Show l t l-I-t-t l I I-b I 1 I l- l lI I- I one Zhu Ione Zhud I- I IBy d Leading Lady i ir iBy r By GERALDINE BONNER I m VU IU s r lc by br Th Bobb Cobb Morrill Co CHAPTER XIV XI XIV Continued V-Continued Continued 19 19 So Joe had died a Cody tody clad clail In gala dress s swirling out on currents that Would never bring bling him lili back Jacl Anne said nothing She did not feel fed any special grief or feeling of ot any an kind hind Too much had wed she he was be benumbed benumbed numbed She Slie had bad a vague sense that In some future time when she had recovered from her dulled and bat battered battered ler d tale stale she might be sorry orr cr cry perhaps Her lIer es eyes fell on her hr hand with Sybil SIbil s Cli ch p pod d around It and th the sight Ight of ot the Hie linked fingers rou roused mused ed her herShe herShe She SlIe lifted her 1 ead and looked loo at the face tace beside 1 I er ernut shy But nut but ut but why hy did vou ou nu do all this Hide lIIde not say coy ny nil anything thing let them thin you IOU were dead I I wanted t to 10 get array ay Get away hat where for for whereTo To Jim Dallas I know herl ht he Is lou lou ye vt known For a month 1 I c vc e written him tell tellIng tellIng lag Ing him I Id d come cOlUe If It I could It if I e e ever eer er could Oh but It Its s been hopeless I Iwas iwas Iwas was spied on dogged full followed followed- followed owed owed- her lIer rolce rose on a hoar hoarse e note stopped And after atler a n scared listening lI hush went on OD whispering I 1 want to sta dead never come to life lite here again Hs It 8 my chance tl chance tie e a only chance III e ever eer er have hate e loudy I found me now no and andI I Ill tell you IOU e Cr everything And she told Anne the the slon-the ston the story that no one else has ever e e er 1 I 1 cord elrd Since she had received recel d his address the longing lo to Join her 10 lover loser er had po pos possessed ses-ed ses I er She bad had written she would come she slie knew he t wis IS waiting for her but the watch kept upon her ber made any an move more 1011 m 11 hates hale er her anguish she che could not risk be Le- betraying betraying Ing its Pis where Louts It if It had been Leeo only herself she would hale ha dared ao ant t ling dog In this I growing gro dull dal dally more unbearable had suddenly come the lie means of ot escape Tragedy ed S swift and tel is is a bol bolt t from 11 tl e c I hue lue had been Leen her tun It and sl e a had hold de d It It I rum rom her w window Indo after atter the Inter Ie with Ith Stol Stoles es she had seen Joe In Its lis 1 Is Sebastian dross dress res pass beloc She had known n It was as he because ot of oftie tl tie and wa was d sup posits t I Mm Im already gone Stokes Moles came Into slew i let Ion follo following In him and the dis idea seized t ler ter er that he lie had en the Lu buy boy for tor herself She had hadrin rn to tl tI tie e a door to 10 go do down don n and en 1 I i the misa r I luu and then thell stoll stol i edal ed edit nt al it clo do e a quarters Stokes Stoles would sec I tl Lo lLo It was cues and to 10 let Joe ell Joe and dl hostile hostile discolored their ou was HIS the la last t thing slL win I Died She Slie he went nt beck buk to the window llIdo t J w witch itch tile the outcome and saw aw f a of ll II Hem em this frightened her the her nil til-nil II I h place tl II e ev could have hae ha e disappeared eared earld to 10 w a is the summer house houe Stokes to es 11 II ihl cry I siv tco tu te 0 much e le he In dl co end his mistake and panic en ble hi e was as about to 10 rush ruh out when Joei Joet Joe t i in m from from the doorway 1 and the lime shot ed edlor lor I 1 or a u spice she spice she had no l Idea ea i has he heI IngI r l I sl Ini-sl sl sli I c was I ed not Lelle Ing I u ell l Sid Il 1 e I back Into the room ind nd froin Crom ruin thel there slit Sill saw sass a atol Stol tol cs es l Issue Sul from from tit the summer I use and III lle e to tu