Show r ahe BLACK LAUK BAG AG by louis joseph vanee vance 1 I 1 1908 by the bobbs merrill co L ja VII V TELL nir t 3 1 rs im lip he baim 1 more 1 I she lifted her tier shoulders impatiently and with a quick move nore stepped back across the thresh old where she plumed paused a round rounded pd nun barring tile in trany one bund tag ing the tile doorknob if to shut flint out at tit any moment im an awalt alting hiff our t loll 1011 she said coldly ho ile grinned with nervousness str sarh I 1 lug tug to penetrate the tilt entil tri processes of this liand leoine mrs she seemed to regard him u with itil 11 i suspicion 11 which lie ile thought able did tho bile suppose lie had spirited dorothy calendar away and then called to to up ariso her tier of the tile fact or th tint thit it lie was wall some sort of adventurer who had manufactured a plausible yarn to gain him access to her home or bick to her tier original theory that he tic wan uri emissary from scotland yard 4 probably she distrusted him on the latter iho the reflection left him more at tit ease 1 I am quite finite aa au my tn stifled as you mrs hallam allam II lio lie begin sila calendar waa was hero bere at tit this door floor in lit a n four cheel 1 er r not tan ago and then where 14 I 1 blip she now non 1 I tell rell nio me where calendar Is ho he re ported inspired and ill try to an tin awer you I 1 but her eyes were ere blank you Y nican tint Ili it calendar was in lit this house when I 1 came flint bo lie left found hia his daughter in lit the tile ent mid dro c ott off with her its clear enough you are quite mistaken slip she sa said lit thoughtfully george calendar has haft not been here this ollit 11 iio ile wondered that she ho did not seen seem to resent his tits imputation 1 I think not platens Lla tenS she cried bilsing a waru ing liand hand and relaxing relating her tier 1 alint attitude Il loloI forward once moro to peer poor down town toward tho tile amb emb A cal call ind cut in from front that tIl direction and wai hearing down upon them with a illk rumble of hoofs va it ap pron clied ched Kirk woods heairt lint flint had lint wit win 4 upon again 1 b disappointment it was nu no four alicel wheel li cel er but a ha hnnson i and the opt oddi it i giuga ings of th tit aaion disclosing closIng it will s trian glo gle rf linen surmounted b I 1 a if glowing spot of 1111 betrayed the sex of the fare too to allow of hope tint thit it might be the girl return ing at the door tho the cab pulled up shari sharp ly and a man inan tumbled hastily out upon the sido sidewalk walh I 1 illren IlL rell rel lie cried thront 13 tossing the cabby bh his fire and turned tow toi tohaid aid the pair upon the tile doorstep iI L dently hurrahing that something was amiss I 1 for ho lie was calendar in lit proper person and a it might to upset in a ingeniously c istle I 1 MM ho lie cried out ol oti 01 breath I 1 I 1 Is my daughter liere and than ahng itching ch ng sight bight of Kirk why hello kirkwood iio ile saluted film with a dubious air 1 iho I lie etonian interrupted hasell tase come com in ili mr colendar Ci lendar this gentleman has been inquiring for atu ou with an astonishing shing tale tnie bourl our daughter Up calendars Cal moonlike lq h oge ge wal momentarily digested dix ested of nna an trace of color wh whit it of her herl 1 you had find letter better conic come in fit advised ra hallam arii brusquely biquely the fat flit hopped across the tile threshold kirkwood Kirk nood follow ing tho the woman flat the door floor nud and turned with back to it nodding pig nin cantly at kirkwood na Us her tier eyes met inel calendars well weil well uell snipped the litter latter ju jai j P patiently turning to the young man i hut rut KIrk kirkwood Nood waa ina thinking quick j I 1 ly por flor the present lie fie contended contented him I 1 belt with n deliberate statement of alj fact miss allm colendar Ci lendar haa has disappear ill ed 1 it gac gate him lint nn nit instants time there