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MONDAY JULY
1934.
Married Flirts
CHAPTER XLVI In after years Tom Weaver thought with grim horror of that night. He was the most healthy. minded man imaginable. He would have scoffed ordinarily at the suggestion that there was anything In the idea of premonition, in telepathy, but now, try as he might, he could not throw off the cloud
hira.
[tools too seldom used.
"Rotton 'luck!”
Tom groaned. "What time is It? My watch, has stopped." :
Tom Weaver cursed softly under his breath.
steps on the sand.
"Get him!" :
by MABEL
MCELLIOTT
leave me. Do you think it's safe will. The district attorney is n for Hunt to go alona?"
pal of Marko's. The "caso", "in
"You don't mind, on Sue's ac- count?"
"Suc knows." Hunt shrugged. Gypsy closed her" cyce. It hud |been a long, terrible day, but sho
had come to the end of it at last.
*
Tom lifted Gypsy to the couch Maybe not. Tell you what closed.” ́ and Hunt raced after the In- we'll all go back in the car. Then The other man peered at his intruder. Tom brought water, dipped we can stop in the village and tell the light shed by the dashboard.a cloth in it, laid it on her fore the chief of police our troubles." "Half past 10."
head."Darling, speak to me ***That,” said Gypay with a righ, tell me what happened. Creat "would be better."
She opened her eyes, terror dark-But before they left Tom made They had 10 mlies to go ening them "It was a dream, then them all a sculting cup of tea. Ho they had five. Abruptly he swerved no, it wasn't. I came out opened a can of tomato soup. He The chief of police at the Hol of foreboding that hovered over into the familiar tano, little more I'd heard someone at the latch, spread cracker clumally, man-low, when roused, blinked and said than path, Jending to the seat-The door opened. He was staring fashion, on a blue plate. They all that one of his men, cruising in a "Thoy talked Bitle, the two men tered houses at the shore. It was at me.
ate greedily as the baby slumbered, Ford, had picked up Danny Minsker In the plunging small car. After hard going They were jounced "Who?"
unroused, in the Inner room, an hour ago. the frequent amali villages ware unmercifully, here.
Never had food tasted so good. ItHe's harmless"; the chief, yawn- past and they wono in deep coun-
was nectar and ambrosia. Gypay, ing, told them. He scares ladies wrapped in her dressing gown, sometimes but he don't mean a leaned against Tom's shoulder in mito of harm. He used to be in a contentment.
sylum but he wanted to come Are you a little fool?" he asked home, and his ma let him. He's tenderly as Hunt pretended to hunt a good tax!, driver," for things in the kitchen,
"Am Lt I don't know. WheraHe'd better not be driving taxis Gypsy shuddered. Tom said, have you been and why didn't you when I come down again." let me hear from you. I was nearly frantic...
"Oh, I guess we'll send' him back where he come from," the chief ald "Ho's sort of a disturbing kind of fellow. But he don't mean fa mite of harm."
ner
"The man who drove nie up from the station. I screamed. He didn't touch mofust stood staring. Then I Heard the sound of a car. I tried to call but I don't think I made any sound. Anyhow, It didn't seem as if my voice obeyed
"It did, though," Tom's mouth was grim. We heard."
"I don't want to scare hor," Tom ury they passed a few other mo-muttered, "If she's there. Better tors. In scattered farm houses the stop the car close to the house. Hights of lamps phone, Tom re- If she hears the motor she'll prob- membered he had had no din-ably recognize it."
But as he shut off the ignition There were occasional high gates. sound came that split the dark-me..... and evergreen hedges and "habi-ness. Gypsy's scream. tant" fences as they rushed past the acreage of large estates. Onco a dog ran into the glare of their headlights and Tom swerved sud- denly, missing him. Hunt cupped the light of a cigarette in the hol low of his hand and put it in Tom'a mouth and the driver grunted hla thanks. If Gypsy weren't at the cabin, why then why then
that.
But he refused to think of
Thoy could Ameli the salt marshes now. Occasionally, as the road wound, the winking light of some emali · craft, was visible. Otherwise they were alone in the stillness of the night.
Suddenly, without warning, the car bumped horridly over the road.. Tom tried to convince him self they'd struck a snag-o fallen branch, perhaps--but he know the worst. They had a flat tire, He halted and together the two men struggled with a rusty rim, with
Tom had the door open; he was running, the other man close on his heels.
"My God! What's up?” (
Hunt had the flashlight. It danoed a dervish dance upon the hard packed earth. Tom's breath was a knife in his lungs. Once he stumbled and caught himself.
The front door of the house was flung wide. He groped through it. "Gypsy! Dearest, where are you?"
The flashlight circled, touched tables and chairs, touched nothing ness. Tom felt the hair on bis head riso and prickle ns à dog's. dota in fear. His fingers touched the electric light button. Gypsy lay across the threshold, between_lly- ing room and bedroom, in a dend faint."
The window opening on the small verandah was open. They could hear the sound of running
Well, he made a dive through the window," she said faintly. "That's all I remember. And then
you were holding me and I could breathe again.
Hunt came back. "He got away. I'll take the ear and go after him."
She stared.
д
"That,": said - Tom, is a very long story and I'll tell you all nbout it to-morrow."" Hunt came back.
ahc
They had to be content with that.
"Derok died, you know," told. "There was a man calling up
all the time from some paper. I Hunt rode in the rumble seat. "Where did you.drop from?" was scared. I didn't know what to protesting that he liked it, and Hunt looked rather sheepish. "I say to him
Gypay, with David warm and came with Tom. Rescue expedi- "I know." Hunt looked at her supine in her arms, leaned against tion."
gravely. "Even if it all came out Tom's shoulder. The road home "Well Well." She lay back there'd be nothing to be ashamedhas long but somehow she didn't again. Her head felt giddy atlil, of. See them tell them. That i4, mind it. There were still a great Sho gripped Tom's hand. "Don't ¡If they come again. I doubt if they | - (Continued on Page 43. 22.
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