Show i D r B Me CORD SO 50 FAR Larry STORY g un l td t pretty Jacqueline Jack A An public tHc stenographer at the Hotel Botel by j telling her she the could realize trotting be-trotting ambitions by marry ya 10 jiey hey were ere married after sign 0 uel ne s reI ef v was vas as Ms but cu already ready already she he was face to tot to r R th ih a problem that must bee be beA t e ed d 4 A w thin thID a short time What she do Vince left the thes s p fah She could not take him hime e R th her to her little apart t and he could not go back to tot t room m in Elder Ilder street need care for a long time timea could she manage l ps PS How t And there was tt as all this ex exe exe b 11 Kennedy s s Dr e e l te e cash from that bond present only a temporary solution It Itis merely a loan And that reed reher re ed her Vince q second us Ras as up She would settle thatter that tit her wa out that would be one sorry orry pro ed to be one more Theat Theat The Thet t at the cashier s s WIndow I bed hastily through a file and acted a cardus card ibis Hus account was settled today as an of ot one week seek paid on room item Th s envelope was left me IDe when ben I came on duty I Ie Ie t e it at is your receipt re e were ere tv two 0 P of paper the tit envelope One was a sta state te dt t from the hospital on expense and a week s rental for tor Vince s room abber tamp stamp indicated the ac ns as pa d Dated today t other appeared to be a leaf from rom a memorandum book sled offer o 01 er with a man mans shand s hand I Ree Settled gig ed from Miss Jacqueline I Los Long even date the sum of ol two dred ed dollars 00 Account In int Thanks Thinks Erasmus Kennedy D of course stuffed the receipts her bag and nd left the bUIldIng 11 first reaction v was vias as a hot re reent eat ent Larry had no right to ther Cher under obligation that way ad been hard enough to do what a had bad for tor 1 ince swallowed pr de All this was as u IEr ctr more deeply m mahat mithat ahat bat chaps Larry meant only to be But th s hurt urt she gave Je de gasp asp of consternation tIon It ItI Itt t I occurred to her before If IllS misted sted upon pay ng these bills be forced to do It Larry Lury s a money could she ever have become hed rd in m such a net of CIrcum m But she would have thiS nth Larry the very first time nas Ras as a chance to talk to him gave ga up the puzzle With ge groan that was vas very 1 11 I y a sob for her peace peace of I i there was no s of the er er Larry Cutter dur ng the days He night might be in m hidIng aU all 1 she kne vill v beI ill YOU would th rik he would be 1 interested to want to about aboul Vince how nicely hea he a i titling getting along now i cee Kit improvement s was as the only l in another v week v eek or so t Rould be leaving the hospital for lor where I lal problem struck her w th re y rey d red lorce seea when she called to see a that hat o n He was propped s h s bed He was smoking It laved 8 c garette garete at her cheereR cheer r eR to no Sk a am n better hetler Feel fine floe And I Ia taller caller a A A friend of yours t-co t w to V nee Cutter He was here almost ij hours kirs Seemed to know you ell Reu youell elL yes Were We re quite good teed red lied you meet him s I been en staying at the hotel cute a while oni off and on ondone onit done t quite a lIttle work for tor ri I lance a n ce fellow And he lies s an rI SkIpper Vince beamed l I know when lye Ive I ve met a fel felId III could talk to the way you h hm h m lies He s 5 got a head on onders Udders ders s Smart as a ah vh wh p pYOU you loci th so 50 say lay I was telling h m about tv invent on He was so 50 In Ad and nd seemed teemed to understand What hat I was trying to do Vince smiled trailed a trifle trineL prettye iY y iy I guess I sp pretty me e whole works to him But lobe b he Buthe isn sin t the k nd of ot a fellow do me out of ot anything lm III QU to te sure he wouldn t lathe way I 1 size h m up 7 spy lly s t nee flee he s a fr tr end of ot V nee to 10 ered h hs s voice 4 Says layS gIt gd ys III be making a b g It d I 1 don t go ahead with ar I j wouldn t wonder a bit help elp P me launch the blamed iii aR get It t started you now know vOil la j ii rev t worry about It yet yett 6 t ode e trye suggested theer cheerily y try the d she felt Sup ee were to accept Larry s e knew from i a B long and ana b D t i Cure en about those ran ou must get well and gain