Show LADY LARKSPUR by MEREDITH NICHOLSON bf Cliar ls buses some CHAPTER IV continued 11 As they resumed ed heir their talk alice it seemed aa una m lating something of ino trio nent for betie benefit fit rifer ring now and then to mrs airs I 1 as i though fur for corroboration the cone scene in lit he box was almost on an in teN kensting sting its any tiny in the play arld the aiJI Mente erue 11 with fill deep almore loo tion alice the tile ferat 1 of ani I 1 knew utterly till of the lie burlous raze of tho hous house whatever hat ever air she waa aas saying with ilij an gesture of elised rl ud hau batia or a shrug of or her tier shoulders her tier completely I 1 lit alto 1 inight ho tie telling arrow smith of her iter adt outline nt at barton hut but he fit of her tier narrative waa an this 4 and attitude wits dinote alint of a critic appi appealed aled to fur for nn nil opinion than anti inti of a polite liste listener ncr to a story he ile nodded tits head itea ev oral ral alinee anti I nally aa an alice with ith s allgot dip lip of the head and nil an outward of hir til abrim bottled lack in hir chair he lie battel his hi hand in ili my iny I 1 hot ha 1 Alon a e exi existent stene but as HIP tile net met twin I 1 effin I 1 en aft v that he ili had cone gone I 1 should put in ili aiken ny tin bhe lift alid lh molitor ns till still art undetermined quillon lien hie file piny play clidell lintig ing bout about I 1 falt ft a obligation to biorn her lint that lie had I 1 wn coil lar I 1 inn the first to lene leme ond anti in file fir I 1 int in t I 1 arsho lors itlie ill the bourt sho know me tile aa a friend vt of loll 1011 nimitr that etere pre still turn ine ina till bisoy ir ho rinar led vc ve ion don I 1 have 14 to worry about this aike 1 viO lody falio it ow hia next d hy jy searles hosti t looka in lit for honn lopo lope liua bell biting R new I 1 i lay ill 1 I a visiting hi filka din t know inow whirl bell he lot back I 1 oa 01 11 1 must write islin that sir atell ell at ar lio ito killed cock Itol tInT just aa as enuch its common inor aul 11 faithe lind had reused nl at the file hox bot oleo nil and in my I 1 bucit to bilm ns its tho ho crowd beann to by arrowsmiths approach opp bior thad liy by the tile pc ullar nr tapo of loll 1011 nil lint tint shot ho tie mill and tile departing audience anade may for film or hung bock to t abare bt te at hta tits left arc re alice still MIH farnsworth and tiny must bums quite loe to lilt ho ito mallid cock llorin llo hin its a piny play sent undid away knitli fill light 4 it d barts anti smiling frees faces and tile rio trio storo ere no tie exception to the rule I 1 hoening to I 1 as ax planning plan to join alice han the trio reach me tile she ellie caw md mo there un uni i a fleeting laah flash of lecog aillon in I cr r PK ees anti lien bho she turned town iowa it arrow Arro sinIth bhe bite drew near er her gore mine squarely lut but now without R elan 1 to indicate hint that be had ever sein tile lefore bite naheed on talking esith gi adest tint motion to arrow well remember tile to searles it you write him 11 1 I hearit 1 maying I 1 clutched hie his arm artil us as he lie opened the office door who are fire chuse women ot tien I 1 de demand liland od 1 you may search nial I 1 cen you have a rood good eye that eirl girl a rather etc slice to took at I 1 Crowd lne my lily iny ny to lie the open I 1 blocked the path of orderly sane off sens spits malting their uin chInti until n policeman roe me aside alice I 1 ew saw for a bewildering instant lintn nt fronted ll 11 tn in the window of a big limousine that rolled away rry uptown I 1 had been snub beill no nuh had aver cr been del delivered hered more with R nicer calculation of effect than that administered to md ma by alice hush forda cirl nith ith until a moment before I 1 had bel believed leed myself f fin on terms of cordi jil contrades comradeship bhe bite bad cut me alice ho had naked me at t the very beginning of our acquit Int once to cliff her by lier her first name noine alice had cut me ni without the buher of a intall I 1 walked to the tile thacker y and let set tied myrell in a lark corner of the rending room thoroughly bruised in spirit la in my resentment I 1 meditated flying to ohio to join sent gentles les ninnis my ruy chief resource resu in trouble affairs it itt clarton might go to ho lie devil if it alice and her tier companion noted to get et rid ol 01 