The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1933, Page 7

THE-DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JULY 15; 1933. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG 'I‘Hl VIPER'S N JAIL -- Tusv GOT, ENOUGH ON HIM TO HANG ''M .. ALL OUR TROUBLE$ ARE % OVER ... WONDER WHERE SuLLy WENT...272 [ W By the World FORGOT- | A New.Serial b Raby M Ayres . . CHAPTER ONE “FINISHED " ROM ' his room hizh up on the twenty-first floor of the great hotel, Nicholas Boyd could only see the sky. It 'was a hot, stifling night,and though the win- dows were open to their fullest extent there fecmed hardly a breath of air. It was two o'clock in the morn- ing, but Tar down in the street below, the hum of ceaseless trafiic and the sharp hoot-hoot of motor horns filled the night. ! Nichiolas lay’ on his back, his hands folded beneath his head, his eyes fixed unseeingly on the pateh of sky which all that was visible through the open window—sky like the black slinky velvet of a woman’s gown, hung with sparkling dia- monds. “Finished!* “That one word had been ham- mering against his brain with mad- dening monotony since the moment —more than five hours ago now. when he had shaken hands with the great producer who had made him —the great producer who, with real regret, had firmly relegated him to ike scrap-heap. *“You must see my dear fellow ... no fault of yours. . .. Real bad luck. If there is anything I can do....” The usual empty platitudes, t- tered with the full knowledge that there was nothing anybody could do. A shooting star shot suddenly hcross the blackness of the sky and fell. “As 1 have fallen,” Nicholas told himself grimly. His carcer had been as brilliant, as rapid and as short as that of the blazing thing that had just passed beyond his vision—to fall—where? God alone knew, just as God alone knew what was to become of him. Finished! Useless, unsightly, un- wanted . . . with a kind of grim sat- isfaction Nicholas Boyd heaped the words one on the other and still it -eemed impossible that it was to himselt that he applied them. Jaffer had been decent in his own way. “Sorry old son—you've played the hero once too often.” Yes, that was true enough, but it was hard luck that the only time he had played it seriously, his whoie career should be wrecked. The girl had been nothing to him, and evén he could not say what crazy impulse it was that had sent him dashing to her rescue. It hadn’t been at all picturesque either, and if she had kept her head she would have been quite safe. But as it was . .. well, he would not soon forget the crash of th-t iron hoot in his face and on hls body. Finished! A short life and a gay one! Not a wonderful find, a new star, and an Englishman at that. The doctors had done their best, but all the skill in America had not been enough to. cover cup that twisted face, to disguise that limp. ICHOLAS closed his eyes, and peered into the future. course; thank God he had had sense enough to save something. He could go back home, and live quietly someswhere in the country or:by the sea. But Bernié would hate that. She liked London well enough for a week or two in the height of the season, but to retire into nothing- ness would be an entirely different matter, She was so young, and so fond of gaicty; she blossomed like a flower in the artificial light of admiration and what she called “life” . he could not see her in a little house i some obscure country village, whi was all he would be able to afford to give her.. Yes, Bernie would be the greatest problem he krew—the last hurdle at which perhaps he would finally crash. They had only been married six months. Boyd’s scarred face twisted ironically as he recalled that wed- ding. The crowds, the publicity, the packed street outside the church, the army of photographers and re- porters. Boyd moved suddenly and switched on the light beside his bed. Twenty past two! Bernie ought to be in. He had not liked to refuse to let her go to Roy Killick’s party, perhaps he had even been glad to let her go—to postpone the moment for as long as possible, when he would have to tell her that he was on the scrap-heap. He had not undressed—whal was the use when one could not sleep? New Yorx lay like a flashy jewel far below him; a dizzy drop down to the street where thg cars; and taxi-cabs sped along like gleaming spiders. It would be certaip: deaght it a fellow stood out on the ledge and let go, and he wouldn’t be the first who had found it impossible to find sufficient courage to walk calmly away from the: glare of a great position into nothingness. There had been a girl in Holly- wood, a poor little devil who had once played opposite him. He had liked her in a way, she had no rea! vice, but she bad been weak, and success had gane.to'her head like wine. A dose of poison had finished her. There was a slight movement In *le room behind him, and he turned sharply to see his wife: standing in the open door that divided their apartments, She was 3 little flushed, ;and her eyes were ;bright. She took a step .He wouldn’t be penniless of|“ “That I'd played the hero once too often.” “Beast!” Boyd said nothing on the side of the bed now, staring down at the floor. Bernie came a step nearer, slowly, as if she was almost afraid of him. | HAT. else did he say?” she asked again. “He said what I expected %e' would say-—my contract is can- celled. I'm no more good to him.” “Nick!” He laughed at the dismay in her voice, but now he did not look at her. He was wondering if she would come to him and put her arms round his neck and. tell him that it made no difference, that she still loved | bim, finished as he was. He longed 50 desperately for comfort. 