Show THE GARLAND estate escaped By Sara Ware Bassett Copyright by Th Penn Pub WNU Service Co SYNOPSIS The future of the (till youthful end eomely “Winder" Marcia Howe recently released by death from her Idling self Is a conversational lah husband of the little hamlet among housewives f Wilton Eligible bachelors and widMarcia deowers also are interested spite her unfortunate matrimonial perience finds pleasure In her life but and has invited her 1s lonely at times niece Sylvia late husbahd's Hayden whom she has never seen to visit her Tbs girl arrives and Marcia takes to fcer at once while Sylvia expecting to see a somewhat elderly aunt finds MarA stranger on cia more like a sister the verge of exhaustion finds his way to Marcia’s home He explains that his in the fog ran aground Secretly he asks Marcia to hide a packShe does so age containing jewelry town sheriff Elisha Winslow brings asws of a jewel robbery on a neighboring estate The stranger gives his same as Stanley Heath CHAPTER IV— Continued Fifteen! Half an hour went by She fidgeted and stooped to pat the setter Then she went to the window By Slowly the fog was lifting ust afternoon the weather would be the right sort to get the boat ofT She would go up the bench and watch The the men while they worked bouse was close She longed for air doors and the Mg reaches of the A Jlngp of glass and silver! It was Her Sjhia returning with the tray were shining eyes “lle'aie every bit!" she tried “You It should have seen him Marcia would have done your heart good The lie poor lamb was almost starved asked for you the first thing I don’t liked your not think he altogether of the tray although up Iarryinghe was too polite to say so" I was busy?" “You explained Hut at first he didn’t seem “Yes However with the excuse atlslied be soou forgot about It and became Didn’t you hear us gay aa a lark The potato would fall off laughing? I’m mot as good a nurse as the fork I'm My hands weren't so steady you going back again for his wet clothes We can dry them here by the fire can't we?” “Yes Indeed" “It’s a pity there Isn’t a tailor at band Ills suit ought to be pressed" “I can do It" Marcia declared with Tm quite used to pressing eagerness I always men's clothes pressed This time the nnme dropped unnoIndeed she was ticed from Iter lips tot conscious she had uttered IL She was not thinking of Jason Sylvia was glad Heath was asleep — She did not bevery glad Indeed grudge him a moment of his slumber But what a delightful person he was when awuke! His eyes were wonderful- so daik and penetrating They And then bored right through you he listened with such Intentness watching every curve of your lips as If Such attention fearing to lose a word Even though was distinctly flattering your chatter was trivial he dignified It Into something it and transformed of Importance he had How yiterested for example In been In Marcia learning she had been married and now lived a widow And in the old Daniels Homestead what a host of Inquiries he had made about Jason — the sort of man he was he had died! and how long ago Sylvia had not been able to answer all his questions but of course she had asserted that Marcia had adored her because— well not so much husband she actually knew It as bebecause cause widows alays did Certainly she loved the had declared Marcia so deeply she never Homestead not that was and it tended to leave practically tne same thing as saying she loved Jason too? the thing that really mat-Anyway tered wa Mr Heath’s Interest In her— In her trip east and her deSylvia scription of Alton City the little mid- t TIMFS hand Missy smell Tell wake Mr Ueath the trouble Is Do you a mousie under there?” For answer the dog wagged his tail “I don’t believe It" Sylvia demurred "You’re Well to cononly bluffing vince you I’ll take up the brick” Fetching from the pantry a steel fork she Inserted the prongs In the crack and pried the offending brick out of Its hole Instantly the dog snatched from the space benpath a handkerchief containing a small hard object Sylvia chased after him “Bring It here Hal! That's a good dog! Bring It to Missy” Tfie setter came fawning to her side and unwillingly dropped his prize “You’ll what at her feet As It fell to the ground out rolled Buch a glory of Jewels the girl could scarcely believe her eyes There was a string of diamonds a pearl dazzling as giant dewdrops several beautiand sapphire pendant Its and an oval brooch