Show f IF A he 0 ry R 0 d by E PHILLIPS M by little brown A co 1 I 1 LOVE GERALD SYNOPSIS fleeing from 0 br brutal u tal stepfather an uti unhappy happy ho home ma and a proposed husband she he detests myrtile Myr young french girl stands in a country road on the verge erge of desperation 1101 Dd ay y an exploded tiro tire two young englishmen lord gerald dombey and christopher dent are attracted by the girls distracted appearance she bho boga bego them to take her away from her misery in a spirit of adventure they do so conveying her to monte carlo and leaving her with friends myrelle her mother having been an edu bated cat d woman gerald ss sees a beamut beautiful ul yoking jonm in the aran a rn betag rooms and la is fasal n abed but can only learn that she I 1 Is called pauline no ae do montere and la Is with her aunt he Is un ahle to secure an introduction chri christopher s copher and gerald decide myrtile shall not go back bacic to nor her home lady mary sister secretly in love alth with christopher disapproves of the tha yount young mens guardianship of myrtile Myr lord dombey makes the acquaintance of pauline lie Is in puzzled by the air of mystery and condescension surrounding her CHAPTER V t continued 6 1 I dont know that I 1 am very different from the others lie he sold said tell me what la Is your nationality wily why should I 1 tell you anything about myself she asked a little coldly it appeared to me that hut it might er help our acquaintance have 1 I ni acknowledged the acquaintance II well isavell you are talking to m roe e anyhow he pointed out with a slight twinkle in his eyes 1 I scarcely see sec how I 1 could help it she replied it if you are really curious about my nationality I 1 will tell you that I 1 have come bome french blood in ili my veins france however la Is not my native country 1 and you live where Now nowhere liere she answered a little madly badly at present we are wanderers what you call in B england adventurers 11 gerald raised raise tits hla eyebrows that to la scarcely arcely Bc the wort word he ibur murmured my aunt has a curious objection to meeting people upon our trav travels els pauline continued 1 I myself fin and it tier her fi sometimes a little tedious that Is 13 why I 1 am misbehaving to the extent of letting you talk to me As a matter of propriety you certainly ought to imaye we me at once As aa a mati ter or fact I 1 was about to propose something else let mo me hear it at any rate he insisted 1 I watched you drive up to your fattier fathers s alil villa a in your car ar will you take me a 6 11 little way in it rather I 1 he assented assen eagerly where shall I 1 pick yo you u up outside the villa gates she replied my illy aunt Is absolutely certain to sleep for two hours it la is the aply liberty I 1 have during the day please go nt at and fetch the car I 1 she I 1 dismissed him with an imperative wave of the hand As soon adibe was out of sight she jumped down from the rock cross ed the little strip ia of sand and commenced tier her leisurely ascent to io the vula once or twice she laughed softly to herself it was nn an excursion which gerald pondered on tifany times afterward pauline had settled down in the low bucket sent beat by tits hla side and leaned back with an air of absolute content she had in tact fact the appearance of one enjoying a rare pleasure As soon na as gerald slackened speed however with the idea of entering into conversation she eho became curt and almost rude and his proposition that they might inight take the higher road and have tea tit nt nice she promptly neg tit ived when after an absence of about an hour and a half balf they drew up lip at the gates of the villa she left him with the merest nod of farewell you will corne coine for another ride noon perhaps tomorrow he h asked anxiously V she shook tier her head 1 I can an make no plans she replied I 1 should think it very improbable I 1 thank sou so much nr fur your kindness your car Is quite bonde wonderful erful silo she walked away with the tile nit ot of one who has conferred a great grant favor ger nad drove slowly back to the villa and joined tits his slitter slater on oil the terrace do you know anything about the two iwo women at the next villa mary he asked one never knows know s ones onea neighbors bere she ehe answered PI 1 I saw them driving tile other day a strange looking old lady ladya and nl a very good look ing girl there something queer about them or Is it luv fancy there Is s something unusual unus uni gerald geraid replied I they seeni curiously indisposed to forming acquaintances which Is odd ID a place like this I 1 happened to be talking to the younger woman for a few minutes Ini she gave me the Imp resdon 1 1011 somehow that they were people of greater consequence than their cianne of living flying here would indicate Indic tite 1 I 1 expert expect I 1 nm am uncharitable 11 mary bervid berv pd an elderly 11 in dy with ga w friends who takes a i rather beautiful young woman about with her to public places does certainly invite comment doe she tell uie tile about your little wo we lunched with her chris and I 1 gerald replied goodness gracious I 1 where at ciros we bought tier some clothel at lenores Len orns this morning 11 lady mary lit n cigarette lind throw threw down her book 1 I arn not the guardian of your morals gerald 11 she observed dryly a girl nowadays luis has nil all sho ciui do to look after tier her own hut but I 1 honestly think you ought to send that child back to tier her people too bruttel brut til lio lie replied they wn wanted to marry tier her to sonie sonic horrible old man whatever the position was your interference atis most uncalled for his sister bister declared As for chris v I 1 lim am really surprised tit nt him I 1 think you yon two young men inen ought to ile ho thoroughly ashamed asha tiled of yourselves yours ives elvea for what you are doln doing g lind I 1 shull lust just look forward to nu an opportunity of telling christopher so gerald glanced at his sisters profile anti and chuckled good old christ chris 1 he murmured ill just let him know coming to him I 1 11 chapter VS I 1 myrelle ans suddenly tired she seated herself upon the trunk of ft a tree and christopher followed tier her example below them stretched the motley panorama of monte carlo the wido bay and the glittering sea do you know she said therit I 1 have not seen monsieur gerald geral for three days j lie ile has been busy christopher answered shortly lie ile plays golf and tennis every day then ithen its his fattier father lind sister take up a good deal of his time