The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 7, 1929, Page 7

LETS OLD IBUL by Charles G.Booth .. | ]I always had an idea there was a {side of him I hadn’t seen. Some- |times I wondered if the Andrew | ;Og en I knew really was the man himseif.” SYNOPSIS: Loyally coming o the defense of Jerry Ogden, ‘her fience, who is accused of Smurdering his father, Lucy de- fies the police ‘and attempts to ‘hide some important cvidence. ‘Attacking the police theory of {diteumstantial cvidence against ‘her lover, Lucy sists that the porson secn fle from the “0gen home affer the murler Swas not Jerry. With her uncle, “John Pecbles, also con- ~ineed of J Sfcads with Luther MacNair, | ‘famous retired detective, “hake ent investi- igation of yords—"gold ‘;ioutcd by Andrew Ogden *few hours before his death, and dwo queer, unknown visitors, add a4 new npote to the intriguing . mystery. I kind | “What of a lad | Ogde b is young smiled at Lucy. “A fine, clean ( A bit reckless and impulsive, aps, but that's all. He favors his father in looks but he has none |of that nt, that secretiveness, I somet s sensed in Andrew.” On good terms with his father?” “Of cou They had their dif-| i fercnces, I expect.” | “For instance?” The question came. SO abrule,v: {that T was startled. So was Lucy, | Ithe color flaming into her white Both of us were thinkmg‘ of Jerry’s difference of opinion with his father about the mine. “Nothing much,” I replied calm- “Ogden owns a deserted mine near Torridity Jerry, who an engineer, thinks there’s pay gold| in it. He wanted to reopen the| Hunter, remained quiet for most of |mine, but And wouldn't have | thé time while T told him as mucli |1t touched. Je is a persistent | a%, I knew of the case. Occasionally |yo er and he kept at his father | he interrupted with a pertinent |constantly about it. They hadn't pointed question. guaireled, so far as T know.” ] “Hyde refused to tell you where, MacNair grunted. “Did you ever| he got the pistol?” he growled. hear Ogden mention Furie and this | Yes." woman in black?” “And Hu Chapter 8 THE EVIDENCE AGAINST i JERRY MacNajr, the relentless man- | b | | heard Ogden bbard g the den. A burglar’s searchlight was eirclin shout ‘gold bullets' while this yian| “Ever hear him refer to ‘gold bul- Furie was in the library. Furie, eh? |lets'?” Good name, that.” “Never.” “Are you inclined to connegy Furie| “Furie and the woman in black with the murder?” I asked quickly.fwi!l have to be accounted for. I A1 am inclined to congider him.|suppose Deacon will run them That woman in black, too. Andidown.” MacNair stood up. “That | Nathan Hyde, perhaps. Don't ! will do now. I'll see you after break- misunderstand me. T am not say-|fast.” 4 ing any of them did it. They have| «Don't forget tiie prowabiiity that merely entered the case—that’s all.” |Ogden’s murderer got hold of Jer- £'You are going to help us then?”|,5's flannels” I reminded him. vHe flashed his disconcerting stare| He grinned mirthlessly. “It's be- | at me. jcome a probability, has it? You'd 1 suppose I shall have 10,” he|petter sleep on what I said about grumbled. “It's about as odd a|fixing the responstbility. I meant thing as I ever tackled.” {it. If you want me to drop the Lucy gave a sob of relief, buljcase say so in the morning.” she was too overcome to do more| pycy answered him. “We are not than whisper some incohcrent €X-lafraid of the truth, Mr. MacNair.” préssion of her gratitude. He nodded. “I shall want to se “T want it clearly understood”itnat Ppeterson revolver so don' he went on, “that I play no fav-ityrn it over to Deacon yet.” ors. If I take the case I look 0| wyith this he let us out into the Ogden’s murderer. When I find|garkness. him I shall turn him over to the| 71t was half-past-two when I got police, no matter who he may be.|into bed. My mind was going round 15 that understood?” jand round like an endless phono- /T nodded, shuddering a little and graph record and I felt as if I avoiding Lucy's eyes. |could never sleep again. “We are not afraid, Mr. Mac-| rpe telephone call . ... Andrew’s Nair,” she asserted bravely. {last words. . . [“Do you believe from what Ijgne ging . . . Hubbard's story of have told you that Jerry Ogden|pyre and the woman in black, and Killed his father?” Lucy winced at|angrey shouting “gold bullets” . . . my question, but it had to b°| Gradually my overwrought nerves asked. \quleted down and I felt sleep steal- ““Why shouldn’t I?” he reL\u"ned,mg upon me. with such brutal directness thall ang then suddenly, I was wide Lucy gave a cry of pain. “Hu,b'znwake again. Some slight noise hard heard him talking to his fatd-) st have aroused me, but my er “shortly after nine. ~You and iy thought was that I had neg- imson saw him running as if fOr|jceteq to do something. Ah, yes! life two minutes after the thing iy naq put Polyandria out and