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Show rlendshlp which has existed between our families for so long, to do what 1 can to make things easier for you. I have obtained from my commander an extended leave of absence, and I am leaving San Diego tomorrow morning to drive up the coast to your home. You may expect me at the latest by Wednesday noon, unless I meet with unexpected difficulties along the road. o the artem l.i t Yours sincerely, STL'ART OGDEN GRAHAM. The work actively), -- ) Man ( 0 'I France enG!dei aPTER VIII I Nobih t' Shelley ... Continued 8 lifted her hand gently until alnst his lips; bis eyes still on hers, gentle, compell-Ba- t she was afraid ; she drew ad away swiftly and sprang Isn t that ser chair iat the car? she said breath- z Madeline and Tubby had ,as. !0 town, and when to the veranda Madeline Bryn mail. was a letter for Tubby r.?ere v 3 par, Madeline replied. - , y stopped dead. She looked ' From Madeline in horror. she repeated. Deborah ln- Is Pilar? j ii L aO and Madeline looked at each Then they both coughed to- - j.- "Just a girl, Madeline aonchalantly, but Sally at the moment said, Shes a horrible scheming vampire, thats what her." s, and I hate wouldnt like her, Deborah positively, and put her chin up. on raised himself on his arms called down to them through Hi, he said, what willght. the other mall? ores more. Tubbys got It, Plates I line explained. In his pocket. coming across the bridge now. a! Co. I !o hear his delicate footsteps. I Citj, l!d bby stopped beside the steps, ; Y a few feet In front of Debo-so that as he took the letters his Inner coat pocket she easily see them. Idly, as he 4 out a name, she glanced at i. n envelope I was I was Just kidding him, Grandmother," Tubby muttered. It isnt your letter after all. Its his. Grandmother mur"Oh, dear, "You two keep mured, laughing. me In a perfect state of bewilderment. I dont suppose I shall ever be able to tell whether you are talking sense or nonsense. Tubbys fault, Bryn answered, thrusting the letter Into his pocket. "Tubbys an awful ass, Grandmother. "You have no Idea. Deborah stood tensely before the locked together, window, hands waiting for Bryn to come downstairs after taking Grandmother up to bed. Tonight of all nights, Grandmother had stayed up half an hour later, and all the time Stuart Grahams letter, filled with all sorts of unimaginable possibilities, lay unopened in Bryns pocket Bryn came In quickly and shut the door behind him. Deborah broke away from Madelines arm. She took a step toward him. She put her hand out mutely. Bryn drew the letter out He looked at It I dont like opening other peoples letters, he said slowly. It might be only an extraordinary resemblance, Deborah. Youve had It on your mind, you know." She took It from his hand and looked at It. The very touch of the Im envelope made her shiver. sure, she said. Bryn ripped the end off the envelope, and drew out the folded He glanced at Deborahs pages. face. Shall I read It, Deborah? She nodded mutely. Bryn straightened the pages and began. he announced. Nothing Bryn. Sally, two for you. My dear Mrs. Larned: 'line had hers In town. Anoth- Naturally I cannot Imagine lust what Deborah had told you regarding the failure of our plans In San Francisco, but I am afraid she may not have shown me In a kindly 'toon, reu, -- , jg. SwA. light I suppose It Is useless for me to expect that after hearing Deboraha story, whatever It was, and after this long silence on my part, you can have any sympathy for me and the position In which I now find myself. But I must ask you to accept the explanation which I have made in regard to my silence In view of the fact that I am an enlisted man In the navy, completely under the arbitrary control of any whim of my superior officers and subject to the restrictions of anyone on board a ship out of touch with land and such conveniences as malls. HJ'fe s And I .ijigi Li stones. jj mkS m I a Horrible Nasty Scheming Vampire. r- you, Simon. And here, he gallantly, is a letter for you, Lamed. It looks very Inter-og- . Written In a bold, dashing, euline hand, with a very thick losure. It carries with It a hint j 3emystery." had been holding out Simons j letter, waiting for him to take rolfiso! ss he spoke ; so that Deborah n, wu.1 had a moment to take In the Leaning of the handwriting on I or rt ... F'mdmothers envelope. It was fa-- J ar It was dreadfully fa-cold Icy hand clutched ons her heart, and she felt herself nlng faint again, as she had on at dreadful afternoon on the f'VJJ 3arf . . . Grandmother was smil-v- J s Tubbys