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trouble" Gasped Louise. In some alarm
"Thaaka, old 0aa. veil stay" apoke
ap I.AaGford. cheerfully. He makes
excelleat tes-reslly. I've tried 1t be
fore. You ~ill never regret staying.
silently he watched his friend IN the
inner room bring out . battered tea
Kettle. NIL II with = steady hand and
put II on the stove In the once. com
ing and going carelessly. seemingly
conscious Of nothing in the world nut
the comfort Of his unexpected guests.
True to her sex. Louise vas curious
" Interested in the house keeping ar
rsngements Of 4 genuine bachelor es-
tablishment. Woman-like. she sa~
many things in the short time she was
/ there-but nothing that diminished
ntG TtSlbttt IoI RRudlu 'ptu'h-
The bed in the inner chamber where
both men slept WAS disarranged but
] clean. Wearing apparel was stre~n
over the chairs and tables. There was
q litter of magazines on the hoor. She
laid them up against LangfOrd; she
did not think Gordon had the time OF
inclination to cultivate the na&Asine
A-A A.
weakness to ascribe the tobacco pouch
and brier wOOd pipe placed invitingiy
by the side Of . pair Of say. elaborate
~ observation-disclosures mOccasins. costly
slowed away under the head Of the
bed: but she Was rather inclined Ia
lay these. too, TO I.angfords charge
The howling tempest outside only
served to enhance the coziness Of the
rumbling fire and the closely drawn
binds.
But tea was never served In those
bachelor rooms that night-neitheu
that night nor ever again. Ii was a
/ little dream that went up In name
with the walls that harbored 1t. Who
first became conscious that the tane
q
nostrils, II was hard TO tell. They
were not far behind each other in that
consciousness. II was Langford VIII,
discovered that the trouble was al
the rear. where the wind would soor
have the whole building famed into
flames. Gordon unlocked the dool
quietly. He said nothing. But Paul
springing in front of him, himself
threw 1t open. II was no new dodge
this burning a man out to shoot hin
as one would drown out a gopher fol
the killing. He need not have beer
afraid The alarm had spread The
street in front was rapidly filling
One would hardly have dared to shool
-then-if one had meant to. And hs
did not know. He only knew thai
deviltry had been in the air for Cor