Show th U I 1 eal d in IT by GERALDINE BONNER anu copyright by the merrill co XI continued 10 ot t athing n thing rawson Raws t we were nt lit a disadvantage not gh h light und its it goods good s sized I 1 zed well comb it over tomorrow III ing by daylight or of course liy iu d have got out on 01 tile hafl asiana all ali kitchen wings kept open lit lie it have been lying low UP lip there till all erday aid ila have e conio como down last ills t t all quite POS possible SIbIO but well I 1 know tomorrow lie walked to lidlow doly find looke dout daik as let I 1 lie ho turned to bassett ell 11 tile tides full out could a peret get across that cl channel iannel except by au insert seway ay biere acre tire lire places where they might inight the lie stream in III tile middle its n strong current but ll 11 go good balm could 10 lo I 1 it t 0 i try it lie he must be pretty about getting off here you tills shoreline 1101 bellile you go and take up tit a station below tile the ouie louse among those juniper 3 a place tC ft person might ws ulo as stored catered start for a getaway get gel away you hw but you can hear dikke wll gun and if theres a sound enge if theres no answer shoot ome ime down with 3 iou ou 1 I want to a i look nt at patrick and ill stay myself for a while stopped to tile the slit sill of the win but ut Wili williams laing feeling for hla his re r stopped him old oil a in minute laute I 1 got tin nn idea I 1 thin lill help a bit ive been ing of it nil fill day and if im ill not ken land your man lunn or your n neuter neater aud and easier than lying in ili for them thein outside where they by tills tinie time wee e got it guard aou turned back into tile room I 1 ts ta hear it we want to clear up tonight dut but mr air bassett 0 on stop and tell patrick what e i doing and see ee that lies on tile ril ill be down with him later inter un williams idea opens up soule some new I 1 sett took the revolver and id ed out of tho the window reached the boathouse and il ills his way about it to find put pat coming Jonil ng round the angle where an was stationed he bo pronounced me ime and was surprised to get no r lie he stretched a feeling hand came in contact with a large bull bulk immovable under tits ills touch iving forth n sound of heavy reg breathing illy 1113 own bre breathing tithIng ills movements noiseless as a 0 lie struck a match and shelter sli elter with ills his curved hand held it in its glow lie he saw patrick hud on the ho bench tits his shoulder 3 against tile tho wall his head it fd d forward to in profound sleep red against the wall lie calati the lie distances about him the lucli ell to the lie causeway was waa to lili hh mi incline of rocky and e stillness ho could hear th lit st t foot descending I 1 them 0 on 1 1 I night joe till might glit venture agal again lid it if ills hla nerve nene still held lid did it would bo be tile tho next und and if patrick slept and rawson u t come lie ho would go by un unchul clial ifal breeze arose carrying se lie he heard the ui il growing lower fainter tit til unk lunk to silence and lie ho knew tilt r thu the channel with uncovered CHAPTER XII lanis though highly of his idea coine allie to him that morning whiff k of tile person lie had heard ding the alio stairs tile the person lit in d was aa mrs stokes a us it simple und mid practicable plau plan alch tell kept for tho 1 fit est of ill tin un 11 tile lie atol ra and ce cheristin point i in the tie iaco faw of positive order cople had come collie from tile thu appel lie ho night before ggs isa tracy ot 01 wid id that rawson thou glit site su mrs stukes stokes in III 4 i to ti coil with lier lim lili evell it if itutti inen were wron erful incentive was nin ninvill makeni kill ill 41 such ralis and it wua was nal suppo 40 aliat incentive after PI and uncertainty itry it ngi lii anti and to 10 catch then thell bunn abe in file net if they thi y bacul arvit down un anthe the spot pot la u little would mould do tho the job fan looked at ills assistant with 4 eye ye the idea w was is good ht t and without buo of linit apanged the distribution of tit th would take ahe front str tIrs nicular prey ana there and lit lif endy eady located the position of light button himself in othe kitchell two to doors one to tho the ou out fildo tAlde lie 1101 tj tho I 1 e living room the they to shine less lag s Import nm ther of the other ambushes andIng thy the entrance to tho the 9 aind the patti path to tile canut dock anyone descending k stairs to to ninke nil an xit exit fron i ise hotl yond d eather t urn turn to tit or or ro nj it the lie ining aver way the thoy v took would n out the inen were mere batts ailed lid each one tits de slimed to tilt spot clifio tie might ct to fit aliu object of lila its su tile 1 he ih lii room central u and exposed might mifu are ly ili bo loft left to shine they found shine in the butlers room sleeping on oil tile outside of tile lie bed lie ho was lilace acqua with tl tile thy plan and anil irney evad cd followed them in the dip hull hall lift left them taking 1119 WHY to to ills place ahe IK other two furini on to tn the lie scene of shines dutley almi iero hero liu he received fits instruct bolls lolls special being laid on the door that hat loil ell to tilt alie kitchen n wing via the IK back stairs shine looked from froin the lie door to Willi allis with a il frown fron ho till not like to admit no jio more 0 thin than lie io had liked to display tile the healthy vigor of his 1119 that lie was aa so hu sleepy ale py it was doubtful aliet birr lie could alil keep awake lu in thia dinbar ra illig position when ft lien lie desired to acquit tilt himself creditably onil anti feared the weakness of tits his ach lie too 00 oo luid had nn an idea rhey just wanted to know who the will they lie ile have lieve to catch them which would be impossible lit in the dark and wan waa unnecessary us its no oue one could get olt off the island to see them be able to j 1 in n its glow he saw patrick huddled