The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1930, Page 6

B i 3 onc end of mitad ra acho e telis e s come He tells her ad his dam her awa is done for 2 his been blown up. Anne plays for time and tells Morse she @id not love Glenn but tricked #im into marrying her. Glenn overhears the conversation and goes away, sick at heart, be- Heving his accusations justified. MORSE SHOWS HIS ANGER Anne reached the end of her f! titlous story of her own degradin conduct wit sinking heart. Ap- parently the footsteps on the porch were a figment of her imaginatic er wit's end “but believ I h 1 you to and y perfectly well t to make things right However conmimented, word of it. marry me, Enew I mi with yc net ma d slowly and delibera over Anne gazed him in fascinated horror. eawght her fiercely to him pitehed suddenly forward dropped at her side. She hung dead weight in With s fmpatient oath, lifted and laid her on couch turned quickly, about some water. Even then, it was not until she heard him out in the dark kitchen, | stumbling over things that Anne| summoned strength to open her eyes. She had not fainted but was véry close to the end of her e durance and she knew it. She lift- @d herself a little and reached out toward her sweater which lay| qiite near. Something gleamed brightly for an instant and the next m: her looking for As Anne tolled off onds, *|ished the first sixty overed her better go at onc shoot unle. But You'd he h Anne af me door,” e it to count cided change of tacties said with ev appearance d humor, “I won't pret asn’t joking a while ago. I meant to get you that way if I could—no, man ever marries a an ur he has to! But I never wanted one hundredth part as m as 1| do at this moment and—I believe you've told me the truth about least part of this Glenn That's all thal! matters with me—I don’t give a hang about the rest. | ‘Suppose now put down, and we'll hunt up the near- est parson and be married all right nd proper, he smiled de- preciatingly, “since you insist!| There won't be any question about | 2 divorce, because as I told you| Glenn is done for.” | Anne me: counted on ‘Now end I ou affair with Scott that 4 on dron-| | ingly. He stared at her incredulously “You're not such a fool as to refuse that offer,” he exclaimed. She went on counting. and the second Her tongue felt t y stiff. The arm that r ached with we! forty-nine—" She fin-| arted on orse smiled. “You sound like phonograph,” he d red. | “Fifty-four, fifty-five—" He took a single step backward, face, watching for the fir: sign his eyes still fixed intently on her of weakness. “You're mad,” he reasoned, “What on earth do you think you're going to do— left out here in the mountains alone ~no money, nothing—a woman like | | [ | | i ! i | a retreat. was hidden in the folds of her negligee. “I'm all right now,” shé deéclared when Morse came back with the water, a little of which she’ gulped down to ease his ill-humor abotit having to get it. With ‘one hand ) on the edge of the couch, she pulled | herself up slowly to a sitting posi- tion. “Well, you don't look it Morse said bluntl He was watching her clos “What's the trouble— | has the ‘primitive, conceited bully’ ¢ been giving you a little cave-man stuff already, eh?” His eyes fell for the first time to the left sleeve of her negligee, which was deeply stained now with blood. He | leaned forward and touched her | arm inquiringly. “It is hurt a little,” Anne admit- ted, looking away from him, “I'm afraid T'll have to ask you to ban- 9!89 it for me.” Morse emitted a low, impressed | whistle. “So—he did do it—well, there's absolutely no gambling on a woman’s taste.” He turned and| Jalked over to the table to set fown the glass of water. When he faced round again, Anne was stand- | ing with her back to the mantle- piece. He was looking into the ginall blue-black circle of a re- § er muzzle, above which her eyes shown like reflections of the pol- i% steel. % stared at her for some mo- ints in an _incredulous silence. that's what you were up to” observed after a while—coolly. A '“] think you've been here long [ ,” she said, lifting her left ‘arm with difficulty and pointing the door. Morse made no comment. He re- mained perfectly motionless fo moments, regarding her spec- vely. Suddenly he lunged for- | struck at the arm with the revolver. “That's a very dangerous thing fo do,” Anne warncd, as she quick] Vot “At all events, I shan’t marry a man who drowns helpless unwarned women' and children,” Anne paused long enough to say, then wént on counting again. Morse