Show JOSSELYN as nr m WIFE f t toon b ah ra at V CHAPTER XVI continued Contu albed is in the ward warden on s office she found george and th the a d district attorney wood daod afternoon mrs Js J zoI R rvan Z an omit ellon ellen smiling tot faintly fly ill tried to read his hia mav complacent face i n A lails lg Is a most extraordinary borit ot of event he amid 1 I this him little ft fellow I 1 low bad fid tile the secret up his cleee fee all 11 the time eh SAT elton ellen felt almo almost aim st it rotor faint with will the re this hange change la in his manner 91 9 1 ft lier ran him had always be open charn he p suspicious menacing before she abided abed to ask ash you bollone it 1 cheit I I 1 but bill quick intuition n to told d her bar that that at must wait BAIL so she asked baim taim instead d torture tommy talked did he hel he an rad Y knur c questions pleat imel tan he ig aa astre extremely intelligent t el claud ild him mhd 1 ave S ills him t tes union like a little min 1 nothing that we could mal am could shake him we put him through bit a pretty ty sharp half bol ic it aalf hour UL hi stuck at to it 1 I 1 1 won t deny thit bit I 1 think this t I 1 is cli cho anses ga the entire its aspect of dulls affairs mrs 1 I jel J el ire ile daled t ie A sheriff to delay the the t tranger tra ma ur of mr air Joesel there mav mar be a new trials nien illon 1 ail I eil ed trembling for arm answer er daniel itan smiled at her rod there them was has it ed an 1 condl I so reassuring in that red ad face when holl it smiled she mt it n melting citing a breaking up of old fold ties ness and hate I 1 in hot her heart hate changed suddenly to love and ad tear fear then c d to confidence ellen starl caad the most molt poignant of all human cov in ve nis mav tot not even hole have it go EO to trial george supplied M may not at I 1 khe he echoed ock elm choking rock no fo kvan been corill confirmed r ed tt it th there 1 Is no question I 1 for a jury I 1 duct don t know knew at a pm abial case he said eaid chught ruler fall B but t I 1 should suppose that 11 ll would old only be necesis neel ary sau to put par this thin e evidence ill call heroic tile the court idt with 1 sul able tell not Y to 1 its admar An mar s to IP alap it ahe awhile bhole caw ca c a he be cuned to ti tin the cardent sardent mav A we see fief mr air jo ahn lie he hiked ked with the qi at to let dianner sc or a roan fi nakin a re bapat q sure to be granted t hobt la followed foll ml by the inevitable buird got it bame line in and ad the turmoil to ti film ills siller creel was as always B 1 month ili as am satin if hut hat h he looked ili gri gr limit and haggard worst of all 11 ile bf bulked beaten a I 1 b here ell were lead c e d 1 bries bout about h his aej anxious I 1 and we big manner hani had uncertain in 1 ous a cpr cliot bai AS aarl 11 its old aid imperial tie certainty mr insect iv aran said aid b has or wife informed Int ormed you the that we have ird arnott hapa tt testimony ony quiring upon Y your or caspa so loll 1011 ou eveard it so mr all aran gibbs gabbs nid fit lifelessly eifel ly I 1 regard it as aa more than import ani at I 1 hernrd card it as BO list thai hot I 1 feel 11 1 free tr on to b van av upon it mr me upon pa miraculous escape amin an at error of the law and I 1 abapo 1 ro god ryan byan add added ed that we a ill boon abud means to at t you out at or of helli 1 thank you t gibb a answered cred fin b briefly but E ellen lien saw BOW his him up tr tremble entill gabba gabb my y deal dar 4 dear 41 1 b bs bov S U tailing ailing both his him hands hand kilen ba bad a quick sensation of fatma bud and nausea rome she looked ad braly bra ly at georg and ad ruled waver ingle we wese se we amant t be too to sure notile maw A moment t lafer ill the harah whitewashed sells all and the ambled it boora the wardens desk and if alif tell tall bare vanished nIed a she low them nil all bill blur boget at like ike buat a p pic c ture lure in a bubble and like the