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

JACQU ON HE by RICHARD STARR, SYNOPSIS: A 500-pound be- quest opened the door to 2 world of which Jacqueline Grey had only dreamed theretofor The English girl becomes guest at the Hotel Majest London establishment and the regimen and diversements of the wealthy become her own. Mrs. Porter Mason is attracted o the beautiful girl, and Jac- | queline finds her entertaining and helpful in planning diver- sions A visit to a night club is arranged and Mrs. Porter Mason | introduces Mr. Arthur Carew “of the Chicago Carews,” until recently just plain Lenny Ray- mond, as a male escort. The dine at Mascagni's restaurant. There, Teddy Montrose falls under the spell of Jacqueline’s beauty and adventurous brown eves and bemoans a fate that renders impossible pursuit of such a supposedly wealthy girl Chapter 14 | SAYS TEDDY he brown eyes' till sat t care- | The fu-| uninspiring. | ant’s taste f s was supplant- for food. He wanted | “PAY HE,” The with had departed. alone at the table free manr ture - lady K | {to save myself from being cheated ELINE R OWNR BRINGING UP Teddy's nose and shouted: [ “I accuse this man of cheating; s a low-down common card: rp. He's been cheating from the start, I believe.” i Teddy smiled at him pleasantly and patiently. “You are quite| he explained “I did not to cheat until after you did.| t when you started, I started, and as I am a better cheat t you I am the winner, naturally. ared at him blankly. Gum!” gasped one of the men, | with a rather sickly sort of smile. So you are one of us?” Teddy ted his cigar. I confess I o understand you," | he remarked AND Wh. NENT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, FATHER -y 1930. =5-WE COP AL LTAD PIFES AND, | FIXTURES oM _THE COBS WE GET — SN “You are a card-sharp, same as| we are?” | Not at all,” replied Teddy. “You | misunderstood me entirely. 1 learned this sort of thing for a|! hobby, to amuse myself with in my | spare moments—I only cheated you | by you. I have never won a penny dishonestly from honest players.” | The other man shrugged his| shoulders. “It amounts to the same | thing,” he said, with an attempt at | bluffness. ou admit you have| been a card-sharper for the time! being, so you are no better than we are. The laugh is on us all right and you're not a bad sort. There’s | only one thing to be done. You| |nand back the spoils and we all| the buffet and sat a small table with a cup and an opulent cigar { was heavily depressed. He at alone with his dark thought 1] minutes when three men 1 the crowded buffet One 1 borrowed a newspaper from Teddy's table and so opened a con- Versation. Soon he was joine by his two companions, ances seemed wellmeant | and they proved &) trio so Teddy did not of coffee He had sa for enter of the heir 2 and harm eongenial mind They had a large experience of life and could tell a good story. fhey yery soon had Teddy laugh- | ing and cheerful again, and he was | glad enough to be cheerful | His three new friends were good fellows. He liked them, and their| unflaggir cheerfulness did him good. Tt talked for an hour and were merry Then somebody suggested.a thea- ter. “Too late,” said one of the others. “What about adjourning to my flat for a little round or two| of cards? | Teddy was quite agreeable, al- though at this point he began to Ject the presence of the cloven if he could not see it The | prospect did not depress him in| least. If there was one thing he | w something about, it was| he accepted willingly. They could not take much from him. In his pocket were three 10-shilling potes and a little loose silver. If they could take that from him by fair means they were welcome to ir. If they were under the impression that he was bulging with wealth and was easy to fleece, well, per- haps they would be wiser when they were a little older. They all squeezed into a taxi, and went for a short drive. Teddy had resigned himself entirely to fate, and took nmo note of the di-| rection in which he was being driv- | en. It did not matter to him. Nothing mattered They alighted at a block of flats and went up to the third floor. Here, in a small well-furnished suite of rooms, they began their little game So far as Teddy was concerned; all went well from the beginning and he won steadily. The men were cheerful and lost cheerfully. They played for fairly heavy stakes, which suited Teddy well enough, because after the first two or three