Show an icay R till by E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM I 1 I 1 by little brown A co LL CHAPTER X continued 12 quite so go corfield Il greed but I 1 can ain assure you that lint I 1 mil not un tin neilt inquirer tills Is luy lily name lil ho funded the man it a enid eni d I 1 ans iia nn an af pf if IP do Ion Pon leio lere froin you ou fiust linse have oli oil tills this kince I 1 last saw mn danie alii do de pouter under very circumstances mill I 1 understand they allive nov n loft left monte carlo I 1 rin nm most anxious to obtain word ns as to their s 1 I 1 regret doi il that I 1 fill ani e pod power lef lems in the it matter iatter adlord nil loul tilt tho man replied gerald hold hed up ill tile pearls pc eirls an ind lot them slip through ills fingers ile he remembered something lil cli I 1 pauline had once mill aid to him Ill I euila earls are tile dells children 6 they alio loo toy and care for them us its stich 11 1 I lime have reason to st irmise gerald went ent on that n misfortune lius has befallen cheso ladles if they iliev lind hall conold ell cd in ahle me it would lue have klin given ino ine the greti greutert test pleasure to have offered thein istance its the jeweler smiled inscrutably 1 I fear that it would luc have been useless ni llord lie he said 1 I lime have luul had tile privilege of knowing the older elder of these ladies for some soine thirty years oars find I 1 supplied tile tho first string of it pearls which tho younger lady anil mtr wore voie nt fit tile the tinie time of lier her con til nation I 1 would have undertaken the payment of such debts na as were owing oln in monte carlo without security but I 1 should never have liina had the alio courage to suggest it you will see tin an in the evening paper to milord collord llord that nil fill claims against the ludlow will be settled by ine file on oil deni demand and if I 1 buy tile alie necklace gerald proposed bluntly will you vou tell me ino how and where to find INI mademoiselle alel n do dd ID 10 alere the jewelers bow was frigid 11 my word Is passed to these two to ladies indies milord I 1 have no information to give you you cannot even tell me what relation they were eio to Mons monsieur leur there ii Is no question of ni milord lord monsieur was I 1 understand the steward entrusted with tile the realization of certain properties les belonging to mademoiselle I 1 do not know whether I 1 have ta a right even to pay any so much he continued after a moments hesitation hut but it astle bests itself that it avns ns owing tf to monsieur embezzlements embezzle ments he Is reported to jo have lost several millions at the tables liere here that the la ladles idles whom we ve have been tit discussing ing found themselves temporarily temporal lly embarrassed gerald laid aid down the pearls if you care to keep these for m mi for a week he proposed until aget I 1 get the money from london I 1 will have them tile ronn man bowed Ali milord lord can take them with him lie he said or permit tile me to send them to the hotel payment can be a as s do de tired 1 I havo committed an gerald confessed d as the two young men continued their heir stroll 1 I 1 have given seven thousand boundy pounds for in a P pearl garl necklace great scotta why because I 1 was right in my surmise it was paulines necklace left there so that they could pay their bills atnes rings are there too pretty rort cort ot of adventuresses adventures ses christopher I 1 but what are you go ing to do with the necklace christopher always intensely practical demanded 1 I am going to keep it until I 1 meet mademoiselle de ponte re nann gerald geraid replied then I 1 shall beg to be allowed to present it to tier her christopher looked up toward the hills alvs its too misty for rolf golf he sald said shall we go and see myrtile myrelle Myr 1 I suppose so geraid agreed without marked interest any news from your nursery governess friends they cant take lier her tor for n month or so Chrls christopher toWler replied 1 I dont quite know what to do about it I 1 must leave till on thursday week gerald laughed and you barent trust her here with tile me old cligh la is tillit something like it rin ilu afraid the other admitted frankly gerald sighed what a Lot lothario harlo you must think I 1 mel lie he declared As a matter of fa tact t chris I 1 dont think that ill alip ln ill gentle does att attract rilet me ine very much 1 nm nin too young and