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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER DBammcB WMIq SYNOPSIS Brooke Reyburn visits the office o! Jed Stewart, a lawyer, to discuss the terms of an estate she has inherited from Mrs. Mary Amanda Dane. Unwittingly she overbears Jed talking to Mark Trent, nephew of Mrs. Dane who has been disinherited. Mrs. Dane had lived at Lookout House, a huge structure by the sea. built by her father and divided tnt two. for her and Marks father. Brooke had been a fashion expert, and Mrs. Dane, a shut-in,- " bearing her on the radio, bad invited her to call and developed a deep flection for her. Mark discloses that Mrs. Dan had threatened to disinherit him if he married Lola, from whom he is now divorced. He says he does not trust Henri and Clotilde Jacques. Mrs. Dane's servants. He says he is not interested In an offer of Brooke's to share the estate with him. Leaving her department store job. Brooke refuse: an offer to "go stepping" with Jerry Field, a carefrte young man who wants to marry her At a family conference she learns she must live at Lookout House none, since Lucette, her younger sister who is taking her job, her brother. Sam. a young playwright, and her mother plan to tay in the city Jed and Mark are astounded when they hear from Mrs. Gregory, a family friend, that she had witnessed hitherto unknown will with Henri and Clotilde two weeks before Mrs. Dane died. Brooke had arrived Just as she was leaving. Jed suggests that Mark open his part of Lookout House, get friendly with Brooke anc. trj to find out about the will. Jed agrees to stay with him. Mark accepts Erookes invitation for a family ThanksMrs. Reyburn giving dinner at Lookout. announces on Thanksgiving eve that she has been invited to England. Sam and Lucette decide to move in with Brooke and Sam plans to produce a new play locally. After the Thanksgiving dinner Brooke tells Mark that little of Mrs. Danes silver collection is left. Jerry Field and his sister Daphne drop in and announce they will be neighbors for the winter. Later Inspector Harrison of the local podce visits Mark and Is informed about the missing will and silver. As Harrison leaves, Lola arrives. She announces that she and her new husband, Bert Hunt, have started a neighborhood filling station. Mark almost makes a break about the missing will and Brooke is suspicious. Returning home, she sees Lola Mr. Micawber," talking covertly to Henri. Mrs. Dane's pet parrot, is missing. Henri 1 ugly and warns Brooke she had better like him and Clotilde. That night while the cast of Sams play is rehearsing and the Jacques are away, Mark shows Brooke the missing silver which he had found cached in an unused upper floor store room In his house. A ''lack gloved hand pulls the key from the storeroom door. to dine and dance tomorrow by the new male lead in Islands Arise Mark Trent! Sam Reyburn announcing. You in the play, Mark? How exciting! Dinner and dance in the big city! What a break! Jerry Field interrupted the excited comments. Where are your gardenias, Brooke? His tone set Mark Trents lips twitching. Under cover of lighting a cigarette, he caught the girls furtive glance at the wastebasket. She put her hand to her shoulder. Why why I must have dropped them. Whereve you been? Hi there, mlad! Sams tone and manner were those of a stern parent guarding his offspring. That isnt a topic for group discussion. We dont make people punch the time-cloc- k in this family. face turned a bright Fields Jerry and lively crimson; his voice and eyes were furious. I wasnt asking Brooke to punch CHAPTER VI Continued 12 Jed stopped at your house for a minute, hell be here pronto; the have gone other actors home. Ill say Im here early. After theyd walked through the first apt, so-call- ed it was a choice between dismissing the cast or shooting them. I had a , sane interval and decided not to shoot. Im giving them tomorrow night off. Then Ill throw a party for the Reyburns and Fields at that new Supper club just opened in town. from the play. Give them a let-u- p What say, maestro? x Okay with me. Its darned good of you. Perhaps I have overworked them, but there is so little time before the performance. Sam sat up and ran his fingers through his hair. With that so near, wouldnt you would know think those dumb-bell- s their parts? I ask you! Besides that, the leading man has walked out on us. Its tough. Can I help, Sam?can. Can you help! Ill say you Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party Take the lead. He caught Trents Be a good scout. Help a arm. poor, distracted playwright-producewill you? With you and the Crane woman in the leads, well offering of it. That