Show DUPED DUPED The big white steamboat backs away from tho the wharf swin swings about and goes gocs slowly down the river sounding her bel whistle at intervals for the fog is coDling coining coming com coin ing in rapidly The few loafers on the pier eye curiously curiously curi curi- cnn cnn- the tho tall elegant woman who has come ashore She casting a half scornful S glance glance- about approaches old Jed Rawson and puts pats this query C Can u I 1 hire any anyone one to take mo across the river iver I uI reckon nickon not declares old Jed taking taking taking tak tak- ing out his pipe to stare at her with as es- es The steamer goes goell into futo port jest below here ter ten wait fer for the fog ter lift Thans Than's no gittin across the tho river mann marni C Can Cah n you manage a boat my good goodman goodman goodman man All the loafers smile at this Old Jed br breaks aks into a no which bich sends a perfect network rk of wrinkles wrinkles' over his brown face Why leddy ho bo sa says s there in int t nary a 0 boy of JO 10 or alongshore as dont don't know how bow to handle handlo a boat The Tho lady laughs too She is i very charming even old Jed realizes that She takes a g gold piece from her dainty purse and says If It you will take mo o e and my trunk across tho the river this shall be yours yourl The trunk is a huge affair and Jed looks at it with ono one eye closed and shakes his his' head If it fer for the fog marm eny euy one on us ml ad take tako yen I crost fer noth noth- ing But we couldn't see the boats boat's length tonight The lady utters u Ii sharp exclamation anger and disappointment clouding her lien features A brown faced l lad d steps from the he corner of the little red baggage house louse where ho lie has been standing If you jou ou dare to t go madam I will take you ho he says She Sho gives him a radiant smile sinne at which ho Hushes flushes to td the toots roots of his fair waving hair Jed and ono ouo or two of the tho other men remonstrate with him to no purpose A small brown wherry is ia brought up tip to the he flight of weather beaten beatel steps leading leading lead lead- i ing down from froin one ODe 1 side de of bf the Ufe wharf The Tho big bi trunk is lowered info into it and the he lady Indy handed down Ly Iy Andrew Bussell Rus Bus Russell Russell sell who is thrilled by the touch of h her r cool satiny fingers Ho He pulls off into the he fog bank hilt 5 the loungers on on tho wharf make mako their c comments Mighty fine l looking oking craft that Carries to tod much sail eail saiL she sha want vant Over tho river niver she's bound for Barring Barring- tons ps She looks like his kind It is late in tho the evening when Andrew Russell fassell returns Old Jed meets him up th the village street Well Andrew you yon got all allright allright allright right Yes Ye I had a compass she sho go II I I cant can't tell yon yori is the curt reply as is the boy passes on OD All Subsequent inq inquiries iries elicit nor nd f further fur far ur- ur then ther information thai thad that Andrew landed her at the tho road toad which leads up by Barrington's an and that she expected ted ome Bott ott of conveyance to come for her ber there here e. e I j Barrington is reported to be immensely immense- immense ly y wealthy He never mingles with the people theto and he lives iIi in a a lordly fashion u He Ho brings his own company i front distant parts pond and nd there are stories of f gay and wild doings at lit the tho great house which which fill fIU the unsophisticated d naives na- na with tives-with ives with amazement i H He comes and goes as he likes and is Altogether very mysterious I Andrew Russell has a sweetheart on that hat side sido of the river pretty river pretty Jen Hardy I ho fish fisherman fishermans daughter I It is only natural that frequently he bo should hould ld tow row across in his wherry Buten But Jon Jen en Hardy does not see him bim every time lime io ho goes during th the tho next fortnight He Ho tramps ramps through a strip thip of woodland across lots until he reaches a sheltered vale rale this side of Here he meets the mysterious us lady Indy again and again Andrew is 20 20 tall tall strong trong and aud manly looking Cars Ferris as a she calls herself uses all her het blandishments blan- blan to toco complete his She tells him a pretty story story how how that her uncle is determined to make a nun of f her that Barrin Barrington ton being her ber cousin iu in n and friend she has haa come tO him fot p protection until she fi can get out of the country L' L She wants wants' to go to Europe for asp s soon Moon as her uncle discovered her ber hiding pla lace he will follow follo her bel She is Very confiding with Andrew whoP who is s too innocent to s e the flaws i in bet het tory story Would he sh she was 25 she he asked coquettishly Andrew returns a IS decided negative never ever once dreaming that she is 10 years older cIder Jen Hardy is too proud to own own that hat Andrew does not come to see her herny any auy ny moro more Andrew has no mother and andis his is father who is n nOt t a very clear sighted m man sees no change in his boy Who rho is mo moody dy or exalted by fits fits' 1 I In Iu two v weeks weeks' eks' eks time timo Andrew imagines himself madly in love lovo with this woman He le does not reason renson over the ab- ab EUty of a aa o creature re t ro finding 1 I 3 t t 1 J P s. s j any ny ny attraction in an ignorant boy like himself 3 One night he goes home intoxicated by the memory of a round white arm about his neck and the pressure of f soft warm