HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1933-11-30, Page 6eei g New, Yorl
By ED. B WARING.,
view •York's Gre h• Wa,
mown, • the whole: t Wworld., over for its
bi ght lights • and bright wisecrl}eks
the nieccat�of'•three, :million • vihitors'
daily (these figur"es 'were •given. to us
but may be Some Mere "yankee" belly-'
'aeon is to, •most, peaple, a .gfeat dis
appoihtment, and so, it. was only na='. •
turas that' we! were no. exception. •
Broadway starts -at the, Battery and',
• •stretches, „•o we,. were told, to Albany,,
but: the part which has' become world:
famous is from 'about .38th- street to
' 67tr-t' Street, with' 42nd the•centre of
"activity and 'sometimes called:.';"The.
, It ,is Uttered with ;everything• line=
ginable frorri. the, "bum" up • from, the
$owAry to see what he 'can get,..to the;
millionaires, frons' midgets tq giants,,
from burlesque to. opera, in fact' every-'
thinf ,sari' :be found' on "The Great
White Way."
Walking, along Broadway '• about.
• 4dth"Street one day I,ioticed a midget
_ of :tact•, n?ore than_ two.. feet 'An. _height:
at .,'the • most •'hurrying along • the.
street ,. She was : dressed': to kill. 'and
had 'all the° face,' decorations: 'which
the' modern . young lady wears; • but;
much ; to my amazement not ore per.
son seemed • to ..notice 'her, while ,1
• 'stood there'gaping# with :open; Mouth,
ata,her: cross• the 'street. This 'is type-' ,
cal: of ,,Broadway. 'I iiey have become
y i 4:• A ftarwnrd s 1
imagined:what a 'mob would`have,•fol=
towed this lady .had she. dared
to walk ,along Geriazd Street,:,
IWhat amused me' greatly ori •the
'Great White' Way" was' the way they
dressed the fellows vvh'o. stand outside
the movie: houses., These fellows are
outfitted in the most faritastic•� uni=
forms. Anything frpn):- a -Colonel to
an ,African' head :hunted': • , The fellow
• bedecked -as• an •A�f'rican: head hunter
was advertising ,;one of.those:"savage"
•pictures w}iicli happened.,to• be playing
at'this' particular.'show..: 'hese. •
!col-
onels"; and, "what Hats". remind- ,one
-of. a barker on the midway; their job,
being to sell the' ,show;.:and'„'iii this•
respect they carry ot.t their job su-
peirlatively. They give• a running. de-
scription 'of the' Show and :in•`fact:•it
seems the' only ' reason -„a person 'goes
inside is to`;see'the action.
`The• 'Great • White Way -is the hone
of tate chiseler ...tViseeracket, and 'all
other menace's • to the welfare •of"th'e.
local_boy.iti the_blg._eity.. Ari exanipae
J. of :the .:chiseler ' Was made apparent
,to me while walking along Broadway
day.•'.;`When.. dowm there a , year
. ago L wandered ;into .an auction •,corn
• a -id while' watehing •the: "suckers": all
',bite'• 1s. heard the ;auctioneer 'mention
that everything•' had to be sold ,be
cause thiey had.' to vacate the ..store
• that night, . but much •to my surprise
wheri:I• chanced .ta Walk 'into the• Baine
• store this' 'time, exactly `.a, year later,'
liege; was: the same anet}gtreer telling
a • •differeiit- , bunch of : "•suckers" the
same old ,stoi y, that they ,had: to 'va
rate: the StoreOthat• night,; -and • every-
body ,was' biting, •
Times Square, `in th:e. heart of, the.
"Great • White •Wa`y,” besides being
the "Crossr'oads of the '''World," is,
. aboti't the : ,best. `lighted ' piaee in' the
World `It'is . at. night: with all,'these
lights,•dazzling' in thein splendor; ;drat
• Times -Square and the "Great • White
Way" can be • hest appreciated. There.
are lights of 'all thd'colors of the rain;
bot`v and :of all :Sizes,' aid they`: ad;-..
vertise .eve:°ythiiig 'Krone 'lree •=stt1nons'
to ehlrrc:he's•.. , ` •
The Broadwa�,� 4 ilody t , a few
year's • ago e'ertitirily gave ;some good
advice, •because Broadway is np, place,
to *ear •a''frotvir,' and .:liar 'troubles
are ceitainly''ou.t ,of ' style: It:
Place '-'Where no : olie'!seeins to sleep.
