finally she went upstairs and kicked
off her slippers rather crossly. When,
a little later, she heard his quick
knock on the door below, and his
blithe whistle above It, she caught
up her »Uppers In her hand and ran
downstairs, laughing, to let him tn.
“ Oh, good I” she cried. “ A minute
later and I'd have been In bed.”
“ I'd have been earlier, but—I was
detained. You are all right, are you?
Nothing has happened—yo’ haven't
seen anything unusual?”
Gay sensed an undertone of anxiety
benentb the lightness of his voice.
“ Why, of course I’m ad rig h t Of
course nothing has happened. Why
not? Or why?”
“ Well, I saw a chap hanging about
In the woods near your windows, sort
of spying, sneaking around. 1 started
up to see who It was, and he ran. Of
course I chased him, and the two ot
us have hot-footed It all over the
Island. He was playing with me. Got
me down to the city landing, and
dropped me like a hot cake. You
haven’t—"
“ Oh, that must have been the Chi
naman !”
“ The Chinaman!”
Rand’s amaze
ment was unbounded. “ The China
man ! What under heaven—”
“ Oh. I must have told you about
the Chinaman," she said evasively.
“ You know darned well you never
have. What about him?"
“ Well, come and sit down. It’s a
long story— You are quite sure 1
haven't told you?”
Rand laughed. “ Quite sure, you
little liar, and so are you.”
“ Well, you weren't here when I
came tn. I was so tired, and sick.
I was a perfect xzreck. Auntalmlry
was here, and while she packed up I
lay down on the couch here, and slept.
Idle ISLAN/)
ETHEL H VESTON
C0PVR.I6MT 1927 by
The B O B B S -M E R R .IL L CO.
STORY
FROM
THE
sca vici
shops, nnd with a sort of boyieh van
ity had carried It with her ever since.
But It Is Indicative of the absolute
confidence of her nature that In an
emergency she always entirely forgot
the weapon, reverting to the more
feminine defense of screaming, call
ing or locking doors.
When she saw the yellow face at
her window she did not so much as
think of the boasted pistol, which she
affectionately dubbed the Baby, until
she was safe behind the lowered
blinds. Then she opened the drawer
and looked at IL
“ you're a useless old thing,” she
said Impatiently. “ Why don't you go
off when there Is some occasion for
you, and scare the Peeping Toms?"
Expecting Band, who came at his
own caprice and kept her alert with
expectation, she was not startled
when, an hour later, there was a light
knock at her door. It was past nine
o'clock, but as Ills hours always suit
ed his convenience, she only smiled
tolernntly at his tardiness as she
opened the door. But when she saw
In the shadow, not Rand, but Ron
aid Ingram, she was startled Into a
little frightened cry, for which she
quickly
apologized with
friendly
START
On th « v e r g e o f n e rv o u s c o l
la p s e , d u e to o v e r w o r k . G a y D « -
la n e , s u c c e s s fu l N e w Y o r k a r t is t ,
s e e k s re s t a t Id le Is la n d
Sht
r e n ts a c o tta g e , tlae “ L o n e P in e ,"
fr o m
a n Is la n d c h a r a c te r , th e
“ C a p ta in ,” a n d h is s la te r , A lic e
A n d o v e r , “ a d m in is t r a t o r . ”
Gay
fin d s th e c o tt& g e Is te n a n te d by
an e ld e r ly
la d y , “ A u n t a lm l r y , ”
w h o c o n s e n ts to m o v e to a n -
o th er abo d e , th e “ A p p le T ree.” O n
a n e x p lo r a tio n o f th e Is la n d G a y,
s ta n d in g on th e s e a s h o re . Is h o r
r ifie d b y th e a p p e a ra n c e o f (he
d r if t in g b o d y o f a d ro w n e d m an,
w h ic h
she
n e rv e s
h e r s e lf
io
b r in g to th e s h o re .
A b u lle t
w o u n d In th e te m p le s h o w s th e
m a n to h a v e been m u rd e re d . G a y
m a k e s h e r w a y to th e “ C a p ta in "
w it h th e s to r y .