tie lit shelter of ot the d that told I 1 cr f whit hIt she sill hold had stun w c is h real a U murder er hid Ind been con JIUl her et e eyes 1 bhe IohL went ent wentlo lu II He Ile e dour duur to gu go dun d wn n Boldin Holding It q Huc AdI 1 III iI sl 1 1 e L r fused on the Ad I card tl tI L a voices copes olle I 1 clop clow heard Mull blokes 1 words ur and I lid Id mid m-id a n for w Ii ird step hie lo to run du dunand down nand and I lin wi vi III ii i S s und and L om outside ul her I Horus loru s a cry cr that Ss 3 bit vas d killed It IL was Hint lint wild lId screaming voice olce th Iii 11 It g t 1 ive tse e I 1 er cr the Idea sent bent tnt It tl lough lou I lu lilu u bi 1111 like a u of ot hile Aline hill tl II lie t L i 1 lUlle lui col Ie le below ID ui Idl their dulU 1 ou rush ruh fl from um II tie Ile e house she bhe hll bt Jj J In Ili the u U mull mod In of tI ll tie e a lint 01 cued I fori her hu the Ilio iii Ih It 1 1 I id shaken ter n u few tew m minutes mutes died her mind I 1 find and orated J al 81 sic e a felt Celt he hen elf dt ur IJ b bi an III I le and amid e 1 hUL a was n nj danger pr of a recovery u of ot th lh buds tl f fer r sl sh I lad ad heard from from and Miss ey that Ll bodies dies carrle carrl I out iii ur tilL the tide were Mere ere ne never tr found AI Al nc lie me on of Ito Itc It p second II U or ur with little fear flIr of ot Interruption slit she had bone uh aim ut ter 1 I er preparations preparation at ot once She he Ind 1 heInd ad taken nothing fr m her own rums Jut but n II Icy ncy tt flour her purse purs Jur c e leavin lell a k 1 small to avert u su r Idoll till mho ill ill- ai I ar lifts ln- ln fr ruin ni the llio lox I os OJ on un the 11 n I til j w ti-l ti in Ill era slit EIK f hl hid Ind brought up the pallE nl lr l L before from frow UP U find and a pal palt It r f ors lieu g kling Ing to J e es s 8 room sl 11 Pie e a hud timid bat rid nd tl lie e a clothes I Ie e hn lin I 1 r I 1 I rent rends sw to lo hu hr hard uI I if i en toe Ill I id e eo tiling from the Hie sl al Jes es to toti toti- toti JI tj ti m i I Ili ip 1 11 1 n j out and upward limo top Hue re sh 11 e a had put onI on t ont I loti elott foil ms 8 aaa cut oft olT 1 I I er hul hair sl r l hie e homed ho pil Arne A ne Hit Hit- ends of ot the yellow curls In her bet Jack jacket t pocket o 0 00 n 0 clothes her room In a box In the store The next day she h had nd been to a rising tide a prey of t alarm a I Ind arm From be hind behind a she Ie had watched the be search of ot th the t tIe Island and hunt realised u a through time the tI tIsland Ie top follow must tol fol loss 10 I scry er cry y sign I u of t her pre presence ence n and aud sl e a studied her sur hur surrOundings for tor a I hiding d II place TI Tl TIL L s or ened h hII half lt way ay to air nir the room rooms suggested t the possibility of ot ofa J a cache he cal outside e Climbing I malland up the wall nil and nd t to the e roof root was the br nt 1 wisteria lerin lne I Its branches t bled ted I Into II tits 0 ropes and lO col lOe Bred n mantle of ot those dense e foliage fhe e mile miln trunk r i 1 asse d close to the Indo of the he r room that faced the stair II I I eid tid tI tIr the Ie place p liCe where herG she sat Mt malting nit ng for footsteps 11 lien hn ha had Ulo wade made e her herl l lt sl e a had heard Ie Ih the first uen I of ot the stairs and d out under the Hit window tout raised It I a U foothold on tl ti e a gutter she had lIpped t I the Iho lie curtain of ot the Hie sine Int her Ier hands Ild td round Its limbs icen enI cn en from from the Barden below Lelo cue he l thought I It It would mould e lia Impossible bun bUll Impo sl ble e to 10 detect her hu Of Ot Amine Allne Annes S a t this whis- whis 1 his his- I erE cred d gs the she had heard null In Ing she slie had sal sun 1 o ose e 1 1 I the lie Intruder Olle of ot the men 1 I en they came up she hid Ind had plenty of ot time to hl hide e for he she had 1 I Ie e rid Ird their heir