Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1926, Page 33

Mysterious BY ELLA WISTER HAINES (Copyright. 1936.) Sweetheart \ I | | | T NO INTEREST OR EXTRAS ADDED TO CHARGE ACCOUNTS 50c Heavy-Weight Cretonnes, 24c¢c yd. Heavy-weight, Fast.color Cretonnes, light and dark floral, bird, stripe and foliage designs, in mill lengths or full bolts, so tHat*you may be sure of securing the required number of yards. Ideal for draperies and coverings of all sorts.—(First Floor—Bargain Table and Fourth Floor.) \Goldefi WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. Carolita_ Menender beautiful Spanish girl, brou h young ‘Amer. Los Augeles at 0. whom she has ‘of her journey uikht and sees, berth opposite. This it identify him at their meeting in Los Ang Iu the moriing she learns that a man b been found apparently murdered 0lds, a young New Yogk lawyer whom Jlita 'met on the train an® who 1s in love with her. claims the Fing Hoor in_onder to ? n one of t Paul R e believes ains the situation. Then u viurdered man. Mario Mlana, olita to flee With 4 revived and 1 Los Angeles 1m immediately up ¥ threatening to Carolita Jeaves and_also low has both Tings, wrned that Reynolds been traveling on_the same trai both under _as- hiad scen ue, t father Cynthia not over father's suspects Walter of a plot 4 this connection ould ‘e using = Carolita ecks information from ol with Uchita. her Jap kn Walter's haunts, a « follows him_down into Mexico. sen Carolita to a town in find waiting for them a 1es who had been on and wonders ol R 1 n charge of the girl tries to run one uf Gaines” men catches her. (Continued from CHAPTER XXIV. Strategy. saines directed his man, ng covercd while T hunt the girll Shoot the first one who stirs?” He w yoom, flashlight in hand, while Mickey wtood grinning at his three prisoners. Say,” he all 1 us fooled!” s began w hurried r a volley of ques. the old woman, who main- ne silence, while steps could be m room to room. t vou two crooks were vou where you he rejoined the . stand that old hag call. She's golng to srever hold her peace!” woman. looking into the two closerange revolvers, and then to to whimper for heip, her arms out commented, *'vou on to rescue her,” Gaines to the Milan: suspect ) more eager to do that Mike squeal! She Find out who took Milunas, and watched, | She had staged the last act of her | | drama, the last thousand dollars in | ' | studied her confession, exclaiming as Ramon Milana and his|! " | despatr. Reynolds. | I suppose we might as well start| § off, dashing from the }up the gold, more and more gold, for { herself. Gaines, catching the drift of the tale, | | listening with a suspense never ex- | | ceeded in a lifetime of thrills. knew {that the old woman was telling the |truth at last. Fear had conquered. %old being the net that had caught her in fts final toils. “Now, then,” Gaines warned her, “this man will take you to your room, where you'll stay till we let you go. ind if you try to escape we'il shoot | you at ‘slght!” Understand?” She understood. Weeping and pro- | testing, calling on a long line of | Madre was led away while Gaines he read. | brother Mario sat in the silence of {for the penitentiary,” Marlo said bit- | terly when Gaines had tucked the| confession away in his pocket. “Our! He shook his fist at his brother. *“It was you who did it! You! you to let the girl alone! I told you to keep your mouth shut! Now the whole world will name!” . “See here,” Gaines interrupted him, “you fellows might as well stop accusing each other and listen to me! Neither one of you will go to the| pen if you'll tack face about and help | | ma; moreover you'll get your mone: every cent of it! You know that all we want is the gir], and I'm convinced that Carolita is our girl! Not on does everything in the old Madre’s | confession point that way, but the, —" he was lost in thonght. “You promised to tell of tiye ring! | Milana's drooping spirits had clutched | [ the straw of hope which the detective held out, “do you know who has it { now?” | “I can't say who has it now, but i Paul Reynolds had