| Show the andson 09 C antl r man au n s ayares ay aret fu 41 W at atlon sn wilk III hh his wid ili tU old tId agree dur not apprille App rolle of e ble litber 11 but ua Is astle factory R of the estate 14 proposes rt mc we inetor jor iNc tor in the tb continued I i for the first time hilly daily smiled 1 I mid ill 1 1 I doubt jou you ill hit o 0 but well ili the timp comes al at Is clearing re hj dj cigarette cigarettes A and ind tell fell yoo you 1 tab i sir sr george bot but he be an me jaw ARM aggy waa WW ed i a splendid man all a 9 tv always been that 11 0 to manage 10 america let jaw and began I 1 ll 11 lapir land mind jhen bit laddle dille la I 1 was wa to t ji lories of my broth r america Amer ira anti l lo 10 lighting 04 14 here and hes a big I 1 arail of contracting bail bull op elm and grani ys bridges and thel pars that crowd ere added to signify his y of being L I 1 JM eyes opened 1 solemnly film and onto for many a ions long nt tit of i real ImpI delit DX me me some time 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cenie enle 1 13 tahe tte p train nd set get he the bicente li cente and ana 1 YOU a peaceful life more extravagances ek nisky whisky ond and peace to ag wf y my lear Is my lie sale 4 and iii lied 1 I 1 did bet than N wal and I 1 saved or jou u sir geordie a ud od was bowed on oil amy im ashamed 1 of iu w as I 1 did 10 trembled for fora a vo 03 ight have kemem niter er than that sir vu on a the tip up of ber her e 1 it back and g me docs does a lad will bi old bursel and d hi tut hafe hats by and 1 ner her com coin alt for it moment 4 01 beldere 1 ing now le lean leaned ed tom forward ard and w tat hand which aliard faces it hard borit and 1 11 I 1 be here any biele your ef roil er hand on top ol 01 from this most or she sald sir bate bonen 0 en thought it 1 he ack k t that at first year coul it alta iras ctet as it a and tow of left deftos as tie ol 01 abrald fr ald the law I 1 tal that I 1 had nothing dothan but was it little laft oler r iaia that lit your fa tat t ns wal I 1 let sir r I 1 t an ity one tight himself atef while as a a aa inai ie 1434 it had up the 11 sir george began begin ati couri its DO no so 10 much but fill help sax youw yours he declared hast ity 11 all the virl widows dows portion you bare assy aggy ill 1 ner touch a penny penn at 10 it two obstinate absil vate scott stared it at each othir it was wa agay lady sandier v who poke spoke drat first you ft rt ever a let set laddie laddle theres ao no hange bonge in roe you there will be no change in to me agnes ady sandison Sand lson must roust take ber ter lawful A agnes lady landsa San dSa 40 stared glared at tit her stepson such a lodo todo lo to do about a wee pickle money boil thata that and now we come dow to bare bolk Sand lOrce even 11 the rent I 1 hare bare out rf ct the foreigners wont uril keep you at the first you re thit ahei to pay and sod une line or of two debt debts at tue the cad od of the second year you II 11 hac hao a dee bit left fell over but it villi III be at the end of uie the sec ecung tind ft hats your plair sir george lifted his hi hands A and ad let them rail tall 1 I 1 buve have none aa as ye yet L I 1 meant to t ro to to my uncle and ak ask hims him 11 ge get nothing interrupted lidy sandison grimi 1 I was to turn him myself lie 11 do nothing sir george blushed lady sandison son gue gut him a it keen ook look ill U betaque benu e I 1 asked him that id lord cheddar armstrong do anIn int for his its els Ws lere tees son indeed I 1 ask him ont rIhL lie came come to the he joes ors office to see about the settle ant of the estate and slid asked to it ee me fie visa as against you soil tor for he the oil business lie considered that aou ou hud had the little monay your mother bad had left yoo you away I 1 did and be he eald said there was no more armstrong money going that gait galt and he asked me to tell fell yoa you bat that hed sons nf of his own to start in life fe he fie you welt well but he be t care to see you until you iad had made some effort to become a ua useful eaul member of society 11 11 leaning 1 l 11 money I 1 take tt it nut ho hoar lady ady sandison Sand lson laughed he lie left that tbt to yuu he said something about pur share of the family looks being fill all thai h hc armstrong were responsible tor for and they were the best asset assets yoo you had hod sir george looked considerably lady lacy Sand lson n grimly hee nes a granil grand looking man berose hut but I 1 cannot eee see that hee hes getting much out of the wealthy marriage he made ills wife holds the parse purge string tight and his children all take niter after the mother they 11 I 1 not pet get far on their he can keep hie his money growled sir geow fie wilt will hed batho ratho rat lose hi his religion than a single pound of it IL she looked again at her tier sl sep epson soa i it was hen then this american scheme came into mi henn hend if we go away while the pince place Is rented and earn ing and leave my m bit of money