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B OP OPPENHEIM PE NHE IM IMa a j k Co Co PY yr 9 ri 9 hf d y V LITTLE C BROWN RaWN coo ana CO 4 L- L F CHAPTER VII VII Continued Continued rL 25 c f Tou Tou fou need Deed not Dot worry about your lIe He will Franks said Il t ther Elsa when on to see sec you yon go know you L 1 t 1 UH lm im He has hos forgotten most things I 1 his m mans man's ens en's name was lk old id him the whole hole truth I nm nin om quite arc r re that If f he ha had come conic Into charge t the prison whilst the real No 29 h d d been there he would woul have e found foun him shot me me excuse for having ha 1 twenty four hours lIe He even eyen 1 furious th the thet t Told old me so He lie was at rick which hud had been played But 1 Englishman who has hns the he e declared ut himself In No s 's place shall shaller j puffer ff er for him I I was allowed d to see I Tour our O brother He had got over the i first t shock shack of what had happened and 4 him full of courage 1 We 1 a disked dis ois- 14 massed ked several plates plans for his escape 1 k which however we ve never carried Into I do not believe that any one Rould have bought the life of No 20 29 from for a million pounds k with your brother however It was wast m in the fhe end I made over to t rUm Ira m on one of ot your brothers brother's drafts one drafts one I look took back from Ivan Kros s after fe le e was as dead dead cashed cashed one of ot the 4 ones ons and one dark night we I from the fortress fortress' away a But this Is all so long ago I Mar Mary Di a d I g 1 y 1 t nodded j T The woman A We W were In the train for Petro- Petro p-nd p she went on when I had a n from telling me that he lie was His Ills snores tor lor lor had lind arr arrived etl and was holding hording an fin Inquiry Into the escape of No 1 29 lie lIr x d me not to go near 1 tV e a left the Hie train Just as ns a company pi r zol soldiers from the fortress arrived ed J l tn th the platform The train was held heldi 1 rip i ip e and searched We took a near care carriage car car- and drove e aWIl away anywhere where Into the plains We had money but l noth I In RZ hg else We eo l bO bought ht the carriage and andI I bou bought ht the driver er bod body and foul loul Driving by night resting the thet t it horses and hiding hilling our ourselves b by day St k re we traveled a hundred miles miles' south- south r. r You Foe must tell me the rest another time lime Lady Mary sug suggested ested E What t I l am going to tell teU you scat IU 1 l i shall tell you ou now or never 0 EI Elsa a az z 1 answered fiercely It wont won't be bp much I can promise you ou When I il leave this hou house e the stor story of these l 1 1 months is coming out of my mind i whether I have to dull llull It by drinking 1 0 or even efen cut It out of ray my brain We In always nys being were always danger dangel tracked tacked We went short dist distances by train Sometimes we hired d carI car car- I We even traveled for the whole of ot one day In an nn electric carI curri car cur ri I which crawled between two small towns Seven Se times we tried to cross t tie the frontier r Into Poland and each i time Nine ue Ye were turned t back hack One Once th they A heard 01 or us is and ana we were placed under miner r arrest Your brother shot t two of nf the guards 8 and we escaped After that It was as life or 01 death with us liS We were ta Ila sed e-d e across the frontier at I last t In InA InI A I a spot where the war zone had born been W We lle were scarcely in toland before half a I regiment of Russians lan was after atter us ni UI We were wert In Pol Poland however howe We c left them fighting We heard after after- word vard that the nu Russians wI who hind hall crossed d the frontier were wiped out nut We Ye got across Poland somehow or oilier filler into Germany The TIll r rest 1 was wasH all H dl discomfort c and misery f fe but hut most mist 1 of th the e danger rJ was past Your YIm It bin brober ion tiN her Ml fell III In a Warsaw aw r. r Since Inre then 11 h he lie has been heen fen dazed and weak with wilh a n l high I temperature mp and with fits of How I got him here I 1 dont don't know knoR now We We arrived at hi h street treet thi this morning I drove to 10 Char Char- 1 IQ Cross Cros hospital and nd the they took him Irma himat I at t once He tie was shouting l hl like a n madman I Then hen I drove dron here She Bhe poured out th the In last t glass of ofine tine ine from th the bottle and drank It U Ushe Then she rose to her ff feet Pr I. I It It Is a wonderful stor story this tIlls r. r laJ Mary y claimed You must mut nut not go w aWI oJ Jet Itt or If It you yon do elo you u J Ul must t come hack bak ag again ln My Diy II father will tt ant to t thank thank- you r. r I rl lo do not not tt want tut thanks the woman n ofT d. d i nil ad- started out nit on un this UiN Denture because your Clur brother hind hart paid a Brent groat sum qUI of money o ind II ber lie be- I r cause I t had a fancy for 01 him I hi e that tun fancy b but t I made up Ul m 1 my mind that I would hi lag hi-lag Ing your brother f- f home and I have o done don dunc c h It It I do dt not nul t th Rua h for far any further pU payment Ito I have Pent pen t your