V PAGE TEN
THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
5U rnf Cr.PP, , out our way
8y" RACHEL MACK S ct ,w w w LiTH' f 'I HY
CHAPTER I
A TALL lithe girl in brown
coat and bonnet stood knock
ing on old Oliver Dart's oaken
)' street door in the heart of London
while a summer storm blustered
and the sperm-oil street lamps
. were being lit She had come three
- thousand miles by sailboat across
the Atlantic and a hundred miles
by coach from Bournemouth, and
she was only Just losing her
patience.
The door opened a crack to let a
plump red-faced woman in a
starched cap peer out The girl
, said to her, "Let me in, please!
;; I'm wet to the skin!"
s- "Who be you?"
"Polly Chelsey. Great-niece to
I Mister Oliver Dart I've come from
; Connecticut to see him."
"Where be Connecticut? Ia
" Yorkshire?"
"In America."
"Lud!" There was a gasp, and
the door opened.
On the threshold the girl turned
'. to call to the driver of a gig that
, had brought her to the door:
, "Cabby, bring my trunk, and mind
I you don't drop it!"
r The driver lumbered up the
.' steps with a small doeskin trunk
', studded with brass nails and de
i posited it on the hall floor.
"How much do I owe you?"
' asked Polly Chelsey.
"Two shillings, eight pence,
j Miss."
"You're a robber, but here tls.
And good night to you."
"Good night to you, young Miss.
Journey's end be bright!"
, "Brightl" echoed Miss Polly
Chelsey forlornly after the street
door had banged shut She looked
, around the narrow wainscoted
' hallway which was decorated with
i nothing, as far as she could see,
' but a winding staircase and a fat
old woman holding a candle.
'. "Well," she said a little uncer
tainly, "could I see my uncle
1 BOW?"
"ItU fan- lay hira oat, JCss. Th
aurprise."
"But I wrote him a letter before
; Christmas and told him I'd be here
, this summer on my cousin's brig,
the Trim Yankee out: of Mew
' Haven. He let me come."
"There was no letter, Miss."
e e . e .
! "7HAT? He never got It?" The
' girl stood pondering a
; moment while the wet cloak clung
, to her in sculptured lines and her
dripping bonnet sent small rivulets
down her surprised young face.
"Well, that's a pretty pass! But
never mind. Take me to him and
ITJ recite the letter like a magpie."
i "I'm Mrs. Broggs, Miss cook to
; Mr. Dart. Td advise you not to
, see him. No good can come of it
. Let me make you comfortable in
F the house tmbeknowns to hirm
1 Miss!"
"But there's no sense to that,"
cried Polly Impatiently. "I've
; come to aee him on business. If
you mean he's a cross old man, so
be It I've known many such In
our town of Lyme."
Still Mrs. Broggs demurred,
shifting her feet uneasily and say-
' tag "Lud!" both under her breath
and aloud. Presently she said,
"He's above stairs in his study,
: Miss supping. Follow me, If you
' must, but dont say I didn't warn
you."
Up they went, and Polly Chelsey
Was ushered into a well-furnished
sitting room where a thin-featured,
pale-eyed old man In a
. trilled shirt and high stock was
having cold cuts and tea before a
Bre.
The serving woman made a bob
bing curtsey and said, with the
watchful look of a child bursting
I paper sack: "Your great-niece
trom Americky, sir!"
Old Oliver Dart looked as if his
syes and ears had deceived him.
rhen, when he saw that she was
in actuality, his face seemed to
narrow and close in on Itself, so
that Polly thought she must be
looking at a gnome instead of a
man.
She gave a shaken little laugh
and explained, "I'm Polly Chelsey
from across the Atlantic daugh
ter to your niece Mary that mar
ried the American seaman in
Connecticut, and died there."
"To what circumstances do I
owe your visit?" asked Oliver
Dart
pOLLY CHELSEY bent her
graceful long-limbed body to
ward the fire to warm her hands.
Her hair was smooth and brown,
her eyes deep blue, her features
evenly cut There was an uncon
scious dignity about her. Though
she was but 18 she seemed a
woman grown, as any girl would
who had been housekeeper, seam
stress and cook for her family
since her fourteenth year.
She spoke up bravely. "It's as
I told you in the letter you never
got I've come for my mother's
share of my grandfather's money,
because we need it so. My father's
had to give up following the sea
because of a stiffness of the joints,
and my brother's been lame from
a lad. We heard, round-about,
that my grandfather Richard Dart
died last year. Knowing he had!
a counting-house business and
was well-off, I said Td come for
my mother's share "
Olive Dart spoke curtly and
with an obvious relish: "The
property was all willed to your
mother's brother, the proper heir.
Very logical."
'Oh!" cried Pnllv In fintr-V r,r-
test "That's the way the artisto
crats do. The titled land owners.
