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| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1930. ° 17 : i POLLY AND COME AWAY. IN THEIRC OWN WAY/ SYNOPSIS: Allan Hunt, seek- ing Caroline Brent and her cap- fors, explores a dilapidated wharf at one end of San Lucas ¥eland. He finds the launch of : and le Balafre, whom he s were her abductors. He voices, hears the two ex- convicts torturing Caroline. She tells them Dana Parados was not Jules Lacote, their betray- er. There is a shot. Le Balafre's body drops on top of Hunt, who is clinging to the launch. Another shot—and Bec drops dead. Hunt then can see Caro- line imprisoned in a hidden shed under the wharf. The voice of another man tells her that he cannot let her live. Caro- line retorts that she is not afraid. Chapter 36 A MAN WHO WENT TOO FAR Caroline's voice strengthened. "I am not surprised it’s you.” “Dear me, you must be an un- that, of course,” she con- “You pretended to adore waan't tinued animal life, yet you forgot to clean goldfish pond. The poor ing. 1 was going to Hunt and M. Flique out your things were speak to Mr, about it when I ran into le Balafre. | You e, 1 could have told them who you were.” Professor Johns laughed. “We should have been good friends but for your unfortunate intuitions, Migs , Brer Curious how little things trip one up, isn't it?” His pistol was leveled at Caroline, his’ index finger on the trigger. I thought I never could discharge the weapon in my own hand. It does take courage to kill a man. A report deafened me, but even then I was not sure which of us| had fired. Not until Johns' pistol! hand fell to his side and he turned toward me, his glasses smashing on the floor was I sure. Amazement agitated the expres- sion of benevolent wisdom he had cultivated so assiduously these 20 years. Its sinister stain discolored the pallor of his face and estab- lished kinship with those other men of Babylon, le Balafre and Ciceron Bec. He sidled out through the door behind him and dropped. His left arm, outflung from his body, flut- tered like a wounded bird and be- came still. “Allan!” Caroline wept, as I drop- ped beside her. I could not speak and she took my streaming face between her hands and kissed me. 1 held her in my arms until Flique came. When Flique bent over Johns it turned out that he was not yet dead. Nor had consciousness entirely left him. After we had made him as com- fortable as we could, he revived a little. “A good shot, Hunt” His words were as leaves falling. ‘I don't know that I'm sorry . .. DOW. A young man in love . strange things. Why is it, Flique?” “It is the madness, mon pauvre Jules,” Flique said, actually wiping his eyes. “Do I not know?” 1 led Caroline to the end of the wharf while Flique talked with Johns and ushered him out of life. 1 did not let her talk much. What she said came in stark, clipped sen- tences. As Miss Jahries had said, Caroline had gone upstairs for her coat. Oon the roof she had met le Balafre, who was leaving the room in which the bodies of Parados and Grain- ger lay. His purpose in coming was to satisfy himself and Bec that Parados was or was not Jules La- cote. Bec was standing off shore jn the launch in case his accom- plice should signal. Obviously, le Balafre could mot jet Caroline go. He must kill her or take her with him. It occurred to him that she might know something of the present identity and exact| whereabou Lacote, as he still believed L:‘ooz was on the island. ' It was this idea that saved Caro- line's life. His problem was to get ner to some safe place—the village thps—where he and Bec might be able to force out of her the in- format] they needed. ! “He ‘::nadc :u go into the Toom —(BUT THIS HERE 15 MAW. LETS LET EMR MURDER, PAaw! SCRATCH THE & HER PALS GERTRUDE'LL POOR CHILDS EYES OUT! {in which Parados and lay. When you called to me |knife was pricking my flesh. threatened to kill you, too. Grainger his He And then, when you had left the house |and he thought it was safe, he signalled to Bec . . . and you came back. Oh, Allan, I though he had | killed you!” | They had left her alone on the launch, but in the shed they soon made it clear they were prepared to go to any lengths to get information |both of them believed she possessed. | “I couldn't have stood it much longer. If I'd been sure it was ;Johns I'd have told them, but I |wasn't. T didn't know. And then Johns came . . . and Johns was Lacote . . . . And then you—Al- [1an.” " Flique's fondness for an auclence | asserted itself as soon as we re- Iturned to the house. He insisted ‘011 the presence of every one be- fore he would give us a word of his final summing up of the tragic | affair. Our heads counted, he I plunged into his story. had revealed the general detesta- |tion in which Parados was held. | The first clew of importance was John's avowal that he telephoned |to Parados at 25 minutes of seven. What did it mean, that telephone call? I Monsieur went to the patio