Show Q I I You 1 1 I Ih Copyright b elmer h t WIl U Co SYNOPSIS Job Jeb J b Drad Braddon on young and f nta ally successful broker of o Chicago Is Infatuated with Agnes Acno beautiful be daughter of a n retired n mm Rodney a doctor octor In love with nc visit visits his hl brother Jeb J I Rod Hod plans plan work at t Rochester Jeb I tH that he lr make tn lt a B try for Agnes before leaving In Rod nod there Is A deeper d obstinate ob te decency d than thanIn thanin thanIn In Jeb Jab nod Hod visits vl lt Agnes and nd tells tell her of his hi great ireat r t desIre but realizes It can cnn never be b fulfilled Agnes I mother moth r Is I attempting to regain ree ln her herI I husband b nd s love Agnes Acne has h disturb disturbIng disturbing Ing doubts as a to whit what attracts attract her father In New Nework fork ork Jeb tells tell Agnes he Is I goIng to marry her and nd to Jether r they view an n apartment In Chicago Jeb Jab ask Agnes A nta to set et an early date d t but she he tells tell him she h cannot marry him When the agent Mr CoKer Colter e ep offers offer to show thorn them a furnished nl apartment p r no Jeb J b asks i kI kIne k Agnes ne to see e It alone saying he must ro re return return turn to lis 11 office ornee Agnes consents con ent and nd Jeb Job leaves A radio r dlo Is blaring terrifically from iron ono one of the apart apartments monte ments Colver raps rap upon the tho door which Is 1 opened by a scantily clad girl who draws Agnes Abnes Into the room olver finds her husband hu band Charles Lorrie fatally shot hot lie calls call the police pollee Myrtle Lorrie a lc Agnes Atnee to phone Cathal 0 Mara a lawyer to come at once Agnes does doe The police t take ke charge charge charee 0 O Ma Mara 1 arrives arrive The Th I I are to 0 mID hum Agnee sides aides Idee with 0 Mara Agnes Is to be bea bea a witness at nt the coming trial Cath ale alII grandfather and father had lost their lives In the line of duty all as n city firemen and his hi grandmother v Innie his hu built her all around Cathal who being ambitious had worked his hili hl way through law school of ot Agnes Aee disturb Cathal Mr LorrIe had cast ca t oft off the wife who had borne him his hl daughter to marry Myrtle and after two years year of wed wedded wedded dad ded life she ehe had killed him The cor coroner coroner oner a jury fury holds Myrtle to the grand jury Agnes Ague promises promise 0 Mara to to ro review view the tho case ca e with him When Cathal calls Mrs Mr asks ask a ka Questions regarding marital problems problem In the hope that she he might get a n solution to her own problem Cathal wins them over to Myrtle Myrtles s cause cauce Jab Jeb tells Agnes Arrne that 0 OMara Mara Is seekIng to profit on the Insurance ln urance money money- Myr Myr- Myrtle Myrtle Myrtle tle will collect If It acquitted Mr Mrs finds canceled checks made out to Cash by Slob Bob and realizes realize Cash Cah Is la her rival In New York Rob Dob admits admit Cash They de decide elde clde to leave things thine as a the they are CHAPTER Continued VI-Continued VI Continued 9 lIe IIo hated sentences It tI stuck uck him chill to see ce n a wires fea arms to JO o up and close about her tier husband s a neck so 0 she 1111 i lie could hall holl lio 1 him to her so soI that she could cling to him fI again aln though It we- we weIn n In tin till courtroom to Ie fore they took him n away ay from tier her herto herto to spend his Ills years ears In n prison Cathal turned awny a ny yet he caught n a glimpse of ot their passion the 1 he man hind had glen given her all nil nil all he md hid hJ hd and the woman oman had hall held from him nothing For them It struck Cathal chill but for tor himself It swiftly s l I succeeding warmth within him himI hoe him I w hoever would cling to him so o Rhom horn would he hold hoM as thou h he could er newer let her go SS ai a he tie without sense or reason teason lie would tinge have Agnes 8 arm anni about him and how r he would ou hold her