ork tika rk before you even een eve th t re 1 changed the sub 4 Itt Itte the 11 e t t me came for her to t d e departure reached the street a tall ta I INSTALLMENT TEN bag a contract ij fA provIding that she ma may continue to fa Uve live as she the Is living for tor sit months after atter which she the could tear the up contract He ne gave tave her 10 COO as surety ely Jacqueline warned Larry when she learned that e Staples was se at T 7 y- y w x t figure loomed out of the shadows and a fam fairs lIar bar voice spoke I thought you d be comin coming out a about outa b out this time Larry said smil smiling mg Busy for a little wh le Ie W th out lt wa ting for an answer he tucked his w wife de s arm through his started dS and start e ed across the street The car s over 1 ere he explained After they had left the hosp hasp tal be bend beh h hAfter nd he offered I hada had a sort of ot sneaking Idea you were set to give me a lecture so I soI thought I d be obi grog How about It I do want to talk to you Jae Jac Jacquelne Jacquel quel ne said soberly And y lou ou au thought I was as keep n ng out of your 3 our wa wai Larry had a d s concert ng way ay of figur ng things gs out Shoot II I don t know what to say Jacqueline began UI unhappily y Of course I want ant to thank you first of all for paying those b for Vince but but I wish you hadn tI t tI I don t see why hy my dear Lar Larry Larry Larry ry said I can cant t th of any better bet better better ter use of money than taking wor or roes rles off oft your shoulders Tl Ti at s just it she cried softly Can t you see that that It hurts I d never hurt you Jack I just want ant to help help-By help By the way I hope you don t mind my dropping In m iny ino y o sue He lie s got a head bead on his bis shout shoulders shoulders ders Smart as a wh pon p pon on your father today I thought maybe he might be find ng the days long It was good of you He crated It it Nothing of the sort I had a good time and a very interest ng visit He sure is wrapped up m in his latest proJect very ous to get bad bacy to it Larry she burst out m in spite of herself AU All Vince s invent ons ens have been dud dudo Ever SInce I can remember When one flops he just goes on to the next You know Larry observed mus m ill inventors menters enters are queer an mals malsI I should know being a son of my father And as for duds some sometImes sometimes tunes tImes they go off unexpectedly All thiS talk and the have put me m in a reminiscent mood Jack JackWon JackWon JackWon Won t you let me show you a relic rehe of my youth It s not so far Iron from here not more than an hour What is it of you wish me to see seeThe The birthplace of a hero Yours you mean All AU right III I U Ugo go for lor the ride When the city was left behInd Jacqueline said Isn t the moon I 1 ful Did you ever not ce how it seems to to take the rough edges oft off everythIng Hope that includes me Larry ventured You are rather nice Dice at times tames was his reward Thanks But I was as going to tell you about our old place Does some one 1 ve ye in It t now No worse luck and it seems to tobe tobe tobe be go ng to pieces I always Wished I might get t for tor myself and make It look the way ay it d d when I was a kid Guess I told you my dad lost all his money He Yes and dad would have hate hit It off well Larry observed unexpectedly unexpectedly The old gentleman was basement ot of qu te to a sc ent st The our place was h hs s laboratory and workshop and he almost 1 ved m it it Larry s s vo ce d ed cd away awa He was staring at the road ahead of the car Has your mother been gone long she ventured D ed cd less than two 0 years after my father I th I 1 was more self relIant than he was When he died there d do t seem so much left for mother And here s where we ob observed observed observed leave the ma n road Larry served making a t turn The next crossroad marks the line of ol olour our old property A few moments later on the Use crest of a wooded knoll he swerved the th v watching him She cashed one of ol the bonds when her father Vince Vinco Anthony needed an operation When she he visited him she the was ready greatly relieved to fa learn the operation was wa successful Now continue with the story y- y c roadster into the weeds at the side of the thoroughfare and cut off the motor Well here He leaned for forward forward forward ward staring intently past h scorn