Show shifting shift ing JUL SANDS aw DS by sara ware BASSETT copyright by f the penn Fenn pub C ca service J laroo duft ftc M SYNOPSIS the tt tutor of the th still youthful and comely Wid dee marcia howel howe recently released by death from h her or idling hun hue band Is a conversational tit bit aifong housewives of the little hamlet of wilton eligible bachelors bache lorg and widower berer also alfo are interested marcia Is if lonely and has invited her late bus banda a nd niece sylvia hayden whom she ehe haa ba over never teen seen to visit her A stranger on th the a verge veree of exhaustion way to marceas Mar clas home secretly he aks asks marcia to hide a package pre r contain oni ing jewelry she sha does so no alltha winslow town sheriff brings news new of a jewel robbery nearby thle the stranger gives his name as stanley heath sylvia by chance discovers the jewels and nd naturally believes heath Is a robber b er she realizes allies re that marcia must mit have hidden bidden them and decides to say nothing putting the gems gema back in their biding place marcia admits to herself that she eho has hai altogether too deep d cep an interest anber guest but Is powerless t to overcome Ht lit heath has wired air fra a C heath now mew york tayl saying nghe be Is safe ate he also orders a man named currier to come at once sylvia in b her er room bedecks bedecki herself with the jewels at marceas Mar clag clas approach the she hides bides them there CHAPTER V continued 7 therefore a very different marcia barcla bowe responded respond eil to stanley heaths deaths she was wag now all gentleness friend b liness and shyly penitent stanley again master of himself welcomed her with amazement could man inan ever fathom a womans comans moods he 41 asked himself why this chasten chasteney chaste gild d distractingly adorable marcia SI arcla well it if he could not fathom her he beast least was grateful for herander anding he be ald mer mentally fally ob serve bt not drea mcd her lo fo be so many credited her with a tithe the r q hz havi unexpectedly g S r bar or u tier breet 1 f f ra abis s time she dl did d but 04 2 nt directly to the chaW besIde his 4 bed and tat sat down lie he smiled and meeting his edvi eyes she ehe smiled back this was better heath st sighed bed a sigh of relief ta been thinking since you went down stairs about currier lie ile ought to arrive late tonight or early tomorrow mor morning moraln cewill start the moment he geld my ilni although he will dot cot knowin which house I 1 ani am quartered ha twill will haye have the wit to inquire for he has more than the erdl arkary nary quota ot of firkins fi brains rains I 1 dont know what I 1 should do without him 1 I shall have him leave the car in ih the village arid and after he has baa delivered over the clothing he Is to bring tie lie can balls take the noon train back to new york carrying the jewels with him isee nodded marcia she dl 3 not s see ee nevertheless she heartily welcomed the intelligence Intel ll ence th atthe jewels with their damning bogl dence if evidence it was were to be remo removed ved from th the ehouse house the sooner they were out of the way the better if they acre not damning evidence they at least were a great responsibility y i suppose so something were en to them Slip suppose pose somebody suspected they were in the house so I 1 stanley heath 1 I think sometime today when you have a good opportunity better get the ca case sk and bring it I 1 shall then them have it gere h ere in my room and I 1 can hand band lt it over to currier without any 1 trouble tro oble tt hlll ill go eo etchet fetch etch lit lt sylvia has torte gone to the gililat village e and chills Is a splendid chance cried Marc barcla lawle i elnel tl nel ru ill berci be ci bp jt y f ile be heard her speed ip C ed f rd down own tbt and listened fiher to alro he mom roonie i I 1 below 2 then there waSi wence A few became came racing facing back white ina nd brea breathless thies tb ey r cepek aque she arle cried th the dace cc ile jewels jewel are not lw mere there I 1 4 W terror and the fear lest her billor I 1 elior foreshadower foreshadowed fore shadowed apse l aa benth some janics ales sees alie cheh a strong K nature k abre helwi rein awit in and calls upon its ita reserve A control f S the I 1 mafi nian thought only of how to qu ulet ilette fiker er reaching aching Ke I 1 out he bouc touched bed herhal be ri 1 husli hush t the jewels at r 1 l 1 y 1 u 1 I give way like this I 1 to see you the whole allot ilot ilot nt them them the are not worth your tears but you left tham in my lay care it was waa I 1 who suggested where to hide them the she moaned 1 1 I