win- dow—there madame saw him. Ma- {dame ran down the stair and just I before she reached the patio win- !dow monsieur fell with a bullet through his heart. Madame depart- ed in panic, leaving the price ticket in monsieur’s hand. Perhaps five |minutes later, M. Annersley ap- peared . . . and then Mlle, Jahries, | M uty comprehends? Samuels admitted in a tired voice, “Johns was in his tower 200 yards away. We know he was there. He could nct have shot Parados with a pistol at that range—yet we know that he did. Go ahead, Flique.” “Monsieur is killed,” Flique con- tinued, bowing. “What have we? A | rose petal—a blackness on the car- | pet—d journal with oil stains— M. I'Antiquarie’s statement as to the curious behavior of M. Annersley— M. Annersley's rose—the rose that Grainger dropped into that waste | basket—the affair of the jade phoe- nix—and the ticket in the dead {hand of monsieur. “But these clews, mes amis— they indicate the little mysteries, that is all. How do I know tHis truth, you ask?” Flique shrugged and twirled his mustache. “A Cellini cannot ex- Iplain his art. I am the principal agent of la Surete. But I have said .there is one important clew—the |telephane call. And then, mes- sieurs et mesdames, that poor Grainger is killed and there are many clews. “Grainger it would seem, has discovered something of the truth. Does he not say as much in the presence of the rascal Johns? A brave man, Grainger. Presently, I shall tell you what he discovered. That young man Hendricks has given Johns a most excellent alibi, but Johns has lived in terror of the day when those little ones, le Bala- fre and Bec, may find him, and terror has eaten his heart away. He must kill Grainger and have the perfect alibi.” “He couldn't have killed Grain- ger,” Samuels interposed. “Grain- ger was killed with a pistol. We found the shell and the bullet. And Johns was in his tower at the time. Hunt saw him there, and I tele- phoned to him." “Yet he shot Gralnger, mon= sieur—" “I know it!" Samuels exclaimed. “It doesn’'t make sense. There's an unknown factor—" “Precisement,” Flique agreed. “I shall proceed. Johns, I have said, /would have the perfect alibi. A shot must be fired in the house and Grainger must be killed while he, that Johns, is known to be in his tower. “But it is dangerous, this passion for perfection. Also, he has forgot- ten the genius of Anatole Flique. That was the fatal error. One should have a care about repeating one's successes. “What have we? The cartridge jcase on the floor, the bit of twisted Jsteel in Grainger's pocket, the fire in the grate, the match in Grai ger's hand, the position of Grain- ger's body, the upset telephone, and, most important, M. le Deputy, the open patio door. To these must be added that other principal clew— the telephone call of M. le Profes. seur. “Did I not assure you that these were the principal clews?” “Admitted,” Samuels grunted. “Go ahead.” “Name of a pipe!” Flique ex- {claimed. “It is possible that mon- sieur does not yet comprehend?” The whites of Samuels’ eyes “It is,” he said. “8Since Johns was in his tower when monsieur and Grainger were | killed,” Flique continued, “it is clear that he shoi them from the tower. You will recall that mon- ter half-past six, Grainger at about | ning tides of Friday and Saturday attained the height of their fury at| about those hours. My friends, those | his tower—from a darkened north window—could not be heard in the, house because of the fury of the Gut.” “But we heard the shot that killed Grainger!” Samuels explod-| “Non, non," Flique chuckled. “You | just thought so.” (Copyright, 1930, Willlam Morrow and Company) Watch for Flique’s further revelations in Monday's chap- ter. DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DAIRY IS TO CHANGE HANDS| Dewey Frankfort, of Juneau, with | his wife and two children, is taking up residence in Douglas today with the view of taking over the Doug- las Dairy about the middle of the month. John Kendler, present own-) er Is preparing to make a trip to; Germany to attend to some busi- ness interests there which will| require an indefinite time. Mr. Frankfort is a dairyman of [ considerable experience, having come to Juneau where he was em- ployed at the Alaska Dairy, from Montana. ———— DOUBLE INSTALLATION HELD MONDAY AR, Douglas Aerie, 117, F. O. E, and the Ladies’ Auxiliary, have arranged to hold " joint installation of their officers next Monday evening. The auxiliary will hold their regular meeting at 7:30 o'clock to make way for the installation ceremonies. Following, members of both the Orders and their families will have a social time. Cards have been ar- ranged for and refreshments will he served. - CHURCH SERVICES MOVED BACK TO MORNING HOUR NIGHT Beginning tomorrow, services at the Congregational church will be held in the morning and 11:30 o'clock will be the hour. ————— NOTICE I have arranged with A. J. For- rest to distribute RAWLEIGH pro- | e PUDUNIEEES Sl B gleamed and I felt sorry for hlm.