Show o by rob 6 eden feet f ei BEGIN HERE TODAY Julie Julle Brett granddaughter of Silas Brett and heiress to his millions has for over overa a month been earning her own living She lives with Mablo Mable MableR R Ryan an Two months more and she wil I have shown Max Sherwood that she Isn't utterly useless Julie has hns fallen I in love wi with Donn Dorm Farrell a young artist Donn is Ls engaged to Angela Wells Peyton Wells An Ansela's elas brother with the aid of or Lora Elton Induces Julie to come to his apartment by us usIng using us- us ing lag Farrells Farrell's name Once there Peyton Peyton Pey Fey ton refuses to let Julie leave c They Hip Hipa a coin to see sec whether she slie shall sta stay and Peyton wins When he becomes amorous Julie strikes him with a a. a metal ash stand He falls falis unconscious I Julie is panic stricken thinking she I has tins killed Peyton She rushes out of the apartment and from a drug store calls the manager to send a a. doctor to him I NOW GO ON WITH TIlE THE STORY CHAPTER NINE TWENTY NINE Loras boss certainly draws the headlines today Mable remarked calmly as she sat in bed reading the Sunday tapers papers Hes the guy who been bothering you isn't he Julie didn't answer She was slanting standing stand stand- Ping ing ng at the window looking out over the court The girl across cross was still In n bed but Julie didn't know It IL She wasn't seeing the room a a. few feet from her She was seeing Peyton Wells' Wells room again as it had been I last ast night Wells lying on the rug the he pool of ot blood by his head She was vas hearing the telephone buzz she was running down those thousands of stairs catching at the iron balustrade balustrade balus- balus trade rade as she went Going through the he whole evening in detail as she had gone through it time and time again last night missing nothing Her mind grasping this thing then that hat The coin the struggle Peyton kissing her Oh God Her hand touched the he faded curtains but she didn't feel them hem Why did things happen In such a little ittle second Why did little seconds make such a a. difference in your our life One second and Peyton was falling to the floor One second it had taken her to hJ hit t him with the heavy vy ash stand and and knock him to the floor One second She hadn't told Mable of ot course When Mable asked her if she had had hada a good time with Donn she had said aid yes A MURDERER l All night worrying whether Peyton was still alive c Seeing him again and again and again as he lay on the floor loor Seeing his red blood hearing the he little moans that came from his lips Wanting Max yet not calling him The adventure might land her in trouble rouble he had said Well Vell it Jt had When she was getting along so nicely when the way was so clear when half hail her time was gone This Seeing Mable Mabe read the paper knowing knowing know- know ing ng the story was there Half past 10 It t had been just that time last night when she had left Peyton's Peytons ns n's penthouse penthouse penthouse pent pent- house apartment Only that was night and this was day The next day ay Twelve h hours urs' urs ago ago Was this the way murderers felt when the day came A murderer Was she one They put ut them in jail electrocuted them All AIl for one second Angela Wells' Wells brother Want to read rend the story Ive I've finIshed finished fin- fin shed with this section Because Mable came to her and handed her herthe herthe hertie the tie paper she took it Jt and saw that It t was folded so that the Wels story was before her eyes The front page streamer lines staring at her TilE THE NEWSPAPER STORY Somebody nearly settled the guy guy- uy And Mable walked back to the he bed in fn her bare feet to read the society section Nearly Then he wasn't dead Mysterious Girl Assaults Wealthy Wholesaler Peyton Wells Found Unconscious in Penthouse Apart Apart- ment Julie sat down on the hard painted chair hair her hair falling over her face her knees weak as they had been last night Struck on the head by a heavy ash stand tand Peyton Wells VeIls wealthy dress wholesaler aler and proprietor of a clothing clothing cloth- cloth ing ng house on West We-st Thirty-eighth Thirty street treet was found unconscious by the manager of ot the apartment where he lived Ived after a mysterious phone call calli from rom a woman notified the manager Ramsey Brown that Wells was ill Doctors who came to the luxurious penthouse apartment on the twentieth twentieth floor of or Park avenue to examine examine ex ex- amine Wells VeIls said today that his InJuries injurIes in- in jurIes urles were serious and that he was suffering from concussion of ot the brain The ash stand which weighed about eight pounds was brass and had been left lett beside the inert form of ot Wells Wells had only one visitor during the he ev evening ning Jake Rushton elevator operator told the police a girl young pretty whom he took up to the he twentieth floor at Rushton lushton runs the elevator that serves the he penthouse apartments He said positively that he did not take her down to the main floor A VERY PRETTY GIRL More an anti