Show LOY noll 8 ON a or BY a awu CHAPTER IV tv C continued othmer 12 flynn be has caught I 1 11 the carfi t c cried ri ed alice im eaid ugly H et you belvan r I 1 flynn turning to con confirma firra this I 1 caus HI ed the car to swerve and g graze a truitt i piled high with household goods we may etude elude the pur pursuing saing nights I 1 suggested but bat some VII bage con connable bl may take it into his i head bead to pi pinch h us oh I 1 that h at wound be loeta loe tv cried lice alice 0 and we well t telegraph elo graph dear mr ml corrence rence to come came and tool bail us ua out at we red reached had B barton ram at nine able adock suit and after afo an informal supper aupper I 1 list int sued ened to antohne Ant otnes s solemn rapo reports as I 1 walked to the garage the prisoner pi bar had made no sign he said and noth in ig had occur occurred sit during the lay day rhems bill there a this mr me singleton which you ought to in know sir air the old people don t like the goings olegs oil OD here I 1 boull on it admit its all big mighty lily queer I 1 don I 1 complain sir b but ut a some a a of the boys threaten to leave sir air and I 1 look at it this 1 we way that nobody understanding wh what t the spying and bribes offered and oil taking tailing cm ts in all about 1 la most pe culiar ier ate a got to 0 know where we hat iland in it laats w what lt come A 0 to air 1 and the widow being fligg alke and fly flynn n A voting leoci home e hand and saving both ing big but at slink shaking i n b bis head when we ilk ask him bill where 11 hes be been you see a let or yourself sir how haw it looks 1 to u us what he said a as to th the e general as peet of things thing was true but I 1 dian didn 1 admit that it was waa true line alice h had a eon con ported me to the notion that I 1 w was a ell character te 1 in fl a story a plaything of fate fall and ad I 1 lightly brushed aside aid A an wine baloes melancholy plaint any an y man ot of you ou 1 I sold said who asavis leaves this property will wilk be brought back and shot tell that to the hoys I 1 he ahles ties perfect equanimity of the gentleman in the tool imme bouse nhea I 1 visited sited him the text next morning shook book m tn f faith a t trifle i in A th the story y book lal features e s of li life fe a at t bart barton 0 he H u was m an exemplary el e pel prisoner c the guards it ador reported ed and h he had maintained the test silence tn in my absence Us ht ato at singled unit and read mad courteously thanking the 11 men for ilis th lr it attentions lo f and ad that at was all wit when im I 1 all showed d my Y ell elf at the window he rose and ad threw do down the magazine mag aine he was reading it and replied goo good to my I 1 in q juliy as to lo be how he be was getting along 1 I have bass no complaint except that the guards snore outrageously the poor old chaps will oil sleep you know it if antics A so badly guarded g dd why don do t ou is escape pa I 1 asked led tartly it would relieve you your mind led a lot let if I 1 disappear djs appear I 1 be asked 1 in you yon are impertinent I 1 replied irritated that tic he should hove have surmised thit hs his pm presente presen assam fe was causing unseal ness it if yo you will come coma to one senses and tell me am the momin of your v vleita is hero hern w we a way may z agree me up upon terms As aa it stands you re a t tre pais er you ill arld d to bribe a a servant e r nt to rob the heave i if f you re n at all familiar with criminal law in this country you can A estimate t the number b of ears ritan amne athe ail d ru imp im prison men t that ft b be handed de yo you for these little in discretions it if it a so pi plain at in why do don I 1 you yen P band ad we me over am to ill alie authorities tha 0 he asked ask A provokingly cool coal 1 I la giving you fl ch chance a to confess fand tell fill whoa has back of all 11 this tell who when I 1 showed M myself 11 at the win HIM dow H roae me a just t why your confederate mantani 1 Is BD an nong g mrs B hadd and ad rn pir turn you loose if bf you wilt wait fur for me ine to ta comtess say any t thing A you ia will wait sit forever he be replied I 1 repeat P at that we are am impelled impell ca by ilia he ume 1 motives I yon amat and L I 1 td think I 1 needa doi t ca lighted cwi u to hat they are am H shall hall be glad to hear heap your year idea of my motives I 1 answered feebly 1 I shall hal be frook he replied piled read cold lly ahe I 1 he reason you yen don t turn then me over or to the police to Is the very simple one that you don t want twant to em barrom the mis mistress miss s of the hoce yonder by causing BIG g the light ight of publicity to beat upon her fier very charming head VA ton wish to save gave her annoyance and pos addy something much graver glaver