Show The R RETURN R N RENT v ar DHAM r MARTYN 0 tu t. t HOPKINS Continued IX Continued PTER AFTER IX IX-C IX 20 20 Le the ferry Weems voiced olce his deta deto de de- ta to leI get out again to the coast to pictures Fort ort Lee he said was as 1 Wing nothing doing In the East Gast In Inet iVest et esl one could work outside all allear ear t rind sod nd bl hl comedies were to t tie he e tenors Ere the Fort Lee ascended Trent was offered the theof theof IK of becoming one of the leaders le e Jim aim Industry Weems proved I the back of an envelope he be bad had l 1 from the reluctant Hubbard I carefully removed the contents L e be e parted with It It was wall dl- dl dimIto dim dim- Ito to 10 Judge from the back of his hisor's hisor's Lectors Lector's ors or's head bead Just what effect bis hence ease tace engendered Tor or the love o 0 Mike he be said as asit ast it t passed David Mores More's little store U think It over be he was was told told- To Toi i with Id I'd like to see bow pie plc- I ire are made eeme took this as encouragement log ou oa shall see ee everything the studio llo Io 10 show be declared They me eema was wai disappointed that Trent ed not sot to permit wholesale wholes I stations Weems grumbled about t the girls Id I'd d bate bare Introduced him to all the ones whether I 1 know em or DoLt not DoL jut t get let him at all He lie seems more ted fed lo to the mechanics of the than theo the other parts Weems Look at him will you fit at was asking questions of a 8 acal Ideal cal leal director when be he could have ha td ed I with a s star I 1 II I e must mast have e money raid rold the thea I a little wistfully Look Horace studio radio manager Is talking to him himI bad I to tell the old grafter Id I'd got mone money In Weems said sold a trifle e as to his bis Immediate tu fu- That release Is bound to come tome then thEa I 1 can ran pay up everything If tf F crowd me too much they'll lose losev v Il o will you ou and me said the lady ludy III studio manager merely said sold that Jr I r. r Trent Treat bad had an Interest In the then n ce i Productions would be Ill responsible for their financial InI In In- edness 2 I will till not not Trent said concisely begin In with Mr Weems has lias stated t the company has nil all assets and andi tl es i behind on OD last weeks week's tai tal Heres Here's the statement rent t looked over the Items lie He Hei lieso i to so more anxious than another i to lo waste his bis money but be nc- nc poled Danied the manager to his o office the accounts He lie did not the Ibe mone money because he felt any re reo for Weems and he did not nol notI u II I production He tie was willing IIII to III toe I e the bill because be he had hod certain rote lie knowledge to acquire and had hadu hada u a himself a week to get It In ln Im I'm going down to the village at I told Weems I shall be buck back tall It ID in hour bour acid More Afore was finishing a story magazine devoted to light fiction Anthony DJ Trent came in Ia lIe He hud had d of of the Deal Beach each exploits and Peculiarly interested He tie thought though I D Lk stood m now why his client had bad to anxious to le lenra rn the details bad I been teen set to go gather t her Herel fi another commission Trent In fa i the th security of a t small parlor purler the lilt rear ear I 1 want to rent rot Tor as ri It I a term as possible a house with be e t grounds pounds running down dOWD to the theMI 1100 l I d dont don't D t care core what MI of or re re- t r the Louse Is In to or you have pay Pir J Theres There's a place Illace I 1111 have ve In d rome bere north of Ossining t eb cb was 8 empty when I 1 passed IrS gb be t town mn last ts ta 8 the e kind j estate not oot modern modero tile the e rich commuter and too loo salve for middle class purses purse to tomi P up ap lIeres lIere's 8 some ni money o y f tor r ru s II mi u U it u necessary ary ni Ill ll come cOlUe and 1 leare when hen youve you've got gol e b few lo to ot C om frOID Remember that I mu must 1 r t ted Pounds grounds that thaI are lire not oot 1 over over- er IM I'M 1 ad f new Hew Also I must have nave a on an of the river I I 0 ea 1 Trent Treat saw Weems again he d I he e a s different tuna tow Now embargo was removed remo air f KUl finishing aching a comedy picture