Show i THE ISLE OF STRIFE r By GEORGE C. C SHEDD t. t Copyright P 1912 by Small Maynard Co SYNOPSIS Charles Woodworth inherits hi his hi father father fath er er ers er's estate Beta Being refused by Elizabeth Moore Mania d daughter of ot a l diplomat to Vene Vene- he goes to a ranch In Texas Texan Wit With win Lieutenant foes William Harrl Harrington ton he pro proposes pro proposes poses to take tako a vacation in tn Maine News or ot the capture of a Russian spy apy with plans of ot a European fortification dl dis discloses closes the tho fact fut that Woodworth possesses Plans pIan o of If a supposed German fort taken taker I 10 the trunk of ot an English ex-English arm army Fred Pred I Douglass who with Ith dUr vuie a 8 Frenchman were employed at the Forge or e mine Jack Jilek MAItland manager ahot not Douglass when ho he learned both were I robbing tho mine escaped On Ont t the JJ e boat from Galveston ton to NewYork York a Ii coffe raJ er relates that dUrvIlle and Del I President Castro Castro's riGht hand nand man are the same Del won th the Venezuelan presidents president's favor by I betraying D Lonagan a contraband trader In n New York Woodworth m meets meeta Jack who has married Fen Fen- ton daughter of or the Forge mine owner who ho tells telle him that Mr Moore and daugh daugh- ter are arc at Island Iland Maitland tells teUs Woodworth to go In and win Elizabeth ElIaabeth hOn wn On the tram train a a. German Carmen demands demanda to know how Ow Woodworth od orth got the map Woodforth Wood Wood- forth worth orth r refuses At night tho the German Gorman at at- at tempt to steal the tha map and a a. fight tight re- re suite At Woodworth I is again confronted by th tho G Gorman German On th the walk to 0 the tho German ag again ln appears appears' ant and being refused attempts to assault Woodworth rood p Woodworth learns earns from his man An An- drew that Elizabeth called colled at his hia New NewYork NewYork York home horns She didn't think hed he'd act at foolish on being refused A raging storm k keeps S Woodworth Indoors for two days Clad in fn oilskins ho he goes Oel to th tho village The Innkeeper Mme Mine Coubeau informs him that a German nam named Von Huas- Huas man n Is stopping there Woodworth rents reuth a boat from his old friend Jean Gervaise Geralee who ho often orten took Betty Moore out He Ho is hailed by Betty Bettyas as Jean In tho boat beat Betty discovers her ht mistake They part as strangers after Woodworth calls ails Senor Del Del Her Her- alle aile who ho la ii stopping with the Moores a nv scoundrel At night Woodworth goes to fo the MoOrs Moore home O On the grounds he lie heI heIt I 1 It attacked and Del takes the theM map and nd Instructs his s secretary Davis t to hide It ft Woodworth recovers the m map p. p Woodworth Woodworth Wood- Wood worth tails falls to convince Mr Ir Moore that Del pel was as known under several se aliases Del I visits Woodworth and nd nd endeavors to to have Wood Woodworth worth sell th the map but ut falls The TIle German again appears Baron Von Hussan and D Del I b bargain for the map without success The Moore ser sen servant ant nt tells Betty Bett tho the true truo tor tory story of the attack on Woodworth Del De Hen aUa hol holds s up Andrew but Woodworth Wood Wood- worth orth orth appears in time CHAPTER VIL VIL Continued Jt t was was cas easy to to e to Pilon the source of his knowledge knowledg and the in in- r of his tale Senor D Del l ll had bad not made mado his bis visit to the bo hou bouse sc e ad adjoining id- id d. d joi joining ing the inn without a purpose which no now trans transpired ired he ho sought Bought to disarm mo ma of the thc friendship and support sup of tho village vil l lage e e. e BO so that when when when he c be bo ready t to ta measure swords with mo iris I mus must stand standal al alOn n 1 Gaspard h would explain that 1 1 h had d othi to do with France either for or a her and since since e the fishermen of had bad known own loth