The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 19, 1920, Page 7

WANT THIS HOME? Tt takes only $100 and @ job to become the owner, I bull the first | unit of this iene the front two) CHAPTER 1 Just then a man came into » ‘tha Ble RAGE tee manana Sergeant Rathbury—of New Scot} wae doing he found himself turning rooms, o ac y | office. ave napector a long and nto a * | . On my ‘acre Little Cit The Seren of Cray Picee Joftice, gave the inapector a x land Yar Into the Law Court | Farms in West Seattle. You move * |nod, at the same time exter t Breton turned to the detective 4S a | 8 a rule, Spargo left the Wateh-|nands towards the scrap of paper|with a look of surpris | fm and complete the place as fast as Otten ‘clock. The prise, BY | : man office at ‘clock hei which Spargo had just laid dow? Oh?" he said, “You wheh CHAPTER II You can; $200 cash and $15 per! paper had then gone to press, On t ", “rn to King’s Bench W Rathbury had been fumbling In + The Clue of the Cap Month will make you the owner, this casion, the morning of the! his pocket for th crap ‘of 4 of », 3918, it weil be [204 fee Mr, Heton,” he observed v ‘or the scrap ‘of gray Sparge went wandering aimiessty || Know of anything better in Seattle? ee in ne 3. 4 Fi sf 4 I'm going there, too," remarked] Pet "I wished to ask a ques about in the great hall until he sud I don't! Map and circular free i ha apr bullae liliadeaags| (od Mr. Breton,” he said, “This morn-|denty fo to face with Ron-| [| e@ Office ing, about @ quarter to three, @laid my | : * or gr OF ee a re The young barrister | J) ed in ie thee a car Ry Parse) man—elderly man—wan fi a | wa a8 encorting two young ladies, |I! and every H. C. PETERS ¢ rou Journalist,” the rald,|to have been murdered and ro ask a question | ampton row the Strand, | "M argo of the Watchm This! "There was nothing on him—but this] “you, suid c | : ‘ ne on hy i em,” waid Spargo, “Il remembered | f} 716 \hird Ave, | Fleet st. He » know several | le I Sergeant Ratht from|bit of torn paper. It's got your| that you mild you were coming up ARP ae Saal _. | foes, especially amongst the police,/the Y he said to Bpargo |name and addreas on it, Mr, Breton. here, and 1 came after you. I want Jand he formed the habit of exchang-| [t was now well into the morning | See?” -when you've time—to have a - greetings with them, jand the two men decided to break Breton took the paper and looked | tak iW On this morning, as he drew near| fast before going to Breton's cham-|at it with knitted browa, reton 1 “Lack: hate” We 2 < {to Middle Temple lane, he saw a po-|bers, but by 9 o'clock the two were} “Dy Jove.” he muttered. “So ft] said, “When this of mine is| OODS SALE |liceman he knew, one Driscoll,|climbing the old balustrade staircase |has; that's queer, What's he tke,|over, I can give you ax much time | at Istanding at the entrance, looking |of the house in King’s Bench Walk| this man? Jas you like, Can you walt a bit? abor hich n's chambers} “Will yo tep around and take! w 416 Hinckley Bldg. about him. _ we | ell, I any, do me a favor, I was A oven “What ts It? asked Spargo. were situated. \; look at bi mn, Mr Bretor Rath [taking these ladies to the gallery : y Quantities of U. S Army shirta,| Driscoll jerked a thumb toward! Unmistakable sounds of girlish |DUrY maid. “It's close by.” jand I'm a@ bit pressed for time, You | BA alive drab blankets, white blankets,|the lane. Within, Spargo saw a|'A¥Khter cam down the staircase eet the feet te. Sve OM Siteke: them a 00d fellow ith towels and tects are now on| mac - [Presently masculine laughter min-| Case on in Mr, Justice Borrow's| Here—1'll introduce you all—no cere gled with the lighter feminine. court.” Breton answered. “But !timony, Miss Aylmore—Miss Jensie sale, 3,500 regulation olive drab U “tle says.” answered Driscoll, por won't be called until after eleven.| Ayimore, Mr. Spar of the Watch. | ; S. Army reclaimed wool shirts and spin there—the porter—that a Seems to be studying law tn) yi | os Basg pers 9 ne Watch 1,000 boy's size are included in the man's lying in one of them entries |YerY Pleasant fashion up here, any-| a jan. Now I'm off! Breton turned | Jot. Mail orders will be filled as rap-|iown the lane, and he. thinks he's| WAY." said Rathbury. "Mr. Breton’s |», haga Shy cot daa [on the instant, and Spargo § idty as possible, The sale conducted | m ipdered.” chambers, too. And the door's| “TY himself staring at two «miling by « Lewis Wirek at ane | rae | open.” Breton turned to the inner door.| “That is very cool of Ronald, j Minekley building, Seattle, Wash, Spargo echoed the word | TU—-I'l Just tell these ladies I'n | served the elder, “Pray n't Spargo and the detective obtained @ full view of the interior of Mr. | Ronald Breton’s rooms, There. “You're a newspaper man, sir?” | Driscolt suggested 20 Years 20 i ions nanguae cagmsee Against a barkground of law books “You'd better walk down with us."