suddenly become flecked with till widen lug black sp aab is thes then WAR wa black CHAPTER on a anet september morning bout B As beur mar nd ad half later young man him pretty wife ann nd their wry very en nail eni I baby sat pot out of the long train traill ff if daay coaches allies at the dry little calif california town law of nf LOS loa ann after a smiling survey or the me acene fl ibri which they bace api apparently evently entirely unnoticed id I d the ican crowd the arm kirmet at y to the bank and ad asked ft ft alon AS A of the teller 11 bum bare you can you A wa plume phone from rom 7 here beer itald old 0 delicate 1 le ate blonde auw mu atheist pi ly choom mur Us plia pha storage and they 11 take you yon up them the Jus estIon who have ili the old 10 perry place ISO imi t ll 11 bum if it about six 1 I ellei two out at of town up to in the beir he meditated told faced second bed and tl ft n R aftab a bum or of interest he added add say un aim jl J l was ans 1 la b ceif bout about aln I 1 ats abol AI know her mr earl it must be lent lit outline be litre and 4 tr be red ped to the tb it door 0 or with the amen newcomer coner and looked up and down the street that a the car lio be bald aid ladi catin a one me that had been left empty before it the I 1 e post pont ottice door if you yon get in fit there are and wait for mrs josal cosselo Jos selo if she shell it be ri on om of homey where here joe lorimar went items across the street gain again and took tooh the baby final its ita amlar cra arms mb that a E el on ea a 11 1 car 1 there them r he s ml I 1 adli i g nervously I 1 aae did not dot speak her checks were burning with excitement 1 I 1 cm can t f believe bell we ro re here 1 I joe echoed her thought in a few fell of mrs well it see A hll her 1 oh dion dont t V lizzie lillie bold bald faintly with the baby on an one or arm BV ami tile the big I suitcase ibis in ties hand joe real bent to the waiting motor matur and ana hilzie the fhe tittle little followed he A put id ilia off wife anil baby in tile the tonal A but was too nervous hin himself aliar to ja join them he there them and walked up and down the sidewalk instead turning mrik his him head whenever a sireen screen door banged to look for far ellen suddenly A labod they saw her bar la in a dway doorway d way a hundred feet away talking to some same other marketing woman ills hie same flies with will her blue lionet honest ee bejes ejes unit anil her kers it sweet mouth there was some new li in her film fae fa e and manner what was a it II responsibility gravity 1 I tenderness joe could not tui he walked up to her and she raised surprised lie aea untrue mornin ma mis jol I 1 the plire hurtled led look 1 in her a eves charged changed and slie she put her hand hands out and caught at him v vaguely sanely am aa if to hold a dr dream r joe latimers Lati merl joe J 1 she groped tor for her handkerchief laughing a as she wiped her e eves es teara of loy jay stood in his him a own but g j joe acif dear u what hat brings bring TOU call im here I 1 simply imply rant at will beluie it I 1 cant can t believe mv air eves 8 1 1 she said bald lizzie brought me a joe grinned allen on if topped dropped lit his hard hand to go atly to the an to or Lf she bhe a echoed ell ne it radiantly radt antly her eyes tell fell upon the handle bundle in 1 lizzie lizi a arms aria across arid which ell lizzie limal to fanst list ils lean to return her ki atsa but but what 0 ellen ell stammered mannered ao 10 lou you yan two a haven t got a bany baby 0 joe thought that one me moment was worth allalie all the fatigue of the long trip balent we wel he eald aid as am fit fllch standing on an the curb with fill the precious handle bundle in her arms opened A ed the tissues that screened scie ened the th tiny 1 by face sad and inn t her own cheek check against the warm it little it cheek check 1 well a I 1 ft hare never all had bad bull a do de ullon surprise in my life altel I 1 ellen ex claimed in ion darling