ful rings emerald center surrounded by tier after tier of brilliants She had Sylvia panted breathless never seen such gems much less held How she longed them in her hands to slip the rings upon her fingers and about try the effect of the diamonds her slender throat! Prudence however overmastered the and Marcia sur return might Impulse Before that prise her at any moment the treasure must be returned to the place from which It had been taken Gathering the rainbow heap together she reluctantly thrust It Into tta blue leather case snapped the catch and placed It once more under the brick Then with relief she stood up and wiped the perspiration from her forehead It was not until she was again In her chair book In hand and struggling to quiet her quick breathing that she discovered she still held In her hand the handkerchief that had been wrapped about the Jewel case It was a man's handkerchief of finest here he under this Tory roof I A robber — that was what he was? A robber — a bandit auclt as one aaw In the ntovlea That explained why be was so ao handsome had such fasmanners He was a gentlecinating man burglar All villains In these days were gentlemen Not that she bad ever encountered a villain In the flesh Still she had read romances about them and was there not one In 'every moving picture? They were not difficult to recognize It waa exhilarating— wonderful! A thief In the room overhead Think of The very thief fqf whom all the It police In the countryside were searching! He was no small cheap type of criminal lie did things on a big scu'e — so big that radio announcements had been broadcast about him and no doubt at this Instant detectives and crime were chasing up and down Inspectors the highways dashing through cities and keeping telephone wires hot In wild search for the gentleman asleep Unen and one corner bore the em- broidered Initials S G II She bad known It all the time! There was no need to be told the jewels were his What puzzz'ed her was when he had found! time to hide them He had not so far as she knew been left alone a moment and yet here n is his biioiy safe beneath the floor She rated It as booty necaute there nld be no doubt he had stolen it Ie IUuJ bid stolen it from that and should she be f6und out" She would without doubt be clapped Into Jail Still she resolved to take a chance After all who could prove she had known Stanley Heath to be what he She would not even was? Nobody let him suspect It The Important thing was to await an and soon — before he was opportunity able to be about— return the handkerchief she held in her hand to its Then all place beneath the brick This should not be difwould be well ficult It would be quite easy to get Marcia to take up Mr Heath’a supper the situation was In the meantime Its danger apamusing Intensely She had always enpealed to her Anyescapades joyed That bad been the thing but dullness trouble with Alton City —It had been dull — deadly dull In spite But Wilton was not dull of the fact that only this morning the had complained Elisha Winslow town was In need of a stirring up it seethed with electricity If she chose she could hurl a bomb shell Into Its midst this very minute But she did Dot choose Instead she Intended to piny her own quiet game and keep what she knew Perto herself She wondered why haps she was falling In love with this adventures Yes that must be It She — was In love with him In love with a bandit Sylvia’s Imagination had traveled so and ao far that It came to swiftly earth with a crash when Marcia opened the door It was not alone the buffeting of the salt breeze nor the exhilaration of It that had transagainst walking formed her Into something radiantly From within glowed a strange lovely fire thnt made her another creature altogether “Why — why— Marcia 1” breathed Sylvia bewildered ‘Tve had such a glorious walk “The fog has dear!" cried Marcia lifted and the sky Is a sheet of amethyst and gold" “Did the men get the boat off?" She la floating tranquilly as “Yes a dove” “What Is her name?” “'My Unknown Lady" “Mercy on us! That ought to Satisfy even Elisha” “It did" said Marcia CHAPTER V Sylvia's plans so well laid and ap did not parently So easy of execution to her cbngTln work out for Instead supper of awaking and demanding Heath slept without a break Stanley until morning Sun was tinting the lavender sand' to rose and gilding the water with Iff first flecks of gold when she saw Mar cla standing