| they saw a pretty girl, w perched SEATTLE’S LEADING DENTIST] | caig Driscoll There'll be some|on a chair, wigged and gow was thing to write about.” neuing an imaginary § BY EDWIty J. 196 CO! jury, Each man maa! man who had his back to the door The Uttle procession to to the amusement of a young halt at the entry |his own thoughts as he contem.|4nd of another girl who leant confi |plated the piece ‘of human wreck: | dentially against his shoulder |age which lay before him. | “T put it to you, gentlemen of the Suargo was taking in details with |JUTY, can you, on your consctences, a professional eye. He saw at his|@° my cllent the great wrong, the feet the body of an elderly man; it|!Treparable injury, the—the came 1 am now 20th mile ste dentist in Year after year my jee has grown, . 3 have remod- my offices to pro erly care for th ever-growing prac- |__He disappeared into the next room suppose one talk jand came back a moment Iater. [the judge enters?’ he whispered, | The mortuary to which Rathbury|and Miss Jeanie responded with | led the way was repellant to the|pleasant commonplace until Miles/ ByJS Fletcher CoPpyRIGHT, 1919 BY ALFRED A eerie pty Se RED A, KNODE INC; in Middle Temple lane, He app Breton stopped; his eyes seemed to going out for « quarter of an hou “Oh, it's all rig he sald. “They're going over to the| “I've nothing to do.” court with me—I got my first brief} Spargo led the two young ladles yesterday,” he went on with a boy-|to the very front of one of oo sald Spargo. | ish laugh. “It's nothing much—but| public galleries from which I promised my fiance and h | re tmy nee and hear proceed that they should be present, He dropped into a erat at! kn A moment ® Jensie Aylmore'’s mide epee ow. M until! gay sense of the summer morning.|Aylmore suddenly drew her atten. | | | features. “ tee. was clothed in a sult of grey tweed | “Think of some more adjectives” 4 bot i ot toss —and the boote were good claimed the young man. “Hot and! : to be able to h Beems to me," Driscoll said |"TOOs “uns—pile ‘em up. That completed a slowly, “he’a been struck down from what they like—they—Hullo!™ organization ‘ Stile that will Ret behind as he came out of here : f ford every orphan ter get the inspector and the am-|‘*°t that at this point of the pro . child and every ceedings the detective rapped lance.” needy person an op- narsuaniend portunity to hav their teeth r for without them. If I complish shail feel pave done |whereupon there was a Spargo was taking in details with | signe and awishing of skirts, and and ambulance arrived. Then he ja hasty bolt into an inner room. Mr followed the little cortege thru the! Ronald Breton came forward to streets. greet the interrupter. The police surgeon said that the “Come in, come in’ thing ee ei a dead germ we Lege ae been | hastily, “I—" |where that cap came from, you | jordship.” | c! . BROWN stack down from ind by a ter] Then, catching sight of Spargo ow 7 bit or | Spargo a. ‘ 106 Columbia St. tithe blow. In Driscoll’s opinion the |he held out his hind. . boca bad bese oy Bg ge | wh ogee seg Bar Pong ol murder had been committed for the! “Oh—Mr. Spargo? he eaid. “How|here at 12 o'clock I'll tell you ar . a rato a Rbeghoeas sake of plunder, It was reasonable|do you do?-—we—I—we were just|thing I've heard. ot mensenaie ts hte — | to suppose that a man who is well-/ having a lark—I'm off to court {n| “I'll meet you here,” said Spargo. iis Geo dedietinn co tah [dressed would possess @ watch ond/a few minutes, What can I do for| He watched Rathbury go away | enid': tumieava aa” Sreenoel jebaia, and have money in his/ your round one corner; he himself |acquaintance when be awoke to the pocket. But there was nothing} “How do you o™ eaid Spargo|denly set off round another, and/ract that Mr. Justice Borrow wnat valuable to be found—no letters, nothing, save a scrap of paper with jan address scrawied tn pencil» lowly. “I came here with Detect! Spargo with a quick jerk of his head. “T | know this man,” he said. | | The inspector showed new inter est. “What, Mr. Breton?” he asked. “Yes. I'm on the Watchman, you | know, sub-editor. I took an article from him the other day.” THAT OLD STORY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO SAVE ANYTHING OUT OF YOUR PAY, IS NOT TRUE.| ANDREW CARNEGIE SAID “A MAN WHO CANNOT) SAVE A LITTLE EACH DAY, CANNOT DO ANYTHING |], ELSE WORTH WHILE.” if Many a young person receiving a small salary thinks and| es like this: “It is no use for me to try to save. I/]} have a hard time to get along as it is, and what little I) could save would never amount to anything.” This is absolute folly. The difference between success and failuro in life is! very often only a matter of a few cents a day and “stick- | ing to it.” | This bank has 22,000 satisfied savings depositors. | | life of the clothes. $1.00 will start you. WASHINGTON era | } Established 30 Years. 