The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-04

burning log, was haunted py uhe
weird wall of the distant siren, but
no human sound intruded.
Coasts clear. Let's go. Hold
on!'' Mark Trent frowned at her
bare arms and throat, ivory tinted
above the lace of her frock. "You
need a wrap"
ITO go from one door to anotherl
Don't be foolish. If we don't hurry,
Henri may get there before u.s."
In the green-walled living-room at
Lookout House, Mark Trent threw
a log on the smoldering fire and
poked it into flame.
Come here and get warm,
Brooke. You are still shivering."
.'If | am, it is from excitement,
not cold" She toasted her fingers
at the blaze What do we do next?'
"Watchful waiting seems our
best bet"
"You would say that"
81 don't like the implication, but
we'll let that ride-for the present.
What move would you suggest7'
81 don't know. but let's do some
thing. | hate sitting on the side
lines | hate waiting. First we must
find out who took the key from the
storeroom door. II you hadn't held
me, | would have dashed at him
and found out"
II had bunch you would; that's
why grabbed you. Afraid crushed
your gardenia.' =
Brooke put her hand to her Shout
der. They're gone! Where could
have lost them?"
Don't make a tragedy OF it. I'll
| get you another"
Mark Trent had never seen brown
eyes SO flamingly gold, cheeks SO
red as Brooke's.
I'm not making tragedy OF 1t,
and | don't want another gardenia.
For an amateur detective--amateur
is the word with a capital A-you
are dense, Mark Trent. Suppose the
person in the attic went back for
something and picked them up?
/ UOQIOIl liz hfioW dt VIM tAAAs 81
was being Watched?'
81 thought OF that SOL brought
| this along" He held flower in the
| palm of his hand. The once waxen
petals were brown at the edges, but
they had the feel OF velvet in his
fingers. "You don't want it now.
do your" He slipped it back into
| his pocket. .'I'Il keep 1t as a souve-
mir of our late dive into the under
world"
| II do want it and the other too. =
| Because Field gave them to you?
| / don't know where the other is;
| didn't realize that there were two
You dropped this as you came into
this house. Better let me keep it
Would you want him to know thai
| it had been crushed out OF shape
against my shoulder
| "Just why should Jerry assume
that it was your shoulder againsi
which the gardenia was crushed?
You are not the only man in my
life, you know Brooke reminded
disdainfully.
II intend--to keep the flower"
Mark Trent felt the color surge tx
his hair and recede. He had caugh
back ito be" in time.
81 haven't had chance, Brooke
to tell you how ridiculous Mrs
Hunts suggestion was that-tha
had any thought OF trying to keel
Aunt Mary Amanda's money In thu
family by"
"Why stumble over it? Why tel
me again that you wouldn't MARI,
me? This is the second time. FRS
in Jed Stewards office and nov
here. To save a third attempt t
impress the fact on me, I'll tell yol
that / wouldn't marry you If yol
were the only man in the world
Divorced men leave me cold. Some
time perhaps I'll have the privleg
OF refusing to marry you"
He knew now the sensation OF
knife being plunged into his heart
He drew the gardenia from hi
| pCCkGk anu l1UPPEa ~ hAtl iiLa "a /
Here it is. Water may reviv
! it,"
She twirled the stem in her fir
. gers.
t 1T is past recovery" She fun
it into the wastebasket. Il don
. care for rejuvenated gardenias an
more than / care for warmed-ove
love. That sounds like car Ca
{ they have come SO soon?"
Better not speak of what W
/ discovered" Mark suggested hast
t w, as she started for the hall.
a She left the room without answe
E ing. He salvaged the flower ar
y thrust it into his pocket. He WI
! not keeping il for sentimental re
+ sons. he assured himself, but as
h reminder of how near he had CON
E to forgetting that all he had
i offer q girl was "Warmed-ovel
r love.
Sam Reyburn entered the Twin
/ room and flung his blue cover
/ script to the table. He dropped in
the wing chair with groan. Voic
G in the hall thinned in the distane
# Mark Trent could distinguish Jer
l. Fields laugh, Lucette's rather hif
. ;4aL~l tona ProOke's question: