New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1923, Page 10

RWALLOWED UP Mus \AM.so: Wonneow o i (DAL BY BRENTANCS ~ @I128,8Y THE RIDOWAY Combary B, BEGIN HERE TODAY Hope Ranger, daughter of wealthy o e The secretary almost instantly re. & covered both his physieal and menttal batance. ROITRATED By RWSamweanrie < 1 ¥ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1025, they said she was, alive and well- obu:! a8 good proof as anybedy would wan “S0 that's why | say," he observed pointedly, “that you'd better be chas- ing down te headquarters, if anybody I8 to ge, and leave Loring to attend to this more likely lead a on its way as quiekly a 8a new, Frank®™ “That's my epinion, tee," nedded Ranger, with an intimation net to he misunderstood, and the seeretary, merely saying that he would look inte the matter of the girl at police headquarters at onee, left the room. Jual Charlie, rolling another cigarette, perched himself in the win- &o:czsmm'm] KDKA (Westinghouse-—Fast Pittsburgh) Saturday, Sept. 29, 19238 T p. m~Football and baseball scores. 708 p tinued, m~=Dianer concert, eon- the Werld by “Our “Bringing prepared 7:45 p. m~The Children's Period in eharge of the Dreamtime Lady, AMRAD, WGL is & member, by ‘nele Eddle and Uncle Joha~—Oh Bey ! 3, Twenty-sixth of & series of talks on New England Business problems by Arthur R, Curniek of the New England Business Magasine, Sunday 4 p. m~Twilight program. 1. “Adventure Hour" condueted by the Youth's Companion. 2. Coneert pro- m by the Edison Laboratory Phen. ph. 8. Stories by Arture, §:80 p. m—~Evening program, 1. Talks on "World Unity” under aus- pices of Ameriean Federation of Churches, 2. Evening coheert pro. gram of voeal and instrumental num. bers, The Medicine Made from Fruit Juices and Tonics Sl dow and smoked until frem his eyry o he saw Bryan come lut of the build-| P "'Jm.f-b'" ill;'ru> Good ing and disappear in a subway en- bm.;le‘;: 'm‘h .\’ 00 |uml~- at Fourteenth street, ol EBMPI:)’ + L Boy of the Vacuum hor' :":",;," fot ':::“::2:" 'n"“':". §:20 p, m.—~Concert by the \West. flipped the cigarette hutt down to the | \PENOUSE Band under the direction of street below and turned back toward | T J: Vastin the desk, “Chances are he's only a| !0 P m-—Haseball bit curlous, but— Anyhow, I feel safer | Pall scores, to have him out of the way, “And now, if you'll set that door open, Loring, so that I ean see if any- bhody else comes circulating around, I'll shake down a few things that I've been holding up ‘'my sleeve,” He paused a moment as if hesitat. ing just how to begin; then, leaping forward, he spoke In a voiee so care. fully I d that it was hardly more & whisper. i “Lorry, what T am going to tell you is known to every ‘fun’ and grafter and worker in the so.called under- world, hig or little; but it's mighty seldom spoken of even among them- selves, The police don't know it,| Rev, John Ray Ewers, D.D., minis- All they get on to is what their stool- | ter, pigeons tell ‘em, and it would have to b be a nervier snitch than any I've ever seen (hat would dare breathe this to a cop. “Loring—" he drew a long breath lke a swimmer about to make a dive,| 7 then brought his“words out with a rush—— “your daughter, I'm sorry to tell you, is In the hands of the “Com- bine,' " “The ‘Combine’?" repeated Ranger, “'Sh,"” Charlie cautioned, “Not so lou; “But what do you mean by the ‘Combine’?" Ranger persisted, al- though he somewhat impatiently lowered his tone. . “Just ‘what you'd imagine. ~ An in- side bunch that runs things—the same as in politics or finance.” “"Are you trying to tell me—'" Ran- ger wshowed his skepticism—‘that crime has become an organized thing in this city controlled and directed by a board or group such as you de- scribe?” Charlie nodded vehemently. "I was just ahout to knock,” he said, coming forward in his usual deferential fashion “Inspector HNailey has telephoned that they have another girl they would like you Jlo look at. ~An aphasia vietim, thby found wandering round Washington Square this mornin “An aphasia vietim ?"' Ranger's ey .rnm. disappears after having Juncheon At the Plaza with her best £* friend, Lucia Thorne. Loring Ran- calls upor his attorney, Eustiee ¥, to assist him in loeating his JZ (Aeolian Hall, N, Y. City) Saturday 7:40 p. m~~Final baseball scores Natfonal and American leagues. § p. m.~Concert by the Band at the Dept. of Street Cleaning of the city of New York, direct from the Mall, Central Park, 10 p. m~"Peruvian Night Pro- gram" arranged by Senor Danlel Alonua Robl friend of the orks to the best of his Abllity to find some trace of Hope A reward is offered, but no word comes from the girl, glinted with the reawakened hope so Juares Charlle, rolling-stone adven. | MBNY times dashed in the last few _ turer, I8 & life-long friend of Ranger | weeks hy similar rl‘lll upon him for He comes to offer his ussistance in | 'dentification, " eruln!y . He atarching for Hope. Frank Rryan is|*"8tched up his hat, “I'll go right vate secretary to Ranger and greets | 12V1 Noes the Inspector. really K ie when he calls at the office to | thInK it could pomsibly be Hope? . see Ranger. But Juarez Charlie threw himself 4 in his way as he was hurrying toward the door, “Now, look here, Lory," he drawled, “what's the use of getting ted over what's only scores, Foot Sunday, Sept, 30, 1023 12 m,—Bervices of the First Bap- tist chureh, Pittshurgh, Pa. Rev, Carl Wallace Petty, D.D, minister. 3:30 p. m~The Children's Bible story by Rev. W, A, Logan, pastor of the Alpha Lutheran church, Turtle Creek, Pa, 8:45 p, m.~Coneert, 5:45 p, m~—~Vesper services of the Shadyside Presbyterian church, Pitts- burgh, Pa. Rev. Hugh Thomson Kerr, minister, 5:45 p. m.~Services of the East End Christian church, Pittsburgh, Pa, WRC 2 WP R Radio Corp. of America—Washington, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY D. C. © And then the reward, A hundred . thousand dollars, Why doesn’t som: ' body clalm 1t? Or'even ask a higher . mnsom? A month has passed, and T've hald myself open to every sort of communication; but no demand has ¢ upon me, “No," his tormented brain reasoned back to his first conclusion; “she is dead. Perhaps killed in an attempt %0 escape. Porhaps succumbing on thelr hands from the shock and ter- ror of it all. But certainly' dead,” _Unnoticed by him in his agitation, . Jaurez Charlle had risen from his _ seat, and now stood close beside him. . _“Put it's all a mistake, Lorry,” he whispered tensely, gripping Ranger y by the shoulder. “Your * | daughter Is not dead. That is the f I was instructed to bring “you. . 1 was to tell you that she is alive and well.” ot CHAPTER V. “.The news came too suddenly 'Ranger's brain recorded the words but-could not assimilate them. *What? * finto the fles Charlie’s arm, “You're ma He was trying to protect himeelf from a disappoint- ent he could not face. “You're ad!” he repeated. Charlie wriggled free “I'm giving vou the message ex- actly as I got it,” he said soothingly but insistently. “Where your daugh- ter is, I don't know. Lorry, or how 10| ghee_over, let Bryan there do it. © reach her. .1 have merely the Word | want you' to come out with me and that she is alive‘and well It may|yuy a hat,” / ‘be wrong, but I don't believe it.” uy a hat?” ‘But tell me. tell me—how did you ehi that wak DRFL of the messaie ‘hear? Who gave you this message?” | | was jnstructed to give you, but 1 langer stood up, too shaken Nervous- | hadn't come to it vet, you kept break- g‘,",to sit still. “Where did it come |z iy onme got m?” "A part of the message?”’ Ranger “T can't tell eyed him doubtfully, Was the man w myself.” daft? ‘Don't . know ?"'—indignant, aston, Sure!” Charlie nodded. *I was to ed reproach in the exclamation. say to you, 'Hope is alive and well: it that's idiocy! If you're not send her a hat.'" cracy, for heaven's sake explain.” He |*“f ]:ri:'atefl secretary turned with began to plead, but broke off abrupt- |, o » Iy, Oh,.I see!” he ;flutte“’fl- ‘“f, “Hope?" he exclaimed. “Do you .g;(::r::;\i:oséhm:“ el turn. | mean to sy, Juarez, that you have news of her?” éfi“;‘?flé{:’fi?’l;:”;: ‘}:":“";:;“:_'__". | tJust what he heard,” Charlie's 3 h g T habitual nonchalance was a bit . willing to pay if your information | gigessed. . *I was told to tell Loring uthentic. ~ Name vour price and\here that his daughter was alive and let's get down to business. well and that he was to send her a harlie sat down again. "I sup- 1P- | new hat.” . o8 yow're hardly to be blamed, with | "Ny Bvery come on artist in the country | .. cecretary excitedly. trying to shake you down. But o4 the messenger? If honest, Lorry, I'te told you all I make him¢ talk—"" Knew. 1 couldn't do any more if you| —“Exnctly.” Charlle slanted his eye- re to slip me vour entire wad, PIP®| yrowy in an ironical grimace. “If! But as I've heen trying to explain to the boss, I'rank, I've no more idea who sent that message than I have of who invented apple pie. All T can tell you is that I found it chalked up on the front stoop of my boarding house when I came out this morning, with no signature or mark of any kind to let me know where it came from, 6 p. m.