Show 0 the DA LO UIS JOSEPH by VANCE E author of the falee joe faces facea TIT IR it 0 R tile lone wolf if etc illustrated by Irwin myers 1030 by the author SOMEBODY 8 SQUEAL EDl Synopsis Vaguely conscious of 0 a double personality but without any idea of oc lla its meaning the girl leonoro I o makes her accustomed accustom eil way in into to tile street of strange face I ace thoroughly thorough ly at home in tho the underworld of now new york leonora her course to her appointed rendezvous marlo joins join tier her 0 really oreally in lovo love and seeing tile tho fino which the kiel girl really possesses ilario alario seeks seek to turn lier her from the path of inevitable ne destruction lie tells tella hr her of 0 his love for her mul and begs ii her r not to keep on to the rendezvous of criminals 1 I III THE MAN MARIO continued 2 and you also I 1 nican you could lovo ove nip tit if you would anil and in fit my illy lovo love in ilia life I 1 offer you become the self that lint today you hide away so jealously your jour real mil self selan it bonvin line and strong and true not this adventure loving companion of rogues and vagabonds and worse dorsol t ila iio gave tin nn imploring res turo ali ah leonora if only you ou would ova give hell apt up I 1 six sho looked up with wistful eyes nil f ery abandoned only the woman remaining the iho woman choin tills this man in alone alono lind had the lie secret of perceiving in fit w ier in this alil indeed lafred resided the alio true renson reason r for 0 r tier fiur fear benr of meeting lie was dsa disastrous to tier pence of infald her self complacence whon when she listened to ailin satisfaction departed and linden III its stend canto inquietude with tho the wish to lo be whitt lio llo would havo hava let to lie be alint intuition told tier she elie could lie ho it if ill falio would but set herself to 0 o overcome tier own resistance slie site searched ilia his yam in fit wonder when lie disturbed her bor so profoundly why did she like hini so ro much what was waa it unit that gave ilin power to charm tier er wits awny away tier lier with nil all I 1 II 11 lint lind had otherwise excellent 1116 aind d complete make anilie nothing of at tile baro fit P el of ili glicr r set purpose wn I 1 it ills love bovo alono ite loved lovea her sho she was satisfied of that lint tint but with such lucli forbearance such 1 01 girlder allon tenderness and under us ug loft left tier lier incredulous in thi tl st treet lovo love ans another tiling en tinly it reer cruder business and selfish without open direct and casual but HS fig essential its n and drink but this wits different this lovo love mierlo lind tor tier lier yes and it was true what ho he assorted asserted seated lie ho too was different there was no ono one like him so BO gentle biml strong and brave fastidious reserved and thoughtful in ili lier world lio lie fillade it figure striking and incongruous yet he fie lingered on obstinately tit in part lie ho told tier her it was ills hla passion to study every side ot of life but mostly because lie ho loved tier her find never would willingly give up hope of winning tier lie ho would never leave lie ho protested till sho went with him leonora Leo norn 11 lio lie pleaded come with tile ine i I 1 I 1 in a H moment of determination sho alto tried to put sentiment aside with a bard little laugh of scorn il 1 I guess you dont understand red would hill tile nio it if I 1 chucked I 1 ia 1 I iio would never find you where I 1 would tako take you to my howe home in ili grain I 1 borit lie ho ever did tie lie would not daro lift eyes to you or know in you a ut w r tat me leflora Le vlora at last lady moving in tho ilia world for which ahe ana born the girl he knew aft leo norn nora end and loved after hla his fa faalilo with whatever feeling it Is lie calls loyal come ui tit mo leonora Leo norn and bo be i your true self life can be ful 11 lie ile played shrew shrewdly tily on tier her most secret weakness site elie was fond of 0 bellev ing herself better than tier her trillion liou through sonic romantic accia dent dan tit in point of births birth na ps well BB as what was undeniable in ili all spirit rif and intelligence vistas ot of powerful a se duct lari sinon d to her at limit heart nn nil tarrant egoist she saw sav herself primitively ns as site she had been other women in ili tier excursions inep ilia lio of tile well to do radl radiantly antly and furred and jevc jeweled ld lolling falling insolently in ili a car ciarlo tit at bior ter tilde like a gent lemans hut but this vision was swiftly dissipated by recrudescence of that fear which red inspired in ili honest conviction that no earthly power could save her hei from hla his vengeance you dont know itce site she shook I 1 her I 1 or licad lend solemnly in n spirit of fatal prophecy hed croak you too hod cronk croak us both marlo smiled faintly 1 I nm am not afraid youre not norald of lying dying what la Is life without your sour lovo love ho had it thoughtful moment who knows but death may inny prove infinitely moie wonderful than this hla life of ours there Is but ono one wity may of finding out slie she lioard heard him in a stare the worn wain an in III her could hardly bo be unaffected by tha gravity of that ex ti countenance con n ten