my father and me that would 01 be sufficient to counteract the insidious at attack ck But Dut in this the old ma man and a 1 I. I w re re mistaken in Ur easy Gap immediately to the vil 1 l lags lace se and ct hix industriously ly to work orle to counteract the thc talc a tale a task tak his heart i was 1 as in in as ho he had a full sub sub- i ct for talk which was like Jike wino ine to him him and bad in n addition a a. sharp contEmpt contempt con eon t tempt for Pilon and his crew Indeed In In- deed I I should h havo ve known better than to permit him thus to venture forth in my plY defense Ills His e explanation was was as only 3 a h half lf explanation it but the tho Tongues whetted d curiosity wagged v voices ices chattered old h heads ads nodded voun young ones doubted questions ns few there was the map inapt I If not ot one cirie of Frances France's forts who e 1 How had hadJ J I rot got it and nd what would I do with i Si Since ce I had told Ga pard 8 so hy not more moret It was very strange tran c this map mal Aud And was there then no no not also alo ahoRn sn an u unknown wn rn visitor visitor- in La a m map D. D wh who had been loitering i sonic some days What was be lie doin bore hore Ho He had bad been leen seen to so go to m my he w was s aGerman a an enemy of France Francc What bould I 1 have havet to to do with him bim mori nori Dieul Dieu Yes wore mor particularly when a i ahad had bad ad a map If If it were a harmless map v. v why did 1 J T n t brin brine it to tho the village vile vil 1 lage Se and ow it if to people f Some d did d not always turn out as honest as their theu no fathers no not always No doubt in the beginning there was with most of them no intention to injure in in- j jure re me rne e The The Tho good folk fok liked argument men ment and aud subjects were not common Curiosity vas wa a at tb the bottom of it But the harm barm lay Jay in continued talk Tho he heon on oftener r the tte topic opi was broached the themore more curious the people grow r w and ad to doubt from fron doubt to is is' an Rn easy road And at t. t 1 last st overwhelmed by a bail hail of f questions old td Gaspard r could coul not make an any an an- Iwer He was scoffed at for earn carry ing ii o only ly half a story and and angry ba f fled stammering imprecations upon J che for it its e stupidity 1 a and d d. d malice h b ho r returned tun d to his hu house bouse a and d d the d do door door- 6 some e of the young v un fel Iowa who admiring and im imitating r Pi 11 Ions Ion's 5 rough jests followed we him with L jibes All tb this 5 I I. I Teamed learned d from Andrew n rew who w 10 had bad gone opo marketing ti c to the v village U e ari and Came rame In fn in for his share of attention T They eh had d not got tot out of him not out of Andrew Androw but be ne be had llad per per- ived W what at was going oin on up an and I don lown the streets and at doors and d nd h ho ha I h had J lingered er d I BO so as asto to bring me me mea i a full ful account Them Thero had bad boon been no no threat 3 ID t mo me except by Pilon PHon Indeed the tea older and wiser wiser heads beads bad had said Patie e c patience the matter wilo wil i. i come o e o out oute t But the village was nov ht int into excitement aiu and aud i there were m murmurings against th the S stran stranger er th tb the German who stopped a atho athu at St t tb tho thu inn arid and ad wh who apparently had no n no 0 business except pt with inc mo This Thi was waa a a a. now turn of affairs tha that t m made roade de' de deme me pause Del ha hi bud d struck struck a as wa was his manner from ii jI ambush He appear appeared d nowhere ro in II it yet it was his hiM blow Still I di die did d not Dot look look- for tor trouble from the tho village a as they were peaceable men but my ni rn y mi might bt nevertheless 8 be mad made 0 uncomfortable Sentiment for tb th the a c country U from which t their an ancestors bad hai d I rome corns was wa yet strong in their breasts