Show I IDLE l i t tI tt I I STORY FR FROM THE START STAR STARTOn t On the tha ver verge e of nervous collapse col lapse duo to overwork Ony Uny U UI te 11 I lane lUlie tic artist seeks neck rest real at ot 1 Idle lle Island laland She rents relit a 11 cottage the Lone ons Vine fromn an all Island Inland character else char acter actor the Captain and his hIM hi eta al ter tel Alice Andover tor lay Jay finds ands the cottage li Is tenanted by an on elderly lady who consents consent to move to another the Appie Apple Ap pie l Tr roe e e. On an all exploration of 01 the Island Inland Oa Clay my Is la horrified by bythe bythe the appearance of the drifting body of 1110 a drowned l man elan A bullet bulle wound In the tempi temple Shows show the theman theman Inn man n to hit have ve been murdered On Jay Ony y returns with the Captain but they find no body there Item lay Jay being unable to convince her het of the truth draws drawl n a 1 picture lure of or the face of 01 the dead Inn man Info 11 Intending to 10 send Rend It to the She meet meela a It stranger r I to 10 whom she Ioe tells tella the story un unI unit find I shows the Hie picture II Ill Ile n asks ok k for forit forn it n but Ony lay refuse Next day the he picture la Is missing Wallace wallace Wal nl lace Ince wanderer nn unit considered of a Ii black bluck sheep hy by the islanders surprises es Gayat Jay Gay ut at household hou tusks tasks no- no with willi Hand ripen In Into In to affection tiny lay to lor for the winter The he stranger whom lay Ciny ny lied had met the day it if her U of or the ho body ly In In- U II nil U ell eS as ns Ronald Ing t 1 rain II un tal miry tells tell Gay Gny of 01 ofIK IK hor 1 r soil MUll luddy win who lift hn been Inen en I set for yIH years Stand I. I la is clous t f f Ronald In III nun mini Rn and 1 op- op of III Home evildoing in inn Inn n 1 house ns ne the he Lilli clot 1 lu A In Is planning her herI I puny finny CHAPTER VII VII Continued Continued In 11 11 11 I Irn tn sorry Ill he nose hose bu the Lone lulIC fur for hia hi hibernating this afternoon He tie i me rap nut lilt of n hour boor hues Does lie he think lies best In III the top 1111 of nf your jour pine II tree Irre I him perching I lie here re reus us If lie ht were quite nt III homo home hay ln laughed No Nn Indeed HP Ile as pulling lag up lip nn on aerial HP lit Is building mo lilt H n radio No he be dues does 1101 not In my lilY tree Irle top tap and I wash you IMI 11 lui lame come In III You would quite like Ilk him Idol No NI I shouldn't like him Nol Not him muter r any And ps AIl And I tI 1111 mil I enjoy other peoples people's cooing It riles rill mep roe me lv p dont don't coo 00 Iho state of ot lii it time cooing Ingrain Ingram reverted again lignin moodily to 10 milk of the humid hind Ill Ile was list 1 Set jet It sure what ho Ire really wanted lad to la d tl In with It h he tie mild wondered tl If 11 he be would not ant h h h. wise to In sell Ill It outright ht I 1 IIII harsh money enough to 10 frames things on an H n big scale Of ot lf course e It Jf I HIP Ili lit boom hiou ever N conies ores II 11 ought night I to I 0 II ll It seems went III he Ille e logical III hal summer sum mgr mer for New N York ork flail yes 18 even for Washington I him t two companies figuring on Oh It hlll 11 would 11 yon think of a n Chinese 1111 huh Imitation bamboo sin stun IT pogo o tins d is thai Thal I know n ml Ii let t from Moy Sen n his tin fill nip IIII II Is I hI been up n few ft limes 11 milking for mi time Clever chap Ii I. I Is for a n Chink hank UP lie was here litre yes yes- S Ill Hi hIli thinks I. I w we WI e Inn eon swing Irh It Ir h Id III u II lay Cay was fully In ht sym syna pulpy 1111 with him hi III again Ity lIy Ids his can nn candor dor he be hind en entire stilted Ilie he sn pl flans dUlls I hilt hod stirred to te II lire life fl How lIw frankly III hp spills of Hip Ili I Inese nn 1st How his explanation nt III the HIP foreigners foreigner's In HIP III fn e