Show the e F fighting Figh j ah ti tini e il ilg tt fl artl B ROBERT W CHAMBERS copyright b thee the u we publishing cowl cc any t edw b 11 bert tt IN Cha nithe LL redia laughed as s tile the two noun bill in the turned to nul not to lier her in mock dait then she came ame runn li 1 lack ack holding her gult free flom aiom hel hd little feet well slie he ns as mortimer tari tuned kd I 1 link all from tile hie 1 I idona to cou coll front her I 1 auld him said mortimer she aun tile coat ta it a c chali ha I 1 I 1 atoo stool I 1 I 1 I 1 moment lit hr h r findt Bi iger rs bui bug with her hilr pegs pcs then sat down on the touch taking till lug aiuto into her lip she IN wa IS v nery cry 1 pretty rc t I 1 V da daik I 1 k slim glim mar verous lv grice k fill in her c cy MON movement ement lan call t vou lot sen ea him to she asked I 1 suppose 0 go o sald said mortimer glon s 1 0 w 13 1 1 oh 1 tle lord how I 1 clat VOIL ini fcc mm idin to anto this bust busl ino aest agi isn t he be misused cd 3 out oui confidence chasn t he be taken your money monedi t she asked it inai ina lie be unpleasant for you roll to tit mike ike him but 3 ou re a cow con ard if sou don t I 1 I wish I 1 id d held beh fast now I 1 lien never er supposed plant flank would take hold bold it was that driveling draveling dri old Belv ether who bo seared me iliff the minute I 1 saw him scurrying to cover color like 1110 n R singed cat I 1 was nag fool enough to climb the first tree I 1 ve hid bid my lesson little alil 1 I hope hoie you 11 glie ghe howard tits hie S somebody ought to she rho said quietly about half past 8 they dined in a white agite and pink ank dining room furnished in dull gray walnut and served by a stealthy ete althy white haired pink skinned butler they hid had planned to go tor for a spin in mortimers Mor Mort timers liners motor after dinner but in view of the quarrier flasco fiasco neither was 16 n the mood for anything do you vou know knoll leroy she observed Ned as the left the table and sauntered back into the he pale blue drawing room do you know that the sen seri ants been paid for three months oh for heavens en s sale sake he be esposti don t begin that hit sort of thing I 1 bet enough of thit that th it tit nt home I 1 get it every time I 1 show my nobe I 1 I 1 only mentioned it she slid said care le cesily gly ou had bad an opportunity to make howard you back whit what ar are e nou ou going to dor do do of course IOU ou are going to do something I 1 sup suppose poe you bet et told me how you intend to mike make ilow how ard return tile the woner loll 1011 v ou lost through his juggling T ith 3 our stock 1 I dont exactly know myself admitted mortimer still oer flushed 1 I mean to put it to him square is as a debt of honor that he owes I 1 asked him whether to invest lie ile never neier warned tile me not to ile he Is ig re 11 slie she nodded 1 1 11 tell him so too blustered mor ilor timer shaking g himself into an upright posture and laying a judg clinched et cst on the table im not afraid of inin him ile he 11 find that out too I 1 know enough to stagger him not that I 1 mean to use ube it im not going to have hale him think thin that my denial ds on him for my own property resemble extor tion pie ive halt half a mind to shake that mono monc out of him in one way nay or an other lie ile struck the table and looked at her for further sign of approval I 1 in not afraid of him lie rea repeated ted 1 I IN ish to god he were here and id tell him so 0 o she said coolly I 1 I n was as wishing tb tint it too I 1 lor or all achie title they sat silent plot pled avoiding cach tian other b direct gaze hen she iobe be started Nat watching ching her la in a wiy nay as she IN liked to the telephone hall I 1 she asked qui quientin etIN turning to lim him her hand baud on the re receiver ceiNer walt wail WIN W n hat are you going to do lie he stammered call lit him in up shall irl f A dull throb of fright bulged through idin him you say 3 sou on are not afi aid of him leros no he be lid with tin an oath 1 I am not Goah tad aie unhooked the lie receiver after i a second eo ild or two her low IONN llen even olac eliere cime came a giue she restad one elbow on the IN alnut shelf the reel receiver cr tight to her ear then mr cleage its il mr air howard honnard no 0 o no name say ay it Is on oil I 1 usi nesi of immediate lindor tance cri anil then aou trial nn siy say that ml 13 s insists on speaking to him le ill hold tile wile she ibe turned the receiver at her en it and looked nar narrow carroi roI 1 at mortimer A on t b ha to you I 1 lie he ile de mandod I 1 m olna to find out bluh a mo ran ment it and in the watne i friio calu almot almost childish voice oh howard lq is that oua acs ics s I 1 know I 1 