Show THREE MEN AND A MAID HER engagement MM TE horace I 1 nl tl world ed I 1 writer write on ophy I 1 all u U ator of clr SO spreading di light licht be tc etc aea 1 la new york talk ato on ft latticing tour III her on I 1 with hot her acea tri homo a of th is IS JB IS a her lit ell I 1 largely devoted to 1 dd ol 01 keeping him unmarried I enter t hr nephew dow sam ion an or 1 sir 11 mallaby M marlow iwo the eminent ea london lawyer layo it 1 li that sam and most ahalt ia to 1 grether on th h it atlantic antic this lh next th oscr d day enter or bream mortimer abari son on or of ft friend eveld of if an 1 his american america named od bennatt 11 atio has box b been ac g mr ti to ia I isaae a wandlea ell bream lit lorms her B that hot wll vell lelin helmina 1 I B bennrtt tt is in for or eustace st da at 1 lb ahe li ullie church oh I 1 I 1 the crr cr r benani ed hani 13 BK 1 Is in 11 love with Wila liol mra MI m marches tab s on ft to bu ta tace room th tha m acene e ed is t to the ati atlantic to st at her plot pier sam h heading dite for far the tha meets a elor 1 rm red bid air alil with bli us he I 1 instantly Inet antly it callb in I 1 lov Is mo though gh her doff a bit him bus talce appear heart broken it I 1 his 0 pinched i had ilia his erB nd d ad it atia acce ceremony wha cc hd 41 4 declared 1 it th wed dime oft IM sum 1 ab ca or aver board adma dma tax t ax 1 in the water with another wlm m ad aloe th at abua at 1 to the red ad limited headed girl iri is a W a bannett i T rl list halla a sam I 1 hero nd I 1 introduces I 1 tro duces bream poor or ur allor koco keep to his beets ff he do doean I 1 know till is 1 so on to tod board d sam mikea war waran I 1 lova he pro and Is accepted aam plana fl to in the hip a concert ald nd to force eustace to promise I 1 to ba b his hl accompanist 11 so sam blaek blacka up nd d I 1 mad a I 1 consoled coni led oled by jan a hub ucb bard d friend ol it sam and ad quarrel I 1 billi breaks break thir their I 1 en sam niter im landing mum boea coea IE into mourn lne CHAPTER VOI VI 11 continued aadu cadu d to 10 yoa ym mid bald what asked sam 1 I said aid he ha because I 1 had bad rn an id idea S dont deal te to old man or you U get on me muddied where was 1 I IT 1 I d don I 1 it know 1 11 I remember id just got the idea I 1 h happened p parted to know you seg bee th that at B ben ut aest ete and ad mortimer were S both f frightfully ig keen on getting windlass tor the me summer bummer but my mother would wouldn aab t hear of it and gave them both the mi miss 1 in balk it suddenly occurred irad to me m that mother was going to be away in amer aru lea all the summer so BO why hould dr nt t I 1 make in I 1 a private p feet deal let them the house boom bud and make it a stipulation that I 1 was to stay there to took look after and to in cut a ions story short that what hot I 1 did you let r yes old was down on an t the b dock at southampton to meet buhel e 1 eulaa M and ad I 1 fixed it up with him then than bud and there he was so a bucked at the idea of g getting tu us the gift place that he dian didn t kick iek for a moment a et ad the bugg suggestion ti that I 1 should stick at 1 the house bouse said be would he be delighted to 0 have me there them and wrote out a fat check on an the spot vi we hired car and ad drove straight over it its only treaty menty mile from freal south ampton pt you kd k know and d we via ve bat been the there evet ever since late bennett barnett aa as sent wire wife to Morth mortimer riar telling him to loin join us as bud and he came down next day ile he paused and looked at sam as ch though ought dealt desiring ng comment be sam had none blue to offer why do you van say my youre in a hole holer m ie a asked it seems to me as though ma you on had bad done don yourself a bit of good you im ve s got am the check and you on rein re in the same mine hoube with ith miss blis hubbard what palm more do you want at but suppose other mother gets get to hear bear bout about well 7 shed she d be sorer than sunburned neck ack probably but why should she ahe hem hear of iff it ah ab I 1 rm ran coming to that Is 1 there them borne a more ol at the story stores quite a lot I 1 charge a on aid sam resignedly eustace hignett fixed a despondent gaze come ma the shingle up the g gy gray y wavea es were ere crawling with their wool usual slug sluggish gish air or wishing themselves 61 elsewhere heria A mi rain drop fell down the back of his neck but he be did not notice li 1 it waa the weather that really tart sleet wha mild od ed it ft he saad started id t the a trouble what met aart of weather have you b been I 1 having larter herel 1 I haven I 1 uOti noticed kett I 1 well dwell down at it has haa been bee mining practically all 11 the time and at after about a couple of days day it became fat r clear if I 1 to we me that bennett bud and 11 lorumer at were ere getting a bit fed I 1 arenci to oo say aay having spent part all 11 their that lives 1 in n america don den I 1 you know they v eren t jacl to a country whom where it klemmt Z rained tied nil all the time bud and pretty sam oon it began to get on an their they started Q quarreling tome nothing bad at first but hotting battles up more and more till st at last they were hardly on con speaking terms tenna every little thing that hat hap bened led 