R e t u r n in g w it h
h im to th e s h o re , th e y fin d n o
b o d y th e re , a n d G a y 's s t o r y o f
th e In c id e n t Is se t d o w n to an
a tta c k o f “ n e rv e s ." G.»y. u n a b le
t o c o n v in c e h e r n e ig h b o r s o f th e
t r u t h , d r a w s a p ic t u r e o f th e
fa c e o f th e d ea d m a n . In te n d in g
to s e n d I t to th e a u ih o r lt le e . She
m e e ts a s tr a n g e r , to w h o m she
t e lls th e s to r y a n d s h o w s th e
p ic t u r e He a s k s h e r to le t i.lm
ta k e It , b u t G a y re fu s e s . N e x t
d a y G a y fin d s th e p ic t u r e has
been ta k e n
fr o m
th e c o tta g e
•‘H a n d '* W a lla c e , w a n d e r e r , a n d
c o n s id e re d s o m e th in g o f a “ b la c k
sh e e p ”
b y th e
le la n d e re , s u r
p ris e s G a y a t h o u s e h o ld ta s k s
G a y 's a c q u a in ta n c e w it h
R and
r ip e n s In to a ffe c tio n . R a n d Ica ve e
th e Is la n d on b u s in e s s
G ay d e
te r m in e s to s ta y f o r th e w in te r .
laughter.
“ Oh, you startled me. I —I was ex
pecting some one else. Do come In.
I am glad to see you again."
“ Wluit luck to find you," Ronald
Ingram said with a warmth there was
no mlstnklng. “ I had no Idea you
would still he here. You are rather
outstaying the summer, are you not?”
“ Well—yes—a little, perhaps. Hut
I wus—quite III, and I need—oh, a
great deal of rest.” Her face Hushed
with her feverish explanations, and
Ronald Ingram studied her keenly.
“ So many of the summer people
have gone,” he said slowly. “ I should
think you would he afraid to stay on
alone. Especially nfter your experi
ences here. Was It In tills room you
saw the light—that night after you
found the body In the cove?"
"Yes. In that window, right there.''
"And the hand? Are you sure of
that hand? Stretched out—"
“ Of course I am sure. And when
I came up In the mcrnlng, the sketch
was gone.
It wns here. In this
draw er" She lightly pulled out the
drawer of the desk. Her pistol, busi
nesslike, Important, lay In full sight
“ It was here. And the next morning
It was gone. Doors locked, windows
barred. Just ns I left them. Rut the
sketch was gone. So I knew the poor
dear wished to be left In peace nnd
undisturbed."
“ By George, you make my hnlr
stand on end. And nfter nil th a t vou
slny on here, alone, unprotected—”
"Oh, he wns a gentle spirit. He
would not harm me.”
lie smiled nnd dropped the subject,
lie said he hnd come to Portland on
business, and had come to the Island
with only a faint hope that he might
find her, or, falling to find her, to get
tier address In the city. He said he
could not henr to drop the little ac
quaintanceship. which to him had
proved so sweetly charming.
Then he went quickly away, waving
back to her ns she stood In the light
ed doorway beneath the tall pine.
Gay waited about for a while, hop
ing still that Band would come, but
CHAPTER VI— Continued
“ Didn't he ever come back?”
“ Ile dici., dearie.
Died mvay.
Hut
1 bed Buddy then. Hut Buddy went,
too. Could 1 have a little more sugur,
dea rie?”
Timi was nil. They talked of other
tlilnga. Auntnlmlry'a gentle Interest
was Just ns It had always been, her
easy nmlnbillty, but ufter that Hash
of feverish hope she seemed pule and
worn with her age.
The next day Hand came, nnd they
two, Cay and Itnnd, drifted Into a rou
tine of joyous companionship amt
love.
Frankly and trustfully they
professed full sympathy and under
standing In encli other's wldins. tiny
Joyed to be In love, but brooked no
thought of marriage, demanding free
dom, she said, freedom for work.
Hand, too, admitted satisfaction In the
arrangement, craving freedom from
the very thing that she desired, free
dom for freedom's sake, tie called It.
| If sometimes Cay wondered If love
built on foundation so slight could
long endure, she hushed her doubts.
8hg was very happy, and «he dreamed
of Io n i yeafs o f tills Rame happiness
fo r both, freedom for eneh for the
things that encli desired. Kite would
romp to him, he would come to her.
they would summer together In this
cool and lovely place.
