Show he handsome d so me man by y MARGARET MARIC ARET TURNBULL I 1 I 1 w ile TI by irwill m myers W D rrt L toB doii sit coors 8 bedl 41 alib tl kli bit widowed dj old purse adgy it of her r but her there to W lady lip tr her brother brothers alaby if abw with tl daugh i 1 bt T at 0 o hu his llna as e logo lot city life f u t bel a I 1 kobert inter lady 11 botorf orso and 1 mile Wip lolls wt servants erv nt tied 51 to ton opt hie his sister for bet to 10 tako chang u wa george Is 0 be his ht t liap lie ps iii df date airro lir ro abou abom roberi tells ht br j int lot interested in tit of young man treat A IV continued 4 i b asked nd and I t approve sir bearge bave to tahae bate lilt I 1 must say free met one acre more open sr if IOU ask cap mp oh rw leg quite te eo so JA she was afa fl a ift eded tirl ever trifle trine brusque well ateer teer the remark id 14 but roberta a blew smoke ring rings bcd ed be a ot flattered flittered herself that er otin generation thi this kid come out to loi 1 ell he would 0 it all 11 II bj by himself nd id mistaken tier young ed off oft the aher art J at her got someer irkward awkward to CT to 10 awa taci Is I 1 then s 1 on the mainland been your attention for I 1 tal minutes cutes is bell 1 It iberta oberta flaked asked to her u the rte felt fell it stiffen it ct ck my by did ill J he te make e 9 I 1 by b coming hele he e and t to the house openly cad lift life brid e on tt 0 e 6 til isi left til its car rather hei des down dora on the tow i watchdog observed tolly but elie she swung 1 lad and went to the door tooted out lea les it was lat t was n lie he doing here fritter aften him that the she could ay iy CPA neit celt monday lay A moi d him i a message it aill roberta feeling in t be he tho ehe she wa was nolier er bight might see her and ass 1 I can manage my thack 0 agreed sir george geore AWAY 14 he went doorway brid toward i roberta nas as mazed aoi dot make even esen the w to to top stop him sue she w she aas as quite un do d treatment treat here was if J orl he knew alpar tilt of the any 1111 J orl he knew az a his hi instead of ampro eina the w ie he came to ber her and essaye es a carnally cas nally abey icy were two school tea beit walked on off on and d left liked walked slowly toward ind 1 the bridge jack had w he lie moved toward ed v dorried orr led ivaa 03 be he itt r father why ft Y to the island and her ler jike like any a other boy the sunlight struck to and shot ed he bet lid u laeve teen seen before much older than the a was M not a boy he h W lavound LIVO tm around Und near a tall 11 a thicket of sumac eaf him ho re beckoned boned 1 ml 1111 1 I 1 be he h BUie ile open opp 1 6 0 0 0 0 lilienth was aa frow frowning george 1 joined led him U lie he quickly eilah i ie 8 the aha young man 11 K I 1 YOU like axe aki try a bit sir t n george asked take me oy arm id bette etar alx lx tartly gair I 1 thou h im ca to stir welk YOU vure 1 re beat for ei and it i sir feorg we bay iknou to tain e K 1 I 1 vve the girl iri a ban tiance I 1 to himself hi hit his path to the bridga 14 went ent it 0 might be aff it e wi would be to but he could not IS to do it IL the girl was had not asked him et to or I 1 S eleber ct of that kind keep lile ills to to f t 4 e mouth biazzi for all of and keep his mouth mouths shut hoi oil lit painfully ay iy leai ilc ported do 14 5 hint nobert robert way tiow the ten they reached atle chloe ain he reined related V fly ai as the bourger ban man biped mist to i a comfortable pol post arrill led his hl pillow pillo wg there was wa a arbort kir sir georee lit a cigarette and leoned leplatt the wicker chair he intend ed to slide into lo 10 a moment lie could not hot we the cirl now and the cir car bad had robert hit had taken up a letter ho bad lid dors dow just be his promenade he HO band it to bis secretary what do sou too think of it was wits a type typewritten ritten letter mitt ad erea fe ased seti to hobt robit macbeth cBeth and hid aid dear sir do you know tha ho man ivar our daughter it Is rusting meeting at tit differ en ent mort on the lincoln highway hany facts in your lour life are known to 0 o the writer of this which yon you not lle like to find public prop 1 1 fob ag waited but roberta did noth ing but blow smoke hinga rings I 1 e erty it you wont want to konowall kno will the writer know knows send letter letters to the p 0 box given below and ft alt sit for telegram appointing iwens 1 I place all aill 1 be told IOU w it was merely the cam ber of the post office box in a city being given glen sir sit george handed banded it bade back id throw it ID in the he tire hobert robert Mac macbeth ileth grasped the let ter er firmly tints where yu would be te brou such letters be kept and urd to trap or tem ill IH send it to a detec the tle agency it scandal tin irn afraid of he lie oever never dine thing to be for or and neither has roberta then joa you bo bother macbeth turned an oil bori honestly estly worried face to the younger roan man tin ill pretty sure that the writer of 0 the letter has some connection with the dIOl dOl culty ive been haung hating with my payroll hot but I 1 ran mn t convince the police pay payroll rolli sir george looked at him in astonishment do you mean the 1 he pi payroll troll for your employees in 10 the city hubert hobert shook till tilt head