Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1929, Page 61

1929—PART 4.” 13 clected were Mrs. Edith O. King, vice | arranged, and Miss Ruby Collins will| year. At 3 pm. the TriHi Girl Reserve president; Miss Ruth Sherwood, secre- (read a group of selections. Club of Business High School will have skipper’s gone ashore to get some f00d| on the station premises unless he can l tary, and Miss Mildred Bennetts, treas- election of officers who will serve for urer, Industrial Department. e oot pines Reservations for the Gettysburg trip | for breakfast.” pr he has business here.” Y W C A . « Lo A | | ‘The Cleveland Park Chapter will hold\ Friday afternoon at 2:15 the Girl THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 12 The Wolves of the Waterfront By Edgar Wallace. (Copyright. 1929, by North American Newspaper Ailiance and Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) e He had slipped on his coat as Wade | Then Wade called up his chief at approached and had dropped his hand | S¢0 d. y 8 his pocket. It was this ictle “"Ck‘,unl t,’;‘"’;.,‘m‘,fw““,?,‘&‘i.}\*;e :flgf * 0.111'1.1: The regular twilight music hour will are now being made through either the | p, 1 | thab made Wade dak: O ot Hor are inside cabin. | be held at the K street bullding ¢hi | IS Monthly meeting tomorrow ¢ 3 p.m. | equcation or the industrial departments, | Fesmu Juore Mite epriart 2 Co. afternoon_at 5 o'clock in the fourtn | 3 the home of Mrs. B, 0. Schnelder. | ;g “the seats for the bus are being | v ot : o : s | at_ the ‘schools. At 3 p.m. the Bor. Toor assembly oom, when the program | 305 Yime® meeting. fapldly fled. The start Wil be made | Sccour Gl Reserve Cilb. of Centra wil give: v Miss ce 'wards, & 4 rom the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and | 8 mezzo-soprano; Mrs. Alys M. Rickelt,| Park View Chapter wiil hold its meet- | K streets, promptly at 9 a.m. May 23. | mustis pethe Gl Besemys Gy Sorvice pianist and accompanist; Harvey T.|Ing tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the home 0“ Thursday afternoon, if the weather is| At the last meeting of the grade Townsend, tenor, and W. Carl Smith, Mrs. John Vorekoeper, 2965 Brands- | fine, the Thursday Club will have 8 schosl Girl Reservee onSaturday ronre: pianist and ;\rmmpufiu;&: \'{ne gu,;lr;ssr ?“:Puyzri‘fefheq;l{fi will be the last meet- | picnic _ at = Vacation Lodge, Cherry-|ing. the girls decided o have ihe new for the afternoon wi Miss Hattie P. | ing uni N dale, Va. hobby groups pl Anderson, general secretary, and Mrs.l R s The afterncon studenta st the Amer-| Dopitus e Jianned sround otitdoor want 50 men, sir, and they had better e man laughed hoarsely. {be armed. The What do I want a | use some trouble | ent the detective along the tow- to watch the barges—a difficult | for the mist, which had cleared, | was ' thickening again. A road ran through the meadow to the place where the ses were moored. With the forces available, this road could mnot, for the moment, ‘be watched, and the deteciive on the pank needed reinforce- at "the | mei a long way from the re, and his position, as s extremely hazardous. The mist was a part of a heavy fog that had descended on the suburbs of London, It delayed the arrival of the police tenders, and they came crawling through G Marlow an hour later. By this time the Berkshire police ha been motified, but county police re serves are not easy to reach and con- centrate, and they were barely in their places when the London reinforcements rossed the meadow and stormed the irst of the two he was rushing through the brush- John Wade detecled a smell of s "1t came from the second barge. | A moment later flames were darting from the forecastle and through the in- terstices of the hatches. Apparently no one on board. So flerce was the the police were driven back when they tried to go be- A gun?” ond barge may give “Not me, mister. 