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Show - . : : : : nnmmr : : : : : . Honeymoon'Mountain Honeymoon Mountain 'Mountain 'Mountaino : ' & 0 o : = " 'I I 'Ir 'IBy ' 1 r . By FRANCES FRANCESsHELLEY FRANCESSHELLEY , SHELLEY WEES VVEES WEESCop WEESH .1 1 . H 0 . 0C l . t C bYt a aCop " Cop > ) right rlehtl by bYFrances > yFrances , : t t Fra.nces Frances . Shelley Weea V7NU WNU Servic Service * ! . : = : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : B . CHAPTER X-Continued X Continued - S XContinued12 1 - 112 --12-- 12 -12- - - 12t 12they 12 - If t they y a1'8 a18 are ' , ' , " he be began beg'tn begtn begin ' , , .therc's .thercs thercs "there there "therething therething " . .therc's.ethlng ' s ! ! .ethlng ethlng ething . ( flsliy fishy somewhere There's Theres There'sethlng There ' s ; ' elhlns ethlng ething . . . after atter all nil 11 thls this tall tallut tal1&Dt tal1Dt ' . & ct ut marrying her to me Toham To n a nham ( ham Wliere's Wlieres Where's Wheres ' the catch cateh2 ? ' lIe lIeered II IIBred Heered e ( ! ered Bred his Ills chin " "I I " get-It get It getIt get - , It , " he s'iidlast s'1ld s1ld s'iid siid s'1ldlast salejtst ' ' 1 last succinctly sacdnctly . , . 'I I ' get It now now'iryn nowiryn . ' . ' ' rYD ryn waited . . So that's thats ' your game g'1me g1me ' In mcctlns meeting meetlD meetinghere ; here and trying to scare SC'1re SC1re ' me orr oft orrit oftft offjtT ft it ? ? Tint's Tints Th'1t's Th1ts That's Thats ' ' ' your game Yourdithe Your 5 s 5d ; ' d dithe the girl girls s After all her molly mollydie mollyidle mollyIdle die idle looks 100hs Pretty cute . " 1ust Justeractly Just exactly what do 300 30U you me'1n me1n mean memthe ' ? he ley Icy note In Bryn's Bryns Brv n n's ns nOs ' ' voice did dide did didtrcurb didf'curb didfcurb 1 trcurb e ' curb Graham's Grahams ' rising pride lr In Inown i iown own cleverness 'Yon Yon ' You don't dont ' w " wani ant antto antto | to sec see the old lady , " be an ananced anionccd anuneed anced uneed "And And " " why hy ? Because ecause 11(11 1111 It 1 t ( 11 spoil your game . . Theres There s someson som somson some e son why It will w111 spoil your game ' " ' Look "Look " here ; , " ' Bryn ryn said coldlv coldly coldlvndlng coldlynding coldlyHiding ndlng nding up 41m * 1 Im m telling telIlng you th thth the theth thnth e ( ' th . , Graham , ind and ( there s 5 no game gam gameout gamout e ' Out 11 It , . Deborah Is married to toWe t tWe tce o , We were "ere ere " nnrrled m'1rrled m1rrled mirrled ' three day dayer days dayser days'ter dayster s ' er she met you there In Barinclsco San Sannclsco Sa Sanclsco n nclsco , as soon as we could get ge gelcense gelicense t ! tt Icense lcense It was her twenty first firs firsbdiy firsibdiy t ) I Ibd'lY bd'lY bdlY bdiy ' , the day she would hav havrrled have haveI haverr1ed havtried e < ' I rrled rr1ed tried you It if iou'd ioud 30u'd 30ud you'd youd ' been decent tV to t o ( ' . V ' Why " hy by you come up here now nowon't nowont , , . on't ont ' know By y the terms of ot th the theI thi e ( ' I ) , It's Its ' ' too late for you to marrj marQ marry marrjand and amI collect the estate , even If If"eren't t t"weren't f ' 11Weren't 