Show out ethel art walsh 7 no you COPYRIGHT ING CHAPMAN CHAPTER I 1 iq amik k N in nm v w is an I 1 idly stilling off the tile ell enl I 1 of it tie e private aek a I 1 lace lre he lie hail bad tio no burl bust ar to be when a pleasure yacht aped town down the river tin wal I 1 mine to ww ta in midst nearly abreast w him film kt U tart pick it ni more tan mildly Inter inserted ted for lie he anew dhe he sereen of sailed would effectually ilia from front view on tile water front but a mot ilent inter litter it t began tta to foroud fort teni its wins fl ting I 1 pe and tin the ir glowing lowing I 1 if in him humi build va MI anstr w m as a I 1 e to nid nit it the it ime on the alle tern ath Ile fleen I 1 te if muttered fron laj it a the old I 1 won I 1 im in eure sure of at chati I 1 I 1 id d ler I 1 et anyan anymore ere aln 11 came pleasant and imi ling le amat to occupy lit III thoughtful fl his ill ethling tackle w hii vj neglected and abbu a fish I 1 at tie bait he a toode no rem jerk cuti r got tile in tie 11 e final 1 reakus I 1 be MUM why them the i reri renamed ameL batore JU tore the crash came that hat ruined lilt dick had only to a desire to take a nilse in the he beacon and it ana as at tit hip aln mery lc now ow the racist yet lit aux stee cut lees the tile man muss who I 1 luil ad by his etlya downfall lie ile tol ped in his I 1 mining to natch atch boet boat lying sA alier the tilde lil of the yacht ashen it came lne ill tl it roush rough 0 tie e ma v ater ter lint under er if 11 e ours of two tao tailors blix up tit 11 line mut must ix be Cu callord llord private itofe li lie lua fuel to be nit aa ii it but ref leithe sybe ada it 11 ii mo bull a with hi hlin curs rii 11 amit tilt there were only to tto i i ai the bout boat n rire milze kin will idso amk k heir ali alii I 1 is KI iv P faw w lilt I 1 a ro to hoot k little ut the fill on I 1 alit a gitt li lot hi hot aarik 1 i willi her anti nd blue eloit ej 1 horn abom 1 lowly frill visit hie hi liling 11 ting tin 0 it that iniss ie lutler r I 1 i tit un i tal hought fally tell 1 tOr limn ilon dad vim liy by it ani ity years flit light if 1 briw ir he ile 1 hlo tits iran the U sault to in the girt tut lr r vi asu t he lie aft r it paua Ther therefore eforo A t e the girl in hi tic I 1 pit chat can t le be his hi A A kuist Il layle tte tie ealar tie fie small hom boat tilt cut mad the tile first to 4 onie abt re v mas m tle 1 e on M ho ito hell hel I 1 tile tenter center of it e P ml diee ss we the eu ay crace braceful ful way I 1 lii d haltli she title jumped to the mat a little it at f a distan I 1 e oil ilk om but her coni union who lad ind enned forward to forestall fir etall lier her ap tip scared annoyed ani oyed alit an I 1 bistre sed lou shield be wore 1 aless klice herro tested landing funding cluni a doii doat t be ao mlkle rl kle tor jot rt ral afy I 1 the like girl li niehei merrily xi audiel in old ellou 11 to look 1001 saner chereb uncle waving aw me daunted a strip of tie falls luce hice in libe air in rest pon to thine isif white over the rait roll of t the he tho th iaun sailors had beeg been di alsand III wre ronoug imlay ANt to it OW i treat ti hiitt ift the I 1 he girl wi t n at I 1 ilia until the niall small amt v tit hi III alt ul 1 4 tit it of 0 tl ti e 0 will in j to dip ui daelto ot it the hadit 1 I wm wish smile find conic corne math ith v us billos t ved then tin I 1 aoi aw t liep why A sudden mt of bhatt tore at her law lace marf start and tn in hw her effort to recover it t she eh l nth tiana ulA cupani artl Some lizt 11 it uril and glittering lew few in its the be air ard amul alth a splash i la in ole water allic A little of es cali ir clitis 11 oh ny my band h is I 1 she frh eted it 9 la die river mr I 1 lakel 1 get g et itt its it full ef of my ruy import and cards oh what silka ba I 1 I 1 W lul I 1 she ran to the axe of the fi alt kt AS a U to plunge 11 in after ti bs bag but a hind hand ii tait 1 I her ber 1111 signal baal for tie bout bodt to ewe back an pick it up vise allce 11 re stilts lilted lir illace balady docia ao 10 it do anything rah new I 1 hut but its it milking and the biclon carrying ean earr ying it away on ok cant n t yom at att it t for loor 1 IM a poor awin inter him 1 MI lie fie weakly hed mad tl it e tide title to t it III I lime ime me lit if imbt wi biah 1 in it 11 fw tow ak deer it U wh will auk before thy they aw here I 1 at thin hi bulli wr were a 6 voice that t assisted as tal em from ii a air tr aln urey oi ww m lutr byh met hen H en fank 4 tn 4 1 in ito tour eivar tew oo 00 dle c ad 4 of use th M fc at f I 1 ednk I 1 emu get it for you he