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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPI‘RE FRIDAY, SEPT. 11, 1931. " POLLY AND HER PALS OF ALL THE ELIGIBLE YOUNG MEN IN THE WORLD, WHY SHOULD POLLY PICK PETE MOON of DELIGHT byMw;gwthzllHomibu.\ 1 ‘ “T do v, 1d, giving Ju- SYNOPSI», Juanita Basara |anita her little mnd which crumpl- e not engaged to a Spaniard, |ed up afterwards like a fern, and J at the sea, e went on gazi wrapped in the midst | smoke. whom every one called drifted over to INaida, being sented to Juanita on the way. Laura Byrnes, twin to Bettina, came later, a rakish lad in tow. ‘Fxtxgcrald his name was. Every- !body received him with joy. He had | seen a sultan that night at Comus, jand Juanita had danced with him as the marquesa has told dame Fcuche and Nelly Bels But Nelly is surpriscd when h grandson, Kirk, tells her that he is to marry Juanita, whom they know as Senorita Flores— guest in Nelly's Biloxi home. It is no coincidence that thefts have taken place in the New Orleans homes where the mar- quesa and Juanita have visit- ed, but the girl knows nothing of her own Trigger, pre- of the marquesa’s complicity. | Fitz for Juanita was a sultan still. Nevertheless, Juanita has od Stevens was a pirate. And confession te make to Kirk, He Cranshaw was a tom-cat is awaiting her in the library a bell. It was too bad. But when Adrian Fouche, another |injs was the masquerade, not Com- admirer, tells him she is en- |y gaged to a nobleman. Adrian's | gy, yneg on the radio, eliciting presence prevents her keeping the appointment, and, as they start for Adrian’s party, Kirk senses that she is glad of it. | thereby such static that a flock of nshees might have been passing er the hou “Radio’s no good this evening,” said Steve. “It's go- ing to rain.” Steve, fat and round, waited on himself, assisted by a in a white coat, who Chapte | MOON OF DELIGHT e Steve's pl 0 a5ts ce was on the road New Orleans, at the end ,UI a 1002 | stopped now and then to look aft- pier. The supper which was s+ the pot of drip coffee on the have been served on the verandah . and who brought them riv- was laid in one great room be rimp and crab gumbo from the cause of the threatening clouds. T was a room of man) daep, low window s | JAlmost filling one end was the chimney place where tonight a lo fire blazed, lighting the room even | without the lanterns that swung from the beams. | The long table was arranged with bowls of crackers and condiments.| Gumbo simmered in the tripod on the fire, and Steve in the c #ier was chopping up a salad o{‘ cabbage and red peppers. Outsid the wind swirled and dashed against the windows. Inside it \\aa“mm glowing warm, and filled with the |drink, manifesting a gr smell of the gumbo and the pep- | erish sparkle. pers, and a surreptitious steamy| “Who is she?” Juanita asked smell of oysters and hot bread. \Kuk who sat on her right. Most of the crowd were there| «Naida Preston,” he answered. ripod, while Steve took from the ed-in ovens at the chim- long pans of pompano rs baked in the shells. had left the radio on, static he said, so much more spon- taneous than ordinary programs. The guests were whooping them- elves to be heard above it. “Turn it off” said the girl with ('the 'sleepy eyes to Steve, watching s he obeyed. She smoked nervous- Jy, jabbing out one cigarette 1o |light another. Wines had appeared somewhere and she began to adual fev- windows and ts. when Adrian and his group nrx'i\'cd; ‘That's her husband, next to the =Bettina Byrnes and Rod Stevens; | marquesa.” & pale girl in gold hoop earrings| Next to the marquesa sat the Emmy Jean, and chamois jumper- dark man with the unhappy eyes. they called her; Bobby Cranshaw | pe lifted his glass as Juanita and Doreen Lark lcoked, and the marquesa lifted girl in a blue sweate hers. Juanita had never seen the had come with a boy named Berry whom Juanita remembered from| vtz had started the phonograph, the Comus Ball. Berry had beengince he couldn't have the radio. & goblin that night, and for Jua-| «yow's Eric?” somebody asked nita, a goblin he would always be. nim as he took his seat. Phyllis Carver, a vivid blonde,| pitz didn't know. Eric was to stdod near the fire in a green rid- |have been home by the tenth, but ing suit, beside her a man With|{he tenth had come and gone. dark unhappy eves, while on the | .zrust find the Moon of Delight window seat alone Juanita saw the | ather fascinating,” remarked Phyl- girl she had seen twice before—|yjs Carver, the blonde girl in the _once beside Eric Ledbetter i- | green riding suit. She sat at the vitt's, and again at Comus | taple’s end opposite Adrian. Ball. All in black tonight, Juanita | «who says he's gone with the knew that beneath her tight little | zngoon9" asked Fitz. cloche was a red, wind-blown bob. “Who says he's not?” demanded She sat smoking, sleepy-eved, 100k- | pyljis. “Didn't I lose ten dollars ing out on the gray sea on her?” “Naida, you know Juanita.” Bet-| {ug)) howling about your ten,” #ina\Byrnes took it for granted they | pit; remarked. “That don't prove bad met. Naida's smile was sweet|paws with her now.” sleepy. marquesa drink before. SPECIAL PRICES DURING FAIR WEEK A lean chap with glasses| | lighting a cigarette: FURNITURE OVERSTUFFED FURNITURE BEDROOM SETS DINING