darl big ug she ile ordmand t to the in baby aliat did you name him alao joe we ti a thought a good name a f tor hl him would be ellen grinned loe it was wait good to lirar hear her har old tough laugh again go in sad ad see ili the ale pien oil Buie 1 in her eeb a as oil ehe man gla glanced ad ft from face to face named for far in mea my a own R tiny A ali ah jw you make sit me proud she gave the bob balk bak to LWI ad stood for a moment renting her head hands on an un the mr car door and still trying I 1 to regain eat her er breath after fit the surat Burp ilse am well now ill take you home I 1 I 1 may have else to tin do abil while im 1 tn town but it has hae gone completely comple out at a of my head if 11 1 I he ahme r can I 1 wait to get home to show gibbs what I 1 I 1 ve a braht with met me talking of tittle little Inc inconsequent bilings aa times who loe each call other fadd amael sm and who ht meet after ft ears ao 10 ann do at first they drove through the do dust arm street and A beat flat fields where greit asks threw thren hints blots of shade saint A in it the brown billion ginsa gine and BO an climbed 1 curving 1119 road mail hit into the ellla fit flaw und A there hot on an ill the slopes a fim broun bungalow clunk citing half haff giddin I 1 in freed ellen pointed at staining eloping reaf halt arf waher helwn een the be didgs and ad the bm thata hat the house slie she told them it belonged t to a mr peru who knew gib glabb R you know sad and he loaned lamed it 11 to us as at first rut but we loved it so an we am coulden couldn t think of if abol ing awny my and a year ago 9 gilah baht nought it t its ila a wonderful life to me hills ellen admitted thoughtful I 1 v and aa 8 she he made no motion to start ill the car but sat sal mailed about at ti 1 lier meet ung ds down vaguely at the ma ea joe am wondered aebly get what that new bow look in her elm me wi van can t get enough of ti 11 be added ft its all 11 BO an alm 1 pie and so BO frea like be helenf chi children lma agoan a I 1 ifa t taken ka ua am back 1 to our aam num ment in n brittany leore george and harriet harder were re bein liera in july I 1 think it 11 aw waa gibbe friend frienda are am albam klog going and cowing coming through sn san francisco Francl tco bud nd the come down 1 I 1 lord what shot it JR joe amid aalia fill deep abrib th the boost ad odor of the place wax was drifting through the hie still horrach oh its joe dole her la is apt to ft have hav does dava like athla and nd ret ra maey la is a grant month to tor r F klea ja amid ald ann annabell abill what I 1 S wat and to a cur to you a itse added little a uncertainly was wd I 1 thought I 1 would joel tell 11 you they were appalled to hrar thickening in her voice bud and to we eee that her utmost effort could not act keep her eyes team from wat watering erang taid oa know ft mm at gabba ham t been sell nell don dont ayou you ste she asked hastily you yoo wrote rate that be naan A t well wall some borne time agoo ago o joe broad began bestial lahr you 11 bee S change ellen ellea added and ad of course you let him we lee that ou 00 we bee it she last control of her bar voice aebly go 1 I should d I 1 think hink this thin illinois climate would inz build bilm up again lugs Imi eat jred larSO a lit little t Is timidly joe JOB looked at be her seata fu tulla a and m 4 ellen quickly grasped the it thread d of comfort at oh UA e it ft will hey all say any ll it will I 1 she raid j if eagerly wiping he her eves but bill immediately they brimmed again and aad the dirk dark hed head and ad alie crushed white while hot hat wen went t dow down A on the back of the soot she burst into tears team oh jov joe joe jm joei joe he a not going to got get B belll ell I 1 she bobbed ellen joe oh I 1 know it I 1 ron it pe presently ealy lifting her head bend and rel resolutely limal regain begin ing ine her belt I 1 know it I 1 am A bur he fork does too tog I 1 in sorry barry to break down this way but I 1 do dont