Show ol 01 do f W CHAPTER IX continued 18 heeln that its a boy you are arel different so it Is so it II Is sure child its ite only you a bit I 1 was vv a ill ill give him a room but as all t my y ac an guest chambers are full ful ill fave are to give him bin a wee small one next to roe me and to put you to la another small one of at the front of the house bridget III 1 A ahl h I 1 its tile the one next to me MI give you if youre antan n it so bad as all that an now ill go see that hat boung man of yours and see whether its give my consent I 1 will oh ob I 1 child im not doub doublin tin that its all right he be Is but 11 if kle hlin him the anever once over before I 1 j rt nast haru or any other man an if he aint all right oher after a step will you tie be boid oft off with him stella however bouer er clung to tier her ile he Is all ri right ht bridget she panted ue Is dad sent for him so he did but hes never seen him noo moo no mo o but I 1 have and I 1 know a man when I 1 see one lie ile canie came out here to help bell me aud he got alo into dreadful trouble thal Is it would have been dreadful trouble if he been so splendid otil oil I 1 it if seen i the wily way he handled wade and barker and diego too calls bin bill sf G ahead and a shallow shadow crossed the ne girls face and it makes hlin him so venturesome and there there darlia dont be taken on so you can lust just tell him who you are tin RD allut but I 1 dont want to tell him who I 1 am 1 I 1 want van to ride and talk i and und and nil all that with him first In Ind dade atle un tin you wont and arld gel resumed her interrupted progress to t tl t cant Q antof of the house K 1111 bile go ahead bad rat mt nim S briwn a oo on a bench near the front door LT aind been trying to concentrate tits his p igind on tile the revision of his plans siyi iam filch had bad been som somewhat disarranged j toy by atlie e completeness ot of barkers surrender go ahead was faun familiar filar with barkers arkers li type anti and he be knew avell that thai i such men are never dever so dangerous as i titter they are beaten tor for then they tight ight by proxy prosy or from ambush to recover his lost face barker musi somehow destroy his adversary and he would oot oo 00 dare to fight fair go ahead knew that 1 II 11 I became film to guess what clial curlier barker would try to dri lexi and to forestall him film cut but tie ile bad aleal in ill keep keell ing his mind concentrated ned oil tile hie lern lein just as lie would yet get a train ol of houg q neil out und and ait act or word ol of blob would pop into ills mind and he would lose lare his via place go off lit al a tangent lanit nl still and later find ittin bif vif miles away from file I 1 lie conclusion of nl which be tin had been bilm ing ng alter tills this had happe happened neti times lie he lumped jumped to tits his feet faut fuming confound that bus boy and adf his tit si SL rupel lie he raged to blui hl self ile ie gul got to get gel blur and ills his troubles liles out ot of wily my blead lies iles a good kill out but lie he the I 1 he whole works by a long liol lies iles RD ao immaterial cogwheel affet all go ahead Ela gla elabd od ul kit the watch on oil a arl wrist q where the devil Is alit hay boy tie he tinned ties hes tiu gooe gone lung ling enough to rent reni tills ng let lei alone engaging ont un ott oli hes oil ell algin it that looks soil scat of anstis butch but ch uli well you never can lell felt abut these kids lots ot of em cm ha cut got bot sense elou enough h to be afraid oh hello dohl I 1 thought you were trying to buy out llie lite place stella and bridget bad come upon film unawares stella was confused contused cont used for ui the tirs first little lime since go attend ahead had ale kiei tiei her i ssie hod had oo no answer ready to ill hi chaft iud aud blie bile responded only by introducing Intro ducine hin to and she did tills ak k wal wa adly ets stern stera stand to in re j gard to film to say bay nothing ol of ber in hod bad len felt the girl ill at ai P bahe bo bolever wever quickly swept all aside bobs been tell in n me b iyua you helped bellied him bilm out this a e said sure an its iny self jl 11 1 jn 1 1 I grateful grale ful to you rui for al th ha bobs like me own boy I 1 x liliu up so to speak au an that wade Is a dirty bl blagg aggard arii to try to hurt a halt his size bald gets eyes ees searched scorched go abendr tare face its as she talked im for any sign that might betray con consciousness clous ness of 0 stellas sex put hut she sow saw none gu go attend abend only grinned help film tie lie re ill 11 was he be who helped bellied me nod anti saved my life have you seen film la in be ac tion maam nia aiu no well weil youve got go to lite for or then lie he does honor to your bringing up I 1 think I 1 uever dever saw a likelier youngster if hf he so darned venturesome veD bridget bulled her hei eyes at stella ihu ho grinned reluctantly yes site she answered ansi cred glancing back to go ahead oil an him so nod and ladylike too bridget was to probe go abenes mind to the very hot bottom om sure thin thing ues aes good looking enough gh to b be a girl go ahead ahad grinned maliciously at stella who was looking down and blushing deeply rut put lie fight like a gr gi no guam lie ile and I 1 have got to lie be gi great ca pillin palin short order pridget was aas satisfied you cant cani always be fellin about aboul young things like him biro slie site replied with mth a meaning that lint go attend ahead was far front from suspecting in tit he titter after rooms ive come from lite itie east to pet get my cousin stella he sald said 1 I 1 bellere believe fair sent scot you jiu word bridget nodded alost a month ngo she all answered the messenger bad difficulty in finding me I 1 believe and then of course he had find to take some time to find out whether lie he could trust alewe aleve left for here a few hours after lie ile broke tile the news lie he said that you would probably have hare a message for m me e 1 I only knew that you were comin well in that case I 1 was to stay here till it it did come in some form or other so you see my stay Is pretty indefinite if you con can put pat us as up sure I 1 enn con do that green come came by yesterday an told me that yon son was on tile the way before he be went on to the const most like he got there last night aue ue did stella chimed in before she thought wily why queried the irishwoman yes ile he lie he was with the lite men med ibo ho were chasing us tills this morning 1 1 recognized him stella thought site she had bad got go out of her predicament iver very welt ve lt pl j e re accepted tile the explanation a nod sure isarel then fair knows youre re here an hell be you word soon site suld said to go ahead ou be here lite hie night anyway come in flo an ill be after you the llie rooms its only two small ones I 1 1 ie got two minutes later bridget threw I 1 teo open the hie door 0 of a tiny bedchamber bed chamber und and lei go so ahead enter cobs bobs room la Is back hear dour mine she said take lake bim alm to it it Sup be ready in half an hour or less ess ill he be ready tor for it laughed go ahead mth real eArD earnestness estness in his voice at tile llie door of stellas Sl ellas room brid get gel would have gone tin on gut but the girl to plied net hei green came to meet me she sald hurriedly tie lie brought uie lite a message essaye ni from did dad lie he knows that I 1 enow go ahead so did dj bibly wont send any other message and oo 00 Ahead 11 all and wall till I 1 mal callages lages to get him shot from liel ix flud 1 I 1 I got to get him film away from here cant cant you help mft looked locked at tile girl tenderly you iamb innab bill bile it is a tim mu self will get gel a message messi iKe from father tills this very hut but but bu how ruu CHI you ily cy cecja board how else oli ohl stella laughed hysterically and what iiii weeda say she op ic inan deil ill nave have to tie be it afore ri ill know 1101 liu in chinkin WH be the lit two of 0 yes to go wall fur for that mins mini siella so some hares L s e easl as I 1 of liere here clote by lite jn JD ranch le be like now I 1 daust lie hurrying sure le got twenty odd hungry men to fed in less than halt un an hour from clow on an it iro im not really be thurlo d li the ware so si they will TO BE CONTINUED only a small percentage of chinese children attend school |