you find time to come lind see me every morn morning ing she said antil be sides it was not his sister with chou I 1 saw him motoring yesterday christopher braced for an effort y myrttle lie he began you know that I 1 am fond of you you yon have been very kind she answered listlessly because I 1 want to be kind I 1 am going to say things that thai may sound harsh 11 lie he went on you aren are in very foolish girl to waste your time think I 1 r 4 9 iwo we lunched with her chris and 1 11 gerald replied ing and dreaming of gerald you should only let your thoughts dwell upon one man continually when there Is some chance in the end that that mon man may become your husband her littles list les iness passed she settled down to the subject ser seriously louly but monsieur Chrls christopher christoph er christopher leaned over lind and laid tits his hund hand upon hers hera myrelle Myr dear will you listen to me he begged loots look at ai me for a moment I 1 am twenty six yeura years old I 1 have lived in cities as well as aa the country in londoe Londo 4 I 1 am what you call an avolt I 1 have to use iny DIV brains every lay day I 1 to unde understand estan my iny fellow erea creature tures hlll sou get that into your head it Is not hotd difficult lali cult she assured him with a little smile 1 I think you ure very clever find and you know many many things i and as aa for or you myrelle Myrtl Myr ld christopher went on when one minks of your upbringing it Is linin zing to realize how much you have buve read how bow much you know but listen lisicki to nie me that one reads can teach ang one what ahn t life Is like you spent many hours wondering what was nt at the end of the road you flunk now because you have P passed assed oyer the hill that you anre there my ay iy dear you ou a are re not even nt at the beginning of the way way she plucked some bom grasses brasses and twined them round tier her fingers go on she whispered what you see ee here la 14 not life it th ak not even a very wonderful w and erful reflection of it mostly it Is it little company of pleasure seekers be ekers mile to cast aside for a fline tile serious side of life bild iiii rumble with their pleasures as they y ilo do with their woney hut sonie home must bo be in ili earn est M aar ir tile protested I 1 one of thein who la is not in earnest Is gerald mul and I 1 tell you ou so 80 alth although 01 19 11 gerald geraid Is my friend ll 11 christopher said ile ho Is hero here to aniese hlin himself self and lie he would prefer to binuso without giving 1111 anyone ono else maln it if that la Is impossible however hoover lie he la Is reckless not to count tile cost whore where tile the other oilier person la Is concerned she bile drew a little awny I 1 T alint lint do low not sound bound like the tha sp speech ech of a friend sho she reminded will liliu reproachfully I 1 can assure that I 1 nm nin tits hla friend a candid one christopher dec declared lured all flint I 1 have havo sold said to you I 1 have said to blip and 11 great deal more you will ivill let tile iilo finish silo made no reply her eyes wore were need upon the exact spot where liere the sea ben to melt into tile the clouds clouda the grace of tier lier win boly body lent beauty oven even to the hunch of tier her shoulders you aro are like a child who hns has been let out of a dark room christopher went on everything seems beautt ful but you yon dont donl see sea clearly your eyes arent strong enough yet what you to ile ho loye lose la is a worse thing gerald does not love you lie ile can never marry mariy you ile he belongs to io vint world at which you are ara looking with blurred eyes myrille Myr tite dont yot yet want ao to bo be good 1 I want to bo be happy myrtila ro plied piled 1 I shall be good illow how do you know that because I 1 nm nin nil all good inside she said 1 I do any of the things that wicked people to do christopher sat for a moment in puzzled thought look liere here lie went on if ton fou loep gerald and gerald lovo love you and you are content with the pretense of tits ills love and you bod go on oil loving him and you know that you yon cannot bo be tits his wife then you are not good tiny longer she shook tier lier hend head there Is only once in my life sho she said that I 1 havo ever come coine near sin bin and that la Is when I 1 thought of staying at the farm farin lind marrying pierre los les champs champi I 1 lovo love gerald tild all that 1 I 1 need to be happy and good Is that ho he should loye love me ine but gerald does not love you arid never will christopher declared bluntly gerald Gern ld ht at the tha present mo me ment tit it any rate Is incapable of ft a stable affection and tt if he were capable of it hla his people would not allow him to marry you 1 I do not yash i ht aitla litla to marry me 1 she alto declared with a little choko choke in ii her r voice perhaps not he replied in that case you should liston listen to me more patiently I 1 want you sou to leave this ali its place and go to some soine friends of mine in milk alone what alenel she shook tier her hend christopher she said suddenly slipping her arm ain through tits hla 1 I think you want to b kind tome to me roe I 1 believe that tant you are very good you are better than gerald but so long fis as gerald wants roe me near I 1 shall stay even if he goes lout about with other people he thinks of me ile he has told meso and ne lie anns promised to me to one of tits ills supper parties this ibis week I 1 nin ain looking forward to it more than tham to anything vise else in tho the world face hardened y you oil will all not go to one of those supper parties myrtile Myr he insisted 1 I would rather take you buck to tile tho farm farrae she turned her head ani and looked booked at him there something in tier her eaps byca from which lie shrank something very much like late she bile saw the te pain inels fuce face and sho she was suddenly remorseful she clung citing to hla fils arm again iler her cheek almost touched his christopher dear christopher she pleaded 1 I did not mean to hurt you I 1 know how good you are but just think how fion i vond wonderful erful it would bri be or me inq to ito go gd with gerald domeet tor neet other girls to laugh and falk alk to sit alt by his side tits ills guest to lance biance perhaps oh it would be para paradise disel 1 everybody elso else goes to parties christopher IT 1 will take you tw to llie octra lio lie promised her eyes glowed evidently myrelle Is going to td be the cause of a considerable number of complications can y you ou guess them TO OE BE CONTINUED |