it last!” | “Paul Reynolds! No! The Milana brothers gazed at each other In amazemgnt. “Then it was he who stole Mario questioned. under the seat of section 3 next to the one in which you were dis- covered unconscious, supposedly | deaa!” “And Reynolds claimed it as his own!"” “Yes—I'm wondering how he knew, | Carolita told him. Did she | o ! “We'll have to fathom that mystery | at a later date,” Gaines was sayi | when a sound from the rear | house made him stop speakin: {rush to the door. | “Mickey?” he erie entered, as the young | American “what did you find?” “Long underground passage, nearl; {2 thousand feet long, I should s: opens up through a trapdoor in | the atrt floor of an adobe shack, ap- | pavently deserted:” | “Anrthing in the shack?” | A cot and table, couple of chairs— miserable looking place!” “And no trace of the girl any- | saints to witness her innocence, the || |lives are over! It wasn’t worth it!” || 1 told || e Gaines replied, “it was found | /f ring with our |}/ Values Loom Large in This Offering of $42.50 and $45 Seamless Axminster and Frlnged. Wilton Velvet Rugs $26.50 It is seldom possible to buy Alexander Smith & Sons’ Rugs at such a low price, but because of slight mill de- fects we secured large concessions and can offer these excellent grade rugs at savings sure to interest women preparing their homes for Fall and Winter. The defects are hardly discernable and do not impair the ~—— wearing quality in the least. The group comprises seamless ¢ deep pile Axminsters and Fringed Wilton Velvet Rugs, and you have a splendid selection of Chinese, Oriental and neat designs in : beautiful colorings.” Sizes 9x12 ft. and 8 ft. 3 in. by 10 ft. 6 in. $15 Seamless Brussels Rugs 7 it. 6 in. by 9 ft. Worsted-face Seamless Brus- ) sels Rugs, Alexander Smth and Sons’ products; $9 85 beautiful Chinese and Oriental designs in taupe, § . blue and rose color combinations. $15 Cherokee Fiber Rugs 9x12-it. Hodges' Heavy-weight Cherokee Fiber Rugs, reversible and durable; blue, rose, taupe, green, tan and brown colorings in ° beautiful designs. $3.50 Linoleum and Congoleum Rugs : 1 3x9-it. Certainteed Linoleum and Congoleum 50c Floortex Covering i pis: "o rug and Dutch tile patterns with | $l 79 25¢ Sq. Yd. | complete borders ; light and dark colorings. J o s.quatter width Floortex Floor Cov- | $1.25 and $1.50 Rugs and Runners, 88c ering, short rolls from 6 to 15 square 3x6-ft. Durolegn Felt-base Rugs, made by the Congoleum vards; Dutch tile, neat tile and wood l Company; 18x108 Congoleum Runners, in wool rug designs, 30x60 floor designs, in light and dark color- | Imported Rag Rugs, light and dark colors with blue, rose, tan ings | and green crowfoot borders.—(First Floor—Bargain Table.) . Special Demonstration and Beauty Lectures Famous Elmo . Toilet Aids Madame Olga Pataky, personal representative of the Elmo, Incorporated, will be present all this week to demonstrate the merits of Elmo Toilet Preparations. Mme. Pataky will deliver scientific lectures on beauty culture and the proper care of the com- plexion. Our patrons are cordially invited to at- tend this interesting event. Elmo Tissue Cream—$1. Elmo Cucumber Cream—60c & $1. Elmo Cleansing Cream—60c & $1. Elmo Tonic Astringent—$1. Goldenberz's—First Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. little one. Gertrudes, of soft finish _ flannelette, hemmed skirts, others with scal loped edges: 1 ’ buttoned shouiders. = p 9 & BOTH SIDES OF 7™ AT K ST “THE DEPEN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1926. 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Shirts, beautiful soft-finish quality, double-breasted style. with Vanta ties and silk shell stitching. All sizes. Regu- entered or left Bands, soft and warm, rein- forced all across bottom. Sold regularly at 690 each. e in the town, Mr. Gaines?” we make a thorough search o Savited before we go farther?” I'm putting this | mill! Milana, Milana My an- God, ed care 1 get vour t waiting long, 1 | thing there is to uncover. 