for- done. If it had been anyCn® oouien o let her in again. But a you had seen racing along that icenge of “wrongness” persisted in yowd have known who killed ;my mind. T was on the point of den.” ing out of bed when a weighty fThe man's cynicism appalled Me. [ohject Janded with a thump in J“What about the possibility thfi}‘ my abdomen. Alarmed, I put out ifiebody else was wearing Jerty'S|ny nand, felt silky fur, and laugh- clpthes, that somébody else dropped oq keys?” I ventured. “I didn't| polyandria! Where did you come Jerry's face, rgmember," | from?” MacNair laughed. “Why should| pno guestion disturbed me. —If if be somebody else? Because YOU 1 paq left Polyandria locked out t it to be. Well, never mind poy pad she got in? Putting her t. He lighted a cigarette.|5qige 1 got out of bed and crept here, Peebles. It looks as if jn¢5 the hall. The door of my den Iis father. But a5 agjar. Inside, a light beam cir- Ijam not starting out on the 35‘!cl¢d the room. Some one with an ption that he did. T'll draw mY | cjectric torch was there. lusions . . . later.” | (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) enough,” I agreed. ! {«“we understand each other, \‘.hen.( have known Ogden for somei | A prowler in the early morn- ing hours—what is he seeking? —has he any connection with the Ogden murder?—the answer is in tomorrow’s chapter. o —— NOTICE OF SAILING s, T take it?” “spbout nine years.” Intimately?” e was my closest friend.” $“Do you know of 9 life that might St —_— at his death?”? 4 The Motorship OREGON will sail It's rather hard to explain. O2- from Seattle May 22nd. Wire your and I were together a good orders at once or see D. B. Fem- and the engagement of the'mer, Juncau Agent. brought us closer still. But adv. lnhisi a motive | g ¢ Jerry running like | i | | | Independent S. 8. Co.|—adv, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929 BARNEY GOOGLE AND TIORACE. T DO WISH o VOU WOULDNT CNERWORK VOURSELF LIKE TRIS = I HANE A MAN COMING TRIS AFTER - ooN To PUT LP SPARK PLUG PLEASE TELL HIM 1T GINES ME GREAT BLEASLRE, (MRS. KLGIZ , AND VT AS WORK (fuit) j o7 4t many, Summen NTHing Wiafoss of heawy velyet- (}qga&}w e mestly wfi/f:,f o Hoims Hlendde, Hunasol withmink. eotlar v o ywel dhadis and. i E ! ‘After Fifty Years 7 patin o1 el pak tinta i ond euffo. Velvet wiaps me Hend o, eontrastsoharplly with ones duess~ DOUGLAS NEWS P.-T. A. INSTALLATION AND PROGRAM TONIGHT |3 The final meeting of the Doug- las Parent-Teacher Association for the term will be held tonight at | the usual hour in the school as- | sembly room. Seating of the new officers will take placc and a pro- gram featuring moving pictures of | the far north, taken by Elmer Reed, ! of Juneau, will be shown. | el CLUB TO MEET | | Mrs. Charles Sey will be hostess to the Douglas Island Women's Club at her home Wednesday eve- ning. It will be the last meet- ing for the summer of the organi-| zation, ! e DAUGHTER BORN A baby girl was born to Mr. and; Mrs. Sam McGee yesterday fore- noon at the home of the father's parents Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Mc-| Gee. The new arrival tipped thel scales at 9% pounds. — RUSSELL ENROUTE WEST FOR SEASON IN FIELD| Charles Buckley stegz down NOT To COME — I AM GOING T& 00 IT MYSELF! {cilman, to replace C. H. McSpad- . SRR L0 S0 BRSSP MRS, k2! IF MR KLOR DoEsNT KEEP HIS (OSE OUT OF MY KkITRHEN HAVE - 7 WU MUSTAT TALK AOOLT MR KGR (€ THeT. ROSE-(MARIE -\EU TAKE THE AFTERNOON OFF / AND WE'LL GO QLT FOR DINNER TomIOHT - TREN Tu. SPEAKR To MR k1CT2 ABOUT BEING (v THE KITCHEA - TM SURE HE DOESNT REALZE HE'S ™ NouR i © 1929, King Feat MASTERPIECE OF [SPECTACULAR [ LAURENCE HERE PLANE CRASH) _ PERFECTION Twelve by Six Mt. McKin- Pilot Becomes Confused at Plast er ley Oil Scene on Exhibi- | Field Lights, Bumps tion in Nugget Shop Into Sign The latest work from the Cl‘(‘fltly(" SACRA]\’[F.N&‘;—EQL May 7—In $47.50 per thousand ,I: h of Sydney Laurence, “Even-|a spectacular airplane crash at |ing Glow of McKinley,” viewed Delpaso airport, Supervisors War- F. O. B. OUR STORE from the headwaters of the To-|ren Shannon and Williah Stanton, kachitha River, is now to be seen of San Francisco, were injured; |in the gallery of the Nugget Shop.|¥re Boeken, Superintendent of {The painting arrived from thejt wcisco Municipal Rail- south on the steamer Alameda. | way wy Heidelburg, Deputy Viewed from the entrance of the |City Attorney of San Francisco, | Shop, one involunt; s and is [escaped with slight bruises. wed by the effec at the mar-| The pla piloted by Harvey | velous scene The moun-|Lenke, was demolished. tain with the blue haze of evening| Lenke was taken to the hospital around its base, with its summit but his injuries have not been de- still bathed in vari-colored lights | termined. cost by the sinking sun and with| The plane left the ground las the Tokachitna River boiling :uh‘l!llb‘;ht. The engine began to mn frothing its way from the foothills|Lenke was confused by the lights of the peak, done in a realness/on the field and crashed into a that is tling, leaves one without )large sign board by the roadside. words of expression, | B i Dr. Robert Simpson quoted Syd-| i ney Laurence, saying, this n(‘woxl:ALAMEDA SOUTH i oil would more than likely be the lnst great. work by the famous THIS AFTERNOON Alas} painter. The pic-| ;e i ture was done during the past win-| ter, heing but recently completed at the studio of Mr. Laurence at Los Angeles. Never before Mr. Laurence done Mt. McKinley so masterfully cording to art critic The scene lis larger than any ever done by him of an Alaskan vic measur- ing twelve feet by six feet, un-|Passmore and E. H. Sherman. {framed The Alameda sailed south at 1' ! No valuation has been cet on the |o'clock this afternoon with the fol- |painting by Mr. Laurcnce. It is in|lowing passengers from Juneau: l the Nugget Shop on exhibition and r Seattle—William Fisher, R.' |is not offered for sale. W. J. Reed, James Kelly, A. J. {Sprague, E. Peterfelch and George Juneau-Young Hardware Company The SOLUTION to your INSURANCE PROBLEM TO GET THE BEST in insurance protection, at the lowest rate consistent with safety and security— 1—SEEK the aid of an experienced and reputable insurance man—because his standing in the insur- ance world will then be YOUR biggest asset.” 2_MAKE him the “Insurance Department” of your business. 3—FOLLOW his advice. 4—MAKE him responsible for results. IF you follow this suggestion you will never have any regrets when your policies become elaims. i W Enroute soutn arer calling at |Haines and Skagway, the steamer | Alameda, Capt. C. V. Westerlund, |docked here at 10:30 o'clock this morning. | Passengers for Juneau arriving aboard the vessel were: Charles/ Hawthorn, C. H. Fello Mrs. R. Killewick, Mrs. J. W. Lievers, C. | Telekinoff. ISPECIAL MEETING | For Ketchikan—J. D. Coffin, T. IN. H , E. Roland d Lofus 1 OF COUNCIL TONIGHT ;pcen < iha iy | | For Wrangell—P. C. McCormack, | | There will be a special meeting Charles Benjamin and Mrs. Archie | [of the Juneau City Council at 8 Young. | o'clock tonight in the City Hall.| For Petersburg—R. G. Smith and Au Sh k I As there was no meeting last Fri-|[Sam Guyot. ' en attuc 9 nC. day a number of important ques- AR sy flons were held over for discussion | FURS Insurance—Real Estate tonig 8t t ot and sidewalk im-| provements will be discussed and; We are now ready to alter or also the problem of finding a lo- |make up your furs. Goldstein's cation for a new City Float. A |Emporium. adv. committee from the Chamber of! IR o AL Commerce will be in attendance. | MARTHA SOCIETY The question of selecting a coun- | \ The Martha Society will serve supper in the church parlors, May 16th. Telephone 5503 —adv. !den, who resigned, is also expected ® to be solved tonight. | Tuesday, - i for reservations. V. K. WOODS RETURNED | V. K. Woods, representative of | { the Seims-Carlson contracting com- pany of Spokane, Wash., arrived here on the Alameda from Peters- | burg where he has been looking over work being done by his firm | 'for the U. S. Bureau of Public | Roads there. He, will remain ini |Juneau until the bids are opened |and the contract awarded for sev- eral jobs to the Westward for the| At Wholesale Cost and Less You'r choice of the sample line of one of the highest grade manufacturers in the 1 AND WHERE | country for only Traveling men arriving in Ju-; {neau on the mailboat Margnita |from Sitka were G. L. Rich, A. Van | J. R. Russell, field superintend- | ent in charge of propagation work for the U. §. Bureau of theries.} is enroute on the steamer Alaska | for Seward from where he will pro- | ceed to Afognak where the bureau! maintains a hatchery station. Mr. Russell will espend several weeks, there and in other districts before returning to his headquarters in Beattle. ., — ODUNA DUE TONIGHT ! | The freighter Oduna, of the Alas-! ka Steamship Company, is due on; the Channel at 9 o'clock tonight.| The vessel will load a cargo of; railroad ties and lumber for west- ward ports at the Juneau Mills. Considerable cargo is aboard for Juneau. — e — NOTICE TO PATRONS Monthly siatements are mailed to| all our customers on the first of| cach month to afford you the op-| portunity of a complete check up' at your leisure. They are not in- tended as demand for payment.) We thank you for your patronage.| MIKE PUSICH. | | Light 532 from the cab of his engine at St. Paul, ‘Minn,, for the last time, rounding out fifty years of service at the throttle of en- gines on the Great Northern Railroad. Of all the places he has seen in his millions of miles of traveling he thinks the Glacier National Park is the most interesting. 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