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Show .1. fcLL utt. iTfitirfiiHiiiid'i THE PAYSON CHRONICLE. PAYFON, UTAH A man own hands, 1 do not know can give bis life. That la what Chad THE gave. DESECT MOON After dinner John surprised us all by saying that he was going to take the sedan and drive down to Rat tail for the mall. 1 suspidoned, right then, that he was up to something. He could not fool me into thinking that be would take a fifty-miltrip twenty-fivmiles each way through the des-r- t heat for no other reason than to get the mall. When Danny seemed hurt and troubled about him going, and when he went riding right off, anyway, 1 decided that Sam must have sent him, expecting some word concerning Cannezlano. I was wrong. It was too tarnation hot to do anything but try to keep cool. I stacked MYSIECT e e Lv KAY CLEAVER.' STRAHAN the dinner dishes, to wash In the evening, and Joined the others, sitting around In the living room with the electric fans going full blast 1 was expecting, every minute, to see Gahy break out again. She didn't. She yawned around, and fussed about, and then went and sat beside Danny, who wus looking at the pictures In a magazine, and put her artn around her, and petted her up a little a most unusual performance for her. When Chad, who had been monkeying with the radio, got a patriotic program from Salt Lake, the two girls went upstairs together. A few minutes later I had an errand upstairs a real one, I wouldn't hnve taken myself up In that heat to satisfy my curiosity so, out of habit. COPYRI&HT by DOUBLE DAY DORAM CO INC 8YNOPSI3 Sam Stanley, wealthy owner ol the Desert Moon ranch, Informs his housekeeper, Mary Martin who tells the story, (hat his former wifes twin daughters. Danielle and Oabrielle, are coming to the ranch to live, their mother being dead and tbelr father Daniel Cannezlano, who had been the cause of Sam's divorcing his wife. In the penitent lary Sam has adopted a boy. John now grown to manhood arid s phval girl. Martha, twenty-onrally healthy but Klckt-Mrs Ollle Martha nurse, lives with them Hubert, Hand, a wanderer, and Chudwlri-CautleldJohns wartime buddv who Is an expert ventriloquist are (he other members of the household The girls arrive Mrs Magln has an uneasy feeltns that there la a sinister motive In the twins presence at the rarnh weak-minde- d r and her ened by susplrtors are strength- the girls mysterious prowling around (he place John becomes engaged to Danielle Caufleid shows a pronounced Ilk Oabrielle Uabrlellt Ing for seal's to win John from her sister, and John, dlsgusled, tells Mrs Magln the girl fa a trouble maker and he would like to choke her. Oabrielle s when she receives t letter from France arouse and mystify Mrs Magln CHAPTER V An Insight Unit evening, the second ol July Ihe two girls came down late, to get her. hinny was paler than usual and her face hnd a diawn hurl look which she explained by saying thin she had a severe headache. Gaby was gayer than gay. 1 kepi watching her, trying to catch her face Id repose, to see If any trace remained of that dreadful expression I hHd seen in the afternoon Her face, nor one bit of her, was In repose for a minute from the time ghe came dowustalrs until she went upstairs again, after twelve oclock that ulgliL She put l.a I'nloma on the phon cgruph, and did a Spanish dance clicking her heels and snapping tier fingers until they sounded like tire crackers She did an Kgyptlon dame It Blinking about, and contorllonlng wnsn't decent. Mrs ticker was doing some tutting As 1 walehed her. I decided that, ears or no ears, she was not the woman I had lien id tulklng, Mini ufternoon. up In the cahln. Iluhcrt Hand had said to that woman that she had uriempt ed murder. She could not liuve lieen Mrs Ricker; not our Mra Kicker, the thin silent woman who had lived so decently with us foi so long. wrinkled lips had never said. 'l would kill her. und you too. John Imd never said I shivered Wicked thoughts and wicked words (need wicked actions, and I knew It then as now Miirlha came crying to Mrs Kicker wish liahy hurt Ihnd, she said she would die. We could make her a nice funeral Mrs Kit iter's Ungers darted fastei. back and forth. (hinny spoke, from the davenport You shouldn't talk like that, Martha dear. It Is wrong. Her voice sounded ns It It ached She looked, lying In a huddle ovei there, as miserable as I felt. I was drawn to her. I went and sat beside her. t'ould I do anything for youi head Gel you some asplr ache? I usked. Titos-tigh- 1 (n, maybe. There was No, think you, Mary. so much gratitude In her big dark eyes foi nothing but common decency on my part that I fell downright ashamed of myself "Danny,'' I said, straight out, nevei caring much about uilnclng words, "1 know that something Is