deals, he was playing with thelr money, and always he had been a plunger. In an hour Teddy began to see brighter prospects for the immedi- ate future. He had accumulated a little pile of winnings amounting to nearly a hundred pounds. Then he began to lose, and after | two or three rounds, he saw quite clearly that his companions were cheating. But they had made a serious so-! gial error Teddy not only knew QPractically all there was to know about straight card playing, at} which he had spent a very consid-| erable portion of his career and his anoney; but also was an adept a‘ erooked play. ""In the early days he had suf- ered at the hands of card sharps. gl‘hcn he had become interested in gheating, and had made a study of 4. He had made it one of his ies, and in an amateur W) quite an expert at various hlght—ol-mnd devices in connec- n with cards. " Teddy had never won a penny by unfair means, but when he saw opponents cheating and doing it rather clumsily, he said nothing, began cheating himself. "“He continued to win their money er than before, . Their cheer- 3 vanished, Their faces were a study, and Teddy's pile of win- nings grew rapidly from the 100 pou to 200 and more. g it had reached 250, and the ck was still on Teddy's side, one the men stood up with a snarl, his cards on the table, shook clenched fist within an inch of |Then he stood up and backed to-| | commotion, | shake hands, and the incident closed.” “Not so,” replied '] dy. “I agree with you. The incident already closed. You took the samez risks as I did. 1 shall therefore | retain it for my personal use and profit. 1 have the honor to thank you for a very pleasant and amu ing evening.” Wwith a quick movement Teddy crumpled the pile of notes and rammed them into his pockets,| | is | don't ward the door. | There was a short tense silence One of the men was breathing in a curious hissing way. It sounded like an escape of gas. Teddy Mon- | trose was still smiling, and the stump of his cigar had not gone| out. But the three card-sharpers| were desperate. It would never 1o Above: Jimmy Wilson, Cardinal catcher, slaps the ball on Dibby for him to get away with all that ond baseman, for an out at home in an exhibition game at Miami. A 'headlong rush wouid second baseman, driving out a doj money. certainly have come but for a re-| markable interruption. Admiral Rogers last Somewhere outside the flat there a couple of weeks' v arose a sudden terrific hubbub and [home of her uncle, W. - - HOME FROM VACATION IN SOUTH after the Feero. night Crash! Bang!—Bang!—Bang! RETUR? A thin, high scream—a pounding of feet—hoarse shouting—a shrill chorus of police whistles rvpcutcnl‘ After abou Yee months visit- again and again. A terrific smash-ling and vacationing in Seattle and ing of glass; women's thin scream-|neighboring towns, Leonard John- ing and the shouts of men son returned home on the Prin- ! The little drama in the flat came | cess Norah. to an abrupt stop. The faces of > fhe three sharpers went white, and for a moment they appeared to for- get about Teddy Montrose. Teddy was, for his part, much too interested in the uproar out-| side, to take the opportunity of| making his escape, as he could | easily have done in the ic action of “Paris Then one of three men ]flughed’DOund." Pathe’s talking film adap- harshly—a laugh which was ac-|tation of the New York stage suc- companied by an audible sigh of re- |cess. ef. Music for the ballet was written “It's a raid,” he said by Arthur Alexander, noted com- id." \boser of many light opera and musi- “Raid! Who are they raiding?”|cal comedy scores. It was played demanded one of his companions. for recording by a thirty-two piece “Circo's night club next door orchestra under the direction of There's quite a gambling joint run |Joseph Zuro, famous conductor and there on the quiet. Nothing for now functioning as head of Pathe's to worry about.” music department. Then the double windows of the| The dance numbers were con- room opened. They opened with |ceived and directed by Richard Bo- a crash, which was like an echo of leslavsky, who is well known. both that larger crash next door, where in Eurcpe and New York for l\?s the police cordon was closing in on jsuccess a stage director. Beauti- a fashionably dressed crowd of ful settings for the ballet numbers merrymakers. The crimson plush)Were created by Edward Jewell, art curtains were swept aside, and a director at the Pathe Studio, while irl in a white silk evening gown, [the loveliness of the girls selected ;.