Show THE BLUE CIRCLE by elizabeth jordan all A br Y tb cco cintura COLD AS STONE ln helias inen taut by ahir as lt f arlo daw to the W wona ld war e A ballf mr a Z proportion athy 1 to DM id C campball wealthy elderly dall ril man ot 1 that ill tot ft year fla MB a in tor him renshaw Rene haw 1 or practically coy buy be him T tor doctor or stanley ah it alte capa ae lonn ira ir A 1 it in ar borses th in 1 proposition lebn ca aid with in ural accept in tha a tr 1 1 lb th young man n innate 1 of 1 th catnip 7 A 4 ben it tub no household aw la with the a bd do duty ot 1 ambar ocre tary heehaw aw ae cef verity Camp belta u ST ad daughter and beta lh A onor 1 lon tant do doaa a not ot ilk ann jk jenka ill alie butler H henshaw no six alao fa 1 it distinctly h lb ran A ahw A h I 1 that h the erv r bills awk w b bin as ill that I 1 there ari am ana queer sr A going on in ana a a this eight h lit is I 1 d doa disturbed O A by the A or on a in the wall of w ilia I 1 room e of R 1 mall I A blue al circle of light IA alm lo colne in ha corridor or hl at it door causa bass him 1 to 1 I but at ha nothing into L CHAPTER bif continued and all 11 the poor child bit I 1 wants ahl a voice twice in critical critt accents ta Is 1 to be put pat on an that eon ann dial BO blie he C can an jump do down n real b aw turned BO an suddenly ud denly that he be utmost meet upset the infant who nt that of wat instant at appeared to be en engaged in a idar carl impersonation of a 0 whirling der vish h she interrupted fill hits to hurt he her met I 1 a upon pan the seek neck of ill the newcomer ne all atio fell on As her knees it just at 1 in time to receive the embrace 1 in that all 11 he ter rime R ime regarded the pair misa ada campbell Caro in 1 a short tweed walking W skirt a alet blazer and 1 a tamo tama to match it waa even a lovelle lovelier in this perfect setting citing A of her secret ecret garden than she had bad been in the glory of her wor paint the ilia went night before what else ele did you think she ilie wanted r verity lifted inert the baby and stood her on As the flat tell lop of the sun dial 1 I tot got a general impression that it included the earlb and neighboring planets plane 1 he etc broke off air with a gasp the young person an the a flau on dial had flung her off erf into let pace As far as he be was coo con corned me bhe would h have are remained there 1 till I me efie sir hit afie be solid earth till for he wao waa stunned by the suddenness denness of the thing but the am arms of allem campbell with fill accustomed precision and the intrepid infant loaded landed in them with a force that almost knocked kno clied the tirl girl owr mom backward great t he heavens 1 cried Re benshaw calle as am ago be ought end steadied atea died the are am you yon hurt verity detached herself with dignity n from we tile the grasp of hla hill hand band son on her mink nn of 0 course ame not art that a part of the go game me bhe he patiently explained you MI YZ do dont t know 1 much I about children b alec do to you 0 she shell a pearls peach Kena admitted a nil it wondered ared at himself it nas am go 0 o long since he had felt that anything human be was wall a peach psych who is shea tell the gentleman who isa A IY yoa hal are verity again on an her lares we was ad dressing C be e acrobat L aad ad by holding her dose close discouraging any further sights till she he could aid catch tab be her breath WM declared the baby dump naw mow yo yon uan know 1 71 the girl emfred cibir not at the le y young re man M but at the child her sa ads to Is him 1 were wens tossed 11 her shoulder ch ma aa indifferently Y as tie bhe might tobb take crumbs coumbe to a bird 1 Is that her name munel she thinks it Is so as it will do dump damp remarked we wee with much firo mem SO ho darting darling we wes be baa jumped as enough task for far one no do day y the modulations of verity 8 voice 1 I as a offie he spoke were islets wonderfully r fully tender leader and ad caressing line her next words however rm addressed to him and it seemed impossible hat flat they were uttered by the same voice rabi they fell on tile the raw surfaces of 1118 self like broken icicles my grandfather asked ked me to ghe you yon a message if I 1 happened to meet at you in the grounds gro unda 1 soe am amid adl he be be hu tone gone to hla him study and he will 1 lie glad lad to A see you there them at your consent conven in lenac henahan thanked her but bar her be eye drifted past him a detachedly A aa if he be a ere re a ft pebble to in her path he felt a new up of 11 re resentment it 11 a cie clear that uhe she deep despised I 1 sea him bud and no doubt it wom was as natural A as it wa a clear but bhe tie neon t show it BO ali she we wab A as hard as ralle nails this girl soft ano as cold aa ease atone she was the type of girl he be led had boy aldays die liked it sufficient clent ly ky and futol erast am his him eyes am he h looked at her offered mil fall 1 for far the be hera m h had ad held the night before he raised mixed it iii i cap to in a labute blow that include cis both ladles ladled and trade strode own down the pa path Us and up the garden steps with tile the swing sea and light lightness nes he be had practiced of let late the there was some mine isu of these them tp to his th the oreen encounter ts