Show 3 0 p cm 10 W ly CHAPTER IX continued 14 at lost last J ulin spoke in abong a tony of resh fresh illarin charles what are yoo yon going to do dowa now im im going to keep right after it get that will you snapped her fier cousin defiantly anti and ill I 1 II 11 see bill lard if 1 I get it chance 1 ool conj watch 4 out 1 you can make yourself useful after nil all julia stared 1 t I an idea den what youre talk ing obort conciliation ond and expectancy forsook hinel vors face see here are you trying to double cross roe rne tie he demanded threatening ly do you realize what can happen to you it you dont explain this unit anil whatever else I 1 ask you to explain the girl nas frightened beyond the power of speer speech ah so inva savagely gely did mae mac ivor address tei huf but his menaces menace hild had the exact opposite effect on me see here I 1 intervened crossly stop that thail I 1 11 1 I beg your pardon demanded harles Ala macivor Macl elvor vor white with fury what I 1 mean Is I 1 explained carefully that you are to stop frighten big aless grosvenor do you see who anre you what are arc you doing here tie he burst out no dont doni wait to explain I 1 order you out of this house I 1 1 I know its yours I 1 assured him pleasantly you sat said so go you know but as your cousin has asked me not to leave tier her I 1 shall take her with me and go as you request bliss grosvenor I 1 hope you will refuse to trans act any more business tonight and come with me to miss bartous Bur tous apart I 1 i 1 to took ok tier her arm and slie she let me but Al delvor seized tier her by tile the other arm and nd stopped our progress toward the door tie he looked at me however first ret sharply then fiercely then he flung tier her arm violently froni from him blin and set on roe me youre that redheaded red headed clerk at li Dan arrows I 1 he gasped hoarsely youre foure in tills this too are you well see about that I 1 it Is the regret of my life that I 1 do not know what might have happened next what did happen next was a knock a gentle one fell on the hall door we were all startled mao black ivor rustled rushed to the lamp and exten it in the darkness we heard the french window open but the next second he was back from the balcony A second knock fell on the door and n womans comans voice whispered clearly its ita only ernesto wife breathed julia relieved rell eved st sl sl at elg ribra I 1 turn tern the light on charles lie ile did so snatched his cap from the table and withdrew into the rear room closing the door I 1 stood in the back of the lie room julia went forward and opened the door and in walked I 1 heard his voice in utter amazement mr bir alloy I 1 sorry to disturb you at this hoar miss grosvenor he said eald but your cousin la Is here and ho he must come with us dont make any trouble please where Is he but although resistance was plainly quite useless julia declined to betray her cousin in any way she snapped her teeth shut glaring defiantly at a mr air alma almy without a word he dashed straight at the door in the rear of the long room at the instant he be reached it at full impetus it burst open so sud denly that he be nearly lost his bis balance as Cb charles arles macivor stepped out on the threshold of the adjoining kitchen quite cheerfully youre charles macivor Macl vor I 1 said mr air almy aimy and I 1 havea have a warrant for your arrest 1 I 1 was expecting you said alae alac ivor impudently 1 I passed your men inen down in the street you yon kno know well the charge murder of course unfortunately returned mr alloy ahny curtly its larceny what dia dl you do with those bonds eyes opened wide his face turned scarlet with rage ue he hurled toward julia and shouted so youve double crossed oie twice dout dont expect me to save cave you again V I 1 there waa a brief moment of contusion confusion julia gave a choked scream and san sank k into a chair biding per her face two policemen rushed in and macivor vanished with thern them mr almy went up to julia and spoke soothingly to her the she did not answer him or move next moment I 1 found myself out in tile the hall bull with him I 1 explained in a sentence how i came to be there then he be murmured ill 1 see you tomorrow miss bliss gros mior reedna be disturbed further furber to olgat nid ni d hurried downs fairs so I 1 turned upstairs since there was aoth ing wore more I 1 could do for julia jast usen and ul igind reier reverted ted to nancy why VI jy and where had she disappeared so 30 suddenly having no key I 1 knocked ou on the our bur too ton door several times there was no response As forlorn hope I 1 tried the handle und and it turned some one nad had slipped the be catch I 1 entered the living room the lani lamp on oil ti the ie table atvas was lighted both bedroom doors doore svere shut on jocys cys I 1 knocked once twice three times again there was no response in conal considerable dera i in rill I 1 made bold to try that handle too and it also turned and alq there to het hei little room in he tier little bed lay nancy in the first x correct sleeping position a charming picture from the land ot dreams Dr euins hut but tier her mind functioned well next instant an arm shot 0 out ut ind and on went the electric lamp bealda her that you sh she e inquired calmly 1 I know it its not alati manners