The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 7, 1929, Page 6

} i { £ ST LSRR S PO G 25 SIS 0, B TR P R RS 1 & R SYNOPSIS: Veronica and Tom cnd their thrilling adven- ture at Silworthy Cove, where they find Mrs. Scabroke fast r husban r- fo account for thel during the night fhey t lephons that she, Rter mother and Tom discovered gaimecane stealing the speedboat and trailed it to Silworthy where they abandoned it. They do not question h tory but Tter that day Somerficld comes to the Grenofen home, convine- ¢s Tom he knows the truth, and then reveals ctartling news— that Professor Laxton is close ¢n Toni's trail and that Laxton, not an archeologist, is a—de- tective. Chapter 24 THROUGH THE KEYHOLE Somerfield’s discovery that Lax- ton was a detective was no great surprise to me. . A. Jo WALLING “That's becn worrying me every since ‘he came,” I told Somerfield, although my suspicions of the man’s real profession were more recent. “Then the people at the British museum,” Somerfield asked, “how | —o» “Oh, that's quite easy. Laxton must have been on the watch for Pell. 'As soon as Pell's name ap- peared in The Times that day,| when it said I was taking a draw- | infe of the new fresco to the mu-| seum, Laxton or his superiors must T fived up the trap with (hr“ nigseim people. Sunday night, | Wen e took me down to the s policeman was written all 0%y 1 0 urse, he was after Pell.” ked like that. But why?” A ast three people could tell us what, Grenofen.” The “keyhole murderer” intended to kill not Pell—but Marling!” “yes, I know,” said 1. “But I won't ask Veronica. I don't think | twould be fair to ask Mrs. Sea- broke. And if I asked old Sea- hroke—well, you can easily guess.” Bomerfield nodded. “It's awk- d,” ¢aid he. “But, you know, . may have to be done. If the professor gets wise to what hap- pened last night, he won't have #uy mighty compunctions about asiit:. will he, now? Spiriting gwey the man he was after for the m;u.'dt-r of Pell! Have you rennzcd' o M perception of reality was be- fpg-=d by Veronica. somerfield, looking on from out-| side, was able to precipitate the | eonfusion a little. He had an ana- Iytical mind. All these discon- nections, he said, had to be linked up somehow, and the only link he could see was Laxton. 4/0ld Fotherbury's excavations had brought Pell down to Blackwater. Phen there was a get-away by a eonvict. The convict arrived at Blackwater, and on his heels—Lax- ton. {‘Pell was murdered in the act of tevealing a ghost and when we ok for the ghost we find—Lax- ton. fi#gomething in the background,” said Bomerfield, “between the Sea- brokes, Pell and the convict. Some- fhing that even Laxton can't see, for he doesn't seem to have brought the Seabrokes into the picture yet. Therefore, whatever his knowledge 1t ‘begins later than the Seabrokes.” i #No doubt about it,” said I. “Lax- fon begins with some connection between Pell an@ the conviet. The Seabrokes begin much further Back. You remember that, imme- Qiately before Laxton came to Blackwater, he’'d been in Devon- shire. You remember the unex- plained absence of Veronica from Lendon that Saturday and Pell's dbsence at the same time. You read that a woman and a car as well as a male accomplice were eoncerned in the escape. Think of Sunday night: Veronica's strange return; my encounter in Woodcot Lane; Laxton's queer conduct; Laxton's knowledge that some fel- Jow would be prowling about New- that night—it all shows Lax-' fen had touch with something l.hnt‘ was likely to happen.” y#I've been wondering,” Somer-, mused, “whether Laxton had #n inkling of a possible shooting match and was trying to stop x:,‘ n D SET CALMLY, BY | WHILE Why? He g stunt.” { e? Seen him lately?” I in-| MURDERED IN COLD D? ). quired “Yes, afte Somerfield him coming “This ) a dirty earth all I boots 1€, aving Marling and | > cub. he'd been ex| - ing with them He walked along! with me as far as the Lord Nel- son. Fact is, Grenofen, that's what ¢ me come on to see you.” | Did he say anything about me| then?” T asked 7 “Yes. Asked if were home | from Hollam Bay. Whether I'd| met your cousin. Whether you were | specially friendly with Fotherbury He's got his eye on you, Grenofen. | But that wasn't the most rema able thing. | “He harked back to what hap-! With the arrival of Dr. Benja- pened in the library the afternoon|min S. Bert and the Rev. Mark T. Pell was killed. Then he asked |Carpenter in Juneau yesterday me whether I saw you or anybody |morning on the steamer Admi else take a book out of the shelves|Rogers, a reunion of four Episco- that afternoon. pal clergymen, who attended Na “He said Fotherbury had missed |otah Theological Seminary at Nash- a book. It was in the library Fri- |otah, Wis, was held for the first day. Tuesday, it couldn’t be found.