The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 26, 1923, Page 11

ed gold otly - , MONDAY, MARCH 26 wn THE The Unfamiliar Triangle BY E, PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM Copyright, 1922, by B. Phillips Oppenheim Arrgt. N. EB. A. Bervioa, Ino, Vendetta begins between Michael Sayers, noted criminal, and Sir Norman Greyes, once of Scotland Yard, when Sayers’ beautiful housemaid, Janet, saves him from Sir Norman by shooting dead an officer sent to arrest him, | ¥*iked stratant Janet becomes Sayers’ wife and accomplice, In numerous escapades Michael narrowly e by taking desperate chancea, many good qualities in Janet he deals with her leniently. After the Leeds bank robbery, Sayers is forced to flee the country. scapes capture | that we are stran Because Greyes recognizes Returning to England at a later date, he again resumes command of his dangerous gang of criminals. Janet, somewhat tired of the game, gradually awakens to the fact that Michael is a hard taskmaster. him with Sir Norman Greyes, ‘This, as near as I can remember,» ——— is @ copy of the letter I received that | day, wonderful third day of March “We beg to inform you that, under! party, mostly the will of che late William Soale, gardener, of Mayford, Surrey, you are entitled to @ legacy of £250, free ef duty “As the estate {s #0 small, and the ts are re in @ position to pay you that sum at once, if you will favor us with a call, or your Instructions. Faitht. HASKEL & HAME After a great deal of consideration, | of my traveling companions described | from everyone. I took a first-class passage to Mar- seilies, in the name of Janet Soale, om the slowest P. & O. boat I could find. I spent a moderate sum tn re- plenishing my wardrobe, and started on my adventure, Then the natural thing bh jefly in War Loan, we/ mains, sewed a/tary occupant before hundred pound noe in my bodice, | She was moderately to me I preferred to join a smal composed of peopl who sat my table. We wandered about the place She compares Men, however, made no appeal ' tn the usual disjointed fashion, striving }to assume the tourist's intelligent in terests in the jumble of Spanish re modern fortifications, bur Rous-clad Moors and preternaturally withered Spaniards Finally we wandered Into the hotel for tea, served in @ lounge which one as the very quintessence of spurious Ortentaliam. I was steeped in amazze ment at something T saw tn the fac of the woman who had been Its soll © our com! young, qu of small b but oxpenstyely dross at ppened. | graceful figure and with large dark My Interest in life began to revive.| eyes She was glaring at me with an T was young and strong. shine, the salt alr, the change, did their work. I made some slight change in’my tollet one night, and arranged my hair differently. | at a table. complete | malignity. I had never seen her before The sun-|expression of intent and deliberate To the best of my beliot Wo somehow or other found places My immediate neighbor Half a dozen people made an excuse | was an elderly American gentleman to come and talk to me that night on | who had once or twice spoken to me deck. escort to view the OF 6 herdess. Goodies that they didn’t notice they had left the road that led to the} Cut-Out Lady’s house. When they were thru with thelr/a sign over there. Let's go and se sundaes, Nick spied a fountain that| what It says. sprayed ice cream sodus a little dis- ADVENTURES THE TWINS Olive Roberts Bafton THE SCRAP-BOOK SHEPHERDESS | At that minute along came a pretty scrap-picture shep- The Twins were so busy eating /I hadn't elther.” bere are wo? next remark. “I don’t know,” was Nancy's answered Nick. I had as many offers of anjon the ‘voyage, but who seemed to hts when we| spend most of his time seeking for landed at Gibraltar on the following | mer buatness associates, His name | | she replied, [I'll bet you we're lost! Oh, there's | So they went over and read {t and it said, “This way to|S°™® conviction of this sort was Frank Popp! ay, are you acquainted with the lady in the corner?’ be asked curt ously 1 shook my head. “I have never seen her before,” I assured him. "Is that sof” he replied tncredu Didn't you notice her took ing kind of Merce? "I thought she had probably mis taken me for someone else,” I said I recelved a further shock about an hour later, when I found ean the man ensconced in & corner of the tender which was to take us back to the steamer. Bhe scowled at me sullenly when we came on board; | and acting entirely ro on impulse, ws to her. you “Have I offer | way?” I inquired. in any Tt seems to me Bhe looked at me steadfastly, Hor face, which normally must have! been soft and pretty, had become hard and cold. “You are Janet Stanfield, are you not?’ she asked “That 1s certainly my name, mitted, more purzled than ever. Bhe looked at me tf doubting af “Tad lence. “I have seen your ploture,” she raid gloomily “Where” “In New York. Hoe carried it with him.” Bhe turned deliberately aw tho determined not to enter into any further conversation, 1 found her unsoclability to some extent a relief,| but when I ate 4 on board again. my blessed peace of mind was gone. | I relapsed into my former frame of| mind and endeavored t Mr. P opt my 7 his ob refused ¢ droge on deck Mra, Loulsa lady's namo,” a p hints, air over to my corner K, Martin he Informed mo. out Wost ts gettin that en from way Milwaukee. Ma Bhe out seifies.” had forge jed mend "I'd give her were you,” he r a wide berth ff 1 advised. expressions, and the way she looked at you was real mean,” I dectined to continue the conver. ration and announced my 1 of going to bed. muatc-room on t As T en way to my cabin, there was a cusious censation of con- versation. Mr. Loulea K. Martin, who was seated In an easy-chatr, very becomingly dressed in black with a long rope of pearls around her neck, looked at me with steady tnso- *. I walked straight up to her air. T knew that she had been WX things about me, and I was furfous. “Are you meeting my husband at Marectiles, Mra. Martin? I asked her keop away >wever, He “She beyond at} all about her,” I “Traveling about as much an I do, I've got kind! of used to taking stock of people's 4 the} SEATTLE STAR Y ADVENTURES | in HOLLYWOOD Not every examination for a movie job, Virginia Brad- ford finda, is a considerate one. ny vinainra mnaprénp HOLLYWOOD, March 26.—Regts m at the picture agencies and ficial announcement at n is your | of Intention to break into the movies You file your best photograph, give your name, address and phe am da appe wardrobe, nc ’ and > you're wi work Then you walt, for days or weeks, within reach of the telephone, The biggest registration office In I was sorry for the question d!-|Los Angeles is the Service Bureau, rectly the ds had left my lips sorry for her too, In a way. She turned deadly pale, and if dead woman. all, % watted for a then passed on to my stateroom see Tt must have been She m oO answ at th ping at my door. I guessed at once who It was, and I guemed rightly. It was Mrs, Louisa Martin, wrapped in @ Gressing-gown and with slippers on her feet. She closed the door carefully, and she put her fingers to her lips. “We must be careful,” she whis- pered. “You were made to speak of Michael openly.” “Of my husband? She laughed contemptuousty. “He married me years b ‘and another re you,” before either of us, I turned away from her, that she should not see the hate in my face. had tance away. When they were thru|Castor Land. That way to Plaster | 2¢® stowing upon me of late. with their sodas, Nancy spied some | Land corn stalks with pop-corn balls on them. Then Nick discovered a bush fovered with chocolate buds, Nancy noticed a field of lolly-pops | place,” sald Nancy. of all colors and flavors, growing Hike bright tulips in a flower bed. Of course they had to wander around that for a while, deciding whether they would rather have a brown butterscotch lolly-pop or a red strawberry one or a yellow one flavored with lemon, or a green mint one. Nick took a lemon. After that the Twins discovered two things at the same time. They digcovered that they were | th lost and tnat each of them had a pain. “Oh, my!" sald Nancy. hadn’t eaten so much.” “Oh, goodness!” said Nick. “I wish “I wish I and| Nancy took a strawberry and | | kh? exclaimed Nick, “Qoooor exclaimed Nancy. “I don’t want to go to elther “Neither do 1! “What'll we do? “I don’t know.” Bo they sat and sat and felt worse and worse every minute. At that minute along came a Pretty Scrap-Picture Shepherdess and when she saw the Twins she stopped. “Good day!’ she said pleasantly. “Good day,” answered the Twins. “Will you please tejl us the way to Cut-Out Lady's house?” “Come with me first!’ said the shepherdess, “I live in that granu- lated sugar Easter-egg over there.” (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1923, by Seattle Star) said Nick. & * ‘See HOW THE FIRST G As silence ‘settled over the old convent, fear and anxiety grew in the hearts of Gov. Stevens and his wife. Where were their bables? Mrs. Stevens could picture them—lost in the wet blackness of the jungle; could hear them erying pitifully for “her; could see them swept away in the muddy river's flood; could seo them carried farther and farther back into the forest and hidden in some horrid native hut—all sorts of mother Imaginings. And Gov. Stevens forgot how tired he was and nobody knows Just what was in his mind while he paced up and down on the stone floor, but when it had grown quite late, he said, “I'm going out to find the children.” He got a horse which had not been used that day, so that he could ride fast and hard, and he got a native guide and went back over the trail, Tho