lie a mounil calmly they glanced up at the till lithe figure an if it were viere an apparition sir wake and ulas ml live with the light of if expectation in ber her blue 0 fw m but it eitl pitt er pr the tho ight to mee him win plunge sidy into the river the tile ax mutual dick pit it was ni calmly gathering in his hi line for a cast in more than one casting tournament he had won man out all the bs bag wui iban on tte tie tide fifty fee inking sinking gradually Lra dually below the a ir face an 01 tile water biked i i 1 tt it the ling mis bri tole IMP aaa not the tile kind I 1 wild choose tr fr a casting dinting dournan ent an I 1 larking lacking till pre tenie of reel to ea c littrol it the line wal wai liable to hip und and snarl I 1 tie und wrid hut but there mas a heavy henvy on the end and ilk disk gaissl this against the wind beffie lie he threw two lelow batchel the hook an ani I 1 linker sinker destria P nn an arc tire in the tile air a i ciment i over hlf hie hea ben I 1 and I 1 the th two below bolow watch watched tho th hook and S jkr desor be b an arc in th the air thee then as if hv by some gorne 1 furie force both neat hurtling in a gruce fil curve directs di fr fir the floating bag it for ail an lisit tant hint that bick had the distance and ome some thing opt rt ahing a it nigh escaped the ti girls girl 1 III 11 but a set nd sid hiter it w was changed to an 1111 i d I 1 mation of pure de tie ight I 1 oh youve got it I 1 I 1 the he crie cried clapping her tier h in Is the houk book had caught in tie lacy dineh mud as if hr were hauling a 8 trout out of the tre na dick lifted the tile bag from the water and gutig swung it with la in reach of the tile eager owner if it you 11 k my catch he said smiling be of 0 him I 1 before she h hal had tl if e P dripping bag clear of the tile hook mr blake was mas mounting the eteri ster to the ack A benr few of the nuin ninne a face ae as not frieri frit nily ily he ile wa as clearly annoyed that wa was a R lucky throw of your my man I 1 e mald of course yon you mow Is t for forbidden lAdden on tills till dock but a as ate oil e d ne tie ilan fuller cutler a sery iff ice atell ell oi liMl that lie ile in hie his pocket pik ket ani lint drew ut list a bill reward ou for hatfill sitten sitt mat fill ln tle fie bag he added hut you dust 1 oa 01 it ely leave lie the deck dock ail ani not if le turn here II 11 take this tills pick gla 1 need trim ni the man matt a face tn to the bill to him a alow lum ilum i taue bor mit a in lilt his eyes then he lie end sud donly stuffed and und took the blu crun pling it in III lili wind he IN mi 1410 it wnm of it and thrust tl if e hoote hook through it t 1198 elgh ie le frood I alt or stick ers er he re markett anyway uy iny III try it t he flung lung OIL nn till ney baited hook look bark buck in tie artir and unit calmly repeated reent etl III him 1 self on the tilt pier mr alibe glar glared e d ly at lim his elci glinting dang gt but beare bea ire he could speak alice allee luller was up tip the stepi and by hit ade side dick coult eve tee by the abue ment in her tier ee ees that she he had wit a tit the whole proceeding ob oh let hidi hills flah here as long as he ile wants to mr if diale ehe 1 I owe him stat ninth dick untied into her eye oleo but when he fumbled into her bag for OHM thing his ht fact t x drw red anti nd lot now piear do djoa t ue use thia this fur toe belt bait he she euld sold but keep it until win me JAY you nry may aped it its it i LIA A eard card of III I 1 II 11 re it a a wy r I 1 aw a art at t any tim dick looked at t th the white piete throat into hl karld wab a a orar nr card ath with her mime wine engraved beatly aeron across the face fate CHAPTER 11 about the shabbiest hab bleet trick that fate tate can play on us u ti Is to brine bring us into the world with a liver spoon in the tho mouth and then when ate e BMW grow aceti tomtit wines te 10 it change it into cheap pewter metal it leave leaves an unpleasant taste for years after and some never quite ft get rid of that tin copper coppery brassy flavor dick I 1 an nen 11 wa was an amiable young nun 1 sin ulal ut more than his hl hare of fault faults and possibly with ai as many in a potential hate state as a the iii gerac merac man carries aroun I 1 lu in his hl when fate subjected him to tills add achl tent test how tow he ile met islet it Is I 1 lot necessarily ally a interesting and as n runny many fl A flon writer would invent for their heroes he ile mas a bit put out 11 1 it considerably chagrined and allani illani lima but being young and anti la in health he be ta ought the worl was afta ilia