Evening star., 1933-03-24

| to-. Just two more days
Bruce came up. There was an ILL
suppressed excitement in his manner.
Her heart clamored wildly-something
happened now He took two cable
grams out OF his pocket!
I've had news" he said. Read this
one first. It's from Andre Renoux, the
chap I sent from France to Italy on
the investigation"
June's frightened eyes saw that the
message had been filed at Sydney, Aus
| tralia.
Your sisser alive and well. Complete
details follow"
Kay alive and well! Oh Bruce
:" June clung to him, unable to
with tears. so that she could not read
the second message. What does it
say read it to me :"
so sorry for all this horrible mis-
take. Will telephone you at home ap-
proximately am. your time-Kay."
How perfectly wonderful! But what
Is she doing in Australian"
Il haven't the faintest notion-but
she's safe. Gosh. I feel as if could
really hold up my head againl"
Kay's call did not come through until
nearly 4 O'Clock. June's eyes were
focused on Bruce's expression as he
never seen such relief, such a broad
grin ON his face. When he finally hung
up he grabbed June and swung her
about in a delighted frenzy.
| were going to Australia, old lady:
what do you think of that!"
Don't be goose, Bruce-tell me
hurry"
aye gods. to think of all we've suf.
1ered and here she was perfectly happy
all the time. Come here" He yanked
her down on the couch and covered
her with exuberant kisses before he was
composed sufficiently to relate the gist
OF his talk with Kay.
III tell you the big news first-she's
married. Yep. married to Ramon. And
nave l been doing that bird an in JUS
tlce! He's in the wildS of Central Aus.
tralia somewhere didn't get it e1-
actly-raising sheep. And when Kay
suddenly appeared in his front yard he
wouldn't let her cross the threshold
until he had dragged her off to a min
lster and married her. It seems he
wanted To all the time and il was she
VINO held out, hoping to secure my
consent and the money along with it,
But What dirty trick Imagine her
letting you 60 through all this :"
NO, wait minute. She sent an
airmau letter from San Francisco saw
ing she was joining Ramon, but not
telling me where. She didn't want me
to be worried about her, but she was
AFRAID II she told me where she was
going that I'd stop her"
Was she Lily BROWNE"
She was, until she got to the coast.
SO you see we weren't so clever after
all. This is how she worked it. She
had her $25,000 in a safety deposit box
In Bronx bank under the name of
Lily Brown. Kay is very forgetful and
she was afraid if she ever did decide
to run away she might forget her pass
port, SO Just to make sure she inclosed
1t with the money. And that turned
out to be the very thing that enabled
her to get away as she did. Only il
wasn't her passport-it belonged to her
maid-when mother and all of us took
that trip around the world this maid
went with US and the passport was still
But how could she use her maids
passport? The pictures wouldn't be the
same"
She took chance on that-they
are not unlike as to general type-any-
how. she got away with it"
Tell me the rest-Where she went
from the drug store"
out the Broadway entrance But
she didn't take another cab. She got
in the subway on impulse-it yawned
right in her face-and rode down to
the Village. You see. she hadn't made
up her mind to run away then-she
just wanted to worry me. Estelle Vim
cent. girl under whom Kay studied
modelling. has a studio down there.
But Estelle wasn't at home. Kay found
the key under the hall carpet, where
Estelle used to leave it for her in case
she'd be out when Kay came to work
on her modelling. r
so Kay went in and went to bed.
And the following morning she put on
some of Estelle'S clothes, went to the
Bronx bank and got her money-this
was the day after New Year. She slept
all that day. Then she bought a few
things and caught a plane for San
Francisco that afternoon.
"On the plane she wrote me a letter,
which she mailed when she got to San
Francisco. They were several hours
late. so she missed boat she meant
to take to Honolulu. She did go to
department store, where she shopped
most of the day. That evening she
caught tramp steamer for Tahiti and
from there went to Wellington, New
Zealand, and on to Sydney"
But didn't she see the papers in San
Francisco-know you were searching
for her?"
"Of course, but she thought I'd a-t
the letter in a couple of days"
How did this secret service man find
her?"
He had traced Ramon to Sydney
and in a hotel there he came across
Kay in the lobby and recognized her.
1t seems they live in an inaccessible
part Of the country and this is the
first time they had been to the CITY,
They had come in for a little lark and
to buy supplies. Kay says Ramon Is
doing very well and she loves ranch life
and doesn't mind losing the money
now"
But I don't see why she didn't
write
She says they are really cut off
from the world. OF course. she saw no
American papers and I suppose the
Sydney papers dropped any mention Of
the case before she arrived. However,
she has written. Ramon made her
write, she says, because they know
wouldn't make fuss now. I'm going
to be an uncle"
why, how perfectly beautiful"
That Is why We are going to Aus
tralia-she wouldn't want to risk the
voyage"
Bruce, will Kay lose her money be-
cause she married Ramon?" This had
been worrying her.
I'm afraid so. But am going to
see a lawyer about it-there may be a
loophole. If not. I'm going to divide
my money with her. dollar for dollar"
That's sweet of you-Im so glad"
Il must be taking you home, so you
can get some sleep. I'll snatch a few
hours. and then I'll have to notify
everybody that the mystery is solved.
That means an exhaustive round with
IN
day after tomorrow is our wedding day?
After that I think We are going to re-
tire to private life for a change"
"Grandi"
Can you reconcile yourself to being
plain Mrs. Bishop, instead Of popular