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Don't you think, MT. Fother- bury asked, you could at least put us on parole? I suppose we can all give our word of honor to stay within call of MT. Wayne un- til something is decided?"
 He sent a look of inquiry around. | "Very we'll" said Wayne. Until the chief comes, the body must stay there. The door can be locked and I'll take the key" ! By this time were were all stand ing round him except Marling, who had sat immobile in his chair by , the hearth.
 Come along, Marling," said MT. Fotherbury.
 Marling rose and walked slowly 1 towards us, with his cassock swing ing. He was at the tail of the little procession that filed past Wayne and went along the corri- dor.
 That's the place." said MT. Fotherbury, checking where another short vaulted passage went off to the left. It was mere unlit cave to the eye.
 Curious how he got in there, , Royle observed.
 "Please pass along without going
 in," came Waynes voice behind
 us. And so we reached the hall to encounter Eastley and the con-
 stable on either side of Laxton
 coming across it. We stopped and
 spread out. Wayne pushed to
 the front.
 Laxton seemed a little groggy l but not much hurt. He gave me
 no sign of recognition.
 Which of you gentlemen is MT l Fotherbury?' he asked. l MT. Fotherbury stepped forward
 Most extraordinary introduc : Iticn," said Laxton I'm afraid I'vt
 not been able to keep my appoint 2 ment very punctually." Q Appointment? MT. Fotherbur. r inquired with his eyebrows up. l "Yes, I said, I'd be with you a three o'clock
 l Good gracious" cried the host :. You can't be Professor Laxton? . "Oh, yes I can" said Laxton.
 And what on earth" e Excuse me, MT. Fotherbury, . Wayne put his hand up. "If thi ,. gentleman will come with me, r l, speak to him first" a, For my purpose, which is to te = the facts about Roger Pel, l nee
 not daily with the public proceed | ings of Wayne and his superiors.
 Wayne was a capital fellow-th g best type of the trained police off b cer, and in England that is sayin lg a lot. But Wayne naturally COT d, cerned himself only to find an e2 ly plantation of the murder and whe to he found it, since the murder, J. could obviously not be caught $, Blackwater, he handed the who IS thing over to Scotland Yard. in And Scotland Yard began
 hunt for the mysterious person E" whom we came to speak as "Pel i'd Ghost"
 ?" Wayne, puzzled to death al i'd bulging with those suspicious he his, as soon as the theory of t n- shot through the keyhole was su
 gested, conceived the idea that La IS, ton might be the ghost. of Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow O. he Professor Laxt0n has a pug
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BRIDGE LUNCHEON

Miss Lucille Pepoon entertained with a bridge luncheon in her apartment yesterday a erno Il. Three tables of cards were played with Mrs. Glen Kirkham holding high score and Mrs. J. O. Kirkham, low.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22
HERE FROM KILLISNOo

Miss Agnes Schlosser who visited here for time early this summer as the guest of Mrs. Jack Koby, returned from Killisnoo early III the week, and expects to leave for visit up the Taku River.
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DOUGLAS kE NEVIS
D. F. D. MEETING

Hose companion No. 1 and No. z of the Douglas Volunteer fire de- partment, will hold their regular meeting tonight All members are expected to be on hand.
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the herd is in fine condition. The calf, little fellow thought to be not much over a week old, was closely guarded by its mother.
 When the herd started down stream the mother buffalo herded the young one into the water and it swan across narrow channel. The animals kept on going down the creek until they were lost to view.
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THOUSANDS OF CORNS REMOVED

We now have a remedy that really wili remove ANY corn or cslious quiekiy sns without pain; we can prove ~. - whos have tried many so-called Corr cures' and still have your stubborn oio C.r, or Caiiouses--cone in NOW and let us denonstrate '.END-o-CoRN." ss ys -n,, five too far away write tot x,,1n 9oCoRN LABORATORIES. Gar 6sid Blvd, Chicago. who will see that rou receive jar promptly.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22
IS ROUND TRIPPER

Mrs. M. M. Marks left last eve ming on the Virginia for the round trip to Chichagof. She will re- turn here on Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22