of tf Ills his disarming riot rig Ingenuous Ii hl bis Is l honest 1 admission ol it his limitations how haw howN N very verj petty md and narrow and menu mean II appeared I tI Ili he old cold suspicious nature mature of New Iii hod I lie Ue h mulct 1111 hI lie be was twits obliged to 10 rt return In lu on tilt the early curly hunt honl II If nod and I Hay went with him to tile the door You Oil are 11 very very- 11 gum gamp lilt I km know my hut 1111 do be hI careful Kelp Keep yourself lurked In and everybody t else locked out wont won't you 1111 The Tilt genuineness ot of hits his hl l Silt solicitude touched I lay nil I 1 will he hI careful Kim gla salt Mild I wl wish h you yon 1111 were WIIl staying all nil winter You lint lire are such soil a II pleasant In Ien tile Interlude between ii tie hI IP saki 1 f Still SHU IIII It II Is some Suite something thing to Iu 81 see von to o touch tench your jour hand band handI bandI I urn inn grateful for fill that Hint You ore are very very try 8 You will not nol forget nip mt v trill yon vim cI 11 Hall nn at limn buur litter luIN came and 11 for fur n ti word from Ill him mu nt nl once Into u II long and fervid defense 1 of III I Ronald rill hI Micron You mil tiny limy be he right about soot somi nil Ma on nn 11 It III III Ingram you yon are wrong He's Hes dally a II nice nUe fel lute low fad you jou 1111 x will nil Ilk Ilia him bull let you UI lot be Chief High of Ills his Chinese III laughed ti It'd hp at nl herThe tier her The next any hi III went to III the Ihl city to 10 tip up I Hie Ile III records 4 of tit real real Mate i ft n. n lie Ile found Hint that I the lit Ill entire tI 11 ol ul HIP tu lilt dub had beh outright for fot cash taah h hv h It III II of f New 1 York city elty nod and that nl nil of the Hip had Imd born bei n wll withheld from I the Ilia hI press at nl hi his re re- 11 quest t. t l fur for business ten n suns hie toile date It nl of ibis ml hilt within the Ihl past II rist I month us lIP he hil staled In 10 o t I but bill I wo WI eailler since which I time JIll I the HIP ht place pimp had bud not be ii oil or tr for tUI to e r 0 or rental soil mil nil all taxes h lv d been i pa pull CHAPTER C. VIII t ml Kepi a S over the Ih he lilt thiP boil I liter n r Ile Ill hit of 3 By ETHEL HUESTON Copyright 1927 1921 by The Dobbs Bobbt Co Service lend land that served so effectually to con con- real 11 It II from curious eyes Every day with hIs hla gun he tramped the woods and ind shore coming often ottEn upon ri the old oldhouse house louse ns ne If It by Inadvertence sometimes some some- times trying tryIng he doors tentatively as an did dill oil nil casual strollers who ho passed that hat way nut Rut In spite of his hla seeming seem seem- see ni nine ing ne nonchalance and und the lazy Inzy D aimlessness aimless aimless- I in loss loss- ness of his wanderings he was always sharply alert for signs of ot Ifa Ite Will powerful field held glasses glasses he ex examined he the cove cote from a distance and wa watched e every day tIny for tor a cloud of smoke to tinge hue blue above the woods wood Hut flat all nil of ot hIs efforts lorts were una After the first few te tingling nerve racked days lilys lily's excitement lugged flagged her Interest waned walled nod and all 1111 of her tier BUS sus lI rested Oh Its It's Just n a hunch bunch of rum run runners runners runners ners If it Its It's anybody at nt nil ull she ns as silted him him half Jealous of ot his Immersion Immer Immer- stun sion In the mystery iny attention li l r I Ic f y f ri rit t r r pv e s. s Ho He He Was Wai Putting Up tip an Aerial to 10 me mire Its It's Is I's none ol of our business ma maybe he hes he's right after nil lEonald 1 Ingram III the blab Is Just nn no artist from Boston But flut Rund Huud would not nol be drawn drann from he tho pursuit The mast ot of l c Bence was too con com And now that lint his hit suspicions were fully lily aroused he hI marveled elt d that he hud hind never before