The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1924, Page 13

FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924 rHE BATTLE By Isabel N HERE TODAY Dene Rear ot a revolver, followed 4 pa on the atalra, foots Spy DUTT Social evening which Bers? Pe barry. is spending Bin his friend, Professor § mover that beautiful Miriam V jortrait painter, hai feats The Step on the Stairs mMyYorov | Ostrander % T've seen enough,” Barry re- plied with a significance which, was lost upon the other, “It you want | mo to trail along with you while you interview the tenants we'd better be |the way to the door, ‘8 past mid. {night now and I guess we'll start tho lady standing on the stairea asked Barry quickly, “Yes. T recognized It tonight at a glance, Mra, Vano stoppod mo that} day as her visitor loft; tt was about & trivial matter, some mail of mine Which she had received." ‘The young Woman halted and passed one hand Aoross her eyen, “We didn't tall about anything in particular, and I only remained a fow minutos, but she | Was no nice and unaffected and—and Deautiful, too, that my ttle call left and a touch of sharpness in Barry's t SEATTLE SONGBIRD RETURNS SES SS SEL Une Rae Saas pa il rec aaa ER RRR a Ae f just SPECIAL SALE OF | NEW SPRING SILKS STARTS TOMORROW AT 9 A. M. the Iatter smoot rie apartment | moving,” & deep impression pen me. Bie A special purchase of new, crisp and fresh Silks just off the looms, purchased (’ "You doi ol per Ww ‘ou Poy H ‘ ‘ Sithey wah down stairs and| “Ail right, I get you." Craig ted) sated at ies ee ee madly for the opening of our new store, at considerably less than regular prices, have been unpacked and are offered in this sale at about wholesale prices, Our a pe ec liee traightan in > ae steane policy of better silks for less money always maintains. ‘Tho footsteps had approached ve! fon in her chal . a ry ” - | helor ctanine writer on (Near, the door when Craig knocked | 2,00 Not. except in a general Arista HP geny having hoard the m Go ON WITH THE STORY wasn't thinking of the door,” and almost at once the handle turned and a young woman stood before them, With her small, oval, colorless: way," sho replied with the first sign of resentment which she had shown, “I am very sensitive to ehvironment, to impressions, if by any chance you 700 Yards Imported BLACK CHIFFON VELVET * know what that means! Tho con- admitted, ‘I made for the/ seemed almost a girl at first glance, 4 D e—Pi D, 7 Barry gna found the body, You saw | but closer inspection revealed faint Versation was the inconsequential Perfect Dy: Perfect Weav Perfect Finish but mature Hnea and a certatn poise pn * BW 0, WHR RESP REIR 78k O= neighbors,” face and palo hair clipped short she ‘Craig nodded. ‘\n spite of her obvious agitation that @yes, The Vano woman must | indicated a woman nearer 90 than 20: pave Deen painting away at that plo] “We're from police headquarters, fare when the shot was fired, for| ." Craig cleared his throat. the paint is still wet on it, but the] “Come in.” Her vyolce was quict F stool was overturned so the medical /and controlled, but Barry observed er couldn't tell from the post-/that a muscle in her thin cheek jen of the body whether sho had twisted slightly, She threw the door been sitting or standing when the | wide, revealing a living room barely fend came; the autopsy"ll show that, furnished almost to desolation, with FT suppose, from the course of the | cheap matting rugs upon the uneven, » |painted Moor and the ugly, straight tenants have to Say | lines of a few dull, fumed.oak mission stor themselves?" | tables and chairs scattered about. “Well, the old grouch on the floor; “You are Miss Shaw?" asked Griswold, claims to know |Cralg, seating himself gingerly upon “pothing about tt and care less. Ho's the edge of a chair, & widower and from what the lads} “Patricia Shaw, altho, I occasion: Very Special, $3.45 Yard “When did you ace her againt* Rarry persisted, "Did sho call upon you in return, Milas Shaw?" “No, I didn't ask her!’ the young