Show LADY LARKSPUR by MEREDITH NICHOLSON by bon YOU SCOUNDREL Ps BI nopal bichard ni chard searles tuc CS on american playwright rt r con Ms M i s to Is a hta friend bob tha ma fact I 1 buir inspired buird d by the sm le of young whom h he is had bad nn n in h london E he has ha written britts a flay is lady w pur 1 clely I wit with do the m thought that bat am h should interpret da the isse leading Is ca character till irl girl viol violet dewing be taa disappeared am singleton as an viator hab as juat at returned was 0 in vali ded from france hla uncle raymond it h had d contracted wi a bar marriage hurt hort time ra before or his hi lou ahil while on visit to jp he left singleton ft cons par mall amount U or of money and in the rint r privilege int ot 1 in the gar eat aee of it his bummer muns home barton on via ali sound ad coree connecticut mr be bashford Baah ford 1 la believed to be t traveling 0 ing to in ill the orient to the h household hold bt at barton 1 la made up a of 1 ii brokel ew ii don st employees imp loev ot at a new lork Y hotel where he r bashford Bash amod tord mail made me hi mor home nine singleton ir to I 1 eoe 1 to barton n taking king with him bile ill the or bl of at and a larkspur lir kepe T there bc he and this the oCra neely gel ailed bomert am of its iosub members being fidoe bd it by their b ea C comrades com radea ot or pro ger or pianism antolic t tim head of 1 till th e lud I roo him that it he a has b been so purrm perplexed lit by ill the some what y visit it t ranger apparently op 1 a 10 belling cel ling at mrs bwl Baah h fa tord antoina he aa the nial members of cit tho the h household wild lot into a guard tor ic or pro rec singleton read do a bearlin pl play nith with approval aunt at AC alice adlea unexpectedly Y ne meef with it acly me reception cut and t turna out to be b ala young and it ch charming mg ter alre F farnsworth arth 1 in h arr traveling como anlon Tor renca Baah tord IS lawyer a aua wilto the his its two women and ad or singleton 11 com aunt aard anc alice may Is be an am im impostor the ml iou al stranger alget get count montaos at hakea like a call cal and DI een to be very much ba I 1 in A aunt 1 alice U ostrich tan ma wit which 1 h has bus been beau repaired bins by jew beneler e Is I 1 in jp japan singleton 1 la m ewed by all aunt anc alice antilles r C pr b baa 1 been wora tempting lUb woman bercant me I 1 to 1 teal I to the fan CHAPTER ill continued 9 ahad I 1 had noticed that elie lie bad bell toted a tiny IP I P fr fan for the ow one the that bad inspected eo a eager iv 1 V V hen I 1 apok spoke of jofs the be change ahn go she led had aad bald th the other ft as to too I 1 precious us for everd ZY use nod oil she meant to keep heep it ft welled locked up I 1 here hate to boop bother that you br air knowing Y TOU ou th the mention cut of the alie fan had brought me a to in abrupt halt I 1 resented b having the till thing thrust gabor at roe a 1 ID tit the anor ecstatic itic mood blood to in which alch I 1 left the house but t the via visit of oe the german rhe ep eaLing at stranger ge r was serious art and ad antoine ito knew ew that Is his IS story had bed startled me he R e t told me f further h tl hat t the man had bad c carefully u e fu I 1 I 1 y 0 outlined ut lin e d t to 0 el she ble just how she could take advantage of her freedom of the bouse boom 1 to ampro cpr picture tile the tan a when so the 1 ladies tile were m erab out 1 and ad the servants ant off air the second I 1 ad floor she was to be paid for her as distance slate ce two hundred dollars had been promised even more had been suggested eug elsie and the It stranger Dg hart bad left the garage ing bud and P passed owed out of ear car shot before lisle ful fully IY consented but pierre hod had given antoine antohne the sion bion that all bhe would make ll 11 its the attempt IZ it was w to be tor for the I 1 e kaiser its I 1 nor tor for get ger ni many it declared red antoque 1 lit erly db antoie and