know arid and it was a splendid idea too I 1 could noe noflet let that sheriff of youra peel off my clothes and find the diamonds on me lie he n man of imagination or perhaps he be to Is we one of far too much I 1 am not blaming you not la in the least we did the best we could la the emergency it things have xon wrong it Is no fault or youra yours but you trusted me I 1 ought to have wate watched bedL I 1 should not have left the kitchen day or night declared marda her tear stained face to his too wave have been there most of the time you ot 1 I 1 went to see then them get the boat off yesterday still some borne one was here sylvia was 19 the house 11 a V te she knew chiv nothing eliout about 1 the jew jewels els and therefore may not have realized the ali importance of lh deck all AH I 1 to ua do remain within cann I 1 She way may have baye gone upstairs or into another room when she comes back apu u can 1 ask 11 her now we must pulli pull ourselves together dear went 0 at gently it Is important that we do dd not give ourselves away sylvia silvia may know nothing andolf she does not hot we must noblet not let her gu du she rose but he be still heldner held her band a common misery routing every thought of conventionality the e firmness and magnetism magnet lm ot of his touch brought it reyth it was a new experience tor for during her bei life with jason marcia had been tho the oak the ona one who consoled sustained for a few delicious moments she let iet fier herself self rest weary and unresisting within the shelter of stanley heaths deaths grasp then she drew away and passing her hand across a her forehead as if awaking from A dream murmured id better go down sylvia will be coming very well now keep a stiff upper lip 1 I will ill do my best besl even as she spoke the lutei outer door opened then closed with a bang theres sylvia now I 1 must go The girl came la in ag aglow low from her walk tm im awfully sorry I 1 banged the door she apologized agust of wind took it I 1 do hope le wafie ank up op mr neath heath heres tha ati marketing and marcia what do yoi suppose I 1 had I 1 L k M wa r 1 hush marcia the jewels will be found aletter a letter from horde fuller that afef fellow back home that ive told you you about abou allea tolles a five pound box of cane candy y arid and he atts to co comedo vilton and spend his summer vacation the girls ayes eyes were eie shining and she br breath eathod led quickly ay of course I 1 dont care a button tor for horde still it would be oathir good fun 0 to o see dim im it seems ages since ive laid cri ayas on him you know how bow it Is lou get used to a person who Is always under foot you have to think about him if only to avoid stepping on him and after all bortle so bad thinking him over from a distance he really Is rather nice come and sample the candy its wonderful ue lie must have blown himself and sent to chicago for it poor deabi ril rii let you see the letter all except the part park which aich Is too frightfully sil silly ly you care aboc abolt that myself sylvia shrugged ller her sho ulars ul drs 38 alas this was no moment to talk 1 w rl ith taber her and aid artfully draw from bai ahe the h of odthe othe aj t ic I 1 WA adly but aut outwardly Sut calm mat CT T letter and tried val valiantly lopees firke aj asa man manly ly ina in 4 letter filled with town gossip to ae jaure yet written in delightfully interesting fashion 11 your sir air fullar fuller sounds charming she said as she gave it back f 4 oh florale Is all right in some borne ways ay iy slipping ali the letter into her pocket 5 sylvia shifted the subject colors colored her cheeks checks now we in us I 1 t start dinner we wel don donl t you want toasa mr heath he be prefers big bg eggs pa belled or an and 0 youre th thare erido do put pul a on his lils pil lows the ones oMs Jie he has are fright rightfully fully tukla tumbled I 1 do it th Is morn ing S fe As the door closed behind the elder eldar woman artful young silvia smiled therel there I 1 alint will ill keep tier her busy for or a few moments at least I 1 know those cases they fit bt like a and are terribly hard hara to get oft off and on she crept into the hall and listened yes marcia and stanley heath were talking she could hear her br aunts gentle insistence and the minis maies pro tests that was all she to know the pillow cases were in proc tax 8 of being taken om off up the stairs flew sylvia to re return tu rn a second later the jewel case a swathed wa th ad in its loose wrappings it I 1 can only scramble ramble gc it in there before she comes whispered the she 1 shall draw the first long breath ive taken since last night an anxious interval elapsed