Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1924, Page 25

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1924. 25 = while my father and myself had been m when my father called me into his| T felt my palms sting, as though 1|the curb had saved the smeir of pow- | Fucsswork at that, but at the time guess- 8ood enough friends up to this, oUr | e drove back to the Matallurgical |T00m. He had come upon an old | had landed on some sharp sand, but | dered giass from being compiatersy oblit- | work was about’ all any one had to ®,had lain very much apart. He| ;rough gtreets that seethed with ex- | Eastern plece of gold money, which | when I stood up to brush the stuff |erated. 1 took a sample of this, too. and | start from ’I‘ devoted to his banking business, - ‘ he kept as a curiosity I t th s y skl full of Mered the packag vhich 1 fold-| 1In an 8 h k h cited humanity, Newsb ere run- osity In one of the|off I saw that my skin was full of [ numbered the package in which I fold-| In any case, T thought the cofnei- ‘ o Ar Of t e COVenant and 1 was fmmersed in aeronautical [ "ot TR e Lol drawers of his desk. It was not of | little splinters of glass. 1t was no|ecd it | - Gt I gt offending the ear with | t smears of pulverized glass :::eélrlrdh'n;]ur:\::‘:dr::e?n:,‘,fi;".“,',’:',{ unlawful and raucous vells, flourish- | the ordinary disk shape, but was like | consclous alertness that made mMe| Naxt 1 went on down Pine street un- ] outside three of the robbed Wwhen we came together again It had | N newsbllls that smote the eveballs | two little beans stuck together cross- | look down on the cugb. but Just the | i | came to the Dyers' Natione, bt | b3 lently strange to be worth 4 simply been, “Hullo, Jimmy!” and,¥ith their flaming scare lines. One, wize and turned over each other.lordinary hwman foollshness that al-|ihis time, although 1 worked as closely : pursuit of the A Story of Mystery and Adventure il | “Fullo, dad!—pretty much as it we | journal, apparently despairing of ad- |I had seen it before as a shining) ways makes a fellow turn to 100k | ang ug carefully as 1 couid. T found no i went in search e b SBg hat parred o\-fr:m’m" { kn‘ew all | Jectives sufficiently lurid to describe |Plece of particularly pure gold, but|when he has trodden on a banan | reqard tor my search, Remained then | Of the policeman of the tarnished BY VICTOR MacCLURE. right what I thought of kim. What | (N reported enofmity of the raid on (now it was sadly dulled to a color (skin. My interest was caught by a|(he last of the raided bants, the Trad: | loc R oy he thought of me had batn ansther | the banks, had printed a sheet con- | With which I was becoming famillar. | smear of powdered glass &long the |Eanic and 1 waikec round to tans s afraid he would nave gone off Copyright; 1024, by Harpet & Brof story. That he had a good enough | (#INiT& nothing but one large excla- | “You had better keep that, Jimmy,' | Curb and in the gutter—like the re- ! 'iroogiications there, | duty, but my luck held, and 1 came Suore Ll mation mark. Broadway was Babel. |my father said. “I expect you'd like | Sult of breaking an electric bulb, only | ""gignt in the middle of Broad street | upon him practically on the same spot opinion of me to hand me a job of ner policemen were v bigger. SN (Nas ROIIGLE ME ANOUL [y ore joins W Stree Jene - e ‘Iv_hm" the run of his | At every other corner poll to have a sample of the tarnishing.” l‘ e Pt ethme By UL | where it jolns Wall Street 1 | wh I had parted with him earlier ; vou said the very she T g ol ng to move o row at in- he pulverization and distribytion of | iy iy sorink, wders ps. ol 1orning e had - n tar.) |and vou said the very thing nurse with it, put me in such a way |U5InNE t on.the.crowds that | I was glad to have it, and I wrapped | (1o brofr g ioation of | anothr sprinkle of powdered gla ass m ng. He had just been — coul re said when trouble was ‘ i vitably clustered round each fortu- 4 g feet had made ery fai nd was going hom “I've a Dit of a 1 2 W "l‘\unddun'l]r:membor your | that I could only nod acceptance nate with a newspaper, and go dense | !t ‘.'; e of Hssue paper before|still. 