Show I 1 lowe du mom k T t A JW I 1 AA aaili LA kli rn JL by ETHEL HUESTON HUES TON W service copyright 1927 byrhe by the bobbs merrill co STORY FROM THE START on the verge of nervous col I 1 lapse apse due to overwork ga gay y delane ane successful new york artist seeks rest at idle island she rents a cottage cotta gei the he lone pine from an island character tit clr Ca captain maln and afa sister alice And andover administrator goy gay finds the cottage la tenanted ten anted by an elderly lady judy who nho consents to move to an other abode the apple tree Awal awaking cIng from sleep guy imag clinag ties nes she sew sem the face of ofa a china man peering in the window on an exploration of the island gay standing on the seashore Is nor hor billed by b the appearance of the drifting body of a drowned man which she nerves herself to urine bring to the shore A bullet wound in the temple shows the M man an to have hae been mir murdered dered lay gay males makes her way to the he captain gift the story Rei returning with him to the shore they find no body there and gays gas story of the th incident Is set down to R an n of nerves ne gay unable einab e to convince her neighbors of the truth draws a picture of the face of the dead man intending to send it to the authorities she meets a stranger apparently another visitor to whom she bhe tell the story and shows the picture he asks her to let him lake fake it but gay refuses next nay day after a night spent with Aunt almiry 11 gay finds finda the picture has been taken from the cottage CHAPTER IV continued 6 there you have rue me in a nutshell 4 island dynamiter burner and aart 4 bomber got anybody you want blown upa up rands home hand who site she asked gny fly was amazed that having heard the words a hundred times ahei hand comes home she had never felt sunk lent s f interest to inquire and wro who Is I 1 rand many times again would dinv inv ay A delane henr hear those words but never nee 01 again a thrill of personal in A terest terel lt hope and joy J rand wallace 91 oh youre another ky ballace allace ce f 1 I 1 am not 0 only n ly another V alance I 1 bin ama a whole section or of ahem the wal luces laces run in hrar branches Oies im illi the third branch all the other brane branches fies dwindle off into uncles and aunts and f nephews sons and cousins hut hu i im a whole series all by myself its quite a distinction gny gay laughed Int glied as she pressed the electric button bulton thai turned the he heat it into tier her ten tea kettle well wel have a party she said were so glad rands hands home and while we are waiting for the witter water tu to boll tell me where floes does your series fil 1 into the tout ensemble or of louse house wallace randolph wallaces merslin hersl n of ohp tit family history a very facetious flip panl and glnn slangy y version ermion began with the first captain apt aln wallace who was great grandea grandfather ther the pre present ent cap anin he explained carefully was ral i T ly iv tits gren great uncle til though tie he filled called y him film gramp because n fil he fie explained at al the other Wa wallaces llaves edtl all til him to gramp and it avoids the UK administrator airs alice andover And was his bis grent niina aunt your voice except abat it II hits hiis some expressiveness expressly eness la Is rather stute state of maine NI nIne gay wild iut but you iou do tit seem like the th others you are different my father committed ft a faux fans pas he confessed con fesse d he fie married man led un an actress from new york who was HUS up here with the actors summer er colony oie 01 e year ear I 1 he be said slowly 1 I 1 am the con ihns binn that results frodi tits uchin of 1 I manhattan n ind and th estale of maine it if has been a warning to the whole state elate he fie added modestly your parents suy lay prompted teil wl fit fits its nipan tnie we were all out 1 fi a binl bant tonti top ti 1 er cr I 1 mn an sort of tern remember ember it thug vals ans a 8 baby annoy sla 1 ant over strange it ij they were both boll strong thle ble bodied good used to tie lie spa sea I 1 wa w a 11 1 eliy bihy but I 1 floated ashore in my mal machers hers arms site she was lead my fit f dar was dead but kunrt and clim home oil that Is very aery sad onys eyes eye lidd find darkened with tier her ready thy her slim hands f twisted together he fie smiled at tier lier to tilde hide tier her sud 0 den emotion gay turned quickly to lie flip serving of f tep tcp nut her desire fur for information this surprising person was ilni 11 m aless she wanted to about his education where he fie find and gone 0 so o sell school ool the grammar grades in the island it seemed bee ined tie he had find persisted aisted doggedly through and took if a krent great benl denikoff quiet satisfaction in explaining pla ining that the three missing bricks be beneath the window budow on the lie bouti souti enst corner had been remo removed redby by his fili pirn own hands at thy the age of nine years to facilitate his departure from the sent seat of if learning when the teacher reached tr tor he yell well known educational birch branch lie he entire high school course he had encompassed if not with honor at least without serious mis hap bap lo in the city of portland and then darned it I 1 go to en 41 college