OCR Text |
Show DlVA9B 1 many steam yachts coming from Eng- this is certainly the roan you met In land put Into Gibraltar for coal and New York and who sold you the stone fresh provisions, coal being you gave me, is he not?" there than In French and cheaper Italian And that was at "Ob, certainly. ports, and he thought It very probable the end of and Leveo, was killed July, that the Erinna would do the same; late in June." he also made some deductions which He waved the sheet slowly to and fro "Yes. That leaves a month SYNOPSIS.' J! need not be explained yet. The only for him to have only to dry the ink. been to Asia that's one worth mentioning here was that absurd." "Yes, sir. He got Cere this mora gilt vase full of immense pink roses, became enamored "It's only a preliminary agreement," lat, with steins nearer four feet long than lng from Vienna in his motor, sir, and Ugotheti would be likely to hear In ,Tbe,rd,d stranger who wn he "but said, and it's Impos "Utterly, totally, entirely as far as It Gibraltar that the th" binding studying '!;b: ,,n and ruby had been slble," asseverated Mr. Van Torp three. Mrs. Rushmore admired them sent his things with his man, and bla goes and I'll attend to the rest. You'll .. found was and her home on its way back to "One of two things. Either this man very much. compliments to you and the ladles, of a niin have to give tne a power of attorney him V" ioiiin "How did you know that I love and he will come on board in time for England, and that as he would know Is u. . " nwr would for my lawyer It not he In and he's Is, if tnn. husband, New your York. By the that hoPln 7icoBlir8t Margaret would bo anxious about the man who found the rubles in Asia. roses above all other flowers?" she dinner. That was all, I think, sir." It r(.turn th by, If you decide to come, you can do It, since he had hv 10 eti to follow Lady Maud heard, and made av already given It Or ,else, if he Is that man, he's not asked. "My dear Mr. Van Torp, you u that in Venice, where there's a real her, he would to who l,l,.Lpr1 UD me a I'm are sure!" wizard, the let perceptible movement of the occasion scarcely hardly I Leven. had wish that heathen girl That's necessary. Ihit of dr u to die nuruka'i couxin live consul. Nfc, Lady Maud and Margaret entered, head ly way of thanks to her friend, communicating with her go by. As been here yesterday! She could have COUp for all matters of cl)ml( sidt business herein set for writing from Gibraltar to betrothed. atun'l mine: but forth, we are now any told In a minute. She'd better have and kept up a polite little chorus of while listening to Margaret's enthusialready The Mme. place whatsoever In the was The rtranitor oar-"a been here any w ay than cutting around admiration; but they both felt uneasy astic praise of everything she saw. Mr. t i that hope rfU Cordova and Rufus Van Baud wa?.:r Torp letter will arrive In less than a week, the Mediterranean a Bnd tunnel, with that fellow us to what they might find in their re- Van Torp and his man departed, Just ,nnt 0l.," .l ....rrvllllf organized for the purpose of it is sheer folly. Mr. Van hi had 'Oil; spective cabins, for Margaret hated as Potts appeared, accompanied by a Torp Logotheti!" building an opera house in the city of never tried it, and pink, and Lady Maud detested gild very neat looking English stewardess supposed it posrubir? ,,V;J iind ntarted In pur- - New York and for Maud answered "Yea," gravel.ady uU1 giving public per- sible, as It looks, but re was tolerably ,,a Oft; and neither of them was especial In a smart white cap. Lady Maud was lng, Is if "Hut Leven about myself ly. I' ' 'V."... V.. ...or.,.. formances of musical works in the sure ;iet ire.! that of roses. They left Mrs. Hush-mor- e unusually silent, but she stalled pleasfond would Utgotheti fiimoiiM primaivonHtantln ly telegraph bo same, with a nominal what is my position I mean capital hereaft- first, and hud perhaps done so al- ailve, happy in her quarters and antly at what Margaret said, and the financier. llHr er to be r.n-fvcy I where know am, Leven, agreed upon.' That's what ready, ior the news of his passing d.jn't really quite went on. Maud's tdrn came next, latter mado up her mind to drown her " WJ"lc friend Lady d I?" .......i ulinsn hiiHhaml we are now." and she began to understand, when anger against Logotheti, and at the Cape Saint Vincent was already 21 i have would but "Anybody you k; He folded the sheet, returned It to hours old. nt . "ir-Timate ivay."'. of marrying again already," ob- she saw a quantity of sweet wood vio same time be avenged on him, in an. his inner pocket and held out his hand . This was precisely what had hap- thought Kufna van and U1B Sir. served Van Torp, looking up side lets on her table, Just loosened, in an orgy of luxurious comfort, sea-airone oi flit1 l.r : liou manner. ii.,.,. was in kivh In a cheerful, business-likWhen Mr. Van Torp opened old Murnno sunshine. of a pened. beaker. The glass capacity perfectly " in was 5 her taller she for I ..nrinn BS eyes, '"".'