Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1923, Page 34

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1923. il served, almost in a sense mocked; | his co-signatory with the means of |sumed his wanderings. The New e et et e o i e e e+ 12 L+ vt = smoend T R et (e i e e .t i = - 32 ettt but that ‘phase of It had sunk into | bisokmalling -him into nusnce | York - ke Y9 99 | |Duighihianhare 5 bt qunk lats| piaokimaing him Ipto e continuance; York | “branch” which, belne mnier || i NOT A HOME " a gigentic gamble—a gamble with |Larmon? What would ‘l' be_like LVQI"“! th xqulsite little man- 9 RED i life. The whole fabric was of tex-|with his back to the wall? What |ager, was nheavily underscored on (i UNTIL IT’S PLANTED | ture most precarious. It exhilarated | other reservation had been In ler- ibert Larmon's blacklist! : et pr . ! . Bu; e , tre. v An Unususl Romance of Peovle Whose Very Being In Oven pen ment o dysature, yes |mon's mind when he had drawn tBat| The faint, musial whirr of the |l shrubs und piants direct from Wh'l t Plodged to Do the Bidding of Others. always from around the corner just| And then a queer and bitter smile | |t IVory ball from the roulette ||l the grower, 450 varleties, ¥ivery e ey Biways om mve " —at table caught John Rruce's atten- |l plant covered by @ 100% guar- By "FRA _IVK ’54 !’A_CKARD" ho 81000 & Vary esrellogt Phahee of ormnemnaq"znh?vu"f: A ":?fn':‘: ton, and he strolied in that direc- || antee. Copy of “Home Grounds Author of “The Miracle Man.” “From Now Os,” gtc. helng discovered gome morning minus | was the god and not the worshiper> tlon. Ilere a “guest” was already at |§ Their Planting and Planning, Copuright, 1932, by Public Ledger Company, Bia fifa It the man he wis set. to | Was that it? “Was that what Larmon |BlaY. The craupler smiled asdobn || mailca froe. Visitors weicomed. : . pateh, and who now fawned upon |counted upon?—that only & fool | BTUCe approached the table. John | No Sunday Business THIS BEGINS THE STORY tions more generous still. These | Loy and, ticated him with gwe and | would risk. the serifich of the |,;i'GO v A e B o GINS THE & . tlons more s Ul These|an unholy admiration, should get an | Aluddin's laip that had been theust |74t down. After a moment he Begafi | Bawkins, au ol Nei York cqbman. inable | © NEppCo S 0 gy o H Inkling of his real identity and his |into his hands, and that only & fool | 2, Make small $5 betsy on the frecs | to throw off Lis love of drink, pawns his little |, ¢e G5 P AORRCICS at _playi He had | real purpose at their houses! but would devote body snd waul to|pils fellow player was plunging o d. i Larmon at Suva, Biji. Thereafter | Yo yvawned, and, as though glory- |Larmon's Interess under the cir-|heavily—and losing. Also. the mah (| P. O. ROCKVILLE, MD. fenled; to S Utwataly A “llr‘ llves lay apart|ing in his own strength, flexed his |cumstances! lfi'l slightly under the influence “‘p Numery entrace on Reck . Ige o, ber, e 3 Now Vo N ruslly, even hero in | great” snoulders, "and siretched his - The amilo grow whimsieal. It wau|liator, The croupiers volce droncd |} malrvay edwows Moniross s Hiner elming Bimacit, Twenty | them, ‘for Larmon hua ‘resumed his | heag (0 o (U lensth above his | pomplmently e "hat he Joms | Bruce continued to make $5 bets Tutile atiempt made a & life in which he played th g T} i 1 i futlle’ atiempt made by’ a somg. : o played the role of 1, it was life! It made him a|Bruce, was not a fool. He shrugged ' The little byplay interested him. He | fling from Samon brines hine und & Loolanc And retired man of | superman, He had no human ties to |his shouldérs. Well,” therein G- |*new the signs. | ervation of ong of ihe passengers. who | ancisco, they were | bind him: no restraint to know; no|mon was right. It would not be his,| His fellow player descended to the " fofloms ol astonisher Bim by e 10 Gonstant and extremely intimate | desire that could not be satiated, |John Bruce's, fault \f enything short |supper room ' for another drink, It San_Francisco youngster of wealth an A modern 'Mephistopheles! The past was wiped away. It was|of death terminated the bend which | being against the rules of the house *Eiod family, With one wesk spot- gambliog. | men only Tn the e we GILTS | ke some reincarnation In which he |had originated that troplc night on|to serve anything In the gambling | To quickly dispose of our remaining o the tentative promise 0f 8 1S | Tatmon For what ho mak COn Ubert | stood supreme above his fellow men, |the moonli( beach In Samao three!rooms. The croupier laughed as he tock of goge bome to teil the atory of Wis wander. | fiiot (08 WAt ho wee, One sther gnd they bowed to their god. And |months ago! = e e o Slanced at the retreating flgure and | s new Type 61 Cadillacs we are 8 staco_bis_@wappastance from ‘Ha | T e was their god. And if he but e looked a s watch. was en gt another $5 bet that John | n : ke, e atoemied poutitalle oF Worhink foe 8 SR DRMES SeeINO0K—Peter Mal- | nodded approval they would lic, and | o'clogk. 