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— _____ hy Charles G. Booth. ■
SYNOPSIS: The “woman in
black”—Mrs. Joe Lumly— the
mysterious visitor whom An
drew Ogden gave $1,000 a few
days before he was slain, is
found. Mrs. Moffit. the house
keeper, introduces her to Pee
bles as a priestess of Cosmic
Indulgence. Peebles questions
Mrs. Lundy, learns her husband
once the owner of a saloon in
Torridity, was shot ”0 years
ago and has been feeble-mind
ed ever since. The $1,000 check
is explained as a gift to her
faith. Asked whether she ever
knew or heard of Alex Peter
son, Mrs. Lundy shouts, “Alex
Peterson shot my husband!”
Chapter 31
"TEN-TO-ONE” PETERSON
“What!” I shouted, springing to
my feet. “Alex Peterson—shot your
husband! Nonsense! He was the
best friend I ever had!”
"He shot my husband, I tell
you!” Mrs. Lundy's bitter empha
sis of the words struck me in the
tastic gold-mounted revolvers, and
that cartridge belt stuffed with
gold bullets ....
"And not $10 to his name. Can
you see the man, Mr. Peebles?”
"Yes, yes,” I muttered tensely.
"His young brother, Jerry, came
with him—”
"Jerry!” I cried. “His brother!
Yes, go on." So it was his broth
er!
"He swaggered into my hus
band's resort. Men were drinking
at the bar and watching two scor
pions fighting in a coffee can.
Scorpions, Mr. Peebles! And they
were betting on the result! Peter
son treated the audience of this
elevating spectacle to my husband's
vile liquor; then he bet on the re
sult of the fight. Bet his last dol
lar. Mr. Peebles—at ten to one. He
bet on the smaller scorpion and it
won. After that he was never
known as anything else but Ten
to-One Peterson.”
“He must have made money ra
pidly.” I put in suggestively.
Mrs. Lundy gave me her strange
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Joe Lnnd.v—soul as shapeless as his face—only the shell is left.
face like the blow of a fist and IJ
fell back into my chair. Some in
fluence powerful enough to re-mold
Andrew’s personality had come into
his life. What right had I to deny
the word of one whose tragic life
Witnessed to its truth?
“Do you know why Alex Peterson
shot your husband. Mrs. Lundy?"
“I don’t," she replied in the same
bitter tone. “If Joe deserved it, I
didn't. Alex Peterson left him for
dead Joe responded to medical
treatment and he was brought back
to me several weeks later. I have
had him—ever since. Thirty years.”
The tragedy in her face wrung
my heart. !
"Did you see Alex Peterson when
you were down there?" I asked
gently.
"Yes, I saw him. Several times."
“Can you tell me anything about
him as he was then?”
She nodded slowly. "Yes, I re
member him. He wasn’t a man
One forgets easily. He was fairly
tall, supple as wire, and flat hip
ped. His face had something of
the eagle in it—that lean, reckless,
fighting look, you know. He al
ways wore an expensive Stetson
trimmed with a silver buckle, a
white silk shirt, fine riding boots
With silver spurs, and two revolvers
mounted with gold. The revolvers
Were loaded with gold bullets. I
suppose those decorations would
have been ridiculous on anyone
else; but somehow they seemed to
fit him.”
Mrs. Lundy fell silent and I re
spected her mood. What an ex
traordinarily vivid personality An
drew's must have been. What tra
gic event—for it must have been
tragic—had transformed him into
the Andrew Ogden I had known?
“Do you happen to know how he
came to be called ‘Ten-to-One’?"
Mrs. Lundy nodded. "Yes. I
heard a good deal about him while
JWas down there. He made his
ertune gamtajing In mining prop
rHe was an Inveterate gam
-no chance was to great—and
he’d risk every dollar he possessed.
When he came to Torridity—in
jg92, I think It was—he hadn't $10
th money to his name, but he was
just as I have described
Stetson hat with Its silver
Mickle, white silk shirt, those fan
eyes again. ‘Prosperity comes in
floods sometimes—X am told." The
bitter droop to her mouth touched
me. "Peterson staked out several
claims and sold one of them well.
After that he plunged recklessly,
again and again—and he nearly al
ways won. His fortune and his
reputation pyramided together. He
became famous—or infamous—from
one end of Skull Valley to the oth
er. But the Two Brothers mine—
he gave it that name himself—was
his most recklessly extravagant
venture. He put everything he had
into it. Everything. Mr. Peebles!
The town had begun to bet on his
gambles and it waited breathlessly
for Peterson to vindicate his judg
ment. It needn’t have. He won.
Nothing could stop him. The Two
Brothers paid handsomely. It paid;
after the other big mines had clos
ed down. It paid until the town
was abandoned two years later.
' Peterson became one of the two
wealthiest men in Torridity. The
other was my husband. Joe Lundy.
Joe was n gambler, also, but he
gambled in human frailty. How
I despised him. It is dreadful to
have to care for a man you de
spise, Mr. Peebles! But I have got
over that now.”
Her eyes closed as if she were
trying to shut something out.
"I must tell you about my hus-1
band,” Mrs. Lundy went on, a lit
tle wearily. "In his way he was
is striking then as Peterson, though
you couldn't have imagined a more
dissimilar pair. Joe was large and
oulky, and taller than Peterson, but
be was so stoop shouldered that he
actually seemed shorter. His head
was always thrust forward like a
lantern hung on a beam; his face
was long and irregular and wax
:olored. He had bristling black
eyebrows that gave him a Satanic
expression he was Very proud of.
