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38% ARE CTRC SY Tagen 74 Aik sahara PAs OE RE Bi 3g The Evening World ¥ Daily Magazine, Thursday, August 12; 1915 Country Life in the City «ith: By Maurice Ketton || j ver wears conpurte NOVEL IN THE EVENING WOR ee eee mmeaa|| Sclentific_ Sprague IT WAKENS HIN AT SUNRISE — HAS THEM ALL OVER THe FLAT TUST Like THE COUNTRY ITHARES HIM THINK OF THE | | BL y FRANCIS LYNDE COUNTRY Sin === The Romance of a New Yorker's == Adventures in Queer Company ==> By Charles Wadsworth Camp RRR while we finish this rubber,” ing to a square hallway out of Molly and Anderson agreed unin- four doors opened. An terestedly, Tony, who had been sit- to the one in the farther right ting on the steps, arose, and, as a corner, He put his hand on the matter of course, entered the house waited a moment, then pushed t yi fun. Tony can clean up afterward The stairs yey j dangerous forest, of the coquina house | —until I can walk the whole gractiy | ‘comes New York to Cay *s island without the uncertainty and with them, ste i SogeterdC bi . pped in. Molly, grt he Somes ina & Vit = rind Pe Errake won oith mn all enThey, Kept, clone to each other in followed him. Miller 4, namelem fear.” Tals mysterions 82, b *F e cold, dark interior until Anderson t i the region, making, the ‘0, no," ahe aaid, harshly, “or, per had atruck @ match and lighted the derson set the lamp on @ iad. Miler theels aod is haps, you will never leave Captain’ nahter of thane Teen Island, I know it. You: en you dining room lamp, which stood between the two wi While Tony made a teht in the 1 the front wall, While he lighted kitchen Miller brought the lamps Sonce of candles there Miller glanced from the parlor and the brary and Pn roe oe he was laced the with the one alrea The dining room. ‘They left no ahade AM RR A owed corners t He called to tae te SCY subjective, and are Molly and Anderson, who were in the |¥ neuras pe pie re itchen ‘com was “Where's the spirit substantial enough Baws and Spey, t had an outworn to face this battery of kerosene?” bP Te i Fk Tony looked at him disapprovingly. Ledstead stood beneath @ Canopy @p= WE HAYe A Nice BATHROOM HE HAS A NICE BED Miller laughed posite the bureau. There was @ Ore- BUT MY HUSBAND PREP BuT HEFSLEEPS ON THIS Set the table, Tony, then fill that place set in the wall to its right. REFERS COT DURING HIS fireplace as full of wood as you can washstand had been placed to ie TO WASH HERE DURING HIS Vaca and set It blazing. Do you mind, Molly, chairs stood on either VACATION IT REMINOS my taking your castle thus by storm?” side at the head of the bed, “Mind!” sh fed. “If had bi of HIM OF A SUMMER, here every TIGNES nw pean, wall paper, ancient and stelaas broadly, had tte; y BOARDING House Miller wandered back to the kitchen. bronze ‘arabemquce. on ® Sree as ‘The size of the room made it appear ground. Miller fancied it gave out bare, unfurnished, in spite of the old- an odor, acrid and unhealthy. In two fashioned ste the iron purnp and or three places it had fallen sway toe nd wth , can't do that, I have told you that Ree a eat the’ Suveaum? I feel these things. It is not safe to Ma Ee atannd Sty teehee cha badly "T shall atay.” we whee Biter seeks. to porn “\ (The chugging of a gasoline engine erignt ion Y » reached ar ateene, oe ; * rencash she . le may go to rabnarllboogd I’ know ho likes you. Don't tell him you have CHAPTER IX. seen me. No one must see me here.” “Except me, and you will come to The Conquering Influence. mo nere again?" he bargained. W HEN they reached the Dart The exhaust of the engine was nearer. She looked wildly around her. Miller lighted the e#aloon gwittiy she stooped and touched her lamp himself. Sitting on @ lips to his hand, then she turned and locker, he directed Tony to ran up the beach, glancing back at come to him and to place him. his hands, palms up, on the polished mahogany table. Then he leaned for- CHAPTER X. | ward to examine the