with tie the r eal in arms little beggar in the bunny suit he had d added to his him new how sense of welt 11 hel being the way she had taken to in ill him we was rather to nice I 1 ho be forgot ali the bt him C campbell me as absolutely it aha able did not er ax lo 10 no B almost imort forst forgot n that la in tb the study led 1 in to taano ker kee his him astar new matter waited WA mm I 1 of etil bior with him hia first in tl matlon ofa of what at his hi duties were to be H hla 1 a at P 5 slowed down and ill the it cloea no of 11 his 1 face already relaxed smoothed i out still move more into tile empt tore fore ground ot at ilia him life a definite figure stepped not the figure ot at his hia nater muster nor the figure a of f dint waste master 0 grand daughter but an adorable little ago figure in a blue ban bunny sult anil the child falio h 1 in the ali tie new life he nas taking up b was his first friend fead he found campbell in ill the letter latter m study ad a comfortable workroom up appo P the site 1 the dining mom at the rear mar ot of the wide aide rest central I 1 hal bell the old man greeted devoted him pleasantly but aill a R rugge suggestion of constraint faced by the need of putting 9 his acquisition to work he we was 1 1 ly cousal ot of the difficulties and C em barras amenta that might attend that effort hla his subconscious resentment t against stanley bad grown hi hla old 1 friend he had reasoned e ad had Is let t ill litro in for a lot of trouble and mighty it lit t tie if 1 our any comfort but bill renshaw appearance a was A reas rating no n wax waa wire normal sed steady eyed m d ready for far duty hla his quiet greeting and ilia him strong alp or of alie b hand d that ii C cam ab ell mechanically 1 extended I 1 til brought lo gh additional tinell comfort far I 1 ahe be old aid man always susceptible to the a mc at biosphere liere of others and us As varying ws as a weather cock in Is his 5 own oen 0 anoda o a weight drop from his bis shoulders I 1 is hope op I 1 dragged d you lu into t 0 tb the bo house me to too soon its he said old more are vat t aurally it but there are some A pre pressing 9 letters here I 1 m glad of that id sir the more or ill the better shall I 1 take this deski deik i can acan you use a type typewriter riter tea sir air yr that bat a good all right then sit bit down there for the present tt ell e 11 fix fir up something else later theres a lit it tie room mom oft air this here at the side aide that imay I 1 may turn over to you campbell checked checke d himself ba under the influence fine of this cher chap s splendid figure handsome fare face and 4 quiet blot man ncr of be WAY was going too ma fast tie mast mom or 00 and all the P poor child want S said i a voice vince 1 in critical accents accent la Is to bo be put a on that sun son on dial so she can jump do down not at forget yesterday he had wo mo me menta r ell rily y thought the fellow a mad and al man him dark e ers 11 on 11 the 1 other B fare face read mad his him th thoughts and ad felt again the sense of sardonic ampre app all that we was his nearest approach appeases to humor he be ant down doun in a business ilk like bov opened the right hand ban drowse drawer of tho the desk and finding it full of sta ann hobert helped himself to p pencils 11 a notebook and a generous supply of typewriter ill writer sheets best campbell leaned back 1 in hla him chair put tile the alpa ip ot of id his cegers negers together in an an attitude ill that j Rel Rens adma linw jooa learned ans be 1 lidle and ad appeared to reelect the new that this attitude preceded prece deil one ABC of campbell a half dlen daily baliv cat sets napa I 1 or his most energetic mental cf at forts forta th the I trouble abb vas that one was liesee bier lire am aich aull vol follow fellow it you dust lion t take lake act do youa you campbell Cain inquired at last no na air its it only bull b bj a happy chance that I 1 can run a I 1 amed learned l it 11 lately ta toto to lill 1111 time you 11 1 kill 6 great deal of ume ilem with it here camptell campbell irdill id with eith I a ca free chuckle 1 I am glod glaid you don dial t knew hw tie he co con ill are 6 1 man am not net up to much dicta thin I 1 ill tell you what hot to bay any anil and Y you will bill put it in A your own oun words nery ery well sir air Ballon qI hill hie eyes till on hla him thin old 11 1 9 re minority abruptly began his task well writs to 4 stanley and ad tell him to come down fur for this eek end it is ie time me the old it trend fraud I cooki k d al aue over I 1 believe he a Is afraid I 1 may y live loneer tr than he be does doca 0 o he be I 1 abna decided 1 to 1 lei me die of neglect C ask 1 I it biro if that theory 1 correct car I 1 tell 8 1 B mill miller hit him plumbing if B disgrace to b bis I 1 a profession if we a b anve a ard an mom inora trouble with wita those abom intha im go going to sus man 14 airo the its rv lt arend suit HB H B fi sheppard I 1 that I 1 I 1 will ill cuts con tribute tribal R ill thousand d deim dI dollars Im to toward md ill his drolett profett if f ha be co can gt each ell of ow nine other aithel man to in give the some lame amount I 1 know ha be can but the effort aall ill keep him bun busy buny int for a week wark or two and ill III have bay mon four pm peace to tel jamb A