Show NG GERALDINE s E Conti continue nuel 1 V flin in I 1 fast ast week joe lud hid tilt i lux hig death di nth in ills hi wat effort ns as a iollie ilir i lir r hit lat last effort tp get the tile renard his room ta t biome me down and c read for hix hi departure lit lie bud haft IK lit aril an the tile olais of bloke stokes and sal tilt it in tilt lie thing room sybil ml upward look und about iio iwone incline ing in the be gullery gallery joe creeping to ill behind the arch the nature of their corner bation would have lidd beld him IMen liis here was 16 lil laut to ret got the information lie dou clit lie ile had bud heard the rendezvous in the ir LI hoube its it open situation offered no hiding biding platt outi olde but knowing that it would be almost dark indri he be had conceived the idia of putting on lita sebastian cois costume tume and S sall lill ilia ills room wa was text tu to sall lie lit bad heard her tier corde upstairs und from his window could command the point when shine left it he be had gone down doin passed the balcony where stokes was waiting and hearing his footsteps moved with that close biml of sybil SARIS cult alt to the summer house there he the dim light imd and the drooping curls of hid his vt wig enabled him to carry through the deception stow stokes wild speech follo followed aed by the lie drawing of the pistol bad tad terrified him con fronted ty by a wan armid and liula mad panic had ely him blin und and he hid h id a ruh from front the place so joe had died a body clid in gala gills dress twirling swirling out oi on currents that would never brine bring him back anna anne aid said nothing bhe blie did nut not feel feet any special grief or feeling ot of any kind too much had happened she was benumbed she hid a vague sense that la in some future time when she he had reco recovered ered from her tier dulled and bat state ahe she might be norry cry per perhaps hap her iler eye eyes fell ell on latr hand with sybil i a clapped clasped artwin it and the eight sight of the linked fingers roused her she lifted her head and looked looted at the to ace beside her at but why uby dilyou did you do all tul A panic had seized him and he had made a ruh rush from the place ulde not say let theia them think thial you were dead 11 1 I wanted to get ariy n get awall what for where to jim dallis I 1 know where be he la Is youre youve known for fr a month ive written him telling him id come if it I 1 could couk it I 1 ever could coul dOh jah but trio been hopeless pelesa ho I 1 was spied on domed dogged followed her rose on a bourse note stopped and ani after a scared listen listening Int husli went on whispering whisper lne 1 I want to stay dead never come to life here again its it my iny chanc ethe only chance I 1 it ever have yc f ve found me now and ro 11 tell you everyn everything ing and ehe she told anne the etor stor the story that no one elso has tins ever heard she bad his andreis the longing to join hr her h r lover had pos ched seed W ler she had written uhe she burd coan corn ahe he kne he was as walling waiting for her but the watch kept upon her made mode any move impossible hather ha teer her jibe she could not risk betraying ails whereabouts it it had been duly duty herself she would lave have dired d ired anything in this position tinn growing crowing dally daily more unbearable had suddenly ud denly come the be means of escape tragedy swift and terrible as a bilt bolt from the blue had been ler and she h had ad 0 seized it krom her window after the inter view flew W with ith stokes she had wa wo jw jve ic jr his Us sebastian diw pasi below eke had bad known it was batty a tuf of the tvs coltun turie and was wai uron Libl cops ft ahti 1 4 I 1 ar N BOOK ILL 02 I 1 li od ione bone stoye come into toa H fol limin him film and th dis turbine idel belted n hati tw ber that lie ile hd hild lill tulin i a taio ali too laoj for lit I 1 abi rbi it blie she hud had apt rpt rn lo 10 hie the atoot to go domi joun ond end the int all and then at quarters 4 stolen stok would idt ulu io it civi und and it to let joe nil ton ensued endued um und and hostile discovered thir nas ait the li lust hist tiling thing ie vi tinted iche hp cupitt mati arl to hip the to match tho the und and fa neither of ler the onty litif lit tf ott could to was wu tit alx house atilt inight say too inich he lie dischi end his uil stake mild panic stricken blip a about to rush out when joe run frum from UP derwa and the shot follow ed for a she bat idea liow how long tile she van was paralyzed not believing belIc her anses blie she remembered moving 1 bail back into tho room want and from roni ther thera she saw stole stokes issue from the summer bouse house and flee to the shelter of tle the pine that told her what she bad had sien sten wak wai real a murder had been committed under her tier es and she went to the door to 0 go o down doan holding it op a she le paused ou on the threshold heard the tile voices below heard stoke stokes entering ente rInK words and bad had made a forward step to run down and denounce him when a sound from outside e topped stopped her flora floras cr cra that botill aai liked killed it was as that wild screaming voice that save gave her the idea ent sent it through her bruin brain ulc like a zigzag of lightning at