Show R I 1 1 1 i M i I 1 IFE JOHN BURT UPHAM S FREDERICK ADAMS I 1 I 1 author of th the 1 colonal Col boaro Mo aro doctrine Dc rine etc 0 1003 all r abw I 1 ign 1 by BT UPHAM adins ADAMS I 1 reer ed cd I 1 AJ Dal dalmazzi azzi B i DD IM I 1 CHAPTER continued the ile valet opened the door and john durt burt entered for a moment blake did not mccog him the moustache and beard had disappeared and the strong regular lines ot of john burts burls face were in perfect harmony with the keen calm mad and discerning eyes hello jim the matter with you wall mall right john ol 01 fellow wall mall righta glad to see ye dear ol 01 john I 1 have a drink john glad to tee see ye blako blake swayed and fell into john burts barts arms his flushed flashed face and reeking breath told their own story without the help of the emptied decanter blake weighed two hundred pounds but john picked him up and laid a id him on the couch at as if he be were a child youre knocked out jim he be said eald take a nap old man and be ba all right when you wako wake up with it a dull smile on his lips blaho I 1 sank rank into a deep slumber the minute hand band of the little clock crawled halt half its way around the circle before john burt left the side of 0 his friend his eyes cyca were fixed on tho the motionless figure but his thoughts wandered far away biaka e groaned a and n uttered muttered in bis big sleep at first his big words were incoherent but as his excitement grew crew big voice became distinct and to in a higher key he exclaimed this Is 13 awful awful what bat shall I 1 do cal bat shall I 1 do I 1 love her I 1 love her and no ono one shall stand between us no one by god no one rot even tho the sentence ended in a moan and again he sank into quiet slumber pacing up and down the room john r stepped on a crumpled newspaper ile ho pinked it up glanced carelessly at the a scrutiny which did not escape john burt in your new disguise or lack ot of din disguise guise you strangely remind mo me ot of some borne one said bald mr hawkins hawking sud suda donly you told mo me once as I 1 re rc member that you were born in massachusetts chu you 1 I did replied john and I 1 also told yo you that burton was not toy my right name now im going to tell you who I 1 am though you must guard toy loy secret for a while yot yet a short while I 1 hope I 1 john joha burton Is good enough for me asserted the magnate maR nate grimly 1 I 1 know youre all right and ill bet a million on oa it dont tell me my be boy if 1 you run any risk by doing so there Is no reason why I 1 should not tell you said john after a moments pause here Is an advertisement I 1 recently ran across in a san francisco newspaper read head it john hawkins haw kins adjusted bis big glasses an and d real the following to john durt burt of 0 Hing dingham hingham ham mass all rewards offered tor for your arrest by randolph pla or arthur morris are hereby withdrawn and you aro are exempt from prosecution at our hands signed randolph morris arthur Bl morris orris john hawkins read it 11 slowly and looked searchingly into the face ace of 0 the young man so your names burt burl ever have a relation by tho the namo name ot of peter burt my grandfathers name came la Is peter burt replied john was ho he a whaling captain ile he was captain and par part owner omner of 0 the whaler I 1 answered john Ilaw bins vented hla his surprise in I 1 N I 1 i 1 il I 1 0 X 11 IFOR I 1 I 1 tal ca 1 I 1 1 I 1 g 1 4 4 t 1 I 7 X 1 0 I 1 I 1 s 4 F L 7 11 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 d i I 1 I 1 II 11 11 I 1 11 11 I 1 ili I 1 q I 1 f 14 I 1 1 ira it I 1 10 MI V I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A 1 cam 0 1 1 t k k 7 AAD cate ate and name and ran his eyo eye over the pages the first words wora s thit that caught his attention were wera miss jessie garden carden john burt stood like a statue and read the paragraph which had thrown blake into a frenzy ol of tear fear every word burned itsell itself into his big brain he drew back like one menaced by a blow struck in the lark then the enormity of the thing came to him crushing the paper in hla his band ho he strode across the room and towered over the figure ol of the roan man who had bad requited years of friend with an act of 0 treachery blakes face ace was turned toward him the handsome clear cut features or 01 the one he had known since 1 boyhood 0 chood for an instant the impulse t to 0 8 strike this man dead in his steel sleep came to john burt then a flood ot of feeling checked the swelling tide ot of his rage how could you do such a thing thine jim he be exclaimed unconsciously aloud for hours john burt burl concentrated his mind on the strange problem which had so suddenly arisen at times a wave ot of anger swept over him but in the end ccarty won against odds which seemed overwhelming it was as dark when blake awoke from his stupor I 1 he to raised himself on his bis elbows and stared mildly about the room until his eyes rested on john burt burl john laid aside the book he bo had made a pretense of reading do you feel better jim he be asked as blake struggled to his feet and passed his hand band wearily across his eyes 1 I beg pardon for this foolishness blake looking ruefully arl at john and then at the decanter As you know im not riven given to drinking ng I 1 felt very bad this morning and took some brandy on an empty stomach are you buro burn I 1 said bald nothing to offend you john you have bald nothing to offend mo me since that day we had tho the fight near the creek in old rocky wo woods ds to turned john looking blako blake frolkey frankly 1 in the face the batters lat acs dropped I 1 in 11 c contusion 1 we well 1 I say no more about it added J olin john tako take your bath and by tho the time you are ready I 1 will see sec that roberts has dinner bermed tring and after the meal john led Jt h conversation back over the years they had spent together blake blaka was strangely rr angely silent As a rule he be took I 1 ahja i lead over his big quiet companion on uch ruch occasions but this evening when ho he attempted to join in the conversation something arose in his bis throat and choked him CHAPTER hawkins makes a discovery john hawkins strode into the office of james