The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 26, 1929, Page 6

| i §: i “The Secret SYNOPSIS: Peggy Prescott, pretlty and resourceful daugh- ter of an army colonel, seeks 0 penotrate the mystery of strange nocturnal happenings at Yew Lodge. Heiress to the fortune of an eccentric uncle, Herbert Prescott, she is spend g a month at the lodge be- eguse of a lation made by her uncle in his will. She sus- pects Sundown, a halfbreed In- @an ncighbor of cfforts to ter- foiize hor and the capsizing of Ber canoe but b uspicions dre allayed when che learns he suffers from night blindness. Bieut. Edgar Stanton, her un- ¢le’s intimate friend, comes to the district and furtively watch- és Peggy's movements. A Chapter 8 THE TRAGEDY AT THE LODGE “Peggy Prescott turned restlessly dn'her pillows; no matter which way she twisted she could not gain 4 ¢ comfortable position. Through she first part of the night she had dlept soundly. What had awaken- éd'her she did not know. Was it Pond” By NATALIE SU MNER LINCOLN of Mohawk % f | S |was Sheriff Be Several other Imen stood in the background, “Is he really dead she asked. |“Couldn’t you revive him?” | The sheriff shook his head. “Dr. Cabot—he's just gone, he have Why iterpolated, “says he must {died within a few minutes. did you shoot him?” “Why does anyone shoot a burg- Peggy moistened her dry lips. w him creeping through that pointing with her ‘and terrified, I fired.” | Her gaze swept the little group— {two of the men were strangers, the Obadiah Eva as regard- or with curious intensity. A to one side Jim stood “What time was this?” questioned the sheriff. “A little after two o'clock.” | “And what were you doing up 4t that hour?” “I couldn’t sleep and came out on the gallery upstairs,” again- Peggy used her index finger to indicate her meaning, pointing upward. “I was returning to my bedroom when 1 saw him.” “Was the place lighted?” other, possible that nerves were getting| “By moonlight—" #he best of her? {Perhaps it would not be a bad [intruder?” | “Then you did not recognize the(n.ooc 314.315, the Junéau Recording District, Ju- neau, Alaska. And in the event you fail to so lappear and answer, the plaintiff | will take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply to ithe court for the relief demanded in his complaint and as herein- - |above stated. SUMMONS No. 3015-A In the District Court for the Ter- ritory of Alaska, First Division Admir- a cor- Frank Afrie, Plaintiff, vs alty Island Coal Company poration, and Granville J rader, Defendants. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ED STATES OF AMERL WITNESS, the Hotorable Justin TO THE ABOVE NAMED Harding, Judge of said Court, and| TENDANT, GRANVILLE .y Ithe Seal of said Court . hereunto HARKRADER, GREETING affixed, on this 26th day of Novem- | You are hereby requested to ap-|ber, 1929. i pear in the District Court for the|(Seal) JOHN H. DUNN, Territory of Alaska, First I Clerk. within thirty days after the hst Date of order for service by pub- publication of this summons, name- |lication: November 26, 1929, | ly within thirty days after the |First publication, Nov.. 26, 1929. 24th day of December, 1929, in|Last publication, Dec. 24, 1929. case this summons is published, or within forty days after the date of its service upon you, in case| e this summons is served upon you| personally, and answer the com- | CALL THE plaint of the above-named plain-| e tiff on file in the said court m. the above-entitled action Juneau The said plaintiff in said action | demands the following relief: sat- Pl b isfaction of six miners’ liens owned um er by him and totalling the sum of | $3205.85, together with thereon, the costs of prepar D' M' GRANT filing same, attorneys’ plaintiff’s costs and disb At Newman-Geyer in this action, out of your one-half undivided interest in the land and‘ PHONE 154 mining ‘ground embraced in the - 3 patent. of the United States of[| Oil Burner Service a America granted to George Hark- Specialty rader, Juneau Serial No. 0492 and . . dated February 2lst, 1913, filed for | Estlma(t;es Gn;en—-Work record inBook 30 of Deeds, at| uaranteed of the records of |{ _ J idéd to carry out Philander Chase's| “Oh, no,” quickly, “I've never} siggestion that she engage a com- |seen him before—" | panion to- stay with her at Yew| “Oh, yes yo' Miss Peggy™ Lodge. 