Show JOSSELYN S 0 CHAPTER XVI XV Contin continued tied lg 18 to ellen the air 11 teemed sit suddenly thick hick and ad soft me ehe fel felt t it pressing against her NT wait I ft minute late Ach auntie atiel 1 G geofge mma md and joe too ton ome come ibe la here dt dont to KO she stammered she As of it r I 1 blared bellied half led tile them bar into th the little parlor all stay slay she me said old 1 in a dry per joe had bad run can tor for a glass of ef water madre and on now n hem beside de the chair into which george georg I 1 had put lut her and held it to her 11 alpa thanks dear I 1 she bhe aid whispered all pared her eves moved about from face to face and her lips moved then suddenly bhe he ande ad a great si treacle as it if for far tile wy my G god A it she he 9 dvong mr mrs bald ad win eyrl almed but lien ellen herself an I 1 it her bar no auntie no rok rm all right mobil and tightening one me hand on an jor joe a and with tle tile other clinging clinge rag to george G As she ahe on d at last 1 I ie found out who did it george I 1 I 1 knew who h fired that shot I 1 1 gIl gilleece little lence spread ilk a log fog over or the alrtle attl room mom they sit all looked nt at b her at without speaking 1 III if roll oil vou von about it illen said old after another drink of nater it J happened I 1 mean my learning coming er beat about it h half an hour hen ago pat but I 1 dlan t if r dm dare ilo 1 anything until george got at here hen she had BO an far re recovered bared her composure compo comp ture loare that she could rise moe now and ad she bhe ap edolie 1 in nn A almost ii rinal at t tone george she said aid I 1 want it vou A to sit bit here hem and joe and auntie ill von go all back into the back room rolon juit the em curtains so th that t you ann cnn hear every everything thin arter aa and an biloy they than be but eagerly her bar in she slopped to the hat hall door and called 1 T I azzle ile I 1 IM ife came a de donn alone at 1 white us as we was with tomma mt clinging to her hard hand the little b boy v came remain running g in to his b mother marble and ad ellen caught him in her r or arms here s una tancle le ceorge dear dr I 1 she me ID nad tit in indifferently folt felt him apt sit drum drawn be between t the h a man a knees george looked a dazed at ellen now tom hla him mother said I 1 want nant vou von to do something for me and if you do it nicely I 1 in going to read irad to you ran for fe one a whole hour tirl cht I 1 V in ran really moth tommy 1 I hs his I 1 evea dancing ym yes I 1 hilll ill tommy I 1 want until you van to tell urkle uncle george short about the that night at I 1 NN ft hetley heatley hills when you yon rame came flow don n you know knoor tell tall him all 11 about it I 1 T tommy in mav on was looking at her with a I 1 gullli onto child chairs B doubt ot of 11 his creep reception on grandpa told me MI to he asserted in 1 self mh defense deafen s e 1 I was wae a captain and he be lot told me t to 0 george glanced at ellen they se ex MI chanced one A I 1 look 1 I w was 11 telling tommy a nine little shelf about the reann aby why u we tell left Wheat lev 1 hills I faich e explained in and he told tola me em hv he liked wheatley Hh A heart eatley e y if hills 11 go a on an do apar I lominy any encircled M led by georges arm had bad his him mouth close to the re man s nr lie he spoke spate in a half proud half chimed ad voice ia 1 said I 1 was sorry cry hour about grandpa breaths I 1 I 1 liked ad to in p dinv inv in his studa I 1 anil and I 1 said he let me fire his h s pistol on aAn apfei and the man and woman 0 m ex x N chi need it a look A of consternation be zt come caurel A kid like you ire are real plot pistol gir george said tit if 1 well MI edid idid I 1 did ill alre it if tommy balat bur it out not boastfully honsl fully I 1 with th two finger on 11 tile the trig trigger gerl I 1 sold said I 1 was a explain capital end and lie ile said I 1 I 1 ough tenter tente be afraid of se my y go gun I 1 filed it 11 two times mine if he a to told it me to I 1 tom tommy cry illustrated with I 1 a dramatic belc fire saw law george wallow swallow wl with mil a az arv throat she heard hill him whisper mv cod C od but tom how hows that you arnn A to A tell 01 me m you fired the like that about the he room mom he asked the ran child 1 I vi ill ell a tommy stammered 11 11 A never went sent off those these beat t two time limes it dbent make an any Y noise fee and he aid good bay old aid tommy ellen caught a ruick nick breath she fed heard him c cull 11 the child ill that at a hundred times he sah bald good boyl boy I 1 george georg r re poste heated dand and then you pointed nt at him heror N no then ike he told me line about pi P pies he to told a me a all it about be them I 1 and it 0 thru o I 1 inid aid if 1 you on tre ile a spy apy grand grandpas pat I 1 tit d ft you houi and he be mid ild all right I 1 A m a spy PJ I 1 e burvender Bur rod render anil and he old to me I 1 must say bay have