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Show 1 SYNOPSIS A girl and man meet in a swamp. The girl Is searching for Swamp Holhome of Abner Longwood whom low. she must see on behalf of his niece and her friend, Nancy Lee. The man has blood on his sleeve and when he warns the girl away from her destination, she continues on alone. A storm breaks and he rescues her, taking her to the shelter of Swamp Hollow. There they find the murdered body of Abner The strange man Identifies himself as Jerry Longwood, the dead mans nephew. She leads him to believe that she Is his cousin, Nancy. When she Is alone, Abner Longwood appears. Long-woo- d. CHAPTER IV Who was quickly. the murderer? I asked He sat there a long time, silent and motionless, while I watched him with wondering, puzzled eyes. "Nancy," he said finally without looking up, Ill tell you all I know. H were going to work together and of course we are we must be frank with each other. He shot me a quick glance and smiled. But I remained silent and motionless, not returning his look. I came here last night to see Well about Uncle Abner about you ought to know!" he added, after breaking off with a short laugh. I fancy you came on the same errand, and 1 dont blame you. Take it all in all, we deserve it. Uncle Abner treated us miserably." His words mystified me, but I did not let him see it, and resolutely kept my eyes from meeting his. I havent been in Wildwood for fifteen years, he went on slowly, looking back at the flickering fire. In all that time I havent heard from any of the family. Im an orphan, you know, the same as you." He glanced up fleetingly and smiled. I merely nodded and shifted my position so that the light from the fire fell directly on his face and kept mine in shadow. Being an orphan is worse for a woman than a man, I suppose," he So I wont stress commented. that point." He was so evidently trying to Interest me and quiet my fears that I could not forebear relaxing a little. Ive managed to live, I whispered, but mother" Poor Nancy! Im sorry for you. Aunt Mary was was my favorite aunt. Next to mother I loved her the most. But Aunt Janice you loved her too, I broke in. His face hardened. The less said about Aunt Janice the better. She suffered, too, and paid the price. Uncle Abner bent her to his will-m- ade her a tool of his ambition. But that shouldn't have turned her against her own flesh and blood. Why why " I began in consternation, and then checked myself. Nancy had not informed me of anything against her Aunt Janice. I suddenly felt that I was getting into deep water. It was not so ehsy to carry off the role I had assumed as I had thought it would be before I met Jerry. But we wont rake out the old family skeletons. Let them rest. Theyre none too savory. Uncle Abner was the black sheep who made misery for all. And even though hes now lying in there dead, with a knife in his heart, I cannot feel much sympathy for him. But the Irony of it is that you mistook me for his murderer. And if Im seen around here I may be arrested and charged with the crime. I, a murderer!" He laughed bitterly and leaned forward until his face grew ruddy with the flames. Forgive me, I said, stretching I I dont believe it out a hand now. It was the blood on your hands and sleeves." Blood! Oh, yes, he added, I remember now. You saw it. I washed it away in the pool" He chuckled softly. The Conversation Is Confusing and turned back to the fire. Well," he observed after a long pause, uncles death has made it easier for us. We can search the house together. There wont be any interruption; but by morning we must be gone. It would never do for either of us to be seen lurking around here. I gasped, You think, they would would suspect me of of They would suspect any one, he cut in. These detectives are not very shrewd. Theyd jump at the first clue they stumbled across. Perhaps they wouldnt suspect you if I were here. No, that would be a little too much. Its the two of us together that would arouse suspicion. My presence wrould involve you. I I shouldnt have returned. shouldnt have returned. I should have gone on. I was fleeing, frightened out of my wits, when I met you. Did I look frightened? Again I did not answer. The whole conversation had puzzled me, and Healthful Breakfast Appeal Family If Menus Are Varied first-clas- mid-morni- skip-breakfa- st When Jerry leaped to his feet I caught his hand and pleaded with him not to leave me. I wished myself out of the whole affair. Why had I undertaken such a foolish adventure? I looked around wildly for a plausible way out of my predicament. I had not introduced myself as Nancy Lee, but I had let him think I was his cousin, which amounted