The Iiniatched Door
K By Frank Yrloo
PART II
Above her head there had been flash and that stunning report; a jerking movement of Borden's hands and her own as the struggling for an echo- no, it wasnt an echo; it was that motor cycle in the street!-and then Rorden'a collapse as he fell. lear- tho revolver in her hand. Had g had he? was the shot purely accidental? Or had he. in- deed. meant to kill her and been the victim of some instinctive, uR- s e
had wrenched the weapon round to
I blindin
weapon they were ticked at the explosion;
in: the fired or
-remembered effort by which
point at him?
She could not tell. Her mind was I blank as to those frantic mo- ments; but it was fearfully clear, as to the present. She was alone. with a dead man. holding the wea-
him. She had surreptitiously. without I. witness, and she could pre-
she behind Nancy. Her lips must be sealed as to her motive for being there! if report. which had sounded so loud to her. nad been heard by others and peo- ple came knnciriin: at the door and: would , rier position be? There seemed only one answer to that: She would be accused of murder and arrested on
pon which had killed entered his flat
give no explanation of her
senre. Whatever happened could not shield herself
she were found-if the forced an entrance. what
the spot!
She pressed her left hand against her breast to still ihc tumultuous heating of her heart. which she could hear thudding like a steam hammer and listened for any sound; of movement in the building. Foot-, steps and voice came to her but she identified them as being in the street below and they passed and inside the flats she could detect no sign of anyone stirring and she began to hope for escape. she told herself that, just as she had taken the noise of the motor cycle back-firing for'an echo of the report of the revolver, so other hearers might have taken the re-
faded.
port for part of the sounds iron the street. had befriended her in one respect
at least. If she could get away un- l
ICEH . . .
The weight of the revolver was: dragging at her arm. She looked at it with horror. Memories of the de- and aiscussed with her father came to
tective stories she had read
her mind. Clues - finger-prints Thank heaven, she was
gloves! Stooping with averted face,. she laid the weapon on the floor. beside Borden's body and stood up; It was as if a load had been lifted,
from her shoulders.
Her impulse now was from the room and the flat, the magnitude of the crisis
all her senses curiously alert and. she forced herself to remain where she was while she examined the
floor of the room with her eyes
Her vanity bag lay on the carpet a couple of yards away, where itl
her desperate leap at the revolver. She
had fallen when she made
touid see nothing else of hers. She stepped lightly to the
fast but she opened it to make sun
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A pretty June wedding was sol- emnised at the United Church Manse. Canning, N. S., on June l4th at 3:00 P.M. when Josephine Pauline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Foraythe. Delhaven. N.S., was united in marriage in Leon- nrd William, eldest son of Mini and Mrs. William Buchanan oi; Bonshaw. Rev. J. W. Barhourl was the officiating clergyman. l
Given in marriage by her faih-3 er, the bride was becomingiy al-; tired in a navy blue suit uiliv while accessories and rorsnge of yellow roses.
Her sisier, Joyce. attended as ihridesmaid. Joan Langley, nieng
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The bride's mother wore a navy iinrl white dress with white acces- sories and Corsage of Talisman roses. The groom's mother was; attired in a navy two-piece. drrss.i with Corsage of sweetheart. roses.i
Following the ceremony is re-l reptlon for 65 guests was held at, lhe home of the bride's parenisl at Delhaven, after which the: happy couple left on their honey-i imoon, which was spent in differ-l cnt parts of the U. S. A. They: are residing in Bonshaw, P, E. I.
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m& . i that nothing had fallen out. All her belongings were in place; there was Borden's card, the one he had; given to Nancy, the means byl ' which Barbara had found her way
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.here. She was tempted to tear it into minute fragments and throw it into the wastepaper basket be- side the writing table, but she re- frained. Better take it right away! She fastened the bag, slipped the . chain over her arm. and went i quickly and silently over the thick .carpet to the door.
i She had a horrible feeling that -the fixed eyes of the dead man were following her and that she .must turn round and meet them. and she had to resist it with all her strength. She was sure that if she looked at him again her nerve would break and she would run lmadly from the flat down to the street. possibly screaming out her ' horror. That must not happen! She ihad to reach the street without a sound. She saw an electric switch on the wall beside the door and knocked it up with a flick of her hand. She had never been afraid of the dark. and the black- ness which enveloped her new brought comfort and reassurance.
She stepped into the narrow hall . and moved cautiously towards where two dim oblongs of light showed the position of the front door faintly illuminated by an elec- tric bulb on the landing. The door was as she had left it, closed but not latched, and she had opened it slightly when she paused, llstenlnsz breathiessly. There were footsteps. outside. She judged that someone, had come up the stairs and was, crossing the landing. It was the, tread of a man. was he coming to Borden's flat?
Her heart seemed to stop bcililli" and her throat was so constricted that she could not swallow. Then the steps ceased and immediately she heard the shrill, distant trilllng of an electric bell. Apparently she. was safe, but she must wait, and delay was terrifying. She held the door as it was, with her ear to the slight opening. and listened. She heard the impatient shuffling of feet, a quickly repeated ringing of this bell and the opening of a door. Then came a. voice-a young wo- man's, Barbara thought, but shrill with irritation:
"You, is it? What do you want? And what do you mean by digging your ugly thumb into my bell push i like that at this time of night?" I
''I didnt know if you were in." a mans voice replied. it harsh voice with a trace accent Barbara could'not though she guessed it as rather than foreign.
"Well. you know now!" snapped the woman. "What about it?"
"I want to know why your: in. Why did you cut off like that leav- ing me all alone when the night had hardly begun 1"
(To be continued)
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