Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1923, Page 13

e el THE EVIL SHEP E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Copyright. 1822, by (Continued from yesterday.) of the glass of cham night and ar 3 1ds some “It is all part !\DCI’I.. of society "You have an extr Pagne for dinner at congratulated by ause you have devil to cheat the tme you 60 do your high friends, Your whole attitude during th hours of eluquence hus be That - is acted Fou, Mr. T am sor mented coldly Profession—-" His host stopped him with a little Wave of the hand. “Spare me that,’ 4 e are on the subj % question to ask 3 1told me, directly after You, that, although It would make no Teal difference to vour pleading, it rome to innocent, ation ith por a1l th 1. and N\ me to neis com- “The ' ethies of my Chile I have he begged. though, even you. reason.” not all as you is 1 satis- rate, in saving than a guilty obvious hat we are bonds Franels told him, Fuch rogues and v seem to think. There Taction to me, at_any N an fnnocent man's life one’ Hilditeh laughed as though wmused. “Come,” he threatened, "I am go- fng t e ill-na You have Bhown siuns of a qua Which T dete: You of some Factlon. Of o 1 killed him in Awhich you are now sitting.” There was a_moment's inte 2enc The wo was still fann rself lazily. Irancis leaned fward in his plac ¢ “1 do not wis 4 exclaimed harshly “Don't be foolish. Fising to his feet the room. “You know the whole irouble of the prosecution. They <ouldn’t discover the weapon. or any- thing like it, with which the deed was done. Now. I'll show you some thing ingenious. Franeis collowed nents with fi woman scarcely turne Hilditch paused at the fa of the room. where there w ple of gun cases. some fis) and a bag of golf clubs. I Jatter he extracted a ve looking putter, and with it strolled bac them. “Do you play golf, m? msked. “What do you think of that?" Francis took the putter into his hand. It was a very ordinary club, which had apparently see deal of service, so much, indeed, the leather wrapping the top commencing to unroll. The name was on the back of the algo the name of the prof from whom it had been purchas Francls swung the fmplement chanieally with his wrists. “There seems to bhe nothing traordinary about the club.” he pro- t is very much like your sclf killed the very chair to hear this!" he his host replied, 1 strolling acr - move- The her head ther end re a cout ng rods m the ordinary- the other's sinated e sa he » which han, ple secret h declare “Yet it contains would most _certainiy me.” Oliver Hilditch » 8nfly. “Seer He held the shaft fir hand and bent the blade aw it. In a moment or two it and he commenced to unscrew little exclamation escaped from cis's lips. The woman looked with tired eyes. “The join in the st polnted out, “is so fine as to be in- Alstinguishable by the naked eve. TYet when the blade comes off, 1 this, vou see that although the \ wweight is absolutely : . the in- sido is hollow. The irscl is scased in this cotton wool to avoid uny rattling. 1 put it away in & hurry the last time 1 used i as_vou see I forgot to clean it.” Francis staggered back and gripped the mantelpiece. led with horre ith the air of some interesting ditch had removed sheath of cotton wool \ the thin blade of a ing stiletto. on which wi stain of incrusted blood “There is a handle, he went on, which is perhaps the most ingepl- ous thing of all. You touch a spring here, and behold He pressed down the two tiny sup- ports which opened upon hinges about four inches from the top of the handle. There was now a com- plete hilt. “With thi: plajned, “the 1 in_one y from vielded it A s on Hilditch at 1l and aged upon Oli 11l- Llood- from Very one en task the lttle point is Sharpened and the stcel so wonderful that is not necessary to stab. It has the perfection of & surgical instrument. You have only to lean it agzinst a certain point in a man's anatomy lunge ever so little and the wh thing is done. Come here, Mr. Led- sam, and 1 will show you the exact EDOL. Francis made no movement. His eyes were fixed upon the weapon. “If I_had only known!" he mute \ tered.g “My" dear fellow, 1f you had other protested soothingl you know perfectly well that it would ot have made the slightest differ- nce. Parhaps that little break in your voice would not have come quite 5o naturally, the little sweep of vour arm toward m the man whom a moment’'s thoughtlessnes: might sweep into eternity would have been 2 little stiffer, but what matter? You would still have done your best and you would probably still have