I 1 often fie have bar a chance she added penitently with a eslery smile I 1 biever or let ili hico see are thatchat that that it its S killing me to too abut but ellen whal bar la a it lizzie hilzie aa asked nl f reull atell he atas IS eich after that feet herrl lit ble 1 two tr airth on lans know ellen said reflectively lie he looked dont you re member how low he looked and the then one A day doctor cutter said just casually 1 I I 1 RO I somewhere hene where be it I 1 hot and ad ill daiy diy Y I 1 lien hlen he I a been under 4 terrible mental annual and strain often and he n S managed cal gad to get a herit mid cold and there chereb n little aff auction eti of the 1 luig joe how bow could I 1 ell ever dream derain it Z was that we e came to santa barbara and it the pew pern a wrote us about LOS arm anto atoa Is and ami gibus gibbs did seem elm bell better lie ate a well v ell still and usually s crit pretty w well her voice colem dropped to utter old and they the could hear bear tile the steady soft loft rush of the me sea again but after nalle T nien lien presently went wem on an 1 I be sew he ant gaining 1 1 so ban that he be a ran SIR t gain buic he bean ean to ban hae bad nights and he dian didn t eat so in nei 1 after while I 1 wrote to the z 1 I cant believe were here bemo joe echoed he her thought though t in a few feet ml minutes 0 we well I 1 I 1 so see he her ri sinta harbers Har birs doctor and he wroten hack back that just before we left gibbs gabbs had bum been in to 10 see sea him and he thought he could not improve upon him bis instruct licate then to bleep in the open air aud it ile live al simply ply bad and nt 11 catch cold so gibbs knows but he be never 1 spoke pk at 0 that call to me L laidy illy 01 ol the finished lie he has been keeping ke tug to his couch ft a good deal he sp do doean doesn n t join us in gardenin or ale if me he did arst at a well I 1 I 1 only wanted to sam bare ion all perhaps it Is 1 my a own A fenev barth and J joe bluit 1 t a clr year we as he hav 0 o had A whole hot vear last of im dilo lothine oth hut hot each other and ad tom niu in ilc ir and b boil 4 and tile the go bar do den and ad afi the fic tiia I 1 it has bobu A out all 11 the rho bittar wiped a out tile the past enst the pert berns called ailed till iho house and min and e eie kept th the 0 nanne amm ut qt beat for 11 e with nith the im ind but bul now a b A we know it m nab she the ills car A down din tile the mile fraile presently in at t ma a opening in a stone sell that flat aaa BO an flirted flitted in all so 4 closely el ut rounded ded with the color bidonie of are greens bud and be browns about it be aa tn in he almost 1 invisible aible oil delft 1 lillie said lly ahta Js IB the house filed welcome you yoo darlings lilac me 1 0 ou usel ankel lazie I 1 want until to show her to gibbs tl lih she led them through the wide side aide hall half what wacie a great logs 11 tied in at e difine staplers fireplace and bowls of ambers glowed in a tempered light A 91 flansb double door don upon h gretat reat front veranda an and here hem felled A ran with the baby I 1 want you to meet ellen lot battmer gibbo J it 11 es a well 11 that thai they had lime been warned of what 0 change ge it the find in ID into him for linte cousin quite quit k breath as liba it saw w lit him anil ad ft 11 required ld I 1 11 II 11 JOBS JOB rewire presence re wife of t ago S for word ward and frel him net in I 1 he wax still till ilah weri f lav alwawi be that thal rut but he h was PAtu fully this thin and nd seemed merangela bimeal hl him dark splendid i lon IB a fh thin I 1 rum some t faipler aa I 1 a it omet stairs liun i with me D co color aar tile til ring he be 11 I 1 l 1 ARD ays wore so aaa loose inces ia the this fine lorg has hand his half wu was mum ml even silvery livery white tits manner was statuses too ise th annaf BB 2 gravity and a certain a heroic if to banality about him bin that ad 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