Show UHL THE L UH HUSBANDS OF 0 J EDITH I 1 bl GEORGE BARR bu dodd mead w co 03 VI 1 l nw laita botn im suro nw alfill hiiro oil lio said you not know f J 1 I lived tit in your inos aw alu jIll ItI sit for somo auto sabos we pon sill soul oil new 1 aa york 2 s it big Q place mr tuh I 1 I 1 PD p l 1 nn timaly lie was SU it i slight young fellow with rill n U areah inquisitive VJ face OZ sill ita I 1 lii cr I london lu at some ways it s upward sus say op do yon know I 1 you remind me uan lJ fellow Atol I 1 moui knew in new MON york haw haw 1111 laughed 1 poll brock without ooval s aco to or re imon miss fowler caught birr 1 loj l mol ni mod brock stupid sort laos of iiii li ii sly I 1 ny says I 1 0 dror nil mr Ulster velt polia cried ii etli li kiil ti il tit in you shant sus bay ivri it aur in itt mr brock griea iby S luat tj friand Pual 1 siv ill it mrs Mod POIl croft TOAD it U w sill my inner inN ami rr 11 arock was SIMI hiding a lichina vill sill ills hand sho knows liin lail iol amill 1 I to ot tell lial tho dill truth initial ive him but ive seen mas him 0 on 1 1 1 0 it ailtie tim ail atadea you op do liap all though 1111 SI hy jovi 11 ils 14 1 ox 1 ri ordinary moll how lit many 1 auti suti peo oad pip kila alink I 1 look like dear plo old brock 3 kiil liil ali th loll ko laury Sant li ury inu but on no the win M most isom people think that 1 iii k louks ill like om ino so os the diw mv dill Buld inz eh mr kuddy kappl 1 1111 hipping 1 I 1 if N want good ln iv riis iii 1 aa 11 gasp asu rd IV mr t who sum fussy and illy futile on no seemed to 04 dixi dinv inv suddenly uncomfortable MI st ns if lupine vis sum it alth him alil ii i inita hiis sit it success brock a shone with 11 it 11 q jill all thins sill his wife was SUM 1101 in ill ilo of jo ill the four years of jo life va pull jmel liffin so os brilliant sn alop 1 al lisia to ol 1111 own istance IM OC J antt aln pull lind va un iii il in ill 11 U 7 0 nun alic impostor jois pill jail 1 4 1 acro joaa of JO ul ln stif jnolia Ull of jo it alu lul isaio of jo course oil no alinn 11 1111 1011 SOSO mid moll spIr wore for duill alone 1 n U reri MI isicc could MI bu buve 11 MV felt should lin unido min haip A p v nf furious in ill ills S mt ill pit ful of ber 1011 Idt irdle Ml Ird li pill oi nu tiofil nebout ill 1110 male ill alny I 1 loep om to ol akl eirls nt IV abr 1111 rimo time sin 1111 vi 1 k xo 01 nover so 09 vivacious so arock vis ISUM aill lit spoil mi lie sum cd 10 1 IK an imd to 01 look to ol himself carefully tit in ord ortt hill als wits yi in abc pro ltd sill nis alar OOl received paitool PAI 11 38 severe 1 it all 11 mrs S daiv M adcroft with 0 it noll insisted that juill anko aal As s tin bos pion held inq but six its slad persons Suo ln SUM iv is compelled to 1 more or JO less for himself in ill v tv r alny A 11 ii assured I 1 the q a wIl oll if in ill i m liol alint till I 1 tie all lind 1111 1 sr aln dill spoil of jo aill loiis tind would join them during b A the III then he an went out ino pull silt lii III the 1111 fourr 11 tant he all glinted ll vatier k hii tier the oll end pit of jo the aidi net lie hiis pined ml ly mr 31 liOU sol ion hor rubly bind for relief in III n U cafe hev ill lidid it ind soda apiece and feeling comfortably comfort abry roen ro oi en forced returned pat to ol the oil opera imado lionael ula irm in ill arm long and short thin and fat liberally discoursing upon the dill intellectuality inthe of jo icer wagner 1 say ills llos youre 01 not nt all like ull an ril englishman lu exclaimed emilliano P mr kodney impulsively pul evon eh ich what hospod bjork replacing sit his aso oh 0 q I 1 say now pon nod stu my word agull haw tilli A got tiu nn sense of humor what you nox I 1 have q u oj you recognize recognise aim az the dill joke tant allua aahl played on no the oil world IOA pl purdon me atu for saying it 41 sir inq but I 1 pip LU think it was SUM in ill tilt nn 11 VW haw linw nipping by jove no oil no not you llos I 1 moan the dill jko but you ilos