suc- eeded. You don't care about trifling with eternity, eh? Very well, I will find the place for you Hilditeh's fingers strayed along his shirt front until he found a cer spot, Then he leaned the dagger agalnst it, his forefinger and second finger pressed against the hilt. His eyes were fixed upon his guest's. He meemed genuinely interested. Francls, glancing away for a mo ment, was suddenly consclous of a new horror. The woman had leaned a little forward in her easy chair until srke had attained almost a \vrouch!nx position. Her .eyes seemed 10 be measuring the distance from where she sat to that quivering thread of steel. “You see, Ledsam,” his host went on, “that point driven now at that ungle would go clean through the vital part of my heart. And it needs 1o force, efther—just the slow pres- ure of these two fingers. What did ou say, Margaret? he Inquired, breaking off abruptly. The woman was seated upon the very edge of her chair, her eye§ riveted upon the dagger. There was no change in her face, not a tremor in her tone. “I sald nothing.” she replied. “T did not speak at all. I was just watching."” Hilditch turned back to his guest. “These two fingers,” he repeated, “and a fiick of the wrist—very little more than would be necessary for a thirty-yard put right across the weapon.” he L] the, Te Bl prancls had recovered himself, V¥ had found his bearings to a certain nt. ‘I am 8orry that you have told me this, Mr. Hiiditch,” he said, a little stiffly. “Why?” was the puzzled repl thought you would be interested. ““I am interested to this extent, Franols declared, “I shall accept mo more cases such as yours unless [ am,_ convinced of my client’s inno- cence. I look upon your confession to me as being in the worst possible 1 and I regret very much my ef- forts on your behalf. The woman was listening Intently. 1lditch’s expression was one of cyni- al wonder. Francis rose to his feet nd moved across to his hostes: “Mrs. Hilditch,” he said, “will you “r His s - | it Little, Brown & Co.) How me to make my apologles? sur husband and 1 have arrived at n understanding—or perhaps 1 sould say a misunderstanding— which renders the further hospitality possible.” She fingers. =T had ne erved. with gentle sarcasm, 1 barristers were such purists morally. 1 thought you were rather proud of bein® the lust hope of the criminal classes.” “Mada Francis replied, “I am not proud of having saved the life of a self-confessed murderer, even though that man may be your hus- 1. Hilditeh elf as he to the held out the tips of her aughing softly to ed his departing quaint rancis remarked. Oliver Hilditeh i but your last_few words ippealed to me You must be on of very scanty perceptions if you could spend the evening here and not understand that my death is the one thing | th world which would make my wife happy.” t ancis walked hon | last words ringing in cars, |seemed with him even in that brief period of troubled sleep which came to him whe he had ained his oms and turpned in. were there in the middle of the night when he was aw . shivering, by the =hrill summon s telephone bell. He stood quaking before the instru- ment in his pajamas. It was the reason of some »nition, he had dreaded hear—level, composed, emotion- sense with Mr. Ledsam?* she inquired. H 1 am neis Ledsam, |8 ted. Who wan me """ It is Margs Hilditeh speaking.” she announced, “l feit that 1 | ving up and tell you of a very strange H happened after you left | s g he as- t on, ving with He laid {t seated himself Mr. J n had ame attitude, It called a reconstruction holding it there st have had a fit n remorse, we shall called out and I the room to him. I the dagger away—I have been He had already applied the ment of the fingers which ry. he doctor has just dleath must have my e that he er Know hurried tried to snatch hwi‘: hmll.'lnl neous ut this is horrible!” F; jout into the well of d rkrP\.T'fm fiise A person is on the way trom Scot- land Yard.” the voice continted, with: Ze or tremor. “When he hus A himself, 1 am going to bed, s here now.’ Good night : Francis tried to speak again, but his words beat against a wall of sl lence. He sat upon th of the bed. shivering. In tha nt {akony h to hear in ho of iten" & words: Hilditch's mocking My world {happy! | (To be continued tomorrow.) » | Oliver i death is the one thing in t) which would make hiy wife COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE cou PITTSBURGH, June 30.