Show The Trunk I II I one It one that an setting r for tor a m mystery story glory tory would auld be one otho or of those bungalows s atop of or a ft giant clant lo- lo lol l A tel or apartment t house A habitation N ip 11 In the tir sty eLy y 1 at- at tach ach ache d at the fauna toun- dation dallon to the th parent p structure but oth- oth oth 4 erl ry l fI separate and There put from It ar are il eU- eU eUIng Ing ng places place or of o such i V Von py t character perched on the tir roofs roo of or the I taller buildings ot of oh large larr cities where here i the inhabitants Inhabitant ore are more secluded and than they thea would be In a 8 resl- resl hUe Michell Henry dence on the ground et i Their only contact with neIghbors neighbor Is In n lh the elc tors which carry them to their lofty aeries series Suppose e a rich man wished to nt at up such uch a place tor for secret ecret purpose with designs back of the proceed proceed- proceeding proceed proceed-Ine no ing tie lio could have sound proof walls and nd vaults like those of or a bank H lie He could work alone alon or could louse house a astaff staff of or trusted confederates lie H could fit lit up a prison and Inveigle Into It anyone anyon whom he cared carted to detain Maintaining l an existence entirely In Ina In- of ot th the remainder r of ot the building as many a actually do In such dwellings he h would be almost as 8 se- se secure cur sr-cur cure front from surveillance and interference Interference ence nce a av 1 h he y would b be were h he located underground It would be a choice spot ot In which to perpetrate a murder and keep It dark Indefinitely ly Dut hut there are no murders In Henry Kitchell ebster cs ebster s stor story tor although It Itlo does lo Introduce Intro uce a low buns do n the roof root of or a great preat gren t hotel a 11 low bun bunga- bunga bungalow n- n low Jow In which the th reader Is a witness to tf some som atran t happenings and ex- ex experIences ex a number of ot swift and amI unIque thrills There Ther In is plenty of ot ex- ex excitement excitement ex but nothing morbid or grue- grue gruesome rue rue- some om about the tale It is mostly a happy story atory exhibiting a delightful vein of or comedy corned with the th spirit ot of youth and love lovi lov s young dream e exem- exem exemplified exem em- em In the characters char of or a i sweet sweat girl getter setter and an energetic capable eo so get set get ter type t pe p of or young youns man CHAPTER I IRed 1 Red Hair The first mo movement wac was and being the first Is probably orth disentangling Afterward Aften ard when hen there was time to think Martin Forbes went back to It himself lIe He had come to the Alhambra to tonight tonight tonight night at the sug suggestion of Jen Jennings Jennings She vis going to he be there she said and ind If she lie gave gale n ne e him the high he was as to take tahe It a as clon to cut In on her partner and dance anco her Martin took tool a partly tonal Interest In Vibe Babe She he hall had n a ne er sery e y good job on his Ills paper as is in in ad taker but she had an a avocation which he was given ginn to understand was as even snore more lucrative e She was as more or orless orless orless less on the staff of the Hie Site Sho was Vas what might ml-ht be called a l blon nice gull girl gillMen Men Ien In pursuit of vice lice Ice didn t cometo come cometo cometo to the Alhambra It wasn t tint thit sort of price place But lots of or men did come who ho wanted a girl to dance lIance with Ith and take out to supper a girl whose ho e deportment lie de deportment though not prim would still reflect credit uon upon her companion a girl Irl who ho If It she slie liked you iou ou t mind your holding her hand band In a tat ta las ta as you ou took tool her horne home nor your kissIng kles Ing her good night when hen you sou ou got her there Well ell Babe was one of or the Girls who ho supplied this tills demand dem To the fiction writer which Martin larUn meant to be bl she ou ought ht to prove proe n a amine amine mine of variegated arle raw 1 en for his present job she slie was as worth orth cultivating he thought Ills was feature stories Some Some- Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes times the city editor sent cent him out on but mo mostly th they let him alone to pick things s up for himself fie hadn't known knon kno n whether or not Babe had anything special in mind In u sug suggesting geUng gesting tint tt he hp drop round around at the Alhambra tonight but he didn t much care He had I hunch that he was as going to pick u some sort ort of tory story between Leh now nr and bedtime At the moment how ho hoc however es c er he wasn t thinking about his Ms story He was as wondering sag vaguely a ely whether he hadn t discovered ered a new law of physics as ass s Sour our to the man vou sou ou saw a pretty girl dancing with directly pro te to your our attraction to the girl There was wis nothing glaringly h wrong Hong about the bird lIe He be some some- something something thing less than titan tort forty lIe He had hall a meaty looking meat meat- looking face fuce with a 11 complacent smile on It and his dress dres was a bit foppish danced well ell but you vou ou could see he felt he wa was as giving I Ing the little girl Irl n a treat