Show ie e handsome bof by MARGARET TURNBULL WPM ua austra illustrations dons by irwin myer W K V service aton bob gart gandt kali fill widowed cyri AIM aggy of kir bet nr inar biot t her spir abr is I 1 lit I 1 and lid lad tady ill 40 0 o tr ter coth bath wealthy CO coiled states bleb th with wilb illation lives on his kris rl ion for U i almost help ri roberts of ir aal 1 8 81 1 I tern gem fo to e ta 1118 cbs cost Is glad 14 for ft of the hi house buu to tx be hlf his ter cri 0 a daf date with V ill t w whom hom she b iverts arti tills III bit lat in I 1 young mio man lc glie to introduce Intro duc 0 the next day payroll to the m lad sod bli his gang can roll roberts ike coll 4 truc tion ati to raymond she aby jr talk bull la in to alit as hot abot or ak abed jed dut but it thiry were utter 11 it was feln in buhy by W him will a k it 1 lot of tot your rh remind you tighter and am con cun lat if my t ceory y A boull 1 they tingle single knows airi anything in trilled back a at t r M and leli maii at the ken D ending sending me ile ie looked it inloe lie a few aft w I 1 lauty condl Irti int to all ed T knew amaty ty then 01 cant can t help my tr I 1 let it we as a possible P troubles in a W young boxi 10 lo egure ire that mile make leu ir from sheer w handicaps I 1 it to you the ed U OUI bydo you tit 0 if a beanpole 11 1 h roa roared red 1 prayed I 1 ence ice 1 1 was a setie more atoe loch h O 0 t fl n enough L he t do the crork lit I 1 I 1 would like it taner I 1 im m not id height but k ind arid as for the 1 40 you not fair of yoo you look cited ed at him in iben I 1 look in wo I 1 see what Ks mv defects geed 4 and be eth in all one eye of than the other ll 11 attle too long to eive give you a W rot ert bialow MS liow bow your race led emotionally I 1 ehni ill not than 0 0 ow 1 tine time run tor it ty life ife Q 11 him ques melly mean that ill employer be t hole whole getup get up h are part of yourself dam I 1 iball I 1 exi cill inin N 1 yo younger a man MY 1 I fen I 1 of afar require iiii 7 but I 1 have my gd G d I 1 sandl ah perfect I 1 per ole I 1 change d sort of an aff ec W taught it down I 1 living to to get anut ne be melnik r fool jaxk at rob for her more th an I 1 have brer k lowi i few out sure to help out pillin aptly ills secre afi ily rs 4 wron I 1 trin ery sure will think of 1 hr fife in 11 you 11 asked IOU realized claimed she made oter said the iran a to him tary Y and yet you dont llo Ollo berila overby much sir sit george bushed she like me yoo you mean I 1 think tier most mog attractive 1 Mac macliesh lieth meditated a few moments in blittle sl alln ittle ln lien then apparently dismissed but flit ali busl bust nwe ness lo 10 hand from rom hie his mind and salda gitil liu about the police 1111 secretary hesitated 1 I think your daughter would rather not have them railed called lu osuld sald he Macl Blac leth neth trounced hy by should she he not want the he police railed called in sir george a moment and then bald said slowly 1 1 I dont know maybe you could find out ill III icare leave you to question her he ile went through the window as roberta entered the room her liler father touched the bandaged band hand lightly doctor seen it yell yet I 1 be asked roberts hook shook her head iles lie coming oon she hesitated and looked ut at her tier father imploringly 1 I think id like to see him here bere here shere yoa sod are I 1 that you roald could beep p him flum telling iny how I 1 got my band hurt id rather not have hae people know I 1 think it wae was jut just some poor frightened py I 1 y who bad been shooting at a rab lt or la chawk hawk its funny then her father sal 1 that be should shoot the top tf sir george georges hut hot eo so neatly roberta tuned pale oh oll nc elie she said he mein to do it was in an accident ithac that it I 1 happened so it looke looks like intention to me her father sail sall 1 11 l think my ny girl ill 11 sheuk tu to the mt not especially about this tills hut but about keeping an 00 pe pt the file camp I 1 ran can toy I 1 m afrati afraid of bootlegging among the workmen if it you like roberta oberta tl nodded that might do obe he paused and went toward the window of course rather I 1 dou I 1 fiant ant aa ile things harder or more dangerous daig erous for sit george but I 1 think lies all excited aboul about american and things like hit wit and Is liable to imagine any an little ahlden Is part of a big plot to get lint not going to send him op UP fu that are your jour here fiere come comet lie tile doctor and your aunt flobert warned her tier then in answer to her qu question estfon As tag to in that my lass ive rot got to 0 o bend send somebody hy by not dot my sec gec re tary taryl roberta oberta ll shrugged her shoulders her tier father looked at her sternly wondering did she as 83 hit his acre tary hid hinted know more than she kwoll yd he ile could hardly credit that thal roberta he said impulsively do you krow any reason why sir george be made a tarbet tar ietT r she ghook her head 1 I cant unde stand it at all her father felt the sincerity in her voice 11 ell I 1 he admitted its a puzzle sir george strolled back and forth back LJ forth trying to ale out whether ll it oberta hader had or