Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1924, Page 17

REAL ESTATE. THE OWL’S HOUSE A Thrilling Adventure Story By Crosbie Garstin Copsright, 1024, CHAPTER 1L It was late evening when John Pen- hale left the Helston lawyer's office. A fine drizzle was blowing down Coin- age Hall street: thin beams of light pierced the chinks of house shutters and curtains, bacred the biue dusk with misty « touched the street puddies with alchemic fingers, turning them to g A chaise clat- tered uphill. the horses’ steam hang- ing round them in kind of -lit nimbus, the post-boy’s 1 vent against the rain Qutside an inn a wooden leg and v wailing a street bal both ey shut, impervious to (he fact that h audience b . sinee left him Penhale t Th went on str o the dining room and sat down i ar corner with the r iis face to the wall. | He did from habit. A trio of | squireens in mud-bespattered vidin coat wr the consid noise hare and wer sharp ai a4 harl Eveeted every appearance serving maid with loud whoops passed her from arm to arm protested and g Opposite the local shopkeep entertaining creditor from Plymouth to the best bottle the town afforded. The com- pany was made up by @ Very youn wsign of Light Drazoons bound to his regiment for infully self-conscious his new scarlet. Pen- - with his knife escaped from the festive sportsmen and brought him a plate of boiled beef and onior he was about to set the plate begsre him one are hunters lost his balance » the ground with a loud chair and a yell of d rays, ad an old soldier with -y drunk stood the loof, In’ e beat on the tab The maid crash of h light from h The noise caus his head. The girl e of horror, dropped the table and as had strue plate on the though some Penhale pulled the plate toward hi picked up his knife k and quiet!y began to cat. quite used 16 ‘hese dis- » girl backed aw&y, staring dreadful fascination. A at her wrist calling but she wrenched herself free and ran out of the door. She did not come near Penhale gain; the tapster brou him the rest of his meal. Penhale went on cating, outwardly unmoved: he had cen subject to these outbursts, off and on, for 18 years. Eighteen vy previously myriads of birds had been driven south by the hard wint upcountry One arly morning, after a particularly bitter snap, a hind had run in "o say that the pond on Polmenna Dewns, above h arm, was covered with wild duck. Penhale took an old flintlock fowling | piece of his father's which had been anging neglected over ‘he fireplace for years and made fof Polmenna, loading he went. As the hind had said, the pool was covered with duck. Penhale crouched | under cover of some willows, brought the five-foot gun to his shoulder, and Dlazed into the brown. An hour later a fisherman setting rabbit snares in a hedge above the Luddra saw what he described as “a figh through the scrub fringed the cliff. It sun had ex- If over the kuddra, he was blind and pain. The fisherman led him home with difficulty, and then, & of a practical mind, returned to pond to pick up th 3 3 eputation of being vhite witch” was sum- moned to la and managed to stop the bleeding by means of incantations, cobwebs and dung—principally dung. | s sent on horseback to ce to fetch Doctor Spargo. Docter Spargo had been making a ght of it with his frie lector of Customs and captain who was pecull the brewing of rum toddies. doctor was put to bed at dawn by his houschold staff, and when he was knocked up again at 11 he was not the best pleased He bade his housekeeper tel - Bosula messenger that he was out—cailed out to a con- finement in Morvah parish, and was not expected back till evening—and turned over on his pillow. The housekeeper _returned, _agitated, JAMESON-BUILT | woofe, HOMES! “1701 to 1731 D St. S. Priced at Less Than $7,000— Easy Terms Here is @ home within the reach of any purse. Moder- ately priced—yet complete in every detail. Located in Washington's newest sub- division— EASTERN TERRACE Tapestry brick: 6 rooms and bath; hot-water heat; electric lights and fixtures; bullt-in refrigerator; extra large front and double rear porches; laundry tubs: large rear yard to wide alley. An excellent home that is complete. 14 Sold Already! out of the original 15 built. 17 more now in course of con- struction! 