Show hu M TY st n r ya GAR D coall N vy J I 1 by E PHILLIPS OPPE by lillie drown A co chap CHAPTER TER V continued 23 weye were done campaigning both of B lie sala said 1 I rent ral of t you yon when you led your regiment regime nt into germany I 1 was wa in a trench myself for live days at a stretch tt retch those things dont really matter five days wits quite long enough there in the mud we worry about then lien get on with it please number closed tits his eyes as ai lie he shed ills his last garments gar menia then ilien lie drw on geralds presently the governor laughed upon my word declared he it la in better than I 1 thought I 1 have ordered th the barber into tile next cell ile he Is 14 it 11 prisoner himself so BO there Is not much chance of his blabbing come alon along 9 we ive will be back in five minutes lie he added turning to gerald in time to take your orders for Iti lunch tich ell eli 0 give ivl you time to settle down they passed out gerald felt a q queer eer sense ense of loneliness ns as tile door clo closed jed behind him ile he looked arotine bilm half fearfully everything was wag worse then than he had feared tile floor was of concrete and there wits not a single article of furniture of any description in the room except it straw mattress already full of holes the floor door lind had apparently not been siept for weeks while he sat there however there was the click of a key in ili tile lie door and a burly russian entered without a word vord lie he commenced some effort tit n cleansing the place when lie had AnI finished angshed shed he threw in a rug find and disappeared gerald brent breathed lied a little more freely then he heard footsteps outside again the governor and number twenty nine entered the latter curiously changed in appearance by till all th the saints the governor chuckled 1 I never that the barber was so wonderful wonter rut a pers fin this little sc lerne of mine marcher well now then for your share he handed a fountain pen to geraldi who indorsed endorsed Indor sed the draft he had brought wrote out a further check for a thousand pounds and handed them together with ills his Alne american rIcan passport to Kro kroness tife the latter thrust a document lit ell t into number twenty nines ninea rocket pocket you may inny not know it he said hut but you are now the owner of five hundred acres of forest where oil may tome toine day be found lie ile roared with laughter neither of the lie young men moved ft a muscle now listen both of you lie went on tile the only automobile in tile the town me outside we depart in a minute it farewells you two at one morning he om ludel turning to gerald you will lip be loveil into cell 1101 and later inter you will anvill po go to attend your own funeral fun pral from now until one or perhaps liula I 1 otist one line tomorrow morning you will lime to make tile the best of it I 1 will rome and superintend your removal rio niclo elf and let you know that all la Is 11 ll 1 I try to sleep until then d ty 1 IT I nm nin very tery trpo you it shall have it 11 little meal in my anup lit in lie file intervals of if being f clumped flum ped 1 lite lie governor pov enior promised jilin 1 I andl lewk thedoor and noone no one will l sow nir mr Ilar nion 1 I cross crosa I pl arase fe american speculator who lins I my iny oil fields voine come with tile me I 1 lit inn KIIK to drive you to lae lie arnin 1 lier twenty nino nine held nut hoth both hla hancq to lils ills deliverer there wis was it lit in ills few cords sir ln lie said 1 I know nothing of lint my life will not lip IP long for tile nip to express my grit 1 alf I IP liv dav titter loni orrow ilir dav 1213 tomorrow will tr bp for us in n talk about erold ill ant wiant I 1 lieve done I 1 hll P done joyfully so far fair it ilaa been loch ealer than limn I 1 expected the ilif gover governer nir tin and its charge took itlie leave the pie conr behind lliam alivin gerald ci he ird 1 beir 1 allf I awny w y on in tile lie floor lie ilo hilli self down nn the lie and teiei triei to sl alte te it wn ans t lilt 1111 ralle tusk task but lalit mere wits 1 I lonfy to in ink at one oc loel the lie sat 1 lp harly 1111 lon entered hearing it 11 ho it WR ivar imir ste ay linof P cerald it i 11 it and 1 I it in it distant corner or of tile lie room alin lit lie hark and forth brount in ing how flow ninny paces it fonk foill him from 11 mill ll to wall with a throb f joy tic lie ills 1114 eigil rotte wr lip 1110 minnied sinn kd two ali afterward ile he dozed for a little alin tolford evening lie r tr trane inc tn ta mako his dilly it iva ans 4 not the spi entil rt lit inapt alint hp he rill and then tin the rit nit of tile lip bars rill so R i 0 into ilia III Pl iii filat lip bt lot let po go almost at gnep at eight wel hoflock of lock elf tile alio flit islan appeared appeared 1 I in will B R howl of if toll soup I 1 ir tn ft alp lost bernid waved it away nit ft In ingry the lie man asked in acri Ceril imn lart M ra ridd I 1 i ashook ills ids centi somehow or r other it was it a relief to fall ti that jill ils 1 wits was not SIMI nut altogether front mm enin with tile lie outside world you FT ent ilert Oer ninn rinn eti ell lie he asked