Show BYE MILIE ING 0 8 rolce f 2 SYNOPSIS 8 THIS STORY SO 80 valai janice trent runs rum away from wedding ned paxton ich but a gay blade unbeknown to druce t family friend the she be comes secretary lecreta ry of an alaska camp of which he to I 1 chief engineer millicent itale hale wit wife of the man whom be sue ceedee li Is also alio attrAct attracted eil to him druce bruce a at it first wants wanti to send lend janice back on a ft trip alp to the city she ibe encounters encounter paxton and tells him she is I 1 married to ilar cou court t the latter liean hears it and insists on an a W wedding that ilay day after a wedding party arranged by the samp si listen stere who run the waffle shop bruce and janice go home hane only to be disturbed shortly by cent who tells them her husband joo joe hale hits has been shot hot dead it you had only waited she ha exclaims exclaim to bruce and crumples bruce spends the night la in investigation the commissioner arrives and a probe Is on ile ho Is asking kadoyama Kad yama indian about itale and ta tima his hi girt girl friend now continue with the stoby chatter R XII well shea not your squaw Is she ha continued tho the commissioner sho she promise to marry on mo me she work for halo hale she say she lak dark mans no more sho she lak gol hair where were you yesterday in mornin cle cleanie anin out hangar did that take all day no airree word codd dat chief marry samp se heesters esters they san en me to woods I 1 cut every ving green bring to 11 II house and put cm am roun round droom room 11 yourself Your seU hale come an maester chester brud deudor or doy day work to odor oder mens mans como come too were mrs halo hale and chester int in the tha ir houlb nil all the time you were no surree chester go first say to her you 1 sho sha sen en me tor for moro more green wen I 1 come back backshie she gone too gone had she where were you last night squaw danco dance 11 was your girl friend he ha amended was taulma this girl you ou expect to marry with you no she stay at haftle shop tor for beeg marriage party there ile ha qualified she come to dance late tay stay long night through the indian girl was called next taulma swaggered in head back lice her face had the curious color dark skin has when drained ot of blood havo billave a good time at the indian dance last night taulma straightened who me me go to indian dance her contempt was superb 1 I stay at wat ile co shop all night help samp gamp semesters esters te se clear up after marriage P apts ty T the commissioner grinned at ka ayama 0 sit down t patima favored him with a dis gainful glance who me I 1 stant 00 up suit yourself you work for mr hale hak who roe me I 1 work tor for samp se heesters esters ee 11 what do you do there walt wait on table wash deca hea sweep do much aings work hard yet you had time to take scare care ot of mr hales cabin she tossed her head set her lips in a heavy red line of de defiance flance harcourt commanded ans answer ver the commissioners questions fatima we an all know that you worked tor for mr hale tell tho the truth she regarded him from under lowered lids ads hunched her line fine shoulders who me tell truth you not like it araps much as you vink I 1 tell I 1 work tor for hale A spasm ot of feeling twisted ear her face she bit hir her lips A drop of blood stained her teeth as she went on 1 11 I tak care of fabin cabin wile nale halo gone away been there since her return one tarn tam araps remember losing this the indian girl bent forward to stare at his extended hand in the center lay a blue glass bead she clutched at the string about her neck inscrutability veiled the fright which had flamed in her eyes she drawled tose bead two days ago same tarn tam she there with a nod she indicated the girl ihrl at the typewriter desk janice felt te the color mount to her ber hair as the tour four men looked at her you mean that young lady at the desk sure I 1 mean she bl eester little hale he phone tor for her to td come say ho he have secret letter first he send halo to waffle wadle shop trent come ile he teu tell her letter he ten tell her she beautiful after wile he say 1 I kees yo hans bans I 1 like halo hale to tell miss trent that she was beautiful did you who me I 1 not care ile he say to her you run away from marry in kees an run kin 1 an she say to keep to bees ness he talk more nuch more then beads break I 1 busy peeking pecking them up I 1 hear bear no more hear bear miss trents arents voice again ask much questions dont you fraps you vink tink fatima some iceie detect cr I 1 hear per speak outside that au all she speak very mad to jimmy chester fore he come in chesterl did dd he come into the cabin A I 1 az 61 V katims swaggered in sure ho he come ile he say very loud wat you mean sending for trent joo try any fuchy business an ill shoot an then fecs hale come in an say bay wat you doln with that pistol jimmy joe joes frightened I 1 an then she laughed ano an laughed Is though she know what she doln an I 1 went to waffle shop an wash deestes dees hes 11 you see mr hale again alive who me I 1 not seo see heem again never all you may go she swung out head up the yakutat blanket trailing from one hand the commissioner watched her till tho the door closed made a note on hla his pad you take taka stenographic notes dont you grant take miss trents arents testimony ile ho looked at janice sorry to bring you into this but I 1 want to hear car about your visit to halos hales cabin mr hale phoned me to come and take a letter from his dicta tion A codicil codicil did ho sign it 1 I dont know I 1 put tt it in shape and sent two copies to him by one of the men make a rough draft for me when wo we get through this afternoon while you were at the halo cabin what happened taulma fatima hat has given an