The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1929, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1929 \| SNAP. ouT OF IT N NEEWAH, OLE BOY! WOT HAPPENED? HOw COME, YouU FAINTED? T~ —— & S P PICTUR FORTRA SIR, = THE HON | = 1T 'THE HON HANDS ARE NOT PAINT, SIR THEY ARE FLESH AND GREAT GUNS! THE PITCHERS HANDLESS! THAT THERE S A HOLE! s~ R Z iz % e Ly Ree Av Jo WALLING e SYNOPSIS: Pell was mur- Veronica looked along the path dered—and mot one of seven [right and left, and back over the witnesses to his death could |cliff waste behind us. tell who fired the fatal shot. Inspeetor Wayne's search of all tzils to reveal a pistol. No onc else has been in the roor | where Pell played his dramat | scene climaxed < by death—his | | threaténing of Parson Marling, !it broke on me. | mest bitter of Pell's five eme- ' “Your mother—" ‘ mies among the seven. Pell's | “Didn't say where you could find | promice to produce a “ghost.” |me for nothing. But you didn't The police grasp eagerly at the 'come on. So I couldn’t tell you.| startling theory—that Pell was 'And since then—" | ghot through the keyhole as he Her breast heaved. | “Mr. Grenofen,” she said, “I had a man concealed near by.” | i “I am not surprised—I saw him | |this morning. He dodged down a| imoment too late.” I gaped for an instant, and then stooped to unbolt the door. An- “Mr. Grenofen,” she went on ether mystery—Professor Lax- [“I'm going to ask you to take me| ton knocked unconscious by lon trust and help this man. I wunseen assailant in the cor wish you not to see him—simply dor. Tom Grenofen returns because I don’t want you to be home from the and finds Mrs. a peculiar request—one that in- volves her daughter, Veronica, whom Crenofen loves. death scene ‘compcllvd to lie about him.” Seabroke with | It may cven be that if Veronica {had said to me bluntly, “Look here, {T'm concealing a murderer and I/ ‘want you to help me,” I should jlaave answered “Righto!” Chapter 12 | But she did not put it that way: A WOMAN'S INTRIGUE If T had sought a crafty excuse for | Mrs. Seabroke's peculiar agita-|my conduct, I could have said to tion and strange request were up-|myself, “Veronica never told me| permost in my thoughts during anything about this man, and how | dinner. My mother did not appear iwas I to know?” | to observe my abstraction and did| Still it was uscless to try to Jus- not mention Newplace until shejtify oneself. The coincidences of bad scen me well through my food. [this endless day were too powerful. Then— Accordingly I disregarded all ul- “That Professor Laxton—" she|terior consequences and satisficd) said. “He secms a remarkable man. |myself with the gratitude of Ver- 1s he coming back here tonight?”|onica’s blue eyes. That was a startling possibility | - What did it matter? The Sea- which had not occurred to me. But |brokes might have had some con- 1 thought not. When the police |nection with Pell in the past. The bad finished with him, Laxton'Seabrokes might be mixed up with| would probably go to the inn where | this mysterious person whom we he had left his car, or he might |called Pell's ghost. even drive back to London. | The very man I was now asked “M'yes,” said my mother, “he is|to protect might have lurked that a night-bird, isn’t he?” |afternoon in the dark passage to €o at least ope person knew of | Fotherbury's wine cellar. And our escapade the night before! Istill I should have put my confi- T got away at half past nine and |dence in Veronica's blue eyes. walked out through the sand dunes| Even so, the next thing she said to the little cliffs past the Sea-|was startling. brokes'. I had no reluctance to| «I want to ask you, if you go meet Veronica, whatever the occa-|heme and find your mother enter- sioh. But the more I reflected!taining an old friend of her fam= upon Mrs. Secabroke’s commission, jly of whom you've never heard, not the stranger it appeared. [to look astonished, but just fall in #irst, if Veronica had been visit-|with cverything and pick up every ing in Hollam Bay the most na-|cue” tural thing for her to do weuld be “At Woodcot?” T gasped, when I t6 take the train to Blackwater.|realized the intention of this. Ruling out both, to walk home by ' <«yes, at Woodcol.” jhe the road, which was three miles| “My mother!” I gasped. gherter. Walking s miles round | «yes, your mother. She's a the coast as a late evening exer-|trump. She's even more under- efse was, to say the least, eccen- tric. But I should not have boggled | over it save for Mrs. Seabroke's| ménner of making the request. And T'should have forgotten all about both if I had met Veronica at 10" o'clock stepping out in her cus- tomary business-like style. The! mecting with Vcronica was very | different. ©On the 25th of June, not far ofi the longest day of the year, 10/ o'clock at night is broad daylight. | Ag the very turn where Ihad stop- | d in the morning I looked ahead and saw Vcronica standing on the cliff, as if she had never moved since. She must have seen me again quite plainly, but again she made no movement. This time T walked on and up to her. | Veronica held out her hand. “Your mother told me” said I, “you'd be coming back this way.’ She asked me to meet you and| tell you a rather sad and startling, bit of news—" | “About poor Mr. Pell, I suppose?” sald Veronica, amazing me. “Oh, it’s all over the place.” “Even in Hollam Bay already?”| «1 daresay—well,yes, of course.' In Hollam Bay. Has father got back yet?” “Undoubtedly.” “I told mother you were an un- derstanding person, Mr. Grenofen.” “Mrs. Seabroke was good enougn to pass on the compliment, but this evening I feel that I deserve it less than ever. Believe me, Miss Sea- broke, I understand nothing. In 24 hours since I saw you back there, a dozen astounding things have happened and I comprehend not one of them.” | _“But,” said Veronica, “you un-; (Rgl'stand enough to realize when two women are in grevious trouble, dzn't you?” «] hope I should never fail a Wwoman in trouble, Miss Seabroke.” Weronica looked me straight in ' standing than her son.” So my mother was in it! This monstrous conspiracy of women! First, Mrs. Seabroke’'s unwonted perturbation, her strange request. Then Veronica—her hidden com- panion—her unusual conduct all day. And finally—my mother a party to this intrigue. The ghost of Roger Pell had started to dog my foot-steps, to haunt ihe dreams that formerly concerned themselves only with Veronica Seabroke’s blue eyes. (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow CoQ Murder—intrigue—and Veron- ica enmeshed in it all. Tom meets a cousin, a strange visi- tor, in Monday's chapter. 1 S1OCeIArL STATIONERY Our complete array comprises every needed item of social requirements, g Anggunccmenu Corret'pomlence Cards Invitations ¢« Envelopes Engraved Cards the eyes. snuonery “] don't think you ever would. o Byt do you think I am capable of filflt you to do anything wrong? cn."'!l-lll'n‘p‘tlour:m;m —thorally wrong, I mean.” {the entire community. DOUGLAS NEWS ONRAD MANN IS GUEST OF DOUG, EAGLES Douglas Aerie 117, Fraternal Or- der of Eagles, entertained an im- portant visitor in the person of Conrad H. Mann, Managing Organizer of the Or- der, at a special meeting last eve- ning. In addition to Organizer, Mr. Mann is aso Chief Auditor, Fi- nancial Advisor and head of the insurance department, in the or- der. To his devoted efforts alone is laid the wonderful increase in membership to over 600,000 from less than half that amount in less than ten years, to say nothing of the great inerease in wealth of the Fraternity. Mr. Mann gave interesting talks to both the Eagles and Ladies’ Aux- iliary which were thoroughly en- Joyed. varied business and public move- ments as he is, Mr. Mann's visit proved one of great value to local Aerie, and was one its members would liked to have shared with BRIDGE PARTIES HONOR GUESTS Complimenting Mrs, of Juneau, who is leaving next week to spend the winter in Port- land, Oregon, Mrs. W. E. Cahill entertained with five tables of bridge at her home in Treadwell Friday afternoon. Prizes were won by Mrs. John Mills, high score; Mrs. Guy Smith, consolation, and Mrs. Leggit, cut prize. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. J. Gallwas entertained with five tables of bridge last evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. McLean, who are their house guests from Walla Walla. Following were the prize winners: Mrs. Dave Leggit and W. E. Cahill, first, and Mrs. J. O. NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL ACCOUNT In the Commissioner’s Court for P. G. W P, Interested in a number of | con- | Kirkham and Robert Fraser, solations. On Thursday evening Mrs. Ed- ward Bach entertained at bridge in honor of Miss Vilma Kerkes, who is her house guest, and her sister: Miss Impi and Miss Laina Aalto, who recently arrived home from the south. Prizes on this occasion went to| Bertha Fraser, first, and RBertha | Fraser, consolation. { ————————— AUXILIARY CARD PARTY A public card party, the first in several months, will be given next Monday evening in the Eagles hall by the Ladies Auxiliary. Prepara- tions are being made to make the {affair a pleasurable jone for all Everyone is invited. ——————— “LOVES OF CARMEN" |, | AT LIBERTY SUNDAY o Bull-fighting must be .set down as one of the chief amusements of Spain. 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Bathe, de- |ceased, in the Probate Court for { [Juneau Precinct, ‘Alaska, notice is — 42| hereby given to all heirs, creditots 2:30 p. m.—Sunday Scnool. lor other persons interested in said 3:15 p. m—Sermon. Y {estate, that Friday, September 27, 7-50‘; p. m. — Thursday—Midweek {1919, at 10 o'clock in the fore noon PIRgET S Ve |of said day, at the office of the| Al_l are cordially welcome to these |ypiteq States Commissioner, in the | e {United States Court House, in the | _..|City and Precinct of Juneau, Ter- T | ritory of Alaska, is the time and i‘,tplace set for the hearing of ob- | jections to said account and for !the settlement thereof. JOHN RECK, | Administration of the estate of | Louise E. Bathe, deceased. 7:30 p. m.—Evening Prayer and |First publication, Aug. 3, 1929. Sermon. Last publication, Aug. 31, 1929. Douglas Presbyterian Native Mission Douglas Catholic Church **All services in the new church. 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