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IT SERIAL. STORY 1 AM A MURDERER' - BY MORRIS MARKEY COPVRIOHT. t4t. NCA SERVICE. INC. fcn 85 Sir. THIS BTURVI Tills la 1k alarr if Inn "prrrrr-l rrimr" the ntur. r of Col. Wr-.lr,- llntm Mri. wrthr In the, llnrarr of Ma Long Ifltiind ea(1f-aiid of lae- vena li-ndlna: Mil lo It. At l polo same lw hnvn met Ihr vsraltnr rolonrl'a attractive daiurhlcr Omnia. And hllr. tan Whlrltvlnda brat the: CJlovrra, ft-S, we have aat In on. -Mra. Porter Wear-a mnalnaa. Crn tala offers a aolntton to the vVeala Ananelal dimrulllra. Bat ahe'll not narrr Mm. Weal'a aon. Fred. And Mra. Went aeaeee a rival In Henrr Prenflaa. VICTORY rARTX. ' . CHAPTER IV pHEY gathered that night at Stone House to celebrate the victory of the Whirlwind side and the Increment to Cynthia Merri- wether's pocketbook which had accrued thereby. All of Gull Point ttathered, with the exception of Mrs. Porter West, who simply on- could not face the situation, and fcs Henry Prentiss, who had a miser on able appointment in the city. t- When he spoke of that appolnt sii ent, Cynthia gave him a mock- Ing glance and said, "Why don't you go on and bring her to-the - party?" . Prentiss smiled in his insuffer ably genial fashion.' "It isn't a she at all," he said. "And fuxther- "so. more, she wouldn't at in." fThen help yourself." . "Help? A man needs help, all right, when . the chickens come home to roost I can tell you that." io ''You're being a little unkind. zz'. I suppose you know it." .- is "I don't mean to, Miss Pretty. I simply have to do a rather un pleasant job, and I'd like it over with once and for all." ' She laughfld. - "Don't be seen - where Winchell could spy you outi f That's little enough to ask, isn't It?"--'- ' Bh- The party' went easily and pleasantly and quietly.. Someone should write his doctor's thesis, one of these days, upon the im mense difference between the par-. 4. ties that blossom and flower and) .--" die in this world of men. lOui. The fundamental gap lies be- ii tween the unhappy folk who are-: ,jtit determined to enjoy themselves in; .,- spite of everything, and the more; fortunate lot who know perfectly " well that they are out for a de - - lightful and satisfying evening,- and settle naturally to the . living , of it , . AT Stone House, human beings KS i - expected good wine and amus . Ing talk and girls of a certain !'. .' beauty. Also assorted small jokes T, of a more or less practical nature never very funny but always entitled to a polite smile a rou lette table for those in; such a ttoc mood, bridge and swimming and !r ' tennis, and the rather specialized ipleasure of strolling toward the .-! stables and being patronized by the grooms. . ,- . ., - The ducal throne, so to speak, was the high-backed oaken chair. . 'behind his broad oaken desk. The ia." 'desk, in turn, occupied the precise crtr center of his - library, and the z library was a handsome room with J one of its fwalls made out of " ,' 'French-doors The French doors Sff- igave upon the terrace, which was J- lof flagstone, and the terrace .(one step down) dominated the lawn. But. .-the-, view through the French doors was not confined to terrace and lawn. It commanded, aa well, the deeper end of the swimming pool, the stunted lemon trees which guarded the entrance to the tennis courts, and the gar den of rose trees which fell away at the left toward the summer bouse. . ' It was the Colonel's custom to have upon his desk a humidor of sound cigars, and it was his whim to have also a silver-framed pho tograph of the horse which had .last won admiration in the com munity of Gull Point Sometimes a hunter, sometimes a polo mount sometimes a saddle hack or show animal but always different and always the product of Mitchell Grace, man-of-all-talents, who could snap a shutter as readily as he could tactfully dismiss an unwelcome stranger. . - Likewise, the Colonel ordinarily required a manservant to be pres ent in the library, with a small portable bar from which drinking matter of sound design (never the. silly or the capricious) might be served. Mitchell Grace himself was usually in attendance id this room, watchful of the