| Show THE GIRL WHO HAD NO GOD by mary roberts rinehart CHAPTER XI continued 1 10 0 no ile Is sound sleep asleep she sha said aid smil it ansly he thinks k s I 1 am someone mesas lamuth named d T linor and d he calls call on me that As na siy 0 owa a name 1 Is sarsh sarah I 1 it t s rather pleasant ti flolid aid mi hid been shot on A night by the follo following hig wd wednesday lity 1 ho I was met od at i ot of do danger g on that same W wednesday c d nedy the file rector tor rf of saint safat judes brought abma ht himself find and hit his rhoun estern b bacat to his hia parish cack for three them days bod bad hardly slept or OP eaten caten never ever once had the she been in fit wards warda room mom but alwaes day dar and she was lust just outside when on it hint I 1 at wednesday evening the doctor said mid ward would file she wint down don once more mom into her garden M MY miny Y times during those thoe davs dave had elinor tried to pray to welds maids god and found herself voiceless and ad wart inarticulate late but now out ot of the depth of her great relief came welling the first prayer of her life slie she stood rot baist t do deep ep among among lier her phlox and lark par X tofate thes thee she said 1 1 I thank thee film i nothing tad bad been heard board ot of huff buff T the he assault a ault on an the assistant rector of safat let judeh had ad bee of a line has with the other mysterious loppe happenings rag around the village the little toon tobb rath we log hag ridden with fear extra con tied had bee been a in ia as and d im from the hall during han her long night hilgh I 1 v vigils CIA elinor had bad are seen many say ligh t aln dotts dos where there had lieen been but the one the problem im of her hep future begin began to obsess bass her it was we plainly impossible to stav on it here not dot that she feared ex exposure pium she elie was quite past fear but the thought of going on with rith her life ua nas betner intolerable abb to meet waid to a see ce again the scorn and loathing in his cies moie than all to ren continue thine to des r ve them t those me were the things that to elinor seemed worse than death itself all the philosophy that old hilary 1 had ad t her ber filled failed her now new the revolt of the individual against tome laws made do tw far the ninas ahat hot had it brought her but bet isolation and ad grief of what aliat usa uhe revolt all must most go a through the mills of the gods she knew that now dow there were no A ex captions and something else she had learned that if one la Is to live through roligh th great arl aps a one must have hae a higher power to turn to tor for help she had felt it vaguely ly at like time of her father therdo s death th sitting outside ward a door she hid bad known knew it enry iery breath had bad been bee a prayer pit to something she knew not what rim 4 to a save A Is him I 1 thank thee she ehe said again 1 the hc phlox c and larkspur quivered beef about h her a as 1 it fundo tinder the touch of a gentle head hand be boroday day had been tree free for far three thee days day I 1 of belond a bj ephone message andua announcing A clog lits his release she had bad lidid of him over the he wire wine he had bad extreme caution S she h a judged from that that thing vere e to not at going welt 11 she knew tint that heirs reckless crame if w would demand a scapegoat there them were bound to be arrests ali AH this elinor knew quite well it was A in such A an atmosphere atino phere that she had drawn her on earliest bliest breaths the flie play of cunning against cunning wit against wit she sh did not send C it tor far boroday bormay she dared not but because the intimacy beta between can her and the middle aged rus eu elan I 1 A had muni almaa been very close he seemed be e mcd to frel feel her need and 0 me o on that wednesday night at an hour or so after midnight fie be came A old hennette came do dow n and topped tapped softly at elfa elf a door if boroday she whispered colim he has 9 from the arbor he r ahat was waa one of old hilares Hi larys devices doa dea vl ce A a 4 hidden wire ulm from the arbor to the house it prevented collisions unless otherwise summoned no ine member of his ht band tret ever came directly to the house hous flat flina went out and found him there he ere bent we over he her hand band and kissed I 1 it I 1 as w wig 11 his custom rod and then mall bit g that bhe be wa arving ing he held out at id hla arms tor an and it baff he vent into them very tender was met the russian with 1 her 1 c that nigh wry very fat fatherly b he caf f put her let into one of the arbor beats am ancl oil sat As I 1 beado dw down beside it her no now to ml me he be commanded Z everything air from the ibe surat it was wa walter we I 1 know a but H athy by when ali she did d not at speak the bus blan 1 nodded of course A but abat but bad ad a wl there them