , . " " ", liny mum, u,i i in: lueii. i.t...... . .i niv :
'men. there had net been nnether , street lamps through the windows from
wice the night ut thu Galleries.) The which Hhe pulled aside the curtain, ehu
wml time had been in church at Uieir felt distinctly chilled. She told lier
r .i J1R' ,lh'le lier serem' veie had re- self that she was very tired. I
rented ; "1, Clever, take thee, Harry1 There is mi exquisite poem which Is I
Armstrong " te have and te oenstnntb quefd by women. It was
i,wil apparently written lis a tribute te,
.uw, ter (he third time, there was women.
Unit- interim!... I "1 could net love thee, dcir, se much, I
'Hum show," lie thought te him- l,ecil I imt Hener mere- " j
f. "Tl'-s i, my wile. Thin U n.v "What." thinhs the wemiin thus ad; )
lles hund that I am holding; wo're diei-ed, "has ically put him off.'
!"ie, couldn't be mere alone in n vlr- "" "f,,1"1-, J'urm.u,V:,;! , ,,,!,".nft
1 tertwt en a detwrt island I'm Iiep " ''',,P telling blnibeU : "Ne 1 ceuldn t,
husband Butl-J. T reuWn't; I simply c..udn,t, terclng
What "was the geed' The resolution "nM u"en a bl,au' ful L,1!'M c1' rt
'hat bin! ,, . 1 1 V iJ80'""0" I whose salt ene s ciitlng en the condi cendi
ueBtJHtlmhL m fr that ,n" ! t."ii that one keeps oft'? Take udvnn-
Te lm. .v!, room ,wa.', new Konc' tageV One couldn't."
.. b0?'5 "''' this would have seemeil I ,w n the morning ther bad ceme
' "lenetj te le seized. He could , upon him the mood known te most men
"Wjine thir view of it. Yea. He knew in ml te fill women. Violent reaction!
Miat they'd de, and also what they Tim backward swing of the pendulum
.""WW think be v.nj. a feel for liii-. that has been Hung tee inr in a ter-
"S. Ibre he wan. within ,i .,,,,,', waul diiecllen .
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'each of hue. u,...' .-.,.. .1...' .i' ..i As lie dressed and dnmU his ceftee, bei
I Us life ' 'I'l.,. .V,rd. ... . .1 Iran evr in his mind the whole 01 the,
C Vh M U,?K 'l0T ' evening before, and beheld! It wn n
net cove, LnV'r b"tPOn ,,hm "l i iv bad Bliew. 'nireugh ull the diarm.
wt cover bpr beauty from him. ler tr nrninscmcnti, of Cleer's dinner.
gure could , plcturn
Ml lnW.TIvl Inm.l.,
it,A , """ e tieT-u 1.1111111 , jiiciurt!
iisf..u 'J nrms "irlnt her golden
fni'v dar, ,,eatl abe,f' "" hClllli-
-v.4 fcjiouieors, me une of her body.
clearly n if nhn walked up under
Ware of llBhtsj. He could even piivr
e expression of her i'nee: n lit
t S , . " littl expectant, Just fis
.mi. ,, ''wn Mev 'hnt light went
' He could almost feel hrr breath-"I.-
; could hear It.
mm k wa 80 MnsUtiiled that lie
Si- turn ft II,ero eelclcnt like the
SrV if Um "Bhtfl lnt0 ch""ce
Caniiichuel counted every bone of the
skeleton at that fenet. It wan nil a
put-up job. Sim had "played" Cox.
She had admitted her downright fib te
liim nbeut that frock. She had chosen
jier guests with the coldest calculation.
She had u"t mom aim ug.iinsi nnntner
as if she had been placing u game uf
elites. Stripped ut its glamour, what
had thai part. been.' Jcy-oeld busl
I ness. .
And lier attitutie toward win .' it
was no tise deluding himself with nny
Ideas of her being different there. She
lutein t come 11110 mui noexroom te
have a word with him, but te telephone
becnune another mnn hed left bis ciga
rette case. As for the walk upataini
In the drK meitningteMi. Mm nail
taken Ills linnu ns sne nitgiit nnve rnneu
the butler's., Her husband was just
'l,nn. : i. ... . . ' , ..H,.tlnlinl M,l.t .V tt. , llin in liim
i, 'Hi it l ever COtllil Iiiim, Meilied i,M ." ' .. . ' ." ' "
'It thein-lii l..- i.. '..'',". ' '"71"" ,.nM I ,in.ie!!e llrethers. I.t-ave t ut
emm5 L, im-i , ., " " . that. !' " "iar- wl'0". ''en'"?
" BeS, V, '"J5,"1"1'''1'."1",1 v."'", .l'.wi.siDirs at II.., unremautic hour of
'Dm ml , i ht'r''' ,'",li'' l""1 hnlf-pt 0. In. snw her In h hall,
''WBtlf r i T 0Vnn ,'"J"l;l1 h',ic '"''I , the whole alliiehphere was ehntificd,
t. , "fp'ly that there wan no cause i , hanired as eeiupletelv as lier own at-
. She rnllkl nnt tl,ll .,l.n .,.nu i ,1... inlin iinni n drnv nf Vllltted uill
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Mether chance might come
ffu -- Ul ims tir I'ei'lu
cne ,Tcn though still her li
Mj 1 ' "r,a ""'' unresisting,
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'of? tt hat ,vns th,!re ,0 lj" nfralillrltv
llieu-ht!1; 11?" theKhl-, her own
uuilb! She inut net lUiuk them, I
ud-gray ss her eye).
COXTJ.NUKO 'lUMOimOW
WAZ IHTROOIXEO TO YOO
Buee one evening
THEPG S A, MATTCR WHICH
BOTH WHICH t HAVE
ENDeAVOR'HQ TO GEE VOU JjiZpQ
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UJJJumuu n w QCTsH MUU HWHOOCT ' IT S FRIDAY BY MRS
4L!iWTHE FIPTEEHTH, HERe COMES HERMAm) CANCES.
i -n-tw irtw-g nu (.nnnSL r-OW A. A 0OlSCeftN,2
Vr. Getaway . BEEM
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MRS SlOSSOM MINTED TO MC THT
YOO MIGHT Be iMTr.WE.STED IN
ATTF.NDINO A CANONG CADEMV OP
WHICH. I AM THf. HCAD. ALL MOPCRM
V CANCES TAUCwr IN Six. LESSONS'
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