Show sr q Tb he e Fighting ope pe 4 Novelized by From the Play by t f I q VIRGINIA I I LEILA E 1 I t JA WILLIAM I J. J HURLBURT co Yes Ves r I l passed td our old elevator ele boyon boy lio lioon on n the flu street stroet tr Pt a f few w months month ago she IH IHma remarked ma casually 11 1 II n lIy stooping to pat pati I i ti mastiffs mastiff's head hend I remembered hs hll face too though bunch t It had b been n over a decao e since I saw whIm him film 1 T The be mans ninn's tare face was Wa rueful as he hp nod and i. of her ber tactics t c Below plo them was waR the broad f II Hudson scintillating a as a n asap sap Rap if ph rp In the th slow glow of the summer after r A yachting party steaming up rider waved huts hats and at them In pure pun good fellowship It seem eem seemed seemed ed good good- t tu to hE be l e alive Temple pulled vt j. j two chairs under th the shade of the tre trees s and they sat down In the dl dis tance t the hp cliffs litIs of the Palisades rO rose a and b alluringly v Do Du yon know what I used to call all s them tho those p cliffs cUtIs said Raid he seeing his hist t companions companion's o eyes eyeR upon them My Sly en enchanted hn palaces When I was a achild achild child chUd the palace p of enchantment meant the future future the mysterious Ineffable future when I 1 should be grown up wh whIm when n I 1 should bould be a man when the world would be my garden the world and life Ufe and all their riches mine to 1 explore to Q adventure In And oh the people by whom the world and the future fu ture tUfe were Inhabited the f k knights the e lovely princesses Love and arid glory and all manner of ot romance 1 had had them for the wishing Did you ever have bae such an enchanted palace Miss Dale asked he be whimsically r Yes Yes acquiesced she softly falling in with his mood the sympathetic bond which always asserted Itself when she was not on guard drawing t her ber once one a again In Oh yes I I. I too bad had my enchanted palace a many pinnacled pin palace built of at gold and sIl silver r Ivory alabaster and mother of pearl the fountains In Its courts ran with perfumed waters Her voice trailed r off ocr dreamily and Temple thrilled with the music of ot It And Its was an orchard of pomegranates One had no need to spare ones one's colors you yon youK K know She turned to him with an q adorable mlle I I 1 know He was at one with her now now r responding Intuitively to the play of her emotions And the the stars left 4 their courses to fight for you and the winds of heaven vied with each otherY other Y to your prosper your prosper galleons galleons' wasn't nt It 11 like Y that He looked at her she wasA was A scarcely listening she was watching watch Ins the sunlight catching on th the tops tOp l oft ui of the Palisades It was Just a as well hIwa he hI t was wa safer In his Inspection of her so 10 hub huh Like that she RbI said laid hera her a ears r me following hl his words word J I 1 dare sa say she went on musingly It tr must dust st be hE that we pass the enchanted palace while we WP are re asleep Surely at first It Is before us we us-we we can an see e It In the distance like thet thE t peaks t yonder We WI shall reach It IJ tor to tomorrow r morrow next month next year And tf then one we WP wake up and and- and it Is behind us Weve We've pas passed pd it ft fl stud and we cant can't turn back We IVe must go o oon eF on Her voice ended in a R little half soft nob Tice T The p sight of ot a tear trembling on her herI I lashes fp cost o t Burton Temple a 11 hundred ary conflicts ot with himself UP he 1 ft felt lt a u sodden sod sud den Jeu warmth behind his eyes fye and inc In c hl his throat All Ml he be till aid however was to ta 10 look big bold hold his bis t tongue nut and envy enty n the dead their enforced responsibility t e j HI lIp tl Im I'm to not etten agitated said Annn Anna rising with an odd starry pi II t end and y u must pardon me that k display Y of Qt But hea b be he a he pe e could CIul have bave spoken I must T r really K fo o In 9 now w Ive I've prom promised IRed MI Mrs AIlS s sr r Mason to to pl play y a game of ot or or something she be faltered go Po o Temple t elaborately commiserating snorted her lIer up the red grav gravel 1 path t nna was waH growing excessively uneasy un on easy For quite two hours bours noW v shed she'd bean b en n anxiously expecting Mrs Masons Mason's return return from Westfield eld What could beIbe bethe be bethe the Ibe matter At the very least It must must the measles Finally however her ber herper herrider 4 rider per friend came camp In smilingly dl disarm disarm- tug hig al all fears earli 4 M pd M hours how's 8 the new pew nurse getting on on pp with 7 POPS Does she make Robbie wear Rear his rubbers on wet days Is his cold COId quite gone le Is Harolds Harold's linger well again Have they thEt hid bid that horr nor hor norrid r V rid penknife Anna was untying Mrs Masons Mason's veil veli and pouring out oat her 7 questions in d u torrent sirs Mrs Mason MaBon assured her ber that the boys were both well and happy that the J n OW nu nurse E was doing beautifully and jH except for a few hours when hE the he ra rascals had pad had her locked Iq q t the e chicken c s sije e was having bating a tin a n floe ne timea time a f e wont won't wind mind an up