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the dark ships
TOES
By GLUYAS Will I AH
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HEX.
BY HULBERT rOOTMK
Tot further proof address the author, inelotmf a stamped ermloye tor rirty. Re. TJ. B. PtcL OIL
SYNOPSIS: Neill, resolute
voting federal agent, comes to
Baltimore to spend a week's va
cation with hie girl But thv
quarrel. Janet, who it tall, attrac
tive and independent, reuses to
break a dinner date with Pre.cott
Fanning. Angrily Neil! la 111 Fan
ning ti too old lot Janet, too flick
and spends too much money. Both
peetied, they part and Nell! eeU
out to check up on Fanning. He
intervlewi an acquaintance of
Fanning!, and a bellboy. Then a
trange little gray man, David
Eleter, iidlei up to talk evasively
about Fanning, calling him "a
devil to women."
Chapter Threa
Cocktail With Fanning
"IHATS Fanning' business
V ' here?" Neill pressed.
"I haven't been able to find out,"
laid Eyster. "After all. I'm only
one man and I can't let him get on
to me. But he's up to no good, you
can be sure of that"
"What' his record?"
Eyster shook hi head. 1 won't
tell you . . . yet"
. "Why can't we work together on
this?" asked Neill. "We both dis
trust the man and want to prevent
him doing any further harm. . , ."
"I don't care how much harm
he does," Eyster interrupted.
Neill looked at him In exaspera
tion. He seemed part madman,
part child and scarcely human.
Eyster moistened hi Hp. "The
rottenur he acts, the more fun it is
to watch him," he said of tly. "And
the more satisfactory hi finish
will be."
"What do you mean, hi finish?"
Eyster declined to explain. "I
like you, young man," he said with
a grin. "You won t let anytmng on,
but I can see that you nate mm. . .
I'll tell vou something." he sud
denly went on with a spurt of
venom. My hatred ot i anning l
all 1 live tor. Ana my ousiness,
Mint vou asked me about lust now,
Is to follow him around and watch
him and feed it. v
"Good God" muttered Neill.
"Whv?"
Evster turned cautious again
"I'm not going to tell you anything
more until I've tested you out," he
laid. 1 don t want my pians inter
fered with.
"What's going to be the end of
mis: asKea eui.
"The end mav be alow in com'
Ing," said Eyster, grinning, "but
it's certain I"
Neill looked at him, wondering
how to deal with such a cracK-pot.
"Do you know about hi yacht?"
liked Eyster.
Here was a bit of real informs
Hon. "No. What yacht?'
"He has just bought a yacht
called the Nadji. I can't figure
what he wants a yacht for.
"Won't it be difficult for you to
follow him If he goes off on a
yacht?" suggested Neill, fishing.
"I have made my arrange
ments," said Eyster grinning.
"Where's the yacht lyingf '
"At the City pier, foot of Broad
aray." Eyster got up abruptly.
"Have you ever seen Fanning?"
he asked.
"No."
"Well, here he comes. I'll leave
rou."
Over The Bar '
FOLLOWING the direction ot
Eyster's glance, Neill saw a tall,
dark, handsome man coming in
from the street At first glance he
scarcely looked the 39 years he
confessed to, but as he came closer
Neil judged him about five years
more than that He was in the pink
of condition with a skin a fresh
as a baby's. Hi black eye were
et close together, giving him a
foxy look; they were the kind of
eyes that turn continually and
overlook nothing. A hard face, but
rendered superficially attractive
by a good-natured smile. A crook
and a slick one, thought Neill.
Fanning, nodding pleasantly to
his acquaintances in the lobby,
strolled on Into the bar. After giv
ing him a moment or two. Neill
followed.
He found Fanning leaning negli
gently on the mahogany, watching
the bartender stir him up an old
fashioned cocktail. Neill lined up
nearby and looked him over in the
mirror without appearing to.