she ft as to be C careful efu about dij alilin D I 1 ill always ys thought flinn fann was us t ht I 1 did indeed isrl irl 1 I th think I 1 nit flinn find and his bis stife its tire both h honest nat but we us 11 take taie no choose chone warn itil the guards to be a on a the wrt alert ole e it dont t want lisle to get the idea that I 1 she ehe s be sing being watched at clied so tell the men to keep owns from the rho garage ill kerp keep a an ee cis on the fann eu you go home hes and go to bed T the h a tie deep p calm of the country night had bad settled d upon the thore shot and the almb quarters wera 6 tie tinn aull ut I 1 it did I 1 beem pis possible sible that a ai international episode was in process of international incubation eu at 1 10 that quiet neighborhood abells I 1 beian to think that the general daw dl trust of the GI gian german an woman oman by her bar we as Bo clates late might be bisti responsible alil to cherva story hot but slow viewed ad 1 ID anny Y light I 1 bad a duty to perform it if elsie had 6 led thu the it house so aud it p mel the tan an lie blie bould old be very likely to get rid lit of it as a quickly HB p poss tile bh and ad I 1 d so d to in keep t I 1 drew tile the blinds got into my dressing ng goo gawu a and forcing the hade tell wit with i newspaper to dincau the light pio eseed to read mail it w waa us on toward oil one alk aad it I 1 was a dg when b a bound ad I 1 roused ed ma A door do r I 1 on I 1 the fian bills bide of the hall bull creaked d 0 thre we waa blance then the I 1 heard steps p on CU the glair I 1 napped ad I 1 out or my light and peered otil if at the lie window tail w just a as ewes elipa robent bat minor figure rl sol into the hode I 1 has as I 1 about to I 1 to follow law when I 1 the create desm ing of th the door we was repeated repealed to in a moment another peep pad th ugh the lie abode showed tue me fly riyad himself aal 1 I he too quickly here her was a situation indeed I 1 if E elsie ado we was ilse keeping tryst with her co conspirator epim ter of the afternoon atter after noon pon and list her be husband osband was waa sp spring ing upon epou her a row raw ot if large proportions was mas likely to result nt at buy any moment I 1 leaned a d from the window as 9 far as H I 1 I 1 loved and ad saw the woman close to the aa hall at tit the a farther wid oud of the building hiie a scene was waa well set or trouble and I 1 me was wondering ahot ha ifould I 1 could do to lo stan overt the disturbance find and the exposi ir of the foolish woman alien tile the whole matter u was as taken out of my hands bond lou in fool feel I 1 I 1 lou an scoundrel p I 1 site blie bellowed low I 1 in german that ou think lims me a plaything to commit a rob pery for you that I 1 should bleat iran from my mistress ims treas to satisfy you iou on piece of swine limit flesh I 1 I 1 it had ad orion often barild lisle elsie vocally tit ia cip lining her ibish husband and knew 11 hie power of her lungs and tile the ilker ayr of her hot she abe secal seemed it bent beni upon apprising the whole common wealth of connecticut of the fact that she was mas vastly di displeased pleased with the person she be was we addressing wit who aia certainly certain lt out not I 1 ann 1 rm amid sounds ends of I 1 i breffle and the con continuous timm 0 outpouring g of billingsgate billings gite tile I 1 oer at I 1 atie garwe garage door 11 tailed on suddenly and disclosed flann in the act of rating monte bulf into the lie fiely list ia 1 I i grasped and was I stoutly 1119 clinging mig to a tall man who III was us trying tring to free him self of her embrace briece ham r cries Meral meanwhile lille included some come of tile the ra clest terms in hie lie G german man diati dictionary RIT and others othe of frightful that edid idid I 1 dian didn I 1 recognize Is lie I 1 reached abd the upon open finn a Us dancing round the list belligerents gets like an excited cited boer occasionally springing I 1 ID to land a blow and