Show 0 BY EMILIE LORING a service ak I 1 MOMS tc 80 50 FAW janice janace trent away from wedding ned paxton t but A gay blade unbeknown to w Ilir court ft A family friend the she be li secretary ecret ary of 01 an alaska camp of 0 b be I 1 ta klef millicent u wife ol 01 the man whom ho he oue uc d ti Is ato also attracted to him bruce illuce ht st wants wanti to send end janice back on a to 0 the city she he encounters encounter paxton paston tells him the he it married to ila ha ail the latter hears hear it and insists on adding that day alter after a wedding f arranged by the samp sisters sif who UK a waffle shop bruci and janice only to be disturbed shortly 96 lome 0 who no tells tell them her husband clale has been shot dead it you jay waited she he exclaims to brute crumples utho spends the night on the ar i and a probe proba li Is on jimmie ches billic brother who hated joe 1 a 3 plane piano in the meantime and 1 off with ule the story w COUL continue laue CHAPTER XIII commissioners were ie e eyes byca p but reassuringly friendly as bok ok command of the situation ats rs halo hale did you quarrel with husband before you went to the i e last evening did he object to leaving him tas as it only lost last evening 7 he red erad ile he want me to lut ut you went es per for a short time ld id he threaten you fot ot more me re than usual im ni I 1 see had he be quarreled anyone at headquarters ith mr harcourt you cant act ct him you can tl bruce nev arreler with hir him n he was at waffle adfle shop every moment till albed home with me and then ant come in ut tut the shooting was done with ow do you know the ques was a strained whisper t was found on the shore 9 e looked up with agonized eyes arcouet standing bythe by the mantel brucel brucel ou cu and your brother were in tho the use helping decorate it did notice whether the tun gun was 14 r 1 I notice yone there besides you and brother acyama brought in the greens mary was waa unpacking some 3 in one of ei the bedrooms s hale describe what you 1 when you entered the cabin oe ae was lying face down on the wheelchair wheel chair overturned I 1 dont now how long I 1 stood staring at 1 I felt something tugging at my it was my little dog begging taken up that brok erthe spell aror I 1 raised joes joea head and A ders realized what had d and rushed for or mr har al e commissioner fitted spatula V r tips together with nice any theory as to the motor the attack on your hus bus mrs hale arthin thin fingers tightened no ss is unless it was robbery joe ys s carried a lot of cash hy y did you go tor for mr hart instead of your brother Is 0 3 for jimmy why he hated bated I 1 and nd she ahe stifled a cry with band fiand youre not trying to out that jimmy did it are brucel brucel bruce 1 you know jim you know that he hes is incapable thing like that id d he tell you then that he was away vayl where sho she was on her swaying as she stood har pressed her back into the ke it easy millicent jimmy oft off in a plane ere bruce where lust just one hour bour he ha will be on ay to find out we wont trou brou ou u any more now mrs hale atter afternoon noon see you in the ing ng come on harcourt el c earshot of the samp cabin oni missioner stopped at woman knows more than telling a whole lot more well er r think were as aa dumb as she s 1 we are while we go after ter r coan commissioner said bruce every field where a plane could harcourt admitted it 0 we have three large camps ed d with provisions iw for two they have good fields un chester had an accident he have come down i in one of ile he go to a city or ol of tiny any size it if he is running he would know that you would Us his description broadcast lill 11 start in an hour leave one ne in charge with instructions t mrs hale have her head I 1 em arn au all feeling secure dea ea going to eat at the waffle V at my cabin I 1 want to ith pasca my houseboy house boy and grant in charge by ay grant was strumming a ful naul ditty on his ukulele as urt art entered his cabin and left aulls mulls ee SP your eye on janice will at a heck of a the way millicent suggested ry y as the motive of the at on joe no money was found in or in the cabin you kemem aam acyama ad yama will bear watching rose from the tha chimney N Z r Z 10 1 out of earshot of tile the samp cabin tile tho commissioner stopped drifted lazily into the pink after glow ns as harcourt entered his cabin ho stopped on the threshold was that really an embroidered cloth and shining silver on oil the small table laid tor for two or oe was he seeing things the plates and tumblers of the warranted wear andrear and tear variety were his aishe he would swear to that who was humming to the accompaniment of an egg beater ho flung open the kitchen door Ja janibel nicel the girl in her gay smock furl bously beating eggs in a bowl bobbed a dancing school curtsy what are you doing here Il herel lerel milord send word by miss martha that if I 1 did not return to the H house pronto he would come tor for me 1 I send tor for you because I 1 wanted a cook dont bite miss martha intimated that as a chef pasca left something to be desired 1 I seen my duty an I 1 done it look at that asparagus with sauce vinaigrette I 1 found a basket of gulls eggs im making an a plump yellow not one of those thin things with a soap sudsy filling ailing something tells me that I 1 have mortally offended your houseboy house boy he cares so awfully tor for himself as a cook harcourt looked gravely at janice seated across the small table for the first time in my life I 1 understand why my father always said grace at his own table mother was something for which to give dally daily thanks it if ho he had nothing else lie he cleared his voice where did all this elegance come from ile ha touched the beautiful cloth with a shining silver spoon 1 I told you yo u that I 1 had not realized quite into what I 1 was adventuring thought I 1 might have an occasional afternoon tea and you drew this it Is all wrong jan but we