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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER Wise and Otherwise AN WE FT RUPERT HUGHES CHAPTER XI 12 To escape the insistent autobiographer Jebb flung away with regret a cigar and said: I think Ill go to dinner now. Good idea, said Ludlam, and invited himself along. At the table he flaunted the odious hospitality of the Got to celebrate this, doctor, he said. Dont meet up with a every day out here. Whatll it be, doc? Nothing, thanks. half-finish- ed wine-opene- r. fellow-countrym- an Aw, go on of course you will. What do you say to a small bot. of champagony? It began to look as if Jebb would have to break a plate over the mans head to escape his despotic hospitality. But at length he persuaded Ludlam to believe him, and Ludlam, more puzzled than ever, endured the ordeal of drinking alone. His eye studied Jebbs face and garb as examiningly as his curiosity pried into his history. But the dinner was half over before he noticed the ring on Jebbs left little finger. He looked up quickly into Jebbs face, then back to the ring. He followed Jebb back to the smoking compartment and compelled him to accept one of his own - cigars. Odd woe-be-go- nt - say. Its a Servian design all right. Is it? ' Ever been in Belgrade? Passed through it today. 'I mean ever stop off there? I dont think so. You dont think so! Im not sure. Thats funny. Dont remember whether youve been in a place like Belgrade! I cant imagine a man being in Belgrade without remembering it. I think Ill go" to my berth and take a nap. Before you go, doctor, would you mind letting me look at that ring? . Does it Interest you? Yes. Though he wanted to jab the man in the fat face with itj Jebb held his If Mr. Jefeb would wait in the hand out meekly. off? took it I if reception room. Would you mind said Ludlam. den on his prisoner, and demandIs there any reason why you ed: should? Well, what are you going to do Is there any reason why I about this ring? shouldnt? You have it, havent you? None whatever, said Jebb. Yes, but Instantly the ring was slipped Keep it, and call it square. from his finger and Ludlam was Oh, no, you dont. I want to holding it close, his piggish eyes know how you got it. There may staring into the inner surface. foul play here. I havent he snorted like af! be some Jennie for a couple of from heard angry boar, I thought so.. months and Youre coming with You thought what? . f me to Munich. See those initials, C. to J. ? Munich? I get off at Budapest. Well. If you do, Ill get off and swear Well! How do you come to have out a warrant for your arrest. it? a scintilla of eviYou MAX WANDL wild-goos- . ! h! name is Jebb.- close-mouth- ed e, e, e! : xV havent - stand for. But who does affair. Thats my young Im not so surekindof ofthat, suspicious fellow. Ive been blamed of you all along. Youre so I thought there must . ; be some reason. and suspicions Your thoughts dont interest me. Givetome the ring yourself. and keep your opinions Oh, I guess not. .This ring says C to J. My first name is Charlie She was and my sisters is Jennie. birth-ston- e is her and born in June mocha-stonas a or moss-agata here. they call it over that is, said what So thats answered, riddle just old an Jebb, a plain moss-agatarI guess Ill have to have you rested, doc. Arrested? Arrested for what? For stealing this ring. t even Stealing it you oh, I canas fathead a you, eet mad at such humor to But just Mr. Ludlam. how you could you, let me ask you have me arrested? For having this ring in your possession. Is it your ring? s. No, but its my sister here? Is she No, but I know its hers. How do you know she didnt sell it to me? She wouldnt sell a birthday dence. Theyll detain you till I get it. Ive Schneider Lindenaustrasse, Dresden Herr V. Pierpont This was the plainest clew Jebb had found yet. He cursed himself for having carried it in his own inside pocket all this while. He had idled about Salonica and Constantinople, trying to retrace his steps, when he might have taken this short cut and picked up the thread far back, near its beginning, without the loss of so many irretrievable days. A crepitation from the sleeping Behemoth next door reminded Jebb that on the morrow he was booked e chase far for Vienna, a down the line; a foolish tryst with one of V. Pierponts flirtations. A surging impulse to get to Dresden at once swept over him. He threw on his coat and hurried down to the office, where he learned that an express for Dresden left in an hour. He did not wait for the dolorous lift; he ran up the stairs, threw into his suitcase what little he had taken out, and, retrieving his fountain pen from the depths of his coat, wrote Ludlam a note. Dear Mr. Ludlam: Sorry I cant accompany you to Vienna. Called elsewhere suddenly. Will join you at Hotel Bristol as soon as possible. Kind regards to sister Jennie. Yours hastily, D. Jebb. under Ludlams He pushed this door and, rushing downstairs, leaped into a cab. Little Max Wandl was circumambulating a hugely globular Saxon, and recording the distance with a He paused long with Jebbs when confronted enough, question, to say that he