0 He w a plece of bandage at the |path st l “What have you got in your pocket? | Camouflaged packing cases. I shall | | Synopsis of Preceding Installments. ing forward to taking the 9 o'clock man's w o C Yoxi1 o — In en effort to find Lila Smith, wi e | W Hurt your hand, have you?” belleves $o be ‘Delis Batiison wn® pomers, withdrew his hand BS54 Yo hay been Tared frons the Dlare of It was heavily band- Alfred Eachus. Icanization School will be guests of the|the country on June 1. Therefore the “There will be a vesper service at the | _ The outdoor courts in the rear of the | industrial, membership and world fel- | groups will include “trail makers o e L b e T ets Miters | Blue Triangle Hut, at Twentieth and B | lowship committees {0 & party Wednes.- | Sl load the hike: “natare levore wp Toon at: 530, The Elizabeth Somors | Streets, are now ready. New tennis in- day at 8 pm. There will be special| will be thoroughly familiar with the Glee Club will give a program under |Struction classes for May will meet at |music and the guests will be taken on & | surrounding trees. flowers and birds: the direction of Miss Imogene Ireland.|7:45 am. and 4:¢5 p.m. on Mondays tour of the building. “‘camp cooks,” who will plan and serve Miss Ruth Harris will be the leader of | And Wednesdays, Tuesdays and Thurs- | G Réserven: the outdoor lunch, and . the ‘“first-ald the vesper hour. p e b e e group,” who will be prepared for any The Y. W. C. A. is one of the organ- | imited to 13 persons. | The Girl Reserves will hold their an- | cmergencies and will also demonstrate izt shoneorimg. the meetinge at| Information concerning these classes nual recognition service this afternoon | their skill in dramatic form. D O Senader. presiqent of the | &nd about the use of the courts without |at 3:30 in Barker Hall of the Y. W. C.| Next Sunday afternoon the business Wade waited until the formal charge | The, = ri;l\‘:nnn was made in the morning, and, when | from hils cket. Y o7 Tk heomad hidden her. Jobn | {he inevitable remand was granted, he |aged. Big lite, He is convinced (nal ihere 13 a |drove down to Oxford. Somewhere on | n her eaptors and & ang | that river Lila Smith was a prisoner, | day of criminals known as the india rubber men. | gty 1o YEE g ®e I RS & e des- | misie (Continued From Yesterday's Star.) | tined to rescue her. He found a mo- | hol —=onrnied Trom Yesterday's SIT)_ | o launch, a local detective and an of-| *I thought T m ficial of the Thames conservancy wait-| The walcr |ing for him, and without delay the open hatchwa: Cown-river trip began. | below. A sloven] £ man appear It was a laborious business. They| “Give me a hand to take off t} | stopped four “tows” of barges between | hatches. Good thing we haven't got Henley and Hurley, and each barge had | bad weath s all the| They pulled two hatch-covers loose t | and Wade looked down upon a number O the tops of these name of an engineer a hatch on it the other . “What can I do fe Do you want to look TWENTY-SECOND INSTALLMENT. WANT you, Lane,” said John Wade. “We don't care for & discussion in public, do we? d: taxicab, crawling along the edge of the curb, moved up.| b it e Wade opened the door and went in |l be f}“;“"f% The afl’(‘i‘_‘ ahead of the prisoner, gripping his |more tedlous, because Wade wa wrist. The detective, who had kept in positive, in every case, that the craft he th ol bl searched was not the one for which he filb:,f;‘.{":::p;‘;‘;’_uu‘?‘_e Lo 7+ | Was looking, and the frritation of cer- |ing firm in Australi v o b ok n of the bargemen was accentuated e off the hatch-covers aft,” said sald Wade. DY ho way. we Dicked |by the fact that several of them had i ed. “She's riding | R s already received two police visitations ' 8 tillery parked under the seat. g oL don’t know what you're talking| One of the bargemen, more polite SR T e Tens. |than the others, gave Wade a little in- “So few people do,” said Wade. “I've | formation. never arrested a man yet who wasn't innocent as a babe. You were seen €« As wood one of g to be let more e're on the botton men easily. “We're ’ to get off, unless the) flood water down.” “There’s x'\wcmmlu of big boats lying| Wade waited while the hatch-covers up’ near arlow,’ said the man. ed, and then he drew his getting out of the cab and trailed uD |.Theyve been I don’t know how long |automatic from his pocket and regarded | the Haymarket. T did a little work in{ooming up the river. I passed 'em twice. | it carelessly. yselt and F‘]"k“ld JoieD [The Betsy Jane and Bertha Brown. “That’s a nice Your little soldiers | “"w:Are they tied to the towing path? The watchma asked Wade, interested. 