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

POLLY AND HER PALS OH'HES GOI' A HEART OF MY GOSH! FoLLY/ HE LCOK’SJ LIKE A PIANO WITHOUT ANY BLACK KEYS! GoLD, I GLESS,BUT THEM TERRIBLE TEETH “But you have the letter, my Hel en! He told me so—" “So you met Sir Richard Guyf- ford—at the old Mill House, An- | gela? “Forgive me, dearest, but I had |to go. . . . He showed me those {other letters, but would not give them back d I would ha’' jumped For The Love Of A Lady By JEFFERY FARNOL SYNOPSIS: she should be called Pen- Sir Richard Guyf- me not; into that dreadful pool and then— ford discovers a lovely burglar—a thesilea.” sl beautiful giri—in his home. She y why?” “You mean Bir; Hichasd, . baok beliecves him to be his cousin, Ju- she is creature truly| o inon 5 lian, and asks his aid to recover a '/ ian. A roarin’ boy in petti- : “No, no; a sira , great man dangerous letter, written to Sir Richard. Knowing nothing of the letter, Richard calls Julian's valet, Tom Pitt, and chokes the servant until he gives up the note. IKi('h-} a friend v, indecd, sir! Helen can beithat scowled. F ory tender. 1 have seen her weep |0’ thine—I wonder for—" But Helen was siient. Her ab- “Never tell me she can weep, stracted gaze visioned the grim and } | ard hands it to the girl and re- Tl not oelieve it.” illen visage of Sir Richard Gulf- veals his identity. Walking toward | «pprv sir, soe cs weep right ford, but a face marvelously trans- the villa, she scathingly tells him‘“m.. us for another’s owsl* | figuerd by her own imagination to of his infamous reputation—drunk- | ard, villain, highwayman and—|q; A for me, having legs, I'll use| blackmailer of women. The lasti,, » And, running across the road, | charge stings him into a fury. gjr Richard vaulted a stile and was| Reaching her home, he learns her|oone Jeaving his companion to name is—Helen D'Arcy. stare after him amazed; then, ery- ORTE) |ing Helen's name, she kilted up her Chapter 3 petticoats and sped towards her—to A MIDNIGHT TRYST {cling and be clasped in Helen's | protecting arms, to be kissed and | 1t was in very black and evil hu-| ;yoiqeqd, slapped and fondled, all in mor that Sir Richard went his way fisas deep thrust in capacious side pockets and cowling gaze upon the dusty road. He had turned aside from the high-road, meaning to take a short cut homewards, when| he was arrested by the whinny of | a horse at no great distance and,| what it might have been. “Yes he is rogue!" she exclaim- ed, with sudden strange vehemence “Nay, truly, Helen, he doth not seem such—" “And is therefore the more dan- gerous, my Angela—-" “He talked much o' thee, Helen.” “Did he so—the viper! . .. Well, what said he?” “Asked if you favoured any one o' your suitors.” “An impertinent monster! what said you?” “That you flouted them all, and he vowed you were a ‘stout soul'— though methinks he meant it kind- Iy “Kindly, miss? The man's a hell- , and begad, here comes Hel- a moment “O Angela, dear child, I'm all distraught for thee—" And Roast a glancing up, beheld the mouldering | ish reptile! What mo aid he?” ruin of the ancient mill; moved by | “Then be not angry, dearest sudden impulse, he went in among, love!” the thickets and precently came on “Angry? Never with thee; 'tis what he sought—the fresh imprint | but the natural indignation I prove against this—this delivish wretch— nay, T am calm, my love, so tell me all the fellow said o' my v “He lauded they brav called thee lion-hearted, an amazon and a roaring boy in pettico: ot al- ways his voice seemed— ‘Oh the cockatrice!” exclaimed my lady clenching white fists. “The benomous serpent — the E ! Oh, 'tis a runagate villain, a very hell-houhd.” “Nay, dear Helen, and you mis- call him so bitterly