Show l THE i BEN BENU U AMES WI L IAMS t UN MES WILLIAMS w u SERVICE TIll THE STORY STORT CHAPTER 1 I Dr Dv a wealthy and talented middle aged aced sur aur- icon ur-icon Leon teon Is possessed pone cd of seemingly super super super-r r l atura powers power lie Is 1 able to anticipate what people say my before they utter a word vord occasionally he can caD wish for tor some some- some mint extraordinary to happen and have havethe hav I the Ui v Ah h h fulfilled meets Ira I Jet Jel II 11 a wealthy s bustness friend of 01 oft ofHa t Is own age ace who tells tell him he loves his daughter Nancy Mancy and an would like Tike to marry her Dr Greeting Is la pleased and tells teUs le t e has a clear field Nancy however Is In love with fieldI Dan I Carlisle an assistant professor at the I University who has little means They discuss marriage but decide to delay talking to her father about It It Nancy I who ho has been playing tennis with Dan that afternoon tells her f father ther she had been playing with a girl friend Greed Creed II Jr Ing knows know this Is untrue and Is secretly enraged Stepping Into Ms his wife s room his eye eyo falls faUs on n a marb e statuette which lie lle dislikes lie He picks pick It up wishing roomI he I could smash It to bits Suddenly It Is l snatched from his hili grasp eras as B by an In Invisible invisible visible force and burst asun r I CHAPTER II U Mrs Is 1 greatly disturbed over ver the tha mysterious of t the statuette The doe doc doctor doctor j tor makes light of It He no reveals that Ira Jerrell wants ants to marry Nancy On the way to ta a dinner party a car cuts In front of s I He angrily ex expresses expresses pres presses lei the th wish that the driver would exI I break reak his neck An Instant later an accident occurs In Iii which this very thing At the tha dinner the t-a C nicel I meet rr i i arnste wan uan s IS lather tather ann ana anahis his daughter Mary Ann Dr Or Is intrigued by Mary Ann who Is a surgical cal cal eal nurse Mrs Urs tells teUs Prof Carlisle about the destruction of 01 the th statuette and he indicates indicate it might have been caused by a poltergeist a racketing mischievous spirit Greed Greed- Creed int ing In pretends pretend to t Nancy that be he has bas no a objection to t Dan CHAPTER CHATTER IU In More Interested In Mary Mal Ann Dr Or Induces induce her to take a position In ix his bis office he finds he loves lovel her ber Jerrell continues to see sea Nancy whose love Jove for tor Dan I la unchanged The Invite the Carlisles to dinner Dr cusses with Prof Carlisle the subject of f poltergeists the doctor telling of some acme of t his own wn experiences but at at- at attributing at them to a friend Prof Car Carlisle lisle comments lie He who wh eats eat with the th I Devil will need a long lone spoon on The din ner n r r party is 1 Interrupted ln by Iw a a call r a 11 for r I 1 Dr rg g from a Sig neighboring town lie lie JIe asks Mary Ann to accompany himI him I CHAPTER On IVOn IV On On the ride to see se the tho patient is extremely happy lie He Invites Mary Arn Ara to visit their sum summer summer summer mer home It is Inte ate when wilen they finish the call On the way home falls fails asleep at the wheel and they nar narrowly rawly a old a serious accident Nancy drives and is thrilled sitting beside her She is disquieted when ho he h kisses her hand on parting Mrs Greed Creed in jog upbraids him when he returns borne That summer becomes Increasingly increasingly irritable toward his wife CHAPTER Mary V-Mary V Mary Mary Ann s seeks ks to leave a s employment He lie Ie masks his real Interest in her and persuades her go r rg to to g stay the tay lla lake Mrs s toG to open the and summer summerhouse summerhouse ua Nancy house Jerrell men mentions mentions ns Nancy s in interest interest Interest terest in Dan to Dr Greeting but he assures him it is only superficial and he invites Jerrell to visit their summer summerplace place niece for f r a end weel-end Dx Dr da 1 annoyed to tina rind Dan there When Dan leaves Dr Invites Nancy and Jerrell to do some pistol shooting Jer Jerrell Jerrell Jerrell rell pro pro es es extremely Inexpert Back In the city maneuvers to be Invited to dirner dinner by Mal y Mai-y Ann When he arrives he ha finds her alone and embarrassed em embarrassed tince her father Cather has made another engagement ene He stays for