Show t rhe he Handsome ManPei ManI Man TJI bull ld I Pei by e m s lI I l I THE STORY turning to London don practical practical- after an unsuccessful Inn trip Sir George on dinner with his hla widowed d till his old nurse nuro Aggy Agg 9 dId not approve of her marl mar mar- fc re e to his hie father but her ez- ez l nation satisfies him Little Is 1 of the estate and Lady Sann San San- jn n 8 that thEl they go to the States to visit her broth broth- Robert Robert MacBeth wealthy con con- fer tor or Sir George Georg-e agrees agrees- Mach Mac Mac- h b b lives on an island estate with daughter Roberta who ho longs longst t city I city life Ufe MacBeth la Is a victim and almost t helpless r Beth eth is la glad to see his sister the two to stay Roberta a date data with Jack Naro Naro Na Na- aJro a. a ro about whom hom she he J Knows lit lit- MacBeth arranges for tor his cisto sis sis- t to take charge of ot tho the i and George to act as L secre- secre J r Roberta does docs not approve e of or arrangement Sho She tells her fao fa fa- i o lh f she aha is not Interested in rge Ege e while the young oung man takes take of ot Indifference to her PTER IV IV Continued 1 9 iC i E a s watchdog observed Hou but she swung to her hern n nd d went to the doorway and put out ut Yes It was Jack What doing here She had written at itt she could not meet him until u- u 1 k t to send him a message It done I t saId Roberta Robertn feeling Instantly J thought she was afraid her hersee might see her and ask quest ques ques- t I 1 can manage my own affairs 1 i agreed Sir George and away her astonishment he went rl 4 the doorway and toward the I 1 Roberta was so o amazed that ld not make even the faintest lt 1 t stop him She was anno annoyed edIS ed is IS s quite unused to such treat treat- I Here ere was she the only girl Irl he rr apparently this side of theany the they y j any way the only girl irl he 1 this place and Instead of ot Im- Im the shining hour he came to delivered dell his message as asas rJ as though they were two r YS s 's and then walked off and W ita ta to walked d slowly toward towar the thet t Ii d the bridge Jack had seen ma He move moved toward her He TIe IS Was he afraid of her tits hadn't he come directly i and and and asked for her like peer p pl er et boy troy she knew The sun sun- nick 1 across his face and showed j she had never seen before s ewas l. as much older than she ht He was not a n bo boy he n. n tr If tJ stood 8 his ground near a tall talla talla a h. h and a n thicket of ot sumac greened him He beckoned to ta ly Why WIlY couldn't he meet ge open M r ry i was frowning wh when i n ie e him lIe He looked up 1 leb as s the younger man came me 1 bl hn m. m nt t you yon like to try t a t bit of ot ii r Sir George asked Sup P f take my arm rr freyd dI rd d better MacBeth agreed l thou though h Im I'm dashed dushe 1 un un- stir r r r stir Well once around if It i-i i nt t for exercise I i roun it Is Sir George told d alit f Well have you ou n Brno r no time I Il l Egad I Jd give Td-give give gl the b girl a chance Sir to fe k to himself his eyes ees y he path to the bridge p. p Yes 1101 Ou ra 5 went It might he be that the thet t of urse would be to warn the thet SI t t he could not bring himself elf L rt I The The girl was plucky pluck She j a Basked asked ked him to keep quiet or oro orn o n f of t that kind lIe He could either Ither 1 0 t mouth shut or go o to blazes lt 11 AVell ell cU he would keep U e. Ii t shut a if at tf iId 1 painfully leaning heavily 1 U tf that sup young youn arm sup bup- s1 jH Robert MacBeth made his 1 om Ig the terrace When the they they H chaise ha e longue again he heas ii gratefully r as the younger youner man mani manto i to a comfortable ddn aged his pillows t rl t tai a short silence Sir Sira Ir I 11 tr a n cigarette and leaned leuned nb t. t wicker chair he lie Intended IOtO In a moment ne Ile could 1 ur r r J now O and th the car had J ed mb MacBeth hull had taken n up tt acc n a cc if o lint laid down just before s t. t nade lie handed it to his oV 01 m. m ors do Ido think of ot 10 you yon that t h tI lett letter r addressed t Rl and said o ors to Ir Do you sou know the man Ulan tn f inter I is meeting at nt different rent the Lincoln highway Many Juny life ure are known to the Jo oil v t v. v this which you ou would not I d public property If It you youw I J I w all nil the writer knows J je to the l I P. P O. O Bo Box given en ben beb be lie b nn cr n lo J flit It for teJe telegram appointing e i ace S. S ster ace nce All wl will be told you you ou Wl i Knodt merely the lle number l t It box boa In a small ntO