11Werent { -"eren't "eren't erent "weren't werent - " ' " already married to me meuggcst meu meuggcst uggcst pest u that you forget torget It and gk go gok g gk o < ' ou ; k to your ship I tr \ will III ill get you youors youofs yoiiofs u ors ofs of our marriage marrl1ge ; ; posslbl possibly possiblyare possibleru , } are entitled to that much ; and andn an ana ancn d | n a you must see that there 1 Is It Isthing It'thing Isthing ( thing 'thing ' at nt all to be gained g'1lned g1lned gilned ' hered here hered , | d that you may as well weU go " PGrahaia raham " was 1S ' smiling smllmg an ell etll etllowing eviltowing , owing wlng smile ' 'Nothing Nothing 1\otling 1 otling ' \ othlng , to b blned be btincd e ( lned ncd , . . , . hi b3 b , } me , , " he said s'1111 s1111 slid ' softly softly"hat softlyVhat softlygftthat "hat hat Vhat " do you mean me'1n me1n mein ' ? g'Xou've gXouve ' rOU\ rOU rOUe Tou'se Touse ' ' \ e filled In the picture pret pretwell pretwell pret'well pretwell ' well , haven hnven liaven t you ? ' But ut 3 you sou ou I know knowo"much knovo"inuch knovoinuch now nowo ' | o o"much omuch " much about that will , , and nnd ttiate tli tti tliRate the theate e < Rate ate It seems to me the troublcould trouble troubl troublecould troublfcould e [ could mike m'lhe mlhe ' , . , my cocky coeb.y coeby . younend youn g ; ; ! Jcnd end would be to tell tlie tile the old I'1dJ I1dJ lads ladsd I'1dJM I'1dJ'I ' ladjIHPI M 'I I d ' am , and " who "ho ho ) } ou arco nreD aren t . t t"Epryn tEpryn . " rIn ryn wnltell waited wnltellThat waitedThats waitedThats Thats That s the lay , , " Grahim Grah'1m Grah1m Grah'im ' ' s'lld slld said s'lldu saidu Slidolive ' u ve married my girl , and no no're now now're novI're novIre w ' 're re ' pas pas&lng paslng passing & lng yourself ; ouiselt oUlselt off oft as a'3 a3 ' meu me metJ meD tJ u must think thln1 . I 1 ro m a damn damD ' fool foold foold foolid d at the end cad ( nd of the , } year sear ear , . , If It no noy noj 1 y spikes splhes your plans plan , you II 11 gemillion get getmllllon ge t million mllllon dollars that ought to Le Lee b be biie e ? e . e . . And you hive h'He hHe hate ' the everlastguts everlastguts evcrlast everlast ' guts to tell teIl me tOLCt toi tOl $ i-t i t lt - out oo of ofe o P ; e o In peace and let iou Sou ou get a awah ana awa " ay ayh y ; r h It It'Sryn ItSryn l 1 ! ' ryn began to whistle tunelesslween tunelessi tunelessl tUDelessly 5 ; \ fteen ween een his teeth teethublJy teethCubby ublJy ubby stepped suddenly through throug throughopen througopen h througlIe open door , . ' 'Look Look ' Look lieie here hel e , Brvn nr Bryn n , : , " ' ' Eald sald said , what's whats 'what's ' ' ' the use of or trying tryingtall tryintalk tryin fi ; ; tall talk alk sense to him ? ' 'ubby ubby Tubby ; ' ubby was " 3 < ; followed fo lo\\ lo loed \ ed closely by Sli SI SIn SiU n U At their sudden appearance appearanc appearancebarn e , , , < bam ham appearancham mo\ mo moved moed \ ed back a step , , stealtSomething stealtli stealth stealt h ht Something In hs his ( pose caught Baugh caughtn's Baughn's caughn's caughns t n's ns ' ' e eie eye e , , and without "lthout lthout " stoppln stopplnthink