Bill Casey is still at No. 8 Will loughby Ave. with the best TO- BACCO and SNUFF CURE. Hours 9 D. m. to T D. m. Call and we will demonstrate. .s-... --adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22

We are now serving SANDWICHES and SALADS. The best yet. Jr- neau Ice Cream Parlors- -aov.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22

Fresh roasted peanuts ana pop rern. Juneau Ice Cream earlors.
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ing.
 A calf, the first ever born in Alaska, has been added to the herd of 18 buffalo that wintered in the Delta country. gre
 The entire herd was sighted yes terday at Jarvis creek, 100 miles south fo Fairbanks on the Rich ardson highway, by "a party of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22

Professor Laxton has a pug zling explanation to offer-in tomorrow's chapter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-22
BUFFALO IN ALASKA
 GROWING; DISPLAY NO
 FEAR, HUMAN BEINGS

Fairbanks News -Miner) Alaska's buffalo herd is grow
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Butler -Mauro Drug Co.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-07
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Out Of all Of them, as years
went by the face of Smiling
Jack" O'Malley came to be the
easiest for her to look upon. At
Feeney's house 1t came to be &C
cepted that some day there
would be q wedding.
Then along came, not Ruth,
but 'Ruthie," short for Ruther-
ford last name Marley, son
and heir to the big training
farm and stables that had been
his fathers.
A ton Of brick dropped from
the top Of tall building could
not have fallen harder than did
he for Betty Lou.
ALI through the drag Of q
spring meeting In Kentucky the
campaign for the heart Of Betty
Lou waxed warmer. BY the hot
July that found them all at
Saratoga, they stopped calling
OMalley Smiling Jack" Grim
lines marked the corners Of his
eyes and the curve that had
once been his lips was q
straight line.
Always, in these days, the girl
wore pretty posies. Flowers
came to her door step every
day. Always the flowers were
worn In alienation one day
"Ruthie,S" roses. and the next
day peonieS from Jack.
Things came to q climax in
Jamaica.
BothaOf them proposed, q day
apart. And for the life Of her
Betty Lou didn't know what was
the answer in her heart. She
felt the magnet Of young Mark
ley's great power. It fought
hard to throttle memories Of the
OMaIley of the track, q person
atty so closely woven to her
past.
She told them, after q week
OF waiting. that she loved them
both. She told them she could
live her life with either and be
happy. And then came from
Smiling jack O'Malley the
suggestion that struck deep into
her gambling veins.
Wen cut q deck" he said;
winner take all and loser hit
the trail"
She told them to come back
again next evening. When they
arrived she met them with q
smile. In her hands she had a
pair Of dice.
IAN my life I've gambled,"
said the lady. It's just fair that
I should gamble on the most
momentous moment Of my life.
My daddy told me once to shoot
straight always, though my
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dered where she was what
chance to flee. She half
crouched on her elbow, half
pulled herself upright when one
Of the men sprang about. Al
most as though he read her
thought.
She dropped back to the
bench. But he came and stood
over her. He stopped down and
peered in Pats face. He pulled
open her eyelids, pushed her
further into the corner, stacked
more cans in the cabin.
They were cans of gasoline.
Now he climbed into the cock
pit. Now the motor was
started. Now they were taking
off.
Raising againl Soaring into
wild, ilnpenetrable mystery.
She cried out: God, oh God!"
She called In loud DISSOLUTION.
Her voice went down in the
roar Of the engine. But still
she cried. She stood up and
screamed piteously.
The men in the cockpit did
not even turn. Then Pat hud-
died in q corner and, frantic,
repeated over and over: "Oh
mother-oh God!"
AS though her shouting, her
desperate sobs would halt these
mad. flying miles miles that
went plunging between her and
all things she knew and loved.
Suddenly words stuck Iii her
throat. And she covered with
a strange. creepy, utterly haunt
ing sensation. Something
moved against her flesh. She
reached out and gingerly
touched q bundle that lay on
the seat beside her. The bundle
moved under her hand. The
bundle was alive.
She was starkly alert now,
her pulses leaping with terror.
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Crimes she had read about
flashed into her mind. ''Then
I took q piece Of cold steel and
hit him on the head. We hid
the body In the culvert." And
that other: * kept her two
days. Then I came up behind
her and threw the towel over
her face. / pulled 1t until she
grew quietI"
These horrible phrases made
her cringe. And her heart went
with striking tnunips high In
her throat. The bundle moved
again.
aIt's little" she thought,
keeping her eyes straight ahead
and trying resolutely to ignore
the mysterious, animated OBJ
feet wrapped in q blanket and
lying there on the bench. 50
close that she felt its every
CULVER.
Now, mingled with the roar
Of the engine, she fancied she
heard cries. And now, forced
IN spite Of herself to stare ct it,
she saw, protruding from the
opposite end Of the blanket, the
top Of q human head. Surely
q head! Surely that was soft,
human hair.
She was about to reach out
and pull down the blanket
when one Of the men stepped
from the cockpit into the cabin.
He was tall and thin. He had
q lean, strong Jaw and cold,
piercing eyes. What daunted
Pat was. his mouth, his grim,
INSCRIPTIONS mouth.
He looked straight into her
eyes. went to the corner where
Guy had the radio and at
tached the tubes to his ears.
He sat with his legs crossed, lis
tening intently, but his glance
never moving from Pats face.
She grew used to his pres.
ence. Innpelled by a sudden
reckleSsneSs. she leaned forward
and shouted: Where are we
going?"
He appeared not to have
heard though he knew from the
movement Of her lips what she
asked. He continued sitting
there. Hours--long, appalling
hours, they seemed TO Pat. Oc-
casionally a faint, triumphant
smile lit up his scornful face.
What word was flashing over
the radio? What news that
cheered him In this bold, in
credible crime? Surely the
wires of a dozen States must he
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StOrH

