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Show raer .T.Cen Mrs. W.N.U. jPYKIS service! We went noiselessly back through the broad hallway and out the front DAY-Continucd door, the steps Darbe.com- garden Sarah the garden with hertor the diningflowers I ot t,Tk ' smiled with a pleased You'xe going out at ils Avery. she approved, Do you i answered. that here it is Mon- f I haven't left this house down trolled J rT4ah, i i y night? Sar-- d that, Mrs. Avery. And Im earnestly. lie getting away for a wish you were lunching I feel like that quite yet. In case anybody lI shant be gone long. sloping drive-ij- o the main road. At the road teed to the left, toward the technically jttr i -e- astwardly, runs to the My land bordering a road, pretty ST sumach, wild cherries, wild I turned up i mi goldenrod. stopped at the first house on the jo, tapped gently I the old knocker. e her summer print and a 4 eloping apron, Hannah I , down my Y-n- fcened 1116 door- had been housekeeper p. ever since they which, girls, has laid its p Fairweather sisters, young pall I said, Hannah! morning, bod Mis Avery! she exclaimed bat I might describe as a full b, think of its being "To ber. t How glad I am how glad Margaret will be to see you! i an awful thing to happen on ftead! hushed tone with equally hushed. Yes, awful! jlad Miss Margarets in. I like to speak to her if I may. jse M.ss Flora is not worse, suppose she can leave her aswered her moment? , k Im sure she will see you, reassured me. are you feeling, Hannah? ..wad casually. ir right now, but I have g all tuckered out Why night the night of the was sitting up with Miss I fell asleep in my chair. e the dead. I must have 1 'i r k 1 j 1 It ii Ihours." jFlora must have been loo, I commented me- s Avery, she was asleep ke up. , Will you wait in rom. Mis Avery, or rai like to go out on the " a S go out on the piazza, Han--1 seen the sea for haven't mai m7 t0 8 (uT Panes mnsnuted through the glass door at the of which the sur Into golden plates, feather house faces on the fte Uvin8 quarters look '4 tk ill Way bi2 glassed-i- n u IeaI17 an extension of the hat gMm-wwith its couches S ' hooks r.d fr and magazines, reading lamps. It was order as was the rest use. Yet there lingered B.toosPhere, the to h..dor ot invalidism medi J.T,;Water bottles- - com-b-- u :!0ltnf 'l! ln my hushed to: .. f 8,lo,rny feet How are nd how is Flora? ' Iflnf f1, a I (.V u I ki , , t"en n, 3 fce Was inEv Woman ayj fCW : t0 broad-shoul-- pow- 8 has muscular years before, 8lar woman-ath- - ,wimmin2: she But Jikra Varf , ?n the lon2 lead t0 hcr hdcam 1,IarEaret dropped ikt de rjk fenCer Prfch 0U horrified at Fair tab. Jjjj jf'E'-i- same Mar answered. And ways well. ,k toda7itrifSfuUy Iran.1 devtcd her- - 1' ,f Tj - tag1.hCarlv Mareoret Pte o of rUGht UFSel her 'Flora' 1 nylhin2 say its awful, Margaret, I and no more. Til say I agree that its awful, she responded, and no more. Does Flora know about Ace? I asked as we drew away from the house. No and never will, if I can help It. don that over-wroug- wine-glas- two-stor- 1 My Hat and Strolled Down the Steps Into the Garden. very trotting up the path on the was Hopestill wake of its echoes, living- striding up and down my . room. uni Im glad you took a walk, Anow And Mary, he approved. bouse as the of out must get you often as you can. Ill promise to do that, been And what have you agreed. doing, Hopestill? an Oh tennis, swimming." no evasively, little a swered, adding a lot of things. Caro Prentiss u a swell kid. Isnt she? Yes. I like her better than any other young girl whos coma Satuit. She has a quality." Hopestill And what a facel personality added. Figure charm shes got everything, such vitality and strength! so Im glad you're enjoying her much, I commented. Put on Hot-Ai- The yu Id'j voice, but times. 2 If throat is tore, cruih and stir 3 BAYER ASPIRIN tablets In glass of water. Gargle twica. This eases throat rawness al- 5738 r most Instantly. 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Bruce oh dear, dear Bruce, its Ace. Ace is dead. It is more awful than that He was murdered. He was murdered the night of Mat-ti- e Stows masquerade. He wore a costume of a Homan soldier and he was found dead, stabbed to death by his own short sword, in my Hooray, OH OH SHE SAYS SHE -- A LETTER FROM SALLY! HOPE SHE'S GOING TO NEVER WANTS TO SEE ME AGAIN WELL-- - the same Just GOING TO HAVE THE DANCE WITH ME I fc i'M ' C'HAfZQE A TALK WITH THAT GIRL ... Spinney. I could not look at Bruce Hexson. I closed my eyes for an instant For that interval there was complete silence. Then a strange sound pulled my eyelids up. I hope I never hear that sound again. I hope I never see that sight again. Bruce Hexson had turned to the table, had dropped his head on his folded arms, was sobbing the great hoarse, racking sobs of uncontrolled male agony. TUESDAY I (TO EE C0XT1XUED) rt One-Side- r WHAT HAVE I DONE? 