Show the blue buie circle by ELIZABETH JORDAN t kr co MYSTERY AND LOVE 1 here I ft at glory I 1 by el colb jordan which m ot 0 course no on I 1 murance ille X in that I 1 it t I 1 ft 1 tale onh reading mm it a I 1 an sort IT of ehll ot cr tory a big old aid h hou I 1 nil ill of ol 01 the 1 mm kind a that all in cold salvi up vs back the her 1 1 young man who has haa lond had I ft mental intel feiock which be hir a not impaired iid his hie mind in but has 1 given n lit him I ft ani insular oba eBlon i he I 1 I 1 takes with an old a invalid with 11 an n I 1 at tr tive AT lit ad I bc I 1 1 T 1 he ha rn out at with till t the n e best hostility y of f I 1 of the pretty costly am 0 dama find in the sta to ie ranee of the old in man but event ts quickly ly can 1 nil 11 that the r heo he o 1 ald fanda an 1 I f and 4 0 im I m IT thi mys itly I 1 f 1 or wins nm the be mirl girl it if R wonder 1 that th I 1 jordan its finds and time ins to write writ in the th it h have given give nor her a 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ell interest in the episode he h had ad arrived arched at tiffny ker david id camphell campbell and incidentally his own to future thome in tile the absence of any I 1 ev lie had balked from the station stathin ft a little matter of a mile lie and ad a half ifor and he vis iunce th than read ready to wt set dom down lit his b dion and feel betm dv for himself lit act and ran renivie some ot of the dust i of f tile the rond mod from his him lines baom lie he appeared to his new I 1 cm pamer the felt fart that the mortimer did not as s vet et realure that Ren liaw was vas to be his new emp employee lovee di did it rot disturb tile man campbell Campli oll would know that soon monch in the incon meantime time ill w is t the I 1 place t to 0 be looked over bev be pst alv he kenshaw h w would not afi of like ike tile the place in case came of TO course I 1 lie he reed need not present himself to lie its owner he be took off it hla him list however mid and leaning li against a 1 stone 1 pillar or of I 1 the wt wide it a garew let tile the lute late or oc tell tober iame breeze cool coal ill alii head it atas a strikingly well shaped limit head obviously emitile of more interior work the than it its onner inner ia ans now ilg requiring ol of it ot or late wash henshaw tied had lost interest 1 in most at in ill aters for two years are he had stood land mi tile ide of himself we watching him h tile tl 1 andl I tl amre dad courine of hla his e existence lie ite turned upon no I 1 the I 1 addrow wi benj rd honed in to the jim old red b bricki 1 I 1 house before ainu a pair of evab a thal tha oli notched tche his bot lnier 1 in color the w were very ery it ark 11 1 blown alanos work blach N NT nature T 1 in gig thena them to lit him tied had shown chat char macri ath indifference to it the of v women m but at it ft was long shim bince ben how chaw had turned creed those eves even OR on women or indeed on an most anything bleg el else with ith other th than the remote that had b become habitual to them dmore with this like promote he be surveyed tile two tw 0 I 1 row B of mople spin tres trees that guarded ard it the drive mav like lines of if footmen in g gorgeous geons liver wini separating tating to brind permit t visitors to pa pass he really at look at the place yes he must ml he ED must at decide whether or not he n was as emm into that house to we see david dald lamp ampbell boll and work fo for him he bj hia D 11 I 1 to a ill the I 1 risk and jil ill will dill ilk alilce im fir aalmo horse home shied allied and ad aide stepped tie he fod fo d it to it the if f tort on hc H would took look at al the hoube tiny wa way and nd voin an inner voice again suggested perhaps he so hole hae t to go in it was late into in the aft afternoon emoo and lit the hormonal autumnal tai twilight light fell while he stood ad there hesitating 1 in ike he ill dim nIm Ices of nf hie jjr house itcan begun begins to twinkle like am bics in tired limit even there was mi lothing nry ry soothing Booth lne to tn tile sight it suggested reit rea V till a ial I al sigh eich it how rp ri placed 1 need lit hla hot hat easily dusted dueled 1 his adi on 1 abe I g grass I 1 of tin the roadside e sad ad phd ph d up the traveling ting ties he had decided to remain and work for far do david lit I 1 lial ampbell tie he 1 made I its his way ur up the avern avenue magito g a little under the weight eight of the tha case me and Z gratefully a by dropping tile the latter on ans the broad bd b d ver eack hh which h an D architect unbound by trad hen had embellished the ft front at of the colonial dwelling lie he ddn hesitated with hla his linger finger on oil the button of the electric bell to press presa that but button meant I 1 refuter life if he be pressed dimmed 1 it and ad an ome me one me