The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1929, Page 6

amad LlN by R A Jo W n gigantic (Philip, alias Pe really Mr. a gambling table—a |[Philip Ernest Lin whose ini- francs won—and the |tials are P. E. L prob- ¢ of Roger Pell hovering |ably nick { Pell at —sup- n the background! At Laxton’s |pose this cool customer goes up to request, ierficld and Greno- | Smithins anc “Either give fen go to Ostend and the fa- me what Ty or blow ; mous gambling resort there, | “Good heavens!” I cr in newspaper files ry words of Pell—that the A phrase, was going to blow up monk, [entl eatches their eyes. They 1 say. He was jusf putting the story—an account of a fa- 1 to the fuse when some- mous gambling coup in which body shot him, some interested ishman won a million nting the explosion inz a reckless night Yes.” Somerfield said. “Yes—I| with stec y eyes ec. But what did he want? Just a behind the daring | job? abler—a good description of I can't think so” said Laxton | the man—Roger Pell without a |“I expect he wanted revenge i doubt. An official of the Ca- ige on whom? Seabroke? | sino notices Grenofen’s inter- |Seabroke who'd kicked him out of est in the tale and adds some |Brussels? Marling who didn't 1 startling information—the mil- |ex-prisoners? Can't see any Smith- lion-francs winnings were left |ins in that at an Ostend hotel that “No. Bu r that Pelll by the Inglishman and have !spoke of hi ing once never been claimed! | before. If we could where— |let's on Dover Cliffs.” Chapter 37 | “Holy snakes!" cried Somerfield. P. E. LINCOLN [“And a paa: | “No. I to you I couldn't find A million francs left four yearsiyr. i, clerical directory in a hotel unclaimed! But I did find him in the direc The man knew he was telling /o “op ¢ Marllog Gt sensational st dnd expecied s director of Smithins.” to be surprised. Our astonishment “Then what is Smithins, Profes- eded his expec must have far sor? A crook shop? tations. | “Very respectable firm to all ap- 8o excited were we that he :»mf}i'“ pcarances. Simply Smithins Ltd., indulgently. ~ Yes—he was Quile|oyepange pbrokers, agents—may be willing to give us the name of the perfectly reputable; may be a cloak hotel, but he warned us the i “'for anything you like. I have my ger intended to hang on to the picions. fortune till the rightful owner prc ‘But Marling gented the rightful receipt. — The| oo oong not fit Marling into a money itself had, of course, long new character so diverse. How since been lodged in the bank could a shady fellow from a shady In the morning we visited the oo iy jnpose himself on Mr Hotel des Cynges and saw the mal-fp .y g a parson? He was a difficult and se-; ager. nd 54 WA in due time,” said Laxton mt;ve llff‘“”""“'“-l i’“‘“ ““0 ‘l’(;’m\ “But Ostend?” Somerfield asked syaded him to allow us | “I can sec Marling at Oster over his register for July, 192 “You reca)l the Nving pic- telling him nothing Of our PUr=iy, .. of him in the newspaper—the | ppse. cadaverous man who looked as|y We found in this list of pumr.] ‘f;‘»nhouuh eI the 23ra of July only two English| ol 1hS B L e Somerfield They were E. Richar names. 3 | exclaimed. “Ever since the pro- |3 L. Philip of London. frairt | OSSO began to talk about him|g ~The two men in the Dover affairt /=0 50 o the cadaverous |§ ny y had an unc Laxton certa instinct We sent him a tele-f, oo 4oncired? gram announcing our return bY | ™o Trh Tine miracler” Somer- the hoat um‘.h 1(»[: at ten. |field exclaimed. er since the : Lo back at Drofessor began to talk about him It was pleasant to be X atirve 2 seeing him looking on Woodcot without a "‘"‘:“f‘]; ’M‘m‘\“!