to I Iso 2 T o one else none other at such moments came to him The or of no other girl or woman oman user er er hall had lIed ass him with such fury lie turned about Karl Glatz Gintz atlist at list st hid let Ins ills wife ItE Curle Cirrie go and she sheo lie ti h t rou h her tier tears lurs was lIS to lie IIo wished slit sla wouldn n t t Si e d ern the mon money mone to PIT him sIlo she said all he ho would know now ship Blip sh Ind nothing Cathal knew that v he holiad hind en Shen h en her t twenty dollars a 1 he e s no fie ho lie gild s quietly I 1 did nothing for you ou lie went ent on clasping his brIer brief briefcase briefcase case containing with other docu the accounting of ot Karl hurl Glatz pitiful trading had bath spread hi his I few thousands of or dollars won on and lost Jost with brol tra ir one or of which had lead been Braddon and Com C J I pany I thought of ot Job Jeb not In nn any t relation to Matz but as ns the pos 1101 sensor ornE's of or Agnes nEs Did she I sheI I andI draw Brad Brud Ion down clown do n to her and cling to him Of ot course she dId and let him hold her t she be warr Ing him turn I lleco himself with her tier In holU home C is with lIh n a flush of confusion as ho tie rc re 11 N again ho how host he ho I 1 ad nd told her tier of the tereen Blar of I II lie e reaped hod hed hIs bis office onice I Ind nd his secret iry concluded her report of during his absence t lIs MI S called you OU She bhe s you to call tier her herback at hack at her hoist Shall I call her ber I I 1 will said l I C Cathal shut hut himself In Ills his office and called on his Ills phone r tool Fool fool oh tool fool I he be cast 8 at t j himself the Walt wait alt after he hind had tho the hous house and some om one hall bad gone to summon her Do Do you ou ImagIne Its It's lt for yourself your cl she shE's a called you Something s happened I or she wants to know something 11 she ever think of you Then her voice came camo to hun him Mr o 0 Mira 1 Irn 0 Mara Marn be he said ald I 1 had hall a n letter Jetter this morning from Mrs LorrIe Oh Ohi Ohl l So It was vas the ot of course no more than that dint What did Mrs I say ay to you iou ou She asked It if I 1 would come visit her In In the Jail Ja she the meant les 1 es I Mr 0 OMara He Tie US aa stow Blow low to reply Say ay yes and he would see Bee c her She would como come to town by appointment with him anti and he ho escort her to the jail and then Braddon not interfering he d dlee see lee e her to her trim agaIn oh Pool oh fool 1 I How lIow his pulses were ert pressIng him I lou lou he be saId should not con oling cont troUng himself Mrs I orrie had neither light tight nor need to ask It of you lou do not ask It then 1 I 11 I Iso 2 o And now having downed one temptation another which he lead refused before tot bot the better of him Miss Hiss 1 les 1 les es lIe II proceeded rk Is of course your brother In law Ja lawF F I t J Jt t I Id d I I She Thanked Him and Hung Up Mr Ir DiTis that males makes the new firm with Collitt and item Hem lIle hie le lei lea 1 said Bald Agnes SS hy by has lias he tie been long a friend of thIs Collitt SS hat hut do you mean by that Mr Hns Has hel he That's just lust what hat I 1 mean menn Ml Miss II is 19 I I 1 don t know Then Id I'd ask him I I 1 will said Agnes and she thanked him and hung up Ull Sery cry ery slowly Iy he returned his re 10 to Its hook hoole stood on him isow ow why had hull he let do that that lie Ue very l well Wt-ll I Agnes arose a n bit breathless and decided to go at nt once to her sister s a aShe She Site got ot out her roaster ro o and as she e bid ed ell from the tho th garage garnge Busker Busher ille llIe half halt ed the tho driveway as a ahe he ho offered himself for company To the great hound s lumbering she leaped llo down llon n opened the rum rumblE rumble bit blE an and llIe clambered In seatIng f sedately upright ht Ile He 11 vac absurdly n solemn and sus IUS looking Ing when hEn hens he was ns riding holding