tie told tier but dont doni blame me I 1 to go my aly late la in merited grandfather wallace put it into tila fits will tant I 1 inherit until I 1 went to college left me an infant in arms amis as you might say the i arms of a n guess buc ss who the administrator darn tier her Ili ats what got her so stuck nn fin administrating she lid did such stich it a good job with me it hurt you to go to coli col lege going to college would oe be simple enough I 1 find to go through I 1 lid did Bow bowdoin doln I 1 tinted to go there I 1 was afraid id turn out a poet I 1 thought it was required for fradua tion rut but gremp was dead set on Bow bowdoin doln well I 1 went it did me tin no harm harin ive never even written vers vera lahre though sometimes I 1 feet feel it come over ore r me nil of a sudden i 1 reel feel 1 it I now when I 1 look nt at you gay frowned at him blin hut bill tie he disarmingly ills 1119 was a pleasant smile ills his alps ere thin their curve half cynical half humorous very sen hillve the vaunted he ans but a outlining fringe fits HI skin had find been fair no dou douht at save fur for the rich coal of tan that covered hani ills hands were liard hard and brown small for or their strength smaller lhnn her own she noticed quickly when he be sald said at dinst reluctantly that lie he must ga and see she went with him to the door come again she told him pleasantly come ofal n 1 I 1 feel myself slipping owsald ly however I 1 a aru fu no cow nd ill come later in the evening oay any went down to the iller iler grocery store on every up tip was tho the laughing worn wora rands hands home nut BR whereas before she had taken no n notice alce drw she experienced perien perlen ced cid acute inte interest rest paused breathless at the name and drank in every word that fell from native lips on the subject of randolph Kan dolph wallace the combustion of the union between manhattan and the state of maine alaine was not entirely approved on the Isla island nl she gathered but together altogether al loved at although he I 1 stand island never openly acknowledges As the dust dusk fell site she went out alone unafraid into whispering forest end and walked up and down slowly deep in thought the rhe island seemed changed to tier warmer softer she felt vaguely troubled vaguely pleased strangely gely stirred when tier thoughts turned to the amazing young man and tier her surprising encounter with him her lips curved into tremulous smiles and her eyes brightened with pleased expectancy site she shook tier her head tit at herself warningly site was not deed calved vod she knew these symptoms slip liked but feared tapin also aiso for or the first time the practical boyishness of tier her costume was dig da taste tasteful fill to her and when she g gat up tip on the he morning after 11 return for the tiri first time since she bame to the island she ahe discarded tier her knickers ami alid silken shirt half ashamed of fit instinct flint ahn prompted tier her but none tile the less obedient to its gulfi guiding ln she tool took front tier her trunk a costume that was na one of tier her chief treasures 11 studio suit still patterned ori fill improved Ju japanese style all in black tino felry blue aho IP trousers long and wide fl ile tha lie emit cont which wits really tin over bloused reaching to the aneta ees embroidered till nit soft lines and del delicate leale curves curve with dainty 1 flip and gold slippers and sheer silken tose kjose it t wn wa n delectable studio con viet lort th for theatrical effect inspired for the of an niena ni enc gay changed tier easel considering now not so much life lie of 0 gomi r lier work ns as ruet pit cd view for herself find and sal where by the hie turn tit of liar eyes sit e could the entire slope to lie fie orchard below and the lane vint led fran tw lie pier to the Capt cipan captala aln house whoever er ventured ventur forth fort tiu bagg that lint arny riy at ten fen minutes to eleven tie he cattle down Jaun Juu llly nilly and niu crossed into tit orchard jay leaned forward tur burd did lie he turn left to the apple tree no straight toward the lie lone one itne he made his fits why ance nce if tip stopped alp t to 0 pick und asle and toss awny away a III little ti e green apple again he paused to it answer the hie eager culls colls of ifie he boys at a the pier rut but he came on tle tie came to a sudden halt outside tile the and stood a nio moment ment spellbound she looked up hen ien and ami smiled you are blotting out my sun shine she said 1 I fondly hoped that I 1 was bringing it he returned impudently dont get up I 1 always come caroe right in lie ile bulted action to ills fits words ano and came and sat inide window seat close to her elbow do gay y turned about in her calr arid and regarded ded him pleasantly Is here be asked apologetically no ao she she at the at apple tree well I 1 dlan really stop to see I 1 thought id better inquire here first so she tan there herf dear dear all that long walk for r nothing not for nothing I 1 aro am just going to have my breakfast and you shall have coffee with me without moving from tier chair lay jay swung up a wide tray that hung to tile the will wall aud and connected the electric toaster As she gave him a cup of coffee their lingers fingers touched and their eyes met