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T THE E STORY THUS FAB FAR } , Carscadden blue eyed ed reddish ) haired iaired andk and 21 loses her job In New NewJ ' Shellsed NewShe . . . - She Shells ck.ii ckii 11 a aferlnl ogerUg ogerUgusefUJlbutyunwelcome unwelcome suongt suongtihersbossfoTypically , ihersbossfoTypically Typicallyfork ihersbossfoTypicallyTor Fhv byogerUg 0 0he oirering /ferlnl ferlnl / : usefUJlbutyunwelcome useful but Bugg suggestions to her boss Typically TypicallyJSlne fork Tor Torne k nepursewhich by she he chooses that time to show her newat new purse-which purse which purse - - which ihe abe boughtemlnlne boughtemUd bought bought'rlM emlnlne emUd ne hand and store to her cousin CecUia Cecilia Moore The purse revives mem mom memat momdes at a sefon sefonboy second she had met the prevlouf previous ! s mmer-a mmer a - boy whose first nrst Dame name all allries au aue 'rlM rlM ries des ' 0 of ' I s Ibered rnKTed boy bered was Peter At home that evening eventng waiting tor for her are her here hereels herl1 remembered " e rement " " : , she enter enters * the magnificent home tor for the occupants oceupants . different . ent "hen hen when " hen prove proveeels proveJab proveK 1IT 1ITurJng eels " S ni.rini nirini urJng . ; the not so o happy aevening eveninghappy evening Angela ( finds Inds ! fifty fity dollars In a seeret secret secretppy secret115 Jab JabIn beket 10 10Shena ? In in Shells Shena Sheila l a purseo purseThey purse They a ara are both happyInds happy ppy at the discovery only oniy to be besheartened beoc ) ket kettinned tinned nl when Mrs Carscadden tells She la to the money must be returnedshear returnedthe returned returnedI I sheartened shear sheailC11 Isthe i eerson " "hose hose whose " _ .i i . . _ InlUals initials IndlaTa and nnrf street cfraftt number number are arA on A * . the * . purse . . _ - Shena Sheila e.i-n- e.in e.i ei n e.ini . . - - Is isslog i- i ii - i the " " P Peturn person " eturn return ; ; . , ? . . , the ( he money dressed In an ancient outfit outJ1t ouUlt Then she feels fecls the theoln theweer theoing slog oln ' 10 to 10IiI 1 1Brd viii IiI IiIre ' re reward , -Brd Brd - " . , ard her I 1 IbcraUy berally She looks upon the escapade as 89 a lark SI Sle e e11e ethe \\11e 11e 11eJ 11eerent weer \ " " J she enters the magnificent magnlficent home f tor for the OccupantsSc occupants iff.rpnt iffrpnt . when prove proveee erent familyteoldt familyteoldtfrl ndsn ndsnno nov v wealthyf nowealthy wealthy wealthyof ee Sc Scbea * Andbe bea beathe . s ' sMc . t the ih.Mc ihMc . Mc Cann family old frl friends no v y wealthy of Sheila s f t-ithcr t ithcr hther - there thereAnd Andthere And ' be h : sees Peter her acquaintance of the previous summerl summer ! ) Sheila finds findsIhere findsthat Endst'i'o Endstio Ihere there " " ' ' ' s ser she i.r ir . . la Is Judge Me Mc Cann s I a son Both Peter and his brother Frank are arepaced areEBiat areEBiath et etbe er arethat Peter that ' -h h - Frank offers toThe to take her home , married rpaper rpaperFln and Peter secretly secretlysoon secretlyItM soon paced " a 0 0su slip be su 5110 of ofrpaper ol of paper Fln In her hcr handto hand The paper Is a message asking her to toeat toplac to toETi plac s spter pter peter : at t the library the next day Agarnst Against her v.1Il v1Il . in Shena Sheila goes to the theee therail ETi , ee eewhere eat " , ' wtiere where she meets Peter They talk and she finds that alter after aU all she shedots sheK bratYot shebratYot rail "inl inl " not care for ( or Peter Preparing Prepat'lng Prepatlng Prepai ' ng to leave lenvc they find the library door locked lockedl I Ie 1E dots oes oesgunolng " seemse bullotg building gunolng Is closed and no one can hear bear their shouts Escape Eseape seems seemsK seemsble seemspons e ble blc but Peter jumps from a wlndo windo y v and Shena Sheila follows him They arethe are entern pons the roof of an adjacent building Climbing