The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1931, Page 6

o B SYNOPSIS: When Umberto opens the chcot he has stolen from the Dolores Jason Divitt's gambling hruo: hac a mystery. For in it is Juanita Basara, who Divitt and his wife Molly, con- clude ic a runaway from Ar- gentina. Afraid to frce the love- Iy newecmer becauca he fears her clory (s the police would €xpo.> the theft of the chests, Divitt arranges for her to sell cigareit>: ic his guests. = She submit., drcading his threat of experare of her as a stowaway. Sencing that Gabreau, Divitt's dwarf crand-runner, is sym- athci toward her, the asks ' his meth.r Ccnchita, to have hit her privately. For knows the dwarf’s strong hands can break the locks holding her prisoner in the courtyard of the resort in New Orleans’ French quarter. Ch THE LOST BRACELET Cenchita concluded her d crip- tion of Umbe and her flame £ul 11, light step was coming along the bal- cony. She opened the door and came in, a width of spangled black ov her arm. asked brightly, glancing at the things on the bed. “Divitt says| youre a Turkish lady, one that stil wears veils. Just your eyes showing—you needn't be afraid. And I found these little slipper: They're such a pretty red with these gold ads. Madame Arraline or- dered them for somebody for the Mardi Gras, and they were too small. I hadn't time to get the other things. I'll get them tomor- TOW. “Conchita, go down and get the bangles and the pearls on my bed. 8¢e, Juanita, how thin this stuff i5. 1 think your flesh showing will Jook mysterious and Oriental. And you don’t need even to speak. In| fact, you mustn't, or theyll know you're not from Istambul. “All right, Conchita. Put the trinkets on the bureau and come here.” Juanita stood still while they dressed her, decking her with bangles and amulets. She was to sse Gabreau alone. Gabreau's hands were strong. They had broken a lock. Veiled and tinkling, with bare armis, her white knees showing through the thin black crepe, Jua- nita went with Molly and stood | outside the door of the parlors re- celving her tray The parlor door opened uanita closed her eyes. The light hurt them. The glances of the peo- ple at the tabk at the roulette wheel. They all seemed to hurt her €yes. Molly need not have warned | her to keep silent. She could not have spoken. But she must look at them or she would not know when they wanted cigarettes. She must look, or she would not see Gabreau. Juanita passed among the tables, | bearing her tray. The people spoke | pleasantly to ‘her as they took!| their cigarettes, laying their coins| on the tray. Yonder stood Divitt| in full dress, beside the roulette! wheel, watching her. Where was Gabreau? . . . “Cigarettes, Fatima! And lift up your veil.” A man’s voice. “I've just made a bet as to what your lips are like” She held out the tray, received the coin, moved on quickly. Molly, in the cashier's cage, plucked at her sleeve. “When they say things like that,” she whispered, “you must smile and give them a flower, since you can’t talk.” ‘Where was Gabreau? Ah, yon- der! Coming toward her. Why had she not remembered that Gabreau would be in fancy dress? Gabreau was speaking to her, fitting some cigarettes into her tray, seeming to be talking about the cigareties. “I will come to yo' room after ever’ body is ’sleep. Put out yo' light.” He picked up the coins from her tray and carried them over to Molly. Divitt was watching her again. She moved among the tables. An old lady sat in the crowd, wearing a red and gold dress with rubies at her throat and in her white hair. A tall, young man steod L good health when used regularly after every meal. 4t cleanses teeth and throat, sweetens mouth and breath, and strengthens the gums. health is aided Did you guess what it was?” she | 'MOON of DELIGHT by Marganelt Bell Houslorn | beside her chair. Juanita meeting his eyes, found them blue and kind. His glance was causal, returning to the old lady and her excited dealings with roulette, but it left Juanita saner. She gave the old lady a flower, smiling. She gave many flowers. She sold many cigar- ettes. Would the night never end? It was over at last. Some one— Molly, no doubt—had