—~Children's Hour by Mari- etta Stockard Alblon, WGY Electric Co,~8chenectady, (General Sunday e 11:30 a. m.~—8ervice of the Albany WBZ Street. Methodist church, Schenectady, . Y (Westinghouse—Springfield) N. Y. 8:30 p, m.—8ervice of the Albany Saturday Street Methodist church, Schenectady, m.~—Baseball scores of the|N. Y, " Eastern, American and National % / leagues, Di cert by the Hotel / i KUt Teio Anaer Cheraifestion af Charity Board Awards / //// A portrait of the / , national floorvarnish| Jan Geerts, direct from the Hotel Contl‘act fol' Building The beauty in its full Kimball dining room. The board of charity met yesterday transparent film is not 7:30 p. m.—DBedtime story for the afternoon and awarded contracts for . . 4 quickly dimmed, as it children, “Bringing the Word to America,” prepared by “Our World [the construction of a new building on the town farm property, subject to is wear-resistant and also watcr—rcsistant. Magazine.,” “This Week's Judge." 8 p. m—Concert by Alwyn E. W.|favorable action by the common coun- Bach, baritone; Mrs. May Major, ac- |efl, It was voted to ask Mayor Pao- companist; Myrtle Celeste Atchinson, |nessa to call a special meeting of the council to act on the recommenda- CEzq99 s ; 61" Floor Varnish, " clear or colors, lasts even longer on fur- . . niture than it does planist, tions. on floors and lino- 9 p. m.—DBaseball scores, story for grown-ups by The contract for the erection of the building was awarded to the C. L. & l‘t:.um. The beautiful- 61"’ colors stain and Marden, D. Co. of this city for $61,700. The electrical contract was awarded to the varnish with one stroke of the brush. OCCUPiN & JOHNSON The heating contract was awarded to A, A. Mills ror $3,148 and the paint- ing contract was awarded to the Man- ning Co., for $1,665, Sweeten Painters and Decorators : the Stomach (46 MAIN STREET . Tel. 125:4 Bedtime Stories. By GLUYAS WlLLlAMS Descending From an Upper. ! / Bedtime Orison 8. Sunday 7:45 p. m.—Sunday vespers on the Springfield Municipal chimes trans- mitted direct from the Campanlle, Ernest Newton Bagg, chime ringer. | 9:30 p. m~—Church services con- ducted by Rev. John R. Chaffee of Springfield, assisted by quartet. LATTER HIMSEL BY A BACKWARD JUMP, ONLY SAVED DEXTEROUS another false alarm? If somebody (Continued in Our Next Issue) has to go down and give her the T e WOMAN'S HOSPITAL BOARD ANNUAL TEA TUESDAY Function To Be Held At Nurses' Home Next Tuesday With Elec- tion of Officers mendation is adopted 'is composed of Messrs. T. W. Crowe, Edward Leavitt and James Dawson, all of this city. P (American Tel. and 71¢l. Co,, N. Y.) Saturday 7:30 'p. m.—Ferene Zsolt, concert baritone and Laszlo Kun, composer and planist. Lorna Lincoln, soprano, accompanied by Paul Haeussler. 10 p. m.—Amenican Tobacco com- pany's “Lucky Strflke" orchestra. you that, I don’t The members of the Women's hos- pital board have announced that their, annual tea will be given on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Nurses' Home, This event has always been of unusua) interest and this year it promises to be even more so. The members of the board and all women of New Britain who are interested are urged to attend. Mrs. P. C. Rickey and Mrs. A, G. Kimball will ' have charge of the automobile, service which will meegfthe trolleys at Dick- inson's drug stoYe at 2:30 to take any attending to the tea. As the hospital year ends in Octo- ber, new officers are clected and re- ports. read at the tea, which also aids the membership committee in collect- ing annual fees for the ensuing year. On Tuesday Dr. T. E. Reeks and Miss Travers will talk to the members and their guests, giving them interesting information and facts about the work of the hospital. On this occasion, also, the new hospital buildings, as well as the nurses’ home, will be open for in- spection, “It was done in hoho language—the | Tea will be served at 4 o'clock. Mrs. kind of signs you see marked up on|C. P. Merwin and Mrs, G, W. Traut box-cars and fences and freight- | Will preside at the tea table, in charge houses and the sides of” barns when|of Mrs. W. C. Hungerford and Mrs. you are on the road.” H. L. Mills. The following member: “Oh-h!" Bryan's tone indicated |of the membership committee will as- that for him the matter was dis-|sist: Mrs. W, F. Sternberg, Mrs. R. missed. He turned to Ranger. “The |[Graham, Miss Arline Root, Mrs. . sort of stuff we are getting constantly | Fox, Mrs. B. F. Damon, ““’f Laura from cranks and notoriety seekers. | Woodford, Mrs. C. & Bradley, Miss Sunday 7:20 p. m.