lingeringly hands speculatively smiling gays a mill little e cloudy As they drank their coffee slowly slie site studied him furtively noted tits easy slouch in the comfortable win dow seat marked the brown arm on lie window sent seat but she ar ef meeting the he merry gray eyes beneath the flit dark up curling lashes do you flirt lart mr wallacer wallace she asked suddenly hope ope to tell you I 1 do tie he answered warmly oh I 1 then you need no warning we it have five quite a wicked little flirt if in the flip neighborhood and I 1 was g going to worn warn you hut flat since you dodou do you c chii fit hike care of yours yourself e ir 1011 oh 1 I thought you meant yourself I 1 thought it was a sort eon of help wanted 1 like the newspaper ads I 1 was willing to apply again the lie friendly sniffing smiling silence to one like gay whose religion was ans work whose god accorn accomplishment ment it carne canie as a distinct shock to know that this one with the strong hands the ready wit and the smiling eyes I 1 the present captain he explains J carefully Care fulli was really his great uncle was nn an idler a dawdler on the face of the earth rth that he hao had no probes slon and wanted none no business and was ns glad of it no ambition and delighted in its absence lie he called himself a retired retire gentleman and said it was a poor island that thai could rit support nt at least jine in fa raft he said the life entire strife state of alaene M alne united to support him film but dont you do anything you dont just loaf do you loael certainly not hums burns loaf landed gentle gen nien retire gay aa scrutinized him gravely remarked the muscular arms amis the straight shoulders the vigorous tun flip deep and understanding tes eyes and hp he wann idler in this ibis rug e ilind 1 she shook tier hend head regretfully A world full of tl iltis to be dune done S she if e sald I 1 slowly and uni ou to do bothin nothing 9 lie he explained int d that rot foi ten weeks if he find heen been doing the roast coast of tin tit with B n photographer in n B n fishing schooner gatling pictures he fie ald returned the she ishino to finish lip fir a little won wor i hp I 1 IP wit dolnic on a motor in for lor bemis lle nils a lumber man a nt aln hunger ngor up was wt to get boat rendy and with a e couple of inari ans crew take it to ml irol la rea readiness dinest nes 1 for berala when he west down for the winter season later on ue lie had ez ex pecked to finish the job on the island lie ho said ir three days but bow now he was begin beginning nIn k to feel it would take him a wiek week he fie said he had gone with Ma macbills cbIll inn ian on in one ot of lila its trips to the arctic had been to the arctic circle twice in fact buffie he like it IL said it wal too cold wished somebody would plant the next pole in florida 9 or mexico nice warn place to to look 0 k to fo things tings il he had been in ati the e world war and served overseas seven months tie he said tie he did not like that either elt lier why noil gay was a tittle little bitter were you afraid or are you a pacifist or perhaps you yon had to get gel up too early in the morning no I 1 mind those things it was th the uniform I 1 stand the uniform thu the collar made my nack itch my aly neou itched ditched for fifteen months without stopping one gets tired of it till all Gny gays eyes were dark she felt fell saddened this aimless hopeless dear young mat mai violated her highest ideals deals outraged bevy berf finest feelings he was utterly impossible i site she told herself furiously but when her eyes met his involuntarily she sr impossible but how pleasant to have him ther in the window sent seat at her side drinking her coffee smiling at her with the dark gray i eyes beneath those softly curling lashes ridiculous she said to herself that a man should have gray eyes and curly lashes ridiculous but something very disturbing tur bing rather sweet about it when I 1 conw caught the full bright friendly glance of them CHAPTER V randolph wallace indeed stood for everything in the world of which uny oay delane professedly disapproved it jwan wag bof no merely that he did not work i but fit he hb disapproved pi of if ifon on principle 1 tie he objected objects d vigorously to the enthronement thron ement of doing which was gnys gays god he declared stoutly that labor in itself was a childish In effee alve thing that the need for it was it a confession of infera inferiority orlay that I 1 loy oy in accomplishment was not merely the hist word in selfishness but wits also the sure mark of a narrow nature lacking vision i he fie asked asaei lay ay why she had never married because Ke cause there ii Is so much to io do she cried intensely because I 1 want to accomplish something in the world get something done because I 1 want to work hard and work well ovell why dont you she ended mildly because life Is too ton rare and tine fine ft thing to be devoted to the mete ermy physical effort of doing this or doing that soul Is too frella ad too dell deli cate to he be ensin ved in the chains of dally toll for board find and keep half the time she realized albred re that thai lie he was only laughing at her enking fun but she felt f it un n undertone andert 0 tie ot 0 I 1 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