turning itself over and earning whilst were to in america where nobody knows os us we could work and iliad make a living sir george looked at her aggy araa clear 1 and after all agy aggy was fond of him tie lie had no one on earth nearer than uncle charles and be bad not dot a penny of bis his own T r aw laid her other hand on top of hisa his A piro caress from this reserved Reter ved person and aggy was not Of offering ferill g him money but a chime chance to earn some over here here there was nothing but a chance tn to borrow and not much ot at that lie he spoke after a bit slowly ly by the lord I 1 an idela ideal I 1 ifa its more said old lady Sand lson lion itla it a certainty certainly for I 1 11 I 1 ave z ve a vade t ade blat twill will mato briney any guy dine jm a cook that could please a kini if the wort worst come to the worst ill 11 please an sin Amr american ionn millionaire and take some of bis ills mone I 1 back gitil arli we and you alien ehe she broke off as I 1 aw law sir georgea georges face youre a cherer woman agy AY and your plan not a bad one ex bett the part where you IOU cook that will not not be neca necessary not put you coee e forgotten one gnp thing and that that liat I 1 hare have nothing to offer anybody ani body I 1 hj by I 1 m too poor to pay my passage over end and no ill for a job lol if it I 1 were wre oica no tons I 1 I 1 Aggy woo full pill of scorn do jou nem neer lok in the fie glassl oti oil come aggy sir george certainty certainly was wn annoyed you aro are as 01 hail bad ni as U uncle lie ae charles Ch arlel lord l ord charles far for wrong dec larri aggy judicially confound it aggy we wont discuss that flint or george said sold irritably rit ably then he for an could your brother help oil oa 01 hell g kt 1 the chance at 14 it mod vowed A g zy well lve 1 will be swilling moin othIne sir george agreed hy fly id illo like to try tryl I 1 if I 1 could nilee raise the price hut but I 1 tell yoo you frankly rankly accy its no me use ln ito broke flat of 1 I ran can manage the tile passage money I 1 declared aggy abruptly if yoc jol I 1 think well of my plan in to fact bhe added at him cautiously 1 1 I have the tickets in putte what I 1 1 I thought td risk it 11 it would te be jl jitt d miller of refunding if it you do refuse re aitse 11 she sighed pleas pless ere oh laddie toddle dont refuse me think hat it means to roe me to have some one that belong belongs to lue to do for sir george arose his full height trembling Tre nibling a little lady sandolfon Sandl fon aroe arose too tom was vas he going to otter after if ly annihilate her and walk out of her life lit e altogether for one roo rao ment a she he feared eared it it she was perfectly aware that this young mall had come to tier her with one mea idea to get the interview over and anti then never er see her again and she adored him hirn she knew that this wai was her list chance and flint only his DOT POT erty had bad riven given her thai that even now poor a 9 he was aos if it occurred to him that this stout middle aged woman wait wa practically proposing that they join forces against had fortune if he realized renil ted it meant tadd llna himself with her would he do it aggy agy had no to intention of bring being a burden either emo ll finally nally or she would pay PRY her way both in it care and Affect affection lon in plans for his bla future la in money HS as long as hera hers held beld rit or she could earn IL it nut but wood won d ha bin toler foler tp eatn the light slight bond of old find nd new interest low flow would he knoz kno hat that she ask ac u rt one ne instant she trembled to think that he would refuse the neit next the she was able to breathe apala again aggy youre youle an aneel angel baloi her bet stepson and land I 1 II 11 think it over she gared up at of him a mist be fore her rather hard looking blue eyes she he was not one to give way to emol lens lons rather to disguise them she pretended that slie she was gazing nt at him with curiosity bui nul affection tall will yoube you be six sit re fet ret t three admitted sir george be something to show Amel america 10 said lady sandison Sand lson ly 1117 there here are tots lots of tall ameri amerl tans no doubt said aggy anly IJ IY sandison Sand lson still with her absurd air of satisfaction Amerl cay cap I 1 grand place but the street can not be exactly exact ly crowded bilth beau ticul men that are six feet three I 1 CHAPTER II 11 BULIT MACBETH stretched out on aker chaise longue looked at ill ind nj 1 ft I hen as a ioor Y v ing artian he hid tell llant to seek i a land where he caud rise thre had been before him one ambition a big bl place yet curiously enough great country estates for i as a he gradually grew wealthy Palt lY he had well about him film left him none of these for nobert Sta cBeth ie fie wanted in 10 i island to he surrounded by wa wo ter to be absolutely independent to see his own little slice of the i world set apart from the rest by natures barrier of fast