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CAST OF CHARACTERS | - LINDA BENTON — ‘Heroine, daughter -of a famous singer. : CAPT. BARRYMORE TRENT — Hero, | S8ying “daredevil.” i MIRANDA TRENT—Barrymore’ s grandmother; sa ‘strong woman.” 3
Yesterday—Barry, leaving Linda afraid and tearful, starts on his ‘hazardous rescue trip. At the airport, another woman’s voice takes the air to speed. him - well!
CHAPTER NINE
HE voice that spoke next was ; unmistakably familiar. It was the voice of Rita Blanchard. ° ~ “There isn’t much one can say, is there ” Rita began, “when you see someone whom you have—been very fond of—Barry Trent and I played together as children—setting off alone in the dark on such an errand? , . . But I do want to say to Barry, if he is’ listening, ‘Godspeed’ and ‘come back soon’.” “Children, together, my foot!” snorted the Duchess when she could get her breath. “Rita Blanchard was plucking her eyebrows when Barry was playing with’ blocks. What some people will do for - a little publicity!” ‘They went to bed then. ... That is, they went to their roonts. To ‘Linda, climbing the stairs, it seemed for the first time since Barry's coming had brought the old house to life, that the faces of the dead and gone Trents lining the stairway peered down at her with. secret, silent hostility. ® t J ® ND this was her wedding night. * Next morning life went on much as usual except that there were no bursts of song at the breakfast table,
no swift feet taking the stairs two
at a time, no fragrance of pipe tobacco floating through the rooms— and that from time to time, Linda fingered incredulously a small golden circlet that-hung on a ribbon under her dress, close against the white hollow of her throat. yn The early edition of the afternoon paper carried a last-minute item to the effect that Capt. Barry Trent, having covered the first leg of his flight in record time, would rest and refuel before continuing south. Early in the afternoon a stream of callers began to pour ‘into the house. Old Miranda received them Tegally in her high-backed chair; Iida with dour amusement, “You Bight think from the way they-go n that this was a funeral, and they > hired mourners.” :
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Mss CHATTAM was among the |
first to come. She was with Mrs. Trent when Linda went in with a message. Remembering the circumstances under which she had last seen the lynx-eyed Miss Chattam, Linda | flushed as she greeted the caller. Her flush deepened as she saw the woman flash a significant sideglance at Barry’s grandmother. So they had been talking about hi.: 1unda remembered Barry's words: “There, by. the grace of God, goes the best-oiled tongue in 20 counties.” What had Lydia Chattam been telling Barry’s grandmother? Whatever it was, the old lady seemed imperturbed, even {faintly amused. “You must miss having Capt. Trent about, Miss Benton,” Lydia Chattam said as soon as she had an opportunity.” “And how pleasant it must have been for him—having a pretty “young girl in the house. There's so little amusement for a lively young: man in this town.”
was said with the most plausible amiability; but the implication was inescapable—a lively young man diverting his idle. moments with his grandmother's paid companion. And no doubt that was the only version of the affair that old Miranda would find credible. That
accounted for her tolerant amuse- |,
ment. . . . And was that amusement faintly tinged with pity? oA sweetheart in every port.” That anyone should believe such @ thing was an insult, Linda felt, to the dignity of her love—of Barry's love for her. For the’ first time in her sheltered, rather placid life, she found ‘herself furiously angry. For the first time since she had come to the Trent house, she could not find tasks enough to keep hands and minds busy. There were unendurably idle moments in which she found herself wandering about, her ‘hands lingering in caress upon objects Barry had used or touched— ‘his chair at the table, a book he had been reading--her mind traveling around and around again the cycle of their brief, stormy" companionship. £ o EJ ”
ATE in, the afternoon old Mi+4 randa came upon her sitting on the lower flight of stairs, her €lbows resting on: her knees, her chin cupped in her palms, her eyes wide on space. “My dear Miss Benton, how: tired you look!” she said, with a gentleness so that fears’ : to Linda’s eyes.
in an interval she observed to
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dltoet a2. S00R a she: and. Barry had left him and Mr. Chadwick at
riage. In fact, he could not even have finished filling it out, . .: Not that it mattered: That could be attended to later. .Anyhow, she had kept her promise to Barty. * 8.» a {HE walked on down to the lake - and put on her skates. Skating was one of Linda's -accomplishments.: She had been. well taught, and though she looked frail, her body was as strong and supple as finely tempered steel. On skates, she was as much at home as most girls on a dance floor. She had not been on the ice long before she began to realize that peo-
umming- . Then she began to Bear. voices—snatches of conversaon: ; | “—and Miss Chattam said . they fairly jumped apart when she opened the door’— ager’s. not worried. She’ll see that Barry doesn’t slip”’—“Of course. No one’s quite good enough for ‘my grandson, the captain’ ”—
most ran home. A little later she came upon Mrs. Trent seated before the dining room table. Spread out before her were dozens of photographs. . . . Photographs of Barry —~Barry w= a grave, dark-eyed, adorable baby in an almost complete state of nature; Barry: as a
the depot, obviously he ‘could not ‘have filed the record of their mar-| mood
“Oh, the dow-|.
