Show THE AFTER HOUSE I Continued from preceding page him without result that ho he did not know of the blood until the next day or that Vail Vall was dead and that he had a vague recollection of at something white and ghostly that night he ho was not suro euro where he had seen it It The failure of their attempt to get rid of the tho storeroom store key was matched by their failure to smuggle smuggle smuggle smug smug- gle Turners Turner's linen ot off the ship Singleton Singleton Sin Sin- gleton suspected Turner and with the tho skillful and not aid of his lawyer had succeeded in finding in Mrs Sloane's trunk the incriminating pieces As to the meaning of the keys file and club in Singletons Singleton's mattress mattress mattress mat mat- tress I 1 believe beHove the explanation is simple enough He saw against him hima a strong case He had little money and no influence while Turner had both I 1 have every reason to b be believe believe be- be lieve that he hoped to make his escape before the ship anchored and was frustrated by my discovery of the keys and by byan by-an an extra bolt I 1 put on his door and window The murders on the schooner- schooner yacht Ella were solved McWhirter Ic went back t to his l hospital hoe hos os- os pital pital t the o day after pur our struggle wearing a strip of ot plaster over the bridge of his nose noso and a a. new air of importance The Tho Turners went to New York soon after and I 1 was alone I tried to put Elsa Lee out of my thoughts as she had gone out of my life and receiving the hoped for hospital appointment at that time I 1 tried to make up by hard work for a happiness that I 1 had not lost because it had never been mine S A curious thing has happened lappen d to toI me I had thought this record finI finished finished fin fin- I but perhaps perhaps- I Turners Turner's health is ts bad He an and his wife and Miss Miss' L Lee Le e are going to Europe He has asked me to togo togo togo go with him in my pr professional ca ca- ca It is more than a year ear since I 1 have seen her The year has brought some changes Singleton is again a a. member member member mem mem- ber of the Turner forces having signed a contract and a temperance pledge at the same sitting Jones I is in a hospital for the insane where in the daytime he is a cheery II I old od tar with twinkling eyes and a aI huge mustache e and where now and I Ithen I then on Christmas and holidays I 1 send him a a. supply of ot tobacco At AtI I I night he sleeps in a room with opaque glass windows through I which no heavenly signals can pen pen- He lie will not talk of his crime not that he so regards them I but now and then in the night he heI I wraps the drapery of his couch about him and performs strange orisons in the little room that Isi is i his And at such times an at atI at- at I II I watches outside his door S S C S Once more the swish of spray against the side of a ship the tang of s silt salt lt tho the lift and fall of the rail against the sea line Une on the horizOn hori hori- zon And once more a girl in white from neck to heel facing into the tho wind as If it she sho loved it her crisp skirts flying her hair blown back from her forehead in damp curls And I 1 am not washing down the deck With all the poise of white flannels and a good cigar I am lounging in a deck chair watching her Then Then- Come here I 1 say Im busy You are not busy you are disgracefully disgracefully disgracefully dis dis- gracefully idle Why do you want me She comes closer and looks down at me She likes me to sit so so she sho may look superior and scornful this being impossible when one looks up When she has ap approached approached approached ap- ap Just to show that I can order you about I 1 shall go back with back with with raised chin How I 1 remember that raised chin and how whisper it I used to fear it You cannot I 1 am holding the edge of your skirt Ralph And all the other passengers passengers passengers pas pas- looking Then sit down And before you do tuck that rug under my feet will you Certainly not Under my feet She does it under protest whereon where where- on I 1 release her skirts She is sulky quite distinctly sulky I 1 slide my hand under the rug into her lap She Sho Ignores It I Now I 1 say calmly we wo are eVen e And you might as well hold my hand hand Everyone thinks you are Sh She brings her hands hastily from under her rug and puts them over her head I dont don't know what has got into jou ou she sho says ays coldly And why are we even For the day you told me the tho dec deck was not clean It wasn't clean I 1 think I am going to kiss you Ral nh It coming lintS is coming on About the tho time that the bishop gets here I 1 shall lean over and and and- She eyes mo me and sees determination tion in my face She changes color You wouldn't I She rises hastily and stands lookIng looking looking look look- ing down at me I am quite sure a ai at that moment that she sho detests me and I rather like it There are al always hl- hl ways times when we detest the people people peo peo- pIe wo we loveIt loveIt love It If you arc aro going to be bo arbitrary just because you can canYes canYes can can- Yes Marsh and the rest are in th tho smoking room Their sitting room is empty Quite calmly as if we were go goIng goIng going go- go ing below for tor a clean handkerchief or a a Veil or a we stroll down tho the great reat staircase of the liner of the Turners Turners' sitting room and close the he door I I And And l I kiss her j The E End d. d J c tC r I |