I t ln Ilk like tle tite aligned lU Anna Ann banding Mrs firs Mason hern her herrell n pelt rell JI pits wb when n once J Ales Ale's sl IJ e's es used to j. j boys ra They locked t t their mot mother pr ill one day and 1 had bad to spank pank them thew poor little dears Ob Oh but Im I'm sick with longing for them them sick sick I I 01 I know dearie soothed Mrs Ma son patting her on the th back But f s Ive I've something else to tell you You couldn't guess why 1 was so late com corn comIng 1 tug Ing back No Well Ive I've been up tolee to see lee ee Robert You have Anna s started never neter eq SQ Is s Is be well Js is s be he keep keep- eero iii up up What did he ire p think about my ray being be bere here e Ob Obi b beg Yell trelL and h has s 's s up I a if t Jot ES Cop Copy it tt 1911 19 by American Pre Press Association They're all very Joo good to him They The Th y tel he bc I Is up up there then h a. a miscarriage of Justice They treat him kindly kindly kind kind- ly They've made rim what they call calla a tru trusty Anna was listening with strained attention attention attention at at- You explained to him didn't you Mrs Mason Ia on You Vou ou Wade It clear just why hy I 1 left lett home borne You made wad him understand understand understand un un- that I 1 am nm in a u position here bere hereto hereto to find flod out ont the truth that will convict oD the man who has bas done this tills thing Mrs Mason Milson plucked several imaginary imaginary nary cary threads off her ber skirts to hide her confusion At first you know went on ou AnnaI Anna Anua I 1 th th- th lit bt It t best n not t to let him know about aboul w my having left home bowe I l. l knew be hI would worry about the boys But Buta a few days ago aJo I managed to get Jet him word 1 J felt the time had bad come romp And now what do does s be he say tiny Mrs Mason still I faltered tier Her Oil coo science would not permit her to tell less than the whole truth net nevertheless nevertheless less she Rhe longed for some fashion n In which to put It gently Well he said dear dear he he turned white and said be he didn't want you to tor r remain maln In this bouse house Said It didn't look quite right that bed hed rather b have bave Vt you rou rou home homp with the children than here herf hereIn herein In Temples Temple's house Anna smiled Indulgently Poor Poorboy boy lies He's afraid the work will II prove pro top too hard for me ft rt wont won't Ill I'll fasten the crime yet though It may break my heart nerL The final words word were almo almost t She hp walked across rosl to the wi widow wil wi wildow dow and stood staring out at tb the grim prison there It was a little trick she had learned whenever ter she wished to ste steel 1 h herself In the fight Light she had bad undertaken un un- undertaken Presently she turned backa back back- a dumb pathetic perplexity In each gray eye Oh It If I 1 could get et back to the con condition In which I 1 entered this house house- the clear air where there there- are no obscurities ob ob- ob no mYRt mysteries rles She spoke half balf to herself but the words word fell like little whips on Mrs Masons Mason's ears What obscurities what mysteries are you talking of she said sternly I 1 dont don't understand No r more morp morello do I no I-no no more do I Anna Annn twisted and untwisted her hands In to 10 silence for a 0 moment Only this I know she said at last When I 1 came here I could harden my b heart art against the man with whom I had come to wu wage t war I could auld continual continually Iy ly remember his responsibility for Cor Roberts Robert's Imprisonment Oh Ob I could tight fairly and squarely Rut Pont nowIta now now- Its Ita strange grangE she went on retied ply U strange lively Now ow I always have to bring myself up UI with a deliberate effort I have bave to think to hate I him dont don't hate him Intuitively any more Theres There's something about him bEr biro her voice olcE softened oddly oddly I I cant can't describe It Hes He's strong stron somehow Hes He's bl big bigand ind and deep and earnest and inimitably illimitably wong strong He HI draws one on ona CHAPTER VI DUTY AND DESIRE It NNA NA GRA GRANGER GER Im I'm a ha A of ot you u a hamed I could tell you what the trouble Is lIh h hIts hIt's Its It's a It degenerate a ase ae fluty and de desire lre me messed Ild up op till you yon d n t know which I is I which h You Yon cnn can De tie them theta to suit uit your nc I e po it tt n nv ny reason ot of a 8 fp few decent ancestors a H person happens to h have E a 8 eons cons en e Dont Don't you yon think Ive I've seen Rein th s thing coming A Anna Aena rn Dont Don't you think th f Ive I've peen been deploring the situation d ding In my pest P t rg fo straighten It If out Jut Why thy have bate 1 l IpEn lwe been we pEn harping up the Jh fb children the chit fall dreg the children children Because I saw aw illy were Hit flit only stronghold you b had d left leff to 10 fall tall hack hak upon bec ru e I saw you wc were rp already rI etting your p poor por or ud Oh Ive I've seen mans man's n eyes I following you OU wit with b 10 k that can nul only mean one thing Ive I've seen Mrs Mason MItRon It Isn't true It tan Isn t true truc A Annn recoiled In horror Is IsIt IsU isit It U kind Is It bearable that you should say such