New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1930, Page 16

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1930. DAGGER by Mary Dahlberg Synopsis. A 16-year-old niece of| Once more Dagger's heart fell in adjusting herself to the con- | a Texas rancher, Dagger Marley It was dismaying to encounter a |versation of the other women. | falls in love with Blaine Howard, an | mother-in-law who appeared It was a relief when the men American® adventurer whom she | hold such radically different views|finally joined them, and Kitty sug- has rescued from some Mexican in- on the fundamentals of life. ted bridge, for she had to con- surgents. Howard, who has a wife| “I'll do all I can to please Mrs. centrate on the game, and that di- he does not love, resists the temp- | Vaneering,” she answered. “I want|verted her thoughts from what tation to return her affection, and her to love me." mother was saying to him leaves to join the Allied armies in| “I'm sure she France. Soon after he is reported Mr. Vaneering assured her—but missing and probably dead. Dagger, | without conviction. *“And whil: heartbroken, goes to live with an!ye are on the subject, perhaps you aunt in San Antonio, where she|don't know that Jack's transport meets Captain Jack Vaneering. |sails tomorrow night?" dashing flying ace, who falls In| Dagger gasped love with her. He helps her learn to| “we hadn't expected it fly, and she comes to like him. _so soon.” Suddenly he is ordered to France! »I thought you should and impulsively they elope and arc | once,” he said regretfully married. Vaneering's mother dis- | my dear, we'll find the approves their sudden act, how-|carry you home. You ar ever, and Dagger's uncle, who has|you must have a chance to re brought her up on the ranch, dis-|we have had to a numbe likes Vaneering. A heavy drinker, |relatives and intimates of the f he promises Dagger to stop. |ily to dinner tonight to mect Chapter 14 | You see, Jack's time is so “A MURDEROUS SOUND" | This is the one opportunity As Dagger clung to Jack’s arm, |Senting you as a couple 3 watching the group of their friends| Dagger's head wasina whirl | dwindle to nothingness down the|livents had come fast in the last diminishing perspective of the rails, | f€W Weeks ~Presently they the possibility of failure or unhap-|Crawling through the traffic piness in the future never occurred | Forty-third street, and Dagger A ter. conscious of the city's ove And joy still enwrapped her She was relieved when she descended to the plat r halted in front of a form at New York. Jack's famil bropusioneiliousefracina it e e iAo B Park; the vista of lawns and to be conquered , and she loo pretended to at least ni- I Soily o b cxclaimiad: blance of independence of the sur- “There they are rounding hulks of steel and stone. Mr. Vaneering she liked at once.| e re putting you in your old He was a tall man, with stooped |[00mS, Jack" said his mother. |and mother haven't hit it off, have shoulders, and wore his grey beard| ON¢ Of the guest rooms has been you?" Without affectation. He kissed hep |thTOWN in with it. I hope you and | Dagger choked her first indignant | with ‘s timid heastiness, Kitty was|Alexandra will find it comfortable.” | arfirmation of the question with a Triondly oo & stoatish person.| Bewildered and more disposed G N T e e A bluff, plainspoken, smartly turncd |loneliness than she had been brain whispered that this man was out. | Dagger followed Jack in her husband, who, in than | But Mrs. Vaneering regarded her|LDrough a door at the end of the i{wenty-four hours, would have left Coldly, almost challengingly, as i¢ | Malli Dbut bewilderment and loneli- |her for the caldron of the w She were ann enemy———Why. she|Ress faded when he took her In his Any humiliation or discomfort she | doesn’t like me,” was Dagger's in-| ™S suffered wouldn't be too stant thought. And being Dagge: It all seems price to pay, if it made e: ‘chin' went, up, and with the re. |\ Doney he murmured in her | easier. Sbect of her mreeting was blendeq |27 “But Temember, this is home | I know, dear She nodded wi a restraint she didn’t show towards | t®,YOU Jjust as much as to me." “And you mustn't worry. We'll the others, But she dldn't nndor.