Show UL 4 the th mystery y st e ci la R ua a d by E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM by litti little brown C co U CHAPTER XII continued is plentie don t er er begged IX MCI ty rrell atlle mot come I 1 ont venix cwm r in ili the nuy flay I 1 nin ton to lit t at t ary nite ruto tu vu hie II 11 ripsime tip stoop cooped eit for her tier donk 4 arix her tier arranged it arun I 1 lur it ills 1 flygt tin rim hi lit it t P 14 11 ll f the almy am he lip cullif 1 I it lon w arp ren it Is arille Mr ille lip 1 nil nill lie hiked binef i more tit i arni i irni nil I 1 lie ile med all i fur ain atol n it lir tier nry cy or aff there Knipl P liliie in blit ce t which of hod find P en in lit tl if finer those oti off erm ile lit a i 1 nil list turf in oil lind t letter effer R EI 11 rille he tie I 1 hit nid 1 1 ferlitto fir litto plit r cinq fill whip hit hand irth f tin ue e enn t lan lyne F n ro row bet heie P nod y arald slip lie falt faltered erd it ant t ni f filliat fil n lift all of f coure cour ae e not linold cisly red e lire are all a little mer I 1 hink goodby little inal ile ic matted her almoite and added to tier iho the tuo wo left the room the find lily illy ill ny y walked ie tie 1111 strep acts tit in allonce ulen thiv arched ilaff liln it ft f M birds f f lods gnp 1 I rl atol lit r its I 1 net artile fr tIle ufim alne ouli alv bald 51 sirelle SIr rille lie I 1 1 lilt nse itse listen K yol I 1 am limit ning klip she tot toll I 1 hlin hill drearily this mornine at eight orlo I 1 shall be here to till fill e I 1 uni lit to the it ns laete e I 1 e lud ind tile clatl ea es you are wearing arin and find I 1 hilll return them to annit I 1 you will III go to lon don and I 1 mil ad mury ilary will III take care of you i I 1 ads nd mm Is lit gerald s sister ui dc ou i da beg ma sl fill millfred fred I 1 lense it aine d nt a I 1 think of me Rs nn tin xe lived loner 11 pher went A ent on 1 with I fill a ear ote e of unni feeling in lila his tine ti ap on imp ale Is a art wonderful thing filing but bill it Is alan n ien eri danat dnn rous roua ar illo I 1 alze if if care for cerald gerald and tu he ure cure f r ron vo I 1 allme 11 fill 10 ay lu ill lehni to tot one line another rid j you aill be he h happi pl tilt lut the loe ime r 1 if I 1 hl 1 it bring happiness 44 Is IR nit of it in tit crit nr s pr gr 11 ll it it 1 I net not it of athi feeling lin I 1 lon I 1 I 1 it lou on lot loe e erfeld id witt h iou qu uhle fill ill eald t n 9 1114 cimpl eipl HI at iT italin llin for toil I 1 oil art a first whim im to him a child mime ft lose let rid 1 r 4 attracts him the kin tier i in n of I 1 live ie to e a wonderful onder rui ri alce tee but arit 0 tko ako a people pt ople iho ilio ire tire in tip it e position aft a f r u and tin ernid erald c in enter it I 1 v the tile oro tr nten i if iou w nr art faithful re is III ell n I 1 er pir this A air e tr or ili too 0 of life lire will A ill bit ni menh it to it if nn tin I 1 oil ill H ehni jut jutt whitt tar lacking I 1 oum oi glit just hill in a cornar of our r lit part M rifle I 1 tellene flint ou waded ed wa iao lacking that something oni ething the ill linie lime pon cl even pen vom yom won xon ht of fill ii antl on must wait deir tired ot tinb ing in the lie world orld will ill keep vou and fra fr A raid apart if it our lour I 1 live lie for one an tin thil her becomes the loe ime flint enia endres p dd crept awai a wo noro piali i hor or an hour waited ol ted un on n nt at the darkened corner of f the test ret lie ile walled waited until he tie sav the e I 1 licht ht go out in t room then n bit lie went ment hark back to the tile hotel chang d his net othes and rested for a coul e if of babal cours are hen he returned to her room in e was balting for him film dread in rael little blue spargo nult pull mutely pa pit e r wit I 1 tie christopher enfried her dinall arribi p and they made their way to thi I 1 do tion to I 1 he gild r ild sit a they stood watching the imin coming and unit th tiny this morning I 1 think it at ou no are hating tile you lou think tue ry cruel try and not judge me fur for scot rear par ly 0 1 I 1 think that ion oil niran mean well tell she slip em 0 hed I 1 lut tit xou t ou in do not understand grag put pill money into her tier in of arse and took tier up to where lady I 1 L thil ary ry wm wait attending fill her little nr stood of depend ritia lie kanke R few fl lily words to who ans ansfred Pred 6 r lut fill without any kruip of fit bill eeling 11 in tier lone nat sat down oil one of the trunk trunks sin nl I 1 louied ion ed tend li acro nt at rhe me nolte fr antei el an annl lady I 1 adv its abi for a moment abnit its of 1 I don t ann know why hy 1 I am 4 rn boint till this cull in rig for you xou mary mid if gunj ou harl eted to annn the flip thith IdI I 1 