nad had not seen the man van who fired the shot his ilia mind continually rejected tie te thought bt that the girl with all tur litt bad manners and temper could play such a part and yet betl unable to I 1 do 0 you kram any why sir george should be bg made a target decide he fluidly determined to atop thinking about it IL time would idl tell it seemed impe kalble thai that robi rt daughter could be LN league with ith her fathers enemies and yet let ahal else lid did her sl 91 lence sit G deorge was ass five despite per carefully worded answer thai that she had find seen et 0 tie the man relic fired the file shot to know or of sus SUR t much more than she the ual bal to a tell CHAPTER vl VII T SATURDAY 81 night dinner aund AT and dame dante Itil clobert berl M Mu lUeth I 1 though still I v prisoner to I 1 his chilese longue tongue wai will enjoying himself tremendously 1 11 city falio iio was having an tri looked about her with st ret re satisfaction the terrace the aler mi a is lit ieng ng with lamerci the bs pro arable FBI 11 claying ing tile lie PaI went leitt dance MUSIC alid gild Is laberer the city W wai as in the kitchen kIt cLeo cLen sir george wn even Itil erti admit led ii was a wonderful nond erful ald to any party part par tie lie finda had bertain intriguing bashful lims of dell elinor that mida him tiar nt not only with the tse girls but with the men desole file fact that tie lie dan ced well giving hi nigell ip up to I 1 he S joy of it 10 H ray roberta barta and not exi cx egtill be lie bail had caned only onte ia flit 11 ile hadder tito him sell S to toller her guests bm bob young and old S ho liere it t F emed eil to itoe erta latt tattered ered 1 0 is tilt litael jack nis vies not here had refused to come to 10 hobarta s blie would like me to 0 o parade him in to front of them all especially her father fathers secretary clobert mr beth looked with pride it lithe graceful joung figure and her face with hi its soft halo of red curl curls ai as the she danced through the gnat hall and using room he lie heard mating praise of her tier beauty from the older men and knew from their that the younger lounger men thought her loady he ile beckoned his sister to him and eald III not moe from here until they go in aa to supper and then you caa send august tn to take me to hie the library the men can join me there actea supper at least those near my own age are you anky ing agy adyr 1 jlyo ft 5 4 1 ahe ribe oun people teem seem to be having a good tinie time tool there was as i a question in robert mac mae beths lulic are arettie Ar etlie the not noil listen to that V tho uund sound of oung ung and jus opp liLse came come from the hall and ahing alili wom one of they lassie tg ii le culling aching it george gome some awful like dince the clack black hot bot tora tom its called 1 did a ou ear em hear bear the like itoe and the reel rest of them are standing arlund singing and clapping its it fair awful I 1 yet somehow ray my ladale lad lie m ses it look graceful you like him do you not she asked it with a little touch of anxiety in her oke like elmr hob roared at her tier aggy I 1 wr dote dold UD on him if I 1 were ere only iture ill had the br ns to stand ill al joun oung amerl can bu busl nesb men IJ id be tempted to gite give him a big boost in my business busIne sV brains I 1 she looked at her brother a whirring ring scorn brains elou enough gh to cole with alth young youn Anier itans havers 41 1 ob did ye se not bring your own brains from across lie water calm your yourself er aggy and go and lock look after the guests it roust must be time to start them in to supper now I 1 fear for bour lenses lenes when its a question of that lad ind after all yoa you are nothing but bis his stepmother eyes blazed im far more than that I 1 ni the only friend hes be got ot and film the salt of the barthl hob macbeth mac ileth hae buie ye any idea bow how lonely that ladd laddies les been I 1 scarcely ua years old when he wn WAS thrown into the aar or with all big class just and him the only one of thein to come outi think of thail all of your young men over bere here have tae the frier trier ds that they nade made at the school or college bet but my poor lad has cone none many a 1 ones ready enough to make friends with him but its oot cot the same thing and there are few left on the other side to amb mm along but he 11 go back with his big head high with ith out gieir help or youre yours welt well robert admit led ted yoo you make a pathetic case out for 5 sour our young rascal but ns as far its a I 1 can see from here he hes I 1 nothing on or his mind but having a royal time learning a new dance ae thata all you see or any other othel outsider ut sider it if takes a woman to know the worth of a ft man aben maybe better find a woman and ting sing bis his probes to 10 her tier alth ith a quick look at his hi sister and the 1 spirit of mischief gle gleaming aming in his ills eles 11 fly not pick oat out 7 1 still liae my kenses his slater told him indignantly 1 I 1 dont don I 1 want my nose ose scalped off anil and may as well know rob that you I 1 do dont nj think robertas no bertas any thought ht of tile YOU young ing men dien hereabouts the lads here