The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1933, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, DEC. 19, 1933. | SYNOPSIS: Having beaten off a small band of Klosohce Mudians, | curt flies to Vancouver for infor mation about Ralph and Sonya | Nichols, who are bound on a dan- | gerous mission in the Canndian - Northwest but wwill not tell what it is. Curt himsel is tracking down Igor Karakihan, wealthy crcok who R | has taken refuge in the Indian country. Curt is reporting to A, K. | Marlin, his old chief in th, Royai | X Mounted, when Arn Baldwin telo- | phones tiat ke has a line on Ralph Nichols. Chapter 27 SURPRISE FOR CURy’ “LJfAD.no trouble with Nichols; | didn’t have to go farther than | the telephone book to place him,”| continued Baldwin. “He's lived here in Vanvouver mest of his life, 1 find. | | McGiil graduate, staff captain over- | seas, gota V.C.at V. For the last I ten years he's been with a city con struction company. Their head archi- | I tect mow. Bachelor quarters at the | Frasier Club. Nothing out of the or ) dinary about him that 1 could dig up, and I've been digging some.” “What about the other person?” “I've got you a bangup lead tol talked to a couple of | Nichols’ nds who've met her| several t Her name’s Volko | Sonya Volkov. Lives in | teaches in a private school, and’s secretary for the Emigré Society of | Canada. Tha 11 1 was able to find l can give you a lot of details her. Shall I zip around for you in the staff car? .. . Good, I'il be there in twenty minutes Volkov, Sonya v—Curt re a peated the strange name to himself as he went b to the porch. At least he knew he. name now, and | within an hour he was going to find | never quite vanish from him. | He rejoined Marlin outside. Wi they waited, A-K remarked cas “Did you know that Laydon, the | head of the Provincial Police, is go- | ing to be relieved this coming fall?” | “Is that so? Who's taking his place?” ; ‘r | “You.” Curt’s cigarette dropped from his fingers. “I? “If you want it. I've been doing | some quiet investigating and 1 know | the lay of the lana. A dozen political hangers-on are after the job, but the Premier doesn't want that kind. He phoned me yesterday and asked when you could come to see him for a personal conference. I can tell you | positively that if you want the job I've got enough support lined up to | swing it for youf | ‘No—" he waved Curt's interrup- | tion aside—“don’f thank me. I'm not doing this because you and I happen to be friends but because 1 consider you the best available man for that job.” Curt wanted mothing to do with the offer, fine as it was. He saw it as another attempt of duty to keep him from returning to the far North; another of the invisible bonds that were being thrown around him. But still he did not refuse it outright, then and there. Baldwin came, and they started | il down town. Parking in a section of dingy stores, Baldwin took him up a creaky stairway and knocked at an apartment. A young man, a stocky hazel-eyed foreigner, opened the door, saw I them, and bowed politely. “Meester Baldween? My fader he oxpect you and your freund. Kum in, R pliz” t He led them into a small sitting \ room and stepped out to get his father. | CUR’I‘ glanced about the room. 1 Everything in it breathed of | !imperial Russia—the fkon of Holy Mary, a sword above a bookcase, a ' cheap lithograph of Nicholas II, a J| | Kremlin snow scene, a samovar on !, the table. It was typically the dwell- ing of an émigré, Iiving in poverty, | futilely hoping that some day the old order would be resurrected from |its grave and they conld return to homeland, estates, ease. , Anold man came in the room, fol- lowed by the son, His hair was white, !, his thin face ravaged with furrows. I Curt judged him close to eighty. He was astounded later to learn that | the man was only fifty-seven. - Baldwin introduced: “Feodor Ple- khanov, [ want you to know my com- rade, Mr. Ralston. He is the one of whom 1 spoke.” The old Russian bowed graciously | and made them welcome. Curt bitied him. His hand was bony, he looked so tired and despairing, and bis eyes | seemed to hold some great fear in | their depths—memories, prnbably.