our t our brothers brother's money freely freel limit bui limitI I have ha enough I left ft to tot give Ir 1 me all thair that thai t r need In life I do lIo not nut like England and I l am nm going a a a today It ly I there In any nl further urther question you Von wish to rn askI None N ne that I 1 an can think of till for the 16 I Inert n l Lady r M Mary Diary admitted I II I I k that It a was ery Vey r r wonderful of J tort lOtI a to run all un hl the these P risks 1 You nu Ii hl ate left my fly brother brohier her there anti and gone unta one away a with the none money I I O Very r near nearly did the time e woman con con- d bluntly Many any n a time on the theay ay lionie I t wished that I 1 had bad dune Ii r brother r has a It t tine hoc n courage I tiles itji huh hui b b. b if is M at n In tit tn t ugly 1 laCI S of life Often when 1 dragged ge him along through the thud mud rI ull and he had to sleep on a atone floor with coarse food to eat and no wine h he would woul 1 rather ha have come out Into the open and 1 f Ought fought for his life lIte and ended it it I 1 daresay when he recovers recovers ers he will be grateful to me There Ther have ha been many times limes when he has hated me Now I will go Jo She rose to her feet teet dabbed more powder on her face and looked at her I I ho hostess tess a n little defiantly Lad Lady Mary rang the time bell Then rhen she site held out her hand Thank you rou er very much for tor bringing Gerald home hume she said Elsa Francks luu laughed hed hardly She refused the hand bund You have hove no nu need for or gratitude she I started on the Job becausE because because be be- cause I had a fancy for your brother When T I lost that I T w went nt on because I 1 Iam Iam am an nn obstinate woman As for recompense recompense recompense rec rec- I still have lu a fortune but butI I am glad that these months are over oer You ran can tell your brother that I 1 took c r rs cam s y 4 4 Your Brother Has a Fine Courage at Times but He Is a Weakling in the Ugly Places of Life Krossnes share of the money aswell as aswell aswell well as m my any own o When he comes come's to 10 think It over oyer I think he will say 83 I 1 earned It She followed the butler out of ot the room Mary watched her from the window with fascinated e eyes es saw her hail a n passing taxicab with her outstretched out outstretched stretched umbrella watched watched her fling herself Into it put up her feet on tm the opposite spat sent and light a cI cigarette She h. h had II I 11 the of u n woman unman who tend had accomplished a n great gleat task Luet Lady Mary rant rang I he Ilse bell The car at once Richards she ordered Lord Dombey Is In London I am ala going to tu fetch him home homme Chapter VIII VII Christopher had taken his seat seat leaf had made tic de his this maiden al already Indeed tint ilia speech when when Gerald left the tIlt nur nursing nun ln home Into which h he Ire hud had been hen moved mo from rout the hospital ho The fhe doctors how holy however ever ryer were far al ai from frum satisfied with hi his condition liE He tyIs still illI thin lit of ab Ih- periods in manner with long IH sent S. S He Ile seemed In ht a H way tny to 10 have hun lost Iasi self Marya Mary Diary home together to liln a as they drove IIO her hr mind to U leys s 's hence l' l made up tp which had ex cx exIsted x break the Ihl Ion long silence the subject of or orIll I Isted between them theta on In Ill I'll Pauline ul hI ha have n seen een Gerald she Iw a asked you or III heard Ill I'll anything II h u of r the lilt De t Pan Pon- I lere- lere c GeraW erald turned I d an and II I looked td at J t h her I out nil of nf h hf Ilk hollow llo eyes n II ling TIP I. I confessed r 01 cJ i i wnm- wnm t rote 11 from rom Ih the talc in home borne si six tinier times I 1 Iha They mus ham have Iian vu reply it had bad no ha bave ye left Iron the rhE hut hotel hurd ii In III South Kensington anti n 1 hail find Would you yeti li like me the to lu tl try out nut r rIt tier be Ill answered I I. I matter It II U doesn't nt inn then then- to tn go JO lIa have made UP III my ity nm wolf this afternoon wit with h you von Onu sl she sheI May 1 I come HIlle 1 I I 1 J If IT ItI It 1 ha half half- I f. f IH ht answered ns I It if f you vou lU II lio a wont ont h be lie 11 there I re h arh II The hoping that I iii ay just j lion hon h. h I 1 am III hear bear n of then them III however f r. r was no tint real roal- The hope mademoiselle had bad 1 Madame 1111 and Unil months a ago o and nd left time hot lintel hotel 1 many has hui left fi no nn adorer behind it and nd III UN hie t sister r drove E away array tI III butch in nl You w were ere Vi disappointed r Ma Mary lary asked kNI hIm might have left Idl tI a 1 v admitted rl lie he a mN- mN uge ge for tor r me 01 tomorrow to- to down thou to You'll l morrow I He lit shook honl bin hll hp d. d T I 1 must I find h her her r. r be ho In to a a atone tone curiously devoid of enthusiasm I or hope Mary maid nid n nothing tb but bm sh ab h- h took him to task that evening They had dinner tete a Lord having already gone down to the country For the first time Gerald sl showed some somo Interest terest In absence What did you JOU say had become of