make a two-str, ar girls good. Sams despair had changed ultation. to ex- Mark Trent temporized: How do you know Im good? How do those bozos out in Hollywood know an actor will be a wow on the screed sometimes before they give him a try-out- ? Something here, mlad, something here, Sam tapped his broad brow, tells me youll be stopping the show. That same something couldnt tell you where Im to get the time for a theatrical career, could it? All right, all right, Mark conceded Ill in response to Sams groan, take the part. Give me the sides and Ill try to know the lines at the next' rehearsal. Sam caught Brooke as she entered the room. He hugged her as he exulted : What dyou think, gal? Trent has signed up for Islands Arise! Will he pack !em in as the lead? I ask you! Jerry Field appeared at the adoor tin beating a huge spoon against pan. First call for the dining carl First call , j Z JBvjj IEMUULIIIE MDnMRftGr Emilie Lorlng. f Sam held up his hand. Just a minute! Were all invited Started for the Sole Purpose of Chiseling pect. the I Sus- Money Off Me, I thought I might time-cloc- k. find the gardenias for her. I He stopped as Jed Stewart appeared on the threshold. He was tapping a gardenia against his lips. Run to earth, Mark. Whos the charmer who leaves a flower outside your door? CHAPTER VII An hour later Jed Stewart' slumped deeper into a crimson-cushione- d chair in Mark Trents library and demanded: How was I to know that Field had brought Brooke the gardenias? Didnt he look like a meat-ax- e though, when I barged into Lookout House waving that flower and giving the whole show away by telling where I picked it up? Im the original village cut-uI am. He lighted his pipe. It wasnt all my fault. I didnt know, did I, Mark, that you and she had been cruising round this house? You didnt. I hadnt told you then that I had discovered Aunt Mary Amandas silver parked in a storeroom. Decided to wait till I had the goods on someone, but I couldnt resist the temptation to show it to Brooke. You should have seen her eyes when she saw it piled on that table. He poked the fire till orange and scarlet flames, shot with pale green, roared up the chimney and sent a tangy puff of wood smoke into the room. The sharp ring of the phone broke the silence. Trent speaking. Lola! What do you want? Not interested. If you like selling gas, sell it, only remember that the allowance stops. Is she? Mrs. Gregorys word goes, here. You should have made sure ot that before you set up shop. What? What sort of paper? Mark Tient looked at Jed Stewart who had come close and was moving his lips without making a sound. He nodded understanding. I havent rung off. Yes, I heard what you said. I cant imagine how my paper you may have will interest me, p, WNU Service. but bring it here tomorrow at five. Sure, Ill be alone. Yes. Good-b- y. Mark Trent cradled the telephone. at his friend. Lola has a paper to sell me. She suggested that I have my checkbook in hand tomorrow. What do you make of it? If it is the paper Mrs. Gregory witnessed, how could she get hold of it? Henri? She said he had written to her, didnt she? Shes bringing it tomorrow afternoon! Theres a catch in it somewhere. It sounds too easy. You dont think shell back out at the last minute, do you, Mark? Not if there is money in it. She said also that Mrs. Gregory was n out of busiputting the ness. It was started without a license. Started for the sole purpose of chiseling money off me, I suspect. Right as usual. What say we call this an evening? Im due in court in the morning in my best Gentlemen of the Jury style; furthermore, well need our brains running wide open when Lola comes at five. She has a paper to sell! Wont we feel cheap about our suspicions of Brooke if it proves to be the paper were after? I stopped suspecting her some time ago. Shall we go up? We are getting provincial. If we were in town wed be just beginning to go places. Toddle along. Ill put out the lights. Mark crossed his dark room to the window. What a night! The sky was powdered with stars. The sparks of gold were like the lights in Brooke Reyburns eyes when she was happy or thrilled, and she had been thrilled when she had heard of his plan to dine and dance in town. He drew the gardenia from his pocket. Nothing beautiful about it now but the leaves. He didnt need a paper which Lola Hunt might produce to clear his mind of suspicion that Brooke had influenced his aunt in any way. He drew the flash light from his coat pocket. Lucky he had thought of it when he had taken Brooke to see the silver. Mark! Mark! Jeds voice? He laid the flower on the dresser before he opened the door. With the electric torch still in his hand he crossed the hall and