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Take your ick.” 3 If 1t had not been for that glimpse of the boy beneath, Annassa’s red head | would have had something to say to this. As it was she took plenty of time t immer down. Then: avid was a little man.” But only in comparison with Go- liath.” The modernist’s way of reading new ideas into the Old Testament. She could not help wondering who this David's Goliath might be, and whether he had already prepared a sling with which to slay him. “Must you keep up this air of mystery with me? I am willing—eager—to be your friend——" He stopped her. “Why are you eager to be my friend? After all, what do you know about me?” Yes, that had been a mistake. She had not meant to go as far as offering friendship to a person she knew so little about. But something in the dark eyes which had never left her face would not let her say =o. Instead, she found herself murmuring: “I know that last night you saved my life.” He would not hear of that for a rea- son. A mere matter of being on hand at the right moment. The time, the place and the man. “And that vou rode my horse, Dra- cula,” she went on, heedless of his protestations, “which gives you two of the first requisites for friendship—re- sourcefulness and courage.” As an afterthought, “And you've just added another—modesty.” Her tone, rather than her words, seemed to touch him. For the first time the broad shoulders relaxed. An invisible barrier fell away. “Don’t,” he begged with disconcerting earnestness. “Don’t say you'll be my friend unless you mean it.” No use trying to back ocut now. But at least the situation should be handled with as light a touch as ible. So: “The fact that fate has thrown us together on this ghost-ridden farm establishes a sort of bond. And any- way” —here came the light touch — “better friends than enemies.” “Oh,” he said shortly. And after a moment, “It was your idea, you know, not mine.” There was an uncomfortable silence, broken by David. “You've every right in the world to distrust me; and you do, I can see it in your eyes. Admit now, you're mot quite sure whether I had anything to do with the two murders or not.” Annassa was {rank enough to admit she had had her doubts. Today, since coming to the red barn, to be exact, ;.nose doubts had begun to seem ridicu- lous. Her companion studied her admir- ingly. “Not afraid to face issues, are you?” “Why should I be? Are you?” ¥'Lord, I don't know!” He drew a breath through lean nostrils and looked down at her from a height of six feet and four inches. “Whatever brought a girl ke you to & place like this?"” assa gave to her reply more con- sideration than the question deserved, | or so she thought. “I ecame to right a wrong.” A look of incredulity was ser reward, “And how are you getting on?” “Badly,” she admitted. “Very badly!" With a sudden savage gesture he ph]xlnud his clenched fist against the wall. “Damn it all! Bride's House can't hold its secret forever. It shan’t! Il ;?fir th?' place apart, shingle by shingle. She put her hand on his arm. volg;hwa,s tense with e:é:ik.men!,. “Then you came on the same errand | that brought me?” Instantly the old air of eaution re- | turned. { ‘This was as bad as Her IN THE STORE Flowered and Plain Chiffons! Shantun Suits! Polka Dots Washable Silks! Or- gandies! Prints! Party Frocks! Sizes 12 to 44 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1930. Ask No Questions By Beldon Duff ©opyright, 1990, by North American Newspaper AMiance. Ine. “What gave you tnat idea?” And in a troubled tone, “I doubt if & wrong that isn't righted on the spot can ever “Oh, so far as that goes,”” she tried to speak gayly. “I am beginning to doubt everything, even my ability to escape the fate of my predecessors on this farm. He caught his breath. “That’s what's been—worrying me”— gulping out the words as though each one stuck in his throat—“ever since— you came here.” More suspicious—this time along a different line. “You didn't come to spy upon me? You're not being paid by some one to scare me away?” His look of surprise was better than a thousand denials. “I? Scare you away? Say, listen.” Stooping till his face was less than a foot aw from her own, “I've been so afraid you'd quit I haven't known what to do. Every night I've stood under vour window until long after the light went out. And every morning I've waited till you made the rounds of the stables, dreading lest you'd gone—wondering if I'd ever see you again. If I—" H took a determined grip on himself. When he spoke again it was with inten- tional brusqueness. “Don’t talk rub- bish. Of course I'm not being paid. Your barging in last week with all the live stock was a complete surprise. I'd been anticipating an uninterrupted month or two here to work out some- thing for myself.” ‘The mistress of Bride's House thought a moment. “Well, if we both want to be uninter- rupted, and .we both want to find out what's going on here, then there's no reason why we can't work together, is there?” Her companion threw back his head and laughed :ill the echoes woke in the rotting rafters. ““You're a persistent