|time in Alaska. Dr. Benjamin W. And Mr. Fotherbury wanted it bad-|Bonell and the Rev. Charles E y.” Rice, were the other two clergy- “What book?” I asked. men taking part in the reunion. “An old illuminated book, with a| Dr. Bonell, who was graduated manuscript history of the abbey.|from Nashotah in 1895, is now Laxton said he wouldn't be suxu;presldent of 8t. John's College, prised if it was what had put Foth- | Greeley, Colo, The Rev. crbury on to his excavations.” D., who was graduated in 1902, is “Nobody touched a book that|Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral in day so far as I remember.” Juneau, the Rev. Bert, who was “I didn't see anybody touch a|graduated in 1906, and has been in book. But it's not the loss that in-|charge of St. John'’s Church at tert me—it's the fact that Lax- Ketchikan during the summer, is ton's so curious about it.” chaplain at Nashotah, wis,, and you FOUR CLERGYMEN mitted. in charge of St. Saviour's Church “Td give almost a dollar to know,at Skagway during the summer| whether Pell was in the library on;months. will graduate from Nash-| Frid: ; and whether Marling knew |ota in 1930. will be the guests of Dean and Mrs. Rice at the Deanery while they ars in Juneau. on the Prince George and will re- turn to Nashotah Seminary after | spending several days visiting in California. i S eee 70, STILL ATTENDING SCHOOL BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Mrs, Mary |J. Cain, aged 70, has received her master of arts degree from Howard | College here and is working for the degree of doctor of philosophy. e Bill Casey 1s still at No. 8 Wil- |loughby Ave. with the best TO- BACCO and SNUFF CURE. Hours 2 p. m to7p m Cal and’ we will demonstrate. P.O. Box 327. adv he'd been there.” “Marling!” “Well—think of Marling a min- ute. Hated Pell. Why? Suspected him. Think of Marling in the clois- | ter Sunday night. Then Monday afternoon—you couldn't miss Mar- ling's face when Pell went for him. It was Marling who was going to /| see the ghost, if you remember. If Pell had taken the book, and Mar- | ling "knew it, suppose the book con- tained the instructions for conjur- ing up the ghost, Grenofen?” “I can't see how a book in New- place library could have anything to do with conjuring a ghost out | of a convict prison,” said I. \ “Did it ever occur to you that| Pell might have been shot by ac- cident?” Somerfield put the question al-| most casually. It made me sit up. “You mean—why, Somerfield, you ean only mean one thing! ¥hat “That the shot was meant for somebody else. In fact, it's perfect- ly clear, Grenofen. Did you look | through the keyhole? A man who | was going to fire through the key- hole couldn't possibly have aimed at Pell, who wasn't in the line of tire except for an instant—" “Of course! I hadn't thought of | it. The man who fired the shot was blind at the time; he could not fire and see the target.” “Yes, and only one man could have been shot through the key- hole—the one who sat in the di- rect line of fire.” “And he was—" “Marling.” (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) An unique theory further darkens the mystery of Pell's death. Continue the story Mon- day. LET Amquns. rress Your Sult We call and deliver. Phone 525. — —— i Reliable Transfer | | Phome 1 Res. 148 | | ~oovnTEeY and GooD | SERVICE Our Motto | — - —y GARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O. Davis Phone 584 S—— ~erooy | IN REUNION HERE Rice, B. i “Yes, that's rather queer,” I ad-|the Rev. Carpenter, who has been | They will leave here | ARE WE GONNA | | DONT BE SILLY SUSIE! WE AINT LIVIN' IN THE TR tons| |POOR DEL. 