The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1929, Page 6

k : ) - POLLY AND I 1 CERTAINLY GOTTA JAAND 1T TO Paw! T'6 MARVELOUS WOT A BARBER AN’ A FRENCH FROCK HAS DONE FOR DELICIA: OELIC S T i ot by SYNOPSIS: Peebles describes his experiences of the night to Deacon, omitting mention of the two silent figures seated at the poker table. Deacon ques- Ylons Furie without result but purloins the lens which Furie IF BOB'S COUNTRY COUSIN, DOESNT) FALL FOR HER | Bl ) Charles IER PALS WOTS THAT FREZTT. CHAIN | 3 AROUND ‘ER NECIK DEL? I DIDNT KNOw B4w’'D BOUGHT You) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, And® Y "/ JEWELRY L nUdS T4 |GFF PRETTY OFTEN, IN THEATRES, TAXIS, AN’ SECH LIKE, CAUSE THEY HURTS ME SOMETHIN' AWF UL - TARE THESE NEW SH | A SHOE-HOI HANDY/ MAY 28, -1929. By CLIFF STERRETT S AN UNCLE Sas FIGGERED THAT D ALLUS . OUGHTTA HAVE) RN, [ Every Month in the Year 1929 Sales Dates ULLETS dust and the hands through the I brought to lig etal ones on. two bone buttons a bit of dle two-inch wire nail ub of indelible pencil s¢ has been at him,” always carried. Deacon elimi- |Deacon muttered. “Furie, probably. nates Furic as 2 murder suspect “See this!” I cjaculated but theorizes that a quarrel over The fifth right rib of the skele- & nmew vein in the Ogden mine [ton was nicked and split in the ended with Jerry Ogden stab- 1 of the hear bing his father. Peebles and Deacon enter the mine and find #n immensely rich vein of gold quartz. “JERRY"—AND ANOTHER 1 think the discovery of no other fortn of wealth is comprable witl thiat of virgin gold in its effect upon | the human emotions, My brain doemed to have become a well of | flame. A strange intoxication gave | ings to my feet. And Deacon, who | i geldom demonstrative, was simi- | larly affected. “Looks like t Y found i | | J f re | i et, by the look of it,” Deacon commented “Here's something clse!” I cried {euddenly. My fingers rummaging below the kull surface dust beneath the encountered a crackly substance |1 drew it forth--a s newspaper, vellow ‘with age, and brittle. Tn spite of my care it split in two as 1 opened it and spread it on the tloor of the tunnel. At the head round and under | a small sound hat | iSo did Deacon |the light and dropped his hand to | {my arm. | “What's that?” I whispered. | “gen | He guided jn-n.\umry passages and we waited, .scarcely breathing, for what w to happen us like pitch me into one of the The darkness clung to | And yet it was alive Somehow I it was of human origin. | for he snapped out | DOUGLAS | ' NEWS . DOUGLAS COUNCIL Close to $3,800 will TO HAVE WORRIES | be the rxA" wer Front Street were ordered. Roberv Sonner was appointed to Mayor pro-tem during May- r absence while he is ending the Odd Fellows conven- 1. A lett from the Mayor of Whitehorse inviting the townspeo- ple to their celebration next month was read, and ordering payment of bout $1,700 worth of current bills ted the business matters of ing. B — CARD PARTY ENJOYED only t | very | Frank Impi i e pense to the city in maintaining fed to run through my the Douglas Public Schools for next A very pleasant evening was |caress my eyes and cheeks and |%T™ @ 2 %o a budget state- | spent cards by the members Ithroat, ment presented to the City Council |and their families of Douglas Aerie [ | Another sound. Louder, this|ast night by Robert Fraser, Treas- 117, O. E. as guests of the( The ltime. And then a ray of light|'Tf Of the School Board. OVer|lLadies Auxillary last evening. pierced the blackness of the slash. [$800 of this amount is occusmn‘o(l\'“ winning prizes were Mrs. |a picni Deacon’s hand gripped my arm, and decreased fund from fthe|A. Africh, first prize, Mrs. Jerry on Th we shrank back against the wall of Wwhich will be in effect a5 Cashen, consolation; Elmer E. te” TunRel o At e ithe the last Legislature. With | smith, first prize and Raymond my heart seemed to be pounding in [yqriviciration, the Council | will] ¢ FodiR T e my throat. The ray of light ex-|p.ue 5 do some close figuring to|B'RTHDAY PARTY I3 panded, dimly illuminating the |, aye Nk et " ] GIVEN FOR MRS. SEY slash, whi re see from \ditic vaiting | - ;ld‘]e:c ‘:‘?Z‘ml“‘:m‘;{:_ C‘;)]l;]d 2 i; :‘ D | A