at the foot of her bed “Mr Heath has a high fever and cai speHk aloud” explained slip scarcely I wlsl "I'm afraid he Is qnlte you’d call up Doctor Stetson" “Mercy on us!" The girl drowsy and sprang out of bed Til be down In Just a minute" “How do you happen to b up so early?” “I’ve been up off and on all night answered Marcia “Mr Heath was res' About less and thirsty midnight heard him tossing about and thlnkln I hented sot he might be hungry broth and took It to him He declare he Is going back to New York today “But he can't— he mustn't" “lie Is determined to He says to a has something very imortant have no authn tend to Of course Ity over him but perhaps Doctor Sle son can exert some That Is why I a to reach him before he goi anxious out" explained Marcia moving towai the door “I will call him right away” ‘i'll go down and start brcakfi Ho h Mr Heath is dozing then hot to get up for at leu a protul-e- d in ho"r We must have the iln tint time" 'll t II hiu to hurry" ti rood down tie lr ijrcit — — cuuimu i GARLAND UTAH and traveled Apparently he had been almost everywhere — except to Alton City Odd he should never have been there when bs had visited Just about every other corner both of America and Europe Not that he had deliberately said so He was far too modest for that It was while trying to find out where his home was that she had stumblel upon the Information And come to think of It she did not know now where he lived she suddenly upstairs Why that very morning had not Eliremembered She actually did not the Wilton sheriff who know whether he had a father or a sha Winslow had frankly admitted he yearned for mother a brother or a sister So occupied was she with her excltemer t helped undress the wretch thoughts she had not thought once of and put him comfortably to bed? The humor of the situation almost overPrince llaL In fact she had gupposed came her that be had gone up the beach with It seemed as If she must hare someMarcia Now she suddenly became aware one to share the joke But no ono No should that he stood sniffing about the hearth Nobody should be the scratching at Its surface as If he wiser because of her The poor hunted fellow should have his chance scented something beneath He must not do that and ahe told and It was a little venturesome to obstruct Justice him so 4a no uncertain terms Neverrisky she admitted — 5— from demanding explanations be resolved she would give him no chance to make them Therefore when his meal was ready nd every last Inviting touch had been given the tray she said casually to Sylvia "Suppose you take It up dear?" "I?" "Yea? Why rtoU Dp you tulqd?” “Ndt at all I lust thought perhaps theless In spite of the" rebuke you’d rather” to poke away at th4 spot Marcia shook her head until his persistence whining faintly "I want to stir the Newburg and see aroused her curiosity and she went to It doesu’t catch” she explained avoidsee what disturbed him huntoo “We are the eyes girl’s ing “What Is It Prince? What’s the gry to risk having our dinner spoiled she whispered You might Just wait and cut the chops Delighted to have gained her attenfor Mr Heath and fix his potato Find tion the dog barked out too if there Is anything more he "Oh you mustn't bark darling" she I’ll You needn’t hurry buck wants cautioned muzzling his nose with her keep things hot" The task suggested did not apparently displease Sylvia she "Here goes Red Rldlnghood” murmured taking up the tray "All Is If I don’t come back you'll know the wolf has eaten me" In spite of herself Marcia smiled She opened the dor and stood watching while the girl ascended the stairs and the for the hall was unllghted tray heavy voice “I’m safe" called a merry from the topmost stair Marcia came back Into the kitchen She finished the lobster preparing the silver on the table Straightened and let In Prince Ilal Ten minqtes passed I Far ” western town which was her home How be had laughed at her rebellion at being a school teacher and how Inhe had hinted ahe might not sidiously always be one! Oh he knew what to say— knew much better than Billie Sparks the soda fountain clerk or even Horatio Fuller the acknowledged beau of the town In fact he made both of them seem quite commonplace — even Ilortle Fancy It? Probably that was because he had In his Kenneth foster harried streets the crowded looked so happy so He wondered eager so good naturad why he felt so out of tune with them alL For although