Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1927, Page 26

A 1 THE FEVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 19217. = e ‘."mflmmmflmNO INTEREST OR EXTRAS ADDED TO CHARGE ACCOUNTS Rogel' ACkroy dj IT PAYS TO DEAL AT T urer of i By AGATHA CHRISTIE. & R Copyright by Dodd, Mead & Co. ; h : . P lows ationat Trmowow: BOTH SIDES OF 7™ AT K ST “THE DEPENDABLE STORE' away on his own account. I see now. $2 Washable Crepe de Chine kick or pull these fastenings loose: there are no buttonholes to stretch, no buttons If he heard of his stepfather’s murder, A beautiful weight, finely and faultlessly to pull off or be broken in the wringer. Vanta Bands and Shirts are soft, warm he might think himself that I had done it.” | “He wouldn't think any such thing, woven—Ilovely for lingerie as well as frocks for ) day or evening. All pure silk quality, 40 inches wide, in a host of street and evening colors, as 89¢ Printed Pongee, 39¢ ’ and durable. 36-inch Printed Por anta” Shirts, silk and wool, soft fin- neat patterns, for dress ish grade, double front style, no buttons ity, tie side and double breasted. said Caroline. night well as black and white and delicate pastel $2.50 Chiffon Taffeta, $1.59 nor pins, finished with Vanta ties. @ sizes..... ; “I was so cruel to him that Isomewhat_against her will. He had {;—S0 hard and bitter. shades. izes ant’s to 3 years.. nch Chiffon Taffeta, allsilk quality, in AN e i st 1 wowdn't listen | to what. he was $1 Sport Satin, 85¢ ; “Vanta” Nightgowns e and evening shades, also black and v anta" Shirts, silk and merino, trying to say— » declared that his stepfather would not | o . h - *hear of his marrying w penniless girl, | Wouldn't believe that he really cared 40-inch Sport Satin, rich lustrous, satin face rayon quality, in street, eveming and featherstitched nec s Vant wstring bottom; sizes six louble breasted style with Vanta i ol st Allvaisems. 1o c e OO i Better to be married secretly, and |1 just stood there telling him what I lingerie shades. to 3 years, pring N for Baby Specially Priced Thursday Mothers will buy whole outfits for baby when values like these are offered. Everything from dainty underwear to cute little dresses are special prices for tomorrow’s sale. Vanta Bands and Shirts The Vanta Baby Band is fastened by cute little bows of tape and baby cannot I (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) i “I enjoyed the'work,” she explained. $“And I had plenty of time to myselt.” ! "And then came her meeting with ; Ralph Paton, and the love affair which -ulminated in a secret marriage. Ralph had persuaded her into that. . v thought of him, and s ng the cold- And so the detd was done, anc |Mind—trving my best to hurt him." Re ; X “Do him no harm,” said Caroline. :Ursula Bourne became Ursula Patod | .yovey worry about what you say to : Ralph had declared that he meant te | SE0EH PO, BOE 0 3 hat they i pay Cif his debts, find a job, and then | 7 T, DRSS PAREENHE it's un- when he was in a position to support | govel OTVE ¥ *her, and independent of his adopted Sl Ursula went on, nervously twisting ifather, they would break the news to landluinEwisting theo Hands “When the murder was discovered ., But to people like Ralph Paton|,ng he aidn't come forward, I was iturning over a new leaf is easier in terribly upset. Just for a moment I theory than in practice. He hoped | ondered—but then 1 knew he that his stepfather, while still in couldn’t—he couldn't. But 1 “ignorance of the marriage, might be | \vished he would come forward and persuaded to pay his debts and put|say openly that he'd had nothing to ‘him on his feet again. But the revela- | 4o with it. I knew that he very “tion of the amount of Ralph's liabili- | fond of Dr. Sheppard, and I fancied ities merely enraged Roger Ackroyd, |that perhaps Dr. Sheppard might and he refused to do anything at all. | know where he was hiding.” i Some months passed, and then Ralph | She turned to me. + was bidden once more to Fernly. Roger | “That's why I said what I did to T AC did not beat- about the bush. | you that day. I thought, if you knew the desire of his heart that|where he was, you might pass on the zee, k< quality, “Vanta” Merino Shirts, soft finish qaal- 4 50c $2 Satin Charmeuse, $1.59 40-inch