1 to get 1 the uland 11 up M them till there was ell that business boula of 1 1111 1 1 for 11 1 a 2 W to bo a smith 1 I 1 bulldog old bennett bannett Is carea of him aal ana wants him k kept in tir the gablas taie but Inn timer boeme on an let tine ring him ra roam in about the house well i tb ther arrop d a il bit ban that and tino there thee was as ali ih man Y toi mum the by P G C 1 bibar by gwise MO H doru co ca 1 I 1 bem been down at t whittles dot doi brince we waa a kid that a right I 1 forgot that welt well my pater had an put in the drawing room mom one of these mass automatic things thing you switch on you know slake a dell delft of a row raw bennett cant stand it and mortimer in in ill on ent playing it all day well th they ey up a rood gold ish bit over that pell I 1 don dim t C see me how bow all 11 me efforts affects you it if they want to scrap crap why not let them yes yem but vou van see am the most at f frightful 1 tiling filing has happened at least it bean t happened let et but it may any day B anett a talking about taking wall advice to see if lie he a I 1 fail induce ato if met mer to theme cheese it by law as 8 bra he can I 1 be stopped any other way A and the it deuce coca of at it 1 Is your you ISM father Is B a lea legal represent atlie e over in lugland dugand LQ gland and he a sure to go to him ham well that 11 flo do the peter pater a bit of good legal fen fees eustace hignett ElIg mett ell hp his arms ds de at his bis cousin 2 but don I 1 you see it if bennett goes gars to your father about this binge your father will get onto into the tea fact that win dim dies has been lets let and hell time nose about bud and in make its inquiries bud and the first thing t that hat it II happen will 1 1 be that ah mother w 11 1 get to hear of it it and then where shull I 1 b her ZOE saia pondered pandered yea there s th that ato he be admitted well now you we sea what a hole im ill in yes yea you are what are an you going to do about IT you youre re the only person who can be help P cm me what can I 1 do bol why your father wants you yon to join the firm arm domn I 1 he hel well for goodness sake buck back up bud and join it it don on t waste a minute dealt dash up to london by the next train bud and sign on am then if ben tatt nett does doea blow in tor for advice you can fix it somehow that hat he be sees you instead of your father bud and it f it 11 be ell all right light toil ran can easily work it f it t get the me office boy or bemb somebody a dy to tell bennett barnett that your ISM father a engaged but that you see are an the spat apol he war wont mind so long BJ be he sees somebody la in the firm it but I 1 dont det know anything about the law what shall hall I 1 say bay to him that a all right iva I 1 ve been studying I 1 dont interrupt old man or Z setma muddled wh where WM 1211 11 it up a bit As aa tar far as I 1 C can gother gather this legal advice business Is quite simple anything that las iso t a tort tart J la a meanor youve you ve simply got to rell I 1 old bennett bellett that in your opinion the whole thing looks looka jolly like a tort the word tort what does it reania 1 I 11 tion cut t know probably amb nobody lon knows but its it s I a safe card to V play tort TOM dont forgot forget ito it tort tit right bo bal well then come came along bud and park pack your thing 1 here a a train to london I 1 ID about an al h hour 11 they walked back to the hotel hmel sma sam gulped once or twice 0 oh by the way he md bald er berhow hoor fi ib er ec alles oh ashes he an all el right g E big adir us algy nett hummed a ga gay air 8 gain B rm ready acquiescence coal I 1 in bis achem had ro ampre ib teach gloved his h mind im L going sui said blad bank sa after ft a pa pause oh absolutely weva were quite oil good ad arlenda frim again now no use being being un in the same 6 house bouse and ad not being on ar lims isains its IS rummy conall how han the pas ane of time ron of changes B tel low point of view why who when she be i told mid me about he hr h r engagement enga Rement I 1 con can granulated her a as cheerfully as an dam dain 1 alt III 1 and only a few week ago 9 lie engagement 1 exclaimed sam ten leaping I 1 ing like B stricken ricken at blance mange age M tier en an gug sag gug gag gae ement mt I 1 to ro breem bream lit mortimer you yon know said eustace figuett she got en to him the day before yesterday CHAPTER IX X the Is offices of the he old established fleas ot of marlowe pra colt lt iw rod and appleby are in ID budget ny a in inn not far from it fleet street nt it if you or ure a mi millionaire 1 besto beset by ed or an anyone else in to whose coinson far hie b lent cid 1 I alre Is list find hn ib li od ilard it to no put your you arob in I 1 1 r i I 1 1 of Z tn shima and in di eilf n i in london you yon proceed through dark and grimy entry and up a dark and grimy flight of stairs bud and having felt your way along dark a bud and grimy I 1 pas st a sags sag you conat length to dark and grimy door there is plenty of dirt did in other 7 parta rt of f ridgeway Y a inn but nowhere who re is it so plentiful p i an I 1 so BO rich if abat h in u al luveal 1 deposits a as on the exterior tell or ot at the offices of marlowe thorpe press pre cott it and appleby A AB you yon top tap on an the topmost of the geological