night was black and clone; rain fell at intervals but no answering ery or call came to them in thelr searching Hour after hour, mile after hot, black, wet torent and ‘stl Toward morning, when « gray Neht an to show, he went box back to the old convent to hear if any news had come there. nothing had come, Because they muat have strength, they ate breakfast, aud ar Seattle + ad * Page 946 VERNOF (Chapter 4) But! elaco TANI H neces FAMILY CAME while they were eating and ferl- ing thankful at least that tho weather had cleared, in thru the old stone arch of the doorway came the natives with the chil- Gren. They didn't why Mra, Stey- ons should have worried; the rain had fallen, the path was slip- pery, the little ones were wet and tired. ‘They had taken the little ones down the narrow path which led to their homes, In thelr homes was warmth and food for, the lit- tle ones, and they were anfe, Had not the wives of the two natives dried the small garments of the little ones, and fed them and put them to sleep? And wera. they pot all well and happy now? Be- old, Now héppy they were their dry cloth fy Which was all quite true, but {t had given the governor and his wifesa part of their trip to remember. When the bablea had been loved and petted and things were oaceful again, the passengers began to get Into the little boats which took them out to the big steamer, The Golden Age, which lay at anchor out tn the harbor, three miles from the town, ‘ This ship was large, and much nicer than the one on which they had left New York he wan ilittering-glory on the and all would have been well OX- copt for gue thing which haa come to © passengers from ¢’ trip acroas the Tathmun, ne Fever walked like an ovtl spire it among them, Men, women and children fell sick and died, and were burted tn 6 HOR And an they neared Ban Fran it welaed the governors wife, and one by One Hie little girls, Munt he lone them? (Continued morrow) | | | | | | | edly. “When two women love the same mas,” Louisa Martin continued, “they should forget everything when he Is er, I don't see love In your face,” she went on. “Then why are you here?” “I seo no reason why I cuss that or any other a " Tanswered. “But as a matter of fact I had no {dea that Michael was in Marseilles.” I thought that she struck me. The blazed In her eyes. “What aré you doing on steamer then?” she demanded. “I came for a holiday trip,” I told her. She leaned a Iittle toward me. In the unshaded light of the cabin her face seemed wan, almost aged. “Listen,” she said: “this is a mat- ter of life or death for Michael. You heard thru someone of his being in Marseilles. Tell mo thru whom.” “I swear that I had no idea ho wan there,” I repeated. "You fool!" she exctalmed. ° hould dis. would have fire of unbelief this “Can't you see that you are probably fol-| lowdtl—that the police are making use of you?” “You are in the same position ourself,” I reminded her. “Indeed I am not,” she assured moe earnestly, “I was born in Mar- seilies. I have traveled there repeat- I know every corner and stone of the place, Itwas I who taught Michael that t was the finest hiding. place in the world for the educated criminal, It was I who took him where he Is now.” Our conversation was muddenty tn- terrupted fn a very unexpected fashion. My stewardess entered, with a thin blue strip in her hand. “Wireless for you, Mra. Sonle," she announced, addressing me by the name under which I had booked my passage, “For me? I repeated tneredulous- ly. “There must be some mistake Nobody knows that I am on board,” “It's Mrm Soale, right the stewardess assured me. no one ely passenger, I tore open the envelope, My com- panion watched me with glittering eyes, She could scarcely walt until the stewardess had departed. “You ar!" she raged. “You ao what you have done! You have tal fn trail for the police to follow trom London to Mawretties.” She poure® out abuse, 1 heard nothing, My whole attention was fixed upon these few words staring at me from the telegraph form: "Dombey Slat March Loutae." I felt her hand suddenly grip my wrist. She read the mossage over my #houlder, “Got the cod hoaraely, “Quick “What code? don't know what about,” enough,” “There's f that name among the Genents the whinpered 1 demanded, * you're T suppowe she must have been con vinced at last, for she dropped my wrist and hurried to the door, (Continued Tomorrow) talking | looks | lished six yea: tould have killed. I should have been | individ ent and] po about 10 o'clock | experience on stage and screen. night when I heard @ soft tap-|any moment may come a demand for from 10 to 1,000 extras, and within a) | let of Inquiring eyes I ran with a/ | without permission"—stairs Motion Picture It waa estab- ago to relieve the ual director from having to up at short notice masses of for background bitsor parts, Here approximately 