—A buying was reported today by makers glass tableware. Prices are steady, nd makers they will be | main . The reaction in buying has not proceeded very far, but plants {of the leading company are operating on a schedule of only about 65 per {cent of capacity’ ! { { lull in selieve HOUSTON, June 30.—As a result of the large stos held in storage, lead- ing oll companies here have cut the retail price of gasolens to 20 cents & The Magnolia Petroleum, Humble Oil and Gulf Refining com banles and the Texas company have all announced & one-cent reduction, NEW ORLE! June 30.—Country merchants in this section are show- | ing a disinclination today to buy far ahead. fearing thev will be caught | with high-priced goods which may be | bought ‘more cheaply later, and cite new prices for bleached cotton goods 4s an example. Retafl dry goods sales in the towns and cities continue to improve. Practically all lines have held their own or gained except mil- linery and housefurnishings. PORTLAND, cause of the steady run of fish the Columbia river this vear, salmon pack of “talls” will normal and there will be on percentage put up in one-pound flats. Most of the pack will be put up in half-pound tins. in the PHILADELPHIA, fully compiled reports for this month to date show that June sales in re- tail stores in this district made a decided gain over June last year. This will probably exceed 15 per i cent. ¢ is picking the largest n many vears. Farmers a gallon for i carloads of strawb Vfrom the Springfield, Mo., district in the season just closed, a new record ATLANTA, June missioner of agriculture today de- clared that the condition of the cot- ton crop of the state was at least 5 per cent below government esti- mates. The state department is con- tinuing to buy carload after carload of calcium arsenate, which is sold at cost to farmers for fighting the boll weevil, but frequent showers have before the pests were killed. of | the | Orc. June 30.—Be-| June 30.—Care- | 30.—State com- | dissolved the chemical on the plants | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON NEWLOW RECORDS IN WHEAT FUTURES Corn, Oats and Provisions Also Decline During Week. Stocks Help Drop. | | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 30.—All future de- liveries of wheat have fallen this week to a new low-price record for the season. The setback is largely {ascribed to the bearish influénce of the New York stock market. Lowest prices yet this season also were reached by some dellveries of corn and oats. Compurcd Wwith a week £g0, wheat this morning was 2% to 4% down; corn, 4% to 4% off; oats, showing % to 1 loss, and provisions, at 25 to 30 deeline. With weather conditions very fa- vorable for the harvesting of winter wheat and with rains and wer tem- reratures helping the growth of the spring crop, the wheat market proved unusually sensitive to other bear fac- tors, such as notable downturns in {the ‘value of securities. ~Persistent { llquidation of wheat holdings on the part of houses with eastern connec- tions gave special emphasis to the disturbing general effects of the stock market declines, and were off- set (0 a moderate degree by reports that within two days 4,000,000 bushels of futurc deliveries of wheat had been tuken by exporters. Word that black rust had been dis- {covered in South Dakota failed to act as a stimulus to the buying side of the wheat market, and it was ap- parently the view of most traders that important actual damage from rust might have to be shown before prices would respond. European ex- change rates at new low levels for the vear and a seeming dearth of export purchasing for nearby ship- ment, except on & hand-to-mouth basis, were also a declded handicap to bulls. Favorable weather conditions for the new corn crop together with in- dications that the stock of corn here would show an increase this week had @ bearish influence on the corn market. Oats followed corn. Provisions declined with hogs and | grain. L] PUBLIC IS AFRAID OF STOCK MARKET | Failures and Bucket Shop Dis- closures Still Causing Wide- spread Caution. By the Assoclated Press. W YORK, June 30.