troubling you Why dont you tell John, or Sam, oi eveD me about It? Just tell us the truth. Wed all go far to help you. II we ct.uld. ller eyes tilled with tears Bless Bless your heart. Mury, she said all ol youi hearts. You are all so good, here 1 was enough aunuyed with John for coming up right then, to have slappeo him. I answered bis tpiestlon for Danny. There Is plenty you could do foi fier," 1 said "You could shut off that screeching radio, for one thing. Danny wouldn't hear to John's stop ping the racket. Every one was luiv Ing such a good time. Bed wus the place for her. She couldn't near any noise Id her room, with the door shut And off she went. I know now that she would aot have told tne anything that could 'have nelped matters. But i (lid no: know It then, and 1 was sorely dls.ip For those sudden tears In pointed. her eyes, and her voice when she had bless your heart. bad consaid, vinced me tint there was sincerity behind them, and honesty, and good In the black days that followed when all ol us were living in the dark shadows ot doubts, and ronfu slims, and fears and suspicions I wus thankful, time and again, for. those certainties for Hint one fleeting but sure Insight Into Danny's soul. The morning of the third ras bit hot. with that slinging, piercing heat that we have, when we have heat at all. In this high altitude. The slxty-mlltrip across the deserts to Telko, on a day like ibis would be exactly the same as a sixty mile trip through an oven at the right heat for a roast of beef Nevertheless, before seven o clock rluit morning, every t.ianjaik ot a puncher on the place, with ell of his trimmings and trappings. Including-wivessquaws. papooses, children and firearms had sei off in lilvvers or on horseback, bound for the celebration, leaving the place hole empty, as Sam said when lie came Into tny kitchen with a gallon of crenm from the dairy. He pulled the stool out from under the table, perched on It. und reI in not going to he sur marked, prised If we have another visitor, one of these days The warden of Hie penitentiary told me that Daniel fan nezlnno was to be released on the morning of the fourth of July" I dropied into a chair, feeling sort of weakened from the news I said, You mark my wottls. all these queer actions around Mere have something to do with that man's release. I know what I'd do about (on nezlano, If he shows up here. Bui he Is Danny's Yes, I know father, and Danny is going to marry John. After all, money is not much good unless you take It to market If I could come to a decent agreement And If he'd take with the fellow that Gabv with him. Im dead cerialn that her hanging around here Isn't going to contribute any to Johns and Danny's married life What do you mean by that. Sutn?' Gaby asked the question walking right Into the kitchen I vvna till taken aback : hut Saru didnt seem to he Eavesdroppers, my girl," he said 'hear no good of themselves I mean that I d m't think any girl who want ed to act right would treat her sis ters hetrotbed as you treat John. 'You," she suld. very slowly, to make Insult haste each word, are a d d old fool. Sum Stanley. I shook m my shoes I had not (I reamed that there wus a living hu man being who would Jure say that in that tone of voice, to Sam He stood up lie put his ui nils on her shoulders, gently, though, and turned tier around You are a hud. wayward girl, tie said "March out of here, nmv. and get your manners mended before t see you again. lie sobered even het, for a minute She walked to the door without un other word There, she whirled around like a crazy thing, und 1 declare to goodness I don't know what she said It wns he sort of talking I had never heard in tny life; my cuts were not enough accustomed to the worts to take In their meanings But one thing that she kept scream lug, set eu thing so loudly that she could he heard all over the place, was that Sam hnd threatened her nine too often Sain stood there, paralyzed. I think, as I was. for perhaps a couple of minutes, before he turned and walked off, into the backyard Hubert Hand came rushing In Gahy brew her arms around ills neck and kept or with the screaming and sob hlng. Chad came In through the pun try. Hubert Hand led Gahy Into the dining room, and through It into Hie ing e living mom. What In Chad said Gods name happened ' me. "Chad, I said, Oabrielle Cannezi ano has lost tier mind She Is Insane. 