Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1922, Page 9

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Many plain models also a great assortment of pretty fancy feather trimmed. $1.00 Party Boxes Real Leather Boxes 77 —+double handles— strongly made, with all necessary fittings. 75c Women’s Night- gowns, flesh and white... 490 Women’s Crepe $1.00 K— Silk Gloves You will recognize the make, but we cannot use the name. Best make Silk Jloves — 2-elasp — black. white and all colors. Wemen’s Bungalow .95¢ Dres: e fesn Be 200 47C | Womeris $1.23 Boys’ Nainsook Sleep- ing Garments ........... $398 Women's Silk Slip-overs ............ 49c $2.98 Amazing Prices on Infants’ 50c Boys’ Blouses Wear Blouses made of Children’s Bonnets plain and stripe Worth to 81 chambray; also some in stripe percale, SR AL Lawn, tucked, lace, em- brojdered and ribbon trimmed.. Tallored styles for boys, ly trimmed. " T9c¢ Children’s White Dresses (o Nodsls wieh have sold S .98—White Lawn Dresses of fine, sheer flfllillg. embroidered and tucked, hemmed skirts, also plain styles, Ith yokes to.match. wit Sizes 2 to 6 years. made with collars Boys’ Khaki Pants Made of a strong 39c leg style., y Boys’ Hats of styles in Straw and ‘Wash Hats, tle latter in Boys’ Wash Suits Worth to $1.69 made of good, sturdy linene d_chambray, in attached and side and_durable khaki, ‘Worth to 6%¢ plain white and black and Oliver Twist and Sailor 7 9 plain shades, including c pockets. straight and bloomer Closing out & quantity white checks. styles, in sizes tp 8 years, white and stripes. [1fish is still > goee to Kennedy to ask bis balp for her ather. He neems mad, and talks com- stantly of the big fish and the curse of Mausiche. Staying at the same Atinntic Beach hotel with her and her father is & de Moche, a Peruvian, of an old nd her soo Aifouso. She something to do with the Keonedy and Jameson_go to the hotel and meet the father, Don Luis. He begins to talk im- mediately of Pern. Thers was present 130 an American engineer, named Lock- wood, who seemed attentive to Inez. She This engineer 10 old man's ezcited state. seemed to prefer Alfonso. is helping Don Lais ure b i | The story thus far: Beorita Ines de Mendoza of Lima, Peru, De usual about the ef him and takes him. Senora’ de Moche—for I had no doubt ‘now that this was the Peru-; van Indian weman of whom Senorita Inez had spoken—seemed to lose in-; terest in us and in the concert the} moment Don Luls went out. Her son| also seemed restive. He was a good-| looking fellow with high forehead, noss slightly aquiline, chin and| mouth firm, in fact, the whole face refined and intellectual, though tinged with melancholy. We strolled down the wide ver- anda, and as we passed the woman and her son I was conscious of that strange feeling (which psychologists tell us, however, has no foundation) of being sarted at from behind. Kennedy turned suddenly and again [Dle of her eye. Who were these to we passed, just in time to catch in a low tone from the young man, Yef.] 1 have seen him at the yilveral!). Every one knows that he—"" The was los 1t was quite evident now that they thought we were interested in them. ing them further. Indeed, when we l:llgflnfl again we found that the seno- ra and Alfonso had rhifl:ilo gl\lr;‘e hrough the long, open.window | :lde. Ehd were making thelr way owly to the elevator. 'lTheydohr of the elevator had scarce- ly closed when Kennedy turned on his heel and quickly made his way back to the alcove where he had been little wicker table were several g? ;Isndcu'- half-burned cigarettes. We sat down & moment and, after & them up and folded them in & plece-of er. P eisurely Kennedy strolled over. to the desk, and, as guests in a summer hotel will flnzi looked over the regis- . The Mendoz: ::‘Y- :el’e registered in rooms 810 L>nd 2, a suite on the eighth floor. Lock- Wwood was across the hall in 811 Turning the pages, Kennedy paused. then nudged me. Senora de Moche and Senor Alfonso de Moche were on the sume floor, in 839 and 841, just around an “L” in the hall. ‘The lw(z parties must meet frequently, not oniy downstalrs in the inn, but in the cor- s and elevators. T anedy said nothing. but glanced at his watch. We had nearly three- quarters of an hour to :ldfl‘l yet until client returned. . in trying to conceal our identity,” he said finally, drawing a card from his pocket and_ handing it to the clerk. i e Moche, please. s;,\:g‘lg my surprise, the senora tel- ephoned down that she would see us in her own sitting rahnm.‘nndu{' fol- npedy into the clevator. mxfign!s(uewu };u! and the senora was . " S Sope that you will pardon me. began Craig, with an elaborate ex- planation, “but 1 have become inter- ested in an opportunity to invest in a Peruvian venture and they lell‘ me at the office that you are a Peruvian. 