Show the e IF fightlin Figh j h t tin i vu t Ch chance alnee by ROBERT ri CUA fIERS IWO 1 li 1 tho curtla curti publishing C company copl cop I 1 light IM ill bi etbert NV J K CHAPTER at ills his besl ONCI v hleb the be M mil IN sunshine tied lied ills his S gilld against lila ilk chall ga at t pol 11 g ON oui E I 1 tile piles of pl pi ilis is left thell ija b plank some d airs avs I 1 defoie with a cult iceda lion thit that lie ile Inn massei tiLl then content thi lutious leisl stence of auth in ill his M leitu iea seemed unaccountable clua countable in leix ev of the hline beu nars Imprint ol there in c ceby cay mo lmont ciry ci ry twit of lil iii licad still stil much ot of that 1111 chich had flajs ilA js characterized hk his luh of atis tb unconscious charm knoma as blooding bleeding in ill of Morti niLi 6 fiali bloj tio i als tended tin and biesh lu ili alv till lid it deemed to bruise aull and baiden laiu tile the chloi of blood oat bojt or of him and loaming the pallor of mir ile I 1 ie mid and tile the bluish shadows of it Etal niu the hollows the elch ecsi hall had 1 legulia egbu to chonge ril leilh some thins iu them ind had acon quene bd thit lie ile could nenci hope to become immune he be hid had learne I 1 at list fluen eliell he hall had te returned turned phi iball N hole lome home flom his long ions course of tl lining liling under a famous irilli specialist on oil the hudson lie ai bid I 1 I 1 con ceil a fool lie ile had imag finah iced that flint ho he could out control himself and practice the aniol legation leia tion tint other men practiced whon then the rhose chose the puerile restraint annoyed him his fat plied in Q 1 ity ni master ister himself hu trillia td linn him the mole SO lecaue bl bauge se EC creely lie he mas BBS afraid aar alj lit in the lemoie depths delaba of his bib helit healt he lit ho bon it happ happened ned lie he did not remember except that he had gone dom downtown il on busl business nes and hill had lunch eel ed bilth several meu men there N was a 8 claret L liaci itei lie he remembered another cafe farther and another more brilliantly brill ianth lighted gumble hall had found him again i this time in ili the ahei are I 1 and this time the sime ankle not yet strong had been broken through the waning maning winter ilas dais as he dij brooding in bIt bitterle bitterne terne in ing that hat it was mas all to do oer again h b shy became gradually gia dually palt pait of we tue but it uns mauj das dans bethic shaid in the bl big lumbering pink listed mm lain anything to him boond tue the faint iv amused of one man tor for mother another who li in ili of li hing SLIt as the fiat ot of it i lice Vs is tor for in ili othel forms except tile the most superficial or of pel pei a personal onal note to oaid d er so tl no such idia idi a len acu thu the tent itne ld id buc of klinl on milling and pi chips ability to loll help si 91 n m ml ita tn in the tangle nere mere unpaid seil ceh rendered b men ake 1 lc Il iiii gvoic acie im possible au all obligation to plank mas as out of tilt question quoit lou mem me m flifle n hilo the began to the like oue one another at leist often found himself looking forward inith pleasure loasure i to a ait aiom plank tecie bid d uever r I 1 con ans of the la latter it e s at 1 comard him iri ird plank began to frequent the house houe but never informally it Is doubtful ebether he be could haie practiced in ID formal ormill ltv tv in that house bent at st sl wards lail imitation tation one ery cry bad night plank cime to the house houe and was admitted by gum ble winds the second man stood behind the aged burlei both mere apparently frightened that something vas nas amiss appeared appe ired plainly enough and plant instinctive ly producing a card dropped it on oil a table and to go it maj mai have loon that the old butler recognized tile the innate delicacy 01 ol the mothe or it may have been a sudden confidence born of the necessities of the case tor for he be