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Show HUdlTEDLAGIIDinDl ' By HUDSON DOUGLAS Awthar "A Mllllan MHiirta,M tc Copy r it hi, 1912, by LittU, Bfwn i C. "No. ao." taiped Mr. Joblias. "Doa't be as haaty. It makes as dir ferears St all, saw taat wa kare Lad) Joeceliss wits ua. I tsls vou that tbe Araenean, Cartkew, ia of an sccstial' agar aat kar and sow ke haa svwr rrokpes tip again 1 raa 't oaeelva. Is aav raaa " ''Is ear esse, rsu'rl better be off to your room aad fies for s bit of beef-teak beef-teak to doctor I bat eye with," Rlyae Interpaead Is a toae of lalcsis soaoy anre. "Asi I wias Is (Oodssaa, Dovs!" he added aavaselj, "that you wools behave s little mors Ilka s reeeopAble kumas being aad leaa " "Leaa of your lip, sow!" assrled the eld mas. "Aad don't keep on ayis tkat. Juit take it 'rem ate both of you, that you '4 batter sot bs ao alow strain is telllo me-e-" "You dlda't gi" time," Mr. JtrMiaf proteatad. 8lvoe opeaad tha door. "Corns Oa." he arced. "You've sot to get your kit narked, Joblinf. Wa ll bs leaving; bo foro very oa( sow." "Have yog made up your sued to soma witk oa, Dovet" Captsla Dove Bedded, moat an phatirallv. "Ill seed word to Braeae and Do 'Coals at ears," ho remarked, "aad thee I'll bs ready to atari whas-srer whas-srer yoo sre. " Ha left the roots after Mr. Jnhlloe. sad Plvoe, ia the doorway, looked bark at Hallie. the reaaauring amilo oa hia Hoe belied by kia cold, tabulating eyes "And kow sbout you, Salliel'' bs aaked. "Have you mads up year mindf Are yoi aat uf led eo fart Or would you rather so back to the Olive Braarat - a "If you woold 111 let you off your promlae. ovrs aowl Asd doa't forget that thia will bs your I aat chases to recall it." "You know I ran t go back to the Olive Branch, Jaaper," aha aaawored lowly. "But" j (To be continued. 1 7 ClIAfTIE XV. Tbs Law and the rroflts. -Bailie -aw kow Jaaper Hlyae's Isce hlasrked at eight of that very untimely untime-ly intruder, whoee hees eye seemed to take ia tbe itastios there st s glenre Mr. Jobllsg had fallen backward isle a cosraaiest armchair and, with both hsada c leaped to kia none, wat moaning pitaouefy. Captain Dovd aa Heading over htm, witk (eaturei ia (lamed, ia s very bellicose poeture sad Slarisg at tbe aeweomer, toward wkosi lyee had tursed isqutrisly. "You're lookia for some oae, M. Duboief ' Slyae aaked, is s toee of polite po-lite aurpriaa. wkick, Hallie, knew, was aeaumed. "A tkouaaad pardoaa," returned that individual. "I am isdeed look-iag look-iag for eome one whom I thought to find hero. I had so isteatios, how. aver, of intruding upon a lady '' He bowed . profueely to Halite. "It may be." ke suggeated, "that I have mis taken tks aumber. It sot this tha suite 1611" "One hundred and tiity,1' Hlvnr told ktm, sad evidretlv did set thUk it worth while to add that the aest uite waa kia own. "A tkouaaad pardena,'' repeated M. Duboia, very penitestly. "I in too atupidl But msdemoiaello will perhape be ao grsciooi sa to forgive mo thla time." He bowed to Pallia again sad to Slyae, aad disappeared, harplv area-ning area-ning the latter 'a faee to the mat. 'Who's that son of s aes cookf" napped Csptsis Dove, sad Mr. Job Hag looked wanly op out of one eye. A French detective," Slvne as-arwsred as-arwsred reflectively But Snllie fell uro thst ke wna afraid of M. Duboia, and wondered wky. "Well, ke kaa nothing againat ma tkat I'm aware of." the old man de c la red. "Aad sow what about thia wiret Doea it mean that eome other fellow baa aeonped the pool and thnt I've bad all mv trouble for aothing. cht" Ha clenched hia fiat agaia snd hnolr It in the lawver'a face CHATTER XIV. (Otmtlaued.) Mr. -Jobling picked up s pes snd Klvne pushed s aheet of foolacsp toward to-ward him. Captain Dove, with s grunt uf diaguat, aat back in hia rbair. and. while the Inwver wrote rapidly, related how he had found ftsllie. When he had Mniabed, Mr. Jobling read hia etatement over aloud and buckled ecstatically. Hia owa eyse were enining. "That aettlea it. Ladv Joeceline." i