By Sara Ware Bassett
Copyright by The Penn Pub. Co.
WNU Bervice
SYNOPSIS
The future of the youthful and come-
ly “Widder” Marcia Howe is a conver.
sational tit-bit among housewives of
Wilton, Eligible bachelors and widow
ers also are interested. Marcia has as
her guest her late husband's nlece,
Sylvia Hayden. A stranger, on the
verge of exhaustion, finds his way to
Marcin’s home. Secretly, he asks her
to hide a package containing Jewelry.
She does so. Elisha Winslow, town
sheriff, brings news of a jewel rob-
bery nearby. The stranger gives his
name as Stanley Heath, Sylvia discov.
ers the jewels, and naturally believes
Heath is a robber. She realizes that
Marcia must have hidden them, and
decides to say nothing. Marcia feels
she has altogether too deep an interest
in her guest, but is powerless to over-
come it. Heath wires “Mrs. 8. C. Heath"
New York, saying he is safe, He also
orders a man named Currier to come
at once. Sylvia, In her room, bedecks
herself with the jewels. At Marcia's
approach she hides them there. Heath
asks Marcia to bring them to him. They
are gone! He kindly makes light of
the loss. Sylvia restores the jewels to
their original hiding place.
CHAPTER VI—Continued
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“Ought to be in my breast pocket,”
thrusting his hand Inside his pea-coat.
“My éye! If I ain't forgot that tele-
gram!” he abruptly exclaimed. “The
station-master at Sawyer Falls gave
it to me when he handed out the mail
It clean went out of my mind. It's for
that chap Heath who's stayin’ over at
“The Widder's.'”
“Hadn't you been wool-gatherin’ you
might ‘a’ given it to Sylvia to take
back with her. She was here only a
little while ago,” Silas Nickerson sald,
“I know it.”
“S'pose I was to take it over,” Elisha
Winslow suggested eagerly, “I'm willin’
to.”
“Fur's that goes, I can carry It.”
Capt. Phineas Taylor piped.
“Now, there's no use in all you fel-
lers volunteerin",” Eleazer Crocker as-
serted. “I'm goin’ straight over to Mar-
cia's, as it happens, soon's I've et my
dinner, an’ 1'll take the telegram.”
With an air of authority, he held
out his hand.
The crowd fell back.
* - - - * » .
Early afternoon found Marcia alone
in the Homestead sitting room. Sylvia
had gone up the beach. Stanley Heath
was asleep; and at last the delicious
Interval of solitude which the woman
coveted was here.
The basket at her elbow overflowed
with mending, but she had not yet
taken up her needle,
She could not work. Try as she
would, her mind wandered off Into
byways too fascinating to be resisted
—byways which no matter how re-
mote their windings, invariably led her
back to Stanley Heath,
In retrospect she lived over agaln
every incident, every word, every look
that had passed between them, until
she came to the barrer of the un-
known which her fancy bridged with
intricate rainbow-hued imaginings.
She twisted possible explanations this
way and that and would contentedly
have continued the pastime had not
Eleazer Crocker knocked at the door.
Eleazer could not have chosen a
more inopportune moment to drag her
back to earth.
With a frown and a deep sigh, Mar.
cla went reluctantly to let him in.
“Wal, now ain’t it nice to find yon
by yourself!” was his greeting. “The
kitchen looks cozy as can be. Whera
was you gettin’?
“I was In the front room, but per.
haps we better drop down here so I
can listen in case Mr, Heath should
call”
“Anywhere you say.
are suits me”
“I'll just run in and put the screen
round the fire and get my mending.”
Mareia replied a trifle uneasily. “I'll
be right back.”
Left to himself,
smile of satisfaction.
The kitchen was warm, Marcia was
alone and apparently not busy, Could
circumstances be more propitious? For
tune certainly was with him. Today,
this very afternoon, he would take his
future in his hands and put to her
the question he had so often deter-
mined to put
When Marcia came back, he was
primed and ready to begin his declara-
tion,
“Weather's been fine, ain't 17" he
started out.
Mareia took up her sewing,
“Do you think so?” questioned she,
ralging her brows. “Seems to me we've
had lots of rain and fog.”
“Wal, yes, now you mention it 1 do
recall a few thick days Still, spring
is comin”
“I'd like to shingle the south ell this
spring,” announced Marcia, giving a
disconcertingly practical twist to the
conversation. “How many shingles do
you suppose it would take?”
Eleazer frowned. The dialogue was
not proceeding along the lines he had
mapped out.
