New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1929, Page 15

| 3 " Mildred Lawrence, meets and falls in lgve with Stephen Armitage. He i3 lured away trom her by Pamela Judgon, who tplis him that. Mildred 1s trying to marry her brother, Har- old, for h's monej. Harold loves M{ldred bout he s in deadly fear of . bler, Huck Connor, who has a i K:which he forged. Huck is in- ‘fatuated with Pamela, who plays with him to make Stephen jealous. Belisving that Mildred is a cheap Tttle fortune seeker, Stephen per- mits Pamela to announce their en- gagement when she tells him that is the only way can break with Huck. Infuriated, Huck frames Ste- phen for the theft of an auto and plants evidence in_his room which ‘causes his arrest. Pamela breaks the engagement, but Mildred goes to see bim in jajl and promises help. Mildred had got a confession frora Harold once that Huck was the cause of his fear and that he was going to “‘get Armitage” to keep him from marrying Pamela. With this as « clue after Stephen's arrest, Mildred determines to force Harold to reveal what he knows about Huck. Meanwhile Huck calis on Harold and makes new demands. Harold de- fies him and tries to fight. Huck knocks the boy unconscious and hurls thé body through the window to death below. He makes a getaway and the death is called accidental, but the police find a fingerprint on the boy's belt buckle which makes them suspicious. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXXIII Duke Broggan told Huck that the police did ndt regard Harold Jud- @on’s death as either an accidént or sujcide. Huck sat béfore him in his office and looked at him without so much as .a flicker . of his eyelids as he asked Duke what he thought that had to do with him. Duke. twisted his lips into a sar- donic: grit. “Just thought you'd like to know.,” he answered easily. “They might tey to pin it on you.” *Why?™ “Why?" Duke stared at Huck in admiration. “Well, a 16t of peopl: know that your racket with young Judson wasn't on the up-and-up.” - Huck did not answer directly. ““Who passed you the information from headquarters?” he asked. Duke shook his head. “It's straight,” he said, “and it'll cost you & -century note.” Huyck: reached for his billfold. A little later, having learned all that : Duke could tell him, he left. He: did not consider the situation very serious. Unfortunately for him, Duke's: informant had not been in full possession of the facts in the case. Huck still was unaware. of the discovery of his thumbprint on the belt buckle. However, he decided not-. to ignore the warning Duke bad given him.. And while he acted on it by giv- ing up- his suite at the Judson and soing into. . semi-retirement, Mildred was doing her bit to tighten the ehain- of evidence about him. For in apite of what the newapa- pers said—some leaned on the sui- cide theory while others suspected It to be an accident—she did not be- lieve thut Harold's death was either. BShe had learn of it the night 1t happened. Driven nearly frantic by Harold's failure to come to her s he had promised, she telephoned after several hours of waiting and was told by the operator who recog- nized her voice, that he wag dead. Her mother came upon her a few miinutes later, sitting blank faced. with her hands gripped on the in- strument as though frozen tagre. Mre. Lawrence cried out in alarm. Mildred's nerves seemed suddenly to melt as her mother rushed toward her. With u little, moaning cry, she slipped to the floor in a huddied heap. The next day she was calm enough to go to Stephen and tell him all that fad preyed on her mind so torturingly since his ar- rert, He listened In silence. “You must appeal to your family and get a lawyer now.” Mildred said to him when she finished telling of Harold aubjugation to Huck. Stephen looked at her a bit hope- lemsly, she. thought. She had ex- pected him to be excited. As a matter of fact he was excited, but her story had presented sides to himn that had escaped Mildred. Be- sides, he suspected that she had not told him everything. ‘They. were facing each other on the hard bench in his cell. Stephen reached out to take her hands in “You den't believe Harold met his death accidentally or by suicide, do you?” he asked as quietly as he could. “0f course not,” Swered unguardedly. someone killed him!" “Because he was ready to talk? You said that, didn't you?" Mfldred nodded. “I think he was. I¢ he'd come to me that night and 2’4 told him about the way they threatened me. . ." 