Show I II The Bishops Bishop's s Pursel By Cleveland and Oliver Herford Copyright by b Cleveland and Oliver Oliver Herford 1912 1912 III II III i II n IMI u I u CHAPTER Continued t feel 3 do u yoi yuti V comfy she n nestled closer Lionel r Vas va as a astounded t you Jot faint he In a asked anxiously ly Fl h L I Kale t t sal aL u ui suddenly I ISI Is I I dial hat wh you on thought t hOtl ht I P J- J Vhal juu nil to jut just no now fl asked when I I when I found lund i I i f was was vas u yoi ou 1 lI 1 lip aiu 1 ote itc S Oivin ig me tue lii h hat tJ for fri r Jf l to set iet et away before b L l- l I n maUc a tm II i han bally fool foot u of ut 1 yul now now and now J I Ive I've it Arc rl aware rc lito Io Ir r i thal it late I his hi rc pa r. r Tio fIla ill tiny S ri rJ i and j f t t his hilS r i and lc Kate's Kates tos s left oar cor i JI lulled n ii inn a ml ii i r l hafe Mr ti J J an ff 1 her hair hail c Vc c I must l be lie back j ho ho L I an tin td tn gru o romantic literature Jt As say l or with wish o count all iU Kati Katr I- I wo four pur our hours Ihal way WI ay 1 was nimi an till lU 1 i 4 Ii It 1 It would ouM s bo lie e nl JI she k to make one watch do fut for ut two I wo i Oh Db I i say 33 YOU vou know kno wl what l L I mean inca JJ he lic went Avent on ou tle ct ot rJ 3 tied and all that t url suit of timing tiling J I know t an nu awfully a jolly little littI farm fl n do doni own tI i Kent flirt U 4 1 Cal csir cs And Aud what hat would wo 1 o live a oil orif 1 f 4 W Why w we wed we'd el d keep a row UI OW and a i hl n hc-n and a n bee Slid Lee and all nil that sort mort ort u of ut ofA I tl in J- J JA A A bre e Kate atc hurst burst out omit flen th n t her hor bani cuddled II her r firm hands into int bi bi- bi brown I c Lionel ui sho li ns ne J I t hink l' l ever cr T really beam in in and youre you're the tho only man I l e over r met th that male made mo nn want Yant to to not no nol iol t tl a u Lionel listen to me mime hh he held Hum gently nt h away iy vay fr II h her her her- r 1 nn nH want to run runn un away n io Now T Im I'm JU C coina to tu tell you hat aid airi I bC continued 1 the I c of Robert rt Baxter 4 If You YOI really believe I that ha t. t to toutI tout tout- in- in rI 1 I do io this this fliTs time flume e what itt he told lord nm nm ii ih coins to tn tr truo I Sho Shir rt he her J on ii ht his hj wit ith it itan an n mo f He 11 Ito e fold tod Ie 10 Im I'm coiner oin to lo have ba limps and ir-a ir oJ mo Lionel aren't arent aHn t you glad lH J If f There w ivas l' l ol 1 far fin from n tn is io in Kate's Kates own voice oice oice and anti sank ank in ill utter f flew flew- fl hack 11 th Jay day f their first fin three mouths ao afio to the fir first t tutu timo who tIit bo hail had failed called 11 him i III Cousin C Lionel t to to tI lime when n or other they th hail had l rl t 11 L 4 u J and Ji Lionel J 1 and anal Jat Kate f ro tone fn another three another throe milestones s on t fie JC that Jed Jei to to where mi hl it not to toT to And now itow h she hp was hack back Ho To that he lie h knew of of Kates Kate's Ca f world r. r o l hl lind ome to hon o From rom Hmo Ito to q lira Inc 5 there hail had hJ beet been letters letter for her Q German or r Swiss postage stamps was was all t tI So So you vou roe pee Kate wa nr av Oil on i tta 1 a a. disc 9 pt f s 's 8 Choice h ic Ther hC js else ebe tobe to My 1 ly moneys money's S 11 e c Od Olmi ha hall D 0 bri brisk l but bitt T J c cant can't nt hank bank on him forever for ever Er and ond o no if r ir lf I T Bob Boh 11 1 broke off otT with tIme the toun Hound of auch Lionel shiv r l. l U He- He seized her liana bib i l i white Rt at his lc ilc fc h t io Jc- Jc pc rt u. WP r r from hiS hun him t h aws And Jd his ear t the thc p of oC t t COb oni on i liR ail K 10 ro oc c rH anti ft foil followed 1 0 lit her 1 I J I 1 1 JT fran an ari PIr later later a ii An- An O atc J Tl Ml whak e weA like a fiba y o fl that oll f fwu at th t-n t i n d nh PW wu What t HI t She c c 1 ry Ji hf rn T 1 1 q Ii 11 t H 1 nr Ir c ii 4 CHAPTER XII i Tho Gray Lady The fhe shadowy form faint seen by y Kale Kat near tho atory was no Ito phantom burn hurn of f emotional e cilo- cilo tarot lint but a flesh h and blood creature a Keenly alert stealthily s wart wait anti and watching for a and uJ c. I Fur For urr moro than i one pf tho i at h its this hail had I b IJ an an ai im- im iI iii- iii 1 day aJ 10 To Betty Jh Irl JU it had hind brought the t lie rc e d' d glory lor of ofa a great deep leep love hove o e to