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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY FEB. 13, 1932, bv Trueman Rork 'S Mas steadied down, but he pects trouble ahead. He a employer, Gage Preston, eattle rustler. Preston’s s has a bad rcputation, defenided by his sister, whom Rock loves. Thiry wants Reck to leave Sunset Pass. ‘Chap ROCK DF\IF\ L (IVF\I AKING f#Qut 1 in sometimes you have ¢ yotl: found out Ash had took your horse,” went on Thiry. “What did Al say?” “He said you were «hunderrtrnrk You swore something tes #Al told the truth, Thir ad- mitted Rock, with reluctance. “I,f neyer was so surprised-—never so furipus. New trick on me! beautiful horse — that you I named—taken from me.” ‘Mr. R you see, then—I imippssible Ash is!” #“Nobody or nothin' is impossi-| ble {Dad says the man doesn't liv that can stand Ash's mea “Well, T'm livin', and maybe can.:. . You saw him this morn- inip” #“Yes, I was up early heiping Ma g2ty breakfast. When the hor game up it wasn't light yet. I heard Dad jawing somebody. Then Range came in and told us. I never | said a word, but I was sick. At the table Dad was astic. He said things I'm sure Ash never heard fore. from anyone. But Ash nev- “1 love you,” Rock said, { flung out nds as if to off some er batted an eye. Then my mother Mad' her turn, Finally T- couldn't kesp out of it, and I asked As] Why he’'d stolen your horse. “Callin’ me hoss thief, mow?' he sald, and T though he'd strike me. I replied that it did look like steal- thg! This he didn't answer. Next 1 dsked him why he had taken him and—what he meant—to do with Him." Here emotion accompanied Thi- ry's speecn, she grew husky and faltered. #“Tuce told me he'd called the hoss Egypt, which was your pet fame,’ said Ash. ‘That's why I took him an’ why I'm goin' to Break a leg for him.'” “Wonly Rock’s powerful hold upon ‘hiffiself, fortitied by hours of prep- aration for anything, kept his anger within bounds. “All because I gave him your pretty name! Tough on the horse. /. And you were afraid to open your mouth! ... Much you love Egypu!” i AWait a minute, will you?” she answered, not without anger. pefore in our lives. I-I don't know what all I called him, He took it ~=and, oh, he looked dreadful. But he never said a word, He got up, nearly overturning the table, juthp- ed on the horse and was gone like a white streak.” . “Estand corrected,” replied Rock, thickly. “T talk too quick. T'm sure glad you had the nerve to call him. If .you hadn’t— But what did your father say?” . #Dad took it all out in looking: He was flabbergasted. So were the boys. After they were gone Ma and Alice tried to console me, but I.guess T was badly upset.” “Did you cry?” “Didn’t I? thing you can't see my eyes?” I can see them. . Well, Thiry, 1 suppose you want to know what ‘I'm goin’ to do about this Borse deal?” AWorry over that has made me d&&uday Imncwamwhear gets back Il go up and pleasant. I'll say , ocowboy, if you want to m horse ask me for him.” . Rock, would you say that?” the comes back without Td beiter pass it ‘happened. I'd if Egypt was SUNSET PASS “ asked Al what you did when | I Y pitehed into Ash Preston as never It's a good| me, G/La/ flag from in a long silence. al Thiry looked le hands, and from iing tor to ¢ one. For 1 . You're l Rock, I feared you All day long I've felt it oh if you only knew! ... But It's not all for Ash's sake that I 1 But for Dad and Mother, | Al uml Lucy, and me.!” y,” sal dRock, with deep last night I almost gave . It was tes hard not o. Bul tonight Ihave hold of my- f. You eant’ persuade me. You {can’t drive me. I shall stay." “Oh, youre selfish. You mmk' only of your silly nifatuation—" “No, i not selfishness or silly , infatuation,” he interrupted, with| sudden passion that made her |draw back. “I've thought all night and all day. Out of this torture| \has come two facts, which I be- 1 as T do my own soul.” vhat are they?' 'she asked. ve I can serve you best by ¢ n’ at Sunset Pass.” And the, other?” T lov you." i | ©h: fiung out her hands, pro- tesiin , imploringly, and as if to ward coff some incomprehensible I peril. | “Mr—Rock!” | dare make love to me—when we've | never been together an hour—when T'm insisting you leave my home!