| Show e fighting chanelo a in c e 00 by ROBERT W CHAMERS CHAMBERS copyright idel 1 publishing co buni 1 ba 1 11 1 11 rt IN CS CE lapum TE TEN N 4 71 I 1 ocr 4 on oil the following ij I 1 no ill I 1 it nil mi 1101 athael A f in I 1 lid it ill ho h b lil ill almost fil lille I 1 piilua arii di dussin III I 1 LL LI mis it I 1 ill ili NN is I 1 tj tin ILL doai ba b i 1 which it first nil sn 11 anil id all iliin 11 bid IL it to dib I 1 regil I 1 1 it A i is Molt inKi hilLi s man mall to I 1 ln DO i liollio ills mi mortimer CO coillie ild ac la 11 ali I 1 I 1 nil mi tit nt once on matters nf if it ii 1 0 01 r talc 0 0 alj I 1 cill lall Mull Nj insi to sly siv tint thit I 1 colnot ce 00 im bod ind nd clu chuching ching a gilr glimpse of the mullins dagin gibout the duski duki vi IN hat I 1 la tue tile nut let I 1 I 1 la nil mi ill 11 lint tit could not sy whit tile the fit fiber might lie and be went at out to return in I 1 fu fen moments ben ini clr note from ills bis mister badly libutti d and still till net act and I 1 ella eila tt ili I 1 shrug kin ii of toul took the llie blotched seri NN I 1 between thumb ind and unfolded it behlund IKI tin tha iid up the mails of t dik dall fri fr grint hair reid tile the note date nery ery oci hoi her mi shoulder liI Ir it 11 rin nn without narres I 1 im in going to talk to iou whether iou like it or not da D iou ou understand that filar it if ou aalt to inov 1 nov what s the matter alth me iou ou 11 fin nna out fast enough fire that french girl eirl out before I 1 arrive she closed the note thoughtfully folding and double folding it into a thick wad llie ibe ink had come off dis coloring tOi orlD her finger tips she dropped the soiled paper on the floor nua held out her hanis hands plump fl 11 ig igen ger spread and when the maid hid finished removing the stains and hid the pretty hands bands her mistress sipped tier chocolate thought thoughtfully fulli nibbled a bit of dry toast theu then motioned the mald maid to tale take the tray and tier her depar ture leilas tier her the cup A fenn minutes later mortimer came in stood a moment blinking blin Ling around the room then dropped suto into a seat sullen inert tile lie folds of liis ills chin out on his collar his leavy heavy abdomen cradled on lis choit thick leq he hall been freshly ld linen and cuitti lug lag alicle eie ayt s r less iet the man looked un clein sale sa e for the network of put pui pie eins beins in ili his face ethcie was no do color there none in his lips 1111 s acu ecu lih flabby hinds binds ere tile the 11 hue of CIT fits coolly I 1 ire arc 3 ou ill asked ills his wife choll no 0 o riot not aein ei vie lc got tile the jumps jump hints that lel lei ugh its I 1 lite ite bush it out of sight will 3 ou 9 1 I can ail smell it ILI leila set let the JL delicate lIcato cup ou i I 1 table behind tier milt hit tine ila did if return tills she ahe asked stif stifling fing 1 bawn 3 ax n 1 I 1 d I if t know about 5 of 01 1 0 I 1 how tile the dealt should 1 I nent time I 1 camo came in sitting there before the of her dresser str she stole a second glance it his mined features in the glass the loose mouth the smeared cie ces tire the pals llie lie tremors that twit twitched clied tile the hands dacre they ou oil the arms of his chair became repulsive to the i ergo of fisci fascination nation she tried to I 1 ool look atay but could not I 1 0 vi i hall better see sec dr grisby she to sal id letter eee you that s what I 1 id d better do h b retorted I 1 iou 11 do 10 all the doctoring I 1 want and I 1 want it all right nei y well IN hat Is it lie ile his swollen hand band across acres his forc biad cibit an 1 it la 6 it if I 1 lie he repeated I 1 it its a the limit tills time if you nant to know im all lii ili roulette calsing tier her eyebrows without interest intel et les roulette too E erv thing ahe he got me unfair at burbanks burbach Bur banh lire rho games crooked every box e c cry caie every wheel eve e pack 13 1 i crooked crooked cloaked by god goal lie ho burst forth tit n