The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1930, Page 6

by FRANK SENBPSIS: The hunter s Logged by the hunted. Phil W | we ‘would have béen able to go mol | quickly, that is all.” | BIG SHOT L. PACKARD - i New Yark newspaper- Her hand was in his, tightly m. i captured by the hench- Jclmpnd there. He needed to bv‘ wmon of the Big Shot, under- ‘l)eiu.fld along, he was still none too | wor'd gongral, whose capture |well able to walk alone. She felt | Ma capks Emid Howard, sis- |the color flame into her cheeks. | tor of the Big Shot, who loves |and for the first time night | Martin s of it sst5 was thankful for the darkr : eut to ficc him. A conversation |was a little hypocrite! i Botsween two of the Big Shot’s | She withdrew her hand from his| § &7 d-ratns provides the clue |rcsclutely now, and substituted for to his prison. Disgnised as an |it Batiy Rose’s revolver, which she ©!d woman Enid finds the housc |took from the pocket of her coat. wbhere Martin is imprisoned, | ‘“Take this,” she said | ded oaly by Batty Rose. | “A rod!” he cjaculated whimsi- a messanger, she !call. He was teasing a little mitting her. |now. “The one of last night?” She covers him with her pis- | Last night! The words seemed t0 tol but he outwits her and es- |[startle her strangely. It couldn’t | ¥ capes. In the dark she searches the rooms of the vacant house wnd finally is attarcted to 2 room by the moans of somcone inside. | Chapter 20 said. | have been last night, could it? Last night was ages and ages away- another world. “It belonged to Batty Rose,” she She led the way gropingly out of | he room and across the hall. Out lon the street! Yes, she would have BATTY The sound within the dark room was very faint, an almost indefin- able sound—just a sound of mov PLAYS AN ACE t > had | o answer questions then! only staved them off for a few] minutes. What was she going to| gay to him out on the s ? Her went. { and closeq Pad came in act with the stair Her ‘lmurs L.u](hn(..an, (‘,o~c] rail Here e said. “Feel forl upon the doorknob, turned it, and ype’ron Have you got 162" the door swung open. And then, " gec. ye said I while a second passed, she stood | “Well, then be careful,” she cau-| Wpon the threshold straining -her 'y oooo™iy " oot sure you can go eyes through (I:{"noss. down all right Something bulked and took shape " .y a¢ nood as I ever was,” he and form before her—a man Wwas lying there on the floor in the cen- ter of the room. | “phil!” she cried out almost in-| articulately | The next instant she was on her knees beside the figure on the floor. Her hands felt over the than's face—felt over the gag therc She reached then for the knots at theback of his head, and the man 10 aid her efforts, turned with dif- ficulty upon his side. She bognnum’;::u RIS e Vol to struggle with the knots, THEY| “.yeon ghe gearcely knew what| Would not seem 0 vield. Herfo " oas saying. “Keep your hand | Tihgers sccmed useless, Clumsyigey ahead of you on the rail. I things . |think there are only two or three It was Phil, of course? It Wasi, .. gons The front door faces| too dark to see his face, but it . gi0ie 5o keep straight on. It | musl‘ be Phil. The knots we""muy be 108ked, Talt——" | yielding now. She tore the B88\ mn. words died on her lips, and| away. s io|she stood still as though suddenly | “Phill” she cried again. "I 1850000 to the spot, her face blanch- you, Phil, isn’t it? ing, her fingers clutched tightly | He spoke with difficulty, thickly. “Yes; but who are you?" She was feeling over the cords| that bound his arms and legs. The | knots here frightened her. They | and too hard for “yes ‘were n‘xf'\any darkness hnr 1l wn‘ Lot Wi T “Hello, lady, how'd youse like y Oh, never mind Al 8 {little walk? Dem dainty footstep: 1 am” she answered urgently. “Have you got a knife?” “In my vest pocket—lower right, he said; and then: “I know who §OU.argnov. Imkflnnw your VOICe. | reditable. She had not heard .?" iR g Ex;d g anyone come into the house. v she sald. “Batty Rosel” she exclaimed She found the knife and, opening it, began to cut and slash at the cords that bound him. “How did