wrists more The Bivouac in the Marshes. {carefully. Immediately he started ck with an exclamation. The i fal, Caeaaves: ie be rasions were disappearing. Even in M Mita tentacle nade icin jsink, the table, and the two or three the ceiling molding and hungin chaira scattered around, There were tatters. The room chilled him. He two windows in the rear wall. One turned to the others, Molly had her of them was open. Walking over to it, band on her husband's arm. Ander- Miller gazed out ‘for a moment, then son, realy to go, had taken up the slammed it shut and locked it. lamp, ‘The lainp “I don't see,” ho began to Anderson, , “At least,” Mill “why you didn't have this brushwood cleared out, It's against this back wail, ‘aa definite menace, Give meanaxe © In. : and I'll start on it myself in the morn. eed Pe Pog or co we. . It v comfortable—for its pe: even luxu- ing. | At the wind's right we might set Fics. Evidently Neyer Rumored tbe | He paused, fair lady. I assume you've honored that matter,” he resumed tke) . the room. in whieh he out htfully, “we might fi - her throat?" whe of weedareet Are that uns ‘don't know,” Anderson said. ‘oo dry,” Anderson said. “Thore's 1% the largest room, It is a little been no rain here in more than a [0 sleep here. b is brilliant light he had to look fugitive caress, but after a ly to detect that which fifteen moment his depression re- (nutes back had struck him like turned, heavier than before. low in the uncertain glimmer of ® 419 stepped into the dingy and He questioned Tony. He went over Pushed off. Before he had reached PETER Ureraceee roeion, the boat Morgan came opposite him. could te 0 . " mn Miller ‘had finished ‘Tony , peas sy ey inet aes that thick er end of the inlet.” the im- “Haven't breakfasted,” Miller an- swered, “Bring your boat over.” ‘ we cannot go from Morgan stopped his engine, pulled Captain's Island yet. I shall stay at the tiller, and drifted close. ll the cards the table. Miller immediately told him of HE HAS ALL THE E ILLUSION [S month. The whole island might @o.” I begged And: to, ‘There’ “dor Nts Sith Rooyhuterd ove ‘Tony's experieng, "Aa ‘poke Coser Rgon ut ne SOHEORTS crime > ERRECT AND TES) | | tia Bal Hanalei rs fhe Sac poe word: oo. mor Hi » ‘ed oo dn eet He listen dejoctediy. 8 KEEPS ALL His CLOTHES BOON Gur the Lali | Sune cee cae ae conmaas m {0 alonp here, and ree Next day at dawn ler saw the * at next?” he exclaimed when IN H/S TRUNK DURING DISCOMFORTS “Molly, pin an apron on me. I'm ‘im grown up,” or a dd Miller had finished. ‘Thank hei | “ laughed. iy he went ashore and joined this wasn't another coroner's case, HIS VACATION JusTas L& \ OF TRAVELIN Gr to be aueon of the kitehen while Andy '* iii laughter stopped abruptly, Tn Impulsively, he spok Who'll be the third? See here, Miller, 1— HE WAS IN A HOTEL Those chops won't take long. Hurry that room it had a hollow sound, It “There 1s so much to say—so much I was really anxious to run you out to ask. I am glad you have come. in my launch last night. I didn’t “You shall not ask me to come press the point, because I didn’t want in.” to appear ridiculous, But I don't feel “Yes,” he answered, “because—it is right about that plece of woods. very curious. You would not tell me We've had warning enough now. your first name. I've asked you. I Even before anything happened, as I do not know that, but I know I love told you, the Andersons and I pri your magic, Andy.” startled them all. ‘As she leaned over the stove alittle YoU see!” Molly ald. olor catne te Seehione tase. uo Miller tried to hide his own shock. uling of tho meat and the clinking of "Merely disuse,” he answered. “The glass from the table, where Anderson *0Mm 1s unaccustomed to good os, ow to was trying to discount the lack of He laughed again challengin, ice, combined with Millers constant | “To-morrow I'll show you r to raise their epirits, ket rid of the bad ones. I'll build a you,” ferred to walk it by day. Now here's like