Show a oft I 1 Z LADY b 1 GiRAL IDINE DOBBS MERRILL ca STORY FROM THE START while despondent over the enforced hiding of tier her nance flance jim dullni slayer in self defense of member of 0 an all influential family sybil saunders Sn popular tar act actress ress Is IB engaged to play vlola nj 0 in in n A 4 charity perform unco kince of T twelfth night on oil gull island inland ork on the maine coast after N the he play piny hugh bassett nis sctt anne ly tracys flance fiance tells tella joe lie he ham haa 40 heard he la Is spying on sybil to 47 learn the whereabouts of jim and earn tho the reward offered 40 by the parkinson family ta the e boy denies it joe Is arrana ing for it vac vacation alon trip to anno anne he betrays enmity toward sybil CHAPTER III continued slie had heard nothing find thought odd that lie he should be so suddenly uit lou dlf letlon had and been the t quality jua lity lie ilind had heretofore shown 1 I have avoided you and tin im going botn 0 continue 0 doing it way from the door its silly to stand 11 i front of it for I 1 can go round by lie ie garden but im tired arid I 1 dont fint to lie ie calne forward speaking as lie advanced 1 tills this alint you think im lone one with that youve made tile me un youve gotten it neros across all abil iro im not going to bother you lay iny more inore with that tha t subject you loathe and rid think so dreadful nut but I 1 cant leip help loving you and smiting t to help ou cu she khe gave tin nn exasperated gestore ure and an made a move to pass him As s shu sho did so 0 o lie said ive beard bon ono thing of jim dallas just I 1 h fore core I 1 left town I 1 met an actor who says lie he saw him are you telling the truth why should I 1 lie what do I 1 gain by y it I 1 swore tile the fellow to secrecy and cattle came up here bore to tell you and ive wn been trying she broke in was he sure viliore was wag iff it the change in tier her manner would allive we crushed the hope in any man mail shunning gitil flke fike a leper she now drew irow close und and laid tier her hand hall on ia irin 1 I cant tell you yop here its too dangerous too tiny people coming arid ami going it was waa jim it was its quite a story more than linn just seeing him hut but weve got to 0 get somewhere where away from all these 1 d doors l one of them opened that into litell ill behind them they henra heard it and wheeled round lound faces sharp set in do to enslave interrogation n it wili was florn stokes aokes and stokes ills senses inori morp ilert fibert that than the girls withdrew ills his inn arm from her clasp I 1 oh flora he said its his voice sup slip ire niely nely light and easy were you looking for me ine mrs stokes said no she find conic come to 0 put her book back site she walked to 0 a table find and placed her book on ii a corner arnor the room was very still as bhe he ild tills this it seems ive intruded said M mrs rs tokes stokes each syllable meticulously lear clear and precise but aut it if you want to 0 bo be alono alone I 1 should think have chosen aether place having chosen tills this Is ri pretty prett good proof we want to be nione lone retorted tier her huR husband band slie silo gave a light jeering sound 0 of f disbelief and walked to the on n the sill site she turned find and looked at thein with smoldering eyes dont be afraid ill stay im going for or a walk on the front of the island bats as far away as I 1 can call get ill id go 0 further farther if I 1 could she passed out of the lie door anil stokes lokas turned to the girl there chut I 1 was of some of the he rest ot them j nay may i conio conic in i nt at any minute laute til wee got to get out ut of if here some place outside the point thi the bouse I 1 ill 1 go u down there now you follow me she ran to the entrance lie he at tier her heels eels walking leisurely up the path ta the bummer house was shine sho she threw rew out her hands with a distracted gesture suture arid and struck a foot op on the floor in i a frantic stamp stokes smothered an ti oath tell tile me here she implored lored but lie he answered with an imperative pera tive snake of the head the garden she was helf way tile room before lie he caught tier lier 1 and this time it vae lie who laid ills Is hand band on her arm sybil have some sense get u s 3 in wrong every wily way you dont want int any of these people to see sea us its out it there whispering together eliat just the place go while waiting alting round for supper listen now gt a hold on yourself lf jims safety Is moro more important than your anxiety alint liot photo eapher cli chaps tips just str stroll i cill ing g round Ic killing tiling time liell hell move on from ora there presently go up to your room om and wait waft you crin can side sc the point your window if hes gonczy seven come town down and go along to tin tile summerhouse summer house ill watch too alid ill meet you there she opened tier lips for n last tiro pro test then evidently seeing there hero was nothing else for it gave out nut a groin I 1 ing all right and lef leff leatho tho the room lie followed her saw her mount tile the stairs till ibid walked out nut on tile the balcony he could ses the figuer of his wife moving slowly ta toward the bluffs A newspaper ly lay on a table near iier him filin and lie took it up slumping clumping slum ping down in fit ills cliner as oric one who relinquishes blin solf to a regained tl interest but lie did I 1 not read CHAPTER IV i anne packed for a space then gave it up she go on with it she wanted to be downstairs not lose one minute of tile the last evening nt at gull island her eier spirits oppressed by joca behavior began to bubble again OR in foam up tip in ili sparkling cuervos cenci site she slipped off tier negligee ond find chose tier her most becoming dress leat genf green crepe that made tier her look stint slim na its 11 reed and turned tier lier skin to ivory 4 youre sure it was herec here arid and site figured in front of tile the gli glass studying tier her