Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1937 — Page 18

CAST OF CHARACTERS KAY DEARBORN—heroine who inherits a yacht for vacation. MELITA HOWARD—Kay’s roommate and coadventurer. : PRISCILLA DUNN—the third adventurer. FORREST BROTHERS and GRANT HARPER—young scientists whose ex--pedition turned out to be a rare experience,

Yesterday: The search is intensified when Grant Harper fails to return after he went ashore to find Kay.

CHAPTER TWELVE HE two girls quickly followed Tom Forrest into the speedboat’s cockpit. , “Hadn’t you better stay aboard /the yacht?” he asked. Melita shook her head stubbornly. “We're going with you.” “That’s probably the best plan,” Mac agreed. “No telling what might happen ‘if we leave them on the Mistral alone. That fellow seems to be everywhere at once. Hang on a minute, Tom. I'm going to grab up a couple of revolvers from the cabin.” His brother stepped on the starter, bringing the motor to life with a roar. “Good idea!” In a moment Mac was back, two belts and holsters in his hand. He leaped over the rail and handed one to Tom Forrest. “Lets go...” 2 zs 2 "A FTER leaving Mac Forrest in the speedboat at the north end of the island, Grant Harper skirted closely along the wood. He wished now he had not left the Mistral in such a hurry, for he was completely unarmed, and the more he considered the story Melita had related the more. certain he was that Kay Dearborn was in real danger. Since that casual glimpse of her in Fairweather Cove he had carried a mental picture of Kay, trim and freshrand eager at the wheel of the little Chinook. He remembered, too, the clear and pleasant . voice which drifted out to him over the waters of the cove that night. ” ” ” S the Mistral bore on north, he had confided lightly to Mac and Tom . Forrest that he wished they had stayed ‘longer at Fairweather Cove. Long enough to really becomé acquainted with the skipper and crew of the little cruisér. The Forrest brothers had guyed him as part of the game, although they knew Grant Harper to be a serious fellow whose work was both his livelihood and his play. They never dreamed - that Kay Dearborn had in reality struck something in Grant’s heart, given him a curious feeling at once’ sad and gay. He had always been a quiet chap, so they failed to perceive that since the night at Fairweather Cove his silence carried a deeper quality. Now as” he skirted the edge of the wood in search of Kay Dearborn, he realized that he was in love with her. He knew he would willingly risk his-life for her.

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E had not gone far when he saw the little Chinook lanchored close to the shore. Although there was no visible sign of life aboard, Harper removed his Jacket and shoes and waded into the water. As quietly as possible he swam toward the cruiser and heaved himself aboard. A quick examination showed her to be deserted—and told him nothing to solve the mystery of what had happened to Kay Dearborn. His jaw set grimly, Harper dived back into the water and swam to shore. in swift, powerful strokes. Hurriedly getting into his shoes, he struck on down the beach, determined now to search every square foot of the island until he had found the girl he sought. Mac Forrest and the waiting speedboat were forgotten. So definite and determined was his purpose that everything else was shut out. pl = 2 ” ITHIN an hour he had traveled almost the entire east shore of the island, and now he started out across it, heedless of the growing dusk. © Remembering the cabin, he decided that Kay’s captor would be likely to take her there. As much as the thick growth would permit, he increased his pace, hoping he would be able to find the spot before nightfall. He was stumbling madly along in -the underbrush - when something white and moving caught his eye ahead. He ran faster, saw the ob- | ject suddenly disappear. And then, a hundred yards on, he found Kay Dearborn, prone and cowering. When she looked up .from the depression into which she had tumbled in her fright, when she saw that her pursuer was Grant Harper, she began to weep hysterically. Jeaped down, lifted her gently against his shoulder. “Thank God I've found you,” he whispered huskily. “Are you all right? | Are you hurt?” s ” ” AY shook her head weakly. “Just . . . just awfully tired.” “My friends and I happened to. run into your cruising mates. How _ did you get away from the Chi-. nook? There was someone aboard with you, wasn’t there?” “Yes . . .” She told him what hafi happened after leaving Melita and Priscilla on shore and boarded the Chinook. “You're all right now,” Harper told her scothingly. “We can’t be far from where the Mistral is anchored—and your friends are safe aboard.” Carefully he helped her

to her feet. “Do you think you can |.

.make it?” Kay smiled. “I—I think so.” He looked -down at her sneakers, torn to shreds by the underbrush. “Good Lord! You'll have to wear my shoes. You can’t get anywhere in those.” “What about you?” ” ” » RANT HARPER laughed. “I never had a pair of shoes until I was 17 or 18. That's my success story and I'll stick to it. Anyhow, my feet are plenty tough.” He was down on one knee, unlacing a shee. “You may splash

around in’ these some—but they’ |

"be. better than those open-work sandals you have on. Poor kid! You must have had the devil's own time. there for a while!” : “I've never been so frightened in my life,” Kay confessed. “I—I really wanted to die .. . quickly. It’s awful rot to know what’s going to happen to you.” Harper's eyes narrowed. “I'll get thas man if it’s the last thing I

on his arm. “Let’s just get away from this horrible island as quickly ass we can. That's all I want tc do.” Co” ” ” -~ | id was not so much Grant Harper's arm about her waist as his nearness that buoyed Kay, gave her a strength she had believed she would. never again possess. Together they stumbled ‘through’ the darkness, seeking the open beach, searching for the lights of the Mistral. They would never quite forget the moment when the darkness spoke. When a narrow shaft of light flashed near them and a voice said, “Stop where you are! ... And now follow this light.” Kay knew that voice. Her heart seemed to freeze, and she clutched Harper’s arm warningly. They could see nothing. Nothing except the blinding shaft of light thrown full

attack,” the voice said. “Don’t attempt that, or I shall have to shoot you down. Just follow the light, as I tell you.” = Silently they obeyed. There was nothing else to do. The holder of the flash lamp knew his way well, guiding them faultlessly to a badly kept path. It was covered with weeds, but once it had been clear and the going was comparatively easy along it. Kay”and Harper occasionally stumbled, and each time this happened they wondered if their awkwardness might be mistaken for a false move which would bring death from behind that glare of light. Suddenly the beam went out. “There are steps directly in front of you,” the voice said. “You will please go down.”

into their faces.