“ ot the great coup with his blazing cupboard Uf““ b “‘lhl"x:(‘l‘l‘d o s |dark eves. But how did the pro- upstairs. was sple X fcssor see him at Ostend? welcomed by my mother, who asked n't. I only saw Pell and hi bel ) pno superflucus questions; Professor !friend at Ostend. They'd come Laxton had already relieved NET|p o506 money on them—right mind. in the middle of the crook season But Laxton’s own mind was in a It their story we e in substanc t¢ % Blackwater to rl;'v\;. 2 Al‘hl“l they would not reveal even to avoid m: According to Mr. Fo lgoing to prison. PBut we biry, he had suddenly thrown WP ip,ie way in the Ostend affair is job and gone to London. The| oo 0oyordiy hegun on the Tondon address he left was a ho-| o' no o qoaiy I admit fel. ‘The hotel knew him mot. {4 p There's only one way Laxton had nothing save PTaiSCly, .o and that's risky. But I'm for our work at Ostend. We Were | o ving it. I'm golng to ask Mr eurious to know how he had hit m‘%(}rmuion to write a letter.” Ostend at all. He then traced W g By o ookeq puzzied fer us the chain of cifcumstance .,° jo.. o phis Cousin John which began with his old lag ' | Merryweather. I dom't mean the tol " ¢ |real one “Oh! But you said yourself one as well look for a needle in and continued with his visit Princetown prison at the time o fhe man Richard's escape. | might Richard had only one COITESPOR- |, "y, yopa oy dent, a man named meo}lf;; o hm; Yes—but it you look with a countant, in London. s Istrong enough magnet—plop! the goilled Lincold P lt"t"m;‘g“m'hxmm\ arrives. If yowll write in cant P"l‘“‘h“';db::z“e:pmyed'by o [this sense—not to your Cousin n ha 8 i At ad GO ll‘]‘“::own e accountants i |J0hn dircct, but to Miss Seabroke :’he e e years auo HE tool [something like this: ‘T shall be & iglad if you will tell my a h°"‘t‘“y f‘;‘ “l;";::;“;::: mmw:;,‘: n that he can now return to not return for 3 er ith o Bafaan % Trop #igain, with no cxplalmuol’;k;’é :];b_‘pr('suu('c d certain information remarkable conduct, and o “Ihe can supply are greatly desired - ;‘;‘Q""'“c“' ad ¥ovgos, But 1o | He will be all the more anxious to he firm . o d S of p ~har explanation, no reference. Nothing Hh.50, S Bos man R“h"(‘l' (," ¥ ' jwhom he knows, is now officially Ming. - 52 M, Lax. |feported dead and will not be offi i You ngect h?zg‘yci::';‘ the man | Clally resurrected.’” You can put in (e SmP ' {anything else you like—" :‘:."wg‘ o L?[c :cm\:‘l(\iom:;?‘wr"],‘:‘ “Laxton!" I cried. “Do you mean e Dover affair, Wl gave Blis . ol Arcs name of Philip and Philip was the {7, O\f“\(l'I,:w;'"””l‘i'pgp %}:‘0‘152“"2‘;“ Englishman who stood behind the Ring m‘mlv unp;ar"t:.mc" % gambler’s elbow in the Kursaal, amli it the bther 1hm;54' that Englishman was Pell.” “You mean Pell? My dear M Laxton smiled approvingly. 1 eachad THy Grenofen, I've always been quite confessed that I had reached MY i . iain that your Cousin John had speculative limit. . . ino more to do with killing Pell than “The rest is a matter of prosaic {0 pad.» police inquiry. The curro:‘pondcncr"merigm' 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) between Richard and Lincoln was | apparently harmless—but it mi have concealed a pretty subtle un- | England | Professor But the mystery of Cousin John only becomes the deeper? derstanding. The exlruurdxnc:ryl Continae the -story tomorrow. fngenuity and pluck of Lm(‘uln.f| e S 10 SUaL B b i BOXERS ATTENTION And then Laxton ':0 "r'_‘"‘mgl‘.