| Show fO I l fOO F BY BYI I w RAFAEL I SABATINI I I 7 I I ew I Ia 1 iv v MeA eISA I BIGL BEG TOD TOD T Y Colonel Holle Hotle soldier an tn a- a aid I e returns to Englan En lan his hi na th eland c land when hen 1 war ar with Ith ith 1101 Hol Holland land li 1 I declared It Is la dint rou for tor to secure a commission In tho army because the thenn th nn name me of Randall H olios father of the colonel 1 la Is on the thc warrant arrant for tor forthe forthe the of ot the lat late king Tilt TIle dreaded plague ue lie Il lag Ing In London A friend o of the colonel na d l Tucker la is i Ar- Ar aIre Arrested nr re rested ted Cot toi plotting the tho ro ot O a has haa bot been beCo seen cen In Tucker a tan con a 0 a nar- nar war ar- ar arrant rant Ii 1 I out for or his arrest t ills Hl HI Ora Grace o of ot r nt a house bou In Knight R Rider del Str Street et and plot to ha hats p Silila y r ion on actress Abducted and carried there thero ak Asks a k Colonel to abduct q Ma It 1 III Ia and take taken n oar r to thin house bouse tot 01 him At Al first the tir ol colonel nel refuses reluse OW GO O 0 ON TIn THE STORY not Dut But a 0 roan man stand stand- log In trio tIie shadow hadow of o the tho gallows allows should not be oar er o nit hP Im I'm flush perished in tn the Cob Colu nel Colu-nel nel ii ice th the teas teal te- te turned le-turned turned to his Ills e C ce es Cs The Tho Duke in 1111 j him thus by grim Krim reminder waa as mo mod d to toI sudden laughter I It e setma eema ms ou ha hasp hap p to Colonel folios Holl HolI ii that there thero I In no s 's without tret fret You resent regent that t I should ask ne nea ft k a a trifling trilling SI Ice v- v vIe Ie ire ot nf ou hen in n I hero am ot- ot of Coring to nicks make our fortune for I or that 11 is what hat a hat I am nm offering You come ac oa opportunely to mv ow need aced IS At to 0 lour our 0 own ow-n Serve S rTe meI me I a ni I J a end nd I pl pledge m word fiat I shall not ne I neglect et you But this thi this Cal Cal- CalI fal I fal-I I tO teed te-od Ad Jt It I li t 1 ii task ta k for tor bullies to lo- lo o jackals v Th The Tho Duke Duk shrugged hrut Datin Dalum P se hy ly trouble to define it J Ihen h he ho changed hI tone a Tho The Tho choice I 1 ia loun ours Fortune mae makeM the offer gold rold on the one hand hem on the th oth-i oth I do 10 lo not nol pree pre i upon ou I 1 Holles was as tom tOI n een yr ar and honor Ill I'll co go rn my 1 eai I r think hp he gaid h heath ll o II and halt hAlf tu n as It if to depart I You You know whither hither It leads leado alne aino the Duke v arning t olee olce I In silence Holies Hollos bo boss bowed ed cd and made his hie Way to the door 1 I inc feet hope s i lat Ia t bubble pricked I nd Id then the th Duk DuKe i q s olce oice r- r rei leol tested ei led him h ag again I fool tool von vou are a 11 I 1 r h e hao e 1 long lony non known it I 1 wa a tae ia I a fool foul ticO I as med ed d our oar life lite ln l 1 tou au I a pai a mo moo as s a fool tool should I be You 11 yourself ef pil nd of ot your oil 01 n choice ou ou do o 10 o In tool foOl is 0 cohl Seeing el him standing t rl there thero still hesitating the Duk Duke Duke approached him Ills graces grace's need nee as you kno know was wa eo rr n urgent nt It as no 01 ei tatem nt that nolle I had been opportune tn- tn lea he ho could locks mahe mak of Hollos the tool that he required to so where should hould h he find Another lie sSt Mt a han hand upon the Colo Cob Colonel nels nel e shoulder And whilst t the Duke now v talked ie I pt p t him with 02 on the th one on hand and In- In In him Ith q 1 a picture ot Of what must happen Jappen on the tha other time the th ColonI Colonels Colonel's on own tor- tor tor tormented mente mind wa was w Were W re his hands hand t I leall call so eo clean cla hi hl life o 10 o hiS hf ht honor t Sri il that he be 1 must muot bo- bo bog bog- boy l rIp rie at It this ind nd boggle at atIt t tit it to the extent client of allowing t to tr his hl hi neck and ci I sooner than Itt It STid nd what pt was TVS titie vileness whom hen all 1 WM was sasS naK 1 A taw baggage of ot the tho theater ater a trull of STI An i n bad h i fd plind upon the Duke Duk that sh oh rr might mn make 10 the tho greater creter