i fedei struggling to sit upright ills his bands almis tighten lag ing on oil the arm arms i of the chin chill iab it b nothing but 1 I 1 cracas crac ls g jint ant run by a bunch of ila ha du JI k s I 1 ill stuttering hoking choking im precautions Us hoarse cj claine tir clcil nm after nelc INN it le she sat feat tacil head lint bint silent Impish impishly lm le ic niiles cent it lire ind mi artal to which hiie he bad lincome thoroughly 41 iloie iio nun man such i hill hid slie she rhe could not count them tirca jhc thc debited lei little lit in dutill nud an not tit at ill all lit in their object liliah nas to get LY he had till this win wib ills hk bol of himself for bis big n losses COs lie ile made an ail end call to ills his outburst ift or cr an tile olih ills tat fat bici inclining thing nov tilt the silence aej aupp li had finished she found her voice with an air erfort 11 I 1 am sor sorry ry it comes at a bad line lime as 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stared back at him I 1 comprehend billini I lins so I 1 she repeated sloan 15 a chea NA hat check lit bt do 10 sou cneill I 1 tile oue one lie he ga gae e you list night to pay lilb ills bridge losses ind dd forgot to fill la in the one be but you coundit cou lunt tl EOV could you it was not filled lu I 1 1 I tilled failed it her dawning horror vas reacting on him as it always did like a fierce tonic and his orn courage came lack in a sort of sullen desperation you aou i ou are to ing to frighten me leroy she stammered you are flying to make me do something give you what you want force me ine to give aou ou nabat bat you want you ion ran t right fright en me the check was taide out to me ine to my order ilow how could you have used it if I 1 had not endorsed indorsed Indor sed it I 1 I 1 intoned indorsed Indor sed it do you understand that be said savagely sa gely I 1 0 no o I 1 don t because if f you did alts it forgay fol e y 1 I ion don t give n what 3 ou think it Is 1 I 1 lie ho broke in fiercely ml ill at of I 1 if brei baxi Is blat hat plant will think I 1 alan t mean alean to do dar it if I 1 ilan t diem u of doling doln it X hen I 1 siw that c check beal in nil mi hinds binds I 1 thought I 1 d use it torn fell mateli meteli as ab moral collateral colln teral to fish it Buil lank to back mi 1 I 0 TJ s so I 1 filled it in toi rot loll how much niu clishe I 1 she naked not dir lug to belore him but lie ignored the question trial nd NA wont cut on 1 I filled it and indol indor endorsed indorsed sed ed it aud and how hai could you TOU ondoise 10 it she in ted coolly now unconvinced iliin and su suspicious niclous ill tell iou ou if you 11 II stop that fool tongue i moment tile check wis made to ids to L mortimer I 1 wasa vasa it it ita ao 0 o I 1 wrote L mortimer on the lie hick bick now NON do you know if you lie L moi lottimer so dm am I 1 lelia begins with L so a does acio loean t it I 1 im kite our lour two it voids of Is to a auto eiph kripli I 1 put my own nt fist to i 1 check madu out to one L Morti Mort mci mici and I 1 don t cue what you TOU think about it as long iong is as plant plank cm can stand it now aw put up your nose and howl I 1 if 3 iou on like lut but under her sudden pallor lie IN is taking flight ablin aann and lie he began to bolster up ills his courage with ith bluster and noise as usual I 1 now hoax I 1 all you like he jeered it wont alter matters or square ae ac counts with plank what are you at do you suppose PED im not soria 7 do i ou cincy I 1 don it know whit a fool ive been AN hat are you turning white for XII ft hit II 11 now ow much hane hae you she choked then resolutely how flow much live hive you taken i I 1 I 1 taken a he broke out with art an alth hat d di you mein me in ie fie borrowed about now yelp eh what no probably some weeps then turn cut cm on and run dry it wait aft 11 and he managed to cross one bulky leg oer the other and lein lick bick at af feeling resignation while leill leili bolt upright in her low chair every curved curled rigid under