th tb retained its speech and cust customs nui i in all alJ save dwelling place they thoy French n h. h and to assail the countr country y across II th- th the sea Ilea ea woe was in a a. way to assa assail 11 them Tb They y wo d expect this matter mattE r to t be made straight Cunning D Pel l Her He r- r v 16 He had seized th the tho ono one point C o ot if weakness in my position aud made Ildo Cit i i ian it itan an advantage to him himself elf In hi Pilon Plon h I he heh 5 h had bpd tf found uD a ana ready y and handy andy tool c ex exactly tb tho on one needed Deeded for his bis purpose o a not troubled with scruples an sut aut r. r ti leD ly b boI bold l 1 and rough and what w va as I m mOre rez already hatin hating me n What ld 1 I I JOT dOT The village Jre would be none thi tho tI IC wiser if f I spread the tho map reap before ii it its Ls eves while on on tho the oth other r hand baud to sa sav S that I r did not Dot know w wb what t fortress f it t tJ l J represented pr e would only bo be adding fit fuel l to the fire Yc- Yc cunning iuri l I had bad hadd id cd tid mt my li hands ia aid and tongue toi g e. e Then a graver rAVer doubt entered my p mind Tim Tho ho little Frenchman's Frenchmans x plots i 1 were never simple on tho contrary I t they hey wore generally complex Ha Had no he noa I Ia a deeper motive under all this than L I merely that of securing tho the map inapt To Tc Tobo Tobo I bo ho sure the tho latter Jatter would be valuable i in n his hands and aud h he be would not lightly S a abandon bandon his bis effort to obtain in it it but was ho Ia laying ing the tho foundation of a amoro amoro r moro sinister scheme My Mv ur Dr presence sence t threatened his security my knowledge I o of f his past was too tb dnn dangerous to allow S him h im to rest rost in peace even thou though h it s seemed I could make mike no uso of it It for fox foxS it ome turn of the tho whee tho-whee wheel tome Some veering S o of f. f the wind of fortune mi might bt give m me e the necessary advantage Other w witnesses to his guilty work at Forge Forgo w Were ere alive alive Maitland Eth 8 Mr Fenton Fen Fen- Feni ton ton and t and with nth these to support t my accusations ac- ac aci arid and with the influence which Mr r. Fenton a power in New Y York rk aan a aman m man n an respected in iii could o Iad wield Senor Del as a distinguished distin g envoy and a a. gentleman of hon boa honorable honorable o rable position would bo be o un unmasked as cd bo f fore foro ore the world and aud ruined in m his hi uso- uso f to C Castro I sat u up P gripping t the he arm of DI my chair As D at F Forgo my antagonist onist had not halted baited a aalf ahal ap h half hal alf measures measures as Del at La La- v ouche would ho he be any Rny more likel todo too to todo d do o so aol 1 Did h ho plot to forestall me rue me to render onder t me mc helpless before before ro I could act t to o condemn mo me in tim the sl sight eight bt of Ifa- Ifa lAY ouche to end cud m my friendship with with the Moores 1 and aDd thus make nay atlY accusations which I T should bring ag against him fu iu- t ile tile because of my own apparent nt dou dou- b ilo lo and treachery Would he be o e mo me in dis disgrace raco With realization that I alone c could not briD bring him to justice I sat eat d down own and wrote Jack Tack Maitland the tho full fuU p of f what had happened and w what hat I suspected for the tho future If I knew anything of Jack Jack or or of M Jr Mr r. r Fenton either they either they men who w would not Dot let business stand in their w way vav of comin coming to They were f fit And tho the score of DU c rimes at Forgo was not Dot yet palo pail It i I w was as 8 With a satis satis- a comforting sense of or f action faction of provision for tho morrow t hat that I l' signed ned and sealed my narrative T The nho he demand domand for their presence I had m made ade strong stronger stroner because of D DUr Ur v illos illo's probable future claim of im