out outI 0 of him In tI the end lid The Th fluke Due I wearied ct cf f lie hei hI tricks end rna wiles ri to cut tho the game I short Titus ThUs the tho Duke the th situ tien And what hat wh t calico had Hones Honesto to that th t it was other than thana a 1 true representation r pres nt The Th gIrl ws w's en n actress and anil th therefore It followed wanton w 1 The puritanical nf ef n the tir t and Its h to of hi hIs lilii Corn Com Com davs d vii Ift l ft him hint no doubt upon Ulon that score ore If It ch the ahe were w r a alad aad lad ad II of if a a woman of If sir sir- Ir- Ir Irhie tue hie ue Ih the thIng thine would be different Then Thon Indeed to ho be h a ft party T I rt to lIeh an n Act net wr wore were ft it wickedness un- un unthinkable un unthinkable thinkable a thing sooner than which bleh he would Indeed suffer sutter death But het was wu the nc ile- ile ne ness hel Irie lisie e tince inco the object Itself wae II silo ille Against hat what then really did this thia thing thine offend 7 gamst himself against hi hit his ol col- er Tho The act required of 1 hint tn was l one proper to a hired bull bulI It II Was ir le Ic But was I hanging less leq le Ignoble Was Wa W s lie he to toI I let t them put a rope ropo About hi his neck I and nd th the brand of the tho on hi name out of 01 tenderness for a I luggage of 01 th the lh whom thom horn ho be dId not e eon on on know Buckingham was waa light He lie was ax iH IA IlL fool tool All his Ills lire life lie hd hid beena been ben a a fool 1001 scrupulous In negligent gent ent In the tho greater reater things thing And now not upon the mot most trilling trifling or of All nil he ho would sael B hi his life life I Your Tour grace trice he slid old hoarsely I 1 lot im our min mn i I U n X T r I rh rho Chah III Grace behaved ind iid at the tle sante lino Um time with a pru- pru pru deuce dence prudence which i et eal the th alert find arid finde e calculating mind of this thiB rl man who might have been great I I ere itha hall hail h he b been n less loos of ft it v He TIe atten l l h Hollos b I tI thit Justices cull b on tho the morro announcing himself able abia to coo con conI con confirm I firm out of ot his hia 0 own oan n ledge the truth of the account hith the Colonel Colonl gate eBie of his lila nubI with nub I the attainted lucel More stas as The a court urt bent the tho knee th this lieI greet c who ho enio etl eu the lie I cbs friendship of the tile King thus ihus at the th outset wis 1 ts hours Holies ired I t p red rd from hi his wot pc-il pc I t Ne he was as as Info med mcd that since Ince 11 lind Ene-lind er Ie lee Ice o on sot nv In hind wa WK was almost ulmot out of the nuo liani for hi his son ham bans ou him hun ruth nith tb leLer I to eral Be friends o of his hlo own in where hero a capa capa- capa- capa capable blo I ble blo ol soldier Moldier ler well trell need I n 1 lack employment I 1 Ironi before boror the Jus Ju Colonel 11 Holl oll's repaIred l lI I str 11 tight light to Sti t Oct et to toIe Ie n lulle 1 with the Ott 0 ner mier of o the e in Knight l fit I- I Idel I del i Of Ot this he Ito now non ac- ac acI ac lull ed the In his 0 own I name n for the term terni 01 of one seal leac eal The merchant did not no trouble toI to I conceal the lie tact fact act that he ho regal re ni dedI dod ded I Colonel nolle a as crazy craz CrU to desire I to take up tip III i ee In tn an In- In Infected infected In Infected city om which alt oU 11 who ho note able abl were making maling hate haste hat to Ie 10 mo mote 0 01 HAd nad the Colonel Colonl needed a 0 reminder of 01 It ft he bo nad It itin ItIn in tho the fact thit ho he tas aa wa 1111 to EO go 0 on toot foot not oni because coache h coaches let e no now non rare I but the ue UK ua ot of o them W S c l Ince ine Iso so 0 iran ran had been used by I el ed persons Doon smeared with the sod eJ J cross and nd guarded by I ado becoming common common- commonplace place and the el eli few I people met In the streets who stillI still I I teI sought to maintain the norms normal I te teI I nor aol and business of oC their I lit ed es cc esI esmo mo d with the tho listlessness of lIe lIe- de despondency nc 01 else eino with 1111 toe tle tn watch watch- w I fumes of h hunted nt creatures