wont go back to that now ile he looked at the clock 1 I am taking off in just thirty minutes where after jimmy chester oh not not nice jimmy chesterl chester does the commissioner think he didat di dIt he told her of the interview with millicent hale while pasca fasca served the simple s upper supper As the eskimo set cups of coffee on the table harcourt smiled at the girl this othis has the restaurant at which we dined bea beaten ten a mile feed tong pasca fuel the tanager I 1 will be at the field in ten minutes As the door closed behind the man and dog janice aske asked d why are you taking that particular pattI cu plane because I 1 can take off after a run of less I 1 than ban three hundred feet beet and come to a CO complete stop one hundred feet from the spot where the plane first touches the th e ground As I 1 dont know where I 1 may have to come down its the best bet he looked at her steadily do I 1 need to tell you that MillI cents intimation ti that tha t it would matter to me it if she were freels free is a figment of her crazed imagination janice was intent on the pattern she was etc etching hing on the cloth with the tip ot 0 a silver spoon i imaginations it sounded like the real thing to me he caught her shoulders you know better you know that I 1 good lord is that the commission commissioner knocking cant he allow me a minute with with my family he opened the door the smiling impeccably dressed roan man facing hini him said suavely 1 I was told that I 1 would find the choked exclamation came from janice harcourt glanced at minutes before he the clock five was due at the flying field only looked straight at five minutes ile he acton pl akton whose eyes were on the girl come in tan jan here is ig a friend world As she the outside from took a step forward he 91 glanced alced un at his wristwatch wrist watch sorry that I 1 have to leave headquarters paxton but jan lust just as you arrive ice and grant will show you I 1 the wonders oj of I 1 this north country he caught the girl in his arms arma tearing my hea heart rt out to like its ull jig he kissed her beautia leave leav eyou you eyes her throat her mouth she struggled tor for an instant before she relaxed against him he pressed his ups upa to her hair I Dear estl ila ha ar courtl the commissioners shout outside crashed into his husky voice jan ice caught the back of the chair as he released her her long lashes were a dark fringe against her colorless skin paxton was staring out of the window a fighting set to his shoulders harcourt picked up jumpers hel met rifle ills his blood raced ile ho had intended to kiss janice lightly a mere gesture to impress the late flance fiance with the reality of their re lation ship the feel of her in his bh arms had set him aflame he had kissed her as though he were starved for her as he was would she forgive him she followed him to the door in true wifely solicitude sala said in a voice disconcertingly steady good luck to you bruce As he stepped to the board walk she leaned forward to whisper furiously your technique Is superb you must have had heaps of practice but why martyr yourself to impress ned he caught her hand she twisted it free stepped back the door closed harcourt was still stubbornly clinging to the conviction of jimmy chesters innocence when on the third day of the search he left the northernmost camp not one of the tha three he had visited had yielded a clue the commissioner was irritated and air worn ho he had ordered a return to headquarters had radioed I 1 grant to expect them that afternoon e As harcourt climbed to cruising altitude the first uneasiness as to chesters safety seized him once he thought he heard the vibration of an engine ahead it C be the Commis commissioner commissio ner must be a sound mirage ile he sent the plane up again and came out into into the sun the altimeter registered a mile he kept above the clouds till he come came into clear sky descended to get his bearings was that a camp below men looking no bigger ui than n beetles moving digging probably archaeologists in search of the first americans he looked at the compass ills heart stood still it had gone dead some electric current in that prickling rain storm had done the trick where was he A buzz in his car warned him that he be must have more forward speed instantly or the plane would stall and spin out of control As he climbed swiftly he looked round the horizon to get his bearings toward the south the sky was black with smoke old kalmal tuning up now he knew the direction lin IB which to fly he mounted into the clouds they w were ere moving south they would serve as compass the drone of an engine was he really hearing bearing it the effect was weird weir d suddenly fog caught him to his bis astonishment he came out into brilliant sunlight light what an in fertally fer nally queer world the berg dot ted sea was over his right wing in his relief he laughed the plane plana had flopped on its ald side he righted lighted it and took his bearings how long had he been flying aimlessly in the storm ile he glanced at Ws his wrist wristwatch watch noon he fro frowned at the gas gauge do much more experimenting with diat supply he peered over the side of bf the ship an ice floe big as an able bodied island with acres of plateau he wing slipped nearer wires humming datsi three of them two moving one inert A plane on its sidel the phantom of the clouds cracked up could one of the dots dota be chester no jimmy went alone engine shut off he side slipped down landed bumped and skidded over the rough surface to a stop the floe stretched away not a collection of cakes but acres of grinding heaving ice fields their smoothness broken by an occasional crevice choked with loose fragments by swiftly running rills jha ele pushed back his helmet the crippled planel plane good lord what a breckl propeller smashed one wing gashed inton into inge fringe by the ice where the pilot i 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