me I 1 would not be ile sorry to lie rel leed of the I 1 had assumed as in ti ing to protect aluni with rising fury I 1 reflected that by the tile time they had find ot off slon t ini and rot got rid of the prisoner in the he tool houe they would think better of me tile telephone call dr ofir I 1 followed fol loed it th boy to the booth la to ft a rare flint any one should disturb iny my gloomy sir hingleton oh alil I 1 this ts ir aiice akong I 1 clutched the shelf for support not 1401 only anns it alice king but in the file kindest voice sly eager hut but my nt tit alice and nil all her uns blinded me if elic ili had hild quid denly through the anil illy surprise 1 euld not have len k loll told me the Thack thackeray eMY waa as your usual refuge in town no so I 1 thought id try it are ou lery ery very cromi crowl 7 1 I in orry sorry really I 1 am hot I 1 tit illon hob was wits added lingeringly propitiating huddled in tho the booth I 1 double I 1 in tit ednee wondering on derIng in lit daod whether alice hadrit t a double tien ti whether bether I 1 ivian t dreamed ery thing thin that tind find occurred occur ped at harton barton 11 1 I onto to speak to aou ou ever eo to much at the th chiater thi ater cater but I 1 could rit t er 0 well without introducing ou to sir cecil and I 1 wann t ready to do tie it might have caused comell loni if anything could have it tie P eil misting stIng coin complication t lona I 1 lia was acx lotia it to know atit kimt they were ere but lur hir oleo 1 waa won m fro gentle no wholly anil allt that I 1 an impulse to dininno explanations art aou a on or tire oil linking from front paradise I 1 oil ere in a cry very nice houm hou m constance and I 1 and ic re just about I 1 laving it little supper I 1 Is wish fall you apro pre here hore but that flint can t be arran arranged Led no so willy really it cant conti I 1 0 ahall be motoring buck back to horton to morrow nil and lopo ou can join us um let I 1 et in hao lin lut lunch ichton on und and inetor up to to gk kitlica ther glnn I 1 that hat I 1 call for tin in he laughtin lauff laugh hid til lyly abit hi it mould be telling illing I 1 and anil ve ie rouin t ploll 11 han eu r hinc hing iq 1 going so the tile dinall I 1 bud had locked tip in fit alj thi tool houge anil tho tile ilona 1 I 1 I 1 hao to inal P sooner sootier or mitt to tin lilt I 1 lor or rinar I 1 wholly holly LonIn ced of ito braut of tile 1 Mon montario ina til lit tho the theater 1 I her rippled merrily oer ilio file 01 he lie tried to follow in its ID ili it 11 fail I 1 IN 0 o had a ireat timo time film off in lit the tile park I 1 1111 in not tin li int isn t sitting nn tin llie tile curl curb right now tho the bouw bou w un graciously loll 1011 on have ill the fan fat alth ou mon billit out aut of ills scat ir id telephone call sir when iou ernid it in ho tile theater ahls site ri led with more lijich ter tont atil minured amund her immensely elic she said she wahnit gasn wasn t in the least afraid of him returning to 0 o the mattor matter of tho the lui luncheon cheon she the tile rIngham Jy loll 1011 ou know I 1 want nry much to see mr old home and the place nil all our veteran retainers came from at onea one PS es flood night I 1 alice and mrs 1 the on time to the minute ai I 1 had find spent the morning on a bench in the park analyzing my lily icing lems I 1 found thila rood good humor huntor 0 trifle jarring 1 you don t beem it bit glad to ste ui alice complained ns as sho ho orew rew olt off her globes I 1 how low can any ono one be ile but happy acting that del delicious lelous cock it ie is so dell droll 1 I 1 I 1 remarked with tin attempt nt tit erity quite your knack lorick of Ign ignoring orinc fact there as right in front of lilt jumping Juni lIHR liko like n jack in lit the box pery time oil nourished your fan fail them there s that fellow rot got up at barton just henr hear tho the annn COns constance toCO I 1 all oho interrupted with her adorable tough 0 A e i ere think rig thill that hf lie n only beginning to see things our oy tile he only true may ny the jolly ay and here he tie collic cometh til liko like it melan hol jacquest voll weil tin hate e none of it I 1 IN e must confess I 1 wild said MM iri concilla tingly that mr tr Is pa ting through a it smore trial e precipitated our role upon him without arning ami and im lilt med mediately lately botved him in a if j ny tery hia ilia mu it lime hae ilmo to