The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-13
Ma1dnans Island
CooMioht 1887 NeA Service. Inc.
ny NARD JONES
CAST nE CHARACTERS


CAST OF CHARACTERS
KAY DEARBORN heroine
who inherits q yacht for vacation
MELITA HOWARD - Rays
roommate and eo--adventurer:: ,
PRISCILLA DUNN-the third
FORREST BROTHERS an d
GRANT HARPER-young 'eien.
ti.t. whose expedition turned out
to be a rare experience.
Yesterday: Kay and Grant learn
that the madman is DEWITT Mont
yomery, eccentric who was SEN
teneed to life imprisonment sew
eral years earlier for series OF
strange deaths on the island -
eyes" the man went on. lit IS
true. Two years ago | escaped
and for at least five years before
that I had been making my plans;
plans for escape from prison, ana
plans for revenge upon the wo-
man who had desecrated my
teachings and caused my mis-
cry" ..,,
Kay and Grant were speech
less. True, as the madman's story
progressed they had become more
and more certain that ne must De
Dewitt Montgomery. Yet the
shock of his confession, and ms
frightening pride in it, had struck
them with q terrible impact.
Harper's manner changed instant
ly, for he realized now that there
would be small chance to humor
a man so obseSsed.
'You may imagine my dlsap-
pointment," Montgomery went on,
apparently oblivious to their new
attitude, when | discovered. att
err my escape, that the woman |
sought was already dead. But |
am a man of reSourcefulneSS'
There are many ways in which to
revenge oneself" He made a sud
den contrite gesture. But | am
boring you with my personal feel
ings, and that is not the way OF 4
good heart. Ii you have reSeted
sufficiently, | should like TO show
YOU the rest of my poor home.
Almost imperceptibly, Harper
nodded toward Kay. All during
Montgomer:'S story he had been
studying this room while he lis
tened, and he was convinced there
was no escape from il. Perhaps in
the movement from one room to
another he would have an oppor-
tunity to better his position. eaten
Montgomery off guard.
Here is the library of which
I spoke" Montgomery swung open
q paneled door, revealed n square
room whose walls were lined with
old volumes. The smell of book
cloth and paste, there in that
slightly damp atmosphere, dritted
heavily to Kay and Harper.
"Please 90 in," the man said. Il
will let you browse a bit. for you
must excuse me once again.
Before they could reply the
door shut swiftly. Wordless, the
two faced each other. This room
was more of prison than the
last. With a little cry, Ray Dear
born ran TO Harper's arms.
'I'm afraid" she whispered.
"He's going to kill US. | can see
il in his eyes"
Grant Harper gripped her
shoulders. STEADY, Kay. Nothing
very bad has happened to us yet,
and | still hope that if we show
enough interest in the fellow,
feed his ego u little, he may for
get mis- intentions"
"But why did he leave us?
Where is ne now"
Harper smiled down at her. AT
least while he's gone, we're safe.
He walked TO one of the walls of
books, ran his hand over a row Of
titles. "0bviously, the man was
well educated. Probably when he
first came TO the island his mind
was balanced, then the loneliness
released some hidden spring and
he got off on this idea OF a new
religion. Then the prison. and his
obsession for revenge, aggravat-
ed his condition"
81 can't think he was very well
balanced if he wanted to live UNI
foreground like this"
III don't know. There've been
lots of cases where men have
built strange living quarters
which the average man would
thing eccentric. The curious thing
to me is that newer cabin above
ground-where your friends tell
me you found that woman. ]
Wonder why he built that? It's
possible that"
Harper stonped suddenly:
glanced toward the ceiling. KAY
Wouldn't that cabin be almost
abovn here?" ,
L. And