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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23
CHAPTER XIX-Continued.

-21-
Silently Hoyt looked at me with a
smirk of terror. Intent on the up
roar in the foyer, shocked by the
disembodied voice we both had
heard, he had let the elevator down,
without checking it, on the cross
beams that guarded the shaft pit.
What was it?" he babbled. "Ja'
hear that?"
Then saw that the car rested un-
evenly on the beams as though
something were pinned beneath one
side and I knew what that last,
abruptly stilled cutlery had meant.
''He had done trapeze work."
told Miss Agatha. "When the ele-
vator was at the floor above him, it
was easy for him to open the shaft
door below it and leap to the travel
ing cables. They're the power ca
bles that are attached to the bottom
of the car"
The old lady sat in her living
room, cigarette in hand, highball
beside her. She was personifcation
of the quiet that spread after tenn
pest. The useless ambulance that
had tarried before the Morello had
gone away. Shannon had left, with
Cochrane. Allegro had vanished.
hoped that I, too, might depart be-
fore her return. Meanwhile, gulped
my drink and supplied, at Miss Aga
tha's insistence, those fragments of
the tragedy that were not already
hers.
apparently, then, with thrust of
his foot he shut the open door and
went down unseen to the basement
beneath the car, dropping into the
elevator pit when the elevator halt
ed at the foyer. Tonight, you see,
it didn't stop. He jumped too late,
or else he lost count of the floors
and was pinned between the pit
crossbeams and the car floor"
I drained my glass.
Miss Agatha said:
$50 that is why his hands were
grimed the night after the murder
and why he wore no overcoat?"
Fright" I answered. "The ca
bles are creased, and dirty. Per-
haps he threw his overcoat into the
furnace. At any rate he wiped off
the knife and hid it in the base
ment, for fear someone would stop
him when he went out into the
street."
pride killed him." the old lady
told me. "Let that be a warning
to you, David. He had killed in
sef-defense. A lawyer no better
than Tertius Groesbeck could have
saved him. Lyon Ferriter had too
much sense of drama"
"He'd been on the STAGE" point
ed out. ''That's why he spoke so
well, until he got excited, and then
lapsed into his native tongue. It
was just veneer he had acquired"
"Odd, isn't it," Miss Agatha
asked, "what you find when you pry
off veneer-odd and terrible, David?
I'll do no more prying. The Paget
book will never be written. People
that throw stones should live in in
tact glass houses"
She peered at me and my face
seemed to disappoint her.
Usually" she prompted, ''you
grin at my epigrams. That's been
one of several reasons I've endured
you" 4,
Sorry" I said. "I was thinking
of lone. Her fathers gone. They
must have loved each other. It's
going to be brutal for her"
II sent Allegro to see her." Miss
Agatha said briefly.
"That was generous"
She shook her head. T..
cts easy to be generous when
you've won. Presumably she'll be
financially secure, for she'll inherit
Lyon's-I mean Horstman's-prop-
erty. She'll never have Grove now.
Grove will know how nearly he was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23
Betty Brewers ship has really
come in at last. Betty's the attrac-

tive but not beauti-
full youngster who
made such a hit in
Rangers of For
tune" remember?
She's been the bread
winner for her FAM
lily of five for a year
she's Is now. Her
ia mily migrated
from Joplin, Mo-, to
Sacramento, Calf,
in a fivver, but her
father couldn't find
work there and Bet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23
BRONZE KINGFISH