in the arbor with list her hand bettma t two we of his hii flirter ebbed bobbed out the story stary of the e pearl rt and her attempt to t 0 return me it h alps juffs threat against tt ard wards ward s evening visit and ana the bieno A between them and ad last of all en the shot th that t hod nearly ended everything 9 in this world for ward and for he her 11 Boro flay it listened tried quietly better the than old hilary ever could he A understood d he had been noted on an an aa kimt faith he is IB recover tea ye and ana ho he cares tor far york yoo of marse course 1 eno no I 1 think perhaps before he knew km III bah aid the alamin and ad roie Is what sort met of 0 love I 1 ta that chuo wath 1 changes I 1 ha icae a seen the man it if no cured red at alt all he still cares are 1 ha H stepped to the door of the file saber bmw mad and drew it ft long breath over ovar on a the next hill sleeping all ali thi Is tm fair moll all lay old III hilary I 1 at under these them some baine thy stan huff fled the law ward joined on his bed elinor out gat despairing tind and alin he med cd hat did it all 11 mean co what was 1 the 1 answer awa fort sips had he loun it old aca arlotte could d have told lila him 11 lette a ho 0 had ad began to measure her is d davs from the he end and not bican the begin ig and aho im no aw sat 1 n the edge alge of b her r b bed cd mumbling between her on fin iak e san 0 ran tile the bond bends ot of ha an old rosary emary which she had bad found beneath a carpet 1 I had bad thought 0 said aid elinor u fistful ly y that it if I 1 could get getaway w Y simca here and start t art nil 11 over again perhaps some aal d day Y I 1 might be good like other women I 1 can never ever go back to things thing as they were before 1 no said the russian kussian of 1 I can see that hat but make no mistake you are good sa as few ale aie good I 1 could tell sell the house and nd and d I 1 do not at want the jas jewels alik if only you ou and ana the others would divide them but boroday would not hear ot of this to a certain extent he was reconciled to her going eoff away imago were in WS ini IQ in on the file band before long they would na all h have to estimate partite sr it were bell better that Eli elinor norbe be in safety if 80 for a long time they her d disca 1 wd d ways way and ad dean inea iia available liable money easy ill the question of oc a it home for old la ici some A ways mays inor I nor said 1 I 1 feel fed as though I 1 am deserting him site she ga glanced need toward the gra graveyard vevard where old hilary slept but all I 1 can think of 0 now Is to get avate to forget oi o ery I tiling b agn when will they be able to move 11 sir ward in a week it I 1 should think I 1 alu then in a a week said boroday Boro dav there do you think of going elmer elinor I 1 I 1 had hardly got so far ar anywhere but here W wa I 1 dball have to plan for fop you ile he picked up his bis soft hat but and ad hilnor elinor rose good ight elinor Elf fin good night I 1 mo ain always imay happier for or having seen you yen ile he matched lier her back bach to the it house then lien went down the steps stepa I 1 let into the he e road mad there had been ft a dinner at the country club that night the chief had attended it u ui kno noAD to bt hoite sj 9 and ad guests to the extent of sitting in the ia grillroom ge during the evening and care or fully watching matching the inc men who ho cam came a and nil went ile he had dined suite quite alone in the grill from where he sat at he could see file dinner pam guests on the veranda there n were orr noticeably few jes jewels lo 10 to b be a I 1 deeo over his chop chef and ad lager beer bear the chief smiled tied arlle after aft that he shook dice for a short I 1 time rich a loung mur rg lIshout named earned talbot an interesting fellow from firm the 11 a chief g got at the club view it of the jewel deot robbery its been coming to a ua for far a long time old talbot shaking seeking the dice long ago I 1 edified some of the me women all who had famous pearl to have he call copies made and keep the originals in their books banks but they disliked the idea of wearing meeting imitations 1 I isee A then a woman satisfied to have a string or of pearls ali she must meet have be it announced aid A id iti 14 all the papers of course bools all over the country read about and national Da thet thai ringers lingers itch 4 I 1 understand said the chief t that h at the peart pearl hia has been ered 11 Y yes and ago good it work on an file part of the fe force waft A talbott s condiment coni mi ment if the file chief smiled under his ble heavy mustache A it if there them was waa the faintest pus pas eble tw tm inkle in talbot a C ei es w m he bo was there to see talbot took the chief do down to the station in his gray machine they th had chatted ery ry fil pleasantly but jut just op p ii cosite te