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The "Mooney alibi clock”—which figured in all the vain pro- ceedings to secure the freedom of the man serving a life sentence for the San Francisco Preparedness Day bomb blast of 1916—has been removed from Market it. the jewellery Grm maintainiux the clock having gone out of business. Photographs taken from a roof across the street_showed the Mooneys on the roof, and the clock indicating a time five minutes before the explosion, which took placa a mile away.
LEAP YEAR BRIDE
by Laura Lou BROOKMAN
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY
been a fool, Max!
Cherry Dixum, pretty 19-year-old daughter could only find her. af wealthy parente, Juarries Dan Philipe.
newspaper reporter, aller a
I've-ol, if I Talk to her!
quarrel with Maybe I could make her under-
her parents, it is a Leap Year nirelage stand-maybe she'd give me un- and Cherry does the prepusing,
She and Dan move into a cheay apartment other chance!"
und Cherry's first struggles with work
are discouraging. Dixie Shan musie Pearson interrupted.
critle of the News. à friendly, Cherry meel
"Listen,"
Bandaume Max Peureon, also of the News, he said, "I think Cherry's gone
Brenda Valt, s tongazine writer, remes to her parents.
who taken Lu anke love to inr.
You'd better try
Wellington and Dan meets her. She kto get in touch with them. The
him to collaborate in writing a play a truth is she telephoned me last Legion to spend most of his evening Mix
Told me things weren't between Saturday.
Yai's
apartment. Placord
Cherry and Dan. He agrees to meet her for going very well. That's the reason lunch one day but falls to appear. Later nho es im with Brenda When Cherry I planned that movie stunt and Accuers Dan of deceiving her they quarrel. tried to get Brenda Vail out of ile leaves the apariant and when he tarna Cherry is une. A week paned in which he town.
loes not hear from her,
Dan gives up his job, preparing to 20 In New York with Brends. He discovere
story he has written published in a mingaine
I didn't want to see you and
Cherry break up."-
"Her father and mother are in Did she say ahe North Carolina.
auder Brenda's name. Whus zaked for was going there?" expiation abe flies into a rage, admits whe suld the story. Brenda zeila Das she is
"No, she didn't say so.
I just
going to Hollywood to write for motion ute-figured it oùt that way." Iures and that she lo through with him fur-
While they are talking
whe a Mah belleves to represent the Bim cunpuny ur rives, it is Max l'earson who has perpetrated this bunk to show up irenda's true character, She is furious, Dan and Max leave together. Ashamed of his folly and thoroughly pentant, Dan sets out le And Cherry.
"What shall I do, Max?” "Well, if I were you I'd send a wire. Do you know where to find her parents?"
CHAPTER XLVI
re-
Pearson repeated Dan's words, "You've got to find her? Why isn't Cherry at home?!!
had a row.
70-
Human spiders' upon a web of steel, sun-broaxed workmen greet the photographer from a new vantage point on the world. famed Manhattan skyline. It's the framework of the new story RCA building-largest though not the tallest structure in the world-which is soaring into the clouds from the heart of tho $250,000,000 Rockefeller development.
the boy asked.
the envelope
"They're at some hotel. They've been there a month or more. "It's -wait a minute-I've got it!"
He named a hotel in the fash- Max was tearing ionable North Carolina resort. I open. Dan sprang to his side and "Why don't you wire the man- together they read the words: agement of the place? That would; "Sixty-five per week agreeable stop
"I haven't seen her for a week," be less embarrassing I imagine, can you report here Saturday." Phillipe admitted. "Cherry and Ithan trying to get in touch with The message was signed with Oh, it was my fault her parents. Ask if Cherry Phil- the name of the city editor of an My fault altogether! I've got to ipso, ask if Mr. and Mrs. Dix-eastern newspaper. Pearson crum- find her and tell her 1 know that on's daughter is with them. That's pled the sheet into his coat pocket.
the best way. Can't tell how she The boy naked, "Any answer?" NOW "
might be registered,"
But where is she?"
Dan did not answor. They had reached the intersection of two im-
"I'll do it " Dan said.
Pearson hesitated an instant. "Let's go "Not now," he said and was on his to the office. I'll send the wire, way to the telephone booth. from there."
There were no reports from Well-
portant thoroughfares just as the Forty minutes later in the city ington hospitals of accident cases traffic lights flashed red.. There was a drug store on the oppuaiteom of the Wellington News Dan or patients who could be identified Dan touched Pearson Phillips stood with a telegram in as Cherry Phillips. Dan and Max this hand. It was a terse report tried the hotels but the effort was that Cherry Phillips was not with equally unavailing. her parents.
.corner.
.arm.
"Let me out here," he said. "I've got to telephone to Cherry."
"But if you don't know where she is how can you do that?"
"I'm going to call her home-1 mean her parents' home. That's where she must be. Want to ask her if I can come out and talk to her. Don't you understand, Max? I've got to see Cherry! I've got to tell her a lot of things!"
"Suddenly Dan sprang up. Silently Dan handed the message caught Pearson's shoulder. to Pearson who read it and said, "Not there, huh?"
