The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1929, Page 6

VIR e SYNOPSIS: Victory against a gunboat and more difficulties head! Veronica escapes from he pursuing vessel and Cousin ohn lands in France—safe rom the police. Veronmica and Tom Grenofen put out into the Channel and again meet the frate French patrol boat. An- Other order to half, another de- fiance by Veronica and the race §s on. Higher and higher rises Fiftiper's speed-indicator, the nboat in pursuit, funnels Iching smoke, siren shricking. Arother victor) at hand for Veronica when a shell strikes the water in front of Fiftiper, followed by another, even closer. Fiftiper's engines lose to the long-range guns. Veronica faces a conversation with her pursuers. Chapter 22 VERONICA TALKS Veronica put the rudder hard|g,g motor boat which was stolen over and steered for the destroyer, and reached him in three minutes. The destroyer had stopped her en- gines and Veronica made a detour of her and came alongside, keep- ing a half dozen yards ay from the port side. Then her clear voice rang out, in French: “What imbecile fired that shot?” The conversation so begun was laughable. It appeared that the imbecile was the lieutenant in command self. He stood at the gangws apd when he realized that the man at Fiftiper's wheel was a lady, he saluted gallantly, and said: It is I, madame.” Veronica went on, in her torren- tial Prench: #You have made a grand mis- take, Mr. Licutenant. You thoughi you had caught a poacher or a smuggler? On the contrary you have caught two English yachts- The gunboat officer gaprd in amazement at Veronica’s demands. men who've been out in the Chan- | person gone. nel all night on account of trouble with their engines and are now ‘on way home. You have a teles sbope on board, I believe? Did you thlnk it was a good joke to fright- en a woman? Look here! I'll give hu my father’s nmame and ad- You'd better write to him and apologize, or he'll come over and bite you. And I have the hoa- or to wish you good day, sir. “Pardon, madame—but you bhave seen our signals.” ,“Pardon, monsieur, but we have t seen any signals at all.” “You have heard our siren?” “We have, but we did not know ¥you were talking to us.” “You have put in to the Bay of 8t. ‘Michael.” “And "then?" “We have seen a man walking éshore near Pont-ar-Var. One has told us by wireless that he has ap- parently landed from your boat.” <"“One has told you a fib. How guld a man land from a boat aflch has not gone near the shore? Your intelligence bureau does:'t linction well. Again, I wish you day, sir. And I counsel you be more economical of your wder. Adieu!” Whereupon Veronica switched in her starter and Fiftiper moved away, leaving the excellent lieuten-4 ‘ound my ankle. t gaping. In'a quarter of an r he was hull down. In an- dther 10 minutes we had the Chan- nel to ourselves. .We talked of anything but the questions that afflicted my con- gelence. At last I said: “When we get back—" “Andy and Martin you're thinking o < "Hardly so much of them as of fl!wr curious folks” said I. " “I know. Up to us to balk their ity, isn't it? I've got a mother @fid so've you—both understanding ms. Leave it to them.” beyond that Veronica would go.” I persuaded her to let take the wheel while she lay to rest with one of the rugs her. I meditated on the '3 work. had joined in a grotesque es- which might have alarming I had possibly been privy a crime, an accessory after ‘the to a flight from justice. And because the blue eyes of Veron- £ ReoAr Jo, WALLING s | with the tide and go round Sandy- | L think my (With her in this vessel, the mud- |dled ugliness of the things at Black- | water seemed remote . . . | But we were nearing it again {with every revolution of the en- gine. | “Youre a good pal, Tom,” Ve- ronica said suddenly. She threw off the rug, and looked {through the screen. “Lugger,” said Veronica. “We Ishall soon raise land . A very good pal” | We did raise land within a quar- lter of an hour. I carried on at | the eel until we were close |cnough to identify landmarks. Then | Veronica took charge. She seemed for a range of little to st cliffs, straight higher than the far ? ones near Blackwater. | i | “So we aren't going straight home?” I remarked. “Not yet. We've a call to make.” “Where are we calling?” T asked. “Silworthy Cove. I'll tell you why.1 It's possible we shall find there a {from Blackwater Creek. I hap- pened to see 'a doubtful-looking person get on board her last night and drift witd her down stream point . .. " mouth was hanging {open by this time. | “Don't look so flabbergasted! You remember that I met you and told you about it We drove down the coast keeping the boat in view as cIo.sely as possible. My mother | came with us as a chaperone.” I gasped and Veronica went on. “The point is that the suspicious person couldn't manage a raeing boat, and when he put into Sil- worthy Cove and tried to land her he ran her on the beach on a ‘all- ing tide. When we had driven to the ncarest point and climbed down, however, we found the:boat high and dry and the suspicious It was then