New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1930, Page 16

DAGGER by Mary Dahlbe;-g Synopsis: Dagger, Marley, high- spirited young Texas girl, meets love and tragedy twice before she . is twenty-one. Blaine whom she rescued from some Mexi- can insurgents on the border and loved hopelessly, is Killed on the .. Western Front in France. Captain John Vaneering, aviator, whom she later married, dies in an airplane crash. Bue she cherishes most the memory of Howard. Dagger visits Dick Welling in Paris, an old t'rls‘nd‘ of her childhood on a ranch, now an English lord and married to Blaine ~ Howard's widow, Emily. She meets the Duc de Pontoise, French gen- eral who was a friend of both How- ard and Vaneering and he in turn falls in love with her. ** French fashion he propos through his aunt, Princes: Rakov- ski, but Dagger says she cannot marry him. Nevertheless the Dué ion to plead his own s first “hapter THE DUC TELLS OF HIS LOVE DePontoise waited upon Dagger the next day. He was his usual self, except for a slightly tense look about his mouth, and a tinge of color in his cheeks, mirrored in Dagger's own. There was, 0o, & . formality in his manner which he ~ had abandoned since they had tablished terms of idtimacy. Sol- cierlike, he went abruptly to his subject. “My Tante spoke with you ves- terday,” he said. “Yes, Raoul.” “I regret that I must seem pre- cipitate,” he continued; “but as you - have no relative within reach “I am my own mistress,” she re- ‘ piied kindly. “Anything you have to say you may say to me, but per- - haps I should warn you itated— “T told the Princess—— “Please,” he interrupted. " repeated your conversation. have a hope that you will do me ‘the honor to consider seriously what I have to say to you.” Dagger bit her lip. Thig was go- ~ing to he even harder than she had anticipated. “I am glad to listen to said. ¢ He bowed, with the stiff dignity . which so became him in moments - of embarrassment. “You permit that T address my- " self directly to you?” “It you will,” she replied faint- ‘nly. “I am afraid that this will only “* make for your unhappiness.” ' “No, no,” he denied. “I find hap- piness, at least, in being afforded the opportunity to tell you that I .love you." She closed her eyes, so poignant- Iy did she feel the light that shone in_his. He did love her, loved her splendidly. Why was she unable to return a love so fine? Must she live under an evil star, which would lifelong deny her the happi- “ness which .came to other women no worthier than she? “If I might answer you as you wish, Raoul!” she explaimed. “Perhaps you will yet,” he re- turned, undaunted. “I have loved you since the first afternoon I saw you. Doubtless it is enough that I say that, but if 1 may, I will add that I have never met a woman I would rather offer my name to. You will not misunderstand me, Degger. We think the same about these matters. tunity to you, not a means of grati: fying social ambition. And you and T might achieve more together . than separate.” ©“I am sure of it,” she agreed. And as he started forward cagerly, “No, Raoul, that means only so much, You see, I cannot love you.” “Perhaps not as I love you,” he amende “but I will teach you to ~love. It will come. Our hearts shall kindle it."” “Not mine.” She strove for ~. phrases not too cruel. "I shall never love again.” “You? So young?’ He was “ startled. “But therc are long years before you. “What have ye to do with that?” she retorted passionately. “It s suffering, knowledge, that makes age.” De Senac regarded her uneasily “If 1 have trespassed,” he said, “I must apolog Your husband is not long Not he,” she denied “There was another? “Yes.” And after an “Howard.” De Senac looked away from and she was at pains to keep cyes down lest they see the Lis face. " “I might have known,” said ruore to himself than to her “You have spoken of him. And you are _of the = breed.” His heels clicked together. “You will forgive me if I say one thing more, Dag- ger?” &he murmured her assent. you,” she her, he ame Howard, | In the | es- | Raflk is an oppory¥ interval— | her pain in | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1930. “It is not easy to say. You will not misunderstand me? Mercl! I thought much ot Howard. He was | my friend. So I would not belittle your feeling for him. But he is | | dead— | “Not to me,” she cried with a pas sion of conviction that shook her | voice. “He is as much alive in my heart as he ever was. I married |Jack because I thought Jack was like him—and because 1 wanted