The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 30, 1930, Page 6

¢ t | DAY CARRIE'S BEEN DISPOSITION 15 DUE ,“N - SYNOPSIS: Anatole Flique finds clews to the murder of Dan Parados where police are searching in vain. Claude An- nersley, a likely suspect, reveals that the parlor window was open immediately after Parados was shot in that room. Flique rays this is vital evidence. From Manning, & maid, Fligue ob- taine the story of Mrs. Parados’ actions just before her hus- band was killed. She tells of Mrs, Parados’ nervousness just before the murder; how she had found a small green stone in’ Mrs. Parados’ bedroom, and how Mrs. Parados left her room for several minutes—just about the time her husband was mur- dered! Chapter 29 STEEL SHAVINGS My experiences of the past three days had taught me the folly of Jumping at conclusions. “Flique,” 1 proceeded cautious- y, “what was in the pocket of Mrs. Parados’ ; gown—her robin’s- egg blue gown?" “You have not guessed?” “I wouldn't, have asked you if urder at ! i “But your have not' the inward eye.” “They really tell you something?"” 1 asked. “They tell me everything, mon- sieur. It was done by a clever one, that trick, and it is well that Ana- tole Flique is here.” He twirled his mustache again, “Tonight we shall open the heart of our big mystery But there are many things to’ do vet and perhaps mademoiselle is waliting for monsieur—" He shrug- zed Clearly, he wanted me to go, s0 I left him, puzzled over what I had seen and heard. 1 was still groping when 1 came upon Caroline in the pergola. She wanted to know what was the mat- ter. “I have just left Flique,” I ex- plained, dropping beside her, “and I'm beginning to wonder if the Lord forgot to endow me with brains, Flique sees meanings in everything. He insists that he has read the riddle, but he won't tell me the answer. 1 feel like a fool” Caroline put her fingers on my lips. “You are %30 neaf to it, Alan” she said gently. “So am 1.” Her | eyes filled with tears. “Can't we 1 had,” I retorted. ‘“Sometimes I get away for & little while—up the wonder if your front of superior{pi) swhere the sun shines—' Her wisdom conceals any more than the{ ysice broke and I took her hands. rest of us know!” “Something has happened again, Flique chuckled, seemingly un-|gagyon disturbed by my ‘silly outburst. “Was not Friday madame’s birth- day and marriage quired. to. monsieur?” he the anniversary of her in- If this was intended to enlighten me, it didn't. On Friday evening, I recalled, Flique had offered Mrs Parados his congratulations on the double significance of the day. She had received them deal of perturbation, but I wasn't with a good prepared to construe her reaction to ‘them as evidence of guilt. Nor was I ready to believe tha it was a pistol which Mrs. Parados held in the pocket of her gown as she went into the little hall that gave separate access to the room, bathroom and roof. She nodded, shivering. “That dress’ of Celia's—the little georg- ette, you know—" “Yes?" “1 gave it bgck to her. She /ripped it to shreds—stamped on it —kicked it—oh, AHan, she said dreadful things!” “Try not to think about them,” 1 pleaded, after a moment. “Celia is crazy with grief. She couldn't be otherwise. It'll come right soon. To- night, maybe. Flique said s0.” 1 " slipped my arm around Caroline. “Perhaps we can get Lum We to put us up a Junch’” “Lum We, it turned out, was de- lighted tp prepare refreshments and we departed with half a chicken, | iWo. thirds of a- lemon pie, and a Flique said no more, and Wi passed out of the patio in silence. My mind continued to struggle with this new aspect of the case Man- ning had so innocently illumi- nated I did not notice that we were approaching the garage until we were almost there. Flique glanced toward the south end in which An- nersley was imprisoned, but the north end which served as power house and workshop, proved to be his destination. He prowled around the room,] paying little attention to the power plant, but enormously interested in the lathe—a screw cutting lathe, I thought. I trailed him silently. bottle of milk in a leather satchel. There are moments in the lives of all of us which are precious only because they are secref, and it is nobody’s business what Caroline and I did .with ourselves during the rest of the morning and the early after- noon. ‘Toward 4 o'clock we came to the most northerly point of the ridge. Below us, on the east side, was the abandoned fishing village which had been occupied by Portuguese set- tlers until Parados had bought the island and turned them out of their homes. We had been hoping that we would find it. Three wharves rotted on their iles in the mauve mirror of the Suddenly a long steel rod, which | P’ leaned against the wall behind the{cove. ~The bieached ribs