September drew swiftly, goldenly
toward Its close. September Is the
death of summer In the Northland
The hotels on the Island were already
closed for the season, the summer
shops locked Into their storm win
ilows, the shore cottages deserted
S till Gay lingered. Between heraelf
nnd Rand had been no suggestion of
parting, no hint that the season was
over, the time of separation at hand
,’ t’lie Island was lovely In September,
lovely nnd wistful and wlltlug. Gay
^vould not let herself think of leav
ing.
She «nt alone In her w indow seat
one afterndhn nnd watched the sunset
us It faded swiftly and darkness crept
over the mud. An honr passed, two
hours. The dusk had deepened to
rig h t. And then, with one of hei Ini
pulslve changes, she sprang to her
feet, wanting brightness, wanting
light.
With her hand outstretched
to press the button, she stopped, sud
denly inotlonli-'S, holding her breath.
Pressed hard against tier window
on the eastern side, the »Id" of the
forest, she saw It ngatn, that face Jf
yellow parchment with the seamed
sear beneath the slanting eyes. As
she looked It faded away Into the
darkness from which It had come.
With its disappearance rame sud
den activity, ttnmlng auger.
She ra il to ttie w indow
It « a lo .
and tiling
•'Hello," she called. “ Hello there!”
There was no answer to her call,
but, staring Intently, she saw among
the shadows of the wood one shadow
that moved silently farther Inin the
recesses of the forest, and merged
nt last Into black. She closed the
window- thoughtfully, locked It and
lowered the blinds.
Gay had a pistol, a handsome mon
ogni himet! one. which It was her pleas-
nnt conceit In keep loaded, well con
dltloned. ready for emergency use
In the drawer of her desk near at
hand She had bought It during that
ineinoriihle year abroad on one of her
venturesome visita to London pawn
•Didn’t He Ever Come Back?"
•
Slept I It wns the sleep of death fot
weariness.—She wakened me for din
ner, and I ate, and went to sleep
agnln. So she went away and left me
sleeping.—Well, It was evening. And
I fe lt— You know how one feels
things In one's sleep?—I felt eyes
looking at me. I could hardly squeeze
a look out beneath my lids, for the
weariness. Rut I did. And In the
dusk, faint and yellow, I saw the face
of a Chinaman, thin pinched features,
slanting eyes and a small seared scar
beneath one eye. As I looked, the
face Just melted backward Into the
darkness, so I knew It was a dream,
and went to sleep again."
Rand lighted a cigarette hastily but
said nothing, nnd Gay went on.
“ Well, you know how sometimes I
sit. Just dreaming, ns the sun sets,
until It Is dark.—I did tonight And
1 Jumped up suddenly to light the
lights, although It was not entirely
dark, and I sow It at my window, that
window—same fnce, the very same
So It could not have been a dream."
“ When wns that?”
“ Oh, hours ago! Just before the
final darkness."
"Rut It was late when I found
him—about an hour ago.—In the
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D i s lik e s
what he likes Is one who w ill prove a
line stimulating companion, lie Is
ardent, curious, adventuring. He w ill
communicate his own enthusiasm and
awaken In those he meets tastes and
sympathies and Ideas. He Is a builder,
a creator, a doer. Such men of In
Unite likes are to he cultivated.
I f you are ever tn doubt as to
whether an acquaintance would prove
ii good companion, there Is one In
fallible sign by which you can make
sure of the mutter. When you talk
to him notice whether he tells you
flint of something tie likes or dislikes.
If he Is prone to air his dislikes you
may he sure he w ill not prove a very
cheerful companion. Ills mind Is de
structive He Is more concerned with
pulling to pieces than with building
up. Snell a person has a tendency to
shut up one's mind or put It on Its
guard against Impulses mid Innova
tions. He has a sensitive nature that
withdraws Itself Into Its shell on the
least Impact of the common tilings
about him. One will get nothing from
him hut grumblings und aiu.no<lver
»loin.