so o I o there thele was no law hm about It Martin would ha has have e hat hated ll him any auy anywhere anywhere where Jut Just Ju t t as the music stopped tt ev turned so that lie he IH could see sec the girl girls s face and In sheer plea pleased Ed lie he smiled at her Involuntarily 01 But It was like me a head bead on collision for her look 1001 met m t his absolutely true There Thereas as a substratum of or smile about It t but abo above abose e that there was as a sort ort of lUll bait serious senous desperation that had refer reference reference ence nce Martin was w os as sure ure to the man f she he d been dancing with Ith SS Want ant ant to be rescued 1 Martin I asked safely enough since the he stood t twenty enty paces Ces off oft and he lie didn t of course speak the words ord aloud But exactly us as If It she shed d heard him she perceptibly perceptible nodded her head lie he id all and then looked up at nt her partner who ho had spoken pohen to her lier Leap Leap the Instant youve you've yoU yoUe e looked w as one ODe of Martins q mottoes and lie he et Ht act himself lu In motion across the floor Hoor to where she stood without pausing to wonder whether he hadn t imagined that nod or Nhat ha the consequences would be It if he had hud Had he e ever eor or teen Men her ller before W SS a as that Hint why wh he had bud stalled at ut heri henl Wen Welt lie be was as In for It now lie He touched her lu r companion on tin the arm arm-a arm a very solid arm and arm and said May lay I cut In to From From the Yo way say ay they both cashed around upon him Sou ou oud tI d have hive said ald he lied tI surprised them equally qually But In her face which was as the only enly one he looked at there thre dawned a 1 delighted lI recognition Uon tion that would ha base lia e convinced any any- bod boil v bodI I I vI thought I siw V von vou Just n minute a ago o she said Then to the min n m in she shwas a was abandoning Iou ou II excuse C u uon us won on wont t jou you It Its literally former forever since f we e a had hall a dance I felt himself wearing nn an In Indecent broad grin as 81 n he danced away awa with lIh her o er 0 er literally forever or of hers Slip She hf had told the blighter the truth t I I didn t know an anything thin like like- this could happen n lie he said after aCter they d danced In silence about half way around the Moor loor and I don t know v Set et how bow It did dill happen Its It's 11 more like lIJe a perfectly gorgeous or J dream than any anything thing Ic else Don t wake up then she said It was 81 an easy a pas Injunction to obey olEY Whether he she a was n a perfect dancer for all the world orld or had hart been created for Cor him lie he didn t know lIe might consider It liter te but It wasn t worth orth speculating peculating about now non ThEY mErel merely v danced SS lien lun disengaged aged thy i stood look loob lookIng lookIng Jn Ing it t each other lie hp said paid ald almost almot rei ret ret- Gosh Gosh I ind her lier f audi hl hie sigh e expressed c presed the same thin thing Do Do you Bate p P to go back he pro protested protested tested To To him I meun mean To Mr Ir Le I Levis No I dont don t tune hale to 10 go l Inck to bod an a 11 She hc sUllied smiled faintly as she site s ild tint thit lie He w-is w thrown out of hi his hb stride fora for fora fora a second b II i pleasant that she che knew how to the name I owls ell dl then hv he t he he began hen v lieu he got on on the rails again n Just b because you were kind enough to a ask nek 1 me If It I didn t want pant to be re res rescued rescued cued she explained It It doesn t follow tol fol tollo follow low lo that Sou ou e OU se e taken me on In indefinitely det definitely Haven't you iou ou anybody to togo togo togo go back to He lie laughed sot ot t a n soul he lie told her Let s go o up to one of or c those bo boxes e In the b and nud get a soda or something Her Iler wants In tile the of refresh refreshment ment were store ere modest mollest A glass gln of or root beer wis the only tiling thong she shed d have hae has ha e It was as a funny coincidence he remarked your 3 our saving In ls is s sou ou dl did ju just t now that I had asked iou Sou ou If you didn t tant want ant to be rescued re cued because that w wis is 18 e exactly what hat I did ask asb I mean those eo sery er vord words SS ell she slie innocently Innocenti questioned h noP not Because e I didn t say It to at ill I pis 18 sl sits t t feet assay awa a from you ion ou I said It to tu myself m stif How dill did iou Sou OU know c whit wint I said caldi 1 telepathy site she told him film but she said it with Ith a grin Shed he 11 leaned leuned fOI forward ard a little to watch atch the crowd on the Hour flour but Just Justas as his gaze followed foil 0 ed hers her she site sull sud deal diets e eback back Into the shadows hados hado s or of orthe the bo bog boi lime Hie reison was plain The min he lied 11 rescued her from from- from fromI I awls eIs e Is It if that was as his namo name wn wa- wa coining corn com comIn corning In ing acro across s the floor Martin dl PW back too ton Do Do peoples people s names e er e er e a you as misfits he asked lIb His Ills does docs M I f i i d of yla a r v I I t A Because I Didn't Say It to You at atAll atAll All i Idea of or a 1 man Dlan named