| “YOu ate going tomorrow night,” S el LI L astimats, her. mother-in.daw. Mre |She exclaimed, with a cateh e R e Vaneering was small and dafnty, | '® DCT voice |ther and Kitty like me, already She had exquisite hands and fect,| "l W “They're wild about you. And and lovely pink skin, set off by |™morrow.” h so will mother be, after she's recon- | soft, white hair. Her movements| N ~ ABain! ciled to the situation. She can't were languid, and her attitude was| 40U Wart to help loving you—nobody could.” one of inaifference She diessed And he swept her bodily off “So this is Alexandra?” she said, ¢ Orown hair was parted in the |feet in an embrace that 5o very yeues middle and knotted flatly behind | yith ccstasy. “I'm almost eighteen” answercd 1eF SMall, shapely head. Her ivor, “Only tonight and tomorrow,” he | Bhsker. brown skin was guiltless of roug | panted. “Oh, Dagger! So short a| Everyone Her frock was,beige, cut simply [time. Love me, dearest, love me Vaneering. to Jack ups Mr. Vaneering escorted to her room after the party broken up. He was very quict, and | made no reference to his wif de- | parture but his manner toward Dagger was unobtrusively affection- | ate | Good night, Alix—or may I say Dagger” ank you.” He stooped to kiss her. “You are a treat. 1 um going to enjoy you." ‘Please do,” was all she 1y for acknowledgment For she was frightened. What had happened between Jack and his mother? What would happen? Jack was lounging in a big casy chair, a cigarette in his mouth. H rose at once, and made a deter- | mined effort to crase the shadow which hung over his features. | “Ah, spo he greeted her ‘What luck?"” She tossed a handful of checks to | him, without comment. He tled, riffling through them “About a thousand, eh? And 1 suppose the chumps thought they | would show the little girl from Tex- as some high lif He took her hands, his eyes scrutinizing her | with a mixture of ado ni| concern. 'S'ay—" he gulped—"you | will, Alexand rs. | Dagger and would be W at “Come, ar, and s could ask vou short to pre a were of | made whis- | wide tral tree 0 less steep very new, doesn't his goin 1y get we ve and to- “Kiss what got tonight reassured her. Again! Now, do first?" with precise ca her shook her laughed, except Mrs. | pose we all go to the theater? We {our thoughts occupied.” | be | weeks of “It would only have been harde: for him,” said Dagger. ‘“Partings are best gotten over with. Nobody says anything particular on a flyin, field when a ship goes up. If they did—" “I hope you are reconciled to abandon flying, Alexandra,” served her mother-in-law. “Is it was able ce to war work in This is not T And flying dangerous business. Also, you have a position to maintain here, and at your age you must consider decorum above all things. These flying fields An upward glance conveyed worst. Dagger smiled. “They are tough places,” she ad- | Ithough a girl pilot would probably be safer in a hangar than anywhe unless it was a ship. I won't bother you, Mrs. Vaneering. It you seriously object, I'll stay on the ground. “That is my wish,” Mrs. Vaneer- Roping Easees woua ke mo ve | PLOTTING G, 0. P. RUIN hoping Dagger would take me up.” Auditor General But inev | ger experienced from this was to lose most of her interest in | the war, and of weeks misfortune. (Copyright, 1930, Duffield and ed Dagger. Company) ome a Texas | An | Dagger's past | ter and tells news. “f an her BOYS LIFE SAVING CLASS Eleven boy ior life saving class at the Y. C. the | Chailon, R. Hama, V. Maitee, S. | Holmes, L. Willametz. They will 4 instruction. The class that pa: weeks. “Alexandra, if you please,” cor- rected her mother, “We shan't have to worr Alexandra's responsibility, Vaneering intervened mildly. * about Mr. | Claims Democrat up- | Seeks to Kill Party’s Organ- ization in Pennsylvania. shall be better off