Show 10 THE MILLMAN ZY by E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM 40 T z DOUBLI 11 C H T ra continued from last isano SYNOPSIS ion I 1 on a trip through the english cumberland country the breakdown bri of 0 her automobile forces louise maurel a Is amoul london actress to upend spend tho ti ant at the farm home hugue of john and stephn stephen s stranger ey CHAPTER il at dinner bouso lou discovers r that the brothers are woman hating rec recluses uses CHAPTER ill next morning she he discovers that john tile the younger brother till bus a recently com come I 1 nto into a large fortune III in company with him she explores the farm CHAPTER ivin IV in tn a talk with him she 1 la Is disturbed by his rigid moral principle slid and finds it aliat at tits his wealth him has created no desire for any other lire life than the simple one he Is in leading she tells tella him tier her name liam s and t that hat she bile Is in the friend of th the nee of bayre a rich and disreputable lie neighbor gabor i V three months later itter un able ahac to rid himself of tile the memory of the ilia actress arid and tn in spite of 0 ills brothers pro this john roea goes to london CHAFI chaiten TEn VI tle he finds louise enga geil 1 in tile the rehearsal or a now new play meets dengate tier e r fri und mild la Is entertained at luncheon WI lh tier her by the prince chartor arar TER VIE john drives sophy homo rine and she phe rives gives film lalni friendly adalin t a I 1 ut love arid and liftin london tile prince louive I 1 pone a little journey they dad ad arran azos fur CHAPTER VIII boulse and hr her friend take john out for a bohemian night introducing him to london life CHAPTER IX the prince takes john under ills hla social nodal care graillat Orall Grail lot tile the playwright warns warna louise that both tile the prince and john love her bar and that the prince will be a dangerous danKo roua enemy to lite hla rival CHAPTER X the prince introduces a relative lady hilda to john hinting that ehe may be of uso use to him in hla 1112 education ca tion of john CHAPTER XIV fitly planta suii am 1 in I 1 amr mind lady ild calls 1111 n III lir in his ha rooms anil and attempts flirtation flir tallon sh in him her talk of lovise loulie and th HIP pr e further his awakened jealousy CHAPTER XV dinine with sophy louise and tho the prince appear in the restaurant tau rant to tho itle surprise of john wb whom 0 m louise had ad t she would b be e out of tn town w n tor for the weekend week end its he attends the first night of the new play and at the climax li Is so go shocked that he leaves the house bochy by follows and brings him back to IU the after theater supper CHAPTER XVI stephen Stane Stang ewey c omes comes to london to see the tha new play CHAPTER stephen calls on loulie louise and offers to buy ills his brothers freedom from her influence john persuades the prin to 0 o withdraw an invitation to seyre feyre houe he has haa given to I 1 aulne on the plea piea that it will compro comero mine her A CHAPTER CHAPT 1111 acknowledges to john that thai sho she loves lovea him the prince proposes marriage to her and she aha tells ella him he la Is too late CHAPTER john asks sophy I 1 if louise has lin 9 ever ty IT ed for the prince a and R n d she advises lj 1 t uk ask louise herself lerse if the ho quest question ion CHAPTER ann ai ars that taftt boulse ro ulie has been very clow close to tile the prince lie he hoks Grall Orail lot about it and the it Is playwright P ay wright lie hegg the question ilia brain in a whirl I 1 he meets ts sophy sit at a supper club anil and while ne she la Is dodging his questions the prince comes in john defiantly announces not inces his engagement to I 1 loutee u e the prince says that the night Is the I 1 anniversary ann of the one when louise con consented to bome become hla his john throws him over the table and now she begged coming over to him blin and speaking in n wore more mat ter of fact tone do let us be practical I 1 must run awny away and you must KO go and have n both bath and claiire c ge your clothes dont bo be afraid 0 of your 0 ur lepit lotion I 1 con get out by tile the other entrance I 1 she whispered you I 1 have lin ve to tn RO go to see Loul louise sel t ite ih corred ills his foco face ills hands Vi ints the uso use of it he groaned ronn cd UH its only illy another turn of the screw I 1 dont lu ile foolish john she lilie nd ad briskly you dont actually know anything yet nothing at all A T ozz remember she whispered you i have to go to see gee louise 11 it least you are not sure of anything knill nd besides you strange inge impossible per aon nhe ahe went vent on putting lii iniel dont you see that you mit int bigge ape tier lier not hv by the standards of 0 fai ur world lit in which site lins has never ayed but toy by the ho duras of her ber world lit in which silo was born and bred that la 19 only calr it lie ile rose listlessly to t 0 tits his feet there was a n strange lull dull look in ills his fuce face you are a dear girl sophy So phyll 1 he wd dont ei an just yet I 1 illige nor never tel felt like it eleto in my life but just now I 1 dont want to be left alone send a boy bo for some clothes and I 1 will order orde r slime tea she hesitated my lly cwi owa reputation she murmured Is absolutely of no couse juencke but