aled a led plank flank to see hla his bouno mas inas it mas a biad night outside and it vas a bad billit for blinard the mas ter vice bad him billu by the throat ue ile fat there clutch clutching inc the aruis arms of his chair his brolien leg lee lu ILI its plaster casing f extended in front of him rod and aheu bell he be saw plank enter he be gurid at him hour after hour the two men sat there the one white with rage but the other stolid inert deaf clear to den dennnis rinds for luperce blou N w till ith the arch N fcc dumb under tinder idea dIngs for a corn coin plo inise lie refused to interfere mith the butka unil and band insulted him lie he to go and till the dacan berb bilm elt elf and cured cur ed him once low aril mottling siward sivard feign ell ed and plina hta baa licad on lilt his br brejt eat it too then alnard bent over anti and opened a drawer in his disk and plank wis nis on hib like a flash the mor rhene r blue f aiom oin inird s fingers the doctor at daylight re Ep Fri to sum summons nion by we 10 lo phone and plank went ment away amay with the morphine and icoler bull lu in the side bide of his dinner to co it ire he till ill l not come again for it a week A chort note from simard started him to ard ION lower lr I 1 if ittu ill a abue came her as little ibid lid nicu tic ne came into the 1001 loom I 1 liello hello PI riak oll I 1 GI aglid ill to see you I 1 bidlo lie ile 3 luu all right rl glit ml ill tl bt much inch obal d to foi tile ine ill bugli nihill mi onil pull mr me tills aunly aini bcd electric knothole to daiy adly do do no 01 mcall it if ventured plank tinning lei ic I 1 with IL lIcht mc n it ingeld I 1 do it if do sit lialo ung lor for wha you TOU fallt nant 01 01 poli lap N ou on d g gj dom donn n to the sideboard Elc siJe board I 1 ni al riot not to lie ile li listed with will the odor I 1 in the loom just bet et I 1 1 I dut t caie ate for anything am thins said plan nan I 1 aou ou ilat e iou oil know tile the ind vou von don dent t mind mi N belliz belli I 1 do do you bouc I 1 no so I 1 said sad billik cool I 1 it SIN dinvald vald diug labig 1 I tile the line inie lack ot of flout 3 ou oil put iut thit for plant plank aab as amp impassible ible all ll 11 lu coad ilo do was ivas to cale caie the moie fol foi bin ud without cresting tile the boi du line so suddenly I 1 eidl tree free ml kit lie he tic do nas ns to sit mt there ailin ind ild unrolling hk his aloes into inda ads mith ith illi clu bis colored h inda till abil I 1 giac Oll clonIN it eci thing la in the loom eccie sinnard iward on oil tint alij di it sh hugse tion lion tho calilli tall id ovel avei busi ich ness for the alist time etter that ind for malli main das dais the file hub bill jc jcck I 1 lic caule the 1 ON note to well thou tilt huttl I 1 colise 01 so nud and alv samid ud it last understood tb thit it this mill iwin to do 10 ill lam 1 I gor cn ice jb ab and aloin ills liking liling fol foi hirn him aud and as in an c ON pi estion or of th ill it t liking g also ile hv v vib lb un aride aile of Illin ls 3 ie ge ciccil unerring business sagacity sagi gagi city ks s for the he quid pro quo timid had ills itel fl nil tile first on a business ahe arc hery of major belli Beli Nothel sheet flight IAU ha knock knocked ci the lei kei stone fiam the saudi cite and the dam which mide the golden pool possible collapsed collapse a lur da planks bio bicken lerg nho worked pi iab with buckets and mops the double treachery of quarreler was noti non pei apparent to plink dink alward true to his N ord held his bis stock in the faro of ruin aemil ll furious with mith the major and beginning tp te floal boiu the ingeb and plumping tile loed boot book down on her knee 1 I 1 hae blan lm imprudent prudent said syl nia la in a lot ion iolue aca lod loa arvan mrs perrall looked at her keenly that he has been here 1 no I 1 telephoned him and I 1 asked him to arl arhe e N etli tile lue oh sylila nhat nonsense wb abi on an aith baith do you stir