Show W oam ama ar B K AG ILAG IL I 1 by louis joseph vance I 1 ft 1908 by batke the dobbs merrill co lo 10 lo 10 IJ wo gaw mm 1 hesitated it asun agun klas freling to tell her tier chy fly at tt it nas sentill that she know 1101 letar p lindill the tile knobil dg might inight prove proe to lur tild sho silo inna insistent tent lie he 1111 might lit not dodge the tile issue why she repelled as lu he 1 p lulf iii o il if 1 I a aou press me tilt fr for an lin armer just no miss calendar dont you think I 1 ind lilt bitter know 7 Instill eth el he be Inell uLd ills hn tit id in ili iselin I 1 1 I hen licit M 13 I 1 ilist for ml and bathil me flit flunk til of thu the that gilld hi id the tile 11 big vinc flo 1 4 tint thit mean a mr kirk kid ii IM th tit it I 1 ha have e tit tin jell jenel el I 1 a L told li t tersely looking miti git abend at ills tits shoulder ho lie li hard aird it low g bisp asp of and arid incredulity om com mingled nit did oil get them my father deposited them tn im bank batik tilt morning I 1 ho ile inest chivi h I 1 e aikan t IL n klimi out a afta I 1 got them on board the clothel vanro dour our father was ling col coil ferring ith and tind caption ker ahe ye you took them from those men a lint but my father I 1 had to persuade him slid kirk KIM wood hut but there wore were three of tileta aga last j jou ou aint ah feeling very will and Stry lers n coward they g kive gire ire me no tio trouble I 1 locked them ic IV tra room lifted the bis big of jew jell els find cadue anay aay I 1 ought to tel you tint thit they i ere discussing the ad ail of silling aaa without vou OU leaving aou a here friendless and alth lilt out means why by I 1 ea it my duty to take a hind hand I 1 don I 1 like to tell you jou thi so brutally bu bul ought to knon I 1 understand II 11 but foi fot some moments she did no s pe 11 he ile avoided looking at her tier the fleere rolling at tit top speed bul on the broad brond encircle the ancient city turned lilt the avenue do tie keaser 8 bringing ink into eight sight the tile gare care ct 1 I ou olt dont k h knor begin the gir without NIt hout warning arnIng ii in ili a boice gusty uett lit mead on oil a lid till kirkwood gently 1 I do kno but dont lets talk about it now uell well be at the station tn in i InIn minute tite tila ill get out and bee what tc to done about it 1 l train if liel neithel Mul readi nor striker 1 li about lot OL lu tit lie tile ll 11 irr arl lige i ge no ot lit if changed ills inand suddenly ill nol not 11 login ansing you ou again its a risk we 1 have to run in lit com piny 1 she agreed brokenly the fiacre sloped up till and stomped I 1 are on oti all nil right nil 1 calender Cu Ca lendir isad girl sat rat up lifting her tier ld held 1 I am quite reidy ehe she said gald spends ilia I 1 cr in olce kirwood Kirk through the 1 andon while the tile draur irli er iia as berend ing gare care centrale maleu he tie said opening tit the door 0 vo o one in kirwood Kirk told the girl I 1 come collie ho lie got out and gaie lier tier lit his hand then paid the arlier Ir lier picked up tip the tx to ji brigs and x ith dorothy into the tile Atti attrition tion to find in ili ii tiling a of cinq into which people sere mos ing a t leisurely r lie ills inquiries nt lit the theet tit kel window developed tho fact that it v 4 the 22 21 20 for brussels Uru asels the list bralit beating lea ing the tile gare care centrale that bigi t and anti due to atari start in ten minutes uhe information settled thila pl ins for once and all kirev kirkwood promptly secured secure tl through tick ebi niso also in ing I 1 rp re serve erve I 1 supplementary tickets which v aich them thein to the tile uso of thoe tho e modern corridor coaches coa clies take the ilae plate of first clas clasi compart ments on olt the belgian stara r a illah 9 its n pleasure said kirkwood Kirk nood oil lightly na 03 hi lit foll followed oled the tile girl into one cone of there the tite re c I 1 to tind lind oneself in a Co millon