strata bests can cono commit aling the me ground glass of if the door a sense I in of if relief bud and security ht floods flood bour or being for to in london limba I 1 1 the giuse of a lawyers respect maper ahll ity th pisa bogoa ort we plate fr let law into the be wood work of this door Is 1 misleading read lug ng ft 11 yma you ge get the me that on the at other h er aide its quite a I 1 covey I 1 ol of lawyers lawyer awalt you your arrival th the name imme of the 0 firm lead you I 1 to ti suppose as that chat there will be barely standing room mom in the of I flee bee you lou picture dictum thorpe jostling you yoo aside as he makes tor far prescott Pr eacott to die cusa cum with him the latest case a of it de and H malow add aai appleby tro treading on an your toce deep IS in coce co ce bation on rep replevin lela but those these legal least clems dwindle 1 1 he years go hy by old take their toll tall art ehing anav 1 here g arh im there iso an Api Alvi eby till elf her heibe vou van know now who where you yon are you yen are down it to your test last lawyer the th only surviving member of the am of mar mae lowe thorpe what I 1 mid ald bea before wn was at the it time with which this story deals sir mallaby sta marlowe jovo aon am of if the original rounder founder of the firm bud and father of the celebrated black faced co comedian samuel of that ilk bud and the outer of he flee where b callers were CrIel Ced and ad parked till sir wallaby mallaby could find time for them nag as occupied by a single clerk when sam reaching the office after me bt Ji journey maracy opened the door this clerk john peters petera by name wait waa seated mated on an a high abool holding in one me hand band a half belf eaten caten sausage in the other BD an dina dita rily large and powerful re revolver lver at arg an the sight sigh of sam he laid it do down both en an gahn of destruction bud and beamed he was wag not dot a particularly successful hemmer beamer abeln being g hampered by a cast can in one eye which h gave him a tram truculent lent and aad ill sinister hater look but those mosia who knew him knew that he had bad a heart of gold bud and were not intimidated by his repel lent face Betwee en sam barn and himself there had always misted existed terms tem of cordiality starting a from the time when the former was a small boy bud it had boest been john peters mission to take him now to the zoo now note to the vain train back to school why at mr samuel 1 hullo pete peters W we were wave expecting you back a week so ago so you got back safe safe why ot of course couric co peters shook book his head hand 1 I cof that when there wiz was this delay in your coming coining here I 1 sometimes sometime feared something might bare be happened to you I 1 recall mentioning tt it to the young lady who recently did me the honor to promise to becom become my wife ocean liners arm aren I 1 often tracked wracked mo nowadays vady I 1 1 I was waa thinking more or of the brawls on shore share Amer amerlois loss a dangerous conn call it try y but t perhaps you were wave not cut in touch with alth them the e orld r 1 1 I don t think I 1 was waa ahl said jet john peters significantly he took talk a up the revolver gave it a ra fond it and ad almost paternal look and replaced it on the disk desk what on earth are you doing with that thing asked I 1 ham mr me peters lowered his voice calleg 1 I im in going to america myself in a few days time mr me samuel it its my annual holiday bud and the send mail ing a me a over at with papers paper 1 in connection tel tell with the P people pil it and bowen bovean tt it a a big con case over there A client of ours to is mixed up in it an american gentleman I 1 un to ilk take the these blip imbor tell tant papera to III hi legal representative in m new kew york 81 so I 1 thought jt it beat tt to ta he prepared th the first smile it that be bad permitted himself mes I 1 in nearly W two weeks flirted flitted acobes CA lial corob face what oa an earth sort seft of a place no a you think new york is IB he asked it a B safer fer than load london I 1 ali ah but wh what t about the underworld se seen thes a american films that they send over here UP MI samuel bery saturday night regular I 1 take my young lady to a cinema and I 1 tell you they th t h you something did you eve ever see wair wolves of the bowery I 1 there was waa ob man in tt that in just my position cac carry ing i important I 1 r t papers opera bud and what they addo boldn t try U ard to do a m to him I 1 no I 1 so taking no chances mr samuel II 11 I 1 1 I should have bald you were lug ging that thing about with you 1 dy mt mr peters seemed wounded wo d oh I 1 understand the mechanism perfectly and ad I 1 wo am becoming a vel very fair shot I 1 take my little bite ot of food i la hom here I 1 parly I 1 ell and go bud and eruct I 1 Is at th the rupert street rifle range during my touch lundi hour bear loud land be surprised how bow quickly akly one mas pick it up whom when I 1 K get home at night might I 1 try how qa quick I 1 I 1 con can draw you have to draw like a ft fth flush h of lightning light ing mr III samuel it amid you d evat seen a allro I 1 railed led 1 ga th voaid a it I nealise realise alue t tunit in it i lou an b 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