The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1929, Page 7

tfiMU’ELIDb IEilUILILlE'I|'§ Charles G.Bo Discovery of 2 cunted pistol in Andrew Ogden’s homie after his murder develops the theory that the wealthy civic leader, had Been, 30 years before, advenfur- er and overlord of Torridity, Alex Peterson, Stunned by the [ revelation, John Peebles, Og- den’s intimate friend, still in- eists that the blackmailer Dil- } | course that spontaneity which al- | ways grdaces my table. I suppose | the trapping of oné's fellow beings discourages the social instinct, He and I had a pleasant hour in my den, tnough, and I found him able to tell me a good many things about small firearms. When he had gone, Lucy came in. Dropping on a stool at my feet, Ion, and not O 's son, Jerry, she leaned her dark head against | is the murderer. Peebles’ nlece, |my .. My {i TS Were s00n Lucy, engaged Luther MacNair, stroking her sleek black hair. A famous detsctive, to prove her |common sadr of spirit suffused fiance innocent, but MacNair {us and neither of us spoke for a | also supports the police theory | little while. of Jerry's guilt. | “There's no word?” Lucy whis- —_— pered presently. Chapter 16 “None,” I said huskily, and she ON JERRY’S TRAIL There was nothing else to be done land so we followed Deacon from | (the Ogden home. I put the car [in. the garage and MacNair came dnto the house with me. Mrs. Moffit TR o8 ST | pressed her head hard against my knee. When she looked up I tried to avoid her eye, but there must have been some magnetic quality in the look she turned on me for I felt “Jerry Ogden was seen racing toward Skull Valley.” | had got a fire crackling in the den|my 5 drawn down to hers. Hcri and he put his back to the blaze |expression tore heart and I while I sat down at the desk nr‘mUh ad to blow my nose violently be- begin to pencil in a little red note fore I felt equal to recounting what book. MacNair watched me, his'had transpired during the day. ironic look tempered by amuse-| “You still believe in him, Uncle | ment. | Jonn?” “Clews?” he inquired when I had| “My dear child! Of course I be- done. {lieve in him!” “In a way,” I admitted. “I thought ‘ nd—you don't think-—am'tlungl I might be able to supplement your —dreadful could have happened to own conclusions with one or two him?” of my own.” i T sensed the terror leaping in her “Good idea! Two heads are bet-|breast, but I kept my voice steady. | ter than one. Well, I must be off.”| “Certainly not! He'll turn up in “No indeed!” I exclaimed, stand- a day or so0.” ing up. “You must have dinner| She nestled softly agaiust me| with us.” then. In her tender moments Lucy He laughed. “You tempt me. Iis inexpressibly dear to me. i have an indifferent cook.” “Mine is the best in San | I must admit I am getting on for Felipe. the sort of thing that began at You will stay?” |breakfast the next morning. Noth- “Thanks, I will.” |ing like it had come my way in The meal wasn’t especially lively,'10 years or more and it surpriscs‘ although both Mrs. Moffit ang me that I carried on (o the end as| Lucy did their best and I must ad- well as I did. Probably my pride | mit MacNair was interesting in ‘]H‘H) the audacious thing Lucy was to | cold-blooded way. But his tw {do, rekindled the fires of my van ed outlook and his ironical phil ished youth, for I have the timid phy of life took from. our inter- man’s admiration of daring. Ho Most all residential fires are roof fires. You will | have roofed for the last time and can forget roof | troubles forever if you cover the roof with Asbestos Shingles f Made of natural asbestos rock they are absolutely fireproof and everlasting. Do not confuse asbestos shingles with shingles of semi-fireproof or fire-resisting qualities and lim- | ited to guaranteed length of service. 