The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 8, 1930, Page 6

T 4l’lE ROSE lROY ETCKERSI‘ iIN THE DARK i O MORE OF THIS NONSENSE, YOUNG LADY.! LOOK ME IN THE EYE 10:111: ] ( i settlements of Indians were located {on the Channel before the white keeper herself showed me my . I think she said she had house! bedr 20 in the house who ize me as Nurse Elles- nly tually led to the founding of Doug- 8T ias Island community, which during if THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1930. dismissed one housemaid and the man came. was out. At any rate, she and »ounding of Dougias utler, and are| «rhe discovery of gold veins even- | By CLIFF STERRETT In the near future a rnnd"formorly. with five columns of read- rcle the island. Water will,ing matter to the page, giving the d into electricity which|paper a more mgu'opolit:m appear- ed in a hundred in-|ance, and making it more satisfac- tory for perusal. Staff of the Breeze this year is headed by Alma Savikko as editor- chief, and Vieno Wahto, business [ erop |will ¢ conclusion, Mr. Robertson said: Je will draw something even more h while from the inspiration in Im I came to see Mr. Gran- 0RrS hnd it s . oxi SYNOPSIS: When ely woman dressed in the color that of o0 ¢on oo -‘«‘s;d “\:;j_ ;;r”!“ g ‘”;* 1'8‘;‘; I P L o T Mrs. Thelma Engstrom Grannock meets Hallic Efles- | all others most suited her. | oune torzetting. Do i, 36 Fyghevinon, L8 i v ool ek ari - hisiTiedh: €dbTaoe T more, beautiful young nurse, T have. selit AV re0arh 10- YOUT | wbve rofused To oy Tk sy |Nr L dhe SSLASIAD 68 WaS hauled |/ b o3 g dleil el o %l ‘the- alitts “ov Long |matron” he began. i \l}]:tlw ~:( b:)mxum 4 thi a tu' lown at Sitka and the American s}hl_ dcvlnlop. iA“I)e literature |the staff. $hiand Sound, the 15ve “Yes, T suppose you have.” | way 1\‘ has llx : ¥ ybrm']horx‘l‘g i flag ran up, there were no schools he !,:muc WJ’II Ie:_uum, not epi-| at once, although Halley is al- “So there’s mo point in our dis- |5 lfl)il m‘é’ ,clf o,:m o 3 | PE SR UIBLEE i ek ROK LRSS RS, 0 $he - pabicEsCrna “"‘3 S hll L ready engaged to Lester Broon, |cussing your dereliction of duty. |, b )’is""(’:‘;,n"};ier_:“‘n vears of American administra- (dance halls, but will refloct the §CI1} 1ing L.emon Granncck’s yo r half-broth- |It’s the rest of the mixup that I've| v,‘;L ,):p]‘.z‘ne(} & (2731 THe tion the Crmnl:")‘ 88 the lmnds.lll‘l"v:\’i{) S §€) o bThc Sag]; ”:d E . cr. Grannock cannot see her |come about. Cirannock KNnows YOu | girrort to every one c'hévs'“du_i(" VALY SIS, JOb Wi, B ‘{“V“"“bffi‘““ o °lrf’p" wed Kixxtract contains clearly as he has eye trouble | as—as a friend, but not as thej; ... e ;‘;;l ““”C““S{ lm lul\?i: L"“"rcesd 1;[-‘0-»,\ VAS by & GTERD ALY is to "reo 3 onerati urse who—not as a nurse. at - o & o " 1 184 vhen gold was discove: £ :lll::()l‘., ‘(‘.:"uv:(h]r'i» ;l:n:.xr:rm:mn 1 : who—not as a nurse. Is tha : L;‘ vyms ]g_"m,;,_u“;:hlsmg;fg:'flm"T"“d“w”- T e ne ot 1 his sight. Hence he refuse Blia o alatti s LG O G ol el foivil Jaw; no courts to record titles o e S%aum sleadily. who knows my name as a nurse Or lor property; no school system at Iet her tell her name, but gives her a tiny ivory rose as a love token. Hallic is hired, unknown to Granncck, as his night nurse “Won't you sit down “No thank you. I won't sit down.|she continued, “is Mrs. | You'll und nd me ;)«~1-1w1z\“,,m‘.- when I say that I should not have| «who's she?” Bartholo- wil that I went to the Broon house,”|a). no modern conveniences; no i communication States excépt by mail steamers. The Ipecple of this country were entire- th the United posed of Mr. Feero, chairman, Mr.| Gair and Glen Kirkham was ap-| pointed to attend to this matter. The program also consisted of a song by the eighth grade, “Huckle- the amount of lemon oil required by business meeting opened the m. The minutes were read approved. The treasurer’s re-| ort of $80.53 in the P.