810 Second Ave. | Assets $11,500,000.00. + | | | | ing on the electricity. to wring the clothes taining bluing water. TRUSTEES TE. G. Amon Henry R. King C.F. Vilas dot T. Ce William A. Peters ¥. W. West F. B. Finley } Is Shannon David Whitcomb | Me Raymond 1 ‘ames Sha: Bugene B. Favre, Spokane L. O, Janeck, No, Yakima F. K, Struve William Thaanum feminine | This exclamation arose from the} he exclaimed |sent a man to Fiskie’s, the hatter's| FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET The “1900” Cataract Takes the Rub Out of Washing —and by ¢liminating rubbing it prolongs the The oscillating tub of the the water through the clothes in a figure- eight motion—and in eight to ten minutes the clothes are clean, requiring no attention” from the housekeeper other than putting | them in with the hot, sudsy water, and turn- The clothes are then run through the elec- trically-driven wringer into the tub of rins- | ing water, which is to be ready beside the | Cataract, and the wringer | into another tub, con- ‘Through the wringer drying, and the laundry is done. | | All at a cost of but a few cents for electricity. | Spargo shivered involuntarily, But|tion to a man who had just entered the young barrister showed no signs) the well of the court. of feeling or concern; he stepped | “Look, Je of observed. | alertly to the side of the dead man “There's Mr | and looked earnestly at the fixed) Spargo looked down at the Person | lindicated, an elderly, ven amoo| No! he said with decision. “Don't}man, who, wigged and gowned, was know him—don't know bim from|siowly making his way to a corner Adam." | neat | The young barrister hurried away! “Do you know Mr. Elphick, Mr.| eg Rathbury turned to the journal. | Spargo?” inquired the younger Mins | y Aylmore, “He is Ronald's guardian wt @ian't expect anything from) “ifere ts Ronald,” whispered Miss | that." he remarked. “Howeve?, I've! Aylmore. “And here,” said her sister, “is his | Already giving judgment in Ronald | Breton'’s favor. In another minute [he was walking out of the gallery mm rear of the two sisters, Downstairs, tn the corridor, Ron- ald Breton was talking to Mr. Eb “This le Mr. Spargo of the Watch man,” Breton eald. “Mr, Elphick— Mr. Spargo. I was just telling Mr. Elphick, Sparge, that you saw this poor man noon after he was found.” | | Spargo, glancing at Mr. Elphick lnaw that he was deeply interested | “My dear sir." he sajd. “You— saw this poor fellow? Lying dead} in the third entry down Middle | Temple lane? The third entry, eh?” Yes,’ replied Spargo. “It was |the third entry." “Singular,” sgid Mr. Elphick. “T know a man who lives in that |house, In fact, I visited him last jnight, and did not Igave until near. ly midnight. Do you think I could jPossibly see—the body? at the mortuary,” answered Spargo. “I don't know what their | | | regulations are.” (Continued tomorrow) ‘City’ s Nerve Center Eight Stories High| Seattle's conversational nerve cen- | |ter will be at Third ave, and Sene ca st. after March 1, 1921 AH “Our new $1,000,000 eight-story |§} central exchange building wil! | ted by then explal nt Me Yeggs Refuse to Stay for Visitors When Supt, A. R. Allen and wife rattled the r of the Fale Co. 1018 Fourth ave | ning they frightened | rackers at work In= | Allen ed the blinds | and heard men running to’ back. Inside he found the t safe tion knob knocked off th \Druggist Faces Federal ‘Charge | Druggist He R. L, Cole, proprietor for th Liberty pharmacy, 1014] Cataract forces store locked up. ficer he squad dry grain a py." Republicans Will Pow-Wow Feb. 12 They said ol to a dry will attend the annual Lincoln day banquet of the Young Men's Re- publican club at Masonic temple. 'His Corn ‘Whisky Proves Attractive Kromery, 40, @ painter, was joss of his last bateh rn whisky mash today, He s arrested at .his home, Reinier ave. and Norfolk st, after a raid \by dry squad officers Saturday. may be reversed been out, gr eving the again for the final ~Bleetrical Gogda Bretion, —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE The man who gets there acts as others, Mayor Pulls for State republicans will pow wow ursday, Febrnary 12,} Mayor Fitzgerald today went on} 0 ¢ nization plans and] record in favor o: fix the date and place for the state] neopte the proposed $750,000 bond | convention, In the evening they) on’ ny and playfield. tm= provements State Editors May State editors may hold thetr 192 meeting steamer If proposals made he annual banquet of the pepe his own crutch; he doesn’t ican on| State Press association at the uni- versity Saturday night are adopted, Rs emember - the at ‘Time. ig Mone ; Beng’ arieesy 1a hls PAGE 7 a FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET | DOWNSTAIRS STORE Lavishly Lace-trimmed are these Envelope Chemises at $1.00 HADOW lace motifs, Valen- ciennes lace inser- tion, ribbon-run beading and edge trim a particularly dainty Envel- ope Chemise of soft lin- rerie cloth, at $1.00. 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