adjust ItI luelf telf they bore ere spoiling my appetite I 1 I 1 as perfidy aware nuart of thai that I 1 had ordered the tile beet best luncheon I 1 kaw how bov ito compose mid and they a ero justice to it but I 1 aa was acting I 1 km kaw w like a resentful loy boy 1 I love lose you that way aid sold alice nit I 1 vacantly rat at lily pinte plate ilu lint ou ell really are not making ours 41 11 to us really he la Is not coil count ti I 1 it nil 11 ca col I 1 airs barnsworth worth affirmed this I 1 knew that I 1 was as merely being rude and the of thin was as nol dot uplifting at the I 1 hour tile th influx of shoppers drs gives the tile limit hain a cheery tone and anti nil all about us u were pre people apparently conversing sanely and happily tile appearance anc of uncle hahs ghost in the familial familiar filling room would have been a el conio come dh erslon I 1 vaa speculating lit n to just what bat he fie would say about hit tile widow and the whole mess iness at tit barton mrs burnsworth addressed td me in plead pleadingly if it ou knew that we ie want tint you to play with still us only a few das longer lonker three dais das shall we e sai allce alice if l vou ou knew that then veil nell untangle PV ev writhing iri thing would dat t aou ou be lie nice cry life in lit spite of nassif I 1 d n t resist tills tit 11 i uil tit I 1 hiis ns more ind more lin lilt pre ased 1 by the the clinin ol 01 mrs I 1 imis aru worth alten cn elie alie dropped tile ho inake balle billee 0 in alch hleb she indulged ludu leed quite as tit allt site 14 pen rid to be a lery ery sill sit sll sit ie hie ube huntor clat iccil tn lit lur oil no lut but hor tier glance lance hiis more than an lip it aa as a command if ou inan that our troubles ica arc are not lit nil nit thu tile ciuro in ro thinking about but ury try 1 u rise pardon trip I 1 chumbl and flint alice cre re not so bt stitching ItchIng in lit n ballor hat fiat it inn 1110 ilaa hino luen blell tile lint 01 only mrs I 1 arn arnsworth a pleading tono tone tint ao 10 t tile to a attitude board ird tile ho oid ill d ita its isable ilie crol thinned out but we 0 link red talking of all manner 4 of f o 0 I 1 0 inest coin in ili again 1 viry soon fraud nil allet and nat time tt e shan I t rut un ins er naughty I 1 bill suppose pose anlin algin a story just hao to 0 it R log ag or it hlll tile wt our hand bonds that s tho tilo nav alth our story boxi a know of course its it unkind to in st if ion lait lou tire in tile story juit just ae as so P arc are it aa us deca enough without this flint I 1 aa it inere in lit it tale aiole I iole awkward awkard arousig only the grasst as to tle the con coll elusion she lit tit 1101 aali antil and continued I 1 I 1 lin ili so absurd mally I 1 nin am in vcr eer so enrin os etui that no tie one would evir put ino tile in lit a it book would buy bay no such person evir its and anil so I 1 tin have e to intond I 1 ini ili in it store stor nil all tile its the tile on kiy ny I 1 can call acl happi happ and so many people tile in lit lily story no not only and the tile poor fallow locked up tip at liar ilar ton tort oil oh what lint if it he fie should constance it would bo be splendid if it he lie should scapoli lou didn t fenish your of I 1 buggs stad I 1 Is my illy part an nil important one or nin tint I 1 only a lay figure figurell 1 my 11 duir boy cried mrs farns worth iou lire tire the you have aten the hero here filin the hour the story began if ou elsert ns jas now whatever hat eier should we e dol do if lin I 1 in the here I 1 replied in ili her tier ou key 11 1 I shall begin making love loie to alice at once alice fur far from being disturbed by my lily nodded her tier head ap on 0 wo o bad lind expected thrift hut but aou ou ticeen t be in a hurry in ili it story like tills title one that runs right on oil from da dai to day we me must leave a lot to chance and there tire clr so many not nil all on the tile side of failure I 1 hope I 1 1 ve we must bo be going she laughed I 1 wished failed slie she lindil t eliat little turn of tho the head that ana as so lita inclining 1 I rolly 11 acde rit e with nith us nil all the way may to barton if anything any thing sensible was nas ut gerld on tho the tarl drive e I 1 cant recall it our talk folk chiefly of knights knip tits nud hud indies indle q and wild lid its from imaginary ene tules had the effect of spurring flann to perilous spurts of speed TO HE |