Show g DARK L LOUIS 0 U 1 13 J JOSEPH 0 SEPH by VANCE 1 at author of 0 the false faces the lone M I 1 R R wo wolf if 11 etc illustrated by IRWIN MYERS nil ts U by the th autt autler or 11 1 l ii i i IV FLIGHT continued 20 etli N lie the cessation of lie its rul gullible lible of filter mis nils call 1 I noise rushing rustling had lint led ltd tier er to a billot t bleie t L road hild ben halt half out by the ONE r 0 from a mountain stream tin showed nn an ill it of mire which ful balle lie the th tit light of trying to ing to go on oil the lite on thing to ilo do ans its to hack back out it ir site could and since it would be ile imps able to turn on ho the narrow trail kei let p on baci backing ing till he n gained tit tin dinst to firk rk on oil the face of it no insy cally task but fillible with care and site be res restarted arted the tilt engine ant flit geurs the tile alil sl il with a bulking 1101 noise 40 nt lit first then worked arte and pi flain tin the car hold held fast title it and stopped blie site hut t ot off the igni ion tion annl nil I 1 biot ot down donri to step ping into mud mutt above her tier the fide pole result of her attempt to back out had bien in di to bog down the clelin near 1 li to the hubs iliin sit sic ind nod tie lie motor for a it f few more t without in she pae gae tip tile impel is nil and cried a little into lier tier i in III I 1 ia lit I 1 hands tit tin hatim uns hers hors to in ill car till blip slip found if f she ver t ilag asor or to pick tier wui iu lack tarl the pitch darl forest to ili 1 first fork fort in the igind either elther to atilt there to bo ile recap recapture 1 bi marlo or pito ele pit o to push on into the mile or wherever reNer the road loid leid till slip she cattle to human habitation I 1 ither course was dismaying in lit an tin tie ta e forest frightened tier lit lo sarit aban to stop here she was amut fis hours of attl ng dav ing still a ions long time olt off ln ili the tile boll tule and silence of the moods on en by she dared not guess 1 dat l at from prowling ling beast of prey and on this reflection she sIt switched ched the headlight olt off lest their shine attract attention she reen recalled lied with painful manesi the fear of the forest that vint find haunt t it niconora I 1 conora on the morning of the dar of lur katli donth of n sudden in blind panic she site out of the car and cloel 11 back through the indre to the trail only to become still more blindly a pre to 0 o Ima bluni terrors lien slie site felt firm ground underfoot and to 1 hinder inq In sanel anel on clawed elated at by b u bange mi withered hands ani buffeted by niall inal clous lelous limbs ho foundell 1 horrors of the imagination un tin iq flable cut ul able two tio she anns ns on off the trull fruit mildly through the un tin that choked the woods hor hot it U sly lost V valediction it was nas less A than nn tin animated scarecrow scarp crow that broke from a it dinse thicket chei and stumbled into the mountain trail in the hot alist of mid morning her tier cloak aas gone and her tier blip slip 1 lers ns As bell bare and bleeding fiet end find ankles showed through gli the rein rout nants of cihat had beai silk block stok ings tier frock dripping anater ater froni front aern er fold thanks to a recent nils tills ad indenture denture mith nith a brook x avas as nn an affair of sard and tatters caked bilth 1 rp lashes of mud and stain stainton tol mleh lilt prien slime one ulee aas as i en entirely tIrel tho the bared bilte arm had alti cruelly scratched by thorng the ilie fair falling round lier tier shoulders nil R net of tangles and anti knots in velch leaca and tig twigs i had become en ell tiani I 1 clr face was nas disfigured with 1111 maars f ars of mud in ill ilitch terra had tin NN washed allied palo channels ilar eyia t were red and su swollen ollen her tier lips puffed pur hir bok iok was nas stupid to the point ot witlessness bhe she 1 anted mid and at times inola ned feebly us ehe