The persou on the other hand who
i quickly makes you acquainted with
I
Too M u c h fo r O tlr ic h
The digestion of sn ostrich Is said
to lie about us powerful us that of a
gout, yet there are some things that
iiu ostrich cannot digest Thia was
proved by a leeenl post mortem exam
Inatlon of one at a zoo. The bird. It
was discovered, hnd swallowed a can
opener and this had caused Its death
Among oilier articles found In the
ostrich »ere two staples a lent and a
rot> atl-odaol's hut budge.
and
Book» M u tt H a v e A ir
Recent tests by the United States
bureau of chemistry analyzing a large
number of worn leather bookblnd
Ings, show that leather books need
pure air and deteriorate when ex
posed to harmful sulphurous and avid
Ic Impurities. Backs of leather books
deteriorate quicker than the sides
because ordinarily they are more ex
posed to light and Impure air, the
tests revest To prolong the life ol
treasured leather bindings, steps
should he taken to prevent their
deterioration through the absorption
of atmospheric Impurities, the bureau
advises. Certain coatings and fin
Ishes. notably neat's foot and castor
oil, are staled to be excellent for the
purpose.
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R a re an d H e a v y M e ta l
Osmium, a rare metal. Is the heav
iest substance known to science. It
weighs 21 ’ a times as much as an
i-qtial volume of water In a general
| »ay osmium resembles iduliuuus.
meantime, what?
Any noises?
Were !
you a fra id —“
“ No, Mr. Ingram was here."
Rand flecked the ashes from his cig
arette thoughtfully. “ Ah, Mr. In
gram.—Mr. Ingram.—I suppose you ,
told me all about him, too. May i
one Inquire, who Is Mr. IngramT'
“ He Is the man who— It was he
who— It was Mr. Ingram who—”
Gay closed her lips stubbornly. She
had often wished to tell him of the
affair In the cove, but resentment had
always forbidden th . confidence. He
should have asked her. She glanced
at him furtively. His chin was set, j
and his eyes were anxious. Gay re
lented.
“ Well, Rand, I suppose the family
females told you—what happened In
the cove?”
Rand smiled faintly, bis fingers ca- |
ressed her arm. Gay hardened again, j
“ I know they thought I was out of
my head, but you surely do not be
lieve any such nonsense."
“ They thought you saw driftwood,
a log or a barrel.”
“ Hew about my handkerchief? Did
they think I put It on a piece of d rift
wood?”
“ They thought— Now, remember,
Gay, you did not mention the hand
kerchief until they reported there was
without tube»
no body. They thought—well, they
thought you made It up to sort of
carry out your story, make It hold
water.”
“ What did you think?”
•T thought,” he said tenderly, “ that I
gome time. In a moment of great con- j
fldence, my Gay would tell me about j
other— the new, self-contained
RESIDENTIAL YEAR! Politics
herself, and then I should know all."
A.
C. set—the Atwater Kent 37.
popping all over the lot!
Gay laughed, bent suddenly and j
Batteries
can’t run down—for
Remember "Twenty-four votes
kissed his hand. “ You work me, out
there are no batteries. The house
for Underwood” four years ago?
rageously,” she said.
current costs only a fraction of a
“ And Mr. Ingram—” he prompted | Remember bow you said the thrill
cent an hour. Ami the F vll - vision
softly.
of that one convention repaid
Dial, which you read at a glance 1
“ Well. then.—No, the cove comes many times the price of your radio
first.—The reason 1 like Mr. Ingram set? Remember what you missed
How swiftly and surely and clearly
Is because If he is Interested In any if you had no ratlgt— or a poor one?
it brings in vour station!
thing, he talks about IL If he wants
The modern, satin-finished cab
This year radio is plaving a much
to know anything, he asks. He doesn't
inet is no larger than a child’s suit
think other people are crazy Just be bigger part. Roth parties are pre
case. The price is compact, too—
cause they happened to see something paring for a cam paign inside
because public demand has per
he didn't happen to see himself.—Like American homes—by radio.
mitted us to effect amazin’ econ
the state of Maine,” she said vindic
Tunney is signed to fight twice.
omies of manufacture. The pro
tively.
Man! W hat a year—by radio.
gram yon can’t afford to miss is
"And the cove—"
And the programs NOW7. To
“ Well, then. I slid down the rocks
EVERY NIGHT. Listen with the
night! Tomorrow night! The head
Info the cove."
Atwater Kent 37. You’ll see!
