Show IM i BLACK w w j UL BAG v I 1 I 1 uy ail louis joseph vance I 1 1908 by the bobb I 1 co 03 11 a oo a I 1 I 1 WA Y PI 1 1 1 t I 1 the girl 1311 sat jus atar ing before her JM with till fa I 1 qiYA somber ja ss atIT Ill in vur 01 ah ills ill alit t with till n u conscious mno anol laugh th ill s nill atory bookish I 1 knowin know in jbf i rv beginning gorg Burgo oue an american ills 11 dozen times saint removed and pull nu 1 lill lidh lis aike lull tilli im unit luit Il vId phase as slie sat jus up tion nip milij forward pil und pull frowning dobi aloiv jail ili 1111 md pit ill j F blu tle tt was sin it 44 t jilla n lut she must lot iu ng hungrily the fair drooping he the atil mull roii alvila nd luft Jal tho off blaik alq I til ili I 1 it hutsi 1 loll 1011 bin is o of 0 asanio burning ito ui her jail chieck puff puff fort held imail antl airall lie all in gaii 11 awk I 1 ardi 0 OZ o eliu told plot him till ip airali ralI as itt jil in niu go 02 on ito ails I trusting to ol ills to 01 bridge the aill caps in ill her jail jim tAllia 11 my gailli maill su trouble of jo gains u 4 lao at ili all tilt a evitts ec isilia itts lio all I 1 it uia sit i ii I 1 biby sol k I 1 C TOW 1 I MH reared in tit flit alit homo tinfoil of jo flu m great uncle colona george ahloo of jo aill tit dian curall retired IV 1 ill illo I 1 J I 1 had I 1 pit been salol fiorite bleci cabil jhc thc say sirs I 1 soad presume allin that as wb in aind for ill I 1 grm up till in ul un goibe in lit corn all hillh it 31 was MIA M im hoisie just SU ho oil V my stu fullier in tit a ctr fri tiling but inq fact A juff etro hu talt lending m u atil tuu in ill frog nail his sill in ill cornwall L ia fla cr thing it sir it valli to a jill on ito condl cioll that 1 must josau live aill with cal m nor joll in ill cliff nn ny su billio to his support if JI I 1 disobeyed ap ill alil entire estate without rosan a e it as at to 0 go 03 to 01 hi tait irwi of jo kin till colonel olo lati was suit atil pim had pull no oil children the girl 1111 lifting to ol kirk tt 1100 t face 11 aa her jail 1508 iti 1 I 1 butt to ol tin 1111 tint adaill 1 bu nil atit bod u h q maht lne other than my stu self she ails 1 I 14 u D bit it week 1 I received a V let tor 10 ll 11 paal allitt ith my sm va full name all begging out tc 3 appoint nn flu aj ith him lull in 11 ol lon 01 don flop I 1 did VIP so ow 1 guess ahou how loll 1011 I 1 halit alone it in it the worlie and PUT lie oil sill fat liei agioni I 1 ind ncr to DI see aas we jk tit met at ill ilia sill hotel the all iless 1 N he all me out tu 01 tome 1111 alth bilm plus ho ail SIVA growing 2 old vio pull lonely needed a daughters lou to pull care II 11 told plot UK atu 1111 lie all had pull apulu a 16 fortune 13 tu UI america pull was sum amply hplu to 0 provide for us mil both As 6 for my cut inherit ince ho all jad me eliat it nas bum q 1 the otil load Alafi of JO frederick 1 1 0 ull alt son 1 I mot will jill young C kirkwood ill ills dulau LA is ail new to ol me atu hut suit im fat hi me atu tint ho oil wu the at neit 1 f J kin 1111 mentioned in tit colonel OZ latiol anti 01 gones pull convinced ito daml me atu that lull 1 I had PITE no OU real lual right to ol the property after nil 1111 lie all m at my cut jowill lill jo I 1 agreed 1 I 3 could pino not loll boar ill the of jo wronging I 1 till 1 I was tu 01 f give oj up everything but cut 1113 lotti in othera jewels it 11 stu anther llull I 1 dont 1 I cant luva it 11 now kon she MIS cholte out ino a v little do cip sob it 11 wis son chos time before she alls s poul abl to 01 continue 1 was told plot that my sul uncles of jeuel had pull acen my stu enoth err velo prop lie all ind in life v slid elon for collecting jewels iii and it 11 ind been hh it whim to ol carry them with v till ulila x wherever 13 lc al ML went 1110 it when bo alid in ill lis street loa they were in 11 the alit djus by iq the alit head of jo his led 1 I in ill my sill grief at in farst forgot them MOM then atter ax pax P