wot not the office A much bigger thing tiling te the money for the men on tile bonstra cons con stra 1 lon job you will likely laugh at the idea that this has to 0 o do with iab 14 it but ive tried it somehow 1 can t succeed in laughing ery bird hard I 1 have a feeling these letten letters have sojie connection with a it gang of men nio mean t have loste a it try for or that payroll agnia if it they cant get at me and my money this baj lie he shook the letter but surely youle youve taken precautions ca unions ft hy oot not pay the men by check checkl isbeth made a it wholly contemptuous gesture with his hand which still held field the letter aeo year bead heat I 1 cant pay labor ere ers by ebeck lots tots of the be foreign era ers dont doot to what to do with c hecks check no pvc got to make and keep things dajcs R ourselves 1 he fie looked at sir george end and leaning leaving lovard bui blin and in lit a low tone aid said its al 1111 right 10 lo new york I 1 can let 1 et protection armold care cars if need be bu bat I 1 ve to I 1 hunch theres aeres trouble brewing for roe me and ire ure got A peat reat many of dollars to pay par out 00 the big piece of constriction work being done op up the 1110 river its it bw h to get gel the money there safely safety that Is paz usg me now dow r lie he paused a moment and said quietly 1 I 1 dont mind telling you that I 1 have tile SUM deposited in the ri nearest darest local bank tm im going to end send some one dow dowl to collect it from the bank later and that tb some ene tine may be you he ile looked at sir george angly yes wyeta of coarse course bet bhea I 1 nd dd hoar than that a wb what it I 1 want api to tell afe m rd id like alk you to go dc down wn with loberta berta today and look oer mer the lay of the lind land cant vant your in maln an teke take me sir george asked flight tod olt VIA more that ray 1 I 1 dont want the tenants Ber Tants to know or suspect anything about it bior the people pele in the village in 10 fact I 1 dont want anybody to 0 o know anything about it except possibly rt she know knowl aby drag a 1 rl into thier 11 wont wool be drugged la 14 her father him hut but I 1 went her bet id to take yuu you dovo down the river to the bank and up the river rivet be 0 to o taken how jou 1 where the money la Is to by lly motor r yea yeve but yea you arely surely woul an let the girl drive if then was likelihood of danger gift IN bet but YOU could daire lri your vilt bif once you IOU knew the wiy way oh ye yes 0 well ell to go with her to tit villa ge and ad to the bank where a ho wilt will eash A clerk cleck ani ana tit juu IOU to a the mahler then tomorrow tout orrow shell tse ae you up he the aher llave you told her chist not K by its ta barely pc elbe sible the she may have made arrangement arrangements of her ber own S shell change that it I 1 isk ask her her er father other said sald ah sir george was uy it him ifft sell of how bow much he lie pit in a that ah it I 1 vias n as to make obert robert Ifa cBeth turn his head quietly quickly od bit euney the young boim man haung hating tu limed tuned ned it be he saw final the young miina mans eye eyes were hied tied on it pot spot of blin blim was presently ahl able a observe that this was s car en on the high road mad on 00 lie mainland nod and that opposite that car i log os a dim dil blur that had a bronze color lie ile remembered the color of the drese dress hie his dati daughter titer had wen been wearing that morning and turned hi his head eo so that the joun young er man mim might not gee see bis face fam bir george to watch the he bronze blur until it took shape b rand d outline and nl began to look like roberts IlAe fleth then he start ed aware that he the hence silence bad been long lou me e saeng ing ng that 11 tell roberta what I 1 want ai so eoon mn as a she crosses the river or will you meet her tier and tell lier tier I 1 want to see her and take your yourself stir oil for a time absolutely sir george sauntered toward the aher and met tre tte fleshed flashed and exultant hiking girl spying spy iner 1119 look was enough to make her feel letl ashamed of herself oh 1 I gay say she the sak aid that was unfair and I 1 t really mean it sir georee george did not dot strip stop it deeon t matter he bald stiffly your father la Is salting 11 see you the girl irl kleles a rock off the towpath into the canal well if you want to be bate hateful ful be hateful 1 he fie tamed turned if you would oily get it into your extraordinarily pretty little head he told her not unkindly that I 1 in here because I 1 haic hate to t earn my ahing and your father has been good enough h to give me a post that ae As for you and bour friends at the risk of being thought rude I 1 tell you tit I 1 dunt t give a tinkers whom you meet or you deet meet him and all of that there had been a down breach breath ind and then silence ind and be he had walked oo 00 over the canal bridge to the highway feeling completely ashamed of himself 1 hy had be lost his temper ills remorse gaining cn ca bam be as about to turn once cam more when the sound of flying foci steps came to him lie ile turned to confront an angry AM flame fiame cheeked girl who toll told him vehemently bently youie just got ot to 0 o know this too you dont hate little die one degree less or more than I 1 