hue the people belci made their clamorous rush from the house howe she stood in the doorway motionless leas in contemplation of the possibilities fiat viat opened before her the that had abalen her a few minutes earlier died her mind steadied and cleared the he felt herself uplifted by an invincible diring and courage there was no danger daner of a recovery of the body for fot fihe she had heard beard from gabriel and bliss that bodies carried out olt ou on afe th e tide we were never found alone aide on the second floor poor with little fear of interruption she had cone gone 01 1 her preparations at once she h continued on page 4 THE LEADING LEADING LADY from front page 2 had bad taken from her to n room bat but allone from her tier purse le leavin aTIn a small amount to amt alert sump lelou the candle i from front thio ali ipox li fin on the adf a few fen tracked s iche had brot 11 alif till the night before froin from supper und and it raar ot of drefs refs calior cli tors or I 1 bi lit a juin tit t jue joe 6 ithe he had lied gathered the tile 1 he had discarded laing read to I 1 r hand on the bcd thing front the ho hos hoa a to the cap and stolen ont and to the top floor nor here site had put on the clothes end and cut off olf her ha calr irhe she bowed showed anne lie file ends ot the bellow ello curie curls lo 10 her jacket pocket dilding her own clothe clothel la in a box ati is the tore toll the next day she had betts a prey to a rising tide of alarm t rom be bind hind ji curtain ho had bad matthed wa the tile search of the land island und a hunt through the top floor must 01 tot ollow hiery cu ot of predence presence wag was obliterated bl iterated arid he the studied ber ter sur roun soundings dIngs for a tildene place thi TIA window windows opened half halt way to air the booma the possibility of a cattle acl outside climbing up tile ill and extending to the fet was tha th creat great witteria vine ita its branche branches twisted into ropes and tor corred with a stalle of define foliage 1 illic main trunk pasada to th the window of tae room that faced the stair tal bead the place where here she lit sat waiting for footstep 1 hea hen anne bad made her visit bhe lobe hid bad heard the first creul creak of the stain stairs and craft cra viled led aut out under tinder the alsed r window alth a on the sutter gutter she haa Bt pled behland the tile curtain of fit alk vine tin her ter hand hands tipped gripped round its limbs eien froni from the gardehl inlow bilow the she thou lit it would hae haie been beer emrow ble to detect her tier of his pleadings she role li hid id heard nothing site lie had lied hupp obed the intruder one of the mt inui it when they t nnie anie up the had had pit uta of time tam to hide bide for slip she had beird their fool when tin tile aine along tin fit hull hall after the isit of son and wll wit udini ac knew tho tile lunger danger of detection increased flit eiery hour also lie tile fur for foot could not be denied illuce lot ir the he one chance left her was wits to gt g t away that night wuko make what fhe file frit would IK toe A last attempt to gulu galli lie the freedom meant life to her the was in her favor and she re to tip f r the how c and cress the I 1 ed of tee channel below the caus cau sewn cw at the lie foot of the stairs ale lie had bad vi bether to go by the ihlia or lie kitchen I 1 anally 1 I h hi t chose hose the tile wa blie bile knew best bert where whee ahe v is familiar with the dis nf of the tile furniture A a hii burst ehe she had roade a lit n li rush for hi atas in thi flit 11 I 1 or r pasti pastille ale when the tile A 11 X lioi lit aliw W open vell aej cattle running ini it th the ball blow the tile a d nolee bad c evered lur but lout in lit lir r eyrie on the he top cp owr she lie had lied croppi 1 li d 1 I at tho the lend of f the stairs rick pick li v i certainty certainly and dead en I 1 shriek of the women bud had eerily to her herculee herc cries rlee of ijar 1 oun on name bhe me gleed alin a alture had iii en they thet hud had mn petri it und and slit lif waited dot not knowing what whet o 0 m opt inning iiii ilni she had lied biased there here a long blui rot ll 11 tanin with ever bense alert luard fience lettering mer he tile houe and slid the then sone bail bal lo 10 her tier place by the ali 1 I 1 B r ti I 1 hirs thy the lo 10 fight still till hut but it voas wa so awful not leoning what they wire dp 1 in jig it hey hayd d found ont oat I 1 wan was alice anti chilt hat I 1 to do 40 atay IMM at out on the tile I 1 coul 1111 tell I 1 mir ap all in the dark and I 1 tilt fi it ny my erne e weaken for the arst time ali ani I 1 then I 1 heard our voice gllnn w I 1 in coming to help you it said sie sole I 1 arp drew luck anil unit looked with stileman jer anIng juto into file mothr a fine fule 1 you I ou I 1 ill it 4 will aill help hell 1110 1 bit 1 biou nu know it there t only tot div e ay I 1 ail vit cia nn c ia any bwy a I 1 rt et ill anif pa I 1 never to 11 yit iwo wiro liere here thit it aou out 14 14 idt nio nip aitay deail Kwi boly it let thim go on it vim ant death ny my life ance since hit night 11 illitia um it worth joing in walli ith now I 1 can go to him film bv tot with him therall bf bv no one tine witching esbil erg an ail mon mort kien if I 1 looked like