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l3} Wincumw-mcl.m- an .1 'oontudol.‘ u ". tt.-a--tort-rotr." :rmtnth'hauue.'."rt2e Kuti' .' luv. - a. can. now-I m [noun-mm,“ Mia-bun Medan" ’OltheolmryJ I "does--Merertn uqthutubroum unto-u- aunt" :uwwmumu --atbrthntBo9tt"r"a"r Mfl’rmu ‘W! rm U,dlrttNPS'lfNdlt with your haatd--tt you _ to :0! no "on more 'teq.tr-a wu mu Wu In 1 melodrama and I a. VIM- at no place. But no you on man: u hum-n cm. I bu we a that may minim b. a In! hm Into I do v, - your obstinate mu. witt by a In who worship: you no hal worked my far your good, the umment " rather than tho-tried. You won 1-8. tn:- r:rrlt.t'tPAel's.' {can I .t . - up .mer. cud risked A [mt do“ to bring " “rely M um. Now, here you are In your on hon-e. which in mine " weil, and has you win my until your name u the can. u on. which one. was dear to mu - A A “W do you mean?" ' n-mmered have": an and any". ua bean, until I luv} the right to can - wife. my world to weak of you n " Emmi: up from the not; where I had resumed mud! to m questioning the enemy. - "That will be never'." I cried. "nog- or. ll you want me ever to forgive you, you won't weak of that again; Ind you ill] tell me the things you have no {at “runny left untold." I pointed to the penult- that (tuned tho can!“ aoor-dro" and on either side. "Yott in In the mystery of the hurt- nlped “r!" I went on. "I believe new that you hive aim” known Per. hm, than“ that woman. 81mm W. can you did not employ her then. you really sent her to as. - on the nub! when my Md moths died. Yen must tell me the truth." Roger had risen when I rote. and we mood hunt one. other. "Do you think." to aid. with BB- gnvulng Mac. "that you have nun the when '11 or dealing with no. mm? When ' woman of tact I“ ”nothing (tom 1 man, no man demand " with billing eyes " her rfqhtt do - be. " u s aver, Mum; um. Inc may be relay with rewards." __ "You cemlnly deserve s rev-rd." , ranked. "but not Inch I. one a you mean. And the mm: In my right, I do dam-Ind It. I came to all: houu been“ It wu promised to me." "Nd without eondlnans. Listen, mm. Than " n ny-tery. Bo much I“ my Io will. and l have known 1 "I “we. toe any yuan. It I told you " me In ln my mind. you mid Mlnd my much tbat must. “who rem-In dark and puzzling to you through your me. You would oven undentum why Aunt ErxrtrlF _ . .. A- n-‘ ”d. a. “II-v “I'm-II" In": “Ii- i“? _ “my: “mmihum‘ a; “an u..-‘.-._._ H... -- - undo left you on me man qthq and. - my In sued-thomo with I“ that Imutoyonlhndno‘mnx todo. T an may it: an everything you wish to Wot. to Shells or ‘Jenny Har- w.’ bot to my ‘83, Shell; Cope. Is h . burgIInY' _, __ - .. .... --___ --.. ""3133? u not." I and an no. t - nu on way." --__ _ _ " - __ an voice wu suddenly Bereq, the my aye- were forced to meet MI Ind dwell upon bl: widening puplh. " 'ootred at each other in silence. The: , upon out my amusing. with sudden union-(e Impulse. "Oh. when. a tool I was 00 come here!" I cried. "If I had only hm my Wm Ibout me, and re- manbered thet my tatheru--t mom that I: V”!!! Cope'l place. men I N we? “on. VII In this direcuon. I with have -peeted that poo were calmed In an. Bot I .tappooed on In. wu- Itm In: to Nansen, a n In been. l know. M rear.