carelessly put ind off I r 1 loui moving bu them no f to 01 boino hick to 03 ny stu night before a ut last 1 we were OJ to 01 call on sirs llull tuu it 31 was iu to 01 be our ano list night in we OM were wail to 0 ilus 11 for jol the jill continent on the private fillaus of 30 it friend of JO sill fi there the ail net ilau morn ing 2 this Is wint I 1 butt told plot you nos understand luat night mrs salk gillim sovi dining u nt albu ot it abali 1 it 11 reems I 1 did VIP not IOU then know her kal lien leav va ing she oils put ind n u note alou on ito our ano b fa no fa there ilela I 1 was situ he eq yon HP JU ob ned pate much aiu told 1110 lf tuat he aum called bumis on urgent business a v of JO life pull death begged ino out to ol go oj street get ja 11 the 0 r jew t r I 1 0 U a to 0 rr iou els fla and pull meet him at ju mr gaii 1 IIa 1 u fl llama t later 1 I a U fool too for JO I 1 began dimly to suspect ia then tiati that feak h a illow something tulpa wis wrong but I 1 ans sti I 1 fool for JO I 1 consented to do up ns bu it 1 de op a I 1 pia ou bioc atiq 1 I 1 do 01 pul IJ replied clula 1 I understand a it lot of things now ott that I 1 ore minutes ago let jai me think but the alit time guilt he ail took for jol dealbera dell bera alon w was bu short lie all q hid III hoped to ol ond pull a nay suit to oi spiro sp iro her jail by sq sparing calan dar sup but inq momentarily ho ail sett becom ing bill impressed with mid the all fut litt 0 of dealing ta 2 with A her I 1 I 1 a save atu I 1 in terms JI m 00 0 candor mat merciful anji though they might seem mas harsh 1 I must toll flat not ou ho said that C ou vio been outrageously misled pal died and put deceived I 1 owl heird from your inos fi own lips still that juill mrs RIK hal lull lam mul was sum to 01 pay sud hini 2000 for oj keeping not out ino of jo and losing not your inheritance I 1 TO in laul inclined paul ta question furthermore tin that these jew oil were our oat mo kothera I 1 thera if ja 14 was suit the alit man who followed t yim MIS into tho rr street house me am on ito the alit stairs silvis mis hull in III admits that lie all went there to 0 get the tar jewels sla antl lie ail wint cuu abbod to 0 know aou I it 1 antl thai lull docen I 1 Jl prove just n u minute and COQ bisely kirkwood recounted the oil bluite lie it ind plied a it part 0 jar bubke quint to ol the alit adventure of jo old stairs ho all vi ruit a I guilt 1 of jo but jurl one 0 on if 10 om point only did 1111 he ott slur the alit truth he all conceived it his sit honorably duty to 0 keep daj the alit R 1 rl J in tit iff norance IOU of 10 his straitened hie ca a was at not loll to ol be q sip b knowledge appal of jo his it distress nor ion could ho all tolerate the jill suggestion sa of JD to 01 il lit ly st for jail N sympathy it 11 as su clatl then to 0 indent a to motile to ol c IL cuse ona ahli lit laa deturi tiati to ol no o 0 I 1 str ills et ia I 1 b q awil lie oil hose to ol buxo ap 1 the will in I 1 of jo hh 11 aure 1 chiew in ill for jo rood nic guill asuro aln 11 sop to ol re aj cuvir i prized trinket a of no oil amotH moment 1311 for jol its ail associations and put so forth lint the dij ri catlon it 31 J to 01 alie all sirl salol moth lolu sail cs less butil the debco cries that imp pi faolu moi them 1 I ani he concluded the alit sum caum o of 0 the aill it lie hid io or o 1 r beird nt in the 1111 skylight III 0 the gill AlLt luis cible C no oud p host up lit your anos mind paim artil anol our luji fail k isia ila p the I 1 it a 9 I 1 a I 1 huskily pilu turned pat her jill omia to 0 the 0 I 1 muscle lu ul the firm mau oung throat alone betraying her jail emotion its slit a it bid business he oil pursued ie at bad all ilu round in tit aboc a rs aay tries bail to 0 hie him arrested salau pil the off better jalal to ol rob him mill mra llull utu to ol u your annc property for jo that lull precious nola pet jad I 1 lipai lal counts at in if JI she tills instigate a binok our rolla her jill money to 