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Show UINTAH njpXEB XIII Continued rimmed 16 youll get to the corner of the low bookshelves, Stewart backed against the doorJed as if to barricade it, stopped breathing as Field told how Brooke had commandeered his roadster and himself to take her across causeway, of the reason she ...... given for her going. 0f her cion that the man she calledsuspi the Bath Crystal Bandit might be serving as waiter at the party because of interest in the jewels of one of the guests. Mrs. Gregory instinctively put one hand to her tiara and one of the blazing plastron at her breast. I suppose you mean mine. did they to take them? she quavered. Mark Trent crossed the room. He sat on the arm of her chair and put his hand on her shoulder. "Steady, Empress, they cant get them now. Go on, Field. Then you and Brooke are not married? Married! No such luck. Didn I make that clear? Brooke told that yarn to avert suspicion from our Do you think Id be here if we were married?" There was glint of steel in his eyes as they met Mark Trents. Where was I oh yes. We made headquarters in record time. Brooke told her story. Your kitchen, Trent, was the scene of the neatest, quickest clean-u- p in the history of crime in this state, Ill bet No, dont go. Inspector Harrison sent special instructions you to keep things moving here so that the news of the arrests wouldn' get out until he had the men safely spectacles horror in his eyes. What an awful suggestion, Mrs What a gosh - awful Gregory! Of thought! ss ignored his gruffness. It was an awful thought, but im1 want to get to the party. guilty that probable, most improbable, Mark I shant feel With diffyou away from the fun and Trent assured himself. Leave me at Look-- I iculty he cleared his voice of hoarseillations. must change these ness before he accused: sandals before I join the fes Youve been reading mystery s. Here we are. stories. Empress, confess now, a the top of the steps she havent you? Just the same, weli look-- 3 down at Field who was start on Brookes trail at once. What at her. is It, Kowa? she a sorry, He spoke sharply to the servant Jerry, before she entered the who had wormed his way through and closed the door behind the crowd of dancers who overflowed from the library to the hafi. doesnt really love me, hes Much obliged. Madame GregJed boy who wants what he orys car here. Chauffeur say to she reassured herself, tell her storm have, bad, very bad. She . her boudoir she changed her better get home. He know she not :ndals. like to be out In storm. distinct the rhinestone and readjusted Tell him to wait I wont go slimness Id clip on her white frock, till I know where Brooke licity. is,' Mrs. ed perfume on her hair, pow-he- r Gregory snapped. ry esse nose, accented her lips, Did you see Miss Reyburn come or sai nook her head at the looking-6'fin, Kowa? Mark Trent inquired, color, Of course, the suggestion that she Two. u Jmg, aren't you, Brooke Rey-?qwas in danger was absurd, but it n p.ctb-dread to face Mark Trent was getting under his skin. little Jut will youve kept back for The Japs slanting eyes narrowed oletely ays, dont you? Get going!" to mere slits. He put his lips close re for t crossed to the desk, found to Mark Trents ear and whispered: tucked y where she had hidden it. Miss Reyburn tell Taku she and here's a ro hour, she said aloud, and Mr. Field go to marry, thank e a etc you. ed the drawer in which she She carry suitcase, sir. 'ariety'b .laced the will Whati long s t looked down, Had he shouted the word? Marks for dres drawer was empty. eyes flashed from Mrs. Gregory to m jersc Sam Reyburn. Both were regardnon we. CHAPTER XIV ing him anxiously, but apparently designe neither had caught the content of 4 requir pie coming, but not going; Kowas whisper. feral : ; never Has anything happened to stopping. It was that Short j of a Brooke? Mrs. Gregorys party, lips he accompaniment of the hum twitched, tears filled her eyes. Sam designs ' ces, the stimulating beat and caught Trents arm. 2 bust; t of the What did Kowa say? What did orchestra, the diS' is of mt tinkle of silver and glass, he say? Heybum made slow progress Mark Trent steadied his mind. He Sorry to Report Youve Lost the gay, colorful crowd on must reply to their questions. What Your Chauffeur, Mrs. Gregory. er floor of the Other House should