Show THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS a 1 BY GEORGE DOUGLASS D D Copyright Y 12 I o P Phillips Co o N CHAPTER Continued j Is Is your our brother In said said- Gourlay He Ie was too near reality In this sad rod pass paaso g to o think of ot Is your brother In a No sho sto shrilled shrilled tor for Miss s Coe Coo answered questions with an old maid I sh ish h scream ream as If It the news new she was girIng gir- gir Ing ng must mURt be a a. great surprise both to you ou and to her No a she skirled hes no-a no In In-a Was as It particular particular par par- ticu in r N No NO said laid Gourlay heavily I I 1 I Just wanted to see him hint und and he trudged away n l Miss lIss Coo Coc looked after aCler him for a 0 moment moment mo mo- ment meat ere ore she clo closed ed the door Hes wanting to barrow harrow mone money she cried Im nearly nearh sure ot I maun caution Johnny when he comes coms back frao trae rae afore he gangs east cast the toon Gourlay could coull pet get et him to do o He lie always alwa's the brute brute Im Im I'm sure I henna kenna wh why Because hes he's a silly bod body I suppose It was after dark lark when Gourlay GOUlla met metCo metCo Co Coe on the street He drew him aside In the shadows and asked for or a loan of 80 SO Johnny stammered a refusal Hauf I the Is mine his sister had hall I skirled and I daur lr ye e to do on ony sic pic- I can thing John Coe CoellO Coe Its tg only for or n a time pleaded Gourlay Gour Gour- lay lay and and b by God GoJ he flashed Its hell In m my throat to ask from any man No o no Mr Ir Gourlay said ald Johnn Johnny Its It quite Impossible I Ive I've always alwa's looked up to ye and Im I'm not unwilling to oblige ye e but I cannot take the risk Risk said Gourlay and stared 1 at atthe atthe atthe the darkness By hook or by crook he must raise the money to save the House with the Green Shutters It was no use trying the bank he had a a. letter from flom the banker hanker In his desk to tell toll him that his account was overdrawn And yet et If IC the Interest were vere not paid at once the lawyers In Glasgow would foreclose and Gourlay would be flung upon the street His proud soul must mut eat dirt I If it need be for or the sake Ial e of ot SO eso If IC I get the baker b or Tarn Tam Wylie to stand security he asked would ye e not oblige me I think the they would do 10 It I have always felt th they respected respect respect- ed 11 me mc meo Well ell said Johnny JOhnn slowly fearing his sisters sister's anger If ye e get set the baker and Tam Wylle Wylie for security Ill I'll be bo on the street for another half A fl figure ure In a great coat was seen stealing of oft off through h the shad shad- Gods GOIS curse on whoever that Is snarled Gourlay creeping up to listen listen lis Its ten to our talk I dont don't think so so said Johnny Johnn it seemed 1 a l young oung chap to hide himself Gourlay tailed failed to get hl his securities The baker haker thou though h a poor man would have stood for or him J If Tam Wylle lIe would have Joined hut but Tam would woul 1 not bu budge ge He was as clean as gray gra granite an and andas a as har hard 1 So Gourlay trudged home through the darkness beaten at last mad mall with shame and anger nn and foreboding The first thing he saw on entering the kitchen was his son son sitting sitting muffled In his coat by the great fen fender CHAPTER Janet and her mother molher saw a 0 quiver run through Gourlay as he stood and glowered 1 from the threshold 1 He lie seemed emed of ot monstrous bulk bulle and significance cance clince filling the doorway In his si sl- sl lence The quiver that went ent through him was os a sign of oC his Ills contending angers his will struggling with tile tumult of ot wrath that threatened to spoil his re re- re To fell feU that huddled oaf oar with Ith a ablow ablow ablow blow would be a n. poor return for all nfl he ho had hall endured because of or him He lie meant to sweat punishment out of him drop b by drop with a a. slow and vicious I enjoyment But Dut the sudden sight or of I that living disgrace to the Gourlays I woke a l desire to leap on him at once I and glut his rage a ma madness which only a 1 will like his could control He quivered with the effort to keep It In To bring a beaten and degraded look Into Inlo a a. mans man's face manhood out of ot him In fear tear Is a sight that makes maltes I decent men wince with pain for tor It Is Isan Isan isan an outrage on the decency of ot life liCe an offense to natural religion a violation I of the human sanctities Yet Gourlay had done It Il once and anel again I saw sav him down a n. man at the Cross once a big man with a viking beard heard dark brown from which you OU could have looked for tor manliness m 5 Gourlay with stabbing e eyes es threatened an and 1 and 1 downed him till he crept awa away with a face tace like chalk and a hunted furtive eye ee Curiously It was his manh manly man man- ly lIP beard that made the look such a pain for Its contrasting color showed the white face tace of ot the coward and coward and a cow coward rd had no right to such a a. heard beard A grim and cruel smile went after aCler him himas as ho