| Show the he mystery MY ster y road R oad by E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 1 by t llon A r WV CHAPTER X continued 12 quite oldie 90 0 o if 4 auld 1 4 I 1 I 1 lit tit I 1 i in tin you that I 1 nin an tit nit I 1 an ili I 1 arti imil new till thief in I 1 in fit nun 1 in hm bell if I 1 I 1 III imin if card find I 1 ans an in an nr li minnin i of 1 to I tin I 1 n fro i r fr ii 11 w I 1 ill fit if inept haf 1 liim I lalni I 1 this I 1 inai mn mit ill if mid and liidi invitto lip il to li ill nil fill re tin 11 I 1 r ri tragis ill cin cir I 1 a tin 1 I 1 I I 1 I 1 i it le I 1 that it 11 I 1 y lilt hill I 1 ri k if I 1 ft 1 ra pu I 1 ml till I 1 hill ill info tit io ti worl orl tip to ihor mith wl i h 1 ml I 1 ri rin agn I 1 if pa if lint III I 1 om 1 pr pals irli lS i in till thi mattir it tie p man r n 1 it 11 I 1 1 iiri I bild ild lit irlia ili dp tit if ali I 1 peal in and id im IN thui ii klip slip through hill blinci in lip 11 ri ro t 4 red thing till lit ii I 1 atil 1 14 I 1 in n i ald bald to him an art the t if dill hild ilmi nii II 11 lit loc ah and din art for them then aw an such 1 I lime 1 to nilse ne gerald went on if 11 ink fortune tins has hn ho rall fallin n if I 1 axy lit y hit anil 1 I f n ill ed in me it would hitt ahin 1 uie rip the greatest rea pleun to have offered thein the jeweler 1 I fear that tt it boull I 1 abne lck use irie less milord tie paid I 1 have hall the of knowing file elder of these ladles ladies for some v 4 o 0 arm und and I 1 piled plied the first string of paria the ouner lud ort nt tit the file time of hir n I 1 would will angly have und waken the liniment of such delite debts HH am ert owing in alonte carlo without 4 but I 1 I 1 never have hae had tin flip iro foi inie urage to Ittig gent it lou IOU will AM sa s fin announcement in the evenin evening paper milord that all claims rigulo 1 tt the ladles will be set tied by me flip n d it round if I 1 buy lie the necklace gerald proposed bluntly will ou on tell me nip how and clere to ind and adle de I 1 u I 1 he jev eler a bow how wah almost fri frimid gid my word Is passed to these two mo indies mil full rd I 1 bale hae no information to give yon you IOU nu connot even tell me what nhat rein rela tion they ere to monsieur abin lubin there lit I 1 no question of relationship milord monsieur ut ui in was I 1 under stand the steward entrusted with the realization of certain properties belonging to mademoiselle I 1 do not know knon whether I 1 have a right even to eay say so 0 o much he continued after a moment moments hesitation but lut it suggests itself that it was a mieng ing tr te monsieur Mor plear bubin 4 embezzlements he 1 lit reported to have lost several millions at the tables here that the ladles ladle whom we ine have ha e been discussing found themselves temporarily embarrassed embarras ed gerald laid down the pearls if yon you care to keep these for in for a week he proposed pro poRed until I 1 get the mine from london I 1 will ill have thin th in rhe man bowed hillord can take them with him he said or permit me to send thern tn to the hotel payment can be as de ired olred I 1 have hao commit committed teil an extras gince gerald conf confessed ested as the flip two J v ung u g men continued thel stroll I 1 have liven glien seven seen thousand pounds for or a pearl necklace great dscott nav because I 1 ras right in ray my sur mime it waa was pauline a s necklace left there so that they could pay their bills rings are there too prett rort of adventuresses Chr christopher lato hut but what arc are you going to do tin with the neek necklaces lacer ef christopher aleays intensely Inte neely practical demanded I 1 am going to keep it until I 1 meet inept mademoiselle de Ion lre again ga ger aid replied then 1 I shall beg to be e allowed to present it to her tier christopher looked up toward the hills hill it its a too mista for golf he said shall vie e go and see mardle Myr 1 I suppose so gerald agrati with out marked interest lini nv ne nes from your nursery governs goi ernesR fr friends lends they rhey cant can t take her for it month or so chri christopher stopher replied 1 I don t quite know what to do about it I T must leave on thursday gerald laughed and you barent trust her here with ith me old chip li to that itt it something like UP it 1 I ta afraid the other admitted frankly gerald sighed nhat hat a lothario Lot harlo you must think me met he declared As A a matter of if fact chris I 1 dont think that the in genue does attract me very much I 1 am too young and unsophisticated my illy elf belf it Is hardened sinners like ilke 00 oo nt who are bowled over by rusticity and find moral morals