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Show -l - ". i j&agTHE MAIDS OF 6HP paradise jCjgSBBCT Robert W.Chambers JfllJgll BfvAutriorof"Cardigan',Ylic Conspiraiors" THMVvHKivSHVv Ululrat(on -"--rptghl r?o2 byPotIWCInbcrj 8YNOP8I8. CHAPTER I-Scftrlott, an Amerlon toldler ot fortune In tho employ ot the Ptenoh Imperial Follco at the outbreak of the Franco-l'ruBslun war, Is ordered to arreit John Iluckhurst, a leader of tho CommanlatJi, who Is suspected of havlntf stolon the French crown Jewels. Whllo soarchlns for Uuckhurst Scarlett Is ordered or-dered to arrest Countess de Vassart and her irroup of socialists and escort thein to tho UolRlan border. CIIAPTKR 11-Scarlett finds Bylvlft Klven of tho Odcon dlscvilscd as a peasant peas-ant and carries her to La Trappo, where tho oovntcss and hor friends uro assom- blmt UIIAITBH Ill-All are arrested. The counteas saves Bcarlott from a fatal fall from the roof of the house. Ho donounccs Uuckhurst as the leador of the Reds and the countess conducts hlin to whero Uuckhurst Uuck-hurst Is secreted. CHAPTER IV Gorman Uhlans descend, on tho place and Uuckhurst escapes during dur-ing tho melee. Bcarlott Is wounded. CHAPTER V He recovers conscious ness In the countess' homo at Morsbronn, whero he Is cared for by tho countess. A nerco battle Is fought In tho streets between Kronen and Prussian soldiers. CHAPTER VI Ruckhurst prorcsses roi pentenco and roturns tho crown Jowols to Hcarlett. He declares he will (tlvo himself up to tho authorities. Scarlett doubtB his sincerity. Uuckhurst urges tho countesj to go to Paradise. CHAITEll VlI-HuckhurstVBdmlts that ho receives pay from the Prussians for Information which he does not glvo. He ecu res passports to tho French lines for Scarlett, th countess and himself. CHAPTER VHI-Scarlctt reports to the secret service In Paris and finds Mornnc, shadow of tho emperor. In charge. He Jeposlts tho crown Jewels and later, when making a dct.-nled report, finds that pebble hao been substituted for tho real stones. Speed, a comrndo In tho servlco. warna Schrlett that Mornac Is dangerous. Un also Informs hlm Unit nil the government treasure Is being transported to tho coast for shipment out of the country. Scarlett Scar-lett and Speed CBcapu to Join a circus. CHAPTER IX Tho circus nrnves at Paradise whero Scarlett secures a llccnao from tho mnyor. CHAPTER X An order Is received by Jio mayor calling tho citizens to arms. CHAPTER Xl-Jacqucllne. daughter ot (hn Llznnl. ofters to Join tho circus to klvn exhlbltlona In the character of o hncrmald. pjpipBilBnpmT U.1LK 10 U10, P 'Ing to a cinxy 'vooden structuro abovo tho house. Ah I entored the notched tho j was dragging a pllo of sea nets tu mlddlo of tho floor. 1 "In cubo I fall," Bho suld, coolly "Better let me arrange them, tj J suld, glancing up at the Impro trapezo which dangled under tho I beams. I Sho thanked mo, seized a long I and went up, hand over hand. 1 1 tho soft nets Into n mottreBs, bil elded to stand near, not liking til rnngemonts. I Meanwhile Jiumtellno was bwIiI head downward, from her trapezo cheoks flHtned ns she twisted nndl gled through o complicated man! which ended by landing hei Bcall the bar of tho trapezo a trlllo J breath. I "You think you could drop I thero Into a tank of water?" I al "How deep7" I "Say four feet " I She nodded, swinging trunqil "You would tr) whatever 1 1 you to try?" I "If I thought 1 could," sho rl pntvely. I "Hut that h not It 1 am to bl master. You must have pbsolul fldenco In mo and ohej orders ll 1)'." I "men." , I 'Then hang by your hands!" I Quick na p. flas'i r.he hun uhol "You trtmt mo, Jnctiuellno?" i "Yes " "Thon dropl" I Down Bho flashed llko a fallll teor. I caught hor with Mint I trick kiiewn lo nil acrobats, vvlil hor btandlng on my kneo. I "Junipl" I 8ho eprnng lightly to Iho heTfii "of nets, lost hor balanco, ttumhled, and Bat down very suildnnly Then eho throw back hor head and laughed. CHAPTER XIII. Trlends, At seven o'clock Uint morning tho men lu Iho clrcu? amp pwoko, worried, wor-ried, fatigued vujjuely