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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1948-12-22, Page 6THE SYLVESTER DIAMOND By BLANCHE ROBERTS Santana • lanes 1lau roe anreeaa111lr o.o&L. Ilia tabulmtvly calnaf,le SYteveler Diamond fruit the final's,- of a woman lu n Las Angeles deearIteent Stare. air friend Jae DAulbmvta, preresatonal thief, tr,ea to go It from bur but lo prerentea iron doing so when he acts 10 a right 101111 the man she loves. loan Brewster. district attorney. 0411e Lakes a plane for San Francisco but it becomes lust in a tog and lands 1,1 the sea host orf shore. rho Ie melted up, the bow serve:or, by a re, ng lawyer. Art Carey, wino lives With WS mother near by. Hbe glues them the name Honey 0000. but that afternoon whon she and Art get the newspaper Imp real tanto is fisted among the rh,Iim CHAPTER VI. (Continued from last week "I'll sure be glad to got hack, too," he added. "Loafing is fine for a time but then you get fed up with it." Ile took out his pipe and filled it." "I've had my say. Now, let's hear about you," he suggested and lit his pipe. Honey's brow clouded. "There isn't much to tell." she faltered. "I am an orphan since my' grand' mother died =.'S-cral years ago. I live by myself and do as 1 please and have a very good time. Even walking with Art. and lis- tening to his soft, interesting voice .'ould not erase Dan from her mind, She kept remembering that he thought of her as a thief and would have her arrested when he found she was still alive. His lave would not interfere with what he deemed justice. "A penny tor your thoughts. They must be interesting to take you so far away," said nor companion, re- . calling her to the present. "I'm sorry.' she apologized. "They aren't for sale.' "Ah, a man then. Whey a girl is secretive abbout what she is think- ing, it's always a man." "I won't argue the point," she laughed, "because lawyers have a way of winning their points." "We sure try hard." Honey rode into the village with Art for the mail in the late after- noon. It seemed she had known him always and not just• since early morning. While he assorted and opened his letters, he handed her the paper to read. The headlines, of course, were all about the crash. There among the list of victims was her name, Honey Monroe of Los Angeles. She looked up to see Art Carey reading the same list over her shoulder. Surprise crossed his face and he lifted his eyes and met hers square- ly, There was a hint of inquiry in the depths of his but he said noth- ing. Honey lowered her gaze quick- ly and continued to read the other captions on the front page while a flush of guilt burned her cheeks. , CA moment later, she caught her breath and a sob rose to her throat as her eyes fell or an item near the bottom of the page. CHAPTER VI1 With hands that shook uncon- trollably, Honey folded the evening paper carefully, trying to pretend that all was well when her whole world was about to crumble, and handed it back to Art. That last article she had read was about Dan- iel Brewster. He was in the hos- pital, the paper said, hovering be- tween life and death. His assailant was unknown and there seemed to be a cloak of mystery surrounding the affair. The police, it -said were inclined to believe that a woman was involved, since the bedroom door was locked from the inside and escape had been made by sheets over the balcony, and the knots " were not the kind usually made by men. The smile she tried to give Art was a mere shadow and her lips trembled, but she held back the grief that wanted to come out. When she could speak without giv- ing herself away, she said lightly: "Newspapers do get things and names wrong nota and then, don't they?" "Do thee:" he asked stiffly, and she knew instantly that he was wondering why she had lied about her name. "I wonder?" Her heart cried out in agony to go to Dan, but common sense told her to stay under cover until he was well 'enough to talk to her. That teas her only chance of security. As for Joe, she reasoned, he would see her name among the crash victims and would cease to look for her. She was so deep in her own thoughts that site jumped when Art spoke to her. "You wouldn't care to explain some things, Honey?" "I'd like to, yes—but 1 can't," site told hint earnestly, feeling ter- rible that he had caught her in a falsehood when he and his mother had taken her in so gladly and p without askhtg questions. "Please believe ate, Art;" she implored. a. * e "And your name really is ifouey Monroe?" he kept on with determi- nation seeking the truth any -way. "Yes." "Ma thinks you are on the levet," he reminded her unrelentlessly, pipe between his teeth. She flinched and lowered her head in shame. Tears stung at the back of her eyes hotly. "I know," she whispered. "I am awfully sorry." "You are afraid of something,' he continued as if reasoning things out for her. "I have seen it in your eyes all day. And just now some- thing in the paper made you catch your breath for a moment and it tore at your heart." "Does ,nothing escape you?" she asked hisoftly. He did not answer her question, just ignored her interruption. "You want to hide for some reason. All right." There was firm decision in his voice. He picked up the paper and threw it out of the car. "We lost the paper when Ma asks for it. The wind got it." "Thank you," she said chokingly, and the tears spilled over the lashes this time and she did not tt'y to stop thein for a moment. He put a hand over hers gently, comfortingly. "You will tell me some time alt about it, Honey, and until .then, it is all right. You need a friend and I am it. Now we will forget troubles for a while." He lifted his voice to a more cheerful note. "Would you like to go fishing tomorrow?" "Oh, Art!" she said forcing a ghost of a smile. "I'd love to go fishing. And I could kiss you, for being so nice." 5 * * He laughed and there was a bit of amusement in it. "You may have to do it sooned than you expect," and he pointed up to the cottage as he pulled the car to a stop before the garage. "There stands the curious neighbor. I don't know what story Ma has told Mrs. Ribas but we'll have to stand by it." Honey stepped out of the car and unconsciously dropped her hand in the dress pocket and felt the velvet box. Its presence had been for- gotten momentarily, and feeling it now was a distinct shock and it brought her heart right into her throat. Her mission had not been accomplished and she was reminded once again to be cautious. "\\'ait." She put a detaining hand on Art's arm as he started to move toward the house, "How far are we from San Francisco? "About 90 Wiles or more, t guess. 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