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POLLY AND HER PALS
Bu Percloal Christopher Wreru Author of
MYSTERIOUS WAYE^S
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SYNOPSIS: John ff aye
plumb1 the underworld for
( ace." cf the kidnaper, respni
Lblc fir the death ef his
daughter, Ko_. mary. Ilis old
id ntit.v as the wealthy John
Wave St. Clair buried through
a hammed suicide, he combs
gangland fer the crooks who
had taken his gems and re
lume d his daughter insane and
dying. Mr. and Mrs. William,
detective:, aid him in sound
ing cut “Uncle,” all-wise con
fidant of crook , who previous
ly has helped W'ayc escape an
unde:, rved prison term. After
patient work they are re
warded when “Uncle,” casually
me ntie.ning the St. Clair dia
me.nd jcb, names “Limey” Doc
Simon, “Spider” Schlitz, Chink
Dr.rson and Gunman Gryde,
Sime.n's son, as its successful
plotters. All but Gryde, Jimmie
W'ayc h anrs, after serving
“stretches” in an Ohio jail.
Chapter 38
SIMON’S NEW PATIENTS
A few weeks later, Williams H.
William heard a rumor in the
Underworld that the man known,
among other names, as Doc Eng
lish, Half-hung Simon, and Limey
Simon, had been Illegally released
from jail and had been seen at
San Francisco in the company of
one of his accomplices. Spider
Schlitz. whose one-year term of
imprisonment had expired at about
tjhe same time.
Hurrying round to Uncle's for
further news—the matter to be
mentioned most casually in the
course of idlest conversation, of
ccurse-^we learnt that the man
Schlitz was staying openly at the
Kearney House in San Francisco,
while Simon was in hiding in Rio
de Janeior. Gunman Gryde was
reported to be still in New York,
and Chink Dorson still in Columbia
Jail, where he had four years yet
to serve.
After a council of war. we decided
that we would once again separ
ate. William going to San Fran
cisco. his wife to New York, while
I to Rio de Janeiro.
Should the gang assemble in
one of these three places, we three
would do the same, and lay our
plans accordingly. /
What I really wanted to do to
them, and what I really hoped for,
3 did not know—beyond some kind
of terrible punishment and re
venge.
What I constantly visualized,
and what constantly caused me to
awake from sleep—with my hands
clutching and f 1 ex e d—was the
thought of my hands upon the
throat of each one of these sub
human devils in turn. Dorson I
would some day kill with my bare
was a packet of heavily sealed
hands; from Simon, apparently
their leader. I soon would choke
the life; and, ch, slowly, slowly,
■would I, with iron fingers, strangle
the man Gryde, that Jimmy
■whose name my daughter had
Shrieked in terror
In Rio de Janeiro I lived my
miserable life—sick at heart and
ill of body, drifting to breakdown
and probably madness, for I could
lxnd no trace of the man Simon,
though I was able to learn his
history thoroughly.
And then, again, I got renewed
hope in a letter from Williams H.
William, who "was certain that
he was on the trail and would
write again—great news.”
But before hearing from him
again I—clever fellow—was myself
off on a new deal and a red-hot
trail that led me right across the
eontinent; thence to Seattle, and
finally across the Pacific to Shang
hai—there to run to earth, at
last, the gang of white slavers
whom I had been pursuing, only to
find that they were not our gang
at all.
At the end of my tether, men
tal, moral and physical, I crawled
back to Chicago.
Awaiting me in Uncles care
letters from Williams H. William
The latter had gone to London in
pursuit of Simon, the English
Sector whom he had discovered,
beyond any doubt, to be the lead
er of the gang whom we were
.tracking.
r learned with admiration and
amazement that my wonderful
William and his equally wonderful
wife had gone to England and
were actually living beneath the
roof of the well-known and excel
lently conducted Nursing Home
that this man "Half-hung Simon.”
p genuine M. D., whose real name
was Theodore Charters, conduo- [
ted with the help of none other
than Dr. Manoel Machado whose
acquaintance he had made at ;
Uncle's, while I was abroad.
Himself disguised, William had, ’
In Chicago, shadowed Charters
and Machado and also Charter's
foimer confederate, Spider Schlitz.
with whom Charters seemed to!
have quarreled.
The former pair, he had, as 1 f
have said, followed to England,
and while himself a "patient" in
, Charters’s Nursing-Home, had seen
Spider Schlitz visit the house,
j Promptly William had slipped out
: from the Nursing-Home, gone to
I the one and only railway station
I at the neighboring village, picked
up Spider Schlitz, followed him on
his return journey, and located a
fine old country house in which
he was living as a country gen
tleman. Having learned all that
was necessary, he had returned as
the penitent prodigal back from
a drunken debauch, full of apolo
gies and promises of reform—if
the good Dr. Charters would take
him back once more.
