Show DRAGONS DRIVE YOU by EDWIN BALMER copyright by edwin fi Bs iliner aliner waru service CHAPTER XII continued 19 yes sea said bald agnes losing breath can you do something she caught his sleeve 1 I dont know turn to father can do no more just now and jeb mr braddon davis would be frantic it if lie he helped him put but you cant put up money for him 1 I cant admitted cathal not to liny my amount such as he will need but not all there Is to do ile he got hn his capital by borrowing on his bis life insurance I 1 dont know how one does that do you yes tes his birth birthday birthdays daS october 2 29 why it was just something I 1 wanted to k know now said catlin cathal and held out hla his hand hers was in his he held it and then he let go cathal drow avay amay with ith a calendar superimposed over the other excite ments in his mind today was the twenty fifth of may so davis ayre borths birthday was mas four das and five months away that meant that in all probability he must make his heavy payments of life insurance premiums within four days for life insurance practice flies fixes the date upon which a mans age changes an even half year six months before his birthday davis age changed therefore on the twenty ninth of april and on that date undoubtedly most of his insurance policies were written and he got his capital by borrowing on his I life ife insurance the premiums each year were due but the companies by common practice extended date of payment by a months grace so the final day for payment would be may 29 just four days off cathal drove to the city that dig night it lost only at times in the delights of his dreams of tier her with these lie he was haunted by desperate eyes and mens bitten litis lips Lins dales and cathal did not forget davis he received on the twenty eighth the full special reports which he had bad ordered from the commercial agencies and further a verbal report from his own investigator and on the forenoon of the twenty ninth carlial went to davis office davis after a time sent out word he could not see mr omara cathal standing stared past the secretary who brought this message he strode past tier her then and tried to turn the knob of mr door it did not turn it was locked perhaps during his wait cathal unconsciously had bad prepared the plan which immediately he adopted ue ile had bad not expected exactly this situation but he did not delay an instant ile he went to the window of the outer office which adjoined the partition wall it was open and he stepped out upon the sill A twin window also open was ou on the other side of the partition with a step between their sills cathal caught the sash bash and made the step and lie was as in davis office only after he had entered did davis teem to have heard him davis was titling at his desk with pen in his hand oer 01 cr paper ile he had bad been trying to write something sovi ething ile he jerked about dropping his pen he saw omara and started to rise but he did not uis ills hand darted to an open drawer beside film and came up with a II pistol stol which he be lifted not toward catlin cathal but toward his bis own head cathal caught him and they fought for the pistol it was like ilke grappling a madman blocked his bis arm so BO that tile the hand with the pistol pointed off but cambal could not get the pistol away then suddenly the pistol dropped it was on the floor and for the mo liioi iii oi cathal as outwitted lie ile thought he be had won and he lot let davis go davis fell ell bade back from him and cathal stooped for the pistol and ho he had it safe and had snapped the cartridges out when he realized davis was at the window 12 floors above the street there must be for a man still sane mostly a seconds halt before self de ruction st and so again cathal caught him he clutched him with both arms from behind and bracing his teet feet below the window he pulled davis back into the room and then cathal took no more chances he let go BO and regained his feet first and as davis stood up cathal swung with all his weight in the blow upon davis chin davis dropped to the floor on his face the office mee people were pounding at the locked door and shouting for admittance mit tance ft Is sir mr there cathal called through and when the partner answered you come in keep everybody else out lie he unlocked the door swung it enough to let in and bolted it once more ken stood gaping his partner at his bis feet the cartridges which catlin had bad ejected were scattered on the floor ue he shot himself I 1 ken whispered no said cathal 1 I took the gun away from him lies hes knocked out all who are ou omara Oi lara im a lawer lawyer 1 I came here as his friend oh our move now ow yours said cathal Is to quiet your people tell them anything you please and tell me later inter ill stay wit with him ile he was alone with davis again behind the locked door davis sat up dizzily what time Is it time said cathal and before he brought the desk clock into davis dails sight lie he turned the hands its after twelve Ayre forth be said its two minutes after noon your insurance has expired 1 I do it I 1 he broke down utterly 1 I do it for her cathal remained with him I 1 in m the office until two when he was able to communicate with robert glen ettli in his office and Glenel th came for the dark ones odes husband and took him home that evening nhen he arrived at the Lins dales cathal received a message to call miss glenelle Glenel lh th she would wait for him agnes told him film no matter how late it might be before he be could come to the house it was agnes who opened the door and they were alone lu lo the hall she spoke to cathal so quietly that he asked iles hes all right agnes glanced toward the silent stairs bees trying to get him to sleep ue he wanted to do it for her she caught his hand what can I 1 say to you nothing said cathal his hand bur burning ing from her touch lie ile wanted wante d to turn his hand and clasp hers he wanted how he wanted to draw her to him I 1 but he did not but tor for you she whispered but for you she closed her eyes and could not finish then she looked up at him again weve shared some terrible things you and 1 I cathal omara OS Iara she said may ilay we share more morel I 1 the burning that had been in his bis hand was throughout his body not more troubles I 1 mean mcall I 1 he said yet may I 1 have my part in putting them from you if they are to come I 1 her hand band was gone from him but she was leading him out onto the terrace where the lights from the house dimly shone do you remember the lightning timidly he be asked 1 I remember