ense 1 sort of train again reels ku home botne lie ile put their luggage lu one of the tile racks and sat down beside her the girl skilled bra bravely ely aud and after brussels she inquired first train for the coast he slid promptly dover ostend boulogne whichever proves handiest no matter awl A NN which ho u long as it nan wits on soil soll without lit tit tint lite deli sin she bald 1 I Us es an on the tile window Ill dov mill mid find her tier chin in lit her lier palm to with serious ewt t brown bromn ebes out into the tilt nrc tire night tint hung benerth abo echoing loot ioor KIrk kirkwood fidgeted in despite of the constraint he lie placed himself under to bo still and not disturb glicr ln r needlessly and apprehension of mis ints fortune hl 1 4 mental processes in equal deane the tea ten minutes seemed dined interminable that er ers the e grinding couplings advertised tte imminence of their start 1 iho I lie guards bega to bawl the doors to blam belated tra travelers cleri to dash mad mail ly for the couches coaches the trail train guo gie a preliminary ninar with ere settling down to its league long inland dash kirkwood in ili a fever of or hope and anti nn ili ngue ague of fir ft ir ai w a man sprint furiously tt across ros the platform and throw hlin hlinik stif If on oil the tilt bonard of their 11 on oil the ic lera er instent of the start nest ili he bj the fon vird door and walked slowly through uli narrowly inspecting the barlous arlou loas maasin sLit gc gars r 4 A As 4 he lie ampre ichel the salts oo 0 coupled by and dorothy cil andar his tits tes t es encountered encounter ml the doting nuin man 4 and ho he leered evilly tit lait t the look 1001 i mith ith one out tit tint it ll 11 AMIS as like tt a klik MO kli k 3 a d the fe fellon lloil passed lits sod ith boxe enste into the tile car behind who n afi that lint lf lem dent tilde the rill gill without her tier held lie id iio did ou knoma he lie amhed as 1011 ou look 1001 I 1 I 1 s siw aw 3 our knuckles in hiten benc beneath ith the tile skin stin who wis it ho lie bit bitterly terl alie the mite mile of the AlC alethta tIll ti V 1 I kno and aou ou think yes u he ili must hive have been adlore illien han I 1 las as on oil baird the brie brig intine ho ile in the cabin erl evidently denef hunted hlin up or r ran narow idin litin and him into s sinice lou ou ale alie re enera outlet hut but vf 1011 loll l win through gli noir feir the tile train the outskirts of tilt city d the tile event with an all exultant shriek then d down dolit droning sti adaily to night flight devouring flight in ili the corridor car the few pas thenis clies to drowse gllnn the coming hour the short hours ride that in these piping diya of f frantic tra ellner sepi ratia rafts antil antwerp erp from frow lie the capital city of 0 belgium A guard slamming gustell in through iho the front door reeled unsteadily down doin the tile aisle Kirli kirkwood rousing from front a V 4 P ro 01 S 11 ills cues encountered the young 1 and 1 tit leered aiki chilly profound I 1 re cecrle erle det lined hlin film with a gesture und and bean began to Interi ogUe him ili n N hen lien he tie dep ty ly it tran spind pIrd that the girl was uil un alth that tongue I 1 I 1 t under stand aou ou know ehe she told him bilth w ith it alow shy fly smile 1 I was nas inertly him about the trains i from larus tonight we ri arent stop you bee e must go on of keep keel clubbs on oft the jump and anti lose him if possible theres 1 where here our adian llis tics ln in having only to dul with ill I 1 hes les not particularly in mil wele wel 0 two I 1 leads ead 4 to his one besides beside if we lie can call pre present elit him bill from front grissing gu our dt and wiring hick wick to Anti antwerp lerp wi e aly win aw nil na a you understand perfectly slit she nd brightening nd alint hill do purpose doing no now 1 I cant tell iet et the gairda gone to get nit me sonic information about the night tilt on oil other lines lives in