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STORY FROM TH E START
W h ile d e sp o n d e n t o v e r th e e n
f o r c e d h i d i n g o f h e r fianc e, J i m
D a l l a s , s l a y e r In s e l f - d e f e n s e o f
H o m er P a rk in so n , m em ber of an
In flu en tial fam w y, Sybil S au n d ers,
p o p u l a r a c t r e s s , is e n g a g e d to
p l a y V i o l a In a c h a r i t y p e r f o r m
a n c e o f " T w e lf t h N ig h t" on G ull
Island, on th e M aine c o ast. A f te r
th e p lay H u g h B a sse tt, A nne
T r a c y 's fiance. T e lls J o e he h a s
h e a r d h e Is s p y i n g o n S y b i l t o
learn the w h e rea b o u ts of Jim
D a lla s an d e a rn th e re w a r d o f
fe re d by th e P a r k in s o n fam ily.
T h e b o y d e n i e s it.
C H A P T E R II— C ontinued
It’s different here w ith only one way
to get ashore and Gubrlel never will
ing to w ait.”
H e made no answ er, continuing his
play with the cane. She knew th a t
som ething was wrong and sat down
on the arm of a chair, uneasy, won
dering w hat a w as:
“I’m glad you’ve m anaged this holi
day. And It’s Jolly having Tommy
T ravers, he’s such a sport. You’ll
m eet him tonight a t Bangor. At the
Algonquin inn—w asn’t th a t the nam e
of it? ”
“Urn.”
"I w ant to be sure, because If any
Im portant mall should come for yt. ■«
I could send it th ere to m eet you on
your way back. Algonquin inn—I’ll
rem em ber that. Then off tom orrow
m orning—i t’ll be lovely in th e woods
now.”
“Any place would be lovely a fte r
th is beastly hole.”
"B eastly hole I I thought you liked
it 1”
“Did you? T ake another guess.”
“You expected to like i t
You
w anted to come.”
H e m ade no answ er, but slanting
his body sidew ise w ith an a ir of os
te n ta tio u s endurance, took out his
w atch nnd looked nt It. She Ignored
th e hint—yon couldn’t be sensitive
with Joe—and leaning tow ard him
asked:
“W hat’s th e m atter, Joe?”
“M atter—w ith w hat?’’
“Y ou! H as anything happened?”
“Oh, no, nothing's happened.’’ His
w ords w ere m inclngly soft. “W hat
could happen w ith such a charm ing
lot of people and Miss Saunders play
ing the s ta r role In the perform ance
and out?”
It w as Sybil th en —he’d been w ork
ing him self Into a bad tem per over
Anne to h er feet, breath in g b a ttle :
“Don’t d a re to say th a t of my friend,
Joe T racy.”
H e stood In front of h»r, hum p
shouldered, w ith o u tth ru st Jaw, brow s
draw n low over eyes gleam ing like a
c a t’s. She had never seen him look
like th a t; ne seem ed a stran g er, a
horrible stran g er, and she drew away,
aghast a t th e revelation of u being
so slnlsterly unfam iliar.
H er look
brought him back to self-control. He
Jerked his head up, run a hand over
his hair, and tu rn ed aw ay to the w in
dow. Standing th ere he s a id :
t
“Well, I tak e th a t back. I didn't
mean to say It. But she's maile me
m a d ; I think she’d make anybody."
The tone, surly still, had a p la c a t
ing q u ality ; It w as as n ear an apol
ogy as Joe could ever come. She felt
Im m easurably relieved, for he had
frightened her.
She accepted his
am ends w ithout comment, but she
could not resist a sisterly ad m o n itio n :
"If you'd only stop getting mad over
sm all things you'd find life so much
easier.”
He lau g h ed :
“Good advice from little s iste r 1 It
doesn’t cost an ything and It’s th e cor
rect Ingenue pose.”
He tu rn ed from the window sm il
ing, Joe a t his m ost am iable. If he
had met h er th is way she would have
poured out h er secret. Hut her high
mood had fallen and besides lie w a n t
ed her to go— he said he had a le tte r
to w rite y e t Lounging tow ard her
he put his bends on her shoulders,
gave her a light kiss on the cheek and
pushed h er tow nrd the door.