you know I was here?” he asked eagerly. “How did you find me?” “There is no ti for questions, she told him hurriedly. “Batty Rose | will be back at any moment.” The cords around his arms and body were freed now, and he raised himself to a sitting position. “Batty!” he exclaimed. “Full name Batty Rose. I've a small ac- count to settle with Batty Rose! He did me the honor of laying me out with a blackjack!” “Oh!” She drew in her breath| sharply. “So he's gone out, has he? But} that doesn't explain how' you got jn!” His voice was eager again. "I don't understand! How did you Xnow anything about my being here? How could you? I—" lease!” she protested, as shej continued to cut desperately at thei i | cords. “Oh, please don't ask ques-| tions now. There isn't a moment to spare.” “Well, give me the knife, then," he said; I'll probably be able to do the rest quicker than you can.”| He took the knife from her, and after a moment spoke again: “All get! Would you mind giving me a| Poost up? I'm afraid I'm a little | Etiff—circulation, you know." “Can you walk?” she asked anx- jously, as she helped him to his Teet. | «Of course I can heé answered cheerily. He took a step forward a little unsteadily, leaning upon her, and then another. “I'm not nearly so bad as I thought I'd be— just cramped a bit. By the time We're downstairs Il be able to do a sprint. “Before 1 go anywhere near so far as that, there’s something I want to say to you. Enid, no mat- ter how you knew about it, Yyou faust have run an appalling risk ia coming here—for me, I—" There was o throb in his voice that ghe dared not, must not listen Yo. “You are not to ‘talk about that, either,” she interrupted in al- thost a panic. “We must get out of Yhis house just as quickly as we can. Have you any matches?” "“No, I'm afraid net,” he laughed ghortly. “As a matter of fact, that's assured —and near |tin spoke again as he misjudged a never would,” at her companion’s arm. quite close at come a mocking laugh a voice came jeeringly out of the of yers didn't make no noise-at all ~s0 of course I didn't know where youse was all de time!” numbly. handed me one when youse came again now! out—but I didn't! D'youse think I was fool enough ever to leave de house an' give youse a chance to make a getaway an’ hand a spiel to de police? pered in her ear. her. “I wasn't trussed up | o very long, you know.” | They began to descend the stairs| the bottom Phil Mm‘-‘i ad, | “Lord, it's black!" he said. “I don't see how you ecver found me.” “I was beginning to be afraid she admitted. “But you did!" I From somewhere below, but from hand, there had And now | She knew the voice. But it was “Sure!” he glcated. "Maybe youse n, but maybe youse've got it back Youse thought I went “Keep him talking!” Phil whis- (Copyright, Frank L. Packard) Read tomorrow the result of Phil's ingenuous plan. ———————— DOUGLAS | NEWS | EQUIPMENT FOR TALKIES BEING INSTALLED, LIBERTY Mechanics and electricians are now working overtime at the Lib- erty theatre making the installa- old silent film features as the chief public entertainment for Douglas. Charles Riach is the mechani- tion in charge of installing the new outfit for Mr. Ott. It is the lat- ter's hope to have everything in| readiness for his first new feature by next Sunday. Definite an- nouncement of the ‘theatre’s new opening will be made later in the| week. e F. 0. E. AUXILIARY TO GIVE PARTY ON FRIDAY The Ladies’ Auxiliary to Aerie 117 F. O. E, announces a public card party for the last evening in this month, Priday. Plans were formu- lated at their meeting last night to. make the affair a particularly pleasant one with especially at- tractive prizes and good refresh- ments. The ladies' first prize, it was stated, will be a pair ¢f beauti- ful hand-worked pillow cases, but what the men's prize is to be was not divulged, - ————————— “Why you're—?" She checked was no -time—no = it doesn't matter so M now—1 mean -about. the matces,” she said hastily. “Well be auwundwmsuflvw:m a light, even a match light, B. P. 0. ELKS Regular meeting Wednesday, Feb- ruary 26th. Nominations close. | | I- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 25, 1930. D HER PALS POLLY A 600D GRIEE: COCOA' WOTS BECAME OF / WHEN I TOLD HIM HE AN’ GERTRUDE HAD THE SAME KINDA { HAIRCUTS HE PULLED HIS oUT BY THE ROOTS! /HOLD STILL, DARLING.! NO HAIR. AT ALL. 15 BETTER. THAN THIS TERRIBLE (HEY, CARRE, GIMME THEM 5CI1SSORS T First W Papers in a separate maintenarce suit filed lost October by Mrs, The last to whom the; Mildred Avery Arnold against Lieut. Le P. A T U!