Show THE GIRL WHO HAD NO GOD by mary roberts Ria eart BORODAY THE RUSSIAN HAS AN A BLE INTERVIEW WITH THE POLICE CHIEF SY synopsis imp o for years old HI lan Is lington bled lh ed with ill his daughter elinor in a beautiful home on a hill in the suburban i billage of the th n lagh bors knew nothing about abou the establishment except pt that the t the father was wag quite wealthy athy odd and tile daughter do ahter iery ery good 1 I 1 9 a and nil gentle gentle in reality ivington was licad head of an in an amrit bind composed of hutt huff boroday talbot and lethbridge that hint rubbed the rich and gave I 1 to the poor po r and an oppressed oppre e one day old hilary fiery was shot at dead an find it the course of life changed abet abruptly stiv for hla his daughter the rev mr air alard ard a young bachelor began to take an uncommon I 1 interest tn in elinor CHAPTER III 11 continued 3 word ward but risen rise ile he to towered ered far above ellnor elinor began because of his bis heay should shoulders ers lie ile never looked his lull full fleight Bori boroday aloy 1 la the corridor stole a ot moment from his anxieties to find the young Y ol 01 ung inch of it a man and to throw him the grudging of defeated middle age tor for Y youth nth bud and vibrant lite life th alien e it I 1 shall not send bend for the r rector plead ase no lere Is there anything at all that I 1 can do do the the police know about thier th ar surely I 1 suppo suppose a you have base bee been told it what but happened I 1 they ther bill tell me nothing there m was be I a car or coming comine up the hill that would be it B borodiy dy e eed eased ed his aching a ann re 11 he a did not dot dire dira a sling but the hand was w a s thrust throat in the packet of hla his coat at if wy only the hemorrhage did not at start again got 1 he braced him alf if and ad watched 1 it I I 1 was a robbery you know that said aid ward la n the library he picked his words careful carefully I 1 y A As I 1 go got the story a taxicab on its im way to the he bank was held up time near the record office your tour father had stepped to the curb to hall hail the taxi and it happened then a a stray bullet from one ot of the go guns B boroday today eim ees on the me car heard beard the statement and with the chief coming up tho the steps Stem from fromi the road to the gat garden t took 0 ok the time to repudiate lt it pardon pur dont he bald it was we not ant a weapon to the hands of the bandits it was tiie the ream revolver ller of the bank back a messen W ward turned tuned in ID a surprise apriss boroday Boro days a Y yes were used fixed on ile elmor elinor a with reassurance in their de depths the assistant rector met waa wo not at subtle ap it but he be had bad a turbine curious feeling facing of something behind all 11 this Hea he has summa uncomfortable t file 1 I trust he be said old earnestly that these now various ant outrages ruglas will be at an end bald now surely the police possibly th the a anarchists u s gaze wandered to the gar garden d e n abera h even a then the chief was making makem h hafl way a ay I 1 toward the house of I 1 course a these thase band are trained 0 men c of unusual units intelligence if the police were a of intelligence tout telli grace gence to cope with them themi I 1 i aase they would not he be on the form force at As beager sager salaries bad and petty graft they would old be he ha shrugged be his shoulders zill bandits b affias themselves very possibly ward left after laft with an uncomfortable feeling of having got nowhere he was as co nInce 4 0 of 1 one thing death which for or him was be an open gateway was tor for this girl a jose d and ad fastened door and it he knew something else no other woman bmw kind had ever ever so profoundly impressed him as it this Is fi girt girl who he without hope la in her gl grief met it with a B high head and courageous n w e eyes las thise he ailt a certain comfort I 1 in one a thing as E elinor had made a concession conci nallon and ad hilmy ELL kingston ge to lavish giver give to the parish poor imer was to be burled buried fr from saint jude judes a the th a chief met mr air ward on th the a terrace and took oft off ills hat but Bo boroday to in the dim hall felt a certain sense a of content nothing could have hava been bac more ames auspicious could hare bae set act his bis stage alp better tor for id hla little drama than the presence a of the young clergyman the whole scene gamed 9 oil tone time do decorum ane editia visit was short they bad law followed fid lowed the I 1 himself e bandits car and lost IL it and it gilding finding I 1 in the neighborhood be mi assured he be said to elinor I 1 lo 10 his ile b best t manner that we e 11 dot at rest until bull I 1 this thing Is cleared up op th the community b he cleared hla his throat threat the community will not lose one of the ta best beat without a violent protest with the cormace he went up the find and into old hilares no room jim the chief