this evening witn Philadelphia, Sept. 22 (UP)—Au- | gitor General Charles A. Waters in |a statement made public here today | charged that John J. Raskob, chair- |man of the democratic national committee, was plotting to break down the republican organization in | Pennsylvania. and that the Phila- lile, Mr. Vaneering was at pains to | delphia republican leaders who have tentive, and Kitty gave her | failed to endorse Gifford Pinchot for companionship and saw to it that|the governorship were “traitors she met pcople and had sufficient | and playing into the democratic £ rtainment. | chairman’s hands. But the bulk of the people :\hr‘ “The recent utterances of Mr. met had nothing in common with | Raskob in Delaware with reference e to the Pennsylvania political situa- Always, too, she had Jack upon |tijon clearly indicate that he is sati: r mind. The night Mr. Vaneer- | fieq with the progress he is making ing had knocked upon her door, |in his efforts to break down the re- unwontedly excited — *Alix, Alix! | publican party in Pennsylvania and Washington just called me. Jack's|thereby weaken it for the next na- convoy is safe,"—she had buried | tional contest,” Waters' statement her in her pillow, biting the | aiq, linen to restrain the sobs that strug- ed for uttera B Jack went “It would be impossible for me {o enjoy a theatrical entertainment while my Jack was sailing for IF'rance,” returned' his wife. The day passed quicker than gger had expected. If her moth- er-in-law remained distant and ho. face YALE PLANS SCHEDULE New Haven, Sept. 22 (P—Yale University has completed its plans coming to the university this freshman class. A pro- of activities intended to ac- quaint the members of the class with one another and with the e: sentials of college life was announc- tods by the universit to the Front: he was signed to a Pursuit Group—down the curtain St. Mihiel, and a bricf announce- ment from First Army Headquar- “In combat over the enemy Captain John Vanecring, D. shot down his tenth plane.” Next a letter from Jack — he's ™ recelveal the Testontof Honor| S8 Heiy o He i or o s and a Belg decoration, More o class for the first time Wednesday The Argonne. A G B, o he Argorne. & morning at an organization meeting second communique, terse and mat- |1 B SE Gy T Walden A "““'!, Cap ‘1‘“‘“' °“;‘ “‘“[‘ | will officially welcome them to the ey s Als\ lerentn |university. The activities ‘of the fhomldown Miplimes T Siaeyen T Ivarions acpartments Wil ibe lexs and twelfth enemy planes. Today he destroyed an enemy observation | ble reaction Dag- incident she would have been ble had it not been for | an episode which occurred a couple | after the news of Jack's old friend reappears out of in tomorrow's chap- some startling have joined the jun- A. They are Joseph Meotti, William Worth, R. Petet, Edward Recono, L. Frank Miller, Remllett and report very Saturday morning for further sed ten hours of | instruction will have a test in two | plained to them at another meeting | CHINESE GENERAL DEAD AT NANKING Gen. Tan Yen-Kai Was Noted | Political Figure Nanking, China, Sept. 22 (P—The | geath was announced here today of | General Tan Yen-Kai, acting presi- |dent of the national government of |China in the absence of General Chi- |ang Kai-Shek, on the battlefront. General Tan Yet-Kai was one of | the most prominent figures in the na- tional government and long a_force for political advancement of China. He was a member of the executive committee of the Kuomintang and was as well known for his efforts in the interests of civic and educational advancement as for his military ac- complishments. General Tan Yen-Kai was one of seven ministers who took office in |the Nanking government September 20, 1927. The nationalist govern- ment was founded as a union of all the anti-communist forces within the Kuomintang party. ‘When the nationalists picked Gen- eral Chiang Kai-Shek as president Tan Yen-Kai was one of his ablest licutenants, who had the confidence of the foreign population and whose rapid