din dinner dinner dinner ner however Jerrell Seeking Dan ringS the bell and an embarrassing scene scena Is f fy only ing y averted Jerrell II bYr by remains remains Mary Ann after a quick UI e think thinking leaves and this enrages him CHAPTER VI VI is chagrined ha haf f d to learn than thai Mary a t Ann Is having having dinne dinnewith dinnewith with Jerrell and frets over the fact fact the tha theto to his to his lus wife summer stands home in home the way he gives elves Mrs a box of candy and prepare to go eo swimming When she the is It they have words about his seem Mary Ann He begins angrily nemy to ea e tress cress Sl the tha wish that Jibe phe sh would choke An t lau late a p ece of e c to lo es es esin In her throat She chokes choke Without ut offer offer- offering offer offer-ine log ing any aid Dr Or c g es oft off Returning with Nancy whom wo m he has met returning home t with Dan he ands find the th body of his hi wife He seems terror stricken and remorseful at first but finally realizes he is free fre Nancy Nan NanCY CY has a foreboding of evil Continued Continued From Last Lut Week 1 He said aid laughing wih a deep de- de delight de delight light YOU re as obstinate as- as as Im Irn Fm not she protested 1 not obstinate It s only obstinate l t v tt t a aa a amI D I I I I He De Said S Huskily Your T ir Lips I Are Trembling goto when you insist on doing doin the wrong thing so youre you're the obstinate onel onell I Her arm reached up and drew him nearer Dont be so strong and I stubborn Dan tt He whispered stammering stammering and I breathless Nancy you U 11 have me mei drunk l-drunk drunk with your sv sweetness in a aI I minute Let me keep my head I I I I I want you ou drunk and quite mad mind ind who wholly Irresponsible she sheI I I 1 I don t want you to keep I your head Her arms were tight I around him Dan Dan I want you with me to 10 fight with me to stand I with me to hold me i I am holding you N I I 1 Never let me go she whispered l Never let me go I And she said I want it settled I finally and absolutely and always and forever between us Dan Do you hear And she cried a halt half so in her tones Oh Oh It s only so that nothing can happen so that I Ican It Itcan Ican can stand up to Father and so that I can cling fast to you Dan No matter what he says or does Her lIer eyes questioned him Dan you t argue and find reasons hand I and think of obstacles ever any anymore anymore more Promise Imore He agreed helplessly Anything Nancy Yes V I you re ure I want to count tt on ou always always You can She said Bald soberly This This is as as anything any minister an ever say over us Dan The sun was low sinking swiftly now and a light o breele het be un Jn to blow as though dusk shepherded tho hot afternoon air nIr away awny bel before are it t They The stayed awhile l a watching the purple flood Hood that flowed across the marsh and it cooler and Nancy Nanc said at last In a l tone of surprise Ise I II I I Dan Dan my dear 1 I m hungry I f It a s dinner time he assented I a at her Why Why shouldn't I you be Their voices were rich richand richand and husky I II I 1 I It seemed to them the es esI essence essence I hamburg l settee sence of ot perfection to eat cat hamburg hamburg- hamburger 1 er cr sandwiches at a lunch carlon car on the way home where whore two truck drivers ate beside them and discussed the ys y's ball game with the took cook Yet afterward they were reluctant to go goon goon goon on and it was late when hen Nancy brought Dan at last to his own dc door or She would not come In I don t teven teven teven even want to see se Mary Ann to- to tonight to tonight night she said I saidI He spoke Nancy there s a sone aone aone one thing Jerrell s a good man I and a fine man And he ho s a been mighty nice to you You must tell I him Nancy Why she asked curiously I 1 wilt will of cf course if It y ou think so Dan I DanI But why No man likes to find himself in inthe Inthe inthe I inI the position of making love to-an to to engaged girl he explained to It I makes him ridiculous and nd Jerrell s too much muth ofa of a man for that 81 If It he doesn't want to b ridiculous bus lus he t make love to a girl half halt his age ase she protested mischievously Dan Uan Insisted I like him and respect him Nancy you dr de it II She said demurely Wh Why am I Itc Itt Itc I tt tc oppose you Dan my dear I do exa