he. triumphantlr, taming to hallie. ' I 'II tahe mv professional reputation on your identity now. on seed havr no further doulit " , "And iut tu clinch tha matter, growled Captain Iove, " vuu d better add thia to your afhdavy: The elother the kid wan wearing when 1 fetched her off that dhow were all marked with the moniker 'J. J. ' sad eome aort of crest But they were all loat when the ship I commanded thes wsa went dows st ,ea. ' ' Mr. .Inhjing groaned. "How eery unfortunate! " he remarked before ke returned kia writing. And Hlyne stsrod Hiedlv st the tfld msn until tbe Iswyor had nnirhed. . , "Now." raid Mr. Jobling. ad.luating hia prinrener and beaming about him again, "we can call in a couple ot witneaaee and" "We'll witneaa each other a tigna turet," Slyne diaagreed. "Better sot bring in anv outsider. ' The atnut solicitor frowned over that, but (Intjllv nodded concurrence. And I aiitaiu Dove took the pen from bim, "Himme mv thouaand dollars asd tract quits so much atteatios to us ss tkat damned dwarf would. "Jobling ssd I will gs there by te night mail oa our way to Losdoa with Lsdy Joeeeline. You ess tsks the Olive Brsoch round ts some safe English port snd lav her up there Is ths meantime. Aa aooa aa you land, you ess re.iois us at Jobling 'a addreee. By that time we'll probably be ready to' redeem our note to you." "Br that time.'1 C'aptais Dove returned re-turned with coor aat rated bitteraesa, "you'll have found tome way to five me the slip altogether. D've take me for s blind idiot, Htvnef YVve think I 'm goin ' to let Hallie out of my sight, with yout" Slyne was visibly, disconcerted. "But ared't you going to take vour ship round to England I" he aaked, in genuine surprise. " You can t verv well leave her lying in flenoa! " "I'll attend to my own end of the buajneas." esid Captain Dove, with aa-gry aa-gry decision. "If yon 're going to Loo do by train tonight, ao am I. If . too lika to eoms on board with me Til sail you round. But I'm not the only man on the Olive Branch who ean sail a ship. Why, I've half a dozea broken captains and moat of 'em with extra masters' eertinratea. too among my crew. "I've left Braaae and Da Coata in charge, and thev Ml work her across the bay if I tell them to. I've only to send them a wire. And all you have to do now is to say which way you want to travel with me; for I'm going to atirk to you like a leech till the day you pay me off. ' ' only to hand it to Slyne. tour joint note foe the balance first," ke requested unamiably. hlvne aigned tbe new uote Mr. Jobling' Job-ling' pushed across the table, and Mr. .loliliug iodoraed it. t aptain Dove read it over carefully, before he pocketed it, and also counted with great caution I ho billa Hlyua tuased to him. Then be in hia turn aigned, without reading it, tha itatement Ihe lawyer had draws up from his dictation, and Ihe more ieugbty agreement between bmllie snd Jaatier ftlvne. eilvne and Jobling added their names to that, and hlyne attached his caroful signature lo a promive to pay the soHci-tor soHci-tor the percentage agreed upon. Tap lain Dove witoessed and thea eallad Gallic from hrr seat in the window alcove, and she rame forward with anxious anx-ious evra to fultil the undertaking she had Anally had to give Jasper rUxnt as the price of bis help in her moat us barxpv iredicameut. Hne did not know nor did she great ly rare then what was contained in the contract he laid before her without a word. She took from kim without demur the pen be held nut to her. Hhe i had promised to do all he told her ssd five him whatevor he asked except, or the present, herself. "Bin f Joeeeline Justice ' st the foot of each page," ke aaid gently, ssd she did so without s word. For she would not for all the world contained have broken any promise the had given, f hen Mr. Jobling desired her to witsets the two other men's signatures, Ai she handed bim berk Ihe pen the hsd s final question to ask bim. ' You said my father aad mother sre both dead, snd my stepbrother, too. Is . l. i r Slyae walked to tha window, humming hum-ming a tune. Bui it was obviously costing cost-ing him all of his refreshed fortitude to refrain from expressing his real aao tinienta toward Captain Dove. Hit face, at he stood glaring blindly out st the beautiful arena before him, wat- like that of a wild beast balked at its fuir prey. But from bctwen hia hare., set teeth the careless hum rame unbroken. "I think vou 're foolish, " waa all he aaid, when ke turned again, convinced Ibat it would be a wsate of time to argue the matter with the old man. "but suit vsurself, Jnhling and I must get to London with Sal Lady Joeeeline at tbe earliest possible moment. mo-ment. If you Insist tin traveling with ua tonight so be it. A11 t want vou to understand is that (here's to be ao more drinking, and that vou must he advised bv me la every other parties ' lar. This isn't reellv the sort of a game' you're liable to shine in. Tl would refer re-fer better for all of ut if yeo'd slax en board your ehip." Captain' Dove 'a weather beaten con tenance waa turning elowlv purple. He was striving after speech" Mlvne, out wardlr cool and contemptuous nf his visible fury, atood gating down at him. bande In pockets Mr. Jobling wat wriggling reetleeelr is his ehsir. glancing glanc-ing from one to ths other, prepared to fire from the coming storm. Mill without a word, Captain Dorr reaebed gaia for the brandy drcas-ter, drcas-ter, directly defying Blyn. rlvne stepped forward sad tsstcked it out ef his kand. Simultaneously the old man and Mr. Jobling sprang from their seats, the former making fdr Rlyne and tbe latter for the door, which opened iust as he "No one you seed worry about in the least," he assured her, misunderstanding. misunderstand-ing. "There was s brggsrly Americss who lodged s claim to tbe title and to ths title; his name was Cart hew, I thinkyes, Justin Carthew. But even if I if be hadn't gone and got lost while looking for you, kis claim woold he quite ineffectual sow. You're your fsther't daughter. Lsdy Joaellne. Justin Jus-tin f art hew wss a dotes or more degrees de-grees removed from the trunk of your family tree. He hsd only tke faintest - tings sf blue blood in bit veins. He waa ss sbsolnte outsider. We 'II hear ao more sbout bim now. " "You mesa thst it's an absolutely sure thing for her," Captain Dove suggested, sug-gested, aad Mr. Jobling looked pained. . "I ran'taffnrd to risk anything on uncertainties, sir," ke answered stiffly. "And I'll stake my professional reputation reputa-tion OS" f "Oh, sxver mind sbout all that," Slvne broke in. folding hie share" of the pajxers together snd pocketing them. ''Ths syndicate's safely floated. And now ss to our nsxt move. . , . "You'd better get sway back to fieooa by the 5 o'clock train. Dove. . . ' And yoii must take Amhrizette witk you. "VII get Sal Lady Joecelise another an-other Maid is Paris, ons thst wos ' at t reached it. es thst he sll hut fell over s bey Is buttost whs hsd knocked snd entered, rsrrying s telegram en a tray filyse hsd not moved. Captain Dove, almoat st his thrust, spun round eo one heel. "For met" Mr. Jobling exelatmel anxiously, aa be ripped the earelope open. Aad s slow pallor overspread kis puffy, pink features while, ke wss penising its contents. "From Mulllns. my 'managin" clerk," he mumbled, at be patted the message to Slvne, who looked H over indifferently, and then reread it alou is s low, but very ominous voice: " 'American claimant landed at Genua yesterdsy. Now on way to London. Conrt granted decree is his favor.' Handed is at Chancery lane, is l-oo don." he nulled out kis watch "fifty rminutes sgo. " The page bov had disappeared, ftlyne pushed suddenly past Mr. Jobling Job-ling and aet his hsrk against tke door Captain Dove was anproaeking the ter rifled solicitor softlv, oa tiptoe, hi fists elenrbed. sll hie tobacco atsinel fangs displayed ia s grin of fury. One of his long arms shot out iu-t at ths-door ths-door opened behind Slvne s bsrk and s voice annenneed: "M.Dubois." X |