woman responded with a note of dogged definance in her tones, “I) waa ashamed to do so! You've seen | her apartment; look about you here! | Four years of failure haven't taken away all my pride and self-respect, | and I couldn't endure the thought of | having her seo—this!” ho pale oval of her face flamed even in shadow, and then ax sudden ly her color faded and she added, her volea sunk ones more almost to a whisper: 3500 Yards New Spring 4750 Yards New Spring SILKS SILKS to Sell at to Sell at $1.95 Yard $2.45 Yard inch Changeable Taffetas 40-inch Heayy Canton Crepes {Oinch Flat Crepes 40-inch Satin Cantons Sarivpe yikes 40-inch Printed Crepes | . | ; “t| “{ encountered Mra, Vance once or pour p Maras sein 40-Inch Flat Crepes the precinct said, I shouldn't | ally sign my articles ‘Patsy.’ The = ci 36-inch Fancy Sports Skirtings oe if he's got a lot of money; I]young woman nodded. "twrite tee | twice 12 the vestibule after that'and 36-inch Silk and Wool Cant 36-inch Changeable Taffetas Bat know why he's living down in |tho ‘magaaines, you know. “have |e srected each other pleasantly, but Crepe de Chines 36.nch Costume Velvets ibis rickety old house. Ho swears /iiver here four years next October, 1/"%, Tagore het any, comvensauon. 401nch Double Warp Radiums 40:inch Ripple Crepes s Ta ver Y he doesn't know tho Vane woman jam 97 years old, and I came origin- 32-inch ‘and never exchanged a word ete from Omaha,” Broadcloth Shirtings 40-inch Charmeuse Satins 200 Yards Genuine Biue Edge 40-Inch 12 Momme H Crepe de Chine Imported Pongee main ie Pongee | | to Sell at to’ Sell at Sal at | | | | until tonight when I went down and | Oe saw her lying thero dead! That ia] [the young man downstairs, Gor-ltnat I know of, but the editors of [Uh that I can tell you, gentlemen.” | eel With a swift glance at Craig, Barry | Ladd, admits he knew several magazines published tn the but mad move toward th fraichtly Dut declares ho hasn't seen | neighborhood can vouch fok me, and| yen Ate NO ™* eer Pika’ the lady trom the top| oe neens of thee bullding. “When was the last time you caw sf ‘You stated that you did not hear! Mrs, Vance alive, Miss Shaw?" “Ono afternoon last week; Thurs- | day, I think. She was entering her! studio as I camo down the stairs and | | 36-ineh | | | “T have no relatives in New York 500 Yards 1,000 Yards cl er OF or twice, in uaghboriy ont of way, and the | “Are you quite sure, Miss Shaw boys say she seemed all up-} “T am sure that T heard nothing tt by what had happened. ‘That's| that sounded at the time like a—a/ she did not see me." F ahout all they managed to get before |shot.” Her volce trembled a tittle.| “Are you acquainted with any of 'dcame.” | “At least, it did not occur to me that | the other tenants in the house?" Itt. @ shot had been fired. There were| Barry's abrupt change of tople “It’s a facer, ain't it?" Craig asked | sveral sharp, crashing peals of thun-| evidently astonished her but she $1.00 Yard 79c Yard $1.35 Yard EVOY’S SILK WORLD NEW LOCATION Seattle will welcome home one .of its daughters Monday “fankiy. “It looks as tho the whole | der before the storm passed. After| drew herself up and responded cold.| | x home , 8 t j “house was in on this affair, except that B heard rather loud knocking | !¥ in the person of Miss Alice Gentle, singing leading dramatic 1517 SECOND AVENUE the professor, of course. Anything |upon some door below but I did not! “I am not.” soprano roles with the San Carlos Opera company. qmore you want to see here, John?" | think anything of it,and I must have| “Was Mra. Vane?’ The question - {fallen into a doze when someone|came with almost startling. sudden. | rapped upon my door. A product of Seattle city schoolsy be heard at the Metropolitan during churches. She also was well known | Tt was a po. | Hess. 4 musicians, Alice Gentle, dram company's engagement at that ‘ . * happened. Siege first I was horror. | son i think fas bt Foal have told) one of tho stars of Fortune Gallo} Miss Gentle will be rememberod byl acu beooenlna identitied, Sith: the] ean scarcely remem. | You, I am not a busybody.” San Carlo opera company, She will] churchgoers as soloist in Seattle) {°° ‘ t ber what I | “Very well. I don’t think we'n| , i we gb inten Biase snenine [it in regime at the Motro- ald or did? | Start the NewY ear Right I y hs f : Doll opera house. In 1914 she “I am—was—the only woman ten. | tPouble the lady any further tonight, politan opera r 1 e, ergeant C. + ed 9 West again i sang leading ant tn the bufldi dee Mra’ Vane [nhall we, Sergeant Craig?” B: came West again an aid Tasbpane Tee aye @ Mra, Vane, | turned f ly toward his confrere | A DVENTURES rolos with th C terical but It Cale ty ee een BY | who shook his head dumbly: OF THE TWINS pany: Ehe’ apy old, chilly rooms t pechaps have been onty| Miss Shaw opened her tips to 4 ; ASDNGAY, ce an Francisco are bad for young- Rg gre iach) ery Oneal tated as tho she had and San Diego. she studied | stats: and’ calerae t 2 ht Detter it and preceded Italy, singin: Scala in Milan. sters—an a 0. hat she might need the se of t of it and p er woman. I dressed as you | ‘hem with dignity to the door. THE MYSTERY She in eng a t us. Man y people ‘Goodnight, gentlemen. H 8 c i Chicago Civic opera . seo me now and deacended to find| ;Coodnight, gentlem cm Ys , realize this but the’ detectives there and al! other! companies. ‘There was just the slightest shade of pause before the last word which | lent it frony, and the with emphasis behind them. | “That was one of tho things I} wanted to find out!" he responded. | except the old Russian gen Ueman who has the apartment Just below me, and a polico doctor of| ome wort.” } She paused and Cy continue to dress in the morning with shivers and chat- door coded Dr. Matthews Will Speak at Y.W.C. A.| alg Prompted | rhe professor's light Ys out. and Next Sunday afternoon, January 6,|Mf tering teeth. But acemied for u moment unable to com; ant te to ato this cave thru with Nerper ervicn in the ¥. W. C. 4. /| have adopted— tes Wien she epost was in Bites tia ie he" bon hea eilacala ris will companied by Mrs. | " low, shaking volce scarcely above | oe rrow, with m litle porch <li HL. X. Hildreth, "Young women of The Kennedy Radiant Heat “Yes. ee She--I—I saw at a ginnce| somehow that it must be true, but | couldn't help going to her and touch- ing her hand.” With a sign to | Barry. intervened | sympathetic tone. “You knew Mrs. Vane?" “Not in a formal sense. Woe had jamiled at each other and nodded | tien we happened to meet on the| ing thrown In.” | Sergeant Craig stared as his fellow | detective scribbled a few words on a | page of his note book, tore it out and tg {folding {t, thrust it under the dark iota et door, ‘Then he asked mi ¥| “Where do we go trom here, John? |The chief may have put this affair into my hands, but I'm glad enough to pass the buck to you!” (Continued in Our Next Issue) Will be hostesses. there will be a ollowing discus. mgfest and refresh-| there will be a ongfest and refresh. ments, Gas Heater and banished the shivers forever. If gas is available you, should have this great home comfort, It will work miracles provide ¢ eanest and healthiest form of auxiliary heating. line of models meets every requirement of the home. Charm School Will Reopen Next Monday Y : W. GA too, and Our <= H+— “I still haven't found my lost people!” said the Sandman yarn ”y Seattle Star) seo for yourself, biked (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service) | ie ae an. fea | Retsil sk: mia catelv tn her | gy paseo el nina John had | class t oven’ very ‘pipular’ with Please ask for the Kennedy Radiant Heater by name, breath and then she hurried on: “t| Post-War Worker 1) | Put them. Not a thing had been/ the ich women’ of the It is the acknowledged leader in its field. | Was Interested enough to go to one touched city being given under the | or two of the spring exhibitions which to Talk on Europe oy well, well! What a topay-| direction of Mrs. J. 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