‘im a big tear in it, swung herself |for this work was enhancedA by nto thé room from the iron fire Borgeous costumes especially design- staircase outside. |ed by (Copyright, 1930, Richard Starr) isl}llrl;\\. “Par >-oe “PARIS BOUND” AT COLX M, TONIGHT Weeks of ceded the which offers creative efforts pre- filming of the ballet, n exquisite interlude “A police Gwen Wakeling, tnle.nted Bound” which was directed ]by Edward H. Griffith with Ann Harding in the leading roles, is scheduled for showing at the Coli- seum tonight and Wednesday. Frederic March plays opposite the star. The supporting cast is excellent in every respect. The story deals with four strange- ly assorted people who are en- tangled in a marital quadrangle. It is modern, rich and sophisti- (cated. U. S. and Canada ME. DUNN TO ADDRESS f May Halt Wheat P.-T. A. MEETING v e Trade Rivalries Members and friends of the Douglas Parent-Teacher Associa- tion will again have an opportun-|— 3 ity this evening of hearing John|for the most part one pe eof H. Dunn, Clerk of the Court, give | wheat American farmers present a talk at the April meeting in lhe.(,1 hodge-podge cross-section in school auditorium. Each year M. comparison, growing different types Dunn has been a much sought af-|of wheat and operating under wide- ter speaker for one of the pro-\ly varying ciroumstances of fi- grams and a forceful and interest- nance, production and transporta- ing address is always forthcoming.|tion, Several other entertaining num-| Canadian wheat farmers have a bers have also been arranged for|gecided advantage in lower rail this evening and besides the most rates and their wheat commands a important business meeting of the | nigher price than American wheat term will be held. in British markets. There is a Refreshments will be served at gifference in favor of Canadian the wind-up of the meeting. {wheat in the grading systems of B S jthe two countries and Canadian BACK TO SEAGWAY {wheat in Canadian markets is not . jas closely docked for the appearance left om the of weed seeds and other foreign Teddy proves the days of chivalry are not passed in a thrilling instaliment tomorrow. DOUGLAS NEWS (Continued from Page One) Miss Urania Lar: uble in game with Athletic materials as American American markets. wheat | A perspective of eration between the two countries gives considerable attention ta development of universal for North Americ strict trade reg It probably would tion of the border ing from the fact in Montana and |can sell wheat in C: the 12 cents a bushel duty make more money an by in Duluth. The persists in staying kets of the United the 42-cent American tariff. possible eoop- call for cor and W T U SRS |AMERICAN LEGION | CONDUCTING DRIVE | FOR NEW MEMBERS American Legion posts in AlIJriil’ are conducting an active campaign | to enroll in*their membership every | eligible ex-service man and woman who served in the army, navy or marine corps during the World War, local officials announced here | today. ‘The average number of members in the Legion in the Territory a of December 31 during the years 1926-7-8-9, is 635. During the ‘present year this number has al- iready been exceeded by 29. The goal of the Department Offi- cers in Alaska is to have more than |700 members belonging to the or- ganization before the close of this June, as a compliment to their Department Commander, Maurice | L. Sharp of Anchorage, who was | elected to that office at the annual convention held at Juneau last fall. Following are figures showing the membership at the various posts in Alaska, the towns being given according to their percentage of increase. The first figure is the preceding four-year average, the latter showing the number of mem- bers as of March 31, 1930: ‘Wrangell 30-38; Cordova 74-81; Seward 29-3¢; Juneau 139-160; Anchorage 84-96; Ketchikan 105- 1116; Fairbanks 91-79; Petersburg | 29-22; Valdez 19-9; “Sitka 30-19; and Nome 10-0. Nome shows no membership at present as returns {from the drive there have not been received here. | ———— PRINCESS NORAH IN ' BOUND SOUTH TODAY | Steamer Princess Norah, Capt. Thomas Cliffe, arrived in port from the north at 11:15 o'clock this| morning and sailed at 12:30 p.m., ST THEY’RE HITTING THE DUST DOWN IN DIXIE Williams, Below: Jim Athletics’ rookie Bottomley, Cardinal sec- the following !y, A A. 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