you yon athing a aim thing liing to may ay f tor that t T tommy my troubled tro bled V uha he he ddn ibe t be shot you lou know he be ellal 1 I bee george said aid glar lancing clAg at t file so I 1 vold that and he waid aalde no an he t he h e and I 1 took tok tile die phad small amrin old and hot flat at him be but ilk thai it time ra tommy wool went on an skov serenely I 1 II 11 did go en oni a I 1 though it 11 had burst burat and amira ram an out L and randina rand iia mt hat like till fill tit he dropped into a chair in ID terrible art bolli tude to the mth form the they had bad found in the tb study him in donihi nth ago so illen glanced age aifala at 1 george hr as a as PIs pale as she lie and ill then a what tom then I 1 I 1 ent over to in him smash andR hool ur it mi hi or farm and ad b he dlan dt t we wake its up co t 1 hoseal he we wai feeling and I 1 tool took ma lie pistol and alrow i it t away in the th fk mike I 1 as arl 4 G granden Gran dpn items anlie ve up 1 hot bi be h L so I 1 rai no ft flie s do noor bud nd called I 1 for vitals 1 eata sevesty bur r twenty menty fire an imam I 1 awn by KATHLEEN NORRIS cwright ema killin ill bf kahlen nona T aee a I 1 bee of course e but tell al me said old uz george georg where vat we lazle ier why she was up lip in mother to room I 1 wan t sure em that gromi grandpa dp we was fool tie big though maybe ammie he was I 1 I 1 wu was afraid id I 1 d hurt him then wh why Y you run and ad tell mother at a once it if you thought so sn well a 4 1 dian didn I 1 think I 1 could aid little have ho hart him hill much coach because he be say ouch 0 ill or anvil anything king I 1 tommy start dated cheIl cheerfully lv an and then I 1 thought be 1 I ze would dhe be cross A at me for getting out of bill p getting NHA NH A out at of bed bd ye yes who when I 1 I 1 wool went downstairs but or she was still in mother room when 1 got so I 1 got at into bed bad and thought tit id tell her gran grandpa drat named anted to see are her wh when r like came back hacic I 1 and why didt you tommy I 1 ion ilon t remember I 1 guess gues I 1 went to in ide sleep and what made you van go in the first arst place tom toman T his all mother asked her voice trembling in spite of be her effort yort for far control 1 I go to bleep ohp because anu it and ad tazle were talking so BO loud and I 1 atrial A ans As crying crag I 1 looked out into the hall the do door we win opan an and d grandpa grandma wal wa there them and I 1 alikes him what he was wag doing ind and he said eald he wai bl sending 0 tol telegram egmer yes thit HIT t s berf perfect lv eor cor eft george but 1 we found it on I 1 tile the hall table so 90 then he be said come on flown down and ad pay me a visit old moral and I 1 nent meet and ana at other told me novt dey diy he will sick rick tractor tommy went on pleas 11 antly ll as am he be worked baldly with the clyel of georges george watch chain so BO that no was whom when he e wa begin A nine to feel a little bit sick ilk if I 1 will wai a spy and they hire bucht me tommy added vain ig gloriously arlell ar lull I 1 ld d shoot at so a fast cast and d my horse would out ride so fast don that I 1 it A get et away from them whether they liked it or not at id AI kliten r T tom am george surge said aid down at my place at sued sands point do you know what ive I 1 ve got I 1 ve got a bagov little gentleman ill who mine came from the like ill of shetland 4 P pony evl tommy lemony whispered hi aea a slight mother has he be really reah pot at a 8 poni i he be aed asked dig digging n his him gb hark dark halt hair into his mother a shoulder 0 u I 1 der and boiling in del delight ight 1 I suppose he has nilen eile answered smiling ark and d that pony george mid bald im ill iathel pre shely I 1 n ile be bour pony it t you 11 iver do ma something nothing for me tommy glach at hla him other mother mi ac DI dually aliv le pale i e with ith jov ov mother alther he la go going ng to give me that pony play he bo aard on an cited breath oh mother cark can I 1 he naye have a A ponya are he can see sta ath at hewlett aw lett a he decided until we a can here have a little stable built for far ill him ifould I 1 could build it or if a man came to do some ale of it 1 could 1 help 1 lp link him all you imil need end I 1 ie planks and nails a 1111 11 11 but kmeco how ar about doing majo thing for far me george asked sump sure slid talcum tommy y in the man a like kp ca mi reles voice the he ol 01 owner of a pony do ani aill thing n apony I 1 want at you ato to c come over ore to till mine oln ile alth mother and me G george ge said old and tell alt 11 this to a man there the a friend or of mine all about your gramelt gra grandfather ther you know and the blikle Is thing I 1 ka h v I 1 asked ed to tommy round oed eved that B just I 1 what I 1 don I 1 we want you to ask tommy tomm and just s what met I 1 ran cant I 1 very rely bell explain to you I 1 dont elk ah inu a why a you wt want 1 this his I pan poev george