There, is, as:',nruch ac�tivit'y, • oh the
"G.reat White ',Way" 'at 4 o'clock in•
• the morning as t}iei,•e is -.at Yonge:.ilicI•
Queen arout?d noon on an ordinary
day, 1`t is:good advice to .keep'gtre's.
mouth closed. and eyes open.' while
parading this' hunting •gjsound, bf, the
chiseler. otherwise: you •arse• liable ti
meet' up';.' with seine, of • these ":vise•
guy&"• %%4)6 414 sell fou anything froth'
•a needle to the•E"ntptt'e State Building:
:,ITarle.rii, ho'ne of the "heidy leo" ari'tl
the place: made' famous: by Antos !If!
Atid'y; is• mother"one of ::t't w Yoi•l'y
interestitig spots, .T,eitnok AVeitUo,`the
main' dra& in• I1ar'lenl, 1"tuilcs''•to' nye to
be the Poled paradise of, the: Mach
• poison. L''ei'ytl iftg s IrIat: on Ise e
•
Rarvini
•
tr
s lvoPsis.
Cal i. Ti vely'au rents his house In
Slttaford to tins. Willett un,P.taices a
smaller one in Fxhanipton, While his
friend Major Burnaby and ,three neigh.
born• 'play at taple=tipping with' Mrs.
Willett and her ,,daughter, Violet, a
spirit' inessag;e ly; received that !:Fre-
velyari has been murdered; 13µrrnaby
finds his friend dead, Trevelyarl's ;estate
is, willed to lits sister; Mrs, Jennifer
Gardner, ,and the- three children .of an -
'other sister,. Mrs. Pearson,, now .dead.•
James Pearson; hid come to Exharripton
froin'London : the day of the -'murder. He
is arrested, Emily Trefusis,,his fiancee.
meets Charles, Enderby, reporter, .anF1
asks, :him' to hells her., Aftet she had
talked • to Violet Willett she • heard Mrs..
Willett itu3tter, '`Will night Heyer
come:? I•can't beat' it.'* .Enderby, watch-
ing the Willetts -hocks .at' :night;,:sees
Violet Secretly meet Brian 'rearson, cne
' •of the heit,s;.Vjto,WAS 'sripposed to"be Sri
,ustralja,, •:Martin` Pering.. refuses to
aceoynt• for. his movements' the.,lay of
the Murder-.
CHAPTE t. XXIII (:Cont'd;)"'. •
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•
'2 British Coluinbia Indians were
The abe*e awreproduction 'from'
an, lancierit%., took Carving... neat
man,conducting _a .clandestine. Ioye•.af
fair and an officious stranger butts in.
Brian Pearaon had taken it. like ,a
lamb, had fallen' in with Charle's sug-
gestion of having a car and driving
over to 'see .the police, '
Why this attitucie of'meek ,equies
•cense' •It• ,seemed to Emily entirely
untypical:• of the natural Brian Pear.-,
soli as she lead; hie character.,
see you in hgll • first!" wOuldd,,
she felt .sole•, have been far! 'nose his:
attitude. >,
This- lariib-like demeanor. ^Kies, sus
plclous. She tried to convey something
of her feelings. to Enderby.'
."I.' get'yon ,.said. Enderby;r
C
ur.
Brian' hasgof :something toconceal,.
therefore lie can't; be his natural: high
handed , self." ' , i.
" ou. made. a` certain"PO
rt ejcactly;"
"You,made statement tP
.•.. Po 'you think he • might possibly
statement verified... Part of it -has al- •. ,«Brian f' .
. , skid: Emily: thoughtfullyk
"ia--well, . a person to be reckoned.
with. He is rather• unscrupulous, I
should think, and .if he- wanted iany-
thing, 1 don't think he'vould.1et ordi
nh'y ,conventional "standards stand in.
his: way. . Hes• not plain tame .Eng:
us, r•
Dei ing, ,and 1 want that ! have killed p1d'; Trevelyatl?"
ready proved: to ,be untrue, I've,..got
to- cheek up•, on•..tte other'•half„ • You
say iyou lunched and.' spent the :after-,
noon•'with .a aft lend;+'
4' Yes--mnamey: ?A "' ' meran publlisher."
"Has i.c•
"Rasenkraun, Edgar Rosenkraun "
'"Ah,' and his• address ?'+;
"Putting, all personal considerations
,, , rde, • s -a , a ee y star er
Saturday. . r ?„
�� ' �� ;i` than ,Ism.. said' -Enderby.• i •
F N Y •k''
or New of Emily nodded..
'Yen >► •� „V .. ,.
