Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1930, Page 14

What’s What and W here Attractions Soon to Be Seen in Washington Theaters “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” Coming to the Shubert-Belasco. s \OMORROW AND TOMOR- ROW,” the Ilatest play by Philip Barry, author of Bound,” “Holiday” and “Hotel Universe,” will be presented by Gilbert Miller at the Shubert-Belasco ‘Theater Monday evening, The story is said to deal in Barry's urbane and civilized manner with the experience of a rich-natured but childless woman whose life intense- 1y needed the awak- ening experience of motherhcod. cause convention and respectability denied this to her, | she might have gone all her life a deeply unsatisfied § human being if i chance had not B | brought to her quiet small-town home Nigholas Hay, the briliant young d:ctor who was later to become inter- | nationally famous as a proponent of the science of emotion. Dinner tables are expected to buzz ! and after-theater arguments to prolong | themselves with discussion of whether Eve Redman was justified in the means | she took to fulfill the deep dedire of her nature. Featurcd in the cast are Zita Johann, who distinguished herself several sea- sbns ago in the leading role of “Mach- inal,” and Herbert Marshall, the Eng- lish actor, who was last seen in this country in 1828 in “The High Road.” Others are Pat O'Brien, John T. Doyle, Adele Schuyler, Drew Price, Mary Eliz- ;abech Forbes, Elleen Byron and Marie ruce. “Philip Goes Forth” Opens at National Wednesday. J_AURENCE RIVERS, who produced the smash hit “The Green Pas- tures,” will offer his first production of the season when “Philip Goes Forth,” the new George Kelly play, is presented at the National Theater for an engage- ment of four days only, commencing | ‘Wednesday night, and with a Saturday matinee. ‘The theme of the new Kelly play deals with a young man who is cut out for the world of commerce, but who at- fempts to take up an artistic career. ‘The cast provided by Laurence Rivers will consist of Thais Lawton, Marion Barney, Thurston Hall, Dorothy Stick- ney, Cora Witherspoon, Harry Ellerbe, Madge Evans, Harry Gresham, Harold ‘Webster, Ralph Urmy, Mary Gildea and Donna eloup. g ‘The scenery for “Philip Goes Forth” | has been designed by Henry Dreyfuss | and the play was staged by Mr. Kelly. Seats are now on sale. At the con- clusion of the local engagement the company goes direct to New York for | engagement on Broadway. Zita Johann. German Opera Company Comes to National Monday. tterdaemme and Mozart'’s “Don Juan,” mpecm, under the local management of Mrs, n-Greene. Both performances will be in the German e and a majority of the artists who achieved popularity in previous seasons will be seen this year, including Johanna Gadskl, Margarethe Baumer, Johannes Sembach, Carl Braun and others, Max von Schillings, eminent German composer and con- ductor, will be musical director of the tour and cipal conductor. The company be further strengthened 2T “Criminal Code” At R-K-O Keith’s Friday. HE “Criminal Code, coming to rate the second R-K-O anni- versary. It presents a vivid pic- ture of the breaking and the mending of a youthful convict's soul. The many crime commissions at- tempting to curb the present lawless- ness in the United States are attack- ing the problem from two angles. They are first tempting to do away with vicious social conditions which establish breeding places for criminals. And they are trying to give convicts a motive for good behavior while in prison, with the hope of tuture happiness When pnillips Holmes. they are released. The “Criminal Code” is from Martin Flavin's play, a Broadway hit, which won the Theater Guild trophy as the best play of the year. It is essentially a romance, for it is based upon the overpowering love of a youthful con- vict for the daughter of the warden. Love transtorms a