Show e fighting chanelo chanced by ROBERT W CHAMBERS copa right IN the tho Curtla publishing d C to aal in an climbs she was standing tan ding beside the fire w m ith one foot on the fonder fender at ap too to notice him so bo lie he strolled trolled troll ed luto into tile the gun which alch was v a s blue with tobacco smoke and arc ajro marlc til with fill tile the loli clans faolu de centers bliem a i tow lew women and the of men inell lord aldel aldei dene mafoi ind mortimer at i table bi 13 ches stacks of nois ion chips chip md ind five caid cuds ill in tile the center of the greca explained the of theli game anti and nosing his liena ht inflamed e acs cs anti and seeing isia LN it d unoccupied slid said nace lly cut out that widow and give 1 his stick anything ilione two palls pairs for i jack triples triple the nute auto conle come on simard hlward thries a decent ell chip lp so ile ho seated himself toi fell a to the blind oddes odd cs balanced ua uon on hor her winged wheel and the caida tin nil high so high tint th it atai s dwindled indeed or top pled the halt half bout and motti goiti moi in of krev gren tedder ind iud ind va ma jor blander unit and blandek blan dei and h face i oie a continual ous homing ciera white hound ahlund s tooth and the ice in the tall glasses clinked ceaselessly it 11 was as late when quarrier sit it in with ith an ac knowledg ment of baw ird K presence and an emotionless raid upon ills his neighbors neigh bois a resources with the first hand band deall lit in which he participated without draw ing a card and always eyes ees on his big cards seemed to ee quarrier quarreler before him his fingers caress ing his silky beard the symmetrical pompadour dark and thick as the win ter fur on a rat tufting his bis smooth blank forehead it was very late when simard first beg began an to be aware of hta his increasing deafness deaf neso the difficult too that lie he hid bid in making people hear bear the annoy in lug contempt in Quan lers woman tile like eyes ees ile he felt that he was mak ing a fool of himself very noiselessly somehow but with more racket than be ie expected when he be miscalculated the distance between his bis hand and a tie de canter it was time for him to go unless he chose to ask quarrier for an tion of that sneer which he found dis tasteful but there was too much noise too much laughter besides he had bad a matter to attend to the careful perusal of his moth er ers s letter to sirs ferrall I 1 ery cry white he be rose after an all inde terminate erml nato internal he found hinis iIII entering his room the letter was in the dresser dreser ser see cral ral things seemed to tall fall and break but he got the letter sank down on oil the bcd s edge and strode e to read set his teeth grimly forcing his blurred eee to a focus but he be could make noth ing of it nor of his bis tollet toilet elthel nor of ferrall who nho came in on his bis way to bed having noticed the still in ili full glare over the open transom and who straightened out matters for the stunned man lying face downward across the bed his bis mother s letter rushed crushed in his nerveless hand band CHAPTER 91 FOUR 7 at r except for the luxurious aids to D whom trays were nere sent bent was sered in the inglish fashion any other method or compromise being impossible berrall appeared to lie be a normal man energetically energetic alv demoted to his bust ness his bis plea his friends and comfortably in 00 loie oo with lili his wife and if bouie borne his igor in bust busl ness to lie be lacking in mercy that igor was alwais within the law ue ile never transgressed sed the rules of 0 war nar but ills his heidling heid long energy borne times landed him close to the dead line lie ile had already breakfasted when the abe earliest risers entered the moLi aing ro room to saunter about the sideboards and I 1 the simmering contents of silver covered dishes on the warm ars the fragrance of coffee was as pleas antly perceptible men in ili conventional shooting intire foamed loamed about the room select selected cd what 06 cared tor for and carried it to the table mrs mortimer Mort mei wis isis tin re consuming peaches that matched her complexion marlon marion page always more congruous in field costume ind end belted jacket than in an anthina thing else anti and always like her OH n hunters groomed wai mai preparing lim a breakfast for tier her own consumption with the leisurely preel slon of liei whether in the lie saddle on the box or grassing her brace of any covey that cier flushed bushed caption voucher and I 1 ord prospects pros litween bites at tenth e to the monosyllable monosyllabic opinions opinion 4 0 of miss page her twin brothers brother gor aind lulls consuming oit ait alea istenes ened respectfully respect full and waited on oil their sister at the lifting lf bf her thinly arched eye bious into this company sauntered ErLd ward ard apparently no worse for war for as yi yet t the enemy had bad set upon him film no proprietary Insign Pi sale bae a rather becoming pallor and faint bluish shad on cwi h under the e aies es lie he strolled rolled et aboul abou exchanging amiable able greetings greeting and presently selected a chilled gripe griec fruit as his bis breakfast opposite him morill iner nc ErI breakfasting upon his own