Show The Return of Anthony Trent by W Martyn Marly n COE by Dena DarlO A 8 WI- WI U S n lea CHAPTER XIV XIV Continued Continued 29 29 It would tale take more than thun one of 01 your hints to move mo Anthony Trent I with Heaven would give you ion the sense to recognize the people I 1 like me to o see and ond those tho e who ho bore me Anthony Trent Trents s by way woy of ot belna p a celebrity S Send nd him In InI InI I 1 ve ye persuaded him film to see sec you Bald the secretary secretory to the visitor 1 les es 1 l I know now I 1 overheard you Trent smiled Mr JIll wrung Anthony Trent s shand hand band warmly 55 hat bat has hns dragged you from Fu rope s glided solons salons he lie demanded Business u mainly and a 0 desire to know whether what whal you told me In London holds good In ton bashing Hill was a shrewd shred d man andone and one uno accustomed oc ac to believing that he was n 0 good Judge ot of human motives mollies Yet Yel this keen faced visitor had puzzled t Im for tor vears rears Mr Ir Hili had hod Ion In classifying Ing I lm He Ie only knew that he liked him and thought under some circumstances be he might fear tear An Trent Sit do down don n he said cordially and ond tell me e on your mind Do you remember what you sold said to me In London lashed 1 I asked Sou OU to lunch 1 I 1 think and ond naturally talked about men and ond things One down t ha have hate e to carry corry luncheon conversation as mental menial baggage 1 you to fence sold said Trent smiling I III II III recall It You roo have hOfe t f that It was I who found that thai prince of ot Mussel tacit tach was aas as hiding In n a certain Croatian castle although he had been burled buried Ith all the Ule romp comp due to his rank Certainly I remember It 11 said sold the thee e c ambassador warmly It was fOS a very fery useful piece of for tor usand us usand usand and we cue e were able to 10 discount the lies that Count Lount Michael Temse ar sus us telling us liy hy It was one ol ot the themo mo most t extraordinary feats 1 l ever eer e er heard ot of It was vas Invaluable 10 1001 01 to the A Allies III e ITe Ile looked at a Trent keenly Tell meIs me meis Is your life made up of ot these amsz lag ng doings 1 I ve ye been herring a lot about your capturing a pirate ship end ond sailing stilling her Jer aser J er dry land Into Gug sold old t tome orne Trent Ignored Ign red Deal Beach In london I ondon he suld sold yo i t made a sort of ot veiled promise to me Are you sure Hill till retorted I 1 Iam Iam am not noted for veiling rolling things s 1 I am sure ure ure ua und and MU you 1 U till dl 1 J Jell veil ell It 11 In inthis this Instance it u U said ild that our gOY gov government h hid rd Id no su h way wn V of repa repaying Ing thoSe of ut her citizens as rendered her an on 1 I merit rk us servile lour Cry word words J Mr r 1111 Iou ou ou said It If I 1 bad been i I have hove had hod my name nome In n the Honorl donor lIonor l 1 la ls 1 lou ou likened me to 10 a mute mule In Inglorious Inglorious glorious Mill n und and then made a most extra trul statement Did Old I I Ii t Mr bur queried I 1 was wasa wasa wasa a diplomat then Ihen new enough a at al the game to 10 believe LlIe e In esoteric utterances Just Justh sib h rl II do you er me to 10 toba e haie e said That If ever efer 1 l got Into a tight plate I sl 61 have hate something to trade th Have Ila you iou OU f r No o 0 said sod the cabins cabinet I re re- re the Hie 1 tit I In no very ery that still IllS What hilt tight place arr on you oU tnt Ins as us he at ul list hSI t to te learn lern something m in re ti about tl tI I is s nv Trent thin tinn the mere h I he lieU hell that Ihal the mon man lad S sr me t secret er l mom manner er of or life Ilfe Ir had hod known I rell rent foi for ten len years ears He lie end one of 01 o the rs of or u a m DI 1 0 tn lue be h he had anti nl J telu enthusiastic a I the lie de de- dele le the stories written bv hi a u young Dartmouth athlete named AnthIll The series serres after otter a sear jear eor or so bO sins as 1111 learned d that the former writer no j Inherited a fortune for tor fortune tune from mi an Australian undo uncle und and wrote no mf mr m re ff fr f r gain aln Th Tt n a Trent h d ti turned up In l us as an 00 Intimate in intimate n friend nd of aj as aristocratic and family causing heart heartburning burning among some of his own fellow tel tellow tellow low countrymen who were denied dellied the liege The ambassador who had observed Trent closely In London had hod come to the conclusion that be Ll ais 18 always on OD guard It seemed us though hIs mus muscles muscles des cles were ere tensed as os If It for a and his mind singularly alert at as though danger dungu wee sere near Mr Hili had times