damke sPike the flip erell unc anz woman noman intensely balti f you cn con I 1 feel flint anu are doing bt it for nit my sake christopher replied athol ink that yon you are doln it for ger del la V aar lady ady afara stared at him for a R mont 1 2 if t and christopher fancied flint he aid id rend read in her lc ome ernee of that patrician gup wip titian which claimed for its people e hodle and souls gouts of their satellites ie train thundered in TOU too will bonjo conjo and I 1 ee me in lon pi 7 she asked a little softened directly I 1 return he promised 11 1 I ant nt ferret forret this thi stary he added a atle tie awkwardly you too ve been a ck it phe he smiled curiously gratified trat lOed at his latin words christopher leaned jearil ard myrelle Myr myrtile he be all uld bhe e removed rei noTed ber her eye eyes tron from the win w tor for it moment 1 by christopher he she aa an ter ad looked look d back nio at the tn ate 1 I 1 lie ito building fill ltd its irregular Irre milar front and clone dramn behind one of them gerald wen aux sleeping oll pIng valli ill I 1 loud clond of bilack and unit it f hoar linam stol I 1 11 ing pants the flip lone long ralo train tota ined aloi nut out of top sailon BOOK TWO chapter I 1 gerald hall been nt sit he tie alyde ihrk hold hotel oni 1 lias on oil I 1 in lot MII tit to imy it mil in lit urbon ift rem flence hak through tie hill not I 1 inari like I 1 antl lii fity I 1 ihrk ark at I 1 clock on it 11 hii nt I 1 unley in atoru tt brillo tier 11 er who mho tin hen hein hilt fellow amt at alight Hl Klit I 1 ini ito up tit UK an ho tie in ili I 1 ri it ilia 1 pit I 1 alif lie ih ahr ili r of the firmest hi lit two ho doting men wie tie still in the little feln lly briix no ona m hill ll 11 t 1111 lit juhik 17 the illicit cloila it it it inid had never MIMI na from thein alif in aliu the night in gor r aid nide room at the hot dp do I 1 aels n tit nico ago I 1 I 1 tot tok it blit hl friend q arin HP ili flat made cerul nt at taint ti int if to fruk th the re rf ami and geraldo ilde appearance thep dun fumbled film floii it inner hilt lil aies re rest restless lems till ills iti onnor r if littly bemotis he ile had hall not the f leing l lne HP tie cilla of fortune flint lit h wn nn I 1 wonder onder ou d rint n t get fed up tip A fill tile I 1 ondon ermid christopher re marl pd I 1 en tem henrly am lold con A feird ased tapi were ere much more amus ln in in flip lip old dar before the took tool up marriage ab it hobby vow now flip little huny begins to 0 o about her people in lie the country an I 1 qt Gr giorges orges senare if ou I 1 id her tier finders it it fill 11 the flip fault of f thee allow ei grat hemens rhey find pa sed the tile Ar Acil lillies lles wattle and were making toward kote gate I 1 he lie crowd here more spiritless than eer eler in calro n little wn ill burk back and ind apart from the there filters two domn deed in plain bind opre ere seated one wn eldell the tile if or er boung koth iloth were erp weal ieni both ut zat tile re with the he air of wishing to inell it ni I 1 ofer obien of er at atlon ion to christopher file aire re entirely his ills hale attention wa as hy by ger lda ilist st de demner monor jerald lone long fili finders gerg had gripped nil MR ann arm I 1 or the th st time in konttis tl it re was wa a real feeling in his face it a I 1 I 1 lie unit ii nit ff ft r rne mr cerl IN without hesitation cerald turned ani an I 1 threaded his iny among the chairs rhe two mo matched hie his a pronh the older one ath with stolid tn in nee pauline apparently with rome faint re gerald tin how eer eier in list vist few im scot idi had tie he coine come a ey pry determined person lie ile stord before them with his hat in hie his land ills how bow aas lower loiter than ili 1 cup tomary among an fn english people ills manner could scarcely hae hale been more respectful if it he had been finding 1 hie ills homage nt tit buckingham palace may stay I 1 he be permitted to rf riva I 1 my relf self to tie lie recollection ol 01 0 sindone de Ion Iloa lere tere he lie begged ave woman looked at him hlin with on decol ebes the last eighteen monti montis 4 hud had dealt hardly alth lah her tre tte flesh had sagged a little from in hot sneek bones her mouth had become bitter tur her throat was as thin her eye eyes cold and Irl flabby lou do not suc succeed ceeil in doln doing eo so monset tir he the aid raid coldly lne fere win it soine ponie faint note of lir it her manner nothing noll ilni hatte liHt eMr cr of kindlam 4 moling toting gen gentilman she phe ex to her aunt 1 I lord ord lomtev I 1 believe his ills nahne li 14 ans ns kin lini 1 enough to be of A to ill i at of mi nil ale chirlo arlo on flip he alti when alien aubin met with n fill lile ills unfortunate ocelot ri de pon en Inc inclined