Show LEADING LADY 11 4 k a G E DONNER h air DOBBS MERRILL W NO SERVICE STORY FROM THE START while despondent over the enforced hiding of hor her nance lance jim dallas player in ili self defense of home parkinson of nn an influential family S sall bit saunders popular actress Is 13 engaged ng ie e to play liy viola in a charity performance of twelfth blehl on gull island on the maint maine count afar the winy nuga anno anne tracy nance flance tells joe he ha has hai s heard card lie he la Is spang bp gnp on oil sybil to lefarn the of jim dallas balla and earn the he ateward offered by the parkinson fan family the boy bey denies it IL jue jot la Is arrons fric for a vacation trip to anns anne he betrays hla his enmity toward sybll sybil CHAPT CHAPTER ER ill III continued 5 she rite had heard nothing und and lit it odd that lie should be so suddenly cautious loui discretion lind ind been the last quality lie he had heretofore shown 1 I have avoided you and ian got going to continue loin it please move iway away train from tile door its silly to stand in front of 14 it for I 1 can go round by the lie gardt garden n but rail tired lived and I 1 don t want to ile he came forward speaking peaking as he adv advanced veed tills this what you think mink rm im done that youve ninde made me nit understand der stand youe gotten it across sybil im rot not going to bother you yon tiny any more with that subject N you on loathe and think so dreadful but I 1 ut I 1 cant help loving you find wanting to help ou on she he agne a an exasperated gesture and made a move to pass him bill As site she did so BO lie fislid ive heard something of jim dallas just before I 1 left town I 1 met an actor who says lie he saw him are you telling the truth 7 why I 1 lie whet what do 1 I gain by it I 1 swore the fellow to secrecy and came up here to tell lell you and ive been trying site she broke in was he sure where was it the change in her ber manner would have crushed the hope in ili any man mail shunning hunning him like a leper she now drew close and laid tier lier hand on hi arm 1 I cont cant tell you here its too dangerous too many people cc coming ming unit and coln 11 it was jim it was its quite a story more than just seeing him but weve were go to got get somewhere away from froin all these d d doors one of thern them opened that into ohp ali juill hall behind them they aliey hoard hear it and wheeled heeled round faces sharp set in defensive interrogation it was flora stokes end and stokes stoke his I earps niora morp alert than tile girls withdrew ills his arni arm from tier lier clasp clap oil oh flora he said his voice sup irp mely light and essy were on looking fur for tile ine 31 sirs rs 7 stokes said no llie ille l lie lind had roni coma to put her hook book back site she walked to a table and placed tier her honk book 4 rn n a corner the room was very still as 15 the she uld did this it seems ive intruded said mrs v stokes each meticulously ilear clear and prec te e iut if you want to lw be alone I 1 should think haie hae chosen Io sn another place hailing ellowe tills this Is a pretty good proof we want to bt alone retorted tier her bust husband land she gave 0 light jeering sound of diA leller find and walked to lie on in the sill bill she turned ant and looked tit al tbell with smoldering ee Pi flit A hi he afraid afrula ill may ill rolar for a anik on the front of tile lie asiona l its as far away us its I 1 run can get et I 1 id ll 11 go fart farther lier if I 1 could she p passed isted out ar of the hie door deor an and stokes turned to tile kirl girl i there li bere iere t I 1 its what I 1 was afraid orsome of tile the rest iet of them terni way limy inn enli in ut lit any ny minute weve lit got to get gel out of here home come place cluts itle tile point the summerhouse summer house 11 il II so ri down there now you follow we isie she ran to tile entrance lie i tit nt tier her heels walking val king leisurely up the path putli to tile ummer house was shine S ale threw out tier her hands with u distracted gesture ai id d struck H R toot foot on a tit alie hour floor taimi stokes smothered ti frantic 1 in 1 B nn all oath nth tell me ate here title implored but lie anAw answered ered with an imperative pera tive haike t of the head ti tile garden 41 she e ans litiff wily across the room tie caught her bet up and tills ali time ll it wits he who lah IBM hb band on in her arm sibil have some borne senai fertile girt US UR in n W wrung rong every wily way you ran dont tbt fill any y of these ppe people to see eve u ui i aut ut there their a viivi perin together jut just the pl ice go title waltin round for supper listen now ge get n R leold on an lf juals snooty Is 19 more than your anxiety 1114 photographer chaps lust just stroll ing round killing time move on tro m there presently go co up to conr room and wait you tog can sie ape si e tile polut roni your win window clow if heg gone t oce by seven tonic down and go go alone to tile summerhouse summer house ill watch too ion bin bild ill meet you there slie site opened her for a last pr protest then el dently seeing there was nothing pise else for it gave out ft 11 groaning croaning all right and left the room lie ie followed tier her saw raw tier her mount tile stairs and walked nut on oil the lin balcony leont lie he could see sec the te figure of if ills wife alf moving slowly toward tile ocean muffs A newspaper lay on it a table cable near ailin and lie took it up lip down in ills chair na as one who relinquishes bill himself to a regained interest but lie did not read CHAPTER IV anne packed for it space then gave it tit ap she go on oil with it SUB she wanted to be downstairs not lose one minute of the last evening at cull nit Is island inrid tier her spirits oppressed by joes jnes behlor beha behaN lor or begon began to bubble again upil ii boarn up tip in sparkling effervescence 4 zhe she slipped ol of tier negligee end and chose tier lier roost becoming dress lerf lent breein crepe eliat abat made her loot look sim ilin as u reed and turnell turned tier her aklu to ivory ua youre sure it was wa here and the she fig floured ared in