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than she, thought. -,
/. o. 1t took a moment for Norman
Happ's mind to adjust itself tc
the, situation, lust as it had taken
a moment to appreciate the sig
nificance of what she was, telling
him. .....
Millicent saw his Jaw set, saw
his eyes take on a look of grim
determination. For. a moment il
seemed as though her Fife force
was congealing inside of her life
mercury dropping, in q tube on, a
very cold night. Then, with the
sound of his voice. she felt a
tsurge of happiness. He said dog
gedly, 81 don't care what the
facts are. Whatever you did, you
had some reason for doing 1t:
| Pm going to stand back OF you.
| That made. it wonderfully easy,
She poured forth her story in
quick, d;siointed sentences, not
|Sparing herself for what she
called her. stupidity in running
away from the scene of the
crime. Then she went on, telling
him exactly what had happened
that night when. she had gone to
the garage. taken Bob Caise's car
and gone for the. wild ride which
terminated when she ran out Of
gas. .. e.. e.. -
When she had finished Norman
Happ moved nearer. He said,
"You poor kid" .. -.
Before she realized what had
| happened his arms were around
her and she was sobbing on his
shoulder, sobs which seemed to
drain worry and mental anguish
from her system. 4,
His hand patted her shoulder,
his cheek was against her HAIR:
She could feel the roughness; OF
his coat sleeve where it circleG
! the back of her neck. 49,.
Yet he made no attempt to
hold her in a closer embrace. 1t
was as though he realized the
necessity for her to relax COM
pletely, to feel that someone I'M
stood all her troubles ..
Slowly her sobs ceased. She
drew back so that she could look
fup into his face. She smiled at
| him with eyes that were dimmed
! by tears, but which nevertheless
! spanked. wit ha new-found hap
oiness.
"Poor kid" he said again, and
patted her shoulder. You've had
! q tough time"
~ guess" she said, "t was
more of ? strain than | realized.
II don't usually make a cry-baby
of myself
She could see his resentment
of this criticism of herself. he
! said impatiently, you're not a
Icry-babv and you're not to call
yourself one. You've been thru
! things few girls could have en-
| dured. You've been able to do 1t
because you're such a clean
sweet, square-shooting kid"
For a moment she saw the
CLEAN of affection in his eyes.
She found herself hoping he was
| going. to take her in his arms
again. But instead there came
over his face look of grim de-
| Termination.
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over half full, I guess. "