and l more and more Julie read the whole long story What the thc night manager Mr Brown told the police about the mysterious phone call all he had r received elved how he had hurried hurried hur hur- ried ned up to the Wells Wells' apartment how he ic had found Wells VelIs lying unconscious clous how he had called the police pollee and the doctor What Jake Rushton said in detail The description of the mysterious girl She seemed to know where she was wa-s going Gave me mc the number of the he apartment I knew immediately It t was Mr Wells VeIls I remember her so sowell sowell sowell well because she was pretty and she wasn't in evening e dress Most Mt of the women and girls who come Into the apartment or go out of ot It at night arc are arcin In n evening dress She had blue eyes brown rown hair a blue hat on her head a blue dress She wasn't as well dressed as the girls are arc who usually go up to Mr Wells Wells' apartment but she was awfully pretty And she seemed quite happy as she got out of the elevator smiled at me The mana manager er didn't remember see ing ng the girl but he hc remembered h her r voice rolce frightened over o the phone She lad had hung up as soon as she had told talc him Mr Peyton Wells was ill Mr Wells' Wells manservant Louis Gruin also gave a description of or the girl girl not as much in detail as the one furnished by Jake Rushton lie Ho had noticed only that she was pretty and that hat she wore a blue dress blue Mr Wells had told him that as soon as os the girl had come and he had admitted her he could go for a afew afew afew few hours Ho was to return at midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night to get a late supper for the two tv of them Ho He didn't know the girls girl's name MYSTERIOUS GIRL WANTED Julie read Gruin's statement to the police twice Perhaps he had forgotten forgot forgot- ten that at the door she hadn't asked ked for tor Mr Wells she had asked for Mr Farrell Perhaps he had conveniently convent con forgotten that detail The police were looking for the mysterious girl Mr Wells was now in the Mount Sinai Sinal hospital He had not yet et re regained regained regained re- re gained consciousness The doctors were alarmed about his condition There was a a. slight chance that he might recover but It was doubtful doubtful doubt doubt- ful ful Mr Wells Veils mother Mrs Katharine Wells and his sister Angela were at athis athis athis his bedside Long after Julie had finished the story the paper remained on her knees opened now to the fourth page where it was continued from the first More about the thc Wells assault the column head told her A knock at the door and she looked up to see who the caller caUer was Lora came in a a. in hi her hand She nodded to Mable and came over to Julie Nice mess isn't it IU A smile smite on her lips She flicked filched the ashes from her on the rug In her own room Lora used ash trays but in other rooms she used the floor Lora knew of course that she was the visitor to Peytons Peyton's apart apart- ment mente Hadn't she sent her with that false message from Donn Dorm Hadn't she and Peyton arranged it it And Lora was smiling and continued continued continued con con- to smile showing her broad front teeth as her lips Ups opened wide wide- ly Nice mess I asked you Julie Julle Or maybe you didn't hear I 1 heard The brazen nerve of her coming in like this when this when she knew when it was her fault lault Still smiling amlUng Still angry because Julie Julle had returned the diamond stud attic to Peyton He had worn it last night she night she had almost al a- a most forgotten It had glittered gUttered when they were out on the terrace in the darkness JULIE LEA LEAVES YES He might die die dle- tf Why didn't she go Why did she stand there taunting her He lie might die Julie Because she didn't want to look at Lora again Julie lifted up the pa pa- per The column beside the Wells story contained her grandfathers grandfather's name Multimillionaire returning from Europe Side by side with More about the Wells assault Silas Brett multimillionaire banker Danker is returning returning- today at noon noonon noonon noonon on the from front Europe Another para paragraph aph or so about his health the business conditions in Europe his financial position The boat came in at noon Julie looked at the clock Eleven Shed She'd have lave time to meet the boat not boat not to o meet him not to speak to him but to see him To feel his rugged strength She needed that now more than she had ever needed it before in her life Plenty of time if she hurried The paper slid to the floor and she went vent quickly to the closet and pulled out outher outher outher her brown hat and her blue dress Going out Lora Lorn asked Julie slipped the dress over her head lead I wouldn't wear the blue dress If f I were you Too conspicuous Julie hesitated then slowly took ot off the blue dress hung it up again on its wooden hanger and reached for tor the old olt brown one ono with the cheap lace collar Lora was right Sh She couldn't wear the he blue dress To Be Continued Copyright ResI Register and Tribune Syndicate |