Show yellow ellow men slee sleep by JEREMY LANE choll is vil closer ce CON LOSE LOSES HIS MAP yn john A at poet bud a mrs and ft impractical vAT and ad miles mary martin th I 1 of ill raj worldly parents W hear R the rell rail it f I 1 love and d unite their p th they I 1 KO an to a RA michigan hut alti where john ha a war work in a am ator factory mad on 1 sunday B write amm vertex the he M martin try icy in al vain of to ta ket air the he happy mp I 1 wife wee to OR I 1 leave hot her bs hiiR bond mary isla to breaths breathe tor I 1 two jan john I 1 idlett him hi I 1 ob go H appeal am in vain to the martins in mary boea to M tha b hospital hat and on never return thu cocca into the atory Cornel alai logaa th the father leases town nd ad the vity city fabins be out 1 the a 1 child ll 11 an after two evo yearn tha me father at v cu return turn mad and I 1 takes A us billit son with him ban on an hla be worm world fisli th tha rather arv boc mr a ho A SIR blaze of ft valla cema drus 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queen ren was neither the bi barrt babst st nor A the newest honest ship floal afloat the pacific feticide we WIB hief inclined filed to fuddle he iier a bly she ell was ot at long enough to be in a b breeze BA but she he we was as of a am sturdy d depth ep ill profitable to b her owners the w wind i it was sharper harper than levin woo had a tilted TI at as the he had p planned im and ile he went shivering to hl hi cabin the e fire the that lurked in con can s veins im tv wm A not at an antl be neer at linew that his him other mother ho hod d dwelt on an ill the clear heights ot of e emotion at on the that t jo john tin leving ton tan bad seen nest mill all ill I 1 go with th the vision A of a fint port fr aven it in A the those shabby labb fra ary MR gt dava 1 in dory a street toward the fall at the father had bad mentioned the beauty of gods god a world not net race meant at for himself and ad had bad cooled to hla him little bur boy th for anwer answer often after thit Leung ton glanced at ai chen chee ming in the dining balon allen or p parsed A ard I 1 him a on deck A per par feet it 1 laili ill of mint we was preer preserved ved between tacal us as if they tied had neer met wet met before the erta queen hesitated at TagO remnant Rahl let go a little of hor her b burden u edar end all b bounced red onward card lot into till the 1 yellow r low the wind wild charged changed thrice lifted then died abe ship was not quieted b but I 1 wallowed anca BY ay A thick dim mist milt filled the air cold riven only it the En urta dignified 1 warn I jug ing which we waa repeated every forty seconds apt the findl final night eight and day sm duall 11 low craft scuttled out of her path T the he preace pre ence of the A aident iet y tellow e ill Il lothI permeated the fog a ill a if emping creeping out fro lell invisible abl shores to ediff iff the air abc old id mother cb w he if half the gold of the world but bat left the them tor far othera the to finish to abac be and it f lornet it some sam nf at best beat ime have never been till covered she la Is waiting she did not ask it for far t the be 1 are orl of 1 light and there them was no borrow w in he her yielding when they took look it t from tier be her th B eyes y R a he hae A never I 1 wept and they will never ever anile it dynasties races nf at men emerge emeree train her cast at elir billet upon the dut dust and vanish god it where m and mother china waits and want waits I 1 in his cabin co con LOHM we was e let h 9 the harbor bt at wei was crowd so T tbt craft of the world were guttered user herf billing tilling that MI led had rt lh in tie the girlhood of 1 and it never returned dr grav jame B netting auns tuns from the south mouth a low mcgl acted for the king kinc of hosely chaber built arzt portugal Port az ueal nt AT pre tient el carrying artl chokes elmies and ad bait I 1 and steel a tramp tp like afe it alp resl ri t we were me five river boats three flecked sees d IZIA and dd tut fat their ralla a mere perforated steam arranged gabat the dry day of ahrn be I 1 live steam in wo would d blasl A fr from mem broadside bad ad scald it the baem roli herB athe athey they mine came heart aboard with in ever er a background of junks junah like namin dmn A an old cost coat crooked bd boating shapes shape that would have bunk 1 in water thinner hm bunk thun nun till uila P pel ho mud short cries ard and ad dim rattle of if 9 gongs 91 amandy A booty too tog worried at the hawser of Q the bulk bulky Q queen liter foid followed Hd tte me amk IRS of trained timbers as ote are mael A t the dork dark a fr get 1 by amid th little dirty alups of tough tong ha timing the tile snorted at her then ran mart up on ill tile a fogs river mr C coulier ra ran v the wet gangways bumaat rats eat on the cargo corgo that was p presently to bently to b be to loaded blind smoking in the alie foul cold yell yellow air of the harbor the h handful A adful of pas passengers lengers disembark