8he stopped in sudden confusion, remembering she had not told Stephen of the at- tempt to silence her. Mildred an- “I'm sure Stephen leaned forward and tugged at her hands. “There,” he exclaimed, “I knew you were keep- ing something back! Don’t you see? ¥ they murdered the kid because they thought he was about to make @ cenfession to you they must be afraid of you, Mildred.” “But Harold is dead,” Mlidred Quavered. “What can they do now?" " “What can they do? If they find out what you've told me they . . Me paused, but Mildred read his \nspeken thougnt. “I'm not afraid,” she said. “I know you're not,” Stephen de- clared warmly, “but with all we know, or beliese, we haven't any Pproo “I can swear that Harold knew Huck was planning to do you some fnjury’ from which he might have saved you it he hadn't been a— coward.” She spoke the last word “¢ apologetically. *But you can't swear that he was responsible for this car theft,” Ste. phen pointed -out. P “I know he was afraid of Huck; that Huck had something with which he blackmatled him!" “But just knowing it doesn’t do us any good. Your unsupported word ‘sn’t sufficient to incriminate him, Mildred.* Mildred leaned back and looked at him with a doubt growing in her mind that caused her to draw her bands away from him. “Aren’'t you going to do a atout what I've told you asked. For a few seconds Stephen evaded her direct glance; thoa he looked up. ‘“‘What can. I do?” he asked simply. Mildred stood up. A lump in her throat choked her. Stephen stood. too, and struggled with a tempta- tion to tell her why he couldn’t act. He hated to have her think he didn't appreciate all she had done for him. “L think I understand,” Mildied said, striving to subdue the catch in her voice. “You don't want to drag Pamela’s name into it.” Stephen rted and opened his mouth to speak; then closed it to a firm hard line. He could not tell her that it was her own safety he was thinking .of, S8he was too fear- leas. Better to have her think he was protecting ®amela than let her tisk her life. “If there was any proof,” he said doubtfully and stopped. “A lawyer might find proof,” Mil- dred retorted, “but if you want to stay here in jail. just because . . ." “It I promise to get a lawyer will you give me your word not to say anything to anyone about all this?" Stephen pleaded suddenly. Mildred’s unsteady chin went up several inches. “If I can prove murdered I'll do fiercely. Stephen grasped her by the shoulders. ‘‘Keep out of it, please,” he begged. “I'h wire dad for some money and engage a lawyer. He'll put a detective to work and maybe we can turn up something on Con- ror, but I don't want you mixed up in it, Mildred.” He paused and tdded, purposely to mislead her, “you might make a wrong move." Mildred jerked herself away from him, “Why shouldn’t everyone know that Huck hated you because he was jealous of Pamela?" she asked. “I'Il. do what T think I ought to, regardless of her.” Stephen groaned, but Mildred was adumant. 8he left him without ng the promise he had tried to exact. She'd have gone straight to the police but she knew that her word alone wouid not free Btephen. “But I'll gee Mr. Judson,” she de- clared to herself emphatically. “Surely he won't let Pamela stand in the way of bringing Huck to jus- tice." Thereafter she telephoned the hotel twice daily until she learned when Mr. Judson was expected to land in New York. She could not leave her work to be at the pier when his boat docked but she went without her lunch that noon to -go to the hotel and ask to see him. There was a long walt before she was told that he ‘was not seeing anyone. Mildred appreciated the fact that it was an inopportune time to seek him and departed without pressing her request. She waited until the day after Harold was buried before trying ugain to reach his father. She was refuded admittance to his presence second time. And when, on h that Harold was it,” she said NO, JANE, | CANT GO SHOPPING WITH YOU. " I'M JUST ABOUT TO START THE WASH 3 HOURS LATER WHY, ALL THE DIRT AND STAINS HAVE VANISHED — WITHOUT A BIT OF SCRUBBING! THE CRANULATED SOAP \| gan indirectly; “just third visit, he declined to see her she lost her patience and sent up a plea that was almost a demand. “She insists she’s got to see ywu, sir,” the page who carried her mes- sage said to the worn-looking man who had hurried across the ocean to bury his only son. "Mr. Judson's eyebrows drew to- gether in a fornidding scowl. He considered Mildred's request to see him the height of brazenness. His mind was filled with the picture of all that had remained of his boy when they opened the coffin and allowed him to view the poor bro- ken body. What could this girl want but to promote some selfish scheme? He sent word down to her that he would not see her now or ever. A few questions put to Pamela had convinced him that Mildred was a heartless tortune hunter. He had no doubt she wanted to urge some money claim upon him. He knew what wealthy men had to deal with. Probably Harold had prom- ised this girl to marry her. Mildred was in despair. She could guess the truth. She knew that Pamela must have lied about her to bring about her discharge from the hotel