Show One ixl Week Ly by C S Forester SERVICE by Bobb Mert M 11 1 Co THE STORY Harold r Borman an nn or orphan orphan phan lives with his great aunt Matilda who ho reared him Ather At her death he finds anda himself penniless At the close of ot the war nr he be gets gels I work In a bank CHAPTER Continued II-Continued II Continued 5 Of cour course e with Ith pleasure pleure ure Harold struggling out of Ins IlIR comfort comfortable comfortable comfortable able chair He lie did not men mean that he would find any pleasure In wasting good tennis time in wandering round hunting up Marjorie Clarence but hut II a amere amere mere rabbit could sly siv nothing else elce when hen requested to do anything an thing by the captain of the club W White hIte and blue II 11 irold strolled down the cinder path out of ot the lie club grounds rounds and set et off ocr hoping vaguely that lint he might meet Miss Mise Clarence on the way and so 10 be beep ep the ordeal of knocking nt at a tr ne e house to a ask for tor a young oung l dv hot ot tint that he lie dill did lid not riot l I I now no Marjorie Clarence quite well well-ns well as well ell a as he er eier knew v a girl She was wis a petite little thin who fluttered the courts like some little butterfly hut but whose hoce drives dries es and Inh were ere effective e despite dc pite her nil little wrists crescent Clar Chr Clarences ence s home was as ae a tine tin little detached lIou house e at the COI coiner ner II H irold ed eda eda a modest rat tot tnt on the door ho o ans answer er lIe He was wis lS In t the lie he act nt of r Ills his hand to 10 the hands er again agnin when hen henhe he lit 11 d n a yell within No ho you jou ou don t yelled idled a voice Dead Dad I Dt d n lIs 1 Then Ihen hen follo followed ed a crashing cr and Ind rat t rattling and n a sharp CI What What on earth rth said laid Harold Darold to Dead snails Dead sn lIs yelled the maniac m s voice w within Something thundered do down don n Vie Pie stairs and fell with Ith a crash h In the hall haH Then heard Marjories s voice loice olce I I other father ither I Oh don donti t I There was al blind fear feir in the voice and Darold cd pd again more loudly Dead snails yelled the voice Harold heard some one ODe run lightly do down don n the stairs and the door opened It was as I Clarence Her lIer dress was dress was torn and ind there was as a mark mirk is as of ofa ofa ofa a blow on her face Sue She leaned against the wall waIl Oh I she said looking uncomprehendingly at nt Harold lie He himself could only stand and It hardly seemed the lie right moment to talk about tennis matches Eien Cn as he they heard rd the lie war ar cry of Dead Dead snails sn on the floor above aboe abo e and something something-It something It was vas a china chinn sha sharing Ing mug came mug came sailing through the air and burst like a bomb on the tiled floor A fragment went ent through Marjorie s hair and hit lift Harold In the lie mouth It Its s father slid said Marjorie Marjone he hes he s- s she ho he hes- hes s- s s Destiny e extended tended a large hind hand and give ve Harold Jarold a sho shoe shove e from behind I m coming in said Harold through the blood The hall looked 1 as if a n typhoon had been raging Some one of lunatic strength th had hurled a marble topped washstand with all nil its accessories 0 over er erthe the banisters from the landing linding above e and It had fallen tallen clean upon the mirrored oak hat hut stand smashing sm both Into fragments that littered the floor I and uprooting t two 0 squire yards of the black nd ad white tiles Other ar an tides had folIo followed ed liter later I got him to go upstairs said Mar Marjorie Marjone jorie I 1 thought perhaps perhaps-perhaps perhaps he bed d sleep it off But it got worse orse lIe He thinks there are dead e d snails on one e As If It In corroboration there came another shriek from up upstairs stairs and then Marjoriel I Marjorie Come here old girl I don t mean It IL Honest I Idon Idon Idon don t t I 1 m coming father said Marjorie and she hastened up the stairs liar Hur Harold old foIl followed owed her thinking In a mazed self contradictory way ay as to the calm courage necessary for a n frail