Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1929, Page 41

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929." The Wolves of the Waterfront By Edgar Wallace. (Copyright. 1929, by North Ameriean Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) Usually we wait until the end of a sale to go through our warchouse with the object of bringing to our store odds and ends and one or two of a kind of various articles. But the past week of our sale resulted in such a tremendous selling that it was necessary to take stock at once. The search brought to light most of the items on this page. They are priced extremely low to effect a prompt disposal. Synovsis of Preceding Instaliments. | the door would open and the fatuous Lia Smith, lodging-house | face of his lordship would appear. e e S R T R ST e TR il FFouE . o s | very different than it hae en on Piite have Hidden her” Inipectos Jonn | their occasional meeting. Then he had nd | seemed self-confident, able to meet any | situation. Now he was strangely jver- | nervious; he made several attempts to front idier is a fellow passenger. He 18 | speak, cleared his throat, :]nd rl:lnpsedi g v iup bean il again into silence. Finally he asked: omcer 'was On (he track of n cimival sang | “How old do you think I am, Lila? Erown as the india ruober men. Fifty-eight,” she said promptly, and 2 evidently the reply did not please him. “I'm 52, he said sharply. | been talking. He insists on that | Vear nonsense. I'm 52 on the third| . a comparatively _voung“ years of vigorous life be- formerly a S * Compris A enymprites Sofy, (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) ul 0 ) ¥ remarkap), — e Regular $119 3. I 39! \ X 3 % p yoltereiin JACQUARD vy, Regular §; 44 3.p; " Comprises Sofa, (,"u':ece Suite, and anb:runri-”v Regular $1 s 59 Suite ;, ing Serpemine I-‘ms""e St . QU o uali nt Sof ) . i 5 % Quality ang of beay, e, Ncompeii. NINETEENTH INSTALLMENT. &« ILOT?” cried Lila Smith “What! Are we going to sea?” she asked in alarm. “Where | are we gomng, Mr. Oaks— Uncle Golly?” He shook his head. Bar Harbor Chair } 3 upholsn‘red in J‘A(‘ iy : $2.49 By CONStructeq Utton Back Chgjy, o E No Phone Orders He said this loudly and defiantly. She wondered what was coming next, and o caeact j i ; o il “If you ever get married, my dear, Somy QUIS XIOWE eratn choose & man much older than your- Bk o iprliingo Sl i U | self—a man of the world, who can look ¥ ) - o | after you.” e sat down and drank his tea in| *'0 \iiked to the door, opened i, g e e good” he repeated. | 100ked ou}';. and then closed it and came “There are all sorts of people after |PACK to her. you, That man e1” " He shook | “A man who could lift you out of his head solemnly. ~What a rascal! | danger and place you safe, as quick as Wiat a villain_un'ung! One of the |that!” He snapped his fingers loudly. trickiest men in Wapping. Lives on graft | He surveyed her for a long time with- —the india rubber men have paid him | Out speaking. His expression was so T $housands.” gloomy that she was almost frightened. } | | A She could not believe her “There are a lot of people who want i€ 5 | ‘3“1 I Mr. Oaks seemed very serious. to pick up an easy million,” he went on. | i 2 : il | “Don’t lose your head, if somebody | comes to you™ with a good proposition. PANVERSASS i ars, but | | He was o | almost convincing, too. v I'm_telling you" he said solemnly, | Remember that I'm around. and, if you | that I wouldn't be surprised if he 18 | wanted to get off this packet, T couid one of the india rubber men himself. | go jt—like that!” He snapped his “But Mr. Wade couldn't do a thing | fingers again. that,” she said, indignantly. | 2 “Oh, couldn't he?” demanded Golly, [ ARd then he went off at a l::?xt!;?;- T S et will da | 1 Knew you weren't a child any more, nn\\bvnhat a fellow like that will do. | and you sort of got me.” He thum) eci What's his pay? A beggarly five pounds | fi% 3 8. B0 TG foRds You Ko, D o T B A e fram | Meant something to me, and you mean z oy o 3 more and more every day. I'd take a | icing Dresser, | comprisind © ol g | aiysuite: v constructe! ishe Jnpefinst strong! e wa of Drawers: 09 4-piec L“-‘w and Chest derpriced 139 4-piece suit! Bed, Regular §! Bed, French V remarkably un Regular § of GF Lawn Swing e nity and nch Va people who've got to keep him sweet— gambling houses, for instance. He was after your mol “My money? Mr. Oaks recovered himself quick] z re of speec! be a sort of | fron and | servant wash and keep his house for him—for nothing. A beggariy fellow like that would want a cheap kind of wife. He couldn’t afford—" u said he made thousands by y,” said the girl. Mr. Oaks coughed. He had fallen into error again. “In a manner of speaking,’ he said vaguely. Then, in an effort to change the subject, “Plenty of books here— books that will amuse you. Pity you cant' read foreign languages; that's where all the literature is.” He indicated a very well stocked bookshelf, at which the girl had not yet looked. “Look after Tl send the captain to see You mean Mr. —" he captain? ikness his name interrupted urself. blg Tisk for you, million or no mil- e “What do you mean by “million,” Capt. Aikness?” He coughed and was palpably em- barrassed. “I thought Golly had seen you and {had a chat with you. He didn't, eh?” | She smiled. He was so obviously un- | easy and she felt so completely the | mistress of the situation. It was a | novel sensation, and it amused her. | = *“You needn't tell Golly what I said,” he continued. “He's a good fellow, generous and all that sort of thing, but he’s touchy about certain things.” “Golly generous!” The little man was indeed changed. What had he to be generous with? “Have you known him long—Uncle Golly?" she asked. The big man surveyed her with angry eyes. “Yes. I've known him too long,” he said slowly. He picked up his hat from the settee, | where he had dropped it, and went to the door: he stood there for a long time, | as if debating with himself. Then he Golly. “Never mind what you called | said: him before. The gentleman that used | to_take you out to supper.” He was watching her closely as he poke. “Nice fellow, isn't he? More like a father than anybody you've ever met, T'll bet. Fifty-eight, that's how old he 15.“ If he tells you he's 52, he's telling a lie.” And after giving her this piece of in- formation, he went out with & cheery wave of his hand. He left her with plenty of food for thought. The Mr. Oaks she knew had gone forever. This was a new man, fantastic, unreal. But nevertheless, she | was glad that he was on board. She felt safer now. Somehow, she prefer- red him to his wife; they had always been very. good friends, and he had often told her his troubles. The ship was scarcely moving now. Lila had thought earlier in the day, that something had collided with it—psob- ably & tug, but it must have been a | werful tug, for the entire vessel had | en shaken. She went to bed early that night and woke at 4 to hear a curious sound—the lowing of a cow. Then it came a second time. And then she heard a cock crow, and & bell struck the hours. Cows and chickens and village chimes did not ac- cord with Mr. Oaks’ statement that they were lying in midstream at the mouth of the Thames. Finally the creaking of cart wheels was distinctly audibile. She determined to ask Golly, when £he saw him, whether she could go on “Today or tomorrow it'll be easy. After that, I'm not sure—just tell me | when you want to go, and not a word to_Golly. Before she could answer, the door had closed behind him. He climbed up the companionway and reached the deck, not of any sea-going ship but of a great barge. She bore the unromantic name of “Betsy Jane,” and was moored near a meadow that stretched away to a wooded ridge. Be- hind her was another barge, on which two men were laboriously lowering the mast. There was no one else in sight, except a little man in a striped jersey, ragged trousers, and a huge cap. It would have been difficult to recognize, in this laborer, Mr. Golly Oaks, of the | Mecca. 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