Show IMP e ea d pter XII Contin continued vied n reentered re entered ho had heard lie carne ill tip I 1 tile hie path tind on the threshold cifor looking ing nt lit tilting to we fee if she would jut iut elio sald s1 sa nothing 1 il ett it he bior r hand braced against agali rt it the floor she pr r binnee on oil was watching tier tint and cr r form orm to tin nn linno linnio pr r face to n stony bild lild hold herself thin alila way not speak slie site clotild bear ilia lin ten tell to ach 11 word and she folt felt body night brenk break to io volca asap binl in ill dpn w drawn to tile lie akle J creen under its white cover fat ft in the pince shine hod had in tile lie projector put some lla dis pk ek facing it to conle of sc preparations lind lid tho hill of 0 elioso ilion mid and nil all of then them wt till of the approaching the room very still ni al iny on oil it at inter s cornell drew her breath low wirt aning sound clicked cliched and on chii ln ck k and williams lie began a n guttural mutter lenco lence and stopped na the doot door nil nd shine mine in tile me quickly bringing nn an nir mient to the lie already highly atmosphere ntinos there was n lip agitation in tits hla face and lili ero ere broken lind uncertain as rod ered Wil williams linnis question yes res I 1 rot got lt it I ito tc ronke make out got mo inc sort port of hurrying so have to ny iny there folks lie ile turned projector adjusting it men e negative out toward wl lvell well probably lose this mr kir doing it so quiet quickly dy I 1 fix it likely melt with in here wont last more than li you dont want to tn dp do you he lend nd it its s only tho the picture II 11 I 1 that concerns wj ug ight les your say so b a minute now and hy fly gum guill to see lie stopped ilis his caught ills danils busy over line now then were rondy ready lc e please put out the lights pressed the button room dropped into darkness hire ure leaped into being on tile the A doorframe door frame backed by solid pila hable black the edge of it d beyond It the outlines ahe the darkness the suggestion d and shoulders only the face cleir clear looking nt at liem with estion ing eyes sybil CO Q hence held field for ft a moment then nn an explosive volume of sound round ions shrieks rose ane sybll ebli I 1 sybil I 1 tito name at t tile lie room room bent on oil the high ibid lit was buffeted from roin wall to le end id woman t williams binn rin in ills big incredulous arnaze its her I 1 saw it when I 1 deit deitt itt and I 1 dont know someone wrong 11 I 1 rous cry roso rose above the clio female voices stokes s lind had ills hold nu fin the chair tits bla yes fixed on tile the picture lips curled bac ilke tin an nil ans cattle came a strangling rush of dead sites bend for I 1 r I 1 bot her ashes lead dead t come back she never can call ck ch I 1 shot hir ler na its she ran lir her I 1 naw baw her fall nil v died in ft a gronn groan lie ili forward and lay 1 a I writhing with into tile carppi carpet til 0 moil met t ilan clustered cl tint him rii Wil telling ill dumb horror picture behind slowly pill iii the ti Bc ren creen CHAPTER III they carried stokes ta his VY ry thought thou slit dying so 80 as his I 1 I 1 s so leath ea hasselt Iassc lt telephoned alth for a doctor and all beforce came rion flora singularly cold cfred tile ft lelit ht was over I 1 i tier vas it a id nl slaw l thein ali the vaso ln in alth tile tho viol lit in the de lention on an tile his 4 ad ail t tile great ecat 11 i or of tile alio ninny eliat luul find end brantle conf eRslon of tile tha stokes son non le 3 inon illen lilt had forgotten nil about re B and now val lillig MCI swung nick tu to it bissett Uis sett lania were baffled d and coni con ax v it it was one of the ineat if tile the chain or star cu instances rawson w wis 1 I allied nor confounded tit nt n solution ludon so tit d a trick lone done it on durpos it not lot ile just had td bol ila HR aas Is alwa I 1 so 0 of f t the hc pilot ogi cipher clever ruse that had blong i climax T IV when jl they 1 on bungling for days ilaw i willing wll ilni to ills 19 bals d ban afen sure of the alie 1 apy pr anil peard that alss ere joe tracy tin biad lit our olit se cronly on sonic 0 0 ills own asod the compan aill with 0 GERALDINE by BONNER W service co vice copyright by tho the buba co curt command anti ni they the nimit pits exits jocularly us is tile who I 1 1 nd piffled off it i hoax hut flut the lie ii liuto ra wier looked rather will the chugg M llod ill 1 I illen lit to n no funny kil fooling fool ins about it but lie he ril libed lila da ill over ills tousled tous leil hair anti grini wl ile he sleepy tl lint tR H what had been tile just doped alt ith sleep so 80 lie know L alint lir it wall anh doing ca well how LIO di YOU oil IMAI lit fur for tile hie VIC tIlle suld sald ll nuon are arc you iou one of tile so ie wilo M call filhe it there uli ic was only onu one wn ivay of f 1119 fur for 11 ile iio 1111 inq opened tile ter ivi and the wils one 1 or of lie hu hail alik of miss Suun dera tit alir day all of ills 1111 arrival taken her liko alko that conling thO tIgh sli tin tho doorway 1111 taken two to or three alnee like bilat ho ili alint Ul Int dilt IP he suro sure liow how ninny hut iio ha did iti itkis is tier tit sit bubli tho front tin exl rear entrances or of tile living room trying to get acta effects rc ta or of a 1 lark wit ber figure 0 aliu ly suggested und and the alit on tier lier fine face rt ft was evidently ono one of those pictures picture tall t have iotti tile dinst onu one lied hed lone atit lie ile coul dut elut ills on tiny in small points hell been more than