oil od far f from in being the last ill was ch chee a wing with tifa him carriera f m trotting g still before him levington was still asleep alep cons COD a room oas nas in disorder th the porter mine came on his rounds with win broom and ad dulaine dul dust tine gaii and ad found flood the sleeper tie he roused con and thought him efm trunk drunk pat but the stupor was not that of alcohol le levington inciter a pulse was wan slow blow one 1 I ide its a of his bis bodt felt dead everything was as thick and puffy party to ill his touch ill and a pain ran deep let into his him head the porter spilled out ft glass of brand brandy afar tor him keeping tile the bottle for h himself anle f to rib finish up bite later I 1 evl neton mitt eat up shakily this increment document brought B R prickling sen a tion in his shoulder houlder and ad be tumbled fumbled there ahe thir abb g was repented P led atnita under bimbi his bis clates clumie ahi fingers x something ug 10 1 0 it was waa too a little tuft of fen fee them concealed in the tuft left we was tie the hurt barb of a dart diirr ironi pr As far neav we he me recollected the in y of andrew march and ad the dr dart t front from desert all riders A am mate I 1 to tint t swift delicate weapon in had be been cling ing nr a long while to his hig av own shoulder none but bill chee chams ming could have blown blow it in through the window 1 in 4 3 sudden ude it P panic A 1 con ru re A bulged 8 across r JOB his h breast at and mt dl discovered erml that ties the bit of at parchment ans do gone the leather thong atone alone remaining etro alg had boa en em alered the be rabin cabin and taken tile the map 1 the h 0 black big a was emed IT clothing Clo AM lhing ing upon the floor tile the envelop I 1 containing cimmin ng instructions to be opened of at shan be sung n 9 had bad already been for tora open it ma mattered uttered very cry little that its contents remained an audi A safely A enough iier chur yd astral was IRS too p to read ad BOW there larmi no A mad end to his hl failure lure tile the shock of if his hii loss IRA and the m 11 rene ration that lie ile had find been feather tk on en bi the chimed hastened ill the return of full faculties a painful P process ite threw off the feeling that weighed him dav down dressed aa 08 rapidly as he I 1 11 ble th stupor we not if alcohol could comma comi nind fingers not at iet et ems corn controlled by his own nall will made sure eure I 1 that mt his money had not been touched and ami then did from the ship tong tone hu fin to Is no place in which to in atop lip tt it as aa cold in till its streets the gutters liac diac asia welled allied up their filth unlit it the narrow error balli fit calif coolies n ill their carts mv part potter mid lop elop through men this while their pase nEeT tem glance up bud and away 1 in the hope of getting the odor out of mind A ale race nam along the waterfront Is flanked with fill a squat at buildings seeming as old oil A M the water that t IU fib at the pole pale I 1 foundations at the are of a ship amid petta confusion tile the coolie cartel carlo run faster locking wheels e 1 anil and bendan erang their fares faces till the native curse curme abrila and untangle I 1 evin evingson gion found nice lure would he be a hat betin in twenty tal mite up the river r to A pool be mounted ted if lack amad has and walk mounil and the its upper apper ark he fie ann now new a aa it if nil all the w u it irro tides of life Is bad headed anav wr from liln him his fit ill if up BRI gone bone the gabi would be meaning itse wit without lilt lt it lie he thought of the packet of e goal at instructions the chinese had not wanted ant e it that con noi raLen ailed the brolin en envelop cavi and ad started to draw forth the wit 1 in but stopped short hat Instant ionti tv he replaced it inside tiia his coat catt fled and grinned at himself tor for having so BO nearly near alap ped 1 in five the river boat would benr or th the a bodden air was waa eleven cloven with far hoo beat aad ad as near re replies pilles the final barrow of coal call was run up the plank Lell levington gle stretched his him leg fro and might have lapsed into on aa after fie math of his nights drug grAig but just now vel faculty we was IJ livened ad by a coll lilon with chee ming the brown brow is fiken li we waa close f failed led ammal the cy eyes or of jada chas bilag was an inscrutable he regarded the american america with fill the usual blank black stare star but honored him wl with h B acry Y mirt faint but bow th the figured fair olds of his he bluely jacket were do damp with the th river fog narrowed tb the R fr freezing in g IP between in them and A it time peered red im into I 1 the sty stony eyes your little feather sticker put me a to sleep you haie no business in asia alta said the alb steadily in good english you did dian didn t hitt hesitate to ram come to america I 1 I remarked kd the white whit abut man we should not quarrel now As soon an as 8 the