not to to do this but that was before things happened well IN whit hat am I 1 to do when IN lien it Is necessary to talk bill to loll jou les ICIS it Is n I 1 tell vou noli it Is I 1 arn am sorry it Is not convenient for aou ou lo 10 fall to me but I 1 coilin ask boj OJ to listen NO I 1 shill nut lot 1 bilte 1 l to 1 wint to to YOU vou louisot boft je es you may div come clime hire bire ir if you cale 0 to o I 1 think ion bill 11 tin come how ird letu e 1 I mi 1111 melc to continue ringing bour ilione until loll 1011 m me ale Nt illing to listen so lacre Is U licie 1 I 1111 alone time nely deiy well I 1 expect li roola 1 she him baing lip kill tile the 14 neelu aul mined to lie co coiling ning up tip lit et once dl DI I 1 I 1 san sa an anything thing to lo scale acne bini one thing h sine lc 1 is idling lit fic s a con coll ird and I 1 in n slid lid of it lie milled lidded allea I 1 lellot lell olit lug ing ills ci cakir ir which hall gone olit if lie ile en co ile acs up HI in ills his motoi lir 1 11 II be he licci i i I 1 few fen rain minutes she quid suppose I 1 ou oil tak tike N out lint hat and 0 0 out I 1 dnn I 1 want him to think what lie ile will think if lie ile walks hit anti ill tin to luo n and buds cuds 1 on I 1 oil lian e N our ko I 1 cron cro VS IN ilk all dow to n tile block elul id when nihon loll 1011 see gee him loiue 1 in 91 oio aio C ill 11 the 1114 minutes jet loicl lud all IK alue a little incitti IL less arid I 1 IKI color na vis high MOW mir mer too coined alil filings bid bad bud denil begun to to boil oil them edits all cs out too ton na do YOU vou thrill that toaty it bast I 1 lie lie fl fa feied blied leoung about for ills in ill int lei le I 1 icille tint that 11 his is licea bele ir if qi anuci ik do ton roll think ile boiu le 10 long jig it in ili the I 1 1 it gt a LN alil by bv god I 1 it smells if Us of a put up jo joia to inc ile nut but I 1 gue iti ill rio it it iab lettjr for mo me to just happli in in I 1 it dont don t boigot to put pitt IN ie ic lie ile descended the lie stiers instill ier kle the lie butler held his int ind glos glo s and the booi for him once on the street ili ins o vas alas to flee got get out ret get ii anin from the tiido alta A gullen shame vis pumping the hot liloon alloo I 1 up into tits his I 1 neck I 1 eck and checks yn an electric haroin ha lew fien noiselessly pat him lie ile sin mk ink back into the blandon ot of a porte cocherl the hansom halted before the lime itono gaono basement ba ment house honse Y till tall figure left it stood a moment in the middle of 0 the sidewalk then walked quickly to the front doer door it opened and the man thi hansom still waited at too tile door mortimer his hands graling looked at his natch by the light heat of the elce trie bulbs ranking the gateway under indich he stood thero there n was as not much time in which to make up his mind yet his fright was Inci ensing to a pitch which began to enrage him with that coward conard cour which it Is impossible to reckon with fumbling with his litchke but with rouge enough left to mike make no noise he be let bluj elf in ili passed gI il lenth lentIN through the reception hall ball and up to the draw ing ln room floor where for a lecona he be stood listening then something of the perverted perer ted sent the blood into his bla eans ile he had him ile he had nin ilin him doon donn the game was at bay an inrush sh of exhilaration stead steadied led him lie bild lild lid his hand on the banier and mounted globes gloats and hat brim crushed ill ili the other hand IN ft hen he be entered the room he pretended to see gee onlo lidl i hello little girl he san sail laugh big are 1 lou ou surprised to at tint that moment he be caught sight of qumiller Qua iller nd ind the bt lie be gle gae was genuine enough never sever hid bad lie be seen in mans man iago such IN white hite concentration of anger rather unexpected if said mortimer staring it quarrier Is it if returned quarrier in a low voice I 1 suppose so go sneered mortimer did aou ou expect to find me here N nc did aou ou to find mei me asked the other with nith emphasis tal lable VI ant do you mean demanded 1 moi timer haarsel ho arsel ft hat the denil del 11 do you mean by asking me it if I 1 expect pd ed to find you here if I 1 had id not hane bae tjelle tl down donn to our lour office today to see you id have come here tor for aou ou naturally people suppose that an engaged man Is likely to give up this sort of thing 11 quarrier motionless white to the lips turned his eyes from one to the other ile he looked at lydia and his illis HIM moved 1 I ou oa asked me to come je e said no sou offered to I 1 wished to talk to sou onar the wire but her up tip curled and she shrugged shrug sed her aboul