nonsense, waiting f her letter. She did not notice L vborah'8 face. But Bryn did. He od up sharply. He saw Deborah's gf He put out his hand from Tubbys, ; took the letter glanced at 1L lie looked over (? it Grandmother. "He could be arrested for tills, told Grandmother grimly. "Inter- rlng with government malls. Brl- ly of 7 and corruption. The crooked ache, ..me of politics. Tuhby stared at him, his mouth frsy ncr -- t, hut up.M Bryn told hlin, al-- j he had not spoken. Not a rir out of you, you Iniquitous yO'f nundrel. Trying to defraud me )pc pc J my rightful property, Indeed, Jls Is oo my letter. Ive been look-5 for It for weeks, longing for It, t being able to sleep nights. Its tailed and careful account of j donl URh o j ,cr, jrul j - I fonstruetlon of the arch of the l,';e over the , . . over the Volca 'lr In Russia. New departure In Im sure Grandmother ''ltd enjoy reading It, wouldnt suppose this Is your Idea Juke. Grandmother, I npolo- e for having such a stupid and Insect for a friend." .jJ P ,.1 . ' story. What she has told you, I do not know, as I mentioned before, but looking at the matter from her point of view, and trying to be just and generous, I am forced to the conclusion that whatever she told you must have been both exaggerated and biased. I was very much disturbed over the whole business, and spent all my shore leave when In San Francisco trying to And her and explain, but of course It was an Impossibility to do so. p Y&. magnMuu; -ach , now for Deborahs don't know whether It has oc- curred to you, Mrs. Darned, to think how completely Ignorant of the world and Its ways Deborah it. I was prepared, of course, for a certain amount of unsophlstlcation, knowing to some extent how she had been brought up, but I did not realize that any girl could possibly. In this day and age, have remained so entirely unaware of all trends of modern times. I grant you that It must have been difficult for her to come down alone to meet me. and perhaps If I had known Just how difficult, If I had realized Deborahs state of mind and lack of understanding of modern life as It la lived, I should have been able to overcome her objections and explain away her At It was, I could do difficulties. nothing. Deborah was In a state of frantic terror before I bad a chance to see her at all, and by the time I reached her, she was beyond ordinary Teasonlng, Even as It was, I might have been able to overcome Deborahs childish terrors had It not been for the absolutely unwarranted Interference of some unknown person In the lawyers office. Deborah will probably have mentioned him to you, and made some satisfactory explanation as to her conduct. I was certainly pained and astonished to discover that she had so little good taste as to be willing to take up at once with The fact of Mr. a stranger. presence was all that reconciled me to leaving her, angry aa was. The really serious question between us Is that of your husbands will and Deborah's estate. With my copy of the will I have consulted a lawyer, and It Is his opinion that certain circumstances we under might make a fight for the estate that would ultimately prove successful, The circumstances are, of course, a marriage between Deborah and myself which would take place with your approval. This, unless there are aspects of the case with which I am not familiar, seems to me to be, from your point of view, an absolute necessity. I have examined the list of securities named In the will as the Bource of your present Income, and. as you doubtless know only too well, most of them are completely worthless. How you have mnnaged for the past few years Is a mystery, and may possibly explain Deborahs appearance and obviousnolack of admitigation vantages. In any case, of your circumstances rnny arrive 1 except through me, and although am det ply hutt and mortified, not to mention my disappointment and the my plans, I general disruption thof sake of the am willing, for X . . . excitement and clutching Simons knee, and Madeline walked slowly across and dropped down beside Deborah. "Well, Tubby said, buttoning his coat and squaring his shoulders, If hes got to be kept away, hes got to be kept away, and thats all there Is to it After all, there are four men of us here, and Burch. Five against one. That ought to be easy. You talk as If we were going to fight about It, Sally said tearfully. With guns. It Isnt half as blundering or easy as that. Not half, Madeline echoed. This Is going to be strategy. And strategy, Tubby, never was your strong point. If you will remember. She smiled up at him, a warm tender smile that made