Show ame road CHAPTER R 11 II continued 11 Is tie threw himself into n chair declined coffee with unnecessary abruptness ness and asked for brandy myrtle with a little anin ot nt tier heart no infrequent visitor there took tier place apart from the others othera near lord alln ter leyB leys and out the newspapers commenced her evening task 0 0 0 N 0 the world seemed n very good gond place tr tc lady mary alary as from froin the lie depths of lier ier chair under the lie cedar fro on tie he following foli afternoon slie site christopher conducted ny its fur far as the lie terrace by the butler descend the steps lightly and mode move alic toward tier lier lie walked with dignity ItY find its as garance of n infill whose life Is 1 bolus being worthily lived it was a long ions way across tile lawn and the girl who waited for ills coming it biad ad time for a crowd of pleasant thoughts ns as site she watched the approach of the lie annii on whom she had bad set hot heart everything that he did and had lone done in life fire appealed to her lie ile hild sentiment enough that wits was proved hy by tile the tenderness berness 9 for myrtleo to which lie had confessed that flint night nt at monte carlo a night which silo had always reni remembered ern as one of tile alie unhappiest of he lier r life she had long since been convinced both by ills manner and myr lies gilels that the tenderness such us it had been had become merged in a purely fraternal and kindly regard of hla his reticence toward herself she ole til thought ought nothing tie lie was possessed its as she well knew of it a very high sense of honor and she had always felt that however greatly site she might have desired to hear his declaration he would gay fitly nothing until tie he had passed definitely out of the somewhat miscellaneous category of rising young men into the position of one whose future Is assured today bobas ho was tile the youngest IC C quid ond it a seat in parliament was almost alirio t atlin his fits she thought of tier lier own fortune with n deep sense of pleasure it was larger titan than he imagined larger than any one else except herself and her father knew christopher would be free to make tile the best of himself free for till all time fro from m ony any shadow of worry how flow well lie he looked liow ilow strong and edgerl eager I 1 she held out both her hands as he drow drew near and tier her smile of welcome mude made her for a moment radiantly beautiful how delightful to see you cliris to top pherl lierl site elie exclaimed and what wonderful its just what you wanted it and just what we all wanted for you lie ile tool took tier her hands and stood smiling down fit at tier her her heart was beginning to beat more inore quickly slie she hoped hope that he would suggest walking in the lie gardens lie he did tint not not sit down nordia lie he suggest the gardens ile he lind had lo 10 looked around for a moment almost as though disappointed to find her alone still her heart did not tier her site she thought him atin a little nervous and site she vint skilled led tolerantly you are were it ii dear to telegraph to me at once slie she said 1 I cant tell you how interested and flattered I 1 way I 1 wanted yoh yaa all to know lie be de chirco looking around orce once more how Is every one in ill I 1 en heal tit t thank hanic you ahe answered father Is a having ills his usual afternoon sleep gerald has been here but as I 1 dare say bay you know lie went away tills morning we must talk about him later christopher I 1 am ruther rither bori worried led but that can wait will you sit bit down or would you like to see ace how wonderful tit lie e garden sare lie ili looked at her a little apologetically yet without the alio slightest idaa of how great an apology apa was needed 1 I wondered lie said if r could see myrelle Myr 11 myrtll I mary alary repented ile he assented ted a little sheepishly yet with a rattier rather engaging si smile tille 1 I willi wanted ted to see tier her find tell her about it lie he confided she w wont illi understand just what it menus means per but sties so much more of it a now ills hla voice seemed ta come from a longway long way off it seemed rill all part of a horrible nightmare something unreal some black thou thought glit the figment of if a nocturnal fancy then she was conscious of his standing before tier her malting expectant with gitil tile the ev eagerness 9 erness of a lover in his eyes matile went down to gather gallier some soine she told jilin him you will find tier ier nt at the end of nf the per pergola gnia lie ile was gone almost before the words hild left tier her lips go pone tie with tome loine 1 ort burl of mumbled excuse ancon ocious of the tragedy bo h lind created chilli clumsily ally obvious of nf tb the fierce st ru g vie le which had bad kept lier fier calou anti and col she turned her head fiend and watched him film go watched hla fits long higer foots leus his tall figure top us he lie he entered the pergola pc ryola tier her fingers tore at the