| Show The Leading Lady CHAPTER X 13 13 To the outside e ee c Anne Annl hart had pre seated no more dolor tolon u us and und d lcd Jetted i ian an n aspect than thun all ail of tl c e oil era ere o I one not even Bassett lIssett noticed that her I demeanor was In any wiy other r than thun what might hale ha ha e been ben l e e 1 Had they been able to see Into I 1 or Ir mind th thi group croup at Gull Islan I 1 could tale received Its Ita shock hock bl al I e a kept as ns much to 1 I PI self a as si 1 e without rousing alt h hh Ii h iJ id to think and to tu bL bt III lime lie hLl it sl le e a would could focus II her lier r though s I holl liol hol I Ithem them trained on ul I u at t I slit hl 1 hill kim ill al 1 10 al I at ml might ht tie ilc hilt bin hL a mU anted lJ to lu I up her mind on the mule main i uc I suc r it any an fruitless speculations peculations is lit ill illand and be lend tend Jo Jot wis as oh on U tl lie e a 1 in to I IanI and anI with Ith the gu tided 11 dell iu c-iu twos L two woul stA stay tn on the Island tilt till after the h li II id gone Her lIer bore hor e gi In her lier to go through ll tl e a autos outon alts actions a or of behn lor lib I that th it buss kus iclon not lot l bl- bl v Ink directed to hint him lie he could coult lie He hit hid din lIw till the left Ift and ond that make e hl his beta a Si 1 I e a knea I that Gabriel hu hat gone to Wl VI lie leach Beach for tor u It seeks eel s deep sea cea ea fishing and Gabriel was 1 the thi theone theon one person bel besides he 1 situ lu I that Joe had hail not crossed cro to the in iii tin I land Ilind The TIle kUld burel would be mused mu ay iy before u a ee week seek stud and If Ir during that time the belief that h In he had lind gent KOIK unshaken lip li h was wab safe So o fur tur sl e a sits I tit th it U no u had touched him She blie he did not see iee te ho host ho hoIt It could lit 11 litun ty un nil all that h lie he hud had left her lier eito el to 10 I 1 a had bein lIL In III bUot i faith There Mould could Ic le no I 1 In Ing of or his for fur be no reason foi tut doln doin It li lie Ill had passed outside tilt till tilde tittle IJ ele of tin tilt tJ lu ua 1 cd ed us seas d a as ai the actors actor acre ere silo ho had bull uin on tl tie e earli 1 boat If It the t lind find him hills I bete he I e was liS as 1 1 I c e lie li II td ld the Ih Being Ing loom 11 b the Hie door dour th tint Chit It led to luthe the kitchen wing and und rear i IL I hat could look 1001 as liS If lit ht IS In till tut hou house But Hut she knew I that no dool dews here ere locked on Gull Cull 1 Island and und that he ml might ht have tome come from outside choosing u a i uS through dark duk darkened d ened building rather than pl e hint him hims self s lr to the Hie If It ht In III OJ lu III luthe the house Ie t I e must mUt 1 l e In the lie h top story tory lory all mil she lic teas Has us eiers certain c n sound bound of hell be he foot footsteps had bUll bit n noted notel by b her lier that ears the themen men had find not bleu bion bl u there yet et c That could nr ul that the felt nu no nud lut of hurr hurry V holt hit acre the coming to bellied II tie lie e Llo closed eLl dool ducts douis of oftie ll 1 e a Lad holl lud the lie fled tl t in n sou on e eone iune one ulle of the pHI pints pail tI tie e Ilu ones Horn lorn or Moe She he these e dl surmises ili her lier mind butt 1111 I fierce lU lug of ot will sill lint cut ui it later If Ir Toe got awa au site she tc Ie I Ollre It nil all go to Jill It Ii t i Idi III di t matter watler hilt happened then On y shat was lids IS lien heri b fi n liei liet trout d duo no nos nosI J I In en the search of or the lie Islan 1 lulI I started she slie Mint up to the side bide Ide of U the ullen that sl at the Hie line Hue of III doss Ilic 1 lie group of tout came Caine lilt her line of I moving 1110 IlIg act Oss the lie flat land Iund basses l ee tit th li Ii USI and anil t e ocean She Slie silt bitt at crouched t Mith lIh