before I 1 the h 0 brick rl ck novt and the cave case slipped p I 1 beneath iti nevertheless sa the file accomplished and triumphant b r eye d appy sylvia Sylvi aset bet about preparing dinner I 1 long alle mircea was staying ng upstairs st 1 why OM could ld change a 4 bozen ozen pillow slips inell in this 9 t time 1 in e 1 I 1 guess they aie are tighter 4 iban than I 1 remembered them I 1 have rushed as I 1 did pouted sylvia what cah can she be doing when at last something evidently was wrong the matter I 1 demanded sylvia Is air worse worse no indeed what made you think so you look fussed bussed i do 1 IT be fussed bussed had you wrestled with those pillow slips as aa I 1 have was the reply either the pillows have swelled or the cases hava shrunk frightfully well they are on now anyway come and get dinner then rm im starred starT cd sty my walk has made me hungry as a bear you must go out this afternoon marcia it Is a glor glorious lous day and you need to be pepped peeped up to her surprise marcia demurred thank you dear but I 1 think I 1 wont 0 go o out today id rather sit bit here reaid dt j nonsense non baz cla tt tt Boure one g tang aged ind jazy Y out 11 1 ose lose your ilic nice e slim fi figure g ur i it if you dont watch out 1 im too 0 otfred tired to td igo go out 0 ut M ot the h e air would woul rest you you not today deay deahr 1 marcia saad finality 1 I 1 have 1 and lota iota lotzof 4 of other r 1 ebli th ani ti have been saving up f tori 0 RO a long time since 1 I prefer to td stay why dont you trump tramp up the shore and see sly my unknown mown lady she is g beautiful ald an d you seen her jet bet id love to if 11 I 1 cannot coax you to go aull out you caret cant im adamant on not stirring out of tais room well it if your mind Is made up to that extent I 1 suppose there Is no use in my trying to change it I 1 would like to see the boat im sure you would stay as long as oaf alke there will be nothing to do here mr heath will probably sleep and in the meantime I 1 shall get toy ray sewing done As marela marcia spoke the words her mind was busy if so sylvia had not stirred from the an ane previous bate the theft of the jewels must then have taken place during he night nevertheless ahe she was puzzled tor for she had no memory of finding anything awry when she cime came down at sunrise to lay the fire when had the gems been taken tat en and who had taken them no wonder she craved solitude to ponder the druml this however was not the paramount reason she desired to be alone despite the eril enigma gala of the lewels jewels despite the mystery surrounding stanley sta n heath deep in her heart s something that would not be stilled was singing h 1 10 4 CHAPTER VI in the meantime the throng of neighbors sylvia had precipitately leftin left in the village post office had received their mall mail and reached that anticipated interval or gossip which never failed to be clustered ab about bithe the counter loitered the sand bys zanas hii henry was speaking A mighty fine little girl that sylvia comment commented id he A high step stepper perl I 1 wed oughter aughter he her down to wilton sost she wont go back west shea too pretty to be spared from the cape 1 I figger have trouble keepin her here rejoined sail the post postmaster matir sheng ashes She sg got ot a abea be anad ein an a box of candy r aln tad today ay same an same postmark on bothof em I 1 6 1 1 it noticed M jy by see the name did you silas bleaker crocker in quiren ap M wal come to think of it it did catch my eye you know how such things will ill fulcer hes bes called horn tio fuller horatio fuller eh eleaer elbaz ery F rea re heated kinder elgh wo ader who he be Is from alton arty you say silas nodded Y that was tle the address it d dress never heard headd of the place capt i in t zenas henry stroked ils als chin hrc af f everybody knew where 01 all the blasted places in the country were what use would they have for maps up atwould put the map gnp makin folks clean cleaD aul say eph raid Irl inspired by a bright idea I 1 he mall mail carrier oughter aughter be rin wd on the location of places aw Wb heres eres alton city arton alton city hanged it if I 1 know to hear aw ou talk think as my myjoe job to tote round the country de Il verlie letters lettero in berbon at the doors of every house houie lo in the united states not but you must have some notion bout geobra geography aby aint you got no pock et atlas nor lle 1 I may have a small map some wheres I 1 carry mosi lhost t ev everything ephraim grinned with beliber deliberation bittor lie he began to disgorge upon the e mute ake jon contents tents or r his many ic liet ato BE CiN t A a |