the flowing flailing silken arap ra P stared nt at ham its as though stun ned well were good for it arent we a lie he said threateningly if lies hes going to turn ugly about iti it here beres a the houst I 1 my ily house ill es 0 your haibel I 1 suppose rather raise something ou oil the house thin live the thing cotrie come out in the 1 1 berb do ion think so she blie asked staring into ills his bloodshot ere cres I 1 Ls I 1 do im in sure bure of if it loll ion ire wrong rong 1 I ou inezn call ill tint it are not lint lac inclined lined to by me file lie Us L I 1 ill tint it loll 1011 on don t intend to help bell me file out 1 I do not flat 1 to not diab time 11 ile aiu begin to ti abna bis bs big aleth and that lie honors I 1 avs ili a tick I 1 tx itch cd ca ills his upper lip ilow iiona about the choice courts he do you to figure ILI hi thew them with mill illuk 1 I 1 dou don t wint to she said steadily but sou cannot UK bs 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himself novi lion normally scaled and repentant the frightened aloner on oil ills his if s bounty not the human beast col by fear and half stunned hill panic stil clen daien by bv sheer terror into i role lole which even he be shrank froni from had shrunk front nil these eals io for r leech aud and parasite pira p site that he wis mortimer homeier much the dirt acquin acqui or of alone might tempt him la in theory hid no A t brought himself to the point of the even when lit in surest straits and bitterest need lie ile didn dian it aint to do it IL ile he to get along NIt without hout it kirtly because of native inertly and in in aier siou gion to tile the mental nimbleness that he be mould be required to show as a lawbreaker partly because the word blackmail I 1 stood for what he did not dare suggest that he bad come to even to himself ills distaste was genuine there were things which aich he be dian didn it t want to commit and extortion was nas one of them lie he could at a pinch lie to his wife or try to scare her hei into giving him money ile he could when hen necessary borrow from such men as dank but he be hall had never dever cheated at cards card and he be bill bid bleier attempted to blackmail anybody except his big wife which of course was nias purely a firmly matter and concerned nobody else ills its policy of alternately lightening and lelli lell I 1 hid bid him so far and though it NN was as tile due that this was n more serious situ aaion thin thill lie he hail bail ever yet faced he was nas couii tint thit alf ilia wife rife would pull him out some somehow hox md ind loll how that was to be accomplished he lid did riot not ier N era much care as long as ile he was as pull ell ed out hat this household leounes leq unes it slid is i economy lie ho spread his legs denting the Aul aubusson carpet with ilk hl boot hell bel and glinted askance it ills his wife nife economy he wetting ills his lips with a heavily coated tongue tints tile the true solution economical Econom icil in dom domestic estle lelli ieli retrenchment rend relief folder lellis I head was lowered ile he could not see pee her expression but lie he had at al alys been couf confident Ident of ills his ability to talk himself out of trouble so he rim nm iz w latta I 1 lej lea an a I 1 i pi pie ele eise of n mar curlia cul cur lii fior is s ba lie bel belleek leed 1 i if if it 1 I 1 blunt ne nes s chit si el ditl I 1 ed nuon caje men e fun a it lilt ini soule 1 I lilt i we e II if i it h in ad reab lit high il dun don t N 01 ol oil AN arrn I 1 till cin lv 1 AV oli fidi it im in 3 oil little gill ail loll 1011 iv at t tilt th fit t of ule es lichine ill antl ep elc ile i rk ani V I 1 4 i I 1 i VIL liu hu dillile tit 01 wa j lin ft lot silent una ned dirk it f bit lino albig iliR ind bl bi hogile in kill to t grov I 1 t lit it letl ts abid ius inns air ins I 1 11 ills bli Iline iii I 1 liline tit in titled 0 guiou rici iou tui tu f vj i li wife vl I 1 I 1 ou needa I 1 t be 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