The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 21, 1929, Page 6

i 8 IR ES VI TXRTIERIY I TVXVI VRPN TIOPIVYT vV vy Ve vy vswwyr s Y BBl 250 POLLY AND HER PALS DONT TALK LIKE A FISH, PAW! WOT ON EARTH KIN WE DO WITH HIM? Ik cocoa® |REFUSES TO 160, M FER |KEEPIN HimM! HE KIN TEND THE FURNACE, SHOVEL SNOW. AN'SECH LIKE CANT HE? BUT WHERELL WwE GLEEP wE AINT GOoT A EXTRA BED, TO OUR IREECALLARRLERAR T 22 A RARARRE GG 0008 0MAe s~ a0 oy THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1929 M o e e SHUX, SUSIE IF THATS ALL THATS WORRYIN' = N O SEreffros | - U VSIS SIS ST S SUSSU “The Secret of Mohawk Pond” ATALIE § VER LINCOLN By SYNOPSIS: To gain the for- tune left her by her wuncle, | Peggy Prescott becames the iistress of Yew Lodge on the shores of Mohawk Pond, in Connecticut. With her negro §hald, Julia, she comes to live #n the luxuriously furnished Jodge for a month as required by the provisions of Herbert Prescott’s will, which further Htipulates she must not al t Merself more than an hour May, She arrives to find gwarthy skinned man who waits Apon her and then disappears. | she meets her neighbors, | ‘Obadiahi Evans and his son, the morning; dclivered it, Peggy did not know. Not even to herself would Peggy admit that she had stayed at Yew Lodge, under pretense of one kind cf another, to avoid a second en- counter with Jim. She bitterly re- gretted the perverse impulse which nspired hér to throw him a.half The mere thought of her action brought a wave of color to her cheeks. “Julia!” The maid started as Peg- gy's clear voice reached her. you ready to go with me?” “Yessum.” But there was reluc- “Are | |tance in the affirmative reply. Ear- Jim, and tips the latter when |lier that week Julia had agreed to ,mcon, of human eyes looking up at her not two feet away. There was a jar and the canoe tipped dangerously. By a dexterous swing of her own lithe body, she saved it from capsizing “Keep still, Julia,” she called, ztrylng | ment. “Ain't nuffin’ moved 'cept my mouf"—and Peggy heard Julia's \Evans, had milk arrived early in|tecth chattering against each oth- whether he or Jimier. They had gone several rods| when the maid gave tongue to her terror in a loud wail. | “My legs is géftin’ wet. Push ro'; sho’, Miss Peggy; push fo' the sho’.” | The canoe was already headed for the nearest bank and Peggy thot it forward with every swing of her paddle; then, in spite of her exertions, it began to lag, and she realized her feet were wet to the; ankles. Thé canoe had sprung a| leak and was taking in water—fast- | er, faster. With a gurgling noise | it went down. Peggy swam to Julia’s side as the maid came up. She tried to avoid i he helps her to return home Wwithin the period of grace al- fowed by he uncle’'s will. |do whatever Peggy wished in the| |evenings, but she had not calcu-| {lated on Peggy's evincing a desire {0 go canoeing by moonlight Chapter 4 | Peggy's eycs danced as she watch- | EYES IN THE vARK ed Julia’s slowness in shutting Lhei ‘The shadows lengthened and Peg- ‘ doors and bolting the windows. | g9 Prescott, sitting in a window ! Nothing would have induced the micove of the living room, over-|colored girl to reenter the lodge, qooking the driveway to Yew Lodge, |unless it had been entirely locked | ielosed her book and laid it down!up in their absence. ton the cushioned seat. | “Don't let your entnusiasm run| atiThe printed page had lost inter- away with you, Julia,” Peggy said | e with the fading light and she 'as they reached the dock and Julia @id not bother to turn on a read- regarded the birch bark canoe with | d@ng lamp close at hand. She had weached Yew Lodge on Monday | #ight and this was Saturday. | i1/ The intervening five days passed swiftly. = She had ins mipon helping Julia put the Lod order, and while doing so bad ventoried each room. | i The latter occupation had proven interesting for Herbert Pres-| had | a'| part of the globe. Golhig down for the second time, Ju gu‘hu;s he had amassed whiue yet| #n middle life, he spent his later | &ps’ in Buropean travel, and his| brother, Colonel Prescott, had little of him. | was 12 years' difference | ages and their tastes were | ‘ofice had Peggy seen her | He had dropped in upon ! during her father's detail at War college in