Show 4 af 0 g r 4 I 1 TI rl CAROLYN WELLS WELL AN ff S ta iba I 1 now mv 4 ARMYN WELLS 1 WN N U SYNOPSIS perils Pe rills fairfax and cory corey malden maiden are ar to 0 o be married the th next day at lovell terrace long island horn home 0 of john lovell covelt hor her stepfather oath isred rd are ar tony fl aai askell kell best bent man a lawyerly gilld sheldon Rh eldon mald maid of honor and pete wilson and hob bob cat coif fir friend lenla of Pe rr rillas llla brother ushers ohr cory corey in vry very wealthy 1140 II 11 Is thirty leht eight and perila twenty four but it Is I 1 ts true love lev match everybody to buiey a n eluding jane jan latimer mr levells lovells fretty and fal effir lent social orbal secretary there ther Is if 6 ft dreox rehearsal rh arl and malcolm and bob ar are sent to ge rt I 1 ill the tenney girls when the th party I 1 bre liking up th the before the wedding malcolm corn com flavins of it a lien dache tony products produce bm white tablets and nearly every cn ne emkes one including cory corey after 0 r abo th welding tells tell her in mother that rob nob had repented repeated his hi threat that it if she he ever married any ny ore ane apt him he h would kill tier the th om or himmele ifer her mother insists bob wr was only tuning leasing her hep in a baltimore BaltI mare hotel room corey ell you wont like alk my mother she lint lent lovable then drops to the th floor annor dead as h bolin her in his hi arms alone c t for Doy boynton doynton riton the th and brah barah her moll mh corilla hrs boynton telephone her fis father ther to come by plant parn with A a aya ya the do fath resulted from natural caluneo hen perilla arrives at the th malden home ahro hb to ij greeted by madani madame malden maiden with you murdered him that the she enters Pe rillas room by a balcony window CHAPTER Ill Continued 6 1 I promise said bald the old woman sull sullenly pilly 1 I mitt in not at all mire iture you will keep our te A maiden neer kretik a alvin word but iou aou tire lire ti tit t a malan lou IOU are not to le lc trusted in oni thing therefore tomorrow lor I 1 put the ilia alioto hole business your lunar juil mind rid I 1 M N 0 no come the ingala anil and ni as perilla Irr llla out of abed atrid had her captive she ehe called collad to sarah to fetch the nurse 1 I in binl I 1 tier her slie lie said it if you have to rouse the hole house bouse hold harah ton soon found her sleeping sounder and carried her off oat to one moment miss seymour she he said I 1 Is madame li folden subhi ct to tancle fa lo in at yes yea the nurse re plied piled lake her away please and asu asli her not to have them any more Ier Perli llla lit had just been wakened next morning when hen malcolm arrived from the railroad station and site elie hurried downstairs to grait hinl him alt a minute leril he said eald as ke be leil led tier lier to a settee in the corner of the t lie porch I 1 I 1 isten here don t say a single word to on anybody body which it c can be quoted as ours I 1 mean confine berer thing aou eay any to casual sub subjects jeLts like the tile beauty of the place the house or the city of lut but not a word ord of corey or say any of us ua of yourself 0 of I 1 cant any fly wore more now but remeau jolin john lo 10 loiell ell joined J fined th in they hn ha I 1 a family bre breakfast alfast and ald then lien peril la dismissed the servants did 11 J ott on learn an thing in wash Ine tonT she aclid her brother 0 no o lie returned except that we at faunt ant to liap perfectly quiet and get away from here slid and balk to r lew ew I 1 aik oi oik k as soon lis as we a con can till it all mal lal I 1 said lon local ell I 1 voi we e must know IOU can alak sit alt low I 1 doubt anybody Is boell ell linn aud in a low ki whisper there are hints or at italia asue about I 1 arll rii toting alone with lorey lorcy in tile room know I 1 BO far there li is tio no liann done but it Is ille a le a tir tatti would get it off I 1 BW w our two I 1 