Show 1 the DARK DAR LOUIS JOSEPH by VANCE author of the false faces facea M MIRROR I 1 R 0 R the lone wolf etc illustrated by irwin myr myers copyright C amo by the author taw t SQUEALED SQUEAL EDl III Sy norMs a etly of it double but without liny any idea of its ita nu nira if the girl I 1 ico nom ni ule let accustom accustomed 1 I any y into the hie stet of f stange F kia ut lit home in ili tit the underworld dr ot of new yolk L lnor leonora nor takes lier her course to tier lier appointed rt d z marlo joins tier her greatly in ili love anil and seeing the tha line fine qualities holcli the gi karl rl really po posses iBes marlo beeks to turn lier aiom M the PI palli of f inevitable d destruction lie ile t tells 1 Is her of 11 liia is love for or her and b biss s her not to keep on to tile rendi IOUs of 1 1 0 ill III THE MAN MARIO Contin continued uLd 2 and anti inti alsi I 1 inen ikenn ti you could lovy tile if 11 you would all nal in ill my fly im I 1 v in ill the tit life I 1 olter oll ol 01 you become tin ill mir m ir that today you i oil bildo awny Y so lealou lv our roul real self it ainan title and st strini str am iii ind and true tint tills this loviei lo lii of roam is auld bollIN and worse ho hv fill n mi all if 1 only im 11 n mild give lip yn y n loik til up ill with eyes cyp nil fery aili only tile hie iho NN hlll lima alone had the lie i of in ili hor in ili till indeed Indr pil resided UK irl ilir for tier her lir fear of nf lio he ns as dl dia arom tu to her clience rl f niland lier hot ir I whon sin liste bied to lo hini domni tel mid lit ill it its 4 tad vaille illi llie file aimi ili to lie ile lil hat liv lie aid linvs I 1 in to in be bilat tt told tier lier i ili i aw li gouhl 10 if sin she would lint but set heli lur rl lo in over collic 1 lier let mil ro 1 tallee alic ho ills alico in nold r laii ahen lie ho ih Ill lir li r so profound lii eliy did 1111 slip liko like sn ch M vh amt 11 ll ais as it that lint rim gave him power to owr li r knits anway uv ay iy dl lur lier idill till nil ilat lind othol alo ind blinke of fil 1 illo 1001 of hor mt pill was wag li it it lila ave aillo ile loved irr br be ie ans of hat bill willi blell ani ival lince uh 1101 mid ilider tilli fling lit jo left ift lier her in ili III ilir strict lovo love s to thin on it a cruder liu lifilie ilie IIII I i without dl and cl cn iiii lint but 14 1 4 saintil sin til a 4 anwat till drink iut ut it lails uns MS allt ion till chis love minin milli biad or ir hor yv wid it was n frue nip nhut in it n nl l rrt ito rd lir lip too wat different eliere was it no fi e like hini M I 1 nil nl strong fi aind ill d 1 arn fit thllma and thoughtful hought ful in ili dirr orld it lit made it i striking and yet alii In nil ili ol lit in part lie I 1 iti lold birr 1 aaa r it v its ills his Ill pillion odoll 1 lo 10 study iviry 1 1 side Il e n vre lil r hut mostly ail huvall hv vall iw in to loil 1 I 1 birr I 1 and I 1 i nil almer would willingly gho kl ill r I 1 po ot of tier lier IN wild nom limer r ketive lie pru toted sho 1 N l ill M III Ivo liora it in plodded collie cille lit me file in it inott tit nt of she tried to pul pin alido willi n R hill kinrd d little lair li of morn corll 1 I clips ou au dont till rid RI d kill 1111 file it 11 I 1 valued d lilii him llo lir amer find tenil you volt liere lie re I 1 mild atile to my in fit spain or r if it lie per over till did lie ie mild nt dire dare lift I 1 MS oi I 1 to ou if or know in ill yol it I 1 4 W 11 you love me leo ora lora at last aidy dy Il loing in ill tho world fIIll for ell ahe N MIS it hurn ohp girl lip lie loiel w 11 leonora aind aimed his fali fiK lilon loti ill NN I 1 vollin it Is ill lie calls lovel conn como with till nu leon ill and he be your truo alf if airo l afo calill bo be rul 11 ile he shrewdly rin nn tier lier most secret I 1 ea kiles s ale wili was fond fild of belloy ing herself hotter bettor than her through sonio sollie romantic acal dent ont f in point of bil birth til