The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1931, Page 6

BB R o 1 ; = ] POLLY AND HER PALS | VUSTNT KICK 153 SAVE YOLR CcoPS, GE?TR‘L‘:’:b' TH, ASHUR/ OFFICERS AIN'T 1% DEAREST IS : ORDINARY y— { T00 YOUNG TO ’ PEOFLE/ Y RECIATE THE FERENCE / o SYNOPSIS: First, Juanita Basara, a stowaway brought to Divitt’s gambling hou: arette girl—then Di wedge into the homes New Orleans elite. There with the marques t's crimi- nal partner, she had been the innocent aid to his robberies fearing to run away becaus of come mystery in her past, con- seious only of the deception in her assumed nam e— Senorita Flores—of Kirk Stanard’s love fer her and hers for him. th Divitt and his henchman Umberto, arrested, the parlors raided and the marguesa flown, she is her true sclf—Beatriz Montega, veluntary prisoner in New Orleans to answer to a charge of murder in Vera Cruz. Kirk, beside her, hears her Chapter 37 JUANITA'S STORY guard, who had paced up The and down before Juanita's cell, was ; passing now. As he went by he ‘ glanced in at Juanita, seated on § her bed with Kirk beside her. : For a moment she was silent; then, the guard out of hearing, she spoke again “I told you of my mother . . . how she died a year ago. She was killed. Not outright, but little by little, day by d: She had married Jose de Banos eight years after my father died. His wealth had made him known, his great planta- tions . . . “When he was courting my moth- er he was so gallant, so kind. My mother was of the Basaras in Mex- dco City. De Banos they hated as ®n enemy. It was an old quarrel, and my mother begged them to . forget and lay it by “Her brothers warned her that 4f she married him they would re- nounce her, and never her again. I think she loved him. I only know she married him, gave up her people and went with him to Vera Cruz. She took only me and old Pedro. Pedro had beesn with her since her ms e to my 4 father. “Pedro and I watched her die. “She had been frail always. 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JUNEAU MOTORS ON of DELIGHT Margarel. Bell Howslon, |and no one to turn to. “That was why I fought for her. Often in the night I heard her crying, and when I would go to her she would say, ‘What ght you to, Juanita?’ | (That was her name for me) ‘What | will you do when I am gone?’ she iwould say. And I would answer, {‘Pedro will take carc of me, Ma- | mita.’ | “Pedro had taken care of us both before. Once when Mamita was stricken with the fever Pedro ! nursed her. And when the bandits came he stood guard at our door, and though he was shot, he kept them at bay, and th went away. He came near dying of his wound. “But she answered, ‘I have rob- bed you of your people. You will | have nowhere to go. They hate {us now.’ “Hatred is a deadly thing with jus, Kirk. I know. I felt it for de IBano:a “His mistresses came openly to the house. I remember a banquet he gave one of them. . . I remem- ber the noises of their o as the night went by. ar remember the dress of gold e that she wore— I remember my mother. | ‘“Pedro sald to me, ‘Some day I shall kill him." “I said, ‘Hush, Pedro.’ But I had said the thing to myself many times. “She found peace at last. I said to de Banos, ‘You have killed her. | “He hated me for that. He kept me prisoner in his great house. He feared I would say abroad what I had said to him. But others knew already. “He knew that I hated him, but he did not know that Pedro hated him too. Old Pedro, part Indian, 'who would have died for me, and who sald again, ‘I will kill him. ‘No, Pedro,’ I said, and knew that tie I myself would do the thing. “Pedro slipped decent food to me in my prison where Estrella who had been de Banos' mistress and who was still his housekeeper, watched me night and day. Pedro was too clever, even for her. He slipped the key to me, also, bidding me be careful when I it. “Estrella had taken my clothes But once I had come home from a dance and slept in this tower room, not to disturb mother. The dress T had worn hung there still —the cloak and slippers were there. “It was dark. Far below I heard {de Banos' and Estrella’s laughter. | Estrella was certainly nowhere near my door . . . I heard the clink of iglasses and more laughter. Once a door banged. Then came silence |that lasted a long time. “I wrapped my cloak about me and went down the stair. The door of de Banos' room stood open. De Banos lay on the rug, face down. The lights were burning. “I thought, ‘He is drunk. Tomor- row he will be violent. But I shall be gone.’ “Then I saw something shining— just below his shoulder. I went closer—the house was so still. De |Banos was so still. It was the hilt of a dagger—a little jeweled dag- ger—shining. “I knew that I had done it Nothing could have told me that I had not done it. Too often I had feared that I would do it before I thought. Too often I had done it in my dreams. Too often I had prayed God not to let me do it |that any minute Estrella might come and catch me—Estrella who loved him and who knew my hate |1 met no one. I reached the docks. There was a boat there. I hid—" Juanita paused. Kirk's arm drew {her closer. But he did not stop {her. She must tell him all. She would be easier then | “At sea—when 1 was calmer—I knew. It was not I, but Pedro— 1Pedro whose hate was even greater than mine. For my sake he had one this . . . T was able to think. they would not kill, even if y found me. Women do not suf- fer death for murder in Mexieo. | But Pedro—a peon— | “I was gone. They would think, I had fled, that I had done | d New Orleans, and | her f know said Kirk. “I have talked with Divitt,” he added. while T waited to see you. He is here.” | “Then you know. I gave him my | first name I thought of that night Basara—My mother's name, It is also mine. One night my uncle came to Divitt's—my mothar's eld- “I ran down the stair, knowing | {1 ran fast. The streets were empty. | est brother, the one who most bit- terly opposed her marriage. 1 thought he had come to find me. You brought him, and I thought you, too—" “I remember that night,” Kirk. “I knew you were in trouble.” “You said you—hardly looked at me.” “I knew you were in trouble,” he repeated. “But now—now it’s all over.” “The hunt, you mean. Yes. It is worse than capture. If only Pedro has said nothing.” Her eyes widened. “You know?” .« He i8 safe?” “Pedro is safe. I have a paper here, an old paper.” Kirk took it from his pocket. “It was not Pedro who killed de Banos.” “Not Pedro? . . . Could it have been Estrella? Do they know?” “They know. Did you ever hear of a dancer named Lolita Guyez?” ‘She nodded quickly. “It was to her he gave the banquet—while my mother lived.” “Lolita came that night,” said Kirk. “She found him with Estrella It is all here in this paper that Gabreau’s mother gave me—" “Conchita—" Juanita whispered, spreading the paper out. “It must have been this that Divitt saw. And he told me—" Kirk broke in. “Conchita said that Molly tried to tell you, that she pointed to where the paper was hidden—where the white shawl was. After you had gone Conchita found the paper.” “Molly—Molly,” said Juanita soft- ly. “Molly would have told me—" The guard had been gone a long time. He came back now with the warden. They opened the cell door. The warden spoke to Kirk. “We’'ve heard,” he said. “It was like you said, sir. But we had to wait for our answer.” Sunshine. Wet streets drying in the early light. The old market abloom with cabbages and tomatoes and strange, bright fruits. The moist, river-sweet air. Here and there about the old place the brown-skinned Mar- chandes were busy with their trays of cakes and pralines. The car went over the cobbles to- ward upper St. Charles. “Tired?” asked Kirk. “A little.” “Not too tired to fly away, were you?” She smiled, not leoking up—rest- ed, strangely rested, now. “Fold your wings,” said Kirk. (Copyright, Dodd, Mead and Co.) THE END. ———eeo—— QUAILS WORK OVERTIME REPLACING STOLEN EGGS RAIFORD, Fla., Sept. 26.