Fanning was wearing a perfectly-cut
gray flannel suit and an ex
pensive Panama hat. His shirt and
tie were ju.it a little different from
anybody else's. Evidently a man
who gave a good deal of thought
lo his dress. Neill, who bought good
clothes without thinking about
them, resented it Just the sort of
thing to catch a woman's eyel
Since it was the hour before din
ner when nobody Is in a rush and
each of them was alone at the bar,
It was natural to fall into talk.
When Neill also ordered an old
fashioned. Fanning said with hi
ready smile:
"Great minds think allkel"
"Great ones and small ones too,"
said Neill.
Fanning laughed. "Are you reg
istered here?"
"No. At the Stafford."
"My name Is Prescott Fanning."
"I'm Walter Patton."
"Where from?"
, "T-w York."
mV town tor. But Fm
thinking of retiring and settling
in Baltimore."
"You're a young man to be talk
ing about retiring."
"Oh, well, I'm not ambitious,"
said Fanning. "Forty or fifty thou
sand a year is ample for my needs.
I'm looking for J rlace in the
Green Spring valley. Nothing
opulent or showy, you understand.
A small place, but perfect in every
appointment That's my ideal. Two
or three blooded horses in the
stable, a flat field where I can land
and take off In my own plane."
Blow-hard! thought NeilL "Are
you married?" Pleasantly.
"No, Indeed," said Fanning
laughing. "I'm too fond of the sex
to tie myself down to one. Women
are like wines you want a differ
ent type with every course. I
wouldn't give up champagne just
because I like Johannisoerger."
Neill fingered his glass longing
ly. He had a terrible yen to fling
the content In the man's face.
Shrewd Questions
TELL me, how did you make
enough to retire so early?" he
asked laughing. "That's something
every man is interested in."'
"In the Street" aid Fanning
to!
mmJi mm
Nellie Tailoe
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As Fanning entered,
Neill thought: A crook,
and a slick one.
carelessly.
back.
"Things are coming
'As an operator or a broker?"
'Both. . . . You hear a lot about
the cleverness of Wall Street men,
but believe me it's all a mvth.
They're so dumb that a fellow of
just ordinary intelligence like me
can go in ana clean up in snort
order," he laughed. "What's your
line?" he asked.
'Contact man for a firm of con
tractors. What's your firm?"
I m out or the btreet now. . .
Have you heard this one?"
Me tola a tunny story about
Wall Street While his mouth was
full of humorous fnendlj talk, the
foxy black eves never relaxed
their vigilance. Neill had theson.se
that he was being keenly sized up
in his turn.
He matched Fannings story
with another. Fanning laughed
and clapped him on the back. "1
like you, Patton! You and I speak
the same lingo." He beckoned to
the bartender. "Set 'em ud. Jim.
This round is on me."
Neill reciprocated. By the time
they had had three, a perfect bar
room friendship had developed.
But while the drink ariDcnred to
loosen Fanning' tongue, he made
no disclosures about himself.
When Neill asked a question, he
told a funny story. From time to
time he slipped In a shrewd ques
tion of his own. Neill answered
with seeming frankness, but Fan
ning' sharp eyes hardened.
tie la auspicious ot me. Neill
thought, and he doesn't mean to
let me go until he's found out what
I'm after. Well, two can play at
that game.
Neill answer an tnerlmlnatlna
phune rail tn Fannin'! room, tomorrow.
Camel Popularity
Theme Advertising
Campaign Launched
In a new series of advertisement
appearing this week R. J. Reynold!
Tobacco company potnte out It lontf
established policy of uslna costlier to
baccos has marie Camels the moat
popular cigarette In the world.
"Can people appreciate the choicer
tobaccos In Camels?" the first of the
new advertisements asks. And, ans
wering this question, the Camel man
ufacturers say people "smoke more
Camela than any other cigarette In
the world."
The advertisement reads In part:
"The deeper you dig Into the facts
the more you find that real mildness
and real flavor must be grown into
cigarette tobaccos. Nothing man ran
do lo Interlrr tobaccos ran take the
place nf good tobaccos to start a.th.
