The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-02-25
THE STORY

PROLOGUE.-While despondea'
over the enforced hiding OF her q
snce, Jim Dallas slayer In sell ae.
Tense of Homer Parkinson. m
of an influential family, Sybil saup-
ders. popular actress. Is engaged Y
play Viola in a charity pertormanc
Of Twelfth Night" on Gull island
on the Maine coast. In the company
are SYPHILIS bosom friend, anne
Tracy, Anne.s brother, Joe, young
Nastrel, n Aleck Stokes, an aetof
infatuated with Sybil.
puArrrr L-AFrsr eFe pay
which is a big hit, Wally shine,
Official photographer, learns soms1
thing of the Jealousy, professional
and otherwise, existing In the COM
pany.
CHAPTER IL.-Hugh Bassett, al
rector of the play, and anne Irscys
fance, tells Joe he has heard ne ~
spying on Sybil in an effort to lear1
the whereabouts Of Jim 9altas 5h =
Parkinson family. The boys denial
is not convincing.
CHAPTER JI.-Joe Tracy Is ar
ranging for a vacation TRIP. 19
Anne he betrays his epmity towsro
Eybil. Stokes tells Sybil he has
news of Jim Dallas, and to secure
the NECESSARY privacy they arrange
to meet in q small summer mouse
near the main building.
CHAPTER IV.-The sound OF, :
pistol shot startles the ASSEMBLIES
company. investigation shows q re-
yoiYer has been taken from oesK
in the library. Flora, stoksS Wlta
bursts in with the anneunesfheaars
body carried of by the swift tide
that races by the Island.
CHAPTER V.-Flora stokes tells
Bassett she saw Sybil shot put olo
not see her murderer. Passstt notl-
les the sheriff, Abel Williams. he
arrives with Rawson, dlstTiot at-
All the company is accounteq fof'
with the exception of Joe tracy,
presumably on his trip. flora slNes
her evidence, and the AUTHORITIES ar
range so that no one can cave the
Island.
CHAPTER VL-Discussing the
tragedy with Rawson and BassetI
Williams voices the opinion that
Flora Stokes is the guilty person
the deed being actuated by Jealousy;
While they are talking, the sound
OF q crash in the living room MAKES
them hasten there.
CHAPTER VII.-Anne Tracy.
shocked at her friends awful death,
is also uneasy about Joe. Remem.
bering his rage against Sybil, apo
realizing she is not sure he left the
Island, her imagination pictures him
as SYPHILIS murderer, and hiding IN
the house, the upper story OF which
ls unocoupied. Seeking to inform
him of the close watch kept, she
descends to the living room. There
she dimly sees Joe II warns MIN
not to. try to escape. He disappears
and in her agitation she KNOCKS
over a lamp. She telIs the three
book, and her explanation is ac-
copied.
CHAPTER VIII.-In the summer
house the investigators find cyl.
dence that Sybii had been there, ana
knowing of Stokes infatuation,
Rawson and Williams at once sus-
pect him of the murder.
CHAPTER IX.-stokes denies all
knowledge of the crime, and deftly
hrows suspicion OF Joe. Rawson,
somewhat Impressed by the story
put forward by Stokes, goes 10 h
mainland to Investigate Joe's move
ments.
CHAPTER X.-Torlureo py her
thoughts. Anne visits the u~noecupleo
upper story, seeking Joe, but hnds
nothing. Rawson turns with the
information that young Tracy had
not left the island. Suspicion is at
once turned toward him, and ar
rangements are made tor q ssSrch
of the top story of the buikSins,
about the only spot on the island
where q person could find a hiding
place. Rawson and Williams re-
turn, having found no trace of Joe,
or anybody else. In the upper part
OF the building.