The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-09
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bEGIV HEHE VOUAx
MARY HARKNESS plots 70 en-.
snare The Fly. who "frnmcd" her
Of Mss. Sdf TPsrER ,'n ana sse ran ofSss sm
down to keep him from telling.
MIR. JUPITER aids her. m does
BOWEN of the Stnf. Everyone
else believes Eddie guilty. includ.
ing DIRK RUYTHER. Mary's
finnce. who forbids her to investi-
gate further. His family objects
BRUCE JUPITER md ques-
tionnble friend. COUN e > 9
LOUISE, try 10 Fout Mary, be-
licvinE she II n Eold-digger try.
ing to steal Bruce's Inheritance.
They follow The Fly TO- Miami.
Bruce Huarrels with Louise ever
n diamond bracelet given her by
The Fly. She says II n Mary's.
Bruce makes her give IL to Mary.
who discovers It was stolen from
Mrs. Jupiter the night she was
killed. The bracelet II locked mp
Using the famous Jupiter neck
lnce Ms bait, Mary dances with
The Fly. who gets It away from
her. He kisses her and Dirk
knocks him down.
Dirk twists his ankle ana
faints. The Fly gets away. with
and return. It. Mary has Dirk
taken ON board the yacht. the
"Gypsy." The Fly goes along and
makes another attempt to steal
the necklace. Bowen supplies
M'ss tS s,ssf ss'' x: <:
sails with NIL on board. The Fly
begins 10 realise he hos walked
into Z trap.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XLIlI
A FTER the first moment Of sur
I = prise, In which he had respond.
ed to her kiss as of old. Dirk drew
away and regarded her steadily,
The scorn in his eyes made the
blood mount hotly to Mary's cheeks,
what are you doing here?" he
asked roughly. "What do you
want?"
"Let me do something for you
isn't there anything I can do?"
.'Ycs. Put me ashore" The old
surliness was in his voice. 1T
seems to be your yacht. so Of course
I can only ask"
"Dirk. please!" She threw out
her hands to ward OF the unkind.
ness. "You can't think that Of me,
still!"
"I don't think of you at ALL"
i"That's q lie!" she flared at him.
you were thinking Of me as.
came in"
F"All right. Shall I tell you what
thought of you?"
mo, for It's all to plain!" She
bit her lip and tried to get her
anger under control. After all, he
Vas i'll and he needed rest and
quiet.
"I'm going to sit here until you
so to Sleep" she told him firmly
and sat down with a magazine in q
chair nearby. Minutes licked away
In silence. Dirk had turned his
face to the wall. after bidding heI
do as she pleased. She stole glancet
at his averted face as he slept, o,
pretended to sleep. He looked &c
Ill that suddenly she was frightened
Was q sprained ankle as serious q.
all that?
In remarkably short time he wa.
really asleep. She rose and wa.
about to tiptoe from the room
when voices in the next stateroou
attracted her attention. What state
room had she put The Fly In thu
night before. she wondered? Wa,
Il three? It must have been, for i
was his voice she heard.
"None OF your damn busines,
where I got it." he was saying. ~
want 1t, that's ALL" There wal
mumbled response. and then hi,
voice loudly again-he must b
standing very near the open port
hole.
what do you mean you haven
IT." he half-shouted.
Louise. in q strident undertone
countered with . question Of hel
own.
"Say. whose bracelet Is that, any
way? Why is It SO important! And
how did you come by It. may
ask?"