his huge high In inthe the tho air and turning the rushing wind Iud It wis ws lunch time for the nt at lieu Bee f a and Agnes A nes knew tint thit on such a 11 tine fine sunny diy day lice Bee would base e bad a table set In the oran oraD game which edged jt 11 the lie circle of ot the eway ay the house I 1 torn rom far oft ocr Agnes spied the table and the little beads In the sun and somebody sen In so slut she hc soun her bel horn and sped dashingly thrIce orrice about the loop of the drive e e to llis dis display pIny hackers Ual ille to the children be before before before fore she sue halted and the bl big hound with lIh the tho economy of motion bt be which h he lie accomplished all things slid to the tile gra el She 1 he Black watch Match meanwhile had been blen doing Its deafening bust bist to tear the hou house E down n The Black atch atch was the closest and most moct complete complete- completely completely ly cooperative of canine cow compan pan Ions two Ions two Seethes and fling WilD who tumultuously defied Basker- Basker Hasker 1110 when hen behind the pane pone oC or glass Once they were ere let out as a now they were Ne they ther ran to the th hound In ut utmost utmost utmost most friendship Baskerville never paid them the slightest attention The children were weri bunging banging their spoons on the table with yes eyes only for they canely ely no noticed iced Agnes when she the kissed them She kIssed kl sed her sister lister and took the chair placed at nt the table for her herand herand herand and they both watched and the bOJ boss bo s The dog carefully established him himself himself self between them He lie was so o huge hue that when he sat on the floor door his tawny head was as above the board and almost ns as high as aJ Day y Da y s dark little head on hIs right Davy Y was In la Ills hula high chair with a n tray before him and fasten fastening fastenIng Ing him In Hobby Bobby also was as In la n a high chair but he lie sat proudly at the table elther 2 boy feared In the least the great hound They were delighted when hen he came to lunch an and they rind they and also Ilie- Ilie knew the rules about him When n a aboy aboy boy finished a dish dl h he could gIve the last lust lick of o his spoon to Has Hasken ken ille rich h boy got an nn extra etra arrowroot cracker for to crunch then Bobby Hobby and Davy gave him the thelast thelast last Jast of ot their dessert The Black Hiack Watch noses nOises In the sun lay IllY sl si lo he e by side assuming slum slumberous slumberous berous ence to this rank ranI fa faS S Agnes oblivious of ot her errand beside her sister and watched m them all Sl SI e a felt relaxed and grate grateful ful ant very sery ery content she had no noll ll desire to end this tills Interlude Dee Bee had none Hero with her children she was vas happy Why did time have to run ruin on Dut But after dessert for tor little boys there must be naps Selma their nurse had taken them away a Side by side with ears cocking at nt the alarm the Black Satch slept in the sun and the great bound lay Jay asleep head headon headon headon on his forepaws The luncheon table tableland land had been cleared a away aay ay Sometimes said Dee flee from rom her wicker chaise longue sometimes I thInk we I I we Dav and have I-have I done llone something And she sh passed her hands do down don n over her slim fig figure figure ure as though she could not always believe herself herselt that she had borne bornet t two 0 sons I think YOU YOUe youve you've e done a Jot loti I Ag Agnes Agnes ties nes cried Oh Ob Bee they the re what count count 1 I I guess they do-a do do a little nd ad admitted Bee lice and shook out a ciga cigarette cigarette rette So 1 in m not sure I 1 won on t have another lou want a n girl girl asked Agnes AgnesI I guess so said 51 Bee after aCter she had her ber light But I really don doa t care I III Il los 10 love a 0 tJ th tie e a result and I 1 mone m mone mone one of those women omen I guess