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of Anatole Flique, piccing to- gother the mystery of Dan Parados' murder, astound Al- lan Hunt. He cannot fathom the significance of a steel rod and some steel shavings Flique finds in the workroom of Grain- ger, the hired man who was shot to death the day after Parados was murdered. Claude Annersley seems the most like- ly suspect. Hunt leaves Flique and takes a stroll with Caro- line Brent, These two have struck up a romance during the murder guiz. On one end of San Lucas Island they find an old fishing village that tae ruthless Parados has destroyed. Carcline thinks she sees a man on a wharf, but a moment later he disappears. She insists some- one is there. Chapter 30 THE MISSING STONE After Caroline. went up to. her room 1 found,K myself with two hours on my hands before dinner. The ruin of the little village had depressed our spirits and it had left me in a restless mood. 1 searched about the place for Flique. The little man was not to pe found, so I set off around The Gut, intending < to inflict myself upon Professor Johns. By the time I reached the fort it was dark. I heard veices and a later found Flique and chatting in front of the Flique had a game bag moment Johns slu his shoulder and a small rifle in his hand, “Monsieur has the melancholy look,” he remarked [acetiously as T drew near. “Has la petite demoi- selle abandoned him?” “Why the rifle?” I inquired. Flique chuckled. “That excellent Lum We promised me a fried rab- bit for breakfast if I should bring one to him.” “And you got one?” Flique patted the game bag, the flap of which was strapped down. “I am an excellent shot, mon- sieur,” he said. “Lum We assured me the fat ones lived over here.” “Probably they do,” I said, grin-| ning. “Professor Johns keeps a let- tuce patch for them.” “M. le Professor does not approve of my hunt,” Plique chuckled. “Is it not so, monsieur?” “I do not approve of taking life unless it can be avoided,” Profes- sor Johns answered. “But 1 am not a crank. I believe a man has a right to please himself.” “A wise word, that. It is all very well, no doubt, this passion for the birds and the fishes and the rab- bits, but man must eat, and, to eat he must kill” Flique patted his plump stomach. “Your animals kill, do they not?” “They are as nature made them,” Professor Johns replied. “As a sci- entist, I accept the cruelty of na- ture as necessary to the continua- tion of life; as a human being, I deny it.” “Monsieur is a philosopher,” said Flique. “But are we not as we are made, yes—saint and assassin?” full; “A serious charge, Flique said, frowning. mon ami,” Professor Johns laughed unstead- ily. “Here I am boring you with my theories. That is one of the results of living alone. Won't you come inside?” Flique accepted the invitation and we preceded John into the tower, the ground floor of which was occupied by firewood, garden- ing tools, and packing cases. A stair gave access to the floor above. Ascending it, we found ourselves |in a comfortable square room which | evidently served as a. living quar- ters and a study. Two of the adobe walls were cov- |ered with books—scientific and phil- |osophical works. There were shab- by chairs, a picture or two, several warm-looking rugs, and a battered desk upon which stood the lamp, a pair of field glasses, and a tele- phone. The desk stood by the north win- down which would give at daylight an excellent view of the house on the other side of The Gut. Lights marked the positions of many of | the windows and I was able to see the fireplace and writing table in the library and the chairs in the sunroom. We chatted for perhaps an hour and a half. Both Johns and Flique revedled themselves as exceptional- | ly well-informed men. When Hend- ricks, the boatman, appeared with | a bundle of text books under his| arm, we arose to g, | “You have an excellent teacher!” Fifque exclaimed “The best in the world,” Hen- dricks grinned. “But he keeps me ? right at it.” Johns was not dining at the heuse, he informed us, but he said | he would walk over after dinner. As we took our departure, Flique gave me the rifle to carry. The Gut was at the height of its fury again. and we praceeded alopg the edge of it. “Flique,” I said, “Johns couldn't !hxve shot Parados and Grainger with a pistol from, the tower, could he?” “Impossible,” Flique replied. pistol cannot be. fired with such aceuracy at such a distance.” "It ecouldnt. haye been,” I nod- ded. As we drew near the house I noticed that we were walking fast- er, A common impulse was driv- ing us on. We were running as we came up to the patio windows Samuels was drumming impa- tiently on the wfiting table. Kirk and Gridley were twirling ltheir hats. Mrs. Parados and Miss “Al BAUER GIES terrace and we both thought Mr. Samuels should have it.” “It was