things to me I have not deserved them No no no I have not What right have you I cant can't protect myself I 1 cant can't escape ButHer Buther But Her voice shook hook There was In fp It Jt a passion of anger pain Isolation and yet something f else the note note of ot something some thing newborn and transforming What right re repeated d Mrs Mrs S M Mason In sharp tones of astonishment Th Tb right of duty the right of at one hon hero 1 s' s woman speaking to another wh m m eu sir sir- wishes to keep kelp honest bonest The stern old Puritan bO housekeeper had made Robert nobert Granger stand for n leading principle She wa was a n wom wom-in wom to toof n Of little Individuality quite far a away way from her own generation For the most mOlt part she RhE acted ted on cut ut and dried rl lt principles even en her Impulses were un an Impulses e dating back to b. b her ner r foremothers She had been Veen brol brought bt up with the view that nIl all behavior lor was wn right or wrong correct or Incorrect as If It It were not much else plsE be beside these thele as If between black bInd and white there w were rE not many colors all the th colors of the spectrum In fact fat And so to the bowed young youn woman before her she continued with he hp oracular mottoes on right living II and ind sure results plain one ont sided duty ditty Anna was vaguely conscious that Sir Ir Oracle was still tIlI In among the i r ring She heard no particular word Just Jut tb the pattering murmur of ot word upon word wool pon ponderously delivered S t t tA A letter for tor you sir brought by hy mew nEr said the butler presenting an 1111 envelope to Burton Temple From the d detective te the bureau com corn men vented ted be be he tearing it open And On CIn aa r t P ems ems' SLIDE SLICE LIOK PUP IN NEW YORE TORE OEM Call yen Ten en who had bad been pacing up and down the the library excitedly blurted out Read it read It Nothing can come com too soon now I t tell you Your Indictment Indictment Indictment Indict Indict- ment I is hanging banking ot over r your head bead like Ilka the sword or of r Damocles amo suspended by bya a hair We Vp have discovered read Tempi Temple hastily the Uw woman wl for whom party partI has spent nt large sums lIms of money dating from time timp party I Is supposed to have hav received reel funds fund Her tier name is Rose Ros Purt Party spent a n good deal of ot money on un her hut hot large part Invested in New York Securities held In party's own n i me but th the dividend order makes I the till dividend payable to the WOM t Are re preparing other evidence evl- evl dence anti p 1 to have something of at greater at i 1 tp III soon Hoping our work ti- ti U-IN U 11 l and that tb we shall be hp In fa Q position to give you every everything thins you yon desire very tery truly etc rattled off otT Temple You know commented raven Craven rub nib rubbing bing his lean Jaw with appreciation Im beginning to like Ilk that fellow Granger Slick pu In NewYork NewYork New New- York the dividend only to toRo Ro Rosie lp Kept a II bl big stout rope rop on his benefaction didn't bE he Looks good eh eb said Temple cheer cheerfully fully ta tapping the th letter Looks Look good yes res but youve you've got ot to have something that does doer more morp than thun look good old man Youve You've got to have bave a piece of l E u Bradys Brady's going oln to go on the stand and tind perjure himself see RIt If be he Hed perjure somebody I else If he could Invent the crime agreed Temple bitterly A bitter mood however could never endure Ion long with Burton Buron Temple The boy In him would nt never ver be bp downed lIE He crossed ro sEd to his bis pipe ra rack k extracted hl bis favorite meerschaum and was soon leaning back hack luxuriously In his chair while Craven scratched away with his rouse 10 quill You know Craven he said Bald theres no U use crossing a bridge till tUl you come cometo to it it and und somehow I think my lucks luck b. b big beginning fining to turo Ive I've an odd idea M wy new PW secretary Is responsible Pile Infuses me with that Indomitable called balled quality hope bope hs h.'s a u capable woman agreed agree agree Cra Craven grud grudgingly miss he be common commOD sense and sane businesslike ways when Miss Graham returns Eh Eli asked Temple coming back from his bis space staring with a start Then he ne laughed infectiously On Oh Y yes I shall miss her common sense and businesslike ways ways wars puff puff puff from his pipe Never married did you Cra Craven ven Still sane thanks contemptuous contemptuous- contemptuously ly Jy while the goose quill ran a race with he the pipe puffs and outdistanced them thew Pair of old fools you and I I puff puff puff You know Craven that girl has baR a n delicious voice If It she sang It would be he a n mezzo mezzo Craven looked up over his glasses in disgust What In thunder are you dr driving at be bo L ery TY 4 r x r Driving ill alt III laughed Temple I 1 hope bOIt Jm Im driving at ut happiness Craven Cra Cra- Yen Ten theres there's one thing Ill I'll tell you straight If It this hiR case Ul turns turns' out right and my honors honor's vindicated Im I'm going to marry provided d. d of ot lon course e. e she will have ban me he be added tenderly Some few weeks week earlier parlier the grim lawyer would have |