came he would be committed a to re RD na interview to amis to tile th currying out of a pm plan the ond first plan pan he had bad formed to ID two bance eai 1 it led hud bees been verv r herd hard to make aulk do plan idem it would be nothing shor shoo of arilla t to carrr al it through yet them wu eves auly IF one on d and tid this al tart ll his him nick milk soul I 1 sometimes ap p pr preached pro ached led sometimes rejected but at al wi wais atillo olly obier abhorred d tie a mem orv orr ot of it now steadied hla him nerves marvel he be pressed ill alie button pleased T the a door opened and nd a mans manservant at stood oil outlined the light of the late inner bell he was 15 tell tall straight neat near round faced and vacuous though he wan still in the he appeared to have reach reached it the summit of his bis am bi theres he exuded lson complacency philene as a he stared plit past tile the I 1 allers fi or profile people with exactly city the degree of human imi that 1 Is the highest ideal of his a kind hind Is in mr me campbell at home hom er ron lien shaw how vaa as fumbling tor far his I 1 card rd 1 I will inquire air it if lot jou please 1 renshaw handed lit him in tile the card and crossed the hires hold bold into the hall the servant heil bell third a friction fraction of a second while his liti glance touched and slipped past the traveling us 1 ali g ban bag he closed the door leaving the case where it lay if you will sit elt her here a moment sir his mauner was entirely correct yet it subtly to renshaw Reni haw tile alie lm im pre ima that the man had not re ac lit him hint at though ho he had crossed tile the actual threshold of taum ker he we was still RII waiting ailing on an its doorstep lie he and ad seated related himself on a carved lie that hot stood load at the right a of the out entrance to nee the servant that disappeared pen red through a door opening intha into a room am on a t the same side of the tell hall almost am in mediately he be returned return Pd the subtle it at bonem mo sphere of his bis disapproval slightly tn sl id 31 sir I 1 camphell campbell 1 Is not at home air he be formally reported renshaw benshaw nodded of course he aln I 1 I 1 bongot to send in my letter of introduction with w etli my card stupid of me lie he tire draw w tile alie letter from ids his pocket packet and I 1 handed ended it over give him that he directed A certain pride in him that thae rallied in any association with ill aw 1 I 1 I 1 1 in the dim window of the house lights light began to T twinkle ikall other human beings led to RD an automatic mile correctness of speech and me arn ner that was tile result of early years year of habit his attitude toward tile but ler we was a I 1 exactly chot tt it should have been though every I instinct in him re jimb in tile the respite lie he was vas offered and ad u ared d flight again I a faint hesitation obscured the perfection of tile the butter butler s manner me as a light mist momentarily dims z wen view rm for aa a instant bis hiel el es met tile the caller s and the two wil wills 1 clashed renah a head jerked forward in the nod that once had be been a Lon imand ad the solvent servant slowly turned amab in the me lette ill and ad fill quickening ing his all steps gain again through the door at the right of tile the hall bell this time his absence we was longer loneer vivo rive minutes t p pursed it ind Is Bens Beral liaw law will wab conscious of his hie return NIT mr camphell Dis will will sim lon ou sir BIT he report reported d rose I 1 molding law toward the ile dicht hand door 1 in that list mant yes tea bar 1 all I 1 right bring my bag lato m the ill h house phase case and lea amne a it here in the h hall ai tile the man finin obeyed rod and U savin HulIt Cil 11 into tile the bis big room dono where then im mm of the house awaited him it im was a comfortable hil table room 1 even I a be beau or of alful one I 1 tin is wells were lined with books with special much handled hand leil binl wit inia if dep chairs chair were ance the sort mod one sunk mark 1 into 1 a with an inner nn r aich of comfort at 1 its 6 to far 1 rod end logs blazed ased in a huge bricked fireplace and it 1 in front of if the ore fire an old man sat met alone 1 rh R renshaw h walking toward him the I 1 long room bad time to tag realize II 11 that bo watt a very cry old aid man n rh indeed and rid so 0 small and till thin ill that at he seemed almost lost last in the ra devers of his him hie big in chair I 1 tou ran will ill forgive me to for rot not selling getting up mr 1 benshaw hw I 1 bo alt aid in I a ace that teemed seemed much ell younger than it if owner 1 I m not moving ing do ahner 1 in a very rely sprightly fashion hirse unlit da but I 1 I 1 am glad to flee any ar one who cornea coc to m from my frie friend D it doctor stanley will you