down a fire escape they enter enterdlo enters K n " todloroom dlo room There two men confront them with guna guns and make them themOne them'riSmen themriSmen s stu stuera studio named Ken tells her she will be ' era One of them home soon but asks asksprlsOnnames asks.Rrir asksRrir . prlsOnnames 0eirnflames 0eirn names flames so he might wire v.lre vlre alre . their families familles famines that they are sale safe They are arelbundle4 arebundled ! lbundle4 ( ' : led into 1 * a . car ear transferred to a a truck and head bead lor for the gangster eangsters gangsters * hideout - \.1 .1 li liCBAPTER ' \ . CHAPTER CBAPTER VlI-Contlnned VlI Contlnned VIg--Continued VIg Continued VlIContlnned7 VIgContinued7 VIgContinuedt TO - - - Continued Continuedt t t \ -7- 7 - 7On 7On T - On and snd on and end on the men spokenil spoke spokdy 1111 nil occasionally occaslonaliy In low tones theof the thear th thir ir ar of never stopped Every bone In InIbella inhella 1tteila Ibella hella { I a body waa was jarred and aching achingIe achingHer chlnS/a chlnS a ( Ie Her : head was dizzy her thoughts thoughtsvandered thoughtsiandered thoughtL thoughtLndered / vandered iandered ndered vaguely Some Sometimes tunes we she weell shee8 cheU ell e8 Into a moment s a doze only to toII toK tn II K jerked awake again as the truck truckrent truckrent trueLent rent over some rut or turned some some'Orner someorner som somkirner kirner 'Orner Orner ' kirnerOh 'OrnerOh ornerOh God my headi headl head ! Peter Peterfesenlly Petergesently Peteiresently Oh Oh , , , my fesenlly gesently ) v . whispered wspered . . . 'Keep Keep seep ' ' quietl quletl gWetl Sheila Shella murmured murmuredA A . iilence .ilence ilence silence Then he breathed breathedIam breathedgam breathewain alert tone'Where tone'Where tone Iam gam ( In a more | ' ' 'Where Where ' are we ! ? I J don t know They re taking us usomewhere usomewhere uomewhere omewhere In a truckBoo truckBootleggers truck truckBootleggers Boo Bootleggers eggers Peter v . whispered hlspered . , . Sh Shhl Shh h ! I hWhat . , What Whatd d I J do drink drmk something somethinglllat somethingbat somethinIbat lllat bat was fixed feed fixed7.1 fixed71 ' [ t'I tI { . T ' don dont t know But your breath breathmefled breat . nelled mefled ened like chlorotorin chloroform or someIbIng someping some someUES UES IbIng ping IA LA A long silenceThis silence silenceI silence'ThIs silenceThis , I ( 'ThIs ThIs ' Is state s prison prLson for the theale thehole { ole ale lot ol of era em Peter said VI viloously vi3ously loously loouslyIt ous1y ous1yf ous1yIf ( H If It we ever get out outi out ! ! | f ( We 'We ' ll U n get out all right , , he saId saIdBe saidBe saidie Be appeared to doze again and andathed andireathed athed eallied heav heavily y It s state s prLS pris prLSthat pristhat pnsB , that s " , what hat it is be he said rous rousg rousg rousu g and speaking speakmg in an angry dron drong drondi g voice . . . .Tor Tor . 'For For Tor ' heaven s a sake don t talk so sodl sodl BOudl BOudlShe dl dlhe She he became a little light hearted heartedher heartedher heartedher her turn . . . It was agony to rouse rouserself rousetself rouse'rsell rousersell ' rself tself from the stupor that was wasIf wasconsciousness wasIt If consciousness to the full real1 real realit real1t ' t I on of pain and danger agam again agamI againI0 again11 I I0 n never get over this it at s mur muri murr r Peter saidhella saidheila said saidEbeila Ebeila hella heila heavy against his has shoul shouler shouler er made no ansl answer answerGosh answerI answerIGosh ' . er erf erGosh f Gosh Gosh , . , it U n be good to get restedtomewhere restedsomewhere rested omewhere tomewhere somewhere s " + It 11 li be awful to start tn- tn tnshe nshe ! In n- n - sheuttered she sheuttered sheluttered shelutteredWhen uttered utteredWhen When they finally OnaUy d d stop she shed sherold d not be completely awakened awakenedie awakenede e was