rat e is beIng made over t r A Trent Treat as asked ked reel reel sP special Weems WE ret re re- 6 t k e nook crook story Elory Go Co an and tal take 0 be k at to manager Introduced I i the M director and nd stars and Pia 1 he pea a Trent Treat man lOaD many questions riot bUCk to the Van VanIna tit Dt le he P Possessed MM i Of of Ina He lie was Jd dl be cheap for It II- II bu but bees' th e price a It f the end d be he sought ugh t u I. I aed In to tilt flu evening he culI culled d up be sec e spoke Ve a little to Sutton SuUn talked to tD Mademoiselle Du- Du Iou Vou haven't forgotten tomorrow I 1 hope bope Not for a moment she returned I 1 shall be wa waiting wafting at 01 nine It seems seem a shame we cannot bring Ca poor COlt Cap o taint tain X N The names navies of ot the Immured were never mentioned Would It not nol be possible It would be he far for too dangerous While this was true Anthony Trent could not conical conceal from himself that be he did not want a third person on the trip Sutton was already ady fortunate In having Mademoiselle so close lose at band hand CHAPTER X Confessions Trent was conscious of i a certain restraint between him and aDd Belie selle Dupin during daring th tb the first few tew mite miles of the Journey She had made up her mind that she would not add to the many obligations she was wal under And yet to broach the subject seemed un gracious nut Hut at the apartment they were so rarely alone that here aboard was I as the only opportunity For his bis part port Anthon Anthony Trent Treat was thinking bow how little he be knew of ot this beautiful and accomplished woman 1 I I i tl e Late In the Evening He Called Up Mrs Kinney and oDd how much more he desired to mi What be he wondered was os her earl early history 7 The launch was a fast tast one and oun overhauled o a liner going through the harbor hipping at 01 halt half speed peed Its the Brabant he exclaimed and told the steersman to go as close clone to her us liS he could cl I 1 ciao over In her tier Trent told lold it tit tilt girl at iiI his tilde side und aud met mel d a dery very ery decent decent de de- cent sort bort of purser aboard ive tte an 1 1 I can lIn use him If he be Is still there She Mie should be back bak here In 10 exactly twenty days I bud hud a fearful qu trier u of an Oil hour ur on that sta staunch ship when I left hover Dover He lie told her of hi hit hi n with the Inquiring purser purr r. r The tragedy with people penile like ur or she said gran gravely ly Is that there must always alwa's be he the till fear of ut such ouch Interviews J I 1 know he answered u II III little tie gloomily That very ery thuu thought hl Is uever fur far away from rota toe lilt I 1 can cau II CI VIT be certain that wine some one hU hasn't Il 11 Just JustIS as IS thought to tu I tun WI tunus us I 1 have given ghen to evading e rupture capture I mistrust pee pel pie on min whom I 1 ought to rely I am alii Invariably looking Inking fur for lir mo run Lives tives Sometimes I 1 think I JI arse I slain the ability to enjoy people Am I 1 not to tt be tee trusted misled she flie he asked You are different he lie answered You Yuu can cun understand e e jou have ho suffered buffered too to That Thai I Is wh you jou mid and I 1 should always s b ht be 1 good friends will peter never go g hall bad to lu the I Know jou IU old life lite Tet Yet 00 how bow maD many men who hat ba tires better beller lives II than I 1 could yon yos co roe cob vines Collective Collect prejudices send send t lb I numerable men hark back to the clime they thel went want to escape you enjoy enJo the Grant bOil honas party she he asked after a silence Not ot ot at first In the beginning I 1 felt every pry mn man was watching me u suspiciously sun sus We Ve pay she sighed whether In prison on cr out of It II IL All this Isn't 11 very tery cheerful Is la it Itt he tie returned L I suggested this trip t to te keep you In good goud spirits and we e both drift Into nun morbid hid m woods maids He lie readied for fur mils glasses What Wrist do tin you rou see she asked The good gad ship shill U la Alliance Inthe inthe In lu luthe the A of small craft passed and I the tile l vessel She lay pathetically on n bet liei sl side ll u II mass of ofru ofru ru rusty ty red and faded blink