us its well ns as what wua was undeniable in spirit and intelligence vistas of 0 powerful se duct lorl spelled to lier her coil coniti kt t givart in lit nil mi arlint egoist slie she saw it ns site she hill seen olli i roin iliin vii 11 in fit tier excursions into afi tin haunt li units of it the well to do radiantly Iw milel lind il fill jil and jeweled loll 1011 in in dolatly antl in it cur car mario at it I 1 liei tell ido id dres dips sil all like a gentle ninn hilt tills nilon floii wa was swiftly I 1 ti by of 0 that four which lul ivd li lit in dionest conviction tint that no ito earthly power could sup tier her from ills ill i nc dont dollt know kno rod K 1 site she shook livi in i ciul solemnly in ill 11 of fatal all V alpi ill 1 lolk croak you au too it i lonk us both mario into lul Ivil itly 1 I nm flat not afi ild 1 I ouro na not abrald of if twins dying hat 1 lit li Is life without nour mini love II if li nl it moment aho vho lio kinas bill IL tim fully provo infinitely ienir tills i life I 1 f out ouis s I 1 linn it is b ll it lit fit wily MI of finding out 1 1 I L e hotard in annl eflin lit in I 1 hiir the it III 11 in ill 11 ll r 1 could hardly be 10 hy li tin ifie li ands iii gravity of that ex c 11 11 kiili binnio neo filose sil stil lent li fi natures atun gaind i so enuch through that lint 1 i lilii ehly ail i of if 1 I p in 1 llull ellit aig ht 1111 I 1 lol tile acl of lili lil ill i shu n wm flow foi fill 11 1 v alf lesl f icile thill lie wits ill all alsi 1 I is and of 0 it sudden I 1 cl liel clahti ll 11 t biltl h 1 dwart li nr arling iliin froll it it cry ci of self II 11 li i il miln youre on 10 not afraid alarco I 1 il nt lil billiu liu w tire nio hut I 1 nm nat afi ml fin fill yon mi I 1 alli ion d go alvoy ini 11 lip imp ino im llor hands inrid i in ill proult ailt prot ii lt ln ho dalight fill annl ghelli lull ith in ili lit ills own ills lindow cd faco face and v MI os grew KII hi minous lit his sonorous it n cent i ills ignited with emotion you imp ine leonarn tit nt list last no ho was w is drawing di iliin tier steadily tonel mm ili tier strow ti to tiny lm d broin 11 in or i limbs there was in inniss ilie in ia alie beating of tier heart ii indin mounting like mist into tier her Ill limn titi now so ole lie was in ili ills his arms and glad nl ills lips clo closed etl on his hers roi for a iong loii bypath 1 n antl slie be lag a nitie inere tiling of r ve ling alln sensed you love loe illo 1 I dont know anu site alio murmured nun A lie 11 tomorrow 1 onion oft you will mill marry me ine find we r w ill KO go mii by realization of what had li slie to 0 o be free 1 I dont know alno perhaps yes MS I 1 will lilt nut not tomorrow tomo irow not ciway na mil lot it ine ille go ill tell you ou ile he re bened tier lit i slip stopped stepped buck back linken haken W lilt love lo 10 and fright fil glit looking fearfully ft ui fully ill U find dien the IK t 1 I fallt mini just yet it ive IQ oat ot to brell ill itel sos 04 liu ho wont know it blin alint hi it broko with etli tat me and I 1 io c jot got other things to ilo do things I 1 cant tell lii you MII nhoun ive ie got ot to tend to before I 1 cini tin marry boll on lot hut on if call trust liu t tile me lo ive 10 prowled promised and I 1 will it is soon its as ever eor I 1 onn an tier voice ole quavered ill and slip thrust bouttier out glicr hands i fending ott oil his aruis please ilea e dont don t klis kiss me again please I 1 let et me file go flow it if anybody an bod so sa w us and told rod ire ile in amido ule a sign of submission AS s you ion ill so ito be it leonora I 1 wl 1 I soe see you ion 1111 maln bell in n 1 Tor ill gle give you ton if ring albut noon an and 11 allx to ineat 1111 et noil u up town tomi iguess I 1 guess now 0 o ive ie got to ran lull good CONI night flight deir par ile he uttered lit in matton cooil highl with lah it flickering smile of foman ss she turned tumid und and left idin 1 or er slight young oiin H hitting flitting swiftly