..1 "Shall wo shake hands on it?" he his door, he came upon Margaret and ways he. Seta;; "Thank you," she said, bending to healthy and successful singer for en He h roihai. than "Then you'd really be In a Mrs. asked. i.o Itusiiniore on on the smell them. "How kind of you!" the ',v"m mi 1 landing, pet i'.;r joying everything, from a halfpenny bnd as wouldn't Hut fix, is, it you? st & There was not a trace of gilding or bun and a drive in a tmnsom to a mil"I!y all means," Margaret answered point of going out for a walk, and a don't see that It makes much differ orsti from i. readily, and their eyes met: but she servant had just brought the prima ence. The man s going under a false pink silk. The cabin was paneled and lionaire's yacht and the most expenisplje L..t'!v" A....:.rjrr,.,h w drew b:ick her hand again before tak- - donna a telegram which she was read- name, so he doesn't mean to claim fitted In a rare natural wood I" of a sive fat of the land, or sea, has never lit IIITUrm' u " "K2 ''"'". Van Torp ImUKht his. "This Is purely a matter of, ing aloud, so that the American couiu you as his wife, nor to try to get a creamy-whitbeen measured. And If they do have tint. lng IChc; Venice. H io L'live nun it not help hearing her. business between us." terrible fits of temper now and then, she said said, racy,; Beg divorce He's as my "you pardon, lady," he did before. Stemp. of again, told her rAnthe VnltedhadStates tioi: a man understand that? It means nothing' "'Cruislns till wanted.'" she read just going to be somebody else for his "This and Miss Donne's cabin com- who shall blame them? They are alof tlm one h ?he quickly. else?" "'Ruby found. Address, own good, and he'll get married that municate by this door, and the door ways sorry for It, because it Is bad African followed Market mm yacht Krlnna, Naples." Each for the voice. a ... "I'l.rlllll festival. anmatter of "Purely business," way, maybe. That's his business, not aft goes to the dressing-room- . renin lirw, She heard Van Torp close his door, yours. I don't .i, one cabin has and Mr. Van Torp reached his quarters, Van a lkinic t". --u" swered Itufus ' and quite independent, Torp, slowly going suppose you're hlld ..I... tl,.rnkn though she had not heard him open It, to get up In church and forbid the this bell rings the pantry, my lady, and prepared to scrub and dress com ?i .nt KrallnHky. a llutn. gravely. and turning round she found herself banns, are lev, Van Torp and this one rings Miss Donne's fortably after a week at Bayreuth and Bavreiith. you?" face to face with him. Her eyes were "I would, like a shot!" said Lady maid s cabin, as I understand that a railroad journey. CHAPTER XII. in i",u"" ,a sparkling with anger. Maud. "So would you, I'm sure! your ladyship has not brought her own Lady Maud did not begin to dress at ,..uli.m from 1'lnney. a "" ib""-"Very sorry." he said. "I couldn't Think of the other woman!" iby sli- liau whu maid with as there was plenty of time beher." . once., ....... On the morning after the transac.rr with tne inift-help hearing." said Lady Maud, smell- fore dinner; she left the stewardess to nice," "Very "That's Van Vl that Lituothrtl's answered so," tion Torp last Van described. attenTorp's to DUdpl. p.-"It's of no consequence, for I should without enthusiasm. "However, we've ing the violets again. unpack her things, and came out upon Van tion was arrested by a sensational so Informed Mararet. have told you," Margaret answered t the threw open the door of com- the wag gangway outside her cabto think about you and the presStemp "scare-head- ' got that KralitiMky a about thief and a ruby briefly. had known in Ida young manto in munication cabin he had door to the air, for It was breathe the preI do. decide and what we'll ent, sup coworth $50,000. Some disaffected He argued well for himself from her pose the best thing is for me to put pared for the prima donna. The two warm. The city lay half a mile away In Ixmdon had known, or lleague tone and manner, but he chose to him off with some excuse, bo that you cabins occupied the whole beam of the In the afterglow of the sunset. i on hl yacht Krlnna. Haraka on the cleverly guessed, where the stone was ,.r plans for n t show that he would not force his com- can come on the yacht." 'But she felt none of that healthy vessel, excepting the gangway ner unu k...i ,l....rl.,il Hit icil that had been stolen from Mr. Pin- fiuceedH in on each side, and as she was one of pleasure which a lovely sight naturally pany upon her just then, when she sort!" of the do "Please nothing neys, and bad Informed the police: was la a visible in Lady Slauu arriv-the largest yachts afloat at the time, gave her. She was at a crisis of her rage, and instead of cried Lady Maud. and van lorp unu-ierttan-- t the young fellow who DUI1U there was no lack of room. a to nt stopping to exchange more words he nvimuuvu life, and the exquisite evening scene wnn I want you to come," "But an like had objected spoke English gentleman i in New York. the two ladies hat in hand, and her friend. was the battlefield