Show le d 40 n 9 14 a STORY FROM THE START willie ahll over the oil en forced hiding biding of tier her flance jim ji jeilan italian Ilan slayer in self defense of 0 homer member of an influential family tal aily sybil i e rs popular ac aci freaa ream la is en kaaea to play viola in a charity perform anca ut twelfth night on lull aull on the maine ator after the ilia P play 1 I y blugh bassett anne anna tracy nance A a co telli joe he ilan haa on heard board he ha la Is spying at ying on sybil to I 1 I 1 learn the whereabouts of jim ep dallas and earn n tile reward nt nf in frred by the parkinson family th tha a by boy denies it joe Is a arranging nal for a v vacation lea tion trip to anno anne ho betrays ills hla enmity toward en sybil fi tolton tells sybil lie he han haa ini news jews or of dallas ud and tu to bacura on privacy thoy they arr arrange anceto to ni annot L atin aln nd houas the n k small summer sound of ft a shot startle 8 aly the assembled company anven anve on tl ti gatlon gation shows oho we a revolver lias has nd been taken amm a dealt in ilia in library L CHAPTER IV continued 7 just what we want vant to know here wore ivere you out on lit tile balcony see lillya anybody uny ody body no ive boon been looking about I 1 ont flown tite th e path to the lie pine grove lid round tile house but I 1 see BUO saul why who could it bo be aam rent arent wo we all she looked ovir tile the banding figures no lexe aej e not all pre ere chos outside mrs stokes Is shine epode up I 1 flaw tier her walking along the ocean burrs ns as I 1 came up from the point sybil Is too mrs cornell added alic went out just a few ini minutes ago saw tier lier froin apy it cant be eicher of hasa eats vexation had given to a udden uneasiness 1 I dont under tand nobody could have come over rom roin the mainland with the tide up tip 11 II go out thero i A sound from outside stopped him t was a cry cre tu tit a won lonians wo niana ians voice lose by Wh itts someone cono and nore tin nn answer could conic tile cry ose a high Nv alling screvin carylnn words sybil I 1 sybla I 1 syballa dew j bits bils killed I 1 A clamorous mingling of voices rose rom the group croup combined lit in a aln single le p swelling note of horror the natii ei for the en nad and met inet florn tokes she ile burst lit in between them thein eliete us agthe alie gho al with her ripened mouth a dach cavity sybila Sy bils murdered dead shot ach word md projected project edin in u scream cream ng gasp kiisk klassett shouted ut at her whre Wh here rc 1 and she bite waved au an aria toward tile blainer bla inel from the he point sties gone goin fc liea dead I 1 she ile went ove over r into the water vater on the top of the he clity abes derei deigl deai 1 1 As if site lie were dead too and of no wore more consequence they led fled past tier her it 11 line of people streu streaming taing out into atif serene f cuing that lint lickl field it only anne annc stayed lier her fmc fave is aa it if overlaid by it conting of white point sho she went to I 1 lorn florn find and elded her by the arin 1 I whitt was mia it 10 site she whispered who did it 10 the woman looked at tier lier tit nt first as aa it if licit knowing who abu was then jerking tier arm free clit sped her matildi lat ildi tile tho sides of hi her r bead ond went tile lie room staring blaring up W ird and crying out VI 1 I ilont dont know I 1 see its alls 3 tl nl ls truth I 1 dont know kilow aillie ran rail after the others ot liera CHAPTER chafter V the moon had risen ripen ond launs hit ng on ilie odge fw of tile the eky like n great dish dik di k bf f white PUT paper anne saw the ilia others running nitin liiK tills his way und and that alone tint fage sa of tile the point A bont boil was vas pushing out ut from tile alie deck stokes lit in it nud and ciui slit by tile the err rent it iun drouil the surface of f the channel there were erica tit in anens astoli tokea es answer bell clar from tilt walterr then shine ran by her baell to the house arial walli star le pita eye she khe ann on oil albrough the lie pine warl UP DP tile putli beyond mrs cornell tile HIP her tried 10 lo speak fille tik with li lint ended lit in a scream W rei alti her shoulder over hr her licad aime baw I 1 flying down tilt apu to 1 the then pre antly boats Illo out fraile th ihly they sped back lilt nd forth up till binl lit I 1 down hii bvm black shapes ril tupes to be some complicated niong the abo glittering truck tit of moonlight filie bin was illare of fitts cila figure iving ivl ng the ifie wharf tanil fill tu to the house of little thudding by filid calling The theote liere alrea already dyl 1 I 1 got sa s1 onu one on in tile lie wire vire and I 1 told jitni to go hell hc 11 alls voice answered tian i from the hie edge of the polut point khero title