| Show THE BLUE CIRCLE by fl elizabeth izabeth jordan a 6 br flu desm cot CHAPTER X continued ier then ta is the thera any use going on pa turning itt he laughed a little and ad the annd it sturgill pill oil her bar erea more alma it his 1 l bolce d had done I 1 not ha bat f course urse I 1 wanted to be lowe anre if I 1 bad our any tool tol but bt I 1 even amo V penknife oak ha would EI a hairpin help it mild 1 in sell fiction I 1 in me real lit life nd it to nath fill ft a stout old lock ilka this 1 it won t boutwe will try it site fumbled in her hate hair and handed lit him a few buirbin ol of tile the fine due r called invisible variety they were 0 tea to tor lit alb parti purpose abea of at mi 1 hairpin hairpins hair pins are an stall she bhe ruefully con COD tested teased renshaw flenall w experimented patiently but fr fruitlessly tile ly 1 I think the best amt thing hem for raa ace to do IB to tang 0 on lie abe door till some one c s u us lj he es old aid at last ol 01 lin 0 amid afraid no a an one oil wll were a ao tar a r aiom body here one of the vanta may pass pas along th liau bolt 11 it try it it that work 11 see bee it if I 1 con can brenk break down the door youre alluding line very much anre m ya yona she felt him turn toward her in tile the bl blac le knes 1 I think not DOL of course it ft tour pleasant her lee lire breath fit I 1 lind lied taught caught again but a she bloke lit with an effort at a laugh 10 no lo it lan I 1 t pleasant he cheerfully it served in 21 th those as new robust tones but I 1 it might be wh whole 0 1 lot orme I 1 itow it start B tattoo odd nd see ace it we co can t attract it attention me he bowl ed llis awat panels of tile 0 balc k door with a pitr of vigorous fists varying avitz this by kibling kacl ing the pinela after a long ions time him verity put pat her hands over her eara to deaden tile the din at last he be felt lie her on tile hla arm do top atop a will blilie she b begged you will H wear a lounett out 1 im I in mow mom apt to you out he laughed 1 I 1 11 can nice keep 11 up indell atele but adt its tatter lather held haid on an your nerves ce it dues does make me feel aa acif if I 1 were 1 in a right nightmare re 10 she confessed and I 1 m afraid it doing any a good no one mer eer comes up here bete in the alt it onto she spoke with ft dejection she did not I 1 try ry to conceal the whole export expert once ence was waa increasingly like ilka a bad IN me ell 11 try something in g el else sabi fic renshaw Re mOnter I 1 As A soon as four our nerves or anra rested mated I 1 II if show allow TOU a a human cering rani mm in full action in the mean time me 1 I 1 hlll try methods she he felt hl him kneel down on a leel c C w with uth the lock ark and ad be epard again col the lie futile it turning and twisting of thedoor the door knob IN hae a vou van any matches site she asked at last almost in a whimper 1 I TO ashema to an I 1 beet t maschea were the first thing I 1 looked for or tn in my pockets po clela I 1 think this Is about b at the 1 I it time ile ie ever or been w without them that what ihna novelists would old call the irony fruity of fare ia he I 1 continued to nork orte at tile the trek lock abl whistling softly under hla his breith tile llie air fr he whistled was a flu rumanian manion folk bong if that he be had heard be her ens alm she waa oos still sufficiently mistress tresa of her melt belt to bobsene that eiery note 1 in it was and true to pitch im getting horribly tired of this frightful bl blackness kness she he said aid at last 1 I wo waa afraid you yen won would it don t you hate bate it IP in spite spit ot of her effort to lo keep it ft steady verity s voice vibrated ged it gia cloa bin 1 sol I ahl mount 17 but B at I 1 know let lots of wit women do don t 1 like t e beane I 1 in dark pl lic he checked it d himself athla till dot doi ant work he I 1 admitted d atte it ceasing his efforts on the lock blk now for the human battering ram film get oft off into the corner comer please BS as far aa you yon co can and I 1 III ft to let t myself out 11 she lie retreated into tile the corner carner the el elmi closet mi 1 aa so narrow that with her arms outstretched mile ahe could have hate touched its opposite shekel 4 as she moved but its it length put her eight feet away from him bhe seemed to 1 tee 11 1 him gathering far or a a su preme lumme effort the next we nt tile very fiew walla hk h under tile the tore form ol 01 1 the it impact of 1 1 hla powerful shoulder dia ch the wood but the bolt held 1 I it cant get any momentum in ID this shallow hall ow closet closer he briefly commented half a emall minute t later late r I 1 can oft only barb back way away few feet f from t the in it door oat he attacked the panels again 91 to the girl in the darkness beside him it seemed a aa it if it the far force of that impact shoo should IT it have brought down tile the h hauae but the old door and lock built to W resist last war any Bb sault mighty aoud 1113 11 bolow you a ve a got hire here he h commented rather breath 1 lessly was waa it built or 7 your a granil it father no my great gr grandfather had bad it built about a hundred years ago that in 19 this me main I 1 4 bu building lit which 1 Is not 1 larg 19 9 lie H uste tae it loga the epsy no name me T taano 0 her which alch means meano little