The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1929, Page 6

wHADDYE \ [T, ? HPA\/E“\I T[T VEANS THAT THEVS [l TFere VEARS US WIVES , e AUNT susa & 5l e Ve BUT IM GONNA “SHOW UP" S GONNA BRING NG HAS HAD TO LISTEN T0 THAT Two-LEGGED HOME THE BACON, LVIHATS IOVF_ WOMAN IN THE/ HIS ?j WORLD THATS GOT AN’ UNKS GOTTA ‘ QUADRUPED, Yo CALL THE SPLNK T0 CALL § FARA, IF ITS THE LAST ABDOUT POW HARD OUR MEN FOLKS WORIK, AN’ SYNOPSIS: Mystcry, murder rt and a heavy book at Imo ¢ apd intiigue—the dark shadow 1 of the couch to the floor they ca:l over Yow Lodge, deep- | with her. ens. Jin cuspects Ben, the | Much mortified, Julia scrambled | Eyans' hirod boy of ot to her feet | Ing the i fool,” she ejacu- : he comfort and | Peggy had found ptente of an inerim writton to Obadiah Evans | Ic by Jamieson Sinciair—the un- k o who will in 'm jes’ a clumsy Terrington he ing information riglit blindn to lexzii Pres snake bite. Peggy recove from a sprained ankle secks to 1l the fears of Julia who tells her of hearing strange nois- ©s from the pond and twice see- ing Prescott in her dreams. I din't hurt yo’' bad hon- ey?” couch earlier in the eveni; she might enjoy looki - 'not having done so since tal d for |Bible out of the chest of d lin the locked basement bedr Becoming absorbed in a nov d forgotten her first inte: amine the old book. Peggy looked down at Chapter 20 | “Best not stay too long," advis TREASURE TROVE Julia. “I'll leave mah do’ open; j Shadows crept into the living [call ef yo' wants me.” Toom as datkness descended and re- | For awhile there drifted to Peggy minded Peggy she was hungry. She heard the tinkle of the cal gold lettering the words “Ho! vidently it had belonged to great-grandfather, for she re his name—Peter Orme Presc leaves and passed over the en of births, marriages and de wherein was regorded, in fa the names of representative gener: th the ers [in the Bible? Peggy held it face s he | nothing fell out, to |she again laid it down in her lap and | turned its pages; some were stuck |s |the familiar hymns of her child- skin binding; it appeared both old er- hood, sung by the negro soldiers in |and interesting, bearing in faded - Bi- | Bible. and further down the initials - HER HUSBAN: WHAT A SOFT SNAP inheritance were fully established. Perhaps there were other coins |down and shook the leaves, but | and disappointed, | f- | together from dampness and perhags { paper money, not gold, might be accidentally concealed within the She laughed aloud at the | fantastic idea as she carefully turned one page after another. The size of the type was far larger !than that used in modern Biples and |she paused now and then to pead | “As cold water to a thirsty soul, so | is good news from a far country.” | “Good news from a far country,” Peggy repeated the words under her | with money until her claims to her | | some of the text. is undcrscored words, them: all be a reward, and thy expcczn-‘ hall not be cut off’.” and yet again, Peggy read ords, aloud and to herself, | ing to solve the puzzle. d at the top of the page of Pr bs and at the chapter num- bes 24 and 26— Perhaps the answer was further forward or further back. She turned pages—turned more—then sat startled and confused by what she did not understand—The Book of rbs, save for the two pages d been reading—was'missing. ht, D. Appleton and Co.) gla Peggy reveals a flash of tem- per in tomorrow’s installment She |wi and she read [ negotiated the purchase of Louisiana | |from France, and the party accom- “‘When thou hast found it, then |plished a journey belleved by many to ze impossible. ————————— NOTICE Pel rs ms burning wood during| use extreme | care in order to prevent, as far as, sparks from flying from ! Persons noting defective chimneys or flues will please re- port same to Fire Chief Dolly Gray or Chief of Police George Getchell. | weather will possible, chimneys. GEORGE As GETCHELL, —adv. Chief of Police. >y PRXVOArE FERN BEAUTY PARLORS The Fern Beauty Parlor will be | adv. losed until December 21st. BI85 T See Big Van the Gun Man All shotgun Loads, per box No. 1'/, Newhouse Steel Traps, dozen No. 1Y Victor Steel Traps, dozen . Rubber Boots, per pair .. Making Room for Juneau’s Best Shoe Repairing Shop OPPOSITE OF THE COLISEUM | { $ NEW (,UNS AT WHOLESALE PRICES ALASKAN HOTEL MODERN REASONABLE RATES o Dell 8. Seestl ety inno Dave Housel, Proprietor tions of the Prescotts. *|breath; no sentiment could be more | when Obadiah calls. uner. Hotel Gastineau. —adv | She was about to elose the book |in accord with her most ardent ———— i when she noticed that a