Show ain 11 Z copyright 1916 by the th reilly britton co continued from amit ibaan SYNOPSIS ne noberta not bertaL erta an n orphan halt half french halt An anserlean lerlean antar aln for america to may wit I 1 I 1 a an u uncle n cie meets meats count ila do Inas elloa crousin ir to becu lecure re inkles for france arance dy a mistake robertas nober diB uncle believe she ahw Is a tie chow film to bo be a woman hater flo hoam e arta tn dialls u attil a her knelt general carruthers Carrut liere informs his supposed milica that lint tie he ills his of fience to tell out a dral deal for or providing tor for I 1 the governors nors honor ito if involved in the mulo mule doul noberta pledges tier her ald aid land and li Is intro durold to 0 Oo tinor bault ici i unil and to ills his e a cr G L iry ary auza lu mrs jat jol af whitworth la Is deep ii 11 tile the mule schaine cheina ii walli v atit I 1 her cr hull band utia endeavor endea voi ing t to 0 tat lot if alie to mors to the tha tra U loll 1011 tile mo vornor gives it 11 dinner to roberta noberta who bua tiei fieo i mado private secretary pro bho 1310 matches tier alis agit hist mrs mra whitworth wh wirth CHAPTER VII oram drama of the wr war mule HAVE n felir deollo to know if it ii tuto into th tue e life of every hinr prison person thore collies 3 out llulu hf he Is norr never to forget until death unit i pi tips even efti after I 1 to dr not know but I 1 nui meic sill to that I 1 shall hhall always keep krap tho the of the night upon which n mr robert carruthers of giez nuil and byo 11 0 was lutr oihi cil tu to the friends of ills ancestors it li 19 my lily jewel that n arup of hearts ht arta blood flint I 1 will wear torner foier hd lit in my iu breast at inner dinner I 1 ont au beside tile tho goliver neur williamson ier and tonia fears canio came into in eyes as lie rose lose front be 10 aide nie me tit nt the head bond of tho table and said eald it I Adles find and I 1 to drink to the or of robert carruthers my friend your friend anil and ei evy body his friends fric nus and iw now ft what lint lime have you ou to say ti to mp me boy bwy the oldest t friend youve iono tot got in america who IK lia seen you iou for days that hat have liou too long sald that who mho was aa feat ed nt at tny my side and as site spoke slie she turned tinned one lovely imio hare i in fit the direction of my mt uncle till genera I 1 rn irb ert crt and the beautt rui mile SUP slip and alao ns as if to shut cheni away aay from tier glicr bild me la in a little space or of world just for two tio ti o people 1 I nn nit say with truth mitt madani law that flint your loveliness tonight la is but tho the flow sa ering of my in suspicious of it that luoin ing upon the lie railroad train I 1 answered tier ja words that flint were a very ory nice translation of what that fine young cog find onee once iuta to nie me tit at the chutela ilo do grei of my own on flowering into rose after an all afternoons huntle with hjul in ili corduroys coidin ois and lit in truth I 1 spoke no to that madam whitworth for site lie was of it very great beauty of body very ei much net of which was lit in iw from 11 I 1 canal t ness of bodke bodice that I 1 hail amer am er seen kern ext excelled belled in tini imy ballroom lit in iliner Ilin nr 1 T I knew you ou for a poet froni from that adorable block black mop which I 1 soc see you liae have 1 rry cry nicely plastered in fit till nn exact X of buzz tod red filp title she answered tile nie with it laugh follow inc front the lie ballroom jut just after supper at midnight for it a half lit in a place I 1 know kilow and dont let either the lie general or the governor neu met you yon title slie then sald lit in nil all undertone as the gouverneur lou verneur faulkner bent forward and ln a laughing with he her 1 I will I 1 answered her under my breath and I 1 leaned back in my chair so BO that the gouverneur faulkner could more conveniently con converso velse with her ber and to that end he be placed ills his arm across tile the bark back of my lay chair anti and thus I 1 mat hat in ili his embrace with my iny shoulder pressed into ills at midnight I 1 whispered while I 1 bent beat for cor a second to kiss tile hand of the beautiful madam whitworth its as sho she left the room A tj a I 1 ra ralpd ened my illy head from the be salutation I 1 encountered the eyes of the gouverneur which looked into anine with tin an expression sion loll of calm question and for a moment I 1 lot let the woman rise superior to the raven attire anti and I 1 looked back into those upa in ill which I 1 saw abu th mystery or of the dawn star as would have gazed roberta of irez grez and been irod in fit the lie white tulle aud and inca tn ill flint now new york then I 1 heat leont tier her bick ayick down idowu into my heart and gore gave him film the smile hinlle of fealty that woi vai ills duo due from robert carruthers ills filand filp tid tile tho bourm that tant 3 tuy iny entry dittli tile ballroom in the mansion of the exalted gouverneur eaulkner were like minutes of time that dropped from a gollan pol lii clock of joy I 1 dancea ou on feet that were stirring wings wines to tn glide over a floor that lint wasi was a ninny explored cloud from the reflection of the boft lights land the eliken akl tal which ruffled over it