Show aglen gentleman mr 7 L CHANNING i POLLOCK 0 lk 0 m SYNOPSIS tit the puke harry Ol filbert lbert a likable youth of twenty three jobless on nl br broke k enters an summer lummer M home me in southampton seeking shot te fr from a 1 torm storm lie II 11 makes irali him self el at t h honic ome I 1 II 11 to li is at by the th arrival of a butler and ft a chauffeur alvans lie II 11 learns that the non mon of the ali owner of the th house hour juck jack whom the Per vanto had never irver seen n in I 1 expected II 11 lie decides decide to bluff it out ills III supposed ant hav eliav a left 10 for r germany next morning be h opens a letter for hla bin mother and ends a sill iii amig ago from tho the real jack ck saying ba li could not torno corn and irs r 0 turning a hundred dollar bit bill I 1 th rho lo 10 a father had pensioned him into obscurity parry flurry rocket pockets the money intending to return it later on the way to montauk whore where he intended to he meet meals juile list alain and mil him daughter patricia lie U he h li Is jack hid IT she ahe in alt hint him to dinner the following marry returns to southampton deciding to tay stay ol a b bit at longer dongir lir ridder or br through his hi news new paper the th globe accuses judge of taking ardors from tammany hill in 4 condemnation harry flarry meet masts peter winlow prominent attorney winslow telli fells party that judge Ilam bidge had ten icen an accident in which a woman was aki killed by a taxi call at home liona perry hurry finds andi tits the wife if ot of the h real jack awatt linit him bin liar her husband li is to in jail in now new york charged with the murder of mike mika kelly tammany boos bo the girl peggy tells III harry darry bow biow she h had bad met jack in florida and him an a jay jack luat lost hi his job and nil it II OF y went to now new york where tin she got work at the cocoanut Coco anut liar there she ir was w accused of trying to pick tie 1 I bockst of fellk kelly anil and was wa arrested are ted hr husband wool to kl 1101 ly live to indue induce him to drop the th chaice later I ater kelly wa was found dead hl his skull hull crushed by a decanter do canter hurry clarry suggests hit h can call help as ai jack CHAPTER Ill Continued 5 what a the answer it if lie he don doltl ahe answer then 1 Is that hint it a noble young ft allow how john clarko clarke and that a tile nio yeta gets a whole lot in an aa tin fortu note nate guy IndIn td jay bogra why 11 cause lie believes belle him to be in tant why by ant an I 1 dont make any inlo a ruy guy like rid hid ito it i going to start a lot c of r I 1 eople believing it too I 1 write rite toy that ive iva got to have anoney to carry ort oi tile the fight slid 01 ol I 1 gant it tho old wan decides I 1 aunt can t be so HO baj after all maybe lie gets hl tits into tile sarup not for his on 0 n son on which litch help mauli but for st a stranger whether that or not III set get a job and a layer lawyer and use cra both for you III use all the family influence for you anil and whan lien its if over and your hus hui band a acquitted III be in tomo some po io sitton altton to talk to the 1118 old ruan man for you alint 1 lint it if lie hom inn t acquitted I 1 youve rut t td face that chance liu nce e cither alth r way beggy looked lit at film itam with hard ea ejan ca conr oure a emart follow fellow she he said auld pretty if you ran can talk urn tile into keeping my mouth shut fiut while bile you get the money and the position mod od everything my husband ought might to have will he net get it it if I 1 dont dentt use your nut peggy what do I 1 gain faint if you pill liu the beans good aul du doom it do you and an what harin barm does doe it do me act I 1 ten go to jail for a tew few erka bilut it dout dont get your hu ebani out of jill ati it itt till alila wry way might anil and its iti tte tile only way think it t over I 1 N III you admi ananca er lo 10 0 one oile ques the girl asketh it if aute oue oute nothing to gain why aro sro rh yuu you doing this ahe duke duka bad keen been pacing the footo lie ile stopped short now and lils lit clenched hands bunds fell limp at his sides damned it if I 1 know he respond til ed and that the truth they could bear the clock ticking la in the hall ball then it truck struck tao all right leggy said eald at last im iia to ilay i lay it your way here do we KO go from berer 1 I think you it better 0 go o to bed 1 the be duke answered herer ferell I chy by inot hotl grindol the anke you youie e got ot a whole bole lot noro more right hire thao than I 1 abne theres there a guest room that ht Wll letti always alway keeps ready the girl hesitated lillina lil lint time con I 1 set get back to new york I 1 the asked theres there a good cod train around nine all right darry barry opened opined a door the other lle aide of tie library and on co the lights IT ri liere iera you jou are lie baid t ald all right it jut just truck struck nit me he re markol you toa dont suppose your ausband mul bays bare given iten his real ramer earner no hut but one reason I 1 want to got get back you better conte como with ith imp DIB too I 1 think youre on the levil but I 1 rn in not so eo sure mire jacks gogoll to think NO BO 0 K harry barry agmen augmented ted break fust fast at eight good night lira alra rj