the annn ills ie bend fw F w harln me acl t ir r tat to 0 fatt cerald begged cant I 1 have some liper beer the binti held out tits hantl hand ani and fler der aid filled it with sliver silver lie he digap dearel te arel antl returned presently with two bottles of beer concealed in his lin 7 gy trousers and a 11 loaf of bread not rot understand thlu lie arnld ald slinking ills head where number Nu twenty nine gone gerald tits liend head better aak no until tile lie governor conns huck lie enjoined no fear talk the man declared with n R langli governor Gu vernor vcr nor given me twenty marks it if alk talk I 1 get tac lity lashes instead ile he departed finally liu illy clo closing sing mid locking ili tile lie door behind film bertild ate s sonic oie bread hungrily und ircink the lie beer then for a time little lie he dozed when he h woke up tip and joked tit nt ills his antell it was twelve very soon son ile he begin to expect tile governor lie he sat ant up on the mattress with hlll lack hack to the wall between twelve and nd one k lie he looked tit at his watch t twenty times one came and passed half past one then he rose roge to tits ills feet and began pacing ill the cell restlessly two tiyo anine half past he held ills watch in tits his hand now to save blin himself self the lie continual dragging it out front from ills his pocket ne grent fortress apparently slept there was no sound anywhere only time went on three arrived anil four livel five I 1 presently streaks of daylight began to appear at six at dinst there were footsteps font stepa outside the warder entered once more this time lie he carried a jug of hot liquid ten tea lie hp announced from kitchen give me something gerald gave jilin him more silver tile the tea was the color of straw and water but the lie faint smell of it refreshing ViP rc iq 1 the governor lie he asked the warder slit ok liln head not liik ask quest alms he 1 heggod egg P d governor not here bere gerald pulled himself together and dismissed the man lie ile drank the tea slowly once more lie sat down on the mattress the room now was a little lighter ile he could see as aa far ns as the opposite wall ile he sat down till and waited every nerve in ili ills body seemed tingling lie ile tried to keep ills his mind off tile lie subject of what could have happened to detain the governor to turn ills thoughts back to england ile he suddenly found himself by the road side watching the mending of the puncture looking impatiently along tile the white ribbon of road which tell led to cannes und and beyond to monte curio carlo where the lie lights were burning and the lie violins were playing their pagan overture tare ile he saw Myr tiles pale teri terrified idled face gleaming out against the background of tile the cypress trees heard her pathetic story throbbing in tile the pine pill sweetened stillness lie he remembered their drive arlve all those things seemed part of mother another world uc lle remembered those few furious moments when christopher lind had taken tier her from hla his arins anna A faint fueling of shame crept over hirn as lie he sat ant there huddled up then a ru anali ah clime the memory which swept else out of his alli lit ile he saw pauline felt the als burhunce tur hunce liance or of her ter presence remembered tile the slow ebbing away awny of tier lier pride her 1 flast few kind the lie half spoken pro promise nilse what was there about tier lier lie wp wondered vaguely which hall brought lil him blin with till nil ills his experience s so completely to tier her feet she lind shown jilin no kindness site she lind not even ell beebi grael lie had read dislike in tier lier eyes more often than any adv other feeling there t too oo 00 tile the biltl pItt il tl less sa knitli that nil tin flit fit vork lie he had won front lier lie lind lial im ugilt indirectly if not directly yet mere sit she was fil his life the flip ne sweet fl asure nire cpr klinse sitha lie sat in clothes 11 rol gotten even tn in ita liger lie he took out ills watch with blIng it was wn ten len aln litt mocked eflin now ile he could fill land tio no ew ape toy liy ievans ot of taleia lie ile could thina of if nothing jut the present lind gone arling with their plan what would it mean for jilin not it soul in the world knew where lie he wits it ir lie had u lit ill ill all here it wn tile nonie of f tile the limn vil the lie people or ting aln s I 1 I 1 idill once to avar limb fr brorn 0 in 1 at last thi re came a little stir slit un tin sound nf of voices lares antly he be heard tool stepni oll outside lItle tile lie key burned in tile the lock ills heiart durni il sick alck yah ills appointment it ilg tile llie avoider alone alon gerald lolk lis ills hand once more into af pf ilias time lie brought out a note for ome renson or other he was kven iven file tollie tol lil of ills visitpol elined disturbed where wh 1 Is tile lie governor no vernor gerald leman tj 13 see P e there to Is this voil rou will vill gi BO and retell film alie man reint returned raed ti the doot door and ilio book tik it to I 1 lie slit sore that it was vaa moleli mg lelI then lie rume linck bilek to 1 fadd ft dd A thing lilii lins happened lie