Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-28
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E Sotbo Iiolii it'OlloiI ulltOh .
France to recover from a nervous
breakdown. the result of overworl,
and the news of the death of her
brother. Wilbur. At her summe
home III Sandy Cove. she is met
by her aunt, an attractive widow,
Mrs. CLARA TUDOR, and the lat
ter's daughter,
LAUREL. Fay learns that in the
summer colony are her rejected
HARRY cADMUs, and her aunt's
suitor, the wealthy philanthropist,
KENNETH CLAYTON. Alone in the
drawing room on the night of her
return Fay is startled by the sud-
den appearance at the window of
n ghastly, pale face with staring
eyes. 1t vanishes and Fay fears
that her war-shocked nerves have
tricked her.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
They might even think that her
brain was affected by the horrors
Through which she had passed!
After breakfast she wandered off
alone down the winding side path
(which led to the shore.
"Fay!" A masculine voice sound
cd close to her. She started violent
ly, her unstrung nerves jangling
again. A dapper young man in I'M
maculate hannels with a bit of
blond mustache above his weak
mouth, stood beside her. "Awful.y
sorry I startled you. Laurel told
me you were home, and l thought
/ might find you out here; / re-
membered it was a favorite spot of
yours.!'
81 find 1 have forgotten most
things that were habits before I
went away Fay retorted coolly.
IT suppose i was II OF the
habits which o have forgotten.
TOO, Fay
You We're" she returned frankly.
sUntil Laurel told me o were DIT
the club, l had forgotten that you
were even alive"
Cadmus WINGED but persisted.
"You are quite sure? There is
not a live spark left among the
ashes?" 81
There aren't even ashes!" Fay
picked Up a few grains of sand and
blew them lightly from her palm.
As'They are gone like-that!"
He sighed s~entimentally. but a
Hight of something very like relief
glimmered in his pale eye
There was a hint of amusement
in her face.
Cheer Up. Harry. This is too
nice a morning for post mortems!
That's the sheriff, isn't it? Who is
'he young man with him."
She nodded down the beach to
where a tall, thin man with a griz-
zled mustache wasCtalking to a
younger, boyish-looking stranger.
"A police official from the city
named Larry or Barry or some
thing" Harry Cadmus responded.
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to make some inquiries"
"Inauiries?" Fay repeated. about
what?"
Somebody's maids were scared
n night or two ago by something
they took to be (, a wild man" Cad
mus laughed. They'd heard talk.
1 suppose, because some seat cush-
ions and a steamer rug were stolen
from Pearsall's launch. Old Hulse
hasn't had anything to interest him
since the Patterson robbery a year
ago. and he is determined to earn
his pay"
Fay was silent. A wild man!
What If hat ace But she put
the thought resolutely from her.
AS the two moved Off her eyes
followed them idly.
"Do you know, there used to be n
tiny cave somewhere about here"
she remarked to her companion.
1--WE played all sorts of games of
pirates and buried treasures there
when we were children. No stranger
but 1t would be a splendid place for
any one to hide out in
They walked back to meet Laurel
1playing with her collie on the lawn.
She raised her eyebrows at their
Approach. Mother has been look
Ing everywhere for you, Fay" she
announced loftily. "She could not
Imagine where you had gone, but l
might have guessed; you always
were fond of the bay"
She seemed deliberately to ignore
Eadmus' presence, and Fay gazed at
her in establishment. What could
be the matter? She knew her mer-
curfal Cousins moods well enough to
recall thai this assumption of cold
sarcasm always indicated an aroused
fury raging beneath. Laurefs tenn
Der was uncertain at best; what
could have awakened it now?
With a word of apology Fay left
Them, but at the steps of the porch
she glanced back. Laurel and
Harry Cadmus were standing as she
had left them, evidently in animat-
ed debate.
Mt - uoo oi1tu nc ~
attorneys had come, and the rest of
the morning was spent in a maze of
legal and financial detail. Fay was
hstonished to learn the extent of her
own wealth. She a inherited her
brothers share of the family estate.
and that amounted to a sum which
Btaggered and depressed her.
When the waitress brought up her
luncheon Fay noticed that the girl
was smiling.
1.What is it, Louise % she asked.
ooh, Miss Tudor!." The girl
dimpled. Frank vas teasing the
cool this morning because she de-
clared that there were ghosts or
witches about. and now he's found
that his best suit is gone from his
rooms over the garage n she has
The laugh on HIM"
.Frank's suit is gomez" repeated
Fay. 'Stolen. you mean?"
ayes. miss. Gone from his closet
some time last night. and there's no
trace of how the thief got in or out
of the garage, any more than he
left any signs behind him in the
pantry
THE pantry"
"That was why cook thought
there were ghosts about. This
morning two chickens were gone
ard the other food was all mussed
about, but everything was locked
Il, Just as she had left t."
So that face which she had seer
rould not have been a Pigment OF
her sick brain.
That strained, white face with the