-T. A. treas-| lury was read and accepted. A mo- L] tion was made to construct dou!;l-') doors at the front of the sch(\’)l“ fzmesi building. A committee of three com- | | the United States Government standard | —more than most any other lemon ex- during the trcatment, and must | come here to see you if 1 had| «My landlady here. She opened 175 cith G- fen e, Ta. GriEhE motify Dr. Lytton when certain Jthought I had any choice.” the door to you. She was a friend | woq The advantages of today gy TpLO by SLoD, NEIRT, COR “It is natural that you shouldiof my aunt and she is my friend,'nre manifold. " Doiiglas has a mod- s o Lae 1 drunk, holds feel that way,” agreed Hallie. t|too, though I have never stayed ;;1 s('ho‘nl‘fl'fl(‘n‘ t%)“écmmr" fav- Hallie captive jn the drawing |1 want to tell you, even if You|with her beforc. She is a STange guaply with any other town of simi- reom until past time to call the don't believe it, that I feel—brand- | person—" 1. m’w‘ FiFsnt s ddeil et i doctor and Grannock §9°5 jed. I shall feel branded all ““" “What you are doing,” broke in'gioc nionoe :Jm';»“més;pbook and blind. Hallie, disgraced, breaks |jife, Whatever happens.” the doctor violently, “is to drag n;aAv.azfi'w'H"tea;mr aeroplanas e Lems, Miodgh bo ¢ | “What dyou mean? What C"‘“Jmu and these other people into.a| oot e Ao Lea g the 1 ha to give her up. en? That's any good to Gran-| heuse, the meets Grannock out- nock, T mean? You're evidently the | side by accident. ing her |gir] Grannock met and talked to| yoice, he recegnizes b the |on the cliff—the girl he couldn’t! girl he met on the cliff. Hea see and whose name he didn't| breken, che tells him of ask.” He heard his voice drop to| leve and desire to help him, 13 sparl and did not care. “And you | u can keep that up with| and cannot bring herself to re- | veal her idsntity as the nurse Who blinded him. She evs his quc-tions regarding her pame. Dr. Lytlen, arriving in anger, almost gives her away. th him “Yes. With your help. | “Act the unseen angel of mercy, | eh?—to make up for having blmdv(li ry pretty. Perhaps it would | e me the facts tion with Le you'd giv of your—your a. Chapter 8 HALLIZ PLEADS HER CASE Broon. That seems to be thej Some four hours later, Dr. Lyt- rel of the whole | ton mounted the steps of the un-| “I met Lester in Ne t | pretentious houze where Hallie was three mo staying pve with him The doo! a ught I did; and h me. I believe forbidding w 1 you Dr. Lytton?” he Wave could | “Then you can step in. She said| Lytton remained nt | she wouldn't see anyone glse. | “He told me, after a while, that| Lytton 1 more at t|he cou unless his | the speaker as he | 2 | brother be- | narrow hall. She cause my y ther ! tall. Her whitz he i |obscure—he didn't to think | face suggested wea that his brother would e of | body, but I m, w me. So it was settled t I should | instinct, decided her malady |SPend my month’s vacation here| was of the s land try to get to know his brother| Whatever D n- |independently. I see now that it| ion, ton I -|wasn't a nice way to behave, but ble for the a s | eyes. That rannock was his| Again she stoppad. | friend as well as his patient did| “When Mr. Grannock and I aidl not really make a bad business [make friends with each other it » fail a |was by pure chance,” she went on presently. “I imagine he told you about the long talk we had on the cliff?” “Yes." “It was a wonderful talk. A won- derful time . . . When he had gone told me who he was and worse, becat patient was t | ness already. Neverthe —J cipline of years had er e 1 T his sick fury with Hall <"} o Lytton, t is anger had come could not|and Lest a he disn her from his consideration EL‘" atulated me, I felt as though By some means he did not y being dragged out of a clearly understand, she and Gran-|dream. A dream of heaven. And nock between them had created an;then when the matron wrote to me amazing situation. |that I was to report to you as Hallie entered. She had put on|the nurse selected for Mr. Gran- a filmy summer frock of a clear |Nock’s case—" yet pale red. The doctor was aware| “You took good care not to in- that here was a darkly beautiful [form me that you were intimately . . acquainted with Lester Broon. I imagined from your matron’s let- |ter that it was some other branch {of the family that knew you.” { “You didn't inform me that my {matron had written anything spe- |cial about me at all,” returned Hal- ‘lie. w und nd that I