Kenneth wis on hla way to buy Christmas gifts and had for everyone money to buy something he didn't feel the least bit thrilled and excited In fact he felt that the thing was going to be a chore something ta get over with as quickly as possible As he pushed hla way through the crowded aisles he looked disgustedly at people reaching out fpr “geegawa" aa be sailed them Nothing like that for him: he was gelng to buy useful practical things and he was going to see that they were made for wear and service No one had any business throwing money away on frivolities Kenneth Bald to himself with all the wisdom of bis 20 years From counter to counter be went He wanted to compare value to get the beat price on everything he bought He was going to do hts Christmas shopthe way tt ping In a sensible way really ought to be done department 'Passing through hla eye fell on a beautiful piece of pottery Unconsciously be stopped and family bad attended services at tha church on brow of tbe bllL It Is Just a “little brown church" but f recent years It hns been modernised a basement for church with s furnace dinners and work tables and sand Tha piles In tbe Sunday school rooms grown ups like It better since there are more and bigger oil lamps “What elBe are you doing at your church this week?” asked Uncle Joe as Jie ipread hla napkin and looked Uncle Joe Is a toward tbe turkey OUK Hla Eyes Fell on a Beautiful Piece of f Pottery Its exquisite sudden art thought flashed through bis mind “Wouldn't mother love something like this? Wouldn’t she get a thrill out of showing It to her friends?" to buy noth-"Quickly bis resolution Ing but practical gifts vanished Into thin air He would buy the piece for mother For the rest of the family and others be wonld get the gifts he must have had planned but mother te bring that light into her something He was eyea that he loved to see this sure lovely pottery would quite turn the trick He could almost bear I've wanted her say “Oh Kenneth like this all my life I” something The purchase thrilled him with a satisfaction knew He that he strange wouldn't have got the same Joy out of buying something ordinary lie wasn’t going to sneer any more at people buying “geegawa" Christmas seemed to call for something different There too should be practical no gifts Christmas tree waa complete without admired handkerchiefs sweaters hose and gloves and such things but there should be other things too Han did not live by breed alone Kenneth was finding eut ether things were necessary too Suddenly hla face broke Into a grin That’s the very thing he would do Ho would buy every last one of the family but he would also something practical that he felt they buy them something would love to have: some bit of beauty or frivolity that they would not otherwise get The money that be was spending bad come to him In a letter from hla a few day before- - "Buy Christ- mas gifts for the family with this" the “It It quite a old man had written sum for a young fellow to spend alone am sure that you will do It wisehut And I want your report of what ly after the bollduys are yon bought over" Kenneth sure thnt Me had felt would want him to buy sensible tilings but now be felt difInside of hira Something ferently seemed to say that tbe way bs was going to spend the money sow waa as bis grandfather wanted hJaa What a letter he would have to to vrlte — surely be could put all the newmind Joy that be waa experiencing into every line For now Kenneth waa really In tons with the spirit of Christmas' There was not a shopper on tbe streets a a as be was Every counter nappy seemed to uave taken on Dew Interest was really a pleasure tbe shopping nlggest thrill that be bad koowa In as long time He burrled to the book counter Jane was going to have those leather bound volumes of essays that ahe had wanted or so long And Jimmie— Jlmmle waa olog to get that motion picture be bad been talking about Gee see could Jimmie's face on Chrlst-ua- s ie wouldn't be get a thrill morning ut of showing the thing to his friends vnd dad well dad going to get a a brand new tew set of golf clubs and putters ! mnshles ag of drivers wtd grandfather was going to get a iier about the shopping trip and tta ilts that would lift him right out cbrttr! tf paper Colon grandfather Wrii KM)' ®1 SiiMaBl A T said her mother wtt warning look "take you band out of those ralslna and finish paring tha apples for my plea “But I’ve dona