something tl chyr lit lie told himself these two are tire playing at cross purposes calendars no tio fool lies iles evidently a crook to boot As for tho the woman libes had find tier cyca eyes open for or n number of 5 3 ear 4 the main I 1 dorothy she vanish of her tier own and mr mrs i hallam I 1 knows or suspects more thin tit tit shee to toll tell I 1 dont think she wants dorothy found celend ir docs does S so 0 do 1 I ergo im for calendar disappeared colender Co Ca lendir lendur was birk b irk ing at him florl when morel within ten minutes said kirl ff god 4 0 anft L ild 1 lie he told v bat hat had find happened mentioning that ile had not paid the cah cab driver I 1 thanks said calendar dryly lie ile bent lift head in lit thought for an ln in stant then looked up and fixed mrs with mith nn tin unprejudiced ef ee 1 I my aty ho lie cd explosively there Ni ant biant any one here tatt th it knew kne eav en her ino fine eyes tiar wavered ered and fell be fore lit and kirkwood HIrk quod remarked rem irked tint tit it her ni as c louia lou Iv iran 11 lu 1 I hinard it nun leave leiai e as at mr AIN hallam allani II joined me lie lie volunteered helpful and with 1 suspicion of nolice and after thit I 1 bild no atten attention tiou at the thil lt it seema seems to me I 1 did hear n cab call in tit jhb street ow interjected calendar eying the steadfastly and employing 1119 nn nit exclamation of combined illumination and inquiry more topically british than nu thing kirkwood had et aenid from the apau for tier p the look she gai gavi a kirkwood vaa mas sharp with fury it VMS was more it aia is at tiLe n flaw flam in her for calendar intercepted it he her tier bare arm with his ills fat hand haud tell who it niall was ho lie deu landee in lit au tin ugly tone tolle she freed herself with mith a twist and una stepped hack bach a it color in her catka it flash of anger unger lu in her eyes mr Mul readi 11 she retorted defiantly whit of that 1 I 11 ish I 1 was nias yme 11 declared the fat adventurer exasperated As it Is I 1 bet a dollar aou joule e put 3 a our foot ft in it my I 1 lidy idy I 1 warned aou ou of that blach guird there the done N we e wont i ont row roa oi over er it one moment ho ile begge it it till a ii wave ave of hia his brind stock pondering briefly fumbled funi bled for big gnich found and con it ita its t the be harest barest chance he muttered berha ps v we c ca cin u ili nuke I 1 h c I 1 it t what are aou a going to do asked the vui niti blie sir a run for bli oa 01 money come along kirkwood we haimut a minute airs hallam allani II pr nit us bhe stepped aside and he hrushov past ler tier to the door come kirk wood I 1 lie ile seemed to take tale Kirk moods company for granted and the jiing ing ninn wrin was not inclined to argue the point meekly Ale ekly enough he tic fell in ili with calendar d on the mrs iii followed them out I 1 you mout i out forget i I 1 she ailed called ti ill pune you if wo me find out anything calendar jerked the words our his shoulder as linking arms with ith kirkwood lie drew drou hlin him swiftly along fille lii kinrd ird lier tier shut tho the door instantly calendar look litre did doruth doroth haar ti a small eircel with lin heil olio olic had a gladstone gladst oue bag oh oil the devil the dc da ill 11 on oil again muttering distracted ly M ali thiv reached thi the colier cu ncr lie direng aged lil hh 4 arm weve wei e it und and a lulf hilf to raach charing cross pier and I 1 think its the list bolt ho it you set ct the pice will sill aou a hut but im tin inan and and fat they begin to run tho the one asil the oilier other ring after titter ulc in ili old rigged ship imbed ly by it d liner kit appear appeared td bufore thim final a ut of ink on oil AN hoc sur face lights guoin in long dlin ils and blobs a ba the floasin flo atin pier a county tout icil steamboat cd ed its snoring huskily bell were mere jingling in her tier engine room it as alie to tio gained the head of the sloping gaug gaugha