"Much more•]ikely..He would carry
•;`.`•Thele; he'11 be on the :sea'; at the 'a thing„through well-
,because he
present moment, What boat is'he onr”' .would .never los& his nerve." --
"I=I really can't remember." "Honestly, Emil do you. think
You know the in -tel. Was it. a dill;'it?": -•
Cunard or�.White Star.,?)'„ f'I=I 'd'ete.t know. '
He fulfills the
' "I—I really don't; remember?' conditions -,the, .Only person who'
Ah,
well,": said the. • Inspectar,, does,"
?'we'll cable his .firm in. Nei YorTi; "What do you., mean by fulfills the
They'll know. conditions?" •
"ItWas the Gaigantua," 'said.De1 ""Well (1) Mptive"•. She ticked oft'.
ing ,sullenly,; The items On her fingers. ' !"rhe 'same
• "Thal _y_ou, M_D
r; errng. I thought
yen caul :remembe r'ifyou, tried. Now,
your, `statement is.that 'you • lunched
with Mr R&seiikraun and' that you
spent the ' afternoon, with hint ..At
,what time did• . ou; l e • 9" .
"'Omit five shonld say:"
decline to. State. It's: no: bitsiness
Inspector Narracettlioddectithought-
Dering Must to -the ground. WhatL
evei._hisLinksterions activities lad :been.
"What' are You' going to. do?'!•'. de -
"Wireless Mr. Bosenkraori on board
"Parini it all," cried: Derirrg,•
involve me in all serts Of pablicity.
then took it to' the Inspector,
yOu're," doing;" he 'said'. ungraciodslr,"
-Ort the sheet,of paper was written::
• confirm. iny.:stctteme;nt was- 'with
ericans- are • AriY hint of Me
big Mixed u.p a Police. case; and thi4
new Contract that I've been discussing
"I've' no objection to that, Mr, ',Per -
All I want :is the". truth,...:'
send, this. reply ,paid;,•the reply- to:.be
'sent tie my 'private address'. in Xeter,.''
1Vs not such easy:going earning Your
living by. literature.. Inspecthr. , You'll
see 'the: anSwer- will :be all right.,
:as a giatter of fact had told my
wife:that that WaS .where I had been,'
tp. the same stork.:•to you., Otherwise
.• Oneef the, most exciting experiences
.in ,iny• young life happened 'it( this
'having ,wante!ri to see a
Wandered uP to:. Harlem, ene..:bright
'evening 'and , wandered': into a 'night
'club, Which, unfortunately:for Me, 'Was.
'One, of poer repute. It:Was ealled the.
..tiairig sign a. large derhY „painted.
purple:with all kinds of pictures paint-
,edtlierepi4.arid these Pictures weren't.
Pisa, down a long hall, om either Side
and'thia 'gave ine the Shivers. before
I got:int:9' the place.: -.After: paying the
ner, I WenViii and sat at a table near
,the",, door, lust in, ease • r Wanted to
sat .doWn: than ever daneed., in the heSt
fairy4ike fashion; one' Of thoig 'dark
'"elouds, She sat doWn at my 'table'and
TaA'ked--41faf:17•Tviiiii dank:
Never. •parIciok ' of anything
her "ribtlairig;"..and;.greatly knifed add
:after telling 'me''tvhat 7she thought "of
h
me,. she went, out in searc pf Some
I proceeded to ,enjoy the Music' of One.
tics a the. titornsklbut--myrenjOy-liielit•
fere I. realized! 'it there was '•tWo
rather 'husky :men iii4ing beside Me.
After :Watchirig. thent out of the cot,.
Weather and' then he, 4,54pq 'fOr'.the
loan Of 'seine money, and. when I,re.
'tales of what 'happened. to Pee-
•
lut at the same time thinking
sopa. PosSible,. and' it' didn't 'take
inany:•Minutes to :get 'illy .4t And
learned that thhipartle‘ular nightelub
Was often :the 'Seene fight.5,
•
1f tv.6 Are' long A lisOt11 1,51.1.r
motive', °Twenty: thousand on more. •compaliion .
Witli•.that idea in;Mimi I�\seculed;a
liter- large,. cardboard carton in Which ,1•.
ator a in boxes, -trifles that are sure :to
:could •say -well ---surely he would say .amuse''young •ixirnds,• ' • I: give 'oi}t.:one
A' :Special; Llat o! -Feature, eareainrs tn, E H181iT10N� TRAPS -114q#
RETLiRNi*P, RENTALS, and .ART'iST4USEq ,Pi•Ai�QS. .priced from,.