said there la is in german quinan in the town last night the bovet eisent tit at tier lier bouse I 1 they were vere both trunk they elsa tilled killed lalit ali attic governo r I 1 s dead chapter VI the in was brought in to and lady mary marv na as site she sat out alone a one in hr her little littie it sitting loom in tile tie hours between ten nil tile he dressing hell bell hours which alch so ns as possible espee lally the lie lust last few months aishe tried to keep to herself it had find been halll ed in lit ill a branch office in ili tile lie north of london and contained the news newe for which mitch slie she had been bet n waiting elected majority two th heartiest thanks for rood good wishes tier her first impulse was ivits one of ge genuine nu pleasure site she started to tier her feet meaning to tale take it to tier her ditth father r who ao 10 wits IMIS with in tile the library then she stopped stop short and slowly r resumed tier lier seat that little orange colored form might lime Ille mount alit so much more so food for lier her ambitions tier her natural and proper ambitions for the ician she loved it 1111 glit hiie have been a for the interest of their life together such a wonderful lite life of movement ant and color lit in which site alie too might well hope to take lake a part in tier her quiet way sho aliu had for yours years looked upon tier her lilar range with mill christopher chirstopher Chil stopher booner or luter later ns as a certainty without tile lie slightest desire lit in any evily f to mislead liri her I 1 christopher had find s clouspy elle trilled the iden idea she lon knew ew perfectly veil nell that ns its soon as his position wits ug a little ellore assured lie hurt had intended to ask tier her to be ills wife it one of those hose pleasant yet et wonderful arrangements which seemed to de VON automatically christopher was ia well born bornais his friends were her friend lit his disposition recorded accorded with tiers hers she could never ner have married nil an idle man christopher had ninny many a worthy ambition she was as precisely the lie wife to further furt lier them her money moie anad her fier social influence would save him years of fruitless labor ile iio could ir afine ave tile lie nir whenever lie liked and turn ills whole attention to and now the dreizin had crumbled this slip of if paper wits was nothing but a friendly message telling tell ilig her ter of tile the success of it a friend with whose career she imd had no intimate concern tier her disposition was too kindly not to feel eel a certain amount of pleasure plea suro at its his success but that very pleasure brought its shadow of personal grief site she pat looking into the fire tivi twisting stIng the little slip of paper in tier lier hands she knew very ory well that she was cursed with lilt that one terrible and self mortifying vIr virtine tite the unalterable fidelity of the oman who permits in tier mind the thought tho tight of one man only and who can never neer replace him tile the very thought of marriage with any one but christopher was revolting it seemed to tier lier ni she ehe ant there that she was doomed to it a career of lne and inutility she might labor in good works till her hair wits streaked ed with gray prid and her bet fare face title lined and slie she knew very ery vell the lie fruitless ness of all tint flat slie she would accomplish the best work of H R woman n P flie well knew Is lie work done fur for the roan man she loves it was perhaps tin tural that her thoughts should turn to myrelle Myr Aly rille she wondered for n moment scowl slowly and painfully at the instinct which bifid warned tier of coming trouble cheh the two young yonn men iohd had etolil told tier her of their adventure fhe lind hold felt it w ell first slip hed seen the frightened child noie whoop amio for protect ln lucil with oti mo bit oll it it i estma to aria her she had lem been conscious cons duus clous of L cruelty cruel wholly foreign to tier her nature in those dagg d i at monte carlo when ner ever tile lie tiame dinine of myrtile Mr vas mentioned she md puzzled chirl and tier broth er nina hv by her im antt h of s 11 hiie wil ani now the till tind ill all t flir he had ri relt she kh dmd ribbed tier tin nn tind unai klingly IlIn gly of tile tit tiling thin in life As slip siv eliere tir tile lie fele urain crumpled up lip in her illinois fingers till nil that old ha chariness elint it 0 o liei bet it seemed to tier lier a lilt ter pr filing thail this unknown child lime have been brought into hie file iii iliin in household in her own ri icrine rene dnn tin lind heen beell spent to rot roi it liar r fill lie of the crown of nf tier lift life to draw tile the sunshine front from tier flay ant arid send tier lier down to 10 it Joyl i lb kime gite bior it 11 sim war na in tit tin erge of it she flat lulled myrelle t tc ll 11 or of tier lier senile gentle wol ments tit lie of tier her ard till nil to do ih tier slie site rose to tier lier feet with tin nn alre in ili tier her pur edep and swung round tv tc find thill that the lite slight nile w haa tier lier nit dl had bed fly lie trance of if myrtee lif I 1 TO BE CONTINUED |