The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1929, Page 6

£ SRVP I BY rbara Landon and wealthy, ped dancing, her the savophoni m Ralph Hc: an with the pros of a titlc in the futurc but at Ppreeent chicfly his repit fin Price, howev nd his cas groc/ing was o deep ctine Barbara. But she was not de- thrred and ins’ted on mecting Ray on the top & 0e-~to clear up the @I the Iast three vea fes of a bitter past which R: for dbvicasly @id not wish to re- Vive. Chapter 2 EXPLANATIONS As Barbara made her way quick- ly ‘towards the staircase that led bélow, Ralph Henderson intercept- ‘her. "%our ‘dance, T think?” His voice was purposely cold. "5 it?” she said, smiling in A vague way. Then quickly, “But| P afraid youll have to excuse | mé. I'm not going to dance again ‘Tmmediatcly he was all sympathy “Feeling a little under the weath- er?” She laughed at that The young Englishman, in an ag grieved silence, escorted her to the @dér and having watched her dis- #ppesr down the stalrway, walked Baek to join Mrs. Trenton-Jone: "*Barbara doesn't seem hersclf tonight,” he remarked caustically. “@he says she doesn't care to con- tifme dancing. I doubt if she can be“well.” UsHumph! That's unusual. T did fiot “think even a sprained ank €8uld keep Barbara from dancing "Théy sat for some time in silence, the man staring moodily at the ditheers as he smoked one cigaret Barbara was pleading desperately with the man she loves, HE LUXUR MAYSI THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 1, 1929. _A]’()I.VLY AND HER PALS S ——— By CLIFF STERRETT Home, Sweet Home e, high fat com- { wn on her t up ed to be doing a ja had no ids intery on her v did h Ray com- ) carf a; throat a ed at the e Well, Barbara ) beside her fons noticed a Her 1 note SOMEBCE § CHIEFS BEEN & FROM BEHIND! ¥ 5 "PROVES MY\ INNOCENCE! WE \ WAS TALKIN' time. ng whether you were com- | ! 1 was | | | | “ told you I would come.” | “I know. I remember your telling me that once before. —~how 1o Anyhow, you cames and she ended with a laugh that had a bitter tang to it | “What good is it going to do to) |rake up all this? It's only going to] hurt She nev ing round to face him, her d little line. You or me? thinl in the lip you're |of, ate to k about that?” Alhost answered. I know you've been thinking | of me. at you would. you'd hate me at n thi In fact, I| I thought | first, then that despise me, until finally you bécame indifferent.” His wotds scemed momentarily to |rob her of her poise. “But why should you want to do that?" His features, lit wanly by the moon, were set in a brooding, bmrrI cast. “I'l tell you—although T should }pr(‘lux' not to. You remember that night at the dance?” He paused and at that her bit- | me AnNnouu. The Aviation Com construct the large: Among those inte | H. New (left) for ement ha 1. 24y FOR THIS! THE ) :f\rv ACKF'DS Y'5AY YACTUALLY SEEN ONE OF OUR H] SEE HIM pr] ABDUCTORS = = BUT I < B L = -y TALKING 1O = ‘SOCKED ' & COME ON, NOw. NO STALLIN'. WHO DONE THIS? > and General Masv. Army Air Corps. to sixty persons an Dornier Do-X. & merry, informal crowd, and sev- éral of the girls called out to him aily as they danced by. But their vident good spirits only served Lo ease his ill humor. “Look here, Mrs. Trenton-Jones,” Be said presently, folding his arms nd looking down at his shiny pat- g’:lenther toes, “I may as well o2 frank with you, I'm in love with zrbaru. Do you think there’s y hope for me?” "The older woman considered him for a long minute. He was good Jooking, blond, square-cut type of Britisher. Well-moulded features blue eyes, 4 reddish complexion and & small mustache a shade lighter than his hair. There was a cer- tain air of birth and breeding about “So many men have been in love with PBarbara,” she told him, “or Have thought that they were. That # the penalty she pays for being an heiress.” A dull red spread over the man’s face. 141 say, you're not suggesting that “I didn’t mean to insinuate any- thing. But had she been penni- Jess, I wonder if you would have &flowed yourself to fall in love with Her?” 5 !“That's a fair question, and T'll be e#ndid with you,” he answered. “I #hould have been just as keen, but ‘ couldn't have afforded to marry " ‘What advantages do you think o will gain by becomirg wife?” ‘He figeted awkwardly. “#pye quite a fair position in Eng- - My place is in Surrey, and a small income of my own.” $'¥e did not think it necessary to Her' éxactly how small. “Then, the title.” “] see. And you think that a m‘ income, a possible titl> ‘#md an estate, which no doubt is ‘Miertgaged should be sufficient cx- _emange for Barbara's fortune?” my uncle dies, I should m—' : | pays! of a mo nt ago. “Yes, 1 remember that. I res member a man telling a girl that he loved her and asking her to marry him. He was called away to the telephone. He asked her to wait for him and she did, hours and hours, like a little fool, for he never came back to her.” He said a moment later, his voice slightly hoarse: “I Jearned over the wire that my | father had committed suicide downi in Mexico, Barbara. He had bank- rupted himself and embezzled the company’s funds.” She looked up at him quickly, in- redulity in her eyes. “Put—TI—I never heard anything wout it—" “That's not unlikely. ged to hush it up.” She stood very still, biting her |~ ipper lip, but finally she spoke: | “Still, T can’t see why you didn't | come back and tell me.” “Can’t you? When I asked you | 1% marry me I imagined I should le aave a fortune equal to your own.| Had I come back I should have | Yeen penniless with nothing to ofier | for you but a disgraced name.” | “And you think that would have made any difference?” | “I knew that it wouldn't. That was the reason I left as I did.” | (Copyright, Dial Press) during fire, They man- | A beautiful heiress proposes to the man she loves in tomor- row’s chapter. . S e LET Ammquiw rress Your Suit | We call end deliver. Phone 525 - eee - Dell E. Sheriri, suneau's plano |tuner. Hotel Gastineau. —adv | | LODE MINING CLAIM LOCA-| | TION NOTICES AT THE EMPIRE --.let . us show you [ why Goop | =& printing L i e Illustration 1 Goodyear-Zeppelin hangar under construction at the Akron Airport. mple wew home for the two giant airships new (Picture by telephoto from Chicago). - - 2 shpws the mouth of the new When completed this = (internationsl Ni Charred ruins of the Study Club dining room where 17 were killed and scores injured in a panic —Associated Press Photo. Goodyear_Builds World’s Largest Hangar being built will cover an arca of eight an'd hf\lf acres and rise to the height of 200 feet. The Graf, now on world tour, will be dwarfed by these i i y .,NS!;: immense airships, DOUGLAS NEWS MR. BREUER TO TALK 1 AT P.-T. A. TONIGHT An address by Mr. Leo Brmu»xflb Commissioner of Edueation, will be the prineipal feature of the pro- | gram that has been arranged for | this m meeting of the Doug- las Ps t-Teacher Association to e held this evening at 8 n‘clock( in the school auditorium. Tt will | the first time for Douglas pn()plr‘l r and met the new Commis- md a large attendance {expected ' hments will be served after program by the Sophomore e COUNCIL MEETING The regular meeting of the Doug- |las Council will be held this even- |ing at 7 o'clock for dispatch of ithe usual monthly business of the | city. i ., D. I. PACKING CO. 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