lind her tier lir id 1 I I 1 imbt that we e fereri our thanks on tin thit oc nulon she he ol 01 sned ed it it ferald hi lit id ld his ills ground nicil ni nil was as thir eer and thil hul but perhaps he ile alint thare we alto a phil lia ie le of end I 1 hunig client in those soft oft wary eta e mainnie Mad nnie he said raid there was As some POMP precious pre ilous ious ance alice between your rile e and tone trifling 11 ite rilet I 1 had been able to render walh gave gae me the right to perfo m further one it glies me grell pleas uie ui e to see rou vou again in ni fa own on countr the tile older tough laughed I 1 harlev it Is difficult to bellee she site scoffed unit that the tight it f us could aile file asure to eriv fine ne apart arni fir in which fact she site added tt it Is not our to make or rent kenw ac while title file are here ll madame adame erald replied hit wa was jour your attitude in monte carlo an attl tude rude hah I 1 may ay say occasioned me tile deepest regret I 1 venture to hore that I 1 may be able to induce yon you to modify it if aid and why villy should 11 1 the she aked al at mot insolently because I 1 have the sincerest and slid most profound admiration tor for mado mad mollelle molt mol eUe selle gerald declared stoutly and land brause in mj my own country I 1 there in filli hit that I 1 bisty ba b of arche to ou de do portiere oppi ed pd a plain cufr of and I 1 ked fur for a fit at t I 1 or sin I 1 tiglia ninn the he remarked 4 od 4 iii in lii 0 o hint hale it too mail nor lio ito li Is thle cherp nun ras r as flip tic 1 in it lothlin lot 41 thin llin of if II 11 oil I 1 quillien lip hix minie id Is lorl at 1 f v III ll 11 tile alc I f n if of tie 1 fort of if dur met six nine mine de do rr re 1 I HIP ilip erl part of birr PHI line to lit one of tile lie lesser ang alph III I 1 ll 11 ilif it ao 10 line him antilety aulds of ton tot illel I 1 I 1 if only hin filthy could fluid time lime ilion nt at ilia fill to 2410 lit t tn III ibe rin mitti chette to M j ludas I 1 our tire of t an nm rate not tin liila tit timi derit lie lit pleada ani Iler fles is 1 this of any nul rial quence mint precisely do in nil want of alq the older r indy asked nuked utter a licit t heil littlon the of renew inn ray my hf if finnin tante mth ou tu both gerald re ill 1 I lon hale inne so fadaie d do alonlo rp I 1 im milt to pi pit my r ro 1 at your andon resilience be u arged I 1 VP e do not cecelie e in lon ion tip tile lie urt appl I 1 trait 1 lerald persisted flint yol will III make fin except loti in in favor suddenly there ins a shade of hauteur in her manner but some frankness mv aunt lie calil paid there are arp certain things alch it ll 11 impossible to conceal mi 11 aunt and I 1 the went n ang are lining thing in tile hul 0 ulf I 1 le r in on linan hilt it lid fl el in louill I 1 if no rean rea n homeer why by we ae cilitti eh u I 1 not reecho iu there if vou you are in earnett in bour delre to rall call we nr art without A in this city de Ilon lere closed her forg 1 bettex etli if little fit up ile f arp are at Nu rutiller tiller 2 as fr pr riston ardt nr nit south v n slit sile tal I 1 I 1 I 1 lit i tine e it IP ey all ill the ailie tt it e I 1 arlston arapis gardent ard Pis hold hotel if it in if 0 MH 11 permit me arall gerall BUS pit 1 I will bring mv my dieter sister I 1 ti rill dpn n ou v alien lien she he Is in toi mortn n in the 1 binm I 1 upon a 1 rl I tring irin I 1 ou are with a ai I 1 lain in lit own ton no so fr thee few fei 1 enyx am ain 1 I 1 ill i ou do me the preat honor of lining at tonight with mel tile 1 UP e ishall escape this 4 r it le heitt ard be able to listen to buic out or of door doors 1 I regret that it ie Is impossible air de tie portiere replie erald wn quick witted tere were many elitle thing things ie le had noted mi is lem dem isselle tie he mid turning to pauline I 1 beg rou you to interred intercede with your aunt I 1 do not iniste vou to one on of the established restaurants the rr ara charm of Ranel Is I 1 iti its anfor mality the people who have been playing pl avint tennis and rolf golf star in n to dine with gome some trifling chance in their attire I 1 should hae bale to itak vou too to excuse ray my remaining in morn ing aa dres dress it ie to a convention of the plire pi ire milord P do fill il boulto our vard ill iule e pauline marked it with a faint smile 0 so o he the went nent on do not think nf ne I 1 think your Is and aunt I 1 bee beg of vou let its adept cent I 1 ord bombei lim he 4 tl tf how murli much we ire fam frt m flip lie heat beat think of our room our wi tina I eak oble 11 d anner I 1 in short I 1 lall if it aou ou vt ill allo me I 1 ehll 11 for voll at a tIli arter lo 10 parl I 1 pru pro posed turnlee nL to andin nind I 1 it e dt pon I 1 ere TO BF COTI CONTINI ID ED |