| Show I II I i iI I rt i 1 I jI j jI I j 1 El LW N 1 s ltd fht b by Edwin r CHAPTER XII Continued XII Continued 16 15 15 Cathal drove drone to the city that night lost only at times In n tit the delights of his dreams of her with the theco c he was haunted by desperate eyes anti raena bitten lips Ill s II and ami Cathal did not forget Davis Davia lie He received on the twenty t eighth the tuB full special reports which he ho had or dared pred from the commercial agencies and nd further a verbal report from his own 0 n Investigator and on the forenoon of ot the twenty ninth Cathal Went to Davis office Davis after a n time sent out word be could not lot see Mr Sir 0 Mara Iara Cathal standing stared d past the vho ho brought ti I Is message Le e strode past her then and tried to turn the knob of ot Sir Mr s a adoor edoor door It did ld not turn It was wax locked Perhaps during his bis wait nit Cathal unconsciously had prepared the plan which bleb Immediately he lie adopted lIe He had not expected exactly this flea but he did not delay d lay an In Instant slant stant He lie went ent to the window n ot of time outer office ottice which adjoined the partition nil nail It was open and he stepped topped out upon the sill slit A twin window also open was on the other oth other er side tide of the partition with a step between their sills s Cathal caught the sash fash and made malE the and step slip and he hes was wt In Davis office onice Only after atter he had hud entered did Da Daria Daris ria Is seem to have ha heard beard him Dais ls Was waa sitting Bitting at his desk lIs with pen pe-n lu la his band hand 0 over oser r paper lIe He had hail been trying to write something lIe He jerked about dropping his pen lie JIe saw 0 Mara Maru and started to rise but he be did not tile hand franc darted to an nn open drawer dra r beside him and came up Ul with a pistol which he lifted not lot toward tord to rd Cat nl at but toward to toward toward ward his Ills own head bond Cathal caught him and th they y fought for tor the pistol It was ns like t a madman blocked his arm BO so that the th hand hand with the pistol pointed ofT off o IT but could not lIot get et tilt thu ny pistol assay DM ay 1 hen suddenly the pistol It was as on the floor noor and null for the nun ment Cull nl al n ns lie he lie bad had won on and anil he lie let Da Is is go goDanis goDay Danis Day Is fell hick beck from IllIn and for the pistol And AmI he 11 hut hull It sift s and bud It et thE out when hen he lie D Dt t ls is nos a nt lit the window 12 12 flours c the stitch shut 1 must lIst be for n a man ninn still aflame mostly lI a 11 second SH s unit halt before beron self destruction and so ISO C caught tutu hm He lie clutched tutu him h both th arms from behind ant anI nil 1 neo bru his feet the Ihl window he lie lulled hulled D Di 1 11 bast Into Inta tilL the room roun and nn l then Cuthal tool took no mm II tto t Ie i Ho lie let 11 sound go 11 amid II 11 his Ils feet first amid as Danis LI up 1111 II spunk SI l h all lil his hl u tight In III tile the blow V omen UI II Dt Divis V I Ido vii do limn Divis J 1 Is d rc to the I hl floor on his hI face j It lie Ie e pr po were n ere pounding Un at al althe atthe the locked do duo r und and shutting for lor admittance Is Ie Mr Ir litre re called thin uh and hen the part ner d dou ou lou come In I C r ho ets 1 a out lie Ill J time dour door s swung ln It to let I It It ble be In III and nul 1 bolted It once onre more moreKen Ken hen ten tenable stood c lI his p at hia hla feet fet The cartridges which hall had ejected s er erm slat scat scattered on the floor lie He shut himself I Ken Keu hl l 1 0 o said f I took time bun kun 01 o m front from him flea Ilee knocked out theta t s all ho lino are aie you O 0 Mara Inra I l m iii a II lawyer lan Ln Lau 3 cr rt I I 1 came here ns as his 1111 friend Ohr Oh 11 limit hill s fur ur ur U ma enol a now ours said u mutual is to 10 quiet our people I til them anything you eau pleas amt tell It'll