THE HONGKONG
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Thousands of unemployed from all over the United States marched on the Capitol at the opening of Congress to demand unemployment insurance legislation. Special precautions were taken to prevent an Invasion of the "floor."
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Part of Boston's contingent of "hunger marchars" who con. verged with delegations from other cities in an advance on Washington, is shown above upon leaving the Massachusetts capital. The placard pictured on the truck is typical of the others carried by the unemployment demonstrators.
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This is the sear at the American "hunga - Army", converging upon the capital from the north and west, marched through Washington it reets with banners protesting unemployment con ditions and denouncing govermental policies. Motorcycle policeman, as pictured here, cleared traffic for the demonstrators and kept order along the line af march,
Gems of Peril
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Mery Harkim, pbar to embat 17. Jest bellow trained her father, Kinta, with the meter of Mrs. Juplier, sudi
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later van Waldin down Mind Will him. She ence in the group would be like
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stories on the Jupiter nurder and j
in particular because of Bowen's
azul maki Mury label. His presence at Shay's the night an
He relurns, owl (4 rose Mary, wheelfempt was take to prest
he thinks a gokt-di
Dirk forbids Mary to wew Bowen or com Linse the Investigation, it way if the gr
Miami on the Jupiter yacht ar will believe firace's charm. Mary or be Slowes talla her The y un to ni Musents when his horse rum. Dick shows attentions wha former sweetheart, Cornelia Tatr Mary induce to Count Du Luts De arms is lated owner of The X betur. She sees De Lama
Laut Brace's friend. In
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Countess
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"You can't go oll with a nan you never saw before," Bowen told her. "How do you know it's not a trap?"
Mary considered,
be against two of them? My one-
"Any way, what good would you,
man army** She tapped him on
hn. She also learns that Mr. Juplier has the shoulder with mrk dignity.!
a car of the same make as that which the
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CHAPTER XXXI
murderer med i h Ketaway nad which "No, you stay here. I'll call you And let you know everything's all right."
"All right. Call me here." Be The tall young man stood shyly gave her telephone number. turning his huge Panama hat "That's my club.' He winked.
in his big sunburard hands, und "Ask 'em to call me to the phone, looking down at Mary with ill-con-! It's a drugstore. I'd rather all up
cealed interest.
INEA
Men and women paraded side by side in this throng of hunger marchara" who descended upon Washington to agitate for unemployment insurance. Note the comparative youth of many of the demonstratare.
This picture shows the opening session of the 72nd Congress in America. It has begun by flout- ing President Hoover over war debts and sasking the impeachment of Mr. Mellon.
hearing.
en sodas that weak ten while I'm: "It's all-fired hot to bring you li He spoke in
soft. southern! waiting. And listen, woman, I'm the way out here, Mary," the old voice that was somehow reassur, going to get grey around the tem- ing.
ples waiting to hear from you. So "Mist' Jupiter sent me to fetch don't forget!" you," he said. "He's waiting out "I won't. And remember, it you don't hear from me--the Hilltop
at the Hilltop Inn and he certain. Bring the U. S. Marines and is mighty naxious to see you!"*
Itis half-embarrased grin was hurry to the rescue!“
man apologized, "but I got some things on my mind that I've just naturally got to talk over with you,! Don't deem as if we get much chance lately."
This was putting it mildly, Mury thought. "Where are the others?"
boyish and ingratiating, and Mary Unconsciously she had begun to "I told 'em to let me out and go found herself smiling back and adopt Bowen's kidding attitude on." He mopped his dump braw. ready to go with him, before she somehow it made things easier. Bol. "I've had about enough of this thought to ask, "Which Mr. Jupistered up her courage, in fact, to Florida climate for one day. But ter?"
Le facetious in the face of almost that wasn't it. I wanted to get certain danger. For she had made back to town and have a word with We stopped this here felier
"I don't know that, ma'am," the up her mind that If the man who you, young man responded regretfully. had sent for her did in fact turn going in the opposite direction, and out to be De Loma she would not he said he'd take me back to the It would really be a relief if things Bates, and-her. run, but bluff it through somehow, hotel, so they went on-Bruce and; came to a climax at once.
ie mover sald, Just Mist Jupiter, ma'am, was all he told me."