to almost the same thing. There was some mystery that Nancy had kept concealed from me. Or perhaps she had not thought enough of it to feel that it needed to be explained. And now my ignorance was causing me endless confusion. But the confession that sprang to my lips was checked by Jerry, who went on quietly: I came back to Swamp Hollow after these many years to see Uncle Abner. I hoped to come to a settlement with him. If not then " The Dallas Heart Enters the Scene He stopped and waved a hand threateningly but seeing my sud- den start and frown he smiled shook his head. No, I dont mean I was going to do him bodily harm," he added. But I intended to get hold of the Dallas Heart, or at least to make a search for it. I felt sure Uncle kept it hidden in Swamp Hollow. The Dallas Heart! What did he mean? My effort to solve the riddle But only increased my confusion. still I held back my confession, anxious to learn more about the mystery. My curiosity was now aroused, and I turned to him with a luring smile. You were going to burglarize the house? If not a murderer, then a "And you connected that with Uncles murder? Circumstantial evidence again! They'd His old trick of stopping in the midst of a sentence suddenly burglar?" I suppose it would be called checked him again. I frowned, he admitted. But stealing that," I for was still him, myswatching tified and anxious to have him tell what belongs to you is no crime, is it?" all. but what of No," I replied, The blood was not fresh, I reI saw that. marked. It was Of course, your right in it is dried" It should have been," he equal to mine," he said slowly, "and I would share it with you. Judge laughed. I got it the day before in Jack-son- s Dallas left it as a dowry to Betty and Mary, Janice having relinslaughter-house- . You ren, ember Jackson's, or don't you? Per- quished all right to it when she took haps not you left Wildwood early. Swamp Hollow Betty! I breathed softly, lookI strolled down there to see if Jackson still owned it. They were ing inquiringly at him. Yes my mother, your Aunt Betslaughtering a beef. I was curious and stood too near. The blood spurt- ty! Oh, how stupid of Nancy not to ed out and covered me " The explanation seemed plausi- have made a clearer and more deble. But it was strange that he had tailed explanation of the family gone a whole day and night without tree! She had not even mentioned Aunt Betty. cleaning It off his hands and sleeves, When you came here you found A slight doubt rose in my mind, but Uncle Abner, and he refused to lisI resolutely suppressed it. Why did you come to Swamp ten to you?" I asked. Hollow?" I asked, speaking quickly I found him," he said steadily to cover my confusion. after a long pause, "but not as you For the same reason you did, I think." He moved uneasily and glanced fancy. Confess now. He was looking at me, smiling around the d irkened room Tbe and waiting for a reply Instead of thunder and lightning had passed, answering, I averted my face and and only the wind remained to grew very red. Evidently he mis remind us of the recent sloim. The understood, for he laughed lightly room was no longer intermittently be" lighted up with vivid flashes, but remained clothed in sombre darkness save for the fitful flames from the coaL I found him," he continued in a low voice, in there dead stabbed to the heart weltering in his own to Will blood just as you saw him!" Oh!" I shuddered, clasping my hands. It was a terrible sight, he went on slowly. It completely unnerved me. He had only been recently killed. The body was barely cold. The murderer had had hardly time enough to get away. Again he glanced nervously back of him and, recalling the sinister face I had seen in the back of the room, I followed his eyes. We sat silent, looking intently, clasping hands for mutual courage. You see any one?" he asked in a whisper. No. but I did." Tell me what he did look like?" The face and eyes," I shudAll those in favor of bacon and dered, were were those of Uncle eggs have the right idea for theres Abner." no denying the importance of a Nonsense! Thats your imaginasubstantial breakfast. In addition tion! How could he be in here, with to bacon and eggs, the pattern his body out there dead? should Include fruit or fruit juice, He drew a deep sigh after a while. toast, butter and a beverage. Were letting things get on our s You can't expect a Next well see nerves, he added. health rating if you skip breakfast ghosts and spirits." He got up and crossed to the winAnd frequently. the curtain aside you cant do your dow, jerking hastily and snapping up the shade. best work, be you He peered out a moment, and then business man, returned to his seat