The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 19, 1932, Page 6

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN 19, 1932 POLLY AND HER P % ND ALS RABBIT HOU HAVE HAD ANY LUCK TODAY ? MUST HAVE HAD, POLLY/ THEYVE BEEN AWAY SINCE DAWN/ *(Continued mom Page One) |while Clark studied him. After a moment he flipped aside Rock’s quired . coat. E ‘mvter;e }l:jt::.ender pleasantly, as‘ ‘_‘Ahuh! e e F#Yes,” butTused to know Wagon- bein’ familiar,” he went on, with torigue,” replied Rock. “How's the Slght change of manner. “I see dattle business?” |you're packing hardware, as usual. ©#Good off an' on. Of course it's|But I hope you ain't lookin for slack now, but there's some trade |Some one?” mw?,.' | “Reckon not, Bill. But there 3 | 9~ /might be some one lookin’ for me. | i hf)o"w.‘ g How’s my old friend, Cass “No. Butcherin’. Gage Preston’s ! y outfit do a big business.” Seward? Salgwell, that's new,” replied Rock, Wal.cyou ]neic_xn:t rbe curi- thoug! v “ reston? ass lookin’ lor you. mm;i‘;“’:,;,me(};gn;vfi,m;nf ¥ “en daid these two years. VBeveral booted men stamped in|le Was & ;e"l i N s e and lined up before the bar. Rock 8904 friend of yours. moved away and casually walked| “‘Well, I'm not so sure of that eround, looking at the bold pictures 1ast, but Cass was a good fellow on'the wall. He rememberedsome 8l right. Dead! I'm sure sorry. of them. Also he found what he|What ailed him, Bill? : Was unostentatiously seeking Nomin”. He cashed in with his some bullet holes in the wall. Then |boots on. Be went out. “Who killed him?” fi*Reckon I oughtn't have looked |“Wal, that was never cleared up &t that red liquor,” he decided. |for shore. The talk has alway: by Zane . - It ness?” inquired Rock, conscious of disappointment. “After a fashion. He has been |sort of run out of the best part (of town.” “Run out? .How?” turned Rock. “Better store and stock took his trade. If you want anything yow'd—r “Thanks. I don’t want anythin’,” interrupted Rock, and departed. Through inquiry, he located Sol Winter's store at the end of the street. It was by no means a small or cheap place, but it was not what it had once been. Rock entered. Sol was waiting upon a wonian. He looked older, thinner, grayer, and |there were deep lines in his face |that seemed strange to Rock. Six years was a long time. “Well, sir, what can I do for vou?” inquired a voice at Rock’s 'lbow. He turned to find Winter beside him. “Howdy, sharply re- 8ol, old-timer!” said YOU'LL HAFTA WALK THE REST OF THE WaY, ith a warm leap of his “Don't you know mc?” Winter leaned and crouched a little, his eyes piercing. Suddenly the tightness of his face looosened into a convulsive smile. “True Rock!"” he shouted ,incred- ulously. “Sure as you're born. you, Sol?” Winter seized hard hands. “If it ain't really you! ... Why, you ole ridin’, {drinkin’, shootin’, love-makin’ son of a gun!” “Glad to see me, Sol?” returned Rock, tingling under Winter's grip. “Glad?—Lordy there ain't words to tell you. Why, True, you were always like my own boy. An’ since I lost him—" “Lost him! — Who? You never had any boy but Nick. What you mean?” “Didn't Nick?” “No. I've never hearG any news from Wagontongue since I left,” returned Rock, bracing himself. How are him with glad you ever hear about near Sunset Pass.” “Aw—no! Sol?—Nick shot! say he wasn't killed?” “Yes, he was, True,” replied Win- ter, sadly. Aw, % There were times when it was bad for Trueman Rock to yield to the Dottle. He had not succumbed in a forig time now, and he hoped some- thing would happen to prevent it | 8 this instance. For if he fell here T “1 see you're packing hardware, as us . in Wagontongue, it would be very Bad. He had been industrious and nate for some years in a fPexas cattle deal, and had sold Ut dor ten thousand dollars, which smount of money he carried in upon his person. went to the Range House,a on another corner, It had redecorated, he noticed. He ¢ checks, and went to the room ned him, where he further re- d.the mood encroaching upon n by shaving and making him- Jook presentable to his ex- ng eyes. would like to run into Amy d” he said, falling into an- nce. “Or Polly Ack- . All married ibeen that Ash Preston killed Se- {ward. But nobody, least of all ow | new sheriff, ever tried to prove it.” “Who's Ash Preston?” “He's the oldest son of Gage Preston, a new cattleman to these ” Clark sald, parts since you rode here. An’ Ash is as bad & hombre as ever forked a hoss.” “Bad? What you mean, Bill?” “Wal, I leave it to you. I ain't sayin' any more, an’ please regard that as confidence.” “Certainly, Bill,” replied Rock, hastily. After some casual conver- sation about the range they parted in the hotel lobby. Rock recalled friends and ene- mies of the old Wagontongue days. One of his best friends had been Sol Winter, a kindly storekeeper who always overrated a service Rock had rendered. Whenever Rock got into a scrape, provided it was not a shooting one, Sol was the one who helped him out of it. Sol had always been his bank. Rock thought he recalled a de still unpaid. He sallied out to find Winter’s store. i It