hate you well since we knew know it ite a mutual laid sold sir george evenly suppose we g 1 on hating each other as i uch as we like in private and keep a friendly smile to face the world 1 lie ile smiled at her now dow 1 oh youre hateful ir the girl cried jut just when I 1 meant to be decent to yoo YOU for fathers father i sake you make it impossible I 1 promise you ill do anything I 1 can to speed your return to bonnie e scotland nL ah ab 11 returned the homesick mesick hn sir george his heart in his voice if you only could the girl looked fooled at him speechless i moment and yet be did rt go he lie wondered why but almost betor before he bed bad done VOC bario he suddenly now the to bis his question the blue cr car was some little way ahead of hlin him in an the tree shaded cross md to the high acy ind its it owner w as to start it jbf ab ws wils why she thought he was spying that was wi why she would not riot it abe eb could help 14 it leave him atone alone lie continued to walk toward the clr and to speak so that the man whoever he wi vv rolco hear bear surely you dont want to annoy your father and slid have hiro him you do you yoot ae As for or the blue car and its onner a he continued it is I 1 hardly my affair faIrI af th the roan man at lit the car jerked his head up and nodded to the girl and then quietly qui calv turned bis his hack inick and busied the car or again sir sit george eorge for or a moment barely any decent son sort would be likely to come over and speak mak make it easy for the he eirl girl to introduce a him the man mail however after that one look hurried harried back bick to work at the car lil fam f resolutely turned tom f farn sir the girl looking dria ane stone abi then illen at lit the othe othet turned WPM and went to rard her fathers house sir george walked part pa the car what sort of cheap and aa a ful fu I 1 verison that little devil hai hat elec elberty 41 pa n be hero to of lier tier secret romance I 1 be now had a pretty fair idee idea the mans face ice hough though tow gow loozl lo in ita t way wa was ao an open booi tu ili sir lgeorge jOe sir 1 george o 0 wondered wily the th fellow had bad been 0 so o asinine ai as to 0 o try to hide bi bit face to so anxious to avold id any nj speech with him lie topped dd e d IQ in the middle cil dille of the rond for or a moment ai as the solution mara to 10 him 11 II ecat hot have T e been tant to wa wu afraid since he b had suri w SY george arit of firm then the fello fellow must be amo one whom he himself would 01 ilie ue walked on thought t roberta roberts arrived at her lot father hers chair lod and impatiently to his hi proposal her eye eyes blazing with indignation why cant some one else take him down to the oe til village lagel I 1 dont doal like him I 1 think bes he the most disa disagreeable young man I 1 ever knew nod and I 1 dont see why august cant drive him lie looked at her i a tittle little badly sadly surely Sure lr roberta roberts eita the most modern of daughter daughters would not think it extra extraordinary ordIna if it her tuther father who cannot do 1 it itself himself asked her tier 0 to o Intro dui duet his secretary at the berk bark and also take him op up the river to allow show him the viaduct job it in fall I 1 that roberta eald said sullenly not a little ahi ined of her self elf then rhen what Is ill her father asked and there wai was a tired note in bli his voice as a well as exasperation 1 I have ao an engagement for to day 11 too bad I 1 in afraid ill 1 hare haie hai e to ask oak you to cancel it what 1 1 a ask it wont wait walt iti ito busl nem 1 I cant roberta began and then topped stopped 11 1 I danh ilon t want to cancel it father cant we man age it some other way I 1 could get ona of the bore down at fit a greem bend to take mm min ile totaled and then decked led to trust her there theres barl a little dl deculty culty about thu payroll in tta t cil ct nd and im not kolne going to risk any outside knowledge of how roach much money I 1 me bare or what I 1 are all aking a king IM sir r george to do for me stif stiffener fenel you incan mean you IOU won want I 1 let me off P per lather blonk his hi head bend wear wen t lly illy 1 I gnip late why 0 no o I 1 dunt don 1 11 alink ink you have I 1 aue ou te just given me mie an order and AM apparently apparent iv business busl nes comes before else Iti loca just now said it gloway 1 I 1 wish you could fee see it as a I 1 do nobble bobble tewo aney just money and he the of it wouldn I 1 be jat jost the money losa I 1 have hine insured the larroll it its s i A matter of kaiping fulth with it alie e men ifie money means mean home find food and clothing for all ill these men and they depend on me rne to deliver it to atheni on the day ive inep promised n it I 1 can remember when you U er ere a wee thing bobble how much my weekly wane wage meant to 0 o your mother an to me roe he ile had used thi the tittle old pet name that had beco been en her as a 1 baby but it did not rubella she stood silently edien reaf 1 arding him film searching arching te in her mind fur for some pim PIN that hii uI I make him listen she kneff knew now by the look in hir fa to eyes that it was hopeless she must either do this thing or a final anal quarrel that woold 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