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with one. irons tooth gone: Barry|
on horseback; Barry in uniform—
ALTE sheepishly, yet with. the
row.one.” But Linda knew why they were all spread out there; and she felt a rush of affection for the:
pogetble five minutes ago. had .come back to the house determined to leave as soon as she could get ready. . She would leave a letter for Barry, explaining to him that her position here was untenable —unbearable. gun tq pack. Now she went slowly upstairs and put her clothes back into closets and
randa in.her care? The night the radio reported Capt. Trent well on the last leg of his
tence in the broadcast, however,
“that Capt. Trent will make a safe landing in time to escape the unseasonable tropical storm which is Sweeping Westward across the Caribbean.”
(To Be Continued) |
small boy, grinning ingratiatingly, :
(All events, names’ and charactérs in this story are. wholly fictitious.)
Barty, a6 Wry age and: in every
air of one determined to brazen : out. a compromising situation, the| old. lady said, “Quite a gallery, isn't |’ it? The newspapers asked: ‘to bor- :
old . lady | that she would not have ¢ ‘believed
She had already be-
rawers. After all, hadn't Barry left old Mi- |:
flight. There was one ominous 'sen- |:
that sent Linda’s nails deep into her |.
urning .| palms. : <5 . with &y cheeks; Linda al “It is hoped,” the announcer said,
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WEAK’ SISTER—By Athlyn Deshais.
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OPEY’S a weak sister, boss!” Rizzo said definitely. “In the first place, I can’t see why you ever took him into the mob at all. And in the second place, I think you're nuts to use him for this job!” : Romano thoughtfully leaned his elbows on the desk:in the office of the produce warehouse. He smiled easily.
“You're smart ‘enough to be my best man in this racket, Rizzo,” he complimented softly. “But you've got no head for angles! Even a sap like Mopey’s bound to be of some use. And I intend to use him to finger the lad in this’ organization who’s been talking too much to the wrong guys!” “But, boss!” Rizzo protested vehemently. “You know as well as I do that Mopey doesn’t know what time it is! A guy like that can get you into a mess of trouble without even knowing it!” “All right!” Romano agreed. “A guy like that can be used also fo get me out of a mess of trouble, like those dicks from the commissioner’s office snooping around, without even Y | knowing what he’s doing. Youll see!” : ® 2 = OU’RE way beyond me,” admitted Rizzo. “I believe you because you're the boss and because you've never pulled any dumb moves yet. But I still don’t see....” Romano leaned forward confidentially. “Listen, my old friend,” he explained patiently. “Somebody in this place is singing to the cops about our shakedowns in this produce business. We can be investigated fairly closely because we're running a- legitimate business with the produce we get instead of money. But what if somebody rats on us about where we get our goods, what then?” Romano left the question danglivg. “We get the short end of the. deal!” Rizzo supplied. “And maybe a stretch upstate in the bargain!” “Exactly! Did you ever hear of the expression about fighting fire with fire? Well, that's what I in-| tend to do. I infend to get. Mopey to circulate around and rat on the guy that’s doing the squeal Rizzo shook his head dou tfully. “He might be dumb, but he’s no rat,
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OPEY walked out of the warehouse office and down the loading platform, a puzzled wrinkle between his brows. He sat down on a case of celery at the:end of the platform and gave himself over to undivided thought—as much as he was capable of commanding. ‘This was a new wrinkle, he thought. side the mob to check up on every member to seb which was the most valuable man in case something or other might happen to Rizzo and the boss find himself in ‘of a new lieutenant in a hurry. /But why was he chosen for the job? The question held entrancing possibilities. ‘Maybe he was better than he thought himself! A pleased look stamped Mopey’s stupid countenance at the reflection. Anyway, the boss had told him to stop chumming around so much with Butch and sort of circulate around alternately with each one of the mob. All he had to do was notice what they
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F course, he had thought at first that it smelled too much like ratting on his own bunch, but now, since the boss had explained it, everything was. clear. Funny that he hadn't realized right away that it wass all for the good of the mob to be ready for any emergency— just like the army or something. He found that the question of private investigation was a lot more simple than he had expected. Practically everyone in the organization liked to have him around because he was a constant source of fun. He was so dumb 4t was practically unbelicvable—and the boys took ad-
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him all the practical jokes that came along. And Mopey took them all good naturedly. Meanwhile, alert to the responsibilities of his new position, he kept his eyes open and checked the activities of the members, one by one. He got so good he could even remember details of what the boys told him about their private enteérprises outside of the job. These he mace a desperate effort to rememBer 60 that 1n turn: he copie wsport,
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