had delivered the suit to V. Pierpont at the Hotel Bellevue. Jebb hurried to the Bellevue and was met by a smiling host. Meester Bier-bon- t. see to Pleasst you again. It amazed Jebb to see how well everybody remembered Pierpont. But Mine Host was saying: You liked Vienna? Vienna? oh yes. But you have come to Dresden back. That is right. You have us your ledders to forvart getoldt, but he did not come any ledders. In fact, if you pardon me, I forvart to you de bill of de doctor who has your tumb geopened, and de letter he has back come. Where did you send it? said 14 , got friends in Budapest. Jebb was fairly wringing his brain for memory and wisdom. He was eager to reach Trieste, yet he had no assurance of finding the child there. He had probably passed through Munich on his flight south from Cologne. Munich might be the very spot where he had lost Cynthia. You say your sister will meet you in Munich? Yes, she lives there most of the time. Well, Ill go along with you. You will! Ill go with you on one condi- tion. Whats that? That you pay my expenses there and back to Budapest. Pay your expenses? Well, I guess not. Why should I? I never heard of a prisoner paying his own fare, did you? All right, Ludlam growled. That night, in the berth that Ludlam paid for, Jebb slept uneasily, for his dreams were a nightmare of war between his Miruma and Pier-ponJennie over the possession of their Siamese lovers. He would have slept so much better had he known that Ludlam sat up all night to make sure of his not ts tape-measur- e. Goot-efternoo- Jebb. n, The Grand Hotel in Vienna. ladys advice on The only way some people keep the home going is to can keep moving. Burglar It aint the jam I minds, son its you leaving on the jar. yer finger-prints Crocheted Squares For That Tablecloth fresh-lighte- When he reached for a fountain pen he kept in the inside- pocket of his coat, he found that it had dropped through a hole and was lost in the lining. He slipped off the coat, and, emptying the pocket, turned it inside out to examine what he would have called the lesion. His eye was caught by the white label of the tailor. it? said Jebb. Came from Servia, didnt it? I dont know. Thats funny. Think so? was all Jebb found to My ht CHAPTER XII Isnt Ugh-hug- river? is a sisters child? Niece? . Yes. Is your liddle neeze vit never you again? So dear a child was here. She throws me soch a sweet kiss when she goes the hotel for the last time out. Jebb sighed as he answered: I No, she is not with me. And a for a for a in cigar. just stopped Im going back to Vienna at once. He paid the bill of a Dresden surgeon who had lanced the thumb crushed on the train so many epochs past, and made haste to the station. Several hours of feverish delay before the train started, and then ten hours in a sleeping-ca- r brought him to Vienna. He hurried to the Grand Hotel to pick up the next trace of himself and Cynthia. To his unutterable dismay there was no evidence that V. Pierpont had ever visited the hotel. 'Miserabler than ever from the d sudden quenching of stood .and Jebb up looking hope, down the sweeping glory of the great Ringstrasse. Just across the street from him he saw the Hotel Bristol. His flesh crept at the thought of sister Jennie. Still he had given his word and he would keep it at a later hour. It was too early for a call even upon the prospective better half of his worser self. Meanwhile, he would go to the Union Bank and see if by any chance there might be a letter there. He had written that address in his farewell note to Miruma and he felt all shot through with little lightnings as he thought of finding a message in her hand. ne all-nig- er Jebb-Pierpo- And is your liddle vhat it Breakfast time found them at Vienna, and Jebb ordered everything he could think of. He smoked Lud-laexpensive invicibles till he made himself dizzy, and his jailer was heartily glad to see Munich arrive in the late afternoon of the dreariest day he had ever spent. The finishing blow was the discovery that sister Jennie, never expecting her brother, had gone to Vienna for a weeks visit. The concierge gave her address as the Hotel Bristol a familiar name to Jebb. And poor Ludlam was so and so sleepy from his vigil that Jebb felt sorry for him. Jebb had won the confidence a patient trusty inspired, and Ludlam felt sure of keeping him by the simple device of withholding his return fare. He engaged adjoining rooms after assuring him that they would entrain for Vienna on the morrow and waddled off to bed. It was not long before his snores came trumpeting through the thin partition. Jebb settled back in a chair in his own room, to figure up his expenditures and find how he stood with the future. How can you tell? She may have needed some money very badly. Nonsense, shes got a private fortune of her own. Then how do you know she didnt give it to me? Why should she give you this ring? Is she married? Not that I know of. Maybe she exchanged it with me as an engagement token. Wait till you see her. You may find a ring of mine on her finger. This random shot staggered Ludlam, but it had a backfire that bowled Jebb over, too, for the