laid a silk night gown on her pillow, and turned down the covers of the great canopied bed. She blew out the lig afraid to take off the black c ume lest Gabriel arrive. When Gabreau came she must admit him instantly. The house had been still for a long time. Soon it would be dawn. Had Gabreau forgotten? : Soft Juanita’s heart stopped. steps were coming along the bal- cony. They stopped at her door, and there was a knock. Instantly she opened. Instantly when the vis- had entered she closed the door. “You must help me!” she began. | And then she heard the key | turn, heard Umberto's soft laugh- ter, felt his hands. She sprang from him with a scream, fled in the dark to the recess behind the bed, felt him close to her, smelt the strong, mingled odor of gin and |garlic. “You littla fool,” he said. She could not scream with his |hand on her mouth, his arm grip- |ping her body like a vise. But ishe had screamed once. And now Ithe knob of the doo rturned twice jand did not yield. Then the win- down crashed in Umberto released her, made for | the doors But a squat heavy body | intervened. Juanita heard the struggle, the heavy breathing, the low Ttalian invectives, the twisting, |the thumping, then a cry. Some- { thing fell in the dark. | Steps along the balcony, and a light pouring through the broken ! window. Divitt beating on the door, commanding. Conchita | whining at the window with her Jamp. The key turned in the lock, the door opened. Umberto lay on the floor, his knife beside him. There was a gash on Gabreau's cheek. Conchita ran to him moan- ing, staunching the wotnd with her skirts. Divitt and Gabreau lifted Um- berto, carried him down the bal- cony to his room. The dawn was filling the caurt- yard when Divitt entered Jua- nita’s still open door. He handed her her bracelet which she had not even missed. “Umberto found this on the ctair,” he sald. “He stopped at your door to return, it. He says you asked him in." Juanita did not answer, and he laid the bracelet in her hand. Di- vitt went out, closing the door. Juanita slept till sundown of the next day. (Copyright, Dodd, Mead and Co.) A veiled riddle at Divitt's? Sencr Basara, thus tempted by Louisiana friends, may miss his boat. Simmonds Back | from Visit to Sitka Region | Nebrt;ska C:r;;'essman and Family End Five-Day Cruise on Highway After 'a ‘five days’ trip taking them over most of the adjacent district and to Sitka, Congressman Robert G. Simmons, Nebraska, Mrs, Simmonds and their three children, Robert G,, Jr., Ray and Jean, and Assistant Regional Forester M. L. Merritt returned here Sunday eve- | ning on the Bureau of Public Roads tender Highway, Capt. Nels Rogne. Today ‘the party “went out Glacier Highway for a closeup view of Mendephall - Glacier and to look over the district as far as Eagle River. The trip was one of business and pleasure combined. Mr. Sim- monds looked over the Agricultural Experiment Station at Sitka and inspected the road there. Salmon trolling proved both at- tractive and profitable to the party, every member of which hooked and {landed his or her salmon, A visit was paid to the famous cathedral at Sitka, to the Sheldon Jackson Museum and School, and to other points of scenic and historic in- terest there. Returning here, the party anchored one night in White- stone Narrows, and one in Funter Bay. It made port here at 7 p.m. Sunday. Congressman Simmonds and his family will leave tomorrow after- noon for Seattle, traveling on the Fisberies boat Brant which is due to arrive from the south at 8 a.m, tomorrow. M'NUTTS PURCHASE HOME: ON NINTH Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McNutt haye purchased 3 home near Ninth and B Streets and expect to leave the Nugget Apartments within the next few days and to be finally settled in their new place shortly. ———————— Chet Johnson, commercial trav- eler, was a passenger from Ketchi- kan on the Admiral Evans. | { “May Be Pets to White, but Bears Are Menace to Us,” Says Parker Brown hear may be only pets to Stewart Edward White, but they are a menace to the livestock of the Strawberry Point farmers, de- clared Bert Parker, one of the day. “Ten days ago one of our finest to be lost