a studio fei fire hero and smoke them out. If that “ffush!" she whispered, “You must {recat bitten there, aad Jake, 3] | Anatom” Molly anid wt 48 Me Rue Goean't work, I'll send up to Martins= ~ Oy ony pha this unaccountable affair of last i, “Remember,” Miller maid, “the night DUFK for a vacuum clopner, Fram the ‘Even,” he asked, “if you"—— night. There's no answer. What in ‘Tr came in from Saint Cloud with the PW id ppt, the cece most im- i ee ee the name of heaven is Wrongt” ‘new ball pup? We called him Buffalo pope) ceabidal avo @ ghost 4 ” “I am going to find out what's auge his aim was the °,! “Don't.” Yet you have come as T asked.” wrong. Miller answered grimly. “I , Wegeliing 65 eine ane qtaae.” Bho had assumed that eit ot etree as re (gg ai and it alters 4m going to gatisfy myself about that , So they went on, reminiscing almost expectancy. Leaning a lttle fo nothing. “There. is something here— piece of, woods before 1 get through contentediy, atil dinner was ready $2?*head to one side, obe listened. pomething 1 an ran a he Youre | young, Frankly, I'm dinhen Tato the ining ‘oom. Tony Anderwon tovched Der Ue, an ” id of it,” Morgan answered. spoil their jon, e lea ° + Ay ast wish. nt at even ee eked: his Against the mantel, ‘uncomfortably pppertunity to put his the ‘Don't say those things—not o Tat thin gone of Wine baebe: upd near the fire he had built, staring at b thore all along,” 7RVhat te all this mystery?” suppose sooner or later I'll have to tis open sige $0 She Rall, There was . , “There is no mystery about me that Ket out. And the plantation seemed serveq here, Miller held bis breath ‘‘They're not a pleasant looking In this heavy atmosphere Mill and risk its running over “ Syiutyd eshrom sillier berkis turned at the threshold. you haven't made yourself. Last eve- Just what we wanted. | It's lonely and studied it. crew," Miller said. “What kind of a depression grew. His feeling of help- us. No matter how preposterous it jut he recalled what the man had ‘We'll leave by the ruined quarters, you enough now. Why don't you come ‘Three men sat around a smoulders ropuiation have they—for instance lessness kept pace with it, His seems to our common-vense we Must guftered last night. He went on more x eh kissed me against my will over and spend the night to-night? ing fire on the bank. Balt had been among the inhabitants of Sandport?” nerves jangied. Turning, he hurried take the island at its face value, In Yindiy: said. “It's @ It was brutal,” he sald, We can have a game of chess, and right. They had the semblance of Tony showed a little surprise. back to the shore of the inlet. the first place, I unaerstand you have “11's, tne «itchen doorway if you custom Tony foisted: uj ‘, for it made me know that. I'll promise to get you to bed ear savages, Nor, Miller realized, had he “Some,” he answered, “have families | “Not a thing, not @ thing,” he sald to hail a boat every thme you €o 10 wisi, Now, Molly, Andy, well drink Dart, Good night and go to, sleep. t At least it explains noth- Miller said. much exaggerated when he had —friends in Sandport.” irritably in reply to Tony's question- Sandport. There i# no boat at the {vio health, peaceful minds, and Lt them perform exclusively for me there 1s mystery—mystery Andersons have asked mo to have spoken to the Coroner of uncivilized = “Then you don't think there's any- ing look. southern end of the island, opposite yiotiry + 4 4 this once ateak yout dinner and stay with them. Another oystermen. thing wrong with these fellows | kaw? He pointed at the fisherman's boat, Sandport?” Tho meal went better than they _ As thelr steps died away across the He turned and for the second time time.” : ‘The faces of these men were.cov- I must say they looked like pirates. “And that fellow—" Anderson shook his head. had hoped, They tousted themnacives Wide hail the amile Miller had forced shook his fist toward Captain's Island. ‘I wish you would,” Morgan urged. ered