ropes are am thrown thren aboard and we g get st out olt into the river I 1 am going I 1 to a tell you yen something chee cee ga M mine ag 1 7 I have be no tie detec said old the chinese cons I 1 cloua that this white bite adversary had now no an map and ad was therefore helpless 1 les I e u have a P don t go yet you ric mcarty af killed me A last alhus 1 I would aid not at ull kill any one as at he be makaa me ine troubles tron ble said cald the 0 oriental intel it pleased C con an to have id him at talk it was interesting to wet watch ch the th thin b wa brown lip lips hold virility the fou fogata AtA of the lie ETI words berv L syllable cyl lable we was a tir tuggle tor far chee clug MI 9 he fie hated Leving levington toA which is 11 a refined line motion emotion in n the east he fie had bad not b by Y any means forgotten the cali twist delivered to hia his own w spine opium who when be had bad met this on mountain lion mintri tg in no pantry the boat begun began to grind internally th the low aw wet wh wharf if drew backward A space palo of muddy bitic water widened th the passage to peking was waa begun there would be abrien a brief stop step at ties the tien win front fron t then be A a on to the tartar city nt darkness rk aca completely am le t e Y claimed the th po river before tile the boat a t jolted to astop a atop the mad end of be her covage age up site stream street liht light were he around ad if the quay arre lined herd up in ID order all 11 vial wa dar different at fr from the be port part town it wills one ot at the final foga fell for P pe king III g and winter later was ready read to bcd do down wa there would be week of bit bil ter fee aliss th iraa part of the 2 plan for far le levington to traverse the tag k known n lands blithe I 1 in the e crid cold season A to 0 be 1 in ien dines at the edge of the desert idec for far him me real travel task at th the first ir A sign A of r lip I 1 g here he te the streets were re lighted some name A of bi tile d dys doorways Ys almost western in ap pa Is alve for r the dim aim figures that moved 1 in A and ad out it of them roofs roof were its peaked A led augh hughlar ani nilar lar down doom to wide did eaves the peking tenements were st squeezed up hp on AD top of tile the whole hale ale houses and anthe godowns and ad it talked looked as if onla 1 tile the cobblestones em kept the weight of theve these from pressing the side bides of a street together alln w hen it would be lost jolt th the lateral to alleys seemed to have a nearly grown green lem hut down one coo con had bad a g glimpse I 1 HIPS of a fire a red film in tile the dark standing an instant pitiable house AR topi tape the motor bus hurried on amongst of the darting tick rickshaws allive lint but u con could old not net forget the fire it ats ruddy turned loose ins upon 1111 a 1 close knit I 1 city fly of wood and human frailty it t whan ian I 1 evington slept it watt still dai allt light allt when he he awaken ed S somehow ch a the mutter matter of the plain envelop lop came to hla his those base in it me whit which would bauld bind him if he read it as a as A if the thought of this thin had bad wakened him T atie in achl chinese hall torn covering coverS ns h but the IT contents ia bad not at been what hat he wanted A well why V by then had bad male ma ie fco a much of the matt matter s r con wanted to reopen the envelop lie heie and ad now dow he fie could not net SHY say why by thoughts of the litter P hl him A and 01 ol br b mt felt III rather her sd a of h himself ins e I 1 I 1 in li at a general way day the larad deac dm document ac haunted him ile he thought of burning it unread A d id and then turning himself I 1 ionic I 1 to drift arif L an old aid bovold dclute VPS I 1 A 0 ing lilio blas down don reaching ill him now through mere or physical aan weakness riat and ad falln tan of if failure he fie felt ID 11 a low moment that 11 march 1111 11 should hold love have told lold him everything fre at the at baart art cou con wanted noted to get anav somewhere free forgotten lost felt ans lie Is A bl himself elf slinking into far dim RD an out dot call he u niia DOI aware re lm how el AT v ao i w ia it or his A hiell ant th the ID of tho the chinese city bf 1 be almlof I 1 ika ko lacret th the land finnila to ties hie until filled tied him 8 af alive and the amarkh can con co wl WIB nil 11 brithe a 01 pain A afTA ties inner thing isalt was hurel himself elf a fused to let this fog close oler oer him he be store rang ann for far brandy brandv and when it came has liberal to la filar himself lif Us he would wool not net think dared not he dreece ed g 1 in the no barber chaill III he permitted himself to be shaved and in the mirror he gafred once at lifa his oun fat faie the eyes too bright heck cheek bones pointing brow smooth as an chalk he bell the ampt ft an fn TH his I 1 heart they bowed him out of the me lump like a prince at the dealt he cashed hla him 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