Show what tiie the k ira hia CHAPTER I 1 I lieres a B lady indy asking for you nir mr SIM says elie bile wan 1 I go 90 doltl she khe sets sees son jou nt fit arid sigh efi he hied chisen chi sen tills IUD a 0 slimily thin annit with tin active adiana up tip lle who despised tact tac t as something hill hanhy hoci bud often set eel out fur for tits offices in leonard street with the Intent intention lon of lettl letting ig go and of rep laOng ang hlin him with a neal ael efficient eni effi clent girl hut but beuic sixth or of tits lunger danger invariably he would speak of ills his vast responsibilities 0 of ills ins ge fai faintly fc nilly nily of tits invalid father of tile house he was buying on the tn plan and of the ravages of in nis his little A nent neat and smiling ling and efficient girl would have hae known chilt her employer was bidy end and would out anve found out what tile the visitors errand was what does slie bile want inquired flabby Sm Si ucler assumed his superior air she say Other otherwise wige I 1 should have informed you mi air ilan by bs want do you yon think she Av wanted anted 1 I 1 suspect su pet she Is debt dextrous rous of sell bell ins ing you yn a dog dof brightened 1 thu I inns is easy I tn all t hosen that in ili another I 1 vas it priest of Itu bastis I 1 cannot us ng a one time worshiper of the hie sacred stirred cut cat buy dogs from froia bi ladles adolf dighe sk alicd d life ills employ L Ws era fi always alt tiia baill him lie ile lieve alme preferred to servia si bierner erner more unbending portlier and older wari anin a man who never ninde jokes okes or r them Sin ticker often wondered Mond cred why it wits allton ton lind suc succeeded ceded so well A swift pluncy that his employer employed empl oyei tras lo oldrig at the lie photographs of at flip alic he be was nas about to buy mr passed to the otilde with slow step the lady who would till not HO go was the sort of person whom lie hp always surveyed with lios hos tile hie evvs eeb she wore too much jewelry and was en wrapped lavishly lu fur it if sald s ild lie coldly you ou wish to bell f ll one or more of your dogs mr air for tile to suy say hes not tn tit the imir ket 1 nit stranger ht pressed tier lier three tint ln itts so closely lof cely to tier that the tl til not till nil his money could buy even une ulle of phenil she snapped 1 I must sec re u I 1 in tell I 1 shall eli ill stiv stay blerk till lily until he comes through that thai door abadam I 1 suggest froni I 1 Bl atlon 11 my aly durl luys bugs will not enter eater a n tele phone booth and I 1 ditre daie not dot trust thein to anyone else tell him 1 do 10 riot not want nut to buy or sell I 1 I 1 have loiue tiling thing tu say of vital importance uni he will be wise to see tile ut of ozice mr who had nit all the rias nas tin iler little curiosities about life which dwell dell so bo frequently with his sort wondered oti dered if here at last ast tie he was na t tt leura leai Q some hladen hidden details of his em pl plovers players pest thincy wits was a handsome arid and generous limn awn women liked him Iler halis tits ills creature lind had a i who nho lind trusted too well elt lillig about his bis past mi aft suggested Sor sonn thang about my lily past the culler Mryin turn turned edun on tits heel beel und ind e entered centered the private office it 11 tile lit dogs suld suid lie what ale blie aunts Is a conversation tile the past I 1 muy he be wrong mr I 1 hope I 1 ani am liui but I 1 think lilno she knows about your past which alb mity may not lie be cre credithe ditZe t to you Tl nl you kaald llull by 1 I 1 cun always trust you to lu take tile hit kindly view you ure are my past was blacker than night it 1 i lino imd my lily deserts I 1 should long ago have brea ben electrocuted brinig tile the lady 11 in i trust she bhe Is lier went out offended As usual lind laughed at him wen frd fr d tile lay duy nut not so fl fai ahl airn o adelf yi would ald hilve tit till lie wasted a lot of ollice tinie thike ilu olie vining of what he be would do whai he uns as in power ower Al aladair adain Alu duin I 1 have persuaded the bus t to 0 tt mf e you lie sald said loftily then he juniper davk that eliuk dug dog aearl lilt hit niel 1 I