Show The Eyes o of Evil k M W W WM M Mi i Dy By BAY CAYARD ARD D. D YORK YORI y D. D n 2 a Western Ne Newspaper Pr Union ACK In town mile the B BACK B BACK drive to each Beach Beach hind had sc seemed med like lIl n a sh simple l v venture And even now no as tile the world darkened ominously ominously omi omi- beneath ath the thickening clouds and the desert deserted d s' s summer cottages rose in dreary lines before c he her Marion Marlon Hamilton entertained no thought of ot tUl turning Ing bac backI back t r rv I I know just where I left that let letter ter she thought uI Ill ll run up and get I It i ancl in in five Jive minutes s be on my y way home lOme U again I The letter had hind been tossed tosse Into the top drawer of f her d dresser and nd forgotten forgot forgot- ten ten This afternoon she she had bored bend Its ex existence and acting cly lead had set out In h h her r coupe coup Without the letter letter letter- her father father faced trial and possible con conviction as as' as asa a thief r in it if slue She remembered d the contents contents' correctly he lie possessed a n con convincing con convincing on- on alibi AS Arp lore I s slipped ped the tha key Into the l lock k she site glanced over oyer her shoulder Surely this thIs' sullen gra green gray grcen mon monster ter was not not th they the y oce ocean ocean n whose sparkling sum sum- summer mer ds she loved Io so much She entered rind with swift glances glances' to either cither side side hurried l up p the stairs to the the door dool of of her room f room had bad hadI It ii was as evident ident that the I been thoroughly wro ransacked She rushed to the thc dresser Intuition told her at once what a ii careful search confirmed m d the th the letter was gone t She rushed from the room room and and stopped with staring e eyes es From around a corner of the hallway appeared appeared appeared ap ap- a n mans man's head the face unshaven unshaven unshaven un un- shaven the eyes gleaming from the gloom With a smothered cry Marlon Marron turned and anil ran down the the stairs caught her er heel and fell She arose with with a sickening sense of oC pain At the first first step her left nJ ankle kle crumpled under under under un un- der her the room whirled away into blackness and she slipped limply to the floor Consciousness returned slowly but butas butas as ns she finally regained a moderate degree deree degree de de- gree ree of clearness of mind she site noted that a wet towel was being hel held against her forehead and that thata a man man 1 stood beside her He was not the one whose face she had seen upstairs upstairs- but he impressed her iier no less less' antl antly His His' young face bore borc the prints of dissipation and a a str steely ely light gleamed In his Ills somewhat somewhat sl shifty eyes She r rose se to her her fe feet t. t Will Willy y you u help me to my my car she car she began The young man maD laughed shortly Bad Dad night for tr traveling he lie sug sue Y stay here ilat are you jou ou doing here here she demanded k S About a year ear ago your Sour father fathe tried to to p plit Sa Sandy Hl Lane behind the bars bar he said Your YOUl lour father was warned but he persisted That was a mistake Your father Knows ys now rhe nO hes he's s going to topa I pa pay the pe penalty 1 You 1 ou ar are Sandy Lane she sher mur murmured murmured murmured mur- mur in Involuntarily n That doesn't m matter Jfe h he remarked You are ale Arthur Hamil Hamiltons Hamilton's o s 's daughter that's what counts I I I. guess guess- Marion on heard no more At that Instant instant in- in stant stan sh she saw again the man an with the unshaven face He was moving slowly slowly slowly slow slow- ly down the stairs s Fascination and terror held her mo mo- S H I j Then one of th the stai cr aked The soun young man iv whirled with with the speed of lightning The big man man ma rushed past her The hc short struggle was titanic Once their bodies struck the table at Manon's Ma Marion's Marions Ma- Ma In- In rion's rions side im and the table crumpled like a thing of cardboard She moved back back- each step tep on her lieI sprained i ankle hurting hurt hurt- hurt hurting In ing cru cruelly lI And And suddenly she realized that she hall had an un opportunity to to be s 's more than an an idle ol onlooker lo ker Th The young g man mUD was on ou his his' back now still struggling gain violently but hut very evidently evident evident- ly Iy losing the tight fight But Marion Marlon co could see see what the bigger man had failed to noti that notice c a r revolver had hind fallen fullen to the floor from somewhere and mid that the young Q ng mans man's hand was groping forit forit for it And then She SI sprang f forward fard ard and rind snatched tile tie r revolver vo he l' l a away t vely she he had decided that u tie twO she she rather ather throw herself on oI the thc mercy of the older man T The latter rose presently and anil yanked the tle to n a sitting position pos and then up Into a chair The uThe end of or the trail Sandy i he muttered with a a. quiet rIng of triumph III Id his 1118 voice Its b been en u a long trip trip- but weve we've arrived at last lust He t 1 turned turned-to ned to find himself if covered covert with the weapon which Marion Marlon held A sudden e smIle br broke ke over over O his face Dont D n t blame you ou he be and Marion Marlon was surp surprised at It ity of gentleness in n his Ilis tone I must look k like a t though I feel like a v very ry efficient and highly pleased po- po lice officer Su Suddenly d she she shere re realized that those evil O eyes eyes were dIrected upon pon her with all the he vengeance of at the handcuffed mans man's soul them Walt t till I get out he mutter muttered I be some lJ wa watt th the oC officer er in- in te ose lou II do time Ume for the job you ou tried to frame ram ur up against Mr Hamilton But there theres s. s worse than that coming ng to you Sandy Lane |