bh 1 mood like illie it lilack black baylift statue oil li here all right acry kr rv feller hut hal ahna 4 m boats nut hut its iti no do use tie no one OB khos ever not it unit cur currenti curren rentis tB been found til uttered on nn invocation and came to 0 o a atop they ull till cell less ot lit tile the hosts honta alid bunts looking booking for abil S clio liala till nn hour h I 1 abt so was wan olive ille und I 1 now wu where ALS AJ at sit nt xav ilia ali lit li oper fl GERALDINE BY BONNER Fl ervIce copyright by the dobbs sterrill co niton rail to tit tho hoilko lie ife lintl lind to to find 1 lorn flora antl get fuller infer ill atlon front her before lie c called willell 11 tile pollen find and not SeE lid her outside lit lie blie was still there tho the great room afis ulmont dark up ile felt for or one of the stun standard dard lumps lind itt pulled led tile string tho gush of unlit fell directly over aver tier her clote close to sunk in nn armenali as still as if silo na too hall bud cej cf fod cd to ti live lie ilu hall ex pecked in getting n coherent from froin her but r bho to told him ishac slin had een reen r brie briefly y find clearly na if she had he 10 was con coining illig arid was wais remly for hlin sit slip lilt kiil liil sorted sl tle the lipid callip to that hint part of the path which faced the A hollow intervened intending to file edge tit in it exias of shelving ruck rock across tills this hollow silo sho saw sybil appear on oil the end of tile point coin liiK up U from the op opposite watte side abid heard tile shot sybil had thrown up tit lier HI ills staggered forward nuo HII over the aluir it III HI fillippi lied in ill 11 alah ond and clorn though d lier her wt sk if na as daled had run down tin the path into tilt hollow ond out on the rock t thinking slie could catch lier her lilt hut site she the file body go swirling ly by falout fir hit ol of her reach rca cli caught and borne alon along lit in tile current she had watched it stunned then had conic come to tier gensei cerise find staggered lack back to the lie shore ditl uin rill to ti tile tho lionso on oil th the wily way thero there she had bad awen no one ond and heard nothing bassett lins sett left lier her and wept wu to the library to call up I 1 Fore forestville stville the conn colln t ty y seat scat it was tile tho starting still una point for hunting parties to new lh and bassett a in ills his leisure hours had stayed there several times bl his guides and scar gear on oil lits ills last trip two deurs ngo ago trouble with it a guide hud had brought him in contact with the he sheriff lier lff abel over legal wrangling they aind ad struck up n friendship und and lie he Willia williams tirs its iia a nuin mail of some capacity straight lind fair minded it lie wua was still lit in loftlee it would simplify mat to start out with confidence in the director would be tt a vital gain aan lie ile halted val ted the receiver against ills ear car a foot on the carpet then li it deep and growling voice hummed humines ulong along the wire it was abel Wil lifting williams would be down tt nshon soon as lie ho could with will mr llawson tile the district attorney an hour and it a half to two hours tile lie roads being bad the shore people had been told it was un an accident till all right hold nn an inquest anyway without a body and it wits 0 abood thing to keep lem ein oft icet ter not let anything come out till got the situation lit in hand easy to fix at that end as tile united american 11 press ess man mail wits was off fishing ado do a good deal better if tile the press was hed on off fola opeil op ell seeing where tho the island was arld that harb ther ewas ans no one on it but their own crowd it would be possible to kee keep p out of tile the public eye hlll they imd had the work well started tar ted bassett looked at ills his witch watch nearly eight probably ably two bours to wait the best tit at tiling thing lie could do wua was to get them together find and keep them as quiet us lis li he could As aa lie be went down clown tile the path ills his mind collected and ami marshaled in order the facts lie he would huc have to preset present it they had nil all been tri lit the lie house except stokes on the balcony aind flora walking round the island stokes eaten luto into by tt a hopeless pelosa liu love on oil fire with jealousy und lind liate passions that make for murder sod god w hata going to il bu u llie the end of thin lie he groaned to himself lie found thein lu in a group near the ric pino grovr grove excitedly confer conferring together stokes had just juat returned with the electric torch and they were preparing to search the ground for footprints Il brought activities to li an und and to tin the house willi will dnton flug ln t feet cind