Show the lr M in atrit M 0 R a i k t 1 t lf 1 1 1 k I 1 ft i lil Y f I 1 i 6 V THE PORTRAIT AGAIN 13 that wuk it saw spring every lion shot of with footsteps dully dally iloie lift illet li ft to nin hemle into th lip anus arms of gummier mrs urs trob idge hid air jurun ranged ged to tale the southampton bottne cot cott taie ne of a anlo was as ding abroad ill led alth ith IlL ronal in lit crests it r initial illness and the work ork alint Rt filid ha its only antidote N w is w hither tic tle betit for the su summer nimer or or how hom so u long us its tit alic change win not permitted tn to liln hin dir latr 1 piloting 1 and asked oni to be let alolu moat till bho isho I 1 hir r t two 0 latest cit naLi alvic khe site begged for postpone posit post lone one nimit which were viere grudi higi coined coned cd it and badgered td biond end mance by glicr bunt insistence that sho rho a definite tiny winn bhe would mould in lit milling ItI Ing to 0 go o hatty declared mic wouldn t budge a foot out of town before she hall at leant coin the portrait of ada moir mis its henril heard tile accent of final ltv imd find gave in at discretion but with purged ilpo 11 Iob dih ot in a threefold capacio capa cit conceded tile con coil bluest of ids ills admiration as a sports man mail the tarl irl was lias putting up till the tile gain pst est light conet avable crushing Clue ciu liing shIng odds the physician in bilin ww mw matli fill cat tile ho successful vor corking king out of lilg tits prescribed proscribed even the be dative bich by ills order tool nery ciery flight on going to ed was nag doing its work mork an ill effect to D the contrary since her tier dreans lr enns no longer 11 stressed the girl 11 still it x auld be to consider the tile case cast already closed with a cure and tha the boier remained in ill sir pense hoping against liopo ith nr art uneas biart is art andrews andrem s turned up no trace of I 1 leonora after her tier departure from the walpole wall old in lit rany matli till marlo varlo it if those to had find had hall nian man agid the tile bus liusa nith the Util utmost lost circumspection and wid secrecy he lie reported no progress pr oRres in his search for trace of 31 mother other 0 more afore that such a person lidd evi r exist til there came nt at length a it day of relaxing heat when aben evo tiling ment ent N rong ada moice showed allowed up tip in the tile morn ig only to announce that much as ie to adored her portrait port cit relt she e 0 slightest intention of going on oil ith the tile sitt or for that matter stopping stepping on oil lu in ton touti another day if such weather meather if priscilla wanted to the tile portrait she mould have to bring it don donn to the moer country homo and urk on oil it there thia this being manifestly conable ada knew quite u all 11 it ifould be impossible 0 o duplicate tit the lighting of the stud I 1 0 felt constrained to point out candidly how ada N a As and they until they parted loch huffed fluffed to ue tle erge ergo of tears 1111 consoled herself elie site had shopping to do the tile shops acle crowded the sales people irritable and irritating she found nothing that suited her tier be tween three and four the site gave up tip and thoroughly guly out of humor started started to walk wall home up tip the avenue in front of the Ilar kness gallery a little knot of people had collected creating an eddy in the of foot traffic hesitated thell with quickening pulses added I 1 ersela to the group before the show nindo nork ing her tier woy into its heart where sho she obtained nn an view of her N work ork for it vins true maint she had hall surmised had already put the portrait of Leo leonora ilora on exhibition and already it was attracting a con amount of atten attention tinn nn chanted priscilla stool before her tier pallI punting tIng with nith eeg that bhone shone and cheeks checks A ablow low nn an exquisite ell emotion w elling in her tier bosom near by a man spoke in the inn guage of the studios praising the tile per portrait to n companion and I luard and was ins exalted kjilen lien slie site dared trust herself to do sho lie looked around cautiously peeking reeking to ide identify that kindly critic appreciation als was sn 90 much mu cl the more acceptable because he lie spoke rith the tongue of antler understanding standing A small chuckle waa as struggling in lier tier throat it ie could not help won wun dering what lint tile man would think could I 1 e know how hew dangerously nel r he was mas to being kissed by a strange woman oman kut but ill the chuckle expired in a atran stran aled gny the dancing eyck stend lel led to a fix fixed ed stare the color in her tier cheeka cheek 1 embed more swiftly than that it had find come bhe began th wonder it if her ber heart beart auld eier 1 beat again if she would ever find strength to move from hat that pot wile where re terror had transfixed her f had find been a arrested lit ur r veering glance t a eoon won ae as detached deta phed fall brorn m the portrait by b y the tile and in alent regard 0 if on ona nho ho nt at a R alight distance though in the bame boup it i into hot ho i t face nee slie site hall att it ataw tho tile milt whom hom bho sho knew oni by ho tho stale under hah lie fie pa pil among lita tits kind illarr he