glanced at her sharply “Who told you that?” he demanded. | “Fifty-seven, fifty-eight—" Anne| felt that she had actually turned | inté a machine. The words were | as mechanical and as accurately timed as the ticking of a clock. Morse Teached behind him and | lifted the bolt—he had been careful | when he “entéred to drop it in| place—but he did not take his eyes from Anne's face, which was cer- tainly white enough to warrant his suspicion that she could not possibly hold out much longer. “Fifty-eight, fifty-nine—" He backed slowly through the door, ripping off an angry, baffled oath from between his teeth, The door slammed so fiercely behind him that the walls of 'the house| jarred and trembled. Anne crept forward, the revolver still carried high before her. She| lifted the bolt and dropped it into place. She stood with her head drooped forward against the door, the pistol hanging loose from her rélaxed hand, until Morse's foot- steps died away down the trail Then she let the weapon fall with a sharp, metallic ring. Her hands slipped nefvelessly down the rough wood panelling. With a quivering sob, she $ank into a small huddle on the floor. Chapter 31 GLENN'S AWAKENING In he hours that followed the| explosion at the dam, Glenn's confidence in the fairness of Burk- haiter and his fellow ranchowners | was vindicated. With the knowl- edge that they nad been duped by by Leon Morse and had placed their own homes in jeopardy they VYRR RSV e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 1930. POLLY AND HER PALS fldam | stan | not {tated for a moment, recalling that Thowaa 6] SUCH A FROG IN YER THROAT, UNK? YER | |VOICE IS 4 THAN SH AN’ HEH |men to fill the jagged hole in tr Two hours' steady work i dim light of lanterns and the cr was i 1. Glenn called a halt at 10 o'clock when he saw that the sand bags that filled the breach would with- d the pressure of the wat ntil permanent repairs could be| made. In a few words he thanked men for their help and strove car nestly to dispel any idea of | feeling toward the ranch ne ; Rather sheepishly they followed t lead of Burkhalter and came ward to shake Glenn’s hand. “I reckon we ain’t understood each other, 1lped as spokesman for the groi “We been fooled good and pler alright but I 'low we know who's who and which is w | and he turned to the men for con- firmation. A chorus of approval greeted his words. “Now that that's dong,” halter added, “I 'low our busine: is with them shyster from the East that started all t -ouble.” With a glance behind he led the way toward the Lodg Glenn stood for some moments looking thoughtfully after them That was settled, he told himself, It would be no great ma’ter to the for- now Burk- | | | pair the breach in the wall—a few |I'm telling you the truth.” weeks' extra work. ! A commotion somewhere near at| hand roused . him. He recognized | nbso]u:clyismb's deliberate drawl, then an-|throat and stood other voice, high-pitched, excited, voluble—Delphine! She was talkin: pleading, expostulating wildly in French. Glenn walked up quickly where the two of them were ing and inquired what the troubl was. From Delphine’s perfect tc rent of explanation and en Glenn caught snatches of her & 1 versation Madame had been wounded in the arm—there was! much blood. = He must get a doctor | Ce, She, Delphine, had lost way the woods—Madame | in Thet was enough for Glenn. | Anne somehow needed help. He| started off on a dead run and did| stop until he reached the} 'as emapty. Anne, of | he had gone “Off { with Leon He sank hecavily onto a chxir.‘E head drop between his| nds. He had never supposed | the house couid feel so empty. After a time, the stillness about him took on o new quality, subtle, challenging; it became an actual menace. He lifted his head to lis ten to it. A small, dark object near the door caught his attention. Hef| walked over to it and picked it up. It was Anne’s revolver—with, yes, one bullet gone. He bent forward. near a little pool of blood. He staggered to his feet; his eyes roved swiftly about the room, tak- ! ing in every slightest detail that had before escaped his. attention— crumpled couch, Anne’s bloodstained sweater. Was it possible that he could have misunderstood that scene rough the Wlfldcow—thati she might have needed him and| he so near? He jerked the door open and| started down the trail towards the Lodge, shoving the revolver into his pocket as he ran. First he would learn the truth from Morse—learn what he had done with her—then —The blood beat thickly, almost} intolerably, in his