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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY OCT 23 1929 LUXURY HU MAXSLE SRELQ SB'A MD |'You seem to wake up so much soon- er and make so much more of your youth. If you don't mind my say+ |ing it, an English girl of your age ‘v\ould have a self-conscious air. two pigtails, an irritating giggle and a shiny nose!” Cora Munford smiled It was a | smile that began with her eyes and " 'YNOPSIS: Barbara and Ray drifting apart! Ray, embit- ’ ‘By his failure in the of- f Barbara’s uncle and the cecsity of continually accept- money from her, is ap- @aching a crisis. He refuses | B attend parties with Bar- Bhira'. friends because he cannot ati Ing hims:lf to cnjoy ‘their |¥ orked slowly all over her face. mpany. Their acquaintance- | “I noticed lhm when I was , qujck to draw in'erences, |abroad last y ' she told him, | “they did seem awfully dumb to me, | Why, at one country house where I | visited, when they heard my’ age they expected me to have dinner in the nursery with the kids!” They both laughed “What do you think makes the | difference?” Cora appeared to be thinking. per that Barbara and Ray , soon separate. Then Ralph derson comes to New York nd Barbara invites him to stay ith her and Ray. The men, goibuly unfriendly, see little | each othér but Barbara is al- ‘fiys tn Henderson's company. o she L Chapter 21 “It's because we've got pep,” announced finally. “That's what PAYING THE PIPER counts in a girl. So long as you “ In’ the days following Hender- 's arrival, Ray scarcely saw Bar- “Rarely did she tumble into | Henderson regarded her with a| ‘until long after Ray was asleep. | tolerant smile. This sophisticated fi‘:m left, for the office before gy he found vastly entertaining have pep and plenty of it, you can |get any fellow you want!” Brose, and she had given uUp| «and what sort of a: fellow do ing with him in the city. you want? If pep's your criterion, ‘bfven ‘when he did see her alone a doubt youwll land rare occasion in itself—she} fid ‘prattle continuously of Par-| .o I intend to marry some 18, parties, parties, until he felt|yeqithy man, divorce him, and then he could scream at the men-(jve off the alimony,” she announced of the word. |laughingly. \"‘&ldom did he accompany ”“’m\ Henderson straightened up with! bft"'these occasions, pleading that , jerk Such a diabolical state- | Hours interfered with his of-imcng ¢ come from the lips of this fige work. Soon, as was inevitable, | sort piece of femininity who but e he invariably refused, Bar- yecterday must have been a mere ’s Triends gave up inviting him. | yope1 However, she might not ke then, without thim!™” Bil4po ‘come, Barbara, and bring|c..ous t, charming English friend of} “.phat blasts my hopes complete- s, Mr. Henderson,” some girlfy, . po sajd. “We'd been getting Aother would say over the phone. ‘re all so crazy about him!" ‘No mention of Ray. At first elimination of Ray, annoyed! ta, and once she had been wn to retort: “Hyhy, yes, I think we shall be d to come. All three of us. Yoi're inviting Ray, of course.” lon so famously tonight that I'd begun to hope . . ." “Cut out the sob stuff,” she in- terrupted. “Besides, every one knows that you're hooked already.” Again he regarded her in amaze- ment. These American girls could be frank; distressingly frank! he answered, good humoredly. h'm gourge, deaf; rare}ljss ot :“g “That's interestin’. On whose Bt to have. mentioned him. But Tl 00 am 1 supposed to be dang- guiéss 1 thought that, as usual, he'd |yopn be' too busy to accept!” & ‘&;en just the faint suspicion of ¥ Ihugh, implying “‘aé t{:e ‘p::k: With his innate reserve, Hender- er knew as well as Barl )‘)‘1'“” fgr son's first impulse was to resent her Vf’“"ds had been mere blu | her outspokenn But, on second wasn't it obvious that Barbara had thoughts he reflected that to be 6 use for her husband when shc,m openly coupled with Barbara hi#d that attractive Englishman inl ooy’ to his decided advantage. “Barbara Lowther’s, of course You're always together.” tow. “Ill admit that Barbara and I e did want Ray. It both hurtq, pig gt off pretty well” he con- exasperated her that he would ceded. r accept. But her own pride| “uppape ghvious! But what I to. aflow her to plead With| .,y figure out is how Her husband 8o it invariably happened| stands for it. He doesn't look she and Henderson went “1°n"'l\m-hitc—nvcrcd to ‘me!" 53 rndd on his part, found‘ ”f?