she lf if she could be t said to walk chose progress was as ft a thing of iuis aids and aers like that of 11 yacht under full sail in a litiff breeza sith no hand nt at the helm helin j in A shallow choring of one side jot of ho the trail stood a small of I 1 the brudes und mild a crary structure ot of undressed loga logs and rough planks weather euther beaten benten to the shado ff of clatey wy gray it had a door however ant the door was aas closed clowd the girl ed it it simply by falling against it it lunged I 1 U aged against the tile wall and bunc I 1 a k into place after admitting her the room imelde there vas but ine evidence of more or lesi 1 r recent L cent occupation a st half loaf of stale bread on the able table some open tin tins holding old lai samples of food fd from which rn in unpleasant odor exhaled leeral aty tY 1 I haky 1 lintt atles lea and one half full apty lipty pty cl olgaritte garitte cottons and a vast it 11 ter of cigarette stumps A frans lan ian on the she sheet ettron iron stove held a I 1 r her of bacon in a pool of cooee ladd td grease there were tum tumbled bleI blankets on oil a rickety cot in tile cor ber er f the girl gow uw lione tone of these things cr r it the she saw the them they meant noth to her an ail pf if her had 1 v Run icet to sustain her to tile I 1 r of i n roof ehe she dropped dropp td to the he I 1 I 1 liy vly there panting ant and sob ob 1 quaking like n child that 1 brut hru nily tolly punished thru jul minutes a mail blittle running rii up lie the trull trail he lie was as oung and miry try of stature ami and more ore all agid red with it 11 iier of khinki ills fan avi of a plowing starlet arlet simile mil ant dripped with sweat silent run ran down into lila fits ea and was 1118 at hast joust in III put the tile catule anu c of tile lie monologue of which cloggy his labond bunching bun bit thing athing lit lu inbred on oil wearth ilka like onu one who ho has inn itin a long distance eier eer ami anti anoll lo okill back bach our as it if he lie feared pursuit ills hand hold hi id an automatic of heay hemy caliber ready for instant use at the door of the liati ty it hi paused pau pd shut his fits lips to still tle tile noise 01 his ills breathing and lint listened ened with cluad bint to one side alpar anti ho lie heard nothing A look took of that had find clou led hla ios I 1 as zed and he irland an nil ell snarling grin as he lie kickin tile door and nent in ill the hirl arl lia lial 1 fallin on oil the tile fur far side aide of lie the table when hero sin was as it it t linnie dantil of lier tier lie tile nian tile lie it dor or and to tin tilt one ind ando ln hi do title ie bh iid to to slid out anxious 13 1 pierl ni the trail trall it in li 11 1 just clo I 1 and intent but tin tilt irl iri had find I 1 et it rt ud b 1 ills entrance and hist lier her choul its up tip from front the floor with hr 1 emu armo laid holl of the tile tle 1 of the lie talle tole and pulled lidh liis if into it I 1 III it I 1 Leo leonora norall 1 standing position the table I 1 locked slightly and scraped the floor A whisky Nh Isly bottle fell on its side the man inan ruined like a HI fill linal snarling sai the lie cointin oin tin stand ing there in her torn turn frock froh water inter dripping from her tier hair and anti clothing and screnia il mith terror lite a u trapped idolf olf ills ami arm flen up till and lila pistol spat hu stints shots in less than as us any wt ands he lie fired point polut blank bloink nt at a ills tance of not inore than fhe fitt yet biln 1 the fifth shot had bein firel ilm girl ans as still standing arnid blaring wring blankly at him ilan lie lit ent utterly insane nith ral a r OIK oil cord leonora I 1 was ills Mirl ked ahille al diction tion to the marld ills I 1 listol letoi held a ablith cartridge ho lie thrust tile muzzle beti betheen een ills fits U ali and pulled the As fell fosdick noth etli the di andrens and the man mail blaylo broke into lie the rinty st CHAPTER