Show 11 I 1 lk W J Q ahe ARK LOVIS JOSEPH author by of VANCE ah the false faces the lotie M I 1 0 M air a ir etc ja 1 Blust rated by IRWIN MYERS by the author ff ii vil VII SURRENDER continued I 1 10 you are overwrought marlo drew up a chair tind and sat down for days you have been living at nigh nerv ous tension never knowing alint fatality tile the next hour might bring forth tonight against your wish and judgment you came out to meet a man you fear and loathe braying braving the peril of arrest as ag well as the boutall ty of this storm your clothing Is wet through boll you are shivering you suffered buffered it briock tit at meeting me by chance then we quarreled 11 lie ile lifted llotd her hands to lia his lips one after the other the sum of af such physical nervous and emotional stress was tool too much leonora you without a sign of warning I 1 caught you yoa barely in time 1 I suppose I 1 if you say so marlo a alo nut but I 1 dont under understand I 1 remember our rowing P think of that no more marto marlo pleaded all and nt at tho the same eaino time in you and I 1 roust must never quarrel there can be no excuse tor for misunderstanding when our hearts are one she nodded meekly tell me one thing only he pursued iler eyes promised who la Is philip I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 T iler her look was completely bla blank n t c 1 I dont know tiny any philip 11 you are sure intent search of tier her face satisfied him strandal Str angol angal in your faint you spoke that name as aa it if you were talking in your sleep you sold said distinctly yes philip and again no philip I 1 um ant safe with marlo mario 0 now 1 I dont know she drew a hand over perplexed brows and yet its funny like tin an echo what you say I 1 said no matter with decision the spaniard dismissed the puzzle took her hands in a firm grasp and held her eyes with a gaze earnest and commanding for the present forget all that forget everything but that wo we are united now and forever nothing nothing leonora can come between us now we cannot permit it we will riot not love such as ours oura Is not to be denied or pattered palt ered with upon any conceivable consideration As I 1 am wholly yours so you must henceforth be mine and to us its all tile the rest must be such stun stuff as aa dreams are ara made of you understand that leonora I 1 have your promise never since childhood had bad she so surrendered ren derod to domination but now silo knew a strange dear joy in submitting slie silo bowed her head then lifted it to show him adoring eyes ye yes marlo 11 so that Is settled settle dt 1 marlo got up and strode into the bath bathroom wom water began to gush loudly into tho the tub ile ho brought brouil it back a light warm robe roba of fleecy stuff you are ara cold and wet a lot hot bath will make you another yoman woman then put this on oil meanwhile I 1 will end dry elo clothing thing for you and a cab tonight you sleep aleca uptown the best and quietest hotel in the city will be the safest in the morning I 1 will call for yiu we win will go to geathe get the license for our marriage by noon you will a my wife hy by nightfall we ire will bu be far fro from in new york they kissed ilese barig marl lifted her tri ati her ber feet too rho door batchos of itself it if anyone knocks pay no attention I 1 shall bo ba back in a few minutes and lave haie nay my key in a rang arl ng daze utterly an un thinking puppet of love anil and gratitude alq saw M him go the sense of his bla personality lingered precious and compelling pel lingi 1 she did note not foci alone sho moved slowly toward the bathroom unconscious fingers loosening tier her sodden blouse finding tile tub nearly full slie site shut shutleff loff the taps only with the silence that followed did ap of tier her solitude como come home till then lien in her wonder and delight silo she had accepted without question tile the easy explanation that inez had lost her way upon the roots roofs and brought tier to the wrong heuse even so lied must bo be somewhere in yio the some same block of tenements suppose lie he were acro to learn where she was now suppose inez had not blundered but deliberately and with malicious intent lind led tier her to mario then had gone to tell cited intuition linked inked the ho poles of fact and surmise completing the of conviction instantaneously leonora perceived with hideous clearness that inez had planned this in revenge for the long series of defeats site she had suffered in their rivalry something tor for which inez alone had been in the first instance responsible it was inez who had made charlie lift hit the pipe too often thus clearing tho the way tor for this supreme trick of treachery this mado it plain why inez had not followed to the door to marlos flat but had climbed back anck to the root roof and shut the trapdoor now leonora no longer guessed silo she knew ine inc had gone straightway to tell lied that leonora refusing to answer his call had find taken refuse refugo with marlo mario instead beyond shadow of reasonable doubt red lied was even now on his way to make good tits his threats what if lio lie were lurking in the hallways of t the lie house or in the dark of the street outside tile the door and nd marlo mario going to ills his death perhaps it was not yet too late into