Betty Lou Just had to take
. chance whenever chance lay
open for the taking.
It Just had to be that way
with Betty Lou. Her folks had
passed on to her. by inner
itance the ven to trail the
spoor Of Lady Luck from way
back in that time when Betty
Lou was Just an entry in the
Futurity Of Life.
Her mother and her daddy
won their wedding, and the
ring. with a nose bet on q long
shot down at Bowie. That the
long shots name was Betty Lou
was how, when she arrived,
they picked her name.
From the first she could re-
member 1t was cream or
skinned milk In the family.
They never knew the meaning
of the dairy term Of half and
half"
Finally, when Jim Leary lost
his biggest bet with the Great
Bookmaker, all that he left
Mary Ellen, Betty's mother,
was q car and some insurance
on his life.
Tt was typical that Mary
Ellen garnbled on that old car
to beat q freight train to the
crossing, when she hurried to
get to- the first race at the
Fair Grounds, 10 days later.
That the train won, that
Betty Lou landed clear Of all
the wreckage, In q pile Of hay,
without a scratch, was q twin
circumstance to the fact that
Betty Lou, from that time on,
was completely an orphan in.
stead Of just half way that
way, as she had been before.
The clanishness that marks
the gypsy families OF the race
track made it certain that no
orphanage would ever get the
care OF Betty Lou.
Bill Feeney and his wife
adopted her and she grew up
with the smell Of horse hide
and leather in her nostrils.
Naturally she came to know
those other folks who always
took q chance.
Tout to trainer, crap-shooter
to croupier, Betty Lou knew and
Z liked them all, as long as they
shot true and straight accord
ing to their code and rules of
whichever racket was their own.
Free and easy" was her
motto but many q lad got
slapped until he learned to
know just what Betty Lou
meant by each Of these two
words.
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hot with inquiries for the van
ished Patricia Dawn. How
frantic Laura would grow as
the hours piled up between
them.
Pat glanced at her watch.
Eleven o'clock. This must be
eleven o'clock Tuesday morning.
A thousand miles might already
lie between her and home. She
might never see the loved ones
again.
They flew on, cutting with
clamor and tumult over vast,
undulating reaches Of meadow
land. In the distance were blue
peaks, luminous in the sun. She
had no idea where they were,
north or south, whether this
was California or whether in
the night they had crossed the
borders Of the State. Great,
swinging valleys unrolled be-
meath them. The farms looked
like punches Of parsley and the
cows were brightly painted lit
tie toy cattle meandering down
the hills.
In those farms were content
ed folk, sitting down to the mid
ay meal now. II she could but
scream down to them. Or If
they, looking up could but guess.
the fearful, unknown doom to
which she was plunging.
She seemed to have been fly
my years through this droning
roar. All the while aware,
sickeningly aware of the blan-
keted form moving so uneasily
against her side. She made
out the contour Of the head
and wondered IL it were q child.
Whose child? What do these
evil fellows plan? Would they
make away with it? And with
her? Had they half killed it
already? She stared into clear
blue heavens, her very veins
dilated with fright.
All az moce, rat SAT pofC up
right. In the same lightning
instant, the man at the radio
pulled the tubes from his ears
and lunged to the cockpit.
There sweeping right upon
flashing in the crystalline sky
was a plane. Two planes!
Great, WITHDRAWING birds.
Pat pressed her face to the
window. She trembled wildly.
She said aloud. and sobhing:
Look! Oh, God they gainl"
Ito BE Continued.)
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mother said all was fair In love
and war.
Each pass In turn. and ! so
TO the first to throw q natural!"
She gave the ivory cubes to
Marley. O'Malley nodded as
his rival took the dice.
Shoot he said, and
''Ruthie," fighting for compos-
ure, gave the bones" q rattle"
and a "roll.'
"The cubes spun out across
the carpet. One settled with a
six spot. the other with a five.
Quietly the girl walked over
to the man who'd won her.
His face white and drawn,
O'Malley stopped to scoop the
dice. He matched them up and
idly spun one on the floor. It
wobbled grotesquely and he
weighed them in his hand.
These" he said to Betty Lou,
fare loaded"
II know they are" she an
sWered, looking down. II know,
because they're mine"
And, Smiling Jack" looking
into the eyes of Betty Lou, knew
why she'd given Marley the
first shot.
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Automobiles for Sale
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The above wants and offers
are only a fen Of many infer.
sstiHs advertisements you pM
find in tOday's Times and Herald
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What Do You Know?
FOr QuestiOns See comic Pace
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST

For Questions See Comic Page
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Startling Situations Thrill
Reader of New Novel
CHAPTER 35
By ELENORE MEHERIN
Author Of -ChIclds" and Other Famous Serials

CHAPTER 80
rtUY looked with thanks into the clear eyes Of Lee
- Templeton The boy loved Pat. And he came to Guy,
whom Pat had chosen above him. came and asked what
Guy would wish, what he would do Il free.
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Dr. Riach,s DaiEu HeaEth Hint

Young mothers often overdo out Of Of pride They
hacn "a work and hustle around before stretched and deli
cate organs have had time heal Two weeks Of rest and
euet after the baby Is born Is none too long.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
MRS. WAGNER DIES
 IN HER 8lST YEAR
Prominent Arch Street Resident
 Believed in Keeping Active

Mrs. Mary A. Wagner, widow of George Wagner, of 641 Arch street. who celebrated her S0th birthday an- niversary July 2S, died today after a short illness.
 All her life she adhered 10 her slogan, Don't be afraid of hard work" and she kept busy until a short time ago when her health be- gan to decline rapidly.
 Mrs. Wagner was left a widow at the age of 31 with six children to take care of. On her last birthday she cooked dinner for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren. q don't have any use for spe- cial diets and if the food agrees with me and I like it, I eat it. l stay up late at night and get up early n the morning." she said.
 Mrs. Wagner was born in Germany with her parents at the age of three. The family settled in Southington.
 In 1887 Mrs. Wagner whose maid en name was Mary Bonner, was married to George Wagner. MT. Wagner died Is years later.
 About 42 years ago she moved to this city and resided on Arch street. She was a member of the South Congregational church for more than 35 years.
 Surviving her are a son, William G. Wagner of this city; five daugh- ters, Miss Mary Wagner, Mrs. Ralph J. Newton, and Mrs. J. George An drews, all of this city. and Mrs. Herman H. Petry of Newark N. J., and Mrs. Theodore NJ. Herting of Milford, il grandchildren and six great grandchildren
 Funeral services will be held Fri day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the chapel Of the South Congregational church. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
ChIOrofOrm Found in
 Raid on Distillery