On her way back along the gallery
sh s recalled his face in th a t moment
of rage w ith troubled question. She
wondered If th ere w as more d istu rb
ing him than she knew —It w as an ex
trao rd in ary exhibition of anger for
such a cause.
She henved a sigh of
relief at the thought th at he w as go
ing. In his p resen t mood th ere w as
no knowing w hnt elnshes th ere might
be, and It w as the last evening, and
th ere would be a full moon, nnd she
and B assett would walk like lovers
under Its magic lig h t
W hen her door had closed, th e gal
lery and living room becam e ns quiet
as though the house w ere unoccupied.
Sybil, approaching It, heard no sound
of voices, a fact th a t reassu red her,
for the long day had tired her and
she had no mind for tnlk. She w as
coming In by the balcony w hen she
saw Florn Stokes sitting th ere rend
ing and deflected her course tow nrd
th e pnth th a t skirted the building’s
front. If F lora noticed her she m ade
no r.lgn, her eyes glued to her book,
and Sybil, stepping softly, fo r she
dreaded
th e
woman’s
resentful
glances, passed along to th e en tran ce
of the living room. T he place w as d e
serted and she stopped on th e th resh
old fo r n last look at the sk y ’s fad
ing splendors.
Across the depths o f the room the
door Into the hall oprned h u t so gent
ly th a t she did not h ear It. Stokes
mnde this noiseless en tran ce fti the
hope th a t she m ight be th ere, and
now, seeing his hope fulfilled, closed
the door as carefully, standing against
It w atching her.
Seeing tb g t she did not tu rn he
pronounced her name. A t th a t she
wheeled, llghtnlng-qulck, nnd cam e
forw ard from beneath the deep Jut
of th e gallery assum ing as uncon
cerned a m anner ns she could.
“Lovely evening,” she said ns she
advanced. "It's been h ard to come
in."
"E vidently fm m the length o f tim e
you stayed out there. I’ve been w ait
ing fo r you.”
•
,
It wns not a propitious beginning,
especially as he still stood ag ain st the
door as If Intending to bar h er exit.
“I’m going u p stairs to drees now .”
“T h e re ’s plenty of tim e. You can
give me a few m inutes. I’ve some
th ing I w ant to say to you.”
“Oh, A leck!” She stopped w ith sn
a ir o f w eary expostulation.
“Don’t
say an ything more. Don’t begin th at
dreadful subject. I'm sick o f It, I
loathe It and can’t you see It Isn't any
use?”
H e w ent on as If he h a d n 't heard
h e r:
•T v* been trying for days, ever
since I esm e here. And you keep
avoiding me, alw ays having some o n e
w ith you. Now we'll he going tom or
row, we may not have an o th er chance,
and I m ust see you and tell you”—
he stopped and looked a t the gallery
“Did I hear a step up th ere?"
H e stopped.
B a sse tt’s eye was
Steady on him In u cold com m and he
knew . T here w as th e sam e cold q ual
ity In th e d irecto r's voice:
“If th e position Sybil's In h as m ade
h e r suspicious, th a t’s all right. I’d
lik e to believe It w as the case. B ut if
an y of us—supposedly her friends—
h a d Inserted them selves In here to carry
on police surveillance, using me to get
them in—well, I’d not think th a t all
rig h t.”
Jo e leaned over th e banister. H is
con tro l w as shaken, his voice hoarsely
u r g e n t:
“You got to be fair, B assett, and be
cau se you’re sorry for her Is no re a
son to set h er w ord over mine. I t ’s
n o t true. D on’t you believe m e?”
B a sse tt did not an sw er fo r a mo
m ent. H e w anted to believe and he
d o u b te d ; he thou g h t of Jo e ’s desire
to come, of the re w a rd :
“I guess you know, Joe, you can
tr u s t me to be fair, but I ’m not going
to com m it m yself till I know. It
w on’t be h ard to do th at. I can And
o u t w hen I get back to New York.
And ta k e th is from me—If w h at Sybil
sa y s Is tru e I’m done w ith you. No
m ore help from me, no m ore work in
an y com pany I m anage. And I fancy
th e whole th e a tric a l profession will
feel th e sam e w ay.” H e drew back
from th e stair-foot. T he disagreeable
In terview w as over. “T h ere's no good
ta lk in g any m ore ab o u t It. A ccusa
tio n s and denials d on’t get us an y
w here. W e’ll let it re st till I’ve m ade
my Inquiries. I'll suy good-by now
an d hope you’ll have a good tim e In
th e . woods.”