to orget, I suppose. I learned my | mistake—it was mine, not Jack's. |T won't make another one, Raoul |'on, believe me, I should onfy ruin | your life, any man's life, if I promised to marry again.” | “There is no hope for me?" askedy, “I am as much Blaine Hows fe as if I shared the same | she answered. “Not that!"” De Senac shuddered “It is unthinkable that one so young and alive should be united to a dead man’s memory. Ah, Dagger, think | 2gain! Take time—travel. But wipe this thing from your heart. It he | grave," | | monstro | | ot to me,” she denied gravely. | | “But if you ever conquer it may I | ;nol come to you again?" | She was moved by the note of | pleading. Not like Raoul de Sena | to plead with anyone “If T ever do,” she agr I shall not.” You will let me come and sce * he pressed Chis shall not | | o a barrier between us? | “Never, Raoul. But as for seecing we—T shan’t be here. | The misery in his face waé piti- | ful. “Have Y driven you from Paris’ | he asked. “I had meant so to make it yours.” “You have done more for me than anyone else,” she answered. “You even made me forget my mi sion.” “And what is that?” “A pilgrimage.” She smiled for- | lornly, with an effort brightened her | expression. "I am going to visit | three other of Blaine's friends. | | There are four of them. You were the first. Did he tell you of them? De Senac nodded. “Those he sought interpret a philosophy of life? But yes! I have some recollection of them. But they are not easily come at, Dagger. One is in Algeria, a gun- runner, a secret agent. hat is not | so difficult, to be sure, and T can give you letters to our administra- ters—" | Thank you, hut T want no let- |ters,” denied Dagger. "A pilgrim | r-akes his own way.” | A dangerous business.” de Senac | | deplored. “There is an old Buddhist | monk in India, I recall. India is| | not so safe for white women as it | used to be. And Chang, who rules | in Sung-liv, is as much bandit as | prince. Yon should not go alone.” | “A pilgrim s sacred,” insisted | Dagger. | “But what is your purpose?” “I don't know exactly. en my memories of Blaine, perhaps. | To bruise my feet in the paths he | trod. To brush my wits against ‘lhr: wits that sharpened his. To | | grow more like him, to understand | him bette | And he is dead:” | To me it is as if he we T think he will become as [ follow his paths.” De Senac was speechless the fervor of her expression. “This is the spirit of a Jeanne @'Arc,” he muttered. “And, what a Frenchwoman you would make!” Dagger laughed softly. “How like a Frenchman to | that! . I am an American, Raoul. | shall always be an American. He stepped forward quickly. | snatched at her hand. momen | torn free from his habitual re | “You shall remainsan | it you will be my Duche he promised. “Com Da, ) make your pilgrimage together. will not be jealous of Howard. will both learn as he learned. whatever else we learn, we learn to care for each other.” here were {ears in her eyes. “If 1 might, Raoul! Oh, you will believe, won't you, that it hurts me ts hurt you? You are very dear. If it wasn't for—— But T can't say any more. TForgive me!"” His eves met hers fully and frank- his shoulders snapped back. Always T shall love you,” he said his voice that, modulated as it vet held the resonance of the barrack - parade. He bent and touched his lips to the hand he held. “Adieu!” H left could stz is “But | you to | re alive. more alive before say B serve, American, 1 And will [ 1y | in | was, the answer room hefore nim, and for she was tempted to r and summon him But use would it serve? Dagger N in- fter hack Chapter 2 INTO MYSTERIOUS AFRICA A sirocco was blowing AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLEN “I enjoy a I about as good as any cept I kind o' mis Abner's ‘Amens’ an’ Deacon Brown's snorin’.” Copyright, 1930, Publishers Syndicate —— x | City, | shopping trip in the Old | must conduct her to the shop of the | To fresh-{’ | interested can | Wwe | |POLLY AND HER PALS what | 1s Dagger's | steamer raised the skyline of Al-| giers, and the scorching breath of | the wind appealed to her as typi-| ying the hot heart of Africa. Ashore she found herself world that might have been bodily out of the Thousand and One Nights. The Old City, the native quarter, was a maze of lanes and alley by a few streets of ordinary width, thronged with Avabs from the country in white burnouses; town Arabs in gaudily | embroidered vests and baggy Lreeches; Irenchmen in European diess; a motley crowd Next day she procured a guide, and