half ball dragged half gUidedng guidedrag guided guidedng ng rag a snowy pathy up steps across acrosspowdered acrosspowdered acrosspowdered powdered low unrailed unralled country countryrcb countryrch countri"h countrih " rcb rch , , and into a house not many manygrees manygreen manstErees grees green warmer than the outer outerrid outerrid outelorid rid Sheila SheUa saw a clock that said saidaU saidaU saic aU U past tour four looming ather at her redmg reding re ' dmg ding irg suddenly grow ng enormous enormousaln enormousale enormousain ( aln ale . . . Her eyel ds hurt she turned turneder turnedSr turnectr er Sr eyes away from a smoking smokingp smoking"ip smokingip " p Someone was helping helpmg her off oft offth oftIli ofIth th Ili her wet we wet , , snowy coat she crIed crIedt cnecit t Insudden in sudden pain pam as her arms were wereoved wereseed wenloved oved seed . . . Her hat was of off ! the heavi heavt heavtIs heavitss 58 Is In her head was so bad that tha ie e puttingher tumbled stumbled ( bl ndly about putting puttingher puttingf her hand trying tr ) ing to rub the wetingle wet wetgle wetgie gle gie o of ( her hair a away way awayHere wayThere awayThere There was a bleak looking flatin fiat fiaton fiaton on bed Its mattress showing sbabr shab shaband ab aband and discolored under a heap heap of ofden ofden otidnen den comfolters comforters cOmfo ters But it was stand standC standg < C g 'till till still stillat ' at least with a floor under underand underand . and nd walls steady about it and the theom theom them > om m was not utterly cold She Sheila SheilaEked a acked Sheilaicked cked Eked off oft her shoes sank downew down downew downrew ew coverings about her Some Someiy SomeY SomeT iy Y T took away the lamp Waking Wakmg lampWaking lampWakmg was misery Sheila hadever had hadever hadever ever before in her life wakened to"ch toch to toch toeb " physlal ch eb bew Iderment lderment and such physi physl al l physidiscomfort discomfort at once Where wasW was wase waset whyas e et ? What walls were these and why " as dressSh Ehe she asleep in her office dress " " ' ( She turned timed over and her dankw1 dank dankur dankr ur r ' ripping rIPphtg bed covers eovers gave torth forth a"Uy aUy a ackly acry " ckly cry rancid smell . She sat up up"d upd " d andked brought her tcet teet feet to the floor andted and herIt * ked kedabout about her It was daytime anyway For al ai al"gh aiough alOugh ough "gh gh " the old fashioned wooden ' wooden"tiers woodentiers woodenutters woodenhers " thei utters hers were closed outside the theOm theom Om "l l " i s a tour four windowslere windowsere many paned windows ere "as as was " light beyond Rott ng "PI PI " ips fps ngips ngfps Of ofold ntrt old net ? . i . - hung bung at these Win tha A _ _ _ . . . . A _ _ _ . . . . WI the 16 Boor lIoor floor was of old poorly poorlywiled poorlyitched poorlyatched wiled itched atched pine boards upon whIch which"re whichre whIchme " carpetere me whichme meduthy me duthy Bithy IIJthy odds ( ,3,3 33 , , , and ends ot of carpet ere " lung ! " " "B B " 8 at t unt tint dy angles There ? Thereere , ere theOm them ' some ' n " ! broken chairs in the thelm Om m a Eollapsing cOllapsing chest ot of drawers drawerstnirtf drawerscklng drawersEking cklng Eking a * lwt foot toot tnirtf , and Propped on a a"e ae aut at ut t " Ultle little " ' " . cardboard box Other " Other"nIhirB OthernIhirB Otherrnlture Othermlture rnlture mlture . . . . . . B Bi -i--- i - iAtJ - - - > - bedd consisted only of her bed d two other . . . similarly Ironds - * A-tJ A tJ - shabby SIH1VUJ Iron tlUli ds fould 1 with " 'ith ith ' th n mattresses and foul ( oul ouls discoloredd d ng The me walls were discolored d dark doorsgged doorsfged the old wooden doors gged fged In ib their frames and carried h Ie to chlDa china knobs s Sheila had nev nevt heen been nevheen nevbeen In 1n Ina a decaymg decaying . old farrr tarn-house tarn house house ' housefore tarnhousefore ----t t - - - - ttlfevlU vlU 101 - 'lore lore fore 101'lore but ghe she wasone ione knew that sbe she was one now flow _ _ nowOn flow0o On 0o Onone Petere PeterC one ol ot of the other bfcds bLds bids Peter e C Cann was heavily asleep al C > alC alosl osl St Ri Completely dressed Lamely 0 0wli \Iils Iils wli LamelyIils \ Sheila walkpd walked walkpdover walkedover over and stud led ied his flushed haggard sleepinf sleeping sleepingface sleepingface sleepinfface ; face tor for a few seconds Then she shewent shewent ; went cautiously and peeped through throughthe throughthe the cracked old window wtndow glass and andthe andthe [ the sl ts is In the shuttersOutside shuttersOutside shutters shuttersOutside Outside aas vi v . as unbroken snow There Therewas Therewas was not a track upon It not another an another i other bouse house In view A prolonged prolongedhummock prolongedhummock hummock might have been the fence fencethat fencethat that outlined outImed a road she could not nottell nottell t tell Near the house she saw a barn barna ' a well sweep outhouses all muffled muf muffled ' fled and disguised by the white powdertng powdering pow powdering ' dering dertng of the storm . . . Great ban bare baretrees baretrees bantrees trees stretched their branches overhead over overhead ' _ head The snow had stopped tor for thetune thetune the thetune tune being but the restless airswere airswere airs airswere were clicking the tree branches and andblowmg andblowing blowing blowmg the drifts about about , , and the thelow thelow th < low leaden sky threatened to tal fall fallagam fallagain talagain again agam againThe agamThe The room ! in n which she found herself herself her self was on the ground floor thi the therailless therailless thirauless rauless railless porch was just outside The Thefields Thefields ( fields and what might have been theroad the theroad thi road sloped away In a series of ofrounded ofrounded o . rounded hills below the farmhouse and beyond everything everythingvanishegently vamshed vanished vamshedgently vanishedgently gently Into tnto a general d mness of ofsnow ofsnow osnow snow and cloud cloud.Sheila cloudSheila . . . Sheila jumped but it was only onlyPeter onlyPeter onl : Peter at her elbowWhere elbowWhere elbow elbowWhere Where are we we7 we7I ? ' I don t knowSeen knowSeen know knowSeen Seen anyone this morning mornmg ? I just woke upThis up upThis upThis This is a hot one onel ! said PeterWell PeterWell Peter PeterWell Well I know I m freezing freezIDg She Shel Sher Shella Sherla : la said She took a pocket comb combfrom combfrom cornfrom from her handbag and ran It through throughher throughher througher her thick red hair She rubbed her herface herface he ; face with both palms ordered her herdress herdress hedress dress slightly and went to the door door'I doorat dooat ' at the back of the roomLook room . . 'I I 'Iat Look out what you re domg doing doingPptpr ! ! Peter whIspered whispered sharply sharply But Shel Sher She ! la had already opened the door a acrack acrack acrack crack and was peering peermg through . . The room Into tnto which Sheila looked lookedwas lookedwas lookedwas was unspeakably desolate and dirty duty dirtythe dutythe dirtythe the floor littered with old newspa newspapers newspapers newspapers pers the windows sealed The floor floorshook floorshook floorshook shook under her feet as she timidly timidlyventured timidlyventured timidlyventured ventured In . In . It had once been a adin adin adm din ng room It was quite unfur unfurDished unfurnrshed unfurnished Dished nrshed nowAt nowAt now nowAt At one end an open door led tnto into intothe tntothe intothe the front room that flanked the bed bedroom bedroom bedroom room and here She Sheila a heard voices voicesmumblmg voicesmumbling voicesmumbling mumblmg mumbling voices of men and from fromthis fromthis fromthis this direction came also the smell smellof smellof smellot of |