H e tu rn e d and w alked up th e hall
to h is room on the garden front n e x t.
th e S tokes’. Joe g athered his luggage
and w en t th e opposite way, down the
hall an d Into the big cen tral a p a rt
m ent. At th e en tra n c e door h e 's e t
down his luggnge nnd ns he bent over
It a w hispered stream of curses flowed
from his Ups. He cursed B assett and
h is luck, but Sybil w ith a savage v a
rie ty of ep ith et and choice of m isfor
tu n e, fo r she had undone him.
S tra ig h te n in g up, he looked blankly
ab o u t—Ills Inner turm oil w as such he
h a rd ly knew w here he was—nnd he
re tra c e d his steps, seeking th e seclu
sion of his room, w ent up th e sta irs
“ But 1 Got T eeth— 1 Can Bite.”
In noiseless vaulting strid es like a
frig h ten ed spider clim bing to Its web. her treatm en t of him.
Anne had
thought It odd he had not m entioned
It b efore:
C H A P T E R III
“You're angry w ith Sybil, and I
Anne had taken off h er costum e don't think she has been very nice
and slipped Into a negligee to do h er to you. I’ve noticed It, espe?inlly the
packing com fortably, nnd then de last th ree days and th is afternoon
cided she had b e tte r b^d good-by to when we w ere sittin g out there on the
Jo e first. She w anted to tell him her rock I tried to m ake h e r tell me w hy.”
He raised Ills h e a d ; th e profile
g re a t secret, see an answ ering Joy
leap Into his face, for he tho u g h t more sharply defined agnlnst the window
o f B a sse tt th a n anybody, and he'd be showed a w orking m uscle in the
so su rp rised to h ear th a t Anne, her ch eek: "And did she tell you?”
"No, she didn't seem to w ant io talk
ch arm s held a t a low valuation, had
about It. She changed the subject.
won such a prize.
She passed th e long line of closed T h ere’s no use getting annoyed about
doors, voices com ing from behind Mrs. It, because I don’t think she has any
C ornell's, and reaching Jo e ’s knocked. reason. You have to m ake excuses
A “come hi,” unlnvltlngly loud and fo r her. She'* gone through thla aw
h arsh , answ ered her an d she entered. ful experience and her nerves are all
Jo e w as sittin g In a low arm chair, w racked to pieces. You have to be
b ent forw ard, his hands holding a p a tie n t and tak e her as a so rt of
can e w ith which he w as tap p in g the a fill died person—"
He dashed th e cane down* and
floor. H e looked np to see who It
Jumped
to his feet In a volcanic ex
w a s ; then, w ithout g reeting or com
m ent, drooped his head and w ent on plosion of ra g e :
"I don’t ta k e h e r th a t way.
I
lightly strik in g th e cane on the carp et
as If he w ere ham m ering In a nail take h er for w hat she Is, a d—d lying
an d It require«] ail his atten tio n , then hypocrite.”
“J o e !” She V a s am azed, not so
raised his head and looked a t her—
moch
a t the w ords as a t th e sudden
w h a t h av e you come here for? the
ness of the o u tb u rst and the con
look said.
It w as not a reception to encourage torted passion of hfs face.
“She th in k s she can tre a t me any
confidences and she stood uncom fort
way
she w ants and get aw ay w ith It.
ably reg ard in g him. try in g to find
som ething to say th a t would dispel Well, she'll find her m istake, she's
taken th e w rong tu rn in g this time.
his som ber III hum or.
“Y ou’re all ready? W here's your She tak es me for a yellow dog she
can kick w henever she feels like It.
luggage?”
(T O B E C O N T I N U E D J
“Down by th e door. Is th e re any But I got te e th —I can bite. P a tie n t—
be p atie n t— G— d. Pd like to wring
th in g else you w ant to know?”
Genius begins g reat w o rk ;
“I don’t w ant to know, I was th in k her neck, th e d 'd ■ ”
alone
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a c c e p ts it in tr a d e c a n g e t fo r it in th e
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v a lu e s b e c a u s e c o m p e titiv e d e a le r s a r e
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