him blink and look as if he saw her for the first time. "But youre a darling, Tubby, and you're loyal and strong, and worth a lot more than one of those slippery strategists. Well, gee, Tubby said, bewildered, and sat down. We might bar the road, Tubby said hopefully. Put a gate across It, you know. Somebody would have to guard It, of course, Bryn said thoughtfully. And hed want to know why he couldnt pass. If I stayed there myself and had a talk with him, explaining the situation, It might help; but I wouldnt trust him not to pretend to go away and then to sneak back when we werent watching just to see what harm he could do. What youre hinting at, Tubby said boldly, Is that weve got to capture him, then, and dispose of him finally, once and for all. Murder, I suppose. Of course, It doesnt matter. Any of us would gladly oblige, but It would be nice to know your plans first. We might draw lots to see who would stab him. Thats the fairest way, really. What weve got to do, Bryn said, disregarding Tubby, is to let him come here, all unsuspecting; but weve got to know ahead of time. Weve got to let him come here to make sure of getting our hands on him. Inside our own gates we can be sure of being undisturbed." I know, Deborah said suddenly. Joe. Joe? Yes. Joe Is She turned to Bryn. our nearest neighbors boy. Before you came, she explained, when Joes father brought us any mall from town, or anything we didnt expect, he used to sound a call on a horn he has there. A kind of hunting bugle he made himself out ne's terribly proud of a deer-horof It, and he loves to do It Hes taught Joe, too, and you can hear It for miles. Why not . . . why not have Joe watch the road? Nothing could get past him, especially if you told him enough to make him see how serious it was. And the minute he sees the car lie can sound the horn, and well have almost fifteen minutes to prepare." Well, there you are, Bryn said, Were smiling down at Deborah. all right, arent we? all right, Deborah Were said, and her lashes dropped to her cheek at the look In his eyes. Id never get tired "Yes? Do you . . . like me at all? She did not answer. Bryn could hear his own heart pounding. He waited. She stirred. "You have been more than kind to me, she said, "and to Grandmother, too. I am very She put her hands begratefuL side her on the wall and jumped I think we ought lightly down. to go In, she said quickly. She did not speak on the way back to the house, except to murmur Thank you as he held the door. Once Inside she went directly up the stairs, quickly, as If she wanted to get away from him. For a long time Bryn stood at the foot of the stairs, thinking, wondering, remembering. Then, slowly, he went on up, and down to Tubby's room. Bryn shut the door behind him and sat down uninvited. He looked at Tubby. You do a lot of thinkhe said commis-erateling these days, It must be quite hard ou you. Huh, Tubby retorted, meeting his gaze, you dont look any too peaceful yourself. And yet, here am L doing at least half your thinking for you, and damn' near all the worrying. Lord, youre slow, Bryn. I never saw anything like it. I suppose you havent told her yet how you feel about her, have you? Using the correct technique? What do you mean? Well, one of the first rules Is for a gentleman to confess his tender passion first. I suppose you had sense enough to do that? I Bryn drew a deep breath. I dont know. I cant remember. dont think so. What I wanted was to find out how she felt. 1 know how I feel There you go, old dunderhead. She doesnt know how you feel, does she? That is, you couldnt expect her to be any more sensible than you, under the circumstances, and youre as blind as an owl. So y. . you Just asked the girl where she stood and omitted to mention your own state of affections first? Bright Women love that kind of boy. thing. It gives them so much ground to stand on. Bryn gazed at him dazedly. Tubby groaned. He reached over to the table beside him and lifted letter, open, Its words leaping Read that, out from the page. If anything can he commanded. sober you up, this will. I don't want to read It. It hasn't anything to do with me. Il-la- rs Thats Just what youd like to think. Let me tell you, my son. It may be addressed to me, but If I hadnt been here with you, Id never have seen 1L She knows darn well that Ill pass the word on to you. What word? Take it Read It. Bryn took It and sighed, but tled down to set- It My dear Tubby: do hope you are having a pleasant visit away up there In the moun. tains. I must say I was completely taken by surprise to hear that you had gone, and