Show the of the by charles aville buck with illustrations fr from mt photographs of scenes in the play liw 1 wan co some ot of loui tells foils thought they ought to let aou ou kation because they promised to give you ou a san sa arote the informant inform int but the decided that it couldn coulden t hardly make no dine rence to you ou since you ou hane hae left the moun bains and it if you cared anything about it you ou knew the time and could of 0 been here hoping this finds you iou mell face clouded he threw t aind his eyes fell on the postmark the soiled boiled and scribbled don on the tible table and at math unseeing enes fixed on the studio vail nall bothe ind had cast him out of their councils then tl already thought of lim him as one ft ho had been in that pasi passionate onate rush of feeling e en thing that had happened since lie had left misery miser seemed artificial ind and dreamlike lie he longed tor for the realities that NN ere cre forfeited he rant N ant ed to press himself close to the greit great gray grai shoulders of rock that biake through the gree greene nei ii like giants tear ing oil oft soft raiment those ere hii bib people bick back there he should be run ning ding inith the volt pack not coursing beagles he had been bean telling himself that ile he vas loal arid and no DON lie realized that he aas as drifting like tile lie lotus eaters caters he rose and paced the floor teeth and hinds hands clenched and the seat standing out on his its forehead ills his advisers had of late been urging him to go to paris pans ile he had refused and his reason had been that in paris lie he could not answer a sudden c call il he bould go back to them now and compel them to admit his lea leadership tie iship then his eyes ees fell on the unfinished portrait of adrienne the face gazed at him mth ith its ite grae sweetness its fragrant subtlety and its fine finc grained delicacy her pictured lips aps vere si lenity arguing tor for the life lie he had found among stringers strangers and her MC tori i han le e been an aas one but for the fact that just no his cori con science clence seemed to be on the other side civilization mab to years ears old a thin keneer oner a cen tury tur of feudalism and nonn no the con cen wry was nas thundering its call of 0 blood bondage but as the man struggled 0 er the dilemma tile the pendulum sfung back the hundred nears ears had left also a heritage of quickness and bitterness to resent inbur and inaus tice his on people had cast him out cut thea the had branded him as ab the deserter they tell felt no need of him or his Is counsel very veil uell let them have I 1 it t so ills his problem had been settled for him ills gordain knot AN was a cut 11 silly and hit his unel undo alone had his address addres this letter casting him out must have haie been authorized by bv them brother spencer acting mere us its amanuensis alicy I 1 hey too lad died him allm and it if thit th it were true ex e cent for tho the grnes graves of ills his parents the hills had no tie to hold him sail sall I 1 he gic aried dropping TIN his fico fice on oil ills its crossed arms while 1 his is shoulders hel lIders heaved in an agony agon of and his 1119 words came in the old crude syllables I 1 loved loud believe in me it cf hell froze ile HP rose after that and made a fierce gesture with his el clenched fists all right he said bitterly rm im shet abet of the lot of 3 ie e I 1 am in done I 1 but it was easier to say the words of repudiation than to cut the ties tint that nete knotted about his heart with a rin r inkling kling soul the mountaineer left nex new york ile he irot sally a brief note telling tier lier that he NN is go ing to cross the ocean but his hurt pride foi feib bide de his pleading for her con li dence or adding 1 I love loe you vou ile he plunged into the art life of the other side of the seine and worked vora nora ile he was nas trying to learn much and to forget much one sunny sunn afternoon when ihen samson had been in the latin toi foi eight or nine months month the concierge of f his its lodgings h him as he be pissed passed through the cour an eni envelope elope ad in the hand ol 01 adrienne les lea cott As lie he read it he felt a glow of pleasurable surprise and wheeling lie he retraced ins its steps briskly to ills his hodg ings where lie he began to pact pack adri enne had written that she and tier her mother and wilfred horton were sail ing tor for naples aples Is and commanded him unless lie he were nere too busy to meet thell their steamer within two anno hours lie he va na bound 0 u nd for lucerne to cross the italian frontier hi by the slate blue waters ol of lake maggiore Mag giorc A fex few weeks later samson and ad rienne were standing together by bv moonlight in the turns of 0 the coll seum the junketing about ital italy liao hao been charming and now in that circle of sepia softness and broken columns column he looked at her and suddenly sudden achec himself just what does she mean to vou nou it if lie he had never neier asked himself that thai question before he knew no DO that 11 must some come day da be ansiN answered ered friend ship had been a frood and seemingly a sufficient definition now lie he nas not so sure that it could remain so 0 o then his thoughts went back to a cabin in the hills and