Show M the 1 he fighting Figh tini I 1 chance by ROBERT W CHAMBERS i copi cop by br tile tho curtis coin comi I 1 all ciui com i ight arkko iwi b P stirl tort 1 Charn beM opening ills fond mil ind roga olve and finding himself ilone iloine lu in the cart aird j loom foont lie I 1 eg desm ILL to to cly ind i little I 1 liter I 1 r to push the ati li uti he wi ml anc i lounge ind hy fly there his 1313 fiant soiled relied alth wine one nt lit le leg it to the toioi not the ideal idea position foi I 1 but wint to do attitudes iud and postures and poses mike when a in the sian I 1 if lilt hi own ln club chib is yno lit the dinov goddess fill blasts of tile otle til music lisic til lough lit his ent em purpled noc 11 in tit alir hoN level ile be wig die to little it ill I 1 elv house bouse and it when IN bell 8 n cink bcd ind till tie be nd not ti ii adje diess s I 1 hilll lill up tit elih vl I 1 I 1 lindis on oil tile be telephone mi ill air leroy chasn t ie turned ind ina I 1 suppose e lieb hes foi fol gotten gottell mout clout tho ILI idge I 1 can call tiling ml ill plank if you ill erv cry viell nell slid si bylin addla adding it if mr mir clink lb 6 there aly I 1 apell to him blui a moment S si I 1 elli rose setting the receiver receive r on tho the def dea ind plant cime cima lu in from froin the and ettlel bl himself heavily in the chair I 1 did loll 1011 OM to speak to me miss raud l andas ls Is 13 that you mr plant plank yes will you line dine iiii us jt at 89 S bridge afterward ard if you don t mind thank yo yi u and mr PI ink you had a note 1 from me thia yes please dl disregard regard it if you wish 1 I do it Is not B v orth while and us as plink rolde mide no comment 1 I have no further interest in the matter do you on understand 7 0 o said plank doggedly I 1 have nothing more to say I 1 am borry we dine dha at 8 concluded sylvia hurriedly plank hung bung up the re ceiNer and sat eying it for awhile in silence ther r his jaw began to harden barden and his under lip protruded and he be folded his bli giedt lands hands resting them in front of him on the edge of the desk deab brooding there with eyes narrowing like a sleepy glant giant at prayer when leila entered lit in tier her evening wraps she found him there so 10 immersed in reverie thit th it he failed to bear jear her and she stood a moment at till abr doo doony mily sa smiling illing to herself think ing in how bow pleasant it was to come down ready for the evening and find him thee as he belonged lie he sat and was pait of the ir em ell Iron ment recently she elie had bad biown younger in a smooth skinned full lipped way so much ell that it lias as spoken of deterly she sat said 1 I am ready 11 plant plank stood up dazed from ills bis rev eilo and toward bet bei ills white tie had bad become SILL she raised her hands halting baiting him and pulled it into shape for him conscious 11 1 of the antim icy thank ion ell he be said do you floii 1011 hoir bow pretty you ar ae a r e this elen een ing yei was iery happy at my mir lor do you know the N libel ed aeils s seem to ile be dropping from me like ille lenes leles from kroull an autumn sapling knol nd I 1 feel oung enough to say so poetic ally did try to flirt with iou 0 ei the wire leq e as usual he said eaid dilly descending sc the stairs beside tier her and really you dont loie her any more she queried Sc arcel 11 nis Is voice x as low loi and rather disagreeable and she looked up 1 I wish I 1 knew what 5 ou on and sylvil find to talk about so frequently if you youre re not in love but he made no answer and they droe away avay to the belv ether house a rather wide old style mansion manlon of brown stone with I 1 ith a stoop dividing its ugly facade and a series of unnecessary glass doors blockading the vestibule A draw dran ing room and a reception room fitin flanked hecl the marble tiled hall behind these the dining room ran the width of the rear there were half a dozen people there lounging informally between the