Show LEADING Kam M LADY Fa M Ec 4 i J DONNER n aM Dl CHAPTER XIII XIII-Continued Is 18 IsIt flat tl II at quieted n It win her lier O assurances UI him She had kno known knon n from the first J te to would tell na ne nalie she he lie hid Ind 1 I from the first t he hc Ind 11 cI dine nc It He lie I and sank fank back c lila eyes es closing and tl e a doctor motioned l them to go 0 1 l loru followed follo them thew to the door and held them them there a n moment to repeat what she had said us Eald ns If It hire 1110 him Wanting to rid rl her wind mind of ot all oil Its secret ngon It wash wasn t e she had teen seen him lien she ho had hod turned turnell from the water after Arter hor hot attempt to catch the body bod the she 1 lod od ad I 1 ad lid a n clear view Ile of ot him stealIng steal Etal 10 lag through tic II 11 c a pine pino wood mOlln and find watching the house JIe lie never knew V It she l That t when you ou Mr Ir Williams near c me on the stairs I was HIS to see him sty siy I knew v what hat he d done and that 1 d help him and lie for tor hIm end stand by 1 1 bu lm Oh yes yes-I yes I don t core care wl WI at I tell noHe now non Ho Ito was WOl my hu I Id d lot 10 loved ed him and ond he hod d been cursed cursed cur curbed cd and dl 1 0 cd The men closed the door oW softly as upon the dead lead lint hat they had bad heard hean end lc halt lt behind them had lied taken the theet rent et t from their accomplishment anti and Inthe In Inthe Inthe the glow of ot the hall s their faces looked drawn n and hollowed with fatigue 1 a vl on drew out hs h 11 S watch hatch half pa po t two TO The be best t thing the could do was as to get a n little sleep and bier i Ins n gentle genii as ns befitted n a alace aIlace lace hel where e o so dark darl r doors doon had Lad fallen he and s passed Into the II 11 brar Sleep was fir Ir from Bassett lIe would like to have hale ha e seen Anne but It would oud have base been Inhuman to rouse I ter er and he went toward the 11 thing In room where here he lie could think In qu eti etire et f i ire fie dropped Into a chair his breath with a u groaning note then s heard Anne s 3 voice t olce from irom tie the gallery goller I above e abot e eri r ri Ise I e been waiting for tor you ou May lIay I 1 IL L come downs down do nl Thera she wa was dressed leaning ej t the railing Come he lie be beckoned 1 Is heart ca c funding lunding his l IOn lightened andr and r 1 us its she he lie pulled up n a as chair for tor her She came In toft touted across the ru rugs with Ith the tho wins I words IF c I J couldn t rc t till 1 Id d seen you and nOlI PI heard lie b told r rl Ier l thing the I hey sat facing each ft 1 close together It Its 3 solved soled ell and C t the ended the Gall JIl Island murder mur el Is It ill til right for you OU to tell met mel me k It was all aU right aud he told her hert t fco So 0 us it turns lunn out Anne dearest all that misery you jou ou and I went through was unnecessary sari sarif f 1 Ic le e she said slowly Iy It wasn t Joe he t In It at all nil I ut I t don dont t Ise Ie I vc e been In III Inny ny my roum while you iou ou were el e with rith Hb Stokes thinking about out 11 It und crud I 1 cm n t make It rut tut ut laugh Hush sire sh sho leaned lennell fOI wull and rested her 11 on ou Ills his hi knee dropping her lIr voice soico olce though no oneas one was as there n toj to j Lear bear LearUs tear tits ills Is what I cau emit cant t e r who I see ECO ee In tetra la last t night r F rI I 1 as 08 ett elt san s fins s r er was A os as pi u ered In the tL brisk tone tOile of ot commonsense common r sense ense lean I 1 can Its It s 15 very ery cry simple lou tsee t of see f-ce anybody al bOd II leu u think 1 I Imagined Ined It t S I i 1 know vou ou did dill Just Jut consider You were ere In iu u wrought HOUght up condition you exl xi to see him cime me a down that r ut ose 1 the hI room was u ul most host dark quiet dirk tl under the gal gul ler gallery guller cry wl 1 ere you say bay I a he be came from After Arter what hat loud ou Il gone first i ii lob first i a then that a II suspicion tl tI l dt It v n nil mil 1 the I stronger tron e t nr rr s j you ou wen In a slate hiate to F ice ECO e any allY anything thing nr bhe She continued to state it the Tight light ht 1 r i-r tee face set lu troubled ht I suppose that could hv be be h dear It mu t hate e fen been it could ha have hate e 1 I to fill l 1 te Aid n AI tl d there s i another It i l if lf It h ha J 1 been Joe w would i 1 it t he Ila lose lia e spa po In cn to ou ore ques Ion eJ e to 1111 out y I ii h rl It way was on what we tse ere were re do dof doin dof o of oIn In f r 1 S hs es ts lS Ise I vc H thought of or that It r didn t occur to me at the time Put Iut f le JI 1 J I would ha liaM hal l sail all b I inell In Of Ot course Ie 1 I e would lou ou ou ner n er W I iw anything more buu I than n a nr nal ael aS t r el al 1 edo ado do v In the S-le S I e was liS silent for tor j a moment then said nIl aid 1 ell II where L re 14 le Joe 11 hat s Ie I e debar I lIso cne cue CEC o ot on some orne ome business of 1 t lIs is o urn on n ou t tr the lire it you tu OU toll 11 I aw on and that prat Joes notions t sin nl rys is 11 abe eren t oat ioa lie He fOW her un an r truing t nod Snell I los II's t cl Ol eben cn the Die occa lou of ot hi his leaving leasing the I Island to light out In III ionic oms wr ace r lion Ion LOU ou heI cnn can cant t tell t hat m iv tv Inic h I 1 eon cen e n lu in hk hl JImro head n joo jo o on j on Ca n us r any SOl soil sent t of ot lark Inri or nr firt to obery Wt We Well lb 11 end It nil all out V tor at In a o 0 Cr Croc me he fold fald rl rising lna dr slag r lu to her feet teH There s 8 no roo I bet Letl cr er a as Ii about that any more Le o i It 11 to me and when wo we ve ye got ot through L tho tiro lest of 01 this tins horrible business 1 u I II look around for him Lila And an on lie ho 11 II see It In tho papers nn and It h he rants to show up he hell II do It within the tho next few fen du dus s low sow OW you ou must JOust go to bed and let your four poor d brain rest rc re tI t I I They walled sulked to the door and there I he aught c u c ht her lIer against hIs hia breast and loot 1001 cd eel Into her face Its It s all nil 0 that oser-that o er er that lighting and struggling alone Annn Annl After this well e 11 be together as ns soon eoon as we ne e con can conet get et 11 away oy from here and lind hod a n clergy clero urea man to marl marr ui us rhey kissed and parted ported Bassett etto go goIng Ing to his room room room-he he could sleep Bleep now nor nor- end and Anne faring Ii float 10 I up the stairs to hers CHAPTER XIV Anyone watching Gull Island from the tho shore would Lavo o seen fen the yellow ellow final e a of ot one bright window set like II a small golden olden square In the dark darkness darkness ness The bright window was Anne Anno Y II L M k I II I I I II rs a Pania Had Seized Him and He Ho Had trade a Rush RUh From tho the Place and over against It Anne sat on tiro tho sIde of ot the bed bcd loo lug at nt tho the floor She fat perfectly still sUJ held In In-a In a star stal stalIng lug Ing concentration of ot thought reviewIng review reviewIng In Ing the tho happenIng of ot the tho night 11 mile ctt ett had talked to her she he had hod accepted his hi hl theon Ills belief bellet In It had been PO so absolute and Ita It a was wasso wasso so 0 plausible Of at course n person In 