long past midnight. “You had strained your ankle coming down the cliff and could not climb up again. Not knowing the country, we decided to hang till it was light. This morning have ing bandaged your foot, we climbed painfully back to the car, drove w0 the nearest telephone, and com- municated with Mr. Andrew Royle and asked him to come and take his boat home.” My capacity for thought was ex- hausted. “If you can get away with this —" I began. “But Mrs. Seabroke?” “We shall find mother in the old 'bus, I know where. The only question is whether any interfering person will be out so early at Sil- worthy Cove.” Our adventure came to an end in he placid waters of that extraor- dinary little notch in "the coast ‘thown as' Silworthy Cove, an al- most landlocked pool surrounded oy high cliffs with beaches of red- iish yellow sand at their foot. Fiftiper went in slowly and al- most noiselessly. We looked around. No interfering person ' spoiled 'our sjuccess. © We ran as near the beach 15 we could with safety. I took Veronica on my shoulder to land. We stopped to tie a handkerchief We climbed by a steep paeh to the top and walked a few hundre! yards to a road, where we found the commarger's car, and inside .t Mrs. Seabroke—fast’ asleep! (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) Tom Grenofen is due for sev- eral shocks and surprises in to- morrow’s chapter. R S GOOD NEWS FOR LOUIS DUFEK Postmaster Mrs. John T. Spickett has received inquires as to the whereabouts of Louis Dufek, who was last heard of by the inquirers in. 1922, The inquiry says they have ‘good news for Dufek. Anyone having information would serve the welfare of Dufek and the |stands out in the long, POLLY AND HER PALS : THE EARTH! R S g s wam e PO e VAT 2 g DT ) G |GonNA SHF—EF’ OR ARE WE PuT UP By JAY VESSELS (A. P. Sports Writer) NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—There's| always one pitcher on a club that hard fight pennantward. This year it is Guy Bush for the Cubs and Lefty Grove for the Ath- letics. They have contributed heavily to the most unexciting pair of pennant “races” in a decade. Bush stands out because of the stirring pitching performances he has produced in not only leading his club but also the league. Grove is in the forefront not only because of his won and lost rating but because of his colorful style. Between the two, Bush and Grove had won 35 games and lost only five on August 20. Bush topped ‘his club with plenty Y SAY. '{HE QU‘ST)DN 1S DELICIAS WE GONNZ GIT DISAPPEARED ) | orFN THE PICED OFF ONE BY |CROAK J00*? FACE OF \ .o |ONE, LIKE A LOTTA l CROAK wiTH ARE}|1.SAY FlGHT' GPOKE LIKE A MAN MAW! THEM'S MY SENTIMENTS Bush, 17 won and two lost; Grove, 18 won and three lost—which means that this pair of prize flippers have had something to do with the big margins standing between the ]n‘muut bound Cubs and Athletics and the struggling challengers. AT THE HOTE LS Zynda Willis H. Rich, Stanford Uni- versity; Capt. and Mrs. L. D. 'Bagen, Chilkoot Barracks; Edna Mae Bag- en, Chilkoot Barracks; K. M. Dun- phy, Chilkoot Barracks, Agre E. Schlosser, King Cove; Gladys Bueh- ler, Eugene, Ore.; V. Bourgette, Seattle; Mrs. A. Bourgette, Seat- tle; B. M. Burke, Wrangell; Miss Theresa Smith, Ketchikan; Miss Mary Willlams, Ketchikan; O. L. Olts; Ketchikan; L. A" Borger, Stinnett, Texas; R. K. McNutt, Stinnett, Texas; Mrs. C. E. Zim- 1 merman, BrotHer Island, Alaska; J. 8. M. Quist; Ketchikan; Ian Kip Sitka; W. P. Chamberlain, Scamc;' M. J. Sullivan, Yakutaga; J. B. James G. Sennon, Tacoma. Alaskan C. E. Workman, Unalga; Hoonah; Morgan, Funter. Bay; Funter Bay; David C. A. Nelson, Charles L. Packer, A. Tverson, Hoonah; C. Johnson, Hoonah; J. A. McGuire, Taku; M. Carlso n, lin, Port Althorp; Fairbanks; Jack Peterson, ley, thorp; Jualin; Cordova; Fairbanks; ACROSS "’ to spare but was just a jump ahead of Burleigh Grimes for the highest league rating. Grove had the best pitching per- centage of the A's staff but was running second in the league rat- ings. Old Tom Zachary was out in front with nine victories and no defeats. It is somewhat of a new experi- ence for Bush to have the second highest average in the majors. Eighteen months ago he was just another pitcher.. First indications of his climb came in 1928 when Mississippi Guy ‘picked up ‘15 vic- tories against six defeats. In three other seasons with -the: Cubs, the 25-year-old right hander pitched just ordinary ball. For the three years he won 19 and lost 22, which left him far short of the front ranks. But Grove has been up there with the high winners in three of the five seasons he has spent with the A’s. That is why he can fake several weeks to win that next game and without losing prestige. Lefty has been a 20-game pitcher for two years. =~ That is he reached that mark in 1927 and 1828. The actual figures show he won 20 and lost 13 in 1927 and won 24 and lost eight in 1928. He at least should approach his 1928 total this season. They were picking him to capture 30 games unfil an early August slump put the blond south- paw on the skids. If that Chicago-Philadelphia