t In city being given urge rge handed banded It back Id 6 the fire It grasped the letter rr to 8 where you ou w ud be ber r 11 Buch lueb cb le letters era should be kept tt o trap the writer or writers writer tort t to a detective agency cy it JI f Illustrations by Ir in Myers Copyright by Margaret Turnbull V. N. N U. U Service Is Isn't nt scandal Im I'm afraid of Ive I've never ne done anything t to be blackmailed for fOl forand forand and neither has Roberta Then why wiry should you ou bother hot her MacBeth turned an nn honestly worried face to the younger m man Im pretty sure that the writer of this letter has hns some connection with the tile difficulty Ive I've been having with my pa payroll ro but butI 1 I cant can't convince the police Payroll ro Sir George looked at him dm himIn himin in astonishment Do you vou ou mean the payroll roll for your our employees In the cit city Robert MacBeth shook his Ills head Not the office A much bi bigger ger thing The mone money for or the men on the construction construction con con- joh Job You Tou will likely lau laugh h at nt atthe atthe the Idea Iden that this has hus anything nn to do 10 with it it but though Ive I've tried to somehow somehow some some- how I cant can't succeed In laughing very ery hard I 1 have a feeling these letters have hn some connection n with Ith a gang of men who mean to hu have hue e a tr try for that I pa payroll again If It the they cant can't get et at ut me and my mone money this way lie shook the l letter But Bul surely sui-cly youve you've taken precautions precautions h Why not pay the men by bycheck bycheck check Robert Hobert MacBeth made a wholly contemptuous con con- gesture with his hand which still sUII held the letter Use your I head bend I 1 cant can't pay pUr laborers b by check i Lots of the foreigners dont don't know what to do with checks No weve we've got to tomake tomake make an and 1 keep things safe ourselves es He Ile looked 1 at Sir George and leaning leaning lean lenn In ing toward him and In a low tone said Its all ull right In New York ican I Ican Ican can get protection armored cars If It need be but bute Ive I've e a hunch theres there's trouble brewing for me nn and 1 Ive I've got a great many thousands of or dollars to pay 1 out on the big piece of construction construction tion work being done up the river Its It's how to get the money there safely that is puzzling me now lie Ile paused a moment and said quietly quiet quiet- ly Iy I 1 dont don't mind telling you ou that hat I have the sum sura deposited 1 In the nearest local bank hank Im I'm going to send some someone someone I Ione one down to collect it from rom the bank later and that some one may be you lIe He looked nt at Sir George Geor e questioningly Yes of or course but when and how what I want you to tell me Id I'd like you to go down with Roberta toda today and amI look over over the lay lar of or the theland land Cant your man take me Sir George asked ed Might find out more that wa way I dont don't want the servants ser to know or suspect nn anything thing about It It nor the people In the village In fact I dont don't want anybody to know an anything about It except possibly Roberta Must Just she know Wh Why drag a girl Into this tills Roberta wont won't be dragged In her father promised him But I want her to take tako you down the river rl to the bank and up the river to show you where the mone money Is to lI be taken By Ily motor Yes Yos But l ut you surely wouldn't let the girl drive e if there was likelihood JIt of danger No but you could drive yourself once you OU knew the wn way Oh yes es Well eU go g go with her to the mn village e and to the bank where she will cash casha a check heck and Introduce you ou to the I cashier Then tomorrow shell she'll take you ou up the river tl Have Un you ou told her this Not yet et Why Its barely possible she ma may have made arrangements of her own Shell change e that If 1 I ask her her father said casH easily Ah All h Sir SIT Gorge George e was not aware himself of how much he put In do that Ah All It was UR to make Robert MacBeth Mac Mac- Beth fleth turn his head heart quickly ant and survey surrey the young oun man Having turned It h he saw that the young O mans man's eyes were fixed on a spot of blue MacBeth was presently able to observe that this was a car on the high road rond over o on the mainland and that opposite that car was a n dim blur that had a n bronze color lie Ile remembered the color of or orthe the dress his daughter hind had been heen wearing wearing wear wear- in ing that morning an and 1 turned his head so that the