glanced about while the hasty IY examination ana a being made mee M ra room I 1 ile he said aid but a jolly I 1 lot of good it does ac the 1 I old gentleman now I 1 ace little U girl do quim to too I 1 ve b a seen men that chap 1 in the 1111 bisers s till tie coroner drew the sheet 11 over r old bury B pe peaceful fil face tile preacher they all look alike it a the vest seat and ad tile the collm collar a th the other dmn with tile oie accent at german inake I 1 balte it or ross russian broday boroday was waiting for far the them at foot feet of the staircase in the 11 fia boniv cm was a trav with drinks bud and sandwiches dwi clor the shades tied be been lowered the chief at ate and drunk drank and as often as he raised its glass he looked at the russian over it at tell earnt we met somewhere mr me alday boroday I 1 I 1 rather think not you remind me a of someone I 1 II 11 place yon yen or the person sou on resemble pretty soon I 1 I 1 hae a slow mind its it s like no an airedale dog its it a a long time getting it started but when it begins it im hangs g on an like the lie d devil II the drinks were cold and the house cool the pro Tiet of starting out in the beat find ad dust duet did not allure tile the to two I 1 men sitting there at his ease the chief ran me oer mer the points of tile the out rase raga in several weis ways he be observed corn core fort ably the affair one that happ happened ened in st louis sercial years ago thare a the same quality of nil an daulty dacita and aid there are other th into quite suddenly a light came into his bics aca ah I 1 he said bending forward ton tow ard rd B boroday oday 17 1 I told you I 1 it get it it was in st I 1 outs I 1 saw you 0 TI their 1 r glances climbed clashed the chief I 1 in ela to tent mi t alie rui s cool amused d the ille dog a said lid boroday BY li holds aid on im well but t to the wrong throat you sou has he z ne leei c been in st loul loulia never Is ever CHAPTER IV elinor lived alone after the funeral who bad a chance to practice tice her f of we for sending away the other se evants 1 I can manage she said 7 or BIL on cat but elinor protested 1 I shall V ant to keep up I 1 he tiny dinners let things stay as tue are for a time it hid been old larys alae such members of the band as val 11 il I 1 you have never been in st were available dine with him of a saturday henriette ile arlette raised her head hands things thing ore anre ch changed ged she he cried led you y am alone here to ere now to leave b ave those four fear men I 1 that la Is better than saving one man a Ill Henr arriette lette so go elinor had bad be her r way ay the saturday dinners vm were re resulted resumed early 1 in september bolday coming with in finite aft caution out from fr his hi cheap boarding house to in the south elde blo talbot bud lethbridge from the bachelor apart ment they rented to together gether apart walter iter I 1 huff ulf was late IT 1 I had to be careful reful he be told bo boro d day ay aside they got wind whid of something I 1 don do t know knew what my room was waa me searched arched today boroday Boa roday swore through his hia beard rbee why did you come came hever here be demanded it young hun huff laughed glanced at elinor and bulk back len impudently p deal at the russian you know why I 1 came ami ile he said in high good humor w but I 1 wa was careful it a all 11 r right agh old hilares Hi larys chair ha had it been placed toy Y el clinora owr a order S she ile had b borne rne up well the last month we was rather 0 more slender leader certainly more asom appealing the quality adit iny ot or w r till was was we more are apparent p ent than ever ve round around her bar mouth huff heir sitting across hardly took his eyes from her bee he was young and ad women am tied had had ad no place w aarti until 1 now aw 1 in his active unscrupulous life but elinor held him 1 in the palm of her small head hand they missed called old hilary his tie saturnine humor to or hla his beetling gray brows browa and i I 1 inaction it was telling athe on them they were growing rel restive dive boroday adala dal ing 19 1 9 caution c in 1 view it ot of what he knew i flit felt the disaffection among the younger men ince it was Uth brIdge who waiting until the were servants wits had withdrawn robe aud and steamed glanced round around the table tabb it mews to me be began that we h have 0 a 1 lot bit to decide tonight I 1 ve bee thinking adwalt it ever since tor for some t time it tile the next first thing of eco course mrs P 1 r we are going to hang bang together toge tag etheo or not at I 1 tell talbot he and rather n a weird sense ease ol 01 1 humor he gg that tile word it hung hang be changed to remain Is we I 1 bw been doing well nell do nil all right again too as soon us as thi thing blows ocr or it was but 11 1 weve ve boen been pretty fortunate now we can do one of two things elinora Ell Eli nort nors sal at e I 1 suggest gas t the first and that Is voice lea was geml end