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CHAPTER XXVIII The girl said, "But I don't see why you're doing all this for me. I don't understand-1"
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loned, too, Hlére, my dear, you to thank you enough. Never-"
it here by the fire. David, you'd better put some more wood oll
David replenished the fire. He noticed that Juliet France Bannister leaned forward and leaning back in her chair and that was spoke to the taxicab driver. "It's she looked tired. Her face seemed the next house on your right," ho thinner. Pale, too. Had she been suld. "The whito one. Yenthat's so white that first day he had talked right!"
to her?
The cab halted and Bannister stepped out. "Here we arel” he said, turning to give the girl, hin
hand.
Mrs. Howlett was speaking again, "I thought a little later we'd have you'd rather go to your room now. Rome ten," she said, "but perhaps Perhaps you'd like to rest for a while."
She stepped to the sidewalk and looked at the small white house, .not well back from the streat. The
tall clme and inaples nado the "Could 17 It's-it's awfully kind houna ocem smaller than. It was of you to let me come here, Mrs. Although it was November the Hewlett.
was still green where it showed between patches of dry brown leaves.
KARA
The girl looked at Bannister. "You're sure," she said anxiously, "that your aunt won't mind my coming hore?"
"Of course not! She'll be glad to have you."
Mra, Hewlett anid, "I just want
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933.
BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
ways to make himself useful."
Kate Howlatt anised. "I don't you to feel at home, here. Come see any sense in it," she said. By down, stairs after you've had niko to do things my own way." good rest."
right now."
"Are you sure?" "Well-all right. But I've been on tho force for seven years and this is the queerest Job I've over had. I don't know how It's going
to work out—”
"It's going to work out just as "But a lot of this work is too we planned it," Bannister said heavy for you," Bannister pro- crisply. "The girl la upstairs now.
softly behind her,
She went out, closing the door
tested. "You've got to take care Her room's the one in the corner.” Downstairs Dayld Bannister was of yourself." lighting his third cigarette
He indented the room he meant, when don't care. I don't want him taking care that no one, watching, his aunt appeared in the doorway of here!"
would think they were engaged in the living room.
"Listen," said Bannister don-anything more than a casual con ward, what's the meaning of go
"David," she said, coming forporately, "you can't lot the man versation.
before you've given him a "Oh-by the way," Bannister this?"
chance. Keep him-ay, just for went on, "what's your first name?" It was not the same voice in two weeks. At the end of that which Kate Howlett had spoken a time, if you want him to leave
Jordan grinned. "Frederick," he few moments before.The voice was I won't say a word." firm now; pre-emptory.
"Why, Aunt Kato-?! "Why, I'm glad to have
"What's the meaning of this?" you.Kate Hewlett repeated. "I want I'm always glad to see David's to know why you sent that man friends. If you'll come with me out here?" now I'll show you your room."
*
It was a bed room with windows Bannister stared. Then he said on the south and west. Afternoon slowly, 'Oh, you mean-you mean sunshine was streaming through the new house man?" the ruffled tie-back curtains. There
"Well-all right." "Where is he now?" Bannister asked.
"Out back of the house I RUCBA. I told him he could rake the leaves."
Bannister beamed. "There, you seel He's making himself useful! already.".
said.
"Well, Frederick, you Beem to know how to make yourself use- fui with a rake. You're doing a good job."
"Thank you,
Mr. Bannistor. I hope everything will be all right, the way you say it will."
"Hello!" Bannister exclaimed, "Oh-it's you!"
· "Oh, don't worry about that?! | Bannister turned away. Ho wished "I could get old Tim Bailey to heartily that ho could feel half as "I mean
the man who
came rake up those leaves for 60 cents." confident at his voice sounded.į. were tiny yellow fleld flowers on here an hour ago, and said. you'd They went up the brick walk. the wallpaper and
In the face of this barrage Ban- An hour and a half later, on a yellow and hired him. I want to know what nister departed. He found Jor-the stairs leading to the editorial There were two steps to the tiny white spread covered the bed. square porch and before they had furniture was walnut except for a I don't want a man around hore"ting fire to a small mound of he side-stepped swiftly, barely The you mean by doing such a thing? dan, the erstwhile policeman, set department of the Evening Post, reached the top one the
door chair covered with yellow and whito "Now Aunt Kate." opened, Kate
leaves. Hewlett greeted chintz. A door on the left was
{avoiding a collision. "I don't want him and, what's them, smiling.
"Well," Bannister grooted him, open, leading to the bath. Every-more, I don't intend to have him!""how are things going?" "Come right in!" she said thing was crisply fresh, immaculate. "Walt a minute, Aunt Kate. ***Come right in!”
"I hope you'll find everything Let me tell you about that man.Bannister," he said, "I don't think Jordan straightened. "Say, Mr. Bannister thought his aunt was you want," Kato Howlett's cheerful Do you know he'd been out of a that woman looking very impressive in her dark voice went on. "If you don't just job for months, that he was prac don't know it sho'll let me stay
wants me here! printed aflk with the lace collar.et me know. Why don't you have tically starving?" He said, "Aunt Kate, this is Miss a warm bath and then take a little France. Miss France--my aunt."
nap? There's plenty of time. Just He wondered what his
nunt come down stairs whenever you're really thought of the girl. There ready."
Women wha no way of knowing. always smiled and talked at a time like that and said a lot of things they might or might not mean.
Mrs. Hewlett said, "Take off your coat and hat, my dear. Cold ont, isn't it, even though the sun is shining. There's a fire in the living room-t
She led the way into the adjoin- ing room where a low fire was burn- ing in the replace.
Juliet France paused on the threshold, "What a lovely room?" she said.
Kate Hewlett seemed pleased. "I'm glad you like it." she said. "Some of this furniture belonged grandmother. It's ok- my fashioned, but then I'm old-fush-l
to
"He didn't look starving to me!"
Bannister shrugged this aside. "That's because I gave him "Of course she will. She didn't money to buy a ment. Besides quite understand, but I've been think you really do need, help talking to her. Everything's all The girl turned. There was around here. That's the reason something almost tragic in her I told him to come out. I thought earnest voice: "Oh," she said, "I he could take care of the fires and can't thank you! I'll never be able tend the yard and find a lot of
the step above. "In person," ho J. Randolph Gainey paused on admitted, grinning. And then the grin disappeared. "Heard the news?" Gainey, demanded. "No. What is it?".. "They've found Parrott!"
(To be Continued.)
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