exact account you met chester as you went ou out ts Y yes what did he say to you ile ho asked what I 1 was doing in hales cabin androu and you answered that it was none of hla his business the suspicion in his voice made me furious mal all the next day you were away from headquarters I 1 understand there was at a party here in the evening old did you dance with chester yes yea did he mention ment lon your meeting of the day before yes ile he apologized for Ws his manner and I 1 explained why I 1 answered as I 1 did you parted good friends the best thank heaven that was overt overl she sha had squeezed by without telling what adt jimmy had said in reply was that all that was said her assurance crashed good she under oath she sworn to teu tell the truth the whole truth she sha would say nothing which could incriminate nice jimmy chester she smiled engagingly at the commissioner anything more mora would have been anticlimax anti climax it his 1113 smile was bland too bland you were in the 11 house when mrs hale came last night you sorry to remind you of what must have been bech a gruesome intrusion on your happiness but I 1 want to know what happened we were sitting by the are talking when someone beat furiously at the door mrs hale stumbled into the th e room she was breathless as though she had been running she braced herself hersel f against the wall tried to speak mr harcourt said steady millicent what has happened I 1 her eyes were ame with horror as sh she a called joes deada shott she sha pitched fo forward to the floor you can re remember member nothing more that thai was said soo chos knocking grant janicos Ja nices eyes met harro harcourte Har courts arts ile he must bo be in intensely tensey relieved that she had been reprieved from answering that question tubby grant opened the door martha samp stood on the threshold int in one hand she held a box harcourt rose wo we were to send tor for you later miss martha the womans comans grim crim lips twisted in a smile polite for sayin what you doln hero here mr bruce I 1 came to save you bastin the governments ern ments time she stepped into the center of thes the room her voice quavered with excitement r faund jund tho the revolver that shot joe hale must be somewhere obviously the commissioners commissioner 3 aulce dripped sarcasm martha samp frowned at hirn him what do you mean speak sp eakin ln like that to me to a woman old enough to bo be your mother I 1 want you LYOU should understand that the engl in this camp leave their manners behind in the states you et at ten waffles for your lunch mary told me I 1 aint under any obligations to feed you an your assistants while youre here on this case if you try to be a smarty with mi me eat with the men or the eski mos moa understand tubby grant camouflaged an exuberant chuckle with a racking cough dauntless martha samp belligerently faced the commissioner A smile tempered the amazement on his face as he rose ile he wa was a decidedly attractive when he stepped outside his self janice decided miss samp if its a case gt love my waffles love me im eating out of your hand I 1 never tasted any thing so good sit down well listen so long as talk she sat down sakes alive I 1 guess you dont know what youre promising im quite a 0 talker when I 1 get goto howsoever I 1 got so much to say unless I 1 get started on crime or matrimony Surp how often find cm am related ive found the pistol from the box she cautiously extracted a revolver wrap wrapped p ad in a soft white cloth A revolver with a gleaming mother of pearl butt tho the office whirled before danices Ja nices incredulous eyes bruce Harcourt sl 1 I found it on the shore when the tide went out martha continued when I 1 heard about mr hale an there not being any weapon found I 1 says to myself first thinell thing ll be done will be to examine and check up on every pistol at headquarters likely though that whoever did it will keep it by him hell get rid of it no place I 1 know of better than the shore so every chance I 1 had I 1 ran down to the thes shingle while the tide was low I 1 had what you call a bunch that it be tar far away and it tho commissioner broke the revolver one cartridge gone ile he replaced it on the table ever sen seen this gun before miss samp yes where Wl ure it belonged to my nephew ar ahle harper who owned the revolver atte your nephew went mr bruce did you know that it was missing harcourt yes curtly bruce harcourt told of his discovery of the empty holster on ills his wall added that he had inquired among the engineers it if anyone of them had borrowed it IL mm connect it with the shooting I 1 suppose the shooting occurred at the time I 1 missed it the door swung slowly open A man with dazed eyes swayed on the threshold ills his face was bruised his clothing torn the commissioner stared at him openmouthed open mouthed parks I 1 where did you come from plane crack up the mans head achieved a wobbly shake never got off fella grabbed me as I 1 was climbing into aho he cockpit ile he flung me down with such force that I 1 was stunned I 1 heard a roar an then I 1 know anything what did he look like the commissioner shook the dazed man in his eagerness go easy I 1 fell on that arm tell what lie he looked like goggles on but when he grabbed me I 1 noticed a big black seal ring on his finger who wears a seal ring in this outfit harcourt chester the second engineer mrs hale Is chesters sister yes ill talk with her next Is she able to see anyone miss martha twill do her good to rouse out of her daze it Ms hale roused im raid shell get lower an lower in her mind atwould be a pity ashes got a lot to live what ayou mean ashes got a lot to live for joe arle was a rich man ive heard ile he need to work but was crazy over bridge bad ing ang TO BE CO CONTINUED |