proprieties. In dutiful observance of the custom of the country, Cynthia herself, upon- the. arm of Fred west strolled' at an early hour through the open French windows to wish the gentleman of the house a good evening. They were followed almost immediately by several others of their own gen eration, and then by Captain Pugh and Mrs. Pugh. The dance orchestra-in the main hall was already playing in the? manner known, quite appropriately, as sweet . e . POLONEX, MERRIWETHER rose and nodded hospitably to' his guests, and shook hands with the men. He waved them toward chairs and settees, and resumed his own chair, and beckoned the manservant into action. , He said to Cynthia, "I hear that good luck fell your way this after noon, my dear." "Why, Colonel," she cried, "what a tactless thing to say! It wasn't luck at all. It was good old Fred here, swiping at the ball like a' Cecil Smith. Bless you,. Fred darling.- These marvelous iS Whirlwinds can take the Clovers - any time at all. The champion . ship is going to be a canter, isn't it, Fred?.".. -.'.'. '-""; ' ' " . Fred West blushed. And he said, "We had a lot of breaks." Colonel Merriwether regarded the tip of his cigar. "I stand cor rected, Cynthia," he said. ' He was an unlikely looking man. Unlikely, that is to say, to be the father of Cynthia Merri f wether. In contrast with the urgent immediacy of her coloring, her voice, her . slightest gesture, his own voice .and coloring- and (gestures were 'as near as such things may, be to total neutrality;. -.&.. si. b'. 3 Ou. He was "neither" large nor small, neither light nor dark. His hair was thin brown and his eyes, when he opened the lids wide enough to permit an inspection of them, mottled hazel. His voice was carefully con trolled, and his whole body, in cluding his hands, seemed eter nally at rest. Had he evinced either excitement or boredom, even upon the most provocative occasions, people would have been astonished, and only his superbly made clothing, the frame and at mosphere of his Stone House, gave him the slightest distinction from a million other men past the middle of life, hanging stub bornly to the dubious benefits of existence. He spoke to Fred West "I am sorry I did not see the game. It must have been quite interesting. I really did not think you had a chance against Prentiss and tho Clover side." "Henry didn't play," Cynthia said. "He had a fall yesterday in a practice game." . "Indeed? Nothing serious, I hope." "Oh, no," Captain Pugh said. "Just an ordinary sprain." i Colonel Merriwether regarded Captain Pugh. "I am glad that you came in to see me," he said. "It seemed to me that your mare Is a trifle out of condition, and even half a game is rather severe for her. Why don't you give her a rest and use my gray gelding for a while? He needs the work." The captain's face reddened by the faintest possible degree. He could never quite get used to the necessity for thrift nor to offers from others to alleviate that ne cessity. Before this, he had said to his wife, "It annoys me to ac cept favors from Colonel Merri wether. It annoys me for very particular reasons. But I cannot HOLD EVERYTHING I "Now don't be pigs, children Papa will decide who gets the ' drumsticks!'.' Every man In the United States navy is a specialist . . . and right now is the time for men in their 17th year to Join up with Undo Sam's bluejack ets to become a specialist ' in two ways . . . First, you be come a specialist at blowing the Japs and nazis out of the wa ter; second, you become a high ly skilled specialist in the trade, skill or profession for which you are best qualified. The new giant air freighter is a high-wing monoplane, has a wing span of 108 feet, is 68 feet long and is powered with two 1200-horsepower engines. II it's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a used one in the classified. possibly offend him." So now he said, "It is very kind of you. I shall be grateful." (To Be Continued) THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson OCCUPIES MORE THAN OA-7W& OF THE -A fj entire Area of the earth, and comprises '-AXpn ABOUT QMF-A? OF fT5 WATER. SURFACE. 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