The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1929, Page 6

! = p e . sAld Veronica; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR W E, £y ReeAs So, WALLING wemmmmme SYNOPSIS: Cousin John's irtive visit with Tom Greno- fen cnds! Warned by Veronica - he is in danger, Cousin John flees with Tom Grenofen and shey join Veronica at the sea- gide. The scarching police are gbout to corner the fugitive. In {bourg, or maybe Brest. ~We're do- ling ne harm, and if we were it's [no affair of his. What say? Are you game? It was a rather unfair question: I could scarcely refuse to be game for anything if Veronica was game for it. # desperate cffort to Sowpe, the | Then began the exciting match fhiree commandeer Royle's speed | ouo fivo miles between Fiftiper boat and race across the Chan- pel toward France, Early in the morning they are approach- ing the French coast when a gunboat looms up behind and signals an order to halt. Veron- | (owner, A. Royle; captain, V. Sea- broke) and L'Anguille (owner, the French Republic; captain, Lieuten- ant F. des Falleaux) The conditions of the contest were peculiar, The destroyer could not '::’:’:;I‘" ‘::‘"f:‘°““"‘h‘::::'h°"::; come within five miles of the d °'n“ sinto Sarrw |Shore, whereas Fiftiper had the M"’” :he"-" slis “r:“er"'cm" " | whole bay open to her on the rising | tide. Potifollow—to land and escape | "y 000 with her eyes shining, for the mysterious ecalled Cousin John. i 1 Dick, also \took a sharp turn to port headed |for the voint at the western ex- ‘trmnil_\' of the bay and opened out. Capture | Fiftiper began to move-25, 30, and c' e |quickly up to forty. We sank into speeches i?h?h:x::mpm;p nzmrinzx]'z the groove we cut and- the de- purse and borrowed my loose cash | stroyer, now on our: starboard @ few pounds. ' 'beam, perhaps two miles away, was whnat's a debt Tl repay, Mr, invisible because of the wave we renofen,” he said. “But I can’t raised. ; gpny you for Woodcot. I want| But shedid not let us forget her your mother to accept this as a lif | existence. There came over the tle souvenir from me.” {water the loud shrieking of her («And he took out of hisepocket ¢ sirén. Veronica slowed down' to Jittle golden cross outlined in rubies take & look at her and peppered over with small dia- Clouds of black smoke poured l-ndpspp {from her funnels and the white T rocoiled before it. An angry blob at her forefoot showed that expression came into his eye. !she moved quickly on a course par- “What d’'you mean—?" he began. allel to ours, and across the arc of .. “Take it!” cried Veronica, per- the bay. emptorily. | “What a lark!” cried Veronica. . 1 looked her in the eyes. Then “He's in a shocking bad temper! 1 took. it with a word of thanks. |I supposc 25's his top specd. . We Veronica stopped the engine al- shall fetch the point with miles to Chapter 21 Siren shricking, funnels belching smoke, the gunboat pursued Fiftiper. spare. Wish we had a siren: we'd play duets with him!” Fiftiper's engine roared again and she settled by the stern till her rival was once more invisible. Ver- onica, shedding water from hat, face and oilskin, chuckled: together and we glided alongside a steep bank several feet above the water. Cousin John took off his shoes and socks and turned the trousers up to his knees. He steadied him- self on my shoulder, stepped on the side of the sandbank and dug ! “Great, isn't it?” in his feet. Fiftiper was running at 50 and “Goodby, little Veronica,” said he. the sound of the siren weakened. “Nonsense!” cried Veronica. “Aul “Now hell sec our heels!” said révoir, Cousin John,” said 1. | Veronica. He plowed up to the summit of | But he was not done with. I leap- the bank and went over. ed to my feet at the concussion “Get out on the cowling and hold of ‘4 gun. Even Veronica looked Ber to the bank by the bow, Tom," startled. “she'lt swing . . .| But she%said, “He really is in a And yo, heave ho, for temper, isn't he?” and pushed the Blackwater Bay or thereabouts.” | throttle wide open. Fiftiper’s stern was swung round | Fiftiper took another knot or two, By the tide until she pointed sea- but that was as much as she could Ward again. Veronica restarted do. fier engine and we moved back| Veronica and I jumped nervous- #lbng the buoyed lane to the open ly again; the gun boomed a second ng. |time, and on this ocm;::)\ a sl"lg(t] n the bay of St. Michel-en- dropped into the sea or Greve the water was dead flat miyards ahead of us. Veronica throt- of the fast tide. Veronica pro- tled down at once. med herself as hungry as a; “Anyhow, 1 didn't guess h’e“ was Med dog. I crouched under lhelgohu; to be as nasty as that!" she Cowling and set about providing her completed her remark. h breakfast. Fast as Fiftiper was, projectiles 1 §t was now past four o'clock. We were faster. The argument was d{::ld not get home before seven. I(over. ‘We admitted that the con- ered whether Fiftiper would |versation would have to take place. ve been missed. How we should | (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) explain ourselves to Royle. How, called upon to account for my nce from Woodcou tnat night,'I sould do it. Why had I been fool enough to :%ept that present from Cousin That's it. Capture! A“tragic finale im- pends, but—continge the story with tomorrow’s chapter. ——————— Mr. and Mrs. G. Huth, of Chi- cago, Ill, are making the round trlp on the Princess Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Huth formerly lived in Skagway. n. How— i But before any of these difficul- tles becante actual there was anoth- st and unexpected one to sur- mount—and that mot further than ot date. | MUNICIPAL TAXES DUE rom Veronica e 4 3 Notice ‘is herebv given that the __POLLY AND HER PALS I'SPeAR T0 ME ) NEEWAH! GIMME YER Y DOUGLAS NEWS RECEPTION IS HELD - FOR DOUGLAS TEACHERS Douglas