}f Douglas Presbyterian Native Mi sieur was killed a few minutes af- in their school room, 3 p. m. half-past seven. i “Why was this? Because the eve- [ two shots that Jghns fired rrom!,,l_ St. Luke's Episcopal Church iwhiuh her {was the principal participant. The {Mayo and Salisbury Field stage By CLIFF Lo ) (|G FIVE NEW CARS REGE@D HERE Four Pleasure Automobiles and One Truck Added to Juneau Fleet Douglas Church Services Noticew Tor this charen column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday |morning to "guarantee change of |sermon topics, ete White truck, all new automo- , were received in Juneau yes- | ission | e Sunday ailernoon tne Rev. Phi lip Bauer, Pastor of the Commun ity Church will conduct the wor- ship services for the Native Church 1 sedans, while the truck is a 1’ ton capacity, done in blye, and will be put into service immediately {the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Company. Douglas Catholic Church The Chevrolets are as follows | Standard sedan finished in blue L No ma: T hoo 2 noy SAONEEEE white and black trimmings; h sedan, black, with red trim- and wheels, which are of | wire; special sedan, wire wheels, two ide whe light brown in color and trimmed in dark brown and ack. These cars are all stock, cording to J. J. Connors. Mayor T. B. Judson has L | with [ a8 ““Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7:00 o'clock. | | o — | [ Congregational Community || | Church i pur- e REV. PHILLIP E. BAUER. 10:30 a. m.—Sunday School. | Regular preaching service at| 11:30 a. m. | .- | SPAIN HOSTESS i =y (chased the Essex, a standard coupe, ordered for him by the which was MRS. Mrs. W. R. Spain entertained a| few friends at her home Friday af- ternoon with a musical recital /in daughter, Mary Ellen program included the numbers: Piano solo, “Off She Goes,”, and “Shells of the Ocean,” by Mary Ellen Spain. g Duet, “The Ghosts in the Chim- ney,” Mary Ellen and Margaret Pearce. Piano solo, “Long, Long, Ago,” J. H. Bagley, by Mary Ellen. following SA Piano solo, “Impromptu in .A ' N]ERCH Flat,” Schubert, by Margaret Pearce. Violin and piano duet, by Mary Schramme and Margaret Pearce. Refreshments were served by the hostess after the program. e “TWIN BEDS” COMING SUNDAY TO COLISEUM The predicament of a married 'man called away upon his wedding night, proves one of the amusing situations in “Twin Beds,” the First National-Vitaphone 100 per cent talking picture starring Jack Mulhall, which is coming Sunday to the Douglas Coliseum. “Twin Beds” has been adapted for the screen from the Margaret farce of the same name. It is a hilarious comedy dealing with the events that follow the wedding of the hero of the story, and is cram- Three Chevrolets, one Essex and General Motors products are | Close Out WE ARE CLOSING OUT THE FOLLOWING LINES OF Men’s Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, $50.00 values now .. .$25.00 Men’s Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits, $35.00 values now ... 17.50 Men’s Stetson and Dobbs Hats, $10.00 values now ... Men’s Stetson and Dobbs Hats, $7.50 values now .... Men’s Van Heusen Collars, 35-cent values now 5 for ... 1.00 STERRETT R | McCaul Garage. This is the first coupe of the 1930 Essex products to come to Juneau. | It is finished in radium blue. Among the features of this new coupe are well cushioned, adjust- able driving seat and a steering wheel which may be raised or lowered. It is longer and lower than previous models, and embodies | modernistic designs in exterior and | interior details. e — | | AT THE HOTELS | Gastineau ‘ J. M. Regan, Valdez; Charles J. | Minor, Valdez; Mr. and Mrs. W. A, Hall, Mt. Vernon, Wash. Alaskan | Ed Provost, Taku; Frank Arm- | strong, Taku; E. Oakstar, Cordova; S. Gutana, Cordova; Ed Toffer, Cordova. S - HOSPITAL NOTES | An eight-pound baby girl was ‘lb:.rn at St. Ann's hospital at 5 o'clock this morning to Mr. and |Mrs. A. J. Balog, of Douglas. | Harry Johnson was admitted to ‘st. Ann’s hospital yesterday after- |noon for treatment of a broken | wrist. He is a marine patient. - eee | Try the Five o0'Clock Dinner Speelals at Mabry's. —adv LK ANDISE 5.00 3.75: med with wholesome but spicy fun. Muthall has a new leading lady in this picture. Pretty Patsy Ruth Miller is seen as the blushing bride. ‘The big cast includes many players of cinematic prominence, including Eddie Gribbon, Zasu Pitts, Jocelyn Lee, Edythe Chapman, Knute Erick- son, Ben Hendricks, Jr., Gertrude Astor, Armand Kaliz and Nita Mar- tan. —_——————— T0 TELEPHONE PATRONS .. A new telephone directory is now in course of preparation. Patrons ducts until my return. Should cus- tomers need goods before he calls please telephone 770 two and one short ring. J. A. THIBODEAU. upon you, long —adv. contemplating change of address or persons who wish to have tele- phones installed are requested to notify the Telephone Company. 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