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Show Thursday, December TI1K 7, 1933 wxmm !gOI A r xr- - 1 :f Mm f- - 4-- .... I ,. ,,v a. . THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING A younf woman finds herself Is taxicab la New York with a strans man who peak i of "en awful hock.' Whoa he leaves her lor a moment she drives on. lor she lears him. Her memory is (ana. In the Biltmore ladies' room she meete a younf woman, who vanishes with the nameless sirl's $900. An eloVrly woman. Mrs. Oscar Du VaL cordially areets the nameless sjirL addressing; her as "Doris," wile oi Mrs. Du Val's son. Rocky. Rocky Is abroad, and Doris, bewildered, la taken to the home of Mrs. Du Val and her sculptor husband, Oscar. Doris falls m love with Rocky's photofraph, but cannot remember having married him. Rocky returns, ta discover the deception. Ha demands to know who she Is. She cannot tell him. They aires, for the sake of his parents, to pretend, for the time being, they are husband end wife. Rocky takes Doris to his New York apartment to confront his wife. He finds the flat unoccupied. Doris sees the reel wife's photograph and recognizes her aa the girl whs stole her t00. She finally tells Rocky shs has lost her memory. In a newspapers they see a headline, "Killer Bride's Gun Found; Diane Merrell's Father Identifies It." Doris faints. When she recovers, her memory has not returned. Rocky Informs her he Is going to lake her the girl wanted to Canada by motor. On the way Doris Is recognized as Diane Merrell, for killing her husband at her wedding. Rocky throws tho police off the trad by stopand greets ping at the borne of his friend, Rockwell St. Gardens, who takes the hint Doris as Rocky's wife. CHAPTER IX Continued 13 "I emi t promise tlmt." She looked tip at lilm. His eyes were full of tragedy. "Hut don't look like that, I'm afraid I haven't the courage to run away from you." lit'lief flooded his face. He smiled. "Then listen, Mrs. Conscientious. I've got an Idea. I know you're right You ought In everything you say. not to run. Yon ought to fight. Here's another Idea. Supposing that you stay here quietly for a few days. I could leave you with Beatrice. Then I'd go back to Morristown, New Jersey, and get In touch with your real family. Perhaps we can arrange to get you out on ball If you give yourself up." "1 don't know why you want to do all this for me." Downstairs a door closed. Rocky "I'm going to went to the door. speak to Beatrice now. Will you go to bed?" Doris shook her head. "No, I'd like to talk to her, too." "All right." Rocky opened the door. "Walt, I'll bring her up here." the morning and be with your familyIf It Is your family, which I lie doubt by tomorrow night. ought to be able to get back here by Friday, and you can leave then. If you feel you must." She took Rocky firmly by the arm. "We must go now. And let the poor child sleep." "I don't know why you're all so considerate of me," said Doris, who was trembling on the verge of tears. "It's Rocky wiio needs rest, really. I've dozed In the car a lot, and he's been at the wheel since three o'clock this morning." "Yesterday morning," said Rocky. He stood for a minute looking down at Doris when Beatrice had left the room. "Good night. I probably won't see you again until I get back." His curt tone startled Doris. He was biting his lips nervously. His Jaw twisted unpleasantly. "What's the matter?" said Doris In astonishment. Rocky held out his hand. "Goodnight," he said In a businesslike dii.g. It brought back nothing at all . Doris tried not to think any unr. about Diane Merrell. Surely Km L th.it would discover Mild help tier. He must be with the caption : "Son w.fe taken in f.tle arrest." lug Murristown by now. She went to bed early. The next Dorla ri'iul It through twice. It would have been a good story a afternoon would bring Kinky buck. oliee If only That would have to settle her fate. good j'ike on the Now fhe felt niiinb and t thaiistcd. kin' had been Mrs. Rocky I iu Val. In spite of everything she slept. At the end of the story was a purugrtiph which said that Mr Du Val wan the fourth wrong Diane CHAPTER X Merrell to have tweu discovered. "Why couldn't one of those girls did not come the next have been Diane Merrell Instead of RCK'KI Instead came a me?" she thought as she got out telegram saying that he wax catch bed. of log a train that night and would She would ask Beatrice to get her arrive Saturday morning. some old newspapers. She would That would be the day of the like to read about Diane Merrell. wedding. She wan bathed and dressed when Doris had developed a streak of came back. Beatrice hopefulness. Rocky would have una "I'm afraid I've been long lime, raveled some clue, and would bring but there's such a lot to do." There back the miraculous news that she was a busy little frown ou her broad was not Diane Merrell. Or he brow would have discovered that Howard "I wonder, Beatrice, If you could Valery had not been killed, or that dig up some obi newspapers for