Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-03
THE FORTUNE HUNTER
Rv RIIRY M dYREc
THIS pEorNs THE STORY
RUBY NJ. AYRES
Author OF "The Bachelor Husbnnd "Ths Untoanted ETC.
Copyright BY Wheeler Syndicate, mo-

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was ~ u,.o urn. M ,reotp
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III turning the pages. reading ex-
-. 20 the scribbled writing:
tracts oi u, go. ,.or AWE TO only
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women would not De 30 iona vi nef'
uorsbin: II only they would take n
w. NJ the worlds estimate Of
man ~
hin.
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after mage, forgetting that 1t must be
81. ,oto and tbat downstairs Anne
se''ins ."' -. t,,o ro, stor, ord
waited for him' MS laeo ""s '''in CIV.
st In the moonlight when ne reached
Al, and NJ that eloquent story, then he
Wv -, ,r,.b q sort ~ contemnt
nung II ao"n -,...
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mt now. ="
~. .hs d,arv Ind told many things,
io' w u.., .. .ho orod,. 80 .bs man
and but little 10 the cieui. VI .ne i'""
who had died so tragically that Septem-
ber afternoon and the fortune i1uhter
| knew now that It had not been love or
loyalty that had brought him back to
England after 80 many years, but be-
| cause tDtTp udu bVNhNu w oo''i w.
N he no way Of Kidding himself of n
woman Of whom he had wearied long
enougb ago.
Reading on and on, the Fortune
Hunter completely forgot the errand
which had brought him upstairs, until
the mention of Tommy's name in the
diary recalled the boy and the promised
Searskin.
II Law in the ton of the box next the
one which Tommy had opened, a great
Mrrv robe. info whose folds more than
one hook and packet of papers had
vorked its way.
The Fortune Hunter pauscd only to
dve Il n hnsty shaking: then. with II
Sndled m under one arm be rushed
away 10 the stairs, eager to give II 70
mo hov and cet hack to Tho diarv once
more Tn FACT so eayer was bo that be
toiIod 70 notIca hnne ,ybora sbo Stond
iust uitbin tho door ~ b,s roon bor
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sba ron,,, ,%S, t".e Ipmatu, h On lne top step
sr;orsIw % ~ nnt"d .ha n"sIps stt ainsosc ui.fGn-
,hnt te waa ra,iiS hpnd IRON tne ioiaed pear SKIN
s,n, Wi Tha ouheeu aon ~ unuer htr rover
Arms a. "I .Io numcis ..o5 itll u. sTliE from her
Wv ~ was hson.,fl tne photograph % Of womanI
Sc,oss u, tba hntto mon"n' y, oo'ionsiy' hnG
wr,t;n1 tIo 'ne @ Do't1ni .h ol II, III clear' Dol'
"nasr Totr Iohn 'nv ;.M wTrus' rus ;,
In snIts oVH", nf d." WIN & :ose from lrenie.
douht sho ,uiubt ~ | va raS1e t,. tn,Ssn'Inss ana
since tho ' Fort"na r aTr Mrntnu re,. mUm anu tneh
MN until now, when she, stood at the
Top OF the staircase with the photo
sfsPh IN her hand.
other woman in his life, and 1t was a
s. % voa nne tnouGnt escaped her before
,IsI %e was aware or 1t, and in panic she
"go go,u " simother IL.
tbsrs 'n moS "ouiu .nn,. never nave lied to her
wonId IS .bow Soiie ~ sihp!e -. PIE @e'pianatien she
i.uah .uuia snow 1t TO him, and he would
betSs,sr" "itS .S. e'eryenihs would be right
And And" vetnbasn etenr as"'n, .ou,..,
IL. anu yet-when presently she heard
turned Az h,o,' "Steauing zen; tne stalrs-she
tbs nbotoaro III nv the room, thrustihg
tcctp tpA''OSf"ph INTO the bosom OF her
Sbo una ...., ,,
not t"G ocTNsu';aG Tns TtFeia although she would
tion I I%r~ Sir 'nat she was afraid to ques-
Tbs I: T,,,o ,,
room oooerII. n0etnne itunter iHnr came into the
Tommv SIserty, Ely nave l been long
ton,iHy kept me chattering.' He put