I 1 prefer something a it little more advanced in the world orld pi ways way then for heaven a sake ibave the other others alone I 1 christopher enjoined curtly e have a difficult task b before us with myrtile especially as for once in her life mary doesn doean t cwern inclined to help us treat the child sensibly enel bly tor for heaven 1 eake sake nhat hat do you mean by men sibly old chaar well ewell re that the she bae has to be le a nursery governess and not a parisian ln deml its if idiotic to take ber her to these the ammart restal arants and daneff places its if outside ber her US ift U aa hr her false exl I 1 rankly oti ii corp nn nip at out myr flip HP erold de anred I 1 if ought I 1 I 1 ave I 1 lien ian lorn I 1 rn in IR DIP flip IM of daar it 11 clr 11 II 1 r rrell rom 4 11 mr NIT id till a in 1 this kirle girls were err mud to tit elvi like a in to I 1 t linn tint I 1 y in hie file few hour bourn 11 ten 1 en tip II 11 e min litin ahti I 1 on oil lot lini p n nit it ei eu t n the th I 1 11 I 1 hi ill if I 1 liy hy of f it if i I 1 I 1 r rf rit tort orli it I 1 I 1 if 4 f r I 1 lint tin tho butto ril v i nah nj 1 if 11 till out iiii ra r i I 1 i rf r being until I 1 4 rt I 1 hlll 1111 1 I it h it 11 pout II 11 I 1 I 1 on hart f t door floor RR RI pt I 1 lenly 1 in hiir 11 fir flinn lly hat allu 1 fir 11 ill of irilli a it bringa tn to find tint 1 lr 4 r int i lh IN on 4 t six slit P arl 4 4 till I 1 tn to look it 1 r n fifth I 1 hitt ii it lit ll 11 r nt lit gerald i vho aho as it little or fir 10 IM i III 1 I lit II 11 r sinah win adf erful I 1 kno knew w that point Ho milling I 1 I 1 ing ait win iraq g alc ing to ti ili lit n ti til Is m ruing I 1 mile lie I 1 mt felt it ulida lit H 1 I 1 1 up lip inu m wr little rieti lerohl alt fl aund tier pry irry pi lit 1 colne going tn to implicit I 1 ail ani colne going to lake aiu ou oer to MCP in the car to lundi clapped tier bandit unit alt one moment slip begged 1 I must go and nd get sunie soine alfren dItT ernt nt gloves III catch you up before aou ou get to tip flip corner of lie the street the two young men inen strolled lloil n tharp fix a serious tin n R face and you are taking myrtile to mcc nice 1 de hk ing left christopher continued thought full fulla v frowned that wag was rather my idea I 1 he ad mitta have you anything against it christopher passed hie his hand through hie his friend a arm arni they had reached the end of the street and turned back again lok here oil fellow din t be he shirt hf be I 1 eggo efat I 1 I 1 U kno I 1 rn right ue c can only look after aft r t girl decently in one way and that IH Is by finding her some sort of a hitun ion not to far removed from the way nay the she hn haq been brought brou slit lip up in which h tell 11 Z 0 v 7 aa that wa was rather my idea he ad milled have you anything against it she can earn an honet honett living I 1 in m nn on my viar to secure tills this for her but if you go turning fuming her tier head by takina tier about to these smart restaurants and developing her tate for the gaieties of life aull only unsettle her tier terribly and spoil her chances of contentment I 1 louve ou ve her out yourself once or w mice lee gerald reminded him MIR 1 I neer neler lake her tier to the file u rv ry fash conable places halti her tier insisted earms a rut s I 1 lT r and I 1 tn tri all 11 tho th unie time o I 0 lini ress uron her flip lie ne f r work and find the fact that life I 1 ui ut here if Is merely a holiday holida existence take her tier to nice by all ir eftis u if ft ant to geralld but don dont t turn her tier lend tend matlo climp down doun the flip at sma beet limarl them drink s fact cleared u s tie lie I 1 watched her tier it was ulis it lit with till a wae ae of she slip Is 18 like a 1 leie lee of floating sun shine he declan I 1 chris I 1 ni not at ill eure sure that she slip ought to ix be a nunery governed t she slip IN to be beautiful enough to turn furn the head heads t f half the men in europe it will be xen eri largel our nill ability anid still loverina lov erinc his voice a little mile as myrtile drew near whether that Is goehl to he tie a curse or a happiness to her tier don t vou forget that erald chapter XI gerald alto as absolutely as he led back to their seat in it the palm court of the hotel they ha I 1 lunched wandered wondered about the town and afterward mode made their way back to the hotel lounge where a e tin was in progress why where on earth did 3 ou learn to ta dance like that myrtler be he demanded she laughed softly I 1 learn earn fill in 0 fd 1 y there imp tit 4 r IP lian n fin tie led it it fit 11 li if rif I 1 lotse tin I 1 P er limit a top lens if n in my I 1 