that t get a hick kick out of the bearing too lou ou do It beautifully certainly You don t get et me Agnes It s I oc and and- and she stopped Then And the Ife wiles s anesthetic against against Against what nee flee See le hel here heie e said Bee Dee sternly and up dont don t you ever find out outi I Bee HEe slid said Agnes suddenly tell me about Mr l Collitt What hat about him How much does Davis know con him him I Oh Oh Oil comprehended Bee relax relaxIng relaxIng lag Ing probably nothing at all lies lie's gone Into 1 with hIm but as you know Davis Is a trust trustIng trusting trustIng Ing soul as n to people I believe bellese e he trusts practically ever everybody but body God Goll Agnes hind had to In laugh ugh How flow do you mean I mean IDan It ht assured flee Dee Re- Re Regard Ke-gard Ke Bard gard the record lIe lies s Insured every everybody everybody body and es c everything e everywhere against fire flood storm pestilence and di duster ail ister-ail all acts of God but buthe buthe lie he 11 take any mere mortal on faith After he embraced the burning idea ot of giving gl up a n salaried position to togo togo togo go In with Collitt and he t wait alt for rather ather to return from ew 2 fork Lork before he signed the preliminary agreement with them re going to mal e a ls se which millions which Is certainly sery cry nice of or them since up to now no the they ve se e refrained from show sho cling eting ei themselves with money Of ot course then ve so e tot ot Davis DaIs Da Is capital now Ihen Then you doubt douht them Bee Lice ot In the slightest 1111 hey 11 IJ till tai e for what lint lies hes put up but we e cnn can stand It I mean the fatally family cnn can lather 1 ather s rolling roiling It up Jon up the t he lit 11 give ghe It to me It if I need It- It It as as he would to you Agnes So whits s the harm In letting Jetting DIn Is learn hE hes s B not a financier All AU that can happen Is-he Is la he 11 II lose 1 les es said Agnes and anti she thought that was ns all aU that could hap happen happen hoppen pen Divis ls is out you see It added bee Iee to make a n few v millions for forme me ns as though I hadn t any trout Ie that another baby or a million dol doh dollars dollars tars lars couldn could n t cure S 'S Ith this tills Bee lice dismissed the milt mat matter tel ter so Agnes was not obliged to disclose e the tho source of ot her concern she che male t o user r Collitt But when Inq inquiry ulry of J Job Jeb eh that e evening lie be extracted It from her Collitt said Jib Jtb n lies S eon i-eon t In Jams I hear but nothing that t he be did has e ever eser er come to court Ill lies liesa a one trader trader one of the tho cle t traders In to town ton n and straight enough now nut But But what la 11 1 against him Nothing I 1 know Inow except tint th he hasa t always well solid been well But Davis Divis Is solid tie he hes s that sort les said Agnes So together they ou ht It to be be beall n till right Then they 11 be he helped by tho the natural assumption that your father d see Dave Dav through through-lf through 1 he needed more capital Also con corl- continued timed Jeb Job after a moment moment Jt it doesn t exactly hurt Collitt tt Ayre Ayre- Ayre forth and that everybody kno knows knos s were ware e re marrying and so Il 11 Ilso see him through if it it came to II a pInch Jeb we re not marrying lou lou Sou Just lust think so sol I Glen J JOh Oh God Glen OIen you drive me crazy I t Kiss Hiss me met I rot Isol As AsIf Asif AsIf If you meant It Itt I And mean It I Oh Oh damn us Glen hat w hint s 8 the m nut nutter tt- tt Itter ter What got you bothered about Collitt today Agnes told him It was 0 Mara Marnand and Jeb held her tighter SS Was as ho lie here again iso 2 20 o 0 It was as over the tho phone W SS hat liat was tie lie calling you about lie He didn t call tuU me Jeb I called J him And she sho told him about Myr- Myr Myrtle Myrtie tie tle s a letter So So I called Mr 0 Mara Marato to find out If It I |