to scream a warning down the stairs madly leonora ran to the door tore with trembling fingers at the latch and threw it open to find red stand ang on tho the threshold a shape of galm wheres Wh crea that D n bopa mes men menace tice ills his slender felind body poised alertly fin an automatic pistol in the alie bagdat tits hla right hip an evil snarl twisting tits ills cruel lips murder in eyes whose glanco glance shot directly past the girl to the room beyond before she could lift a hand the rilan ninn darted in caught her arm anil and sent san her reeling to the middle of tho the room and kicked the door to behind jilin him she staggered agal against rist tho the table and caught hold of it t to save herself a fall was waa ather at her side bide before tiny sound could issue from lips which ills his hard palm pall settled scaled brutally ilia 1112 pistol nuzzled her bossom one peep out of you I 1 he rasped cunning eyes raked tile tho room suspiciously cious clou sly ly wheres that d n VIII VI II 11 CAnN CAnNI EHAN ZHAN sherried bhe She tried to speak hut a dry mouth and throat refused their she could only shako tier her heart head in dumb fright with piteous eyes with a grunt of impatience the gangster released her flung across alie room in twos two catlike cat like bounds stopping stepping to peep in uit ough tile the doors to bert bed r and bathroom and satisfy himself that marlo blaito was skulking in neither no came back at a slow prowl with staring menace in his eyes anti and a mirthless grin where la Is lie ho lie ile seized tier her arm in a grai gra ii i intentionally fi arage VW lynt you roe mo pain uris unsealed paled pate pale irys irps on which tier her whisper rustled I 1 1 11 I dont know 11 it liel lie I 1 iler her wrist suffered buffered a moro violent wrench she cried crIe dout out in protest Pl please euge redl red I 1 I 1 dont know bones hones I 1 dont know where lies iles gone ile he went out just a minute ago what for lie ile he said hed get me some dry things to allten put on alanes nil all soaked y well n grimace made the mans face ian then hell ha be back before long ril ill walt wait thanks I 1 for gods sako sake lied I 1 all ali shut your trap I 1 ile ho cast tier her arm aral free violently and stood back so you thought you could gyp red Carn carnellar ellan and get away with it I 1 you lettic foell silo she attempted no reply the first of consternation passing the faculty of 0 concentrated thought returned alio abo entertained not the faintest hope of esch escaping ping her fate tit at the hands of red keil carnahan Carn chan elinn whether sho she lived or died sho she conceived mutter matter dut but it was other otherwise with marlo mario him she must savo save somehow by some heroic exercise of wit and spirit yet in tile the beginning she cast about in vain for ruse or wile that might serve sene alone defenseless in tho the company of a man armed and determined murder in heart and mind a man in sano bane with jealousy and hatred ako bred oxsheer of sheer fear the four fear of ia i 7 assassin living moment by moment in the shadow of arrest what could sho she do against such odds she could think of nothing positively nothing and yet silo sho know thare must be soma borne way out it if only sho she could find it silo knew herself to he be clever far cleverer than ailed as she had once bonsted boasted to his face tier her wits lind in yet tet to fall her however extreme or exigent the oe occasion caslon give tier her ehno to think and she could circumvent him hut but now that one essential cle alent ehno wag waa lacking inciting impossible to guess how soon marto marlo might return and then there was fileds impatience to be reckoned with iler her look of A trapped animal faded in its stead her faco face reflected concentration cent ration of thought amounting almost to to abstraction she bho scein seemed eif to cou consider sider carnahan Carn ehan out ot of it fathomless composure as she might ono one factor facter in an engrossing problem in whose solution silo she was vitally interested this change in tier her annoyed the inan intolerably not only was any semblance bern of indifference offensive but lie ho had learned to distrust the girls moments of thoughtfulness if his intelligence telli gence was waa not of a high order lie ho hail fht lent cunn cunning ingv with acumen enough to t feel anti and fear the finer of tier her atenta mentality lity instinctively lie sought tin an outlet for his exasperation in a burst of lurid blash phemy you ou say ho he concluded gesticulating wildly with tho the pistol what you stand ln lill there for dembs a eat cat you try to conle clenn clean by byln yin sho she responded quietly tile the ur bao e F even ven it I 1 told you the truth it to do any goof good youve madel inneo up your mind P you said it im wise and ivo ive got you where I 1 want you if you think you can put anything over on me ano now well ft ell try it all try it I 1 wish visit you would she shrugged wearily then hen inquired in tono tone of moderato moderate curiosity ideres inez waiting for you illow how ayou know 7 ile ho was obviously posed inez got to do you know well enough it was lier her that told you I 1 was here well what it if bile shadid sh odid ila Noti nothing ting only silo sho brought tile mo hero here first 