1 Ills face went white ns lard. dont believe It. Either Hint." I said, "or else she is the wickedest, the Stop It. he shouted at me. You nor anyone, can talk to mo like that None of you about the girl I love understands tier, nor tries to. She Is In some sort ot trouhle--terrlbfrtn Id give hlo. Anyone can see that To serve m.v soul to help her If you are so crazy about serving her, I said, you might go Into the dining room and set the table, and help me Serve her. und the rest of le her' you, some breakfast.' He went Into the yard. Like a lot ot men, I thought, who went to give their souls and so on to women, he didn t care to he bothered with sm.illei details, such ns feeding them t w onset! him. Whether or not a man lms the giving of hig aiul. in bis , She Whirled Around Like Thing. a Crazy I stopped at Gabys door tc listen. I heard the girls giggling in there; und knowing no great harm Is afoot when went on, got my scrap girls giggle. of pongee silk to mend Sams shirt, and came downstairs again. Sam and Hilbert Hand were deep In a chess game. Mrs. Ricker was tatting. Chad and Martha were playing dots and crosses. The radio program had Just Hint minute stopped. Martha, who when she didn't forget it, usually fed her rabbits cbout that tin.e of day. had gone out to do It. Gahy came down stairs humming a tune. She had on the tomato soup col ored wrap that she Imd worn on Hie match the wrap train and the hat She wns carrying a funded bag. She never dressed up like that, to go walk Ing around the place; a wrap, even such a 'light one, In the heat of that day. was downright ridiculous. (had said. All dressed up and no place to go?' She tossed her head at him, tind hurried straight down the room and out through the glass doors. Chad followed tier. They stopped together She stood with her on the porch back sn me. Chad faced me. In a minute. I saw tils mouth hentl up into a grin of bliss. Nothing would have surprised me more. Lor this reason As that girl had walked through the room, I hnd seen that she walked In mortal fear. In spite ot her humming In spite ot her attempted swagger, fear was In her widened eyes, In het drawn In chili. In the contraction of her shoulders. Wherever if was that she was going, she was afruld to go. But where could she go? John had the sedan Except for the trucks, which she couldnt drive, and her pony stie surely would not be dressed like thi-- t to ride horseback there was no way for her to get off the place. It must he then, that someone was coming to the place, and that she was going out alone to meet them Who? Cannezlano? Not unless Sain hud been nitstnken about the time when he wns to be released from prison Usually, when people think at All this had all. they think quickly gone through my mind while she had walked the forty feet to the door Gaoy and Chad stood on the porch talking for two or three minutes a Th n very short time, at any rule she went down tJie steps, and Chad still smiling came hack' Into the room As he came In, Danny called down from the top of the stairway. "Gahy 1 oh, Gahy CHAPTER VI Murder and Suicide At five oclock the men put up the chessboard (had stopped playing the piano, und the three of them went to the hams together. I went Into the kitchen to get sup per. Danny, tn spile ot her headache Insisted upou helping me. At six o'clock, though ne'ther John nor Gahy had returned we sat down has gone out, I called. In unswer. And then, since I could still see Gahy Talking down the path. Do yon want her, Danny? We could fetch her hack.' "Dont answered. "No, Danny bother. I'll come Uowtk" to supper. Danny was too nervous to touch a bit of food. She kept looking out of the windows, and at ber watch, and out of the windows again. Don't worry, Danny. Sam said. "John has had tire trouble, on account of the beat Theyll come riding up the road any minute now. They?" she questioned. Gaby togged up and went dowD the road to meet John, didn't she?" a , No, Dannys voice curled Into didnt. she Uncle Sam, wall. No, Martha saw her going to tbe cabin Dkln t you. Martha? Martha." Mrs. Ricker astonished us all h.v saying, doesnt know where Gaby went. She knows only where Gaby told her she was going." But why should Gaby tell her a j j fib about it?" Danny asked. should I questioned, And why. to Gaby go around the house to get the road, Instead of going right out the front way?" Again Mrs. Rucker shocked us by speaking. She would not go out the front way, If she wanted to kep her trip to the road a secret. Mrs. Ricker, Dannys voice trem bled, What are you hinting? What Is It that you know? "I know," said Mrs. Ricker, that there Is not a man living who Is not as false as sin. Sam growled, Come down to facts, Mrs. Ricker, if you have any." 1 have no facts," she said, except, that right ufter dinner today John and Gahy had a private conversation, and he decided, very suddenly, to go for the mail." At that minute we heard a sound for sore ears the car coming up the driveway Danny jumped up.and ran to look out of the living room window. He has gone all the way around to the kitchen, she said, when she came hack. She ran Into the kitchen. She and John came to the