Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1929, Page 38

| The Door 6f By John - Esteven resume past 1.:: weeks, of more incarnation ol’ the pagan spirit greatly affect me. y.,nd investigatio Now it ‘was curlous how that word | . “sufficient” uncomfortably in my memory toward something that, at the moment, d {in"a' long time after, it ‘Was unal to 3 “Since You've taken a more reasonable attitude; " he went on, “tell me what ‘you think was used. It might help And ag there was no longer a reason for silence, I surrendered and told him. “Some derivative of hashish.” 4 returned. . “But why on you have told me that ‘Then, when I flushed and said he smiled, adding illogically, 3 thing in all this is that it will ‘get you and Miss Graham away from here.” The other elected del Doran, wife of Federal missioner Doran; Mrs, E. C. and Mrs. Wallace Sherwood—followed Mrs. Pollock. Mrs. Sherwood has been spending the Summer near Indianspolis o sectetary, Mrs. Charld H. Hall Srer, Mo, M. G, Bennétt, ‘Sevetal mat- ters of business were discussed before 'l'xi”-t Priends’ Church, m‘ ozcwb" Irving streets. 3 i Cleveland Park Union will hold ils meeting of the season to- first regular morrow at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. | g Eugene L. Crawford, 2955 Tilden street. Mrs. O. G. Christgan and Mrs. D. C. Crain will assist. The annual election of officers will be held and plans for the year's work discussed. All friends snd die | members are invited to attend. TOKIO CITIZENS SWAT are sure that the population -as & whole benefited from the educationat 310 BUSHELS OF FLIEs‘-- well as physical aspects of the About 20 per cent more flies were killed this year in Tokio's campaign against the insect than were swatted it year. Three hundred and ten bushels of house flies were caught on campaign. Official figures put the number of flles caught in Tokio proper at 54,183,826, while if the suburbs are included the total approaches the 100,- 000,000 mark. The record fly-catching orgy for any one building took place in | the Michimasa fish store, the proprietor July 20, the day officially set aside by | turning in 114,364 dead flies the metropolitan police board as “Swat | of the day. An account of this record the Fly” day. Though some of th b!fl!u we'rged kfll:g c{,xl\ previous “y‘e's; counted on the day, the authori- ties are pleased witl B et e appeared next day in a vernacular pa- per under the heading “Honor or Dis- honor?” The fly-killing campaigns are the "results and ! annual events in Tokio. {Continued From Yesterdsy's Star.) _ e . SYNOPSIS. HAWAII ISLANDS SEEK BOAT TO FiGHT OPIUM Delegates Houston Poiunts Out Craft Also Would Aid in Develop- ing Aviation. ‘To combat smuggling of narcotics and liquor into Hawaii, assignment of a Cosst Guard cutter to Hawalian waters hu'b;eyn u:ak;_d 2;1! the Treasury Department e tory's delegate to n(:gn..-m.-'g .flvwzx;l SIK, Homto lega louston points out that, in addition to hunting for law violators, the Coast Guard cutter would be use- ful in aiding the development of avia- tion in the islands. It would give as- surance that in case of a mishap over %o set up a moral judgment! I remem-| “Do you think she will leave?” I ob-|in the Middle ‘West. bered my lasi glimpse of her—the pas- | jected. ‘The Gospel Mission Union met Sep- sion of her. self-anathema. To me, it| He paused a moment, and it struck | tember 13 at the home of the president, was that self only that mattéred. And |'me that he seemed more keenly aware | Mrs. Harvey Prentice, 326 C street, with .| in this I believed myseir to have the ad- | of the situation than I imagined. Then | its usual large attendance. Mrs. E. C. van! of Ballion. I somehow divined | he answered thoughtfully, “Yes, I be- | Dinwiddie was the speaker of the after- that yhouse was the link’ between | lieve she will.” noon, using as her subject “The Home them, that her spirit of contrition mili- (To Be Continued.) with the Mother.” Mrs, Berdie Farme, tated against him. el Vi District superintendent of white ribbon For once Norse's shrewdness was at - Tecruits, cared for the children in the tault, “If-you're thinking-about that|“EXILE”-CHILDREN VISIT |lower room with games, toys, etc. This .