11 like li it lil l yes the girt girl ignored the interruption 1 il I even know where ile he lived no moren I 1 knew where to 1 ook look for you so inez framed mv inc J just to put mo me in n bad with you ou ah to sweeney ncy ask charlie if you toil dont believe me ra ask hint after ho he conics comes to tit at sing ilos tomorrow blell tell you ho he promised to inert mo me there tonight and bring me to you hut but I 1 got there Cliar llo ans lend lead to tile the world inez said shed show mo me tile tho way to where you and leo was laying lay ang up and when I 1 said all right silo brought me here left me at the lie door and blew and then what could I 1 do I 1 know where to find you and I 1 was wag cold and wat and tired her statement carried conviction against ills his wish the man believed her and because it was against lilt hla wish he was the more irritated and chose to deny his belief ills glare waa van ugly so 90 the stall Is it you ask charlie hull tell you tho the tr uth hyou look to get it out of in inez ez only hell tell you too late what do you citan too late into too into to stop you making a 1 n fool of yourself that ilowe I 1 coln to make id au n fool out of myself 11 1 I dont know yet but I 1 hope you dont think im such it flat as to think yo yative iivo come here tonight just for a friendly talk youre dead right flie there rel 1 ills laugh rang with brutal scorn ill ri say ny I 1 como come for nt friendly talk with him and you welt well what did you come for aba confronted him film with sullen yet fearless eyes ills own shifted ile he biad little stomach for plain speech tile the of his kind was strong in him to km if bo be could what h he 1 feared hut to declare its hla purpose openly in anticipation to discuss it in cold blood with tin nn intended victim was morn more than lio fin had bargained for inarticulately resentful of such in himself lio lie furtively giside licking his lips anti and discovered tile decanter of 0 madeira which marlo maria had left unstop perell on oil tile table after opening it for leonora Carn carnahan ehan britni brimmed ned nn all ordinary drinking glass with tho the wine and drank it in ono one long grateful tor for its pungent warmth deluded by its mellow now madeira may not wisely be token taken on top of 0 rye whisky conscious of reinforced bravado bravn do tile tho man leaned against tile table his hl back to it leering truculently what did I 1 come fora tor oh I 1 dunno what ayou think youve threatened ilia often enouf en enough it if you over ever caught mo me with jilin him again 11 ilo ile nodded in a heavy humor you got that right kid no girl of mine can pass mo me up for tiny stool pigeon or dick that ever lived lie 11 and ret get awny away with it you watt wait elea eo 11 sho she shut tier her eyes in spite of herself rho bho shuddered lie ile laugh laughed ed with gratification and tier her eyes eye 8 r reopened or of a sudden passionately unafraid seeking seeing first drat the pistol in its ills hand then ills hla face youre going ti kill tile mo iteal ill soy say I 1 nin am 11 in spite of tits lila shamefaced sai smirk lirk ho fie meant it in deadly earnestness sla silo had and another il ludder but fought it down without releasing it ills I 1 a gaze after a minute manuto rho alio said very c ry well im rondy ready tinly only ilo ile interrupted s youre ready youre in fit a hurry ills 1118 turn comes first yolita next let got mo me nut she implored lila ills credulity with clasped hinds extended 1 I tell you youre wrong about him red tio ile got anything to do with tho cops honest to god ito ho 1 the Mn madeira letra was working powerfully A labh ot or insight visited ills his sodden intelligence s you be beggan for that pill it if you stuck on an him and enough hull firpo or no bull lie aint goin gain to live to say lio lie stow red Cario Came litius bauls girl I 1 youre wrong ailed anure all wrong she protested wl jimiy llly and anyhow what goodgi it do you dont you know youre just playing inez inca gamo gamp gwon inez aint notha ln to me inc 1 I know silo she and she knows it too arid hala why dont you see ROO you turned hor her down dowil for mo me anti been crazy jealous ever since now silo sho gets I 1 c even en w lilt us both gets iw ira out of lt he e way right or off the ho bit bat and solids you to the he chair for it I 1 my god redl red I 1 you dont trust that hat hellcat to do you dont you know elios only waiting to fix things stife sofo for leo before she squeals on you all ali forget itt that together with more profanity silenced tier her 10 lo roo me and inez alone debbo debbe I 1 did pass tier her up for you but a long time ngo ago and ashes forgot all about it by now silo she dont think of nobody but leo it you bellevo that youre as big a boob as she thinks maybe but not as ilg a ono one is as you think carnelina Carn Curn elinn ehan emptied tile decanter into tho the glass and swill swillen eI it nt at a gulp 11 mont alost anybody im strong for can vol pol ale once but not even you can fool mo twice inez has all ali suret sure I 1 say any so BO nut but there hero was an accent of doubt in ills jeering retort and in tho ilie look lin lie gave tile the girl as well par far rone gone in befuddlement he was unsure of himself 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