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CAST OF CHARACTERS JOAN BARRETT, heroine, secretary to John Hendry. JOHN HENDRY. mining investment head. ? BOB ANDREWS, Hendry’s junior partner and Joan's fiance. SYBIL HENDRY, socialite, John Hendry’s niece and Joan’s rival in love. PHILIP HENDRY, Sybil’s brother. DOROTHY STARKE, Joan’s girlhood friend. CHARLES NORTON, ing promoter,

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Yesterday: = Police were ~called in on the Hendry murder and Joan fled, finally secluding herself in a dingy rooming house in New York.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

EFORE noon on Friday, Sybil |*

drove out to the airport to meet Bob. She had wired him only of the sudden death of ner uncle, spar-

: ing the details, and begging him to

return at once. In reply, he promised to take the first available plane. Sybil’s eyes were red with weeping as she greeted him. “What happened, . Sybil?” Bob asked | her in horror-stricken tones. “He was so perfectly well when I left—"" She shook her head sorrowfully. “I'll explain‘in the car. . . . Do you mind driving, Bob? I'm so terribly upset.” “Of course.” He helped her gently into the car, tucked the robe about her feet. As he walked around and got into the seat beside her, she wiped away the last traces of her tears. “It was a heart attack, I suppose?” he asked, once they were under way.” “No. Nothing like that ~. . . Oh, Bob, my dear!” Her tears burst forth afresh,| and her voice was slightly hysterical. “How can I ever tell you?” “Tell me what, Sybil?” His tone was anxious. “What did happen to him?” : » “Uncle John—was—murdered.” “Murdered! My God, Sybil, you can’t mean it!”

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E pulled over te the side of ihe road and stopped the car, too schocked, for the moment, to drive farther. “You | don't mean it, Sybil!” he protested, searching her face for a denial. “It’s true, Boh, I can’t believe it myself. But there's no doubt—" “Who did it? When did it happen? Where?” Briefly she explained how she had come to find the body. ;“I couldn't sleep. Bob,” she emphasized; “thinking of Uncle John all alone in the house with that money—" Bob started. “The money! I'd completely forgotten it. Whoever did this—” He broke off abruptly. “That's what the police believe,” Sybil agreed. “Someone who knew about the money—" “But that’s impossible, Sybil,” he protested. “Nobody knew about it except Joan and I—by the way, how is Joan?” Sybil sighed. This was not the moment to tell him—not yet. She must lead up to it slowly, with infinite patience. Above all, he must believe that he wrung the truth from her, against her will. “I haven't seen her this morning,” she replied, evasively. “The poor girl!” he exclaimed. “I know she's as broken up about this as you are—" Sybil broke sobs. Bob quickly. “Forgive me, Sybil,” he pleaded. “I didn't mean to put it that way. He was your uncle. He meant everything to you. But Joan and I both loved him so dearly—” Sybil’s sobs persisted. Bob waited a few moments in awkward silence until she composed herself.

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2 2 4 a HO did it?” then. “Haven't. the police any idea?” - Sybil did not answer immediately. “Tell me, Sybil,” he insisted. “Who did it? My God, I could tear the fellow apart with my bare hands.” His voice shook and the knuckles of his hand as he gripped the wheel showed white. He looked at her impatiently, wondering why she did not answer. Syhil drooped her eyes before him. ¥ “What is the matter, Sybil? Why can’t you tell me?” She took a long deep breath, then, straightening and t@fning toward him, she laid her hand over his. “Bob, my dear, I'd sooner cut out my tongue than tell you—" “What are you driving at?” He frowned as he tried to read her thoughts. - Sybil looked up into his eyes with a plea for understanding. “I came out to meet you, Bob,” she said tenderly, “thinking that I might break the news to you. The police are at the house; they know everything. But I did not want you to hear it from them—" “Hear what, Sybil? Hear who murdered John Hendry? I would not care if my own brother did it —I'd want to kill him for it. Who did it?” Her voice was low, and it trembled as she answered: “The police think—oh, I know theyre wrong, Boh! I know there’s been a horrible, inconceivable mistake—" “Whom do the police think did iw” : “Joan Barrett.” She breathed the name tremulously, as if it were torn from her very heart. .