undertook to explore the Old grouped under the Kasbah. Her first objective, of course, was find Sidi Marut, Howard’s Arab triend, but she was not inclined to cmphasize her quest unduly, and several days had passed hefore she casually inquired of the man whether he knew him. He admitted this at once, reveal- ing some curiosity as to Dagger's interest. Everyone "knew the Sidi, it seemed; he was a great man, a| lord. Bometimes he was away for periods; it was said that he visited the remote oasis behind the Tripo- litan ' desert, where the Senussi dwelt, upholding their fiercely pro- testant Mohammedanism against Christian and fellow-religionist as | well. When he was in Algiers he | was to be met in a certain sword- | mith's shop in an alley off the Rue | Pab-cl-Oued. In her desire to avoid notice, Dag- ger said no more of the But after a week or two she in a lifted contrived matters so that her guide sword h mith which the Sidi made his | adquarters. Off to one side was forge, where a man and a boy | [1abored with anvil, hammer and bel- | |lows; in front there was a small| room, hung with swords of sort Behind other every this 1 space, which wa showroom was an- somewhat larger, occupied by several men, drinking coffee. One of them was the shop’s proprictor, a dignified | Arab of the pure breed, who came out to wait upon Dagger; the others were of the same stamp, distinctly above the mercantile class. Their faces wi lonz, aquiline; their beerds white and well trimmed. | One was treated with what seemed | t) Dagger to be a subtle measure of | deference, She bought several weapons, and asked to be permitted to sce the work of the smith in the side room. he proprictor assented very cour- tecusly, and Dagger watched for a | while the most fascinating process she had ever beheld; the beating and tempering of crude metal into a thing of beauty and merciless | strength. She became so interested | that she forgot the coffee drinke nd was startled when a voic poke behind her in the English of an Oxford man: “Do you understand M:damc She turned to confront the man she had fancied was accorded defer- o1 ce “Qpite well," she ing. “It Is unusual for a the process answered, smil- | woman o he in such work,” the Arab centinued, “especially a woman of | | the west. for whom the sword has | 1ost. its romance.” “Oh, no,” Dagger protested. “Th sword can naver lose ifs romance. It is the symbol of war.” The Arab's eyes flashed. “Ho, well-said!"” He spoke swift- |1y in Arabic to the proprictor, who likewise stiffened. “I am telling my triend what you say.” he explained. To us of the d the sword is that. More, it is the symbol of man's honor—or a woman's virtue.” | said to resolving suddenly “For o 1 Dagger. plunge deep. can | that a| ‘I might say that it is my name,” | The | he exciaimed. | the sekkin i the vy if you | Lady of the straight and slender, and there is of humbly. you.” termini you nof "his re Yes: “we the gui To the ntenc reom v my 1 yes d ce. He I “Ah, Sid He fu in woman. est wol d plained | fizht in hin: ) China ried cried T will, t spirit.’ nme show did. ¥ I T “Dev and there youn m d o 80 not to th | shall n sidi?” me He n geria? e No, hay to, kno Yo her, | Mussul them | purpos | vave a | teach | her lik, friends T f |am Dagger.” You ask if 1 “I am he You friend,” she cried cagerly. was my | you nis sister? Only a woman who loved him, stroked his “I came ‘And you? " he asked “I want you to tell me of Howard, me where he went, what he it T pattern after him, T shall find the happiness vour people,” she versation | Chiristic to o £ this g Arab laughed. taghan. DBut were Lance, “Lalla Yataghan, we should say, “Or Lalla Sekkin- smaller in blade than perhaps would be more truthfully described Lella Mezrag — the for you are ery in your eyes.” guide had followed this ev ing, and he moved forward as Arab ceased speaking. “With submission, “The Lalla is unknown to tion with to plunge Marut?" the ng t Sidi time you come to seck Sidi will talk,” he des: ““Wait propristor he in Arabic, vas promptly e Madame? in the ident mi: Sidi,” he “But perhaps you are known to me, at least,” Dagger broke in, de- deeper. Arab's eyes re- rded her coldly, questioningly. recently to Al- Madame?” he asked. Marut. His eyes bored into hers. said. added a and the emptied. bowed to Dagger: “If you will honor friend, modations are able that we remain here.” He arranged cushions for her to The ac poor, yet it is advis And t stree you a sgiv- the said “Are swift rear He com- nd placed a pot of coffee on brazie once m dering welt wers b bent forward. yes, we were many a night we have stars, and talked of what shall be- come of the People of the Book. He And you? brother. his life. A He could hav n in the desert—— But he elt in his tent alone after that,” on And ain, T think." 