jul jart t list tit 41 it to th he tin no il ill it hill n I 1 tin flit 11 I 1 e owe fin I 1 tl it f n I 1 raw saw it ann n atit pilli t IHK an oh 1 I li it it I 1 1 f I 1 it I 1 luil hot it pit jilt I 1 f binl an I 1 till cuvi ni oil to my iny KII wil r I 1 r i urn I 1 till lit i 4 rold 1 sl 1 anini ln boned ini him sic win its still a lilt out of I 1 tier 11 1 I gilig ere I 1 ink ilk I 1 lur lit r 4 i if M mil it n lit t I 1 r fill I 1 it it me fo at 1 I a 1 4 gif d I 1 should be lie ni vo 11 I 1 t nil ral I 1 I 1 11 I 1 lit lil it doul I 1 fill I 1 itura lit rp boull I 1 in ili tie file devil to I 1 ny A till her it he oi enli I 1 fut ut and anil I 1 f m it ri biilly oily imi amt I 1 the lie 1 for i if 11 alint hill do to you anit atilo mi she L ell oil it if it I 1 ili citan nort of mf fair fir a ru lil explain ex plaint it d a little 1 iiii I ardly rhe girls 11 arin it ull all lit of thein joint hill th should be ile myrtll glied ahnin hut but klinl hill does that matter she he abed aho I 1 hi hlll ill not hurt ric art 1 them hen I 1 arn not dancing with ou I 1 CUD can jilt it alone 1 and find talk to oo 00 one gerald shot 1 1 k hig his head can t he be ilono bittic girl ic lie deel 14 I 1 nl ed regretfully regret full is 1 quite all I 1 hen I 1 ie e on ns I 1 x I 1 ought not to en courage the enote fr fir that ort sort of alf life in you at all these girls nil all drink a lot of and moke smoke furiously furlou aly lead rotten then II 11 most of ihen thern and andl their a ine times well it be nt fit for ou to listen to 11 some ome or other III have quit quite a email small luit aati aiti just jurt one or two who I 1 know are all right that isn lent t what fiat I 1 want ant myrtile do declared 1 I want IN ant to KO go to the party tonight you will dance with ith otter girls 11 if I 1 am not there I 1 don t want you to to not today at any rate you have danced with kith me and it was wonderful 1 I 1 aln gin to think lint that I 1 dont don t want to dono ann with inv one else tn pelt gerald confessed looking at her aamir hugly ill think it oer on the ay back they made their way out to the open space in front of the hotel where fler ger aid had left the car and very goon soon they were on ther their way any homeward homard arting for the first aalf liala hour absorbed gerald geralds e whole attention and andl myrtile leaned hack back in the low lom seat by his mile filled with ith the joy of their rapid ascent the smooth birdlike motion shih seemed to be taking etem with scarcely an effort up into the clouds I 1 think whispered that thie this Is the reel real road which ilich leads to happiness the road down there li to tangled and twisted twitted here liere one seems to breathe more wonderfully to corn come nearer to one ne fp ig hut bill do dot it not understand it la is more like the air around the farni when hen I 1 waed to get up it I 1 fore the sunrise and walk through the violet patch and the rf 1 1 res eq t the gote the eun sun roee rose at the end of if ie e road iu art a quaint child martile gerald reflected 1 I v wonder u what hot v would have happened to vou it if we vie had not passed alone along that night she sah t red I 1 know she the answered 1 I am quite eure surp that I 1 know I 1 felt it in my heart I 1 when hen I 1 leaned over the gate and looked to the en I 1 of the road there was the mystery there towards which aich I 1 seemed always to hae groped that night it was the of life or the mystery of death I 1 ou came and it was life they were traveling more slowly now er crawling miling along tie leel stretch of ledge like road nt fit its extreme summit urn lerald had never before felt the fa of the girl by his hift tide side ai tie he hp ml flit it in thorp moments he lie stretched out ills hi left hand bond and the he gripped it in hers tearing off her globes i s that her tier fingers calil I 1 clasp his and fince since it Is ift life he asked la Is tit atie nn ten pi aissin pis tsina sin her tier PS arp swimming inh the desire of imi 1 is no any iunger tiger she rhe told hirn I 1 know what nhat lies at th en on I 1 of it te e road i t pre it ire e suo sun uj u J to rise ris I 1 ann know now gerald impressionable Impressio nible os opt eier fell lie the spurious num biow if I 1 f n knurl inq because its was khlly h III external ills afaf fa became gruer hit his tone was na almot stern AN bat hot x we e hot liu e vou voit will fin I 1 it tier pre he said h N happiness or has hit explained to you about posit la in ies PS she ithe an answered sered IOU ou will aill like ille ltv not elul aou ou cnut be happy Ivr tile ina 9 ant aou ou to be happ erald gerald declared deel el a red TO BF CONTINUED |