desperate, nerve- shattered boy who stares in dumb misery at his surroundings, with a mind that is almost blank. He dares to hope ~—he sees & glimmer of possible days to come—and from that moment he is a changed man. ‘Walter Huston in the leading role of the prison warden heads a brilliant cast. Though Huston has been one of the highlights of the New York stage, he made his debut in pictures only a short time nio yet in this time he has established himself as a screen per- sonality second to none. Phillips Holmes, who plays the part of a sensitive youth reacting to prison conditions, runs Huston a clcse second in a splendid performance, and Con- stance Cummings, the feminine lead, makes her first appearance in motion find. ‘The “Criminal Code” will be pre- viewed at a special midnight show New Year eve. All seats will be reserved, no advance in prices, and will open its regular engagement Friday. “Those Three French Girls” At the Rialto New Year Eve. RmmALD DENNY and Fifi Dorsay head a fine cast in “Those Three French Girls,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's farce of life in Gay Paree, which will open New Year eve at 11:30 (this eve- ning) at the Rialto Theater. The plot of this talkie farce, con- cocted by Dale Van Every and Arthur Freed, is sald to contain a laugh in every reel and a howl in every line of its dialogue, which was written by P. G. Woodehouse, internationally known humorist. The action centers about the fun- loving nephew of a British earl, played by Denny, who goes to Paris for a good time and finds it in the company of two American ex-doughboys and three charming mademoiselles. Complications arise when the nephew brings the girls to his uncle’s home in the attempt to interest his rich relative in backing a modiste’s shop. All would have gone well had not the uncle fallen in love with the very girl whom the nephew had picked out for himself. But all the difficulties are ironed out in the end in a rollicking manner. Cliff Edwards and Edward Brophy are reported “a scream” as the two dough- boys; George Grossmith and Peier Gawthorne are equally funny as the be- fuddled earl and his cockney butler, g‘m appearance of Max Roth, one of foremost of German baritones; Marie von Essen, an American er who has achieved enviable reputal in opera abroad; Emilie Q}:fl% leading dramatic SOprano ‘eisbaden ; Allen Hinckley, American the Metropolitan Wigman Recital On January 9th. Mary Wigman, Germany's far-famed ‘woman exponent of “expressionism” in the dence, who recently made her New York debut under enthusiastic circum- stantes, will be presented to a Wash- ington audience for the first time at the National Theater on Friday after- noom, January 9, at 4:30 o’'clock, under the local management of Mrs. Wilson- Qreene. Miss Wigman at that time will pre- sent the same program she gave at her New York debut—a group of five num- bers from the dance-cycle, “Bhifting ciy twih dans 'n‘fl\m with these wirl dance, Wi more numbers from the same cycle, “Frivolities” at the Gayety Next Week. GSPIRIVOLITIES,” the Mutual bur- lesque and vaudeville production which comes to the Gayety Theater next week, is said to be one of the most alluring of the entire output of this season. In the cast are Billy Fields, tramp comedian, and Violet Buckley, singing and dancing soubrette, who share star- ring honors. Others no less favorably known include Charles 8mith, eccentric comedian; Murray Leonard, singing straight man: Bob Rogers, character juvenile and lyric tenor; Billy Holmes, singing and dancing ingenue: Jolly Joy, the blues singing ingenue of fond mem- ories, with Gladys Clark, singer, dancer and instrumentalist, a special added feature. “The Princess and the Plumber.” The Fox Theater Feature, Friday. 