William wrote that both he and
his wife felt sure that Charters.
Machado and Gryde must have
one or more confederates among
their large staff, but had been un
able to identify any of thent. On
the whole, they rather euspected
the chief Nursing Sister, but only
on the strength of her somewhat
florid appearance.
In reply to a cable in our own
cipher, William sent me a plan of
the house and grounds, and a de
tailed account of the daily rou
tine of the Nursing-Home, and
more particularly of Charter’s ha
bits and everything else which
would possibly be of use to me for
carrying out the scheme slowly
developing In my mind.
In pursuanc of this scheme, I
sailed for England as soon a3 I
had obtained a passport; taking
with me as much money as I was
likely to require, and making ar
rangements, through the invaluable
Uncle, for yet further supplies,
should they be necessary.
Arrived in England, Mr. John
Ways, a grim-faced, gray-haired
clean-shaven man who bore, per
haps, a slight resemblance to th?
long-dead millionaire, John Dacre
Waye Vanderleur St. Clair, visited
the famous specialist, Sir Bernard
Matthieson, who diagnosed pretty
accurately a bad case of neuras
thenia-wtth-ccmplications in the
man who had carefully refrained
from food and sleep for three
days, and had taken certain heart
affecting and nerve-shattering
concoctions well-known to maling
ering convicts.
Sir Bernard quite r.greed with,
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his new patients- suggestion that
he should take a thorough rest
cure in one of the best country
Nursing Homes.
Mr. John Waye also did a little
business with a courteous and
helpful bank manager and with a
ceitain solicitor not unknown to
crocked American ladies and gen
tlemen in London, who are also
in trouble, or who anticipate .hat
they shortly well be in trouble.
All things methodically arranged
wi.n careful and cold-blooded de
liberation, he set about the con
summation of his first act of ven
genance—the punishment of Spi
der Sclilitz.
I will not call it murder, for
this was. if ever, a case of "kill
ing no murder"’—an extermination
of reptile vermin.
My plan, in outline, was to kill
Spider Schlitz, and flee, instantly,
direct to the sanctuary of Char
ters’ Nursing-Home.
Here, without making myself
known to him, I should be safe—
if I were safe anywhere, for, with
out knowing who I was, he should
pretty promptly know that my
discovery and arrest would pre
cede his by but a few hours.
Of Williams H. William I had
seen the industrious apprentice,
;he indefatigable and not inapt
mpil, and I do not think he would
aave been ashamed of my playing
>f my part at Witherby End while
[ was studying the lie of the land
ind the habits of Squire Theoph
ius Webb—as Spider Schlitz was
here known and admired.
Nor do I think that any of the
3est Burglars would have been
genuinely scornful Of my reeon
laissances of Squire Webb’s man
ion and grounds.
What I needed was to make my
■ilent entry into the house and.
mseen by any, make contact with
,hat worthy. Let me but come
ace to face with him, unheard,
ind I would undertake that he
;co would be unheard—that he
vould die without a word, a sound,
ny hands upon his throat. . .
My strength is as the strength of
ten
Because my heart is pure."
Pah! My strength should be as
he strength of a hundred because
ny heart was a hell of seething
late and vengeance.
I had been about a fortnight or
;o in Witherby End when I sud
lenly got one of the shocks of a
ifetime not wholly devoid of in
:ident and tense moments.
Vcngcnacc treads two paths
temerrew, and Waye, halting
in his own, sees the other lead
to a fatal ending.
NOTICE
After May 1st ail bills or ac
counts against the Olympic Pool
Room will be paid by George
Stebac.
JOHN COVICH,
adv. MIKE B. DRAGNICH.
PACIFIC COAST SWIMMERS SPAN COUNTRY BY AIR
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Trailing close behind their telegraphed entries, four girl swimmers from Los Angeles arrived in
Newark, N. J., 33 hours after leaving the western coast in an airplane. They will compete in the
National Women’s Swimming championships in New York. Left to right: Jennie Cramer, Josephine
McKim, Pilot Joseph Bsrtles, Marjorie Lowe and Olive hatch.
Dreams Come True
Claire Windsor, screen star, has
at last realized the dreams of a
lifetime, as she waves goodbye to
Lady Libert’- from the deck of the
6. S. Mauretania, on which she
took the first step of her journey
to travel and see the world.
MISS AMY HAMILTON.
FURRIER, BACK HERE
Miss Amy Hamilton, well-known
furrier, has returned to Juneau
and plan.: to remain here indefi
nitely. After having spent last
summer in this city, Miss
Hamilton went to the Stairs1 where
she remained a few months. S1k
then came back north, and stayed
during the winter in Ketchikan
engaging in the furrier business
there.
She is registered at the Gasti
neau Hotel.