military advances were re- ceived with encouragement, particu- |larly by the officers of the Yale in | China mission’ and college. Gen. Tan Yen-Kai in 1928, be- came an administrative member of the state council and in December, 1929, was reported succeeding Chi- ang as provisional president. He took charge of an immense project, in January of this year, to prevent a recurrence of famine and to provision large areas in which famine deaths were increasing. WELL BABY CONFERENCES The schedule for the well baby conterences conducted by the Visit- |ing Nurse association for the week | will be as follows: Tuesday, Northend school, Ellis street, volunteer assistant, Mrs. Clarence W. Manning; nurses in at- tendance, Miss Mabel Gates, Mrs. Hattie Recknagel. Wednesday, Elihu Burritt school, volunteer assistant, Mrs. L. C. Humason, Mrs. W. L. Humason; nurses in attendance, Miss Mabel Gates, Miss Mary Foley. Thursday, Washington school, vol- |unteer assistants, Mrs. Harry Hine, || CLEANED BY | Mrs. Harry Protass; nurses in at- tendance, Miss Mabel Gates, Mrs. Eva Backiel. Friday, East street school, vol- untary assistant, Mrs. Harold Tayn- tor; nurses in attendance, Miss Mabel Gates, Miss Anna O'Connell. DYSON'S NEW SONGS THRILL FAMED TEAM Ohman and Arden Pleased With Local Man’s Compositions A feature of the dancing party at Highland club in Meriden Satur- day pight, at which the dance or- chestra of Ohman and Arden, famed popular two-piano artists, provided the music was the playing of o songs in popular vein by Sturman Dyson of New Britain. A large number of New Britain residents were at the dance and the two numbers, which were entitled “It's a Wonder,” and “It Doesn't Matter,” received a big hand. The songs were written within the past week. Mr. Dyson, who is a well known local pianist, came to Gceorge Hahn, also of this city, with the tune of the first written on a piece of manuscript paper and in- qguired whether Mr. Hahn could or- chestrate it in time for the Ohman- Arden cngagement. The orchestra- tion followed. On Wednesday Mr. Dyson offered another tune and said he would like also to have that one ready for the following Saturday. This was done. Both tunes are catchy. The or- chestra players took them up with avidity and played them with telling effect, this after only a slight re- hearsal prior to the dance. Messrs. Ohman and Arden declared they would like to do something with the compositions in New York. OFFICER TAKES AUTO KEYS A 19 year old youth was found sitting in a parked car in a drunk- en condition early Sunday morning by Policeman John Smigel. The car was on Lyman street, and the offi- cer after receiving unsatisfactory re- plies from the youth, took the keys and registration certificate to the automobile to make sure that the occupant would not attempt to drive away while drunk. Officer Smigel turned the keys and certificate in at headquarters to be called for by the owner of the ma- chine. This is the second time that Officer Smigel has carpied out an action of this kind, in an attempt to cut down on the number of drunken drivers. Boyd and Connor Again Landbound at-Airport Charlottetown, P. E. I, Sept. 22 ()—Captain Erroll Boyd and Lieu- tenant Harry Connor, spending their second week of waiting here for weather which will permit them to fly on to Harbor Grace, N. F., and begin a transatlantic flight to Eng= land in the monoplane Columbia, were landbound again today. Unsettled weather prevented them from going on to Harbor Grace from the farmer's field where they wers forced to land many days ago when overtaken by bad weather on a hop from Montreal. WOMAN DIES OF INJURY Danbury, Sept. 22 (P—Mrs. Are thur O'Neil, 28, of 302 Prospect Park, West, Brooklyn, N. Y., died this forenoon at Danbury hospital, from injuries she received last night When she was.struck by an automo- bil> on the outskirts of this city. The cars of Mrs. O'Neil's husband and of Charles H. Ward of Bethel, were in- volved in a minor collision and Mrs, O'Neil was struck by the car of Reus ben