warm lips to his own A week later one hour before midnight he crosses erodes the river in his little brown wherry On the big biS rock which serves for t apier n a pier a man and find a woman await anit him Barrington carries a valise in each hand They enter the wherry and Andrew Andrew An An- drew pulls swiftly and silently down the river In about an hour bour they conuto cometo cometo come to a small cove where a n commod commodious ous sailboat is tied to a ring in the rocky shelving bank h. h They fc-They They go aboard this the little wherry is fastened astern tim the sails are unfurled and on they go dancing lightly out into 1 the e waters of the bay At nightfall of the next day they come to a n great city Harrington Barrington and the lady go ash ashore re Some Somo purchases ses are areto areto areto to be bo made here and Barrington Harrington is to tc see a man who will buy the boat this boat this is what they have told Andrew In the meantime he is to wait with the boat boal until their return when th they y will vill all go aboard the great ocean steamship whose black funnels rise from a n neighboring neighboring neighboring neigh neigh- boring wharf Andrew is not parti particularly pT pleased ased that Harrington Barrington is to isto to accompany them but nothing can dampen the tho joy of his belief that she loves him and aud ho he can never never forget that her lips have bave touched his own The poor boy is quite daft fo for forthe forthe the time and docs does not dream th tha that he is being duped The city clocks are striking 10 when a a ragged street gamin crosses the wharf and hails Andrew Andrev Hi there 1 Be your name namo Russell Russellr Andrew nods and the boy hands bands him hima himan a an note L A A big swell up town sent this to S yer Andrew takes th the note and tears it open He knows know's of course that the tIle big big swell is Barrington Harrington The note reads as follows I When you read tJ this is we shall be bo aboard an I outward bound express Goodby Goodby- wiy ny dear boy boT Many thanks for your gallantry Mr I Barrington Harrington makes you a present of the boat bont as asa I a reward for your services C. C F. F i For a moment Andrew stares at t the I note in dumb amazement His brain reels The letters dance blood red before his eyes Ho He staggers d down into the littie little little lit lit- tle tie cabin and throws himself prostrate upon the floor He breaks into great sobs which shake him trout from rou head to foot To Tobo Tobe Tobo bo be fooled poled played with cast aside when he had served their turn I II L I Oh the bitterness the grief and rage rago in the tho o boys boy's hot heart as he ho rolls to and fro upon the cabin floor 1 All night long he lie this his first great trouble In the tho morning he rouses himself and goes goe tip up i into the city to find d a purchaser for his bo boat t for t-for Jor for the sight Bight of it is hateful to hint him and he must have money to g get t home hom with He tie sells it for which is a pretty sum for for a poor lad At noon he has Sa bt a a sunstroke sunstroke sun sun- stroke and aud is conveyed to td the city hospi hospi- tal S When ho comes coms out ont of his stupor he finds himself under arrest for being the tho accomplice of an adventuress He lie learns to hi his s horror that Cars bars Berris is Madge Delaphine That she sho engaged ed herself as companion to a u little miserly ol old worn worn- in n. n Th That t she lie and ann Barrington who is isher isher isher her lo lover er planned tim the old womans woman's murder in ord order r to obtain possession ot the money and jewels jew which s sh hf- hf hoard hoarded ed about her That Madg Madge accomplished the mur murder er by means mean of a subtle poison packed the body into a trunk unk and conveyed eyed it to Harrington's Barrington's house bouse where it was buried buri d in the cellar The Tim very tery trunk which Andrew ferried fer fer- fer ried ned across the river Andrew Anc is taken before r ti magistrate where h he tells his story omitting the love passages But magistrate the is is' an astute old man and reads reads' between the lines and pities the lad The woman and her lover have been arrested I want vant YO you to identify her He opens pens the door to t an inner ro room m mand and ind utters utterS' an nn exclamation of dismay There prostrate e upon the floor with her jeweled hairpin st stuck stOck ck through her heart beart lies Madge Maage Delaphine quite dead J Is this the woman Cars Ferris Ferris' had dark dak hair returns Andrew who is white whito to his lips The magistrate lifts a wig of dark hair lair from a table near byA byA byA by A very simple disguise he ho sayi says and ind motions Andrew back to tho the outer room where after a few v more questions questions ques- ques ions and some fatherly advice he dismisses dis dis- misses him hith The misery of Andrews Andrew's journey homo home is boundless When he ho rea reaches hes the familiar spot he ho hea heis hois is a taken take ill and for weeks is delirious us with bran brain fever Jen ren Hardy is his his' patient pa pa- tie tient l and nd faithful nurse To Andrew it seems a as as if the memory of his folly must torture him forever but as tho the months go by the tho shame and agony die away iway little by little Jen faithful soul b believes in Ia him and and ind loves love's him He is young and the world is fair and life is pleasant after all ill So gr gradually he returns to his hh old allegiance and it all ends nd as ast asit it should with with a wedding Dublin Dublin World orld |