hinso myself it Is haid hardened ened sinners like you who ore bowled over by rusticity and I 1 something a little ni morals orals prefer more in the worlds ways then for ll heavens cavens sake leme leave the others alenel christopher enjoined curtly we lieve n task before us with myrelle Myr as for once in her life Y see seem 11 inclined to help us is trent treat tile the child sensibly for heavens Ilen yens sale what do you mean by sensibly old chap well remember that she tins to and not a be it a nursery governess parisian deml mondaine its idiotic c to taue her to these am smart art restaurants a ants and dancing places pl acea its natii ade her ua it grivat if her ber webs ideas frankly Frunk ly you voil bore tile labout myrtile ayr berald you ought to bava been arii in the days of deal rid I 1 oliver Cro cromwell olivell my N lilon Is bilat girls were N ere made to live like butte to ill tie IK happy atit just in tile the few hours when tile sun still shines you have not even the lie philosophy of the pagan christopher retorted you forget that ill butt butterfly ertly enjoys the supreme of bring being cambered cumb cumbered ered with tit it soul tile street door aloi suddenly opened in their faibes they had arlit arrived rived Myrt lloa lodgings to finel lier Iss issuing into tile street silo seemed t to 0 look through christopher tit nt gerald wild who wils s n pace or two behind iler her sil lilt was wonderful 1 li I knew lon w that something vlen stint ans going to this morning I 1 slie 0 1 I felt it wilen I 1 got up you yott we 3 quite right gerald assured tier liar something very Is 14 9 to 1 I am going to talce you over to nice in ill tile tho car to lunch myrtile clapped her liar hand imandi walt one moment site she begged 1 I must go and ret get some different gloves ill clidell I 1 you up before you g get et to the corner of the str street et tho two young men strolled slowly on thore there was ti serious expression on anee anti and you myrelle to nice lie de having left christopher continued thought fully bernid go raid frowned that flint was rather my lea lie he admitted nave you anything aguill against st it christopher passed ills bill through ills his friends londs fi firm arm they lind had reached tile the end of tile tho street find and turned slowly back again agnin look hero here old fellow dont be lie he bowed begged you know im right light we can only look after tills this girl decently in one way and that Is by finding her some sort of a simion not too far removed from the way che lias has aven brought up in which that was waa rather my idea he ad emitted have you anything against it I 1 1 site she can earn an honest living itu on my way to secure tills this for her but bill if you KO go turning her head by taking inking lier her about to these smart ie sanu rants and developing tier her taste for the gaieties of life only unsettle lie her r terribly and spot spoil her c bances or of contentment youve taken tier her out yourself once or twice gerald reminded him 1 I never take her to tb the very fish lorin ble places christopher insisted earnestly and I 1 try all the time to impress upon tier her the necessity of work and the fact that flint life out here ta 19 merely a holiday existence tnie take tier her to nice by all trentis mentis it if you want to gerald but dont turn tier her liend myrtile dime down dow ri th 06 estreet soOt toward them geralds gei aids fa face ce efeard cleared as he be watched tier lier it was lit with a wave of admiration slie she la is like a piece of floating sunshine lie declared fired enthusiastically cliris im not tit n t till nl sure that slie silo ought to be a nursery governess Rovern klips going tt to bu be fill to to turn tile li ellIs of cf balf tate tie men in it will be very lar largely cv our response bil lity christopher salt lowering tits his voice 11 little BS as myrtalie drew idrew near tier that aliat liat beauty la IS going golenp to bo be n curse or a happiness to tier dont you voll forget that gerald chapter XI gerald ivas absolutely as he let led myrttle hack to their sent in the palm anlin court of the hotel they had lunched iglael lunch ej pd wandered shout tile the tojan town and afterward made their way back to 10 the 1010 hotel lounge loii where A tea was in progress why where on earth did you learn tp dance like that Myrt Myrti llor lel he be de sh loam sho she why we lius has never been silly uno one to to tench