page fur- | wishes; how she longed for letters | ’ ther on was slightly separated from |from the Philippines. She knew they LEWIS AND CLARK the next, evidently by some object |would breathe love, hope and en- A wedged between them. Opening th> |couragement. { MHR.KERS PLANNED Bible at that point, she saw a go Peggy paused in turning another | coln lying there at the bottom Of|page, strangely elated. Out of the the pages. whole Bible she had picked out casu- LEWLSLON, tdaho, Dec. 11— and Clark are to be honored Lights o’ Juneau Peggy took up the coin and tu ally a sentence particularly appli- |here on their campsite of a century o it over—a $20 gold piece la; cable to her own situation; it must a quarter ago. Th D. t. t. G. hand, Holding it to the ligl by —but had she picked it/ Lewis d Clark M ial as- ! f *:e read ?hfl ga:;lfaqv lq.‘.n“ o::a::) ::;Txxt:lly;“ins;m;hea;}ier eye at ou“r;;ai‘)r; to acilcbr?\’lneortu;x eaisr e ls lnc lve l t ! coin then, although the gold was n not been caught by the black pengil oric achievement by inaugurat- | tarnished in the slightest, not even |mark under the six words of that a project 9 provide markers | = 2 . |a speck of dust lay on its bright | particular verse? d monuments on a concrete high- | Specxal Hohday Prlces on h dges of 'Fh]'dh ible, ¥ Loui: , Ore., | . SR . Peggy eyed the gold coln in her hand—Treasure trove from the Bible.| "The girl frowned, then smiled. .gn 1t was small, neat and in per- plorers. A S8k in the dining room and soon (her fother’ regiment, us Jula’s voiee | oot HOTY, "L TR ST (T S&}‘ff"ia"iil“i’f“?”;°ifi§c?”ff“§of§?$fmor Bl o IR NG | See the New s figure emerged through the | was uplified in song. ishe was $20 the richer by her fi d. |and she read the words underscored ‘Lu‘ ome journey of the pioneers, who in the Better Grades | ‘s mnzhe“::cel“:;\c:d t};e:g;;l;lcmin P[:rlg‘; (?zffiezeafi‘:;:b?l‘m]! ;:: And $20 was a considerable @ [ by a black pencil: !in 1804-1806 did the first great work K d k . C l i 2 o h h idered her d ted | “‘Fret not thyself b of evil| d ot the fl. f old net. climbed into bed, but all inclination ;:ui;‘s Smethc::i f?::t ofe:hc er:oent; men’ l-i—hrc‘jb evci’sznaveeiimfceross ethé (E(irg?;ndrzi:hc";ie b?mn:rg 0‘; no':w odaarsin Lotors As she drew the wagan up to the |to close her own eyes and couUTt|gt hand and her bills in Litchfield | page to the other underscored words | America. gpuch on which Po d, lumber had been banished | coming due. _the first she had noticed—there| Capt. Meriweather Lewis and Capt. rested her hand and ging her feet to ground, she | She had only the traveler's checks, | at the margin was the self-same per- | Willlam Clark, with 40 men, were ] gy's foot accidentally | Hu'd the comfort toward her, in- |taken out for her contem ed trip |fectly drawn arrow. lscm to explore the Oregon country, The Nyal Sc-vice Drug Store | vqlunfinry ory as the weight caused ‘:(-n:lmv, to 'fold it, and in so-doing “m join her parents in the Philip-| Swiftly her eyes traveled back to !which embraced Oregon, Washing- | ln er on 0. e Her pain, Julia lifter her hand and |dragged the family Bible up on her (pines, with which to meet current |the left-hand page; at its foot ap- ton, Idaho and parts of Montana Phone 25 We Deliver | P 'lng her body backwards slid off |lap. iexpenfm as Philander Chase had |peared a third arrow pointing: un- !and Wyoming. President Jefferson | edge of the couch, cartying the She had caried i over to the [told her he could mot furnish her mistakably to the verse with other ordered the expedition after he had i s it Ak Stk et IIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIllll||I||||||HIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIII"IIIIIIHIIIHIIIIlIIIIlIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIllllllllllll,ll!lIIlIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIllIIII!IIIIIII||II|IIIIIIIIIIlIIlIlIIIIIIli||IIll|||l|||lml||Il|||l||Ill|||Il|||||ll||ll|||III||l||IIIl|IIllIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII ] A b Starting TODAY , the entire stock of this old established store will be placed on sale at astonish- s ing prices, which is very unusual for this time of the year. The stock consists of WATCHE S DIAMONDS, JEWELRY of all descnptwm SILVERWARE CUT GLASS, CHINA, FIELD GLASSES, CLOCKS, FOUNTAIN PENS and hundreds of items bery suitable for Christmas Giits WILL BE SACRIFI Watch This Space for Items and i’nces - & | umwmmnummuuuummnmmumuummmmmnmmlmmmnmnmm|lununnnnuuumuulmlulmmmnmmwmmuaumummmwluuuulmumnmmuummuuuwmnmmm||uu|mumummmmummm %. = ifi = = k ;,3‘