with matted hair. It s' ook his head. ‘Tony shook his head. ‘There ought to be one,” Miller to his lips Vanished. He turned slowly > E mt with a semblance of laughter. They y here. Perhaps you Morgan swung away. © ChUs- {n long wisps from ben you ever heard of any secret ‘The native at his heels, Miller hur- went on, “I'll send Tony to Sand- 5 and, alone, faced the decayed room, hy Naktee Ai tue te shall be light ged down the inlet he waved his band wrapped Wbout thei? heads in place organization among them?” ried to the coquina house, Anderson port to hire a row-boat, We can Lewy het pore gg Ae) tr} pai again conscious of that ned, Last night there was a loath- Cheerily, but Miller saw that his face of hats. Trousers and jackets, torn Tony's face was impassive. Miller and Mo¥y met him at the s' keep it tied on this side, ¥ rom odor that seemed to come from the rm hap 1—In thi t ded, mos! some, death-dealing puzzlo on that Was etill troubled. Miller decided to and stained, clung to their lanky fig- could not be sure his denial was Molly called. “What's the | Molly nodded approvingly, but /anpened “in the most orow ded. y 4 wall paper. "i, in that plece of forest. I have @ look at the colony of oyster- ures, Their sea-boots were the only whole-hearted, ? Anderson wanted reason . H 3 tah wb h yaad font Understand it, ‘Tony, who was men beyond the dunes, at the island's apparel which appeared to be whole. “{ don't know." “Enough,” he answered. He told anernle, bs 1 Lee Tony " bitter frag | im Nsstiaay ABRs CHAPTER X1?, caught in its mazes, doesn't, either.” Dorthern end. Only once while Miller looked did = Morgan went by toward noon, dis- them of ‘lony's experience, ra atncluded’ teat atubnocanaae to thaiz aeniey The Cry in the Night. “Yes,” she said, “that piece of As he walked northward emong tho he hear a volce. Now and then one playing a string of fish, “And there's something more, @ poor relation of discretion, It's | After a few hands, however, An- v ght. ad woods is often unsafe. If I can help dunes afterward he was more than communicated with another by means — “Wny don't you fish, Tony?” Miller Sid. “Altogether it’s put me out of f, tect yoaton of diucrenon. tee aa cota round, INE thing admitted no ques- it Lahall not go there again, nor must ever glad ho was to spend the night of a quick gesture, but for the most asked, “I expect to spend the night humor with myself. My nerves seem "Tye your peace of mind, It’s near- “May in the South!” he satd aignit- tion, This cold unnatu- yor at the coquina house. Before, a me part they atared from eyes, reddened on the island with the Andersons, to be on edge this afternoon. ly cost me’ Tony, ‘I acknowledge ‘cantly, “All the windows closed and o was “ “You see!" he cried. “There is mys- only been anxious to force the Aight. and narrowed by the wind, into the since you feel as you do, there's no You, Jim!" Molly suid. “I prayed nothing except that there appears to 4 blazing fire! 1s any one too warm?” ral unless the state of one’s tery, and you must tell me what you Now, to do ao impressed him a8 ® ashes of the fire. Behind them @ necessity of your coming with me, it wouldn't get you. have been an incomprehensible and ‘Thev elanced at each other. Molly mind could affect the body know of it.” ecessity. he shifting fank "Ush lean-to, open at the front, and Row me ashore after luncheon and Miller made an impatient gesture. fatal force at large in that plece of shivered. so matertally. “1? Nothin He slipped down, the shifting fine constructed of cedar stakes and pal- take the rest of the day and the night “Nothing has me, but I've ceased forest last night and the might Jake — “ood heavens, Andy!" Miller aald 319 prs “Nothing! ‘Then why do you eay of the dune and turned towarl 180 metto, raised @ primitive background. to yourself.” blaming you for staying here, One died. Because we haven't been able With an effort, “i don't know whether to one of the windews. it