set bet et jaI jaw Jas les I th the lie di er op 0 oser er the edges of or the then III fin Inarticulate articulate urges surges of ot pray lJ a rose ro t In hll blind s cud ind her clasped J t her hu breast she sho rocked back bac bacan an and anil as us If IC lo lu unu unus pain lut I ut tit they the ul a us S I le ui ie-ui L- L LulI ulI i eared him liliu cent ent doses do o II came clime ui ul ll tl rou h litlie the stony mouths of or u al without him ll hlll btu the t e I t the he house she slie fell Cell bill back billIn In the lie chat her e ees eC e clued closed clo holds 01 ds of In Ith her breath and anil her lier luice olce un on onIer Jer Ier she slie he sent ent downstairs Site kne no no that he must mUt L be In the house houe After lunch h she s lie he out ou on the balcon balcony with sith the others and from frum ti II etc cic saw sac Bassett BasEtt and mid the t tau of the Hie law go u doss do u 0 lie tl I e a putli to the pine gross i l 1 In S hll mo moe momento ruo e ments mento on the I tint soul l t t it II 1 e eI I 1 em cm some line iris 11 L C sold ild olio hc he was ales go 10 gong Ing lo to the ell en to help s 1 It If It Ill n nt t for tor that thai oik 01 she bhe s he thought she shed d go LInzy and anddie site ad lcd ad hd Anne Aune to gu go upstairs and lie do down donlou lou mou look like lI the swath Huth of or d cl lone hones sl I e a said ht oking her 1 I 1111 an I through s Antis s cam al m and draa dra draIng lag Ing het hel with n-Ith her lou ou can cant t sleep 11 n one expects tl U at ut of ot ou But Hut stretch out outon outon outon on the Led bed and you relax ou get git gl t seine sort sort of ot rest st that hat s 11 nit f 1 fAnni Anni Allne went event with Ith her lier Mrs Irs Cornell b s atop tep tcp dropping to a n ling pice lace IS they clo the living 11 Ing loom lu I I ir it arm drawing Anne Anni closer I Ier er tutee ke it III died to n a hll er erDo Do you ku w 1111 thin I o 0 how low 1 I Iv 11 D f Di sou IJU thin tie they hue lia an sit Ins In no In III they lu lake o n lurle dl as al we e to all 1111 have hal had rend rend ed cd the dor dorand du do Jr rand and she slie 01 ui ell cued d It arll mud ud vile one moment I 1 in to thinking It Its s one and the next moment I 1 m thin lag Ing II it s theether the ether uther stud fud the third tl Ird ins IDe in mint 1 I lu m think hug Its It I a of ot th them m 1 hey passed la 1 through the doona doon a and nod went ent do duns down n She Hie hall hull stol 1111 tit lit litI I tl the e foci to Co t of ut the stairs Mrs Irs Cornell offered a 11 last consoling word surd CornellI I lou mou 1 ou can call be f for r one OIK thin Anne J e I not 1101 being here herL Joe Joe Oli Oh Oh I Im m tnt ant saying sayin lit li h had au an think to Jo with lIh It 1 i 11 L n these Cases Cases- case By GERALDINE BONNER WW Service Sei-ric Copyright C by Tho Tk Dobbs Merritt Co Ca C you rca rea I 1 shout th them m In the I Very cry little thim think trace tracel up n I s1 1 e a imd Joe IJ been fn at logger rhoada loes-rhoada hende they d be pouncing on that that-n n t telling you sen en ling hog up out OUI J prel press t Jr with Ith their questions nu lou moult u Il spared lint and it Its a orth keel er h In our mho I l on in hud bad but hut whit wint It might night I IP If e worse ore She Slie he wont sent on 00 down u the Ihl hall liall on nn th the 1011 waited d till site lie Iw hear 1 1 tl tI e C oun I of the Ilic open n II dI d I r anti and Mite nl I s wing oleo tl cn sir he rs t e w- w wr wI wt r t I Thou Thought st I Was Never Going to Get Geta a Word With You He Said stole upward very ver She Slie he 1111 di dl I l iu II n I go 0 to her room 1 is as Mrs Irs r rnell hat ha 1 1 Ice I but tiptoed to the en 1 1 I of tl tI e hall where the staircase e Id III to th hi hitop top story stor Sit Sil Ith alth delicate carefulness careful carefulness ness letting her lier weight cant c im- im r I on each step Despite hl her r r ire rL cautions tI ll tie e 1 nerds