kid. No, I sup- pose there isn't any reason why we shouldn’t work together. And to show that I'm no niggard when it comes to a bargain I'm going to let you in on a discovery I made the day before you arrived.” Swiftly, and without a ice to see whether she followed the big siranger led the way to the harness room, where he paused before the trap- door which had first lured her on to the discovery of Otto’s dead body. Tak- ing a small flashlight from the pocket of his flannel shirt, he handed it to her and, stooping, lifted the door hy means of the ring imbedded in one of its cen- ter planks. The light made it possible | to get down the ladder without mishap, 50 her guide did not offer to assist kLer: but when the cellar had been 1reached | she found a hand stretched out, waiting, and heard a warning: “Mind you don't tri The floor's covered and rusty nafls.” ‘Without further comment they picked their way to the farther corner, where David dropped the fingers which had rested on his palm and took over the flashlight. “Here!"” As he spoke he was lifting away packing cases, handling their weight and bulk with the ease of a child play- ing with a set of building blocks. In a moment the wall behind had been laid bare; and Annassa saw, near the floor, a round dark hole scarcely larger than the top of a hogshead. “The mouth of a tunnel,” announced the giant in a voice which trembled with some strange emotion. “Your stable boy, snooping around among these boxes, came upon it. A fairly dl}mgerous discovery. It cost him his life.” Annassa West stooped and peered into the hole. “Where does it lead to?” ‘God knows!” “You haven't explored it?"” “Not” She stood up. “You found it last week, and you haven't explored it ye#? Why?" His answer amazed her., “Go into that rat hole? It's impos- sible—physically inipossible.” The girl measured the opening with a piece of scantling ard then tried it against the wide chest. “I think you can do it.” she said gravely, and waited, her heart thump- ing, for the answer. fNot ‘The heart thumped a little harder, “Why not?” Her companion turned the flash- lignt down so that his face was hidden from her. | “I lled & moment ago. It is not a | physical impossibility. It is a mental | one. And there is no use Mkm!nm” what or why, because I do not ow myeelf. If I did I would not be here now, in Bride's House.” (To be continued.) over anything. th broken glass Many new highways are projected in | hina. | AVIATION TRAFFIC SHOWS INCREASES Reports Emphasizing Prog- ress of Six Months Are Seen as Good Omens. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, July 9.—Air traffic is in- creasing steadily in volume, even in a period of slack general business. Avia- tion companies feel that this means that a decided spurt of activity waits only for a return to normal in the industrial world. Reports of the larger operating com- panies emphasize the progress made during the first six months of this year. Nearly all have had increased mail busi- ness with passenger traffic far ahead of a year ago. Reduced fares, however, have had some effect on the return from the passenger carrying. National Air Transport advises that it carried 1,042,315 pounds of mail and express during the first half of 1930, an increase of 97,215 pounds over the cor- responding period a year ago. Boeing, which handles a large share of the mail pusiness to the West Coast, reports in- creases, and it is about to spend $300,000 on hangars for planes at seven points between Chicago and Oakland. The Consolidated Air Passenger Bu- reau, at Chicago, says that three times as much passenger business was han- dled out of Chicago in June of this year as in June a year ago. Transcontinental Air Transport carried 30,000 passengers on its train-plane service during the year, with travel increasing. Boeing in the Fall is planning to open an all-plane transcontinental passenger service to cover the span between New | York and San Francisco in about 27 hours. Twenty-hour service already is FURNITURE RENTING OFFICE FURNITURE "oise OI6 EStN.W, in effect on this system between here and the West Coast. According to the American Air Trans- port Association, which represents 21 commercial companies, NEer-CAITy~ ing planes now are flying 91,361 miles & day and are serving 226 communities on 263 regular schedules. This com- pares with 61,025 flown a year ago, con- necting only 151 points. Thirty-nine companies are operating regularly, compared with 21 a year ago, and a timetable of plane schedules just issued assumes many of the character- istics of a T ar railway schedule. Radio is playing an increasingly im- portant part on the longer passenger routes. The Boeing Co., with two-way radio telephone communication with its pilots all of the time that they are in the air, advises that the results have been excellent. The telephone removes nearly all but the mechanical hazard from flying, and that is considered neg- ligible with modern planes. (Copyright, 1930.) The cleanliness of his building and the m of tenants a re of the tor'’s proficiency. 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