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2 THE EVENING RTAR, WASHINGTON, D. T, YONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1927 Ai" o RO S ST R i ""3 REG’LAR FELLERS Call of the Wild. By GENE BYRNES L AWE R : WHAT WAS ALL HE WAS I DIDNT By Ella Wister Haines THAT NOISE YOUR CRYIN' ON e ) ] THAT Author of “MYTERIOUS SWEETHEART.” LITTLE BROTHER ACCOUNT OF PINHEAD WAS 7 MRS. DUGAR! . . b4 Covvright. 1026. Thompson Feature Service. Inc. PINHEAD G‘mm sucH A GRANMA WAS 000000000000 000000 0000000000 e S WAS MAKING WHEN 4 COULDN' FIND SYMPAT“E“C : SE““_‘\E éfic“'—giw Only one thing was absolutely cer- I PASSED YOUR o | “tief HER GLAGSES AN LTTLE FELLOWY ) ON \ l tain, the woman didn't go overboard, HOUSE JUST NOW< SHE CAN'T HEAR per bound | for ‘T never left the boat deck that - A 9y RV Ghon ed*and | whole night, and her body was not on the man who | board. Marie and I between us cov- EITHERY i which Jed | 0oq every inch of that ship, aused me to get in dutch was ng caught exploring the life- The woman had brought car- diers on beard, too, Helmer, 1 can’t ne what E: 10 to 1 the would ne ‘h New York v ame from this WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE opher a ¥ newspa- hes | last. two months, thou- | “Where's Marie Helmer ' | 1ooked completely baffled by the whole story “A ship was just ¢ & through olon when we landed, and T hustled her aboard. She'll get right to headquarters with the story. The point §s now to find the woman's con- | federate, and I've got a hunch, Hel- . seems like a crazy pipe dream I'm not r yet to spill it. | 4 21 large sum of money went with her,|be as well to let him wander about |come into' Gatun for the reason that | pote was also found? The other one, I want you to do is to g0 |Never in all my career did I -|and we had at least one suspicious[a little before we make ourselves|he will not t to leave Anne Morris | T auppose, was put in this Morrls girl wecoiradn S S f“inh"‘“;'ymflxmm\ b ] T e it board.” | known? He'll report in here 'lml 1'1;} 3 Tove with her | room to throw suspicion upon her2” || MeCOrRCE 2e Fitted watch for this fellow Dahlgren. spilled! Looks as if you'd all come till, that is the one Thing we shall | tell him that we have received word | to risk her s I think that V& i1 ltanie chned told him to meet me at the Strang- | pretty close to Davy’ Jones' locker, |not dare to make public! \Whatever |of the ship's grounding and will send | he'll shore, but we'll be | 1o h'l-‘e’““o““"n‘ e ereward et || Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES ers’ Club, but I'm not sure if he got|jast night!” happens it must not be known that |out a rescuing tug as 4 sible. | on the safe side anyway. I Suppose |left out that part of the story. While me. He's loony over the Morris girl | “Such a sea!” the woman addressed | we are trailing one Russian until we | Then we'll watc him! I'm ¢ [ fhat the rescue will be made by dark, | the eaptain’s investigation was in | Eyesight Specialist and because of his infatuation is not |ag Marie raised her hands in catch the other one. In any case, |that he is all right, but we won't take | won't it? 'The whole party oUght 10 | process we found the mate in a most | e i i to be depended upon.” ture of hor such a passage! | Marie, vou under: hat thing |any chances! As soon we get the [be at the Washington Hotel by bed- | peculiar place, and in the nick of time | "'""“ "'"I iy B “You're not suspecting him or th Vho ever would have dreamed what | concerning these crooks is ever to be | passengers safely into port and the | time.” Dt T whlaito get it to the 409-110 McLachlen Bldg. e Morris girl, Mac? You're dead sure ¢ in store when we sailed peacefully | exposed. We have nite orders r and hauled in, we'll con- and T've an a that we'll | captain a St her Bad plokedi it 10th and G Sts. N.W. G of them both? lout of New York harbor knowing |from the department that they are to |duct an in lon' of iha ERlleh: |ihave. tha Hops 15 1 o |captain and claim | e o “Absolutely! [ hat our game was safely on board |be deported under arrest and landed | woman’s disappearance. Meantime I'll | The sooner this mystery is bt ey SEAEUIEROR the B v it This other chap she knew, what|and all we had to do was to watch back into Russia in the strictest se-|get in touch with Washington and be | hetter, or Washington will 1! rosovert. Wheks wais theimatat Boucs yora »u say his name was?” > crecy. This is not the time to run|guided by orders from the depart-|down as a bunch of dubs the | " (Continued in tomorrow’s Star.) | g e, assistant to her father and fow soon did you size up this frisks. ment. One thing is absolutely certain, | way, Marie, did you bring those glass BCRKHINE her himself. Tried to ve Vere as her confederat The entrance of a Zone official |we can't let this pair slip through our | slippers with you?” = IR EN[ERPRISE SERIAL - man [ rrv her on shipbeard, but Dahl| Marle, and what possible interpreta |brought the conference between this | hands now. = Thi h time | I brought one.” and the \n.m:n:i OFFERS SWAMP VICTOR. || Building Association e g that | STen @ ck in h tion do you put on her dramatic dis-|woman and her frie; a close, we've been able to get the woman and | reached into her bag for the deli nd approaching Ll “Know anything about him | appearance?” | another long hour was we've got to keep hold of hes | piece of ery ch had alre e — | B St. & La. Ave. NW “Everything! He's the one Carey | "“We're completely baffled, Helmer! | Government officer while Mari “Have you any ideas about who the |caused so mu . “We de MONTREAL, September 5 (@).— | Ul sare N her | SPENE SO much time over, you remem- (I sailed, of course, wiih the idea that |Tepeated the ¢ of the Hope's v De Vere might have been?” Helmer [to leave the mate in the captain’s |Er ferkoetter, German bakerand || 5 S V E iy .,.J‘“,‘ul ber, and was absolutely satisfied |we were searching an employe of the jage, a_stenographer taking the re- asked. ) room as a decoy,” she explained as s alatanbes s inames fot ithes works: 58th "»"'(": 2'..6;'2" .n\.:.w Open 1 you comé ! YOUT | hout. He's o middleaged man, very | steamship line, I mean aside from our | Port word for word, The official shook his head. “Not | handed the slipper to the Zone official, s as had movie, vaudeville and | s Ship isn't even sighted |, 0, ot a gentleman. You'll see him | woman, but we never got the smallest “This man Dahlgren will be smart | vet, but I'd like to know whera Mac | who took it in his hands, examining ine offers, totaling nearly a S alaor Nalion \bout | When l(hv\' land. \\1“‘1';th; v, a n;muin;: on that lm.l-k_ We ; spected ‘""':!\llt:‘h l‘v[v“‘nl:mh »lm;g\}‘y to come m:,. ‘l‘imll:\\ 1 i'ilumlose (’l;n{ ivnn“wm g0 ~.I. | it lk-x.‘,‘yv\ e : quarter of a million dollars, but only Muney Loaned to Members stranded on shore. about | goit ¢ L0 bt Dahlgren w Ralss N orvis and DahlEven and BE n. ar that you came by | the shington Hotel, Marie, and | The wine Cinderella _slipper portion of these will be accepted. pight miles up, near the ov hadn't time! 1'll be ba as | all in turn and without avail. No, 1|canoe and will be quick to follow |r s [the official exclaimed. “I never Ha told of the offers when he reach- || 9% Easy Monthly Payments spillway! ( word to ( I can, meet you at the usual place |g the department will decide to |suit,” the Government officer remark- to keep out of | pected to see on You say one of |ed Montreal from Toronto, the scene James E. Connelly James F. Shea 3 to send out & tu te L e e en lonight at the latest, | iapense with my services hereafter! |ed When the Inst word had been in- | Dahlgren's way I'd better wait until |these was planted in Dahlgren’s room |of his recent vietory in a marathon Lo jo o b e S5 et he ers to1a Murle to register at the Wakh: ainly have gone cold on this |scribed. “I'm wondering if it will not night, although T hardly believe he'll | where the thousand-dollar counterfeit swim. g %0 badly listed he was afy zton under the usual name, but her in this heavy sea % :;1 not get in there till night “Perhaps you haven't,” Helmer sald ale of a storm, Bud, the Wors r. _So long.” and | consolingly, “where's Mac gone, do - seen’” otine at him in- | the Young man was off like a shot. ) r was staring at & | Helmer, a tall thin chap, But he's got an idea. He'll sredulously. | by long years of tropical shine, | probably run over to Balboa before “How did you get in™ | watched the bearer of th raordi- | we see him again.” “Up the river, by canoe. TIWeRY | nary news until he had ¢ The captain of the Hope will come wlong your SOS and tell me TOEIR | from view. Then, tak the first |ashore and hold an investigation under to met hold of Helmer, I haven means of transport to Colon, pro-|Zone authorities,” He volunteered, second to lose up this | cveded to carty out the instructions| “hut 1 don't see what good it will the *.”“; ‘-““h‘, | the young man had left him. do! To the ordinary citizen there is Sy v | Things worked according to Hoyle, | nothing of special importance about - ‘| for at the Colon Government Head- |the loss of a enger during an | quarters he came face to face with |ocean voyage. a favorite suicide out oS on |an atert, ble looking woman, who | route and one soon forgotten as far it all right (el X0W|an to meet him, hands outstretched. |as public interest is concerned. 'Lady later! Hurry !h:* :;‘l}'\*f to the Hope, | "“wipeimer!” she cried, “did Mac find | de Vere sailed and Lady de Vere didn’t Bud, see you presently rou " {1and, that's all.” The young man left the teles Marie!” Telmer was equally de-| ‘“Yes,” Marie replied thoughtfully, phereloliss o Siscsvers O |lighted to greet her, “what kind of | “still, this case is a little different. A P o everal places discovered the | JELSC 9 BP9 90 T2 1 0 shject of his searc h. and buttonholing | E o promptly pushed him into a quiet | |o} al——]o]———7] sorner before that individual could re- | ver from nii ~\3{l.|1 B i | All F, & h f Y : Mac 3 Helmer cried, e " lnls es Or Our *Shhh flwlmng n'.:m! 5 2 B 9 4 hand over Helmer’s !j:\ll!‘l. stent” F ll B ht the Hope's eventful voyage, N ppearance of Lady de loss of the wireless, the landing of | ||| VARNISHES —about tl.le house: Appropriate the passengers, his own canoe trip & WOOD Paints, Stains, Varnishes, Enamels, to the Locks for help, concluding with | his startling information: FINISHES “qos L o B s o e ete. for “doing over”—woodwork, “rig er! She took her bait per- - o o e e eeted. for_stewardess and | floors, walls and furniture. the captain let her saill Then the FLOOR Sy : fun began! She's safe, too; the cap- WAX & | We'll advise you about the best STAINS mediums to use—tell you how they T emows we want her and Marie | can be applied to advantage. The Clown. rs IT PAYS TO $1 Gold Lingerie Clasps ) 9 75¢ Mavis Combination 39¢ Pair Ed 49¢ Solid Gold Lingerie Clasps, pretty Regular 50c box of Mavis Face Pow- engraved and engine-turned designs; der, all tints, with regular 25¢c box of substantially made. Mavis Tal , in the tall red . e BOTH SIDES OF 7™ AT K ST. “THE DEPENDABLE STORE" | ' qommren gt roor. Goldenberg's—First Floor. ed. Charge Accounts Invited. Charge Accounts Invit A Special Sale That Will Interest All Women! Smart New Fall Dresses Worth $16.75 and $19.75 Newest of the New— = Models for Street or in Style, Afternoon Wear— Fabrics and Warm Fall Colorings T T TV ~will help on her trail, but unless we | can find her pal, she’ll be no use to | T O T, u . “How much does the. captain know?" “Everything we know!, T took him P ‘into my confidence wheén we went AL,L‘I sground, for of course I had to get “ashore, and he had arrested me as a| LOW PRICES suspect in the disappearance of the | “woman. I'd held off till then, hoping | : : B e o aaiisean ) PAINTS —save you cash on all reliable paint e e S awaver, they went products, brushes, glass, polishes, step too far in getting rid of the , ale Fonmlishwoman, and to save my soul. | WINDOW chamois and sponges. Helmer, I can't figure the thing out. & AUTO ettt (i ahAs el GLASS Window Glass Cut to Order " Morris, dandy girl, by the way, had o become much interested in her and | made me go down to that passageway, | as if by accident, and meet her. That | - - : . was on the second day out from New York. She was a_funny looking thing, PAINTS & GLASS : Helmer, dippy, I thought, and na rally 1 watched her as closely as pos- . ~sible. Marie was on the job, of A\ Phone Main 1703 ~ecourse, and could be far more effec- tive there than I, but neither of us could get a good line on the affa DeMOLL rurnmore co. TWELFTH AND G STREETS Sole Representatives for the Steinway and Weber Duo-Art Reproducing Pianos . T LTI, T argm ol—ol—5]—u|———o| PO LDEE DDLU ET AR OO DR LR O OO T RO R R TR D O AT TV TE T New Fall SECOND WEEK OF OUR SEPTEMBER SALE - ¥ | 0 "G Cocoa LL BABY GRANDS || .« b e i s Maroon IN STOCK INCLUDED Misses : Glace and Wine Women Green = 16 to 20, Teon 36 to 40, Gray and up to _ Black 48 Etc., Ete. i . Through the generous co-operation of several of the largest manufacturers o we are able to offer these dresses at this exceedingly low price. ~We have en- SN 9, S : : : Ak ) ?é— deavored to find dresses of late creation, together with value, and in this sale we Above is one of the special values we are offering A\ feel as though we can be justly proud of our ability to procure such high-class, in our September Sale. It is a $650.00 Grand, almost up-to-the-minute styles for so small a cost. as good as new. There are at least twenty-five Baby Many in the assortment compare favorably with those offered around town at $16.75 and Grand pianos from which to choose. Come in now $19.75, in fact, they’re models that Paris and New York have adopted for Fall and Winter for best selections. The Styles Are ::{\12:1 \g,l:m:cec l‘l:lacl;:.your selection early, as there’ll be several or more dresses you'll want Other Piano Values . . 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