I 1 can see ate that you yen are Impre impressed eed but it ought to please you to know that I 1 show share your feeling ot of delicacy where she ta Is concerned and let we me add that the count aotani to 18 animated by like feeling so there them we are exactly city on the th same G ground 1 you a haven t answered ansa ered roy my ques tio eions I 1 blustered to hide bids my annoyance at being thrust further into the dark ion eon don t ander understand dand urs mrs bashford I 1 went on hurriedly it if to la Inco inconceivable able that anyone should I 1 wish ish to injure her or be that she could haw have co committed m mit t sit buy any act that would cause her ber to be spied upon 8 sacs h a tremendously inu 41 all s fine indulges in little uncles fancies that art an a part pan of her charm little fancies accles an cles I 1 I 1 he repeated bidini biding ayawo a yawn I 1 it B deplorable a for a pretty w woman to have an imagination there s danger there I 1 Y your or philosophy bores me I 1 said a and nd left him he had bad lied about the snoring bring of the guards antohne satisfied ill we me of that but I 1 gave amt times to double the watch CHAPTER V alice I 1 we wanted t oil to be alone 1 bud and track struck off to for r a w wood 0 od that lay on the northern end of the estate this was vms the most cletu picturesque que spot a on A i the s P property a wild confusion of it trees and ad b bon ili on a summit in the midst of tt it uncle bash bah had bad built a platform round a majestic pine from which to vie view the sound I 1 mounted the ladder and was b brushing big the dead hm leaves ar from the S bench beach will when somewhere ob cS be below IA me and it farther on I 1 I 1 heard voices try it fro from that boulder there alice said it mrs farnsworth it a an ideal idea place created tor for the very purpose I 1 ifould could se EGA them moving about and heu hear arthe the of shrubbery and nd the er scraping of their fuel feet on th the tough rough elope how will that dor do asked alice beautifully replied mrs airs far farnsworth now isow go ahead train from the beginning gland g of the scene areas ctr cautiously ay drawing brawle back the brunches branches I 1 espied ali alice striking a p pose on a an mammoth daneel rock 11 febe bent beat forward G aid clasping her sale knee and ad with an occasional 1 I 1 glance at what hot appeared to be an open book beside beide A her she a began bean you ask ash me who I 1 am my lord IBM it matters not net at all who or what hat I 1 son am let lei it euince audlee that hotels are rov all food and the brook that sings we me gives give me drink U 10 lm be one e t thing id g or another I 1 Is wcarl weariness donld d you yen ask yonder oak tor for a giue nse a or trouble the wind with like ke loutish foolish it questions alons AO it Is schug enough li that a tree less Is A strong and one fine to look upon an and d ihma that a wind has healing 1 m 11 alls win wang g with her head to one me side bud and A an creating arresting gesture gestate and throwing all into ch her voke all 11 it its r id and a me new compelling innocence and ad sweetness she continued but you ou would hae a name then oh ob fw foolish lish ll 11 on one so an bulb I 1 will H tell you yen y cot do I 1 ana helen halim who launched each a ill thousand ships bips and d shook h ook td lice topless of ille ilium to today I 1 A am 1 in the forist of A ardea and ad tomorrow I 1 way may be antigone or arta ariel or viola or what B you will I 1 am what I 1 make in myself or choose to b be I 1 pray you lot let that bushce my face sea son was wet w with th pen par pi deml rat ion and ad my h heart rl ioup wildly F for either I 1 was a tark stark staring or ing at mad ed or tham thise were lines from scathe iod the elat of which L was locked cled in my city trunk took that should be spoken a trade more mor at slowly and ad with the bit tt air of Imp mcd ats doess ion vs can put film I 1 it mrs was saying baying you tan k il out better you auve v it the lines va ii b i lm im men elf eire tive 1 having ing ahe he last SLUM as come A back ck to the big boulder on an the ibe nom t inside de let le me III leek it at that a 8 cil ame nine she h took up the m r them h ther aa a no qu J of tb the blue u cover of roy my copy of lady larkspur and sol turned to the passage she be sought hl le let me read mad this over ill arn F farnworth Far north continued imald 1 I have P played my bay lord at bid hide and deock with the stun stars and I 1 have run man rates races with 1 the he broad 70 you wan alone ot of all ad bell be have sought re me a are moly fleet feet of foot feet and I 1 if you yon but touch my hand bond I 1 am mat lost forever and this head hand I 1 be bee you AA oak look at it to Is as brown as a berry bell and ad as rough bemoll