through li ill tin shallows beneath the inma fit at tit alln for f 11 street corner slie she turn tumid oil 1 luck back saw hlin him motion mollon I 1 alss 4 wilt I 1 p slip loft left qui his 11 Is luok look of gouging and waving 11 iland t tin tit t on oil wild joy to in tier lipitt with alli cold teni four for now slie site had done dime it till and lit be tho lie devil to pay pu lint bill it lf ile hol hoepel pel though Iliou gli hell find lle liengh wei eie 0 le leagued gued against them slie she would mould go KI she ahavny aln us once she pot got started and lilt mull marl sin it know it was is ns ng with lur hor it ton tin mould go fo through now ria lip know slie sho lovei lod Zil rod kid nil fill the flip world orld in sides should try tn to stop slop aitu at length v out of if tier liei chourio lip hp stopped coherence upon her Ili gut got tier her hearings liui rings starlei starl tI on oil naw gnp in if fooling nood mood colia I 1 it if linz herself to forget foit mario nil and iii i dpn 1111 n the liesik si q that hi vill gjata d rr fi tier lier lit fit liar bill the self outside out herself of who fint sip it ns wholly holl ignorant lenorn nt never neer to morn link toward oM idl that lint i gallant lonely figure they the two had left behind belil iid in the quiet hy bj stroet IV slie site turned sharply hilla way down blown n block in tile of tile lie r find with the cagni assi mance of tier liei tip parent kind entered what bad onee once been a dwelling of some pretentiousness but now flow was dedicated to the decadent uses ot of ne cording to its pointed painted table dinner with wine luncheon coc in tile alie corridor orrl doi at the head ot of the first flight she turned to the back of the bouse find laid a confident liand hand upon the knob 1 nol of I 1 the I 1 I 1 e furthest door it turned but the door was stubborn with alth a of impatience she knuckled the panels with a triple knock of peculiar timing A hum of voice alces lit in the close 1 room loom died away a i heavy hea tread became audril a key grated the door swung sung open L site went tit in nodding lightly to the man inan who nit had tier her and finding herself dundei the concentrated regard of eleven elt u palls of eyes cis ci s paused lit in the middle of the floor and struck a spir cited post pi se gond cond ov ening folks folksy illde my ni na new ra rafil gs I 1 ill silence that eliat answered her ins broken afler a little by 1 cited carnahan Carn ehan lio ito ild aid hon duall vily 1111 hillo 1 I to id lid I 1 S sit I 1 t dow iowa n ignoring ills hil invitation to in fit empty chair on oil ills right slik alie dropped lier pose poo but 1 ut remained whore where site she hall stol topped stolpen ped lifting her hi i brows bios a little and slewing eNNIng the compile company with 9 gie 17 both windows wore open blosel hutter prevented proun tid any in vitiating vit lating tl ill stuff of tile private dining dooin ro in i bed hain bei in it the HIL n of the architect in ni in with sin ls of fod fo lo d alcohol and a truculent per perfume fuline tile smoke of lini limitation tation turkish tibne tol ac co hung in ill inzy laa little lilac reefs lefts disco ored 01 cd paper of a pattern wa ati part lag lit in reluctant spirals from the caf wi fils dust ol of beades de idoa vel ol glied lied iowa don till 1111 elderly carpet and obscured its florad design hulle i ilant dising dall alred bic 1 tit the title flue old oo dwork the iliin who had lot lit 11 leonora onora lit in having hang resumed liis ills iliner clinar twelve tule were eie skated at a table littered with ith debris of a ineal unclean earthenware o ire platts plates ind and elioso lilli high cirod bottles of dirk dark glass glas i guiltless of labels which scent alcin to be the sole ole habitat lial atut of the lie vin ili du pan pas 9 so generally known knon its as red ink eliat to naine mine it hy by tills this tillas allis no longer excite a smile sibille si tille because I 1 cause of