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She pon pan pore bihty bilily busty of running away awayon awayon awayI I on bn Lambert threatens d sinherit sinheritDon sinheritDon Don agrees to the job but before beforem beforeIs beforeth beforeh th Is over his nerves are arc jumpy jumpyot jumpyhot jumpyhot m hot ot tieep sleep at night he Is too tired tiredt tiredfit tiredBt fit t much with Isora l.ora lora Nora ' . Nora soothes soothesh soothesth soothesith th ! h her music musie Nora gro vs quiet qutct quietr quietbroods quietI ( broods over ever Don complains to toer toher toher r her er of o ( Ned s sspy ' -spy spy 'py py - ng on him and andthat andl andthat l ( that rather than see Don s sp rit rft rit't ritt 4 " 4she ' sheill the she \ will \\ill ill till run a vay va ; ) S e urges urgesher urgesher her ! ( her to put an end to the fill fut futle futlepent Ie Iepent IeBent pent James Lambert Is obdurate obdurateCry obduratetry obduratetry Cry try Lambert tells her that If 1 ( Don Donbe Donhe Donhe be he will wlU qu t vlth vilh vith him that he illgh ill . gh t * wllh with n > ) tV > her tiA He Un adds n/4 n 4 / that tlll If If s C t e eI * I Iher .her her her bargain It will be useless u.eless ueless . to too tojio :0 0 o : . him for help La Later ter Don an and andiscuss andI Iscuss Iseuss the s tuatlon tuation Don pron prons pronsbuck pron'buck pronbuck . * ' buek buck up and take life more ealm calm ealmVe calmVe calmFe Ve 11 U Ii stick it out he says With Withning withning Withnine ning of spring Don Is full of un on unhd onhd unhd hd \ wanderlust anderlust and takes long longat longat longat at night One e eicning evening _ enlng a poorfaks pooraks poor eaks aks to him and In his pity for forgives forgives torj faks gives her money A car passes passesmoment passesmoment passesf moment flashes headlights andIon and4on and ton 4on -Ion Ion - . . A terr tern ten-re ten re - fe rc heat " wave "ave ave ushers ushersSummer ushersummer usherslummer Summer ! ummer and Nora refuses to go gocountry gocountry feountry gofeountry ( country " with "Ith Ith her father Ned NedhIle Nedhilt Nedhlle hIle hilt insinuates to his father lIbout about lIboutevenings aboutevenings aboutevenings evenings away from Nora bat but batII't butlit butjrt II't IIt lit ' refuses to listen U.ten Uten paten . Meanwhile MeanwhileOods Meanwhiletoads Meanwhileroods Oods toads ! over the undermlnlne undermining of his his.f hisCHAPTER hi * .f f . CHAPTER CHAPTERContinued DAPTERContmued HAPTER DAPTER \-Contmued Contmued V \ % Continued -Continued - - Continuedanswered Continuedanswered answere7curlous ; ( answered a curious dryness drynessthroa drynessthroat drynessthroat throa throat t Too hot to go out out outmention , , mentIon eating1 eatingI eating I cay say it is ' We had ours sent sentlut senttut sentlut lut tut we re likely to get it hotter hottertJUly hotterJuly hotterj hotterjJuly tJUly July Father sas says sa ) s they re refg reig fg g to the country on Monday Mondaycan Mondaycan Mondaycant can t tork work \\ork ork Cork \ without food Ma MaBetter MaBetter MaBetter Better Better , skip out and get a bitevoice bite ' " tvolce voice yvoice trailed off oil as he came cameI " ' ; Now pausing beside thee thee the e ' lifted the newspaper newsphper newspbper and anddovn anddown andiown I dovn down : a while utterly un unous unS IUS ous < [ of Don Doll s tense attItude attItudeaddemng attitudeaddenung attitudeaddemng addemng addenung accuracy his lean linger leanlinger ' , finger found the elusive error errori errorpve i ve ye made a mistake thereo theren there thereDo Do n- n nHe . . _ - He might have been cor coru corsome cora u : some small boy That SIX SIXf1 sixhate sixp f1 haie ha\e ha e hate \ been a sixty slJL1y See See9 See9auntered See9tuntered ? auntered Idly to the wmdow window windowg windowC C , : down at the mass of swelter swelterbmanity swelterlimanity bmamty bmanity below while Don sup suped suptd ed d a murderous impulse to tof , j 1 bim him lm out . . But Ned had turned turnedrwas turnedIwas turnedi rwas I--was I was - - was speaking'e speaking 'e e ' ' here Don There s 5 some someI some.1 some1 , . I teel feel ( eel I ought to tay fay lay to youI youyoung you yout I ' young man braced bunselt himself bunselt1t himselft 1t ( t a * . about my work I can savetthe savethe save savethe tthe the trouble he replIed replIedfUely repliedpiely replieduely fUely piely [ I know I m a dumb.at dumbJut dumb .at at Jut . t thu thIS sort of thIng-always thIng always thingalwaysbe thing - alwaysbe be e Suppose you keep those thosedents thosefients dents ents for a day when the mer mersomewhere merg somewhere below one hun hunThere hunThere huni huniThere tsomewbere mertsomewbere | There