realized how completely the I. I Little It III club lIh uis adapted for far secret criminal exploitation ns as was ns the Island Itsell for that Ilia matter securely bedded In III sanctity as ns It seemed s The occupation of the summer cot col colony 01 OilY ony hat but for a n scant three months of the year cur and with Its goIng go- go Ing lag the time entire northern wn was deserted reI I Except x I for t the he lone IllIe on the hilltop and the Apple Tree In Inthe he the orchard below v there wn was no rest resl dente dence within n a mile of the time cove ro o e which was uns protected shut shill In ID snugly by hy high cliffs to 10 east enst anti west well w while directly before It 11 III lay the little rod rock rack dome dime of ot Punkin Knob While the core e 1 0 offered n perfect landing for small bunts boats It II lay Iny to the west wesl of the course coarse taken h hy by ships going In and out nil of Portland harbor l those locked doors and windows afresh with his suspicions n roused hand saw clearly hint It was IVUS now how fur fill mol mar securely shut shUI In than It II hind had been In former years of oC Its de tie ery K y crack and seam of 01 the frames rimes that covered windows anti and doors had tind been sealed seated from within It was locked from chimney to solid rock foundation ns as tight light us liS a u drum Often In wandering about both In Inthe the Ihl w wood and near the hie club Blind had n II feeling that lie hue was watched hut but all 1111 his Ills efforts to 10 discover rr the KP- KP ert erel source soiree of nf Ibis Ihla were nere unavailing II 1111 1 II Cry ny admitted that she too felt fell watched sometimes She Sue said It was the troubled spirit of ot the hotly body that hod had come orne to her In the cove And then tileD after otter three weeks of ot keeping a 8 vu watch th BO so strict that be he would have sworn sorn that nothing un rat untoward toward could possibly ha have occurred In the Island without his hI knowledge It W was I not after otter all nil the result of hh 1111 hi assiduous guard that lint brought result but the flue idle curiosity of the thc Females 0 Wallace lince the thing that nand purlieu lady disliked and took pleasure to decry derry Hand began begon Miss IIda timidly as ns they But sat nt lit supper r you dorit dor know who Is moving off the Island do you rou 1 No r lie he said briefly Is anybody anybody any any- body 7 Well a n big furniture van ton came come b bv br this 0 afternoon It went up toward rei the point I walked up to the end enel nt of the lie lane lalle but hut It was out of sight and I dont don't know It If It II went down the back shore or up to Colony corner Hut Bul BulIt It didn't come down Then Ihen for the first firt time lime Hand turned around with some Interest It II didn't come down donn he repented repeated It II mu must t have come corne down Theres There's nobody no no- nobody body hody on Oil the Hack flack Shore nor up atthe nt lit the Colony either It must have gone gOIl bock back to town on the HIP last ferry No It didn't Mary Malcolm wn was watching for tor It II to ask the driver If It I h hear henr lr anything about It It Ill I'll let lei you know know Hand said with unusual kindness Quickly he excused himself from time lib table and went out At AI the end endor of or he lane he paused to consider The Hack flack Shore was wis n a long open rond road subject to 10 If n strung motor van went that way It had bad legit legitImate business there limit Iut the Colony Colons corner orner although nearly half n mile mill from the till little club which stood atthe ni nt nithe I the he other end enel of the forest was sepa separated rated from It only hy by thick l Im tin forest t It was not nol HIP the nearest point from the Ihl club to 10 the HIP motor road but hul It II was by liy nil all odds ha most 1 desirable for Cor one one who wio desired secrecy An Anyone Anone one then who wished to 10 re- re e something from the club without