Myrtile I he Inquired She has hns gone hack back to t Fr Franc Franci n p his sister told him She had bad a little money l left tt to her and she wanted wantE ll Ugo to U go I l hind had ad a letter from her this mor morning in She has Ims bought the he old farm where you first sa saw her and nd Is growing violets Why did she want to go o hack back Gerald persisted You were nil all kind Ind to te her I I hope We nil all tried to be Mary Mary- ans answered Vered Dad misses s her Why Wh Why beres bere's Christopher 1 I she broke off offs off s suddenly Whatever are you doing neglecting your our duties In this manner she asked as Christopher still in 1 morning clothes lothes was shown In by bythe the butler Ive come to beg for Cor some dinner was the smiling reply rep and Incidentally incidentally Incident incident- ally to welcome Gerald back Mary who was watching him closI closely closely close close- I ly fancied that his Indifference nce was nl al most natural Queer thing hing he observed to think that she should end up there after all ull I wonder whether she blesses or curses curses us Gerald for tor taking her to the end endt of t the road Gerald Gerold sighted sighed si a little wearily Curses us I should think he re re- plied Piled All AJ knowledge Is 18 pain so Is memory Last night I woke up suet sod suddenly dent denly an and I remembered fighting with that great glent brute on the Polish frontier Did Old Elsa tell teU you ou about the man I killed there he lie asked frowning Mary ar rose a abruptly to her feet teet Remember the time doctors doctor's orders she Rhe Insisted The Tame lust last twelve months are I iah ahon o There lIer are e worse 05 things h Ig In the h worm world than tuan k killing l Bolshevists any any- t h how ow I The uThe chap hap had some one who was fond of hint him I suppose Gerald said gloomily You ought to have hn seen that woman who brought me home Christopher I cant can't get the thought of her out of my brain The first time I saw her I 1 went to persuade her to fa bribe her het lover s 's I 1 thought her the time coarsest most l ost brutal most ungainly ungainly un gainly g creature who ever abused the I name of ot Woman Yoman Then I 1 saw her I month after month pla playing a mans man's part She he lied she swore she fought fou fought ht with her lul fists if it there was I nothing else ld hn handy she drank once she almost carried curried me rue over oyer a u mile mule of marshland with some outpost sentries sniping at us all the time time She was a hideous glorious epic figure There was a n man whom we both knew to be he ben bea a n spy nail and on m my tracks I saw her herI I wheedle him hint Into her room Two minutes afterward his blood was streaming out from under the door Gerald hl his sister entreated All HAll right be lie muttered Im HIm not sure that It doesn't do me etc good to talk of at these things The They've Thee e been a silent horror with t-ith me for so long lon Later the doctor called to see Gerald Gerald Ger Ger- ald nail Christopher led lell Mar Mary across the hall ball Into the billiard room Mary he be confided as RS soon as he be had bad closed fhe the door I had Imd u a reason renson for coming Gonda round tonight I have seen time the girl girt Where here Mary asked breathlessly Here In London The They were openIng opening open open- the of ot Marlborough l house as asI In Ing gates I came cause ulon along Pall Pull Mall I IJ and I wn was stopped for a It moment on the pavement A small hru brougham ham carte camp out The windows windows win win- dows do were pre closed but bull I was wal within afew a afew few ew feet of It It II The fhe girl wn was Inside with a U young oun man man If ont only you could hn 0 found oUt oui where the they went to Mary exclaimed Gerald will trill never be bett better r until he has h sewn seen lip her He lie can do rIo that Illat when he he likes then Christopher rellI replied l I Jumper Jumped I Into a n taxi tail and followed r be the carriage t I III lie fore quite H a stroll small de II detached II I drew v up ill hark buck of ur house bouse t. t MI Irk till the ton lull lane I 1 jumped Ju out ont of 1113 taxi quickly and until I was Ju Just In time to ro stop stopher stopher her a m 11 sIll she was us entering time the gate ate h This s 's I ei- ei Go on un Mary y begged citing She hl me tilt HI lit once Chris and Olund she made no nu attempt at at- 1 went on rm I 1 told her that 1 I Iwas tempt refill to get et u I H away uy I Ia Geralds Gerald's friend and thin that he hc vae a was nas looking lankier rill fur her hr You You loll can llIn tell lell Lim I III I that he ho can In find t me ate n. n replied II she 00 I here hr did the Ille man utan say II Nothing an III all 11 He lie was as very gain good good- I looking In n Iris bis hl I way II a great strong fel feu low liar Inn but he lIP looked leaked U as us though he be had been III What lire are a you ou going to tu do du about this Are Are you yuu going oin to tell Ihl She Slie n nodded doled doit nt believe e this Irl I I think gin 0 I marry hint him It 11 t. t I much 1111 h bet ht betler t tIt mean t I That thai be lie knows llie the t l I It ler 1 hit however t r position H lono TO Bl Bf BE CONTINUED |