Show the dark mirror by louis louia joseph vance i author of the false fabe facelo faces the lone wolf etc crafted by IRWIN MYERS ill lilt I 1 cip right 1320 1920 by the author VI RESCUED 18 the feeling was ns now no 1 linoir ill in I cd ver strong more insistent TI alic C ad oil s saw fallt d for once history MW re tellin it chapter all t alitt 1 int lie was as emotion nil 11 1 ly or through sensory perception NN as aa mere inere repetition all tills slie she hall had before 1 ihrl it delely ee lely cly its as now hall had binelo carried tur tier down donn the stalls stairs ot of the burning once more molt lifted tier her it into 1 t 0 a 1 acting I motor fir shut the lie door om nil ns is lip file driver diler jockeyed a way flir ough tile mob gathered tier her tendel it into ills 1113 arms anns or vis it leonora to these things tind had one time happened and now li pening agalia wa ii this ills too it 11 brearn ahli hit one regret she resI resigned gued tier her i alt to lo tire the donil tilon of dronin und to t te between lilii lon wid nicil into unlamented ill ilni ir so with anie czense of ily liters MIS lon lint but it was ai il f tin till con on qunce A hether I 1 connan 1 ii I lip he was un site safe nith ith hot belo himml d tit ihrl it at rest street ineis mean nn binl I 1 gi kiln 1111 dg solved ft ftc 1 li inn lc into it n jl perspective of birti I 1 avenue bare and still hours la ter lei tit 01 per peili bap opi henrs ears or minutes tin the i ni ajl i roaring upgrade on oil a forest ail 1 I lilie like a tunnel roofed and walled waited ali lilt fi 1 ies aves whose silhouettes in the KV liila e headlight glare had the look ok of if patterns cut from cardboard and painted nil an earthly green then lit in the lie ghostly crept isele of early dawn iliria MI fly wound chrol igil will hilll lillei abat tl 1 l roared desolate linda heads to a in fit old ohl sky kv ali and the world was with alli the red blaze banc of sunrise file im its lifted up tip lioi borne lie across if MI tin ouch it living room to it I 1 I 1 1 michor and there put pat down don upon it li bod M irl stranding dIng over oci hor her lind it filec born oin nil awl nv groy lilt apar by 1 11 mild hillh il 11 comely en geniture ristine rii tine Iture or dl fill age lio ilo r or of mildly kin 11 list MIS blurred with etli tile stu pull i f slun liers untimely broken bin liin ri i ioan instructed insl nn tod tills this one in it hit flat dull voice MIC you i nu will mill undre ui adrois mild iline ale pact ae i 1111 I 1 put tier to bet bed she will ip late T think s lie has hall had it a terrible adventure nd venture find and Is quite worn out flat I she he awaken before I 1 to do till tell jim i ingli i to enil all file 1110 ile HP knelt and proved pressed lit ills lips to illic II 11 i s to tier her forehead tier her leadin leaden PM lails cpr api bands ilear ih ir heart of mine lie murmured dear wife 11 ilo P OP le like one walking in n sleep lie he lift left the room CHAPTER TEN the day of reckoning 1 THE BUNGALOW on oil mining entering the lie living room she heird it i clock strike immediately slit blie eight 1 alit elliles linnies lil Il nies liles died in the centea evening hush hash hut but she lie did not stir dr her pose remained that of one arre tod sharply sli iral in some net act of charin INK frig ettli fenith so delicately poised in she seemed sw scarce arcely lv to bouch the lie floor the hie room wits ms calulot t dim fit with shadows but for her s mr if untenanted unton anted A sit sound drow tier attention site illse a dining room loom beyond tit HIP living room soft footed a japa anve tiny hot in chita linen tippen red car dr crying i ins two anndel ihra of three in fe branches vach i i h will 14 1 after placing them upon HIP round dining table where their rich ildi light fell softly on lustrous napery silver nil iridescent descent lil howl of if cut glass filled burning IOS S mip marked lilt there were plates places set ct for two vo her regard reverted to tile room she thought it delightful in ev ery r idall of its unpretentious luxury 11 jils bilone could never oo cre d it 11 the 1 lie wood ire fire really iced laid ink lit in iho ahe fireplace would present iv ill lif arai already there here was has a lilet of nf hill in the aromatic rare nir air of ili hie hills site sin moved aimlessly to tire middle of the ilie room and paused again A lo 10 breeb on at her lips As she uneasily tenard the veranda a duplication of the gesture made her aware of a mirror on the wall opposite ap pp she inspected herself gravely sil she had waked up without a shadow of doubt upon her understanding she recalled without a break every link in the chain of events which had brought tier her to this place she was acutely conscious of tier her anomalous position in ili tills household profoundly disturbed 11 A remote ironing riot noise dept crept into tin ill stillness of if the evening so gradually that site she note it without vit hout any astonishment ment but when hen gaining