girl to togo togo togo go to tackle a lunatic In this fashion f while at nt the same time it did not occur to him that any courage was demanded on his part In the front bedroom was sitting Marjories s father He was as wearing hIs shirt trousers tad ind shoes slices but the lie expression of ot appalled horrified disgust gust on his face tace clothed him as in a garment As he looked up at nt them ely from beneath th his eyebrows Harold realised with a shock shod lint lie he had seen him before as a breezy breez heart bottle no-cd no old fellow occa occasionally looking on at the matches at atthe atthe the club Joking Marjorie old I I was as only girl he be said In a grating voice wholly apologetic Just a bit of fun You know I didn t t mean menn it It Of Of course you didn 1 l t father re- re replied re- re replied re replied plied Marjorie soothingly U Ue e e all know that that- And what about going to tobed tobed tobed bed now You must be awfully tired Mr Ir Clarence rose roce from his chair and eyed Harold once again This This TIuis Is Mr lr father a 8 friend of ot mine from the lie club Glad to see ece you said Mr Clan Clanence Clarence nce ence Any Any ny friend lend of Marjorie Marjories s Is- Is Is IsIs Is-Is- Is Is Is D Dead d snails I My ly G-d G G d dead I 1 Ills His voice rose to its familiar howl lIe He hind had been ad advancing to toward ard Harold apparently to shake shahe hands wIth him and had glanced down as ashe ashe ashe he did so nt ot his own o right hand lIe Ile was as plunged a again aln nt at once Into a 11 state of panic dashing his about in a frantic effort to sha shake e ofT off the clinging corpses which his ImaginatIon pictured thereon Dead snails shouted Mr Ir Clarence lIe swung swing out of the door and crashed Into the banister outside Marjorie Marjoriew w jis alter after him In a n flash shrieking to Harold He lie found Mr Ir Clarence three parts 0 over er the banister and lashing wildly about like some nearly landed conger con lr eel while Marjorie was hang hang- hangIng hanging hanging ing on to his arm and his waistband Harold dashed In to get a grip and re- re re received ceh ed Instead a n flying Hying shoe full in the face which flung him half stunned against the wall wail but his clutching gra grasped ped the ankle of that shoe miraculously and clung citing on S saving Mr Clarnce nce by b a hair s breadth from pre pre- precipitating precipitating himself onto the spiky wreck wreck- wreckage wreckage age fifteen feet below Pull full him back bac ga gasped Marjorie I and a long heave bease e alto altogether ether deposited Mr Clarence writhing and sobbIng and struggling on the floor door of ot the landing Come Coyne on father said Marjorie still soothingly come to bed The nat old snails have ha all gone Ice bed hed and you can sleep and forget about them Mr Ir Clarence paroxysm ended sud suddenly denly and he became me once more submissive sub sub- submissive missive e Harold found time to wipe V e ea a i I 1 I 1 Dead Snails Shouted Mr Clarence a away ay the blood that was pouring from his nose and to realize that his left e eye e was as fast closing bed father said Mar Mar- Marjorie Marjorie Come to jorie helping Mr Clarence to his Ills feet lIe He made no protest and suffered himself elf to be bC led ver very very cry slowly Into the bedroom and he lie sit on the lie edge of the bed trembling horribly Marjorie nudged Harold sharply pointing to her hir feet and Harold Darold tal tak takIng fag Ing the hint began beg pulling off ocr the old man s shoes Still In his shirt and trousers he lie wa was next induced to get et Into the bell bed and Marjorie drew the clothes up over otter 0 er him There all comfy now said Mar MarJorie jorie while the old man paid her no attention but lay back bach on the pillows with his hands and face tace t twitching itching con ely Then Marjorie was as able to step back n away ay from the bed and Harold with her ber and Harold was as able to begin to ask the questions which natural l curiosity urged against Ills hIs good manners W 1 hats s the matter with him asked II rold D D Ts T's Ts T's delirium tremens an ans s erd Marjorie hes hes he's had It before TO DB na CONTINUED CONTI |