‘Daily Short Story

REWARD—By P. W. Copeland

OM LAWLER leaned forward against the steep slope of the hill she was climbing. In one hand she carried a small basket with a dirty towel pulled over its mouth— the other she used to help herself along. “Je-eff!” she shouted when she came to a small level part, “Ha-ank! Je-eff!” Neither Hank nor Jeff answered, so Mom took up her basket again and climbed on toward the next level. Halfway up she stopped and a wry smile crossed her face. Here she was climbing up to her “boys” and only half an hour ago the sheriff had had her under close surveillance to make sure that she didn’t go to them alone. It took a mountain woman to “ditch” people.

” ” ” “y TANK! Jeff!" Lawlér boys!” she haloed. Saying “Lawler boys” made her smile slightly. That was the way the reporters spoke about them. The reporters who were so sure they'd killed old Zeb Willits. Just because they had had a grudge against Zeb since he killed their best dog didn’t mean that it was Hank and Jeff who'd killed him. Even if Jeff’s old gun had been found near the body. Mom stopped and listened for a moment—there was nothing but the hollow silence of the hills. After a brief rest she started on. “Are you alone, Mom?” Mom turned toward the woods, but there was no one in sight. “That you, Jeff? Heh, I'll bet it was the glimpse of this food basket that brought you out.”

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T Mom's words Jeff stepped out from a dense clump of bushes and pulled Hank after him. Hank smiled sheepishly and eyed the basket. “Yes, I brought food,” Mom said, “and it's a right shame you boys have to hide out thisaway. But, if you as much as looked guilty those city fellers’d hang you. That’s all over now, though, boys. I brung good news along with this food.”

“News, Maw?” Jeff asked, taking a fried chicken leg from the basket. “Yep, boys, they caught old Lafe Evans and he ’fessed up to the murderin’.” : “Naw!” Hank exclaimed through a well-filled mouth. “I said so, didn’t I?” Mom demanded. After they got their stomachs full Mom. led her boys back down the mountain toward home. When they reached the cabin community a handful of its citizens stepped out to meet them. Among them was Sheriff Hilmart. E 2 ” ; “QHERIFF,” Maw said, “here’s the boys. Now how about that thousand dollars reward Zeb’s widow put up?” Hilmart looked from Mom to her two" gangling sons incredulously. Both Jeff and Hank stood dumbfounded. Every one there knew how Zeb’s widow, ever mindful of the interfamily hatred, had been so sure the Lawler boys were guilty that she had deposited with the sheriff a good part of her inheritance, $1000, to be given to the person who brought the boys in. When the spell broke Jeff bolted and started running. Three of the

townsfolk downed him before he’d gone 100 feet. “Maw, I just cain’t believe it!” Hank exlaimed. As he stood and looked at her his eyes became misty. After that his whole face fired up and he made a lunge for her. She stepped aside just in time fo escape his bearlike grasp and the sheriff managed to clamp his big fists together with a pair of handcuffs. “It ain’t right, Mom Lawler,” Hilmart said, “but it’s my duty to take ’em. I never thought that a hill woman would just up and sell her own sons. It’s a good thing Pap Lawler ain't livin’, that’s all I'm sayin’.” ” ” ” HE sheriff turned away with a look, of disgust and, accompanied by his deputy, led his charges toward his rickety ffivver. The town folk stood and stared at

Mom, but she returned their hateful :

glances with a flashy, clever twinkle in her eyes as if she were thinking

how dumb they were for not having been able to find Jeff and Hank and get the reward themselves. : The next day Mom put on her best clothes and went down to the county seat. The sheriff had her $1000 there for her. Mom counted it carefully. “That’s sin money, Mom,” Hilmart told her, his voice thick, “and it’s too bad Maw Willits put it through me and can’t. withdraw it.” “All that don’t make it unspendable,” Mom told him cockily, “and, sheriff, just watch me spend it. Oh, and thank you.” The next week the Lawler boys were tried for the murder of Zeb Willits. - They had the best lawyer from the near-by big city. He had already spent days questioning the boys and studying the case. Mom Lawler sat in the rear of the small room, resplendent in a brand new outfit. The boys kept their eyes away from her. %

n u ” o“ N THE night Zeb Willits was killed,” the lawyer told the court, ‘the Lawler "boys were 10 miles away at a square dance. My witnesses have proved tnat. The gun which was found near the body was lost two months ago by Jeff and, when found, was in a rusted condition and could never have bee red. The widow Willits, who atc¢uses the boys and says that they fought with Zeb earlier that day has made a misstatement. Neither did the boys see Zeb that day nor anyone else hereabouts. They were both far up in the hills with two of my witnesses on a hunting trip.” The big city lawyer produced witness after witness to prove his contentions, and under cross-exam-ination. the widow Willits finally admitted that the boys had not been with Zeb that day.

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S the trial went on the widow’s lawyer lost more and more of his cocksureness until, finally, he was scratching his head and searching around for some new tangent. There being none, the trial was closed and the jury dismissed. There was no doubt as to the verdict. The young city lawyer was the hest the county had ever seen. As soon as the jury went out Mom Lawler went to her boys, smiles all

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