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Soon after breakfast Hopestill left for his morning game of tennis with Caro Prentiss. With that sixth sense we all possess and which, to that strange interval of my life, seemed to have doubled on itself, I became aware presently of sounds from the Spinney. Presently Sarah Darbe came Theres into the room, I said, somebody in the Spinney, Sarah. Who do you suppose it is? Its Mr. Hopestill and Miss Prentiss, Mrs, Avery, Sarah answered. Theyre there all the time. I suppose theyre still hunt ins for clues. Hows Eessie? I asked Sarah. I dont think she slept very well last night, Mrs. Avery. Ill go out and see her now," I said decisively. Eessie was busy with breakfast dishes. Shocking as had her appearance seemed to me the day before, it was doubly shocking today. Had that gray, ironed face ever shown a sparkle, a dimple, a smile? 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The lifting is done rang. Presently Adah appeared. entirely by hot air. No ballast is Bruce gave his order. Adah vanneeded. The balloon may be made ished and reappeared with a foam- to ascend by turning up the keroing Wedgewood pitcher. Moving sene flame, and to descend by with her noiseless speed, she filled Washington a glass for me and one for Bruce. turning it down, Post. Presently Bruce put his glass down. He looked at me a little questioningly I thought Bruce, I said, to a trembling Its the shock, Bessie, risMary, he exclaimed, am to see I glad "how ing to flutter. My heart began me not like the job betore Bruce7 reading. been have you 1 Vi 5$ " Price Mow of Farftoys Cold Remedy 1 a winner. Use string its easy to work with, inexpensive, lovely when done, and wears like iron. If its gifts youre thinking of, use a finer cotton and make a pillow top, vanity set or other small articles that take but a few squares. 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A square at a time made in spare moments time youll never miss and before you know it youll be ready to join them for a cloth or scarf. As a bedspread, too, this design will be Pattern Theres something particular you wanted to tell me, Mary? I wanted to talk with somebody, I answered a little evasiveOf course Ive seen Mattie ly. and the Gearys. I havent been to the Eameses yet Nor the Treadways. Its nice about Molly and Walter, Margaret interpolated. Yes, Im very glad. Ive seen Molly and Walter, but I havent been to call yet. I havent of course but then I call on nobody, Nobody expects it of you, reassured her. People are wonderful about you Do they sus' coming, she said. Of course I My heart sank. pect anybody? she changed the will Mrs. Thelford, I answered. subject Ill go at once. Patrick OBrien has just arrestOh thank you, thank you, she ed Tony Torriano, I answered. answered, the stress of a great reI looked out on the rumpled n sea. I looked up to the lief in her voice. I had said yes quickly enough, smooth white-gol- d sun. Marg- for there was nothing else to do. aret I said, Im going to tell you But the moment I the receiv something. I havent any right to er back, cowardice put enveloped me, tell it to you. Im breaking a conIt seemed a task too terrific for fidence. But the arrest of Torriano nerves. I said is only a blind. Patrick does not my to Hopestill about my er think Torriano did it At the mo- nothingto Bruce rand Hexson; for I knew ment it looks as though a woman I told him where I was going, did. he would insist on accompanying A woman! Margaret repeated me. And for Bruce Hexsons sake, lifelessly. did not' want any onlookers at I went on hurriedly, Yes, the scene. What I did say was, woman! Torriano met Ace to my Hopestill I think Ill take a little Spinney. They had had a quarrel drive alone. I think it will do me that day over a bill which Ace owed good. Tony for months. Ace promised to I think it will be good medipay him that night; made the ap- cine, Aunt Mary, he, to my great pointment to meet him there. He relief, approved. did pay him and Tony got out at I was glad that the road to camp once. But Tony says that when he did not go through the village, left Ace he saw a woman coming did not feel like seeing people. At along the path from down over the the cross-roadI turned to the left Head. and followed Bradford street A woman! Margaret repeated