--Stock and bond prices broke through their lows | of last November this week before | sufficient buying support appeared to check the reactionary trend, which | had continued for five successive The recovery set in Thura- morning, but fresh signs of | weakness appeared yesterday, par-| ticularly in the independent steel and railroad shares. Except for sporadic buying by so- called “bargaln hunters,” there has, been a marked absence of public buying support in the market for several weeks. This has been attributed, in part, to the uncertainties concerning the trend of business and securities prices this fall and the fears engendered by recent failures and disclosures | made in the investigation of brokers'} bankruptc! taking place & year and | more ago. U Railroad shares have made little| response to the unprecedented earn- | ings report for May which began to| ! make their appearance this week. | | " Steel stocks were depressed be- | cause of simistio advices from | | the steel trade centers and uncon-; Iflrmerl reports that there was dnn-‘ wer of a reduction or omission of the next quarterly Bethlehem dividend. A new low price for crude rubber! {and recent tire cuts have had a re-| ! actionary effect on rubber company fssues. Rumors of price cuts and de- creased production and sales have | ‘been a contributing factor to the sell- ing of the motor shares. _— Somebody declares that the Phila- | delphia station fire may have been set by the remarks of a man who missed his train CHILD SUFFERED WITH TETTER Around Body. Itched and | | Burned. Cuticura Heals. “My linle daughter suffered with dry tetter, which started on both her hips and extended around her body. | | Ititched and burned causing her to scratch, and her ciothing irritated the breaking out. She would lie swake for hours at night scratehing. The trouble lasted three years. I read an advertisement “cr Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample. 1 purchased more, and after using three cakes of Cuti- cura Soap and five boxes of Cuticura Ointmentshewas completelyhealed.” | | (Signed) Mrs. Octavia Wells, R. 4,. Box 60, Summit, Miss. Improve your skin by daily use of Cuticura Soap,Ointmentand Talcum. Chers. Soup . Ointenent 3 and B Tatcum e, ‘Cuticura Soap shaves without mus. Vacation. It'll come every the “news from home.” No Rates by Mail- Postage Paid Payable in Advance Daily and 15¢ One week. ..20c All other States— One month. .85c One week...25c 20c You Won’t Get Homesick —if you have The Star follow you on your Summer day and Sunday—bringing matter how often you move about—just notify of the change in address. Maryland and Virginfa— Sundsy Daily Sundey One month..70c 50c 20c 5¢ 60c 25c 10c BEDTIME. STORIES The Bravest Little Mother. All through life 'tfs true. I ween. That bravest deeds nre seidom seen. —0ld Mother Nature. The hardest kind of bravery is in sitting still in the face of danger and watching it draw nearer and nearer. Mrs. Grouse, with her twelve bables gathered under her, sat in the Green Forest, watching Reddy Fox doming through the dusk. Ever since she bad first eaught sight of him she had been trying to declde whether she should fiy or sit still. To fiy would have been much easier. Then she would have had nothing to fear for herself. But Mother Grouse was not think- == = THEN HIS SHARP EARS CAUGHT THE FAINT RUSTLE OF A LEAF A LITTLE AHEAD AND TO ONE SIDE. ing of self. All her thought was for the twelve precious little darlings under her, who knew nothing of the danger approaching. And so she con- tinued to slt_right where she was. Nearer came Reddy Fox. Nearer and nearer and nearer. How sly and crafty he looked! What a hungry gleam there was in his eyes! She could see it even in the dusk. If Reddy kept on the way he was headed he her. She wi see her, for as she didn’t move he would not be likely to recognize her, even if he looked straight at her, That was Lecause her brown cloak blended so perfectly with the brown leaves on the ground around her. She wasn't | 't afrald that he would D. C., SATURDAY, By Thornton W. Burgess. afrald of Reddy's eyes, but she was afrald of Reddy's nose. You know, Reddy has a wonderful nose. 8o Mrs. Grouse drew all her feath- ers flat against her as tightly as she could. Perhaps this would shut in the scent of her body. Any way, it was worth trylng. Reddy stopped to examine an old stump. Then he trotted oft to one side to look into a clump of fern. After that he went over to a little low-growing hemlock tree and poked his black nose under that. Then once more he headed ght for Mrs. Grouse. ‘'Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!"