n nee whose salient features gained so inucci through that bombran d fesq tie play piny of deep shadows find and dull light under tile spell of ills his mentality she acknowledged now tor for ilia first vale time that lie ho was essential 1 III all elso was nothing and of a sud sudden deli care caio fastened cluel cruel upon tier her heart and wrung from it it cry of self betrayal malo youre not afraid marto I 1 dont believe you tire but blit I 1 nm ain afraid for you ou I 1 wish go anway 11 you lovo love me I 1 her hands 11 lifted in protest j lie ho caught find both in lift hla own ills shadowed face R and ad eyes cies grew luminous ills his sonorous sono ious accents vibrated with emotion you low love me mo leonora nt at last lie ile was browing tier her steadily toward hini all tier strength seemed to have ebbed front from tier her limbs there was madness in lie boating beating of tier lier heart RI madness mounting like mist into tier her brain 11 aln now site sho was in ills his arms and g glad 1 ad ills lips closed on hers for at a long breath site she was a mero mere tiling it ing of tooling reeling senses benses you rou love loo mo illo 1 I dont know slie she murmured inn claybo bo 11 tomorrow YOU will marry me and wo we will go away stung by realization of what had happened site she struggled to bo free 1 I dont know perhaps yes I 1 will but not toi tomorrow not right away why 7 lot let nia mo go ill tell you ou ila iio released her she stepped lack back shaken with lovo love aria and fright looking fearfully up tip and down dawn tho the street 1 I cant inner marry you lou just yet ive ie got to brenk break with red sos lio lie wont know it litin him that aliat broke with me inc and ive io got other things to do things I 1 cant tell you about marlo things ive got to tend to before I 1 can marry you but you iou can trust inot TOO vc ive promised and I 1 will as soon as ever I 1 can her voice oco quavered find and she ehe thrust out tier lier hands fending ort oft ills arins gleaso Il easo dont klas kiss me again please lot let me ille go now it if anybody saw us and told red ile iio nindo n sign of submission As you ion will so BO bo be it I 1 will see sec you sou again when tomorrow ill give you ion a ring about noon and fix to lo meet boll on uptown I 1 guess now ive ie got to run goodnight good night dear ito iio uttered in resignation goodnight call with a flickering smile of fondness sho she turned and left him lier her slight young figure flitting swiftly through the ho shadows beneath thab lamp nt at tile far street corner slie she turned looked back saw motionless where sho lind oft loft him sll ills his look of longing and a land ran rail on wild joy in her heart conte contending tidIng with cold fear for now slie she had done it and bo be the devil to pay pas but it be helped though hell and heaven were leagued against them site sho would go through sho always did once she bhe got started and with Alf marlo trio sho kho knew it ans as with tier he ha too would want go through now lie knew she loved him hill though red and nil all the world besides should try to stop him at length well out of her course couise site sho stopped imposed coherence upon her thoughts got her bearings and st started arteil on oil anew in a cooling constraining herself to forget ilario lind concentrate upon the business that waited for tier her nt fit her ter destination but nu the self outside herself of at whose constant constano compit ity she was wholly ignorant never corrod censed to yearn back toward that gallant lonely figure they two had left behind in the quiet IV V silo she turned sharply linof liala way down a block in the shadow of the and with the calm assurance of tier rip nr i parent kind entered what had and once been a n dwelling of sailie pretentiousness hut but now was to fo the deca decadent defit uses of according to its painted sign bouW auble dhoke dinner with wine luncheon boc ill ili lie corridor nt at tile head of the first flight she turned to the back of the lie lionso and laid a confident conn dent hand hana upon the knob of tile fertl furthest lost door it turned but the door was stubborn with it movement of impatience sh sho knuckled ilia panels with a triple knock of pecullar peculiar timing A lium hum of voices olac in ili tho the closed room died awny awn Y a heavy trend tread became audible a ke key Y grated tho ilia door doar swung open site went in fit nodding lightly to tile inan who alio lind had admitted tier her and lading finding herself under tile concentrated regard of eleven pairs ot of cyca eyes paused in III tho it middle of tho floor flood and struck a spirited pose good evening folks I 1 pipe my new rags I 1 the silence that anAw answered ered her was broken after a little by red carnahan Carneh Carn ehan nn who said heavily hello kid sit hit down ignoring his invitation to an empty chair on ills his right she dropped tier her poso ioe but nea where site she had stopped lifting tier her brawt a little and reviewing the company with quizzical gaze anze though both windows were open closed shutters prevented any draught front from vi tinting the stuff inces ot of tile the private dining room a bed bcd chau in ili the intention of the architect is in flit an atmosphere stilling with smells of food