ire are limits lumts you know knowt knowat t even a cog in this ma malean macan + : lean an endure without explodingpr explodingir explodingr exploding ir r your sister s sake I prefer to toyny 1y ' iny temperlat temperi temper temperi temperd d i i lat sat ( at down slowly slo\\ly slo ly \ on the win winledge winledge winledge ledge He d dn do t speak tor for a aW tnt Icnt atnt aIcnt and regarding hun hum closely r.ondered rondered closelyr.ondered wondered closelykrondered closelywondered thathe thating . how many tunes tImes that thatIIDg IIDg ing the roan man had changed hisThe hisThe his & ' The thought made him hun hum coniof conof con conLot I hisI Lot iof ( of his own much wrInkled wrInkledOusers wrinkledousers wrinkledgrousers Ousers and he slid bis his long longder longder longader der the desk to hide them them.u themu . . happen to be on the wrong ? ' , Ned replied Myomments Myommentsothmg My . , : omments ommentsothng ommentsnothing othmg othng whatever to do WIth WIthork withark withgyork ork ark here You do as well wellt weUgt t beginners begmners I suppose What Whatto Whatto Whatt to is a different matter al alrIve alr alpr rIve r I ve ye no desire to meddle meddleour meddleour meddlerour our private life We Mason Get Getraight Getraight Getiraight raight . . But Father tells me meora meora metora ( ora sends you home early earlyce earlyglee ce I ve ye caught you nodd ng ngee ngee ngw ee o 0 clock It stands to rea reaat reaat realt | at a manho man \ who \\ho ho gets to bed bedidmght bedidnight bedFmidnight idmght idnight ought to be able to towake towake towake wake through the next daynly daysly day daynly > nly sly surmise surmiseIt surmiset t ? Don prodded om none nous o voice voicean voicean ; an only surmise repeated repeatedthat repeatedthatwell that-well that well that - - well to speak plainlyou plainlyCu plainly ou Cu youNora don t so go home alter after you youora youora youNoraee orae ora ee e said ald Don He was des desangry desangry desff angry but making a brave bravet t Mayhere to hold his hi ! temper May here your active imagInation Imaginatione e passing passmg the night hours hoursHushed ? ushed looking hot hot , , thought thoughtif thoughtr r the first time that stIlI stiff tifl ng ngough ngr ngough nglough r ough he answered calmlysm calmlyam calmly calmlyis calmlyt t sm am won t help Mason be beS bes is S It happens I ve ye got the then then theo n you Do you understand understand't understandt ? ' ' ' t certainly I do not noti notl ! Makeclear Makeclear Make ( clear pleasebe pleasebe please pleasebe be only too glad to Ned Nedriskly Nedriskly Nediriskly riskly as if il concluding some somenil tul ful sometul someful business deal I don tting ttang t ttlng > tlng ting tang about the bush myseU myself myselfu myseUu u can t deny that you wereother wereother were werelother lother other e g rl late " Friday I"t1day It1day rriday eve eveecause eveecause eveecause ecause I L saw yol1 yod yol1hell yodI yodhell yollhell I hell you did I ! Ieyes eyes were blazing while while10usand whilenousand whilethousand 10usand nousand Imps seemed to be beg bene g the top of o ( his head with 7 7g . Y " . " " , " , . w _ _ _ tiny hammers Where he was ask askmg asking asking mg ing himself hImselt frantically had bad he been beenon beenon beenon on Friday7 Friday ? ' Of course there was no nogirl nogirl nogirl girl but he must produce an alibI alibIand alibiand alibiand and he couldn t seem to think thinkNora thinkNora thinkNora Nora s brother was accusing accusmg him blm of ofbemg ofbeing ofbeing bemg being untrue to her . . It was wasbeastly wasbeastly wasbeastly beastly horrible and Thenhe Then Thenhe Thenhe he heard Ned say a triumphant rmg ring rmgIn ringin ringin In his usually level voice ' . You Youdon Youdon Youdon don t deny it ? Then perhaps you 11 ll 11admit lladmit 11admit admit what Cormne CorInne suspected at the thetIme thetune thetime tIme tune ' 'i i ' . ou were gn g1\ g1 g1Ing \ ing her money ? ' To the man s complete surprIse surprIseinstant surpriseinstant surpriseinstant instant relief sprang into Don s sharassed sharassed sharassed harassed face Money That girl on onthe onthe onthe the bridge of course cour'e coure ' The kid he hehad hehad hehad had talked with wlthl ! Those blInding blIndingheadlIghts blindingheadlights blindingheadlights headlIghts tha that t had lingered on 011 hun hunSo hunSo himSo So Ned Lambert and his wife had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been behind them Goshi Goshl Gosh ! " what "hat hat that a aSltuatlonl asutuattont asituationi Sltuatlonl sutuattont Perhaps under the elr cir elrcumstances circumstances circumstances cumstances it wasn t so strange- strange strangethe strangethe strange