front of the glass studying tier her ie this way and that trying to see herself with new eyes and judge if she was n gh I 1 a man he be proud of while thus engaged site she lien lioard the lie cauz clug chug of tile the launch it anut t lie ile joe going and to see the departure of that darkling nail and uncomfortable spirit she went to tilt window across the swift sweeping current tile the boat came into view kiln huni maln liine forward like alho a home hoine faring bird baril anite aline leaned tile the sill fil lowine it elih startled e aies es where kliore was joe chete was gabriel it in front tit at thi the wheel but in the back she tier necker neck tr ing to tee bee to the bol toll of the cockpit there certainly wis was no une one on the seat oh could lie have missed ta sho X arn ind and cast up tip tier eyes eves as if in tile protection of hemen such kiich a calo miti blat kut lie have he be wonted tr to 9 i it was ail liis ills holiday and lie he thought gull idland was a be bearly ully hou hoh ile he must cave bt arrn en where blie t lie a eee j hilpl in it wib to think c kliore here tills this b hi but tic he ial might ailt hale been lit town down to put home tiling 11 in leil liil sul tease A chair coull inive hidden him she remember eJ vlist lie had sald eaid eliout leading 1114 Ia gagL ut at tilt llie ahring room entrance if it il was mill there then lie had kiil liil tile bollt boat and slie she ran mil ainu sl irs hoping with a ear ss juit she would not hot field it rt it was vis not thore there then lie la Is golie cone he mid faid to f herself ath it noil boil and drew a freer breath the weight lifted el alii went across to tile the varden where here klir bite might ind and nip na att 4 tt aud anil 0 she cocrel the space between the doors tile hie picture of it tile launch rose on ber glicr innas inn vision ision with u abriel tit th only lily visible basolt Ha was rill aini in tile lie garden inn bill shine haq into lew front from the balcony end nd hed liven bonting lie be paid mid just int conic come up fron from the point they strolled about on the lanes of turf between the massed colors tit of parterre por terre and border tile the air I 1 sweet will the hie scent of i lie cla riming ring th chavers fl invers avers then they went in luxurious ly embedding in two ast armchairs I 1 adsett brouna thell here ant and tried to look genial at tile a biltof lit of shine the they talked about the ond and moonlight ellec enacts ts shine bunted to ti tithe take some goine after supper act t tho ohp pines against tile sea and the lie silvered bull bulk of tile die point and lie spoke of lilg ills flashlight picture pl clure which it ne its as a 11 remembrance of gull ahlund anne thit that was it a jolly idea but site ilie think need it picture to 0 o dewind thein of their stay mid and bite and Ba babett Kiib sett d il 3 smile dintle it was still on their lips who when a round came from ont outside side a single detonation it fell upon the evenings tranquil husli bush sudden and stai ilni tike like solli ehing alien und and unrelated i what was said bald anne sounds sound s filhe a shot shine thought it be I 1 bassett got up nobody has haq a pistol here ind and it if lie hall had lie ile use it one of tile nl stipulations driscoll wade n alien lien lie lent uzi ua the place lie ile moved to tile land entrance and looked out hie door dior of 0 f mrs Cor corneals nells room opened on the allery and miss bink uey emerged sirs mrs cornell behind tier sir mr lassett IS 11 she cried a hand on the falling wheres mr barsott Bas sott ett dassett drew out from tinder the gallery and looked up tip nt at her did j oil hear that 1 I did and I 1 told you that mr driscoll never allowed lay any shooting OU on the premises 1 do 0 you think that was wag ft a shot well what else wits was it mrs cornell leat leaning tIng on the railing suggested that it might be nit ail auto tire this drew a snort from MISS pinkney llowd howd a motor pet get heri herd swim or fly then to Ens Bal sett sctt mr air darls colls very strict about that lie ile wont have the wild game or the ilie gulls dla dia curbed and interrupted her ill all right miss binkney rin kney we were glen those orders prid weve obeyed them and none of us could shoot here it if lie he wanted to ther therell elit not a pistol in the outfit dont you know its against the law to carry one then so taken mine she exclaimed and straightening up an air of battle batlle im comin coniing down she ilie left the gallery for tile alie rear stairs sirs mrs cornell lu in tier her wake what does docs the bite mena mean hers bers anne al asked 1 I dont know what she menns means kassett looked irritated its ita the oral ive heard of it 1 I 1 dont see what abit there was to shoot at at anyhow cattle came from shine looked to tie me nheu I 1 wits was out there as it if all the HIP pulls gulls hud gone to bed miss rin binkney kney mitering focused their this about a pistol of bassett lias sett bcd aked a ked slie she as site she walked across tile the room to a desk desi under the gallery e latry its tile the one lie sir mr driscoll gaie aae site me thinking it might be useful when I 1 as licie il lolle opening or closing tit ahr house I 1 was to keep IL 11 loaded und and have it li handy antly but bill id truit tru it my illy to bet rid of any 11 mon and here its lulu julu voth the poker chips slie site pulled out a ewe drawer of the ilie desk 6 there the turning on ellern it in gloomy islo inny triumph what did I 1 tell you 01 11 I 1 its gone looked ord into the draw drawer pir youre suie sine it 11 wai here IId nt I 1 ste see it tills this morning when I 1 put way away ilie it counters ivits ni wert lili iline lust last night kniph 1 l iii Bam bagnett Nett banged I 1 the lie draw lit in ili unger anger ill tee t ee that tills Is explained to lu sir mr dricoll and who 0 o e ewers ers taken it get wl 1 coin I 1 ing to them A d d fool pert perform orill lince to get us ua iu ili throng jut juit as wr wk arre ere ilie liall hall door opened slid and entered li og round liere here I 1 lir lie said 1 I thought it was taboo TO bp BH cunil CONTINUED I 1 |