-----" "t and to have I am may for the NM mu " Mid mgtter home." Rm but. In. Inning. '1 would" " 3‘“. Fiaa' -. Gd wikta beg-AI ever comm more aitttentlue. for me wo- n- u walk "1 Mid “Ink than ever stooped to to my new," I tttttttt a Mm. on. a, m we" ready, like m. to - he armor at his self- ttomtriaeqetee, but suddenly I voice mod to th-per in my m. "A mama): 1M.”Kmd. "The " w -etree - tor the hon... How M than “an out-kl. your door “It." a nun" camnn. “-1.1qu 3' I - - Ivrw- __ -"-M. -- ”I. an 'hltpered. for I - “not only would M h e6re. "unra- - - a (no mun-Hon _ - " _ _--." “AL - ...-.-- - g-r-K-trp' mint-"0" umxmmmmu proh- "iivriaiiiuhtttieeteLtya1"'d _-i---- ---" A w - w ,__,,,, - "ai1T"tGaa,TrWiGioear_ hhqtml’; __----" "- Mt..-."""-'"" _m or: work man an "rtert .mmurtmummwt a” - I? M“ be "" "i'iaiaFriVtey-tet'tut" ii"G.GiiaiaGitieyteteyttet- ‘. __A___‘|.4 m the Pikipte. 'gr'u'tt'lu'1'Nl.'g -rqmmlrtWaaBt ' I aid. "H you won't an out m some other to no." 'fat tht out In In! other w-stu-a-aa-r-r.'". turfa"ftil'Cl'f, you mu an... "Inaugurates-I l iriiTiai.GGr-e.e.t"ft". m m pay vnyot ttstatsirtg.' manna-n. “on": -thl’mm. “all. mum-OW'" 8 “V. t.- - mu. .v....- "hat " the on. thin; I curt. hr an: . you to do." Run-- an 1"nttltell,t'lt, I have " least - no... pro-DOA“ you will be my wits. Can't you ttee-you" u you In. no“. you woman at In. world to ”M11. running: in m ‘33 - my ttrt to you. Shaun mm .303 mu um dole, I! you will. MK It“ " “much love of you. And In any event WI too late to tttit) at“ now. You and I must be mun “It 1 any to. with» 10’”an - ..abGuk-vorrtotttose.rttt_t “PIMnWiO‘M‘ iiFA-e-maaernaeuu2"P- "iiiiG"GGGa_tttaausoesk- W - I would no" not A7r'ir"if w you ml than. I‘ll ' :1 h. at. will nxphll." I twist I can to m w a... unru- w h: it”. - malaria-n. "niche-oh an. m- hon-e. new. wttttoot--" _ -re". ' “an my hands, but I wrenched an. only from him. "I Hunk I um tam to Mm mum. as you call her," I My said. "And I would like to an - now-in very moment-alone, without you." Roger had altered to let me opeak with “H1. Lush." and, (mouth he did not - well pleased at having been - taken a hla word, he did not will“)! to repudiate it. “Miss Leigh nun can. to you here." he said. Clo-ling the room. he pulled an old- maMoned hell-rope. A In! away Jang- i lint followed. Ind presently one grim- - com-n who had brought my hmktut knocked at the door. She U“ abruptly comamded to "send Mia W." and It was not long before my cumin] 'st"'""" of not night ap- pound. “I will luv: you together." and Rog- .. “But More going. perhaps I had boner man it clan that Shelia wishes you to explain why " has now become thoolutely Imperative that she should mum me." As he spoke he was at tho door, And an 'nartagtt later it had closed Min-d him. " muld have thought that, to ' - mum: of your intelligence. such qrzIthrnsttm" we" unnecessary," said the man in black. "Bat I can give then In t (a. Wort. - it seems, you In“. “(and your Mend: nn'd anemic: "an: cause tor gosslp. Sir Roster Cope bu ottered you the Chant. of rottabtlltgvtlntr yourself. He wan obllxed to use rather strong measures co awn-h " purpon. and It you I. not an in with 9.15 way of thinking. lune-d at mutm Ming Improved, they will hnvo been We (at war-e. You - at his house; everyone knows that n In tua house; the servant. and other. know man. you have been here slnce an eveuiur-Atttrt you came wmlngly. What will become ot you Lt, After " nun. you refuse to marry him?" who. t. t-zgo'thilsil; if“. he prdterred to have m explain!" I excl-lined. “I don't wonder that PVt'rt Racer Cope bummed "It mV mt be uni-am to hear, but It i the truth. I gave you very