of a va- lathe, attracted his attention and|riety of small craft embedded in the white sand had the mournful air of a prehistoric graveyard. A huddle of sheds occupied the he pounced upon it. “Cre nom de nom!” he whispered The rod, rusted here and there, was some four feet long and per- haps a quarter of an inch thick One end of it was fitted into a sort of head" slightly thicker than the rod itself. In this head was sunk an adjustable tooth-like de- vice, the tooth being almost flush with the “head.” The rod told me nothing, but Flique's blue eyes were shining with excitement. “What is it?” 1 demanded, for- getting my resolution to keep quiet. “Mon dieu, you do noet know?" His next move made me forget! my resentment. Dropping onto his knees, Fliqgue began to grope fever- center of the settlement and from either side of it extended a score or so of frame and adobe houses, most of them fallen in like mush- rooms withered in a hot sun. Chim- neys were gone; doors stood agape, their approaches smothered by sand of choked by ice-plant. = A tiny church had lost its steeple. The disintegration of the place depressed me and angered me. This was the most wicked thing Dan Parados had ever done, I thought. A trail that led down: the steep slope looked passable, but neither of us was inelined to try it. “It would spoil everything,” Car- ishly in e dust and dirt and scraps of al beneath the lathe.|oline said, shuddering. “That.man's 1 watched him, half inclined to|hatred is everywhere. If it hadn't doubt his sa After some min-|been for Grainger—" utes of meticulous groping he got| She paused and I nodded. -An- up. tnernle)"xr it were he—had done «will you observe that, M. I'Anti-1society a definite service. I it quaire?” he inquired triumphantly, In the palm of bis grimy hand lay a fragment of spiraled steel| shaving, similar to the one he had found in Grainger's pocket, but an 4neh or so longer. It told me noth- 4ng except thet Grainger had been ‘had not been for Grainger I should have been inelined to oongratu- late him. But Grainger made all the difference. 1 was sorry for Celia: There is nothing like sheer tesror for turning e man into something else. Caroline must have read my ‘machining Bome object on his lathe, and I admitted as much. Fuuue;v.houuhv.& chuekled and twirled his mustache. | “Grainger, you think?" He drop- the shavings into an e: Jope. “Well, we shall see, my friend They are the living tissue those shavings and that steel rod, and He “You are sure it was Annersley?” she asked thoughtfully, “Aren't you?" I countered. “Yes, 1 suppose s0.” Her tone was still doubtful. “I had a silly sort of an idea—" She paused, frown- ing ,“ “What is Ji?" T pressed. _THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, MAY ‘30, 1930. - THERE YARE PAW! 1 WASNT THAT DARLING . OF HER, TGIVE HER UNCLE SAML A MAW' I thought she was going to tell me but she shook her head instead. “No, it’s just a crazy notion that occurred to me. It wouldn't be fair to tell you. Too much has been said about people who couldn't have done it. It must have been | Annersley. Miss Jahries caught |him with a pistol in his hand.” “You might as well tell me,” I urged. {Mrs. Parados? That Flique broke her alibi, I mean?” But she wouldn’t say any more and I did not press her. Caroline had a way of meaning what she said. Suddenly she caught my arm. “I thought I saw someone down there,” she exclaimed. “On that center wharf.” “I didn't notice any one,” I re- plied. “I was looking that way, too. You must have been mistak- en.” < Isn't that like a-man?” she cried indignantly. “Let's watch for a minute or two.” We watched for perhaps five; minutes, but nothing living moved upon the wharf. “Well?” 1 said. No,” Caroline declared emphati- “Are you thinking nbou!‘ By CLIFF STERRETT portance are Roy Stgwart, Ben | Hendricks, Jean Laverty, Creighton | Hale, George Fawcett, James Ford, | Frank Tang, Jean Lorraine and ‘(‘u)rdon Elliott. | Over 500 atmosphere players took |part in the big scenes. 1 “ e | Yeave ox w.u. excusion FINAL PROGRAM OF | | PAROCHIAL SCHOOL | i James Manning, John Cashen, | {Arne Shudshift and Jimmie Jack- IS HELD YESTERDAY son were passengers ffom here on The closiig exereises of the the Alma this morning for the ex- cursion to Whitehorse. { JOSRARRE 4 205 ST |Juneau Parochial School were held LEAVES FOR vesterday afternoon before an aud- CARCROSS |i/ce which filled the hall. The {program given by the pupils was |carried through in an excellent manner from the tiny tots’ Spring- s |time Playette, in which the speak- “’EHC;”::“ where she expects 0 . jigtle Cecilia Thibodeau, de- Sp e summer. With her|q yes special mention, to the pres- ' friends Miss Johnson will take inientation of the classical poem, the ":l’lh“ehmf{ excursion - before ging Robert