ili the meantime don t fret about flabb 4 ill lit an answer for 1 I shin to fc worried suo sho said simply with ith iou ou here answer ho lie would have made he was mas obliged to postpone because of the return of the guard danl with ith a handful of time fline tables and when jt 1 a rewarded fulth a modest gratuity the man had gone his way ay and kirkwood turned again to the pirl girl she site hid il drin lier tier attention for the time I 1 I 1 of his ills bold regard she U as iming aiming her thought at loose ends tier eyt stud lu r the In calculi i ble depths of if blue black night tint thit 8 arll and addled be beyond orid the ni window ind N the most sando of smiles smile touched lier lips the faintest faint eRt shide 0 of deepened deepen cd color rioted rt abed on her tier cheel sho ivis ills thinking of 1010 4 lon ion as he lie darul the tile oung linn inin ills liti heart in lit ills bli ON it byc 4 arched her tier taking it 11 biffl niters ers joa jo of lier tier mouthful beauty st rising rhin with all his tits sual soul to the ni of tint thit most li ill smile it bulled him lie he could not si of whit hit she thought and told himself elf bitterly tit tint it it was not for him a ciup r to presume a pi ice in tit tit her r lie must not forget foret hta ilia ciri ciro militant a nor let her tier to tole lennee rince render hiro film oblivious to hn plue pl ILI ulilah must boa be a sen secants ants not i 1 I 0 to o er 9 I 1 he lie better to coil comice ince himself oj 0 this he lie desperately into 1 for lorn to make head fiend or tall of aci ill schedules 4 coulp licit cd ed as these of neco siti are b ba the tile froni front norin it tittle ni it to the abnormal 43 stem stein bv fir the government and arid lice ace cerii cin mriln that ero broses ses a boundary line of tile st ite I 1 bo 0 o pi coe did ho lie bedine in this pursuit tint thit he lie aas mag subconsciously tint thit the hid ti aln itt it t vre he lie could dot clot ich his interest from front the inconclusive aid incoherent cohorts of gitil inked ed fig ures tires cant you tind find out aw tiling thing dor otin a nIi iz precious Prec tous little he lie grumbled I 1 id I 1 d g I 1 in heitt a til only it mouldan t le be a fair exchinger there seems to lt be nn an espre exi iress i for bruges the gare care du nord arii at fiat uvo minutes after 21 clock and if it I 1 lilt ni not mistaken tints the latest train out of brusasca and the ile c in catch cutch if vie c cin ell cadili it ie vie neier been in brusel bru sel ind heaven henien ouia knobs how ion it tike tile m I 1 to oil ell it from the gaic gate du midi to tile nord in tills this statement li mr was fortunately fortu natel not only heaven it appeared appe ired ind hid cognizance of the distance beti between een the to N title kirkwood was still debiting the question ith pessimistic Widen cles the frI friendly endl suard guard ind occasion to pass through the boich and find bolcs b lavt tipped the information alth th entire tr it bould be a ell ride of aps ala minutes monsieur gocr lioci ho cr cr aull 11 bent himself elf ell it if he offered the tarl r jn ail adane tip till as an In incentive centle to drining 11 h ha hi be calls hf lie e the guard consulted consul tui tid his ili vatch latch and kirwood Kirk cr r ri ro fretted lib loss of his tili jovn bt cauL this tilt train announce to arrive e in fn larus seli sonie ll lent minutes ariot tu to the dep arture of tit tint it other iv 14 alrude ditc I 1 ditc itc lint but als ts a it of sonie tu till could that not be iii de up tit ah ali but nhu hu should saya say tho the guald 1111 doubtless itta ith i ilus tell s as tu to the madi isy of all english speaking king i and thare alit re lie e are K I 1 rl in lit factitious reagan al ii it if it nere ere obliged to ait in brussels our ur aill m le be on our bik before lie can call alt out in the tile morning if it tile liae little to tome collie bj 15 motor cur car he ile bitt on oil the tile fact tint niall