Huey Long has returned to the
halls of congress.
A seven-foot bronze statue of the
late s'Kingfsh' has been placed in
Statuary hall of the Capitol between
two other noted figures, William Jen-
nings Bryan and the elder Sen. Rob
ert M. LaFollette. Longs statue is
covered with an American flag and
will be formally unveiled at cere-
mony sometime this month.
The work of Charles Keck, Brook
lyn sculptor, the statue took several
years to complete and cost $15 1000.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Capt. George Names, one Of the
founders of the American Legion,
has submitted to government Off
Gals a plan for the formation of a
junior national defense organization.
There is no more scorching critic
of the New Deal than Gen. Hugh
Johnson, but this is not preventing
the blustery one-time MIRA boss
from heading a columnists' commit
tee to boost the Presidents birthday
parties to raise funds for the Ma
tional Infantile Paralysis Founda-
ton.
Asked by a friend why he had
married, 82-year-old Sen. Carter
Glass of Virginia quipped, 'To avoid
the draft"
That Arkansas Valley Authority
bill introduced by Rep. Clyde Ellis,
militant young New Dealer, to Gre
ate a new iva covering the Arkan-
sas, White, Red and st. Francis riv-
ers, is no political gesture" meas
ure. Ellis offered the legislation aft
er several conferences with Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who promised to
give it his full backing. The pro-
posed new power project would be
several times bigger than iva.
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small daughter. The pinafore-
jumper is so deliciously full, below
that down-scooped cut in the front,
and the sash bow in the back ac-
cents its saucy flare. The little
guimpe is plain and tailored, as it
should be for school and kinder
garten, with a round, tailored col
lar and a little neck bow.
Send for the pattern right away
(the number is $500. Make the
afore-jumper of checked ging-
ham, printed calico or plain cham
bray, and trim with braid or bias
binding. Repeat the guimpe sew
eral times in batiste, lawn, dimity
or linen.
Pattern No. 1850 is designed for sizes
2, 4, and years. Size requires 2is
yards of 35-inch material for pinafore-
jumper; Ia yards trimming; Il yard for
blouse. Send order to:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23

dos first network children shows.
Fibber MCGEE and Molly weren't
even names on a radio script until
six years later, when Don Quinn,
the Jordans' script writer, thought
them up.
If the "Quizz Kids" are among
your radio favOrites prepare to see
them on the screen before long.
They're making series of shorts at
Paramount's Long Island studios.
The star performer is sure to be
that very young man, Gerard Oar
row, who ranks with John Kieran
of Information Please" when it
comes to natural history.
y .
Don't be surprised if you happen
to meet your favorite radio stars
and discover that their voices sound
altogether different than they do
when you hear them on the screen
or radio. Rudy Vallee, John Barry
more and Billie Burke are outstand-
ing examples of this difference in
voices; theirs are all pitched lower
naturally than they are when they
come over the air.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23
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To Have Lived
Happy he, who secure within
can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst,
for I have lived today.-Dryden.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23

The success of "Teeny," Fibber
MCGEE and Molly's little 81 betcha!"
Evening star., 1941-05-23

but once he was used to them he
found them infinitely more COM
Portable than his own clothes. The
one thing he never felt at ease in
was the kaf1ya, the long headdress
bound to his head with ropes. He
wore it, however, and he let his
beard grow so that by the time he
got to Tripoli, he was a presentable
Arab master.
The day he left, San Porte gave
him his final instructions. A man
would meet them at Tripoli and
would deal with Swahli but Matt
should be present to hear the bar
gaining and be sure that Swahli
received and handed over the cor
rect amount. Matt would then take
charge of the money and SWahli
would handle the unloading and
reloading of cargo, so Matt wouldn't
have to bother with that. Swahli
listened unperturbed to the doubts
expressed by San Porte as to his
integrity. Knowing they were true,
1t bothered him not at all.
Tauru was different sort en-
tirely. He was as volatile and un-
certain as the peculiar French he
spoke but he raised loud cries to
heaven to witness his honesty and
willingness to work. He came on
board an hour or so before they
set sail and threw himself at Mats
feet, chattering passionate stream
Of language. Matt told him in
French that he couldn't understand
him. To his surprise the boy an
swered him in French.
Matt Finds Friend.
Jon San Porte shuff1ed up and
screamed. "Imshi Go awayl" at
the boy, giving him a not too gentle
kick. The boy didn't cringe and
Matt, looking down at him, was
moved by the scrawny brown thin
ness of his body and the moist, dog
like look in his black eyes.
Il am very strong! Mon Dieu,
how strong! And I have work on
big ship many times. You will see
how I will work, Allahou Akbar!
You will take me then, mighty good
Ell Kebir!''
What kind of names is he calling
me?" Matt asked Carlita.
She smiled. Eel Kebir is the lion.
He's paying you compliment
a very nice one"
Matt looked at San Porte. "You
said the other day you could use
one more in the crew. Should I
take him?"
San Porte shrugged his narrow
shoulders. TT means nothing to me.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