ELEVEN WHEN IT CAME TRUE the day vas still so still that could hear no cound but the tile mutter of curf breaking eaLIng br oa 0 the southampton shore she lay jay on a chulse longue indolent ly the ibel just as she site had watched it dally daily fron her window for hours on end through week lint that ran run into months without lier tier heed upon her lap rested aa an oy op n book upon the book a hand as bhe hite aa as the fair margins of its pages hut it was not inore more colorless than her ber fac face in 11 lier er look took there was a hint of resignation of patient itea weariness she had been a long time ill with nn an illness which hach aunt I 1 lather persisted in callI calling tig brain fever though dr Fo had for it a name less picturesque and for a longer time she had hud been in a that was nils b courten cour tee teo to tinned though if slie she were making any real pro grer coin it wa imperceptible 1 to pleto reco Nerr eee eem on tile oilier other hand tl if re were no an sips ign of she in ill abort quite elmei t till 11 fan ait in ill a lie one on warth tile hil aff r th IP I 1 of body not of 9 lacall tit imiola hilll if f latr yie nothing tildie I 1 widak knew kne this lassitude could not fo tower reer the lie di tilt must in dawn I 1 nn lint would mould tiie ste hir cun cute coin laiti lit lie I 1 iti i in his til ottili tion unfailing til in and so fre it guest of the alln ailin that iel sel dom doin two tw icib without kilmit ills hn car nt lit ita its dour door boday lie wax am topping lit hir in door before priscilla gnp know lie was ni in lit lie tile houst lio iiii ilic ohe i o lic he his hn knock and lind had a wan little of ready for him nothing in ili ids ills ed oil that lie the jelt was to proe prone tx nit lie bat sat down beside the liasse liaise longue his ills finger tilis upon her tier liulam and n recited cited thi ritual of inquiries concerning tier contil condition tion A little wear she told blin in r to one sh pd ques tion 1 I to wonder if one oer cier dots froni front ome tidings such UH 7 lie 1 I ll alti iltis s 3 oil ouie c forbId forbidden nie tile to tall about I 1 looked thoughtful 1 I I don dont t kaun in he said in ill it torn tone it loin botn birong about or tho the lanit his it is conto 1 lit lin it i tim ana talk tall in fact I 1 it lins has lf if buu oil fiel strung tiroui ti ioui I 1 pi equine she lie inid in valli lilt A quiet I auvo ou no something to til it lilt nit tilling lie InuAl ld jut it jwj no poni good oui out till I 1 had hut but llon tio 1 he lie dren from froin a n of old letters lett lettL rs the solution nf of tho iii metco iter he lie an bounced 1 at tit last I 1 t it ilse HIP ille I 1 1 I ont but clr urt 4 I 1 must explain has it or currul to aou ou to honder hott hon andres and I 1 to b milli marlo that morning when nc fount iou on in lit the cabin flit carric hit linal 1 I ito c wo dind ael 1 i belber it ills 8 true or not all flint little sums so as I 1 recall it IM lne aftin if perhaps it vin nothing not liln but another kind of ilumin smi s ethIng I 1 I 1 bhul lin nili I 1 inba in bid 0 no o it aai nil title enoi iRli billit let HIP file to all 11 oil the 11 ou on idsal paired I 1 lind had slit lit out ut of tomi tonii train to interview nit limin it of n hoac for the ago daid 1 I up tit near gllnn ln ling alln un tin old oil oman on oil the n coads of the in institution as ag ml nit 4 1 I conora 0 more I 1 mother 0 more I 1 1111 UP sallie oil the ellie auf he me lite of lint flint andrews it ier r to tile lionie silo to talk to flint site refund to tall to me I 1 tried briam but nune demit t lur mit inid find for clr unell neds and took A jacu ur I 1 finci in ili witching 1 me le struggle lilt h my iny lun she ID t talk IIo Ilo eer imer liei let icia tile told ino me blie site must lime line some i thing thin to tell anti I 1 hoped flint iou on rowing to lur lir L niconora I 1 lenorn on the of flit borm lie the secret been t out of tit her tier at nil till ehnts