see SJ its been so 08 long 1 since played it tant even nn U englishman labul 1113 I 1 mal lias pull had time to 01 see aas the daill point bo ive lived it a bit of jo sm my life in if america 1 4 that accounts loom Slut for it 11 61 said pills the tactless IIII but mr kodney brock mg ai glared 11 yo venomously at the intrusive imI mr Ulster velt upon the occasion 30 sill his next visit to ol sill his own box 1 mrs Med croft lills smiled pal softly to ol o 0 jit as she turned P oil her 1 face A 17 MIN few minutes inter she seized the dill op to ol whisper lad in ill sill ills illa ear jail her I 1 were emam i 1 pim something 1 in u lier milliner bespoke of jo l bated 1 pit breath you k tio are in if with sul my sister 1 I 1 aus aha she otis said to 01 him ne an blushed p convincingly N lie ill to 01 reply m but 1 11 1 lint yon ini ill lint IlIJ eilind pt any I 1 one c MN in see it 11 ees it avent El I 1 s von ls hetiso oll to tit it 11 from her now op do yon llos expect to 0 v tn I 1 SIV my deur mrs sal sm iny mcak ck sir iedith l 1 hlll you nos i im ie UK aiu all luelf ji inn but lie went on easily op do you IIII think iIi I 1 could win film arr thiet Is not for onry wife to 0 say abig slie afus ii I 1 id pa le 01 tremendously proud pilo of jo you su ns si 11 kister iii briw pill and id be much obliged JI if help ill me jill hut 1601 look nt 11 tat 71 confounded lojun iaea mak tit IKS love imol to ol lier with alie house looking on 1 I think it 11 oll lie polke JI if you LIOS wore to oi ask mill him out for ti I 1 drink she oils suggested 0 but I 1 it ive pull one it pill I 1 never take two I 1 model 1101 then 1011 JU girls into ilson 1 IlSo boj t or i 11 stroll pill n U chut sifter the net pont mind ku me D im 1111 your po 01 you til think ive I 1 ot lo n U vila jou till her till u r I breive 1 va A 0 edfort 13 11 yonn pun h id one alm wife thrust upon you alm why should yon ilos expect without tilli Itlo it ini 1111 nar dd h iru I to 1 aimi for esuo hut I 1 mull have your 1 I asin till julio count on ito your it hi dont itlo Koil oai mry people wll think yon IV anro 1111 1 aol aal to nna pro tested da c pal willfully 61 ills 1111 question rie oil POU to 01 tho hex after tile second net proposed it tarn in ill tho foyer to ol sin his asti l Ulster volt du pim and left ajol mill him to ol follow with salt mrs hodney pill ind anther lout ine ito all elmost hated edith for the I 1 al she oils shot loll titter will him ns on he moved jap Palmi if IM ua 8 1 luridly 1111 nt IH tho dill irrepressible irdill freddie lie SUM not 1011 alone in al sill his l al woo wool Kuther lne rodney green with jut lousy sual salto 0 fill 1113 lifter lier dearest friend while mrs rodney sum JUS tile ns bu if it if were inden frost dont you think connio li it perfect laap im OS ho fond of jo lier da said pills miss apoll rodney So so os sweetly that ivill ill hi should hivo detected Pala the dill nether latt 1011 low no all started pill pulled himself together aw acs tie all con nd austed sill ills va agul for 11 ansty it ilont 1110 ul in Ns search of jo the it easily disturbed mr rodney then I 1 I 1 to 01 ml 8 PON hodney StAI 1814 lil 11 blank cju ift er 10 it sud fuls 1 llin pc of jo her asa escort adiv or u perfectly jolly cdo opera Ul 1 81 it ll 11 A I 1 CHAPTER VII IIA the would oe be brother in law bane all next morning 14 1 pill ru K claua mr alv alfred hodney 11 IT j bolei aiu ii h p town 0 ik the ball to ol sall mrs paja M ed crofts door 1001 with MIM characteristic ORSIA JW far west isom impulsiveness oil he banged on no the loop door A sleepy voice naked who was there si its ota mo poll rodney Sou got up I 1 want to ol see oas RIed croft suy sus wake iuah 0 up ddn roxbury came tuua 0 tit in shrill tones from within oj lie on he upstairs good poo beavon mr rodney want veat has sill happened what ban NUT happened upstairs what the deuce damp Is 91 he doing amill upstairs L I 1 sm nos hes sleeping 11 do 01 tell 1101 mo S tin al matter isu ilasi this