of Sicily, which was proceeding to Carcross. {recited to the music of an unseen O choir by high school girls. | “The Cross and Drill” was giv- The regular monthly meeting nI:"" By el cgradcs y ", 99 Rev. Father Menager, in answer to the Douglas City Counll is sched-| ;" yqents’ aadress of gratitude Miss Hazel Johnson left with a private boat party at § o'clock this morning for Skagway en her way cally, “I don't think I was mis- taken.” In a little while we started back. (Ccpyright, 1930, William Morrow | and Company) Did Caroline actually see someone? Tomorrow Fligue tosses another bombshell into the quiz. “I' No Longer Have to Take Laxatives” TIHOS. C. MATTHEWS “For more than ten years I suf- fered from constipation and an in- active, torpid liver. 1 would have severe bilious attacks and consti- pation forced me to take some sort of laxative or cathartic almost daily. “It has been thirty days now since I completed Sargon treat- ment, and T no longer find it nec- essary to take pills or laxatives of any kind. “My advice to anyone needing a strength-building medicine or some- thing to straighten out an inactive liver and relieve constipation is to by all means begin taking Sargon and Sargon Pills.” — Thomas C. Matthews, 1441 Wazze St., Denver, Colo. Butler-Mauro Drug Co., Agents. —adv. ‘l:'lcelc(ix‘krur Saturday eveming at 7f:<x|d good wishes, urged the student 3 |body to loyalty, not alone to. the T |State, but -also to the cause of RETURNS FROM WESTWARD |God. | | Many premiums for excellence Miss Harriet Sey who has been!in scholarship were awarded dur- teaching school at Kodiak during ing the program, and the list of the term just ended, arrived home promotions from grade ‘to grade yesterday on the Admiral Evans.|was read. Miss Sey plans to spend the sum-| After the program, parents and mer in Douglas. |visitors visiled the class rooms, where exhibits of school work were; on display. Dresses and fancy work 0 in the sewing department, maps, John Runquist and family havefloral designs, posters and other been busy the past several days re-|art work as well as samples of moving to Juneau where they" will|writing, spelling and other school reside. work decorated the walls of the TSR T T various rooms. “THE GREAT DIVIDE” ‘IS — - AT COLISEUM TONJGHT e MOVING TO JUNEAU Karl K. Katz, Alaska representa- tive of the Northern Pacific Rail- road, left for Ketchikan on the Ad-; miral Evans after spending the week in Juneau. A lavish expenditure Ior’vsefl' and players was made by First Nafiunal to bring to the .screen “The @reat Divide,” the famous stage sgccess by Willlam Vaughn Moody, pecog- SIX TAKE i’ASSAGE ABOARD MARGNITA Motorship -Margnita, Capt. Sev- erin Swanson, leit for Siltka and wayports at 6 o'clock yesterday lafternoon with the following pas- sengers: Mrs. Margaret Dolars, Mrs. An- derson and A. Malck for Tenakee; Lou Rojas for Hoonah; E. Berthold for Excursion Inlet; Pete Mandrich focr Chichagof. - A State survey revealed there was one forest fire to every 840 persons in California last year. CLOSED ACCOUNT MEMORIAL DAY (May 30) H. . GRAVES The Clothing Man nized as one of America’s fogglight. classics. N Many big studio sets, and am out- | | standing cast, headed by star Dorothy Mackaill, lent their aid in screening this dramatic romance, at the Douglas Coliseum tonight. One of the most picturesque sets| = ever seen on the First National lot|; was that of the Mexican village, in which a gigantic fiesta with hun-}: dreds of persons was filmed. The village covered three and | has a broad plaza, str ses | and saloons. Another large set was ‘hdildhn reservation and mining settlement A whole stage was taken Wup @y the mountain setting which included & pine forest surrounding a log cabin. Isa Keith appears oppos Miss Mackaill, Myrna Loy the half-breed Mexican girl, ghe the unusual exotic parts that hav® cat- | apulted her into prominence in her past few pictures. Lucien Little- field and Claude Gillingwater have character roles, while others of im- DA BPSEE S martyrs. MEMORIAL On this day we pause from our daily tasks'to honor our Nation’s ‘ Store Closed All-Day Friday GARNICK’S i i L A Y IR A i OAL A SACK OR A CARLOAD THE SERVICE IS THE SAME - TR R BRI, LASLL SRR AR RO RR R R LR AR LRLERRRAR D L TR I LI LR RRRE R LRI L LI R BEBREL Pacific Coast Coal Co. """ G. H. WALMSLEY, Manager - PHONE 412 AT R R T LT T T LT T A A A e T S ST See the Demonstratin of Spark Stoves at 1 Thomas Hardware Co. MILLER TAXI IN CONNECTION Telephone 183 Pool—Billiards EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Chas. Miller, Prop. STATIONERY, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, "ypewriter Supplies and Commercial Printing Exclusive Dealers Underwood Typewriters Geo. M. 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