| Show the F S ah tt a BT ti i n ta ri I 1 are chaine e by ROBERT W CHAMBERS cor copi right b the curtis publishing copany IMO by h hbert il H bert W chambers chamber m here do to you vou go f fio 0 u licie e i to ino I no the asad us ua fur 1 week after 1 that til it hot foi another two weeks or so after vitt tint to olster riv bay nil ml rier opens his houle ti oui on sedge polut point she eho adili d de dezutel but I 1 don t lie he to im fili lie ite ou oil tol to 1 lie be edl s iio long ion tie do t on ell there I 1 ask cil cd until ne go to town tonn ton n in december nj bt N hlll oj flud to do all that vale time ill III ouster isial ho he asked more 11 hat i Plem atule question tl tie e T Is there besides abeles file usall no neighborhood hunting with the usual packs and lue liable of ct the clin clinding sIng the lie ushii C CN CA N clinus cliant ge of social amenities the idill driling and riding the usall my mt por friend the usual li ual in all its raisin and whit nio ale sou to do I 1 in coins to town jid then I 1 dont knox 00 oo but intent lov ou been ailed somewhere you have e of course 1 les es and I 1 hai baie e declined matters matter of 11 she interred inferred loo oo 00 bad alit oh no then she concluded laughing you dout dont caie to tell me chere abere you are going no be sald said thoughtfully 1 I dont care to toll you yau she laughed again carelessly and placing ow one hand band ou on the tiled filed pavement men L sprang lightly to her feet jl last plunge she asked as he rose at her side les je jes lant plunge together deep are you read readi she elie raided her va white hito arms alyon aboe c her bead finger tips jollied joined poised an la in stint on the brink swaying forward fort Nard then M at ilia big brief word nord they flashed downward tog together aher cutting the erys crys sea gatei shooting ule ille great fish the gl glass I 1 tiled filed bed shoulder to shoulder under the water and opening their eves the they y turned toward one another with a swift outstretch of hands bands an uncontrollable touch of 0 lips the very shadow of contact then dealing lug upward to the surface to lio lie breathlessly floating arms ex tended and the sun filtering altering down donn through the ground glash glab root roof abone na R e are perfectly cray sho she bi eithel im quite mad I 1 see that oil land its bad enough foi us its to mis inn bechac c put but sentiment ft ell 11 be gronn growing lug scales and nils pros bently we diess even with nith a maid ind the electric gilr blast it will vilo tilo time to dra dr ui un hair and diess adless it A hen ben he cime out of his die senj luan lom she w N is ib still in III the bands of the mald maid so he gaun tereLl through the house is ab far is ib the it 11 braai and drinnin a check book dom ficia one pocket fished out a book horn and logan legan to east cast up totals with till rt i ien to ficai ning some thing about the arlous barlous debts contract conti act od cd it shoto lel lie deemed to owe everybody for tune hid bid si smitten nitten illin him filp aill thigh and a tittle cower concerned ned lie be begin cot coi ering i I 1 pid I 1 I 1 figures until lie he ll 11 L l libov eliere he be JL r stood thin thi n ho he 7 J bienn dic a 1 consider conid cr able check to major belseth leg i is older alioth or er to Md cidone idene othel g tullow follow cd to people for or vatious vailous it amounts and he be nas mas cry busil ausili at ork jthn n aware of adoth S it as er pre presence ence cical at it a t dash he turned around in fit the ir corner comer in hib chali sl S I 1 v via I 1 a landis was x riling at a desk in the ornar orin r and she looked up nodding hie file little ix B eLtIng tini that she always re aryed for him e em ln n after fin e minutes separation im writing checks Il lecks she said 1 I 1 suppose bouie ou ie writing to your moth er NN rhy by to do you think so he asked curiously 11 ou malte rite to her ei vcr or daa da don t Y yes be said bald but how do you know ON 7 1 she looked nt will lim nl i unblushing deliberation ou N vicie I 1 u e berv dan da if it wis to a worn bomin lil I 1 wanted to enoi anon and I 1 told grace meriall that 11 I 1 ilia 1110 and then grace told me lie Is there ili confession of ina pettiness that I 1 can male make to you Y oil VI did ou ell real cate to whom I 1 was writing he be asked blotta care I 1 it me IN ft as it not a common Imp ulic ISIS lers ere under our aln 1 3 ou linon knon 1 I and the maid who arestes dr estes me she would hae hai e bno olred I 1 didn dian I 1 that is a the only I 1 niante 1 I to know just we bame but that i as tiL tilford fore before before I 1 cleabe dont asli me ine to sai it I 1 did once when ahen aou ou asked ma me before you cared for me mc Is that v what hat you 1 yes I 1 lou ou are so EO cruelly literal NN