'HE Charlie Farrell of old is prom- ised on the Fox screen Friday in an ideal role in Alice Duer Miller's magazine story, “The Princess and the Plumber.” Maureen O'Sullivan, dainty miss, who scored a hit in “Son o' My Meart,” 8o ‘This Is London” an “Just Imagine,” plays opposite. Others cast are H. B. Warner, Roach and Joseph Cawthorn. Farrell ghyn the part of an Amers ican plumbing engineer sent to a small country in Europe to supervise the over- h;l:ll:nc of the ruler's castle’s heating plant. The stage show 1 be the Fanchon and Marco “Cadets” idea. Featured in it are Born and Lawrence, “the numbe faced comics”; Johnny Dunn, Milee Sisters, Rognan and Trigger, Mable and Marcia, Wallln and Barnes and the Bunkist Ensemble. Leon Brusiloff and the Fox Music Masters will be heard in a popular overiure and Ron and Don, featurea organists, will offer their farewell week’s organlogue, while the Fox Movietone News ahd selected screen shorts will round out the program. Metropolitan— “Lightnin’ "—"The Bat Whispers.” wru. ROCERS' latest screen hit, “Lightn] from the play of Frank Bacon, will be the screen attrac- tion at Warner's Metropolitan for three Gays, beginning Wednesday. Directed King, it is & human drama of o h:p:l; er: d‘o-well 'mouelhmnm‘ ings ess 10 many people. cluded in the cast are Louise Dresser, ‘l(elan Cohan, Joel McCrae and J. M. e Y Baturday to Tuesday. January to 6, Roland West's newest picture, Bat Wi " with Chester Mor~ is and Una Merkel in the leading roles, shown. This drama, respectively. The remalning girls of the trio are Yola d’Avril and Sandra Ravel. It is a Cosmopolitan production, directed by Harry Beaumont, who has incorporated a fashion show in it. The picture boasts one song number, “You're Blmplgonelllh." used as a specialty by Miss Dorsay. Universal News with Graham Mac- Namee, selected short subjects and Otto F. Beck at the organ round out the program. Earle Theater Offers “The Lash” Saturday. ARNER BROS.' EARLE celebrates its sixth brthday this week with a bprogram featuring Richard Bar- thelmess in “The Lash” and Dave Apollor, international entertainer, heading the stage show. The FPirst National and Vitaphone picture shows Barthelmess as a young man who falls in love with Mary Astor. An insult to his family pride makes him forget love in order to avenge the wrong done his family, Marian Nixon appears as the siste: Others in the cast inc'ude Fred Kohler, Arthur Stone, Barbara Bedford and Robert Edeson. Dave Apollon, noted Russian star, offers a round of melody, mirth and dancing, in a tation that includes Danzi Goodell, Apolion's International Orchestra and Agnes and Adeline. The comedy of the program is supplied by Eddie Pardo, Broadway jester, with his company; Con Colleano, “Spain’s_sen- sational midair artist”; Maxine Doyle, the “Thank You" girl mistress of cer monies, and other attractions round out this anniversary bill. . “Moroceo” At Palace Saturday. “ OROCCO"” has been chosen as the feature t0 inaugurate Loew's January festival Saturday at the Palace ‘Theater. In this Paramount production, Marlene Dietrich, famous continental star, makes her bow to American movie audiences in a cast hcaded by Gary Cooper, which includes Adolphe Menjou. The story is laid around the activities of the French Foreign Legion, and Cooper is found as a soldier of fortune who falls in love with the beautiful Marlene. Allen Rogers again "!gdds On the stage holds forth in a revue titled and Ends.” Jules Bledsoe, who sang “Old Man River” in Ziegfeld's “Show Boat,” heads the cast of many well known Loew acts. “Hell's Angels" Held Over at Columbla, HOWARD HUGHES' epic of the alr, “Hell's Angels,” has met with such success that it has been held over an- other week at Loew's Columbia Theater. Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon and James Hall have the leading roles in this produc- tion that required over four years and as many millions of dollars to produce. Outstanding in the many thrills the production is reputed to give are the scenes aboard a specially constructed dirigible that could really fly, made for the picture, and a dog fight high in the ing forces. These two sequences alone are reported as having cost the producer over a million and a half dollars. e STEAMSHIP LINE SUED Injury to Latter. LOS ANGELES, December 31 (/). Suit for $205,000 damages was filed yes« terday against the Panama Mail Steam- ship Co. by P. C. Prescott-Richardson, scenario writer, his wife, Elsle, a actress, for mishaps allegedly suffer last August on the 8. 8. Venezuela. laint asserted the Prescott- awkward docking at Sandy Point, Costa 3, and at ico, Rica, Guatemala, three R-K-O Keith's Theater Friday, is the first attraction to inaugu pictures and is acclaimed a distinct |1 Scenatio Writer and Wife Claim|And she was not at ‘The compl Richardson cabin was staved in by |might Nance Belden be?" THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, PHOTOPLAYS AT WASHINGTON THEATERS NEXT WEEK JAHUA;Y"I Ashton Clarendon, Va, Cameo Mt Rainfer, Md. Sunday Dark. Tuesday Joprngin AERIne Maurice Ohevalier in yboy of Paris.” Comedy. Cartoon. Paramount_News. Monday (1th & N.C. Ave. 8.E. Biac rhatish Wednesday Srant Whrers “Dancing Sweeties.” Tharsda; v Sl e lll’hg.! rl:tlrln\. Friday ford Pemberton Dancers. Ma; ite Churehill 1n “Harmony at Home" Helen Twelvetrees “Swine High.” Serial ‘Walter Huston and Kay 1 Vi n. ‘Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy an h Berry in arner_Baxter, Hi negades lorge. Victor McLagien in X “Devil With Women. D Comeds. % o B Tools. Ropgld comantn Feasier Hebos “ et 13 e S ot In_ang IR R R g g 'filé'y' Lew Ayrés ana Co warden’s found out that much—mat- ter of looking you up in the San Fran- REAT EASTERN STAGES warm. latest type red buses id you call upon her?" ve many times daily from Winnje Li ner ant Jeck Whiting in “Life of the Party.” 1843 Wisconsin Ave. Comedy. finle Lightner Kay Francis in Jack Whiting in, Kay Francis in Comeds. T . Wnd Walter Huston and Eax Johngon ll\’d Hiiam Satan.” Eddie Gantor in ““Whoopee “The Introduction of Mrs. Gibbs. wn ‘All-comedy ni siim Summervi . ‘‘We, We, Marie. Tt O “Dogville_Melodies." y. ht. Gioria Swenien Gioria ‘Eumnn e in n “What & Wido Comeds. oore and Lanny desperately, “she’ your car with her, Lanny, and beat it out to my house with he gave her the address. m::o on earth the devil himself would e 2 Tial. Ay Johngon and—Grace M Bert_Lytell and naid Denny in Reginald Patsy Ruth Miller in “Madam Satan” A { Ast of the Lone UNITED BUS TERMINAL 1202 PENNSYLV'A Phone NATIONAL 9711 or write nce o?fil“-ni‘ ohn Holland in of the World.” Comedy. i dow_Ranch." “What a Widow. “'Baby Follies." ds Our_Gang_comedy. Comedy. Telen Twelvetress Frod Seott, Ciara Bow in ‘Her Wedding Night. ‘Her Wedding Night. o ight.” *Her Weddinj . Come Gomedy.: Cartoon. Cyril Maude in “Grumpy. Come Cartoon. _Act. job_Bteely in “Oklahoma Cyclone.” ‘omedy. _Cartoon. Waiter Huston and ay Francis in “Virtuous 8i Comedy. _Cartoo for an uusod convict. just heard a thump and a crash | in my living room, Dan. I e's fainted. Telephone Dr. Burt to come 8th & G Sts. BE. Hippodrome 08 K 8t N.W. Spencer Tracy n “Up the River.” ” Comeds. Spencer Tracy n “Up the River.” Comeds. r home—that he will have to a bullet wound and dress it. to Just Think of It— ml him to bring some whisky and two ‘The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday Ingomar Alexandria. Va. Chandler i rand Jorda: medy. Berial. Grace Moore in “A Lady's Morais.” Comedy. Gartoon. “Fite'h Grace Moore in “A Lady's Morals.” Comedy. Cartoon. or three hot-water s, and be on unf % an; - stains she may have m‘:pon &e i morning at 1l;c per day and b¢ Sunday. Can you afford to be Hoot_Gib: i “Coneentratin’ Kid. without this service at this cost? meds. Tatsan tied Jesse e il - Cigries %1 nd edy. Come ew: itbert Jflhfi’q".l’ in “#ay for .!.nu Jomedy. . News. ‘Telephone National 5000 and de- L, 5 Mari; arian_ Nixon livery will start at once. st Yo ‘George Banoroft walk and my front steps. Good-by. -~m‘3u§ Comedy. New: (To be continued). 