without telling anyone your address! But Bryn naturally would not care to have the world know the location of hie IdylIsnt It romantic? I lic retreat. think It Is too thrilling, and together with every one else, I can scarcely Bryn, very boldly, had proposed a wait to meet his bride. I hear she la his to and beautiful starlit walk to Deborah, and completely very and I am so glad for Bryn. surprise she had made no excuse. charming, kindest him my regards, and She had been pale and weary after Do give Deborah my love. give the excitement of the letter, and Affectionately, PILAR. now that some solution had been reached, she put It behind her with How does she Bryn looked up. relief. She walked along beside know name? How does Deborahs him In silence, holding to her face, she know youre here with us? from time to time, the sheaf of Ill bet a nickel she searched the clove-pink- s he had gathered for her of the license bureau for records beside the walk. Their perfume, to your first question. answer the heady and sweet, drifted up to him. And for the other, Sally and Simon It's a beautiful night," be said left a forwarding address. Filar steadily. would get what she wanted or die Yes. In the attempt." Whats It like up here In the Well, why shouldn't she? Bryn winter time, Deborah?. She should have been demanded. beautiful. It's she replied, Oh, as as that goes. I thought far told, so much I love It We get ever would tell her something to satIt you but In the here valley, Just snow, her. Shes one of the gang, doesnt last long. When It comes. isfy after all, we did go and, she, isnt It makes me think of Lorna Doone. steadily, Do yon remember? When the snow around together pretty I dont blame was so heavy and thick, and they Tubby. If shes upset, her much. It would have been only were all winter-bound- ? on my part to with do yourself common courtesy "What do you whole story, the her tell and write when you are It was too damned awkward. I but do. to was "There always plenty tried. Mending, you know, and sewing, (TO BE C0T1ULD) and keeping the house in order." In the evenings? But Torpedoez Under Water SomeShe glanced up at him. A submarine Is armed with torpetimes It Is a little dull," she said. fired while subBut Joe's father brought us a load does which can be h.v means taken aim being of logs each fall, and we would put merged, a periscope, which alorip Is visof and and sit on I, one the fire, Gary craft being atbeside It rending. Or playing chess" ible to the surfaie a When torpedo Is llud It sounds very pleasant," Bryn tacked. Hu outer door a submarine. from wina radio this We'll get said. tube opens and waof the torpedo ter, shall we? And how about a In up to the Inside door kitten or two? A lieai th Isnt real- ter pours of the tube. In order to relnud the ly complete without a kitten." is close I, the She murmured something tinder tube the outer door and the water in door Inner opened bent her toward breath. her Bryn the tube rushes Into (he hll es of "I Leg your pardon?" I said, she replied, lifting her the submarine and is puuqed out ... snow-bound- ? X 1 - Matron's Dress With Vestee Send 15 cents for your copy. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., 149 New Montgomery Ave., San Fiancis-c- o, Calif. trons. This dress designed with soft capelet sleeves and a contrasting vestee is one of those perennial styles. It is always a pleasure to show by popular request. Theyre so universally becoming youd get tired of that. of looking at you. Dont you know how beautiBryn folded the letter. Tubby ful you are, Deborah? You're the thrust his hands Into his pockets prettiest thing In the world. and began to saunter up and down Oh, no. No, Im not. the room, whistling beneath his She bent her head and lifted the breath. Simon put his hands beto her lips. She held them pinks hind his head and stared at the there, silent was celling. Sally trembling with Deborah. Tyw yvnQ'ynwoTv (y4CoivntcUny s Wees - voice, "I satd, you would probably be bored. The road will be Impassable as soon as the rains set In. You will find It very dull,' shut away from the world for so long. No, he said. I'd be looking at you. She caught her breath. "Youd 'Jhlmhd about WNU Servlc. Bell Syndidite. Hailes Private Treasury CALIF. SANTA itMONICA, not been a foreign dispatch, a fellow might have thought it referred to one of our councillors, own investment after in looking specializing widows 'and orphans funds, Household Questions Cut out old canes in raspberry bushes when they are through bearing fruit. 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