A few cars, carrying friends, to her lifeless voice. Didnt he passed; a few pedestrians were say who she was? sauntering along the earth side He couldnt tell He couldnt walks. Familiar faces swift as see her face. were the nods and glances we gave A womanl Margaret repeated one another showed me, more Wouldnt it be definitely than anything yet what a monotonously. strange if it turned out that a wom- pall lay over the town, an murdered Ace Blaikie! I was glad when the road, pulling away from the town, pulling Luncheon was ready when I re away from the houses, pulling s turned. Sarah Darbe had rung the away even from the bell for Sylvia who, to her accus elms which guarded it became tomed swift biddability, had come more and more rustic, more and more solitary. After a few miles of this, I turned into a road, little more than a lane, which wound in a humpy, rutty curve off to the left and toward the ocean. It ended presently to cleared space. I stopped the car. Aces camp lay fully revealed as crossed the expanse of shorn meadow which surrounded it Ace had always known Instinctively what beauty was. He had hired a pair of Maine guides y log cabin to make the I should call it which we called the Camp, It Is one of the most beautifully constructed log houses I have ever seen. It con bedrooms sists of a big living-room- , and a kitchen; an ell at one side to which lived Adah and Berry, As came around to the broad front piazwas sitting out za, I saw that Bruce Bible. his "front, reading in Bruce sat at a big. broad, bare table. He wore one of the corsmocks with the brown which he always duroy trousers in arms dressed at camp. His folded and over table the on were resting were readthem his absorbed eyes fas d y-- Luxury Spread That Is Yours With Thrift IQI blue-gree- in "Fsirteather house for forty ex-a- s (.r ashen face is as this sheet of paper her tead, pale eyes, despite turtle glancing, never seem hange. But perhaps Hannah Reflects that strange mysteri-juallt- y , Ill began, little rough porch of Aces log cabin and looking off at the tranquil sea, I really heard it for the first time because it was the first tune ever saw it Bruces voice always deep what with emphasis and stress grows sonorous when it touches Holy Writ Somehow with that roll of the incoming waves below as a steady the underlying accompammenl Biblical words seemed to take on a Perstupendous impressiveness. haps all words are empty vessels; we fill them with whatever essence we have of mind, of heart, of soul. Bruce filled the words of the Twenty-third Psalm until they brimmed. He closed the book. Its too early for tea, Mary. Can Adah bring you a cool drink a temperance drink, he reminded me. I was not conscious of being thirsty but I had a cowardly desire to put off the fatal moment Yes, I answered. Id like some of your delicious root beer. Bruce reached up toward the roof of the piazza, tugged at a hanging Inside somewhere a bell rope. telephone Thelford, Mrs. Sarah Darbe informed me. I iTj never liked Brenda Thel-ior- a Aces cousin. But I knew that o. course I must call upon her. I felt a little mortified that she was asking help of me before I volun- 'How do you do, Mrs. began "I feel fright-full- y to think that you have had to telephone me. I had every intention of calling you as soon as I came back to normal Ive just crawled to the point where I could take a little walk this morning. Quite! came Brenda Thelfords frigid, correct voice. I understand. I wonder youperfectly are not raving maniac. And of course ve been very busy myself. It must be a dreadful r you, I murmured. business It is. Fortunately with so deaths in my own family, Ivemany had some experience to this sort of tiling. But Ive called you up, Mrs, Avery, to ask a great favor of you. It wasnt until yesterday afternoon that it occurred to Sam Chess that we ought to notify Bruce Hexson of Aces death. I told Sam to call him up on the telephone. He tried get him at intervals all day. Then we gave it up. Sam felt that he knew what had happened. Bruce Hexson often takes his two servants Ive forgotten their names "Adah and Berry, I informed her. Yes. He often takes them up the river to Aces island camp for the week-enTheres no telephone there. Sam thought theyd come back this morning. They did, but not until fifteen minutes ago. Somebodys got to break the new3 of Aces death to Bruce Hexson. ll be up to my ears in work, getting ready for the funeral I cannot very well spare the time to drive over to the camp and I simply cannot bring myself to tell him over the telephone. 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