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' when wben everything ever'thIng everthIng ) ' was set beIt beg he be he"fct "fct fct " It g to spring It Jt on us and andt andcamera andcamera t camera Showboyl Show boyl boy ! con coname conarne < Itrce ame arne with lively hvely scorn.I scornI scorn . . kid I ! Gloria Gloria.her Gloriaher Gloriaher C Ceve . live eve ve a heart .her her . herI herl .herIt I , It l over what ' pursued they the y < . > ep within herself berself she was wasa mall and unlaJr unfair unlaJrJ unfairs unfairhli . : , $ -a a - lean ean can and small ( J s was all Kelsey sHare s Hare S Swas swas st was coldly furious at blm.s hims himbut him blm .s s . .sbut , r but common everydayti everyday ' i . . ti ' { ' " the first sensible thingBald thing < .aid aid Bald . I aid snapped Kelsey KelseyD Kelsey\ Kelsey Kelseydo \ D a do I 1 break into thistlnQwred thisInquired this thisInquired Inquired Martin . . After all aU aUan allan ' an Interest in it See hereE hereEftby bere here bere"hJ hereFhy tlnQwred ' 11 ' ftby "hJ hJ Fhy " ' d da dn do t you let me meT l T ' ! the wa way ) ' you jumped down down"lat downlat fa " ' : " " ( at t , , , right at the start ? saidI said saidfc < fc I wouldn t have bave either eithera eitherT a . pretty tick sick of o1 the wbole whole wholeconfessed wholeS wholeSconfessed Ueonfessed confessed confessed Kelsey I 1 didn cildn dldn ttalk ttalk t ttalk talk about it And ADd I don t ttalk ttalk tt talk about it now he be ap- ap apth apth ap-inth ap inth - - . th rising annoyance 'ThIs ThIs 'ThIsIce 'This'ice ' ' Thisice Ice 'ice ice ) ' wasn t my idea Who got gotb gotIvn gotm b Ivn here anyway ? be he .n n fin . .nlth finth th a poisoned look at Marnethat Marne " lth 1 . , , that s that , , observed Mar"jrnfortably Marjrnfortably Mar Marm1'ortably Mar3mfortably 3mfortably ) m1'ortably m1ortably ' I ve ye been wrong wrongSt wrongtut wrongjut jut never quite one hundredvrong hW'ldred hWldred hundred hW'ldredwrong hundredwrong ' St tut wrong so far as I 1 recall recalL1 . Tim 1 I supposed to do now now3 ? TI ) him and say you re sorr sorry sorryGloria sorryled ) ' Gloria It I If ! you don t Id I Ig fd d It be If I kissed you and ande e- e - eg g doing interposed thatvoung thatyoung that thatgyoung voung gyoung young person personf ) 37 f she he was sorry sorry ' 'row row ' . our own apologizing It s sIs sis sbis Is own fault , , anywaylere anyway anywayere anywayere ere Kelse I don t see howke how howe e that money moneycay moneygoshl moneygosh cay gosh goshl ! burst out the in-Maroe in Maroe in- in - inMarne inManic - Marne Manic Both of you nowl nowlt now nowicble ! -t t - toble oble on each other at oneame oneame one oneame ame time Good by * ' Sheher Sheher She her hands pressed overr overa over i r a and the concussion of ofg ofg ofbg g door testified to the out outher outher outon her feelmgst feelingst feelings feelmgs t cheese n crackers ' Is that thatbabyl thatbabyl thatbaby | babyl ! remarked GlorIa GlorIafter Gloriafter Gloriatttcr fter her departed friendthe friendthe friend friendthe the poor little IJttJe thing has a aminced ar ' , minced Kelsey It s all allrt allrt allrt rt Don t worry worr ) ' about therive the theIse 1 1e Ise \e e \ made a nice DIce profit onL on onThere onThere There s a the rent I 1 ve ye vethat yethat ve\ ve vethat \ that . . And you may rnay bave have bavet havet havejihat t I Im m not depositing deposltlng the theawn theawn theIrawn awn by Templeton Saylesanybody Saylesanybody Sayles Saylesanybody anybody s a account accoW'lt accoWlt ' by my myesides myesides mylesides esides esidesHe -He He - He threw out his hisd hisd