asked himself why o n young American with money and friends need adopt this attitude lie Ile hoped lh lint l he be was as nL abut out to learn the thereas reas n lonen one l one n said sohl Trent 1 I ve ye come to ask you IOU to help a friend Mr seas wa as conscious con of ot 55 hats s the of or the lute trouble As you were acre In London In 1015 I you JOu know all about tb the secret visit ot of ofa t a 1 certain royal Ugliness who came conIc aver here hue to hasten our entrance into Inlo the big scrap ow Now bow how the devil did dill you know tHi i exclaimer exclaimed The visit had bet been n kept kept unknown for tor political rca rea eons 1 I also a Trent went on that the diamond g en glen given ll II tie 0 prince by the he Ih of 1 a hen hn they bh shy s h t i tigers ers U tf ell r was from him In V ash higton and has nit not been reentered recovered I I 1 d ti n nt t see cee hr h w lint could hat hll e out ont said Mid Mi all but yr it y u are quile rl ht The well km 1 wn sTi cro Lq were here re rounded up und and ell either her up or else cle suit sent out nut of ot the Ills DIstrict of ot t I tr It t r luau la 15 n wt s thought to I Ie le c us its safe Eute as lei leius let us S1 SIT armol ormell 1 I y the Spa pa and aurl yet the he wits WI taken tu It II was DS h b blot on our so Bret serf fen I e Is It II known who took It They know the wi Wt man but bUI they hn lost her ax as agH H II ns as the lIne The woman omon may be bo list It t list l rent 1 but as o 0 the 1 m 1 think you TOil He Ile 11 fosse tosse tos e 1 I the Ie he boa bi b on the other others s kr 11 ee ec I 1 m hoping It II s going to brin me roe good luck Ir Ir stared d u tJ It d Where dl ill d I you get It 11 from he be demanded Ant Not Ot In Washington 5 on or trim tn m his royal highness I 1 U iu vu can cnn consider It II token taken In a u way not nol usual but bul hardly Illegal gal Why hy bring it here You Yuu must now know a lar large l reward re was offered for forIt forIt It That part of 1 It dl t l Interest me mc I 1 brought It here because I 1 want to tomake tomake tomake make a trade with you youTon You Ton are acting auing for your friend I am III I II return till diamond domond the he reward re If you 11 II hive the warrants which hleb are out against the woman oman who took tool Ibis quashed III turn over the lie s diamond domond It If I 1 hate hs your that lint she Is to tolie tobe tobe lie be tree free from police Inlet terence ference In future Mr lr 1111 was still staring storIng at the gem He lie never se seen n so large R a nt at close cloce range He ne saw hima him f a 4 U v You d Better Keep It Said Sald Trent self celt at nt a cabinet meeting tossing the gOl gorgeous thing on the tn table be with II h sonic some such remark as os The princes prince s bauble gentlemen I 1 In other words he said suld slowly you slowly you you want cant ant us to give this expert the opportunity to go bO on working alt It h the he pleasing know ledge that thul the police polke ion on t Interfere Nothing of ot the tort sort ort n Trent cor corrected reeled I m not fool enough h to ex pest pelt a o of ot that kind I merely want your assurance thai lint the lie war warrants warrants rants ranis now In n force will be quashed If she does docs nn au tiling In future to 10 o bring herself within reach of or the he law she Is r to suffer for fr It I may as asDell aswell Dell ell tell you the she ne never neer er will do any anything anything anything thing crooked You roust must have bOfe sur reme confidence nee In herI her Iou oa ou couldn t bo have hate c expressed It bet better better better I ter I ho have haie e eI I must remind you that Ihal hat your our lon on fj thence Jence may cony Ie le L e dictated b s sine me pure purely purey ly Iy per personal liking which his hs n a thing to commend It Itself elf elf to me are ou 1 ou mU must 1 not exp ep ct me to 10 be S t tv f sent How Ion can I 1 assure m myself self or ormy ormy ormy my colleagues that lint your out our Impress 1 ns as of her tier are art not nol false i Mi Mt 1111 HI III I walled smiled It a the man elan kin lly Ily Don t I bei heI he be I Tended feuded when hen I say that I ha I the he p lice Ilse d I er al nl tie II 11 e a time lime of He tI It e a lo loss s sf f this r ne of lie tl II e a cle Women omen nr I working t r ulF the he law low SheI She I set sei out to Ie he you she sins os deeply deerly de wronged She may have base bo e to get et your She he was said Mid to have date been very beau Tl TI Ink over what hilt men bo have hate e ilon dont In 10 the past post for 10 lovely losely ely women and then blame me If It you can for tor doubting doubling het hel repentance I 1 can t blame you Trent sold bold slot ly Iy It seems a trait troll