over half full, I guess"
She could see that he was driv-
ing toward some point, but could
not anticipate what It was.
"Do you remember the brand
of whisky?" he asked.
"Why, yes" she said. "That
was one of the things Detective
Buchanan and Sergeant Mahoney
were talking about. They said it
was rather expensive and that it
was rather a peculiar type Of
whisky for a chauffeur to be
drinking"
What was the brandt" he ask
ed her.
Buchanan wrote it on a piece
of paper and handed it to Ser
gesnt Mahoney. | have the pa
per here in the drawer"
She opened the drawer and
handed him the folded piece OF
paper. He unfolded it and stared
thoughtfully at it for few mo-
ments.
"Do you know what time it
was when you got back" he
asked.
"No. I'm not certain. 1t wasn't
very long before daylight"
"And the books Dad gave you
in the suitcase were stolen while
you were gone"
eyes. You see," she said, "when
that typewriter message was
slipped under my door | thought
you were the one who had writ
ten it. You see, we'd been talk
ing about this woman in the black
ermine coat, and ~
He thrust the folded paper in
his pocket.
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"Come on" he said. "You and
| are going out and hunt cleWs."
What do you mean?"
Just what | said. We're going
to hunt clews."
But what clews are we going
to hunt?"
We're going to find out about
that woman in the black ermine
coat. We're going to find out
about the car of which you have
the license number. But first
we're going to find out about
that whisky"
'What about it?" she asked.
Simply this: Harry Fielding
was at one time a heavy drinker
When he started working as &
chauffeur he made up his mind
he was going to cut out booze
entirely. He never took a drink
all the time he was working for
| Dad. What's more, he never al
lowed any whisky in his place."
! "1f that's the case how did it
happen that 2"
Millicent's voice ceased as she
suddenly became aware of the
full import of what she was try
ing to say.
Exactly" Norman Happ said.
"That whisky was brought into
his place after he left, doubtless
by the person who committed the
murder. It's an unusual brand.
The probabilities are it was pur-
chased somewhere in the neigh
borhood. We're going to find out
who purchased it,"
Ito be continued)
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Look here he said, eve have
10 peat everyone to it."
What DO you mean?"
mean we have to solve both
q these murders before the po-
nee find out about YOU"
On, but they've already found
out about me or they will"
What makes you say that"
bob Caise knows"
She saw swift jealousy on his
lace and made haste to interrupt
his thoughts"
mo, no. | didn't tell him. 1
haven't admitted it even yet, but
ne knows. He was suspicious of
me from the first. He wondered
why your father brought me here
and | think in some way he knew
that your father was interested
in the Drimgold murder. / don't
know whether he knew about
your father being in the building
when the murder was committed
or not. At any rate he was sus-
Ipicious and he took photograph
that had been published in a
newspaper end darkened the hair.
The result looked enough Ike me
to convince him that I'm the girl
they're looking for"
"If he tells the police I'll kill
him." Norman Happ said.
81 think he's already told them.
He;kand Vera Duehene are work
ing@8ogether. They wanted me to
swear to something that was
false" 81. ..
"What?",g : .,., .. o..
"They wanted me to give Vera
Duchene an alibi."
"Then she's the one who muir
dered Fielding" he exclaimed.
"No, | don't think she is. She
fits into the picture some way,
but l don't know Just where. l
have an idea Bob may think that
she was the one who murdered
Fielding. You see, my fingerprints
were on that whisky flask. De-
tective Buchanan locked up the
whisky flask in your fathers
study and reported TO Sergeant
Mahoney. Bob Caise thought the
fingerprintS must be those of
Vera Duchene, so he slipped into
the study and smashed the flask"
Norman Happ's eyes narrowed.
"We've got to get to the bottom
of this thing" he said. "and thu
only way we can do it IS by find
ing out Just where Bob and Vera
fit into the picture. Someone
murdered Drimgold. Someone
murdered Harry Fielding. We
have to find out who that some
one was"
though it might be the same per-
SON"
He blinked his eyes thought
fully and nodded slowly.
at isn't at all impossible" he
observed. "On the other hand we
mustn't make the mistake Of
jumping at conclusions before We
have enough facts to warrant
them"
They were silent for a moment.
Their Norman Happ went on with
slow deliheration, "The man was
dead when you entered the
room?
Yes"
"You're certain?"
eyes. | felt his wrist"
"And you went to the bath
room and got drink out of his
whisky flask"
eyes.
Glow much whisky was there
in the flask?" go,
az don't know. 1t was a little
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against the Estate of said de-
ceased to exhibit them to O. B.
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signed, at his office in the Jackson
Building, in the City of Hender-
sonville, North Carolina on or
before the 18th day of March,
1886, or this notice will be plead.
ed in bar Of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 18th day of March,
1895.
SARAH OPAL FOGARTY,
Administrative of Emma Jackson
Barton. deceased.
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ElUME, across the Adriatic from
L Italy, has Gabrielle DAnnun'
sio. Italian poet and dramatist, to
thank for its independence. The
allies had seized the city from
Hungary during the World War
and, while Italy and Yugo-SlaYia
wrangled over its possession,
D'Annunzio led a force into Fiume
and took control.
/, The Treaty Of Rapallo made
Fiume independent, but DAn-
hunzio defied the powers for more
than a year. even declaring war
on his own country But Italians
bOmbarded the city and DAnnun-
Zio fed
One Of the stamps Of Fiume
that depict this incident is shown
here, an Italian sailor raising the
Italian flag over the city
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MT. ANGEL, Ore, April II.
(UP).-Oregon blackberries and
loganberries canned here have
been shipped as far as Capetown,
South Africa.
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PAY YOUR TAXES with bonds.
County, city and street assess
ments at a big discount. Phone
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