}d' cended by willj the-world flier, were served as the aviator s B, > of eight generations mobile a few days ago at the home of his px ¢, Priscilla Charles ¥ Fltom! Dean, motion picture actress. ot Nesan 12t Lonn, SHo kA tha = — TR roperty to Matilda Johnson, It is| AR Berland and M \: 9.3 | B¢ who has deeded the manse and MOUR SA“‘S FOR o'clock B: velar "m eal estate to Mrs. Battles, who is| BRITISH COLUMBIA | andrews wi gi,| DR iin 3 ! ‘ and H. Sal The Hilton manse is one of the; Following are historical place w. DR Robe lights league fresne, M. H. SIDES, j—adv. Secrelary. oppose Wi o j Laa tions for the new sound pictures | P. Arnibur,ZRRUSRER-CL IR Pacific Salvage Company, ownel which are to take the place of the |of tno Suvars " % G Salvaze | Henni age King nx3d Salvage Bul In the graveyard near the Queen, who has been in Juneau | U ight generations of the Hil-| since Sunday night, took passage |Blemgren uried, - | for Prince Rupert on the Princess | Total BT The last Hiltons to live there! e fy oL 541 155¢ | 1nd be buried in the old graveyard | The company which he represents |Lavenl 7 180—534} yere Capt. Winthrop Hiltan, who! has extensive business in British {Robertson tied in 1855, and Deboram’ Hilton, ! len's total of 552 the Elgs' when team 4 defeated team 5 in 5 defeated team 4 in league 2 by a score of 1311 to 1218, | Tonight at 7:15 G. George, Stev- ns and Petrich meet Goddard, expenditure in California of $4.-! Gardner and Van Atta. Mrs. Du- (548,000 during Petrich go on the {Favor Face to seio TROUBLES OF 12 e YEARS YIELDED (Continued from Tage One) ‘Sargon has b dred yroves Dry Unit Transfer come in ai foreign deper coll frequent the [PHONE YOUR ORDERS 1 TO US | We wilkattend to them |promptly. Our coal, hay, grain and transfer business 1is increasing daily. There's a | reason. Give us a trial order today and learn why, You Can’t Help Being Pleased which icture of . been perm need and platform Chamber of Deputies in Paris, t " 3 solely to blame | PHONE 114 T 5 will for non-payment i,_;___—’- = of reparations. i “Vice versa, if a Yrench states-| man had personally appeared in TIIE the German Reichstag and told of| the enormous difficulties under whic France labored to recon- str 600,000 homes and 20 000 fac- in the war many ANNEX Boarding FLORA HAAS MRS. a nan prejudice would been dispelled. well a my strength and energy “In any event, it must be said failed me almost completely. Four I{ouse bottles of S: a that MacDonald’s ¢ procedure 1as won a new tool for the states- arsenal of methods. Thi 1 handled by the right men,|gone and I have a splendid ribute much to bring xm-“‘”- : together in difficult | stem. I my side is rated fine, invig 3 sleep the pains Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at regular hours Dinner from 5:30 to 6:30 BOARD AND ROOM by the day, week or month 3 ALMA LAHIKAINEN Old Franklin Hotel Bldg., Opposite Cable Office 1ational f the ch: ely “‘un spa- pe “Sargen Pills completely came my chronic constipa liver seems in fine lition, m skin is clear and healthy looki and I feel better than Mrs. Flora Haas, 337 Seattle. Butler-Mauro Drug Co, col o ESTATE DEEDED . FOR FIRST TIME- IN 300 YEARS ife Sues Army Ace former Pre- I favor everything that will ex- friendly relations between ncluding this inter-parlia- > nisters.” 