stoppinlink h ? tblnk think , . he hurled himself forwarthe ( forvvarthe ornard forwar d ] 1 1the the burly figure and Hung flung It Itck"nrd 1 1cknard Icknard t ck"nrd cknrd cknard " Graham , taken t'lken tlken talcen ' by su suse sui sur surse suie r se > e , fell heavily hea\I1y hea I1y hearlly \ . . In a second seconc secon seconcbr d 1bv secon1bv c mc > br bv and Simon were Into the tbe me meBryn mBryn m de e < Bryn , , sitting on OD the recumbent recumbe recumberi's recumberi fit 11'8 118 ri's ris ' ' chest , , handed h'lnded hlnded ' something t ton tion to toon o explalnecIryn on 'He He ' ' He had a gun"he gunhe gun , " , " he lie explained erplathec explainedryn erplathecryn d ryn rose " "Get Get " up . " , , " he said to t tsham taham tahamWe'll o sham ham -We'll We'll Well "We'll - " ' put you In the mil milise milk milkuse k miluse use use and anll let sou you ou thin tiling thln\w thln w \ It 1t 0\ 0 0er ose oseybe ovciybe \ er errbe r rbe ybe you 11 Il beglo begin to come to yo your youres you youses ur > ses es " ? " thisiham thisham You 'ou ou ' can be arrested for tor this , ; , ' bam ham threatened , stru"mlln strumlln struggling at " > 0 , " to t o toteet tfeet teet feet . . . I don't dont ' ' think thlnh so ; , " ' Bra Br r3 n said s'11d s11d sold ' mllll mlh mil d mllll"This mil"This " ' " " "This This Is my la lawful , . ful residence resident residencecame residentcame rcsldenci e thread threatd threed came here uninvited , threat three t d me , , and drew a gun " . . . . . . . Tien Then grandther granther en dinner " was "as as over , grand gram gran d 1 Tubbyd Tubby'snd Tubbyrid ther rose and patted Tubby's Tubbys Tubby 's s ' ' nd rid Gramher Grandther GranCher gently . " "And And " now , ; " Grand Gran d ther Cher tald said happily happlly b'1 b1 ' pI > ll y , ' let us go out outsit 0 0sit 01 tit it sit It on the \ veranda eranda . It willutltul " will I1J be beeautlful 1 1eautlful > e > eautlful utltul It " ItI'm ' evenIng evenIngIt ; . evening'I'm eveningIm ' ' ' I'm Im ' chl1lyndmother afraid It will III be lie chill chilladmother chl1ly chillndmothcr y , , ' quickle qulckle ndmother admother , " nryn Bryn said QUIChly qulckl y e can open the dr'l drl drawing driwing ' . " Ing , _ room roo m roondows roomndows rooadows ndows adows mOODIII mom wide , and nnd see the mOOD mo moc on n III m " there , , can ' ' cant t "e e we " ? we'Toil weToil You are much too careful of at m me , , ' mboy mebor ofbop E"o Eo withtton boy bor bop , , " Grandmother Grandmotber said with af at , tlOD tton " . . ' atlty 'It It It la Is not in tho least lea lea'ho at 111 lty " 'ho ho ' ho noon moon had bad risen rlseD already , and a ai nil , a gr great t round silver slIver lantern , aD on ) tops tope aDtops toWet hllls1SC5t of the rolUng rolling rolll.n rollln . black hills hllls WI to > vest Wet 1SC5t , ! ) . Let Lets tt 8 play piny " " ' games ; , Tubby said ea an ld ' erfullr erfully saiderfullr anerfully orw onlYut orlilt "lly lly " . , "It It "jt jt " isn't isnt ' ' late It's Its ' ' onlY or y ut lilt d Somcthid half balt past pnst se\ se set seven seen \ en SomeUlln Sometlil rig : ' . and cheerful . " . . " 'It It ' It ' nightloud :1stloud doesn't