reflection this way andi and that trying to see herself with ne nc eyes and judge if she wits was a girl a man might ile be proud of while thus engaged sho mie heard tile the chug chug of tile the launch it must be joe going and anxious to see the departure of that darkling and un tin spirit she went to th window across the swift sweeping current the boat came into view skimming forward like a home farling faring bird anne leaned over the all following it W tit startled eyes where was joe there was gabriel la in front at the wheel but in the back slie she stretched sti etched tier her neck trying to see to the bottom of the co cockpit cli plit there certainly was no one on the sent seat oh could he have missed it sho she groaned and cast up her eyes as if invoking the protection of heaven against such it n calamity but lie he have ba vebe he wanted to go it wash was ills holiday and he thought gull cull island was a beastly hole lie ile must have been pen where she sere see him film it was difficult to think where tills als might babut be but lie he might have been bending down to put sonje sonic thing in ills his suitcase jul tease A chair could have hidden him she rein remembered what lie had said about leaving his baggage liag gage tit nt tile the living room entrance if it t was wa hilll th there cre then ile he had missed tile the boat and site she rn ran downstairs hoping with a prayerful ear nes nest ness that she would not find it it was not there then lie he Is gone she li lnita tri ti herself with 11 noil fiad drew diew n freer tr arvith the rhe weigh lifted she e went to the he iz ardell where sile might and bassett nn scott null and a ao she MIP covered tile ilip amp splice between tween tit the P floora tilt hip picture turp of if tile ilio lannell rose 0 11 tier vision i lon with Gli briel th aily visibly able lb le occupant hassein was not lit in the garden but bill ui ing lato into view from the lie end hed hern aeeti fooling li bolit lip lie saw said iti just at come till from the dp point they strolled about on oil the flit innis of turf between betwee ll tile the 11 ll colors of vart terre mid find bolder the air sweet with lie scent of tile closing hewers flowers then they wint went ili I 1 luxuriously ein hedding themselves 11 in two vast aist arin chairs fit issett mounil thein liero here and tried to look gengul tit at tile ellit of shine clivy talked tile tho kind IOl dight lit effects 14 shine willi wonted ted to ti take after supper ret get tile the fillies the sea and the slivered i bulk of tin tho bin ani id he of lily ills it which lime have fig is a itrice of C gull anne ilat billit vas a 11 jolly iden idea but shu him think bleed it to 0 o remind them of their thell StRY mid id she blie and id 11 st it d it knitle it wits still on oil their lips when it came from out outside skie n single sharp det onit of it fell upon tile lie ave e fi lilli lillias gs hlila huddell luid startling like toi and un till related what was that said anne sounds like it a shot 1 a atno thought it bel bassett bas sett att got up tit nobody lias hits it pistol here find it if lit in had lie ile use it one of tile the special st lit bolls lolls driscoll lillice inide when he lint lent us tile place lie ile moved to the land entrance and looked Q ked out the door of all mrs alls s Cor cornils nells room opened on oil lie gallery find miss illik ney nev emerged mrs cornde behind I 1 glicr ier mr air linstedt lin gho ile cried a hand on tile railing wheres sir mr Basset bassetta tV bassett drew out from froin under the gallery and looked up tip tit nt tier dili did aw cu liehr heair that 1 I did mid find I 1 told old you that mr driscoll never u allowed any ally shooting on tile alie dodou think alint wm a stint AV well avell ell what vi lint else was it mrs airs cornell leaning comfortably on tile railing suggested that it might be tin an auto tire tills this diew it snort from miss pink n ney ey llowd lowd it motor got get liere here swim or fly then to bassett uati ett mr dris colls coils very strict about that lie ile wont have the wild game or the gulls disturbed und and basset Ila haet interrupted tier lier till nil right miss we were riven given those orders fill and weve obeyed them and none of us could shoot here it if tie he wanted to theres not a pistol lit in the outfit dont you know its against the law to barry arry one 71 then so taken sh all exclaimed find and straightening up till with tin an air of battle im coming down she left tile the gallery for the rear stairs mrs Co cornell ritell in ilk tier wake what does she bhe gioan hers arne acne asked z 1 I dont know what she means meana bassett looked irritated its the acot bieard of it 1 11 I dont see what there was to abbot nt anyhow 1 cattle from shine looked to tile me when I 1 was atut ait oit there ns as if nil all the th gulls lind had gone to bed miss pinkney entering focused their attention till this about a pistol of yours bassett asked site sim answered as site she walked across the room to a desk under tile the gallery its tile the ot one leMr mr driscoll gave me thinking it might be useful when I 1 was here berg alone opening or closing the house I 1 was to keep IL 11 loaded and have it handy bandy but id trust my tongue to get rid of any roan man and here its lain the site she pulled out a side drawer of the desk there I 1 she exclaimed on them in gloomy triumph what did I 1 tell youl you I 1 its gone bassett looked into youre sure it bashere wa was shere herel dian didn I 1 see it tills morning when I 1 ailt away awny the counters cotin you were playing claying with last night eight 1 hassett bassett banged the dravet shut lit it anger ill see that tills this Is explained to mr driscoll and who overs evers taken it get coining to them thein A d d fool perform mice atice I 1 to get us in wrong just as w we were leaving the hull hall door opened find and stokes entered alioa round here lie he said 1 I thought it was taboo bahoo TO BH CONTINUED v |