on an the bench identify them get onto who was stoning round tho hol house lc was tile the point if that was enough hed lieda a way of doing it the surest and most blost way it could he be done no scrambling ambling julid tile the furniture no uncertainty ile lied d set tits his finall camera for a iglio photograph the materials were ivere all at hand all lie had to do was to get them ready and if anyone entered by tilt the door he was to watch vit tell hed have their number before they knew it IL williams Wll llama was interested lt it wui wits a n neat eat trick and tickled his fancy As lie wits was ignorant of tho the process shine it gett getting ilig tits his propertied lei rom roin tit the cabinet its as he spoke cite liula aleli lowal low tl in 1 a saucer on tho ali tuble table then it double wire extending troal roin it to a point above the door tile the pair or would tins answer reler tile the wire would he be cut one half lia hanging nging down from tile the anglers antlers ant lera lers tile the other twisted d round the door handle its end stand standing standliy lit out when the door va vas s opened tile the two severed ends enda would lit in contact and nanke the or clr lit which would st ot the lie powder je ie did not tell Willia Wll llama nii that tile the tak could be uch achieved loved n of tit tha picture vl vi Tether lether lie won was asleep or awake hut but that tile the calnora would make lis ita record td whatever ills state was an int relief 0 to o lils ills mind williams left and lie be quickly corn colu 1 dated I ete d h his Is pr preparations ehni lit artore fore tie he anade le hla his final of tile iwo wires vires he unlooked sed the latch of thy the that it I 1 night might open easily wid 1 l lit the first ewh of it liand hand thon then tits lili callielo cal liela in lace itice ile he turned off tile tl th room vas sud suddenly dolly plunged plunK eil into lp tinn blackness lie had to reel frd for tin the chair tic lit ilij pulled tit iii all and grasping ara tilt t nearly it upset KM arlim dintler ills breath in lit found tilt alio ariti of the cliner aind let himself down upon it to 0 o avoid lavold alie sli vilet of tilt the house e rland around 11 silence flint was like oh oblivion livion tho darkness t no break us its hlf aih ce ti over oer it A solid lin III rent triple envall it was hard to look lit at tin the rye eye required Non lothing to 0 o res ret t dpn after lit lie tin had into it for foi alint seeli led a stretch of lio lie felt lip lie must shut eyes for a moment or of respite lit ho did so ilk hi head dt drooped nodded sunk allot and lr IV lay a big crumpled figure held in it tho einen n nf if tit the chair A bang ln iii ehilt clience ns loud load a cannon shot n rending burst ol of light biked waked hlin him then front from ever side bide of the lie house noise broke groans cerenius enins of doors boora thudding footfalls foot fills voice shouted ill alip first intelligible bordi you got thern them good work I 1 where tilt lie li I 1 are the lights that shook shine into consciousness ani lie he called to the gallery clience a inetter of bare feet and fe mule crl cries P 5 roe its till all right dont be scared its only it flashlight mule voices followed harsh and loud as the men come ru drushina shina in Itaw sons from tile the left with the crash of the door flung back against the wall what are you yon doing here beret what was wag flint I 1 from tile lie entrance his body colliding with furniture as lie run ran blindly forward somewhere in tile the dark darkness nesi behind stokes choked breaking into curses and over till all aless riding the tumult like the war cry of the ries why dont boine of you fools turn on oil tile tho electricity the buttons on the right side hide of the door bissette Bis Base etts found it and un the room was flooded with light the women in straight glit white night gowns stood on the gallery huddled together the dreadful darkness lifted they leaned over the railing their faces pallid between hanging locks of litter dropping a shower of quest questions los on the men below one ne of them was hysterical and guve gave forth a wall and Will williams funis shouted sli with angry authority keep quiet up there nothings Nothing 8 the matter you licar bear it was a flashlight someone strangled it scream wll wil it was waa dpra lil jora but could not be sure then they al a simul tan to retreat to tile bedrooms for negligees anti and slippers while the inert men gathered round shine listened to tits explanation no hed seeri seen notI and lid heard nothing but hed got tilt the picture all right whoever it was he had atheni now hed go and develop it lie ile could do that in ili a few minutes sand and there wits was tile the projector in tile the corner lie could use fsr throw it onto something where nil fill see A sleet sheet over that screen by tile the desk would 10 lo they rhey urged out attend to everything hurry up tip with tile the picture Willi williams alls was waa ull to tilde hn elat elation loll ills idea aug augmented by rhines wits it bullseye bulls eye lilt and bla 1119 voice showed allowed nn an e exultant excitement ns na lie called to miss pankney ney to brinig a sheet nila bor satisfaction wu less apparent but his eye was alight with anticipation if it ft was the boy lie lid had bud run little tack upstairs for no exit hit h ld beell attempted through tile the kit kitchen kitcherl cheri the whole house astir hed d ho he I 1 ifould girald to come collie down und anti alipy hilll lalni safe aa as a rat tit in it trap till impatient p at tile walt wait for raap peara ince re ho jett the room saying lit he wn was i going to the boathouse hoa for it word wora with the noise dolse fit if the footstep ol 01 on tile lie sontra came in a anali they alie burst in their voices going rig before then bliem it a scattering QIng of 0 ga gaped gnp ped ed P utterances cant you 1 I 11 women keep stokes ground out between tits lila teeth ato TO etli CONTINUED |