in vol it be bop line entile recognizable atcon flyable as tile the iii anoll growl of it a motorcar climbing the rond road she began to tn tremble ohp ear cur swept virtly the far stile of the cle arlim swung 1 into n to the arlve tint chrit led to the garage enrage and disappear appeared 1 the throbbing of it its motor anns ns stilled impatient footsteps sound od cd on tire walk her body hod was nas vibrating now like i a reed bcd almost the impulse was as more anine strona linn flinn tier her will to 0 o fly back to bior lock herself lit in refuse to we PC or spoil to him 0 1 low o co could I 1 till she face anil and tell war him alip it IP truth lo 10 ilow bi beenk oak Is heart and not hl hi alone ill nunnon unit up lip the steps bep to the lie veranda he nu tier her waiting malting in the shadows rind erlea out ont to her in the name naine of leonora slip site could not reply mental rehearsal of what hat her attitude at tills meeting should he be proved alue unitie less she lind meant to guard III hlf crins with ith a respect in an authority w melt illi 1 must command and win will hor time enough to tell trial she was MIS cI find n rid powerless before site she could lift a hall annd or one sll iilo of protest pro the passion of lit his kisses als es the lip murmuring of ills his voice olce were overpowering the tit tumult of let pul es was like the he storming lit or of a suit she loved loed aunno 1 1 t q wil verril hu hn in mated alv found that slie she imal li nl somehow ln contrived rived to put hini rein hor 1 in perplexity in ill ills gaze exit cut like iilo it 11 knife site mie turned that il 11 1111 Ot not SP set 1 l nip me if lir begged 1 I ham llev hadi thoughtless in the joy of if having you ion restored to me I 1 I 1 0 o e chere Is to forgive fo ile she interrupted youve done nothing that lint right and natural only oil ob I 1 how flow can I 1 make you understand ile he gave ie a helpless liol gesture tuie tell tile me you ou avish tire me to understand I 1 will try li I 1 love loe you ou so touched cip bo sought to smile kindly gli hot gle give me file a mo limit lit lio blended tremulous 11 buy bu ll y nith tile 11 array of tier hair ho tile nip it i to little time thile aniio tho ill ollow bon bonnil luing iii of ti hillar goll idilo lo turn ini i will milliie tit alie tap jap I 1 ane e bov I 1 n scowl atno 1 lit in flit entrance to the daull roeln I linner is ci nod ervell by i it le effort she lie succeeded in fit f face find anil manner in innon muro ni an air inquiring attitude def ei eathil en thil 1 I hurt somehow boi s slie ie nui lid it mile little that only mystified will liim tile 0 do some something lhing for me file murlo r you iu know you ou need but ask lit it us as liap have inner dinner I 1 think im sure SHIP I 1 in fit liun hungry ali and lot let us its not talk claring dinner lets pretend nothing ins has happened afterward I 1 promise boil u lint but it hall be as you ion wish elsh of cauls 11 II THE impossible slip thought never was aa there a meal more difficult co consumed untried under stranger circumstances in nn an plino phere of greater constraint never lad two to people broken brend together having fit more to say to each other and leaving more unsil unsaid ld opposite tier mailo mado barely tasted the dishes set lefore him the cure care worn vuin PUS enes in ili that dark ascetic 1 I ici watched tier lier constantly if covertly co ertly if she lie looked up lip froin tier plate lie he its I 1 wili bled ills smile flushed flashed oll cneill gerly slip site ans none tile less lehs con iou ou of ills anxious expression when slie lii was iia riot not looking adire and its dis tre tie sal lj you ou slept well ell lie inquired she allied 1 1 I air aind you show the benent benefit A 1 think you wu are even een more beautiful than linn you on were moie pule pale per perhaps hapy but liott how dots does one say ta lt it tuel iv ilat it may iiii be I 1 flat am not a fair judge I 1 am so happy I 1 see all things couleur coulot ir fie de rose lose ill HI ionn brown bion hand stole neros tit alif cloth to cover hers for n moment and you ini ai anre you iou not gand gin dear to be hon with me once nee more ahe lie aid with dl di in a low voice looking town doii at her plate 1 I tim am gin gand to 0 be with W you oi li marlo larlo it was mas tine in spite of everything aeri tiling alp lip wits glad elid dut but it wag wrong of tier to say sav so 1 I 1 myself slept till noon lie he volunteered then ihen I 1 waited wafted tind and wait p it for you ou to wake up nil but you iou were sleeping like ilke a child you iou never neer stirred one it had not tire heart to disturb you ou their when it got so late and I 1 could no longer put off going down domn into tire ralley I 1 gave gae marthe marth instructions not to leave your bedside till I 1 returned or you awakened she wondered why 1 I was afraid I 1 dared not leave anything to chance one could not foretell in what condition you would wake up tip if anything had