enn rely on tits instincts she said you stand convicted us ua ine ime vl eimil no no M should trust ti do not noi tille inist to deny tt it ond and dont wove move out nii throat in thit that man she swept past him into his in ell dooin if 11 lie he hud had expected youth or beauta liby wits na it was 9 tull iii int uld boman who kho faced bitin tit H budgett that some doy now liap ill timit she bhe hild been beautiful lie i i wild see that slie she wua was richly dr dressed esad bin tit that ill alip jewels she wore cpr vt illy there was a look loob ot of tinged arnst d tn in her smoldering dark eyes lin im you were delit walting began n 1 I have liven been dept apt rpt walting for thir ty yell fairs rs 1 sh slie guilt euld at al laist you cannot blume blame me lot foi that lie observed that tier eye ees 4 tre t re lilied lad till 1111 tile the jolts 0 of r xie file selie lie hill and ninde made arrangements to hii leiis 1 1 I ilont dont think yoi sent in your fiina mv ly itt Fe lentis nos sie said sirim SiU im II 11 ns nold ld 1404 ni iii q selenda Se lenoa ahe he repeated it 1 ti ii biere a californian it would the mystery of a sj laj ma rf j W N U service copyright by wyndham harn martyn ho n nanie there la Is Se lerios aler 1 I and aad you u were after it 1 wits burn benr a big river too hut but I 1 tind had a lucky es aniie enlie think of tile me us na going through lire life labeled Illa tiby I 1 itie ilie arher was after af me she al mr r hanly 11 of 0 muse course came into the chilon Jn lii title lute it in it hie file tort tootles les I 1 think the rivet ans na after ill fu ra nilly not after nw nic persi personally nally but I 1 did wit not come coine here to discuss alki ass un ini faintly annlis a or to listen to you anre eliut to tiny an estate nit line plains 1 I 1 am to tn completa comple tp the lie purchase this afternoon you vou must not go B therel li erel she cried tilly 1 I 1 cannot allow idill it t flet H begin to aut antagonize agonIze thi liby wity nol tie ho inquired coldly co lilly it Is snared gromad and you ion tire nol no 01 to hull there the idea lili j of its A y 1 W I 1 y j 1 I she la Is desirous of selling you a dog baing desecrated b I 1 y it a large family la a intolerable 1 Il really leally sirs airs tic lie bi bigan begun gan ss she said above ull all elsy else I 1 despise and loathe men men alen have always oppressed tile nie how flow they have lieu tin perjured themselves to keep roe me from the gray hut but tit nt lust I 1 na am in u position to buy their silence sll enre vital tild did you give for tile place thia my dent deal lady tie lie sald suavely Is entirely my iny own aitner 1 I expected you to lie he sho sald A ninn nian ol of your type would hilss toot tool out tier her chieck book weil VP what profet do to you decide tu to make I 1 rish to buy the place from it Is not noi for sale dale you dare to refuse to sell tier her voice rose so that tile doi doga barked furiously after oil all mv iny years of waltina of 01 persecution of 0 blit erness and exile you dare in to refuse it Is not for sule I 1 aiu ain sorry out iut my iny heart Is set ou or hie file bluee ns na H home you yiu have hud kittil of 0 flute it tins lias been empty for some years 1 I am now able to ill hily buy it it 11 you rou will nil nut not sell will you bent it 1 am going to live there us as soon as it Is rendy ready 1 I dc delse lse and loullie tuen she cried and of nil fill men I 1 loa loullie tilie ant anil leslae les lse you von bostl 1 M 1 l the file lible houson in country you iu iradel choos tills this one because ber tinse it will hurt wel lie I 1 site rile hil po tier lie right hand 0 cl fi henen enven Thos eltho aviv h ie e tried to kill ill me lite ill u tile lie past have perished aou und find VOIK fini ili arid ill all thill Is yours vours I 1 pill a armst se you lire going to ili a house of nf tro ged it diffuse wherein walk ghosts of those foully murdered I 1 atu urnita thata the wrong tark 1 he suld soothingly 1 I utti not to tie frightened anity like that you are not fair to io tile me A house was for bililc P and I 1 I 1 it and ami despise me n As vou 00 oo will but in not go away thinking I 1 rinie wronged yo yon you nave wrong eti mel file V site she