"Young
or old?" Mary naked. "Describe him,"
"Well, he's gettin'
on, but he's mighty peart for an old man, yes suh!"
Our picture shows the mobility of the new British searchlight, the largest in the world, which describes a draught board on the aky and makes it impossible for hostile aircraft picked up ta
sscape.
Frederick O'Brien, famous · author of "White Shadows of the South Seza" and other books of the south Pacifia i lando, whose death is reported.
Kuess that. She marvelled at his!
"You know," he began,
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calmness.
"However, I changed my mind soon as I got out of their hearing, She got into the front seat of a and made him stop hore. Instead. Mary laughed. "I guess it's allside the tall young man, and and go back to the hotel to make dusty, nondescript little car be. Be just like Bruce to turn around right," she said. "You see, he has thought of nothing but keeping her certain nobody was taking the gold ason. Was there anybody with sent and holding to her floppy sun-fillag out of my teeth while he him? Did he give you any idea hat while they tore at a breakneck wasn't looking. what he wanted to see me about?" | speed out the const road and along be interrupted.
I didn't want to On second thought, It. did seem the shore.
his mind, he had still acted the rathe, odd that Mr. Jupiter should.
"Now, here's the first thing: you senlle innocent, and fooled every. set out from the hotel without
The Hilltop Inn was not imposing know anything about that De Loma body! She wanted to hug him for having made any effort to see her, in fact, it was nothing more chap that we met last night?"
very admiration. and then suddenly decide that an surrounded on all sides by a broad "Why?"
than a glorified quick-lunch stand,
"Plenty," Mary Bail grimly. "He is The Fly," she said. "We're interview was necessary. Some screened verandah on which were thing must have happened-
as sure of it as we can possibly be. "You don't have to tell me he's I've been wanting to tell you-and bare wooden tables and chair. At a bad one, the old man growled. afraid to. It's awful, when you "He's all by hisself," the stran- one of these, before she climbed "I aint lived to be nearly 70 with- think about it--that there he sits rather, you don't know, because Ker said, "Seems like he left his out of the car, Mary caught sight out knowing a rotten egg when I party and went off like that Bo's of the stout, white-clad but slightly smell one. You know what I think? drink-and-and breathe-oh!"
he has the audacity to eat and they don't anybody know but just ho could have a private conversa wilted figure of old Mr. Jupiter, im- It wouldn't surprise me none if Do
me and ono or two others, that tion with you, ma'am. don't mind hurrying he was in a joyful relief that it was bel
And if you patiently mopping his brow. What Loma wasn't the guy we're looking was perilous! And to go on in me."
She must not think of it--that there's a Lorimer car belongs to powerful hurry, ma'am--if you
that strain might undermine the Mary's eyes widened at this ravo- don't mind."
The young man tooled his car A cold chill cropt down the girl's old man's self-control, too, into the side-yard and helped her spine at this uncanny perception. It
lation. It was the very thing she "Just one second," Mary de alight. Even as he greeted her, was almost supernatural! Her eyes
wanted most to know about, but| him wait, ant hurried back to the Mr. Jupiter rapped on the screen amarted with quick tears for a sec- here's another thing," he said, whenever opportunity arose to ask
Jupiter cleared his throat. "Now, she had choked on dining-room to tell Bowen.
the question "Hey, hey, I'm going with your and called out, "Don't go way there, ond. They thought he was a back leaning his elbows on the table and it. Bowen announced.
son! I got another errand for you number, did they? Well, alther it laying the Indexfinger of bis right "I had Tom buy it for me. I kopt They argued over it, Mary hold:
was a miraculous sort of prescience hand in the palm of his loft. Het secret. Bound to be talk If I ing that they must not be seen to- and went over to the soda stand, pretence of his enemy or, a simple cessful effort to be practical and Jupiter Motor
The young man nodded, got out that had warned the old man of the was making a hard and very sue bought any car not put out by the rother on the general theory that and climbed Indolently upon a stool, caniness that was more awesome not give way to emotion at this thought it was just as well not to Company, and, I to The Fly a newspaperman's pros-prepared to wait. He was weil qut still. And with this auspicion thị time, though the girl could not (Continued on Page 113).
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