3ut Bernie only stood there, the | white wrap falling back from her bare shoulders, her lips parted. “What does it mean?” she asked at length, “It means that I must, I suppese, go back home.” She caught her breath on a sharp ound. “To England?” “It's my home.” “And—me?” she asked. Nicholas was staring at the floor forward and asked, “What are you doing, Nick?” “Nothing—looking at the stars.” He moved towards her, limping painfully, and he was quick to see the little shadow of distaste that crossed her charming face. “Wem" she said. “Did Jaffer & year yet since he had first flashed across the changing face of the lcl'un. and had been acclalmed as “What—whlt did be say?”.. - ° ¥ emles T - again, i ¥ 1 early this _“What do you want to do?” he asked. 1t 'seemed a long time before she spoke. “I can’t live in England; lt would | kill me. Besides, we haven't any money.” i #I've saved a bit.” “A bit?” she laughed much? Not a year's salary, pose.” Boyd said nothing; he felt as if he were talking to a stranger. And yet such a short time ago she had been so much in lové with him. Once or twice he had felt unhappy about “How 1 sup it, afraid tbat she cared more than | be did. ‘Berafe had loved being the wifg of Nicholas Boyd, the great film star! Now she was nothing. She had fallen with him and was just | the wife of a man with a limp and a scarred face. Bhe said again, ilmost fearfully, | “I ean't live in England.” “I don’t ask you to.” After a moment she said “Can’t | we stay Lere? It's no use giving up hope. I thought the doetors said—" He turned and Jooked at-her. “The doctors have said that they can do no more. This is the face I've got to live with for the rest of my life. ‘All the king's Borses, and all the king’s men can never mend Humpty Dumpty again’” he added cynically. For a moment their eyes held one another—hers making no effort to disguise . their, dismay—horror?—, no, he tried fo believe Jt was not that; his—hard, in steady deflance. She said again u.lmon whimper- ing, . I can’t live In Englnnd—n 1ent fair to ask me. I would never have married you . if Fd -thought you would ever expect it.” (Copyright. 1933. Doubleday Doran) Monday Bern.lo nuku h. . ; he was sitting | DOUGLAS Acnoss . Ripple against . Poems |, . Mark of a B Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle YESSWUH,, BOSS AN' IF ¢ DEY'S ANYTINC- Dally Cross-word Puzrle 2, Afrgsh 3. South Amert. . can animal . Nocturnal bird ‘NEWS wound . Ralsed plate form 2. Feminine name 3. Mark made on the skin by a o) ufe) | - — ECEEE Pufs up . Calmer Great crowd . Comforts . Extreme fear . Kind of Rus- nim| =17 o2 >N 2w e slan hemp 5. Goes down . Levanting salling ves- sel . Beginner: var. Improving Sarcastle A [o]z[0[o N @|m|ojw i mi<|o[X [\ R e B RS P} 31, Small bodies of Tardy . Goddess of dis. cord Act of bringing up to date . Way of strik. inz a base- all The ralnbow. l’// Wl R JAUX]LIARY CARD PARTY whip IS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR . Withstood use { oda | The Ladies' Auxiliary, F.'O." E. ljeaptnsnt !entertained with an enjoyable card g,mmuxnclr party in the Eagles' hall last eve- course of {ning. Eight tables were divided| 1 Eronoun | betwzen the bridge and whist play- Declare érs. clique | Prize winners were Mrs. Alex| S, ihost who di- Kiloh and Jerry Cashen, for whist bt highs, Mrs. Jerry Cashen and John sights | Marin, whist consolations, Mzs, PSispenitonpe. a0 014l | Robert Fraser and: Joe Rledi for Griental ship 48! bridge high scores, Mrs. James Sey ot ] and Robvert Fraser, bridge consola-| 3. Suzgest in tions. i“'f.l"l‘:‘li\,ffinx Refreshments were served after b4 goiihie | the cards. e — - MRS. GOETZ RETURNS Mrs. A. E. Goetz, accompanied | by her two children, returned home on the Northland this morning aft- er a three months’ visit in Wash- (ington and California. | e —,— 1 ENJOY BEACH PARTY | Thursday evening fifteen young | people accompanied Leonard John- | ;son as his guests, on a boat char- | itered for the occasion, to the end | of the Island, where they had a pwmc The weather was ideal for lhe occasion and the event proved {to be the end of a perfect day for | the picnicers. e VISITS HERE Mrs. E. H. Kaser of Juneau and |Mrs. T. Lockman of Seattle, were ‘\'isiv,ors on the Island yesterday as jguests of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Cad- well. Mrs. Lockman is secretary ‘for the Board of Directors of the | Washington division of the Pacific | | Protective Society and also a mem- | * |ber of the general Board of that | | organization. | .- P T 64. Shell that falle 3 Fllu one Inside ed to ex« ther plode: slang 53, Beseeches mall room Metrie land neasures 45. Italian. opera . Extended 57 journey Finishes Diminish . Regret Island: abbr. DOW! 1. Part of the mouth | STEVENS CHILD SUCCUMBS V Lillian, 10 year old daughter oh | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stevens, pflsfi‘d‘ 7:30 p.m.—Evening service, ser- ‘s,;va]y yesterday at St. Ann's h"\"‘mun by pastor. Topic, “Caleb, a pita :nex :short illness. The child | yran of Vision. Special music. jwas brought in from the Taku, . ppe general public is cordially week suffering from | yyiteq to all services. | sbinal meningitis. | The deceased is the youngest of | 7 children, four boys and three girls. The funeral is set for Mon- " No corvices. Dean Rice is absent ‘day morning.at 10 o'clock. Services f.om oit; y and conducting serviees will be held in the Catholic church, |, Skagway. Father Ryan officiating. Burial will | 1F)e in the Catholic cemetery. | an Douglas Clth:;ll: Church 8t. Aloysius Church a3 ‘Services 10:30 a.m.—Sunday School. St. Luke’s Eyhcopsl Church 8:30 a.m.—roly Mass. 1:00 p.m.—Christian Doctrine. - ee—— To sell! To sell!! .dvertising is your best bet now. i St e PIGGLY |} Notices for this church column must be recelved by The Empure {not Iater than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to xulnntee change of sermon topids, ete. —— . T Onnmfllml.l Community 1 Church | [+ WORSUSASAL-EN i} w. CADmL R. D. BAKER ARRIVES ON_FAIRCHILD PLANE FROM INTERIOR TRIP Having completed’ an ' extensive trip through the Westward and In- terior districts, going as far as Nome, R. D. 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