sides of if tier her childr she khe looked nt at the ille dista distance nee between tier and nd the terrace steps it if only she could escape 1 tier her limbs for the little bawner po powerless powerley 4 1 slie sat alit there mili ali ill fill tile th healthy color drained from tier her chek her fixed eyer seeing nothing IMI hit tile the ruin of her confident holec opps 9 anc nt could see herself tier self growing od d marching down tile the avenues of at tine fline vre preserving serving in a certain measure pr haps hapa her hot growing doy ity hj day a little more jealous and narrow it a more captious of the nf bf others oth waa only one flirts chris opher copher find and he be WB there at the bottom IT y the lier goll with myrtele Myr My Fille kyea even lv ill or bitterness she he did not blattie him r thero it a bundred by ByE E phillips opp benheim enheim ajr little brown A co different ways in willal hecl blits have misunderstood hint him silo lind had made tile lie foolish ini stake of many ignorant young women site imd had mistaken mIs coin cent find the desire for com coin on ills his pirt for lit the subtler biti rarer gift which she herself Iter self had find been so ready to offer site had even warned tier her more titan it year ago tit nt afie villa in monte curio carlo that night when they lind had paced tile the terrace aci together she sit tind had refusal rufu refus soil pl to talo hint spuriously find tie had never averted to the it had tied to tier lier indeed that lint lie ajai nl avoided during ills his to flinter leys and she lind had om coul c mended for hla his discretion myr ivr tile haq wn sweet and full of charm clin rin I 1 tint it bill uso use could c silo she bo be na as it wife to till nn man like christopher how site she herself could have belled with fill tier sympathy tier her influence tier lier tact to fay nothing of liar grent great fortune t it wits utilizing aln what want follic s it titan could conini lt for or the sake of fancy I 1 she could call it nothing else presently slie site rose calmly tw to tier fuet feet and walked toward tho lie house soon it swallowed tier her up the lie key was turned tn in tile door of tier her room the long ions minutes that lint passed were tier her own silo he never counted them then n she I 1 lie never dwelt oil on thern them afterward the period of tier her agony was in fact short enough her pride cattle came to her li r rescue when her maid tapped on oil tile he door she had already bathed tier her eyes ey es find there remained ined nothing to denote tier her suffering hut but a little tired I 1 loot look tier dor mouth month and a lit aearl earl ness of gnit gait she Sho opened the door at once sir bir hent beat id 19 obliged to go back to town almost immediately your ladyship the maid announced lie ile has asked especially whether lie could see you for a moment tell air ilent bent that lint I 1 clial be down in five minutes her mistress enjoined the maid departed find mary turned once more anxiously to the mirror tills was a trial which site she lind had scarcely ex peed expend iler her fingers passed over tier her race anxious to smooth wil m its t 4 presently she he rose calmly to her feet and walked toward t the he house lined tier her lips moved us its though she were uttering utter liiK a slie site wits indeed appealing to lion herself self to tin strength and pride of tier her youner our when site entered tin library where chi christopher I stopher was walling ing for tier site sin knew flint she alle was free froni from all trace tit of list urba anve CI j r oil dont wean thal you vou ure are golna going to tn na mg at once slie protested and iliffe Is myraim I 1 expected to see you oil hoth hatli 1 1 I left myrille where I 1 found foun I 1 her I 1 christopher answer answered ea a little lia lini mil lily v will you keep keel my 8 bettit set cret Tit aleal mry aind forget for fet my visit forget your bur slie she repeated ted myrdle Myr does not care for me ine not in ili aliv ian any I 1 anni tint ber to it Is 19 tile lie anine ich lie her now nov ua its front from hint flint first nion moment ieni I 1 thought it wild it fancy of will 41 rhe e might have been cured I 1 find it Is nothing of the sort son at lint flint blon lent hinry tinted fill lulled lei the ille joy alch swelled up 1 in n her heart little isted tile sudden despas raish of blood ai ull till tier lier veins elna the file iena sense or grotesque Krote ique re relief met she afie glinted tile the lyl lying 1 I 1 ig wo words ads site bhe spoke 0 oil 1 christopher I 1 am ni so sorly she said 1 I 1 to do not linder understand stand hut bill I 1 alit very ery vry very sorry loves loca 00 hp he con tinned slie site wili love film nil all her alays lata slie site li 19 one or of those creatures vilo ho will all never change to whon love la 19 just one bijil thing for g md or for evil slip site loved alien slip step stepter ted into tile the cor car und wo p carried tier lier with along the bonti around the enri end of 1016 slip