slunk awa away Ha nn barked Gourlay Gourlay Gour Gour- la lay In lordly and pursuing scorn corn and the fellow leapt where he walked as the cr cry went through h him To break brenk brenka a mans man's spirit so fO take that from him which he will ill never recover while he lives send end him slinking Blinking away animo for castrate for that Is what it comes to toIs toIs tois Is Is a a. sinister outrage of ot the world It Is as bad as the rape of a woman and ranks with the sin against the Hol Holy Ghost Ghost derives derives from It It Indeed Yet et It was as this outrage outrace that Gourlay meant to work upon his son fon lie He would work him hin down and down clown this son of ot othis his till he was lel less S than a man a frightened 1 furtive animal Then perhaps per per- haps he would give che a loose to his other ra rage e unbuckle his lis belt and thrash the grown man like a n. wriggling urchin on tho floor noor As he stood glowering from rom the door Mrs Gourlay rose with an appealing cr cry of ot John John but but Gourlay put his eye on h her r. r and she sank Into Inlo her chair staring up at him In terror The me strings of ot the tawdry cap she nhe wore seemed d to choke cholte her bel and she unfastened ned coed them with nervous fingers T rumbling Limb Limb- ling hag long beneath her lifted chin to get et them loose She did not nol remove the cap but let the strings dan dangle l b by her Jaw The Alii silly bits ot of cloth wa waggling lIng and quivering as t she he turned turne-d her head hend repeatedly dl from son to husband and from husband to son added to her air of ot helplessness and Once she be with ghastly Intensity God have e mercy For a length of ot time thero there was a l loaded load load- ed cd d silence Gourlay went vent up to the hearth and looked down on his son from near at hand John shrank down In his great great- coat A reek of ot alcohol ro rose e from around him Janet whimpered But when Gourlay spoke It was with deadly Quietude The moan W was 3 In his voice So great was his controlled wrath that he drew In great shivering II of at air all between the words as If for strength to utter r them and they quavered ered forth on It again Ho lie seemed weakened wc b by his own raJ rage Aye Are man n he breathed Yeve Ye won von home I o observe t r e Dt Dee Dee-ce-ar ee ar roe me Im The contrast between the lowness of ot his hla voice olce and his steady breathing an nn- ger gel that possessed pos the air all the they felt It Il coming as on waves 8 was demoniac ap ap- ap- ap palling John could not speak he was paralyzed paralyzed paral paral- I b fear To have this zed by vast hostile I force touch him yet et be still struck him I dumb Why did his father lather not breakout breakout break out on him at once What Wat hat dl did 1 he he mean What hat was he going to do The I Jamb 0 of the fireplace cut his right shoulder as us he cowered Into It It to get geta getaway getaway a away way as ns far as he could Im Ba saying eve yeve won hamo hamel quivered Gourlay In a a. deadly badly slowness and his eyes never ne r left his son And still the son made no reply In the silence the ticking of or the hi big clock seemed to nil fill their world The They were vero conscious of ot nothing else It smote the car Aye Ae John gulped 1 at nt last from n. n throat that K felt closing The answer seemed dragged out of him b by the insistent In in- In- In silence Just a so-a breathed his father Cather and his yes eyes opened In wide flame name He ne heaved cd with the gre great t breath he drew S S Im plim he drawled I He lie went through to the scullery at the back of or the kitchen to wash his hands Through the open door Janet and her mother mother looking looking at each other with affrighted 1 eyes eyes could could hear him sneering at Intervals Aye Ae man Just that now now Im And nd again Aye Ay aye Dee ce ar ee-ar ee me in grim falsetto Iron Irony When hen he came back hack to the kitchen he turned to lo Janet and left leU his son gon in a a. suspended agon agony Aye woman Jenn Jenny yere ere there ho he said and nipped her ear as he passed over o to hl his chair Were ye e In h- h an nn the day Aye Ae falther faither she answered cred And what did the doctor say She raised her lar large e pale eyes to his hla with a 1 strange look Then her head sank Bank low how on her brea breast t. t Nothing she said at nt last Nothing Bal said 1 he Nothing for nothing then I hope you ou pay h him I m 1 No o. o faither she answered I had- had na no the When did yet ct get et back he naked asked Just after just after Just after after- her eyes flickered 1 over o to John as It If she were afraid of or mentioning his name Oh Just after aCter this gentleman But theres there's strange e in tha-at tha you were always after him You were born after him and considered 1 after him he aye ae had the best ot ot I I you arc are arcIn arcIn In good health he sneered turning turning- to his f son n. n It would woul 1 never do for or a man manto manto to break down at the outset o 0 a great areat career For ye C are at the ou outset t et o a a 0 great career are arc ye e na His speech was as soft sott as the thc foot footo o of ot a