of a coming strugtime of at this "Carnations, passed year!" walked directly into the arms of the cried Margaret, seeing half an arm- gle, with herself, or with another, she bowing rather low, after his manner, s I'm on mean to Do "I him come. for man think you waiting kPTER XI. Continued. he went quietly downstairs. ful of her favorite dark red ones, in a hardly knew. In half an hour, or la afraid to meet him?" the pier in New York, the stone had r before the mirror. an hour, at most, she was to sit at tahim till he watched disapMargaret Van Torp looked at her In some sur silver and been found sewn up in his waistcoat, bed the page round, seem to know everything! ble with a man she fully believed to "You really peared. prise, and not without admiration. to her. The writing was and his pleasant career of liberty had bo the husband for whom she Thank you so much!" had "I like that man," she said, as if to in a cell. 'There isn't anybody like you, any She burled her handsome face in the been wearing mourning, out of mere perfectly legible, but very ended abruptly to herself, but audibly. "I cannot s way, he said quietly. "Hut there band Mr. Van Torp whistled softly as he Krom the "commercial splendid flowers and drew in a deep, decency, but with the profound Inward it." going to be a circus on that ship if warm breath, full of their sensuous satisfaction of being free. Imerican business men. Any road the account a second time. Then help Mrs. Rushmore was more than de he's Leven," lie added. "If he makes taken at random, might he neatly cut the column out of the (TO BE CONTINUED.) but had tact enough not to a fuss I'll read the riot act and lock perfume, the spicy scent of a laden tied unformed, at first sight, paper, folded It with great precision, lighted, e sun. clove tree under tropical make any answer to a speech which him tip." Spider Colonies. "Thank you again!" she said enppearance of the whole was smoothed It with care and placed it In had not been meant for her native probably Our who spiders are notable for Mar-answered no," I "Ob, Maud, Lady little a next to his pocket-boocheap "Thank you for everying and symmetrical. their extreme unsociability. Of those was used to Mr. Van Torp's familiar thusiastically. She photograph of Mme. da Cordova as ears. the clauses carefully. the this and thing, delightful journey, which are spinners each one con"Perhaps," she said, "you would vocabulary, "why need there be any a good "Juliet," which he had bought In a ad already signed lovely room, and the carnations!" Its web apart from- - those of structs not out rather dear." my I trouble? him am You've not yet, told go just I She stood up suddenly to her height, papers in connection with music shop in New York the day after And those which hunt pur kind. for its sugthe Margaret wa$ grateful coming, you say. Very well. If he in sheer pleasure, and held out her fcements and her own sraau he had heard her for the first time, sue their back alone, says the London prey and into turned sees me he been after has they gestion, suddenly ind the language was not so and had carried In his pocket ever hand to him. He pressed it quietly, Globe. on board a little while, he'll certainly and smiled. their rooms. r to her as it would have since. In other countries, however, there Meanwhile Van Torp had reached betray himself, and tben I shall be tiiost women. He took up the mutilated newspa"Do as you would be done by," he are spiders which live in communities. sure. man Leven a is of the world door of the hotel, and found Lady I sign first?" she asked, per and looked up and down the col- the said. "That's the company's rule." and one such, a native of Mexico, Is her parasol 'was' or 'Is' God knows which! But had finished. "My own umns, and among other Information Maud standing there with She laughed at the allusion to their described by M. L. Diguet It Is known doesn't1 if he be it is to want was and in. for sun he, the streaming r my stage name?" of which Iatly !aud knew as the mosquero and makes a large which he gathered In a few moments up, "I was waiting for you," she said recognized, he'll behave as If nothing agreement, wn name, please," said Van was the fact that Logotheti's yacht for they had determined to nest in oaks and other trees. Hera nothing, reached her had happened, after the first moment out hesitation. it secret for th present. "The other's had "passed Capt Saint Vincent, going simply, as soon as he out the spiders live gregariously and along keep cer I of shall At least be surprise. into the be- - east, owner and party on board." The side, and she stepped Mr. Van Torp had not found an op- with them In the nest is found a ming in your profession, I sure must tain. be would come "I positively street. you of speaking to Lady Maud nute beetle and another species of spili appear under it, and its previous telegram had not escaped down, and Ithought wanted to speak to you whether Leven is alive or dead, for portunity he wished her to . know der. The beetle is said to act as but iness style. " alone, him, and