BEGlN HERE TODAY -.
MiMeent Graves, secretary {,
George Dringofd, finds her EN-
ployer in his office dead. Jarvi.
Happ, a stranger, offers to. helr
her. He sends her to a beauty
shop where she is transformed
into a brunei, then takes hei
home, introducing her as his sec,
rotary. She meets Happ's SON
Norman; his stepson, Robert
Caise; Mrs Happ; and = Vera
Duchene, Mrs. Happ's maid. -.
That night a note under her
door, informs Millicent, THE wo.
man in black ermine i. here
Millicent sees the woman, tries To
follow, but loses her. Millicen,
goes to the chauffeur's quarters.
The chauffeur is dead from a
bullet wound.
Next morning Sergeant Ma.
honey takes charge of the case,
He questions Millicent. Later
when she is in the corridor talk.
ing to Norman they hear Mrs.
Happ answer the telephone down.
stairs. A moment later Mrs. Happ
screams.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXX
Millicent piloted Norman Happ
down the corridor to her room
closed and locked the door. She
turned to face him, wondering
where she should begin, and, as
she stared into his eyes knew that
it was going to be increasingly
difficult to go through with the
plan she had decided on.
She realized that she valued the
good opinion Of this man very
much, and she realized also that
it was almost impossible for hen
to make an explanation which
would be credible. The words of
Robert Caise rang in her mind.
She could explain away the facts
connected with one murder, but
how could she explain away facts
conencted with two?
Norman Happ saw something of
what was going on in her mind.
''Is it going to be hard to tell?''
he asked.
And, with his question, she
realized suddenly that she was
going to tell him everything. that
She was in such a hurry to know
his reactions that she could hard
ly wait for the words to formu-
late themselves
81 am the the girl the police
arc looking for the Drlmgold
murder"
For a moment the full signif;-
canoe of her statement didn't
dawn on him. Then, as he grasp
ed what she was telling him, his
eyes showed incredulity.
''You can't be-" he told her,
1.-THE newspapers described her.
She's blond. She's :"
mo, no." she said. 81 am the
Girl. Your father knows. He took
me to a friend of his who chang
ed my appearance and made me
a brunei instead of a blond.
tell you I'm the girl. I worked
for George Drimgold and . >.
. Her voice trailed away into ST.
Ioroo II yvac uoinC TO be harder
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OWNERS of Norge Rollator Re-
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in refrigeration cost and N
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EASTER EGG DYES, Easter cam
dies from soc to $500 per box.
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Copyright. 1895, NEA Service, Incl
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IH1DE YOUR SMOOTH TIRES
Ir rreads. We have them IN
So;s Prices are right. Mid
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NMiscellaneous
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WE DO NOT GIVE the cheapest
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AUTOS and Accessories
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-28
L. A. Butter and Eggs
L. A. Stocks

LOS ANGELES. Aug. %. U.g -
Despite continued general drop in
prices, two stocks made new 1885
highs today during the morning
session on the Los Angeles stock
exchange.
One of the highs was made by
Pacific Finance on a rise of y to
% on 100 shares. The other was by
Central Investment, up Il to 14A
on sales of only SO shares. In the
same division, Transamerica drop
ped 4 to 714 on a turnover of 2300
shares.
A q drop carried Edison origin
ais to 34ls on a 100-share sale. The
6's lost Is, selling 300 at 265s, while
the common rose 1s TO 20A on 100.
Pacific Gas common dropped Il TO
24l. on sales of 60O
Douglas Aircraft slumped 1ls
points to 301. on 100 shares. Paci-
fic Clay products dropped 5s to s.,
also on 100. Jockheed sold 100
shares and rose Il TO go.
On a 2000-share turnover Union
Oil lost y to 177s. Losses of u
each were registered by Standard,
selling 300 shares at 327s and Bolsa
Chica "a, selling 100 at 3i6.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-28
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RESCUED
FROM DESERT BY ARMY PLANES

up a hillside to higher ground. The
car broke an axle.
Mr.. Backert and Ernestine
started out to walk back to town, ="
related Mrs. Backert. "Ernestine
is strong and besides, the cloud
burst had moiStened the desert and
made the air a bit cooler, SO we
figured they should make it in a
day Agnes and were to wait in
the car"
THAT was Friday. We waited
and waited. The rest of Friday and
Friday night weren't so bad because
of the rain. But on Saturday it
, really began to get hot. The rain
had dried up and The sun was aw-
ful. Agnes was getting restless and
thirsty, but we stuck it out, kept
watching the road.
Sunday was unbearable. It
seemed as though we just couldn't
spend another day shifting from
one seat to the other of that car.
Il waited until late afternoon
when it was cooler and started out
for Granite Wells. Anything was
better than waiting"
Meantime Backert and the older
daughter had found the long hike
in the heat more difficult than an
ticipated They took 48 hours to
walk the 40 miles into Red Noun
tain.
Though thirsty and exhausted,
they rushed back with an automo-
bile rescue party for the sister and
mother huddled in the stalled car
out on the sands, where the tenn
perature jumps to ITO, 100 or even
l30 on midsummer days.
Auto Found Empty
Early Monday the rescuers reach
ed the auto. 1t was empty with a
note pinned to the steering wheel,
reading:
Its 5 o'clock Sunday. We can't
wait any longer. Starting on foot
for Granite Wells"
Realizing they were lost, Backert
organized a posse OF horSemen and
automobile searchers but a daylong
search proved unavailing.
Yesterday the March Field air
station at Riverside was asked to
help.
Seven planes, flying half a mile
apart, crossed and re-crossed the
desert area, finally spotting the
waving blanket. They circled over
the spot until automobiles reached
the pair.
Il hardly remember what hap
pened during those two days we
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-28
VICE GRAF 7 IS
EXPOSED BY
GOVERNMENT