aUger tiger an and 1 sheathed as rending a l cruelty There was no escaping e the crouching stealth of It If It he had hind leapt with a roar Johns John's drunken tu fury might have lashed 1 Itself to o rage But Dut the younger aim and weaker er man was fascinated t- t ed cd and helpless before the creeping approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap of so monstrous ous a a. wrath Eh Eli 7 asked Gourlay softly when hen John made no reply Im saying youre you're at nt the outset o 0 a great career are aro ye e enot not 1 Eh 1 Soft Sort as his Eh Eli was In utterance It was insinuating pursuing it had to be answered No whimpered JohnWell JohnWell Johnell John Well ell well youre you're maybe mabe at the thc end endot endot endot ot Have he been ye e en studying hard Yes lle lied 1 John right cried his father tather with great heartiness Theres m my brave c fellon fellow fel fel- cilo ci- ci low lon like hike studying And no doubt he douht he leaned suavely suavely- and anni no doubt yeve e brought a prizes home wI wl ye e as usual Eh 1 There was no answer Eh No gulped the coverer Nae Nac prizes cried Gourlay and his eyebrows went up In a a. pretended sur sue prise Nae ae prizes Aye Ac man Fow's that t na 7 Young Gourlay was wag being reduced to the condition of or a n beaten child who when his mother asks If IC he has been a abad hind bad ho boy Is made to sob Yes at her knee Have you ou been a n good hey boy she asks asks Xo No ho lie pacts pauta ani and Are Arc you sorry for being a a. bad boy Yes boy Yes ho lie sobs and amI Will Ill you he be a a. good boy now then Yes then Yes he almost shrieks s In his desire to be at nt one with his mother Young Gourlay was being equally equall be beaten beat beat- ten t- t en from his own nature equally battered battered bat hat under h by another per personality Only he was wa as not asked to be a a. good goodho ho boy He lie might gang to hell for anything anything any any- thing auld Gourlay cared cared when when once he had h bye e with him Even Eveni as he lie degraded hits hlf son flon to this state of at unnatural cowardice Gourlay felt a aast vast ast disgust swell 8 within him that a 0 son of or his should be such a 0 cow cow- ard Damn him he thou thought ht glowerIng glowerIng glower glower- ling Ing with ith eyed big contempt at the huddled hud bud died creature he hc ha hasna a the pluck o 0 oa oa a pig How can he ht stand talk taik like this without showing hes he's a man When I Iwas Iwas Iwas was a 11 chill child on the brisket If IC a man had u used cd me as n. Im I'm using him I would have hae flung at nt him Hes He's a pret pret- ty looking object to carry the name o John My Iy God what a n. o ke-o of or my life Ive I've made that made that auld auM trollop trollop trollop lop for or m my wife rIfe that for m my myson son and that dying lt lassie for or my dochter dochter doch- doch ter tor Was Vas as it I that bred him That He lie leapt to his r feet t In devilish merrIment mer mer- Set out the thc spirits Jenny he cried set out the spirits My oy son on and I must have a n. drink together to together to celebrate cole celt brate the ou aye oc he sneered drawling out the word with sharp unfamiliar unfamiliar unfamiliar un un- un- un familiar sound Just to celebrate the The wild humor that seized him was wag Inevitable Ine born of a vicious effort to control a rage c that was constantly In increasing In- In creasing fed feI by the thc sl sight ht of the offend er r Every very time ho hr glanced land arO across 8 nt ut t tho tue thing sitting there he was swept with fresh surges of or fury and disgust But Dut his vicious constraint curbed them under and reust refused rl thorn them a natural ex cx Thc They The sought an on unnatural Some ome vent they must ha have and th y found found It Il In a score of ot wild willi devilries de h ho lie he began to practice on his son Ion Wrath mth fed and antI checked In one brings the hellon hell hellon hellon on which man nina Is built buill to the surface Gourlay was transformed He lie had a fluency of speech a n. power flower of banter a readiness o of tongue which he had never never never nev nev- er shown before He lie was beyond himself him him- self Have you heard th the snarl with which a wild beast arrests the the- escaping pre prey which It has Just let go 10 In enjoying enjoying enjoy enjoy- ing cruelty cruelly Gourlay was wall that animal For a moment he would cl C to torture his son feed his disgust with a n. glower flower then the lIl sight ht of ot him huddled there would wake a desire to stamp on him but his will wili would not allow that for It would spoil the sport he had lund set tIt his with the mind on and so 90 he played victim which he would not kinSet kin klu Set out the Jenny h he e In rear ear tIU d. when she wavered What are ye e shaking for or Set et out the just Just to shelt the Joyful Oc elon y ye know know IlC aye aye ae Just to the Joyful lon Ion Janet brou brought ht a 0 tray with Ia from the pantry As she sho walked d. the rims of ot the glasses shivered and tinkled against each other from her trembling Then she sho set et n a bottle on the table table- Continued tomorrow |