ddin't ask Les- [ ter to w heedle her into recommend- ing me for the case. I didn't know night.” Lytton took a turn up and down the room. Some of his hostility was melting away; he knew it. Her story had challenged his hatred and contempt. But then—then! It all came back to th Lytton was determined not to re- open. She had left her patient, who was also the man of her spirit's choosing. A double treachery. “Well, that may all be true or it as a loaf of bread [from the oven . .. - ™ HillsBros E . Coffee | 3 may not,” said Lytton harshly. “My & In the concern now is with the next few original days. Strange as it may seem to vacunm you, you will not receive help from pack me in any prolonged deception of Grannock. He has been fooled enough. But—" DD “Have you told him that I—his Oroixary air-tight cans will not |friend of the cliff—am Nurse Elles- coffee fresh. That's why Hills more?” she interrupted him. . Coffce is packed in vacuum | “N gans as fast as it comes from the| “Nurse Casey?” Air, which destroys the| “She won't open her lips.” {the silence at [sation out of having me near him, o gpstacles: and in a flash of spirit. “Please | he’'d seen her until he told me last| ereliction of duty” which | “When I came to the Broon house | 1 1w Looking Into Future conspiracy of silence! Without our “We halb o b e et &b sent!” ) o ooupese imaginatigp picture some of the I don't think I could do that if|iyinos the' future is bound to bring I tried. Any onc of you can break |, 5 The stimulus of obstacles any moment. I¥'s y,0q 5 surmount—if not for the simply that if Mr. Grannock gets quips at least for the children, ny Kind of pleasure—or COMDEN- zne phound to attempt to overcome 3 e e very at- you are all bound to be on my tempts, this country is bound to side. Aren't you? progress in. the future. Many in- a “And what you're doing Now." gyqtries are not et even tried. The raged the doctor, his face thrust'ypieng teem with fish. Mineral aggressively into hers, “is to tell weait s not yet touched. In a me tl whether I like it or not g y . timber ed into Gran- call has coming back as—what The woman 1 be grown as a you for pulp, ¢ nock’s are life does he he seen.” Hallie sobbed suddenly. ook away his sight,” she whis- “I want to give him min2 instead. When I'm his eyes and his hands and his feet, then I'm doing what I can to atone, even though I know it's so terribly .small an atonement.” Baffled, furious, the doctor took up his hat and made for the door. Hallie intercepted him. “Have you she demanded breathlessly—"have you taken any steps at all to prevent Mr. Gran- nock being told?” “If you must know—yes. I've ordered Broon and Casey and the two servants to keep their mouths shut indefinitely.” “Oh! Thank you! Thank you for that!” i “Damn you,” retorted the doctor. He pushed her aside and slammed himself out of the house. (Copyright, 1930, by Roy Vickers) DOUGLAS | Lester Broon reveals himself i in his true colors in tomorrow’s chapter and sees a disquieting portent of the future, S DOUGLAS NEWS “ALASKA” TOPIC FOR ROBERTSON DOULGAS P.-T. A | ; |Juneau Attorney Gives Instructive Address— Anniversary Month — | 1 Since October, 1867, witnessed the transfer of Alaska by Russia to the | |United States, R. E. Robertson, in| his address before the Douglas Par-| |ent-Teacher Association last night,! |chose “Alaska” as his subject. In order to tell what might oecur in; the future, it is necessary to pause“ |and look back to the past, said| Mr. Robertson. | “It has been two hundred years sinee Bering first sighted and dis-| covered Alaska; Captain Vancou-| ver sailed up Gastineau Channel in 1793, continued Mr. Robertson. “Vancouver first named Douglas Island Salisbury Island. Gastineau Channel received its name from Gastineau River in Quebec. The {country at this time. the sites of Juneau and Douglas, were covered ! or of coffec, is completely re- moved from the can by this method. |yesterday evening,” Hallie said, “the by dense, primeval forests and no berry Finn” Sam Devon gave al reading, “Elegy Writien in a Coun-| try Churchyard.” The program con- cluded with a short talk by Supt. 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