me lUlu J II stay with lIh himlie him hini lie He was wane aone with is Ha ii ln ai aln behind time the locked door Dav Da DaIs basis Is sat up J time is it it H I 1 rime tai pal I 1 l t and before he brou l t the time d du ak U b K-k K 1 Into Oa Da OaIs Damis mis Is si ht lit In turri 1 tie ti II a hands It It s a after afler t Ar AI firth t he tic said It its s h two too a lifter after noon coon lour Insurance tins has c I I didn t do It Ie l 1 e broke down utterly I 1 didn t do It for It for her Cathal ru I with him in the theoffice theoflice office until two 1 olo ok when he hew w us IS able to communicate with Hob Itoh Hobert Hobert ert In his hl hi onice nn on 1 Glen Olen pith eith can came for lor the Dark Darl ones One s a bus band and took tonk him ilm home hODIl That t when hn he arrived atthe at atthe atthe the s t-adial t Ll t dived a message to call be would wait walt for him him Agnes Anea told hIm no matter bow tae lae it might b be before be gourd could come to the house bOWIe It Jt was Agnes who opened thedoor the thedoor door an and they were ere alone lone in the hall ball flue Rhe spoke pol e to athal so 80 o quietly that he asked lle UCB lb s all right tight Agnes glanced tov toward ard the silent stairs Lees Bees Cee s trying to gel him to tole sleep le p HP UP wonted wanted to do It- It It for tor her tier I 1 or the Insurance of course said Cathal He lie wanted to make OInbe sure of an Income for tor her hr as RS long as aa she lived 11 ed and to make mohe sure of of collige forthe for forthe forthe the ho bo s He lie had special policIes for them you know for know for nearly marly arly ev everything It was III almost an obsession slon sion lou with him to him to make them sure III flea s borro borrowed cd against the policies but If It died he-died he died they the d have base been bien worth orth two hundred thousand be beI beyond beyond beyond I yond what he borrowed ed he said I I know said Raid Cathal He lie told me I was vaa with him for a long lone time at the atter ottice afterward arc I bhe his hi hand hOtHI 11 hat bat can canI canI canI I say eay to you J au I 1 said Cathal ills hun han it II burning from her touch He lie 11 want lInt eel ed to turn tarn bl his hand und rued hers hershe he be wanted wanted mow how hi ht wanted to 10 her to him I nut limit he did not I Hut But for you slut she whispered but buts l I for you you you- She closed her uses eves nail and could not finish lien Jhen 1 hen she looked Jool-ed I up at tutu him again lignin Se eve e me e shared I some terrible things thing you and I 1 Cathal 0 lara fora slut ht said aid II I May May SIny s we e share more morel I 1 The burning tie tint mt tied had be been n In hl his hand band was throughout his body ot 1 more trout les I J mt un I he said Yet may I have 1 UT fart t In putting put lut them from you ou au If It they the are mire to comet ome I Her hand was gone from him but she was wis IS leading him out onto onlo the e where tere the lights tram from the house dimly shone Do you the er-the the lightning timidly hI he asked I remember everything we ye VI done together she replied her honl that e excited him I I 1 ur from tile the first word or 1 we ue e spoke over omer 0 er Myrtle I lorries s phone l He lie was as himself from her I carefully hi ht keg Jer t to himself andi unit site she wanted muted him closer clo r lien v lien Ie to t I did not move mole 1110 e she slid dill I Itie J he tints veto e met she hell he'll d hIm soy could he packed In n a clay uy do you iou ou know Inow It I I 1 know It 11 hat a day I I io you ion Oll use live In la It It end I I Ir Again and omer o and o Do you iou I IDu Du Di I l I lit tic could coule spec k I no fur Cher to her He lie stO slot stoid diu ml ping hits him himself sell self oT off us liS is hi hl tumid lind her eves toS In the till ilm ilium light but limit sl at J I sic lv I hIs Ills hum went neat to 10 herShe her 1 She Slie he wv mats t-H t 1 tl tin n and lid lidI I m a alum ItI for but