all 11 the while lisle continued to address adde her captive and the bold at lark lare in her dative it tongue citan was rather more a jm ihan sixty 11 end and elsie aas a not at much ell his bis ju in war alor baile hinlle the gniader was young sell and agile the man two had loosened one be am 1 and ml drown dealt a revolver iver with he ha I 1 was pounding lisle 1 in tile face I 1 it knocked c bcd tile gun cu from am his hand with till my balking bulking and shouted to elsie elbie to bigo let e go of him her shouts had roused mused th the guar guards d a and hearing answering 9 les cries 1 I and the beat of hurrying feet on a alie b be bul bis efforts effort to escape pe I 1 had bad hardly L ot t my hands on him im when mile with a aist of tits his body be wrenched much himself free fro and sped way away in fu U the 0 d darkness aex I 1 bode t gene far in pursuit of him bin before I 1 bippes I 1 over the skirts of my distilling essing di gown gowd and fell let into a hod bed of chunas nas ilias would hav have been II 11 leis melancholy a acioly if flinn hird bird behind had haan hadn 1 stumbled tum bled oner oer me and bell believing b be had bad captured the he enemy eroma grip ped paid do my Y legs leg until I 1 could persuade him to let go the now flared on all 11 the walks and dr lenaB and Antole ud was b bellowing od ing orders ere to the guards to mr bur court round th the sunken garden garde I 1 that mt the I 1 M duru fugitive surprised nn by the die at tack had lost his him heart bearings and ad was now tar far fie aiom the b boundary boun dy diry d Y wall bask back of the garag train from which pm presumably mably e tie he had intend the grounds with the foun sound d cutten cutting off tiia exit xit beyond the gre hissa resh d in ce ill there e us was a fair chance or of eat catching il g him it ft A antoine to ae s veterans star all we were Is nt at nil 11 vigilant L I 1 found fd antoine armed oil with a club and ad BW ginging ging a lantern majestically P poked wed or at the he nearer entrance a to the tae g bo I 1 ian anth iab a w low tall coat ut ow or tits his and his him tipped over mar one ere me ear h he u was so an figure at As he strode toward me a life his 1 flapped weirdly upon the brick walk 1 there I here s so somebody timidly 1 in the garden sir tr it he whispered 11 pred limski huskily ly th the troops tcp he ha it surrounded undid no ho general I 1 in D all I 1 id his U wry tory reporting in come a I 1 cr critical little b hour the disposition of his aricy my c could old havo have been more aws composed pulled 10 ou be have do done well 11 arbil antoine D 0 Is hhall bull you yen dig in net until morning or be 10 over er it the to top M bowl r A As you say my belr 11 it a better you yoa mould take charge 1 I rated the gair gardea desi and ad found funa his lit awen well wall distributed but tile the ol 01 11 1 1 fellows I me were bedi exceedingly gy e h a a bit B sir air that I 1 ne a broke 0 for o ill ahe garden remarked marked aume antoine he em broke for the garden garde I 1 ug it IS beabe be I 1 aue bin me line of ret retreat refit was wan cut off and ad lie he bad to go somewhere ow he iab it queer aquier though sir air am when dutli haib bein a on the its lung long henh there by the he fountain you lee enow bow we tre ac about bitu sir he biang of that r race a dutch told me 1 lie was camping in th the I 1 timi lub I 1 answered I the a bivs or drove roe 1 liam in out sir air and lie ha took to the garden nasty asty of the boys bay I 1 should any if that interloper should murder him A yell rose from the midst of the garden garde followed by a cram crasci and ad un nn instant later ter by a old balash an that interrupted another yell I 1 snatched antonioes Antall oes nes kwic and ran down t the I 1 steps step toward bd to rd the scene of CU commotion two don ill V lion I 1 reached the cleolar pool it the jet w ans still placing gayly but the wate waters 11 oa one side were in furious agitation it 1 awo