tier her bilat muck 6 cyca tin yinshing shing linte lint all ali lull lin I 1 adolf M liu tind find hitherto tin success fill fully y Pull sing it m mient he olie opened tied the door us is tilt signal bell aind enill coin rilling C 1 t alln f to 0 I 1 lie st ninne e A wits was placing tinder a iiii 1 ve curse klunby arid and nil all was ills Smut ker that lils ills elP lOYt n 1 wits one olie of a bund blind of harde hardener nien nen hose entire energies ivere expended tn in beeping bliss sole sete nos from the only lindsl you RO 94 there al your perill peril I 1 she alio shouted 1 acet the risk said hanhy artt unruffled my will follow you abe a i xi del ight flit I 1 told tier her 1 adall e the th I 1 ati 0 not n ii that ell aay y arlet Js prophesy prop tipsy 1 her who mho was always nervous in tile presence of ull usual violence st for tits calm tills illis any said HP im her to tile the elevator evator Pl mrs airs Sui ticker in tier her ken homo home would enji this fills file he grille of tile elevator elen tor door dior had closed upon miss nos and tier her pets smut 1 P r spill ait oit linck flack to tile the odlie A mrs I 1 rs smacker wald certainly enjoy tills ko 80 donld would hla his old fattier find ahe men lie tallied to on tile the terry As il rule rille they talked il bIt taxing the rich taxing file rich was n passion with Si tie he pursued tits his hobby bobby viciously isda did not bentch hii hh bout it ans late inte when lie he returned to tits hla home ily hy that the strange visitor and tier hor pets had licen been from tits his mind by y other outside the otillo n ag mun mail red gracei and jocund slapped film on the say the stronger stranger said aint you mr confidential confident lal clerk Sin ticker looked about him N no 0 member of the office stuff staff was visible vi slide VPS lie sald said with 1 1 tint but bill you tou have the hie advantage of tile inc 1 I 1 want you to fix it so I 1 can get a word in private with the boss I 1 want to see hpe him right awny 11 lie ile plies home at half past four our I 1 stay till six 1 I 1 guess you have to being his con ann the stra tiger was evl evi dently pondering over something of importance no do you happen fo 0 o know if his purchasing a big estante up lu in dutchess Dutt liesa county lie he completed the purchase thit afternoon said Sn the news brought dismay tilsman to tie red face of the stranger almost it seemed us as ii if lie suffered my G dl he cried and efin U with 1111 a fuin fulti llyl why shou lInt he buy it sill arr er asked iles got the money as 1 I happen to know 1 I vant cant tell you here tile the other replied hut but id like you to give lilio a message from tile me before its too lute late had ad your dinner not yet how elow about a bite to td eat now considered the mutten with itt it alie e deliberation that a cou lIden tild clerk might be expected to allow lie he was a heavy eater when another ano thery wan fooled the hie billj bit 1 1 but lie he ivas also prudent ile he did not feel fee drawn to tills big vourse stranger further Furt ber mille mill e lie wished to he be sure that hint tills MS vr 9 a genuine invitation it ii would t tx of f no to pay rot for a mm til al in fair Wee weehawken hawken a pot roast ras rot fot hlin perhaps Ie the hie stranger sensed ahr struggle tills this Is iiii tile he explained why Suni ket eker deir lecause Il I 1 guess you lauve your noss miss interests ot al heart and I 1 wani vou to tell him pal im pull gitig out rot foi chicago Clil digo tonight or id tell its a warning some re reference terence to it u dinst tr demanded angerly soine re ferme to a h I 1 of a tu fu lure the theres res a place down here run by a put pul of elije not nol giixh h to took look tit but the flie pla ili inked steaks oKi ilia oh nally and theres some reut real heer that file still urs smuggle in ir if it Is really lv important I 1 aup rup aluse nise I 1 ninal frit von lder sIder the hie welfare of my lily collen guc before my u own wit conetia con etil all eik e steak nud nod real bearl out d d pot pol nual I 1 mr air sunn ker tile ate ti ith tile lie pec ulfat fiut Is lines spen seen in bi thin undersized raided inen TO UE CONTINUED K ax w s rt rui orta ort A ijoyi atti fan rt |