is dangerous? _ Why did you vee cerigre| Grete Women he passed JnPay: C7 ever shells and tins littered Tony shook, his oad. His attitude CA Pe beaten | such tadness,® to ',8et & physleal clue to it we can't the lug ribbon belongs to you or * yg) it open, Leaning across the ht? ju call mi bi e was Intensely supproving, ul, an effo ie fol tos Oo affor Y ‘ony. jor vo 6 only man on the 5 o roe at eet iid you say that about the last of them. “He found that the “Miter was glad he had approached through devotion oF tie fear of be. speak of the girl. a to ait Back and gay it Sossa't Zoey pd ‘4 f took deep breaths of the out exist. It's, there. It's dangerous, island you can talk to without hear: side air, th it should apread th this ing the rustle of spirit wings, and J¢* af That too was cold, and a Bt ow stream which emptied in tl M the snakes—that their fange were narrow Sireed wind. Beyond it {rom the shelter of the dunes. Yet he ing left alone on the Dart, it was “Andy, there's one thing—that girl * felt a strong desire to expose himself clear that he would share the ad- Anderson's glance questioned him, You haven't been able to ¢Ven he's tainted, It's your cut, Deal, 1% wind stole down from the north. Hi ccause I knew the path wasn't the paren Bee ae ine Bom to question these strange men venture, | Miller did not attempt to “Yes,” Miller oald, “I've seen her. I y physical clue to the ‘appar. Molly,” He drew his coat tighter. Hoe tried night.” n ye. whose habits were, to all appearances reason with him now. Tony had too want to know all you can tell me ently supernatural manifestations of They played late. Long after the to realize that a fet te sat eto did you know?" — tant clumps of trees which cut Into gporiginal, He weighed the question, much on his side, about ‘her.” this house either, have you? Sup- cards ceased to interest them @ few hours ago he RA; ia “It is hard to tell you that. I Fees Oe i calent to the north, AS Miller h é . Since I have been on the arose and stepped from the bank to down to his stateroom, threw a few may fart oe felt these thinga about There, t00, 7h Brombare ie eee At the boat. For the first time a volce things in a bag and directed Tony to I can't tell you how. I wish I first Wien ‘wasn slight difference, broke the silence, hitherto disturbod place it in ahe dingy. He hesita : t's only that while I walted bye Slack line against the sky, Only by the Jepping of the water ja a Genel ae jook & Tevptrae Bay, Werrns } © ruins it came to me : 00. 8 a @ hull. rom a drawer, saw that it was load- when you spoke of her as so strange, If and Sandpor for you orest was full of snakes Which pe pad taser Bison tie: “Come,” the man sald. “High time ed and slipped it In his pocket, the was off her head, ‘She te queer, 1 “It looks lke surrender,” Anderson a4 the flame little by little expired, Dut the water did not sparkle. Brom nd horrors, and that you must M™% if Cie yand, he paralleled the We was off." “Kow over to the sphinx's temple,” grant you that—perhaps consciously d_ helplessly. Miller glanced at his watch, After far across the inlet and the sands ing to tnvne stream, Very soon he His voice, lke Tony's, was harsh he said when Tony had cast olf. go, ‘That's a question, Actually she | “Nonsense. I'm no more friendly to 11. He threw down his cards and came the muftied pounding of the course of the ced that he did, indeed, @8 Jf from disuse, but it was more “You'll agree we can deal with flesh 4 sane as you or I. Now what tho supernatural than I was in Mar- arose. ‘ became convinced " guttural, more unpleasant, and blood there, and 1 promised you fon ts te ees hat tinsburg. We're fighting an unseon ‘Molly! he called sharply, ‘Keep reakers, Perspired and gasped for breath in the sitated one of them Shortly after Juncheon he went “You don't think 6! ould grow stronger they went on, cutting, dealing, bid- lo with last night?” Molly asked, nd sweep the island? It would ding, making beginners’ mii the for had anything pose the force kes, dangerous forest. He looked at the can’t think that.” come from that direction, You could . Tony, on his chair in the kitchen sullen sky. A dim and formless moon he is so strange,” Molly sighed. not get to the Dart, but if you had doorway, had fallen asleep, The fire was suspended above the dunes. It m rnii ied a Or ‘asked you on the Dart, Andy, @ny warning you might escape to a =e die, dona, ne Or eee showed him a tiny patch of the inlet, e turned away. ae sorry. You will think Tam ve'd make him a polite call. We owe ‘ “ ” enemy, that’s all, ‘© must skirmish your eyes from that door, There's no Shivering, he faced the fv tursh straggled now along his d, one might have we olite cal ery little,” Anderson replied, akirmis| vering, he the room again. ueer!” he retorted. “You want ‘eon are Seer eee to forced him Strange language. it to him and to ourselves.’ ante ta fat Bins ry ‘Molly, pod agalnat the only line he indicates use going on with this farce of cards. ‘The tarnished arabesques of the wall to believe there is a bond be- es, As the mast grew . The others got to their feet and | When they were close he halled the Tween you ‘and those horrors.” Eton eh and he could see one on the boat. They tub, but the fisherman gave no sign. “1 did not say that.” the cords stretched from It, he left 11, cast off the moorings, They circled the hull. Its few port- “t¢'that is all you can tell me it ts {Re Cons Ate ner and sought the and, lifting long poles from the deck, Noles were covered with dirty sack- Teeminds mo pe Me Bo ae paper caught his eye. He leaned i against the bureau with a sense of “It's so indefinite—the feeling you ‘)1)" have about her,” Molly said, “We've never seen her much eearonly. $f. Bl hire the boat. For the sake of th» He gripped the back of his chair. loathing. For in the flickering light of @ him some-nurse filled and sent him to Sandport to banshee 4 lately. . ard. he mounds. pushed their way, with motions timed 18, So that they could see nothing of L others he forced his depression down. "Children, I'm ready for whatever the ¢ Sere ait oan tell you shelter oF tn’ approached unabserved to odd grunts, northward through the tHe interior. ae a Eee tne toned He called out with an attempt a: horrors the coquina house can p candies the arabesques seemed to member," he urged, “I love YOU. tne other morning toward the girl on narrow stream, pl Miller said resolutely. cepiaanon on hit as cheerfulness: afford.” rithe and twine—like awakening and, oh, my dear, you, I think” the beach, so now he crept closer to T'm going on boar na 1, WAT Tock hae, eearsin Gada et ‘Out of our minds with ft! It will While Molly arose reluctantly An- Snakes. Ss She put her hand in bis. He stared this boat, apparently secreted among CHAPTER X1 He climbed over the broken rail. ee tor ia the way she makes you P® dark soon enough. Andy, bring derson remained in his chair, ataring He slammed the window shut. ‘Tha 5 at the quick moisture in her eyes. the marshes, He beliéved he was about . He examined the deck. It was empty. feel when she looks at you out’ of some kind of a table out here and a at the smouldering logs. candles burned steadily. The ara- i “[ have never known love,” 8h® ¢q° gee one of those camps of the — Miller Prepares to Fight. There was only one hateh, Miller [hel wien ne OOK ic Way sho moons Pack of cards. We'll try a little thres. — Jim," Molly pleaded, “don't hear besques were still. He crossed tho said, “but now, perhaps, you hav® ovstermen, He remembered Anderson ° faced that, His hand on the revolver th MOEN Ache HG v mate. Cater handed auction, and to-night you'll anything to-night. Don't let your room and, conquering his distaste, ran made me feel that. We must never haq quoted Balt as saying these men LLER stared after the oys- in his pocket he called: | thoush? aus an orase ny open that demonstrative bottle of mind be filled with awful things, If 