Show 11 N R 4 j w C N A V kal N R fin BY CUVE CLIVE ARDEN a wr v aa M ow assis SS Sis is continue I from last week le e faced facea her something nearer to a r than she he had 1 ever seen curling lipe lips in what way straying etra ying the greatest trust one n i can cun put in another by dragging down ae quiet hug nugh t 1 I 1 he anger tn in lier tier voice silenced him turned away dai ed sinking staking upon coach be lie covered hta his face with aliks hs ils ds be girl was trembling with indigo tion on her iler back to the room sho she egied with the hot anger sec seething thine thing thin aln until her womans understand won the victory then ehe she turned und id it t was my doing shu she said your doings doln gl he ile sprang to his t and walked about agitatedly at d yon you mean ton you wre not the rt of girl to encourage for god a ke explain everything I 1 he ie kept be word to you ou ehe she re y aled aed I ile saved ray my life at the risk his its own in every possible way he aked ed after my safety and comfort body dy could have done more align ough he cared all HIP the time T ever r even guessed tt it I 1 ile he thought to you she paused ahad shad if ber her eyes nen went by and 17 rescue me e then 1 aoh oh I 1 elp i iti really I 1 loved him and nd it too we ive bant nt to wait wai gaitand tand and tell you but ontas aba passed again and the position became me impossible you can cant t land here tint there we had bad to face sets s quite differently from ordinary standpoints tand points to make our own laws le left the det dethlof lilon to me at ast after months again of struggle ruggle et ad uncertainty I 1 became con faced hot it would be right tf to make our wn marriage tot she touched her lier nger r tills nits was the only ring he ad her er words went into allon k aint t relief ro replaced the look of horrar a hughs s face to an lean a living british sportsman tl ti e idea t wantonness between the girl he be oved d and the man he had trusted wui vue arable that hasty judgment was by her tier wonis wois he ire conid could lot ns as she surmised clearly compre end 1 the magnitude of the forces to be ended with the island any ore s than a man learning strokes kes in still water can realize the to be lie encountered by the same movements out in the open pen ent the simplicity of her explanation offering ing no ftc nica brought brag ht with tt it the force of truth evidently how ever incomprehensibly each had acted in accor accordance dince with deeply weighed hed convictions Ic tlona this ils was hughs first plunge into such t complications lie vas was utterly loma adrift from every mooring barbara witching him half held out her hand you ou must mut not think hardly of alan she appealed wistfully if he lie had lied not behaved ived honorably T hould not have 4 d hsi r as I 1 did surely you tellene vc that hugh lie took her hand oh lard I 1 he ej what a mess it all I 1 Is its la hell bell for me mel ehe the exclaimed a bitter r agory in her voice that startled him ild looked at her strangely gely EM th s r byed woman abo 0 o bad suffered ereo so much learning to ove with such fierce erco intensity was far hir i nl fron fro n his old girlish com companion ile mt fat in n a turmoil full 0 of pity for lier though till still halt half incredulous chaotically uncertain of his elings felings f tell nga toward ird croft dropping her hand he decked ed tip lip the photograph once more then the full realization of hie his own 1080 to be faced for the time surged ed up in his heart as he looked ft A the pictured face he ile put it down hurriedly and anti passed hia band hand across Ms forehead acad it is a R d d world now for ue us boffi lob I 1 id rd better goit go it has rather touted ed me over he ile turned away biang a little it will be euch such R blow w to the old people he pattered puttered bulkily butk ily the e cirl girl watched him helpley aching heart As he reached the door he she caught tin tho auspicious glint of nimery cry in his eyes which seemed to bank t down all barriers barr lera ile defensive tude into as ice lee its at it th touch of hot coals in ir her tier impulsive isloe efly ap ran to bilm and selred d the lapels of his tweed coat ahle I 1 I 1 eho she cried to arm raining fled down her checks I 1 forgive I 1 t help it atit breaks 4 uly art to hurt you ille this ills handa hands liosel I 1 upon