1y, but said nothing. The man shook his head. Come with me on a little trip to “No—to some private land on the | Marlow, will you?” said Wade. right bank. I think they're all right—| “Why?” asked the other. they've been in the river some time.” “You might meet your It was late in the evening when the |smiled Wade. police had worked through the town, He backed to the gangway, then | but Wade determined to push down the | sidled along to_the bank, never taking river. As the cleared Hurley lock, he | his gaze from the watchi n. The sec- saw the two craft lying stem to prow reeman had disappeared. They were closest to the bank, over- leave this barge— * said the going blaze thaf to the deck low. ‘The first barge was also burning when Wade boarded it, but the police were able to extinguish the flames. From the forecastle a small door led to com- fortable slecping-quarters, apparently for half & dozen men. The occupants apparently had departed in such a hurry that they left most of their be- longings behind, but Wade had no time o examine these, He passed into a second room and haited, amazed at the luxury of it. This had been Lila's | prison! He would have gussed that, even if he had not seen her coat thrown over a chair near her imbing up the ladder to the deck, he joined Elk on the bank of the river. “How could they have made such a | quick getaway?” he asked. “They had half a dozen cars parked in a shed on this farm,” said Elk quickly. “They must have scattered in all directions, before the Berkshire police arrived. I'm sending & message to headquarters suggesting that all the ports be watched.” ‘Wade Smiled grimly. “Don't watch the |London,” he sald, and he prophetically. e sald. will cry for their colonel tonight.” eyeing him close- “You're talking Greek to me.” “T've been taking lessons from Golly,” sald Wade cheerfully. He was exhilarated by the extraordi- nary good fortune that had placed in his hands one of the most dangerous of | his enemies. For once, luck was on his side. At Cannon Row police station Lane| was searched. Nothing was found on | = g oy | water’s edge. He saw lights burning on fi_““u‘,zg‘}::n‘l’““ won't you?” sald Lane {both and dectded to wait il the morn- 5 : : ! ing before he made a closer inspection. | he growled. me o “:3: :2;“,2;kt"d“fl; chfll‘;“;‘r‘m’"m by the | "He motored to town that night and |you policemen are mighty mysterious.” “Look at his hand, sergeant—powder- early in the morning was picked up|. He followed Wade to the bank, passed Dlackened ot the base of the thumb, | 3¢ Marlow and went slowly up_the|him, and walked ahead. They made a These oid guns throw back. Where are | STéam. A thin mist lay on the river|wide detour, and now Wade's gaze was your rubber gloves, Lane—gone to the | 20d on the meadows along both banks, fon the underbrush that partially hid o He made his approach under the stern | the second barge. There was no sign Eecdumitied. of the rearmost barge and landed, de- | of life on it, no sound of any kind. T suppose you're golng to frame me, | SPite the printed warning that he would| The watchman was put aboard the What do you want me for?” * | be_prosecuted for trespassing. waiting police launch without difficulty. “Accessory to murder,” said Wade. ‘The approach was difficult. There| While a detective kept his eye upon the “Ome of your Iittle friends from Mont. | W8S & Strip of thick underbrush between | prisoner, Wade sat facing the barge, e s told the whole truth and | the meadow and the water's edge, but knowing that many unfriendly eyes mothing but the truth.” presently he found & narrow path that | were watching him. Lane did not fiinch. led him to where a gangway spanned| But the fusiflade that he expected “You got them, did you? I heard|the space between barge and bank. |did not come, and he reached the shel- that the police were looking for two|, On the poop of the barge a man had | ter of Marlow and hurried his prisoner i By been performing his morning ablutions. |into the police station. “You heard nothing of the sort. Our He dried his face when Wade crossed| “I want you for bank robbery,” said plans have been most closely guarded.” the gangway and greeted his visitor | Wade, when the man had been search- ‘When Lane had been taken to a cell, | With apparent unconcern. ed and the contents of his pockets laid a thought struck Wade that made him | “Capt. James” he reported, when on the inspector's desk. “It seems Qecide to have another word with his| Wade showed his credentials. “Police, | hardly worth-while mentioning the prisoner. are you? You're the third lot of police | minor charge of impersonating & ser- “I'm suggesting to you for your own | Who've searched this barge today.” geant of the city police.” good, Lane, that you don’t have your| He spoke with great deliberation. “Good night,” said the man scarcas- | meals sent in,” he said. Lane looked up with a smile. skipper,” | Vellc Medical College at Vellor: instruction may be secured by phone A, Members from all Girl Reserve|and professional department of the Y. el will soeak while h Washingte én.p_\ tx_ne"hean:: Krdu('nuon office, mwlrh‘x'bs“\nu pnrl'llcl[_)ale. analwmhmrolr.[ W. C. A. will entertain the Girl Re- O particulat interest 3s the mass meel- | Seventeenth and K streels, betweén 9| tain their mothers af tea in the Girl|serves who are graduating from high ing to be held at the New York Avenue |in the morning and 9 at night, or at ’nLa‘;x\e clubrooms after the service.!school at tea. Presbyteriant Chiuroh Tiieaday evinthy | e BletTHAngle Rusaurmisthe movs | SO CERRCIEC 0 308 S S SRR ] s May 14, at 8 o'clock, when the public {s | time. : . invited to hear Dr. Scuddcr speak on | Business and Professional Women's | o o rged to take part and to bring| MAN GIVES PINT OF BLOOD STheD Paapa o 2w Department. Monday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock the | AND WINS HIM The board and staff members will be | Tuesday evening will be Mother's | Adelphae Girl Reserve Club of Western | SELF BRIDE guests at luncheon of Mrs. Harold E. | night on Lo and P. fioor, where %‘le i ol B ot B oot e _— Doyle, 3818 Huntington street, for the Amicitia, a, K. G.. Premiere, Tip S ooms. | i May 'board meeting May i7. The |Top and Wohelo Girls will assemble 1o Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock Les Towan Aids Dying Man—Weds board meeting will open at 10:30 am., |Teceive their mothers as_their honor | Jamerades G le»“fi‘l“vhc“_"’- at East- Sister—Denies Heroism !and luncheon will be served immedi- |Ruests of the evening. The program €T High School will have a special ately after. Ay Jv\in{, bsg!x& wnr': dlr;ll}n;‘ lé 6:15, nv‘ld fl;m | g:fl“::‘m“ Neal ~Hnu&mwlwlogml nn in Gift. Committee meetings scheduled for |club sentiments will find_expression in | $CTVes S the week include the executive tomor- };mmsl lg(“-,‘;, h:l' yv?“m ?;fle‘ckge‘:gasrg:xe songs under direction of Mrs.‘ ’COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (P).—A row morning at 11 a.m., Tuesday the E | Laurel Kent an argaret Ferris. After | 2 | pint of blood won a bride for Harold Street House committes at 2 p.m. and |dinner there will be a program of spe- | Wednesday at 2 p.m. the hobby groups | ko, announcer and musician at radio the Food Service No. 1 at 3 p.m., Friday | cial music, with Ida Larson as soloist | p % DA SOR " h o | it KOIL. the finance committee will meet at noon | and Miss Imogene Ireland leading the Reserve Club will meet. ‘These 5“’“,‘" e 3 and the music committee at 3:30 p.m. v\hdnle audx;mve n; ;mzlngrcld hmurms | Bramatics o o rerital of qnc/ng. | While visiting a friend in Mercy