and lowered heads they hailed up the path palli and iund juto into the living room liere under the radl unee of the ill afy looked tit bt one another us as if to bee startling change and fell into or sal stiff and upright with rigid lc bussett had told them whim alwn the 1131 might be expected and us its the hour drw near dread tit the dininni if which they found thenis elves stilled tongues the xea sen breeze freighted with tle the acrid odors of un till cojei ed and blew through tile the room idaa faitt robe and closed tho lie garden door and eyes shifted to liliu III lung on oil lilg his hum as aki it OW ill tin tile bolt lie crossed to anne NN was its sit bitting by kiy tins tild entrance silo had tier her buck bach tu tho rovin room find and wits looking out it ill the of hurworth Huy worth dotting tho tl felion lie he stood behind tier lier chair uini and put his did hand on oil her shoulder tier her PIs stole up and rested on oil lila ills ae icy id lie io gjent cut till ills head wits uia lono ilono i to hers und and whispered near tip thank cod tills cant touch you nu in III ciny wily way iier ifer fingers pressed ased nil an alia but ile suld nothing shine shill cume tol lotard atheni those tellers fell era were lucky who got cot off tills afternoon I 1 tillight 1111 att have goue gone willi it if id had the he sense mise antic this yes yea they aln y were wore more fortunate thun than wo tire an airs cornell Coni elt between sobs spoke up tip ihil even if we were vere here her they cant suspect us weve got ji libis ul llila were nil all counted for we were till all lit in yhu shu realized linked re anro where site wua wits going and there Tl was it 11 portet portentous itous silence sli pointing ing out lit at tile the chull nel tho tides falling fast they gt get into the dock here will ivill the flioy make IC jand ilig bairett in bt a cove it fit the upper end of tilt the island Tl iLyo a dock there for low water they faveto make it detour dejong nil flora who had been sitting with her cr land n over cr her eyes dropped it and sst sat erect iler her breath came from her in a loud exhalation chrit was a groan 1 lvery 1 very pair of oc eyes shifted to tier her watchful questioning ilive do you foel feel til ill florn bald bassett moving to tier her side wo no no site she looked wildly about but tills walting its so go awful mlis PInIc ney suggested a glass ot of water but a hand us its it if pushing it away stokes roue rose and moved to a sent seat beside her be liere here soon now slie she sank hack back and closed tier her eyes ler her husband bent a somber bomber look toward tier her then laid tits his hand ou oil one of liers hers iler her own turned and the thin fingers twined like clinging roots about hla his it wont bf be hard lie he reassured just she ghe them h a clear account of you shw she waved the other hand in front of lier her face like ilke a person lit in i bunei idar able who makes a vague dla gesture for silence annu anne spoke from froin the lie door theres a light moving out from tile the shore the statement shook them there a i astir of fefa feet and bodies a lieuie of labored breaths huskett wont to the entrance yes a launch coming coining I 1 must to go to meet them thein lie he looked over the company tile haggard faces nil all turned toward him some of them almu wore un an expression of yearning appeal as if lie he was their only source of strength in this devas hour now remember theres nothing to get bet scared or rattled about ask you ion questions tind what you must do Is to lu answer thein accurately not ilot what you think or In imagine ingine but what you know neel keep that lit in the he front of your otinus altida the clearer you fire arc lit in your statements tile hie quicker get through gli and please stay here just juat as you are probably to ftc you sou right off rf A followed lils big departure depari pari ure anne moved from the door to a chair nearer the others stokes withdrew ills hand from floras imd find straightened himself jerk jerking ilig down his hl and craning ills his neck up filom iila 1118 collar tile the low rippling murmurs of the receding tide were slit bin distinct suddenly thu tho shrill whistle of it 11 laucht lauc lt pierced the night outside mrs hirs cornell leaped as it if old th found f lind been a 1 I ett poa that auld pt tier her ohl she cried why do they du 10 jacq sybll being murdered rt ed to lo manill lur ibur l ur gods suke buke keep your luruth but stokes flung tit HI her glaring savage tiu quality alltY in ills voice lien eu mr en cusing ter ro corx site s shrunk and slid tile tho look of it K frej d kil ut at shine then illen tile the hence t r ettlel and they sat but like bhoge who have looked upon tho 11 elieud end of medusa TU TO BE CONTINUED X 2 axx ax X |