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Show The ; ' = ourth Woiirth I-ovely I ovely Low1y Low1yIi - t Ii _ iI . d ii Y yT 0 @ e @ y . TDBR- TDBR TDBRiC : i- i i4NU - : - = iC : B BT { 4NU Service ( T The Bobbs b Merrill ' Company m ) CHAPTER VIII-Continued VIII Continued VIII - Continued VIIIContinuedlG VIIIContinued1 -1 1 -lG- lG - lG8mlf 10 0- 0 - 0Sm1f - Bmlf 8mlf Sm1f bowed , , elaborately formal formal"BII formal"Bow formal"Bnu formalBnu "BII\ "BII BII "Bow Bow "BIIdo " \ ' . do you d07 do ? ' she I5he said politely polltely polltely'ITra ' + 'ITra ITra ' Tra\ Tra 'Prav Prav Trahe \ he seated I am Madamp hdamf Madame ! ' Salton Saltou Saltouanll Saltonrand -anll anll rand anllour - and andour \our our sour \ names7 names ? " She took out her hermotel herCotd 1ot\ 1ot motel 1otlink motelrink % ( ' \ link rink o < ik and nnd poised her pencil pencil"Vi "Vi Vi " 1 , : ; i.c ic , . < ; Phelpa Phelps must hav have told you youaboll youabove youabout aboll above ! us liS , , " one of ot the men 8 1anced adsanced adsancedthe advancedthe < 1\ 1 \ anced ancedthe the " t i lenient lIement itement i truculently . " * ' 1t 1 ! It > t s " . Miss Mis * Phelp Phelps know you 7 ? " SmU Smit SmUJnQt Smitingt SmilInqi JnQt ingt i i 1 t c < II ( I allowing urprlse surprI"e surprIe surprise " to register registerthro registerthrn registerthro thro thrn li h Ii her ber voice . . . "J J " " 1itm 1 11111 itm n rn Mr . . Gregory Pulaskl Pulaski , , coun coon , aelm Belot eloi ill lit at law Inw . , " he saId ald "I I " represent representIrs representMrs representUrs Irs Mrs ) 'I I ' 1lhcuse iheuse ibeuse This Is Mrs Mabeuse Mnbeuse MnbeuseIt ItSnll It " Snll Snuf Smif r bowed politely poUtely and Mrs . . . Ala Ma Alabeusf Mabeuse Mnbeuse beusf beuse > further Inclined her already alreadytown alreadyflown town own * . iht lht ist head She was e exquisite exquisite.A exquisiteA quI81te . . . A . tln Unv Um ' darkhalred dnrhhnlred darkhaired , , white skinned skinnedtalry skinnedtairy skinnedfairy talry tairy \ whose hose c eyelashes eselashes , elasbes curled tbelr their tbelrtabulnllc theirfabulous theirfabulous tabulnllc fabulous : ; length upon her rounded roundedd1eeh roundedcheeks roundedcheeks d1eeh cheeks Certainly she was not thp the thpblond theblonde theblonde blond blonde < , Gtrnian GLrman German hausfrnu Snilf Smlf Sniff had Rn an RntlcIpn anttclpa anticlpnted anticlpntedBnnf tlcIpn ttclpa I t ell etl ellSnH etlSmif SnH Bnnf Smif r allo\ allo allowed allocd \ , cd her gaze to " zander "ander ander wander to tothe tothe tothe the males m'1les m1les ' of ot the part party } " "They They " look nc as as1f a ; < sIt 1t 1f thpy tbl'Y tblY they ' had h'1d h1d ' been pallbearers at nt thefunenl the thenneril funenl nneril * ' she thought , and Rnd the descrlp descrip descrlptlon descriptlon dcscriptlon tlon w " is 1S apt , , since they appeired nppe'lred nppelred appeared ' In to InbInd toblack Inbind bInd black . cutaway coats CO'1ts CO1ts colts ' black bhck waistcoat walstcoat waistcoats waistcoatsand waistcoatand < ; and striped troupers trousers trou < ; ers 'l l ' Ihcy They hey wore darl dark darkZseckttes darklieckties , neckties Zseckttes , their hair