Waterbury, Nov. 13 R>-The vice squad under Lieut.. James r. Murphy seized a 1000 gallon still on Lake wood road here today on the vacant property of the late James Gizze, who stood trial in superior court here a few years ago on d charge of murdering neighbor, Daniel GaudiOSi.
 Two men. Tony Mora and Joe Rinaldo, we're arrested on a charge ot operating the still. They are believed to be merely employes.
 Police found, among other things, four 5-gallon cans of chloroform used in the process to give the alco- hol stronger proof. The police fired few shots in the air before Rinaldo, who dashed through a vineyard, stood and submitted to arrest.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
STRIKE ON RAILROAD

Peoria, H., Nov. 13 CUP)-No trains are being run today on the Toledo, Peoria &Western railroad as the result of a general strike called today.
 For some days J. A. Cannon, vice president of the order of railroad conductors and J. NJ. Patterson, vice president of the order of rail- road trainmen with other labor off, cials have been here seeking an in crease in pay in all departments. Trouble has been brewing since 1925 when eastern lines advanced the pay of employees, the union contending that the Toledo, Peoria &5 Western is rated as an eastern line.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
200 CURB ISSUES
 SEEK LOW LEVELS
Utilities Bear Brunt of Heavy
 Selling Attack Today

New York, Nov. 13 LPt-Urgent selling once more swept into the curb market today. driving some 200 issues to new low levels for the year. The ticker was more than an hour late shortly after midday. and current quotations were available in only few stocks as they were phoned from the floor.
 Declines in leading issues were for the most part restricted to a maxi mum of 6 or points, but several of the high priced and more cratic stocks tumbled from 10 to 40 points
 Utilities again bore the brunt Of the selling. At midday, Electric Bond and Share was selling at 52. off 4 points net, and within ? points of it's low. Middle West utilities old stock sold at l90, off 40 points. and the new stock at 21, off about a point.
 Allied Power and Light dropped about ' points to new low ground at 25, and such issues as American Superpower Associated Gas A, Flee tric Shareholders, Niagara Hudson, Utilities Power and Light, and Gen. tral States Electric lost 1 to 8 points CT more, several selling near their bottom levels. United Light and Power A reached a new low at 20.
 Investment Trust and Trading company shares generally reached new low ground, including Shenan- doah Goldman Sachs Trading, Leh- man Corp, and several others, losses running ? to points. Penn Road Corp. sold at 16 1-2, one point above it's low.
 General Theaters Equipment was quoted at noon off points, United Gas off 34, Cities Service off l and Standard of Indiana off 1.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
THOMAS PT,RPLEXED

Milwaukee, Nov. 13 (UP)-Alvin Thomas, whose absence from New York has delayed the trial of George A. McManus on charges of murder ing Arnold Rothstein, is unable to understand the importance attached to his testimony, he claimed today.
 Thomas said from a hospital bed, where he is suffering from pleurisy, that he had seen neither McManus nor Rothstein since two months be- fore the latter's murder. At that time he played cards with them and he recalled that McManus lost.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
Nephew to Officiate
 At Funeral of Uncle

For the first time in the history of | the Russian Orthodox church a nephew will officiate at the funeral
 of his uncle. Rev. Joseph Pistey of ITerryville will conduct the funeral services for George Hamilla, his
 uncle, who died yesterday at his home, 327 Washington street at the
 age of 77. and who was one of the
 oldest Russian settlers in this city. Services will take place tomorrow morning at o'clock at the home and at S:15 at the Russian Orthodox church and burial will be in Fair view cemetery. Rev. Joseph DankH- vich, pastor, will assist at the services.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13
STEXXARDESS DISAPPEARS

Middletown, Nov. 13 (P>-An at tempt to serve a writ of attachment on her today revealed that Mrs. Eveline Cripps, 40, a stewardess of two fraternity houses at Wesleyan, had disappeared yesterday after cashing a check for $1,0O0 which one of the fraternities had given her to cover bills for merchandise.
 The writ of attachment was is sued in favor of the Arthur w. Dorr company of Boston, to which the payments were to have been made.