| Show I 1 A I 1 I 1 TI ae 1 tj T A j E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM athor tilt MAST or continued from last issue inc I 1 j CIl ArTEn ion ft a trip through the eng alish cumberland country tile the breakdown 1 0 I her autor automobile forces coulso maurel a in fungous Ln london don actress acl to pend the alent ant a at the lie farm home of 0 john and ana 13 wien Strang euey 11 at dinner coulso dis dincov cov r tr r s that the brothers wo aio woman hacins e 1 uses CHAPTER ni ITT boxt adorning orning rd rn who she discovers that john the younger brother has ro rr liy fly come into a large fortune in c v with willi him im ell elio s explores the farrr arar I 1 C ivin IV in a talk with him sh bhe I 1 by his rigid moral principles principle a at ills wealth hus has created no i ay iy y 0 other ill er life than tile the simple lead leading g she ehe tells lella him tier her f hat s olio lia la Is tile the friend of tile the 1 eyre a r rich ich and disreputable f I 1 V three months montha later un una able to rid of the lie memo memory y 0 tl th lg igind in spite of its brot brol liera le clr protests john KOCH goes to london Io nuon I 1 I 1 VI he rinds lowse loi ilBe engaged in ill ilia hie rehe arrill or nr ft a new play piny meets tier her frie lils ani lit IR en r at luncheon with tier by lie hie prince i VII john jahn drives homo and rilio olin givel hlin friendly addice bout love anil life in ill london the prince and boulse postpone potti iono a little journey Jc urney alj aliey ey hail had ai n ranged arranged for VIII boulse slid her friend ophy iby anke john f out ut for it i no Do hemlani introducing 11 him int to london life cw rtin IX the prince takes john rider lili ills care graillat Orall Grail lot the tha warns warna that both thol r we anil alid john love her and that th hoi 11 erinea will bo be a dangerous dant groua oroua enemy to lilai ills rival i X 1 the rhe prince c m s m lady indy I miida to john hl n t ln that she may bo or of use tiso to him in hla his of john CHAPTER XIV Orall lat int nt nta sus in joi jonii nit in n 1 lady va ahda da cal calls upon him in nna ms and with I 1 talk of louise and 1 tte the 1 arl r 1 e ti f 1 ng hla film awakened ja joa iti I 1 s i V XV ini llna nophy and the prince r 1 tau rant to the sur j u had flad told she ehe wot woi vj I 1 for or ill the a weekend week end ile H of the ilia new play Is IK so that he to ie bochy 0 01 f howe and brin j t the 1 1 after art oo theater duill supper er 1 apter t XVI cornea to lordon london to e S i w on coulta and coffern to buy ea a f freedom from tier bar influence john per s blades tho the prince to w an ineita ton iton to sayre he has haa given to on tho the bilea that it will compromise her CHAPTER louise nc ac knowl edres to john that she he loves lovea him the prince r ince proposes marriage to liar her and she r bells Is him him he Is too late CHAPTER john anks aaka sophy if louisa has haa ever u inert ted for or the grince prince and aal la id 0 t esk louisa herself tho the clur question stion ahn jihn hears that louisa hits haa been arry close to the tha prince lie ila asks graller Grall loi about it and tile playwright beira begs the question illa iiii brain in a whirl he ha meets dophy at rl a supper club anil and atila w b I 1 to she ahe Is his questions the prince cornea comes in john di antly announce bounce his engagement to louisa tho the prince rays that the tha night la Is the anniversary of at the he one when I 1 boulse mn con settled to become hla his john throws him over the table john repe repeats a is the rince rincea a words to louise she t tolls ell 9 ilin him 1 r thy ey are true CHAPTER completely broken john anks sophy to RO go awny away with him anil nil help belp him to forget she accepts but later relents rind refuses ln in johnr johna cumber I ind nd home libat alist its IB it in and stephen ara ehritt to drink confusion to all women comes in and explains that ahil ph lind tile the prince what ft hat ho he had fa clift hart never been kept tt PV irb and stephen welcomes aint ali MIT ij bo so fong ns as I 1 live jolin john gloomily tor for nil all that ill not drink your our toast eliy not there was a little girl