tu Lionel and Kate Kale I II I the he j s s of mu- mu ual pass hilI ami tho ho t pa u gf itt uncia- uncia mil I I ion tion hum to tu Horatio Merle it hall hail brought 1 hf and amid self abasement and an to I thi this hia poor stifled gig i hester Bester Sturm Storm it 11 hail had brou brought hl the time opportunity to tu of With her own Hester had seen een hc purse it WI was thero ro in tho thu golf goU Jj bag J r-ho r hl nIl hail almost t hind had hadit it in her hands J L If 1 f that tumble lumblo haired shifty c cea ed had himI keit away awa she hc would have haYl had the tho money And if Mrs lr Baxter hadn't t L tho Ito golf bIl 1 ii l It t tho rong moment she time Mould haY vr it Hard luck Baril-luck luck hick twi o. o Well tho thin third time t would bo ho different and ihie would wl lau land the goods goode oo In tho the whole world sho hn ho was the tho only person who Iho know knew where this purse wn was sp st all aU he hc hind hall to do aD a 1 to watch the golf golC lat hair and ani wait wail fur for another Through th tho long lont afternoon Hester w nat anti ami waited ii in I Thom Thomp- Thomp uiL on 5 chamber showing ing an III industry indu tr and pal in ill her sewing w ll that Beti t thought t hlo All this t timo iii t tho 1111 Iii girl va Oi rig the clock lolk if before sIlo hio her I oH Worl T N 1 rs Bo r would return tho time golf coif ha hag bag hint But no in Mrs Ha Bater l r appeared ap Up neared and aul at fi j 0 o'clock she was obliged 1 to lo co ZO Miss li 1 Thompson wished to dres for dinner and o. no the he ic did ditl not lIot need a amid maid inn mid Id Hester Tle tr 10 had hack t tp the lodge considering what her Iter next move he be she sime must JOust net act tt for IT else 11 mi might bt aCe co the purse nurse c. c might already have 11 I Men len it it lt Some boy hoX Or Mrs Baxter r 1 herself There ro it ml 1 lay mv down I II among this the clubs quite quito unguarded ex ox- pt bV hY the 0 darkness M in in the bottom of tho thio bal bag Hester's Hesters hope lay mv i in that tbd little lit tIc tle layer of darkness and antI ii 11 in thin tho unlikelihood unlike unlike- c- c t that al y ona would t Wh What would Mrs Mrs' Mr Baxter nailer do ilo with ith the coif bag sho shu hind had finished using il it 7 Silo She would naturally return it il to toTis s fi-s on She Rho would return it I this thi evening and Hs lis Thompson would naturally put nut it in her r chamber where it was this thil afternoon there inthe in inthe the corner r by h the time dressing table I And nil then fur what h what Tho Storm girl i II fare face darkened and ana her shut MImi ti This w was no un time for trifling with th fortune Time The opportunity Avas Vei Veiler ler now this hitS hut it might aught V 1 gone Ione tomorrow Sho Simo act ad nl t once t OIl once I Before hn reached tI he lie lodge decision rl diio hail had taken t form n vaguely in tier her ni mind and aul before she had hind f fin finished i ishel l hf her s supper SliPper it was Va clearly crys cr t she IO must un do something before morning huH At a quarter before seven Hester heard the panting of an nn near th tIme the lodge o gate atc hurrying t tf the tito window she watched Baxtet and as the they swept na past t in in the hut big closed ear car the the- young yonn man n an driving Stare a ac al' she ebe would the the- then n agitated girl irl was a unable to catch sight of or the tho golf oH hag bag bill bitt sho iio knew it was inside Imi e the car it must be there in ill a n few minute I it would be he hack back in iii lupin Jupin where slip sho Im might get cf it it jf if she Mho only onh could 11 later Inter later in the ni night T. T in ii the time night ni ht That meant en cn jho lm hi hiv hip house and 1111 lin lying in iii wait until she site could make her search Sho could look 1001 in tho the library in the thc hall boB in the hall hail closet under th the tho That would ho bo easy ea r but sup sup- UP noeo time the oolf baj bil wa was not What if Baxter hail had brought 1 It it to her own bedroom or oJ to Miss r iss s 's Thompsons Thompson's bedroom 1 r I Then wh what hat Hester finished her tier supper f sooim after 7 went I In her hM room I to t to l be 10 fn to think She hc felt fell impelled im iii to t do thin thin thing but ghe hie i plan every cry move mo with the tho ho utmost cau cati- lion tion No one bettor than she knew knet how tl nearly she sho might bL have hi to tu Pity pay for forone forono ono one mistake At fl n o o'clock ck the girl irl stole softly out