ROOM KITCHEN SETS SIMMONS BEDS SPRINGS AND MATTRESSES Thomas Hardware Co. SETS ‘ requircs guesswork, Hills':Bros. HUSH, PAW! N DOUBT S HAS HER REASONS! GIMME ONE REASON, AN’ T'LL SHUT uP FEREVER/! By CLIFF STERRE’I'I‘ S====——"_F SHE MARRIES PETER PEST, SHE WON'T HAFTA CHANGE THE INITIALS ON HER S)VER DRESSER SET/ “Nothing proves anything, Fitz darling,” the lady agreed amiably. “But given Eric and a wild woma or got was & flower' she gave been I 1 dream to Juanita. Only resources, a part of the whom he’s undoubtedly dippy over this ng she had suddenly - curriculum in every high glven Eric gone and the wild wom- You would say: that,” groaned | “I had almost , forgotten \Chuc in the Territory. an gone—" Phyll s such a place.” Chamber members heartily “Who's Moon of Delight?” Jua- Fitz came back from the phono- all came back to her d the efforts of the City nita asked. graph, pulling Laurie out of her . his /bet 1| Council to provide suitable traffic | The question was low, but it came |chair. They began to dance, dart»l‘Ph‘ he would see the | regulations for the prevention of | in @ pause of the talk while Fitz|ing about, mad as moths. | Moon they “called nd | possible accidents. | “Shall we dance?” Juanita. She shcok her head. Kirk laid his hand over hers in the shnd_ ow of the table. was changing a record. Naida | Preston heard it and answered, “Moon of Delight is a horse. Jusz‘ won the handicap.” “Feel all right?” he asked. Everybody laughed. “Naida’'s p,umc‘ “You aren’t drinking your wine,” all right,” Adrian said to Bettina |Adrian remarked, and poured it Byrnes on his left. To Juanita he [into her coffee. replied, “Moon of Delight is the| “Now name Eric Ledbetter gave to the made” said Doreen Larkin on girl—" | Kir other side. “Come on, Kirk. Kirk spoke up. ‘“Juanita has|Dar " And she caught Kirk's he said. hand “That so?” from Adrian. “There’s |nita’s fingers a quick pressure. She haswatchcd him through the haze of a Turkish girl there who | never told her name. So Eric|cigarette smoke, dancing with Do- christened her Moon of Dellght,{rucn. Suits her too. Wouldn't you say| “Sure you won't dance?” Adrian so, Rod?” asked again. “How do I know?” said Rod. Again she shook her head. Adrian “Purkish, nothing,” said Bettinalwent off with Bettina Emmy Jean on Rod’s right. “I'll bet she grew came from the other side of the never been to Divitt's,” up right there in French Town.|table and took Adrians vacant FOR BRIDGE PROJECT, Eric told me she spoke to him in|chair. Phyllis called from the table’s a mixture of Spanish and English.” | foot. “That was the night I lost my; “You the host now, Emmy Jean? ten,” said Phyllis, who was dnnkv“Onlu some more wine.” ing with Dick Preston now. “Eric| The wine appeared. Scarcely went out after her one night at aware of what she saw, Juanita Divitt's, bet us he wouldnt come ' w the marquesa raise her igl The merquesa was laughing Moonhnrc ntly. Every one of the men Does | had brought her a cigar. They lay in a pile before her. The marquesa back—and he didn’ “Ask Adrian what the speaks,” cried Emmy Jean. * she make love in English, Adrian? “Ask any of the men,” Patented, Controlled Roasfing produces same fine flavor in every pound of Hills Bros Coffee “A little. at a time’ — insteaa of in bulk—is the secret Instead of roasting in bulk, which roast a little at a time. The rare blend of Hills Bros. Coffee: passes through the roasters evenly, con- tinuously. This automatic, patented process — Controlled Roasting—does away with guesswork, and insures exactness. It develops every berry to the fullest—a rich, refreshing flavor! Every can of Hills Bros. Coffec has the same flavor, and every can is fresh! Air, which destroys the flavor of coffee, is removed and kept out of Hills Bros.” vacuum cans. Ordinary,“air-tight” cans © 1931 | Adrian asked | look at the mess you've| His other hand gave Jua-| 1 “She never looked at me,” said| Kirk “And never spoke to me. All|Ar | of Delight . . Divitt's. | movement to make the study yesterday Divitt’s had | Alaska, G Moon only Wi xld.L come back. So —>——— Tangled romances. Juanita learns tomerrow that others are Then Kirk’s ques- | Princess Louise after visiting in the | tates for several months. mixed up too. o comnC/IR DOUGLAS NEWS | | A SENSATIO| DELEGATE WILL WORK| DOUGLAS DOUGLAS C. OF C.TOD | vy cpras A communication from De TONIGHT—SATURDAY James Wickersham offering his full cooperation in securing a bridge “BOR RO“E‘) across Gastineau Channel was read at the Douglas Chamber of Com- merce last night. The project being urged by the Douglas organi- zation. WIVES” ALL STAR CAST A Real Comedy Show ACTS NEWS is As the accuracy of the hour-glass depends ,upon an even, The Ch'\mbcl also endor<cd’ thv.‘ ) continuous flow.. a little at a time . so'the uniform flavor of Hills Bros: Coffee is produced by Controlled Roast- ing—tlie patented process that roasts evealy, continuously . . . alittle ata time. continuous process takes guesswork out of coffee roasting won’t .kceia coffee fresh. But Hills Bros. Coffee can’t go stale—can’t ‘lose its aroma and flavor! Pour a cup of ‘Hills Bros. Coffee. One breath of its tempting aroma, and you drain the cup and pour another. After that— perhaps another. This is coffee! 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