you nu saw R lir lier lum bell you iu were lit in london sliu she 14 wivi now hut but I 1 think of nf tier some frilles fl illes nil I 1 to ilo you ou and oil se collito nip ille ilke ilia a couple of nt hil idiots cursing things too wonderful for you ou to I 1 annile no protest rr for ill ahne lie smoked in silence curiously enough ns as they slit put together sonn of the hu grim fierceness seemed to have passed from froin lili ills and settled illicit john ioro titan linn once its as lie looked across nt lit ills his younger brother it tili seemed na it if thero there was a something of self reproach in ills questioning look yon dined nt at the ordinary in mar afar ket kelton stephen asked nt at last 1 I ill il then you heard tile the news who ho could help it john muttered there macli else talked about bailiff Bal liff henderson enderson II has been over here stephen went on oil theres n bivall aminy of painters anti decorators corning down dova to tho the ensile castle next week you saw tile the announcement of tho the wedding in the rooming morning post maybe nia hp john assented without words ste alien smoked vigorously for it few me ino balents lvery now and then lie he glanced across to where heie john was as sitting once again the uneasiness was in ills his eyes eci an uneasiness which waa almost self reproach john moved a little restlessly in his hill choir lots lets drop it stephen lie logged d we both know tile the facts slie she la is going to marry him anti and thala tho the end of it nil fill your glass up again heros mine untouched ill drink your toast avith you if leave leao out tile tho lit tie wa hlad ne 1 give y if to C you myself contusion it to nil omen n 1 confusion to stephen began what on earth Is that they both heard it nt at the same time tile tho faint beating of a motor engine in the distance john set docu tits ills glass blag there was a strange 1001 lit in his eyes thero there tire anro more cars passing along the rond road now titan than in the lie old days dai lie muttered lint hut it a queer sound it reminds one olic good heavens how ho it oapl look of agony in ills tit nt ilan then once mora inure H to his lips of hearing stephen 0 on the way to tile still fl their remained suspended lit in nil kildair dair the little rarden gato lind opened and ani loed lo ed with lah a ellek click there were footsteps upon tile flinty stalk nak eoin cone conling coming here john cried hoarsely lion mely why cant they keep floii its two to years lit ago this weela eek I 1 brought tier her up tile tl dr ive m veil ou inot nt lit the lie front door two to icara cars stephen ill 1 wlm jallo call it barl alx lx they heard tile lie front flout door open they lienig je Jiin linIngs liis i vl alco ridged lit in pi pt otist otest 1 licit their licar awit oft n door MIS avas suddenly dily filing vide und n happened jolina johns KIKS glass slipped d from froin ills his fin finberg gerg anti lie wine sroni krenn nr ivd out altro 33 the carpet lie shrank buck back gripping lit at tile the tablecloth stephen turned ills hf hedd hea d and eat as if turned to stone john slin site bared it the car this unit it Is I 1 who vo lime have broken town I 1 I 1 cannot go on I 1 have hao no pride left I 1 liuo have come to you will von ou kielp tell me lie found himself upon ills feet stephen too hall had arisen six sho stood between tile two men lind glanced from froin one to the tha other then she dooh looh cooled ed more closely into johns johni face peering forward with n little start of pain and her eyes were filled with alth tears john she cried forgive met me I 1 you were so cruel that nj orning and you ou seemed to understand lo 10 little dont you really understand stand even cen now have you ever known knon the truth I 1 on der tile tho truit lil hi he echuca hours faly ly dont we nil all know that dont we wa nil all know I 1 lint hint lie he la is to give gho lou on your rights that you on are coming coining ll stop she ordered him lie ile obeyed find for n moment thoro there was a tense st rallied silence jolin john site she continued at last 1 I have no rights to mcelve from froin the prince of lie ile owes me nothing listen I 1 we have seen life