knocked at Jed Stewarts door. He knocked again. Why didnt he answer? He flung open the door. A coat had been hung over the back of a chair. A uhoe lay on the floor. Cold air was stirring the chintz hangings. Where did it come from? The bath-rooMark sprinted to the door and stopped in amazement. The window was wide open, but the air was strongly scented with perfume. The shower was dripping. Shaving materials were flung about as if hastily dropped. He thrust his head out of the window. There were two ways to escape from the little balcony under it. Drop to the terrace, or through Lookout House. Had Jed and an intruder crashed in there? Brooke would be frightened. Hed follow them. He swung his leg over the He looked up filling-statio- sill. Stop! He went rigid in obedience to the hoarse warning, but only for an instant. Why was he perching like a dummy with the light from the room behind making him a perfect would try harder trustworthiness if thev L tar how lovable a quality it Sj!? you know you can rely one that whatever they undert?e to do will be done, that you really pass over a share of load to them, you cannot help liking them. On the other hand, it does not matter how amiable men may be if they are forgetful, if they are unpunctual, if they habitually neglect, they become sources of such annoyance that ones liking is apt to die out. Sir William Robertson. pEOPLE target for the person who had grunted? He moved his leg. No response to that from the balcony. Quickly he flashed his powerful light in the direction from which the sound had come. That would blind the person watching. His eyes followed the light. In his amazement he lost his balance and pitched forward. At one corner of the railing, blinking and shivering y in the glare, huddled the green parrot. Held up by a bird! He slid to the balcony. Reached for Mr. Micawber, grabbed him, flung him into the room behind him. He could hear the parrot squawking with fury as he closed the window. That seems to be that! Now, run-awa- wheres Jed? He peered over the railing. No uprights on this balcony to slide down. The next one had iron trellises which connected it with the stone terrace. Had Jed entered Lookout House by the window? Who occupied the room of the next house which opened on it? He would investigate. He tiptoed to the window, reduced the light in his torch before he flashed it over the glass. The shade was closely drawn and the sash locked. No one could have gone in there. Cracks of light were visible in the two rooms beyond where French windows opened on another balcony. Had Jed entered that lighted room? How could he get there? He was too stout to swing across. Could he himself do it? He appraised the distance, stepped over, and swung. Cautiously he stepped over the rail and ripped his hands from the frosty iron. With his heart drumming like an airplane motor he concentrated his attention on the window. A crack of light showed between the hangings. Whose room was it? Should .he take a chance that it was Sams or Brookes and tap lightly? A window was being opened cautiously. , Where? He flattened himself against the house. Must be the end balcony outside the studio. He visualized the interior as he had seen it the' day he had helped Jerry Field sketch in the tre? trunks on the backdrop. Someone was crawling out! A man! He was sliding down an iron trellis like a monkey! Now he was running across the lawn bent double! He was entering the garage! Mark Trent crammed the electric torch into his pocket and swung a leg over the railing. He hitched along till his feet found an upright, went down hand over hand, his palms sticking painfully to the iron as he moved them. From purple tree shadow to 'purple tree shadow he skulked. Near the garage he hid behind shrubs. The click of a lock! He held his breath as he listened. Who had been in the Lookout House garage at this time of night? Whoever it was, was leaving. He could hear cautious footsteps. An automobile starting! He strained his ears. was speeding down the street It to- ward the causeway. That didnt prove anything, it would be easy enough to turn into a side road and cut back. Was the man who had sneaked from the house driving? Had he stolen the car? Even so, he couldn't follow it, he must find out why he had entered the garage. (TO BE CONTINUED) Otto Witte Who Stole Kingdom Also Found to Have Purloined Some Bread Blue Moons Once in a blue moon is supposed to mean never, or hardly ever But we learn from a high met orological authority that blue moons are seen. There was a blue moon reported at Santa Barbara, jesty for a first and substantial advance for their services. 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