running water gratified gratl fled something with a him that ho he found difficult to t x plair his hi allty accounted for most of it it island born and bred he had reverted reier ted to the ideals of his forefathers to their love of blue water about abou a bit of green land robert Sla macbeth cBeth shifted Ms Hs eyes and mot ed his head bead and his short body slightly only n ahen lien ho he did so did one notice collee that he was ly ing in 0 o a chiase tongue langue because lie he mus muad lie fie gave a 8 sigh h of pain prin as he slowly moved a lefi ter arthal arthritis t K that now fashionable name for tot in an old fashioned el disease seAse had hall bimby him by the feet lie sank ark with a groan but he could now tee see loberta roberto his only child and the gr groin n chain chained ged into a good round oath macbeth was i a short calir broad scot rith gray eyes A tbt it were at of amela astonishingly lovely in color alib their deep fringe of black 1811 larrea es and both friendly end d shrewd hil had bad black brows aid d a short clipped red and gray antl mus tache lie ile was mas quite alte evident evidently rk personage and lincer mcw it without openly exhibiting the naive conceit of the gelf made Scot yet he hoa ia made his way from day laborer to contractor co nt and builder ills his splendid and varied sary ary had bad been ore of his greatest helps in that advance no one could make a team of horses horse haul gaul as mile much h or all a as AD yeng rob Wo cBeth ho one c could bold manage a gang prig of italian laborer laborers as well ills vocabulary practically on an used at home while gentle jean macbeth was alive was will trell known and feared tested at of his it was only since inee arthritis had bad laid lold mm fin by h the heels tint that it wa was be cown known on his hi wand beope pe dally when roberta rendered him furious he ile was furvoll I 1 now as 03 tie locked at her and iet et Rot roberts lo nerta erts jean icile macbeth ans a to make any father 4 ord sh wa aas mail small barely five are feet ahr thaw but he she was beau bean folly proportioned A pocket 41 lion of venus with her father eye eyes and red hair it was a I 1 mc belli beth characteristic this red heir half ts own ou was i a reddish fair with atily the tiniest admixture ad of gray lis vii however seemed merely i a warm tan hen compared with robertos suck bleb rioted her iener hen a helmet of red curl curio cut and pruned by pomo ome french expert espert la to he the art of bal bair it 11 his ions long trai niti ni lie a contractor and builder had given him a wonderful vocabulary it had also alien hen him wonderful ond erful control over oer his temper beail uini an experienced man he knew that to give way to bli his temper before roberto kince mace lie could not arbitrarily forbid die the thing ehe she was set ft io on doing and se see tent his ban was carried out would tit ti futile but he had to remind himself that he was flobert a power and a terr orIo 0 o grown men inen and high in the he council of mighty men met of business lit before fore he could culm himself for Ito tl oberta bertil bad had flouted him had ridiculed all bl big plans for hini bini self elt and for her as is 1 silly llly i as and at the t last d n tiresome I 1 doubtless he was flat 0 on his back for tl lie e first time in abts fil s beuve life she he bad thought it the strategic hour to carry through her own plans and move the whole cs es bodily from bis his land island z he H had opened HI HIs mouth to tell H her ta stop W when h en she made hl him M forge forgot everything else except sill lie island land had pad he been tt at fitt ennit lit himself in bringing her op up to be so modem modern eo so lu independent dependent it had always been a tradition in the Ilac ileth family eliat their lassies were is as rood good as any lid was use he had too plainly that be loved her beyond everything ind and covile deny her notion nothing or wai was it just because the whole younger goner g atlon was wa quite out of hand handl lie fie leaned back and he ile had hoped bored for pence and comfort nt at boine hoine and he was evidently not to get it yel lie ile sighed again ns as fie looked bout about him and taw saw roberta nt herta rufe ruce along the irhe and cross the bridge without a loot look or a wa wae e vf the hand in his direction quite evidently slie she had decee to leep her tier appointment regard less of his mistiest that she stay at home and nd properly property induct the tile new servant servants who were 11 arriving today bitant disobedience I 1 open def lancel laneth grint wd he ile bad never minded a little spunk la 10 a lass A few minutes later he heard her car tearing aloni along the river road on the mainland ell she the wee wes deliberately disregarding his wishes de despite pIle all he had find said tie ile mum plan how to circumvent circum sent her tier ills eyes Ie calne henvy heavy and anti broo dios the 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