a girl in ili calico ile he heard a voice noice like the voice noice of a song bird saving a mg through tears 1 I t lie without Nit hout ve ae samson I 1 jest couldn coulden t do hit for a moment lie he was N as sick ick of his life it seemed that theae stood before him in that place of historic wraiths ani and memories a girl tier her eves enes sad but bul loial and iNith without out reproof liou ou look said adrienne studying his countenance in tile the pallor of the moonlight as though you vou see sea ing ghosts I 1 am said samson samon lets let s go adrienne had not vet jet seen her por per trait samson had needed a few fen hour of finishing when nhen he left nenn ew loik though it was anas aik oik which could be b done annai from the model so it wa na natural that when nhen the parti reached paris pans adrienne should soon roon insist on oil cros crossing ing the pont font d alexandre ill III to his bis studio near the alch foi at ar inspection of tier her commissioned canvas for a while bite she Nan wandered dered about the busine businesslike place littered with nith the geat beai of the painters craft it was nas in ill t L xiam wa a form of mind mindi leading cading for foi samson s brush inas w as the tongue of 0 till hr soul the girls girl s eyes e es grew gren thoughtful a elie ehe saw ai that lie he still the leering saturnine face of jim asbergs he had not outgrown hate then bul bill she said nothing until lie he brought out and set on an easel her own onn portrait for a moment she gasped with sheer delight for the colorful mastery mastern of the technique and she would have hae been hard to please bid h id she not been de lighted with mith the conception of tier her self mirrored in fit the canvas canas it was inas i a face through which the soul out sho showed Ned arid and the soul was strong and fla flawless iless the girls personality radiated from the cani canvas as and 3 vet et A disappointed little look clo crossed sed and clouded tier her eyes eves she was inas cow conscious cious of an in definable catch of pain at tier her heart samson stepped forN forward Nard and ilia iN waiting alting eyes eves too were nere disappointed you don t like it adrennie Dr ennie he anxiously anxious lv questioned but she smiled in answer and declared I 1 love it he went ent out a few fen minutes later to telephone for her to mrs lescott and gave gaie Adi lenne carte blanche to browse among his portfolios arid and stacked can vases ases N until his return in a few fenn min utes she discovered one of those efforts which she called his rebellious pictures I 1 these were ere such things as lie he painted d using no model except memory e perhaps not tor for tile the making of finished pictures but merely to give gine outlet to his feelings an outlet which some men might have hane found in talk tins tills particular camai was roughly blocked in and it was nas elementally simple but each brush stroke had been thrown throan against the surface with ith alik concentrated fire arid and energy of a blow blex except the strokes ill tint it had piloted tl e face arid and there tile brush had seemed to 1 kiss as the canvas tho the picture a barefooted baie tooted footed girl standing landing in barbaric simplicity of dress in the aglaie of the arena slilla a gaunt lion couched douched ending her her head was lifted as though she were listening to fara iNay music in the eyes via im indomitable courato coura fco that canvas was at once a declaration of loie ind a adrenne set t it up eai eqi e her or ON own n I 1 portrait or trait ra an and is as ile he studied the two with till 1 glicr 0 r C chin bill rest ing on oil tier her globed hand tier her eyes cleared of questioning now all slip know that nihat she missed in tier her own more beautiful likeness it hail had been paint ed nith all the ot of the mind the other had been dashed off straight from the heart and this other was sall salli she rc replaced placed the sketch where alie he hall found it ind and samson return ins ing found her busy with aith little sketches ot of the seine 0 0 0 0 0 Dr brennie ennie pleaded 1111 ft altred fred horton as the two tino leaned on the rail of the returning from europe are ou on going to hold me off in definite lie ie served my seven bears ears for richel and thrown in ome extin time am I 1 ro no beirer the goal BOB the girl erl looked at the oily oll heave beave of the leaden and cheerless atlantic and it its somber tones found reflection in her c chei eq she shook her held head I 1 wish nish I 1 knew she said then she added I 1 in not worth orth it altred let me go chuck me out of bour our life as a little alg who can cant t read her ov ii heart N who ho is too utterly selfish to decide upon her own life Is it he put the question with foreboding that after all I 1 nuh ch a prophete prophet 7 9 H hae ae 1011 ou and south wiped your dour feet on the doormat doorman marked platonic friendship iia have e jou done that Dren adrennie Dr ennie niel she looked up into his eyes ile her own onn were wide nide and honest and nery ery full of pain no she said ne w e hanebut hai en t done that yet set I 1 guess u we e N wont on t I 1 think hed bed rather stay stai outside it il fred it if I 1 wis sure I 1 loed him and thit that he floied me I 1 d feel like a cheat there is ie the