The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 1, 1931, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL | 1931 POLLY AND HER PALS ITS CAUSE WE PAMPER OURSELVES THAT US MACHINE - AGE CITIZENS 1S SECH DELICATE BAH! I GOT A LIFE-SIZED PITCHER OF YOU SNOOZIN' IF I HAD MY CHOICE, ID SOONER LET THE CLOVER BE MY COUCH AN’ MY QUILT THE STARRY By CLIFF STERRETT HELP! ICE PICK AN’ CHIP. ME OLITTA THIS GLACIER ! 4 Charter No. 5117 Reserve. District No. 12 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE First National Bank of Juneau in the Territory of Alaska, at the closc of business on March 25, 1931. HELP! GET THE ! his amazement and incredulity. “Couldn’t you hear anything?” he asked. "By Percival Christopher Wren_ Author s v _ ¢ ‘Nope. The innocent old maid TERIOUS “ME DA BEID. | sna e poct sy rumhauna ana 1) | His-Life's-Precious-to-Us Waye had ; - \ Coreeerte i S SN e o= J‘pluauod the keyhole, put the eider- down or something along the bot- tom of the door, and gone to the SYNOPSIS: Dr. MacAdoo night I was making my second and his fellow in crime, Mr. |round and, half turning a corner,|far side of the room to hold their James, want to “bump off” |what should I see but some one| n'—in soundless whispers. John Waye, unwelcomed pa- |coming along it towards me. Com- “I'll tell you something else,” ticnt at Dr. Charters’ nursing ing soft, too. In black socks and continued Mr. James. “Though home. But Charters fears John a dark dressing gown. I faded fla: a thing I wouldn't tell ordi- for I'm not proud of it. into the wall, with half an eye| slow as a dead tortoise] round the corner, intending to fol-| “As |low him up. crawlin’ backwards, I turned the “Good boy, Jimmie. And where handle of that door, knowing th was our Mysterious Mr. Waye off|none of them have keys or bol | to? You followed him, of course?”|Then I began opening the door . “You wait and do some of that\ “And d'you think there was a! thinking you talk about,” replied|sound out of that room or aj | Mr. James sourly. glimmer of light in it? Not o “Well,” he continued, “I didn't|your life. Those three innocents | | follow the guy at all. Before he|had froze stiff and silent, and put ! | reaches the end of the corridor he|the light out long before that han- squints at the number over theldle had finished turning.” 1 door, and flashes on a torch. I| “Did you go in?” asked the Doc-‘ got half a glimpse of his face, and | tor, Wi o, ou s e hat “You bet T did. T allowed T'd be | Pk A tickled to death to hear what that No, it wasn't. It was that old cld rum-hound Campball had got rumhound, C(?lonel qampbavll, And to say and see how your Mr. Waye | whit room d'you think he'd gone yo,q explain himself away. I Waye, admitted to his home and provided with an alibi for the slaying of “Spider” Schlitz. Waye may know he had stolen from “Spider” his. share of the loct in an American diamond haul. The physician’s aid, Mr. James, is knocked down when he draws a pistol on Waye, and there is more trouble when Waye's hints send Dr. Mac- Adoo to Charters to demand half of the 10,000 pounds prom- ised for certain developments in the case of Marjorie Lau- derdell. Charters, alarmed at the revelation of Waye’s knowl- edge, angrily consents. Miss Lauderdell tells Waye the medicine che is taking makes narily, her worse. Dr. Studley of the into?” 4 y D va I was the great home casually tells Dr. Mat- The Doctor stared in amaze- walkod o piRo L | thieson, Waye's personal phy- ment. 5 sk s “ s N pitch darkness of that room: sician, that Dr. MacAdoo is an Not Waye's? tvenin’, Miss Skinner. { { “You've got Waye on the brain. | No, it wasn't Waye's. It was the cxpert in deadly poisons. “And so help me Hannah if that Chapter 15 E | sainted and sanctified room of | wicked old hen didn’t bawl me out SCANDAL IN THE HOME | that hard-boiled Miss Skinner! Hke I