royt it would be only tile ch eb ince trice resemblance t to a War dered worn in arid nd do I 1 loo like abo ifa I 1 she 1 tui lu tu luied i ed ber er fate to vie LI llott bright cow now fill ahe the irn rn below the lie smooth wel bof hair across her forehead it wat cwi iwi i in its pallor and thinnest 0 ben ft ot of its rounded juftes and dell freshness that it wits only it alm re fiet tion 11 of sall the fa fluer a way war worn ki 10 in whom the the havoc forked worked by the arin nr in that had so it diw ote a I knife to annes hear hearl she felt the prick of tears tinder her eyelid eyelids 4 ait 14 lowered ber her lead sybll sTi relli at lit her wibb the florce fowaz if despair and now sybil ins ing ill all ties oens going forcier fo eer reier roio mont she he could bot dot speak ind jh ibe othe thIn kloE her silence lueina re luc tince to agree caught at her handi hati fig I 1 pleading ne with accepted r alta al ail and stitt ended aj 4 blag gone dropped out of algat hb C lio yot bie his kind do that do something they re r ashamed of and nd hat hatco good xi bold it do or or the police to know it wae was joe jee arb killed its not ile ilet its not tat fale te to anyone its only to keep arnt slid let me ine go ob oh anne wee kea reel real friende friends loed each other love roe me enough to let me be liar harpy py the run rim of the sun suit lipped slipped abot e the distant sea line and sent tent a it my of oj brilliant light through the window it touched leached elzir beaded A areg and lay ropy on annee am a face as she raised go she said vald softly 00 oo ral never tell ni ill keep kp that aa I 1 lone long as a I 1 lim I 1 she could stay no longer loi iser tile lie floew i would alx lx waking wy there i ft as 11 rapid Inter chan e information for safety iafet tonight at low tide ahe would enst on the taut audway au eway every ei evidence ct of her occupation would be and with this in nind mind ehe she took her I 1 ida 1 from its hiding place and rne it tr tot anne jo no one u hip the tot floor fl a puli in island would eer eier find it ia taco tace of her I 1 j that night was cloud great reat banks pasting arros the alieni 4 not at broke and through mue open opell W the he 11 n rodt bili erinc tile fa irlo the and ant artam lrea ml id f t f ral not twi I 1 hining trai trauen cerIi bin it figure bat that had bail furled the alp tip in lit the dirk voilie aubi tit otio of it alime tor for Klet fM a flittie flit til tl ins tim olm ow on in the straight airl iii linnit it stood cut out lit D IV if AIL running oil ilic tile eliji forit thin 1 binig aoun 11 tile im fill mid and in the it birkrem it ga bcd the gioie and mild he helt li ellering ering tre tret 4 logs 1110 S minted smiled its ini saz and broke out tile c ril follow follo jin in its fill 1111 tap houas hou were ere unit ilic tile road on loetzen quiet bleds to die the hallwa some leople inird lapard the dos dogs 11 ht ll Il luper lagers who turned ami and won dired dred if f t tramp vias about and lapel into comfortable lumber in the wit ness of the tile room chinn stukes stokes lay an cons clou drawing Irn wing toward flit hour of it del deliverance lerance the harking sounded founded loud and Insisi tnt ahe tiute was die dia b it and ail wait went to file h window aid looked out but mora berrr beard heard IL 11 anne did und and kat pat op up in ill hed 1 fol imala ion in it alon tile he of flit eliast till ull it lied on le tote EPILOGUE three years later bassett and alice anne he bid d a friend at dinner was a writer who had lut just returned from a lecture tour four in Ano 0 on big way back he bad had ranged tarou gli be pleasant reaches of tbt the south and bad had fallen under their spell a al little more money in his pocket und arid for him i 4 would be a plantation tation orr he we of enchantment not the place places they were already areddy spelled spoiled steamers ete amers had con come jazz and tourist tour lit in pith belmede with red guidebooks aare ere un dir der your feet it was the remoter island till out of the line of travel where a trading schooner was the eole sole link with the orld he ile had lied made a point of visiting ghirad an old tub with a native crew and gone betting about and had a glymph u of the reil thin that saw and he enlarged on a want the eadmont of a watt scattered ered group nth re be he had fount found an all american and bl wife miming a koaru pra plantation penpit called whittler lied stayed several days with tit them in ill a long lioio on tie 1 of a lagoon you 4 t enuine anth luc lug more batu ticul after di diute about in fit div ali bitting r roni ril the hueit zue qt hod had flopped befort i photograph standing on a 1 I side lable picked it up und asked who e it iras ills issett Il sett hod answered ans a friend of his big adit a no dead hat but lie would mn crober lt it was who ud met with alth juch uch a death gome some stars ngo rhe buet gue 41 nodded of course he kemem anred b artil it horr itiN affair then after a larf last lk at sit the be tUrl turned 1141 to anne 4 got ake amro whit waltr r I 1 it TU I 1 bellu bunt about just tir VAMP 1 empt quito quite remarkably ute like only I 1 bit stouter and more mature II 11 mio ht altae 1 been her lecture when she 1 nas ai 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