tics stopped and unel she Ills his hl su u and she slie he li cli-li el i i t I lingers h his hll mind so as ashe hI he held to hir sh shut h held to 10 him And flit endl other oilier quivering ng So o Its It S come to you tool too I ht hI he ld I u I s CI ash rl 11 0 Its It s a come cOlUe to tome me too I theirs twisted tussled together In tIc a U I I Hut But But what hut can nn we e io us with Ith It It I Oo Do 11 lint hut do ion Sou au want scant 1 nt to do dolive I I I l Re he In III our I can cnn sue e Our Our kingdom v II here here I 11 here Xeres er you vou 55 will ill be with beIth be with Ith me If f if iou ou belle believe bellee e It I I Believe e mu what hat bat Cathal rhul hut its It a s not the time world orld of oth others ers erl that thai lovers losers use live In Its It s the kingdom king dom dam of ot themselves thern t l alone i I I I 1 rom row It ties the themay may go forth the forth IID king to hIs task tack tn the queen to her hr day but hat to It at dusk dUll they theT return I I It may mar he bt a marvelous movable For or 1 or lt It its wherever where et one finds the other othu In tn the city to base ha haveIt It you need but together to shut shutt tae t e door or It may surprise e you from no more than a meeting un on expected d amid the ero crowd erod d of or the thet street t There r I ve me told you yon But nut I know knoll I I know it S 8 In my fancy only only all nil the i between US is can cun It ever be bo CHAPTER XIII Br OF I 1 not yet undressed lay on the bed beside bl her husband tie Ill hind worn out mind and the bro broI I made which she had t lou ht hIm hod made him sleepy i 11 It t last Int but site she could not Dot sleep I A car drove aw 0 a a r and Lee bee crept from the room closed the till door carefully behind her tier nn and salted at atthe atthe I I the top of or the stairs Agnes Anes A did lI not f and there no sound be be- below below appear was j be-j I low Agnes I Agnes I t nee Bee called ly and for a moment she st I had the fear far that her sister had driven en away with 0 fara Agnes gnes 1 I I Agnes AgDe turned from time the door where she be had stood since he left her She 1 I heard Bee ee at last lut and looked d UP I and anI saw her I She went slowly almost ai II a tint U 11 I I with nUh an I i 1 ties her II If but hilt shim did dill not I fell till II us m II lir us o 11 1 i r I Irr I r lui tu elu 1111 ln slue Ill felt no doubt nt lit til ill Slip She wits 1 defiantly r 1 lv sun surP cure ul of ulI I herself unit of rut him n rr r 1 r it II limit ins In one nile I or clan lis would h t-IY t m ly my 1 I I lie Ire lU tit t I In III tiNt lit I r oser nt rut first Insi r In I-hl 81 sic e 0 II h 1 II r I 1 won un ItI It I IHS A 1 Mint t tm it hilt hili li m i dram dInt di n I I snit v iiii m brt lr q lly Ii limit hilt Ill III finer imir I tr ties 1111 c or r whim ands cr hill oser lIer lw U sit II I 1 tt I se e told tul 0 I Ii 1 n Irr him OJ I sister ed hii I l u i 11 hat tint a A Aunts Ans ts aids I PS I told I him I J hats hilt hat s 8 Int h o h It 1 l did lid But he fears I 1 dun duo t I know now what I mean 11 lints fits lit s shy hy het hi hl t J kne ne a away n ny lint are lire Sou ou tail lag about I Conic COllie Into my say room be ht ed ed lice Bee before slue hill refit mum mIll J i td cd Dads l II a just be her door S a 0 sours 3 ours she I sale said to her sister nil fill 1 I Agnes Agnos followed fol foI lowed I IT r I r Ir Irto to tn lit r 11 0 oss n room sots 0 w It lull 11 me tie tic tl e uk D Dm Ic One dI dI d I i or t two II weeks said Agnes con hp hI means to stav slav un Vere awni Se I re riot not to sue hie ench each other hewon he won von t come collie here hert lIe He won wont on t en enI I I call me rime tl h So 0 III have hate the Hie time to myself to be surer Do loii need to be he surer Bce asked I II u k h at nt me A Oh Oh damn It ou oue e its It You lou loue se e got Itt It l And I never ne hadi had I 1 Arid And AridI I 1 t s c my third child within thin me 1 