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

[IF THIS HERE KENNETH AST YOU T'MARRY HIM, WOULDJA? S A M BY FREEMAN SYNOPSIS: Suspicion is plac- €d upon th: fina ncing of Fourth Aldersea’s invention by Eugcenie Frye, who tells Fourth’s stcpdaughter, Sam Sherrill, that the invention is worthlesss. Fourth's supposed success has breught wealth to the family, after years of peverty. During the mcneyless period Sam has carricd the household responsi- bilitics. She has become engaged te Peak Abbott, young news- paper cwner, to relieve the fi- nancial strain and to lessen the unfortunate social effects of her stcpbrother, Ncleon's marriage te their maid. Now that Fourth is rich, she rcalizes that she could have avoided this step and married Freddy Munson, with whem she is in love, but who has no money. She is wor- ried by the statcment of Mrs. Frye, who is interested in her stepfather and would have backed the invention if it had been commercially practical. Mrs. Frye finds it peculiar that busincss men approve the in- vention. “It's worse than pecul- iar,” she says. “It's terrible.” Chapter 23 A FIGHTER AND A GHOST Sam smiled in spite of herself. *“I can’t believe that it's quite as bad as that. You can undoubtedly find something just as good as Fourth’s invention to put your money in.” “You don't understand,” Eugenie shook her head vehemently. “T'd rather have lost every cent than have let this happen.” “What do you mean?” “What I mean is simple enough Mr. Aldersea isn't in the book business any more. Not only that, but he has plenty of money.” Eu- genie looked up and Sam was hor- rified to see that her eyes were filled with tears. “It's the end. I won't be seeing Mr. Aldersea any more.” “Nonsenze!” Sam spoke sharply in an attempt to stifle an unrea-| sonable and unwelcome surge of pity. The widow leaned forward with sudden earnestness. “Miss Sherill, you and I are both sensible people, ! aren't we?” “Why, Yyes, I suppose we are.” “Very well. Being sensible peo- ple, we both know what we know. ‘We know, for instance, that I am terribly in love wiht Mr. Aldersea.” Sam gasped. “We do?" she in- quired. “Yes.” Eugenie nodded. “We not only know that, but we also kncw that Mr. Aldersea isn't even slight- 1y interested in me.” “Mrs. Frye!” “T have no wild ideas about my- self,” the widow continued calmly. “I know exactly what I am. I'm cheap, and I don't wear good clothes, and my voice is bad. I can’t even talk the same kind of English he talks.” “Please don't talk like that.” “Why not? It's the truth. Do you mind if I put the cards on the table? I'd like to tell you all about myself—if you can stand it."” Sam murmured: “I'd be glad to hear.” The widow had suddenly be- come an intensely interesting fig- ure. ¢ “Well,” Eugenie began briskly. *In the first place, you must know that never in my life has anybody given me anything. Do you under- stand?” “I'm afraid I don’t.” “Of course you don't.”” The widow smiled. You'll see soon enough when I tell you a little bit about my life. “To begin with, I was the young- est one of six kids. My father work- ed around the docks and he didn't exactly make what you'd call a lot of money.” She laughed. “I wasn't 80 keen about living eight in three “That's understandable enough.” Sam nodded gravely. #Is ‘it?” The widow inquired. “I am’ not so sure. The rest of them were satisfied enough. 1 wanted eomething better. I was different.” The widow had forgotten Sam . She was staring back through the years at three crowd- ed rooms in some dingy tenement. 4 " Eugenie went on, “I was t, but I didn’t know it. All knew was that I loved to stand theatres watching the nice ple going in. I'd look at the en and tell myself that some Pd have clothes like theirs.” ¢ smiled at Sam. always known what I wnm-’ nd T've always fought for it. I ght for Jim Frye. I fought my- ME THE BAD NEWS, LINCOLN | self from that tenement to where IT am now, and I began to think |that I hadn't done so badly.” “Badly?” Sam was genuinely moved. “You've done wonders!” Sam said. | “Have I?" Eugenie shrugged. “I will admit that I'd j about de- lcide my fighting days were over. “Then. one day, Mr. Aldersea came {to my house to sell me a set of |books and T knew in five minutes Jthat I hadn't even begun. I knew right then and there that I want- ed him.” “Really?” Sam almost smiled. “I| |didn't know that Fourth was so—" | “I know. It sounds foolish some- |how, and it's hard to explain. Maybe it was his voice or the things he talked about. Maybe it |was just him. Anyway, there it 'was. T had to think, so I stalled ihim off about the books and told him to come back a day later. He went away, and I told myself that |1 was in for another fight.” | “Really?” Sam repeated weakly. | “Yes, T said to myself, ‘Eugenie Frye, there’s no use for thinking romantic nonsense about this busi- | ness because a man like him won't fall in love with you. What have you got that you can fight with?’ Money was the answer. I had a lot of money and Mr. Aldersea didn't have much or he wouldn't be selling books. Maybe I could persuade him to put up with me for the sake of my money. Then T could begin to try to make him like me a little bit.” | Sam was so dazed by this amaz- ingly frank recital that she was "ablc only to murmur a feeble: “I i Eugenie nodded. “Well, I bought 1books from him and I lent him |money. I tried to put in his head what was in my head.” She sigh- ed. “I think I was succesding—and then, all of a sudden he stopped jcoming to see me. You tell me |that he has made money. That is a blow, because if he's made money he'll never give me another thought. He's taken away the only thing I had to fight with.” She iturned suddenly and started in-)| tently at Sam. “Do you see why| T've been acting like such an idiot since you told me about that in- vention thing?” “I think so.” Sam nodded slow- | {ly. “I'm terribly sorry.” “Don't be sorry for me” The widow sat up very straight, a grim, determined figure. “I'm not sorry for myself, and I'm not through. I'm not beaten yet!" “I said it was all over when you first gave me the news. I'm ready to start again now. I don't knowi how I'm going to fight, or what| I'm going to fight with—but I warn you. I'll find something. I've got to! There's a reason.” “A reason?” “Yes,” said Eugenie with a cer-| Itain simple dignity. “The reason is I'm in love with your stepfath- er.”” She laughed grimly. “I'm in love and I can't get out. It's some- thing that's got hold of me and| won't let go.” She made an expres- sive, twisting gesture with her clenched hand. “It sort of grabs and hurts inside—like that. Know what I mean?” S8am nodded. “Yes” she said gravely. “I think I know.” People said, that Spring, that| Sam ‘was forgetting. They meant, of course, that she was forgetting about Nelson and his marriage to a' fifteen-dollar-a-week domestic ! The reason is—WRIGLEY’S. ones has found out that if you g your mouth fresh, you feel WRIGLEY’S —“after ever meal” —is recommended by doctors and dentists. It keeps the teeth cleansed. | servant whose father was reputed to be an unenterprising retailer of fresh fish. No one had the slightest doubt that Sam was genuinely happy. It stood out all over her. She no longer gave the impression of be- ing a person apart, self sufficient, faintly on the defensive. She went | everywhere, and she obviously en- | joyed herself. The night at the Ritz proved to be, as the weeks went on, no moere than a beginning. Sam's mood did not wane. Instead, it re- mained, flourished and grew. Peak, although delighted, was definitely wary at first. He watch- 2d Sam closely. Sam’s air of grave formality and her long silences in his presence had disappeared. She talked with him constantly now; talked with him intimately and without reservation. She gave no verbal assurance of love, to be sure, but otherwise, Peak told him- self savagely, she talked exactly as a woman might talk with her husband. Tt was all very difficult. At times | when she looked up at him sud- denly with that deep, almost pur-i ple light in her blue eyes, it took all his strength to keep from seiz- ing her in his arms. Only a will that had become strong through constant exercise prevented him from giving way to these tempta-, He was grimly determined | tions. that he should never give way— never, at least, until he was abso- lutely sure that the ghost of Fred- dy Mason had been finally and definitely laid to rest. (Copyright, Freeman Lincoln) Temptation attacks Peak strongly tomorrow, and he fights a sudden, sharp battle. ——————— CARD PARTY TUESDAY The Ladies of the Parish will give a card party at Parish Hall Tuesday, October 27, at 8:15 p.m. Prizes and refreshments. adv. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, OCT. 26, 1931, "By CLIFF STERRETT THEY ALLLS MEANS THE OPPOSITE! DAMES IS LIKE DREAMS, DERN ‘EM!/ 3 : \ Betty Robinson, pretty, fleet-footed Chicago girl who holds numerous | sprint records for women, is shown with two attractive girl friends es she cheers the football warriors of Northwestern University on to | victory against Nebraska at Evanston, Ill. Betty, suffering for sev- | eral months from severe injuries incurred in an airplane crash at Chi- cago, and a student at Northwestern, evidently rooted as well as she yuns fast. for the Evanston gridders romped off the field with a 19 to 7 victory. ' All nurses in Great Britain must undergo intensive training in the |vented a process to plate iron with use of gas masks. aluminum. R SEVE R B % i Mexico City, Mexico, has 100,000 | Men and boys in England are be- ‘more women than men. |coming as prone to candy as women. A metallurgist in Sweden has in- Obey that Impulse 1Today You may be thinking there is plenty of time to order your Christmas greeting cards. But Christmas is only two months off, and you have no time to waste sonal Christ in making your selection of a suitable per- greeting that will carry your message of mas cheer, with your name printed or en- graved in the style you desire. The Empire has never shown a more complete and attractive array of Christmas Greeting Cards at more reasonable prices. Drop in at the office, or telephone 374 and our representative’ will be glad to call at your home Obey