1 SERIAL STORY- Vr
COPrRIOHT I'
3Y HENRY BELLAMANN
CDBLET ABSCONDS
CHAPTER XXI
T)RAKE walked across the lawn
and stopped to straighten a
row of sea shells that bordered a
rectangular flower bed near the
drive. It had been his Aunt
Mamie's favorite spot. All of her
pet plants flourished here. It was
looking a little withered Just now,
but of course it was lata Septem
ber. He'd get the place fixed up
-have the house painted and the
low picket fence taken down.
There were really many repairs to
be made. No wonder the house
didn't rent He had never looked
at it closely before. It was dilapi
dated, that's what it was down
right dilapidated.
He heard the telephone ringing.
He went slowly and indifferently
toward the house. It was Mr.
Wakefield calling.
"Could you come down here to
the bank for a few minutest"
"Why, certainly."
Half an hour later he faced Mr.
Wakefield at the cashier's window.
Mr. Wakefield came back and
unlocked the heavy oak door.
"You're overdrawn a little, you
know."
. "Overdrawn?' -
"Yes. Let me see, I think about
eighty dollars, or so, nothing to
apeak of."
"But could I speak to Mr.
Curley?"
"Mr. Cm-ley's to Texas. Went
down on. business. I expect him
baek next week."
"But I thought I had more'n a
thousand dollars in my account!"
"How could you be that far
off?"
Mr. Wakefield smiled again.
"No. Sure enough, Mr. Wake
field. I haven't been spending any
money not much. And on the
first of July there must have been
about a thousand dollars put in."
"Well, well. I see. Drake, I
guess Mr. Curley Just overlooked
it But he's usually very punctili
ous, indeed."
"What about my account?"
"Well, we'll ax that up. It's just1
a matter of a few days. I can ar
range that myself. You wont re-1
quire the whole amount, . of
course?"
"No, certainly not."
"Mr. Curley ought to be back
en Tuesday. Ill call you."
On the way back to his own
window, Mr. Wakefield stopped to
apeak to Percy Davis. They chat-!
ted for a moment.
"Um." Mr. Wakefield grunted
Boncommittally, but there was a
lightly troubled look in his eye.
Mr. Curley was a reticent man, I
but he usually discussed such
matters with someone. Mr. Wake-'
field tried to recall the terms of
Rhodes Livingstone's will, but he
jwas pretty-sure mat Curley had
an absolute freedom in managing
(the estate.1'".: ,
! All through the morning Mr.
Wakefield' was somewhat distrait.
He always walked home to mid
day dinner, leaving the bank ex
actly at half-past twelve. Today
he left fifteen minutes earlier.
, When he returned, Mr. Wake
ifSeld waited on several customers.
Then he called Percy Davis. Davis
wa8 a round-faced elderly man
who had been in the Fanners Ex
change' for many years.
; . "Yes, sir, Mr. Wakefield."
: "Come on back to the vault with
me, Percy."
j "Yes, sir.''
I They entered the vault
"Which is Mr. Curley's box?"
; "Hiffht un there. Mr. WnlcofleM J
that brown one."
1 "Has he another?''
"No, sir. He keeps an of his
personal papers in there, and the
.three no, four estates he' ex
lecutor and trustee for." .
i "I seel Hand it down here to
Ime a minute." -
lAfR. WAKEFIELD took the box
H-,A anil hefted it
...
"It's empty."
Davis stared, his little button
'mouth making a perfect O.
Mr. Wakefield spoke casually.
"Percy."
"Yes, sir. Yes, sir."
"There's no use you and me try-.
ling to fool each other. We've got'
to lace this in a few hours, any
how. Might as well be now."
Percy sat down on the low lad
der. -- - - - -
"Yes, sir. I guess so."
"Well. Unless I'm mightily mis
taken the president of the Farm
ers Exchange has skipped out
Iprobably with everything he could
lay his hands on!"
FPHE Farmers Exchange scandal
A was tho prevailing sensation
Ifor a month. - There were all sorts
of stories and rumors. The bald
fact remained: James Cuthbert
Curley, president of the Farmers
(Exchange Bank, had stolen money
'and run away. Presumably he had
gone to Central or South America.
Efforts were being made to find
him but no one was particularly
hopeful of success. Certain bank
ifunds were missing. Stockholders
(would not lose anything, but the
jtrust funds were gone. Drake Mo
Hugh was penniless. The house on
(Union street was his, and Mr.
Wakefield arranged a mortgage so
ithat Drake would have some funds
'to live on for a while.
1 No one guessed how bewildered
Drake was by this ill fortune. He
had simply never thought about
money at all. He sold his horse
and buggy, and began to look for
a job. No one wanted him.
Kings Row watched. Like any
pack of the wild they waited for
the: victim to falter. But they
were at least temporarily disap
pointed. Drake looked as usual.
He whistled as he walked. He was
persistent in his search for work.
iHe.was offered a Job at the livery
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stable, but he hadn't come to that
yet He stayed on at the house on
Union street Only when he was
inside of it with the doors closed
did he show his deep disquiet
He made Randy promise not to
ilet Parris know. No use troubling
jParris. It never occurred to him
that Parris had money and he
didn't It was simply that he
(didn't want Parris bothered about
'this. Then, of course, he'd get it
all fixed up someway pretty soon.