feltell 10 I 1 have nover never imd bad it lesson in my fv I 1 just list listened ned to th the I 1 music ID and d watched tile veo lile and then 1 I 8 diw uit it ws was bulte vasy easy oil how I 1 it I 1 what 11 pit pity V I 1 cant have you oil to my illy upper supper party gerald allied silo mie loaned leaned toward him silo she was till it little out of breath iter her cherlia lre pink her eyes Nit tynt I 1 conn come please gerald orald ti she begged bogged 1 I should bo so happy gerald looked doubtful theril mould bo be the dovil to pay th christopher lie ile pointed out and be benildes tildes it really tile the place r you what do you silo persisted well its a botio nilan vort sort of nf af felir 1 I 1 ell ft a little awk tile girls 1 lils arent ull all ut of khelu list aliat thoy should ile he again lutt lit what dues does that inetter er sho she thoy they will not hurt tile me or I 1 abon I 1 am not dancing with tou I 1 con call sit alone and tall to no one me lerald gerald shook tits ills head hand cant ile bo done little girl tie lio darld d I 1 regretfully egret fully Is quite I 1 i no not nm tto to lu fai i nm lu fai iltis sugiu the taste for knit sort of itou n you lit till nil cheso girls nil all drink n ot of find chioke furiously lend lead rotten lives most of ailein and their heir conversation sometimes well it be lit for yuu you to t listen to somo some evening ovon liiK or other ill have brive quite f a small party just one or two who I 1 know are arc ull till right tant what I 1 11 myrtleo de blared 1 I want to TO go to the party to tonight you will dunce wit hother girls it if I 1 nm am not there I 1 dont wont want you to not today nt any rixte rate you hilva indeed with me and it was wonderful 11 1 I begin to think alint I 1 dont want to flance dunce with tiny one else myself gerald confessed looking nt fit her ill think it over on the way bi buck they mado made their way out to the open space in front of the hotel where gerald geraid had left tile the car and very soon they were on their way homeward driving for the first half hour absorbed geralds whole attention and myrttle leaned back lit in the low seat by his side filled with the joy of their rapid ascent the smooth birdlike nio me tion which seemed to be taking them W with ith scarcely nn an effort up into the clouds 1 I think myrttle whispered that this Is the real front rond road which lends to happiness the road down there is tangled and twisted here one seems to breathe more wonderfully to come nearer to alin things s one feels but do does es not understand it Is more like the ale air around the farm farin when 1 I used to get up jip sometimes lines before the sunrise and walk through tile the violet patch and the wy cy presses to the gate the sun aun rose at the end of tho the road you tire are it quaint child myrelle Myr gerald reflected 1 I wonder what would have happened to you it if we had bad no not t passed along ahing that night she shivered 1 I know she answered nn 1 I am quite sure that I 1 know I 1 frit felt it in my mv heart when I 1 leaned over the gate find and looked to the end of fit tile the road there was the mystery there towards which I 1 seemed Ill always ways to have groped that night it ws wha the mystery of 0 life or the mystery of death benth you yon cattle came and it was life they were traveling more slowly now crawling along the level stretch of ledge like road nt at its extreme summit gerald had find never before felt the fascination of the girl by ills his side na as he felt it in those moments lie ile stretched out ills left hand bund and rilie he gripped it in hers tearing off her gloves so her fingers could clasp his bla and since it Is life he naked la is the mystery passing tier her eyes were swimming with ich the desire of happiness there Is no mystery pry any anny longer she bhe told him 1 I know what ties lies lit it the end of the roud road where the suu sulf used to rise I 1 know now gerald impressionable ns its ever fr felt the spurious glow of exultation exaltation spurl ous because lui ita influence was wholly external ills tace face became gra armer v er ills hla to almost stern ai what ve e hope you will ind find lit ho said Is ts christopher ims hus t to you about tills this post in iceland fingland acs yes slie answered i f louwill you will him 10 it i 44 no I 1 hut you must bo be Myrtl lc we avant you to le be gerald declared i ic ITO BB CONTINUED CONTINUE ID |