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Show TELEGRAM FICTION Beautiful Barbarian By R. H. DAVIS 1 his eyes were gloomily serious. He was to meet Isabelle on the beach in a few minutes; they were to swim by moonlight. A week ago, he realised, he would have been Impatiently eager to be with Isabelle. rlut tonight he waa definitely reluctant, reluc-tant, and hia reluctance angered and puxxlrd him. Barry thought of Maris Eden and his pride writhed before his remembrance re-membrance of what she had said to him that morning. She had actually dared to tell him, Barry Sutton, to leave Eden'a island, and had commanded him not to return. re-turn. "Have you ever proposed to Isabelle?" Isa-belle?" Edith Sutton's voice cut into his angry, gloomy thoughts. j "I am going to propose to la-belle la-belle tonight," he declared. "We : will be married very soon. Vou j ran count on it." Edith Sutton's eyes remained fixed on the door after Barry had gone, and they had lost none of their perplexity." (Continued Wednesday.) (Copyright, 193T, for The Telegram.) Harry's arov.1 faded a little. "I'll tell you I'm all right." he growled. "I got too much sun yesterday when I waa out fishing fish-ing with Isabelle." His mother sank Into a chair, her perplexed eyes following Barry Bar-ry as he strode back and forth across the sitting room. They had dined, as usual, with the Van Vorns. and Isabelle had been her usually lovely and complacent self. There was nothing to show that she and Barry had quarreled, yet Barry was certainly not himself. Her eyes twinkle at him. I'll rropoae "I think you've come to the crossroads, cross-roads, dear," she said. "I think you are no longer entertained by bachelorhood. You need marriage, a menage of your own, a family." Barry's laugh was derisive, but - "Please, Mr. Lowry; don't come back, ever!" Jud rumbled, "I'll break your damn neck if you do!" Tod Leaves Tod Lowry wiped his mouth with a akinned kunckle, smearing blood across one cheek. He spat bloodily, blood-ily, and looked at Jud Blair. He grinned. "Go to hell!" he said pleasantly. "I'll be back soon!" Maris' heart was an excited tumult tu-mult in her breast as she watched' Tod cross the dock and awing I aboard the plane. She watched I him dazedly aa he untied the moor ing rope, and gave a shove that sent the plane moving slowly away from the dock, its nsss awinging outward. It seemed to her that Tod'a body elumped weakly aa he climbed Into the cabin. Ahe heard the door click shut, tha whine t the starter, then all sounds were blanked ant aa the engine reared. The ailver and ararlet aeaplane waa scudding away from the dock, and it aeemed to Maris that a part of her went with It. Aa the plane left the water and swung north, it seemed to her that the engine sounded tha stubborn message, "I'll be back." Edith Sutton placed ber hand on tha telephone, and her face was humorously threatening. "I'm going to call Dr. Burch." aha told Barry. "My only child ia coming down with something serious, se-rious, and he's too old for measles." (Continued from Praeadlng Pas.) n his dark face. He shook his head and charged, huge fists flailing, flail-ing, Irate voice rumbling. One of his big' fists crashed Into Tod'a cheat, and it aeemed to Maria that ahe felt the Impact of that blow. Her feara mounted and were mixed with amaxement, because the flier waa atill erect under Jud'a plunging flsta. She looked at Tod more carefully, care-fully, then, and saw tha skillful shifting of his body as he evaded those hamlike fists. Maris heard a startled, breathless breath-less grunt, saw the pilot wilt to his knees, his body doubled over In agony. Her heart atopped as aha watched him, expecting him to alide forward on his face, unconscious. un-conscious. - You're Licked Tod Lowry'a lips twisted in something some-thing that was meant for a grin. Maris heard the harsh intake of his breath as his body slowly straightened. Before her unbelieving eyea he came erect His knees snapped straight auddenly, and he stood there swaying, blood trickling from cut lip. Maria found that her awa body waa swaying with hia, that her body felt the pain which must he racking hia Tod Lowry croaked, "I'll he back." and lunged forward. His fist smote the astonished Jud full in the mouth. Jud caught him in a bearlike bear-like embrace, holding him tightly. "Don't you know when you're licked, you damn fool!" Jud spat eut a tooth, and his bewildered eyed followed it over Tod'a shoulder aa H rattled to the dock planking. a An eel-like movement and Tod waa away from him, hia arms working work-ing like pistons. Under tha furious furi-ous onslaught of fists, Jud gave ground. Ha grunted explosively as Tod's fist caught him in the chest. He retreated another step his heel caught in a jutting plank-end, and he aat down heavily, astonishment and pain written, large in his face. Enough Jud was on his feet almost instantly, in-stantly, shuffling forward, his deep voice rumbling hia.intention to destroy de-stroy this young fool who stood up under blows that should have crushed him. ' PhiHp Eden atepped ' between them, hia spidery legs planted firmly firm-ly on tha dock, his thin face lighted light-ed with sardonic humor. That's etrsaghr' he raaped. He placed sew hand an Jud'a hearing cheat, restraining- him. Hia eyea, fixed Tod Lewry's face, held a grudging admiration. admira-tion. He snapped, "You'd better go now. vaunt nun. And don't coma here again." ; Her awa vaare brake the silence, huskily tremoroua: . |