erill to Lar carleton leton ond and car ami tiny u agate ace it will all 11 tade fade aua asa it if it is nothing nuth ln mire tu ire laid or duns I 1 hey tell tile me to be mire are vt of I 1 laquian la tile the little I 1 mier person am ln a lioe hete bul garth will hill ie be I 1 vie eie ty by noon go BO hell bandle that 1 asue sue luu iou know blin ell cs hen a delightful ulan nao and one ane of loreli s best lin its if r bolat to be 1111 cult to kilde hill or ito bo a b bil it frie u d la is and liere biere it another ilig leave tile the old lun ua to nie me ile 1 a bolcoa I 1 con can fix liter atrilla had just summoned the ill when dillon came caine with a nic taie fur for it won a A cull allain I 1 to 10 visit tile the billing room of LIS ills hostess h os its at onee once 4 11 jacol m was as not cot lly pleased at the tone of th ois saBi e but lie veat tent with dillon fit at onte onie and mils rece received led by AIJI den lit ito tier ner most sod d ang louls tle mood CHAPTER IV OW do you do mrs biro lint Hol 11 den erill malcolm said fully p U ny grasping madame maid eriv holud hind with till a hearty shake before the ilia could ftp him hi in 1 I am nill mul colm fairfax 1 kaIr fax and I 1 ni in glad of tin an opportunity to talk to you I 1 think I 1 CUD can be of real help to you corey a mother vl who ho had become more and more fim rizA at this its a ton young roan man beian to lock a little frightened all right all right lady dont don t feel ilia slightest alarm hut but vp w must all be a alone dil ion you may 0 o ond arid bit miss sp spy y inow too please lie gale gae tin fill nurse one of tits his best smiles llie ilia two faded from vie view w ant Nin malcolm leolin drew tits hi chair nearer to to the oil ladal who ito was vias now fuming with anger I 1 J here there malcolm ea art d soothingly 1 11 I told sou ou I 1 want sant to help you hy get mad at that I 1 I 1 ou are the madman I 1 title ex what hat do ion ill wan toy ly nd ad dressing mp me la in tilts manner cant you even understand the meaning of words word my my ayt I 1 ilat hat a pity I 1 now I 1 m a good sort an aal I 1 truly I 1 can hep aou ou I 1 have lots lot of influence listen here now cow where here do you want mitt to go just ou tell rue roe and ill III see ice that you get there I 1 get where w here I 1 don t want to go any anywhere here 1 I hats too bad but boult you 11 have to you know alno arter after you know after what hat you said tat hat did I 1 eny any I 1 disint any anything that flint I 1 oil oh piffle don pent t tithe anle it thit hit way ny that won wont I 1 help you tiny any ton diany witnesses drop it now heres where A here I 1 come in you must have a choice of places and I 1 can tell ou oil that flint to he be able to got get our choice idolce Is a great thing aes os sir air a very ery grent erent thins thim choice Cli olie of i litti I 1 of places places to go I 1 don dont I 1 know the nicest ones onea down here I 1 know the rew new lork ones but I 1 sup pose you it rather stay near home so out with ill Is there a good one nearby A good what 11 1 I but youre dense look here you re tane mane now arent out ou I 1 I 1 I certainly ani am ell lots lota of at times youre not and put up with it just as n long as they can but when ou sald that you know ou the tl beans tow jow 3 auve ou lie got cot to go go R where A here good land joure you re stupid t to an institution en an asylum for tile the insane it i wu iu want ilant it in eng ns 11 elsh s 11 now isow don dont t begin to scream tint thit wont mout get you an anywhere bere Mn tIn daines dames hand li ind was clapped chipped 1 over ve r tier her mouth site die looked like one hyp notley not led lou IOU see it nai mas the list last straw when jou sold said hot hat did I 1 sty siy bloor lady I 1 bont dont you even remember i it often SOPS goes thit vv way a y lou IOU said again analco malcolms tills di diep p vi whisper had a tone us as of utter litter condemnation iou OU said that per ier