“I'd have to reckon that out. It's a
good notion, though, to make the ell
tight. That's what the birds are doin’.
They're gettin' their nests built an’
kinder pickin’ out thelr mates.”
“I did not realize you were 80 much
interested In birds, Eleazer,” Marcia
exclaimed. *I have a fine bird book
I must lend you. It's In the other
room. I'll fetch it"
Springing up, she disappeared.
“Drat it!" murmured Eleazer, “Could
anything be more exasperatin'l An’
Wherever yon
Eleazer smiled a
me neither knowin’ nor carlin’ a hang
whether a bird's a robin or a spar-
row." He wandered to the window,
“Oh, heavens, who's this comin’? If
it ain't 'Lish Winslow! Now what in
thunder does he want, buttin® in?”
Eleazer threw open the door,
Before he could speak, however,
Elisha pufling and out of breath
bawled:
“Where in the name of goodness did
you put the engine-house key, Eleazer?
Whipple's hen house is afire an' we've
hunted high an’ low for it"
“My soul an’ body,” Eleazer gasped.
“I clean forgot to leave it. Must be in
my pocket.”
Wildly he began to search.
“You're a fine head of the fire de-
pariment, you are!” roared Elisha, “If
you'd put your mind on town business
"stead of on Marcia Howe, we'd all be
better off, Traipsing over here to see
her in the middle of the day, palmin’
off that telegram as an excuse. You
better go straight back to the village
fast as you can leg it an’ carry the
key with you,” went on the accuser.
“Don't walt for nothin’. I'll explain
matters to Marcia.”
“But I've got to see her. I've got
to speak to her private,” protested the
wretched official. “I want to give her
somethin’”
“Give it to me. I'll hand it to her”
Elisha's extended palm was not to
be ignored.
“This — this — telegram,” quavered
Eleazer. “I ain't had a chance to—"
“Do you mean to say you aln’t given
her that telegram yet?"
“I was intendin’ to.
about to when"
“Wal, of all the—" words falled
Elisha, “Here, give it to me,” he com.
manded. “lI can be depended on to
deliver messages if you can't. I'll se:
she has it. In the meantime, the best
thing you can do Is to hoof it to town
quick's ever you can.”
“Ain't you comin’?
“I? No. Fire's ain't In my line.
Long's Marcia's here by herself an’
I was just
When Marcia Came Back Me Was
Primed and Ready to Begin His
Declaration,
ain't busy, I'm goin’ to pay her a eall,”
Elisha grinned. “I've got to deliver
the telegram.”
“You might be needed at the fire”
“lI shan't be,” was the calm reply.
“Not unless there's somethin’ criminal
about it"
“It might be arson.”
“I'l! take a chance on it startin’
from Dan Whipple's cigarette. In fact
he owned as much. Now, hop along,
Eleazer, else the whole conflagration
will be out "fore you get there”
The unlucky fire chief had
choles,
“Drat it!” raged he, as he strode
off across the sand. “Drat it! Alnt
that just my lock I™
Either the book for which Marcia
searched was not to be found or she
was in no haste to return to her
awalting suitor,
Whatever the explanation, her ab
sence lengthened from a few moments
into a quarter of an hour.
In the meantime Elisha, like his pred.
ecessor, was formulating his mode of
attack, Might not this be his own
golden opportunity?
Beforg another snatched the prize
from him; before Heath with his yacht
and his monogrammed silken garments
recovered his strength, he would put
his fate to the test.
He strolled up to the stove and,
standing on the hearth with his back
to the fire, rocked back and forth on
his heels reflectively.
As he did so, a brick beneath his
feet rocked with him,
Elisha looked down.
He saw it was quite loose,
“That thing's goin’ to trip up some
body some fine day,” commented he.
“It oughter be cemented.”
Producing his knife, Elisha pried the
brick from its place.
As he lifted It out, a handkerchief
came with It disgorging at his feet a
fiat, bive leather case,
If the sheriff's eyes bulged when he
caught sight of it, they all but popped
from his head when, egged on by curl.
osity, he pressed the catch on the
box
Quick as a flash the whole situa.
tion clarified In his mind.
These were the widely heralded
Long Island Jewels; and the thief who
hd stolen them wan ere bennath this
!
It was as plain as a pikestaff, Hid
no
den by fog he had escaped In his
boat and inadvertently run aground at
the mouth of Wilton harbor.
Of course Marcia did not know.