| wine,” he remarked, “it might occur to unfon has the record of being the only would be easter than| FRANCE FOR PATRIOTISM [union to continue its- meetings - all for -Hasta, -let's say, to replace the 1 hundred Freach Summer. amount, left in your glass with fresh| Several hundre rench _ children, | “"ppe ‘monthly executive meeting was Wine after you had lost consciousness, | 50nS.and daughters of Prench cltifens|pelq Wednesday of this past week as T'm not in the least digturbed by Mel- | living abroad, have returned to Paris| syl vice President Dr. Lauretta roy's mnyulla" 1athed thi :l;‘v‘,msm“:‘x‘:" -:"m?'::'noieet:eve:m :l& Kress presided owing to the absence of His suggestion exp! :d pr;gihg % official ceremony by President Dou- President Pollock. mergue, and every effort was made to make them feel at home. The idea is_that French children P “3.'3“.':5‘ et tembe: ting of the Mount y | have of it. The mber of the Moun “You believe Hasta was responsible, Flemn!:n W.C. T. g. ;eu h:!ld at the e | oo eretich o Wi, wheres | o e ite B conicted! ever they happen to live. Next year, according to the Unlon Des Francais then?” I asked. Devo- | the island channels a speedy vessel He nodded emphatically. “I do.” tional exercises were conducted by Mrs. [ would be ready to go to the rescue. aw'a window. He tells Norse of “In that case, do you think you will J. A. Edgar. ‘The reports of several urg. shipping companies are also rlenue. n;’n thfi dem‘{m 1s_not. 1:‘?" be able to lay hands on him?” 0 directors of various lines of work were | ask! that a cutter be sent to Hawaii. B et o R 1 ony e el ot paion | B B oIS e PR | Sy T8 S Mo St | g s Qb B, T et oft: tabl ibi 1 X “There's es me,” 3 | wer n de smi jcul 3 S0 Node alfo savs tha Youult dis- | “There's one thing that puztles me.” | HOU o' ltle French exiles” wil be | ment wa . =) e Rt B ::vlu;lhblck wtmnu& !l:x;o to school, s given Ames at Greybouse. He realies ur the country, an erwise feel|cers for the ensuing year. The follow-| Opium smugglers use speedy launches h#s peril just in time. But, as a m: fact, Anne Roderiek's | chance?” the impact of motherland. inf re elected: President, Mrs. James | and fishing sampans, - death, Hasta’s rance, : what| “For the simple reason,” answercd ® Dor > ey e becca children’ return to Italy every year as Mrs, J. W. Gregg: corresponding secre- | up by confederates, who guests of the government. tary, Mrs. Burt W. Andrews; recording boats from shore. T sy After the murder of Celiu Ballion cir- stances point Francis. says he ey after, his body ther. has believe se, & police offi ‘Ames, o D a- : the murdered woman's sister, h&s been Vinced from the first-of Balllon's zullt; Miss Graham's request he remsing. et . to attend an jere. he suffers e learns Anm. 90 snn seospoz, ut his warning is un t' Ames narrowly escapes d car goes over an embankment learns that it had been simpered with. patient begs him to take her and her mdstress away. but Eleanor refuses to leave. Ames feels that Carl has an evil influense over Eleanor and. in resentment and jeal. Ousy. he toys with the idea of putting the ut of the way. One night he thinks hesees Francis Ballion's face peering in el fe for the doctor {0 remi or or Ej-.’n s g ceded e 0 P 3 ducted the election of offi- | fast vessel {o trol ged food_an lace, 18 Pt i T taxe s F. Keller conduc patrol tfl:flmm coasts. progress, and hundreds of small Italian odes; second vice president. ranspacific vessels to be picked t, was of speclal interest. Mrs. L. | agents being handicaj ack s, being of | yanted to kil me, dld he not do'so when B Roner eot Ll ey drugs. e In Italy a similar movement is