living room on the second floor and apartian apartments ants in the rear the residue from a luncheon and bridge party shen shea that afternoon by arin sahli I 1 I 1 to a score or so of card mall mad women Y L few of these liese she had bad asked to remain for an informal t dinner and a cl esperite game liter ater the sort of people she knew well enough to lose to hea heavily lly or win loin from without remorse grice I 1 ferrall errall marion madon page agattia caithness Trust trusting lit to tile the telephone that morning site she bid bad fe feard ur urd d tile the mortimers Mor Mort timers liners and falling abrel men ant and now the part with plank as mortimers Mor timers substitute was complete all thui ough ga gamesters set x matt mattering cring noth nothing ilig in the ircle in ahlas vh las boudoir grace ind ina agishi caithness sat before the fire sa ivia at the mirror of her dresser wis correcting the pallor incident t to cl the fhe unbroken dissipation of a brilliant season mallon mailon with her ble cig cigarette irette hindered Min iNin dered between lic tween 1 aj byl nils its quarters and the libritz libri div tv where and fijor benether Be beaw hether ether were sitting in low aced confab leila greeted gayly from the boudoir went in plank entered the ilbra allbri ry was mauled hauled effusively by the malor major returned quarrelers rs firm hand band balc kanahe and sat rat down clown with in inquiring sl smile lle OIL oh ves tes were out for blood to lg teci insor coil r gl riet s nim nam and am sit aklu it to 0 o c III ills auids uj d i L b atilt tit I 1 qu thorough hh lN aked mirll ind bid I 1 i lot D if it here re pi lit ii 1 ln ili fot foi tile the seison birou soie boie so I 1 sug rug stul slit ak till vich pick ill 1 I ihen for dintler mid call lit in a I 1 few fell choice obies to to mike i lizit tf of it it its S I 1 I kelble to tile me slid PI ink still looking it n fill till the title which that gilt fleu tit pr centi cho to it 1 n I linen t ili ciul d i chime to I 1 lot iok i ito act wit lint in ill it liter ter lie abitol 0 some ofell tl tn ihn w in n you vou hae time to go it 1 I 11 li 11 time now till lid ill link till s to ao mer raf s I 1 n reason toi lot lilly all I 1 mote ou N w is tint tit it I 1 PIO to control tile lie stock kocl of mal I 1 ill I 1 I 1 tint I 1 wished mil it idolce in the lint ter I 1 coull wit mt rf glie ni if I 1 IV ir advice oin iud ind ou on ruth in rug ut te turned Qui quinies lliel coldly I 1 if oil knain where NI here the stock Is you vou 11 understand under vi di loll 1011 oi finein what it Is ed at or 1 11 I ID it ocus icv it intel bupt rupt d plank cihi na it owns it knows it ins ills Il to I 1 most lost know too ix whore here it Is lid ile I 1 I 1 ies es I 1 d di aul cihi 11 Is manipulating it laded D you vou mein h peo awo pie I 1 dan t lucia lu in particular sir mr oil oh said aid staling I 1 ia sure you couldn coulden t have meint harriot arring ll too ton lV liccini licci elluRe nw lip bp 1 ant I tit on are cthel floating floit floi lag ting about that pool one of which pie le pruned quarrier looked at him out of his Felo ety lidded eyes nabat hat hive you tell probed ed ill tell 3 you on if you 11 appoint an in ill come too began becan Rel wether who nho bad been listening loose mouthed nud and intent were all in it Ho boisard larol kemp I 1 errall enill ind and I 1 and stephen observed ob sered biank so quietly that quarrier never eien aien raised his bib oyes eyes to read the tee stolid face opposite presently he said do you know RUN anybody body to who ho can dellver deliver you any COQ lerable sid sil erable block of amalgamated elec tile at the market figures 1 I could dellari you several blocks if y non ou cire care to bid said plank bluntly grew red then pale stiffened in ills his chaar but his eyes w v ere only skeptical planks under lip ind hid begin to protrude agilia ile he swung his it aled ci il 4 looking f arcin r c in back to rici pool ol 01 no P