sill mr Mod crofts room ye T a a is I but 1 i I 1 I 1 he an insl tit in on he objects to ol the aill cislon oh no suil has anything happened oi 0 o S she was standing ing A just ill the loop door and her voice betrayed agitation 1 my dear edith dont 1101 get excited 1 I have it a IN telegram 01 1111 IJ from uia she ails uttered a shriek nalls 1 H lies sa been assassinated I 1 oh roxbury bury i what the 0 dov AOL are you 1109 13 cray its a telegram mua from oh I 1 knew PS kill dwite him I 1 knew 4 something dreadful would happen ji if I 1 left mall she stopped suddenly lie all distinctly heard jail her catch her breath after a moment she oils went on ito warily sj Is it 41 from a man named hobart i no its from odell carney ho inq bart 41 1 I dont know anybody altu named pat nobart mont illow was SUM oil he to 04 know that llonart was buat the dill name Med croft 40 had for loa correspondence 01 purposes were to 01 meet jabal the an odell car saint today in ill munich I no 1 0 time to 04 be lost weve got to ol catch ill the 9 6 train 1 1 oil came atul tit in great relief from the other side jo if dill door then ul in suddon dismay but 1 I lut cant 13 OP do ill the impi idea of jo I 1 getting 11 I 1 iu up atah hour like this want tiow room sl is roxbury la 11 lul in 1 I dont know in III very decided I 1 botio inquire IV at the aill alfred was it a iamsaad persevering io aul man it 11 sl Is barely Issod possible alq that oil he occupied aupied a lower social plane than that iii attained pouli SI by sill ills wife but on he was sum a mini tl 30 accomplishment if not accomplishments ments on ie always pip did what oil he set jas out 4 to OP do apu ipu B it said plus in III defense of jo this assort loD he all not sitio only routed nut sill his protesting flock but pun had IV at west ISOL ul in awil to oj rit qua rith I h tin orient express luggage accessories cess ories pull nil 1111 OU ne it 41 also said MUS that lit was suit dill eluo one duo in III atia party rave baus moo pull and tootles lood sal who to ol all amiably dash the odoll was SPA what freddie Uly said pills us sl the train ival drew out of jo the station ils brock looked up approvingly s the ill first sensible thing ive pawn heard witt him s say sl he an muttered loud anol enough qi tobe heard ami P by miss fowler 1 1 sus say who mu are the dill odell carneda first ive hoard of JO IWO em 1 WL the 0 flonc carleys carneys oh 1110 dear amp have you noa never heard of jo them she oils cried in ill latis surprise asim oil lie felt properly rebuked they are very swell londoners Lon doners it 11 sl Is said then lj lual good heavens momi know im not Mcd croft oil he whispered in ili alarm K not 40 at nil stu my dear roxbury i just where youre wrong atio they dont know roxbury the first ive gone over it 11 ilu with edith just crazy to 0 JOB get oluf into the odell carney set 1 re 01 af gret to 01 s say st that quill they have failed to 01 notice aill Med crofts up to ol this still time secretly lamaS ISI edith has ambitions she otis has GUTI gone CI to 01 the on lord mayors dinners and to 01 the all royal antiquarians paa and to ol sir its john PUL and a lot of jo other functions on no the al outer rim but solas never been able to 01 brenk through the oil crust and taste the real iva sweets of rl a don society my dear roxbury ho iho i odell luo carneda entertain the nobility without T compunction and been known to ol hobnob with royalty salv mrs odoll liopo carney was mm a u lady somebody or other before she oils married the second time sails terribly smart roxbury now in III the dill name of 30 heaven op do they happen to ol be hobnobbing hobnob bing su as you nos iva call it 41 with the sum may I 1 ask well it 41 seems that odell corney st is promoting 11 new moll south african mining DA vennito venn iio I 1 have it 41 from il freddie DIPPO ul II 11 that hes trying to ol 1114 cli thing mill like if shares to mr hod SOU ney ti who ml has loads of jo money I 1 lint came it dill IJ from 1110 