Washington and stayed overnight. To Peggy, | 3 ohieken-pox his gaunt fig- seemed gigantic in height | childish mind, and the black | )6 ‘Wore over one eye in- | ‘hier awe. e vaguely later of her merriage in Paris and of death wihtin a year. Oc- | y at Christmas came his -delightful reminder of % ' Prescott’s existence and,| to her. . a New York paper, i, distended eyes. “Step in carefully,” Peggy cau- tioned, but it was unnecessary. Clinging tightly to the dock, the maid lowered herself into the ca- noe by degrees, never releasing her hold of the wooden pile until she was seated in the bow, then trans- ferred her grasp to the canoe's sides. Her fingers ached from the wbit Had bronght to his mountaln’pressurc. but she clung the tighter 4 goliection of objects from as Peggy paddled away from the | deck. | l'f.‘lpimtlfy his whims by a half way across Mohawk Pond that It was not until they were WS lia caught Peggy about the throat. she found her voice. 2 “Ain't dese hyar boats ous, Miss Peggy?” “Not ‘unless you get hilarious,” was the consoling reply. “Isn't the seenery gorgeous?” and Peggy pointed with her paddle to the danger- | castern peak of Mohawk Mountain, showing boldly against the skyline, its wooden heights towering far above them. “Some day, Julia, we'll walk to the summit.” “I wish I was dar right now,” Julia replied. Peggy's strokes with the paddle carried them towards the middle of the pond. They continued down the length of the pond until they reached the high rocky bluff at the extreme end. In pure enjoyment Peggy circled the pond. To the south she found the shore flat and swampy and they talged in subdued tones as the ca- Julia's grasping fingers and called to her to keep calm. But Julia| was senseless to all but her over-| 1 whelming horror of drowning; she| could nol swim a stroke. ~Going down for the second time she/ caught Peggy about the throat and submerged her. (Copyright, D. Appleton and Co.) | Held in the visclike arms ol | her terror stridken maid, Peg- gy fights against drowning. | Continue the story tomorrow. | | \ | ~ NEW GREEN HOOD Dress Shirts 'A''new: shipment of snappy styles and pat-| terns in Green Hood Shirts. 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Mrs. Shattuck wore |blue lace and her corsage bouquet Presbyterian Church presented 2 |was of pink roses and violas, and most pleasing effect on all those nrs Mitchell wore black velvet attending the annual bazaar of the [and silver brocaded chiffon with Martha Society which opened this g corsage of rosebuds. DOUGLAS NEWS . COMPANIES MEET ar meeting of the Douglas Fire Department is scheduled for 1930 SALES DATES JAN. 8 JULY 16 oAlready established as Seattle’s most popular hotel $ECAUSE, at “rates within the means of all” the Benjamin Franklin offers an abundance of those comforts necessary to pleasant travel;and in a few short months, the refreshing attentiveness and completeness of " itsservice has broughtflattering comment from all parts of the West. « + « Rates commence at $2.50 . . . | chell, |Shattuck, whose marraige in Seat- morning at 11 o'clock and which will continue throughout the day until 6 o'clock this evening. 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The bride, given in marriage by: her brother, Mr. Henry Shattuck, Jr, wore a gown of ivory'satin, fashioned with the new long' lines, and. o veil of rose point caught with orange ‘blossoms. Her only 1omment was. a string of square \cut orystals, a gift of the bride- groom, and her flowers a sheaf ‘of Yyellow rosebuds, lilies of the valley and orchids. = Miss Mary Allen. Ritchie, cousin of the bride, {was her only attendant and her this evening at 8 o'clock, in the A reception followed the cere-| iy gy mony at the home of ‘the bride's aunt, Mrs. John Sellen. Out-of-town guests were Mr. N. |A. Carle of Newark, N. J, Mrs. |Will Masters and Mrs. S. Sterret " s ) of Portland, Mrs. Laura Yott of| S “El.l L St T |Los Angeles, Mrs. Charles Zlegler.’”"' dinner :md‘cal‘d party given in |Mrs. A. L. Stevenson and Miss lash PP T Tae Re- |Alice Stevenson of Everett. g R For traveling the bride wore |green chiffon velvet with a mink coat and a hat of green felt. Her corsage bouquet was of orchids. 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