remember that you live etere and dont be tally lie he interrupted Interrupt el ahra does that matter and bides besides to you mid and all tho the rest of rou on lit here re these things inet a mans they are expected if f him see sec I 1 have rung the lie bell fur for breakfast now I 1 am going to 0 o telephone down for a messenger boy to 11 pi i for your clothes clothen they breakfasted together a little later and she indo him smoke ile hr stood before the window look lul down upon lipon the river with his it pipe lit in ills his mouth and in au unfamiliar look upon ulion him fane ro do pome that louise knows I 1 liu ho asked at length 1 I should think not silo ri replied piled 11 it II la iq for you it to tell her I 1 runt rang ill up the pr princes hires bouso while you yon ui arre r lit in the bathroom they suy sur chrit lie he lina it broken rib find some bud bild cuts su sus lit in a motor nerl accident dent last night light hilt but that ho Is in no longer danger there c was nothing about tho the affair in thi ahr at abil the lie prince q 11 have avo evidently beon been in instructed to give tills account to Inqui inquiries A glenin of interest shone in joins johns face by the bye lie he remarked illis alir prince Is a frenchman ile iio will vill very likely expect tile me to light with biliti 11 no hope of that my belligerent friend sophy declared with an all attempt at a smile the prince knows that he be Is in england ile he would not be guilty of such an anachronism he sides bides he Is a person of wonderfully well balanced mind when he Is himself again he will realize that what happened to him Is exactly what laiq asked fur finlin took up tip his hat and gloves ile he glanced at the clock it was a little bast past eleven 1 I nm am ready he announced let left me drive you home first ills motor was waiting at the door anti he left sophy at tier her rooms before she got out she held his arm for n moment john she said remember that louise Is very high strung and veri very sensitive be careful I 1 there la Is only one thing to do to or to say gay he answered there la Is only one way in which I 1 can do it ile he drove the car down piccadilly like a man in a dream steering its as carefully us as usual through the traffic ank and glancing every now and then with unseeing eyes at the streams of pi pro pio o pie upon afie pavements finally he came to a standstill before louises house and stopped the engine with deliberate care then he be rang the bell and was shown into tier her little draw ing room which seemed to have become a perfect bower of pink and white lilac lie be sat waiting as it if in a dream unable to decide upon ills his words unable even to sift his thoughts the ono purpose with which lie lind had come collie the one question he de designed to ask was burning in his brain the inin ute t of her absence seemed tragically long toil thon then ht last the lie door opened and louise entered sho she came toward him blin with a little welcoming smile upon tier her lips her ber manner was gay almost affectionate have you come to take me for a ride before lunch hinch she asked do you know I 1 think that I 1 should really like IMP we lunch it at Ilan elligh on our wry wily homo 11 the worde in ills ahli throat from where sir she v ws its sill lowthe now the writing on hla his face silo she stopped short what tit lo it she exclaimed ever since flance I 1 knew you lip lie said old slowly there have been odd moments when w I 1 i e in I 1 chave have lived in torture tor tort tire during the lite lost fortnight those havo bi income conie hours last night tho the end ciul caine en inc aro are you mod mad john she demanded perhaps Per hopR he replied listen when whan I 1 left you lost last night I 1 went to tile tic club in adelphi terrace there was a n kv well ell known critic there comparing you and latrobe Ln trobo on he fit bored you but he gave latrobe tit lie place in certain parts latrobe lie he said sald had had more experience lit in life site she had had a dozen lovers you rou only anel ap she winced tho the glad gand freshness fros linINS seemed suddenly to fado fada from her fore ifer her eyes became bame strained well 1 I found grilliot Gr alliot I 1 cornered corne him asked him for tho the truth about you lie put me ine off with an e evasion I 1 nine down hero here find looker looka ed at your av it was three in tin ill borning nor ning I 1 dared not conic collie in A very of unrest was in my blood I 1 stopped at the night club OP 0 my wily way hack sophy was there 1 asked tier plainly illy to put me out nut of my illy agony was wan like grilliot Grall Gr alliot lot slie bile fenced with ne ine and then the prince camel tho the arinto was there she cho faltered ITO iio came up to the table where wd I 1 WOO wera I 1 1 I was half mod mad 1 foler emm ft Z g faass of nine ine I 1 told him that you had promised to become my wife ile he raised his glass I 1 can see pee him now me told old nip with a mile ainsle that it was the anniversary of the illy day on u abich you promised to his I 1 louise boulse shrank back he told you that john was on his feet the fever was blazing blay lii once more ile he told tile ine flint face to afteel and you 7 we if f we vie had been filone john tin an red 1 I should have killed ill him I 1 drove the words town down