number of ladies surprised Mrs. of the front cheet was the legend: | TORRIDITY FIREBRAND A light-beam cut the inky darknes R in Ogden's desk,” he muttered. “The same,” I said unsteadily. “I had it assayed,” he went on “It ran $20,000 to the ton." | 1 whistled. “If there’s any depth | or breadth to the vein or if the hanging ‘wall is good, it may run | into millions. . . . . Hello! what’s | this?” { We saw it at the same moment A small, square, shining object, it stood in a niche just below the yein. My hand beat Deacon's to it | “A silver snuff-box,” he griinted, | “It hasn't been here long by the| look of it.” | “It comes from one of the French Louis periods,” I observed. | “Well, whose is 1t? You look as| it you know something,” | “It belongs to Nathan Hyde, Hen- " ry,” T announcad significantly. | “Hyde, Hyde,” he muttered in perplexity. “Tt isn't like him to put & valuable down and forget it.” 1 chuckled. “He must have been desply stirred. Taking snuff from his Louis snuff box is a sort of a| eeremony with Hyde. Henry nodded reluctantly, pocket- iig the snuff-box. “Coming upon the vein was enough to make him | forget it, eh? Well, we had alrehdy ! eohcluded he knew something about | the mine “'His ‘tonié implied that there was fiothing more io it than that, but I Rhew the snuff-box had given him BBmething to think about, and I iatighed to myself as we went on into the timbered passage. We had | some distance in the direc- | of the original entrance wher § stopped abruptly, clutching Dea- | eon by the arm. i 1 went a little sick, for I have no | s—''we waited, s Monday, July 6th, 1896, Items of local interest occupied § the front page: Gun Fight Along Main. Another Hold-up at Lundy Bad Medicine Closes Down. And so on. Part third page had been torn off. With it had gone the date li We sta ed at the torn margin in our hearts pounding in our The curtain had lifted. “This is ol, John,” Henry s. This is the pen where Furie got your id at length. at the ren below e, “‘Jerry'—What were you to An- drew I looked up at Deacon. “I suppose ' this was Andrew reason for keeping the mine closed, he gaid huskily. “It's a good thing you found the note in that cart- ridge, John." “You mean you'd have assumed Andrew had killed this man him- self, 30 years ago?” He nodde to. Andrew ton of a man who has been mur- dered. The inference would have beeh inescapable.” “Demonstrating again the unre- bility of circumstantial evidence,” T ‘remarked " ary “Here' is my theory: Dillon killed ‘Jerry’ 30 years ago, and he killed Andrew because Andrew had just found out that he, Dillon, had killed ‘Jerry “Perhaps you are right,” Henry admitted wearily. “But if you are body here instead of giving it the proper burial?” “When we know that we shall of the top margin of the | (Copyright, 1929, Wm. M v breathing.” | | | | | |right, why did Andrew leave this | #omach for the grewsome. I had know what turned Alex Peterson | Blimost tripped over the skeleton of |into Andrew Ogden,” T replied sen- | tall man. It lay face up, arms[ . A few rags clung to the' . high-laced boots covered the | , and ankles, a stout leather belt | the waist. Undoubledl,\'! skeleton had lain there many | ,'but from the uneven distri-| of dust on it I judged it been «disturbed recently. looked at me gayly. “Who Pt tentiously. “Depend on it, he had some good reason. Andrew never did anything without reason.” “I wish MacNair was here,” Dea- con muttered, getting up. “He's| got a solid head on his shoulders. This thing is too much for me. Youw'd better take care of that newspaper. That bit of pencil, too.” The blocked door of the mine {was just beyond the body, and we | % at 5:45 « very well who it was and were returning silently to the hjhee did he. Dropping to our knees, I)through which we had entered th: ] agein, plastering ourse! the wall Someonc entering the {un- nel—Who is it? Tomorrow’s chapter will reveal the secret. B LS Wal Second kand cook D for Boy iScowy cabin. Must be six hole or |1arger. Also good plain man cook for two weeks job. Apply to Rob- ert Simpson or H. L. Redlingshafer. —adv. Ice cream, brick or bulk. Juneau Ice Cream Parlors. —adv. Recon A .7 1 stared |g “We should have had ! Thia