4 blocks from the new Eastern High School. See these ideal homes now! Ask the Man Who Owns One Built, Owned and for Sale by Thomas A. Jameson Co. Owners and Builders 906 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Phone Main 5526 Ly Frederick A. Stokes Co. to say that the messenger refused to move. He knew the doctor was in, he said; the groom had told him eo. Furthermore, if Spargo did not come to his master's assistance without further ado he would smash every bone in his body. Doctor Spargo rolled out of bed, d,_opehing the window, triated the messenger to samples from a vocabu- ary enriched by a decade of army life The messenger listened to the tirade unmoved and, as Doctor Spargo cursed, it was borne in on him that he had en this outrageous fellow before Presently he remember=d when; he had seen him at Gwithian Feast, a canvas jacket on, tossing parish stalwarts as rrier tosses rats. The messenger Bohenna, the wrestler. Doctor argo closed both the tirade and the vindow abruptly and bawled for his westward, the truculent hind cantering on the heels of the physician's cob, laying into it with an ash plant whenever it showed symptoms of flagging. The cob tripped over a stone in Buc Pass and shied at a goat near Tre- on each occasion putting its aster neatly over its head. By the time Sparico arrived at Besula he was shaking worse than ever. He de- naed more rum to steady his hand, Lut there was none. He pulled him- self together as best he could and set to work, trembling and wheezing. Spargo was a retired army surgeon; he had served his apprenticeship in the shambles of Oudenarde and Mal- plaguet among soldiers who had no ption but to <ubmit to his ministra- tions. His idea was to patch men up so that they might fight another day, but without regard to their ap- pearance. He sewed the tatters of Jobn Penhale's face together secure- Iy but roughly, pocketed his fee and rode home, gasping, to his toddles. John Penhale was of fine frame ind hearty. In a week or two he was out and about; in a month he had resumied the full business of the farm, but his face was not a pleasant sight. The left side was merely marked with @ silvery burn on the cheek bone, Lut the right might have been dragged by a harrow; it was ragged scars from brow to chin. The eve Lad gone and part of an ear, the broken jaw had set concave and his cheek had split into a long harelip, revealing a perpetual snarl of teeth underneath. He hid the eye socket with a black patch, but the lower part of his face he could not mask. Three months after his accident he rode into Penzance market. If one woman squeaked at the sight of him so did a dozen, and children ran to their mothers blubbering that the devil had come for them. KEven the men, though sympathetic, would not look him in the face, but stared at their boots while they talked and vere plainly relieved when he moved John never went pair rode and then hurried out the moment his affairs were transacted. For despite his bulk and stoic bearing he was supersensitive, and the horror his ap- pearance awoke cut him to the raw. Thus at the age of 23 he became a bitter recluse, a prisoner within the bounds of his farm, Bosula, cared for by a widow and her idiot daugh- ter, mixing only with his few hinds and odd farmers and fishermen that chance drove his way. He had come to Helston on busi- ness, to hear the terms of his Aunt Selina’s will, and now that he had heard them he was eager to be quit of the place. The serving girl's be- havior had stung him like a whip lash and the brawling of the drunken saulres jarred on his every nerve. He could have tossed the three of them out of the window if he liked ———— Of the window If he liked SALESMAN WANTED Experienced in handling business properties and apartments with ability to work up trades. Good list- ings. Active co-operation. Replies confidential. Address Box 277-W, StarOffice We Want Apartments and Houses For Rent Because of our central loca- tion we come in contact with many people who apply for apartments and houses in all sections of the city. List your vacant property with us so that ‘We can secure a tenant for you by the middle of September. Louis P. Shoemaker 1407 New York Ave. N.W. Main 1166 OmA=®'Y <rwpzZ0wvpmp THE EVENING ST but he quailed at the thought of thelr possible mockery. They put their heads together and whispered, hic- coughing and sniggering. They were, as a fact, planning a descent on a certain lady in Pigs street, but John Penhale was convinced that they were laughing at him. The baby en- sign had a derisive curl in his lip, John was sure . . . he could feel the two shop-keepers' eyes turned his way it was unbearable. Sneers, jeers, laughter . he hated them all, everybody. He avould et out, go home