But my grandfather's case was
different He was a city man, in
business."
"Yet enMtlM m,Va a wHU v
dear young lady. Even had your
mother remained dutifully in Eng
land and not gone .over to the
tricky Yankees he might have fol
lowed the same course. But cer
tainly she and her children de
serve nothing as matters stand.
Pm surprised you ever entertained
ruch ideas. You look more in
telligent" "I took ft rhanra n Pnllw
and sighed. She had spent the
family savings and several dan
gerous Weeks mnlcin fh Imtrnw
within ten minutes this tight-
lipped, hard-eyed old man had
shown her it was in vain.
"TVn'f lot intain vmi
returning to your lodgings," said
"TO mv lrvlrintfs?" TaneataJ
Pollv uncertainly. "Whv sir I'm
in this predicament: my cousin
Tim Chelsey put me ashore at
Bournemouth and took his cargo
over to Cherbnurff. Wa'11 nnt ha
back to pick me up for several
weeks. I expected to stop here
till then."
"Indeed." renHM Mr Tio-t
"Mnst TWWMilinr Men n.nH.
r ... .utugga,
set another cover and bring a pot
of tea for the guest Draw up,
Miss Chelspv. anri toll mo wW Va
dastardly Yankees are up to now."
-wnai ine Yankees are up to?"
exclaimed Polly coloring. "The
English Nainr. vmt mnn! THovVa
stealing men off our ships till half
the seagoing lads in America
have stripes on their backs from
British whips"
She StoDDed snrlrlsnU pn
Smiled, to lizhten hpr wnrHc fn-
she was hungry and needed a
shelter. Polly Chelsey from Con
necticut was nobody's foot
(To Be Continued)
England's 1935 birth rate was
the lowest ever recorded: 14.4 per
thousand of population. Only two
European countries, Austria and
Sweden, had lower birth rates.
FLAPPER FANNY
BySyl
via
" Y KtA KBVICe. tC T. M. UK. U. I PAT. Off.
:
"The last
artists both
couple who had it were very musical: but they were like all
01 tnem wanreo a career instead 01 a home.
BY J. R. WILLIAMS OUR BOARDING HOUSE
With MAJOR HOOPLfi
AV MO SEE VY DEV
CALL DEES VALUERS
GOOD TIME BOYS? DEV
HAFB DE HARD TANA "TO
SET HERE, A HARD TAM
TO KIP WAKE ALL DAV,
A HARD TAM TO KEEP
FROM SPOIL DE SONPAY
SUIT. A HARD TAM WIT
-h NO BRAKFUS, NO
LUNCH A HARD TAM
WIT Pfc UH,
AVfcKY I 'INfc
WELL
THAT
WHUT
MAKES
A 60OD
TIME,
IS A
HARD
TIMF-I
YOU SEE, IP WE
GET THIS WORLD
A UTOPIA, PEOPLE
WILL BE HAVIN'
SUCH GOOD TIMES
THEY'LL BE LOOKIN'
FER A BAP TIME
TO FIMD OUT
WHUT A GOOD
TIME S. y
I
HAR.D A
Ljsav V; 1 SUIT, A HARD TAM WIT IIMfcj
feS ' J3- NO BRAKFUS, NO P
Tv JTS AVERVT'ING x$S &5K M
SSSs3, -IVkARD TAMV-e v3? W
COM Hi. .w ..-I P-r iun
V T. M BC&'VJ S. PT. Off
THE STARTING WHISTLE
TOvMil iati
" y,y -v
OU BUS PADDED-
CMAIR WALRUS DON'T
TELL ME OU DIDMT
OPEW YOUR MOUTH t
i distinctly heard
SOU SAY "THAT 1 LOOKED
LIKE A SQUATTER'S
TEMT IN THIS COAT
AND TO fiO CLIMB
A ROPE, WHEN X
ASKED YOU TO COMB
TO "THE MARKET
WITH MB
THAT'S
WHAT J SAID
Z PON'T INTEND
FOR YOU OP( )
AMY OTHER KAT Y
VACCY.M9 FEMALE -J'
WIFB OR NO i-
Ai'.'i
0t4
3$
A1Y WORD, M'DEAR.'
THAT WAS MOT 1 SPEAK I NO;
I WOULDN'T DARE, EVEN
IF Xw. THAT rS,X MEAW
I HEARD IT TOO, BUT-
OH, ZOUNDS THIS IS
CERTAINLY MOST
CONFUSIN3 THE
HOUSE MUST BB.
HAUNTED SuTr
SPUTT
A7 '"ssr-'
ENTRILOC?UIZIW3
HIM INTO A 3AM
v,
met 'c t y ltd u t pAf yJ
3
2.-WJ
MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE
BY THOMPSON AND COLL
o - THE OJLV POSSIBLE. PEPUC7ION A WST 6RILLIAMT Ap. AGWLD.'