went off up the quay to the city.
Matt liked the old part of the town,
where fascinating mixture of peo-
pie jostled one another in the mar
row arcaded streets. He saw heavily
yelled women, slim Italian pilots
and army officers, tall black Moors
and the little Jewish peddlers and
fat Jewish housewives. Once in
while he saw some one in a sun
helmet, with a camera, who looked
like tourist, although that breed
IVES almost. extinct now. And once,
Matt thrilled to the sight of a big
haWk-nosed Arab, blue-veiled and
fierce looking. Matt was sure 1t was
a Touareg, most dreaded of all the
desert raiders.
His hotel was in the southwest
part of the city, where all the Euro
pean and official buildings were To-
Gated along the sea front drive; the
Luonmare Conte Volpi. He had to
engage the room as a servant re-
serving it for a white master. And
in the nearby tailor shop he caused
bit OF surprise when it was dis
covered he was an American.
1t was dinner time when he had
bathed, shaved his beard and
dressed himself in his new suit. He
sang as he dressed. 1t was good to
become an American citizen again
instead of captain of dhoW. He
dismissed Tauru for the evening
and went down to the dining room.
There was good orchestra play
ing dinner music and the soft chat
ter Of restaurant. Almost eyerv
man in the room was in uniform
and there were Italian and German
flags draped behind the orchestra.
AS his eye wandered around the
room it fell on a table at which sat
a pretty blond girl and a gray
haired woman, evidently her moth
er. To his amaZement, the older
woman raised gloved hand, and
smiling gayly, beckoned to him.
Continued tomorrow
Matt meets two compatriots.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
WboWalks on SAND q
bu Rita Hansen

the story thus TAR Matt Burgess Europe
his brother phen the breaks
unable
docks Dhen he meets garruouS sailor haze
drink NTH him. In the nearby Cate of the Angels
oooh ana hare their drink then the sailor leaves
While he beautiful Spanish BOOTH
Mats
him ouo the place through secret door leading a
She insists that his drink drugged and that
TO shanghai him. and she him robodt
As they SUnloUed By the
6e1tdernent dSSoDeS
in Dla Cartagena the the
athe Jon San Porte Jon
trading boats
Evening star., 1941-05-23

with a pile Of boxes. When he saw
them he jumped down and came
and stood before them. Matt never
saw him smile.
Matt" San Porte said, this is
swahli Ben, your first mate. He'll
handle all the details for you. He's
good man."
Swahli stood silent. He had the
deep brown eyes and sharp nose of
his race and a heavy mouth pulled
down in one corner by white-edged
knife scar. His big, smooth body
gistened with sweat and fairly
shone with strength. Matt was sure
he could be plenty bad, too, if he
wanted to be.
When SWahli left them, San Porte
said confidentially, He could handle
everything on that boat. But these
natives! I don't trust one of
them. :. Like snakes, all of them.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

before the middle of the morning
And then Tripoli! After the mo-
notony of the low sandy shore
line for miles, the first view of the
beautiful city was as refreshing as
cool water. From its fertile green
ness the city rose on shining ter
races, one white tier upon another,
splashed with color from its count
less gardens. When they were we'll
into the small, crescent-shaped
bay that formed the harbor, they
saw the signs of war. The bat
tleships and seaplanes and the mod
ern steel quays were a far cry from
Matt's idea of the city in olden
days when Tripoli had been queen
of the pirate cities and glamor-
Gus stronghold
Their boat slipped in quietly,
coming to rest at a wharf with a
warehouse marked San Porte in the
background. Matt called to Tauru.
Look, kid, do you want to come
ashore with me?"
The Deal Is Made.
Sid! I would die if you did not
take mel" He called Matt by the
Arab term of address even though
he spoke French. sid, I have been
here before. l know whole town" J"
He spread his skinny arms to en-
brace all Tripoli and grinned joy
fully.
Matt said, Good, we'll go get a
hotel room and then I'm going to
get myself some civilized clothes
again"
Tauru squinted doubtfully. "Sidi,
If you would stay in native clothes
I could show you many things in
city that the white people never see.
Oh yes, many things!"
I'll take you up on that some
other time. But now I've got other
things to do" He had persuaded
San Porte to give him part of his
salary in advance and though it
wasn't much, for San Porte was,
above all things, thrifty, 1t would be
enough.
In the warehouse, while they were
unloading, swarthy black-bearded
Arab, wearing a luxurious burnous
and green turban of hadji, began
bargaining with Swahli Matt was a
witness to the proceedings but all he
could understand was the leather
bag of Italian money that the Arab
handed to him. In French, SWahli
told him. I'VE made deal 1t is
price that master wants. Sol"
The further proceedings interest
ed Matt not at all He and Tauru
Evening star., 1941-05-23

or an Englishman; a white man like
me I would always trust . If like
what read in their faces!"
so I have an honest FACET Matt
laughed to himself, wondering what
villainy he could have read in San
Porte's face if he'd known how.
Matt Enjoys Disguise.
They were bound for Tripoli. in
Italian Libya, with a cargo of hides
and spices and wine. 1t was San
Porte's idea that Matt should dress
in native costume to avoid suspicion.
Suspicion of what, he didn't exactly
say. But Matt, rather enjoying the
whole business. kept his own counsel.
There would be ways of finding out
what he wanted to know.
He liked the loose, light clothing
Of his disguise. The baggy trousers
and striped burnous were difficult
at first to become accustomed to.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