alcohol and a truculent perfume tile booko of imitation turkish sli co hung tit in lazy lilac iliac reefs discolored paper of a morbid pattern was parting in reluctant spirals from the walls dust of decades weighed down an elderly carpet find and obscured its florid design scorbutic paint disfigured tile fine at old woodwork the man inan who lind had lot let leonora in having resumed ills chair twelve were seated nt at a table littered with debris of a meal unclean earthenware und those dioso high shouldered bottles of dark glass guiltless of labels which seen baem to bo be the pole habitat of the tit 0 vin I 1 du pays so generally known a as 4 red ink that to namo it by this alias no longer excites a smile because of the lio hent cicat all tho ilia men but one mr bir harry the lie put oft off their coats and collars while tile the avota women had loosened their blouses blou tiei at the throat sweat beaded faces of various completions complexions complex comple ions xiong ranging from the sanguine countenance of red to the pastiness of charlie the coke leonora looking from one to another found each with the exception of reds sullen of cost cast it if not openly stile she sketched a otty smile the lie funeral rod red carrighan Car richan red of head find and linni r nn an italo celtic product as slender supple and sinewy its as a snake and as deadly replied no bodao blodys yet 11 and igalo waved a blind toward the vacant chair coif you a sit it down ila ho added youre re pretty late what about it the girl flounced to tho the table and throw threw herself sideways into tile chair lai glish addle blonde blossy and full bodied baled sprawled half acroy the table and without removing tile tho coga frona from tier mouth spoke in accents of cloying direction flatly denied by tier her semi sober claro anro of jealousy claybe you wont mind tella us ua will wat nilde you lie dearle dearie leonora experienced a qualm of misgivings had somebody spied on tier her and marla and hurried ahead to tattle tattie hven even so that was a matter between red and IlOr Self nothing to excite III feeling in tho ilia others hut but red wits was apparently unruffled although unusually subdued for him and per imps a shade suspiciously impartial in his hia attitude site she red lied readily without a quiver raining naming two plainclothes plain clothes men 1110 she had noticed in the be street of strange aj faces a C ca knola find and corbin corban ramped tamped mo me on the way hero lf if its itis anything in your young life addle dear and hadl had to chase all over to 0 o lose lem cm 11 you did shake em cm kid surel sure red demanded with keen interest sure it I 1 I 1 bo be hero here now maybe so charlie the coke drawled in n 1 voice as colorless as tile the llesh flesh of ills his face maybo maybe not where do you got get that stuff nil all this anyway I 1 want to know her eyes ranged fringed again the he array of faces libeg challenging enell each in ili turn and getting no satisfaction for each in fix turn averted his gaze with tin an 01 expression pres more or less sheepish find and disconcerted all but red harry tile nut and nal inez tho the third and only other woman present well it all about start something somebody why dont you it if gone wrong let me ine in tile the know I 1 guess ive aw got as much right as aa rilly anybody body the nut hut and with supercilious selected another from tho ahn flat gold apse lie lia was fond of displaying a 11 efi tillus tance which according to ones bias or might inight not be taken as anth indenting abing that tho the caso case had been hone honesky itly come by inez seemed eager to speak lut rami uc forestalled tier it it it 11 L this kid eddie s been pinched plu ched tile the fact act that the person in question I 1 J being under indictment for burgl burglary ry had for soma soiro time succeeded in re at large solely by grace of i a loyal associates might have been thought enough to rob tills this announcement of sonic of its staggering quality hut but to leonora tt it came na as a genuine shock and slie she showed allowed it unmistakably nol no she exclaimed find added a most unladylike phrase of mixed incredulity and regret squealed Tl iata just it inez affirmed significantly antly 1 I 1 wonder who what I 1 leonora needed a little time before she wits was able to couple the thinly vc ailed animosity of tile the gathering to which she tin had been sensible over ever since entering with tho ilia tono toile employed by inez soul ethIng which tills this last would ordinarily have locked lacked audacity to attempt then immediately tier temper grew incandescent moaning me why lion hall I 1 inez drawled rounding tier her eyes whatever ninde made you think that but she committed the grievous error of trying to exchange with red a look of malicious understanding which leonora intercepted instantly never you mind what made me think that she said in cold rage 1 I got get you I 1 aint blind and dumb but A X we want to know where you got those clothes talce take it from me inez you chuck lt it and chuck it quick if I 1 get one more mora word out of you trying to make in ma out a stool pigeon if I 1 ever see you look that lint way at red bcd again your peo havo have no kick hick coming coining oil la 13 that so inez demanded |