good - when I brought you to the door at all room In hour ago. I am sorry that you don't seem to have remem- hred It very welt, but " Is not too mt- yet. A. t an then, you have 1rTerr- thm to lose. or everythlng to 53m. Money. two cunning houses, the dbl“- tr to help your nlulvca (who (tom locoums I hove heard and I“ the halo that can be given them), " mvlabln position in some”. with part lull-cre- tlon- torgotten. All thls you have. on the one hand; on the other-but per- hnpn that plum is beat Iett to your Imagination." io -y It MID-ell.” M t moment I did um speak. Then I and. mom-Hy; “Plea” call BV Roger but again." A A ‘_ He was aummoned, and pretend! n9- penred, the woman In black meanwmuo Ilkll'I' no quenlonx. though her my (we expressed curlo-lly u to my In- (cations. "an m- Leigh'o eloquence been more tartan-(e than mine, in pereruad- ing you that there's only one count open t" Roger naked. "an. bu shown me that " other- tn dtitthnttt," I Answered. “Still, It I were to decide an. once, I should In: 'No, I cannot marry you.' Thar. In! Impubu now. but " you will give no your word of honor to go awlylrom ttert-Amett to London or to Ankh In” Court. ,rtt4dtever you choose-for two dun I rm m and think the matter clretully over. Miss belch an 31v. m. as much good advice " you mm, and I may dung. my mum." mun .tsruetred his lhouldm. "The longer you my here the Ian easy will I b. toe you to decide against me," In a“: MInmx-mubcwbew [In you your own way. But we will comm matters. I‘ll go and come but to-mor-tth the wed-1 Il- come of which I told you"' “Vary “ll. tttmt, to-morrow," I n nomad. "But. you w to now." "M you look out of um wittdow--or one In your on room-An Mun mtrt- - {tom new, you will no In. arm" on! an the we." "Wttttmtqqgretqttt- cum “a - new um you In" bought m WW. money." " was otserettp dwmmtony. autumn. “nut-ct. Nae-.mumtmumm WB.t..rhertr-teot-.tttetgq'att- hormone or not. I Ind no - M m: mu hut to you cm ft-_qrtthoert. mm “W! M ,rheeqk “Runabout lthhOMoulynut-Q- -tqgmtmeit' Duel... m mm V“ nu ht! Minuteman“. "an“ ultimatum: my - 'i,Tl'lt fd".i'rg,%"fdt2tt"f.' ' It I ummmmtun =tNga'h"tttM'ftNU'tl Human-um -r..0_t_ _ IOMOanW3 malt-Inuktitut- -iorsrtmR-rtoeoero- ,rtuettet-trettotrt- muwmtmnh-hu-I! ar iii Aieit_ee, __ _ In: nnmwmcm;-uvu mung-Humminuh mum-third: “duh-III may“; "rar-ttru.-- "seeo_hert-termrstste.' ”tummJ-umtm ulWMoo-unlngm an”! .tttgaaOttt m night. mo- mm-utoummm 'n-tw-e-s-tA" the tannin-1 Induce-1.00.0- .ret. nwmwaommm "rt_t-toesu"rit;andntrth" maul. u noel u any on“. " mud you. Vb“. to min com ‘nmmmmo run. for the ‘nhotumonochumomolnhun- (iiatitaiu-ttt-yerrmttt. In": mi - t in! I Inn. - up: tuning-rm to aux-ulna. can tor tttro" but”. who - mama a.“ the but but night. One. I ventured to uk qrhqthqr also had known an m to: 'NN' lb. _ a. - at I not an: It mu a all. "uptown by “can; in. Who- I. had lunged and left the dining- room. I heard In door being an ' [acted um I." on an nude. man!