in|M. Doran; first vice president, Miss Re- | well wrapped and buo; boa Norse believed, were all indifferent as|Norse, “that he believed you had suffi- Rhq s from t p bl * TWENTIETH INSTALLMENT. compared with a single issue—Eleanor. | clent—and, indeed, you very nearly ISING with great effort, I stag- e ™ taward. the " stairway, | _Balllon had said casually, but with & | had.” drunkenly, and remained ‘semi- conscious, supporting myself by « the banister at the lower step. It seemed. impossible that I could ever cldmb the stairs with knees like putty and a heart action pounding at the | i JeBst exertion. 3 <Then 1 became aware of ‘a sound of fdotsteps and movement. above, people hurrying here and there, and I won- dered vaguely why they should be up .g this hour. A footfall sounded on the landing and, looking up, I could | sep Anne Roderick’s trgined - nurse ||| | staring down at me. “Dr: Ames!” she cried. “We thought yéu hadn't returned last night. I went Foryour room and found it empty. We've béen trying to telephone to your apartment. I'm glad you're - here” en seeing my evident state of col- lapse she exclaimed, “But what's the Tatter?” “T'm unwell,” T answered thickly, “But t@at will pass. Do you mind giving | Il a hand?” And when she had come gtwn: “What's wrong? Why have you needed me?” She peered curiously at my face “l';wh‘ T suppose, was the color of cBalk. : “What's wrong?” I repeated. { “She hesitated a moment and then, with a frighned look, “Anne Roderick is dt 3. ““Dead?"” I exclaimed, aghast: “Dead?” d there recurred. of & sudden that vision of my sleep. ) | “In the night, some time,” she con- tifiued. “I don’t know when. I woke |} to find her uncovered, "staring. window. She didn't answer, went to her, but she was dead.” #The window?” I whispered. Yes, I suppose it was & sudden at- tack. But what's important is for. some | jj oge to take charge of Miss Eleanor. she's half distracted. We can't get her from Anne's room. Listen.” ‘Through the twilight of the ‘house, celd in the gray of dawn, came the hypocrisy, I thought bitterly. R N e P oouid call Mr. Baition.” [ Most artistic in “She won't let us; she says she won't I its simple Adam S lonly I stumbled upward, gasping lines—one of the with the effort. Was t a con- designs that will tihued dream, a place of phantoms? ] 1 5 T‘ge vagueness of the surroundings, my - continue _ long .1n n:;\ dm«li 703‘('!‘:'40:& .slllwmmed part -its~popularity. and parcel of 28! 3 ¥ tomember, supported by the nurse, Matched burl ping with my hand along the wall walnut front and of.an interminable corridor. I remem- top; Grished i the American walnut tone. An Exceptional Offer! This $125 ‘Console Electric Sewing Machine Specializing in Specially Designed Suites This month' of September is the logical time to refurnish the home for the Winter—and - Suites are the important factor. 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I spoke to her again and again before she heard. “Then, lifting her face, stained and distorted, she cried to me, “I kept her here. I killed her when she would have been saved. I let her die at Greyhouse for my own evil will. My sin! My sin! “There was nothing I ‘could say or do: 1Indeed, shaken as I was and hardly able to'stand, I felt whatever strength I had ehbing. | “Tell Hasta to go in Muss.Eleanor’s | J machine for Dr. Melroy, who takes my. cases,” I said to the nurse. “I'm afraid I'm out of it.” “We can't find Hasta,” she returned, lowering her voice. “He was here last night, but he semes to have gone. "But I felt too ill even for interest in this statement. “Well, telephone Melroy to come as soon as he can and tell him about her condition and,” 1 added, e. %:e stared. “Wh?lt shall I tell him, | Doctor, about yours?” . I 1 looked over at the kneeling fl:ure of Eleanor, her bare arms extended on | j the bed. '“Tell him an overdose of morphine,” I answered. 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