dlf dif you on und aind 1 I to tile nic there here is only one tant great tiling thing and that hut la 18 love and beyond that nothing counts I 1 tried to luc love the prince before you came tind I 1 thought I 1 did and I 1 prom 7 y mb r 4 E i A ive come for youl ased hlin blin at hist because I 1 bell believed eved hint flint lie loved tile me and that I 1 loved lint him find that if BO 80 it wits ills right light look town down the rond road johni john I 1 on abat night I 1 wits on oll my way to tile castle but I 1 broke down and lit in the morning thu the world mirld was till nil dIf Terent alid I 1 went lick back to london it lins has bein been dir ferent ever since and there has bus never been tiny any question of anything between tile prince and me because I 1 knew that it asis us not love jolin john was shaking in every ellinb ills eyes were filled with alerce question ing stephen sat there and there was wag wonder la in tits ills face too when ahen you sou balile calile to me that morning felie blie went avent on olt you spoke to me in a strange tongue I 1 understand you you seemed so far away I 1 wanted to tell you tile the whole truth hut but I 1 I 1 sure perhaps it secil seemed led to tile me that it was wag best for tile me to forget if ever I 1 hall cared carr d for the ways or of our lives seemed so far apart you went awny away and I 1 drifted on but it true that I 1 ever promised to marry the prince no one hall any right to put tant para graph in the newspaper I 1 but what tire are you doing here then jolin john asked hoarsely arent you on your way to the castle she came ft i little nearer tier her arms went around his neck you dear stupid IdIll 1 she cried I 1 told you sou imp tried tiled to do without you and I 1 cant ive come for you iou come outside please I 1 its quite light the moons coming coining over the hills I 1 went to walk up tip the orchard I 1 want to hear just what ive alve come to hear I 1 iff ho passed out of tile the room in a dream under the blossom laden boughs of the orchard eliard or and up the hillside toward the church Thed passed but louise remained ined flesh and blood her lips were warin and tier her arms held him almost feverishly in that little church john and quickly so quickly please plea sal I 1 sho she whispered jennings hastened in to where stephen was sitting alone sir stephen lie cried coming to us its theres that french hussy outside anti and it motorcar lit in tho the drive and the n skins asking when hes to sleep the woman wants to know whether sho sh enn can have tile tho same saino bedroom for her mistress as last thile tamel V then why dont you go and seo sea lIbOI about IL 14 it you fool stephen replied pick up those pieces of glass there lay the cloth and get some supper rendy 11 through it the open doorway they heard alleea voice in the hall 1 cester Jenning 4 will you gleaso come mid help mn ine with tho the luggage get along you stephen ordered better hurry up till with tile supper too the boy tout tom can bee to thu the luggage tile old titan man recovered himself slob ly youre taking em cm in sir taking liking ti I 1 cm c I 1 into tile house lie he gasped what about that toast stephen refilled two glasses wod better alter it a little ito ho declared clec lared gilleres leres Il confusion to most women but luck to john and his ili sir jolin john anti ills wifel wife jannings Jonn Ings repeated us 1113 bo set lily ills ganss down empty lipty Il ril ill just see that thai them thein sheets Is alred aired upstairs sir or that hussy will lie ile vinning eyes eca nt fit tom I 1 ile ho departed and stephen was left lie he slit and listened to tn tile tho sound of bellig being taken upstairs to AtIt aunus ios little torrent of directions good eod humored but profuse to the of preparations prepa rat loaia in tile he kitchen in ili tb ahr room tile the tali clock ticked solemnly n fragment of the log ivery every now mid thon then foil fell upon tile the hearth presently lie he TWO roso to its ills foit feet foi t lip he heard tile HIP all click k of the garden gaiden gate I 1 the sound bound of john unit cud louise return ili leiff lid IN rose and stood really ready to wel como them TUB THE UND LUND |