3100_18th _st. me. Laurel Laurel. Ma. Comedy._News. 5 Dark. Clara _Bow in “Her Wedding Nite." Comed: Bow in “Her Wedding Nite.” C medsy. Paramount News. omedy, Paramount_News. . Gaynor_and Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell “Oh, for & M Hoot Gibson in “Concentratin’ Kid." Comed; Gary Gooper and Mary_Brian in “The " Virginian." Gomedy. Serial. News. vy Carroll and Nancy Carroll and N Buddy Rogers in “Follow Thru." Come: Buddy Rogers in “Follow Thru. Comedy. Weatherstripping and Caulking Dark. Claudette Colbert in “Manslaughter. Rodep _comedsy. News. Saves its entire cost in one ‘season CAULKING Miiton Sills in “The Sea Wol Comedy, “Eve's Fall. News. Gary Cooper_and Betty Compson in “The Bpoflers.” Comedy. ancy Carfoll in “Bevirs Holiday.” Comedy. Onrtoon. ncy Carroll in “Devil's Holiday.” Comedy. Cartoon. ews. o, R There is a crack about 3% of an inch around 95 per cent of all win. Comedy. Act. Comedy. George Mancroft i “Derelict. 119 B 8t N.E pencer Tracy and George Bancroft arren Hymer in “Derelict. [ At W “Up_the River.” dow and door frames: that are set in masonry, Fhis Buck Jones in Ronal, iman Joe Cook in e R “Rain or Shine.” “Men Without Law.” Dark. Richmond Marilyn Miller in “'Bunny. Marilyn Miler g short subjects. Comedy, _News. Short_subjects. sComedy. _New. Marilyn Miller in Rt Grant Withers ind Ralph Forbes i “Her Wedding Nignt.” Short, subject; Comedy. _Ne Com._8hort subjects. Ciar; o1 Savp Fet et “Her Wedding Night." Com. Short subjects. ey aaty “:Sinners’ Holiday. Corn._Short subjects. Alexandela, Va. Dark. Joe E. Brown and Joan Bennett n “Maybe It's Love.” ws. ‘Alice Day in Buddy Roge: “Ladies in Love." “Heads Joan Crawferd in Jack “Our_Blushing g Dark. Charles Row Helen Kane ““Heads Up. Comedy. News Whecler $n4 Woolsey Wheeler snd Woolsey in “Half Shot at Takema Park, D. C. Sunrise.” Winnie Lightner n n “Life of the “Life of the ty. Part! Maurice Chevalier Maurice Ghevalier crack variag in width ‘as the= frames shrink #=4 the walls con. J\ tract when they set. A crack 14 of an inch wide may not impress you as being setious, but do you know that this small crack in a “Plaghoy of Anp Harding in “Holiday.” residence with 30 windows is equal to an opening of 6 Jol i d Leila Hyams in “Way for a Sailor.” Our Gang. News. L4 — K lcs. worrell “rd.__- o8 Cics ATl Maybe Vitaphone. Eisie Ferguson Grant Withers square feet? “Boagii’ WEATHERSTRIPS _ Noveltr. New i “Up the River.” “Half Bhot, at Sunrise.” GOLDEN DAWN By PETER (Copyright, 1930.) In 8 at eod baby. te her, "o d e ) iwo day after Theic fir hee Ball gam W Bt Jato “th ose and Mrs, Gatlin topk her from the i'uf rer. ' o ?rted er. 1o money o Pen i mc;" . Bome 1 Tn"San Fri ine, d with ony “Incourt bol Her i buny THE STORY THUS FAR: final effort to solve his trotbies Theodore: Gatlin adopted Sanabler GSul not skieiter her childAced rcould not shelter fom " the Fher T o had Tie | divorce eourt matri- n montal a custod 10-year-old re; G, © except for v firs years later, s s} Tt Drese Iden, had le n_Mcl an hy iled ~ exterior Her record ontweighcd Dr. Burt's clear explanation of her case. and she was sent to San Quentin penftentiary for fwo years Lanny visited her, and Nance persuaded er 1o smuggle out a letter. which a confederate stole from her handbag out- side the prison walls. INSTALLMENT VIL RRIVED at the little low she occupled in St. Francis ‘Wood, Lanny put her car in the entered her home and sat down to read Nance Belden'’s letter. And when she failed to find it she did some of the logical thinking of | sc; which she was so eminently capable in situations where her emotions were not beiny yed upon. o work,” she decided finall§. “That girl I picked up on the road to Greenbrae stole it out of my handbeg | when I got out to