‘ Boxers interested in next smoker gbout Pell. He had earned the |, ninicate with Al King at Ju- wsual remission of sentence and By neau-Young Hardware. was out of prison in May, 1926. Having had a shot at his old firm without success, he went to an- other where he was engaged im- mediately. That firm was Smith- hs Ltd. | wwhew!” cried Somerfield. “The | girm whose messenger he was sup- | posed to have helped to kill!” + But why? And why did Smithius fall for it, Somerfield wanted to know? . Laxton could not tell us—yet. “you remember the defense | the Dover case—that Richard and | attention I of prime importance i you wish to et your printsd message read. That is | il Philip were attacked by 2 £ang Of |} why weare so carehul in the selection whom the dead man was one? Now | | of type, piger and ink when we do how would it strike you if that| | printing. ppened to be true?” A well results vfii“m ”n:om is that Smithins, because .-::n:n{:.unhcv Leahe LY ose caste, don't they?” | | youbow wecan increse chewasion “Certainly. 1f the defense of value of your printed matter. {man who looked as though he'd | I'm|™ Cousin | n; ME T0 LIKELY TO team is leading the pack. Just Millen, left, third-sacker, and E iively shortstop. Their superh despair of all the other teams. snared and woe betide smacks on these babies. They'rz LOCAL SPORTSMEN ON | TRIP TO ROCKY PASS! To open the Rocky Pas: irg | Club's lodge in Big John Bay for the season, with a two-weeks' hunt, ne local sportsmen left here this terncon on the motorship Marg- Those makiry the trip are: Guy McNaughton, Charles Goldstein, I. Goldstein, Minard Mills, M. S. Wil son, Joe Johnsten, Theo. Heyder, | John B and Ed Jones. i This is the first large hunting ty to leave here this season for n extended stay. Several others we planned and one or two prob- |ably will leave this week. ° e HALIBUT ARRIVALS—SALES The gasboat Dixon, Capt. Emil nuelson, arrived in port today with 5500 pounds of halibut that i to the San Juan Fishing and Packing Company for 12.75 and 9 cents The gasboat Independence, Capt. Zen Olson, arrived in Juneau to- day with 700 pounds of halibut which sold to the San Juan Fish- ing and Packing Company for 1325 and 9 cents. The motorship Monroe arrived in port today with 1,740 silver salmon which sold to the Juneau Cold Stor- age Company for 80 cents apiece. e HAVE BOY BABY A. N. Lenhart, accountant at the | Juneau cable office, is having a Ihard time figuring up the long columns of business accounts today. |He can hardly keep his mind on |the work because he wants to be lat the hospital and watch over his {first born, a boy baby that the stork |left at St. Ann's Hospital 15 min- lutes before midnight, Saturday: [night. Mrs. Lenhart and the babe }:n'v fine today. | ———————— MISS ROBERTA M. WADE WEDS JAMES M. BRITTEN The marriage yesterday after- noon of Miss Roberta M. Wade,| }\\hn was formerly organist at thel |Liberty Theatre, and James M. Britten, popular operator of KGBU the local broadcasting station of the Alaska Radio and Service Company, came as a surprise to |their many friends in Ketchikan.| |They were married at the court |house by Commissioner Arnold. | | Mr. and Mrs. Wade will make |their home in Ketchikan. 2 POLLY AND HER PALS YwanT Vet IF 1T 1S THE Z ENEMIES DEN THEYRE LESS [+ "4 -] ) e i Here’s two good reasons why the Chicago National T N SN L s WA look at them, Imer “Woody” I playing in the inteld is the Every ball hit, within reach, is the ruiner who tries to stretch his both real ball players. NOTICE TO MARINERS Clarence Straii—Lake Bay “loat Light, 1, extinguished for the win- \ter, September 15. , Will bc re- placed by 2nd class can buoy Stiki Strait—Snow P Gas Buoy, 2, repor extingt was relighted Sept. 17. Sumner Strait—Level Island Gas Buoy, 3, reported extinguished September 12, was relighted Sep- tember 17. 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