frightful possibility suddenly presented itself that the other member of the firm, V. Pierpont, Esq., in the soul, might aca taken have fancy to this tually Miss Jennie Ludlam and proposed to her. She might be some pathetic old spinster who would jump at a proposal from anybody. Meanwhile the train was pushing on through the dark. An iron bridge at Neusatz carried it rumbling across the Danube and into the plains of lower Hungary. Finally, Ludlam, having failed to invent a next step, threw the bur- - looking ring you got on, doc. HUGHES By RUPERT WNU SERVICE 0 0 0 OLD choosing a gardener: Look at his trousers. If theyre patched on the knees, you want him; if theyre patched on the seat, you dont. The girl who tells a man he isnt the only fish in the sea should remember she isnt the only bait. Castles in the air arent much good unless you build foundations under them. I At the bank Jebb was met with a new facer. Two letters both from had indeed arrived for Turkey Herr Jebb (his heart leaped at the glorious news, and at the Sound of his own,' own name) but according to his recent telegraphed instructions, they had been forwarded to his address in Trieste. So impatience foils impatience. There seemed to be nothing left for Jebb except to cast himself adrift on the tide of circumstance and trust to luck again. ' When Jebb reached the Hotel Bristol he asked if Mr. Ludlam were registered there. No, but Miss Ludlam was. He sent his name up, and asked for her brother. Word was returned that Mr. Ludlam was absent, but that his sister would be down in five minutes if Mr. Jebb would wait in the reception room. A womans five minutes! Jebb retained his cigar and tried to imagine what sister Jennie would look like He kept his eye on the clock and when the five minutes were gone he threw away his cigar and sauntered into the luxurious reception-hal- l, wondering how large a section of an hour sister Jennies five minutes represented. It had been a long time since he had sat in a fashionable continental hotel and watched a peacock alley tograph of square; materials quired; Send order to: 82 re- Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. New York Eighth Ave. Enclose 15 cents in coins for Pat- tern No Name Address Strength of Love Love is strong as death. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. The Song of Solomon. John Dont listen to her. Tragedy is sure to result. Read A Girl and in May True Story My Husband on Magazine and be warned. Its sale now. Adv. parade. Sorrows of Others But among the women moved one who for others sof rows care He who caught Jebbs eye by some subname of man that the no jot, tle differentness from the crowd. He not. Saadi. deserveth man could not see her face, though the of an back of her head, the glimpse ear or a cheek strongly implied beauty. Her form was beautiful, too; and she was graceful. She paced awhile aimlessly, Heres amazing way to paused to look aimlessly out of a window, sat down at a desk, as if Relieve 'Regular1 Pains to write, seemed to decide not to Mrs. 1. C. lawson writes: "I teas had cramps, headaches and write, rose. At length, however, associated with my monthly periods, she dropped into a chair with a visiTtook Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription was ble if not audible sigh of ennui and , for a while, gained strength mand relieved of these pains. greatly stared at the floor. over 70 years, countless thousandsor pOR And now Jebb could study her women, who suffered functional monttuy Favorite Vt pains, have taken Dr. ofPierces and face. At once he knew that he had hiw over a period time scription remedy ms met her somewhere but where? overjoyed to find that this famous discomf helped them ward off such monthly She was wonderfully beautiful, but Most amazing, this scientific remedy, her? seen he had where mutated by a practicing physician, narco teed to contain no harmful drugs no Her timid eyelids rose and her ics. In a scientific way, it improves nutnhoMJ assimilation; helps build yu u? 5?fiesyoa gaze ran about the room, as if she creases your resistance and nervous were lonely and afraid. Her eyes against functional pain. Lessens . froB1 did not see him, but he saw her during this trying period. . Dont suffer one unnecessaryDr.moment PieT Get eyes. There was no mistaking those such monthly discomfort. vorite Prescription from your dnigpst eyes. He tried to call her name, how wonderfully it acts to relieve y but his pale lips commanded only . cover Regular pains. a murmur: Miruma! Miruma! raoiM wnderrmer-ishe- d, bacK-ach- e, (TO BE CONTINUED) Unfinished Business In a study of Unfinished Business in America, one authority re- remember you said such a nice ports that 200,000 railroad grade name it is, I like it. crossings are yet to be eliminated, bill families are still without the will I now, 20,000,000 pay Yes, yes. if you have it. It is no hurry. Vill you have again your old room overlooking the Everyone will admire your skill when you use a cloth crocheted in this lovely pineapple design. The handy squares make grand pick-u- p work, too! 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