home 1 but halt bolt isolen wanga ig b hava here been added since ther miena they iney dont hund build b house C ilk like this nowadays day I 1 wild they fluey tiann t been so then he ha chocked checked him eif if as ai if he lad hd suddenly aud denly thought ot of something e et I 1 a you were behem bioni I 1 tip poe fid h ked with tre a an in Inter I 1 creat eai lae d 1 to draw row out and it keep her cirlia fir lia he WM a 91 working on the lock inck feebly halsted hy by the last hairpin Is lea I 1 wag va hem born in in my aw own b bed me room lit la the one I 1 have had bad fiver since ie there TI aurs a a ft quality I 1 ID her vote voice that Cri mally disturbed him bj he whirled toward he owr quickly I 1 co come out at of that corner or saw jowh be directed be bell better list hei b by the door done hoir much air 1 it do you von aup suppose theba there I 1 la in ID till clusey he laughed so that what but fl wor vim eying tout on well there them pity pi ty all wj we ran can possibly need mail are yu rou shiret a 1 it t etma 5 to m a to be getting loss close chati because you yon lire nervous lad and thinking about bell 11 and ad imagining L thin thanna and it a not really closer Ni act Abit R bit 0 effit it figure man out t ovir air supply in cuble cubic feet it if you I 1 like I 1 it r she he laughed a little to in the sudden budden relief hem born of the words that iut mean n anything thing to me site C confessed of ed I 1 know I 1 lees about fil mathe 0 matles than anyone you ever r met I 1 dball never forget how bonifield hon boni hied fied grandfather was 0 when he be discovered a few years fears ago that I 1 rit even figure up op in my y income have you ever bent your you intellect on your income tax initial renshaw did not at co care what they in talked elrd bom about as long as ile they toiled talked he wash to 10 occupy the girt girl a mind dial but he be did not ot care to talk about anything that would occupy pl ill hla own mind adeal ile he wanted to think it if he could for far naty campbell um w as quite right about the atmosphere in that closet close I 1 the internal infernal place was almost airtight air tight I 1 they hey would aid be nil all right for a time thus of con course but 1 in lit the a later intern it he must not be wearing seeing himself out against the door and ad gulping 1 in all 11 fit the air there them was in tile bia exhales it alon iso in grandfathers lawyer attends eted to all that for us 1 I belity a voice re pruned to the tote note that had startled him how long do vou on think thick tte have been tn in here w boft 1 I 1 nt not more than halt half vo hour bon I 1 should say lit it seems a century her or nest ext words allowed 1111 ml that b IKC wre were I 1 taking king tile the diree direction tion in which ren hen shaw how s had t turned it at onra T they w wont on t be apt to alsa I 1 ua be till dinner a time hills site elie said slowly they will look it for I 1 us tile then but they may think it 11 Is natural 1 for us not act to come 1 I to tea tc today todar with the house so upset and dinner IB hours off mr lift he renshaw allow filer her ole ba took oo on a note of barely ell con fr strolled trolled led hv 1 I kno know w it its very hard to tor yon yen till th me abere here on hands handa I 1 it dont I 1 want to make it IT hard er hot but I 1 win am horribly frightened the last 0 words mine came out with a deep goop gasp 1 I know it its awfully wr tilly unpleasant die t for you nim agal again site it was conscious that he was aa speaking to her 1 r as he 1 mild have hae spoken to ta we w wee 1 I wab there something I 1 could it do put w well ell just h have 11 to be till the hear us is 1 in the ruc meantime antime there a nothing absolutely nothing fo I 1 be afraid ut of now III go on tr trying yin g to a rouse a the alie household he acted on mi the resolution ra butlo a even ns no lie he spoke and keelty eidya a if she one made way aay vaa ous lot lost in tile the persistent of tile the tor rIfle double tattoo ratio he kept up aft after a long time he be felt her light touch on an his arm aria I 1 ON afraid I 1 can t mo nd any more loom of it just jolt now ehe lie ama almost st w then well talk a fills sit t do down on cal the floor no ou a must a I 1 Is he tired held 1110 0 11 im not at it tired it but ur mr ren c shaw 1 I m perfectly perfect sure I 1 ni the air 1 1 I close ie tb natural I 1 ra enough ugh IN tte are 1 in alii a benall nui place hice lit lat himself bould until gladly gh title have I 1 eased ceased b thing nt at that moment cut lut but to iri ia oo 00 so would certainly lal love have alarmed i instead feted of helping tile the girl lf you viii alu sit it you yen will find the air baft better e r 11 he contented himself with wit easing but ims w he no vou wanted me to 0 o sit dou donn n idt 1 in t lit itsie site asked dulev it ita very good of lou but I 1 wool ont sit ft dou do n your imagination Is working over time lime lot let me tell ou au a little eipert ence 1 of my ou 0 n that allow shows a what list ones imagination can do renshaw a voice ice was too ca cameles carel reles cha now he was as menial overdoing if tile the pose of tibe the indifferent raconteur but his c companion camor who would h haie zid this halt half an limit hour earlier vs was past such now 1 I was vas