uie he had committed suicide. No. that to read " would not do. The experts said "Of course." that that was Impossible. She reThey went downstairs together to membered reading that. Besides, Beatrice's pretty little room, done Diane had left a note. But bow In (lowered chintz. stupid she had been to put down "This has been my own special on paper such an Intention and place since I was sixteen," said then to currv It out. leaving the Beatrice. "I in sure there are some note for the police to find, of I'll course she hadn't meant It for the newspapers In the basement. send them up." police. A few minutes later, an elderly Friday passed In a stew of spec- maid came in und put down a noire illation, she woke at dawn next pile of old newspapers on t tic tatde. morning with a heavy heart. Doris rose unsteadily. She felt After breakfast she waited on the a little faint as she put out her room hands to touch them. I Ire lay her little porch beside the sitting uneerown story or did It? Would she for Rocky. Her feeling of If After she all. tnlnty deepened. read It? to have the courage The first paper was recent, and was Diane Merrell what could As she continued Rocky do for her? Whatever hapyielded nothing. her search with a beating heart, she pened, a long life of loneliness house. The story sympathetic a picto Doris and Rocky. ture of yoiihii Mr. lto ky Iu Val, they printed one uf Usritr I'll Vul came upon great glaring headlines: "Shoots Groom After Wedding. Society Girl Kills New Husband and Disappeared. Note Found." She read feverishly. She had been married at an afternoon wedding on May 19 to a man named Howard Valery. Immediately after the wedding reception she had gone out by a side door where her own motor was parked, loaded with her lugThe groom had been with gage. As they were about to step her. Into the car she had shot him. aud had driven away. As she read, a stronger and stronger feeling of antipathy for this girl Diane Merrell developed. Was It possible that she had ever been a girl capable of all this? She tone.crimwas a heartless, 'Goodnote inal. the head. bent her Doris the For that proved Doris had When Rocky gone, crime had been premeditated. turned out the light and sat down night." She studied the note again. It As the door closed behind him by the windows. In spite of all that he had said she knew that there was only one thing for her to do. She must not repay his great friendIt ship by Involving him In her trouble. i The time must come when she would go on alone. "But not tonight," she whispered. "Perhaps It's awfully cowardly. But not tonight." She heard Rocky at the door, and sprang up. She turned on the light as he came in with Beatrice St. Gar?; dens. Beatrice stared fixedly at Doris for a short moment. Then she turned her head and looked at Rocky. - d Jjr ii&e v Pi&iT kk mt AY v i v t ft iS shall spend your time there. I have everything planned. And Rocky shall go and see your people." "But your wedding " said Doris. "Yes; I'm afraid I shall be rather busy. I won't be able to see as much of yon as I'd like. But It's not until Saturday. That's four days, and that's oceans of time for Rocky to get to New Jersey and The back. He'll take the train. bishop is arriving Saturday morning so he'll be In time for the wedding rehearsal which Is to be at eleven on the day of the wedding." "Oh I don't think we ought to stay," said Doris. "But we'll get away long before the wedding." "Oh no ! You must stay for the wedding." Rocky shook his head gravely. "I will have to get Doris away before then. She'll be recognized." "That's true, Isn't It? But surely you'll have everything cleared up by then." Doris said : "If I do stay, couldn't or do some1 write letters for you thing useful r "That's an Idea. I'll have about a million letters to write. You are an angel." She rose. "Now you must sleep. This Is Wednesday night. Rocky wP et a train In goiiit-Th.ii- stretched before her; that, or death. "Mrs. Du Val sees no one." It was Mary's voice. The butler answered, "1 have told her that. But she won't listen." Doris started to her feet. Who could be wanting to see her? Was It Rocky? No, It was a woman. As she hesitated, she heard Beatrice come In to the sitting room. A new voice said loudly. "But I'm going to see her." Where had she heard that voice before a strong husky girl's voice? "Believe me," the voice went on, "you'd better not try to stop me If you know what's good for you." Doris peeked In. The girl was someone she had seen before a brown-eyegirl In a tailored suit of green linen. Doris had seen her before but where? "Plenty of good reasons " "Whom did you wish to see?" Beatrice was speaking Jn a crisp Impersonal tone. "I want to see the girl calling herself Mrs. Rockwell Du Val. I'lenty of good reasons why she don't want to see me, I know " "Then why do you try ?" "Plenty more why she'd better." Doris recognized her. She was the girl she had seen at the clam stand the friend of the real Doris. Rocky had called her Molly. The big brown