his thront I 1 throw threw him hack back to 0 o the place ho he arld left find hurt hlin rather badly im afraid sophy sopha took ino inn home and now I 1 atu here she leaned a little forward on the much couch she looked into his face searchingly anxiously na as if looking for something she coull could not find ills abts lips ills were set it in hard cold lined th the 4 likeness to stephen find and never been more inore apparent listen I 1 she you are a pur aurl tun hill while I 1 admire the splendid self restraint evolved from your creed it I 1 la partly temperamental it I 1 wits was brought up tip to see things differently arid I 1 to do see them differently tell nie me to do you love tile me you rj jj lie he repented you know it I 1 could I 1 suffer the tortures of the lie damned if I 1 could I 1 come collie to you with it 11 mans blood upon my liv if I 1 Ild nt it if the prince lives it Is simply pimply tile alie accident neel dent of fate I 1 tell you that hut if we vo lind had ien been sinne blone I 1 should hanve driven ala lie breath out of if lil body love you yiu I 1 ile he rose roo ro o slowly to tier her feet she lennol with her pillow elbow upon tile tie man and tier lier face was hidden for n let tin ine think she said 1 I dont know what to rny to you I 1 dont know ii john there anything left of tito hie john I 1 loved let ln me look again n 1 she swung around you speak of love she went on oil suddenly do you nil know what want it li on do you know lint love reaches to ill tin heavens lien vens and cun call also touch the neth ermo t depths of licit hell it I 1 throw myself on your knees before you now nov if I 1 link my fingers around your neck if I 1 vili whisper kiler to til you that lit in tile deyp iny that tant were past before you came I 1 han lone done things I 1 would feln faan forget if I 1 told old you that from henceforth every second of my life yours that my heart bent beat with yours by lay find by flight that I 1 had no other thought no other dream than to stay by your side to see you happy to give nil there was of myself into your keeping to keep it holy and sacred for you john joha what then never a line in his face softened lie ile looked ut tit tier her a moment na its lie he lind hail looked nt at the women in piccadilly into whose hand he had dropped gold are you going to tell nc me that it lg Is the truth lie asked hoarsely think for it a single moment of flint feeling which you call love johnt john I 1 she pleaded listen 1 I 1 love you oil it tills come to me ine tit nt last after till nil these years it lives in my heart it greater thins thing than my illy ambition a grantor thine filing than my illy success a greater than linn life iffe itself I 1 love you john I 1 cant you feel apel dont ou know that nothing else in ili life can matter not a line in his big face softened nil big teeth had come collie together lie ile was like a ninn man upon tile the rock rack it Is 14 true it la in true then lie ho demanded she looked tit nt him without tiny reply TI the ie seconds seemed drawn out ont to tin an interminable period ile he heard tho rolling of nf the in the he street once more alp perfume of ill lie I 1 lilac seemed Ilee nied to choke him then she leaned lack and toil touched ehod tile the bell pit th the prince spoke the HIP truth silo pile said 1 I think you and ila better gol gal CHAPTER before the avide flung nuni window of her attic bedchamber sophy gerard bernrd was wag crouching tier her face turned turn 1 I I 1 westward wart slip slie had abandoned nil effort to sleep the one thought that was wan heating lit in tier her brain was too insistent too that hat tinkled of chimneys and poles somewhere on nil lite other side if lita tho gray erny linze which hillix about tile the mygind roofs jolin john nod nd boulte were working out their heir desdun speaking nt at last the ho naked linked truth jo to ench each other slip she started st suddenly Rud denly back into till the room there was A n knocking tit nt ohp door something quite different from her slip wrapped liar gown her pulled ill lin tit HIP P tit 0 1 IP C d in which slip filic lind find striven to rest rent mid anti moved nj ved inward the door sli she turned tho handle who la Is that slip filic asked john elmost pushed ills his way enst tier lier slip closed tin the floor door nerve le c w 44 fingers her eyes sought lit lilai fibel tier lier illia were ported she altin citing to the linck back of it lie chair you have spen louise Loi ilso silo film ex 1 I sern senn lie ho answered nn itil tle all all over she looked a little helplessly around hr then she selected the ow gnp chair in tit tiny that lint was likely to hold hini him nil mid let led him to it sit down the slip begged and tell tile me about it you despair like tills till nil nt at once I 1 wonder if I 1 could help hell I 1 I 1 no no ono one con help belp 11 lie told tier lier grini 1 ly it Is till nil and docic loll 1011 with I 1 would rather not talk any more it I 1 como come hero here to talk about it I 1 can camo to see gee you so tills this 14 si where you livel lire III II looked around him and tin for n moment he almost forgot the pain which was glin glinting wing nt at ills hla henrt heart it vas such n plainly furnished dittle room sa ea 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