Signor of Bethel, when his car skidded as he was stopping at the scene of the accident. Mrs. O'Neil was thrown several feet by the ime pact and was injured about the head. WOMEN IN CAMPAIGN Tstanbul, Sept. 22 (P)—Women are taking a prominent part, for the first time in Turkish history, in the cam. paign for the forthcoming municipal elections. The women voters are showing great personal activity and their names figure prominently in the eleca toral lists. There are several fema inine candidates for scats in the municipal council. KING CALLS ON KING San Rossore, Ttaly, Sept. 22 (Pl King Feisal of Irak called on King Victor Emmanued today and ree mained for lunch. Bennett Nelson Merchant Tailoring 55 West Main Street ANNOUNCEMENT We Are Ready to Furnish Your Domestic Help Without Any Cost to You and not very low. ey i e e S When Jack burst “I'm twenty-three, in upon her|she murmured. st sald Kitty. | agaln he caught her in his arms| But when she closed her eyes ‘t , and I haven' aven't |/ o ! balloon over Mont Sec. Like every other Ameri | Wednesday night. Conferences with their counsellors n, Dag- LAZZARO Cooks, Maids, Gardeners, Chauffeurs, 8tc. Let Us Solve Your Servant Problem s hugged hgr until she begged | wasn't Jack's face that swam misti- for mercy. He was more loving, |1y in front of her. Could it be How- more appreciative, than he had |apq's? ever been, she thought, walkins | or downstairs and into the drawing | giccping room beside him. His pride in her went far to miti- gate the strain of introductions 10 a dozen gu s, all relatives or fam- illy friends whose ames were | representative of the best known elements in New York society; hard-featured women, beautifully gowned, off-hand in manner; sleek, well-groomed men. One or two attempts to patronize her she squelched, quietly, and then the men, discovering that she could talk intelligently and knew how to handle herself, combined to encourage her. The women, on the contrary, couldn't quite forgive her youth and differentness. Kitty thought of getting married yet.” | “It is not the custom for girls to marry so young in the East,” re- maarked her mother. Her ga- dwelt bleakly upon Dagger's fca- tures, slightly flushed in the citement of the moment. were greatly surprised to head of Jack's marriage. “Well, it was a surprise to me,” Dagger responded merrily. “We find it a most delightful surprise,” Mr. Vaneering said hesi- tantly. “You are very welcome, my | dea “I didn't think Jack had the| taste,” - Kitly said. “Anyhow he| never showed it before.” “Oh, look here, now, protested mock-seriously. But there | was nothing mock-serious about his mother's icy comment: “I am sure, Kitty, your brother could have married any one of a| number of attractive girls. If you| please, we won't jest about mar- | riage.” lying a wusband, she conned the | sequence of her life, the many un- premeditated steps by which she had come from Ct high-walled chamber through windows of which beat the pulse of | New York's night-life. So far in| o short a time! What might the future hold for her? | " And suddenly she was glad that the future was a closed book. The past had held its tragedy. Best let | the future's leaves unfold from day to day. So at last, she slept, wak- ing in a flood of golden sunlight, | with Jack bending over her. | “Hi, little devil! Aren’t you in terested in me tod: Come on. | Breakfast is spread in the den.” | alone, was bluntly friendly Most of the day she spent with | “I like you, Alix.” called |, for lunckeon and an cross the table. “There isn't alearly dinner with the whole family, woman here who wouldn't talk her|yna an interval she, herself, sug. Dagger felt like a little girl, re- | Nad off if she had flown an aero- | gested, devoted by him to a v buked indirectly for something she | P10 | with his mother. When he left f hadn't done. | Jack spoke: |the ferry to Hoboken to board his | Iiyos, ) Mea) Vandering! sha s |l 1t wont S e long inow befgce!l bl b s ae i jacant ChimS 2ooabY| 6. “arid T want so to make o