The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 25, 1931, Page 6

SYNOPSIS: criminal confed: marqucsa cieals in hor flight Scorned by her te, Divitt, the his money and writes police where thcy have hidden their rebbery speils. That evening Kirk and his grandmother, Nelly, visit Divitt's bling place, where Nclly cxeitement over h Aiding her, Ju. cigarcite girl, i Kirk as S had beon a guest in b and whe, with the marquesa, bad left in the night without nts in I MOON of DELIGHT byMaang.BdLHawdbn Con come and ron | “How we know?" ed. “De men have thoo de place. y hont de hooch. And when dey come to Juanita's ‘m Gabreau he will not let dem in. He stand in [u)m de do and when dey past pull his gun. ‘1 m Dey shoot my Gabreau.” Did they take Juanita?” de- manded Kirk. “Juanita she is not dere. Juanita she have go befo' dey come. Dey kill my Gabreau—" faintly. “I am { “Hush, Maman,’ ‘de blood of Napoleon.” explanation. Knowing hersolf | “Dey git Divitt,” said Conchita. to be Beatriz Montega, wanted |“De police have t t and all by Mexican police, she decided | de peoples wh ¢ brek throo to surrend:r. w2 Kirk ra- |de lit’ em 'way.” turns from taking Neclly home, | Kirk she has disappeared—just as [spoke quickly, bt vith relief. a raid on the resort begins. [If would have bun had they Kirk, sceking the girl he loves, |taken her. He would know where to hears a scream cchoing through 1 find her. the court of the padlocked | Gabreau was speaking—slowly. place. | “I think I v e Juanita | have go. Whe: you know |she is here T ti ow where IN Tlll Rv\ll)'\' WAKE she go. But Juan is good—like Y the Madonna. She is but she is the ' good court-| “Where ha demand- yard. (ed Kirk, jealo hortening Then, as the babble of broken breath. words and weeping nded in his| *“He thank she have go to de ears, he found the r leading to police.” Conchita took up the an- the room whence it came, and en- swer. “He thank she not keer now. tered its open door. De police dey hont or what The room was lit only by two she do—somewheres Always candles, burning on a sort of shirine. A woman knelt by the bed, sokbing, moaning. On the bed lay the dwarf whom Kirk remember- ed—the boy whom they called Ga- breau. The woman did not lift her face as Kirk came in, but the boy lay staring at him by the light of the candles. “She have gone,” said Gabreau, and the woman raised her wet, dis- torted face. “You have keel him!” she cried. “You have keel my Gabreau.” “Hush, Maman," said Gabreau. “He is not de police. He have come to find Juanita. “Where I’ “PRETTY SMOOTH, EH?” BILL: What in the world have you done to your car? ' Kirk asked. 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A is 'fraid dey will git she mot keer.” Conchita turned to the commoda ound an old paper amid the confu- on of a drawer, handed it to Kirk. “I cannot read,” she said. “And Gabreau, he cannot see mooch now. . . Molly point to where de paper is hide, but I thank she mean de white shawl. I not find de paper till Juanita have go.” Kirk, holding the pa; near the | her, Now candle, saw Juanita's picture. fl-s; put the paper in his pocket. God grant that Gabreau was right— that she had gone to the police— that he would find her. God grant He turned back to the bed. | “You'll be all right, old scout,” he said to Gabreau. A faint smile flitted across the gray-pale face. | “I am de blood-—" Conchita’s shrill cry filled the court as Kirk went out the little | ! | Juanita sas :n her cell in the old jail. Kirk was beside her, her hands in his own. Outside the guard paced up and down. Now and then he looked at them. The girl had spoken but once since she had entered headquarters at midnight. “I am Beatriz Montega,” she had |said then. “Wanted in Vera Cruz for murder.” had communicated with Vera Cruz. Would hold her without bail till extradition papers could | be procured. She was talking now, softly, and | at intervals. “Nelly?” “Nelly is better,” Kirk answered. | “She will be all right perhaps when | she sees you.” | “Will they let me see her?” ! “I think so.” “Divitt’s was raided,” Kirk told | her. “Divitt has been arrested—for | several things. Mixed up with the late robberies. They have found most of the things, by the way, in {a house in Michel street. Gabreau —"He would not tell her of Ga- | breau now. “Gabreau told me where !to find you.” | “How did he know?” Kirk could not tell her. “And you believe in me?” “Juanita!” “I am—that woman. believe in me.” Kirk laughed. “I believe in God, { too. Strange, isn't it?"” “I would have died rather than let you know—after you said—" !she paused. “Strange you didn't know me. Mr. Ledbetter knew me, or would have known me, if he had not gone. I breathed again when he had gone. I would have died rather than you should know } They | | And you “You must go soon. And soon I must go, too—back to Vera Cruz. | We shall not meet any more. But it ts something that you believe in| Kh'ks arm drew her close. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1931. back to Vera hand lifting, go,” she said. - I shall come clear—Listen, I shall tell you. But you must not tr ) p me from going back. Alw I have want- ed you to know, but I have not wanted you to hold me. Promise you will not try.” 1 Kirk promised ,‘CODyrizzhL Dodd, Mead and Co.) Revelry . . . laughter . . . a gleaming dagger—sharp as her hate. Around these centers the story Kirk hears in tomorrow’s final installment. DOUGLAS | NEWS | WOMEN'S CLUB OF DOUGLAS IS ACTIVE AGAIN Program for Coming W ter Months Outlined ' at Meeting The Douglas Island Club met at the home ‘Women's of Mrs. J. O. Kirkham Wednesday vening Mrs. Jack Sey presiding in the absence of the President, Mrs. F.| A. J. Gallwas. The Club decided to make social hygiene the basis of their study for the next few months. An article by Mrs. Thomas A. Edison on “Home-making as a Profession,” was read by Mrs. Ro Davis. Mrs. A. R. Edwards read an article entitled, “A Shakesperian Garden in For-Off Portland.” Refreshments were served by the hostess after which the Club ad- journed until next month to meet with Mrs. Ed Bach. GOOD SUM REALIZED AT GUILD SALE A very satisfactory tea and goody sale was held by St. Luke’s Guild yesterday afternoon. Approximately $25 was realized from the affair. ‘The Guild takes this opportun- ity of thanking the many friends who so generously contributed to- wards making the afternoon a suc- cess. “THE BATTLE OF PARIS” AT LOCAL THEATRE For tonight and Saturday, the “Battle of Paris,” featuring Charles Ruggles, will be the attraction at the local Coliseum. DOUGLAS CHAMBER GETS IMPORTANT BRIDGE DATA | That a more direct effort toward | getting a bridge across the chan- | nel is now possible, was made known in a report rendered by F. A. J. Gallwas and L. W. Kilburn at the Chamber of Commerce meet- ing last night. In their capacity as a committee on the bridge, the two men receiv- ed some first hand information from certain department heads which is important at the pres- ent time. Several other subjects came up for discussion at the meeting but no action was taken. The commit- tees already out will continue their work and interesting reports are expected at the next session of the Chamber. M'GHEES LEAVING; WILL RESIDE NEAR EVERETT R. M. McGhee and two sons, Bill and Herbert, have packed up all their household goods preparatory to leaving on the Northland for the states. Another son, Sam, who was injured in a mine accident this summer, has purchased a small farm near Lake Stevens, between Everett and Marysville and the family expects to locate there. ———————— *r— 0 | AT THE HOTELS | . ° Gastineau Harry Townsend, A. Jennings, R. S. Chadwick, T. B. Evans, Seattle; Peter Miller, Skagway. Alaskan Thomas Larsen, Chichagof; John Roberts, Mrs. J. Sharp, Sitka. Zynda William A. Hesse, Juneau; Mrs. George Oja, Charles A. Hawthorne, Portland; Hylma Burke, Mrs. J. O'Brien, Sitka. D i — ANNUAL PURPLE BUBBLE BALL B. P. O. Elks Annual Purple Bubble Ball, Elks’ Hall, Saturday, Sept. 26. Admission $1.50. Invita- tional. —adv. ©Old papers at The Emplre. DOUGLAS COLISEUM TONIGHT—SATURDAY CHARLES RUGGLES il “The Battle of Paris” Comedy—Acts—News | -— * TR Seeing is believing! 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