ith but a lattif flonc at lila fits disposal dispo sil tic lie too could hire a motor car i ar and cr dallance dil dL lance fiance tc thell theli I 1 tit li etli rising spirits eo 60 much tue the better botter oar chalice of losing sir mr we vf must bo be reida aa to drop 4 the the mriln stops lie began to unfold anoton r time agian to to lose loje ailin belt self campli tel was mas thron into the conf confusion b the tonch tonell of the girl 1 s li ciul it in abit il 11 pi to i ed lightly on oil bis tits arm anil anti hid she an ant silo mim allt lit li it te 0 e fetu a time tittle hid ills the tile skin he lie asder assert tid col lih self control thou 41 abig tildie not riot 0 er hia ills temper 11 ills Is e es eg dumbly eloquent tumid tc meet hers tiers bhe bile is smiling mulling please leasel 1 I 1 she bitet iterated abed jhb N ith the least Imper imperative atle pressure on hh hn hand push ing the tile folder aalde aside 1 I bel pardon I 1 he muttered I 1 II 11 1 it quite cessac m no to to study choie 40 you decide decided to try for the bruges express IN h ta 4 but then cleaste dont leae pao me file to mj my thoughts all the time mr nir kirkwood there in was 4 it tremor of laughter in ili hei tier olce but hir eyes lere arle and earnett ini im cry weary eary of of thinking round in lit it circle ind ud tint tivit she cou I 1 with a denous little laugh 4 III all till I 1 e had hail to do for city im afraid ini im ery stupid he lie hu tutored her tier she witched watched hlin bill a little piqued 1 by hla absentminded mood for a moment luor tient theu then anti not lot 11 without a tr ae of malice ejust I 1 tell you again bat hat t to tall talk about bhe asked ro relve me I 1 was ilas thinking about VW I 1 P 60 lu l al U atoil if not t to you left mas as that chat why rby it IlIg juet just ugh to RO go the adethel nt tit on ba 1 steamer b hi ft N sorry that lind nl fin fill lilt tl lilt in tel teb 1111 tn quer had swung the con cot tier the tilt leair upon ip Mitlon 14 thought of 0 whom bam not but prove 11 painful annii to tier iut VIA it vw ma too lite tn to hrenuk went n faid r nd matters ti vitter already alread flussi of anito til lilt I 1 hul III riven given pi ice to renit fa thora act aunt she it 1 ms s on oil my iny tice but with stead told him in fit a 11 I 1 bcd 03 es I 1 lie ile 14 a vf ra poor all 0 or r alad 1 tho the of a rough him 1 balte there nils is a of opinion about it he disputing its bilth ith mr nir Mul rond ind capell CaPt ll chit just after lie e had I 1 h ft thu the aim horage iiii both insisted that it 1 as ifor to to contil continue luP by t the A all 1 1 the lie i but lie allten 1 to thein ind in tile ind nd inu big vay nay captain berler nil rill the into the tile mont 11 of the tile iledia aud put 11 us 4 inshore just in tittle to aitch the tile r 1 V elf ci 13 ou for the chino chin cinn o 1 I 1 Ilir II div 1 I bhe I 1 think I 1 biliti th tit ship from front the mo illet I 1 sot set foot on oil bowl her tier it was I 1 dreadful die adful place it 1 Is 14 all night nightjar mar ebli that flight but it most ter on the clethel nith alth striker and find tint tivit mr I 1 think tint iu 3 ind is 14 nuiell ell to do dt ith in ma father 4 Insl Ins littrice on oil the chanze as ile ii ig N cry thoughtful most of the tilt time kirkwood shut shift his fili teeth on int hit he ile ant INi of the 1 I dont dent iknou ath she continued n holl n inthout I 1 but I 1 lwis rotch cd ficia the moment left le ft me in the cab to aut alt ll 11 bile you M ent in to see ce mrs hallam and 1 licit e loft left at tit old 4 ifton if ter mh u it it 3 ou ind hid said to me m 0 1 I felti inadi kno x wint hit to 8 ly abandoned in 1 ax ly nut but vere mere alth ith your father in tit hh cire 1 I knon knoll but I 1 vis ivis petting getting con coll fu ed until thou then the tile excitement had hail kept me from thinking hut but you made me think I 1 begin to wonder nonder to ques 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