1 thought that perhaps you could ad- | vise me.” N She looked at us keenly. I that she detected the subterfuge, she dld mot try to avoid us. closer view, her eyes were really re- markable—those of a woman en- dowed with an abundance of health and energy—eyes that were full of what the old phrenologists used to call amativeness, denoting a nature capable of intense passion. whether of love or hate. Yet, I confess that I could not find anything especially abnbrmal about them, as I had about 'S, of Senor Mendoza and his friend, Mr. Lockwood,” she returned, speaking rapidly. “Let me tell you about it You may know that the Chimu tribes in the north were the wealthiest at the time of the coming of the Span- jar Well, they had a custom of burying with their dead all their mov- roperty. ::"-veporp huaca was given to many. | Fhat 'would become & cache of trea u re. “Back in the seventeenth century she continued, leaning forward eage! The Evil Eye - By Arthur B. Reeve. The Star’s Week End Fiction Second of Three Installments. | party, including Lockwood, who had There was, then, no use {n our Watch-!spite of the tension on which we were. sitting. Lying about on the ash tray | Visions of hidden treasure seemed to| hasty glance around, Craig gafered | were gazing out on the fairyland of , father and daugh- | say under her breath, Sometimes a commonl T WP PPPPPPIPIIN currents of superstition, avarice and race hatred In the case presented a tangle that challenged him. i “Thank you,” he murmured, rising. 'You have told me guite enough to make me think seriously before I Join in any such undertaking.” She smiled enigmatically and we bowed ourselves. out. “A most baffling woman,” was Craig’s only comment as we rode down again’in the elevator to wait for the return of Don Luls and the se* norita, Scarcely had their chair set them down at the inn than Alfonso seemed to appear from .-nowhere. He had eyidently been waiting in the shadow of the porch for them. ‘We stood aside and watched the lit- tle drama. For a few minutes the genorita talked with him. One did not need to be told that she had a deep regard for the young man. 8he want- ed to see him, ‘yet she did not want to see him. Don Luls, on the contrary, seemed to become quite restive and impatient again and to wish to cut the conversation short. It was self-evident that Alfonso was deeply in love with Inez. I won- dered whether, after all, the trouble was that the proud old Castillan Don Luis would never consent to the mar rlago of his daughter to one of In dlan blood? Was he afraid of a love forbidden by race prejudice? In any event, one could easily imagine " the feelings of Alfonso to- ward Lockwood, whom he saw carry- ing off the prize under his very eyes. As for his mother, we had seen that the Peruviaus of her caste were a proud old race. Her son was the ap- scorn her race, her family? It was u little more than an hour after our first meeting when the finished his letters, gathered again u: in the rooms of the Mendunaa‘. 2 It was a delightful evening, even in We chatted about everything from archeology to Wall street, until I could well imagine how any one pos- sessod of an {magination susceptible to the influence of mystery and tra- dition would succumb to the glitter- ing charm of the magic words, peje chica, and feel all’the gold hunter's enthusiasm when brought into the &tmosphere of the peje grande. throw a glamour over every ything. Kennedy and the senorita had moved over to a window, where they Atlaniic Beach spread out e them, while Lockwood and Don haic were eagerly quizzing me on the po.;-lhllflles of newspaper publicity. Oh, Prof. Kennedy,” 1 heard her feir ‘that. It is the mial ‘Ge oo the| e\i” eye.” did not catch Craig’s answer, but | I did catch him time and again nar- rowly observing Don Luis. Qur host was smoking furlously now, and his eyes had even more than before that peculiar, staring look. By the way | his veine stood out I could see that Mendoza's heart action must be rapid. He was talking more ana more wildly as he grew more ex- cited, Even Lockwood noticed it and, I thought, frowned. - Slowly the convictlon was forced | on me. The man was mad—raving | mad! “Really, T must get back to the city tonight.” I overheard Craig say | to the senorita as finally he turned from the window toward us. Her face clouded, but she eaid!