everything weve done together she replied with her tint that excited him through ue he was keeping himself from her carefully he kept to himself and she he wanted him closer when be did not move she did the times weve met she heard him say could be packed in a day do you know it 1 I know it what a day I 1 do you live in it ever ever again and again over and overt overl do you do I 1 17 ue he could speak no further to her ue lie stood keeping himself off as he had searching tier her eyes to in the dim light but slowly slowly his hands bands went to tier her she saw them ant and waited for them but they stopped and she seized his suddenly and she clasped her lingers fingers through his and so as he held to her she held to him and they felt each other quivering so its come to you too he whispered yes cathal OA OS lara its come to me too their fingers twisted together in glorious agony but what can we do with tt it do what do you want to do live la in our kingdom can we our kingdom where wherever you will be with me if you believe it IL believe what Cat cathal bal that its not tile the world of others that lovers live in its the kingdom of themselves alone it may be a marvelous movable kingdom for its wherever one limits the other in the city to have it you need bat bajt to together ether to shut the door or it may surprise you fiam no mure inure than a meeting unexpected amid the crowd of the street there ive told you but I 1 know I 1 know its in my fancy only with all the differences between us culi it ever be CHAPTER XIII bee not yet undressed lay on the tha bed beside tier her husband ne he had worn himself out and the bromide which she had brought him had made him sleepy nt at last but she could not sleep A car drove away and bee crept from the room closed the door carefully behind her and waited at tile top of the stairs agnes aenes did not appear and there was no sound below agnes meal 1 agnest agnes 1 bee called cautiously and tor for a moment she had the fear that her sister had driven away with 0 omara marn agnes Agn esl 1 agnes turned from the door where she had stood since he left her she heard bee at last and looked up and saw her she went slowly almost as if with difficulty and indeed difficulties assailed her but she did not feel them as her own for herself she felt no doubt at nil all she was defiantly exultingly ul sure aure of herself and of him agnes what have you done dome donel said agnes breathlessly what ill neier never undo whatever anybody says bee ive told cathal omara ill marry him her sister seized her what bhatt agnes I 1 yes whispered agnes 1 I told him what I 1 did but he fears I 1 dont know what I 1 mean why hes gone away what are you talking about come I 1 into nto my room begged bee before she remembered davis just beyond her door no yours said said to her sister and agues agnes followed tier her into her own room now tell me ae the lie dark one commanded for two weeks said agnes confusedly fu sedly he means to stay away were not to see sec each other he wont come here he fic wont even call me why so ill haie bate the time to myself to be surer do you need to be surer bee asked look at me agnes I 1 oh damn it youie got lit youre youie got it an and I 1 never had bad I 1 and ive my third child within me ive got him jet im glad of that you know dont you lie he knows ive made him know tie he tried to kill himself for me but you agnes you go ahead to hell with everything elsel else be happy happy I 1 tell you I 1 daylight laid upon agnes no do dismay through hours after bee had bad returned to davis dails agnes lay awake but she had slept at last to rouse to objects that showed again their sharp edges to glares and to shadows she shut her eyes again and curled to relive the enjoyment of Us his arms about her for the moment before lie ile had bad put her away from him when though he held her and she clung to him his own faith had failed him for he knew that it must be it was in some degree at least the world of others that they roust must live in and no desperate denials of its his own even though she joined in them could screen that world away jeb called up and it was strange to talk to him and never dever to cathal stranger still that be and neer cathal came to the house but she kept herself from debs hands tier her father was involved again in davis daal affairs and jeb again and unknown to davis agnes hoped was helping him salvage something every other day it seemed cath Catli its als name was in the papers and always accorded the new respect for he be spoke of men accused or about to be put on trial who too recently had ruled queerly and pleasantly on occasions through these long listless days she recollected everything he had said to her from the very first and with a clarity and completeness as if at the time she had memorized it so on one day it was the ninth of the ordeal of the fourteen she recalled how he had told her that ills his grandfather had died in the cold storage fire in the fair of 03 it had meant nothing to her but now she inquired of it and the next afternoon she was in the tribune tower asking to see the flies files of the paper for july 1893 so there upon the brittle and yellowed page she read his came cathal martin omara and she read what that cathal omara Oi lara nearly forty years ago had dared and done and how he had died and his wife who had been young then had had to look on winnie that was winnie who had bad been at the trial I 1 agnes went out to a taxi winnie on this afternoon was home alone as she often was and especially on the afternoons of tuesday and friday for then she baked bread first and next cakes she timed tills this baking to the school bells which at half past three would ring their release to the little girls and bys she stirred a great bowl of smooth golden batter did winnie and she poured a scant half of it into the lit big round tin for the family cake the bigger half by far winnie turned into her tins of dozens of little cupcakes for the bys and girls and for thew them when they came she had bad plenty of 0 milk in the icebox she had bad quarts of it today q quarts aarts beyond the family need for these were bitter times for then them about here as well as for the rich or them that lind had been rich so winnie sat with her huge bowl in tier her lap laii stirring the batter smooth with tier her big wooden sautin to lie ready once mure more for the childer chalder hys bys and girls and was it strange ige that it was tile little hot bryld hungry iya hya it 19 trousers and fc cuff cil franis will adil C il lit fit her liport i 0 tt ra |