‘ of that horror trail out of Siberia. He broached his purpose care BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG DON'T FO,GIT- BOSS- \T'S BEEN A POW'FUL LONG TIME SINCE YO' SEE PO SPAHKY- | told his | employment; he is some offic out something about her life, her| background. After that she cnuld"‘ i Carl | horseback, a hunted fugitive; | tles to get through the cordons of | SNIF -SNIF - FORBIDDEN VALLEY > by William Bynon Mowery fully. “Mr, Plekhanov, as my friend here told you, I'm a government POOR SPARKY - SOMEHOW HE DON'T LOOK NATURAL --* ICY WEATHER STOPS WORK for a sk ssion agent gathering data about the vari- | ous iations in this is altogether g rec- foreign as: ry. Our object we're merely makin ords of their pe s Volkov secretary of your so- clety, and ['d like to find out a few facts. about her. My friend telis me that you know her quite wel “Yes, I kmwow Princess Sonva for e years, and her father before “Princess Sonya—? “Her father is Prince Stephn Vol- | ught his bres he managed smiled, a bit You know ve an he: of the oldest in the E son, “Bring our picture that Prince Stephn gave us.” Curt whistled beneatii his breath. Sonya's father a yrince! He had sus- pected she was well-horn. But he had never imagined that her blood was quite so b and she herself had not once hinted that she was of noble rth. i “You mentioned her father—does Canada?” And her brother | “What do they do “When Prince Stephn first came over, he accepted work in a lumber 3 grader of timber. Like a common muzhik” Plekhanov ma a gesture of shame at his country- man's lack of pride. “He rose in i fal noy a field expert for the com- a time Sonya was govern- | h family at Victoria. Now | | | | and Carl teaching language in a pri- hool.” HE son handed Curt a photo, a | medium-sized studio portr With a queer mixture of feel Curt looked at the picture of Sony: At his first glance he saw rescmblance to him—her | stubborn determination and that | proud poise to her head came natu- | ral—he could see the traits in ever: line of her father’s face. He passed the photo to Baldwin and listened to what Plekhanov was saying. He had first met Prince Stephn more than a generation ago in St. Petersburg, Plekhanov said. A man of brilliant parts, Sonya’s father had been very close to the imperial court | at one time, but his liberal views finally brought him into clash with | the reactionary cligue that sur | rounded the Czarina. As a genteel | banishment to Siberia, he was mad commissar of the Crown fore along the Yanisei. ‘ When the Empire crashed, he.! threw in with Kerens Provision- al Government, organized the v Irkurtz region in southern Siberi and ruled it for the White Partizans When Kerensky in turn was over thrown by the Leninists, the Red put a price on his head. His long liberal record dié not save bim; a | nobleman, an estate holder, a mod erate, he was automatically con demned. At Irkutsk, Sonya's mother and sister and younger brother were seized and shot, their home burned their immediate friends killed.. Hex father was at Vetemsk on the Lena when he got word of the butchery and by a provident mercy Sonya and were with him at the time Taking his two surviving chiidren he fled into the Lena Woods on and began the long herror of the escape “I met the Volkovs in a woods on | Lake Baikal,” Plekhanov recounted his heart full of his subject. “Sonys was but thirteen then, and her brother fifteen. It had taken Prince Stephn all winter to bring them | across that four i:undred miles from | Vetemsk. They had frozen, starved; had been wounded; had fought bat their enemies. Once they met a rov ing party of Terrorists, six of them and wiped out all six and took th: guns, horses, food. They were all three wounded badly when they | came to Baikal, and sick with mala- | ria, and nearly driven mad—not by | what they had endured, but by what they had seen. | | | | “Our little band of refugees at Baikal were betrayed by a fisherman. A company of Reds, recruited from | the convict colony at Chita, sur- prised us one night and rode dow! our camp, with pistols and axes Only a few of us managed to escap> in ‘the dark and across a river on ice rafts.” (Copyright. 