s corn pamonA A 1 1 I the tUe of del on es taped Jacquel ne There m in the brIghtly lighted clearing stood an unusual house It was long and low With four former vs set in Its steeply p roof The central entrance door was vas as shaded by a por port t co adorned w th heavy square col columns columns On either s de of the main structure an el ell Bathed m in moon lIght moonlight the clapboard walls appeared as vh xh h te to as though freshly painted Even the windows many of them With shattered panes seemed able I to h de their sc scars ars Larry What a beautiful lIttle hornet home I JacquelIne sa d breathless ly breathlessly What a shame that no one is liv hv living living Ing in it Has it been empty long Ever since we lost it The own owner owner owner er never used it But Larry that high wire fence looks as though it were ere new newIt newIt It is was the grim retort Brand new Why do you suppose it s there It even has barbed wire wife on the top Yes I ve ye noticed The owner must have hae decided that he be didn t twant twant want ant anybody fooling around there Larry leaned back in on his seat filled and lighted his pipe and sat smoking m silence e e Jacquelne Jacquel ne sensed that he was thinking deeply and did not disturb him hum She re resumed resumed her study of the old house trying to picture how It must have looked in m former days how it of would look now with the soft glow of lamps sh from the black There should be climbing roses over those columns She would clear away the encroaching underbrush bu Id a wide velvety lawn take takeaway takeaway takeaway away the tumble down stable in m the rear And that disfiguring fence It seemed to run Larry She wh h s name catch ng at his arm There s somebody stand ng in m those bushes over there I I saw h m move Larry shifted h s posit on slIghtly and leaned forward one arm resting on the wheel Hey you over there he called sharply A deep s silence ence followed Jacque Jacqueline Jacqueline line held her breath The bushes rustled and the dim figure of a man appeared After stand ng uncertain uncertainly uncertainly ly for an instant he be strolled for forward forward ward He was tas was a short heavily set man wear ng a sweater pulled up about h s neck That will do Larry ordered brusquely What s the big Idea Just v hat I was goin to ask you mister You re on private property here Better go some somewhere here else to todo todo todo do your 3 our JacquelIne felt Larry s arm grow tense We Wo have been admiring the house he answered qu etly Do you happen to know if d it is for sale and who owns It Don t know It doesn t look so valuable I should think that fence would be pro protect protest protect test on enough without you That am aIn t none of your business You d better be movin on Please Jacquelne Jacquel ne wh Larry chuckled as he started his motor What a dreadful looking man she gasped He s a guard or some something something thing isn t he hc Has all aU the earmarks of one That seems to be a valuable piece of property Maybe I can t have haveIt haveit of It after all Jacquel ne pondered that remark in s silence ence Larry made another turn What a beautiful house bouse that Is over there Jacqueline exclaimed yes that s some JO 30 nt nt By the way of It its s where the present owner of Fa lives FaIrlawn I I Yes the former Cutter castle My mother gave it that name I I It s a pretty name But I thought you didn t know the owner s name You asked the man who it was d do t you Sure I know I was just seeing how much the gentleman would talk Jacqueline laughed Then they were s lent Larry she said suddenly J I Ican can t help wondering somethIng That man who owns your house houses is s he a friend of ot yours S I wouldn t say that hat exactly exactly V hat s on your m nd lid no v Something L Staples said to me I 1 d do t tell you before because you d do t ask But he d d say that there was someone And then when I saw s-iw theay the way ay that thai house was guarded Fins Fine You do read mystery sto stones roes rles after all Jacqueline subs ded dud w th ads a d s feel eel ng of d sappo Lar Larry Larry Larry ry wasn t go ng to tell her ng after all But she was sat of several th now The same mar mal who was having Larry watched wa the owner of ot tha that t house It wa Larry whom he was trying to keel off of the th tl property out of the horn hom that had been his father sTO s TO Ili Bt CONT |