IL anti and clint was ivna racist en joyall to mo me lit in ibis case I 1 glided lu in direction me and took teeth me the armful of at cloud clond yas th abol e crl rt with rhoal I 1 was dal lellig on oil lone ot of my illy own win instead or of aein bolus led in fit my lily nights by another ni hail always beaure been the case with etli lily danci nur it was the most of it joy tint flint I 1 lind hall evor experienced and its iia I 1 so enjoyed that free fico loni doni I 1 gilld not know how it ns that I 1 should linio have such a feeling of f ill isitt 1 v van vu I 1 beheld unit that undrill th dancing within tile the arnn of it the lou gouverneur verneur lainson I 1 blushed that alint I 1 should bp be su go wilh such oil nil able fill fury filly Y in my lily heart and bindl 1 adv ay too HO hint flint I 1 not to see sec the that lie fie unit seat to tile die over tic the head bend of tin the very cry swept sweet ilelle belle girt lit in blue rules aill silver slippers I 1 ivas ans t t ja in it past blut to in the tint of a fox fix it li 14 alth it burning of coll countenance 11 tel lance that arises from it 11 liot hot shame I 1 to do not even een to this exactly that I 1 recall to my illy mine lutin i that half hour which sir mr robert ilola it carruthers of grez mid and ifyu 11 u spent with the lie bountiful beautiful madain patricia IJ whit M 01 til fit in ill one of thi deep tiu low that hint looked froidl the private haudy of ilig excelle licy of tile state of over into the hills that surround inid tile tho city alty things happened lit in tills this wage lse that alint madain whitworth anade the commencement of our duct of lu in telli gelles by tint that I 1 nas ll 11 i simple brench infant before becot w leoin out shu 1 l 0 could dangle the very ory tweet bo boulion of affection and take away from it it a treasure that it held in ili the hollow of its liand in as it sacred lidi iras vint mad ini arol whit whitworth worth did not realize lint flint instead or of it vry very small young louns loy boy front froni gay parts whose eyes coi were vero closed like those of a very young cut cat slip was dealing will tho the very wicked kicked pill girl who placed the word devil behind the word barp darp I 1 was that girl arl 1 I suppose it ft lu la ittis for it a staid 1 old id matron rna triin lle myself in self to lie ile Joal oili really jenow t n child iche y ou on dicing r v led albre ly hy 11 lot int of R Imper inq i I 1 pink and lilno cliff ron roll fort N ought to lio he in their nursery roti pots asleep lapop lint but I 1 have been a and nd nm am boy IM yon forret pt that I 1 was your our filand sup PUP too tom linson fed you sweeta s nu of of r hn liand ild arid and abolt spoke she seated herself in ili tho the exact center of the window inflow sent scat and motioned ed tile me to place myself in the portion of tile tho left side thil that remain ed I 1 hi sorted myself into the lie space that wast so bild laid my mv firm along the window ledge behind tier her very deiy much un back so that I 1 might give to my space to expand for tilli thins hint flint manta made ev erv tall inn li for tit the com om fort of alio IP patircia Pat ilcia for she ie hit firm ns its a cushion her undraped shoulders and there lit in tile the wrin slon tit of tit the goti verneur odthe of the state or of himself hlin ef that lovely arrann did unfold to me tit tile the most wonder won derril def plan for the most enormous robbe j of lioti her own government anti aulne cir should I 1 say of hoth of my ato go pure tg that it could ile be in the power of mortal mind to t conceive it was wag a belluti till reason tibo go nerous patriotic drai i of the war ar ingulf and it ml ii I 1 olo till alliy hidden ob R sture st ure uro line lit in alit 14 ls its casc but tn ill flint line hue lay all of dishonor that could acome i liuo to a man and binl a 11 state who should I 1 I 1 allow it a sin allor natii nati i for its iti life anil 1 it 1 1 I 1 I 1 i abed of one of the which viere arc of it a deadly necessity for its hirtes hix hac tes cess I 1 think I 1 even saw the dastardly dastard li more plainly than did my lily nw airle le tile the general robert Ilo beit for I 1 lind hall le I 1 w attl more than one par while my iny hi italic tho the count do de Las casselles selles explained to wee wco iline soine of the det details rills of sup hill the army of the I 1 think lie ho had talked of things that the little ono one could not understand stand just to inathe an all case of the pressure of nil all of ills humlie ss s upon his troubled mind and breaking heart anti and na as madain whitworth fth talked I 1 could hinr my popl rol bravo voice ns as lie ho always pap gave assurances assurance i to ills his pid fall idol all of plenty Is lit in america anti she hill khe give to in france anti and here wit eit grent et faroni the of arp and alye hold ing ili n tile the hollow hollos of her arm a fill american woman who hail herself contrived it plan to let n quantity of ane of Irn irnie pe to in turn into quid fur her own tain uses usei tf if to throttle tier well and there with my iny liiro bare aruns ti ysia hands bud bail Insi lAud the lio great big needful to france mid find red tile lion bou r of riv my K g tor of tile the state of still and illy 1111 1111 cle file 0 en ertil