- 11 I (“and that the batter had been Instructed to do this. (or the “Mow- opencd on to the In". and it would be "er. (Much tor Inyonc who whhed to l walk out at the house. The IIIIthy Bound reminded me at the tea I had Intended to Ipply. end I Ink-ed SIM“ Leigh It Mte would tat" me though some of the principal roman. "It I decide to may " Roger Oops." I remrked. rather Mpg-nun “this will be my house, " you im- pre-ed upon me last nun; und natur- uly I mould like to know something of the tangent I may be mIkIng." "You Mudt no the whole house If you whh," said the woman in back. We were In the he“ mu with an ugly pillar: when t made the request, Ind 81mm Leigh run; . beu which presently brought the butler. “The ‘keys ot the room on "All ttoor," It“ laid; whereupon . bunch of Purge. old. (“waned Inn was produced trom I pocket and respectfully landed to not. "This ie me way. then, at unobtrul. _ Ively ma king me n prisoner," I thought; but 1 nude po comment aloud. and only requested. with due meeknun. that I might be. the room. on higher ttooo u well. Mm [can umounced that the other ken whlch might be needed were In her own punctual}; and torthwlth we began In Inlpecuon of the room. on the ground noor. “The home In no urge and there In no few person: In it at preeat," my compan- ton delxned to explaln. "tbat Blr Roger Iconslders n more prudent to keep the unused room: locked. except when they are went-L" GUI I med. no we. be: I though! that I understood. We “cited a number of hm room. all furnished tn the sly]. at Iona m. and I unmarked more intent than I renlly an. Inte place hid. tt I. (rue. n muslin charm or ”wanton cor me because " had been Sir Vincent. Copeu; and u my Idopled mother had been I cousin of the man 'he married. I doubted not that Ihe had been In ms house. though Arrbtt Mel! Court bid remained her home. At last we went upaulrv. each door huvlng been locked as we lam the room to which It belonged: and here my In- terest quickened. n In a childish (an. or hide and seek. when the player! cry "warm" or "cold" to each other. " there were In the home . nun who“ presence was to be concealed, I wu probable that his room were on on. of the upper Bottrs, ma each clued door that we renched might be mam; I mystery. On the ttrtrt noor some doors were locked. others stood open. lu' I had no- ticed last night on my arrival. But I soon satisfied myself that (to mom- which were not secured against intru- sion uttered no facilities for M4MOMr. even to l courageous and determined person. Their windows without excep- tion looked out upon a wurtyard. trom which evidently there wan no menu of ogreu, save by returning t2troMh the house. As tor my own room, myono Ittt,nyrtyyf to esinpe by the window- would have to descend into A moat. which Wu half full of want. comet“ with the nu green in". and - buds ot lines. My seal tor explanation apparently knew no bounds. tor I did not plan t single door without begging to - wit-i wu on (ha other side; And, with I weary Mr of resignation. the woman In black ouch tune Med my request. After I hid new everything on the urn tioor, I asked to visit the second. Slu- tn Lem offered no annual}, DIV. I sigh; and again the exploration Wu “hauling. "NOW there In only the third Bottr and the two (own: Ian." I "mm M. 1m - "I Ian-div thlntt that the third Boqr wilt Interest you." and my companion. "the new“ deep there. And u for the towers. they have been nod for A long um. " plura- to "are In can of rubbish which will animal-.2. ht old houses an -tton an" [unordhn punt." "Nevertttele-. te there'l c chum: ot my being “are” he". tuna-In: would be of Intern: to me," a ro- (urned; end with Another Huh I!" burn preceded mo urn-Ira. She threw on door that door. and. n she hid pro-d, the tour ot tnnpec- tion bee-mo {non than ever dull. I glanced Into the mum! rooms. Bot "emu” I wished In the knot " In 'rr8 bu been“. I mum-um um they many View ,ettot may pur- ported to be. The pan ot the bout oc- erqted by in. conun- an. In t onu- nto what. but (ha run-lung ”nun at m. and ttoo. was nu much and»? In In attmethtor, at " "out. to my new“ and. At but. hm. ' mu In - attempted m not“: to - A door whom opt-ha In.