But Drake did not "fix tilings
up." The winter passed, and he
had no job. He tried for anything
he thought he might be able to do.
Everywhere the men he talked to
were good-humored and jocular
sometimes a shade contemptuous.
By spring he was becoming sensi
tive. He avoided mention of a job
unless he was actually making ap
plication. Then he began to pretend he
wasn't looking for work.
He left the boardinghouse and
cooked his own meals. At first he
made a frightful mess of it but
later he improved. When Randy
found out about it she came some
times late in the evening and
helped him. She put the rooms in
order and taught him something
about helping himself. By the end
of the summer his cash was run
ning alarmingly low.
Now he did his own washing,
and dried the clothes in' the kitch
en so no one would know.
People said Drake McHugh was
drinking.
"Yes, sir, I saw him staggering
out of Fritz Bachman's lunchroom
just last Saturday. Drunk as a
foci."
Fritz Bachman's lunchroom.
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
tOAOeowZH SDWAr )jMS'fri 5PlWl
WILL FLOW FASTER A &Wh
THAN ONE THAT IS V x"T V&Viflv
THE SEDIMENT DEPRESSES ,1 "'7 IwIiiC
THE 'njRSULENCE.
( com. IKIIV iitA stKVKt. mc Jr
com. W4t r sti).
"The third hand on a
WATCH IS THE SECOND HANDJ
SS DICK PEEKEMA,
NEXT: Big jobs
STATESMAN
HORIZONTAL
1,4 Pictured
statesman. '-
11 Kind ot soup.
13 Year just begun,-
15 Eccentric
wheel.
16 Behold!
18 New (prefix),
19 Bind.
21 Pigment
24 Pjg pen.
Answer to
26 On account
(abbr.).
27 Many resi
dents Of his
nation are of
ic origin.
28 Places to sit
30 Accomplish.
32 Age.
33 Aperture.
34 Laughter
sound.
38 Street (abbr.).
38 Symbol for
lutecium.
39 Discover.
41 Egyptian
(abbr.).
43 Symbol fot
selenium.
43 Turbine wheel
47 Masculine
(abbr.).
49 Each (abbr.).
50 Beret.
52 He is Foreign
of the
exile
government
56 Finish.
58 Celsius
(abbr.). ,
60 Tantalum
(symbol),
61 Night bird.
62 Withdraws
from fellow
ship. 65 Geometrical
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which was patroniied by railroad
men, was also a convenient "blind
tiger."
Somehow Drake found himself
going rather often to Frlte Bach
man's place. Sleep came with in
creasing difficulty. Ho had made
it a habit to stop by the smelly
little lunchroom when he left
Randy's house at night It was
directly on the way home. He ex
changed a few rough jokes with
Fritz, gulped a glass of whisky,
and went homev Randy knew
nothing of this.
(To Be Continued)
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F U N Mlscha, mascot of a Rus
sian boat arrived at Seattle, re
pays crew's kindness in allowing
him run of the ship.
By William
Ferguson
DURING THE TIME OF .'j
SWARMIN6,
are rill of rOVffV
AND WHEN IN THIS
CONDITION FIND rr
VERY DIFFICULT TO USE
THEIR. STINGERS.
t. y. wc.o-l.PAT.ofr.
for little men.
Previous Puzzle
value.
12 Raise.
14 Wild.
15 String.
17 Upon.
20 Direction.
22 Adjective
suffix.
23 Spoils.
25 Affirmative.
29 Everyone.
31 Residents of
Buckeye State
35 Insect.
37 Half (prefix).
39 Without cost
40 Period.
42 Vapor.
44 Nobleman.
46 Speed contests
48 Small rock.
51 Resident of
ancient Media,
83 Pronoun.
surface.
68 Beg.
69 Dined.
VERTICAL
1 Leaps.
2 Measure of
area.
3 Compass point.
5 Article.
6 Siamese
measure,
7 Inspires
reverence.
8 Hindu
peasants.
9 You.
10 Arabian shrub
11 Established
54 Short sleep.
55 Female sheep
57 Debenture
(abbr.).
59 Shelter.
63 Cerium
(symbol),
64 South Carolina
(abbr.).
66 Music note.
67 Near.
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LEAVE THAT PIS AN' CAKE PON'T
AT SISTER'S , BUT FEK GOOD STAftT
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IN PLATES.' SHE'S OOT TWO STUFF I
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WHY
RED RYDER
FRECKLES AND HIS
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DELIVER. HILDA AT
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ANO JUNff ARB'
ROLLINS 6ANDA6ES
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ALLEY OOP
RECEIVED A
JOLT WHEN HE
GOT BACK TO
THE BASE ANO
FOUND THAT,
CONTRARY TO
HIS BELIEF,
OOOLA HAD
NOT
RETURNED
tHTS THE FIRST TlE 1 ") I 1 I I -,AND SINCE A-.:-Kt,D I
was eve. osi tme A 1 I for. n. i iceOvom I
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE By Harold Gray
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LEFT TO- vlil?i'
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By J. R. Williams
MOTHERS GET SRAV
FRIENDS
III
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J THEN I TO 6ET HOME AND
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GOOD HONK' I SWEAR I CAUGHT
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THAT BIO PATCH OF TIMBER.
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with Major Hoopla
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BUCtS TO VOUH SH
VALUABLE HUSBAND I
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By Fred Harmon
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By V. T. Hamlin
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