Even though a friendship existed be-
tween herself and Heath, she was un-
questionably ignorant of the nefari-
ous means by which he earned his
Hving.
Far from cherishing anger or re-
sentment toward the person who ex-
posed his villainy and prevented her
from sacrificing herself to such an un-
principled adventurer, would she not
regard her rescuer with deepest grati-
tude? Elisha's head whirled.
Nevertheless, confused though he
was, it was clear to him he must not
make a misstep and neglect to per-
form his official duty with dignity.
Heath was lll. There would be no
danger of his leaving the Homestead
at present, especially as he had no
suspicion the jewels had been discov-
ered,
The best plan was for him to re
turn to the mainland; get his badge
and handcuffs; find out what formal-
ities such a momentous event as an
arrest demanded; and return later
and round up the criminal,
He did not dally. Carefully putting
the gems back where he had found
them, he placed the telegram upon the
door behind him,
It flashed Into his mind that as the
tide was coming In it might be well
to borrow Marcia’s boat and row back
to shore,
This would serve two purposes. He
would reach home sooner; and Heath;
cut off by the sweep of the channel,
would In the meantime be unable to
escape.
Never had Elisha rowed as he rowed
that day! The dory fairly leaped
through the water. Reaching shore, he
sprang from It and dragged it up on
the sand. Then, trembling with excite-
ment, he set out for home,
He was almost at his gate when to
his consternation he saw Eleazer puf-
fing after him,
“You didn’t make much of a stop at
The Widder's, 1 see,” jeered he,
“No. Had other business”
crisply from Elisha,
“You ‘pear to be kinder stirred up,
Tish,” FEleazer commented, “What's
the matter?”
Elisha determined
and bold move,
“Say, Eleazer,” began he cautlonsly,
came
upon a sudden
Did you ever see a8 man arrested?
“Wal, 1 as 1
I've it
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didnt
"t
in
aunno
ever
really. seen done,
the
‘That oughter be uptodate an’
proper. Just how was the proceedin’
put through?”
Thoughtfully Eleazer regarded
toes of his boots,
“Wal, near's I can recollect, the po-
liceman went up to the eriminal an’
grabbin' him by the arm says: ‘You
villain! I've got you now. Scram!'"™
“I #'pose the policeman wore =a
badge an’ carried handcuffs”
"Oh, law, yes. Bot what's the game?
What do you want to know for?”
Furtively Elisha glanced up and
down the empty road and after peer-
ing over his shoulder, he dropped his
voice to a whisper and
hissed] -
“Cause I'm goin' to make an arrest
—a big arrest! I've tracked down the
thief that committed the Long Island
burglary. Moreover, I know this very
second where the jewels are. I'm
goin’ to phone the New York police
I've got their man” he concluded.
Eleazer's cunning mind worked
quickly,
“I don’t know, 'Lish, as I'd do that,”
he cautioned, ““In the first place, you
might be mistook In your calculations
an’ not only get yourself into hot wa-
ter but make the town a laughin’
stock. Furthermore, was yon wrong,
you might get sued for defamin’ the
accused's character.”
“I aint wrong. I'm right”
“Wal, even so, I'd move careful”
urged his companion. “Most likely
there's a reward out for this eriminal
Why split It with a host of others?
Why don’t you an’ me divide 1t? 1
help you land your man, since you're a
bit—" Eleazer, fearing to offend, hesl-
tated, “——a bit out of practice "bout ar
restin’™
The advice was good. Elisha, shrewd
in his dealings, instantly saw the ad-
vantages of the plan proposed.
“Wal, mebbe ‘twould be better If 1
didn’s let too many ignorant eity chaps
in on a big thing like this” he con-
ceded pompously, “You an’ me know
what we're about. I figger we could
handle It."
“Sure we could. We can put it
through in first-class shape. First you
must change your clothes for your
Sunday ones. A black frock coat's
what you really oughter wear. Then
you must pin your sheriffs badge on
your chest where it'll show good an’
plain. Be sure to bring along your
handcuffs, ‘cause you're certain to need
though,
the
confidential
as this. He'll have a gun an’ put up
a fight”
Elisha paled and a tremor twitched
his lips,
though. All you'll have to do will be
to steal up behind him, pat your pistol
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Doris is the girl who appeared
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Of course, she has beauty and an
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Just because a lady is a star in the
retain a great
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Henry Wilcoxon, whom you'll see In
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sake of the money there was in it;
he'd had a job in London that paid
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Helen Hayes staggered everybody
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The story of Abraham Lincoln
“Books are to the mind what sun
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