wo on steamer boures q right night cru cruising I 1 ing in a tell tropical plead sea he be began keeping up a flat tattoo as aa ft a running accompaniment to his reminiscence mm cupa it nas a a tormy stormy night and I 1 up with nith tile the feeling that I 1 was C eating there nas as a big sea running and the toward stewards he had it locked down both my sister stateroom windows v I 1 noticed that when its I 1 came m I 1 he had meant to open the windows after I 1 turned oft off tile hie light dit but I 1 forgot to do it he etc u wog as out not sure eure rho khe was as listening but he felt be growing terror she wast was past any comfort that but ley lay in idle die chatter charter NO maribele mr ibele ha be went on an 1 I 1 got up op and tried to turn on the 11 light b but t the switch did dlan I 1 work I 1 tumbled fumbled at one of the window but bad th the catch I 1 had n never ner er 1 in my life 1111 fe felt lt such ch a 1 1101 of in gr groping offing around ad my head hand touched aheady a heavy military brush and in desperation I 1 finally picked up that brush brain and drove it ht through a it window the then was aoa e tre nes ad crash of course comme and ad lot of al ing but basl 1 no 1 one l lion the noa fits bers because of I 1 1 the I torm 11 he wax not d aws that I 1 ahe be wa ean re 11 IC mr instead he ha who wa listening to he her telling triina to tell by her breathing and the braind or of lier her ne movement how far her ber peak pank bud bad sn fine 1 1 I wood blood by the brok broken wind window a ev eral odow I 1 ibe mor cormell mell gulping in the fresh clr fr that poured through it blaed we me up fand oil I 1 w went rd bolt back to my berth bud and fell asleep vt he hen I 1 wait the next ert now morning but both my windows window were seen till hermetically stated anil and tile the stateroom tate room was wait as hot ja an tile the dickens dick eoa but tile mirror over in the wash bowl wax was smashed maihen to atoma something that was w half a laugh i anil and half a son bob mine came to him out oat of the tha darkness his hl benm of pity for the i rm nt ct became sa an intense as to be pain fill site she waa val she im ana going through till bely be ly x per lence are mighty athi lity well 11 they had been re full fall an hour hear now an he be estimated god alone knew how much longer they might be there he H a wt his teeth meth tile then his bla thought jilt return retinal ing to tile lie girl let lie spoke nake persuasively p vilely if rou on would sit down dom u and doge your bics and tr to take a nap he suggested nt ested till the time hint would puss pass a bat lot quicker she laughed 1 again he H dirt did oat not like aih the sound at oil all Us he wished he could see a her be tit tills stylien stygian dark waa it the I 1 turn of tile screw row throughout th hla his story be and ad not act stopped hl effort to attract he increased in er it tt it now buttering battering at the door with flat fists and on it feet as long as a he thought in og ahe could 11 endure lure the noise 1 I iro in buret horribly y an fn till t bened I 1 tile the hedi worda word reached him in bu a ta outlines libil whisper per I 1 I 1 am so BO sorry his voice 1 I a was cry gentle lut lu t bott mo I 1 keep steady i nil know hong hang on to the fact that them is our b ing to be afraid of io tt i it you feet fee I 1 better if ou on called out oat try it it if you TO like HI so some one might hear bear Y you too he added no ho if I 1 began I 1 am afraid I 1 might not he be able to stop 1 I might have N nonsense ease I 1 you re too bell 11 poised for that sort of tiling thing ihy bihy not look at t the be situation sen bly renshaw felt fell that a little might be a good ten tonic C bat now IN were a ancon venlen velden ced f tr it a short timen time an n hour more at the most moat tt IN hat a 6 the iha use of at making a fus fusa about itt it pie PI e don t take that tone time 1 I know you are doing it to help me b but t it coant doesn t help ile he laughed I 1 thought id I 1 IN get a flash out of v TOU and you imi aee it did help after all 11 no it didot it if tl I 1 it mode hade a worse wo roe it ft made me afraid of you he n wea a silent out rw far moment lats sauile P he said dal at lu r e Is there anything in the th world rid that I 1 can co say bay or oc do to te 1 n sure u ayou youa sit slie gulped like a penitent child so es she ahe said you can forgive me for far vlot for I 1 or sailing I 1 was afraid of you yo im in not I 1 faient it a I 1 been for a a oat moment cent dant but im in BO horribly nervous rv tirs I 1 idon don I 1 know w wit what I 1 to saying I 1 in a coward ward 1 lve ve just discovered it you Y ai ie nothing of at the sort son you your re in mighty alk most girls girl would make low a lot let to more no to tusa over this than wb ou do do you really think soa for a moment seemed to pull herself to gothe gether suppose vou van were here alone she asked km suddenly you mind it not in ch the to least at renshaw lied cheerful cheerfully ly 1 I it be disgusted of cour course 1 im in horribly diggin disgusted ded as aa it he cesil 1 la because vou are am having this an a alea bovance er I 1 limle t it how bate say any girl let it would ama d feel C hell about it but 3 on oure re not 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