The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1931, Page 6

POLLY AND HER PALS BESI——— L e HEY/ WOT TH SAM HILL Y’ DOIN' QS 9, IN SR R e | DOUGLAS FOXmm R BY JESSIE ——— Campanile, ncw a , now a pillar of pea d watching the col | away. For the first time he felt an | actual kinship with her. Always in quest ccnes for his futi painting, the :hallow artist Jul- ian Lake, deprives his mother- Ic= 20-ycar-old daughter, Nora, | Then they hailed a fiacre that ¢f thc home for which she | amyled past, behind a meek skinny yearns. When as Thayer, | o The old horse clattered over a ycung artist, visits inctant diclike meunts when she vers her father’s plans for tc him as a means the cobbles and was whipped up the hills by the pirate on the driv- ler's seat. 5 2ll him not to hurry, please!” of cnding her wanderings and | o, orjoq, “that horse is so tired.” giving her a place in life. De- | E%ii5 tids ohe is intereated ih Nicholas called out his order. i:(i} qln.- beeauss broth- “It’'s not wise to care so much DA about ' feelings,” he said ar Jenathen, whem she had met five years before, rcmains in ber fond recollections. Nichol- as injures his hand and nearly Jo:os it threugh blood poison, w a, nursing him, detects a ctrange bitterness in his life. Mcanwhile Mrs. Nevers, who had lent them her villa, returns 1o Flerence. “But you ca Nora asked. “I help it.” The fia along the road Ni ooked at her face, a lit- tle troubled, and he asked: “What are you thinking of?" s thinking of you.” t help it, can you?"” e clattered and jolted as £0 naive that he smiled, ¥ I you said Ol 7 the other night—that it's all futil- DESIRES REVEALED ity. You couldn’t mean that, could Julian Lake, stretched out on |you?” “Yes, T mean it.” It was his bitterness that touch- ed her. But she only said: two chairs in the garden, seemed to have forgotien his ill te He told Nora amiably that Mrs. Nev- o 57 “I'm ‘so desperately tired of heing poor,” Nora told Nicholas. on their keeping the| eral weeks longer. he was planning somethi she knew. Some crazy scheme that might lead to prison this time she knew he no longer re: that small quarterly check that had allowed them barely to scrape along. | “Julian,” she asked, “why did Magdalenna come back today?” #“She could not live without my charming prgsence,” he said. “You borrowed the money to pay ' her, from Nicholas Thayer. Prom- ise me you won't borrow from him again!” %) “I promise. You shall do it next time,” he concluded. Meantime the days went by, filled “But I wouldn't want to go on |living if I felt that that was all here was,” | “Wouldn't you?” Nichclas asked FOr | with a curious harshness. et ‘This mood changed and he said- “Sometimes I know that I'm going to do something I'll like, but if I thought I was like all these others who ool themselves, I should stop painting.” “I saw the peasant woman that you painted. I thought it was beautiful,” she said a little timid- ly. villa for But They had come to the gate of the Villa Rosa and Nicholas flung some money to the driver. Nicholas open- ed the gate on its rusty hinges and with this shadow. They had no!they went in together. Once inside meney. What was going to become | She lmew.she would not see him of them? {again until dinner, when the con- ‘‘Nicholas had regained his vital- | versation would belong to him and ity almost at once; but his hand |her father. & had stiffened and he stayed on at| “Let’s have tea in the garden, the Villa Rosa, Nora suspected be- |Nora said. .|eyes on his. He could almost hear DOUGLAS NEWS - soul for a fire? Until you've -known [these things you haven't been poor. | You have enough to eat ,a roof | over your head—what more is there | }Lo ask for?” She leaned forward, her luminous \her heart beating in her voice. | “Not to be afraid.” He did not answer, The simple words she had spoken seemed to have taken on a signifi- |cance deeper than she dared utter. Nicholas stood up. “I'm going away tomorrow.” | “I want you to stay.” (Copyright, 1930, Jessie Fox) DOCK REPAIRED The repair jobs recently under- taken at the city wharf have been completed and the pile-driver re- turned to Juneau yesterday. The gash caused in the side of the dock by a steamer landing this winter is ccmpletely repaired and several new piling were also driven to re- Douglas —— STORY OF CIVIL WAR DAYS“WAS Gary Cooper, in “Only the Brave,” with comedy, acts and news | is the offering for tonight and | Saturday at the Douglas Coliseum. | BACCALAUREATE SERMON The Baccalaureate Sermon will be given Sunday at the Congrega- tional Church, with the Rev. Har- ry R. Allen, making the delivery. Mrs. Brown will play for the Sen- ior march. Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Kirkham will sing a vocal duct. SENIORS COMPLETE FOUR YEAR HIGH SCHOOL COURSE This is the last week of school | arm. “NAGGED” BY RHEUMATIC PAINS | “Sargon rid me of rheumatic pains that had ‘nagged’ me for years, juntil I could hardly use my left Instead of my system being clogged with poisons and my whole | body feeling cold and numb like it |used to, my blood seems to circu- late freely now. My appetite is fine, I've gained back 10 pounds I'd lost, and sleep like a log. Sar- gon Pills rid me of constipation and bilious attacks, and the relief has been lasting.”—H. H. McCul- loch, 82 E. 72nd St., Portland, 00000 Crucl, ccld—so secems Nichol- as tomorrcw, while Nora’s hopes are suspended like “something in the air.” .- SAVE TH DaiE L. O. O. M. No. 700 Big Dance at Moose Hall, Saturday, May 23rd. —adv. ———-——— Old papers for your fires, at The Empire. place those along the small boat for the sixth graduating Senior float which were taken out last|BIrlS as they have been excused month by a high wind. | from classes a week earlier to pre- Oregon. Sold by Butler Mauro Drug Co. —adyv. Later on, some repair work under Pare their speeches and the other the coal bunkers and other parts|d2tails necessary for commaence- will be undertaken by the ecity |ment. The Juniors will decorate the itself, with Wharfinger Charles theatre for commencement as has Schramm in charge. Ibecn the custom in the past. 0. E. S. CARD PARTY |MRS. MUSETH IS A public card party, perhaps the | vlslTlNG FRIENDS Furs of all Miss A. Hamilton FURRIER kinds made and remodeled. GASTINEAU HOTEL Telephone 10 I ! | 4 Automobile Painting Duco or paint job, var- nishing or striping, no matter how you wish your car refinished we can guar- antee you a first o, job and at a price so ridicu- lously low, you cannot af- ford to ride in a shoddy car. No charge for estimat- ing. Juneau Auto Paint Shop Foot of Main Street last one of the season, is being ar-| ranged by the Douglas chapter of E Eastern stars for Tuesday evening,| Mrs. Museth, former resident of May 19. Plans are being (ollmved“m“e““ and also Duuglas,_arnved to make it a most enjoyable event, O one cf the last steamers and is There will be both bridge and whist ;“)9 Bh"l“(s_ekf»'“”“ of Mr. and Mrs. . B. Kirk. offered and prizes for each. Every- Mrs. Museth expects ¢ one is invited to attend the event. |t0 Temain here for about two weeks | \ L9 o |and already she is renewing her t lacquaintance with her many I_———_- | friends. | { RS2 e | DOUGLAS | Sanch Friday, May 15th, Parish Hall by | the Nativity Club. Good music. COLISEUM |7 & | ssion seventy-five cents. adv Tonight and Saturday | ¢ - GARY COOPER The Best Laundry | PUBLIC Card Party To Be Given 7:30 P. M. by O.E.S. DOUGLAS il o | : At a Fair Price in I. O. O. F. 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He stood Jeaning against a pillar watching 4ifThe candles on the altar, the gmell of incense and Wax tapers, of gflowers, filled him with a e uneasiness. t were you praying for?” he curiougly when they came, i 1 shook her head without tell- him. He saw her fresh whitz| and dark little head and he to think that she should still | wy, after, all the seamy side of she have known, traveling that ) of a father. ! ¥ of° toward the $3.95 He followed her down to the kitchen and stood watching her fill the kettle and put it over the char- ccal brazier, cut crusty slices of bread, fill the milk jug. She carried out the loaded tray | while he follewed with the tea pot. He was still unable to use his right hand. Théy arranged the chipped jcups and Nora poured tea, asking him hopefully if he liked it very strong. “Very strong!” he -aid, smiling. He was pleasant when he smiled 50, with two deep creases down his thin cheeks. His illness had made his face seém a little cruel. “Tell me what it's like where you live,” she asked him shyly. He looked amused, but he -began to tell her about the old Dutch’ heuse that dfeamed on the Hudson in a place not far from Albany. “Julian has relatives there. He says they're the dreadful bour- geois,” she smiled; “they live in an enormous white stone house with butlers at every window. It must be nice to be rich. I'm so des- perately tired of being poor.” SKIRTS In tweed and Plain Materials Pleats and Flares All New Shades $4.95 to $6.75 o dlonis : e. It had been raininz > r were ' drying Nora was suffocat-| as she looked to-jthat you would have sold your L “Poor?” he cried with sudden vehemence. “Have you ever been || hungry? 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