attending undue attention would mo most t certainly run n a car to o the end of ot the road rond at 01 Colony corner for fur forthe forthe the road mail ended there and carry n se sr secret secret cret harden burden through h the dark and de III Sorted woods winds to that point With this In mind hand turned Ill up to 10 the Colony corner on a 0 dent dead run take Like every e other islander he curried carried In hi hits his pocket n a small electric flash Hut But like no other Islander he carried also n revolver on his hip As he neared the end rf ft f the road where It fell tell abruptly away to 10 n steep decline of rocks rork he skirted wider Into Inlo the woods behind the Shingle slunk shack and drew up slowly to the fringe of the woods wools It was very cry dark hat but dig Illi he be could roule make out art n a huge bulky hulky shadow against the trees that lint outlined the end of the road rond It was WU the mol motor or orlIn van lIn beyond nil all si inflow of doubt There was no lI light hl attached no sound from within no stir of life Rand Hand held his breath to listen but hilI It II was silent as ns n torah tomb Suspecting the HIP presence of n guard IIII he dl dared dired not nOI venture on but hut u ns nl s hI he knew be the benn nn tan could not nol possibly get Itel getoff getoff off ofT the Island until the Ihl ferry nt at six twenty five In the morning he felt fell he had bad plenty of time Gln Gingerly Irly then he worked his way to 10 the rear of the tine cottage with whit which h he tie was US familiar and let himself Into Inlo Inton n a ba basement window and up lip through the cellar stairs to the front room morn There Therl with blankets from an un Ing IlIg anti pillows ws from tram the couch ouch he made himself comfortable on the floor nor the Ihl window window too too comfortable for hI he fell sound asleep Hours later Inter he was awakened bythe hv hy hythe the sudden sound of ot n a motor and cursing his negligence hI he sprang up tip It Il was not 1101 yet gull full daylight lIght but bat the pale gray rny mist that creeps between tiny mid night holding n hand of ot each lay IllY over the time Island In the Ihl drivers driver's sent scat of the thenn van nn a s aman man huddled In a 0 grent great coat coot his ils cap drown drawn low his hands bonds encased ed In shaggy y gloves The motor was n cold and he was obliged to press th lima Ih sin starter 1111 n again ln and ancl again When the engine ran ron smoothly at last the Ule driver backed It h around carefully for the rood road was wall narrow norro and ond the rocky roky cliff rugged and precipitous precipitous pre pre- with trees Jutting close Asit At As AtIt It turned Hand Hund saw SO the license plates Maine Massachusetts New Jersey New Ne' York fork In conformity with the taw law vehicles to which requires Interstate bear benr he tie license of each and hand had bad time Ilme to Jot Jol down the New thump Hamp Hampshire shire number before the car ar wa woe finally backed away from him Hand looked nt ot his hI watch It was wasa a Q quarter past post six ell The first ferry went over at nt six sll twenty five Well planned for a 8 getaway he No time for tor thought approvingly o Mary Malcolm Molcolm to ask them any ques quIs thins The guard stepped briskly down from the rocks rork and ond threw lv open the big JIg doors lu III the rear of the van A sudden jerk of his hla head hend toward the wood Vu was evidently a 0 signal for tor on the instant appeared a line of men small stooped mid shuffling who came In h 1 sort of loping run down n the HIP narrow path from the he woods wood single 11 file Ie their soft feet et making no ho sOlin sound nt ot all nil either on cu 11 tile the rocks rocs or among the dry dead needles of the tie pines The fhe guard nt III the hack bock of the car e gave each n a hand In turn lurn and end swung them up lip deftly Into 1010 the an van one after mother another And as ns they turned about facing him to 10 make |