yon draw I 1 that hat chair a little do closer er and ale down racing facing me please I 1 dont don t hear alar quite so BO well wall a as I 1 used held to Renn 1 c show liaw im released leased the hand he had seen been holding sa me it its owner spoke and it tiered obeyed hi 3 in instructions truc he felt a sen sentiment timen to for I 1 the old man sudden madden an and it to him surprising it was more than interest it no M almost liking he settled into at I 1 tile the soft ft depths depth of his him heir and 4 fixed his him der dark even evea D on tile the face of his him host with an 11 emo tion RID that nas almost satisfaction at this pa P plan at of his seemed t to ac a good one mechanically th the old man unfolded the letter of introduction an h he a be had been emora holding holdine in his him left head hand and ad cleared his him throat this letter he began Is dated to ta dav clar ion have just joel come from town tow and from doctor stanley yes yea sir air he haw I 1 t be been here to see sea me I 1 fur for a fortnight campbell Camp belt grumbled of course arse I 1 know m h s busy but he be might find time tor for his patient limit it if not tor for his him old friend stanley and I 1 were an young together vou van knows know yes sir air lie he told me tbt the familiar lasi lassitude tude was att edling blind aw a will me like a creeping paralysis he had bad got get this far and alpar rally the tract had exhausted him the thought thong b I 1 of the impending iff inter iter view filled him with a kind of horror if only a campbell Lam would tako hike the mitu atlon it 1 in hand bond and ad settle tile everything I 1 but Cp campbell hell did nothing or of the sort because campbell Camp betl had as yet no ons no tion thin of what the situation was a lie ile waited but his bill visitor sold bald noth ing the host decided that this was a young me man who had bad no I 1 intention of wasting time I 1 in generalities that be ing D so they would come at once to the point whatever h lite I 1 the point was he leaned back ck and smiled at his caller it wil was his hie most I engaging 9 ai 9 smile im era lions and rid wide ali inimical imla a smile m 1 in the that billu mand mined as his delio delic to old oid face like a light from within under tinder its charm the set lips of the visitor slightly relaxed but he did not return the smile with benshaw smiling calling we was a lost art it doctor stanley tell tells me a you have bave a prop proportion to make to R me a rather unusual n and startling ling one the host be began g comfortably he anska it me to glee give it the niest niost most careful consideration yen Ts sir aa this was a difficult young man al though so an ext extremely rituals good looking one ance campbell llos pali lost at tile the details of line and color that would have charmed women 1 what niter he took in with biffi an one unconscious it sigh or of cv c v we was the chaps chap a splendid physique six feet at least he told himself and au superbly P embly made the III fel low BBS aus young too to probably not much more than thin thirty a and nd it despite spite via his odd add lack of response obvious y a thor that ough bred david campbell liked thor being I 1 thoroughbred him self elf re henshawe Hen somber be g ge gae e kind had fi I time itself f a on a door behind the host but not more than eight feet day away he was IT aning ing to lash his will I 1 the task wes be before ore him but again it at sard led and as he looked his ears earn caught a sound maund that go gave him a legitimate I iove excuse ove for dellav the sound was use like the rustle of miff linen garments garment same one was RD on an the other side of the door his him at mail or n caught and held he waited expecting to see the door pro cp camp bell hearing nothing bit him hid lip this n was as a difficult fellow I 1 I 1 am ready to listen to bour all prop silim he said more concisely than he had bad vet set spoken thank iou renshaw replied I 1 al most absent li his hie eves even with a quick ened ep expression still on an tile the door he dan faring facing but what hat I 1 haie to bay any I 1 is confidential it if you will nill permit no me he was Is ca his him feet us as he spoke minks and in three strides had reached the door reached tape and opened it A As he it did so no he expert encee a bensie of doled chagrin TI alip d door or led into a side corridor wide it and ad empt no one was ons there though it vs was p possible thin chilt he had bad ought caught the flutter of a white jur garment avent bisp disappear T ing around a corner come lie he returned to his chair looking and feeling facing rather the sheepish his bi host holt was simil regarding him with ill courteous surprise the hero aw talks talk 1 tight g h I 1 C can you a gues m what 1 in his 1 an obsession or TO BE CONTINUED I 1 |