pool ool he be con linued 1011 loll ou ain aini i I 1 qa till te 1 I I 1 NA ill wint N int to see the stock climb inch bick into the branches I 1 could dillni wit una fi from it i ic s cl ili x it lit 11 als A if llian lucindy ilic lLly shook vou voit nrc are to UJ lt it out ad I 1 said propose of oe t ti put it that Is all I 1 h ILI id tile atit to s ii to nou oll mi ili Qui riler I 1 III not a aase erae to it here to aou ou and I 1 do thellis thell is n ili searley cy about it I 1 ig ure it out foi yourself N how illuce stock I 1 control and who let it go g settle von family and put your houe boue hou e in III cadet then iniste me ale to cill find do it aud and I 1 have an idea that wu we are going to stand on oil out oui own legs and our self belt respect and our fighting capacity and I 1 rather think well nell stop this holdup buIu business cs ind and that our friend will let go the sand bag and pocket the jimma and business across the line fence quartiers rs characteristic pallor was III no index to ills feelings feeling nor was his big icy I 1 cy reticence all hell might be boll ing below belo IN hen ben anybody gai e quarrier quarreler a letter to read he took a lon on time lime reading it but if he was slow he be was also ml flute ile he went ON oer er every N word ord again aid ad again studying absorbing each letter each period the conformation of ciery word and when he be ended he be had in his lit brain a of the tau letter which lie would neer forget and now non 3 mi nuteN method icalla he was going over and oner oer planks words and his manner of sly siy ing them ind their import and the hidden one if any if plank hall bud spoken the truth and aad there was no reason to doubt it plank lill bid quietly acquired a c controlling in in amalgamated electric that meant treachery chery in somebody who probably sinard perhaps ile he would not look at the latter just bet et not for a minute or two there wis w is time enough to see through tint thit pink ant white old fraud but why hall had plank done this and vili volia lid did plank suspect ailin of in fin de hire to wreck tits bis ow onn n kropi rt 9 ile he dill did suspect cf hirn him that was nias cerell I aftel a silence he be spike quietly and without tuition henbid ren bid concerned will lie aglid ill to see ree am alit atod electric declining iring 11 idena till this is a shock to us he glinted impassively it tile the shrunken bru nhen but I 1 plea senit shock I 1 think it well INCH to abringe a meeting as soon oon as possible tomorrow Tomo Toni irow oiron slid plink PI ink with nith a of inan closing discussion and in his hi brusque andl ig of the quarrier detected the ringing dundei cudei tone of tit in author au ft lie he neer hid bid and neer would endure if plink nini supe suspect ct ed cd him he must albi alb mi him of complicity in the grill lie ile must suspect anni or of fi alic le ruthless crug crushing hing that corrupts cori or r airall lil lates of 01 position making i 1 I mockery tit il a jest of the comiti ind in till of a 1 ripples 1 ale s india attl koo s Qui rilet sit thele ili hi loll ion white while aln inicis cis caro aln ills his sol suit I 1 pointed Pilli ted lend ashla hla eime cime lu in the collectively CIN with I 1 noil nod and offering lid bet hind to alink dinnee Is rhe lie R slid I 1 I 1 I 1 filise si g in 1 fun fib fashion lilon NI allt 1 I it t is dilill foil aw hit tile major anil ami winniei stool d alic act liei bei to iss no n NOLL 01 ol K g ifield indoe ind nou to tile lie lift I 1 aft rot foi i i loment in ali tile e loom with I 1 PI link site she sto d Ik listening tellin to the lie others descending delc de ending the then ilive hive loll ion seen reen ml ili es s 11 II 11 ink oil Is lie welk I 1 nit i en I 1 I 1 Is lie he well to reid a letter alit ciui to insie er r rue nc I 1 oil oh I 1 ies es lies AN well oil e dough iu ILL tint that to wn 1 N I 1 isail ro 0 o tint thit is ib NN why by I 1 aid ahl to 1011 la 11 lei the not