01 de op abad not of jo t ours u hach could illiad him so 08 lony us in tit lawful sill InjA tosses slon of jo 11 c put at in the alit sime time MUD he JI s to ol rul through til bic the alj tiers if JI faill alie aau rightful eneis ald if 31 tin lire ml it cil y 1 11 aipa go 02 like jill a thief in III ill the night to 01 secure property alint s ills 10 ond dispute I 1 don flop I 1 think not uno a aither 1111 further con adt ration lie if H 01 S I 1 ool o ol tiel girl lilb sobbed assent its SAI thia sill ablit lit ir Z on billoc ur sirl siring ng him mill in ill lie end Is SI 11 1 go 1 luff 1111 to 01 hound us sn hes atoll doing it 11 on now 1 1 lures in ill the if aau car for so proof until these jewels maar ar ma gill re returned lamai pat U whether to 01 1 I street wais or ao to 0 f autio abatt both in tit danger tip javil both all aai in ill the all sight of JO the xvi AV and atio fithia knobs thit too oo 00 theres no oil to oi be eitl by lii temper of JO aliese people 11 L all re OJ su desp crite a U ping of swindlers as ell ma 1 r ikird linc those jewels if I 1 they ha aull e to 01 RO 01 as so far ns su inui murder jap mr JIA she otis in ul horror lie all it liged SL pa his duall stu hornli omi izo seen them maili in tit tle alit raw liot loll on our 1110 trail now tion ten 11 to I 1 n ono ano otil 11 be on no our inn backs before we au in fit set iacross III alip cli innel once in ill put we m will III be 01 is prep j mila liala ini im tui a brute I 1 ua 14 nali ou flu jill re dr lit id full atit confessed tn kit a tremulous t voice 0 me gin I 1 if j yon nos look at ju the inq dirk side balu the aril other limous all ilu the ott brighter don I 1 worry well aj 10 pull lind through lying colors ur jo my stu names not IOU philip kirkwood 1 I bire b ire every jaad faith in ui you inos she ails in formed aliu sancire when qt ua I 1 think of all flu oue ono done and dared for me on the all mere suspicion that I 1 your anos heip a ed p jbf bo petting riad pula he at in ul 11 hillst radall mill trusses Ilasi 1 it 11 was an a so lights in III little OMI clusters 1113 wali long well lg Mil lines were laiping I 1 out ina of jo lle aill d miji m and pur bick ns su he cilval quina blid pil through the alit sub f j the aill little paris of the on north already other I 1 it were ola be lills stirring Itil isa together wraps it annd eimil luggage aud preparing for ja alit journeys Jour neya IR end pit kirkwood bilm poo tooh aap if their two satchels sat chela from mol the jill overhead ow rack luvi waltee lial in ul culiz abstraction plan uin vuu counter planning out in whose wiles they two F he lifted hi till hat jull ind IIII boned mor au til i 0 mil become so 08 perilously ilia enl angleo TI there st tu n be orl no OU for kirk 1 alin d not IOU to 01 lull 1101 nee nor joll in lit cliff kiy cam incite the all attention of ji the aill inu foil a puff be nn tit idle asic of JO billial lial ith til lu tit the all case of JU that corrupt pull little 1033 sill hlin stif ns su clial in S CRI iu needle adept in ill ill the gill artful anji resources of JO ill the underworld FT hi ind sprung ld gilld IL and put further illin jo primed lad Valli for action bj that roaster roue calendar JuP the ami pulling 11 into the alit station when ho oil abiu till tit ills sill hutst sehou e 0 for ill the little 11 and put concluded that lull their lUi ta hatlon wis only to 01 be fillou out til through li laa and jill tl divor 0 of the pulli goddess appoS th fortune lie all mus nothing 1 of jo as sr thea ilu and lint liblit pati faoro the sti LIN ond hardly ind time to 01 aste for mill since janis their altal had filled to ol make up the art precious un iiii ill minutes I 1 it ii I 1 sa consequently lie all dismissed the fellow from tuoi hid tho ulita until ith in ul their memories n U 1 vision of jo and pill plo cites sata from their cab qua nut its ald dish oer JOW the alroid mid ilia boulevard it the f sit tied pat in III it jaia arli of 30 1111 express they olav