dread in ful bracer of an apple soaked quaked in port ellson his heavy inflamed cich with mith a slig ant leer it the iced knipe grape fruit haiward alward glanced out through the h lad ad ed casements into the brill lint int kip lp tell her sunshine outside ho be could sic ale or cr pill tinned snowy noy chop brushed habbit fashion narn LT voluble with I 1 randis who latcu listened d nl if euth heid partly quarnor in ill tweeds ind gutters gaiter hla his morning ei ci gir balanced balin ced in his hi glove 1 fingers si oiled near enough to bl be within cirs liot lad ind when sylvia bylvia s in ili attention to maeir iela ethers rations lie liec nine nuie milked i ke a to ill t the h L eige c of lu delles lie lic cline cinie ind 1 I cpr I 1 c but wh whatever atLer it was tint thit lie he lid to change her 1 1 1 l I 1 c to quiet 11 rot foi is I 1 sift aid lose finni till tilde he siw hei turn on tier in ht 1 I i id ed w n ill slowly tow ird i 11 of dogs ale oer in h some kennel men ind she m IMS is to the lit held ill game keeper NN flen lie he emerged from the hause bioust but she saw bilm on tile the heince ind gae h him I 1 tit a ili i t nod of greeting so do 00 0 to nn 1111 11 million iti tion that lie descended do t the 11 C stone steps md end cd the dew wet vet lann I 1 nil ill da dawson son to ex pl pi tin just exact 13 nihat hit i 1 shot ON ei dile re bles she s 11 c sa said NI turning to W include 1 sim ard ta explain er f in iiii n animated led aati q ithac i drive conference with ith our resent lites lies the big scraggy head keepen k e e p e i you loll know mi ili that it Is a custom peculiar to Shot house to open the season reason with nhit Is i bho lorer tover arlic I 1 heard Md erdene talking about it he said smilingly inspecting the girls girl s attire of khaki with its buttoned pock ets gun pads and corsack cartridge loops and the tan knee kilts hanging heavily plaited gaiters and little thick soled shoes lie ile had never cared iery ery much to see women afield for in u a rare case where there was no affect catlon was something else in born that lie he found unpleasant some thing lacking about a woman who could talc take life from frightened wild things something shocking that a woman could look unmoved upon a twitching blood soiled heap heal of feath ers erg at her feet meanwhile dawson dog whip at si 91 lute intel stood knee deep among his lest less setters setter 4 explaining the ceremony with which sir mr berrall ushered lu ili the opening of each shooting season it its s our ow own ra ides idee miss I 1 andis he said proudly ont one t a season mr mir per ier rill nud and his hi guests likes it toi foi a mixed bag ris i sort of picnic miss the guns Is in ili pairs sixty lards apart in line an the rules Is 19 wall walk straight ahead dogs to lice heel until first coner Is 13 reached fire straight or to quarter neier neer nor no eyes and ground bound game counts as feathers feat feath lieis ets for the llota ea cup clip ohl oh wh ii t i line that walks ahead said nodding ahead sli sh no stopple stopp ln lial no tur fain tor for hedges fences water or rock la Is boats fi deep water ind and fords marked and corduroy t f r to pass the seen breens luncheon it 1 miss an hours hour s rest then straight on oner hill bill nallen alle rock and aher to the ronda atop ompre ledge iou ou 11 see the poles anti and the big nests ili its there they the rot foi the cup and t there here m when hen t tte bag Is counted the traps trap are read to carty cany iou home again and to simard fulward will you draw tor for loui l ida sic it Is the cus cos to torn ire re you ma m lad he asked turning to ayli sybil it do you w want aut me in the smiling luster of her eyes the tiniest hashed out at him a hint at defiance for somebody perhaps for mafoi who had bail taken considerable pains to her as to Si sigwaid waid condition ondi tion the night lie be ere per hip also for quarrier who lud had it expected to act is ib tier her gun tin bearer in emergencies im a poor shot she said looking smilingly straight into SI fel ward s ey e es eg but if 1 on u 11 take we me 1 I will mill with pleasure he said dawson damson do we me draw for neri er well then and he drew a slip of paper from the box offered by the held bead keeler no so 7 said looking oer ills his come out to the starting line flue mr all the positions are marked with golf disks what soft of ground have w we e ahead dav dawson son kind 0 stiff miss grinned the keeper pity your gentleman tint aln t draped the meadows an bachkin bill title line IN will ill you choose your dog ahr I 1 lou I 1 on hane hae our dog you know inow ob sybill deaurel de murel and hlward inching 1 l among the impatient setters saw one white feathered doi dog at his leash and wagging frantically brown eyes ees fawd on him the next moment sagamore Sj gumore was free devouring his master with ca ill alir girl looking on in smiling silence and pro antl en tl side by b side the man the gill and tile the dog mele strolling oil off to in the starting line where at al ready wire gathering ill groups selecting do fowling pieces comparing numbers 13 and discussing the merits of their respective tive lines of ail ad abuce IN airrall Ir rall busily energetic and in high spirits spirit greeted them gayly gaily pointing out tile