FOmen will bs doing evervthing | ith a contentmont that was bliss. hcosts ot it | that men co — from voting to cut- | ¢ ake beside he r; the | si she i ept | swelled, and the daily a Blanca to this | | melee, | with millions grappling in a death- | | w [ eering houschold! Telephones jang- | will occupy the yearlings Thursday and the next day they will report for their first recitation. Friday night a freshman rally will be con- ducted by the student council. Freshmen who have elected mili- tary or naval science will report to- morrow for physical examinations. ger was swept off her feet by the| rush of events that Fall, the steady thrusts of the Allied Armies, which chopping the German re: ance apart. Indecd, were tide of victory | communiques ] a totals of prisone nd guns taken and ground gained he became superstitious about her own investment in the titanic| With so many men dying, as the the 11 STORIES Philadelphia, Sept. 22 (2 A man who registered at the Hotel W | here as Hugh McBirney M battle from the Alps to the Channel | e Hons coast, with the skies constantly full | 4 buzzing, man-driven killer-wasps, | ver= g right had she to expect espe- | RALD CLASSIFIED safety for her J And she | sn't surprised when doom struck, | merarnsnny h For NN John Vaneering s in spital with sh a day that was in the Van- Epl l lit GULDENS ADS cial w Net kneecap What z ngers coming | stream. M. ling, and telegraph mes: going in a steady Vancering pulled every wire he could reach, and the next morning brought a cable from Jack, himself “Don't worry. Knee troublesomr [ but safe. 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We will take over your accounts for a nominal fee and insure collection with a Winimum THE SERVICE CREDIT & COLLECTION BUREAU 300 Main Street e il do ting their hair.” you, Alexandra, are one of the and pride of name.” “You mustn't dear,” Mrs. Vaneer| ger. “You belong looking forward daughter aren't you?” warming, His and dismissed the uneasines Mrs. derived from ception of her. everything we can atone for your losing Jack so soon. | It seems very unfair to you.” wouldn't stay home for anything,' “Oh, but 1 Dagger. “You want to: France “Certainly. the same “No, my corrected. tion you with Jack's he qu Any in the c dear, “And pe AUNT BY ROBERT QUILLEN B AvEE “T reckon J off dead than wife like Clara, kind o' surpris sister got a floral horseshoe for the coffin.” Copyright, 1930, A 7 what we family, the Vaneerings have a great to our closer ac- quaintance. After all, as much as Jack's w vour not not to discuss this topic mother.” | him,™ can for he replied. “You of course, ought to sohbed Kitly have gone with|now from | vas something to b ! worse This drew several quips the other men, and likewise from fo- | her harm. And that Mkful for ‘ Mustard . in New Britain New Britain, Conn. Phone 4593 cussed Klitty's attention on Jack,” st ey vou “On the wagon.” he returned. | >romised Dagger.” | Ty | Good work, Alix," | Kitty. But Mrs her chair. “If you will give Jack, we will leave to their coffee.” As Dagger women, she in- 1y What do v “Dagger. there's ¢ “I'm mot inte Mrs. Vaneering has a murderous sound. Chapter 15 STORM CLOUDS GATHER | Dagger's mother-in-law and k| had disappeared, evidently for ,.: private talk, and she found difficul- | feel lonely, my ing said to Dax- to us, and I am | applauded BIG NEWS, Paw./ N GERTRUDES GONNA B ATTEND MISS SMYTHES CULTURAL ACADEMY/ you are Vaneering thrust back smile was hear Dagger promptly she had Vaneering's re- | We wish to do you know, to me the your arm, gentlemen with the other her mother- have him = proteste 1 You sted further husband ueried. wife ircum any srmit to i cut him off It would feel hces.” wife,” he me to cau- POOR PA BY CLAUDE CALLAN HET Birds of a Feather MY STARS! WHO' THEM Two INFANTS IN THERE WITH THE BRAT < OH, THEM'S A COUPLE OF A CULTURAL ACADEMY KIDS CARRIE BRANG HOME ;TO SORTA LEARN GERTRUDE “THE ROPES/ WELL, WELL, WELL. HOWDY, LADIES ? HOowDY'? 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