happened I 1 think another disappearance would have driven me insane Ins onel slie she noi avol leil deft its ills eyes ees and asked rather mechanically more to say INID out of desire 10 lo know why alil ill inn have bae to go down into tile lie valley to t etli biath new york brid cull call oft off the detectives I 1 had employed to lonic lonk for you iou also to lo tell tile lie villagers you vere safely found and thank them they the were bic ujust willi klinl those rood good people fully balt it of them hem stayed staled tit 1 all 11 night flight with tile me while we searched seal died the woods moods anil and thorah tunny many tin binl riot not had at wink of steel sleep they nc afternoon when I 1 desp despaired alred anil and to seck ock you ou in now new york thus i reminded emin ded of the sad cutill utility ty of that searh she nas as too deeply disturbed to vonder why lie could not have telephoned to the village hinge the served their coffee in tire the living i it was now quite dat daib k all anil d hie file air lr though sweet was keen tile llie lire fire was burning but the windows window and door were not closed and tire the gerld smell of wood smoke blen fled pleasantly with the pungent of the pines marlo placed lilt an easy chair for priscilla made it easier with cushions for lier her back and bond offered tier her elgar cigarettes ettes and showed Fur surprise surp prIse ilse when she refu refuted ed therit lighted one for himself und and lirow it away half 11 joked d and knelt down doun beside tier her chair ills elbows elbow h on oil its arm ariu ami g one of tier hands slie she to steel herself against tile s of tile ahll alc li flit protests pio plo tests of lr her affections tile alio hlll 1111 lilloll ll loll or of tier s s y till I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 es herself she buist lie ile mcl cruel to tn ho 10 adud lint but it was terribly flat liml to hurt huit aini i lin ng as slie site mut I 1 fill but I 1 see you V th h my 0 own ey eyes you sitting sating there telling me this atrocious thing that you are dead it vant as if khe diot anre till the ereie conflict of its his hand her heart to a faster fa tei tempo breath and pulses enli es affected a nil her lie p ing with tremors of fear and gin klad l ness nes enado tier lier infirm and pik pak 0 ol 01 r purpose pui pose slie she had for hlin him only a 11 pathetic apology tor for it a smile a forlorn little sli ilie of tier lier treat liand A deaver concern Blin dowed his faie face lie ho asked tenderly what hat Is it dear i you must till tell we nie its going to lie so hard slie she s it I 1 to what I 1 t I 1 cant think how tu to begin except in ill the lie Idun wn try do riot lie ile afraid tell lui tile tiie fran ay lion I 1 lime five ratio bulled you in I n L pt I 1 lime have abo slant r t but I 1 ut you ion divent limen hi vent tl then ili what it was mas I 1 gilld to make you 01 rua 11 1 I nhu from ine 1 i I 1 im sure you ii could liae have done noli ing ns still you min awall no 0 o I 1 ile ii maib anil oil sharply leo ico 1 till ill not she declined declared ilc im nt not linnoila Lin noia giitl IN I 1 lii ill t tl I 1 1 I all am not lot your tour wife vire mario hlll 1111 one lit fill douht liis ills eyes eca chillen challenged ged llie lie andr of luis har lu is but foutin it II ll jj ilos aIg at a ls loss cirit chrit li rit tire are you iou saying lie billat illat tile hie 11 slie be all litun oil 1111 1 in sorry sony mario mailo so sorry hut but I 1 dont dundei stand slie site sat hit up lip clo cloflin cloan flig ills 1111 hand tier bior own 0 n im so sorry sony slie she lint but I 1 must till tell you iou I 1 bennt avoid Is dead lit ile disengaged his 1113 libin and stood up sharply ll leonora I 1 la Is dead she was killed day before yest yesterday erda are aie you out of your inlaid or am I 1 1711 please listen dont make it any harder than it Is Cur cornelian nelian murdered leonora while you were away aa in ili town you yon see lie killed in the lie ire fire after all lies hes nilve tile llie tion of the bioly us its ills wits MIS it or a all v to I 1 liis Js ese it I 1 I 1 e I 1 saw him bat I 1 it i t night lie MIS in lint plaice 1 I ehnow diio c 11 inn in pl 1 riot ani it nil 11 what Is 1111 lulls you mill arl to till tell in slip she clintell K iti I 1 HP hilled I 1 ill iia mi dijt t tire man gite it g tute of tipa bill I 1 or of US its IS no MIr marfo fo she lie ill gently belth r of a us lint but I 1 si p ion MI alth ith lily own alvn ele 4 I 1 seo ei MII boll itlen bitting filere telling life Is ins jant you ou lie ale ill nil not ot 1 I lint I 1 but bill mill ou fire 1110 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I tiloi to 10 begin nith to tn ta till I 1 you I 1 nn t i hilt but I 1 PL nou ou I 1 tell you nn I 1 sie you ion its it title I 1 hellene ollie li I 1 look like ilke leonora 11 lonk lock liko ht 11 ile he Inn lied short ly you me fire lierl herl nut 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