1s finger Over the surface of the pa- speak of It again. We must never jived in thickets, had the appearance termen until the + marsh ‘Hallo, below there! "1d. ptak, fa ah ante wine-—two if wo want them. ‘Tha only you could come down in the per. It felt cold and damp, He con. ® see each other again.” of savages and were united by some grass had hidden everything Aware of something like the reason- sti ny life she ian’ t,” Ander- supernatural's as friendly to cheerful- morning and look us in the eyes and fessed to @ feeling of shame in i‘ Hoe drew her to him, queer, secret organization, reggae less hatred Anderson had described, Son sald. “The girl suffers, and I be- ness as the devil to a clergyman.” gay you had slept well this doin, “Ne *he mocked, “You can say ~ Miller continued stealthily, answer- ut the sail which scarcely he kicked and pounded on the hatch, » it's this island that makes her “What a blessed change!" Molly —“I'j| do that,” he anmwered, “or if At present his attitude was, in a that now, ‘There's one mystery I can ing to a profound curiosity. He could stirred in the light breeze, He called again and again. suffer, Perhaps it affects her even sald. I'm disturbed’ I'l disturb back as Measure, defensive, At his first en- dissipate, T will sp to your father. make out now a thicket of stunted we walked closer then, but the , If f were certain he's there I'd it does us. She may be “Wo've dons what we could for the hard as L can.” i trance in the room he had been aware 4 tell him I love you.” cedars and laurel bushes. Tt hid the break the thing in,” lio said to Tony. ° Y . present, I repeat I'm not friendly to Of b atenlae Lana 3 . 1 willl tell Wim back, ‘she sprang 0 boat and the mast for a third of its Biveune diacineed np mare than it “There's something out of the way , "I've thought of that.” Miller an- phantoms. My handa itch to Kot at pnnserecs locked up, Shaking Mie FP tees ha Rie iy eye ¥ aie belght He chose his pa th more . nere,”’ swered, “Have you never asked Mor- their throats.” inte . between Its tarnished, 5) ee vou will promise me.not to care. Ho tried. to keep out of the through the dunes to the Dart, He lowered himself to the dingy fan about her? J tried yesterday and ohn Paton” Berhapen’ jo dgne walla, “Now io tombated. a a " range of any eyes that might be What he had seen added materially 1n 4 bad temper and directed ‘Tony }®, froze solid. ” “ ) - Th when desire to stop out of it, to leave ; {want to ask you one thing. Did watehing from the thicket at the foot ¢4 wis worry, THe felt he had made ',continue to the siiore. He always does,” Molly said, “I CHAPTER XII. though There are nights whee house, to whatever there 4 pne sleeps ‘eful because of ae want, “Draw the i bove high water Wanted to be friendly with her, but One sleeps peacery bé 0 y . Tot, father come here bec CE Oe gee an A antigens reir a hibhy Shs Gingy above Bish water Shee 12 te itt oma Bascmale ae The Room of Evil Memories, f there weren't,” Molly breathed, Might bé of contest in the open, ¥et, } . wae, there war f he remoinbered, the only ope: No, but he has stayed because of examining from behind the shelter of turn to the sands. It was not safe boat’ while I look over the scene of feel I can't tell you how iil-at-case NDERSON brought the table “But you can’t tell,” Anderson went he remem » chaarines Kea ut yo the island were the clearings here and : ve Then she ran away, 1 spoke to her on, "One watt 2 Pape She picture at last uncovered for her to cross at the upper end of Tae etal nieitaan Jaina” ais let pe ae spoke x ae and the cards. It was dim. ““Sipoubtiess a newcomer won't fall ®t “ie plantation house, Any strug- Tho dwart growth twisted from a the inlet since these men were #0 y yd cult at first, but Analty they of ¢ ‘ou refuse to tell me wh: RS AH kle against the mysteries of Captain's < 1 go to him. Tghall It's day,” Miller sald, “The Yery unhappy to talk about her." tertainment Island must