site brici w woven till nil tier her dreams she carup for film so mull flint alint I 1 tin nin not sure whet whether ber at tile the bottom of her ber pure heart ohp she do does ei tint not hate me because I 1 once kept thern em she laid inid her land hand upon his arm that sens of joy had bad tone gone i she ran is a woman again feel feeling ln ax but sorrow borrow for the buffering af tw k roan mail christopher stopher benr she ithe begir d will mill itee the he truth in time gerald cares for tier nothing for anybody except himself and ills hl own pleasures ph she will understand tills preson preset lly illy remember although silo sho hns has geovil so sn sensible and so 0 o rn clous in tier her attitude toward life sit slip Is 19 really only 11 child in one wity way slip site viii ile n child lip fie answered an sadly tier her love ft viii stitt her tillie whether 1 I gerald ernert ovell ever returns it or not thoro there Is 14 still your our work she went on great wonderful work walling for you anti and your our friends dont talle tills hla so hardly ile iio looked don tit t tier lier with it verv forced force smile oil I 1 shall ept over it he tier her 1 I alit hiitt not tin the first inan wio to lind find to gnep this sort of thing it la Is odd though unit that it should have hop hap lenad bened to me file liou i on JIL like jile e tile me to speak to 0 o myrtleo Myrt Myr llo absolutely useless he replied site she avs really milly shocked when she knew why I 1 lind find come I 1 believe it seenia ins to tier lier it brille Irrell gintis to dla dis cuss cliss the 10 possibility of ber curing to for r liny filly one except I 1 wr tild no rin rill not geln to encourage tiny avle false hopes mury mary ive lind my lily mistier and there an all en end d of it what I 1 want to do Is to get dwity anway 11 eliat you can do and sh shrill fill slit mile asien assented ted 1 I did so want to henr hear about 1 beds but flint must ile he another time you wont lievi keep away froin us because of tills this christopher or course not he promised halfheartedly ill write if I 1 mal amny r there tire are heup heaps of things I 1 want to tell you you wont mind S she lie smiled find let him film open the door taking him by a devious wy wity to the courtyard where ills car was still standing riding there site she directed you can go out by tile lie south drive across tile the doer deer park isaik find and you volt wont meet a soul god bless you mary I 1 he said youre n wonderful pill pal thank you silo she answered simply CHAPTER lit well titanic thank heavens you rol fir gatlen ftp n how to hold field ybur your gun gnu lord flinter leyn remarked a few days later inter laying his hand tit nf upon ills hla solis shoulder it Is always a treat to see you shoot gerald I 1 used to fancy myself when I 1 was your dge n ge but I 1 could never have touched adur performance today I 1 you abu forget tin the difference aln guns daal ge l fild reminded him kanj the powder you were pretty prett y yourself at last two drives lord loid flinter leys mounted ills his conr gerald shouldered liisi gun ard ond passed pa ills ilia neju through Myrt lles almonr ho he invited 1 well RO go hom through the forty acre wood it more a mile it seems to me volve peon item standing dill about allday all div 11 1 I should hue it very much myrtleb assented Joy faily we are ull all coining presently mary aanos la Is just binkin g up th alio eling haik rid dad r id alie exact figures 11 one sees so little of you nowadays myrtele sighed you tire arc till all tin the time in london youre nut not going to lecture me that would not be for tile me she sal sald d gravely if you think it well to iw in there it Is well I 1 am only glad that are here toddy it hi hns is mn tande de your I 1 father so they crossed tle th e and en the little brood tile alie puth path lien here afis so 10 narrow that gerald took myr arin he was v as quite uncoil scions tant at ills touch she he with emotion byrme Myr lif lie conditi ti l 1 I saw M e 1 floor old climp gerald went on oil lie looked absolutely lone done in I 1 and him come tin and some dinner with me I 1 dont think lie he meant to tell tile me hut but it nil fill ciame out in little lime lie ile told nip it nebout lits ills vist here liepp 1 libe on tier head bend uplifted lier her race a little tense slip murmured rd id tio no ideal idea geduld continued that lie he ws was seriously in love with you volt myrtile Myrtl lv lies snell giuli a n soher bohe r tort son of chal climp refills no lady friends yon pit know or of tant sort when lie he fillies a foncy to any one we ito a I 1 ser serious lous affair ile HP iq I 1 not like you gera Gern lil allf bac suld salil quietly youre quite right he oer cler nad ald 1 frnnk ly we V till oil have our different hob hobbins bips I 1 candidly latt flint tile the society of your sex cx fill lins s been one or of ielne cairl stopher ills is never ape been like alke flint though you tire his fits first lovo love myrtile Myr ats its a iret 1 l she alie TO PK |