1 er state tole might have Imagined nn any tiring And as ns she he dwelt on the tine sen sentence tence to persuade herself herlIt the vision Islon of 01 the line dim shadowy room rose roce ro before her with figure ure cowin coming toward to her from troll the darkness of tI tl e a gallery moving as a an nn h might arose iio rut Put as ns tine the memory grew In vl vl tine the hapl took form and solidity the slim boi bo a s shape hope She Sho saw Its rapid once nd Its It sudden sad sUII sadden den stoppage n nt at tIer 1 l er or words worda Its lightning light lightning ning quick turn and soundless flight fine snip sn of 01 ll tI e a closing door came to wInd mind ni as a Ii last confirmation and sire rhe knew knees It was no delusion I did sire hp mid bald In n a whimper nn an I 1 raised her lier eves et'S e e tS t'S s ai ay If It confronting a arl rl with Ith tine the truth I knew w lt- lt ItI It ItI i I did tee bee I 1 llio lino word truck struck I 1 rr er ear car with filth It a startling effect nu au erect elet l et ct C CO ot of Impending disclosures urt's Ilu 1 hod t together OJ ns It if In flIr of ot them themI I H rl ted Iunce grew macd tl e na us U She bhe lost lot all alt sense nse ot of bleep bled walker a a s l tr surroundings s oUI her entire Icing 1 lOll con tr ded to a point of of Inner ironer that Out Ille Illel 1 mental n a ceres eries erlea of oC I pas pal t d III 1 c a lc j s t In n a nJ i tine the worn urn sId l l ell l Tice ut l h lan Is hi his costume hi-costume ur of b Sibil 1 It Joe plaint placing i m ot of o costume lis 1 I Is as 11 tI C ci cy l 1 I Bard tard 1 lolo loIn y i tl tI I c e ln ll 11 III room the UI shot dusl dusi fa ling outside e In la th the Z X 7 summer hone hon hou e e T-Ith T ltv lt shrouding dries it In s-It s lt would Lou ha been almost ulmot dork dark Suddenly a in recollection Inched flashed hd up 0 Joe Joe at the line flat 11 trying to make Bassett elt e gl him hum the part of 01 s l hll bill q nile That Tho t picture Nought hi ought her to her feet t I n smothered cr cry cri to I her r lips hips The sl 1 of 01 light hind lind joined run to ell cr er In III n leaping illon On it II llo e 1 I lay Iny the kc k kei of ot Jock Joe 11 trunk Hint lint eho tho had brought from Ids room n after fler tI 1 Heir err Ir lust last 1111 rn le lehe Sine he Fn en It up and ron ran to lo tine the llor dor d out of ot It along niong the gel try irv r rIn In Jee room she ho turned on the line light nn and I un locI cd ed 1 I Iii li Is She Slie wei wo t through It to till the tom for fur Ills his b IS than linn costume It wua UI tOil gone c esery I Y ap of ot It She Slie he hind lind not needed ld tiro tho proof she filie 1 new that sl el sll e a woul Ino I Ino no Ind t nd nil It that It was isas Toe In III that costume Stokes Mok's had killed 11 ii o 0 rest of It- It Ith Sybil It-Sybil lt s h 11 Ih muse e hiding I She I lW the Hie ray rny 11 on He tie e the window In the o night was oscr OHr o erthe the I 1 ou ouse e woud soud soon be stirring She J the turned ofT tic the light and stale out on the line gull gallery cry She Slie dl did not go JO hick bick to I ler ter er room room but lIt kept oh dorm don do n the hall to the top floor noor star stair staircase staircase case Unit stay 0 up she head he ird ml from the lie floor oboe e obo e n a sound pound so faint t-O t e tint flat tl at It would only tease haic teen In the dead lIn dawn n hu hush huh IL She he made a n ru rush h upward sending her lier olce low I ke C ell ed but passionately urgent ahead of ot her Sybil LII Sybil If It Its It s vou von wait It S q SAnne Anne AnDt 1 I m coming cornIng to help you Sou lire Iho door of ot the bedroom opposite the stair herd id was nas liS