Show 7 I 1 ne leaa 11 la 1 by GERALDINE BONNER service copyright by the bobbs merrill boj CB an what human burrian being does doc not nol love it a mastery 3 staly r specialty especially one of thos heirs fair in which A n puzzling crime doll pod ud siy dit disturbs arbs the lives of a group roup jf it people aho he have hav been going colne along in a normal way alt all nt at once a se decd eta of I 1 al e Is 1 committed which turn n t their heir placid little world woi IJ topsy lurry no one knows the lh perpetrator tf pe of tho the crime but circumstances tf inces are arc uch such that any one of the apparently honest sincere nion ibers it if the group inny conie come under suspicion new angles of the affair and art new mys myerle develop and a period of tile the most wracking suspense exists for or all in ili this came there la is no murit r detec tle tile with lila its mathematics hll chemicals hla his measuring devices find tits hta neth methods of deduction to trap the crial ant aal and by the very completeness of the case against him force him to a no one but a few confused and a couple of fairly atule astute baw BW officers both of tho the latter work mc in diner directions and by the valiance abi lance of their theories obstructing rather than alding a solution it was waa one of those crimes which seemed itice ly y to relonie a mystery unless allies a foule tec incident ident occurred to clear it up and it alic accident did occur one of the strangest accidents ever written into ih mystery plot and so terrifying so in iti elects that flint it brought a voluntary and quite guile unexpected from the fulley party geraldine Geraldl no bonnor bonner has written many clever stories find and established herself herfi elf is as a master of thrill him film had bad the old english tradition end anti anne tracy for olivia at that thai nanie miss saunders had lit in evident pleasure anne tracy would lie ile perfect and it would bo be so lovely haidn tier lier they were such cucci friends friend and im going coins to give you say my best director bussett lins sett if with you and film they dont pull on off a the maine publics dumber than I 1 thought tier her business allis als went home she lit hied ed in one of those mid town blikle of old brown blosl houses divided into flits letting herself lu in with a latchkey klic as cendol the two flights tit at it rapid run unlocked tier her door find and entered ente reil upon tile the hot empty quietude of her own Io mau slie she threw tier glicr fiat on a chair find arid falling upon the divan opened tile ali paper that she had carided can led since she left the grand central station she folded the pages hack back at tho the per personal zonal column and settled oer it ft bent motionless tier her ees traveling f down own its length they stopped cocu focused ed on a paragraph she tool took a pad and pencil froni from the desk drew it small table up to tile divan spread the hie newspaper newt paper on it and copied the paragraph onto the pad it ran rail as follows sister carrie lynning lyn nind betoney broke but albert able to help him think we ought to chip lit in can ann a date lie he arranged for discussing ills his affairs sam and lewis she studied it for some time lime tile the pencil suspended then it descended crossing out letter after letter till three thre V vl I 1 V it iva I 1 ss g q now he had grown bolder telling her where he was words remained ILd edmonton Edmon mouton too alberta Alli erta canada tile Mg signature nature she guessed its tile hie nnnie name lie went by slie she burned the hie written paper grinding it to powder in tile ash tray the newspaper she lie threw into the lie wastebasket eliere luella Luel lii the lie mulatto alio vho did up tor for tier her would find cud it in the morning site she felt certain luella was paid to watch tier lier rut but she flie had continued to keep the evil eyed creature fearful that tier her distills sal ral would make thrill more than ever wary strengthen their that sibil shil saunders Sj was vlas in communication with tier her lover the deadly danger of it was told old at her heart beart she had heard directly from film once a letter the day utter after he had led fled the only one that men een lie reckless in ills his derp despair lir luid had dared to send in that lie had told her to watch tile the personal person nl column in it a certain paper and had given tier the names by which she could identify tile paragraphs site she hail find watched slid and twice found the lie veiled cited files message aige und twice waited in sickening fear for discovery it had not happened now lie hid hall gro groan bolder telling tier lier where tie lie was it was as if his wild hind beko beckoned ned tier lier to come she could write to him at last fast do it this evening rind and like it out after dark lying very cry still tier her hanos hanns clasped behind tier her head she run ran over in tier her mind letter boxes post ollices where site blie might ovill it were the ones lit in crowded districts or those in secluded byways tile safest it was like walking through grasses where file wires were hidden A ring at the bell made tier to her feet with wild visions of detectives cut but it was only anno anne tracy come colne lit in to see it if tilie a ins as back iron from tier her on oil tie the sound bound it was u comfort to see anne she always acted its as if things were jost ns as they had been find never asked disturbing questions she was sybila best friend was waa to have lave been tier lier but she knew no wore more of sibila secrets since jim dallas had dl appeared than anyone else elm and the blie never sought bought to know that was as why the hie friendship held they had a great deal to talk tak about but chiefly tile the twelfth night affair antic annc was immensely pleased that told had agreed to play she did riot not say this she avoided uny any allu alons to sybila recent conducting of tier lier life but tier enthusiasm about it all wits irresistible it warmed the th slid sad ased girl into interest tile the viola costume was brought from its cupboard tile golden nig tried on when anne took tier lier departure late in the finy she felt much relieved about tier her friend she yas was coming coining back coming alive again anne occupied another little flat ot 0 another of the mid town streets in annn un other of tile the brownstone houses tier lien was one room larger tor for tier her brother joe tracy blied with mith tier lier when not nol pursuing his profession on tile the road there were hiatuses in joes pursuit during which lie inhabited a small emall bethoon in the hie rear and caused anne a great deal of worry and expense joe apparently did not worry halaly not cot about the expense absence of work wore on ills his temper not because anne had to carry the flat alone but because lie he had no spending money they said it ft was ills his temper that stood in tits his way something did for lie he was an excellent actor with that power of trams transforming forming himself into an empty receptacle to be filled by the character he portrayed but directors lio ho had had experience of liliu film talked about his big natural meanness and shook their heads people who tried to be sympathetic with aune anne about him filin got little satisfaction all the most persistent eier eer extracted was an admission that joe was difficult hugh L lassett bassett had boosted and helped and lectured hint and not for love of joe for in ills heart bassett thought hini him a pretty hopeless proposition that evening alone to io tier her parlor antic anne was thiu thinking klog about him lie ile had no eDga engagement gement and no expectation of one and it was not wise to leave him alone in the flat without occupation site she went to the window aul and leaned out tile the air rose from the street e et breathless and dead the heated exhalation of walls anti and pavements baked all day by the iner merciless elless leave joe to this while site she was waa basking in the d delights aig lits of gull island apart from froin an thing lie might do it fair and then suddenly the egression of tier her face changed md lod the drew to in front the window hugh bassett Ilus hett was coming down tile street the bell rang site she pushed the button and presently I 1 e was at the dor saying lie he was passing and thought hed bed drop in tor for a minute lie was a big thickset thick set man imin ith a quiet reposeful quality baLon even by the heat ile he imd had dropped in a great deal this alila summer and as tile the droppings in be cattle came more frequent annes outside er cr gage mentis became less they alwil always simulated a mutual surprise giving them time to get over that somewhat brouth breathless lebs I 1 moment lion i e n t of if meeting they it rather better than usual toul glit for their minds were full filli of the same subject basett had come collie to impart the good news about sebil and anne aline had bud seen tier lier and heard till all about it 1111 finally allY liliu they had out all the hie matters of first il liport a lice B a ett bald III ild iid you tell her that walberg u aleck iek stokes for the duke no I 1 say a word about it what was tile the use it would only litie upset tier her and put a stop slop to io it TO BE CONTINUED |