ere er 11 good night mr she rhe st a wun wan ghost of a smile mile standing before the dying fire hurry flurry exclaimed what a dagnel fool I 1 still anil and staffed the letter into lila il pocket ibe new lay in bufore fore him and with mith it hn he cume came buck back to the hearth I 1 let s see boe what it a all about lie said the filled the first and overflowed onto the second and third judge gumbl swatted awaited de cislon win was crowded into an upper corner of the fourth page with a two to column picture of tile the audze I 1 here was no editorial coin ment evidently there hatin t been time for that yet for some borne un explained ritson the paper still tile murder was not reported to the pollie until noon TI ri body fin lial I 1 aten foun dinini I 1 by tile lie mil pino servant shortly after eight tint that morning aliko ml lie lellys ithyll line find ben fractured by a single bl blow ow with a havy cutglass do de canter that lily lay dose close by ltd its coit coil tents still unilla turl P I 1 I 1 chere here was as no sign of a struggle the boys hoy a yarn wait straight enough kelly hat coil cone e bome just bi foro fore eleven lie wo we s a little drunk the icy boy admitted lie he lind lied let himself in with liln him latchkey latch key and gone straight to the dining room where lie rang ato let itly the boy had responded ded arid and rot got out tile the liquor anti tta ile als ilion a young youna man ila and culled called ills ilia name was rogers ili lie boy remembered an and 1 I he said tin lie had kann kelly kally in point beach idly had suld buld all allow him into tho the drawing room danl tile the boy had find done so BO and in tile the tray blieu lio lie had gone back donnat alra A little while later lie he had henril angry in tile dimmling rom and had list listened enod ou cutillo tillo in tie hull hall illint lint lie lied heard wn well prat ty y ciui h what the girl had repeated hut but there were a few additions in tie 1 e way of threats front from the ani tor the deeded it 11 lint at it win was none of tits hla busin business esq 0 ond a re burnid to ills ahli room len ien litter inter anxious in spite of hin isIf lie he remount id the buck back stairs As lie reached the top lift lie heard the drafting room lar closed cloned noisily ant paw the caller hurry into ohp lint ant through tile the front door which hach lie he bangad after him it it i thru then nearly nl lot I 1 ahe lie I 1 1111 ili pano hid hihn on duty mince sevell that morning anil and hp I down tie the stairs anil and went to be bel I 1 that was all lie he knew until hours liter lie annon mike hilko kellys kelly body lying face down on oil tits noor floor the duke waa unit jat about to sa go to bed wien alien lie ho noticed a lit edit no artist x 1 1 att by enil that would be tile the that judge amli e iam bidge 1 I might talk to ainslow at tile the to lo thought sleepily I 1 hut I 1 cup closi ie gy a littler pee mo jack first I 1 ve got cot a into date with lilt at ills hla ellke on tho alio hall clock three tho dulie ua ad up on an hour before breakfast ito 19 and bathel ant tossed a tow few into an over ver night bull lied gitil nun ln in the cl clat bet 1 he ran into hutta I 1 ilat alfast fur for two the duke q r alfred di red 1 mra aal an I 1 I 1 aretus are tak inz inn the 0 ia to new py york lie thought the butler looked ot at film sharply hanly As their train left southampton gitrey looked esen shabbier in her cheap black dregs and tier her little rl I LII J beret bent iler her face as iery ery white bite for or mant of makeup or sleep its if funny she he said bald auk awkwardly ardly but bilt I 1 sort ort of feel that every everything things go inn ing to be all right now why don t you and the boy move mode out here I 1 to stay lay you mean bure I 1 can square it with letts letta come along tile the end of the tha maek leggy after all its if where here you belong you know it 1 I belong with jack she he sali laid pant anyway has hai it truck struck you that the old wan ninn might come buck back unexpected lies ilea been mad six years what lie oink going to do hen he finds out about all this ahll well harry barry hazarded if ace e te got his son on out lie ito wont ont care regg interrupt ed tier her voice again hard and pill ful ile he never did I 1 I 1 he it jacks jacka ill atlle I 1 lip jn k wanted to be a violinist lie bf been en too kut but the oli old man foune lie was wai taking 11 1 I dont want ant any in my family lie he snorted nored you re rb going to take my place alien hen I 1 die that started it ned hed always alway been hard on jack the old man Is ant you cant boss bos jack lie to got cot another fiddle lie was good I 1 on dut it too when lie ho went up to liar vard he used to ploy play it at parties when fit father r hoard heard about that tie ho threatened to cut off jack a PI allowance lowance so fio jack stopped fiddling and began to dilak and one night when lie was wa awful drunk lie ile wrote tie old mans inana name on a check lie ile tried to get it back tho the next day but the bank had bad turned it down an abil the guy hed given it to wua was tore more an I 1 had jack arrested arrest pd jack had bad toll 01 ol 1 ila I 1 la second fiddic to make good lie never kt got adoth ft one tile the oil vian man cut jack too loose s lie