“ Henderson luughm.l shortly. th.t* evonings he spent, by ;}lmsni “The poor devil has to stand for were strangely preclous.d i 0% aj it. All the money belongs to her Blous, . of cou:rs:, o 1e!hnn and you know the old maxim: t.hne ?:l‘:“ o‘; bh::e b‘uotgebe::e: ‘Who pays the: piper is at liberty i ] oy nitely, than being one of ‘a 5 m“(ég;y:;ez: Dial Press) d of naisy, shrieking people. tly she and Henderson were BEATIN' DOUGLAS NEWS EARLY MORNING FIRE DOES LITTLE DAMAGE Old lumber burning in the base- ment of the Catholic church cot- tage caused the second fire alarm of the month shortly after 5 o'clock this morning, and within ten min- utes the firemen were on the job with hose-line connected and chem- icals ready to put out the blaze. The fire was discovered and alarm turned in by Sandy Stevens, who noticed the smoke coming out through the walls of the building 2s he was passing on his way home after having taken a boat load of dancers home to Juneau. The ori- gin of the fire is not definitely determined but indications point to either spontaneous combustion or a carelessly. thrown-away cigarette. The building was occupied by work- But imen who have been busy with some repairs. during the past few days The damage is nominal. RSl 3 FROM YAKUTAT Charley Benson, wife and nephew, recently arrived here from Yaku- tat to spend the winter and are located in their home, which was formerly owned by Frank Bach. POLLY A‘\D HER PALS WAL, 65\/& BOYS. HERES THE KEY TO GRAYSTONE ME AN/ MY FAMILY 1S BIG CITY, ON THE FUST | IT BACK TO THE SLONG PERKINS WE'RE LEAVIN' OURSELVES, SOON'S THE GOVERNMENT WAGON CALLS FER THESE TwO By CLIFF STERRETT Aw FER GOSH SAKES! ou'LL|| FAREWELL\ | THANKS FER THE NEVER FERGIT THEM HON. \ | TEN GRANE 160 BOTTLES WE FOUND GRA‘/sTOMF:- : ON OUR STOOP LAST b = FALL, T LADIES LEAGUE MEETING meet The session will be held in the League rooms in the Congregationa]i Church. L 45~ o 4 ESTHER RALSTON PROVIDES LAUGHS AND HEART THROBS |V in jin LIBER' Laughs, chuckles and a few tug; at the old heart strings are said to be found in Esther Ralston’s lat- | est starring vehicle for Paramount, | “Ten Modern Commandments.” But, | most important of all, it opens to-' night at the Liberty Theatre. ) The story is woven about a maid | in a theatrical boarding-house, a| child of the stage, who refuses to follow in the footsteps of her par- | ents. How she overcomes this| feeling and attempts to learn the! Ten Modern Commandments” for | the chorus is the foundation for | this last word in entertainment. | In addition to Neil Hamilton, Miss | Ralston is supported by a cast‘ which includes Arthu:aioyt, Jose- lyn Lee, Roscoe Karns, Romaine | Fielding, Rose Burdick and Maude | Traux. | DONATION IS MADE . | FOR ANNUAL BAZAAR Plans for the annual Parish Bazaar, to be held on November 14, 15 and 16, are fast nearing mpletion and it was announced is morning that the Alaska El- Again—a “luxury”—but the husband revolts in tomorrow’s chapter of this story. rnieles el ey LET Amquim riess Your Sult We call and delives. Phone 528 The Arcade Cafe | Specid] Dinners on Bundays and Week Days 8c4a Fountain in eonmection. Come ud listen to the radlo. Mary Young, Prop. Phon 288 e GARBAGF HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. 