Show I Confessions Of Ofa a B Bride i de Two Traps Close In in- inon on Deaths Death's Danger and the Law After Atter the secret service men ha had d departed Daddy summoned me to hi his s l office otIc According to his nature h he should have been in a dreadful rage rag but I found him very quiet and 1001 lookIng look look- tug Ing quite III For the first time sineI since sine I had known him he failed to smile smil e at the sight of ot me and I thought h he must be angry with me until he too toomy took tOOH my fingers and held them against h hi his cheek Its a t weary world said this ma man mati manof of many millions who most other me men envied Poor Chrys Not a word t ther to tc her Not a word to her mother N Na Not No Nota a word to the boys boys' Im I'm pledged t to tc o let things drag along as they've theve stared started start star t- t ed for tor another twenty-four twenty hours And let Chrys think right up to t the last minute she's going to be married I gasped Its cruel If U we stop the wedding preparations preparations trans the whole world will know know- that's what a mans man's money does fo for r him Daddy was vas speaking bitter bitterly But therell there'll be no scene scene That d d d-d d villain will never enter my house hous e again Hell He'll never speak to my girl gir 1 After all you Ou can see dear thatis that m itIs it itIs Is the one way we can save her fro from m further humiliation I nodded I could see the rest of the plan would be tal taken take en quietly at the gate as he came ne next day bringing the gift for tor his bride brid e It was and trap a trap and in my soul I t hata hate hat e a trap even one set for tor a wit wild d dof animal dy The dawn o of the following da day y found me ot off for a lonely dip in th the e sea I certainly needed th the shock shockan of an early morning plunge to stir sUr m me e from my morbid state of ot mind I climbed Into the little motorboat Iv Ive I've e been accustomed to run and sat down dow downto n to take off ott my beach shoes The sea was as smooth as a a. pond and the morning mornin air brilliant Andas AndaR And an as my eye wandered up the beach I saw a a. figure I knew I took the binoculars from their pocket beside the steering wheel but I didn't need their aid all to know It was Hamilton whose figure I saw bent undera under a heavy burden as ho he moved down the they beach to a boat Of course I said to myself as I crouched low In the boat to prevent his noticing me Any Idiot except me would have ave known he was hiding In that shack right under our noses noses' Then it occurred to me to run up to the house and warn Daddy Butas Butas But Butas as I started to rise I was thrown tomy to tomy tomy my hands and knees by a a. sudden shove which carried the boat abruptly out from the pier As I turned to reprimand somebody for a had bad joke I looked straight Into the fact tact that I thought I would never I see again The man who had silently untied the boat and pushed it seaward I was Jo Bach I Yes Yea he said Its me me Well It its a mighty poor place for I you to be hanging around I replied I hoping not to betray my fright I Not so bad I need a boat Yours will do With Pith that he cast a hasty haRty glance lance down the shore toward the house and and then up the shore And must have come within his sight Damn that guy he exclaimed abruptly abruptly ab ab- abruptly and violently Hes Ices beat me to It Hes He's copped the divers diver's dress Jo Ba Barns Barn's hs h's tongue started off now like i ia a Ive Ivl ve lost But I aint done forand farand for forand far far- for for- and he be is js Damn him lIe He turned to me as ea 1 If It to impart some Information Information tion that would woul especially Interest me Watch him I say ay Watch him Its It's the last time you'll v ever r see him i If It he goes down Into that U-boat U hell he'll hell never even know what blew him toTo to To be continued |