that impulse! cards or office with samples and prices. Order your Christmas today! i EMPIRE PRINTING CO. | ©- |vision, District of Alaska, @re SERRET: 2.22. MOOSE ARE TO OBSERVE BIG DAY TUESDAY Luncheon Are Features of Annual Affair Mooseheart Day will be observed in Juneau tomorrow night at big doings of three organizations of the order. The program will start tomorrow night in Moose Hall at 8 o'clock ‘and this will be followed by dancing and a luncheon. The members of Women of Mooseheart Legion, Loyal Order of Moose No. 700 and - Legion of Moose, No. 25 and their families, will join in this big three-organiza- tion affair. The piece de resistance at the luncheon will be a deer, served in' barbecue fashion with plenty of choice trimmings. The short program to be given is as follows: Introductory remarks— District Supervisor Sigurd Wallstedt. “Mcoscheart”—Henry Roden. Readings—Typical, Mrs. J. D. Van Atta. Mcose—9 o'clock ceremony. Banjo solo by Harry Brandt, the Arctic bajoist. Dancing will be from 10 to mid- night, with music by Smokey's Melody orchestra. ——.—— Have your furs cleaned and re- paired at Chas. Goldstein & Co. —adv. ———————— Old papers tor sale at The Em- pire. NOTICE No. 3228-A In the District Court for the District of Alaska, Division Num- ber One, at Juneau. United States of America, Libelant, vs. Twelve Cartons, each containing 24 pint whiky flasks, Libellee. Whereas, on the 15th day of October, 1931, an order to show cause was issued in the District Court for the First Di- against twelve cartons, each containing 24 pint whisky flasks, in a cause of forfeiture for violation of the Na- tional Prohibition Act; and where- as, by virtue of process in due form of law, to me directed, returnable | on the 7th day of November, 1931, I have seized and taken the said twelve cartons, each containing 24 whisky flasks, and have them in my custody. Notice is hereby given to all persons who may have or claim any interest in the premises to be and appear in the District Court aforesaid, at Juneau, Alaska, on said 7th day of November, 1931, if said day be a day of jurisdiction of said court, if not, on the next day of jurisdiction thereafter, to present their claims, and show cause, if any they have, why a final decree should not be granted as prayed. Dated October 16, 1931, sA}i:;:rt White, United States Mar- HARKRADER ALASKA COAL Call 412 $14.25 Per Ton F. 0. B. | DOUGLAS NEWS DOUELAS FIRE BOYS AFFAIR WELL ATTENDED !Supper, Card Playing and | Dancing Enjoyed Saturday Night The annual dinner, card-party d dance of the Douglas Volun- | teer Fire Department here Satur- | day night was the most successful | one yet given, attesting to the ever increasing popularity of these | events. | starting at 5 o'clock in tha after- ‘noon serving of the dinner began. ‘By 8 o'clock, approximately 200 | people had been served. Five sit- i tings were required. | For the card playing 21 tables d were engaged altogether, twelve for bridge and nine for whist. From 18:30 to 10:30 cards were played, | prizes going to the following: | Bridge, firsts, Miss Evelyn Wight and Dewey Frankfurter; lows, Mrs. A. R. Edwards and J. R. Guerin. For whist, first, Mrs. Leva Shaver and Ed McCormick; lows, Mrs. Carl |Carlson and George Peterson. A lunch of coffee and cake followed the cards. While these events were on in _the Bagles’ hall, the dance got un- 'der headway at the natatorium ! where by 11 o'clock, 300 people were - gathered, making it the main event lof the evening, and lasting until after 1 o'clock. The firemen are very apprecia- tive of the splnedid support given those who helped with arduous tasks connected with the under- taking, for the many donations re- ceived, and for the wonderful pat- \ronage from both sides of the chan- nel, — o MRS. KINCH PASSES AWAY FOLLOWING CHILDBIRTH Mrs. Maggie Kinch, young native woman of Douglas and mother of | five children, passed away yester- ‘day morning at St. Ann’s hospital | 'where she has been ill for the | past two weeks or more. Death was due to several complications which | set in following the birth of a child. The child died shortly after it was | born. The husband was fishing at Yakutat when his wife first fell ill, and was at once sent word to come, which he did, arriving but a day or two before she died. The deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver, old timers of the Island. She is sur- vived by her five children, ranging from 2 to 12 years of age, her husband, one brother, George Wea- ver, and her mother and father. Burial was to have taken place here today. —_—————— RUTH LUNDELL LEAVES TO | START TRAINING, NURSE Miss Ruth Lundell left early Sun- day morning on the Princess Norah for Seattle, to enter the Providence hospital, to become a nurse. Miss Lundell is a graduate of the local high school, class 1931. ——————— BASKETBALL PRACTICE The Women's town team will practice at 9 o'clock this evening at the natatorium. Regular nights for practice will be Mondays at 9 oclock and Thursdays from 6 to 9 pm. —_——— Qld papers at The Empire. 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