Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1935, Page 22

DAILY SHORT STORY: ACCUSING VOICE By Patrick C’;fiord, IN COMMON with all New Guinea, I had known that some day Sam Gruden would avenge him- self on Jack Hard- ing for the terrible thrashing he had received in full view of a score of whites and a cou- ple of hundred gaping natives on Moala Beach. . I wondered how Bam would get even with his en- emy. Like most bullies, he was a coward at heart and would never again tackle Jack with his fists. ‘What did not oc- cur to me was that Sam Gruden might strike at Harding through young Haliman, the mother- | less nephew whom Jack had reared | as his own son. Haliman had been | in school in Sydney and came to New | Guinea two years previously to help Harding run his small fieet of motor | schooners engaged in coastal copra | carrying. I heard with surprise that Haliman had had a dispute with his uncle and had left his service to run a schooner of his own. Even then, how- ever, I did not connect the trouble Harding stared at him, came close enough to see that the figure by the mast was his' nephew. Three minutes N later ‘he was on board the derelict and frantically hacking at the ropes which bound the boy to. the mast. Haliman had been dead for some hours. Some fiend in human form had | captured: the schooner, disposed of the crew and left the boy to his dreadful fate. At first Harding thought that the natives might be to blame. Then he remembered Gru- den and he swore through his clenched teeth to be avenged on him. | Suddenly Jack Harding's distraught gaze rested on the Sepik par- rot. . - | I felt pretty sick when Harding finished his tale, but I knew as well | as he did that I could ‘not hope to | get evidence that would justify the | arrest of Gruden. I told him this. | “Come tonight to Ah Chee’s,” was his quiet reply. “No rough stuff!” I said warningly. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1935. e e —————— LAVAL'S ECONOMY PROVOKES CLASHES Many Injured in Demonstrations by Workers 'Protesting * Pay Beductions. By the Associated Press. . PARIS, August 6.—Clashes between hostile political forces and demonstra- tions against Premier Pierre Laval's pay-cutting decree laws disturbed France today. The premier summoned from =il 86 of France's departments their pre- fects, the governing officials for the THE hEW Jelle 1214-1220 F STREET ELIZABETH ARDEN says: .@,._y color's the c?lnl' /('w'_uou ,f\'oun LIPS are the regions. He called them to a confer- ence this coming week end on the de- cree laws. e Reports from various parts of the nation indicated more than a score of ‘persons were injured in workers’ dem- onstrations against the government pay ‘cuts, Workers in the naval shipyards at Brest. halted work -to parade behind red flags yesterday. Shots were fired at the naval shipyards at Toulon in a clash between demonstrating workers and political opponents. Leon Jouhaux, secretary of the Gen- eral Labor Federation, delivered a threat of a general strike at a conven- tion of the left-wing National Teach- ers’ Syndicate last night, criticizing Laval's program. | Woman's $110 Coat_with Siver For, $99. DEPUTY RECEIVER DISPUTES DISMISSAL Pennsylvanian Contends He Re- signed as Protest on Sec- retary's Policy. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 6 —Luther A. Harr, State secretary of banking, sald he “dismissed” Charles E. Geb- hard as deputy receiver for six closed banks, but Gebhard insists he re- signed over a matter of policy. Harr's formal announcement yes- ter was that Gebhard was dis- ] Y, L A - missed “in the interests of economy’ and 'that the six banks would be placed in charge of Leo A..Werner of Harrisburg, Gebhard replied last night that he submitted his resignation a week ago after a controversy with Harr, Gebhard made public a letter dated July 30 in which he asked that his resignation be accepted unless Edgar 8. Rose, working in the closed ‘Agri- culture Trust & Savings Co. at Lan- caster, be dismissed, giving as his reason that there was insufficient work for Rose. Southern Rhodesia’s minister. of mines, Capt. W. 8. Senior, pilots his rv;n airplane when making official rips. $110 and $125 Coats With LIVE IN 200-FOOT FALL Three Bruised as Car Goes Into Canyon—One Is Killed. SONORA, Calif., August 6 (#).— David Townsend, tefhnical art direc- tor at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Co., on location near here, was killed and three others suffered bruises yester- day when their motor car toppled 200 feet into a canyon. The injured: Lowell Ralph, man- ager of a Sonora airport; Mrs. Lottie Muncello of Sonora, and Miss Agnes McMullen, Hollywood hairdresser em- ployed by the picture company. Ralph, who climbed the precipitous Positive Savings of 11 to $26 on canyon wall to give the alarm, sald they were attempting to turn around on the highway after a midnight ride into the high Sierra Mountains. The car drew too close to the highway edge, he said, and the road gave away. Headquarters for WINDOW and PLATE GLASS Complete stocks of Owenee R e Om fronts and sutomobiles. Alse gless for dodk ond table tepe, duerms placques, shalves, etc - pe. to order. Etched de- cigas M dosioed. Ecomomical Dealses supplied. Write or Phone. 