Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1924, Page 34

THE EVENING STAR- WASHINGTON, ‘D._ €. SIS SISPSIRIRTELY |, Ny Heovie slanced st Poewie and | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES—A Cheerful Soul, What. “I thought everybody knew aqf _ — PLIN RUBS?’ S | that,” said Peggie. “it's commen = = - property. YEW, TH' BATHIN' YEH- A CQUPLE OF 7 N %3 ot CAREFUL OF TW' R\P WHATS Tv' naTTeR” “Evidently c doesn’t,” 5 emarked Mins Hepple. . She turned to 13 ALL RIGHT HERE SUNMERT AGO I AW YOU TURT HIRED A Thrilling Mystery Story ne again. ‘Lady Renardsmere,” she BUT YGoT Te e A SHARK RIGHT HERE TOE HeRE'! LAST iz ETCHER Spthicd s g perfegt pasmion for | | ko o -Segmrun ! QBOUT. MumTY IEST v coomeids Ay y el . . ~ . 3 By J. S. FL H spent . considerable_amount of the OFF TH' DEACH - BUT |- UNDER- A sast_fortune which Sir William left o Ry rer in buying them. Nobody knows . AR ILEI T oe! B wvhat she buys nmg for. She dhe:n'l P DONT LET \T \Werey wears them. Nobody knows, either, » e - (Continued from Yesterda ;) got to know lots of things that 1|where.she keeps them—unless it's at t 1O e -— —————— a0pe they don’t Know now.” B O mejeafe QuoMt & going to my e “He did right,” remarked Miss Hep- | But some of her purchas ve bee m{mgfln"l Botamome ity hotel: | le suddenly. " “He must tell Lady | otorious. 1 should have thought ferdene think that I t. 1 got|Renardsmere all that he's fold us and jYou'd have heard of them, Mr. Cra- Terdene think that [ wasnt, |1 &ot| e her to inform the potlce. nuge. She bought the MetchniKoffaki cuse. Then, to put some heart int ) what?" asked Peggiec. Lt JHCIEE TR s L D O oy “l think the whole thing is very | 2rice. Nobody's ever seen it since. resolutely thrusting away the grue. |simple” replied Miss Heppie, who 1 |She possesses the most marvelous Lome recollections of what 1 had just |had observed, had followed my story | Fope of pearls in the world Tocom- seen hd dater T went off to a|With concentrated and even absorbed |Plete it, some little time ago she gave B e A using plenty of money attention. “It'seems 80 to some foreign dealer a tremendous (R i Lo ITate. Mr Chens sum for three pearis %aid to be un- as to how it flew, chartered a good |parentiy influential equaled for size and purity. Oh, it's ir ond ot out of London. And at |robbed in Parls by his see Al well known. And it's my opinion - on 1 o'clock in the morméng I |Sin. of some exceedingly that this stolen: article. through'the up the drive to Peggie Man- ‘.mu —we don't know what. Chuh *\'\(;';:;“fl:nr‘f‘"-“‘ 'I’f :\m"l;.:"t’"‘ are on's house, resolved seeing her. [Sin, w s in his possession, e e aC IR e akone. son’s house, resolved on ing her. [Sin, with this in his J ! and that Neamore, Holliment and - - capes to England and comes to lod, s Temperance Hotel in|Quartervayne offered it and sold it to CHAPTER XIIL i iouth. Holliment a Q her. 1 think she brought it home Miss Hepple Takes a Hand. * (never mind what Q Wwith her from London that night, and |of (hat night at any rate. Something | bookmaker that she hasn't dont busi : 5 to' the contrary or doesn't [(ent You back to London with it tolin Miss Hepple's culm and common- [ness with. Colossal business—never Manson Lodge, designed to his own |4 undoubtedly po: themselves | Mr. Pennithwaite next day. That At view of things had pulled me |been anything lke it!” tastes and ordered by Peggie's