eyes looked full of determination. "There's no use trying to high-ha- t d me. Are you Mrs. Du Val?" "No," said Beatrice quietly. "I thought you weren't, I have an Idea who she is. And 1 Intend to go through every room In this house to find her if I have to." The quiet youthful voice of Beatrice was In marked contrast to Molly's Insistent tones. "Won't you sit down and tell what It is you want to see Mrs. Du Val about?" "That's my business," said Molly sullenly. "Supposing you tell It to me." "Like h I will." "Then I'm afraid you can't see her." Molly's tone held a Jeer. "Oh yeah? Well, supposing I tell you I'm a friend of the real Mrs. Du "This child! You mean she's Diane Merrell?" Rocky nodded. Beatrice smiled. "Nonsense!" she said vigorously. "You think she isn't?" "Of course she Isn't. She never murdered anybody. Any person of sense can see that." She held out her hand to Doris cordially. "Forgive me for talking about you as If you were deaf, dumb and blind but It's all so extraordinary. Anyway, I'm glad you've come." Doris took her hand shakily. "You're awfully sweet," she said. Beatrice sat down. "Then let's talk quickly, because 1 can see you're tired to death. Rocky has told me everything. I hope you won't mind his having told me. I don't thick anyone else should know " "Your father " began Doris. "No. I don't think so. I'm sure he'd approve, but If anything comes up. It's better If he doesn't know. I have a small sitting room with a porch of my own downstairs. You NEH1I. ITAII TIMES-NEW- PAGE SEVEN This Week h AH nil K BUIMlANIi rJust THE DIFFICULTY 3 3k Little What About Drinking? Southern Pine Paper. Jacksonville. Cheerful. I What will be done about drinking ami drinking places, when prohibition goes aud liquor comes back" Ono whose opinions command re-- t ct w ril es : "It is better to have decent drinking In decent places, than indecent Exercise) of a Kind They were discussing the Rpulled son of a mutual friend. "He has been ordered by the doctor to take some exercise," said i ilrinliirg In Indecent places; that Is the sole choice that we are going to have, if we deny the hotels the right to dispense wines and liquors we are going to perpetuate the speakeasy, and perpetuating the Fpeakcasy means tho continuation of bootlegging, necessarily." During the prohibition period, appealing to respect for law andtho Costitution was useless. Appeals only brought forth smiles and fhe name of a 'reliable boot- tho return of leggeY" "decent drinking." only a bad clti wou" !,rt'u'r lo ,,u ""Ui,'u"" other concoctions, 1"ollK Kin paying proms to uie oooio pge. stead of paying taxes to his own government. President Roosevelt will observe that his industry of making newspaper print of southern pine would create a demand for Shoals power. The pine paper on which the Atlanta Georgian is printed is of excellent quality, with no more breakB on the press than ordinary paper, and presents a slight ivory tint very restful to the eye. But-wit- h' A Strange items In tho news. scientific observatory Is built on Mt. Sinai, where Moses received the ten commandments from the Lord who came down, personally. to deliver them. Smithsonian Institution, The building the observatory, picked out Mt. Sinai as the highest, absolutely dry spot in the eastern Its purpose is to hemisphere. measure heat from the sun. In Italy all bachelors employed by the State must get married, or Hitler, it Is give up their Jobs. The man shook bis head sadly. "Si-that pint of land over there?" be said to his companion. "Ijist year I could have bought it for a mere It's now worth over twenty song. pounds a font." "I suppose you couldn't 3lng?" said his friend, lightly enough. The other sniffed, "I could sing, all right, but I couldn't get the right notes." Answers Magazine. GOOD IDEA The club bore had Just returned from a trip to India, ami Insisted Black. upon describing the rope trick. "And Is he?" queried White. "You can believe what you like," "Well, If Jumping at conclusions he usserted, "but I tell you some of and running up bills Is exercise, these fakirs can throw a rope up Into yes." the air, then climb up it themselves and completely vanish." ONE OF THEM, SURELY After a short silence one fellow said, "Can you, by any chance, do that trick yourself V" Tit Bits Maga- Ine. Joke of the Season "Why, George! What are you laughing at?" "Oh, I've Just beard the best Joke of the year." "What Is it?" "Didn't you know that our maid has got a Job in a china shop?" Had to Be Worth While "Brown has offered to sell his audropped a nickel In front of a tomobile ut a low figure." blind beggar today to see if he'd pick "Which Is broke, Brown or the I It up." Well, did he?" No. He said, 'Make It n quarter, boss, and I'll forget myself. ' " Saving 'Em been O'Flaherty Now, you've fighting again. You've lost your two front teeth. Son No, I ain't, pop; I got 'em In me pocket. au'o?" Ideal Company "Why do you keep a parrot?" "Because I like to hear It talk. The parrot Is the only creature gifted with the