PARISH CARD PARTY
IS WELL ATTENDED
There was a large attendance at
the Parish Card Party last night
In Parish Hall. Miss C. Lee' anc
Mrs Dora Sweeney won the first
and second prizes for w-omen anc
Dave Brown and Stanley Norwlcks
carried off the awards for the men
Mrs. S. Satre was given the cut
prize. Refreshments were servec
and an enjoyable time was 1 hac
by the large crowd.
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DEER, OH DEAR!
j LOS ANGELES, April 29.—“Ho
used my car to hunt for deer,” said
i Mrs. Gertrude Schuman. “But what
lie bagged was more like "dear"
remarked the angry woman. “His
hi nting horn was never’ heard be
yond the crowded section. His
i weapon was a snappy word, like:
j ‘Bound in my direction?'
‘‘No antlers grace our fire place;
i the elks don't even greet him, and
he would race for each 'deer' face
j on which a smile was fleeting.”
| Judge Scott looked down with
| thoughtful frown upon the nim
j rod Schuman. He said, "I fear,
! your type of deer was much, oh,
j much too human.”
"Your good wife’s plea for this
decree I’ll grant with spirit will
! ing, because the ’deer' you ven
j tured near were eager for a ‘kill
. ing’.” His words had force and
! spelled divorce and ended Schu
! man’s ’hunting’.”
There was no plea for custody
of any baby bunting.
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Gergia had the lowest per capita
cost of public school education in
the nation last year—$23.07.
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If right to Attend
France's Tribute
to Brother's Feat
PAU, France, April 29.—Orville
Wright will be the guest of honor
at the unveiling of the monument
commemorating the first flight
made in the vicinity of Pau, in
1909 an achievement of his broth
er, Wilbur. The monument is
dedicated to both brothers.
The date of the unveiling has
been definitely fixed for July 23.
Coste and Bellonte, who laid the
first stone of the monument when
rthey visited Pau during their tour
of France in November, 1930, will
attend the ceremony, as will F. H.
Prince of Boston, father of Nor
man Prince, one of the first Amer
ican aviators to meet death with
the Lafayette Escadrille during the
war.
The monument will consist of a
marble column, to which will be
affixed a bronze plaque depicting
; the' original Wright plane and
showing the profiles of the two
Wrights.
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Fossils of armoured fish extinct
many ages, have been found near
, Logan, Utah.
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Prices Down
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TOTEM ANNUAL
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High School Publication,
Classy Edition, Is Be
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The High School Totem, the an
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being distributed today. The publi
cation is right up to the minute,
contains many new features and
art work. It is a credit to the
beys and girls who have been so
industriously and enthusiastically
working on it for the past several
months. The Totem’s true worth
must be obtained by reading it
from title page to back cover.
concretiTwork done
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| Improvements are being made
| to the premises of the De Vighne
I Apartments and to the Charles
G. Warner residence on Franklin
! Street. A concrete walk is being
laid at the side of the De Vighne
| apartments, and a concrete bulk
! head is being built on the Warner
I property.
The work is being done by the
contracting firm of Rox and
Moody.
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j elation spends $40,000 yearly for
j maintaining road signs in North
| e>n and Central sections of the
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DOUGLAS OFFICIALS
RE-ELECTED; MEETING
IS HELD LAST NIGHT
The first regular meeting of the
new City Council cf Douglas was
held last evening. Reorganization
of th eeity's business adminlstra- 4
tion was effected by the re-e!ec
tion of all the old officials, as *
fellows: Felix Gray, city cleric
and magistrate; Guy L. Smith,
treasurer; Charles Schramm,
wharfinger and special police of
ficer ; O. H, Bliss, city marshal
and truck driver. The same sal
aries to apply in each case except
that of Bliss, which was boosted '
$5.00 per month.
Monthly bills were audited tnd 4
ordered paid in an amount neigh- ,
boring on $4,000. *
Matters pertaining to the repair
ing and upkeep of various city
properties were gone into and sup
plies and materials are to be or
dered at once to carry on the
work. "
A report of all receipts and dis
bursements during the year ended ■'
April 4th, was rendered by Clerk
Gray. The report reveals an ac- s
tual cash balance of $60.67 left ,
over and above the disbursements.
This, with coal and other mer
chandise on hand, shows total net
resources of $584.16.
LEAGUE MEETING
A business meeting of the Ladies
| League will be held in the league
rooms Thursday evening at 8
| o'clock.
INTERESTING FEATURE
! “With Byrd at the South Pole”
| is the feature to be shown this
j evening at the Douglas Coliseum.
CLASS VISITS LEGISLATURE ,
The Civics class cf the local
! high school, accompanied by Mrs. :
: Helen Stragier, made a trip to the •
' Legislature yesterday afternoon to
j study legislative procedure.
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