throat. Red and purple patches danced before him in the darkness. At the last cross trail, he hesi- On the floor th the old washout which he and Anne had leaped that night ages ago was now a swollen, rushing torrent. He must' take the long trail around Just as he turned to retrace his steps, a noise in the underbrush not far from the trail arrested his attention. An instant later, a fig- ure—hatless, with torn clothing, & scratched and bleeding face, wildly dishevelled hair emerged. It was; the man Glenn sought. The moon had come up half hour before and Morse and Glenn could see each other as plainly as thoush' it had been day. A single quick move and Glenn's fingers closed about the magnate's throat. “What have you done with her?” he demanded in a low, but peremp- tory tone. Morse only shrugged. If he was frightened, he concealed the fact admirably. “I haven't the slight-| est idea what you're talking about,” he declared. The other man's grip tightened | on his throat. “I daresay you have | worked side by side with Glenn's |not the slightest idea that yot for- T BeT GE PENNY YISTERDAY, THAT I CouLD YELL LONGER AN'LOUDER By CLIFF STERRETT RTRUDE, A E COULD, " HEH! puvary address on’ “Alaska,” llip Bauer will be the fe mber of the program ‘which e the following numbers: by Miss Fay’s Pupils. idress, by Rev. Bauer let, Miss Fay's Pupils. 1 Solo, Mr. Cathcart. warn Burkhalter and the) wners that the water was 1to the reservoir—you mur What have you done wit who had been trying hardi < indifferent and unconcerned | a little, choked, struggled | th. His face went froml ) purple. Then with a sud- deft move he gripped Glenn | the middle, loosened the, clutch of the fingers on hi:;“ windpipe, bore him down. | A m later, they swayed up, |he together. Glenn was |at vier, stronger winded, |Glenn Kirkham. e had some slight advan- | ness is schedu! in training. Hatred and T it s idded ten-fold, moreover, to|SCHOOY, REPOK 1> SUCCESS normal strength. For some IN HEALTH RPOGR he managed to hold his own, | 3 Glenn began to push him About 90 per cent of the pu; kward. Morse was laboring hard |in public school have eit ath. He was bleeding copi- (been found by the health nur: at the nose . momentarily feebler. The cye, ear, nose, throat or teeth, ndulgence and dissipation have consulted medica re beginning to tell |advi by nurse in the recent I swear I don't know anything |amination,” said Supt awbout her,” he said at last, as t today. ] S y of Ivory Carvings. o W. C. MEETING D. K A special meeting of the Do Island Women's Club 1 Monday evening, Februa Important b time 30 o'clock at the home of Mr e to His resistence have nothing seriously wrong with | authority Earl Cath-|sermon topics. The nurse nded as absolute or as | will , but simply pointed to CongrerAHAnnal Communi‘y Church (»—u HO HUM® ) 2o ¢ YouTH WILL SenorT: 22 GARBAGE need for treatment, and in a good number of cases there were | lefects discovered, and latr treated, had not even been su ted | >, proving the great value of such annual xamination and health prog y have expressed grateful- the Red Cross, who made | ug- program of improvement pos- | » Juneau Post, will 12 o'clock Monday announced today sen, Commander. Douglas Church Services being Mir made by tes of previ H. AM history of the pil her tures on the pr Notices for thls ecnarcn column | O must be received by The Empire |not later than 10 o'clock Saturday |morning to guarantee change of ete, 1 ning | day. mectings, Year \each month. Should REV. PHILLIP E. BAUER. 10:30 a. m.—sunday School. | . \LEGION WILL MEET NEXT MONDAY NOON Members of the American Legion, | hold a special) | meeting at the Gastineau Cafe by Claud Helg Arrangements for the affair are HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O. D.VIS Phone 581 e e ] The Florence Shop 3 | “Naivette” Croguignole Perm- anent Wave BEAUTY SPECIALISTS Phone 427 for Appointment noon, it was ": 1 |1 G. Walmsley. | meeting in the Dugout will be read, a brief | local given, and there will be other fea- am. This gathering is particularly for | {those who are unable to attend eve- | Helgesan ago tho regular noonday meetin Post will be ; W. P. Johnson FRIGIDAIRE—DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS MAYTAG WASHING MACHINES—DAY- FAN RADIOS Leg the one Mo nn’s fingers d closing again With but four exceptions every about his throat. “She drove me|family has either consulted a den- of the cabin up there at the|ijst, physician, or occulist, or will it of a revolver an he or so that's the last I saw of her. weel ‘Great improvement Before Glenn could make any re- |dence, ply he heard a cr; Unconsci lyhe loosened his kold upon Morse's stening inten (to encourage response to the ad- given by the nurse v careful and thorough exami- cry had come from farther|nation, new cases of treatment and ar the washous.