younger oun er man ml might ht not see his face fuce Sir George continued to watch the bronze blur bJur until It took shape and outline and be began an to look Jook like Roberta MacBeth Then he started aware that the silence had been long Y You ou were sn saying in That Ill I'll tell Roberta what I 1 want as ns soon as ns she crosses the river Or Orwill Orwill will you ou meet her and tell her I want to see her lter And take yourself off for Cor fora Cora a time tine Absolutely Sir George sauntered toward t the river ri and met the flushed and exultant looking girl Spying His look was enough to make her feel ashamed of herself I Oh Olt I J say suy she said That was unfair and I didn't really mean It I Sir Geor George e did not stop It tilt doesn't matter he lie said Your father rather rathers I is s waiting to see you ou The girl angrily kicked a rock off oft j I the towpath Into the canal Well If It Itou I you ou want to be lie hateful be hateful I IlIe lIe He turned If you ou would only get I It Into your extraordinarily pretty prett J little head he told her not unkindly I that t Im I'm here because I have to earn my living and your our father has been heen j good enough to give me a post post that's that's that As for you and your our friends at nt atthe atthe the risk of being thought rude nude I tell you that I dont don't gi give e a n tinkers tinker's d n d-n n whom yon you meet or where you Jou meet him and that's all of ot that There had been heen a quickly drawn breath and then silence and he had walked on over oyer the canal bridge e to the highway feeling completely ashamed of himself Why had he lost Jost his temper His remorse gaining on him he was about to turn once more when the sound of flying footsteps came to him He lIe turned turne to confront an angry and flame cheeked girl who told him vehemently Youve You just got to know this You dont don't hate me one degree less or more than I hate you ou Well since we know Its It's mutual said Sir George e evenly suppose we wego wego wego go on hating each other as much as ns we like In n private ate and keep a friendly smile to face the world lie He smiled at her now Oh youre you're hateful the girl Irl cried Just when I meant to be decent to you for tor fathers father's sake you ou make It Impossible I promise you Ill I'll do anything I can to spee speed 1 your return to bonnie Scotland Ab MAh returned the homesick Sir George his heart In his voice olce If you ou only could The girl looked at him speechless a moment and yet she did not go lie He wondered why but almost before he had done wondering he suddenly saw the answer to his question The blue lIlue car was some little wa way ahead nhea 1 of ot him on the tree shaded cross road to the highway and its owner was struggling frantically to start It That was why she thought he was sp spying that was wash h why she would not If f she could help it leave him alone He lie continued to walk town toward Id I'd the car and to speak so that the man whoever he was might hear henr Surely you ou dont don't want to annoy your our father and have him question you do you Joui As for the blue car and its owner he continued it Is har hardly m my affair The man at nt the car Jerked jerl ed his head up and no nodded to the girl irl and then quickly turned his back and busied himself with the car again Sir Sr George waited for a moment I Surely any decent sort would be likely to come over oer and speak speak make make It ens easy for the girl to introduce him Ih The Theman Theman man however howe after that one look hur hur- hurried hurried ried back to work at the car his face resolutely turned from Sir George The girl irl looking first at one and then at nt the other slowly turned and went toward her fathers father's house Sir George walked u n away auay past the car cur What sort of cheap and awful person that little devil II had lead elected eJected as ns hero of her secret romance he Ire now ha had 1 a n pretty prett fair Calr idea The Ilie mans man's face tace though looKIng good in its wa way was an open book bool to Sir Geor George e. e Sir Sl George wondered wh why the fellow had been heen so asinine as ns to tr try to hide his hs face so anxious to avoid ol 1 any spee speech ch with him lIe He stopped dead In Inthe inthe the middle of the road for a n moment I as the solution occurred occUlTed to him burn It must have hn been that he was afraid j since he had seen Sir George deore first of j reco recognition Then the fellow must I Ibe be sonic some one ode whom he lie himself would recognize He lie walked on thou thoughtfully TO BE llE CONTINUED |