The Daily Alaska empire. [volume], May 21, 1929, Page 6, Image 6

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GOLD BULLETS
— by Charles G. Booth. --
SYNOPSIS: Daring the blis
tering heat of the desert, Lucy
rushes to Skull Valley to warn
her fiance, Jerry Ogden, that
the police charge him with
slaying his father. Lucy’s uncle,
John Peebles, follows her to the
ghost town. Torridity, where the
murdered Andrew Ogden is be
lieved to have ruled 30 years
before as Alex Peterson, gamb
ler and overlord. As Peebles
searches the eerie buildings,
Lucy and Jerry suddenly drive
past but fail to see him. Peebles
tries to follow them but discov
ers that the tires of his auto
have been slashed.
Chapter 20
SHOTS FROM A TOMB
What of the man who had slash
ed my tires? Dillon, undoubtedly.
Knowing that Jerry was in Torrid
ity, he had come to plant the flan
nels. The children, I decided, did
not know he was here and he may |
not have seen them. He certainly |:
knew I was here. Why in the j
name of commonsense hadn’t 11
brought a pistol?
I don't know what made me think
of Purie just then. MacNair had
assumed that Furie knew some
thing about the Two Brothers mine;
perhaps, Indeed, had brought Og
den the bit of quartz. Moreover,
Hubbard’s description of him
strongly suggested the old desert
rat type. Mightn’t Purie be a relic
of Torridity’s vanished prosperity?
Was it Furie’s presence I had
sensed in the town instead of Dil
lon’s? Was it, indeed, Furie who
had slashed my tires? And had Dil
lon. after “planting” the flannels,
taken himself off? I began to won
der about the Two Brothers mine.
MacNair had connected Furie and
the quartz specimens with it and
I had concluded Lucy had found
Jerry there. After swallowing a
sandwich I set off up the street
towards the flank of the mountain
behind the town. On the out
skirts my feet found an indistinct
trail of sorts and I let them carry
me along it.
The sun was declining towards
the Skeletons, but the wind blew
hot as a dragon’s breath and in
its teeth whistled that sound I had
Jeard as I drove towards Torridity.
thought it hissed at me, “Go
back, you fool!” A thin sand
haze hung in the air. A windstorm
impended, I felt sure, and com
mon sense urged me to go back;
but just then I saw the buildings
of an abandoned mining property.
Heading into the bite of the wind.
I quickly identified the property as
the Two Brothers by the huge mass
of splintered rock in front of the
entrance to the main bore.
It took me half an hour to ex
plore the property. In ruin and
ft-creak in the burning wind, the
buildings were a sorry mess, but the
machinery was in fair condition,
prom the "tailings” dump I fol
lowed the orecart rails up to the
great pile of debris which blocked
the entrance. To remove it would
be a sizable job.
In a barn-like structure was the
police car Lucy had commandeered.
It cheered me mightily. Leaving the
car where it was, for the time be
ing, I started back along the flank
of the mountain.
The sun was lower. me wina
had quickened; Its eerie note shrill
ed a little. After I had gone 100
yards beyond the limits of the Two
Brothers property I came upon a
narrow gash slashed deep into the
flinty mountainside which I had
not seen as I came up. A vague
trail led into the gash and the im
print of shoes showed in a sprink
ling of sand at my feet.
Striking into the gash, I found
myself between towering walls of
reddish rock which gradually wid
ened into a sizeable canyon that
cut into the heart of the Skeletons.
1 had gone some 200 yards when I
noticed a '‘V”-shaped joint in the
routh slope of the canyon. As I
approached the joint I saw it was
really a cavcrn-likc slash in the
rock wall.
1 had come within 30 feet of the
slash when a rifle cracked and a
bullet flattened against the rock 12
inches above my head!
My eyes sprang up the opposite
lope which ascended gradually and
: saw not far above me a small
vooden shanty from which, I con
duded, had come the shot. I won
iered if I were to be dropped dead
as I stood.
The slash offered sanctuary. Only
30 feet away! Could I make it? I
hurled myself towards it. Before I
had covered a third of the distance
the rifle cracked again and my hat
leaped and fell over my face. Los
ing my balance, I reeled back
against the cliff.
It seemed likely that a third shot
would put an end to the foremost
collector of pistols in San Felipe
county and I stayed where I was.
The sun was beginning to set be
yond the crest of the Skeletons.
It grew perceptibly darker. What
were the man's intentions? Per
haps he merely intended to keep
me out of the slash. Holding my
breath, I edged away from the
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slash. Nothing happened. Appar-'
ently 1 might take my self off, but
I mustn't go into the slash.
Why? It didn't take me long to
speculate about it. If the slash
was not a new opening into the
complicated workings of the Two
Brothers mine, what was it? The
marksman on the hillside was
guarding a recently exposed ledge
of gold-bearing ore.
“Who is it?” I mutteted. “Ftirie
—Dillon?”
If MacNair was right in his as
sumption that Furie knew some
thing about the specimen we had
found in Ogden's desk it might be
Furie.
My immediate concern was to get
away. With my eyes upon the
slope opposite, I had made my way
along the trail, half expecting the
smack of a bullet. But it didn’t
come and presently I was out in
the desert again.