balr was black and andlacquered andlacquered andlacquered lacquered , , their eyes black blad . and slight slight1y slightly sllglitly 1y ly bulgjng bulging , their thclr skins yello yellow " , rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthan than olIve olive , , their noses politely polltelv sugges suggestlve suggestive suggestlve tlve tive of ot a not too remote Semitic SemiticorIgin Semiticorigin Semiticorigin Semiticorigin"And orIgin _ - "And And " the tbe other otber gentleman gentlem'1.n7 gentlem1.n7 gentlem1n7 gentlem'1.n7I gentlem'1.n7she ' . ? I ' ' she shemurmured shemurmured she.murmured shemurmured murmured . Interrogatively . . "Mr Mr " Mr : Uenrl Henri Mayer " "He He "Be Be "Ile Ile " Is ls my cousin COUSlD , " Mrs MrsJnbeu VInbeuielaid \Jnbeu Jnbeu Vabeuce Vabeucelaid \ < ; e elaid laid her fingers lightly l1ghtl , . tenderly tenderlv on hl his hiscoat hi"coat hicoat " < ; coat sleeve , and at the tbe touch and the thesound thesound thesound sound ] of ot her ber soft Uttle little voice the man man.hItched manhitched manhitched .hItched hItched . his chair closer to hers cov coy covermg coyering covering ermg ering her hand " with "lth lth his bls own"He own"He own own"He "He He " Is her ber nearest nenrest relative . , come cometo cometo cometo to support her through tins tlllS this sad ml ink inkfortune misfortune " tortune fortune , " ; , " Mr . . Gregory Pulaski Pula ckl : kl ex exjlalnC'd explaincl explained explainedSmif jlalnC'd jlalnCd plaincl ) ' ( jlalnC'dSmlf plainclSmif Smif Smlf nised r'llsed rllsed rtised ' her evebrows"Mrs eyebrows"Mrs evebrows eyebrows evebrows"Mrs "Mrs Mrs " Mabeuse hbeuse Is In trouble ? ' ' she sheashed sheasked sheasked sheasked"Madame ashed asked ashed"Marla ' "Marla Marla "Madame Madame " : me , , do not nifty nJay pjay with us usSurely usSurely usSurely Surely Miss Phelps has explained e'pl'1lned epl1lned eapliined " ' ' the theclrcumstances thecircumstances thecircumstances clrcumstances circumstances ? ' "Oli Oli "Ohi Ohi " 011 yes , , " said Smif Smff alrilv alrllv airily with "lth lth " a acynical acynical acynical cynical twist t1st t\\ t \ 1st of her mouth "She She " told toldme toldme toldme me that she hid h'ld hld had ' been In Insulted u1ted in to Monsleur Monsieur Mon sleur sieur ] leur Mabeuse'a Mabeusea Mabeuse'g Mabeuseg Mabeuse's Mabeuses ' ' studio yesterday I Iassuwe Iassume Iassume assuwe assume that Is the tbe circumstance you yourefer sourefer ou oureter reter refer to and hope you are com"e'fln comefln conveying conveyinghis conveyinghis " ' his apology apologv I was just ju"t jut " about to write writehim writehim writehim him a note to say that Mis Miss ' ! Phelps Phelpswould Phelpswould Phelpswould would take no more lessons from blm him blmbut himbut himbut but would WOllld permit pE'rmlt pErmlt ' him to retain the nd ad ndvance advance advance vance payment she sbe had made Per Perhaps Perbaps Perbaps haps baps his wife will com con\cv con cv contev \ ev the message messageand messageand messageand and " save "R.e R.e Re cave . me that necessity necesClty : . . " "How How "flow flow " can you von evpcct expect e pect " such "uch uch a n thln thing thing.Madame