said old pointed now this man will eill ask it you yen lots of questions quest ioni he be went on and you a must answer them hr and if ou on cant remember nui anything thing just I 1 tv so 1 all I right tommi agreed has he get a saddle nithe mother s got going to 1 gh I ton A n middle I 1 men ile promised a ab called d hizme leyie will you take tin tummy upstairs and read to him and talk calud about the T she at asked a significant look and when ohen fles alipy were sore gone anne she tur turned ed to george georg and no mile he and ad he george orge and joe stated blared at daib an other that thai 1 Is it the most exila dinara thing ithe that haa come um to me in tile miles entire course A of my 1 profession zu go eorio eo rip g aalde I 1 wl as 1 if he 1 bid tit hern been anra d I 1 must all get hold bold of his at am oner them a point or att ton 0 alk n hat do you make it of 1 him bin our he be area anred the pistol phool twice amr Ll leill Ill at ogree gres with that hot she had landed it with only one me shell ellen supplied quickly all 11 the he mondo ch ambera hut bar one are we were it ilk like the old nai na roan I 1 rold could hear bear him hl voice george mused 1 I t it I 1 pan can get et hold of ryan t ellen could you take lake the child over there them mt if once anything he her tact el ended clouded nut but georga th they 7 w won t take that baby lot into court urt they won t crosa examine tommy nono I 1 he mild mid ann log hell it dij imply talk 1 to him and it will I 1 bf be taken dobo av you ne may it trual tummy tommy to a me aw and geurge george d ya y a khinki I ti filers any my ha hopeb might they really clear gibbs for far a thing like that Us he put pat hard hand an be her houlder i he stand looking fearfully up at t him film never recent the joy jay the tion ten the he ui ill him my eyen I 1 11 my it dear bekor girl my may it dear bart I 1 1 thing think that in a Is few it oay ya clubs glat will I 1 walk into let this hou be with ofle you yon to be have it dinner oner atlo the captain and ad kout elsie 1 th the mainly of real me hope h ins after ft f t the neeka it of beree pretense I 1 th the a joy jo of ac 1 rion I and ad loure a after ft t BO many do days Y aban ahen I 1 here be and 1 hem been nothing to it dol AI it ft ang I 1 a bevel ing winter day hot ill t to fill it t seemed as it if the BUD of a J june om e were it be ana a a strange a age arhe over snowy ny roads road and it lal lelen hem bare held it was S ad y and ad in 1 the vl lacea young people were laughing laush lne and talk log ing na am they lounged louin red about altion and a child stores ill or tommy talked I 1 incessantly A bluntly and ev cr cloady hoty t aked to T tomma with un on u ual lost M 11 1 E eiery toot fut of the I 1 mh h ery ry light ahe e tri trip P had ad line age am go nerona a in b familiar to allen on her elal daily arli ea to and fro but it had never ever armed aa A ion long A aa it 4 dia tit t to d dav george me blie sold nt at part nit on the courthouse court honse sieps I 1 had betar better not say to gibbs I 1 ler N int we would uld he answered moved a t a cut MI thought then then yours you re pretty ture are georee the they exchanged a long took look the in man an a nodded to it io cure he answered answer pd that I 1 would not take tommy to or see e him today I 1 would I 1 have that B lien in ID Tk bonimy inary s mind it deeina a an to me oh ob georg georee but I 1 can t hilleve it if she said alii als ally y if am thing happens row now I 1 do don at t think ahm I 1 can bear it if 0 1 door don t think anything will ill fit y said in his him quiet maj na L lizzie 7 me had 1 I 1 it M god my god he whispered better mine come with in me a for I 1 chev h re lot intent c ht keep us am waiting and ad I 1 don I 1 we want to be he gave the child his band nd C come aw on A tom r he be aid you yon come with us ua lae I 1 ig ou by th the voly ah what are you going to dame yen your filen watched them up the steps then she turned to joe and went aishe through the familiar dours doors and ad gets win all wall wait here joef joe she nhe asked HB a they illy ciline to a sort art of 1 con I 1 aral I 1 hallway ny where bar a sergeant sat at claing r re e adini at a desk you haven t rot got the little hoy the sergeant asked ached no she be said old fluttered 1 I we 1 thought it better not to bring him bill I 1 th the man looked gre ram came about an him hid ark aind ad said aln 9 in a ina ina tons tone of which like joe on onla caught I 1 the AI words bald hook tomorrow irm ater abol him nn an so sacred cad with a cervona arre of at and ad nent mostly awni jie le watching thag he her r so RO the lilt hit ja jall an A anns ver vert stilt ill in the iha winter afterpe af afternoon terme ah llie v aoa familiar with ever evera app of the nor HUT now the small or aiho mang of cement rement the larger cur or inland the door of let botill a celt cell it no unlinked unbaked for 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