creaked Hi Iii 1 h c seemed portentously IU I iu w I 1 III hi hiU U tI c e d deep Ip quiet an 1 I she slie stop tol elfr c e 1 I Or fir the lh silence to a absorb orb them an the lien n II Mt ait 11 I chars chan hot fiot ot sent on ont t tt I h lie lop top cit stood sub her deep bass lra It bre h I I ok 01 n lI fife fhE middle of the Ilan- Ilan was P ed ed I 1 n a spacious ll ih hall fIll Tut ns as a patios and lit 11 b a sk 1 t fusing Chins on It won acre small II bedi the do doors rs e I 1 ien II en Till The of lie cur cin talus bill hill atit III out rand were acre ere the e cult fil ints In III tile llie lie ilice lice She Slie he mo moI moto mss e I to In the lie middle of or the th thi room oom oora and her out In j u pL Top Inc Joe are Joe are you IOU here ILA ILAm It in a m Ill IIer Her ears were s rained for nn an an 1111 lh iu tit bp r Ier 1 I er r es cee t jI swept wept ul al out f r n shap ll p creeping Into area Ie bu tl tI a w 15 s e ei a 1 the llie he emptiness ness bed She Slie enterer enter 1 I the thero th thero ro nJ- nJ ni m peered about opened cup cupboards boal boards db looked for signs of or a ain aln luino dust In I him on the ll IIII I 1 I 1111 Ing mi nu tops 1 Ids e h un on In meticulous sin SIU oiliness One Olle door was clo closed d near the the- snit head 01 i ening thIs tills h she looked Into I storeroom room lIar i large dark lurl Interior fir bi b two small mall windows 1 het elf dust primed grimed and the light came come In drolly show shoo sho ng I 1 trun trunks nn an I Ibo bo boxes ls l's pieces of ot furniture lines linel t f clothes on tl tI e a walls Here Acre she slie thought and with ilea her lie hI in leaping In her throat cro crosse p I tl c e threshold Ie I J C It Its s tone I lie Ito e come conic to hd h li u M d Nothing In the 1 s Si ice ce no stealthy body detached t s1 self r from fJ om the shado shadows Oh Oil Oh answer cr me If It you ou oure re there lucre lIu r olce olce ro rose e the lie shade of n 1 tOIl lotto It hack from the I tattered r rutIn nr In red smothered sui the silence nc It huh lia ha 1 I c e end ent dosed closed again deep and e eshe she 5 She he feore caret fearel 1 to stay longer loner an on l I sill I 1 ed d e a do down n the llie ft st tiro 1110 in In her lier room she sat dot down n and con d He lie must hn hate e been there ther then hue else could he lie be lie unless In the theof I LIP LIPor or of the I 1 ar ar a ailments ai 81 In the lower floe rs ra But he lie hard soul e 1 hate haH dired d ired Ird that with people comfit an 1 i going lIe He hind lind been afraid d her us nil he lie had ala nh always ny nys lone iloni or po possibly fount roun a hi tiling lilling Ing place too shut for tor her lier whisper to pens pene penetrate penetrate rate Tonight she clie would c hae hu e to get gel food tood to him take toLe It up when the men acre erp In the library and the others S Ire In their rooms roosts She could do nothing more nn on I 1 downstairs In the hope of or see see- seeIng Ine ce-Ine In Ing Since Ince morning she list hJ for n a word I with him Not Inot ot thul hut site she had any an Sin Idea of idling telling him the tho lh direful secret ecat hers alone to 1 Ie e on I later on on sI s 1 me awful u da ela If f I It and Rion Illon I 1 ut tit she 1 1 to sec Oe hint pet get et lounge courage from his I r cn JI l fc fid 1 tJ hi tit L c sot olle ice of ot hll hi nm I tout ll out luShI 1 ir Slip She wa was so 0 It nl nd I St her lier Intolerable I urd n Tit Til Ihlo 10 im wits WIIl empty but hi at al the hall door Ioor she he I the of nuns S slices Ie In tit tie t IC In c ii fei cute ug end and Ie le I e lon long Ions She hp pissed out Into the lie garden girden end sank anI III dinnon II on one or of the benches The breeze ft 01 1 nel 11 1 among the lie Hewers and suit lit 10 Ins n Ilio great groat I terla III mine 1 J up I ii the llie II use wall un tin 1 I IIII Ili III to 10 tl tit a d taint s s I S1 i l I c e loot 1001 ed II dIt t d It It Its III chin