| nothing. “If you could arrange to have us dine with you -tomerrow night up here, however,” he added quickly in a whisper, “I think 1 might be pre- pared to take some action.” “By all means” she replied cager- 1y, as though catching at anything that promised aid. On the Jate train back. I half| dozed, wondering “what had caused Mendoza's_evident madness. Was it/ a sort of auto-hypnotism? There | was, 1 knew. a form of illusion known as_ophthalmophobia—fear of ‘the eye. It ranged from mere aver- sion at being gazed at all the way to the subjective development of re. physical illness out of otherwis: trifling ailments. If not that, what object could there be for any one to cause such a condition? Might it be| for the purpose of': robbery? O might it be for revenge? in the laboratory, 1 Kennedy 1y as she talked, “a Spaniard opened o Chimu huaca and found gold that is said to have been worth a million dollars. An Indian told him of it After he had shown him the treasure, the Indian told the Spaniard that he had given him only the little fish, the peje chica, but that some day he Would give him the big fish, the pele de. B the Indlan died.” she went on sol- emnly, flashing at Craig a glance lhom her wonderful eyes. “He was poisoned by the other members of his |xrlbe." She paused, then flashed, “That is my tribe, my fam She paused a moment. “The big a secret—or at least it was untib they got it from my broth- s 8 Whom the tradition had been intrusted. They drove him crazy— until he talked. Then, after he had told the secret, and lost his mind, he threw himselt one day into Lake Ti- icaca.” e stopped drsmauc;illt);, n a::r passionate outpouring of the trage- dies that had followed the hidden reasure. e cannot tell you more than ycu probably already know,” she resumed, watching our faces intently. “You know, 1 suppose, that the treasure is belleved to be in a large mound, & tumulous, I think you call it, visible from our town of Truxillo. Many people have tried to open it, but the mass of sand pours down on them and they have been discouraged. But Senor Mendoza believes that he knows just where to bore and Mr. Lockwood has a plan for a well timbered tun- nel which can be driven at the right point.” y She said it with a sort of quiet as- rance that conveyed the impres- sion without her saying it that the venture was somehow doomed to fail- ure, that these desecrators were merely toying with fate. All through her remarks one could feel that she spected Mendoza of having been re- sponsible for the downfall and trag- edy of her brother, who had betrayed the age-old secret. Her eyes assumed a far-away, 'greamy look as she went on. “You {must know that we Peruvians have ibeen o educated that we never ex- iplore ruins for hidden treasure—not even if we have the knowledge of en- glineering to do so0.” Apparently she was thinking of her son and his studies at the uni- versity. One could - follow her thoughts as they flitted from him to the beautiful girl with.whom she had seen us. “We are a peculiar race,” she pro- ceeded. “We seldom intermarry with other races. We are as proud as Senor Mendoza, as proud of our unmixed lineage as your belted earls.” She sald it with a_quiet dignity quite in contrast with the nervous, hasty manner of Don Luis. There was no doubt that fhe race feeling cut eep. 4 Kennedy had been following Ner closely and I could see that the cross SMOKED HAMS 23c Ib. Positively No. 1 Grade 8 to 10 Pounds PRIME N Round Steak, 1b.. Sirloin Steal Porterhouse Steak; Plate Beef, for boiling; Hamburg Steak; fresh ground; Ib. .......12%c ' Strictly Fresh Eggs; doz........ Blue Ridge Fresh Croamery Butter, Ib. 38¢ _ Genuine Spring ! . Lamb Leg of Spring Lamb; 1b..25c Brlebut\Lunh; stewing, ‘Shoulder ‘Lamb, rossting, . Loin and Rib ‘Lamb Chops; 1b...... Shoulder Lamb _Chops; . . 1 TR ceeeeeec20e Lean Pork Chops; Ib. Loin Pork 1b. Pure Hoge’ Lard; Ib....16¢ Gm?dn-og:t_uci; Ib.. .16c | defraction spectroscopes. ! fool, but at last by perseverance and | | good speciman of FRANK KIDWELL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SALE . FANCY PORK PRODUCTS 18 Busy Markets Conveniently Located-at Neortheast Market, 15th and H Sts. N. B MEARNS IS FREED William A. Mearns, former mem- ber of the brokerage firm of Lewis Johnson & Co., who has been de- tained at the District jail for more than three years for alleged contempt of court in falling to pay over to a court receiver $4,000 involved in a| clvil proceeding, was released from | custody unconditionally today by ! Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court. George E. Sullivan, recejver, to whom the money was to be paid, ! and also counsel for Morrill Spalding, | who brought the civil case against Mearns, opposed the releass of the | prisoner, attacking the jurisdiction of the court. Attorney Sullivan noted an appeal from the decision of the court to let Mearns out of jail. Has Ne Money. Mearns ‘was called to the witness stand by Justice Hitz, and after he had been sworn was asked by the court, “Have you any of that money which you were ordered to pay over to this receiver?” “No, sir,” answered the prisoner. “Have you any mopey at all?” Inquired Justice Hitz. To this Mr. Mearns also responded in | the negative. “I will discharge you,” said the