—War- den John Blitch of the state pris- on farm has introduced mass pro- duction methods into the quail business. The warden sees to it that eggs are removed daily from quail nests on the prison farm preserve. In- stead of one clutch of eggs yearly the females lay the year around, endeavoring to fill the nests. ——————— The National Exposition of Agri- cultural and Industrial Produce, held in La Paz, Bolivia, in July and August, drew large crowds. Schod Coats | 1 Children’s Chelsico dark tan coats Just Received $6.95 | Sizes 4 to 14 years || “Juneau’s Own Store” said | DOUGLAS NEWS MUSIC RECITAL BY PUPILS OF MRS. ELLIS GREATLY ENJOYED The pupils of Mrs. W. C. Ellis gave a most creditable representa- tion of their progress on the piano under her instruction at the recital given here last evening which was | enjoyed by an appreciative audi- | ence. Varying the program vocal numbers were rendered by Mrs. Glenn Kirkham, Mrs. Ellis, Miss Eva Tripp, Mr. Ronald Lister, Mr | Sam Ritter, a piano duet by Mrs. Lister and Mrs. Ellis, and readings by Mrs. Mabel Ranum, providing altogether a fine evening's enter- | tainment. PARTIES LEAVE FOR SEWML: DAYS' OUTING AND LIUNTING Four men including J. R. Guerin, | Ted Doogan, Mike Gaveril and Joe Riedi, left-on the latter's boat City of Rome, this morning for at least a week of outing pleasure. | Delburt Hayes and Roy Hill left on a hunting trip yesterday. PIN? MOTHER SEE! CLFR: STERRETT=.5.25- LY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1931. By CLIFF STERRETT ~#( SMATTER, ANGEL, A COME LET “WILD Doue LOT CHANGES HANDS James Huffman this week sold to George Kendler the fractional lot of Fourth Street which he has held for the past 35 years. DETECTIVE MYSTERY AT COLISEUM SUNDAY The Return of Sherlock Holmes, a detective story, will be the prin- cipal feature for Sunday and Mon- day nights at the Douglas Coli- seum. Clive Brook takes the leading part in the story in his usual clever manner. R ETR T CHICKEN DINNER—75¢ Chicken Dinner Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. Mrs. Flora Zink, corner 4th and D Streets. —adv. DOUGLAS COLISEUM SUNDAY—MONDAY ‘THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES’{ | WITH ! CLIVE BROOKS | Comedy Act News g S SSUS T SO | ward RAZED ONE CITY (Continuea from Page One) of these storms to pile up sea water into tidal waves which usually take more lives than the wind. 200 Mile Diameter From the hole at the center to the outer edges of the doughnut is usually not more than 100 miles. That means about a 200 mile di- ameter for the storm. While there may be bad weath- er still ferther out, this distance of 100 miles from the center is about the limit of real peril. Often the danger zone is much smaller, extending barely 50 miles from the center. But large or small, these wind doughnuts all whirl counter-clockwise and their winds always spiral inward. The nearer the center these in- spirals get the faster they travel. Their velocity may be only 20 miles an hour at the outer edge of the doughnut, but near the cen- | ter they hit it up around 100. This] HNUT'|- is an evidence of the tremendous atmospheric pressures far outside' PLE lovers—flesh-and-blood characters in the story of BY FREEMAN LINCOLN Douglas Church Services Notice¢ ror this churen column must be recelved by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of sermon topics, ete — - | Douglas Catholic Church *9:30 am.—Holy Mass and Ser- mon followed by Bendiction of the Blessed Sacrament. 1:00 p.m.—Sunday School. et i L 77 St. Luke's Eplscopal Church o— ] 7:30 p.m.—Evening Prayer and Sermon. e 3 E e il | Douglas Native Presbyterian | Church b "HARRY WILLAry, Lay Worker Meets Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. | ngregational Community | Church Bl Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Preaching services 11:30 a. m. following Sunday school. Col the doughnut, which squeeze it from all sides and convert it into a blowoff valve for the extra aerial 2nergy hovering above both half in ocean and also over a fair slice of nearby continent. Coolidge Will Speak Over Network Oct. 6 NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Calvin Coolidge is to be the speaker in the first of a series of programs starting October 6. The former President will open the series to be known as “Frazier Hunt—Great Personalities” and to be carried by WJZ-NBC. He will speak in the first program-only. y O A A YOU KNOW THESE PEO »_ Lovable Joan Sherrill; who changes her mind fater than you can count and is known to intimates as “SAM”, her im- provident stepfather and harum-scarum brother,” whomyou should despise but can’t help liking; friends, neighbors, gossips, » Just ordinary people in an out-of-the-ordinary story, a situ- ation you've read abeut before but a conclusion that will leave you in breathless surprise. 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