father, |of the stolen article. Chuh Sin goes [Cranage, is where it is.” concl her, and 1 had no visions of Well, you say Rippling Ruby" e e A e aas iabs pursuit, and presumably .»m-m[g“;-‘h“nr:l:)l;v“v«"‘hk‘” Eentle JSmack of |Holliment nor dreams of Quarter-|dead certain to win®” T said. “So— & ‘ ¢ S | the assistance of some English crooks | h® e table. “And I'm suf- | vayne. And when we all met at| “I'm as dead certs at as a THE “N’S ST > C W 4 THR et Bl bbol & mortal can by rtain about any trance. But by, that time I knew it ‘le,wk.»u and murdered But they o da “] ““»‘x' :‘L Aot 1y determined to have things out with | thing,” she answered quickly. “If , & stealght 0 idn't find the stolen article on him. So do said Peggie. “Another|Lady Renardsmere, s rted by Miss | the s any . eat he well enough, und made straight for a | S IR IS FOIR AL SUGLLY: | bis diamond, [ should think " Hepple, and to. Mapress on her the | 1L win—oat | don s belisve thara. o door that stood just beneath Peg8ie’s |tervayne. Now.” concluded Miss Hep-| 1 considered matters for a while, |danger in which we all stood who |1 believe she'll win in a common can- own bedroom, the windows of which |ple, looking ha at me through her “‘I»‘ {are mixed up in any way with the|ter I'd plank my last penny—no, D locies the itablis and thelriad=|spectacies, which had | dare say vou're quite right in all ltheft of that infernal something— |thut's nothing—I mean I'd put down egtthe aie e e [Eotien o assy R a|you've said. maam,’ I remarked at|whatever it was. everything I've got—money, house, Jacent buildings. Te AR ssing, “did_they find it on him?" |ldst turning to Miss Hepple. “And I| “Why have these detective chaps.|land—on her, and never have a sec that door—an electric bell—which od knows” said 1. “But I reckon |tNiNK I'm right in saying that the|private or otHerwise, been shoved on |ond's fear. But | don't bet. And— communicated with Peggie's roam | best and the first thing for me to do|you?" [ asked of Peggie, seeing one| “Well?” 1 asked after she had L that she could be summoned at any don't think ithey (G100 she: salal | 1% tojtel i oy Menanaamive all-that lof {hem! crossing ithe: mronndL with | paudel s whil Wha ¥ 3 e L G T ing with judicial emphasis. ~ f | 5, (010 ¥ou, tobight. BhT | Bradgett., “Lady Renardsmere's idea, | “There's many a slip ‘twixt cup and | put a finger on it and had heard the [do not think they did. Therefore— [evon couraw Stioy achiled Kogether [0 conrse 1ip.* she quoted, with a shake of the| sharp response in the room above, Reneh - haltopen: window: whan ailaesteq: pngen” T : never even ' consulted me—merely |[What 1 say is that, granted all goes man, tall. burly, seemed to Start up Exactly,” assented Miss He o Then 1 said. turning to Peggie (sent me word that henceforth, right | right, Rippling Rubs will il from nowhere—in reality out of the [“And we shall hear of another mur- [ £04 come with me. Jtisn't that 'm|up to Derby day, these two men would | Derby as sure as my name's Peggie Ors shrubbery clcse by—and laid an un- [der? <“'l~|~": "lblm kling alone, but it|be here, one for duty, the other | Manson'" E | ity o ooniiiy arm P drew in her breath with a|%ill be better to h¥¥e.some moral|for night, and that Rippling Ruby| . “In which case Lady Renardsmere “Hullo, you!" he demanded shudder of horror. But Miss Hepple [SURPOT . N i wag o be watch. ight and > ity % Hullo, yourself™ I retorted, start- [and 1 appeared to be fellows in the| 0. answered Peggie. She pointed »oes she fear any interferen ake in another mountain of tag back from him. “Who the devil art of looking facts in the face. | 2CTOSS the table. “Mi epple will |asked. | v she said quickly. Queer | 2 e anier son and just the person. When you've | thinks, or anything,” sald Peggie.