7 llikely that he hit for Los Angeles or n, and he caught ue o curt order to “hat money and bring after hury presently with another question to from the room, \ heavy can thousand dellars in = v ~shook with rage. ered it to he him since!” Walter's work says that s money within vs she thought she up this extra thou- ® | would be enough to send me scooting ied, reporting ves here in tow rum runner.” ight rapldly E ile we have cover we might as well get story. Here,” he handed 1 and paper, “take it st as she tells it! Just a lere’s my man again, what pdoor in the kitchen leading nto a cellar with a lon winding g north. Shall we go . vou and Mickey! And shoot ? you have to! This is no time to Report in, and, wait, get a wir soon as vou through to our office. > of the men a Juana with 1 wrt 111 have to dush for few words, and the 1| “Bandits! though T thir ble to prove that in ed Milana desperately. sake, if you have a ray seen it? Where?” s tones were incredulous. . but I'm speaking now T You say was stolen from “Then you've seen Xeeping =om 2 Walter—you're T think T| | v Did you get that wire off | nolds " bet; got a <h to Dugan!'” ood enough, better luck than I {could hope for. Phones in this coun- | try are mostly out of order when you | need them! And Dugan will have | seen Walter going through!" “What shall you do now?” Milana d, his anxiet in surmounting hing else. “Who is the Japa- nese, Gaines? Is she safe with him? | My God, it T could but know!” |~ “That's the first thing for us to find | out. Milana, and you are the one to do lit! Get a line on the Japanese—evel See if it | phone message | !dug deeper into this crazy country. I'm inclined to think it's Los Angeles | |and the reward, but if he's Walter's | man, he may be just getting the girl [out of sight Hurry along now, I'l be waiting here!” “Gaines, you don’t think young Reynolds could be behind this, Ho} vou? He had the ring—I'm wonder- 5. “He can't be—hasn't had time. And it my wire can catch him before he rts after us we'll have him to| rk for us at the other end. ‘How did he find out, Gaines, T} it he had been kept out of the | tell you that mow.| cond to lose. But I'll | {say this: He did find out and he's| | fallen head over ears in love with |the girl and the girl with him!' If | | you want anything extra to weigh | Gown your conscience you can put that in vour pipe and smoke it! It r? Can't stop Ramon, not a right out of the world, but you're used to traveling with that kind of thoughts! On your job now:! And keep your head | “What makes you trust him?" { Mario Milana asked as Ramon left the house. “How do you know he won't | ! turn traitor to us both! He fooled |me all right, made a dupe of me, {drew me into this rotten mess, maybe {into the pen, for all I know—""his bitter soul poured out invectives against his brother. | | “Gaines lighted his pipe, his feet | leading him about the room in an in- icessznt tramp. To and fro, up and | down, his brows knit, his ‘thoughts | absorbed in the problem which con- | fronted him. How to untangle {t? | Which way to turn at this sudden | ending of the long trail? The girl had been in his grasp, victory had been about to dawn, and now—unless | | young Reynolds had been clever enough to follow—unless— An uproar of cries and shouts, a blaze of light, burst through the win- dovw d Ramon Milana’s voice came hing back. i excitedly, | “they're after us! “ (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star. We’re Ready to Replace —or Repair your Heating Plant promptly, so it'll be ready for service on short notice. “Work and prices that give vou complete satisfaction. lar $1.50 value. $1.55 Made of fine quality heavy-weight domet flannel, and made in the usual “Faultless” manner—that means high-grade throughout. Coats trimmed with heavy Rayon frogs and every garment cut extra full for comfort. All are perfect quality suits. Sizes A to D. $1 Window Sha‘des, 44c (Slight Irregulars) Heavy Oil Opaque Cloth Window Shades, 3 ft. by 5 ft 9 in. size. White and green. Subject to slight imperfections, which will not affect wear nor. appearance. 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