Lew Le Lewis LeIs Is doesn t look like me that It may ma mu not lint be hi hl real name she remarked Or he may ma mu 1111 have ha e changed It from something else People do sometimes All I I 1 now Is that that s the w-ii w 1 one of those men Dlen In trouser Introduced him to tu me lIe He ash cd me to call him Mas lux but I 1 don t know v whether tit th tints It ht s short f for for r V I tx I f 11 or orIa Ma Ia Ia or Maximilian or whether hether It Its Ids his whole hole name lIe He couldn t be sure In the dim light or of the bo box but bilt he lie thought thou ht she shed d col colored colored orEd o cr 0 er tins tillS admission lon that she was as Indebted to one of the floor for a dancing partner He lied Hed d ell not to try ti h to think h fur out until after afterward afterward ward but Itu It u was a rC resolution he couldn t keep SS ho lio was as she SS lint hat was she lIe He at the echo of or her fine speech In his 1115 mind minds sear s ear car Maxw ell or or Maximilian There comes cornea the orchestra he Henry Kitchell Webster Copyright by The Th Dobbs Bobbi Merrill Co Service said lets I t et s go so down do D and dance J Just ut they then th thE n-thE d mo mo ed ed to lea leave Vt tile the box but e een e en the girl a lI t l lout out In the tile corridor corridor he he saw v a Babe Jennings Jen flings coming corning alone alot with Ith a client In Into inton litow ton to and he got a fleeting fieting notion that some I was as having fun with him For the one thins thing he lied d decided he was nl certain about concern lu lug hll own companion was vas In instantly hed demolished Babe said lId ald to her with sl sisterly terly Hello II ello lied Hed I lou Iou ou through h with Hh that bo box 1 Ills His girl girl- girl lied Iced Indeed an answered a In lit a perfectly malt matter r of fact way nay ny Ies Yes Tes come In n We re going to dunce dance It t wa wan wasn n t until then that Babe reco recognized him Hello Marts Mar site she silt 5 In 11 eh surprise e I I c C been ben looking around for tor you But ut I didn t know von two t 0 knew each other Ills His companion smiled We l don t slie she admitted e SS e a picked each ench other up In the middle of or the last dance I I wish Martin put In tint you d be good enough to Introduce us It amused him to see tint that was wal shocked Mic MI 11 1 s bite she said Ith cold formality let let me roe m Introduce Mr Ir Forbes She Site added as she slie turned away a to summon her lier companion who hid been hanging in the background that she liked som some peoples people's nurse none e Babes Babe s disapproval nl of or their manners advanced ad their acquaintance another step lIe He said cald to her as ns they d I I don t like tint hut name Babe JeD Jen Jennings pings s nickname for Sou ou She Slie smiled good n nell Red lied w hy by not noP not It fit fits l That s just what hat It doesn t l he In silted I want a n better name than that to think of bu bu b by I wish Sou ou d tell me our sour rel re one She tool 1001 ed ad searchingly Into his face for a moment before she nn an answered but the decision shed she'd hesi over o was In his Ills favor or lou Iou mn may not like m nn m real name either she said Its It s q I lou ou don t like it ft do ou Or if It ou do she slie wenton went wenton wenton on overriding 0 the protect protest he mile m w hat liat made malle 3 iou ou look 1001 so funny when hen I told wu sou our He lIe didn t tn to deny tint that he might has ha e a looked funny l c I s e got ot some associatIOn with ah the name that I cin n t spot I m sure I don t know anybody named But nut the name names s been blen lit In my mv mind within the list three s da da s SS oil all don t try tr to find it now she admonished him ou 1 ou don dOll t dance as aswell aswell well ell when hen vou sou ou think So for the next few Ce minutes the they dispensed ell with thinking altogether They allowed themselves ehe l indeed to become a little too oblivious lous to their surroundings in the next t pause ns as they stood wilting w for the orchestra to go on Martin sits a flicker of or a frown fro cross crocs the girl s b s e eyebrow ebro s e sand antl the thene ne nest t Instant a n voice olce sa said III at nt his elbow elbo IlY I have base 1111 e the rest of this dancea dance n a a rather rither aired voice olce It wouldn t be Le Lewis LeIs Is an anyhow and anyhow ho aull and he turned to see a n blushing eager youngster oung ter who ho d cut in it on him Anno In PS rs the intrusion lon was tin couldn t help ing the girl better for her lier kindliness in iii putting the sits bo boy it his else e Site She Introduced him to Martin his name was wasand tas- tas and aull away with ith him It pleased sed Martin though to observe e that lie he need d hadl badly lIe He left the floor and made malle for a secant sofa a low loss high backed oser 0 overstuffed er stuffed thing tiling one of a 8 pair that stood back bach to luck back thwarts Ise in the side sille corridor Its fellow fello hall had he noted for Its solitary tenant a girl Irl whose hoce ig gre sh e made a really re fo focused focused glance n necessary to satisfy him that she w isn sn t Babe liens Hens on that point he dropped Into the vacant seat sent behind her But nut hed he'd hardly begun thinking about when his hl attention Yo was as |