Show DE by evelyn campbell copyright copi right by evelyn campbell CHAPTER VIII continued 14 together they alu v lind hurt everything youth wealth ambition their rulure future wits suil title alie felt old find on the flip shelf lint wits slip mile rinley immured in lier her solitude under nnie skies when the flip others were hinl find iny ing life ga tind mid halapy lolether lov ether slip site tind been cheated of hei and now liml had its HR little to offer wit lint it if the flip letter plunged tier into info deeper depression on in the ollier oilier mind it aroused tin liet from lassitude ans and itelson Impe rathe slip went to it see etis find laid R lony long envelope oil nil the desk derk before him 1 I 1 to leive new york sho said mild these tire lire the flip lust will you see alint A lint boti run enn do for me the broker a dry alia ninn dr drew ew the corners of if the crai crackly alv parchment papers from the thip ot of the flip envelope anil alamed clamed nt at thein light and power Tract traction lon little maud oil lie smiled imper well we up line have pined a great rent deal of ahls aluff you yo this kils wits nood gond lind I 1 have kept keit it until tile flip insa slip d klip wits biting tier her lip tin nn sign of nerv in tier mr stevens iia raised his yellowish brows only a i minth ago we for hardeo our mir check eliut what of flint the had been in sotir hneil since 0 varv erv all p I 1 I 1 I 1 will do I 1 efin can ile he turned uway nuy have a uni rn irn to I 1 clients linda alio lind always swept in and out ont of that hint n ns n queen lin lipsIt tint nt the file door ts Is nn an which in IB rne mv aly hill bill nt at the st SL has hit noon been running for a long ions time they must hn hnyp a payment pin input from froin this fills money nio nev slit she spoke thought fully its s af K flip the cheslock stock ars already adv sold and she had and only to disburse dis hurse its equla alent mr stevens was shocked this wits nn borror in tactics for which I 1 lie I 1 wits lie ile had and nothing nott ilna wi to do with the flip or of his cli pots the will forward the cheeld cap I 1 to bour address mrs roth lie mild frigidly and so ilven ibi ass assured the manager of cpr hoth hotel flint tant hp he would henr from her within the week site she was up 1 her rooms for leaving new kork tark politely for nn an address she answered nn va cue y r washington slip find in ill that city anny times drops hut bill now her apart lart heat beat ns and ly lv i tiny sixteen year olds who gets cpr aist peep nt at the world through the historic if utterly dull and pie hordes that migrate to and from the political center nt at every season slip klip had sent no nn word of tier her coming to jie ahe two men who would he interested in seeing her hut but twenty min utes after her hims bags were brought up she telephoned coave convene Con vese se to come to tl her his HI response was so pleased and shift she watt was faint ly iv when she turned filmed from th the e telephone when they met nn an hour later inter he still wore llie flip manner of victory hut hill this disappeared nt fit her first words 1 I haap gi alven ven everything into stevens steens hinds she said soon tho the last hit of paper I 1 possess will he be gon and then you will he trot idled with my poor little affairs no longer seiti sh tried to lightly disguising till the menning of tier words with mockery his face altered fit at once hut but not with will pellagrin cli ell agrin rether it was with it I 1 closing down of pleasantry ti a tightening of every muscle in flint visage which beneath kenenth its purple mask of lesh flesh remained crafty and sinister CHAPTER IX from mountain top into the valley schnoor diatom converse co averso made himself comfort alile in tile the widest chull cliner efio room roohi afforded find and selected elected n cigarette with care before lie he answered linda slie site watched wt cliel this striving to leep heep her thoughts front from lier her eyes so our friendship la Is to end with the lust hundred bundled shares sli nips she cinc ed from something in ilk hl toile were we ever friends ile he reflected eded upon this possibly not I 1 am then to ile he of no fari liet use us to you we will put it that way in spite of baldness hald ness slie she interrupted warmly Y you ou helped mii me with advice ad liedwith lie with yo houi ul in III fluence in selling those stocks blocks because you liked my father fallier not me tile senator hurst burst out laughing ond ad what frauds you women tirel irel are A re you lying to yourself or just to me it wits was goings going to be horrible hut but she must control herself 1 I sae gave you no encouragement to tit bel believe yourself your belt my friend frien fl slie she still said coldly 1 I 1 would have paid you rot fo what you IOU did clintis Ili Is how I 1 have nl ni ways felt feli to you slie site realized that she had anade ati an error when she saw him start shirt violent ly IY she had angered him find and he had power tie he repeated her words slowly su bu you would have paid me but oci not with the win J 1 wanted danied from iou roo his glance traveled over her ber slowly anti and site she cringed before it slit kh wanted to that lint this wua was pay ur tio she iv had find liala a hundred times in humiliation but that auld would gained her nothing after a little while he became merciful inerd ful nd turned his eyes awny away 1 I 1 bellaud bel bell eved that hint you would turn to me some dav tie he said slowly turu turn to you no no I 1 could tint not 1 11 it if there been another ninn mail he went on oil tonelessly have got over flint feeling you have for tile nit repulsion I 1 suppose rull call it it yond have tin ve not got so you could touch me without shivering that thai was lust just youth arild nd you your youth pretty freely its nearly gone though you lived so very inina years I 1 figured it would last viboit ns it wy I 1 ns the lie red tanil blue papers left behind him lied and hiep papers she repented ted dully though site she knew it was just juat that lie ap hot got up tip and took a step toward nor her A thick dork dark vein stood out of ills his forehead like ilke nn ugly british and hla his hand trembled tremble when J t fell upon tier shoulder she would till anve ve screamed hut but there was no slip slie I 1 would he smothered effaced lefure before anyone came cam it la Is another ulan it she could not say no then let me tell you you can have that boy bov ruin him a woman woman like you why dont you let fill if I 1 so soeur friendship it Is to end with the last hundred shares him film marry that young girl gurll ashes fresh shell give him everything she can have half a dozen children without aern remembering ein bering that wrested a cry from her what have I 1 done A woman like me mel V oh 01 you you slie she began to sot seeing hla his face through a u blur of tears he laughed dryly youre defending your virtue now a 0 woman can always do that even when its gone wrong but my dear linda 1 do not misunderstand me ill admit that you have been pure exemplary emph em plary iry rut but perhaps that flint Is my fault I 1 made it easy for you I 1 have paved the HIP wity with lie he hod had been smoking one after another a then tiling away the ashes and stubs littered the carpet around where lie he slit ant it wits was absurd to K see th etiny rolls rollo in his mouth lost between ills his pendulous cheeks checks at ft a glume glance lie hp seemed see ml to he burning up inside we ve fire are still bigoted enough to call tile the woman virtuous who has never given herself to lo 10 a man I 1 would tie tie the last to rob you ot of flint claim to superiority kiy inv dear girl we will say that you have accepted a casket from ficklin nie me to keep your virtue safely in fit by this an am i the truth Is upheld and no OIK offended lie he paused but eveia hy by borrowers there la Is a 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