what you have been look- ing for,” Mrs. Parados said dis- passionately. Flique had been fingering the {green stones of the pendant with a | singular avidity of touch. As Mrs. | Parados said this he spread it out on his palm. My heart jumped. One of the green stounes was | missing. l I glanced at Mrs. Parados. Her leyes were riveted on. Flique's face. She seemed to be crouching be- hind her defenses. Was this the end? “We must go back to the begin- ning, Flique,” Samuels went on with a touch of his old arrogance. “The who left the tag in Parados’ hand, I'll be ready to call it a day.” Flique seemed surprised. “Mon dieu!” he exclaimed, “you do not know that?” His face became stern—sterner than I had ever seen it and he looked straight at Mrs. Parados. “Madame shall tell us,” he said. “This pendant is hers.” (Copyright, 1930, William Morrow and Company) price tag and that pendant are the| fundamental clews. When we know | U . 3 12 o SPTHS SUTTINLY 175 A~ DAISY, PAW! wHAT N HEAVEN'S NAME DIDJIA THINK 12770, e e ¥ v & e . 10 B A et 3 POISON-IVY, ID NEVER L THOUGHT MEBBE IT WAS 50ME KIND OF HEARD OF! 'w the present period. .« | “Memorial Day has Ween! ‘given us by the sacrifice of our Nation's |dead,” said Rev. Bauer. “Our dem- ocracy, our freedom, establighed in blood, have been purchased @t the cost of our soldier and sailor dead and it is fitting that 'we honor tbem to the extent of mir entire ability. But praise is also due other great men some of them gome, anc some still living, who by their dis- lcoveries and inventions, - through |innumerable sacrifices have ‘ done {such wonders for us in the way of living.” Pasteur, Edison and Ford were !some of those mentioned by Rev {Bauer. “They are martyrd of in- dustry,” he said. “And further, ther« are the men who preach and teacl high ideals to the end that wc may become better men and wom- en. They are entitled to commem- oration. There are the men of busi- nesses and professions, and lastly, but of greater importance, the great industrial army, the men of com- ,mon toil, they are pabriou;, for they are fighting against nature.” the pioneers of Alaska saying that it was through their work, that Alaskans are in the different local- Flique has cornered Mrs. Par- ados. Monday she tries to wiggle out—but she can’t! — e — DOUGLAS NEWS MEMORIAL DAY TALK, DOUGLAS Observances Are Held in Theatre with Other Significant Events ities today paying homage. “The heart of Christianity is the heart of sacrifice,” said Rev. Bauer in closing his address. Mayor Kilburn made a few ap- propriate remarks by way of open- ing the program. A song, “Tenting Tonight,” was sung by the girls’ chorus. Betty Sey followed with the recitation, “In Flanders Field,” and Mrs. Goetz sang, . “Lay My | Head Beneath a Rose.” '9Keep the | Home Fires Burning” was next sung by the,Girls’ chorus, and Mrs. R. R. Brown followed with a plano solo. | Then Rev. Bauer delivergd his adA‘ dress and the audience sang,; the great. battle ] Rev. Bauer also paid tribute to; “THE GAMBLERS” OPENS AT COLISEUM SUNDAY Though many are familiar with he seething activity that is the >xternal life of the stock market, he region behind the closed doors | )f private offices is a land of mys- tery. What are the secrets behind the ise and fall of a certain stock? Whence comes the money with which to carry on the extensive nanipulations of “the Street?” How nuch chance has the small opera- or, or the depositor in the great savings institutions which abound n the financial district?, Who are he gamblers, and who are the sure-thing” operators? i & » questions are dramatically answered in “The Gamblers,” the famcus Charles Klein play which has reached the audible screen as the latest Warner Sros. ail-talking Vitaphone production, which opens |its local engagement at the Cali- |seum Sunday night. The all-star cast of “The Gamb- ' includes H. B. Warner, Lois Wilson, Jason Robards, George Fawcett, Frank Campeau, Johnny | Arthur, Pauline Garon and Charles ) Curtiz. | ADVERTISE your merchandise and it will sell! G I g Church Services Notices for thiz cnharcn' column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o’clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of |sermon topics, ete L T T e T T T T T TR R L LT T T T —— r Douglas Presbyterian Native r ! Mission \ 5 ;‘ Sunday aiiternoon tne Rev. Phil- lip Bauer, Pastor of the Commun- ity Church will conduct the wor- ship services for the Natiye Church in their school room, 3 p. m. ¥ Douglas Catholic Church “'No mass nor Sunday School. i St. Luke's Episcopal Church | £ Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7:00 o'clock. 463 P Pl U AN " Congregational Community 1 | Church REV. PHILLIP E. BAUER. 4 10:30 a. m—Sunday School. 