The pungent smell of ot and of camphor hor was vas watt wart t I ed to the lie Colonel e a nostrils front from frontI I 1 tho thio person of o almost e eter eer er he m met t metHo Ho 10 mn ma ha hate haia 01 thought atlin that as a he lie hid ad iad already admirably ey- ey pressed oy-pressed pressed presed it II 11 Buckingham was ilK wa led b his passion like a 0 blind man manby by bv his hll dog dor to come thrusting him bIn him himself self elf at lit such urh a time Ume Into the and he mav meY hll base h ic taken i fae- fae tion ton in m the he hint hint- him self so 0 soon I is this should he accomplished was wax to the dJ dast t of ot london ondon from lug Ius feet concluded with tuSh the me- me cliant chant the tue Colonel wont ent to talce lale poc possesSion sion of ot the house and he Installed In St stalled there ther two of the four I French lackeys lackey the Duke had baa lent lont Win for tor myrmidon After Att r that there ther was little to do I but watt walt until That eto- eto fling or and tb the next O e the Colonel repaired r to Lincoln Lincoln's Inn to watch teh front from a site luf distance oce I departure from front the I theater and end no YO Inform himself prO J I cud cloel of her habits habit In the th matter On both occasion she he came elme forth I at the same time time-a time a few f w atte se seen ceten se en and entered her wait wait- at log s sedan chair an In which she ws lS borne swat Awa wv I On Friday e Holle went Ilent again at it sl sift It o'clock and he ha ben been half hAlt an hour before the Iho chair that th t was waR wa to convey convy hadl her hor h rhome home made md It Its appearance It was IUt the name samO chair as a before and bOI boine ne neb b by the th name came men Holles lolles forward to en- en Mice n-Mice gate galle them In menI talk Of Ot set oct et t I md despite the th warm arm lie he tad had donned a s worn well orn II I leather to rotor r co er and anil conceal I fairly faly present presentable ble bl coat coatH He H II 01 slouched toward the tho th chair men men J pulling at a cIa cl coatI pipe a man I ith time on hi hand And Aud th sitting on the tho th shafts a of tho th chair I Ione ione one on on each aldo skI Id so 10 a as to bal I bal bal- slice each cli asre lire nothing loath to have h v the th tedium of ot their waiting beguiled by the r h his hi appearance ranee led them to He H I-i did dIll not disappoint them Ue He talked of ot th the pestilence and nd of the thew war r and anel nil of the tho th favoritism pr tired c-tired I tired t at t Court Court which bestowed commands upon nfl n manner of ct In- In In I om fops fop and ai a hard hard- ened ed iAd and tout old soldier like him blat self elf It cooling hi heels hela In London's Iatt stets On the tir following which evening I iwas was wal that th t of You you behold him t thare th re re again at abou boul the same uno iro hour hoir joyously hailed balled Ii b hi lIas I tart oar Q Mr In a manner Impudently greeting with isbn I They took the thc Colonel b eon them them and nd with rn linked the three s o set t a 11 course cours for tor the little aleho at t the tho COllier coiner of ot Portugal now Itow The Colonel a 1 wn sac more car car- Kar than e er e cr and andery ery tery er eon eon- con on- on Ho ha had h d l met mat a 0 a friend he h b Insisted d upon informing tn 1 old in arm who had tome como upon fortunate fortunat dan dais from 1 hom I he hid haa succeeded in borrowing a good round sum um Into th the house Hit they ther rolled rol I to be piloted by th the Cob COlo net Colo-net net nel into j quiet Culet corner well 1 awa aw 11 a from th windows and Sod nd the th light I He ifo called cabled noisily foi th this hanging banging th the tha tible the hilt of ot hl hi his sword An And 1 when h n she he rl mail her appearance he h 1 ci- ci her protests protest by hi his order I l Thee tl P pints of f Canary Canan C nry laced is with lilt h hP d df I The 1 aln wino Ino was brought bron lit and the tae facetious tous pair a swelled lIed it tt hereafter SI th they y t praised r l ed It with rollIng of or e ic os and resounding resounding- 1111 lip s v th-v en e subdued d their y lr I o or of the provider or of o thIs nectar l 1 In Our Or N NoM Neat I litre I |