ilia murdered careyl corey her beloved bc loed tier other self lou iou never saw them together I 1 have hae I 1 ahey hey were ere born for each cadi other but nil all this you know and then ou hint you eny any outright that flint killed curey corey A long time they have ausle ansi ted jou or of bellia mail mad now they know it ou oil proved it on so ai is 1 I any you must list go 90 gogo go 90 not t to a madhouse no not dont ddn t shriek ve ie quiet ot of to n now berh ilia but to tin in lula and then go on you ill know lou IOU call cant t stop hiie gone too far IOU ou see an tit nt murder li Is a pretty prett serious ninth r alloo ion enow all tills this Is true lot on know there are great ant powerful ins in ashin ton aho vho tto are nim too fond of you 1110 allo vho loved loed coity clity but alio ito would not raise a fanz r to save sae a jealous jei ilous from file madhouse where here site lie arrendy be ion longs lou IOU know Pe perillis rIllis adred tier her husband hiis liand anti and tint thit your acclise lion Is rubbish let vt you vituld won lit willingly Illin gly drag dra the tie old and hon 0 orad wred name of filden through h ill he mud and mire of a silly billy murder trial uhl h could have date but one rr rp suit triumphant acri acquit till tat and bour our own on infamy and john I oell lnell Is 13 not the twill tit t tale quietly an in insult to his file drill daviti 11 ter and I 1 ani not sure he ling tin no ni already started on the matter or of jour menial inertial responsibility now nw you ellist see for lf if tills Is one of your rational dibs billat illat I 1 nm am sailing nil all tills to you for lour our own ovion silie alls B well ni As TIT nv terA don dont t pretend to au dista forested friendship for you yon but I 1 flo an stand ready to befriend yuu you it if you piny fair with PerIl perella lit I listen jaten to it Is bhart you can learn it or of what did corey carry ilia die accord anz to the doctors doctor certificate of heart ful failure fellure lure bolint hat caused this heart failure an cunati en knise of the heart lipit rt that was as made out aej sinned signed by one of the most famous farno iiii atil in washington and do di you yon dare presume to pit your feeble knowledge of against hill ito io you dare say any lie Is wrong and youage you are right especially to 11 when ou said hat flat fearful thing dins you roll dada t know what you were say gay ing inar 0 o air barno no mr fairfax came a trembling voice ahat hut cars I 1 do to piet act matters hinders right 1 I fear it la in too late for that As I 1 tol lot I 1 you those words worda of yours your tinted slated your doom I 1 only call rane a to offer efrer my help in to it that hint ou iu tiit ut to the institution you pro pre fet red oh mr malcolm dont let me gal go I 1 you have bare influence you are lind hearted save me ue me for korpys rey a sake save line me I 1 ion should have thought of tilts before you denounced your daugh ter in law but your lawyer laejer ift air is I 1 firman relian Is in coining coin lna soon perhaps lie he c can an find a way out no he acanthe can tHe Is a nitwit oh ou hep help met IOU ion are a fine young man and Is a back num cum her ber kut allut he knows know yon ion said that about perilla and lie ir knows how ser serious lous it Is ill tell him blin I 1 dida t mean it be lovely to perilla and it won I 1 be pretense I 1 do love tier her I 1 took to tier her at once and it if site will only forgive my ilal 1 I of it here mrs neiden malden little haie to have that out with Ve rillis slie she Is not easy to hoodwink hood and you 11 have to convince her of your sincerity but it if you con can do that the rot will follow I 1 im in pretty sure yours you re oo oil tile the road to somei here and will ill you send perils to me 1 1 I prefer to be here also may I 1 ring the bell 1 do that brnas brans one you ton in on midi till us 11 1 I fear I 1 must but don t let me m embarrass ou on it will be b better for iu to have