0 he parted with me to journey India—and A few men he his problems to."” Yes, T remember what you said,” sure of Allah's “He ¥France was there the dagger. hen Kkiss Perhaps, enied.” Sidi frowned. otion is an ¢ in women; life in as you, Lalla. him," she inlk of ans be foolish. na 0 anywher nade it I want expl desert re of w the ou not a in The Senussi i Roumis mans alike. puri 1 the purpose, it to me? * His ¢ a rifie bullet. nother time, but you I w she Tut you T will do what vou have Wife? beard excellent store another one answer Y we Then upon i ore his her m Sidi Marut,” he He stood up, and offéred her a hand. “You shall hear from me, but do not speak of this. You must trust me.” (Copyright, 1930, Duffield and Co.) Will Sidi Marut consent to take Dagger into the desert and teach her its secrets? Tomorrow's chap- ton tells. PLANS DISCUSSED FOR 1983 RACES Ale Manufacturer May Become Challenger of Yacht Cup York, Sept. 29 (UP)—The Guiness family of England, which made its fortune in ale and stout, may take up the task of attempting to win back the America’s Cup, in which Sir Thoma§ Lipton failed. Preliminary conversations, looking towards a challenge for a race to be held possibly no sooner than 1933, are now in progress. No challenge, however, has yet been lodged and none will be until English vachts- men and the New York Yacht club agree upon the details. Not only is the Guiness family in- terested, it _was learned Saturday. bit one of the leading French Yacht New Howard's | clubs has put out “feclers” to de- friends. t under “As I recall, there was no woman wife e had.the his wa was talk knew he sword of What seck you from vi but su for or Set your on the path of wifehood.” t “If a man touches my heart T will “The Dancing Silhouette” Rated wered. will, 1 Will you an impatient gesture. But what?" he demanded. to sec. The ained, “1 Howard the Senussi again bored into hers. subject Algiers,” for he reb: re dreaded apostate nd will world ‘If they have a purpose, if you will it do harm to asked. was sh We wil Lalla. ould ur place re How Iook in T can.” say Were thought- But Dagger ex- you did m Fr as safe as the Midi." to see the life of m of disregard of the Prophet's To a Ho, r the no fair- ay to not of car- the yself rtue, irely, 1e S0 feet | I do ut 1 help “Al- You ench of want aid | con- uked by fore the ot at 1 talk ‘Go. in vard's your termine what might be done in the way of arranging a French chal- lenge for the cup. If the French do challenge it will be the first time that any country other than Great Britain has essayed to win the tro- phy emblematic of world yachti supremacy. inglish and American yachtsmen, interested in cup competition, have been meeting at the. New York Yacht club this week, discussing rules for future races. It was learn- ed on good authority that they were praktically agreed on four major changes in the rules under which the 1930 cup series was run. These changes are. Approval of all metal yacht. Limitation of the waterline length | of yachts to 63 feet. For the 1930 | race 76 feet was the length. Approval of mechanical devices below decks such as were used on the defender Enterprise. Limiting of the crew to 20 insteal of 33 which latter figure was the limit this year. These changes, yachtsmen said, would greatly reduce the cost of building and sailing the yachts. It was estimated that a boat could be built under the proposed new re- quirements for as little as a quarter of a million doltars. This year's | its cost nearly $1,000,000. | | TORUN N HERALD 8s Thrilling Puzzler atalie Sumner Lincoln, popular of thrilling mystery ro- mances, is the author of the next serial for Herald rcaders. “The | Dancing Silhouette,” an unusua story of love and tragedy, will start Eriday, October 3. The scene of the novel is Wash- ington, D. C.. which is Miss Lin- coln’'s home city. Almost in the shadow of capitol, a famous physician under baffling circumstances. defined suspicions point toward a solution but the investigators are blocked at every turn. In a supposedly deserted section of the mansion of mystery, a weird flgure is seen one night danc- ing with wild fervor. shadowed inst a dimly lit window and "he Dancing Silhouette” becomes wr the dies Well- |the chiefs of the movement