Show GIVEN IN MARRIAGE l Happenings Which Culminated I In Dicky's s Shooting Reviewed I By ADELE GARRISON My father looked at me speculatively hesitatingly as I reminded hIm ilm of his promise to tell me what it t all meant Im not sure that I know myself now now he said at last Something has las come up that makes me doubt my own conclusions something about which I feel I should consult Hugh before I make any final decision de de- ision concerning it However if you wish vish I will wiIl keep my promise and andell ten tell you what I thought I had dis dis- covered I saw his reluctance to speak and throttled my curiosity forthwith Dont tell me now I exclaimed hastily I would much rather you would wait walt until you OU are quite sure of f it all And for that you will have to o wait until Hugh comes back wont won't you rou ou Yes My fathers father's voice sounded puzzled Yet I do not think even Hugh lugh has all the threads in his hand handas as yet Talking Against Time Then said Lillian briskly why waste any time in conjectures until Hugh lugh gets here Lets Let's talk of something something some- some thing hing more trivial but quite as pestiferous pestiferous pes- pes as this performance of Lee Chows Shows When are arc your various fern fern- nine mine guests scheduled to go home home- Ede and the Arlen pest and her mother Helena expects to depart with her brood tomorrow she told me but I haven't had any advance information upon the others She was talking against time I knew thinking it wise to divert my mind from the terror which the inexplicable inexplicable in In- explicable conduct of Lee Chow had brought to me But her query had recalled an injunction which LeeChow Lee Chow how had laid upon me earlier in inthe I Ithe the he evening so it was that reluctantly reluctant- reluctant ly y I brought the conversation back to tovim vim him again They all have said they're going I back tomorrow I said but your questIon reminds me of something Lee ee Chow wished me to ask you Lee Chow When Lillians Lillian's voice was sharp incisive and I saw that hat my fathers father's listening attitude was of eager Intentness This evening after fter Mar Mary and Noel made getaway I said II What did he ask The Poisoned Needle I He wanted me rae to find out just when Marions Marion's birthday was saying that hat he must remain for the thc opening of her lock box upon that day The Inference being that he means to o vamoose Immediately afterward she he commented Do you ou see sec Chief Yes I see m my father returned and I felt as 1 If something as yet Unknown Unknown unknown un Un- known to me was in the thc obscure ref Of course this seizure of his may knock the whole project of opening th he the box galley west she went on WIth the knowledge of that poisoned needle concealed somewhere in that envelope say I fancy Ifancy anybody but Lee Chow tackling it I wanted to say that above all others I did not wish to see Lee LeeChow's LeeChow's LeeChow's Chows Chow's hands manipulating that envelope envelope en en- with the deadly envenomed needle inside it The poison was so deadly so quick to act what was waso to o prevent him from from from- My fathers father's hand interrupted Inter Inter- me S Listen he said Through the open window came the he sound of a car furiously driven en Hugh Lillian exclaimed and coming like a bat out of hell Excuse Ex Ex- Ex- Ex cuse it please I haven't hn a fresher simIle in n my system Hush Returns She sent her gamin grin in my direction di die and I 1 knew that she was again endeavoring to lessen the tension tension ten ten- sion under which 1 I v as laboring Harry and he hc have beaten all records to and from the hospital my father lather said consulting his watch And then he rose and started for the door Ill go down and meet him he said Lock the d r after me Ill I'll be back shortly Hell He'll want to come here first of course before going to toLee toLee toLee Lee Chow He was gone upon the word and I Iwas Iwas Iwas was painfully conscious that Lillian LUlian was carefully averting ertin her eyes from mine in the evident belief that I would show embarrassment at my fathers father's comment But both spoken and unspoken un unspoken spoken comment fled from my mind mindin in the next instant when from outside the thc hall came my fathers father's voice low and stern What are you doing here Miss Arlen Arlen Ar Ar- len I thought you had gone to bed with your mother Continued tomorrow Cop Copyright right 1933 K F F. S S. Inc I |