door of the butler's pantry. John was gray with dust. Ills brows were knitted, as they are when ever he Is troubled about anything. He hasn't seen Gaby," Danny announced, with an exultation that showed plainly what she had been He brought up most anxious about. the rock stilt Thats why he drove to the kitchen. Conte and see, Mary? I'd rather see you two come and eat yottr suppers," 1 said. Tve Good night I John answered got to go and get rid of a few tons of dirt before I can come to the table. No," Danny Insisted. "Never mind the dirt. dear. Supper Is all cold now. I'lcnse come and eat John patted her on the shoulder, and smiled at her, and, mnnlike, did as he pleased. He went through the kitchen and upstairs the back way L'anny called after him, asking him to hurry. He didn't. did come, all he finally When slicked up, and bathed and shaved, he said it was too hot to eat, und would have nothing but some Ice cream. Sara asked him what had kept him so long, on the trip. JohD said tire trouble; and that he had met Leo Saule, two utiles this side of Rattall, with his flivver broken down. John had stopped to help him, and, at last, had been forced to tow him the six miles north to his place. John has a way, when he Is worried, of shutting and opening his eyes, and of tossing his hiad hack and to the side with a quick little Jerk, as 11 he were trying to get shed of something that was in it All the while he was eating and talking, he kept doing this I asked him whether his head ached. No," he said. "But 1 think Im sort of lore from being out In the sun. Gaby kept you waiting quite a while?" Hubert Hand stated and asked. What do you mean? John questioned. Waited foi her down the road, didnt you, and took her to Rattall In time to catch the traiD for Reno, or Frisco? I thought John would fly Into a temper. He has a handy temper. 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Gaby, she said, had given It to ber. Just now, out by the rabbit hutch. While we were all still exclaiming over the monkey, and praising it np, to please Martha, Danny came down stairs. Bite said her headache was worse again, and she drew the curtains at the windows beside the big davenport, to ease tr.e glare of the light, before she curled up on IL "Do you know where Gahy was going this ufternoon? 1 asked her. For a little walk.' Why did she wear her wrap, and carry her beaded bag, Just to go out for a little walk? Danny sat up straight, pressing her hands to her aching head. Her wrap today? Iter beaded bag? Surely not. That's Just what she did. Didnt you see her before she left?" "I was lying down. She came to my door and said that she was going for a wulk, Hnd asked tne It I cared to go with her. I said that my headache was too severe. She went Into her room, and from there downstairs. 1 felt guilty about refusing to go with her, after our talk, t thought that I should; so 1 called after her. But, when you said she had gone, I was afraid sle would be unnoyed at being called back. I had gotten up; so, since John will surely be home before long, now, I came down I cant understand, her wearing a wrap. It Is so silly, on a day like this. It sounded all right, but I was oot quite satisfied. Gaby was frightened," I said. Something was the matter with her when she walked through tbl room. I'll go bond that, wherever It was she was going; she was afraid to go. Mary, It must be that you are imagining this. Unless Oh, It couldnt be that Gahy has not told me the I m truth ab it about anything sure she was honest with me this afternoon. 1 am sure And yet Dear me, I wonder where she went for her walk? v Gahy told me," Martha piped up. from where she was sitting on the arm of Sams chair, that she was ga ing to the cabin. She was In a big ' hurry. She ran. , Up toward the cabin? Danny questioned, though we all knew we could uot ml a mile of trust In anything Martha said. Ye3. Chad loves me bettern be loves her. Don't you, Chad? You are positive, Dunny Insisted, and I couldn't see why. for a minute, that she went to the cabin, or toward It? Are you sure that she didn't go around the house toward the road? When she asked about the road, her meaning was clear to me. Danny was afraid that Gahy had gone to meet John, who should have been back front Rattall before this. She told me she was going to the cabin. Martha answered. She ran. She was In a hurry. I thlDk 1 shall Dunny stood up. walk up to the cabin and see whether I can find tier. You'll come with me. Mary? I said not in the heat She asked Mrs. Kicker to go with her. Mrs I Kicker refused. wondered why wh-- n neither of us would go, Danny did not go by herself. She did not Hnd "she, perhaps, guessed at the cause of Gabys fear? Did she share It? 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