other girl to think of and ana besides I 1 in not sure what I 1 in want ant mi self dut but I 1 in m horribly afraid I 1 im in going to end by b losing you both I 1 horton stood silent it was nas tei tea time and from below belon came the strains of the ships ship s orchestra A few ulster muffled passengers gloomily paced the deck lou ou wont lose us both brennie he slid etea steadily dily liou ou may ma looe loe 3 bour our choice but it if ou find lour able to fall back on substitutes III be there waiting Nal ting for once lie he did not meet her ecru tiny tin or know of it ills his ow CNN it e es x w ere fixed on the slow swing of leavy I 1 eavy gran gra green waters naters he aas was smiling but it is is 1 man mail smiles N when lien lie he con coll fionte despair and pretends that enery thing I 1 it quite all right rhe girl looked at him with a choke in tier her threat wilfred she said laa lading ing tier her hind hand on his arm im not worth nording oner oer realia im not dot it if samson south proposed to me today todi I 1 know that I 1 should refuse him I 1 am not at all sure that I 1 am the lest least little bit in to oe e i with ith him only don t sou 3 ou see I 1 cant be quite sure I 1 im in nota it would le be horrible if we ne all made a mistake ils tahe may ma I 1 have till christmas to make up in mind tor for all timea tell nou lou then dear if 11 you ou care to NN alt aft CHAPTER XIII tamarack spicer sat on the top of a box car siN swinging nging his legs oer the side ile he was clad in ili overalls ard in the pockets of his breeches reposed a bulging flask of red liquor and an un bulging ray ra enNe lOPP tamarack had been railroading for several months this time he had made a deli ne record for sustained effort arid and industry indus tn but nox now june was beckon ing him to the mountains with naga aga bond 3 earnings yearnings for freedom arid and lei sure mini llan ill things ings had united his soul almost four sears had passed since samson had left the mountains arid and in ili tour four 3 beirs ears a woman oman can change hei mind sail might when ihen they met on the road greet him once more a as s k kins its man mail and agree to forget his bis faulty faults method of courtship this time he would be more diplomatic Yest yesterday erda lie he had gone to the bobs and called for his time today toda lie he was paid oft and a free lance As he be reflected on oil these matters a fellow fellon trainman came along tile the top tell of the car and sat doi down n at tamarack tamaracks Tama racks a side this brakeman had alo al o been recruited from the mountains though front fron another section oler toward the Virgi virgilla pla line so N er e qu quintin quitt ittin ln ober ed the new neva corner comer spicer nodded coln b bick ick on 9 again tamarack answered vath a jerk of ills his head I 1 ie e been kayin off ter tell e some thin tarn lam rack cut tier her loose I 1 laid oer in hlson list last week an some ome fetters that used ter know knon nn mi mothers folks took me down doun in the cellar of Ho hollman limans store an gle me some licker X ahat hat of hit bif 9 was bout bent iou ou tt NN hat did thea the aay 9 I 1 seen that they the was as enemies of sours ours an the sit in no good hu inor so when then axed me et ef I 1 snowed ae e I 1 lowed I 1 dlan dian t know knon good about I 1 had ter cuss i e out or git in trouble my iselt self j ra tamarack marack cursed the whole hollman hellman tribe and his companion went on jim asberry was eivir ile he boxe lowed d 1 they the d I 1 out thet ell oud 1 I done shot I 1 puri pun thet time an he said the I 1 brakeman paused to add emphasis to ills his conclusion thet the file next time 51 c come home lie lowed ON ed tr ot felt 3 ie e plumb shore her tamar tamarack a cl scon scowled led much ob 1 embed lie he replied at elixon tamarack spicer strolled along the street toward the courthouse ouse he e in wished to be seen so long 1019 as it was as broad daylight and he displayed no lie he knew lie he was nas and lip lie had plans plan standing before beforce the hollman store nere ere tim asberry aberry and several companions I 1 greeted tamarack affably ind and he paused to talk ridin alier 01 er ter mi ili ra ar inquired asberry lowell I 1 mout mont as inell ell mind of cf I 1 rides with mith ie e cs ca fur es cb jessl jess s places plumb glad ter have company compani dr drawled draxler tamarack the chatted ch ditled of man mans thin things gc ind and traveled scowls but when they the came to to those nar narrow roNs 8 i where here the th could not ride stirrup to stirrup each Jock lockey cycil cd for the rear Tosi position tion and the man i ho found himself forced into the leai lead turned in his sail saddle cile and talked back mer ii or his shoulder with van though ly careless eyes lich tell anew I 1 new the other was nas bent on his murder at purva a s gate asberr waved farewell ell and turned in Ta T marick roder rode on but shortly lie he bitched batched his horse horsa i in n the the concealment of 0 a hollow nailed with etli hube rocks and eared into the laurel he began climbing in a crouched position bringing each foot conr dewri acl and pausing often to listen jim asberry asberr had not been outwardly armed when he left spicer 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