spied liis alons the alit open iloilo cilium ifill ith a if to clitter jill then a v nil lill NOl ul ines to 01 discover the link MM jo f the ott alt 1111 taci ta in tit 03 codicil 1131 alio little eulais cliatt 1 maa ivick lage aa RL the jill latter joliet pit rod through ili the ludw ln dw in ill the alit toad flat door 1001 a and pull i it I 1 11 h 11 1 0 of his mil PULI CI b mill alls strength of jo amod nils mill lemi nn impulse to ol enter hid his au neck 1 and pull liania po to ol the lili more disturbed than he ill ajl to ol lit her jail liotta alim from his bill ale of JO the III crisio but inq one atio llin for outfitting titio mr ilk pull ill tint it cut la in tit trusting to 01 his sill confidence that lull kirwood Kirk and pull dor JOI IU oad procter Iaia as si far ns an the jill train firlit bould take to 01 the oil limit of JO the dill run jil salli tool coun uno sti lis alth the gill and put han the at lit atit iti cabil the made an tilt imos dixit faolu pull liik dill nail salost hatim ft hen the edrosa had pull 11 on ito tit into jill vest win a station olluis ti in a 1 djoi fordan 1121 clio dt lit nine sain isad 1 in lut at lu l without their aindow ampt mr ilk april aaion on up to 01 kirwood Kirk pedr his linof Mical S mith au flu unspoken und pull collected pl id to 01 cope it till a V situation it hah su to oll proc hardi more for than the espionage alie hid just eluded the primal bisno o of 0 triumph had the all americans bunor on no thia sill signil but inthe and transitory in ul of jo ili the station tm attendants educed the information that jull the alit two ott laila curliest Isal arnim to ol be villo obtained derc all P 5 0 for juni anba and put ili alie U 37 I 1 for iq and vf N of JO four licurs liours vas to ti 1 endured in ill the alit face of 10 inan ion fei to n the station malting room butt ns on if III alie point of jo lOla doting 1111 for the VUU kirwood Kiru alarmed ly alie III alib if jo the 1111 A v lie till lia ull I 1 t ik I 1 frn calendar d irad not krivis I 1 his finances to 01 the 1 of jo IS nights jcl lodgins acl fall nt one juo of ghents hot 1 himself fored to ol bo cruel to 01 be ail kind pull to 01 the ails girl and put doroth f choca fill acquiescence to oi their sole oil of tramping the all street until day break p did PI nothing to 0 allu alleviate alulA rim woods exasperation them to 01 occupy a it 31 aaa 11 there the alit station no outside abe lynch the treas on no head I pillowed 1 girl 1111 her jart 1 I tili capp Pid 1 ure buas fro lv to 0 and put oj restle poo lil plodded addling III P I 1 I 1 bid the all platform up pill of JO ith fill the problem its k air poor much his alit on as on not so the jill future child for the alit future of jo the am unhappy alfare he all pull o t sunad re 03 fira for both of JO eleni all iti in I 1 his sill bstanding anding tomorrow va loomed fur her jail darkest ll 11 1011 ht of o 0 formless italo nut lo 10 until ill gr the al dan duk tp it 61 wavering aiVA over jolo the alit izod did pit lie ali cease his sill perambulation ihen n gradual s stir of JO life 1111 in tit the aril city sit with tilla the jill linol idill of JO i 1 portar J or JO two opening the go waiting rooms ool isn ind VIM preparing them IS the alit atal of 10 the alp di it warned him MITI that in ili must IL rouse his sill lurD charge 01 ho anil PUT stood over li r 1 ablai tint lut to 11 disturb her jall abil tuh tu h as an it 11 was u for 10 his sill inlall torn 1130 jail his sill soul 1110 by sq the anji of JO their alaisa if JI 1111 lie aft understood were alas true a v illila atit 1111 kings SV ansom J U nas fu Is h kather th ip but it 11 n pallavi luvi ailed pal for pill lid her jail JO a 17 4 hir jill for her jail if 31 it hat lull lie cre true lanai she otis mi js into aini of jo that 11 treasure 3 of jo je aaa ils 11 jac lt that night sho oils had pull been forbid to ol daila on tio if hird I 1 alt binch in ul alie all 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