men were cre telling rolling and tw tumbling u ns as though be bent it upon pa drowning each other I 1 swung the lantern over them just as dutch yot sit upon his teat arlo ping his antagonist by afi he collar r ho lung flung him backward over the tells stone curb curbing eg of I 1 the h pool peal end and ml 1111 upon pon hin hiir I 1 in tl the wll wail with ith a swish of wet 9 gar ments the bards from the enter butr edges of the garden tied cla clambered clam bere 1 down and they gathered about us a aa I 1 ingan begun questioning dutch dutch undoubtedly enjoying lit his victorious I 1 dorious encounter was nag tearing ope ape i the prostrate pr captives japthe collar to give him air and ad mth fill life his k knees clamping amid U the mins body tins one disposed I 1 to delay the lie stor of his ad adventures tums to afner as ft its dramatic street effect I 1 it iipp happens this 11 eenon Is he began spouting water that I 1 seen at ashl whoa miles been me meals to the old ill stalls till nn sha fihe say bays to me dutch ahe he fiala a tte a all ag gin in us na be beje collin callia us be H hans do a I 1 fin n ws we gulf show cm Us HO as s good americans american ebs sets sais A an elie it tole tele me be a teller feller been to see er at at wanter ter er r to rob the hoin houe ter 1 I em lie think st er likely to do tit lit for fee love I 1 tile the kaiser she said old so as ow am shed nail till im when he comes caleco tonight to A pit it a f fin al 1 a a promised to lift I 1 fer r 4 im sh she a suld that d proe press she mean t no dutchwoman Dutch woman and ad recommended if I 1 got the chance to do the same I 1 thought thou glit within gow gold to happen happe so an auz on me bench here in tile the garden garde when shen the hollerin at the garage soke noke me up I 1 sits bits quiet 11 Us lout lenin an this guy drops drop rot into the get gar den an was orlin or lin post me benh an I 1 pinches ll 11 he anz me for fer baa be a ibric zw nuta Is fight I 1 an we over or I 1 one of the big or friis a an lit I 1 in the took tank he e v its it 8 a thousand bones bonce an it y ye turn to me to loose I 1 se he sas sais an I 1 soused doused im ag in ID fer that tie the man was still choking from tin the a blousing g oil dutch turned him oer v and ad V pounded ded him vigorously on the tha back blead assisted cl by zimmerman the obliging valet alio to be haa seized tile the occasion a cu to in ith show his hand bond on no tile the still of hs the nolies 1 1 shall aho 1 I telephoto telephone to tor the horton barton police sir asked antoine with on an extreme exaggeration of his hia prof professional at manlier ild ahia was me obviously bl uTy the thing to do but I 1 feigned not to hear bear tile the question while bile I 1 debated the matter it was waa plain that many things minting to tits the capture met were veiled ailed in aitery mis tery that if mrs bashford Bash fard and her companion comp anlon bere em involved d an fn an aa international tan g ge a and tied had in I 1 their e como law vitally thing that vitally C concerned coro ed the no aa tie eions at war mar common cd airy demand ed ad olat that I 1 handle hand a the arrest of monte monta il 8 in such a manner as to lo idzent tile them I 1 was vos thinking thanking told bard and a my perplexity even considered sending a max messenger ge to torrence torrance but lie ie was already blehm and would be sary ery likely to summon raynor immediately itly and ad precipitate a crisis 1 1 a I 1 paim rala falts ta was our not pre prepared d to face to rovelto the attention of the american sant state df da arlt part ment to tile the increasingly complex situation som tion would a u id not be giving it my Y door aunt the is create chance 1 1 m meant at sue he should have buve to citar herself the captive had bad got upon his fear fiat a and ull stood d day at M us he hie f used to answer my questions aven a w when he I 1 1 buge filed that if 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