probabl. ie Se eae a whom tt tréubie sandy bank ‘which ‘sloped upward near. She had intimated, however, snakes are droway in sunny places.” But why? Miller cried, me wey iniwemed in the He walked over and ensok Tony, Aha s rat eee You will end by hating me,” she from tho stream and invaded the that the excursion was a common one He went up the path, carefully 4, 4°cQuse.” Anderson answered, “I ame, Before they realized Who sprens to bis feet, the forest, where an unaccountable answered, “yet I have done nothing foareh pu Aistanoe. OF BED a for her. Perhaps, then, the oyster- examining the underbrush on either oe Pole pl yore at bey pe the he had had time to complete his er- nar oor an. again one & force unleashed death on its helpless os It IS better, al= twe ; 5 ; rested, : , ew though’ “al arranged one of the.few shelters of- Men never ventured nearer the evil iA, went ihevactttearet acanaee we suspe That would hurt bim, ie ig Ries Deities 8 explained You'll’ be all right here. He ca ? (To Be Continued.) She hesitated. fered by the marsh itself for human fsland than their camp. Yot that and he had found Jake's body, he "get him." y 0 had Dired @ good boat, keep ono of these good lamps, Molly ‘he could tell you about me no occupancy. view would presuppose fear, must saw several freshly broken palmetto port Mites ed ae tet eof and described its location at tho river She nodded. more than I have told you, than you ‘The boat had been hauled close to definitely remove them as @ factor in That undoubtedly was where 2°? iler sald, “It's how every- end of the island. Then, Andy, please take the other thing appears in this pla have seen yourself; and I could never the bank. The rough stakes to which the situation, pe—elusive, ‘and show me to my room,” \ y had wandered from the path, yg They resumed thelr game, Tt held GOING AWAY FOR A come here again Jn the early morn- It was moored gave the camp a per- | When he had reached the Dart ho where he had boon held helpless by Tie OBE OE TORE AE WR SOUR BOE oe isl hie aia Bad eek, Uneil ore Anderson obeyed slowly: With lagen | VACATION? Remember The ing.’ n % questioned Tony, The native knew some compelling, intangible fo ogy lg x q steps he led them to the hal 6 hal ' M " 7 Fut vou said——— Then you will The boat was sloop-rigged. Tt was there were a number of oystermen while ihe chaka tas ener a ‘Tut sat Arg wouls tars yee “ Jim," rk eran svith the twillght was cold after the heated dining room. | Evening World prints each week come after all?” squat and, probably, ‘flat-bottomed working tho banks to the north. Ones there was hothing else; nothing the Molly said gloomy OF TA Te et Lila eo aikcee atony Andersan started up the steps, Molly | complete upfondate novela When you, have gone from Cap- for traffic in these channels, Unpalnt- or twice in the past he had had whole length of the path to give & Don't worry Tit pet that tact 4f » coring a ane eee ree Ninh ailler Wank Ineh, Curb: | ow oskis peatage tags ane tain’s Island,” she answered ed and dirty as it was, it lacked that glimpwes of them, but he had never clue to the nature of this force, it's to be had, Meantime we must orne 8 ane, 7 ink a strong desire to glance over his f i ig We rose aud grasped her hands. abandoned appearance of the fisher- communicated with them intimately, nothing if one excepted the hot, deal with somethin we cant denne Milter: mipgertar, fowlder, At the landing he did took | ning World sent to your sum “Mnderstand, I shall not leave until man’s hulk in the inlet. ‘They gold their oysters and what fish damp air that made breathing almost something apparently impossible. But “Or, better yet. why Not ail of us pitch where he argod staring after them hunt | mer address, I have i d the puzale of that There was, moreover, life to be ob- they dhught, he said, in Sandport, Painful, We can't sot back ia our ignorance in and get dinner? It will be pote | wer @ stood staring after them hun-