by the fire. farmer, houseIts a terrible night outside, he wife, career girl The rains stopped, or school child, if murmured. hunbut the winds worse. Its a regular hurricane. Not a very pleasant night ger pains bother to spend in Swamp Hollow. you. The remedy? A He smiled grimly and dropped on rounded his stool again, as though he were well There was a clock breakfast that very tired. ticking somewhere in the room, and gives you foods listened to it, counting the sec- essential for onds. It had an uncanny sound health. You say you cant eat breakfast? that punctuated the silence between Nonsense. Of course, if youre one each blast of wind outside. people, it Ill stop that clock! Jerry mut- of those to get take a time little you may tered finally. Where is it? I gets on my nerves. Uncle Abner always used to eating it, but little by little declared it wouldnt stop until he you can do it and really like it It's died. He wound it up faithfully worth it if you feel better and can every week. I dont believe it's work better, isnt it? Afraid of gaming weight, you say? stopped in fifty years. But if hes dead why doesnt it No, not if breakfast includes a citrus fruit soft boiled or poached egg, dry stop? I asked fearfully. He turned and glanced at me as toast and coffee or tea without cream or sugar. You wont have nearly as if I had suggested something unThen seeing my pale, hard a time resisting the snacks pleasant. which put on weight if you're fortifrightened face his own relaxed. Poor Nancy," he whispered. fied with a nicely balanced breakYou shouldnt have gotten into this fast We have variety in lunches and thing. I wish you hadnt come. Tell me," I said steadily, what dinners, why not plan to have it in you did after finding uncles body." breakfasts? It will make them ever What I did!" he repeated. Why so much more interesting. I I was so frightened that I forgot Prepare eggs in several different all about my errand. I was n styles, scrambled, poached, soft and ran. Yes, I literally boiled, coddled, fried, baked or ran out of the house into the swamp. creamed. Have interesting breads I was so excited that I didnt notice and spreads. which way I was going. Dont forget that meats add vaThe result was, he added smiltoo. sliced or frizzled ham riety, that I got turned around. I as well as Try ing, bacon, sausage, Canadian was bewildered and lost in the bacon or dried beet swamp. Then, too, you can find interesting And then you found me? Yes, then I found you. I heard variations for pancakes and waffles. not this: you sobbing, and for a moment I Why was too stupefied to speak. I wonBran Griddle Cakes. dered if I weren't dreaming. Your (Makes 15 cakes, 5)4 inches in face seemed familiar, and yet it diameter) didnt I must have acted queerly." 2 eggs I smiled, recalling the meeting 34 cup sugar and its effect on me. Then sudden214 cups milk ly my heart nearly ceased beating. 3 cups sifted floor A groan came from the other 2 tablespoons baking powder room clear and distinct, a repeti134 teaspoons salt tion of the first one we had heard. 34 cup melted shortening Between the mysterious groan 34 cup bran and the face I had seen in the darkBeat eggs and sugar until light and ness, I was reduced to a condition of utter helplessness. And when fluffy. Add milk and mix well. Sift Jerry leaped to his feet I caught flour with baking powder and salt; his hand and pleaded with him not add to first mixture, stirring until to leave me. flour disappears. Add shortening. Swamp Hollow had so got on my Fold in bran. Bake on a hot griddle, nerves that reason and common turning only once. sense no longer swayed my words or Youll find that actions. I dreaded being left alone, Dutch pancakes and yet I wanted Jerry to investiwill do a nice filgate the next room from which the ling job during groan had come. a breakfast, as well Jerry was nearly as excited as I, as contributing but perhaps in a different way. .1 the valuable pro-cwas convinced that there was sometetn of eggs for thing supernatural about the face this meal. and the groan, and the condition of Dutch Pancakes. my nerves prevented me from cast(Serves 4) ing the feeling off; but Jerry was 4 eggs thinking differently. 34 cup sifted flour 34 teaspoon salt Noises in the 34 cup milk 2 tablespoons soft butler Dining Room Confectioners sugar "Theres some one in the diningJam Wait here!" room," he whispered I cried hysterically. No! No! eggs thoroughly. Sift flour Its Uncle Abner! Hes not dead andBeat salt together and add to eggs alor or I could not finish, for phrased In ternately with milk to make a smooth words it seemed ridiculous Spirits batter. 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