tic he had any idea of if but lio ila know mcw it now ilow so that was clinti Nob fol odys brains nob odys dys deductive powers or c ity or psychological insight had 61 jle J le had seen the Je revolver volver in the drawer of the desk brought them to the goal the bun filing of a sleepy man had done tit the I 1 trick arlel they wore were talking it over when tile the sound of floras voice stopped them she was standing in ili the doorway very white and very culm calin stokes was WAN ask askier ang for then yes she eho nodded in anstet anaw to lawsons Raw sons look he was quite himself the doctor had wanted hint to walt wait till lie he was stronger but lie had insisted lie he says lie he must speak now while tits mind Is clear lie he dequis to know it wont boni last and lie he cant rest tilt till lioa lies tuli everything they found him bolstered up labed in bed a li aggard spectacle his eyes clink duill in ili dark darkened ened hollows seemed to hold nil fill the mal life left in tits his body they llulia on oil tile the filtering entering iven then swerved VI ved to tits his wife und and lie made a notion motion for her to sit beside him ain kind bouvo come ile he whispered glad clad Ks its over it if im going gon 0 oh it now it cant ile be to anything worse fillin this last thirty six houra bourg the tle fledra dru to art frt fre e tits hla wind mind pos heppell III hani host lio lionald sald rest nil lie he wanted and it was not for him film till lie had unloaded the intolerably burden hurdon lie he hit had curried carried since sybil S minders ile he lind had never intended to kill her that was tile the one point of exculpation he insisted oil en ills love had made him annd carried film ailin beyond tile the inhibiting hi lil forces of honor reason that it was hopeless scell ed to inai ense its Ob power tint and still luid never for one moment led him film to tn think it was any nn thins tIling I 1 hut ut hopel esit Ill waveringly lv from tile the llast it Is t tier atti tilde hail liven dislike it horror if ills state of f mind und anti liln iMir Mr ills knowledge of tile lie conling sepal ration lind lim been the hip igniting that catibod tile the inner explosion after stay on oil tho island alit it K go tier way evev tier lil dilon from froin him find and he 10 inight wor nevor tie fcc lier again rho lice bec nine atile ruble find led lc d ailin to it a 1 t flon of nf wild lk lit rit tier alone allet more confes conf ci lila ills pis slon mid find it if she ilio i lio met illet it with the lir old lit n abhorrence L kill 1111 li linK ili liia fai fw e tier ea yes ile HP hall feen the ro re alt eniver in ili of if tit hip P disk and j un on alio illy of tin the perform ance till ell it to VI evall upon her to grant 1 tile interview w was wa the HIP problem will ind tile lie evil atholl camo to will tu it all her lie liall news of ballas Dall ni liev lover it was 11 lie lio lie knew now no tothill not liln thill of the man but ti timith decency self respect 0 no o longer existed for litin him lie ile described tit alie interview in tit aln living room tier lier roused interi mt anti doul tind for tile tito intrusion till slon of his worked lian plan and lio lie lind hall insisted on oil a ren nn lez bierc where they would free front from interruption they for tile tho ner house on oil tile point sow saw shine there tl itro tin and and tho the to meet inept lit in the place nt lit seven then sit bho lind find kono gono to tier and lin iio to tile tho balcony to walt for tier when lie he saw tier pass tho balcony ile he hail had risen ilian und tint followed tier sli alio lind find moved rapidly not waiting for hita him and lie he had not tried to catch up 1111 with tier ns as lie know she did not mint anyone to see thein together when lie ile entered the house she was sitting on tin the bench close to tile the table on which tier elbows rested ills hysterical state ne celera tod during the long wait had reached n ol of detraction lie ho burst into n stream of words lie ne had nau tied neu to 10 tier ncr he knew nothing but lie had to see pee her lie ho had lured tier her there for a last interview it n final clearing up and he bedrew drew out the pistol the sight night of it tits mud babble of disconnected sentences evidently ter terrified rIfled her she leaped to her feet and ninde made a rush like it frightened animal for or tha opening before he could speak or catch tier her she bhe had brushed past him anti fled from the place then something had find gone wrong in his head ho he explain a 11 breaking of some pressure 0 stoppage of nil all mental processes in ilic io vacuum one fact stayed that she had got away from him and lie he never would see tier her again A blind fury seized him and lie shot at tier her as an afe ran she was nt at the summit of the cliff staggered threw up tier her arms and went over when lie he saw paw tier her body lurch and topple forward the darkness dark nesa lifted from hla his brain ile he came back to himself as it from a period of unconsciousness and realized realize what ile ha lind had lone done lie ile described hla his state estate as an curiously luciand farseeing the insane outbreak seemed tor have treed freed tits his intel li getice and tt temporarily suspended tho ilia torment of ills nerves the situation presented itself with a vision like clarity find all tile the forces of his mind and will sprang into action combining to achieve ills safety from the shadow of the vines he looked tit at the house saw bassett c onic come to the alving room entrance glance about und go brick the sound of the shot had r |