tb to got to bed before the company does but the pour poor working girl needs her steel sleep what kept you youl Dont Donty you nu remember that man that cume came into allas grosven oils ent from the balcony I 1 gasped nancy sat up in bed blinked and appeared to relle relied ct oil oh yes I 1 remember him she ob served finally when I 1 saw julia knew him I 1 knew there was waa no co danger yes I 1 heard the revo revolver ver no constance he did not have habeil it deput he put up one hand to take oft his cap call and the other was empty I 1 saw as aa much as that before I 1 cleared out because I 1 wa wanted whoever had itt it he so there was no danger for you or julia do tell me what happened that man was charles Ma elvor bliss Grosy Grosve enora nors cousin I 1 said 1 I 1 stayed because she asked me to she etie was evidently afraid ot of him they talked at some length regarding something tie he ii wanted ranted to get that was not here ahot finally happe happened iid wag wa that hat tile the police who had traced charles here arrived and arrested him he la Is charged with theft ot of what securities i well if 11 all its not important por tant what are you talking about I 1 de lauded agape A poor ush osh replied nancy sweet ly named as is you prefer diaries charles macivor or brandon tower and now I 1 will show you what he be wanted with one bound she was on the floor boor with one swoop she had bad turned back blankets sheets mattress on the spring lay a small flat object neally wrapped in au an embroidered hand band towel slie she unwrapped the hand band towel and presented me with a worn brown calfskin volume entitled notes on medical statutes Statute a in the virginia code take care ot of it next time stance dear she warned me somebody might steal keal IV it but nancy I 1 but bet how bow where why 21 1 I stammered gazing wild weldey eyed cd at the returned wanderer but the bound and the swoop had bad occurred in reverse order as nancys red red mouth slowly expanded to its full vertical measure ment the arm shot out again the light was snapped off ill call you tomorrow after I 1 make the cohee coffee said nancy cheer up op tomorrow will be another day if you sleep in that faith falth you will pr prevail evall I 1 always do good night the coffee was waa not made until a quarter past eight the ensuing scramble to get gel off to darrows gave no time tor for inquiries until we were en route up normandy terrace then I 1 demanded information instantly about the of the law book I 1 learned that nancy had bad oaken taken it from my lowest lefthand left hand drawer the sole time during the previous nomine that my back had been turned on ray my desk namely just before she went out to luncheon with mr but nancy what right had you to sterl steal it no right nobody ever has at a right to steal dant you tou know wat that but a duty wilkey wanted it it was my duty to keep her ber from getting 14 it because I 1 wanted it for peter and she wanted it only for a distant relative her cousin you yon are sure cure of that are you surely I 1 told her you yon kept it in your lowest lefthand left hand drawer and then I 1 nabbed it toj but nancy why well constance ril ill tell you yon why announced nancy suddenly serious an instant you know I 1 told you yon how bow that moron of 0 a brandon tower 1 I mean charles Ivor of course why he worked as a shorthand teach or er to in a business busin cs college nod and changed his proud name la IS still hidden bidden from me though im going to find fand it out yet 1 I ItolO ou how bow be cb changed tinged the suitcases that time Y re we rent to ablia delphna delp bla hla 1 I 1 thought and thought about how bow be wed tried to get r rid ad of me until I 1 be ba BS no to 9 wonder why ha be did it ft then I 1 remembered remember that every urne time he be did it t he be grabbed that suitcase Bult case before we lt left the house bouse yuu you know be changed mine for peters Pet erg evidently I 1 came downstairs too fast for him to get out of the door with it it he be was going to try to leave cave the train at trenton I 1 believe if I 1 come back from the full diner hed bed have succeeded and he be tried boclear to clear out of the doard board street station ne ile even waited there until I 1 was going you yon know not aware that peter had come for me and doubtless hoping for some come last chonce to grab the suitcase again 1 I the attraction im convinced now then I 1 wondered what there was wag enthat bog bag he wanted not peters clothes brandon or charles 0 ar or what have you has stocks of awful ones hlin self but knowing him film I 1 knew his purposed purpose in wanting it must be bad and when he popped to in through that window last ril rl glit and julia him as churles clinvle i ind he saw me dear one tie lie sow saw uie me it if I 1 did do a disappear luk act I 1 knew he fie was her cousin who had lie peters tern book and had tricked me and gone around under a assumed name A and nd I 1 felt fell aure sure hp he iwas was after it t t teen dpn and andi there so I 1 hopped upstairs and took card of it now do you pee why as you say ien even nancy finally paused On used breath less I 1 said 1 I dont see why you took the hook out ot of my desk you know at noon Yes ly that charles Ala elvor was waa brandon brandli tower or that he