yourself up ill b that bat sort of silliness at this late late date na hit u us 4 Is it ca cant u t sou on lot let him ilone alone are you stephen Sl ards I 1 weeper I 1 I felt as though I 1 were ere for awhile ile he Is ill I 1 jtb IN an illness that think god you are not going to nure through life don t look at me that wa dear 1 I 11 m obliged to speak hildhl hilb hl I 1 in obliged to birden mi heair to such a 1 monstrous idea glace giace I 1 cannot endure endri e you ilou must are iou trying to drug ioui salli self with mith lomance so aou ou wont mout ri when you see it mab as no beison for I 1 ott to till to sti stiphen alien no 0 o id ed 1111 impulse pulse monad aou ou it NN wa as a o sentimental sentiment ill the delicate adill meddlesome ome of oui rice nee and if that poison Is 6 lu in aou ou its v y ell for 3 ou on to know it I 1 it is in me slid sa silvia avla staling at tile the fire or then 3 ou on know bit to do for it 11 no I 1 don t well I 1 do said glace giace tic de land and the sooner you you marly many lioard lio ard nud and lu trench yourself behind your pride the better off aou ou 11 be 1 hats hat s where N here fortunately enough you dif it 18 lit in me said fer croul om your ill ancestors you are unable to understand marital treachery you d make it alvel for us all 11 it it true said bald sylvia sylila dellbe ratel that I 1 could not be treacherous to anybody but I 1 am wondering I 1 am asking just abat constitutes tri acher to ruji self I 1 vas ivas in ione oe with him I 1 lou ou knew it you liked him insisted grace pa 0 no o loved him I 1 know dear your theories are sound in a general wa but whit Is a girl going to do about it iha ubba she oita joics a auau could 3 ou on till me if ou mirry him baid id mrs I 1 errall quietly your life will become a bell I 1 yes but would it make life any easier for blint asked sylvia 4 how to know that you had been dra dragged ged down 1 l 0 no o I 1 mean could I 1 do aej an thing tor for aln bl n 0 na o woman ei or did that Is a seri sen tl thue montal lital f of the emotional 0 no o mi ti did help hell 1 i man in that wa waa sla if ION DU were mere the only question and it if aou ou do trul love him I 1 well I 1 III I 1 d lie be fool enough to adisa c pu to lie a fool ran then I 1 ou oud d bt be so surry rry you lou know what houi future alty lie be you lou know N what hat you are fitted for IN ant aliat liat cin ou on do with out jut howard in ili till elih town tonn our role would be a very minor one without how aids money and you know it il I 1 leg ci I 1 know knonk it and soar could not help hell tint thit doomed boy ashla nodded assent thin Is there an N ch chelte e Is J there in an question lu of NA whit bit to so eo 1 sla looked out into the winter sk through the file lops of snow tree the tark deathly of n intel I 1 kjuder it aroon la the lie that b bid ill scouted scented the all anici her ambition alij ll 11 tile lie ghosts of bester estor d dai IN 0 o she sit ill mole Is no of choke choice I 1 I 1 not no N lial must in III for a oel or more tile the suo ca caldei M the sot set in fit and the demce dellice of ash NJ ft I 1 ell uble I 1 tile pace in tile the V lull bill on the ON ce e of the foitl foit it tys nud and aln it ri ind nt nat et mca tell shmil or n to i bilu ain UIL ol of baili is ind in ill tile the flitt of lout she hid welcomed ni in fault for pi alual n ind i chloice to take hot a I 1 he ring brict e rif of ludlia elisue tui fol in the of bici lei ROI sh did not know IN what hat th it nic ant ro qt U beloli LAI bill m cut I 1 li I 1 cule cuic of hot hei soul she m is fond of f I 1 ithai urtis who if lit hl M ca cio L C cei cl I 1 lall a MIS alo cerv foot of qin i foet feet i maii inan simple good ind iric ibe louied little Op tilt nc it t be belf coll fesIo 1 loy loi I 1 nord mord nith inith I 1 lather ither curtic it wai f iahlo lible to idgie ithai 17 culen laid tui rot that ri bisou she shian fron fro n ann am demand upon his time ant en 1 gujol