when hen you IN isal to to punish sh me you oil me cintr ruil quilting tIng me too I 1 owe oie that wi etched kemp I 1 en ell fl ill i lot of money anil and I 1 in m tri trying ing to find anil out how hon much go sean ell and a nine inc lie to close accounts with ma rion page lf sigwaid tinned anil and continued his v riling and when the little sheaf of 0 checks nas mas lie counted then laid them aslie asile and drawing I a flat picket of falli bank notes from his portfolio counted out the tips f peet ed ca of him below stills stalls these airaudi ed cd tor for lie he straightened up tip and ajel ills shoulder at seivi but she was apparently at sorted in counting something on the ends end of her ber fin finders ers so he be turned smilingly gly to his desk and wrote a long letter to his mother the same fame tendel affectionately bo belsh lb let i ter cr he had always written her full of coun confidences delices full of humor bayh ant antic ac lapating lit ill onn binn to her on oil tic the I 1 heels of the letter in ills his first letter to I 1 ei front from shot ocr 0 cr lie he bid spoken of 11 hiis indis lindis L it seemed file rime 11 me wis A 1 I f ft neliar enough to his bib mother who ile list isk ed cd labout her and he be hid replied in fit another no ther lettjr or two a tittle cut cm pi itic in ili his of her licau ie from his hi mothers betteis it wis quite cn eident ident that she knew a bood blell acil co con 11 cern corning fri the he vei ll it af falls of aliis faelli of hn 1114 swift anti somewhat cal courtship tic he had had bothin noth hii to eai in ili ills his letters in ili fact re contIN he be h hid id nothing to s siv iv about sa 11 il it ill boenin ro enin that vital confidence lor for the choji sympathy tind and which lie looked forward foiw ard to A when ben he should see her aud and fill through aull darl dark djs ind and bitter a aftermath aftermaths after maths through struggle and defeat by his ili malici vice had noice failed him yet never faltered tor for an instant so feo he brought ills letter to a cloge cloe with a tender ind uneasy luj inquiry ulry concerning her health which she had bad intimated was not eacel satisfactory and rot foi that reason she had open oil cd the house in town in older to be near dr gilsky their findly doctor sealing scaling and directing the letter he be looked up to see shii I 1 standing at his elbow she dropped a light hand on his shoulder for a second barely touching him bim I 1 t fugit lNe caress dall cate as the smile hovering on her lips as the shy ten tenderness derne in her ei e es more letters to conr bour sweetheart she asked abandoning her hand band to him one more the last before I 1 see her I 1 wish ou could see her sylla I 1 w u ish so too she answered glut ply seating her herself elf on the arm of his hia chair as though it were a sidesaddle would she care for me do to you think thinks 1 asked the girl la in a low ioni voice e I 1 so for 3 our real self I 1 know she could only feel con tempt for me as I 1 am slip I 1 is old fishio ned ll 11 he be sat baij I 1 aln ri LIL that that meins all that Is best in a NN wo 0 inn alil tile old fish fishbon loit of truth anti and f filth aith the old fashion of honor and dittli in ili honor the file old old fashion of loc lobe all that it Is best stephen all that Is w 01 til the loic oe of 1 1 I mm man so gone lie day conle botIS will lele those fashions na III jou oil Doi rithey x bould not become me lie he said aid file tend in ill her cas I 1 a little aid a id abe touched ills his iliad hi ad alioth in ili humorous caress shall ne do with the dolight d 11 light il she 0 he I 1 it ls is my illy last day with 3 ou oil I 1 told IIo howard Niara it wis mj last dir you idd and I 1 did not cale caio to be disturbed lou prohibit dian didn 1 d t say it that war tiny be bed I 1 did 11 much of tint sort of thing is lie ho to stan standa stand 1 aled kimaid 91 how much I 1 dont know I 1 dou don t belleve believe he bails cabi s it Is my uncle ma jot joi eel DON other ether who is maling things fol foi me I 1 had to tell howard rd vou oil huott 11 cihat exclaimed siward Inc refu bously certainly do you think con duct hs his apse pissed d without protest I 1 lou ou told quarrier he be repeated did ou ell Jui imagine agine I 1 could do other wise she asked coolly I 1 I 1 have tint much MI cli decency left certainly I 1 told him do you suppose that after what nhat wo we did what nhat I 1 admitted to aou ou that I 1 could meet him as usual do you think I 1 am afraid of him 1 I thought ou on viere afraid of losing him muttered alward 1 I was dreadfully and the morning you and I 1 hid imprudent enough to sit up tip until nearly and to do N what hat we did I 1 mide m ide him take talea a long ions v w alk with me and I 1 told him pl pi till ln 11 