wanted the hook at all 1 I 1 knew brandon tower kulil be t liable to couie come after that book an any y time though interrupted nahey nabcy implacably ip eore peter A hedt to youre that thai redheaded red headed clerk clark at darrows Darrow 8 he H gasped hoarsely raynes foreside he be told me that handsome polite young man had come i into the shop on monday nod slid out again when be found him therel there I 1 peter wanted to warn me you see especially since he was to be away 7 and you think I 1 should be equal to taking care of the book not when wilkey wile was after it too and maybe other people pe ople 11 other people were after the book to whom do you allude nancy maybe Slay be other people she said maybe mr case mr air case cas ei 1 repeated feebly why mr air case hes eles been with the farm for or years and years hes a gen tj en n he e Is s a absolutely tel ex cellena tand entirely commonplace why should you think be had bad designs on an that book boob because insisted nancy stub he be was banging biging round all the time you and I 1 were working together on that catalogue late thursday afternoon when everybody els else e had left the building how do you knowl knobf 1 I saw him you sou said you were going to put the books which had been listed back on tile the shelves he took that to la so bo when B wok took my new work I 1 snatched that book tip bp with the rest he was looking in ID the law book section to see it if it had been m replaced there by any bando ch ance 4 what time did you see him doing that I 1 asked thoughtfully shortly before i I 1 left at six rii then I 1 thought to myself mr case explored those law book shelves at a ume time he be thought himself alone and not finding what he be wanted there tagre made an attempt on ray my desk later he have bare known which drawer it was in of course he must have just started to se search arceli tho the largest one when charles macivor made big up appearance pe arance what whak casbe doing there looking for the book of boorse course so you see constance concluded nancy accePt accepting Ink my silence as it perk per bonal tribute 1 I saw you really had too much to do with that th at catalogue and everything so I 1 took tooh charge of the book temporarily to help you and abd of course I 1 had bad to 1 help peter 11 13 nut ut exegesis of 4 this his obscure remark as well as satisfactory y conclusions for my own had to lo he be postponed we had reached Dar darrows I 1 I 1 hastened forth to my desk to ind find i it already occupied ti by captain calta lii ashland f you said I 1 could bother you any time I 1 he greeted greate me 1 I always mean what i ray bay so youve conic como down from westchester to learn more about the indes gracious I 1 business during the weekend week end endi ive comb pa on 1 pleaR pleasure ure you knew that bookplate te we were talking about the other day I 1 did not associate the boltax bookplate with pleasure but I 1 nodded intelligently telli gently I 1 trusted you know that forgery rather cather took hold of in me e confided the captain 1 I 1 wondered if I 1 could find an original corllie for the llie counter counterfeit felt 11 r ohr oh I 1 said 1 I an expression ia F disapprove of bual was struck strack all of a ai heap by the suddenness of the idea chyl j because bolfas might have drawn a pictorial bookplate even if he set eel doni dom did so and I 1 think the manner of ex execution of at that drawing you rm showed that it must have been copied coped from a model the conception of the design Is ls masterly but bifid he copying is lust just a shade too careful vand and whoever made the drawing was ao not quite enough to avoid that small email slip in the agam ture fure so ive decided to amuse myself trying to discover r an original help me wa wont ont you begged the captain dont say you will if 11 you can 1 I will because 11 I 1 can then goedl I 1 spent yesterday unpack ing I 1 brought nineteen boxes of books with me my reference you n know now the reason I 1 on packed ahem them was I 1 I 1 ithal tha book 1 plate I 1 I 1 J say you a bent it around anywhere I 1 suppose su pose I 1 plucked it out of the law book in such a way as not to event tile the key tor for captain caplain ashland was of course not Inie interested rested in the grosvenor mys mye tery indeed disliked IL it I 1 felt sure ill tell you what ive done so far tie said th ugh its nat 09 t tach I 1 believe my library has as ai good works about english engravers as can be found yet 1 I cant discover much about colfax himself but I 1 found tho the exact dates ot of his birth and death prid and 1831 1 then 1 found a de re list of all hla his engrave 0 and tried to Iden identify tIff this drawing n with any one described but he be had drawn on only IY a couple of pictorial crial plates both floral for ladles libra libraries i ales no ino scientific c instruments or war r so eo that tha I 1 attempt was waa a fluke warships oh yes that vessel la Is a frigate I 1 assented noting again the characteristic three masts and broadside armament clearly shown bbown in the fine drawing and english built declared th the e captain early nineteenth century when british vv warships yere er e built very wide thi through rough the ben beam in like this one 1 I any flag 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