he say? He couldnt blurt out Mg at girls in lovely evening the truth here. Perhaps Brooke had In jaiL Sorry to report that youve t who cooed over him; frown-me- flung that remark at Taku for dra- lost your chauffeur, Mrs. Gregory. who tried to detain him. matic effect But the suitcase Dominique! Not Dominique? n where he stood on the low' Mark! Mark! Why dont you an- Hes been with me for years. Why eP of the circular have I lost him? stairway, swer? Trent watched him. He looked down Into Mrs. GregAll this Hea been taken along for ques;; is heady stuff for a boy," he orys eyes, terrified now. tioning. The inspector didnt have t, and "Brooke is perfectly safe. She theq reminded him-htime to go into it here. The Jacques Sam wasnt a Theres Field! Ask him where she at Lookout House also are being Why boy. t Brooke with him to share is. He saw her last Go get him, personally conducted to headquarMrs? She had been the first Sam! Go get him! ters. Quite a party, if you ask me. e the hall, the man in charge I didnt hear much, but your man No as fast hes coming need, Is parked cars had told him. as he can push through the danc- Dominique, Mrs. Gregory, was to Jerry Field? He hadnt ers, and Jed Stewart is at his heels. have engine trouble on the way red either. U Sen They are white as sheets. Whats home. While he tinkered, you were jrious premonition turned him all the mystery? The air is full of to be relieved of your jewels." Of course Brooke hadnt it My skins turning to gooseflesh. Anne Gregorys face was gray; it when in answer to his sar For Pete's sake, wheres Brooke, It dropped into sagging lines, her uggestion she had said she mouth quivered childishly. Suddenly : end Field torment Hadnt Jerry? Field was breathless from she was an old defeated woman. Jerry There had been Infinite deter-o- the effort of shaking off congratulaIsnt there anyone in the world I in her retort: decrisp to tried had which trust? she whimpered. hands can tory U. Tonight. him. Mark Trent tightened his arm tain ;'ea Brooke, Mark? Sam Changing her sandals at Lookout about her shoulders. as he approached. MI Of course theres someone you House. Ive got to speak to you, Maw her to be the first to know Trentl Qulckl" can trust, you have Brooke and ur Im to get a akeln contract; that I Relief stopped the thumping of Sam, Jed and me, and Ption in my a(J pocket and a Mark Trents heart Had Brooke Dont forget me, Jerry Field t po' here? be would he Now, whoa come? ties: married interrupted. Field, Trent laid his hand affec-'1J He would not He turned to Kowa he queried. on his shoulder. I WIT The low quick knocking at the still standing beside him and asked aeat 8tuff, S herl Sam, great stuff. I in door was repeated. Jed Stewart ot er had he difficulty voice in s jure that the New York pro-a- s It cautiously and let in a opened steady: keeping hooked won me when he spoke to drift of dance music and Lucette. Is anyone in the print room? go" returned and iK Pr The Her lips were startlingly red In f1. grinned. Jap disappeared Offered you the jouwt with Incredible speed. contrast to the whiteness of her a Broadway mr" production, No person there, sir. face. The rhinestone straps which fortsfr; s publicity hound. Mark spoke In a low tone to Jerry held up what there was of the back irs the headlines; I tie It of the bodice of her pale blue frock ,adin8 Insurance Executive Field: uni k Slip into the room back of the sent out a million or two iridescent Lucrative Business for the Lif-- ' stairs. Sam, tell the musicians to sparks. She caught the lapel of . I I 'eyll read. Will you do it? at do something loud and gay; then Mark Trents coat as he took a play you think? Hows the rfa oin us. Now that we know Brooke quick step toward her. Mrs. Gregory? KIP' that is safe, Mrs. Gregory l.M)Theyre whispering outside have v,re? sm''ed at the woman Field with Is and Brooke 'Mrs. Jerry coming Gregory , ,L.aziS tiara on her mar-- t eloped. It isnt so, is it? Brooke us, Jed Stewart interrupted. e.hair and plastron of dia-t-wouldnt n room of the door the with Even ,her Purple velvet gown Mark Trent turned her by the sparkle life had left closed, the beat and rhythm of the IS j. .what vithat she might see Jerry red eyes. within air the shoulders set outside music She answered on crackled fire by the manteL He Field A standing cheery brating. A t look