thingMadame , . Madame . , after what was discovered discoveredjesterdav discoveredyesterday discoveredyesterday jesterdav yesterday ? ' Smif Smlf presented a bewildered bewlldered e expres expreselon e-qireselon e qireselon - res resIIlon IIlon elon to bis bls his searching gaze"I gaze gtle gtle"I gaze"I ? "I I " am nm rather good at puzzles , " she shesaId shesaid sheaald saId , 'but but ' but I need some sort of clue to togive togive togive give me a start Perhaps If you werp were werpto wereto wereto to exphln- exphln explain- explain explain - " exphln"You explain"You "You You " can't cant ' ' put that over on Oll us so soyon soyou soyou yon you need not try , " Mr Mayer Ma ) er flared flaredout flaredout flaredout out . . "B-1 "B B 1 "H-1 "H H "H H " - 1 , , Pulaskl PulaskI , . , quit stalling 1nd and andget 1ndget ' andSet get down to cases , , or . , If you don t , . I IwJll Iwill Iwill wJll will " "I I " should be grateful , , " " Smif Smlf looked lookedat lookedat lookedat at her blt bcr watcn watcil watch "My My " Iy time Is all en engaged engaged engaged gaged and I ha have hase , e clients waiting wafting " "The The "Time Time " point Is this , , ' ' said Puhs1 I'uliski Iuliski Puhs1"Mlss I'uliski"Miss I'ulaski"Miss IulaskiMiss ' ' ! " "Mlss Mlss "Miss Miss " Phelps asked u us ' ) to see sec you , al althoubh althouh a1thoufch thoubh thouh , In my opinion It would wOllld have havebeen havebeen havebeen been more fltting fittIng If slie she had nommated nom nominated nomInated inated mated a lawyer h\\yer h yer \ I can understand her herdesire herdesire herdesire desire to avoid avolll publlclty- publlclty publicity- publicity publlclty"One publicity"One publicity - ' "One One " moment , , " &mlf mlf Smif & mlf Interrupted InterruptedplaInth interruptedplaintlely Interruptedplaintively plaintlely plaInth % ely , , "I I " " 1 still stili do not l know no\V no V \ whn what whatyou whatyou t tyou you are arp talking about . Miss I1 s Phdps Phclps Phdpstold Phclpstold Phclpstold told me that some one had cn called calle(1 calle1 lied ( her herup herup herup up this thlc ; mornln morning and slie she had h'1d h1d hid ' referred referredtbem referredthem referredthem tbem them to me as she was W'1S W1S ' In a hurrv hurry anti and antitbe andthe anilthe tbe the connection was wns bad She f fincled fincledyou fanciedyou n .lf lf < . > cJ cJyou you were collecting for ' a 1 't t ' chnritv chnrih chants be becnuse because because cnuse cause slie she cauglit cnug-ht cnug ht caught - a mention Qr or 0 ' a hu huge hugesum hugeBum e esum sum of money . . " 'Call Call ' Call It a charity or any other d-n d n dnthing dnthing d - nthing thing you want w'lnt wlnt ' . . " Mayer tit Ma 1 ' er Inl interrupted interruptedbrutalt Inlcrruptedbrutally ( . rruptcd rruptcdbrutalh brutalh brutalt ' "Miss Miss " Phelps had h'1d h1d ' better pay payup ( pavUp Inv Invup up and pay prompt promptl promptly ! ; If she wants to ton'old toavoid toavoid n\'old n 'old old avoid \ ' a suit She can't cant cnn't cnnt ' ' step out of ofher ofher ofher her sporty slIorty car and break brNlk up my little littlecousIn's littlecousin's littlecousin's littlecousins cousIn's cousIns ' happy home