1 was suddenly taken with a :L;'k.grflm» mnr‘;fi:g had T walk ith Wits e B Cabwey 16 o : rl t. She “Good boy,” said he. *“Now here's 5 3 he los d ot | Placing it in an empty match box to| notion of what the stuff stood for, s 4 s ] i fetall “with a ph rlin u was the press at the lower end of | PEUTRE 0 R 33, SmBLY match box to the traces left were unmistakable nal Metaliur makes me t me heart I shook my head. My mother dled | another point. During the day you'll | Broadway that it took two mounted | k3°% !t fhom bel ternishing anaiysea | 2nd T swept a few grains of the Pow- | reckoned now that 1 had reasonable 1 st to ye 1w 1 was an infant, and T had [be free to conduct your investiga- | men neerly a quarter of an hour to in the hope that the result would tur. | 2¢7, Lo8ether and wzapped them In|grounds on which to work out m R = f of | tions, but 1 shal] want you to iy me v h R thi tissue paper, placing the tiny packet |5 a created any definite picture drive a path for the car through the | "o TRRC T A0 L e thetic used | tion, and I contented myself with pi and he produced n " to a great extent because my |INto the country every evening. I'm |last hundred paces to the bank door. | .S A0S e to the anesthetic used D et oot Iy o= puaten ban M ling up what T oouid of the powder o 2 e s 1e. e w E » er sel n sp e of . ot 0 S 1. > * v 00k ar a ger e ha his tunle. H v seldom spoke of Mot ek 0% | the telephone buasing. i e oarayl | . Dnce we ware inside T immediately | crux of the whols affair lay in the | Xt ) e et Cave & look around|a finger tip to test it nature. It I IF YOU HAD A prised than 1 w - [pect it was'that he missed hec-too](hs telephone bussing in my ear all | - CRGS FA WOt OIS R CUESARIAT | orux SF (he whols aftals iay in the e, d o the same character as my two sampl K nished to a dull br much. Sha had' besn dead cloxe on [[UERC, X/ keep Hazsldens oveninad | ycn onens telephone, and/sdld iim| was the thing T dstarniined o foilay 3 : By this time 1 had four ideas firmly | NEC 0 years. but T could see, even then in - i S to tune up the Merlin. Wise fellow | up in the best way I could. I had no| ! Walked down Broadway to the|fixed in my head, and could not AS LOMG AS THIS FELLOW AND HAD CHAPTER IT. his presidential room. how much she | l’h:’““‘l,d‘ ](y::dhe((‘e‘rr»"‘an(ziad there | that he is, he had anticipated the or- | other notlon of where to make a|Guaranty Trust and, acting on the|quit of them: that the erooks ha D HA ¢ “alse B still He Jooked a¢ me ¥ | der, and could pi se to have the idea that was simmering In my head.|used an anesthetizing gas; that this | I 50 softened either before or sinc job, vou'll find Milliken a first-class 1 apskolito| the hrayakanpac at nen e e C|roadway round about. T half expected | that the gas, in liquid form, had bee 2 oy A S NG e d slowly. ‘You were |man. e d o crowd in front of the bank was thin R e L i s uarter past 8| “No." h bwly: teuiwa “That's settled then. T take it vou | Hazeldene and arranged for the place | ning before the maneuvers of the | %.q discovered opposite the Nationn | N€/d In Elass containers. and that the AL when I got back he Na 1y a s _ 4 to be kept open for