look at the flat tire. She mu:ct have visited Nance before I She was a y sort of cel, t0o, now that I think of it An underworld huzzy, doubtless; doubt- less, known to the police. So Nance had no opportunity to slip her | the letter. The matron watched too closely. Nance feared that would be the case, so she had an alternative plan. What a shrewd judge of human nature that girl is! She knew she could work on me, and, oh, what & fool I was to permit it! Why, I'm as law- less as she is, only I'm a responsible member of society and she isn't. knew I wouldn't fail to visit her, so she described me to her confederate, who spotted me when I drove up to the main gate and parked my car. “When the confederate saw me coming back she drove a nail about an inch into my rear tire—simple as two and two are four. The nail was driven all the way in and the air was out before we'd gone a mile. Oh, dear, dear, dear, what a simpleton I ! 1 suppose I ought to do something about this, but then if I do how can I explain my conduct to the prison officiale?” She realized theroughly now the extent to which she had be°n an acces- sory before the act. What act? she wondered. Well, she would have to keep the detalls of this adventure to herself. Even Stephen Burt could not share her confidence in this, for Lanny | was justly proud of her intelligence and integrity and loathed the thought that a suspicion of either might obtain in the mind of her beloved Stevie. She feared. should be learn of her adven- ture, that he would never quite trust h;lr again. And that would be unbear- able. That sly minx—telling her the could read the letter before mailing #: that if she did not approve of its contents she was free to destroy it. That was the point umn which the susceptible Lanny had ipaled herself. “Well, it can't be anything so v important.” she decided finally. “It couldn't be part of a plan to escape, because escape from that place is im. possible. Besides, no woman convict has ever succeeded in escarlnl from San Quentin. In all probability it was Just a pri message to one of her old underworld friends. That girl is too intelligent to dream of formulating plans for escape. Why, she couldn’t gt out of the front gate. She'd have swim the bay to esca even if she €loulls betwoen 40 planes of tite oppos- fllcueued in getting through the exit| 'om the woman's quarters and pasf :;:at suspicious guard in the little house ere.” 8o Lahny made herself & highball and resolved to dismiss all thought of the incident. She also resolved to give Natice Belden a piece of her mind if and when she decided to visit her again, all ceftain she would make Nance another visit. ‘Two weeks later, while she was sit- ting before the fire, reading, her tele- phone rang and a man’s voice said: “Is this Miss Rebecca Lanning?" “Yes. Who is this?” “Never mind! You wouldn't know me if I told you who I am. I'm a friend of Nance Belden," “And who “Oh, indeed!” ironically. nny was nobody's fool. On the (nstant every sense was alert, for if thhlz iv.tlu & trap set by the gfl:or&l{: W) e m) wa) m d of:% - zvu rl'ld “Are you golng'to be . Lanning?” at home for an hour, Miss the voice pur- Nance | bet t | a letter out for her and malled ived | stie B. KYN& sued. It was a pleasant enough voice, Lanny reflected. what business is that of “I am. But yours?” “Oh, well, if you're going to be such & cut-up,” the voice rejoined, “I'll nct bother to argue with you over the phone; I'll come out. Good-by.” He hung up, ]e-vlr;‘gl Lanny in a state of “acute men perturbation which did not gubside until she heard her doorbell ringing, some 10 minutes later. It subsided then. Her courage always mounted when there was an immediate situation to face. “Nance Belden's friend,” she decided instantly. For a moment she considered tele- phoning Dan McNamara, then decided the worthy fellow might prove an em- barrassment. So she got a pistol from her bureau drawer—because she was a.