without cvveiting cvveitingfor , sweatingfor we'ltln weltln ' tor for It If ITenrl Henri Ilenrl Maver Mayer knows himself " "ThE ThE " "Tlipre Tlipre "There There " > re are means of cornmIJnlc'ltinnWItJI commiinlcitionwith communication cornmIJnlc'ltinn cornmIJnlcltinn commiinlcition ' with WItJI rurope I'urope Iurope ' " Mr . . Pulaskl Pulnshl Pulaski sUJ suggested suggestedgen'ally suggestedgen'Ally suggestedgenAlly : e"tell etell e"tellgen.lllly " gen.lllly genlllly gen'ally genally ' . . , "Miss Miss " 'Uss Uss 'Mss Mss ' ' Phelps Phelp " could dnubtlesc dnubtlescobtain doubtle&sob'ain doubtlesobain onbtle & < ; oblaln obtain ' anything nnything nn ) thln she relulred required required"So requiredSo ) ' "So So "Sn Sn " far . " Smif Smlf rejoined ' 'you you 'yon yon ' ha has have , e e"allee1 e'ailed 'ailed ailed "allee1 allee1 " ' ' to make mnke the necessity cleardo clear cle'1r cle1r cle'1r.to clearto ' .to to do . to roe mE ' In La fact f'lct flct ' the Idea Ide'1 Ide1 ' strike strikes strl k ( ' ' me ns as nspreposterous aspreposterous nspreposterous preposterous If I ma51y mav ma\ ma may ' \ 51y say s . ' < ay so without withoutoffense withoutoffense withoutoffense offense Suppose , ' Mr 'Ir Ir Pulaski PulnltI . , 'ouwere snuwere ' v"u vu 'ou ou snu " were to be so kind hind as to explain to me meupon meupon meupon upon what It Is based " Mr . Pulaskl Pulaski cleared tils his thruat throat hntJ lend hntJ1I11pln lendlipping andClipping 1I11pln lipping } ) the tbe fingers ftners : ; o of ! his right rlht : h'1nl h1nl hind hindwithin handwithin ' ) within bis bls his v . waistcoat 11 ' < ; tcoat , , attacked the sub subQect subjject Qect ect oratorically"Miss oratorically oratorically"Miss "Miss Miss " 'lIss lIss ' Phelps came to Mr Maheuse I\taheuse I taheuse \ sBtudin s studIo sstudio studio ! tudIo ostensibly to take tahe lesions leons lessons % In Inmlnl'1ture Inminiature Inminiature mlnl'1ture mlnl1ture miniature ' painting I say sa 'ostcnslbh ostcnslbh 'ostensibis ostensibis 'ostensibly'advltcdiv ostensiblyadvltcdiv ' ' ' nd\1Eedlv nd 1Eedlv atffcdly \ for Mr . . Mnbcuse Mabeuce : Is a strik strlh strik- strikingly strikingly . - ingly handsome man m'1n m1n ' and thp the yonn young youngladv youngladv ) . ! Indv ladv evinced CInced C\ C es \ Inced ( no talent"Ilcr talent talent"Her "Her Her "Ilcr Ilcr " 11.1 111 ( . " teacher te'1cher te1cher ' devoted so much time timeto timeto timeto ' Instruction that thnt sbortlv shortly sbortlvhi shortlyhis shortlyhis to Miss Pholps Phelns Phelps ; deserted him " Mr MrPull1"lcI MrPula MrPu'fkl MrPufkl hi his other p pupils pilS ' , . with .Ith Ith his recital rlcltal 'fhc fhc 'fhccluJ ' fhe fhechildicn rheclndn.n rheclndnn Pula Pull1"lcI Pull1lcI Pull1"lcIcnt " lcl \ went \cnt cnt on cluJ childicn ) lln . ' , . used to the run of th the ( , house liouse\\PIC liouse PIC , , the thestudio thestudio thefltlidlo unwelcome In weie " \ \ ( > 1 C 0 of ( a sudden sudllen studio , . WJ1 When 11'hen 11hen ' 'n n < ' his wife entered there , Mlf.S MlfS Miss Mls . s Phelps an and he hc conversed conserscd com ersld osten ostentatlou"ly ostentatiously ostentntlously tatlou"ly tatlouly tatiously " In French , a language