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OB’S face became instantly distorted with a terrible anger, and he grasped Sybil's shoulder in a cruel grip. «p— you, Sybil!” he fairly shrieked. “What are you trying to sa an She raised her eyes to his piteously, and as she saw the anger in his face, she drew back instinctively. For the moment she thought that he would strike her. : “Forgive me, Bob,” she begged. “1t is ridiculous, of course. But that is what the police are saying. I was afraid, when they told you, that you might do something. . . . Bob, you must be sensible about this.” “Sensible! The whole thing would be crazy, if it weren’t such a damnable outrage. I'll wring their necks if they dare to suggest such a thing to me—"' “But that is what I'm trying to prevent. Bob. Don’t you see, you . you will only make it worse.” Gradually his anger subsided, and

“he sank back, stunned.

After a moment, he asked, quiet-

dy: “Where is she? Have they—" 3 Tok

shook her head.. “They “baven't taken: her

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“Where is she?” “I don’t know, Bob. She disappeared—" “Disappeared?” “Yes. That's why—" “I know. That's why they suspect her. The police always suspect whoever disappears. But why in the world should she have. run away? Did she know about it?” Sybil shook her head and sighed plaintively. “Nobody knows, Bob. It’s all such a mystery. Dorothy Starke admitted that Joan went to see Uncle John last night about a —a private matter. . . .” Bob laughed brutally.

= ” n SEE,” he said, with biting sarcasm. ‘Joan went to your uncle and asked him to raise my |salary because we're getting married. . . . or perhaps she asked for an extra week’s pay in advance. He refused, so she killed him and took

the $40,000.” He broke off, a catch in his voice,

and the frown on- his brow deepened. His tone was serious as he added: “I can't for the life of me see what made her run away. How do the worthy police explain that?” “They think she may have been frightened—" “Frightened? Afraid of being accused -of murder, you mean?” Sybil nodded. “Don’t be a fool, Sybil,” Bob cried rudely. “Why should she be afraid of that?” “Because—because—" Sybil broke

| off abruptly, and wiped her eyes

with the corner of her handkerchief again. She must tell this tactfully, and—reluctantly. “Because why? Come on, you might as well tell me the whole story. You've gone this far.” “Because—oh, Bob, my dear,

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please believe me. I'd do anything in this world to spare you. . ..” “So I see,” he replied -curtly. “Well—” He turned the ignition i key and started the motor again. “I might as well go and ask the police.” ” # Bn YBIL laid a restraining hand on his arm. ‘No, wait, Boh. I'll tell you. The police have found out that

that he killed a man.” “What?” ’ “That's what they say, Bob. happened in San Francisco—" “I don’t believe it!” “He was hanged at San Quenfin. 0" : “What of it? Many an innocent man has been hanged. Why, that girl’s father never killed a man any more than I did! Nothing could make me believe it.” . “Naturally not . . . “How did they find that out so quickly?” Sybil did not tell him the part she had played in the discovery. She must prevent his knowing that, in some way. She would ask Inspector Kennedy . . . “I'm sure I don’t know, Bob,” she said brazenly. “I suppose the police have ways of finding out—" “Well, they made a mistake in this case.” He headed out into the road again. His knuckles were still white as he held the wheel, and there were tiny beads of perspiration on his upper lip. He drove with a mad intensity, only one thought dominating him. He must find Joan and calm her fears. Then he would clear away these suspicions concerning her. God! What a thing to have happen—just one day before they had planned to be married.