"Why, Gay, why? With a whole liners of music— o f politics— of
Island full of accessible shore, why everything—are on the air—NOW7.
slide down the worst cliff In the bay?” Don't put off buving your new
“ Because I thought I couldn’L” she Atwater Kent A. C. set until the
nnswered promptly. “ Because every last moment before the conven*
body said one couldn’t get down.—So tions. Enjoy the wonderful things
I did.”
radio brings note. W hen summer
Rand rolled his eyes heavenward.
“ A woman." he said devoutly, "Is comes—you’re ready.
Get the set that’s always ready—
heaven’s greatest mlrncle.—She did,
because she couldn’L—Go on.—Like for a convention, a concert, a fight
your Mr. Ingram, I understand per or a frolic—the modern set—the
Model E Rudio Speaker $26
fectly."
set that has changed everybody’s
Radio's
truest voice. A il parta protected
“ Well, I tried to get Into the club conception of radio—that is going
against moisture. Conies in a variety of
house, and I couldn't. And Into the into far more hom es than any
beautiful color combinations.
boathouse, and I couldn'L”
“ You should have burned them to Atwater Kent Radio Hour every Sunday night on 23 associated stations
the ground.—If you couldn't get In,
O n » Dial Receiver« listed und«r U . 9. Patent 1,014,002
you should have.”
Gay laughed. “ Don't be silly.— j ATWATER KENT M ANUFACTURING COMPANY
Well. It was lovely In the cove, and 1 I
A. A tw ater Kent, President
Philadelphia, Pa.
stood there nnd saw—It—coming In.— 4700 U iMahickon Avenue
Rand. It wns a man. He came In and !
with my two hands I pulled him up
on the sand. There was a rope about
one ankle, a stout rope, with one end
dangling loose, lie hnd been shot In
the temple—here." She touched her
brow with n slender finger. “The
blood was washed away, but the hair
wh 3 dotted about IL I laid his hand
upon his breast, nnd put my hand
kerchief over his fnce. I called for
help, hut of course nobody heard me.
So 1 went for the Cnptnln. You know ,
what happened ”
Rand was Impressed. She could
see that.
" It sounds very—reasonable."
"Oh, Rand I When I went hack the
sand was wet where the body had
lain. 1 chewed It to the Captain, and
he said It had splashed there
It
couldn't have splashed.
It hadn't
splashed anywhere else.”
“ And Mr. Ingram—"
Gay smiled nt his persistence.
“ Well, I sent the captain away. I j
could see every line of the poor, tired, ,
anxious fnce, and the long fine hand. ;
nnd the drenched hnlr. I took my
drawing pad. and drew IL line for '
line. I was going to send It to the
police department, so they could try
to trace him.—Mr. Ingram was look
tng for a way down to the shore, and
I went up and took him hack through
the woods the other way. I showed
him the sketch, and he was greatly
Interested. He wanted IL He Is a
newspaper man."
“ And now he comes again—"
"Oh. he came before—"
“ Oh. I see." Rand's voice was quiz- [
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"Oh. no. you don’t see. Well, I
met him on the rock» beyond the
L ittle club one day—he Is very nice,
so gentle, gentlemanly, sympathetic—
so I brought him home, nnd we hnd a
long talk. He wns thinking of buying
up part of the Islund for exploitation,
to build and sell, you know, things
like that, lie Is very nice."
, Rand's face was very stern. "Why
didn't you tell me all this before?" he
demanded curtly.
•'Because If yon want to he so
darned close about everything. I will I
t>e darned close myself," she said
smnrtly. "Rand, he felt terrible shout
the sketch.—Oh, I didn't teli you
about that "
"What? What about It? What did
the polh-e—"
“ Now Band now Is your chance tr
decide once and for all that l was
entirely out of my bead- am sttn per
haps— But Auntalmlry cab »w-ar t<
iiart ot It. If she w ill though me
aia<le me promise not to tell
so
said folks wogld think queer ot tt
“Gay '"
rvv ee conTiMVbn >
‘W hen I first shirted to smoke I
u us anxions to jind a cigarette
that would give me pleasure
uithout taxing my wind or ir
ritating my throat. I soon dis-
coveredLncky Strikes. I am very
fond of the excellent flavor of
these cigarettes and they keep
my throat clear and do not
affect my wind in the least
»6
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No Throat Irritation- No Cough.
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