world series does materialize, Lefty and Guy will be in there trying for share of glory and they may make their bids mo later than the first day of the championship program. ‘With six weeks to go Bush ver- inquirers by notifying Mrs. Spickett at the Juneau'Posf Office. - MARTHA SOCIETY MEETS The Martha Society will meet Friday afternoon, September, 6, at 2:30 o'clock, in the church parlors, 3 hypnotized me. T literaily with Mrs, Blomgren and Mrs. Cav- mmgomgmamym anaugh hostesses. All members are |P! rsquewed to be preent‘ —adv. sus Grove is the easiest guess and probably the best for the opener. ———e——— NOTICE! I am grateful to George Bros. for the splendid work they did in collecting and now .that another month has rolled by won't you please drop into their store and 4 Speechity & Clvetlike animal s Solutlon of Yesterday's Puzzle 1. " 16, 1. 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McLaugh- | Andrew Olsen, A. Anderson, Cordova; A. Thad-'/ reau, Port Althorp; John W. Dud- | F. Gamble, Port Al- E .C. Whiskey, Sewa#l; i Laura Milton and sons, Yakutat. Gastineau Knight, Ketchikan; John Price; H. Floe, Hawk Inlet; John Hollywood ls\m:l family, Sitka; B. Brown, City; |I. Lachman; Harry J. Lick, Mc- Kinley Park; Theo. Isaak, Los An- geles. e DOUGLAS «. NEWS GO SOUTH FOR WINTER l Mrs. William Haynes accompan- ied by her daughter Teddy, left for their former home in Anacortes ion the Alaska last evening, for an |indefinite ‘stay. The latter is to Ibe married soon after her arrival south, it was announced hy her , parents yesterday. | —_———— HOSE COMPANIES TO MEET The regular meeting of the Doug- las Volunteer fire department will {be held this evening at 8 c’clock. ——————— ! ON HUNTING 1:0P L. D. Hammock left with O. *. Rollins yesterday on the latter’s | boat Mayflower for a few days’ ;hunting trip to Seymour canal. H bomaems oo ou counn | LADIES LEAGUE MEETS The Douglas Ladies League will hold a business meeting tonight in the League rooms starting at 8 grades and high school. .ter Mary Ethelbert and Sister Mary (Stella are in charge of the various ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOLS INCREASING In the enrollment of the Juneau | Public Schools for the first day of school this year, there is an in- crease of about 6 per cent over that' for the first day last year, ac- | cording to Superintendent W. K.| Keller. The total enrollment for| last Tuesday was 513 students m‘ high and grade schools. The first; day enroliment a year ago was 490. There are 123 high school stu-| dents this year as compared to 115 a year ago, and the total grade! school enrollment this year is 390 as compared to 375 at the same period last year. The enrollment by grades fol- lows: kindergarten, 32; first grade,| 45; second grade 46; third grade, 37; fourth grade, 60; fifth grade, 45; sixth grade, 43; seventh grade, 44; eighth grade, school, 123. Regular class work for the year) began yesterday morning in both| 38, and high Parochial School Regular class work in the Paro- chial School began“yesterday morn- ing-at 9 o'clock, the previous day having been spent in completing the enrollment. There was a total of 61 studnts on the first day of !school, 11 of whom are high school ! students. Sister Mary Lucinda, Sis- departments of the school. TG SR T EMINENT 'CHURCH WUMAN IS 'VISETING SISTERS OF ST. ANN IN JUNEAU Mother Mary Leopoldine, Super- ior- General- of ‘the Order of St Ann's, ~accompanied by Mother Mary Colombo, arrived on the steamer Alaska on her return from a trip through the Interior of Al- aska visiting 'the Alaska Missions of the ‘Catholic’ Chiireli: ' They will visit Sister» Mary Ludovic, Super- ior of St. Ann’s Hospital for the next two weeks before' continuing to the southgtt -~ MORE TROUBLE jand Arabs throughout the Holy IN JERUSALEM Rumored lhat Skirmishes *| with Bedouins Have Taken Place JERUSALEM, Sept. 5—It is ru- mored continuously, despite denials {from official quarters, that skir- | mishes with Bedouins have oc- {curred around Beer-Sheba in which % six native Christians were killed. The government has issued the |sixth bulletin giving statistics ' of | fatalities " of the trouble between |the Jews and Moslems during the past two weeks: Killed—Moslems 4, Jews 119, Serfously wounded—Moslems 121, Christians 11, Jews 175. 87, Christians HOLY LAND PROPAGANDA A JERUSALEM, Sept: 5-—Moslems Land are being called upon by highly inflamatory propaganda to irevolt and move against the Pales- tine Government. Floods of literature, all propa- ganda,'is said to-have come- from Jaffa, Haifa, Damascus, Beirut and - Aleppo and this has been. instru- mental in smouldering renewed dis- content. 1 Jumps Into River. .« | While Handcuffed ; ‘ Sinks from Sight DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 5—Hand- cuffed by Prohibition officers who had arrested him for violation nf the dry law, Alfred Smith, Grosse {Ile letter carrier, plunged into the®* Detroit River. Smith was arrested when customs* | men found a small amount of beer in his boathouse. 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