(To Be Continued)

CASTAWAYS—B

. Daily Short Story

y Horton Jacques

HE sun looked like a tired red balloon sinking in the West and Roger Hamilton came down from the high cliffs which encircled the island. His eyes were bloodshot from long hours.spent in gazing at an empty sea. “No luck,” he said wearily to his wife, and stretched out full length on the tough, coarse grass. Paula Hamilton glanced at him and kept on with her task of broiling three small fish on sticks over the little fire. “It’s two weeks| today since the shipwreck,” she olserved. Roger said gloomiily, “It looks like we'll be marooned |in this forsaken spot for the rest of \our lives. Two long weeks without\catching sight of a ship isn't what couraging.” “It isn’t a very cheerful outlook,” Paula agreed, ‘“but——you’ll just have to make the best of it.” ” 'n 2 : HERE was no hint of sarcasm in her voice, but her remark gave Roger an excuse to bring up the subject which they had consistently avoided ever since they had fought their way to safety on this island after their lifeboat hed capsized. - After all, it had to be brought out into the open sooner or later. Now was as good a.time as any. “Very well,” he declared. “You know what we're up against if a ship never comes close enough to this island to see our distress signals.” Paula answered him quietly. “I realize it isn’t so much our utter helplessness—it’s the fact that we’ll have to continue to live together.” She paused. When she spoke again, her voice was brittle. “I think the only way we can possibly manager, is to be sensible about it.” Roger sat erect, his eyes resting on her questioningly. “What do you mean?” “If we were two married people alone on this island, we might elect to become unmarried in the eyes of Heaven, as the saying goes. However, since we were on our way home to get a divorce, we’ll consider that we are divorced. Does that clear up everything for you?”

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SHE removed the fish from the fire and handed the. whole unsavory mass to Roger. “There’s your dinner. want any.” “Wait a minute, Paula. Sit down.” She ignored his command and remained standing. “If you have something to say, be quick. I must take my turn. at sentry duty.” “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about,” he protested. “We're wasting our time watching endlessly for ships.” “Then, you're ready to abandon all hope of being saved?” she asked. “There never was much hope. I only continued the rescue idea as a method of bolstering up your spirits.” “Why mine?” “Because I've known all along what a tough spot we're in. You were half asleep when the sailors in our lifeboat said that we were among La Tres Marias Islands. They're located in one of the most lonesome spots in the Pacific Ocean, and aside from a little boat that carries supplies to a penal colony on the largest of the islands, - were miles off the regular steamship lines.” Paula regarded him steadily for a moment, then turned toward the cliffs. : “I still prefer to spend the night up there alone,” she said. Roger sat gazing moodily into the fire as she walked away.

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AULA climbed the cliff and made her way to the spot where she and Roger had painstakingly collected a pile of brush, which was ready to be converted into a fiery beacon at the first sight of a passing ship. The sea, which, because of the cup-shaped formation of the island, had been concealed from her view in the sheltered spot from which she had climbed, now spread out before her on all sides. Paula seated herself on a ledge, and gazed out at the endless expanse of water. It was hard to believe that, out of that lifeboat filled with people, she and Roger were the only ones who had reached this island.

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It wak still twilight when she

‘| heard the sound of

the harsh stones. She turned. Roger stood silhouetted against the darkening sky. “What are you doing here?” she demanded sharply. “One of us is supposed to watch the fire.” He walked up to her. “Confound it, Paula, I'm lonesome! All this talk about a divorce is silly! I—I love you, and always will. . ...” n ” ”

HE had risen. They were standing very close to each other— and suddenly, the invisible barrier which had separated them disappeared. He clasped her in his arms, holding her tight. “I simply went haywire over that girl in Mexico City,” he admitted bitterly. “There never can be anyone else but you. Don’t you know that, Paula?” “I couldn’t be sure ...” she whispered. “That—that’s why I waited—" “Waited? What are you talking about?” She turned him around so that he faced the sea. Across the distant horizon drifted the riding lights of a little steamer. “There goes the supply boat, making its regular trip to the penal colony,” she said. “I’'ve—I've seen it pass every evening at this time... .” THE END

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