in the first place. Very likely she had added to her story since her father's return. Stephen noted her depression when she went to see him after staying away for several days. “What's wrong?"” he asked sharp- ly, fearful that she had drawn the wrath of his ennies upon her head. “Have you written to your fath- er?” she countered. Stephen said he had. “And I'm glad you came in,” he added, “be- cause I've taken a liberty with you by giving dad your address.” “Then yau haven't told them?" Stephen hung his head. *I couldn’t,”” he confessed. “You've given me hope, Mildred,” he went on, brightening. ‘I want to get out of this before I let them know.” “Oh, you will,” Mildred cried fervently. “You know, I think T will,"” Ste- phen exclaimed. “I've got a young lawyer who didn't demand a fee that would choke a horse. . . ." “Does he know anything?" “He's baving Huck Connor inves- tigated,” Stephen told her anfl there was a ring of satisfaction in his voice that lifted all but a faint shadow of Mildred's depression. ~ Light CESS. It makes all LET RINSO DO YOUR WASH... 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I remem- bered where 1'd seen him before.” (TO BE CONTINUED) CONFLAGRATION RAZES STORES IN BURLINGTON Vermont City Suffers $300,000 Blaze —Four Soldiers and Firemen Overcome By Smoke Burlington, Vt, May 2 P—Dam- age caused by a fire which swept through several department stores in the mercantile district yesterday was estimated at $300,000. The combined i ST Winooski and Essex Junction and | g0 &5 ' SIS0 SN S IE QNG soldiers from Fort Ethan Allen| i iweek, and if this aim is successufl, checked the fire after a battle of | op g s e more than three hours. {the measure as a whole is likely to |veach a vote Monday or Tuesday. Four soldicrs and a local fireman | Although the amendment of Sena were discharged from a hospital to- |tor Watson of Indiana, the republi- day where they had been given can leader, to climinate the deben- treatment after being overcome by iture plan has caused the greatest smoke. A deputy sheriff sustained |Gjscussion. considerable debate is ex- a {ractured leg when he was struck |pected also upon a number of the by an unmanagable hose line. |dozen or so changes advocated by Firemen began razing the walls other senators. Some of these may of buildings destroyed after they had |ie accepted or rejected without been pronounced _dangerous 1o largument. however. pedestrians, A. G. Preble of Mont-| ¢t tne debenture plan has been pelier. state fire marshal, opened &0 | jignosed of, the senate will be asked investigation of the fire. by Chairman McNary to comply with RSN a request of fruit and vegetable as- During 1928, 420 merchant ships, |sociations that their products be with a total tonnege of 1,445,920, excluded from operation of the farm |have to be |week. Senator McNary of Oregon, chair- {man of the agriculture committee, lis hopeful that the senate will vote |on the export debenture section to- morrow, but even this seems impos- {sible in view of the large number oi {senators who have indicated a desire Ito discuss the proposal postponed until were launched in Great Dritain and [relief machinery to be set up by the |mu. They asked and obtained sim- Ireland. | HAVE NEURALGIA IN MY FACE SO BAD THE PAIN IS DRIVING ME CRA2Y. WOMEN TELL US DRUGGISTS THAT SLOAN'S LINIMENT HELPS NEURALGIA PAINS AT ONCE. SLOAN'S LINIMENT IS ONLY 35¢ A BOTTLE, NEURALGIA? Crisp Pastry Sloan’s Linimment nries o N not only makes delicious pastry—it baked foods lighter and more whole- building properties. > The Wholesome JUST SOAK THE CLOTHES IN NICE, THICK, RINSO SUDS UNTIL WE GET BACK FROM SHOPPING (Thou, i ”00 : 5ands write us Jegrery like this) Rt even hage fo 60,' ”» 00,”* with ing or boiling, 5 just suds. Dj,, Rinso, N, soak the doth:svie.: s0aks oyt ! So oda:' .wuher: en’dorsc Rinso, » @Tanulated |that final action on the measure will! next ! 929. litar exemption from operation of thelsurplus(‘s | equalization fee in the old McNary- Haugen bill. Senator McNary also has an amandment providing that no money would be loaned by the proposed farm board for the construction of storage and warchousing facilities unless the board was convinged that jexisting facilities were inadequate. This provision is included in the house bill. Brookhart Wants Subsidy Senator DBrookhart, republican, Towa, intends to call up as an amendment his bill providing a huge ,subsidy for the direct buying by the government of surplus crops but there is no indication that this pro- posal will be accepted. Another amendment that seems certain to be voted down is that >f Senator Harris, democrat, Georgia, for the operation of Muscle Shoals under lease from the secretary of war to the Air Nitrates Corporation and the American Cyanamid com- pany. 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