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TE ¥ -+ > 1 HOLUING uP| CLERKING AT THE HUB L AR & ok Miss Cecile Cashen, who returned e v !first of the week from Seattle Student Activities Are Be-|where she took a business course, 5 P has taken a position as bookkeeper gunAAthletlc Sched- at the Hub store. * e, ule Outlined HOW WISE WAS WIFE IN “THE WISE The first week of the new school term witnessed about the same, was she a wise wife, or was it number of pupils enrolled as last|merely that he was a dumb hus- year, Supt. Earl Cathcart stated|pand? last evening. The attendance is| Arthur Somers Roche's magazine | about evenly divided between the!gerial, “The Wise Wife,” which E. boys and girls, except in the high|mason Hopper filmed for Pathe- s'chool where the boys are con-!peMille, might just as well have siderably outnumbered again. The|peen entitled, “The Dumb Hus- enrollment in the high school ‘V‘-“,baml." On the other hand, thel be 45, which is better than last|former title may fit the bill, in that | term. The class enrollments arc: |the husband was wise, but the wife | 14 freshmen, 12 sophomores, 7 jun-|was wiser. fors (all girls), and 12 seniors.| phyllis Havre, in the title role, Twice as many graduates are ex- first is seen as Mrs. Blaisdell; the| pected this year as last. domestic and “settled down” wife The Associated Student Body be- [of John Blaisdell played by Tom ! {gan its activities for the year on |mMoore. Along comes Jacqueline | Friday afternoon under the chair- | Logan, in the portrayal of a snap-| manship of Frank Pettygrove, vice- | py, up-to-date twentieth century | president. ~ John Cashen, A. 8. B. | flapper from the sunny south, and | president, is recovering from &an|vamps Blaisdell. Then Miss Havre operation and will enter school later. | gets busy and taken on flnpper} The students chose Mr. Cathcart | ways herself, shortens her dress: as A. 8. B. advisor for the ensuing jand snaps up her appearance. Be- | year. After some discussion of the | fore many close-ups have rolled by | school peper dt was decided to pub- {she has won her husband back> | | WIFE?” lish several issues of the Breeze,|gagain, with Aili Niemi, editor; Mae Fraser,| Such is “The Wise Wife,” as pre- business manager; and Mrs. Eng-|pared for the screen by Zelda Sears strom, advisor. The suggestion was|and T. Garnet. William de Mille.| made and adopted that there %“e |associate producer at the De M'ilu' only one faculty adviser instead of | Studio, supervised the production.; two, as has been the custom in the | The picture will be seen at the! past. Liberty Theatre on Sunday, fea- ! The students are beginning the{tures in addition to Miss Havre and athletic schedule in the form of | Miss Logan, Tom Moore and Joseph tennis, hand ball and indoor base- | Sgriker. The comedy is said to be | ball, so the Nat will be kept busy | packed with thrills and laughs. for the greater part of the year. | 'The girls have arranged their ten- !nis schedule beginning Monday.|&me = ) Douglas . Church g (3 Services | Athietic directors are Miss Lucile | Pepoon aad Mr. Myron King. Among other_ activities already organized are boys’ and girls’ glee clubs, under the supervision of Miss Katherine Shier. AnnGuncements are soon to be made concerning the organization of a community or- | chestra, under the direction of the teachers. The teachers greatly enjoyed an cntertainment given in their hon- tor Tuesday evening on the open- ing of school. It seemed to them at least, that even more than the total population of the Island must have been present on the occasion and the reception accorded them was enough to furnish ample in- spiration for great effort through- out the entire year. Among their impressions of many changes in their respective surroundings since leaving “the Outside,” those teach- ers arriving in Alaska for the first ? Douglas Catholic Church | time are repeatedly recording thei: impressions of the unusual hospi-| All services in the new church. tality of the Great Northland as| NO Mass. something incomparable anywhere. ————— GILKEY COMES AND GOES; IS TO RETURN SHORTLY Notices for this cnuren column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete. ———— e Douglas Presbyterian Native Mission 2:30 p. m—Sunday School. 3:15 p. m.—Sermon. 7:00 p. m.— Thursday—Midweek prayer service. All are cordially welcome to these | St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 7:30 p. m—Evening Prayer and Sermon. — | Congregational Community Chaurch A G ey SV % 1. D. HAMMOOK, Lay Pastor | 10:30 a. m.—Sunday School. 11:30 a. m.—Sermon. N. F. Gilkey accompanied by two mining men of British Columbia, C. V. Brennen and A. 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