As you'd expect naturally milder.
better-tjistlng tobaccos cost more to
buy. And Camel willingly pays mil'
lions more year alter year to get
them. That'a why Camels are differ
ent why they appeal more to men
and women in all walks of life why
they re the largest selling cigarette In
America or In the world."
Camel superiority Is supported by
statements from athletes, explorers,
svlators and others who have noted
the dlfterenoe In Camels. "To me,
Camela mean 'cheer' with a capital
'C'." Oeorge Rels. famous mctorjoat
sportsman Is quoted. "1 like Camel s
hearty flavor. 1 like the quick 'llff
I get with a Camel after I've been
through a tough race."
Others who report In favor of Cam
el In this advertisement Include
William niden. famous tennis player;
Joe Crnne. parachute Jumper; Chaa.
Beldrn, rancher; Mlra Helen Slant,
bury, aviation executive and Mlaa
Doroihy KilnMlen, famous round-the-world
repotter.
No jwu
NO POLICE
NO TofcfcCCO
NO WORCE
NO COUR.
NO
NO coFFee,
NO JEWELRV
NO CRIME,
HfcrWIFICCPftST
BASEBALL LEftfiliS
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1824,
Nellie Tuyloe Row.
Although on November
Texas tut well an Wyoming elected
woman governor, the Inauguration
of Wyoming's governor took place
several weeks before the Texas gov
ernor received her oath of office. Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, the Wyoming gov-
ernor-elect, became the first woman
tn American history to become a
governor of a state. Since then she
has run up quite a string of "firsts."
In 1033, Mrs. Ross became the first
woman to attain the post of director
of the U. 8. mint, a position which
she still, holds today. Through this
post she also became the first woman
to have a medal struck In her honor
by the U. 8. mint. It is customary
for the mint to make a medal of
each president, secretary of the traes-
ury and director of the mint. Mrs.
Ross Is the first woman to have her
name Inscribed on the cornerstone of
a federal building. Both the U. S.
bullion depository at Ft. Knox. Ky.,
and the new mint building in San
Francisco bear her name on the cornerstones.
Baseball Fan Howe
Rated as the Pacific coast's "Num
ber One Baseball Fan" is Frank Howe,
newspaper man of Los Angeles. By
way of Insuring this rating against
growing competition. Howe recently
went on a baseball attendance pil
grimage that eclipsed ell similar rec
ords. Within the Bpace of 74 hours,
eight minutes, July 31 at 2:45 p. m..
through July 24 at 4:63 p. m., he
miw all eight teams of the Pacific
Coast league play in full, regularly
scheduled games. Within a period of
ten days he attended games at every
one of the league's baseball parks in
California.
No Town
A Seventh Day Adventlst commun
ity, Keene, Texas, has some 600 in
habitants. Following closely the
stringent dictates of their religion,
Kene's citizens do not gamble,
dance, go to movies, wear jewels or
cosmetics, Indulge in athletics' other
than tennis, nor take part in most
of the other pastimes common
throughout the country. Keene has
no crime, hence has no provisions for
dealing with criminals.
Tomorrow: Fame After lieiithl
MEGLECTED HUSBAND
UNABLE FEED BABY
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 7. ( API
AO apologetic voice came over the
police telephone at midnight:
"It's thla way. My wife she went
out with another man. We have a
baby, and er It's about time to
feed the baby. 1 thought maybe you
could tell me what to do."
The police couldn't.
BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 6. (AP)
Injuries suffered when a bull gored
Columbus M. Mulkey, 74, pioneer
Idaho rancher, caused his death Sun
day. He was the father of Burel
Mulkey. world champion cowboy. He
came to Idaho 43 years ago.
Rducator pies
PORT WORTH, Texas. Sept. 7.
(AP) A two months Illness today
proved fatal to Prof. Errett Weir Mc
Dlarmld, 60, head of the department
of philosophy of Texas Christian
university and president of the
southwest athletic conference. He
died here yesterday.
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