should have been a couple of blocks down the street. Finally he located the corner where Sol's plage] of business had been. A large pretentious store now oceupied this site. Rock experienced keen pl ure at the evidence of his friend’s prosperity, and he stalked gayly in, sure of a warm welcome. But he was only to learn that oid /Winter did not occupy tihis | “Nick was shot off his hoss out I'm sorry,’ ’exclaimed Rock.” But it was an accident?” “So they say, but I never believed There's still bad blood on the range, True. You must remember. In fact there’s some new bad blood come in since you left.” Rock catches up on lccal gos- sip, temorrow, and mects an unusual girl. That Overhaul JOB Come in and see us about our SPECIAL WINTER MONTH OVERHAUL PRICES CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. LEROY JOHNSON. ANNABEL RICE ARE MARRIED {Bridal Couple, Po pul ar Among Younger Set, to Live in Juneau Leroy Johnson and Annabel Rice were married Saturday afternoon in the rectory of the Catholic Church of the Nativity, the Rev. | W. G. LaVassuer, pastor, perform- |ing the ceremony. The young couple have taken a suite of rooms |in the MacKinnon Apartments and will make their home in this city. Both the bride and bridegroom | are popular among the younger set | of the city. Mrs. Johnson has lived in Juneau two years, and is an | expert accountant. Mr. Johnson, |who has been a resident of the |city for several years, is employed | by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining | Company. DOUGLAS ' NEWS DOUGLAS AND JUNEAU FIRE BOYS TO MEET Second Basketball Garie of Series Scheduled for Wednesday Night Tomorrow evening a return game between the Juneau and Douglas Fire Department basketball teams is scheduled to be played in the Nat. Although Douglas was beaten by a good margin in the first tilt between the two teams last Sat- urday night the game for the most part was a fifty-fifty proposition for pre-windup honors. Smarting from the short side of the finish of that game, the local smoke- eaters can be expected to exert themselves to the utmost to even the score tomorrow, thereby prom- ising a fast and exciting game for the fans. — e MRS. FRANKFURTER TO ENTERTAIN GUILD 8t. Luke’s Guild will meet Wed- | nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Dewey Frank- turter. — ., BIG COMEDY TONIGHT Promising one of the biggest two hours of amusing entertain- ment, “A Soldier's Plaything,” will come to the Douglas Coliseum for tonight and Wednesday. .- HIGH SCHOOL MINSTREL TO BE GIVEN NEXT MONTH Miss Pimperton has started work on the annual production of the Boys’ and Girls’ Choruses which is to be a minstrel show this year. Billy Cashen will be the interlocu- ELKS OF JUNEAU WILL HOLD- OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT |AHfair to Honor District Deputy. fand to OQb- serve Birthdays Open house will be held this eve- ning in the /Elks Building by the Juneau Lodge of Elks for its own and visiting members and their ladies. The affair has been ar- ranged in honor of George S. Tal- bot, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, and in observance of birth- |day anniversaries of members of |the local lodge born in the months {of December or January. Diversions of the evening will be ibownng, card playing and dancing. \Refreshments will be served. The bowling alleys will be re- served exclusively for ladies, an- nounced H. R. Shepard, chairman of the committee in charge of this |Phase of the program of amuse- ment. “The men have plenty of oppor- tunity to use the alleys at times {other than.tonight,” he said. Excellent music has been en- gaged for the dance. ‘Tomorrow evening, District Dep- uty Grand Exalted Ruler Talbot will make his official visit to Ju- | neau lodge. and danee. Belly Ryerson and Betty Sey will perform a tap dance. The performanee will probably be staged February 12 at the Doug- las Coliseum theatre. — DOUGLAS COLISEUM TONIGHT and WEDNESDAY “A SOLDIER’S PLAYTHING” with —but LOVE . was a new advonture, ‘RUEMAN RO C K rode the range from the time he could hook a leg over hissaddle. He herded cattle, roped angry steers, +x shot it out with enemies, slaved for his money and fost it at cards—endured all the ha a western sunset. : Fleeting affairs with 2 hundred girls had made wi met Preston. " Rack knew that into the snarl of lroll:::at the venture and he rode over the abyss. Zane Crey, mam{ cl in dove’ wass't an in the cow-country, pa rdships of a new country for the thrill of secing Rock believe himself -wise, steeled against the emotions of ordinary hearts—then he excuse for phungin reston ranch—but this was a new ad- of the western novel, spins a'story of remiance ed with swift-moving action, intrigue and pathes. Starts Today in The Daily Alaska ) Empire tor and the boys' glee club mem- bers will take the parts of the blackfaces. The Girl's Glee club will sing HARRY LANGDON Comedy Show News—Acts Here’s the New Way to Build Sturdy Inexpensive -y __ PLASTER SCHUMACHER WALL BOARD You need” no “lé‘;m-r ‘wasté onb plece wi . 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