Hos- Chapters. b be'a performance of the Toy Sym: | Symphony Orchestra to take place at|Pital Fair met pretty Ruth Greggerson phony Orchestra. the end of this month. The Girl Re- | of Evanston, Ill, and learned that her A new chapter has been formed. ¢ serve Clubs at Langley, Jefferson and | brother was dying because doctors could making & total of 10 at the present| The Blue Triangle Club will meet| Gordon Junior High Schools are plan- time. As the chapter was formed May | Thursday evening, and after supper | ning interesting meetings for their clup | POV find the right blood type for a d?), fll( has !l_t\ktll (hlalmfls lfi r)mme iiuhyuCallins. ‘Almb;EL‘E;ltly distinguished | period on Wednesday afternoon at 2:15. transfusion. . The first meeting was held at the home | herself as a member of the “Blue Bird" | At 3 p.m. Wednesday the Semper Fidelis (T e the of the mew president, Mrs, Aunie M |cast, always delights the girls with her | Girl T eaerve CHD o sk Hllgh Sotiol | Clore. ST et e oa wtaa chman A Bohrer, street northwest, with 13 | readings. will meet in the Girl Reservi Ve o saw the police whistle go up to members_presenf. Mrs. George Win-| Next Sunday afternoon the Blue Tt | rooms; e }f,‘{‘,m{.‘;:":,.;"‘:g: .zlx‘r!;& l?ro:;:?s:‘zj:gz lips chester Stone, chairman of chapters; |angle Girls are to give a tea in honor | Thursday afternoon at 2:15 the Girl | ered, “It wasn't any hero's actoI Mrs. Fred E. Wright, chairman of mem- of the Girl Reserve graduates of the|Reserve Clubs at Powell and Macfar- | wanted to know that girl better,” he bership, and Miss 'Virginia Wingfield, | Washington high schools. The tea is to|land Junior High Schools will meet. |says. “I'd have given my right eye if secretary of membership, met with the | be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in the assem- | At 2:30 p.m. the Fidells Girl Reserve | it had been needed.” Now he will have new group to tell them of the activities | bly room on the B. and P, floor. A|Club at Eastern High School will hold | a lifetime to know her. She became of “the assoclation. Other officers | program of delightful music has been |its last social service meeting for this | Mrs. Fair a few days ago. — ports—watch spoke (To Be Continued) \{\EE/ADS ARE MIXED. You are paying for them— . DBut are you getting— their imitation, are among the recent | necklace fads. It is considered more “Are you the master?” asked Wade. | tically. “You're getting to be a regular Scmething in the man’s manner was| Sherlock Holmes, Wade.” “Am I a fool?” he asked. Elk had come into the station while the prisoner was being charged. “Took it very well, that fellow—a lit- tle bit too well to please me.” “What do you mean?” asked Wade, very familiar, met not 0 long ago and then you were a watchman.” aback; then he chuckled. “That’s me, mister.” “Been promoted, . haven't you? We| For & moment the'man was - taken “Bless: my life! . It's the gentleman “Quite a lot of people have told me that,” said Wade. Cardlin—he was chgrged in that name—made no statement, no excuse, offered no defense, did not even pro- test his innocence. When he had been removed to a cell, John Wade offered a few.words of advice to the inspector. | chic to string beads hit or miss than | to_put first a pink and then a green. ‘Women are picking up stray beads in antique and Oriental shops with a view to stringing their necklaces actording to their own ideas...Odd sizes as well as mixed colors are in vogue. Clouded amber and clear amber are Straight Eight advantages? surprise. Elk rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “You'd think, by the way he went on, that he never to be charged with murder, and certainly wasn't look- EMERSON sx» ORME - 17th & M Streets N.W. % R : . in a Straight Eight. Aoff ers You An Op p Ortunlty Theadvantages:fnsualght‘flght O " are not just “talking points.” “Bring out your rescrves for station in demand to combine for = choker duty. I'l have this fellow shifted in a [strings. 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