hisid d expanded his bls chest It s a smill10n amillion ' million mill10n to be able to chuck chuckbestowed chuckll chucklli i bestowed upon him bim a II . look lookeratlon lookeration lookmiseration eratlon eration . . Tough 'Tough ' ' luck luckmurmured luckmurmured luckhe murmured murmuredt murmureds t s . tough luck ' , you "aU aU " a sport or aren t you'old youold you youold youold ' old lad ' hot ot ot . . Not any longer rve Tve rvethe Tvethe I'vei Ivei ' the sport I can stand And Andill 11 me Tempy That s out out.ire outire . . re we if you quit QDus ya QD an us usMoby usMoby usMoby | Moby Me Hail Hall Caesar Caesaro o still sull stall need the money saI sat sa sait I ' it t help It It , , he cried des desI desI1 desIf I I1 ! I have to keep on be bepleton bepleton beipleton pleton Sayles and lettingltUyed lettingguyed letting spitifan e ltUyed guyed ( uyed by that little litUe SpIt SpItan spitan an Straiten Stratten girl gir1 . . , 111 I 11 Ii crackng crack crackg g ii Is ! a iquared squared and I m for forroad forroad forroad road roadlive roadlive roadgive live give plead'Walt pleadWait us one chance plead pleada . ' "Wait Wait 'Walt Walt " tiU tin till we bear hear from fromSnydacker fromSnydacker fromSnydacker , Snydacker again Sensmg Sensing Sensmgued Sensingued Sensingiued ued resistance she rettred retired rettrederself retiredersell retiredlerseU erself ersell for thought , , andWith andwith and andwith with her final argument argumentere . . re boys I 1 m going to teU tell teUethlng tellething tellicthing ethlng ething You think you re rerough rerough rei rough time Let me tell re a bluebird on a teleIre teleire tele- tele teleire - - ire compared to Marneone Marneone Marne one that s a on a spot spotought spotought . ought to be grunted Keliluntarlly Kel Keloluntarily Keloluntarily oluntarily he asked Whyer Why ? er trouble ! ? Snydackert g od oft off A . Leon Snydacker t of Purity Pictures Ine Inc Ineuman Inculnan Incluman , uman ulnan pay envelope tor for oneg one , l I g offeh oS 01 off % eht eh ? He laughed laughed-your laughed your . . , - JOur your idea of it if It , , is m it ? ' shot hot a lharp sharp glance at him himthe himthe himthe the matter with you Big Bigu > u haven t got Marne wronge wrong wrongve ? ve e not notouldn notouldit not'ouldnt notouldnt ' ouldn ouldit t be so sure youat you youat youat at that . . What you don t tet tet tet et Is that the she s playing it ittor itfor tor for her lob Job and ours oursad oursad oursbad ad she he baa has to work 10 so bard hard bardmoney hardmoney bardmoney money ixn Isn Ian t it Itl it ! ! ' .yl yl . ay ) ! Go and get your te to a n nsaged nsaged aged saged What are you holdDJ1 holdoii hold on DJ1 oii tae me anywayt anyway ? ' N Nothing otbing be he replied airly aJrly aarly aJrlyOh aarlyOh airlyOh Oh all right ! ! Carry your own ownload ownload ownload load All I m asking askmg of you is tostick to tostick tostick stick it out a little l1tUe longer and backup back backup backup up Marne Mame You know she reallyis really IS kinda sweet on this job It s gotunder got gotunder under her skin skm And she isn t too toobad toobad toobad bad at that It If the picture tlops flops tlopsIt flopsit flopsit It won t be her fault faultI . . I know what v.hat vhat . you mean glow glowered glowered glowered ered Kelsey I never pretended to tobe tobe tobe be an actor did 11 I ? My specialty specialtyIs is being a goat goatThe . . The beauty girl gul walked over and andhooked andhooked andhooked hooked an arm Into his You re up upm upin upin m in that part all right . . And don t tthmk tthink tthink thmk think for a minute mmute that we don t tknow