the rid bcd disk hearing bearing their num her ber 7 where it stood out distinctly above the distant scrub of the fore fo e land you two are certainly up it if he be said grIn brinnin grinnin nin Ilici ps only one rougher line and couil ouie in for thorns and water anti and a aci amble the lie backbone of the bhide 11 Is it any duj good asked anaid lm aid goodie good Goo dIf if ouie OLE i e got the leq nid lad sylla doen t play biby baby I 1 it I 1 I 1 sho she slid indignantly kamp 1011 ou enoi me lend I 1 will bet ou no non she addad lushing flushing that I 1 our ar old cup Is ours t 11 alt avid rid SIN lv ard N e ina im not shoot ti aggi t I 1 IOU ou will mill romp wadei whit hat acci I 1 out ou dare lare gloice against i adga I 1 ga le iotte tte case cae lie suggested done dona she slid disdainfully nion mo ili n foiw rd along the skirmish line wilh ill 1 n nod 0 d ind smile foi the groups uon d disintegrating int rating into couples the r P gl IC ans S alth liken shannon ind rena kena bentic dol marion alige follow ed ili 1 all mis ind ani majot iud ind the gill con cono li bi I 1 crol ci linci I 1 bithel r lu ng ill UK line post she siw quarrier ind miss caithness CIp till louchen with mrs linci ind ota ris cis too distant to mr moning ing allro bross countley with glitter and glint or of suii lUit bt on slanting slin tin g in barrels barrel and nil now 1 leidall airall mas climbing into his saddle beside lit ills wife who TV ho it lice her holo hoise like a bo buy tile the white fl nig lifted alb in the lie i witching the flim line until thi H w 1 is in I 1 all light eight gracel grace said raid I 1 lit 11 ill ell wish ly IV ion IN lit the alite flag tho far line skirted into motion flit iro across countr logs at heel I 1 lo 10 11 allt 1 siddle iddle mil ills Ie meriall riall could see cc the filing out far afield floru the lark dark spots pot moving along the tells I 1 ells bound bouli dim irv to the two complis the silt inci me dows to bolth ci eck A list eat report came faintly oel ill the uplands iii lands the wind 1 I observed ferrall 1 ibl a 1 snipe hill lies iles struck them again grice ance mrs I 1 errall en all watching curiously siw aw awards sl ward gun fly up as s two big dark spots pots floated bolted up from the marsu marsh and went swinging over his head bead rack crack down sheered tile the spots tumbling earthward out of the sky duck said gaid errall A double for stephen I 1 lord ord harry how that man can call bahoot it a pity that he said no more his pretty wife azetilde hot hei thoroughbred sat silent gray grav eyes fixed axed on the distant figures of sylvia sylila I 1 landis andis and siward now shoulder deap in the reeds was waa it verv nor bail bad last night she asked in a low olee olce berrall shrugged ile he was not dot of ile he walked steadily enough upstairs IN hen I 1 went into his room lie he lay jay ou on the bell bed as if bed been struck by lightning aud and yet you so see how lie he Is this morning morn ing after am awhile fille his wife said aid it Is going to aldei him some el day ely dreadful ii 1 len isla t it komp kemp you mean like ille moi cimei yes only r derov brov was N as alm aiwas a s a pig As they turned theli horses toward the highroad mrs ars berrall said do you know why ahia sat isn t shooting with howardi Howard 9 I 1 no I 1 replied her husband bentiv ian do vou tou 0 no o she looked out across act oss tile he sunlit ocean grae gray eyes brightening w m ith suppressed mischief but I 1 half suspect I 1 IN hat hati oil oh all sorts of things thing kemp bats one of erua sled asked ferrall ferra 11 looking around at her hut but his bis wife only laughed 1 I ion ou dont acin sacs he s abrom throwing ing tier her flies at alward fel ward now that you ve to hook ed for her bert I 1 thought shed she d played him to the gub gaff bleibe don t be co colise else kemp said mrs re renall riall sending rending het bei batse for ward w ard hei husband spurred to tier her eide bide and without turning her head she continued of course syl la w wont ont be foolish if they the mole only wifely mar i lied led but how aid Is such a pill I 1 whit what dols dois sylila expect with ilon how ards millions a man grace I 1 ci airall rall di diew ew bridle the curious thing is kemp that she liked him 1 I lles ikes him 0 no o liked him hill I 1 saw how it was nas hue tool took ills his silences for intellectual meditation his gallon galleri his library his rot foi expressions of a cult bated then she lenient kemem alred how close clone she came to running off if with mith thit cashiered cashi ered englishman 1 rind and that seared scared her into clutch lug the in ili the shape of howard mill I 1 w ish I 1 meddled I 1 meddled how oh ob I 1 told her to do it ile e bad talks until daylight da light she may marry idna him I 1 dont know inow but it if you I 1 think any ny lie woman could be contented alth fill a mutt muff like that I 1 chats ahat s immoral kemp im not she shed el be mad not to marry him but I 1 don t know what I 1 d do to a man like that if I 1 were his wife ind you know knon what a terrific ripa rapacity city for mischief Is in avi la some borne day ashes going to lure lore somebody Bome body and it isla t likely to be howard ind nd oh ob kemp I 1 do grow io 10 tired of that sort of f thing do |