0. Davis Phone 584 of the house he would go up wx den, a room right at the top, the house that contained little dn, the ‘way of furnishings except a M Once there he would com* e to play—usually a tune that been' rutning through his all’ day—some - elusive: melody #‘:vas determined to capture. laPresently, he would forget his sufroundings, imagining instead N on.a platform leading an or- of his own. Then, at the clusion, he would imagine the|q jlause—in that moment supreme- [ ious of the thrill-of recog- d achievement. iz, my had hot intended to ac- Barbara and Henderson riha Maitlahd's party. But she’ had called ‘him’ persoral- on the phone and had insisted had planned it on a Satir- ht especially so that he; ht be there, he did not. see how fie could reasonably refuse. [t was noflung unusual in the- of pafllu A Jaded cro ¢ from ‘an e;ectrm Victrola; house, permeated by a forced ty that had mns real fun be- 8 PR in the .evenlng Ray - found. selt momentarily isolated, & he” had endeavorfhg t0. hwnu drifted away in the of gome other man, Noticing | ‘he meh ‘were in thé majority, teh. no compunction in wander- Loff into ‘one of the adjoining e ) Worth Tts Weight In Winter “Comfort (;ul that burns clean—pro- ducing whote heht value per ton—<is worth fits weight in comfort. Our coil ‘fs GOOD 'coal—it requires a minimum of atten- tion, gives the maximum of wu a small rpom .mmn.nw:a)ly darkened, the only light Xflwflng protigh - heavy. purple 1 mfled sdrdonically, thinking- on e Teason this thusness and, | it imf:’:do flung himself at m into an arm chair. . y his lids closed down| 'iiu, tek himself- floating away | space. For a while he fought : thu feeling, but, in the end, ash. If is carefully screened, cleaned ahd graded. The ex- tra heat makes our coal the most economical. on the mar- ket. Phone Your Transfer or heat per tor, and leaves :less Some are Schifling's is ‘rich in Some. of them us Schilling LEM oil presct"b;d A quality you would insist upon if you knew all of the facts ec! added jment ‘llh(' \close ld be Bazaar with the usual turkey dinner ch will be served on the even- f November 16. Ten Modern Commandments Come—Learn the story of a pretty girl who Light and Power Company {had donated a Cinderella Washing The Ladies League members will |Machine tomorrow night for sewing.lw this year for the entertain- | JOCKEY ACTIVE AT 78 LA CROS3E, Kas, Oct. 23.—At electrically operated, which | the age of 78, Levi Burlingame still iven away as a prize. compe with jockeys one-fourth new features have been | his y His son, Charlie, who rode “big time” circuits a few years go, was forced to retire when he ded the weight limit. ——— LODE MINING CLA1M LOCA- | TION NOTICES AT THE EMPIRE GUNS and AMMUNITION SPORTING GOODS ell those who patronize and the affair will I A GUN FOR EVERY PURPOSE Ammaunition for Every Gun TONIGHT THE THER RALSTON and NEIL HAMILTON in followed the ““Ten Modern Commandments” to Love and Happiness. A Picture You Don’t Want to Miss PE_RPE R is n.g)t just pepper. They are not all alike—not by any meansl ‘aromatic oils, and full of flavor—some are merely stmgmg dust There is one dehcateb/ flavored VA Nl L L A. Others are harsh and’] lpungent bptwgen. Do .you know which is ‘which — or why? Puré food emcfls do. f ne brand by which to judge all others. Thatone is Schlllmgl ) " ‘contains more than 'three times the amount of lem.on y the Pure Food Laws. ‘Schilling M U STA RD contams none of the @sfi; flayorless mustard bran that weakens ‘the flavior of all others. And so on down ‘the long list of 47 SPICES and 32 ExTaA;Ts MON E Y B A,c K from your grocer if you don't like:Schilling’s" "best. 10—20—40 cents Special Dollar Dinner AT THE NEW GASTINEAU CAFE 5P. M. TO 8 P. M. SHORT ORDERS Sperial Businessman’s Luncheon Hunters and Prospectors | TWIN GLACIER CAMP IS NOW OPEN Best of accommodations for Hunting Parties and Prospectors. Reasonable Rates. For further pamculars see 1 FRED ORDWAY, Alaska Scenic Views Frye-Bruhn Company Featuring Frye's De- licious Hams and Bagon | “Everything the name PHONE 38 Alaska Baked Ice Cream ' SOMETHING NEW! TRY IT! On Sale at New York Exchange ALASKAN HOTEL MODERN REASONABLE RATES Dave Housel, Proprietor WE PRINT EVERYTHING STATIONERY and OFFICE SUPPLIES Geo. M. Simpkins Co. PHONE 244 FREE—Beautifully colored Hat Stand with every quart can of QUICK-STEP at Juneau Paint Store S —— i 1 i |