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

- SUNSET PASS " by Lane G/Z.QJ/ [ B THE VENTRILOQUIST NEXT- DOOR TO QUIT BROAD- CASTIN'. HIS EXERCISES your hand in marriage and I've given it,” Gage Preston tells his daunghter, Thiry. But Trueman Rock fears the suddenness of the propesal. Thiry is both angry and frightened. Rock senses that she knows a secret about Preston, who is thought to be a cattle rustler. Chapter 28 A BOOT TRACK | re an’ ap |him back to the conviction that “Cowboy, you shore 3 ¢ med the I ever had any hope to win | so, why did not the father aid and “Much you know said Preston. “I had a hunch Thiry| took a shine to you, an’ now I| know it.” 1 “Man, you're drunk, or crazy, a4 | Thiry, said.” “wal, Rock, if she hasn't before | she will now,” replied Preston, im perturably. “She knows now you want to marry her. Thet always| fetches a woman, provided shei am't in love with someone else.” | “Preston, 1 can't be mad at you, | but I sure went to be” returned | Rock, resigning himself. “You'll shore be goln’' to townm with the rest of the outfit,” Preston remarked. “They're leavin’ day after tomorrow. Thet reminds me I run into thet pretty Mrs. Dabb, | an’ she said to tell you to be shore an' come in for her dance. She's havin’ the town hall decorated.” “I might go,” replied Trueman. “Cowboy, wasn't this Dabb wo- man an old flame of yours?” in- quired Preston. “Well, she wasn't exactly mine, but that wasn't my fault.” “Ho! Ho! I know the lady. ... Wal, Rock, if she happened to be a little sweet on you yet it'd shore be lucky fer her.” “Preston, 1 fail to see how,” ex- claimed Rock, aghast. “Wal, you just fool around Mrs. Dabb some an’' make Thiry jealous,” replied Preston, with a chuckle. “By thunder!” exploded Rock, yet partly with a laugh. “Even - & 4 could make Thiry jealous—which’s preposterous, I'd never do it S “Then you're a darn sight of a fool” returned Preston, complac- ently. “How would you handle this par- ticular case of mine, regardin’ the dance?” inquired Rock. “Are you a good dancer?” “I used to be. Reckon I haven't forgot.” “Wal, then, as you're ahandsome cuss, too, you want to make the most of your chance. masquerade, you know.” “Masquerade? I sure know.” “You get yourself up in some| dandy outfit. Then first off be cold to Thiry an’ sweeter'n pie to your| old girl.” Rock laughed rather wildly. The absurdity of the thing so blandly suggested by Preston did not quite submerge a certain enticement. “Old-timer, I'm afraid I couldn’c do it,” replied Roek, with a grim- ace. “It would be unkind to Mrs.| Dabb. I think Tl rustie now, be- didn’t casm { crooked work and Thiry knew it. If v, it's sure gone now,” fumed |abet the daughter in getting rid of about women,”|a du. It's to be a|longer and harder going thanround POLLY AND HER PALS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, FEB. 19, 1932. HOW'D Y'EVER PERSUADE He concluded that Preston had some deep motive besides a long- | ing to see Thiry safely settled for| life. What could that motive be? No matter how Rock looked at the | problem, one fact stood out—what- | ever furthered his courting of Thiry | Preston could only render Ash Preston more dangerous. Did Gage Preston’s motive hide in that? Rock tried to give it up and | went to bed. | One by one his thoughts broughs Pre deeply involved in on was rider who was not exactly, at least in ways of the| range? | == He awakened at dawn with the w.oon tracks, to find where the idea that he should start toward Prestons had last butchered, but Wagontongue ahead of the Pres-:the present was not the time to a T |tons instead of waiting until mey‘unde’rmke that. Keeping within the had gone. He wanted to ride over| . 4. x | e pon i i ars, hew neia!ycwainiftfgdal S e ;’cfe n‘:emr“;‘f:%‘(‘);‘:‘:l“m’;"n;cedars, he went to the summit of labors. With Preston at home md%”h;hl:dsicr'ld e skdiig 1n Hi¥- tce Qi\ f)“m‘ll_’;u‘:t‘h(;,;f“go':fierf’owg::f\IL carried more than heat, and as iy ph"‘i’g mirym(m: Loty he gained his objective point, he At bréak}'a;t RoLk asked permised th smelled and saw dust in the i 6 g b 0aY andp;”‘ was | BiF. Then something faint, but rm:‘lily ;wen L raw, an odor that was tainted! ‘::Tei(eir Stohcfap:ngss, ";:“g:;l'dbciflfi ng; | peered out and down. The slope on any of the family G that sid esheered steep and rough y. i Tom Preston had been given or-l:?;vrl‘(c‘gl n: }(:{)e Ilv:?w"?