if he had entertained any I did not get a chance last night. what I have got back in these last tte "Margaret Donne" at the doubts as to the destination of the for when scavenger. Parts of the nest of the Kralinsky might be expected. were both watching me, prob- two months is my whole life. A mere e page in her "Stemp," he said, before leaving the mosquero are hung up in the houses large and rath- - Erinna, they vanished now. She was They because they thought I was ill, recognition at first sight and at ten Mediterranean. ably "have you heard from the during the wet season to get rid of the I 1 ar hand, and passed the pa certainly bound for the yards is not enough, it may be only cabin, files. Left count?" I to Van Torp, who Bigned it. He remembered having heard that and I had to chatter like a magpie to a marvelous resemblance, for they keep up appearances." irnMtll 1 "You did it very well," Van Torp say every one has a 'double' somein the world." said. 'If I had not seen your fp.ee where used to say, tot), that if you "They at the window when I got out of the automobile yesterday 1 shouldn't have met your 'double' one of you would observed Van Torp. "Those guessed there was anything wrong, die," "Hut there is something very tilings are all stuff and nonsense, of I was Just thinking. Well," wrong something I can hardly bear course. he continued, dwelling on his favorite to think of. though I must, until monosyllable, "if you decide to come know the truth." on the yacht, and If the man doesn't They turned Into the first deserted blow away, we shall know the truth In street they came to. I can give a guess at three or four days from now, and "I dare say that's a comfort. And even if he turns 1 Van w It is." cod hat Torp answered grave ten out to be Leven, maybe we can manly. "1 went to see him alone yester l age something." before he and on started, purpose, day Iady Maud chose not to ask what I must say, if It wasn't for the beard her friend thought he could "manage;" I'd feel pretty sure." she had glanced at his face when "lie had a beard when I married for he had spoken, and though It was half like was It like that and just him, turned away from her, she saw his ' that!" expression, and it would have scared shook voice Maud's audibly Lady She did not like a nervous for she felt cold, even in the sun him to be inperson. that mood, and was sorshine. ry that she had brought him to it. "1 (ildn't know," Van Torp answered But Mr. Van Torp, who was a strong That alters the case. If we're not man, and had seen more thavoiie afI do to can help you? mistaken, what his in fray days, C?.ild not ranching Let's see. You only had that one how help thinking uncommonly easy look at him, through the window, Is It would be to pick up Count Kralln-skthat so?" and drop him overboard on a dark "Yes. lmt the window was open, next week, when the Lancashire night and it's not high above the ground Lass would be doing 22 knots, and He took oft nn,l mv eves are good. there might be a little weather about his hat when he said good by to you, to drown the splash. and 1 saw his face as distinctly as I W hen you ve been mar kho yours. CHAPTER XIII. she laughed harshly man" a to ried "you cannot be easily mistaken The millionaire did things hand about him, when you're as near as somely. He offered to motor his party I m I man married. that! That is the to Venice, and sb Margaret declined, Intimately convinced of It, but I must because motoring was bad for her 1H unuerstanaT you 1 v .. i II quite sure. ;. , iii rs. voice, he telegraphed for a comfort- I l Of course, u he s reaiiy L.even, aide special and took his carriage, I used than uctor better lie's even a frit mis down by railroad, and they re-- ! in think he was. If he's not, the were all very luxuriously comfortable. semblance U Just about the most exKralinsky was not on board the I true only traordinary thing! It's when they came alongside at yacht or four times In my t,;iw Leven three in two gondolas, following the sunset look him at to life, but I saw him steam-launch- , which carried tho load I then and the last time did. when he of luggage and the two maids. ! ? ( was he Hare In court, made the row Stemp led the way, and Mr. Van 80 1 re'1"51"' lalkl"81 of rm1 doing Torp took the three ladles to their her ills voice." cabins; first, Mrs. Uuslunore, who was M lafl ft X X X XX X X. X 11 There's only one difficulty," Lady nurprlsed and delighted by the rich asoo have else one may Maud said. "Some of hers, for it Ju,u'- - U may t,n'n and gay appearance been killed was entirely decorated in pink and who had have been the pickpocketSuch things gold. ,nlcn his. pocket-booShe Buried Her Handsome Face the Splendid Flowers. In books! 3ut On the writing table stood a tall. do or have happened, I Cell. Ended Abruptly In a 'd - 1 't m ' Com-pan- ; "y , ., e fc'TV", lr ws" j e - '"' Im-- 1 urn-Hi''- - il six-foo- six-foo- mod-ratln- nice-lookin- plain-clothe- wine-coole- . stIH WM r:WJk 5JL if, Ml7 UM iln oragtoflu Vsvv P ill y i 1! 'tv lib ' UMW .xZ" fes m |