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. %. U.P)
John V. Lewis, U. S. internal rev.
enue collector rocked San Francis
co police circles today with reve-
lation that a retired police captain
aSsertedly moulded $4,000 for
tune from vice "payoffs."
Lewis disclosure, including as
sertions that other police officers
have increased their incomes sub
stantially through similar "protec-
ton" tributes, was divulged in an
amazing account of how the federal
government traces income tax evas-
ions.
Lewis did not name the former
police official TO whom he referred,
explaining that would be a peni-
tentiary offense.
"A San Francisco police captain
in a certain district, We discovered,
had built up a $4,000 bank ac-
count. We called him in. He said
the $4,000 was his lifetime saw
ings from his police salary
we showed him if that were
true he must have lived all those
years in the police department on
about S235 year.
we then got the truth, that MS
fortune was built on pay-offs from
houses of vice. We assessed him a
so per cent penalty for fraud and
one per cent interest for each month
of delinqlcucy. He paid to escape
criminal z p<7ecution and exposure. y
Following the avenue thus open
ed. Lewis said, federal operatives
obtained list Of hundreds of vice
resorts in San Francisco, collecting
additional taxes on the earnings of
their occupants, who, believing po-
lice and others had exposed them
supplied authorities with informa-
ton regarding still other alleged
graft "payoffs."
Mayor Angelo Rossi promised an
immediate police commission in
yestigation.
Rcssi said ne would have Theo-
dore Roche, commission president
go to the bottom Of this matter" ."
IF anybody has been taking
money illegally, he should be pros
ecuted to the fullest extent Of thl
law" the mayor said.
EVEN the suggestion Of graft ir
the police department will not be
tolerated.
Rossi said he would demand that
Lewis diyulge to the grand jury the
name Of the captain.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-28

RANDSBURG, Calf, Aug. %.
U.P)-Sun- -blistered and foot-sore
from two days and two nights of
wandering in burning Death Valley,
a prospector's wife and 12-year- old
daughter told today of their res
cue by an army air squadron when
they had dropped, exhausted.
They were Mrs. John Backert, 81,
and her daughter, Agnes. left be-
hind in a stalled automobile while
Mrs. Backert's husband and eldest
daughter walked 40 miles for aid.
They waited two days and two
nights, then set out across the
sands. After plodding Is miles
often circling back over their own
tracks-they gave up and lay down
to await rescue or death at Indian
Springs, a mudhole in the torrid
valley.
Mama was lying DOWN. guess
she was pretty all in-and 1 was
awfully afraid those planes wouldn't
see u.s." related Agnes between
bites of bread and jam.
Il waved and waved, but they
seemed TO keep right on going.
Then they began flying around and
around over us. Gee, they looked
good"
Seven ships dispatched from
March Field, Calf. had flown over
the hot sands all day yesterday
searching for the pair when they
sighted the little girl standing over
her exhausted mother, wig-wagging
the blanket.
Bless those airplaneS," said Mrs.
Backert, through swollen lips.
She and Agnes left their home at
Red Mountain, a desert hamlet of
several hundred miners and their
families, with her husband and eld-
est daughter, Ernestine, %, Friday,
bound for Backert'S claim at Leach
Springs, 60 miles from here.
Approximately 40 miles out on
the desert the party was caught by
one of the sudden, terrific cloud
bursts that occasionally sweep into
the almost rainleSs region.
Escape Desert Flood
Flood water swirled dangerously
deep in the small valley through
which they were driving, so Back
ert turned off the road and drove
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-28
MARCONI EXPERIMENTING WITH
POWERFUL RAY TO HALT PLANES

SANTA MARGHERITA, Italy,
Aug. 2s. U.R)-Guglielmo Marconi,
inventor of wireless telegraphy,
announced today that he was
working on experiments which he
believed would enable him to halt
airplane motors in the air.
He said he hoped to perfect
some tests within the next few
weeks and that the experiments
generally were in an advanced
stage.
It was reported that he had dis
closed his secret to King Victor
Emmanuel and Benito Mussolini.
His revelation, after years of
secret experiments. came as he
volunteered, at 81 years of age for
active service with the army at
the front in East Ffrica.
One of the great scientists of all
times, Marconi revealed that he
Imperial Valley press., 1935-08-28

were walking" said Mrs. Backert
as she was being treated at the
Randsburg hospital.
I'VE got off the road some way,
and everywhere were hills of sand.
We kept on, hoping to strike the
road again, but it got hotter and
hotter and we were thirsty.
Finally we stumbled onto this
spring. We couldn't go ON, and I
figured we could hold out longer
here.
Besides we were getting hungry.
The loaf of bread we had was al
j most gone.