exactly as you say lay She urged then happily But But let lets s not tell anyone else till we re ready to be married the very cry next day I He nodded All AU right But Id I'd like to shout It Id I'd like to sing it darling she whispered Kiss me no nov nor He did And And good night t Tomorrow night Dan All AU the tomorrows he prom I is promised promis ed I I I I I I I CHAPTER VII VIII I Doctor decided that he would go to the Lake for his vaca- vaca vacation vaca vacation tion just as he had planned He said to Nancy I I think yori mother moth mother mother er would auld want us to and he ex- ex explained explained ex explained I I shall do some work I ye ve papers to prepare Miss Carlisle can get the data together and bring the material up to me Nancy nodded and he be added a very capable girl Nancy Oh Yes yet yes she agreed Mary Anns Ann's fine I ve ye never worked so 50 well as since I took her on he said sid She She- She He spoke of ot details till tiU it occurred to Nancy Incredibly that he protested overmuch She said at last faintly disquieted by his bis re reiterations reiterations reiterations iterations You don t need to praise Mary MaryAnn MaryAnn Ann to me rather Father He flushed but then he laughed Fine FlOe Fine he said I m glad you wont won't mind her being up there with us usI I I 11 ask Dan too she said So that I 11 have some one to play I wIth while you and she are work ark working working ing He hesitated I I don t know whether that s wise s wise Nancy So Sosoon Sosoon Sosoon soon after your mothers mother's rs r's de th She did not urge the point as assuming suming that when the time came Doctor would be more morp complaisant She was during these days and despite the steady t or of her aching grief quietly happy content with a sense of security ct al peace in the certainty that she and Dan would never be parted Her interview with Jerrell had been easier than she feared He heard what she had to say without sur surprise surprise prise j i 41 I guessed that long ago he said smilingly Young lovers are transparent I knew it perhaps I before you did He said gravel gravely I I think you i ou know how much I wash ish happiness for tor you I I Yes she assented I I think 1 He lie doHe dolie doI do smiled It If Dan were wert not be- be be before I fore taro me he confessed s d I might 1110 hate e dreamed borne ome absurd dreams myself despite my age I I I Io o ve C never thought of It you as aslI aso 1 she sho told him gently I I IThe The Tha intervening days till tm their de- de deI deI de 1 I part re for the Lake passed like leaves on the wind Nancy noticed I once or twice that her father read with a 11 frowning attention the linen fin n cial dial pages ot of the newspapers ne She Sheh h herself had po no interest in such mat mat- matters matters but she spoke of it Jt to him I I thought you seemed worried to she remarked but he hi answered erod Irritably Irritably bly I I m not Please allow me mo to at- at attend at attend tend to my own affairs 4 Yet as B a matter of fact Doctor though he hP denied dented it 11 to Nancy was worried and end with cause His Hit reckless venturing h td involved him more deeply than he h could bear to contemplate and In inthe Inthe the end in a sort of ot desperation he went to telephoning foran for tor forn an n appointment I want to discuss some Investments with you he ex explained II I I Ihen when hen he came to the others other's of- of of office lice fice Jerrell greeted him with n a smile Surprised me to have you phone he confessed I I didn't know you were in stocks I Doctor d tl Well Well WellIm Im I'm not not seriously he declared But I J did take a flyer In Cottons II as IIa asa asa a result of some of our conversa conversa- conversations conversations lions I notice they're not doing well and I 1 m wondering whether hether to take my rny losses or hang on I lie He tried to laugh Matter of fact I went in pretty deep I Jerrell Terrell said Bald gravely The whole market has been weak and its it's nev- nev never nev never er wise to fight n ht the so weve we've let Cottons sag sac v acting alting for forthe forthe the turn to He JIe tapped his desk with the end of his pen What is the the extent ot of your c commitments Ned 1 but in n the th end with a sort of Shame he named the actual figure Jerrells Jerrell's Baton i aston showed in his eyes I To be continued |