corn cara pany ny I 1 have not yit yet received their win ter catalogue catal not that I 1 aspect to ba buy B anything thing from froio him for far I 1 have hav discovered that they ual dead alp benu cb ib ill b but I 1 like to C compare am their M r with ill alie prices of their competitors tell it 11 C cohen I 1 want sant him to come donn early 1 in jar J ar end ad help bell nio A with As my Income tax statement I 1 want it off it ray my mind ad he charges a hundred dollars dollar bud 11 lie oozes ease oil 11 as a he be tala mike but lie in we me ati at least I 1 ten lc than thousand it set last acar car by showing montag me my though 7 aate land la Is rapid ly IY taking nil 11 jve 1 a gol tell 1 I 1 i jila his do doea not t I 1 in A terest me at 0 present it would amid A not 1 in herert any intelligent immon being at any time but well let him dim and that out ant tell george dallas bolton I 1 will contribute d net five thousand it dollars dollar to the Pl plat Bt n r annd and advise him to get at after some aoma or of in the a rest as aa he li Is cling chas ing we me up I 1 airee of my classmates claw nate are atall till ache 11 hot but he appears to lo think dead fell him stanleys stan I 1 eye leys more alive 1 than I 1 am tell pro bravn sc rub is boa to send end a mso man do bows sows a a till th samples aplean ind ad I 1 hope the 11 show allow more diacre it alon beat about it ill liaa they did last spring after nil all I 1 am a country gentleman bud and out not a moving picture advertise leiss ul ment asset tor for their heir thin firm got that renshaw renshaw said he had and ad took ad of the momentary moment arv pue to elpa ft hla his brow an early susi odon that lila him new job was a to be something of a sinecure had perished and was not reborn it became clear that tile the old man mana correspondence nas a much in or at beara are he gave instructions for letter better after nc letter te with Inces aing asing rest and rapidity at the end and of two too hours hour of i steady note is ilk gl ing S 11 his voice lost its as suri kummen ince and took ook on an a suggestion of the languor ot of a phonograph that la is running being down does how many any letters bar have I 1 given gilm 3 a ou I 1 he asked 1 1 anshaw tumbled fumbled vaguely the in of notes before him bisot at more in than seven or elkin till liua cecil anred I 1 should mould say MY C r ampbell backi cackled it 1 I deplore ill atis Is modern tendency to can exaggeration gamt you ve a got just cent all work for to a Is husky baby yours yn ang man to do comfortably before lunch go to it I 1 will lea leave e you yon in possession of the a study A but rest telegraph the athe seat of the scandinavian A los line and ad reserve an outside stateroom on the frederick balling allin no november miser twenty second for be tor for he hetta limbed ted an instant colv tor for H v oe ai e et ef f e he be ended slowly a orfil or fil out felt the name that bar i hlll be all 11 this cor morning coring ing it if time huings too heavily on As your hands I 1 may live give you same acme more mom this ihla after afternoon vicars 71 he rose raso from he bis chair stiffly me as was a him hahut stood still an instant to give his old legs time to aces accustom bliem selves to the effort effora of king and then went toward the h door there them with fingen already on an the knob he passed mr air Rea renshaw shaws tie he began and ad topped renshaw who had bad risen when be did waited tied 1 in 11 nce ce campbell Camp t took k astep a step as aa 1 11 I to crosa crisis back to him g and nd belum renshaw saved moved him the journey bv joining hl him im at the do door the old man sam manner bar had bad completely else god ell his wall brisk sar assurance dmn a gone be tie he looked and it ideally felt scalf nn comfort 1 01 abla self acif ecat kno mr bit renshaw be Ren shai he began agos again our household us me I 1 sam bave already told y you on to la ID so some a C sh a little inq unusual ind int at present possibly doctor DACIA stanley ith ab prepared you tor for this fact both doctor stanley and you your any elf sir air mentioned it the secretary reminded him just juat BO an well ah agthe the point 1 la that me as the matter von concerns cerms others othere I 1 am not able to go EO into nan details about it tor for the he moment much as I 1 dislike any atmosphere or of secrecy so I 1 must that count on as your discretion I 1 to ah b it as clear that for far one once david fil C murdell campbell so fluent fiscal up till now 0 was at a toes king fur far words tile beaw he helped ea ind him out to ignore anything I 1 dont under stand land be mug goaded that a the idea leat t it mine th the face of campbell brightened but ills 1115 eyes did cot ant meet the young map mans it s clear that fit the mystery of rf the household whatever it might be wax was distasteful ifill ref I to in the master of I 1 alie it ao re seemed clear trained that h lit hi predominating feeling 11 9 about it I 1 wals one a of baboya 0 and not one 0 of on anxiety 1 ty or mriln c or v be said aid with J ih fin an air of ellef it I 1 you mav A be eure earn unit that I 1 shall hall do so an fir a as I 1 can and in any cent art I 1 gowl hall ask no questions ques tiona but mr bil it was Rens 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