dio 0 rink rint r f liisi magi tin reI by n 11 rIn unrest the 1111 III i t us IH Intertwined Ined like 11 rot roi im a-im s of I vine such sudi ns its cult dwellers sti lout see e 1 there were d cl ills 1111 n is In the sky but hUi hUir r ring Ing while m 01 misses I S timing driving Ing in lohn n l I hiI the of ot fog fol to TI e C hall had 1 rut lit the lie sun and Hr acre twee Ins their torn edges elees o cr 0 r the blue If he the kert on It would could l le led e ed d u II k I li II nl l t t-oo t no moon but moon but there is the th man at the llie cau e I She he sat ot with sIth dro- dro pl ppl I head bend Im sed versed In thought her hams han ban Is thru thrust thrustIng t tIn Ing In 1 II 1 lie a pockets of her it II ita li liis I a is thins ilius t that found her herI lf le Into Inlo her lier flee fice at nt Ills Ids an 1 11 she lio l e I 1 a n hand fund ton lo nr ar I 1 hlin him Oh Oh Hi lie Ise I e Il lien Icon n hoping to see Ie you ou chit hl bre ill III ed trained to a lost 10 I of or lone The or h t I tie to Ie pierced hi his ort heart She e II li so 0 0 disconsolate I ott o oa a in iii her fact fac the lie pill ill r of ot awry hory h ory her hel black hh heir lr always ays shining ii h hI gushed I bad bac from front her brow In roun cited lied strands strand lie He had lind charged himself him self elf to keep Irom ler ter I er any an on kno Ie or of llie lie Interest t In lu Joe but hut had he lie 1 I emD eln elnor or of thin the loose looe sort tint hit unburdened Itself the bight i ht of her de a de t ul 1 beauty would could have s soiled his hl lips laps lipsI I thought I J was wis ne ne er er go 0 o n ng to get q 1 St word ord with you ou he lie salt sal This Is the first firt moment I ve ye e hind had How v are aret on t nit 11 She he aSS her well being nn tin 1 I h ht studied III her hir r rice fice alth Ith an anxious ees e es Dear mane he and lifting her hr Ilan I 1 pressed t ed It to his hll lit III s file fhe two h hinda tads rent tine 1 together the S upended In Insure Inside lcJ the llie sens s ens inel eh I ping grasp flint faint feeling last Int night I that will gill I bleach ou sou out ont tw fir fira fira a while Oh Oli Im I m ill all mer oser r e-r that It w wis is R a erns crill thing hung for roe ine to do going loan don nand dov cud lud lien knocking the th lamp o oser oer flies didn t think anything of ot It dl l o a 0 n thing tiling of or It IP IPhy hy no whit the think i lou mou explained d It II to them an they were ere satisfied JUstiNI with hat ou out slid nd 1 I toll 1 III la he lie could nb absolute rust oui UI w St rd I guise cine ae i J a great deal of ot and and- Her lIer oice as hll husky nn an and 1 she 1 her lier throat rafter n 11 slit h hl went sent on onI onI onI I s you ou con cant t tell me nn thing nil thing of or wint they re do doIng doIng doIng- doIngo Ing Ingo o 0 It If s 8 ill II n R me mess so far feeling far about In the d nothing dark dirk nothing sure sure Hut Bat thc her mu must t be feeling abou after some one ono Darling Dirling hot s the grod gr od of ot tall lug In about It c l don t pet get et many utes together and anti we te don t trout to sr r II them let lets s try tr to forget ju Just were e re hel lieu t I lorg I l slit she t 2 H mike ni m ike me do that but belt dead myself She leaned Ironed her hen hla Ion 1 I on Ills his shout an 1 I diets diew dl e her lier I nil an 1 from Crom his to 10 clasp It round his inn lie He sail sal t nothing f r i 1 i moment perturbed IJ b ler Ier and tone ton 1 lie He had u hof h hot ot of gl gutting gitting tUng I 1 lei et el away hinting 1111 1 u et um ue LImned mused m e LI to lIu lla worth orth ow ow he lie felt h ht must do It at ot once oo I 1 tie e a sin chi low lost of th the raged was too dark on her spirit Ise I 1 e c Rot Jot to tl net et et ler Ier I er out if f hue litre II U Ir IrI UI I go 10 to Jail Joil tiT lr It Ie 1 I e said salil to self She he can cant t l 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