as hickory bark back abild A wild little hood hand bud and not dot lightly to be yielded at any man a behest look at t we m carefully my lord rhe bhe to full fail height quickly let lei all iu sew MI you yen do that alice A ahmea I 1 video golden head bens becom mart dle 1 D edi visible sa she blood rel a A upon pon tha a boulder oh ob nol to you ch can hap improve on go that it cumah be d doofe lightly sd ault touching the tips of your year fl ge to the rock an ali sill splendid kow N stand land with one hand band dropped the th JUP alp let we wen see tsow bow that inia looks very good it now repeat these lines after am other world of which yon YES speak r y shake shahe your head hand slowly training frowning every hint blot of at placere ad dolbt nd ad qu captioning cation ing you yen can throw then into twit look and ad gesture 1 la tt it IS wad kind world lid a place of honest hes hessius sims you 00 oo have spoken lanken of cities and ad crowded avea aes S of at anted c and ad th theaters ettes and ad many say thing 1 chaw have read of hat but never man yen ton promise 1 amab be but what 1 id I 1 do 1 ID so an vast a a company I 1 oi very my happy he here spring anil and summer bummer fill lay F hands hand nitai to bowers and ad 1 n winter I 1 lay my face to the wind that calel carrini sleet elect mid end snow all all this ja is mine 1 I aral ann at stretched ached not 00 too fon kusui t make that th at 1 stiff fiery fi ery very good sus S us and sky a and ti forest belong to me the morning ing comical comes down toe the sky to IB search of me and the tired do day bid me good night bt at the losi western lerch gate you sou would change rags raga for silk sou mom turn ion conr body and catch you shirt k to ID your handa looking down T sea you are barefoot to ID this seems scene va II 11 have to t practice that turn race no now and yet I 1 should imd lose lanne my dominion in that world yon yet boost boast of I 1 should BO more be lady la larkspur it spa colora alice ce had repeated these a lines been to bert ing and trilan different res metal sometimes a do dozen ro repetitions petilla hardly sufficed to satisfy satiety mrs farnsworth who herself recited lied thi aad ad postured for or alices instruction please read mad the tha whole ol of the we ace ond god act attain mid bold alles alice sending herself on the boulder I 1 waited for a lew few All allbutt Buta the beautiful now bow of 0 mrs mr F farnsworth Farna an worth rth a 8 voice th lhnn st bud and beed awed I 1 I 1 crept flown down th ili ladder and stole main away ita IV dick searles play I 1 kept whispering to mi self it was the lady larkspur u r AN roumal I 1 11 A JE vi please read tho tha whole of the second act ago again that hp be was waa holding bark back built be could bad ill the girt girl thit bad ao an enchanted him 1 ID london and ad I 1 or whom he he bad written this very irry eme conn dy with st its getting attig la in the virginia billa U ing to the die garage I 1 antie led at t aln who mid bald torrence had baa ailing we me all al morning and bad finally left word that he would motor to lo barton at ight eight the th next evening to gee on me a on an urgent business tan dols I 1 a unlocked 11 1 1 ed my cay frank and sug dug out ont ny my copy caper A of r lody lady larkspur not net even the all dry of 1 alice and ad her friend could have extracted the script tb the two cance had ha d in some ems way P pos dmd themselves of another the copy no an exact esell cap duplicate amt a even 1 lo 10 its blue paper cover and I 1 sat it down mii and began recalling every thing P searlla ic I 1 had bad told we about his effort to find 64 the ac tresa E the telephone on the table at my elbow rang until flynn came to ID timidly t to quiet it if it 11 s mr me torrence torrance I 1 hg began it s the barton media air 1 abores a a telegram mini I 1 snatched the meet receiver er spitefully thinking it only the be acal torrence clairm 9 the appointment apo imse I 1 made by telephone but the she operator besan reading springfield hop lember W 1917 cable cabla from load loadho agent ais test net I ardig address to tor dow dewing A RU hotel in sea sebille A pill plinie I 1 ask Ha harisay rUsay stein anil ba 1 else 11 on be broadway who be k k linow n what baub companies c ore are on en couba t 0 or headed MK I 1 find 00 over clew in 1 I I 1 and ad ilont do I 1 wool want to mess aleas I 1 thins hy by making inquiries direct jf if ran oe be located ft ill sturl start west im J searle Se arlea I 1 ibi la iliou gln ot of heart nas as comforting and ad I 1 op Beld tor for not ant having summoned him at the 1 of 0 my perplexities I 1 I 1 immediately dictated this reply midy take beat train frakt of and eom come te me at brt barton as ua AS hope ta aca news ra for foa a loews TO BE |