my father and i 4T waiteh s the Acorwiey il A smears of powder outside the three il He broke off and lifted his shoyl- [have something better in your shed tiv: police, an Waite n & doorway | Metallurgical, but was disappeinted. THE 1 it dim et e a myself. In the ordinary way I lived 11 the T - g ! banks were what was left of the co am hour had |ders in a sigh han (the slaiseaplaneiyouiudsd unie YR ¢ Maione to (el hangar. and ;‘1“']' ‘,L" e s A2 osa Broad. | There had been, however. a fairly dense | (4inepy after the release of i WAY | landed with my | “You're right” he said. “Break- | morning?’ FoLkabin ¥ 2 ¢ jo ttiy was able to cross Broad-|crowd all down Broadway that morn- | % hat h Flt 1 i th el “You bet. There's my own Marlin, | Workshops on the beach, only J0Ining | way, and it was when I had reached | {ro" und 1 aas nor reany iy oot MOM | had shattered them DOWN \eipated that by this time there | Three hundred kilometers and more | MY father at Hazeldene when he went | the ‘opposite sidewalk that a SUEK! | poseibiiity that the same sort of smeny | These were a weirdly fanciful lot Tfl N s l l I "E b to come upon another of the smears an hour are nothing to her. T'll have | {here for the week ends. e accident happened to me which was|pod peer in 1 o oo imedr | notions, I admit, but, like th AR e her tuned up for vou right away. 1|been at the cottage on one of these | fd S il JAFPALT 10 TG W TR JTED | hac rampling o many feet hER Rl | those concerned, T was more 5 . -| can get you from the Battery to Ha- | Visits when the news of the robbery | i the development of my theories, Sy ? by the idea of the mysterio g SR T e A e T had pulled him out of bed for our| m4 avold bumping Into a fellow who | Po75¢d 1t that had fallen on the district during i The National Sore Throat Remedy o one P hile we wsalted my | “Bully! said the ola man, and rose | fight this Monday morning: was hurrylng past on the sidewalk 1( By the Subtreasury, at the comner of [ those two dead hours than by the SHOULD QUICKLY RELIEVE IT ¢ | futtier ‘issueq instructions for carry- | With & clgar going strong "Now 1| I was on the point of stepping out | stepped short on the curh. My foot | Pine strect and Nassau sireet, 1 had ALL DRUGGITS o ] Anstuct must get back to the bank, son to make what investigations 1 could slipped and I came down on my hande. T e | When the ame we rode up- throu e rapidly filling hotel where he d, und we both e before break- | )w that T knew to stand by was imminent t 1 think my wish f the new realiza- I cared for the old some & ¢ just how. 1s we were but 1 could hdog. 1f I can 1 troublesome peo- il Suggests That You Give Her a Handbag the old man Here Are a Few of the Hundreds of Styles Which Kann’s < Offers for Your Selection. . Come and See the Others! Imported Bag AR j g Stl‘ap-[‘Op Bag i an e Wi | e oid,macs sumgeation i %5.00 - at 86.50 iEn pes Book, $6.00 Key-Lock Bag P i g, e wih e thing capable of 1 B Sodbiloolntban o lined bag, fitted with purse — Imitation aligator Handmade Saphian leather, all- —NIadp of genuine crepe - and mirror. Ic"x‘t‘hm' el ihsiae seal, silk lined, with dou- S‘?-')O frame and five special fit- Mf;] inside frame, fitted 2 with mrror. - _» 2 tings. leather bag. with gold- Stop sneezing, snuffling and 3 plated frame, in hinge Bead Bag coughing. Just take one or two e : e = - - tablets of Anti-Kamnia and the style. Lined with moire 810-9{) cold quickly goes. Anti-Kamnia “ 831 silk and fitted with purse almost instantly banishes pains of irror. L Madeof s e aponty hanishesipal oS and mirror. Made of the finest qual , ; . . es, toothache; brings relief / i [ q ity beads in a beautiful as- Imltdtloll m ymnia, nervousness, women's ik T << : E L . $acl peins, ete. Has been sold every day | St 51‘. 