|up to her about this business—im- |told your tale Miss Hepple will point |“I'll take care there's no interfer- | press her with its dangers. voung fellow.” he answered. “What ould say so0.” she plied, “if they | B 0w at yor now."” * (the I to Lady Renardsmere. | ence ord! s o | 0 Are you doink prowling ‘round here |Know what you kn [fhe ‘moral o Lady Renardsmere. | er Lord! As if Bradgett and 1| m glad Miss Hepple's going with | this time o night?” “And i they go working back.” 1|74} . |haven't ‘kept a perpetual watch on|me’ said 1. “Glad isn't the word, | ‘What are vou doing here—on pri- [said, “then—well, Lady Renardsmere | (Will you be so good. ma'am?" I|the filly for long months: | Baeh i dntesely RiRce i ~ vate grounds I demanded. “Tell el Z don’t know what her idea relieved. Lady Renardsmere isn't e i | Miss Hepple shook her head ! go with you answered Méss |l do know is something e actly the sort of person to tackle ° me_th “That's my business,” he retorted ) she answered. “I think that|HePPle, with something very like | “What?" 1 asked when a quee 3 | “What's yours® * thes can only get inside knowl. |41CFItY. ~“Well go straight there| Peggic involuntarily lowered oy el e e “None of your business!” | said. the next will be Pennithwaite, |#fter breakfast. ~And in the mean- |voice Presently Miss Hepple and I set “You let my arm go. or- icitor. For I haven't the sl time, as _It's half-past o'clock, T| “I hear things," she murmured. “So|out. We discussed Lady Renardsmere | But at that moment a vision of |es! Lt that the art <y |SugKest that we g0 to bed. Come |does Bradgett. Lady Renardsmere is|as we crossed the valley and made for white draperies appeared at the win- i of most exceptiona . and | With me, Mr. Cranage, and I'll put |backing Rippling Ruby no end—back- | the hous - | dow above us, and I heard Peggie's ince. consider a0 sou in the blue room.” ing her to win a perfect fortune. 1| — voice regain po. “What's all that?” she exclaimed Pennithwai “Who is it? You think I 1 got in first suggested | ~Poggier” | called. using her Chris-| “I do” she assented. “I put it in v excitement. “It's I[this way: Holliment, Quartervayne | Come down and let me [an ore were all known to each I've motored all the way from (0 this affair began. When town to see you. | must see you at |Holliment and Quartervayne went to once. Come down and bring Miss |London. after fleeing from Po Hepple with you. And there's a man [mouth, they told Neamore of what here, prowling about your srounas |thex'd got.” It was decided between the three that Neamore should sell i - ‘ N i thres that N hould sell it IM.\(.L\E vour favorite pat- Oh" she cried. “All right. Mr.