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Just ten miles over the 5000-mark” I observed. | with a glance at the speedometer. He nodded. “It's fairly speedy. I expect to be back tomorrow. The engine gave a throaty purr and the roadster slid from under my hand. At breakfast, half an hour later, Lucy had little to say. Shadows encircled her eyes and my heart ached for her. We had ;votlr to the toast and coffee stage when | the telephone rang, It was Sun- day, Mrs. Moffit's day off, and Lucy answered the call. Mrs. MOf—‘ fit had got our breakfast ready and gone to her Cosmic Indulgence cir- cle, which meets every Sunday morning at eight. We didn’t expect her back until evening. “Somebody wants to speak to Captain Deacon,” Lucy announced ! from the door of my den. “He's not here. Why didn’t you—" I stopped. Her eyes were fixed on me Dpiteously. “What's the matter child?” “I don't know—oh, nothing,” she whispered. “I didn't—tell him. I thought it might be—I tlmup,ht‘ something might have h'mpencd—- he seems excited—" “Nonsense!” I cried, but my old heart thumped a bit. “Deacon must be dropping in here. Wait, I'll apeak}l he some- A sense of disaster weighed upon | me as I took up the instrument.: “Hello.” l “That you, chief?” some one de- | manded crisply. I have been told that my voice over the wire re-| sembles Deacon’s. Before I could | | Imake my identity known the \olcc‘ ran on: “Somebody just phoned ; in they seen Jerry Ogden driving | along the Peskella road to Skull| Valley night before last!” I almost dropped the instrument “This is Peebles. Captain Deacon {isn't here, yet.” | The floor was rocking beneath | me. Jerry . . . Skull Valley . . . night before last. i “If youll leave a message—" I began in a voice strangely unlik91 my own. “Tell him to call headquarcers[ He said he might stop at your place | first. Don't forget!” I stared into the mouthpiece| numb with horror. Jerry . . . Skull! |Valley . . . Torridity. Torridity | and Andrew’s death had come to| form a sort of unholy unity. Jerry | had gone there. But why? And why | “Good God!” I muttered. “Unless | he ecan explain himself Deacon will bring him back under warrant!” A horrible fear that Jerry might: be able to explain his flight to Dea- | con’s satisfaction, although he would | to mine, overwhelmed me. | (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) | Jerry fleeing to Torridity— the police on his trail—accused of murder. Another amazing de- velopment in tomorrow’s chap- ter. - e —— NOTICE Willoughby Avenue will*be closed to traffie for the next few days aceount repair work at a point near Jack White's Store. T. B. JUDSON, Mayor. —adv. ————— We make ana alter all kinds of | fur- garments. Goldstein’s Em- oorjum. —adv. | - eee——— ATTENTION! For Carpenver Work of any kind —shop or city—Call Handy And: Phone 498. Try the Five o'Clock Dinner Specials at Mabry's. END-0-CORN removes thousands of | old corns every day; surely, easily and without any pain. Any Bank in the United States will pay you §1.00 if “END-O-CORN” does | Rot remove your every corn or callous. 1 vs our GUARANTEE. at’ the following | druggists TODAY If the; are X not = | o8 urite to END- 0-CORN fi 0] 4 Garfield Blvd., Chlfllo. who will see that you receive & jar prorsptly, matcrials. " Butler-Mauro Drug Co, HORSEFACE DON'T cuve ME MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT ONER THE PHONE. — T SUPPOSE MVSERIOUS PACKAGE (A FRONT WANT I ARCUND HERE - L.~ THE THOUGHTS oF j \ THE HEEBS! Commencement address. Violet Lun- {Invacation | Presentation of Diplomas {for the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries MRS. kLOTz (F MR.KLOTZ voesaT Stop SNOOPING ARQUND MY KTRHEN , T M GOING To LEAVE!I CANT Do MY WORE WITH THAT MAN UNDER 8AY ANOSE EUERN MINUTE —CRITICISIN L A ALL THE TME AN® - WAY— b & “THAT = RRABN HE'S OULT ME, T DONT Qe Me VACATION FOR ~ HOUSE LOOMS, PRESENT TIME Thr eatened Controveresy Between Senate, House, May Be Averted DOUGLAS NEWS SIX TO GRADUATE EXERCISES TONIGHT Six students representing the senior class of the Douglas high school will reeive their diplomas of graduation at the Commencement Exercises to be held this evening at the Liberty theatre. They are Roberta Fraser, Herbert Savikko, Ethyle Runquist, Douglas Durham, Violét Lundell and Alex Gair. Grover C. Winn will deliver the WAS] for a summer vacation for most of the members of Congress was rais-| ed today as progress was made in cd controversy between the Senate and House and the former's right to initiate export debenture legisla- tion in the Farm Relief bill. The outcome rests with the Re- publican steering committee of the House which has been called upon to decide the manner the bill will be received. Whether the bill will be received with the debenture dell is Valedictorian and Roberta Fraser, Salutorian. The program in full will be as follows: Selection