4 sortment of light and dark . . for 34 years by druggists every- P : 2 P colors. Silk lined. leard Sl\lll e} | e it o ot | g ' Alligator Bag e e $6.00 genuine pain reliever, Anti-Kamnia, | as AK on every tablet. | y-LOCk Bag S l 0.00 : \ i LAt Wiy —Strap-top book bag Use Tablets | 85 00 lnpacied adion ! | R U\ G leather lined lap. st « | - .| = hornback alligator bags, e ; bag lined with sil o0 - | AntI_K | —Made of patent calf with moire lining. Inside 5 et fitted with mirror and | amnla leather, with gold- frame, fitted with memo- purse. | opPpasen 10 AL Pain plated frame and inside randum pad, purse and 2 frame, fitted with purse mirror. ~ and mirror. Silk linr;(l. ™ @ Bag, 83-90 — An attractive style, plain and fancy leathers, in black and colors. An excellent variety of styles from which to select. dden | —Attractive bag made of goat stock, with crepe seal pressing; it is lined with moire and fitted with mirror. Strap - top handle. / s i A Y i Made in Qi 2 & g j- 3 ¥ / . - ThePeggyBag | French Silk . =3 Belgium, 85 $2°95 Bag’ 320.00 = : . Belgeizimc;. in };dult:xdx(llc —This attractive bag ij —Pouch bag, with jet Pin Seal . s or combinations. made of pat ent calf knob and black and steel ; leather, is silk lined and bead ornament and gun Leather Bao‘ fittings. Same bag with- $2.95 MOI'O(',CO ! > has inside frame with 4 metal inside frame, - > he fitti $ i ut the fittiggs at $2.95. . . < & —Smart bag with moire Vanlty Bag e =D ribbon effect, silk lined, gfi 50 two frame pockets and fitted with mirror. —~Genuine morocco bag, TOP at Salt Lake City, one of | i . Skl in black and colors. with Tapestr_v Bag the strangest and most beauti- MW ; Strap-TOp Bag - fi inside frame and fitted $2 9_), - . L3 ful cities in the world. . with powder puff and The Mormon Temple, the Tabernacle $9.50- ety TR e e e Vi with its great organ; the Wasatch Moun- > dsin e silver-plated frame, with tain drives; unbelievably buoyant Great —This bag is made of A p : R e Al s i e v Bag, 9295 | o e 35 A\ | S et S e stupendous mountain of copper are alone e ine front and is B £ worth the stopover—all Utah is a scenic —Lovely bag of moire h'aniHloirg;tcllnct}:?o:::hout has inside frame pocket, Sl 1 fitted” with mirror. Silk- wonderland. silk, with hinge frame; it . S P 2 Fitted with purse and i} r i iforni . s s 1 5 cord handle. Very tty R Gucaitris, 11s Shioe, 8, Mo e e | e Handmade , design and colorings. Bead Bag Dinvessnt iy Iigh Ol it et with purse and mirror. ; B T Y Dance Purse = 7.95 Strap-Top Bag LOSAngeIes.&m'f $7.50 —This fietty (i e T $12.00 3 Lv. Chicago (C.& N.W. Terminal) 8:00 p.m. lined and fitted with mir- J Ar. Salt Lake City (2d day) 2:15 p.m. —Made in X ror. Lovely color com- —This bag has a genuine = Iothneeer Crdday)a VP France of (@ ; Imported Bag biniations toychoose from. Florentine front, in beau- You can spend the winter as economically as you metallic 4 tiful designs and color- :lu-‘}n“ilr:ws:u:ha-n California. Plenty of botele, i $7.50 ings, while the book is Beaded POllCh white back- M x —Ve retty bag with made of genuine morocco e amsatos b hlofs s etemtatiane I ground and [ gold li—x)l’la?d de};ign.glt has leather. It is leather lined Bag9 $2'95 i : gold and = 3 an ins.ide frame and is E on front lap, with silk lined —This bag is in a beauti- o T OB, or blue border. Lined with fitted with mirror, memo- y pockets. Fitted with large ful assortment of colorings S chamois. 3 randum pad and purse. purse and mirror. and is especially pretty. a th & Chestrut Sts. ¥ Philadelph! Philadelphla

Other pages from this issue: