Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1928, Page 20

W. B. Moses & Sons Public Confidence Since 1861 F Street at Eleventh Main 3770 Style Opening March 12th to 17th In every feminine mind the question of the hour is—\hat are the approved, smart styles for Spring? Moses answers this question with a complete show- ing of fashions which will be worn by the smartest women during the coming season. We shall be glad indeed to have you visit us, to breathe the atmosphere of Spring which pervades our store, and to profit by the smart array of apparel assembled for your inspection. Hats Displayed on Living Models, 11 to 3 Daily Moses for Hosiery One of the Leading Shades It is a most beautiful rose tan, which can be worn with either tan or black patent shoes. Fashion demands that one’s hose blend with the costume worn in the Spring Parade. Allow us to aid you in your selection of appropriate hose. 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First Floor A Black Antelope Bag—Says Vogue The smartly d ed wo 1 her bLlack er 3 v a black an- telope handbay semble, as directed in Llack French antelope with long ile ap. of marcasite, set with real stones, 25 amidl *32™ Laather Goods Seion Firet Floor Smart Negligees In New Spring Models ortment of new negligees distinctive Pastel shades A miost interesting a 1 erepe de chine and crepe back satin Spring models, plain and lace trimmed and black, 10% to 16% ¥irst Fioos | now, my |nose at the name of Alec Dunn? little red-haired skipper. { civility; | here. We call him ‘the siriging steward.” | {not: then he stepped forward into the | | a broadcasting set aby | those kinds of things. {one of ‘em tn my life. OCovyrieht. 1027. by Frank L. Packard, _ (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) “I aln't worrying none about the Break O'Dawn,” cut in the little red-hatred skipper. “I had a bit of insurance ‘on her—enough to buy a better boat, & small brig she Is, that I know of, and I've had eye on for a year past. And as for_you, I'll say it's a lucky thing the Break O'Dawn’s Where she is: Here's the idea, my lad. I'm going trading again with that there brig. and you're coming along. ‘The trading'll put as much money In my pocket as ever, only mabbe we'll wander about & little more’n usual, and take a look at some of the out-of-the-way places I ain't never been to before. Savvy? top of the trading we'll be man-hunt- ing. I ain't saving it won't take tim I ain't saying that even a year or two ‘Il do it: but in the meantime you' safe, and at the end I'll stake m we'll run ‘em down. What do you think Iad, about turning up your Peter's hand gripped suddenly hard on the arm of his chair. Well-“what? He stared at the little red-haired skipper on the bed. who grinning complacently at him now. And then Peter found his voice “I think,” he said slowly, “that you are right and that I'd be a damn fool if T didn't, but-— He broke off sharply, rose abruptly from his chair for the second time, and began to pace the cabin with nervous strides. vell,” chuckled the little man on the bed, “there’s nothing worse that I know of in the world than a damned fool. And if you got that far. you'd better swallow your ‘buts’ without choking too much over ‘em. What?" But this time Peter did not answer. He had come to an abrupt halt in the center of the cabin. Some one was knocking at the stateroom door. CHAPTER XIL The Secretary. ETER looked inquiringly at Capt. Josephus Mumm. The knock was repeated. “Now make no cautioned the “And treat He raised his don't you breaks, anyhow! ‘em nice, whoever it is." voice: “Come in! The door opened and a young man with small black eyes, whose hair was almost too carefully parted, and who was attired in dinner clothes, stepped forward—and then hesitated and the threshold, as his ey sweeping the room, rested on the pajama-clad figure on the bed. “I am afrald I am intruding,” he said apologetically. “You are just retiring.” “Don’'t worry none about that,” sald Capt. Josephus Mumm with unusual nd then with a grin, as the sound of a tenor voice, low, but re- markably clear and true, floated in through the open doorway: “What's going on—a concert? That's some voice that chap has got out there! “It's that infernal steward, Lahat Khan!” said the young man, with a sudden frown. “The ong that was in| He sings all over the place. Everybody’s up on deck and he's making hay in the lounge. I'llstop it at once!” He turned as though to put his threat into execu- tion. < “Don't you do it, or Il be sorry I mentioned it.” expostulated the little red-haired skipper promptly. _“We didn't have no singing on the Break O'Dawn, and it does me good. Let the beggar alone, and come in, Mr.——" he paused interrogativel: “Jaffray's my name” supplied the young man. He hesitated an instant as | though still undecided whether to repri- | mand the offending Lahat Khan or| stateroom and closed the door behind | “J. George Jaffray,” he added “Glad to know ¥ sald Capt Josephus Mumm heartily. Peter pushed a chair forward. “Sit down, " he invited “Well, if you up"—Jaffray glanced at Mumm—*"and if you feel fit enough for a few minutes’ chat, I'd be glad to do | s0. Mr. Garth thought the full and| detailed report of what has happened | should be sent out as promptly as pos- sible. ‘The bare announcement of the sinking of your schooner has alrcady been made by wireless; but we've also rd, and the story in detail can be sent out much more readily that way. In fact, I was even | going to suggest that if you'd step intor the lounge—we've a neat little station partitioned off there—vou might like 1o tell the story yourself.” “What!" efaculated Capt. Josephus Mumm humorously. “And cut in on that chap broadcasting his song, as 1 dare say he's doing if he and the ‘set.’ as you call it, are both in the lounge! No fear!” Again Jaffray frowned. “To answer you literally,” he sald, T can only say that he'd hardly have the temerity to do that. But serlously, captain, would you care to act on my suggestion?” “No!" said the little red-haired skip- per bluntly. “Seriously, T wouldn't! T} ain't no hand at spinning yarns into I never saw | And, besides, 1 ain't dressed for the occasion. Tl leave it to you, Mr. Jaffray. I'll tell you any- thing you want to know—and you can 0 as far as you like “Very good!” said Jaffray pleasantly e pulled a note-hook from his pocket “I'Il Jot it down as you go along.' | apt. Josephus Mumm nodded assent glanced with a bland eye at Peter. fingered his tawny beard, ‘and eropped his shoulders comfortably against a pillow Wherell T begin?” he asked Well, if you don't mind,” said Jaff- | ray, “from the beginning of the voyage.” “Right, you are!” agreed Cap! | Joxephus’ Mumm readily, —“Though 1t ain’t 5o easy to say where any voyage or ends, trading the w id 1o dsland mostly, year Il begin from” the We ran into cruel bud weather almost from the siart and 1t lasted so long and got so bad what with losing two overboard and one with @ smashed head from a falling | nlock, that the native crew went blot-o vith fright, and started to run amuck Dunn, here, and me managed to heat |’em off, there being only four of them left, and then —" Peter was no longer listening. e drew up u chair facing Jaffray, who was writing briskly n his note-book now, and satl down. One might assume from the skipper’s version, i 1t ever aceurred | of mine begin y | 1 do from is) [in and year out [time we left. Fijl {16 Any one to assume anything n con- [ nection therewith, that he, Pe Ibeen a member of Capt. Mumi | from the heginning of 1ime. Well wind was back on his problem Hudn't he decided yet? ‘Then, why | hadn’t he? Capt Josephus Mumm had wdy compromised himaelf heyond re- hardly that! Capt. Mumm need not necessarlly have known his Peter's real identity &t any time What wak the ssue anyhiow? ‘Fhat it | went gainst the grain to hide, to skulk [ululvl ) assumed pame? Ve n n i ell, that as 1 Hut woul 1 he | skulking? 1L depended on the motive {11 hie whlowed this to go on, passed him |selt off us one Alec Dunn, would 1t be | through cowurdice, through fear o face the tssue as Peter Blake hecause ulmost certuin conviction swalted him 10 he Aid? He emiled quietly - apparently due | to interested attention i the Itile skip per's slory, 1 Hion Hix consclence wiss Clear on Fear had nothing whalever " It did not enter lnto the il Ar Uinugh renlity, at his own ques | were some extianeais | ound, the skipper’s volce Teached Peler 0 & eort of unending Mo as hio mind veveiwed Uie eviguce against The Devil's Mantle A MYSTERY STORY. By FRANK L. PACKARD. him, point by point, step by step, pre- cisely as it had done a thousand times before. out a shadow of doubt, unless he ob- tained evidence in rebuttal, he was con- demned from the start. Where did ethles come in—how big a part did ethies play? Should one commit suicide for the sake—oh, damn it! The sake of what? Had he the right to make an effort in any way he could, even at the expense of temporarily accepting the role of a guilty fugitive, to obtain the evi- dence that he must have, and without which, whether he gave himself up or not, whether as Alec Dunn or not, and whether as a fugitive he was eventually caught or not, the name of Peter Blake would be forever known as synonymous. with treacherous and cold-blooded murder? Had he the right to fight for his name and his life—or was it the finer thing to do to play the martyr, and play. as Capt. Mumm had so pertinently sointed out, into the very hands of those who were guilty? Here was a chance. The little skipper's plan was practicable. What was the argument against it? reason, common sense, an abso- clear conscience urged him unan- jomusly and with almost savage im- patience to accept Capt. Mumm's offer— and yet he still I ated. Why? Mar- fon's face rose before him. Had she anything to do with it? Was she a ctor in the decision he was trying to In what way? Why? To what Suppose she Pefer was conscious of a lull in Capt. Mumm's voice. The little skipper had been talking for a long while, hadn’t he? Except for the opening sentences, he, Peter, had not heard a word. The rather over-carefully groomed secretary as putting away his note-book. There something about Mr. J. George Jaff- ray's face that didn't appeal—nothing particularly wrong—but something weak about the chin and mouth, and some- thing that gave the impression of secre- tiveness. Clever, though—undoubtedly. Or w it shrewdness? Anyway, far from a fool. The chap would have to be capable to hold the position of secre- tary to a man of Mr. Garth's obvious wealth and position. Wealth! Positior He hadn't thought of that before. Ma jon was Mr. Garth's daughter. And he, Peter, was—what? Jaffray was speaking. “I'm much obliged to you. Mumm, I'm sure,” he said heartily. “And Mr. Garth will be, too—he has taken the matter very much to heart— the loss of life, you know. However, I won't keep you up Al longer except that I'd—e he hesitated slightly— “I'd like to ask you a question on my own account.” “Fire ahead,” invited Capt. Mumm. “I told you before you weren't keeping me up. What is {t>" “Well,” sald Jaffray, “you spoke of having traded for years amongst the islands: and. in fact, that you've just come from the neighborhood of Fiji.” “Came from Fiji itself,” corrected the little skipper bluntly. Yes," sald Jaffray. “Then perhaps d of that Murchison case— the chap who was murdered on one of the islands of the Talimotu group by a man named Peter Blake?"” Peter straightened up suddenly in his chair. He glanced at Capt. Mumm. The little red-haired skipper was readjusting his shoulders on the pillow “I have,” said Capt. Josephus Mumm lazily. eard about it in Fijl. There's a big reward out for him, isn't there “Five thousand pounds,” said Jaffray in a slightly lowered tone. Peter, alert and intent, watched Jaff- ray no Something in the man's voice seemed to strike a note of avarice; and. somehow, the latent shrewdness in the other’s expression seemed to have accentuated itself. What was the man driving at? He didn't suspect, did he? “Well.” drawled Capt. Mumm, “there's | a description of him out, and so I guess | somebody’ll cash in the winning ticket.” | Jaffray shook his head. (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) Boy Rider Is Injured. While riding a pony in the Monu- ment grounds yesterday, James Cramp- ton. jr., northeast, was thrown to the ground and kicked by the animal. 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