Pearson and Phillips were in a corner of the room otherwise de- sorted. The day staff had departed and only half a dozen of the night men were on hand. The click of u typewriter sounded montonously
from across the room.
Pearson stopped the car. "All Pearson rubbed his head. "We'll right,' he said, "but make it snap.have to try again. Who are Cher-
I won't be able to park here all day, you know."
py.
.store.
Dan disappeared into the drug It was several minutes he fore be emerged and when he did one look at his face was enough to tell that the mission had failed.
Pearson oyed him expectantly. "Well?" he asked.
Dan got into the roadster. "Sho's not there," he said. "They haven't seen her or heard from her."
"Then where do you think ahe
iB 7"
"I don't know! I thought all along my God, Max, I've got to find bort"
"Isn't it rather late to begin thinking about that? Cherry left Saturday..
Dan-
Watch For
He
"I've
DREAM OF DESTINY
By Arnold Bennett.
ry's friends, Dan? Who could she just thought of something!” he be with If sho hasn't left town?"
cried eagerly. "Yea-I'll bet that's "I've told you a dozen times I where she is, Max! Why didn't I can't think of anyone! Dixie Shan-think of it before-?" non didn't even know she was gone. "Why didn't you think of what?" There isn't anybody"
"I'll bet she's with Sarah-the
"But there must be!" Suddenly woman who used to take care of Rearson's fist hit the desk. "Look her when she was a little girl. here, Dan, this may be serious! Sarah O'Fallon, that's her name!" Has it occured to you that Cherry's "Where is this woman? Let's get an heiress?
Her father's money hold of her." have you thought of that?" "What do you mean?"
"I don't know where she is." "But-!"
could
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the police do? Cherry PREPARING GETAWAY. wouldn't want them Interfering. I can't-I_won't believe anything's happened to her!"
LIU SEIZES STEAMERS TO ASSIST IN ESCAPE
Tainan, Sept. 22.
It is officially stated that Gen.
rotrested to Lungkow. The left wing is digging strong post-
"I mean anything may have hap
Dan's mouth was drawn in a Max glanced quickly at his com- poned in a week's time! A beauti tight, hard line. His face was panion. Dan might say that he did. ful girl-wealthy-has been miss colourless, his voice sharpened, "not believe Cherry could be in dan- ing for seven days. Nobody knows don't know where she is," he said, ger. He might refuse to face that what's become of her. Her parents but I'll find her. Sarah left when possibility, fight it off but Max Liu Chen-nien's right wing at You said the servants at her home-not a the Dixons closed their house last knew it was that possibility that Lalchow has been defeated and I must say, person she might have been expect-ummer. She's somewhere not far was gripping Dan, that had set his
ed to communicate with has heard from here. Cherry used to get
chin in its hard line and turned has How do you tors. "Say it! Say anything you want u word from her.
Latters! That's it-there the grey oyes into blazing pitts. to! I'll admit I deserve all you're knew she 1-an't been kidnapped? must be letters-i Come, Max!" Max sald Impulsively, "Of course tions at Chihsia for a last stand. thinking about me. Tell me I've Maybe there's been an accident!
Wo'll And her somehow. Two Chinese steamers at Cha- been a damned fool! I don't care Why, in a week's time—!"
It was a single flight up the Cherry's all right."
foo are reported to what you say if you'll help me find
street level. Hatlass, half-running, He didn't believe it; neither did seized to enable Gen. Llu to es- 'her. She must be hero in Welling-
the two men reached the street. Dan Phillips but Dan was grateful capo if his position becomes un- dark face had set into a harsh They aprang into a cab and Dan for the words. Ho nooded hope
tenable.-Reuter. gave the address of the apartment, and encouragemant then more than Bre you going to do, it was Dan suddenly who was ho had ever needed them in his, Hope that Cherry was "all" taking the initiative, who was giv-life,
ton. She wouldn't go away!” "Why not? How about her
ente? Maybe she's with them."
Pearson was on his feat. HA
parmask.
"What
Dan shook his head. "I don't Max?"
think
not.
have been
so," he said. "Cherry's. "Call the hospitals! You'd bating orders and directing the search, right" as Max had said. Encour the building, hurrying up the long proud. I don't think she'd go to ter get on another phone and take "I don't know what you're going egoment that he could find her and staircase. her parents and-woll, admit that part of the LI If we can't find to dol" Max reminded him. make her listen to the things he Dan had whipped his keys from nho'd made a mistake. I thought her this why there's nothing loft "We'rb going out to the house to must tell her.. Without this hope his pocket. Ho was fumbling, in aho'd come back or at least sond put the peperon Rome word. When she didn't I A telegraph messenger entered look for Cherry's letters. There and encouragement but the black the half-darkness, trying to At the decided she really meant what sha the swinging gate that shut the must be some from Sarah, They'll ness of such an abyss was unthink key into the lock, when something
give us the address."
able pada keda en cought his attention,g: Herlooked said about being through with city room from the entrance way "Dan, I think it wo
would be
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