blake company at an early hour hohr the following monday morning and add after greeting the noal rat cat head bead of the firm was as shown to john burts burls room Mig mighty lity glad to see you my boy big deep voice rumbled as he laid a giant palm on the shoulder of the younger man they talked for several minutes on topics mr hawkins studied the face of the younger with strange range exclamations and john hurt burt was silent in puzzled amazement john burt grandson to old cap call tain rain pets pete burt this Is too my hoy boy theres a feud between betwee A the houses ot of burt and hawkins but it shall not mot extend to your generation well bury it right now did the old man ever rm mention the name of jack Il aukins to you never 1 I suppose not it likely he be would and again mr hawkins seem ed vastly amused well I 1 was his first mate on the cap burl was nearly sixty years old then end and I 1 was about twenty six there was an idea abroad that DO man who rod irod a deck beneath an american nag flag could lick jack II and barring one no man I 1 guess they had the tha facts up about right do you see sec that tear ecar ile he ran his big fingers through the fr iron onry locks and pushed them back from his big forehead there showed a livid mark with four black circles those round black marks are the I 1 riots of your dear old grandfathers buckles ir he said letting the hair drop back bark into place been there thirty odd years ill tell you how it happened captain burt was a very religious man according to bis big own standards lie ile was wag particularly down dow n on swearing A cuss word drove him alm crazy and ive seen him pound a man nearly to death for a harmless damn we had bad a sailor named bilson continued mr hawkins ho he was one of those clumsy aggravating fools chose very looks lochs were an incentive to profanity it came on in to blow one i ight and I 1 sent bilson aloft ile he managed to foul tho the fore royal clow clew lines end and when I 1 yelled at him he laughed in his idiotic way and I 1 was boiling nad mad all oer while I 1 was relieving my mind I 1 felt fell a hand on my shout ler er and it 11 A aint a gentle one either cither not another word from your blasphemous 1 mouth jack hawkens said captain burt you go to hell I 1 said so BO mad I 1 know ickow what I 1 was saving lie ile gave me ino a cuff on the side of the head with a ith ino aho palm dalm of his bandit was not beacy but it made me crazy go below and pray god to forgive ou ho he bald no man had bad ever struck me before lod I 1 swung at him with my right I 1 caught him a glancing blow above the eye ile he didn dian t even raise hla his hands hit me again jack hawkins ho he said eald calm cairn as it if asking me to pass him roe me salt 1 I aimed for his chin but caught him on the neck it was like striking a 1 l brick wall his arm smashed through my guard and his big fist alst landed full on my temple it was a frightful blow and I 1 went sprawling to the cack before I 1 could make a struggle be picked me up and hurled burled me over he be rall rail As I 1 came up I 1 caught one glimpse of the through the mist as she heeled to port in the pale ale the water revived me and I 1 succeeded in kicking off my boots I 1 swam in the direction 0 of the ship mud and by sheer good luck bumped into a hencoop which borne one captain burt most lost likely had thrown overboard 1 i flouted floated around on that hencoop until morning along about noon I 1 heard beard it a splash irig ng and a big canoe filled with na lives came in s abt I 1 yelled at them ard after much palaver they took mo me in they were friendly savages on a visit from ono one small island to another I 1 went 41 nt along na as a guest and add it was months before tho the boats ot of the jane ILI came a ashore bore and took in mo 0 fl off ff A year later I 1 landed la in frisco lust in mt in time to bo be la in the gold excitement tit all if your grandfather thrown me overboard in n tho the middle of tho the pacific ocean we not likely id have located tho the challenge mine I 1 forgave him years ago and you can bet I 1 harbor no do grudge against his grandson ile he has been tho the on ono to suffer buffer said eald john lie ile imagines himself himself your murderer and for years has prayed tor for forgiveness I 1 expect to go back to him in a few days and you must go with me then ho he told john ha hawins w ling tho the story of 0 his boyhood and 0 the shoat ing ot of arthur Af morris orria ile he told of hla his love tor for jessco garden carden and of his big determination to restore to general carden the fortuno fortune filched irom from him by file elder morris when last I 1 saw miss bliss garden carden said john she ho was tho the heiress to a comfortable fortune fort I 1 had bad nothing but health strength and ambition but tho the believed in my future and so something e has told mo me that sho she would wo wait it tor for me I 1 shall see her in a few days and I 1 wish her to bo be as proud end independent of my wealth as on that night I 1 left her side five years ago sho she has been robbed of her birthright but it if my judgment of tho the value of 1 I 0 Is accurate it will bo be rest restored ered to the keeping of her father 1 I have news for you about I 1 L 0 said john hawkins but first tell me exactly how you stand tho the company Is organized with one ona hundred thousand bharnes of a par lalio of ono one hundred dollars each I 1 11 ho he I 1 said paid with bonds to the amount of five fire millions more morris holds five thousand shares and his big associates twelve thousand that Is three thousand less than control but to imagines that general garden carden cannot exercise his option on ten thousand shares As I 1 wrote you ive had bad blako acquire this option from gentral central carden but of 0 course morris knows nothing of this by private purchase and in tho the open market our agents have picked up twenty nine thousand shares lets see sec m mused used hawkins 1 11 I bave leave you have and an option on gardens cardens that makes a total bf shares you yet lack of control go into the tha mar market ket and buy rem cm my boy youve done a great piece of work a bigger one than you real realize lLe to be continued |