I'1nguage I1nguage ' with withwhich withwhich withwhich which they thev knew hnew Mrs Mabcuse Mnbeuce Mabeu < ; e to he heunfamiliar heunfamiliar beunfamiliar unfamiliar , In order , . no doubt Ilo11bt to ma"p map mnkr ma"pher mnkrher makpher " her take hersplf hercplf herself ; away the soon sooner soonerShortly soonerShortly "r r "rShortly < " Shortly . , however howecr howe\ howe \ cr , . , the young } oung lady Indy de1sed de devised . ' \ " vised \1sed 1sed an nn even ev'n evn ( ' better plan Prctendln Pretending Pretendingthat Pretendingthat tbat that the little Lu Eugene ene was InterestedIn Inlerestedin Inlerested interested in automobiles ( he , a child of ot five fiveyears fiveyears fiveyears years I 1) 1 ) she sent mother mothl'r mothlr ' and anti chIldrpn children childrenon chIldrpnon on long drives drises drh es , thus Insuring prh pnsacs pnsacsfor privacyfor IIC ' for her and her 10\ 10 lover 10cr loser \ cr " "Permit Permit " me an 1.n 1n ' . Interruption " S'1111 S1111 stld S'1111Smle stldSmif salilSmit ' Smle Smif coldb coldly coldl } "You You 'You " ' You are going too far farwh farwhen farwhen wh when "n n < " you use tlse the word 'lovere 'lover lover 'Iovpr Iovpr 'loverewill ' ' \\ewill ewill \ \\e e \ \ \ e ew11l ewill w11l will consider that erased eraeed ernced : and anll anti substl substi substltute substitute substilute tute thevoffl the \ word \voffl voffl 'teacher teacher 't1cher t1cher ' ( , ' ' ' " ' "Madame Madame 1adame " : } . , I dared to sav 5'1V 51V sic ' 'lovpr lovpr 'Im'C'r ImCr 'lover lover ' ' ' ' h he hecause hpc < " C"luse Cluse cause " use I can C'1n C1n ' justify justif It WarnNb Warned WarnN\ WarnN SVarned \ b hi by hpr her hprn'ltural hernatural hprnatural n'ltural nltural natural ' je'1lou je1lou jealousy jealnucv ' < ; v , . Mrs Mabeuse Mnbeuee Mabeuce ; , ac accompnnNl accompanle(1 accompanlod compnn\Nl compnn Nl companle(1 companle1 \ ( b bv bs , her faithful fmthful cousin and andmrself andmyself andmyself mrself myself , . rctUl retuined returned ned prematurely prematurelv ester sester sesterday , vcsterdav esterday day to the studio In time to h hear heir < " 1r ' her herhu"b'1nd herhusband herhusbands hu"b'1nd hub1nd husband " ' e s : ; ' \ words ords of elation n at t tlie the re reclplocatIon recipiocation recipiocatlon clplocatIon cipiocation of his love lo\e lo e lose \ ' ' and 'lnd lnd 'ind ind to find finel MIs9 Miss MIs9PIHlpe MissPhelpc MissPhelps PIHlpe Phelpc ? ; . , his tHe ; favored pupil In his 'lrm lrm arms"Pauvrette ' arms arms"Pauvrette " "Pauvrette Pauvrette "Pau\rptte "Pau Pau rptte " \ " murmured ' Mr 'II II Sir " 'Ia\ 'Ia Ia 'Iaer Slaver Slaverconsoiinls ' Mnverconsoling \ er eri i con"olln.h conolln.h conollnh consoiinls " . ? to the ( he distiessed dlct1esspct dictiessed ; wife ' ae as ashe ashe ; he patted p'1ttell p1ttell pitted ' thp thE ' shoulder shoulrler neniesi nevieci nem e < ; 1 to him"And him"And him him"And "And And " to " see "ee ee cee thnt that pupil dl\oterll\ dl oterll dr'totedls drtotedls dr'totedlsslipping dloterlls1ppln devotedlyslapping ' ' \ \ s1\ppln s1 ppln slipping ' \ , ; his facp falC face " ' Smif Smlf commpntE'd commpntEd commented commpntE'ddrly |