The sun had gone. Into the
shrill cry of the wind had come a
human note as awesome as a voice
from a tomb. Little wheels and
whirls of sand sprang up, danced,
died. The sand haze nipped my
throat, stung my nostrils, watered
my eyes. A curious sense of the
desert holding itself in leash, of
malign forces gathering beneath
this outward tranquillity, affected
me and I began to run.
When I had come within 100
yards of the nearest building the
wind screamed like a herd of ter
rified horses. The ferocity of
the wind was beyond conception.
It took me into its arms and,
spinning me like a top, ran with
me screaming down the street. Sud
denly it let me go and for a mo
ment I hung in a little pocket in
the wind. Geysers of sand sprang
up from the earth, ropes of sand
fell from the sky, and I saw them
driven by the bellows of heaven
into the revels of a pit full of fields
let loose.
And then, suddenly, a blast of
sand poured into my face, blinding
me; the wind picked me up again,
spun me, and hurled me against
the side of a buildfng. Pinning me,
it smote me blow upon blow until
I thought my senses would leave
me. My body felt beaten to a
pulp, and my face was stinging
and bleeding from tiny cuts in
flicted by the gravel-toothed wind.
Once again the wind picked me
up and sent me spinning down the
street. Then it smote me side
wise. I pitched through an open
door and went headlong.
(Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.)
Will the desert’s fury add
Peebles to its toll? Who fired |
the shots? What is he guard
ing? Continue the story to- j
morrow.
MEETING
Juneau Woman’s Club
The regular monthly meeting of
the Juneau Woman’s Club will be
held at the FORGET-ME-NOT Tea
Room, Tuesday, May 21st, 8:00 p.m.
Election of officers. All mem
bers are urged to attend. adv.
Try a TOASTED SANDWICH at
the Juneau Ice Cream Parlors, adv
Try the Five o'clock Dinner
Specials at Mabry’s. —adv.
The fury of a Skull Valley Sandstorm lashed Peebles mercilessly.
Scandinavian-Americcui
DANCE
MOOSE HALL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Music By the
“Dance Trio99
MRS. VANCE—Piano
MRS. DUFRESNE—Violin
B. PARKS—Drums
Let's Go
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
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MRS. STRAGIER
COMPLIMENTED
As a farewell for Mrs. Henry
Stragier who with her children is
leaving this week tb reside in Chi
chagof, Mesdames August Olson'
and Joe Riedi entertained the Cath
olic ladies of the island, at the
home of the former Saturday eve
ning, May 18.
The evening was spent at cards,
three tables being played. Prize
winners were. Mrs. A. Africh, first,
Mrs. H. Kittlesby, consolation, and
Mrs. H. Stragier, cut prize. The
latter was presented with a Rayon
bed-spread by her friends.
SHITANDA GETS TRUCK
Y. “Slim" Shitanda, Owl Cafe
proprietor, is the lucky man who
received the half-ton Ford truck
that was disposed of by the Doug
las Fire Department.
CHANGE RESIDENCES
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Cochrane
have removed to the Armstrong
cottage on St. Ann’s Ave., where
Misses Olson and Abrahamson re
sided during the school term.
HOME FROM TEACHING
Their teaching terms ended, Miss
Impi Aalto and Miss Elizabeth Fra
ser, arrived home on the Admiral
Evans from Scow Bay and West
Petersburg, respectively, where they
taught school all winter.
Ice cream, brick or bulk. Juneau
Ice Cream Parlors. —adv.
SILVER TEA
St. Luke's Guild will entertain
with a silver tea Thursday after
noon May 23, at the home of Mrs.
J. R. Guerin.
GOES TO CAPE
Mrs. Gust Wahto and two small
children left on the gas boat Eagle
yesterday morning for Cape Oma
ney, where she will spend the next
few weeks.
ALAMEDA TAKES SIX
Six passengers from Douglas, all
but one of whom will return here
after the summer, left on the Ala
meda. They are Mrs. I. Crim,
Miss Dorothy Crim. Miss Hazel Ol
son, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carlson and
Mona Carlson.
U. S. Exports Brains
To Aid in Work Abroad
NEW YORK, May 21.—A grow
ing item in America’s “export"
trade is personal advice on en
gineering projects and efficiency
counsel for foreign industries.
Large construction companies
which specialize in foreign activi
ties are receiving requests for as
sistance from governments and pri
vate industries in all parts of the
world.
Moscow’s new housing program,
involving the expenditure of $100,
000,000 yearly, is expected to give
employment to a consideable staff
of American technical advisers.
NOTICE
All persons having plunder storecj
in Warehouse No. 1 on City Wharf
should remove same at once as the
warehouse is being DEMOLISHED
BY LEE ROX, THE WRECKING
CONTRACTOR. —adv.
Dell E. Sheriri, Juneau’s piano
tuner and rebuilder. Phone 573.
May Succeed De Groof
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Ralph E. Hemstrect, above
former district attorney oi
Kings County, Brooklyn, N
|Y„ i3 reported to be the sue
1 'cessor to William A. DeGroot
j (former U. S. district attorney
I !for eastern New York, wh<
j was ousted by Presiden
! Hoover at the request of At
torney-General Mitchell.
(International Newuieel)
ATTENTION*
For Carpenter Work ot any kind
1 —shop or city—Call Handy Andy,
i Phone 49a
j LET MAC SHARPED IT. Second
Hand Store, opposite Model Cafe.
I —adv.
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