to double hini w bilth ath ma ill st lot fia lint I 1 am alit not to jr ar am alli lull about 3 our offer to buy the li it inter filter 0 no o if I 1 mike up lip un mini tint thit I 1 want the lie horse 1 III 11 write ann rei re hili I 1 ingells till ill sue she let one hind it ind fal fail 7 ill 11 tile the turning luck bich toward plant plank who ANILO IN ms inis is follon follot tins ang 1 I understood loot ion to iuan iii all thit tint thit mr lir cuili lu ili nacre ere am alan thing bit the acet ln trilling inlet atlon miff it I 1 question dpn a 41 I 1 1 sa tint demanded derna title elal L once 1 1 donth igo 11 I 1 sill sit I 1 ri ink bluntly oil 1 I I 1 lisa bad inferred it theu then from hiag aou said or something you were silent about Is that it 1 I dou don t am I 1 quite N wrong rong then she ed look gookim Iniz him lu in the eyes and plank neer lied found no anam answer er g him for a moment in silence she turned again and descended the stairs the dinner was one of those thor hughly lell chosen dinners of few courses and faultless benice suitable for card players play eis who neither care to to stuff themselves as a preliminary to a battle royal nor to dawdle through throng lo courses eliminating for themselves what Is 13 not good for them the men drank a light sound aromatic irish of the majors the women except ala ia tion rlou took abat bat the men took used claret coffee no nas as served where they sat the men ing IDS agatha Aff itha and marion producing their own cigarettes good golod people if you ire ready we will iiii go through the ceremony of cut clug for partners unless otherwise yo you it decide how sla si aou ou I 1 said syl 1 I dai dint t care to enter the scramble foi a man cited grace if its to choose id as soon choose mallon mailon plank flank looked at leila NN who ho laughed all right choose then I 1 said aid 1 I I 1 vii how iid youre noure lying dying ol of couric cour sc to pill m with till me but you re looking ichii guil tilio at agishi llie kijor askild lelli leili it once so plink fell to pitted a ma ila floii ant aud glace dace derrall I 1 tell lew moments later the quiet of the libri libonn lr wi ill broken 13 li the butler with inith decin teis and ice nd ind glise gl issei tint thit tinkled aliv begin at table no io 1 on oil i apts od cot make of no trumps by bv saivii and at the othel tible table on oil I 1 dull dulled cd ind redoubled heart make which sent a delicate flush into igat guthas gj thas bas tice fice and dibie cioe the lait vestige of lingering fingering thoughtfulness from quarrelers rs leaning lealue it a tense hillid and expressionless mask out of which looked the velvet fil hinged liged enes ees of a woman of all the faces there at the two tao tj ti bles ble Sy lilas alone pad fiad not changed assuming the gamblers mask nor the infatuated glate gl aie of the ama beur she was thoughtful excited delighted or dismayed di maced by turns but at al was w wholesomely hole bomely so tile game for its civil sake and not tile the stakes a ab b orling hei bet partia because sl el e had neier permitted ted herself ber elf to weigh mon moil en c ind pleasure in the sime it ilutice but hept a mental pair of scales for each As usual the lie feier feer of gaiu gain was fiercest lit in thoe who coula afford to lose most Qin Qua riler iavan to rule with A till merciless iner elless precision preciou coldly exact ed evera ever penalty IL nalty tint talt i I 1 liec dipre ili 1 lit ills opponents permitted agath I 1 liei teeth set in tier her nether lip tier lier cici like ilke 11 ing jell jewels CIA aam e ell cd Qua lliel s LL bici interpreted interpret col eimzy lg i her plin titling fitting in ili ertith with lit hi ns though she I 1 ere ili clr subconscious coif bi lancing laning the adjusted mech anani of nf tits his inda bodi and till ml id now ow ind then lifting hei bet cles ce flie sent a loll 1011 long lica tild glince it ikei I 1 pile 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