footsteps Ic hen tits cane along the llio hail After the tha visit of ot Haw HII son nn and 1111 II lams IIams she he knew knee the danger dunger of detec delec thou ed d w sm th Ih e cc er c er ery hour Als tile the necessity for food tood could not Le be denied much longer The one chance left herUS her was US to 10 bet t et n that night make whit I hit she felt would could be Le a 8 last attempt to grin time the tt that meant life Ilfe to her The darkness was IlS to In her or fa and sl si c e to slip from the hOIl house e and cro cross s the bed lied of time the channel below belo the causeway At the foot Coot of ot the stairs she had undecided wl I ether other to go b lJ tI tl c e Il Ih Ing room or the kitchen Finally hL chose the Hie wa way he she knew Lest best inhere here she was nas as familiar cc with the dl position of ot the lie furniture s s 5 the lash light Ight burst she had made a n noiseless ru rush h for the stairs was nas ns In the upper passage when the women omen s doors lIe flew op open n und and Ita son came running along alonge alon e w GI GIf f t 1 r d rd a aIt t at It Stood Out In Sharp Silhouette the hall below lime rhe darlne darkness 1 and nol e had co covered cohered ered I 1 er night ht but Lut In her here eyrle e on the top floor she hl hid crouched nt at the head hend of time the lie stairs sick leI with Ith un uncertainty c and dread fhe Die concerted shrIeks of ot the women hid come conic to to her cries her cries of ot her o own o sn name She he bue guessed ed then a i had been Leen taken they tl ey had seen It and she wilted not knowing Ing what chat lint was ins t ns coming She had hud sti ed there thue a long time Ib 11 II with lf l sens sense heard 0 over o er the house hou-e and ond ll n tone gone L b hick lek ick to her Ilace i lace h b bi the I 1 Nadu t glen given up I had the spirit to light fight still But Hut It was ai so tics n awful tul ful not III lug Ilig nn thin what hat were mire d lung If It the they d found out I 1 ua a wa- wa e And what was I t stay do-stay sta do-sta do sla lore 1 ere gel d dout out on un tl ti tie e a Island I Cl t till tell I 1 Iw u is 11 mill all In the dark daik dOl I and 1 I felt Celt m e lIer e weaken Huken for fur the IhL first time thine An I 1 ItI tl tI en I 1 heard t e ur loice olce Anne Annc I ur III incoming cuming to lo help you ou It salt sail w back Lack and nud lo lot I 1 cd 11 with nu win thing Into the odors er 1 0 meant It If ou ou will me Sil I 11 you iou ou know Inow It s only one oue cc wa 1 J you iou ou can canny ny wi 1 sc l I el me go eHI Decer c el that tell tell that you jou OU were sere I lore ere ere- that It t iou ou I e cs let UK wt sta Stu ta dead dlud I 1 very er es Jody body I dle es It I let III t ll tl lien III 10 go on L elle Ilig It was ins liS death my life lite since night when Jim It wasim au t worth orth going on with Dow ow I can cam go to him te tc I L with him there II 11 be Je no rio one 8 Sibil hll Saunders nil ami ani III lime ic I I 1 en cen en If It I loot ed cd like Uly myself elt It mould Ll be e I nl nil the chance r I to II a ru woman cowman sad lId nd du do I look Iou like m myself elf She blie turned her face to the lIht bright now nom with the llie lie C of ot the sum SUII I 1 el cl d iw nc II tI e a smooth swu sweep P of ot hair ucross I 1 er fu hend It 11 w a is so In Its his pall Jr r and find thinness SS so 1 1 1 I erelt creft ot of Its rounded amid delicate fre resl l ness noss that It was seals III a dim lm rL rt of ot h the III 1 Us the face o of II a may wa a Oln moul lad In whom hom tI tie tic e b s rums line blood ran inn ranTie Tie Ile 11 e havoc oc marled url cd b L the that it hid so 0 ld It dru drone dro o 0 like II IIi I III II I knife to tune Units s hear Slit Sic hL felt the Irick I rick of ot tears teara under her e eyelids and I lowered her h eid 1 I eid S hll gripping lit at litI atI I cr or hn hat s plum u the three fi nerce lour Ibe ut of de despair aril an J now S Sybil hll going break