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N i ND V L D PRiSCILLA By LLA I I I FICTION WAYNE I BEGIN HERE TODAY Caught high in the Jamez mountains moun moun- bins ins by a blizzard Dorris Lee leaves eaves her stalled auto and when near death from freezing Ing after n s she e had sprained her ankle she is lI rescued by Patrick a big German I shepherd hepherd dog and his master The I master is young and handsome and bandages her foot expertly Doris is interested in him in spite of ot his surliness and his refusal 0 to p talk about himself When When she she Imitating Teck an Indian servant c calls him hint Doctor he sternly forbIds forbids for for- bids her to do so and instructs Her ner to call him George The blizzard blizzard blizzard bliz bliz- zard has been severe and Doris must remain in Georges George's luxurious z c cabin until the highway is opened b- b F snow v plows Doris does not know that after lie he e has put her to bed in his room the e night of her rescue George heard eard a radio broadcast warning till all II police pollee officers to watch for a ag arI girl g rl rI who had tal taken en part in a bank r robbery and murder The broadcast broadcast broad broad- cast ast description fits Doris though the ine e gun woman is named Polly J then therefore George attempted to 0 question Doris she meets his 1 prying with impudence and he dis dis- II of trusts rusts her even more moire Now ow go on with the story i 1 CHAPTER FIVE h The day was an armed truce George realized that and so did the g girl rl Outwardly civil to each other inwardly questioning and surmisIng surmising I ing the two of them occupied the ther r room om during the entire long snowa snow snow- a L pelted day Patrick returned presently from J h his hs s prowling dashing in with his thick coat covered with great snow- snow fi flakes kes lie He nuzzled the girls girl's hand handT T f mid and nd trotted over to stand in front of George who sat n near ar the fireplace fire fire- pl ji place ce T Teck assisted by another brown brownman man an who spoke e never never-a II word rord had carried great logs to the fireplace and built up a bounding crackling tire the 1 No ladio Go Co over there Patrick George commanded and get warm and d dry dy y off oft Youve You've got more ambition than I have Out on a a. day like this Twelve or 15 inches of snow must have hava fallen during the night And I suppose its it's banked head high in some places on the road K Doris ventured I Yes It would be George agreed And And the snow hasn't stopped falling yet And no sign of the wind ab abat abating ting ting t- t ing No Then Doris went back to her book and George continued his pretense of reading That was a typical conversation them and as pointless as most they held to together together together to- to gether during the long day that seemed as though it would never end Doris was greatly disappointed that the radio was out of order At least leat that would have been a diversion She had asked George to turn it on early in the day and he evaded Later he explained to her that for some unaccountable reason something was wrong with the radio and he didn't know exactly ex ex- ex- ex what it was that was wrong l Pretty rett Unmet Brunet Teck overhearing the conversation conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion could have told the strange young visitor that the main trouble right now with the radio was that his master had asked him to disconnect disconnect disconnect dis dis- dis- dis connect it from its basement electricity electricity elec elec- plug Teck might also have told her that when her host dis disappeared several times during the day sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times remaining out of the living room for more than an hour at a time that he had a small radio In another part of the house tuned to the police calls and was listening listening listening listen listen- ing avidly to everything he could hear about the disappearance of a girl from Albuquerque the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon before That girl he learned again was wasa a very pretty brunet not very tall taU talland talland and quite slim She wore a gray fur coat of ot an expensive make and her name was Polly Donnelly She was wanted because she had been In a a. car of gangsters that held up upa a bank in Santa Fe the tue morning before this day It was believed that she had been the one to send the bullet through the heart of the bank cashier She was vas young and innocent appearIng appearing appearing appear appear- ing but the police warned officers officers officers of of- must be on their guard against her This Polly was a gun moll a desperate woman of ot the underworld She was wanted dead or alive I After such sucha a secret with wilh the the- radio George would go back I into the the- living room where his pretty prett young guest Jay lay curled up upon upon upon on the couch pretending to read I Not Nervous i Theres There's playing at the game of pretending to read himself he I would think through the maze of contradictory ideas that raced through his brain This girl was no gun moll no gangsters gangster's girl Why she couldn't be DC