|Neamore is evidently a man who Robindale. That's Mr. Cra Lady {knows thin nyway, it's quite cer ¥ 2 B ta | tern, your favorite color, Renardsmere’s private secretars. il at he knew « \r. Jtobindale. Whoever he was, let | “What weakness? tailored in a fabric of soothing, my arm go and growled = - = | satisfying coolness. Such a Why "didn't - v ¥ who you i were?” he demanded | STEAMSHIPS. fabric is tropical worsted, and Why didn't you say who you| Z_ [ Soing nere, nyawse o oo T YO EVCI’Y home’ // here you will find, we feel cer- The Tropical Wor- doing here. anyhow Delightful Sail i i i ightful Sail tc Historic tain, the pattern and color that sted Suit illustrated He edged away from me in the di rection of the stab A - | - s “ASK vour mistress” he muttered, | MOVNT VERNON sho ofiice Z LA\ | vou like best. is a dark blue with He went off, still growling, and 1 All-the-Way-by-Water-Route b \ i i 5 went up to the door and waited. Some | NN lighter blue pin e I o || Steamer Chas. | d 23 RN a8 : ; N ® Yoy the wiasepanel Sailing 10 a.m., 330 p. M‘“'“‘." an StOl'e A DOZEN summer suit fab- stripe. $27.50. Locks and bolts were undone Admizston to Grounds” %110, ¥ il St A : door opened, and there. | S — : s ] paNy rics are cool. But Tropical with astonishment, stood Pegg : can have N ; | { Worsted is much more than Miss Hepple in dressing carrying lamps. ‘1 made in, and with merely cool; it is extremely hey're still on the prowl ,can do nothing else. And at “Of course,” answered She | head. You never can tell, after all. slept soundly for the remainder ' hear that there's scarcely a principal (Continu my own hand closed and locked the NAVI <1 li . ¥ \» { . : door. | IGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA cool, ve air. ) j good . looking; it wears well, e eratie Mtk Connections to Egypiand India and it holds its shape. For Peggie, still staring wonderingly at | Largest, fastest and most lusurieus steamers in the = S Sui : MeSierraaean scrvce about one-half a cent ) 4 sted Summer Suits are the in- ITATIAAMERICA private detectives on me." she always well drassed. man—Robindale. But—you?” “I've come as fast as I could—char- Squipped Rosal Mail Steamers n Q—Q Renardsmere. - You've no idca what | Is fiom Vancouver, B. U. \ y [} I've got to tell you—all in continu. For fares. c., apply Can. Pa i > tion of that Portsmouth affair. There’s | New York Washington, or the . 2 sale murder! And, my God! I don't cuits, and commanding me to say no Washington and_Baltimore on the historic of his great fingers on my arm, con- | DUILIO—GIULIO CESARE—COLOMBO H \ = L : gD ST e This G-E Fan costs . these reasons Tropical Wor- me, shook her head. or other, only known to herself, Lady | Gopent Aoty S oo swered. “One’s on the watch all Men's Clothes Section, Second ficor. “Take me into the dining room and SUVA. tered a special-car—to see you and | 0000 toy o SyoaTeT® o dian Austral Winch Buildiog. 741 know which way to turn!” =y ; ome - into the little morning 9 5 ° room.” said Peggie. | She bustled about, lightin 1amp, & restsal cuting onthe:geed s Dar. || w a S . 3 more until 1 had had a drini hen, || waters of the Potomac River and Chesa- : s when she saw I was gettinz a bit || peake Bay, Leave Mondays Wednesdays o i, . urdays, om.. from Ath St g calmer. she nodded reassuring!y Pt ot Farensr Sination and suats = . Greatly Reduced Who's that fellow outside?” 