ot of o human u Iture to tr try nn mil I keep p peor to 10 d 1 rather thin tinn to lit ip tl ti em cm 11 hat hot tic de deyon you yon know now about her Mr lr I mil nm told lold I Ie e a Is nn an talk talkIng lug a n doyen do languages es and II 1 I to nil all the ii I i s rt r f hh Sl Si e a Is all sal to 10 dress S and talk with 1111 a I foreign accent There VII was afoul II oUI her tier I It II it was as her eyes c e es 55 hot hat color are areher areher her eyes cies e S 'S t deep t re n almost binck binek said Trent pry pre Trent said JIll Hill hill I they reas re green n as no Jade and yu yr u know It ItI It 1 I cw people see sec color In the I same ome way Trent reminded him nut fiut tut few confound green gren and brown bro Re lie frank with me 55 hy by St I 1 believe e tint that the Countess I think thit hit Is ahal the pol pal ce nil call her wants to go 10 t I Anthony Trent face grew sterner There wis B II curiously dominating I personality about the min mn Mr Ir ad Heaven lIea eaten may rt rejoice over the nl sally vall n of n sinner he said raid hut but the world evidently e does not III III prove what I 1 say Yesterday afternoon I 1 Ow her She hid Ind no prospers propped t ahead but hul drudgery so co 1 I tempted her lIh rein relative lIve luxury I told her 1 1 I have that diamond there cut lit In half and give e her a hundred bundred thousand dol dollars Tars lars for tor her share shore of It I begged bagged her herto herto to 10 take toke It I reminded her of ot the lire life woman convicts len lea 1 I In our hart barl arous prisons Sl 81 e turned the opportunity do dorm 11 cold I 1 tell ell you It If ever the devil 0 was watching for tor B ft s JUI there sins ns his chance she wouldn thear t thear thear hear of ot It tier lIer one Idea Is to make Was It fair to tempt her 1111 ash ed cd edI I 1 can cnn never fully tully explain to you just why I did dd It II One of ot the reasons was 1 I wanted to assure myself that what 1 I believed was wag true rue I don t I thInk I 1 ever efer suffered more than when I was tr Ing to shake h her r e there was n a new Tenderness bS In his voice folce wl wI Ich Mr Ir mil Hill did not Dot miss 1 don t I think I 1 Ie e se over ever felt tell prouder than hen alien she turned my mv proposition down and thouc It t me a renegade w 1 ou must take to an tin uncommon In crest In this brown Dyed lady the former ambassador cud Id slowly 1 I do Trent admitted that s why I m here I 1 might point out sold said the other that you have put your head bend In the mouth of ot a lion I able ohle to snap It off ofT close to the If It he choo chooses es Its It s true you sou hive the ilia dla mood mond In your pod pot et for the lie moment but what s to hinder me from ringing a bell and having you on an I 1 It sel cd If It you observe sold said Anthony Trent Treat you vou will see I 1 nm am occupying n a position of ot advantage lie Ile was sitting bitting In a leathern armchair arm armchair armchair chair by liv the side of ot nn an open Ore fire In which some oak logs were burning horning Hammer blows may not hurt din 1111 monds but heat does 1 have only to drop this tills Into Inlo II 11 tie e a lames flames and the l s gem will never neer sparkle again arhon to carbon It would distress me very much to ha have hate e to do this Ur Jr Jill lou ou 1 ou are resourceful the other tied led After Afler nil ail It was not likely that the man mon who had hod outwitted W MI MIchat chat Temes or would could be bo caught nip nipping nipping ping lye I ve got to be Trent conceded conceded t lint hot Is ts tl tJ e a answer I don tant I t want pant the diamond destroyed t I hate hote wanton santoo waste wale wa te If U 1 I can eun I d like lIbe to help YO l yo i iou ou Iou gave your our gl glern government ern men very ver Important Information dur durIng durIng lag Ing a r of ot unrest after utter the war ivar Some ome consideration Is due to you It ItI I ItI I can eun arrange the matter Thal Is the factor upon which I shall count But Bul remember rt member tl tI I Is Anthony Trent iou ou ore ure using up your credit to r my ay the debts lIebis of some one cue ne else elce I ask ock you rou Is IsIt IsIt IsIt It sit H rth It t Is sold said Trent Rhin do you leave leJ Wn a s so n a as liS I get your answer I in Ii h ping to go nt al noon lona Ml 11 right Call me up here bere tonight een twelve twel and ond till halt half If last rast ast III bhe lie you iou OU my private pl ant uni number number 55 hut bats s ills III he ns liS 1 Iren thrust the little chamois bag Into his hands loud 1 d better belter keep ep It II said bald Treat Men Aren I you TOU inclined to be o lI Mr Hill demon led Youcan You Youlan Youcan lan can t put pul It In the tire lire now TO UE LIE COl |