are as sa rine as adv shell she 11 see ee ID 10 a ironsh of sundays but they re aa an ad story to your lady daughter 1 I fan can see her hey taking far inferior interior good P alst because new dewa she A too youn young to judge lor for herself began her father ily sly ce bertle tle itoe 11 try DO 0 o to make a complete fo fool of yourself what she t be ile tare sure she know knows after faery lassie does dm though a aly not give it a name even evel to ber herself sOlf but tone some are lucky enough to take it shen they see lib bertas not it it iro irn feared that that sort shea full of the kind of youthful pride that will ill let 8 dish EO go by though lier her mouths w we herlig for it list lt to prove to her tier self sell and slid others that dhea nn no carla thai that she bile can cat take tale it or leaie lease 14 t it a ill all orle 0 it vals us a long aa for any waited for her bile arev drev breath and bri benthel the to 10 show lili ills I 1 it eiert a tile I 1 I of to t you aggy flit if hut bill Joh has tilts al 1 lareon ate of MY 91 of t way ay out her tier r n BUM any anle 0 and I 1 think aare we re r ate her tier now if ant she trust rust to really unhappy liw ill 11 1 like h away butell but ach ell she lie look unhappy beppy tonight A fc A N io I tile tiller sister with a little jerk of ler firel chlo for what ia all lie ilie le lse of trying to show a man an who could not see she does not ot bui but looks goolt are not 0 terji thing m 11 aar A the he walked away from him rob had bad to adiah adai to himself that wy aggy had find bran wits as well vell its R arts ence re and was wa i a one woman to her age roberta saw her tier aunt bear bedr ln ing down upon her now and for or one moment alit lie thou thought glit the he WAS WB coming to protest about the lance dance hut but lady tady bandison band lson had no uch such idea Ilo herta she he aid said and for ell 4 her presence she tie was a little berous one never knew just how bow roberta ald receive a suggestion do yuu you think you could start them toward flit lie upper supper room her the next dancer Easl easiest est thing you know aunt agry roberta told her tally she turned to roger who had beau u pursuing her I loser tell the 1 1 I dont have to explain every thing I 1 do to you 1 leader that the intermission for supper come comes after th a next dance then dont let anybody cut in on us until e get there eald uld riger I 1 refuse to carry the mea tae u myself oh I 1 can cant I 1 promise anything roberta oberta ll told him 11 1 1 tell you one the man who takes me over to the musicians and delivers the message I 1 lias ins the lie rest of the dance done S sir ar george voice e said and to towering mer 01 er koger he gently replaced him as tier partner i utterly ignoring another youth who to TOI cut in he had hob erta swiftly over by the musicians and gave her message to he the leader then It roberta ObertA on ddn 1 found herself lifted OP he the sill of the long onen open belind the musicians and out on an tb ill j terrace what on earth did you do that for elie she asked indignantly you dont tant to dance wih roe me not jast do now w 11 b d frankly admitted later on III I 1 II 11 enjoy it very much thank yoe you then as ley went toward the edge 0 of lie the terrace he eald sold 1 I thought you hiir blight want to go with me down aown to the little larding place placer chyl 1 I think see buhy hy if you go down dourn there I 1 don dont t know hether you bant aa tit your father to see toe too 1 I don I 1 knoff what you I 1 bellev you sir george said simply and heartily though most people nt I 1 can make meela a little plainer per perhaps hapa by directing your attention to tho the canoes as its we came mme toward them you will notice eliat one of the canoes Is occupied pad rad that the occupant Is a cigarette and waiting walting rather impatiently I 1 may be gwng wron bat I 1 think hes bes nalton ln for you 9 shrugged her shoulders dere IJ U A can I 1 help belp it in to as large a it party as tills theres alway always likely to b be e at least one moot calf jh this is one of the gues guests 9 he told tier her dryly or if it la Is its irs one w who ho been at the bouse house yet Ilo bertar face stiffen ed in its 03 moonlight as he she stifled an eccli i mation and took a hurried tt et p tor toward d the little dock he lie followed her deisn As the neared the dick melt however Ito bertill stopped end hesitated 11 you must go back now id rather meet hlin hiti I 1 alone sorry hut but I 1 CO cant all do that oh amol absolutely not robertn faced him angrily an rily 1 I dont have to explain everything I 1 do to you YOM jouve auve absolutely bulling to do with me tint and ay my at if fairs absolutely light right I 1 but since yoa are afraid of your oun father fathers e ee or iau W would bring this fellow iilo at bere 9 houe houm yoo 00 will me if 1 remain on giard at a suni sufficient cleat distante dis dist tunie anoe of course cf lou IOU will do of the kindl you will go into the house and join the othen I 1 will come back at hie the end of flit aunce he lie k his head fiend lie ile was not dot it his were correct calmly grina to 10 iol 1 in at t all atte to ki kidnap ap 11 daughter TO BE |