her arms but he not apenir tr ber lo to betany your t ehe she sobbed bed believe bellere me rue e I 1 tried not 61 tai 6 l tred tried to keen keep lovit to in YOU 4 ha he be vehemently ui dont make it I 1 t fsr ar A ayou D you sup suppose I 1 should toire have wanted you to marry me from butyl luty out cs 02 loyalty ale tile paused rel regarding garding her thoughtfully tor for a it moment theres one thing thin bab a yes 0 when yon you tell your mother or anybody of things being over between ss dont mention your mar ariage I 1 they wont won t understand and it will be rough for you she threw back her head with something of alana old arrogance and awl drew away 1 I know you mean that kindly hugh but its it a impossible 1 it would seem as it I 1 were ashamed it would be Im implying PlYIna that our convictions were wrong 1 people are not about here as TOU vou know he urged too you may both have acted according to your convictions and they may have been hadt but all the same it thodor and they will simply throw mud at you and especially turn I 1 bab bob he came back to her speaking with insistence 1 I cant bear to think of you facing facto that I 1 for my sake make a as well a as your own and hia his dont tell then thet i she remained silent the truth of his word words as applied to alan struck her forcibly the contemplation of his name suffering calumny had already chrt morning proved unbearable 1 I would be bo an awful trouble to your mother and my old people he added with his usual thoughtfulness they will be upset as it Is and they couldn it understand she suddenly turned and caught his shoulders I 1 do youl joul she the asked earnestly all ali I 1 you must I 1 I 1 cant lose your falth too then he be acted in a manner that astonished toni shed them both passion and a sense of 0 the dramatic had ever been far from his nature involuntarily however hia his lagers fingers closed around her wrist ivris ts nalette he be hands he pressed ills his lips upon them ll beaven paven blows what ww right or wring he declared hurriedly but oil my dear I 1 Godhelp help youl you 1 the door slammed and he was gone from her life thia man who had been friend and b bother other playmate or lover nil all her youth she stood gazing through the window at the deco lutc tennis court where they had played so A often together and an extra wave of lonely bitterness swept into her heart she saw hugh with bent head cross cress the grass to the garden gate then she the sank into a chair thair before the ire crushed by an overpowering sense of physical weakness v danbury seethed and bubbled and consumed endless tea over the broken engagement of hugh and barbara it 1 Is elsher ta criticize other people plea s action with the aid of this soothing beverage it seems to enhance one a jovn setima of respectability in a world of sin nobody was vas surprised of counsel coursel nobody ever la Is on euch such occasions everybody knew that something would happen which Is always a 4 sate safe CO con lecture jecture but what everybody did not know concerning the latter thrill wax wad the real reason and herein lay the cause of the emptying tea caddies anfor tun miss davies was in london attending christmas Chris meeting over fallen girls so the remained a how do you knor kno r but the weed of grew into a lusty tree again jint an in tender tones ton the question arose artise bat happened oa on the island it ft Us s kno lao ii a that the dalt continued on an page BIC six SINNERS IN BEAVEN from laff leg ni fie and 1 sire stockley were deeply upset the latter exceedingly wroth bat but the mo tn moet moot affected kept their own coun bel el the only ray of comfort to barbara in tier her lay lity in her mynta absence the relations between her mother find herself were ot of the coto eel est sire mrs stockley never forgot her position as a i beador nor her honor able grandmother rn clous act in establishing her own identity with the county thia this lu iti arriage between her daughter and Dar burye burys future squire had been her ller dearest ambition now for no tangible reason ambition revived etli ettli the girls return wae hurled to the ground not easily could mrs view the da birg of 0 her hopes the scene beti berneen meen them bad had aten stormy she bad wept cajoled and upbraided exasperated by the oth era er a J re a a ar Con continued Conin linued nod next text week |