robert I 1 think I 1 might ht hive vo hail had a great temptation to tc akintu later ister chilt cleath to tn tier ln r but instead I 1 held her now moser closer in ili my lily oen and 1 ingon to her to death lit in nuy other way I 1 could discover dhan pr so 0 o that her la in brique should die her of n madam the bo p coi ls tap ni p well do it for france together b boy oy 1 must aust not bo be rill allowed owed to interfere with such SIK 1 A plan alun in you ou lime have for g supplying up plying tho those ze very ver fine bistrong mule i from the tate sante of to poor struggling france fiance mid and I 1 will join with you in ili convincing the lie stupid clouger neur near thit such must not be tho the case you will direct me will you not I 1 mil ain very acty young and I 1 I 1 have but so insely conic to tills land that I 1 do not know I 1 do not feel fed exactly what you call nt at home and I 1 spoke again with will beseeching humility wr we 11 II do dc it for 11 rance o together hoy boy title slie whispered in as title turned in my arm and pressed herself against my illy radii ell fil filkill till HIMI 0 my lily heart just ut tit till this 3 lovely when the had thrown herself into my lily arm arnn und and I 1 had hcan beat obliged uy fly I 1 iny e u I 1 ig it to ho hold I 1 a her thero instead or of flinging her to the floor as I 1 naturally nu desired there arrived nt lit the door of tile the louiia which alch wo we were eie occupying with etli our plotting my illy tall find awful uncle tile general robert Ito hoit anti nal look looked ed domi to vii upon us it 11 tho the of it floron tit in 11 his 14 eyes then before I 1 could inake elc latua tion and hetia betray lil lila presence to tile lady in ill my illy firms who aioo sl buck back aris turned in ili his 1114 11 rec lie ho had and disappeared did I 1 betray that presence to lo the lady I 1 did loti decided that it would be inucci to tile e of the it affair to have the lady in ili ignorance of hla his knowledge know leddo you inist RO go now boyt bo she maid nt at about tile Ill in which I 1 could till no longer longcr keep iro iny dissembling send the gorer governor nor lit in her baie c to me ine fur it Is about tile tho time I 1 had 1 to dance with illa him I 1 want ant to talk with him and try to 0 o make him sec sea sonie nt at lenat least of tills this matter lit in tho the right light go clo and conic come to roo me tomorrow tit nt 4 for for france I 1 went rent and it was wag with 1 nuch minh min h joy in tho the going I 1 stopped nt at a tall all will low to to kot get into my lungs a very ery deep supply of and also to take ako lonniel with till myself I 1 ai justi preparing to step fm fron ja the window oil to it balcony nud de kend when a movement of linnian be ings caught ny pye eye upon the side of tit tant t balcony 1 A mill stood nt at tile the rall mil 0 of tho lie 1 cony in the dint dim moonlight n 1 1 he was to a woman chur his brond shoulders sh bilden tild hid from me the was tho the faulkner of the state or of larmoth lar poth tind find lit in a moment I 1 discovered discolored the identity or of tile the daiy with alth him arid and now cant you ou see you great big stupid man mail till an opportunity I 1 ho have procured for nil all of you lou was tho the lint flint catine callic in the iho soft voice rolco of thu the beautiful madain patricia whitworth all my lily life I 1 have work i ed cd just ju jt to get crt a little ease case and corn coni fort foil carrying can ins tho the burden of jeff in ills his strapped to my lily shoulders and now you who know how ive suffered and slaved aimed nio are going to i take n fie tt ft H till be me w laii ft 11 la 14 jui t within my illy readi and nil all from lin barthly than it 11 fati fancied cled scruple of if which that flint old doddering woman on you I 1 cannot Iello rp flint you would so KO treat inc and there wore were sotis solis in ili tier words that hint wen and 1 I cannot do a thing that hat my mr secretary or state and his him lawyers declare Pair lela ansi answered vered tho iw or of tile the 1 faulkner in ill which were vere notes of pain you yim know I 1 ow how it pains me in my ily god od dont elliet nic me to ici vis gilr off e us its I 1 sa tile lie lif bare white arms of whitworth raise mid haid po go about hla his neck like great white hooks from which he was finable to defend am I 1 to firine nothing from life ril no or luxury and na love or iler her voice rolce enfiled in solis sobs ny its she pressed tier liend fiend down into his shoulder ns its MR arm folded about tier to prevent that shi she should full fall In the lie deor deell voice of the hiroji Ht herons man was beginning to gny ns as I 1 was starting to spring forward lit in hla 1114 defense lef ellse and to to ilo 1 I do not lot know what IV when e I 1 11 larin arni grasp was lull laid upon my shoulder and I 1 was waa turned away from froin hie file window into the light of the wide liall and found luy iny uncle the general robert looking fillig down into my flashing eyes alth a krent great and very cool calmness I 1 I 1 c st t r b like great white grappling hooks hook from which he was wa to defend himself youns young man lie he sald said as lie ho rave gave to me inc a very powerful 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