&:h;c; ders to drive the green wagon as| £ he;lgl 43 o e s Fials, Troting hrikely|dre s tosuc xS SRS PR - his eyes keen on the broad | € Rock’s gaze the quicker. Then it "r oy bfl,o"k‘ oon arr‘xved al\he discerned a cabin and corral ity cain of prein wtope. | covered with white spots, also men C o % lon horses, and some on foot. He found where the wagon had |, y B left the Toad to halt in the firsti The Wite g b clump of cedars, and then it had| over o Chrril ¥enog, gone on again, back to the road. | nailed on the cabin, hair side down A m”e°m_'more this side m<\'I‘l’\e1~e were several riders. Voices Siagel's ranch, which was hidden | floated fainlly to Rtk as he in the rough hilly country west Of‘crouched there, suddenly covered the Flats, the wagon tracks and|¥iD T’Old s“e;m(‘i,mg:fi?o;{ Rowpoys hoot tracks of saddle horses turnec| S00PINg around’ = . e off the road. Rock did not care to characteristic of any cowboy on a RSoks thees st e Prestons s SUNE. jnare | cattle SUSEONY disappeared. S One of tt tall fell e of the cowboys, & ellow Rock, surveymng the counnyt P R . ahead, concluded that unless ms-;;eafi’h?g :n;'gd ’Dv“ ’ Ot‘f;‘;d :O{;:‘ ton had made a cut-off to avoid; e ot & " G R | under side. Watching like a hawk passing Slagel's ranch, soon to meL.L:RO()k vinced himself that these e TgR afmin; TE bad suely ™| rid sc\:::]re (c):;rml‘x%m.mbout Preston’s stopped shortly by rough going. | o7 o < " 2 butchering business. Nothing inimi- A couple of miles down the madi ol to -t fonis manif it- Rock met the wagon tracks a.ga.m,;;‘ o the Prestons manifested coming from across the Flats. | . i “By golly! looks like a short-cut,| e counted the cowhides in sight doesn’t it? I guess not!” exclaimed | Thirteen! That was rather a small Rock derisively. Then he discovered | humber, if the hides in sight rep- lthat these tracks were fresh, and resented all the beeves killed by made on the return home. The|Preston on this occasion. He re- ragons had been empty. This was |traced his steps to his horse. “Aw, hell, blurted out Rock, in |the road. Rock passed on .4 few jdisgust. “If it was anyone but !hundred yards, to find where the’ Thiry’s people T'd know. T do know, |Prestons had driven into the road only I keep hopin’ F'm wrong.” on their outward trip. And still] No doubt at all was there that farther on he came to more tracks, the cowhides in plain sight bore older by some weeks. |oue of several of Preston’s brands. Somewhere along here the Pres-| I other stock besides Preston’shad tons had done their latest job of | been butchered, which Rock did not butchering beeves; and Rock was doubt in the least, the hides with intensely eager to find the spot. their telltale brands had of course After pondering awhile, Rock de-[been well hidden. Heads were eas- cided he might safely risk some'ier to dispose of. Hides, however, careful scouting around, provided!were branded to protect the own- he left mo traces and kept keen|ers. But if hides ripped from stolen survey of the several miles of road. beeves were carefully hidden, as fore you get me locoed. Good night.” Trueman strolled in the black' shadows of the pines near his cabin. With this in mind, he tied Egypt Rock believed was true in the mat- on hard ground, and taking to the ter of Slagel's well, the chances Slagel’s well to conceal his thefts. Rock could never betray him. The best that Rock felt he might do— in case he proved his suspicions— was to tell Preston and scare him from any further crooked work. Straddling Egypt once more, Rock rode toward Wagontongue. ‘Where the road crossed a culvert Rock’s eyes suddenly espied the heel imprint of a rider's boot. Slipping out of the saddle, Rock bent to scrutinize it. And he ex- perienced a queer little cold chill The boot track becomes atrail | —that leads where? Rock be- lieves he will discover the truth about Preston tomorrow. | - - REGISTRATION OF VOTERS | Registration Book for Registra- | tion of Voters, General Municipal| Election to be held Tuesday, April| 5, 1932, will March 1, 1932, and remain open until Saturday evening, March 26, 1932. American citizenship, twenty-one years of age, bona fide resident Territory of Alaska for one year, and the Town of Juneau, Alaska, ontinuously