| vement continue to be re- vaguely _ff"-porlvd. The humorous alibi often NIng heard from parents that the exami~ The e was somet miliar about the sound, so sent alljthe blood in b sing swiftly to his hear Morse, seeing denly leapéd tried to re-imne nurse's advice was looked upon peat his former ruse of besringias superior to that of the teacher his opponent to the ground. but or parent, and Intended only for Glenn “reeovered himself quickly, the pupil's welfare. grappled him aboub t more business for the doctors is agiain advantage, sud-)practically not in evidence here.| do so0 probably within the next two |53 in evi-} As long as teachers continue| 7:00 p. m.— Thursday—Micweek | dent of Juneau and oldtime Alas- | in her| bod¥! nation is conducted simply to find | ; It is realized | > loins, lifted, that stieh matters have a great deal | Douglas Presbyterian Native Mission : 1 [ s ls [ | 2:30 p. m—Sunday Schocl. 3:15 p. m.—Sermon. prayer service. | All are cordiall; services. Douglas Catholic Church All services in the new church. - Tourth Sunday after Epiphany. 9:30 a. m.—Confessions. 10:00 a. m—Mass with and Holy Communion. 1:00 p. m—Sunday School. Sermon St. Luke's Episcopal Church o vening Prayer and Sermon, y welcome to these | Weather” | R |day prove successful another one 'will be held in March. CNEMT N Phone 1 Front Street Juneau COLE HAS GRIPPE [ “Chips” Cole, well-known re: |kan, is reporfed “a little under the | " with an attack of grippe. 1 B | Have you trleq tlie Flve o'Clock | Dinner Specials at Mabry’s Cnfe?‘ AMERICAN LEGION AREN Next Smoker FEBRUARY Auspices American Legion LETTERHEADS as we print them evidence your business progress him bodily and flung him back into to do with the thickst of briars from which he, - had come. “If it weren't for cheating Burkhalter and the rest of their just due,” he said grimly, “I'd kill you.” Morse lay inert for & he bégan to struggle d: fest. Glenn pointed laeonically to the trail and added, “You get out of this pi the world—the quicker the bett nd—don’t come back.” The railr the trail wi sorry figur walked swiftly second, then wzedly to his , a beaten, nn ‘turned- and he direction of the cry he had heard. Strange that it had not been repeated—Horror seized him—a premonition of disas- ter. 'The blood beat deafeningly in his ears. The trail seemed to dip and sway in front of him, (Copyright, Ruth Cross) was Con Glenn and Anne work out their destiny the story moves to a conclusion in Monday's in- staliment. —_————— DOUGLAS NEWS e iiad) CARD PARTY POSTPONED The' Ladies’ Auxiliary of F. O. E. announce the further po nement of the card party, to been held Monday, o6n account of the temporary’ discontinuance of water at the hall ——.— TALK ON ALASKA BY REV. BAUER WILL BE FEATURE, P.-T. A, MEET The Feébruary meeting of 'thé | Douglas Parent-Teacher Association will be held Tuesday, February 4. Morris Construction - Company It 1s Alaska GENERAL CARPENTER WORK Phone 62 e JUNEAU the child’s present and{7:30 p. m. THE FOLLOWING Statement made before the World Power -ference in London in 1924: “The factor that has been primarily re- sponsible for the tremendous changes of the last century, and without which modern civilization could not exist, is mechanical power. “The form in which in increasing degree such power is being applied is electrical energy—the greatest tool that has ever come into the hands of man. “The degree to which we realize this tool as a substitute for manual labor will largely determine the rate of our indus- trial and social progress. “To reduce human labor, to increase its productivity, is the most profound basis of social advancement.” . equally true today. Electric Ligh: & Power Co. DOUGLAS DR S ot There’'s good health in good food and that’s exactly where our bread comes into prominence. It is a bread that rep- resents the highest type of food purity and wholesomeness. Peerless Bakery “Remember the Name” MOoST folks, when they decide to have a piece of | printing done want it at once. We are well equipped to give prompt service on your work. Furthermore, it will not look like a hurry up job, since our ability to handle rush work enables us to give it the same careful attention that is given less hurried work. "% That’s Us