came up lip to bloston with a newspaper paper th tint it printed tile the story in tits hl hands lia nill cot coll I 1 as lee ice lie wax was you youve e disgraced tin me lie said mild land and you 11 go on disgracing tile HIP it if III let you yon I 1 wont ont you can RO go where here you like an aal I 1 to ID what list you plome but not with my nnnie name if you ever use that benin you can starve turn I to the aindow wl nilow then abruptly now how are re we vie RO go ing to set get in to see him she die alad conre tits lila wife ife larry barry an and you 11 1 I at ills hla friend and my names rid ter alven peggye peggys story didat quite prepare the duke fur for abut metting inciting with his other bel self ile lied d rather expected to see aee one of those liose weaklings wea klings who anti the wa worl all 1 a vast conspiracy against them 4 john clarke ni ilder jr proved to be lint arpy rely a frightened young youn stir A allm rather trail frail lail lad lit in his early twenties with idoft oft dark hair and large laree lark eps ant anil a peculiarly mouth illa ilia handl handi were soft and too but there win mai nothing efre effeminate minate about the boy lep iam iain glad to anpo oeo you peg im lie be blurted out 11 I 1 wui was getting betting a little bit worried pr presence sence reassured him evidently he ha counted on tier and felt safe while title she was with alth him jack che gold quietly unit and a antly ive brought your friend mr lies iloa going to help will ui flint a great he observed I 1 fortunately for them the guard had other things on tits mind lie kept and coining back I 1 i I 1 ain lit qa itaf 11 G 7 quickly he H mapped out his HI plans plan anil and looking awny from them to a paper that mot Boin crne neone had givin blin and that seemed lit in a low voice beg outlined whit lint tin 1 liap 1101 bened and tile the conclusion that hat had luen been reached the boy turned to hirry birry loung frightened ond anti soft boft lie could reason quickly on an I 1 talk straight 1 I 1 dont he said to the duke it if cheso people will d things for you they think you re jack III killer I 1 ter why u wont on t they do pin lein for tile ine when hen tilt tiny know I 1 in ni jock jack I 1 ileaure Ile ause they like tile 1110 1 I h eav e near inot ou and because lm my Y records clear I 1 in not accused of mardir under that well mell they lout dont sound pretty at first do they ahey to ilo nut not ant of course theres your 11 llie month tightened I 1 arry rne ns him the litlie lie hat hail shou shiun n peggy lite lid rind it it rho oil mans inina got her beffa lol loed lie rein irked same ns as hem he a tot got everybody elep ne 0 K I 1 lime timed my wall own name anany yon ivio its iti an other thing but peggy thinks you re ant ashes ineer nen arong set its a queer dauie ka but III lilt fit in at next hurry barry was a 1 the kiihnl hod been showing his inper to H colleague col leaStle quickly lie ile mapped out tits hta plans so BO far as lie he had tiny any 1 ive I TO got ot a title lite with till peter ieter nning mn low on Blond ity anti and I 1 in going to cable your mother for money 1 eve rot got to bae ba e that I 1 hope to tet iet a job pretty soon boon and make my own oa n way but juit tt now nou there berea a less than at hirtred anti and fifty lot dol lars in the ih kitty anti and I 1 ui a going to gle le nit mat of that to peggy for cur rent better write bour our mother ano atle klinl of a x itter 1 ater you 1 d I u write rl te in a angher er to that if you eta in my bho III bring you tile the an abil I 1 of co course urIte III mail your letter bettt it from bouth ampton well have to it out of here I 1 suppose lup pore now tell uie me exactly what happened the tho night before last the story differed very little from the one harry had heard but it was wa full of shrewd questions that atiat haan hadn t occurred to him did you ever ta ste hell jl no at he was enormous must have been beca six feet two la in ills til tacking stockings ini im ave alve int in mine edve had to tand stand on i a chair to lilt hit him on top of the head bead unless lie he was sitting in one the body gasn wasn t anywhere mar a chair achain it wax was up against the door to the hall die laper japer mays lay so BO the filipino got in through the dining room I 1 got out through the hall door lie saw paw roe me ilow did I 1 do that if kelly wax as aing against it iff I 1 I 1 dont know two to more the were burning full tilt when hen I 1 left I 1 could see BOO kellys blindow lindow fc on the blinds ni as I 1 passed the lionso house on my way may home were they still burning when the butler cattle caine in the next net morn morning anil and if not who turned bent em out I 1 bhatti Vh hat atti athe lie other item tile the other items the lie crux of the liole bu aness jack answered alike rustled nia me out because the phone rang and the follow fellow that rang it was coming coining over to talk to him did he come corbet it if not why not and it if that filow did come it likely that lies hea tile the gily ey that killed belly kellel CHAPTER IV IT T WAS long after one when they walked out of the lomba aggy was wag nil all in now barry splurged splurges on a taxi tall to talo take her home to the hie dingy boarding 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