Satin Charmeuse, all silk, satim face quality, in new Spring shades, Goldenberg's—First Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. Smart Styles in New Spring Babies Silk Quilts, of imported Japa- nese silk, pink and blue, with hand-embroidered designs; hand-quilted. . $3'50 Babies' Receiving Blankets, 36 inches square: soft finish white domet flan- Babies Short White Nainsook Dresses, daintily trimmed. Priced at— 59¢, 79¢ and $1 Flannelette Kimonos, white with floral borders; others with . Ralph should marry Flora, and he put .the matter plainly before the young man. And here it was that the Innate !weakness of Ralph Paton showed it- iself. As always, he grasped at the . easy, the immediate solution. As far «as I could make out, neither Flora nor Ralph made any pretense of love. It ‘was, on both sides, a business ar- «rangement. Roger Ackroyd dictated . his _ wishes—they agreed to them. Flora accepted a chance of liberty, money and an enlarged horizon; Ralph, of course, was playing a different wame. But he was in a very awkward hole financially. He seized at the chance. His debts would be paid. He , could start again with a clean sheet. « His was not a nature to envisage the future, but I gather that he saw vaguely the engagement with Flora +being broken off after a decent in- ! terval had elapsed. Both Flora and he « stipulated that it should be kept a 1 secret for the present. He was anxious + to conceal it from Ursula. He felt in- : stinctively that her nature, strong and . resolute, with an inherent distaste for duplicity, was not one to welccme .such a course, + Then came the cruclal moment iwhen Roger Ackroyd, always high- « handed, decided to announce the en- . sagement. He said no word of his in- i tention to Ralph—only to Flora, and + ¥lora, apathetic, raised no objection. :On Ursula the news fell like a bomb- + shell. Summoned by her, Ralph came i hurriedly down from town. They met »in the wood, where part of stheir con- . versation was overheard by my sister. + Ralph implored her to keep silent for ; & little while longer, Ursula was equal- ly determined to have done with con- cealments. She would tell Mr. Ack- Lroyd the truth without any further «delay. Husband and wife parted ac- : rimoniously. Ursula, steadfast in her purpose, : sought an interview with Roger Ack- + royd that very afternoon, and revealed ; the truth to him. Their interview was <& stormy one—it might have been ;even more stormy had not Roger i Ackroyd been already obsessed with « his own troubles. It was bad enough, » however. Ackroyd was not the kind + of man to forgive the deceit that had i been practiced upon him. - His rancor + was mainly directed to Ralph, but : Ursula came in for her share, since 1 he regarded her as a girl who had de- « liberately tried to “entrap” the adopt- ;ed son of a very wealthy man. Un- s forgivable things were said on both { sides. « _That same evening Ursula met * Ralph by appointment in the small . SBummer house, stealing out from the « house by the side door in order to do 1 8o. Their interview was made up of « reproaches on both sides. Ralph i charged Ursula with having frre- . trievably ruined his prospects by her * {ll-timed revelation. Ursula reproached » Ralph with his duplicity. + They parted at last, A little over ¢ half an hour later came the discovery of Roger Ackroyd’s body. Since that ¢ night Ursula had neither seen nor ! heard from Ralph. + As the story unfolded itself I real- $ ized more and more what a damning » series of facts it was. Alive, Ackroyd ! could hardly have failed to alter his will—I knew him well enough to realize that to do so would be his first i thought. His death came in the nick s of time for Ralph and Ursula Paton. {8mall wonder the girl had held her message to him."” “I?" 1 exclaimed. “Why should James know where ho | was?" demanded Caroline sharpl; “It was very unlikely, I know,” ad- | mitted Ursula, “but Ralph had often spoken of Dr. Sheppard, and I knew that he would be likely to consider him as his best friend in Kings Abbot. “My dear child,” I said, “I have not the least idea where Ralph Paton is | “But—"" Ursula held out the news paper cutting in a puzzled fashion. “Ah! that,” said Poirot, slightly em- | barrassed; “a_bagatelle, mademoiselle. A rien du tout. Not for a moment do I believe that Ralph Paton has been arrested.” “But then—" began the girl slowly. 5 Poirotwent on quickly: “There is one thing I should like to know—did Captain Paton wear shoes or_boots that night?” Ursula_shook her head. “I can’t remember.” “A pity! But how should you? Noy madame,” he smiled at her, his hea on one side, his forefinger wagging eloquently, “no questions. And do not torment yourself. Be of good courage, and place your faith in Hercule Poirot.” " (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) PREPARE T(;FREE TOWN. Effort to Be Made Sunday to Break Long Snow Blockade. DENVER, Colo.,, March 9 #).— Encouraged by °‘the delivery of sup- plies by airplane, 1,200 residents of Silverton, San Juan Basin mining town, today redoubled efforts to break a month’s snow blockade by restoring rail transportation Sunday next. . Lieut. Daniel Kearns piloted a plane over the 200-mile route across the Continental Divide from Denver vesterday to drop medical supplies, mail and other necessities in a snow bank at Silverton. It was the first Successful attempt to carry supplies to the town, other than by mushers, since snow slides blocked all roads a month ago. " Telephone and telegraph communi- cation was functioning well today. Although snow was falling last night, crews expect to repair tracks to per- mit resumption of railroad service the forepart of next week. The town has a large supply of staple food: » tongue and played her part so con- + sistently. ! __My meditations were interrupted. | i knew from the gravity of his tone 1t was Poirot's voice speaking, and I | + that he, too, was fully alive to the im- | 4 plieations of the position. » “Mademoiselle, I must ask you one ¢ question, ! truthfully, for on it everything ma: and you must answer it i hang: What time was it when you ! parted from Capt. Ralph Paton in the » Summer house? Now, take a liftle ‘minute so that your answer may be « very exact.” + The girl gave a . enough in all conscience, + “Do you think I h 1 that again and again in my own mind” It was just half-past 9 when I went {out to meet him. Maj. Blunt was ! walking up_and down the terrace, s + I had tb go'round through th ;1o avoid him. It must have about 27 minutes to 10 when I r the Summer house, i . Ing for me. I was with him 10 min- : utes—not longer, for it ! quarter to 10 when I got :hous g : question the other day. If only Ack i royd-could be proved to have been ! killed before a quarter to 10, and not . after. i Isaw the reflection of that thought in Poirot’s next question. “Who left the Summer house first?” oA “Leaving 2 Ralph Paton in the Sum- mer house?” half laugh, bitter | ven’t gone dver | just a| ack to the | I saw now the insistence of her | |QUART OF WATER A Buy a “thousand dollars” for yourself—buy it on the w or monthly savings plan Federal-American Has a Big Savings Department DAY HELPS KIDNEYS [ | When Back Hurts or Bladder { “Yes—but you don't think N “Mademoiselle, it is of no ¢ tance what T think. What did you do . when you got back to the house?” “I went up to my room."” **And stayed there until wen?"" *Until about 10 o'clock.” “Is there any one who can prove ! that?” H “Prove? That I was in my room, * you mean? Oh! no. But surely—oh! 1 see, they might think—they might s think—"" I saw the dawning horror In her A~ irot finished the sentence for ner. ! ‘“That it was you who entered by i the window and stabbed Mr. Ackroyd ‘as he sat in his chair? Yes, they + might think just that “Nobody but a fool would think any uch thin, roline indignantl She patted Ursula on the shoulde: The girl had her face hidden in her * hands. ! “Horrible, * “Horrible.” Caroline she was murmuring. gave her a friendly my dear,” she said. n’t think that really. « As for that husband of yours, I don't + think much of him, and 1 tell you so : Running away and leaving { you to face the musi s But Ursula shook her head ener- « getically. ‘e ‘Oh, no” she cried. “It wasn't uk. a impor- | Bothers, Also Take a Little Salts Eating too much rich food may pro-| Kidney trouble in some form, sa 1l known authority, because the ids created excite the kidneys. 