I shall begin to thing—ay, I of a horse's hoofs in the soft earth —and followed these tracks until he heard a murmer of voices and R i s eiween e POUNd TPURKEY grim shadow of the ancient mill 2 s @ slim. Some of 1t would be raw! and the shady pool; he handsome, extremely elegant you gentleman, and she seemed very young and of a soft and gentle loveliness. Sir Richard halted nn(l’ Cotrnn sdsstad i bidk st like that. Some is underdone and some overdone. Hills Bros. Coffee, however, is famous for its | uniform flavor. It is roasted by | watched them. | The gentleman drew a packet a patented, continuous process —only a few pounds at a time. from the breast of his cmbroidered Every berry — every pound is |come him as—' (Copyright, 1928, Jeffery Farnol) Sir Richard, scapegoat for an- other’s sins, finds a degrec of re- |venge in tomerrow’s chapter. coat, at sight of which the girl reached out eager hands; the gen- roasted evenly. And you taste a | him, arms up-flung in passionate matchless flavor in SYELy Culls 4 supplication; smiling still, the gen- tleman seemed to consider, smiled, shook his handsome head and fin- tleman took these pleading hands, HILLS BROS kissed them gallantly and, swing-| COFFEE| | ally thrust the packet into his breast again, whereupon the girl| east herself upon her knees be!ore‘ i e ST B ing lightly to saddle, cantered away, A leaving the girl upon her knees, CAPITAL LAUNDRY her slender loveliness shaken by _F.r:‘:lk from the m‘i- and Franklin sty opned " with PHONE 355 | the key. We Call and Deliver great sobs. At last, uttering a deso- late cry, she rose and began to J stumble towards the pool, and was = within a yard or so of the water| —— when, hearing a footfall behind her, she started round and shrank. “Tush, child” said Sir Richard, “I am no ghost!” i “Who—what are you” she whis- pered. = ! “Faith, 'tis a somewhat vexed Question,” he answered. “But what o' yourself! Here is no place for you, also you would find the water unpleasantly cold and wet, and our Helen expects you. Moreover, she hath recovered your foolish letter.” | “My letter? . . . The letter I writ Sir Richard today? . . . Oh,! sir, is it true indeed?” “Come and see for yourself— child!” he answered and smiled into her troubled face, beholding which smile her eyes, upraised to his, were bright with joyful tears. | “Thank God!” she whispered. “And Helen he added. “Yes—yes, indeed! My brave, beautiful Helen!” Looking down | at these small hands that clasped his arm so confidently, he began to whistle softly between his teeth. “Come,” sald she, “let us go; prithee take me to Helen.” “To Helen!" he repeated. “Come, “Ah, never call me so. 'Twas thus—he named me.” “Who, lass?” “gir Richard Guyfford. friend to you, sir?” | “Not so, child.” H “I am glad, for he is wicked!” | “Then talk we of Helen her hero- | feal—" | { “Tell me, sir, are you one of her suitors?” . « “Hath she so many?” | “Oh, sir, a veritable host! She is so proud and beautiful and rich.”| | *Beauty and riches—a plague o' suitors! Doth she favour any?” | . “Nay, she flouts 'em all — even! -Lord Brocklehurst and Viscount ; she vows she'll not be L © 1929 WE SELL “CRANE” “STANDARD” Plumbing Fixtures “BIRCHFIELD” AND American Radiator Co. Heating Boilers HART and RAY Oil Burners Is he| RICE & AHLERS CO. PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL Juneau, Alaska “We tell you in advance what job will cost” wed. | . “Ay, faith, a stout soul is Helen; so flintily unfeminint she| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1929. iwrADDYE| on! THINK OF)l A KIND HE N’ ASH, HEART, A ELMER? By CLIFF STERRETT MY GOSH! DEL! HE LOOKS LIKE A TAXI-CAB WITH ROTH DOORS OPEN! 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