the steps from elinor s get garden they blew out a tire the car awer swerved if suddenly throwing the light from the lamps along the bank standing la in the shadows and thus unexpectedly re ra I iid healed id re waa B 47 talbot brought the car to a stop and jumped on out the ile busman had bad gone goes on down damn the hill awfully sorry said talbot looks as it if loud hae to walk down per h Ps you rill bill had find another car to pick you ou up 1 I shall rather enjoy the wall said the chief c asca c a achand ahead la in the darkness whose ft hose place is this talbot and around 1 I im ID afield I 1 dout dont know an anything thing about the village H he opened the file toolbox bo th taic chief took two fee or three steps along the road and turned about here A w wasat A t it that the episcopal bergy clergyman was hot 1 I cannot net n tell you yen that el either flier it was so somewhere here along this to roid if 1 I good goad night song sans tap flie haef cheerily and started dav down fit the bill boroday had eson come out at of the hilary ertla hingston plum place br 11 knew that lore here almost where he stopped was A where word ward tied had been be found f it ihen itin ia spite kofold of hilares hath the band was till using his house I 1 1 things were ere closing up boroday trumped tramped on down the road read about one hundred yards behind the chief followed talbot hammering at a recalcitrant lie tire filled died the air with the short angry raps rape of his hammer on the rim ahe russian had an almost uncanny anse a of 1 bull more than once in his life it had bad saved him and now he it knew he was wab being fall followed it he made do no an attempt whatever chatee r to throw hla his pur per aut met buer ott off the track but went directly to the station there he got an evening paper at the closing news stand and nd glanced over eveir it standing under an ore arc light rot for oil all his engrossment lie he saw qu quite to dl tilty the figure 19 of the file chief aa he crossed the and took up ills big station behind a pillar of the train shed holoday was thinking hard it tied had be been that rol ky 8 swerving hug of a machine on th the hill ther that had bed betrayed him he knew that now are and be ie isas bad just tome come out of the kingston place it was wai bad very bad boroday rode red all 11 the way let into the city with will alie th hlf a dozen does peats cut be bind liim lt the chief did not at follow fall R him home ile he knew where lie hs lived and ad he could lay his baud band on an him when he be wanted him has he was going to w want u n t him now pretty soon tho the russian knew that too when he be land bad entered his apartment and turned on the light he found huff standing by a window the boy ducked decked back as the light went up for a moment the t two eyed one em a another huff was ans unshaven buaken eyed of dirth I 1 ere the contrast betheen this wild eed ced boy bay and ad the tell tall R russian we was strong ol Nell said huff hufe S sit it do down B Boro roday dars to tona was A L lind ad 11 he went to a closet and got out a bottle battle of oe vodka when ben did you have baw anything to m eat tal I 1 am not hungry nevertheless borodiy forced on an him a little broad bread and ad meat cut I 1 1 I dobi t know you were out until Inal tonight lIll huff haff said nt at last pushing his plot plate may away where have you been bee drinking my in and ad off in a dive on fortieth street said fit huff m savagery sava gl gety 1 I in all right now baht ft hat got lot into a ou matter ft alter for you to in turn on us As like libe that to expose m everyone ee e of I 1 ua AS as you have sl inyo bl she h waa in oe with th him I 1 wish 1 I d billed him in p ve very r patiently boroday told him what had happened over the matter I 1 t rj 4 W SM K c bury them in old hilares Hi larys ora grave of the bryant pearl he passed as lightly aa 8 he could but huff buff realized the significance of ella elinor r a placing it t 1 la the aab he W went t rather ill r white t we would have got get off if with the file country counter club matter well enough g but bar this murderous mur derona frenzy of a soura 0 r has haq finished us all we tl it have to break up and gt aay I 1 wool want you yen to go out to elinor a tonight she will not BEC me 1 I th think I 1 ink she m fiill ill said boroday 1 I want her to get away the first thil thing I 1 in the in morning 1 aning let her empty the va vault Us he hesitated titled E elinor I 1 or a 3 fortune or 0 in o juwels was as be becoming co g a menace whoever tools took them in charge waa possibly putting a halt baltar r around his neck bring the jewels to me if you yen have a chance if it seems better perhaps sou 3 on it d better bury the thefil out them 11 where you might I 1 said old the russian thoughtfully bury them la 1 old ull nil ary arya a grave 11 TO BH BE |