horodny to part paris to dl P pose of 1 hiir or jewels jewel then fit a conservative law v vor r to invest at tile the money antl and after khatri tant vou ct er fenew adv of u us harr necols file table from am her went ulato nolte but said nothing not liing you ion old there them we was on an alternative elinor was white too the room was P profoundly car III still to keep on as we a e are at present with w etli you yon elinor acting in your father a stead receiving and transmitting mo messages and keeping the vault in charge rated we was on hla his feet 1 in a moment prot protesting elfing he would take the jewels rod and send mail them abroad it we was hut but it could be do done but at till this outrageous arrangement that had bee been what w we a am we or are by choice chille 1 he be finished you hove have never had a choice bud now it ft la a given ghon to yo you yo for r go god s sake child go awny away no now while Y you mi 3 elinor elinore a reply w when hen it mine came was vat unanswerable IN her could I 1 go I 1 know I 1 in I 1 an all the world only you four and old hen riette nette and a gover governess nels of mine who has gone into a convent in ir france e I 1 i shall at stay y here with you all so it was waa settled that was an e eventful tfx as owing evening with litnor milty eed moving into her father a choir chair at the table and the bond band a the alis e will of ile ala wide which h held the them together and when tacy h had ad moved from the dining room wt walter r H huff 7 following elinor out at onto at the terrace told her he be loved her th the agh starlight above and ad those nearer stars that outlined the streets te below w the threw a soft oft radiance over her I 1 ll 11 he we was dr dressed id in white old Ifil hilary liry had bad disliked mourning citing garments ell nor was looking g down own into III the village the greit it spire P it of so saint at jude s to towered ered above b the L town huff half young and ardent thrilled to the girl a presence 11 cloie beside him mb you are very or aloof of to tonight night he sold said she smiled up at him not at that sorely savely I 1 w was as a only ay thinking 1 9 of what ah oh of different things of ef the people d down 1 we there them in their bo houses es their lives the things they believe we think they are narrow but I 1 wonder after nil al it if you yen and I 1 who believe none of those things are not the narrow ones 1 I huff was not lot subtle possibly he would not hicie hae understood had bad not tha the saint jude a chimes rung rong just then symbols symbol like that seem ma to mean so much I 1 ell to them said bald ell elinor nor and tell fell silent I 1 in the war warm silence 11 ce hun felt for and found her hand at all th tats time U when I 1 it see vou he sidd said unsteadily I 1 I 1 ve re been making of you yon here alone 1 so and 4 1 lo 10 trouble sometimes I 1 thought I 1 coulden couldn id I 1 stand it that I 1 it have to come came out at and see you if on only Y for five cala minutes 1 I have at always es been bee boore or les less 2 k lonely kiv iv sometimes I 1 think thick it if I 1 had been sent cut away w 7 to school bad known knew n oth other I 1 r girls it would have bell been better I 1 have never bovel had may any friends except act you and the others huft huff released her hand and faced her 1 I dont want to be your friend elinor I 1 want to be much more she u was as rather shocked at first she stood blood looking up at him her lips lipa slightly parted 1 I you you yon went want i I 1 love you I 1 w want nt you to worry marry in me dear 11 there was no doubt of the boys sincerity ty it rang I 1 true e ile he stood blood with his caus arms on out end and after a moment she nent into them except for the father w who he was gone this was th the a first jore love that had co come into her life she took oak 1 it hungrily in the suir starlight light ehe he held up her lips like ilke a child for his kiss elinor the beautiful clods so ad I 1 lace in an ardent to love affair but he her life bra la as complicated by circumstances cum stances of appalling proportions TO BE A aerial postal service eri plans it are r a now on toot a in europe t to 0 utilize for postal service after the war r a great number of the airplanes airplane which due the various nations have acquired for military purposes purpose as well a as the lea icea of the many any skilled lt 1 led vision aviators who have been trained since the war iss be in 1 prance france a taree large ri civilian villon committee of u which aich M III daubigny of the chamber of deputies to Is chairman has had tills this subject under atlon since the first of tile the ear bar similar pie plant or are being 1 in spot spain and ad the spanish minister of posts post has its begun negotiations with it a view I 1 to securing I 1 1 9 borne of the burrdus aircraft of frome france for fee use I 1 in the spanish postal service scientific 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