1| Lessthan9 Daysto Naplesand Genoa found him!" 12,000 toms “Since yesterday, for some reason | For full schedule of sailines apply to 5 H in rday, for some reason plvt evitable choice of men who are Renardsmere has planted a couple of the other all night. That's the night give me a drink first,” I answered. | HONOLULU. NEW ZEALAND Miss Hepple before going to see Ladv |« (13,500 tons) . Aug. 21 Oct. 22 murder_ arising out of that_wholo. | §i38 Autley Winch B getting me whisky and soda and bis- || chester.: a delipntial Hetls oamise Botoem “Now he went on ell us all room reservations call J. Tarleton, Agent, about it, and take your time. We're || Main 5649, safe her STEAMBOAT CO. S\ > The three of-us, I dusty and travel 3 3 b stained, Peggle in a smart dressing gown with her great mane of hair |- ——— y 4 coiled loosely about her shapely h ¥ Miss Hepple in a multitarious coll e . 100 of e 1s sudweaps) At o Look for the G_E Fan Girl - (] L cine e FOUR TOURS in the Dealer’s Wi two pairs of eyes wh never left happened to me since Spiller fetched | 3 me away from Renardsmere House TO not forty-eight hours before. | spared H no detail. The thing 0ok some time SAGUENAY RIVER X to tell. The clock on th» inantelpi:ce struck 3 as I made an end. “Ana | chavs m::] Teonctuaca, AND RETURN G-E Fans Sold By A what am I to do?” ~ “There's one thing I ¢ quice | July 21, Aug. 4, 11 and 18 i y he London police , D. C. 7 e . You knew about Neamore' and { Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Thou- ACME ELECTRIC C v LOVELESS. 23 Florida Ave. N.W OUR unrestricted choice of 1125 Park Place N.E. Tunc a 7 wi ot ROLD L. ALBRIG NoW. 3 : bk Orar sy e waadlisn) o sand Islands, St Lawrence | UARRNY oNANDLR, Munney Building. LECTRIC CO., 903 N. Y. Ave. ) our entire stock of high- SR Qusxionyayn s SIuaAsG o il River, Montreal, Quebec, Sa- AR S » ARCADE ELECTRIC CO., Arcade Market. MODERN AU !‘0 g‘rade straw hats. E\'ery one have to come out.” " . “Maybe. But 1 didn’'t want it guenay River, Lake Champlain, ARTCRAFT LIGHT SHOP, Inc., 12th and H Ste. N.W, MODERN come out through me 1 answered Lake George, Albany, Hudson || ART LIGHT) HOP, 1409 Florida Ave. N. MONARCH HDW. & AUTO i i b ’ iYou sec. i T'd {old ail that atonce. || River, New York. ATWOOD & RUPPRECHT, 737 9th St. N.W. GAR MORIIS SALES CO. 13 s is new and fresh, th‘]‘ sedi?" S ow now that before 1 could J. C. BEARD, 5905 Georgia Ave. N.W. . MUDDI A an- i warn her Lady Renardsmere mightn't AN Expessen Exetnt Menks & KIRCHNER, 1730 Euclid St. N.W. PRUITT & ZIMMERMAN, 2438 15th $ smartest straws. Sailors, Pan The hat illustrated he placed in some danger? The news | OBER’S BONHAM, 107 14th St. N. ¥ ELECTRIC CO., 915% 9th St. N. amas, Leghorns, Bangkoks and is a Bonar Phelps ‘would have gone beyond the police. EPH BORRAS, 2819 14th St. N.W. THE RADIO PARLOR, 525 11th St. N.W. i da i = Handmade Straw. it might have got into the papurs, and I % ;HTWO0OD HARDWARE €O0., 5415 Georgia Ave. N.W. JOSEPH S. REPETTI, 149 B Balibuntals. . e aw, then this Chinaman and his cane Steamship and Tourist Agency ||THE BROADCAST SHOP, 511 1ith St. N.W. ROSS & WELL now reduced to for there must be a gang—would h 3. ¥. BROOKS CO,, 813 14th St. NNW. RUCKER ELECTRIC COMPAN . = e L 1420 H Street N.W. CHAS. H, BURTON, 1915 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. RUDOLPH & WEST CO., 1332 Fork Ave A N $2 $2 50 $2.50. ‘Washington, D. C. ' F. BUTLER, 430 Kenyon St. N.W. HARRY SCHARR, 3552 Rock Creek Church Rd. ow ’ L] 'ERT HDW. & AUTO SUPPLY CO., 2501 Champ! ", SCH 1207 K St N.W. J0SEPR . CAMPBELL, 517_10th St > s § $3 and $~3.50 CAPITAL ELECTRIC CO., 1820 14th & e LR P. CARPENTER, 1313 Lawrence St. ELECTRIC C & . CATLIN CO., 309 13th St. N.W. TIVOLI RA s 1 0 32 . N.W, Men's Hat Section, First floor. CAVANAGH & KENDRICK, 3411 M St. N.W, CENTRAL ARMATURE WORKS, 635 D St. A W. H. TURBERVILLE, . B. M. COMERFORD, 2570 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. TURNER ELECTRIC S 511 12th St. N.W. CONTINENTAL ELEC. SUPPLY CO., 808 0th St. N.W. SAMUEL ULLMAN, 1778 St W. 3 CARL W. DAUBER, 2320 18th St. N.W. UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC CO., 616 E St. N.W. Lincoln Bennett H. F. DISMER, 3124 14th St. NW, H. F. WALLS, 108 13th St, S.E. 2 DULIN & MARTIN CO., 1215 F St. N.W. WALSH BROTHERS, 3430 14th St. N.W. Straws Reduced EAST CAPITOL SERVICE STATION, 17 15th St. NE. WARFIELD & SANFORD, Inc, 010 E St. N.. 9 THE EDMOND CO., 128 G St. N.W. 2 N, 12th St. N.W. R CRRIe CONSTRUCTION COv 1233 N. Y. Ave, N-W. WASHINGTON THEATER SUPPLY CO., 008 G St. . 2,50, $3, 34 Thirty thousand miles of fresh, vivid, 4 MONS, 3409 O St. N.W. WEST END ELECTRIC SHOP, 1912 Pa. Ave. N.W. e s ini: i h VT 2 . C. ERNST, 1634 14th St. N.W. WEST END HARDWARE CO., 2134 Pa. Ave. N.W. ent LT .‘gs‘gl'&lv”enflflndexm- k- EVANS ELEC. MOTOR SERVICE CO, 1310 F St. N.w., W. €. WESTLAKE, 4315 Ross Place N.W. NTIRE stock of Straws enoes'samngon espeda ly harte . R. BRO., 1328 I St. N.W . VINS , 2 St. N.W. 2 Superb ’Cunard Cruisi e st’"}d S %K RCR, Saa vin S6. N.w- WoohWARD & LOTHROP. 11th and G str. N made by Lincoln Bennett, isin ea . E. GE 3 Heut Ave. N.W. . iTON >'C0., St. NOW. = ot o oA AVENDE | BATTERY & BLECTRIC 0, B: ZARIN, 604 Irving St. N-W. London, Hatter to the King of *: GEORGIA I IN] LI o FRANCONIA 4308 Georgia Ave. N.W. e T e B i s i England, now greatly reduced. R N s e \ N. D. STAUGHTON, 224 Holly Ave., Takoma Pk. i s the most perfect ship yet built for such a cruise. Cunard oo e SUPPLY GO, 725 H St. N.W. 0. W. YOUNGUBLOOD. 255 Cedar St Takoma Pl Dy I?ancy and split straws—Eng- cuisine ‘and service plas the: countless advantages which GORDON, 2212 14th St. N.W. A N ANDIEDWAR 00 Alexamaria; v lish from edge of brim to top s B , Alexandrin, only our unmatched. i ic C. GRAMM, 1909 14th St. N.W. ly our Hexpeciance and resources can provide. N G HARDING & CO. 720 13th St. N.W. FRICK BROTHERS, Charlottesville, Va. 5 of crown. Cruise Limited to 400 Guests HAVERFORD CYCLE CO,, 532 10th St. N.W. 3 W.BYRNES, Jr. East Falls Church, Va. N i 3 i 3 . L. HAYES, 1 Sth St. N.W. E . EN ), ax, Sailing January 22; Returning May 31 : e WAL THODATGH, Harrisonburs, Va. The English Shop, Second floor Tti: nr}mv-n: Mediterranean Portsand Egypt; the fascin. _: JOHN R. HOPKINS, 3516 M St. N.W. LOWENBACH & SONS, Leésburg, Va. 5 . ating Asiatic countries of India, Ceylon, S b GEO. W. JONES, 1414 Park Road N.W. EDWARD E. NICHOLS, Purcellville, Va. i tor ’ oy S. KANN SONS CO., 8th St. and Pa. Ave. N.W. SUBURBAN ELHCTRICAL CO., Rockville, Md. (South, and North with Peking), and Japan in Cherry Blos- ;= N N s L K CROSECLOSE, Saltville, Va. som Time; also Manila, Hawaii and Panama. g KUTTNER, 1841 Int St. N. 2 SILVER SPRING ELECTRIC CO., Silver Spring, Md. . ¢ : % 5. TANDY & SON, 3030 Georgia Ave. NoW. BLAKEMORE CONSTRUCTION CO.. Staunton, Va: S ‘I'HOS. COOK & SON : ANSBURGH & BRO., 420 7¢h St. N.W. - WINCHESTER ELEC. SUPPLY CO., Winchester, Va. < A EYMOUR LEVY, 1440 W St. N.W. C. H. WINE, Manassas, Va. 555 FIfth Avenue.' New York o i . NATIONAL ELECTRICAL SUPPLY' CO : ety » Closed Saturdays . 1328-1330 New York Ave. N.W.. Washington, D. C. . .