1t was still early for play, | Bruce ‘pushed non the Vred 4“0’2;'2, the following prices on those Sfully the Ture of chance. Natished that | John Bruce, in iy nem bo kuew him. | cheat, and steal, and commit murder but it was not so early that his| “Hell rob you of your reputation ] models in stock. fhe outh has no criminal record, e mye: was Gibert Larmon " [0 ¢ @14 tHAt | in their grecd of worship, they whose |arrival In the New York “branch.” |yrr. Bruce, If you don't Iook out! | Phicen terioun passen Waldeck was the m ¢ the SOUl8 were In pawn to thelr god. where he Had been a constant vis- | the croupier smiled quizzically, “Are/ | it old ; entire sing "o gthé, manager of the He turned suddenly from the win-|itor for thé last four nights, could | you “Hading u thelll in piaying the | Chew a few Pleasant Tablets | Price Price Reduction : . into X | likewlse the clocring 16 houses, and 'dow, switched on the lights, drew |possibly arouse any suspicion, and |iiinimum for a change al Touring .....eeeceess $2750 $3,200 it e | which the profits Howed inhTQUER|from his pocket a great sum of one’s opportunity for inside observa- | “Jugt feeling my " John Bruce —Stomach Feels Fine! h - EhSTaD (he riien band e mame Known | o shwohrofits flowed into Lar-|money in banknotes and stood staring | tion v better when the | ratamnd tank e ite a pit carly eels Fine! Phaeton .......cceco. $2,750 $3,200 chain of KambIing howses . The youneer man | JORn. Braes we 2 eck, he.lat §t” There were thousands in his | play was deésultory and but few pres- yet, fsn't it * Vietoria $3,45 E . Was exactly what he|hand. Thousands and thousands!|ent than ih the crowded rooms of The other player return . Ie con- : il ot 33:103 ::,gfo 370 Sedan R ,310 10 wwrites his signature with native invisible inl v requiring the action of the salt ent water | ang® pu otre Ued Hhe World at large | Money! The ono universally ortho- |the later héurs. finued. to bet heavily, He mado &n-| o Lring out the simple name—John Bruce. = local managers of the|dox god! With but t these pleces | “If 1 were in England no 1a airs, 4 . bty crlady gambling houses in particular—a mil- | of paper in his hand he could command | John Bruce, addre -‘ln; e hanies fthor prouiNly Bolow stuirs, i Limousine ........,. $4,000 $4,675 $675 A R 1T CONTINTES lonaire' plunger Lo whom ‘gambling What’ he would, play upon human |licr, as he put on a light coat over S iR Drchneime aneeal Imperial Limousine .. $4,050 $4,775 $725 i Speo 8 o . Ihe “in- | passions at his whim. and like pup- |his evening clothes. “I couldn't get i CHAPTER T ipesctar of branches” dealt with Gil- | pets sets on a stage of his own setting |away with. this without @ man to| John Bruce Increased his stakes All models 1 t e s = Larmon alone. and dealt.con-|move the followers of the Great| valet me—and gt times. though he (Slghtly, quite indlfferent, natural A o Gulpped with motormeter, eir Story—Aladdin’s Lamp. Sd'-!x tlally and secretively over Mal- | Creed, that were numbered in their |might be useful, he might be awk-|## to Whether he lost or won—sin biflex bumper, extra tire, tube and cover, wind- OHN Bruce ned at fun [ deckls fif;;&—;;g‘;lleéh‘;y invisible | millions, at his will! It was only | ward, Damned ‘awkward! Hut in “:f‘.'::‘t‘;’m‘ e ae Do b il shield wiper, mirror, D. C. license numbers and length on o luxurlous divan Swmoun Isiander " playing. s part T A T MR s I e el e R originally joined at the table, and | carry the usual factory guarantee. in the most sumptuous apart- | When found necessary, for it had 3 O T : b suddenly hls Interest in the other | ment of the Bayne-Miloy,|Deen sgreed “between Larmon and | fy o Mas e oot it o Hea g mOr - }hecame still more enlivened. The | TERMS MAY BE ARRANGED New Yorks newest and most pre. | Bimself that even the most innocent | *{na it hag vost him nothing, Only CHAPTER 11 man, after a series of dlsastrous New York's newest and most Dre-|appearing . document oikad From | Po e U cokt ln nal fries The: illlenglre ¥¥ plays, was palpably broke, for e o B BE( oF s g A% . Milliangivg Flanger. snatched off a large diamond ring tentious hostelry, rose suddenly to|him. John Bruce, should be sub- | st his feet and twitched off ights. | ¢ d.