was a burglar. You betcha Dr. Charters and Mr. James That's what.” life she’d just bin woke up from came as near to a breach as was “Well, I'm damned!” said the her innocent slumbers and was ! possible between two men whose Doctor. “Anyhow, we'll soon put|squawking from under the bed-| lives were so bound together. an end to that sort of thing. clothes. i They sat in solemn conclave un-| “We've never had a scandal in| «.n, if’s a man? sne screeched. | til Dr. Charters introduced the The Monastery yet and we don't|.get out of here, you wicked | subject of John Waye, and vcx-y‘sv.art now,” he added virtuously. quickly the Doctor's patience \\'as]’"Colnnnl Campball and Miss Skin- outworn by Mr. James's dull re-|ner clear out of here tomorrow, i iteration of his one specific, “bump or well, cured or not cured.” him off;” ahd the simple mind of| “And the Waye guy?” sneered Mr. James was irritated by Dr. Mr. James. Charters’s oft-repeated and vait| “What's he got to do with this?” wretch, Who are you? I'll call th Doctor. Oh, where’s the light and| the bell?’ “‘Right where they used to be, Marm, says I, reaching out my hand and switchin’ on the light. | “And what d'you think I saw? speculation, “Who is this man?" inquired the Doctor. : = “He's got me guessing, all dayl “Well, perhaps you can say,” was Our Miss Skinner, squintin’ out and all night.” |the reply “Por 1 just sat me from under the bedclothes. And # { yidiiof not another thing in that room! ‘dcwn comfortably in a recess in that corridor, waiting for that boozy old guy to come out again when, “Well, get him guessing,” growl- ed Mr. James. “Guessing what?” “How to nibble his way out from'and get the shock of his Did I feel a fool?” | The Doctor murmured some-| thing. | “‘Oh, it’s you, Mr. James. Good‘l a hole in the ground, six feet lo, it wasn’t so. It was me who got , 5 deep. Bump him off, I say.” ! the shock. KraF‘O{‘s’_>Y\hat & "“m}" Yo gV “I wish you could say some-; “For ten minutes later, along thing censible. I've told you how comes another one, treadin’ soft. he’s got us fixed, and Matthieson’s | ‘Gee!’ thinks I. ‘Am I in The Mon- coming again . . . Tl get him in|astery?” And belleve me, Boss, the end.” | this second wanderer stopped &t “If he doesn’t get us first. Bump the same door, too! him off, I say.” “You could have knocked me “Would you mind not saying that down and up again with the tin again, but set your wits to work end of a hummin’-bird’s feather about him and Spider Schlitz, and; “This one doesn't dive straight find out something about him. I in as the other done; he just taps ean't do everything myself; my the handle gentle, then opens the hands are full and all you can do ' door and slides in. There's a light i5 to sit there and say ‘Bump him |in the rocm now, so I get a glimpse off, when I tell you that his 1116 | of this one's face, t0o.” is absolutely precious to us, just| “Who was it?” snapped the Doc- at present. Watch him, I say.” ltor, his face expressing anger. “Yes, you say a lot, Boss. Nowl “Who was it?” growled Mr.¢ suppose you give yourself a rest|James. “It was only your Mr. Pre- and listen to me. Then perhaps|cious Don't-Buinp-Him-Off Waye." you'll do some thinking too. Last Speechless, the Doctor stared - MOOSE HALL | TONIGHT Scandinavian-American Music Music by Merrimakers EVERYBODY WELCOME Admission $1.00 Ladies Free MARKOE STUDIO . SPECIAL Three Artistic Portraits in Beautiful Folders ‘for ONLY $5.00 For appointments call or phone 487 me,’ says Miss Skinner. ‘Oh, wha:\ on earth’s the matter?’ | ““Why, I thought I saw a man | come in here’ I said as soon as I could get my breath. | “‘Oh, she squawked, ‘Mr. James Oh! look under the bed. And 100! in the wardrobe and behind the curtains.’ “I'll say I did look. Two men? There wasn't two mice. “‘Oh, squawks the young mno-“ cent in the bed. ‘I shall never sleep comfortable in this room again.’ “‘I bpelieve you've said some- thing. I don’t think you will’ says L | “‘Well, as you've given me ;a readful fright for nothing, sup- pose you send Nurse Wilson to| me at once. “Well, nothing else for it. But it was Nurse Jones I sent to h And all that old fairy wants is her soothing-draught or her sleepin’ mixture, or something.” Dr. Charters sat staring, silent, and, if such a word were appli- cable to such a man, aghast. “You had a dream, Jimmy,” he said at last. “It's not me that does dreaming here,” was the reply. “Well, I hand it ‘to them,” con- the slickest getaway ever staged—and whether they went through: the doorway before I switched the light on, or out of the window before I opened the door, I dom't| nary interest, declared Secretary | know, and ain’t likely to. “Now you do some thinkin,’ Boss. ! But don’t you bump Mr. Mysteri- ous Waye off, oh, no!” And, rising, Mr. James départed from the consulting room. Dr. Charters did some think-, ng. Among other things, he won- | ed whether Mr. James were as s James. ner received 24 hours' notice to quit the Monastery, and did 'so under indignant protest ;and. ob-| vious amazement. $raie | (Copyright, 1930, by Frederick A.| Stokes Co.) 5 Tomerrew Waye gets his stern orders from Charters. But will he follow them? Phone 83 or 85 NO ORDER FOO BIG OR TOO SMALL when you want QUALITY and SERVICE Reliance Peaches, size 2 1-2, sliced or halves, percan ........ccoovvieenncnnen. Del Monte Peaches, size 2 1-2, sliced or halves, percan ..........cooeveeeienie Del Monte Peas or Corn, size 2, p.err can .... Clover Valley Butter, quarters, per pound . Meadow Dew Butter, prints, per pound ... Large Ranch Eggs, per dozen ............ FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABIES RECEIVED ON EVERY BOAT Beginning April First our store will be open evenings until 10 P. M. 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Routine matters scheduled for tomorrow are of more than ordi- G. H. Walmsley today. MEETING OF BOXING PLANNED FOR FUTURE Because of lack of attendance, the meeting scheduled at the Le- |truthful as the original Truthful|gion Dugout last night of persons | interested in boxing was postponed. Colonel Campball and Miss Skin- | The date for the meeting has not| been determined. It will be an- nounced by Thomas Petrich, Conr- mander of the Legion Post. The baseball meeting at the City Hall last evening attracted many persons who also wanted to at- tend the meeting on boxing. ———— - EASTER CARDS Butler, Mauro Drug Co. adv. .25¢ 280 .20c 3¢ .35¢ .30c PHONES 83—85 RESOURCES 1. Loans and discounts .- $ 825779824 O AR Lot zdnme s NONE 3. United States Government securities owned 1173,350.00 4. Other bonds, stocks, and securities owned 243,660.00 6. Banking house, $59,050.00; Furniture and fixtures, $3,- 587.00 Y 62,637.00 7. Real estate owned other than banking house 3,550.00 9. Cash and due from banks 299,450.01 10. Outside checks and other cash items 3 : 1,186.43 11. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from v. 8. Treasurer ... 625.00 TOTARICL e . $1,610,265.68 | LIABILITIES '15. Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00 320 16. Surplus 50,000.00 i) 5 _ 117. Undivided profits—net 45,634.98 |20. Circulating notes outstanding . e 12,500.00 TWO MEALS DAY BEST 121. Due to banks, including certified and cashiers’ checks FORSTOMACHTROUBLE outsandios e {22. Demand deposits ... 406,686.12 Skip one meal and drink water | 23. Time deposits 3 966,217.38 instead. Wash out stomach and 24. United States deposits .. 15,000.00 bowels each morning by drinking pptbeiatios water with spoonful of simple gly-| TOTAL .$1,610,265.68 cerin, buckthorn bark, saline com- | Territory of Alaska, Precinct of Juneau, ss: P°:g;i 1‘;:“;?1 As‘"“;““om‘ ; I R. H. 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