6:30 p. m—Sermon by the Pas- tor. st LET Almquist Press Your Suit. We call and deliver. Phone 528, » —adv. “America” in closing. Following the indoor prpgram, a line of march was formed by the, children, and wemen’s club, Qdd| Fellows, and Eagles, going first to| the wharf and then to the ceme- tery to decorate the graves. | Special ceremonies were held as| the last rites for the late Julius)| Jensen, pioneer of Douglas and member of local Orders Odd Fellows and Eagles, whose ashes were di- vided between the two cemeteries, of the two Orders. Memorial Day, what it should mean and how further applied, was the substance of a masterly address given by Rev. Philip E. Bauer at the Memorial Day exercises held at the Coliseum theatre last evening under the auspices of the Douglas Island Women's Club. Rev. Bauer traced the use of memorials and how they were ap- plied, from early bible times down NOTICE OF EXECUTOR'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Jahries occupied chairs in front of Samuels. Samuels turned his harassed face|’ towards us. The glitter of green and white stones and gold-colored chain on the writing table caught In the Commissioner's Court fqr the Territory of Alaska, Division Number One. Before W. H. Dug- dell, Commissioner and ex-Officio Probate Judge, Yakutat Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate of Stephen A. Gee, deceased. my eyes. It was a trashy thing.! pypjic notice is hereby given that A Dbit of cotton was attached to the by virtue of an order and license, chain . worth 35 cents. Thirty five cents! ! . and it might have been{nade and entered by the above entitled Court in the above entitled estate on the 3rd day of May, “I've about decided to quit my|1930, I will on the 9th day of job and join the movie police,”| August, 1930, sell at public auc- Samuels burst forth. tion, to the highest and best bidder “Monsieur is unjust to himself,”lfor cash the following described “You mean nothing can change!Plique protested. “What is it? That|real property belonging to the es- " Professor Johns said thoughi-|the bullets which killed Messieurs|tate, to wit: “I'm not so sure of thal.|pParados and Grainger were mnot| Lot and building known as the Parados, now—could anything have) fired from M. Annhersley’s pistol?|[Chines¢ ~Restaurant, situated, at changed him? I, doubt it. But what about the one. who killed him? Parados blighted every personality he touched. Might not the seed of there by Parados himself?” —um—essentially good heart die because there is no—um—that word M. VAntiquaire?” Elique demanded sharply. h ¥ “Nourishment for it,” I suggested. Monsieur did, it -appears, but he stuck to his guns. “And if the seed.brings. its own nourishment, . M. Flique—what then?” Professory Johns .took off his glasses. “We who have - known Parados over a period of years—his wife, myself, Miss Celia, Mr. An- persley, Miss Jahries, average men and women, all of us—do you think Parados did not touch us with his evil genius? Monsieur, 1 predict ghat when you put your hand on the one who killed Parados and Grainger, our own group.” Pouf! You will commence again.” ° “¥ou knew?"! “Could it be otherwise?” yakutat, Alaska, near the water tanks of the Libby, McNelll & Lib- by Company, about onie nundred “Oh, all right. Gridley has just|feet away in a northerly direction murder in the heart of the onejcome back with Captain Geddes' re-|from the main cannery building of who killed him havg been planted"pmA Neither of those bullets was|Said firm, and about two hundred fired from Annersley's gun—unless feet away in an easterly direction “Monsieur intrigues me,” Fliqué he had two guns, both of 'em|from the tide-waters of Monti Bay. murmured. “But will not the seed|equipped with silencers, and that's The building is one story high, of murder that is planted in the nonsense. He must have told the sixteen feet wide, and thirty-five truth. T have had to let him go.|feet long; it has an addition, eight “It was the truth that he told, feet wide, and sixteen feet long, my friend,” Flique said gravely. “And, now, this thing turns up,” Samuels eontinued, and he tossed the guady pendant to Flique: “Miss Jahries found it in the patip. The string on it matches the string « op -the tag that was in Parados’ hand.” “And where did mademoiselle find this trifle?” Flique asked. l “Tell him, Miss Jahries,” Sam- |uels grunted. E “I .was watering the shrubbery in |the patio,” the housekeeper ex- plained. “It was buried under the coprosma in front of the sun room. I shouldn’t have found it if the eceased. it will be upon one of water from the hose hadn't loosened |First publication, May the earth, Mrs, Parados was on the divided into three small living rooms. The lot this building occu- iples is about fifty feet wide and one hundred feet deep. And two small lavatories occupy the back end of this. lot. 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