to Bosula, to sanc- tuary. He had a sudden longing for Bosula, still ard lonely among the folding hills . his own place. He drank off nis ale, paid the score and went out to see what the weather was like. The wind had chopped around easterly and the rain had stopped. The moon was up, breasting through 1, & ridges of cloud like a naked white swimmor in the run of surf. Penhale found a hostle asleep on a pile of straw, roused him and told him to saddle his horse, mounted and rode westward out of town. He passed a lone pedestrian near Antron and a string of pack horses under Breage Church, but for the rest he had th road to himself. ambled gently, cons 5 of his aunt's will. She had left him her strong farm of Tregors, in the Kerrior Hundred. lock, stock and bar- rel, on the one condition that he mar- ried within 12 months. In default of his marrying it was to pass to her late husban’s cousin, Carveth Donni- throne, ship chandler of Falmouth. John nhale paid silent tribute to his aunt’'s cleverness. She disliked the smug and Infallible Donnithorne in- tonsely, and in making him her next heir had passed over four nearer con- nections with whom she was on good terms. Her reasons for this curious conduct were that she was a Penhale by birth, with intense family pride, and John was the last of her line. A trivial dispute Letween John and Car- veth over a coursing match she had fostered with all the cunning that was in her till the men's dislike of each other amounted to plain hatred. She knew John would do anything in his power to keep Donnithorne out of the Tregors' rents. She would drive him into matrimon; and then, with rea- sonable luck, the line would go on and Penhales rule at Bosula forever and ever. John laughed grimly at the thought of his aunt—sly old deeli! She had married and left home before he was born, and he had not seen her a score of times in his life, but <he was a vivid memory. He could her now riding into Bosula, a-pillion behind one of her farm han her cold blue eyes taking in every detail of the yard, and hear her first words of | greeting to her brother after a year's separation. | “Jan, thou mazed fool, the trash | wants cutting. back down to Long | meadow, and there's a cow coughing —bring " her in to once and I'll physick her.” | The cow came in at once; every- body obeyed Selina without question | or delay both at Bosula and Tregors. | Her husband, Jabez Donnithorne, was the merest cipher, whose existence she barely acknowledged. | On_one occasion turning Branch Office DISTRICT NATIONAL BANK Conn. Ave. and K Street No Parking Rextrictions “Park Your Car at the Door” WOMAN IDENTIFIES NEGRO Prisoner Charged With Attack at ‘Westhampton, Va., Last May. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 30.— Robert Daniel, negro, has been ar- rested and identified as the assailant of Mrs. M. D. Riddle of Westhamp- ton. Fifteen suspects have been re- leased. Daniel was arrested by Andrew D. Keck, a farmer, who marched the prisoner to jail at the point of a gun after seeing him In the act of invad- ing his home. The county police found the negro's face in the rogue's gallery of Richmond. Daniel went to the home of Mrs. Riddell last May seeking work as a arpenter and gardener, and after a short while entered the house and lled her with a club. Mrs. Riddell was rendered unconscious, and when she recovered she gave the alarm. Daniel has been held for the grand jury, which meets next month. When arrested he had a heavy iron bolt wrapped in tape attached to a piece of heavy wire. having neglected to buy the heifers he was sent after, Selina personally chastised him with a broom handle and bolted him in the pig-sty for the night, where he was overlaid by a sow and suffered many indignities. That cured Jabez. Sellna never stopped long at Bosula —three days at the most—but in that time she would have inspected the place from bound to bound, set every- body to rights and dictated the policy of the farm for twelve months to come. As she had ruled her brother in boyhood she ruled him to *he day of his death. She wag fond of him, but only because he was head of the family.” His wife she looked on merely as a machine for producing male Penhales. She would see to it that on her death Tregors fell to her family, and then, doubly endowed, the Penhales of Bosula would be squires and gentlefolk in the land. (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) IXTEENTH TREET PARK In the Chosen Line of High-Class Development Fronting on 16th & 14th Streets Overlooking Rock Creek 2 Park Destined to become Washington’s most beautiful and desira- ble residential section. Edson W. Briggs, Owner Investment Bldg. 15th & K Sts. Phone M. 5974 P | Petworth Homes 4711-4717 9th St. N.W. EXHIBIT HOUSE Open for Inspection TO INSPECT: Three of them! TWO SOLD Colonial homes, containing six rooms, tiled bath, hot-water heat, hardwood floors, servants’ toilet, ce- ment front porches, paved alley. Floyd ‘E. Davis 7th & E Sts. SSW. Main 353 EIGHT NEW HOMES Nos. 5534 to 5548 Fifth Street N.W. Between Kennedy and Longfellow Streets These Homes Represent Utmost Value in Price and Construction Two-story and cellar brick houses, with a nice reception hall, very spacious living room, well arranged dining room, fully equipped kitchen (with built-in ice box and Detroit Jewel gas range); three large bedrooms with unusually large wardrobe closets and tiled bath. Don’t overlook the porches—Yes! front porch across the entire house, a breakfast porch across entire house and a sleeping porch across entire house. It is impossible to describe every outstanding feature. Come out and convince yourself. A covered 5536 FIFTH STREET N.W. Take 14th St. car, get off at 5th and Kennedy Sts., or take any 9th St. car and get off at Longfellow St. and walk four blocks east. James Martin Realty Company 721 13th Street N.W. Main 2850 , WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1924.' Storm at Sea Greater Christianizer Than Church, Says Shipping Official Special Dispatch to The Sta: BALTIMORE, August 30.—A vio- lent storm at sea does more to put the fear of God in man than any argument the church can present, and no atheism will survive long during such a time, according to A. L. Dougherty, chief deputy ship- ping commissioner for Baltimore. “You seldom find an atheist who has been on the high seas for long,” said the official. “Occa- sionally you will find a real hard- boiled sailor who will disclaim his belief in a divine power, but they all fall back on prayer in time of real danger. “Years ago I was in the Navy, cruising around on the auxiliary Detours Near D. C. Listed. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 30.—The fol- lowing detours in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties are listed by the State Roads Commission Detour Bulletin for week ending Septem- ber 5: Montgomery County, Hyattstown- Clarksburg. At Hyattstown (0.0) go west, turn right (0.4), turn right (0.9), turn right (3.0), turn left (4.5), turn right (4.6), reach Clarkesburg (6.7). Length of detour, 6.7 miles. Condition fair. Prince Georges County, Defense Highway. At Weed's Corner (0.0) turn left on cinder road at Seabrook, turn right (0.6) to Glendale (1.7), cross railroad track and at fork take left turn to cross roads (2.3), turn left to undergrade crossing at Hill- road (2.7), thence to Defense High- way (3.2). Length of detour, 3 miles. Condition, fair. bark Essex, a training ship with a skipper who was called ‘Dirty Dig’ by the men who hated him, and that was the entire crew. During February we put out from New London, Conn., bound for Point a Pitre, Guadaloupe, in_the French West Indies group. Two days out the gale struck us, and I don’t think the wind ever blew 80 hard. Our engines collapsed and we had to depend on sail. “After 15 days of it ‘Dirty Dig* was to be found in his cabin with a Bible in his hand and he was saying the Lord's prayer. And he stayed in that room and prayed most of the days that followed until that storm ceased.” Church Marker Unveiled. Special Dispatch to The § FREDERICKSBURG, Va., August 30.—The unvelling Thursday of the marker at Craigs Church, in Spotsyl- vania County, erected by the Baptist churches of Goshen Association, was attended by more than 500 persons. Rev. R. C. Riley of Orange presided. Rev. Mr. Watson, present pastor of Craigs Church, extended a welcome to the visitors. Addresses were made by Rev. Dr. H. W. Battle of Char- Iottesville, Rev. J. W. Cammack of Richmond and Rev. E. L. Swift of Fredericksburg. Former Policeman Fined. Special Dispatch to The Sta CUMBERLAND, Md., August 30.— Charged with violation of a city traf- fic ordinance, John Abbott, former y patrolman, was fined $10 in po- lice court yesterday. SELLING FAST JAMESON-BUILT HOMES 1313 to 1319 Taylor St. N.W. 4004 to 4022 13th St. N.W. Only One Square From 14th St. Car Line 6 and 8 large rooms, attic, tiled bath, h.-w.h,, double floors, built-in ice box, servant’s toilet, wide double rear porches, cement front porch, deep lot to wide alley. ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS ONE Built, Owned and for Sale by Thomas A. Jameson Co. Owners and Builders 906 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Phone Main 5526 SPEND LABOR DAY AT CEDARHURST 29 Miles From the District Line How to Get There: Take Marlborough and Annapolis Pike: turn right at “Tea House” (one mile beyond Mount Zion). Follow the orange signs. 0 a delightful summer colony on Chesapeake Bay. No lots with less than 50 feet frontage and prices range from $100 to $750, with as low payments as $5 down and $5 per month. No interest to pay. Bring Your Lunch and Your Bathing Suits All the great outdoor sports—Bathing, fishing, crabbing, etc. Send for descriptive pamphlet. BAUMAN and HEINZMAN AGENTS 1504 H Street N.W. 3033 N Street This pure Colonial house was erected prior to the year 1776 on a plot of ground granted to George Beall in the year 1752 by King George IIL. It was built by the sturdy patriots who helped to lay the foundation of our republic. It faces the Potomac River from the heights of the very best section of historic Georgetown, and js entwined in the noblest traditions of our land. It is in the same class as Mount Vernon, Arlington and Monticello with the added attraction of being but fifteen minutes’ walk from the White House. located across the street from the home of Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the immortal Abraham Lincoln. The possession of this old manor house will lend color and distinction to_its occupant. In fact, it is just such a residence as will reflect credit upon the common sense and good taste of its owner, for it is an abode of simple dignity and charm, the very soul of all that is genuine and wholesome in American life with a strong appeal to one of culture and refinement, A spacious detached brick dwelling facihg south on a 90-foot lot, a portion_of which extends back over 200 feet to another street; containing 15,000 Thoroughly modern in every quarters. 4-car modern brick square feet. f 15 rooms, 4 baths. particular. Complete servants’ garage, open_fireplaces, original woodwork, solid brick partitions, pure colonial architecture and situated in the finest colonial square of Washington. It may be imitated at a cost of $100,000, but it cannot be duplicated at any cost. . It is a rare occasion that one of these original colonials can be bought at any price. Offered at $55,000 for a limited period of time, subject to increase in price without notice. Phone for Appointment to Inspect C. P. BARRETT Realtor Main 9016 1502 K St. REAL ESTATE. We Specialize in Residential Properties and Building Sites ity and Suburban Investment, Business and Apartment Properties Consult Our Sales Department for Your Requirements THOMAS J. FISHER & CO,, Inc. 738 15th Street N.W. Main 6830 4 SOLD 4 UNSOLD It is estimated that in the last ten days more than one thousand people have inspected these beautiful homes. The real sensation in new homes. Exhibit house, 3553 16th Street. Finished, furnished and open for in- spection every day, including Sunday, until 9:30 P.)M. Gardiner & Dent, Inc. Exclusive Agents W. Gilbert Dent 1409 L Street N.W. President Main 4584 MAKE IT A POINT . TO INSPECT These “Miller-Built” Operations Either SUNDAY or LABOR DAY and Satisfy Yourself Of the Values That We Are Offering Wesley Hreiahts The Garden Spot of Washington 34 HOMES SOLD All Detached Homes—From Five Rooms and Bath to Eight Rooms and Two Baths EXHIBIT HOUSE OPEN DAILY To Reach Wesley Heights—Drive out Mass. Ave. or take Wisconsin Ave. troliey to ction of Mass. and Wis- consin Aves, thence west along Cathedral Ave., which leads to property ALSO 2817 WOODLEY ROAD (Just West of Wardman Park Hotel) Brick Construction—Center-Hall Plan Type 8 Rooms—2 Baths—Brick Garage Every Modern Appointment and Detail Open Also Every Evening Until 9 P.M. W.C.and A.N. MILLER Main 1790 Realtors 1119 17th St. Beyond Comparison! Are These Exquisite New 16th Street Homes Open and Lighted Daily Till 9 P.M. Exhibit House, 4217 16th St. NW. Inspect Sunday or Labor Day DESCRIPTION Cheery living and dining rooms, wide fireplace, Breakfast sun parlor, Servant's room, with bath. Finished attic. Finest kitchen in city, Unequaled quality of construction. Three-car, built-in garage. Two white-tiled baths, built-in electric heaters., Four lergs bod chambers. o closots. nclosed | porohes.. 52" down. plaster m Price Reasonable #3YLDPU SUADIRO CO QlQ_lam el Liberal Terms 1140