I TO MAKE IS THAT SOMEHOW DEDOCTIOW. SECOEANT ul ( WHV...ER.. I-
THE OtD 60y HAS DISCOVERED J BUT wy AMD WW PlO ,'l V THAT 15... rS
V A METHOD OF PROOUCING SCO COME , ,r.-t 1 y
" "TTTyNET' 5 s I
NEVER MIWO, SOU.. I SUPPOSE
( I SHOULD HAVE TAKE N VOU
V, INTO MV COMPLETE CONI-IOEMCE
FROM THE BE&INNINd ... BUT SIT
V. DOWN - I SHALL PO MOW.
E V ( GOON.AIC-)
N V I'M ALL S
MEAMWHILE.MVRASEGk OUT 00..
iMi JASON POR. A BIT OP INFORMATION...
1 .SAV JIM - HAVE OU ) WHV.vES
EVER. ENCOUNTEREP VRA - BUT
ANV CAa. Of RADIUM ) WHV PO VOU ,
POISONINOr t
l?lCOP 1ft BV Nt MBVlCf , INC 1 M
lii
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
BY HAROLD GRAY
SHORT. SHAPP STRUGGLE
A HALF CRV. SMOTHERED IN
ITS INCEPTIOM--- SILENCE--
DEADLY SILENCE THEN A
DIM LIGHT- A SHADOWY FORM
STOOPING ABOVE ANOTHER
SHADOWY, MOTIONLESS FORM-
if ONE-LEGGED GUY- tsfSfm ffi SNORIN' AWAY -TCH-TCh! 1 1 l&SttF' rfefW .' I
?! TOUGH, LI?HG?. PUSS I HE DOESN'T SUSPECT feS IU fill . fSsfef S I
i THEY'RE ALL NICE l' ' I AN' PEACEFUL-JUST R-R'R" W$ '
1 ANto TENDER TO 1 ENOUGH MOON-HGHT ffMNtS . PT
'Sil 8 S
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS BY BLOSSER
I don't know who you " (tua-t padt oc a ' -JS2S:fSfe
APE, MISTER , BUT IF YOU'RE )( 1 ESS YOuVe atrrteE TjTTLft PlotV uadtti X V ' PCTnT SON,WE VE GOT SOMB
THE MAN WHO'S BEEN " Ga1" THERE, J BUT YOU RE THE . LITTLE PLOT I HAD TO J WELL, ILL BE X prijkl MY" LOOKING PEOPLE TP
THE: MAN WHO S BEEN , "J MAN VWO CAME TO f v DECEIVE YOU ' YOU AND S f A MONKEY'S PUMNY LOOKiwQ klople
(3119 ME 'PWW.TV eHECkBkSON' j OUR HOUSE AND - YOUP MOTHER WERE ' Vl UNCLE ' IN OuP FAMILY, BUT
;-lYbU MIGHT ASWELLj A- S ASKED FOOD.' VERY KIND TO ME ! AND J "
SCOWFESSl M i WE THOUGHT YOU J THE TRUTH IS, I'M Qrf - ' 0j
REALLY REL '
WASH TUBBS BY CRANE
Lk&2Bl- ,I5J1 A f MF.LLO, ( QfirW , S fOtWJM HEY, DAD, VOU REMEMBER C00D HEAVEN?) ChE V MEVEH WMO TH6 OL1MOZ 'li
WWM d:fFfjiMi m Szly i REPROBATE.1 sozy? CTT3 roooo-foa-NOTHiiga wousE-RoyiE'LL be r"1
. T , P , I
BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES BY MARTIN
v f : r-i 1 m .
&OU,WV0 M THE WORLD
W Tv? "WV.UE" PtRSOM ?
1 TWK1 yoo OWt Ob AM
EXPLAMATtOM
1 TtVL YOO ,ATrtR , I 1 OOOOH , VOHAT
tW? w I WL. OOR. FRIENDS
THViW ? Wt'Rfi
RUINED
I "VRtO TO GET R0 OF
HIM TVE YAPSOT 1
II U .
I II I 1 ft II' I
9,THt&5EcwV l6UiT WHAT6 1 AViO W AMAZEO I l'L. BET Ht'. AM
WEW 6LAMOOR. I MO&Tj HER 6ACW- HER , THW HATT.E EWEUTAIMEW TJ
O ) V r SHE'S REAVVY, MY 60CH A riMAmmmMBS
Wl'l GOOO I'WE MtCR WORO I ?ERSOM ... , , WVTH THAT ?ACE
WWO 1 U 1 HtR rt I lin SURPRISE J; To t GtW AT
I