tile nic here I 1 rilla was soon found nd brought to the sitting bitting room sit down was the gruff inalta tion 1 I 1 wont ant to male up with ou oil at a nio nning lna glance from mal hat colm terilla still ball pleasantly oh lob theres nothing to mahe up you illde t auant ant to see aoe me but now you ila lime L geen ceon me ag ae lin I 1 in not so no bad on I 1 oaire loure oi ire lovirt I 1 dont wonder corey adored 1011 oil perilla nearly fell off tier her chair to in au ri rise what miracle had hal colm brought about lea es tie he did adore me we planned to ile be so an happy ira ca aes yen yea now nor today I 1 want mant ou to remember that I 1 am your friend will ill you youl the lawyers v hlll ill be here an I 1 I 1 want ou to see them it if po kalble in my place I 1 ean can t arsta rid their talk and thel their r arguments as I 1 used to and you must help me out both of you ste hie at malcolm who ho grinned duck back tit nt tier and they both bild aid they would vituld do all they could to help perilla raid paid afterward aft erHard that she he to benth that madame maliden would kiss her lint hut the nurse crime then and took the old ludy lady amity did you hypnotize hyp notise tier bierl ahls tits ard d terlula to tier her brother 1113 mihe hl hiep kica quiet now ta the ie ganias s never out iut till it its a placed out watch your step aril espe lally flint lawer garth Is in nil all As A the day dragged by forman fannan was as persistently at tier her to rive give him film nil an ernt rendit rendition ln of tills point or that hat until the she showed shoved tier her resentment r sent merit put not bulte 17 rei ell when ilen lie he said for the HIP doench time hut but only you two in the room an I 1 tits hl diang without a biord won surely ou oil cimott it looks looke queer I 1 I fill to see adv thing cuper about it she woich out say pich eich time 11 me now ow mr I 1 annan if ill u have an adv linger ing suspicion tint thit I 1 killed my bus bind or by me c ident I 1 would you yim to any so BO rather than hint such much an I 1 very one aiho ho knows us nt at all vall tell ton ill that my liu und and I 1 wire on most terms rid ard that we linkel forward joo joeisy Jo oisy isly to a bappe life together an unknown heart lienert trouble unexpectedly showed iti itself telf onil and hp ho filed died cs as warly tiler nely healthy met men little th vie if aou ou lillne 1 tell te us omir priors our ell el ilens air otar bensons for such in be alef lot nii lieve anve no suh siah reason I 1 bonnot tie wh why ou are 1113 attitude lohen hen barth arched from eipl liln ill lip he ans ill ant hind and in n itally comforting comfort lna way lie ile ailt if f fr r a con conference confer ferente eme ut at once and antl all ered him tile the fallow her let fallier lint brither bri linit ther lier and ani rent pent for mn in anille mithat it if mie die rhose chose to at af pent mie he did not n t however liott eier an and I 1 pillin to tn iche tier 1 it vi not n of birre boresi nt an and 1 the fr ivill dottor whose slanie name win wa 1 tort I 1 lie m as Prill reir informal Inform il aal an I 1 0 irth ns as Ii letter Pr fur wet willett Mii lleti inid flit n hav lin mitter millers cihil tin flit in chilly abe he will ill would lip reid re id ou I 1 rid ty afar r abo tb flaral berr ice iw and as a there were ere ninny many am imil ill bequests biu eta to and to am ants ania he be would not boro bore thorn them altti these minor matters tile the chip chief point was wa that the large larce part of corey maidens enormous fortune was wa bequeathed to his wife till a smaller but goodly amount to tile hi mother this to to the wife at the mothers death garth antony haskoll and rich ord ard carleton Cur leton were executives ant an I 1 tru trusties for Iler illik and ll adanie It Mal alden ln atrilla wua vius glad clad tw she hit hi I 1 met lack dick carleton in lie was na so 0 o kind and friendly 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