the hoat nil all the men but one mr ir clarry hirr tin nut allt ind had put oft off their coats and collars coll firs while the ivoin in en ind had loosened loos ined their blouses tit nt the throat sweat seit bonded hi ad d faces of various aloi s complex completions complexions ions ranging from the ann guane countenance of red ned to the lie gistl ness floss of charlie chaille the cole coke leonora looking front from one to another anoll iii found each nath the he exception of ked s sill hill tell len of cast if not openly hostile slie site sketched sl etched a lofty si smile tille hats the funeral tied lied carnelian Cir nelian rod red of liend held tin and hand an italo halo celtic product as slen dor der supple and sinewy ns as a snake nal e nil and as bendly replied so no blodys i di s yet M t till an 1 i rain aad waved a blind li in 1 toward the vacant chair lnor liui t volt w olt lt down lie he added nd led youre aretty late what ant nt nl I 1 out nit it tile girl floun floii nod d to t tin h t til 1 hi it e nn and I 1 threw herself videl wit ns ys into the tl L chair li clr 1 english addle ad lie blonde blossy and full belied sp sprawled railed half across the table an and inthout removing the aga apa rette front tier lir mouth spoke in accents of cluing cloying niT pellon faintly denlo I 1 by liti her heinl semi so pr sture of jealousy you ou want mt mind tell li ua its v wa at t mide you ou lite dearle dearie leonora experienced n qualm of nils mis mail had somebody Lonie body spied on tier her and mn in all and hurried ahead to tat lip IP I 1 yen en so that aris as a matter between betten red lied find nothing noti ing to excite ill fi fling in tile others but red lied ans as apparently unruffled although unusually subdued subdue 1 for him film ind in pu pei arps a 11 abade sus in his attitude tudo she he lied led bendily ren dily without a auer isai two plain clotees cloth s men shi she had noticed in tin tile street of sti strange faces I 1 aces imin 1 ind and camped nie me on tit tit fly i lion here if its it s tiny anything thing in your ur young life ad addle lie dear and ha lind 1 to caaso il is all over fo 0 o loa lose pro pia you iu ill alil em cm kid sure ile rel demand dpn 0 1 I with etli kee keen nt sure if I 1 n in t I 1 t be liero here now n i 11 mat an he 0 charlie Cli arlle the hi coke dia ld li I 1 I 1 volt as rolo iless 14 ns fis tile alie of lilt his foce face nf tybe not where heie do you i u get that ciuni lints all it this tl Is anyway nil wai I 1 blat tt nt to knot kno hir her e apts es banse pl 1 aiala the tit airam ray of arcis challenging each in ili turn rind and gatting no t 0 for ouch in tarri averted his hii hi i gaze ewe will mi an all espres pies isfall nuie inure or 01 losi and discon alac in rented 1 all bill rt d him the nat ut nail inez the third tl lid and only other woman pro sent V well hats it nil about start stait sonin tIlIng d vi wily don bont t you ou it if nn finy things gone wrong let nie me in the know I 1 gness gamss ive ie got as touch much right light as the llie nut ut shrugged rugged sli ond and with etli super billous nonchalance selected another cigarette ironi the ih nut flat go old case ile he was as fond of displaying a circumstance which according to onis oni s bias night might 11 or might not be taken ris as enli that the case had been honestly come by 1 y inez seemed enger eager to speak but hid forestalled tier her its like this kid eddles eddies b been een pinched the fact that the person pason la in quest question lant being under indictment for burglary had tor for some time succeeded in remaining at targe large solely by grace of his loyal associates might have hate been thought enough to rob this announcement of some of its staggering quality but to leonora it cattle came as a genuine shock and she allowed it ably not she exclaimed and added a most unladylike phrase of mixed incredulity and regret squealed 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