i oyster an I 1 he could open it k cl ip ot of if 11 e old block U ui Y t I 1 ie P snake a fortune as easily as u his h father feere vies mus n reason except that farenti apparently fa renty he lie dlinn t inherit the tile to cullar of wind that 1114 I 1 ud in miili la the eitler elder van ness a rower lower in the financial world dick didn t know tt it at the time but it A is revealed revea ted to him la in the course of years combined with tie utter lack ut of all exi orience and nod training the handicap hundl cap wu was fatal he ile drifted and floundered driven from pillar to pot post making tool mistakes rali takes that an office I 1 oy could have put I 1 tin till straight on and in the end he return returned eI in disgust dick t lad ad a of roi lance iunce in is h a estein from I 1 ID to mother per pei liapi and a loe for adien adventure ture but neither of it tiebe ese his hal I 1 to found and lodgment in the file elder van nan ness A lich may have accounted for lita ids rt success in finance they are cot not necessarily with ith achiever sent but they ie to be held in subjection nhen culls calls self iii knowledg d and by consent by the world to be a failure dick had hall no scruples in div ing aa full vent to till lil bor getting hn flading he dreamily pic pie luied quite diffident from front tie reality until nud deily aroused by tie foot footstep stel s of tl if e m watchman atchman lie ile ef efat feted eted hh bli escal P from the th vale vate il d ik tk mth etli multi grouter greater tel temerity erity and a than the previous ou owner ner t f his hi tackle once ne on olid solid lani I 1 ie e gme ine a list ast list ful look fit at tie I 1 elkan ellan 1 I id it si 11 1 ay iy right 1 lucil tit I 1 ts fr a lone long rulee in her tier gaan I 1 ie e alli allithea thed I 1 I 1 ei even en I 1 0 willing to 10 10 as a ceic hand ill Stol peAl all il I 1 bookel a at his n i a sugg ads ali n 1 1 j y not than I 1 e binom RI prod lil ni ith a fa id shake of the lead I 1 e had i 1 0 elpe rime hence or reft rune tiry thoy would not elli emilay lloy him lint even esen no a a deck land L ak buds I 1 id tit tu to inv dinv w e neth ng n and I 1 dmit know a irth i rth knotting he lie out in tit disgust all that nal beuning the fancy clung lung to I 1 im lin hit thit his fill future vins in n solle ara inex ably up mith lilt his hi father a old ht and anti ti 11 e eirl girl i ho ito had rew rde I 1 I 1 im lin with lilt the tile gift ct f her visiting ard card ste yi e had promised to redeem it I 1 li tiny way he lie bushed at any tine time and it if he aut beut to her and nd begged a I 1 erth on her tier uncles e acht she would undoubtedly grant his request iest but euch such a course was to him nd ind not to be late in the evening dick till still linger unger inic ing in the vicinity of tic tie waterfront ai as if it fascinated by the imell smell of the and the salt alt brine across the harbor elbows with a couple boun bul 1 in the opposite direction tie tl e night wa as dark and lie the waterfront poorly lighted but for ull till that dick recognized one of tie if e men he lie etc i ped abruptly in his araki and matchel the receding figurea sir amke he placing ironic emPh emphasis issis on the tile NN on der it if he lie a going aboard tl ti e I 1 elit in he lie in ellenie silence a te fe wo mente and then foil foll im iwed ea it w wu v isy to kea kep 1 the couple within gisli without exposing himself to 11 II ilow v I 1 I 1 I 1 wei vf going in lie the n if it hi I 1 it site o 0 dock and dick had is I 1 1 1 h 1 i it theia lie ise tool of ery entry street to study bacar and once nhan hen il ti e second anan cotol ui it il st to liht a agar lie h go a lse of hie ilia fare face that lint old man cutler elther he hv said guld fro aning tw roo kuung for him film and too big und and ausit it I 1 re ime kiember niber rl lill he was a niall small z pled w dried up man the one vr ir illace wn was but milt T tull ciure Ki ure shouldered and bony of ani art i an I 1 I 1 ii lei lie wa was the tery picture cf of health and streng h dick caught a R glimpse of gold braid on un oil aria hit oe v and anti the hash flash of 1 on his cap cup tin the captala captain of 0 the It lican caa he bathel bt lie lulled smiled as be he recalled recal leil the amount 0 f gold abrald sad od emble that jils father ion i a kipper skipper wore captain jot Ds n toot I 1 ill here as be iland he be lost bis his job ith the a i e ot of the old beacon A AI iiii Uly he had for this one olie ma as the wry ry antithesis ot of tte ati abort short tat flit n ivl gator f the tile yacht under its 10 former TO HE D |