01 real IV mines in far hed I 1 never emall be such a 11 fool it UK to 01 sink V i aitu llon IM in ill south jy africa vali yon know oal lint on hes s just clever enough al to pee tin advantage of jo oll keeping Hildo A ifopo tt n tow NU as it 11 were it 41 Otil means StIll it i great deal to airs s rodney dont you nos know boti 4 bury to ol be an able to ol sus any duill th it alie toured 1 with the odell DIIO carleys carneys ss IJ freddie cippa sus says j that D cousin alfred ST Is talking in III w i doiy manner of 30 koin to 0 in eli to ol look bool fully into the it 11 Is 81 understood that the anre to 01 be the f 1 of 10 odell while in london it il wont lie all cn BOU of 30 cou irie as so there wont IK much of 30 it n in ill the tIlls II set it 31 s our 1110 dear editha desire to 01 slip into the aill 11 paul mla circle ala ol 01 through the rift alint the al oll maul make do 01 you compre hend XOU they OU X were seated pallas side apis by side als in the corner Jall of dill compartment sill liis brond q back ai her as much ilan II 11 su ns od possible alliss froid the oil dil persistent 1 glances of jo Mel freddier Freddie 1 Ulster velt who OTIAS was nobly to confine sill ills attentions to 01 katherine brocks broc ks MSO eyes were iop devouring 1110 axil her o exquisite 0 face with a greediness that might have caused her 1011 some uneasiness JI if there maill pull had not ion been I 1 pleasantly agreeable ul in sill his way sum doof itil ing it 11 yes 14 faintly spul apul oil he replied lido pa after mi an almost lill Isol omadell imperceptible conflict I 1 i the las senses basl of jo sight pau and allott hearing MI u hut it 3 ol 01 how P does 1100 she ons intend to 01 explain ine away ill on be it a dreadful skeleton in ill her 1011 closet JI if it 11 sono comes to 04 that when alan its hiie sl 1 obliged fix to 01 produce the aril real noll kox bury aliat llin ashes thought oll Iti jil it 11 ilu all out bosbury nos bury 44 said pills constance severely but almost Is inaudibly im ills sure i freddie it heard 1110 ad part of JO what you ids said PIM OCI do be 01 ca refill ashes going 1 A to 04 reveal 11 the adoll plot jold to ol 01 mrs odell carney just ll us 11 soon sit as hox satin bury gives haq word treating 1 it 11 sit as a very clever pill and necessary ruse dont you see mrs odell carney will he I 1 implored to 04 pil aid tit in the deception wi for it a I 1 maj few issup days put and shell consent because i ashes h really anite a 11 bit of jo a u sport at dill psychological moment 11 fix M I 1 I 1 I 1 aa will oi be told that places mrs odell carney in the petition JO 0 being nna abettor ao 0 accomplice alieh had th distinction of JO being it a sharer I 1 in it 11 i inose glorious piece mald of jo lIls strategy I dont 1 0 u 4 you see how f it 11 will nil 1119 work 11 tn 1 the aill pilo cud all wont alq 4 vou two I 1 wa im chont freddie Joll noisily Sip coming to 04 till mi plia mid di wp il is to q busain A I 1 I 1 I 1 brock furiously a in mill liim ill with it n 11 kick 10 on hita oil no vowed MIlAk IIII III lie all would airry all mark to I 1 sill IA 4 oiling nic mu whit n u ill cli if I 1 ip you tit nrc freddic plin sald its alio brock 1012 pa out of jo tilt 1111 palm ko freddie jillis pa im kotting sick of jo this jot 11 01 m I 1 ed brock 1 tinder ills 1 I it ito now op apar 11 dont lie 11 bc ir alis lie so 0 gently i biml taso so 0 full of ja alint li sudden and nu lif aill pit old lalit 0 UI cmrk into ills s eyes aso IS so v its alic IM for nn 1111 instent lu 11 1 fore 10 0 lowering birr 1011 own 1 I etc tant confounded ild SId ho all a oapl ill antii till sl ly 11 hill balot with 1 felt st is 1 do 01 you would too 1 IK inia pail in ill ill IK old M wiy VII tiit uns him sum not somi loos to forgot unit an 11 gwilm binic as s I 1 1 I 1 1 I dont aos moll liow my one ano tiva daml bic liking proddia Prod dio alio plus mill ItIl alm lie it nt tin bolow oloa actor 11 on 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