$99 Up, . organs prlced� from $39• up,, •
HERLQCt(MAN,NiNG',•Ork9AN—Chapel ptyle, •fs etoprs, 6. :'sets of
reeds! sultab(e fo,r entail.• church,; Sunday school, or• lodge roorli, $65
WEINTZM „ 96. Yon eMStreet, f,ronto,, ^
ANd•CO 9 g;
• Please. 9 all a complete IiS of• the •'Special • Bargains you are,
now` efferIn' .
N:AM•
- ., ;a 1. ,y•�ut;ra•• r:,,. . :.
gIt paid, onnRafl r ase
Fret
pt! oh ,s of $j2ti or over, to .the •nearest:
railway station In;;.Ontario,, ;
A4h INSTRUMENTS: O�UARANTEED
•
osPltable to YounVisitors.
ouise R, ,11arshali •
_
. fife' ds' have,
n.., . c lied' �,• ,
a'
eatied'. you,
n brought u •
d ht-'
alori ; . •
I# e
g, _., g th,,.iichil,di:en •have
yon often felt shoe ed,i•,at• their 1 c}c'of
mariners, because ;the :would •not' it
,clown as, stiff', as autoliiatons and keep
quiet whilQ ,yen and your: u. S a t'
y... g� � Incl
of thins that held•.not the. least '(n
terest for .them? u
Howepei, ':lr: a child •iia' no
u .. s .not. been
.welt. brought up her •is very apt to
:prowl from one thing ,toanother until
you'.',ares ready '•to scream from think-
ing every rh note ho.will t'ip ever that
vase of flowers, surely break into the
bookcase with the glass •front, qr. ex -
vivre library. ar: to 1
bedr�s
Y. a`5er •
s, the con-
tents of. which' ere frail and ,precious,
P
sion "on our 'side,. •overcome •"snoopi-
:Hess" on the part of the little visitor;
and secure peace' acid quiet for ^.his
mother• and ourselves in which, to en-
joy each other's' company df 'we ha e
K
ahospitable disposition and do a little
planning "beforehand; We take par.
.ticular delight' in shoving some area-.
sured piece of art, a now lunch 'cloth;
or a., recent• book to make the mother.
=feel • we are• nappy to .have` her ,conte
into• our home and• want her to share.
in our;- •latest possessions, 'so Why,
should we'not exert ourselves. to des-
play a like hoipitality to her youthful
pounds. ' (2) .Opportunity Nobody.
'knows +h'eie hewas on Friday
noon, and if he •was•anywhere that he.
^} o-we:494.. ititte^-t
ally in the neigh:boihood cif"I arelmoov.
On 7i'ida ." : '
CHAPTER XXIV.
"They haven't• found ;anyonwho
s'aw, Brian in -Exhalnpton," Charles
pointed out; '"and.' he's •a fairly notice-
able" person;" -
:Emily, , shook her head: scornfully
"He wasn't. in Exhampt'on.,
youe.:see, Charles;'if lie eonianitted' h'e
murder; ..:he planned "'it betoreh'and,
It's only poor innocent J'im who came,
down, like' a snug and ' stayed :there.
There's: Lydford and Chagfond or per
haps Exeter.: • He ''night have, walked
^ov..er from, Lydford,—that's' a :main
road -,and the .,snow •wouldn't: ,have
.been ithpaSsable.1 It would have been
pretty good going.'•
"iI suppose . we ought ,.to• make.'
queries all
police 'are doing` drat," said.
Emily, '"and 'they'll do it- a lot, better•
than We shall,.:..All 'pubuc •thins are
much: better done...by the police. It's
private and personal:things flue7ls£eri
ing' to. Mrs.. Curtis:'and picking. up;a
lint from,Miss'Pe • ehouse and watch
1-make.bo' at.
'the need, In' the colic trots '' I have
drawing books and a' bd.c of. •crayons,,•
some large.cardboar'd, Oils With, cut-
out coats, 'dresses and."hats,;a bag o1',
marbles'' a set 'of tiny..chairs that were
left from a parlor `suite my own, child
;ren used, a,,pair of kindergarten ,scis,
sots, and • a" smaller ; set of paper• dolls
and clothes to be cut-out if the Player
Chooses, several' rubber `ducks and :fish
for• very: tiny callers,; _a. toy truck, and.
a small wagon,. a tea set and. an,n1unti=
num baking set, a faiylike' stove; . a
Parr=;sized, dol: :that has ,eeen much. use
• and a box of clothes .for ' .her a top,
-some puzzles, sand dozens of `trinkets:
. • Nowadays•sp ,many. pretty' cards;and
•novelties "come into: -t.h,e home in the
way-.Of'advertising that one need". not
go, to'the'effort and `expense of bni�ing
ing- the Willetts—that'S! where we
'41'6 gO back to Brian •Peartion fulL,
filling the coriditions :said,: Emily.