bicak bl euk I In hag Ing all ull ties going fore tor forever er For J or a 11 1111 mu merit she could not speak and time the oilier g h her r meant re- re reluctance re reluctance to agree caught at her tier hands liand pleading with Ith 1 The They t ct l e eU its cie U It thin s sall all explained and oud ended Joe has hilI gone drol ed out of ot sight 1108 Ho Bo s 8 ot of othis his kind do th lint limit It do something they re reu u of ot and V hut hat good mould It do du Stokes Sto or c or r the I to know v It was nas os Joe olio ho 7 It Us s not lie lies Iles It Its s not being ale to 10 anon anione It s only to keep kep and let me go Oh Alln Anne cese we e e barn heln real friends friend wece we e e 10 hosed lo ed each cadi other other- other Love Lose Lo e me enough ellough to 10 let lot me be JL Imo hll P The rim of ot the lie sun silt pfd ped abu above abue e the distant fen en line Ilse and sent a n ray ra rn ot of lilt t through the t window It H touched their seated canted figures and In laros ro rosy on Anne Annl Amies s face us ns she slie raised t It Go Cu G 51 Sll a said ald soW softly Go I II 11 ne neIf If tell tell-I tell tell Ill II keep letI hut promise e as Ion long ns I llie Ilse 11 e She Slie could slay clay ta no lon longer r the house houe could I Ie e waking soon roon oon 1 There here was e rapid Interchange of ot Id last t Int for S 3 III llla s II b s Idy To Tonight night t at low luw tide she slie t would could cross on the n Iery I iery ery evidence e of ot occur anon atlon would be he removed remo multi and with this lids In mind she he took tool I 1 cr or 1 Mo to 10 a dress from rom its hiding place and gave gale ga e It to lane lIlIe ime o I one ransacking 11 tie e a tip t p floor nt fit Gull Cull Island would ever eer e er find II a trace of ot her Imer 1 That hat night was great cloudy cloudy great blockI block black I auks passing across the heavens t times time tile they broke e and amid through serene open spaces the lie moon rode tl tI e a sea ea turning time the pools and stream streamlets streamlets lets of ot the channel bed boil to a shining tracery I racer A boy boys s figure that had charted across the time causeway In the thed thed thed d irk Irl wa was caught In one of ot tl t ec e e transi tor lor gleams a lilting flitting shadow on the straight bright brigl t path It stood out In sharp sill III running on the slip slipper slipper slippery per stones then clouds swept across the moon and In time the darkness It the sl al ore and the sheltering trees Dogs scented Its lis passage and broke bro out barking the sound following its RI progress till the houses were ere passed and the road stretched on between Quiet fields to time rall rall railway rallay cay ay Some people heard time dogs tight dogs Ing who and won wondered wondered wondered dered It a II tramp tromp was as about and lap lapsed ed Into comfortable slumber In time the still stillness stillness ness of the room where here Stokes lay un unI unconscious unconscious I conscious drawing dra toward the hour ot of otI I the time barking Larking sounded loud and Insistent The nurse wa way was his by It and went meat ent to the t tIndo Indo and looked out but Horn never heard It Anne Annc did and sat up In bed Led tol fol following following lowing It along the edge of time the till It died on the time outskirts EPILOGUE Three years later laler ras ctt and Anne had n a friend at lit dinner He Ill was a filer t who tho ho had Just from a successful tul lecture tour lour In Australi m mOn On Its lis seal wai n back he had luid ranged through the pleasant reaches readies of the th South seas and had fallen under hell spell spell-n n little tittle more money In his pocket an and l for tor him It 11 would be a 11 plantation on some Ome Isle of ot enchant enchantment ment Dot ot I ot the accessible places the lie here ere thread spoiled steamers ha halcome I come Jazz music and tourists In pith helmets with red guidebooks were ere |