strangethe - the th ng they d thought about hun him hunHe himHe himHe He said almost laughing in relIefYes reliefYes relief reliefYes Yes I gave her money She set setme setme setme me back a whole month f s board- board boardpoor boardpoor board-poor board poor - - poor kId kidl ! You see . ' . He told the story eagerly ex excltedly excitedly excitcdiy cltedly citedly He told it \ well tell ell It had hadseemed hadseemed hadseemed seemed a colorful experIenee-a experIenee a experience-a experience experience - a bIt bItout bitout bitout out of the heart of life to Don He Hedid Hedid Hedid did not realize how it would seem to A 0 R RlF ? lF lFyllh yllh yllhf yllhrcrt f rcrt r7 r7Wii ; 4 4wti wti Wii 4 4z z - - ' \ Ised I\ed I ed Iced Lambert never fimshed finished fimshedthat finishedthat finishedthat that sentenceNed sentence sentenceNed Ned until at its close the man saId saIddr saiddryly saiddrily dr dryly ) ly And vou 'You You ' . really expect to toput toput toput put that over on me Mason ? Don stared at bun hun him amazement In InIDS inhis inhis IDS his eyes eyesPut Put it over on you youl ! Do-do Do Do - - do you youmean youmean youmean mean to imply ' . Anger was surging surgmg through him himhot himhot himhot hot waves of anger Never had Don Donfelt Donfelt Donfelt felt anything Just ] ust 1 I ke them He Hearose Hearose Hearose arose slowly his dazed head pound poundmg pounding pounding mg ing Did Nora s brother actualIy actually actualIydoubt actuallydoubt actuallydoubt doubt his word ? It was untlunk unthink untlunkablesome unthinkablesome unthmkable able-some able some - - some hideous mistake He HegrIpped Hegripped Hegripped grIpped a chair his nervous fingers fingerstense fingerstense fingerstense tense as Ned who had also risen risenanswered risenanswered risenanswered answered I imply nothing nothmg I have haveno haveno haveno no use for implications in such a amatter amatter amatter matter But tor for you to expect me to tobelieve tobelieve tobelieve believe that any man m in his sensei senses senseisees sensessees senseisees sees a girl tor for the first tune-the tune the time-the time tunethefirst timethefirst tune - - thefirst first time mmd mind you and because becauseshe becauseshe becausethe she tells him a flimsy fiImsy sob story storyhands storyhands storyhands hands over his whole roll rollwell roll-well roll well - well It ItsImply itsimply itsimply sImply won t go down young fellow fellowA fellowA fellowA A yarn like l1ke that doesn t hold water waterPeople waterPeople waterPeople People don t meet by chance on onbridges onbridges onbridges bridges and confide their 1 fe his historles histortes histones torles tortes to ea each ch other not in n this tlus age ageAnd ageAnd ageAnd And decent girls don t accept mon money money ey from trom complete strangers any anyhow anyhow anyhow how I hate to say this Mason but butafter butafter butafter after all Nora s my sister and il 11 ilyou 11you ifyou you ve ye been double crossing crossmg her- her herrunnIng herrunning her herrunning - running around till morning wIth withsome withsome some cheap jane who isn usn t fit to- to toNed toNed to - - Ned Lambert never finished fimshed that thatsentence thatsentence thatsentence sentence Something as hard as It Itwas itwas itwas was unexpected came in contact contactwIth contactwith contactwith wIth his jaw and he went down downWhen downWhen downWhen When furiously he regained hIS hISfeet hisfeet hisfeet feet a moment later a v.hlte vhlte white . v > hite faced facedDon facedDon facedDon Don exploded Will you take that back back9Damned ? ' Damned if 11 I will you lazy- lazy lazy'Take lazy'Take lazy lazyTake - ' ' Take 'Take care caret carel ! warned Don or oryou oryou oryou you 11 II get the mate to It it ! ! He Hereached Hereached Hereached reached for his hat-set hat set hat - set it firmly firmlyupon firmlyupon firmlyupon upon h shead s head Well I m through throughhere throughhere throughhere here now Ive I ve that to thank you youfor youfor youtor for He moved toward the door doorthen doorthen doorthen then turned forcing himself himselt to say sayLook sayLook sayLook Look here Lambert . . For Nora s ssake ssake ssake sake I apologize for hitt hltt Kitt ng you youthough youthough youthough though I d probably do it again un under under under der the same provocation But you II 11 IIdo 11do 11do do well to remember that I m not a aliar aliar aliar liar and if il U you re una unaware ware that thatyour thatyour thatyour your sister s the sort a fellow fellowdoesn fellowdoesn fellowdoesn doesn t double cross I advise you to tomdke tomake tomake mdke make her acqua111tanceAnd acquaintanceAnd acquaintance acqua111tance acquaintanceAnd And I ad\ ad ad\lse ad |