flay the |the crowd. a Kkey to the solution of the puzzle. USEE. HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS CUBAN BANKS GET FINDS FROM L. 5, Money Is Shipped by Plane, Rail and Gunboat Havana, Sept. 29 (#—Members of the Hhvana Clearing House associ- ation today had $45,000,000 in cash available to protect them from pos- sible runs growing out of suspen- sion of two of the cgpital's largest banks Saturday. Rushing to the aid of the beleag- uered institutions, the Federal Re- serve bank at Atlanta yesterday made two shipments of $5,000,000 and $11,000,000 by train, airplane, and a Cuban gunboat, and a third shipment, by a secret route, of $9,- 000,000. The bank already had available in its Havana branch vaults here about $20,000,000 so that $45,000,000 can be used to restore confidence anl meet all ‘demands upon the eight clearing house members if needed. The first shipment rceived yester- day afternoon, camd.by airplane, for the second shipment the Cuban gun- boat Cuba went to Key West where the gold had been brought by train and picked it up for transportation to Havana. E. R. Black, governor of the At- lanta Federal Reserve bank, one of those accompanying the Key West shipment said the Banco Del Com- ercio, first of the Cuban banks ‘o close Saturday, would not share in | the shipment until it had establish- ed credit in New York. This bans was a member of the Clearing House association until recently. Special forces of Federal Reserve bank employes worked all night to be ready for the opening of the banks today. Creed Taylor, deputy governor of the Atlanta bank, and two members of the staff there, Charles Walker and P. Schuseler, will remain with Mr. Black in Ha- vana until the financial tangle is straightened out. SPANIARDS URGE ALFONSO T QUIT Stage Mass Meeting in Favor of New Republic Madrid, Sept. 29 (#—Republjcans of Sgain were roused today to great- er efforts to end the monarchy, as ry appeals of their leaders in the Id bull ring here Sunday echoed throughout the land. Twenty thousand persons, 10,000 | of them from outside the city, jam- med the arena in a meeting made possible only a few days ago with the lifting of the censorship and the ban on free speech. They heard I monarchy and espouse a republic in what was said to be the greatest re- publican demonstration in recent years. Delegations from every part of Spain were present, most of them carrying banners with slogans print- ed in large type. The red, yellow and purple, republican colors, were ev- rywhere about the bull ring. Omi- nously vet unused even as a threat, muzzles of machine guns poked from vantage points commanding Perfect order was maintained, al- though some of thc speeches were inflammatory in the extreme. Civic guards, police, and plain clothes men watched over the assemblage but were not called on for more than ordinary police duties. When th: meeting was over the crowd dispers- ed without untoward incident. Profess Chaos The orators professed to see Span- ish politics in a chaotic state, with the monarchy weakening, and a, public in the offing. Several speak ers attacked King Alfonso violent s being responsible for “the pre |ing vamped by every indication that he is going toy ®nuckles, ent unsatisfactory political situ- ation.” Alejandro Leroux, leader of the radical wing of the republican par- ty, said Alfonso should be adyised that the solution of the situation lay “entirely within the king's hand: and he alone can prevent a tragedy. Alcala Zamora, representing the liberal republicans, said “the king should take account of the present conditions and abdicate before blocd stains” his history. Marcelino Do- mingo, representing the Catalan re- publicans and the radical socialists, was another speaker. FARMER'S PLOW UNEARTHS RUINS Mosaic Floor Picture Shows Hercules Vamped by Sirens Ttalica, Spain, Sept. 29 (A — A mosaic floor picture of Hercules be- the sirens, with be lost unless he runs away from temptation very quickly, has been found in excavations of the luxurious dilla of some wealthy Roman who ced here 2,000 years ago. # The excayations of what was onde a great Roman city herg, under way for some years, have revealed one of the largest known ancient amphi- theaters, not excepting the city of Rome itself. The Italica arena seat- ed some 20,000 persons in the days when Christians and slaves were thrown to fight wild beasts and glad- jators battled to death with metal some of these appurte- fighting being 1 nances of Roman p found nearby. This coloseum and