ders dem you seemed to be afraid of something or other I 1 1 I couldn coulden t talk to N ou in my own house houge with guests in the ro room one moment In interposed interpol terpo ed mortimer blandly As long as I 1 traNe traveled led down dolny town tonn to see be you and find lou here so unexpected li I 1 may ns as veil uell ta take k e ad vantage of this opportunity to alii late 1 i I little matter loll 1011 lou don lout t mind our talking shop for a moment I 1 ivela thank you its just a little business matter bet between leen mr quarrier ind and nn mi self a matter concerning a few felt shar baans 8 of tock stock s which I 1 once held in one of his bis companies bought at par anti and tum bled to ten ind what Is the frac friction tion quarrier I 1 foight quarrier thought deply deeply for a too mo ment then he be elsid ajl bis head looking locking full at and under ills his still beard an edge of tooth teeth golmini ald ri d did you vou IN wish agh me to tale take back th bb tres nt at pir par I 1 I 1 he asked exactly I 1 knoll knew IOU ou would I 1 knew knell IOU oud d see fee it in thit that wn ried cried Morti Vor tiner ncr lj ix ertil Cun confound found lt it ill nil quarrier rier I 1 ne u ilens sald said 30 ou u wiio thit that sort fort of mail blat you it aci nci acer or let a friend lit in on off the top tell flon do i and kick him kir clar to the alii li alli it Is s a livit mattei tei of fact I 1 sold eold out nt at 10 3 annalt ft ait lures lb a pencil iseli OIL tile me that pill pd on your ack hele nou lou ale aie lib cis enough to figure out how bow much you owe one tie ne ledla would you mind hunting bunting up ill abit it check book I 1 icet here lefore din lie HL hall made i mistake the girl nabbia tie he cholea choked up ui aai an I 1 cast a star tied falanco at quarrier put pitt Quai amnier iler it if lie he lii ird made tio 60 motion of under standing perhaps it had bad not loeu iel ar to him of the con spinier alwa icil lie he hall had flunked ills figurs he them eliom tracing eich total with ills hi pencil s point then auletti handed ali tin itald to aoi timer who nho went oer it ind anti folded that it alas collect ldla ilala lose logo Quai iler bald lid without lt bout looking at it her 1 I line it il blink check walh me may I 1 U use e one of these pin ila pi n 0 0 he be b hid ill brought a check it II ili id he supposed that a heck chek might I 1 ic c sai sin I 1 when I 1 N dill callet him up upa AN wi I 1 lie prepared to unit ann am of her too ecal iffie up tip af pf aice on oil the ancl encl Vs ng lonz ion Ts is loll ion halo a ch check eck with ali 11 ald aid ivall qu letl i ippo c lou ou limpin add to co mr mor time s amount elhat ft hat loll 1011 on lind intended intend cd to offer ire ile he staica it at her without anan cring I 1 ahat hat little fill coi old times time s ike ake noil dout t loll 1011 ou ic collect coll e et 0 no o I 1 slid qaid Qu ariter wh lI oNNald didn dian t sou pro promise lule ue ile ill oits oils of things alien I 1 wanted to go to ioui friend nir mr and eplion tint that it was nag not ills fault I 1 sot got into the Patroon 3 club don t t 1 ou on re r e hemli lr r I 1 felt thit hit lie alas expelled that I 1 was kniph to milte to the goNer norg and d tell them lion I 1 took ferlic s clothes slid and dibie 11 ole to tile the club tit ni 1 I waited until I 1 att j a lot of men go in nud and then crowded in IN niah ith the push mortimer ws was staring at Quart quanwei ici out of iiii his ebe 03 es iho rah kill gal lein ed do liberate albera te self pos posted ced t the it e red lips edged it NN n ith t h growing scorn tint that was a dirty gilck said mortimer heavily lie ile too took the pad added a fig ure passed it to IA I A din slid and she dial is the cool wrote rote a de bald total underscore ing it beat hea heair lr that Is 13 the amount she qaid aid quarrier looked rt the pad chich w bich she hall had tossed upon the desk then lie he slowly wetted his bis pen with nith ink and laying the loose booge check flat began to fill it in afterward he dried it arid and read in ing it carefully pushed it aside sell aed rose I 1 it be ad adi isable for 3 on oil to stop payment you TOU know ob sered A mortimer Ingo insolently lenth iving back in his chair and stretching lit his legs I 1 I 1 know libow said quarrier pausing to turn on them a deathly stare then be wont away afeei awhile ax lille they heird heard the door close but heie vias vas no sound flora the elee and mortimer rose roe and walked to the IN window indoe lie ile a gone he be said lydia stood at the desk examining tile the check beck we ought to afford a decent torn it lug I 1 car now non slip suggested 1110 like that yellow and black car of mr planks ITO M bri |