sa ugwa ma kirwood Kirk slapped a shilling down on ell the ticket window ledge INN here to I 1 lie cried back to calender Ca lendir ICher chero rj gardens iler pter ra rasped raped ped tin 1111 winded til tided nian mail lie ile stumbled after kirk kid wood mood groaning with inith exhaustion out the tolerance of the 11 ekr r employees 1 a gained them tile end the tilt inci ct was held hold some seconds for them ks Ci colendar lendar st to its deck tile lie gangway wis jerked in the list liser ayt cast off the boat sneered sheered wide ilde out ou oti the river then shoe shot in ili arrow like to the pier beneath waterlog loi bridge the deck was sas crowded croud ed and ad tiff 11 lional birdi irked at lit mr stop in lit the tile circumstances coni comers erst i tion sac saxe on oil the most impersonal til tl ics acs 1 as As ks the tile boat boitt snorted bene ith lundo london bridge dro drove I 1 e him film from front ills seit se it b bick tek to the gang way nest next stop ho ili told kirkwood artl and rented rested his hea bea bulk ag dinst the piddle box brooding morosely until after an all uninterrupted run of more than a all the ste in ill side civilli fur furlum ionly aly ng dinst the ebbing tide ti CI crr err lamidin lat anding idin sheet SA acet name for a locality un mor beyond cre dencel kirkwood shuddered ticking sticking clo 1 to calendars side as they landd lifes hiked 11 brutalities li ind id fore been largely out of his 1 ken hen aleh he h heard of slums had evon ventured to mouth politely tit iral ral on oil the subject of overcrowding in great till of population but in tie t e darkest flight flights of imagination hati had neur neier pic life aured to himself ant anthina an thin hinr fo po amy foul and ani legs as tills this anif 1 they sere cre comp come hither so i king vor r thy Ca calender Calen lendir dirl after soito ten tell minutes steady N w 41 illing Va lendir tur titI abide aside v 11 lib fill t 11 t w 1 nl rd aud dl cd down loll 1011 1 I u it re d dark darl and evil almin wn w n that to loud load ton toward arit the I 1 iner il er mastering lili quil iii kirk KIrL wood mood fol followed loed soma ten or twelve fron I 1 the I 1 a igent i sm or etl it ni right angle continuing three baid aid i so ft to i ud in lit a blank i mill ill N hi I 1 ef r a fil fit etring cinadr inadequate quate pis gi lamp jn iii ted at ahli point a it stone pLit fonn ill perhaps four feet square was also cred flout tho the edge of it ill 11 lit fit of born anil ind slimy stove stcl steps led left don to a loit boit landau hiro another gaslight flared gustva despite the protection of it its fraine if begrimed u glass good ard the couii man what in name cat cal andar ilet itei old stair conn con on the deRc descended ended to the e finding belle tit t hot the tile pool slept i beet of polished polls tied abou to itself I lipping small stealthy gurgled angles of tit an nit I 1 ancient ill on the farther fart lier bijil tall ni ei feirt d square 01 ahne haidi their un tin ilg rugged profile rell relloyd elred hero here and then thero by Vi ma A tev fem beatt ering feihle lighta vm met I 1 1 lii mm d x xii ti e th ra rh er and the icil the landing the found quite deserted the adaven bilth ith it nod which like its acco nipan ing aa in irtle ej ajic le ul atlon might have leen taken to in cilito cither either ur disgust 11 gust lie ile ignored llor cd altogether for the time lichia una present 3 pr alced tl it small bright object hah applied to hi lit iiii proad oil to be 1 I 4 whistle he lie to mo llast 4 one ions long one brief there fell it lull hill kirwood Kirk itching the other and cirit int next anid bould crippen calendar paced pice restlessly to and fro upon the birrow vinding lind liis non HOW stop pin to incline nn ili ear to latch catch some sound now alth suc aft coping g glances the mick roichi hc 4 of the pool aln rielly illy con consul lulling tInK hii thatch 1 al I biot fo 10 lie announced mn wore in aimel I 1 cant IF if