| practical soul and dwelt alone, she had purchased the pistol as a precaution— and went to the door. She cocked the | pistol, took a long breath, threw aglen {the door suddenly and raised her weapon. she commanded, “put harshly. “Don’t be silly, Lanny, dear,” & soft voice entreated her, wearily. “It’s only me.” “Nancy Belden! You little devil!” Lanny almost shouted. “Come in here this instant!” Nance Belden reeled in and Lanny closed the door behind her, turned the bolt, switched on_ the hall light—and reamed. “Pipe down!” Nance commanded in that queer, faint, weary voice, “I'm not a corpse, but I'll tell the world I | came mighty close to being one just | befor lock-up time this afternoon. La . dear, I crashed the gate!” | “Well, you'll erash cut of here in a split second, you little hellion,” Lanny | cried harply.” “Wet as a dish rag an | yor hair like a witch's, and covered with blood. Where are you hurt?” “Bullet through my left arm, high up near the shoulder. That guard could shoot and he did! If my boy friend hadn't shot back at him and made him hunt his hole 1'd be fish bait this minute.” “You've got to get out of here, Nance.” Lanny was terrified. “How many visitors have you had since you've in San Quentin?” ‘em up!" they'll come here, understand? come here—there, they're on the tele- i)‘hune now. Oh. my good lord, what ave 1 done to deserve this?” She dashed took down the telephone receiver. again a masculine voice sald: “Miss Rebecca Lanning?™” Lanny controlled herself. “Yes'" she |said calmly. “Who's speaking?' “Dan McNamara. h, hello, Dan. How are you?” “Fine, Lanny. How’s yourself?” I might be dead for all the interest you've taken in me since you swallowed that good highball you graft- ed off me the day you came to Dr. Burt’s office with that Nance Beldes girl” She added archly—“You egg!” Dan McNamara laughed. “Can I come out now?" Y “The very idea. Of course not. It's almost 10 o'clock and I'm just about to ret! “This is business, Lanny. I've got to see you at once.” didn't know the police were after he police aren’t, but the chief is. Lanny, that Nance Belden escaped from San Quentin late this afternoon. She gol to San Francisco all right. We know that because we found the speed boat she crossed the bay in tied up in the yacht harbor at the Marina. There was blood all over the cockplt and bullet holes in the hull.” “All of which proves, Dan, that God’s in His heaven and all's well with the world. Are you seriously try- ing to recover the girl and send her back to the penitentiary?” “I'm not. I'd give two of my big buck teeth to see her make a clean gei-away. You kncw that. But the warden—naturally. It seems you vis- ited Nance two weeks ago and Hn;lLl"l!d “Dan, I give you my word of honot 1 nelt,he‘{ n':llnd a letter for £er m:flr somebody or did the else a lans for em';l;:l dmm 1 votiid X 1 would ve told the len, in it to pre- vent her escape. It wouldn't have been kind not to do s6. an otcurted to me that, in any mad at- te.m}x‘:& to escape, a guard might shoot at et “Well, a guard did, and he hit her, too But he didn't stop her. Her outs side gang opened on him with a Tommy gun from a speedboat off the t, and made him huvt his hole. swam out to the boat under cover of thelr protective fire; they hauled her in and beat it 45 miles an hour across Ban Pablo Bay and ed ug toward Carquines nmud wl &:{m t lasted. Af “ihdltkth‘y oused r lights and ed back. 'The warden Centrai omhulsaflxlthlm I wast't on hand, but o m captain on duty had the into her kitchen and And “Up the River.” coveted at once, Marina side. He had two men at the 8t. Francis Yacht Club and they saw a speedboat sneak in and across the little harbor to & vacant berth on the Made of heavy biaded bronze and built to last a Iifeti; ind keep out the cold and dust. 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