But I shall pay him only the food
he will eat!"
The boy poured forth his graft
tude at some length until Matt
roughly sent him to help Swahli
lash down a bale. He felt a bond
between himself and Tauru for here
was someone he could pretty well
trust out of all these people. Tauru
at least was his friend, as long as
he kept him fed
They cast off from Cartagena
before noon and Matt found out
by nightfall how burning a Medi-
terranean sun can be when it's
reflected off the water. He spent
the whole day learning what he
could about his boat and tiny crew
and making a cursory inspection of
the cargo to make sure it was load
ed and lashed down correctly. But
with all the duties he made for
himself Matt felt more and more
like the fifth wheel. Swahli, the
brutal mate, handled everything. In
fact, Matt was singularly helpless
against him in that he couldn't
even talk to or understand his crew.
He found Tauru his one solace. To-
gether they spent long hours prac-
ticing knife-throwing; an art in
which Tauru was extremely pro-
flcient. They'd sit all afternoon
with girba of water between them
and throw a pair of long knives
into the sun-hot wooden planking.
There was really nothing else to
do when the wind went down and
they lay becalmed for hours in the
lazy sunlight.
Finally, TripOli.
1t was strange, completely
peaceful existence. Matt almost for
got there was a war until, as they
neared the coast of Africa they
heard a drone of motors and, lying
on their backs on the deck, watched
a squadron of English bombers fly
over them. Matt thought how help
less they were on their small boat
and yet how their very strength lay
in that helplessness. For who would
waste torpedo or bomb on a
dirty old scow poking her nose along
with the wind?
They saw six Italian planes that
same day headed south, and the
next morning, before the sun was
quite up. Tauru spotted a battleship
far off on the edge of the horizon
1t was exciting because they were
too far away to see what country it
belonged to. They never did get
close to it, for it disappeared again
Evening star., 1941-05-23

tOT Ifle HTSC SlgnJ OF MS Snip.
1t was high-stemmed Arab dhow,
burnt to a dull painless brown,
lateen rigged, with its one triangular
sail a patched and leathery looking
shape hanging lifeless in the still air.
A huge, broWn-skinned Arab stood
on her deck, eXhorting the half
dozen smaller natives who toiled
Evening star., 1941-05-23

They would rob you of your very
teeth"
Matt couldn't resist saying, How
do you know I wouldn't rob you,
since 1 haven't any money!"
The old man shook his head. "You
are an American. An American
Evening star., 1941-05-23

Mrs. Max M. Hoover has been
elected president of the Cherrydale
VaD School Parent Teacher Asso-
citation. Other officers are: Mrs.
Rouillard, first vice president: Miss
Elizabeth E. Beale. second vice pres
ident; Miss Wilma Goad, treasurer;
Mrs. T. R. Schellenberg, secretary;
Mrs. Kern, historian, and Col. S.
Gordon Greene, parliamentarian
Evening star., 1941-05-23
CHAPTER w.

1T was rather surprise to Matt the boat expected
command They had driven down the
old and Matt of
ships against the up
vision OF himself in gold braid standing
ridiculous as he knew these magnng
Evening star., 1941-05-23
CherryduIe PIT. A. Elects

Matt meets two compatriots.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03
Frozen Cash May Go
For Arms Purchases

WASHINGTON. April 3-QNS)
President Roosevelt today was
prepared to sign a biIl making il
possible for Secretary of State
Hull TO release to recognized rep
resentativeS Of refugee European
governments approximately 81
000,000000 in frozen foreign funds.
The funds represent the ear
marked gold and other assets of
y foreign governments overrun
by Germany and Russia and those
of Yugoslavia. The funds may thus
be made available for the main
tenance Of the refugee govern
ments and for purchases Of
munitions in this country.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03
FOLLOW BRIDGES PLAN