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Men clustered 'round the Young Haliman, he told me, had bar and discussed it in low voices, left him following a violent quarrel, | occasionally glancing covertly toward which had pretty clearly been en-|Harding, who sat immobile and grim PROPER HUE! gendered by Sam Gruden. Haliman | had for some time been paying his | respects to Patricia, the Samarai resi- | dent's attractive daughter. Pat w a very nice girl and I liked her. But | 1 was also aware that she was a most flirtatious young woman despite | her engagement to a rich fellow prac- ticing law in Sydney. Haliman did not know this, but Jack did, and | in his affectionate but clumsy manner tried to warn the boy. Haliman was annoyed and went ashore for a drink. At Ah Chee’s bar | he met Gruden. The next day he left port in a #chooner he had only recently pur- | chased. The significant fact emerged later that money to complete the final payment on the vessel had been ad- | vanced by Gruden to Haliman the | previous night. Harding thought that a few weeks | at sea would cool the hot-headed | youngster, but made up his mind to find him before that time if it were possible to do so. He traced Haliman's boat from Samarai to Madang, and there learned | that his nephew had made a trip up the Sepik to get one of the famous Sepik parrots. Harding smiled grimly at this, for he remembered that the boy had promised to secure for Patricia one of these ‘gayly colored | birds, which are unrivaled thruugh-“ out the world for their ability to pick | up the words of their masters. | For eight days Harding haunted | the unfrequented waterways of the archipelago, and at _the last he found | the missing lad. Soon after dawn one blazing morn- ing, Harding’s lockout sighted Hali- man’s schooner drifting with the tide. | | of course. | nothing. in a corner. The air was electric when Gruden | swaggered in soon after 9 o'clock. I noticed that the big man was just | a trifie fidgety and guessed that he | was somewhat fearful of his meeting | with Harding. He was cool enough, | however, when he walked over and faced that silent figure. “Sorry, Harding," he grunted. “Hell of a thing about the kid. Negroes, Anything I can do? We might go out and get a few of them.” Harding stared at him and said | Gruden shifted. his feet | nervously. ' “What's the matter Harding?” he blustered. sore with me, eh?” | Still Harding did not speak, but | he rose slowly to his feet and gave | a low, peculiar whistle. | A momentary silence followed and | then suddenly a raucous voice pro- ceeded to chant from behind the bar: “You, Sam—you murdered Hali- with you, | “AIn't stili | | man—I saw you do it—pretty Polly, scratch a pole. You, Sam—you mur- | dered Y | Sam Gruden swung around with | a savage oath. His face had gone | deathly white. His startled eyes | rested on the Sepik parrot in his cage | behind the bar. “Blast that bird!” he shouted, and, | whipplhg out his revolver, fired er- | ratigally. Before he could take better alm Harding rushed at hifn and they grappled momentarily together. The weapon barked again. Sam Gruden went limp in Harding’s arms and slithered to the floor. He had shot himself through the head. “Yes, it's an intelligent bird,” Jack @ With these new Paris shodes use Elizobeth Arden lipsticks as follows: With blossom pink PRINTEMPS With dove-wing grey COQUETTE ‘With sports clothes NASTURTIUM With robin's egg blve VIOLA ‘With Florentine blve VIOLA With apple mint MAT VICTOIRE Woman's 8110 Coat with Sil- ver Foz, $99 Fa— . FIRST FURS: fresh pelts. newest friezes and suede wool- ens by Forstmann and Julliard. ‘99 3 styles for Women-3 styles for Misses and Juniors! —and three vital reasons for selecting one of these particular coats RIGHT AW AY! furred skins. 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OLIVINE Awaiting your‘eomfortable selection in our AIR-COOLED . Fashion Coat Shops—Third Floor ‘Through his glasses the trader made | Harding told me afterward, “But out the bare masts and thought he |4t taxed all my patience to teach | saw & figure leaning against the 'him to say his part when he got | mainmast. | my whistle.” | He almost went mad when they (Copyright. 1935.) GLACIER PRIEST PLANS | BEWARE NEW TESTS IN ALASKA | 0 encions. Besure togetGen uine Lucky Tiger, which hascorrected | dandruff and irritated scalps decades. | Look forReg. TradeMark ¥ - —both Ladyand | on hown . ALUCKY TIG ROACHES SPREAD DISEASE! ‘Kill them quick this sure way! One roach means danger! Sci- ence has proven thatthese sup- posedly hzrmless pests spread dangerous disease germs. Rid your home of roaches! They’ll come from hiding places to eat Peterman’s Roach Food. Crawl back and die—leaving NO ODOR. Young and eggs are killed. Guaranteed. 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