ve ic mire tre on it thi till ellit biall ij I 1 I 1 hurtled linn led buck bach tn to tom tonii and you missing sirs mrs in ili lii the lock look brokett on oil file in door the devil to pit oil till round at arts lind had rini run tit up tu to it to hunt for murlo marlo on oil tin tilt of our in lit bilili li lili on ou beird lilii jilin till I 1 he lie anniet li it r to catch ids ills ruin train theto lidd agot I 1 pot home bett betten tn tareo and four in ili the after a I 1 of for ou I 1 found n long die ills tunce call from front katir iton igniting inI tIng for me lite andros Andrt tt tint thit lie im lilt I 1 located tile camp which farlo libil it I 1 rented for his fits on oil the lie oft off clintice alint he lie might lime betti con in bour our I 1 roulan couldn t rest of course lind and it ni hiie am soine tiling to doi jumpa into iny my cur car and ut tit kingston about nipo in ili the morning inor andrews andr ta lind ind 0 raid roid anni will the lie lo loo illon callon of the tile liu lilt isalow ve 0 struck back through the hills about he fise miles froni from our ds astina tina tion ie met marlo afoot lou ou know he had to tell us uj while we me sere talking it took some time to noke make idin jilin ou on leonora and that we e had an right to butt hutt in carnahan Carn ehan up the road in ili a high powered ron roar tater later making about forty miles nn an hour on a grade didn dian t see us because wed aed stopped just around it im iund nd in the road until he lie us on top of tir ti 11 R he ile got his braked on in time to stop just short of my iny car which of courmon was blocking lie tile road andrew andres and ilardo him instantly find he knew marlo after as interesting a three cornered pistol fight ns I 1 brer care to see again agnin in the tile role of ir took coer in HIP woods P e pursued I 1 Carnel took aou ou tor for tile ghost of leonora and was wa convinced when he be failed to hit lilt you amp in the abbots at caw enire I 1 ii mid the last thing i fr rr tw I 1 fillol himself lie kw IV v I 1 1 le folck iou were it ihli 1 heinl ilni lind and ark I 1 hud hild to atilt till aou ou strong enough to bonfi ont mother 0 moro and aul client tin the truth out of her tier id Itt fort ou on atre out of luil boil she he find a stroke that put litt otal bordi out of tout nilst loll blie silo coul III litt t 1111 L anik I 1 if it filled to I 1 ill hat could tu ito done dono for her tier mid anti she cluna to life lilt Alli aling in III rim olle so hut jilt tho the s acid Bc caid id clime ister erda dai and finished her tier I 1 lind had made alio lie warin gr of f tim the home it pir FOAM friend he lie lit 0 once nc and I 1 ron out to Il amling a his this morning the old ioina ns H fr fe ft et facts we ne found alun t it idlers tiers I 1 lodek didn dian t effir oatt r to the 0 e hem them to Vil sellin id oil on t road tul them ift ell ft lie mild sold I 1 lilt re affecting letters I 1 in ill tloyd upset 3 oil later eilken ln oure julto strong some time tiny mere ritt b i bour our futler to bour our she mother 0 mores more s fitce she inet our father through for jilin lliter inar ringe ns nn tin nitah of tiny iohd hut but they ert air ih first few month months lour our mothr avid it n 13 sahit 11 lit mam out of if in lit the kodity of bour fathers fr liilA anti it sit how ho sin sit ul blin antil it hit lilt sin slit 0 to o try to mold to ills 1 of life the I 1 annc site anrod to ikuo 0 him ill and III he IM mould t to it they liere des in lor loie I 1 alio lift nia ni A lork ork on oil it forlorn hope to to I 1 in part of thi coull ti if cherr tit kiil liil vere not knon anon and try to build up tip it ufa life tint thit mill a fiill uie lour fa tiler MIS its awny from his file lioma and ills him frit fritt nils 19 at last our mollier took 1 lir title in ili lier tier hund and ran nn aa she site tock lilt hr ito ou on to our fataei I 1 toll MIS Ms ill fri si stirl 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