™” she = gasped. “You “I'd dare that, yes, under any ciroumstances,” he retorted, coolly. “But as it happens, I'm not makin’ love to you.” “I declare, Mr. Rock, you are beyond me,” she exclaimed. “What in the world are you doing, then?” Thiry plays her last card in the next installment. It will | mean risk, but she has a start- ling proposal. BISHOP ROWE WINS BATTLE | WITH CANNERS | | | | | ‘A special dispatch to the Seattle Dally Times from New York under date of January 28 says: Seattle'’s 70-year-old Right Revi P. T. Rowe, first bishop of Alaska, ’gqr thirty-seven years active in Arctic missionary work, has arrived Here from Washington, D. C., vic- torious again in his crusade to 1keep fish canneries off the Yukon and other Alaskan rivers. _“T received heartiest support from Secretary of Commerce Lamont and the Commisioner of Fisheries,” Bishop Rowe told newspaper men interviewing him at the Hotel New Yorker. ‘T explalnec canneries would not only be a menace to the natives but would eventually destroy the wonderful Alaskan fish reserve by rémoving the source of supply. The |government now has consented to indefinite prohibition of canneries and the commissioner advised me to report immediately, when seeing anything that wasn't “just right.™ solve hte unemployment problem Alaska, he said, has felt no de- 53 Place for Unemployed I see New York’s unemploy- earnestly wish that many of | rhythm. POLLY AND HFR PAIS THIS IS BECOMING A IRKSOME! Do It; Dances to Odd Music When Cubans play and dance the rumba, it's the real thing—not the synthetic kind popular in the United States. The two Cuban pezsants (center) called “rumberes” Playing the rumba as it should be played requires such instruments as the “claves’ or resonant sticks (upper left), “timbales” of kettledrums (top), “maracas” or gourds filled with shot (upper right), “tres” or three-stringed guitar, a cowbell and a cornet, all shown below. | HAVANA, Feb. 13—The rumba |older and hence historically deserv- down In Cuba is not—emphatically |ing of preservation, not—the rumba the United States Originated in Africa knbws. The rumba, as is the supposed Cubans, familiar through movies |case with American jazz, traces and reports brought back by - |back to Africa. Its name, even, tors to the states with what Ameri- | comes dfrom the Hausa diale: can dancing masters are dolng|word, “rhumba,” meaning “wheel,” with this island’s native dances, and purports to describe the pos- frown on their transformation into |turings of the dancer. Properly American jazz. danced, the rumba is patterned on They admit tne probable joint|Primitive love-making. origin of the two rhythms, but| Another dance of reputed African maintain that of Cuba is much origin, the conga, is danced almost NEW Users of good coal will be more than pleased to know that their old favorite, New BLACK DIAMOND LUMP, is now on the Juneau market and may be had for immediate de- livery. The utmost in heating satisfaction can be had by using New BLACK DIAMOND LUMP with CARBONADO EGG-NUT. Prices Per Ton Delivered Black Diamond Lump . .$18.50 Carbonado Egg-Nut .......... e 16.00 Combination ..... gl g il 17.25 PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. CALL US DIRECT PHONE 412 T hc Rumba--H ere’s How Cubansin' ‘ fre doing the rumba to real rumba | THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS _THE GASTINEAU Y and End at_th G-ufluhc "‘pfl:.‘:.‘., 'no.' /<AH! GOOD MORNIN MR. PERKINS! ively in Oriente province by “en fiesta.” Its tempo is ;m‘ 1, however. The intricate rhythm of Cuban e rumba or their ballroom s, the son and danzon—is 1t for the American ear to grasp. Ameriean orchestras, ac- cording to ‘Cuban musicians, ean’t quite “get” it It is the rAiythm which predomi- As many as five or six of sual orchestra’s eight or nine pieces produees rhythm, These are the ‘claves” (resonant sticks), the “bongo” (drum), the ‘guira” (device made from wood of the tree of the same name), the “maracas” (gourds filled with shot), the “contrabajo” (bass viol), the “timbales” (kettledrums), the “cencero” (cowbell) and the guitar, of which provide rhythm. he usual instruments to carry the melody are the “tres,” three- stringed guitar, and the cornct, al- though violins and clarinets are sometimes used for “politer” music and American instruments such as the saxophone have crept into some orchestras. Contrary to the impression prev- alent in the states, the rumba is not danced generally in Cuba, just as ballroom dancers there do not perform the tap. It may be seen in modified form in Havana night clubs, or in that picturesque part of Havana known as ‘hot dog town,” but only out among the peasantry is the real rumba danced. e ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION All members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, including the { Subordinate, Encampment and Re- | bekah branches of the Order, are ‘req\wst‘nd to be present at the I. O. {O. F. Hall, Sunday at 2 pm., to attend the funeral of Brother Louis | c. cherovich. 0. EIKLAND, Nob]e Grand —adv. wIMRS, A, KOSKI AND | DAUGHTER RETURN music—whether it be for | Mrs. A. Koski and deugmer. Roberta Koski, returned to Juneau yesterday on the motorship North- land from a visit in the States. Mr. Roski is manager of the Frye- IB:ulm Meat Market in this city. i e e | COME TO JUNEAU ON VISIT Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Musser of Tacoma were incoming passengérs ed yesterday yesterday on tie motorship North- of the High School minstrel show, land. their They are house guests of | son-in-law city. the Bureau of Education. RS ATE™ M IR FUR MAN IS HERE Walter C. Masseér, of the Pacific 'for the entertainment of the crowd. International Fur Company of Se- | There will be dancing, singing and attle, came to Juneau yesterday on |w secracking. Betty |Betty Sey will .Buly Cashen number of students will sing solos. | Altogether an excellent perform- the motorship Northland. NOTICE Tu CRZDITORS In the United States Commission- i “CORK IS KING”; and daughfer, | Coliseum tonight. Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Click of this scheduled to go up at 7:45 oclock\ Mr. Click is associated with | tonight. Thursday production into perfect form. | Bv CLIFF STERRETT THAT VOICE, SUSIE! IT BELONGS TO MR, NEWNEIGHBOR! DOUGLAS NEWS BIG MINSTREL SHOW TONIGHT : Notices for this church. column must be received by The Empire note later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guarantee change of | sérmon topies, eto. Final preparations were complet- for the presentation “When Cork Is King,’ ’at the local | The curtain is & Douglas Catholic Church L held | ¥ - £ the' 9:30 am.—Low Mass and Ser- ‘mon. 1:00 p.m.—Sunday School. The last rehearsal, evening, rounded Blackface comedians will perform 4 Congregational Community T Ryerson and| | Charch | do a clog dance. | A T i is interlocutor. A REV. J. W. CADWELL 10:30 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:30 a.m. — Preaching Services, er’s Court, Junzau Precinct, First ance is assured those who attend. !following Sunday School. Division, Territory of Alaska. In Nicanor Castro, known as Nick Castro. deceased, also of Februay, 1932, been duly and| regularly appointed executor of the iDAlLY EMPIRFE WANT ADS PAY /i estate of Nicanor Castro, deceased, also known as Nick Castro. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present their claims, with the pro-| per vouchers, within six months/ from the date thereof, to the undersigned executor, at the office of Hellenthal & Hellenthal, Pmnt Street, Juneau, Alaska. Dated this 11th day of Februar: 1932. { SIMON HELLENTHAL, Execcutor of Estate of Nicanor Castro, Deceased. First publication, Feb. 13, 1932. Last pub'icalmon, March 5, 1932. | the matter of the estate of; morning on the Northwestern from This is to give you notice that|? two weeks' business trip to Se- Simon Hellenthal has this 11th day | attle. POV TPy S ENGSTROM RETURNS E. E. Engstrom arrived home this PO VAot G Vot B 2 S0 |7 St Luke's Episcopal Church o' r— 1:00 p.m.—Sunday school. ( Evening Prayer and Sermon—17:30 o’clock. Douglas Native Presbyterian | Church i w2 SEWARD KUNZ, Lay Worker Meets Thursday evenings and unday afternoons. S e e e DOUGLAS | COLISEUM | SUNDAY—MONDAY iBELLE BENNETT IN 9 “COURAGE” ON SUNDAY BELLE BENNETT Bl “Courage,” with Belle Bennett, P : | featured in the leading role, is the “COURAGE” | attraction for tomorfow at the | Douglas Coliseum. Tt is a melo- | dramatic story of parental sacri- f.loe COMEDY—ACTS—NEWS She Reads the Empire Mrs. Home Manager 'MRS. HOME MANAGER is the household executive. funds are entrusted to her keeping, she makes decisions for the famfly in matters of food, clothing and home furnishings, and it is her advice that is asked when automobiles, radios or homes are bought. She hires servants, selects schools for her children and watches the newspaper for opportunities to both save and make money. Because she is the household executive she must know her business, and she finds that the best way of knowing it is by reading The Empire, where first hand news on all these vital subjects is published. Why not place your ad before her? It will receive her prompt attention and remlt in conmstenlly added sales for you. The Daily Alg_ska Em Family plre