open OIen Against t t the th pals lnla lI light ht of ot the window Indo poised with ono one hand resting on the raised sash was fiR R ft toy lo to fi s surely figure figure gu surEl ro surely tine the figure she he had hod seen sen In the lining room two o nights before It was ns so o completely bo boIsh Ish the cropped round head hend the knickerbockers and belted J chet that she could not et be sure and ond went forWard with Ith ened gait peering and murmuring fearfully It i h iou our OUI ourThe The figure fiure left the window came nearer silently with D a hand raised for tor caution She saw the face then cinched r Inched and haggard haard strangely el altered with the tho curling frame of ot hair clipped close cloe clo e but still stillS S e eit It was so 0 such extraordinary such a gulf gult ot of unknown un sn hat lay bet cul them that that nt at first they said nothIng Anne spoke first firt Joe Joe sho she said It It a 8 Joe that s dead e 1 Do they know They Ther know Inow nothing They It was nas as you yon ou Its It a s all nn over Stokes StoLes has hns toM told But nut oh what Is la It I can cnn t urn un Its Il Its s like n a fearful dream Tine The words W died awny own awn and a su sudden llen trembling shook her With Ith the joints of ot her lier knees lute like water sire sank on the line side Idt of the bed bell gripping the other with her shaking minds lil pulling her lier down beside herTell her herTell Tell me tell me roe she he liy 11 hy by Is he dead 14 Mi h did l I lo e pre pretend pretend pretend tend heas he was as you hat was he ho do doIng dolog doIng log Ing They sat clinging together trio t small hudd Pd el figures In the gray light lIht Though the house below was as Ii silent ns as tine the tomb they the spoke poke In subdued question answer surmise E Illch 1 knew knee n a different aspect of or the stor story brought her own knowledge of Joe Joel s thes me-thes and actions In that exchange they piece 1 to get er the separate facts combined them In coherent sequence and came cameto cameto cameto to n final enlightenment Jo Joe had met his tits death In his iris 1 tat effort us a n police spy Us lIs last to get the tho Parkinson reward le I hIs 10 to im IJU m to come comae down dorm do n and maLe make rend ready for Ills his departure he had hod heart hear I Ithe Itlie the voices of Stokes rind S Sybil In the Ih room S Sybil Sibil Stokes upward up look and question I about moving In the Joo Joe creeping ct to the arch fie n fI e nature of ot their con con conser coner er cation aton would round tease hl held beld him mini listening lien herl was nay Ills ids last opportunity to 10 get t the Information he sought lie He hid h id hard Ilard U tie tic e rendezvous In the summer summerhouse summerhouse house Its open situation offered offend no hiding T out outside but no knowing Ing that It v be almost dirk l d k Inside he lie had th the Idea of ot putting on mis hll n costume und and Imi ert b Ills room was next to Sybil Sy s a lie Ill hull had heard her conic coma up upstairs and from lilt window Indo could commard the I 11 men hen Shine left It he lie had hod gone do don n Sc sod pa-sod the b where Stokes Stoles rims as uniting and nd herring he flub Is I's f following to fa steps moved tJ O 11 that lint close of or b grit gait to the hOIl house e the dim dmn light nn and th tha ho dru ping culls cubs of ot his Ills wig dialled mini him the thod d 11 to eini l tI through to a Ihl SP speech dl followed ell 1 1 1 tie tl II e of If the h mid 1 1 him him Cuu CuQ Et on tell ted h b bi a 0 mint inin nn mid and bolt road r I antic h in 1 I him plum and 1 It 1 c hid h id III mid K n a rush fl nor 01 J ti II tie e a 10 10 CE nn m uLD CO X X J Jr t k r X |