"We've done two,, mOtive and 'oppOr-
tunity, and, there's thg, third—the 'one
portant of
`Nell; have :felt frem the begin-
ning that we cbuldn't' ignOre ' that
,qtieer business, Of the 'table' turning,
have .tried"tO leek at ft
and clear-sightedly, as possible.' There
are jttst three solutions, of if (1)
•CouSe, that Ma.Y.be se; but personally,
delib.erate•—sonleone did it ori piirpose.
hut aS one can't' arrive at any • Cori-
ceivable reason :ean: rule that out
1. Would haVe let thyself in ler lot also (3)' Acci'det&i, soolora •gavo
"If Mr., 'Reset:Jamul, eonfirnis..your se-An:deed quite ag,ainst, his will. Art
:statement, Dozing, yon ;have atieonseious „piece: of self.-reyelation.
' "An unpleasant ehn?act,ce,," im,'• -either knew definitely that ,,Captain
speetor thOught, as, he left the house. -
"But he aeenis pretty certain, that tips
truth gf his story/',
• ^A sudden reinembrance'cumc :Co the
InsPector, Aa he hopped Into -the train
which Would take linit baek. to Devom
Whe lives , in, 'cote Of the' Cottages' t
Treftrids tint! Charles ;Eetler:
by were .seated :Milan table iri
past, three and attliathour 1:1;141'd %yas.
"It's diffieult," she
...Afters i titer view with the fibliee
Ile, bade heen extremely Peilth 115. Vial-,
None of those people' cpiild have.
•
t,11 e 'Must have heeri„:i n (Wen with
or Ronald 'Garfield and anyone 'else,
are .011 Very latirnate terniS And'
t1:1•.",`tlifietitvi.:,tii,r". titer! mettle r: -one Or "other"
merit toned," Said Puke."
sec iiin4,1,vice There f;eonl.
Oti4i'ii• :between 'him -and' Pap"
•
tt-
A.
there'S, :absolutely, nothing ;!tie conneet
him with the case in any tvay,. and
said•;'C'harles. :Enderby as
.Entily Paused.
• "And yet we met Inspector Narrit-,
:hint that. we don't? I: ;wish / lthew.";
(To be continued.)
clatte•r and ,tumult• as if til_e youingstel
•were scam • pering from room' to , ,ro 'm.;
o Q
helping- himself to` -whatever took his
tansy; . • i ,
In t1 is • '" i. � '
.. 1,.. ;collection ae ,bo>;os of ::•;aYs
that appeal. to .the bdys and otheis.Q;•.
that :charin"'the little" giris,, or,. -if there;•
happens t he more ,than one chilti•at•
h time, two or more boxes furnish jus.t...
the thing3 needed for ',.4. . • session. of •
school, to `play lious,ek�eeping, or so'-�i
tither, inte�est'ing game together, •
' • If you,` show thoughtfulness. for . the. •
MOO gues.ts,''they Will enjoy coming `o
you-' house andnot,haVe to• be dragged
fprotestingly -,along. just because Moth, •
er wants. to o ' My chesthas served;
not only• as a safety valve for 'pent -tip •
a: drawing card`as•we1l.: Many of'the
boys and girls come to ;"visit" 'with•
Hoe: by tlfemselves,:for they realize the,
will `receive a, hearty welcome and' find, • '
'a synipathtic understanding •of . what.
little. folks '• need, and like.Issued by
the`. National Kindergarten Assoele.'
tion,' Newt' York City,
VOursoli
1864,16:, Braiid;
'• ,On.Eaole Brand during. die burl'
ieveD.0-five 'teara. Yew Will.
Sind :our iittleboo,kie.t."Ilibea r.
:Yardley Howie. •Toronto. •
Gradations Map. aped_ "Ina
free.,iopy:',of 'booklet' sanded
diddreas
Ste
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au lit
if ifirOariettitelve.511-ind.
and gargie..actoidieg to,
Alitogt Relief in This.•;Way
And,: .Tife *ha ahnott
*PST •safeSt, surest way lb treat ti ' 'twlan‘IY .
ilAry cold alinot as fast as von And. for a gargle, Aspirin rableis . •
etingh t, .11; ' . . - - dissolve so •x completely they
leave nb irritating n'arti-4
Ask your.dootbr about eles. Get a hex Of 12
this, And 'When volt ini'Y'; 401:1‘,46,,..4", tobictS or hottle Of 24'
n 100M any drugstore. '
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