“ "I who” that an neutron..." mama-mum: or-e- at.rra-tat.eho-etreat'rrhe, muss-w In I i Pa'a'l'lMa In to" th".1i'iiilliFi1"a5i'ii'ii " " '4tttPat m. " out!" mug-.92!!! at”: "Wm-mur'xmu POI OVIR SIXTY YEARS “I on! “a d run “I; - l 'm In M Vow~“*wl mm at the.” " Donu- aMbro mu. --., m I ant-4mm ”a a. In: In w my - MttM'.ttht.'att',ttttut1' junk. lawman-nu ‘wmummwm 't',o,t,ofg"itf'""'"""'""" Milk!“ “wanna-mum t,'N'ttrtMtgftWttSrddtd all“ ”MIA-man. Intuit.” A trawl-3.0”"...- IQMIMMl-umlu ”ammo-awn "buy-Inland.» IMIlt-“hw-vd-nw In" «law " In... a I In "a max-ad Imuhmltopuw .artr.trrmiroematrtn-meue" amp the “I! my._ {IN-In gnu I. - In". Iain mu; aadtnoo-q-aetorr-t we undetmmrlluu-d. um. rum-aluminum“ Wudlmultcdl- tn Inqu- has. n (to won-hunt unkind) tt wan not. about“! in an "on!“ than "I. (Inc. ducts-m. During. the - 1|. no." I, m Ind Inn - high will 0:- ”was; my a. in. unu on In chro- portraits by to and” Cool thrown which In In! coated. and " m that I m on.“ (out detail.. But no. that Inn-I Leigh and I at together It khan. l - mum“ thch I nu not - ttMoro---- !hlng that round my mum: Ind cur- ‘W to in mm when. CHAPTER XXIII. The Boom Wtth tho lacked Door. In I corner at the room vu I m quaint}, painted In imitation " Wat- Mu; and from behind an - - viable u: old-[um eqeettMm. [run when I It! I could only no " In put, but the Mn wu “In to -.ntMt1waamuq.rromrre-ttt.- It, that " was either (no ens-rum wind: had .tood In up canton room " Ann): Men Court. or else on. stucc- " like it. I wondered very and: whether Roger (who owned the - mm In common with cvemhlu do. (but had been Lady Cope'l) Ind ml]! attached enough vain» ttt an old piece " (urnllure to tran: plant u here, and, 12 u. what ind been ttteActdertruta motive. I and nolhhu' of All that In In a, thought: to Emu-a Leigh. howeter; tea LG-s/Ana clock on {he with“! ”my chimed the hut-hour In" nun. I not. “munch: that I would “I. to co to My companion naked the maimed with “concede. relief; And Indeed. (at the put hour. linen vs hed teft tho 'trttter-tattie, our raver-Anon but M an - ot link. Show“! wiihmuhruthcaoa " my bedroom, pointing out her own door further down the hall. " Mod you which wu my room Carin. your tour of impaction thin Harmon." - um. "but I will remind m In". I- use you mould need Anything in it night. Not that M m may to IS. "an. I trust. “you. you win: wtthttse-toao-rqmrMrrt friend, Roger Cope. “no. and nu wnt Meep peacefully enough." "aixiiiis, 'ceHainly' not ' place tn be Int-tres- ot," I answer-d. diploma.- can]. A moment more and t was um. Still, there wu nothing to do 0.10 lo wait until the hou- Ihould b0 quiet for the night, " - did!“ un- pen “Ker that. my Ideu Vera vmo. but All my thought! wand mm tin Secret. - There wu no clock In the mom. hm I had wound 1nd net the watch whlda had come back from the pewnbroker'l. and when It told half-put ten I loom out Into the corridor. It we: um lighted. but very dimly. The cu Ind been lowered llnce I cane to m N. room, and n “In! you” It». as“ through the glue globe. M I. pause trom dukncuu _ _ _ For . tew mun!