third this l child tills his September lit ember l er bIle blie thrust tl her lIer sl sister shier away from her God od Agnes I lice Bee stared starell I at the I wall all He lie couldn't have heard me I Not No sot sol sot Not I Ive J I ve tot sot 1 Ilm Im yet l I Im m glad ot of that you kt nw Dont Don t JOu ou He lie knows known 1 00 I ye VP made turn him know knowl 1 HL Ili tried d to 10 kill himself hImself for forme ml me Hut But Sou ou all Agnes you go I ahead I 1 lo to hell with c eisel else 1 lie He luppi happy 1 I f tell Joul Daylight laid upon Agnes no dis dismay may J h hours after arter lice BpI lia hn hat II returned to Davis AgnEs AgnE's i lay my awake Jut but she slie had slept n at t last to rouse to objects that showed sho n ain their I sharp edits to flares and to 8 I She shut her eyes yes again and curled to reI reuse relive I the enjoyment of o his arms about her for the moment he be before before I fore for he had put her away from him 1 shen hen though hough lie held lucid her and sit clun clung to him hint his hl own 0 n faith alum had failed him I lor or he knew that It must I lie It lie It was nl In some degree at nt least the world of others that lint they must Ilse In aunt and no desperate denials of his hilt own ovum 0 U e esen In though she slie joined In them could screen cen that world aw an II af lo 1 o tiny must face what hat the they meant heD they sOld the thc would marry warry She bhe must consider It by herself alone And so BO for t O weeks seeks he would not so much as seek sect to I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I t I I with It II her I Job Jell called up lip And ne It ns t ra to 10 hulk to lu hire him and to still hunt he and never Cathal cant to the house hout But limit she ber shelber t lieu hel self clr from froll torn Jell Jeb s 8 lands t I nods shel I lie th tit um lIht her lier listless and told 1 hr she the theM M II our OHI Il l I t b by what 1 1 Is hid Ind tried to do lip lie learned that 0 urn runs MS 11 ruts r UK UI iii und and anti and antiI I Isa so I Ie le e s i i s I l that lint she he wad Ind St- St nt miss v n 1 JI Jb could not Imagine luau II km himself assay nv If f Agnes hIm iler mother and f sure t l hn base tint that C net II ht er phi ph ned nee nor apt api enrol lUU and lion ho hoI I oser er Ihl It I this neither or of them quiz Agnes Anes I HIS w as In ins LJ again n InD in inDi Di ls 1 ls is of and Job Jell and again-and 1111 j I n to fn 11 Agnes hoped hOled hOled- III s I eli Ing hIm salvage I i I lal 1 I un lr t lilt ii cr It 1 Cath al s i Hint II Int ns us II us In tin the l I ai Dl ers and n s accorded the new re re for to 1 I e t po of m mn n accused ed or orI at Jill to be bl put on trial w v lio ho too re-II re re recently I I had hind ruled I Queerly and on lons through long Ions i s d Iq tys s she recollected e esery everything ery thing t Ie e had said aid to her tier from the sery fir first t and with smith a clarity nail a as If at nt the time she had hae memorized it So on aD one day day day- It was suns the be ninth of the ordeal of the time fourteen she fourteen she recalled recoiled how hose he tend had told her lur that limit his grandfather had died In the Cold fire Ire In the 1 1 air lr of tU J JIt It had tumid meant nothing to her but I no she Inquired of It anti and the next nest afternoon she was as In the Use tribune tower asking to see se thu th tiles files of the paper laper for July 1813 So there upon up upon upon on the brittle bridle and yellowed mellowed ld eIlO pate paie p Le she read his name Cathal Martin I 0 o nearly forty years lars ago had and done and how he had died And his wife ICe who ho hind had been i young thin than had had hind to look looh on II that was as mule who hurl been heen at time the trial J I Agnes Anes went cent ent out to a taxI I on this afternoon was home bome alon ns liS she sill often otten was and on the afternoons of Toes andI I I day and 1 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