Harmony Hound: L. D. Hammock Roberta Fraser Girls' Glee Cluk Salutatory Song Valedictory Violet Lundell fclause, as passed by the Senate, or Song Miss Dorothy Crim |sent back on the ground that the Address Grover C. Winn | House has the only constitutional Presentation of Class right to start such legislation, re- Supt. K. W. Chapman |mains with the steering committee. Speaker Longworth and other leaders are inclined to favor re- ceiving the bill, confident that the debenture clause, which is opposed by President Hoover, will be easily climinated by conference procedure and the measure then sent to the White House with less a likely veto. Anticipating the adoption of the plan, Speaker Longworth an- nounced a recess of six weeks or two months after the House com- pletes the work on the tariff bill and farm relief measure. e HERE FROM KETCHIKAN Felix Gray Benediction L. D. Hammock — .. B. B. DANCE TONIGHT Following the Commencement Excrcises this evening there will be a dance in the natatorium. It is the Baseball Dance of the Doug- las Volunteer Fire Department. It will not be necessary to dress up for the dance for it is to be a hard-time affair. - MISS DONOVAN RETURNS Mrs. George J. Beck, whose hus- band is connected with the Smith Electrical Company at Ketchikan, and her small son, arrived in Ju- neau on the steamer Yukon, They will go to Hoonah where they wili visit Mrs. Beck’s father-in-law, the Rev. G. J. Beck, Presbyterian min- ister at that place. Miss Marie Donovan, fiscal agent and acting in the same capacity for {the Census Bureau in the Terri- {tory, returned here Tuesday after spending the winter in the Seattle offices of the former bureau. She {will remain in local headquarters of the Fisheries Bureau until late next Fall. s o c Et ST S P J. E. Johnson, of Ketchikan, has A short circuit damaged the|been employed as Tax Assessor for chclry store of Avakoff and Bro“nJ at Fairbanks. city books. (et e et Electric Vacuum Cleaners ROY AL HOOVER BEEVAC AND GENERAL ELECTRIC SOLD and RENTED Rental payments can be applied on later cleaner purchases. Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Douglas Phone 18 Juneau Phone 6 AN THAT KITCHEN AGAIN, ) HINGTON, May 16.—FHopes| negotiations to avert the threaten-| Petersburg and also to audit the| OUR SERVICE EXTENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD THE First National Bank | Anchorage Man |Given Sad Report |By Physicians ° SEATTLE, May 16—M. F. ® Murphy, who came back ® here a few days ago from | © Anchorage, Alaska, where he @ haz spent the last 19 years, ¢ has been informed by physi- ® cians that he has an incur- © able cancer and only has a e few months to live. 'He had o intended to live here enjoy- ® ing his competence made in e the north but now will re- e turn to Anchorage after a e trip East. i® ° 0000 cvo00 000 Sets World’s Record Assoclated Press Harry Chauca, 20 year old Hop | Indian, toppled a 25 year. mark | when he ran the six ‘mile race| during the Southern Pacific A. A U. championships In Los Angeles, in 29 mmutes 44 seconds. o DousT oF lT«- Ive MARRIED A HIGHLY NERUOUS WOMAN -~ DOUGLAS PLAYS ELKS THIS P. M, League Leadership at Stake in Ball Game Sched- uled for Tonight The leadersmip or wne Gastineau Channel Baseball League is at istake in the game scheduled for tonight at City Park between the {Elks and Douglas clubs. Each team won its start last Sunday, |the Elks handily and the Islanders in a 10-inning affray against the Moose. l The Elks will introduce a new heavier to the fans tonight in the person of one Jensen who is said to have worlds of smoke and a fine assortment of twisters. Against him probably will be opposed Big' Andy Andrews, elongated portside hurler who has lots of everything except control which he is short o! occasionally. Weather conditions permitting, ' and at midafternoon this was re- garded as a bad bet, the game will start at 6:30 p. m. A special ferry les Douglas at 6 o'clock for Ju- neau with players and fans. - -eoe { | IS MUCH IMPROVED Robert Saunders, a well known' pioneer, who has been in St. Ann's ) | Hospital for the last week suffer- ing with heart trouble, is much im- proved today, according to the hos- | pital authorities. | - - Our Fur Marufacturing Depart- ment s in charge of an ecxpert furrier. 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