- law.” there was not . mu I. - Evidenuy the house 1nd am to II... for the nlght, and H I could hop. " do sunning. I might " well nut. an at- tempt now u Inter. _ _ I took I and}: In I tun-11m luck from my “(Aunt-bold“ butldldr-tn-n 001ml”... unleu It were no“... Wit“ . m I might hide ht the Mtadoe h and a sudden [In-tn. whlle With It I than” at once become I eon-plenum! in". M prying eyes. I walked Alon; the corridor until I hunted the lulu. And then} enuuon- tr Amended the two menu which In between my ttoor and the third my. Now and nun I board lumen-d un- der my IIIDDCM foot, ma I shop“. with A beating hurt. Ttqerhte hat-l1 Into an dull. But the no“. had only seemed loud I- .7 on (an: no on. also but! M and no door - to (rum . min. (not. . - - At an I menu no third thttrtr, which in. an the -t. Bond-o th-entntt-tt,aodresmV tntgtot-eetgsrrdoorrteihB- Conwumdmknpthow. low. everything Ind been --ear m 'ttantttarudto-twoutdBointbe end. tdeetaedtttatrwqmMeottrS" doornnd imam-only. Riv.- uuwmd by n Vice (no. It. can! IMO, I Md Net that my m ro- nrdingluunuhtww_ " Sudden”, " I (sound ”In”. the aoor,tt-tto-ttsatt+ mama-peak. Mr.e.rt--t bound. and. “not lawsuit-M11. t shunt tnto In Elk-l W " I tract 110-9"th emu-rc- “In! "ood but.” down the “I. - mxmlnmmwm monumen- within-lb.- MoundLmtchQo-m (Manama-gunning- annummmnmum M tnerr-thet-q-ters" t,tu",th"e.Nrd,%NTJ.T, Inn-non. "tgh Multan!- Immmmmm"~ml.llu “mmmmdw uon. "nutmeg-0g”- - __ shown-“M‘s” mum: tom ()0me Myanmar-no. local-u” ttt.qaqtro-re-'_""t_tyt'" macaw-0.311“. “l..- nocmm Amman-”nu ”mac-"mutt. In (munch-mumm- "ii-ie-ta-err'." "out-Imam“, "et.rt--r..A_ ro.nr--,teeiet. Imnmhlmallguorhngq. mtg-n I an " - 'ry In: ain'aihimu __ Von-uh. fie%'tf,,1"p,'i,etuthtttht E365.“ waif-m" u-.. ' haw-#31900“ IN, tatett'arrgPt, '0. than“. in which”: , nun-Mun! "gun-mural NquuMuh-I- can. 'odeB-iar-i_n- ”u. ItFaid-%-' ItgPNtttrA.hhtdt8ut= tPmettggtgt','l2'tl'2ltt who tumult-UM an... hfg,"dga"2fnd'%e swanummmm ' mmtrtmnthttA..saa0.ttBrasu_ tttr -rmratAxrtt&.gaustqratinq_. mhmswu. 'ttit.",?)'.?,',':'.".".':.'."': "by. MW“ (tt.t11trrgU.Wt",,2,= In. gunk-gunman.” mmmmvmmu-qh donut-1m Md. 1it1ut1,t"g2h'a'"2eu',',UT"2'. munch-Ilium MV tr-gr-ber-i-tata-ha, no.“ “why-how an MRI! that, “at no alu- at an metal-3 Inst-(Junk! not an... at "nausea-1mm. In had -tobe.ecurotatttsat-.dqc tt.tgeoaatttnoti-our.httte-t do his!!! bra retieeted that - Wtymmmmtnum‘mh not!“ to Inn-w Iron: may. - mm Mei! through I: -aaastseeaamtne-r.aagdqoretrtq no”. ”tannin II- can!“ no out do. and uh. had "" can Iron . no!!! "qu lighted. no that the dub an mun “we append - dettqe to In: In: " did to In. I In but Hula an It. might but a: he"! begun. or the matte at my ”I: II " role and tell Illa the (lamb- Mnq or my bosom, tor the hound In: had In my own an. I but”, and not It her A. the approached. teat my we. should attract hf" win new “but magnetism, yet could not fore. nnelt to turn them from the M, twin)! ldVlndlII' nuns. It in all over, hovenr. In Ion than a minute. and Ill. had an; " without even [Innclng toward: the clothes- m. The sense of Mlle! was so great when the had Actually pllIQd, that I grew giddy. limos: faint. But then In no time tor ”111nm; my own gar canons. Not 3 locond was to be to“ I! I meant to do the during thing which M presented use“ In An Allurement to my mlnd. The woman In mack had mld that the mild be I‘VE! [cu than ten It, can. I with. (MC. count on u I Iv. clen- minutes In whloh to wort. Poet-In. out trom my yflpuett I only united until Slut." Leigh'- and had unopened (own the wall at the “um-o. Tttmtgtterrto-dooroe the room my ttnd left, and unlocked It. I was too much excited now to to "taid, or I might hive [1qu II are“ of what I "ould recon the can? dds. But I did not menu-ta. I turned the key And opened an door when! knocking. What I I" was a commonplwo. comfortably {amt-had bedroom. A hm reaaitsqutrrntt stood on I table net: n man cunopled bed. And In the bed. lupported by unked-up pillows. retain“ a nun. The Brat than and me that he m the origin] of the thlrd portrait In the - down-turn. nnd I felt In I.- Iurprl-o " an. We” than 1 would but! I seen a nuns: Race. 80 had I book In an- wand hnat& but u the hound of the opening door In loot“ Io. nun: two great pun. turned an. no: Ilka tonne- h- a” butonm, upon the unexposed Inner. "Who are you?" he examined. tn a vole- " uh Slum Leigh‘- u u- no. In. in “I I nu him the - that m In. a: mind me tut-ted on Intr- Lnot. “Bush!" I and. with my - to my lips. "I Am Errnrntrude'r Gunsh- ter, and I've come to you tor help and Justice." m funnel. worn and altered by you! and uniform; llnce the portrtrit had been'pstnted, changed and paid In the Huh! ot the [mn-Ihaded readmi- lnmp. "Frmrntrude'it Gunmen-l" tte oetroee "Ermrntrude Ind no my "8h. adopted A daughter." I went on, many. "I beard you can on nu name hat mum um I couldn't rest till I tune you. I lovod her den-11, and she and mo. too. The" at so many Man you can“ all no. It you would: and m I could an you our m1whumwddunbw.“ only you'd linen." "For Heaven's who. then, tell me how the In." the mun cried. "She ll dead. Dida't you know?" I showered. with “I. in my heart In (all back anon: the pillows, groaning. hll Cumin. tttin Ind yellow II “In. hiding his (Ice. For u: Install I had tortouen ttsf u than any moment the wanna mum broth In upon In; but now I renum- bered. with 3 “rock. I ran to the bed And bent over the man who lay more. "Then an other tttintra I cln tell you -thlng- that have been kept from you. perhaps." I "In. "Do you with when ihem t" Ger, you” he magma. men tatt't ttme " tell you new. for In In liable to be Interrupted. I. Slu- m Leigh your tntrterr," m Gan' looked me In the nee once more tad nodded, without new” W'V'Qre wished to keep an nrart. When taa-nt-tthu-tmoo-dare'" All the! It wu 1 nonwlm Ind Pr m Cop. up. the hey. Whoa lhe com“ WL It on. and: on here, she Witt and no at". She to stronger than t, ind the cm cull the mm- to no her " the choc-u: I can "in. mrtttrouwiHdoaqtamtctwMrmt whatever rut more my be In unplea- Ing her. I". nun the door. And the key ll out-Ida. wtterq at out tt . tow mo- num- up. “an in - m. on. wht chum that no must ht" who " www.crmnp-mmn turn the key round um an - that It I. no: unwed with. " I man In this "temr,.oittttairttn1htormit who bu you. an, In“. will you m- m to m m -tr. Soft l Harness mun-album». - ,"att._. " 'tflWtrh91t, I'mv. Tttay - DO I" m lnl hon-Mlhnunt. Win“. BM Wdttq m on: can. I“ 't"trlS, to, In. “a“ [ t="g".t=lli'edhtTJet ”mun-own.“ u, - um and. and“ - !unuhqubr-oduhl hi!“ i him... m you]. m “It“, can" I. the [mu Mt ah- muluomuwmz. was». . John J “can. In. BL, Inch», l neg-lou- thug-nu "_-e:.--. “In a - Mrturt, but 5 pk In a. Md - “It. an»; In it” In “It. Manhunt ki1iFi M. li'b“.0l”d‘ m. manta-alum?»- "a me“ ','l12'itt'lt'iel a: an " ad m cannula-u] I 'tie" ammonium 1b whom."- “hint.” Tho nul' W . It!