power of speech that Is content to repeat Just what It hears without trying to make a long story of It." Montreal Star. Man of Experience Foxy Youth "That's the second time today I've Mother Who's the brightest boy seen that man following that woman In your class. Tommy? In another car, yelling at her all the Bill Smith ! He pretends time." Tommy to be loony so he won't have to He's "Yes, that's old Johnson. study ! teaching his wife to drive, but he's not taking any risks himself I" FOR THE EFFECT? His Occupation Friend, to Artist I've seen a man going to your studio every for the last week. Is he sitting you? Artist No; he's laying for He's a bill collector. understood. Introduces the same rule in Germany, "Marry within a certain time or resign." Mussolini and Hitler agree that the business of women should be the production of good children and the business of the men to support the women and children. No, Not as a Rule I will continue his present money program. People do not Know wnai It is but are full of hope. Britain on a paper basis is dis gusted with our goings on. Cheaper dollars enable us to sell goods where Britain wants to sell them. She If you kiss me I'll scream. Britain is annoyed that France He Then I won't kiss you. should put a 15 per ctnt additional She Well, I think I'll scream any tax on British importations, due to the cheapness of the paper pound, way. as compared with the gold franc. city of Jacksonville is to Floida what San Francisco Is to California, a railroad, business and financial center, and an important shipping center, soon to become more important, thanks to President Roosevelt. He will spend public money, usefully, putting through by way of Jacksonville, a ship canal from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf, shortening the route from New York to all Gulf Val." Beatrice said nothing. ports, and to the west coast, "That gets you, doesn't It? Now through the Panama Canal. perhaps you'll understand why I The Florida canal will pay for want to take a squint at the girl who Is palming herself off as Doris Itself in toll3 while eliminating un Du Val." necessary distance for coastwise difficult winds "I'm afraid I don't," said Beat shipping, avoiding ' rice quietly. "How did you find out encountered at some seasons in rounding Key West. The coastwise about this?" "Doris saw It In the papers. Mrs. sailing from New York to New Du Val arrested. And that made Orelans will be made shorter by her wonder, as the saying goes. nearly one thousand miles. She sent me a wire.' In addition to being like San "Yon are here then as Mrs. Du Val's agent? Am I to understand Francisco, an important business and financial center, Jacksonville, that?" brac down 'and crossed her like the California city, has aand Molly sat ex climate, ing, legs. "Yeah. That's about It" tremely energetic citizens. "Where Is Mra Du Val?" The numerous cities In which "That's my business, too." values are eaten up by property said that Doris had left "Rocky him. Do you know where she Is?' taxation, will be interested in the Jacksonville plan of municipal "Supposing I do?" "Does Doris want to get Rocky ownership of light and power, with low rates charged, and all profit to come back to her?" going to reduce taxes Instead of Molly disdainfully Inserted her dividends on watered tongue between opened lips and paying blew vigorously. "H I, no," she stocks. The Jacksonville city commls remarked when she had finished sioner, who drives you around the the exercise. in his small, convenient "pick "I'm sorry. I don't quite under- city truck, with the best Satsuma up" stand." oranges grown anywhere, loaded In Molly, searching In the untidy the back, is a Florida citizen of depths of her very large handbag. ancient lineage. brought out a paper package of His name is St. Elmo W. Acosta, cigarettes. "Gee, I've smoked my his great, great grandfather was last one." She crumpled the bright the Spanish governor of Florida green wrapper In her fist. "Have with his headquarters in old St. you got one?" Augustine when the United Spates Beatrice rose and handed her was a little Btrlp of colonies along silver box filled with the small the Atlantic Ocean, Its total popuwhite cylinders. lation about half that of New York (TO BB CONTINUKD.J City today. me. "You use a lot of yardsticks," said the principal to the teacher who does not believe In Bparlng the rod. "Do you use them every period?" "Well, I don't nse thera as a rule." Uncle Sam is still paying $33.76 for an ounce of gold tdiat he used to buy for a few cents over twenty dollars. He is happy, and says he France worries about her money as well she may, since the 'ranc has already been reduced in value by 80 per cent, knocked down offi cially from 19 cents, to below 4 cents. France may be compelled to leave the gold basis. big day for Eating, Anyway What makes yon think is prospering now? Tishtish Well, I saw gravy stains Oshkosh Kokomo on his vest Trie To Ilojack What do you do your dull old razor blades? Skookum