residents turned out lib- erally to welcome the teachers at the reception which was held for them last evening by the Parent- Teacher Association. An interesting program of enter- tainment, which was headed by Mayor L. W. Kilburn, with an ad- dress of welcome, preceded the re- ception. With a few well-chosen remarks Mr. Kilburn expressed ihe feeling of good will of the com- munity in general towards the school and teachers. Supt. Cathcart responded with & short talk on the conditions in Alaska as he found them, stressing the favorable comparison between this and similar communities in other parts of the couniry. He con- cluded with a talk on ' education, its value and meaning and meth- ods of obtaining it from the ear- liest periods down to the present time. Other numbers of entertainment were furnished by the Girls' glee club which sang two songs and Bernice Edwards who gave two readings. After the reception, which fol- lowed, refreshments were served and then dancing was enjoyed un- til 12 o'clock. ., DOUGLAS GIRLS LEAVE Miss Violet Lundell left yester- day for the Westward, enroute to the Alaska college for the winter. Miss Rica Niemi was alsc a pas- senger for the Westward enroute to Tanana where she will teach school. ——te—— FIRE MEETING The regular meeting of the Douglas fire department will be held Thursday evening and & turnout of all the members is im- portant. ——— — NEW COACH ARRIVES Byron King, athletic coach and manual training instructor of the Douglas high school, arrived here yesterday from the south. ———e———— GOING AWAY TO SCHOOL Two of Douglas’ '29 high school graduates who are leaving this week to continue their education in advanced schools are Miss Ro- berta Fraser and Miss Ethel Run- quist. The former leaves for Fairbanks to attend the Alaska College and the latter will leave Thursday for Seattle where she will attend business college. ————— HUNTERS RETURN The Riedi hunting party which went out Saturday afternoon for a deer hunt to Twin Points, re- turned yesterday with a couple of bucks and plenty of experience, oc- casioned by a break down of the engine, which ‘entailed several hours tow by skiff to the hunting grounds, and a tow home. Mike Hudson happened along in time to furnish the tow home.** ———.———— TEACHERS ARRIVE Arriving on the Northwestern fade me look up from the little g Common Councll of the City of stove and the copper kettle. it Ml B Al "s.ook there!” said Veronica. i $'stood to look through the screen. A long, black vessel with fwo fat short funnels lay motion- fess straight ahead. “D'you think—" { “That he means to have a few words with us? Oh, yes, no doubt ghout ‘that. -See his signal?” ;} could not read the flags, but eronica kyew them.’ We were re- Guested to heave to. 7 “Are you going to?” 1 asked. levy for the year 1920 &t Eighteen Mills on each Dollar of assessed property and taxes are now due and will be delinquent on t*2 first Monday in' October at 6 p. m., pro- viding, however, that if one-half of the assessed taxes shall be paid fon or before the first Monday in October at the hour ef 6 p. m., the remaining oue-half of the assessed taxes shall not become dué until year, at the hour of 6 p. m. and first Monday in March of each i, “What say? Shall we? Or DPre-lfyrther providing, that should the fiot to knew anything about |remaining -one-half of ‘the assessed and just show him OUTtaxes be not paid on the first 27 |Monday in March of each year at 1 did not know much about the {the hour of 6 p. m., said taxes of the sea. But I expected ishall become delinquent. ‘was bad fortn not to stop when| On all delinquent taxes a pen- asked you to alty of ten per cent shall be added, together with interest at the rate Inf eight per cent per annum from [date of such delinquency until paid. H. R. SHEPARD, City Clerk. , ugly were Miss Katherine C. Shier and Miss Mortha Brennecke, members of the Douglas teaching staff, for the sixth and seventh, third, fourth and fifth grades, respectively. They have taken one of the Riesser cot- tages fc». house-keeping. i ————————— MISS CASHEN RETURNS Miss Ceclle Cashen, who has been attending busfhess college’ in BSe- attle for the: -past -year arrived home on the Northwestern. WHY BOY YER BOLN AN' GAGGED LamTcnass YOu POOR - s Left to right, Ma Nordic Wemea Much More in Evidence Than Formerly " CITANGE is overcoming the feminine face of Paris since the French capital has experienced a decided in- vasion of blondes. The typical Parisian woman is definitely Latin in type, but since the world war and the rush of visi- tors to France from Nordic countries which has occurred during the past few years fair- haired women have become more and more prominent in the life of the capital. ' Amone manikins in the fashion- ruination of the able houses of the Rue de la Paix and even :n the lesser remowned couturiers Montmartre haired women are becoming in- creasingly popular. Thus girls from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany and Alsace-Lorraine who come to Paris partly with the idea of secking adventure, partly to earn a Nving, find it easler to get jobs than at any other time before, Among dance instructresses in the fashionable night clubs, among entertainers in the high-class sup- per cabarets and restaurants blonde women now generally predominate, and, where contrast is sought, the effect is usually secured with Amer- in fair- 5 Eaton, Thelma Todd and Mary | which has made an onslaught upon Paris, to the Halan. three Amecrican blondes, of the very type hitherto popular Latin type. scene, which for long years was dominated by brunettes. As reception clerks in the hotels, as “vendeuses”—or ‘saleswomen—: clerks in tourist and other offices the blonde girl has been gradually coming into her own in France. 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