The Argosy, Vol. 81, No. 4 — page 194: what you’re looking at

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760 made clothes. The jewelry was no risk: you can always realize on good stuff, and I buy no other. “The only thing I regretted was the ex- traordinarily rotten excuse I had to put up, but it was necessary that it should be thin, or the barber would have bought the watch at once without inquiries. I had to make him suspicious, and of course, there had to be such strong certainty that the check was a bum one, or even a merchant would think before putting his head into the _ lion’s mouth. However, all’s well that ends well. “Now we’ll leave Sydney at once, and get going on something legitimate. Here’s where I reform. Say, Bunny, this is the first time my uncle has really been useful to me. He was to-day, though. They thought I was the ‘big noise’,and that the ricks \ OMERS FALLS had some claim to be S the literary center of an extensive ter- ritory. It was the home town of the Papyrus Club that met each month to spread sweetness and light, and to main- tain the culture of its members. Some enjoyed it, and the rest put up with it, consoling themselves with the. refresh- ments, for you might as well be nobody in Somers Falls as not to belong to the Papyrus Club. But where is the Eden without its ser- pent, and where does not the rivalry of brutal man for the love of beautiful woman breed strife, or give rise to plots, counter- plots, and all the zest of the love drama? udor Jenks THE ARGOSY. long arm of my dear relative was stretched out over me, holding a check-book. If they only knew!” he chuckled. There was silence a minute. Then Bunny broke it. “Ts it the ‘straight and narrow’ for us from now on, Jim?” he asked. : “How do I know?” the other answered. “Tt’s all in the hands of fate. I thought it was to be before, but you went and got jickeyed and that threw us off once more. I’ll-say this, though, son. - We’ll watch our- selves. You keep off the race-track and the tables, and I’ll watch out for my particular tripping-block, an’ we'll make it so blame hard for Fate to throw us that she’ll get a grouch and quit. Is it a go?” “Betcha life it’s a go.” And the two gripped hands. (ithout In Somers Falls the beautiful woman was Madge Carpenter; Albert Ramsay; and the brutal man rdéles were played by Jack Harding and Ralph Davidson—both in love with Madge. ° Mrs. Ramsay was Ralph’s aunt, and de- veloped into the Serpent of Guile only after Jack had butted into the game. You see, Jack was from the wicked city—one of those horrid newspaper men. He came to Somers Falls on his vacation, and instead of taking a complete rest, as his physician had advised, he complicated his nervous condition by falling in love with pretty Madge from the very first time they ate ice- cream together on the Japanese-lantern lighted porch of her father’s house. Ralph considered that the city man was (e(0) DOO (C cS) in) the serpent was Mrs. . (EO)