Chase said he recognized 10 or
Is Communists in the meeting
which was attended by Is TO 80
workers Bridges suggestions were
carried out by most of those who
attended the meeting, Chase tes-
tilted
When Gitlow was on the stand
Chief Government Counsel Albert
del Guercio read into the record
a Sheaf OF Communist documents
setting forth that violent revolu-
ton against "capitalistic govern
mentS was the party'S cardinal
principle
During his three days Of testi-
mony telling of his 10 wears ex-
periences with the Communist
Party ending in 1929 Gitlow did
not mention Bridges. Government
counsel said they would link
Bridges with the Communist party
by later testimony.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03
I'D EX-RED WITNESS

The testimony was the second
move to link Mrs King with
Communists
The government presented a
second ex-Communist as a witness
in the hearing. Ezra F. Chase of
Los Angeles said he joined the
party in Los Angeles in 1881 and
quit the Communists in December.
1897. when he denounced the Com
munIST policies.
Chase who said he joined the
party under the name of F. T..
Shrader. asserted
The Communist Party advo-
Gates the violent overthrow of
every nOn-COmmunist govern
ment in the world"
Chase testified that while still a
Communist he attended a meeting
Of workers in September. 1887 al
Los Angeles where Bridges gave
advice on what AL members
should do in efforts TO affiliate
their unions with the Go.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03
SHE'S NOT WORRIED

II was the dummy i'm lot of
interpretations during the years
GitlOw mentions" she said
"And l didn't hear afout IL till
the Dies committee dug it up
couple of years ago.
THAT was all mentioned in
1889 before the last Bridges
hearing. II that's all the gov
ernment's got in this caseATm
not worried"
Judge Charles p. Sears. exam.
iner at the hearing. sustained an
objection by Bridges attorney
Richard Gladstein. when the gov
eminent sought 10 get Gitlow II
testify whether he considered
persons associated with" the
Workers Library Publishing Com
pany 10 be under Communist
direction and control"
The question. GladStein asserted,
called for a conclusion by the
witness.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03
Bridges Attorney
Linked With
Communists
BY FRED WYATT
I News Service stan Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, April g.
Mrs. Carol King of New York,
chief defense counsel in labor
leader Harry Bridges second de-
portation hearing. was named by
a government witness as a dummy
stakeholder and director of sew
eral Communist Party publica-
tions.
The testimony was given by
Benjamin Gitlow, former, head of
United States Communists. in
his third day of testimony on the
witness stand.
Mrs. King shrugged off the testi-
.mony with a laugh while talking
with newsmen during a recess in
the hearing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03
HUDSON'S
BASEMENT ST.


At Easter time our big StockA and wide selections
are more important than Choosing is easier
and quicker. Neuo fashions qrrire daily Come TO
Hudson's Basement Store and see hou You can
hare more ne,o clothes for the Easter Parade
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03

Prices Subject 10 ~ Sales Tar
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-03-07
w. c. T. u. WILL SEW
FOR RED CROSS CAUSE

At the regular monthly meeting
OF the Hagerstown w. c. T. U.
heId at the home of Mrs. Nora
Saum, Playground avenue. Rev. J.
I. kerStetter spoke on "The Cost
OF Crime Mrs. J. Calvin Mowen
had charge of the devotions and
program. The president, Mrs. Frank
Rohrer, conducted the business
meeting, at which time members
decided to assisting in sewing for
the Red Cross. A new member was
received into the union. Refresh
ments were served by the hostess
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-03-07
ONLY ONE MOTHER

You have only one mother. my boy.
Whose heart you can gladden. with
JOY,
Or cause it to ache
Till ready to break
So cherish that mother, my boy.
You have only one mother who
will
Stick to you through good and
through i'll,
And love you although.
The world is your foe
So care for that love never still.
You have only one mother to pray
That in the good path you may
stay;
Who for you won't spare
Self sacrifice rare
SO worship that mother always.
You have only one mother to make
A home ever sweet for your sake,
Who tolls day and night
For you with delight
To help her all pains ever take.
You have only one mother to miss
When she has departed form this,
So love and revere
That mother while here
Some time you won't know her dear
kiss.
You have only one mother-just
one;
Remember that always, my son;
None can or will do
What she has for you
What have you for her ever done?
Unknown
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-03-07

James Covington of Detroit, had
only two cents in his pockets but
when stickup men stopped him he
resisted and landed in a hospital.
Il fought on general principles, "
he explained. Il object to being
held up"