justice. Mearns, bowing his acknowledgments to the court, left the witness stand and went from the courtroom a free man. The three-year confinement appears to have made little change in the| debonalr appearance of the former broker. He was nattily. attired in white trousers and a blus serge coat and smilingly accepted the greetings of friends in the corridor of the court. r. Mearns was not prepared to state hat line of employment he will fol- low at present. “I shall just look around for a while,” he answered when asked what he would do. Appeal Is Noted. | Attorney Henry E. Davis, counsel for Mearns, did not put any questions to him while he was on the witness stand, being content to let the court conduct the inquiry. Attorney Sul- livan, holding the proceedings im- | proper, decided to stand on his legal | rights, and propounded no inquirfes. Mr. Sullivan, for the receiver and for the plaintiff, filed opposition to the discharge of Mearns, holding that the United States Supreme Court had ruled | against such action, and declared that | the court could not parole Mearns in the custody of counsel because the court’s rules forbid lawyers from going on bonds. pulled out from a cabinet a peculfar | apparatus. It seemed to consist of a sort of triangular prism set with its edge vertically on a rigid plat- form attached (o a massive stand. Next he lighted one of the cigarette stubs which he had carried away so carefully, The smoke curled up be- tween a powerful light and the pecu- liar instrument, while Craig peered through a lens, manipulating the thing with exhaustless patience and skill. 2 Finally he beckoned me ovef and 1| lopked through, too. On a sort of fine grating all I could see was a number | of strange lines. =t “That” he explained in answer to ! my unspoken question as I continued to gaze, “is one of the latest forms | of the spectroscope, known as the interferometer, with' delicately ruled gratings, in which power to resolve { the stralght close lines in the spectrum ! is carried to the limit of possibility. A smell_watch is delicate, but it bears | no comparison to the delicacy of these | “Every substance, you know, is, when radiating light, characterized | by what at first appears to be almost | a haphazard set of spectral lines | without relation to one another. But | they are related by mathematical| laws and the apparent haphazard ! character is only the result of our lack of knowledge of how to interpret the results.” He resumed his place at the evepicce | to check over his results. “Walter.” he said, finally, with a twinkle of the | eve, “I wish you'd go out and find me | a cat” | A cat?” T repeated. 1 es—a cat—fells domesticus, if it! sounds better that wuy—a plain, ordi- nary cat.” 1 jammed on my hat. and, late as it ! was, sallied forth on this apparently | ridiculous mission. H Several belated passers-by and a policeman watched me as though 1| were a housebreaker, and I felt like a tact 1 managed to capture a fairly ! the species and ! trapsported it in my arms to the laborato~v without an €indue number | ? scratches. i (Tomorrow—The Evil Eye Continued.) MARKET NEWS SMOKED SEOULDERS 1Sc Ib. No. 1 Grade 4 to 6 Pounds TIVE BEEF Fancy Chuck Roast; Ib., ,15¢ Prime Rib Roast; Ib.....23¢ Shoulder Clod Roast. }Lb,, Bouillon Roast .... 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Suits that sold up to $37.50 we’ve marked down to...... Suits that sold up to $55.00 we’ve marked down to. .. .. We've a lot of about 75 genuine Palm Beach Suits $7.50 A really exceptional special Men’s Delta Oxfords —values up to $10— —in broken sizes up to 42—but mostly of the small sizes. Natural, Gray, Sand and fancy shades—$11, $I12 and $13 values. Special in Athletic Underwear The Shirts and Drawers are full athletic models— with no sleeves and knee length. Shirt sizes from 34 to 40. Drawer sizes from 30 to 40. L They Are $1 and $1.50 You will have the choice Values of the popular styles— Black, Brown and Ma- hogany Calf. Black and Brown Kid. Patent Leather. New shades of Brown Calf. Tan or Smoked Elk, with Brown Calf trimmings. White Canvas, Linen or Duck. White Buck, or Nu Buck. They’re in the perfect-fit- ting “Delta” lasts—French Square, English and New Round English Plain toe —and conservative shapes as well. Blucher or straight-lace; rubber and leather heels. Sizes a-plenty. 69c¢ All Straw Hats —Sennits, Splits and Fancy Braids—Selling up to $4— 95¢ Every size except 714— and as many of them are imported Hats that run large—it’s safe to* say that everyone can be fitted. ECONDMY &2 FLOOR At least tomorrow we can promise these Men’s Mohair Suits That are woi:th up to Sl6.50:fpr;.........‘..$9“ol75 *Black and fancy stripes—in the popular niodels —and- the typé of making that holds shapeliness. Sizes 34 to 46. . ' ; Seventh Street S_akz & Q'anpang | |