tknow tknow know how bow swell swcll youve you ve been aboutall about aboutall aboutall all this this'We thisWe We 'We ' know eh ? You and whoelse who whoelse whoelse else ? Marne too answered the other otherWith otherwith otherwith With her ber shrewd smile smlle But gee geelhow I ! Ihow how she d hate bate to show it Itl it ! ! How However However However ever there are some things you ve ye vegot yegot vegot got to work out for yourself . . . I can t tstooge tstooge tstooge stooge tor for you with Marne ' She Shethrew Shethrew Shethrew threw open the door and shouted shoutedup shoutedup shoutedup up the stair well well , . . Hey kId kidl I ! Are Areyou Areyou Areyou you going gomg to soldier on this job or orv.hat orwhat orwhaP v.hat vhat what . ' ' Marne appeared sniffing suspi suspiclously suspiciously suspldously clously ciously There s still a slight shght taintof taint taintof taintof of nobil nobll ty in the air she said a subtly invading sense of bavlng having bavlngbeen havingbeen havingbeen been stupidly In the wrongShe wrongShe wrong wrongShe She went down to the study Kel Keley Kelsey Kelsey sey ey rose drew up a chair cbalr tor for herasked her herI herasked I asked 11 If he could do anything further fur furI further further I ther and resumed his reading Silence Si Silence Silence lence It reached the point of an annoyance annoyance aninoyance noyance tor for Marne Well direct directmethods directmethods directI methods were best . . She made her herattack herattack herattack.Sore herattackSore attack . . Sore ? ' 'No No ' NoShe No NoShe 'NoShe She waited That was alL After Alter Afteran Alteran Afteran an appropriate interval mterval the sbe she tried triedagain triedagain triedagain I again . . You re not over conversa conversational conversational conversational tional ' I ve ye lost the habit through lack lackof lackof lackof of practice he grinned.Marne grinnedMarne gnnned grained . . Marne gloomed Bloomed out of the windowThey window window'They window'They 'They They ' ' re taking a long time"The timeThe time . , . " ' 'The The ' roads are awful . . ' Well we can t sit here bere forever foreverhke foreverlike foreverlike hke like a couple of lumps * ' she fret fret- fretted fretted fretted - - ted . . Do you know bow how to play playrummy playrummy playrummy rummy ? I 1 am probably be he asserted the best rummy player at present presentto to be found fOW'ld fOWld ' within Wlthm the limits llimts of Cu Cuyoga Cuyoga Cuyoga yoga County CountySays CountySays CountySays Says you ! Still Sbll in the characterof character of Templeton Sayles You 11 U haveto have haveto haveto to prove It to me meHe meHe meHe He proved it to the extent of three threedollars threedollars threedollars dollars and ten cents Marne put putaside putaside putaside aside the cardsThis cardsThis cards cardsThis This drippy grayness has got on onmy onmy onmy my nerves Isn t it about time for forIW'lch forlunch forlunch IW'lch IWlch lunch ' ? Lunch LW'lch LWlch ' Glunk ' " ' he be bellowedGlunk bellowedGlunk bellowed bellowedGlunk Glunk served the meal meal . , , washed washedup washedup washedup up made some unmterpretable uninterpretabe unmterpretablesounds uninterpretabesounds unmterpretablesounds ] sounds and sloshed forth into the theweather theweather theweather weather upon some unexplained W'lcxplained Wlcxplained ' en enterprlse enterprise enterpnse terprlse terprise of his own . . The pair thus left to their owndevices own owndevices owndevices devices resumed their game Mamelost Marne Marnelost Marnelost lost a dollar more moreNo moreNo moreNo No wonder you broke the bank at atMonte atMonte atMonte Monte