™ Mrs. Grouse kept saying to herself. And it was all she could do to keep from springing into the air on those stout wings_of hers. Nearer and nearer came Reddy. Now he was only a few feet away. He stopped and began to use that black nose of his to test the air for telltale odors. Would he smell her? Would he? He came om again. Now he was within an easy jump of her. She knew that it was too late to take to her stout win She knew how quick Reddy Fox is, and that if he should discover her she wolildn't have time to get in the air before he would be upon her. She held her breath. She didn’'t move so much as @ single feather. She kept her bright Houses Wanted! We know our friends first by name, then by responsibility and achievement. We are hard- 1y known by name in Washing- ton yet. However, Arnold & Co. started business in Washing- ton May 1, and we have on our books over two hundred desir- able clients who are in the mar- ket for homes in various loca- tions. Particularly is the de- mand great for homes in Wash- ington Heights, Mount Pleasant and Columbla Helghts. We can assure owners who list their property with us in any loca- tion, at the right price, that quick action will follow. uld come stralght to | she knew that so lonxi Amold & CO- 1311 H Street N.W. Maln 657-638 JUNE 30. 1923. eves fixed on Reddy. And all the time under her twelve preclous bables were already asleep and knew noth- ing of their danger. Reddy took another step forward and Mrd. Grouse was just ready to give up all hope. Then abruptly he | turned to examin a little clump of ferns off at one side. He found noth- ing there and turned back. Then | his sharp ears caught the faint rustle ' of a leaf a little ahead and to one side. In an instant he was there and Mrs. Grouse caught a glimpse of a tiny form that disappeared the in- stant she saw it. Reddy turned up his nose. It was Teeny Weeny the Shrew, who had slipped under an old log., He had & most unpleasant scent | and that is why Reddy had turned up | his nose. | " For what seemed to Mrs. Grouse | R Prestdent H. L. Offutt, J Cashier C. J. Gockele! The “Friendly Bai W. P, Lipscomb N. L. Sansbury Vice Presidents the longest moment that ever was Reddy hesitated whether to turn back or go on. Then he went on. The bravest little mother and her babli were safe once more, | s (Copyright, 1023, by T. W. Burgess) ! | SNOW FALLS IN ITALY. | NOVARA, Pledmont, June 30—While | the rest of Italy is suffering from the | sweltering heat of mid-summer, reports from the highlands of the district around | this city tell of & wave of winter weather. The crops in an area of seve eral square miles were damaged by & | driving snow accompanied by hail. | A San Franolsco girl is safd | the most nearly perfect girl in A':ae':-? figuratively speaking., . | General Electric works here. | be jnstalled in the River Rouge plant MoTog TO BE LARGEST. | ”_ !B,OOO-Horup:vwer Machine for l’orr\ Plant Being Designed. By the Assoclated Press. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., June 30— The largest alternatiug current motors for_steel mill use ever made in this country now fs being designed T"t L t voris of .the Ford Motor Company. The motor’s capacity will be 8,000 horse power, Wisconsin daylight atu legislature abolished saving. Lawmakers ju ally hate saving thing [——ll———— L — =TT =3 District National Bank 1406 The Urge Frankly—every time you open the pay envelope don’t you have a “tug at your something aside for the future? Reall r. of the habit r ink” We pay interest at the rate of on Savings Accounts. I——lolc——alolc——lalc——=al—2lal——Jo|c——] , every one should do that—and every one can easily —if only what is thoughtlessly - spent now ‘(literally wasted) is placed in a Savings Account. Open one with us—you’ll soon form the habit of Saving instead from that time you'll always have money to back your enter- prises and meet your needs. G Street of Pay Day conscience” to lay m fi of spending—and @ fl The Allesheny Coal Co. Desires to Announce That Effective July First, 1923 CORPORATION- —will take over the railroad yards of The Allegheny Coal Company at Rosslyn, Va., and its retail coal busi- ness in the District of Columbia and Virginia, resulting in a combined storage capacity of Twenty-Five Thou- sand Tons. HE Griffith Coal Corporation will continue to handle the same exclusive ,grades of coal which have contributed so largely to the satisfaction of The Allegheney Coal Company’s customers for so many years. MR. MAYNARD C. BURRELL will be associated with the Griffith Cor- poration and personally continue to care for the needs of the customers who for so many years have been served by the Allegheny Company. The office at 827 Fourteenth Street N.W. will be continued for the present as a central office for the Griffith Coal Corporation, and orders may be left there for future delivery with everv assurance of satisfactory attention. 1200 R "~ FIRST and Street N.W.—No N Sts. N.E.--<Fra nklin 4840 827 14th Street N.W.—Main 7250 rth 413 & 1365D Street S.W.—Main 2200 Rosslyn, Va.—Main 7250 :