-d‘ :;» the salt-water test; and he :i‘..“r"f,",; ‘:)fil f'nmn :u;unl. -.lr“;ll.:vfl John Briice left the hotel and en- | from Au‘flu[rr and held it out lu‘_n:nstanl :tr‘o‘r:;achv relief! Harmless! -rh w . o1 co The same impulse carried him in | peaf of th e dledy used it in sev-|that postulated a demial of what he |tered a tazl. A little later, in that | the croupler. Te momeng ShERe s Diapensin’iresched e n Cadlllac mpany eral of the especially confidential re- 3 4 few strides o the window. The|ports that he had sent Larmon on | hod already beforchand held in light {once most fashlonable section of | e b peitinied (omesser: | ach or indigestion ends. Immediate re. Rudolph Jose, President night was still and the moon rode|50me of the branches. guteem—a code of yanting mordls | New York, in the nelghborhood of pir N oo Ol | lief from fiatulence, gases, heartburn high and full It was the same| He shrugged his shoulders. The|of the way! Life stretched the fuller, | Gramercy Square, he was admitted | Mige Anna Caswell, daughter of g | P3IP!tation, fullness or stomach pressure. 1138-1140 Connecticut Avenue moon that three months ago he had | Whole scheme of his changed ex: the rosier, the more red-blooded be- |to a statdy mansion by a white- |New York physiclan, brought down a | Correct your digestion for a few cents. mon A had | ence had all b artfully simple— | fore him on that account. He was | 5 oen dn = = 1500 pound. BIedkc Dear witio Eunting | Millions Keen 1t handy. Druggiets e Frank. 3900, 3801, 3902 halred negro butler, who bowed ob- | 260-pound black bear while nun . stared at from the flat of his back {and s v efficient. He was under | well content. The future lured him. | ommend it. en the beach at Apfa. A smile, curf-no n to explain the source of | Nor was it mone one. There was | sequiously. ously tight, and yet curiously whim- | B8 wealth, except in his native city, | the spice of adventure, the battle of | Thereafter, for a little while, John mical, touched his lips. If it had| 5 ineinen . Was o N ) B e ess we. |Bruce wandered lelsurely from room been “moon-madneésst that had fal-{jurisdiction. With both Larmon and |derground methods were the raison’ 0 room in the magnificently ap-| len upon th mbler king and him- | Maldec king that their head- | d’ctre of his own magic enhanced [ pointed heu where in the rich self that night, been o mad- | Quarters, othe upervision of the | circumstances t5 the sound of footsteps was ness that free in_its!local “branch” was superfluous; else- | John Bruce repluced the money in|lost, wheré bronzes and painting: development hallucination. That | where, his wealth was inherited— | his pocket abrupt and frow | exquisite in their art, charmed the diagnosis no longer held. It would ! that was all. So, skipping San Fran- at was something, from. still an-|eve, where- soft-toned draperies and Je “much more opposite to lay it|cisco, he had come leisurely east- |other standpoint, which he could not|portieres were eloquent of refinement Dluntly “to the door of—Mephis- | ward, gambling for a week or two!afford to lose sight of. He had to|and good tsste, he paused for a mo- topheles. From the moment he had | w the case might be, in the |justify his job. Gilbert Larmon had |ment at tha threshold of the &upper | Jioarded the mail steamer he had |various citics, followlng as guidance |statcd that-he was not a’philanthro- | room, whose table was s profusion fved as a man po: ed of unlim- | apparently but the whim of his sup-| pist, and it was written in the bond | of every deticacy to tempt the palate ited wealth—as a man with unli; rlllu.\rdl,\‘ roue inclinations, and he had | that Larmon could terminate the |where wines of a vintage that was fted funds always in his ssion lot of _money—which would | agreement at will. Yes, and that|almost priceless were to be had at instant comman ally its way back to ts|was queer, too! What kind of @ |no greater cost than the effort re- istled softly. It was. though, | in the pockets of [man was Larmon? He knew Lar-|quired to Ifft a beckoning finger to perhaps the | Gilbert Larmon, via the clearing |mon. as Larmon superficlally sub-|the smiling:ebony face of old Jak ‘up ther ouse conducted by Peter Maldeck. | jected himself to inspection and spec- | the attendant. And here John Bruce © night, wiich he It was extremely simple—but. equal- | ulation; but he was fully aware that | extended a §6 bill, but shook his head had been watching from the divan a | ly. v_systematic. The hab- |he did not know Larmon the man. as the said Jake hastened toward few moments before, that had se 8 nch were care- | TI scemed something almost | him. Later.’ perhaps. he might re- r backward ov catalogued. He had only—and |sinister in Its inconsistency that|visit the room—when a few hour nths. nd yet, sually—to mal the acquaintance mon should at one and the same |play had dimmed the recollection o ere would come ' of one of these in each city, and. in - reserve the right to terminate | his recent dinner and his appetite | now. moments of turm quite inevitably, would follow | that bond at will while his verv|was again sharpened mind gropir es, even the sen of ‘un introduction to the local “house”: | signature upon it furnished a weapon| In the ca rooms there were, as | ballucination wl )t quite and, once introduced, the entree, then | which, if he, John Bruce, chose xu‘ t, scarcely any “guests. He chi sure but that a certain float- lor on any subsequent Visit to that city, [ use It, placed the otHer at his mercy. | fed pleasantly with the “dealers’ ing at one moment in gly | was an established fact What kind of a man was Larmon?|John Bruc millionaire plunger. iridescent beauty before es. | John Bruce laughed suddenly, soft- | No fool, no weakling—that was persona _grata, almost effusively | would dissolve the next igto.blank.ly, out into the night. It had been|tain. And vet at a word he, John|so, everywhére the house. La- nothingness, and— - Well, ' what | & good bargain that he had made Bruce, could tear the other from the | vergne, th a as Parisian as would it Dbe then? Another beach with Mephistopleles! Wealth, lux- | pseudo-righteous pedestal upoy which | hie was ate from the tips of at some Apia, until another Mephis- ! ury, everything he desired in life was posed, strip the other naked of | his patent leithers to the tips of his topheles, in some other gui came ; his. On the trail behind him in the|the garments that clothed his crim axed mustache, joined him: and for to play up against his role of Dr.|cities he had already visited he had,inal actlvities and destroy utterly | ten minutes,. until the other was Faustus again? nightly lost or won huge sums of |the carefully reared structure of re- | called away, .John Bruce proceeded He Tooked sharply bhehind him|money until he had become known |spectability that Larmon had built | to h the already extremely around the darkened room, whose as the millionalre plunger. It was|up around himsel It might be germ of intimacy that, from darkness did not hide its luxury.'quite true that, inasmuch as the|true that he, John Brace, would t meeting, he had planted be His shoulder brushed the avy | money, whether lost or won, but|never use such a pon, even under | tween them. sliken portiere at his side; passed from his right to his’ left- | provocation; but Larmon could not be| With the nianager's million apol. fingers touched a roll of banknotes|hand pocket—the pockets being rep- | sure of that. How then did Larmon |ogies for the unpardonable act of in his pocket, a generous roll, whose ; resented by one, Gllbert Larmon—the | reconcile his reservation to terminate ' tearing himseif away still sounding individual were of denomina- gambler craving within him was but the contract at will and yet furnish in his ears, John Bruce placldly re- Sale of 200 Dresses Tailored Twills, Velveteens Serges and Jerseys Black Bolizia trimmed with Who said Friday was unlucky?P—Not for B _ !_ e it women who arrive in time tomorrow morning : Nortan to secure one of these exceedingly trim tailored e dresses at $8.95! The neat finish, the clever use of braid and embroidery will be a revelation in low-priced frocks. All sizes for women and WISEE misses, 16 to 42. tunning Furred Coats at *49-% e e | (tecond Floor) crepe puffs and rosette. Fur determines a coat’s smartness, this season. Then these T]Ee Héc should be most flattering and smart, with their ear-reaching collars, deep cuffs—some even aspiring to wide fur borders— at $49.50. Silhouettes keep pace with new styles—tiered, flounced, side-draped and tube-like models predominating. Such pelts as squirrel, dyed raccoon, viatka coney, taupe, black or platinum wolf. Models for women. Models, distinctly more youthful, for misses. Second Floor. Brown and U \W_.| TheHecht Co. A checked serge col- of mavy twill, broidery on fo- " . + legiate frock, gray duvetyne \ bacco 'l?fl > 7th at F Brown twill tailored frock, banded pique collar and vest, collar and tailored twill i id. tent belt, e tie, . frock. with novy ond henna silk Braid. pa uffs, m ; i