black Apparently Apparently Apparently none nune of f the Grant J lit household was on nil the private beach bench I wonder wunder If It Mrs Grant will let lei me III go back back said Mademoiselle Dupio when the launch was headed for home bume Surely you fOU dunt don't want wont to go 10 back bok he be cried Why nut not nuU she bhe answered I 1 cannot can not remain where I am aID any allY longer louger I 1 shall never r cease to be grateful for what you fOU have hue done Some day 1 may be stile able to repay you ou I 1 cm eisa never forget what you yon 00 rescued me from trum Lout Dut you fOU must see I 1 cannot be a burden to you OU tiny say longer I 1 be he scuffed scoffed That ls tl ab lib- surd lurd Nevertheless be saw that nothing would alter her It If you must go I 1 cannot bold hold you back but please dont don't go bock back to Deal Deul yet That might upset my plans and bring suspicion sus picton on you ou Do me this favor tavor Sto Stay on with Mrs Kinney 1 until my scheme for Sutton succeeds or falls foils You are putting urn hie under obligations lie He was morose end gloomy gloom till fOu you went there and ond I want him at its bit best besL Dont Don't go buck back on me now be pi pleaded ended If It I J can believe 1 I am aID helping you youIt youIt youIt It Is different she said sold but I 1 only suspect more of your g generosity Sometimes yoU joti have looked at me she said sold as though you wan wanted led to know about m my past POt I 1 have hare felt It 11 as strongly as It If you yuu had bad spoken You cannot Imagine bow how much couch 1 have hae wanted to know be he returned but 1 I haven't ent an any right to ask I think I 1 should like you to know My father was Russian and m my mother French They died when I Iwas Iwas was quite quill young joung For or years 1 I was wasat wasat wasat at a convent COo In to Paris Parle My Illy guardian was a Colonel Ogilvie who had bud been fur to a time In the Russian service with m my father There was very little money left from trum the estate My lilT father was suspected of liberal tendencies tendencies tend tend- and its Ills lands confiscated Yet when I Joined Colonel Ogilvie and his friend Count von tUII la In Cannes It was given give out I Wo was an I 1 was not yet eighteen The They took a splendid house for tor me which was as In reality B s gambling establishment establishment establish establish- ment although 1 I did not nol know v It There Is much money monel among the Isi visitors tors tor to ell Cannes Nice and 10 Iau au u. u and there was a vast profit In the house The police polite broke up the establishment at Cannes So we moved to Nice where there was a o scandal about crooked play And so ou on In other cities You lOR may believe me or not but 1 I was kept In tn Ignorance of ot this I was coin convent bred en t bred and had been taught obedience to m my guardian I 1 Iman man married led Count de before I Iwas was twenty Ile III thought I was on an heiress mid and my guardian and Von Oll thought he was the head of ot the rich brunch of his family In Instead Instead In In- stead stend lie he bud nothing When lien It all came rome to light II he tie left me I had news of ot his death while you ou were staying In Old Westbury I remember Trent frent said suld It was this death which Hud had seemed to clear the VII v aj for her marriage to Captain Monmouth the man awn who had hod repudiated her tier so strangely After he left rile me and und 1 I found out OUI what sort urt of ot a man lUan my lilY guardian was I 1 Joined the rest of ot them hem knowing full tull well their way of life lite I 1 think I wanted to 10 a avenge e myself oa all men n. I 1 was In London for tor a season and aud then came cume here You lou know what I Iwas iwas was here That Is all nil Her lIer story blury was as very tery much what Trent had Imagined It II to be Certainly Certain Certain- ly Iy she sill had hud sore mord excuse e fur for her tier career than thuu lie he had hal for tur his lie believed her ber wh wholly lIy when bile bhe lie said she had been for so su lung long I in Ignorance o of the men surrounding tier her Are there any people over o here men und and women with wish whom you were re In lr the tile who might recognize ZI c you vou TO BE RE CONTINUED |