most a bushel giggled tha guilty youngster “S'pose you have I How many pled do you figure you children eat? Be aides Christmas time we have to hard extras for folks coming In" "lt'a tlmd “Mercy me" ahe continued for Joel to be home from the cbnrcti Look at that anow I shouldn’t bazaar wonder tf we had a blizzard before morning" Mrs Dodge opened tbe cold closet and peered with secret delight at thd Coffee cans Oiled fast filling shelves a fine with steamed plum puddings baked bam frosted chocolate cakee a ofwhole row and plea— pumpkin mince and a big bowl of cranberry sauce skins and all “Sally you better help Luella with the apples we're almost finished with tbe baking and now If your fatbea BELLA" I a A— “ “What Else Arc You Doing at Your Church?" Asked Uncle Joa New 'England usually set on turkey minister with bis ayea heaven but be does Ilka nothing else" mother answered "What would we have at tha Church besides Sunday services and the Christmas sermon since we’ve left off Wednesday night prayer meetings?" "Tell you what Td do If It were my church" replied uncle watching father carve “I’d keep that place warm from morning till late night all this week with somebody serving lea to any who might drop In and something going on throughout the holidays I heard Dave to go aay last night there’s nowhere but the movies" Brother J limited “You wouldn't exme church to to go pect every day "Why " Mother! Mother!" Bounding Into Shouted House Joe tha would bring the turkey 1 could stuff It tonight” She glanced toward the kitchen wl dow— Here comes old Emil “My ataral I’ll Just give him a Jug o Cooper air?" that new cider and a mince pie when “I'd fix It so you couldn't stay away lie's going home” Mrs Dodge had a bountiful natures Would you turn down a chance at an old fashioned taffy pull In overalls and She anticipated Emil Cooper and the hangers on who alwayl aprons? Would Frances refuse to learn many other showed up around Christmas And while or candy making? bookbinding the supply of plea and puddings grew don't tell me Hilly and Sue wouldn't less and less aa the visitors departed come In to warm their toes and noses “Father’s coming 1" cried the cblt and have chocolate and cookies after dreo and they ran to the door excoasting down that hill a dozen times! little of the dark meat please citedly to meet him followed by lira But a look of perplexity al Dodge Roger most distress spread over her face ’Then since your mother doesn't “Where's the turkey?" she gasped have to get you off to school this week “Fact la — " hesitated Mr Dodge “I why shouldn't she go herself? Mary —1 gave It to Ned Blake on the way you've been telling me about that womhome — for bis poor family Mother— an on the next farm who's lonely for I couldn't couldn't help IL to to about books aomeope talk Why “Well" sighed Mrs Dodge with a not call a meeting at tbe church and c "I guess they need It face let her tell the rest of you about them? all right— and we still have the ham" And ask the lady who used to teach A light quick step sounded on the music to lead you In group alngtng and snowy porch explain the origins of the Christmas “Mother Mother I" shouted Joel carols" bounded Into the house with a bundle "Are me out Joe?" larger than himself “Seel See wbal yon leaving asked father laying down the carving I won tbe big bevel turkey tools at the bazaar!" “Not by any meansl This would be Mr Dodget “Why son I” exclaimed a mighty good time to get your county “that turkey Is twice tbe size of tbe agent to tell you what to raise next one we gave a way I" Or to Cnloe year Inatead of corn and bogs WMtra get your hand In at chess By the low tables way I'd have all covered with games I’ll bet there are sets of anagrams and crlbbnge Just goBlooms at Christmas Tima In your attic — " ing to waste to tradition the famous According 'There are!” cried Dave "and wa thorn at Glastonbury Cathedral wouldn't It be fun mom to get out our brought and planted there by Joseph old phonograph to show the fellows? and was part of tbe of Arlmathea We got some good records" thorns which was pressed "Teg but burry so you can wash crown theof trow of Christ According toe dishes while I use the phone upontradition It blooms at Christmas 1 here's going to be so much going on to of piece U and the time possession thnt church well be falling over said to Insure good fortune through r other to get Into It" the year W MUri NewkpwiMV Pal— i' |