ehe it at st berold s nn an I 1 belled to bici let ositha vas a teat gloat lr dc I 1 loj iq 10 lc lo a bilut lu in liei lie sub dued no plumage lud iud nerv erv devout dole doig uis ill nothing not liing confession not 1101 tiLl b s oce lifted eves gh theli gabe ilice seemed deemed lost in devotion oi 01 drowned lu in the contemplation of the spirl tull and remote plank came docilee doci lel from his dutch reformed chuich to sit beside LOIN As for once a Nestr vinan he neier came caino at all then vilis nas a new set of men among he be hid recently drifted to the unfeigned tits gust of gerith gentlemen men like ble major bel aether club moi in the commoner and nd more sinister ulster sl interpretation of the word Alor thuel sti ed oat at night nery ery frequently nom BOB also be appeared to first feared that he reid read in s drawn and sullen face it a premonition of the eier eer dreaded symptom quarrier has telephoned asking tor for a conference at last ile he said bald abrupt 13 1 sitting down beside sl beward ard I 1 well inquired elward I 1 how do you interpret that I 1 I 1 am Inell inclined ned to think he be Is a bit uneasy said plank cautiously I 1 ilar biar aln ton made a secret ecret trip to albinj albini last m eel eek it looks to me as though mere ere going to be a ghost of a chances toi rot tin an suppose I 1 meet ml ill right did he be suggest a dite date I 1 vt it I 1 tills this I think ob plank laning lading ills his halt consume 1 on oil the afla saher er tin tia I 1 that I 1 id d bet toi tet go BO downtown down doin tonn and see what out oui II CIll friend quarreler wants want sl bl wild lie is a bid ruin mm and cliffy cie inch of him ob come now in fiction liane hap no saving qualities ion L oil nola baird lf if anybody in re reil real il life bollig being biti bid no I 1 dlan dian t ind quarrier lai 1 t for example lie he Is 6 klud kind to valuable alual able Jle aril mils I 1 I 1 mean ills his awu boxill good to tile hie bid mans s invariable characteristic laughed si 1 m ward a rd I 1 im fond to em too W whit b I 1 t else la Is he be good to even Ever iboa bod know s that lie he baat djs nt a poor lelit lon aft not one lie ile Is ION lo 10 ill al to them in a rire way ile he filled ailed one company full of them it Is known downtown as ab the home destitute nephews plank the man must hai haie e something good in him I 1 because of i our theor 2 iles es I 1 li believe clieve that nobody Is en ell bad so do the great misters of fiction plank flank said gravel I 1 he Is a good son eon to his fataei that la Is perfectly true kind considerate dutiful loyal loral illie I 1 he financial world Is perfectly adire aw ire that stinley stanley quarrier Is today the most unscrupulous old who exea crushed a refinery or debauched a and his son no more believes it than he be credits the scandal on ous history lil story of the itra vi NN o nau of aall all had never neier before seen plank ai owed and he sald bald so go billit 1 I hit Is true said plank earnestly 1 I waste little temper over rn likes illes ind dislikes but what nabat I 1 know iknou and what I 1 lufen concerril concerning ug the younger Qua riler is enough to rouse any mans auger I 1 mout lei te 1 you vou what nhat I 1 know I 1 cali cant t it lus 1115 nothing to do with his hia fi nitch od nothing to do with ills his business but it Is bid bad all th blow ills his father truck jt at the late gAt of the arih the son atril strikes kes at it tin tilt deiv bostone ko stone or of fill all social rafe baid I 1 must go iio goola blakc c e aie of tint ankle ail am bool books I 1 c cai I 1 I 1 cud vou ton i nAthu you want no all ail right and don t worn norri bici an ali agi magod binate d tor for I 1 rt all illi bel bellee leNt nt t ate aie to frig frighten fri giten liten them biddi it n s 1 0 clock when lieu III 11 ink is us liLied I 1 ito to s suit still in UIL tilt 9 nt lit lull loll ind lust litt bull bul lillig ling UIL tin ulel stal jos of if 1 which hichi |