tint infernal ernil il boit would only show how up I 1 he ile in is 14 the tile hastle NIlls tle to souna I 1 n second siim moni ihen a rowboat rowboats ati rounded n projecting tn c formed by tho the next and cIn liking airlocks ill to nard mard the on hn hit tn ano 0 emres dipping and rifina labored with mith the A As they ilow in ill the lie mail fotNa td shipped ia mid to alic bivs lit order to nn all fron ino orina rin bet set in lit all the NN wall nit calendar iad to the brink of the gi KlUit u it lin lilt relief I 1 otier ann he lie akol brusque ly ins fie 11 tone or I 1 h alin the first bonig lit I 1 one of the Ni termen I 1 to the litter adding addin gr been seel 1111 mut liln thill of ini hir N vio t r gitl id ti alend ir i if he oil ii liet li other tier it A c re cry good or 1 1 bad N e ell 11 wait walt it lilt I 1 right Il lit 0 nt atred red the i di ji illy turned buk his tits eyes knitli 91 t il file ploll 1 I sup sul pose poe lie to abrupt i li I 1 you oil ament ha ent changed a our mind 1113 in eliuh aloit coming in ili nith inith me ine 1 my ily leir sir I 1 ann ill I 1 daxe a e it no mind to change until a plinn proposition is hid before me mo II ml Ca calender lendir puffed vigorous Tig orous iv until it tit curmi to bilm to clinge the subject vou you wont v ont mind tell tellene lit me inc 04 0 4 rt 21 t fix i U fill leWs IN It ithe il 1111 hv 1 low want nap not lot calendar Cal rudar diw enar ind I 1 kirk varl NN loiNel bonol lo nol lac ills hi voice 1 l briefly the events since lie ile had lint loft 11 the in lit Doro dorothys thyi her ifer father follow follo ul ld ill bilm intent I 1 in lion and na aln with tin n ct ex elnina tion or pertinent port nent que as had ind KIlM lood been able bic to ee ec the tile iro I 1 regnall n all f fice ice of thi wan in no 9 0 the answer seemed bt to dl ill K concert him if I 1 can call You youngster 3 sou ou sas gillim laj m mind to him film now if tint thit Mul rendy it would luie been fin impossible bIc for ho lie Is 14 to recover and kit git to rien street before we ne did 11 kirkwood kirk wood pointed out INN ell go on oil nut bat when lien the tile wis told its thit scoundrel mill val ready the lie nun min with heit hott it iti 4 i his li hind ind I 1 know him film I 1 might hii h no e li hid lit sense enge elou enough ii to see set he hod 1 I tike the first dunce to li ti ind me HIP the d ublia cros li liell ehn does ar film all right calendar impend at th tit ra alor or iloie oue been ubo libe ful lie all assert leli if it indent been for I 1 don dont t know u lie re I 1 d be li onnor nor Dorothy Po rothy cither elther nil tilt ulious afterthought I 1 there 3 no ir way ivay I 1 can call bhoj iny my tit 1 l pre clation I 1 suppose mone ive pot got trough to list last nie tile till I 1 reich NL t lork thank aou I 1 INN ell if thi the time cier conics just shout for goorge i orpe 11 I 1 1 I bont be want lag lu I 1 nash ou bere arc with u but tints thit s out of the question I 1 doubtless s no two vas about it I 1 bet anything youve ot of a clence conceal id td about our person what youre loure nil sill liol honest let euln eh ell 1 I don dont t antto Nan lantto in tto sound immodest hn modest re return turna td kirwood Kirk I 1 lou w don loll t need to worra about th thit it hut but an nit honest hovest nuns mins pot got no 4 in iny my line lie ile ginnel again at ill hla witch D thit I 1 0 von o tit r if he lie na as 4 cute enough to take at another or did be he think th thi fool lit ut tit on abrupt it L depress 4 t d b thu the tho th tint it lit might hive hire h ive ire been ind clasping hands behind his back cheuck ba fc nagel ingel on his 1 ir watching the alier kirkwood found himself so sonie hit mea earled the of his ills arcene pr cene lLe there struck hini him with added force lie ile bethought him of hia his midnight boit ti aln to lem leac e a station miles dia diamant in nn nit hour and a half bait if ho 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