1 the pro- 2l were Siegfried von Kardoff, | ce president of the German| ichstag; Prof. Dr. Ludwig Quidde, | Perseverance helder of the Nobel Peace Prize for |to hold their r N. 0 v I R e o e g5 /1927; Dr. Johann Schober, Chan-|nesday, February | b ceilor’ of the Austrian Republic; | The Hilton name and its real es- K . rnes! o i + { lasis sy e . Dr. Ernest Jaeckh, president |are u tate, originally granted by King ., i) i 1 Charles T, to Edward Hilton, the of the German Institute”of Poli-|they | i i Biei while settler i Tew Hasipl| oo san Dfy Ohr Cie DRS) REL et ]‘ G B ishire, has been deeded for the eral secretary of the Interparlia- ALPEONSINE CARTER, | 4 s ‘ ey v *~ mentary Union. —adv. first The new time in 300 years. Mrs. Elize iladelphia, HAULED '}’ i T s abeth WOMEN OF i (h): Legion will hold a Fxpert Piano Tuning or phono-| AND LOT CLEANING R et renainen e vy Thursday night, Febru-|graph repair work call George An-| E.O. DAVIS 4 & e Orisinial m.:““ “‘.“S“ 1‘;1“1630 v 26, in Moose Hall at 8 o'clock son at Anderson’s Music Shoppe. | Phone 584 and comprised 600 acres extending A}Exum s 50, Cont 2t —edv.| 3 ‘0 miles inland. However, much | >f this property has changed hands, | save the few s on which is sit-| iated the Hilton manse erected in 1700 kb Col. Winthrop Hilton, | wrandson of rd Hilton, | Many relics of | of last night's found within its Kir! Columbia waters, and Mr. Armour who died in 3 makes his headquarters in the Ca- —repieg] K] hrop Hilton, bui g y 468 B & , builder of nadian province. He has been here Tm“l 538 468 O17 1523 |the manse, was killed by Indians I have a wonderful new talcum ready in the interests of his company h-‘ABl..Il‘HI 1 140 164—438|'n 1710. The story of his death| to market. But I can’t find a name connection with salvage and trans- |Hermle 114 123-—34€ | reveals the perils of life in New | CUOE Mebcihes S emioth vitvely dlsfh- portation matters. At present the|C. W. Wil 144 1444 e “eg:]" g(;olggt_the right way. So I'm going to B e Kite e Sobled SRRl i g Ji i ¥ y 5 pay $1,000.00 in cash to the person who can ge King ! e FRRG: —(‘ o8 on with a party of | suggdst the right name, This contest is open to the Admiral Benson off the .nndic S~'. b 12 t to the west part of | P everybody. You can win that $1,000.00 just as bar at the mouth of the Columbia;C. Sabin the town to peel bark from logs| romptness well as someone clse. Simply send in any name River, and. when finished there, | Simpkins for me Indians attacked them ! ey You Hink ofabd. 4y thay e B wimer. will probably come to Alaska to at- |Noland while they were at work. i fight away. T Any Simple Name May Win ‘ The guns of the peli Whee s $100.00 borus Just because it comes to you in a flash don’t thr 53 498 1311 | distanc nning name o T 3 ow away Total 430 453 428 1311 | distence away from them, Further- | mailed within thres Tty Wining. Tither s I worth sour while. For s Tin aking several dnys afier reading e 3 this aanouncement. in $1.000.00. It - ke Sutherland Bill For Wrangell Land Approved by Com. - A dlve Taie bt doey and “Velva e don't quite St I'm ure you can (hink of & better one. Fiothing to Buy or Sell $1,000.00 for the winning name. That's all there is "'l pay to it Remember, anyone may win. Anybody, anywhere, ex- cept our employees and their relatives, can send in & name. ! p A FREE Prize 3} o 1 < for All £ e this 33- el pilnd, behog) Everyone who sends in ¢ name for my new talo ean get a $4.75 gift eb- eoluely Free as o reward for htlping. Only one name from each contest- ant accipted. Send gours a'c i . prize offers. By send- ing in your new name for my_tale, you im- seececose et E BOWLING ° eeecsese o000 rtson’s score of 223 and Pul- whare the high of the bowling matches in, tournament last night,’ more, ay was rainy, making' t r'J{! it for the party to return | he fire of the Indians promptly. During the delay Colonel Hilton was killed and two others of thel lpax’t;‘; were made capbives. -— thi——f Youern Winii! WASHINGTON House Public nmittee has| approved the nd bill for the transfer of about two acres of land to the Wrangell school site. e SAN FRANCISCO.—FPlans for the! | TG | LETTERHEADS ' 23 we print them evidence your business progress 1, 1558 to 1523, while team ' | | i | | —Fl now ! Fill fn Entry earcully. - PRINT PE. CIL. YOU COULD DO WITH $1,000.00 1930 on improve- Sperling and Mrs 'ments and acquisition of additional :15, facilities were announced: by th Western Pacific Railroad, Mrs. d by