view, above, shows the cell block in the W eadfastly refused {0 ington jail where Harry Sinclair, oil magnate, is {open the mine. Why? Because GII serving .a 90 days' sentence for contempt of the Sen- ywhat we have jusi found: the skele- | ate, He is working in the medical department under (International Newsreel) , Early and Regulated Hours Marked Contrast HINGS look very gloomy to Harry F. Sinclair, oil to Previous Life baron and turf magnate, who has had to give up his luxurious Great Neck, L. I, home for a narrow little cot in the District of Columbia jail | after five unsuccessful attempts to keep out of prison for con tempt of the Senate, To show that the millionaire prisoner would not receive any fa- vors, Major William L. Peake, su- perintendent of the jail, put him in a prison block with sixty-five other men nstead of assigning bim to a | cell. He will also follow the same routine as the other inmates, a lock, at which t orty minutes to pre- bis own 0il Mag n on the wharf and nec h a ention of the Council by S. Pullen, Manage nd Douglas Navi It was decided t the pr hetter use of sent waitin in the winter uime coul |be made and it is to be closed an [cor shelter be put up for ferry passenge: Repair work on the dock was \poried progressing sal | Wharfing Scaramm as was ols Ithe st by Councilma {Kromquist. Repairs to the bal !grounds and restori g the road t ciied tor Jairlee'rm, Rich Starts is Senence bed, stand in line for a shower bath and be at breakfast at 6:30. | During the first few days of his | confinement, Sinclair s feeling strange in his new surroundings, which are much different than his Long Island estate or the elaborate business offices located in New York. As the days go into weeks |the oft baron will become more used to the living and working con- ditions of the prison, and with good behavior will recelve a reduction | of five days a month on his term, which will bring it down to sev- | enty-five days. In comparison to his many | wealthy and educated friends, Sin- clair has as his companions & mot- | ley eollection of prisoners doing short stretches for ' drunkenness, petty thievery, street fighting and other misdemeanors. While he is an inmate one of the two men in the condemned row, George H. Thomp- son, a Negro who killed his wife, will be executed. When it came time to put the wealthy guest to work Major Peake was puzzled; at first it was thought that he would be given a joo as a | clerk in the finger print bureau. but place was brought to| 5 a warm room for freight| - d into such. Later, another in a different location may | re- | pas sfactorily by | first Dr. Morris Hyman, and*his assistant,” NurgeKath~ erine Wright, shown right. Superintendent Major Peak, is shown left. | Charle evenin; Sey at her home Saturday in honor of her birthday. { Four bles of whist were engaged .- |in P The prize winners were: 1t | Mrs. Rose Davis, high score; Mrs. | ,iJohn Mills, low and Mrs. Jack ;seth, eut prize. Mrs. Sey was| d d| | presented with table silverware. - MISS ANDERSON HOME Anderson, who taught Chichagof during the winter and spring for her teaching term, arrived home turday for the summer vacation. n - 11| Dell k. Sneri1, Juneauw's plano oftuner and rebuilder. Phone 573.| s Bein at | set ol 0 — | | | Sinclair's ‘official host, lis lack of stenographic ability spiked that {dea. After it was Iearned that *he Wwab a registered pharmacist and graduate of the Kansas University he was assigned to the drug supply room, which is located on the second floor. In this position he will be virtually inac- cessible to curiosity-seekers. After a day's work the recrea- tlons afforded offer a wide contrast to the outside diversions of operat- ing a racing stable and engaging In the myriad other pleasures in which the wealthy ofl man was interested. Checkers, dominoes and a few books, most of them mystery stories and outdooy adventure tales, are the principal equipment of the com- unity recreation room. Sometimes the radio is turned on at night, but it's lights out at 9:30 while “guést” of Uncle Sam. S0 for the next ninety days, or possibly seventy-five, Harry F. Sin- Miss for th —adv. 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