in the girls eyes, saw 1116 the saw hearth. Incredibly the hubbub anJ you t ' l fiirnM6 question- - Your a tall vase made a something In the mans spring up to party Templarof roses in crimson against meet it. He felt the quiver that out tails and white gorgeous ties, splash efats a triumph In Itself. the neutral tinted walls hung with ran through her body, felt the to overcome it as made air w wba! the she scented fort guests think of Japanese prints, M, Mrs. she said flippantly; 4118 way they dress with their spicy fragrance. stl seductive News flash! Eloping bridegroom the resisted , patted Sams sleeve. Gregory , without lovely bride. erect returns sat and chair a of large ,your PTay Is the sweet-r- . depth Wheres Brooke, Jerry? most on the edge. sean on the Changing her wet sandals at What's happened? Whats hapstage for House. Lookout demanded I he?!! ? ,your isterT 1 want pened? testily. she Wet sandals! Where has she I heard minute. a Thought .Wait atIth,nkof it hv. pulled aside the been? i ring fIark and 1 were something. Field She Shell be here In a minute and the hall before hangings at the window and peered Better go Jed Stewart on his toes tell you herself, Lucette. 'j8 the told me before out; to the party, Mark Trent sugback shoulder. .5urbin his "Yep, was over looked rung up that 1:ij . The New York producer 3S bom to change for there they go. Police are no re- gested. rtyj Boston manager are still the ii and of parties. supper specters arent they? Were depending Jorhu01' fac Erew a shade Jerry Field drew the hangings here, I dont like her not close and returned to the manteL on you to see that they have the of their lives. lnea!; !, don' lik8 it. Ive The lighter he held to his cigarette time when Brooke didn't appear, Boy, Now, folia, af? about that steady, not quite girl every was those bozos, forgot that forgot testifl8d t the listen to my bedtime story. awiVhe had a play. With his hand on no sound was wed th there instant an man strange For who j knob of the door, Sam stopped. Bii,Ueb ber room the night in the still room save the purr of the along, Lucette. Come of a snowy ? station hcld-up- . The the fire and the tap i,n,, Lucette caught Fields arm, It Then window. a cauKht. She run knows vine against 1 jrh. with us, Jerry, and Btop Come the that Trent Mark cy to may try to put seemed ,, f rumor that you and Brooke have way- .f itrof woman In the deep chair, Sam Rey- the , well let people tell us nS lenses in Sams horn burn with his elbow resting on one eloped; also a't worry, all rigM-- " get-awa- 1 whis-softl- L r e 5 n 1 at E Rey-Inquir- 1, - d j heart-wringin- 9 g g msIN RECORD what hits Arise. " Suppose we go back to the party, Mark Trent suggested, and offered his arm to Mrs. Gregory. As Mark Trent stepped back that Mrs. Gregory might precede him into the hall, Jed Stewart caught his arm. Just a minute, fella! He lowered his voice. The inspector wants us to wait up until he gets here, no matter if he doesnt come till daylight. Mark nodded assent. The throb of a harp, the singing of the violins, the quaver of the horns, the brooding of the obie were muted to a caressing minor, sweet, as he piloted Mrs. Gregory to a throne-lik- e chair in the hall. He left her and went in search of the New York producer. It required considerable finesse to evade clamorous friends. Even as he acknowledged praise of his acting, congratulations on the party, he was thinking what a queer, aching, vivid thing love was, with Its ecstasy, its heart-breakingl- y inevitable misunderstandings, its quarrels, and he wondered why he bruised his heart against Brookes dislike, wondered if she would ever forgive him for that kiss. At least he Mark! Mark! Before he had a chance to evade her, Daphne Field flung a bare arm about his neck. Dance with me, please! Mark! Mark! You must love me! The girls voice caught in a sob as she pressed against him, Too annoyed to answer, he put his arm about her to guide her out of the room. As he turned he saw Brooke Reyburn standing directly behind her. There was a curious light in her eyes, a mocking smile on her lips. Even as Brooke smiled and accepted congratulations on the success of her brothers play, did her best to entertain the New York producer who attached himself to he from the moment Sam presented him she was asking herself Impatiently: Will the party never