'Whom had Mr. Chase|{he interruption came from Julia. suggested? 1 done knowed him—" She stopped overwhelmed by the concentrated regard of all in the room. i “When did you know him?” de- manded Sheriff Beach. “I didn't fes' 'zactly know him,” Pegey sat up and swung her feet out'of the bed. Two o'clock in the morning! Why lie still taxing her ®rain over what Mr. Chase had sdil when .she could refresh her memory by reading his letter! “@lipping into her kimono, she L h Julia amended her statement 'f’t t"‘; ‘r.“ ha! EeRR __|through chattering teeth. “He's de | nstead of going downstairs, hOW- | gy what follered us yistiddy on | ever, she switched on one of the sidelights on the gallery and walk- #d along until she came to the sec- tional bookcase. She found the lef- fer after a long search. She jerked 1t out and walked towards her room. “ At her bedroom door once more, shé paused to turn off- the light. Her hand was almost on the electric switch, when the light went out. £ Peggy’s ‘breath came more quick- 1y.!" Instinctiveiy she stepped back | #gainst the wall and her head! | hossback, Miss Peggy; but yo' didn'; pay no ‘tention to him.” - w figure of a man in the moonlight straightened; then Peggy fired. | h | touched the beaded Indian pouch hanging from the deer’s antlers the automatic pistol was in it. A second more and she had it in cry to Obadiah Ev w hand; her fingers crept along| “Who is he? He looks a gentle- | tHe short batrel, and pulling back {man.” thie slide, she sat the hammer. | “Edgar Stanton, a lieutenant in| &tep by step she crept over to|the naval reserve corps. Does hx5| railing of the gallery; from|namc ccnvey anytlcng to you?” | she peered down into the liv-} “No. Why should it?” The ques-‘ lq‘ room. |' ion leaped from her lips. The far end of the room Was| “Stanton was your uncle's inti-| faintly lighted by the moonlight imate friend, in spite of the differ-| coming through the fanlight over lcmm in their ages,” he expldined. U door. Even as she looked the| “I thought, Miss Prescott, you dobr opened—the crack widened and |might have heard of him, There 2 Tigure crept through it, started to |was talk of his being your uncle’s #ige, then sank again and crawled |heir.” gul‘n_rd on hands and knees. Peggy's pale cheeks flushed a rich ‘Reaching a chair near the mid'lrrim.son aie of the room, Peggy saw a hand| I pe heard of Lieutenant ctéep upward and, as the figure|stanton” she declared. “Why was| straightened up and faced her, shelmy uncle's intimate friend seeking fired, entrance to Yew Lodge in the dead of night like a common thief? Can you explain that, Mr. Evans?” Under his bushy eyebrows, Oba- diah’s eyes glowed queerly. He was saved reply by the sheriff rising to y stared down at the faces . With eyes swimming | with a piteous | Peg; Iahe loud report of the automatic t Julia screaming into the ahd she half fell, half ran dewn the stairs after Peggy. #@olliding with a bridge lamp her clawing fingers pulled one of the|njs feet. i oords™iand in the bright electric! wrpe lieutenant's dead.” he be- w ‘b“" Peggy crouching "VE";,an, with an abruptness character- man 0 riding clothes, 1ying|istic of “Big Bill” Beach. sprivwled on the floor. “You admit you shot him,” turn- Xilled a man, Julia!” Pegayling to Peggy and, as she nodded X in agony, as she d""?‘ped dumbly, “taking him for a burglar. P -wrist. “He's ‘dead. “So far, 86 good.” Why Stanton in & dage, Pegey staggered to the|.ame here as he did and when he teleplione and managed to ask the|giq wel Jook nito later. : You'll operator to send assistance t0 YeW|jaye to go along with us, Miss Prescott, to Litchfield jail.” m she slipped unconscious| mpe plood drained from Peggy's f5ui- the stool as she hung up the | oo leaving her deadly white. | X | (Copyright, D. al Co.) w:vrked over her frantically i ARt ARy Oo. reuevedmv:en con:::liox:: Facing murder charges and {9 flee, Pegay continued 1er| Yot ameics gy tane, Peery by the dead form o ;:; {1007 | jearns the value of a friend in ~she heard an automobile aD-| 4omorrow’s installment. il G5 SRNES READY TO MAIL Her Derves taxed to the breaking g, she fled upstairs to her room eal collapse. no idea how much time d when a male voice pen- gift line at Winter and Pond's. Specbll)hnenonw See the Ready-to-Mail Christmas | . fesl her consciousness. F i re ." 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