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H Jad Salts can not injure anyone: | makes & delightful effervescent lithia- | water drink which millions of men and women take now and then to help keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus often ‘avoiding serious kidney dis- orders.—Advertisement. L T T T IOV DTN R LIV TEL RSPV TR DT R TIT R S U e Sports and Tailored Hats $5 to $15 Youthful modes of new crochet straws, such-as Chanquette, Mou- quette, Perle Visca, also the always popular Felts and Milans, in authentic interpretatiofts of the Spring ‘mode. Other New Sports Styles $1.95, $2.95 & $3.95 In small and large head sizes. All the sinart new styles, in new straw braids and new and hades. Spring tailored wear.” Jats for street, sports Goldenberg's—Second Floor.—Charze Accounts Invited. . printed designs HTE TR RRTT 29c¢ Oilcloth Scarfs 15¢ Oilcloth Scarfs, size 17x18 inches, on Sanitas oilcloth; fast colors. Goldenberg's—First Floor. Charge Accounts Invited. $2.98 Wardrobe Garment Bags $1.98 Wardrobe Garment Bags. of pre.ty art tickings, in various pretty colorful designs. Full size bags, with space for cight dresses. Well made and finished. Notion Dept.. First Floor. New Flannelette Gertrude Petticoats, se only “Red Star” antis Regular dozen When examine the fine quality of the kid —see the compare them with other gloves regular they nelette with pink and blue fancy EGCRINESi- i s iae Babies’ White Flannelette Nightgowns, beautiful quality, stitchir, with draw-:tring bottom, ‘Wool Cashmere Coats, hand yokes and collar; sateen lining; sizes 1and 2 years............ lloped or hemmed styles; white ()¢ Hemmed Diapers, soit, ptic finish grade, size 27x27 inches. $2.00 value. One $1.79 for fancy 50¢ stitching in pink and blue. ... 50¢ Infants’ Long Cloaks, soft, white cashmere, others of fine grade crepella; hand-embroidered collar and - cufts: softAinish lnings...... SETD Babies’ Blankets, size 30x40 inches; pink and blue with striped bor- ders. -$1.00 values " 69e pink or ; assorted styles, blue fancy others £ ()¢ smocked $4.50 Goldenberg's—Third Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. ] Hilh| I | $2.95 to $3.49 Imported French Kid Gloves $1.49 Pair Gloves ns novel cuff trimmings—and sold for more than $1.49 a pair, will buy a complete supply for women see these Spring! Decidedly new and chic are the dis- tinctively embroidered motifs on flare and turn-back cuffs. Black with white, mode, beaver and gray. Goldenberg's—First Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. All With Borders $4.45 ., Classed as Slight Seconds 200 nnrdm:(-(l Congoleum Ru s, sold to us as seconds, but after careful inspection, we fail to find deiects -that will hurt wear or appearance ante the genuine rug for any that does not give Wool rug designs in blue, lar colors. j by 9 ft. size. $10.95 Stenciled Crex Rugs, $7.95 $x10-ft. La Room Size Factory Labeled Crex Rugs, 3 ft. 3 in. beautiful new Spring, 1927 Room stenciled designs, of green, blue, brown and combination colorings. $1.19 Seamless Sheets 81x90-inch size for double beds, made of heavy, firm- woven sheeting cot- ton dependable for wear. $1.79 Bleached Sheets, $1.29 81x99 Seamless Bleached Sheets, extra length for double heds; made of superior quality sheeting cotton. $1.89 Bedspreads, $1.29 90 White Dimity Bedspread: bed size; standard quality. 5’§c Pillowcases, 39¢ 42x36 Hemstitched Pillow es, fine quality pilow e tubing, finished with deep hem. . three- — O Perfect quality sheets, full bleached and seamless. Get your share while 100 dozen last. $2 Crinkle Spreads, $1.69 $1x105 Crinkle Bedspreads, rose, blue and gold woven stripes: fast colors; scal Joped embroidered edges. 29¢ Pillowcase Cotton, 18c Five-quarter Bleached Pillowcase Cotton, heavy close-woven quality 12%c Unbleached Cotton 93¢ 39-inch Unbleached firm-woven quality, for gene § Sheeting Cotton, l use. Goldenberg's—F¥irst ¥l rge Accounts Invited. $1.98 Crystal Bead Chokers 69c Genuine Tin Cut Crystal Chokers, beautiful, clear-cut sparkling crystals, cut with many facets, which gives them appearance of semi-precious stones. Several popular styles, including the graduate effect with rondells between large beads. Come in ruby, topaz, amie- thyst, sapphire or white. bere’s—First Floor, R R Sty Thvited. » Women’s 79¢ Cotton Union Suits - 59c¢ Women’s Light-weight Cotton Unign Suits, full cut, perfect quality garments that fit snugly and comfortably. ~Low neck and sleeveless, tight and shell trimmed knee. Ex- tra and regular sizes. Women’s Gauze Cotton Vests, with rayon stripe; band-top sleeveless style; irregu- 19(3 lars of 35c value Children’s Fleeced Cotton Underwear, sepa- rate garments, shirts with Dutch neck and elbow sleeves, pants knee and ankle lengths; perfect quality; regular 6%c 3Q¢ Goldenberg’s—First Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. $37.50 and $40 Seamless Axminster & Velvet Rugs, $24.50 10 ft. 6 by Heav s, in handsome pat- All carry the same guar- “Gold Seal” Congoleum Rugs—a new satisfactory wear. rose, taupe and other popu- The majority are 9x9-it. size; some are 7 ft. 6 in 49¢ Duroleum Rugs, 39¢ 24x34 Duroleum Rugs, made by the Congoleum Company; neat wool rug designs, with horders; various desirable col- in. Perfect X1 | orings.—First Floor—Bargain Table.) gt ! H | | $1.25 and $1.50 Ruffled Curtains 88c Sheer Quality Voile or Marquisette Ruffled Curtain white or ivory color with white, rose, blue or gold ruffles and stripe: inch valance, ioldenberg's—Fo Charze Ace finished with tie backs and 54- All h Accounts $5 & $5.95 Blankets Heavy-weight $3.65 Pair Part-wool Blankets, “Golden Fleece” brand; 66x80-inch size for double beds. Plaids of blue, pink, tan and gray, finished with wide sateen ribbon bound ends. Gpldenberg's—Fourth Floor. ree Accounts Invited. il Ii I 59¢ Printed C 39C Yard These handsome yard mercerized cotton fabrics can hardly be distinguished from the more expensive silk weaves. Lustrous wash- able quality that will tub spléndidly and always retain their fresh appearance. tensive variety of new Spring designs and colors ;){i;]tfld on light and dark grounds. 36 inche: wide. 45c Shantung Pongee, 29¢ 36-inch Shantung Pongee, yarn mercerized demi- rough weave quality, in wanted colors. 45¢ Wash Satin, 29¢ 36-inch Wash Satin, yarn mercer- ized satin-face cotton fabric, in all wanted lingerie shddes. $1 Bordered Rayons, 59¢ 50-inch Bordered Rayons, self-color designs, all wanted colors for Spring wear. 25¢ Plisse Crepe, 19¢ Printed Plisse Crepe, white and col- 35c Lingerie Fabrics, 22c 36-inch Lingerie Fabrics, including shadow check batiste, mercerized Jer- ored grounds with neat printings, also sey, shadow stripe volles, etc. All plain colors. wanted lingerie shades. Goldenberg’s—First Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. 35c to 50c Drapery Fabrics 272 Yard Included in this sale will be found fabrics for draperies, cushions, furniture and other coverings. All the most sought-after patterns and colorings in mill lengths and full bolts, but hundreds of yards 'alike. Choice of Woven Dot Marquisette Heavy Fast-Color Awning Canvas —Fourth Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. B in N L P 35c¢ Fast-Color Tissue Ginghams _ A Fine foremost Fast-Colog' Cretonnes Heavy Imitation Linen Goldenbey urdy quality woven in the mills of the country. of- beautiful patterns in checks and broken plaids—for wom- en’s and children’s dresses, house frocks and aprons, rompers, creep- ers and smocks. 32 inches wide. 39¢ Fast-Color Prints, 25¢ | 35¢ Serpentine Crepe, 22¢ 32-inch Fast-color Prints, light and dark grounds, for women's and chil- dren’s wear, Neat small chintz de. | @nd plain shades, for house garments signs. and kimonos. Goldenbery’s—First Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. Scores Serpentine Crepe, printed patterns | iR | 000 Ready-to-Hang Awnings $1.29 An extremely low price right at the beginning of the season for awnings of this grade—made of heavy tan, blue and brown stripe canvas mounted on flexible steel frame. 2 ft. 6, 3 ft., 3 ft. 6 and 4 ft. sizes with 3 ft. drop and 9-inch valance. Fit windows from 28 to 50 inches. Goldenberg’s—Fourth Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. $3 New Spring Handbags $1.95 A brand-new showing of Smart Handbags, including the most popular styles and effects for Spring. Choice of leather, silk or tapestry, in clever shapes and colorings. Come in black and wanted colors, some with inside swinging change purse, others with various fittings. Goldenberg's—First Floor.—Charge Accounts Invited. CASTILE 25c¢ Regular 40¢ value for only STV