the nut and lie knew hir ai his moaning meaning sneer witnessed nor was uns Ms the worst vorst beyond his ills li it second face bowed color less and drawn draft with passionate mal ice lee lie the face of the tile woman inez CHAPTER SEVEN rendezvous with death I 1 forebodings hatli fill the till four mulls of her OMI room rh shutting uttIng out tile world orld a it PrIg Ollit able 0 to o take up till ho the task of rebuilding out of a ahn chaos 0 4 of nernes and scattered scat Urel hits WIN ily fly shier force of mill III alif sl made harri if ri construct and asif aliw w that ad had hall loosed panic upon her tier in tho the crot crowded led strut strat and draun lur it 11 hunted thing to sel mouro in III flight from the hostility of those who find walked bodily out of tile lie phantasmagoria of her tier drilling like ghosts b some black magic mingle material bed in III am blood tile hall beati curiously metamorphosed in III 1 of ina if could be no tie nuis quis qui s lien as lit to their but they singular anre w re and at the same time tinie were ere not ill the ine life anti hirr harr tile nut whom priscilla hall knovic in lit dr brani ani but 1 the look and attitude of harry alad inez had been etched indelibly tinon upon till in tablets of ler tier memory by udd far site could sec see no koiv ag clearly as she haj hen then the lie klizing hatred in lit lie the black ees of inca tile supercilious and anti derushe in harrys As definitely she site retained the tile de tie alls of gieir appen appearance rance aa as something vastly biffi rent in he the anae of both from froin lie the time of noras knowledge of them thein 1 tie nut for cup had halt won hi lila hicl name as much for hit tits cak nesa for flashy if expensive clothing as for tho tile ass manner which ho lie commonly finding it useful in tits buila begs a bilut today ho lie nag as viell e if it perhaps too much diessel A black morning coat with striped gray trous arous TS erg bite linen malat waistcoat coat and spate spats radiant topper and 1 sho chos 9 main s A perfectly correct costume for afternoon on tho tile avenue all that on it day of summer beat heat it la Is undeniably conspicuous in the case of inez the tile trans transforms forma tion had proved even more startling the tilt inez hoin find seen with the des of Ie leonora onora vas ns prone to shoddy finery and strident color schemes and displayed lofty contempt for trifles such na As buttons missing or hanging by a thread grease stains hoes don domn nt fit the liebig skirts that cleared tile ground at the same ele nation fore and aft whereas today she site aias as trimly turned out in the smartest of tail leurs a hat lint ill thi lust last cry in popular impudence and loved and shod it 11 in a may ny that none tone could criticism criticise critic ise clearl tho the nut had prospered since that night at 8 s an clearly lie the lin inconstant constant inez following the arrest of leo the tile flood had been bilen swift to forsake fors iko a sinking ship for passage Pa singe on a more seaworthy craft with every promise promice of a prosperous porous voyage nut but 1111 argued firmly with herself what of bf that what waa nag it to her tier uli whether ether inez and harry fared well ivell or allf after all why in the name of rea son need she hae have been eo so easy a prey to consternation on unexpectedly coming face to face with the pair what though inez and harry had rols her tier for Lc leonora onora site was not she was as merely one orie aho ho lesem bled leonora strangely and still more strangely was as elb sib to lier tier in spiritual atti alt A boman of another world entirely occupying an established position in an ordered and solid state of society she was liall cure against any offense which wrongheaded wrong headed malice might night offer her tier bhe had nothing positively nothing noth ng to from them and yetsie was afraid far crawled in the back of her tier mind outside the bright arena of common sense like a snake in a shadowy thicket S pondered ponde the riddle for a long timp time before it was vins revealed reen lel to her tier that flint lit r aar mag a not for herself but for I 1 conora imagination called up lip again thise facts that bad lint glared nt tit her in the crowd two masks of evil lighted from within by a hatred deade and tin aa As long as those two tivo remained at large knew so eo long would the tile happiness it if not tho tile life of I 1 ie e onora be in jeopardy she site tried teed to think of something slie she could do dip to confound them frustrate them reduce them to impotence BU nut t eho she knew so 0 little hr life had been too well sheltered site could not li imagine naline how to deal with creature of tit their port recourse to the tile police belne being out of the question since office it must necea rily involve leonora I bonora A ch iming aming clock reminded her that a by LOUIS LOWS JOSEPH JOSE PH VANCE author 0 the fac fane faces the lone wolf etc illustrated by IRWIN MYERS 1 by the tile author 6 6 I 1 t 7 6 6 afy 1 lv 9 k fl f 1 1 1 A kl 1 I 1 4 4 1 A it va hitie fun lit tit tilt aho li aas to take felt with fill some cricci Is mil sit lere leni lending ing toti ill next till till ito bellr asli ali and anil to point blin she the n I 1 and made minde it nd all to go