His eyes were deep sunken and
near-sighted, ahd he wore a pair
of old-fashioned glasses with steel
frames and eight-sided lenses—"
"Eight-sided lenses!" I ejaculated,
md my hand went fumbling to the
lens In my pocket.
Mrs. Lundy nodded but there was
a distant look in her strange eyes
and I don't think she had noticed
my astonishment.
His soul was as shapeless as his
Tv \
face,” she went on in an empty
voice. “But he is different now
Only the shell is left."
Mrs. Lundy fell silent again. Her
eyes seemed to look straight
through me. I was glad of the
pause for it gave me time to di
gest the morsel of information she
had unconsciously given me. The
thought that Fuiie's •eyepiece''
might have some connection with
Andrew's death came into my mind
from I know not where. That eight
sided lens had belonged to Lundy—
those marked cards—Andrew had
! shot Lundy. There must be some
: connection. I couldn't get rid of the
thought.
| (Copyright, 1929. Win. Morrow Co.)
Joe Lundy’s eight-sided spec
tacles—Furie's magnifying glass
eyepiece—“Marked cards”—the
“game that cracked the town"
—where do they lead? Continue
the story tomorrow.
CARD OF THANKS
A short tense telegram, Grace
passed away yesterday afternoon.
Came without warning upon a lov
ing and care-worn mother as she
was hopefuly expecting she might
have her daughter with her again
fer the summer, was shocking in
extreme.
Then within a few short hours,
a second message came. Burial will
be at Juneau tomorrow, so astound
ed all the fast gathering relatives
who came to offer aid and con
solation, all coining and passing
so quickly, has left us seemingly
helpless to find words to express
our feelings.
So Providence decrees:
We are leaving her last resting
place to Your selection and care.
We are leaving her in her own
Great God's Country she was be
ginning to know and to love so
well. And in remembrance of the
many good expressions of the past
she has left with us we know she
was laid to rest with loving hearts
and tender care. So God’s Will
has been done. May she ever rest
in Peuce.
We send our thanks to all.
MR. and MRS. A. ItEINWALD,
MRS. W. R. GREENWOOD,
MRS. P. W. TAISEY,
MRS. F. ROGXN,
MRS. P. D. VINCENT,
MR. C. W. WHITE.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
In the Probate Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, First Division,
Juneau Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Gust E. Anderson, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that under and by virtue of an
order of the above entitled court
made on the 23rd day of May,
1929, in the matter of the above
entitled estate, the undersigned, as
executor under the will, will sell at
public auction to the highest bid
der, subject to confirmation by said
court, the following described real
property, to-wit:
Lot 1, Block 112, of the town-.
site of Juneau, Alaska, the
same being an unimproved lot
or parcel of land.
Said sale will be made on the
4th day1 of June, 1929, at two
o'clock on the afternoon of said
day, on the premises to be sold
in Junean, Alaska. The terms of
said sale will be: Cash, lawful
money of the United States of
America, ten (10%) per cent of
the purchase money payable at the
time of sale and the balance upon
confirmation of the sale by the
court aforesaid. Deed at the ex
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
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D. F. D. BALL TOSSERS
WIN FROM ELKS IN
SEASON’S OPENER
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• The baseball season was official
j ly ushered In for the Island yes
j terday when the Fire Department
j team and Elks played on the local
| diamond, the former winning by a
'll to 8 score.
Gov. George A. Parks formally
opened the season by throwing the
/ first ball for the Elks. Robert Bon
j ner, as Mayor pro tem wore the
| catcher's glove and James Barra
j ger wielded thg stick.
| The firemen drew first inning
j for the first frame and it was in
I this inning that the game was safe
ly stowed away for Douglas. With
two men on, Walt knocked out a
pretty homer making the three
points representing the win margin.,
At no time was this lead overcome.
It was a good game from the spec
tator's standpoint. A review of
the plays appears elsewhere in to
day's Empire. In spite of a cloud
ed sky and chilling wind, a fair
sized crowd witnessed the game.
INSTALLATION TONIGHT
All preparations are made for the
joint installation of officers to be
held this evening in the Eagles hall
by Douglas Aerie 117, F. O. E. and
the Ladies Auxiliary.
The Eagles' meeting is called for
7:30 o'clock and the installation
will follow.
MISS IIITRSH RETURNS
Accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
Jenny Hursh, Miss Josie Htirsh re
turned from Prince Rupert last eve
ning on the Princess Louise. Mrs.
Hursh expects to visit with her
daughter here until the first week
in August before returning to her
home in Saskatchewan. Canada.
Try the rive o’clock Dinner,
Specials at Mabry’s. — adv.
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NEW BUTCHER AT HUB
Succeeding Dick McCormick who
resigned his position at the Hub
meat market a few days ago, Ren
Cook, an experienced butcher has
been placed in charge of the meat
department.
Mr. Cook, who is a family man,
recently came from Seattle where
he operated a market of his own, \
and he has been living in Juneau j
for the past month. As soon as he j
secures suitable residence here for j
his family,
Douglas.
they will remove to j
Legs having ceased to be a treat,
we can’t help but wonder to what
extreme the girls of the next gen
eration will go to attract the eyes
of the male.
The younger girls have taken to
modern styles like a duck to water,
but there are a lot of old hens
who still miss the things under
neath as much as a man does his
vest when he's shed it in the
spring
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