for six months im- mediately preceding said date of slection are the qualifications re- quired. H. R. SHEPARD, City Clerk. First publication, Feb. 17, 1932 Last publication, March 25, 1932. ., | SATURDAY NIGHT | will be the first ticket night on | the General Electric Radio 8&t' the Elks' Ball Room. ‘—adv. DOUGLAS | COLISEUM e/ THE NEIGHBOR- be opened Tuesday, |, By CLIFF STERRETT I FIGGERED IZ B THEY COULD DO THEIR OWN ) BUD-NIPPIN' I DIDN'T MENTION THE NEIGHBORS IN MY ULTIMATUM, MAW/ = N 553 © 1953, Kisg Festures S7licas, DOUGLAS NEW FRANK SNYDER PASSES AWAY Stricken with Pneumonia Last Sunday, Dies Early Today Frank Snyder, 53 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. der, of Douglas, passed away two o'clock this morning fol- lowing ‘& breif illness from pneu- monia. Taken ill only on Sunday, with what seemed just a bad cold, both his lungs were badly congest- ed by the time he reached St Ann’s hopsital. Every effort was made to check the disease. Besides his father and mother, the deceased is survived by a sis- r, Mrs. A, E. Goetz, and a brother rancis. He was born in Clarke y, Washington. Mr, Snyder was a member of he Odd Fellows and was a Past Noble Grand of the Green Valley Lodge at Brush Prairie, Washing- ton. The body will be shipped south on the Northwestern tomor- | for burial at Vancouver, Wash- gton. Mr. Snyder had been a dent of Douglas for about one year. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the C. 'W. Carter Mortuary in Ju- neau. The services will be con- ducted by the Rev. J. W .Cadwell. e United F ood Co. CASH IS KING et e » Buy Now for 2 Days; - STORE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY Washington’s Birthday CHICKENS Fresh Dressed Q¢ Pound thickest part of the cedars, he were very few that the theft could mounted the hill. |ever be detected. Preston was safe He would have to follow the for the time being if he relied on Sheetrock the Fireproof Wallboard- Juneau Lumber > —Adds more comforts to your home. —Takes any decoration. —Does not warp or shink. —Ask us abdut Sheetrock. Mills PHONE 358 TONIGHT and SATURDAY REX LEASE and CLYDE FIREMEN HAVE INTERESTING COOK in SESSION; HAVE INVITATION “WINGS OF A demonstration of and lecture PN 9 on the uses of the improved type ADI/L]\ TURE of gas mask and the inhalator by “HEROES OF FLAMES” George H. Miller, First Aid in- NEWS ACTS structor of the Bureau of Mines, before the regular meeting of the -, | Douglas Volunteer Fire Department last night proved of great interest to the members. Developed and per- fected since the World War, the new mask will give firemen protec- tion against almost any kind of poisonous gas in addition to simple smoke which the old type only protected against. An invitation was extended to the local department to attend a house-warming of the Juneau Fire Department to be held in Juneau, Saturday, February 27. There will be card playing and dancing, good eats, and Douglas Firemen and their ladies are invited. Those Who expect to attend are requested to leave their names at Guy's Drug Store by next Monday to allow the Juneau hosts time to prepare for the event. Date of the D. F. D. Dance was tentatively fixed at the meeting last night, for the week following the D. H. 8. Prom in March. YOU SAVE in many ways when you buy a FORD ASK JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street GOODY SALE POSTPONED The Goodie Saje scheduled to be held tomorrow under the auspices of the Ladies’ League, has been postponed. > D. W. L. C. DONATES FUNDS TO LIBRARY The Douglas Island 'Women's Club met at the home of Mrs. F. A. J. Gallwas on Wednesday even- ng of this week. A committee of four was appointed to cooperafe with a like committee from the P.- 'T. A. to arrange a Bicentennial pro- gram to be given in October. Mes- dames Fox, Davis, Bach and Bow- man were named as members of ‘the committee. The sum of $15 was donated to the Douglas Public Library for new books. The next meeting of the club will be held in March at the home of Mrs. D. Frankforter. R e oomemed AT DOUGLAS COLISEUM For tonight and Saturday, “Wings of Adventure” an exciting story js the main feature of entertain- 'ment at the Douglas Coliseum. The serial, “Heroes of Flames,” will al- so be shown. . 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