that I 1 cared for you hit I 1 wab i ab too selfish and con ardai to mirry marry you and that ir if I 1 ie e endure the nel aes ues s he be ft I 1 is at to terminate the file engagement N without notice what did he qa ca stammered si gi ward I 1 was informed that lie he held me strictly and soly to my lily promise thit that he be would beer release me olun barll though I 1 was of 0 cot coi arse it liberty to do hat I 1 chose adv poor friend h he cues cites li idt more inore tor for loie thin do il I 1 I 1 happa to be the one woman noman in nev en I 1 oil q nhom bom he considers consider alao intel butoli suitable for him by race by bidding eding bl by virtue or of appe natice and palde fitted to complete the mat matellas eLlal portion ot of ills his fortune and estat nor her olce bild alvid hardened as she pole now nei it rang a little it the end anti she laughed unpleasant 13 it app appears earb tint that I 1 was a little truer to thill inn iou ge ie me credit for a little truer to aou ou a little less arf lias sli millens than you baust lie thoU olit JIt me inc but I 1 alne yone gone to ru ny limit of and were I 1 ten tell times met iloie e in ill 10 loic 0 with 3 ou thin I 1 am ain I 1 could not put a awai as the post lion oil ind powei on ibid me but I 1 nill all tot not lie for it nor betray tor for it site diopa di opp one arru arm on the back or of his chur anti and rested her chin on it at space across his shoulders th tints its icv lio it had bad to be aou ou see alien I 1 found that I 1 caled fol foi you thole thele was nothing to do but to tell him lie ile trusts me enough to miny me lie ile will bo be safe enough is far is 13 illy conduct Is con concerned cernea she aided nihil it seems tl tint it I 1 nut am a of loe loc but I 1 nm am Ines pable of nf its atlon senard leaning be 11 oer his bis desk rested ills and in both hands and she stooped from lier her perch on it the a abin rm of the chair her hot cheeks li against his bands a inona nt only then slip plug to her feet she curled up ill in a great armchair by b the lie file head tipped back blue gabo con cent centra rated teil on him rite thing for 3 ou ell to do she said Is to imbush me sonic some night and me into t I 1 and adnie us both bolli to the liaisons pai id I 1 d hate 3 oil for it is ib much as I 1 d love you but I 1 d ir irile ile 3 ell an all interesting alfe ife I 1 ma maa do that yet he be said lifting ills his head bead from his hands oue ouie it a year to lo do it in she on 01 berned I 1 bi Q the N an a you toil re to tike me in to dinner as 3 ou ell did the first night do aou ou I 1 asked grace ler I 1 or rall rail then I 1 asked hel bei agian today liel hot it aas teal years s ago IL it tint thit I 1 cioe up to the station and sew a MIT and perplexed oung boung looking bous a about 10 1 11 t fo foi 1 somebody to take him to Shoto ahern ahem the mr ir Sivat sin aid dt dear I 1 mean to huit you lera on knoy enoi it silly mat main it t I 1 have mv latue joke about bour air badness your t doubtable badness or of reputation theio you hid just better smile lion how dire dare you frighten me by bv making me think I 1 had huit butt wu jou besides you are probably anrep ut till she batched him closel tor for a mo me ment or to then ale aie you pent alit adf about whit wh it 11 about bour our general wickedness wick about she he hesitated about tbt girl for example 11 what girl he be asked coldly that reminds me that you toll have told me absolute lj 13 nothing about her 1 1161 M of 1 afis V T r lord there Is not hotl III ing to toll tell he binl ju jn a tone so steib nev nei to her in its finality that she sat up as though lib its toning to an unknown voice tone anti and molds voids so go coLi pIeter pleter elz c eluded liei hot from the new into which he bl b md bid id impel dilated that both suddenly developed a si sio front from shoot contrast aiho ho yas nas the girl firl then of whom lie he hid absolutely nothing to siv iv N bit was she to him aliat liat could she he be to him an aches a atoman of corn coin mon men he be felt a little iril a little humiliated a little hurt and tool refuse refuge in a silence thit that he did not otter crier to break ecil twilight had fallen I 1 in u the rom the firelight firc light giett gien redder silvia lie he slid abruptly ici erting to the old light tone haintl hinting g of the ashe liu li biter in ili ills his ebes bleil she c could 0 uld no langei see suppose is ou sug I 1 uld ambush you say after the opera seize sou under the cry nose of 30 soil 31 escort and make madly for i t hansom 1 I enox of no other viah she said IN you regist physically si cally yes I 1 bould if I 1 vere going to tit at once I 1 might as well go off to chill chuich ell ou on now Wen tilston church he be bild prompt ly r I 1 11 II order the motor 13 st |