10,000 persons are linted on call, with and without maintained by the Directors’ ansoctation. round few hours the bureau telephone op- erators will have summoned moh The phone exchange here is sald to be the bustert In Los Angeles from 4 to 7 every afternoon. When I came to list myself, the joan take care of.” At several of the studios I had been advised to register at the Serv- fee Bureau. Now my hopes for im- | mediate placement were completely dashed. ly step left was to japply personally at th studion. I le bureau makes no cha t that 7 per cent of wages for*work secured in collected when the work allps are | Registration, I was told, might be- in again at any time, depending on the fluctuations of supply and de- mand. The time to come was be- tween 12 and 1 A most Important thing ward- robe—clothes for different occasions ~« sharp line of demarcation In the value of “extra” people. Thorne hav- ing smart clothes could “command more money; some as high as $15 0 At|day, while ordinary pay for extras/| ranged from $3 to $10. Here wan another shock, I had Jatways tmagined that the studion| the | mupplied clothes worn tn pictures. In| |mome cases they do, but seldom for | the beginner. Tater I was to find out that legs, | too, count for a lot. I wns to face the place, an aged residence, fairly over-| embarrassing order, “Show me your flowed with men and women waiting for calle—mostly men, whose gaunt- sink ng xenaation that became almost when I got tnside the door, jo one seemed to care whether T was there or not. One placard on the walls admonished me “Not to lolter in the hall"; another warned. “No one allowed on these stairs to the mysterious casting room, Both soemed to be gencrously disregarded, | mont. but they only added to my sense of|to write a iittie note to the casting | | director, I wanl/and got It sent In by the gateman, | chaos. Hugging my photograph, just about to venture up the forbid-| who relaxed a little, | den stairs when a man came down | sight of the terror on my face. and asked what I wanted “Sorry, young lady,” he sald briskly, “we're not registering any more just now. Have more than we legen!” | At $7.80, the average extra girt’s wage, I would have to work at least three days a week to keep from eat- tng Into my precious little bank fund, held for emergencies, Only a few extras seemed to get that much em- ployment, I thought of my baby now, rather than my ambition | Smiling to keop from crying, leading | trundied my Pilly boy up and down | before the studio gate T had haunted Finally I mustered courage whom I had never seen, probably at TOMORROW: Virginia Bradford finds clothea—and legs, too—count a lot in landing a job aa a movie extra, C yuthia Grey: Girl Jealous of Chum—Asks How She May Overcome Unbecoming Trait. Dear Miss Grey: I am a girl of 19 and am living {n'town |with my girl chum, with whom I have gone for years. I think so very much of her that it makes me jealous when she goes out with other girls. shows partiality to the other |us together, and consequently {her unless she will go with me alone, I imagine that she girl when there are three of I have refused to go out with I am very much disgusted with myself for feeling and act- ing this way, but tho I have tried and tried to overcome this fault, I have been unsuccessful. I surely would appreciate it a great deal if you could suggest some way for me to over- come this attitude. MISERABLE UNTIL I SUCCEED, My dear, you have started beautifully—by acknowledging rather think you possess it. | that you are the one at fault. I don’t know of any way to leffect the “cure” except by simple strength of will—and I , Of course you appreciate that you are, by expecting your friend to go out with you alone, de prey her of profitable acquaintance with other humankind. I don’t mean mercen- ary profit, but a girl—or a man—must be broadened by social intercourse, and there are indeed few of us who are | | i notin need of that. Why don't you try going out with other girls yourself? It would doubtless help you in more ways than one, There is no one who can help you as you can help your- self, with the proper exercise of your will, arene Ford's Address Dear Miss Grey: inform me thru your horno address of Henry Ford. A READER. Ford's address 4s Dearborn, Micht- Will you kindly column the gan, Woman's Citizenship Dear Miss Grey: Will you please lot me know when the bill was paanod allowing ® woman to retain hor cltt- yonohip after marriage to a for elgner? The bill waa passed on Seplember 20, 1922, and docs not affect those who married aliens bafore that data, Miss Grey will receive callers in her office Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 1 to 2 p. m, and on Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a m, to 12 m, each week. 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