—Spekial musical PEo- gram direct from the Capitol theater, New York city. Erno Raper, conduc- tor of the famous Capitol Grand or- chestra, and featured artists from the theater’s cast of artists. 9 p. m.—Organ recital direct from the studio of ‘the Skinner Organ com- pany, New York city. WGI (American Radio and Research Corp.. Medford Hillside, Mass.) The concern to whom the general contract will be given if the recom- OYAS e you?” demanded “Didn’t you we can Saturday 6 p. m—New England Weather Forecast furnished by the U. S Weather bureau. New England crop notes furnished by V. A. Saunders, statistician. Late news flashes. Early sport new: 6:15 p. m.—Code practice, No. 123. ) 6:30 p. m.—Boston police reports. Amrad bulletin board. 7:30 p. m.—Evening program. 1 “This Week's Judge" furnished by the Judge Publishing company. 2 Program of late releases by National | association of Broadcasters of which MWhile he talked, he had produced awisp of paper and his little sack of _t8bacco, and was busying himself in rolling a cigarette. ° Now, as he lefted ftto his lips to moisten the edge of the’ paper with his tongue, he spoke unickly, guardedly, out of the corner is mouth. s there any chance of our being _ overheard here? TIn a minute or two, _step to that door and#¢ make surc | there's no one listening to us. Not . a8 if you were lookinz for anybody u understand, but in a natural w. fake an excuse that you want some- thing outside or that it's stuffy in Here—anything of the sort.” 8o, & moment or two later, as Ran- paced back and forth across the lesson DECIDES NOT TO WAT GROPES WITH TOE TOR QOMETHING TO REST HIS POOT ON EMERGES ANTER FIVE MINUTES NO PORTER, NO LADDER | NO ANVTHING RETIRES TO WAIT FOR THE LAD- DER. TO AP- PEAR. SEES HIM AT END OF CAR AND SIGNALS THAT HE WANTS THE LADDER LOOKS TO SEE WHY PORTER. DOES N'T ANSWER THE BELL Aung open the Jennie Wessel, Miss = Agnes Vance, “floor,. he suddenly door leading out of the office and al- moet knocked over his private secre- tary. The latter only saved himself by a dexterous hackward jump. “Why Bryan!” Ranger stared at “What are you doing here?"” m | This is probably some yeggman's idea of a joke." “No,"” disputed Charlie; "because of that part about the hat.” “The part about the hat? Why, that's the very thing that clinches it as absurd,” sneered Bryan. “Would |M Miss Ranger be likely in a communi- cation of this sort to ask her father | Mrs. H. T. Burr, Miss Elizabeth Leg- horn, Mrs. P. Rickey, Mrs. M. Pasco, Mrs. Mrs. L. phrey, Mrs. H. H. Wessel, Mrs. A. A E. B. Stone, Mrs. Shurberg, R. Barker, Mrs. E. N ills, Mrs. C. Brainard and Mrs. Kingsley, FAIRFIELD IS RAIDED % for a hat? ['m surprised, Juarez, at a fellow of your shrewdness taking any stock in such an obvious fake.” Alleged Liquor is Seized When Police Visit Resort, Brdgeport, Sept. 20.—Descending upon Ash Creek inn in Fairfield yes- | terday afternoon State Police Sergeant | Frank Pirelli and State Policemen Leo-F. Carroll and Samuel T. Met- calf seized a quantity of alleged liquor, and arrested the proprietor, | John J. Moriarty, who was released in bonde of $800 pending arraignment in the Fairfield town court next Tues- | day. “ ‘Nn nPEHATIflN “Oh, T don't pretend to be any- | thing but a pitiable moron," dis- | claimed Charlle modestly; *and you |are possibly quite right when you say | that Miss Ranger would never think Btill, T can sea é " . , | of asking for a hat. She Took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- | of 2ki%% for & Bl Sl o can e table Compound and Escaped the |in very handy to the folks who have oy 4 P got her. How so, you ask? Well, ~Operation Doctor Advised | this way: Suppose they'd send back 7 a photograph of her with that hat on? Louisville,Ky. — ** I wish to thank you for .what your medicine has done for Own a home and own a lot, You can just as well as not. READ THE WANT ADS Marked Down From $5 Qg JUST AS HE'LETS RIS WEIGHT DOWN HIS T'O0T REST COMES SUDDEN- LY TO WIFE SOMEONE AGAIN PRETENDS HE THAT HE STEPS DOESNIT HEAR. 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