doesnt seem just lust the nig.loud nigloud night ni:1st ni lit :1st 1st : Grandther Grnther . loud cheerful gnmes games , , " , " Grand Grn Grai nil id ther " drcai1 dregt protested 'It's Its 'IL's ILs ' Ifa ' a dreamy dreg my t "et tt of night , my boy , . Couldn t'i ti t "e e we " ' t Inthe tit sit sitand and talk , , quietly , and nnd 100I In loiine ok . the moon ? " Deborahs ebornh eboralis s c eyes ) es met Bryn'a Bryna Bryn's Bryns ' ' as he aat helit heitt It lit itt her knee She turned a aw aW1YIU aIa aW1Y wig " IU Ia " him blm quickly qulchly , conscious con"lclous conlclous conselous " of ot Pilar Pi 1'I 1I ' tar , \ watching them , being miserable flTlIl anal flTlIlunh'1PP analunhappy nmlunhappy unh'1PP unh1PP unhappy ' > and wail lonely 10nelJ and . . . . . , beaten beat beaten beaten en Bryn didn't didnt ' 10\ 10 love 10e lore \ e [ Pllar PII'1r PII1r 'liar liar ' ' , . , Bryn Bryndidn't Bryndidn't Bryndidn't Bryndidnt didn't didnt ' love PIlar filar . , . . , the wordq words wordqsang wordssang word"sang wordsang " sang In Deborah s 8 heart so loud loudly loudlythat loudl\that loudl that I ) \ thftt that she \ was fiS almost afraid PIlar Viler PIlarwould Vilerwould Filarwould would hear them lie He had hnd said . . , . 'I I ' ' I love lore you " There was nas as a sudden loud nolce notce nolceto notceto noiseto : ; to Deborah's Deborahs ' cars e'1rs e1rs ears ' a mans m'1n m1n min ' s unmls unmis unmistnkable unmistakable unmlstahable tahable tnkable cry Grandmother started startedforward startedforward startedforward forward In her chair 'Bryn Bryn ' Bryn ryn , ; . " ' sheanld she shecnld shesaid cnld anld ; quitkly Qult-hly Qult hly quickly - . Surely 'Surely ' that Is [ s a man'svoice mansvoice man's mans man'svoice man'svoice ' voice ? ' Bryn stood up 'It's Its ' It's Its ' steam estaping es escnpmg escaping cnpmg taping , , Grandmother , that's thats th'1t'8 th1t8 ' ' ' all ; . , " hesaid hesaid he hesaid said reassuringly and then * ' ' , , , Let's Lets Let'snot Let'snot Letsnot Let'snot not stay here and h'1 h1 ha\e ha e hate ' \ ' e ! It t worryyou worry worryyou worryyou you It may go on for tor some timeow timeHow time timeHow How h ow would you like Ilhe to go tor for a lit littie littie littie tie drive drhe with met me ? You baven't bavent haven't havent baven'tbeen haven'tbeen haven'tbeen haventbeen ' been In the car for tor a long time tImc . . " ' I 1 think I should like lIhe It s \ verymuch cry crymuch crymuch much , " she replied replted hesitantly . , 'Butthat ' 'But But 'Butthat 'Butthat Butthat ' that noise . . , . , are you } ou au sure . . . " Poslth 'Positl Positl . ' Positive e , , " Bryn said definitelyHe definitelyHe definitely He offered her his arm and anti led herown her herdo do\\ do d down don own \ n the stepsThe3 steps stepsThe The3 They The } were gone goneDeborah goneDeborah Deborah , , after a little , , remom remcm remem remcmbcrell remembored bored bcrell Pilar filar , , and turned to her 'I'msorry Imsorry ' I'm Im I'msorry ' ' ' sorry , . , Filar Pilar I'llar Illar ' ; , " ' she said S'1ld S1ld sold ' politely "I I "Iforgot "Iforgot "Iforgot Iforgot " forgot that you don t know "hat hat what whatthis whatthis "hatthis " this is all about . " ; . " 'I I ' I do know hnow , , " Pllar PIl1r Pilir murmuredBryn murmured murmuredDr murmuredBrn Dr Bryn ; , } n told me the whole \ hole story stor3 , of ofcourse ofourse c course ourse " " 'I I ' I see , ' Deborah Deborab said slo slowly slowly.Tubby slowlyTubby ly . , Tubby straightened "Why Why "Wby Wby "IVby IVby " do yousay you yousay say of couise cOUlse course , ' ; , ' PJlnr Viler Pllar"She PllarShe ? " She glanced at him ' 'It It ' It is ! s a natural nat pat natural ural oral thin thing ; to say , , surely ? ' ' 'No No ' No , it Is not . . Not under the thecircumstances thecircumstances thecircumstances circumstances 1 . lou loo ou would suggest suggestto to Deborah that thnt Bryn goes to you youns youas youas ns as a n matter of ot course " with "Ith Ith all aU hi his hisconcerns : > concerns and Interests ? ' Pilar filar rose 'I I ' I do not mean meaD tosugest to suggest sugest sucgest ; anything In ID particular toDeborah to Deborah , ' ' she said sold coolly cooll3 . ' 'But But ' ut If iP Ifshe ( she chooses to be reminded that thatBr3 Br3 Bryn D al alwavs always \ a , } s has come to me "lthhis " "lth lth with his Interests and concerns CODcerns , , that Isno Is Isno isno no fault of mine It Is true " "It It " Is 1s not true ; , " " Tubby said sold "I I "Ihnow " 1 know hnow exactly eJ\.actly eJ.actly eJ .actly actly \ . what vou you have been beento to Bryn , just lust how little you have here havereally really meant to him ' Ihese 'lhese lhese these othersknow others know , too ; ; Sally and nnd Simon andMadeline andadeline and andMadeline Madeline M adeline Here and now , , beforethem beforethem before them , I ask ash sou you ou to repeat repe'1t repe1t ' to D Deborah Debo Deborah , o or'1h rah r'1h r1h ' the statement you have lune jusl just lust justmnde lustmade made mnde , and wail If It you rs \ will III ill repeat It , we \ will m t'11 t11 tale ' e tlic the matter up " with "lth lth Biyc Ulyn Biya Biyawhen Biycwhen \ when hen he n.t nt . returns urns , , all of us , , togeth1 together togetlidr togeth togetli or er dr , Pllar PIlar filar ' Pilar Plhr Pilir stared st'lred stlred ' ' at 'It It him She stamped stampedher bcr her foot furiously "lou lou "Iou Iou " are 1m iii 1mlwsslllle iiipossible Impossible lwsslllle possible I ! ' ' she stormed and then thentUl thenturned theetuined doorI tUl turned ned and ran tliroUoli throuh throughi . ; the dooi door doornnd I nnd and up the stalls stahs stairs ! like the one follo followed followedby followedb ed edb by b demons'I demons 'I I ' I m terribly proud proul1 of or you , , Tubby Tub Tubby Tubby by , " " Sally SJlIy said " with "lth lth a n catch in herbreath herbreath her brcatli breath But TIut I don t know whether whethe wheth cr er it was wise " Ise or not You may dls ills dlscover cover some biljit bllbllt blight morning that PIlar Ntar Pi N lar tar has h'1s h1s his ' put ground groonll class bless 11ss ! [ In n Made wade MadelIne's Madeline's Madelines . ' " ' lIne's lInes coffee coffce 'In In ' In m3 my m\ m mcoffee \ coffee ? ' Madeline Inqulred Inqulrel1 In Inquired quired qulrel1 qulred 'Is Is ' * ' Is ! It t permissible to asl ask ask"hy |