by the Parkers through attacks by bears. “This Kkilling is apparently done from pure wantonness,” he said. “Usually the neck and back both are broken and the stock mauled. the flesh,” Mr. Parker was accompanied here by Mrs. Parker and child. The lat- ter is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, J, M. Chase of this city. MRS. JEWELL VISITS HERE, ENRQUTE HOME Mrs. Homer 8. Jewell, formerly Miss Victoria Spaulding of this city, arrived here last night from the south on the steamer Prince Henry and will be the house guest morrow when she leaves for Seward enroute to her home in Anchorage. Mrs. Jewell has been visiting relatives and friends in the States and Canada for the past three months. She spent some time in Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver, s e e - — Mrs. Thomas o. Judson, wife of Mayor Judson, and their son Ever- ett, left here Saturday for Seattle enroute to Pasadena, Calif, for a visit of indeterminate length. 000 O A LIVESTOCK AT STRAWBERRY PT, KILLED BY BEAR pioneer homesteaders of that dis-! trict who was a local visitor to-/ jcows was killed by a bear within| 400 yards of the house,” Mr, Par-! ker said. This is the sixth animal) But in no instance has the bear: doing the killing attempted to eat | of Miss Nell MoCloskey until m.[ L« | { | | opp (above), 18, was crowned queen of Rumanian beau icago and is nmew impatiently awaiting the national Ruma { nian beauty contest which will be held in Detroit Labor Day. She ha | high hopes of winning the coveted title of the most beautiful Ruma | mian gir?in the U. S. and thus eapture the prize trip to her nativeland weighing 140,000 pounds; Melvina, Capt. Carl Weidman, 1,200 pounds. P JUDGE MEETS JUDGE Porothy = ties in C{ FISH FARES The following salmon fares were received at the Juneau Cold Stor- age dock over the week end: Hyperien, Capt. Oscar Oberg. 13,- LONDON, Aug. 000 pounds; Alms, Capt. A. Bart- |llam Collins met Judge William ness, 2,300; Sadie, Capt. Sandy |Collins yesterday at a Londen ho- Stevens, 5,000; T-639, Capt. F. N. tel and shook hands. One's from West, 570; T-338, Capt. Richard |Boston; the other from New York. Harris, T-632, Capt. J. B. ‘A visitor called on the wrong one Benson, 150; Pelican, Capt. E. Rog- | first, so he introduced them. nan for Henry Moy, 5,000; Dixon, - e Capt. Emil SBamuelson for E. O.| Mrs. A, T. Koskey and child left Swanson, 8,000; Roeada, Capt. |Saturday for Seattle to visit rela- James Davis, 20,000 pink salmon | tives. 17.—Judge Wil- A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC: We have been awarded contracts in South- east Alaska for over $40,000.00. This enables us to buy—pipe, pipe fittings, radiation and plumbing fixtures in car lots. Buying in car lots and paying CASH enables us to get a price far below the regular price charged the small buyer. If you are in the market for Plumbing or a heating plant why not place your order now and get the benefit of our quantity buying. REMEMBER we tell you in advance what the job will cost. “Busines Is' Good.” RICE & AHLERS CO., By GEE BEE. Manmnmmlmunmmumnmum||||i;z||mn|mmmuumuuun||mm|mmun||| DOUGLAS NEWS REV. P. E. BAUER KEEPS BUSY ON | tures on Alaska in Se- attle Churches !is being kept busy addressing audi- ‘"his talks on Alaska, and his col- lection of Alaska relics. | Several churches in Seattle and |other parts of the country have been offered to Mr. Bauer, One in particular is the church at Stanton, | Michigan, where “he" preached for |more than 30 years and which (wants him ' back. However, Mr. | Bauer expects to return to Douglas about September first. HOMESTEADERS HERE Sam Buoy ,and Ernest Walker, recent arrivals from the South, left Itoday in company with Lester Rink for Strawberry Point where they have taken up homesteads adjoin- ling Rink's place. They expect to (farm and ralse cattle in conjnc- tion with Mr. Rink. RETUENS TO DOUGLAS Ernest Smith, former resident | here, arrived Saturday from Spo- kane to spend the winter, Mr. Smith is now a mining engineer, having graduated from Corvallis, in mining, this summer. R o For fallen arches or aching feet see DR. 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