end? Who stole that paper from my desk? Can I make Mark Trent understand why I held back? If it is lost, will be ever forgive me? But all parties end. The last of the guests, with Mrs. Gregory carefully tucked into their limousine, drove off in a flood of moonlight which transformed the world into an enchanted land of dazzling purity. The producer and manager left In a powerful car after hearty handshakes with Sam and a backward look at Brooke as she stood between her brother and Mark Trent in the hall. Except for the Reyburns, the Fields were the last to go. She drew an unsteady breath of relief when the front door had shut but the brother and sister. They were outlanders in the present situation. She couldnt have told her story before them, and she must tell it quickly; that will must be found. She wanted Lucette and Sam to hear what she had to tell Mark Trent and Jed Stewart; the sooner they knew of the change In her fortune, the better. Mark Trent linked his arm in Sams. the lets-gDont signal at the girls, maestro. Jed and I o wig-wa- g cant let you off yet Come Into the library. Half the fun of a party is talking it over. I told Kowa to bring in some eats. I dont believe you Reyburns ate a mouthful of supper; you were too busy receiving congratulations. Im starving myself. Sam grinned. Now that you call the matter to my attention, I could toy with a little food. Come on, Brooke." Lucette was curled up against the pillows in a corner of the library couch hugging her knees, when they entered. Stewart was backed up to the mantel. The girls eyes were brilliant, her cheeks were pink, the voice in which she greeted them was bumpy from excitement: Come in, folks, and hear Jed tell me bow good I was. He predicts that I would be an overnight sensation on Broadway. Snap out of that idea and snap out of it quick. Dont growL Master Reyburn; he ha- - been handing bouquets to the play too. I done you wrong, Sam-- , my, when I crabbed about the last minute changes you made in the script; they were the high lights. Wheres Jerry? Mark Trent answered Lucettes question. "He and Daphne have gone home.. You put it all over the other women the cast of 'Islands Arise, Lu-cett- e., She was a knockout and so was the leading woman, Sam agreed, but, if you want to know who had the New York producer eating out of her hand, it was our little sister Brooke. After she arrived trust a Reyburn to realize the dramatle value of a late entrance I couldnt pry him away from her; lucky I got my option before she appeared. What were you saying to him, Brooke? (TO BE COSTIXUED) ' - STAR DUST ; JVtoyie By The Nuthatch The nuthatch is a bird whose unusual shaped head appearance. gives him a snoopy His travels are from the top of the trunk, head down, to the base of a tree, fit ding his food in the upper crevices of the bark. He also gives to the heavier his attention slate-colore- d branches, scanning topside and underside, creeping around In most surprising fashion. r Radio J Ruth Wyeth Spears VIRGINIA VALE IS a toss up whether Madeleine Carroll or Loretta Young will be the most-exquisite- ly dressed screen star this winter. Miss Carroll writes from Paris that she is having the time of her life selecting costumes for The River Is Blue which she will start making for Walter Wanger wrhen she returns to Hollywood. Loretta Young was in New York recently buying fur coats, hats, and dresses by the score, just as if she hadnt had any new t clothes In ages. Hollywood designers have just about run out of Ideas for Lo- retta for in her last four pictures she has had altogether some 80 changes of costume, and each one was supposed to be a knockout. The Madeleine more extreme and Carrall bizarre clothes are, tlie better she likes them so she keeps designers working overtime. Thumbtack lour Draperies to a Board. GIVE draperies the smartly TO effect obtained by the professional decorator, a valance board must be used. A straight one by two inch board will be needed. A small finishing nail in the top of the window casing near each end and screw eyes placed near the top of the back of the valance board will hold it in place as shown at A. Both side drapes and valance may be thumbtacked to the board and then be quickly hung all at once by hooking the screw eyes over the finishing nails. 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