im- sin sin- sini m unity on OD the tha ground round of being a cm cial ial l Under such a cloak ha h ho io o could hope to contrive and plot and a act ct unchecked any assault upon Mm w would become an international affair S ingle handed 1 J was helpless so 1 I u haste hasto haste c could ld be beuick q Quick therefore haste baste was impera imperative ive The Tho letter I 1 locked in a a drawer 1 w uld it to Te Jean loyal Jean T an w ho who should hould carry it with his own hand hando hanI t to o tho the railroad station and with bis his o own wn hand place it aboard a train A w wire ire ire dispatched at tho same time w would give Jack warning t of th the tho loters loter's let lot t irs ers coming Thus I laid my plans I Iven e ven wrote out the telegram U DUrville DUrmo is is' is' is hero here with Moore loore as Il j from Venezuela Plot Plot- ti tin ng to finish inc me Letter fOU follows WOODWORTH Others besides th tho villagers rs of La V he vero wore interested in my affair At A U t supper I learned that hat Andrew on h his is return from froth the village and with t ho marketing b basket on his bis arm bad had m met et Betty in the tho wood She Sho evinced a d desire lesire for lor conversation which the thc s was nothing less lees than t. t And And on what point did she display h her ier er interest 1 S Sho I She asked sk d if you vou had known Senor Del Dol D el b before toro comin coming to La La- Lat v ouche and as you u had told me to sa say n to anyone Master Charles I 1 a answered t No Miss Betty not to my k 1 e Th Then n she look looked d at me mend a nd said Andrew youre you're not a very g villain main and aud you youre you're re not accustomed I. I o. o lying for your face fa has turned red led T hen Then 1 t grow trew redder than ever for 1 h had iad been discovered in what I be be- ben l I should never be guilty nty of to a l ady She continued I II see n nw now w that M Mr r. r Woodworth and Senor Del h bave ave mot mat in other circumstances s. s Tell Tall me m e Andrew how it is that Mr Woodworth Wood Wood- w worth orth seems changed I replied In Inno o one no ne thin thing Miss Mis's Betty ho he will wUl never c hango hange so Ion long as as' as h ho he lives and thai is isn in i n ii his bis love lovo for you I r laid id down mv fork Andrew d ont lont you JOU think Im I'm eap capable ble of con- con d my own love lovo affairs I in in- q You are er very slow I think Maeer Mas Mae t tex tex- CP er Charles was as tho the imperturbable I response r The uThe devil I am ami Yes sir So I followed a a bit of ot or a advice your father once gaVe gae e a m me n namely lamely to to speak a a good word when e vcr ver the opportunity arose roee even evon when'S to aman a a. aman S m man an to whom you owe money moner I 1 remember re aS S member how in particular ho no laid emphasis em S p hasis on that phrase oven oven to a man to tc whom you ou owe money moncy and Miss Mis Betty i s is s. s much h more i r than that The aphorisms inlaid in Andrews Andrew's I mi mind d by in my parents were as silver silvor im urn b bedded in steel they ther were not to be hi r removed Continue said paid I. I She inquired of me me what I r knew P of the talk of your our jn ha haying having a map oi of one of Francos Franco's forts The Tho servants p she explained had heard the accusation in i in n the village and wore were gossiping of ii it at Moore House I stated that I was wa I not in your confidence to th the extent of t f knowing what particular forts you yon ha had I maps of of or ho how many Master Maste r Charles Charles' father often had bad very cry taut tant papers in his possession Miss Bet ct ty as did d his grandfather rand ath r. r I said It 1 t would only be c natural thon then th that t Mas Mae such ter Charles in his hiis turn 8 should hould have hay I I leane l ba k and nd time hmo j d Senor laughed Next Nez t Del calls I ahall ebal I turn him himer VCr over to say you ou What did Betty Bett r For Fo a white hUe |