ant into the park Old OM Mr Mrs r had zono ono to Lb bed early ady and tho the lodge od o. o was still An n l a with her four bc beloved be he loved PottIes ranged beside her her as dreaming of I anti nd his hia mis mist fortunes Over the beeches anti and tho tIme dim gray raY mass of time the manor a purple darkness was Ws settling aud and the little creatures of the time rii night ht were pulsing their strange chorus Tho Thu air nr was w warm and amid tho timo girl went forth bare bar bareheaded headed haded gliding amon among the tho sha shadows s o liko one of or them There worn several small all o objects in jim her Jer trunk that sho she might have ha taken to help her on this sinister expedition several sc objects that she was impelled to take tal hint but on Tt reflection re she l e left theta behind all Il but 0 one 0 C. C Hester Hestel hovered For a 1 r long time lime about the manor watching hin the lights listening ih t to the limo S rehearsing over and over again in her mind miri the details of or r time tho nights night's 8 effort jis ts 15 she sw thought it would work W Ik out Mr rr fr Baxter w was as s in Lon London Mrs rs 1 Baxter had gone to her room there thoro was as h her her- r- r in I one o c flight ht up imp under the tb tra gray Cray graystone stone tone tower And Amid there them was was M. M Ir Ir- Iob itoh crts crt's light tw two flights li up over o tho the far end of tim tho cons conservatory i atry Tho Time gUlf ll hag bag w would not bo ho in iii In hi his room that was sure What about Miss 1 For Tor nearly an au hour her hor little ittle chamber cr was d dark jark rk She must have havn goni to bed bd early Sound asleep b by now There goes oes Mr Jr flobert's light there th stable stahle talle chimes Ten f o'clock clock All MI dark clark downstairs except a alight front remit halt hall light in ill iii the tho big lg hi And now two Lyo tutu dim es approached across tho time lawn lawi Brown and aud tIre the countess and away among the th shadows Lionel took down dowil downa a small koy key Jiom 1 a t nail the conservatory conser where Cohere ho Imo often left it when he Ito caine in ill Into Jato and opening the thEe thedoor door loor bowed Kate Kale in then followed closing in the door but bt quite for forgetting II I to loch lack it Thus fortune favored fn the thi adventuress adventures as j it hall hail before many times time With h illumination of or a tu match held bv its' riou r 1 the tardy pair 13 passed through LitH dark ark conservatory alor then themi nit flit through time till library and put into lIme Hit spacious hall where each took a 1 silver silvi-r k from front a table where a ro row nf or were cro placed in nes nE every cr evening nill I Try Verv cautiously Hester irester opened 11 time the conservatory lor door and It stepped inside closing tho door silently aft after r her r. Motionless almost t hi lt she sho listened his lis i tc a n as the oth others rt Il at lime t hn lairs Queer lovers myers Was the best they could do lo Good night II nt Kate Good I Good n night ight old ola chap Lionel the lIme hall haIl light ht and 11 with flaring shadows dancing behind then them thc these theto o two climbed tho the stairs Then n the th closing of distant bedroom doors an and house dar lark dark silent Sil lt settler down to slumber while the wn waited it Tw l et One o'clock to lu luI tho time slow soothing voice oleu of nf the tho bells rho o who vho prowl by night ht under I II igo O roofs must learn learl patience and I while o thc these o h hours urs pasted I f il scarcely stirred except front from chair to bench bark balk a again lIn front from bench to tocha cha chair r. r for fur she she- wore inca sneak sneak- I eis Cl's with rubber soles Miles She Rhe played odd lit I lit ga games mimes w ni with l t ii I tho Ii e Ills ts bi-ts tR with ith h as as' to v ho long r 1 in ill heartbeats t it iv would null huM take tako a n t. t little tlc Ilo fellow with a funny tail tul to creep fr frOni m one OliO crack erack to another A And tin she dIt Im that she could make h her i heart b cat I slower shower by hm 11 taking bug Jong Jo deep breaths which whelm fio sometimes helped her to ViiI win At half past 1 Hester turned th switch of ul a t tiny ny electric that hUD hung from front a vord around her A Abeam beam of concentrated d light licht flashed flash across tho the room and illi vanished as M t the e tw switch t h. h W went I back The llie funi storage e battery was working nt we well It wali to start tart 10 To b. b be I |