and still have the evident breedIng breeding breeding breed breed- ing the quiet charm that this girl possessed Thinking that perhaps sh she did not notice he scrutinized her carefully Her little scratched lands hands were hands were not nervous She turned the he pages page of the book slowly and with perfect calm Those hands hand of hers When had he seen hands so beautifully molded mold mold- ed Cd and so artistically expressive Her long graceful fingers en and ended d dIn din in beautifully manicured well weIl shaped nails nalls She used a dainty fragrant polish not the violent vulgar red or even black that women women wornell wo wo- men rnell of less Jess culture such as aa a a gun un un moll would use Only a girl who thought clean pure thoughts could have the madonna madonna ma ma- donna shaped face tace that this girl possessed or the fearless expressive expressive expressive sive eyes that gazed at one No No-It No It was vas impossible ibe to think that hat this was wa the girl the authorIties authorities author- author ties sought Reward And yet there were so many bits of incriminating evidence She was I little and slim She had gorgeous fluffy black hair a and d big eloquent 1 black eyes yes She bore unmistakable able signs of intelligence and good breeding No person to see her casually could believe anything but the best of ot her And yet wasn't that exactly what the radio voice had warned against The radio warning said repeatedly Polly is seemingly a woman of re refinement refinement refinement re- re and culture When last seen she wore A a. gray fur coat of an expensive make i George could not forget that Teck had put a little fur coat of an expensive make on the coat rack I I in the hall closet The little coat was torn by the cactus thorns and nd soiled but it was undoubtedly a gray fur coat of a avery avery avery very expensive make male For For- Forno no reason at all and with positively no good sense to the act he went out into the entrance halland hall halland halland and there behind closed doors took the gray fur coat from its hanger and regarded it thoughtfully Gone So Long Long- I Then he did a very strange thing He couldn't have explained why he did it himself He took the coat to another room in a distant part of the house and locked it away in a rarely used closet Coming back to the living room room he found Doris playing solitaire She had asked Teck to find her a deck of ot cards and now she shuffled shuffled shuf shuf- fled them abstractedly I r 1 thought you might have I I trudged down into the village to give me up to the authorities she laughed youve been gone so long Her attempt at a joke dismayed him He hoped she hadn't seen the start he lie made at her words Ill do that tomorrow he bantered I I What police station shall I call Any y you u like Policemen like I to rescue fair maidens in distress dont don't they the legend he said won won- dering It If this girl were really Polly whom the authorities trailed so hotly right now how could she joke and banter about her plight No she couldn't possibly be he decided And then he changed his mind as he watched her out of narrowed eyes Her nonchalance was too studied too indifferent She was overplaying the part that she was absolutely fearless absolutely at ease Well WeIl what's the verdict she asked calmly Could you recognize recognize nize flize me nie again if you met me say me-say say sayin in po police ile court I r could recognize you if I met you anywhere he told her taking in a great deal of territory she laughed Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Any where covers considerable distance these days But stop staring at me Come on and sit down and play a hand of cards with me What kind 1 Honeymoon bridge I dont don't know how I could show you Doris laughed But why You name the game Cribbage Dont like it Then you name the game lame O 0 K is the kind of game to play when you dont don't want to think when youre you're thoroughly comfortable and still too sleepy to know what everything's everything's every every- things thing's all aU about she explained All right then tien it is How many cards Seven He dealt the cards The long day passed By the I time they tey were wert r ready for dinner Tech Teck served they had played Goo Coo fus lus and Honeymoon Bridge and several kinds of double solitaire and Geprge had taught Doris his f favorite game of cribbage and found that she played well and with an instinctive card sense But even that couldn't be an evidence that she had criminal tendencies tendencies tendencies ten ten- he told himself his spirits lifting a little Any college girl gir played a good card game these days It was when Teck was clearing away the dinner things that George picked up his guests guest's handkerchief She had stowed it away in the pocket of his dressing sown gown which she still wore woe and in trying to find fiod it she had dropped it George bent to reach it for her herand herand herand and like a blow in the face the initial on that handkerchief leaped up to strike him Th The Initial was wasa a dainty and hand embroidered but undeniably unmistakably an initial P. P Continued Saturday Copyright 1936 for The Telegram |