“ took! up”; tl tt'2.Wal a”. "$333.. teh' ',Itr, Mt,'. as . . anchov- Bunch. “my Tum tricked In. an an m to in Mend lama." loouldmu-NVWul-Io would be. " word. But I m mined to “In the rink. At vomit: In but: wade bud” dmukmnu. mm" - but“ - Me I'm vent. Mid Ihe Ind [no out. “lint!" the man's we not. into; my thoughts. "t and ”all. In the ant-nee, She's on - way but}! Wlthou! e you I In to in window none“. " In covered with heavy cal-uln- the: hid been drew. torether and tell in sir-uh! fold- to the $toor, Behind them I band what in. will“ use partly open. to let in the DIN d! or the June hint. It the cum. moved. Sin!!! Leigh might think that they were Itirred by the bum. Then nu u deep embrmre. and, tethering my "trt clonely about me, I knew tint. unleu the womln in black should he netted by n whim or I In heir-Jed by her brother. T "ood in no inns-dist. - of dimvery. The curtnlnl Md warmly ceased to quiver “at being drawn into place " me. when I head the door open. I In." expect!!! Btntra Leigh'- ttret word. to be In exprelllon of lurpvrlle n 0mm. the door unload. but. Ill-tend. 'ttte to m quietly to we“ shout I bottle a port whlch the had (etched Iron down. lulu. No doubt the had done whit t had 'r-ted-turn" the key without becoming “an that moon. and been before her. "It In no duh In the paw to- night um: I “ambled n the top of the stain." uh. mid. "and III-non dumped the wine." "I head a mud." reviled her broil» if. "Now, you In to drink thin." um wo- man went on, “um! I In: lure tut you will fave no return of the amm- wmch troubled you Int night. W. cannot have any morp Inch mum:- laces. owed-oily “are we an cum ll on. house. There! You be! helm urn-d1. I In cert-1n." '1 mm: 1 do." In.th be It", vo6eodtmmthobet "Imalmy-ioo to-ttwht. Thank you tor bringing mo the wine. You might " wen go now; t than need nothing more." " mould be glad to any with you longer lt you cared to have me. But. of course. if you think you an deep that will be but." "At lent I shall try. And teomehow I think that to-nlght I In.“ laced better (hm befor-better mun I luv. for I very long time." ,1’8‘“ i tioiU the window? “In the woman in black. I held my breuh. Would the mu: Mr that my window was the one which had been opened? And would he Btilt be true? "No. In." to reJoIned. rather irrita- MP., "You he. put I pkg (re-h Mr." “Good-nun, then, And umembet that the belt hand. your bed has now been made to connect with my room. You hive only to ring. u would have been better It you and not tor-gotten that mat nun" - -cf IBZErB?h'ead Int hum, I admlt .. was the reply. "It ahnn't hnppen “an. I promise you. But. tor Heaven‘s nah. don“ lock me tn. The thought ot ho- m-etortt-t"-"""" "Non-annex" exclumed Slain W Impdtlemly. "You ml'ht uh mt. with a better M " you in In! In“ oonu-ol ot yourself and um In. house Int nlirht. 1 man lock h. done. Ihtt ring If your we. get the bout of you nun, and t win coma." . I had listened eagerly to m- duct-- Mon, (or I dhined an. ther treattd.. ro- man: and been a much with . - to my convmlence " bu own. But X m hardly diuppolnted am at. - pecl would hnvo bun In "In. wu- I ma learnt the -eret-tt II. can). to Induced to (on It-a mm mat. at.“ ot an annular: I had around hr - ml. At all even“. this - “0 , wu bent an Marin: was not. all mm the can“. " would can. aa.-- nmclem for the tour was no "ft mono" - - In. worn out ad cloud the Our. both. " with n out-In unannoun- nou. At the sound. deopiter my - UOI. I hit I Inna! 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