Carlo Isn t it awfully stuffy stuffyin stuffym m in here ? He opened a window wmdow ' ' The 'The ram s slet slet slet let up upAnd And the winds wind s gone down . . Its Itsweirder It sweirder s sweIrder weIrder than ever Why don t they theycome theycome theycome come ? Outside was silence except tor for the therush therush therush rush of many waters The bUIld bUIldIng buildIng buildIng Ing vibrated softly otly ( , deeply to the thethrill thethrill thethrill thrill of the current . . Kelsey wandercd wan wandered wandered dered over to the fireplace Marne ' " { . " " ' 1 } Y r " " w wy wt y 1 1it it itg itF t fN i g F R RPS 1 ' PS $ s ' tf tfi i t . , i i.e 7 " I .e e . "a a "af " f 7 % t S , . 4 4x 4y 4r 4z x r y _ z 4 ' - 6 6A ' " > < + A 4 4R 4s t 4t R s " t tYr Yr YrJ Yrt Yrt Yrant i t t " _ J ant N > 4 . ' 46 " / x xIt ' * -6 6 - x i " ' \ ' " - It S worth a million to be able to chuck that aims " Do you think thmk you can put a muf muf1Ier muffor mutfler 1Ier for on Sidney Carton if I come m in m7 m7Now ' Now you behave yourself re returned returned returned turned her friend severely Or Orfirst Orfirst Orfirst first thing you know hnow I U 11 smack you youone youone youone one And I want you to layoff layoffTempKelsey lay offTemp off offTempKelsey . Temp-Kelsey Temp Kelsey - - Kelsey He s one swell guy guyAnd guyI guyAnd And does he know it It ! ! said the themcornglble theincorrigible I | incorrigible mcornglble Marne MarneThey MarneThey MarneThey They resumed their packing The Theprocess Theprocess Theprocess process was interrupted mterrupted by the ad advent advent advent vent of Glunk who came to Marne Marnebattered Marnebattered Marnebattered battered scarified scarUied and smeared smearedWIth smearedwith smearedwith WIth mud and shale offering sundr sundry sundryabrasions sundryabrasions ) ' abrasIons to be bandaged . . What have you been up to toGlunk toGlunk toGlunk7 Glunk ' queried big his master You Youlook Youlook Youlook look as if you d been trying to climb climbthe climbthe climbthe the cuff chf cliff ! ' eh ' What tor for ? ' [ Glunk said something ending In Inwbat inwhat Inwhat wbat what sounded like llke an expletive expletiveHe He wanted to inspect the Becker Beck Becker Becker er s Creek dam Interpreted Martin MartinUrgck Mar Martin Martin tin tinUrgck tinUrgek Urgck Urgek assented Glunk . . No Nogood Nogood Nogood good BadThe BadThe Bad BadThe The bridge seemed to be worr worry worryIng worrying ) ' Ing him blm too Martm Martin added . . Well Well , , 111 Ill give the water about aboutone aboutone aboutone one more yard to rise and then It Jt 11 ll 11be llbe 11be be time to be thinking of leavmg leaving leavmgSo leavingSo leavingSo So I think I IU 11 U just take a run to totown totown totown town and see it If I ran can persuade a atruck atruck atruck truck to come for ( or our things in the themorning themorning themorning themorningAlso morning morningAlso Also we re short on provisionsstated provisions provisionsstated provisionsstated stated Gloria . . I 111 it go along alongLeft alongLeft alongLeft Left alone In the house with Kelsey Kel Kelsey Kelsey sey Marne completed her ber packmg packing packmgThen packingThen packingThen Then what to do ? She was wearied weariedand weariedand weariedand and nervous from the devilish In Inslsteace insisteace iniste slsteace sisteace * ce ot of the ram rain And for once onceIn oncein oncein In her poised and self confident We life Weshe lifeshe lifeshe she felt awkward Her resentment resentmentagamst resentmentagainst resentmentagainst agamst against the quondam Templeton TempletonSayles TempletonSayles TempletonSayles Sayles partly |