subsequently Italica were discovered because a farmer's ploy ran into an immov- able stone as he was opening up a hillside farm. He dug to get the | stone out, but the more he dug the more stone he found. It was part of one of the huge walls of the am- phitheater, which had been filled in by the natural accumulation of cen- turies, and had become a grassy, wooded hill, looking just like any of the other eminences in this re- gion. Any of the hills may hide other ruins, it is said. After years of work this hill was cut away and the am- phitheater exposed. Archaeologists still are at work all around, and have many years of work ahead of them. They have dug out the caves where lions were kept for the Chris- tians. They have found busts of Hadrain and of Scipio Africanus, who found- ed the place. They are concentrat- ing now on unearthing the remains of the villas of ancient Roman lux- ury, with beautiful mosaic floors, fountains and baths. Much recon- struction work necessary to re- assemble the floor mosaics, but they are being put together skilfully by experts of the provincial archaeolo- gical society and visitors can with increasing fidelity something of what the old Roman splendor must have been here. SORITNTE Flashes of Lif L ashes of Life 2 ; Philadlephia—Bill Sullivan, who started a one-man line outside Shibe park Saturday, would rather see a see world . series game than eat. He is fasting while waiting for the first bleacher ticket to be sold. He waits in a rocking chair equipped with um« brella, goloshes, shaving equipment and slippers. He spent part of Satur« dany night in jail because a cop saw a fire in the gutter near the chair. Bil' was let out when it developed that not he, but boys, had started it. Valetta, Malta—Arthur Rizzo has finished a swim that lasted 68 hours 11 minutes. He quit when satisfied that he had shown up P. K. Ghosh of Calcutta, who swam 67 hours 10 minutes. Mexico City—Having remained in the federal district building four days without food, 121 street clean- ers believe they have won a strike. The government has promised to look into the cases of 15 discharged white wings. New York—Can a golf ball be hit 300 yards? The New York Daily News offered an automobile or $500 to anybody whose average of two drives with and against the wind was 300 yards or more. The best average was that of Byron Harcke, who hit 282 and 265. The longest was 288 by Newt Brown with the wind. Newport, R. 1.—There's to be a big golf tourney on a fashionable little course next month. Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt Church is to hold a com= petition on her country estate for charity. New York—Miss Natica De Acosta who was adjusted the most beauti- ful debutante two years ago, is to make her début on the professional stage tonight. John Barrymore, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Cornelius Van- derbilt, Jr. constituted the beauty committee. S. S. Mauretania—For one tennis racqet, $960. It's the one with which Betty Nuthall won the American Women's championship. She gave it for a charity auction in midatlantic and it was sold twice. An incentive to bidders was her demonstration of strokes with it. New York—Edward Johnson, tens or, and Yvonne Gall, soprano, are in- clined to think that brilliant flowers improve singing. They have made an experiment singing in the midst of orchids. Frascati, Ttaly—All the wine one wished to drink, for nothing! On the | feast day of the grapes, in the vine- |vard district, wine flowed all day | from a fountain in each town. Any= | body could have as much as he liked |at the fountain. None could be taken away except intarnally. DOLORES DEL RI0 NOW CONYALESCING IN HOME fotion Picture Star's Iliness More | Secrious Than Admitted At First—Crisis Past Hollywood, Sept. 29 (UP) — Dow lores Del Rio, screen actress, was reported convalescing today from a serious illness that has confined her to her home six week: The actress yesterday passed the | crisis of her illness, which was more grave than had been previously dis- | closed. Miss Del Rio was stricken with an attack of acute puelitis, which lat times resulted in a temperaturs | of 105, a bulletin issued by Drs. E. C. Fishbaugh and Leo Berger safd. She will need at least another menth to recover.” She was declared slightly ill from omething she ate” several weeks ! ago. = WEST MAIN ST. Between Russell and Cedar Streets Seven room apartment. heat furnished. Renta] $65. Entirely up to date, steam W. L. 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