1938, William B. Mowery) | Curt hears, tomorrow, a stranze | theory about Scnya. i sonnel and activities. | main ON OF CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL DOUGLAS NEWS —— uncil E city AT TREADWELL FOUNDRY last evening and action was taken A S accordingly. Free: of the 12-inch water| The meeting was int upplying the Treadweil during its course by some - sion of reg- -business man of the town to petition a s there yesterday and on the Council adequate were laid off tem- 10 securs a more 3 orts to thaw out the Water supply, w pipe started early yesterday | but without success up to last ward that end night. Efforts were continuéd to- PR A SRR, day with hopes of favorable re-| Daily Empire Christmas Editi sults. ‘wr:\pp(‘d fer mailing, postage pe - e 115 cent: Daily Empre waue Ads Pay. or Phone 374, WEATHER . or WEATHER! ® We maintain the fastest and most complete delivery service in the city! ® TRY US! ® GEORGE BROTHERS 95 Telephones 92 Five Deliveries Daily They'll like its usefulness and admire the smart appearance if you choose it here. MEN’S WRIST WATCHES v $15.00 and up Gold filled cases, leather or metal bracelets. WOMEN’'S WRIST WATCHES $15.00 and up Many attractive styles many with diamond settings. CHILDREN’S WRIST WATCHES Special—$2.50 Nugget Shop of the waiting h was promi by passing a resolution to work ¢ Leave orders at Empire | |GRID JAUNTS TS e S FAVOR CO-CAPTAINS EVANST( By BILLE DE BECK YO SHO’ AM A SMAHT MAN - MISSA GOOGLE -- appling hook h, he four YOR nvi 19.—T pu this 3 2lson Culve INT. 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EVIDEO, Dec. 19.—Bolivi ted the proposal for Gran C h Par: ade last n h compe crders at Empire . r were weighed aft game and found to have inc 0 ES 15 conts, MONT tween intries 0T It is will be resumed, alt} repre uce agree only until New P DOES HALF OF PASS TRIES MANHATTAN, Lee Mo 1 T Hisiiia T r ended whe ted 11 out of 2 fissouri for a tot yan, mads >d bt its attempt ] ‘3 day evening of officers wil iarchs are requested to be presen: Last Chance You Still Have An Opportunity to Get FUR COATS L. W. KILBURN, adv Scribe. T The Junecau stere will cpen all day Sunday December 2ith and from 11 am. to 2 pum. Christmas Day. A complete show ing of potted plants and cut flov- b TR Daily ;’:mpin-.:l;w(mzls. E: = At Almost Half Their Regular Price and HIGH-GRADE wrapped for mailing, postage y == i fi 15 cents. Leave orders at Emj FOXES OF ALL KINDS B or Phone 374. T TTTHITHATE Half Price We are determined to get out of the ready-to-wear business any people took advantage of our A GREAT VARIETY = i of and handle only raw furs. M 2 auction sale to snap up the bargains offered, but the unpreced- ented cold weather kept away scores of others who will welcome another opportunity to pick up furs at the lowest prices in the history of Juneau. | | ; Christmas TIE. Hand Made Silks Beautiful Patterns $1.00 De Luxe Quality $1.50 L T e T TR We are therefore placing on sale for the balance of this week our entire stock of —Alaskan Seal, Hudson Seal, with varied trim- mings, Hair Seal—and FUR COAT LOVELY SILVER, RED. BLUE. CROSS and WHITE FOXES at approximately half price All garments were made by us—4.000 miles away from the sweatshops. Here's the chance you have been waiting for to give your wife, your mother, sister or sweetheart that fur garment you know she wants and needs! What Christmas gift would she appreciate more? Make your selection now—before it’s too late! H. S. Graves The Clothing Man Store Open Evenings All This Week JUNEAU SAMPLE SALE CLOSES SATURDAY SHOP The Little Store with the BIG VALUES Chas. Goldstein Co. Largest Furriers on Top of the World O C. L. FENTON CHIROPRACTOR Soutn ¥ront St., next to Brownle's Barber Shop orfice Hours: 10-12; 2-5 Evenings by Appointment fili A