Shave with them. with MORE SATISFACTION CANT BE BOUGHT. FORT mi- - The 1 H. TP. "She Never Murdered Anybody. Any Person of Sense Can See That." tears sprang to her eyes. He bad had been found In the pocket of the been so not exactly unfriendly poor boy whose body was discovbut so matter of fact. She hardly ered sprawled against a flowering knew what she had expected him lilac bush. It read: to do. But certainly she had not HOWARD: looked for this abrupt Impersonal This marriage can't so on It good-by- . cannot. Tou must be crazy. I don't want forShe crept between the sheets to kill you. lornly. Do something- - about It for heaven's The sun was streaming In her sake. D. room when she woke. Beatrice was standing beside her with a loaded Could any girl have written such tray. a note and It? Surely, "It's ten o'clock," smiled Beatrice, surely if she forgotten were Diane Merrell, "and I thought you might be she would remember something now. hungry." But not a faint glimmer of recollecDoris sat up, opening and closing tion enlightened her. her eyes. They still smarted from Could It be that she had two the strain of her long drive. sides to her nature, and that that "Has Rocky gone?" other darker side was hidden from "Yes, quite early I have to run her now, sleeping quietly? Some now. But I brought you this." duy It might wake again, and she She gave Doris the morning pa- would find herself a killer. She would be capable of shooting someper. Doris read it as she drank her body she loved capable of shooting coffee. At first she didn't notice the Rocky. She was sick and frightened. She story, though It was on the front page Then the name "Diane Mer- lay at full length on the gently rell" caught her eyes. Then she propped swaying couch. It was a double column heading her head on her hands and took up on the front page of a New York another paper. She saw a large picture of herself. morning paper. Some young reporter had done his best to make a huYes, It looked very like her. morous incident out of the stop- There was no doubt about that. She went back to her reading. ping of Mrs. Rockwell Du Val on the road to Rockwell St Gardens' There was a description of the wed- . semi-northe- (,1933, bf King Feltur Syndicsts, lot.) The Cathedral of Rheims The Cathedral of Rheims was not entirely destroyed during the World war. Its" roof and much of Its Interior were wrecked, but the front, with the rose window, remained standing, although damaged. The rose window itself was net greatly hurt, and was repaired, it fared better than much of the rest of the cathedral which, though now restored, suffered many losses that were utterly Irreparable. Race Horse's Temperament The temperament of a race horse. Is as Important as his speed. The cavorting, prancing racer, with his, sheeny coat glistening with perspl-- . ration, Is not wanted by the veteran trainer. Give him the phlegmatic, horse which takes everything as it comes. If be has not such a horse he endeavors to make all conditions tend toward making such a one. Countries on the Globe Punkah It Large Fan The number of countries on the The punkah in use In India is a globe depends on whether Is considered or whether large fan, consisting of thin cotton cloth stretched over an exceedingly one means political and geographic light frame of bamboo from 6 to 8 divisions. If the former, there are feet high. It Is usually attached 77 countries, which may be called to the celling by cords or ropes and nations, Including small independkept in motion by servants for that ent countries like Monaco. If the purpose. In the hot season In India latter, there are of course many the punkah Is almost an essential to more approximately 710. living. Eat Snakes and Lizards The French Flag The Australian and African bush-me- n think nothing of eating most, Optical illusions frequently result from certain Juxtapositions of kinds of snakes and lizards that, color. This Is Illustrated In the flag occur in their native countries. of France, which has its three Large snakes. Iguanas, lizards and' stripes made in the proportion of turtles are relished by Indinns livfor ing in the American tropics, while thirty for blue, thirty-threwhite and thirty-sevefor red so the Semlnoles In Florida and many, that they appear to be of equal other peoples eat small alligators width. Collier's Weekly. and crocodiles. e n Largest Game Preserve High above the north rim of the Grand canyon in Arizona the United States government has set aside a district of '2.5(10 square miles, comprising about 1,.r)M),(KK) acres, as a preserve for deer. Named the Kaibab National forest, It Is the largest and most unique preserve of Its kind in the world. Birds in North America The bureau of biological survey says that thert are 802 specimens of native birds In North America, north of Mexico. This number Includes more than 1,400 As far as Individual specimens are concerned, It Is estimated that there are two birds per acre in the United States and Canada. sub-specie-s. |