it would pitr do 1 to let ie le cold aft I 1 uve botne W 1 menor elariam liln llnore was in n har nahid foreboding of greater trilb to conle it 11 MR CHILVERS mith what she inter later hobo to think unpardonable ible phe perc pere ched without int ahing lint that a nield was as a ring bt at tie ile front door floor nn tin I 1 slie site ciui td on oil the lo 10 t ir r landing in III u boine surp surprise riRe sit slip faw lie tile maid apt the foot of lie ile stairs alth ith 1 I miter tray on oil velch ly lity a CAW hir hr on oil the lie landing the flinte piu falln p iu d locking up tit A gentleman to me miss ond trint still laris cilia vent ment on oil liou down A nian striding kidir tl if v front door ii in pecking I 1 til Is aronce in a mirror up tip knitli a ull start and cattle quickly to ird her tier agirs mla 11 I 1 it lip in a rather alth notee clipping his tits vordi after a fashion illicit he bellem belle irI to bo be I 1 and carrying it oft off fairly ii ell I 1 way ay i hat rippin luckl luck I 1 rancy findan ou oil antl in completely nonplussed sed slie she start stata I 1 blankly into hiff ills ties ignoring the lite clin mols gloved land he lie prof ferel lou dont remember ine inel ke ife ut a little giggle 10 IN lo of course ou dot harry Clif fiers era nut yon you nt at the a few ecke necks ago now w aou ou n member aint you saw you on off the tile avenue this tills afternoon and tho IJ call on the tile on of ou DU in merely through konnii OMI rot got in esterday oft off to NeN newport port aou a know amal jolly to see ou really she m vai bable ablo to sav coolly how flow do aou ou doll do and with a nol nod aside the maid turned to dovard aril lie door of the drawing drav ing room NN on t ou ome come in dinv inv charmed I 1 priscilla llla limited in the middle of 0 the tile room a table nl at her tier bark back blie coin coln lit 4 0 Q 4 14 where you catch kim him nora banded a view of the entrance hall the maid lind had dit disappeared appeared she le de hoped anas cut out of 0 earshot aliat liat can I 1 do for iou elie ackel quietly looking doan at the rard card to refresh tier memory mr tall lender slender carr ing the art of ills tallor admirably the tile inan lie ile fore her tier in an attitude of ealm with an ironic biniek ho he jerked hi lit head toward the do doomany doo rany safe afe to talk here I 1 I 1 cannot imagine ImaR lne 1111 icIlla ced slowly lowly ft I 1 V ft 11 by it should not t ie e ahe he stale met hn hi etere steadily etea dlly calmly calt unfortunately I 1 do not remember sou sir air chillers nor am I 1 acquainted with tile lashonn I 1 have nn an engagement tor for live really leally I I 1 air Cli callers drawled could t put it off I 1 now could our ou bhe she a wrist to consult tier vatch match if it ou bale anything to sn to me I 1 can civo give ou two minutes etli unblushing ef ar 1 Clil hers clo flotd td in caught hot holl I 1 of lier arldt and bent befit ilia head hend our th the watch an exceedingly at of fair in platinum and nail diamond amonIs 11 I retty thing he approved with a it nod letting lie alst wrist fall where ou catch him nora she showed him R fac face like bit bil old hard hut but inwardly resentment burned eo so hotly of any sort wai utterly con umed 11 II namo name la is not norn nora so go I 1 understand mr mir chilvers easefully TOre eare tully fully debited hir hat crown down upon the table clipped his buck oct under his ana and with a flourish hil lit ii out it till tint t gold claritt cli ritt me lie ll 11 in tit a ace CP ot deep nt so I 1 under stand mind nip mill bul okill kliT id ill rathar ou oil dian didn t I 1 li ant time I 1 oil h but I 1 li iMle rit gt nu all the tile line tillee 1 Is lie tucked a cigarette lila tits lips and lighted it glanc till 14 round tie 1 room jolly little iut youe youie for our telf sota om pardon III miss eirls cilia clila maine ou oil like I 1 dont inland ant kinle lu u call iou dourif relf by so long ion oil humor my whim for k rs fond of Clil hor ou know doti t rt member e eur t r v ear nn all allas I 1 ahk took such a fune lu to 1 I dont aou ou V on t 5 ou ott be kind enough to KO go presently nn me nil in pool goof line title the nut NAIL unceremoniously vl iNked aann a dust cloth und and sat do down if in the chair it I 1 ud lad hidden I 1 I 1 lie 0 got to liand hand it to aou ou aora I 1 viann lo 10 with tilt a look of for the inot moment nent to bo be you sure do ret get an away ny avith tile lie grande damo nine stuff to if the I 1 a lucena taste not to mention hie title house an and tha linious lne at the door I 1 taku take it ours too land tellin me how ou do it find how loni long been doln dola it itt just be beleen teen ours j boti both members of this tills club 11 evidently suld milt priscilla oil are rols about me mr bir I 1 dont know ou and have no aish ash to she he a ftp toward tho tile door good afternoon mr air did not budge but ii a gg d a reproach tut bead head I 1 I 1 say norn nora don t be ile so up stage lio the ave I 1 understand perfectly ijo hom annoy annoying anno yin InI it la Is and every cv cry thin but aou a know the tile galex unit Is ae as fur far as inez and I 1 are con berned cerii cd nt at any rate so you might as well accept tho the situation gracefully come dot down n to earth and be tAve etly |