reBontful, un-usually un-usually profann lly riisht o clnek a mlrncuIoiiB chnngo lind taken place th oam was nllvo with Fcun.Ii's penplr jnlvanlzed Into i hopeful Hctlvif by tnv t'otBlbly un-v un-v arrauted c ptiml m and n few Judiciously Judi-ciously veiled threat i Clothed with temporary authority by Byrnm, I took tho bit between my teeth end ordored ho Instnnt erection of th? main tonlo, the construction of th9 ring, barriers and benches, nnd tho Immediate icnovntlng of tho portablo tank In whlcL roor little Miss Clnrldgo had mot hor doom. By tho Etandlng-Btonea of Carnac, I swore that I'd have all FlnlBtcro In tho tent. "Governor," cnld I, "we nro going go-ing to feature Jacqucllno nil over Brlk tany, and, If tho Indies object, It can't bi helped I By-the-way, do thoy object?" ob-ject?" Tho ladles did object, otherwise thoy would not havo been humoji ladles; but the battle wns sharp nnd declelvo, for I vvna desporato. "It nlmplv amounts to this," I said: "Jacqueline pulls un through or tho governor and I land In Jail. As for you, heaven Itaows what will happen to )out Penal Bcttlement, probably." And I called Spoed and pointed at Jacqueline elttlng on hor satchel, watching tho proceedings with amiable curiosity. "Speed, tnko that child ond rehearse her." Speed took Jacqueline by tho hand, and together they entered tho big whlto tont. With mallet, hammer, Raw, and screw-driver I worked until noon, maturing ma-turing my plnno nil tho whllo. Theso plans would tnko tho last penny In tho treasury and leave ub In debt bov-oral bov-oral thousand francs. But It was win or &o to eninsh now, nnd personally I havo ulwayB preferred a tromendouB omnsh to n olow nnd oozy flzzlo. A big pot of fragrant eoup wbb served to tho company at luncheon; and It amused me to eoo Jacqueline troop Into tho tont with tho otherri nnd sit down with hor bit of breud and hor bowl of broth. "How Is alio getting on?" I called icross to Speed." "Tho child Is simply startling," uo ia Id, In CngllBh. "Sho la not afraid of ui) thing. Sho and Miss Crystal havo i iuucicu, auei a tew moments, that I heard tho distant thudding of 8 Iioibo'h hoofH, Boon I was sum or It, and rose to my reel oxpectnntly, Just A3 a Hushed )oung girl In a rldlpg-habit rldlpg-habit entered the loom and guvo mu her gloved hand I looked at her (arnostly, scarcely understanding that sho was imylng sho was glad 1 had tome, that tho luid waited for mo that oho had wonted to fee me. Mint utio had wished to loll mo how deeply our tiaglc experleuco nt Ia 'Irappe and In Morsbiiiun had Im-pre Im-pre f d her "But come out lo my garden," Bho Bitld iMlllPf , and Gripping off her lit-Mi lit-Mi buff t,i'ii.t -, "TU-'-o ",'e ylll " I"""1 " L " W "i havo a tea a rAnglntso, and sunshlno, and a long, long, eatlfifylng talk." Bho led tho way clong a path under tho apricots to a cent against a sunny wall. "First of all," sho said, Impulelvely, "I lfnow your Hfo all ot It In mlnuto partlcujar. Aro you astonished?" "No, mndamo," I replied; "Mornno showed you my dossier." "That Is true," sho aald, with a troubled trou-bled look of surprise. I smiled. "As for Mornac," I began, but sho Interrupted mo. "Ah, Mornncl Uo you suppose I bo-lloved bo-lloved hlm7 In your doBBler I road tho tragedy or n gentleman." "Do you know," uald I, "that I am now a performer In n thlrd-ruto traveling travel-ing circus?" "I think that Is very Bud," Bho said, sweetly. "With no hopo?" "Hopo?" With ovory hope," I said smiling. "My niimo Is not my own. but It must servo mo to my ond, nnd I shall wear It thrcadbaro and leuve It to no ouo." "Is thoro no hopo?" sho asked, qulotly. Suddenly tho ghost or nil I had lost roBo boforo mo with hor words rose nt last after all theso years, towering, torrlblo, freo onco more to fill tho days "My Name Is riot My Own, but It Must 8erve Me to My End." with loathing nhd my nlghtH with holl otornal, . . . rftor ell Uicbo )earfl! "There Is oveiy hope," I Hnld, "save tho liopcit of )outh -the hopo of a womun'H love, nnd or that linpplneBH v lilch conuj ilnough lovo I am a ICoutlued next week |